The Straits Times, 15 October 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    19 1 MICA(P) 191/11/2008 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Plastic surgeon fined
      39 1 PLASTIC surgeon Mai Huang has been fined by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) for injecting patients with sheep foetal cells. The SMC said such unapproved treatment must be done in a clinical trial. PRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon Flood of flat applications
      52 1 THE Housing Board has been swamped by 20,691 applications for 2,132 completed or nearly completed flats, which are at various locations across the island, including sought-after ones in mature estates. The eye-popping figures mean that there were almost 10 bids for every available flat. PRIME PAGE
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      Lock icon More lawyers now
      37 1 MOVES to liberalise Singapore's legal sector have resulted in more lawyers practising here now than in the last five years. Even more are expected to enter the profession as demand increases. HOME PAGE Bl
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      Lock icon 'Stop being defensive'
      52 1 UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin yesterday urged the party to change its negative and overly defensive mindset if it wants to be a leader acceptable to all races. He said while Malay rights were important, it was more important to empower the Malays to truly succeed. WORLD
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    Lock icon Cheaper, better, faster with all playing a part
    644 1  -  Goh Chin Lian NTUC aims to marshal entire workforce in transforming economy By» AFTER weathering the downturn, the labour movement is gearing up for a new mission in the next two years. It wants to help drive Singapore's next phase of growth,
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    Lock icon 75 AND A KIDNEY DONOR
    515 1 She is believed to have been a Nevada resident, owning two properties. But she sold one property four years ago and the other in January this year. She had a Nevada address, but it turned out to be just a registered place of business in
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        Lock icon Caution: Jobs Credit an exceptional weapon
        102 2 WE SAY The six-month extension to the Jobs Credit wage support plan, at reduced subsidy rates, meets expectations. But let it be made clear that this cannot be a default condition. The private sector must be disabused of the notion that this is what
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        Lock icon Finding Spore abroad
        33 2 COLUMNS Only when our authors travel can they gain exposure and form a true image of Singapore, says Yong Shu Hoong, after a literary trip last month. LIFE! PAGE ClO
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        Lock icon Help in a time of grief
        37 2 OUR READER SAYS Magdalene Tan shares how her national serviceman son's SAF unit came to offer its help and support following his death in a road accident. FORUM PAGE A 27
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      77 2 IN YESTERDAY'S story, "Mi's deal to sell iPhone a new blow to Star Hub", it was reported that DBS Vickers Securities analyst Sachin Mittal believed the deal had put Star Hub at a losing end. This is wrong. Mr Mittal said that "Star Hub's 8.5
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      Lock icon Watch out for sneaky ads
      1015 2  -  Andy Ho Stealth marketing erodes trust, even if the products are not harmful By SENIOR WRITER THE Media Development Authority is looking into sponsorship disclosure laws to combat "stealth marketing". This follows new rules in the United States requiring celebrities to disclose, from this December,
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      384 2 r^' I Global Economic Crisis Forced Sale I Jj i Seized and Confiscated Government Assets to be Immediately Liquidated 4\j j||. I Seized and Confiscated Valuable Assets Previously Held, Sold and Released by Financial Entities I I Government Agencies; to be Auctioned to the Public Piece by Piece with other
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      Lock icon Plastic surgeon fined, censured for cell therapy
      700 3  -  Jessica Jaganathan Martin Huang carried out the unorthodox procedure on patients By PROMINENT plastic surgeon Martin Huang has been fined and censured by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) for performing an unorthodox procedure on patients. He had injected animal foetal cells into the
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      Lock icon Most animal cell therapies of questionable value
      420 3  -  Grace Chua By SOME treatments using human stem cells, such as bone marrow transplants for leukaemia, are well-established. Most doctors and scientists, however, consider animal-cell therapies controversial, such as the sheep-cell injections that got plastic surgeon Martin Huang censured. The Lancet and the
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      Lock icon 20,691 apply for 2,132 ready flats
      727 4  -  Jessica Cheam Overwhelming demand for latest batch in popular mature estates By THE Housing Board (HDB) has been swamped by 20,691 applications for 2,132 completed or near-completed flats in a sign of red-hot demand for its homes. Applications for the flats which are at
      ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  727 words
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      Lock icon Eco friendly homes for Tianjin
      667 6  -  Grace Ng China will use some of Singapore's experience to build low-cost flats By CHINA CORRESPONDENT TIANJIN: Officials from China and Singapore yesterday broke ground for a new town of environmentally friendly homes for low-income Chinese. The first public housing project in the Tianjin Eco-City
      MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT  -  667 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Oldest living donor had to cajole daughter
      660 6  -  April Chong By, RELUCTANT DAUGHTER "I had to scold and persuade her. You have to accept. I am so old, it's okay. You're still so young and have a long way to go." Madam Chee's reaction when her daughter was reluctant about accepting
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      Lock icon UN study calls for world ban on organ trafficking
      550 6 UNITED NATIONS: A new international pact is needed to ban trafficking in human organs, tissues and cells, protect victims and punish offenders, said a report issued by the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Selling body parts was not just
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      Lock icon 40,000 in Moonie wedding
      328 6 ASAN (South Korea): From South Korea to South America, Reverend Sun Myung Moon married tens of thousands of couples in the Unification Church's largest mass wedding in a decade, and potentially the last for the 89-year-old leader. More than 20,000 people gathered at the Sun Moon
