The Straits Times, 18 December 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 191/11/2008 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Exports fall for 7th month
      56 1 SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports last month suffered their deepest plunge in almost seven years. They dived for the seventh month in a row, down 17.5 per cent on top of a 15 per cent drop in October. Falls in exports of Pharmaceuticals and electronics were
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      Lock icon US woman gets new face
      67 1 A WOMAN so horribly disfigured that she was willing to risk her life to do something about it has undergone the first near-total face transplant in the US and the fourth worldwide. In a bold and controversial operation, specialists in Cleveland replaced 80 per cent
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      Lock icon Big-car COEs cheaper
      53 1 CERTIFICATE of entitlement premiums for cars above 1,600 cc fell from $6,501 to $2,656, an 11-year low yesterday. Prices were down across the board. COE prices for smaller cars dropped to $6,200 from $7,721 a fortnight ago. Analysts said the drop reflected consumer worries about the economy.
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      Lock icon Record oil production cut
      59 1 OPEC oil ministers agreed late last night to remove a record 2.2 million barrels of oil a day, in a race to balance supply with the world's rapidly crumbling demand for fuel. Opec members want to boost oil prices, which have fallen over US$lOO from a
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      Lock icon Rate cut falls flat
      40 1 THE US Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to an unprecedented level of near 0 per cent but the move had little impact on key Asian markets yesterday. And most economists weren't impressed either. MONEY PAGE 822
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    Lock icon UN sanctions raids on pirates' bases
    787 1 AP, AFP and REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, WASHINGTON POST Unanimous vote allows land and air attacks on Somali brigands MOGADISHU: The United Nations has sanctioned land and air raids against So-malia-based pirates, stepping up the fight against them even as four more
    AP, AFP and REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, WASHINGTON POST; REUIERS  -  787 words
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    Lock icon Sydney murders: Ram Tiwary to face retrial
    576 1  -  K. C. VIJAYAN By LAW CORRESPONDENT MORE than two years after he was locked away for life for murdering two fellow Singaporeans, former university student Ram Puneet Tiwary's conviction has been quashed by an Australian Court of Appeal. The three-judge court in New
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      140 2 IN TUESDAY'S article, "Taking a leaf from the Lion City", we wrongly reported that Mr Pek Ah Tuan was the late founder of Tiong Seng Contractors. Mr Pek is the only surviving founder out of the four founders of Tiong Seng. We are sorry for
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      Lock icon Lack of morality in America's high places
      1022 2  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Americans are banking on Obama to put the country on the right track By US CORRESPONDENT THE Blagojevich moment came just as Americans were beginning to forget New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in March after his tryst with a
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      149 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY Can Thailand live with the Abhisit solution? Will the election of Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva end Thailand's political chaos? Judgment must wait. Mr Abhisit has his virtues, but is beholden to anti-democratic establishment forces that had subverted normative processes to eject an elected government they did not favour.
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  • prime financial crisis
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Biggest export plunge in almost seven years
      796 3  -  Fiona Chan Seventh month of decline in a row; sharp falls in electronics and drugs By SINGAPORE'S exports last month suffered their deepest plunge in almost seven years, signalling that the economy could shrink again in the fourth quarter. Non-oil domestic exports dived
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      Lock icon Lehman-linked investors to get news in Jan
      400 3  -  Francis Chan By OFFICIALS from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have run spot checks on financial institutions that sold Lehman-linked products to ensure investors' complaints are handled properly. The on-site visits, conducted in consultation with three independent parties overseeing the complaints process,
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      Lock icon Left to fend for themselves
      95 4 SAMUEL HE Out of work, unpaid and now abandoned. About 180 Bangladeshi workers, some owed up to three months' salary, were temporarily left to fend for themselves in their Tagore Lane living quarters. The landlord threatened to cut off their water and power, and food
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      Lock icon Medifund kitty increased to help poor
      660 4  -  Salma Khalik Money set aside raised to $73.7 m, as more patients seek assistance By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT EXPECTING a substantial increase in requests for medical financial aid this year, the Health Ministry has upped the money for a government health safety net for the
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      Lock icon Woman gets an almost totally new face
      711 5 Controversial transplant is the fourth such procedure in the world and raises ethical issues CLEVELAND: A woman so horribly disfigured she was willing to risk her life to do something about it has undergone the first near-total face transplant in the United States.
