The Straits Times, 18 September 2009, Afternoon Edition

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  • 30 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS Sfll A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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    • 61 1 MALAYSIAN Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen wants her ministry to identify all the food that is truly Malaysian. The list includes dishes such as laksa, nasi lemak, Hainanese chicken rice and bak kut teh. On Wednesday, she accused other countries of "hijacking" local dishes, and said it was
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    • 64 1 HYPNOTHERAPIST Casey Chua, 56, claimed to have a PhD in psychology and 25 years of practice in sychotherapy, but when his claims were called into question in court on Wednesday, he had a heart attack and was rushed to hospital, where he died. Eleven of his
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    • 60 1 IN A bid to tackle the growing number of households in arrears, specially trained HDB staff are helping home owners explore ways to settle debts, such as subletting a room to earn some income or downgrading. About 800 families who owe the HDB money have downgraded
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    • 52 1 LANGUAGE teaching in schools is up for a major revamp. For both English and the mother tongue languages, the new measure of success will be how well students can express themselves and communicate going beyond scoring a good grade on report cards. PRIME PAGE A3, HOME PAGE
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    • 69 1 NEW Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has banned press conferences held by bureaucrats, a sign he intends to make good on his promise to take control of policymaking from civil servants. Only elected officials such as the minister or deputy minister will give press conferences, and
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  • 532 1  -  Lynn Lee Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja This time it's for real, says Indonesian police chief By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS JAKARTA: A seven-year manhunt for Ma-laysian-born terror leader Noordin Top finally ended yesterday when he was shot dead in a nine-hour siege on a house in Solo, Central Java. The body
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  • 517 1  -  Judith Tan By VACCINATIONS against the Influenza A (H1N1) virus could be available to Singaporeans in a matter of weeks, with the Republic having secured a million doses by the end of the year from British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). About 800,000 doses
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  • 767 1  -  Alvin Foo By Large investment in China MONEY PAGE ClB TEMASEK Holdings' net portfolio dived by almost a third in its last financial year, but it has since wiped out most of the red ink thanks to a global share market rally in recent months. The portfolio
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  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 99 2 WE SAY Is there a fair and reasonable way for MediShield to cover everyone against rising health-care costs without excluding "pre-existing conditions"? The answer lies in whether such coverage will make MediShield premiums so expensive that enough Central Provident Fund members will opt
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      • 25 2 COLUMNS For now, a lower but not zero level of nuclear arms remains the best option, says William Choong. REVIEW PAGE A2l
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      • 25 2 The Indonesian President must choose his battles carefully in his quest for reform, says Bruce Gale. -I REVIEW PAGE A 22
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      • 38 2 OUR READER SAYS Farhana Hossain asks why she has to take the English Proficiency Test to qualify for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme despite having a degree from SIM University. FORUM PAGE A 27
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      • Article, Illustration
        20 2 www.straitstimes.com Loh Keng Fatt thinks some movie taglines show a very clever use of English, while others don't.
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    • 1116 2  -  Rohit Brijnath All sports have cheats, but choreographing a car crash is frightening I By SPORT is on the edge of madness if a team is prepared to risk a young man's life for points on a driver's championship table or for childish bragging rights at
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  • prime news
    • 798 3  -  Amelia Tan Bilingual policy stays, but methods of teaching English, mother tongues to change in emphasis By Making mother tongue fun: Use it, appreciate it HOME PAGE C 4 More career opportunities for teachers HOME PAGE C 4 THE teaching of languages
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    • 761 4  -  Lynn Lee Terrorists dealt a blow, but they are highly capable of regrouping By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Mas Selamafs wife to visit him SINGAPORE militant Mas Selamat Kastari, 48, who is being held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) at the Kamunting Detention
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    • 408 9  -  Elizabeth Looi Tourism Minister wants to stake claim on popular dishes By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT BUFFET WITHOUT BORDERS "I think it is difficult to claim ownership or to say exactly what food originated from where. This is because there are no boundaries when it comes to food." Malaysian celebrity
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    • 462 9  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Byl INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: The foreign ministers of Indonesia and Malaysia yesterday agreed that both sides should cool tensions over a bilateral spat about "cultural theft" and not allow sensitive issues such as this to flare up again. Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan
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    • 494 10  -  Jessica Lim Clementi integrated estate will also feature library and interchange By Such mixed developments are a win-win, said experts: They help urban planners make efficient use of land and increase convenience for flat-dwellers. IN A push to adapt to the modern needs of Singaporeans,
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    • 448 17  -  Elena Chong He faces corruption rap over $20,000 bill and is accused of lying at trial By COURTS CORRESPONDENT AN INTERIOR designer who was a key witness in the criminal case against former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief T.T. Durai two years ago was
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    • 560 17 MELBOURNE: An Australian man raped his daughter almost daily for 30 years and fathered her four children, a report said yesterday, drawing chilling comparisons with Austrian Josef Fritzl's incest case. The man, who is in his 60s, began molesting
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    • 757 18  -  Carolyn Hong Negeri Sembilan princess wants Johor prince charged for allegedly assaulting her son By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: A royal feud between two Malaysian princes became public yesterday when a Negeri Sembilan princess demanded that a Johor prince be charged in court for
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    • 688 14  -  Sandra Davie Hypnotherapist sued over credentials dies By SENIOR WRITER About this case ELEVEN hypnotherapists who were former associates and students of Mr Casey Chua sued him to reclaim their fees when they could not verify his PhD in psychology and his claim of 25 years
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 431 20 IS THERE a fair and reasonable way to cover everyone against rising healthcare costs without excluding "pre-exist-ing conditions" in insurance? The question, revived lately in letters to The Straits Times Forum Page, is a complicated one. A reader wrote that Medishield denied his
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    • 899 20  -  Timothy Garton Ash By U GOLDEN dream by the lw^ sea" is how Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger de- scribed California, ■X. A. when he was inaugurated as the state's governor six years ago. Cruise down Highway 280 from San Francisco, then up over the wooded
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    • 862 20  -  Thomas L. Friedman By APPLIED Materials is one of the most important United States companies you've probably never heard of. It makes the machines that make the microchips that go inside your computer. The chip business, though, is volatile. So in 2004, Mr
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    • review.
