The Straits Times, 9 October 2009

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    • 51 1 GERMAN author Herta Mueller (left) won the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize. It has also emerged that the winner for the I Nobel Prize for Physics, Dr Charles W Kao, may be unable to give the traditional laureate's lecture k because he has W Alzheimer's disease. PRIME PAGE
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    • 41 1 ALTHOUGH overall private home prices are still some 15 per cent below recent peaks, prices of mass market homes have already climbed back to levels of early last year, right before the recession hit. PRIME PAGE A 5
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    • 48 1 BILLIONAIRE investor Peter Lim has won a defamation suit against the main shareholders of Raffles Town Club after the Court of Appeal ruled in his favour yesterday. The stunning verdict is likely to lead to a big payout to Mr Lim. MONEY PAGE C2O
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    • 48 1 MORE Singaporeans are being trained to be confinement nannies to help new mums here a job currently dominated by Malaysians. The XX Women's and Children's Hospital and the Women's Initiative for Ageing Successfully is starting their first confinement nanny training programme next Monday. HOME PAGE CI
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    • 40 1 MORE than 60 per cent of the world's Muslims live in Asia, according to an extensive new study. It also, for the first time, put the number of faithful worldwide at 1.57 billion. WORLD PAGE B2
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  • 91 1 A worshipper continues to offer prayers at the historic See Hin Kiong temple in Padang yesterday despite the rubble after it was destroyed by last week's earthquake. The pride of Padang's Chinese community, the 150-year-old temple was among an estimated 80 per cent of
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  • 629 1  -  Chua Chin Hon Week-long visit to Asia could see an encounter with Myanmar leaders By US BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday confirmed that it will attend its first-ever summit with Asean next month, setting the stage for a rare, if tricky, encounter between
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  • 870 1  -  Sherwin Loh By SURPRISE AMOUNT "While I knew it was very possible someone might bid an amount close enough to ours that it could trigger subsequent bidding rounds, I found it hard to believe anyone would bid substantially higher than we did."
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  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 79 2 WE SAY Parents should find it surprising if not shocking that children spend 27 hours a week playing video games, according to a preliminary finding. Whether or not the habit amounts to a psychological ailment or a passing phase, the symptoms are similar to
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      • 26 2 COLUMNS Barry Wain explores competing visions of an East Asian regional community. At stake is South-east Asia's future. REVIEW PAGE A 24
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      • 37 2 The best option for the world is to start adjusting to a nuclear-armed Iran, says William Choong. A surgical strike will merely buy time and sanctions will be ineffective. REVIEW PAGE A 26
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      • 35 2 OUR READER SAYS The closures are not just about money but also concern residents' quality of life and convenience, say Harrison Goh, Loh Siew Ling and Loke Hui Ping. FORUM PAGE A3O
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      • Article, Illustration
        18 2 www.straitstimes.coin Reme Ahmad, on location in Padang, learns some rules on living in an earthquake zone.
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    • 1021 2  -  Salma Khalik Contrary to popular thinking, people are living longer and still contributing to society By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT POLITICIANS and statisticians have been concerned about the coming "silver tsunami" a sharp growth in the number of elderly people in Singapore. To prepare for this "heavy
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  • prime news
    • 649 3 Herta Mueller chronicled the harsh life under Romania's Ceausescu STOCKHOLM: German author Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize yesterday for her work inspired by her life under Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship in Romania. The Nobel jury hailed Ms Mueller, 56, as a writer who,
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    • 349 3 HONG KONG: Nobel Prize winner Charles Kao (below) may be unable to give the traditional laureate's lecture because he has Alzheimer's disease, a report said yesterday, as academics queried why it took so long to award him. Dr Kao, a former vice-chancellor of Hong Kong's
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  349 words
    • 688 5  -  Fiona Chan Some mid-tier projects have topped previous peaks, figures based on URA data show By HOUSE hunters: If it feels like that suburban condominium you are eyeing is just as expensive now as it was during the 2007-2008 property boom, that is
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    • Article, Illustration
      156 5 CASSELTON (North Dakota): Measuring lm tall at the shoulders and 2.1 m long from nose to destructive wagging tail, Boomer may be the world's tallest living dog. Owner Caryn Weber says the three-year-old Landseer Newfoundland keeps all four paws on the floor when it drinks from the kitchen
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    • 232 6 FOR subscribers of sports packages who signed their contracts before Oct 1, Star Hub will not levy early termination fees if they cancel the service after July next year. Star Hub still holds the exclusive broadcast rights for the current English Premier League
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    • 612 8  -  Nicholas Yong Muhammad Nurluqman Most have coverage but half a dozen don't, Muis says in the wake of fire By FIRE insurance will soon be mandatory for all 69 mosques here, in the wake of a fire that gutted part of a mosque in
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    • 635 10 How the scam worked Egypt-based hackers sent out spam e-mail messages disguised as legitimate requests from banks and asking customers to submit personal information online. Millions of these so-called "phishing" messages were sent out using automated programs. The hackers then contacted conspirators based in the US
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    • 521 13  -  Esther Teo Local investors joining gold rush amid fears over currency values By THE price of gold has charged to a new high of nearly U551,055 (551,466) an ounce amid speculation that it could hit US$2,OOO in the next decade. Local investors
