The Straits Times, 3 December 2008

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  • 18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 60 1 A GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED council has recommended that a law banning party political films be repealed but in stages. This was a key thrust of the final report submitted by the Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society to the Government yesterday. The Government
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    • 64 1 SINGAPORE'S third and final power generation plant, PowerSeraya, has been sold for $3.8 billion to a Malaysian company. The timing was a surprise as Temasek Holdings announced last week that it had shelved the sale tender process owing to weak market conditions. But yesterday it said it
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    • 60 1 THREE marine engineering companies have been ordered to pay Bangladeshi labourers an undisclosed amount in back salaries, because they improperly deducted money from the workers' pay cheques and did not compensate them fully during training sessions. However, complaints from the 48 workers that they had not
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    • 56 1 EVEN as India and Pakistan move to calm tensions following last week's Mumbai terrorist attacks, accusations and demands are being made. New Delhi has demanded that Islamabad hand over 20 of its most-wanted fugitives, while the Mumbai police chief says the killers came from Karachi on an
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    • 39 1 AUSTRALIAN journalist Peter Gerard Lloyd was yesterday jailed for 10 months for drug! offences. I He pleaded guilty to J possessing and consuming Ice, and for having the utensils used to consume it. 7 HOME PAGE B9
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  • 542 1  -  Francis Chan By LAST-DITCH attempts to keep the ill-fated Minibonds alive appear to have failed. This has largely wiped out the hopes of about 8,000 retail investors of getting a significant portion of their money back. These investors had sunk about $375 million
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  • 623 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh Somchai banned from politics for five years; protests called off By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Thailand's Constitutional Court yesterday dissolved three top ruling parties for electoral fraud and banned the prime minister from politics for five years, leaving the government clinging to office by a
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    • 957 2  -  Ravi Velloor Humiliating Pakistan, as India did in 1971, would serve no purpose By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF TELEVISION anchors scream for "action" against Pakistan. Why shouldn't India organise surgical strikes against terrorist targets there, they ask. Mr Arun Jaitley, spokesman for the opposition Bharatiya
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 186 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY Could be the great Thai illusion If you think the disbandment of the People Power Party and Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's disqualification by a court clarify the Thai situation, think again. It could be more of the same. EDITORIAL PAGE A29 COLUMNS Singapore's stars H| Singapore's story
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  • prime news
    • 505 3  -  Teh Joo Lin Nine organisations in Singapore condemn the Mumbai attacks By NINE leading Muslim organisations in Singapore have come forward to condemn last week's Mumbai terrorist attacks which left 188 people dead. They said in a joint statement that they were deeply saddened by the
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    • 341 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS LONDON: British Airways said yesterday it was "exploring a potential merger" with Australian rival Qantas Airways, signalling further consolidation in an industry struggling to cut costs in the economic downturn. "In response to recent media speculation, British Airways confirms that it is
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS  -  341 words
    • 664 4  -  Tracy Quek Not likely; much will depend on decisions of Obama's team, says MM By CHINA CORRESPONDENT HONG KONG: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday US President-elect Barack Obama has in his new economic team some of the brightest and most experienced minds
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  • prime, turmoil in thailand
    • 1098 6 Thai politics revolves mainly around several key institutions and players, whose words and actions can help ease or worsen the current political crisis. I KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ With 62 years on the throne, Thailand's revered king is the world's longest reigning sovereign. The 80-year-old has stayed silent on
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    • 839 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh ANALYSIS By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: The court judgment yesterday that forced out Thailand's premier may appear to have tightened the screws on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's loyalists. It expanded the list of politicians banned from being in office for
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    • 713 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS Suvarnabhumi could open as early as Friday BANGKOK: Thai anti-government activists yesterday halted a protest movement that had paralysed Bangkok's airports after a court stripped the prime minister of his post and dissolved the ruling party. The royalist People's Alliance for Democracy
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  713 words
    • 816 10  -  Jessica Cheam REUTERS DAMAGE TO ECONOMY Growth expected to dip to as low as 1%, with impact on region as well By ECONOMISTS fear serious repercussions for Thailand's economy in the wake of the week-long seizure of Bangkok's two main airports. Analysts whom The
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    • 309 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG The group's Charter will now be adopted in Indonesia instead BANGKOK: Thailand has postponed the Asean summit scheduled for mid-Decem-ber until March, a government spokesman said yesterday. News of the delay came shortly after the country's constitutional court dissolved Thailand's ruling
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    • 118 11 SINGAPORE yesterday expressed disappointment at the decision to postpone the Asean summit. In response to media queries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said: "We are disappointed that the summit had to be postponed until March. While Singapore understands why the summit has to be postponed,
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    • 683 11  -  Serene Luo By HOME at last if a week later than planned. A church group of 50 Singaporeans who had been stranded in Bangkok cheered and clapped when Silk Air's M 1765 touched down at Changi Airport. As they walked into Terminal 2's arrival
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    • 585 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Tourists trying to escape a blockade of Bangkok's airports must now contend with the kingdom's dangerous roads, with three foreigners killed in the last few days in traffic accidents. Thai police said yesterday that a Dutchman and two
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    • 2288 12  -  Susan Long ON HOW YOU TREAT YOUR STAFF "I don't think it's fair to treat human resource as a dispensable item, like wine. In good times, I drink more. In bad times, I don't drink." ON PRICING HUMAN CAPITAL "I wish one
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  • WORLD
    • 780 13  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Where the money went TV: 133.8 billion rupiah (Ssl6 million) Newspapers: 80.3 billion rupiah Magazines: 220 million rupiah Radio: 150 million rupiah The big spenders PAN: 37.6 billion rupiah Gerindra: 36.1 billion rupiah Demokrat: 35 billion rupiah Where some of it came from Mr Sutrisno
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    • world- mumbai attacks aftermath
      • 775 14 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG New Delhi not taking military action, but says neighbour must act NEW DELHI: India has demanded that Islamabad hand over 20 of its most wanted fugitives as a sign of good faith, amid accusations of a Pakistani link to last week's Mumbai
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      • 108 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Commuters walking past a security post at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus one of the terror attack sites in Mumbai yesterday. Though scarred and traumatised by last week's terrorist attacks, this crowded, hyperactive Indian city of 18 million refused to stay shut down for long.
