The Straits Times, 22 August 2009

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  • 19 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 $I.oo** THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • INSIDE
    • 56 1 AS CHINA grows in importance both economically and politically, Singapore wants to enlarge its pool of civil servants who can engage the Chinese and make the most of the opportunities there. These civil servants with the "C-factor" are China-ready. This quality, according to many Singaporean veterans, can
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    • 64 1 ALAN Tan is one of Singapore's most diabolical Internet sex predators. Between 1999 and 2002, he baited dozens of young girls with money, later raping or filming them in compromising positions. His youngest victim was just 13 years old. Wong Kirn Hoh interviews the sex
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    • 49 1 RECENT increases in COE premiums for new cars have sparked a hike in second-hand sales as well. Latest data from the Land Transport Authority show 18,539 cars changed hands in the first seven months of the year the highest in recent years. HOME PAGE Bl
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    • 48 1 A FUNDING strategy used by large investors such as hedge funds could soon unravel, currency experts say. This is where investors take on currency risk, by borrowing in United States dollars and investing in higher-yielding currencies such as the Australian dollar. MONEY PAGE C 24
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    • 49 1 EUROPE'S tourism industry is reeling from the global economic recession. The numbers are bad and some countries including France, Europe's top holiday destination, have resorted to drastic measures but apparently to no avail. Bright spots in the industry are few and far between. WORLD PAGE CI
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  • 606 1  -  Goh Eng Yeow Govt accepts feedback and leaves current framework alone By The Government has decided to back away from changes it had proposed to tax laws dealing with gains made from property sales. The public consultation process for the proposal attracted 64
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  • 82 1 Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt romped to another world record and gold at the athletics World Championships in Berlin on Thurday. The 22-year-old blitzed the field to clock 19.19 seconds in the 200 m, O.llsec ahead of his own world record set at
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  • 654 1  -  Judith Tan By THE number of schoolchildren asking for help to pay for things like a daily meal during recess time has ballooned. In the first half of this year, 9,855 families have asked The Straits Times' School Pocket Money Fund (SPMF)
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  • VIEW POINTS
    • 81 2 Tighter rules imposed on contractors for the carrying of foreign workers in exposed vehicles are only a tentative step. The requirements are by no means the final word. These people are still exposed to the same dangers of collision forces. It is undeniable that
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    • 27 2 In the wake of the Caster Semenya controversy, Rob Hughes recalls an earlier athlete who also faced doubts about her gender. SPORT PAGE C 36
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    • 31 2 We need a national dress now to spare our future beauty queens from wearing bizarre outfits, says Jeremy Au Yong. LIFE! PAGE El 2 OUR READERS SAY
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    • 35 2 Mothers should be offered incentives when putting their careers on hold, and be given a fair chance to get back to work, Susan Hu and Callie Gay say. FORUM PAGE A 36
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      21 2 www.straitstimes.com Niki Bruce recommends another teen vampire series. Loh Keng Fatt would like a certain "surrender" table back, please.
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  • prime commentary
    • 829 2  -  Nirmal Ghosh Ex-PM appears to have achieved symbolic aim of challenging establishment By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK THE unprecedented petition to the King of Thailand to pardon former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, signed by over three million Thais, has the country's establishment in
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  • prime news
    • 835 3  -  Joyce Teo Relatively cheaper than in 1996 boom year, data from two reports say By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT PRIVATE home prices may be on the rise again but new data suggest home buyers swept up in the latest frenzy are not necessarily overstretching themselves. Buyers
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    • 717 4 File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Quack Q \X\ <$) yD Search <^f Favorites B frddress |Q http://www,facebook,coin/ A third of employers in US have rejected job applicants after checks on networking sites According to the survey, 35 per cent
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    • 265 4 ONE lucky Straits Times reader will drive off with a Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI today. The giveaway is part of the paper's latest campaign: The Straits Times: A Part Of My Life. Throughout the past week, readers had to collect seven Volkswagen "keys"
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    • 118 6 TO QUALIFY for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, a school-going child must be: a Singapore citizen or permanent resident a full-time student receiving formal education in any of the following institutions: a mainstream primary or secondary school a special education school
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    • 268 6  -  CHIA YAN MIN ALUMNI and teachers from the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) raised $3,164 for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund last night. The money came from a silent auction held at the GEP's 25th anniversary dinner attended by 600 alumni and teachers at
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    • 601 8  -  K.C. Vijayan HELPING TO FILE FALSE CLAIM Convicted lawyer says he is contesting a point of law of public interest By LAW CORRESPONDENT THE Court of Appeal will next week hear a case which may have significant impact in the way lawyers
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    • 145 8 October 2005: Bachoo Mohan Singh is charged with helping a flat owner make a false claim to the court over the price of the flat in a property transaction. March 2006 to September 2007: Subsequent trial, conviction and sentence before District Judge Bala Reddy. Singh is sentenced
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    • 689 10 Govts urged to speed up state of preparedness, tackle issue of vaccine supplies 'head on' BEIJING: The global spread of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus will endanger more lives as it speeds up in the coming months and governments must boost preparations for a swift
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    • 213 10  -  Jessica Jaganathan By THE worst of Influenza A (H1N1) in Singapore appears to be over. The number of people going to clinics because of the flu has fallen below the epidemic level 16,655 for the first time in weeks. The latest figures
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    • Article, Illustration
      231 10 ST GRAPHICS to 20 per cent fewer cases and expected the numbers to fall further: "You can really feel the difference now." Waiting time for patients at his clinic has also been shortened by as much as 20 minutes. Each patient waits an average of 20 minutes now.
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    • 1430 12  -  Wong Kirn Hoh Alan Tan is one of Singapore's most diabolical Internet sex predators. Between 1999 and 2002, he baited dozens of young girls with money, later raping or filming them in compromising positions. His youngest victim was just 13 years old. By SENIOR WRITER ALAN Tan
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    • 702 14  -  OUTDATED LAW PHOTO: THE HUSBAND THE OTHER MAN "It is archaic and no longer has a place in society. It is a total affront to women to suggest that we can be so easily enticed and stupid enough to be enticed."
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    • 604 18  -  Kor Kian Beng ST PHOTOS: All 16 councils will be gauged in not more than five key areas By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TOWN councils are set to come under the spotlight every six months from next year, when a report card is put out
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    • 1281 21  -  GRACE NG Sim Chi Yin By CHINA CORRESPONDENTS BEIJING: If you have the C-factor, the Singapore civil service needs you. This "China-ready" quality has become a new buzzword since Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called for more Chi-na-savvy public servants to engage the Middle Kingdom. "We
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    • 453 21  -  SIM CHI YIN SEIZE THE CHANCE "Don't think too much, or think that you are too good for China. It is the biggest story of the 21st century." Mr Philip Ong (right), giving his advice to Singaporeans thinking of going to work or study in
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    • 343 21  -  AFTER nine years and countless glasses of potent bai jiu (liquor), Mr Goh Tien Jin (left) can consider himself an old China hand. He has come to accept the heavy drinking required at banquets as part and parcel of his life here, said
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    • 248 21 THE DO'S Be humble "We always talk about coming here to teach them to be world-class, but China has evolved and we should try to understand how they do things too," says the vice-president of the firm managing the bilateral Suzhou Industrial Park, Mr Goh
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW FORUM.
