The Straits Times, 30 June 2009

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA(P) 191/11/2008 TUESDAY, JUNE 30 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon H1N1 country list stopped
      40 1 THE Health Ministry is no longer telling Singaporeans to avoid countries hit by HINI. It is becoming less useful to do so, it said, as the "whole world, including Singapore, sees more cases". PRIME PAGE A4
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      Lock icon Khmer Rouge horrors
      60 1 AN ARTIST yesterday wept as he recounted life in the Khmer Rouge's deadliest torture centre, where 16,000 inmates were treated like animals before most were executed. Mr Vann Nath, 63, in his testimony to a tribunal, said prisoners were given so little food three spoonfuls of gruel
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      Lock icon Coma drug fed to cats
      48 1 TESTS have pin-pointed what has been plaguing stray cats at Bayshore Park condominium. Traces of Alpha-chloralose, a coma-inducing drug, were detected in samples of food and during autopsy tests. However, the mystery remains as to who is behind the poisoning. HOME PAGE Bl
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      Lock icon War hero criticises Hanoi
      58 1 VIETNAM'S great war hero, General Vo Nguyen Giap, has spoken up against what he says would be a huge mistake by the government to allow a vast mining operation run by China. Gen Giap, 97, is the commander who led his country to victory over both
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      Lock icon Bid for bonds – on ATMs
      35 1 Bid for bonds on ATMs INVESTORS will be able to apply for Singapore Government Securities debt instruments in the form of either Treasury bills or bonds by using ATM machines from tomorrow. MONEY PAGE 816
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    Lock icon Wall Street swindler gets 150 years' jail
    619 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Madoff fraud took a staggering toll on victims, says judge NEW YORK: Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff was handed a 150-year jail term yesterday, the maximum sentence possible for a massive financial fraud that robbed investors of
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    Lock icon GLITTERING START TO FIRST YOUTH GAMES
    66 1 FOR two hours yesterday, the Singapore Indoor Stadium was alive with youthful energy and vigour as 1,400 performers put on a dazzling show (above) to welcome athletes to the inaugural Asian Youth Games. Lighting the cauldron were (from left), shooter Jasmine Ser, bowler Remy
    ALBERT SIM, LIM SIN THAI  -  66 words
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    Lock icon S'pore firms score big with water tech deals
    664 1  -  Amresh Gunasingham I By SINGAPORE is burnishing its reputation as a centre for water technology, with local firms bagging the lion's share of $2.2 billion worth of deals at a recently concluded international meeting here. The deals, signed with several countries and
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      63 1 p ijj,cl TV'S ONE MILLION STAR [tSE < j J MICHAEL JACKSON'S DEATH A ROHIT BRIJNATH SAYS y^M"<^. 3 Singaporeans t|2^s^^ I^* His family H^r You can win -f m Taiwan m M W k f— wants custody and win jj 1^ t talent show 1 j| of children decently
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      Lock icon Your music lives on, MJ
      1045 2  -  Cheong Suk-Wai Will there be another superstar like the androgynous genius? By SENIOR WRITER GROWING up during Michael Jackson's Thriller years, I was so ga-ga over The Gloved One that I once staged an entire school concert around his eight-Grammy win in 1984. Like most
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      217 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY Parental abuse: Family remains the front line There has been a growing number of cases in which children have physically abused their parents. The long arm of the law is the typical recourse for such cases, but some family lawyers and social workers suggest more holistic approaches,
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      Lock icon CDCs urged to enlist more helping hands
      610 3  -  Goh Chin Lian PM spells out three ways they can exploit their closeness to people I By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT VOLUNTEERS have been visiting elderly residents in the Central district monthly, bringing electric fans, food, toiletries and other donations from companies. Companies have
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      Lock icon PA moves to a new home
      142 3 YESTERDAY'S swearing-in ceremony for the mayors was held at the People's Association's new home in King George's Avenue. The building sits on the old Victoria School site, next to Jalan Besar Stadium. Its designers conserved the main school building and added a new five-storey
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      Lock icon Mayors' concerns
      258 3 "The urgent and important thing is to help people who are retrenched to get back on their feet, get retraining and get into new jobs. Also important but (from a) much longer-term perspective will be to help residents be self-reliant...in the sense of reducing their expenditures and increasing
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      Lock icon The Beast who cheated thousands of their savings
      653 6 BLOOMBERG, REUTERS He discarded me like road kill, says one of nine victims in court NEW YORK: Victims of Bernard Madoff s billion-dollar Ponzi scheme branded him at his sentencing hearing as a "beast" who had ruined their lives, forcing one to
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      Lock icon The scam of the century
      512 6 THE CRIME It was reportedly Wall Street's biggest, longest and most brazen investor fraud ever. On Dec 10 last year, Wall Street veteran Bernard Madoff confessed to his two sons that the asset management arm of his firm was, as he put it, "one big
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      Lock icon 'We were fed just teaspoons of porridge'
      676 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Khmer Rouge regime survivor testifies on life in infamous torture centre PHNOM PENH: One of the few survivors of the Khmer Rouge's deadliest torture centre gave a long-awaited testimony yesterday, weeping as he recounted life at the facility where
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      Lock icon New IU takes to the road today
      394 7  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN PHOTO: SOON, the risk of being fined because you have driven through an Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry with insufficient funds in your CashCard will be history. From today, new cars will be fitted with a sec-ond-generation card reader. The reader,
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  • prime h1n1 pandemic
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      Lock icon Gradual change in attitude to H1N1
      655 4  -  Salma Khalik 'Less useful' to advise against travel as number of cases rises I By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT THE Health Ministry (MOH) is no longer telling Singaporeans to avoid countries where HINI is spreading rapidly. Instead, its website (www.moh.gov.sg) simply lists areas which have confirmed
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      Lock icon 500 Raffles boarding school students quarantined
