The Straits Times, 7 September 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 2009 S|sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES
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      Lock icon Building ties, floor by floor
      38 1 IN A throwback to the old kampung days, grassroots groups are holding floor parties in HDB blocks. Next-door neighbours mingle over beehoon and beverages to get to know each other. HOME PAGE Bl
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      Lock icon Book marks Muis' big 40
      46 1 THE Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, or Muis, celebrates its 40th anniversary with the launch of a book which takes a look at the organisation since it was first set up and how it has evolved since then. HOME PAGE B2
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    • Article
      Lock icon Beware of the con-tractor
      50 1 THE Housing Board is warning residents, especially the elderly, to be wary of contractors who knock on their doors claiming to be doing work on behalf of the HDB. Some do not even carry out the work, while others perform a slipshod job. HOME PAGE B3
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      Lock icon Stress relief-China style
      45 1 A GROWING number of young office workers across China are adopting unorthodox stress relief fads to help them cope with pressure at work. These unusual activities range from crushing noodle packets in supermarkets to organised pillow fights in public. WORLD PAGE A7
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      Lock icon IPO market stirs to life
      57 1 THE market for new listings is starting to stir again in the second half of the year, after a dismal first half which saw only three listings. A total of seven IPOs have been launched since end-June more than double that of the first six
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    Lock icon Nine dead, dozens missing as ship carrying 1,000 sinks
    839 1  -  Alastair Mclndoe By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT Ferry disasters in the Philippines 2008: More than 800 people die when the Princess of the Stars ferry capsizes during a typhoon. 2004: A fire aboard the MV Superferry 14 kills 116 people near Manila Bay.
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    Lock icon NTUC First Campus to expand
    694 1  -  Amelia Tan It will spend $40m to $50m to double childcare centres and staff, and boost image By SINGAPORE'S biggest childcare chain NTUC First Campus just got bigger. The group is embarking on its biggest expansion and rebranding exercise since opening 32 years ago. It
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        83 2 WE SAY The appointment of former United Nations chief Kofi Annan as a professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy will propel Singapore further as a centre of contemporary scholarship. It underscores the steady growth of think-tanks here. But more can be
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        Lock icon Playing by China's rules
        24 2 COLUMNS China has emerged as a force in the post-Lehman Brothers financial arena, says Goh Eng Yeow. MONEY PAGE B14
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        Lock icon Keeping Beijing onside
        22 2 China's territorial claims should be a top priority for American and Asian diplomacy, says Michael Richardson. REVIEW PAGE A14
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        Lock icon Gear up for fraud, banks
        32 2 OUR READER SAYS With the $100 liability cap for lost credit cards, banks will have to deal with more fraud cases, says Harry Koh. FORUM PAGE A16
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        24 2 www.straitstimes.com Terrence Voon explains why Singapore's Dragon Boat Association needs more marketing. Lin Zhaowei describes Singapore's contribution to new schools in Sichuan.
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      Lock icon Election pledges mean very little in Germany
      828 2  -  Jonathan Eyal Its complicated system ensures no single party can ever rule on its own By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU WITH barely three weeks left before Germany's national election, Chancellor Angela Merkel is coming under increasing pressure to change her campaign strategy. Dr
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      Lock icon New medical specialist centre for Singapore's north by 2013
      745 3  -  Jessica Jaganathan It will complement new Khoo Teck Puat Hospital to streamline health care By A NEW ambulatory, or outpatient, medical centre offering specialist services will be opening in northern Singapore by 2013 to supplement the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital now
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      Lock icon Race of different kind on F1 route
      99 3 More than 4,000 people were flagged off by President SR Nathan from City Hall yesterday for a run along the route of the Marina Bay Fl Street Circuit. The 4.5 km Run Singapore was organised by Singapore Cares and was held in conjunction
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      Lock icon 15 tourists drown in Balkan tragedy
      343 4 OHRID (Macedonia): An overloaded sightseeing boat carrying dozens of Bulgarian tourists has sunk in a lake on Macedonia's western border, killing 15 people, officials said. The vessel, called the Ilinden, sank rapidly on Saturday in just 6m of water in Lake Ohrid, police spokesman
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      92 5  -  Lim Sin Thai It's that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 6.39pm. By PHOTOJOURNALIST A pair of
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      Lock icon Firms tap Singapore as base for IR smarts
      497 5  -  Lim Wei Chean Architect firm, casino consultant open office to offer services to region By TWO companies keen to take a bite out of Asia's growing appetite for casinos and integrated resorts have set up shop in Singapore despite the global recession.
