The Straits Times, 17 September 2009

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  • 19 1 MICA(P) 191/11/2008 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • 676 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia $10m fund will help promote intermingling with new citizens By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A DAY after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke of helping new citizens adjust to life here, a Government-led panel has released recommendations to pro- mote integration between immigrants and
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  • INSIDE
    • 30 1 SINGAPORE'S air quality yesterday was the worst so far this year as the Pollution Standards Index climbed to 64 with more forest fires in Sumatra. HOME PAGE Bl
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    • 67 1 A.N has a new Prime lister. Mr Yukio oyama, who heads the Democratic Party of Japan, was i elected yesterday by parliament to take over the reins from the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He then named his Cabinet. Largely ii i i Jitested in power, the new
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    • 70 1 THE Coroner yesterday recorded a verdict of suicide on the two teenagers who jumped to their deaths hand in hand in August last year. Ku Witaya and Sia Chan Hong, both 16, had believed that they would be resurrected as demon slayers who would save the
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    • 49 1 PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday defended Indonesia's anti-graft watchdog, a day after the police accused two of its members of abuse of power. At a press conference, he urged parliament to delay a Bill which would clip its ability to investigate suspects. WORLD PAGE A10
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    • 64 1 THREE Singaporeans detained under the Internal Security Act for their involvement with the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist network and Moro Islamic Liberation Front have been released, after cooperating with investigations and showing significant progress in their rehabilitation. Mohammad Sharif Rahmat has been released on a Restriction
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  • 341 1 PARIS: Renault admitted yesterday that last year's inaugural Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix was fixed. Flavio Briatore, the team principal, and chief engineer Pat Symonds also resigned after the French Formula One team decided not to fight charges that they ordered former
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  • 75 1 Restaurant veteran Ip Yiu Tung, chairman and chief executive of the Crystal Jade group, who grew its annual revenue from $3.6 million in 1992 to $240 million today, clinched the overall Rotary-Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Asme) Entrepreneur of the Year award at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia Hotel
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  • VIEW POINTS
    • 85 2 The world is looking to the United States, under a thoughtful new president, and China for leadership on a host of issues. This is the primary focus not to be lost sight of as the two nations get into an escalating squabble over Chinese
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    • 31 2 Prescribing a drug for off-label use is an accepted practice within the medical profession. Thus, post-market surveillance is important, says Andy Ho. REVIEW PAGE A24 OUR READER SAYS
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    • 25 2 Those with higher incomes, who cannot afford private houses, can choose to buy resale flats, says HDB. FORUM PAGE A 25
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    • Article, Illustration
      18 2 www.straitstimes.com Niki Bruce is pleasantly surprised by the latest book from the Emily the Strange franchise.
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    • 68 2 IN OUR report "Analysts expect a V-shaped recovery" on Sept 15, we said that Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam warned of a potential double dip in the months ahead. Mr Tharman had in fact said that "we are seeing an immediate bounce in economic activity, but
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  • prime commentary
    • 900 2  -  Kwan Weng Kin Revitalising economy and opening up to the region should top his list By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO A MAJOR milestone in Japan's political history has been laid. Having swept the Aug 30 general election, the Democratic Party of Japan
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  • prime news
    • 949 3  -  Kwan Weng Kin Asking for patience, he reiterates his pledg to bring about change By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT Key ministers in new Cabinet Naoto Kan, 62 Deputy Prime Minister and National Strategy Minister Heads new National Strategy Bureau tasked with exercising control over policy and
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    • 877 4  -  Elena Chong Carolyn Quek It's suicide, coroner rules on two boys who had a death pact By Helplines Samaritans of Singapore 1800-221 4444 (24 hours) Comcare Helpline 1800-222 0000 Touchline 1800-377 2252 Singapore Association for Mental Health 1800-283 7019 ONE came from a broken
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    • 567 6  -  Cai Haoxiang New $10m fund will come in handy for promoting integration By THE Tian Fu Club, an association for Chinese immigrants, aims to hold a bigger Mid-Autumn festival next month and get its older members to mingle with more-recent Chinese immigrants. It will
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    • 475 6  -  SUE-ANN CHIA Open Doors, Open Minds, Open Hearts The integration council recommends: Open Doors: Increase interaction $10 million fund for groups to hold integration activities, providing funding of up to 80 per cent for projects over the next three years Have
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    • 538 6 NEW HAVEN: A Yale University laboratory technician was released early yesterday after police collected DNA samples and questioned him over the slaying of a graduate student who worked in the same lab. Raymond Clark had been taken into custody on Tuesday night at his apartment
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    • 642 6  -  Adeline Chia By ARTS REPORTER AN OLD boy of Catholic High Secondary School is revamping the school's old campus at 222 Queen Street by turning it into an arts centre. Property developer Daniel Teo is one of two private parties who have successfully
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    • 923 8  -  Radha Basu New centre opens tomorrow to offer critical services to allow old folk to age at home By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT INTEGRATED CARE "So far, services for the elderly, while available, are largely fragmented. Our biggest aim is to integrate care