      815 4 By Leow Si Wan Corrie Tan SOME 500 students and 20 teachers of Raffles Institution (RI) Boarding School have been quarantined for a week from yesterday. Two confirmed Influenza A (H1N1) cases have surfaced there in the past few days. The RI campus in
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      Lock icon Going to school at home
      367 4  -  Carolyn Quek Ang Yiying I By FOR half an hour yesterday morning, Ms Kim Foo, 44, tinkered with the wireless modem at home to get online. While it was back to school for most students here, her son Shermann Neo, 12, had to stay at
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        Lock icon Wimbledon keeping flu off court
        176 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Wimbledon officials are playing down HINI flu fears after four ball boys and girls with flu-like symptoms were asked to stay home. Mr lan Ritchie, the chief executive of the All England Club, issued a statement yesterday about the flu
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        Lock icon Denmark case resistant to Tamiflu
        95 4 REUTERS ZURICH: A patient with HINI flu in Denmark showed resistance to Tamiflu, the main antiviral flu drug, a company executive said yesterday. "While receiving the drug, the patient appeared to develop resistance to it," Mr David Reddy, pandemic task force leader for Tamiflu-maker Roche,
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        Lock icon New Australian fatality had cancer
        104 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE: Two Australians with underlying medical conditions have died in the state of Victoria after contracting HINI flu. The younger of the two men, aged 50, was being treated for cancer and later diagnosed with the HINI virus. The other, who was 85,
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        Lock icon New Zealand: Two critically ill
        64 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON: New Zealand confirmed another 64 cases yesterday, taking its nationwide count to 587. Almost half of these were confirmed in the past week. It also confirmed that a second patient has been hospitalised and is in critical condition. The first to be
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        Lock icon Obesity a factor in third Thai death
        82 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG BANGKOK: The Thai health authorities yesterday confirmed a third death from Influenza A (H1N1) after a naval recruit died. The 21-year-old conscript was obese, which caused him to have weak lungs, a senior Health Ministry official said. There were 41
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      Lock icon Viet war hero takes aim at Chinese mining project
      732 8 NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS HE SPEAKS... "The project will cause serious consequences to the environment, society and national defence.' General Vo Nguyen Giap ..AND THEY LISTEN "There's cross-fertilisation and cross-cutting occurring on some of these issues. Groups that pushed a political
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      Lock icon China halts stockpiling of non-ferrous metals
      159 8 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE SHANGHAI: China has suspended buying non-ferrous metals for state reserves after government stockpiling led to a surge in prices, according to media reports here. China has been building its inventories of metals, including 235,000 tonnes of copper, over recent months, Caijing
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        Lock icon Tempers fray as Delhi reels from heatwave
        524 9  -  P. Jayaram Residents attack offices of power distributor; police face angry mobs I By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Tempers are running high in the Indian capital as the city reels under an intense heatwave, with temperatures soaring to around 44 deg C. Over
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        Lock icon India's first sea bridge opens
        79 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE India's first sea bridge opens to traffic today, aiming to ease chronic congestion on Mumbai's notoriously choked roads. The 16.5 billion rupee (***** million) eight-lane freeway is expected to cut the 40-minute journey between the suburbs of Bandra and Worli to just eight
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        Lock icon $4.4b to upgrade Incheon airport
        304 9 REUTERS, LOS ANGELES TIMES SEOUL: South Korea plans to invest 4 trillion won (554.4 billion) by 2015 to expand Incheon International Airport, the country's land ministry said yesterday. It said the aim is to turn Incheon, voted by travellers as the best airport in the
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        Lock icon Han Chinese assume ethnic minority status to get ahead
        704 10  -  Peh Shing Huei Many have no qualms lying to enjoy perks of affirmative action plan I By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: A top student in China could be denied a place at the prestigious Beijing University for faking his ethnicity bringing
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        Lock icon Ethnic brawl: Man held over false claims
        281 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Police in south China have detained a former worker at a toy factory for fabricating a rape incident that triggered a massive, racially charged brawl in which two people died, the local authorities said. A total of 118 people were
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        Lock icon China wields 'soft power' with English TV broadcasts in Europe
        390 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China's official news agency will begin providing English-language television broadcasts on screens in European supermarkets this week, in Beijing's latest move to expose Western audiences to its view of world events. The Xinhua news agency, in partnership
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        Lock icon Govt acts to protect teachers in Thai south
        392 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA BANGKOK: The Thai government will provide accommodation for teachers in school areas as part of improved security measures, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said yesterday. The decision came after rumours spread about suspected separatist militants threatening to kill 50
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        Lock icon 'No evidence' against 5 S'poreans nabbed
        463 11  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja ANTI-TERROR BLITZ IN INDONESIA They will be charged only for immigration offences, say police I By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Hassan, a member of a five-man cell that plotted to attack Changi Airport, has been sentenced to 18 years in jail after a court
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        Lock icon Second by-election win affirms Thaksin's clout
        682 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh Victory signals Puea Thai party's solid support base ahead of likely polls next year I By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Thailand's opposition Puea Thai party received a second boost to its morale when its candidate won a by-election in Si Sa Ket by
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        Lock icon Can you spot the N. Korean spy?