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      Lock icon Missing boy found hidden in granny's home after two years
      412 6 ST LOUIS: A boy allegedly abducted in a custody dispute nearly two years ago has been found hiding with his mother in a small, specially built secret room at his grandmother's home in Illinois, investigators said. They found the boy
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      Lock icon Raw nerves, uneasy calm in Urumqi
      596 6 Fresh needle attack sparks small outburst by dozens calling for sacking of regional party chief URUMQI: Nerves remained raw in China's far western city of Urumqi in turmoil over a spate of reported needle attacks and a small band of protesters again called on
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      Lock icon Stress relief, China-style
      729 7  -  Grace Ng MEMO FROM BEIJING Work-related woes prompt food orgies and mass pillow fights By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BY DAY, they are young white-collar workers toiling to meet harsh deadlines set by demanding bosses. By night, they form packs and prowl supermarkets, swiping biscuits, defizzing soft drinks and
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        Lock icon China's job outlook 'good in short term'
        554 8  -  Lin Zhaowei Govt stimulus has helped but longer-term problems remain, says key official By GETTING PEOPLE TO SPEND "Consumer spending is still quite weak in China because people tend to save a lot. They need to save for their children's education, health care,
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        Lock icon Sichuan primary school now has 'Nanyang' connection
        239 8  -  LIN ZHAOWEI DEYANG (Sichuan): A primary school in south-western China's Sichuan province now carries the name "Nanyang", after receiving a donation from alumni of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Shuangdong Primary School was renamed Shuangdong Nanyang Primary School yesterday at a ceremony attended
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        Lock icon China websites ordered to ask for real names
        246 8 BEIJING: News websites in China, complying with secret government orders, are requiring that new users log on using their true identities to post comments, a shift in policy that the country's Internet users and media have fiercely opposed in the past. Until
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        Lock icon Myanmar junta faces rising ethnic unrest
        396 9 Stepped-up offensive against minorities stoking up tension ahead of polls BANGKOK: Myanmar's military junta may have taken Ms Aung San Suu Kyi out of the picture ahead of elections next year, but it could face an even greater challenge from rising ethnic unrest, analysts
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        Lock icon S'pore team aids quake-hit Java village
        250 9  -  SALIM OSMAN BANDUNG: A five-man team from a Singapore relief agency yesterday delivered aid worth $35,000 to a remote village in West Java that had been devastated by an earthquake last Wednesday. Mercy Relief provided tarpaulin, baby food, blankets, oil lamps and stoves to
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        Lock icon Selangor PAS chief summoned by state ruler
        367 9 SHAH ALAM: The Sultan of Selangor summoned state executive councillor Hasan Ali to the palace on Saturday, to explain various developments, including a recently introduced directive that allows mosque officials to detain Muslims caught drinking alcohol. The issue has embarrassed the state's Pakatan
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        Lock icon Suharto's kids join battle for Golkar leadership
        811 10  -  Lynn Lee Convicted killer Tommy, sister Tutut in running against party stalwarts By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Who's who in the tussle Tommy Suharto, 47 (left): Former playboy turned businessman rumoured to want close links to power to further his business interests. Surya Paloh, 58:
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        Lock icon PDI-P weighs decision to join ruling coalition
        503 10  -  Lynn Lee Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS JAKARTA: The Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) has long led the opposition in the country's political arena. Now, however, it is grappling with a difficult decision: whether to join the ruling coalition. The chief advocate of teaming
