The Straits Times, 6 February 2009

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  • 18 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 2009 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • INSIDE
    • 51 1 WILL it be a V-shaped or U-shaped recovery for China's economy? Our correspondents examine this issue in the first of an occasional series by the network of Straits Times overseas bureaus on how people and companies are coping with the global economic melt-down. WORLD PAGE
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    • 60 1 UNITED States senators have voted to water down a controversial "Buy American" provision in the the country's stimulus Bill. But that hasn't stopped trade partners from warning that the provision could still trigger a worldwide wave of protectionism, even as some US lawmakers insist they will
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    • 55 1 A GROUP of Singapore Flyer tenants has demanded compensation from the attraction in the wake of the Dec 23 breakdown. They say the Flyer was poorly designed and maintained. They added that the breakdown led to a significant loss of revenue. The Flyer, however, calls their
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    • 47 1 CHINA yesterday declared an emergency for parts of the country experiencing their worst drought in half a century, with some of the winter harvest at risk. The dry spell has also left nearly four million people without proper drinking water. WORLD PAGE Bl
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    • 56 1 IT'S the paradox of Singapore's property market: thousands of agents have bailed out of the industry as the real estate market goes over the cliff, but the country's tight job market and uncertain economy has led new recruits to give it a shot with numbers surging at
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  • 798 1  -  Jeremy Au Yong Using past reserves: Tharman tells why swift action was needed By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT PARLIAMENT learnt yesterday what steps the Government took to obtain the President's consent for what will be the first-ever draw on the nation's past reserves. It started
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  • 62 1 SEE PRIME PAGE All PHOTO: L High Court judge Choo Han Teck blasted unethical housing agents yesterday, when he ruled in favour of Mr and Mrs Yuen Chow Hin (above) who were shocked to learn how an ERA agent fixed the sale of
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  • 821 1  -  Carolyn Hong By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF IPOH: Opposition-held Perak was in the grip of political turmoil yesterday, with its chief minister Nizar Jamaluddin refusing to resign despite being told to do so by the state's ruler. Sultan Azlan Shah acted after four assemblymen
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 43 1 \ti Style tins coping with recession special report x from Bubbles is Wjfo Women in love jfi A L the stars Ami upgrading too fl^i turn drug couriers f, ff\> IN URBAN M HI INSIGHT PAGE A 20&21 > PRIME PAGES A 14&15 I^^^(
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  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 48 2 WE SAY United States President Barack Obama has been quick to name special envoys as troubleshooters for hot issues like Palestine-Israel and Afghanistan-Pakistan. He should do likewise for North Korea. Pyongyang has been acting up in recent weeks. EDITORIAL PAGE Al6
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      • 28 2 COLUMNS As China pursues its military build-up, a delicate game of hedging is being played by Beijing and Washington, says William Choong. REVIEW PAGE Al6
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      • 26 2 The key to a benign long-term evolution in Moscow lies in a change of policy in Berlin, says Timothy Garton Ash. REVIEW PAGE AlB
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      • 34 2 OUR READER SAYS Reader Tong Hsien-Hui says that the Government must understand communication dynamics on the Net and hopes it will try to engage netizens effectively. FORUM PAGE A 23
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      • Article, Illustration
        29 2 www.straitstimes.com Paul Cheong remembers his dealings with Mr Tom Daschle and how the former US senator went out of the way to help a young foreign student.
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      • 69 2 IN OUR report on Jan 21, "Boy, 9, dies in road accident", we quoted the boy's sister, Li Shu, as saying that her brother had attended a road safety programme in school "a few years back". This is incorrect. What she actually said was that
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    • 872 2  -  Chua Chin Hon Obama must be careful not to squander the goodwill he has earned By US BUREAU CHIEF FROM the slumping world economy to the unfinished war in Iraq to rising tension in the Middle East, the challenges facing US President Barack Obama
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  • prime news
    • 990 3  -  Sue-Ann Chia Jobs Credit gives twin boost to economy, says Finance Minister By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Why Jobs Credit and not CPF cut Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam gave four reasons the Jobs Credit scheme is better than a CPF cut, or having the
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    • 447 4  -  TEO CHENG WEE M ANWAR IBRAHIM, opposition leader: His opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat took 31 out of the 59 state seats in Perak last March, bringing Perak under opposition control for the first time. His options appear limited as the state's Sultan has directed the Pakatan chief minister
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    • 654 6 Lawmakers heed warnings about the risk of a trade war WASHINGTON: The US Senate has voted to soften a "Buy American" plan in its US$9OO billion (Ssl.4 trillion) stimulus Bill, after President Barack Obama expressed concern that the original language could trigger a
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    • 1179 11  -  Selina Lum Judge slams unethical agents who 'flip' properties for profit By WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: justice choo Han Teck (left) said that Mr Parikh and Mr Ang were ethically wrong and in breach of contract by creating a conflict of interest between
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    • 601 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin ELECTRONIC 'MONEY THAT NEVER DIMINISHES' His firm allegedly operated scheme that conned people of $2b By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT HOW SCAM WORKED His company promised investors an annual return of an astonishing 36 per cent for every one million yen (5516,900)
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  • prime special report
    • 990 13  -  Teh Joo Lin More Spore women lured into African rings By 12 nabbed since 2005 NUMBER of Singapore women arrested for drug runs, by year: 2005: 2 2006: 1 2007: 4 2008: 3 (all in December) 2009: 2 (including one caught here)
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 444 15 THE art of North Korea divination by governments is in full flower again, after a lull. First, Mr Kirn Jong II showed in a meeting with a Chinese Communist Party emissary a fortnight ago that he was functional, after having suffered a stroke.
