The Straits Times, 29 June 2009

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA(P) 191/11/2008 MONDAY, JUNE 29 2009. S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Delaying for higher fares
      44 1 PASSENGERS arriving at Changi Airport could face delays getting a cab on weekends just before 5pm. Some taxis have been reluctant to pick up fares at that time as they can get a higher surcharge after 5pm. HOME PAGE B3
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      Lock icon Marrying for power
      33 1 MORE people are saying "I do" in the cyberworld of online games such as MapleStory and AuditionSEA. They get hitched to get more power in the games. HOME PAGE B2
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      Lock icon Results matter, not race
      68 1 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak has said a new category of scholarships will be introduced next year that will be based solely on students' results and not on their race, in what is seen as a sop to non-Malay voters. The move signals a further toning
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      Lock icon Pay cuts stay, for now
      41 1 MOST companies are in no hurry to reinstate salaries to pre-recession levels, preferring to take a wait-and-see approach because they do not want to restore pay packets only to cut them again later. MONEY PAGE B18
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      Lock icon Fresh grads have it tough
      46 1 A TOUGHER job hunt awaits fresh university graduates, as competition for places has stiffened in line with a slump in the positions available. Human resource experts also expect starting pay to dip by up to 15 per cent. MONEY PAGE B17
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    Lock icon H1N1: Two schools to close for a week
    562 1  -  Jessica Jaganathan By Home-based learning for students; local infections hit 599 Presbyterian High School in Ang Mo Kio and Westwood Secondary School in Jurong West have asked their students to stay away and do home-based learning for this period. Hai Sing Catholic
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    Lock icon AYG torch relay off to glittering start even as Malaysians stay home
    723 1  -  Terrence Voon By THE torch relay for the Asian Youth Games (AYG) blazed a spectacular trail across Singapore yesterday, setting the scene for a nine-day sporting fiesta that will bring together some 1,400 of the continent's finest young
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      52 1 Artist in transit Hf» Jacko's last days fc Heavy hitters Matthew Ngui, new He was terrified and m More cases of <*£ Singapore Biennale boss, tormented as London a^Mm children battering their on being an outsider tour drew near iSfilfc^l-fe-ir parents emerging LIFE! PAGE C4 PRIME PAGE A5 J^pgß P^jsMk*
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        Lock icon So many reasons to cheer for these Games
        1085 2  -  Marc Lim Expect AYG to spark future stars even as it lowers barriers in Asia AIDE Iskandar recalls being just eight when he was inspired to become a Lion. He was among those who cheered on Fandi Ahmad and Co. at the
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        Lock icon Iran militia raid hospitals; seize injured protesters
        706 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Pro-govt gunmen also attack homes of those disputing election result TEHERAN: Iran appears to be intensifying its crackdown on opposition protesters ahead of today's official verdict on the disputed election result, with militiamen reportedly seizing injured demonstrators from hospitals. Iran's
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        79 3  -  Terence Tan What happens a minute before 8am? Straits Times photographers show their interpretation of that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 7.59. We aim to capture everyday scenes across the island with a different perspective, bringing readers a slice of life that would perhaps go unnoticed.
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        Lock icon Parties still in full swing
        654 4  -  Jessica Jaganathan Healthy attendance at clubs, few consider virus any deadlier than seasonal flu By PARTY-GOERS were out in full force over the weekend, despite climbing numbers of Influenza A (H1N1) cases here, including one of the biggest clusters at one of the most popular
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      Lock icon 'They'll kill me' if I don't perform
      743 5  -  CAROLYN QUEK Comeback concerts took toll on Jackson LONDON: The King of Pop was one terrified and tormented man as his comeback concerts in London drew near, British media reported yesterday. Michael Jackson's mental health crumbled in the days before his death last
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      Lock icon MJ's gravesite: The plot thickens
      254 5 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES: As Michael Jackson's body lies in an undisclosed location, his fans and the keepers of Los Angeles' star-studded cemeteries are holding their breath to see where the final memorial to the King of Pop will be. The Jackson family has stayed
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        Lock icon Expanding despite the recession
        709 6  -  Tessa Wong Mid-priced bistros, cafes and bars on entrepreneurs' menu By LOWER rents and operating costs are luring some entrepreneurs into expanding their food and beverage businesses, even in a recession year. But because it is a recession year, they are going for mid-priced bistros, cafes
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        Lock icon Medical group widening its clinical base
        576 6  -  Amresh Gunasingham THE growing demand for health care as well as lower set-up costs is leading one clinic chain to push aggressively with expansion. Healthway Medical, which owns one of the largest networks of general practice clinics in Singapore, announced earlier this month that
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      186 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY Adapt enforcement to fight new drug habits With the Central Narcotics Bureau having recorded bigger hauls of most drugs last year, Singapore will find little relief in a United Nations report that global markets for cocaine, opiates and cannabis have shrunk. On the contrary, there is reason
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon KL to give out merit-based scholarships next year
      731 7  -  Elizabeth Looi Plan signals further toning down of controversial policy that favours bumiputeras KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak said a new category of scholarships would be introduced next year which would be based solely on results obtained by students, and not
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        Lock icon Ethnic clash at Chinese toy plant leaves 2 dead
        654 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Beijing fears incident may prompt firms to stop hiring minorities GUANGZHOU: A probe is being launched into a deadly brawl at a toy factory between Han Chinese and Uighur workers from Xinjiang, said media reports. Two
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        Lock icon Seoul, Tokyo 'won't tolerate' nuclear North
        532 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS PHOTO: TOKYO: South Korea and Japan "will never tolerate" a nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak said yesterday after talks in Tokyo with Japanese Premier Taro Aso. Both leaders also agreed to press North Korea to abandon its
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        Lock icon Hongbao for a more comfortable delivery in China?