        226 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea's normally publicity-shy intelligence agency is creating a stir with a game that challenges users to pick out spies and those who sympathise with communist North Korea. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) is hosting the flash video game on
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        Lock icon Iran starts vote recount, frees British embassy staff
        546 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Partial recount result due today; 5 arrested over unrest are freed TEHERAN: Iran's top election body began a partial recount of the fiercely disputed presidential poll, but the move is unlikely to placate the opposition which is
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        Lock icon Looking ahead
        366 13 REUTERS What are the options for the opposition? Not many. Riot police and religious Basij militia have quelled mass demonstrations since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei signalled on June 19 they would not be tolerated. Hundreds of opposition activists, academics and others have been detained, leaving protesters leaderless
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        Lock icon Jackson's family set to battle for kids and estate
        699 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Relatives yet to see the superstar's will and are not certain if one exists LOS ANGELES: A court battle may be brewing over custody of the children of the self-declared King of Pop, Michael
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        Lock icon Generation gap in US largest since *****: Poll
        415 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: American adults from young to old disagree increasingly today on social values ranging from religion to relationships, creating the largest generation gap since divisions 40 years ago over Vietnam, civil rights and women's liberation. A survey released yesterday by
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        Lock icon What growing old means
        229 14 Here are some of the other findings from the Pew Research Centre's Social and Demographic Trends survey, "Growing Old in America: Expectations versus Reality": Getting old is not as bad as people believe in terms of health, but it is not as good when it comes
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      • INBRIEF
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          Lock icon Trains collide in China
          119 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Two passenger trains collided in China yesterday, derailing carriages and damaging nearby houses. Three people were killed and 60 others injured, according to state media and an official. The trains, both bound for the southern city of Shenzhen, crashed before dawn in Hunan
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          Lock icon 50 illegals in boats held
          117 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian authorities have intercepted five boats and detained more than 50 people, mostly Afghans and Pakistanis, as they tried to leave the country illegally to Indonesia, an official said yesterday. An increasing number of people from Afghanistan and Pakistan are
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          Lock icon Suu Kyi's appeal rejected
          122 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS YANGON: Myanmar's highest court yesterday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyers to reinstate two key witnesses in a trial that could send her to prison for five years. The High Court's ruling means Ms Suu Kyi will have only
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          Lock icon Beef recall expanded
          128 15 CHICAGO: A Colorado meat company is expanding a recall of beef due to possible contamination by E.coli 0157:H7 bacteria after an investigation found 18 illnesses may be linked to the meat, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Sunday. JBS-Swift Beef in Greeley is voluntarily
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          Lock icon Chinese, not Hong Konger
          118 15 HONG KONG: More Hong Kongers are identifying themselves as "Chinese citizens" as Hong Kong approaches the 12th anniversary of its return to China, recent surveys show. A poll conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in April showed that 38.2 per cent of Hong Kongers
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        Lock icon Israel open to settlement freeze plan
        468 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Proposal for temporary halt part of framework to create M-E peace JERUSALEM: Israel would be open to a complete freeze of settlement building in the West Bank for three to six months as part of a broad Middle East peace
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon Parental abuse: the family remains the front line
      445 16 THERE has been a growing number of cases where children have abused their parents physically. Some have involved perpetrators still in their teens. The assault of parents the very people who gave life, love and sustenance to their children ranks among the
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      1150 16  -  Derek Heng I By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE'S mainstream history until recently has been confined largely to a story that commenced in 1819 with the arrival of British colonialism and therefore the modern era, with the implication being that there was only a mere
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      942 17  -  Nirmal Ghosh By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT THAILAND said last Friday it was "regrettable (and) unwarranted" for Amnesty International to criticise the country's judiciary over the announcement of a closed trial on charges of lese majeste against Daranee Charncherngsilpakul. In June last year, Daranee,
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      275 18  -  Lai Yin San (Ms) I REFER to the report, "The perils of growing up in a one-room flat" (June 20). It brought back a lot of memories, mostly good ones. My father lived the last few years of his life in
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      352 18  -  Karen Tan (Ms) HINI SCREENING MADAM Ong Tze Lin was puzzled yesterday why her husband was not tested for Influenza A (H1N1) at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, even though he might have been a contact of a confirmed case in the Maju Camp cluster ("Not tested for
