The Straits Times, 28 January 2009

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    18 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 2009 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Wheels turn again
      65 1 THE Singapore Flyer is flying again. Around 5,000 people rode the wheel on its first day back in action on Monday after an electrical fire in the control room had led to a one-month stoppage. Police gave the observation wheel the go-ahead late on Sunday night after
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      Lock icon Trapped in a corner
      77 1 TAMIL Tigers in Sri Lanka have been routed by government troops (above, celebrating after an offensive) in what some observers say could possibly mark the endgame for the feared separatist rebels. India worried about the spillover effects in its own southern Tamil Nadu state has sent
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      Lock icon Obama on 'green' drive
      65 1 US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has overturned another key plank of his predecessor's policy on climate change. He moved on two fronts forcing carmakers to produce more fuel-efficient vehicles and took a step forward to permit states to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. Environmentalists welcomed the moves, which came
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    • Article
      Lock icon No blanket ban
      62 1 INDONESIA'S Muslim clerics have issued a fatwa against yoga, two months after their counterparts in Malaysia issued a similar edict. But the Indonesians unlike the Malaysians did not impose a blanket ban on yoga for the faithful, ruling that Muslims should stay away only if the practice
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      Lock icon Federer in semis
      61 1 ROGER Federer (right) raced into an Australian Open semi-final against Andy Roddick as defending champion Novak Djokovic quit the tennis if tournament. With ice packs and massages failing to provide relief, Djokovic looked increasingly woozy under the heat and had to give up while trailing 7-6 (7-3),
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      Lock icon Seeking new buy
      45 1 SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings may be among several bidders for the aircraft leasing unit put up for sale by American International Group. And the potential price tag for International Lease Finance Corporation? Up to US$lO billion (5515.1 billion). MONEY PAGE 816
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    Lock icon Think again, PM urges bosses planning layoffs
    570 1  -  Zakir Hussain By PRIME MINISTER Lee Hsien Loong has called on employers to think again before axing jobs. Retrenchment should be "the final choice rather than the first choice", he said, especially now that the Government has schemes in place to help companies
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    Lock icon OVER 90,000 JOBS LOST
    562 1  -  Bhagyashree Garekar By U.S. CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: A staggering 90,000 layoffs were announced over the past two days as major companies in the United States and elsewhere reeled from the effects of dwindling demand in the economic downturn. On a day being called "Bloody Monday", several major
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    Lock icon Big revamp of primary education on the cards
    790 1  -  Jane Ng New teaching methods, focus on active learning and character building By SHAPING CHARACTER "We believe that by giving children the opportunity to be exposed to learn new skills, it will shape their character. They will become more confident and resilient,
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      49 1 Oscar W£ c r ft Internet Leadership showdown MW^i Q 7 radio 1W in a crisis Will Slumdog [j^. Navigating the K^4 Good managers are not Millionaire win big? airwaves online enough says Harvard don LIFE! PAGES C 2-3 M m w\ "IN DIGITAL LIFE PRIME PAGE A 7
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        Lock icon Mobile, broadband competition doing fine
        59 2 WE SAY With few exceptions, such as price gouging or high contract-termination charges, the Infocomm Development Authority has no good reason to interfere with the workings of the mobile and broadband market. It is competitive enough. Consumers are buying plans (with the ever more enticing
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        Lock icon Nuke's not so bad
        29 2 COLUMNS Despite concerns over security, nuclear power's due for a revival, as it's comparatively clean and is readily available, says William Choong. REVIEW PAGE Al9
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        Lock icon Battles on all sides
        37 2 US President Barack Obama faces many challenges, the biggest of all on the economic front, including the unenviable prospect of a trade war amid a global downturn, says Barry Desker. REVIEW PAGE A2O
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        Lock icon Better design, please
        33 2 OUR READER SAYS Tan Shao Vi calls for trains and buses to be better designed and more user-friendly, for greater accessibility by the disabled and the elderly. FORUM PAGE A2l
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        32 2 ONLINE www.straitstimes.com Rohit Brijnath predicts who is likely to win the Australian Open. Sujin Thomas traces the ordeal of the trainee pilot whose plane crashed into a Johor hill slope.
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      Lock icon Who will save Gordon Brown?
      828 2  -  Jonathan Eyal His bounce turns into backlash as bank rescue plan proves inadequate By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU OVER the last few months, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was hailed as an economic wizard. His speedy rescue of the country's banks was considered so ingenious
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      Lock icon Crowds return as Flyer turns again
      631 3  -  Tessa Wong Traffic at shops, food outlets close to normal after one-month closure By THE giant wheel of the grounded Singapore Flyer began turning on Monday, in time for the Chinese New Year holiday, taking some 5,000 people to the skies. And it was
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      Lock icon Mum gives birth to eight babies
      369 3 BELLFLOWER (California): A woman has given birth to eight babies, only the second time in history octuplets have survived more than a few hours, doctors said. The mother gave birth on Monday to six boys and two girls weighing between 680g and 1.474 kg,
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      Lock icon Budget a 'decisive' one for tough times
      945 4  -  Zakir Hussain Various help measures for employers and households; Govt will see how things go over next few months: PM By A STRONG SIGNAL The move to tap the reserves for $4.9 billion was "a signal to Singaporeans that we are attacking this
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      Lock icon Singapore 'facing downturn in strong position'
      619 4  -  Francis Chan By SINGAPORE is well-poised to take on challenges during these tough times, said President S R Nathan. Speaking at the annual Chinese New Year gathering of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry (SCCCI) on Monday, Mr Nathan said Singaporeans should take
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      Lock icon Govt schools prepare to go single session
      812 6  -  Jane Ng Amelia Tan Popular double-session schools explore ways to meet 2016 deadline By WITH a deadline to go single session set for 2016, government schools, especially popular ones like Rosyth and Raffles, are looking into how they can reduce their two sessions
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      Lock icon How schools instil love of learning
      166 6 1 CASUARINA PRIMARY: Science teacher A Chia-Kay Cheng Hong uses puppets and cartoons in science classes to encourage pupils to speak up. Mrs Chia-Kay found her pupils more ready to respond to those devices, which they saw as peers, while she was a figure
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      Lock icon Passion first, degree second
      295 6 HAVE a degree but no passion for teaching? Don't bother applying for the job. Addressing a persistent criticism of the Ministry of Education's (MOE) plan to recruit only graduates as teachers for primary schools, MOE second permanent secretary Yeoh Chee Van said last Friday that when
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      Lock icon About the primary education review
      379 6 WHAT THE COMMITTEE WAS SET UP TO DO FORMED in October last year to study ways to enhance primary education in three areas: Rolling-out of single-session primary schools Moving towards an all-graduate teacher recruitment by 2015 Rebalancing the learning of content knowledge and the development
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      221 6 Your Real Wealth: Your Child JPm Educational spending is an investment m M for the future. Discover the hidden i potential of your child and find out how W you can groom your child's intellectual JV and emotional intelligence to develop a powerful mind to achieve great success j^ in
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      Lock icon Hard truths about leadership
      1910 7  -  Tan Hui Yee THE ST INTERVIEW Real leadership gets people to take ownership of problem, fake leadership is preoccupied with dominance By I CORRESPONDENT Examples of real and fake leadership REAL LEADERSHIP XANANA GUSMAO: In 1999, the East Timorese voted to separate themselves from Indonesia. Gangs
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      368 7 To exercise leadership, one must first identify correctly the nature of the challenge facing a group. Dean Williams outlines six kinds of challenges that require people to change their values, practices and priorities. 1 ACTIVIST: A group refuses to face some element of reality that might improve the
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD
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      Lock icon Dwindling options for cornered Tigers
      1075 8  -  Ravi Velloor NEWS ANALYSIS Red Cross warns of 'humanitarian crisis' as civilian casualties rise I By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF History of strife 1975: Velupillai Prabhakaran assassinates the Tamil mayor of Jaffna, Alfred Duriappah 1976: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) founded, first as Tamil
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      Lock icon Tiger chief still there?
