The Straits Times, 30 September 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    18 1 MICA (P) 115/12/2007 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 2008* «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Cancer op for Balaji SENIOR Minister of State for Foreign
      56 1 SENIOR Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan had surgery last Tuesday to remove a cancerous tumour in the colon. The 53-year-old, an MP for Ang MoKio GRC, will be discharged from Gleneagles Hospital today and go on a
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      Lock icon Pricey HDB flats a draw
      42 1 THE Housing Board's priciest flats to date have attracted plenty of interest from home buyers. New units at the Pinnacle@Duxton in Tanjong Pagar received more than three applicants per flat as of spm yesterday. HOME PAGE B3
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      Lock icon Perks for Aussie parents
      58 1 AUSTRALIA plans to give working parents a hand in bringing up junior. A scheme unveiled yesterday will give working mothers 18 weeks of paid maternity leave and their husbands a fortnight's paid leave. The recommendations are expected to benefit about 140,000 women and cost the government
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      Lock icon Anwar ahead in poll
      55 1 MALAYSIANS are increasingly concerned about their economy and prefer, by a slight margin, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (above) to take charge of the government rather than Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak.The Merdeka Centre survey also reflected deep divisions across racial lines over who would be a
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      Lock icon Interest rates shoot up
      49 1 INTEREST rates have spiked. The three-month Sibor rate, to which many home loans are pegged, has jumped to 2 per cent from 1 per cent last month. But borrowers' pain can mean savers' gain with cash deposits in banks earning more interest. MONEY PAGE 820
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      33 1 CONFUSION gSgJT holiday tips J jf-ii.J qTTNK U¥M Readers ask: Who do we believe? WfeMv For last-minute travellers Aim. LJl wlllil\ PRIME, PAGES A6-A7 NX BIN LIFE! m 1% W HOME, PAGE Bl
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    Lock icon Badingah's Hari Raya smile
    504 1  -  Diana Othman By FOR over a year, Indonesian maid Badingah, 28, covered her mouth when she smiled, embarassed by her missing front teeth. They had been pried out with a pair of pliers wielded by a teenager who attacked her while she was working for a
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    Lock icon US$700b bailout plan rejected
    670 1 "They are throwing billions around, but things seem to be getting worse." Mr Joe Saluzzi, co-manager of trading firm Themis Trading WASHINGTON: US lawmakers overwhelmingly abandoned their president this morning by voting against his US$700 billion (S$l trillion) bailout plan, sending US stocks into a precipitous
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    Lock icon Electricity bills to go up 21%
    619 1  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Families in smaller flats will get relief from Government rebates By ELECTRICITY bills will go up about 21 per cent tomorrow, the highest one-time increase in about seven years, according to the Energy Market Authority (EMA). Those living in three-room Housing Board
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  • VIEW POINTS
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      Lock icon Kidney transfers: Not a time to be closed-minded
      35 2 The values debate on kidney transfers and compensation is moving ahead in many countries. Singapore should not be a backwater in such ferment. EDITORIAL PAGE A2O COLUMNS
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      Lock icon Ball's in China's court
      24 2 The tainted milk scandal is one spectacular challenge to which China must face up, says Paul Jacob. REVIEW PAGE A2O
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      Lock icon 'Green' the bailout
      27 2 America needs to stop borrowing and start building by launching an energy technology revolution, says Thomas L. Friedman. REVIEW PAGE A2O OUR READER SAYS
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      Lock icon Diana Krall concert woes
      29 2 Reader Michael Kenneth Johnson paid $250 apiece for his tickets and says: This is no way to organise a top show. FORUM PAGE A 22
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      Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
      32 2 www.straitstimes.com Jessica Cheam makes a case for a greener Fl, if this event is here to stay. Goh Eng Yeow worries that the US financial contagion may have hit China.