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    • 985 15  -  William Choong FOREIGN MATTERS By SENIOR WRITER In the context of the delicate dance between Beijing and Washington, the issue of transparency or its lack might not be the most pertinent. IN A bid to underscore its importance to Washington, Beijing timed the release
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    • 798 15  -  Harold James BANKS AND FINANCIAL CRISES By THE most recent phase of the financial crisis has been characterised by large bank losses and the continued threat of their collapse. The size of the calamity raises the question of whether small countries can really afford bank
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    • review.
      • 1247 16  -  Zhao Lingmin GOOD GOVERNANCE By SINGAPORE has been inextricably linked to China since the latter embarked on its opening 30 years ago. It remains the only country singled out by Chinese leaders for emulation. This is unprecedented in Chinese history. China has never learnt from another nation
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      • 1136 17  -  Timothy Garton Ash THE RUSSIAN EVOLUTION By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Which way Russia goes is up to the Russians. But while that post-imperial drama is played out within Russia, the rest of Europe does have every right to protect its own vital interests...And let's
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      • 825 18  -  Bruce Gale MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By SENIOR WRITER AFTER more than a year of deliberation, the Indonesian Parliament passed legislation last December approving the establishment of the country's first Tourism Promotion Board. It came not a moment too soon. As companies
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    • review insight
      • Recession's REAL BITE
        • 737 19  -  Aaron low GYNAECOLOGIST By Recession babies Number of resident babies born in post-recession years Recession #1 Recession #3 1985:41,100 2001: 39,281 1986:37,159 2002: 38,555 Recession #2 Recession: #4 1997:45,356 2003: 35,474 1998:41,636 2004: 35,135 MS IRENE Wee had enjoyed welcoming her baby girl in
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        • 606 19  -  Zakir Hussain EVENT ORGANISER By PARTY planner Edmund Khong also known as Bubbles the Magic Clown makes people laugh for a living, but is bracing himself for a frown in this recession. Just not immediately. The 28-year-old, a trained clown, runs his own events management
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        • 812 19  -  Kor Kian Beng UNDERTAKERS By DEATH is inevitable, but an expensive funeral can certainly be avoided. Undertakers say more and more reces-sion-hit Singaporeans are opting for cheaper funeral packages as final send-offs for deceased family members. Mr Chong Hai Kian and his
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      • 757 20  -  Goh Chin Lian PSYCHIATRIST By THE thought of losing one's job is worrying enough for most people, but for a man already seeing a psychiatrist for depression, it was exceptionally troubling. He suffered more frequent bouts of insomnia, felt more anxious and could not
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      • 636 20  -  GOH CHIN LIAN SOCIAL WORKER SOCIAL worker Patricia Wee sees more middle-income families coming for help as the ranks of retrenched workers swell. One couple wanted financial aid so that they could keep their two children in a before-and-after school care facility. Probing deeper, she
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    • forum.
      • 291 21 PRO-BUSINESS, PRO-LABOUR AND PRO -SINGAPOREAN THE JOBS Credit scheme is an ingenious measure because it is pro-business, pro-worker and pro-Sin-gaporean. It helps businesses to cut costs, a major component of which is staff salaries. It is pro-worker because it offers employers a reason to
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      • 815 21 "Being a jobless PMET is the worst position to be in, especially now." MR ABDUL RASHID THAMBY SAHIB: "I lost my job more than a year ago and I was hoping that the current Budget proposals would throw up chances for me to find work again. Although I
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      • 512 22 I REFER to yesterday's report, "Online Attacks: Minister rues lack of self policing". I was surprised to read that Senior Minister of State (Information, Communications and the Arts) Lvi Tuck Yew was reportedly disappointed by the response from netizens on MP Seng Han Thong's
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      • 226 22 I REFER to Mr Leo D'Cruz's letter "Road safety" (Jan 28). Changi Airport has designated taxi holding areas at each of its terminals. When the queue of taxis extends beyond the holding areas, auxiliary police officers are deployed to manage the
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      • 237 22 I REFER to last Friday's comment by Mr Allen Yue, "Ez-link card for seniors: We should be required to tap the card only once". Mr Yue proposed that new senior citizen and student Cepas-compliant (Contactless E-Purse Application Standard-compliant) concession card holders should be required
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      • 103 22 MR EDMUND Lin, in his letter on Wednesday, "Recession: S'poreans come first", did not pause to consider why the vast majority of native Singaporeans came to be here because their forebears chose to come here for utilitarian reasons. The fact that an average of
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    • 446 22 jjjl WHAT'S ONLINE MORE LETTERS www.straitstimes.com ONLINE FORUM MASTERLY: NMP's speech in Parliament via You Tube DISABLED? Sorry, it's Budget, you're on your own MAMMA MIA: She's glad she lives in Singapore PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Do more for elderly and special needs commuters ■I I M^ I m Ifl UNDER THE
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 704 24 Eight northern and central wheat-growing provinces are hit BEIJING: A severe drought "rarely seen in history" has damaged nearly half of the winter wheat crop in China's major wheat-growing provinces, and may slow the planting of other crops in spring, the country has announced. China
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    • world regional
      • 1364 25  -  Peh Shing Huei This is the first in an occasional series by The Straits Times' network of overseas bureaus on how communities and companies around the world are coping with and surviving the global economic downturn. By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF Grace Ng ■■pn^iapHLMui OPTIMISTIC
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    • world crisis in perak
      • 613 27  -  Elizabeth Looi Sultan meets party leaders before ordering state's Menteri Besar to quit at once By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Perak's Sultan Azlan Shah, had his hands full yesterday trying to resolve his state's political crisis. Political leaders from the ruling coalition Ba!'an Nasional
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      • 337 27  -  Teo Cheng Wee By KUALA LUMPUR: The stand-off between Perak Menteri Besar Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin and the Sultan Azlan Shah boils down to a squabble over a strict interpretation of the state Constitution and tradition, experts say. Yesterday, the Sultan rejected Datuk Seri Nizar's request