      270 8  -  RAVI VELLOOR WHERE is Velupillai Prabhakaran? The Tamil Tiger chieftain (below) is probably holed up in the impenetrable jungle in the north of Sri Lanka, according to military officials and analysts in Colombo and New Delhi. Despite severe battlefield reversals for the separatist Tigers, including the
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        Lock icon Thai PM seeks talks on Rohingya issue
        454 9 Call for regional forum on illegal immigration after claims of mistreatment of Myanmar group BANGKOK: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday proposed the formation of a regional forum to deal with illegal immigration, following claims that the Thai army had mistreated a group of
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        Lock icon Prosecutors reject plea by terror suspects
        426 10  -  Salim Osman By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesian prosecutors yesterday rejected demands by Singaporean terror suspect Mohammad Hassan Saynudin and two Indonesians to be tried under the country's criminal code for crimes ranging from the murder of a Christian school teacher to planning bombings. Prosecutor
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        Lock icon Indonesia's clerics issue edict on yoga
        649 10  -  Salim Osman But ban for Muslims applies only if exercise involves religious rituals By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesian Muslim clerics have issued an edict against the ancient Indian practice of yoga, taking a cue from their Malaysian counterparts. There is a difference though. While
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        Lock icon KL police warn: Don't turn funeral into illegal rally
        437 10 KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor police have warned against an illegal demonstration during today's funeral of a 22--year-old crime suspect, whose death in police custody has caused an uproar in Malaysia. The warning came as the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) responded angrily to
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        Lock icon No bird flu epidemic in China: WHO
        561 13 But it urges caution as millions of Chinese unite over new year feasts BEIJING: The World Health Organisation yesterday said there was no evidence of a bird flu epidemic in China after a fifth person died of the disease this month, but urged
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        Lock icon Hillary seeks broader dialogue with China
        419 13 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday called for "a comprehensive dialogue" with China, saying former president George W. Bush's administration focused too much on economic issues. "We need a comprehensive dialogue with China. The strategic dialogue that was begun in the Bush
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        Lock icon A toast to the new year
        254 13 Global crisis or not, more than a billion Chinese around the world ushered in the Year of the Ox with great fanfare and much enthusiasm. Here are some images of the festive celebrations from China to Panama. Women reacting to the deafening sound of
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    • world memo from tokyo
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        Lock icon So many old folk, so few caregivers in Japan
        1060 11  -  Kwan Weng Kin Govt offering slew of incentives to get people to take up nursing care I By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT "Our industry is very short of people, so it is good that the government is willing to provide free training for
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        Lock icon Obama gets going on green drive
        716 15 Hurdles to tackling global warming Lawmakers from Great Plains states like Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma whose economies depend on manufacturing may oppose new emission standards in future legislation as they might damage their interests. Other states like Michigan where car capital Detroit is located
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        Lock icon US President reaches out to Mid-East
        443 15 WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has given his first formal television interview as President to an Arabic cable TV network, telling Al-Arabiya that when it comes to Middle East matters, "all too often the United States starts by dictating". Mr Obama taped the interview with
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        Lock icon Israel's 'deadly' tactic in Gaza
        585 16  -  Abraham Rabinovich Soldiers in recent offensive told to kill themselves rather than risk capture by Hamas By JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers in the three-week Gaza Strip offensive were ordered to kill themselves rather than be captured and, if necessary, to kill any Israeli soldier they saw
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        Lock icon Apple wins patent for touch-screen technology
        251 16 SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has won a United States patent for touch-screen controls and gained a potential legal weapon against iPhone competitors. US Patent 7,479,949 is awarded to "(chief executive) Steve Jobs et al" for a method of "detecting one or more finger contacts with
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        Lock icon BBC, Sky News refuse to air Gaza appeal
        251 16 LONDON: Britain's Sky News television channel has joined the BBC in refusing to broadcast a Gaza charity appeal despite heavy pressure, saying it risked compromising its objectivity. Sky, the BBC's only domestic rival as a 24-hour news channel, will not screen the
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    • world in brief
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        Lock icon Regret over WTO ruling
        125 17 BEIJING: China yesterday expressed regret over a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on Monday that backed the United States in a copyright protection dispute, but pledged to cooperate with other countries on the issue. "As we continually strengthen domestic intellectual property rights (IPR), we will continue
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        Lock icon 26 die in Europe storms
        55 17 BORDEAUX: Weather forecasters warned of flooding and more gales to come after hurricane-force winds killed 26 people across southern Europe and left thousands without electricity. The storm last weekend had caused several millions of euros in damage to homes, farms, businesses and infrastructure in France
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        Lock icon MP3 player's secret data
        108 17 WELLINGTON: A New Zealand man who bought an MP3 player from a thrift shop in Oklahoma found it held 60 United States military files, including the names and telephone numbers of American soldiers who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, a media report said yesterday. Mr Chris
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        178 17 Poems in the 100, cut paper use too TOKYO: Poetry in the 100 can cut down on paper use, says a Japanese group campaigning to save toilet paper as part of the country's battle against global warming. Simply pasting a "toilet poem" at the eye level of
