The Straits Times, 11 February 2009

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    18 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 2009 *8* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Used cars are a steal
      60 1 WHILE ultra-low COE prices make this a great time to shop for a new car, it is an even better time to consider buying a used car. Plunging resale values thanks to lower new car rates and the weak economy have brought many used car
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      Lock icon Blue-chip profits dive
      65 1 SOME of Singapore's blue chips are struggling to maintain profit levels in the global slump. Sing Tel reported a 16 per cent drop in net profit to $799 million while Singapore Airlines' profit dived 43 per cent to $337 million in the third quarter. Neptune Orient Lines
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      Lock icon Young mums' Net work
      63 1 MS DAW Chew, a 22-year-old mother, sells cosmetic contact lenses from Korea on her blogshop and makes about $400 a month. She is part of a growing online support group of young mothers who are turning to the Internet for extra cash. The group has seen
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      Lock icon Tiger to fly to Jakarta
      50 1 TIGER Airways has received approval to fly between Singapore and Jakarta and hopes to start by the middle of the year. It is planning a "boutique airline" service for those flights, offering a few more frills than typical on a budget carrier. HOME PAGE B8
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      Lock icon NTU offers sports degree
      50 1 THE Nanyang Technological University will offer a Bachelor of Science in Sport Science and Management degree. The four-year course aims to produce professionals to support the growth of the sports industry here. The first batch of 40 students will begin classes in August. SPORTS PAGE 816
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    Lock icon Temasek portfolio down 31%
    706 1  -  Fiona Chan Measured against other indexes, Singapore's two state-owned investment companies did better By SINGAPORE'S state-owned investment companies have not been spared the fallout from the global market downturn. Temasek Holdings' net portfolio value dropped 31 per cent between March 31 and Nov 30 last year,
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    Lock icon Stimulus plan gets Senate approval
    700 1 WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama yesterday made significant strides in a double-tracked plan to revive the United States economy. But he could not shrug off lingering doubts that his US$BOO billion-plus (Ssl.2 trillion) economic stimulus plan may not do the trick. As he continued to stump
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        Lock icon Unlocking property value for the elderly
        34 2 WE SAY The Housing Board's lease buy-back programme offers an innovative and relatively simple way for the elderly to access the value of their homes. EDITORIAL PAGE AlB
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        Lock icon Learning from Japan
        27 2 COLUMNS Ho Kwon Ping says Japan's ability to maintain social harmony and collective well-being during the Lost Decade is worth emulating. REVIEW PAGE AlB
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        Lock icon Avoiding fire tragedy
        31 2 Australia may be unable to avoid bush fires but it could improve ways of forest management and law enforcement to minimise destruction, says Bruce Gale. REVIEW PAGE Al9
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        Lock icon Merit of S'pore system
        37 2 OUR READER SAYS Jacob Tan says the Perak constitutional crisis highlights the advantages of the Singapore political system, where an MP forfeits his seat if he switches his party affiliation. FORUM PAGE A2O
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        17 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow notes how some blue-chip stocks appear to have natural price floors.
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        Lock icon What it should have been
        67 2 IN OUR report yesterday "Spore to share best practices with Laos", we wrongly said that the newly announced programme will see former and in-service civil servants from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, Singapore Customs and Singapore's Ministry of Finance adapt policies and systems to
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      Lock icon Sports needs long-term plans
      1032 2  -  MARC LIM Excellence is possible if athletes get help from comprehensive schemes By SPORTS CORRESPONDENT QUAH Ting Wen knows she wants to be at the 2012 Olympics. But the 17-year-old swimmer has no clear idea how she is going to get there. The Beijing Olympics debutante,
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      Lock icon Full moon festival fire claims lives in S. Korea
      234 3 SEOUL: Hundreds of South Korean police yesterday combed a mountain in a search for more casualties from a traditional festival fire that killed four people and injured about 70 others when it burned out of control amid strong winds. The blaze
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      Lock icon Needy students to get more financial aid
      766 3  -  Jane Ng For graduates, study loan repayment suspended for a year By THE Ministry of Education will double the amount of financial aid for needy students this year, as their numbers rise amid the worsening recession. It will spend $44.4 million to help
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      Lock icon Great time to buy used cars
      814 4  -  Christopher Tan Prices of many close to scrap value; best buys are big premium models By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Bargain buys HERE are some decent List price then: $745,000 bargains. Besides their asking Asking for: $398,000 prices (all negotiable), they Scrap value*: $137,200 have relatively
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      Lock icon Woman held for arsenic poisoning of 70-year-old
      301 4  -  Khushwant Singh By A WOMAN has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning her 70-year-old husband with arsenic. He found out about this alleged attempt on his life when, while getting an eye problem seen to in 2006, doctors noticed the patchy skin on
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      Lock icon A dire warning to Congress
      735 6  -  Chua Chin Hon Obama to lawmakers: Send me a Bill that creates 4m jobs By U.S. BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: Hoping to end political bickering over an economic rescue plan, President Barack Obama warned that any delay in approving the Bill could turn the economic crisis
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      Lock icon Obama goes on a blitz in crisis towns
      522 6  -  Bhagyashree Garekar By U.S. CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: There are few jobs, little money, and even the food banks are running low in Elkhart, Indiana. President Barack Obama went to the town, arguably the country's unemployment capital, to demonstrate the dire straits that the
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      Lock icon US lays out new financial stability plan
      470 6 WASHINGTON: The US Treasury yesterday unveiled a revamped financial rescue plan to cleanse US$5OO billion (***** billion) in troubled assets from banks' books and support US$l trillion in new lending. The three-part plan, renamed "Financial Stability Plan", rolled out by Treasury Secretary Timothy
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      Lock icon Key points of Geithner plan
      248 6 1 STRESS TEST CAPITAL INJECTIONS To stabilise the financial system and restore invetsor confidence, for the first time ever US bank regulators will come together to conduct "stress tests" to ensure the largest banks can withstand a worsening economy. There will also be a review
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      Lock icon Putting the heartland in think-tanks
      1974 7  -  Tan Hui Yee THE ST INTERVIEW Institute of Policy Studies chief wants his researchers to canvass a wider variety of views By CORRESPONDENT Ong Keng Yong, the diplomat MR ONG Keng Yong, 55, is the director of the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore's first institute
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      Lock icon BN forms state govt, but 4 posts unfilled
      574 8  -  Elizabeth Looi Only 6 state executive councillors sworn in; vacancies seen as bid to woo opposition MPs I By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IPOH: Six new Perak state executive councillors were sworn in by ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) yesterday, four short of the
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      Lock icon Police to interview DAP chairman
      393 8  -  HAZLIN HASSAN KUALA LUMPUR: Police have called up opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Karpal Singh (below) to give a statement, after he allegedly insulted Perak's Sultan Azlan Shah. Mr Singh, a lawyer, had said last week that he would file a suit against the
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        Lock icon Non-Malays could swing vote
        893 9  -  Carolyn Hong NEWS ANALYSIS By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF MOOD FOR CHANGE "The mood of the day is against the status quo, especially among the non-Malay voters and the young." Political analyst Agus Yusoff, on the changed sentiment SIGN OF THE TIMES "I believe Nizar Jamaluddin (left)
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        Lock icon Race-based policies to be reviewed
        262 9 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is ready to review and gradually liberalise its race-based economic policies to promote new investment, said the country's trade minister. "We will slowly liberalise where possible when we are ready, and this will provide new avenues for foreign and domestic investments," Minister
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        Lock icon 'New chapter for Asean' after summit
        608 10  -  Nirmal Ghosh Thai PM says meeting will be opportunity to show grouping's relevance to rest of the world By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva pledged that this month's Asean summit, scheduled to be held in Hua Hin from Feb 27 to
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        Lock icon Year-long hunt for S'pore terror suspect
        493 10  -  Salim Osman By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesian police took almost a year to track down Singaporean terror suspect Mohammad Hassan after getting a tip-off that the man who planned to crash a plane into Changi Airport was in South Sumatra, according to court testimonies.
