The Straits Times, 23 December 2008

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    18 1 THE STARAITS TIMES MICA (P) 191/11/2008 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Keppel chief to step down
      52 1 KEPPEL Corporation stalwart Lim Chee Onn is relinquishing his role as chief executive of the group. Mr Lim, 64, will stay on the board as non-executive chairman. Keppel Offshore Marine chief executive officer Choo Chiau Beng, 61, will succeed Mr Lim from Jan 1. MONEY
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      Lock icon Time for work and family
      48 1 MORE employers have adopted family-friendly practices and moved to improve the work-life balance of employees, a new Manpower Ministry survey has found. The measures included flexible work arrangements and working hours, and benefits such as paternity and compassionate leave. PRIME PAGE A 5
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      Lock icon Good exam scores
      51 1 STUDENTS of all races continued to do well in national examinations, but there was a slight dip registered in mathematics scores last year. Malay pupils in all educational levels continued to shine in Mother Tongue, performing consistently better than their Chinese and Indian counterparts. PRIME PAGE A
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      Lock icon CPF investors' losses
      67 1 NEARLY half of all Central Provident Fund (CPF) investors who have invested their retirement savings in stocks and unit trusts lost money this year. Only about 174,000 members, or one in five investors, made a profit from their CPF savings over and above the 2.5 per cent
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      Lock icon Spectre of tariffs rises
      34 1 PROTECTIONISM is on the rise with countries slapping or hiking tariffs on imports, a trend which could worsen the financial crisis by further choking world trade. WORLD PAGE A 9
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    Lock icon WINNERS, AHOY!
    61 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Telefonica Blue were crowned winners of the third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race's Kochi-Singapore leg when they crossed the finish line off Singapore in first place at 10:51 last night. Less than five minutes later, teams from Puma, Ericsson 3 and Ericsson 4, made for
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    Lock icon 22 months jail for wife of Richard Yong
    1148 1  -  Selina Lum I By HONG KONG: On Shu Kio, the wife of former National Kidney Foundation chairman Richard Yong, became the biggest casualty of the long-running NKF scandal yesterday. Though the 66-year-old woman was never directly linked to any wrongdoing at Singapore's
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    Lock icon CPF cut not needed for now
    734 1  -  Zakir Hussain LIM BOON HENG'S MESSAGE TO UNIONISTS Other tools available with Singapore's flexible wage system FORMER labour chief Lim Boon Heng has ruled out cuts to Central Provident Fund contribution rates for now, saying that a range of measures already in place can
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      Lock icon Labour's shifts on layoffs
      1002 2  -  Sue-Ann Chia Responses reflect the circumstances of the time, not inconsistency By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT IT GAVE him no pleasure to go public with it, but NTUC secretary-gen-eral Lim Swee Say went ahead and expressed his unhappiness with DBS Bank for failing to consult its unions
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      Lock icon Maximum fine for deaths of two friends
      785 3  -  Elena Chong Carolyn Quek OLD UPPER THOMSON ROAD CRASH 19-year-old is banned from driving for five years, but is spared jail AT ONLY 19, polytechnic student Phua Jia Chee (below right) has to live with killing two friends and injuring a third after
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      Lock icon 16-year-old crashed brother's car and died
      372 3  -  Elena Chong I By NO ONE knows when or how a 16-year-old unlicensed driver learnt to drive, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Yet Yeo Ken How got behind the wheel of his elder brother's Suzuki Swift on Sept 1 and drove off. The car
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      Lock icon Market crash hits retirement savings in CPF funds hard
      718 4  -  Lorna Tan Nearly half of ordinary account investors who sold stakes lost money I By FINANCE CORRESPONDENT INVESTMENTS of retirement savings in stocks and unit trusts made under the Central Provident Fund Investment Scheme (CPFIS) have taken quite a hammering in
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      Lock icon Bright Xmas at home
      133 5  -  YEN FENG THE house of Mr Leonard Francis in Cluny Road features what is likely Singapore's most lavish domestic display of Christmas decorations. An $8,000 nativity scene, forged by Italian statue-makers, graces the front lawn, a life-sized Santa and his reindeer sit on the roof and
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      Lock icon More firms turn family-friendly
      581 5  -  Aaron Low One in 10 of all employers have flexible arrangements I By MORE employers have adopted family-friendly practices and moved to improve the work-life balance of employees at the office, a new Manpower Ministry survey has found. Employers introduced flexible work arrangements and working hours,
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      Lock icon Good exam results across races, but maths scores dip
      652 7  -  Jane Ng 95% pass rates for PSLE and three O-level subjects I By ACROSS the races, students did well overall in national examinations last year, except in mathematics, which saw a slight dip in grades. In the Primary School Leaving Examination
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      Lock icon Japan's gloom deepens as exports suffer record drop
      456 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS TOKYO: Japan's woes from the global crisis deepened yesterday as data showed a record drop in exports and the country's iconic carmaker Toyota said it would post its first operating loss in 71 years. Japan's exports plunged