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    • 793 17  -  Ravi Velloor At least 17 killed and 80 hurt in car bomb attack at outer wall; Taleban claims responsibility By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: A suicide bomber drove a Toyota filled with explosives to the outer wall of the Indian Embassy
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    • 402 11 _v )otball Fans, tell us more. After 12 years of providing unrivalled coverage of the Barclays Premier League (BPL), Star Hub will relinquish the responsibility to our competitor in August 2010. We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation for the support from all our sports group customers, and our
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  • prime.people
    • 63 12 Student Victoria Bradbury, 19, won The New Paper New Face 2009 competition last night, held at Takashimaya Square in Ngee Ann City. She beat 19 others vying for the title in the 17th annual contest. Miss Bradbury took home a $10,000 cash prize, and an additional $1,000
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    • 557 22  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja His election is expected to help the party rejuvenate itself and attract younger members By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT PEKAN BARU (Riau): Indonesia's oldest political party has elected billionaire-turned-bureaucrat Aburizal Bakrie as its new chairman, following a tense party congress marred by scuffles and
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  • prime disasters
    • 554 19  -  Lynn Lee INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE Historic temple among buildings in ruins By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT PADANG (West Sumatra): The pride of Padang's Chinese community, the historic See Hin Kiong temple, now lies in ruins after last week's 7.6-magnitude earthquake. Bright red pillars and beams, and murals
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    • 257 20 z MmHJIH TOKYO: A powerful typhoon tore through Japan's main island yesterday, peeling roofs off houses, cutting off electricity supply to hundreds of thousands of homes and forcing flight cancellations before turning back towards the sea. Two men died, and dozens were injured. Typhoon
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 430 23 PARENTS should find it a surprise, if not shocking, that a preliminary finding on gaming habits shows children spend 27 hours a week playing video games. When it completes its study, the National Institute of Education will presumably clarify if the figure refers
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    • 899 23  -  Barry Wain By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE latest skirmish in what has become an increasingly acrimonious debate about Asia's long-term future will take place in Singapore tomorrow. A conference organised by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), which groups
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    • 731 23  -  Jeffrey D. Sachs By THE key to climate change control lies in improved gyThere are enough options available to suggest that the world can control climate change at a reasonable cost perhaps 1 per cent of global income per year while enabling the
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    • review.
      • 949 25  -  William Choong LIVING WITH A NUCLEAR IRAN By SENIOR WRITER US President Barack Obama needs to keep his eye on the big picture: Rapprochement with Iran is critical for a new regional order. THE diplomatic circus over Iran's nuclear programme continues, a week
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      • 947 26  -  Timothy Garton Ash By Biographically, Mr Obama is the personification of a trend that analysts have identified in the abstract: a demographic shift, since the mid-*****, towards Americans of non-European origin, weakening transatlantic ties. BARACK Obama is the most European president of
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    • review insight
      • 961 27  -  Cai Haoxiang By The arrival of new immigrants from China has aroused much anxiety and angst among Singaporeans who believe they are snatching away their jobs and unable to integrate into the local community. Speaking Mandarin with varying intonations and lacking proficiency in simple English,
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      • 912 27 A 91-YEAR-OLD clan association has been given a new lease of life thanks to the initiative of a new citizen. Mr James Ke Hongjing, 30, who hailed from Jin Jiang county and became a Singapore citizen in 1999, is the man behind
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      • 692 28  -  Cai Haoxiang By BROADER OUTLOOK "There will always be competition, but one must continually strive to better oneself. With globalisation, we can't be nationalistic, we have to set our sights further." Ms Fan Ting Ting, a new immigrant and grassroots leader Claims manager
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      • Article, Illustration
        634 28 Two weeks ago, Insight asked readers how important it was for Indian expatriates to be integrated into the local community and how this could be achieved. Here are some responses: "Indeed I feel that the contribution by any expatriate in Singapore is remarkable. Their tremendous buying power improves
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    • forum.
      • 256 29 WET MARKET CLOSURES I REFER to the slew of impending closures of neighbourhood wet markets, which will be largely taken over by the Sheng Siong supermarket chain and converted into a string of its air-conditioned outlets. It is disheartening that the livelihood of the wet market
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      • 247 29 I AM flabbergasted by Tiger Airways' explanation yesterday in the wake of the Sumatra quake ("Padang flight cancellation: Tiger explains"). As one of the 11 hapless Singaporeans marooned because of Tiger's cancellation, I fail to understand why Tiger did not station a representative at
        SUHAIMI ABDULLAH  -  247 words
      • 308 29 I WAS one of 11 Singaporeans caught in the Padang quake while we were in Sumatra for a photography trip. Our priority was to get the first flight back to Singapore on Sept 30. As Tiger Airways had a scheduled flight
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      • 241 29 WE REFER to Mr Muhammad Yusuf Osman's letter on Wednesday, "MPs should front initiative". It is the Government's practice to implement its national programmes for residents through advisers to grassroots organisations who are appointed by the Government to gather feedback from residents. Working closely
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      • 295 29 WRITE IN: Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer's full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter.