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      Lock icon Lionsfeel the heat in Vietnam
      78 5 BERITA HARIAN Vietnam's Doan Viet Cuong (left) clearing the ball before Singapore striker Agu Casmir could get to it during their Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup match last night. The semi-final's first leg at Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium ended goal-less. An own-goal by Le Phuoc
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      Lock icon About the case
      146 6 TWO Singaporean men studying at the University of New South Wales in Sydney were found murdered in their apartment in September 2003. The bodies of Mr Tony Tan Poh Chuan, 27, and Mr Tay Chow Lyang, 26, were found by their Singaporean flatmate Ram Puneet Tiwary, then
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      Lock icon Three reasons for the mistrial
      299 6 The jury was not properly directed on how they should treat the arguments regarding how Tan's blood got onto Tiwary's feet. The blood could have transferred when Tiwary attacked Tan as prosecutors suggested; or it could have stained his feet when Tan coughed up blood
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      Lock icon The jury system
      123 6 SINGAPORE no longer uses jury trials, but it is still a commonly used practice in countries such as Australia, Britain and the United States. A jury consists of about 12 members of the public randomly chosen from the electoral roll. In these trials, the judge's role is
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      Lock icon WHO THEY ARE
      276 6 RAM PUNEET TIWARY (LEFT) He was studying mechanical engineering at the University of New South Wales under a study award with the Singapore Armed Forces. The former commando officer was the second of three sons. His father is a retired viceprincipal of a school in Brunei. Tiwary,
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      Lock icon Distraught and disappointed
      409 6  -  Ben Nadarajan REACTIONS FROM VICTIMS' FAMILIES By TWO-and-a-half years ago, the families of the two men brutally battered and stabbed to death in their Sydney apartment in 2003 thought the killer had been locked away for good. The last two years have been all about getting over
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      Lock icon 'We still have a long way to go'
      226 6  -  lt. C. VIJAYAN REACTION FROM TIWARY'S FAMILY By three hours' drive from Sydney. He has been in jail for more than four years. His family travels regularly to Sydney to visit him, said his cousin. Tiwary's parents and brother had attended the
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      Lock icon New bird flu cases raise questions
      816 9 REUTERS Are vaccines El effective Are govts EJ doing enough HONG KONG: A lethal strain of the bird flu virus has resurfaced in Asia and Egypt as the traditional winter flu season approaches, with the latest outbreak reported in China on Tuesday. The re-emergence
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        Lock icon Beijing blocking some websites again, say experts
        595 11 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Foreign Ministry maintains its right to censor those sites which violate country's laws HONG KONG: The Chinese government has quietly begun preventing access again to websites which were unblocked during the Olympic Games as part of a promise
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        Lock icon EU 'deeply concerned' over arrest of rights activists in China
        351 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS BRUSSELS: The European Union on Tuesday expressed "deep concern" about China's recent arrest of rights campaigners, including Mr Liv Xiaobo, a leading activist famous for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. The EU's French presidency,
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        Lock icon Abhisit calls on Thais to reconcile
        626 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG Congratulatory letter from PM Lee Hsien Loong Dear Excellency, My congratulations on your appointment as the 27th Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand. Singapore and Thailand enjoy a longstanding and substantive relationship which spans many areas of cooperation. People-to-people
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  626 words
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        Lock icon Abdullah's last mission: Racial harmony
        598 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS PM wants to clarify grey areas in laws on religious disputes KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Prime Minister said yesterday that his final mission is to cool racial and religious tensions, as he rushes through a raft of reforms in his last weeks in office.
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        Lock icon Mahathir and son push for crooked bridge
        320 14 KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has said that traffic congestion at the new immigration checkpoint in Johor Baru could have been alleviated if a bridge project which he had proposed was built. He said the proposed elevated bridge, which was to
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        Lock icon Jakarta's new mining law worries experts
        488 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Limits on exploration plus red tape may keep away foreign investors, say critics JAKARTA: Indonesian lawmakers have passed a new mining law giving local governments greater control over the nation's abundant natural resources, but industry experts warn it will likely discourage
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        Lock icon Abdullah urges Proton to find foreign partner
        144 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said that national carmaker Proton, criticised for shoddy workmanship and poor after-sales service, should tie up with a strong foreign partner in a joint venture to remain competitive. The comments came amid news that
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        Lock icon Korean actress escapes jail for adultery
        398 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: A leading actress who unsuccessfully challenged a South Korean law which criminalises adultery was given a suspended jail sentence yesterday for her extra-marital affair. Ok So Ri, 40, was sentenced by a district court after the constitutional court in October rejected
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        Lock icon Bogus aircraft engineer checked Qantas planes
        225 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: A bogus aircraft engineer accused of putting thousands of Qantas passengers' lives at risk was jailed for more than three years by an Australian court yesterday. Timothy McCormack forged his qualifications and posed as a licensed aircraft engineer for nearly nine
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        Lock icon Store won't make cake for Adolf Hitler, 3
        375 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS EASTON (Pennsylvania): The father of three-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, denied a birthday cake with the child's full name on it by a New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance. Mr Heath Campbell and his wife, Deborah, are upset
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        Lock icon 'Cash cows' of Aussie varsities
        515 19  -  Roger Maynard By I AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT FOREIGN students studying in Australia are all too often regarded as cash cows to finance domestic students and research, a review of the nation's education system has found. It also warns that many universities rely far too heavily on
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        Lock icon Obama is Time's Person of the Year
        220 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: Time magazine yesterday named United States President-elect Barack Obama as its 2008 Person of the Year. "For having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour, and for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he
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        Lock icon Yale endowment fund shrinks
        562 20 NEW YORK TIMES US university in for belt-tightening as financial crisis erodes asset values -NEW YORK: Yale has disclosed that its endowment has fallen by at least 13 per cent in the four months since June as the decline in asset values during the financial crisis
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        Lock icon Terrorist doc gets 32 years' jail in UK
        554 22 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Judge calls him 'extremist and bigot' over failed bombings in London and Glasgow last year LONDON: An Iraqi doctor found guilty of trying to murder hundreds of people in failed car bombings in London and Glasgow was
        REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  554 words
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        Lock icon Anti-terror squad to the rescue
        99 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS Lunchtime in Jakarta yesterday saw Indonesian anti-terrorist officers rescuing would-be victims of a hostage-taking attempt by militants. Fortunately, it was a counterterrorism drill held at the stock exchange, and no one was hurt, police said. The Jakarta head of the Special Detachment 88
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        Lock icon Tougher Indian laws to combat terrorists
        125 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: The Indian Parliament yesterday agreed on tougher anti-terrorism laws which allow the detention of alleged militants for up to 180 days, special courts to try suspects and sweeping police powers. MPs cutting across party lines voted in favour of major
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        Lock icon Iraqi Parliament Speaker 'to quit'
        145 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD: Iraq's Parliament Speaker said he was resigning after legislators argued about the journalist who threw his shoes at United States President George W. Bush. Iraq's Parliament erupted into chaos yesterday as lawmakers argued over whether the journalist should be freed from jail.