      • 837 21  -  William Choong FOREIGN MATTERS By SENIOR WRITER LIKE world peace, nuclear abolition is a grand idea that refuses to go away. Following up on one of his campaign promises, United States President Barack Obama will bring together 14 world leaders at a special United
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      • 858 22  -  Bruce Gale MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By SENIOR WRITER Privatisations of state enterprises have traditionally been messy affairs, with numerous vested interests launching determined campaigns aimed at maintaining the status quo. PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's convincing victory in the July presidential
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    • review insight
      • RECESSION RESCUE WORKERS
        • 866 24 LEARNING EXPERIENCE "Looking back at the past year, I've learnt many times more than I did in my previous jobs." Ms Tricia Loh MONEY was always tight in Ms Tricia Loh's family when she was growing up. Her father, a freelance carpenter, did not have
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        • 852 24 REWARDING WORK "The work may be tough, but the camaraderie and the end results have always been rewarding," Mr Yam THE distance for a mass walk for union members was set at 2.3 km. But Mr Alex Yam journeyed nearly 50km on foot, checking out
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      • 1062 25 NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN "For those who think they are too old to learn new skills or find new jobs, I would tell them I took a job in a boutique when I was 45 years old despite having no retail experience."
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    • forum.
      • 221 26 ELDERLY EXILES IT WAS heartwarming to read about Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and his Men In White achieving reconciliation with their political opponents ("Friends and foes under one roof", Sept 9) after almost 50 years, and to see them posing for pictures at the Old
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      • 247 26 I REFER to Mr Michael Lee's letter on Monday, "Son back from US hit by 'capacity constraint'". Enlistment for full-time national service takes place every quarter. This enables the Singapore Armed Forces, the Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Civil Defence Force to
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      • 909 26 Men In White on RazorTV "As a young Singaporean, watching this clip filled me with pride and gratitude." MS LOW MEI CHIN: "I chanced upon the Men In White: The Making 0f... video on RazorTV on Sept 8.1 congratulate the team at RazorTV for producing one of the most
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      • 214 27 I REFER to Wednesday's report, "Model pupil on her way to class dies in accident". Having been a Singapore motorist for the past 37 years, here is what I think is wrong with traffic rules and lack of proper enforcement, despite Singapore's fantastic
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      • 305 27 TEACHING DIPLOMA: SIM GRAD APPLICANT ASKS... RECENTLY, I applied online for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme at the National Institute of Education (NIE). A few weeks after sending the required documents, I received a letter from the Ministry of Education (MOE) stating that my
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      • 243 27 I REFER to the reply by the Ministry of Health, "Multiple tiers of protection for all" (Sept 2). My MediShield-protected parents are both 83 years old. In two years, they will be out of MediShield coverage and will not be able to avail themselves
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      • 277 27 THE report, "Who cares for these when they grow old?" (Sept 3), has no simple answers. Ideally, homes for the aged should be on the ground floor of HDB blocks so their families can help and visit regularly, and grandparents will
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    • 441 26 j\* A More letters on "•SJ www.straitstimes.com 1 MS GOH SWAY PHENG: Show residents exactly what they will be getting in upgrading exercises 2 MR ALVIN NEW: Pedestrians increasingly vulnerable these days 3 MS KEHK BEE LIAN: Review traffic rules to strengthen pedestrian safety 4 MR THOMAS LEE: Reported errant
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 643 29  -  Kwan Weng Kin By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT No press conferences No associating with politicians TOKYO: Japanese civil servants are now barred from giving press conferences or associating with politicians under unprecedented guidelines introduced by a new government determined to whittle down the bureaucracy's influence. Reining
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    • 268 29 WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed confidence that United States-Japan ties will withstand the test of any policy changes introduced by the new government in Tokyo. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama wants a less subservient relationship with the US, which has had
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    • world regional
      • 792 30  -  Sim Chi Yin Bid to cement legitimacy to rule amid protests over abuse of power By CHINA CORRESPONDENT THE CATCH "More urban neighbourhood committee elections would be a good, small step. Cadres might have that much more respect. But really, there's no
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      • 319 30 TAIPEI: China has told tour groups to call off planned trips to the south Taiwan city of Kaohsiung following a controversial visit there by the Dalai Lama, local media said yesterday. Hotels in Kaohsiung have received thousands of Chinese cancellations since early this