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      Lock icon Thai King blesses new PM
      635 8  -  Nirmal Ghosh Work for people's peace and order, he exhorts Abhisit, who will face formidable challenges I By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: King Bhumibol Adulyadej in his first comment on Thailand's political turmoil, yesterday told newly sworn in Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva "to work for the
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      Lock icon Urbane Abhisit a marked change from predecessors
      588 8  -  Nirmal Ghosh I By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Asked what he thought his prospects were in an upcoming election about a year ago, Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva, then leader of the opposition, smiled sardonically and replied: "What are they saying at Ladbrokes?" Ladbrokes is a
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      Lock icon New faces, key portfolios
      622 8 HERE'S a look at key members of Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva's Cabinet overseeing national security and the economy. NATIONAL SECURITY Deputy Prime Minister overseeing security Suthep Thaugsuban, 59 The secretary-general of the Democrat Party actively wooed defectors from the ruling party to the Democrat-led coalition government. But
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Bad times will hurt free trade
      666 9 WASHINGTON POST, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG Protectionism rears its head as global crisis sets in WASHINGTON: Just a few weeks after world leaders vowed at a US summit to reject trade protectionism and stick to free-market principles as they combat the global financial crisis, many
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        Lock icon PAS to push for Islamic criminal laws
        487 10 BERNAMA, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PAS 'guarantees' to do it if opposition takes power: Official KOTA BARU: Malaysia's opposition was put on the defensive yesterday after a top PAS official said the party would push to implement Islamic criminal laws if the Pakatan
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        Lock icon Jan 7: Draft for Race Relations Act out
        222 10 JOHOR BARU: A draft paper for a planned Race Relations Act for Malaysia will be submitted to the Cabinet for discussion early next year, said National Unity Minister Shafie Apdal. The Act is meant to safeguard and strengthen ties among the races
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        Lock icon Scorpion Queen sets new record
        136 10 Thailand's self-proclaimed Scorpion Queen created a new world record yesterday by holding a live 17.78 cm scorpion in her mouth for more than two minutes. Ms Kanchana Kaetkaew, 39, made her record attempt in front of a crowd at a shopping mall in Pattaya. She
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        Lock icon Pakistan ups security with jets
        557 11 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Fighter jets fly over key cities as tensions with India increase ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force fighter jets flew over key cities increasing "vigilance" as tensions with India mounted following last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The heightened alert coincided with Indian
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        Lock icon KL probes reports of passport abuse
        312 11 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KOTA KINABALU: Police are investigating Interpol intelligence reports that international syndicates and individuals, including terrorists, have been using Malaysian passports for criminal purposes. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar said they were interested to find out if local or international
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        Lock icon Indonesia, China ink energy, trade pacts worth $5.8b
        205 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesia and China signed energy and trade deals worth more than US$4 billion (Sss.B billion) yesterday during a visit by Chinese First Vice-Premier Li Keqiang. Mr Li, who is in Indonesia on a four-day official trip, paid a visit
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        Lock icon North Korea's Kim up and about: Report
        539 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Satellites show his personal armoured train moving again SEOUL: North Korean leader Kirn Jong Il's personal armoured train has started moving again, the latest indication that he has recovered from a reported stroke, a newspaper said yesterday. The train
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        Lock icon HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
        124 12 North Korean leader Kirn Jong II has not been seen in public for months but this is hard to tell from the photos that official North Korean media has been releasing about their Dear Leader. Hardly a week goes by without some new but curiously undated
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        Lock icon China set to tackle crime from slowdown
        311 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China plans to set up a new police division to combat growing mafia-style gang violence as the economy slows, state media said yesterday. The division, to be set up by the Ministry of Public Security, will focus on
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        Lock icon CLASH OF THE V-Ps
        1190 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Out-going Cheney takes successor Biden to task over critical assessment WASHINGTON: US Vice-President Dick Cheney has clashed with his successor over the proper role of his office, suggesting Mr Joseph Biden might "diminish" the importance of the office. Mr
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        Lock icon Orders pour in for The Bush Shoe'
        445 13 NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES ISTANBUL (Turkey): While a pair of black leather oxfords hurled at United States President George W. Bush in Baghdad produced a gasp heard around the world, a Turkish cobbler had a different reaction: They were his shoes.