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 786 10  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja He steps in as police accuse two KPK officials of abusing their power By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Setbacks for KPK THE KPK, established in 2003, has been widely regarded as one of Indonesia's few clean institutions. It had claimed a series of high-profile scalps, from
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    • world regional
      • 919 12 Following in her footsteps... CHANCE TO SERVE "We decided to take part in the coming elections as it is a chance for us and we expect to serve the country." Ms Than Than Nu OTHER FAMOUS DAUGHTERS IN POLITICS President Gloria Arroyo, daughter of
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      • 427 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Myanmar's ruling regime now holds more than double the number of political prisoners it had two years ago, a new report from the United States-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed yesterday. The 35-page report said: "Beginning in late 2008,
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      • 278 12 BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva indefinitely delayed naming a new national police chief yesterday, underscoring a growing rift in the ruling coalition as fresh anti-government protests loomed. The postponement also raised fears of low police morale ahead of a rally in Bangkok this
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      • 667 13  -  Leslie Lopez US fingers Malaysia as transit point for shipping equipment, technology By SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has pledged to cooperate fully with the United States to deal with growing concern that Malaysia is emerging as a popular
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      • 426 13  -  Carolyn Hong By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Bright yellow road signs "Beware of snatch thief" have sprung up all over Bangsar Baru, the upmarket neighbourhood populated by well-heeled expatriates. As many Malaysians know, Bangsar Baru is as popular with snatch thieves as it
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      • 586 15  -  Alastair Mclndoe Telcos, users are against tax which could raise $lb for cash-strapped govt By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA: Lawmakers are targeting a tax on text messages to raise sorely needed revenue for the government a move that is predictably rankling consumers in the Philippines, the
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      • 377 15 BEIJING: Chinese security forces uncovered a bomb-making operation in the volatile north-western region of Xinjiang, foiling plans to carry out attacks including suicide bombings, police said yesterday. The security forces arrested six suspects and seized large amounts of bombmaking materials in the raids,
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      • 555 16  -  P. Jayaram Melbourne incident is latest in wave of anti-Indian violence By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Four Indians were brutally kicked and beaten by a group of Australians in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Epping last Saturday. The incident was widely reported in the
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      • 75 16 Street vendors selling fresh Bangladeshi currency notes during Ramadan in Dhaka yesterday. Just as many Singaporeans rush to the banks ahead of Chinese New Year to get new notes to put into hongbao, Bangladeshi Muslims also seek out crisp new taka to give to children or
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      • 326 16 BEIJING: The southern city of Shenzhen will soon require government officials to respond to media requests for information, making it the first Chinese city with such a rule, state media said yesterday. Top government officials in Shenzhen, a bustling manufacturing and
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    • world international
      • 990 17 Israel's assault 'designed to humiliate civilians' THE 575-page report by the United Nations fact-finding mission called Israel's military assault on Gaza "a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population, radically diminish its local economic capacity both to work
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      • 562 18 ATTACKS ON OBAMA DEEP ROOTS "There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an AfricanAmerican should not be President... Those kinds of things are not just casual outcomes of a sincere debate on whether we should have a national programme on health
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      • 281 18 WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has formally proposed new fuel-ef-ficiency standards for cars and trucks, a move which would mark the first time the federal government has set limits on greenhouse gas pollution. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson released
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      • 385 20 Technology could offei alternative to heart transplants WELLINGTON: New Zealand scientists have developed the technology for a wireless heart pump that they say could save thousands of lives and offer an alternative to heart transplants. Heart pumps keep sufferers of congenital heart failure alive
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 120 20 SOFIA: Bulgaria's Sports Minister Svilen Neykov yesterday ordered a special review of the national lottery after the same numbers were picked in straight draws. The numbers 4, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 42 were drawn on Sept 6 and again on Sept 10. The probability of this
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        • 99 20 CANBERRA: Australia's House of Representatives yesterday passed legislation that would enable the country to enter into a free trade agreement (FTA) with its South-east Asian neighbours and New Zealand. The government plans to have the Senate vote on the legislation today to enshrine in law Australia's
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        • 63 20 TOKYO: Super typhoon Choi-wan yesterday strengthened to a Category 5 storm over the Pacific to the south of Japan the strongest typhoon of this year's North-west Pacific season. Choi-Wan, Cantonese for "colourful cloud", is expected to approach islands to the south of Tokyo today. Separately, Typhoon Koppu
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        • 108 20 BANGKOK: Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, left hospital yesterday after a routine check-up, an official at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital said. The Royal Household Bureau said it was a routine check-up for the 81-year-old king and there was no need for a public statement.