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        Lock icon A sight to remember
        101 17 Kids in Manila staring spellbound as the setting sun becomes a crescent during a partial solar eclipse. Residents in parts of Indonesia and on the tiny Cocos islands of the South Pacific were treated on Monday to an annular solar eclipse an event which takes place
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        Lock icon The Economist blocked
        89 17 BANGKOK: The latest issue of The Economist will not be distributed in Thailand because of its coverage of the country's monarchy, the magazine said. It is the second time in as many months that the British magazine has been pulled from circulation in Thailand. The magazine sent
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        Lock icon 6 robbery suspects held
        73 17 KUALA LUMPUR: Police have smashed a gang believed to be responsible for a spate of armed robberies in Subang Jaya with the arrest on Sunday of six people, including two women. Subang Jaya police chief Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar yesterday said: "Two men were arrested in
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      108 8 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin ensure there are always two drivers on MOST-READ ONLINE board to take turns to drive the bus." Thailand blocks The Economist. YOUR SAY MOST COMMENTED US President Barack Obama will visit Dismay over proposed midnight Capitol Hill for a US$B25
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Mobile, broadband competition is just fine
      413 18 CELLPHONE and broadband subscribers disgruntled over lengthy service plans that lock them in with high premature termination penalties will welcome a proposal by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) to limit contracts to two years. But these subscribers should be careful what they wish for.
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      Lock icon Time to re-embrace the atom
      861 18  -  William Choong I By I SENIOR WRITER IN THE *****, Dr Patrick Moore, a co-founder of Greenpeace, campaigned against nuclear power, arguing that nuclear power plants, next to nuclear warheads, were the most dangerous devices created by man. Thirty years later, Dr Moore is singing
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      Lock icon Wheels of change turn slowly
      773 18  -  Nayan Chanda CARS AND POLLUTION By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Beneath the vastly different battles under way to save the "auto" lies a basic truth: Whether in Detroit or Kolkata, saving jobs, profits and political patronage trumps saving the environment. INDIA'S perennial protest capital, Kolkata,
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        Lock icon Obama's colossal challenges on all fronts
        938 19  -  Barry Desker THINK-TANK By PRESIDENT Barack Obama's inaugural address was sombre, even grim, with few of the uplifting phrases and little of the sunny optimism that tend to characterise such speeches. He highlighted that the United States was in the midst of multiple crises
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        Lock icon Don't scoff at institutional thinking
        850 19  -  David Brooks By Institutions do all the things that are supposed to be bad. They impede personal exploration. They enforce conformity. But they often save us from our weaknesses and give meaning to life. A FEW years ago, a faculty committee at Harvard produced a
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        Lock icon Chance to blaze trail for new world order
        681 19  -  Yeo Lay Hwee U.S.-E.U. TIES By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WHEN Mr Barack Obama emerged as the victor in last November's presidential election in the US, millions in Europe cheered. His win brought hope that policy differences between the United States and
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        Lock icon Correction
        69 19 IN EDITING "When leaders decouple tactics from bold vision", by Dr Michael Montesano, in Monday's Review pages, we inadvertently dropped the words "did not" in the following sentence: "The protection of Phra Sayam Thewathirat notwithstanding, King Mongkut, his son and successor King Chulalongkorn and post-1932 strongmen, field marshals Phibun
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        Lock icon Designs not user-friendly
        187 20 BUSES AND TRAINS THE latest fleet of SBS Transit sin-gle-deck Scania buses leaves much to be desired. The overhead handrails along the seats just behind the driver are so low, they inhibit passengers occupying the window seat from disembarking smoothly. The narrow walkway and additional steps towards
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        Lock icon Children's interests must come first
        279 20 DIVORCED PARENTS I REFER to Monday's article, "Centre helps divorced parents bond with their children". First, supervised access is not a result of acrimonious divorces. It is typically ordered in cases with a background of abuse. The examples cited dealt with supervised access, leaving one
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        Lock icon Single, unwed parents need leave too
        171 20 ACCORDING to the Ministry of Manpower website, parents qualify for six days of childcare leave a year if: The child (including legally adopted children or stepchildren) is below seven years of age on or after Oct 31 last year; The child is a Singapore
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        Lock icon Changi hospital can treat heart attack patients
        202 20 I REFER to last Friday's letter by Professor Lee Wei Ling, "Heart-attack care: Transparency the best policy". When someone has a heart attack, it is crucial to seek treatment as quickly as possible. Delay in treatment can decrease chances of survival. Hence, it
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        Lock icon Medical Mediation Scheme in place already
        267 20 IN HIS letter, "Settle spats via conciliation" (Jan 17), Mr Heng Cho Choon suggested setting up a complaints commission where doctor-patient complaints can be settled through conciliation in a neutral setting. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) agree with
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        319 20 Road safety "There should be rules about how many taxis can form a line to pick up passengers at the airport." MR LEO D'CRUZ: "I was driving to Changi Airport Terminal 2 to fetch my daughter earlier this month when I almost crashed into a car which was
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        Lock icon Delightful that NTUC sticks its neck out
        489 20 MY FIRST SKOOL I REFER to the recent exchange over NTUC Childcare's name change to My First Skool. The criticism that the deliberate mis-spelling of "school" only serves to confuse children is made from a conventional, adult perspective. Such criticism is misplaced. As
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      612 52  -  Sujin Thomas Spore PR undergoes operation to set broken leg By THE trainee pilot of a light aircraft which crashed in Johor Baru on Monday has been taken to Mount Elizabeth Hospital where he underwent an operation yesterday evening to set his broken leg.