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      • TWO FACES OF ZIMBABWE
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          Lock icon Catastrophic policies cause seventh straight year of hunger
          546 14 NEW YORK TIMES NZVERE (Zimbabwe): Along a road in Matabeleland, barefoot children stuff their pockets with corn kernels that have blown off a truck as if the brownish bits, good only for animal feed in normal times, were gold coins. And on
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          Lock icon 47 en suite bedrooms, underlights for swimming pool
          333 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HARARE (Zimbabwe): In the rich northern Harare suburb of Borrowdale Brook, Mr Gideon Gono, governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, is having the finishing touches put to a lavish mansion he started building several years ago. The castle-like house
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        Lock icon Spotlight on Somalia, Myanmar
        611 14 SOURCES: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Spiralling violence in Somalia, civilians forced from their homes in eastern Congo, and neglected medical emergencies in Myanmar and Zimbabwe are among the Top 10 humanitarian crises of this year, according to an annual list released
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        Lock icon Injured sailor back on dry land
        157 15 Frenchman Yann Elies, the badly injured round-the-world sailor rescued by the Australian navy, giving the thumbs-up on arriving in Fremantle, Western Australia, yesterday after being plucked from his solo quest in the remote Southern Ocean. He had spent two days in the cabin of
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        Lock icon Foreign students in Australia being exploited for profit: Report
        547 15  -  Roger Maynard I By I AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT SYDNEY: International students in Australia are often given misleading information by overseas recruitment companies and frequently exploited in the workplace, a new report has claimed. The report, which looked into the way the international
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        Lock icon Vitamins key to health? Not necessarily so
        637 15 LOS ANGELES TIMES Large doses of such supplements may even be harmful: Studies LOS ANGELES: Vitamin pills wonder pills thought to play a crucial role in preventing some of the most intractable illnesses have lost their lustre. Results of clinical trials, designed by
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    • world in brief
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        Lock icon One-day Gaza ceasefire
        128 16 REUTERS GAZA: Palestinian armed factions in the Gaza Strip are observing a 24-hour halt to rocket fire against Israel at the request of Egyptian mediators, a senior official of the ruling Hamas group said yesterday. Mr Ayman Taha said the brief ceasefire went into effect on Sunday
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        Lock icon Death Merchant faces life
        164 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: An alleged Russian arms dealer, dubbed the "Merchant of Death", told a Thai court that he had been framed and should not be extradited to the United States. Viktor Bout, who is accused of funnelling arms to some of the world's most violent
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        Lock icon Sex video woman held
        116 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: A woman has been detained by Chinese police for spreading pornography on the Internet after posting a homemade sex video, state press reported. The woman, surnamed Huang, was detained by police in Shanghai after a video of her performing sex acts was seen
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        Lock icon Veteran activist retires
        119 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Influential Chinese education activist Loot Ting Yee, against whom there have been complaints of sexual harassment, announced his resignation from all posts effective on Sunday. Mr Loot, 80, who was also adviser to the Dong Jiao Zong and Lim Lean Geok
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        Lock icon Winter storms wreak havoc across US
        203 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: A huge winter storm blanketed the US west coast with snow, sleet and ice yesterday, while blizzards and snow squalls struck the country's northeast and mid-west, killing at least four people and making travel dangerous. The storm snarled holiday air traffic
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        Lock icon This quake survivor hogs the limelight
        224 16 REUTERS SLICEOFLIFE BEIJING: A pig that survived 36 days buried in the rubble of a massive Sichuan earthquake in May has been voted China's favourite animal. But the attention has made it fat, lazy and bad-tempered, state media said. The hog was bought by
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      99 9 *tm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm this world needs to change his or her MOST-READ ONLINE attitude towards others and respect China's Internet porn star detained. other countries' way of government. Guantanamo Bay "worst place in the There is no need to democratise every world". nation
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon China 30 years on – and the shape to expect
      422 17 China 30 years on and the shape to expect CHINESE President Hu Jintao had important things to say to his people and to the world at large last Thursday regarding the forked road that China has found itself on. The occasion was a state observance of the 30th anniversary of
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      Lock icon Trade not a top priority for Obama
      962 17  -  Tion Kwa ECONOMIC WATCH I By I SENIOR WRITER THE incoming US administration filled all the seats on its economic team when it named its pick for trade representative last week. The choice of former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk to be the chief
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      Lock icon China-EU strategic partnership at a crossroads
      743 17  -  Li Mingjiang By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IT WAS an outcome that should have surprised no one. Following the European Parliament's decision on Oct 24 to present its top human rights award to jailed Chinese activist Hu Jia, a few European leaders, most notably
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        Lock icon That familial feeling flourishes
        1268 18  -  Mary Jo Murphy NEW YORK TIMES By ACROBATS and undertakers don't have this problem, When they want to go into the family business, no one cries nepotism. People accept that z brother catches the Flying Wallenda whc swings off the trapeze. That a fathei teaches the
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        Lock icon St Stalin to salve the Russian soul?
        768 18  -  Dmitry Shlapentokh By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES OBSERVERS of Russian affairs are waiting to learn who will be the next leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, following the death of Patriarch Alexis II earlier this month. But there is a trend in the
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        Lock icon Wheels of recession
        806 18  -  Nayan Chanda F~* F IT j"* F IT~^ A TF 1 j"* F 1 I By n/-vr I FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WHAT is good for General Motors (GM), in the immortal words of its president in 1953, is good for the United States. As the battle
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        Lock icon Asean World Cup in 2018?