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        Lock icon China's panda gift for Taiwan next week
        106 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China confirmed yesterday that a pair of long-promised giant pandas symbolising "peace, unity and friendship" will be sent to Taiwan next week. Beijing first offered the pandas to Taiwan in 2005 but the island's former leaders rejected the offer as
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        Lock icon 'No' to implanting chips in HIV patients
        151 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA: An Indonesian province beleaguered by a spiralling HIV infection rate has scrapped plans to implant microchips in people with full-blown Aids, following strong opposition from government officials, health workers and rights activists. Papua's Parliament agreed on Tuesday to drop a
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        Lock icon 'Celebration throw' ends in death
        127 23 REUTERS TOKYO: A 60-year-old man who was thrown into the air in celebration at his retirement party died after his colleagues failed to catch him and he fell to the floor, a Japanese newspaper reported. The man's wife filed a police complaint against those who
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        Lock icon Xinjiang attack: Two sentenced to death
        109 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A court in Xinjiang yesterday sentenced two men to death for an audacious attack that killed 17 policemen and wounded 15 others, days before the start of the Beijing Olympics. The Aug 4 attack took place in the ancient Silk Road
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        Lock icon Scent of barbecue seduction
        198 23 SLICEOFLIFE LONDON: Wives and girlfriends whose men just cannot do without meat now have the perfect Christmas gift: barbecue-scented cologne. The novel idea comes from American fast-food chain Burger King, which is calling the men's body spray "Flame", the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. Not recommended for
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      112 9 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com blogged about MOST-READ ONLINE India's attitude must change. Says Jennifer Aniston appears naked in GQ joedee: "India needs to change the way magazine. it treats the safety of its people and 46 hurt in Hong Kong's acid attack. embrace constructive
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      452 24 THAILAND'S business and patrician elites are happy with the choice of Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva as prime minister, to end what they condemn has been a game of musical chairs played by people they deem outsiders. This should be exhilarating, but is deceiving.
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      1533 24  -  Goh Sui Noi 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHINA'S OPENING Religion is returning to China. Its people are seeking spiritual sustenance as society has grown more complex and impersonal. Among the resurgent religions, Christianity is enjoying a popularity never seen before in China. By SENIOR WRITER
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        854 25  -  Pierre Buhler EUROPEAN UNION By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES GLOBAL governance relies heavily on regional governance and the European Union (EU) is the most successful model in that respect, contributing significantly to the world's stability and direction. This judgment was recently uttered,
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        765 25  -  Pavin Chachavalpongpun CRISIS IN THAILAND By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES HE IS smart and suave. But as a politician, Thailand's Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva is inexperienced and comes across as more than a little bland. Still, he has become the country's 27th prime
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        812 25  -  Michael Richardson By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES GLOBAL financial dislocation and the economic slump are putting regional cooperation to the test. They also appear to be shaping somewhat different responses in North-east Asia and South-east Asia. The latter, which formed Asean in 1967, has
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        526 26  -  Tan Kian Chew FAIRPRICE ASSURANCE I REFER to Tuesday's letter by Mr Lee Ser Wei, "Food prices still high at Fair Price". We thank Mr Lee for his feedback and views on food prices. Indeed, food prices have increased over the past year due to
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        309 26  -  Quek Huey Ming (Ms) I REFER to Mr Lee Ser Wei's letter on Tuesday, "Food prices still high at FairPrice", where Australian pork was cited. The combination of biofuels increasing demand for grain and droughts affecting Australia, North America, Russia and Europe has caused
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        210 26  - Taxi touts are back at ferry terminal Lawrence Lim ON SUNDAY evening, my family and I returned from vacation in Bintan. There were about 300 passengers. Immigration clearance at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal was excellent, but not the taxi service. At about 8.45pm, some SMRT taxi drivers started touting, even
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        95 26  -  Lee Pin Pin (Ms) I REFER to Mr Michael Yeo's feedback last Thursday, "Who is responsible for this structure?". NParks manages Pasir Ris Park, including the bird observation tower. Our insurer's assessment of Mr Yeo's claim was based on the merits of the case, including
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        280 26  -  Tay Xiong Sheng DR TONY Tan made a speech on the role of higher education partnerships at Boston University last Friday ("Fourth university may rope in US and China institutions"). He said the fourth public university will be a "unique tripartite partnership
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        318 26  -  Safiyah Ghazali (Ms) TAMPINES bus interchange is not disa-bled-friendly. I refer to incidents that took place there on Monday and Tuesday. I am writing on behalf of my elder sister, who is wheelchair-bound. She was at the bus interchange on Tuesday at Bam but did not
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        229 26  -  Wan Siew Kay GOOD ENGLISH THE WAY TO GO I REFER to Tuesday's letter, "Singlish will undermine education hub", in which methodology in teaching English was discussed. It is not so much that a series of proven textbooks on grammar will do the trick. It
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        164 26  -  Julia Hang (Mrs) I REFER to Tuesday's letter, "What about proper use of other languages?". We agree with Ms Koh Mci Hui on proper use of the other languages. The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica) is committed to support and
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      713 29  -  Melissa Sim 180 foreign workers left in the lurch; employer blames sub-contractors By ONE hundred and eighty foreign workers living in Tagore Lane have been left jobless, unpaid and now hungry as well, as meal deliveries stopped abruptly yesterday. For the time being, foreign worker advocacy
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      1093 30 Teh Joo Lin and Kimberly Spykerman speak to the teenage girl who was involved in an underage sex case brought before the courts last week. SEX makes babies that was all the girl said she knew about sex when she was 11 years old,
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      674 30 The Straits Times runs the girl's answers past clinical psychologist Carol Balhetchet, who is the director for youth services of the Singapore Children's Society The girl said she thought that after having sex with the boy, the relationship would last. Do girls
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      643 31  -  Yeo Ghim Lay CAUTIOUS MOOD "People will be fairly conservative in their spending and are not committing to buying bigger items at the moment." Mr Lim Jit Soon, head of research at Nomura, saying the soft COE prices reflect consumer concerns over the
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      156 31 IT IS that most wonderful time of the year. For revellers, parties, late nights and feasting will be the order of the day until New Year's. Everyone, regardless of religion, joins in the Yuletide celebration and the urge to indulge is unavoidable with all those festive treats on
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      418 32  -  Alastair Mclndoe Woman to be charged today for alleged baby-trafficking operation By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA: A Singapore woman is to be charged in court today for violating the Philippines' child welfare code after an investigation into an alleged baby trafficking operation, police said.
