The Straits Times, 27 December 2008

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  • 17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 191/11/2008 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 1.00
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    • 35 1 THE health-care sector is still hiring despite the economic downturn, with mid-career workers, in particular, being targeted. Two hospitals National University and Singapore General are on major recruitment drives. PRIME PAGE A3
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    • 60 1 A PRIVATE tutor promised the worried parents that she would coach their son to pass his PSLE examinations but it would cost them $14,200. Their son, who did get into secondary school in the end, ended up writing compositions and playing games during his "tuition". The
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    • 61 1 SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector contracted for a second straight month, but the numbers were better than what some analysts had predicted. Economists had tipped that November's output would plunge 16.1 per cent over the same month last year but it fell only 7.5 per cent, thanks to a surprising
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    • 40 1 THE former head of the Chinese firm at the centre of the tainted milk scandal could face the death penalty if convicted, a lawyer said yesterday. Tian Wenhua will stand trial next week. WORLD PAGE Cl
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    • 49 1 ISRAEL has warned that it will move against Hamas unless the Palestinian militant group, which controls the Gaza Strip, halts rocket and mortar fire against southern Israeli towns. The Israeli authorities, however, opened border crossings to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid. WORLD, PAGE Cl 4
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  • 675 1 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS $650 m to be set aside to revive a sector devastated by week-long airport blockade BANGKOK: The Thai government is planning an US$B.7 billion (5512.6 billion) stimulus package to boost an economy hit by the double whammy of
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  • 182 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Thailand has set new dates for the delayed summit of South-east Asian nations in Bangkok. The Mth Asean Summit will now go ahead from Feb 13 to Feb 15. The Foreign Ministry had earlier mentioned the dates of Feb 24-Feb 26
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    • 1070 2  -  Lydia Lim Three ways to do it: upgrade skills; do good; re-evaluate your life By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT SOME weeks ago, over dinner with two friends, one said that the multinational information technology firm she worked for was set to lay off a fifth of
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    • 661 3  -  Judith Tan Demand in health-care sector is high; NUH alone has 550 vacancies I By DEMAND for older workers is still high in the health-care sector despite the current economic downturn. Singapore's two large acute hospitals are on a recruitment drive to attract
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    • 376 3  -  JUDITH TAN RETRENCHED bank clerk Michael Wong gave himself five years to try out nursing as a second career. "It has been 5V2 years and I am still loving it. I think I will definitely stay on until I retire," the 58-year-old
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    • 627 4  -  Robin Chan But November's decline of 7.5% is less than the 16.1% forecast by economists By NOT even an unexpected rebound in the volatile pharmaceutical sector could prevent Singapore's manufacturing sector from recording a second straight month of contraction. At least the
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    • 256 4 The first temporary viaduct in the Central Business District will open to traffic at Ipm tomorrow, allowing drivers travelling along Cross Street to New Bridge Road to bypass four busy junctions. The two-lane viaduct, in use till 2012, will replace two of the fives lanes of
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    • 857 10  -  Tan Weizhen What's on the cards THE changes recommended by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) are in the following areas: Length of contracts: Should be limited to a maximum two years, down from the current three. Early termination charges: The penalty payable if a subscriber
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    • 685 11  -  Yang Huiwen Oil trade down by 25%; refiners to take a hit I By THE sharp fall in crude oil prices may be good news for consumers, but it has hammered Singapore's refining and energy trading industries. Industry observers estimate that oil trading activity
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    • 707 14  -  Jessica Lim 9.7% fall is the sixth decline in a row I By NOVEMBER marked yet another blow for tourism, as arrivals dipped year-on-year for the sixth consecutive month, according to official figures released yesterday. The Singapore Tourism Board's (STB) monthly report stated that
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    • 694 16  -  Tessa Wong Esther Tan The few outlets doing well do not depend on walk-in customers I By IT WAS expected to be one of the busiest periods of the year, but instead shops and restaurants at the Singapore Flyer are now seeing business drop
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      • 61 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Pope Benedict XVI blessing the crowd from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Christmas Day. In the traditional Christmas message, the pontiff appealed for peace in troubled areas like the Middle East and called on all nations to
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      • 512 12 REUTERS, XINHUA Old boilers to the rescue as northern Chinese suffer in sub-zero conditions BEIJING: Thousands of residents in one of China's coldest cities spent the past two days shivering in sub-zero temperatures after the public heating system broke down, according to state media. At
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      • 828 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Egyptian ship saved by copter from navy frigate; more nations sending warships to Somalia CAIRO: A German military helicopter foiled an attempt by pirates to seize an Egyptian ship off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, swooping in to drive
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      • 660 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Cyber-terror risk expected to grow, says report WASHINGTON: The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, according
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      • 576 21  -  Ashleigh Sim Metta Youth Centre is a safe haven for 75 children aged 8 to 18 I By K. LAHIRUKANCHANA'S parents did not return home on Dec 26, 2004. They were at the Sunday market in Hambantota town in the southern district of Hambantota, just metres
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      • 671 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA BAN DA ACEH (Indonesia): From India to Indonesia, communal prayers, shared meals and candlelight vigils were held yesterday to honour victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. For many survivors, the modest ceremonies were a time to
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    • 198 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY All on board via bus lane Priority lanes for buses are the way to go, an essential refinement to make public transport efficient. But continual monitoring is required to check against unintended consequences. EDITORIAL PAGE A24 COLUMNS An uncertain fate Rising sea levels could cause the Maldives
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    • 418 23 BUSES began having the right of way last Saturday when pulling out of bus bays on designated usually congested roads. This, along with additional bus lanes and extended bus lane hours including full-day operation, assumes buses continue to deserve higher priority
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    • 884 23  -  Sam Bateman MALDIVES AND RISING SEA LEVELS I By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES MOHAMED "Anni" Nasheed, the new President of the Maldives, has said his government will start saving to buy a new homeland in case global warming and sea level rise cause the Maldives to disappear.