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      Lock icon Workplace deaths up in first six months
      573 8  -  Jermyn Chow Decline in the fatality rate shows worrying signs of flattening By FOR five years running, the number of people who died on the job went down. Then, in the first half of this year, 36 workers died. This was up from
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      Lock icon 18 Indian Ocean countries test tsunami alert system
      367 8 BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): Sirens blared, parents grabbed their children and hundreds ran to emergency shelters in Indonesia, as countries bordering the Indian Ocean tested a tsunami warning system yesterday. But at least one survivor was too paralysed by memories of the December
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      Lock icon Girl, 10, praised for saving many lives
      297 8 WELLINGTON: A 10-year-old New Zealand girl was honoured yesterday for recognising the approach of a deadly tsunami on Samoa, and for running up and down a beach to warn other holidaymakers and local residents. New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defence presented Wellington schoolgirl
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon End siege mentality
      877 10  -  Carolyn Hong Khairy's call to Umno: Youth chief calls for leadership that is acceptable to all Malaysians By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW MALAY DILEMMA "Umno and the Malays as a whole must move away from a defensive setting, where we assume that our rights are under threat,
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      Lock icon Keris bows out as poems turn a page
      216 10  -  CAROLYN HONG KUALA LUMPUR: It was as attention-grabbing for its absence this year as for its presence in the past few years. The infamous keris that had caused so much trouble for Umno Youth since 2005 was a no-show this year. New
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      Lock icon MCA to settle leadership issue today
      774 10  -  Teo Cheng Wee By REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT Three scenarios to tackle crisis Appoint a new leader A new leader is appointed from the central committee probably one of the vice-presidents. This is said to be the preferred solution for at least half of the 42-member
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        Lock icon Thai man admits on TV to murder
        641 11 WHY HE DID IT: 'She kept insulting me, saying I had no guts.' Siriphong Kanchannaniwit, who claims his girlfriend abused him after he refused to kill one of her former husbands, the boy's father He confesses to killing lover and chopping up her
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        Lock icon Golkar party joins ruling coalition
        646 12  -  Salim Osman Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Group will control most of the seats in Indonesian Parliament By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS BOGOR (Indonesia): Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said last night that the Golkar party has joined the ruling coalition led by his Democratic Party. The announcement ended the
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        Lock icon Palace denies Thai King's health is failing
        322 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh By TT T it THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: The Thai Royal Palace last night moved to quash rumours of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's failing health, after they roiled the financial markets here. "His Majesty the King's general condition is good," said the Royal
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        Lock icon India to Albania: Mother Teresa's remains stay put
        375 12 NEW DELHI: India has rejected a demand by the Albanian government for the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, who is buried in the eastern city of Kolkata. "Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen and she is resting in her own country,
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  375 words
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        Lock icon Winners all in 'basketball diplomacy'
        906 13  -  Grace Ng Popular ball game used to represent people-to-people ties between China and US By CHINA CORRESPONDENT MORE THAN A SPORTING CHANCE "The NBA's stars and pop culture have greatly enhanced US affection among the Chinese... If the Chinese masses like American culture, it is
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        Lock icon Taiwan chews over betel nut tax
        745 15  -  Ho Ai Li Proposed move aimed at boosting public health and falling tax revenue By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: If Taiwan's famous betel nut beauties are looking grumpy these days, it might be because the authorities have proposed a tax on betel nuts. Health Minister
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        Lock icon China, Russia lead post-crisis strategy
        426 16 SCO MEETING Six-nation group to work on fighting economic crisis BEIJING: China, Russia and other members of a regional security grouping pledged yesterday to work together to combat the global economic crisis and find ways to increase cooperation on financial issues. A document signed at
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        Lock icon Taiwan 'holds missile exercise'
        234 16 TAIPEI: Taiwan has carried out its largest-ever missile exercise, less than a fortnight after China showed off advanced ballistic arms in a huge National Day parade, local media said yesterday. The missiles were launched on Tuesday from the secretive and tightly guarded Chiupeng base in southern
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        Lock icon Pakistanis flee tribal war zone
        465 17 Around 90,000 displaced as major military offensive looms DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Pakistan): Tens of thousands of civilians have fled Pakistan's tribal South Waziristan region fearing an imminent army offensive against Taleban militants, officials said yesterday. The authorities have registered 90,000 people displaced from the tribal
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        Lock icon Militants open fire at Saudi checkpoint
        864 18 Two of the three men, who had been on board a vehicle, were wearing women's clothing with explosiveladen vests underneath and carried grenades, according to Gen Turki. Yemen a safe haven for Al-Qaeda THERE are growing fears about Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's resurgence
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        Lock icon Senate panel okays health care reform
        651 19 What's next? The Finance Committee's Bill must now be combined with a Bill drafted by the Senate Health Committee before going to the full Senate for a vote. Democrats in the House of Representatives are also working to merge three separate health-care Bills. Their
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        Lock icon Outrage over airport's bare-all X-ray scanner