    • 422 23 EMPLOYERS of foreign labour are satisfied, relieved actually, that new rules on safer carrying of workers on lorries and pick-ups will not add much to costs. But they have been quiet about the requirements which resemble mathematical equations: Space per person, exposed body height off
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    • 1049 23  -  Robert Skidelsky ISSUES OF SOVEREIGNTY By A YEAR ago, tiny Georgia tried to regain control over its breakaway enclave of South Ossetia. The Russians quickly expelled the Georgian army, to almost universal opprobrium from the West. South Ossetia, together with Abkhazia combined population
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    • 528 23  -  Lin Ming Hua By EVERY August, many Johoreans who follow politics and current affairs will turn on their television sets to watch the live telecast of the Singapore Prime Minister's National Day Rally speech. This year, Mr Lee Hsien Loong's speech lasted more than
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    • review.
      • 915 26  -  John Mcßeth BOMB PLOT AGAINST YUDHOYONO By SENIOR WRITER THE Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus) has been brought in to provide tighter security for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, following revelations that Malaysian terrorist mastermind Noordin Top had made him the target of a bomb
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      • 1050 27  -  Andy Ho DAEDALUS By SENIOR WRITER RESISTANCE to Tamiflu has been detected in a patient in Singapore who was down with the pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) bug. Similar cases have also emerged in Hong Kong, China, Japan, Canada, the United States and Denmark. When the
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      • 933 29  -  Janice Tay LETTER FROM KYOTO By CORRESPONDENT FROM Ingrain, my American neighbour, I learnt that the bathroom really is a dangerous place. In Kyoto to research the Japanese legal system, he once went to a public bath. He knew the ritual shower before you get into
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      • 1745 31  -  Goh Chin Lian Theresa Tan The vision is to integrate the whole spectrum of health-care providers, from hospital to home care, and provide a network of services for the elderly By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT By CORRESPONDENT IT TOOK all of 20 minutes for Prime Minister Lee
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      • 72 31 PHOTO PHOTO ST PHOTO: VOLUNTEERS: Many nursing homes and hospices run by charities and community groups have help from volunteers. ST FILE ST FILE DOCTORS: For the system to work, hospital doctors must be willing to go into the community, and GPs will have
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      • 1119 32 IB Will I receive good care at community hospitals? Are they second-class hospitals? I think the staff at hospitals like Tan Tock Seng are more qualified. Community hospitals are not second-rate outfits, but hospitals that care for patients whose conditions have stabilised, but
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      • 54 32 WHAT do you think about community and home-care options? What are your concerns about health care for your aged relatives or for yourself when you grow old? E-mail stpol@sph.com.sg or send an SMS to 9827-7514. For SMS messages, type stpol followed by a space, your name
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    • forum.
      • 463 34  -  Chew Kim Cheer HIGH HDB PRICES THE HDB resale price index has surged relentlessly since 2007. Since the first quarter of 2007, the index has increased 35.3 per cent and is now at a record high, even though the economy is still recovering from downturn. This is
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      • 159 34 MR TREVOR TAN: "Thursday's report, 'Cash upfront for HDB resale flats doubles in a month', suggests that the recent ramp-up in HDB prices during the most severe recession
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      • 297 34  -  MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, who visits us regularly from overseas, chose Singapore for a kidney stone operation. Initially, she planned to have the surgery done in Penang, where she had undergone other major operations previously. As she happened to be in Singapore, I suggested
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      • 185 34  -  I WAS heartened to read of selfless Singaporean youths in last week's Saturday Special report ("Young crusaders"). I think such positive civic consciousness is a result of responsible parenting. A key concern for Singapore revolves around human relationships. To measure our progress as
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      • 204 34  -  EARLY on Monday morning, I flew from Changi Airport Terminal 1 to Manila on a budget airline. Before taking the flight, I was somewhat put off when I noticed that the water fountain had been turned off at departure lounge D 47 that
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      • 345 35 Fair Price cashier "Ms Lee's customer service delighted me." MR FELIX SER: "My thanks to Ms Lee Lai Fun, a cashier at the Fair Price supermarket in Sun Plaza. I had chosen a packet of fine white sugar from the baking section of the supermarket after failing to find
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      • 268 35  -  ABORTION remains a sensitive topic in Singapore. However, we have some common ground. Very few actually think abortion is the best way to resolve unplanned pregnancies. In a country marked by scarcity of babies but endowed with material wealth, we should consider using
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      • 376 35  -  Govt must end discrimination by employers I REFER to Monday's letter by Mr Nicholas Lim, "Who says Baby Bonus scheme is not a success?" Although I agree that the Baby Bonus scheme does help couples who are already planning to have children in firming up their decision,
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      • 346 35  -  I READ with interest about the less-than-favourable results of the Baby Bonus incentive dangled by the Government. The monetary incentive, though reasonably good, may not be an attractive stimulant, especially to modern and educated couples. A number of my friends and I, graduate mothers who gave up
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      • 275 35  -  I READ with interest that in recent years, the bulk of new doctors in Singapore are foreign-trained and of this group, foreign-trained doctors who have returned to Singapore after completing their studies form the majority. Personally, I know of many young Singaporeans
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      • 216 35  -  I REFER to the report, "Call to tweak foreign worker policy" (Aug 7). We would like to clarify that the statement, "about 870,000 are unskilled work permit holders labouring in construction and as domestic helpers", is an incorrect and unfair labelling of foreign construction
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      • 592 35 Alexandra Hospital I laud the medical team for its service and professionalism." MS MAJORIE WONG: "I am writing to laud the medical team at Alexandra Hospital for its exemplary level of service and professionalism. I was fortunate to experience this first-hand when my father, aged 71, was admitted to
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    • 290 34 ,V More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR HOON TZE MING: Priority in education is an either-or option for citizens and non-citizens 2 MS JULIET CHUA: Shame on you, young bloggers 3 MS TAN LEE HWANG: Relying on foreign doctors not a good policy 4 MR KHALEELURRAHMAN: ICA should be more
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    • 534 38  -  Christopher Tan Expected fall in COE supply and likely rise in new car prices the driving force By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT USED cars are getting more popular, as prices of new cars rise with certificate of entitlement (COE) premiums going up in recent
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      • 623 40  -  ESSICA JAGANATHAN Among CEO's plans are personalised service, more beds and a name change ByJ EAST Shore Hospital, nestled in Telok Kurau for the last 70 years, was in need of a makeover. It is now getting a thorough one, with chief executive officer Michael
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      • 490 43  -  Selina Lum Judge wonders whether Joo Chiat property falls under Act after plea by sole objector By A JOO CHIAT resident, opposing the collective sale of his apartment, took the case to the High Court, citing procedural irregularities and claiming that the manner of
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      • 327 43  -  By Wendy Hui THE man's serene demeanour as he walked towards the Customs green channel at the arrival hall of Changi Airport Terminal 2 on Thursday night aroused the suspicion of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer on
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      • 300 43  -  Sujin Thomas By WHEN Koay Jie Sheng suspected his girlfriend was having dalliances with someone else in September 2007, he arranged to meet her one last time before parting ways. But his meeting with Goh Jia Jia, 18, at a void deck in Jalan Damai
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      • 492 43 Man charged with breaking into office A 41-YEAR-OLD man believed to be responsible for several cases of housebreaking and theft at industrial estates islandwide was charged in a district court yesterday. Razali Abdul Jabar was charged with one count of committing housebreaking and theft at a printing company near
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      • 363 45  -  Tessa Wong It takes issue with Fair Price claim of more assurance with consultancy audit By THE Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) has taken issue with a claim by supermarket chain Fair Price that its new halal auditing programme, conducted by an Islamic