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        Lock icon Chen's wife admits laundering $3.3m
        845 12  -  Ho Ai Li Taiwan's former first lady also pleads guilty to forgery, but denies stealing and graft charges BY TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT What the case is about TAIWAN'S former first lady Wu Shu-chen is in the dock for her alleged role in four cases: Case 1:
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        Lock icon CCTV apologises for deadly fireworks
        475 13  -  Tracy Quek By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: An unauthorised Olym-pics-style fireworks display put on by CCTV was behind the inferno at the state broadcaster's own new building complex which killed one fireman and injured seven others. The Beijing fire authorities yesterday revealed that China Central Television,
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        Lock icon S'pore, India aim to strengthen ties
        622 13  -  Ravi Velloor Plans include cooperation in third countries and finding ways to battle financial crisis By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: With a landmark economic cooperation deal in the bag, widening defence ties and fast-rising investment and tourism exchanges, Singapore and India are
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        Lock icon CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
        1113 11  -  Nirmal Ghosh Foreign media facing hostility from royalists who accuse them of unfair reporting By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BAD PRESS "We don't have any evidence. But we know. I do believe the foreign media is paid to make a negative image of Thailand." Former Associated Press journalist
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        Lock icon 'Stay or go' policy under fire
        538 14 Australia to review if approach raised death toll in weekend inferno HEALESVILLE (Australia): As Australian firefighters yesterday continued battling wildfires that have already claimed 181 lives, the authorities said they will take a hard look at the much-vaunted "Leave Early or Stay and Defend"
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        Lock icon Storms batter France, Britain; Paris airports shut
        387 14 PARIS: Severe winds and rain lashed France and Britain yesterday, leaving half a million homes without power and shutting down Paris' two international airports for the first time in 34 years. Hurricane-force gusts of up to 140kmh were recorded on France's west coast
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        Lock icon Italian woman dies amid debate
        340 15 RIGHT-TO-DIE CASE Political furore continues even as coma patient's death, due to cardiac arrest, is announced ROME: A comatose 38-year-old woman at the centre of a right-to-die case dividing Italy has died, amid an uproar over the government's last-ditch bid to keep her alive against
        NEW YORK TIMES; LOS ANGELES TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  340 words
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        Lock icon Sarzoky mends fences with Brown
        458 15 PARIS: President Nicolas Sarkozy's office has called Downing Street to mend fences after the French leader made remarks widely seen as critical of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, his office said yesterday. In recent months, the French leader has made much of his relationship with
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        Lock icon Korean euthanasia ruling upheld
        218 15 SEOUL: A South Korean appeals court yesterday upheld a landmark ruling authorising the country's first legal mercy killing. The Seoul High Court allowed life-sustaining treatment for a 77-year-old woman, who has been brain dead for a year, to be terminated, although it cannot yet be carried
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        Lock icon Hu cements Saudi ties with 2nd visit
        700 16  -  Jonathan Eyal It signals China's growing role as key player in Mid-East By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived yesterday in Saudi Arabia for his second state visit in less than three years, an unusual frequency which testifies not
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        Lock icon Netanyahu, Livni locked in tight race
        641 17 ISRAEL VOTES Centrist Livni pulling back right-wing rival's lead, final polls show JERUSALEM: Israelis voted yesterday in a tight election race with polls showing rightist Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni locked in a race too close to call. Most of the
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          Lock icon Haze from Riau spreads
          112 17 DUMAI (Riau): Thickening haze created by the burning of rainforests and crops here started to spread to surrounding cities yesterday, the Antara news agency reported. Fire spots were detected in the central part of Dumai, bush lands behind the Pinang Kampai airport, the Dumai conservatory forest
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          Lock icon Shoe man denies charge
          90 17 CAMBRIDGE (England): The student protester (right) accused of throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Britain last week pleaded not guilty to a public order offence. Martin Jahnke, a 27-year-old German student at Cambridge University, was given unconditional bail yesterday. His case was adjourned
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          Lock icon Oil tanker on fire
          127 17 DUBAI: A container ship collided with an oil tanker yesterday and set it on fire in a shipping channel off the coast of Dubai, the city's port operator said. No casualties were reported, and two crew members were rescued from the water, said DP World spokesman
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          Lock icon Graft: Ex-official charged
          131 17 JAKARTA: A former official from Indonesia's anti-monopoly agency was charged yesterday with receiving bribes in connection with the awarding of broadcast rights in a case that has hurt the watchdog's credibility. Indonesia's anti-graft agency, known as KPK, detained Mohammad Iqbal last September after he was alleged to
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      100 8 P| WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com your say MOST-READ ONLINE As Australia comes to grips with the Beijing blasts man who threw shoe at deadliest bush fires in history, officials Wen. say they will relook the "Leave Early or Stay and Defend" policy. MOST COMMENTED Headache
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Selling point of lease buy-back: Its simplicity
      424 18 IN AN economic downturn, no one is immune from hardship. But for the elderly, recession can compound difficulties already being encountered. Those with adult-aged children who are able to shoulder the burden of care need not worry too much. But for an increasing
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      Lock icon Lerning from the Japanese experience
      1197 18  -  Ho Kwon Ping THINK-TANK B\ At least Japan had, as my son will testify, countless varieties of inexpensive ramen to tide Mr Salaryman over the Lost Decade. We had all better find our own version of ramen and hunker down for a possibly long period
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      Lock icon 'Shi' and the art of superpower
      557 18  -  Sheng Lijun By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE woes that the United States is facing in Iraq and in its global campaign against terrorism are often put down to its over-reliance on military might. To be fair to the Bush administration, however, it should
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        Lock icon Ensure tragedy does not recur
        955 19  -  Bruce Gale DEADLY BUSH FIRES IN AUSTRALIA By SENIOR WRITER HAVING lived in Asia for many years, it has been a long time since I took a drive in the Victorian countryside. But the names being mentioned in the news these days Marysville, Kinglake, Strathewen
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        Lock icon Is China really immune to the financial crisis?