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      498 53  -  Salma Khalik a Procedure lifts quality of life; patients recommend surgery to others: Docs By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT THE number of people getting knee replacements in Singapore has doubled over the last eight years. Most suffer from oesteoarthritis, which has no cure and is usually
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      518 53  -  SALMA KHALIK A FILM of computer-assisted knee surgery by doctors at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will be sent to orthopaedic surgeons in 130 countries. A study conducted by an orthopaedic team at SGH showed that this method produced better results for
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      609 54  -  Yen Feng Devotees end up paying respects to ancestors in an alley in Geylang By IN AN alley behind the San Bao Jing She temple on Lorong 39 Geylang, Ms Seah Ah Gek, 43, lights a joss stick for her dead mother. Normally, she
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      334 54  -  Khushwant Singh By A CROWD cheered as a naked couple strolled down Lorong Mambong in Holland Village last Saturday evening. Manager Terence Chia, 30, of the Baden Restaurant and Pub, told The Straits Times yesterday that he saw the couple a Caucasian
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      496 55  -  Karamjit Kaur No fruit trees to attract birds; those that still fly in are scared off or shot By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT BIRDS do not like Changi Airport. By design there are no fruit trees, no colourful flowers, no long grass, and those that arrive
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      285 55  -  Diana Othman By PRESIDENT S R Nathan's Chinese New Year wish is for people in Singapore to have confidence, patience and consideration to help overcome the difficulties of the year ahead. "Hopefully, those difficulties can be as small as they can but this is not
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      747 55  -  Serene Luo By Protection for businesses THE Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has this to say about trademarks: What is a trademark? A trademark is a distinctive sign used by an individual or business to uniquely distinguish his goods or services from those of
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      599 56  -  Khushwant Singh Senior Counsel draw up plan to volunteer services to legal profession and community By TOP lawyers have put up a formal arrangement to volunteer their services to the legal profession and wider community, including defending the accused in criminal trials.
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      91 56  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH THE Senior Counsel Forum will get a logo, "The intention is that the logo should provide an immediate visual means of identifying the projects to which Senior Counsel as a group have contributed through the Senior Counsel Forum," said Senior Counsel
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      85 56 Thousands of visitors who thronged the River Hongbao festival yesterday were treated to a colourful and action-packed rendition of the opera, Journey To The West. Based on a Chinese literature classic, it was performed by the Peking Opera, a 20-member troupe from China. The
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      Lock icon Making their mark on culture
      421 57  -  Danielle Ang Be it subtle or loud, young Singaporeans are making statements with their fashion sense, music selection and their attitudes towards life in general. In the first of an occasional series, The Straits Times takes a look at new trends in youth culture. By
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      664 57  -  Danielle Ang By The term's origin comes from independent bands and film-makers that eschewed the big labels. It meant a refusal to follow the crowd, or to compromise on originality. POPPING into thrift shop House of Japan on Haji Lane or riffling through the latest
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      613 58  -  Carolyn Quek BANGKOK FIRE Air traffic controller may be discharged in 2 weeks' time; girlfriend now able to speak By KEEPING SPIRITS UP "Initially, when I was still in the ICU, we could catch each other only when I was moved to the operating theatre.
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      182 58 IF YOU love listening to the radio, P then you 1 will be hap- I py to know V that you can I receive more I stations from Inter- I net radio. Music fans I can log on to stations from around
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      96 52 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin economic situation. It does, however, MOST-READ ONLINE give rise to positive options to ponder SIA cuts four single-class flights. about." Would you pay $48 for bak kwa? NUH sued over transplant YOUR SAY operation. A committee has suggested that teachers
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      11 53 BERITA HARIAN I AN UNEXPECTED DEATH OF A TRAVEL AGENCY OWNER
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      434 59 Serb is labelled a quitter by Federer after failing to complete quarter-final MELBOURNE: Roger Federer expressed sympathy for Juan Martin del Potro yesterday, after thrashing him 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 to advance to an Australian Open semi-fi-nal with Andy Roddick. But there was none at all for
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      163 59 NOVAK Djokovic is the latest victim of Australia's brutal January. On Monday, three players abandoned their matches. None of which was more dramatic than Victoria Azarenka's withdrawal. The 13th seed was leading Serena Williams 6-3, 2-4 but staggered off Centre Court in tears and barely
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      331 59 Australian Open Quarter-finals Men: Andy Roddick (USA) bt Novak Djokovic (Srb) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 2-6 1-2 retired, Roger Federer (Sui) bt Juan Martin del Potro (Arg) 6-3 6-0 6-0. Women: Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Marion Bartoli (Fra) 6-3 6-0, Dinara Safina (Rus)
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      Lock icon The sun shines on Roddick again
      846 59  -  Rohit Brijnath COURTSIDE I By MELBOURNE: Andy Roddick is no longer part of the Big Four, but he is in the last four of the Australian Open. It is all that matters. In all conversation on contenders for this Open, attention has not strayed
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      Lock icon Pressure not to blame for loss: Murray
      306 59 MELBOURNE: Theories as to why Andy Murray, the favourite to win the Australian Open, lost to an opponent who had taken only one set off him in their five previous matches abounded yesterday. Did Fernando Verdasco, who won Monday's fourth-round encounter 2-6, 6-1,
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        104 60 RIYADH: Motor racing's governing body FIA and the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation have agreed not to count the Hail Baja Rally for championship points, after the FIA learnt the four-day event that ended yesterday had excluded a female driver. Saudi Arabia is the only
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        74 60 MADRID: Some of the world's top cyclists could find themselves back in the dock after a Spanish court decided to re-open the sport's biggest doping investigation. Spanish sports minister Jaime Lissavetzky said on Monday that a third review of Operation Puerto means that
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        142 60 MOSCOW: Vitali (above, right) and Wladimir Klitschko are worried that promoters will deny them the chance of holding all four heavyweight titles. The Ukrainian brothers hold three of the belts Wladmir is the IBF and WBO champion and Vitali is the WBC champion. Only WBA champion
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        Lock icon College beckons for Brazil star Kuerten
        71 60 SAO PAULO: Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten is going to college. Kuerten, a former top-ranked tennis player who retired from the circuit last year, found out on Monday that he had won admission to attend a theatre college in his hometown of Florianopolis