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      • 547 31  -  Nirmal Ghosh Show of strength to mark anniversary of anti-Thaksin coup By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Concern is mounting in Bangkok over a major rally planned tomorrow by the red-shirted United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) but the movement's leaders yesterday promised it will
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      • 512 31  -  Jessica Lim By PALM oil, sugar, wheat flour and rice found in 282 vehicles headed into Singapore from Malaysia were confiscated in the past four weekends. What were seized: 1,910 kg of cooking oil, 193 kg of sugar, 94kg of flour and 70kg
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      • 349 32 JAKARTA: Indonesia's President said he would issue a ruling to temporarily fill vacant posts at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), after two of its officials were named as suspects in a police investigation. "I want to propose issuing a presidential decree
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      • 744 32  -  P. Jayaram Legislators in Andhra Pradesh want late chief minister's son to succeed him in office By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: More than two weeks after a popular chief minister of a southern Indian state died in a helicopter crash, the ruling
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      • 561 35 Mourners clash with police over teen's death in Pakistan jail ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Christians have clashed with security forces at the funeral of a Christian youth who police said hanged himself while jailed on accusations of defiling the Muslim holy book. Some Christian leaders alleged he
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      • 267 35 SHAH ALAM: The Syariah High Court yesterday ordered an unmarried Muslim couple caught trying to have sex in a car to six strokes of the cane. But Judge Mohammad Khalid Shaee Shaii allowed for a suspension of the caning pending an
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      • 62 35 Stop. Press. That's the latest "lesson" on the curriculum at this school in Linyi, east China's Shandong province. Students are taught self-massage, a part of Chinese traditional therapy that focuses on massaging acupuncture points in the human body. The programme was initiated in all
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      • 455 35 KABUL: A massive suicide car-bomb ripped into a Nato convoy killing six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians on the airport road in the heavily fortified Afghan capital yesterday, officials said. The explosion struck just after midday about I.skm from the gates of the
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    • world international
      • 467 36 Critics say the move makes the US look soft on defence WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama yesterday shelved a Bush-era plan for an Eastern European missile defence plan that has been a major irritant in relations with Russia. In a brief announcement, he said
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      • 146 36 BERLIN: An 18-year-old went on a rampage in his school in southern Germany yesterday, lobbing Molotov cocktails and injuring 10 students before being overpowered by police. Police officer Udo Dreher said they responded to a call that an attacker had set off two Molotov cocktails
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      • 665 37  -  Bhagyashree Garekar NEWS ANALYSIS Obama not letting race issue blur focus on health-care reforms By US CORRESPONDENT NOT A WISE MOVE "I think it's very destructive for America to suggest that we can't criticise a president without it being a racial act." Former Speaker
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      • 921 37  -  Chua Chin Hon By US BUREAU CHIEF The Baucus plan The Baucus plan, with a price tag of US$774 billion (Ssl.l trillion) over 10 years, calls for sweeping insurance market reforms and payment-system changes, as well as requirements for citizens and legal residents to
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      • 531 38 DNA proof collected by police may link him to murder of student NEW HAVEN (Connecticut): A Yale University laboratory technician was arrested yesterday and charged with suffocating to death graduate student Annie Le, whose body was found stuffed in a research building wall on
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 117 38 LONDON: In Britain, the cheque is in the mail for the indefinite future. A rolling programme of local postal strikes that began in July threatened to turn worse yesterday with a union's call for a national walkout. The strikes over higher pay and job security have
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        • 133 38 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's former premier Mahathir Mohamad is neither angry nor sad over the "slipper" insult hurled at him by a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC). But he said it would have been a different story if such an insult had been made by
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        • 94 38 YANGON: Myanmar's military junta has granted an amnesty to 7,114 convicts across the country, but it is not immediately known if any political detainees are included. State television said yesterday that the prisoners would be released for good behaviour and on humanitarian grounds. It did not identify
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        • 93 38 BEIJING: Chinese state media say nine people have been killed and nine others are missing after Typhoon Koppu roared into the southern province of Guangdong. Xinhua news agency said in a brief report yesterday that the deaths were caused by landslides, collapsed homes and flooding caused
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        • 110 38 CANBERRA: A group of prison guards dubbed the Facebook Five has gone to an Australian court to fight for the right to complain about their boss on the Internet. The case has stirred debate in Australia about whether writing on social networking sites amounts to a