        842 19  -  Kenneth Rogoff By ADDRESSING the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao explained his government's plans to counter the global economic meltdown with public spending and loans. He all but guaranteed that China's annual growth would remain above
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        Lock icon Price doesn't tell the whole story
        759 19  -  Salma Khalik CUTTING HEALTH-CARE COSTS By I HEALTH CORRESPONDENT PHOTO WHY don't patients go to the cheapest healthcare provider, bemoaned the Health Minister. "If patients are indifferent, then why should hospitals try hard to reduce cost for their patients?" he asked in Parliament on
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        Lock icon Ho Ching in better position to support PM
        217 20 I REFER to last Saturday's report, "Ho Ching to leave Temasek", which stated that Ms Ho Ching was relinquishing her post as chief executive officer of Temasek Holdings. This is news I have been hoping for, not because I do not like
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        Lock icon See merit of S'pore system
        424 20 CRISIS IN PERAK THE current constitutional crisis in the northern Malaysian state of Perak provides Singaporeans an opportunity to review Singapore's political system. In Singapore, a Member of Parliament is premised to have been elected based on his party affiliation. Once the MP renounces his
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        Lock icon Changi Airport is not a children's park
        246 20 I WAS taking a break at the departure check-in section of Terminal 3 when my solitude was suddenly pierced by the ear-splitting squeal of children playing. Because many check-in counters were closed, their squeals reverberated across the entire floor. The airport is a
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          Lock icon Thanks, says MP Seng
          205 20 I REFER to yesterday's report, "New facility hastened MP Seng's recovery", in which Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan was quoted as saying that the hyperbaric oxygen treatment hastened my recovery. I am indeed the beneficiary of this new facility. After each treatment, I felt stronger and
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          Lock icon A salute for thinking of community
          177 20 I REFER to the recent press reports on MP Seng Han Thong's recovery. I am glad that his wounds are healing and salute him for still thinking of the community and the workforce that he has been serving as an MP and National Trades
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        Lock icon Watchdog studying fee guideline issue
        324 20 I REFER to last Saturday's letter, "Reinstate guidelines for docs". Competition issues are often complex and have significant economic impact on many segments of the public. It is, therefore, necessary that the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) undertakes a thorough analysis before it concludes whether
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        446 20 I REFER to the letters, "Improve non-emergency ambulance service" and "Quick, what's 1777?" (Feb 2). The 1777 scheme was started in 1998 as a convenient one-stop service centre for those who require ambulances for non-emergency cases. By centrally coordinating a pool of private ambulance
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        374 20 I WISH to clarify points made in last Saturday's report, "Taiwan legal system on trial". Prosecution data reveals no political vendetta against the Democratic Progressive Party of former president Chen Shui-bian. Since the first transfer of political power in 2000, among the 75 legislators and officials
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      215 21 PRIVATE health-care education provider Health Management International (HMI) has seen growing interest from people keen to enter the health-care industry. HMI reported a twofold increase in the number of inquiries it received last month for its four courses in health and community care, due in
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      651 21  -  Jessica Jaganathan Private sector using lull to send staff for training and explore new markets By THE signs are there patient numbers are dwindling, and the clinic next door has been shuttered and silent for a while. You know that times are bad, so what do
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      566 22  -  Teh Joo Lin Customers allegedly lost thousands of dollars; police are investigating By POLICE reports have been lodged against a "car dealer" who allegedly took thousands of dollars from customers, including one who apparently bought a Hyundai at a discount but
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      Lock icon Accused: Maid had problems with other lover
      422 22  -  Khushwant Singh By A BANGLADESHI construction worker on trial for the murder of his girlfriend told a psychiatrist he went to meet her because she was having problems with a Filipino he knew only as Joseph. He said Indonesian maid Yulia Afriyanti, 25,
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      378 22  -  Serene Luo By NETS is targeting the heartland to widen the use of its cashless transaction technology. The company wants to reach out to businesses in the suburbs not traditionally thought of as its users, including wet markets, coffee shops and hawker centres. The Network
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      963 23  -  Elizabeth Soh Net-sawy women are running online ventures to earn money without missing kids' best years By Growing trend abroad ENTREPRENEURIAL mums may be rare here, but they are part of a growing trend in countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia. bizmums.co.uk, a
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      637 24  -  Goh Chin Lian EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES Firms that manage staff fairly will attract job seekers when economy recovers: Gan Kim Yong By BOOST FOR BOTTOM LINE "When we take care of our people, they in turn deliver outstanding service and they will deliver profits. We've
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      433 24 AT A conference on fair employment practices yesterday, unionist K. Thanaletchimi asked a panel how it would reconcile the retaining of workers based on merit with moves to save jobs for Singaporeans. Here are the responses from panel members: Government Singapore is an open
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      128 24 DEEPAVALI will fall on Oct 17, a Saturday, instead of on Sunday, Nov 15, as announced earlier. The November date was announced last year, and was subject to confirmation when the Indian Almanac became available. In a statement yesterday, the Manpower Ministry said the Hindu Endowments Board
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      508 24  -  Yeo Ghim Lay By A BUS service started last July to ease crowding on the North-South MRT Line now runs on "express" mode part of the way with fewer stops than before. Commuters on SBS Transit service 128 had complained about the
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      538 28  -  LIAW WY-CIN Airline will be second S'pore low-cost carrier, after Valuair, to fly there By PHOTO TIGER Airways has been given the go-ahead to fly to Jakarta, a destination currently banned to foreign low-cost carriers. To get around the ban, the budget carrier may
