The Straits Times, 24 September 2008

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    18 1 T¥lT MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 2008 AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Finnish gunman kills 10
      60 1 A MASKED gunman, whose violent You Tube postings prompted police to bring him in for questioning and then release him on Monday, returned to his school yesterday and went on a shooting rampage, killing 10 people before shooting himself in the head. The tragedy was chillingly
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      Lock icon Sacked workers kill boss
      48 1 WORKERS fired from an Italian autoparts company bludgeoned to death the chief of its India operations at the factory premises just outside New Delhi. The death of the chief executive of Oerlikon Graziano Transmissions capped weeks of tension at the plant. WORLD PAGE A2l
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      Lock icon City flats cost far more
      60 1 NEW HDB figures have shown what buyers long knew that homes close to the city cost much more than those in outlying areas. Prices of flats in Central or Queenstown can be as much as 50 per cent higher than the national average and the
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      Lock icon Ties need 'rebalancing'
      64 1 THE rise of Asian powers requires a "rebalancing" of relations between the West and Asia, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said in London this morning. Countries such as China and India were reshaping the global political and economic landscape, he said, and must become active stakeholders in
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      Lock icon S pore 4th least corrupt
      46 1 SINGAPORE has maintained its position as the fourth least corrupt country in an annual global corruption survey released yesterday by the Berlin-based Transparency International. The Corruption Perceptions Index placed Singapore behind joint leaders Denmark, Sweden and New Zealand. HOME PAGE B7
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    Lock icon GIC achieves 4.5% annual returns
    768 1  -  Grace Ng Objectives met, it says; it remains watchful in the present climate By FINANCE CORRESPONDENT THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) released its first report card yesterday, which showed that it had grown assets at an average rate of 4.5 per cent per
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    Lock icon Singapore face-off
    84 1 McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton (left) giving a fan racing tips last night at an event at Ngee Ann City. Two hours later, he found out that his appeal to reclaim his Belgian Grand Prix win was rejected by the sport's governing body FIA. Now, only a single point
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      38 1 7*4. i- lj i .^flA tainted milk products PHtfNSßi^^ n ,1 ..i <W^«f'!»'4Sb a--^^^*B Jet Li: How I *^tS%| ill] I t±ll!"Ottl© ttL -3i^!^k 3^s^ PRIME PAGE AlO I'A WORLD PAGE Al7 '^.<jOLa A V IN DIGITALLIFE &T
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      Lock icon Japan's new leader Could surprise
      55 2 Japan could run on auto-pilot, as its prime ministers come and go with clockwork regularity. Unlike the immediate past leaders, the presumptive new Prime Minister, Mr Taro Aso, has a plan to restore growth that will mark his tenure as one to look forward to.
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      Lock icon Apologies not enough
      32 2 Having hosted the Olympics, Beijing can no longer claim that lack of money or expertise stops it from tackling food safety problems, says Chua Chin Hon WORLD PAGE Al6
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      Lock icon The return of history
      27 2 Russia's recent display of its great power status signals the return of history, says Barry Desker. REVIEW PAGE A 27 OUR READER SAYS
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      21 2 The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports urges centres to exercise restraint. FORUM PAGE A 29
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      103 2 IN OUR report "Economic growth may dip below 4%" yesterday, we said that Trade Minister Lim Hng Kiang dismissed the notion that Singapore would slide into a technical recession. This is incorrect. Minister Lim did not dismiss the notion. He merely said that the issue
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      Lock icon Religious tension simmers in Indonesia
      891 2  -  Salim Osman INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Grassroots efforts at achieving harmony need state's full support I By I TTVTTV I INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT HUGE banners strung across entrances in some churches in Indonesia wish Muslims "Selamat menunaikan ibadah puasa" "Wishing you well in your religious fast". A Christian
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  • prime tainted milk scandal
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      Lock icon AVA allays melamine concerns
      823 3  -  Lee Hui Chieh Amounts found in dairy products sold in Singapore are very low By Melamine not a routine milk hazard THE burning question on everyone's minds: Why weren't milk imports tested for melamine before? Melamine is not a routine hazard in milk, so it is
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      Lock icon Importers begin big dairy hunt
      783 4  -  Tessa Wong Retailers and food companies act to meet AVA guidelines By Your questions answered Why is the Dutch Lady strawberry milk still displayed for sale at some shops? Bottles of the milk that are made in Malaysia are safe and not suspended. Check the
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      Lock icon Frozen yoghurt bars destroyed
      142 4  -  DIANA OTHMAN GOVERNMENT workers incinerated almost 1,800 litres of frozen yoghurt bars yesterday as they began the process of junking China-made dairy products tainted with toxic chemicals. About 500 cartons of the dessert called Yili Choice Dairy Fruit Bar Yoghurt Flavoured Ice Confection were destroyed at
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      337 3 M C r\i QaturdflV Brand new BEAUTY DESIRES presents true accounts of women who I CVGiy Oalu j show you why their weight issues were the very source of deep 27 SGpt unhappiness in their lives. Let host Wendy Zeng Xiaoying lead you m m m no through their gripping
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      656 6  -  Lee Siew Hua As rising global players, they have a critical role in fighting new threats By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT LONDON: The rise of Asian powers requires the West to involve them in the global response to new security threats ranging from climate change
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      Lock icon GIC sees good Citi, ÜBS returns in long run
      362 6  -  Robin Chan By THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) said yesterday the timing of its acquisition of stakes in ÜBS and Citigroup could have been better. But it continues to stand by its belief that its long-term investments in the
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      773 8 Paulson and Bernanke urge swift action on bailout plan but lawmakers seek changes How the 2 sides differ What USs7oob bailout plan proposes That the Treasury Secretary has sweeping powers to buy up to US$7OO billion (Ssl trillion) in troubled assets from any financial
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      Lock icon MAS asks banks to update investors soon
      209 8  -  LEE SU SHYAN THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) wants banks that sold structured products linked to the bankrupt Lehman Brothers to update investors as soon as possible on how much they will get back. This came after it urged banks on Monday
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      1810 10  -  Wong Kirn Hoh THE ST INTERVIEW The Asian tsunami was the turning point in Jet Li's life; now with his One Foundation, he finds happiness in giving By SENIOR WRITER IN YOUNG PEOPL TODAY "Everyone worrless about the rebellious younger and how they never
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      437 11 ExcbswS 1 24 to 28 September 2008 I till A l^^l The Best Picks on Fashion, 11 111 II Here're some of the best finds at the Robinsons Exclusives event. 4 So dig out a pen and some paper (an old receipt stuck somewhere L Principles in your purse will
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      Lock icon 'You will be the next to die'
      560 12 HELSINKI: In a chilling echo of last November's deadly shooting at Finland's Jokela high school, the gunman behind yesterday's carnage had earlier posted menacing Internet videos of himself wielding a gun. And the violent content of the clips was sufficiently disturbing that police
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      Lock icon Horror in cooking school
      429 12 FINLAND SHOOTING Gunman goes on 90-minute rampage, killing 10 HELSINKI: Scenes of panic and chaos erupted when a masked gunman rampaged through the halls of his Finnish cooking school yesterday, firing in all directions and killing 10 people before shooting himself in the head. School of