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      53 2 IN our report "So this is how an airbag feels" published on Sept 27, Page 87, we stated that the instructor in the photo was from the Singapore Safety Driving Centre. This is wrong. He was from the Bukit Batok Driving Centre. We are sorry
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  • prime commentary
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      Lock icon Propaganda that kills
      765 2  -  Ching Cheong Beijing puts party and leaders first, never mind values and the people By SENIOR WRITER In both the Sars and tainted milk cases, many lives could have been saved if the Chinese media had been informed and allowed to report the truth. HONG KONG: The
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      Lock icon Foreigners adding to rise in number of beggars
      525 3  -  Theresa Tan By THE number of beggars and vagrants rounded up by the authorities rose sharply in the first six months of this year, with many being foreigners. The foreigners, who included bogus monks and nuns and the disabled, were found begging
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      Lock icon Balaji has op to remove colon tumour
      467 3  -  Kor Kian Beng Cancerous tumour taken out last week; he will be discharged today By SENIOR Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan had surgery last Tuesday to remove a cancerous tumour in the colon. The 53-year-old, an MP for Ang Mo
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  • primem financial crisis
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  • prime tainted milk scandal
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      Lock icon 'Safe to eat' ads cause confusion
      612 6  -  Tessa Wong Kraft and Wall's press ads contradict AVA ban on China dairy products By WHO TO BELIEVE? "Obviously, there must have been some reason for suspicion by the AVA. Now, who are we to believe?" Reader Lucas Png, pointing out the discrepancies between
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      Lock icon Melamine ware safe to use: AVA
      234 6  -  TESSA WONG SERENE LUO MELAMINE plastic ware is safe to use, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said yesterday. Spokesman Goh Shih Yong said that the plastic ware has had a history of safe use for several decades. "There has been no scientific report
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      Lock icon Cadbury pulls out all China products
      514 7 Product checks A GROWING list of Chinese milk and milk-related products have been taken off shelves or are being checked, even as some companies rushed to assure consumers their products are safe: "QzY" milk biscuits Late yesterday, Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety said
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      Lock icon The palin magic wanes
      816 8 After her disastrous TV interviews, people are questioning her credentials WASHINGTON: She arrived in a blaze of glory and at a stroke injected new life into Republican Senator John McCain's presidential election campaign. But one month after Mrs Sarah Palm was unveiled as the shock Republican
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      Lock icon Voters in for a transfixing show
      522 8 ONE talks too much. The other has not talked enough. For the voters, this week's vice-presidential debate in St Louis promises a transfixing match between the loquacious veteran Democratic senator Joe Biden and the still-underexposed Republican Alaska governor Sarah Palm. For the campaigns, the
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon Big perks soon for Aussie parents
      724 10  -  Roger Maynard 18 weeks' paid maternity leave for mums, 2 weeks' paid leave for dads in proposed $590 m scheme By AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT In other countries A sample of maternity leave packages: Canada 55 per cent pay for 15 weeks France 16 to 26
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      Lock icon Yet another Thai PM faces probe
      628 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh Somchai accused of violating Constitution for alleged share holdings in telco firm By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Less than two weeks into the job, Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat is facing allegations of constitutional violations that, if found to be valid, may lead
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      Lock icon S'pore sends Congrats
      90 12 SINGAPORE has congratulated Mr Sompong Amornvivat on his appointment as Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister. In his congratulatory letter to Mr Sompong, Foreign Minister George Yeo noted that the two countries enjoyed close and longstanding ties. "We share many common interests and perspectives on
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      Lock icon Myanmar farmers get S'pore aid
      289 12 YANGON: Singapore has donated US$l million (551.43 million) worth of fertiliser to rice farmers in Myanmar affected by Cyclone Nargis. A representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said nearly all the affected rice fields in the Irrawaddy delta had been replanted. A total
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      Lock icon More Malaysians fret over economy
      578 13  -  Hazlin Hassan Issues like joblessness and inflation are their top concerns: Poll By Malaysia Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians are increasingly worried about their economy in the light of the global financial crisis and continuing political turmoil on the domestic front. More than half of the
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      Lock icon Hindu temple demolition: MP threatens to quit
      227 13 KLANG: A Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) MP has threatened to quit over the demolition of a Hindu temple in Ampang, while about a hundred members of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) demonstrated over the issue. Kapar MP S. Manickavasagam threatened to quit as
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      Lock icon Anwar will be a better PM: Poll
      214 13  -  HAZLIN HASSAN KUALA LUMPUR: A small majority of Malaysians think opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will make a better prime minister than Deputy Premier Najib Razak, according to a survey by the Merdeka Centre. While the gap is small, different races appear to swing
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        Lock icon Yudhoyono's hand forced by campaign frenzy
        615 14 Who's set to run in Indonesia's presidential polls INDONESIA'S next presidential election is attracting a host of candidates who have publicly declared their intention to run. Here's a look at the list of prospective candidates. Declared candidates (with backing of political parties) Incumbent President
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        415 14 JAKARTA: Indonesia is planning to develop five "world-class" hospitals that will cater to rich citizens who go for treatment abroad to places such as Singapore where they now spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year. The government is targeting part of the estimated
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        Lock icon China to probe space flight glitches
        802 15 Inquiry comes as Beijing sets sights on the moon SEARCH FOR ANSWERS "I really worried for him as I could see he had used all his strength to open the door. The force might not be due just to different pressure levels in and
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        Lock icon 2nd round of Taiwan-China talks to be held next month
        333 15 TAIPEI: China's top negotiator with Taiwan, Mr Chen Yun-lin, is expected to visit the island next month for talks with his counterpart and to meet President Ma Ying-jeou. The head of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (Arats)
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        Lock icon Anti-Chen remark aired by mistake delights Taiwanese
        226 16 TAIPEI: Ms Liao Ying-ting has become the most talked-about newscaster in Taiwan after passing a vulgar remark about a supporter of former president Chen Shui-bian which was broadcast inadvertently. The TVBS station newscaster made the comment on Saturday evening while waiting to take
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        Lock icon Aso dares opposition to critique economic plan
        493 16  -  Kwan Weng Kin If objections are not valid, this may be used as an excuse to dissolve House By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: With early elections apparently in mind, Prime Minister Taro Aso yesterday used a maiden policy speech in Parliament to dare the
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    • world international
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        Lock icon Somali pirates vow to fight to the death
        700 17 Malaysian vessels released KUALA LUMPUR: Pirates have released two Malaysian vessels hijacked off the coast of Somalia last month, officials and reports said. The MT Bunga Melati 5 with 36 Malaysian and five Filipino crew members was freed first. The New Straits
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        Lock icon Using Facebook to hire spies
        225 17 LONDON: Britain's overseas security service, MI6, has turned to social networking website Facebook to help recruit the next generation of spies. The Secret Intelligence Service, which has traditionally scoured the country's elite universities for recruits, has launched a series of online advertisements this month as
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        Lock icon Afghans fearful of a resurgent Taleban
        925 18 WAR ON TERROR US 'war on terror' seen as failure: Poll MOST people across the world believe the United States-led "war on terror" has failed to weaken Al-Qaeda, and many think the group has actually grown stronger, a BBC World Service poll revealed yesterday.