        648 21 Manchester's alternative to pat-down search seen as invasion of privacy MANCHESTER: A new X-ray scanner at British airports, meant to replace "pat down" searches and cut down long queues, has invited unpleasant responses from passengers and the public, who are outraged at the invasion
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        Lock icon Terror suspect surrenders
        104 23 JAKARTA: A suspected Indonesian extremist linked to slain terror leader Noordin Top has surrendered to the authorities. Police yesterday said university student Ahfam Ramadan, 23, turned himself in after being pursued in the crackdown following July's double suicide bombings at luxury hotels in Jakarta which killed seven
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        Lock icon 4 killed in balloon mishap
        96 23 BEIJING: A hot air balloon crashed yesterday in a southern Chinese resort town, killing four Dutch tourists, state media said. A fifth Dutch passenger and two Chinese balloon operators were injured in the accident near Yangshuo in the Guangxi region, the official Xinhua news agency
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        Lock icon $1.4b in donations sought
        86 23 MANILA: The Philippines will be seeking at least US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) from international donors for reconstruction after devastating back-to-back storms over the past month. President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday the country deserved preferential loans and other financial help because it had become a victim of
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        Lock icon George Yeo in Sri Lanka
        117 23 SINGAPORE'S Foreign Minister George Yeo is making an official visit to Sri Lanka this week, the ministry said in a statement. He is attending the Bth Ministerial Meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue in Colombo today and thereafter will make the visit at the invitation
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        Lock icon China's projects rile India
        145 23 NEW DELHI: India yesterday urged China to stop building projects inside the Pakistan-ruled part of the disputed Kashmir region, the latest salvo in a decades-long border dispute between the Asian giants. "We hope the Chinese side will take a long-term view of the India-China relations, and
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        65 23 A couple taking in the dazzling sight at Berlin's famous boulevard, Unter den Linden, where the linden trees are lit up for the Festival of Lights. During the festival, which began yesterday and runs until Oct 25, about 50 buildings in the German capital, including
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Caution: Jobs Credit an exceptional weapon
      437 24 THE Prime Minister's decision on the Jobs Credit wage support scheme did not leave any interested party unfulfilled. Businesses and NTUC affiliates got the extension they sought. They had made the case that firms would cope better with a "soft landing" to adjust wage
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      Lock icon Advancing diplomacy via citizen soldiers
      748 24  -  Ong Weichong By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE archetypical image of a National Serviceman is that of a citizen soldier who dutifully answers the call-up for mobilisation and yearly in-camp training. Less conspicuous are the contributions of NSmen in overseas missions. In the Singapore Armed
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      Lock icon Smart guys got too clever by half
      1011 24  -  Calvin Trillin REASON FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS By a" F YOU really want to know why the financial system nearly collapsed in the fall of 2008, I can tell you in one simple sentence." The statement came from a man sitting three or four
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        735 25  -  Peter Voser By WHILE we cannot predict the future, it is clear that mobility is a growth market. Between now and 2050, one billion new vehicles will come onto the world's roads, mostly in Asia, more than doubling today's total. So there
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        736 25  -  Nirmal Ghosh By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT THE two protocols the Kyoto Protocol and the Montreal Protocol stand in stark contrast to each other. But the future of the world as we know it depends on them. The Kyoto Protocol's major feature is binding targets
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        429 25  -  Sharon Siddique BOOK REVIEW By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Title: The Asean Regional Forum Author: Rodolfo C. Severino Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009 AS THE Asia-Pacific regional architecture evolves, existing structures are being inventoried, and new blueprints proposed. This timely book
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        685 25  -  Nayan Chanda By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The new American propensity to save may lower export orders from China, but it might stabilise the dollar. THE latest job numbers in the United States have dampened hopes somewhat for a V-shaped recovery and instead
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        320 26 Road accident "Losing one's only child is a loss no mother should ever have to experience. I could not have coped without the support from his SAF unit." MY SON, full-time national serviceman Fernando Brian Nicholas of 48 SAR, died in an accident last week. He was returning home
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        407 26 JOBS CREDIT EXTENSION I REFER to yesterday's front page report, "Next: Remaking economy". The Jobs Credit scheme has saved many jobs and helped many firms survive the downturn. It is the most massive cash injection by the Government to boost the economy so far. Like
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        250 26 How now? "If there is 'overwhelming response' now, does it mean EZ-Link is no longer justified in charging the convenience fee?" MR CHONG FOO SIN: "I refer to EZ-Link's Forum Online reply on Monday ('Overwhelming response may delay approval for auto top-ups, says EZ-Link'). EZ-Link says it is charging
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        426 26 I AM responding to the reply from the Minister for National Development's press secretary on Tuesday ("Ministry: MP Low wrong on lift upgrading"), as the Member of Parliament for Hougang, Mr Low Thia Khiang, is currently out of town. The reply states that
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        145 26 WE THANK Mr Lim Chong Teck for his letter ("Fake stamps: Wake-up call for Sing Post", Oct 7). Singapore stamps are printed by highly specialised and internationally renowned stamp printers. Some of the latest printing techniques on security features are already incorporated in