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      • 538 15  -  P. Jayaram Govt under fire for failure to act despite alerts by US and national intelligence agencies By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: There were ample warnings from intelligence agencies, both foreign and domestic, about a terrorist attack on hotels and other targets in Mumbai, but
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    • world regional
      • 675 16  -  Leslie Lopez Leaders of component parties are still divided on touchy subject of Malay supremacy By SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: The ethnic gamesmanship that has dominated Malaysia's political airwaves in recent weeks is exposing the deep strains in the Barisan Nasional (BN) government and
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      • 203 16 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: Former de facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim has been sacked from Umno for attending opposition party events and assemblies. The sacking also comes after the ex-minister had openly criticised the government recently. He had resigned from the Cabinet in September, citing
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      • 481 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Figures up sharply six babies may have died, 300,000 affected BEIJING: China's Health Ministry said six babies may have died after consuming tainted milk powder, up from a previous official toll of three. It also announced a sixfold increase in
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  481 words
      • 182 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: United States envoy Christopher Hill said yesterday that "tough" talks are expected during next week's six-nation meeting to scrutinise North Korea's pledge to scrap its nuclear weapons programmes. "Obviously, there are some really tough issues we are going to take up
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      • What they did
        • 39 18 Illegally charged applicants for Indonesian passports 55,000 B;V^ rupiah Ml^^^m (556.80) each between late 2005 and May last year. An audit found that most proceeds from the fees went to a private company directly appointed by him.
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        • 30 18 Illegally received US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) from a project fund to renovate the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore, when he held a strategic position as the Foreign Ministry secretary-general in Takarta.
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      • 602 18  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja TAINTED OFFICIALS The allegations are hurting country's credibility abroad By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: A rash of alleged corruption cases among Indonesian diplomats has raised fears of damage to Indonesia's credibility overseas. The Jakarta Post reported that of particular concern were accusations against Ambassador
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      • 79 20 TRACY QUEK Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi yesterday morning at the Shangri-La Hotel on Hong Kong Island. After exchanging views on the ongoing international financial crisis, regional cooperation in East Asia and other issues of common concern, both sides
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      • 398 20  -  TRACY QUEK HONG KONG: It is not enough that women are given access to education, but if the world wants to rein in population growth as a way of tackling climate change and resource depletion, governments must also provide them with equal
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      • 818 20  -  Tracy Quek China and India, as major consumers of energy, must cut emissions, says MM Lee By CHINA CORRESPONDENT HONG KONG: Singapore is known for its equatorial climate, but yesterday, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew revealed that when indoors in Singapore, he needs warm
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      • 94 21 POSSIBLE deals to be inked during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's India visit: Russian sales of civilian nuclear reactors. Lease of Russian Akula class submarine to India and production of more such submarines in India, as well as Kilo class diesel-electric subs. Joint development
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      • 548 21  -  Ravi Velloor Medvedev's maiden visit aims to ease strains caused by acrimonious arms trades By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will start his maiden visit to India as his country's leader on Friday, seeking to assuage New Delhi's
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    • world-memo from seoul
      • 831 19  -  Lee Tee Jong As Koreans tighten their belt, tourists arrive in droves to shop By SOUTH KOREA CORRESPONDENT SEOUL: For Ms Yuri Kazeko, the global financial crisis means more designer bags, more trips to the spa and dining more often at fancy restaurants.
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    • world international
      • 691 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS But Russia says Obama's choice of secretary of state signals 'no change' BEIJING: The international community welcomed Mrs Hillary Clinton's nomination as United States secretary of state in Mr Barack Obama's administration, with only Russia suggesting that it would mean no
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      • 784 22 Military and diplomatic punch in a softer glove WIRE AGENCIES President-elect Barack Obama has assembled what experts are calling a pragmatic and centrist foreign policy team. The aim will be to solve problems before they reach the stage where military action is considered. The military and diplomatic punch will still
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      • 762 23 THE WASHINGTON POST US panel says Pakistan could be an unwitting source of nuclear attack WASHINGTON: The odds that terrorists will soon strike a major city with weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are now higher than ever, a bipartisan congressionally mandated task force
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      • 410 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush has said in an interview that he came to office "unprepared for war" and that his "biggest regret" was the US "intelligence failure" on Iraq. In a wide-ranging exchange with ABC television's "World News Tonight" broadcast on
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      • 588 24  -  Roger Maynard PAPER ON FUTURE AUSSIE AVIATION POLICY News is a blow to Spore carrier but it vows to continue push for access By AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT SYDNEY: The Australian government should continue to exclude Singapore Airlines (SIA) and other foreign carriers from the lucrative
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      • 528 26  -  Alison de Souza Measures meant to curt illegal immigration may scare foreigners: Critics By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES LONDON: Singapore students in Britain will soon have another reason to study hard: Miss enough lectures and your tutors will have to report you
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      • 414 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA: An intergovernmental organisation on migration appealed yesterday to countries to keep open their doors to immigrant workers despite the global economic crisis. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that despite the downturn, rich nations will continue to need
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  414 words
      • 503 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG It will boost programmes and spending to slow destruction of the rainforest by 2017 BRASILIA (Brazil): The Brazilian government has unveiled a plan to cut the deforestation of the Amazon by 70 per cent over the next decade. It plans to
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      • 231 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS POZNAN (Poland): Negotiators have kicked off the final year-long push for a new climate change treaty but with the United States government in transition, European Union in disarray and a worldwide economic crisis, chances were hazy for a quick agreement
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  231 words
      • 102 27 Brazil and Indonesia are two countries losing their rainforests at a rapid pace. Here is a look at the decline in their forest cover. BRAZIL Rainforest: Amazon Basin Total forest area: 477,698,000 ha Total forest loss since 1990: 42,329,000 ha Reasons: Felling of trees for colonisation,
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    • world in brief
      • 122 28 REUTERS LONDON: London police have asked a senior officer to review their handling of the arrest of Conservative MP Damian Green last week, amid a growing political storm and accusations that the police had been heavy-handed. Mr Green, who is the Tory immigration spokesman, was quizzed
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      • 142 28 REUTERS JAKARTA: Indonesian prosecutors yesterday asked a court to jail a former intelligence official for 15 years over his alleged role in the murder of a prominent rights activist who died of arsenic poisoning on a flight in 2004. Getting to the bottom of the killing of
        REUTERS  -  142 words
      • 122 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: A British woman has lost a libel case against her daughter, a lawyer who wrote a tell-all book accusing her mother of a string of childhood abuses that drove her to attempt suicide. In Ugly, 51-year-old Constance Briscoe accused her mother of, among
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      • 203 28 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SHAH ALAM: No politician will be awarded a datukship in conjunction with the Sultan of Selangor's birthday on Dec 11. This is because Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has put a freeze on awarding such titles to politicians this year. "The present state government