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      353 32  -  Khushwant Singh By IRENE Low Ai Lian's husband yesterday disputed allegations against his wife, saying the 50-year-old Singaporean had done nothing wrong. Mr Robert Fox told The Straits Times his wife had spent the last two years heading a legitimate adoption agency in the
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      697 33  -  Chua Hian Hou Virtual mall opens next March and is a marketing tool to draw players to its real store By ONE of Singapore's oldest retailers, Tangs, is setting up a 3-D replica of its Orchard Road landmark to sell clothes to
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      730 34  -  Tessa Wong Rivalry, falling margins lead some jewellers to resort to dubious tactics By WITH its glittering shopfronts lining Serangoon Road, Little India has long been popular with shoppers hunting for a good deal on gold jewellery. However, faced with rising competition and declining profit
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      701 35  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN Education, tough enforcement lead to fall in arrests and accident rate By EFFORTS by the Traffic Police to curb the incidence of drink-driving have paid off. Arrests of drink-drivers fell by more than 8 per cent this year. Accidents involving drunk drivers also
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      196 35 KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN A MAJOR drug syndicate that operated between Singapore and Johor has been busted and 16 people have been arrested. The authorities seized a total of 26kg of ketamine, 191g of Ice, 10,275 Erimin-5 tablets and 50 Ecstasy tablets at various locations. The drug bust
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      409 36  -  Elena Chong He paid executive of US firm more than $175,000 to secure Biopolis contracts By COURTS CORRESPONDENT AN EXECUTIVE who admitted to shelling out more than $175,000 in bribes to secure a building contract at a research hub in Buona Vista was sentenced to
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      294 36  -  Sujin Thomas By THEY had been friends and roommates for months, but in July, Lim Ah Choon decided he had had enough of Mr Koh Lian Guan. So he changed the lock on his Queenstown flat, where Mr Koh occasionally stayed over. Undeterred, Mr
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      73 36 A blaze gutted a 16th-floor unit at Neptune Court in Marine Vista yesterday afternoon. Ms Schvelle Wan, who lives opposite the affected block, said her mother smelled something burning at about 4.30pm. "When I arrived home an hour later, I saw thick black smoke and
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      401 38  -  Sujin Thomas Bus also blocked his coach at a bus stop, sparking heated row By A 52-YEAR-OLD man who was ferrying students and teachers in his private coach lost his cool when a bus cut into his lane along Farrer
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      275 38  -  Elena Chong By COURTS CORRESPONDENT AN AIRLINE executive was fined $2,000 yesterday for starting a spectacular car crash earlier this year that injured three pedestrians. Chew Tai Lv, who works for Singapore Airlines (SIA), admitted to ramming his car into an oncoming vehicle while turning
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      303 38  -  Lee Hui Chieh By A DOCTOR has been stripped of her licence to practise medicine for botching the treatment of an elderly woman who later died of heart failure. Dr Diana Santos, 38, drastically over-prescribed a heart medication and failed to follow up properly with
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      100 29 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com blogged about MOST-READ ONLINE Spending time, not money, with Man jailed for pub brawl. kids- Says JoleneZ: "The problem is the New cruise ship in town parents' attitude towards materialism." MOST COMMENTED vSS^T^^ When to let go of foreigners. Says
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      626 39  -  Wang Meng Meng Coach Avramovic blasts his men for their worst display in Suzuki Cup Vietnam 0 Singapore 0 By HANOI: Lucky is a word he rarely, if ever, uses. But, after seeing his team escape with an unlikely draw from Hanoi, Singapore coach Raddy Avramovic had
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      275 39  -  WANG MENG MENG HANOI: It was a long way to Hanoi but will be a short trip home for the Lions. The Singapore national football team had endured a tiring 10-hour trip to Hanoi, via Ho Chih Minh City, for the Asean Football Federation Suzuki
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      408 39  -  Terrence Voon By EIGHT of Singapore's best road cyclists will be hand-picked over the next few months to form an elite team in a bid to boost the talent pool and revive the sport. OCBC Bank announced yesterday that it would sponsor the
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      794 40 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Luiz Felipe Scolari is facing a growing challenge to his authority from the dressing room and the boardroom in light of Chelsea's recent poor run. The Times understands that the Chelsea manager was asked to explain his substitutions by several senior players after
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      513 40 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that the days of the "Big Four" are over. On Tuesday, he pointed out that the English Premier League's traditional top teams Liverpool Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal could be elbowed aside this
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      359 40 ASSOCIATED PRESS YOKOHAMA (Japan): Alex Ferguson is banking on his old boys to lead Manchester United to the final of football's Club World Cup. The United manager said yesterday that the experienced trio of Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs would form the nucleus of
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      494 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Ex-Bolton and Newcastle manager replaces Ince at struggling Blackburn LONDON: Former Bolton and Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce has been appointed the manager of Blackburn Rovers on a three-year contract. The English Premier League football club made the announcement yesterday, one day after sacking Paul Ince.
