The Straits Times, 31 December 2008

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31 2008 AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon MOE to hire 7,500 next year
    731 1  -  Amelia Tan Recruitment drive to take advantage of the downturn MORE than 7,000 teachers and support staff will be hired next year despite the slowing economy. The Ministry of Education (MOE), which will aim to add 7,500 employees to its payroll next year, also
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    Lock icon Business borrowing made cheaper
    745 1  -  Francis Chan INTEREST rates have been slashed on Government-backed business loans in a dramatic bid to help cut borrowing costs of local businesses during the economic downturn. New and existing loans will benefit from the cheaper rates they have been cut by 1.25 percentage points which
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      315 1 J Riding out Looking ahead Jjlj^L The soundstage jsj|^ 2009 at the tech world <WS*|) is now set -~r- Oei Hong Leong on how to Trends in business, Will $80-million facility I ,^^^v J ij^^ survive the economic chill telcos and games boost film industry? 'VV-^^B J PRIME PAGE A8
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      Lock icon Time to lower home prices
      1030 2  -  Fiona Chan Property developers should consider this step to lure back buyers PROPERTY REPORTER WHEN a property boom here ends, the first casualty is usually home supply. Sure enough, the Government put a stop to new land sales early this month, as it did in
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      199 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY Here's to hope in 2009 Singaporeans should count their blessings 2008 could have been worse. Families are managing, the job situation has not been that bad and HDB property values are holding. For 2009, The Straits Times offers a modest wish list of easier credit for business,
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      Lock icon Discounts and goodie packs
      387 3  -  Yeo Ghim Lay CAR dealers are doing everything they can to pull in more buyers, dishing out freebies and slashing prices by thousands of dollars. However, it looks as if consumers are not biting at the moment, with showrooms still quiet in recent weeks, said dealers.
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      Lock icon Car sales for 2008 fall to just 97,000
      555 3  -  Christopher Tan The figure is the lowest since 2004; some dealers are downsizing SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE year's car sales look set to be the lowest in recent years. Preliminary figures from the Land Transport Authority and Motor Traders Association indicate that the
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      Lock icon Abhisit forced to switch venue of speech
      673 4  -  Leslie Lopez Thai PM says top priority is to restore confidence and improve the economy SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT PRIME Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's new government got off to a rocky start yesterday after he was forced to switch the venue of his maiden policy
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      Lock icon Ex-Cortina employee's help sought
      736 6  -  Jessica Lim Sujin Thomas SOME signs that the theft of $7.9 million worth of watches and cash from Cortina Watch's Raffles City outlet was an inside job emerged yesterday, and police are now looking for an ex-employee of the store to help in investigations. The man,
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      Lock icon SIA rolling out new Airbus
      566 6  -  Karamjit Kaur New configuration for business and economy class travellers AVIATION CORRESPONDENT DESPITE turbulent times, Singapore Airlines is not cutting back on customer comfort and will unveil a new product range for regional travellers next month. The fresh cabin fittings, which will include a business
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      Lock icon Tiger Airways Korea venture off
      378 6  -  KARAMJIT KAUR SINGAPORE-BASED Tiger Airways has canned plans to set up a joint-venture carrier in South Korea. Citing "regulatory uncertainty" in Korea and a weak global economy, the low-cost carrier confirmed yesterday that Incheon Tiger Airways will not take off. The project was to have
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  • prime people
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      Lock icon Keep your wealth for next round
      1629 8  -  Lee Su Shyan THE ST INTERVIEW A tough 2009...but a speedy recovery is possible once Americans start spending again, says Oei Hong Leong I By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR IF ONE word sums up the year just ended for veteran investor Oei Hong Leong, it
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      Lock icon Studied in China during tumultuous '60s
      350 8 TYCOON Oei Hong Leong made his mark on corporate Singapore in the 1980s when he controlled United Industrial Corporation, which owns the huge office property company Sing Land. His profile went up a notch in 2002 when he contested the bid made by hotel
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      Lock icon Both Israel and Hamas reject truce
      854 10 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Air strikes the first stage, says Israel, as militants urge all-out retaliation GAZA: Israel and the Hamas group yesterday rejected any truce, with Israel saying that its air strikes in the Gaza Strip, the fiercest in decades, heralded "long
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      Lock icon Under fire: What a Palestinian and an Israeli say
      329 10 BBC NEWS MR AMJAD SHAWA, COORDINATOR FOR THE PALESTINIAN NGO NETWORK, GAZA CITY Never, ever, have we had airstrikes of this intensity and not since 1967 have we had this number of victims. I was holding a workshop for NGO workers
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        Lock icon Hasina's party wins by landslide
        597 11  -  Ravi Velloor Its stunning victory paves the way for Bangladesh's return to democratic rule SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF SHEIKH Hasina Wajed has led her party to a landslide win in national elections in Bangladesh, paving the way for the South Asian nation to revert to
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        Lock icon Pakistan cuts off Nato supplies to fight militants
        310 11 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE PESHAWAR: Pakistan has launched a major operation against militants in the Khyber Pass, cutting off supplies to Nato and US forces in Afghanistan. The operation comes after a series of spectacular raids by suspected Taleban militants on foreign military supply
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        Lock icon Taiwan appoints new rep to S'pore
        155 11 TAIPEI: Taiwan yesterday announced that a Cabinet spokesman will be the island's new representative to Singapore, reported local media. Ms Vanessa Shih (right), 47, served as deputy representative to Australia before joining the Cabinet as the director of the Government Information Office this year.