        288 19  -  Michael Ang NEW REGIONAL UNITY I REFER to Mr Mathan Sugumaran's letter ("Balance of annual and seasonal events needed", Dec 15) and last Tuesday's report, "Asean Summit now set for Feb 24". Mr Mathan called for Singapore to invest more in the S-League, to turn
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        Lock icon TB: Procedures in place, says ministry
        379 19  -  Dr Lyn James WE SHARE Mr See Leong Kit's concern in his letter last Tuesday, "TB in schools: Constant vigilance", on the need to be constantly vigilant against infectious diseases in public areas, including tuberculosis (TB) in schools. Early diagnosis and complete treatment till
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        184 19 Unwanted imports "Have we done enough to safeguard the cleanliness of our precious coastline and water?" MR EDMUND HOE: "I refer to last Tuesday's report, 'S'pore coastline getting dirtier*. Although it is important to track the size of trash we are recovering from our coastline over the years, it
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        Lock icon Not a time for banks to insist on routine lending criteria
        388 19  -  Paul Chan BANKS too cautious over lending? was the headline on Saturday's Money page. This is nothing new as far as the attitude of Singapore banks towards small and me-dium-sized enterprises (SMEs) goes. It has been prevalent since the
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        Lock icon Why can't MOM get into the Oscars?
        154 19  -  Honey Lim (Ms) AFTER our move, our entire family trooped down to the nearest neighbourhood police station to lodge our change of address. We were impressed by the One-Stop Change Of Address Reporting Service (Oscars) system which updated our new address with most
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        Lock icon None of our taxis found touting on Dec 14 evening: SMRT
        315 19  -  Geraldine Soh (Ms) WE REFER to Mr Lawrence Lim's feedback last Thursday, "Taxi touts are back at ferry terminal". The Singapore Cruise Centre operates the ferry terminal facilities at SCC@Tanah Merah and is not a taxi operator. Nonetheless, there
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      730 21  -  Jessica Jaganathan When pills offer no relief Headache sufferers may be overusing painkillers, making them less effective, says study I By THAT pill you pop for your headache could be making it worse, says a new study of 584 patients which suggests that people may be overusing pain medication,
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      181 21  -  JESSICA JAGANATHAN ST PHOTO: THERE are more than 100 different types of headaches, mainly clustered under primary or secondary headaches. Primary headaches include migraines and tension headaches. Migraines are characterised by throbbing pain on one side of the head, and aggravated by activity, nausea, bright lights and
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      892 22  -  Salma Khalik SALMA KHALIK FIGHT AGAINST MOZZIE-BORNE DISEASES 39 caught chikungunya locally last week; disease has been made notifiable By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT Although doctors have already been informing the ministry of all cases since the end of 2006, when Singapore saw its first imported
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      306 22  -  Serene Luo By A STRETCH of water off Punggol jetty, on the north-east coastline, has been polluted by an oily substance that has turned the water an oily grey and is leaving a black powdery residue on the beach at low tide. The National Environment
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      407 22  -  LIAW WY-CIN FIFTY patients with a rare blood disorder will be part of a study to see if a potential drug to treat their disease will work on human cells. Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has teamed up with S*Bio to test
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        46 23 A CYCLIST in his early 20s died on Sunday night after colliding with a car at the junction of Jalan Boon Lay and International Road. The man, a foreign worker, suffered multiple injuries and died on the spot, according to the police.