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        820 29  -  Lee Siew Hua Values are taught at all levels within the curriculum: Grace Fu By NEW citizens who barely share Singapore's kampung spirit, plus the greed of corporate titans, prompted some MPs to insist yesterday that schools focus equally on values and
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        555 30  -  Amelia Tan Theresa Tan MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Govt to increase budget for various assistance schemes to $44.4m By TAFERIN Chua, 16, would have problems going to school if not for the financial aid she receives. Her divorcee mother earns about $500 a month as
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        545 30  -  Kor Kian Beng By DARK jackets and boots do not sit well with the image of a teacher, Ms Denise Phua (Jalan Besar GRC) argued yesterday as she took issue with a recent Education Ministry recruitment advertisement. The Jan 24
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        327 30  -  Amelia Tan By NEW legislation to regulate and improve the quality of the private education sector here is expected to be introduced in the second half of the year. Senior Minister of State (Education) Lvi Tuck Yew disclosed this yesterday in response
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        561 30  -  Jane Ng By THE mixed reaction by parents to the recent recommendation to do away with exams in the first two years of primary education has got some MPs worried. They are particularly concerned that the introduction of regular tests on topics learnt will
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        327 31  -  FIONA CHAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE TEMASEK Holdings must stick to making investments on a purely commercial basis and cannot swoop in to rescue ailing local companies, as some MPs have suggested, said Senior Minister of State for Finance Lim Hwee Hua yesterday. She said
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        516 31  -  Robin Chan By SINGAPORE may have cut its corporate income tax rate to a relatively low 17 per cent, but it is not a tax haven, Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport Lim Hwee Hua said yesterday. That is
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        651 31  -  Clarissa Oon FROM THE GALLERY By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT IN PARLIAMENT yesterday, while pressing for details of how Singapore's investment returns and reserves have been hit by the downturn, two members of the House indicated somewhat wryly that they did not really expect
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        459 31  -  ROBIN CHAN BEGINNING next year, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) will introduce a yearly report that monitors the performance of the public sector as a whole. This will be used to track the progress of various ministries and agencies in their bid to
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        476 31  -  Fiona Chan Net investment returns based on long-term expected returns to avoid 'boom-bust pattern' By SINGAPORE'S reserves may have shrunk due to the global market slump, but this does not mean the funds available for government spending have dropped by an equal
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        725 32  -  Salma Khalik Khaw says he just wanted middle-income families to know that such an option exists By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT MINISTRY OF HEALTH HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan had a suggestion on Monday for Singaporeans: Consider staying at a nursing home in neighbouring
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        656 32  -  Lee Hui Chieh By SEVERAL Members of Parliament questioned the adequacy of the rehabilitation of the mentally ill in Singapore, and called for more support to be given to them to help them recover fully. Their comments followed last month's
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        422 32  -  LEE HUI CHIEH MORE Muslims have received new organs since the organ transplant laws were extended to include Muslims last August. A total of 38 Muslims received new organs last year, double the previous year's 19 recipients. Proportionally, the number of
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        413 32  -  SALMA KHALIK Biomedical laws: Fast or slow lane? THERE is a danger that the "very nature of man" may change with "cybrids", MP Christopher de Souza (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) said in his plea for laws to prevent such a mix from occurring. Scientists doing embryonic stem cell research are
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        557 33  -  Jalelah Abu Baker MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES Inergy audits done on 2 of 48 buildings; the est due by March 2010 By EMPLOYEES at the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) building probably breathe in fresher air than what their counterparts do in many
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      113 21 PI WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com most commented MOST-READ ONLINE Online attacks: Minister rues lack of Ex-teacher, teen had sex. self-policing. Singapore teens flirt online. Says chris_n: "Attacking government policies (or even individuals) is one YOUR SAY thing, but to make fun of someone who Ultra-low
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      1081 26 SLA^ SINGAPORE LAND AUTHORITY NOTICE OF EXHUMATION OF GRAVES AT KWONG HOU SUATEOCHEW CEMETERY (PHASE 2) The Kwong Hou SuaTeochew Cemetery is an old burial ground located on State land off Woodlands Road.This cemetery has been closed for burial since the early *****. Part of the burial ground (indicated as
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      910 34 SIGN OF THE TIMES "It's a sign of the times I'm afraid. There's absolutely no patience in the world now." ALEX FERGUSON, Manchester United manager who said Scolari was a victim of a "volatile" era in which managers can lose their jobs after a handful of poor
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      Lock icon Hiddink to be Blues' new manager
      543 34 JUGGLING TWO ROLES "This would only be for the next two or three months until the end of the season. I already did that a couple of years ago when I coached Australia and PSV Eindhoven, so I'm familiar with the situation and what
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      804 35 In the Scolari corner were Chelsea captain John Terry and his deputy, Frank Lampard. They were among a bunch of players who were playing for the club and the fans. Despite having reservations, both Englishmen felt that their manager was capable of turning things around and
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      Lock icon Grant tipped to replace Adams at Portsmouth
      321 35 LONDON: Avram Grant remains the favourite to become the next Portsmouth manager despite the sacking of Luiz Felipe Scolari by Chelsea on Monday. Some reports claimed that the Israeli could return to Chelsea, whom he led to last season's Champions League final. But
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      Lock icon Chelsea need to exorcise the ghost of Mourinho
      775 35  -  Matt Dickinson THE TIMES, LONDON John Terry (below) will not have meant any slight on Scolari but it spoke rather loudly last week when, asked the best manager he had worked with, the captain responded with the name of the Portuguese (Mourinho).