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        Lock icon KL to train inter-ethnic mediators
        484 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Volunteers to defuse religious, racial disputes in their neighbourhoods KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's government plans to train special mediators to resolve disputes between neighbours of different races in a bid to prevent communal tensions in the ethnically diverse country, officials said yesterday. About 300
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        Lock icon Smell the good food and value
        106 12 Indian restaurants in Malaysia have cut their food prices to woo customers amid the economic slowdown. Prices of favourites like roti canai (known as roti prata in Singapore), fried chicken and teh tarik have gone down by between 10 and 50 Malaysian sen (between
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        Lock icon S'poreans held over Nigerian's death
        366 12  -  Hazlin Hassan MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police yesterday obtained a three-day detention order against two Singaporean women, following the death of a Nigerian man on Monday. Also, four men, believed to be of African descent, are being sought by the police in connection with
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        Lock icon Indian leaders meet today on whether to quit PR coalition
        422 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: The rumblings of unhappiness within the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition are getting louder, with its Indian leaders planning to meet today to decide whether to pull out en-masse. In northern Perak state, meanwhile,
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        Lock icon Tainted milk scandal: Two brothers latest to go on trial
        400 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Two more suspects in China's tainted milk scandal went on trial yesterday, bringing to 17 the number who have faced legal action over the nation's worst food safety case in years. Brothers Geng Jinping and
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    • world international
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        Lock icon 2008 battered by natural disasters
        635 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE $290b loss makes it the 3rd most costly year on record, says reinsurer BERLIN: The past year has been one of the most devastating in terms of natural disasters and the third most expensive on record, with
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        Lock icon Russia extends presidential term to 6 years
        312 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, WASHINGTON POST MOSCOW: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law extending presidential terms from four years to six, the Kremlin said yesterday, a move seen as paving the way for Mr Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency. The Kremlin has
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        Lock icon Caroline stumbles in bid for Senate
        239 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBANY (New York): When Ms Caroline Kennedy made it known she wanted to take over the Senate seat to be vacated by Ms Hillary Clinton, slated to be the next Secretary of State, she seemed a near certainty for the job. But
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    • world in brief
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        Lock icon Chen back in lock-up
        112 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI: A Taiwan court sent former president Chen Shui-bian back into detention yesterday because of the severity of graft charges against him. The Taipei District Court accepted prosecutors' arguments that he be locked up to prevent him from fleeing or colluding with alleged co-conspirators.
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        Lock icon Granny won't contest
        124 15 BERNAMA KUALA TERENGGANU: Grandmother Maimun Yusof (left), 89, who caused a stir when she stood as an independent candidate in Kuala Terengganu during the March general election, says she will not contest in the Jan 17 by-election due to a lack of funds. Someone apparently ran off
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        Lock icon Blog suspects identified
        83 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK IPOH: Police have identified several people who could be responsible for a blog allegedly containing insults against Prophet Muhammad. Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Koh Hong Sun said police would call up the suspects soon to assist in the investigations under the
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        Lock icon Thai govt blocks sites
        99 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: The Thai government has blocked more than 2,300 websites over the past year, most of them for allegedly offending the country's monarchy, a senior official said yesterday. The sites, more than 90 per cent of which were registered abroad, were also blocked for
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        Lock icon No-undies party a scam?
        112 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have condemned rumoured plans for a New Year's Eve sex party at a remote beach, while police warned the "no-underwear" event could be a con job. Newspaper reports said the party for under-40s, to be held in Johor, has been
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        Lock icon Seal of approval for Year of the Ox
        62 15 Its brush strokes may not be steady, but this five-year-old sea lion has just written the character that represents Ox in the Chinese zodiac. Jackie is showing off its calligraphy skills at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, Japan. 2009 is
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      • SLICEOFLIFE
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          Lock icon Happy New Year but hold it a sec
          204 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS PARIS: Those eager to put 2008 behind them will have to hold their goodbyes for just a moment this New Year's Eve. The world's official timekeepers have added a "leap second" to the last day of the year today,
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    • world- the year ahead
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        Lock icon LDP's big ballot box battle
        1081 16  -  Kwan Weng Kin JAPAN General election to be called by September will be a close contest By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: Japan faces a general election sometime in the next nine months. It is expected to be contested very closely and watched keenly as it could
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        Lock icon The long shadow of Kim Jong II
        252 16  -  LEE TEE JONG SOUTH KOREA SEOUL: The biggest cloud hanging over the Korean Peninsula is the health of one man: North Korean leader Kirn Jong 11. If he dies, the ramifications are huge. He has no clear successor. No one has been anointed
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon Goodbye and hello 2009 – here's to hope
      443 17 Goodbye and hello 2009 here's to hope IT COULD be worse. Singaporeans impatient to consign a bad year at the stroke of midnight can be thankful 2008 had struck the majority of them only a glancing blow. For now, we should qualify. On the personalised level, fewer workers have lost
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      Lock icon How to play our cards in 2009
      947 17  -  Simon Tay THINK-TANK ON THIS last day of 2008, we wonder what lies ahead. Some hope that the global economy will stabilise next year. Others fear it will decline further. Recent headlines tend to the latter view. Companies worldwide are cutting jobs. Asia
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      Lock icon S. Korean economy: More focus needed
      747 17  -  Bruce Gale SENIOR WRITER SOUTH Korean President Lee Myung Bak is a man in a hurry. Since taking office in February, his administration has drafted literally hundreds of measures to support the country's export-driven economy. Few, however, have received parliamentary approval. Many observers blame
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    • review
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        Lock icon Why Israel feels threatened
        1107 18  -  Benny Morris NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE MANY Israelis feel that the walls and history are closing in on their 60-year-old state, much as they felt in early June 1967, just before Israel launched the Six-Day War and destroyed the Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian armies. More than
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      • Article
        Lock icon The old ways won't work
        718 18  -  J. Bradford DeLong PROJECT SYNDICATE DEPRESSION ECONOMICS A DECADE ago, the 2008 Nobel laureate in economics, Professor Paul Krugman, wrote a little book entitled The Return Of Depression Economics. It sank like a stone. The 1997-1998 Asian Financial Crisis was sharp but short and quickly