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        • 138 20 NEW DELHI: A 22-day-old baby who underwent rare surgery in an Indian hospital after being born with his heart outside his body has died of pneumonia and multiple organ failure, a report said yesterday. The unnamed boy from the eastern state of Bihar was operated on earlier
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        • 125 20 SEOUL: South Korean police, in one of their more heavyweight cases, are investigating whether a zoo elephant threw a stone at a woman visitor. The woman, surnamed Kirn, told police she was visiting the zoo at the Children's Grand Park in south-east Seoul on Monday when she
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 107 10 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com it will happen." MOST-READ ONLINE Mum had sex with son. YOUR SAY Two senior officials from Indonesia's MOST COMMENTED anti-corruption agency have been Woman pays $835,000 for a dog. named as criminal suspects, dealing a Says fl4dtomcat: "With this kind
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 444 21 THE United States' imposition of hefty tariffs on China-made tyres and Beijing's double-quick rejoinder raise worries of a widening trade dispute that could spill over into other areas of cooperation between the world's foremost powers. Cool heads are called for if the dispute is
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    • 837 21  -  Yu Shi Ming By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES TOWN councils have been around for 20 years. Almost 85 per cent of Singapore's population live in housing estates the councils manage. Yet most people do not really know what they do. This lack of awareness could
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    • 789 21  -  Lee Huay Leng By IT WAS the same chamber and yet it was not quite the same chamber. "Where did you sit?" I asked an ex-MP whom I met at the door. She paused, then repeated my question: "Where did I sit?" Some remembered
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    • review.
      • 888 22  -  Gwynne Dyer By EARLY next week, two Ger-man-owned container ships will arrive in Rotterdam from Vladivostok in the Russian Far East, having taken only one month to make the voyage. That is much faster than usual but then, they did not take the
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      • 874 22  -  Andy Ho OFF-LABEL DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS By SENIOR WRITER Because prescribing off-label by a doctor is legal, it makes economic sense for a drugmaker to limit the scope of its trials to get a new drug approved for the narrowest uses. This would be the
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      • 778 22  -  Vivien Lim By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES HOW does one explain the barbarism of a Saddam Hussein on the one hand, and the self-sacrifice of a Mother Teresa on the other? Or the actions of Bernard Madoff and the fat cats of Wall Street who rewarded
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    • forum.
      • 396 23 Teachers' bonus error "The cause is secondary. The matter centres on honesty and integrity." MR LIONEL DE SOUZA: "I am dismayed by the reactions of the teachers in yesterday's report, '200 teachers told to pay back excess bonus. The cause of the excess payment, be it system error
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      • 366 23 SLOWER IMMIGRATION IN YESTERDAY'S report, "PM signals a slower intake of immigrants", Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong disclosed that there will be sharper differentiation in the way the Government treats citizens and permanent residents (PRs). Is this a hint that the Government would like to see
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      • 355 23 Income ceiling stays buy resale if you can't afford private, replies HDB WE REFER to the letter by Mr Ec Teck Siew, "Structural changes needed" (Aug 26). With regard to income ceiling, the Government is committed to ensuring that public housing remains affordable to the majority of Singaporeans. This is
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      • 280 23 I REFER to yesterday's reports, "PM signals a slower intake of immigrants" and "A tip to students: Be driven about causes". I am a student at the National University of Singapore. I agree with what Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that bringing in
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      • 320 23 I APPLAUD the new measures by the Government to curb speculation in the property market and reinstate the Government Land Sales Programme. However, they do little to alleviate the structural problems at the root of the resale HDB market and the frustrations of
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      • 171 23 I REFER to last Friday's report, "Giving Normal stream that special touch", which referred to schools that were recognised under the Ministry of Education's (MOE) masterplan of awards. Clementi Town Secondary School received the inaugural Lee Hsien Loong Award for Innovations in the
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    • 195 23 ,V More letters on *v> www.straitstimes.com 1 MR TEO KUEH LIANG: PKMS should unite rather than fight, to strengthen opposition 2 MR ERIC TAN: Mindef must be flexible and efficient in enlisting overseas Singaporeans 3 CISCO REPLIES: Parking inconvenience carpark squeezed by Raya bazaar and officers were buying dinner 4
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • Article, Illustration
      613 67  -  Amresh Gunasingham PSI hits 64, the highest level recorded so far this year By 49 PSIon Monday 55 PSIon Tuesday THE haze worsened yesterday, with the Pollution Standards Index (PSI) peaking at 64 the highest level reached this year. Although still in the moderate range, yesterday's air quality
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    • 1093 68 TEENS' SUICIDE PACT He would prepare for rituals by first taking a bath to "cleanse" himself as a sign of respect to the gods. Then, the bare-bodied teen would go into a supposed trance by rocking himself eyes closed back and forth on a
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    • 689 68  -  CAROLYN QUEK About the case IN THE early hours of Aug 23 last year, the bodies of Ku Witaya and Sia Chan Hong, both 16 and Tampines Secondary School students, were found at the grass verge of Block 667 in Jalan Damai. It