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  203 words
      • 86 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Eleven girls died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a school in northern Shaanxi province, an education official said yesterday evening. The official Xinhua news agency said the girls died on Monday after lighting a fire to keep warm. According to the report, another
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    • 192 28 THESE figurines show some of the world's leaders doing what comes naturally to humans. Each little figure is called a "caganer", or defecator, and symbolises the fertilising of earth. The figurines, on sale in the Spanish city of Barcelona, are a special feature of the Christmas tradition
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    • 207 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SLICEOFLIFE KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian activists are threatening to strip naked and "stalk" a state chief minister in protest against an increase in public housing rental rates, reports said yesterday. Mr Ramlan Abu Bakar of the Malaysian People's Reform Movement, whose members are men aged between
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ERIC ROCA  -  207 words
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    • 419 29 THAILAND'S Constitutional Court effectively disabled the kingdom's government yesterday by finding the People Power Party (PPP) guilty of election offences. It was ordered disbanded. The ruling disqualifies the party executive, headed by Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, from politics for five years. In as vigorous
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    • 1169 29  -  KISHORE THINK-TANK By Mahbubani WHERE are the Singapore stars? The Institute of Policy Studies posed this question at the Young Singaporeans Conference last month. I was puzzled. It seemed to imply that Singapore was devoid of stars. To explain my puzzlement, I told the young
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    • 645 29  -  Ching Cheong CANCELLED CHINA-EU SUMMIT By SENIOR WRITER HONG KONG: China last week called off its summit with the European Union (EU) in an angry response to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to meet the Dalai Lama in Poland on Saturday. It was the first
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      • 1023 30  -  Pankaj Mishra NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE MUMBAI ATTACKS By MIDWAY through last week's murderous rampage in Mumbai, one of the suspected gunmen at the besieged Jewish centre called a popular Indian TV channel. Speaking in Urdu (the primary language of Pakistan and many Indian
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      • 923 30  -  Radha Basu By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT CREDIT card debts have hit new highs here. Total loans now stand at $5.1 billion, up from $3.2 billion in early 2004. The loans have been piling up particularly fast over the past year, increasing by nearly 20 per
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      • 703 30  -  Bruce Gale BOOK REVIEW By SENIOR WRITER Title: Tearing Apart The Land Author: Duncan McCargo Publisher: Cornell University Press (235 pages) The violence in southern Thailand has long been a puzzle. Since the attack on a military base in January 2004 signalled the
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      • 453 31  -  Siti Zubaidah Mirza (Ms) Farhan AM WE REFER to recent media coverage of the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results and the assessment of madrasah students' performance compared to their peers in national schools. The issue of madrasah education has received a lot of
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      • 273 31  -  Jennifer Chan (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "It's about who can afford better tutors" (Nov 26), in which Ms Pamela Liv opined that students from well-to-do families would get into better secondary schools and questioned what would be left for bright but poorer
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      • 245 31  -  Sum Chee Wah (Ms) I REFER to Madam Judy Kong's letter, "Mother's plea: 'My son is helpless without professional help' (Nov 22), asking for a psychological assessment of her son, who has uneven cognitive ability. The education of every child matters to the Ministry
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      • 268 31  -  Tan Yang Yee ACCORDING to news reports, Singapore's political leaders and top civil servants will face a pay cut of up to 19 per cent next year. Some say this shows the Government is biting the bullet like other Singaporeans during tough times.
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      • 218 31  -  Geoffrey Goh WORLD Aids Day is not about dying. It is about how to live and live out an abundant life. But there is a new type of Aids. What are the statistics of those living with this new type of Aids? People
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      • 379 31  -  Ong Yong Keat Lim Chee Kong I WRITE in response to the article, "Many ignore m-cycle helmet safety" (Nov 24). Two issues need urgent clarifications from the authorities. First, the picture of the broken pink helmet accompanying the article clearly shows it suffered a catastrophic failure
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    • 39 31 Hj WHAT'S ONLINE MORE LETTERS www.straitstimes.com ONLINE FORUM FIXED DEPOSITS: GIC and Temasek Holdings should accept them AIDS AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES: Review articles cast light EXAM OBSESSION: It has deeper roots, further consequences JUNIOR COLLEGE RAGGING INCIDENT: Conflicting responses
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    • 895 33  -  Li XUEYING Panel is for repealing Section 33 of Films Act but in stages By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT SINGAPOREANS can get to watch films about local politicians and their parties, as film-makers look set to enjoy more freedom to make them. But such party political
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      • 772 34  -  Lee Siew Hua Panel proposes setting up agency to push national strategy on cyber-safety By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A CHILD can hit a wrong key while Googling, and land in an undesirable site. This scenario prompts housewife Magdalene Teo, 42, and her husband to
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      • 440 34  -  LEE SIEW HUA OCCASIONALLY, civil servants are gagged when they want to offer a personal opinion on government policy. This restriction is spelt out in a civil service rulebook, the Instruction Manual on public communications. But a government-appointed panel wants the rule reviewed,
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      • 346 34  -  GOH CHIN LIAN POLYTECHNIC student Far'ain Jaafar used to think of the President as a ceremonial figure who looked stern on TV. But yesterday, the 20-year-old was struck by the candour, friendliness and grandfatherly manner displayed by President S R Nathan at a closed-door
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    • 285 35  -  K.C. Vijayan By Diana Othman MOTORISTS heading across the Causeway have until Dec 16 to acquaint themselves with Johor Baru's new customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) facility, the Sultan Iskandar Complex. While immigration checks are still carried out at the old terminal for now, motorists
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    • 418 35  -  Judith Tan Marine engineering firms had cut workers' pay improperly By THREE marine engineering companies have been ordered to pay Bangladeshi labourers an undisclosed amount in back salaries, following an investigation by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). The firms improperly deducted money from the
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    • 433 37  -  Esther Tan Health officials have not concluded if HFMD caused his death By WHEN Muhammad Shahril Izhar Kamarudin, 12, was diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) late last month, his mother was not overly worried. The normally mild childhood infection has hit
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    • 268 37  -  Lee Hui Chieh By A NEW institute will be set up within a year to ramp up research into heart diseases and improve their treatment in Singapore, public health group National University Health System (NUHS) said yesterday. The Cardiovascular Research Institute will focus
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    • 74 37  -  ESTHER TAN HAND, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is caused by the Coxsackie virus and Enterovirus 71. Sufferers develop small ulcers in the throat and on the tonsils, while a rash may develop on the hands, feet, and diaper area. The rash usually heals in
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    • 259 39  -  ANG WING MARRYING their love for art with a meaningful cause, two business owners have launched a series of limited edition T-shirts to raise funds for needy students in the North West district. The "Beary Ambitious Project" by Jasmine Fine Arts gallery owner Jasmine
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    • 247 39 PETROL and diesel now cost about what they used to two years ago, after pump prices fell again yesterday. Shell cut its prices by four cents at noon, two weeks after pump prices were last lowered. Caltex, Singapore Petroleum Company and ExxonMobil followed suit. With
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    • 327 39  -  Maria Almenoar They can be used to pay ERP charges and parking fees as well as the usual bus and train fares By THE next generation of ez-link cards, set to be released later this month, will let commuters pay for Electronic Road Pricing tolls
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    • 575 40  -  Khushwant Singh Boss gets 6 months; supervisor brother gets police warning By THE sole proprietor of a gardening firm is behind bars for hiring an illegal foreign worker as a gardener. Chua Ban Siong, 51, failed to verify that the man