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      670 41  -  Neil Humphreys LIGHTERSIDE By THE first manager Paul Ince played under was John Lyall at West Ham United. Ince has claimed that Lyall was the most influential manager he ever played for. Lyall managed West Ham for 15 years. Today, if a manager lasts
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      67 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Triple Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt was named "Champion of Champions for 2008" yesterday by French sports daily L'Equipe. The 22-year-old Jamaican was awarded 832 points by the newspaper's writers, finishing well ahead of US swimmer Michael Phelps, who had 694 points. French
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      309 42 Basketball NBA Charlotte 110 Chicago 101 (0T), New Orleans 91 Memphis 84, LA Clippers 98 Oklahoma City 88, Houston 108 Denver 96, Portland 109 Sacramento 77, LA Lakers 116 NY Knicks 114. General Asean University Games In Kuala Lumpur (Singaporean scores only, all final standings) Athletics: Men's 110 m
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      621 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Harrington is first European to win Player of the Year accolade THOUSAND OAKS (California): Irishman Padraig Harrington feels that winning the United States PGA Tour's Player of the Year award on Tuesday was comparable to landing a Major. "There is no
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      469 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: Lewis Hamilton believes the cost-cutting changes in Formula One will make it "very tough" for him to retain his world drivers' crown. Motor racing's governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and Fl teams agreed to a series of measures for 2009
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      99 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS IT IS all hands and feet on deck, as Denver's Chris Andersen (left) tries to stop Houston point guard Aaron Brooks in their National Basketball Association game on Tuesday. Brooks scored 18 points and made six assists, and Chinese centre Yao Ming scored 32
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        123 42 LONDON: West Ham are searching for a buyer and have been in contact with potential investors, vice-chairman Asgeir Fridgeirsson said yesterday. The English Premier League football club's owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is considering a sale following the collapse of Icelandic bank Landsbanki, in which
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        67 42 LONDON: Texan billionaire Allen Stanford (above) is set to turn his back on cricket after losing US$4O million (Ss6o million) on his million-dollar-a-man series, The Daily Mail reported yesterday. The newspaper said Stanford was poised to end his five-year-deal with the England and Wales Cricket
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        63 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: World No. Is Rafael Nadal of Spain and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia were yesterday named World Champions for 2008 by the International Tennis Federation. The 22-year-old Nadal, who won the French Open, Wimbledon and Olympic gold in Beijing to dethrone Roger Federer
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        65 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: World football's governing body Fifa is set to approve a Great Britain team for the London 2012 Olympics later this week despite opposition from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The issue is to be discussed by Fifa's executive committee
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        63 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS PERTH: Makhaya Ntini claimed three wickets as South Africa gave Australia food for thought on the opening day of the first cricket Test at the Waca yesterday. The hosts overcame a terrible start to finish on 341 for nine at stumps, with
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      269 42 Today Biathlon Biathlon World Cup, Hochfilzen: Men's individual (5.30pm). Women's individual (9.15pm) Live, Chll3. Football N _&n^~ Club World Cup: sth placing: Al-Ahly v Adelaide (Live, Ch24, I§j||g: 3.25pm). S-final: Gamba Osaka v Man Utd (Live, Ch24, 6.25pm). f[M Uefa Cup: Sampdoria v Sevilla fl (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, ~-—sa&i*. Golf
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      190 43 %ff "Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting .|j I at my doorway. For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD." Proverbs 8:34-35 DR SEOW LI JIN Age: 86 was called home to be with the Lord on 16
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      117 43 "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. "John 3:16 RAYMOND ALBERT CHEAH Age: 59 was called home to be with the Lord on 16 December 2008, dearly missed by: Wife: Ng
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      73 43 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of Diana Chiang Hwi Lin Departed 18 December 2006 Her smiling way and pleasant face Are a pleasure to recall; She had a kind word for each And died beloved by all. Some day we hope to meet her, Some day, we know not when,
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      61 43 In Loving Memory 5 Perfect Submission, All Is At Rest, lln My Sav'wr Am Happy Andßlest; Watching And Waiting, Looking Above, Filled With His Goodness, Lost In His Love This Is My Story, This Is My Song, Praising My Savior All The Day Long; This Is My Story, This Is
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      118 43 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of J^ Lee Hiok Kher Departed on 18 -12 2005 With much sadness and fond remembrance we write, On this 3rd Anniversary of your passing on; Although your absence left wounds in our hearts; Recollecting your love and memories will heal us on; Upkeepingyour teachings,
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      46 43 Athma Shanti Perumallu S/o Gnyanasundram Always remembered and dearly missed by wife, sons and all loved ones. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on 19 Dec 2008 (Fri) at Sri Sivan Temple, 24 Geylang East Aye 2 at 7.30pm. Please treat this as a personal invitation.
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      37 43 M RAMU S/O MANIAM (SHANKAR) Age: 47 Passed away peacefully on 17 December 2008. leaving behind Wife: T. Selvi Daughter: Kavitha Son: Raeu Relatives friends. Cremation at Mandai Crematorium at 4pm Today. Shiela *****403 M Gobi *****007
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      42 43 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of Mdm Indra Dcvi w/o late Shri Roop Lai Sharma Departed 18 Dec 2007 Dearest mother, We missyou so much. The love you gave us Spoke beautifully of you Sadly missed always remembered by Children and Grandchildren
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      144 43 sth Anniversary I have set the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (Psalm 16:8) In Loving and Cherished Memory Of ROBERT CHONG KWIFONG Entered into the Lord's embrace on 18 December 2003 His helping hand was always first To render
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      130 43 For God so loved the world. That he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everiasting life. John: 3:16 LEE THOMAS Age 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 Dec 08, dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Tay
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      72 43 SANDY EU Departed 18 Dec 2004 Snandy, it has been 4 years since you left to be with God. 4 longyears of disbelief that you are no longer in this world with us. 4 longyears of grief, who could comprehend my fervent want to hear your voice and see your
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      86 43 KASINATHAN MANIMEGALAI Age: 67 passed away peacefully on 17 Dec 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Ramiah Kasinathan, deceased) Sons: K. Panirselvam K. Magantharan K. Rajaynthran Daughters-in-law: P. Sucilla Dccvi R. Sivakolunthu R. Chitra Daughter: V. Chitra Son-in-law: KA.Vertrivaloo Grandchildren: Kalaivani, Revathi, Manimaran, Satya, Naresh, Arun
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      38 43 Memory wanders as shadows fell Back to the days of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. 1
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      599 44  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS STI posts first loss in three days; most Asian markets up less than 1% By INTEREST rate cuts in the United States and Hong Kong failed to excite the local market, which posted its first loss in
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        20 44 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.08 billion shares worth $984.6 million UP DOWN Gainers: 199 Losers: 195 Unchanged: 873
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        83 44 Mid Cap 352.55 0.03 Basic materials 215.84 T -9.24 Utilities 295.41 T -6.12 Small Cap 291.10 -1.85 Industrials 355.02 5.28 Financials 429.09 T -4.05 All Share 424.39 T -0.70 Consumer goods 365.80 2.57 Technology 353.22 T -0.55 Fledgling 386.00 1.55 Health care 380.64 6.48 Real estate 356.22
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        29 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 8,612.52 (+44.50) »Japan's Nikkei ended up 0.52 per cent on the US Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates to nearly zero.