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        Lock icon Islamic bomber behind killer blast: Syria
        204 18 DAMASCUS: An Islamic suicide bomber was responsible for a car bomb over the weekend that killed 17 people in Syria, the state news agency reported yesterday. The Sana news agency said the vehicle had entered Syria from a neighbouring Arab country last Friday, but
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    • world in brief
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        Lock icon Poll blow for Merkel ally
        130 19 BERLIN: Bavaria's ruling party has slumped to its worst state election showing in 54 years and has lost its hold on power a humiliating setback for a key ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), part of Dr Merkel's coalition
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        Lock icon New prime number find
        142 19 LOS ANGELES: Mathematicians in California have found a prime number with nearly 13 million digits, a milestone that makes them eligible for a US$lOO,OOO (*****,700) prize. The prize is being offered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for finding the first Mersenne prime with more than 10
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        Lock icon S. Korea-Russia gas deal
        168 19 SEOUL: South Korea and Russia have agreed to work towards importing 10 billion cubic m of natural gas a year via a pipeline that runs across North Korea, Seoul's energy ministry said yesterday. Under the agreement, South Korea will have access to Russian natural gas for
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        Lock icon Time for a cuppa – or 77,000
        64 19 Time for a cuppa or 77,000 Talk about a caffeine overload. More than 77,000 coffee cups were arranged in a pattern on the ground next to the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin yesterday. They were laid out as part of a promotion for a television documentary showing the average number
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        Lock icon Sarkozy's son not guilty
        161 19 PARIS: A French court yesterday found President Nicolas Sarkozy's son, Jean, not guilty of fleeing the scene of a 2005 scooter crash, and ordered the plaintiff to pay him several thousand euros in damages. Mr Jean Sarkozy, 22, a law student who this year made his
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        Lock icon Military ties extended
        148 19 NEW DELHI: Russia and India have agreed to extend a military accord to jointly design and build defence equipment, upgrade weapons and conduct exercises. The tenure of the Intergovernmental Commission between the two nations will stretch for another 10 years to 2020, Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov
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      • SLICEOFLIFE
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          Lock icon Doggone it! Lapdogs can ride in cars
          89 19 SACRAMENTO (California): Lapdogs and other pets can continue to ride in comfort on the laps of their owners. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is vetoing a Bill to fine motorists US$35 (Ssso) for sharing the driver's seat with lapdogs or other animals. Republican Assemblyman
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      457 20 HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan is moving to bring Singaporeans' attitudes towards compensation for kidney donors up to a more practical level, from what in many cases has been a deeply moralistic position. The Human Organ Transplant Act possibly could be updated,
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      978 20  -  Paul Jacob CHINA MILK SCANDAL By DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR CHINA does things in spectacular fashion. None more so than at the recent Olympic Games in Beijing, which had everyone tripping over adjectives to come up with the most striking ways to describe the
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        1152 21  -  Chan Heng Chee WASHINGTON'S TIES WITH ASIA By Anyone who predicts the decline of the US does so prematurely... The US is distinguished by its ability to bounce back. TRILLIONS of dollars in wealth have been wiped out in American markets. President George W.
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        803 21  -  David Boey SINGAPORE'S AIR POWER By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE'S warplanes remain young though the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) celebrated its 40th anniversary this month. But the renewal of Singapore's arsenal of warplanes perhaps the most visible sign of the RSAF's
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        464 22 I REFER to last Saturday's article, "$645K: HDB's priciest flats go on sale". I was shocked that HDB has priced its new stock of flats in Tanjong Pagar at $545,000 to $645,000. I am not surprised the higher-end flats have
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        398 22 SINGAPORE SINGTEL GRAND PRIX I AM neither a follower nor an ardent fan of Formula One, but after this weekend's tremendous Fl race, I am a local convert to the Singapore Fl Grand Prix event. I echo the many accolades and praise for the organisers for pulling
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        340 22 WE THANK Mr Jason Toh and Mr Tuang Kwong Feng ("Why police must focus on heavy vehicles", Aug 30, and "Limits needed on heavy vehicles", Sept 1) for their feedback. We share their concerns that heavy vehicles involved in accidents can have
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        542 22 WHAT happened to quality in Singapore as event organisers rush to cash in on Formula One activity? We attended the Diana Krall concert last Friday evening and list the following woes of how not to run a concert: A late change of venue from
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        476 22 "This race has put Singapore on the world map like no other event." MR ONG YONG KEAT: "Congratulations on a job well done. For a better show next year, I suggest something be done to alleviate the monotonous grey of the concrete barriers. The street-level view beamed to the
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      814 23  -  Tania Tan Jessica Lim By and li^Ma BROWSE through supermarket shelves here and you'll find a buffet of product labels making green claims. But are they true blue? A Straits Times check of about 150 necessities, including detergents, toiletries and canned foods, found 50 which
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      419 24  -  Tania Tan By ON ALL LEVELS "A truly green business is one that practises environmental consciousness from top management right down to the janitor." Mr Leon Perera, managing director of Spire Research and Consulting BUSINESSES here are getting greener, but the results
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        124 24 THE public can visit the Istana tomorrow from 8.30 am to 6pm. The Farrer Park Primary School Band, Temasek Polytechnic Band and Nanyang Polytechnic Percussion Ensemble School Band will be performing at the open house in celebration of Hari Ray a Aidilfitri. There will also be a
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        76 24 THE Singapore Civil Defence Force is urging members of the public to guard against fires during the festive season. Party hosts should be mindful of hazards, such as burning stoves, overloaded electrical outlets and barbecues. After parties, smouldering embers should be doused with water and not thrown
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        32 24 THE Islamic Religious Council of Singapore has announced today as the 30th day of the Islamic month of Ramadan. The first day of Hari Raya Aidilfitri starts tomorrow.
