The Straits Times, 22 December 2008

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    18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 191/11/2008 MONDAY, DECEMBER 22 2008. njp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Small dogs, big trouble
      61 1 MORE small dogs have been biting people in the last few years, according to figures from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority. Since 2007, small breeds like Jack Russell terriers, malteses and shih tzus have accounted for just under half of the total bite incidents, leading to
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      Lock icon Cold comfort in China, US
      58 1 PEOPLE in many parts of China and the United States have found themselves in a deep freeze following harsh wintry weather. In northern China, it caused travel chaos for thousands, while in the United States, residents in the north-east and the Midwest were bracing themselves
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      Lock icon Fighting nerve disease
      39 1 SCIENTISTS have created the first human model for studying spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating nerve disease, which allows them to watch how the disease develops and perhaps show a way to treat it. WORLD PAGE Al5
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      Lock icon Massive anti-terror drill
      42 1 INDONESIAN security forces yesterday stormed hotels and airports for simulated clashes with masked gunmen in a massive exercise that coincided with a move by the government to ramp up security at churches and other public places. WORLD PAGE AlO
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      Lock icon Beijing's big worries
      39 1 CHINA'S Premier, Mr Wen Jiabao, has identified jobs for graduates and redundant migrant workers as his government's top concerns. It underscores Beijing's fear of social unrest amid an economic slowdown and rising unemployment. WORLD PAGE All
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    Lock icon Lions lose 0-1 to Vietnam
    147 1 SINGAPORE'S long unbeaten run in the Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup is finally over. The Lions were defeated 0-1 by Vietnam in the second leg of the semi-final in front of 48,411 fans at the National Stadium last night. The first leg in Hanoi last
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    Lock icon Govt will try to keep transport costs down
    823 1  -  Ll XUEYING But low oil prices won't translate into fare drop, says Transport Minister I By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT WITH 2009 shaping up to be a "difficult year", the Government will try to moderate public transport costs next year, said Transport Minister Raymond
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    Lock icon When Raymond Lim cut pay instead of retrenching staff
    236 1  -  Ll XUEYING THE year was 1998, and the region was in the grip of the Asian financial crisis. Mr Raymond Lim was then leading an investment team in ABN Amro Asia Securities, as its chief economist for Asia. To cut costs,
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      59 1 Maiden >**'**\v *f Saving the W Outlook for c(^ J^i J)CZ title H.^^K^i. i economy 2009 S Lam Chih Bing wins 9--^% jMmm. I Obama expands BAB Just how bad a i*ij Volvo Masters I recovery plan dra&l W^Wm^L \\l can the economy get? SPORT, PAGE 813 W I PRIME,
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      Lock icon China adheres to Marxism
      857 2  -  Ching Cheong Seeing bad times ahead, Hu stresses stability over political reform I By I SENIOR WRITER CHINESE President Hu Jintao reiterated his adherence to the Marxist model of economic and political development last Friday, despite growing calls at home for more political and economic liberalisation.
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      Lock icon US economic forecast dims, Obama boosts recovery plans
      794 3 LOS ANGELES TIMES He aims to create or save 3 million jobs, ups size of rescue package WASHINGTON: Warned that the economy may get considerably worse, Presi-dent-elect Barack Obama has more than tripled the size of the economic stimulus package he embraced
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      Lock icon Spend more to spur growth: IMF tells govts
      359 3 REUTERS INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss -Kahn said more spending by governments will be needed to stimulate worldwide economic growth, in an interview released yesterday. He feared measures announced by the Group of 20 nations last month would not be enough.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Forecasts for 2009
      49 4 SINGAPORE ECONOMY The numbers paint a bleak picture for Singapore's economy heading into next year. Michelle Tay and Robin Chan speak to five experts to look at just how bad 2009 could get while keeping an eye out for some silver linings amid the storm clouds
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      Lock icon Budget key to saving jobs, luring global firms
      279 4 PHOTOS: DR CHUA HAK BIN, Citigroup's head of equity research "Two themes will dominate the first half of next year recession and Government. Singapore may be headed for the worst recession, in terms of both duration and depth, in its history. It
      CITIGROUP, HSBC; ST AND BT FILE PHOTOS  -  279 words
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      Lock icon Short-term prsopects bad,but help at hand
      198 4 ROBERT PRIOR-WANDESFORDE, senior Asian economist, HSBC "What was originally a downturn stemming from the volatile pharmaceutical sector has now spread far and wide...and taking a heavy toll on Singapore's exports. But worse is that the more domestically-orientated parts of the economy are also succumbing
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      Lock icon At rock-bottom now, upturn ahead
      386 4 MR WONG SUI JAU, general manager of online unit trust firm Fundsupermart "I'm actually quite positive about 2009 because 2008 was so bad. We have more or less bottomed out in my opinion. Everything of an investible nature has already fallen to rock-bottom prices, markets
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      Lock icon 7.59
      98 5  -  Alphonsus Chern What happens a minute before Bam? Straits Times photographers show their interpretation of that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 7.59. We aim to capture everyday scenes across the island with a different perspective, bringing readers a slice of life that would perhaps go unnoticed.