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      • 869 28  -  Teo Cheng Wee By PERAK VOTERS ROBBED "The people of Perak have been robbed and short-changed and I can assure you that there will be serious repercussions come the next general election if the BN is allowed to govern
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    • world memo from new delhi
      • 658 29  -  Ravi Velloor Security adviser's rising clout rankles foreign minister and others By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF THE feuds between India's foreign policy and national security establishments intensified this week. In a television interview aired on Sunday, National Security Adviser (NSA) M.K. Narayanan appeared to suggest that
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    • world international
      • 844 31  -  Jonathan Eyal Public rows may be buried, but continent's leaders remain wary of American demands By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: European leaders are gathering in the southern German city of Munich today for their first security summit with senior representatives of the new United
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      • 199 31 SAN FRANCISCO: Google is adding a mapping feature that lets users track their friends' locations. The Latitude program, a feature in the mobile version of Google Maps, will work with wireless devices in 27 countries, Google said on Wednesday. A wife could use it
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      • 627 33 Tell a sob tale, get US$5O bills' publicity stunt by a website draws hundreds of people down on their luck NEW YORK: He won't say his name, hides his face, and hands cash to anyone who asks in the middle of New York.
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      • 275 33 LOUISVILLE (Kentucky): Last Christmas Eve, a man went from door to door in one south Louisville neighbourhood, giving each home owner a card with a US$5O (Ss7s) bill inside. Residents said the man, whom they had not seen before, told them he just wanted to wish them
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    • world in brief
      • 208 34 NEW YORK: It was the mother of all snakes a boa-like behemoth as long as a school bus and as heavy as a Volkswagen Beetle, that ruled the Amazon rainforest for two million years before slithering into non-existence. Now, this monster, which lived 58 million
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      • 128 34 MOGADISHU: Somali pirates yesterday freed a Ukrainian ship, with battle tanks and other weaponry on board, which they had held since September, after receiving a ransom of more than US$3 million (554.5 million). The release of the ship and its crew of 20 seamen a Latvian,
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      • 128 34 BANGKOK: Japan has banned ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from entering the country, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday. Speaking to the local media before embarking on a three-day official visit to Japan, Mr Abhisit, who became premier last December after Thaksin's allies were banned from
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      • 132 34  -  ELIZABETH LOOI PETALING JAVA: The family of a Malaysian man who died in police custody will send samples taken from his body to Australia for a second autopsy report. Mr A. Kugan, 22, was arrested on Jan 14 in Kajang for suspected involvement in a car
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      • 80 34 TAIPEI: The sister-in-law of former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian pleaded guilty yesterday to money-laundering charges, in the latest twist in a long-running corruption case also implicating him. But Chen Chun-ying claimed she did not profit from the alleged crime as she only provided dummy accounts. She
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      • 93 34 HONG KONG: Three of the 21 dead birds that recently washed up on Hong Kong's shores tested positive for the deadly strain of bird flu, the government has said. Officials were investigating whether the birds discovered around Hong Kong's Lantau Island came from China,
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      • 151 34 BEIJING: Pressure from a dam, its reservoir's heavy waters weighing on geologic fault lines, may have helped trigger the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan last May, some scientists say, in a finding that suggests human activity played a role in the disaster. Just 550 m from the fault
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      • SLICE OF LIFE
        • 110 34 SEOUL: A South Korean grandmother, 68, is showing true spirit and determination, vowing to retake her driving test after failing it a record 771 times. Identified only as Cha, the woman has taken the test almost every working day since 2005 in the
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 101 24 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm respect you for this act." MOST-READ ONLINE WWW.Stomp.COm.Sg Bansan Nasional recaptures Perak. SINGAPORE SEEN MOST COMMENTED See h°W °ne k°ala beat the MU6I UUMMtmtu Australian heatwave. Beijing blasts man who threw shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Says ST ON
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    • 794 36  -  Tessa Wong Nearly half of all tenants take action, saying not enough done to help them following Dec 23 glitch By Sujin Thomas A GROUP of tenants at the Singapore Flyer has decided to demand compensation from the attraction's management over the incident on Dec
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    • 535 37  -  Lim Wei Chean Robinsons' no-GST plan among many carrots dangled by stores, malls By RETAILERS are pulling out all the stops in a bid to draw shoppers, offering special discounts and other deals to get people to spend. The latest to offer goodies is department store
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    • 361 37  -  LIM WEI CHEAN BY THE end of tonight, one or a few lucky punters will walk away with at least $10 million, the prize at stake in this year's Toto Hong Bao Draw. As of last night, that was the prize amount, but it
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    • 261 39 A RAG-AND-BONE man charged in court on Wednesday with threatening to hurt Jalan Besar GRC Member of Parliament Denise Phua was wrong in saying that he had not received any help for a year. Setting the record straight, Ms Phua said
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    • 439 39  -  Khushwant Singh DNA evidence shows the accused had sex with her before she died By THE trial of a murdered maid in a tragic love triangle began yesterday at the High Court. Ms Yulia Afriyanti, is alleged to have died at the hands of
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    • 455 41  -  Maria Almenoar Retail-transport hub for Boon Lay, two new MRT stations after that By TRANSPORT-WISE, things are looking up for residents in the western suburb of Boon Lay. By the end of this month, the Boon Lay MRT station will no longer be the
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      • 81 41 THE Chief of Staff of the Philippine Armed Forces called on Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean at the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday morning. General Alexander Yano, who also called on the Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Desmond Kuek, is on a three-day introductory visit, which