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    • 847 23  -  Gerard Lyons By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IT MAY be premature to suggest we are past the worst in the financial crisis, but it does seem that way. The leaders of the G-7 countries have said clearly that no major financial firm will be
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      • 756 24  -  Bruce Bartlett NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE I By THERE is an old joke about economists: They are people who see something working in practice and try to figure out if it would work in theory. Just recently we have seen an example of this
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      • 892 25  -  Bruce Gale MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By SENIOR WRITER AKARTA may be an interesting and exciting place to visit/ notes one website dedicated m*r to providing travel tips to foreigners. "But please do not be too adventurous with your water and food."
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      • 1086 27  -  Janice Tay LETTER FROM KYOTO By CORRESPONDENT YOU can mark time in days, months, or by how much you sold, how much you made. You can mark time in faces who you met, who you lost, who you met again. I've found another way: I
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      • 864 29  -  John Mcßeth INDEPENDENT MONITORING TEAM By SENIOR WRITER ANGLO-AMERICAN oil and gas giant BP is winning hearts and minds in Papua's western Bird's Head region through a seven-year-old concept of external monitoring that few of the world's habitually secretive resource companies have ever
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      • 2756 31  - ■ill il /I II baft L/ Mir/ 4^ I Jeremy Au Young ONE word best describes 2008: drama. There was drama in the economy, drama on the stock market, drama in Parliament, drama at the Olympics and even drama when you took a peek at your electricity bill. Of course,
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      • 558 32 Ong Chit Chung (1949-2008) Dr Ong Chit Chung, an MP for Jurong GRC, died suddenly on July 14. The news took his friends and colleagues by surprise as he was very active at the time of his death. The family of the 59-year-old said he died of
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      • 391 32 Last week, we asked readers what they thought of countries using a mechanism like the International Court of Justice to resolve international disputes, and what lessons could be drawn from the Pedra Branca case. Here are some of their responses. "Countries that utilise the assistance of the International Court
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      • 544 33  -  Liew Kai Khiun EXAMINATION RESULTS THE Ministry of Education (MOE) has been publishing annual statistics on examination results for a range of subjects and levels that are supposed to be indicative of the social and educational trends of the main ethnic groups. Such data
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      • 417 33 Man of his word "An example of excellent customer service recovery. Botak Jones has certainly won back my wife and I. Thank you Bernie, for the wonderful Christmas lunch." MR EDWIN NEO: "This year, I had planned for two Christmas lunch parties at home: on Sunday and on Christmas
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      • 352 34  -  Yong Sing Wee POLICE EMERGENCIES ON SUNDAY evening, my friends and I heard a woman's desperate screams followed by the sound of male shouts from the thick growth under the PIE flyover over Rifle Range Road. I dialled 999 and the operator replied that a patrol
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      • 123 34  -  Jasbir Singh I REFER to the report, "Home Team goes on hiring blitz" (Dec 19), on the Home Ministry offering sign- on and retention bonuses. Why aren't Singaporeans eager to join the police force? My relatives and friends joined the force despite the low
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      • 272 34 Flyer rescue "The way some of the passengers were lowered is unacceptable." MR KHOO LIH-HAN: "The rescue work at the Singapore Flyer was certainly not first class. At least there should be a generator to supply just enough power to evacuate all passengers with one revolution. The way some
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      • 400 34  -  Kumar Pillay Thangavalu SUZUKI CUP SEMI-FINAL I AGREE with sports correspondent Marc Lim's comment on Thursday, "Act now on football violence". Soccer hooliganism is deplorable and should be eradicated. Vietnam played good football and showed class. The Vietnamese were intelligent, creative and outplayed
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      • 244 34  -  Tay Poh Choo (Ms) WE REFER to Mr Chiang Ming Yu's letter on Wednesday, "Unwanted mail". As a licensed public postal operator, Sing Post is obligated to deliver all mail, addressed and unaddressed, that meets the required standards for acceptance. As a rule, such standards are
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    • 687 36  -  Sujin Thomas THEY DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY PAID FOR She is jailed two months for recommending fake programme costing $14k I By A WOMAN who played on the fears of a boy's parents, that he would not make it to secondary school, has been
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    • 488 39  -  Amelia Tan School's 20-year-old campus to get rooftop hockey pitch, and more I By ST HILDA'S Secondary School in Tampines held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday for a $35.7 million construction project that will include Singapore's first rooftop hockey pitch. The project, scheduled for
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    • 360 40  -  Carolyn Quek ICA finds over 8,100 cartons worth $811,000 in lorry at Woodlands I By IT LOOKED like any other truck carrying timber, but at the centre of a neatly stacked woodpile, the authorities uncovered more than 8,100 cartons of contraband cigarettes the largest
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    • 632 42  -  Carolyn Quek K.C. VIJAYAN He is the third fatality this year; experts call for improved safety in the area By A 32-YEAR-OLD man drowned after reportedly falling into the Singapore River on Christmas morning, leading to suggestions from experts that
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      • 62 42 A SINGAPOREAN man faces multiple charges of drug trafficking in Johor Baru. If he is found guilty, the 53-year-old could be hanged. Teo Chee Wee was accused of trafficking 474g of ketamine and a further 10 Og of Ice on Dec 16. Under
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    • 464 43  -  K. C. VIJAYAN Appeal against jail term also likely to be denied, says judge By LAW CORESPONDENT A SINGAPOREAN man convicted in New Zealand following a November crime spree has been denied bail while he appeals against a 10-month jail term. A
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      • 331 44 Organisation: Jigong House of Help When it was set up: 1997, by a group of professionals who were individually doing charity work overseas. Aims: To help the less fortunate overseas escape poverty through setting up childcare centres, convenience stores and social enterprise
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      • 605 45  -  Melissa Sim A Myanmar student studying here recounts her group's efforts in providing aid for Nargis victims I By May 2: Undergraduate May Myatthu, 25, reads the news and warns her parents in Yangon about the cyclone brewing off the coast of Myanmar. She discovers
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      • 291 45 Organisation: Singapore Red Cross When it was set up: Work in Singapore began on Sept 30, 1949, as part of the British Red Cross Society. The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) was incorporated in April 1973. Aims: To assist in relief operations in times of
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    • 825 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS TAINTED MILK SCANDAL Dec 31 trial date for ex-chairman; six others already on trial BEIJING: The former head of the Chinese firm at the centre of the tainted milk scandal could face the death penalty if convicted, a lawyer said yesterday.