      ASSOCIATED FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG REUTERS; REUTERS  -  429 words
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        Lock icon Finland yet to amend gun laws despite last year's massacre
        451 13 HELSINKI: The Finnish government has yet to make changes to its controversial gun laws despite pledges to do so in the aftermath of last November's killings at Jokela High School, according to the Telegraph newspaper in Britain. The murder of
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        Lock icon Major school shootings in recent years
        307 13 HERE is a glance at some of the major school shootings in recent years: Feb 14, 2008: Former student Steven Kazmierczak, 27, opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, fatally shooting five students and wounding 18 others before committing
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        Lock icon KL denies holding talks with opposition
        703 14 Report on transition of power 'craziest I have ever heard', says Prime Minister KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's government yesterday denied opposition claims that the two sides were holding talks to resolve the country's political crisis ahead of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's trial for sodomy. "That
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        Lock icon Raja Petra gets 2-year detention
        487 14 w FIGHTING ON "This is the worst news I can receive, but we will keep fighting for his release." Raja Petra's wife, Ms Marina Lee Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia yesterday detained prominent blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin for two years under the Internal Security Act (ISA)
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        Lock icon Global alert over tainted milk
        500 17 One toddler in Macau and two more HK children end up with kidney stones HONG KONG: Three more children outside mainland China have developed kidney stones after drinking Chinese-made milk products as countries from Indonesia to Canada announced strict checks and banned sale of melamine-tainted
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        Lock icon Demand for wet nurses up in China
        228 17 BEIJING: As parents in China grow desperate for safe food sources for their babies, demand for wet nurses is soaring, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported yesterday. Housework agencies in major mainland cities such as Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing and Hangzhou said the
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        Lock icon Other countries taking precautions
        220 17 AUSTRALIA: Currently testing China-made lollies. No China-made milk or infant formula products are imported into the country. BANGLADESH: Three Chinese powdered milk brands Sanlu, Suncare and Yashili have been banned. BHUTAN, BRUNEI, BURUNDI: Banned Chinese milk products. CANADA: Recalled boxes of a Chinese dessert mix called
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        Lock icon Myanmar releases 9,000 dissidents
        456 18 Longest-serving captive, jailed for 20 years, among those freed YANGON: Myanmar's junta yesterday freed 79-year-old journalist and activist Win Tin, its longest-serving political prisoner, along with 9,001 others ahead of elections promised for 2010. Mr Win Tin, a member of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's
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        Lock icon Gold bar robbery at airport
        192 18 CRIMES IN PENANG GEORGETOWN: Three armed robbers got away with nearly 6kg of gold bars worth U*****,000 (*****,000) at Penang International Airport in Bayan Lepas on Monday, after they hit a gold supplier from Dubai and a local goldsmith. The goldsmith was escorting his supplier,
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        Lock icon Wife of former assemblyman stabbed to death
        234 18 GEORGETOWN: The wife of a former state assemblyman died after being stabbed at least six times in front of him during a robbery at their home in Nibong Tebal in Penang. Former Bukit Tambun assemblyman Lai Chew Hock, 44, said he was at
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        Lock icon Fired workers bash Indian CEO to death
        757 21  -  Ravi Velloor Violence at Italian autoparts firm latest in conflicts to hit country's manufacturing sector By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: Workers fired from an Italian autoparts-maker bludgeoned to death the chief of its India operations at its factory just outside New
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        Lock icon No more excuses, China
        953 16  -  Chua Chin Hon Beijing is under pressure to resolve food scandal fast, following its success in space and the Games By I CHINA BUREAU CHIEF WHEN Chinese astronauts blast off tomorrow for their first space walk, it will be a moment of intense pride and awkwardness
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        Lock icon LABOUR PARTY RALLY Brown out to silence critics, woo voters
        633 22 Beleaguered PM pledges to lead Britain out of global economic woes MANCHESTER: Britain's beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced down critics in his party and the country yesterday with a rousing and emotive speech, vowing to heed his mistakes and
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        570 23 He promises US will approve bailout plan quickly and act in time NEW YORK: United States President George W. Bush and other world leaders scrambled yesterday to contain the fallout from a financial crisis engulfing Wall Street and sending shock waves across the globe.
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        471 23 OFFER OF AID "Your words have been very strong about Pakistan's sovereign right and sovereign duty to protect your country, and the United States wants to help." Mr Bush, voicing support for Pakistan's fight against terror NEW YORK: United States President George W. Bush
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        Lock icon Next US president will seek stronger Asian ties
        745 24  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Advisers in Obama and McCain camps agree the region must be a priority for new leader By US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush's successor will head to Asia rather than Europe on his first overseas trip if advisers to
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        657 24 McCain in brief THESE are excerpts from an article by Republican presidential candidate John McCain, published in The Australian: ON EARNING TRUST IN ASIA-PACIFIC "In Asia this means engagement must begin with our allies. Our alliance with Australia sets the standard. Our
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        Lock icon US varsities urged to look beyond tests
        519 25 Emphasis on SAT affects students' focus, says report NEW YORK: A commission convened by some of the country's most influential college admission officials is recommending that colleges and universities move away from their reliance on standardised tests, such as the Scholastic Assessment Test
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        Lock icon Fewer people migrating to US
        143 25 WASHINGTON: The number of immigrants coming to the United States slowed substantially last year, with the nation's for-eign-born population growing by only 511,000, compared with about a million a year since 2000, according to Census figures released yesterday. Demographers said the data re- fleeted the
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          Lock icon Ruling came too late
          165 26 PUTRAJAYA: A wrongful dismissal case came to a conclusion after 26V2 years this week by which time the complainant had died. Postal clerk M. Senthivelu came under suspicion after withdrawing RM6,050 (552,500) from 16 accounts at a post office in 1977. Police investigated him but decided
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          Lock icon Strategy to fight dengue
          92 26 MANILA: Nearly two billion people in the Asia-Pacific region will be at risk from dengue fever unless governments do more to fight the debilitating disease, the World Health Organisation said yesterday. The UN agency said it would ask the 37 countries and territories that make up
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          Lock icon Look out iPhone, here comes the Google phone
          76 26 These "Google phones" unveiled in New York yesterday are seen as a potential rival to Apple's iPhone. Called T-Mobile Gl, they are powered by the Internet search giant's Android software. They will go on sale in the US for US$l79 (*****) next
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          Lock icon Mbeki's men quit
          137 26 LONDON: More than a third of the South African Cabinet, including the respected Finance Minister, resigned yesterday with President Thabo Mbeki. The announcement that Finance Minister Trevor Manuel would resign shook markets and the rand tumbled on the news, but the currency regained its losses after his