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      • 146 41 THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has sent a 107-member team to Chiang Mai, Thailand, for a joint exercise with the Royal Thai Armed Forces, the United States Pacific Command, the Japanese Self-Defence Force and the Indonesian National Defence Forces. The exercise, named Exercise Cobra Gold,
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      • 109 41 THE second up-ramp to the temporary vehicular viaduct along Cross Street opens for use today. The ramp is along Raffles Quay, beside Hong Leong Building. The other access ramp is at Central Boulevard. There will be no change to the surface-level roads at Raffles Quay
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    • 352 43  -  Judith Tan Less rainfall than normal is expected this month, following an unusually dry January By THE dry run looks set to continue. The shower on Wednesday and the sprinkles yesterday may have been a welcome break from the recent heat and dryness, but weather-watchers
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    • 528 44  -  Serene Luo Sing Tel lands exclusive deal for HTC Dream following its iPhone coup By LESS than a year after iPhone madness gripped Singapore, Google's own handset is set to shake up the mobile phone market. The much touted Google phone, also
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    • 316 45  -  Jessica Lim Watchdog accuses it of unfair trading practices after several complaints By THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has taken legal action via an injunction against a timeshare company for un- fair trading practices. Yesterday, the consumer watchdog said at least 19
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    • 209 45 THE staff of the Singapore Press Holdings' Chinese Newspapers Division (CND) got together yesterday to mark the Chinese New Year. A to hei or tossing of raw fish salad for good luck and prosperity was led by SPH chairman Tony Tan, chief executive officer Alan
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    • 215 45  -  Elena Chong By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A MAN who ran a red light and crashed into a taxi, resulting in the death of his friend, was jailed for 15 months and banned from driving for eight years yesterday. Goh Khang Wei, 26,
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      • 511 47  -  Jeremy Au Yong It boosts confidence and lets Govt respond boldly to crisis, says Tharman ByJ THE Government could have funded its big bang Budget measures using its current savings and without dipping into the reserves. But doing this would be "unwise" and even
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      • 678 47  -  Fiona Chan By LOWERING the goods and services tax (GST) is not a viable way to spur demand in the economy, said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. In his Budget round-up speech to Parliament, he rebuffed calls from MPs for a 2
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      • 424 47  -  JEREMY AU YONG THE salary estimates for political office-holders in the Budget Book are not up to date. This is why they do not square with those given late last month by Mr Teo Chee Hean, the Minister in charge of the civil service. Finance
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      • 2853 47 Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam replied to MPs' questions on Budget 2009 yesterday. This is an edited extract from his reply: Right-sizing the Budget THERE is a consensus internationally that fiscal responses have to be much larger than normal, and must also be focused on speedy implementation so
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      • 531 48  -  Lee Siew Hua Discretionary aid better in getting jobless people back to work: Tharman By THE best way to help a jobless person get back on his feet is a "discretionary" approach, with room for him to make personal effort to find work. This is
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      • 922 48  -  Chua Mui Hoong FROM THE GALLERY By SENIOR WRITER MR THARMAN Shanmugaratnam would have made an excellent university lecturer. He stepped up to the lectern yesterday with a spring in his step to respond to the 53 MPs who had spoken on Budget
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      • 708 49  -  Zakir Hussain But regional security agencies cooperating to defuse threat, he adds By NEW Jemaah Islamiah (JI) operatives and cells continue to sprout in the region and need to be identified early and disrupted, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said yesterday. He
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      • 430 49  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN SINGAPORE'S maritime agencies are using advanced technology to detect intrusions, but it is not realistic to expect a zero incursion rate, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng told Parliament yesterday. "Zero intrusions can only be achieved if we impose a complete
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      • 385 49  -  Selina Lum By THE British are considering a novel law to curb prostitution by making it a crime for a man to pay for sex with a prostitute who is working under a pimp. MP Christopher de Souza (Hol-land-Bukit Timah GRC) asked in Parliament yesterday
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      • 178 49  -  SELINA LUM POLICE arrested 505 loan sharks and crippled nine money-lending syndicates last year, even as harassment incidents from such sources surged in the last few months of the year. Comparing this to the year before, in which 390 arrests were made
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      • 606 49  -  Aaron Low By SECOND Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam yesterday rapped Nominated MP Siew Kum Hong for suggesting the police were being used for political purposes. He said the high level of trust between the police and the people is
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      • 360 49  -  Ben Nadarajan By PUBLIC resources must be used responsibly and Second Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam has reminded people that the police should not be seen as a free resource to deal with any complaint "just because it is convenient to call them
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    • homem budget debate: pmo
      • 600 50  -  Li Xueying Planned council signals major push to bridge the local-foreign divide By IN AN acknowledgement that more needs to be done to integrate new immigrants, a National Integration Council (NIC) is to be set up. To be chaired by Community Development, Youth and Sports
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      • 597 50  -  Kor Kian Beng By AID FOR SENIORS AND CAREGIVERS The Government will spend $18 million over the next five years to build six new day-care centres and 22 seniors activity centres. Training and support programmes for caregivers will be expanded. The Government
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      • 660 50  -  LI XUEYING AN INCREASING number of civil servants who hit retirement age are being re-employed. Last year, two-thirds, or 189, of those reaching 62 were offered re-employment. This is up from 103 (57 per cent) in 2007, and 96 (53 per cent) in 2006.