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      194 18  -  Karen Tan (Ms) MR MONEY Kanagasabapathy and Ms Dhanaletchmi Pillay asked yesterday how we compiled the list of HINI-affected countries for our travel advisory ("Why Indonesia?" and "Why not Malaysia?"). They were puzzled why Indonesia with only two reported
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      530 19  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN BAYSHORE PARK CAT POISONINGS Same poison found in autopsy of cat; culprit remains unknown I By planted all over the estate. The chemical was also found in the liver and kidney of one of the cats, during an autopsy by the Health
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      68 20 Climbers scale a five-storey climbing wall inside Orchard Central mall while shoppers look on from a cafe below. The Via Feratta wall Italian for iron way comprises a fixed-protection climbing path made out of a system of cables along the wall. It
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      251 20  -  ELENA CHONG A MAN who failed in his bid to have sex with a then 15-year-old girl went for an alternative: He asked her to perform oral sex on him and then recorded the act on his cellphone. Yesterday, Shahrizam Mohamed Asri,
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      243 20  -  ELENA CHONG AN INDONESIAN maid barely a month into her job fell 10 floors to her death while hanging out the laundry earlier this year. A coroner's court heard yesterday that Ms Maria Ulra, 23, was in the Tampines flat of her employer's parents-in-law on
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      564 20  -  Selina Lum RecordTV sues over 'unjustifiable threats'; MediaCorp counter-sues for 'copyright violation' I By AN INTERNET start-up here has taken national broadcaster MediaCorp to court for making purportedly groundless threats of legal action. Hearing for RecordTV's pre-emptive lawsuit began in the High Court
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      571 21  -  Serene Luo Victims say man took their money to buy games for them but then failed to pay bill I By A GROUP of PlayStation 3 (PS3) players has been left high and dry after a scam artist left the lot not
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        121 21 THE Consumers Association of Singapore elected a new central committee at its annual general meeting last Saturday. Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC Yeo Guat Kwang was re-elected president, while fellow MP Lim Biow Chuan of Marine Parade GRC and Dr Ang Peng Hwa were re-elected
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      701 22  -  Clarissa Oon Self-help group projects $4 million deficit; it aims to help 64,000 needy I By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MORE struggling low-income families will knock on the doors of the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) this year compared to
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      371 22  -  MELISSA SIM A JOB fair in Choa Chu Kang offering 300 government jobs yesterday pulled in 500 job seekers. The event at Yew Tee Community Club was targeted at professionals, managers, executives and technicians, collectively known as PMETs. The jobs available ranged from
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      222 22 LOWER- and middle-income households will be given a helping hand with their utility bills from next month. The Finance Ministry announced yesterday that more than 780,000 HDB households will receive $60 million in utility rebates next month. The money forms part of the
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        374 23  -  Nicholas Yong NAVY I By THE RSS Victory of the Republic of Singapore Navy's Missile Corvette Squadron had many new crew members on board this year, but that did not stop it from landing the Best Ship award. To get the rookies in
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        245 23  -  JERMYN CHOW AIR FORCE IT OPERATES the oldest fighters in the air force's arsenal, but the 144 Squadron outflew and outshot other units to be crowned the Best Fighter Squadron. Based at Paya Lebar Air Base, the squadron was formed in 1979 and flies F-5
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        365 23  -  Jermyn Chow ARMY I By THE distinctive red berets have done it again they snagged the top honours at the Singapore Armed Forces' Best Combat Unit competition for the sixth consecutive year. The elite Commandos outperformed other army units to win this
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      551 25  -  Wang Meng Meng Hosts' Fashah holds himself responsible for all of Thailand's goals Singapore 1 Thailand 4 I By STANDING at 1.81 metres, Fashah Iskandar was the tallest boy on the pitch yesterday afternoon. But how the Singapore goalkeeper must have wished there was something else at
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      825 25  -  Rohit Brijnath SPORTINGLIFE By ANDY Roddick beat Jurgen Melzer on Saturday. They met at the net. Hands were shaken, words spoken, a semi-hug accomplished. This was routine but significant. Somewhere, a kid with his first racket was watching and he'll
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      758 26  -  Terrence Voon Little known about rivals but hosts should achieve five-medal goal I By AFTER months of intense preparation and selection trials, it boils down to this: Seven days of bare-knuckles competition against the best young talent Asia has to offer. From Bishan Stadium to
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      504 26  -  Leonard Lim I By NATIONAL shooter Lee Wung Yew has been finding himself in an unusual role the past few days. The chef de mission for Singapore's Asian Youth Games contingent is playing foster father to 90 energetic teenagers until the inaugural event
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      496 27  -  Lin Xinyi Only 15, but China's Zhang has been hailed as diving's next big thing I By SINGAPOREANS keen on getting a glimpse of the stars of tomorrow can do so at the Asian Youth Games (AYG) diving competition, which starts today. A total of 34 divers from
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      486 27  - Malaysia not lacking Byte on the seas Jonathan Wong I By THE colour of the medals do not matter to Byte CII sailors Muhamad Amirul Shafiq, 15, and Khairunneeta Afendy, 14. They just want to win one. They are Malaysia's only athletes left at the Asian Youth Games (AYG) and
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      115 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROCHESTER (New York): South Korean rookie Shin Ji Yai, 21, won the LPGA Wegman's golf tournament on Sunday. She fired a one-under 71 in the fourth round to finish on 17-under 271 and capture her fifth title in 11 months.