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        67 23 A 60-YEAR-OLD cyclist died in hospital yesterday morning, three days after being hit by a lorry. He was on a pedestrian crossing on Woodlands Centre Road last Friday morning when he was hit. He was taken to the National University Hospital and warded, but later succumbed
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        75 23 A MOTORCYCLIST was seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash on Sunday night. The rider, who is in his early 20s, collided with a prime mover at the junction of Yishun Avenue 2 and Yishun Ring Road before careening into a car. He was taken to Tan Tock Seng
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        93 23 AN OFF-DUTY airport worker, who used her security pass to enter a restricted area, was fined $700 yesterday. Lim Miaw Kiang, a 51-year-old cashier, admitted to misusing her seasonal airport pass at Changi Airport, Terminal 1, last Saturday. She had gone to the arrival transit hall
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      490 23  -  Yeo Ghim Lay MANDATORY 'GIVE WAY TO BUSES' RULE Bus drivers can now move out of bus bays faster in Ang Mo Kio I By SBS TRANSIT bus captain Tan Kian Guan used to wait up to two minutes to pull out of the bus
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      765 24  -  Tan Weizhen Police explore ways of using Web to nab criminals, fight crime By THE hunt for Singapore's most wanted criminals, such as escaped terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari, could soon move to some of the world's most popular websites such as You Tube
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      534 24  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By TAXI driver Goh Kirn Teck never imagined that the nondescript passenger in his back seat had just robbed a convenience store. The only inkling he had that something was amiss was his passenger's erratic behaviour. "He left an impression on
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      250 24  -  Elena Chong By A MAN was fined yesterday for causing the death of his fiancee after an unfortunate traffic accident. Ms Mandy Sim Ling Man, 23, died of multiple injuries after falling off her fiance's motorcycle when he lost control of the vehicle and
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      463 25  -  Melissa Sim 180 ABANDONED WORKERS Tipper Corp promises to pay in full but it may lose workers over illegal deployment By THE 180 Bangladeshi workers who were abandoned at their Tagore Lane living quarters may soon be paid. Employer Tipper Corp told
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      491 25  -  Lee Hui Chieh By ALMOST two in three adults here believe that cancer is always fatal, and half think that it will always recur, a study has found. And almost a third felt that screening was meant for people who were already experiencing
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      946 26 Clifford Pier is the latest example of a heritage structui revitalised for a new use. Many other buildings in Singapore have been conserved because of their rich history or unique architecture. Quek Hong Shin takes a look at some transformations. The Majestic Built in 1927 as
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      844 27  -  Nicholas Yong PREMIUM CELLULAR SERVICE PROVIDERS Users also say the print of some third party providers' terms and conditions are too small IBy A RECENT spate of complaints by mobile phone users has again thrown premium service providers of value-added services into
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      300 27 CHRISTMAS is a season for giving and one local business is making sure that those less fortunate will benefit. The Kopitiam Group has pledged to donate all takings from sales generated at its new "Little China" food outlet in Boon Tat Street between today
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      81 21 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.Straitstimes.COm euthanasia debate, no Advanced MOST-READ ONLINE Medical Directive (AMD) Act debate. Actor Chew Chor Meng has incurable The debate is should we be changing illness. laws to encourage more people to sign "I may need a wheelchair": Chew AMDs?" 18-year-old still
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      326 27 FESTIVE CELEBRATIONS ONBOARD LEGEND OF THE SEAS Book now to enjoy savings of up to $760 per cabin! This festive season, Legend of the Seas, Royal Caribbean's latest ship sailing in Asia will bring a whole new experience to holiday-makers. Based out of Singapore, it will sail to various popular
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      523 28  -  Wang Meng Meng Lions set for friendly against Paraguay at Marina Bay platform FOOTBALL By The Bay could soon become a reality with the Lions kicking off the world's first match on a floating platform against Paraguay in February. Yesterday, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) confirmed that
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      517 28  -  Marc Lim COMMENTARY By I SPORTS CORRESPONDENT HE SAT quietly by his father's side, his eyes locked in amazement as he watched the Kallang Wave make its way around the National Stadium. Then, as the wave of human bodies approached, the five-year-old in an
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      537 28  -  Jonathan Wong I By HE RARELY calls her and is almost never at home. His whereabouts require the use of a Global Positioning System (GPS). For newly-weds Iker Martinez and Barbara Besalduch, traditional ideas about married life have to be cast out
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      602 29 THE TIMES, LONDON With Arsenal down to 10 men, Liverpool dominate but can't take advantage LONDON: At the end of the match, Arsene Wenger wondered if Liverpool were ruthless enough to win the Premier League title the Reds so covet. Indeed, the Arsenal manager was not the
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      347 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger risked a fine and touchline ban, after describing referee Howard Webb's decision to send off Emmanuel Adebayor in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Liverpool as "a joke". Adebayor was also annoyed with the decision, insisting that Liverpool defender Alvaro
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      278 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Rafael Benitez was out of sight he was resting at home after surgery to remove kidney stones but as vocal as ever on Sunday when he took charge of Liverpool's 1-1 Premier League football draw at Arsenal. Advised against making
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      421 29 MANCHESTER: Under-pressure Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has been told that he stays in charge to strengthen his squad next month, despite his side's poor form. Sunday's 1-2 defeat by West Brom left City in the bottom three after one win
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      469 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS Visitors curb hosts' aim of scoring briskly on penultimate day of Test MOHALI (India): England's bowlers curbed India's brisk-scoring ambitions yesterday on the penultimate day of the second and final cricket Test, although the home side still amassed a 285-run lead with six
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        50 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRISBANE: Former Glasgow Rangers and Newcastle United footballer Craig Moore will not require radiation therapy, after doctors told him yesterday that his recent surgery for testicular cancer was a success. The 32-year-old had an operation last month, five days after being diagnosed.