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    • 131 29 J>"\ More letters on V2J www.straitstimes.com 1 MR WILLIAM LIM: Wet market closures Govt should step in 2 MR JOSHUA PUA: Don't pass on credit card charges to travel clients 3 MR AW CHON WAI: Pedestrians and cyclists may face danger at simultaneous crossing zones 4 MR MIKE WONG: Three
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 572 32 Jakarta's former anti-graft czar denies plotting death of alleged love rival JAKARTA: Prosecutors yesterday charged Indonesia's former anti-corruption czar with murder and called for the death penalty for him for allegedly masterminding the killing of a rival in a love triangle. In a case that
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      147 32 THE VICTIM: Mr Nasrudin Zulkarnaen (above), 41, the head of a state-owned company and a former witness for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). He was shot at close range by a gunman riding pillion on a motorcycle, as he was travelling in a car from a golf
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    • world regional
      • 572 33 DEBUNKED "This whole idea that Muslims are Arabs and Arabs are Muslims is really just obliterated by this report." Dr Amaney Jamal, an assistant professor at Princeton University Comprehensive Pew report puts number of faithful worldwide at 1.57 billion WASHINGTON: More than 60 per
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      • 596 35  -  Carolyn Hong People unhappy about rash of scandals; biggest dip among the Chinese By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak's approval rating has fallen from 65 per cent to 56 per cent over the last three months, as Malaysians register their
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      • 522 37 Weapons capable of putting all of N. Korea within striking range SEOUL: South Korea's top arms procurement official said yesterday that his agency has begun research into developing longer-range ballistic missiles capable of putting all of North Korea within striking range. Mr Byun Moo
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      • 413 37  -  Hazlin Hassan By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's efforts to lend a helping hand to quake-hit Padang have met with a cool reception, in the wake of its ongoing squabble with Indonesia over cultural and territorial matters. The Indonesian media alleged that Malaysia
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      • 477 38 Trade spat could widen as Washington probes claims of dumping and unfair subsidies WASHINGTON: The United States has launched a probe to consider slapping almost 100 per cent tariffs on imported steel pipes from China in a move that could widen a
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      • 314 38 BEIJING: Chinese President Hu Jintao has commended Beijing's police for ensuring public stability during an eight-day national holiday, pointing especially to the well-watched Tiananmen Square, scene of many incidents in the past. Mr Hu, the head of the Communist Party and China's military,
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      • 575 39 Divorced, separated dads demand rights to see their children TOKYO: Two years ago, Mr Masahiro Yoshida returned to his home to find it empty. His wife, seeking a divorce, had fled with their two-year-old daughter. Since then, he has rarely seen his child as
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      • 409 39 KOK KARM (Thailand): Using nothing but bamboo poles and remarkable ingenuity, one Thai villager has succeeded in beating back the waves that had slowly engulfed his seaside community and robbed it of precious land. But now that heroic feat may be undone by a new
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      • 604 40 Cameron outlines plan to put Britain back on its feet MANCHESTER: British Conservative leader David Cameron declared yesterday that he is ready to take power, closing his party's annual conference for what he hopes will be its last time in opposition. With polls putting
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      • 282 40 MANCHESTER: A Conservative government would try to attract more highly qualified migrants to Britain, shadow minister for immigration Damian Green has said. "We want to attract more than our fair share of the brightest and the best," BBC yesterday quoted him as
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      • 395 40 WASHINGTON: Nasa will throw a one-two punch at the moon today and the whole world will have ringside seats for the lunar dust-up. The United States space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is sending a spacecraft slamming into the moon's south
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      • 458 41 It is designed to knock out underground bunkers in hostile states WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has said a giant "bunker buster" bomb will be ready within months, adding a powerful weapon to the US arsenal amid tensions over Iran's nuclear programme. The 13,600 kg massive ordnance
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      • 315 41 ROME: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has vowed to stay on and "go forward" after an Italian court struck down a law granting him immunity from prosecution and allowed trials for corruption and tax fraud to resume in Milan. There were immediate calls for his resignation.