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      328 27 Cricket Second ODI In Kingston: India 188 all out in 48.2 overs (Y. Singh 35, M.S. Dhoni 95; Taylor 3-35, Rampaul 4-37, Bravo 3-26). West Indies 192-2 in 34.1 overs (C. Gayle 64. R. Morton 85 n.0.; R. Sharma 2-27). West Indies won by 8 wkts. Four-match series level
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      352 28 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Brazil 3 United States 2 JOHANNESBURG: Brazil found just enough of their famous flair at the Confederations Cup to secure the title for the third time and re-establish themselves as favourites for next year's World Cup. They mixed impressive performances
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      108 28 Chelsea have been warned to keep their hands off AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato. The Blues were believed to have made a €60 million (Ssl23 million) offer to lure the Brazilian to Stamford Bridge. Tottenham could make a move for Marseille captain Lorik Cana, after the Albanian international
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      200 24 7 H STAR IN THE MAKING South Korean footballer Suh Myeong Won is one to watch at the AYG. B8 BBWy jim mm. r I IVANOVIC OUT Injured Ana Ivanovic in a tearful exit at Wimbledon. 810 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES
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      24 24 t BRAZILIANS #w LEAVE IT LATE BtJi tmflk Brazil come from behind to m IMH beat USA in Confederations 1 I Cup final. 810
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      183 26 F SINGAPORE Asian Youth Games OOf")Q I J MifjtfJ Draw No- 2444/2009 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 Winning No. Add. No. |*****224 29 30 04 Group 1 Prize $644,262 Winning shares for Draw No. 2444/2009 Group 1 Prize: $322,132 each 2 Winning Share(s) Group 2 Prize: $23,073 each •11 Winning Share(s)
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      477 26 Aquatics: Aquatics: Athletics Basketball: Beach Bowling Football Sailing Shooting Table Total No. of moHalc in tho ROm Aquatics: Diving c^sw^g^^a^^*^ tennis athletes sports f 3Sromln?2OOm^2^' bnutan 2 1 fc*^,'- 3.30pm: 3m springboard boys' final Bahrain 23 6 Ml 4.45pm: 10m platform girls'final 9 tt; 77^ ifl Bishan Stadium China 81
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      172 27 Today Asian Youth Games Football: Group B (Live, ChllB, ChOl Chl2O, spm and 7.30pm). Football Friendly: S'pore Olympic Selection v Gold Coast Utd (Aus) (Jurong West, 7.30pm). S-League: Home v Albirex (Clementi), Woodlands v SAFFC (Woodlands) 7.45pm. Sepak takraw Inter-con, 2nd rd: Chong Pang v Tampines-Changkat, Nee Soon East v
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      163 28 LIM CHOON ENG Age 85 passed away peacefully on 28 June 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Oh Suan Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Teck Boon Tan Mui Hua Lim Teck Seng Lim Hua Sin Tan Poh Lian Lim Han Cheng Ong Lea Ling, Helena Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lim Mui Lan Phang Soong
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      196 28 GOH LAY CHOE Age: 98 Passed away peacefully on 28 June 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Tan Meng Koon (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Kim Kiew Kek Ai Poh Tan Kim Bok Tan Kim Thai, Roland Tan Lay Hoon, Rosalind Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Kwee Choo (deceased)
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      174 28 I "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want...;and I I willdwellin the house of the Lord forever. "Psalm 23 TOH KIM CHOO Age: 80 was called home to be with the LORD on 28 June 2009. Dearly missed and remembered by loved ones. Husband: Teng Teow Chong Son:
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      54 28 U ueens W JEWELLER With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to our Managing Directors Mr Tan Kim Thai, Roland Mdm Tan Lay Hoon, Rosalind On the demise of their beloved Mother Mother-in-law GOH LAY CHOE Departed on 28 June 2009 As a mark of respect, the company will be closed on
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      138 29 We, the family of the late LIAO LAU SHUI LAN Departed on 25 June 2009 Wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all Family and Relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and neighbours for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during our recent bereavement. /We also deeply
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      76 29 "Surely goodness and mercy should follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Nancy, Doris, Fun, Paul, Genevieve, Susan and their families on the demise of their dear father CHAN KWONG
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      30 29 In Loving Memory Of TAN MING KEONG TAN MING HUI Departed: 1 Dec 2002 Departed: 30 Jun 2006 Dearly missed fondly remembered by Dad, Mum, Sister and all loved ones.
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      91 29 TAN KEE LOK MICHAEL Age: 62 Passed away peacefully on 28 June 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Beloved wife: Lee Sock Hwee Sons: Tan Sze Liang Eugene Tan Sze Han Edward Daughters: Tan Sze Sze Eileen Tan Sze Min Elaine Brothers, sisters, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces,
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      43 29 I 1 The family of the late LEE WENG TUCK Departed on 24 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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      94 29 GRACY TAN MUI LENG Age: 41 Passed away peacefully on 29 June 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Father: Tan Deng Ngin Mother: Chua Sock Hiang Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Tan Choon Huat Tan Choon Chye, Desmond Low Sok Leng, Gina Tan Choon Wei, Daniel Lee Bee Lan, Agnes
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      83 29 We, the family of the late I I MDM. BETTY LOPEZ (Wife of late S. Manuel Lopez) Departed 13 June 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations, prayers and wreaths during our recent bereavement.