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      504 28  -  K. C. Vijayan Law Society also notes fall in number of firms, more women in its ranks By LAW CORRESPONDENT AFTER several years of seeing its numbers stagnate, the legal profession is back on the growth path again. Figures from the Law Society's annual
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      149 28 THE Law Society received 15 applications for compensation from clients of runaway lawyer Zulkifli Amin and paid out $42,200 in four cases. Five were rejected, one was withdrawn and another five, all linked to the same case, are still being considered. Payouts from the society's
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      433 30  -  Judith Tan Students can apply to train in one of seven specialities instead of a year of housemanship By STARTING in May next year, graduating students from the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine can opt not to do a
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      86 30 For the first time in Singapore, a car will be "drifting" on the Esplanade's stage as part of Impak Maksima The Musical. Rehearsing for the first time on a specially built steel stage is professional Malaysian driver Ser Meng Hui. Based on the popular TV series
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      476 30  -  Zakir Hussain By THE Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica) is sticking to its decision to ban a film on former political detainee Said Zahari. The ban stays because the film gives a "distorted and misleading portrayal" of his arrest and
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      579 32  -  Christopher Tan Wariness over economic outlook making buyers cautious, analysts say By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LUXURY car sales dipped in the first nine months of this year the first time an economic slowdown has affected buyers of such cars. According to Land Transport Authority
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      347 32  -  Tan Weizhen By THE local gaming industry is getting a boost to develop education-based titles aimed at students and soldiers and take learning to a whole new dimension. The Media Development Authority (MDA) is ploughing at least $6 million into the educational games industry
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      633 33  -  Selina Lum ORAL SEX WITH TUTOR Nine-year-old not traumatised, according to psychiatrist's report By COURT proceedings to decide on sentencing for a 37-year-old tutor, convicted of allowing a nine-year -old boy to perform oral sex on him on five occasions, took an
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      435 33 MOSQUE BLAZE A 14-YEAR-OLD charged a week ago with starting a fire at Kampung Siglap Mosque was yesterday accused of more crimes. He is alleged to have trespassed on a nursing home and fraudulently obtained an ez-link card. The teen, who has already been remanded
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      311 33  -  Khushwant Singh By HE WOULD sell Singapore registered cars at bargain prices across the Causeway, but the cars were never his to sell. A district court heard last month how Ho Pak Chan got his accomplices to rent 18 cars between
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      424 34  -  Sujin Thomas Scuffle occurred on the fifth floor of City Plaza in Geylang; police arrest 63-year-old man By THE last time Mrs Joanna Sim saw her husband, they had breakfast together on Saturday before he dropped her off at work. Mr Sim Kirn
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        118 34 A PRIME mover driver who was earlier convicted of attempted rape was sentenced to four years' jail and six strokes of the cane yesterday. Muhammad Iskandah Suhaimi, 32, was found guilty of trying to rape a 31-year-old lounge executive at her home on April 12
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        69 34 AN UNEMPLOYED man was charged in court yesterday with head-butting a two-year-old girl on the forehead. The 29-year-old allegedly caused grievous hurt to the daughter of his girlfriend at a flat in Bukit Panjang last Thursday. The man has been remanded at Jurong Police Station for
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      459 35 It may get aid if it shows will to tackle burning: UN official INDONESIA needs to ratify a sev-en-year-old regional haze agreement to prove its commitment in tackling climate change, a top United Nations official said at a conference in Singapore yesterday. As negotiations on
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      506 35  -  Cai Haoxiang By SINGAPORE and Thailand have expanded the areas of cooperation for their civil service, with a new focus group dealing with environmental issues. In the next few months, it will work on a proposal for a joint project to tackle pollution
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      146 35 SINGAPORE, Malaysia and Indonesia will benefit from a new fund to safeguard their surrounding waters and the marine environment. Greece has contributed US$l million (Ssl.4million) to the International Maritime Organisation Trust Fund to aid navigation safety in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, participants
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      83 36 Ms Rietta Tan (seated left), 53, and Ms Irene Ning (seated right), 49, with their friends at training. They are among 22 breast cancer survivors taking part in the Great Eastern Women 1OK run, to be held on Nov 1 at the Padang as part
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      413 36 Spore one of 13 cities hosting events in April to raise awareness ONE in eight people in the world do not have access to clean, safe drinking water. Many who do have to walk an average distance of 6km a day to get to
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      465 37  -  Carolyn Quek 10 attacks in South China Sea this year a far cry from Gulf of Aden's 156 By WITHIN 12 hours of a band of pirates striking off the waters of Singapore on Tuesday, warnings were already issued to the shipping community
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      255 37 TWO medical clinics destroyed by the Sumatra earthquake on Sept 30 will be rebuilt by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) by this week. Since beginning work last Sunday, the 30-member SAF engineering team has completed ground preparations and built support structures for
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      108 28 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE MOSF"S?D lONLIN?" COm dedicating herself to her country. A baby boy for Jiawei WWW.StOITip.COITI.Sg Ml to offer iPhones by end of year SINGAPORE SEEN STOMPer John was upset to see a MOST COMMENTED ON mother with her children in a smoking
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      535 38 Argentinian becomes third player to withdraw from Shanghai Masters SHANGHAI: Concerns over the length of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) season increased yesterday when Juan Martin del Potro and Tommy Haas became the latest high-profile players to withdraw from the Shanghai Masters taking the total number