        281 8 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BEIJING: Twenty-four per cent of Chinese mothers gave hongbao or red packets to doctors before they delivered children to ensure that they received better care during birth, a recent survey shows. The red packets held an average of
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        Lock icon Afghan drug trade: US changes tack
        413 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS TRIESTE (Italy): The US is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting efforts to fight trafficking and promote alternate crops by providing agricultural assistance. The aim of the new policy is to deprive the
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        Lock icon $900k bounty for Taleban leader
        430 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Pakistan govt offers rewards in ad for Al-Qaeda-linked figure and 10 senior militants PESHAWAR: Pakistan has offered a 50 million rupee (S$900,000) reward for information leading to the capture, dead or alive, of local Taleban head Baitullah Mehsud, currently holed up
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        Lock icon Megawati in Bali to shore up voter support
        601 10  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Former president and running mate vow to protect Balinese interests and reduce poverty By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT DENPASAR: Presidential candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri, campaigning on the predominantly Hindu island of Bali, was cheered by thousands of people as she tried to revive
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        Lock icon Indonesian ban: KL may seek maids from elsewhere
        293 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said it could turn to other neighbouring countries to recruit maids if Indonesia continues to ban its nationals from coming to the country to work as domestic helpers. Indonesian Labour Minister Erman Suparno said last
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        Lock icon Kelantan by-election: BN names candidate
        282 10 BERNAMA, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MANEK URAI (Kelantan): A manager with a Kelantan government agency was yesterday named as the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for a by-election in the state. Mr Tuan Aziz Tuan Mat, 39, from South Kelantan Development Authority, will stand against a
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        970 11  -  Bhagyashree Garekar US governor's wife refuses to take usual route of supporting husband as he admits to affair By US CORRESPONDENT IF AN extramarital affair is a near-death experience for a politician, his wife has always held the power to resuscitate him. Until Mrs
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        Lock icon Old media still have more impact in Iran
        671 12  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS Foreign broadcasts still the only way to sway its voters in digital age By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: To start with, the political turmoil which gripped Iran over the last two weeks seemed curiously old-fashioned: Large numbers
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        Lock icon Unesco adds five sites to heritage list
        293 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has named five new sites to its World Heritage List. They are the sacred Buddhist mountain of Wutai in China, Italy's Dolomite Mountains, the tidal flats and wetlands of
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        Lock icon New Lebanese PM aims for coalition govt
        315 12 LOS ANGELES TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES CAIRO: Mr Saad Hariri, the wealthy leader of an American-backed political coalition, has been appointed Prime Minister of Lebanon an indication that the nation's sectarian political parties are cooperating, at least for now, on the contentious task
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        Lock icon Keep kids in line or be fined, parents warned
        399 13 Britain plans to give schools more powers to make students behave LONDON: Teachers in Britain will be able to take parents of disruptive pupils to court under government plans to be unveiled tomorrow. Schools will get stronger powers to ask for
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        Lock icon Lifting the 'Colonel's curse'
        108 13 A long-lost statue of Colonel Sanders, the Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot, is back in the public eye after it was tossed into a river in Osaka, Japan, in 1985. The statue, which was unveiled at a service in Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine in central Japan last Thursday,
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          Lock icon Officials jailed over landslide
          116 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Twelve officials have been jailed for negligence and abuses of power that led to at least 277 people being killed in a landslide in northern China last year, state media reported yesterday. The Sept 8 disaster in Shanxi province occurred when an illegal
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          Lock icon Honduran President held
          89 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras): Soldiers arrested President Manuel Zelaya and disarmed his security guards before dawn yesterday, his private secretary said, in an apparent coup. He was detained shortly before voting was to begin on a constitutional referendum he had insisted on holding even though the Supreme
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          Lock icon Prince orders wife to return
          102 13 PETALING JAVA: Kelantan prince Tengku THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Muhammad Fakhry Petra has ordered his estranged wife Manohara Odelia Pinot to return to him by Thursday, failing which he will proceed with legal action. Stating that he was her lawful husband under Islamic law, he
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          Lock icon Arms down for Irish groups
          75 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BELFAST: The main loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have announced that they are decommissioning their weapons, a new milestone on the road to peace after decades of unrest. The Ulster Volunteer Force, Ulster Defence Association and Red Hand Commandos have reportedly killed
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          Lock icon Online child porn ring