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          Lock icon Gambling 'not a hazard'
          127 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS task worthy of special protections. "Playing blackjack, roulette or the slots bears no likeness to dumping toxic waste," the judge wrote. "She spent money on the bona fide chance that she might win more money. In short, she gambled." Ms Taveras argued that the
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          116 26 TAIPEI: Taiwan universities will begin taking students from China next year for the first time since the two sides cut contact decades ago, an official said yesterday. Government agencies are studying the details on ways to allow students from China as part of new President Ma Ying-jeou's
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          131 26 LONDON: Mayor Boris Johnson is looking to put his stamp on London's future by building a major international airport on landfill in the Thames River estuary east of London. A feasibility study is under way to determine if the "island" airport concept, which has been tossed
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      111 12 P| WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm there is a royal food taster who tastes MOST-READ ONLINE all the food for the emperor. We Umno faces oblivion, says Malaysian should send all China-made food Trade Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. products to all China officials for Woman has underage
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      758 14 AMD Awareness Week (20 26 September 2008) AMD is a deterioration in the health of the most sensitive central portion of the retina (macula) responsible for sharp straight-ahead vision. It is the most common cause of blindness in people aged 55 years and older in developed countries. Learn more about
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      127 16 Singapore Sunday, October 5, 2008 LOCATION: FAIR HOURS: LOCAL CONTACT: Hilton Singapore 12:30 1:00pm Insider Tips from U.S. Commercial Service, 581 Orchard Road U.S. Admission Representatives American Embassy, Singapore, *****3 1:00 I:3opm Student Visas Singapore 1:00 4:oopm U.S. University Fair Tel: 6476-9435 (Ballroom I) These fairs are free of charge
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      161 23 Less Than J-A% of Students Enter NUS, NTU or SMU. SOURCE -http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/education-statistics-digest/ Adam Khoo, 13-year old Adam Khoo Today As an underachiever who was kicked Not only did I make it to NUS Business out in Primary 3,1 was once told by School, I achieved an Honours Degree my teachers
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        274 29 I REFER to the letter by Mr Ronnie Tan last Thursday, ("Stop this hike, or it's back to square one") on concerns regarding childcare centres raising their fees following the announced increase in child care subsidy. Child care centres are business entities
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        604 29 First things first... "Many companies don't offer pre-natal medical benefits or pay for the delivery of a child." MR LIM YAO HO: "I am heartened by the many incentives that the Government has given to encourage more Singaporeans to have children. But, surprisingly, many
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        101 29 TUESDAY'S letter by Mr Lee Yew Moon ("These two products were still on the shelves"), might have caused slight confusion. The only product affected is Dutch Lady strawberry flavoured sterilised milk in plastic bottles produced in China. These are easily identified by the
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        328 29 DBS financial advisers sold DBS High Notes 5 to investors like myself as "growth" products without explaining the risk. I received a call from my relationship manager to say that my investment in DBS High Note 5 was
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      837 31  -  Christopher Tan NTUC Income says it had done its best, but client was still unhappy By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT HOW COULD IT BE $18,000? "We were trying to make some sense of how a minor accident could result in such high claims." Businessman
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        760 32  -  Selina Lum 20-year suspension cut to eight years in 'highly unusual case' By How he got driving ban reduced March 25,1995 Mr Lai Siew Kuan, then 21, crashes his motorcycle into a taxi. His 17-year-old girlfriend, riding pillion, falls off the bike and
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        47 32 A pre-dawn fire razed a vehicle workshop and a construction material warehouse in Defu Lane 10 yesterday. No one was hurt in the fire, which was put out by firemen within half an hour. The Singapore Civil Defence Force is investigating the cause.
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        417 33  -  Elena Chong Police found over 100 illegal films when they raided condo and flat By COURT CORRESPONDENT A FORMER aide to Buddhist monk Shi Ming Vi has been fined $37,500 for hoarding over 100 obscene films, most of which were found in a
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        249 33  -  ELENA CHONG AN INDONESIAN maid testified yesterday that her employer abused her with more than 20 household items, including steel wool and a toilet brush. Ms Susilawati Kusnata told a district court she was beaten for the smallest transgression. The 26-year-old took
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        404 33  -  Carolyn Quek Teh Joo Lin By FOURS days after three women were found dead in a Yishun apartment block, relatives of the Chinese nationals have arrived in Singapore to identify their bodies. The Straits Times understands the grim process began yesterday, when the
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        406 34  -  Grace Chua By AS A teenager in the 80s, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger was a star computer programmer in Austria, winning competitions and even starting his own software company. At 23, he landed an internship at Steve Jobs' start-up NeXT Computers in the United States.
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        515 34  -  Clarissa Oon Several drawn here by fast-track progress of premier institution By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT BUILDING NETWORKS "We want to find ways to increase our policy impact, because this is a public policy school after all, and what use is our research if
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        896 35  -  Zakir Hussain Judge says its defences failed or did not apply in Spore; damages to be assessed at later date By About this case REVIEW Publishing and Mr Hugo Restall, the publisher and the editor of Far Eastern Economic Review, respectively, were sued for defamation
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        240 35  -  LI XUEYING MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (right) does not think he will liv as long as his father, who died at the age of 94. During an interview with CNN last week, Mr Lee who turn 85 on Sept 16 referred to
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        444 35  -  Li Xueying By IN GOVERNING Singapore, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew sees no need to follow anyone's prescription on democracy. Instead, his focus is on what works. Speaking on Sunday on the CNN programme Global Public Square, Mr Lee said his
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        273 35  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By A MAN was injured in a minor explosion in a Tuas Crescent shipyard at noon yesterday. The incident, which happened in a piping fabrication workshop, has brought to four the number of accidents at Drydocks World Singapore in three months. The
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        528 36  -  Chua Hian Hou Media firms must not just cater to users' needs but also ensure 'good experience' By A DIGITAL media specialist yesterday declared that while content was king in today's media business, context would reign in the interactive, collaborative next-generation online
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        648 37  -  Sandra Davie Course loses accreditation but any transfer would be to a similar varsity By SENIOR WRITER IT WAS bad enough finding out that the University of Northern Virginia (UNVA) course they were enrolled in had lost its accreditation. Now, the 270
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        95 37 Here's a good way to get round road closures for the Singapore Grand Prix. Just hop on the Hippo Tours River Taxi, linking Clarke Quay to the Singapore Flyer. You will be able to avoid traffic jams along Beach Road near Raffles Hotel, which
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        477 37  -  Kor Kian Beng By JUST like last year, Singapore has been ranked the fourth least corrupt country in a global corruption survey. It also retains its status as Asia's least corrupt country on the Corruption Perceptions Index, released yesterday by Transparency International (TI).