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
    • 309 51 Everton 1 Liverpool 0 (after extra time, full-time 0-0) LONDON: Dan Gosling, whose extra-time winner knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup on Wednesday, is more than just Everton's newest hero. The 19-year-old has a knack for telling the future. "All week, I had
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      1062 51 "Steven was tired, and he gets injured. He was tired, too, at Wigan but when I took him off there, everyone was saying he had to play every single minute of every match. "Now, you have seen the consequences. He asked to be taken off, you could
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    • 720 52  -  Leonard Lim SAA wants new blood, says coach doesn't meet its minimum standards By "I'm just doing my job." TANG NGAI KIN, a five-time SEA Games silver medallist in decathlon, sprint and relay events, on his appointment as the new coach of the women's team THE
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    • 680 52  -  May Chen By What's wrestling Each match comprises three two-minute periods Pinning your opponent's shoulder blades to the mat for a full second results in an automatic win If no pins are achieved, points are awarded for performing trips and throws Points are totalled up
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    • 201 52 SINGAPORE opened their Under-17 campaign in the Asian Cricket Council Elite tournament in Kathmandu on a losing note. They went down by seven wickets to Hong Kong on Wednesday. The Republic elected to bat and despite contributions from skipper Timothy Singham (28) and deputy
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    • 417 52  -  Daniel Wong May Chen By HENG Su-Ann would have been happy just cheering on her good friend Tseng Ya-ni from the sidelines at next month's HSBC Women's Champions tournament. But Su-Ann may well be able to go one better and join world No. 2 Tseng alongside
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    • Article, Illustration
      1047 53 Phelps admits marijuana incident is foolish, after his drink-driving saga PHELPS IN HIS OWN WORDS "If I decide to walk away, I'll decide to walk away on my own terms. If it's now, if it's four years, who knows." On whether he will compete at the 2012
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 63 53 SYDNEY: Former Liverpool and England striker Robbie Fowler has signed a two-year deal with new Australian A-League side North Queensland Fury, the football club said on Wednesday. The 33-year-old forward, whose goal-scoring exploits once saw him idolised on the red half of Merseyside,
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      • 52 53 COLOMBO: Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has broken the world record for most wickets in one-day international cricket. Muralitharan, 36, took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir during the fourth one-day international against India yesterday to surpass the 502 wickets of former Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram.