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      341 38  -  Terrence Voon Tampines Rovers 0 Young Lions 1 By TAMPINES Rovers' faint hopes of snatching the S-League title were extinguished last night but runaway leaders Singapore Armed Forces FC are not celebrating just yet. The uncertainty over the eligibility of Brunei side DPMM FC,
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      127 38 FORMER Malaysia Cup star Dollah Kassim's heart condition has stabilised, following his collapse 10 days ago at a veterans' football game. However, the 60-year-old remains in a coma owing to the brain injury he suffered following his collapse, said Dr David Foo, consultant and head
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      892 39  -  Rohit Brijnath Tired stars are a turn-off as they fall down hurt, opt out or play injured SPORTINGLIFE I By Players are followed by a patch-up-and-pray crew armed with a doctor's bag, a physio's degree and psychological theories. IF YOU seek evidence of how
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      224 39 LONDON: He arrived last season as the biggest symbol of Manchester City's intention to reinvent themselves into a force in the English Premier League. But it looks like Brazilian striker Robinho's sojourn in England is coming to an end, just 13 months after he joined
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      364 39 LONDON: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has escaped with a warning, after being found guilty of one count of improper conduct by an independent Football Association commission in Manchester on Tuesday. The Times reported that the Spaniard was cleared of two further counts
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      379 39 LONDON: Former England and Mexico coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has apparently rejected an invitation to lead North Korea into next summer's World Cup Finals in South Africa. According to The Guardian, the 61-year-old Swede, who is now the director of football at English
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      513 40  -  Jeanette Wang OCBC Cycle's Marina Bay circuit will double as a rehearsal for YOG By THE OCBC Cycle Singapore will sport a new look next March, with a revamped race route that will double as a rehearsal for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) road cycling competition. Participants
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      93 40 World heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko (centre) and lawmakers from his opposition group clashing with members of the mayor's party during a Kiev city council session in Ukraine on Tuesday. Klitschko, 38, threatened to throw some of his world-famous punches when the two sides clashed over
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      153 40 PARIS: Spain's Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has played down the threat of a drugs probe that was launched a day before the presentation of next year's cycling race. Paris prosecutors revealed on Tuesday that they had launched an investigation after the discovery
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      392 40 "I would like to see him do me a big favour." BERNIE ECCLESTONE, who hopes Jenson Button (above) does not clinch the Fl title in Brazil, but at the last race in Abu Dhabi LONDON: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has publicly stated his wish that
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      239 40 LONDON: After many denials, Max Mosley, whose 16-year tenure as president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) ends this month, has decided to come out with an autobiography, which will reveal secrets about him and the sporting world. Mosley, 69, is expected to write
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      595 41  -  Lin Xinyi Plans in place to boost Spores world position, says STTA chief exec By FOCUS ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT "We've reached a stage where we've attained international recognition. We need to sustain, if not, better our position." WONG HUI LENG, on the current high expectations compared
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      331 41 LONDON: Japan's Kohei Uchimura put in a commanding all-around performance at the World Gymnastics Championships on Tuesday to show he is ready to step into the shoes left vacant by Olympic champion Yang Wei. The 20-year-old Uchimura had snapped at Yang's heels during the final at last year's
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        83 41 ROME: Alberto Castagnetti, the head coach of Italy's swim team since 1987, has died. The Italian swimming federation said on Monday that the 66-year-old died at his home in Verona, where he was recovering from heart surgery. The precise cause of his death is not
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        103 41 MADRID: Seve Ballesteros is hoping that his health will allow him to get a round in at next year's British Open at St Andrews. The three-time British Open champion, who is recovering from brain cancer that has left him partially blind in his
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        53 41 CAIRO: Ghana beat Hungary 3-2 on Tuesday and entered the final of the Under-20 football World Cup. They will meet four-time champions Brazil, who defeated Costa Rica 1-0 in the other semi-final. Ghana lost previous finals to Brazil in 1993 and Argentina in
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        49 41 BEIJING: Retired Olympic champion gymnast Li Ning has been named the first Chinese anti-hunger ambassador for the United Nations Food Programme. Li, 44, will travel to Bangladesh later this year to distribute funds from China and learn more about the local situation. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      247 41 SYDNEY: Tragedy hit the World Masters Games yesterday when an Argentinian athlete died while competing in the tandem canoe event, officials said. The man, who was in his late 40s, was taking part in the 21km canoe marathon on the Nepean River in Sydney
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      303 41 "It pained my heart very much. You expect fair play and respect from fans and players." Japanese golfer Ai Miyazato (right) hitting out at Japanese fans for applauding an error by South Korean Jeon Mi Jeong on the final day of a tournament last weekend Cricket Second ODI In
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      306 38 m WHAI 5 UIMLIIMt SH MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Heroes of The Malaysia Cup: Special Report No sympathy for Ronaldo Owen clarifies 'biggest' remark MOST COMMENTED ON No sympathy for Ronaldo Said Eagle2oo4: "Even though Wayne Rooney was not Cristiano Ronaldo's teammate during the
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      37 38 *> THE CHIEF &L EXECUTIVE'S TASK Wong Hui Leng is ready to take Ik the Singapore Table Tennis W t Association forward. 814 IF 8 TO THE NOU CAMP? Barcelona have reportedly agreed a deal to buy Robinho.