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    • 342 40  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH AN EXECUTIVE at MediaCorp Enterprises was fined $8,000 yesterday for helping to rig a lucky draw the company had been hired to organise. David Quek Siak Yeong, 43, an assistant vice-president, admitted that he agreed to accept a $2,500
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    • 287 40  -  Selina Lum By SINGTEL can continue using the name "mio" for its pay-TV and broadband services following a High Court decision to dismiss a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by a Taiwan-based company. While the court has yet to release the reasons for the decision,
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    • 558 41  -  Sujin Thomas Former correspondent of Australian Broadcasting Corporation gets 10 months By MORE used to being on the other side of the coin, Australian journalist Peter Gerard Lloyd felt the spotlight turn on him yesterday when he was jailed for 10 months for drug
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    • 308 41  -  Khushwant Singh By AS AN investigation officer with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Chung Cheong Weng would recommend to his boss to extend the special passes of foreign witnesses, whose presence is required to complete ongoing investigations. But the chief specialist and checkpoint
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    • 352 42  -  Zakir Hussain Goal is to get Singaporeans to discuss what those rights mean to them By HUMAN rights advocates have launched a campaign to get Singaporeans to be more aware and comfortable when talking about issues such as the right to adequate rest, decent pay
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    • 150 42 NOMINATED MP Siew Kum Hong (left), noting that Singapore was often criticised for alleged deficiencies in protecting civil liberties, said some criticisms were valid. "But I also believe these criticisms are often unfair and one-sided, especially when they fail to note the tremendous progress that
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    • 612 42  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN FORMER Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Nair, now back home in the United States, has retracted apologies and statements he made in court here last month. Mr Nair, an American citizen, had admitted to being in contempt of court and apologised for
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    • 151 43 LAU FOOK KONG SOUND and lighting checks gave way to a music and dance extravaganza at the National University of Singapore last night. Sixty-four performers aged eight to 19 went through their paces in final preparations for tonight's Child Aid charity concert. Among them were students
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    • 368 43  -  Salma Khalik KIDNEY DONATION No 'double standards' on compensation By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT BOTH foreigners and locals who donate their kidneys should be allowed the same compensation under new laws designed to increase the pool of organs here, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday. "We should
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  • SPORT
    • 784 44 Draw with West Ham raises questions about Liverpool's title credentials LONDON: Liverpool are top of English football's Premier League, but that statement carries a hollow ring. Tuesday's 0-0 result against West Ham was the third time the Reds have recorded goalless draws at home this season.
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    • 435 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Luiz Felipe Scolari wants AC Milan playmaker Kaka at Chelsea, and German strikers Lukas Podolski and Mario Gomez are also thought to be on the football club's radar. It is easy to understand why the Blues need new blood. Sunday's defeat by
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    • 255 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Michael Phelps has achieved another unprecedented feat. He has become the first swimmer honoured as Sports lllustrated's Sportsman of the Year. He broke Mark Spitz's iconic record with eight golds at the Beijing Olympics in August and became the most bemedalled
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    • 324 45 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Blackburn manager Paul Ince insists he is not feeling the pressure, going into today's League Cup quarter-final against Manchester United. Rovers are in the Premier League's relegation zone after Sunday's defeat at Portsmouth stretched their winless run to nine games. It
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    • 679 45 Ronaldo vows to win Ballon dOr again, but some British press critical of his award LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo called yesterday "one of the most beautiful of my life", after being told in the wee hours of the morning that he had won the prestigious
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    • INBRIEF
      • 58 45 LONDON: Everton manager David Moyes is hoping to sign 37-year-old footballer Henrik Larsson on a short-term contract to solve his striking woes, reported The Telegraph. Everton have lost James Vaughan (knee), Aiyegbeni Yakubu (Achilles) and Louis Saha (hamstring) to injury, leaving Victor Anichebe as the squad's
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      • 83 45 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Chelsea have reached an out-of-court settlement with Norwegian football club Lyn Oslo over the transfer of Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi. The English Premier League side had launched High Court proceedings in October aimed at recovering the £16 million (5537.2 million)
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      • 76 45 REUTERS AMSTERDAM: Ajax Amsterdam yesterday confirmed that they are in talks with Real Madrid about the €20 million (5538.6 million) transfer of football striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar, but said no deal had been agreed on yet. The 25-year-old Dutch international will replace compatriot
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      • 84 45 LONDON: Striker Obafemi Martins has apologised to Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear for storming off to the dressing room after being substituted with 25 minutes left in Saturday's 0-0 Premier League draw with Middlesbrough, reported The Mirror. "I was absolutely gutted at being hauled off, and
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    • 345 45 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Robinho has accused Manchester City of having a small-club mentality and claimed that Mark Hughes, the manager, has been picking his brains over prospective signings. The Brazil striker has been an immediate success at City since the club broke the British
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    • 379 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN (Texas): Lance Armstrong will ride in the 2009 Tour de France, marking the first time he will compete in that cycling race and the Giro d'ltalia in the same year. "I'm committed to riding for the best guy," the American said on
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 83 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: The next Commonwealth Games and cricket World Cup will go ahead as scheduled, Indian authorities say, despite last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed at least 188 people. Randhir Singh, secretarygeneral of the Indian Olympic Association, said
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      • 57 46 REUTERS BOSTON: Paul Pierce scored 24 points to guide National Basketball Association champions Boston Celtics to a 107-88 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday, their ninth successive victory. He scored 17 of his points in the third quarter as the Celtics broke open
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      • 80 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS COCHIN: Ericsson 4, skippered by five-time Olympic medallist Torben Grael of Brazil, made it two triumphs in a row by winning the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cape Town to Cochin, opening up a seven-point lead over nearest
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      • 57 46 REUTERS LEWIS Hamilton has started preparations for the defence of his Formula One title with a week-long intensive training camp in icy isolation in Finland. Said the driver: "It feels like you're miles from anywhere and totally cut off from the outside world, allowing
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      • 63 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Britain's government agreed yesterday to give £29 million (5567.4 million) to cover over a third of a funding shortfall for the country's Olympic programmes. The global financial crisis had resulted in a shortfall of about £79 million, which British Olympic Association chairman
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    • 594 46  -  Daniel Wong Spore in Jakarta ahead of Gp A rivals, while Gp B traverse to Phuket By Leonard Lim A DAY after arriving in Jakarta, the Lions are well settled as they step up preparations for their defence of the Asean Football Federation Championship. Their other
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    • 544 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLLOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Defending champions South Africa and Six Nations winners Wales have been drawn in the same group for the 2011 rugby World Cup. Hosts and perennial favourites New Zealand received an early chance to avenge their quarter-final upset at the
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    • 25 46 Basketball NBA: Charlotte 100 Minnesota 90, Boston 107 Orlando 88, Miami 130 Golden State 129 (OT). Football English Premier League: Liverpool 0 West HamO.