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      • 257 41 PARIS: Criticism is mounting against French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand over an autobiographical book in which he describes paying boys for sex in Thailand. The Socialist Party spokesman on Wednesday joined the leader of the far right National Front party in questioning Mr Mitterrand's fitness
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      • 435 42 Breakthrough discovery may lead to new treatment: Researchers VANCOUVER: Researchers reported the first evidence yesterday that cancer cells genetically mutate as the disease progresses, a watershed discovery that they say holds hope for new treatments. The researchers completed the world's first sequencing of the
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        • 103 42 KUALA LUMPUR: The Port Klang Authority (PKA) has sued its former general manager, Datin Paduka O.C. Phang, for breach of duty during her tenure. PKA chairman Lee Hwa Beng said the suit was on the breach of Madam Phang's "fiduciary, contractual and common law duties to
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        • 96 42 WEST PALM BEACH (Florida): A nurse at a South Florida hospital may have exposed more than 1,800 patients to HIV and hepatitis by re-using medical supplies, and could now face criminal charges, police said. Officials at the Broward General Medical Centre in Fort Lauderdale said earlier this
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        • 84 42 PARIS: France's Senate wants to forbid children in primary and middle schools from using cellphones, and is amending a sweeping environment Bill to include such a ban. Senators added on Wednesday a line about cellphones posing a risk to health to an article of the Bill
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        • 121 42 TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's popularity has risen sharply, as more than half the people on the island supported the way his government handled Typhoon Parma, a survey showed yesterday. According to a poll by the Taipei-based China Times, Mr Ma's approval rating climbed to 47.3 per
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      • 96 42 The Malaysian navy's largest landing craft, the 40-year-old KD Seri Inderapura, caught fire early yesterday morning while berthed at the Lumut naval base in Malaysia's north on the Malacca Strait. Smoke was still seen billowing from the vessel late yesterday afternoon as firemen continued to
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • 566 44  -  Theresa Tan Courses to help older S'poreans find jobs as demand exceeds supply By MORE Singaporeans are being trained to be confinement nannies to help new mums, a role which is now dominated by Malaysians. The XX Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) and the Women's Initiative
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    • 326 44  -  THERESA TAN WHEN Mrs Constance Han, 32, was in labour with her first child in July, besides her husband, she had a doula by her side cheering her on. Her doula, or birth coach as she describes her, instructed her on how to breathe, rubbed
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    • 505 45  -  April Chong Electronic medical records at Bt Batok clinic slash waiting time for patients By THERE is no paper trail at the revamped Bukit Batok Polyclinic, the first to have electronic medical records for patients from registration to check-out. This means that there are
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    • 650 45  -  Ang Yiying By For their generous efforts... PINNACLE Awards represent the top honours given by the Community Chest (Com Chest) to organisations or individuals which have made long-time and significant contributions. This year, the awards go to: Tote Board and Singapore Pools: The organisation
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    • 362 46  -  Serene Luo Researchers develop synthetic skin that is warm and soft for use in prosthetic limbs By A RESEARCHER in Singapore dreams of the day a robot will offer him a soft, warm handshake instead of a cold, hard grip. Assistant Professor J.J. Cabibihan
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    • 273 46 VACCINES of the future could be delivered via stick-on patches instead of intimidating needles, and 3M company's new R&D laboratory here could be a key player in cementing the technology. The multinational's new lab, which officially opened yesterday, is focusing on these patches,
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    • 61 46 Model Monique Freidanck poses with hundreds of wine bottles displayed for the upcoming tasting competition at the Wine for Asia show. About 1,500 bottles have been brought in from 17 countries by overseas wineries and local importers for the competition to be held from Oct
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    • 462 47  -  Carolyn Quek Database started six years ago now has 100,000 samples By FOR two years, Shashi Kumar Pubalasingam thought he had got away with raping a 69-year-old grandmother. But he was eventually caught out by his own DNA sample in 2006, which he gave
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    • 688 47  -  Teh Joo Lin By ONE of the world's foremost forensic scientists says he has "really retired". He takes few fresh criminal cases now, but admits he cannot resist when tossed the challenge of a cold case. So what does Dr Henry Lee,
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    • 560 48  -  Karamjit Kaur Those earning less than $1,800 take 5% cut instead of 10% By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), which cut staff salaries across the board after posting a $307 million loss in the April to June quarter, has agreed to a union
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    • 641 49  -  Sujin Thomas SYDNEY DOUBLE MURDER RETRIAL Convicted killer's family have been visiting him every day in prison By THE family of convicted killer Ram Puneet Tiwary have been visiting him every day since he was found guilty for a second time in a
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    • 76 49 The body of a man in his 20s was fished out of the Singapore River yesterday. The Singapore Civil Defence Force got a call at 3.30 am about someone having fallen into the river in Clarke Quay. The body was found about 4m underwater, 3m
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    • 294 49 THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said yesterday that it has taken samples of preserved fruit for testing. This comes in the wake of a warning by the United States health authorities that some dried fruit products believed to be from Asia