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        493 38  -  Lim Wei Chean August fall steeper than previous two months' drop; decline blamed on challenging environment By SINGAPORE tourism is ailing for the third month running. The number of tourist arrivals last month was down from the corresponding month last year: The 842,000 tourists
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        469 38  -  Lee Hui Chieh By PATIENTS suffering from an age-related eye disease may be able to enhance their vision by eating more brightly coloured fruit and vegetables, a study here has found. The study by Alexandra Hospital homed in on 46 patients with
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      106 31 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com YOUR SAY MOST- READ ONLINE The first batch of China-made dairy Tainted milk items in Singapore. products tainted with melamine was I Two accidents within an hour. destroyed yesterday. Has this scared you Rabbit sweets toxic, too. Traces of away
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      274 32 m WJJI r I \x 111 iSw (hS X^Pfrl^ilLi^lDl^ VL/ CDileoo beoeecb See, hear and feel F1 racing like never before. wr r\-i o Come to tne official launch of our C6O audio The Odyssey Series system an d experience its state-of-the-art sound, Formula 1 PprfnrmanrP as we showcase live
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      126 33 T 1 J DGII6 1 M Standard Chartered < 9 SINGAPOREo^O iTET A Vi* IARATHON^UO M 4 December 2008 We've set a new record! v I^PVA *9 50,000 people have signed up for the j fe^ 'o Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008. n 1 Thank you for your overwhelming support!
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      822 36 S. R Mandall's Ist 'A' Grade ISO 9001 2000 Management Institute WELINGKAR V V imttute of management dsvslopmsnt&innrcliLX. Ranked 10th among 'Aspiring MBA's' in the Business School Survey,2ooB by India Today and 10th in India among the top 50 B-Schools in India in 2008 by Mint-the leading business journal; Welingkar
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      166 37 ■Inrjffif if j *jjf Supradyif active plus (W h JSSSsss^ MULTIVITAMIN WITH KOREAN GINSENG \fVH^s^ ggS'*^S^» LETS YOU STAY AT YOUR PEAK. *TheStraitsTimes is read by 1.3 million daily. ,-y Nothing stops you from living life to the full. Hitting your prime years is wwi'iui,, no exception. Supradyn® Active Plus
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      264 37 1 UNIVERSITY^ BIRMINGHAM 14 th YEAR :67 th INTAKE Fully delivered in Singapore by professors from me University of Birmingham, UK INFORMATION EVENING Dale :25 Sept '08 (Thursday) Time 7.15 p.m. Venue 167 Jalan Bukit Merah Connection 1 Tower 4, #02-13 Singapore *****7 7Me me ihlHaHi/e. CUlev^ ipktsdf. Creak mir
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      273 38 Jl dUk Carrefour \ft cp. nEUl p tiMfARHp Our Assurance Of Quality N^ 1| y Recent news regarding some dairy products from China has _k. ># t^^ts2-l' Ss* caused much concern among consumers over all dairy "^^ESfß^ K^K^J Meiji dairy products have undergone stringent tests and ter^^ ffi'^Jttfl'f^Mtf 2fl^^ffii certification
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      656 43 Chelsea feel the injury blues like in last two seasons, with key duo on sidelines Scolari's moves Scolari has no faith in Branislav Ivanovic, who cost £9 million from Lokomotiv Moscow last season, and refuses to play him this season Scolari is looking to sign 33-year-old Brazilian
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      741 43 LONDON: It is smiles all round at Manchester City these days. Outgoing owner Thaksin Shinawatra stands to make a profit of more than £50 million (*****.8 million) with the club set to be finally sold to Abu Dhabi billionaire Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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      283 43 LONDON: The Carlos Tevez affair of two seasons past has come back to haunt West Ham. They now have to pay £30 million (Ss79 million) in damages to Sheffield United, after an independent tribunal ruled against them. In April 2007, West Ham
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        490 44 Poulter accuses Kirn of bodychecking him, while Westwood slams fans LOUISVILLE (Kentucky): Accusations of bad sportsmanship flew in the day after the Americans won the Ryder Cup on Sunday. Europe's lan Poulter accused Anthony Kirn of being "pathetic" and told him to "grow up" for deliberately shoulder-barg-ing him.
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        733 44  -  Matt Dickinson By There we were marking Faldo down as a man who wanted to micro-manage this team to victory, when the reality was that he allowed his players to dictate strategy. THE biggest surprise, as it turns out, is not that
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          76 44 LONDON: Kevin Keegan may return as Newcastle manager if a Nigerian business group succeeds in buying the football club, The Sun reported. About £75 million (Ssl96 million) will be earmarked to buy new players by the eightperson group, made up of "media moguls
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          76 44 TURIN: Juventus forward David Trezeguet had both of his knees operated on and will likely be out for four months. The Frenchman opted for surgery on Tuesday to prolong his football career, after feeling pain in last week's 1-0 win over Zenit St Petersburg
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          115 44 LONDON: One of the secrets of Arsenal's impressive start to the season was revealed yesterday, with the confidential details of a motivational briefing. This was delivered to the players by a sports psychologist drafted in by manager Arsene Wenger before last Saturday's win at Bolton. The
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          57 44 PORTLAND (Oregon): Nike has decided to leave the elite swimwear market. CNBC reported last weekend that Nike may be halting its swimsuit development after a showdown at the Beijing Olympics. Nike lost some of its edge at the Games when Speedo stole the spotlight
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        191 44 S"o s P en: Ai s B i yama (Jpn) bt Van Zi (Chn) 6-3 6-4, Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) bt Virginie Razzano (Fra) 6-7(3-7)7-5 6-4, Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Li Na (Chn) 6-1 7-6(7-4), Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) 3-6 6-4 6-3, Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Gisela
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        113 44 South Africa has launched its official 2010 World Cup football mascot, a leopard known as Zakumi. "Zakumi is not only young, vibrant, energetic, smart, self-confident, sociable and ambitious, but also warm-hearted," local organising committee chief executive officer Danny Jordaan said at the televised launch on Monday in
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        128 45 It was back to Bendemeer Secondary School after a month for Singapore's first Paralympic gold medallist Yip Pin Xiv (right, flipping through an album of her exploits in Beijing with classmate Angie Khong). The 16-year-old swimmer, who has muscular dystrophy, received a standing ovation from
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        796 45  -  Sim Chi Yin Ex-Olympian Peng Siong inspires Paralympians in his all-round role with team By CHINA CORRESPONDENT "The medal is not just a piece of metal. It symbolises all the time, effort and sacrifices they put in. Most importantly, it symbolises their wish and will