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      718 36  -  Lin Xinyi Course aims to produce qualified professionals to prop sports industry By STUDENTS KEEN ON SPORTS DEGREE "There is an increasing market for well-trained graduates in areas like sports marketing and sports science. Many of our students are keen to pursue a degree in sports,
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      Lock icon Top Brunei outfit DPMM join S-League
      581 36  -  Terrence Voon By S-LEAGUE footballers, get ready to pack your bags for Brunei. Regular trips to the sultanate have been pencilled in for the new season, following yesterday's confirmation that DPMM Football Club will join the 12-team League. They replace Chinese side Dalian Shide,
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      415 36 SEVILLE: Fabio Capello is confident Euro 2008 winners Spain will offer resurgent England the perfect test in Seville today. The Three Lions coach rates Spain the best football side in the world. So, in that sense alone, it will give the manager an indication of
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      222 36 HE WAS paralysed in a football accident 13 years ago, but the S-League fraternity has not forgotten about his plight. The League's Charity Shield match tomorrow, which pits Locals against Foreigners in the 2009 season's curtain-rais-er, will pledge its prize-money of $7,500 to former Singapore international winger
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      693 37 DECEMBER 2007 "I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I did my work as I've done since I was, you know, a rookie back in Seattle, I didn't have a
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      346 37 NEW YORK: The uncertainty facing Tiger Woods at the start of the year has almost cleared up. He is practising at full strength and playing golf at his home course in Florida. He became a father again when his wife gave birth to a
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      262 37 PITTSBURGH: The Pittsburgh Steelers did not know that quarter-back Ben Roethlisberger played the Super Bowl on Feb 1 with two broken ribs. According to Sl.com, he said his fractured ribs did not show up on X-rays taken before he led the Steelers to
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        71 37 MINNEAPOLIS: Minnesota Timberwolves star centre Al Jefferson will miss the remaining two months of the National Basketball Association season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He averaged career season highs of 21.1 points and 11.1 rebounds a game last year
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        75 37 LAUSANNE: The former coach of Austria's cross-country ski team won his appeal yesterday to have his life ban for his role in an Olympic doping scandal reduced to 15 years. Emil Hoch was banned for life last year by the international ski
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        53 37 LONDON: Former England rugby skipper Lawrence Dallagio feels many players in the current England squad are nowhere near as good as they think they are. He said the team were below par ahead of their second-round Six Nations match against Wales in Cardiff on
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      76 38 SYDNEY: Undisputed super-flyweight world champion Vie Darchinyan plans to move up a division to chase a boxing world title at a third different weight. The Armenian retained his IBF, WBA and WBC super-flyweight titles with an llth-round knock-out of Mexico's Jorge Arce in California over the weekend.
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      314 38 Basketball NBA: Charlotte 94 LA Clippers 73, Philadelphia 108 Phoenix 91, Memphis 85 New Orleans 80, Milwaukee 124 Houston 112. Cricket Fourth ODI In Adelaide: New Zealand 244-8 in 50 overs (R. Taylor 76; M. Johnson 3-51). Australia 247-4 in 48.2 overs (D. Hussey 79, M. Hussey 75 n.0.).
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      322 38 MILWAUKEE: Charlie Villanueva and Ramon Sessions are the unlikely new stars of the decidedly different Bucks. Villanueva scored 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Sessions had 26 points and seven assists to give Milwaukee a 124-112 National Basketball Association victory over Houston on Monday night,
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      692 38 US task force blasts athletes following Beijing blues The recommendations Scrap the relay programme, which cost more than US$l million (Ssl.s million) and trained 173 athletes from 2003-08. It did little to prepare the runners the biggest failure being the botched men's and women's relays at
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      128 34 m WHAI'S UIMUIMt V) most viewed, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES David Beckham's Milan plea. Chelsea sack Scolari. Beckham's move under scrutiny. MOST COMMENTED Ferguson rules Chelsea out of the title race Said David.Moyes: "I think that the clubs who stick by their managers and allow them
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      49 38 The Family of the Late MDM NG HWEE KOON Departed on 6 February 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, relatives, friends, church members, prayer groups, business associates and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement.
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      14 38 In Loving Memory Of Departed 11/2/1975 always regret. S"SS L. and loved ones. pJ
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      13 38 m LovingMemOiy of YONGFOONGKAI Departed: 11 Feb 1999 WiUalwaysbemissed by wife and family
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      223 39 "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 Tang Shet Chun Age: 88 Was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, 10 February 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      107 39 Mr. Richmond Wee, Director of Maverick Services Pte Ltd beloved father WEE EE LIOK Age: 72 passed away peacefully on 9 February 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Chan Siew Kee Son: Daughter-in-law: Richmond Wee Guan Kiat Jody Ng Wing Heng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Wee Pat Ghee
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      39 39 In Loving Memory Of ItU HAIM JS.IAIM Departed on 11/2/07 Vie cannot forget you Our loved one so dear Our love, and memory of you grow Fonder year after year Fondly remembered cherished by all loved ones. •7* rsr
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      69 39 We, the family of the late CHEUNG MEN CHO (Departed 16 January 2009) would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and thanks to all Relatives, Friends and Business Associates for their kind condolences, wreaths and donations during our recent bereavement. Beloved Wife: Cheung Chan Wai Chun Children Spouses Diana Krishnan
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      97 39 To reach enlightenment with Brahma! Om Labhanthe Brahama Nirvanam! Gita KATHIRAVELU POOPALASINGAM Age: 66 Mr Kathiravelu Poopalasingam passed away peacefully on Monday, 9 February 2009, leaving behind his wife Pushpalatha, son Vignesh and daughter Laavanya to mourn his loss. He is also mourned by his brother P. Subramaniam and family,
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      57 39 ANBE JLSIVAM RASAMMAL D/O MURAGASU Age: 67 Passed away on 10 February 2009 Sadly missed by family all loved ones. Husband: Ramu S/O Packiry, all Sons, Daughters, Sons-in-law, Daughters-in-law, Grandchildren Relatives Friends. Cortege leaves today. 11 February 2009,3pm from BLK 4918, #03-400, TAMPINES AYE 9., Contact *****189/ *****595 for cremation
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      63 39 The Family Of The Late Wong Juat Kiu Departed on 5 February 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their condolences, assistance, attendance, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. CORRIGENDUM In yesterday's Acknowledgement of the late KWANFONGCHONG the text 'The
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      103 39 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 LIM GEOK MUI Age: 49 was called home to be with the Lord on 9 February 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Beloved
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      74 39 We, the family of the late TO WAT MAN wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, business associates and pastors and members of Grace (S.C.C.) Church for their kind attendance, prayers, assistance, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. We wish to thank especially Dr
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      102 39 WONG SHOW AYE Age: 77 passed away peacefully on 9 February 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Too Ah Jiam Sons: Daughters-in-law: Wong Shoon Jem Jasmine Kuo Wong Shoon Keat Lee Hwee Hwee, Irene Wong Shoon Hing Soh Guak Whay Wong Shoon Huaan Emily Tan Wong
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      57 39 We, the family of the late NG SIOK ENG Departed: 4 February 2009 ,vish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation :o relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates, pastors and members of Church of Singapore and Breakthrough Missions for their kind words of encouragement, assistance, attendance, prayers, condolences, wreaths and contributions
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      214 38 Today Football <«c Asian World Cup qualifiers: DPR Korea v Saudi Arabia (1.55pm), Japan v Australia (6.15pm) Live, Ch24. International friendlies: Wmf Germany v Norway (Live, m Ch22, tomorrow, m yk 3.30 am), Spain v England (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, Jig sam), Argentina v France (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 4am), Latvia v