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      Lock icon Slow recovery with false starts
      247 5 NICHOLAS TAN (above), head of group wealth management, OCBC Bank "Investment markets tend to move before the real economy does, as there's always a lead-lag effect. So will things bottom out next year? And if so, will it be in a U-shape or L-shape recovery?
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      Lock icon Thai govt to make grassroots focus of stimulus package
      690 7  -  Nirmal Ghosh New controversial Cabinet must prove itself with economy I By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Thailand's new Cabinet, due to be sworn in before King Bhumibol Adulyadej today, will focus on the grassroots for the bulk of an upcoming economic stimulus
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      Lock icon Mumbai's two terror-hit hotels back in business
      460 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI: Two luxury hotels that had been stormed by militants reopened amid tight security in Mumbai yesterday, less than a month after devastating attacks that rocked India's financial and entertainment hub. The Oberoi Trident and Taj Mahal hotels received their first
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      Lock icon NUS High to spread maths, science success
      1278 6  -  Amelia Tan It will share its methods, start student exchanges I By DR HANG Kirn Hoo still counts the greatest achievement in his 24 years in education as seeing his Normal (Academic) class in New Town Secondary School through their O-level Additional Mathematics
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      Lock icon Educator scouts maths talent
      284 6  -  AMELIA TAN DR HANG Kirn Hoo started his career in 1984 as a mathematics teacher at Raffles Institution. He became principal of Clementi Town Secondary School in 2000 and ran the school till 2004. Before joining NUS High School, he was manager of the Ministry of
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      Lock icon THE BIG CHILL
      685 8 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Snow and freezing weather hit China, the US and Europe BEIJING: Snow and freezing weather have swept large parts of China and the United States, causing travel chaos and power outages for tens of thousands of people. In Beijing's neighbouring city of Tianjin, all
      REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  685 words
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      Lock icon Beijing pledges $27b funds for Taiwan firms in China
      465 8  -  Ho Ai Li I By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: China yesterday promised to set aside 130 billion yuan (Ss27 billion) in financing for mainland-based Taiwanese businesses over three years, providing an economic boost for Taiwan amid the global economic crisis. This was
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        Lock icon Hospital plan halted but not the criticisms
        569 9  -  Carolyn Hong Malaysia government facing flak over issue even after privatisation plans were scrapped I By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government may have hastily scrapped the controversial plan to privatise its heart hospital, but this has not stopped the stream
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        Lock icon Death plunge from highway
        119 9 A 38-year-old man was killed after his vehicle plunged from a highway onto a roadside stall 100 m below (left) on Saturday. Mr Nagarajan Subramaniam died instantly, reported The Star newspaper. The stall's owner and several customers escaped unhurt in the 9am mishap involving the Toyota
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        Lock icon 1,000 people can't go home over landslide safety fears
        262 9 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: About 1,000 residents in a land-slide-hit neighbourhood in Malaysia were told they cannot return to their homes for safety reasons. Officials told another 2,000 that they could return after interim studies on slopes in
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        Lock icon More US troops for Afghanistan
        208 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: Afghanistan welcomed yesterday a pledge of tens of thousands of additional US troops on the ground within six months, but said they should be deployed in the volatile south and on the border with Pakistan. Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  208 words
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        Lock icon Massive terror drill in Indonesia
        531 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Airports, hotels, ships stormed in mock exercise involving 7,000 JAKARTA: Indonesian security forces stormed airports, five-star hotels, passenger ships and the stock exchange building yesterday in a massive anti-terrorism drill ordered in the wake of last month's militant rampage in Mumbai.