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    • 71 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES: Boxer Oscar de la Hoya (above) saw a statue of his likeness unveiled in front of Staples Center arena on Monday. The "Golden Boy" was his usual outgoing self as fans turned out to watch the event. He will be in Las
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    • 103 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON (Wisconsin): A former American college gridiron player was charged on Monday with making threats against tennis star Maria Sharapova and her family in telephone messages. Leonard Taylor, 32, accused Sharapova of committing various injustices against him. He wanted to marry her, then kill her and
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    • 570 47  -  Leonard Lim World No. 2 eyes HSBC title in Spore after Lexus Cup loss By IT MAY have been a bittersweet return to Singapore shores last weekend for the latest prodigy in women's international golf. But in three months' time, world No. 2 Tseng
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    • 115 44 LIONS GEARING UP Singapore settling in well in Jakarta ahead of Suzuki Cup campaign. Q WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Messi fires Barcelona clear. Choi's the biggest winner. Keane may exit Sunderland. MOST COMMENTED Medal No. 4 for Jazreel Said yennimch: "I feel
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    • 105 46 Today Biathlon World Cup, Ostersund: Individual men (Live, Chll3, tomorrow, 12.15am). Football Uefa Cup: Udinese v Dinamo Zagreb (Live, Ch21, tomorrow, 12.55am), Hertha Berlin v Galatasaray (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3.40am). League Cup: Manchester United v Blackburn (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 3.55am). Tomorrow Biathlon World Cup, Ostersund: Individual women (Live, Chll3, Friday,
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      251 47 "A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all; he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. "Psalm 34:19, 20 Beloved husband, loving father doting grandpa fj\ TAN WEE SENG Age: 90 years was called home to be with the
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      66 47 K. LI. PICHANAYAGAM NAIDU SEGAR, SHANKAR Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 02/12/2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Janaki Mother: Sinnamah Sons: (Prakas, deceased) Danaraj Mogan Grandson: Chandrasekar brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives, friends and loved ones. Body is resting at Blk 12, Holland
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      70 47 In Ever Loving Memory Of Our Beloved Father. Jesus said to her: lam the resurrection, the life: Believeth in me, though he were dead yet shall he live' (John 11:25) EE KIM PAH Departed: 3 Dec 2007 Your presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You
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      121 47 TAN ANNIE Age: 81 Passed away peacefully on 1 December 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Lee Kee Guan (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Alan Lee Cheng Kew Juliet Soh Lee Eng Andy Lee Chin Lak Arlene Rosalia Gurasamy Daughter: Son-in-law: Maureen Lee Kah Jee Wee Liang Yew
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      25 47 In Loving Memory of TAN JEE HOO Departed 03/12/2002 Fondly loved remembered not just today, but everyday. Ai Lien, Shiao Ying, ZeHan& All loved ones
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      21 47 12th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of LIM AH BEE Departed: 3/12/1996 Always remembered by her 5 childred and loved ones w'
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      246 47 "lam the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 QUEK SIAW CHUI Age: 87 was called home to be with the Lord on 2 December 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered
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      139 47 PATRICK GOH CHENG SOON Age: 50 Passed away peacefully on 1 December 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Mother: Law Teck Noey Father-in-law: Wong Phan Fie Beloved wife: Winnie Wong Lai Kueen Sons: Goh Kai Xiang Goh Kai Jun Brothers Sisters: Spouses: Goh Cheng Hiang Goh Cheng
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      60 47 The family of the late MRS IRENE CHAU nee LEONG YUEN KIN Was called Home to be with the Lord on 27 November 2008. wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Fathers and Church Members from StAnne's Church, relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their prayers, kind
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      123 48 In Loving Memory of LO HWEI YEN Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest -Goethe Dear Michael You are in our hearts. Know that your friends are here for you always. Sandy Bruce Wendell &Janette Avalyn&Dany Clement Elaine Seng Lynn Siraj Jeanne Chee Kin Harold KeanKok Suzanne Tsung-Hao
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      142 48 With deepest condolences to Michael Puhaindran and the family of the late Lo Hwei Yen From your brothers at Raffles Institution Class of 1987 Ajinderpal Singh Anand Balan Anbarasu Balrasan Andrew Yeong Ang Tiing Leong Basil Lvi Benny Lim Bernard Yap Bryan Chow Chan Beng Seng Choo Swee Cher Chua
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      45 48 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Michael and the Lo and Puhaindran families on the loss of their beloved Hwei Yen LO HWEI YEN Words cannot even begin to express our sorrow Our hearts go out to you From: Niru Pillai, partners staff Niru Co
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      82 48 Thalai Thevasam In Loving Memory Of THANGAVELU S/O RAMASAMY DEPARTED 15 Dec 2007 Of one we will never forget, His absence to us is a sorrow His loss we will always regret Dearly missed and fondly remembered by, Wife: Krishnamma Sons, Daughters, Sons-in-law, Daughters-in-law, Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren and all loved
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      92 48 OM SIVAMAYAM MANICKAM PAKKIRISAMY (Former Executive Producer Singapore Broadcasting Corpn) Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 1 December 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: P. Packiam (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law P. Rajamanickam R. Vetriselvi P. Illamchirpiyan I. Padmini (Meena) Daughters: Sons-in-law S. Muthumanimozhi K. Sivakumaran U. Neelambilhai
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      30 48 10th Anniversary Irene Goh Al Liang Departed: 03 December 1998 Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. Always Remembered by Family and Loved Ones
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      64 48 Princess Yen Our dearest Princess Yen, We will partee!, work, shop, carry birkins, wear bling, be beautiful and love like you showed us! It won't be the same without v and we will miss v terribly till we meet again. Love v. Rest in peace. Mommy Hen, Sandy Delphine Richard
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      54 48 The family of the late POH (WONG) CHER TOW Departed on 28 November 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Dr Madeline Chew and her team, all pastors, relatives, friends, church members, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions ft
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      92 48 "The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want" VICTOR SUBRAMANIAM Jtga:73 was called home to be with the Lord on Ist Dec 08, leaving behind loved ones. Wife Patricia Gomes Sons Gerrard, Michael Daughter Geraldine Daughter-in-law Grace Granddaughter Gloria and all relatives and friends. Wake is held
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      41 48 37th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of GOVINDASAMY HACHUTHEN Departed: 3.12.1971 Time may heal the broken heart, Time may make the wound less sore, But time can never stop the longing For the loved one gone before. Always remembered by loved ones
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    • 604 49  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Slew of bad news from the US, Europe and China triggers sell-down By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT THE gloom deepened across the region yesterday as a disastrous showing on Wall Street overnight renewed fears of a deep global
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    • 197 49  -  FRANCIS CHAN SINGAPORE firms keen to expand into the largely untapped market of North Korea now have a foot in the door, thanks to two new agreements inked yesterday. The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said Singapore signed an Investment Guarantee Agreement
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      • 20 49 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 749.82 million shares worth $770.38 million UP DOWN Gainers: 149 Losers: 253 Unchanged: 890
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      • 30 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 7,863.69 (-533.53) »Japan's Nikkei plunged 6.35 per cent due to heavy losses on Wall Street after officials said the US is in recession.