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      323 24  - Abusing spouse kids hurt too Melissa Sim FAMILY VIOLENCE SYMPOSIUM By ACADEMICS, social workers and government officials will gather this week to discuss ways of combating family violence. The National Family Violence Networking Symposium will focus on child abuse, the impact of spousal abuse on children, and the role of
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      524 25  -  Jessica Cheam HDB BALLOTING EXERCISE Pinnacle draws 3 times more applications than the number of flats By THEY are among the priciest flats ever launched by the Housing Board, but there has been no shortage of potential buyers. The 50-storey Pinnacle@Duxton in Tanjong Pagar
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      245 25  -  Goh Chin Lian By FROM tomorrow, the Finance Ministry will have a second permanent secretary. He is Mr Peter Ong (right), who will continue to be Permanent Secretary of the Trade and Industry Ministry, said the Public Service Division in a statement yesterday. Mr
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      451 26  -  Jermyn Chow Chosen person will evaluate shipyards, make recommendations By Grim figures First half of 2008: Eleven shipyard workers have died and 286 others been hurt in the first half of this year. First half of 2007: Three shipyard workers died on the job. ROCKED by
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      674 26  -  Teh Joo Lin By KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN "I believe that safety is not a cost, but an opportunity." Mr Denis Welch, CEO of Drydocks World's South-east Asian operations Four accidents in three months IN THE past three months, there have been four accidents at
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      760 27  -  Judith Tan PROPOSED CHANGES TO ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT Supporters seek more clarity in rules that govern compensation By Scow Kai Lun Keeping donor's welfare in mind CHANGES to the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota), expected early next year, will: Compensate those who donate their kidneys to save
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      220 27  -  JUDITH TAN WHEN Ms Sheralyn Tay needed a kidney three years ago, her younger brother, Alphonsus, didn't hesitate to give his to her. But the good deed turned out to haunt him IV2 years later, when the IT support engineer wanted to apply for health
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      560 28  -  Selina Lum MARSILING MURDER TRIAL Tenant tells court how stepdad hit teen, 15, before he strangled her By A COUPLE of hours after quarrelling with her ex-husband, Ms Xiv Yanhong got a shocking phone call from a woman sharing her flat. Her ex-husband, Ong
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      188 28 PRIVATE bus driver Ong Pang Siew, 46, is on trial for the murder of his China-born teenage stepdaughter. He is accused of strangling Ong Pan Hui, 15, at her mother's Marsiling flat during the night of Oct 20 last year. The teenager came to Singapore in 2002
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      455 28  -  K.C. Vijayan By LAW CORRESPONDENT A LAWYER, arguing an appeal for a child murderer on death row, claimed the judge asked too many questions and expressed his thoughts during the trial, which helped the prosecution in its case. Singapore's highest court has now come
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      112 28 MOHAMMED Ali Johari was convicted of murdering his stepdaughter, Nur Asyura Mohamed Fauzi, two, better known as Nonoi (right). The toddler had gone missing from her flat on March 1, 2006, sparking a massive manhunt for her. Three days later, her stepfather, then aged 31, turned himself
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      398 29  -  Sujin Thomas 18-year-old sentenced to 18 months' probation, 150 hours of community service By A TEENAGER who punched a bus driver and spat in the face of a police officer during a rampage earlier this year was sentenced to 18 months' probation
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      387 29  -  Esther Tan By POLICE are seeking a driver who ran over a fallen motorcyclist during the weekend, leaving the man in a coma. He died two days later. The hit-and-run incident took place on Saturday at about 9.20pm on the Seletar Expressway. Mr Heng
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      189 29  -  SUJIN THOMAS SHE tried to kill herself with a Swiss Army knife but ended up hurting her friend, who had tried to stop her, instead. Tan Pheck Hoon, 50, was jailed six months yesterday for causing a 1 cm laceration on the upper right
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      113 23 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm bills when tariffs go up by 21 per cent MOST-READ ONLINE f rom Oct 1, the highest increase in about Yishun flat where three Chinese eight years. Reason? Rising oil prices, nationals were stabbed cleaned up. Will this push you
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      829 30  -  Leonard Lim SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX REVIEW Global media and motor-racing community heap praise after successful event By The backdrop of the city's night skyline, along with Fl cars whizzing past landmarks like City Hall and the Singapore Flyer, were movie-like, magical and breathtaking. Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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      117 30 "For several years, Formula One, in countless rules and regulation rewrites, had as its goal to improve the show. On Sunday night in Singapore, the sport found its answer: The first-ever race through urban streets at night. But if the glamorous skyline of the city provided the backdrop,
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      48 30 "The track was interesting, the event ran almost without a hitch, the cars looked even more spectacular than usual under the floodlights, and Singapore's evocative location and history meant it came already loaded up with a glamour that could soon rival that of Monaco." BBC