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      675 46  -  Michelle Tay Qualified privilege defence upheld; no malice in RTC shareholders' words By court found that RTC's financial difficulties were in fact caused substantially by the pair, who it said had "unabashedly and systematically bled the company dry". The court also noted Ms
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      250 46 1996: Mr Lawrence Ang, Mr William Tan and Mr Dennis Foo set up Raffles Town Club. Members are told it will be an exclusive club. Membership fees are set at $28,000. Mr Peter Lim is roped in as an investor. 2000: The club opens
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        507 40  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS Property developer's rights issue provides only lift to quiet market By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT FRENZIED trading of Capita Land shares single-handedly lifted local stocks off a two-month low yesterday, on a day when other strong leads were absent. Capita Land
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        446 40  -  Yang Huiwen By NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) swung into the red in the fourth quarter of last year, and warned of a likely loss for this year as global trade conditions continue to deteriorate. The firm turned in a net loss of
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          105 40 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 802.4 million shares worth $941.74 million UP DOWN Gainers: 159 Losers: 181 Unchanged: 895 STRAITS TIMES INDEX Mid Cap 343.58 T -1.85 Basic materials 217.17 2.99 Utilities 287.61 A 1.08 Small Cap 281.53 1.17 Industrials 358.02 4.84 Financials 400.61 3.49 All Share 407.71 3.66 Consumer goods
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          178 40 Yesterday's close: 7,945.94 (-23.09) »Japanese share prices ended slightly lower, as investors awaited news on a huge United States economic stimulus package and a bank rescue plan. Yesterday's close: 903.52 (+6.88) Malaysian shares rose 0.8 per cent, as investors placed money in selected heavyweights. Yesterday's close: 13,880.64 (+111.58) Hong
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          394 40 IMH 1990 101.8 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 ...9190 60.0 LyxorHS India 10USS 769 50.9 ISH 1058 41.9 CapitaLand 263 27.0 OCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .9200 20.0 Lyxor India Nifty 10 916 16.0 CityDev 530 14.0 F8N 288 12.0 BSembawang 380 10.0 Haw Par Corp 380 8.0 01am 135
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          405 40 ;apitalanMBLeCW***** 19.5 )BS DB ePW*****2 64 :apitalanMBLeCW***** 17 ;apitalandDBeCW***** 20.5 :apitalanBNPeCW***** 12 ;apitalanMBLeCW***** 10 !GX BNP eCW*****3 37.5 SingTel BNPePW*****8 23 :apitalaBNPeCW*****8 9 ;apitalanBNPeCW***** 9 ;apitalandRBeCW***** 24.5 ;oscoCorpHBLeCW*****....15.5 !TI 1600 DBeCW*****4 43.5 JOB BNP ePW*****8 65 :apitalanMBLiC*****1 19 1CBC Bk BNPeCW*****8....28.5 !TI 1500BNPeCW*****6 26 >TI 1800 DBeCW*****4
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          183 40 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol CapitaLand 263 Golden Agri 32 Chart SemiCond 28.5 SingTel 248 CapitaMall 136 StraitsAsia 89.5 Noble Grp 121 CarrierNet 1 Biosensors 37 DBS MBL eCW*****2 31 Keppel Land 133 IndoAgri 63 Epure 31.5 DBS Grp 825 DBS DB
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          104 40 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Feb 10 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9990 1.0320 Can dollar 1.2190 1.2360 Euro 1.9300 1.9520 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4171 0.4179 NZ dollar 0.7940 0.8120 Sterling pound 2.2130 2.2380 US dollar 1.4890 1.5060 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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          367 40 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 718 375 1280 478 1792.9 504 67.5 123 501 3580 2180 1250 635 I. 270 319 965 438 464 372 518 473 i,,-. 314 2170 571 228 5606 CapitaLand 135 5417 CapitaMall 500 5611
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          613 40 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 134 272 157 234 243 420 98 75 164 198 199 190 365 314 177 81 449 398 765 334 372 317 170 565 87 222 238 95 108.3 36.5 327.1 124 138.5
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        685 41  -  Serene Luo Australian dollar's slide hits Optus gains, thus contributing to 16% drop By SINGTEL has posted a 16 per cent drop in third-quarter net profits to $799 million, and pinned much of the blame on foreign exchange rates. The Australian dollar's 23
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        361 41 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), the world's largest airline by market value, reported a 43 per cent drop in quarterly profit, hurt by hedging losses and slowing demand for travel and cargo amid a global economic downturn. SIA, which ranks ahead of Japan's All
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        418 41  -  Chua Hian Hou By SINGAPORE'S second-largest telco, Star Hub, has posted a 5.8 per cent fall in full-year net profit to $311 million. This is due to a lower tax credit and higher customer acquisition, and retention costs incurred in the first half of
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        1016 42  -  Francis Chan Ex-naval officer's focus on integrated marketing revives advertising firm By EXPANSION IN THE WORKS "We're definitely not firing. In fact, we just placed an ad to hire more staff to expand our team... We're already doing work in markets like Hong Kong, Indonesia
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        593 43  -  Francis Chan IE Singapore's advisory service sees 40% jump in inquiries since 2007 By EASY ACCESS TO EXPERTS "The program makes it easy for companies with varied needs to find the right information, with the support both from private- and public-sector experts."
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        341 43 KUALA LUMPUR: China's central bank chief yesterday played down hopes in the West that a drive by China to save less and spend more might help revive flagging global growth. China's sky-high savings rate is a function of deep-rooted social and
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      448 44  -  Goh Eng Yeow SGX also orders retest for dealers, remisiers following discovery of leaked questions By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE'S largest brokerage, UOB Kay Hian, has been fined $115,000 by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) for failing to ensure an examination designed to qualify
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      628 44 NEW YORK: Companies are pulling back on management retreats, junkets for top clients and getaways to reward top producers inflicting more pain on another part of the economy: hotels, resorts, restaurants and event planners that generate US$244 million (***** million) in annual
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      434 44 ZURICH: ÜBS posted the biggest annual loss for a Swiss firm yesterday and will axe 2,000 more jobs, but said client withdrawals reversed last month as it restructures to focus on wealth management. The Straits Times understands that the layoffs will have
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      470 45  -  Chua Hian Hou Temporary wage adjustment is aimed at curbing costs By CONTRACT electronics manufacturer Venture Corp is cutting the pay of senior and middle management by between 10 per cent and 20 per cent to rein in costs amid the
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      452 45  -  Ananya Roy By A LEADING business chamber here has praised Singapore's recent Budget for helping businesses preserve jobs and giving individuals help on the tax front. However, the Budget fell short of addressing some key issues, said Singapore International Chamber of
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      416 45  -  Jessica Cheam By LOCAL small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to make their businesses more environmentally sustainable are set to get a leg-up from the launch of a new partnership. The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) yesterday unveiled an initiative with Washington-based World Environment
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      171 46 Missing Phone Calls Due to Poor Hearing? w m W V I Phone visual is for illustration purpose only. Tired of missing calls from loved ones? Having trouble hearing them on the phone? Frustrated of asking people to repeat themselves? With Sountex's amplified phone, unclear phone calls are a thing
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      110 46 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com your say MOST-READ ONLINE Corporate America is pulling back on Electricity bill to fall in Q. 2. management retreats and junkets, and Shock over Ho Ching's departure. inflicting pain on hotels and resorts. Is this is the best way to
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      236 47 They are the men behind the ffls!r^: movies. Danny Boyle (left), who IT ■F made the award-winning Slumdog W m^jfßk Millionaire, tells ALISON DESOUZA I^. jgi|^^^ V' \Jf what his biggest worry was while w^, |> k- |E^ LUI about his interest in World War II V '3ll^^^» BksvvSS i
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        811 48  -  John lui Actress relishes wider range of roles she can now play, even supporting ones like in Benjamin Button in los angeles WIN! Win an autographed storyboard. One lucky Life! reader will win a storyboard from The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, signed by director
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        982 50  -  alison de souza Slumdog director says his film celebrates the energy and spirit found in the slums of Mumbai in london When Danny Boyle shot his film Slumdog Millionaire in Mumbai a year ago, the slum-dwellers said to him: "Please don't show that we're poor."