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      • 319 45 THE Islamic Religious Council (Muis) has taken steps to strengthen halal certification procedures. Three key moves were announced by Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim at yesterday's seminar to discuss halal practices: New halal certificates with better security features: When these are photocopied, the word "copy" shows up
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      • 507 45  -  Chia Yan Min By THREE Singapore mountaineers, including prominent climber David Lim, have conquered three never-before-climbed peaks in the Tien Shan mountain range in Central Asia. Along with this achievement comes the honour of naming these "virgin peaks", part of a
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      • 71 45 Streets closed for bazaar KANDAHAR Street and the part of Muscat Street leading to it will both be closed for a Ramadan bazaar organised by the Sultan Mosque. The closure will be in effect between 3pm and 10pm daily from today until Sept 18. Motorists are advised to avoid
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      • 423 47  -  Wee Jun Kai Humanitarian work continues even after crises, building goodwill By IN A crisis, Mercy Relief heads to troubled areas like a bullet. It provides essential supplies and medical aid to meet the immediate needs of survivors. When the dust settles, the important work
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      • 122 47 MERCY Relief will provide emergency relief support in Taiwan and the Philippines for victims affected by Typhoon Morakot. Its chairman, Mr T.K. Udairam, announced plans on Wednesday as it celebrated World Humanitarian Day with its partners. These include a fund-raising campaign that will last until Sept 20. Relief
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        220 47 $11,600 for pocket money fund NEARLY $11,680 has been raised for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund through a charity futsal tournament. The competition, the second in a series, was held last weekend. It was organised by health supplements and food product company Cerebos Pacific, which has adopted
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      • 147 47 A SECONDARY school in Bandung has had four new classrooms added to it, courtesy of 50 volunteers from OCBC banks in the region. The project marked the start of OCBC's three-year joint community development plan in Indonesia with Habitat for Humanity, an international non-profit organisation. For
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      • 377 48  -  Tessa Wong To this end, it has set up new foundation to manage its funds and projects By THE Banyan Tree hospitality group has created a new foundation to oversee its corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects and funds. Called the Banyan Tree Global
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      • 312 48 Charity concert by students STUDENT groups and some professional performers will hold a concert tonight to raise funds for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. The INSPIRE '09 Gala Concert is a student-initiated charity project and will feature a mix of dance, theatre, classical music as well
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 912 50  -  Jonathan Eyal REUTERS Recession hits annual August holiday season, with 12% drop in tourists By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: This is the month when most Europeans take to the road. Throughout the continent, cities are emptied of their residents, as hordes of
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      • 390 51  - George Yeo first foreign minister to take QinghaiTibet train ride SIM CHI YIN ON BOARD TRAIN T27 FROM XINING, QINGHAI, TO LHASA (Tibet): Awed by the breathtaking views of Cuona Lake, the highest freshwater lake in the world at 4,650 m above sea level, Foreign Minister George Yeo could not
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      • 560 51 Efforts to get investment into poorer western regions key to countering downturn BEIJING: China will bolster efforts to bring investment, loans and industry to its poorer western regions, a government meeting said, calling the dec-ade-long "develop the west" strategy a priority in countering
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      • 49 53 Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, the Malaysian Muslim woman who is due to be caned next week under syariah laws, being held by her father Shukarnor Abdul Muttalib yesterday. She will be the country's first woman to be flogged after being sentenced for drinking alcohol. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      • 729 53  -  Carolyn Hong Missing lawmaker, poison-pen books and graft probe fuel speculation By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Will Selangor be the next opposition state to fall to the Barisan Nasional (BN)? Speculation about the possibility is swirling wildly, especially after a Parti Keadilan
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      • 186 53 KUALA LUMPUR: The former wife of a Johor Umno chief was granted her demand of RMS million (Ss2.l million) in cash, apartments in two United States cities as well as luxury cars as part of her divorce settlement. The Syariah High Court on Thursday
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      • 649 54  -  Salim Osman Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Police to monitor their movements and record their sermons By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS JAKARTA: Indonesian police will start clamping down on Islamic clerics who are suspected of having links to militant groups, in a reversal of its past policy of leaving them
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      • 47 54 Philippine Customs and coast guard officials inspecting high-powered firearms from at least 20 crates found on board the MV Captain Ufuk off Bataan, north of Manila, yesterday. The captain and the crew of 13 of the Panamanian-registered vessel have been arrested. PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • 287 54 TTHE STAR ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police recovered indus-trial-grade explosives and weapons while conducting a raid on a settlement of illegal Indonesian immigrants near Desa Sri Hartamas and are not ruling out terrorist involvement. The explosives, which included six sticks of in-dustrial-grade C
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      • 634 55  -  Ravi Velloor India's minister set to raise issue of demand for tiger parts during China visit By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: India's feisty environment minister says he intends to tackle at source the reason his country's efforts to protect the tiger are failing
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      • 55 55 "I think we have a good enough, mature relationship with the Chinese to tell them that while we are doing our best to curb poaching, you cannot be oblivious to the fact that demand for tiger parts is the real reason for this." Mr Jairam Ramesh, whose ministry
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      • 317 55 NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: China's military has launched a long-promised strategic assault on its sceptics and detractors, a globe-spanning offensive powered not by arms, but entirely by charm. The weapon was the Defence Ministry's new website, its sharp home page topped by a photograph of
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      • 617 57 Shortage of drinking water and loss of crops likely as monsoon fails to bring rains NEW DELHI: India's Farm Minister has warned that the severe shortage of monsoon rains in India has created a critical situation for rural livelihood, drinking water and crops. The
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      • 277 57 TOKYO: A team of Japanese scientists has discovered genes that enable rice plant to grow "snorkels" to survive high water, providing hope for better rice production in lowland areas that are affected by flooding. The genes, called "snorkel" genes, help the plant
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      • 565 59 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT KIM DAE JUNG Delegation from North pays last respects in sign of easing tensions SEOUL: A high-level North Korean delegation visited South Korea yesterday to join in national mourning for former president Kirn Dae Jung, the
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      • 453 59 BEIJING: Children exposed to lead at five times the normal limit from a smelter in China may become less intelligent than healthy peers, doctors specialising in the effects of poisons have said. They may also have impaired kidney function and anaemia, said Professor
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      • 668 61  -  Kwan Weng Kin Family name seen more as a liability; 35% of LDP candidates classified as hereditary politicians By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: For any politician running for Parliament in Japan, it used to be a blessing to have a close relative who was an
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      • 106 61 PHOTO: LDP candidate Shinjiro Koizumi, son of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, has asked his father and actor brother not to campaign for him. REUTERS Former premier Yasuo Fukuda of the LDP is running for a sixth term. His late father Takeo was also
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      • 89 63 A five-storey building in Srinagar, India, collapsed yesterday, with many still feared to be trapped inside. The privately owned building in the heart of the Lai Chowk city centre was dilapidated and, according to civic officials, the owners had been asked to repair it.