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    • 453 51  -  Yen Feng December exhibition will see rare artefacts from China, Spore faith groups By A MULTI-FAITH exhibition of more than 1,300 items of religious significance, many priceless, will be in Singapore, come December. The exhibition, which will include religious artefacts on loan
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    • 258 51  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN IT WAS the day that Madam Tetty Juliana's husband was due home after almost a week in quake-struck Padang, aiding in rescue efforts as part of the 42--member Operation Lionheart from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). The 32-year-old teacher was reunited with
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    • 240 51  -  GOH CHIN LIAN A TOTAL of 60 scholarships will be offered over the next two years as part of a new programme to train young Singaporeans to become seafaring officers. They can apply for the scholarships with their N levels a notch lower than
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    • 91 44 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com blogged about MOST-READ ONLINE National pride at stake. Neo Tiau Ris Low has a boyfriend Gee says: "If beauty pageants are not Ming Vi and aide convicted Government-sanctioned, they should not say contestants represent Spore." MOST COMMENTED ON Mah: Make
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
    • 406 52  -  Lin Xinyi S'porean is one of three candidates vying for two slots in today's election By SINGAPORE'S Ng Ser Miang is in the running to become a vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). An lOC Executive Board member since 2005, he will be hoping
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    • 504 52 BUENOS AIRES: One of the enduring fascinations with the World Cup is getting to watch the best players on the planet compete on a single stage. Yet the 2010 tournament in South Africa is in real danger of being without two of football's biggest stars Portugal's World
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    • 595 53 England 'keeper sure he can emulate World Cup heroics of his hero Zoff LONDON: England may have already qualified for South Africa 2010, but tomorrow's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine is anything but a formality. For coach Fabio Capello still has to decide on
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    • 376 53 MADRID: Fernando Torres picked up a groin injury while training with Spain yesterday, although it is not thought to be serious. The Liverpool striker abandoned the training session as a precautionary measure, but was later able to exercise on his own in the gym, reported
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    • 380 53 PARIS: France football coach Raymond Domenech warned his side not to take minnows the Faroe Islands lightly before their World Cup qualifying match in Guingamp tomorrow. With two matches to play in European qualifying Group Seven, France trail leaders Serbia by four points and look destined
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    • 729 54 "That defeat was hard as we were so close. It will be very hard to forget that moment but we will try our best to erase the bad memories." MOHAMED SALMEEN, Bahrain midfielder, on losing the ticket to the 2006 World Cup after 17 qualifying
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    • Article, Illustration
      217 54 Bahrain They will be relying on several naturalised citizens to add bite to their attack. According to the Asian Football Confederation website, Jaycee John Okwunwanne (right) and Abdullah Baba Fatadi (both born in Nigeria), Fawzi Aish (Morocco) and Abdullah Omar (Chad) are high-calibre finished products deployed with vigour
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    • 208 55 Henin times return for Brisbane event BRISBANE: Justine Henin is aiming to make her comeback to the tennis tour at the Brisbane International, where fellow Belgian Kirn Clijsters will start her 2010 season. A seven-time Grand Slam winner, Henin announced last month that she was coming out of
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    • 535 55 The Presidents Cup: Day 2 Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 2am Teen's hot form raises International team's hopes of beating the US SAN FRANCISCO: Ryo Ishikawa is perhaps the most popular player on the International team roster at the Presidents Cup and it is not just because he is
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    • 331 55 ISLAMABAD: A politician's allegation that Pakistan deliberately lost Champions Trophy cricket matches has deeply upset the national team players and management. But Pakistan have received support from rivals India and Australia. Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam said on Wednesday that he was upset and disappointed by
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    • 296 55 LONDON: French midfield starlet Paul Pogba will become a Manchester United player after Fifa approved the 16-year-olds transfer to the Premier League champions. The teenager had been caught in a bitter battle between United and Le Havre, after the French club claimed the English giants
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    • 453 55 LONDON: Roy Keane may be without a win this season and fighting to keep his job with the Championship's bottom club Ipswich, but he is the second-richest manager in English football ahead of Alex Ferguson. His fortune of £27 million (Ss6l million), which has been
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    • 362 56 Football Asian Cup qualifier In Shizuoka, Group A: Japan 6 Hong Kong 0. Golf Singapore Open Senior Amateur C'ships (Singaporeans unless stated) Gross, overall: 1 Alex Ho (Twn) 223 (75 73 75). 2 Frank Eng 224 (74 74 76). Age Group A: 1 Lakshman Singh (Ind) 225 (73 74
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      589 56 China Open Live, Ch22, Ham, 7pm and midnight and Chll3, 3pm Russia's Petrova keeps composure and powers past battling world No. 1 BEIJING: Serena Williams was knocked out of the third round of the US$6.6 million (559.2 million) China Open by an inspired Nadia Petrova yesterday, leaving the
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    • 317 56  -  Lin Xinyi By MORE ENJOYABLE "We decided on a route that promises to get rid of the previous problems as well as to inject some Fl fever by having the start and finish points at the Fl Pit Building." GLENN HENG, marketing manager of