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        41 60 ISLAMABAD: Younis Khan, 31, has replaced Shoaib Malik as Pakistan's cricket captain. "Younis has agreed to lead the side after meeting with Pakistan Cricket Board officials for 15 minutes," the country's GEO television said yesterday. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      Lock icon NEW-LOOK LIONS
      683 60  -  Wang Meng Meng Avramovic to make at least three changes to side that lost 0-6 to Iran By Spore v Jordan Lions probable team (4-4-2) Hassan Sunny; Noh Rahman, Baihakki Khaizan, Daniel Bennett, Shaiful Esah; Ridhuan Muhammad, Mustafic Fahrudin, John Wilkinson, Shahril Ishak; Agu Casmir, Noh Alam Shah
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      338 60 LONDON: All eyes will be on the Manchester City teamsheet when Newcastle visit the Eastlands today. Manager Mark Hughes may hand debuts to new signings Craig Bellamy and Nigel de Jong, but the focus will be on Robinho and whether the Brazil star is
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      Lock icon Jordan look for first win in seven matches
      420 60  -  Leonard Lim By "We've been able to create chances, it's finishing them that is the problem." MARTIN HO VINGADA, Jordan coach THE Lions may be coming off a demoralising 0-6 trouncing by Iran, but their opponents tonight are not exactly in top
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      Lock icon UNWANTED DISTRACTIONS
      805 61 Off-field issues divert Benitez's attention from League title charge Wigan v Liverpool Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 3.55 am LONDON: Liverpool travel to Wigan today desperate to get their Premier League title challenge back on track. But unwelcome distractions come thick and fast. Amid destabilising talks of a takeover by
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      Lock icon I'm worth more than £100 million: Ronaldo
      585 61 English Premier League Today Blackburn Rovers v Bolton Wanderers Chelsea v Middlesbrough Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3.45 am Everton v Arsenal Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 3.40 am Manchester City v Newcastle United West Ham United v Hull City Live, Ch3o4, tomorrow, 4am Wigan Athletic v
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      Lock icon Gunners wary of Everton 'striker' Cahill
      408 61 LONDON: Arsenal's eight-game unbeaten run is their best of the season, but a trip to Everton today will test the side's new-found resolve. And there is no room for slip-ups. Arsene Wenger's side are fifth and five points ahead of their opponents, but are
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      Lock icon Chelsea wait on drink-driving Mikel
      111 61 CHELSEA will not rush to take action against John Obi Mikel, after the midfielder was arrested and charged with drink-driving in the early hours of Saturday. The 21-year-old was pulled over by police at 5.30 am on the day of Chelsea's victory over Ipswich Town
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        Lock icon Hammers break bank for Nsereko
        62 61 WEST Ham have signed Savio Nsereko from Italian club Brescia for a club-record £9 million (5518.6 million), with manager Gianfranco Zola insisting the move demonstrated that rumours of a financial meltdown at Upton Park were greatly exaggerated. The 19-year-old striker was born in Uganda but
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        55 61 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has denied claims by Zenit St Petersburg that a £15 million fee has been agreed for striker Andrei Arshavin. The Russian club also said that all that was holding back the deal was Arsenal's reluctance to pay the playmaker's wages of more
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        Lock icon Portsmouth land double buy
        47 61 PORTSMOUTH have bolstered their squad with a swoop for West Ham midfielder Hay den Mullins and Porto youngster Pele. Mullins, 29, has joined for £1 million while attacking midfielder Pele, 21, has signed on loan until the end of the season. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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        Lock icon Bolton want Portugal's Veloso
        69 61 BOLTON are determined to land Portugal midfielder Miguel Veloso (below), who has in the past been linked with Arsenal and Manchester United. Manager Gary Megson has made the 22-year-old his top target this month, and is willing to pay a club-record fee of £12 million. Bolton
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        Lock icon Cudicini moves to Spurs
        83 61 CARLO Cudicini, 35, is eager to revive his football career after moving across London on Monday to join Tottenham Hotspur from Premier League rivals Chelsea on a free transfer. The Italian goalkeeper, who will provide competition for the error prone Heurelho Gomes, said: "The team is
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      499 62  -  May Chen Ting Yew, 15, aims high after winning gold at Aussie Youth Festival By LIKE many teenage boys, 15-year-old Tan Ting Yew loves to visit arcades for the shooting games they offer. Like most teenagers, he is not exceptionally good at them. What is different
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      465 62  -  Jeanette Wang By THOSE trying out for the OCBC Singapore cycling team had to undergo laboratory tests at the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) last week to determine their physical potential. The team's manager and SSC exercise physiologist, Daniel Plews, will select the eight-man
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      Lock icon ING slashes sponsorship for Formula 1
      252 62 LONDON: Renault's title sponsor ING will slash millions of dollars on its Formula One programme after taking a €1 billion (551.31 billion) loss last year, the Dutch financial group said on Monday. As well as backing Renault for the past two seasons the deal
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      Lock icon F1 teams still unsure about Kers
      771 62 About Kers What is Kers? The Kinetic Energy Recovery System is a device that recovers the heat created by the car's braking process. It stores the energy and converts it into power that can be called upon to boost acceleration. How does it work?
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      Lock icon Bans for Inter's Mourninho, Adriano
      67 62 MILAN: Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho and Brazil striker Adriano (above) will serve bans today and miss the Serie A football clash with Catania. Mourinho was hit with a one-game touchline ban after arguing with the referee during Inter's 1-0 win over Sampdoria last Sunday.
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      191 62 "I'm moving left, I'm moving right, I'm running, I'm jumping, I'm dunking, I'm getting up and hanging on the rim and getting technicals, and I haven't felt this good in about two years." Basketball NBA Phoenix 103 Washington 87, Miami 95 Atlanta 79, NY Knicks 104 Houston 98, Minnesota
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      467 59 Who's the champion? ST Athlete of the Year? Give the award to our table tennis girls, say our online readers. In a three-day online poll, 68 per cent of our readers picked Singapore's Olympic silver medallists as the ones worthy of the award. In second place was Paralympian Yip Pin
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      143 62 Today Football Asian Cup qualifier: Singapore v Jordan (National Stadium, 7.30pm, Live, Ch27, 7.25pm). English Premier League: Wigan v Liverpool (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 3.55 am), Chelsea v Boro (Live, Ch22, tomrorow, 3.40 am), Everton v Arsenal (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 3.40 am), Blackburn v Bolton, Man City v Newcastle, West Ham
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  • OBITUARIES
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      149 63 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 YAP SWEE LIN RICHARD Age: 57 Called home to be with the Lord on 27 January 2009 Dearly cherished by family and loved ones.