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        29 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 15,460.52 (+330.31) Hong Kong shares closed up 2.2 per cent after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates to nearly zero.
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        29 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,976.82 (+1.81) Chinese shares closed up 0.09 per cent as weakness in banks and other large caps almost wiped out early gains.
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        23 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 3,570.6 (+14.4) Australian shares gained 0.4 per cent as financial stocks weighed heavily on market sentiment.
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        27 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 862.50 (+7.70) Malaysian shares closed up 0.9 per cent after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates to almost zero.
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        28 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,169.75 (+8.19) South Korean shares closed up 0.7 per cent as profit-taking eroded earlier sharp gains on an aggressive US rate cut.
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        26 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 9,715.29 (-261.69) Indian shares fell 2.62 per cent after Satyam Computer abruptly reversed a decision tc buy an infrastructure firm.
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        30 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 445.94 (+0.63) Thai shares closed up 0.14 per cent as gains made after a massive US rate cut were pared by profit-taking later.
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          111 44 (0) Dec 17 CENTS /o GLD 10US$ 8386 268.2 JHH 1810 131.2 JSH 970 90.4 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 .8070 70.0 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1094 64.1 Lyxor Thailand 10US$ 280 37.9 CityDev 639 22.0 DairyFarm 424 20.4 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 9370 20.0 Venture Corp 470
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          93 44 (0) Dec 17 CENTS STXPO 100 SI A DBS Grp OCBC Bk IconicHldgs NatCool StraitsAsia UOB Cosco Corp SHRT HKLand Dynamic SPC Sino-Env Ezra RichLand Craft Print Hyflux Japan Land Kinergy 1030 -42.0 -3.9 1112 -28.0 -2.5 972 -24.0 -2.4 512 -20.0 -3.8 12.5 -11.5 -47.9 20 -10.0
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          92 44 Dec 17 Reyphon Kian Ho Health Mgt Intl Vashion Sup Pack GP Ind Enporis Gul Tech Techcomp *AVJennings BerlianLaju AsiaPharm Sunshine Hengxin Global Test Kingboard Wee Hur ChlnaAngel Novena SwingHedia CENTS 3.5 40.0 17 36.0 12 33.3 2 33.3 9 28.6 31.5 23.5 3 20.0 3 20.0 24.5
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          90 44 Dec 17 CENTS IconicHldgs Craft Print CarrierNet Dynamic NatCool Dcean Intl Kinergy Ml Tech RichLand LottVis UPP Dutech Sunmart WesTech ChinaOilFId Memstar Pharmesis Ultra Tech VihroPower lapan Land 12.5 -47.9 -11.5 5.5 -35.3 -3.0 1 -33.3 -0.5 10 -33.3 -5.0 20 -33.3 -10.0 1 -33.3 -0.5 7 -30.0
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          111 44 (0) Dec 17 CENTS CapitalandRBeCW***** 31.5 SGX BNP eCW*****3 57.5 SGXMBL iCW*****3 53 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 24.5 CapitalanMBLeCW***** 22.5 CapitalanMBLeCW***** 26 STI 1650 DBeCW*****2 58 CapitalandR BeCW***** 11.5 UOB BNP eCW*****6 45 UOB HER eCW*****8 12.5 STI 1750 DBeCW*****2 41 SingTelMBLeCW*****5 26.5 UOB HBL eCW*****2 37.5 CapitalandDBeCW***** 17 DBS BNP
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          115 44 (0) Dec 17 CENTS o/ /o DCBC Bk RBePW*****3 138 DBS MBL iCW*****3 47.5 DBS DB eCW*****9 32 CoscoCorpBN PeCII 0308 7 SGX BNP ePW*****2 24.5 CoscoCorpBNPeCW*****....20.5 SGX BNP ePW*****6 43 STI 1600 DBePW*****2 24 STI 1650BNPePW*****9 ...17.5 STI 1700BNPePW*****0 22 CapitalanBNPePW***** 32 DBS DB eCW*****7 18.5 SGX
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          105 44 Dec 17 CENTS CapitalandRBeCW***** 31.5 50.0 YongnamW*****4 1.5 50.0 CapitalandRBeCW***** 11.5 27.8 UOB HER eCW*****8 12.5 25.0 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 24.5 22.5 STI 2000 DBeCW*****2 10.5 16.7 CapitalanHBLeCW***** 22.5 15.4 SGX BNP eCW*****3 57.5 15.0 CapitalanMBLeCW***** 26 13.0 SGX HBL iCW*****3 9.5 11.8 SingTelHBLiCW*****3 10 11.1 SGX HBL iCW*****3 53
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          110 44 Dec 17 CENTS DBS BNP eCW*****9 0.5 -66.7 CoscoCorpBNPeC11 0308 7 -33.3 DBS DB eCW*****9 32 -13.5 STI 1650BNPePW*****9 ...17.5 -12.5 DBS HBL iCW*****3 47.5 -12.0 CoscoCorpDBeCW*****2 12 -11.1 CoscoCorpBNPeCW***** ...20.5 -10.9 SGX BNP ePW*****2 24.5 -10.9 STI 1700BNPePW*****0 22 -10.2 Tecll0il8GaeW*****6 4.5 -10.0 DBS DB eCW*****7 18.5
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      172 44 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol Golden Agri 23.5 0.0 0.0 SingTel 265 -2.0 -0.7 StraitsAsia 83 -10.0 -10.8 Noble Grp 105 1.0 1.0 Gent Intl 48 0.5 1.1 China Hongxing 19.5 -1.0 -4.9 Cosco Corp 98 -6.0 -5.8 Macquarie Prime Reit 52
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      104 44 runLiun LiunnLiiLii iiuil hhilo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 17 2008 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9970 1.0300 Can dollar 1.2010 1.2160 Euro 2.0370 2.0610 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4125 0.4134 NZ dollar 0.8350 0.8540 Sterling pound 2.2570 2.2830 US dollar 1.4490 1.4660 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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      391 44 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 718 375 1438 610 2120 590 70 123 512 3580 1920 2236 1340 739 416 270 909 319 1760 1370 467 464 384 580 473 414 316 2170 572 332 228 5606 CapitaLand 138
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      633 44 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 152 272 210 256 244 438 102 98 238 215 199 190 365 332 195 99 585 398 765 408 372 317 190 580 87 222 256 99 130 117.4 36.5 357.2 124
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      341 45 INVESTORS wondering whether they should sink their money into a structured product will soon get some help from the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias). The body, which champions the rights of small investors, has compiled a list of 10 key questions investors