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    • 489 68  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN TOMORROW: The Straits Times delves into the world of spirit mediums. Official estimates put their numbers at 1,000, but the actual figure is probably far higher. No one oversees the practice, and pretty much anyone can become a medium. PUT off by
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    • 474 70  -  Karamjit Kaur Indian airline will be eighth carrier to serve burgeoning Sineapore-India market By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT WHEN Kingfisher Airlines touches down at Changi Airport this morning, it will become the eighth carrier to serve the bustling Singapore-India market. In just four years, passenger traffic between the
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    • 121 70 AN $8 MILLION jackpot is waiting to be won on Friday next week, in celebration of Singapore's second Formula One night race. Tickets for the Night Race Draw go on sale from today at 6.10pm for customers betting on Friday's special draw and
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    • 448 71  -  Goh Chin Lian But JI, MILF men must still abide by certain restrictions By THREE Singaporeans detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) have been released, said the Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday. The trio were held for their involvement in the Jemaah Islamiah (JI)
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    • 107 71 This year's Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in Chinatown (above) will be a record-breaking one. Organisers Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng Citizens Consultative Committee will attempt to get three feats into the Singapore Book of Records. The three records will involve the longest lantern dragon (42.7 m), the
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    • CASEFILE
      • 107 72 AN IT engineer was yesterday charged in a district court with attempting to molest a doctor. Pham Thai Ha, 29, a Vietnamese permanent resident here, is accused of trying to kiss the 26-year-old female doctor's cheek at a clinic in the west on
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      • 207 72 A HOUSEWIFE appeared in court yesterday on 11 counts of maid abuse and four charges of using criminal force on her Myanmar domestic helper. Peck Choon Khim, 40, allegedly used a spatula, a cane and a kettle to hurt Ms Moe Thandar Lin, 24,
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    • 536 72  -  Selina Lum Teh Joo Lin SEAFOOD SUPPLIER CORRUPTION PROBE They leave their jobs after being implicated in kickback scandal By THREE five-star hotels have confirmed that the head chefs of their well-known Chinese restaurants are no longer working there, in the wake of
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    • 340 72  -  Jennani Durai By ONE man was found dead and another unconscious in a River Valley Road furniture shophouse on Tuesday afternoon. Police received a call at 3.45pm from the mother of the dead man, and turned up to find the two motionless, both
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    • 504 72  -  Khushwant Singh By WITH business off to a slow start, courier firm owner Ragamatthulla Meeran Gani devised a plan with his girlfriend to get more money by billing her employer for fictitious deliveries. Then a clerk with OCBC Bank, Anita Said, 37, was
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    • 777 74  -  Salma Khalik Minister using online platforms to share MOH plans and get feedback By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT How to pay for new germ vaccine PARENTS can use up to $300 of their Medisave money a year to pay for pneumococcal vaccination once it becomes
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    • 401 74  -  Serene Luo By THIS nostalgia-themed blog is a favourite read for heritage buffs. Writing under the online moniker of Laokokkok (informal Hokkien phrase for old and crusty), Mr Chris Yew Weng Heng delves into the history of old buildings and streets of
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
    • 940 75 How Singapore GP was fixed Qualifying: Engine failure leaves Renault star Fernando Alonso 15th on the grid. Race start: The Spaniard, with an ultra-light fuel load, gains three places before being stuck in traffic. Lap 12: He makes an extremely early pit stop, gambling that someone will
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    • 562 75  -  Steve Slater DRIVER'SSEAT By Nor should the Singapore Grand Prix be worried about its reputation. While we may muse that the outcome of last year's race can now be deemed artificial, that does not detract from the spectacle of what we saw around
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    • 114 76 THE Sing Tel Grid Girls for the Singapore Grand Prix took centre stage last night as the Formula One rumble moved up a gear. The 20 finalists entertained the crowd of about 250 at Bellini Grande at Clarke Quay with dance numbers, a mock rock-band act and
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    • 672 76  -  Terrence Voon Hakkinen calls for sport to return to its racing roots, without scandals By "Negative stuff, political stuff, I don't like that. These should not be the headlines of Formula One. It seemed like people felt a great need to shout their problems to the
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    • 244 76 LONDON: Jenson Button is apparently fighting for more than the Formula One World Championship. According to The Telegraph, the Briton's future at Brawn GP could be in jeopardy as Williams' Nico Rosberg has agreed a deal to drive for the team next year, pending their successful
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    • 463 76 NEW YORK: At some point between the mayhem of Monday night, when he lay crying on the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Tuesday morning, when he waded through a string of interviews, Juan Martin del Potro remembered to shave. Gone was the russet beard that had
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    • 503 77 Rooney blows top as Manchester United scrape past Besiktas LONDON: Wayne Rooney's fragile temperament came under scrutiny again when he reacted angrily to being substituted in Manchester United's 1-0 Champions League win at Besiktas. After playing as a solitary striker with little success, he trudged off the