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      • 64 38 Milk producers dumping about three million litres of milk on a field near the Belgian city of Ciney on Wednesday in protest agains low prices for their products Support is growing among European Union member states for a new regulatory set-up for milk farmers
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • 721 40  -  Theresa Tan HDB's specially trained staff have helped 800 families so far By ABOUT 800 families who owed the Housing Board money have downgraded to smaller flats in the past year, after receiving debt-management advice from specially trained HDB staff. In an
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    • 342 41  -  Elena Chong SCHOOLBOY'S DEATH Boy was thrown out of minibus after it was hit by a car By COURTS CORRESPONDENT The child's death sparked an intense public debate about the use of seat belts in school buses. A FORMER minibus driver who caused
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    • 330 41  -  Khushwant Singh By IT WAS a case of mistaken identity, and it cost the life of Bangladeshi national Tapan Late Fela Kondu in January. Yesterday, Mohammad Shahlan Al-Sofli paid the price for the unnecessary attack. The assistant manager of a dormitory for
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    • 127 41 An Indian national in his 30s was killed when the lorry he was driving barrelled into another yesterday. The accident occurred along the BKE towards Woodlands, before the Mandai exit, at about 5.30 am. Police said a lorry had broken down and was
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    • 344 41  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH HOPING to make a quick and easy buck, Goh Teck Meng offered his bank accounts to be used by a syndicate that tricked people out of their money through phone lottery scams. In all, about $50,000 was credited into his accounts and
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    • 530 42  -  Tan Weizhen Govt in talks with game developers and it also plans to fund them By NURSES in Singapore could soon learn how to treat patients by practising their techniques on a video game. And they are not the only ones turning to
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    • 765 42  -  Chua Hian Hou TAN WEIZHEN By Fun way to learn about S'pore history STEP into Singapore's past ply the Singapore River busy with merchant ships carrying spices, or flee from man-eating tigers prowling the primary forest. World of Temasek is a locally produced
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    • 896 43  -  Amelia Tan New emphasis will help shift focus from passing tests to making language relevant to daily life By Raising interest in Malay and Tamil MALAY New curriculum will be implemented in all schools from Primary 1 to 5 from this year.
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    • 847 43  -  Leow Si Wan By FROM January next year, teachers who wish to focus on classroom teaching can move up the professional ladder to the new post of principal master teacher. Equal in standing and salary scale to a school principal, they will be considered na-tional-level
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    • 444 44  -  Jessica Jaganathan Piling work pushes opening date to 2011; but delay lowers costs for developer, doctors By A HOSPITAL-cum-hotel complex that was slated to open next year at Farrer Park has been delayed till the end of 2011, but this has resulted in lower costs for
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    • 250 44  -  Maria Almenoar By THE much-discussed topic about Singapore's policy towards admitting foreign talent was raised again at a forum between polytechnic students and Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. When a male student asked why foreigners were being allowed to compete with
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    • 82 44 Singapore's largest recycled lantern made up of 6,000 used mineral water bottles and 2,000 unwanted compact discs towers over pedestrians outside Chinatown Point along New Bridge Road. Unveiled by Environment Minister Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday, the lantern stands at 5.3 m tall almost the height of
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    • 1462 45  -  Yen Feng THE WORLD OF SPIRIT MEDIUMS Teens' suicide case puts spotlight on shadowy art of 'deity spokesmen' By HE CLAIMS the deity first came to him in a dream when he was 16, bearing the message in large Chinese script: "You should have died. I
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    • 696 45  -  Theresa Tan By THREE shelters have set up about 50 per cent more beds to accommodate the growing number of battered wives seeking refuge. Star Shelter, the SACS Family Care Centre and Good Shepherd Centre now have a total of 165 beds, up
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    • 310 45  -  Tan Hui Yee By AN UPCOMING corporate social responsibility (CSR) forum has been targeted by hoaxers trying to get its speakers to withdraw from the event. Speakers at the International Singapore Compact CSR Summit next month received letters purportedly from a social enterprise
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    • 531 46  -  Christopher Tan Clamour for a better system as long monthly queues for tickets vex many users By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT AS THE wait for improvements to the Park and Ride Scheme continues, car owners who support the anti-congestion plan are having to put
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    • 267 46 TRANSPORT operator SBS Transit is doing its bit to commemorate International Car-Free Day, which takes place next Tuesday. At noon today, the company will hand out bus ride vouchers to motorists at the Ang Mo Kio Hub and HDB Hub (Toa
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
    • DID THIS CRASH HURT S'PORE GP?