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      • 66 53 NEW YORK: Barry Bonds (above) tested positive for anabolic steroids three times in the months before the 2001 baseball season, when he hit a record-breaking 73 home runs, according to documents released on Wednesday. The US government has charged Bonds, 44, with lying to a federal
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    • 405 54 KINGSTON: There was every side of Kevin Pietersen in his innings of 97 on the first day of the first cricket Test against the West Indies at Sabina Park on Wednesday. There was talent and desire, there was application, skill and patience, and,
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    • 427 54 BECKS MILAN PLEA "I knew I would enjoy my time at Milan but I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I have." DAVID BECKHAM, hoping to stay on at AC Milan England midfielder wants to make move to Italian club permanent GLASGOW: David Beckham has finally made it
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    • 241 54 LONDON: Micah Richards, the Manchester City and England football defender, has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a teenager outside a nightclub. Richards, 20, was interviewed on Wednesday by police investigating an incident in which an 18-year-old was assaulted in the Manchester suburb of
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    • 332 54 LONDON: In a dramatic move, Formula One's ruling body wants to cut team budgets to €50 million (Ss97 million) about what the last-ranked team Minardi spent in 2001 as the sport continues to reel from the global economic crisis. The International Automobile
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      392 54 Basketball NBA Orlando 125 LA Clippers 96, LA Lakers 115 Toronto 107, New Jersey 115 Washington 88, Detroit 93 Miami 90, Cleveland 107 NY Knicks 102, Memphis 104 Houston 93, Atlanta 94 Minnesota 86, Chicago 107 New Orleans 93, Denver 114 Oklahoma City 113, Dallas 104 Portland 99, Golden
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    • 352 55 "I don't go out there for the numbers, I just play my game." LEBRON JAMES James posts rare triple-double in 50pt game after Bryant's 61 Cleveland Cavaliers 107 New York Knicks 102 NEW YORK: There is a duel going on between the National Basketball Association's current and future
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    • 210 55 Los Angeles Lakers v Boston Celtics Live, Ch24, 9am BOSTON: Phil Jackson does not need any reminders of the last time the Los Angeles Lakers visited Boston, when they fell under a shower of three-point-ers and confetti as the Celtics clinched a record 17th National Basketball
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    • 661 54 Today Basketball f|r NBA: LA Lakers v Boston (Live, Ch24, 9am). fe^ Football Pre-season friendlies: Balestier v Geylang (Toa Payoh), Sengkang v Albirex (Hougang) spm. Rfc"^l German Bundesliga: Bielefeld v Berlin (Live, Ch27, ■fc -^1 Saturday, 3.25am). j^_ Buick Invitational: Day 2 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, Bfc.^B Tennis -v RSA C'ships
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  • OBITUARIES
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      175 55 Olp "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 »v; Frederick Lum Mun Wai Age: 85 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 February 2009 Dearly missed and fondly
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      76 55 We, the family of the late MR BILL SEAH MONG HEE wish to express our grateful thanks to all our friends, relatives and business associates for their kind words of encouragement and support and their presence during our recent bereavement. We wish to thank especially Dr Rosslyn Leong Sou Fong,
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      47 55 J£ In Loving Memory of At GURMUKH SINGH I S/OIAGAT SINGH I Departed: 6/2/1988 We cannot forget you I Our loved one so dear; I I Your memory grows I Sweeter year after year. Sadly missed by Wife: Joginder, Sons:Balbir&T.J., Daughters, Sons-in-law, Daughters-in-law and j^ Grandchildren i
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      48 55 We, the family of the late ROGER TNG CHIN GUAN Departed 31 Jan 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations, wreaths and standing by with us with prayers during our recent bereavement.
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      64 55 Nothing is mine within Me what-ever there is, that is thine, OLord (Kabirji SGGS 4539) In Loving Memory 1 Oth Anniversary Ist Anniversary SARDAR LALL SARDARNI JASMAIL SINGH GILL KAUR GILL 3ath da Bhog will be held on 8 Feb 2009 (Sunday) from 9am 11am at Khalsa Dharmak Sabha, Nlven
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      67 55 In Loving Memory Ang Swee Heng Loh Ah Lim Departed 6/2/08 Departed 21/10/75 Fondly remembered by children and grandchildren SAFELY HOME We are home in Heaven, dear ones; Oh, so happy and so bright! There is perfect joy and beauty In this everlasting light. All the pain and grief is
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      96 55 LIM ROSIE AGE 78 passed away peacefully on 4 February 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Husband Lim Kirn Seng Henry Son: Daughter-in-law: Lim Chye Hock Terence Ng Swee Heok Monica Daughters: Son-in-law: Lim Chye Neo Emily Lee Hai Eng Robin Lim Chye Geok Violet Grandson: Granddaughters: Lim JunHao Stephen Lim
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      143 55 "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8 Simon Lee Han Kiang Age: 63 Was called home to be with the Lord on 5 February 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Sally Soon Chin
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      97 55 HOWE TEOW HOCK Age: 67 passed away peacefully on 3 February 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Goh Kwee Choo Son: Daughter-in-law: Kevin Howe Wei Vivian Wong Yu Lai Daughters: Sons-in-law: Shirley Howe Joo Kee Andrew J. L. Pegg Serene Howe Joo-Li Christopher Ng Thong Lian
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      38 55 SIXTH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory SOH SIU LIAN Departed on 6 February 2003 "Withoutyou, there would be no us' Fond memories fill our thoughts everyday. k Always remembered by your sons, Philip and Andy, Doreen, family and friends.