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      58 30 "Never before has the world's most glamorous sport glistened and glowed, smoked and sparkled, quite like it did under 1,500 spotlights in the Far East where a race complete with smashes, slapstick pit-lane comedy from Ferrari and even, dare one say it, overtaking, provided a compelling spectacle
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      45 30 "It gave us the first example of a circuit passing under a flyover. The sight of the Singapore traffic cruising overhead as the cars powered around Turn 1 was a novel addition to the list of signature corners in Fl." THE TELEGRAPH
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        229 31 Drivers said the 5.067 km circuit was too bumpy, and complained of high kerbs at Turn 10 after St Andrew's Road and a dangerous pit-lane entry and exit. While nothing could be done about the bumps, organisers were quick to ground down the controversial kerbs
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        1302 31  -  Steve Slater Dream start for the Singapore show DRIVER'SSEAT By How Alonso won RENAULT needed to take a huge gamble, after Fernando Alonso qualified a disappointing 15th. And, it paid off spectacularly, as everything went according to plan during the race. Renault hoped the safety
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        254 31  -  Jeanette Wang By THE Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix may have won the approval of all. But, it seems, the same cannot be said of its trophies. When they were being presented to the top three finishers on Sunday, a fan was overheard
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        101 31 "The race has probably gone a long way to establishing Singapore as a destination city rather than a place that you simply pass through. But it is not just a new experience. It is a real big step in the history of Grand Prix racing because it has
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        75 31 "The pictures, the atmosphere are really one of a kind and this gives a completely new experience to all the viewers worldwide but also to the spectators. It costs a lot of money the lights, the circuit and the organisation. But it is a great investment for the
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        55 31 "The most impressive thing for me is what an amazing job they have done here in Singapore to prepare the circuit. I cannot particularly fault it. I think they did a tremendous job, so I feel everyone deserves a real pat on the back because it is really
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        45 31 "Singapore has a good chance of challenging Monaco for being the jewel in the crown of Fl. That is the most accurate thing to say. They have great weather, a very good track and the grandstands packed." FRANK WILLIAMS team boss of Williams
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        713 32  -  Terrence Voon Williams driver achieves career-best finish in race he finds the toughest By LUCKY SUNDAY "For once, I was also a bit lucky in the race. I've always been unlucky, but on Sunday, everything just went my way." NICO ROSBERG HE MAY not have found time
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        894 32  -  Rohit Brijnath SPORTINGLIFE By In conversations on circuits and chicanes, our name will always come up. In calendars on sport, it will now be noted: Masters in April in Augusta, Wimbledon final in July in London, Street magic in September
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        552 32 MCLAREN'S Lewis Hamilton now has a seven-point advantage in the drivers' standings over Ferrari's Felipe Massa. That means he can finish second to the Brazilian in the final three races of the season and still win the title. Ferrari face this scenario,
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        665 33  -  Frankie Chee Few leading celebrities turn up; party-goers mainly corporate types By WHY NO-SHOW? "There's no reason for them to come. Singapore is not big in Hollywood, we do not have much relations there, it's a long way and it's too costly to
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        276 33 IT WAS probably the most expensive seat in town, costing almost $10,000. But, for a select group, it was the only way to enjoy Formula One's first night race. And I was among the lucky 150 guests to be wined, dined and entertained in
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      609 34 Champions League Arsenal v FC Porto Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2am Aalborg Bk v Manchester United Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.30 am Wenger to make major reshuffle for Porto game after shock loss to Hull LONDON: Arsene Wenger has vowed to make wholesale changes to his side for
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      397 34 LONDON: After breezing through last season's group stage without breaking a sweat, Manchester United's dream of a fourth European Cup will be endangered if they stumble at Aalborg. Their title defence began with Villarreal frustrating them with a goalless draw at Old Trafford
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      520 34 LONDON: Like all the best stories from Transylvania, the tale of CFR Cluj has a sense of the unexpected. It also has its moment of shock and, at the end of the first night, even a perturbed heroine. "I didn't believe it could
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      341 34 MILAN: Jose Mourinho and Ronaldinho have met before. In March 2006, the Brazilian scored a Barcelona goal which knocked Chelsea out of the Champions League. On Sunday, the Brazilian ruined Mourinho's first derby as Inter Milan manager. He scored in AC Milan's 1-0 win. The
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      398 34 LONDON: Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has denied that he will be forced to sell players in the January transfer window, as the club lurch towards a financial crisis. The club are reported to be £60 million (Sslss million) in debt and need to
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      521 35 Villegas adds Tour C'ship, 3 weeks after maiden BMW triumph ATLANTA: It took Camilo Villegas 86 tries to win his first PGA Tour event, and just one more to win his second. In the final round of the US$7 million (Sslo million) Tour Championship on