          71 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS BERN: Swiss police have uncovered a child pornography ring involving more than 2,000 people in 78 countries. A Federal Police spokesman said the authorities were monitoring a website with a provider in the Swiss canton Vaud, acting on a tip from Interpol. The site
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon Adapt enforcement tofigjti changing drug habits
      400 14 WITH the Central Narcotics Bureau iiavnig neueu Digger iiauis ui most kinds of drugs last year, Singapore will find little relief in a United Nations report that global markets for cocaine, opiates and cannabis have shrunk. On the contrary, there is reason for concern
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      Lock icon Painful dark side to China's lending surge
      989 14  -  Andy Xie By CHINA'S credit boom has increased bank lending by more than six trillion yuan (Ssl.2 trillion) since December. Many analysts think an economic boom will follow in the second half of the year. They will be disappointed. Much of this lending
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      Lock icon Kong Nam a test case of UN resolve
      949 14  -  Michael Richardson By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE cargo ship, Kang Nam 1, has long been on a watch list of North Korean vessels suspected of illicit trading. But it recently emerged from the shadows at the centre of a cat-and-mouse game
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      Lock icon Bottom near, but long, hard slog ahead
      1026 15  -  Gerard Lyons By THE outlook depends on the economic fundamentals, the policy response and confidence. In recent months, confidence has rebounded from its lows but remains fragile. Fear of a meltdown has been replaced by the reality of an eventual recovery. The rise
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      Lock icon China's progress looks nothing like Singapore's
      1037 15  -  John Lee By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES RECENT conversations with Chinese political scientists brought home the extent to which Beijing is obsessed with watching, analysing and replicating the success of Singapore. After all, despite a mediocre global ranking for political freedom, Singapore is confident,
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      Lock icon Why users stick to the iPhone
      1093 15  -  Grace Chng I REMEMBER that chilly January morning in 2007 when Apple's chief executive officer, Mr Steve Jobs, received a wild reception unveiling the iPhone at the Macworld expo held at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco. No buttons graced the iPhone save one:
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        352 16  -  Muhammad Hazique Salahudin TOWN COUNCILS MISSING LINK I READ with intrigue last Saturday's report, "Missing link between town councils and residents". Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's view on the current situation is valid. By most accounts, the town councils are seen merely as sub-agencies of the
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        Lock icon Testimony to success of meritocracy
        111 16  -  Chan Cheng Lin I REFER to last Friday's report, "Meet the SAF's first Malay general". Colonel Ishak Ismail's accomplishment bears testimony to the success of meritocracy, which is a key nation-building principle in our multiracial society. His exemplary achievement will further encourage fellow Malay Singaporeans
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        Lock icon H1N1 FIGHT Excellent service in difficult times
        253 16  -  Rosie Zaiton Mohammed (Ms) WE HAVE lived abroad for the past 12 years and usually return annually twice a year to visit family and friends. We have always been impressed by the courtesy shown by people from all walks of life wherever we
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        258 16  -  Ong Tze Lin (Mdm) WHAT is the rationale of the Ministry of Health advising the public to call an ambulance if they have symptoms of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, when the hospital does no test to confirm it? Last Saturday, my husband
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        132 16 When schools reopen, only students who spent the past week in 'congested' Singapore will return to classrooms, not those who have spent their time in relatively safe environments." MR MONEY KANAGASABAPATHY: "Singapore, with 454 reported cases of H1N1 as of last Saturday, is probably among the most affected
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        72 16 "Malaysia, with about 70 cases of infection, is excluded while Indonesia, with only a few, is blacklisted." MS DHANALETCHMI PILLAY: "It puzzles me that Malaysia, with about 70 infections, is excluded while Indonesia, with only a few, is blacklisted. Is it a matter of oversight or convenience
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      796 17  -  Carolyn Quek Greater awareness sees young and old offenders being brought to court By ANNOYED that his mother was nagging at his young niece for refusing a bowl of hot porridge, Hong Kia Cheng, 47, threw a wooden dining chair at the 67-year-old woman. Another
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      938 18  -  Amanda Tan More youth marrying and divorcing online in the name of the game By AMANDA Lee is just 15, but she is already twice divorced and is now in the midst of another nasty split with her third husband. Oh, and she
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      490 18 Tying the knot. ..to improve game play ASIASOFT Online, which publishes games such as MapleStory and AuditionSEA, said getting married in these games is purely for fun. "It's just a platform where players can train together," said marketing director Ng Kok Khwang. Amanda Tan looks at how online marriages are
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      608 19  -  Maria Almenoar vVee Jun Kai Some hold back from queues till surcharges kick in at spm By SOME taxis are holding back from joining the queues at Changi Airport just before spm on weekends so that they can collect the higher surcharges
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      260 19  -  JESSICA JAGANATHAN FAMILIES cheered, ate, skated and play-acted as rock stars in the Xbox 360 game Rock Band as part of the monthlong National Family Celebrations that drew to a close yesterday. An audio-visual performance by the National University of Singapore's Wind Symphony,
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        559 20  -  Jalelah Abu Baker lorrie Tan The Straits Times looks at organisations that have been rated as the best in keeping customers satisfied, and finds out what makes them tick. This is the final instalment of a four-part weekly series. Tan Chong Motor Sales voted the