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      163 63 "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die". John 11:25 FOOKOKHIAP (26.01.1932-25.01.2009) was called home to the care of Jesus on his 77th birthday. Kok Hiap will be deeply missed
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      152 63 TANPHECKNGO Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 25 Jan 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Sim Soo Kirn, deceased) Daughters: Sons-in-law: Sim Siang Kheng Tan Van Ek Sim Lee Kheng Scow Tee Tee Sim Lee Keow Helen Vincent Mah Sim Lee Huang Helena Ng Kok Phui
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      127 63 ANGEKSHIU Age: 88 passed away peacefully on 27 January 2009, leaving behind beloved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Keng Hong Sect Wai Chun Lee Keng Eng Chin Yok Mooi Lee Keng Beng Chan Lai Kuen Lee Kheng Seng Lee Kheng Cheok Angela Wee Lee Kheng Sim Liew Siok Tiang Lee Kheng
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      76 63 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of DOROTHY TAN Departed on 28 Jan 2008 It has been a year since you went away But we still think of you every single day Months and years may pass But your memory will always last We love you lots, Mum And we know
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      108 63 OM Shanthi Thalai Thevasam JAYAKUMAR S/O ASOKAN was called home to be with God on 10 Feb 2008 Dearly missed, always cherished and fondly remembered by loved ones. Parents: K.S. Asokan, Shanthi Asokan (Tg Pagar RC Member/ PAP Grassroot Member) Brothers: Suresh Gumar Asokan, Sashitharan Asokan and all relatives and
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      8 63 2nd Anniversary dear dear Have fun in heaven
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      96 63 Athma Shanthi Pooja We, the family of the late GOVINDAN S/O VELU ARPOO (PUB Water Dept) Departed: 14.01.2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their assistance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during our recent bereavement. Karumathi prayers will be held on 28/01/09 (Wed)
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      226 63 Jesus says: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will giveyou rest." Matthew 11:28 PHILIP CHUA LOO YEW Age: 63 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 Jan 09, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Wong Chuah Har Father: Mothers: (Chua Teow Chong,
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      92 63 POH KWEE SOON Age: 70 passed away peacefully on 24 January 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Ho Beng Lan Son: Daughter-in-law: Poh Eng Heng Tan Guek Peng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Poh Lay See Ong Kok Beng Poh Lay Ching Lai Kok Choy Grandsons: Granddaughters: Poh Javan Ong Jun Wen Poh
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      87 63 IST ANNIVERSARY THALAI THEVASAM CHANDRA KRISHNAN S/O GOVINDASAMY Departed on 9-2-2008 Deeply missed and always remembered by: Wife: Jayamani Children: Spouses: C. Balakrishnan M. Vijayah C. Jayakrishnan (Rengga) R. Kamala C. Gheeta Bai M. Asogan Grandchildren: B. Nithyashri, B. Divyashree, J. Ram Brothers, sister, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives friends. Thalai
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      81 63 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of Gnanambal Alfred (Wife of Late Mr. B. Alfred& Mother of Late Ms. Sundari Gabriel Dr. Jayakumar Alfred) Entered into Glory on 28th January 2008. A Year of loss, grief turmoil As You Sundi left this soil To join each other in happiness eternal But
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      48 63 AL-FATIHAH We, the family of the late Allahyarhamha JULEERA BTE JULEE (KINTAN) Age: 72 Departed on 20 Jan 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the family of Md Noor Juri for their kind assistance, donations and prayers during our recent bereavement. Mariana Sam Nada
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      138 63 RAVI NTH ARAN S/0 LATE K. NATHAN (General Manager) TLT Express Age: 45 passed away peacefully on 26 January 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Loving Mother: Kanthimathi Nathan Brothers: Sisters-in-law: S. Mogan K.N. Pushpadevi M.S. Sukumaran K.N. L. Kayalvizhi Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Tilakavathi (Rani) C. Suryavarnan Renuka Dcvi K. Rave Valsala
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      61 63 Om Namo Bagavathe Shantanandaya RAVIN DRAN S/O K. B. MENON Age: 53yrs passed away peacefully on 26/1/09 and was cremated on 27/1/09, leaving behind beloved Wife: Prebha Mother: Mathavi Amma Mother-in-law: Ratnamma Sons: Daughter: Harish Reshmi Satish Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Vijayaleshmi Padma Ponnambalam Vilasini Tiagarajan Girija Raveendran Brother: Sister-in-law: Gopalakrishnan Sheela
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      95 63 Memorial Service COLLIN WONG SIEW HONG A memorial service and reception will be held on Saturday, 31st January 2009,4.30 pmat The Hiding Place, 3 Jalan Kayu (off Yio Chu Kang Road), Singapore *****4. Collin was called home to be with the Lord on 5 January 2009 in Perth, and is
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      112 63 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." SUDANDARAN PETER DELAURE Age: 60 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 January 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      434 64 NEW YORK: The United States housing market may be bad, but this particular case takes the cake. A seaside mansion on Jupiter Island in Florida bought for U5513.75 million (5520.7 million) five years ago was sold for just
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      192 64 WASHINGTON: They have been bailed out, but not kicked out. At banks that are receiving US government bailout money, nearly nine out of every 10 of the most senior executives from 2006 are still on the job, according to an Associated Press analysis.