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      329 35 FOOTBALL Italian Serie A: AC Milan 1 Inter Milan 0. Spanish Primera Liga: Athletic Bilbao 0 Getafe 1, Atletico Madrid 0 Sevilla 1, Malaga 2 Valladolid 1, Numancia 0 Osasuna 0, Racing Santander 1 Mallorca 2, Almeria 1 Recreativo Huelva 0, Valencia 4 Deportivo La Coruna 2. GOLF British
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      195 30 fnT\ WHAT'S ONLINE <O MOST VIEWED MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Alonso wins Singapore Grand Prix. Felipe Massa makes pit-stop blunder. "Electrifying" atmosphere at Singapore's Fl. MOST COMMENTED Historic night race wows world Said newcastle: "The actual race did 'wow. The rest was hopeless dangerously overcrowded MRT,
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      156 32 mgtjgtj Draw No. 2366/2008 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09 10 22 27 36 39 W Add. No. _44_ 3i'W* Group 1 Prize $569 ,372 Winning shares for Draw No. 2366/2008 Group 1 Prize: $669,372 each Group 4 Prize: $477 each 1 Winning Share(s) 553 Winning Share(s) Group 2 Prize: $52,739
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      144 35 Tan Chiaw Meng (Mike/Aloka) Age: 57 Passed away peacefully on 29 September 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Ng Li Ai Father: Tan Jong Kirn (deceased) Mother: Chia Su Kiat I Sons: Daughter-in-law: I Tan Hwee Roy Josephine James I Tan Hwee Don I Granddaughter: I
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      114 35 TOH SHUNG FIE Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 29 Sept 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Cindy Pai Sons: Daughters-in-law: Toh Yiu Joe Yvonne Tan Toh Yiu Kwong Stella Hu Toh Yiu Meng Toh Yiu Way Fiona Tang Toh Yiu Jin Daughter: Toh Hy Cm
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      94 35 2nd Dn Jloving <JManmy of Vikneshvaran Samugam Born: 17th Sept 1981 Departed: 30th Sept 2006 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by: Father: SR Samugam Mother: Anjalay Dcvi Brothers: Shentil Kumaran Grandmothers, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Nephews, Neices, Relatives and Friends. 2nd Anniversary Prayers will be held on 30th Sept 2008 (Tues)
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      25 35 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory Ng Her Peng-W"^T^F-(*^,^A) Dept 30 9 2003 Forever Cherished and Remembered By: Wife, Children, Daughters-in-law, jj. Grandchildren Loved Ones ipm*-
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      39 35 Ist Anniversary I In Loving Memory of SHIVANATH PARTAP CHAND Departed 30/9/2007 Of one we will never forget His absence to us is a sorrow His loss we will always regret Forever in our hearts Dearly missed by family
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      138 35 MR. DING AH DING (B^P^jtt) Age: 80 has gone home to be with his Lord and Master on 29 September 2008. He leaves behind his dearly beloved family: Wife of 5 1 years: Chang Ming Hsuan Sons: Daughters-in-law: David Ding Kuan Yong (Dr.) Grace Wong Mci Lin Ding Kuan Siang
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      84 35 TOH KIAN LENG Age: 61 Passed away peacefully on 28 September 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Susan Goh Khar Muay Son: Benjimin Toh Wan Peng Daughter-in-law: Amy Lim Lian Heong Daughter: Evelyn Toh Yee Ling Son-in-law: Tony Tan Leng Wah Grandson: Caden Toh Jun Vi
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      40 35 The Family of The Late CHOO CHAN WAH Departed 21 Sept 2008 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business partners for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      54 35 K. P. POWLOSE AGE: 86 passed away peacefully in Kollam, Kerala State, India on 3 Sep 2008, leaving behind Beloved Wife: K. Mary Stella children, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren loved ones. Memorial mass will be held on 1 Oct 2008 in St Joseph's Church, Perumon, Mundackal, Kollam, Kerala State, India. For
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      114 36 rr Vith Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to V7sf Mr Dato Richard Lim Vjjj On the Demise of His Beloved Brother flMtlliliiiii From; The Board Of Directors Morris Charles The Management Staff Of lack Tan Asian Cruise International Pte Ltd Neo Ellff Huat ac shipping Pte Ltd Harry Sim if^V LONG
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        641 37  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Traders stay on sidelines in case US bailout plan fails to clear Congress By THERE were widespread jitters across Asian markets yesterday as traders nervously awaited the passage of a bailout package through the United States Congress. Investors had been
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        327 37  -  Lee Su Shyan By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR THE four most active warrants in the market yesterday were all linked to the Hang Seng Index and all from Macquarie Securities. Hong Kong share prices sank 4.3 per cent yesterday, after HSBC hiked its
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          108 37 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.004 billion shares worth $1.13 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 144 Losers: 359 Unchanged: 856 gfgf Mid Cap 504.63 -20.75 Basic materials 305.21 T -15.62 Utilities 436.05 8.54 Small Cap 421.77 T -11.91 Industrials 525.91 T -13.31 Financials 591.04 T -11.87 All Share 573.69 T -14.37 Consumer
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          200 37 Yesterday's close: 11,743.61 (-149.55) Ja Panese shares closed down Per cen' as 'nvest°rs waited for a vote on a Wall Street bailout package. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bj^| ■■■■■■■■■■^^^^^^^^J Yesterday's close: 1,019.72 (-0.81) n^iTln^hSfnlnmf d per cent in tnin volume ahead o f the Hari Raya Puasa celebrations. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's
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          384 37 Sept 29 CENTS GLD 10US$ 8596 Hyflux 256 DairyFarm 500 ISH 1414 Creative Tech 520 BousteadSp 101 B Sembawang 630 CapitaMall 231 CerebosPac 326 SPC 454 H Plaza 140 Indiabulls 50 Megachem 22.5 IFS Capital 61 MATSTEEL Ltd 130 OCBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100 ...9784 SBSTransit 193 MultiChem 21 CHPacific