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      30 41 ill Radio 1003 is the only Chinese station with an increase in morning programme listenership* 'Source: Nielsen Radio Diary Survey 2009, Wave 1. Period: Mon-Fri, 6am 11am E T*JliWlWll^ Damm
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      313 41 Today Football S-League: Geylang v Home (Bedok), Balestier v Woodlands (Toa Payoh) 7.45pm. Golf Portugal Masters: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, 10pm). Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, Friday, 4.15am). Tennis ATP Shanghai Masters: Last 16 (Live, Ch22, 2pm). WTA Tour, Linz: Last 16 (Live, Chll3,
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      189 42 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7 HEE BOE HIAN HELEN Completed her race on 14 October 2009 Reunited with her parents Hee Thiamjin and LayKioen Moy in God's presence Leaving deep and fond memories for her family
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      36 42 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late HELEN HEE, FCCA President ACCA Singapore Branch (2004/05) From Staff of ACCA Singapore ACCA Singapore Branch Board of Trustees ACCA Singapore Branch Local Executive Committee
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      179 42 TAN TEW JONG Age: 81 Passed away peacefully on 13 October 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Lim Meng Toon (deceased) Brother: Sister-in-law: Tan Say Tim Leong Jok Fong Sister: Brother-in-law: Tan Siew Gan Lim Tow Koon Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Tow Mci, Tony Heng Juat Kew
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      93 42 TENG AH SENG Age: 79 Passed away peacefully on 10 October 2009. Wife:NgAhHiam Sons: Daughters-in-law: Philip Teng Wendie Low Raymond Teng Josephine Lim Teng Siow Leng Lily Dewi Chua Daughters: Sons-in-law: Janet Teng Jessie Teng Denis Chia Janice Teng Alex Lim Grandsons: Granddaughters: Teng Chun Kiat Teng Vi Fei Teng
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      28 42 IST ANNIVERSARY With Fond Memories Of CHAN KET TECK Departed: 15 October 2008 Will always be loved, missed and remembered by his wife, three children, relatives and friends.
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      129 42 am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies." John 11:25 SIMON FOO KWONG SEN Age: 77 Was called home to be with the Lord on 13 October 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Nellie Choo Siew Lay Sons:
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      85 42 MDM LIM JUAT ENG Age 79 passed away peacefully on 14 October 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Charlie Chow Lin Heng Children: Children-in-law: Michael Chow Mimi Tan Jean Chow Han Wee Deng Philip Chow Sylvia Siew Si. Grandchildren: Colin Zhao Christopher Han Ryan Han Chloe Chow Ashley Chow And
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      35 42 'The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.' 1 Luke 50 Beatrice Wang nee Wang Chee Ting Tan Siew Guat Departed 19/10/2006 Departed 15/10/2008 Fondly remembered by all loved ones.