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        Lock icon Angry Air India staff beat up Sats exec
        451 10  -  P. Jayaram I By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: A top Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) executive was beaten up in Mumbai last Thursday by angry employees of state owned Air India. They were protesting against a joint venture involving Sats for ground-handling
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        Lock icon Jobs a top priority for govt, says Wen
        580 11  -  Tracy Quek He seeks to shore up confidence, assuring grads and migrant workers I By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: China's Premier has identified jobs for graduates and redundant migrant workers as his government's top concerns, as China heads into a severe employment crunch
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        Lock icon Bowing to economics of transition
        964 12  -  Bhagyashree MEMO FROM WASHINGTON Change is in the air as Obama administration gears up to take over I By Garekar US CORRESPONDENT "I SUSPECTED there would be a good-sized crowd once the word got out about my hanging," President George W. Bush joked at the
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        Lock icon Obama's to-do list
        481 12 PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama left for a short vacation in Hawaii over the weekend, shortly after announcing the last of the top officials who will serve in his administration from next month. Over the past month, he has outlined some of his major aims. Here's a look at
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        Lock icon Americans upbeat about Obama: Poll
        448 12 WASHINGTON POST, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: About 70 per cent of Americans are optimistic about President-elect Barack Obama's overall policies and believe he will be successful as president, according to a new ABC News-Wash-ington Post opinion poll. The survey released on Saturday showed that more than
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        Lock icon L'Oreal heiress slams daughter
        506 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE She threatens to cut child's share of fortune after a lawsuit was filed against her friend PARIS: Liliane Bettencourt, the billionaire heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics empire, lashed out yesterday at her daughter for questioning her right to donate a billion dollars in gifts
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        Lock icon Crackdown on sexual violence in Congo
        840 14 LOS ANGELES TIMES Legal clinics are helping to prosecute rapists and put them behind bars GOMA (Congo): More than a decade of civil war and lawlessness in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has left the region with one of the world's worst records for
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        Lock icon Jet veers off runway as it tries to take off
        354 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES TIMES DENVER: A Continental Airlines flight carrying 112 people veered off a runway at Denver International Airport as it attempted to take off, catching fire as passengers escaped down emergency slides. Two people were critically injured
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        Lock icon Scientists create first model of nerve disease
        586 15 REUTERS Latest advance in research may find a way to treat those with muscular atrophy CHICAGO: United States scientists have created the first human model for studying muscular atrophy, a devastating disease which was in the news in Singapore last week when actor
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    • world- in brief
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        Lock icon Bomb in a papaya
        154 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: Police yesterday defused a powerful bomb hidden inside a papaya that attackers may have intended to detonate at a Roman Catholic cathedral in a violence-wracked southern Philippine city. About 100 policemen will be deployed this week to bolster the security of Iligan city
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        Lock icon China ships to fight piracy
        167 16 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE BEIJING: China will send two navy destroyers and a support vessel to the Gulf of Aden to combat piracy off Somalia, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced. The warships will leave on Dec 26 to join the growing number of international warships
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        Lock icon Mild bird flu in Taiwan
        176 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: A mild form of bird flu has been found in chickens that died at a poultry farm in southern Taiwan, prompting the authorities to slaughter 18,000 chickens. Chickens that died at the farm in Luchu, Kaohsiung county, on Oct 21 tested positive
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        Lock icon Domestic abuse up
        134 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Domestic abuse cases in Malaysia have risen by 15 per cent since 2006, with the figures just the "tip of the iceberg", according to reports yesterday. Criminal Investigation Department head Mohammad Bakri Zinin told The Star newspaper that domestic violence cases had risen
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        Lock icon Late retirement for women
        173 16 REUTERS ROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he favours a later retirement age for women than the current 60, but only if they so choose. He told reporters Italy was obliged to respond by Jan 13 to an objection from the European Commission that
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        Lock icon Hark! The merry air travellers sing
        313 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS SLICEOFLIFE HOUSTON: 'Tis the season for red-capped Santas and red-nosed reindeer. Sleigh bells ringing and snowflakes glistening. Stockings carefully hung and yuletide carols being sung...in an airport terminal. With a karaoke machine. Ho-ho-ho, hold that flight. There's a holiday surprise for travellers
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon Fast Net track for some, slow lane for all?