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          188 37 T TNTT TRT T<sT<s T ART F 4PPFARS ON MnNnAY<\ UINII IR.UOIO 1 /^JDJUCj ATf JCj/\n.O UIM IVIUIMJU/i 1 O By Volume cents Vol Golden Agri 33.5 -3.0 -8.2 China Hongxing 28.5 -3.0 -9.5 SingTel 314 -7.0 -2.2 CapitaLand 326 -14.0 -4.1 USTI 11 0.0 0.0 Noble
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          104 37 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Sept 29 2008 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1790 1.1950 Can dollar 1.3710 1.3890 Euro 2.0600 2.0860 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4158 0.4165 NZ dollar 0.9720 0.9950 Sterling pound 2.5970 2.6260 US dollar 1.4200 1.4380 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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          358 37 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 850 I- 820 2300 615 73.5 123 525 3580 2260 1530 880 940 353.3 1720 494 482 396 690 422 324 2290 572 323 5606 CapitaLand 217 5417 CapitaMall 842 5611 CityDev 135 5142
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          616 37 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 199 276 237 258 291 438 115 145 274 314 277 203 376 388 195 135 595 398 i, 515 372 317 205 590 87 222 281 111 130 130.6 38.5 396.1 175
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        592 38  -  Lee Su Shyan Key investor sold over 2.6 m shares last Friday; Rich Land shares also see massive drop By I ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR ON A day when share prices tumbled like nine pins, the plunges in Keppel Telecommunications Transportation (Keppel
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        181 38 THE Singapore Commodity Exchange (Sicom), which was recently acquired by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), launched a new high-tech electronic trading system yesterday. Called e-Sicom, it is based on technology from Nasdaq OMX, a company which has been a long-time partner of the SGX in providing
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        534 38  -  Fiona Chan By PROPERTY REPORTER DEMAND for Singapore offices is likely to fall to recession-level lows next year and in 2010, resulting in the biggest excess supply of office space in 20 years, said Credit Suisse yesterday. It expects office
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        716 40 Citi to absorb $60b in losses in deal aided by govt agency insuring deposits NEW YORK: In the latest by-product of the widening global financial crisis, Citigroup will acquire the banking operations of Wachovia in a deal facilitated by the government agency that insures the
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        327 40 NEW YORK: Morgan Stanley agreed to sell a 21 per cent equity stake to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan's largest bank, for US$9 billion (5512.9 billion) yesterday, bolstering its capital base and improving its chances for surviving the credit crisis. Still, shares of Morgan
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        578 40 Paulson set to be most powerful financier ever WASHINGTON: Despite all the constraints Congress supposedly wrapped around him, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is about to become the most powerful mortgage financier of the modern era most likely of any era. Buried beneath the 100-plus pages of detail that Mr Paulson's
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      518 41  -  Jessica Cheam Rivals are 'neck and neck' in race for global trading role, says expert By SINGAPORE and close rival Hong Kong are "neck and neck" to claim the title of Asia's first carbon trading hub, said an industry expert. While
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      274 41  -  Michelle Tay By THE hotel arm of Singapore-list-ed HPL Properties has taken over an Orchard Road hotel and will make it part of its Concorde chain. HPL Hotels and Resorts Group will take over the management of Le Meridien Singapore from tomorrow and turn it
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      350 41  -  JESSICA CHEAM THE collective sale of five small estates in Thomson Road is back on track after getting stalled two months ago. An appeal by buyers Mergui Development has been granted by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), to reduce the price
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      259 41  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By A SINGAPORE supply base offering oilfield services and equipment is undergoing a $400 million makeover to go with its new name. Singapore Offshore Petroleum Services which has been here for more than 30 years was renamed Toll Offshore Petroleum Services
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      793 42  -  Gabriel Chen Rise in Sibor leads to bigger loan repayments but higher interest for cash deposits for some By SIGN OF THE TIMES "With everyone still wondering and suspecting who is next, credit and interbank markets are freezing up." OCBC Bank economist Selena Ling, on the
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      623 42  -  Robin Chan By SHIPPING giant Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has taken a further step in its attempt to buy Hapag-Lloyd. It confirmed yesterday that it had made a binding bid last Friday of an undisclosed amount for the shipping container unit of Germany's TUI.
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      589 39 Advertising Feature ALTERNATIVE THINKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP: [/Intel/ I What brings fifteen years of UJ confidence and reliability IBSI to your data centre? Fifteen years ago, a product marketing team came up with delivered 3.3 million more servers than its nearest competitor the name ProLiant. The name was originally intended f
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      248 40 US STOCKS OPTIONS SEMINAR TRADING EXPERT reveals his SECRET of Wealth Creaf/on/^gH^ \s£ How to profit from the US Market turmoil? m A [v^How to achieve 200% return a year? "YOU fef How to trade confidently like a BUSINESSMAN W IUU PROVEN and POWERFUL strategies for < CAN consistent profits!
