The Straits Times, 19 August 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES
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      Lock icon No golden handshake
      53 1 IN A day of close questioning by Members of Parliament, the Finance Minister revealed that Mr Chip Goodyear received no golden handshake from Temasek Holdings. But he did not disclose the strategic differences that led to the unexpected departure stating that it served no "strategic purpose". PRIME
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      Lock icon Jail for charity cheat
      42 1 THE man who set up three bogus charities and helped himself to $112,300 in public donations was jailed five years and two months yesterday the stiffest sentence to date for offences linked to a charity. PRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon Door cost furore off track
      60 1 CONCERNS raised by some netizens that the Land Transport Authority has overspent on new platform screen doors for its MRT stations have proven to be off track. The LTA is spending $126 million on the project and checks show that the prices of similar doors
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      Lock icon Home loans on the cheap
      73 1 NEW rock bottom home loan rates are on offer to property hunters amid record sales of private homes. The latest cheap deals, from two foreign banks operating here, are possible because the key interbank interest rate is near a record low and tipped to stay
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      Lock icon Father didn't know best
      81 1 SOUTH Korean Yang Yong Eun (right) ignored his farmer father's pleas not tc play the rich man's sport of golf. At 19, he scooped up golf balls at a club and practised until he was gooc enough to turn pro at 24. On Sunday, he was
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    Lock icon Workers on lorries get more protection
    917 1  -  Teh Joo Lin Safety rules tightened and will be phased in over a three-year period By Key regulations Now Each worker must have at least 0.37 sq m to himself Workers must be seated no more than 3.2 m from the ground Canopies are
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    Lock icon Online pirates could lose Net access
    569 1  -  Chua Hian Hou By THE authorities are studying a new way to pull the plug on unauthorised downloads: terminating Internet access of hardcore pirates who refuse to quit despite repeat warnings. If such a law is adopted, the pirate could get three warnings if
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      31 1 W Here s where itffM MH«wwgi!WH!MJ-Ni.u l ».-iii»i.t^iiigTgi T the future will Wm¥ Singaporeans Igii||H I be invented laugh? J-Jfc^^-y PRIME, PAGE A 8 I Byjj LIFE! PAGES C 2&3 j^g3^^^gj^g^3gg^j|j|j|||j|j|
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        Lock icon Golfer Yang lifts S. Korea
        95 2 WE SAY South Korean golfer Yang Yong Eun has not only won a golf major in capturing the United States PGA title. He punctured the American golfer Tiger Woods' hero image with the manner of his triumph, such that it is possible the world has
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        Lock icon Towards a new ideal
        29 2 COLUMNS Tommy Koh outlines his aspirations for Singapore and Singaporeans. Among them: less obsession with money and a kinder, gentler society. REVIEW PAGE A 23
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        Lock icon Best way to handle Iran
        31 2 Attempts to isolate Iran are unproductive. Instead, the outside world should nudge Teheran to engage more with modern Asia, says Kishore Mahbubani. REVIEW PAGE A 24
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        Lock icon Recruiting for the police
        35 2 A person without the necessary academic qualification may still be appointed if he has the relevant experience and skills, says Bernadette Sim of the Public Service Division. FORUM PAGE A 25
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        13 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow writes about the latest stock market convulsions.
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      Lock icon Business culture that's opaque
      950 2  -  Goh Sui Noi Rio Tinto case shows up shortcomings in China's way of doing business By SENIOR WRITER THE Chinese have turned down the heat on the Rio Tinto spy case. They have formally arrested the four detained Rio employees, including a Chi-na-born Australian, on the
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      Lock icon Cheat gets stiff sentence
      644 3  -  Theresa Tan Bogus charities man embezzled over $100,000 in donations By Khushwant Singh THE man who set up three bogus charities and helped himself to over $100,000 in public donations was jailed five years and two months the stiffest sentence to date for offences linked to
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      Lock icon Eight to be tried in big murder case
      458 3  -  K.C. Vijayan By LAW CORRESPONDENT PROSECUTORS pressed ahead with murder charges against eight suspects yesterday, setting the scene for the biggest murder trial here in more than 30 years. All of them, aged between 15 and 30, allegedly knifed a gambling stall
      LIANHE WANBAO; DESMOND LIM  -  458 words
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      Lock icon Goodyear left without a golden handshake
      751 4  -  Robin Chan Minister says disclosing 'strategic differences' would serve no purpose By MR CHARLES "Chip" Goodyear received no golden handshake for his four months at Temasek Holdings, Parliament was told yesterday. However, the House remained none the wiser about the "strategic differences" that led
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      Lock icon Hacker accused of stealing 130 million credit card numbers
      574 6 WASHINGTON: A former government informant known online as "soupnazi" stole information from 130 million credit and debit card accounts in what federal prosecutors are calling the largest case of identity theft yet. Albert Gonzalez, 28, and two other men have been
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      Lock icon Poking holes in computer security
      182 6 ALBERT Gonzalez and his conspirators reviewed lists of Fortune 500 companies to decide which corporations to take aim at. Then the men visited their stores to monitor which payment systems they used and their vulnerabilities, prosecutors said. The online attacks took advantage of flaws in
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      Lock icon Ma under fire but will not resign
      803 6 TYPHOON MORAKOT: FALLOUT President admits failures in post-typhoon efforts, apologises to the people TAIPEI: Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday he would not resign and that he was still a strong leader despite mounting criticism of his government's handling of Typhoon Morakot, which
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      1077 8  -  Michelle Tay THE ST INTERVIEW Thinking outside the box is something Singaporeans are getting good at, says innovation consultant John Kao By SOME might have difficulty seeing Singapore as a global innovation hothouse. Bustling entrepot and regional hub for industry, finance and Pharmaceuticals, yes but a top
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      Lock icon Academic and entrepreneur with an artistic bent
      673 8 DR JOHN KAO, 59, is chief executive of Kao Company, a consultancy which helps its private and public sector clients with innovation, transformation and planning for the future. The author and strategic adviser is based in San Francisco and counts as his clients
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon South Korea's rocket launch raises eyebrows
      659 10 Technology for sending up satellite could be used to launch missiles WASHINGTON: South Korea is set to launch a satellite into space today, using technology capable in theory of delivering nuclear warheads or other weapons of mass destruction. A successful launch of its domestically
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      Lock icon Satellite states
      107 10 Only nine countries have demonstrated the capability to send a satellite into orbit. Here's a look at when they joined the club: Soviet Union Year: 1957 Satellite: Sputnik 1 United States Year: 1958 Satellite: Explorer 1 France Year: 1965 Satellite: Asterix Japan Year: 1970 Satellite: Osumi China Year:
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        Lock icon Call for tougher terror laws
        716 11  -  Salim Osman Indonesian security experts want pre-emptive arrests By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT PREVENTIVE LAWS "There have been no terror bombings in Singapore and Malaysia because the authorities there have been able to pre-empt such attacks by rounding up the suspects before they could launch them." Mr
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        61 11 Troops patrolling in an armoured personnel carrier at the intersection outside Indonesia's presidential palace on Monday, as the country celebrates the 64th anniversary of its independence from Dutch colonial rule. The authorities stepped up security in light of the recent suicide bombings of two luxury hotels and other