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      52 55 Wg& lstAnnlversary *3?J. p In Loving Memory Of t> ARUNASALAM PADMANATHAN Departed: 6 February 2008 Dearly missed and will always be remembered by, WfaEndera Son: Nanda Kumar Daughter: Mala Dcvi grandchildren, family and friends "Ever has it been that love knows not its S3? own depth until the hour of
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      287 56 A CELEBRATION OF LIFE "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:6 TO WAT MAN is now by the side of the Lord, since 4th February, 2009 She lived a full and
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      86 56 V /"<: >"% v With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Managing Directors Mr Jimmy Woo Poh Leong Mr Woo Boon Leong and their families On the demise of their beloved father WOO CHWEE PENG Departed on 4 February 2009 From: The Management Staff of Chia Hin Building Plumbing
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      174 56 am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 KOH KWEE KEE Age: 85 Was called home to be with the Lord on 5 February 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered
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      59 56 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MR ERIC TAN YEU HOCK on the demise of his mother MDM HO ENG CHYE on 4 February 2009 From The Management Staff of Hoshe Fibre-Glass Works Wake is held at Blk 260, Yishun St. 22 (Void Deck). Cortege will leave on 8 February
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      46 56 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory of Mr. P. Thomas Abraham Departed on 6/2/03 Pappa, your presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You were the kind of father, Your loved ones will never forget. Always cherished by Your Wife, Daughters, Sons-in-law Grandchildren
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      79 56 THALAITHEVASAM if it_ifW 1% I T. K. KRISHNAMUKTHIKAALINGARAAYAR Departed on 22.12.07 Not a day goes by without thinking of you. Your absence brings great pain. Your love remains with us, we miss you. Prayers will be held on 07.02.09 (Saturday) at 9.30 am at our residence, Blk3 Everton Park#lo-77. Fondly
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      71 56 HE JM NAGAN SEEMAMMAL Age: 77 passed away peacefully on 05/02/2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife of the late Micheal Savrimuthu) Sons: Daughter-in-law: (Meyallaggan, deceased) Tamilchelvan Silas Puspha Daughters: Sons-in-law: Amberasi Ganesan Kalleimani Mani Rethna Kumari (Silvarajoo, deceased) Nesamani Suppiah Piackia Rani Gunasegaran Grandchildren, great grandchildren,
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      56 56 Ist Anniversary HARJIT SINGH S/O SERBAN SINGH (Grandson of late Narain Singh) Village: Korewal Age: 40 passed away peacefully on 17 Feb 2008 Dearly missed fondly remembered by loved ones. Paath Da Bhog will be held on 7 Feb 2009 (Sat) 3-spm at Khalsa Dharmak Sabha, 18 Niven Rd. Please
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      70 56 The Family of the Late JL SINNAPPAN VINCENT Departed 30 Dec 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to PREMIER SECURITY staff, relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, support and contributions during their recent bereavement. 40th day prayers will be held on 7 Feb
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
    • 762 61  -  Joyce Teo No dearth of recruits though; housewives and those fearful of losing jobs queueing up By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT THOUSANDS of property agents have fled the industry over the past year amid the real estate slump but the tight job market here has forced
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    • 661 59 With interest rates approaching zero, analysts said the central bank may soon have to start boosting the money supply in order to get demand going again. Move comes as ECB freezes rates ahead of likely cut next month LONDON: The Bank of England
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      • 95 59 HONG KONG: Hong Kong's 40 richest men have lost over half their combined wealth in the global economic meltdown, but kingpin Li Ka-shing still holds the top spot. Mr Li saw almost half his wealth whittled away to leave him with US$l6.2 billion (5524.4 billion),
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      • 61 59 GENEVA: Swiss Reinsurance Company, the world's second-biggest reinsurer, plans to raise 3 billion Swiss francs (553.9 billion) from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc to shore up capital depleted by record losses. The investment may give Berkshire a stake of more than 20 per cent
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      • 65 59 FRANKFURT: The biggest German bank, Deutsche Bank, yesterday posted its first annual loss since World War 11, owing to a catastrophic fourth quarter. The bank said it made a net loss of €3.9 billion (557.5 billion) last year, a figure that reached €4.8 billion in the
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      • 96 59 HONG KONG: A "second wave" in the global financial crisis is coming as losses among banks and securities firms at the end of last year surpassed estimates, said Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) chief executive officer Joseph Yam. "The latest situation in the developed markets calls
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    • 470 60  -  Ananya Roy By THE Rolls-Royce company is moving the global headquarters of its marine business from London to Singapore, it announced yesterday. The move cements Singapore's position as the marine equipment maker's strategic base in the Asia-Pacific region. Last year, Rolls-Royce set up
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    • 492 60  -  Francis Chan By THE world may be in recession but individuals and businesses here have reasons to remain confident about the future, according to the Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr Lee Vi Shyan. Mr Lee told an award
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    • 303 60  -  Michelle Tay By WITH banks getting increasingly tight-fisted with loans in the economic downturn, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) has come up with a plan of its own to facilitate lending to companies which need funds. It involves getting member businesses of the SBF
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    • 658 60  -  Gabriel Chen Premiums for new policies dive 64% in last quarter to $lb By BUYING a new life insurance policy has been crossed off many people's shopping list amid the grim economic times. New figures show that premiums for new policies plunged by
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    • money markets