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      • 429 63 TAIPEI: Taiwan is pushing ahead with its massive reconstruction effort as the military began digging up bodies buried deep under rocks and mud two weeks after the island's worst typhoon disaster. Engineers assembled the first of 1,000 prefabricated homes donated by China to
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      • 478 63 Foreign ministers may issue unprecedented joint call for amnesty JAKARTA: Senior Asean officials have agreed to ask their foreign ministers to appeal to Myanmar to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The officials met in Indonesia to discuss issuing an unprecedented call
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      • 285 63 BANGKOK: Elections in Myanmar next year are set to alter the political landscape despite not being free and fair, with a chance that leaders of the ruling junta could step aside, a think-tank said yesterday. According to the International Crisis
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      • 830 65  -  Alistaire Mclndoe Selling small credits to prepaid users makes it affordable to the poor By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT SARI-SARI stores are found on practically every street in the Philippines. These hole-in-the-wall grocery shops are an iconic image of the country, just like the jeepney,
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      • 648 68 Official results not out yet but both camps say their candidates are far ahead in informal counts KABUL: Both President Hamid Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah yesterday claimed to be heading for victory a day after millions of Afghans braved dozens of
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      • 91 69 "There is now no doubt that this man is dying of prostate cancer, and best estimates suggest he has around three months to live. The capacity to show mercy to the dying is a characteristic that distinguishes a civilised society from a barbaric one. Our
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      • 89 69 "The decision to release the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing was taken with all due consideration and compassion. But it is the wrong decision all the same. All prisoners are, as he (Scotland's Justice Minister Kenny MacAskilll) said, indeed eligible to be considered
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      • 684 69 PHOTO Hero's welcome for freed Lockerbie bomber in Libya sparks anger in US, Britain WASHINGTON: The United States has warned Libya that its treatment of freed Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi would have a serious impact on ties with Washington. But Libyans celebrated his
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      • 601 70 ASSOCIATED PRESS Last month was hottest since 1998; El Nino, global warming and unusual weather to blame WASHINGTON: The world's oceans this summer are the warmest on record. The National Climatic Data Centre, the branch of the United States government that keeps world weather records,
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      • 382 70  -  BLOOMBERG WELLINGTON: New Zealand was set to complete a referendum on child spanking yesterday, a vote that may prompt changes to a law that makes it difficult for parents to defend themselves when charged with assaulting their children. About 83 per
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      • 196 70 TORONTO: Violent storms carrying possible tornados tore across parts of Ontario in Canada yesterday. Several buildings were damaged and trees were strewn throughout the town of Durham in Ontario province after a possible tornado touchdown. West Grey police confirmed one person was killed in
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      • 419 71 WASHINGTON: Mr Tom Ridge, the first United States secretary of homeland security, asserts in a new book that he was pressured by top advisers to former president George W. Bush to raise the national threat level just before the 2004 election in what he
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      • 344 71 MILWAUKEE: Milwaukee's mayor has bloody cuts on his face, smashed teeth and a fractured hand but he is not exactly hurting politically. Ever since he confronted a man wielding a metal bar near the state fair, Mr Tom Barrett (right) has become a sort of
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      • 547 72 US police say he strangled victim before placing body in suitcase; man believed to have fled to Canada LOS ANGELES: Police in the United States and Canada hunted yesterday for a television reality show contestant, who was described as an "animal"
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        • 262 72 KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian man faces up to 35 years in prison for smuggling 12 people from Myanmar into the country, while his two sons and their maid pleaded not guilty to the crime, an official said yesterday. Sahaidi Salleh, a jobless man, pleaded guilty to
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        • 85 72 BEIJING: A Chinese court has jailed four people for spreading their bootleg "Tomato Garden" version of Microsoft's Windows XP program, in what the Xinhua news agency called the nation's biggest software piracy case. Hong Lei, the creator of the downloadable "Tomato Garden Windows XP" software, was
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        • 92 72 WASHINGTON: Candle-lit dinners may be romantic but researchers have warned that they may also be hazardous to health. A team at South Carolina State University found paraffin wax candles, which are petroleum-based, gave off harmful emissions linked to lung cancer and asthma, the BBC reported. But,
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        • 118 72 MANILA: Police say they have foiled an attempt to kidnap three South Korean businessmen in southern Philippines and have killed two of five gunmen who barged into an inn where the foreigners were staying. Officials said the Korean palm oil traders were unharmed. Three of the gunmen
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        • 67 72 VIENNA: Iran has allowed inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect the nuclear reactor at Arak one of the country's most sensitive nuclear sites for the first time in a year, a diplomat said on Thursday. Teheran had also allowed the UN nuclear weapons
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
    • 816 73  -  Gabriel Chen Currency may rise soon, say experts, threatening what is a risky strategy By A RISKY strategy where investors use United States dollars to fund bets in higher-yielding currencies such as the Australian dollar is looking decidedly shaky. The idea is that these
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      • 476 74  -  Gabriel Chen They show a 20% gain on average but year-on-year return falls By INVESTMENT funds approved by the Central Provident Fund (CPF) rallied along with global markets during the second quarter but if you invested at the height of the boom, you
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      • 220 74  -  Aditi Nim By SINGAPORE and New Zealand signed a double taxation agreement (DTA) yesterday which will effectively reduce dual taxation on citizens and corporations of both nations. Such treaties prevent cross-border business income being taxed twice and so are seen as vital tools for
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      • 532 75 Govt think tank gives bullish forecast amid jitters in world markets SHANGHAI: China's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by about 8.5 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier, picking up from the second quarter's 7.9 per cent pace,
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      • 395 75  -  Melissa Tan By URBAN sociologist Saskia Sassen of New York's Columbia University has praised Singapore's efforts at environmental sustainability but says even more radical efforts are needed. In a lecture yesterday, she also said cities should look to past strengths to
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      • 278 75  -  Smita Krishnaswamy By BUSINESSES are being encouraged to embrace sustainable development in a new campaign launched by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF). Sustainable development, which aims to produce while preserving the environment, encompasses everything from the use of clean energy and efficient manufacturing
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      • 412 76 But recovery will be sluggish, says Fed chairman JACKSON HOLE (Wyoming): The global economy appears to be on the mend after a deep downturn, but the recovery is likely to be sluggish and risks remain, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday. "After
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      • 164 76  -  BLOOMBERG JACKSON HOLE (Wyoming): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may raise its forecast for the global economic rebound as signs of growth return, said Mr John Lipsky, the fund's first deputy managing director. "It's possible," he said yesterday in a Bloomberg Television interview at the
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      • 474 77  -  Francis Chan Makers of Chang beer look to global market to expand By PHOTO: IT MAY be called Thai Beverage, but the brewery from Thailand has created enough buzz around the world that it may be well on its way to becoming an international name.