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      75 29 Thalai Thevasam SRIMATHY D/ 0 P. PONNAMPALAM Departed on 12 July 2008 Sadly missed by Husband, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brothers, sisters, 11 grandchildren, nephews, nieces, wonderful relatives and friends. Morning prayers will be held on Wed, Ist July 09, 10am at Blk 30 #08-28 Balam Rd. Evening prayers
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      49 29 In Loving Memory of Quek Chuwi Chu Who left us 3 years ago on 30 June 2006. Dearly loved by his wife, Helen, daughter, Hui Ling, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in law, nephews and nieces. mmmmm m m m m "The gift of Dhamma excels all other gifts." Dhammapada 354
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      529 30  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Property stocks lead retreat; trading volume at three-month low By THE window-dressing activity that takes place around the end of each quarter, when market players try to end the period on a positive note, failed to materialise yesterday. In
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      356 30  -  Yang Huiwen I By BONDHOLDERS of beleaguered Asia Water Technology (AWT) have signed a fall-back deal with a subsidiary of SI Infrastructure Holdings that it could trigger should a proposed refinancing deal be vetoed by disgruntled shareholders. SI Infrastructure subsidiary General Water of China
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        29 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Yesterday's close: 601.60 (+5.8) Thai stocks rose 0.97 per cent from speculative buying in banking shares before the end of the financial quarter.
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    104 30 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY lune 29 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1590 1.1940 Can dollar 1.2530 1.2680 Euro 2.0300 2.0530 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4110 0.4118 NZ dollar 0.9310 0.9520 Sterling pound 2.3840 2.4110 US dollar 1.4460 1.4620 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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    366 30 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 521.9 263.6 1208 164 326 1715.3 465 91 81.3 442 3304 1750 1912 1114 304.3 243 855 250 MM 1622 201 293 457 435 373 289 2018 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 405
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      404 31  -  Yang Huiwen Withdrawal of $960m by investors ends 15 weeks of steady influx I By INTEREST in Asian stocks seems to be ebbing, as the flow of money into the region over the past few months has shifted sharply into reverse. Foreign investors redeemed a
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      469 31  -  Joanna Seow By l VAN der Horst Energy (VDHE), a Singapore biodiesel firm, yesterday moved into the biotech sector with the signing of a joint venture to produce and market enzymes for the flour and bakery industry. The agreement was inked between VDHE's
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      541 32  -  Francis Chan Key issue is sharing of information to aid tax probes overseas I By AS PART of its plan to bring local tax laws in line with new international standards, the Government is looking for public input on a new tax
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      473 32 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan's industry raised production for the third month in a row last month, but doubts remained whether it can sustain the momentum without a clear rebound in the United States and other key export markets. The
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      352 32 REUTERS BASEL: Bids to stimulate economic growth may spark only a temporary pickup and then a long stagnation because banks are not being pushed hard enough to fix their underlying problems, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said yesterday. In
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      245 32 FRANCIS CHAN GERMAN chemical giant Lanxess is again postponing the building of its butyl rubber plant in Singapore. Ground-breaking for the facility, which is expected to cost the firm €400 million (SsBlo million) to build, was originally planned for January. But a slowdown
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      506 33  -  Jessica Cheam Units in mass- and higher-market projects snapped up I By STRONG sales in the property market continued over the weekend as mass- and upper-mid-market launches drew crowds of buyers. Within three days of its preview launch last Friday, the 68-unit Residences Killiney
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      290 33  -  KARAMJIT KAUR A BOARDROOM shuffle at the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will see half its members losing their board seats. As part of a revamp of the airport business, the CAAS will be split in two with effect from tomorrow one part will
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      665 34  -  Gabriel Chen Move allows investors easier access to liquid and safe alternative I By INVESTORS will be able to apply for Singapore Government Securities (SGS) debt instruments in the form of either Treasury bills (T-bills) or bonds by using ATM machines from tomorrow.
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      100 35 A Monkey Emmy The Great 1 v business Took up singing W] h^« Listening for the boys j^j S for gibbons x 'jbisJLJ in Laos Transformers 2 Hated by critics but -~4H box-off ice smash C9 —1.! ''-AH til gk /^'■'•Ja%S£k Bc"~"'^tßBFi pi L *to»mf for .-^r% IV Z.LLI\U\V- Three
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        1084 36  -  Tessa wong The Gibbon Experience in Laos involves staying in treehouses, ziplining and being one with nature It is dawn. The sun, a tiny pink incandescent globe, is rising over the prehistoric forest, and the morning mist gently cloaks the rolling hills like in a Chinese painting.