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    • 227 52 I I STILL UNCERTAIN David James is still playing for a place in the England team. ClO fnT\ WHAT'S ONLINE An A MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES New concerns for veteran soccer star Dollah Kassim Torres desperate to win trophy for Reds fans Fergie flays
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  • OBITURIES
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      113 56 GABRIEL DE SILVA Age: 51 was called home to be with the Lord on 7 Oct 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Freda Chua Guek Eng Daughter: Charmaine De Silva Father-in-law: Mother-in-law: Chua Keng Tai Tan Pong Cousins: Nephew: Mary Wong Arthur Wilson Wayne Cyril Dabarera Remigius Dabarera Sisters-in-law: Brothers-in-law:
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      65 56 RASIKANNU RAMASAMY Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 8.10.2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones, relatives and friends. Wife: Valliammai Sons: Daughters-in-law: Thennarasu Kalirani Swaminathan Jaya Elango Daughters: Sons-in-law: Thevaini (Dcvi) Veerappan (Jeeva) Tamil Selvi Saratah (Late Ravindran) Chandra Ganesh Naidu Grandsons and Granddaughters. Cortege will leave Blk
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      78 56 OOLAGANATHAN (JEFF) (Ex Naval Base) passed away peacefully on 8 Oct 2009. Dearly missed by: Wife: Sarojini Dcvi Mother: Mdm Sundari Son: Daughter: Vicnan s/o Oolaganathan Vanitha d/o Oolaganathan Brothers: Sisters: Supra Monie Senbagavalli Silvadass Missiammal Kalaivani Pushpa Rani Brothers-in-law, Sisters-in-law, Nephews, Nieces, Grandchidren, Relatives Friends. Body is resting at
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      33 56 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late PTE FERNANDO BRIAN NICHOLAS Departed on 07 October 2009 From Commander, Officers, Warrant Officers, Specialists and Men of 48 Singapore Armoured Regiment
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      39 56 X "I mill dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 In Loving Memory Of JOYCE LEE CHOON HOE was called home to be with the Lord on 9th May 2009. Dearly remembered by Loved Ones. s
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      154 57 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalms 23:6 LIM HENG 800 Age: 77 passed away peacefully on 8 October 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Lee Ban Peng, Lena Sons: Daughters-in-law: Dr
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      35 57 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Chairman DR MICHAEL LIM on the demise of his beloved father LIM HENG 800 Departed on 8 October 2009 From: The Management Staff of EPHONE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD
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      40 57 r -~t With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Director, Wendy Huang on the demise of her beloved father-in-law LIM HENG 800 Departed on 8 October 2009 "Missingyou dearly, Uncle Lim" From The Management Staff of Singapore Medical Specialists Centre
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      36 58 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Director Dr. Michael Lim on the demise of his beloved father LIM HENG 800 Departed on 8 October 2009 From The Board of Directors Management of UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED
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      48 58 g BE With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to DR MICHAEL LIM WENDY on the demise of your beloved father father-in-law LIM HENG 800 Departed on 8 October 2009 From: Dr Chng Nai Wee Dr Chong Yeh Woei Dr Gregory Leong Dr Lim Ing Haan Dr Lim Ing Ruen
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      94 58 LOH YOON PENG Age: 58 passed away peacefully on 6 October 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Lee Mvi Lan Son: Daughter-in-law: Loh Wah Ping Tan Siew Lin Daughter: Loh Oi Chin Grandson: Loh Jia Le Brothers: Sisters: Loh Keoh Loh Chew Lan Loh Yoon Fah Loh Chew Lian Loh
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      31 58 In Loving Memory R.MARIAPPAN Departed 9.10.93 Time takes away the edge of grief But memory turns back every leaf Dearly missed and I fondly remembered by wife, family and loved ones.
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      51 58 ANBEJpfI.SIVAM SHANMUGAM (Kolam Ayer) Age:sl Passed away peacefully on 07-10-09 Sadly missed by lovedones. Wife:Rajamd/oPandian Father: N Srinivasan (Mother: Saroja, deceased) Daughters: S Nithya S Kokilavani All Relatives Friends Dearest Husband/ Fattier is resting at BLKl6l,ToaPayoh, Lor 1, #05-1592. HP: *****184/*****101 Cortege leaves today, 09-10-09, 4.30pm for cremation at Mandai
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      62 58 r 1 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want..." Psalms 23:1 Our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the family of the late JESSIE HENG SOCK THENG Departed on 8 October 2009 Our trusted colleague, And dear friend. You will always be fondly remembered. FROM: THE
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      28 58 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late LOH YOON PENG Departed on 6 October 2009 From: Colleagues and friends at HENRY BATH I
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      50 58 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of MAYYEOPOHNEO Departed on 9 Oct 2008 In our hearts your memory lingers Sweetly, tender, fond and true There is not a day, dearest May that we do not think of you Sadly missed and always remembered by Husband: Tham Yew Kuan Daughter: Venus Tham
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      53 58 18th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of CHARLIE CHAN BOON KWAMG Departed on 9/10/91 Memories of you will live with us forever Deeply missed and always remembered by Wife:Dollie I Sons: Patrick Victor Daughter: Carol Daughter-in-law: Pauline Ellen Son-in-law: Daniel Grandchildren: Terence, Christine, Christopher, I Clare, Charles, Shawn, Jonathan, Keith and
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      84 58 T Our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to Albert, Amy, Wei Wei, Michelle, Sheryl and the rest of the family on the demise of JESSIE HENG SOCK THENG Departed on 8 October 2009 We were blessed to have had you as our friend, mentor and advisor. You lit up our
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      20 58 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of ALBERT SEAH KIEKAM Departed: 9 Oct 2007 Always remembered by family and loved ones.