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        165 20 2000: Tan Chong Motor Sales introduces the Nissan Sales and Service Way, a two-day course to train front-line staff to deal with customers. Employees continue to attend two refresher courses a year. The company also starts giving annual awards to recognise employees for good service. 2006:
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        348 20 CORRIE TAN TAN Chong Motor Sales' senior sales consultant, Ms Evangeline Lim, literally goes the extra mile for her customers. She once drove a customer from his Buona Vista office to collect his car from a Bukit Timah repair workshop. This was in 2003, when
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      223 21 SINGAPORE'S only North Indian Hindu temple celebrated its 40th anniversary yesterday, with President S R Nathan and his wife as well as Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew as the guests of honour. About 500 devotees attended
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      576 21  -  Chua Hian Hou Funds will be used to train 150 chip design experts over five years By WHILE Singapore's semiconductor industry has been hard-hit by the economic downturn, its long-term prospects are good and the Government is signalling its continued support by pumping
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      627 22  -  Jermyn Chow Camaraderie among tank crew makes hard tasks little bit easier By CLEANING a tank may be one of the most arduous tasks in the armour formation, but it is one that the troops young and old remember most fondly. The long hours spent doing
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      417 22  -  JERMYN CHOW YOUTH now have a say in the look and feel of future machines of war even before they are enlisted into the army. This will allow the military to design platforms that will be best suited for their future operators. The Singapore
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        499 24  -  Goh Yi Han SOAP BOX It will drive home point that being a customer is not just about taking By REPUBLIC Polytechnic recently scored the highest among commercial schools in a recent survey which measured customer satisfaction levels across various industries. (Other winners include StarHub
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        957 24 MY LIFE The Asian Youth Games (AYG) start today. Will Youthlnkers be cheering on their peers? Humbled by sportmen's sacrifice YOU might say I'm the antithesis of a sportsman. I sink like a stone when I take to the swimming pool. After years of
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      115 17 rh WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com your say MOST-READ ONLINE Some taxi drivers are up to their "I was called a prostitute." disappearing tricks again. This time they are doing a no-show just before MOST COMMENTED spm on weekends at the airport so they School's psychology
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      220 22 I S'poreans post explicit videos of childbirth on YouTube The Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) Skills Training Award Scheme helps low-income Chinese who are Singaporeans or Permanent Residents to attend the following skills training courses. Course fee sponsorship is up to 95%. EwwW^ST^ri3wS!j^ c°urses f°r Bfi ffll'ffl.l-11 ffllm mjimM Senior
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      764 23  -  KARENTENG Outdoor ads on SPH MediaßoxOff ice's digital platform are an instant hit for advertisers to grab more attention BY THE television at the cashier's counter in an SPC petrol station was flashing words which parody a fracas that recently hit the headlines in Singapore. The
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      241 23  -  Ahmad Osman FROM July 1, budget carrier Firefly, a subsidiary of Malaysian Airline System, will start operating three daily flights between Subang Airport in Malaysia and Singapore. Its fourth daily flight will start from July 12 when the SingaporeIpoh route is launched. You
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      283 23  -  AHMAD OSMAN BY DRAMAS, thrillers, crime stories and entertainment these are four genres of the popular American television series offered by SingTel's new mio TV, which you can watch repeatedly at your own convenience. Each genre featuring recent completed series on
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      286 23  -  Karen Teng WOMEN can now shop for the latest information technology products and get free advice from a personal shopping assistant at the IT for Her concept corner of Harvey Norman's mega superstore atMilleniaWalk. The ladies zone is said to be the first
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      257 23 Can cans To commemorate the first Asian Youth Games, which kicks off in Singapore today, the cans of IOOPIus isotonic drinks have images of Frasia, the Games' mascot. The limited-edition collection features five different sports. The recommended retail price is 70 cents per can. Pizza lava Pizza Hut's Cheesy
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      748 25  -  Terrence Voon Jeanette Wang S'poreans bask in the AYG spirit as torch relay travels around the island By IT WAS a journey that began at dawn with the simple push of a button. And by the time night fell yesterday, the three torches carrying the symbolic flame
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      730 26  -  Jonathan Wong, I JEANETTE WANG LIN XINYI Malaysians' move a letdown but most say it has little effect on Games By AS THEY say in the entertainment business, the show must go on. Despite Malaysia's decision not to send the bulk of their 79-strong contingent to the Asian
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      358 26  -  Lin Xinyi CHINA dominated the Beijing Olympics medal tally last year, but topping the standings at the Asian Youth Games (AYG) will not be a priority. "Our main aim here is to forge friendships with the youths of Asia," their chef de mission
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      588 26 Saudi Arabia 2 North Korea 2 I By Wang Meng Meng YESTERDAY'S Asian Youth Games football match between Saudi Arabia and North Korea, which ended in a 2-2 draw, had the Koreans accusing their opponents of resorting to the darker arts of the
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      100 26 Yesterday Group B South Korea 8 Laos 1 Saudi Arabia 2 North Korea 2 Today Group A Singapore v Thailand (4pm, Jalan Besar Stadium) China v Iran (4pm, Temasek Polytechnic) P W D L F APts 1 China 2 Iran 3 Singapore 4 Thailand V^-*W^_>-^-H 110 0 7