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      355 45  -  Yang Huiwen Network snag causes lag in price updates and order processing By TRADERS were thrown off their stride yesterday when computer glitches at the Singapore Exchange caused a lag in price updates and order processing. All dealing houses were affected, Brokers from DBS
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      477 45 NEW YORK: American International Group (AIG) chief executive officer Edward Liddy may face a congressional hearing to explain "the full extent" of the insurer's plan to give bonuses to as many as 7,000 people so that they will not quit.
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      185 45 NEW YORK: United States banking regulators have toughened up their scrutiny of Citigroup. They are becoming involved in internal discussions about the company's strategic direction and discouraging executives from pursuing certain acquisitions, The Wall Street Journal said, cit- ing sources familiar with the
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      489 45  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By SINGAPORE Food Industries (SFI) has announced that its Ireland-based subsidiary, ready meals company Swissco, has gone into liquidation. The move, amid some industrial unrest at Swissco, follows unsuccessful attempts to find new investors for the embattled firm and to
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      588 46 Staff slammed for failing to probe complaints against money manager WASHINGTON: In a stunning rebuke, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman blamed his career regulators for a decade-long failure to investigate Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff, now accused of running one of
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      357 46 NEW YORK: First, hedge funds lost billions of dollars in their failed bets with Bernard Madoff. Now, they could get hit again by investors' lawsuits. The sprawling fraud allegedly carried out by Madoff raised serious questions about the role of hedge funds in
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      298 46  -  Gabriel Chen By GREAT Eastern (GE) Holdings said yesterday that it has a "small indirect exposure" to Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff's funds. The local insurer has exposure to some funds of Fairfield Greenwich Group, a hedge fund which had invested more
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      636 47 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Cut in daily production of oil is meant to push prices back to US$75 ORAN (Algeria): Opec oil ministers agreed yesterday to remove a record 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) from oil markets in a race to balance
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      458 47  -  Robin Chan By THE economic gloom has not deflected Nets from plans to enter what looks to be the next big market for electronic payments contactless multi-purpose smart cards. The sector is expected to be opened up in September next year,
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      429 47  -  Joyce Teo By SINGAPORE looks a pretty good bet for long-term property investors, given its strong savings rate, low corporate taxes and near-full employment, according to a key real estate player here yesterday. And if prices fall further next year, it would
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      730 48  -  Alvin Foo U.S. INTEREST RATE CUT Wall St jumps 4.2% but Asian bourses unmoved; Fed seen as shooting blanks By THE dramatic move by the United States' Federal Reserve to slash interest rates to the unheard-of level of nearly 0 per cent on Tuesday failed to excite most
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      711 48 REUTERS NEWS ANALYSIS CHICAGO: A turbo-charged programme of asset buying now being ramped up at the US Federal Reserve could be Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's way of making sure his legacy will not be a re-run of Japan's "lost decade". Facing
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      12 47 Tamil Murasu India's Tata group to set up its own anti-terror mechanism
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      110 48 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm will find it hard, no thanks to the 'job MOST-READ ONLINE today, gone tomorrow' environment." 25 per cent increase in job seekers. More pawning stuff to pay bills. RECESSION REPORT What's the latest on the economic MOST COMMENTED and financial
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      116 49 A Tang dream Brawn ambition Survivor winner Chinese Opera Indian actors get buff It pays to be Jim THE POWER fo^ II LIST 2008 LIFESTYLE /^@-M r+l m The inaugural SingTel y^^^^fUuWSL Singapore Grand Prix y^ /\*^t-i\\ 11 1- t)(\J in September was a unanimous II I i-~. Vf C--^^^^
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      3748 50  -  Andy chen Cara Van Miriah Huang Lijie Huang Lijie Huang Lijie Cara Van Miriah Rebecca Lynne Tan Tay Suan Chiang Cara Van Miriah Tay Suan Chiang Rebecca Lynne Tan From Fl to entertainment to food, some men put Singapore on the world map while others made it
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        556 55  -  tara tan Nafa marks 70th year with an exhibition of works by its alumni arts reporter Singapore's oldest arts school is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a class reunion on canvas. The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) is organising an exhibition featuring 83 works by alumni
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        101 56 'It certainly did not escape us that Hugh looks terrific in a tuxedo' Oscars producer Laurence Mark on choosing actor Hugh Jackman k (left) as next year's host 'Go crazy. Trust me. Trust me. People will love you for it' Actor Tom Cruise (left) joking that
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        895 56  -  Stephanie yap Scoff at the act of smoking, but be understanding towards those who cannot quit culture vulture Breathe easy, fresh-air fiends. American President-elect Barack Obama vowed earlier this month to abstain from smoking when he moves into the White House, a smoke-free zone, next year.