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      • 85 48 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK A 56-year-old rubber tapper has been detained for allegedly poaching an endangered Malayan Sun Bear in the wild for consumption. Perak's Wildlife and National Parks Department director Shabrina Shariff said her officers found the head and four limbs of the animal in
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      • 631 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Thai PM calls for peace ahead of mass protests by opposition tomorrow BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday urged fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra not to incite unrest in the kingdom ahead of mass protests planned by the opposition. Mr Abhisit
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      • 312 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS LESE-MAJESTE BANGKOK: A group that campaigns for journalists' rights has called on Thai police to drop complaints against a BBC journalist accused of slandering the country's King. BBC correspondent Jonathan Head has been accused of insulting the monarchy, or lese-majeste, a
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      • 444 51 ISLAMABAD: Taleban extremists in Pakistan's troubled north-west Swat valley have banned girls from going to school, threatening to kill female students. The threat was delivered earlier this week by local Taleban commander Shah Durran in an address carried on an ille-gally-run radio station in the
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      • 779 51  -  Ravi Velloor Pakistan moves troops towards Indian border, as India claims Mumbai attacks backed by Islamabad military By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF INDIA'S government is increasingly convinced that the terrorists in the Mumbai attacks had the backing of Pakistan's powerful spy agency as tensions between the
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      • 535 52  -  Lynn Lee Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Foreigners and citizens with no income tax ID will have to pay $330 each time they leave state By I JAKARTA: In a bid to clamp down on tax evaders, the Indonesian government is more than doubling the
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      • 359 52 KUALA LUMPUR: Toll charges at the North-South Expressway (NSE) are likely to be raised from February, a month later than on Jan 1, due to a crucial by-election, Malaysian Chinese newspapers said. The toll rates on the NSE and seven other tolled
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      • 598 53 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Classification of such bibles as 'prejudicial' should be scrapped, says Christian group PETALING JAVA: The Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) has called on the government to review its restriction on Bibles written in Bahasa Malaysia. Its vice-chairman Reverend Eu
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      • 201 54 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: As Hong Kong's already frantic workers cling to their jobs amid the global economic downturn, the overwrought are now offered a haven of relaxation in the overcrowded finance hub. The Delay No Mall at Causeway Bay has installed high-tech
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      • 461 54 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Charges include spreading ethnic hatred and selling banned songs BEIJING: The Chinese police have detained 59 people in Tibet on charges that they sought to foment unrest by spreading ethnic hatred and by downloading and selling banned songs
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      • 180 54 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, CHINA DAILY/ASIAN NEWS NETWORK BEIJING: China plans to build a bridge connecting the country's industrial powerhouse of Guangdong with the resource-rich island of Hainan to its south. Construction on the 30km bridge the longest in the world after the 36km Hangzhou Bay Bridge
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      • 475 57 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Ex-soldiers protest against Nepal's move to stop recruitment by foreign armies KATHMANDU: About 200 former Gurkha soldiers and their families have rallied in the Nepalese capital in protest against the Maoist government's plan to stop the recruitment of Gurkha soldiers
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      • 271 57 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwanese prosecutors said yesterday they are looking into money laundering allegations against former president Lee Teng-hui (below) after his successor charged that he embezzled and moved large sums of official funds abroad. Prosecution spokesman Chen Yun-nan's statement came at
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      • 225 57 No breakfast early sex for teens AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: There are many theories on the links between food and sex, but Japanese researchers have come up with a new finding young people who skip breakfast tend to lose their virginity earlier. In a study of 3,000 people, those who did
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      • 661 58 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE 11-year-old suffers heart failure after thrashing for not doing homework CAIRO: Eleven-year-old Islam Amr Badr went to school without doing his homework and paid for his mistake with his life. The boy was beaten and kicked so severely by his mathematics
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      • 429 58 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS CONAKRY (Guinea): Guinea held a state funeral for president Lansana Conte yesterday as it adjusted to the rule of the military junta that seized control of the west African state after his death. Thousands, including the presidents of Sierra Leone,
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      • 479 60 LOS ANGELES TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Whoever harms Israeli citizens and soldiers will pay a heavy price: PM JERUSALEM: Israeli political and military leaders have warned Hamas that they will soon move against the Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza Strip unless renewed rocket
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      • 339 60 BLOOMBERG GAZA: Inside one of hundreds of white tents erected on sandy wasteland in the Gaza Strip, a pipe snakes its way down an 18m-deep shaft and through a 400m-long tunnel under the border with Egypt. The other end is linked to
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      • 374 61 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS COVINA (California): A 45-year-old man in a Santa Claus outfit opened fire at a Christmas Eve gathering of his former in-laws and then methodically set their house ablaze, killing at least eight people and injuring several
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      • 621 61 ASSOCIATED PRESS Members of key political families among those eyeing openings in states WASHINGTON: United States Presi-dent-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet choices have sent change trickling down through state politics, sparking a scramble to replace the seats vacated by his nominees. The replacement process is
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      • 635 62 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS POST-CHRISTMAS SALES Discounts abound but shoppers not biting, making this season one of the worst for retailers PORTLAND (Oregan): There is holiday joy and there are post-holiday blues, but for America's retailers it has all been one big downer. This year's holiday
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      • 240 62 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco International Airport is planning to give guiltridden travellers a chance to offset the air pollution emitted from their plane rides. The airport says it will set up a series of kiosks this spring so travellers can
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      • 410 59 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES: Mr Dave Chameides has spent almost an entire year living a life full of utter garbage and hoping he can inspire other Americans to do the same. The Los Angeles-based cameraman, 39, has lived in his comfortable Hollywood home
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      • 499 59 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stoked criticism by delivering a Christmas message on British television, saying if Jesus were alive he would oppose "expansionist powers". Mr Ahmadinejad said in the address on Channel Four that Jesus Christ would oppose
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      • 128 66 REUTERS A worker inspecting the newly completed Wuhan Yangtze River tunnel in central Wuhan city yesterday. The road tunnel, China's first beneath the Yangtze River, will start a three-month trial operation tomorrow. The 3.6 km, two-way and four-lane road tunnel would cut travel time
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      • 161 66 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The Internet has surpassed newspapers as the main source of national and international news for Americans, according to a new survey. Television, however, remains the preferred medium for Americans, according to the survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre for the People
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      • 143 66 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: The father of a slain Mongolian woman has asked a Malaysian court to question the Attorney-General for failing to appeal against the acquittal of a prime suspect who has top government connections, a lawyer said on Thursday. Mr Abdul Razak Baginda, a
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      • 104 66 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: A month-old baby girl who survived highly risky surgery to separate her from her conjoined twin has died, the London hospital where she was treated said yesterday. Faith Williams died on Christmas day "from the complexities of her condition", a Great Ormond Street
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      • 117 66 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Heavy snow blanketed northern Japan yesterday, leaving holiday travellers stranded as the weather agency warned of more severe winter storms and high waves over the weekend. Japanese airlines cancelled at least 159 domestic flights as snow closed all the runways at New Chitose Airport,
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      • 119 66 ASSOCIATED PRESS SHANGHAI: China's largest appliances retailer has suspended its founder and chairman Huang Guangyu, citing his inability to perform his duties due to a probe into alleged economic crimes. Huang, who is facing allegations of stock manipulation and other charges, was suspended as of Tuesday, Gome
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      • 199 66 REUTERS SLICEOFLIFE BEIJING: Wake up! If only six Chinese local government officials had heeded the call. Instead, the officials dozed off at a local government meeting in Hengyang city in southern Hunan province to mark 30 years of economic reforms. To compound their embarrassment, they
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    • 691 67 REUTERS Japan, S. Korea, China all suffering from fall in global demand for goods TOKYO: Export-reliant Asian economies showed more signs of weakness yesterday, with Japan's industrial output diving at a record pace and South Korea warning it faces an "unprecedented crisis" as global demand wilts.