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        748 37  -  cheryl tan CTC Holidays opens first hotel in heritage building in Shanghai, with plans for another in shanghai After a long flight, all a weary traveller wants to do is go straight to his hotel room upon arrival in a strange city. The Gallery Suites boutique
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        383 37 Bali getaway Travel agency Quotient TravelPlanner is offering a three-day Bali getaway for two starting from $1,360 nett (excluding airfare). Family packages start from $2,952 nett for two adults and two children, valid till Dec 20. Stay at a luxurious villa in The Gangsa by Kayumanis. Facilities include
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      1379 38  -  jocelyn lee Three Singaporeans will head to Taipei as wild card contestants in talent show One Million Star Rachel Chua is only 15 but she is taking her first big step towards a singing career after she became one of three Singapore singers chosen to take
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      535 39 NgChee Yang, 20, overall winner of Campus Superstar 1 How he feels about being in the top 3: "I am excited about stepping into a new environment to challenge myself and try it out. I have missed two chances, so I'm happy that I can finally go to
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      670 39 Katmandu, Nepal Pity the king. He has had to flee his palace, with its Graceland-meets-the-Himalayas decor, and decamp to a house up the hill. His only son, the former crown prince, has moved to Singapore. And now, in a crowning indignity, tourists are traipsing through what
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      790 40 Associated Press, Reuters, New York Times Awards show for African American stars turned into a moving tribute to the late Michael Jackson Los Angeles While Sunday's BET Awards celebrated the life of pop star Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson in her first public appearance since her brother's shocking
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      141 40 Reuters London Michael Jackson's greatest hits album Number Ones became Britain's top-selling album this week, after his death spurred interest in his back catalogue, lifting five albums into the top 20. Britain's Official Charts Company said on Sunday that Number Ones went to No. 1 from
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      123 42 'So far we have ridden horses together, seen off bad guys, got naked (partially), wallowed chin deep in mud, danced by firelight, attended a funeral and kissed. What can I say? It's an interesting gig' Actor Russell Crowe (right) in an e-mail about his scenes with
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      787 42  -  boon chan What started out as a ploy to meet band boys led to a career in music for Emmy The Great media correspondent Emmy The Great started out making music because she wanted to meet boys in bands. Ask which was more important,
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      268 42 Agence France-Presse Glastonbury Indie rockers Blur returned to the Glastonbury Festival on Sunday for the first time in 11 years to close out three days of music that included sets by Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. The recently re-formed Brit pop kings played classics
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      876 43 Los Angeles Times The Michael Bay-directed Transformers sequel fought off a critical drubbing and scored big at the box office Hollywood Director Michael Bay has never been a critics' favourite, but the thrashing he received for Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen was the worst of
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      189 43  -  Boon Chan Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen crushed the weekend box-office competition both here and in the United States. Since opening here last Wednesday, the Michael Bay-directed fantasy actioner has taken in $4.55 million, surpassing the takings for the entire Singapore run of blockbuster hits
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      732 44  -  chang tou liang This year's Piano Festival is filled with more familiar pieces by mostly Russian composers 'WBWconcert FAMILIAR GROUND 16th Singapore International Piano Festival Victoria Concert Hall Last Thursday to Sunday As the former artistic director of the annual piano festival, this reviewer enjoyed the wry
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        355 46 Taipei/Hong Kong Singer Jay Chou might be the newly crowned pop king at Sunday's Golden Melody Awards but it is fellow singer Eason Chan who may be enjoying the sweeter victory. Post awards, the jury revealed that Chan and singer Khalil Fong, who lost the coveted
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        203 46 Former dubbing specialist Mao Wei (below), who spent decades in movies and broadcasting in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, and trained actors such as Li Nanxing and Xiang Yun, died last Saturday, Lianhe Zaobao reported yesterday. Actor Samuel Chong told the newspaper that Mao, 77,
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          66 46 A landscape painting by 17th-century painter Zhu Da, also known as Bada Shanren, was sold for a record auction price of 84 million yuan (5517.9 million) to a private buyer at a Beijing sale on Sunday. The previous record was set in 2007 when The
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          51 46 French fashion giant Pierre Cardin has denied reports that it was planning a sell-off to Chinese companies. A spokesman said: "The couturier is in talks with Chinese companies only on the sale of certain licences in China, as it did in the past for Japan, for
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          35 46 Ana Ortiz, who plays Betty's sister Hilda on ABC's Ugly Betty, welcomed her first child with husband, musician Noah Lebenzon, on Saturday in New York. They named her Paloma Louise.