      420 17 A CONTROVERSY that erupted this week over a move by online giant Google to speed up its data delivery over the Internet should make other content providers wonder if they will soon end up in the slow lane. There is some
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      Lock icon Emerging markets lead the way
      881 17  -  Scan West Lan Bremmer TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES FREE TRADE EFFORTS I By I WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) directorgeneral Pascal Lamy's decision recently to not call Doha round negotiators back to Geneva is being touted as evidence that G-20 leaders were less than truthful when they
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      Lock icon 'Gas Opec' no immediate threat
      967 17  -  Michael Richardson SUPPLIERS' CARTEL I By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Countries that control over 70 per cent of the world's natural gas reserves will meet in Moscow tomorrow to set up a formal organisation that may emerge as the gas equivalent of the oil cartel,
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        Lock icon New Chinese UAV suggests Israeli roots
        853 18  -  Robert Karniol By DEFENCE WRITER THE questions were about a Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), recently displayed at a defence exhibition, and its startling resemblance to an Israeli system. Israel's Ministry of Defence referred enquiries to the national police department despite its formal oversight
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        Lock icon The Abhisit Cabinet and its prospects
        836 18  -  Michael J. Montesano THAI POLITICS I By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE haggling is over. The partners in Thailand's new governing coalition announced their Cabinet line-up on Friday. For all its brazenness, the intense bargaining that led to the formation of the new government
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        414 19 FOOD PRICE ADJUSTMENTS I REFER to Tuesday's letter ("Food price still high at Fair Price") and Thursday's letter, "Essential goods at affordable prices". The issues that were raised show that end-user food prices represent a perennial concern for many Singaporeans. Such prices are largely but not
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      • Letter
        Lock icon Higher-yield investments by town councils can pay off
        225 19  -  Kong See Wah I AGREE with Mr Ho Yew Kee's observation "Investments by Town Councils and other bodies: A mistake to overact" (Dec 13). Mr Ho has enlightened us with his comments on investment risks. For several years, I had the opportunity
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        300 19  -  Teo Kueh Liang I REFER to last Thursday's report, "Jobless, unpaid, hungry and abandoned". Recently, we have read about increased cases of foreign workers who were deceived by their employers. It is a pity to know that those workers either did not
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        281 19 I REFER to Ms Grace Chua's article, "DBS' charity tie-up draws flak" (Dec 5). The article mentioned Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society. Kindly allow us to clarify our position. Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society provides a holistic range of services to meet
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      937 21  -  Amresh Gunasingham They account for nearly half of total bite cases here since the start of 2007 I By THEY may look cute but smaller dogs such as Jack Russell terriers, malteses, shih tzus and others can pack a wallop in their bites. Since the start
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      370 22  -  Esther Tan ST PHOTO: I By CLOSE to 1,000 job seekers turned up yesterday to apply for openings at a recruitment fair hosted by the Home Team. The Ministry of Home Affairs is looking to fill over 1,000 vacancies in departments such
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      565 22  -  Diana Othman Amresh Gunasingham I By I &1 OBEDIENCE training teaches puppies and adult dogs to respond to basic instructions and behave well at home and in public. "It's important to train dogs so that owners are able to control them even when they
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      510 23  -  Jessica Jaganathan CDAC relaxes eligibility criteria to take in 1,000 more needy students I By UP TO 1,000 more needy children will benefit from tuition fee subsidies next year when the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) loosens the income eligibility criteria for its education
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      296 23  -  JESSICA JAGANATHAN THE Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) is aiming to attract more people to its skills training programme. The self-help group for the Chinese community will be increasing the number of places in the courses to 6,500 next year from 5,000 currently. Covering
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      1126 24  -  Judith Tan Fad diets don't bring long-term success: they may even be dangerous I By QUICK-FIX weight loss programmes are everywhere and they all claim to produce easy weight loss. However, doctors and dietitians say such magical short cuts do not offer
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      342 24  -  Liaw Wy-Cin I By A GROUP of 18 foreign workers spent the weekend sleeping under a tree in Jalan Kayu amid a dispute with their employers over pay. The men, mainly from Bangladesh, camped in the open after leaving a Tuas dormitory on Friday.