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    • 1694 68 This has been a year like no other: 12 months of mayhem and never-ending crises that shredded nerves, destroyed wealth and shook the business and financial sector unlike anything since the Great Depression of the *****. Alvin Foo recounts 10 eventful days that we won't
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      • 529 71  -  Gabriel Chen But analysts predict Asia will weather crisis and come out stronger I By STOCK markets around the world have plummeted with investors spooked by the credit crunch, a swelling rate of unemployment, and a slumping economy and if the smart money is
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      • 217 71  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By TROUBLED tech firm Advance Modules lost two key staff members yesterday with the resignations of its acting chief executive officer (CEO) and group accountant. The departures of acting CEO Wong Chok Mcc and group accountant Ng Song Tai came
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      • 480 72  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS Low volume similar to that seen during 2003 Sars crisis period By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT REOPENING was hardly a word one could use to describe the Singapore stock market yesterday, with trading activity barely registering a pulse. A
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        • 76 72 RAFFLES Education's chairman, Mr Chew Hua Seng, bought a total of 605,000 shares on the open market last Friday through two separate transactions. Mr Chew bought 500,000 shares at 60 cents apiece in one deal and a further 105,000 shares for 58 cents apiece. This raised his direct
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        • 95 72 MR WONG Man Li, the managing director of Man Wah Holdings, which designs and makes sofas, has raised his deemed stake in the firm for the second time in two weeks. He bought 210,000 shares on the open market at 15.5 cents apiece on Monday. And last
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        • 65 72 KTL Global's substantial shareholder, Mr Vincent Lav, has ceased his stake in the oil and gas rigging equipment supplier. Mr Lav sold five million shares via a married deal last Tuesday. After the transaction, he still has a deemed stake of 7.22 million shares, or 4.51 per cent
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        • 69 72 THE executive director of Tat Hong Holdings, Mr David Ng, bought 280,000 shares on the open market at 61.18 cents apiece through registered holder Chwee Cheng Sons. The Christmas Eve deal raised his deemed stake in the crane and equipment supplier to 231.3 million shares, or 45.66
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        • 20 72 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 277.88 million shares worth $217.23 million UP DOWN Gainers: 142 Losers: 126 Unchanged: 1,042
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        • 81 72 Mid Cap 351.41 T -1.04 Basic materials 212.18 1.12 Utilities 292.85 4.36 Small Cap 293.03 1.05 Industrials 347.86 2.53 Financials 418.78 T -6.47 All Share 414.43 T -2.20 Consumer goods 349.17 T -2.79 Technology 357.90 -1.72 Fledgling 387.79 2.97 Health care 380.56 0.23 Real estate 365.32 T
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        • 31 72 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 8,739.52 (+140.02) »Japanese shares closed up 1.63 per cent as dealers brushed aside grim economic data and welcomed an easing of the yen.
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        • 27 72 BLOOMBERG Yesterday's close: 867.35 (-2.27) Malaysian shares closed 0.3 per cent lower on thin trading, with most investors still away for year-end holidays.
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        • 26 72 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Wednesday's close: 14,184.14 (-36.65) The Hong Kong financial markets were closed for a public holiday. They reopen on Monday.
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        • 23 72 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,117.86 (-10.65) South Korean shares closed 0.94 per cent lower amid concerns over weak economic fundamentals.
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        • 27 72 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,851.52 (-0.90) Chinese shares closed almost flat as new data showing weak industrial profits highlighted the country's slowing economy.
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        • 26 72 AGENCY FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 9,328.92 (-239.8) Indian shares fell 2.51 per cent on concerns of weak corporate quarterly earnings in January next year.
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        • 24 72 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Wednesday's close: 3,582.2 (+50.8) The Australian financial markets were closed for a public holiday. They reopen on Monday.
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        • 28 72 AGENCY FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 446.62 (+1.98) Thai shares closed 0.45 per cent higher due mostly to slight gains in big-cap shares, particularly energy stocks.