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      110 42 Ist Anniversary Not Lost To Memory Not Lost To Love But Gone to Our Father's House Above Mcßon Low Wei Liang 10 April 1989 -15 October 2008 Loving Son of Matthew Chella, I Dear Brother of McVin. You've left us precious memories, Your love will be our guide, You live
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      74 42 INDIRANI D/O PONNUSAMY Age: 70 passed away peacefully on 14 October 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Father: Ponnusamy Thevar, deceased) (Mother: Sembugavalli Ammal, deceased) (Husband: Subramaniam, deceased) ChUdren: Siblings: Surendran Shivananda Narendran Shivaraman Shanthi (Umadevi, deceased) (Narendran, deceased) nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. Body is resting
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        505 43  -  Alvin Foo BULLS BEARS Buying spree across the region driven by hopes of quick global recovery By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE stocks climbed to an impressive 13-month high yesterday as upbeat Chinese trade figures and resurgent United States equity futures buoyed regional bourses. The benchmark Straits
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        452 43 BEIJING: China reported surprisingly strong trade figures yesterday, providing fresh evidence that the world's third-larg-est economy is firmly on a recovery track and that global demand is improving too. Exports last month fell 15.2 per cent from a year earlier beating forecasts
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          96 43 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.39 billion shares worth $1.88 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 447 Losers: 107 Unchanged: 698 Mid Cap 632.34 10.12 Basic materials 314.74 6.62 Utilities 492.70 5.26 Small Cap 550.73 13.34 Industrials 589.45 10.22 Financials 678.34 12.83 All Share 667.43 10.34 Consumer goods 709.26 3.84 Technology 766.30 19.29
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          214 43 Yesterday's close: 10,060.21 (-16.35) »Japanese shares ended slightly lower as investors took profits after five straight days of gains, with a firmer yen weighing on exporters. Yesterday's close: 1,246.84 (+13.33) Malaysian shares rose 1.08 per cent due to gains in banks, construction heavyweights and government-linked stocks. Yesterday's close: 21,886.48
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          104 43 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Oct 14 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2560 1.2940 Can dollar 1.3460 1.3620 Euro 2.0620 2.0850 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4124 0.4133 NZ dollar 1.0220 1.0440 Sterling pound 2.2100 2.2350 US dollar 1.3890 1.4040 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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          588 43 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 133 91.5 195 98 66.5 161 150 267 26 132 147 108 122 247 585 250 314 191 93 300 179 220 42.5 192 43 78 92 33.5 243 137 70 272 642
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        591 44  -  Joyce Teo Firm plans to also run two illy cafes and take pub chain to Vietnam By HARRY, of the world-famous Harry's Bar, is going places. Well, Harry never existed. But the chain of pubs created in his name by an American
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        359 44 NEWLY-LISTED China Gaoxian Fibre Fabric Holdings yesterday said its net profit in the second quarter fell by 7.7 per cent to 91.2 million yuan (5518.6 million) because of falling sales. Revenue for the three months ended on June 30 shrank by 5.3 per
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        566 44 Among the key employees receiving "retention bonuses" were a kitchen assistant who was awarded a U557,700 (S$10,800) bonus and a "file administrator" who received US$7OO. WASHINGTON: As if paying US$l6B million (***** million) in "retention" bonuses to some of the very people who
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      504 46 Govt may free up land for sale to prevent property bubble HONG KONG: Henderson Land Development said yesterday it sold a Hong Kong apartment for a record price hours after the island's Chief Executive Donald Tsang said the government may release
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      266 46  -  Jonathan Kwok By A NEW $7 million laboratory has been opened to boost research development and workforce training in the pharmaceutical and speciality chemicals industries. The Kilo Lab on Jurong Island, unveiled yesterday by A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES),
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      496 45 Profit seven times higher than earnings of same period in previous year NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase said yesterday its third quarter profit rocketed to US$3.6 billion (Sss billion) in a further sign of the rebounding fortunes of the banking sector. The profit
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      348 45 NEW YORK: The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a bellwether of US stockmarkets, crossed the 10,000 milestone yesterday for the first time in a year. With robust results from JPMorgan Chase and Intel Corp boosting the outlook for earnings, major indexes gained more than one
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      317 45 WASHINGTON: US retail sales declined last month by the largest amount this year as car sales plummeted, following the end of the government's popular "cash for clunkers" incentives programme. However, besides cars, sales were better than expected, raising cautious optimism that
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      318 45 LONDON: Oil surged for a fifth day yesterday to a 2009 high of above US$75 (Sslo4) a barrel, boosted by a weak US dollar and optimism about a global economic rebound that will lead to higher energy demand. Investors were also optimistic that
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      722 47  -  Francis Chan Call for buffer of six more months of Special Risk-Sharing Initiative By BUSINESSES hope the Government will extend the Special Risk-Sharing Initiative (SRI) by six months when it expires in January. The Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Asme) believes the additional
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      108 47 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraiTStimeS.COin headache of maintenance charges, MOST-READ ONLINE repairs and repainting." Singaporeans are more risk averse SME SPOTLIGHT MOST COMMENTED ON 77t h Street's Elim Chew blogs about Suburban home prices near highs of the Global Social Innovator's Forum. 2007-08. Says sakuratoratora:
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      94 48 ill /^mx Ik \i m V\ ill III I i/^* V*i Fans queued for hours for tickets I ;l to Neil Gaiman's talk at the upcoming *k I i Singapore Writers Festival. :^JL I 0** TARATAN speaks to him and two JjH^^ I f^ j otherfestivalheadliners-MarkWaid *a4 L^H andTaichiYamada. C4&5
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      27 48 Explore I Collectors'calling I Culture the Fringe They quit their jobs to study Vulture Singles, gays '^f bank notes and stamps Painting the spotlight 1^3 in words
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        719 49  -  tara tan A triplebill at next year's Ml Singapore Fringe Festival raises provocative questions about singles, gays and Marxists arts reporter THE Ml SINGAPORE FRINGE FESTIVAL When: Jan 13 to 24 Where: Various venues Info: www.singapore fringe.com Artists are sometimes seen as troublemakers, says theatre director Alvin
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        495 49 Artist Damien Hirst is kneeling on the floor of a London gallery, doodling away. The 44-year-old is showing the media his new exhibition, No Love Lost, at the Wallace Collection. He draws animals and a heart in a catalogue for an autograph-seeking photographer. He has
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        1433 51  -  tara tan arts reporter Three authors Neil Gaiman, Mark Waid and Taichi Yamada coming for the Singapore Writers Festival tell how they keep their edge MEET THE AUTHOR: NEIL GAIMAN Where: Victoria Theatre When: Nov 1, 2pm Admission: Free. E-mail tickets@toph.com.sg or call 6332-6919 Info: Go
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        574 52 MEET THE AUTHOR: MARK WAID Where: The Arts House Chamber When: Oct 24,1.30pm; Comics A Timeless Narrative, 3pm Admission: Free. Call 6332-6919 or reserve tickets at tickets@singaporewritersfestival.com Mark Waid has a job that many comics fans would want. After all, the 47-year-old gets paid for writing Superman, Batman
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        385 52 MEET THE AUTHOR: TAICHI YAMADA Where: Blue Room The Arts House When: Oct 31, noon Admission: Free. Call 6332-6919 or e-mail tickets@singaporewritersfestival.com Award-winning Japanese writer Taichi Yamada, 75, has dreamt up stories for television, stage and the page over the last five decades. But as he tells Life!