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      • Article
        Lock icon The native factor
        767 18  -  Ryan Clarke TERROR IN INDIA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES OVER the past year, India has suffered a variety of terrorist attacks with differing intensities in terms of size, scope and intended audience. Though some have been blamed on ethno-nationalist groups such as the United Liberation Front of
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    • forum
      • Letter
        Lock icon MAS acting on complaints
        405 19  -  Angelina Fernandez RISKY FINANCIAL PRODUCTS I REFER to last Wednesday's letter by Mr Leong Kok Ho, "Why MAS should handle complaints". The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) understands the anxiety of many investors who have bought DBS High Notes 5, Lehman Minibond Notes and Merrill Lynch
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      • Letter
        Lock icon Accident shows danger of winding road
        217 19  -  Chan Tian Soo I REFER to Dr William Julius Patin's feedback last Wednesday, "Danger lurks at South Buona Vista Road". I could not agree more with him that this road is indeed dangerous. In fact, a serious accident occurred there on Dec 12, resulting
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      • BOUQUETS
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          Lock icon Well done, again, PUB
          78 19 "The PUB was just as efficient when I reported similar problems last year." MR CHARLES CHEW: "I called the PUB-One hotline on Dec 15 to report clogged scupper-holes and drains along Bukit Panjang Ring Road. Once again, I must compliment the Public Utilities Board (PUB) on
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        • Article
          Lock icon Helped when unwell
          129 19 "I thank Mr Tan of Novena MRT station, Dr Liv and all staff of Tan Tock Seng A&E department." MADAM LEE JHON HUE: "On the afternoon of Nov 29, a minute before the train arrived at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station, I started to feel unwell. At Orchard
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          Lock icon Treasured gift found
          79 19 "Mr Lee found the bracelet and returned it the same night." MR K. CHANDRA: "I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Mr Richard Lee, supervisor of Kasoh Restaurant in SIA Group Sports Club. On Nov 22, my niece and I attended a function there. Her
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      • Letter
        Lock icon Bank unfair to existing home loan clients
        450 19  -  Khor Eng Hao WHEN I signed up for a home loan from DBS Bank in May 2005, my rate was pegged to the Special Mortgage Rate. The Special Mortgage Rate has increased from 4.25 per cent in May 2006 to the current 5.5
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        Lock icon Wastage in 'required' school textbooks
        334 19  -  Chan Pui Yee (Ms) I REFER to Mrs Lee-Huan Ai-Min's letter last Thursday, "2-in-l textbooks not a good idea". I agree wholeheartedly. Most parents of schoolchildren are frustrated with the rampant wastage of textbooks we are "required" to buy each year. Other than the two-in-one
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        Lock icon Worker training open to all: WDA
        280 19  -  Sim Soo Kheng (Ms) I REFER to Ms Poa Koon Koon's letter, "Unemployed excluded" (Dec 20). The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) provides financial assistance for training of all local workers, employed and unemployed, and whether employer-sponsored or not. For individual workers who are
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      • Letter
        Lock icon Problems in self-service immigration lines at airport
        404 19  -  Victor Yeo WHILE the introduction of unmanned self-service immigration lanes in all terminals at Changi Airport is commendable, the same cannot be said of their efficacy. On Dec 23 at about 4.30pm, when my family and I returned from a two-week trip to
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      329 20 CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE lit It is my pleasure to announce that Shao Fook Engineering Pte Ltd has attained the ISO 9001:2008 for Quality T" Management System. w^^\ f 1 i/ This award is a significant testimony of our operation's effectiveness and efficiency that include the best use of available resources to
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      510 21  -  Jessica Cheam Flats in Choa Chu Kang, Punggol will be offered under built-to-order plan THE Housing Board is bringing down the curtains on a busy year with one more sales exercise this time for 1,181 flats in Choa Chu Kang and
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      733 21  -  Teh Joo Lin I By MORE motorists are getting pulled over for tinting their vehicle windows a shade too dark. In all, 1,356 motorists were fined last year. The figure was more than three times the 382 caught in 2006, and the 2006
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      298 21 MR MOHAMMAD Sahar Sulaiman was driving back to Singapore early last Friday when he was stopped in Johor Baru by the traffic police. The supervisor in a freight forwarding company claimed that the police wanted to fine him for his tinted car windows and
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      578 22  -  Melissa Sim 8 foreign worker dorms found cramped, dingy and poorly ventilated; Half lack URA approval QUESTION marks hang over the livability of some foreign worker dormitories in Tagore Industrial Estate, which saw a chicken pox outbreak this week. Neither of the two dorms
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      471 22  -  Lee Hui Chieh NILANJANA SENGUPTA UNTIL he came to work in Singapore two months ago, Mr Mohd Kamaluddin had never left his home country, Bangladesh. Yesterday, the 28-year-old returned home for good in a coffin. His brother, Mr
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      597 22  -  Tessa Wong ONE week after both the Singapore Flyer and business there ground to a halt, its strapped tenants have finally heard about the management's plans to help them back on track but have found little comfort there. Last night,
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      295 22  - 3 songs to inspire youth by S'pore youth Malini Nathan COME March, three locally produced songs will hit the airwaves with positive messages about what Singaporean youth really care about. The songs will stem from the ideas of more than 100,000 tertiary students and will be available via SMRT's Tunnel
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      502 23  -  Amelia Tan Her scheme to guide troubled kids is one of many by school heads lauded by Ng Eng Hen I By A TIME-OUT programme begun at Outram Secondary School by its principal has won her praise from Education Minister Ng Eng Hen. Speaking at the
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      502 23  -  Clarissa Oon CHINESE-LANGUAGE daily Lianhe Zaobao is replacing its 17-year-old student newspaper Friday Weekly with a more hip, news-driven product from next Wednesday. The new title, zbComma, will go out to schools every Wednesday with Lianhe Zaobao, instead of being sold separately, in a
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      471 24  -  Jessica Jaganathan She quits website to write book on late dad's bad hospital experience A POPULAR website which gives support to cancer patients will become inactive from the end of next week after its founder decided to give up volunteer work. The site, www.cancerstory.com,
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      427 24  -  Amresh Gunasingham THE next time Jasmine Aw, 18, wants a routine dental checkup, it may be her friend Fang Vi who scales, polishes and cleans her teeth, in a clinic on her school campus. Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) has set up a Teaching Dental
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      95 24 MAKING predictions can be a risky game, but DL sticks its neck out to gaze into the digital crystal ball for a reading of what the new year will bring. Trend spotting for 2009 will bring you the picture for telco services, laptops, desktops, digital movies,
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      565 25  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Judge gives his ruling based on concept of 'adverse possession', abolished 14 years ago LAW CORRESPONDENT AN AGE-OLD legal concept which was abolished 14 years ago has crept its way back to influence a court case involving a multi-million dollar dispute over
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      486 25  -  Elena Chong DROWNED SAILOR INQUIRY COURT CORRESPONDENT LIFE-SAVING equipment is a must on board a sailing boat, but the life jackets do not actually have to be worn, a coroner's court was told yesterday. According to the racing rules of the International Sailing Federation,
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      311 25  -  ELENA CHONG A WOMAN who deceived her victims into giving her money to buy discounted shopping vouchers, which were never delivered, was sentenced to six months' jail yesterday. However, Janet Wee Guek Hong, whose baby is due in April, was given until Jan 28