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          • 92 72 Dec 26 KXD Digital ChinaESave AnwellTech Craft Print Reyphon ChungHong AEH Jade Tech LantroVis OrientFood Sunmart EDMI NewToyo SoupRestn Adv Integrated C8G Ind Pharmesis Z-Obee Hldgs MultiChem China Bearing CENTS 1 100.0 1.5 50.0 22 46.7 6.5 44.4 3.5 40.0 11.5 35.3 2 33.3 2 33.3 2 33.3
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      • 179 72 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol Sapphire 1 StraitsAsia 77.5 Gent Intl 45 Ezion 19 Noble Grp 99.5 CXGInd 8.5 Midas 50 Golden Agri 23 .ing Li 32.5 Cosco Corp 97 IndoAgri 49.5 yanlord 93 DBS Grp 925 SembMar 166 SPChem 72 0.0
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      • 105 72 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 26 2008 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9750 1.0060 Can dollar 1.1830 1.1970 Euro 2.0150 2.0380 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4142 0.4155 NZ dollar 0.8230 0.8410 Sterling pound 2.1200 2.1440 US dollar 1.4380 1.4540 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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      • 379 72 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 718 375 1428 601 2120 590 70 123 512 3580 1920 2236 1340 739 416 270 909 319 1740 1350 467 464 378 580 473 414 316 2170 572 228 5606 CapitaLand 138 5417
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      • 631 72 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 150 272 207 256 244 438 98 97 238 215 199 190 365 332 195 97.5 567 398 765 408 372 317 190 580 87 222 256 98.5 130 112.3 36.5 357.2 124
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  • OBITUARIES
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      185 73 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful" 2 Timothy 4:7 SHANDY SIM HSIEN LI Age: 30 Was called home to be with the Lord on 26 December 2008. Sadly missed by: Father Raymond Sim Meng Chye Mother Irene Loh Suet Mvi
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      128 73 CHONG LIAN Age: 84 Passed away peacefully on 25 December 2008 I Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones I Wife: Pau Siau Ying (deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law: Chong Choong Fee Karen Lee Kah Choo Chong Choong Yew Daughters: Sons-in-law: Cheong Lai Fong Ho Hun Cheong Cheong Mcc Fong Kon
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      129 73 PATRICIA CHOU GEOK CHOO Age: 59 Was called home to be with the Lord on 26 December 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Lim Beng Aik Father: Mother: Chou Choon King Lee Hiang Luang Mother-in-law: Chia Soi Chin Sisters: Brother-in-law: Linda Poh Dr Poh Soon Sim
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      197 73 TAN KIM SWEE Age: 90 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 December 2008 at 7am. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: ChewXi Lim (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Zhou Chao Fan (China) Fu Xiv Ming (China) Dr Peter Chew Chee Tong Jennifer Chee Jin Mieh
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      25 73 Dearest Shandy, You will never be forgotten SHANDY SIM 25 July 78 26 Dec 08 Dearly missed by the gang Amy, Andy, Gin, Jen Sam
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      69 73 MURUGAIAH SELL AM MA Age: 55 passed away peacefully on 26/12/08. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Segaran s/o Govindasamy, deceased) Sons: Chandran s/o Segaran Ravichandran s/o Segaran Jayachandran s/o Segaran Mother: Suppammal Brothers, sisters, relatives and in-laws Body is resting at Blk 212 #08-29 Marsiling Crescent
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      154 74 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm: 23:6 BERNARD KHOO CHIN BEOW Age: 82 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 December 2008. Leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Maggie
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      107 74 LEE SIANG ENG, TOM Age: 64 was called home to be with the Lord on 24th December 2008, after a long illness, bravely borne. Dearly missed by Loved ones. Wife: Ho Lee Cheng Sons: Daughter-In-Law: Dr. Paul Lee Tee Hui Dr. Bianca Lee Marc Lee Tee Huang Grandsons: Theodore Lee
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      154 74 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA GOVINDAN GOPALAN (Ex- Naval Base Recorder of Sembawang Shipyard) 21/09/1927 12/12/2008 Dearly missed and remembered by all loved ones. Wife: C. Kunjumani Sons: Daughters-in-law: G. Kaviraj Usha Menon G. Asogan Chandrika G. Suresh Prema Latha G. Soman G. Shekar Daughters: Sons-in-law: G. Prabha Nadarajen G. Prema Sugumaran
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      51 74 12thAnniversary In Loving Memory Of Our Father Si Grandfather V.S.PITCHAXAN Departed 27.12.1996 Asahusband,dad& grandfather, you can never he replaced by any other. You cared for every soul, j No reservations didyou hold. So loving &pure of mind Foryou, well forever pine. Deeply missed and always remembered by daughter Jaya loved
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      22 74 124 th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of I LIM JOO HUAT Departed: 26.12.1984 Love's greatest gift Rememberance. Always remembered by children grandchildren.
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      120 74 r"I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, ""^mJ O LORD, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8 PHILIP NG SYN HYUN Age: 74 was called home to be with the Lord on 25 December 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Yap Yeh
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      150 74 "And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will
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      33 74 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family Of Our Beloved Managing Partner, HAY SEOW KENG, STANLEY Departed on 24 December 2008 From: The Management Staff of CHUA HAY PARTNERS Advocates Solicitors y
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      65 74 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of LOW KAI MOH JERRY Departed on 27 Dec 2007 It's been ayear today. You left us quietly. We thank God for takingyou home peacefully to ease of your pain. We will always remember the happy times together. Till we meet again in the house
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      45 74 2 nd ANNIVERSARY in loving memory of BATHOLOMEW S/O M.P. ALVAR departedon 28 December 2006 Am 't (pmtot From Sons Loved Ones Memorial Service on 28 Dec 08 (Sun) at 9.45 am at Church Of Christ The King 2221 Ang Mo Kio Aye 8 a
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      155 74 There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens V| to your help. And in His Majesty through the skies. The eternal God is your dwelling place and underneath are the Everlasting Arms. Deut 33:26-27 A loving husband, caring father and doting grandfather f A HENG CHIANG
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      106 74 We mourn the loss of our father, the late SHRI DALPATRAM H DEVMURARI Age: 75 who was called home to GOD on 23 August 2008, inAmreli, Gujarat. He is dearly missed and forever cherished by his family Wife: Kamlabhen Sons: Daughters-in-law: Samirr Vasantha Sanjai Raj Sushil Tanya Sunil Grandchildren: Priyankadarshni
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      75 74 KOO MORLLY Age: 60 passed away peacefully on 25 Dec 2008 A Loving Self-sacrificing Mother Dearly Missed Remembered by Loved Ones. Sons: Daughter-in-law: Alvin Tan Kair Wui Edwin Tan Kair Yong Tracy Quah Pei San Daughter: Karen Tan Siew Luan Brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, grandnephews, grandnieces and all