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        53 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS PERTH: Western Australia have recruited Pakistani paceman Umar Gul for their domestic Twenty2o cricket campaign as they bid to win a place at next year's Champions League. The 24-year-old has 20 wickets at an average of 12.20 and best figures of 4-13 in
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        50 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: Almeria reportedly fired coach Gonzalo Arconada on Sunday, after the Spanish league football club's winless streak reached five matches. Almeria, who lost 0-1 at Sporting Gijon, are in 16th place with 16 points from 16 games, trailing leaders Barcelona by 25 points.
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      673 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON: Rajon Rondo made things look easy in the third quarter. Kind of like how the Boston Celtics are making the National Basketball Association games look. He scored 18 of his 26 points in the quarter to help the
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      305 30 REUTERS BEIJING: A media report carrying school photographs and an identification card has raised doubts about National Basketball Association player Vi Jianlian's age, less than two weeks after 26 Chinese players were found to have falsified birth dates. New Jersey Nets forward Vi,
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      255 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME: AC Milan seemed inspired by new loan-signing David Beckham watching from the stands as they thrashed hapless Udinese 5-1 at the San Siro on Sunday. That ensured they moved into the three-week winter break in third place in Serie A, after which they
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      165 30 Inter Milan Juventus ftC Milan Fiorentina Napoli Genoa Lazio Catania 17 13 3 1 31 11 42 17 11 3 3 30 13 36 17 10 3 4 28 18 33 17 10 2 5 25 14 32 17 9 3 5 25 16 30 17 8 5
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      684 31 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Vijay, 45, blasts 67 for 11-under 277 total to trump youth and power THOUSAND OAKS (California): If what Vijay Singh did during this golf season three victories, the FedEx Cup championship and the money title was not proof enough that
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      380 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS THOUSAND OAKS (California): The final official shot of 2008 was a tap-in birdie by Richard Sterne to win the South African Open in a play-off on Sunday. It capped his unlikely climb in the world rankings to be among 15 players
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      345 31 THE local qualifying tournament for the HSBC Women's Champions at Tanah Merah Country Club (TMCC) Garden Course will be from Feb 5-6 next year. Singapore's top women golfers with a handicap of two or under will be eligible for the 36-hole qualifying tournament. The best
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      165 28 RED PROBLEM Liverpool 'lack killer instinct' as they are held to another draw. B9 ENGLAND HOLD ON English bowlers curb India's brisk-scoring ambitions in 2nd Test. BIO VfW-i/^Bj^S* I ANOTHER VICTORY Boston Celtics post their 18th straight win in the NBA. BIO mm WHAT'S ONLINE ,n, MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED
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      13 28 AGE NO I 1}'!*& BARRIER I ""^7 power at the Chevron World I
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      284 31 Tomorrow Football AFF Suzuki Cup final, 1st leg: Thailand v Vietnam (Live, Ch24, 7.57pm). Thursday Basketball NBA: Boston Celtics v Los Angeles Lakers (Live, Ch24, Friday, 6am). PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Shortlived world short-course mark MADRID: Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer (above) broke the men's 100m backstroke short-course world record at the Spanish
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      122 32 TAN CHENG KIAT Age: 75 passed away peacefully on 21 Dec 2008. A loving wife, sacrificial mother and doting grandmother. Dearly missed and remembered by loved ones. Husband: Teo Kirn Jee Sons: Daughter-in-law: Georgie Teo Susan Tay Larry Teo Daughters: Sons-in-law: (Peggy Teo, deceased) Rosalind Teo (Widad Othman) (Mohd Nor
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      27 32 1 lth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of rHOMASSOONG 23 DEC 1997 His memory is as dear today, As in the hour he passed away. Love always... yourfamify
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      51 32 In Loving Memory Of BERNARD CHAN ANNE TANN FUN SENG SIEW HONG Departed: 23.12.1983 Departed: 23.08.2001 'And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.' 1 Corinthians 13:13 Dearly Missed And Always Remembered By !n| Luan, Li, Sui And All Loved Ones p>
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      124 32 'The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.' Psalm 23:1 MARY TEH AH HENG Age: 96 years was called home to be with the Lord on 21 Dec 2008. Dearly missed by loved ones. (Husband: Joseph Lee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Peter Lee Maria Goh Anthony Lee (Rita
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      24 32 In Loving Memory CHEEKEONGLEE Departed 23/12/2005 Deeply missed by: Son: DrTanChoonKim Daughter-in-law: Elsie Ong Lei Tin Grandson: Dr Colin Tan Boon Chwee Relatives Friends
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      161 32 r being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to i completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6 LIM LAM SAN ALBERT Age: 79 was called home to be with the Lord on 21 December 2008. I Dearly missed
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      83 32 CHAN AH YEW Age: 85 Passed away peacefully on 21 December 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Low Ah Loi Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chan Wai Fong, Margaret Chan Wai Peng, Cindy Low Han Chye, Andy Chan Wai Leng, Yvonne New Sin Lye, Raymond Chan Li Lin, Agnes
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      58 32 "In the Lord's own house shall I dwell forever and ever" 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of 9 CHONG SWEE LAN Departed on 23 December 2006 Two years on, the pain and loss still lingers, The comfort is knowing you are at peace with the Lord. Forever loved and remembered