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      251 26 LAWYER David Rasif went missing in June 2006 with $11.3 million of his clients' money. Most of it came from an American couple Mr George Raymond Zage 111 and his wife Kaori Kathleen who had issued a $10.7 million cheque to his law firm
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      600 26  -  Selina Lum Jeweller's staff not to be blamed for selling gems to rogue lawyer AN AMERICAN couple, Mr George Raymond Zage 111 and his wife Kaori Kathleen, have lost their High Court suit to get back some of the millions they entrusted to fugitive
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        94 26 SHIN Mm Daily News' executive editor Lim Hong Eng, 56, was yesterday cleared of using a cellphone while driving on Whitley Road two years ago. She is, however, out on bail pending her appeal against conviction on charges related to an accident at the junction
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        98 26 ANOTHER man was yesterday fined a total of $16,000 on three charges of corruption in connection with the rigging of a lucky draw for free fuel vouchers. Alan Leng Chih Wei, 31, admitted to agreeing to give $2,500 worth of Shell vouchers to Teh Gim Leng,
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        65 26 A YOUTH who made a false report that his motorcycle was missing was yesterday jailed for a week. Tan Choon Hao, 20, lied to the officers at the Changkat Neighbourhood Police Post in January last year that he could not find his motorcycle, when he
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        78 26 TEN dollars was all the money a snatch thief got for preying on a woman in a lift in Block 45, Telok Blangah Drive on Sunday. He was in the lift when she entered. When the lift reached the 10th floor, he grabbed her handbag
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      99 21 pi WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm and there are always teething problems. MOST-READ ONLINE The public would be better off focusing Caned extra, now jailed again. on the fact that no one was seriously in- Probe into student's drowning jured and the important thing now is
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      100 24 I rV^>X No wonder the sauna S> A <^>O^| c&3 THOSE ARE With the nationwide A is always full lately!! n &> Jlf SHREDDED smoking ban being l r^^ I 1 rtO odJ fvsu -jnwt.L/\si.\s extended to more and rf^o i jJT J/ C^ "X J^/ /VMNIBONDS. more areas, smokers
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      18 25 SHOW ME THE MONEY 200 China workers crowd Manpower Ministry claiming they haven't been paid for 4 months
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      229 25 ■^■■^^^^Engineering! j^U^^fk Why Tyndale? g Best in Engineering Studies in Singapore-Edupoll s 2008/09 citations for PEO j vv v** v^ Ist Singapore Private Institution to offer Bachelor Ji of Engineering in 1998 fljf S TYNDALE has been rated all AAAs, the highest possible rating on centre resources, quality and assessment
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      115 26 Get Part II of your IN BT'S EXECUTIVE MONEY TODAY SCRLENDAR '09 IA/innnr-f in +hn They stripped and strutted, VVIIIIICIb 111 Ultf and ended up 9k I _l slipping up. l!>!)rcfl commodities rout I— BH x BEST ■^itNJ^ MUSIC The commodities bear market has been the undoing of many investors.
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      16 26 Remembering the past Feeling nostalgic can be good for your health Lianhe Wanbao mwim ms/ m&mm
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      643 27 THE TIMES, LONDON But Fergie defends his star after another clash, this time with Pogatetz Manchester United 1 Middlesbrough 0 LONDON: Dimitar Berbatov scored the goal that kept Manchester United hard on the heels of Premier League pace-setters Liverpool on Monday. But a half-time skirmish involving
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      541 27 LIVERPOOL: Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard faces the prospect of spending a maximum of five years in jail, after being charged with assault and affray yesterday. Early on Monday, he was arrested following a nightclub brawl that left a disc jockey needing hospital treatment. Yesterday, the midfielder
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      296 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Didier Drogba has heaped more pressure on his beleaguered manager Luiz Felipe Scolari by claiming the Chelsea boss is "scared" to pick him and Nicolas Anelka in the same team. "For the moment, I just have to keep quiet," said Drogba, who was
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      1137 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS The Straits Times concludes its review of sport this year LOOKING BACK AT 2008 Phelps, Bolt world's greatest duo The convergence of two of the world's greatest athletes, Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, marked the Games of the XXIX Olympiad for all of history. Swimmer Phelps
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      1334 29  -  onathan Wong Today: Ecstasy and Singapore's year of firsts LOOKING BACK AT 2008 Spore to host Youth Olympics They said it could not be done, an Olympic event in Singapore. We were too small a city, had too poor a sporting history. But,
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      423 30  -  Terrence Voon SINGAPORE table tennis head coach Liv Guodong, who led the country to its first Olympic medal in 48 years, is heading to Indonesia. The 35-year-old China national had earlier declined to renew his contract with the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA). Liv,
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      501 30  -  Terrence Voon Police looking into fights after Spores Dec 21 loss in Suzuki Cup semis THE police are investigating the clashes that took place between rival football fans at the National Stadium following Singapore's AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final defeat by Vietnam on Dec 21. According to
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      321 30 MELBOURNE: Cricket's world rankings do not show it yet, but the baton has been passed. South Africa's nine-wicket win over Australia in the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday represents the game's biggest power shift since 1995, when Mark Taylor's Australian
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      319 30  -  Jeanette Wang NORIMASA Hirai, the man behind Olympic champion and world record-hold-er Kosuke Kitajima, is among over 200 top swimming coaches who will meet in Singapore next month. Hirai will give a presentation on the preparation and success of breaststroke specialist Kitajima at
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        78 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: David Pratt, a footballer with English non-league side Chippenham Town, has earned himself an unwanted place in the record books after being sent off just three seconds into a match. The 21-year-old striker was red-carded after lunging at Bashley's Chris Knowles
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        59 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Derby manager Paul Jewell (above) has resigned after his 50th league game in charge ended in the 30th defeat of his reign. Sunday's 0-1 home loss to Ipswich left Derby 18th in English football's 24-team League Championship, further hampering their
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        104 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Manchester City's Robinho believes the threat of being sold is the reason behind the football club's poor form in the English Premier League. With the club's Abu Dhabi owners set to give manager Mark Hughes big money to spend when
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        49 30 BLOOMBERG MADRID: Former golf star Severiano Ballesteros is doing well after starting chemotherapy on Dec 19 following brain tumour surgery. "The recovery therapy has already started and, when it finishes, we'll lift another trophy," the 51-year-old wrote in a letter to a newspaper.
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        40 30 REUTERS NEW DELHI: Cricketers can be tested out of competition for the first time under a new anti-doping code announced on Monday by the International Cricket Council. The rules will come into effect from tomorrow.
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      174 30  -  JONATHAN WONG Telefonica Blue's Spanish helmsman Jordi Calafat, 40, carries his eight-month-old daughter Sol, while his wife Jil, 38, feeds Roni the Giraffe at the Singapore Zoo yesterday. With the rest of the family daughter Maria, 6, and sons Julien, 7, and Jordi, 11 in tow,
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      112 30 Basketball NBA: Atlanta 109 Denver 91, Detroit 88 Orlando 82, Chicago 100 New Jersey 87, Minnesota 108 Memphis 98 (OT), Phoenix 110 Oklahoma City 102, Washington 89 Houston 87, Utah 112 Philadelphia 95, Golden State 117 Toronto 111. Cricket Second Test Final day in Melbourne: Australia 394 and 247.