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        Lock icon Afghan veterans stir unrest in Central Asia
        237 11 KOSH-KORGON (Kyrgyzstan): The three men were locals who were said to have once crossed into nearby Afghanistan to wage war alongside the Taleban. They then returned, militant wayfarers apparently bent on inciting an Afghan-style insurgency in this tinderbox of a valley in Central
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        Lock icon Campaign kicks off for pivotal Japan polls
        697 12  -  Kwan Weng Kin Voters not taken in by goodies offered by ruling LDP and opposition DPJ By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: Japanese politicians yesterday took to the streets to appeal to voters at the start of a 12-day campaign for a general election that
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        Lock icon Tensions soar ahead of Afghan poll
        496 13 5 killed 40 hurt in bomb, rocket attacks; more violence feared KABUL: The threat of violence looms over the Afghan presidential election tomorrow. And not just from Taleban militants. The capital of Kabul yesterday was rocked by attacks as a bomb killed five people
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        567 13 Afghanistan holds its presidential election tomorrow. There are 40 challengers on the ballot paper but about 10 have withdrawn. Below are brief profiles of some of the leading candidates. Hamid Karzai, 51 He has been the leader of Afghanistan since the Taleban's ouster in 2001 and the man
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        Lock icon Indian artist's depictions of Hindu deity spark anger
        609 14 Artist gets threats for 'obscene' portrayal of Lord Ganesh; police warn of law and order problem PANAJI: Indian police have issued a notice to a prominent artist asking him to "refrain from hurting religious sentiments" after he depicted a popular Hindu deity
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        Lock icon Former S. Korean president dies
        264 14 SEOUL: Former South Korean president Kirn Dae Jung, who survived assassination attempts during his years as a dissident and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his reconciliation efforts with communist North Korea, died yesterday. He was 85. Mr Kirn had been hospitalised with pneumonia since
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        Lock icon China firm announces first safe H1N1 vaccine
        586 15 Sinovac says no severe adverse reactions in 1,600 volunteers tested BEIJING: A Chinese pharmaceutical company has become the first in the world to produce a safe and effective vaccine for the HINI virus, according to its developer. Studies showed the inoculation made by
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi may 'agree' to US easing sanctions
        560 16 Senator who met democracy icon says that's 'clear impression' he got from her BANGKOK: Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi may agree to Washington easing sanctions against the military government. US Senator Jim Webb, who was in Myanmar last week and
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        Lock icon Thai PM orders: Fix airport woes
        394 16 BANGKOK: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has ordered airport officials to restore confidence among foreign tourists following reports of malpractice and scams at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport. He made a trip to the airport on Saturday to gather information on the problems faced by the
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        Lock icon Politicians supply the humour in act against racism
        499 17 Health Minister, Umno Youth chief in 15Malaysia series KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin were among some local politicians picked by the country's young film-makers to act in a series of short films to send
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        Lock icon KL rethinks 'race' info on forms
        202 17 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Cabinet is studying a proposal to drop a column in official forms that requires applicants to give information about their race. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the pros and cons would have to be fully studied before a decision
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        Lock icon Australia and China strike $60b gas deal
        629 19 Pact shows Rio Tinto furore won't be allowed to hurt trade ties TENSIONS OVERLOOKED "I think the ExxonMobil contract indicates that from time to time, there are tensions in the diplomatic relationship, but commercial activity goes on." Australian Minister for Resources and Energy
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        Lock icon Thaksin pardon: Cabinet to consider petition
        337 19 BANGKOK: Thailand's government said it will take at least two months to deal with a petition seeking a royal pardon for fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, after it was forwarded by the palace. More than 30,000 supporters of Thaksin, known as "Red Shirts", submitted their
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        Lock icon Man may have been born in outer space
        623 20 Basic life ingredient found in comef s dust; early life forms could have been delivered to Earth: Scientists LOS ANGELES: Strengthening the argument that life in the universe might be more common than previously thought, scientists have found traces of a key
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        Lock icon Russian navy locates missing ship
        531 21 Cargo vessel hijacked 3 weeks ago after leaving Finland; eight nabbed in rescue off W. Africa MOSCOW: A cargo ship, whose disappearance created an international mystery, was located by the Russian navy near West Africa's Cape Verde, and eight men accused of hijacking the freighter
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        Lock icon China outshines Germany in solar power industry
        262 21 BERLIN: Germany's solar power industry, until recently the world leader in the technology, is facing an unprecedented crisis, analysts said, outshone by cheaper competitors from Asia, most notably Chinese firms. Q-Cells, the world's biggest solar cell producer, last week issued a far from
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          Lock icon Blast at plant kills 12
          111 22 MOSCOW: Rescue workers searched Russia's largest hydroelectric plant yesterday for 64 missing workers after an accident during repairs killed at least 12 others at the plant in southern Siberia. The cause of Monday's accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya plant was unclear. Federal investigators said a transformer
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          Lock icon War on gangs: 1,500 held
          134 22 BEIJING: Police in south-west China's Chongqing city have detained over 1,500 suspects in a widening crackdown on organised crime that has implicated several senior officials, state media said yesterday. A total of 1,544 suspected members of 14 different gangs are now in detention, while 469
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          Lock icon Woman's caning nears
          90 22 KUANTAN: A 32-year-old woman, who is due to receive six strokes of the cane for having beer in a Cherating nightclub two years ago, was ordered by the Syariah High Court to be detained for seven days, starting this coming Monday. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, who is
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          Lock icon Rebels take over islets
          93 22 MANILA: Philippine troops threatened to use force on Tuesday to dislodge about 30 Muslim rebels who occupied two small islets next to the popular south-western beach resort island of Palawan. The gunmen occupied a mosque and took over the islets of Montangule and Bangkalan on Saturday,
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        Lock icon Going great lengths for a date
        60 22 A villager climbing a date palm tree during the Festival of Dates ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, in Buraidah, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, yesterday. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during
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        358 22 New virtual service lets tourists hire clothes to be sent to their destinations BRISBANE: Say goodbye to lost baggage, long queues, invasive security checks and heavy suitcases. Under a new concept unveiled at the Tourism Futures Conference on the Gold Coast on Monday, travellers
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Tiger Catcher Yang sends Korea rising, rising
      458 23 SOUTH Korean golfer Yang Yong Eun's memorable win in the United States PGA championship is foremost a sporting achievement. He is the first Asian male to win a major in the sport's century-long history of competitions. This is nice as a footnote, not
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      1002 23  -  Tommy Koh THINK-TANK By THIS year, Singapore celebrates 50 years of self-government and 44 years of independence. We can be proud of what we have achieved. We should, however, never be complacent. We must continue to strive to build a more perfect