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      762 27  -  Leonard Lim Liang Wei, an accidental athlete, is Singapore's best bet in girls' 100m By THE first time she stepped into the Singapore Sports School, Liang Wei was clutching a small bat, and harbouring dreams of being picked for its table tennis team. The sport
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      63 27  -  ALPHONSUS CHERN Over 3,800 football fans were at Tampines Stadium yesterday to watch (from left) David Lim, Fandi Ahmad and Malek Awab in action. The Class of 90s team beat the Media All Stars team 11-5, with former fan favourite Abbas Saad scoring a hat-trick. The charity
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      262 27  -  May Chen By SINGAPORE failed to retain their crown in the Asian Netball Championship final in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, losing 48-77 to Sri Lanka. The Republic could not keep their opponents at bay, despite their best efforts to stop Sri Lanka's 2.06m tall goal-shoot-er Tharjini Sivalingam
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      627 28 LOS ANGELES TIMES WIMBLEDON Oudin's charge into 4th round at Wimbledon has set tongues wagging LONDON: For those who dread the ageing process, here is harrowing news there is somebody in the final 16 of Wimbledon who was inspired to play tennis partly from turning on
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        81 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ANDY Murray insisted yesterday that he can keep a lid on sky-high expectations that he is about to end a 73-wait for a British male Wimbledon champion. The Scot will meet Swiss Olympic doubles gold medallist Stanislas Wawrinka in the
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        102 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS AS Wimbledon's new retractable roof stayed open over Centre Court for the first week, speculation abounds as to who will get to play the first indoor match at the All England Club. Not the players though. Said sixth seed Andy Roddick:
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      596 28 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Elena Dementieva, the 26-year-old world No. 4, gives a glimpse into her regimen for looking after her body and raising her game for tennis' Grand Slams: I'm usually up by seven, and, before anything else, I like to go
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      437 28 REUTERS, THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Max Mosley is preparing the ground for former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt to replace him as president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA). That, at least, is the belief of the Formula One teams
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      103 28 NEW YORK TIMES PHOTO: ST PETERSBURG (Russia): Early on Saturday morning, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet finally ended its 10-leg, 37,000 nautical mile race around the world. Sweden's Ericsson 4 (above) had won the event which began in Alicante, Spain, last October before
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      72 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Cheyenne Woods, the 18-year-old niece of Tiger Woods, missed the cut on Saturday in her professional golf debut. She shot a two-over 74 in the second round of the storm-disrupted Wegmans LPGA tournament and finished on 149 four strokes
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      29 28 Prakash Amritraj, who is partnering Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in the men's doubles at Wimbledon. Prakash is the son if Indian tennis icon Vijay
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      93 28 Golf BMW International Open In Munich, 3rd rd: 199 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 64 68 67. 201 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 68 68 65. 202 David Drysdale (Gbr) 70 64 68, Nick Dougherty (Gbr) 69 65 68. Travelers Championship In Cromwell, Connecticut, 3rd rd: 194 Paul Goydos (USA) 63 68 63.
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      554 29 THE TIMES, Cameroonian set to earn £9.4m a year, become EPL's highest-paid player LONDON: Arsenal are ready to hijack Manchester United's move for France attacker Karim Benzema, but it was Manchester City's "stratospheric" bid for Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o that rocked the English Premier League yesterday.
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      123 29 Spain's David Villa (right) vying for the ball with South Africa's Aaron Mokoena during their Confederations Cup third-place football match yesterday. It took a Xabi Alonso free kick in extra time to give Spain a 3-2 win over the hosts. The Liverpool midfielder curled
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      149 29 Tottenham have made a £6 million (5514.2 million) offer for Inter striker Victor Obinna but their bid to sign Atletico Madrid winger Maxi Rodriguez has stalled. Everton are moving closer to finalising a £6 million deal for Rennes midfielder Stephane Mbia. Manager David Moyes has been tracking the
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      317 29 LONDON: Fernando Torres has urged Rafael Benitez to bring another one of his compatriots to Anfield if Liverpool want to wrest the Premier League title from Manchester United. The Spain striker was injured for large chunks of last season, but still scored 14 League goals as
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      188 29 Today: Super Reds v Sengkang (Yishun, 7.45pm) Tomorrow: Home v Albirex (Clementi), Woodlands v SAFFC (Woodlands) 7.45pm Wednesday: DPMM v Balestier (Bandar Seri Begawan, 8.15pm) Thursday: Tampines v Super Reds (Tampines, 7.45pm) Friday: Albirex v SAFFC (Jurong East, 7.30pm. Live, Chs, 7.25pm) Saturday: Home v Young Lions (Clementi), Gombak
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      397 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS PRETORIA: South Africa's thrilling se-ries-clinching rugby victory over the British and Irish Lions on Saturday was marred by the citings of Schalk Burger and Bakkies Botha for serious fouls. Coach Peter de Villiers was also summoned by his own federation to explain
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        44 29 TAMPINES Rovers beat Geylang United 3-1 in an S-League football match at the Tampines Stadium yesterday. Noh Alam Shah (22nd minute), Qiu Li (25th) and Fahrudin Mustafic (71st, pen) scored for Tampines. Geylang's consolation goal came through Ashrin Shariff (36th).