    • 780 48 Renault accept fixing charge but blame Briatore and Symonds PARIS: French carmaker Renault has refused to confirm whether it will continue to be involved in Formula One after accepting the charge that the team fixed last year's Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix. "This is not the debate
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    • 72 48 and makes steering unresponsive. the r&s be9in t0 wear out These lines Y°u can skiPthe batterYwater' but You and makes steering unresponsive. the r&s be9in t0 wear out These lines Y°u can skiPthe batterYwater' but You AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOTO: Flavio Briatore looks more like an
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    • 219 48  -  Jonathan Wong By WHEN Formula One team Brawn GP take to the track for next weekend's Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, their cars will sport a local sponsor's logo. The World Championship leaders announced a short-term partnership with Canon Singapore yesterday. The sidepods of the
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    • 329 49  -  Jonathan Wong By FIVE goals and a stirring second-half comeback saw Arsenal edge out Belgian side Standard Liege 3-2 in the Champions League early yesterday morning (Singapore time). But were football fans here interested in catching the action live? Following
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    • 544 49 Eduardo scores winner as Arsenal recover from early 0-2 deficit LIEGE (Belgium): Arsene Wenger expects Arsenal's dramatic Champions League fightback at Standard Liege to provide his side with a much-needed injection of confidence. The Gunners were facing the unpalatable prospect of a third straight loss, after goals from
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    • 454 49 "It is always inevitable with Eduardo. He was caught out on the first goal but he is a guy who can always turn up on crosses because he has that anticipation." ARSENE WENGER, saying he had a feeling that Eduardo would have his say in
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    • 201 49 MILAN: Zlatan Ibrahimovic ignored the predictable boos on his return to Inter Milan on Wednesday, without answering the sceptics who still doubt his ability to finally make a mark in Europe. Wednesday's 0-0 draw in the Champions League Group F opener prompted more questions than answers
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    • 501 50 and makes steering unresponsive. the r&s be9in t0 wear out These lines Y°u can skiPthe batterYwater' but You LONDON: Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor was yesterday handed a three-match ban for stamping on the face of Arsenal's Robin van Persic. Announcing the ruling, the Football Association
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    • 320 50 BUENOS AIRES: Maradona's personal physician dismissed speculation on Wednesday that his client is being treated for drug use. "He has not relapsed into using drugs," Alfredo Cahe insisted. Maradona checked into a clinic in northern Italy this week, when his doctor said the
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 83 50 TAMPINES Rovers' Ridhuan Muhammad has signed a one-year deal with Indonesian football club Arema Malang, becoming the fifth Singapore international to move to the country's Super League. Right-winger Ridhuan, 25, will join national teammate Noh Alam Shah at the East Java-based club for
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      • 92 50 BUENOS AIRES: Now that he has won the US Open, tennis ace Juan Martin del Potro has another goal. "My dream is to be No. 1, but it will be a long road," he said on Wednesday at a news conference after
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      • 62 50 LONDON: Lucas Neill is close to moving to Premier League side Everton after leaving West Ham at the end of last season. The 31-year-old Australia defender, who first moved to English football with Millwall in 1996, was at Everton's training ground yesterday for medical checks.
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    • 562 51 "It is very important for India to stage a great Games. There is no question of any criticism being taken in a wrong manner or swept under the carpet." RANDHIR SINGH, lOA secretary-general Commonwealth Games organisers dispel doubts over completion on time NEW DELHI: With
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    • 343 51  -  Jonathan Wong By UNHO Park was struggling in the final round of the Singapore Professional Golfers Association's President Cup at Warren Golf and Country Club yesterday. After just three holes, his three-shot overnight lead had evaporated and, by the turn, he was trailing Singapore's Quincy
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      46 51 "Cristiano Ronaldo is not worth £25 million more than Kaka. You can see that Manchester United's directors have been cleverer than AC Milan's in their dealings with Real Madrid." FABIO CAPELLO, England football coach (right), who believes that at £80 million (*****.5 million), Ronaldo was overpriced
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    • 397 51 Badminton China Masters In Changzhou, 2nd rd Men: Lin Dan (Chn) bt Hsieh Yu-hsin (Twn) 21-15 21-19, Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Rajiv Ouseph (Eng) 21-15 21-8, Andrew Smith (Eng) bt Boosak Ponsana (Tha) 21-10 21-9, Park Sung Hwan (Kor) bt Hu Yun (Hkg) 22-20 21-17, Du Pengyu (Chn)
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  • OBITUARIES
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      141 52 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7 AVery Special Greatest Husband GEORGE SAHAYANATHAN Age: 55 was called home to be with the Lord on 17/9/09 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Seetha Vanessa Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Stephen Mary Paul John Shirley
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      98 52 The family of the late MRS HAN OI KIT RUTH Departed on 15 September 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, pastors, church members and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Dr