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      390 27 n^ WHAT'S ONLINE i\ MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Manchester City's wealth a burden. Alonso has Ferrari deal? Swimmer Michael Phelps ready to jump back. MOST COMMENTED Players back beleaguered Scolari Said Eagle2oo4: "Really good coaches are those who can bring out the full potential
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      113 28 I r 1 r J Draw No. 2393/2009 g£y£y Thursday, 1 January 2009 $600,000 Group 1 Prize lor Draw No. 2392/2008 tx'/V Group 1 Prize: $1,619,033 each rS 2 Winning Share(s) Sold at: 1) Jurong Football Club, 2 Jurong East Street 21, IMM Building #02-25 (One Quick Pick Ordinary Entry)
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      185 31 So FAITH, HOPE, LOVE abide, these THREE; But the greatest of these is LOVE. 1 CORINTHIANS 13.13 (RSV) Born: February 20, 1915 Departed: December 29, 2008 KATHLEEN YEO BUCKLEY nee CHEONG wife of the late Yeo Kok Hoe was called home to be with the LORD, leaving behind loved ones
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      87 31 SEAH MUIKIANG Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 30 December 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Teigh Heng Poon (deceased) Daughter: Son-in-law: Doreen Teigh Edmund Wong Son: Daughter-in-law: Teigh Heng Poon Jr Melenia A Bisonaya Granddaughters: Grandson-in-law: Dr Petrina Wong Dr Keith Ho Jacinda Wong Clarissa
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      59 31 will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done" Psalms 118:17 Bth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of JIMMY KOHCHEE TAT Departed on 31 December 2000 You are not forgotten JIM, nor will you ever be. As long as life memory last, we will remember thee. Sadly
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      68 31 We, the family of the late TAN YUT 001 Departed 23 December 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Special Thanks To: Rev. Gabriel Liew of Kampong Kapor
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      45 31 ifThe Family of The Late^l TAN SEE SWAN, BBM Departed 18 December 2008 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, contributions and jj jigs wreaths during their recent bereavement, /zjk
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      34 31 19th Anniversary In Everlasting Memory of WONG FOOK HONG Departed on 31st Dec 1989 'Goodbye doesn't mean forever. You'll always be missed and remembered by all of us." Wife: Lav Sze Pee loved ones.
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      36 31 9th Anniversary With Fond Memories Of MARY CHIANG NEONYA (AH MA) Departed on 31 Dec 1999 Though the years have passed, You are ever so near Right here in our hearts. Always remembered by loved ones.
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      34 31 W3®sS'>B3®g«'"lß3®6s' sth Anniversary In Loving Memory of LILABOTYHAZRA Departed: 31.12.2003 Dearly missed always remembered by: Mother: DharmaDasiHazra Brothers: Probhat, Spjit Sister: Anlo Brother-in-law: Sndhir Sisters-in-law: Bella, Hansa Nephews: Sumit, Anish, Shashi Nieces: Monica, Ai^jali
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      37 31 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Group Chief Executive Mr Allan Yeo on the demise of his beloved mother Tan Jit Neo From: The Board of Directors, Management and Staff of Thomson Medical Centre Ltd
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      40 31 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late Emeritus Professor Wong Hock Boon From President Council, College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Singapore President Executive Committee, Singapore Paediatric Society, Singapore Master Council, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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      29 31 IN LOVING MEMORY OF RONNIE TAY KIM TEO Departed: 31 Dec 2007 Thank you for the precious memories in our hearts. You are dearly missed each and every day.
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      261 32 LOH MUI KIM Age: 95 passed away peacefully on 30 December 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Tan Toa Siah (deceased) Sons: Tan Yeow Lim Daughters-in-law: Ng Siew Nai Tan Kee Soon (deceased) Wong Lan Tan Kee Seng Lee Nai Moy Daughters: Tan Seok Cheng Sons-in-law: Lim Wha Seng Tan
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      54 32 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Managing Director Mr. Richard B.E. Tay And Our Director Mdm Linda S.K. Tan 4*jr On the demise of their beloved mother/mother in-law Mdm Neo Mvi Neo Departed on 30 December, 2008 X The Board of Directors, Management Staff of r Golden Eagle
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      88 32 SINNAPPAN VINCENT Age: 54 passed away peacefully on 30 December 2008. Father Late Sebastian Sinnappan Mother Late Marimuthu Poobathi Fiance Linda (Philipine) Sisters :S. Roslind, S. Rajaini, S. Gracie, S. Maria, S. Mary Brothers S. Mareatas, S. John Brothers-in-law, Sisters-in-law, Nieces, Nephews, Granddaughters, Grandsons, Relatives Friends. Body is resting at
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      91 32 JAGANATHANVENGADASALAM Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 30 /12/2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Letchimi Sidambaram, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Gopalkrishnan Suzie Daughters: Sons-in-law: Veerehma Charles de Witt Jamunarani Kannan R Premavaty Khunaraj Paul Grandsons: Granddaughters: Jaiven Gopalkrishnan Cassandra Shivani de Witt Sachin Dcv Kannan Stephanie Sheila
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      181 32 SEE OW TOW SEE CHWEE SEN Age: 88 Passed away peacefully on 30 December 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Tan Peck Hong (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: See Hock Guan Thong Lay Ming Sect Beng Chen Shu See Hock Khoon Ng Lee Kheng See Hock San Fong
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      92 32 HO MOO YIN Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 30/12/2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Yik Khoon Fun, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Yik Khai Long Lee Yuan Neang Vat Khai Hong Neo Poh Giok Yik Khai Yew Yuen Pooi Eng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Yik Yuen Wah Yick Yuen
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      31 32 In Loving Memory Of TOSHUA BENJAMIN JEYARETNAM 05/01/1926 30/09/2008 Memorial Service St Andrews Cathedral, North Bridge Rd 3rd January from 5:00 pm 6:30 pm With a reception immediately following the service
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      67 32 AL-FATIHAH The family of the late Allahyarham ABD RAZAK BIN ABD RAHMAN Departed 28 Dec 2008 (30 Zulhijjah 1429) wish to express their heartfelt gratitude to relatives, friends and colleagues for their sincere prayers, attendance and condolences during their recent bereavement. Wife: Salamah Bte Buksen Sons: Md Zaki Bin Abd
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      114 32 TAN KOH WU AGE: 82 passed away peacefully on 30 Dec 2008 (Tv( leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Liang Khai Jong Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Ming Gang Khaw Ai Ai Esther (Deo Tan Ming Chun Lav Tin Tin Tan Mm Chuan Ling Poo Lee Daughters: Sons-in-Law: Tan Ming Qin Wang Xiao
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      36 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Chairman Eric Lim on the demise of his beloved mother-in-law MDM TEO AH KIM on 29 December 2008 From: The Management Staff of^ X C Dat Group of Companies
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      10 32 For the loved ones whom you remember... "In Memoriam" CLASSIFIED
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      105 32 N ANNOUNCEMENT Our customer service counter at Toa Payoh North is open today from 8.30 am spm for the booking of obituaries. Our office will also be open from 12.30pm 9.45pm for the booking of obituaries tomorrow. CLASSIFIED 0 KW izMJO-KjuJi om*-eL elo- feet. eLuL, xLut omxjjL ixtinJL Spta-m, \^V
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        24 33 BLOOMBERG Yesterday's close: 8,859.56 (+112.39) »Japanese stocks finished their worst year ever. The Nikkei index sank 42 per cent this year.