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        543 50 review 1 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (NCI6) 120 minutes/Opens tomorrow/****^ The story: Jamal (Dcv Patel) and his brother Salim (Madhur Mittal) are orphans who grew up in a Mumbai slum. In search of the love of his life, Latika (Freida Pinto), Jamal goes on the Indian equivalent of
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        910 51  -  John lui film correspondent From the beginning, the World War II drama Valkyrie looked like a film in trouble. Its star, Tom Cruise, began the shoot dogged by bad press and the shadow of a box-office flop, Lions For Lambs (2007). Then shooting permits around the
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        421 51 I review I LUCK BY CHANCE (PG) 156 minutes/Now showing/**-*** The story: Two aspiring movie actors meet in Mumbai. Vikram Jaisingh (Farhan Akhtar, right) meets and falls in love with Sona Mishra (Konkona Sen Sharma). As luck would have it, Vikram gets his big break and love takes
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        492 51 klite67b dr nfjtg tniyot sefy VALKYRIE (PG) 121 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Colonel Claus yon Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) is a patriotic German soldier who is wounded on the African war front during World War 11. On his return to Berlin, he is recruited by General Friedrich
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        732 52  -  ong sor fern Mickey Rourke is so convincing that you cannot tell where he ends and the character begins THE WRESTLER (R2l) 115 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) is an over-the-hill wrestler struggling to make ends meet. After a heart attack,
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        234 52  -  Jasmine Teo All the buzz in the movie world Magic numbers Play the numbers game with the titles of three upcoming movies K-20: Legend Of The Mask Opens tomorrow Directed by: Shimako Sato Magic number: 20, the number of different identities a mysterious thief, known only as K-20,
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          247 53  -  Boon Chan WHITE PALMS (PG) 97 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** As a child, Miklos Dongo was a promising gymnast in Hungary but, somehow, he ends up coaching Canada's medal hope for the 2002 world gymnastics championship. It is interesting to look at a film like this and marvel at all
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          253 53  -  Boon Chan NEW IN TOWN (PG) 96 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** Even the romantic comedy is not spared the economic realities of the times. The set-up here seems pretty straightforward at first. Chic city executive Lucy Hill (Renee Zellweger, more reined-in from her Bridget Jones cartoon mode) from sunny
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          198 53  -  Jasmine Teo 106 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** Credit card call centre representative Priya (Shriya Saran) is in Mumbai, but she works for an American bank and calls clients in America. One of these clients is advertising executive Granger Woodruff (Jesse Metcalfe), whom she calls a
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          209 53  -  John Lui 118 minutes/Opens tomorrow/*-**** Romantic comedies mock the idea of love in a modern world while secretly celebrating it (When Harry Met Sally, 1989; Zack And Miri Make A Porno, 2008, and so on). Boy and girl meet, the path to love is strewn
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        101 53 SINGAPORE 1. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button 2. Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans 3. (2) Bride Wars 4. (1) The Wedding Game 5. (3) Love Matters 6. Defiance 7. (4) Inkheart 8. (6) Red Cliff II 9. (5) All's Well End's Well 10. (9) The Reader
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      401 54  -  chang tou liang Despite her youth and demure manner, Chen Jie impresses JIE CHEN PIANO RECITAL Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts Esplanade Concert Hall Sunday It is no exaggeration to assert that if the Esplanade were to present more than one prizewinning Chinese pianist in its annual
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      197 54  -  Chang Tou Liang b fjhoyumj ry7568im ghlkyuoi5rmu46 IN MEMORY OF GREAT ARTISTS SSO Chamber Concert Victoria Concert Hall Sunday In Dmitri Shostakovich's rarely performed Seventh String Quartet (Op. 108), violinist Chan Yoong Han's insinuating opening solo was laconically answered by cellist Chan Wei Shing in three notes. This
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        563 56 'She didn't have enough hair... American women are big hair girls. They want celebrities with long, sexy hair which they can aspire to' Los Angeles Maybe it was Posh's hair, her high-fashion style or the meagre five goals from David. But after the excitement over the arrival
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        181 56 JOE AUGUSTIN AND SHAREEN WONG AXED Radio DJ Joe Augustin, 39, has had his one-year contract at Safra Radio's Power 98 cut short, months after he was terminated by Radio 91.3FM. His last show for Power 98 aired last Friday. A surprised Augustin, along with Shareen Wong, 34, his
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        235 56 Los Angeles Walt Disney Co said it secured a deal to distribute films by Steven Spielberg's Dream Works Studios in a pact that provides much-needed cash for the Oscar-win-ning director's outfit and reaps long-term revenues for Disney. Disney stepped in after a deal between Dream Works
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        224 99 Bil»^iB^f»li^JKlilJlS»]i^»M K boosts your computer's r» performance but the boost will not be as powerful as if you physically added more RAM. m With Vista computers, X J**%t there is an easy way to do J**^c this. All you need is a USB 1 '^4, 2.0
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      806 102 Biometric reader Face value KID XS Pro-1000 Price starts from $3,200. For more information, call KID Technologies on 6334-8709 DOES your face open doors? With the KID XS Pro-1000, it will. The Singapore-developed biometric access system for small companies and homes lets you configure access via face recognition,
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      135 102 BiiiiiilMili notebook features an 8.9-inch widescreen display, an Intel Atom I.6GHz processor with IGB RAM. There is nothing fancy about the tech specs but it is enough for a Secondary 1 student to surf the Internet or write a school report. Weighing just 1 kg, it is also
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          919 103 What goes into the management of Singapore's roads? TAN CHONG YAW steers his way around IT TAKES up to three hours elsewhere in the world to disperse an Fl crowd after a race. During the world's first night race held in Singapore in September last year, it
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          1006 105  -  Tan Chong Yaw The tech that improves the commuting experience here and overseas By Traffic prediction Imagine being able to tell when a traffic jam will hit you up to one hour ahead of time. Traffic planners may soon be able to know if a usually short 15-minute
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          44 106 Singapore's roads are monitored around the clock by smart systems watched over by human eyes. DIGITAL LIFE zooms in on the smarts that keep traffic flowing PHOTOS: ST TEXT AND GRAPHICS: AND FILE PHOTOS TAN CHONG YAW TAN CHONG YAW TAY CHERNHUI
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        679 107 Beware when buying cheap DVDs and Blu-ray. They could be pirated or bad quality products, warns SHERWIN LOH WATCH out for pirated DVDs being passed off as the more expensive Blu-ray discs. These fake Blu-ray discs come in the same blue packaging as the real
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        308 107 LEGITIMATE home videos on DVDs and VCDs can be released as quickly as a month after the theatrical run, although the industry average is between three and five months. To understand the difference in quality, you need a peek into how the movie industry works.