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        60 29 SINGAPORE swimmer Dzuhlhaili Mohamed Kamal clocked 26.41 seconds in the 50m butterfly to take gold at the 43rd International Children's Games in Athens, Greece, last week. He also won a silver in the 100m butterfly. The 16-strong Singapore Sports School team won three more silvers in the boys'
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        42 29 REUTERS MILAN: Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini reclaimed the women's 400m freestyle world record with a 4min o.4lsec win at the Mediterranean Games on Saturday. The record was held by Britain's Joanne Jackson, who timed 4:00.66 in Sheffield, England, in March.
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      246 25 DARK DRAW Time-wasting mars Saudi Arabia's draw with North Korea. 810 READY FOR AYG Liang Wei, an accidental athlete, is Singapore's best bet in girls' 100 m. jaHM if wS§ CITY CHASE Manchester City want to make Samuel Eto'o the world's best-paid player. 813 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST
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      27 25 c^ THE WORLD I fjk TAKES NOTICE I Ik Melanie Oudin is America's I JS Mill I great hope after upsetting H \sJ| Jelena Jankovic. 812 H
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      125 28 Today Asian Youth Games Opening Ceremony (Live, ChOl ChllB, 7pm; Live, Chs, 7pm) Football: Group A (Live, ChllB, ChOl Chl2o,4pm). Football Jk^t S-League: Super Reds v 43 Sengkang (Yishun, 7.45pm). V^^L y Euro U-21 final: Germany <^\ (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 2.40 am). Tennis Wimbledon C'ships: Round of 16 (Live, Ch24,
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      37 30 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Managing Director Joseph Liew Director Pauline Chan Director Lawrence Chan on the demise of their father-in-law /father CHAN LENG KEE Departed on 27/6/09 From The Management Staff of CCM INDUSTRIALPTELTD
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      274 30 Jesus says, 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." CHOYAH MOI AGE: 93 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 June 2009 and is dearly missed
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      111 30 "The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul." Psalm 23:1-2 TAN KAH ENG Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 June 2009 leaving behind
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      92 30 HARIDAS NAIDU (ex-CISCO POLICE OFFICER) s/o Late MR MRS K. R. NAIDU (1949-2009) passed away peacefully on 27.06.2009. Sadly missed and fondly remembered by Wife: R. Jesintha Naidu Mother-in-law: Mdm G. Gunavathy Brothers: Sister-in-law: (Devadass Naidu, deceased) (Sugumar Naidu, deceased) Venkatesalu Naidu Pungajam(Lali) Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Vasanthany Vimar Vimar Kumaar S.
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      133 30 "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 JESSIE EOW AH WEY was called home to be with the Lord on 28 June 09. Dearly missed by loved ones. Husband: Michael Tan
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      65 30 The family of the late DALIP SINGH CHEEMAYBATH Departed 22/6/09 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Seha] Path Da Bhog will be held on Wed 1 July 2009 from 4-6pm at
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      106 30 LIM PENG SENG Age: 60 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 June 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Tan Bee Hoon Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Teck Wee Patrick Neo Yong Yong Winnie Lim Teck Lee Philip Lee Chee Li Grandson: Lim Zer Shane brothers,
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      41 30 The family of the late TING KING KUANG Departed on 23 June 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      106 30 have fought a good fight, I have finished the race. I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 VINCENT CHUA TECK CHYE Age: 62 was called home to be with the Lord on 28.6.2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Lim Ang Lan Son: Daughter: Chua Ren Sheng Chua Shanyu Brother:
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      40 30 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of ONGYEOWKOON Departed 29 June 2006 Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. Always remembered by Parents: Ong Man Siang Sie Leng Choo, siblings, nieces, nephew, relatives loved ones.
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      41 30 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of LIM KIM NEO, MOLLY Departed 29 June 2004 Dearly missed always remembered by family loved ones. Husband: Kwee Eng Children spouses: Chin Hock, Chin Lai Kwee Heong, BengTin Grandchildren: Wei Yi, Xin Hui Gui Zhi
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      42 30 In Loving Memory of CATHERINE TSAN BENG GUAT 10th year with the LORD since 29 June 1999 In life we loved and honoured you In death you are remembered and forever cherished by: Husband, Ong Tiam Seng, children and all loved ones.