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        688 39  -  Jeanette Wang Hamilton is high on confidence even after his appeal is rejected By "People will probably expect me to be depressed about the result, but that isn't me." LEWIS HAMILTON, when he found out that McLaren's penalty appeal had been turned down WITH a megawatt
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        527 39 PARIS: McLaren and Lewis Hamilton spent a day in Paris arguing that his win at the Belgium Grand Prix should be given back. But, in the end, the arguments did not matter. The FIA yesterday threw out the appeal on a technicality. "Article 152
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        1328 40  -  Leonard Lim He aims to qualify first as Spore circuit has few overtaking opportunities By Why Massa wants pole position badly FELIPE Massa has 10 Grand Prix wins. Of these, seven have come from pole position. 2008 season (five wins) Bahrain GP: Massa was 2nd in the
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        150 40 FELIPE Massa may be behind in the Formula One driver standings, but he has taken a head start in the Singapore party scene. The Brazilian was at Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille's party at the Ministry of Sound last night. The Fl-inspired brand showed off the
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        839 41  -  Terrence Voon Nico Rosberg hits the gym at 2.30 am but also hopes to hit some bars By ROSBERG TALK "I do enjoy style and clothing. Prada can be very nice, Hugo Boss has some nice shirts and
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        16 41 SOURCES: FITECHNICAL.NET, ALLIANZ.COM NEWS and HOW STUFF WORKS GRAPHICS: MIKE M DIZON
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        552 41 WITH forecasters predicting a 50 per cent chance of rain for Sunday's Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, weather may turn out to be one of the race's biggest deciding factors. Vijay Mallya, chairman of the Force India team, said: "I have been a resident
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        382 41  - For easier access to track leave your bags at home Judith Tan By ALL possible steps are being taken to ensure that security at Sunday's Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix is tight. But while the safety of spectators is paramount, it is also important that they enjoy the Formula One
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        1220 42  -  Lin Xinyi LIN XINYI Terrence Voon Daniel Wong Business has plunged for most owing to the inconvenience By Big jam around Marina THE closure of roads leading to the Marina Centre area yesterday left many road users appalled. Motorists were stuck in a jam for about
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        67 42 About 2,000 Bridgestone Formula One tyres arrived at the Pit Building of the Singapore GP circuit yesterday, after a sea journey from Japan. Super-soft dry tyres bearing a white reflective stripe were unloaded first by a team of 20 tyre technicians. Bridgestone will begin to tyre-fit
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      400 43 Wf y BACK TO BOOKS Spores first Paralympic gold winner Yip Pin Xiv returns to school. 815 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Millionaires watch Fl for free banks pick up the tab. Lewis Hamilton excited about Singapore's Fl night race. I don't
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      170 44 Next 72 hours TODAY FOOTBALL Copa Sudamericana: Boca Juniors (Arg) v LDU Quito (Ecu) (Live, Ch27, 6.45am). AFC Champions League: Q-final, 2nd leg: Adelaide United v Kashima Antlers (Live, Ch24, 5.55pm). S-League: Young Lions v Albirex Niigata (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm). League Cup: 3rd rd: Newcastle v Tottenham (Live, Ch27, tomorrow,
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      63 45 With heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathy to ANN LIM SIEW YEN On the demise of your beloved husband HO WAH PAX (16.09.1948 21.09.2008) Sportsman, gentleman and a true friend who passed away peacefully on Sunday, 21 September 2008 in Guangzhou, China. Will always be fondly remembered and dearly missed by
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      167 45 In Loving Memory Of ADRIAN ANG LI POH 15.5.1964 24.9.2003 Dearest Daddy, 5 years had passed and I wonder how you are?? Your boys are big now fighting most of the time Don't worry about me, I'm fine, I supposed... but miss you especially when I'm down. I don't know
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      72 45 We, the family of the late LOW KEE MONG Departed on 19 September 2008 Wish to express our heartfelt thanks and I appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and members of various clan associations for I their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions I during our recent
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      97 45 Athma Shanti Pooja ELANGO S/O NADESAN passed away peacefully on 10 Sep 2008 and was cremated on 11 Sep 2008 at Mandai Crematorium. Dearly missed by loved ones. Father: Mother: (A Nadesan, deceased) Muniammah Son: Daughter: Parthiban Bavani brothers, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, uncles, aunties, nephews, nieces, cousins relatives. Karumathi Prayers tonight,
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      37 46 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Ng Chee Tat Philip Family on the demise of his beloved Grandmother LEE BOEY CHU Departed on 20 Sept 2008 From: The Management Staff of LHL International Pte Ltd
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      47 46 Thalai Thavasam Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Departed on 7 October 2007 Always remembered by loved ones. Family of S Krishnasamy will be having prayers on 25 September (Thurs), 7.30pm at Dharma Muneswaran Temple, 37 Serangoon North Aye 1. Please treat this as a personal invitation.
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      81 46 VIJAYAKUMAR S/O KRISHNAN Age: 36 (Grandson of Veloo Sithambaram Maluvarayar Veloo Muthuletchmi) passed away peacefully on 23 Sept 2008, leaving behind: Beloved wife: Gomez Vanessa Daughter: VaneessaaVijayakumar Father: Krishnan Veloo Mother: Maheswari Sister: Aishmitta (Vijayakumari) Brother-in-law: Kanis Sisters-in-law: Gomez Philomena Gomez Mabel Brother-in-law: Deepan Mithran uncles, aunties, friends and relatives.
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      52 46 MDM TAN Mill Mill Departed on 17 September 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Dr Wong Zee Wan from National Cancer Centre, Staff Nurses Sarah Guay and Susan Toh from Mospice Care Association and all priests, friends and relatives for their prayers and condolences during our
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      93 46 HO 800 KEE Director of Choon Fong Trading Company Age: 74 passed away peacefully on 22 Sep 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Low Moy Son: Daughter-in-law: Ho Kian Peng Donald Yong Sek May Daughter: Ho May Lin Ivy Grandson: Granddaughter: Ho Yong Jie Giggs Ho Jia Mm Charmaine Brother:
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      135 46 ANBE jV SIVAM PARVATHY MYANDY Age: 74 Passed away peacefully on 23 Sept 2008 Sadly missed by loved ones. Husband: Aswath Raman (deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law: A Balakrishnan A Kumarasan Indra Dcvi Nambiar Daughters: Sons-in-law: A Saraswathi X Palani A Kalyani Gregory William AVijaya Kumari S Deyanathan A Dana Letchimey X
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      42 46 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of YVONNE CHUN YUT HONG Departed: 24/9/07 God knows how much we miss her, Never shall her memory fade; Our loving thoughts ever wander, To the spot where she is laid. Fondly remembered by family loved ones.