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      673 23  -  John Holmes WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES TODAY is the first ever World Humanitarian Day an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come towards the ideal that everyone in need should be helped. It is a remarkable achievement
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        814 24  -  Kishore Mahbubani By WHEN the ongoing turmoil surrounding the Iranian elections finally ends, the West is likely to walk away with a simple black and white judgment: The "bad guys" won. Of course, the West did the right thing by supporting the
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        951 24  -  Anthony Paul SAVING AUSTRALIA'S 'YODA' MARSUPIAL By SENIOR WRITER "If you wake up one morning and there's not a bilby left, Qantas will fly, the banks and post office will open, you'll still pay tax. All I'm saying is that it's going to be a sadder
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        664 24  -  Bruce Gale INDUSTRIAL TIES By SENIOR WRITER A RECENT dispute involving ailing vehicle manufacturer Ssangyong has done much to reinforce South Korea's reputation for poor industrial relations. Yet despite this, such unseemly confrontations can no longer be said to be the norm. In fact,
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        187 25 POLICE RECRUITMENT WE THANK Dr Sally-Edith Yong (of the Management Development Institute of Singapore) for last Thursday's letter, "Police's poly-diploma-only policy: Move with the times". The Public Service Division (PSD) website does not state that "diplomas from private educational institutions will not be given the same recognition
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        447 25 Customers first "Security was never compromised." MS WENDY TEO, Head, UOB Channels and Branches: "We thank Ms Pamela Ng for her commendation of our UOB officer in her letter, 'Attentive officer', July 31. At UOB, we always strive to provide the highest level of customer
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        217 25 World first? SINGAPORE owes its global reputation for being clean and green to the humble men and women who sweep the streets, collect the garbage and wash the toilets come rain or shine. These people are often not recognised enough, if at all. The nature of their job makes
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      528 25 fVrv\ More letters on tV www.straitstimes.com 1 MR PAUL CHAN: Create a foundation to handle donations from organ recipients and public 2 MR THEODORE YEO: Focus on the pros of parenthood, says happy dad 3 MR S. SIDDARTH SRIRAM: Unseemly book in a national library 4 MS NG MEI LING:
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      712 27  -  Yeo Ghim Lay ONLINE GRIPES OVER COSTS Project involves 1,920 screen doors and requires extra work, says LTA By RECENT online gripes that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) overspent on new platform screen doors for its MRT stations have proven to be far
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      630 28  -  Tan Weizhen Its aim: To let readers know what makes a criminal tick and that crime doesn't pay By HE STARTED when he was 16 years old. The lure of easy money saw him burgle as many as 10 flats a night. Soon, he
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      137 28 The body of a man was pulled out of the Singapore River early yesterday morning by Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) personnel. Both the SCDF and the police received calls at about 12.45 am alerting them to someone falling into the river at Tew
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      89 28 MEN TEND TO BE ACTION GAMBLERS... who gamble because they like the action and thrill who prefer games which they think involve skills like horse-racing, card games, sports betting, dice games who develop systems and formulas for their gambling WOMEN TEND TO BE ESCAPE GAMBLERS... who take
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      398 28  -  Ang Yiying By ABOUT three in every 100 Singaporean youths may be considered problem gamblers. As a result of their habit, they may do poorly in school work, have problems with their family, or even get involved in crimes such as
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      295 28 Jailed for illegal camping HOMELESS and unemployed, Noor Mohammad Yassin Ismail pitched a canvas tent at East Coast Park and lived there for almost a month without a lease or licence to do so. That came to an end in June 2007 when park rangers caught him. His case
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      601 29  -  Leow Si Wan Innovative deals are being offered for events like corporate retreats by HOTELS here are now turning to businesses to fill the gaps in occupancy amid the global recession and HINI flu outbreak. A check with 10 hotels here showed that,
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      374 29  -  Tessa Wong By IT MAY be a recession year, but shoppers in Singapore still cannot resist a good deal. The massive promotions and steep discounts rolled out during this year's Great Singapore Sale (GSS) appear to have worked, with MasterCard data
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      542 30  -  Amresh Gunasingiiam By Online buzz over former researcher's blog on his exit from A*Star unit COULD this be Singapore's most well qualified taxi driver? Dr Cai Ming Jie became an SMRT cabby last November after spending 16 years as a researcher at the Institute
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      370 30  -  Ang Yiying By A NATIONAL serviceman who won a coveted bravery award will now go overseas to study on the SAF Merit Scholarship. Lieutenant Kok Khew Fai was awarded the SAF Medal for Distinguished Act for shielding a recruit from a hand grenade
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      264 31 1.7 m views monthly for ST video news site; prizes to mark first birthday ST PHOTO: MORE netizens are clicking on to RazorTV, The Straits Times' online video news channel, which turns one this month. The website is now attracting 1.7 million video
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      448 31  -  Chua Hian Hou By FANS of the outdoors will be able to find campsites, walking trails and barbecue pits on a new interactive map being developed here and immediately book them if they are available too. The Singapore Land Authority's (SLA) new intelligent
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      677 36  -  Wee Jun Kai Nurse of the Year mulls over unique challenges confronting home nurses By IN THEIR lilac uniforms, nurses from the Home Nursing Foundation (HNF) are hard to miss when they are going on their rounds not in hospital wards,
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      296 36 ALLOWING people to dip into their Medisave funds to pay for home nursing services may make it a more attractive step-down care option, suggests Home Nursing Foundation general manager Loh Shu Ching. Patients are often unwilling to pay for home nursing services and believe
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      446 36  -  Zakir Hussain By MALAY-MUSLIM Singaporeans have developed their own distinct identity by being part of a multiracial, meritocratic society, said Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim. "We have been able to adapt to a competitive environment and we've been able to survive at
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        379 32  -  Jeremy Au Yong Concerned MPs told: Govt agencies look at range of criteria, not just price, when awarding tenders By A THIRD of all government contracts do not end up going to the lowest bidders as price is not the only
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        375 32  -  Kor Kian Beng By NOMINATED Member of Parliament Teo Siong Seng yesterday called for a relaxation of the foreign worker quota in sectors where firms face difficulty hiring locals willing to work long, irregular hours. The plea from Mr Teo, who is
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        357 32  -  CAI HAOXIANG CHANGES to the Goods and Services Tax Act approved yesterday include two pro-business measures supporting the aerospace and the auction and exhibition industries. One amendment extends the zero-rat-ing treatment charging GST at zero per cent instead of seven per cent to all aircraft
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        1423 32 The unexpected departure of Temasek Holdings' chief executive-designate Chip Goodyear left the public with many unanswered questions. In Parliament yesterday, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam fielded questions from MPs ranging from the reasons behind his departure, to whether there would be new
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        550 33  -  Selina Lum Pupillage system replaced; easier for lawyers to return to practise here By CHANGES to the law governing the legal profession were passed in Parliament yesterday, replacing the current pupillage system and making it easier for lawyers to return to practise in Singapore. These