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      111 30 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the House of the Lord Forever." Psalm 23:6 MILLIE WONG NGIAP LIN Age: 52 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 June 2009 and will be dearly missed by
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      116 30 PHUA HAI Age: 94 passed away peacefully on 27.06.2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Heng Kok Eng, deceased] Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Phua Cheng Hit, deceased) Margaret Lee Phua Cheng Tar Kow Geok Neo Phuah Cheng Kuei Chan Soke Fong (Phuah Cheng Meng, deceased) Lim Phek Hua (Phua
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      35 30 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late KOK CHOONG TUCK Departed on 26 June 2009 From: The Management Staff of CHOP KUM YIK CO. KAWA HOTSTAMPING KEIYI FESTIVE DECO SDN BHD
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      74 30 KOKCHOONGTUCK Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 26 June 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Sow Kit Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kok Khar Leong, Dave Ling Bee Hong, Cindj Kok Khar Foong, Chevy Wee Tieng Ping, Emil; Grandson: Angus Kok Bin Body is resting at Singapore Casket
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        509 31  -  BULLS AND BEARS Most keenly watched will be jobs indicator as sign of economic momentum By Alvin Foo MARKETS CORRESPONDENT THE Singapore market will take its main cue this week from key United States economic data as investors search for more
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        257 31 ALVIN FOO WARRANT WATCH WARRANTS of DBS Group Holdings could be in the spotlight this week, after last week's United States Federal Reserve meeting and this Thursday's European Central Bank interest rate meeting. DBS warrants are among the most actively traded single stock warrants here. The
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          8 31 For the week 2,317.95 +44.77
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        3034 31 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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      968 32  -  Goh Eng Yeow CAI JIN Exchange must fend off competition as it tries to stir investors' interest By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE sense of calm that has settled on global stock markets has ignited an initial public offering (IPO) fever that
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        61 32 YOON CHI WON: Appointed chairman and chief executive of ÜBS Asia-Pacific, succeeding Mr Rory Tapner, who is leaving the bank after 25 years. Mr Yoon, a 50-year old Korean national, will be based in Hong Kong. He joined ÜBS in 1997 as head of
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        33 32 NG SOON HENG: Retires as group managing director of Lorenzo International after four years in the position. Mr Ng, 54, was responsible for the business development of the group.
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        59 32 SHEK CHEE SENG: Appointed chief executive of Reliance Asset Management (Singapore), as part of Reliance Capital's plans to expand its financial services business globally. Reliance Capital is part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, led by Indian tycoon Anil Ambani. Mr Shek, 46, was previously
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        31 32 LIEW MUN LEONG: Appointed new independent non-executive director of Singapore Exchange (SGX) with effect from Wednesday. Mr Liew is the president and chief executive of CapitaLand.
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      458 32  -  Lee Su Shyan By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR STAMFORD Law Corporation a nine-year-old law firm that has carved a niche for itself handling corporate finance and merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions has chosen to expand in these trying times even as many of its
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      228 32  -  GABRIEL CHEN AN ARRANGEMENT with the United States Federal Reserve to ensure that banks in Singapore have easy access to US dollars has been extended to Feb 1 next year. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said last October that it had
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      251 32 BLOOMBERG BASEL: The world economy is showing "convincing signs of recovery", Mr Mario Draghi, chairman of the newly created Financial Stability Board, said on Saturday after its first meeting. "We observe signs of improvement here and there," Mr Draghi, who is also a member
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        700 33  -  Kate Lim More chasing fewer jobs as hiring freeze bites; starting pay also lower By FRESH university graduates will face a tougher search for jobs and lower starting pay this year due to a hiring freeze and retrenchments brought about by the economic downturn. Although
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        168 33 Human resources experts have the following advice for fresh graduates hunting jobs: Make up for your limited working experience by highlighting your extra-curricular activities, particularly those that showcase leadership and financial skills. Make the best use of your institution's career guidance office. Companies are increasingly utilising hiring approaches
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      Lock icon Bosses in no hurry to reinstate pay
      809 34  -  Yang Huiwen Some have restored wages to keep key staff but many remain wary By EMPLOYEES who suffered salary cuts in recent months as the recession took hold might well be wondering if their pay packets will be reinstated soon. Despite some hiccups,
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      106 34 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin brand is a more pressing issue. Budget MOST-READ ONLINE airlines doing well provide a useful tip Hong Kong not out of crisis yet. on where the market is going." MOST COMMENTED OVERCOMING THE STORM SIA stays on top in survey
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      45 35 Making it big Train rap Golden Melody Why Taylor Kitsch PCK tells commuters Awards wonlt to behave Dapper men ditch TV K"^ s PWPj^Btl \i outshone C2dk'B C6B^«^ijf/M C8 ,Jr HI II I DESIGN: LEE CHEE CHEW PHOTOS: CHEW SENG KIM, STARWORLD, LTA and AFP
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        852 36 Taylor Kitsch is not giving up acting on TV despite a rising movie career magdalen ng Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch, 28, made a splash as mutant superhero Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and will be starring in John Carter Of Mars, a movie based on the