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      80 46 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA The family of the late SUPPIAH GOVINDARAJOO (DANEDA) Departed on 10th September 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives and friends for their kind donations, assistance and attendance during our recent bereavement. Karumathi Prayers at Blk 11, St George's Rd, #11-302 on 24
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      92 46 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 MARY SEET HEE NEO Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 23 Sept 2008 Dearly missed by loved ones. Brother, sister, sister-in-law, all extended family, relatives and friends. Wake is held at
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      132 46 "In my Father's house, there are many rooms... I am going there to prepare a place for you... that you also may be where I am." John 14:2-3 Age: 74 was called home to be with the Lord on 23 Sep 2008. Dearly missed by: Husband: Robert Ong Eng Hai
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      75 46 DONALD STUART BAGNALL FERGUSSON Age: 68 passed away peacefully on 20 Sept 2008 after a long illness. He is survived by sons, David and Alexander and grandchildren, Sophia, Edward and Henry. If nothing else he would have been amused by the confusion caused by two announcements. He is resting at
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        572 47  -  Alvin Foo Oil price surge and US rescue plan doubts hurt most regional bourses By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT IT WAS a rally which vanished as fast as it arrived with investors spooked yesterday by a record jump in oil prices and fears
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        305 47 STARHUB, Singapore's second-larg-est phone company, said it is concerned customers will scale back spending on telecommunications and television services because of the fallout from the financial turmoil in the United States. "My biggest worry is that there's suddenly credit tightening, not on Star Hub, but for
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          20 47 Monday's close: 12,090.59 (+169.73) »Japanese financial markets were c'osecl f°r a holiday. They w'" reo Pen today. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          28 47 Yesterday's close: 18,872.85 (-759.35) Hong Kong shares closed down 3.9 per cent on growing doubts about a huge United States rescue package. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          29 47 Yesterday's close: 2,201.51 (-34.9) China shares fell 1.56 per cent as doubts emerged over a United States bailout plan and a local stock rescue package. REUTERS
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          29 47 Yesterday's close: 4,923.5 (-97) Australian shares fell 1.9 per cent, tracking a slide in global markets on uncertainty over the United States rescue plan. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          92 47 Mid Cap 541.90 T -14.80 Basic materials 332.30 T -13.17 Utilities 424.15 T -4.16 Small Cap 434.82 T -6.23 Industrials 551.28 T -11.47 Financial 616.14 T -19.91 All Share 603.24 T -15.86 Consumer goods 477.28 T -13.38 Technology 572.23 T -9.92 Fledgling 520.26 T -6.66 Health care 528.23 T
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          30 47 Yesterday's close: 1,026.18 (-2.4) Malaysian shares fell 0.2 per cent due to Wall Street s overnight slide and doubts over the United States rescue plan. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          27 47 Yesterday's close: 1,481.37 (+21.03) South Korean shares rose 1.44 per cent on expectations that the United States rescue plan would ease market uncertainties. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          26 47 Yesterday's close: 13,570.31 (-424.65) »Indian shares felll 3.03 per cent in nervous trade on worries that the United States' bailout could be AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          30 47 Yesterday's close: 608.25 (-6.24) Thai shares closed 1.02 per cent lower amid doubts about a United States rescue plan to curb the global financial crisis. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          401 47 Sept 23 GLD 10USS DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 Total Access SIAEngg SI Fund Lyxor Cmdty 10US$ SATSvcs B Sembawang ChinaFish Junma CHT Hldgs Celestial UPP H Plaza STATSChP MOIL Eu Van Sang Food June Fung Choi GRP Ltd CENTS 8788 197.7 1.6 ***** 70.0 0.7 109
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          417 47 !TI 2900SGAePW*****0 80 5TI 2750 DBePW*****3 59 >TI2700BNPePW*****7 58 !TI 2800SGAePW*****0 64.5 lelongH W*****8 157 ;TI 3300BNPePW*****0 ...82.5 ;TI2500BNPePW*****7 33 J0BSGAePW*****1 35.5 :apitalanMBLePW***** 60 Soodpack W*****6 20 >GXSGAePW*****1 27.5 >TI2600BNPePW*****0 ...50.5 !TI 2700SGAePW*****0 61 >TI 2550 DBePW*****1 47.5 >TI 3000SGAePW*****0 107 JOB MBL ePW08n04 30.5 ;oscoCorpMBLePW*****....49.5 1CBC
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          182 47 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Golden Agri 39.5 -0.5 -1.3 FibreChem 42 -2.5 -5.6 Fhai Beverage 22.5 0.5 2.3 CoscoCorp 170 -22.0 -11.5 IndoAgri 84 -6.0 -6.7 Macquarie 43 -7.0 -14.0 CapitaLand 371 -24.0 -6.1 Magnus 4.5 1.0 28.6 SingTel 340 -9.0 -2.6 Wilmar 280 -13.0
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          104 47 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Sept 23 2008 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1830 1.1970 Can dollar 1.3550 1.3710 Euro 2.0740 2.0970 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4139 0.4149 NZ dollar 0.9650 0.9860 Sterling pound 2.6020 2.6320 US dollar 1.4010 1.4170 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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          356 47 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 850 l«l 1700 820 615 73.5 123 525 3580 353.3 2020 498 482 396 690 422 324 2290 572 440 362 5606 CapitaLand 234 5417 CapitaMall 842 5611 CityDev 135 5142 CoscoCorp I. -.-..l
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          617 47 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 199 276 237 258 291 438 115 145 274 314 277 203 388 195 135 595 398 840 515 372 317 205 590 87 222 281 112 130 130.6 38.5 396.1 175 170
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        910 48  -  Goh Eng Yeow Daily volume falls to lowest levels in 3 weeks; some call SGX move drastic By Buying-in of stocks: How it works Monday Trader sells 1,000 DBS shares he does not own at $16.50. He fails to buy back the shares before
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        339 48  -  Yang Huiwen By HEDGE funds are going through a rough patch because of short-selling restrictions and hard-to-get liquidity, but the smaller ones may stand a better chance of survival, according to a sector expert yesterday. Dr Melvyn Teo, director of BNP Paribas Hedge Fund
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        570 49  -  Betsy Pisik Trade across trans-Pacific region will be enhanced; more nations may join agreement By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES NEW YORK: Despite the financial turmoil, the United States' decision to begin negotiations to join a free trade pact with Singapore and its
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        381 49 NEW YORK: Ms Sallie Krawcheck, the most prominent woman on Wall Street, has been pushed out at Citigroup after months of friction with chief executive Vikram Pandit. Her departure, announced on Monday, highlights just how few women can be found in the corner
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        1500 50  -  Lee Su Shyan Minus Fat was a big plus for health supplement firm, which enjoys a healthy growth today By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR Keen to join tourism sector? Here's help Is the Certified Service Professional programme open to SMEs? What are the
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        595 52  -  Jessica Cheam 10-year high comes in year marked by mega deals, strong demand By Year of records Land sales jumped to Agency fees from SLA's $12.4 billion, from $6.2 land business group billion in 2006 contributed $61.6 million, Land sales to private from
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        379 52  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By TRADE between Singapore and Brazil entered a new phase yesterday when key industry bodies from both nations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The agreement between the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and the Federation of Industries of