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        23 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 4,235.50 (-92.98) Hong Kong shares closed 0.7 per cent lower, tracking the Shanghai bourse lower.
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        29 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,832.91 (-17.57) Chinese shares closed down 0.95 per cent as China Eastern Airlines stock fell despite news of a bigger government bailout.
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        25 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 3,654.2 (+33.1) Australian shares closed up 0.9 per cent as tensions in the Middle East boosted resources stocks.
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        23 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 881.63 (+14.28) Malaysian shares closed 1.6 per cent higher due to investors buying into index-linked stocks.
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        28 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,124.47 (+6.88) South Korean stocks finished a dismal year with the Kospi index losing more than 40 per cent on the year.
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        29 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 9,716.16 (+182.64) Indian shares ended up 1.92 per cent, boosted by hopes of an interest rate and a stimulus package by the government.
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        27 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 449.96 (+3.26) Thai shares closed up 0.73 per cent after the new PM delivered his maiden policy address, despite protests.
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      481 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Passenger numbers and freight affected; Asia-Pac carriers to be most badly hurt GENEVA: Struggling airlines faced more trouble last month, with passenger numbers down and freight hit by a "shocking" 13.5 per cent fall, industry group International Air Transport Association (lata) said
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      497 34 REUTERS WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Prices of single-family homes in October plunged a record 18 per cent from a year earlier, according to the Standard Poor's/ Case-Shiller Home Price Indices released yesterday that indicated a US housing market in the throes of
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      449 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: The fallout from the horrific holiday season for retailers has begun, with the operator of an online toy seller filing for bankruptcy protection and more stores expected to do the same meaning more empty storefronts and fewer brands
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      415 34  -  Robin Chan SHIPPING player Cosco Corp said last night that its profits will be lower this year, another sign that the shipping industry is facing choppier waters. The China-based company told the Singapore Exchange that higher-than-expected operational costs, delivery delays and possible debts incurred
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      411 34  -  Yang Huiwen UNITED Engineers (UE) has proposed a $136 million rights issue to raise funds to be used for general corporate purposes such as working capital, strategic investments or acquisitions. The move is a response to the squeeze in credit markets that is making it
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      535 36  -  Robin Chan THE environment is taking a back seat to the economy for the time being. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is delaying an increase in charges imposed on old bunker tankers by a year to
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      1218 35  -  Francis Chan SMEs hope to use slowdown to hone competitive edge, boost productivity MR RICKY Chew, who runs the popular Fish Co seafood restaurant chain here, is well aware that difficult times lie ahead for Singapore's economy. But like many operators of small and medium
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      466 35 GREATER ASEAN INTEGRATION AND BUDGET GOODIES "My wish for the New Year is for Asean governments to speed up the integration of Asean markets, which will be a win-win situation for companies operating in the region. "I also hope
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      339 35 SME CLINIC I have heard that a new category of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has now been included in the Technology Enterprise Commercialisation Scheme (TECS). What funding is available and how do I apply? SPRING is partnering Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) to expand
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        1439 38  -  John lvi The soundstages to be built at Mediapolis are a boon to film-makers here, but can they be sustained? film correspondent Build it, and they will come. At least that is the hope behind the recently announced Mediapolis which is being built at Buona Vista.
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        184 38 What is a green screen soundstage? A green screen soundstage such as the one Infinite Frameworks is building at Mediapolis allows film-makers to do things they cannot do with live actors and real sets. The soundstage is so called because a green or blue screen forms
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        523 39  -  jocelyn lee Hit by performance anxiety when filming her comeback movie, the actress took a break Actress-singer Sammi Cheng may be an 18-year show business veteran but she had a severe case of stage fright when she returned to acting recently after a three-year
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        411 39 BWBW biography THE DUCHESS (M 18) 110 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Set in 18th century England, the young Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley) is married to the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes). The loveless marriage is doomed from the start. Georgiana finds solace in fashion and in her
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        398 40 Reuters Berlin Tom Cruise has defied expectations and won favourable reviews from German critics for his portrayal of a Prussian army officer who tried to kill Hitler in 1944 in the film, Valkyrie. German critics, initially suspicious, have warmed to the film, describing
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      865 44  -  tara tan They are pleased that next phase of cultural masterplan will go ahead despite grim economy arts reporter Arts groups hunkering down to face the recession next year welcomed the news that the Government is not cutting back on investing in the arts. They say they
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      510 44  -  Tara Tan The arts scene in Singapore is hopping, judging by attendances at arts events. Leading the charge into theatres and galleries are three-room HDB flat dwellers, O-level holders, members of the Malay community and those aged 35 to 49 years old. The
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      171 44 Attendance at arts events has grown. These statistics show the percentage of the population which attended at least one arts event in the given year. 2002 2005 Age 15-19 years old 43 50 20-34 years old 34 38 35-49 years old 20 31 50-64 years old 21_
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        251 46 Hong Kong Writer Joe Nieh's kissing mate Miffty Zhang broke her silence on Monday. The City University student disappeared after her kiss with ac-tress-singer Vivian Chow's beau in Hong Kong's Lan Kwai Fong district hit the news on Dec 8. Web blogs in her name have
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        181 46 Agence France-Presse Los Angeles The release of superhero movie, Watchmen (right), may be delayed because of a courtroom clash between studio giants 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Fox is trying to block Warner Bros' March 6 release of the eagerly awaited film, claiming it controls
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        245 46 FREDDIE HUBBARD DIES Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, (above) who played with jazz icons such as Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane in a career spanning 50 years, has died in Los Angeles, aged 70. He had a heart attack a month ago. Hubbard won a Grammy