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        Lock icon Japan's little prince turns three
        116 11 Japanese sighed over photos of their likely future emperor yesterday as Prince Hisahito, the first male heir born in four decades, turned three years old. Hisahito is the first male heir born in 41 years to the imperial family and is third in line to
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        Lock icon Afghan air strike 'a breach of Nato rules'
        412 11 German officer ordered deadly attack based on single source: Paper WASHINGTON: A German commander in Afghanistan ordered an air strike, which killed scores of civilians on Friday, based on intelligence from only one source in a possible violation of Nato rules, The
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        Lock icon Arab influx a worry for Israel
        786 12 Significant non-Jewish presence in east Jerusalem WHILE west Jerusalem is overwhelmingly Jewish, the eastern half is an ethnic checkerboard. More than 180,000 Jews live there mostly in places like Pisgat Zeev, but also in enclaves in Arab areas. Nearly all of the city's 220,000
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        Lock icon Genes findings a boost to Alzheimer's research
        400 12 PARIS: Scientists working in seven countries announced yesterday that they had uncovered variants of three genes which play a role in Alzheimer's, a discovery that should throw open many new avenues for tackling this mind-killing disease. The biggest cause of dementia, Alzheimer's has
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        Lock icon TV medical dramas raise unrealistic hopes
        443 13 Experts say viewers led to believe aggressive treatment always works WASHINGTON: People love watching television doctors working miracles on patients with mystery ailments or devastating injuries, but these medical dramas are feeding patients unrealistic expectations, experts warn. Viewers glued to weekly instalments of fictional
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        Lock icon Win a car, with a 'beautiful' kiss
        50 13 A woman planting a kiss on a car at the 2009 Shiyan Automobile Festival on Saturday, in Shiyan city of China's Hubei province. Ihe woman with the most beautiful lip print, out of some 200 who competed, would win a car. PHOTO: XINHUA
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          98 13 BIRMINGHAM: Police arrested 90 people over the weekend after violence broke out at a protest against Islamic extremism in the central English city of Birmingham. Supporters of the English Defence League, which campaigns against Islamic fundamentalism in Britain, clashed on Saturday with opponents who argue that they
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          Lock icon Gunman kills own family
          107 13 HOLDEN (Louisiana): A man shot his estranged wife, son and two-year-old grandson to death and wounded his pregnant daughter-in-law at their rural Louisiana home on Saturday. He then killed himself as police tried to pull his car over 20 minutes later, the authorities said. The shootings
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          Lock icon Balaji visits Tamil Nadu
          87 13 SENIOR Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan is on an official visit to Tamil Nadu, in India, which began yesterday and ends on Thursday. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that the visit is part of the Government's efforts to
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          Lock icon Minimum wage 'too high'
          109 13 KUALA LUMPUR: The minimum monthly salary of RMBOO (*****) asked by Indonesia for maids originating from the country is too high, said Malaysia's Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Jalil. She said that if the minimum salary were implemented, it would force many women to
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          Lock icon 11 hurt in HK acid attack
          89 13 HONG KONG: An attacker hurled acid at pedestrians in a crowded Hong Kong shopping district yesterday, injuring 11 people in the neighbourhood's fourth acid attack in a year. Television footage showed two victims being carried on gurneys to ambulances, their heads covered in bandages.