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      • 352 77  -  Charissa Yong By FURNITURE and handicrafts company Passion Holdings has become only the second company this year to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on the Singapore Exchange. The China firm designs, produces and sells handicrafts and home furnishings that cater to the medium-
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      • 201 77  -  CHARISSA YONG JADE Technologies has obtained the go-ahead from shareholders to strike out into a new business after its Indonesian coal mine venture fell through. At a meeting yesterday, shareholders approved its proposal to acquire 20 per cent of Chinese chemical company Daqing
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      • 512 78  -  Lee Su Shyan BULLS BEARS It loses ground for the week due to growing fear of market weakness By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR AFTER a tumultuous few days, the local bourse ended the week on a quiet note, losing ground overall for the week
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      • 451 78 WASHINGTON: United States home resales last month posted the largest monthly increase in at least 10 years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of a tax credit that expires this autumn. The National Association of Realtors said on Thursday that
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        110 78 SINGAPORE STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2530.4 million shares worth $1,508.9 million UP DOWN Gainers: 221 Losers: 250 Unchanged: 891 I FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap 581.59 T -3.05 Basic materials 317.17 0.75 Utilities 482.73 13.25 Small Cap 515.43 1.35 Industrials 543.63 T -4.64 Financials 634.69 T -2.98 All Share
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        • 418 78 Aug 21 CENTS Lyxor EasternEuropei 496 162.8 DBKT Nifty 10US$ 9318 141.2 DBXT FTVietnam 10USS 5194 59.1 OCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .9848 48.0 Lyxor EmergingMkts 1 855 31.7 DBXT FTChina25 10USS 2873 27.4 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 .9980 20.0 Star Hub 228 15.0 JMH 2840 14.4 OCBC Bk
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      • 178 78 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS GMG Global R 3.5 Golden Agri 48 MAP Tech 9 JiutianC 22 Sapphire 2 ChinaZaino 27 GentingSP 91.5 Baker Tech 32 Ezion 77.5 AusGroup 64 Oceanus 33 Seroja 67.5 CSE Global 84 ChinaAniH 20 Innovates 22 0.0 -0.5 3.0 2.0 0.5
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        • 32 78 Yesterday's close: 10,238.2 (-145.21) Japanese shares closed down 1.4 per cent despite a positive lead from Wall Street, as a stronger yen raised concern about the outlook for exports.
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        • 17 78 Yesterday's close: 1,163.79 (+0.36) Malaysian shares closed flat as pre-weekend profit-taking offset early gains.
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        • 32 78 Yesterday's close: 2,960.77 (+49.19) Chinese stocks closed up 1.7 per cent, led by banks after strong earnings reports although Shanghai posted its third weekly loss in a row.
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        • 29 78 Yesterday's close: 1,580.98 (+4.59) South Korean stocks closed 0.3 per cent higher, led by auto and tech shares, as a cutback in buying by foreigners increased volatility.
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        • 29 78 Yesterday's close: 20,199-02 (-129.84) Hong Kong shares closed down 0.64 per cent as investors worried that Beijing would tighten its policy on capital requirements for banks.
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        • 28 78 Yesterday's close: 4,290.6 (-86.9) Australian stocks fell 2 per cent as disappointment over earnings and guarded outlook statements dampened hopes for a quick economic recovery.
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        • 27 78 Yesterday's close: 15,240.83 (+228.51) Indian shares rose 1.52 per cent, with sentiment boosted by Wall Street's overnight gains and an upbeat tone to European markets.
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        • 26 78 AGENCE FRANCEPRESSE REUTERS Yesterday's close: 644.63 (+3.65) The Thai stock market gained 0.57 per cent after a last-minute rally in the energy sector.
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      • 104 78 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Aug *****9 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1860 1.2210 Can dollar 1.3150 1.3320 Euro 2.0430 2.0670 Malaysian rineeit* 0.4088 0.4097 NZ dollar 0.9670 0.9880 Sterling pound 2.3650 2.3920 US dollar 1.4330 1.4500 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN
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      • 383 78 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R- '000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 415 244 9 167 230 1574 439 92 57 4 3216 2536 1044 220.4 214 818 265 887 1566 291 201 420 291
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  • OBITUARIES
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      185 79 LEE POH CHIN Age: 79 Passed away peacefully on 21 August 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Ang Teck Tong Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ivan Ang Saik Hai (deceased) Tang Miew Fun Raymond Ang Siak Hock Susan Fong Li Yoong Daughters: Sons-in-law: Ang Siew Kew Stephen Shao Angela
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      28 79 l^inW PETER LOKE PENG YEW Departed August 20, 2009 From Eagles Communications EMCC (Eagles mediation Counselling Centre) meta eagles^ E^S AETA traetolite There is hope. T.™™»,,= ™n™T» M
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      143 79 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 PETER LOKE PENG YEW Age: 55 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 Aug 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Margaret Wong Lee Hiang
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      67 79 ISTBARSI In Loving Memory Of JAGAPAL SINGH GILL (JAGGI) S/O LATE GHAN SINGH SURIIT KAUR Village: Mehna Departed: 24 August 2008 Prayers will be held on 23 Aug '09 (Sun 9-1 lam) at Khalsa Dharmak Sab ha, 18 Niven Road Time takes away the edge of grief But memory turns
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      113 79 DR BOBBY WOO YUE CHEONG Age: 57 passed away peacefully on 21 August 2009. Sadly missed and forever cherished by loved ones. Beloved Wife: Chua Lay Hoon Children: Woo Yuen Chun, Andrea WooWaiLeong Woo Yuen Vi Woo Yuen Ying Brother: Sister-in-law: (Woo Weng Cheong, deceased) Linda Khoo Guek Huah Sisters:
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      58 79 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Corinthians 5:1) 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory of Kevin Lim Tzien Loong Called Home on 22nd August 1999 Dearly missed and
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      72 79 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late PETER LOKE God's faithful servant "Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?" Proverbs 20:6 Alan Soo Foon Chung Kiang Ling Yu \David Joyce Gasper Evelyn Kah Leong Kirn Wall Kok Kwee
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      57 79 JEYALAKSHMI AMMAL Age: 49 passed away peacefully on 20 August 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Rajarethinam Son: Vinoth Kumaran Daughters: Meenakshi Jayanthi And all relatives and friends. Wake is held at Blk 387 BukitßatokWestAves #13-380. Tel: *****784 Cortege leaves on 22 Aug' 09 I (Sat) at 4.00pm for Mandai
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      27 79 In Loving Memory Of BOON KHENG HIN ALVIN Born 27 Sept 1972 Departed 22 Aug 1994 Always remembered by all who knew him and loved him dearly
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      6 79 In memora of a loved one
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      50 79 H^ BARTON BRUCE SHAW PTE LTD ARRIS BUILDING CONSULTANTS PTE LTD 3rd Anniversary Julian N.B. Collins Departed on 22 August 2006 Greatly Missed By Staff of Barton Bruce Shaw Pte Ltd Chris Vickery, Margie Hall Family Rosni, Fadilah Farisha Friends in Singapore, UK, Australia Felix Margaret Collins Vicky Felicity Collins