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      204 75 "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever Believes in Him shall NOT perish but have ETERNAL LIFE" John 3:16 Praise the Lord for His indescribable LOVE "I am the Resurrection and the Life, whoever believes in Me will live even though
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      120 75 6th Anniversary 1 1 In Loving Memory of I Tay Choon Hye I Called home to the Lord on 27 December 2002 I "By our baptism, then, we were buried with him and shared his death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from death by the glorious power
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      58 75 '$if m■A 4TH ANNIVERSARY '1 SIMON JAMES STANNARD LOST TO US IN THE TSUNAMI ON 26TH DECEMBER 2004 Always missed and never forgotten In loving memory Juliet, Lucy, Charlie and Georgia Is there a bandage strong enough? To mend a broken heart And jigsaw back the pieces That were so
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      64 75 V BATHMANATHAN SAM Age: 52 was called home to be with God on 23 December 2008, leaving behind loved ones Mother: S. Mahaletchimi Antonie Suresh, Jerome Leon Anusuya, Daisy Ng family, relatives and friends at home and overseas. Wake will be held at Singapore Casket on 27 December 2008 from
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      57 75 K. P. PAGISAMY QOTHI) passed away peacefully on 25 December 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: S. Shiladevi Daughter: P. Jai Saraswathy Sister: Lurdamari Brother-in-law: Periyadavan brothers, sister, relatives friends. Blk 160 Yishun St 11 #07-212. Cortege will leave on 27 Dec (Sat) at 3pm for
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      90 75 If Athma Shanti Poojai jl The family of the late I MDM S. SAROGINE Wife of late A. Subramaniam (Annachi) Rama Krishna Mission wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to relatives friends for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations wreaths during their recent bereavement. Karumathi Prayers will be held
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  • sport
    • 846 75  -  Jonathan Wong Hakeem breaks oldest Singapore athletics record after 42 years I By RECORDS are reminders of past achievements, they represent the standards of yesteryear. Some last for only a short time, others remain unchanged on the edges of perfection. It is the very essence of
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    • 775 76 ASSOCIATED PRESS FITNESS But just swinging a golf club will not increase overall aerobic capacity ENGLEWOOD (Colorado Is golf really a sport or just a hobby? Is it a good walk spoiled, or should we forget the walk and get a golf cart for our
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    • 680 76 Carry or push There was virtually no difference in calories burned between carrying (721) and using a push cart (718) a surprising result to many, who figured it would take more work to push the cart. "Normally, calories are measured on how much weight you had
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    • 457 76 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AUCKLAND: A Chris Gayle blast in a his-tory-making super-over eliminator broke the deadlock between West Indies and New Zealand to give the tourists the honours in the opening Twenty2o cricket match yesterday. The hosts were restricted to 155 for seven off their
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    • 104 76 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: It has been a whirlwind year for Candace Parker. The 22-year-old led the University of Tennessee to a second straight US college basketball championship, was the first pick in the WNBA draft, took the league's MVP and Rookie of the
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    • 88 76 MADRID: The Primera Liga's poorest paid player enjoyed some Christmas cheer this week. Numancia midfielder Mario Martinez, famous for scoring the winning goal in his side's 1-0 win over Barcelona, gets paid €120,000 (*****,000) a year. The amount is 83 times less than Real
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      49 76 "As a shooter, you're always prepared." San Antonio Spurs' Roger Mason, who did not play at all in the fourth quarter until there were 4.3 seconds left. Then he came in and made a three-pointer that gave his side a 91-90 win over the Phoenix Suns in Thursday's NBA
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    • 70 76 Basketball NBA: Orlando 88 New Orleans 68, San Antonio 91 Phoenix 90, LA Lakers 92 Boston 83, Cleveland 93 Washington 89, Dallas 102 Portland 94. Cricket 2nd Test First day in Melbourne: Australia 280-6 (S.M. Katich 54, R.T. Ponting 101; Steyn 2-61, Ntini 2-71) v South Africa. 1st Test
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    • 590 77 LOS ANGELES TIMES Bryant, Gasol's knockout efforts lift LA after last season's Finals defeat Los Angeles Lakers 92 Boston Celtics 83 LOS ANGELES: So much of it arrived all at once, blurring the distinction between what actually happened first the return of the Los Angeles Lakers'
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    • 337 77 ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleveland Cavaliers 93 Washington Wizards 89 CLEVELAND: In a generous, gift-giving mood, the Cleveland Cavaliers nearly handed a precious win to one of the National Basketball Association's neediest teams. Down by seven points in the final minutes to woeful Washington and their home
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    • 557 77  -  Lin Xinyi By TEAM Russia arrived in Singapore this week, fully prepared to tackle the next leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. Their entire sailing and shore team of close to 30 crew members sailed here with four containers of equipment and supplies. But
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 57 77 BLOOMBERG MADRID: Spain and Portugal will jointly bid to stage the 2018 football World Cup, providing competition for the likes of England and Australia. Spain have not hosted the World Cup since 1982. Portugal built 10 new stadiums to host the European Championship in 2004. Belgium, China,
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      • 63 77 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: Two-time tennis Grand Slam champion Mary Pierce is not ready to hang up her racket just yet. Despite being sidelined by a knee injury since 2006, would like to play again at the French Open. Pierce, who turns 34 next month, ruptured the cruciate
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    • 870 78  -  Rob Hughes Holyfield, Becks and maybe Ponting are champs going to seed INGOOD CONSCIENCE By ONE of the sweet compulsions of sport is its great unpredictability that makes fools of us pundits. On Christmas night, I had the final Conscience of 2008 all laid. Everyone gives awards
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    • 476 79 Wenger plans to buy as injuries and immaturity are hampering Gunners LONDON: The player who put Cesc Fabregas out for four months with knee ligament damage has returned onto Arsene Wenger's radar. The Arsenal manager made a late £14 million (Ss3o million) bid in August for Liverpool
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    • TRANSFERTALK
      • 59 79 JUANDE Ramos is hoping to wreck Aston Villa's festive cheer by demanding that Real Madrid make a £25 million (Sss4 million) bid for the Premier League club's winger, Ashley Young. The former Spurs manager said: "Young is the best player on the wing in England. I have
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      • 49 79 ENGLAND defender Matthew Upson has been put up for sale by struggling West Ham. But the club have little choice as the business of Icelandic owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson has collapsed because of the financial crisis. Craig Bellamy is also expected to leave, reported The Daily Mail.