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      473 26  -  Lim Wui Liang Pictures And Text I By MR WONG Shun Feng, 52, squats inside a hole beneath a tombstone. To the untrained eye, one sees nothing but soil. But he scrapes the mud with his fingers and plucks out small fragments of human bones. "You must be
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      610 27  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN Former head of ENT at SGH was also known as the people's doctor I By WHEN Dr Scow Li Jin (top right) first began performing ear operations in the Singapore of the *****, he faced a problem: He could barely see what he
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      308 27 SINGAPORE'S first public library devoted to Taoist texts opened its doors yesterday, offering 3,000 volumes ranging from metaphysical musings to scholarly reviews. The library, part of the San Qing Gong Temple in Bedok North, aims to raise the profile of Taoism, which has fallen in popularity during
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      1415 28  -  Yeo Ghim Lay Bus operators put in a spot by classes starting later, new seat belt rules I By SCHOOLS reopen in a fortnight, but do not expect many more of them to start classes later than the usual 7.30 am. Parents may want
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        322 29 Clear your trays To improve the environment at its instore restaurants at Alexandra and Tampines, Ikea launched a "Clear Your Trays, Leave No Trace" campaign last month. During the campaign period from now till March 29, Ikea staff will wear T-shirts with a message to remind diners to clear
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        728 29  -  KARON NG Price-conscious consumers go for cheaper products and house brands in the supermarkets to cut spending as the economy shrinks in these uncertain times BY I THE economic downturn has reduced consumer demand in virtually every sector of the economy, and spending even for daily necessities
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        220 29  -  LEONGPHEIPHEI BY VISITORS to Melbourne, Australia, can sample Victoria's best food and wine for 16 days in March as part of the annual Melbourne Food Wine Festival (MFWF) 2009. Launched in 1993, MFWF 2009 will feature 200 food and wine events from March 7 to 23,
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        137 29 KARON NG Palais Renaissance Take in the magical sight of Palais's double-skin glass facade brought to life by "dancing lights", which are three-dimensional colour-chang-ing eco-friendly LED lights that help create a symphony of style. From now till Dec 31, for every $100 spent, you have a chance to
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        274 29 KARON NG BUY a Grand Majestic mattress by Bed Bedding at $898 and get two free pillows, plus a bolster, protector, comforter set and Hygienilac spray. Also check out the SweetDream mattresses and bedding range, which now come with an MC Free stamp.
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        764 30  -  Jessica Lim THE STRAITS TIMES MEDIA CLUB STUDY TRIP Young journalists meet counterparts from The Star during 3-day visit I By MEETING Malaysia's top media professionals in Kuala Lumpur rounded off a year of activities for students of The Straits Times Media Club. Over a three-day
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        227 30  -  Yeo Kai Wen MY TAKE I By A BOY enjoys himself as he swims in the murky waters of a river in Chroy Takeo, an arsenic-affected place in Cambodia. Arsenic poisoning, or arsenicosis, affects hundreds of Cambodians in rural areas. The poison occurs naturally in groundwater consumed
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        440 30  -  Bryna Sim MY THOUGHTS I By WITH its tagline "Bridging People With Ideas", InteresThink 3: Causes And Ideas seemed like just another networking event. The day-long event on Dec 12 at the National Library sought to encourage organisations and individuals to generate ideas and events for
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        463 30  -  Yen Feng SOAP BOX I By AT ZIMPLE, a fashion retail shop at Far East Plaza, sales assistant Shalene Peh is busy talking a customer out of buying a hot pink, knee-length dress. "This makes you look a bit dao," she tells her teen charge, who was
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      883 31  -  Wang Meng Meng Lions dominate but fail to score, ending dream of third straight AFF Cup I By THIS was one Christmas eve not one of the Lions wanted to spend in Singapore. But one incisive counter-attack from Vietnam was enough to prise Singapore's three-year grip on the
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      387 31  -  Terrence Voon I By THEY came in the thousands, bathing the National Stadium in swathes of red. But, by the end of the 90 minutes, there was only heartbreak for the 48,000 Lions fans who thronged Kallang last night, as they watched their team squander
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      585 32  -  Terrence Voon Wang Meng Meng Lions' hurt stems from loss before 48,000 fans in match they controlled I By ONE by one, the Lions slumped to the Kallang turf as if their legs had been swept from under them. Never had a defeat felt so
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      396 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Martin O'Neill insists Aston Villa have yet to prove they can mount a sustained challenge for the Premier League title despite moving into third place with a 1-0 away win over West Ham. Saturday's game at Upton Park was settled with
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      556 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Chelsea's patchy form is getting to manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. The fortress that was Stamford Bridge is no longer and although he presides over a team who boast the most successful away record in English domestic football, the Brazilian is
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      187 32 English Premier League West Bromwich Albion 2 Manchester City 1 Newcastle 2 Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1 .iverpool Chelsea \ston Villa Iflan United \rsenaj 18 11 6 1 27 12 39 17 11 4 2 36 7 37 18 10 4 4 30 20 34 16 9
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      354 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLACKBURN: Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is planning showdown talks with Rogue Santa Cruz after the Paraguay striker revealed he wants to quit Ewood Park in the January transfer window. Allardyce had made it clear when he was unveiled as successor to Paul Ince