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Kofi Annan and public discourse
      401 14 THE appointment of former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan as a professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy will help further Singapore's ambition to be a centre of contemporary scholarship. He is a much respected figure on the international stage, with his
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      Lock icon Balancing stability and desire for expansion
      877 14  -  Michael Richardson CHINA'S LAND AND SEA CLAIMS By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA has a voracious appetite for natural resources, a hunger shown by recent Chinese investment forays into continents as far apart as Africa and Australia. When approved by local regulators, these investments
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      Lock icon China, Asean must boost trust
      888 14  -  Zhai Kun Wendy Wang SOUTH CHINA SEA DECLARATION By and FOR THE STRAITS TIMES There is no penalty for non-compliance. On paper, the DOC encourages cooperation among the disputant countries. But because there are so many uncertainties in the dispute, cooperation is difficult and non-compliance
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        Lock icon Dealing with Myanmar: Asean's new step forward
        837 15  -  Simon Tay By THE recent decision by Myanmar's government to sentence pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a further 18 months' house arrest shows how difficult it is to deal with that country's ruling generals. Yet the first steps towards a new
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        Lock icon Little house in the war zone
        938 15  -  Zainab Salbi By THE house I grew up in was nestled in a grove of eucalyptus trees at the end of a Baghdad cul-de-sac. Built by my parents in 1969, the year I was born, it is a simple, two-sto-rey home. I spent a
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        Lock icon Save the presidency... Fire the speechwriters
        908 15  -  Matt Latimer By There was a time when a president's words could instantly move millions... Now we hear presidents so often, they are almost irrelevant. I HAVE made a decent living as a speechwriter over the past decade. So it might not be in
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        Lock icon Do banks have the ammo to fight fraud?
        335 16 LIABILITY CAP FOR CREDIT CARDS KUDOS to the Association of Banks in Singapore for overturning a longstanding policy which made cardholders liable for all charges incurred on lost or stolen cards before they were reported missing. Although no reasons were given for
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        Lock icon Speculative comments not helpful while probe is on: PA
        357 16 TAEKWONDO TRAGEDY I REFER to last Monday's letter by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF), "Taekwondo tragedy could have been avoided if 0n1y...". The People's Association (PA) offers a wide range of programmes and courses to bring people together. While the PA
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        Lock icon Federation just wants more transparency for informed choices
        186 16 I REFER to Mr Liew Chin Wen's Forum Online letter last Friday, "How would presence of STF instructors have helped avoid tragedy?". We would like to clarify that the main thrust of my earlier letter ("Taekwondo tragedy could have been avoided if
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        Lock icon SNOC's selection criteria to ensure creditable performance
        398 16 I REFER to last Tuesday's letter by Mr Ignatius Leong, "Picking SEA Games athletes: Time for a mindset change". The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) is affiliated to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and is the sole authority for selecting athletes to represent
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka did not achieve peace through brutal humiliation: Envoy
        458 16 I REFER to last Monday's commentary, "War's over, but what about peace?". As stated in the commentary, the government of Sri Lanka had to confront, arguably, the most heinous terrorist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), for the
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      499 16 J^"\ More letters on \1 www.straitstimes.com 1 MR BENNY TAN: Fix differences to bring non-STF affiliates into fold 2 MR MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM HASSAN: PKMS fight an embarrassment to Singapore 3 MR NG SHUOJIE: Stuck with Apple's abysmal exchange policy 4 MS VASANTHI RAMA SENDREN: Cabby helps stranded family 5 MR
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME
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      Lock icon HDB floor parties catching on
      504 17  -  Ang Yiying More than 2,000 held to boost neighbourly bonding in past 2 years By SOFTWARE engineer Thangamuthu Muthukalai, a permanent resident from India and the father of a one-year-old boy, has hardly had time to interact with his Singaporean neighbours, the Ngs, since moving
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      Lock icon GETTING TO KNOW YOU
      235 17 "Living in flats, we go out in the morning, then come back and close the door. We hardly speak to one another... At least now, we can get to know one another." Retiree Hoo Kim Lam, who attended a floor party in June ties this year
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      305 18  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN ST PHOTO: A DOCTOR who thinks nothing of giving free medical care to the needy was honoured yesterday with a Good Neighbour award from his Member of Parliament. Dr Kong Kum Leng, 65, who has been tending to
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      133 19 THE Housing Board (HDB) will inform flat owners in advance whenever there is maintenance or rectification work to be done within a flat. Residents will be notified of the appointed contractor's details and the schedule of work to be done, through notices posted at the notice
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      409 19  -  Teh Joo Lin By AN ELDERLY Tiong Bahru resident paid a heavy price while having her flat's wiring checked by a supposed "electrician". The man, dressed in blue overalls and slippers, appeared at the door of the 77-year-olds flat in Taman Ho Swee
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      455 20  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By A GROUP of teenagers taking a break at a playground in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, after doing some community work nearby, helped nail a suspected thief on Saturday morning. The six Secondary 1 students were cleaning and repainting the
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      279 20  -  MARIA ALMENOAR FORMER Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) principal Lee Hah Ing, 95, died of prostate cancer on Friday evening after a five-year battle with the disease. Mr Lee, who headed ACS from 1961 to 1969, was the grandfather of well-known violinist Mm Lee.