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        421 33  -  SELINA LUM NOMINATED MP Paulin Tay Straughan is worried that the limited number of places in law schools here is killing the dreams of many young people. "How do you tell an 18-year-old who has faithfully slogged away at his books, only to find that
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        287 33  -  Jeremy Au Yong By SINGAPORE'S sports fraternity did not show its best side last year when the number of rows hit a peak of eight cases, four times more than the year before. The most high-profile case was the table tennis squabble that
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        631 33  -  Jessica Lim By WITH guns blazing, Senior Minister of State (Law and Home Affairs) Ho Peng Kee yesterday declared war on loan sharks and called on Singaporeans to join in the fight. "We recognise that we are in a battle of wits and nerves with determined
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        316 33  -  Jessica Jaganathan By THE pool of Singaporeans without basic health-care insurance is set to shrink. The Ministry of Health is aiming to reduce the proportion of people without MediShield from 16 per cent to a single-digit number. MediShield provides cover for those who opt for subsidised
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        638 33  -  JEREMY AU YONG Review of food handlers THE National Environment Agency (NEA) is reviewing the health requirements for food handlers to ensure they remain effective in preventing disease transmission. Currently, they are not required to be screened against any food-borne infection. But they have to get a typhoid vaccination
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        801 34  -  Clarissa Oon Align policies with its values, he tells House By NOMINATED Member of Parliament Viswa Sadasivan wants Parliament to reaffirm its commitment to the principles enshrined in the National Pledge. In his view, this entails strengthening Singaporeans' sense of citizenship, the
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        515 34 Excerpts from NMP Viswa Sadasivan's speech calling for Parliament to reaffirm the principles of the National Pledge: "It has often been said that Singapore does not have an ideology that pragmatism is our mantra and modus operandi. "But if we examine our National Pledge closely,
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        681 34 THE way Singapore has kept faith with all its different races and religions is not to try and mesh everything into a whole but to keep things separate. Parliamentary Secretary Sam Tan said that such an approach of "unity in diversity" had worked well
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        388 34  -  CLARISSA OON NEEDY Singaporeans do receive substantial help from the Government, and in fact the Government ensures that "no needy Singaporean is left behind". Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, the Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS), said this
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        448 35  -  Kor Kian Beng Kids from European-Asian marriages can be Eurasian, provided conditions are met By ASIAN father, European mother? European father, Asian mother? It does not matter children of these marriages can all be classified as Eurasian. The only conditions are that both
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        249 35  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN MAS looks into motor claims THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is looking into a perennial bugbear of motorists: rising insurance costs. In a reply to Mr Yeo Guat Kwang (Aljunied GRC), the MAS noted escalating premiums are largely on the back of higher claims, which
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        338 35  -  Tan Weizhen By A SELECTION of private schools are currently being assessed for their ability to manage finances, among a whole range of other criteria. This is part of a push by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to get their houses in order, following
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      103 27 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin at a much lower cost, to prevent people MOST-READ ONLINE from falling onto the tracks?" Couple found dead in hotel. Tremors shake Singapore. BLOGGED ABOUT Circle Line: The longest dig. Proud of Singapore's diversity. Says Imad: "I'm amazed at how
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      519 37 ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Jamaican women hope to repair sport's sullied image after near-sweep BERLIN: Shelly-Ann Fraser closed her eyes as she crossed the finish line, almost afraid to open them back up and glance at the Olympic Stadium Scoreboard. Like she had anything to worry about. Fraser
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      118 37 BERLIN: There will be no rematch in tomorrow's 200 metres final Olympic and world 100 m champion Usain Bolt is the hot favourite after Tyson Gay pulled out injured. Gay, who finished second to Bolt in the 100 m on Sunday, relinquished his
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      315 37 BERLIN: A bewildered Yelena Isinbayeva could not explain how she lost her five-year stranglehold on the women's pole vault on Monday. She failed to clear any height at the World Championships, handing the title to Poland's Anna Rogowska. The Russian world record-holder, who had won
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      570 37  -  Leonard Lim By IT WAS an attempt to apply pressure on an under-performing national sports association, but eventually the Singapore Athletic Association has gotten its way. The SAA's president Loh Lin Kok signed the contract for last December's Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon
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      1099 38 Tiger-slayer Yang did not want to live the farming life of his father Strutting his stuff HE ACHIEVED Asia's first Major in authoritative final-round fashion and we are not talking about Yang Yong Eun's golf here. The South Korean's all-white ensemble worn en route to his closing
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      549 38 SEOUL: Celebrations erupted in South Korea on Monday for Yang Yong Eun, the little-known golfer who defeated Tiger Woods in the PGA Championship the previous day. Residents of his home island of Jeju hailed the first South Korean man to claim one of golf's
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      67 39 PHOTO: TORONTO: Maria Sharapova (above) looked impressive in a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 10 seed Nadia Petrova in the first round of the Rogers Cup on Monday. Sharapova broke her fellow Russian once in the first set and twice more in the second. She has made steady
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      435 39 Athletics World Championships In Berlin Men's 10,000 m: 1 Kenenisa Bekele (Eth) 26min 46.315 ec 2 Zersenay Tadese (Eri) 26:50.12 3 Moses Masai (Ken) 26:57.39. Hammer throw: 1 Primoz Kozmus (Slo) 80.84 m 2 Szymon Ziolkowski (Pol) 79.30 3 Aleksey Zagorniy (Rus) 78.09. Women's 100 m: 1 Shelly-Ann Fraser
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      676 39 Loss to Spurs means a win against Stoke today is a must to keep pace LIVERPOOL: Liverpool face Stoke City at Anfield today, with concern already arising about their chances of winning the Premier League. That may sound absurd given that the new season is a
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      268 39 LONDON: England defender Rio Ferdinand will miss Manchester United's Premier League match at Burnley today. He is likely to be sidelined for at least another two weeks, as the English champions battle to cope with an injury crisis. The centre back had a scan done
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        103 39 PARALYMPIANS Desiree Lim and Jovin Tan added to Singapore's growing medal tally at the sth Asean Para Games at Port Dickson yesterday. Desiree won the gold in the Women Access Liberty while Jovin Tan managed a bronze in the Men Access 2.3 category to boost the
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        95 39 GALLE (Sri Lanka): Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan pulverised New Zealand's bowlers to help Sri Lanka make a spectacular start in the first cricket Test yesterday. Former captain Jayawardene hit an unbeaten 108 and Dilshan smashed 92 off 72 balls in his new role as opener,
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        53 39 IPSWICH (England): English second-division football club Ipswich will honour Bobby Robson by renaming a stand after their former manager. Robson, who won the FA Cup and Uefa Cup during a 13-year spell at the club, died last month at age 76 after a long struggle with
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        106 39 WELLINGTON: Daniel Carter has been rushed back into the New Zealand line-up for their Tri-Nations rugby clash with Australia in Sydney on Saturday. All Blacks coach Graham Henry yesterday deemed star fly-half Carter fit to play his first Test of the season, after he partially
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        35 39 TAMPINES Rovers edged out Balestier Khalsa 1-0 in an S-League football match at the Toa Payoh Stadium last night. Edward Tan scored the winner for the visitors in the 21st minute.