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      552 33  -  Jonathan Wong Singaporean wins Volvo Masters of Asia by two shots after a flawless 67 I By SINGAPORE golfer Lam Chih Bing clinched his maiden Asian Tour title at the season-ending U*****,000 (Ssl.oB million) Volvo Masters of Asia in Bangkok yesterday. At the Thai
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      382 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS BARCELONA: An early goal by Gonzalo Higuain was enough to give struggling Real Madrid a 1-0 victory over Valencia in the Spanish Primera Liga on Saturday. It was Juande Ramos' first win as Real's coach. Real bounced back from the 0-2 defeat
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      256 33 REUTERS MILAN: Juventus cut the gap with Serie A leaders Inter Milan back to six points with a hard-fought 3-1 win at Atalanta yesterday. Alessandro del Piero and Nicola Legrottaglie put second-placed Juve 2-0 up before Christian Vieri pulled one back. Atalanta searched
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      529 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS YOKOHAMA: Manchester United beat South American champions Liga de Quito 1-0 yesterday to win football's Club World Cup and lift one of the few trophies to have eluded them. Wayne Rooney pounced in the 73rd minute after being set up by Cristiano
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      206 33 Italian Serie A Atalanta 1 Juventus 3 Cagliari 1 Reggina 1 Catania 3 AS Roma 2 Chievo Verona 0 Genoa 1 Lecce 0 Bologna 0 Sampdoria 0 Fiorentina 1 Torino 1 Napoli 0 P W D L F APts Inter Milan Juventus Fiorentina Napoli AC Milan Genoa Lazio
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      464 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE England on shaky 282-6 despite captain Pietersen's fine knock MOHALI (India): India dealt two late blows to leave England fighting for survival in the second cricket Test yesterday after Kevin Pietersen had lifted the tourists with a robust 144. England, replying to India's first-in-nings total of
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      364 34 SOUTH Africa completed the second-highest run chase in cricket Test history to claim a six-wicket victory over Australia in the first Test in Perth yesterday. The tourists chased down a victory target of 414 with debutant J.P. Dummy hitting the winning runs before
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      59 34 rhe eight boats competing in the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race are expected to reach Singapore this week, rhe teams will be in the Republic until Jan 18, when they set sail for Qingdao. rhe Straits Times takes a close look at one of
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      180 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG NEWS Milan: David Beckham (left) has admitted that he might struggle to get into AC Milan's first team during his loan spell with the Italian football giants. This, after he was unveiled to the world's media at the club's training ground by Milan vice-president
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      454 34 Badminton BWF Super Series Grand Finals Finals Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Peter Gade (Den) 21-8 21-16. Doubles: Koo Kien Kiat/Tan Boon Heong (Mas) bt Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (Kor) 21-18 21-14. Women's singles: Zhou Mi (Hkg) bt Wang Chen (Hkg) 21-14 21-18. Doubles: Chin Eei
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      551 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE American wants to be world champion again, despite losing to Valuev ZURICH: Despite his defeat by World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev, Evander Holyfield has ruled out retirement. Instead, the 46-year-old American is eyeing another shot at being world champion for
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      521 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO: Kobe Bryant did his job. The Orlando Magic did, too. The Los Angeles Lakers star scored a sea-son-high 41 points, but Magic centre Dwight Howard made eight of 11 free throws in the fourth quarter, and Jameer Nelson had 27 points to
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      160 31 J MAN UNITED I L WORLD CHAMPS Manchester United win the a Club World Cup, thanks to g}«3§J Wayne Rooney. 813 E WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Beckham to wear number 32 jersey at Milan Singapore golfer Lam Chih Bing wins Volvo Masters
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      39 34 Today American football NFL: Carolina Panthers v New York Giants (Live, Ch22, 9.Lsam). Football English Premier League: Everton v Chelsea (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 3.55 am). Wednesday Football AFF Suzuki Cup final, Ist leg: Thailand v Vietnam (Live, Ch24, 7.57pm).
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      33 35 16th Anniversary In Memory Of A Loving Husband Father TAN SIN LIOU Departed 22.12.1992 With God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26 Sadly missed and fondly remembered by: Wife, children grandchildren m m
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      121 35 In Loving Memory of DR. JAMES MARK JEYASEBASINGAM SUPRAMANIAM (13 October 1921 11 December 2008) Beloved father, father-in-law, grandfather, relative, friend) Deeply loved and mourned by:His only daughter Dr. Angeline Kanagasooriam (nee Supramaniam) His son-in-law and kinsman Dr. Lakshman Hensman Kanagasooriam His two eldest grandsons Jonathan M. J. Kanagasooriam (Scholar-Eton
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      134 35 TEO TIAN CHUAN Age: 91 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 December 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Tay Ah Kooi, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Teo Chin Leong Clara Ho Teo Aun Kian Catherine Kong Teo Ann Kah Tan Poh Choo Teo Aun
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      132 35 "Surely Goodness and Mercy will follow me all the days of my Life andl will dwell in the House of the Lord Forever." Psalm 23:6 MDMANNATHAIINASIMUTHU (Ex-RAF SELETAR) Age: 74 was called home to be with the Lord on 21 December 2008. Dearly missed by loved ones. Brother: Sister-in-law: Devaraj
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      35 35 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of MONICA CHAI HUEY LENG Departed on 22 Dec 2006 Always cherished and missed by family and loved ones. Mass will be held today at OLPS Church (Siglap) at 6.00pm.