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      812 21  -  Sujin Thomas SYDNEY DOUBLE MURDER RETRIAL Paramedics, police tell court about the accused's reaction* after finding flatmates dead By NOT PLAUSIBLE? "How plausible is it that this man would kill his friends in that way even if he did owe back rent?" Tiwary's lawyer, Senior Counsel
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        751 22  -  ZACKARIA ABDUL RAHIM BY THE penchant for the latest consumer gadgets seems to buck the economic downturn, judging by the demand for exhibition space and the number of exhibitors at the consumer technology show Comex 2009, which begins on Thursday. Eastern Directories, which organises Comex
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        183 22  -  LEONG PHEI PHEI BY LEADING life insurance company AIA celebrated the launch of its new corporate logo with a charity walkathononAug29. Nearly 3,000 AIA staff, agents, family members and policyholders turned up for the inaugural AIA Walk for Charity 2009. The event helped
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        748 23  -  Eisen Teo SOAPBOX Overhaul teaching of history to get students interested and involved By HISTORY is boring. Dead boring. That's the refrain of about half a dozen secondary school students I've talked to in the course of my work. History is just about
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        502 23  -  Jonathan Kwok MY THOUGHTS By PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong mentioned in his National Day Rally speech that rising religiosity in Singapore could lead to future problems, such as aggressive proselytisation, and people not mixing with those of other faiths. He advocated a
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      490 24 'Honest player' slammed for going down too easily to win penalty LONDON: Just two days after claiming he was an "honest player", Wayne Rooney was embroiled in a diving controversy in the 2-1 friendly win over Slovenia on Saturday. Although Bostjan Cesar had hold of Rooney's shirt
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      241 24 LONDON: Slaven Bilic believes his Croatian team will get their revenge on England for last year's 1-4 drubbing in Zagreb. If England beat Croatia in Wednesday's Group Six World Cup qualifier, they will book their place at South Africa 2010. But the Croatia coach
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      483 24 ROSARIO (Argentina): Diego Maradona admitted it would be tough for his side to ensure World Cup qualification after Saturday's demoralising 1-3 loss to arch-ri-vals Brazil. Inspired by Real Madrid playmaker Kaka, five-time champions Brazil rubbed salt in their hosts' wounds by ensuring their own passage
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      444 25 MANAMA: Hosts Bahrain should have done more than just keep their World Cup hopes alive with a goalless draw against Saudi Arabia in the first leg of their Asian World Cup qualifying play-off on Saturday. The neighbouring Gulf states will now face-off on
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      708 25 Star-studded teams put World Cup hopes in peril with disappointing draws PARIS: France, the 1998 champions, and equally star-studded Portugal suffered po-tentially-fatal stumbles on the road to the World Cup Finals on Saturday. No thanks to an own goal, the French were held to a
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      218 25 MILAN: Georgia captain Kakha Kaladze has apologised for scoring two extraordinary own goals that gave Italy a flattering 2-0 win in their World Cup qualifying Group 8 match on Saturday. The AC Milan defender, making his first competitive appearance in seven months following knee surgery,
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      302 25 LA CORUNA (Spain): European champions Spain showed why they are the favourites to win the World Cup on Saturday. They routed Belgium 5-0 to keep their perfect record in qualifying for South Africa 2010. Striker David Villa, who scored two goals, set up two more and earned
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      376 25  -  By Terrence Voon SINGAPORE internationals Noh Alam Shah, Mustafic Fahrudin and Baihakki Khaizan could be playing their football in Indonesia, after Super League side Arema Malang staged a shock move to sign the S-League trio. It is understood that the players
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      395 26 NEW YORK: Grunt queen Maria Sharapova's voice was soft while trying to explain her stunning loss to teen Melanie Oudin in Saturday's third round of the US Open. "With the amount of errors I made from, to be able to get it to three sets is