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      112 52 The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want." LAUZAR ESTHER JANE (Retired Nursing Officer) Age: 90 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 September 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: J. M. Lauzar (deceased) Children, Grandchildren, Great-grandchildren, Son-in-law, Daughters-in-law and i Care-giver: Daisy Rani
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      125 52 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever." k Psalm 23:6 WONG YANG SOON Age: 75 was called home to be with the Lordon 16 September 2009. Dearly missed and always remembered by Wife:
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      79 52 SUBRAMANIAM S/O GOVINDAN (Blkl3l,AngMoKio) Age: 75 passed away peacefully on 17/9/09. iearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Devei Ammal, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: S. Ambalagan O. Uma Magasvary S. Maran K. Vijaya S. Ganeson S. Devendiran S. Puspalatah S. Jayashankar Malathy Ramasamy grandchildren and relatives Body is resting
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      82 52 ATHMA SHANTIPOOJA The family of the late BALAN S/O SUBRAMANAM (Ex RAF. Seletar Resident) Departed 4/9/2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, donations, condolences wreaths during their recent bereavement. Karumathi Prayers will be held on 18/9/09 (Fri) 9.30pm
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      73 52 Thalai Thevasam In Loving Memory Of DASSON ELIZABETH Departed on 22 Sep 2008 Dearly missed by children spouses, grandchildren, in-laws and all loved ones. Morning prayers will be held on 7 Oct 09 (Wed), 10am at Blk 162 Jin Teck Whye #03-200. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held in the
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      132 52 WONG SAX CHONG Age: 71 passed away peacefully on 17/9/2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lee Ah Mai Son: Daughter-in-law: Wong Kee Boon Ang Gek Ling Christine Daughters: Sons-in-law: Wong Chui Hua Oh Choon Hock Wong ChuiYann Yong Hua Yong Wong Chui Li Tan Chee Seng
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      132 52 LIM NGOH LEONG Age 80 passed away peacefully on 17 September 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife Goh Guat Beng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Kok Hui Lim Puay Hui, Max Loke May May, Sharon Lim Kirn Hui, Roy Chia Lee Lee, Christina Lim Yeow Hui, David Oh Choon Huang, Doris Daughters:
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      65 52 Athma Jothi Pooja The family of the late MUTHULAKSHMI BALASUNDRAM Departed on 4 September 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and loved ones. Karumathi Prayers will be held tonight at Blk 544 Pasir Ris St 51 #03-01. Athma Jothi Pooja will be held on 19/09/2009 (Sat) at 7.30pm
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      38 52 j Thalai Thevasam Ist Anniversary n Loving Memory Of Our Beloved S RAJAMMAL Departed 28/09/08 )early missed and alwa remembered by Loved Ones. Prayers will be held today (18 Sep), 7pm, atArulmigu Murugan Temple 281 JurongEast St 21
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      24 52 In Loving Memory LILY NG WOON LIE LIE Departed 18th Sept 1990 Deeply missed by Husband, Father, Brothers, Sisters, Nieces, Nephew and loved ones
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      153 52 "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:5-6 CASEY CHUA KIM
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      128 52 TAN GER CHENG AGE: 106 passed away peacefully on 16 September 2009. Leaving behind loved ones. Sons Daughters-in-Law Mok Khoon Yam, Sunny Goh Whee Khoon, Grace (deceased) (deceased) Mok Khoon Kiat, Eddie Goh Ec Khoon, Rosie Grandchildren Grandchildren-in-law Mok Por Leng, Bernard Mok Kia Leng, Ernest Koh Quee Ngoh, Betsy
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      65 52 Jennifer Branson nee Hendrik Age: 47 Gone to the Lord on 17 September 2009. Dearly missed by husband: Peter Branson family and loved ones. Jennifer is resting at void deck of Block 52, Marine Terrace Funeral Mass on Saturday 19 September 2009 at Church of the Holy Family at 2pm
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      79 52 3rd Anniversary Our thoughts are always with her Our hearts are sore with pain This world would be like heaven If only she was her again m f -muni NEO SIEW HONG Departed on 18th September 2006 Her family who still misses her so Will share her life's stories as
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
    • money markets
      • 543 53  -  Lee Su Shyan BULLS AND BEARS STI ends flat, however, hurt by a small retreat in property counters By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR MOST Asian markets jumped again yesterday some to their highest levels in about a year in what is usually a
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      • 355 53  -  Serene Luo By Top 10 this year Ranking in brackets is from 2008. 1. United States (1) 2. Finland (13) 3. Sweden (4) 4. Canada(6) 5. The Netherlands (10) 6. United Kingdom (3) 7. Australia (7) 8. Denmark (5) 9. Singapore (9)
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          102 53 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.49 billion shares worth $1.84 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 223 Losers: 291 Unchanged: 728 Mid Cap 620.39 1.18 Basic materials 327.89 T -6.60 Utilities 492.79 1.48 Small Cap 554.47 -3.72 Industrials 580.23 -2.58 Financials 670.49 2.65 All Share 658.71 T -0.38 Consumer goods 705.63 T -3.22
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        • 218 53 Yesterday's close: 10,443.80 (+173.03) Japanese shares rose 1.68 per cent, tracking gains on Wall Street, where stocks climbed to the highest level in 11 months on upbeat factory data. Yesterday's close: 1,218.80 (+5.82) Malaysian shares climbed 0.48 per cent, with broad-based gains prompted by a rally in US stocks.