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      566 40 Ferrari driver feels he will be fit to race in Brazilian GP on Oct 18 SAO PAULO: The image of Felipe Massa's swollen face and news that he had life-threatening injuries due to a fractured skull are not something one will forget easily. It was just
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      439 40 CINCINNATI: Slow is not a speed usually associated with Rafael Nadal, but the former world No. 1 admitted on Monday that his return to full fitness and to Grand Slam-winning form is likely to take some time. The muscular Spaniard returned to the
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      143 37 n WHAI'S UIMLINt <H MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES EPL title a "fight to the death" Gerrard out of Dutch game Gunners' tricky start MOST COMMENTED Benitez fumes at penalty denials Said Eagle2oo4: "Benitez is right to feel aggrieved by the dubious decisions in turning
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      178 39 Today Football S-League: Sengkang v Geylang (Hougang, 7.45pm). English Premier League: Burnley v Manchester United (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 2.40 am), Liverpool v Stoke City (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 3am), Birmingham City v Portsmouth (Live, ChllB, tomorrow, 2.45 am), Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur (Live, Chll9, tomorrow, 2.45 am). Uefa Champions League,
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      84 40 CHIU PING CHIOW Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 18 Aug 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Ho KumWeng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ho Meng Tuck Margaret Lim Ho Meng Fatt Lee Ai Peng Grandsons: Granddaughter-in-law: He Zhi Hao He Zhi An Zhuo An Qi Granddaughter: Ho Hui Hsien Body is resting
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      117 40 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 TAN KIM CHOO ©TANTINCHOO Age 69 was called home to be with the Lord on 18 August 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones
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      71 40 I The family of the late W- *k MARY LIM LIAN CHOO Departed on 13 August 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Dr Sitoh Yih Yiow and to Priests and Prayer Groups of Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace, relatives, friends (especially Mr Nicholas Lim),
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      66 40 BALAN S/0 G KRISHNAN Age: 47 passed away peacefully on 17/8/2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Nirmala Dcvi Sons: Sanjeevan s/o Balan Surendran s/o Balan Jegatheswaran s/o Balan Brother: KPartiven (Raffles City) Relatives friends Body is resting at Blk. 183, Stirling Rd. #14-234 Cortege will leave
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      179 40 "My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." 2 Corinthians 12:9 NG SOO GEK, JESSIE Age: 69 Was called home to be with the Lord
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      28 40 25th Anniversary™ In Loving Memory Of ONGBENGHOON Departed 19/8/84 Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. Always remembered by Family members Mends
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      134 40 LEE CHEOW CHEV Age: 56 passed away peacefully on 18 Aug 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Leung Fat Yuan, Sammy Daughters: Leung Kar Ying, Jocelyn Leung Kar Yun, Jeannette Father-in-law: Mother-in-law: Leung Chiu (Deceased) Fong Kwan Yl Brothers-in-law: Sisters-in-law: Leung Fat Wing Yun Chi Wah Wong Siu Kung, Albert
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      36 41 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to TAN GUEK MING and Family on the demise of her beloved Father PETER TAN HENG LIM on 17th August 2009 From The Directors, Management Staff of FOOD EMPIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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      86 41 PETER TAN HENG LIM Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lim Siew Hong Sons: Daughters-in-law: William Tan Winnie Koh Andrew Tan Katherine Phang Daughters: Sons-in-law: Hilda Tan Albert Yeo Agnes Tan Willis Leow
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      57 41 OM NAMO BAGAVATHE SHANTANANDAYA RAGAVAN MADHAVI AMMA (Wife of late Balakrishnan Menon) Age: 82 yrs Passed away peacefully on 17 August 2009 and was cremated on 18 August 2009, leaving behind beloved Sister: Parukutty Nambiar (Muthu) Daughters: Vijayalakshmi Menon Padmavathi Menon Vilasini Menon Girija Menon Sons: Ravindran Menon (deceased) Gopalakrishnan
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      104 41 In loving memory of our father and mother KhooTengHooi Lilian limLianLui Departed 19 Aug 1999 Departed 22 Sept 2006 So many images come to mind, whenever we speakyour names; It seems without you in our lives, things have never been the same. Some days we hear your voice, and turn
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      46 41 X 3rd Anniversary f In Loving Memory of SUSAYROSALEY Departed 19 Aug 2006 In our homes she is fondly remembered, Sweet Memories cling to her name Those who loved her in life sincerely Still love her in death just the same. Always remembered by loved ones.