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      608 26 REUTERS NEW YORK: Dinara Safina had a tennis meltdown on Saturday, enraged by a snub over her court assignment, unable to explain her lacklustre 4-6, 6-2, 6-7 loss to little-known Petra Kvitova and desperate for some time off. Her saga started with late notification
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      399 26 NEW YORK: Big John Isner had a warning for the rest of the US Open contenders after his upset third-round win over fellow American Andy Roddick: "I'm not satisfied just yet." The 2.03 m tower of power beltdd down 38 aces against his mentor and the
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        77 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS WORLD No. 4 Novak Djokovic has won two titles this year, but Jesse Witten still made him sweat in his 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 win. The Serb's hands were so slick with perspiration that he lost his grip on his racket
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        52 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROGER Federer overcame a sloppy first set and tumble on court to beat two-time Grand Slam winner Lleyton Hewitt 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 and reach the fourth round. Federer has won 14 consecutive matches against Hewitt and 37 in a row at
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      314 26  -  Terrence Voon By THE long-running dispute between the former president of Cuesports Singapore and the current administration has taken a new twist. Manmohanjit Singh, who headed the national sports association (NSA) for 15 years, has been embroiled in a legal tussle to reclaim $65,466,
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      506 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Singapore GP winner Alonso keeping cool amid cheating claims OVIEDO (Spain): Fernando Alonso tried to shrug off allegations of Renault fixing last season's Singapore Grand Prix in his favour when he was welcomed by 150,000 people in his home town. "You never imagine that one
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      183 27 REUTERS MILAN: Ferrari nearly lured Valentino Rossi to drive for them at this Sunday's Italian Grand Prix. The MotoGP champion was in talks with the Formula One team. "But, without testing, it would not have been logical," he said. Fl teams are not allowed to
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      469 27 NORTON (Massachusetts): Tiger Woods could not make enough putts to catch up with the players who did not miss. Scan O'Hair and Jim Furyk set the pace on Saturday at the Deutsche Bank golf Championship and took Retief Goosen along for the ride.
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      69 27 Ham Polo Club's Caroline Wright (far left, in blue) striking the ball during her side's 5-3 win over Team Singapore in the 2009 Shanghai Tang Women's International Gold Cup match yesterday. The English team overcame a spirited Singapore side in front of 400 guests,
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      350 27  -  Lin Xinyi By IT HAS been eight months since national sailors Terence Koh and Roy Tay formed a partnership in the men's 470. And, after much anticipation, they will finally be able to test the waters of their budding alliance for the
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      70 27 "If Chelsea are guilty, I agree with Fifa. In football there are a lot of people trying to take advantage of you when you are a young boy." ARJEN ROBBEN, former Chelsea winger now with Bayern Munich, predicting an exodus of star names from the Blues if the club fail
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      397 27 Cycling Tour of Spain 7th stage 30km individual time trial around Valencia: 1 Fabian Cancellara (Sui/Saxo) 36min 41sec. 2 David Millar (Gbr/Garmin) +32. 3 Bert Grabsch (Ger/Columbia) +36. Standings: 1 Cancellara 24hr 58min 12sec. 2 Tom Boonen (Bel/Quick-Step) +51. 3 David Herrero (Esp/Xacobeo Galicia) +59. Football World Cup qualifiers:
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        59 27 SINGAPORE swimmer Parker Lam set a new national 100 m breaststroke mark at the Hong Kong Open Swimming Championships yesterday. His lmin 03.065 ec in the heats smashed the 1:04.46 set by Ng Jia Hao in June at Singapore's National Championships. Lam then took
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        48 27 LONDON: Ali al-Faraj, the Saudi property investor who recently failed in his attempts to buy English football club Portsmouth, is believed to be considering a bid for heavily-indebted West Ham. The Hammers lost £37.4 million (SsBB million) last year, reported The Independent.