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    • 357 56 Today Football Singapore Cup s-final, 2nd leg: Geylang v Albirex (Bedok, 7.30pm. Live, Chs, 7.25pm). European U-21 C'ship qualifier: England v Macedonia (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.40 am). Golf Indian Open: Day 2 (Live, Ch26, 4.45pm). Madrid Masters: Day 2 (Live, Ch26, 10.15pm). The Presidents Cup: Day 2 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow,
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
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      • 529 59  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS Index up 16.32 points on upbeat US earnings season, stock futures By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE stocks rose for the third straight session yesterday, recovering initial losses to end higher, thanks to a bright start to the earnings season
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      • 430 59 FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) both left their key interest rates unchanged yesterday at record lows. The ECB left its main refinancing rate at 1 per cent while the BoE left its rate at 0.5 per
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          18 59 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.03 billion shares worth $1.55 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 276 Losers: 194 Unchanged: 774
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        • 191 59 Yesterday's close: 9,832.47 (+32.87) Japanese share prices closed up 0.34 per cent after a strong yen took some of the shine off the positive lead from Wall Street. Yesterday's close: 1,230.09 (+11.48) Malaysian shares closed up 0.94 per cent, led by financials. A dealer told Dow Jones the positive
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        • 405 59 Oct 8 CENTS SIA.ES.0910 1344 32.0 CapitalanHBLeCW***** 37 4.5 SC Global W*****0 85 4.0 BukitSemW*****8 258 3.0 CapitalanMBLeCW***** 13 3.0 CoscoCorHBLeCW*****3 23 3.0 GentingSHBLeCWI ***** 27 3.0 KepCorp BNPeCW*****8 34 3.0 CapitalaHBLeCWI ***** 24 2.5 lndoAgriHBLeCW*****3 21.5 2.5 STI 2700BNPeCW*****0 ...33.5 2.5 Genting SP.ES.0010 109 2.0 GentingSHBLeCWI
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        • 177 59 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume CENTS Vol Solden Agri Senting SP !iwo ;iiinaGaoxian loodland [iongWoon iwingMedia iingTel Jni Envtech JniFiber Sapphire ring Li (lemstar ;iiinaACoi|) 45.5 113 28.5 25 27.5 84.5 6 304 39 5 2 78.5 394 9.5 8 0.5 1.1 127,957,000 3.0
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        • 105 59 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Oct 8 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2460 1.2830 Can dollar 1.3130 1.3300 Euro 2.0460 2.0700 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4107 0.4116 NZ dollar 1.0260 1.0490 Sterling pound 2.2180 2.2450 US dollar 1.3890 1.4050 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        • 396 59 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 168 147 1416 425 120 52 466 3240 1800 2552 857 198 260 820 265 891 1386 291 187 390 282
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        • 633 59 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R■V0L '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 133 91.5 195 98 66.5 153 106 150 267 26 132 147 206 108 122 247 585 250 309 191 100 300 179
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    • money companies
      • 395 60 NEW YORK: Alcoa posted a surprise profit on cost cutting and higher aluminium prices after three consecutive quarterly losses, sending its stock 6 per cent higher. Wall Street had expected another loss for the aluminium producer, but Alcoa on Wednesday said its third-quarter
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      • 564 60  -  Gabriel Chen Sale to OCBC, HSBC or DBS could raise at least $I.Bb for Dutch bank By OCBC bank has joined the three-way race to buy the Asian private banking assets of ING in a deal expected to be sealed later this month,
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    • 24 61  -  Karamjit Kaur z MmHJIH z MmHJIH AVIATION CORRESPONDENT z MmHJIH z MmHJIH PHOTO z MmHJIH ST FILE
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    • 447 62  -  Jonathan Kwok US medical technology giant will also establish $80m production plant By UNITED States medical technology giant Medtronic, a maker of products such as pacemakers, has set up its international headquarters in Singapore to manage all its non-US global operations. It will
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    • 595 62  -  Joyce Teo By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT THE Government sold less land last year as the property market cooled and the financial crisis took hold but there are better expectations for the upcoming 12 months. The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) raked in $7.3 billion in sales
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    • 407 62  -  Gabriel Chen By THE growth of private banking and wealth management in regional centres such as Singapore has more to do with Asians getting richer than cash flowing in from Europe. That is the view of Dr Urs Roth, chief executive of the
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    • 277 62  -  Francis Chan By SMALLER firms in the region need to hone their skills and improve their capabilities so they can withstand the onslaught of crises in the future. The advice from Mr Lee Vi Shyan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Manpower,
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    • 728 63  -  Yang Huiwen 2 RTC shareholders had omitted vital info, 'acted with malice', court rules By BILLIONAIRE investor Peter Lim has won a defamation suit against the main shareholders of Raffles Town Club (RTC), after the Court of Appeal ruled in his favour yesterday.