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    • 299 77 ZURICH: Even at a world-record price of €94 million (Ssl96 million), Cristiano Ronaldo is giving Real Madrid exactly what they paid for. The World player of the Year, 24, scored twice on his Champions League debut for Real on Tuesday, firing in trademark free
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    • 398 77 LONDON: John Terry was knocked unconscious but he soldiered on. The Chelsea captain led by example as he refused to leave the field and led his team to a 1-0 win over Porto in their Champions League match on Tuesday. Terry was left
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    • 118 77 National athletes like (clockwise from top left) shooter Jasmine Ser, footballer Hariss Harun, bowl Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, swimmers Tao Li and Qua Ting Wen have received a boost, after Canon Singapore inked a four-year sponsorship agreemen with the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) yesterday. The $4 million
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 108 77 NEW YORK: New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Carlson were both ejected after sparking a bench-clearing brawl at Yankees Stadium on Tuesday. The Blue Jays won the game 10-4 but the result was largely overshadowed by the wild
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      • 51 77 GEYLANG United beat Balestier Khalsa 1-0 in an S-League football match last night at the Toa Payoh Stadium. Masrezwan Masturi scored in the 37th minute to keep the Eagles in seventh place with 37 points, while the toothless Tigers are rooted to the bottom on 15
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      • 61 77 UNHO Park of Australia fired a two-under 69 to snatch the lead after the second round of the Singapore Professional Golfers Association President Cup yesterday. At 139, he leads the trio of Justin Han, Quincy Quek and Mardan Mamat by three shots at the $45,000 event.
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      • 110 77 BIRMINGHAM: Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung on Tuesday formally lodged a takeover bid for English Premier League football club Birmingham City by sending out official offer documents to other shareholders. Yeung, whose failed bid to buy the club in 2007 triggered the departure of
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    • 513 78 "Of course I back van Persic. If somebody stamps on your head in that way, you wouldn't say, 'Thank you very much' and turn the other cheek." ARSENE WENGER, on Adebayor's alleged stamp on Robin van Persic Wenger blasts former Gunner as FA prepares to charge
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    • 276 78 "It could happen. Anything could happen." JUAN VERON of Argentina BUENOS AIRES: One of Argentina's most senior and respected players midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron has acknowledged that the South Americans could miss their first World Cup since 1970. "It could happen," he said
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    • 451 78 LONDON: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has slammed the Premier League's new quota on home-grown talent. He feels the new ruling has been introduced too quickly and that it will compromise the quality of the league. Next season, top-flight clubs must name
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      374 78 "A lot of mishaps along the way, and it ended up being a real crappy season." VIJAY SINGH, former world No. 1 golfer, on his lacklustre season as he missed the Tour Championship for the first time since 1994. Last year, he only had to finish the event to
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    • 323 79 "She is extremely fragile at the moment... but she wants to know what the world is saying, so she read and watched it all." PHIWE MLANGENI TSHOLETSANE, Athletics South Africa official Semenya humiliated by claim that she has internal testes LONDON: World 800 m champion Caster Semenya
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    • 209 79 BEIJING: Chinese hurdler Liv Xiang is not returning to competition in this weekend's Shanghai Golden Grand Prix to help ticket sales after the withdrawal of Usain Bolt, according to his coach. The organisers announced Liu's much-anticipat-ed return after 13 months out injured, just 24 hours
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    • 208 75 w ""^bY^bl I GET BACK ON TRACK Mika Hakkinen has called for Fl to put racing first, politics second. 810 ~"*l^k UP IN ARMS Arsene Wenger blasts former striker Emmanuel Adebayor. 812 O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES 'Wake up, S-League'. Alam Shah
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    • 672 76 Shinju would go straight into the Cox nE» Plate without another race, but the ,jb£Sjl* fcJ|[ six week break between races and ■t^^"" thefactthatthe majority of the Dato Tan 4K J(^^^J^& IfePW^ n' n am Stakes contestants will race ■^KS-SH w/^^l ■S^Bt?^. a^a' n 'je^°re tne x pa te was
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    • 126 77 S.League Super Reds Tampines Thu, 17/09/09 7.45pm A League Adelaide Melbourne Viet Fri, 18/09/09 6.00pm S.League Woodlands Combak Fri, 18/09/09 7.30pm UE Europe, E League Champ and German League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. L /f\ J§l Draw No. 2467/2009 flylV Draw
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    • 308 78 Today Saturday Baseball Badminton World Cup, 2nd rd (Live, Chll3, 7pm China Masters: S-finals (Live, Ch22, noon), tomorrow, lam). Cycling Cricket Tour of Spain: Stage 20 (Live, Chll3, 10.15pm). Sixth ODI: England v Australia (Live, ChllO, 9.28pm tomorrow, 1.30 am). Dutch Eredivisie: Alkmaar v Nijmegen (Live, Cvdine Chll6' Sunda .y'
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  • OBITUARIES
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      130 79 K.THIRUGANASOTHI (THIRU) (son of the late K. Krishna Pillai) Retired Vice Principal Mayflower School Ex-President Spore Amateur Boxing Association Age: 69 passed away peacefully on 16 Sept 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Brothers: Sisters-in-law: K. Selvaretnam (deceased) S. Parameswary K. Paskaran (deceased) P. Clara Nagalingam K.