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    922 59  -  Sheila Lim Written byi What do we do if we want to continue gallivanting around the world without decimating our already shrinking bank accounts? The answer is in making smart choices when planning your holiday itinerary. The decisions you make will ultimately determine how much
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    785 62 To work effectively in today's global workplace, you need to boost your cultural intelligence THE Internet and faster modes of travel have made the world a global village. Now it is possible to communicate beyond boundaries at the click ofabutton. Video-conferencing, short sagingservicesande-mailhavecreat-Ed an environment where information
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        423 64 If you value your data, you should back it up now. Yes, now, before it's too late MY COLLEAGUE'S four-year-old work laptop just crashed an hour ago (as I was penning this column). The early diagnosis from the IT department is that she might
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        340 64  -  Stephanie Gwee With a pair of 8-megapixel camera phones up for grabs, it's no wonder a record 35,000 readers entered the Digital Life/Samsung contest IT SURE is hard to resist temptation. Especially when the object of desire comes in the form of a phone with slick metallic body,
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        149 65 A GAME developed by local students is now up for sale on the Xbox Game Marketplace for the Xbox 360 console. CarneyVale Showtime players take control of an acrobatic clown and manoeuvre their way out of obstacles beat 350 entries in October to take home
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        233 65 WARNER Music Group has removed music videos and songs from the popular video-sharing site You Tube after both sides failed to agree on a new licensing deal. The music giant, which has an estimated 21 per cent share of the United States music recording market,
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        146 65 DESPITE touting Windows Vista as a best-seller, consumers are still demanding the more user-friendly and less hardware exhaustive Windows XP and Microsoft has responded by extending the shelf life of the previous operating system (OS). Hardware companies can now obtain new licences up to May
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        177 65 THE Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is abandoning plans to sue Internet users who download music illegally and will instead work with Internet service providers to discourage piracy, report newspapers in the United States. The association, which has sued over 35,000 users in the
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        166 65 EUROPEANS bought 165 per cent more Blu-ray DVDs last month compared to October and the overall numbers of Blu-ray DVDs sold are expected to triple in 2009, with over 2.5 million units to be sold across Europe. The numbers released by research company Futuresource
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        147 65 THE Sun reported recently that British doctors are seeing an increase in the number of patients suffering from injuries sustained from playing the Wii game console. Injuries such as shoulder and knee pains are seen across gamers young and old, as many Wii games
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        234 66  -  Tham Yuen-C Extend laptop display The smaller a laptop, the handier it is for zipping around with. However, these tiny totes also mean less screen real estate. While it is perfectly fine to peer into a 12-inch screen on short work trips, prolonged squinting and toggling
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        138 66 THE smaller and more portable notebook PC has dominated the home computing market for the first time. Worldwide shipments of notebooks hit 38.6 million between July and September, compared to the 38.5 million desktops shipped. Demand for notebooks rose almost 40 per cent, compared to the 1.3
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        159 66 JAPAN'S largest ad agency Dentsu is teaming up with Nintendo to offer a video distribution service on the Wii game console. The service, due in Japan next year, will have a mixture of free and paid-for content, covering cartoons and other shows specifically created for
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        134 66 A MUSIC site that allows users to upload music and share playlists has been banned from two popular social networking sites. Facebook and MySpace has removed Project Playlist from its offerings, as it is now being sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
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        168 66 AFTER over 30 years of providing content and convenience to home entertainment junkies, the bulky VHS (Video Home System) tape is bidding viewers a final farewell. The last distributor of tapes in the United States, Distribution Video Audio Inc, is stopping sales of the format after
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        135 66  -  Sherwin Loh 2008 will be around for just a little longer. An additional second, dubbed the "leap second", will be added today the last day of the year to sync time with the Earth's slowing rotation, which occurs at different rates due to tides and other
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        146 67 PC protection software Acronis True Image Home 2009 U5549.99 (5572.28), from www.acronis.com.sg THIS program won the Personal Computer World and PC Pro awards in 2007, given to outstanding computer solutions, for good reason. It protects your PC after just one click and allows the system to recover from
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        91 67 business solutions Acronis Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Price starts from US$999 (551,444) per server, available online from www.acronis.com.sg ACRONIS Inc has taken the wraps off its new Acronis Recovery for Microsoft Exchange software, which is a backup program for Microsoft Exchange servers. With it, IT administrators
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        115 67 mobile phones HP iPAQ Voice Messenger $599, from all authorised dealers HEWLETT-PACKARD has the answer for people who want the perks of a business-centric smartphone without burning a hole in the pocket. Its HP iPAQ Voice Messenger is a solid piece of hardware that is attractive enough for
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        132 67 HP iPAQ Data Messenger $999, from all authorised dealers in February THIS swanky machine has a sexy metallic jacket that will look perfect sitting on your table, along with your post-mordernist laptop. A 3G smartphone with a large touchscreen display and a full slide-out, alpha-numeric keyboard,
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        336 67  -  Stephanie Gwee Nintendo DS Lite $299 bundled with two games, from major electronics retailers and department stores The scenario: crowded international airport. The dilemma: delayed flight to destination. The solution: while away the thumb-twiddling minutes play Super Mario on my trusty game console. Instead of whipping out my
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        94 67 mobile office storage devices Suzuki Mimic Go MG-260S For details, visit www.suzuki.sg SUZUKI may be known for its fast and compact four-wheelers but it is also blazing the trail for portable mobile office storage devices. This 7.45 cm-high gizmo boasts Mobile Office Features, Quick Touch Backup solutions
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        347 68  -  Grace Chng FOUR technologies have been identified by IT managers as the key focus for them today: Open source, green IT, virtualisation and new media. These technologies can reduce costs, increase efficiency and productivity, and help with customer retention and acquisition which are key to business survival
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        751 68 IT HAD been a good year for the IT industry until September, when the collapse of Lehman Brothers caused an economic winter around the world. Up till that point, Singapore's IT industry had been doing well. Major public sector contracts like the SOE (Standard Operating
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        647 68 Oo Gin Lee on telco services TOUGH times will curb telco generosity. So, telcos here will rein in their launches of high-end services for consumer broadband and mobile phones. The three, Sing Tel, Star Hub and Ml, will also not risk a price war to woo