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      50 41 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Brother TAN WANG CHEOW Sister-in-law TAN GUEK MING on the demise of their beloved father-in-law /father PETER TAN HENG LIM Departed on 17 August 2009 From: Tan Seok Wah, Tan Siok Cher, Tan Wang Seng, Tan Wang Heng, Tan Wang Tong, Melanie, Angeline
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      84 41 ATHMA SHANTI POOIA The family of the late RAJAGOPAL CHANDRASAGARAN Departed on 4th August 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences during their recent bereavement. Karumathi prayers will be held on 19th August 2009 (Wednesday night) at Blk 418
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        501 42  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS BEARS Modest rebound largely due to short-covering of sell positions by traders By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT STOCK markets across Asia staged a modest rebound yesterday, as the wobbly Shanghai market regained its footing, after its eye-watering 5.8 per cent plunge
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        436 42 WASHINGTON: Ground breaking for new homes in the United States fell unexpectedly last month. However, a rise in single-family home construction for a fifth straight month kept hopes alive that the economy was set to recover. The Commerce Department said housing starts fell
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        99 42 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.22 billion shares worth $1.78 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 324 Losers: 203 Unchanged: 758 STRAITS TIMES INDEX Mid Cap 583.98 8.39 Basic materials 313.56 12.29 Utilities 445.09 4.07 Small Cap 511.83 9.52 Industrials 554.08 1.19 Financials 637.51 8.35 All Share 629.53 6.25 Consumer goods 708.75 11.01
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        182 42 Yesterday's close: 10,284.96 (+16.35) »Japanese shares ended marginally higher as global markets showed signs of stabilising after the previous day's plunges. Yesterday's close: 1,164.41 (-4.64) Malaysian shares closed 0.4 per cent lower as investors turned cautious amid a lack of fresh leads. Yesterday's close: 20,306.27 (+168.62) Hong Kong shares
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          104 42 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Aug 18 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1840 1.2190 Can dollar 1.3020 1.3180 Euro 2.0330 2.0570 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4096 0.4104 NZ dollar 0.9630 0.9840 Sterling pound 2.3580 2.3850 US dollar 1.4410 1.4580 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        342 43  -  Charissa Yong By HIAP Seng Engineering has notched up a 161 per cent jump in first-quarter net profits to $7.47 million and believes a recovery in oil prices has set the scene for an improved outlook for its business. The firm, which provides
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        515 43  -  Karamjit Kaur Air cargo centre will be Asia's biggest and only one in free trade zone By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT FROM fresh flowers to medical supplies, Singapore is poised to tap into a growing demand for the handling of perishables, with a new
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        309 43  -  Jessica Cheam By OCBC Bank has extended its scrip dividend scheme to allow Malaysia-based shareholders to take part. The scheme, which lets shareholders receive dividend payouts in the form of new shares or cash, had previously been available only to investors with local
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        709 44  -  Smita Krishnaswamy Firms find IE scheme useful in providing staff with foreign market know-how By SINGAPORE business owners, traditionally wary of venturing overseas, are using government grants to get their feet wet in new markets. "We needed someone who knew our Singapore business
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        441 44  -  SMITA KRISHNASWAMY A 60-STRONG trade delegation from the west African nation of Nigeria held a business and investment forum here this week in a bid to attract investments in various economic sectors. The delegation, Nigeria's largest ever to visit Singapore, was led
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        789 45  -  Francis Chan Small and medium-sized enterprises enjoy a wide range of government assistance schemes. In the third of our four-part weekly special on the best support programmes, we take a look at the International Market Immersion Programme, or iMIP, an initiative by
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      583 46 LOS ANGELES TIMES Fewer banks tightening criteria but it may take a year for normalcy: Survey WASHINGTON: Fewer banks in the United States are tightening their lending standards, but credit constraints on businesses and consumers in the US are not likely to let
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      323 46 BLOOMBERG REUTERS SHANGHAI: Everbright Securities, the first Chinese brokerage to hold an initial public offering (IPO) since 2002, rose 30 per cent on its debut the smallest gain of any new stock in Shanghai this year. Everbright closed at 27.40 yuan, after raising 11
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      459 46 HONG KONG: A court yesterday rejected applications by Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li to overturn a judicial decision blocking his controversial US$2.l billion (Ss3 billion) buyout bid for telecoms giant PCCW. Mr Li, the PCCW chairman, moved to appeal in May after
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      129 46 YOUNG people keen to get involved in the Apec meeting to be held in Singapore in November can sign up for Voices of the Future 2009. The programme, which is open to those aged between 18 and 25, will allow participants to network with
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      600 47  -  Francis Chan Industry has reinvented itself to become a star performer By FURNITURE companies here were lauded by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech, as shining examples for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to emulate. They have managed to
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      279 47  -  Melissa Tan By THE Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas) appointed Dr Steven Choo as its chief executive officer yesterday. Dr Choo, 57, has replaced executive director Chia Hock Jin, who is retiring. Dr Choo's CEO position is a new one that comes
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      846 48  -  Gabriel Chen Two foreign banks offer new low rates in bid to entice mortgage market By Bankers say some lenders have slashed the spreads they charge on Sibor-pegged loans to grab a bigger share of the red-hot home loans pie. This is in sharp contrast to
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        1102 80  -  john lui From Phua Chu Kang to Borat and now Bruno, broad slapstick is what gets Singaporeans laughing film correspondent If you have been cringing every time the courtesy rap from Phua Chu Kang, the boorish alter ego of local comedian Gurmit Singh, blares from the
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        530 80 ffWßWcomedv BRUNO (R2l) 80 minutes/opens tomorrow/***** The story: Bruno (Sacha Baron Cohen), the flamboyantly gay star of Austrian youth television, suffers a career-destroying setback at a Milan fashion show. Worse, his flexible pygmy lover deserts him. He decides
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        254 81 Dubious comedies attract big audiences around the world, including Singapore White Chicks (2004) Two black cops (Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans) put on prosthetics to pose as white women. Unconvincing make-up, poor script, bad acting and a Worst Picture nomination at the Golden Raspberry Awards did
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        104 81 SINGAPORE 1. (1) Where Got Ghost? 2. (2) UP 3. (1) G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra 4. Orphan 5. District 9 6. (3) The Hangover 7. (4) Overheard 8. Management 9. (5) Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince 10. (7) Mongol Information from the Cinematograph Film
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        570 82  -  ong sor fern Weak plot devices and archaic gender assumptions make for an unacceptable romance ffWßffl romantic comedy THE PROPOSAL (PG) 108 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: High-flying publishing executive Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is about to be deported to her native country Canada. To avoid this, she forces
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        523 82  -  Jocelyn Lee Dave Chua Yong Shu Hoong ffWßWdrama/comedv SCANDAL MAKERS (PG) 108 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** Single-mother Hwang Jung-nam, 22, (Park 80-young) calls in to a popular radio show regularly to confide in radio host Nam Hyun-soo (Cha Tae-hyun). She usually talks about her longing to meet and reunite with
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        450 83  -  dave chua Smart and satirical, the superb District 9 boasts seamless special effects BWBW science fiction DISTRICT 9 (M 18) 113 minutes/Now showing/***** The story: Wikus (Sharlto Copley) is an employee at a weapons developer tasked with clearing District 9, a Johannesburg slum, of aliens that