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      48 79 In Loving Memory Of MR MRS CHUA JOON NAM Mr Chua was called home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ 20 years ago on 17 September 1989. Mrs Chua joined him on 24 March 1994. Safe in the Arms of Jesus Fondly remembered by Children Loved ones
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      45 79 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of PATRICK LEE Departed 17.09.2007 Time may heal the broken heart, Time may make the wound less sore, But time can never stop the longing For the loved one gone before. Deeply missed by wife Evelyn, son Benjamin loved ones.
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      39 79 3rd Anniversary In Fond Memory Of ERIC TAN KAY LOCK 6 Dec 1948-17 Sept 2006 There is a link death cannot sever, Love and remembrance last forever. With Love: Arthur, Angeline, Ariel, Raymond, Ottavia, Chloe, Royston, Teng Hui, Kaizer
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      28 79 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late LEE BOON MENG Departed on 15 September 2009 From The Management Staff of Boustead Projects Pte Ltd
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      86 79 "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good/ His faithful love endures forever?- Psalm 118:1 Ist1 st Anniversary In Loving Memory of Henry Wee Han Yew 30 September 1968 -17 September 2008 Memory is a way of holding onto the things we love, the things we are, the things
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      47 79 MDM. RAMAUNI SARASWATHI Age: 81 Departed 15 Sept 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Daughters, Sons-in-law, Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren and loved ones. Body is resting at Blk 15 #02-581 Toa Payoh Lor 7. Cortege will leave today at 4.30pm to Mandai Crematorium Hall 2. Hp: 8189-3407
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      53 79 AL-FATTHAH In Loving Memory Of Noor Huda Binte Mohamed Departed: 17 Sept 2005 The years may wipe out many things, But this they'll wipe out never; The memory of those happy days, Which we had spent together. Always remember by Husband, Parents, In-laws, Sister, Friends, Relative, Pets, Staff of SIA
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      54 79 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA P.MUNIAMAH Ex-Amah (G.H.) Departed: 3/9/2009 Dearly missed by loved ones. Karumathi Prayers will be held on 17/9/2009 (Today) at 9.00pm at Blk 151, Ang Mo Kio Aye 5 #05-3024 Athma Shantl Pooja on 18/9/2009, Fri. 7.30pm at Sri Sivan Temple (Geylang East). Please treat this as a
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      99 79 "Happy are those who die in the Lord, since their good deeds go with them." SUGUMAREN s/o KANAN Age: 50 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 September 2009, leaving behind loved ones. v Wife: Baby Clerin Son: Shabin Sister: Narayani Family Brothers: Balakrishnan Family Segaran Family
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      84 79 We, the family of the late NORIS ONG CHIN GUAN would like to thank Ministers, Members of Parliament, committee members and staff of various organizations, schools, former schoolmates, priests, religious, church groups parishioners, business associates, colleagues, ex-colleagues, relatives, neighbours and friends for their prayers, condolences, valuable support, wreaths and donations
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      52 79 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of WAN KUM TONG Departed 17 Sep '07 Time may heal the broken heart Time may make the wound less sore. But time can never stop the longing For the loved one gone before. Lovingly remembered by Beloved children their spouses, grandchildren their spouses and
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    • 63 79 OBITUARIES For booking enquiries, call Bookings made after office hours for next day's publication are subject to space availability. si UUt, vyuxfCt, cl &JM- H*L Cidhxxt Cujl ojuojl. Sir Winston Churchill Loved ones who have passed away live on in our hearts and W,^r"^ minds. Honour their memories through an
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
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      • 509 80  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Bernanke's remark that US recession is over also boosts sentiment By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT TRADERS' hopes were running high yesterday that the six-month-long global stock market rally has still further to run. They had been heartened by United
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      • 375 80  -  Dennis Chan By DEPUTY MONEY EDITOR SPECIAL auditors looking into the financial affairs of Jurong Technologies Industrial Corp have opened a can of worms. In a report made public yesterday, Ernst Young Advisory found the consumer electronics manufacturer had: Presented identical invoices more than
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
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          94 80 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.71 billion shares worth $1.85 billion JP DOWN Gainers: 403 Losers: 143 Unchanged: 695 Mid Cap 619.21 7.71 Basic materials 334.49 6.05 Utilities 491.31 4.74 Small Cap 558.19 13.14 Industrials 582.81 8.59 Financials 667.84 8.37 All Share 659.09 9.11 Consumer goods 708.85 4.99 Technology 765.92 8.77
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        • 215 80 Yesterday's close: 10,270.77 (+53.15) Tokyo stocks rose 0.5 per cent after US shares climbed to their highest level of the year and as investors monitored a historic change of power in Japan. Yesterday's close: 1,212.98 (+5.51) Malaysian shares rose 0.46 per cent on gains in selected blue chips with