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        920 108  -  Sim Cheng Kai By Fighting through the years... Street Fighter (1987) Karate practitioner Ryu enters an international martial arts tournament to test his strength. At any point in time, a second player could jump in and start a versus match a feature pioneered by SF. Street Fighter
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        203 108 THIS Valentine's Day, heat things up as Chun Li, Ryu and other fighters from the new Street Fighter 4 (SF4) game before going on your hot date. Make a trip down to Challenger Superstore at Funan DigitaLife Mall for an exclusive SF4 hands-on
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        795 109 Buy your own laptop for work and even have your company subsidise your purchase. IRENE THAM looks at this trend Personal m computers are personal, especially to Gen V staff that now makes up 20 per cent of the global workforce. And the number is growing
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          703 111  -  Oo Gin Lee Lord Of The Rings Conquest By Cheatsheet Do not rush into battles. You are fighting with other computer-controlled allies. The mage is my favourite all-rounder class. You can devastate the enemy with mediumranged, area-of-effect attacks as well as heal yourself and allies. Do heal
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          218 111  -  Oo Gin Lee Funtown Mahjong By RATING^BBpI 6/ioj^mra|jM WITH the new Funtown Mahjong Xbox Live game, you can play against computer opponents as well as other players online through Xbox Live. For the first time in my life, I was able to get five sets of triplets
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          65 111 1. Crush David Archuleta 2. Ru Van Olivia Ong 3. I'm Yours (Album Version) Jason Mraz 4. Better In Time Leona Lewis 5. Bleeding Love Leona Lewis 6. Decode (Twilight Soundtrack Version) Paramore 7. Greatest Day Take That 18. I Don't Care Fall Out Boy
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          430 112  -  Valentine Chua Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe By a gamer and freelance writer RATING^H 7/10 |@9H I WAS amused by Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe when I first heard about it: How would a bunch of pugilists from the Mortal Kombat series hope to defeat the likes
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          309 112  -  Sherwin Loh Destroy All Humans! Path Of The Furon By RATING^HHH 3/10 TAKE a game about annoying aliens, 1970s disco, polygon-shaped buildings and vehicles, throw in some bad dialogue and the end result is Destroy All Humans! Path Of The Furon. A sequel to the silly but
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          271 112  -  Valentine Chua I Love Katamari By By who enjoys rolling his friends into the fandom of Katamari Damacy RATING^HS 6/ioH^ I LOVE Katamari is the latest in the series of quirky sleeper hits and an unforgettable experience once you have seen a good deal of it. After
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          495 113  -  Edvarcl Heng By a product manager for rednano.sg who likes to show off his too-tiny laptops at work meetings Sony Vaio P From $1,299, from authorised retailers SONY has pulled it off again. The Japanese stylist of cool consumer electronics has turned laptop design on
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          498 113  -  Alfred Siew By a freelance writer Lacie Hard Disk Max 2TB $483, from Macshop, MMI and South Asia at Funan DigitaLife Mall and iShop at Orchard Cineleisure THE first thing that grabs you about the Lacie Hard Disk Max is its shiny, minimalist design. It makes
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          383 114  -  Tan Chong Yaw By Nikon DSLR D3x $13,888 (body only), from authorised dealers YOU can call it the super kiasu camera. Afraid of the memory card failing? There are two Compact Flash (CF) card slots so you can record the same photo on two cards simultaneously. Worried about
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          280 114  -  Adli Yashir By a correspondent/ internet coordinator with Berita Harian eGear ePA-106 and ePA-108 laptop docks $49 (ePA-106, above) and $149 (ePA-108, top), from Sim Lim Square and Funan DigitaLife Mall MINI laptops like the Asus EeePC are great for their affordability but they do not come with
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          355 114  -  Mike Lee By a freelance writer Olympus E-30 $1,698, from authorised dealers WHILE Olympus does not release new DSLRs as frequently as market leaders Canon and Nikon, its models surprise with innovative features that are later adopted by its competitors. Examples include the live preview of photographic composition
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        465 115 In this second of a three-part series, 00 GIN LEE looks at how to transfer contacts and photos from one Nokia Series 60 phone to another without a PC Transferring contacts Method 1: Using memory card 1 Go to Menu, then click on Tools (photo 1).
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        622 116  -  Chester Chen Answers by a PC enthusiast E-mail not sending attachments I use Outlook Express to send e-mail. Whenever I send an e-mail with an attachment, such as a single-page A4-sized document, the following message will pop out: "Your SMTP server has not responded in 60 seconds. Would
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        88 116 Google 1 Singapore Pools (This year's annual Hongbao Toto Draw offered a $10 million jackpot) 2 Thaipusam Singapore 3 Ho Ching Yahoo! 1 Sunshine Empire (The chief of this controversial multi-level marketing firm was charged with criminal breach of trust last week) 2
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        927 117  -  OO GIN LEE finds out more about the man behind the fast-expanding Audio House superstore y In the wM past, it was the fathers who made the buying decisions. Today, it is the kids, armed with Internet data, who make the recommendations. Alvin, on why he
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