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    • 257 63 THE triumphant end to billionaire Peter Lim's defamation suit against Raffles Town Club (RTC) shareholders Lin Jian Wei and Margaret Tung is not the last word on the saga. There is a separate suit by the club to claim a total of more than
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    • 307 63 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com YOUR SAY MOST-READ ONLINE If it feels as if a suburban condo is Lessons taken from get-rich courses even more expensive now than during Grim US economic data casts doubt the 2007 property boom, it probably is. on recovery SME
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    • 1179 65 IMPAK MAKSIMA THE MUSICAL Where: Esplanade Theatre When: Oct 17, Bpm, and Oct 18, 3 Bpm Admission: $30, $45 &$6O SIMFONI FILEM NUSANTARA Where: Esplanade Concert Hall When: Oct 18, Bpm Admission: $35 Tickets from the Esplanade Box Office and Sistic (www.sistic.com.sg or call 6348-5555) Malay
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      • 607 67  -  cara van miriah Disused cinema premises is now glitzy Chinese nightclub, with three floors of karaoke rooms 'The revamp involved ripping out more than 500 cinema seats' Mr Sebastian Koh, Club One's entertainment consultant The premises of the former Golden Sultan cinema is now the focus
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      • 647 68  -  akshita nanda A concert with a theatrical fee that is what the Backstreet Boys' gig here will be like 'We're not getting younger, but we're going to dance on stage as long as we can, if it doesn't look contrived or like we're trying too
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        854 71 BWBWasian pop 001 Cosmos People Wonder/Bin/Rock CRYSTALISMO Orange Pekoe BMG/Sony STH FLOOR'S HAPPINESS Eason Chan Cinepoly/Universal THE STH SEASON Angela Chang Linfair/Universal Cast aside calamities and ruinous ruminations about disasters, if momentarily, and let happy, spacey, trippy tunes rule. Hop on board spacecraft 001 with Taiwan's Cosmos People
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      • 344 71 Los Angeles In a surprise union of two quintessential^ American composers from different eras, former Beach Boy Brian Wilson (right) has been authorised by the estate of George Gershwin to complete unfinished songs left behind when Gershwin died in 1937. He plans to finish
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      • 107 82 'Chinese nationality is the most difficult to get in the world. You go to every country and you can get in with money. In China, you can't get in even if you have money' Jackie Chan (right), Hong Kong actor and Chinese patriot 'Life without earrings
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      • 1043 82  -  sound bites Romance gets dissected and celebrated as albums by two folk groups give lessons in love Relationships, particularly of the romantic kind, are a tricky, albeit rich, minefield of inspiration. Contemporary folk musicians such as London's Noah And The Whale and Bergen's Kings Of Convenience
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    • 909 70 Irving Perm, a master of fashion photography, died on Wednesday, leaving a legacy of iconic works Los Angeles Irving Perm (right), a grand master of American fashion photography who applied his visual style to varied subjects such as designer dresses, cigarette butts and cosmetics jars, died
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      • 784 85  -  couch grouch Survivor gets more devious but go to Warehouse 13 for drama that is out of this world SURVIVOR: SAMOA (Channel 5), Fridays, 6.30 11.30pm WAREHOUSE 13 Star World (Star Hub Channel 18), Premieres tonight, Bpm ROYAL PAINS Star World (Star Hub Channel 18), Tuesdays, Bpm
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      • 406 87 GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS Taipei Director Clara Law's drama Like A Dream bagged nine nominations for Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards as jurors shunned star-studded blockbusters for unheralded art-house fare. The other top contenders announced on Wednesday are Taiwan's No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti, up for
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      • 128 87 Best Feature Film: No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti, Cow, Crazy Racer, Face, Like A Dream Best Director: Clara Law, Like A Dream; Leon Dai, No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti; Guan Hu, Cow; Tsai Ming-liang, Face Best Actor: Daniel Wu, Like A Dream; Chen Wen-pin, No Pudeo Vivir Sin
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        164 87 I STILL LOVE MADONNA: RITCHIE Director Guy Ritchie tells Esquire magazine in its November issue he still loves ex-wife Madonna. "I still love her. But she's retarded t00... You can't tell someone when they're getting divorced that their pain is an illusion. I feel it, I've been through that,"
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        149 87 Forget boring frocks and safe cuts. The new generation of Singapore designers is all about shock and awe. Their inspirations are quirky and unconventional, ranging from hospital gowns to monks' robes, and they are going all out to prove that made-in-Singa-pore means edgy, fresh and most important of
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      392 123  -  HONG XINYI Reporter hKinyi@sph.com.sg Recently, I caught up with a friend whom I haven't seen for quite some time and the most striking change in her appearance became immediately obvious: She was sporting a whopper of an engagement ring on her slender finger. Being relatively devoid of most
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        279 127 another Formula One weekend has come and gone and I must say that this year's shindigs were much better than last year's. Party animals and celebrity stalkers were hard-pressed to find any event really worth attending last year, with the usual local C-list names clogging up guest lists and
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      664 128 Have a problem with the way you look? Don't sweat it E-mail your queries to Hong Xinyi at cti irhanfScnh mm en QI find my usual liquid foundation very heavy and pore-clogging. What is the best way to go about selecting a lighter form of foundation that is
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      120 128  -  Hong Xinyi MICHELLE OBAMA The American First Lady's hometown of Chicago may have lost its bid at hosting the 2016 Olympics, but this coppery-gold lame pleated dress by American designer label Rodarte sure looks like a winner to us. Obama, 45, attended the 121 st session of the
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      269 138  -  FOONG WOEI WAN A few friends and I have a new haunt, Ootoya restaurant, and what we mostly feel when we come away from it is an incredible sense of relief: At long last, a reasonably priced Japanese place that delivers the goods. Ootoya, the latest Japanese chain
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        417 139 He may head a formal menswear label, but Geoff Quinn, 50, chief executive of British brand T.M. Lewin, definitely does not favour a stiff upper lip. He freely admits to giving business reports a miss and never being prepared for meetings. Instead, it is the face-to-face contact with
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