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      72 79 The Lord is my shepherd I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of Dr Teo Chu Cheow Eric Departed: 22 Aug 2007 We often think of bygone days When we were together; The
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      43 79 In Memory of Our Beloved Parents MAGGIE PHUA JOHNNY LIM SIAM KENG WANG HIN Passed away peacefully on Passed away peacefully on 22 August 2008 15 January 1995 How we miss you so. Always loved and in our thoughts, Jade, Jarrod, family friends
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      174 80 am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 CHOYYIEN YOK ANNA Age: 69 Was called home to be with the Lord on 20 August 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered
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      125 80 LIM MICHAEL Age 61 passed away peacefully on 21 Aug 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Soh Bong Hoe Father: Lim Hock Choon Paul (deceased) Mother: Koh Nelly Sons: Wilson Lim Hua Em Wilfred Lim Kan Hwee Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Lim Siak Gek Mackie(deceased) Lim Siak Kee Martin Linda Chua Lim
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      79 80 ■^isotClj rflsuii) T. RENGASAMY Age :B7 passed away peacefully on 21 August 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Amusavalli, deceased Sons: R. Tamilselvam (SP Power Grid-RNN) R. Poopathi R. Elangovan R. Moorthy Daughter: R. Santhi Son-in-law: Yoga Daughters-in-law: Santna Santhi Mahaletchimi Amutha And all grandchildren and relatives Wake is held
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      83 80 Athma Shanti Pooja We, the family of the late K.SELVARAKBEN) KRISHNASAMY Departed on 08.08.2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and neighbours for their great support, sympathy, condolences, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Karumathi Prayers will be held on 22Aug, Sat (night),
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      28 80 In Loving Memory Of Janet Lee Foong Lin 28 Dec' 47 -22Aug'OO Your gentle ways have touched many lives. Always loved and cherished by Andrew, Michele Lee Ann
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      167 80 CHEE KWEE HONG Age: 88 Passed away peacefully on 20 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Khoo Thiam Kay, deceased) [Sons: Daughter-in-law: (Khoo Poh Soo, deceased) Tan Geok Chew Khoo Poh Peng, David Daughters: Sons-in-law: [Khoo Bee Lian Low Chai Seng Khoo Suat Lian, Rosie
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      83 80 REX ANTHONY SHELLEY 1930 2009 Passed away peacefully on 21st August. Leaving behind his wife: Cora Children: Michael, Linda Martine Daughter-in-law: Ruby Son-in-law: Lee Grandchildren: Ria, Jillian, Talya, Chantal, Alik Sasha and sisters: Joy Ruth. Wake will be held at Singapore Casket Co. 131 Lavender Street in the Emerald Parlour
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      44 80 We, the family of the late PETER TAN HENG LIM Departed on 17 August 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement.
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      68 80 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Directors LESLIE LOW and DOREEN KHO and their family on the demise of their beloved Grandmother CHEE KWEE HONG Departed on 20 August 2009 From The Management Staff of THE FACE SHOP TFS SINGAPORE PTE LTD 1 Wake is held at Blk 107
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      115 80 We are among the angels now, do not weep! Amelia Johnson Annie Grace (Jaya) Saveri Muthu and Johnson Family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude thanks to God for bringing forth so many who aided with prayer, comfort, donations and compassion during this time of sorrow. The family would
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      129 80 0^" "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not^m W be in want..andl will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 MARY TEO AH SOY ©TEOSIANGYIN Age 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 21 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      129 80 JOSEPH WONG FOOK KEE AGE 82 was called home to be with the Lord on 20/08/09 leaving behind Beloved wife: Margaret Mary Ec Lian Neo Sons: Daughters-in-law: Wong Kwang Yin Gabriel Pang Siew Hong Janet Wong Yew Yin Michael Wong Swee Yin Fabian Lim Siew Choo Sulynn Daughter: Wong Chai
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      80 80 "Stand upright, be bold; Those who lived had dared." DORAJOO S/O RAJAGOPAL Age: 60 passed away peacefully on 20 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved Wife: Naghamal Periayah Thevar Sons: Rajkumar s/o Dorajoo and Sreemanee Raaj s/o Dorajoo brothers, sisters, relatives and friends. Body is
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    • 42 84 feu. Jj^ BUSINESS ,TJS W?U W I SIKAITS TIMES.] C^^^l |BERITA HARIANJ \J^L kk 'I fTHEBUSINESSTIMESI Wr~ Visit us at Invest Fair Venue: Suntec Singapore Hall 402 403 Booth: CO3 B[ Date: 22 -23 09, Warn 7pm j B SOl &S iNVESjramte
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    • 627 87  -  Leonard Lim SNOC looks set to raise qualifying standard for major competitions By THEY did not meet the qualification criterion of the bronze-medal mark at the last South-east Asia Games. But the national men's 4xloom relay team still got the nod for this year's edition yesterday. They
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    • 380 81 LONDON: Fast bowler Stuart Broad took four wickets after lunch to put England in control of the fifth and decisive Ashes cricket Test at The Oval yesterday. Australia made a steady start to their first innings, after dismissing the hosts for 332, with openers Shane
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    • 90 81 HOSTS Singapore Cricket Club (in yellow) lost the opening match in the inaugural SCC Regional Club Twenty2o cricket tournament at the Padang yesterday. They were restricted to 121-9 off 20 overs, despite a quick-fire 33 from Glenn Meyer. Royal Selangor replied with 122-4 in 18.1
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    • 562 81  -  Wang Meng Meng Singapore Armed Forces FC 0 Home United 2 By FOUND at the back of the Jalan Besar Stadium last night: A fat lady with her mouth gagged. Apparently, she was preparing to sing as S-League leaders Singapore Armed Forces FC were expected
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    • 203 81 MASON (Ohio): The first three sets he played here, Rafael Nadal was like the admirers who came to watch him, wearing their hair in knotted bandannas and their shorts past their knees: a poor imitation. A day after squeezing past Andreas Seppi in two tie-breakers,
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    • 502 82  -  Jeanette Wang By FITNESS WHERE TO GO FOR OPEN-WATER LESSONS lYellowwfish: www.yellowwfish.com Swim with Sportlnc: www.sportinc.net ISynergy Multisport: www.synergymultisport.com ■Tribob: www.tribob.com ST GRAPHICS PHOTOS: JOYCE FANG AND DESMOND KOH jwang@sph.com.sg They aim to equip athletes with techniques and vital skills to swim in the sea TRY this the
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      • 70 82 THE Asian Tour has announced that this year's Barclays Singapore Open, the richest national golf Open in Asia, will be co-sanctioned with the European Tour. The US$5 million (557.2 million) tournament will take place at Sentosa Golf Club from Oct 29 to Nov 1. It
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      • 72 82 LAS VEGAS: The Nevada Athletic Commission has approved limited use of instant video replays to help boxing referees review crucial or controversial incidents. The technology will help referees rule whether hits like low blows or headbutts are accidental if they cause a fight to end
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      • 53 82 NEW YORK: Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is expected to be sentenced to two years in prison, after pleading guilty to a weapons charge in Manhattan. The 32-year-old accidentally shot himself in the leg with an illegal gun last November.