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        463 36 Associated Press Paris A red-headed horsewoman in a flowing, made-to-measure Islamic gown atop a snorting steed opened what can only be deemed Paris' most unusual fashion show of late. The display, a sumptuous affair held last week at the George V Hotel, showcased haute couture abayas,
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        1282 38 Visual artist's obsession with perspectives in his works stems from his feeling like an outsider adeline chia Shoppers heading to the new Orchard Central mall on Singapore's prime shopping street may want to take a second look at the building's facade. Soon it will feature an art
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        263 38 'I was making char kway teow at that point of time and I said, "Can you go and get pork lard?" He actually went to the Sao Paolo Chinatown to get it for me. We had a good laugh over that' Ngui, on the first time he
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        758 38 Matthew Ngui's art on display Point Of View (2004) Where: Potong Pasir MRT station What: Some commuters encounter this anamorphic work every day. Text messages and images are fractured across the station and come together to make sense at different points in the station. One of the most
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      597 37  -  frankie chee Bukit Timah puts on a month-long festival of art, calligraphy, opera and more for its residents Holland-Bukit Timah GRC is going artsy next month. Residents will be treated to a month of art and calligraphy exhibitions and dance performances. The event, Bukit Timah Culture
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      482 37 Associated Press New York They are a bunch of regular school kids, but their fans include actor Ashton Kutcher and singer Tori Amos plus millions of YouTube viewers. A New York fifth-grade chorus that first appeared on an online video has become world-famous, a
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      632 39 Associated Press, Agence France-Presse A host of events are in the works to remember the King of Pop New York The Harlem theatre that helped launch Michael Jackson's career is planning a star-studded musical memorial for the dead singer. It will be held on the same stage
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      386 39 Associated Press Los Angeles As questions linger over who will care for Michael Jackson's children, experts say the person who has the strongest legal claim to his two oldest children is their mother, Ms Deborah Rowe. As for the youngest child, Jackson's wishes will be
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      323 39 New York Times New York Celebrity news website TMZ is accustomed to beating other media outlets on the stories that shape the entertainment world. Last Thursday, it not only scooped every other outlet by announcing Michael Jackson's death, it apparently beat the coroner's office, too by
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      125 40 'As a television moment, it's up there with Neil Armstrong walking on the... corpse of JR Ewing' Presenter Jeremy Clarkson (right) on the unveiling of mystery driver The Stig on a recent Top Gear show 'Women have many beautiful phases of life to be enjoyed and
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      602 40 They start to behave and bop as Phua Chu Kang shakes his booty to video's addictive lyrics cheryl tan For years, Singaporeans have ignored the yellow queue boxes on train platforms and public announcement reminders telling them to move into the centre of the train
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      383 40 Los Angeles No Academy Award will be presented for best song at next year's ceremony if none of the tunes is considered good enough, Oscar organisers have said. Rules for the 82nd Oscar show next March state that at least one song must achieve
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      963 41 The Washington Post She plays a legendary beauty confronting society's changing expectations in Cheri New York The list of things Michelle Pfeiffer does not want to hear includes this sentence: "The way I see it, your golden age was 1987 to 1993." And yet some
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      201 41 Jocelyn Lee Korean pop rock sensation F.T. Island brought the house down when they performed at Dragonfly Mandopop club at St James Power Station on Saturday afternoon. For one hour, the five-member band played high-energy fast tracks such as Bad Woman and Primadonna to a full-house
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      289 42 But the men outshine the women with their wacky outfits at the Melody Awards Taipei So what if singers Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai and Wang Lee Horn were not present to lend A-list glamour to Saturday night's Golden Melody Awards' red carpet? g> Wacky dressers
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      131 42 Here is the list of major winners in the 20th Golden Melody Awards given out on Saturday: Song of the Year: Rice Fragrance (Jay Chou) Best Mandarin Album: Don't Want To Let Go (Eason Chan) Best Mandarin Male Singer: Jay Chou (Capricorn) Best Mandarin Female Singer:
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      360 42 PIANO RECITAL BY WILLIAM WESTNEY Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Last Friday chang tou liang Performances at the 4th Singapore International Piano Pedagogical Symposium may be excused for taking on a didactic slant. Par for the course, American pianist and lecturer William Westney's recital began on a scholarly
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        282 44 Associated Press Hollywood Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is a fearless, equal-opportu-nity offender, but in his new movie Bruno, he steers clear of Michael Jackson gags. The film-makers have cut a scene from it involving La Toya Jackson following her brother's death. Universal Pictures said
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        154 44 Associated Press New York Evan Rachel Wood (right) and Alan Cumming have joined the cast of Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark, the upcoming Broadway musical about the famous web-slinger. Wood will play Peter Parker's girlfriend Mary Jane Watson, while Cumming takes on the role of Norman
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          35 44 A private funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon for actress Farrah Fawcett at a cathedral in downtown Los Angeles. She died last Thursday from cancer at the age of 62.
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          48 44 Guitar virtuoso Eddie Van Halen, 54, married Janie Liszewski, 39, his girlfriend of three years, last Saturday in the garden of his Californian estate. It was witnessed by about 100 guests including his ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli. The bride and groom wore flip-flops.
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