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        366 83  -  foong woei wan TURNING POINT (PG) 90 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Laughing, a ruffian and an undercover cop (Michael Tse), is running scared after a drug bust. The police, who do not know he is one of them because his supervisor (Yuen Biao) lies unconscious in
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      914 84  -  adeline chia Theatre Work's production about Asian migration gets lukewarm reviews at Edinburgh festival arts reporter in edinburgh quote me Til be driving you or making cheap hamburgers or selling trailers or refrigerators or something' Producer Harvey Weinstein (right) on how his company could face difficulties if it
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      230 84 Beijing "Bird's Nest", "Water Cube" and "Sars" are some of the new phrases included in the latest edition of China's most authoritative dictionary, state media said on Monday. They are among 10,000 new entries in the sixth edition of Cihai (below), which literally means
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      846 85 New York Times Hard times get to the characters in woman's fiction as they deal with lack of funds and divorce The triple Venti lattes, Bulgari shades and Yeoward crystal signifiers of privilege that pepper chick lit's brand-strewn landscape could fill a tome of
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      132 85 Chinese pop's biggest names headlined a TV special in Hong Kong on Monday to raise HK$5O.9 million (559.5 million) for victims of Taiwan's deadliest typhoon in half a century. Veteran Hong Kong singers Jacky Cheung, Andy Lav and Alan Tarn kicked off the four-hour
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      328 85  -  chang tou liang ALBERT LIN PIANO RECITAL The Arts House Monday For decades, composers have been trying to unify the disparate genres and sounds of classical music and jazz in a coherent and intelligent manner. The results are varied but one of the most convincing is
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      564 86 Reader's Digest magazine, founded in 1922, files for bankruptcy, with agreement to give ownership to lenders New York The publisher of Reader's Digest, the most popular United States general interest magazine, said on Monday it will file for bankruptcy protection with a plan to swop a
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      326 86 Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighbourhood. He was in Long Branch, about a two-hour drive south of New York City,
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        363 88 Los Angeles Michael Jackson's father has said the King of Pop will be buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles on Aug 29, which would have been his 51st birthday, a newspaper reported on Monday. Mr Joe Jackson told the New York Daily
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        139 88 PHOTO Tel Aviv Pop star Lady Gaga says she is toning down her provocative image during her first trip to Israel and is excited about seeing "sacred and holy" Jerusalem. The singer, born Stefani Germanotta, says her visit will be "an emotional and spiritual experience". She also plans
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        115 88 SPIELBERG'S DREAMWORKS GETS FUNDING Steven Spielberg's new Dream Works Studios said on Monday it had finalised an US$B25 million (Ssl.2 billion) deal with Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA Group. It said it had secured the final piece of financing for its plan to shoot six films a year, which came
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      662 96 Landed Property Prices /%v Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for landed properties irßlhl^ 'Jl^wr for District 13 between January and July 2009. ESSES Type Sq Ft IS Type Sq R BS93S Type Sq EEj District 13 Matlockßise Detached 4.500.000 5.041 Jun-09 Carmichael Road
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      4849 104 Properties Pfcv Dl 9-20 PIS D22-24WEST ffffi D 25-28 NORTH Wff\ D 25-28 NORTH W/bi SHORT-TERM W/k ROOMS FOR RENT llh ROOMS FOR RENT ilfe| NORTH/NORTH-EAST Wff\ CENTRAL Wff\ WEST |i§jj SERANGOON/THOMSON Wgf PTEAPTS FOR RENT PTEAPTS FOR RENT UU PTEAPTS FOR RENT U0 ACCOMMODATION (PRIVATE) UV (HDB) UO HDBAPTS
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      3767 105 Properties ©MIXED WBfk HDB/HUDCAPTS H^ HDB/HUDCAPTS RK FACTORY SPACE RK FACTORY SPACE Wft% FACTORY SPACE Wft% FACTORY SPACE Wft% FACTORY SPACE HK OFFICE SPACE HK OFFICE SPACE HDBAPTS FOR RENT |fgf WANTED (RENT/ BUY) |||f WANTED (RENT/ BUY) ||JFfORRENT ||JFfORRENT \j& FOR SALE \j& FOR SALE HP FOR SALE |fjj?FORRENT
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        143 54 Cover all fronts Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise 5.40 For more information, call sophos on 6429-0058 or e-mail salesasia® sophos.com MAKING sure that all company desktop PCs are patched does not make a network safe. There are still laptops, PDAs, removable drives and other portable devices to take care of.
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        157 56 Quick fix Canon imageCLASS MFBO3OCn, MFBOSOCn and MFB35OCdn From $959, available next month TRYING to find out where a piece of paper has been stuck in a printer can be like searching for a needle in a haystack. This is because most printers just tell you that a jam
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        118 56 Clear conversations Plantronics Voyager Pro Bluetooth headset $169, from Challenger, South Asia Computer, PK computer, AAAs Com Solution and infocomm in Funan DigitaLife Mall and Sim Lim Square CONVERSATIONS can be all talk and no noise with the Plantronics Voyager Pro Bluetooth headset. The headset cancels ambient noise
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        100 56 Fancy phone Sony Ericsson Jalou Price not available, units available in the fourth quarter if this year IT HAS all the regular fixtures of a typical mobile phone 3.2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth stereo support, music player and video recorder. What makes the Sony Ericsson Jalou different, though, is the
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        116 56 Use less power Sony Bravia TSSOA Series Price not available, exclusively from Carrefour stores at the end of this month THE Sony Bravia TSSOA LCD TV is green environmentally friendly, that is. Besides using recycled materials for some of the TV's components, Sony has included two technologies that
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        130 56 Focus on graphics Gigabyte 785G series motherboards From $165, go to www.cdltrdg.com/ wheretobuy.html for list of shops TO GET graphics muscle good enough for watching movies and playing some games, you do not always need add-on graphics cards. Gigabyte's new 785 G series motherboards promise to meet most entertainment
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          1006 58 Get ready for faster broadband speeds as your home gets connected with fibre-optic cables. ALFRED SEW finds out what you can expect soon THE EVENT was all rather unspectacular. The contractors drilled a hole in the wall, pulled a thin cable into the apartment and planted
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          601 60 Will consumers get more choices and lower prices with the new broadband network? Experts tell ALFRED SIEW what they think COSTING $1 billion in state funds and even more in private investment from telecom operators, Singapore's new broadband network promises to carry all the data
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          170 60 Faster file exchange Unlike current services which limit how fast you upload files, a truly synchronous or two-way network allows users equally fast uploads and downloads. So, you can share movies, pictures and songs several hundred times faster. More HD TV channels With more
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          247 60 Next to the telephone and cable TV sockets, the fibreoptic socket will be your home's third link to the Internet in future. Using light signals instead of electrical pulses, fibreoptic cables can carry almost unlimited amounts of data at high speeds enough for
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          442 61 Here are answers to frequently asked questions about the new network What will be installed in my home? A new fibre-optic cable will be laid inside your apartment (right) and it will end in a wall bracket. The new link will let you hook up
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        872 62 Staying connected on your mobile phone is cool, but will you have to pay through your nose for data usage? SHERWIN LOH finds out J My usage m m barely hit the ceiling of the bundled data allowance offered by the telcos... It is possible to
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        1857 63 Every day, my wife and I would spend time chatting using Skype when I am at work or play together when we have time. At night, I will turn on my webcam and we will have dinner together as a family. A businessman who works
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        610 64 Social networking sites may be popular but they still come second to video-sharing ones. THAM YUEN-C reports WATCHING videos online is growing in popularity. Whether it is to catch a TV show or just a home video, more people are now turning to their computers.