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          120 65 TOKYO: Nomura Holdings, Japan's largest brokerage, reported a record US$3.B billion (555.7 billion) quarterly loss yesterday. It was hit by the cost of integrating Lehman Brothers' operations, soured trades and its exposure to Iceland and failed investment manager Bernard Madoff. Nomura bought the Asian, European
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          93 65 NEW YORK: McDonald's reported a quarterly profit that handily topped Wall Street estimates, but said it saw growth in some overseas markets soften as a United States-led recession went global. Many restaurant operators are struggling with falling sales amid the global economic slowdown, as more consumers cook
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          97 65 NEW YORK: The authorities on Monday arrested the chief executive of a private New York financing firm on suspicion of running a Ponzi scheme, which attracted US$4OO million (Ss6ol million) in investments. Mr Nicholas Cosmo, head of Agape World, was said to have provided commercial
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      579 66  -  Francis Chan By It moves up from 46th place last year; NUS programme ranked 35th NANYANG Business School has broken into the top 25 in a world ranking of Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes a first for Singapore universities. Nanyang was
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      302 66 INVESTMENT opportunities in Indonesia are still plentiful, particularly in the infrastructure and natural resources sectors, according to one of the country's leading businessmen. Mr Tanri Abeng, chairman of PT Telkom, Indonesia's largest listed company, visited Singapore last Friday to promote a two-day forum on
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      618 67 Sources say interested parties include SWFs from China, Mid-East REUTERS NEW YORK: American International Group (AIG) has received bids for its aircraft leasing unit from sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in Singapore, China and the Middle East, people familiar with the matter said. Initial
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      508 67 TOKYO: Japan said yesterday it would inject 1.5 trillion yen (5525.5 billion) in public funds into ailing companies to help them through the global economic crisis, cheering investors who sent Tokyo share prices soaring. Parliament, meanwhile, passed a contentious stimulus budget yesterday
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      380 42 *n' p i J\ f V VQ i Bfc t,' 5 I f w. This year's nominations celebrate films that put a spring in your step, says JOHN LUI. And FOONG WOEI WAN weighs the chances r o Sl^K™^^ of those in the running for Hollywood's most coveted statuette. v-2ca3
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        1039 43  -  John lui Benjamin Button (left) or Slumdog Millionaire (right) which of Oscar's feel-good movies will take the top prize? film correspondent This year's Oscar ceremony, to be held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb 22, celebrates films which will put a spring in
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        1070 45  -  John lui Anne Hathaway will not talk about her ex, but she has picked herself up and moved on in los angeles Actress Anne Hathaway, co-star in the wedding comedy Bride Wars, which opens here tomorrow, will be relieved that the buzz was right. Last
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        426 45  -  jasmine teo 'WBW comedy BRIDE WARS (PG) 89 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Since childhood, best friends Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) have dreamt of getting married at New York's posh The Plaza Hotel. A mix-up by their wedding planner Marion St Claire's (Candice Bergen)
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        388 45 Nassau, Bahamas A Bahamas paramedic was charged on Monday in an alleged scheme to extort US$25 million (5537.4 million) from John Travolta after his chronically ill son Jett (right) died of a seizure at the family's vacation home. Tarino Lightbourne, 47, pleaded not guilty to charges
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        609 46  -  ong sor fern The lead actress' nuanced performance has won her a Screen Actors Guild award and an Oscar nomination DOUBT (PG) 104 minutes/Opens tomorrow/****-* The story: In a Catholic school in 1964 Bronx, a controversy is brewing. Conservative nun and school principal Sister
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        446 46 New York Shareholders of an ill-fated Stan Lee venture are seeking more than US$75O million (551.13 billion) in profits from films and other works based on Marvel comic characters such as Spi-der-Man (right), X-Men and Iron Man. The lawsuit was filed on Monday in a Manhattan
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      873 47  -  boon chan Vincent Kartheiser has no qualms about playing the villainous Pete Campbell in the TV series Mad Men media correspondent quote me 'I can't sit here and tell you I think movies make any difference at all' Director Steven Soderbergh (right) on the impact of
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      316 47 New York United States pop star Michael Jackson will help develop his ground-breaking Thriller video into a musical theatre production, producers said on Monday. His 1982 Thriller album is the world's biggest-selling album and the theatre production will recreate the tale of the 14-minute horror film
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      622 48 Liang Yusheng, founder of modern wuxia fiction, dies in Sydney at the age of 84 Hong Kong Hong Kong wuxia (swordfighting) novelist Liang Yusheng, who forms one of the three great pillars of modern wuxia fiction, has died, news reports said. Louis Cha and Gu Long
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        674 51 Los Angeles Slumdog Millionaire continued its unlikely rise from low-budget underdog to the highest Hollywood heights, winning the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for best cast of a motion picture. The prize, tantamount to a best picture prize from the guild, follows the Mumbaiset drama's weekend
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        277 51 New York Neil Gaiman has received the top United States prize for children's literature: The John Newbery Medal. "I am so wonderfully befuddled," the best-selling author said on Monday after winning the 88th annual Newbery for The Graveyard Book, a spooky, but (he
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        154 51 JANET JACKSON CANS JAPAN TOUR Pop star Janet Jackson has postponed her Japanese concert tour, blaming the bad economy, her representatives said. The singer, who launched her Rock Witchu Tour last September, was to play five shows in Japan next month. Last year, she postponed, without re-scheduling, six American
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      1046 43 Will Heath Ledger, Kate Winslet the reader slumdog millionaire and Mickey Rourke Win Oscars, Unloved by mass audiences and most Buoyed by President Barack Obama's in a mind-numbing repeat Of the critics, this Nazi love story was inauguration and a wave of optimism, Golden Globes night? Maybe not WW^tKMk^' 'f*re™±.