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      49 35 TAY GEOK KENG Age: 98 was called home to be with the Lord on 21 Dec 08 leaving behind loved ones. Wake is held at Singapore Casket (Pearl Room Level 3). Cortege leaves on 23 Dec 08, Tuesday at 10am for Mandai Crematorium Hall 1 for cremation at 11am.
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      238 35 Obituaries For booking enquiries, call 1800-289-9988 (office hours) 6319-5192 (after office hours) Bookings made after office hours for next day's publication are subject to space availability. CLASSIFIED Acceptance of Obituaries News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North Mondays Saturdays 8.30 am to 9.45pm Sundays fit Public Holidays 12.30pm to 9.45pm Only
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      97 35 Because love never dies. It has been said, that love knows not its own depth until the hour ol separation. But there are ways to hold on to the precious memory ol the one youve lost. With a signiiicant piece ol jewellery, a lovingly preserved llower or a bundle ol
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      619 36  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS Trading volumes down and set to thin further this holiday season I By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT A CHRISTMAS lull is expected to descend on the Singapore stock market this week, with volumes expected to thin further because of the holiday
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      185 37 OMD Asia Pacific has been named Media Agency of the Year in an award ceremony recognising the region's top media and advertising achievers. This is its fourth such triumph, and it is the only media agency to achieve such a feat. Mr Barry
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      1040 37  -  Goh Eng Yeow CAI JIN Falling market means investors will be more choosy in future; some firms will be found wanting I By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT IN SOME ways, the waning fortunes of the Singapore stock market flag a serious concern investors' growing angst over
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      466 38 REUTERS Rating agency cites rising industry risks and deepening slowdown LONDON: Standard Poor's (S&P) downgraded the credit ratings of 11 top global banks on Friday including Citibank, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan citing increased industry risk and a deepening economic slowdown. The agency cut
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      325 38 REUTERS BEIJING: China said yesterday that it had consistently respected the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and would work with the WTO on a suit lodged against it by the United States aimed at halting export subsidy programmes. The US
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      226 38 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs, which scrapped bonus payments to chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein and six deputies this year, has disclosed year-end stock awards to three executives that exceeded US$l million (Ssl.s million) apiece. General counsels Gregory Palm and Esta Stecher,
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      249 38 New CFO for Eastern Asia DONALD CHAN KWONG FUK: Appointed as chief financial officer (CFO) of Eastern Asia Technology from Jan 1 next year. Mr Chan, 51, had held the same position at the firm from 1997 to 2005. He rejoined the firm from Hawk Measure Systems, where he
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      736 39  -  Jessica Cheam Climate change and rising costs making more nations rethink energy source: Invensys I By CONCERNS about climate change are prompting more Asian nations to explore nuclear power a trend that could have direct implications for Singapore and benefits for some companies here. Invensys
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      351 39  -  Yang Huiwen I By THE Indonesian government has invited Singapore investors to get an early foothold in the growth of a resource-oriented industrial park. About 30 local business executives were briefed last week on the investment opportunities available in the 200 ha Jambi Agro Industrial Park
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      836 40  -  Yang Huiwen Institutional investors ignore them in line with market-cap mandates IBy THE market selldown has caused I many smaller firms with fast-shrinking market values to A drop off the radar screens of m l institutional investors. Some of these big
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      43 41 Rock on 8 Questions Twilight shines Two local bands release with .^Jhb. Fans flock *j albums Singer rmm i'» to movie WHlM''iw,ua*tßiseafmjF/i^i^i;^sc^^i\a^ urn i i tma ipi.iiiiiii.ii—i.^—mmh^m DESIGN: LEE CHEE CHEW PHOTOS: ASHLEIGH SIM, LAU FOOK KONG, BIZ TRENDS MEDIA and GOLDCREST PICTURES
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      393 42  -  tay suan chiang They do not speak a common language. But that did not stop 14 children from Japan and Singapore from enjoying two fun-filled days of activities at the Little Arts Academy in Selegie Road over the weekend. The Little Arts Academy, which is
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      804 42  -  eddino abdul hadi Local bands Vertical Rush (right) and A Vacant Affair (far right) launch albums within a week of each other music reporter Fans of the local music scene can look forward to a double treat from home-grown label Wake Me Up Music this month.