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      • 30 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 13,405.85 (-702.99) Hong Kong shares closed down 5 per cent as global markets were dragged down by confirmation of a US recession.
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      • 29 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,889.64 (-4.98) Chinese shares closed down 0.26 per cent after an overnight fall on Wall Street and worries over China's declining economy.
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      • 29 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 3,528.2 (-153) Australian shares closed down 4.2 per cent as major miners and financials led the market lower after Wall Street's plunge.
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      • 26 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 845.75 (-2.68) Malaysian shares closed 0.3 per cent lower on steep declines on Wall Street and weaker regional markets.
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      • 22 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,023.20 (-35.42) South Korean share prices closed 3.35 per cent lower after Wall Street's overnight slump.
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      • 28 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 8,739.24 (-100.63) Indian shares fell 1.14 per cent on confirmation of a US recession and fears of a growing global economic downturn.
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      • 26 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 387.32 (-3.60) Thai shares closed down 0.92 per cent after the kingdom's court forced Premier Somchai Wongsawat to resign.
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    • 180 49 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol Golden Agri 20.5 -1.0 Noble Grp 86.5 -7.0 SingTel 242 -8.0 Cosco Corp 76 4.0 ftSTI 5.5 0.5 StraitsAsia 70.5 -3.0 SembMar 141 -8.0 China Hongxing 18.5 0.5 Midas 50.5 3.0 IndoAgri 43 -3.0 CapitaComm 66.5 -3.5
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    • 105 49 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 2 2008 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9620 1.0040 Can dollar 1.2200 1.2350 Euro 1.9170 1.9380 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4206 0.4212 NZ dollar 0.8020 0.8210 Sterling pound 2.2630 2.2890 US dollar 1.5210 1.5380 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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    • 627 49 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +OR■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 166 272 210 256 257 438 l«l 109 238 239 MM 191 365 195 115 595 398 765 422 372 317 190 580
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    • 613 50  -  Karamjit Kaur $335 m SFI deal will give ground handling agent a more balanced portfolio By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT AIRLINE food and army rations are about to be tossed into the same pot in the corporate sense, that is. Singapore Airport Terminal Services
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    • 395 50  -  Gabriel Chen By A RENEWABLE energy company, Agni Inc, is being injected into loss-making listed company Netelusion in a reverse takeover deal worth up to US$236 million (Ss36l million). Netelusion the online gaming firm formerly known as North 22 Technology Services
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    • 860 51  -  Alvin Foo Its open economy among reasons cited by analysts, after group says US in recession since end-2007 By SINGAPORE is likely to be the Asian economy that is worst affected by a United States recession, said economists. This is because it is
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      • 1064 52  -  Elizabeth Wilmot Four families, Three Legs and... For TCM firm whose products include cooling water, its Three Legs logo means humility and more By LIKE one of its best-known products, "cooling water", home-grown Wen Ken group is one cool operation free of the heat and internal strife
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      • 326 53  -  Elizabeth Wilmot They look at long term, and have high level of trust and commitment, says Iswaran By FAMILY businesses are less likely to make cuts during economic downturns, said Mr S. Iswaran, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry. "Family-owned firms tend
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      • 274 53  -  ROBIN CHAN HUNDREDS of Singapore businesses have expressed interest in the Government's enhanced $2.3 billion worth of loan schemes that took effect on Monday. Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran said yesterday the strong interest was a good sign, adding a
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    • 479 54 REUTERS Prices hit 372-year low after Opec delays talks on further output cuts OIL prices slid to a 3V2-year low under US$4B a barrel yesterday, extending the previous day's sharp drop as signs grew that the global economy was in worse shape than thought, and after
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    • 438 54  -  Robin Chan By THE oil and gas industry in Singapore still has strong long-term growth prospects, despite short-term movements in the price of oil, said Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran. He was speaking yesterday at the opening
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    • 578 55 Both nations signal strong support for trade liberalisation COSTA Rica and Singapore are starting negotiations on a free trade agreement, a signal of their commitment to free trade despite the economic downturn. Such a signal is important, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said
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    • 471 55  -  Michelle Tay By AN INDEX regarded as an important early indicator of Singapore's factory output has plunged to the lowest level in its nearly 10-year history. That means the current difficult manufacturing environment looks certain to continue, economists say. Last
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    • 566 56  -  Gabriel Chen Surprise sale of PowerSeraya to YTL Power unit after 'unsolicited proposal' By TEMASEK Holdings has stunned the market by announcing L that it has sold elecm tricity generator PowerSeraya to a unit of Malaysia's YTL Power International for $3.8 billion.