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      • 48 79 EUROPEAN Championship winner Marcos Senna has revealed he would be "interested" in a January move to Manchester City. Spain's Brazil-born midfielder, who is under contract at Villarreal until 2010, said: "The Premier League is a big league and I am interested in the challenge."
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    • 178 80 Dhelsea .iverpool Manchester United \ston Villa \rsenal 19 12 5 2 38 7 41 18 11 6 1 27 12 3£ 17 10 5 2 28 10 3E 18 10 4 4 30 20 34 18 9 4 5 30 21 31 Hull City iverton :ulham 3olton Wanderers Portsmouth
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    • Article, Illustration
      549 80 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Drogba's first league goal of the season paves way for victory Chelsea 2 West Bromwich Albion 0 LONDON: Didier Drogba is the man to cure Chelsea's damaging home form. Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari learnt that truism yesterday. He unleashed the Ivory Coast striker in tandem with
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    • 388 80 REUTERS BANGKOK: It may be half-time in the AFF Suzuki Cup football final, but Vietnamese fans celebrated like they had won the Asean title on Wednesday. Vietnam's shock 2-1 first-leg win in Bangkok sparked wild celebrations in Hanoi, with the streets gridlocked as
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    • 206 80 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN: Thieves broke into Ronaldinho's Italian villa and made off with tens of thousands of euros worth of goods. But they left behind the football star's Golden Ball trophy. Ronaldinho was at home in Brazil for his Christmas break when the burglary took
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    • 565 81 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, THE TIMES, LONDON Man Utd finally break down stubborn Stoke with late goal Stoke City 0 Manchester United 1 LONDON: The newly crowned club champions of the world returned to the Premier League yesterday, and were welcomed by Stoke with a hot-blooded English contest. Manchester
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    • 104 76 Today Basketball £h NBA: Houston Rockets v New Orleans vwk <m. Hornets (Live, Ch23, 2 Vjk 9am)Tomorrow I $''A\ 1 f Football 1 AFF Suzuki Cup: j i'i\ Vietnam v Thailand k f-»M (Live, Ch24, 8pm). W&fri'I English Premier League: Newcastle United v Liverpool W"? (Live, Ch27, 7.55pm), West Bromwich
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    • 142 80 English Premier League Yesterday Stoke City 0 Manchester United 1 (Carlos Tevez 83) Chelsea 2 (Drogba 3, Lampard 45) West Bromwich Albion 0 Portsmouth 1 (Belhadj 8) West Ham United 4 (Collison 20, Cole 67, Bellamy 70, 83) Tottenham Hotspur 0 Fulham 0 Results not available at press time: Liverpool
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  • SATURDAY
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      47 82 SPJECIALREPQRI 2008 saw the election of Mr Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States. It was a year beset by deep, sweeping and profound changes, fm Many immutables were irrevocably changed and sacred cows slaughtered and set on their heads. PHOTO: AP
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    • saturday.2008: year of change
      • 1098 83  -  Janadas Devan In this globalised world, fortunes of East and West are tied and everyone has to work for the common good By REVIEW EDITOR WHAT do you think was the effect of the French Revolution of 1789, someone once asked former Chinese premier Zhou
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      • 555 83  -  Koh Buck Song LEADERSHIP I By IN THE realm of leadership, 2008 will most likely be remembered as a momentous year for the achievements of Barack Hussein Obama. I say "most likely" because hard as it may seem to imagine, right
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      • 459 83  - The year energy became sexy and clean energy, sexier Jessica Cheam I By THE year 2008 will be remembered as the year when oil prices reached historic highs the highest at US$l47 a barrel in July. It will also be thought of as the year when humanity took major steps
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      • 770 83  -  Ignatius Low ECONOMICS By MONEY EDITOR HOW does one even start to summarise the cataclysmic events that occurred in financial markets this year? I like to think of them along two dimensions. The first is that what was previously thought impossible crossed into the
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      • 528 83  -  Tion Kwa By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE year started with continuing concerns over the United States sub-prime mortgage problem. At that point, the crisis did not look markedly dissimilar to other collapsed bubbles like the 2000 dot.com implosion or the 1997 Asian crisis.