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        522 53  -  Gabriel Chen August rate dips to 6.4%; it could free MAS to loosen monetary policy By INFLATION continued to take a breather last month and may have paved the way for what many economists say might be an easing of monetary policy next month. Prices
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        401 53  -  Robin Chan By THE tighter controls over credit co-opera-tives that were passed in Parliament last week have been welcomed but some are concerned that the needy will be hit. The Co-operative Societies Act now requires credit co-ops to confine their membership
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        226 53  -  GABRIEL CHEN SINGAPORE Post has tied up with a Filipino bank to offer real-time remittances to the Philippines from 51 local branches. Sing Post said the cash is credited "re-al-time" to the recipient's account maintained with Philippines National Bank (PNB) one of the
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      777 54  -  Central, Bukit Merah and Queenstown among popular HDB estates By Jessica Cheam IF YOU want to live in an HDB flat close to the city, be prepared to pay as much as 50 per cent more than if you choose to stay
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      275 54 LONDON: Oil dropped more than US$2 a barrel yesterday, weighed by doubts about the US bailout plan and as investors booked profits after an historic one-day rise in the previous session. US crude for November fell U552.37 to US$lO7.OO a barrel by 1121
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      457 54 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com most commented MOST-READ ONLINE DBS High Notes investors at risk. Says fabritechO2: "Singaporeans really Recession may hit Singapore: need more finan^ education> Finance Minister Tharman. Warning: No poaching. Insurance YOUR SAY agents reminded by If pas. a GIC has pub
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      35 55 t Eye-candy No Magic Comedy galore Eric Khoo's film A 7 schtick Vicky Cristina is uneven I DonnieYen Barcelona is W J^ aims for the pretty to look at funny bone w'f\ Co I lob
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        1070 56  -  foong woei wan Korean film outdoes some Hollywood favourites and gives the country's waning movie sector a boost The Chaser has chased away the doom and gloom in the South Korean movie industry. Never mind that the small serial-killer film is by a first-time director and
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        223 56 Three South Korean directors you should know: Bong Joon Ho (below) An exceptional storyteller with a taste for black comedy, he has won fame on the back of just three films: 2000's Barking Dogs Never Bite, a quirky social satire; 2003's Memories Of Murder, a hit inspired by
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        548 57  -  ong sor fern This South Korean gem chases away the stereotypes of the cop thriller genre THE CHASER (M 18) 124 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Jung Ho (Kirn Yun Seok) is a detective-turned-pimp who sets off in pursuit of Young Mm (Ha Jung Woo), a
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        548 58  -  John lui Put three lovely women and one hot guy in sunny Barcelona and things can get complicated 'Wffßcomedv VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (M 18) 96 minutes/Opens tomorow/***** The story: Two spoilt young Americans, level-headed scholar Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and flighty Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), visit Barcelona for a summer-long
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        289 58 boon chan media correspondent Singaporean Shaw Soo Wei kj new executive Hong Kong International Film consultant with Disney-ABC in Hong Kong, she will take up the position next month. She will oversee the overall brand development of three events the film festival, the Hong
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        96 58 SINGAPORE UNITED STATES 1. Mamma Mia! 1. Lakeview Terrace 2. Mirrors 2. (1) Burn After Reading 3. Disaster Movie 3. My Best Friend's Girl 4. (1) Babylon A.D. 4. Igor 5. (2) Bangkok Dangerous 5. (3) Righteous Kill 6. (3) Wall.E 6. (2) Tyler Perry's The Family
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        604 59  -  John Lui ?7Tffldrama CLOSING THE RING (NCI6) 118 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** When American Ethel Ann (Shirley MacLaine) appears unconcerned over her husband Chuck Harris' (David Alpay) death, her daughter Marie (Neve Campbell) starts to question her mother's love for her father. Her questions are answered when an Irish boy
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        508 59  -  ong sor fern That's a pity as there is rich dramatic potential in this story about a magician and his son MY MAGIC (NCI6) 75 minutes/Opens Friday/-***** The story: Francis (Bosco Francis) is an alcoholic magician who has hit rock bottom. His neglected 10-year-old son (Jathishweran Naidu) has
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        651 60  -  jocelyn lee Actor Donnie Yen draws on his wit for his lines in Painted Skin y 51 quuivuiv 'She's just fat, that's all there is to it' Felicity Huffman (left) on the pregnancy rumours surrounding her Desperate Housewives co-star Eva Longoria Parker There's oestrogen running through my veins'
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        470 60  -  foong woei wan ffWffß fantasy PAINTED SKIN (PG) 103 minutes/Opens on Friday/***-** The story: Warrior Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) saves a stunning beauty, Xiaowei (Zhou Xun), from desert bandits and takes her home. Little does he know she is a demon in disguise, scheming to steal him from
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      383 61  -  loh keng fatt Teen idol of the 1950s does it his way and proves he still has what it takes review concert PAUL ANKA WORLD TOUR Singapore Indoor Stadium Monday Perhaps the 67-year-old Canadi-an-born singer was looking for a Diana in the crowd. On Monday, the dapper-suit-ed
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      451 61 Entertainment magazine Lime and three other MediaCorp magazines will fold after next month. The managing director of MediaCorp's publishing division, Ms Zita Ong, said in an e-mail reply that it was "a business decision" to close the publications. Aside from Lime, the other titles are
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        256 64 New York What's David Blaine up to now? Just hanging around. The magi-cian-daredevil proclaimed: "I'm doin' all right," after starting his latest endurance challenge on Monday 60 hours hanging upside-down, without a net, above Wollman ice-skating rink in Manhattan's Central Park. Blaine sounding nasal from sinus
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        149 64 LOVE AFFAIR UNVEILED Actor Robert Wagner's love affair with actress Barbara Stanwyck was a secret... until now. In his new memoir, Pieces Of My Heart, Wagner, now 78, writes of his four-year romance with the star of such classics as Stella Dallas. They met on the set of 1953's
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          535 106 PHOTO: THE highly anticipated music game Rock Band will officially hit stores here tomorrow. However, it will cost $40 or 14 per cent more than the average price of its parallel imports retailing here since the end of last year. The game was a huge hit when it
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          208 108 From the race circuit to your living room DL shows you how to move into top gear for F1 IT IS likely that when the nation's biggest sporting event, Fl, roars off this weekend, the women will be eyeing the hunks. And the Fl fanatics among the guys
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          900 108  -  Oo Gin Lee By RACING enthusiast Y.K. Tan's best lap time at Sepang is just one second shy of the 1 mm 35 seconds Sepang lap record set by Juan Pablo Montoya in 2004. The difference is, Tan's record is in the Fl
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          345 108 SingTel's Grid Girls, online games and prizes gave fans fun before the event, reports IRENE THAM eventual positions. Five top scorers stand to win prizes worth a total of more than $4,000 at the end of the season. The grand prize: a replica of the
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          646 109  -  IRENE THAM Real-time analysis helps F1 pit crew to predict what a car needs, from gear box and tyre changes to refuelling in mere seconds, as finds out EVEN before an Fl driver zooms into the pits, the support crew already knows what needs fixing. Whether