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 392 80 GLD 10US$ 9972 259.6 IMH 3148 178.7 DBXT FTChina25 10USS 3064 97.9 Lyxor LatinAmerica 1 714 86.5 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1625 69.5 lardine CSC 2430 50.0 0CBCBk4.5%NCPS 100 ...9450 50.0 Lyxor MS India 10USS 1375 41.1 SIA200 1350 40.0 CityDev 1042 38.0 SIA 1340 32.0 DBS
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        • 401 80 ;ityDev.ES.O9O9 1038 34.0 ;apitaland.ES.O9O9 374 6.0 >C Global W*****0 90 5.0 Franspac W*****1 40.5 4.5 iukitSemW*****8 268 4.0 )BSBNPeCW*****3 37 3.5 lianHuW*****9 13.5 3.5 )BS RB eCW*****8 20 3.0 :coWiseW*****1 17 3.0 HanhattanRes W*****9 14 3.0 !TI 2550 DBeCW*****1 54.5 3.0 >TI2600BNPeCW*****9 34 3.0 ;TI2600BNPeCW*****6 51 3.0
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        • 183 80 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volur ume CENTS Vol iolden Agri Renting SP IhinaSports :uxing iallant linotel Tech coWise ;H Offshore iuocoLeisure Jni Envtech KD Digital ;hina Hongxing... )MX Tech ring Li lafflesEdu 45.5 110 20.5 15 43.5 68.5 21.5 69.5 59.5 30.5 1.5 23
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        • 104 80 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Sept 16 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2160 1.2530 Can dollar 1.3150 1.3310 Euro 2.0710 2.0940 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4062 0.4072 NZ dollar 0.9940 1.0150 Sterling pound 2.3290 2.3550 US dollar 1.4110 1.4270 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        • 364 80 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 415 244.9 1116 168 196 1501.6 425 121 52 426 3216 2536 919 220.4 245 820 265 891 199 408 282 384 358 MM 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 405 5611 CityDev 97
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        • 591 80 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 133 90 217 107 64.5 150 119.9 150 301.8 35 132 108 122 247 572 247 191 122 -MM 500 47.5 195 76 90.5 33.5 213 135 81 272 642 105 2510 99.5
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    • money companies
      • 614 81  -  Smita Krishnaswamy Booming commodities sector makes company an attractive target By Noble was founded in 1987 by Mr Richard Elman (right), now chief executive, with US$lOO,OOO. Growth has been spectacular, with operations spanning the globe, dealing in anything from soya beans in China to
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      • 289 81  -  GABRIEL CHEN A CHINESE underwear manufacturer is launching its initial public offering (IPO) today in the hope of raising $15.8 million. Great Group Holdings is selling 80 million shares at 29.5 cents each two million to the public and the rest in placements to institutional investors.
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    • 573 82 But most of them are still cutting costs and one-third are struggling FOR the first time in the year after the global economic system nearly collapsed, more companies are expecting their profits to rise rather than fall in the near term, a survey
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    • 343 82 SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is finally making enough money to cover its costs and now has 300 million users, the world's largest social networking site has said, proving that the Internet's newest star industry can be a viable business. Facebook is now generating enough
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    • 508 82 NEW YORK: Citigroup is slowly regaining favour among institutional investors, a development that could help the United States government unload its 34 per cent stake in the still-troubled bank. A series of bailouts has put taxpayers on the hook for tens
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    • 319 82 WASHINGTON: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may force banks to share data used to rate bonds with all credit rating agencies, reducing the risk that investors will buy securities with inflated ratings, two sources said. Data would not be disclosed publicly,
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    • 323 83  -  ROBIN CHAN SHIPPING giant Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is adopting a Singapore-designed clean fuel system for its vessels that could help the company make significant cost-savings. NOL's container shipping subsidiary, APL, yesterday signed a five-year agreement in Singapore with Russian-led technology company Neftech
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    • 818 83  -  Francis Chan SMEs receive more than than 90% of the amount handed out By Financing schemes LAST November, the Government introduced a $2.3 billion governmentbacked financing package to help local businesses ride out the global economic slump. Key to the initiatives was having the
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    • 334 83  -  JONATHAN KWOK INTERNATIONAL experts will be recruited to help train professionals involved in business franchising under a new training and accreditation scheme. The Certified Franchise Executive Programme will cover the financial and legal aspects of running a franchise and teach participants ways
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    • 711 84  -  Joyce Teo Median prices for non-landed units up sharply in third quarter By A NEW report from property consultancy firm CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) shows that prices of private, non-landed homes have risen sharply since July. An analysis of caveats lodged by home buyers
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    • 674 84  -  Gabriel Chen By WHEN one of his favourite restaurants was in financial strife and about to close, entrepreneur Ip Yiu Tung decided it was high time to whip up a recipe for rescue. The key ingredient Mr Ip came up with to