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        58 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: National Basketball Association star Leßron James could soon look for a new team. The player said during his promotional tour of England on Saturday that it is still unclear whether he will stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers when his contract runs
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      256 24 **w* IN TROUBLE Thierry Henry's France in danger of missing out on a World Cup spot. B9 CHALLENGE STALLS Tiger Woods' charge falters at the Deutsche Bank Championship. 81l UNFAZED BY FURORE Fernando Alonso keeps cool amid claims that Renault cheated. 81l O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND
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      104 25 S.League Home United BalKhalsa Mon, 07/09/09 7.45pm S.League Woodlands Tampines Tue, 08/09/09 7.45pm International Football Rep of Ireland South Africa Wed, 09/09/09 2.30 am L /f\ /fl Draw No. 2464/2009 tLJLJ Draw Today! Monday, 7 September 2009 Group 1 Prize '1,500,000. Sales close today 6pm Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private)
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      232 27 Today Cycling Tour of Spain: Stage 9 (Live, Chll3, 10.45pm). Football S-League: Home v Balestier (Clementi, 7.45pm). Golf FedEx Cup play-offs: Deutsche Bank C'ship, day 4 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 2.15 am). Tennis US Open, Day 8: Day session (11pm). Evening session (tomorrow, 7am) Live, Ch22. Tomorrow Cycling Tour of Spain:
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      117 28 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 ROBERT ONG HUAT CHYE Age: 61 was called home to be with the Lord on 6 September 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Charlotte Koh Guat Cheng Children: Cherie Ong, Cheryl Ong,
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      46 28 The family of the late CHAN YOKE KUEN, ELSIE Departed on 2 September 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, *j relatives, friends, church members and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement.
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      41 28 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of P. ACHUTHAN Departed 7.9.2006 Rest in peace, dear Loving Father, You are gone, but still are living In the hearts of those who stay. Always remembered by: Sons, daughters, daughter-in-law, grandson, granddaughters, grandson-in-law loved ones
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      19 28 1 lth Anniversary MANJIT SINGH SANGHA Departed 7.9.98 Always remembered bi mum, dad, brother, sisters, brothers in-law nieces nephew
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      37 28 Memory wanders as shadows rail saclc to trie days of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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      636 32  -  Yang Huiwen Seven new listings since end June, compared to three in first half of year By THE market for new listings is starting to stir again in the second half of the year, after a dismal first half which saw only three
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        553 29  -  BULLS AND BEARS Uncertainty likely to dampen Asian investors' appetite for blue chips By Goh Eng Yeow SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE much-awaited August jobs data in the United States is unlikely to solve the thorny question of whether the world's No.l economy is
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        285 29  -  WARRANT WATCH INVESTORS are salivating at the prospects that Genting Singapore would pull in big crowds at its Sentosa integrated resort when it opens next year. This led to the stock becoming one of the most heavily traded counters on the Singapore Exchange last week.
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          103 29 For the week 2,622.69 -20.11 W ...Sep 4 7° UHNU TK ZUUy CLOSE FR Sep 3 S$ LOW S$ HIGI IS$ 1.4396 +0.06 1.5579 1.430! iuro 2.0550 +0.20 2.0732 1.9151 2.3535 +0.07 2.4366 2.0351 1$ 1.2119 -0.28 1.2171 0.945: 'en* 1.5506 +0.44 1.7278 1.483: lupiah* 0.***** +0.11
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        138 63 Besides drug users, who else gets hurt when people abuse drugs? w w Besides the abuser, friends and family get hurt too. It's hard to see a loved one with so much potential waste his life just because of one bad choice." Bhavana Sharma, 15, Secondary 4, St Margaret's
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        377 65 Create your own newspaper and you could win $3,000 cash and an internship at The Straits Times' newsroom Think you're an ace reporter, designer or editor? Prove it. If you want to experience the adrenaline rush of interviewing people, writing articles and putting an
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