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    • 120 56 pi WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com blogged about MOST-READ ONLINE Cost cutting every little bit counts. HSBC cuts 500 British jobs. Sa Ys HL: have a better solution: MncT pftiiucuTcn Earn more money. Why deny yourself MOST COMMENTED the comforts of i iving by was hing
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        1331 58  -  John lvi Call director Oliver Stone controversial. But he says he cannot help showing the darker side of the US film correspondent Writer -director Oliver Stone is hot and bothered. Literally. He is hot because his television interview is being taped in the outdoor cafe at the
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      • 378 58 Oliver Stone's friend, the actor James Woods, once said the director "shines his light in the dirty corners of the American psyche, where people don't really want to look". These films prove Woods right. Midnight Express (1978) Stone wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for this, his
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        628 60  -  John lvi Sophisticated animation, a heartwarming plot and great storytelling make this a movie for all ages ffWEWanimation BOLT(G) 96 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Bolt (voiced by John Travolta) is the canine star of a hit TV show who has been fooled into believing that he really has
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      • 390 60  -  boon chan media correspondent Bolt was supposed to have started 3-D technology with a bang in cinemas here. The Disney animated feature, which opens here tomorrow, was to have been screened in 3-D alongside the traditional 35mm prints. However, only Eng Wah Suntec was
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      • 102 62 'He is a real cinephile. He has studied his film theory. He didn't fall off a turnip truck and say, "Hey, y'all. I'm here"' Actress Reese Witherspoon (right) on Four Christmases director Seth Gordon 'It's covering your fat with labels, covering your lack o self-confidence with
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      • 561 62  -  ong sor fern Relax and you'll enjoy this romcom with its hilarious script and fine cast 'WBWcomedv ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO (R2l) 102 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) have been friends since the first grade. Their platonic friendship
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      • 359 62  -  Dave chua 'WEW drama THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES (PG) 110 minutes/Opening tomorrow The story: Set in 1964 South Carolina, 14-year-old Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) escapes her abusive father TJ (Paul Bettany) with Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), her black maid, to find out the truth about her
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      • 583 66  -  jocelyn lee Funding woes and a yea later, 18 Grams Of Love is finally showing at a local screen It took a year for local director Han Yew Kwang's latest feature film 18 Grams Of Love (2007) to get shown in a cinema hall here. This despite winning
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        485 66  -  Jasmine Teo Dave Chua Boon Chan review action THE BEAST STALKER (PG) 110 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The Beast Stalker is an action flick that opts for melodrama over rough and gritty action scenes. Director Dante Lam's latest Hong Kong film sees Nicholas Tse playing Sergeant Tong Fei, who mistakenly
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      • 935 67 Actresses over 40 are usually considered washed up but Meryl Streep's career is enjoying a resurgence Hollywood Meryl Streep loves to tell the story about how one learns to be king. It dates to her days at Yale Drama School when the instructor asked the students
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      • 712 63  -  yeo suan f utt The Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon also helps to engage the whole community with its charitable cause by WHEN the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008 flags off on Sunday, a small contingent among the record 50,000 registered runners will have more on their
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        641 64 Run, cheer or just enjoy the activities along the race route Race day SUN, DEC 7: Starting from 5.30 am for the full marathon, 6.30 am for the half marathon, 7.30 am for the lokm-men, 8. 15am for the lOkm-women and 8.45 am for the wheelchair
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    • 479 68 Agence France-Presse, Reuters Mark Leckey won for a body of work that included cartoon characters such as Homer Simpson and Felix the Cat London British artist Mark Leckey has won this year's Turner Prize, contemporary art's most prestigious award, with a film that included cartoon
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    • 902 69 The New York Times How Angelina Jolie used People magazine to project the image she wants the world to see Los Angeles When Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt negotiated with People and other celebrity magazines this summer for photos of their newborn twins and an interview,
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      • 314 71 Reuters, Associated Press Chicago The estranged brother-in-law of Oscarwinning actress Jennifer Hudson (right) was arrested and will be charged with the October slayings of three of her relatives, police said on Monday. "We have obtained an arrest warrant for William Balfour. He was released to
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      • 193 71 Reuters, Associated Press San Francisco Barack Obama's presidential victory got more clicks than any other story on yahoo.com this year, but the most searched term was "Britney Spears", Yahoo reported on Monday. In the top 10 searches, the pop star, who has been the
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        • 104 71 Tina Fey's husband is talking about something the actress would rather not discuss: the scar on her left cheek. In an interview in Vanity Fair magazine, Jeff Richmond says a stranger slashed Fey's face when she was five years old. He says the incident
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        • 44 71 Peter Cetera, the voice of the group Chicago, will sing at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Feb 17 next year. His hits include The Next Time I Fall and Hard To Say I'm Sorry. Tickets available from Sistic.
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      • 80 109 notebooks LGNetbookXHO $799 (without 3G modem) and $1,099, from major electronics retailers THE LG XllO is one well-connected netbook. It is equipped with 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, a 10/100 ethernet port a and also a 3G modem so you can connect to the Internet whichever way you want.
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      • 116 109 services Star Hub Home Zone service $30 per month; sign up now at Star Hub shops USING your mobile phone as ryour primary phone? Star Hub's Home Zone service can help to cut costs by letting you make calls from your mobile phone without paying mobile rates. \ll
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        724 111 With sports, TV shows and movies in 3D, the format will become common as technology gets better, reports SHERWIN LOH in Los Angeles SHOWING off his 3D film equipment at his Burbank office in Los Angeles to Digital Life during a visit there in October, 3ality chief
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      • 587 113 James Cameron is working on a 3D version of Titanic as well as making a new movie, Avatar. Producer Jon Landau tells SHERWIN LOH more about them WHEN James Cameron's Avatar opens worldwide next December, it will mark the first time the award-winning director has
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        685 115 From animation and horror to action and re-releases, there will soon be 3D movies for everyone, says SHERWIN LOH Horror Final Destination 4 (2009) Death returns to haunt or, rather, hunt the survivors of a disaster, as it claims them one by one. Given the innovative and some
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      • 436 116 Animation takes on another dimension as Disney's feature breaks new ground, reports SHERWIN LOH EVEN the cutest of animated dogs start off as a rough sketch on paper. Compared to the final artwork seen in the new Disney animated feature, Bolt, the title German Shepherd
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      • 770 118 00 GIN LEE goes to Tokyo to check out the the annual DigiCon6 digital content competition A TWELVE-minute animated documentary about the plight of the elderly in Hong Kong trumped 2,000 entries from 10 Asian countries to bag the top spot and a 500,000 yen (557,993) cash prize