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      • 32 82 PRAGUE: Czech police detained 150 Red Star Belgrade fans on Thursday after clashes before a Europa League play-off first-leg match against Slavia Prague, who won 3-0. REUTERS
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    • 324 83 GENEVA: The rich are set to get richer. The world's most lucrative football club competition, the Champions League, will earn teams and organiser Uefa a record €1.09 billion (552.24 billion) in marketing and television revenues this season. The recession-defying figure is a rise of
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    • 75 83 Today Arsenal v Portsmouth Live, Ch22, 9.55pm Birmingham v Stoke Live, ChllB, 10pm Hull v Bolton Live, Chll9, 10pm Manchester City v Wolverhampton Live, Ch2l, 9.55pm Sunderland v Blackburn Live, Chl2o, 10pm Wigan v Manchester United Live, Ch27 ChOl, 9.55pm Tomorrow Burnley v Everton Live, Ch22, 10pm Fulham
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    • 547 83 Wenger denies reports that midfielder will be sold for £30m next year LONDON: Just when Arsenal are on a high, reports in Spain have suggested that the Premier League football club have signed a pact with Barcelona that will see Cesc Fabregas go to the Nou Camp
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    • 314 83 LONDON: Liverpool's injury problems took a turn for the worse after Daniel Agger was scheduled for surgery in France to address a persistent back problem. The 24-year-old will be out for at least two months, reported The Daily Mail. With Martin Skrtel also out with
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      • 88 83 LONDON: Early Premier League leaders Tottenham visit West Ham tomorrow with concerns over the fitness of goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, who suffered a knee injury that forced him out after 16 minutes at Hull. With fears that Gomes could be out for a lengthy spell, Spurs have
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      • 68 83 REUTERS LONDON: Everton shrugged off a 6-1 thrashing by Arsenal last weekend and the furore surrounding defender Joleon Lescott, who was dropped, to beat Sigma Olomouc 4-0 on Thursday in the Europa League. Louis Saha and 18-year-old holding midfielder Jack Rodwell scored a brace each at Goodison
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      • 76 83 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Shares in Premier League club Birmingham City soared 40 per cent yesterday, after Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung made an £81.5 million (*****.3 million) cash offer for the team. His Grandtop International Holdings, which already holds a 29.9 per cent stake, said that the
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    • 646 83 AGENCE FRANCEPRESSE AGENCE FRANCEPRESSE ROME: The question on everyone's lips at the start of the new Italian Serie A season is: Who can stop Inter Milan from securing a fifth straight title? AC Milan have had a torrid summer, losing Kaka
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    • 555 84  -  Richard Jolly THE BIG MATCH Unsettled midfield to be switched again as Devils adjust to life after Ron By IT IS almost 1,500 km from Madrid to Manchester and, two games into the Premier League season, that appears the length of the biggest shadow in
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    • 320 84 LONDON: Manchester United have been left reeling by the news that defender Rio Ferdinand will be out for up to a month with a thigh injury. The England international suffered a slight tear in his thigh during training ahead of last Sunday's Premier
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    • 382 84 LONDON: Frank Lampard knows how Manchester United can make up for the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo: Sign Lionel Messi from Barcelona. "It is very difficult to replace Ronaldo," said the Chelsea midfielder. "I saw Alex Ferguson say that himself. "You'd
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    • 534 85 Despite a diminishing lead, Briton insists he's the driver to beat VALENCIA: Despite the sweltering heat of the Spanish summer, Jenson Button appeared the coolest man in town. The Brawn GP driver insisted he still is the man to beat in Formula One. Six wins in the
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    • 588 85  -  Steve Slater DRIVER'SSEAT By THE four-week "summer break" between the Hungarian Grand Prix and this weekend's Grand Prix of Europe, has seen the rumour mill in full flow. The Formula One teams assembled in Valencia, Spain, among hints of yet more new teams
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    • 830 85  -  Rob Hughes INGOOD CONSCIENCE By IS THE world's top 800-metre woman a man beneath the skin? Is the blood shed on the rugby pitch fake? The answer to the first question is that nobody yet knows. The world athletics body is running tests that, at the very
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    • 250 86  -  Lin Xinyi Leonard Lim By HIS feats on the track have earned him the nickname Lightning Bolt. But rivals of sprinter Usain Bolt have given him a new moniker Insane Bolt. "That's what we call him," revealed American bronze medallist
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    • 722 86 ASSOCIATED PRESS Jamaican sprinter jets to world record in the 200 m, clocking 19.195 ec BERLIN: Teeth clenched, Usain Bolt grimaced as he churned towards the finish line, hoping to coax a fraction more out of his lanky frame. The big, yellow numbers flashing
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    • 518 86  -  Wang Meng Meng By AT THE 1970 football World Cup Finals, Pele delayed a kick-off, requesting permission from the referee to tie his boots. Cameras zoomed in, and what the world saw was the Brazilian great lacing up a pair of Puma Kings. The
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    • 413 86 PHOTO: BERLIN: Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados dipped at the line to win the men's 110 m hurdles on Thursday in a photo finish at the athletics World Championships. He hit the first hurdle, but ran a clean race the rest of the way and won the
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    • 539 86 Technique Perfectly balanced, with his shoulders aligned above his hips for more energy efficiency. Keeps body erect while others wobble. At 1.96 m tall, his long legs see him eating up the track in fewer strides. Genetics Was already running the 200 m in 21.735 ec as a
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    • 556 87 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Benitez fumes at penalty denials. Gunners' tricky start. Unconvincing City win. MOST COMMENTED Benitez fumes at penalty denials Said analytic: "Benitez's selection is puzzling; why did Benayoun start on the bench? Babel and Leiva are not good
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      34 88 A buying frenzy is happening in the market for private new homes despite a depressed economy. What is driving the market and is a bubble starting to form? Joyce Teo reports )CDnDT
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      • 2612 89  -  oyce Teo ST PHOTO By J PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT ST GRAPHICS 3L OF THE PROPERTY CRAZE Property prices appear to be on the rise again, but is the rebound sustainable? ON A Monday night in the last week of July, commuters taking the train home to the eastern
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      • 561 90  -  1 SPECULATORS These are the people who buy property with a view to flipping it to make a quick profit. They have no intention of actually living in their property. As long as they can make money from the property, its design or layout
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      • 1044 90  - 1 semi-D 1 cluster house 1 flat and $700k loss Melissa Tan In mid-*****, many made mistake of thinking prices would keep going up By thousands of others had bought into what PropNex chief executive officer Mohamed Ismail terms "the myth that prices would only keep going up". "Prior to
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      • 728 91  -  Chia Yan Min They are easier to rent out; fetch higher prices By TWO property developers were recently in the spotlight for including unconfirmed locations of future MRT stations in their condominium advertisements. The incident clearly highlighted the popularity of housing developments located
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      • 922 92  -  Cassandra Chew By 2011 PROPERTY supply is not a problem, according to National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan. He believes that there are plenty of homes in the supply pipeline for Singaporeans, pointing out at a recent event that more than 40,000 units are due