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        337 65 Cisco hopes to forge a more profitable relationship with major music players with new software service NETWORK equipment maker Cisco Systems chief executive John Chambers said last week that the company's latest expansion in the online media and entertainment business will help improve relations
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          783 66  -  Oo Gin Lee Blood Bowl By IIUUUS% $50.90 (PC), t~Jml*M $45.90 (DS), ■■■■M $48.90 (PSP) i Strategy (genre) cheat sheet ORCS and humans are good races for beginners because they are balanced though the ore is stronger and the human faster. The ore race is my favourite because
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          513 66  -  Sherwin Loh G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra ti $71.90 (PS3), $60.90 (WN), $64.90 pCbox 360) Action (genre) THERE is much to like and dislike about the G.I. Joe game based on the recent hit movie. For the fans, the game includes characters like Stalker from the comics,
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          392 67  -  Yap Hui Bin Virtua Tennis 2009 By a freelance writer who is now nursing a tennis elbow RATING^^^S 6/iOBSB PICTURE this headline: Tennis sensation from Singapore beats Roger Federer. This is a scenario you can orchestrate in Virtua Tennis 2009 (VTO9) which pits
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            194 68 7/10 pPM CONAN might be the most famous figure in the mediaeval fantasy genre but for video games, Golden Axe reigns. The classic side-scrolling slasher, circa 1989, makes its return in a game where players get to chop their way through levels of monsters with a gigantic blade
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            227 68 RATING^HHH 10/IOIMM IRONICALLY, my favourite game of the lot happens to be the cheapest and it is also the most addictive. This is a silly game in which you launch a ragdoll from a cannon to hit a red target on screen. With each increasing level, the position
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            155 68 RATING^WWI 8/10 PPS A SUDOKU-LIKE puzzle involving a grid and numbers, this is for those who prefer a little cerebral action. The goal is to fill the grid with numbers, without them repeating in a row. Within each grid, which can range from 3x3 to 6x6
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            136 68 RATING^HHH 7/1O PPM ONE reason I never warmed to pinball games on the computer is that aside from tapping two buttons to control the left and right rudder, there really is not much else to it. With a handheld device, there is the tilt factor. In physical machines,
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          478 69  -  Jeffrey Tsang By a freelance writer Final say The G6O has a great GPS system but standard smartphone features. It is a GPS device that makes phone calls, rather than a smartphone with a built-in GPS. Garmin-Asus nuvifone G6O $749, available on Aug 29 from Star
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          571 70  -  Tan Chong Yaw Flip MinoHD U*****.99 (Ss33o), from www.theflip.com Looks Shiny, smudge-attracting black plastic covers the Mino. One press of a button and a non-flexible USB arm snaps out. The 1.5-inch LCD is tiny and its resolution is so low, pixels can be seen on
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          385 71  -  Melvin Seah By a freelance writer Final say An affordable and good quality MP3 player that is easy to use. Sony Walkman NWZ-BI4OF $74 for 2GB model and $99 for 4GB model, from authorised Sony dealers IF YOU want a small, lightweight and easy-to-use
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          371 72  -  John Tan By a freelance writer Final say Ideal for a photographer stepping up to a DSLR from a basic point-and-shoot. Unfortunately, you cannot record videos with it. PHOTO: OLYMPUS Olympus E-450 $888 (body and standard 14-42 mm lens), from Alan Photo and Bally Photo
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          494 72  -  Tan Chong Yaw By Pentax K-7 $2,099 for the body alone or $2,299 with a 18mm-55mm kit lens, from authorised dealers WHENEVER you read that magnesium alloy is used in a DSLR, you know that the camera maker is pulling out all the stops in a
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          293 72  -  Melvin Seah a freelance writer Sony Cyber-shot DSC-Wl9O $349, from authorised Sony dealers WITH camera phones hitting as much as 8 megapixels today, do people really need basic digital cameras like the new Sony Cyber-shot W190? If you ask me, the answer is a resounding yes. While
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          500 73  -  Irene Tham Samsung iBOOO Omnia II $898 without contract, from authorised retailers GRAPHICS display on the Samsung Omnia II is unbeatable. Plus, its generous 3.7-inch Amoled screen makes the smartphone perfect for viewing You Tube videos on the road. Except for this snag: Images do
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        621 74 TAN CHONG YAW offers some useful tips on fending off unwanted attention on your PC HERE are a few things you can do to make your computer a little less vulnerable to hackers, snoopers and thieves. Protect your files with a password Threat: Some people keep their
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        580 75 RESIST doing the tourist thing the next time you visit a monument on your holiday. Ever notice how the hordes start snapping away the moment they step down from the coach, clocking the obligatory "I've been here" snapshot, then promptly tuck the camera away. Instead, head for the
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        752 76  -  Fauziah Abu Bakar Alex Tan Anthony Foo Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg East Asian language setup fails I am using a PC with a Pentium 4 processor and running Windows XP Home Edition. In the Control Panel, I clicked on Regional,
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      720 77 J^ Even if m m you strip w out the hard disk in my laptop it is encrypted. You can get as much" information from it as you would from a brick. Phillip on how secure his laptop and Blackßerry are You will not
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