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      • 671 120 TAN CHONG YAW has a sneak preview of Fuji Xerox's new document technologies in Tokyo YOU do not speak Japanese but a document just came in from a client with reams of kanji on it. No problem. Pop it on a Fuji Xerox ApeosPort and the
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      • 655 120  -  Oo Gin Lee NOW you can build your own soccer dream team, take it to the top and keep it there. The massively multiplayer online virtual soccer game Fifa Online 2 puts you in the shoes of a player-manager who manages the team off the field
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    • 751 121 Collaboration can now be done on the go on your Blackßerry, reports TAN CHONG YAW THE hardware needed for enterprise social networking has shrunk to the size of a bar of chocolate a Blackßerry smartphone. Enterprise social networking, where you blog or discuss your expertise on a
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        800 122 Sale of Dell computers in China saw a massive boom last year. GRACE CHNG reports from Shanghai on the company's expansion plans COMPUTER firm Dell saw soaring growth in China last year. Revenue for its business computers, for example, grew 33 per cent in the last quarter compared
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      • 639 122  -  Jenny Chin, ASSUMPTION English School (AES) has long wanted to explore open source technology. In its plan to use Linux in the school, it jumped on the Ministry of Education and Infocomm Development Authority's (IDA) initiative to co-fund and bring in industry partners with domain expertise
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      • 462 123 Hackers have shifted their sights to Web applications and traditional defences such as firewalls will not protect against their attacks. TAN CHONG YAW reports COMPANIES are putting their bets on the wrong places in the security stakes. They are spending 90 per cent of their IT security budget
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        505 125  -  Alfred Siew, Fifa 09 IjjjJl J^k $71.90 Sports simulation W (genre) PS3 (platform) THE first thing that hits you as you dive into the latest Fifa football game is the usual feeling you get each year a game packed to the brim with features. Depending on what is
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      • 192 125 Pass faster and move more quickly. If the rat race pace is alive in the real world, it's alive and kicking (pun intended) in Fifa 09 as well. This is a game where you rarely have time to settle on the ball. You also cannot pass blindly. In
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        390 125  -  Valentine Chua, Mirror's Edge THERE are gimmicks, and there are games which can revolutionise an entire genre. Mirror's Edge is probably the first-ever first-person game featuring parkour the art of getting around obstacles efficiently using the human body. You play Faith, a runner an illegal courier in
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      • 362 126  -  Eugene Neubronner, Left 4 Dead I SLAMMED the door behind me, just in time to hear my pursuers crash into it with a sickening crunch. Screams and wails come from behind it as I jam it shut with an iron bar. I have been Left 4
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      • 424 128  -  Valentine Chua, Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows ||U|M£M $59 r^£TVa Action (genre) ■■■■0 PC/ Xbox W 360/ PS3/ Wii (platform) SPIDER-MAN games come out once or twice a year and Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows is another title riding on the popular licence, with a storyline that
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      • 332 128  -  Valentine Chua, 007: Quantum Of Solace pßflJffiW $59 UldUySiA First-person \m B shooter Ljm^^ (genre) W PC/Xbox 360/PS3 (platform) MENTION James Bond and the first game that old-school gamers will think of is Nintendo 64's Golden Eye 007. After that, every other James Bond game pales
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      • 361 129  -  Irene Tham Sony Ericsson MBW-200 Evening Classic watch $498 (black leather or brushed metal strap) and $588 (crystal-studded face with white leather strap), from all Sony Ericsson and Sony Style stores and authorised resellers IF THE Bluetooth earpiece is the king of driver aids, Sony Ericsson's
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      • 475 129  -  Mike Lee, Raon Digital Everun Note D6OH $1,388, from Trends Mobile at 05-K2 Funan DigitaLife Mall LOOKING at the slew of netbooks on the market, you can make two observations: the majority have 8.9-inch or 10-inch screens and use the Intel Atom chip with a single processor core.
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        303 129  -  Chester Chen, Gigabyte M 912 Netbook $1,149.00, from Multiquest and Storage Studio at Sim Lim Square GIGABYTE'S M 912 Netbook is a bit plump. I say plump because its I.3kg weight puts it over most netbooks or mini-laptops. Actually, it is the swivelling screen that makes the M
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      • 449 130  -  Melvin Seah, Canon HG2I camcorder $2,899, from authorised Canon dealers NEVER worry about running out of storage space with the new Canon HG2I camcorder. With its cavernous 120GB hard drive as big as what some notebooks offer you can easily save up to 45 hours of
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      • 887 131 Of the six online storage offerings, some specialise in online backup while others focus on online file storage. Most have a trial programme and distinguish between a personal account and a business account. Expand your storage options with online data centres. CHESTER CHEN checks
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      • 360 133  -  Adli Yashir, NEC Versa E6510 notebook From $2,199, at authorised NEC dealers BEFORE you dismiss the Versa E6510 as a run-of-the-mill notebook, look again. Look beyond its faux leather cover and you will discover that the mid-sized E6510 has enough computing muscle for
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      • 359 133  -  Alfred Siew, Samsung SCX-4300 printer $248, at computer retailers DRESSED in sleek black instead of the usual boring beige, the SCX-4300 is a suitably fast multi-function laser machine for printing and copying. With BMB of memory onboard, the SCX-4300 got to work pretty quickly when I printed
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      • 272 133  -  Alvin Lim, Canon Digital IXUS 870 IS $599, from Canon authorised dealers THE IXUS 870 IS comes with Digic 4 Canon's latest image processor and boasts 10 megapixels of resolution. Like its predecessor, the IXUS 860 IS, it accepts SD memory cards. Weighing in at 195g with its
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      • 535 134  -  Mike Lee, Kodak Easy Share M 1093 IS $369, from authorised Kodak distributors THE Kodak Easy Share M 1093 IS is an easy-to-use 10-megapixel camera with image-stabilisation and 720p high-definition movie recording capabilities. This camera has a 3x optical zoom, the widest focal length starting at the
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      • 521 134  -  Alfred Siew, Maxtor Black Armor 320GE $239, from computer retailers LET'S admit it. When it comes to portable hard disks, we often end up buying the prettiest one on the rack or the one that has the most features packed in. Say hello to the Black
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    • 687 137  -  Philip lee More companies are participating in the Singapore Prestige Brand Award to test and improve themselves all the time by LOCAL businesses know that brand recognition is vital for their sustained success here and expansion abroad, and a major springboard for this is the coveted Singapore
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    • 804 138  -  narendra aggarwal Branding a product or service is critical for business growth, says SPBA's main sponsor Citißusiness by CITIBANK Singapore's strategic unit Citißusiness has returned as the main sponsor of the Singapore Prestige Brand Award (SPBA) for the third year running to show its support for
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    • 539 149  -  Kent chan Perfectus Promising Brands Winner Perfectus AY's long-term plan of providing quality service and not competing on price has won it a big list of international clients by WHEN Mr Alex Tan started Perfectus AY five years ago, he was a one-man show and had
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    • 536 154  -  merlene michael Wilsin Established Brands Winner Wilsin Office Furniture is committed to helping businesses save costs by maximising use of space by IT HAS been Wilsin Office Furniture's passion since its inception in 1989 to help businesses save money by providing smart office solutions. But to stand out
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