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 397 53 OCC 3.93% NCPS1O GLD 1OUSS Lyxor EasternEuropei.... DBS Grp lardine CSC UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 Lyxor LatinAmerica 1 Lyxor China H 10USS Lyxor Korea 10USS SIA Lyxor MS India 10USS STXP0 100 Keppel Corp IS MSCI India 100 Lyxor India Nifty 10 riH OCC 5.1% NCPS 100 UOB
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        • 398 53 Sept 17 CENTS (ep Corp.ES.0909 842 24.0 2.9 ;ityDev.ES.O9O9 1050 12.0 1.2 Franspac W*****1 48 11.0 29.7 >embMar.ES.O9O9 320 10.0 3.2 [ranspacW*****1 49 8.5 21.0 )BS MBL eCW*****1 38 7.0 22.6 )BSMBLeCW*****2 86.5 6.5 8.1 ;apitaland.ES.O9O9 380 6.0 1.6 (epCorp BNPeCW*****8 47 5.5 13.3 >embMarMBLeCW*****2...43.5 5.5 14.5
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        • 175 53 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents voi Genting SP 108 -2.0 -1.8 118,951,000 Golden Agri 45.5 0.0 0.0 112,986,000 EastgateTech 0.5 -0.5 -50.0 71,255,000 Tri-M 80 -13.5 -14.4 63,496,000 Sapphire 2 -0.5 -20.0 58,105,000 BerlianLaju 12.5 1.5 13.6 49,665,000 AusGroup 74 -0.5 -0.7 43,683,000
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        • 105 53 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Sept 17 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2240 1.2610 Can dollar 1.3160 1.3320 Euro 2.0660 2.0900 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4064 0.4072 NZ dollar 1.0010 1.0220 Sterling pound 2.3150 2.3410 US dollar 1.4040 1.4200 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        • 376 53 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 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
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        • 615 53 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 133 90 217 107 64.5 152 109.8 150 301.8 35 132 139 201 108 122 247 559 250 191 114 300 498 220
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    • money companies
      • 448 54  -  Karamjit Kaur Plans to boost manufacturing activities in the aerospace industry By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE'S aviation industry airlines and the aerospace sector included recorded sales of US$27 billion (5538.2 billion) last year despite a slowdown later in the year. Commercial aviation accounted for
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      • 392 54  -  Goh Eng Yeow By THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) reminded companies yesterday that they must have proper systems and procedures in place to ensure they comply with listing obligations. Its call came in a statement rapping China Hongxing's lengthy delay in disclosing that a blue-chip
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    • 516 55 US aims to arrive at framework for balanced global growth WASHINGTON: United States President Barack Obama will pledge US action on financial regulatory reform at the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Pittsburgh and underscore the need for global coordination on the
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    • 346 55 HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam's Construction Ministry has asked Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to temporarily ban sand exports from November a move that will affect Singapore, Vietnam's biggest customer. The ministry said the move is to ensure domestic supply and protect the
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    • 204 55 WASHINGTON: Groundbreaking for new US homes and permits for future building scaled a nine-month high in August, and the number of people filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, boosting chances of a robust economic recovery. The Commerce Department said yesterday
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    • 510 56  -  Joyce Teo Huge tender sets firm apart from rivals; it pays 35% more than next bid By. PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT THE first land tender exercise since the Government announced measures to calm the property market closed yesterday with a bullish top bid well out
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    • 589 56  -  Robin Chan By EXPORTS have continued climbing, led by a recovery in shipments to the region. Exports last month rose by 1.3 per cent from July and were down by a relatively modest 7.1 per cent from a year earlier, a period when
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    • 516 56  -  Francis Chan By SINGAPORE'S financial regulator has been consulting hedge fund managers on ways to tighten regulations for this fast-growing but loosely governed area of the financial services industry. According to fund managers both here and abroad, the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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    • 1047 57  -  Gabriel Chen GABRIEL CHEN The country is its second largest investment destination after Spore By Staff bonuses to take a big hit ALL Temasek Holdings employees, including senior staff, will take a big hit to their annual bonuses in the wake of the
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        1456 59  -  cara van miriah Mandopop and Cantopop clubs are heating up the scene with new bands and dance acts Sizzling stuff DRAGONFLY St James Power Station, Harbour Front, tel: 6270-7676 Who: Venus band feature mainland talent performing from 9.30pm, except on Sundays; Channel U Superßand 2008 finalist Velvet