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      • 1457 48  -  tara tan Intercultural and dance-form marriages are the highlight of this year's da:ns festival arts reporter About four months after Sutra, his sculptural work involving 17 Shaolin monks, made a splash at this year's Singapore Arts Festival, MoroccanFlemish choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is
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      • 537 51  -  Adeline chia Starting next week, a one-man show examines how cavemen influenced today's gender relations arts reporter So men have stopped wielding clubs and can communicate beyond grunts, but they have not evolved much from their caveman ways. This provocative thesis comes from Defending The Caveman, a play
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        449 52 RAISING FUNDS FOR ARTS SCHOOL Local chamber group remix is teaming up with creative hub Old School, a cluster of art spaces on Mount Sophia, to hold a fund-raising concert for School Of The Arts. A project under the Old School Community Programme, all proceeds from ticket sales
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      • 820 62  -  deepika shetty Asian contemporary art fair will feature $30m worth of artworks and retrospective of pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng Art talk Learn from leading art collectors, artists and contemporary Asian art experts in a series of talks, Art Conversations, to be held at Suntec Singapore, Level 4,
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    • 727 50  -  Adeline chia Among 50 local museums, the National Museum pulled in the most visitors last year arts reporter The Top 10 1. National Museum of Singapore 871,800 visitors 2. National Library Gallery (right) 761,500 visitors 3. Asian Civilisations Museum 697,800 visitors 4. Images of Singapore: 506,600
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      • 571 53  -  Karen teng Exotic flavours and pretty packaging that's the stuff of mooncakes which now come with unconventional fillings to tempt the sweet tooth by HEALTHIER mooncakes with a wider variety of fruit-based flavours are being offered in this year's Mid-Autumn Festival. There are exotic offerings
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      • 532 54 Traditional mooncakes that are not so traditional make eating more exciting Assorted nuts East Ocean A well-known Teochew restaurant at Shaw Centre, East Ocean has a team of Hong Kong chefs to prepare its range of mooncakes. Its assorted nuts traditional mooncake is packed to the skin with
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        548 56 Snowskin mooncakes come in a variety of unusual colours and unique flavours for the adventurous Ginger infused milk snowskin with century egg and custard paste Van Ting, St Regis This award-winning restaurant's latest signature snowskin mooncake is an ode to traditional Cantonese cuisine. Century egg and ginger
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      • 433 57 Unusual mooncakes filled with the pleasures of durian, mango, peach and berries Snowskin with low fat yoghurt in banana, chempedakand strawberry flavours and Mao Shan Wang durian in organic pandan snowskin Peony Jade The three new flavours of banana, chempedak and strawberry are offered in a low-fat yoghurt
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      • 551 59 Sweet offerings BREADTALK Get 15 per cent off two Classic boxes and a free 50g New brand of Organic Tea. Offer ends on Oct3. CRYSTAL JADE UOB credit and debit cardmembers get 15 per cent off selected flavours of mooncakes till Oct3. EAST OCEAN A minimum
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      • 272 60 Low in sugar, high on taste, these delicious concoctions ensure guilt-free indulgence for the gourmet Snowskinwith wheatgrass, melon seeds and white lotus paste Often enjoyed as a juice for its health benefits, wheatgrass has inspired Carlton Hotel to create a new flavour. Beneath the striking green
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        424 61  -  Karen teng The packaging of mooncakes has been turned into a new art form and the results are as attractive as the tantalising fillings in the pastry by ATTRACTIVE packaging is a big selling point in mooncake offerings during the annual Mid-Autumn Festival. The boxes now
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      • 481 64  -  jocelyn lee MediaCorp actress Farm Wong is going to wear nearly a quarter of her weight in jewellery on her wedding day on Sept 29. The set of jewellery, combined with her evening gown, weighs more than 10kg. The 1.71 m star, who weighs 51kg, confesses that
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      • 183 64 NEW DAN BROWN BOOK SETS RECORD Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol broke the first-day sales record for adult fiction at Barnes <& Noble and Amazon.com. The book, released on Tuesday, also had the highest number ofpre-orders for an adult-fiction work at Barnes <& Noble, the bookstore chain said. JAPANESE
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      • 329 64 New York United States President Barack Obama's candid thoughts about rapper Kanye West have provoked a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age. ABC News said it was wrong for its staff, including anchor Terry Moran, to tweet that Mr Obama had called
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    • 438 58 Goodwood Park Hotel is proud to present its handcrafted selection of both baked and snowskin mooncakes in celebration of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival. wflK £^Aw \wJ Indulge in g exciting flavours, comprising of signature items and a new m creation -Soursop Snowskin Mooncake. Other popular snowskin mooncake l Wf^ \^^R\
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