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      • 419 94  -  Joyce Teo Buyers from the region are returning now that prices have corrected By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT THE number of foreign buyers in Singapore's property market shot up in the second quarter, but they are not quite the high-spending ones seen during the 2007
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      • 549 96 Humble r beginnings I Scientist Alfred Russel Wallace v modest and retir i man from a poor I working class I background. He left school at and trained as a surveyor. By coni 1 Charles Darwin c from a well-off f; and studied at 1
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      • 1180 97  -  Chin See Chung Exhibition at Botanic Gardens showcases the region's rich biodiversity By THE profusion and diversity of life forms, geological features and the human cultures that they encountered in their travels were the keys that stimulated the intellectual processes of both Charles Darwin and
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    • 63 90 NOT MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN "I've dreamed of owning private property again and going back to a semi-D. But next time, I'm not going to think twice I'm going to think three or four times." Mr Zachary Tsai (not his real name), whose investment in a second house ended
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    • 129 92 5 BALLOTS CIPMC Close to midnight on a Friday, buyers and onlookers at the I l| 297-unit Optima showflat in OF THE PROPERTY CRAZE Tanah Merah cheered each successful buyer when the balloting results were announced. For every person who managed to commit to a big-ticket unit at a premium
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    • 141 94 SORRY, SiR~~ ALL UNITS HAVE I Been sold/ I r*>~i>/^ r^r BUT THE j SHOWFLAT LOOKS 60OD ENOUGH TO jk LIVE IN/ mow much. 9 1. \IL SHOW E r^^S rf£p\ 1 FLAT !^L! SIGNS OF THE PROPERTY CRAZE 7 SOLD OUT Never mind that pay cuts are still in
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      • 712 100 The documentary Art Copy shows how the simplest slogan can be iconised in pop culture To the list of great copywriters in advertising, add an unlikely name: Gary Gilmore. The notorious spree-killer uttered the words "Let's do it" just before a firing squad executed him in
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      • 456 100  -  deepika shetty PHOTO Everywhere she goes, Indian singer K.S. Chithra is known for her sell-out shows. It is no different in Singapore. Tickets to Onam Nite 2009 tomorrow, an annual show organised by the Singapore Malayalee Association in which she will be performing, are all sold
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      • 658 101  -  deepika shetty 600 artists and 6,000 artworks in 60 venues in this year's whopper of an art show It took 8,000 shampoo bottle caps to create the unusual portrait above. When viewed from a certain angle, it looks like Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Inspired by photography
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      • 946 102  -  ben nadarajan It is hard to say goodbye to a home of 25 years with its milk-can phones and imaginary letter boxes Most people's letter boxes are outside their homes. I have mine, two of them in fact, right inside my apartment. It is a game my two
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      • 709 102 PHOTO: New York After nearly three-quar-ters of a century, Robert Capa's Falling Soldier picture from the Spanish Civil War remains one of the most famous images of combat ever. It is also one of the most debated, with a long string of critics claiming that
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      • 430 103 The US First Lady sparks off media buzz for baring too much thigh while on vacation Grand Canyon (Arizona)- By now, Mrs Michelle Obama has firmly established her sartorial right to bare arms. But baring thighs may be another matter. Photographs of the First Lady descending the
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      • 213 103  -  Mailbag I refer to the story, Sleep Aids (LifeStyle, Aug 16). Since many people around the world suffer from insomnia, I would like to offer a suggested cure which is economical and has many other benefits. All one has to do is take a
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      • 71 103  -  I was disappointed that the report Sleep Aids did not mention exercise as part of the arsenal to combat insomnia. Three to five times a week of any kind of exercise, at 20 to 40 minutes each time, is most beneficial for sleep. Failing that, I
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      • 79 103  -  I refer to the story on lon Orchard's expensive food prices (Pricey Opera Food, LifeStyle, Aug 16). lon what a joke! It is dirty, crowded and expensive. It has cheap rocky tables and not enough chairs. The floor is filthy, the tables are half-wiped and the
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      • 657 104 Conquer a 7.5m-high obstacle course and fly above a jungle canopy? An adventure park in Sentosa offers them and more Would you pay $10 to jump off a platform five storeys high and land in a pit of gravel? British businessman Alexander Blyth, 47, thinks plenty
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      • 557 104 ST PHOTOS: TAY SUAN CHIANG takes up the Mega Zip challenge What: An aerial obstacle course through several 15m-tall eucalyptus trees. There are three levels, from about 3.5 m to 12m above ground. The highest level is the most challenging, as the obstacles are wider
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      • 350 105 ST PHOTOS: What: A 450m-long flying fox ride that starts from the jungle canopy of Imbiah Hill and ends on an islet off Siloso Beach. Participants are connected to a wire before taking the ride down. Who: You must be at least 1.2 m tall and weigh
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      • 248 105 What: A simulated parachute jump from a 15m-high platform. Jumpers are attached to a safety rope that slows them down on landing. Unlike a bungee jump, where you get bounced up and down, Parajump is one way down. Who: Adults only Cost: $10 Thrill level:
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        521 106 Touches of purple, sleek furniture and a faux fireplace give this love nest a clean, palatial feel Engaged couple Melissa Kuek and Chow Tze Keong are not moving into their conjugal home until after their wedding later this year. But they have diligently prepared what will be
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      • 723 107  -  Photographer Katarina Stube's love for Sydney's Opera House led to her befriending its architect eventually tay suan chiang It is like the architecture version of Julie Julia. But unlike that movie about a fan who pays homage to a famous work by a food writer but
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      • 313 107  -  Your eyes are not playing tricks on you: For the first time in Singapore, the Ikea catalogue is now available in Chinese (right). Other Mandarin-speaking markets such as Taiwan and China also have a Chinese catalogue. Of the new Chinese edition, an Ikea spokesman says: "Ikea
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        105 107 Cute as these are, they are not toys not unless you consider gardening fun and games. They are actual gardening tools designed and manufactured by Thai label Dogo. The green Key Mini Tool set (far right) is great for small pots of plants, while the colourful Kidder Garden
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      • 453 107 Beijing Where Michael Phelps swam for the Olympic gold last summer, there are now swans, or at least ballerinas and synchronised swimmers pretending to be swans, plus a few plastic ones for good measure. The Water Cube, officially known as the National
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      • 557 108 root awakening I recently bought a pot of Vanda Miss Joaquim. It has grown from 50cm to 160 cm tall but has no new blooms. How do I get it to bloom in time for National Day next year? The Vanda Miss Joaquim is a
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      • 820 111  -  Christopher tan How does a much-hyped supercar like the Nissan GT-R fare on the CTE? senior correspondent GT-R. The most evocative three letters to emerge from the Land of the Rising Sun since NS-Xinl99o. Like Honda's discontinued model from a more restrained era, the GT-R offers supercar performance
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      • 311 111 Life! talks to Mr Kazutoshi Mizuno, chief vehicle engineer for Nissan. The GT-R's design is clearly aggressive and its shape meant for 300kmh and above. What challenges did you face when perfecting its aerodynamics? Designing a car is always a balance between engineering and aesthetics. For the
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