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          481 109  -  Oo Gin Lee jfy Team 1: AT&T Williams By ONE of the top 10 supercomputers in Britain is used purely for the Fl. Made by Lenovo, the supercomputer has a massive peak performance of eight teraflops. It is the AT&T Williams team's choice tool in running computer
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          536 109  -  McLaren Mercedes Irene Tham Team 2: Vodafone By EVERY Fl track success can be traced to the factory floor. Fl team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is boldly claiming this, following its production breakthrough just before the May 2007 Monaco Grand Prix. The team is looking to repeat the
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          646 110  -  SHERWIN LOH The price of an F1 ticket can buy you a virtual F1 racing experience in the arcade or your living room lists the essentials from racing games iu uar bubis PAYING $1,388 for an Fl grandstand ticket will give you the bragging rights
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          234 110 Top of the line: Logitech G25 (right) $529 Compatible with the computer, Play Station 2 and PS3 game consoles, the three-piece kit comes with force-feedback and a leather grip wheel. Factor in the weighted steering, six-speed gears and metal pedals and this feels nothing like the other cheaper
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          134 110 Top of the line: Forza Motorsports 2 for Xbox 360 (left and below) $69.90 Grand Turismo 5 Prologue forPS3 $68 Both feature 3D car models of the real deals from Japanese, American and European companies and customisable car parts. However, for any race fan out there, it is
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          568 111 By evolving from a pure telco to providing IT services, it has reversed declining revenue. GRACE CHNG reports AT CHUA Chu Kang Primary School, about 720 students in Primary 3 and 4 use the Internet as their giant textbook. Teachers pose problems on class websites and students dive
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          433 111 In the past, schools would have to ensure that the hardware worked with the software. They would also have to look at the networking. With the current model, all these issues are taken care of. Chua Chu Kang primary school principal Francis Foo, on how Sing Tel
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          349 111 SINGTEL will be showcasing its suite of business solutions at the Singapore Expo today and tomorrow in an event called i.luminate. About 3,000 invited customers from Singapore and around the world are expected at this event which Sing Tel is organising for the first time. Apart from the
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          201 112 Software companies are moving towards the subscription business model where customers pay a subscription price to have access to an application rather than purchase the application and then sign a separate service agreement to obtain continued vendor support. The subscription model, also known as software-as-a-service, has been popularised
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          748 112 Local companies are using software-as-a-service to save money and improve their systems EPICENTRE, an Apple Premium Reseller, decided to take the bold step 18 months ago to subscribe to a content management system. This allows it to avoid putting a hefty initial investment that would
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          329 112 Some major hardware makers are working on similar technology, but a company that specialises in delivering things like books and jewellery may beat the infrastructure crowd to the punch. AMAZON.COM'S curious ambitions as a computing infrastructure provider continue to grow. Last week, the company revealed a
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          670 113 Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning I HAD forced my sleepy eyes to stay open till midnight on Monday last week all for bragging rights: I wanted to be among the first to play Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning (WAR). Like the 2,000-plus other gamers here
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          530 113  -  Chong Chee Kin By Cheat sheet THE dark elf sorceress and the human bright wizard are good choices for getting plenty of experience points (XP) from player-versus-player (PvP) combat. That is because they both unleash the highest amounts of damage from a distance. The more damage
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          169 113 EACH of your characters can have only one crafting skill and one gathering skill. For crafting, you have to choose between Apothecary and Talisman making. The former lets you brew potions which mend wounds, create temporary magical infusions, as well as dye your armour to your favourite
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          689 107 SHERWIN LOH tries out the much anticipated Guitar Hero World Tour which has a mic and five-piece drum set THE name is still Guitar Hero but there are new additions to the family. Guitar Hero World Tour (GHWT), which will be released here by late
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          443 114  -  Chester Chen HP Touch Smart IQSOB Desktop PC $2,499, from authorised dealers By a PC enthusiast and freelance writer TOUCHSCREENS and Hewlett-Packard love each other. HP has a slew of such gizmos like the iPAQ 312 PDA, HP 2710p Tablet PC and iPAQ 612 c
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          394 115  -  Melvin Seah By who works in the IT industry 1 BJWIiWWiBB^B 9fflffl|ffi|||jiffnSi| fligffiggßgwi Sff^SffnfJffilM !*WRTV9Knnll9ilH HP iPAQ 912 Business Messenger I 5899, from authorised HP dealers AS FAR as looks go, Hewlett-Packard couldn't have chosen a worse time to bring out its iPAQ 912 Business Mpccpnopr Compared
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          326 115  -  Stephanie Gwee By freelance writer JLAB B-Flex USB speaker $59.90, from Apple Epicentre WHOEVER said that bigger is better obviously hasn't set eyes and ears on the JLab B-Flex. Don't be fooled by the 5 cm-wide speaker, which seems woefully inadequate at first. It's
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          429 115  -  Sherwin Loh By Trial set on loan from Mobile One; product availability dependB on mobile TV service J IF YOU'RE a television junkie who's constantly on the move, Samsung's P960 mobile TV phone is a great mate. With it, you can watch shows on the six-channel
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          376 116  -  Chester Chen By a PC enthusiast and freelance writer ZyXEL Power Line Home Plug AY $188, from Sim Lim Square and Funan DigitaLife Mall WIRELESS connectivity can be trick^ in any building even the That's because transmitted signals do not pass through walls with enough energy
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          247 116 Plantronics Explorer 230 headset $109 f rO m major IT retailers HEADSETS that are light on the ear and Bive crystal clear voice quality always Bet8 et votg terms of weight, the Plantronic Explorer 230 headset fits the bill: it weighs just llg and I'm
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          328 116  -  Lim Yee Hung By a student at the University of Warwick Cresyn C23OE C22OE earphones $24.90 (C23OE, right), $19.90 (C22OE), from Popular Bookstore CD Rama, Challenger Superstore, Stereo Alnmw^%?mTimW^,! D a OrL ntand Atomware Sim Urn Square GET ready to look strange wearing the Cresyn C23OE
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          666 117  -  Ezra Lim Oscar Lee Chester Chen Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Answered by aPC enthusiast Unable to Open file usa^wkkms open my C drive by Clicking on It, the Open With Window pops up With the words "Choose the program you
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          952 118  -  IRENE THAM Tan Yen Yen, Hewlett-Packard Singapore's managing director, heads the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation. susses ner out More success stories means greater awareness of the importance and potential of the industry. This would be one way to attract young people to pursue a career
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        175 100 Menu Features Rock Band to cost more 9 Tech behind Formula 1 10-15 Business SingTel's IT revenue 16-17 Software as a service 18 Reviews Warhammer Online 20 21 Guitar Hero World Tour 22 HP TouchSmart IQSOB 23 HPiPAQ9I2 24 ia IBB; JLAB B-Flex USB speaker 24 ZyXEL PowerLine HomePlug AV
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