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        647 69 Adli Yashir on laptops DESPITE the tough times ahead, there is still plenty of excitement in the mobile computing business next year. For starters, component manufacturers like Intel say that they are on track to ship faster, smaller and more power efficient processors for notebooks. The
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        343 69 Sherwin Loh on digital movies THE future of entertainment content will be in the hands of viewers, but things are still a little blurry for 3-D. The likes of Star Hub and Sing Tel will capitalise on their expertise and make their TV
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        376 69 Sherwin Loh on games LET them play and be won over. That seems to be the winning formula of games like Wii Fit, Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Sing Star. The one thing they have in common, aside from requiring more than the
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        525 69 Alfred Siew on desktops TOUGHER competition looks to be the order of the day in 2009, as technology firms and PC vendors slug it out to woo consumers looking to buy or build a desktop. Eye-catching design must be the first item on
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        331 70 Stephanie Gwee on cellphones THE term mobile phone is a misnomer far from just being gadgets that let you phone home, cellphones have morphed into computers that let us download music over the air, watch video clips and fire up the Web. No wonder their
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        623 70  -  Irene Tham ANALYSTS have weighed in on IT spending in 2009 and the results do not look too bright. The global recession is going to cause USs3oobillion (Ss43obillion) in IT spending to vanish in the next four years. Plus, chief information officers (CIOs) are going
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        383 70 THE digital camera market has lost its snap. Gone are the heady days when cameras flew off the shelves. Sales, which soared by 24 per cent in 2007, shrunk to 8 per cent this year, going by figures from IDC. In fact, the research firm
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        679 71 If advances in artificial intelligence continue, your next lover may have an on/off switch. Robots will become so human-like having conversations, displaying and responding to emotions that they will be very much like a new race of people. TAY CHERN HUI looks at some of the technologies that
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        244 71 Japan robots are taking over more and more jobs in the workforce. Some suggest that the Japanese society is more open to having robots run parts of their society. Here are some of the creations. A humanoid robot moves its legs at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
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        300 72 Nothing quite chases away the after-work blues like a bout of music. STEPHANIE GWEE dishes out tips on the hottest iPod docks WHEN it comes to really bobbing your head to Timberland or immersing in the breathy vocals of Michael Buble, a more-than-trusty speaker is what you need.
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        935 72  -  STEPHANIE GWEE 1 AVLabs AVL34O MYTube iPod Video Speakers $369 What does the AVL34O's 7-inch built-in screen and a bottle of beer have in common? Spend some quality time with it and it will let you look past the player's shortcomings. The AVL34O challenges Bose's and Creative's
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        1021 73 Newsweek Who would have thought creating apps for the iPhone could be so lucrative? GE WANG never dreamed of becoming a high-tech silicon valley entrepreneur. He is an assistant professor at Stanford, a specialist in computer science and music whose biggest passion has been organising nerdy
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        572 74 You can get the digital versions from as low as $1.50 each but you have to read them on your PC, says 00 GIN LEE PAY just 10 per cent of the newsstand price for magazines like Cosmopolitan and Electronic Gaming Monthly. Yes, you read
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        538 75 JIMMY YAP discovers that you do not need a lot of infrastructure or capital to run a call centre operation LETTING the experts do the job is what Calvin Tan of call centre operator i-vic believes in. So much so that i-vic itself outsources its
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        667 76  -  Sherwin Loh Tomb Raider: Underworld THIS year sees the return of two very famous archaeologists. While the aged Indiana Jones limps his way back into the cinemas, the ever-graceful Lara Croft has managed to flip and somersault into another globetrotting adventure, Tomb Raider: Underworld. Continuing
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        379 76  -  Valentine Chua, Golden Axe: Beast Rider THE Golden Axe series, along with Double Dragon and Bare Knuckle, was a side-scrolling hack-and-slash mainstay among those who owned a Sega Mega Drive, the game console of the late 1980s. You controlled a character who beat up numerous
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        434 77  -  Mike Lee, Asus Eec Top $999, from authorised Asus retailers NOT resting on its laurels after its wildly popular Eec PC launched in October last year, Asus has come up with the Eec Top, an all-in-one desktop PC with a touchscreen display. The Eec Top is
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        476 77  -  Aaron Tan, LG R4lO notebook PC $2,299 (including GST), from LG authorised resellers BILLED as an entertainment notebook, the LG R4lO has what it takes to deliver a high-definition multimedia experience on the move. Under its hood lies an Nvidia GeForce 9300 M GS graphics chip,
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        363 77  -  Stephanie Gwee, Prolink PML3O2M Nano Wireless 2.4 GHz Super Mini Laser Mouse $72, from authorised dealers IF YOU are like any other tech geek, the one thing that annoys you is cable clutter. Yes, admit it, the sprawl of wires snaking around your work table bothers you
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        346 78  -  Melvin Seah, Samsung VP-HMX2OC camcorder $1,399, available from authorised Samsung dealers WHILE Samsung is not famous for its camcorders, the VP-HMX2OC will give established brands like Canon a run for their money. In fact, it is a real bargain for its price. The camcorderis stout and
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        299 78  -  Mike Lee, LG Renoir KC9IO $888, from major mobile phone retail outlets POWER on the LG Renoir KC9IO and the first thing you will notice is the wallpaper. It is a portrait of Irene Cahen d'Anvers done in 1879 by impressionistic French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, after
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        330 78  -  Stephanie Gwee, EX2 IF-DMV-501 2.2 Channel Body-Sonic Vibration Earphone $75, from Cyberinn (lei: 6339-0332) IF EVER a device gives you vibes, this would be it. The Body-Sonic Vibration Earphone makes use of bone conduction technology to blast the tracks in your ears. What this means is that
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        630 79 Jazz up your favourite photos into works of art with just mere clicks of the mouse. JOHN TAN shows you how FREE, powerful and easy to use spell the charm of picnik.corn's photo editor. Built with many online image-sharing and social networking sites
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        793 80  -  M.K. Wong and Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Pesky pop-ups Whenever I turn on my PC, I see the following pop-ups: rundM32.exe-unable to locate component. This application has failed to start because framedyn.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix
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        837 81  -  Sang Nila Utama Qin Shi Huang Christopher Columbus THAM YUEN-C enters a time warp to ask three historical legends the difference today's technology would have made to their quests >" What is your claim to fame? Do you not know? I am most famous for A
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      76 64 Menu Features IT forecast for 2009 6-11 What makes robots tick 12-13 Hottest iPod clocks 14-15 Big money from i Phone apps 16 Digital mags let you pay less 17 Business SingTel's managed services 18 Reviews Tomb Raider: Underworld 19 Golden Axe: Beast Rider 19 Asus Eec Top 20 LGR4IO
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