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      • 604 63  -  adeline chia Opera singer Nicole Cabell may be hot now, but don't expect any diva behaviour from her arts reporter MAHLER'S SYMPHONY NO. 2 Where: Esplanade Concert Hall When: Tonight (chanty gala) and tomorrow, 7.30pm Admission: Tonight, $100 to $280, tomorrow, $11 to $75. Tickets from Sistic (go
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      • 1123 65  -  yeow kai chai Jim O'Rourke in Tokyo and Giuliano Gullotti in Singapore show that music speaks louder than lyrics sound bites and makes steering unresponsive. the r&s be9in t0 wear out These lines Y°u can skiPthe batterYwater' but You 'I'm so patriotic, lam certainly goinj
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        988 66 BWBWasian pop SS SUPER HITS! SSSOI DSP Media/Warner BOYS OVER FLOWERS OST Various Planet 905/Warner BOYS OVER FLOWERS 2 OST Various Planet 905/Warner SANMON GOSSIP Shiina Ringo Virgin-EMI/Warner More virulent than HINI and still showing no sign of abating is the Korean Hallyu fever. The fascination with movies,
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      • 614 70  -  boon chan Chinese indie musicians will play at Indie Hooray! concert on Sunday media correspondent The home-grown English indie music scene has the Baybeats festival and now the Chinese scene has the Indie Hooray! concert. It is the brainwave of singer-songwriter Yet Dunhong. The 31-year-old says: "There
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      202 61 ST PHOTO: Excuse me, are you a model? It's a question that the many girls entranced by the glamorous world shown in reality shows such as America's Next Top Model would love to hear. After all, who wouldn't be flattered to be thought of as a leggy, gorgeous
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    • 535 61  -  tara tan The well-known comic book writer will be holding a reading with The Dresden Dolls' lead singer Amanda Palmer arts reporter Halloween this year might just be a little more deliriously macabre than usual. British author and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman will be
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    • 349 61 Washington Cinemagoers in Asia and Europe could soon be able to watch movies without keeping their legs crossed or shifting from side to side as the United States-based Runpee.com website prepares to expand globally. The site has revolutionised cinema-going in the US by
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    • life! television
      • 657 64  -  foong woei wan Secret love, murder and danger colour a portrait of 18th-century Korean artists, but another TV drama is just easy romcom telemad THE PAINTER OF WIND VV Drama (Star Hub Channel 55) Sundays, 10.30pm A A jc& MY FAIR LADY KBS World (Star
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        175 64  -  Jocelyn Lee What's on TV that gets you talking... HARI RAYA SPECIALS Watch these two shows on television as Muslims celebrate Hari Raya on Sunday. Manis Manja Hari Raya 2009 What: One-hour Malay variety show which features an only child, Amira, introducing Hari Raya to viewers through an
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    • 438 71 London British TV chef Keith Floyd (above) had a luxurious meal of partridge, oysters and champagne hours before he died on Monday night. He was 65. He was celebrating his friend Celia Martin's 65th birthday at a restaurant in Dorset, England. He started his three-course meal
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    • 609 71 Mary Travers of American folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 72. Their songs were protest anthems of the 1960s New York Mary Tr avers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk music trio Peter, Paul Mary made songs such as If I Had
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      • 329 73 Los Angeles Patrick Swayze made peace with the notion of dying from pancreatic cancer after initially finding his diagnosis a "cruel joke", according to his memoir. The actor, 57, who lost his 20-month battle against the disease on Monday, wrote that fighting his cancer had
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      • 85 73 COLDPLAY LAWSUIT ENDS Rockers Coldplay have settled with Joe Satriani over the guitarist's copyright infringement lawsuit. Last December, Satriani sued, claiming that Coldplay's hit Viva La Vida ripped off his song If I Could Fly. The two parties reached an undisclosed settlement on Tuesday. A&F SUES BEYONCE Clothes chain
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      • 147 73 Hong Kong The engagement ring is still on actress Zhang Ziyi's (right) hand but could her romance with investor Vivi Nevo be cooling off? Ming Pao Daily News says she has been staying in Beijing, although she does not have any work there at the moment. This
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    • 3574 68 lifelmevents I^JIS Where: Singapore Indoor Stadium MRT: Kallang SOUNDTRACK FOR A BOOK When: Today, Bpm (Cola Cola Tigers, Philippine Basketball Veteran local band Concave Scream will perform I I Association) Wed Bpm (Smart Gilas PiNpinas National tracks from their latest album, Soundtrack For A ■fflfl 1 jtik Ifeb, <f™ Pr'
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