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        275 46 Reuters Edinburgh Actor Sean Connery lashed out at the BBC for its coverage of the awards ceremony at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) on Sunday when he handed out the prizes. The EIFF award for the best new British feature film went to
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    911 70 Businesses need to adopt a flexible yet focused approach in their brand communication to diverse Asian audiences ASIA has always been a challenging marketplace to conduct business due to its diversity and complexity. The region is attractive because of its sheer size and the great opportunities
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      293 70 A MATS >9^ RECRUIT B>> PVR, a leading manpower resources company, aims to develop young aspiring individuals to i excel prepare them, as Customer Management Trainees. Klf I^| L Successful candidates will have a fully sponsored Diploma/Adv. Diploma in Business and U Wk placed across customer service organizations. H r
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      127 71 qpoGBcib Give in to the real taste #5O with aur student deals! Students are to present Student ID as proof of identity to be eligible for purchase of the Student Specials deal. Promotion is valid for full-time students of government, independent schools and B*m»-««tH lfc international schools only. Each Student
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        282 72 Preschoolers Jolyn Wong (left) and Lee Boon Wee, both six, are "hygiene ambassadors" at Learning Vision Cecil, the first preschool to receive its Singapore's OK label on June 16. Their duties include making sure the toilets are clean. The school, located in Cecil Street, is among a
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        380 73  -  ANDREW DUFFY 'Let's have a natural history museum' By Tan Dawn Wei (ST, Dune 14, 2009) Activities by WHEN 3,000 people showed up at the gallery of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research the size of three regular classrooms on International Museum Day three weeks ago, museum
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        382 74 HIGH The five Ws and an H of water. By ANDREW DUFFY M WHY IS WATER (W IMPORTANT NOW? Dune is the hottest month of the year. Rain does not fall much because the clouds can often be blown away by the south-west monsoon. The country has also
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        102 75 PHOTO: The numbers, faces, events and places of the region. By EISEN TEO The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) is extremely concerned with pollution along the Cambodian and Laotian portions of the Mekong River. WHY IT MATTERS Toxic levels of pesticides, mercury and other pollutants
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        88 75 maJHHL press The former Malaysian premier has attacked Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore on his blog http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/ WHY IT AAATTERS Dr Mahathir's tirade came as his old political rival concluded a visit to Malaysia without calling upon him at all. In
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        73 75 That is the urban population of China now. urban Population has increased by 148 million over the last nine years to draw almost level with its rural population Most of the increase is from r' villagers moving to cities to look for jobs However with
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        33 75 Look throu9h The Straits Times World section and find a 9ood examPle that someone set. Headline' Who did you pick: What was the example: How can you do the same:
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        464 76  -  AMANDA TAN A spelling bee, essay writing competition and debate were amona the fun-filled activities at the recent Language Arts Festival. By DANIEL Tan, 12, puts many people to shame with his spelling abilities. At the National Spelling Championships earlier this month, the Primary 6 pupil from
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        191 77 WE celebrating Little Red Dot's 4th birthday, and you're invited! You've met our Dot Family the characters who bring you all kinds of great values and get you thinking each week. For our birthday, we are looking for a new member to
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        395 78 With their great big beaks, pelicans are easy to spot even if you do not know much about birds. By ELLEN WHYTE PELICANS are easy to recognise because their beaks have big pouches hanging underneath. These water birds live by lakes, rivers and seas
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        582 79 wish Y washy We're always being told to wash our hands, but do you know how to do it properly, when and why? KIMIKO CHAN explains YOUR hands may look and feel clean, but it is still important to wash them properly and regularly. The reason is simple germs. Those
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        118 80 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the first flu pandemic of the 21st century by raising its pandemic flu alert to Phase 6 on a six-point scale for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus. This move does not mean the flu has become more deadly, but reflects the fact
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        103 80 Commuters who rely on London's 402km-long subway network were left stranded because of a strike. "The Tube", as the network is popularly known, stopped for 48 hours as thousands of workers represented by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union stopped working, after talks over pay, disciplinary issues and
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        232 80 An 88-year-old white supremacist and hardened Holocaust denier opened fire inside the Washington Holocaust Museum, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot himself. The Holocaust refers to the widespread killing of Dews by the Nazis who controlled Germany in the 1930s and *****. Panicked tourists scattered, ducked
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        145 80 For 18 years, Greece has refused to recognise its neighbour Macedonia because the name "Macedonia" also belongs to that of a region in northern Greece. The name comes with ownership of the rich heritage of Alexander the Great, who was king and military commander of the ancient kingdom of
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        643 81 The talent page featuring special reviews, original art, photos and contributions from you. Send your entries to stdot@sph.com.sg A Budding writers On Dune 3, some lucky pupils were selected as the winners of INKPressions! 2009. Here is an excerpt from the winning entry. Journey To Your Inner Self
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        634 82 HISTORY IN THE HEADLINES* Young DuiiTignter narrowly escapes death; incident restarts debate on minimum age for bullfighters j Y A 14-year-old bullfighter nearly died after being attacked by a 400kg bull this weekend. Dairo Miguel was thrilling crowds at the Aguascalientes Monumental Bull Ring
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        48 83 W First I series of VXVJ its kind! M Singapore's turning 44 this year and will celebrate 50 years of self-rule. To mark these milestones, Little Red Dot has put together a six-part series leading up to National Day on Aug 9. I LOVE SINGAPORE
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        106 85  -  MALINI NATHAN Learn how to make cauliflower popcorn with celebrity chef Bob Blumer. Activities by MYB, May 28, 2009 Read the following recipe carefully. WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION! ALWAYS ASK A PARENT OR ANOTHER ADULT FOR PERMISSION BEFORE USING ANYTHING IN
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        210 86  -  MALINI NATHAN Examine the advertisement carefully an^answenhefcJJowinc^uestions^^^ W fl 1. Look at the package prices indicated for two to 10 people for the Geoduck Clam/Bamboo Clam set menus at the Sembawang branch. Calculate how much each diner would have to pay for each of the four packages.
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        323 87  -  MALINI NATHAN School is back in session but you cannot quite get into the swing of things. Here are some activities to helo vou iumD-start vour enaine. Bv TASKI pg Read the text below carefully. The words in bold are incorrect. Write the correct word in
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        227 88 Try it the Dot way! Every week, we brew up Dot-flavoured lessons from a collection of classroom recipes. This week, pupils learn about V understanding the weather. By MALINI NATHAN >> I Conepenod) I N BIG MISSION i 1 Learning to BIG TOOLS cool off The
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      34 73 HHS^fl WRITE MORE What would you like to see in a natural history museum that would make it more interesting for you? Write down five things that would grab your interest in natural history.
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