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      115 32 "Happy are the pure of heart; they will see God." Matthew 5:8 JANET ANGELIA VIM *****-MENG Age: 49 entered into eternal life with the Lord on Sunday, 21 December 2008, leaving behind f* loved ones. Father: (JohnYim SoonYong Godsister: Susan Lim Hwee Lang Godmother: Catherine Chan-Jarrett Uncle: John Foo Yew
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      50 32 Thalai Thevasam In Loving Memory of George s/o Mathew Thomas Departed: 6 Jan 08 Deeply missed and fondly remembered by Mum, Brothers, Sister-in-law Nephews Prayers will be held Tomorrow, 24/12/08 (Wed), 7pm at Sri Sivan Temple, 24 Geylang East Avenue 2 Please treat this as a personal invitation. Tel: *****507
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      64 32 We, The Family Of The Late CONSTANTINE FLETCHER Departed on 11 December 08 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Priests of Holy Trinity Church and SI Teresa's Church, relatives and friends for their prayers, condolences, assistance, attendance, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to
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      536 33  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Bank, property stocks bear brunt, as selldown knocks 2.78% off the STI I By BLUE chips took a pre-Christmas battering yesterday as local investors took their cue from the souring sentiment across Asia and bailed out. The sell-down
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      284 33  -  Goh Eng Yeow WARRANT WATCH I By THE year-end rally in Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index looks like it is running out of steam with the approaching Christmas holiday. This has caused a rout in the warrant contracts traded in the wide-ly-watched regional
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          20 33 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 735.8 million shares worth $689.9 million UP DOWN Gainers: 163 Losers: 219 Unchanged: 910
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          90 33 Mid Cap 360.37 -1.07 Basic materials 215.30 T -0.99 Utilities 288.89 T -3.45 Small Cap 296.16 T -1.77 Industrials 351.44 T -4.08 Financials 423.44 T -16.29 All Share 420.13 T -9.61 Consumer goods 356.87 T -3.27 Technology 363.09 T -0.47 Fledgling 387.16 T -4.55 Health care 388.19
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          26 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 8,723.78 (+135.26) Tokyo shares ended up 1.57 per cent on relief over a United States lifeline to ailing automakers.
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          23 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 873.43 (-2.97) Malaysian shares closed 0.3 per cent lower due to profit-taking in selected blue chips.
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          30 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 14,622.39 (-505.12) Hong Kong shares closed 3.3 per cent lower as China Mobile pulled down the main index and investors took profit.
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          22 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,179.61 (-1.36) South Korean shares closed marginally lower as profittaking set in after an earlier rally.
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          28 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,987.76 (-30.71) Chinese shares closed down 1.52 per cent after last week's gains and worries over weak fourth quarter corporate earnings.
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          29 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 9,928.35 (-171.56) Indian shares fell 1.7 per cent as investors sold ahead of the expiry of the monthly futures contract later this week.
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          25 33 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 3,557.4 (-58.3) Australian share prices dropped 1.6 per cent amid losses in the financial and resources sectors.
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          25 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 434.08 (-12.93) Thai shares closed 2.89 per cent lower due mainly to losses in energy and bank shares.
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        104 33 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 22 2008 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9780 1.0100 Can dollar 1.1930 1.2090 Euro 2.0220 2.0470 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4151 0.4166 NZ dollar 0.8320 0.8500 Sterling pound 2.1610 2.1870 US dollar 1.4430 1.4600 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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      295 34 REUTERS BEIJING: China trimmed interest rates yesterday as the government sought to fend off a deepening economic slowdown, though the cut was smaller than many analysts had counted on. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut benchmark one-year lending and deposit rates
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      436 34  -  Gabriel Chen I By THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has ordered three insurance brokers to cease providing financial advisory services for new transactions by today. The central bank has found that Acclaim Insurance Brokers, Leadenhall Insurance Brokers, and Magnetron Insurance
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      377 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: It is something any bank would demand to know before handing out a loan: Where's the money going? But after receiving billions in aid from United States taxpayers, the country's largest banks say they either cannot track exactly
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        111 34 THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that it had begun proceedings against Singapore Airlines Cargo as a result of its ongoing investigation into price fixing cartels, according to news agency Agence France-Presse. The ACCC alleged that the carrier had "arrangements or
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        68 34 OCBC Bank announced yesterday that its Indonesian unit, PT Bank NISP Tbk, had changed its name to PT Bank OCBC NISP Tbk. Bank OCBC NISP's chief executive, Mrs Parwati Surjaudaja, said: "The name change...is an appreciation of the trust and support rendered by 0C8C...t0