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        449 53  -  tara tan da:ns festival To master choreographer Boi Sakti's work, dancers lived with the bare basics for three weeks arts reporter 1771 HI VOID JENDELA PERADABAN (WINDOW OF CIVILISATION) Where: Esplanade Theatre Studio When: Next Friday, Bpm, next Saturday, 3 Bpm Admission: $30 from Sistic (www.sistic.com.sg or
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        466 53 RE-PARTS 1,11,111 Where: Esplanade Theatre When: Oct 30 31, Bpm Admission: $20 to $80 from Sistic (www.sistic.com.sg or call 6348-5555) His work draws inspiration from Asian cultures, but China-born choreographer Shen Wei rarely presents his art on Asian soil. However, his triptych Re-Parts 1,11,111 will soon
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        1048 57  -  yong shu hoong A trip abroad brought home to me how important and enriching travel is for writers culture vulture YAM quote me 'Wearing some of those outfits I wore when I was 17 or 18. Those were explosions of wrong' Singer Justin Timberlake (right) on his
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        464 57 LOCAL PLAY IS O-LEVEL TEXT The play Boom, written by local playwright Jean Tay, has been chosen as an 0- and N-level literature text from next year to 2012. It is the second local play to be selected for the secondary school syllabus after Haresh Sharma's Off Centre,
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      340 54 Watches and clocks have always intrigued Chen Jianhao, but he did not start his vintage watch collection until 3V2 years ago. "Watch collecting is an expensive hobby, so I could start only when I had a part-time job in university," says the 26-year-old. Now, he has
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      361 54 Ex-civil servant Wan Meng Hao has always been interested in stamps. "They have so much history. Each stamp tells a story of what happened during that period of time," says the 39-year-old. He started his first collection in primary school, when his jeweller father gave him a
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      230 54  -  magdalen ng Collecting stamps and bank notes may be just a hobby for some, but ex-banker Chen Jianhao and former civil servant Wan Meng Hao are turning it into a full-fledged profession. They have quit their jobs to go on a two-year trainee programme at London's renowned auction
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      618 56  -  akshita nanda He hails from a French showbiz family but Christophe Barratier is inspired by working-class heroes French film director Christophe Barratier is the son of noted actress Eva Simonet, the nephew of Oscar-winning producer-director Jacques Perrin and his grandparents starred in theatrical comedies. Despite his glamorous show-business
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      368 56 Los Angeles Turning a classic children's book into a Hollywood movie takes courage. When that book is Maurice Sendak's dark but beloved Where The Wild Things Are and the illustrated original consists of just nine simple sentences, it also helps to have the author's blessing. Director
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        432 59 Los Angeles Anna Nicole Smith (right) was ill, confused and isolated in a hotel room with a cornucopia of prescription drugs in the days before her death, an investigator testified on Tuesday in a criminal case stemming from the model's death from prescription drug
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        248 59 Los Angeles Michael Jackson received five nods for the American Music Awards on Tuesday, almost four months after his sudden death turned him into the biggest-selling artist of the year. The pop star was eclipsed only by country star Taylor Swift, who scored six nominations.
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        185 59 Los Angeles Celebrity psychologist Phil McGraw is facing allegations that he brainwashed two women and forced them to share a room with a naked man, TMZ.com reported. Last Wednesday, Ms Shirley Dieu, 56, filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles court, claiming she consulted the
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      55 84 I THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY OCTOBER 15 2009 few M .^^^k. Your Life. Live it well. r i f i rf^ X/ {i 1 I i A physical Mums-to-be who exercise regularly can look forward to easier labour |L pages"! 4-17 > In partnership With 'Sr^P Parkway Health™ East Shore
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