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      499 41 dlQlt-dl HfG> J I'm WSSk IPO UNDERWRITERS The king in the Singapore market -Z. Com-. ""r>^a Tne Critical Criteria To Being a Smart Investor by Ou7& M/f&tess Generating A Consistent Income From global Stock I r*>stem/ Markets UP or DOWN (through short-selling)! i S?< n-i According to Warren Buffet, the
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      111 42 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin but what views are there to see? A view MOST-READ ONLINE to your future is more important than US bailout deal to stem credit crisis anything else. I do not see one now." reached. 1,500 new jobs for Barclays in
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      333 43 OKAY- WE'VE MANAGED To BOOK YOU FOR 2009^ DECEMBER.,, w' m If you have not booked your year-end holiday yet, you need to act fast. Travel agencies and airlines tell TAN Yl HUI that demand is especially high this year. QO&3 ILLUSTRATION: MIEL PHOTOS: SCV and BANYAN TREE M How
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      27 43 $8 million Insider tips The Contender To promote Bahrain, kingdom Reality show Singapore of the two seas to be filmed here wO Sti_i f'-'""t ?nR9[ Xi w/
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        926 44  -  tan yi hui Holiday packages to winter wonderlands are going fast for December 'The long weekends due to public holidays are packed as everyone is generally looking at th same dates' A spokesman for SA Tours Last year, marketing executive Robin Tan paid an extra $200
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        406 45 All is not lost if you are a last-minute holiday-maker looking for December packages. A check with travel agencies on what is still available uncovers these more unusual destinations. 12D LET'S GO TUNISIA MUSLIM TOUR What: Visit Carthage, a Unesco World Heritage Site, or the city
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        696 46  -  deepika shetty Go potty over race cars in this island country in the Persian Gulf with a rich history Bahrain It was the opening of the Banyan Tree Desert Spa and Resort, Al Areen in Bahrain that took Tunisian Sami Ayari to the country in December
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        603 47  -  Tan Yi Hui Cheryl Tan and THE SKI'S THE LIMIT Ski fanatics can look forward to a sevenday Korea Fun Snow Ski trip, of which three nights will be spent at a ski resort. Touch down in Seoul and transfer to the Dragon Valley YongPyong Ski Resort for
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      Lock icon $8m boost for heritage projects
      988 48  -  deepika shetty NHB giving out grants to schemes that promote Singapore's cultural and ethnic heritage Helping hand How to apply for the Heritage Industry Incentive Programme, or Hi2P: You need to fill in an application form and submit it together with your proposal, including the
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      523 49 The reality TV show will be filmed outside the United States for the first time boon chan media correspondent If you are spoiling for a good fight, a big battle is coming your way. The fourth series of the boxing competition The Contender is currently being
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      296 49 New York Actress Tina Fey (right) reprised her role as Sarah Palm on the television comedy show Saturday Night Live, again appearing as the Republican vice-presidential candidate in an opening sketch. Saturday night's show the third of the season for the NBC programme brought back the
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      482 50  -  eddino abdul hadi The Great Spy Experiment will take part in a new Asian music talent contest (EGIONAL FINALS FILMING SESSIONS Where: National University of Singapore's Cultural Centre Hall (UCC) When: Friday, Sunday and next Tuesday, noon to midnight Admission: Free tickets for the sessions
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        468 52 Taipei Taiwan's struggling movie industry has produced a rare hit that has beaten even Hollywood blockbuster The Dark Knight at the box office. Some observers say the love story Cape No. 7 with a budget of only US$l.6 million (552.2 million) may be
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        183 52 Los Angeles Scarlett Johansson (below) and Ryan Reynolds did a little rushing into it after all. The American actress married the Canadian actor last weekend, according to publicist Meredith O'Sullivan. Us Weekly reported on its website that the small wedding took place last Saturday evening
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        178 52 Montecito (California) Heather Locklear (right) was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance in the upscale Santa Barbara area, the authorities said on Sunday. Locklear, 47, was pulled over by a California Highway Patrol officer last Saturday afternoon after
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        145 52 JOSE FELICIANO SINGS Singer-guitarist Jose Feliciano will perform at the Esplanade on Nov 3. Tickets at $58, $88, $118 and $148 are on sale at the Esplanade box office and Sistic (tel: 6348-5555). WELSH ROCKERS' DATE Acclaimed Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers will play their first show
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      123 44 s4Usi/s* II SINGAPORE fJjClCtl/ 1\ SYMPHONY \JZ/ ORCHESTRA Kpm L \^fl tut Qjuml /cr C>/SEMPRE LIBERAI i LAN SHU I conductor M t^ SUM I JO soprano 7.30pm Esplanade Concert I [all -^^/■■J^ Soprano Sumi Jo joins the SSO in a gala evening of breathtaking coloratura arias, including "Sempre libera"
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      99 45 3D 2NFree&Easv TOKYO sssa= Ai|ft mcA ESPLANADE PRESENTS <^^^^^^J ■r W W IMF Pf V^ IX" IV I Af I Tickets from Esplanade Box Office and all SISTIC's authorised agents. SISTIC Hotline: 6348 5555. fKi II 11%. l\ll Jlflf Groupbookingsof 20 or more, call 6828 8389. A SISTIC booking fee
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      246 46 In Ping Xi, a rural township in Taipei, Taiwan, blessings are written on a lantern on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year and the lantern is released to float away into the sky. 23, student SEND US YOUR TRAVEL PHOTOS Send photos (at least 300 dpi) and anecdotes
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