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      • 506 84  -  Steven Phillips POLITICS By IT WAS a breakthrough year for China. The Shenzhou space mission, improved ties across the Taiwan Strait, and the Beijing Olympics highlighted China's recent advances in technology, diplomacy, governance. In particular, the Olympics were central to the history of
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      • 402 84 STEVEN PHILLIPS FROM high-level talks to direct flights and pandas, contacts between Taiwan and mainland China exploded in 2008. Newly elected Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou dramatically improved relations across the Taiwan Strait, which were frozen during the eight-year tenure of his predecessor, Chen
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      • 518 84  -  Nirmal Ghosh By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT THAILAND has seen a seminal struggle this year which has led to many questions about its future. The struggle reached a climax of sorts late last month which spawned a change of government but with great
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      • 415 84  -  Cheong Suk-Wai By SENIOR WRITER THE average Malaysian is not given to dramatics, being content with three meals a day and living peaceably with others. On March 8 this year, however, during Malaysia's 12th general election, he put an opposition coalition crammed with
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      • 519 86  -  Radha Basu TERROR I By TERROR has been a frequent visitor to Mumbai, with at least eight major attacks in the past 15 years. The worst so far a coordinated series of bomb blasts over two hours in March 1993 killed 257. Another attack
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      • 429 86  -  Cassandra Chew NEW MEDIA I By THE Web has never been as potent before. United States Presidentelect Barack Obama was so successful in reaching young voters through his website, vid-eo-sharing site You Tube and social networks Facebook and Twitter that the 2008 US
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      • 480 88  -  Radha Basu FOOD SECURITY I By WHEN prices of rice, wheat and maize doubled in the first half of this year, for the first time in the new millennium, they pushed an estimated 40 million people back into hunger, according to the
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      • 674 88  -  Rohit Brijnath SPORT I By CHANGE starts with strangers pointing fingers in the Water Cube swimming arena in Beijing. There, that fast girl in Lane 4, Tao-something, isn't she from that small nation in Asia, whatsitsname? Singapore. Change starts with a piece of music at a
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      • 685 88  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH MICHAEL Phelps did not write a concerto, discover an alternative fuel, solve a mathematical formula. He merely dived into a Beijing pool and swam across it, except by the time he emerged, having won 17 races in nine days,
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    • 492 90 DR KENNY PANG CHRONIC cases of snoring have traditionally been cured by surgery to remove the uvula, the dangly bit at the back of the throat, often visible in unstifled yawns or opera singing. Two years ago, a Singapore doctor, Dr Kenny Pang, came up with an
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    • 712 90 PROF DENNIS MURPHY SINGAPORE'S first, and longest-serving, zoologist has had over 100 species of animals named after him, local biologists estimate. The man himself, Professor Dennis H. Murphy, has lost count. Having a new discovery named after you is an honour bestowed on scientists who have made
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    • 295 90 CLAIMS that coastal tree barriers such as mangroves can halt the might of a tsunami are false, says a team of international marine scientists. Four years since the Boxing Day tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people, the researchers have warned against coastal
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    • 312 90 A SLOW, chronic starvation of the brain as people age appears to be a major trigger of a process that causes some forms of Alzheimer's disease. When the brain does not get enough sugar glucose, a process is launched that produces
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    • 401 91 PROF LOUIS CHEN A DISCOVERY almost four decades ago has made Professor Louis Chen a well-known figure in the world of science. The mathematician is famed for his development of the Chen-Stein Method, used widely in the study of molecular biology, computer science, and economics. Prof
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    • 279 91 SINGAPORE'S top brainwave analysts have come in first in an international competition. The Institute for Infocomm Research team reads and interprets the brainwaves of stroke patients and hyperactive children, and has developed the technology to collect and interpret brainwaves, using electroencephalography or EEC
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    • 535 94  -  eddino abdul hadi Count down to 2009 at Marina Bay, Sentosa or go to a free gig music reporter Poor ticket sales have forced at least one dance party to be cancelled this New Year's Eve. The Party@The Float, organised by MediaCorp, was originally scheduled to
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    • 430 95  -  Cara Van Miriah THE RABBIT HOLE Where: 39C Harding Road, tel: 6473-9965 When: 10pm to 4am Countdown with: A Bunny Bonanza theme party with local dance music DJs Has and Ash spinning CRAZY ELEPHANT Where: 01-03/04 Clarke Quay, tel: 6337-7859 When: spm to 4am Countdown with: American
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    • 1709 96  -  Adeline chia Writer, actor, activist. Nobel laureate Harold Pinter was influential beyond the boards arts reporter British playwright and Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter was so influential he had a type of theatre named after him. "Pinteresque", which has entered the Oxford English dictionary, and as every theatre
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      298 97 Here are five of the well-known works in Harold Pinter's 50-year career: The Birthday Party, 1957 His first full-length play is about two sinister men who gatecrash a man's birthday celebrations. Although panned by critics during its debut, the play is now widely considered a classic of 20th-century
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      • 473 98  -  Jeremy Hu Russell Loh I refer to the articles on Car of the Year and the Best Car Buys of 2008 (Life!, Dec 20). I do not think the Jaguar XF should be car of the year. The interior looks very much like some Japanese sedan and
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      • 131 98  -  Christina Chng I refer to Ignatius Low's column on travelling to the same old places (On The Beaten Path, LifeStyle, Dec 21). I have decided that the world is too big for me to waste my time and money revisiting places. My goal is to explore a new
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    • 813 99 Washington Post Obituary TV's Catwoman and one of America's first black sex symbols dies at 81 from cancer Washington Eartha Kitt, whose purring sensuality, saucy seductiveness and indomitable determination helped her rise from Southern cotton fields to singing stardom and world celebrity, died on Thursday. She was
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      • 627 101  -  lee nian tjoe The new Turbo Saab does not shout its power, it prefers to prove it Earlier this year, Saab marked its 30th anniversary with the Turbo X. Named like a character from the Speed Racer movie, it was the most advanced version of the Saab
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      • 634 102  -  lee nian tjoe Niceties take a 180--degree whirl when you try to rein in the power of the Ariel Atom 3 Rejection is what pimply teenage boys feel when they ask the prettiest girl in class to "add" them on Facebook. Rejection is also what race engineer
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      • 286 103 Automobile Association of Singapore When I step on my brakes, I can feel the pedal touching the floor sometimes. Why is this so? Check the level of fluid in the brake-fluid reservoir. It is natural for it to be a bit low if the front or rear brake
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        526 106 Neutral, natural hues abound in this apartment, giving it a tranquil and inviting ambience When the Wangs commissioned Project File to design their twobedroom apartment on Gilstead Road, they wanted a place that was calm, inviting and exuded the luxurious feel of a boutique apartment. Most designers
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      • 599 108  -  Andrew tan Using a few big plants instead of many small ones makes a bigger impact in small balconies urban jungle It has been a year now since I moved to a smaller apartment with an even smaller balcony. During that time, this has been
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        75 109 It looks like a light bulb but it is not. The Bulb Cup by Japanese design firm +d is literally what its name implies a glass cup shaped like a bulb. Use it as a potpourri container, display case for figurines or storage for small accessories. Naturally, it
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    • 522 112 10,000 hours success The Washington Post According to a new book, it takes that much time for anyone to make it big Los Angeles Why is everyone in Hollywood talking about 10,000 hours? That's the amount of time that author Malcolm Gladwell (right) says it takes for a talented person
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      • 434 114 Agence France-Presse Tokyo An autopsy conducted on the body of former Japanese porn star-turned-TV celebrity Ai lijima failed on Thursday to reveal the cause of her sudden death, reports said. She was found in the lounge of her condominium unit in downtown Shibuya by a
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      • 216 114 Los Angeles/London Long rumoured to be facing bankruptcy, Michael Jackson has taken out a US$lOO,OOO (*****,000) a month lease on a new mansion in Holmby Hills, west of Los Angeles, reports said. The pop star has been leading a nomadic life since a California jury acquitted
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