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    798 79 Heed your body's signals and take control of your life STRESS is your body's reaction to all the demands placed on it. By increas ing the ability to listen to your body's signals, you can begin to manage your stress more effectively. Your body talks to you constantly
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        856 23 When details in the movie do not tally with the book on which it is based, go with another reference: the computer game I KNEW something was amiss when the dashing Wu general Zhou Yu (played by Tony Leung) had to take an arrow in
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      1353 24  -  Irene Tham Tan Chong Yaw Compiled by and Isle of Man to legalise P2P? The Isle of Man, a self-governing island in the Irish Sea, is considering legalising peer-to-peer (P2P) music file sharing. To make that work, every broadband subscriber has to pay one euro a year to
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      874 27 computer peripherals White mice Microsoft Arc Mouse $249 (available in a bundle with Office For Mac, Home and Student Edition), from authorised retailers IT IS foldable, sleek and now comes in white too. Microsoft has made its wireless Arc Mouse in the limited-edition colour and is selling it
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          428 28 Say goodbye to the static hum and the annoying replays of traditional radio. STEPHANIE GWEE tunes in to the future of radio on the Internet YOU know the drill: You want to sink into your couch and immerse in the tunes pumping out from your radio. You
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          858 28 With more than 200,000 radio stations online, finding the perfect one can be harder than finding true love. STEPHANIE GWEE checks out six of the hottest to tune into COMMERCIAL FM stations do you like their diet of pop music? If you are ready for something
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          1140 29 Here's how to set up your radio... MATCHMAKING your Wi-Fi radio to your home broadband network need not be a pain. Before you can access the thousands of Internet radio stations via your speakers, first hook up the speakers to your home Wi-Fi network. Follow these steps: Launch
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        528 30 AMD's new Phenom II CPU will provide some fight to a scene dominated by Intel in the last two years. ALFRED SIEW reports MORE than two years after it wowed do-it-yourself PC enthusiasts, chip maker AMD is back in the fray, to continue its battle
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        353 30 Digital Life did some quick tests with an AMD machine running on the new Phenom II X 4 940 chip, the fastest from the challenger now. The PC, provided by AMD, came with 4GB of RAM (the 32-bit Windows Vista supports only 3GB), an MSI DKA79OGX
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        568 30 US President Barack Obama gets to keep his beloved Blackßerry, thanks to a specially installed security software AFTER facing down his top security advisers, United States President Barack Obama won the right last week to be the Blackßerry user-in-chief. Under an arrangement with security aides, President Obama
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        42 31  -  SHERWIN LOH TAY CHERN HUI Singapore's first purpose-built soundstages will be constructed in 2011 and are a boon to local film-makers wanting to use digital effects. and find out what a soundstage is all about. GRAPHICS: TIEN CHUNG PING
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        1267 32 Coming soon to a PC screen near you a quicker, much enhanced version of Windows Vista simply named Windows 7, as DAVID POGUE finds out J Oh, great. So I'm m to pay w another $150 to get a version of Windows
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        671 33 Researchers are trying to find out how we socialise and interact in real life to map out information flows BENJAMIN Waber has a grim piece of news for managers and CEOs: You are out of the loop. Benjamin, a PhD student in the Massachusetts Institute
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        645 33 MILLIONS of cubicle dwellers across America helped set records for Internet traffic on Jan 20 as they watched online the inauguration ceremony or at least tried to. The overwhelming demand meant that some websites and data networks had trouble keeping up, forcing many people
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          612 34  -  Oo Gin Lee Romance Of The Three Kingdoms XI By Cheat Sheet Strategy is key: It is vital to find a strategist as soon as you can. Zhuge Liang, the only general with an intelligence of 100, is key to victory because his advice is always good.
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          324 34  -  Yap Hui Bin World Shift By a freelance writer WORLDSHIFT comes across as a real-time strategy (RTS) title but plays like an action role-playing game At first glance, it seems to have been inspired by military science fiction RTS game Star Craft. However, its gameplay is distinctly different.
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          705 35  -  Tham Yuen-C Animal Crossing: City Folk By IF YOU like to spend your days doing, well, nothing much, then Animal Crossing: City Folk will appeal to you. It is a game without any ultimate goal. There is no winning or losing and all you
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          452 35  -  Alfred Siew Need For Speed: Undercover By IF THERE is one reason to keep playing Need For Speed: Undercover, it is because you get to see more of Maggie Q. The sexy actress of Mission Impossible 111 and Die Hard 4.0 plays a cop going after
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          585 36 With sensors more than twice as big as those in other cameras, it is no wonder full-frame DSLRs are the choice of pros, says TAN CHONG YAW SEVEN full-frame, top-of-the-line DSLRs rule the roost in capturing dazzling images. Compared to ordinary DSLRs, the seven
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          454 36  -  Tan Chong Yaw By EOS 5D Mark II $4,299 (body only), from authorised dealers IN THE full-frame DSLR arena, Canon fired the first shot the 11.1-megapixel IDs in 2002. Then the second and third the IDs Mark II in 2004 and the 5D in 2005. For five years,
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          614 36 Low-light prowess The Canon 5D Mark II and Nikon D7OO are probably two of the best DSLRs in the market in terms of cost. Both are amazing low-light cameras. Even when shooting at ISO 6,400, I was struck by the virtual lack of line and pattern
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          520 37  -  Oo Gin Lee By Dell Studio XPS 16 From $1,999, buy online at dell.com.sg YOU do not have to pay through the nose to get a head-turning multimedia laptop with a slew of fancy features. Not with the new Dell Studio XPS 16, which
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          474 37 Ennyah Pocket Cinema VlO $799, from Bally Photo Electronics (lei: 6338-6965) PICK it up for the first time and you would not be blamed for mistaking this projector for a remote control. The Ennyah Pocket Cinema VlO projector is micro-sized, solid and save for the tell-tale lens, you
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          371 37  -  Mike Lee By a freelance writer Sony ICD-UXBO $339, from authorised Sony dealers AS FAR as multi-function gadgets go, this Sony MP3 recorder is a three-in-one gizmo that does all three functions equally well. The ICD-UXBO records voice, plays MP3 songs and stores data too. Its 2GB
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        1040 38 Snapping a photograph on a point-and-shoot camera may be easy but it helps to know more to take a good picture, says RIK FAIRLIE IF YOU got a new digital camera over the holidays, you probably got a point-and-shoot model. True, if you point that sort
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        380 39  -  John Tan JOHN TAN does a Shootout of five photo editors GIMP, Google Picasa, Photoscape, Picnik.com and Paint.Net to find out which one is truly free and easy is a freelance writer THERE are free photo editors for everyone, but there is only one that is
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        971 40 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Download Manager woes I have a problem because I cannot download anything from the Internet. Every time I try to download some stuff, this message pops up: "Free Download Manager is not properly installed. Please re-install
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        109 40 Google 1 Singapore Budget 2 Tan Yong Soon, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, was ticked off in Parliament for writing about his family vacation at a top French cooking school while Singapore is going through a recession 3
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        1117 41 THAM YUEN-C speaks to a cop-turned-computer forensics expert who can tell what you have done even if you burned the hard disk on the stove J You can Mm throw your hard disk where no one can find it. However, if you do not want people to know,
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