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      398 35  -  Yang Huiwen Offshore marine division CEO Choo Chiau Beng will take over from Jan 1 By KEPPEL Corp's long-time chief executive, Mr Lim Chee Onn, is stepping down from the industrial powerhouse. Keppel Offshore Marine chief executive officer Choo Chiau Beng, 61, will take over
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      346 35  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By HOSPITAL operator Parkway Health part of Parkway Holdings is making its first foray into the Middle East with a deal to manage a hospital to be built in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Parkway Health has signed an
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      293 35  -  Francis Chan By MORE than 100 investors in ill-fated Lehman-linked structured products have filed official complaints with the the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (Fidrec), the centre said yesterday. These include 60 complaints related to Lehman Minibonds, 22 on DBS High Notes 5,
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      652 36  -  Francis Chan Like banks worldwide, it aims to boost balance sheets amid turmoil By DBS Group Holdings is aiming to bolster its balance sheet by raising a further $4 billion through a rights issue one of the biggest such exercises mounted in Singapore. The
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      711 43 Bloomberg, Agence France-Presse The covers of the Leonard Cohen hit top Britain's Christmas singles charts London Who could have predicted that the hottest musical item of a credit-crunch holiday season would be an over-written meditation on the Davidic Psalms by a 74-year-old Canadian
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      394 44 New York times It is about to become a little more difficult to watch music videos by Madonna, Metallica and Kid Rock. Unable to reach new licensing terms, the Warner Music Group has demanded that thousands of its videos be removed from You Tube,
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        1248 38  -  tan yi hui Some Singaporeans plan to spend Chinese New Year in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. But aren't all the shops closed? Unlike other married couples during Chinese New Year, administrative officer Leow Khar Luang and her husband will not be stressing over how
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        97 38 Some Chinese New Year tour packages still available: TAIWAN Three-day Taiwan Explorer from $899 (SA Tours, tel: 6536-6633) Seven-day Passionate Taiwan from $1,279 (SA Tours, tel: 6535-8911) Six-day Prosperous Chinese New Year in Taiwan from $1,217 (ASA Holidays, tel: 6303-5303) Eight-day Taiwan New Discovery from $1,723 (CTC Holidays,
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        291 39  -  Cheryl Tan Tan Vi Hui FREE SEATS FROM JETSTAR Jetstar is offering free seats to eight destinations: Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Medan, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Jakarta. Grab your tickets from Dec 22 to Jan 4 for travel between Feb 1 and April 30. Offer is
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        1086 40  -  alex frew mcmillan Welcome to Tubbataha Reefs in remote southern Philippines, home to the best diving in the country As the sun sets on Puerto Princesa, the laid-back capital of Palawan, the engines of the Stella Maris start to growl. The ship sets out just after dark, heading
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        81 42 'Having a nightclub in your house really helps for having a party because then you don't need to go out' Socialite Paris Hilton (left) sharing her life lessons 'Can you swim through fire?' Comic Stephen Colbert (left) challenging swimming champ Michael Phelps' no-limits attitude 'Don't worry,
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        486 42  -  jocelyn lee Crime Scene University's Robert Shaler looks only to science to solve a crime Meet the real crime scene investigator Dr Robert Shaler. A professor who directs the forensic science programme at the Pennsylvania State University, the 66-year-old has now turned his lessons into the television
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        354 42  -  chang tou liang ffflffl concert BEYOND BOUNDARIES re:mix, Foo Say Ming, violin and leader Esplanade Recital Studio, Sunday What are the factors that make certain pop songs memorable, sometimes immortal? Great melodies, infectious rhythms, ear-catching harmonies and soppy lyrics. The first three are the hallmarks of
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        249 46 Hong Kong Television star Amy Chan has fired back at her sister for making public her money woes and blaming her husband for running up huge debts. In a press statement sent out on Sunday, she noted that her sister, actress Charine Chan,
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        311 46 I London Madonna and Guy Ritchie have apparently moved on after settling their divorce last month. Film-maker Ritchie, 40, and millionaire heiress Jemima Khan, 33, attended a London dinner party at the home of Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of media baron Rupert Murdoch, two weeks ago,
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          67 46 Robert Mulligan, who was nominated for an Academy Award for directing the 1962 film To Kill A Mockingbird, died last Saturday at his home in Connecticut in the United States, aged 83. He had heart disease, his nephew said. Mockingbird, adapted from Harper Lee's
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          93 46 Stephen Chow said he dropped out of directing a remake of The Green Hornet to focus on a superhero comedy starring Hollywood's Jack Black. "Actually, it isn't a problem with the script. The script isn't out yet, so how would I know if
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          84 46 Tom Cruise will share the screen with actress Charlize Theron for an American remake of 2005 French thriller Antony Zimmer, Hollywood media said. Directed by Indian-born Bharat Nalluri, the new version will also be the latest collaboration between Cruise and writer Christopher McQuarrie,
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