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        563 56 PUT YOUR MEMENTO TO GOOD USE Do you have a memento from a broken relationship and do not mind donating or loaning it? The Necessary Stage (TNS) needs your help. As part of the Museum of Broken Relationships, an art project which will be shown during the Ml
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        547 57  -  Adeline chia Dream Of Han Dan is a classic Chinese opera about aspiration and perseverance arts reporter A classic Chinese opera by the Shakespeare of the East, Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xian Zu, will be on at the Esplanade this weekend. Titled Dream Of Han
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      493 58 Agence France-Presse Indian actors pump iron to bulk up for roles and gain new fans Mumbai Bollywood's leading actors are hitting the gym as never before, adding brawn and biceps to their on-screen repertoires and winning a legion of new fans in the process. The latest weight-training
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      531 60  -  jasmine teo Survivor winner Robert 'Bob' Crowley is still a favourite after Gabon The latest winner of reality series Survivor made it through 39 tough days in Gabon in West Africa. But physics teacher Robert "Bob" Crowley, 57, barely survived the onslaught of media interviews that came
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      151 60 London Mamma Mia! has outdone Titanic at the British box office. The Abba-themed musical replaced the maritime romance as the high-est-grossing movie released in Britain with £69.1 million (Ssls7 million) worth of tickets sold, Universal Pictures International said on Tuesday. Titanic had taken £69,025,646
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      98 60 Christmas came early on Monday for Suri Cruise, the darling of the New York City paparazzi and daughter of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (above). The two-year-old, whose paparazzi-tak-en photos have regularly graced tabloids this year, was snapped with her mother on an evening out
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      47 85 Holidayl waist watching Have a Merry Christmas, Your Life. Live it well. but don't indulge till you bulge WIN! Baby with rare How many Eucerin gift congenital calories in packs worth O disease is home Hp\ thatX'mas "1 /I $577 C- for Christmas I U fruitcake? IH"
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      413 86  -  Gloria Chandy Editor gloria@sph. com. sg Our columnist Gary Hayden waxes lyrical, if cynical, about the near futility of exchanging Christmas cards and gifts (Page 16). I agree only with a small part of his musings. When I'm standing in the middle of
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      266 87 Los Angeles Times Lousy presents are more likely to affect a man's view of a relationship's future than a woman's So who's picky about Christmas gifts? Picture this: It's Christmas Eve. You've just exchanged presents with your special or soon-to-be-special someone when you hear
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      537 89 Reuters It is not just the mother's age which affects the likelihood that a child is born autistic. A new study shows that the father's age matters too Older parents appear to be more at risk of having autistic children and the risk is
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        340 90 Do you have a sedentary lifestyle and baulk at the prospect of any exercise? Then you could be at higher risk of developing frequent headaches, the results of a large study suggest. The findings, based on surveys of more the 68,000 adults in Norway, found that
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        160 90 Reuters Depression, anxiety and smoking may inhibit bone development in girls during adolescence, study findings suggest. Nearly 40 to 50 per cent of bone mass or density is attained in girls during adolescence and failure to obtain maximal bone density during that phase leaves "a deficit
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        175 90 An apple a day may really keep the doctor away. A natural antioxidant called quercetin, found in red apples as well as broccoli and green tea, may give an immunity boost to individuals under stress, says a report on health website WebMD. In a study
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      415 91 Women pamper their faces and bodies but they often forget to take care of their hands, ZUREENA HABIB discovers We spend thousands of dollars on the latest aesthetic treatments and facial products to keep our faces youthful. However, there is one part of our body we tend to
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      235 91 The New York Times Fact or fiction The claim: Babies blink less than adults do. The facts: Parents of newborn children sometimes notice an unusual phenomenon. Normal babies rarely close their eyes, except, of course, when sleeping. Considering the world of visual stimuli to which
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      432 92 DHANY OSMAN throws himself into a mixed martial arts class and emerges pumped and awed Take Thai kick-boxing. Add boxing and wrestling, throw in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and you have mixed martial arts (MMA). It has caught on here as both a workout and self-defence
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      810 93 Shyann is only nine months old but she has been in and out of hospital many times. She suffers from a rare congenital disease which has claimed one other life here. ZUREENA HABIB reports After three months in the high dependency ward at XX Women's
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      290 93 Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) is a group of disorders that affects one in 40,000 newborns. Apart from Shyann and Satish, there are no known incidences of CDG in Singapore as the disease is rare. Both parents have to be carriers for CDG to be
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          1333 94 Mix good food and good company and you will easily forget how much you are piling on your plate and adding to your waistline For many, whether Christian or not, 'tis the season to be jolly. Christmas is a time to eat, drink and be merry
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        301 95  -  Shuli Sudderuddin This is no time to play Scrooge especially with yourself. It is after all the time for seasonal goodies that you have waited all year to dig into. So have your share of roast turkey with all the trimmings, Christmas pudding and top
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        759 96 Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. These are harsh words. But no more than one would expect from "a squeezing, wrenching, grasping,
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      458 97 Housework does not have to be taxing for your body. Just watch how you twist, turn or move. DHANYOSMAN finds out Whether you are a homemaker who mops the floors daily or a career person who does the household chores only on
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