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        1075 43  -  boon chan The Taiwanese singer will play the piano, drum and show off qigong moves at her gig media correspondent Taiwanese singer Pan Mei-chen has always stood out from the crowd of cookie-cutter, cutie pie singers with her androgynous image and powerful alto vocals. She made her
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        2194 44  -  Stephanie yap Despite his relaxed and genial manner, it is easy to feel intimidated when speaking with Simon Tay. The 47-year-old is a man of many accomplishments: He has been a poet, lawyer, director of a non-profit outfit, nominated member of parliament and statutory board chairman. Currently a
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      629 45  -  tay suan chiang It has only been five days since Twilight, the hit teen vampire movie opened on Thursday in Singapore, but secondary school student Nurulamirah Abdul Rahman, 15, has already watched it six times. This is not counting the 10 times she had seen it earlier with
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      429 45 Reuters Mumbai After a fortnight of playing to near empty cinemas, Bollywood is breathing a sigh of relief as a new Shah Rukh Khan film pulls in audiences in a city still recovering from last month's deadly attacks. Cinema audiences in movie-mad Mumbai slowed
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      105 46 1 know many people will certainly want to marry me. I just don't know whether it will be the man I love' Actress Shu Qi (left) 1 am an empty bottle. If I am filled with yesterday's joy, the day before's achievement, 'last week's satisfaction and
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      398 46  -  tara tan Performers in Buih-Buih Sabun have to dance on broken china arts reporter Dancers will leap barefoot onto a pile of broken china in Buih-Buih Sabun (Bubbles), a 90-minute piece by the National University of Singapore's Malay dance group Ilsa Tari. The dancers have a trick
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      411 46 Reuters, Associated Press Moscow Russian ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya, who danced for decades at the Bolshoi Theatre and was said to be Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's favourite dancer, died last Saturday at the age of 92. Nataliya Uvarova, a spokesman for Russia's Culture Ministry, said the ballet
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      624 48 Sexy adult themes are fresh but the spare scripts make the experience short-lived ffWBffltheatre DO NOT DISTURB LATE CHECKOUT PLEASE Produced by Tan Kheng Hua and Janice Koh in collaboration with the Esplanade Esplanade Recital Studio Last Saturday arts reporter What happens when two people meet in a
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      254 48 Agence France-Presse New Delhi The extravagant beards and moustaches proudly sported by generations of Indian men are under threat, according to a new book that celebrates the country's finest facial hair. As India rapidly modernises, clean chins are becoming the rule among young people, said
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      502 47  -  jocelyn lee The Farenheit boys show they are more than pretty faces with a fun concert EEHconcert FAHRENHEIT'S FANTASY WORLD TOUR 2008 Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Friday Four-member eye candy Taiwanese boyband Fahrenheit proved that strength comes in numbers with a surprisingly entertaining performance at their concert at
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      72 47 LIM CHIN PING HULA-LUJAH, IT'S CHRISTMAS: Seven members of the New Hope Malama Halau, a hula troupe from Hawaii and Japan, doing the hula dance with a Christmas theme at the Botanic Gardens on Sunday morning. This is the first time the group is performing in Singapore. The women were
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        418 50 Hong Kong China gongfu actor Jacky Wu Jing may be facing the fight of his life. The rising action star has been challenged to fight an exponent of the Wing Chun style of martial arts because of a comment he made about its grandmaster Ip
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        145 50 Los Angeles Times Hollywood Some US$2 million (Ss2.B million) worth of jewellery and other belongings was stolen from the home of Paris Hilton (above), said the Los Angeles Police Department. The incident occurred at her Hollywood Hills home last Friday. A security guard reported a forced entry
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        211 50 Hong Kong As quickly as they went from break-up to an announcement of marriage, ac-tress-singer Vivian Chow and writer Joe Nieh are rushing to hold their wedding. Nieh announced their application for marriage last Thursday, just six days after their very public break-up
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        141 50 ATTENBOROUGH HURT IN FALL Richard Attenborough, who directed the 1982 Oscar-winning biopic Gandhi, was in a stable condition in a London hospital after an accident at his home. The 85-year-old suffered a fall and had to pull out of a plaque-unveiling ceremony last Thursday to honour 1945's Brief Encounter
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