      • 492 57  -  Lee Su Shyan BULLS AND BEARS Among key falls, UOB tumbles to its lowest level since June 2003 By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR SINGAPORE'S stock market was wobbly yesterday but it still managed to fare a little better than some other regional markets
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      • 425 57  -  Yang Huiwen By A MORE affordable exchange traded fund (ETF) tracking the performance of the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) will be launched later this month. It will be the second such fund to solely track the STI after the street Tracks Straits Times
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          108 57 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 889.8 million shares worth $872.8 million UP DOWN Gainers: 131 Losers: 227 Unchanged: 876 Mid Cap 345.61 T -3.16 Basic materials 214.79 T -5.34 Utilities 283.46 T -4.85 Small Cap 279.68 T -3.07 Industrials 354.83 3.72 Financials 403.00 T -4.65 All Share 408.15 T -1.41 Consumer
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        • 218 57 Yesterday's close: 7,949.65 (-89.29) »Japanese snares closed down 1.1 per cent, tracking overnight falls on Wall Street as markets digested fresh signs of trouble in the United States economy. Yesterday's close: 879.95 (+3.15) Malaysian share prices rose 0.4 per cent, as investors bought into selected blue chips. Trading volume
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 389 57 GLD10US$ 8929 189.9 OUE 1050 115.0 IMH 1984 84.4 Lyxor China H 10US$ 974 51.3 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 9670 20.0 Great Eastern 820 15.0 DCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .9072 12.0 SPC 263 11.0 Keppel Corp 417 10.0 SembCorp Ind 225 8.0 Lyxor Asia 10USS 234 7.5
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        • 448 57 7o JOB BNP ePW*****8 65 JOB BNP ePW*****7 64 !TI 2200BNPePW*****6 ...61.5 >TI 1850 DBePW*****1 50 <obleGrpMBLeCW*****2 30 >TI 1750 DBePW*****4 43.5 JOB DBePW*****0 43 tsiatravel W*****7 4 :apitalanMBLePW***** 31 ;oscoCorpBNPeCW***** 5 )BS DB eCW*****3 6 )BS DB ePW*****0 13 tepCorp MBLeCW*****4 20 !TI 2000BNPePW*****0 42 ;oscoCorpDBeCW*****2
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        • 181 57 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume CENTS Vol iDlden Agri ;osco Corp ;hart SemiCond JtraitsAsia fongnam ;hina Hongxing iapitaLand 1oble Grp IBSGrp JembMar IBS DB eCW*****3 SingTel ;oscoCorpMBLeCW*****4... (lercator 10L 30 83.5 24 88.5 7.5 18.5 238 Ill 867 149 11.5 252 13.5 15 122
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        • 104 57 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Feb 5 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9610 0.9920 Can dollar 1.2180 1.2330 Euro 1.9300 1.9520 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4164 0.4173 NZ dollar 0.7640 0.7810 Sterling pound 2.1720 2.1970 US dollar 1.5020 1.5190 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        • 366 57 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 718 375 1280 478 1792.9 504 67.5 123 501 3580 2180 1250 635 I. 270 319 965 438 464 372 518 473 i,,-. 314 2170 571 228 5606 CapitaLand 138 5417 CapitaMall 513 5611
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        • 622 57 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 134 272 157 234 243 420 98 75 164 198 199 190 365 314 177 81 449 398 765 336 372 317 170 565 87 222 238 95 108.3 36.5 327.1 124 138.5
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      • 840 58  -  Goh Eng Yeow NEWS ANALYSIS No more soap opera please: Derailing buyout offer now will send its shares into free-fall By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT INVESTORS could be forgiven for wondering about the almost schizophrenic reactions kicked up here and in Hong Kong over
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      • 391 58  -  Karamjit Kaur By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT GROUND-HANDLING and catering company Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) suffered a 25.4 per cent slump in net profits to $37.6 million in the third quarter. This came even though revenue generated by the Singapore Airlines (SIA) unit in
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      • 262 58 RAFFLES Education Corp has posted dazzling second-quarter profits and sees more growth ahead as it looks to set up more colleges in the region. The firm said yesterday that net profits for the three months ended Dec 31 shot up 66 per cent to $27
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      • 1311 63  -  jasmine teo Despite some technical glitches, people here are tuning in to video-on-demand (VOD) 'It was more worth it than going to the cinemas and paying for a movie ticket' Ms Denise Tan, 28, an events director who paid just $6 to watch The Incredible Hulk with
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      • 454 64 MOVIES Star Hub Demand TV What: A selection of some 20 films including a mix of blockbusters (2008's Hancock) and B-grade titles (The Fog, 2005, and The Last Day Of Summer, 2007). Also on offer is a range of Malay and Bollywood titles such as Cinta
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      • 372 64  -  boon chan media correspondent Imagine a giant scorpion lunging at you in 3-D glory from the big screen. This is the premise behind Amphibious, in which a village comes under attack from the monstrous creature. The 3-D horror flick will be directed by Philippines-born film-maker
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      • 651 65  -  foong woei wan Have a taste of bland Japanese drama, sweet Taiwanese infotainment or tasty HK fare telemad FLOWER SHOP WITHOUT ROSES Star Hub Channel 56, Saturdays, 9pm SUPER MATCH Channel U, Fridays, 11.30pm WASABI MON AMOUR Star Hub Channel 55, Weekdays, 9pm SUPER IDOL 2 mio
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        224 65  -  Jocelyn Lee What's on TV that gets you talking... SPREAD THE LOVE Two romantic movies will get you in a lovey-dovey mood for Valentine's Day. The Heartbreak Kid What: A single, indecisive man, Eddie (Ben Stiller, right), marries a woman, Lila (Malm Akerman, far right), who he thinks
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      • 143 65 Musicians' dressing adds to their allure and rocks the fashion world too. Just think of today's trendsetter, dance diva Lady GaGa and yesteryear's icon, Madonna, who blazed the trail for the innerwear-as-outer-wear look in the 1980s. There is no doubt that melody makers pack a fashion punch. Ahead
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        1053 67  -  yeow kai chai Antony And The Johnsons see the Light beyond gender issues to write about Earth, life and death sound bites 'I shot this film for 3V2 years am earned only two meals a day. Fot example, the daily lunch box and perhaps in the evening, two
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        • 394 68 FALL IN LOVE SONGS DON'T SHED ANY TEARS FOR HIM Fish Leong Rock CAPE NO. 7 SOUNDTRACK PIANO SOLO Fred Lv Timeless Wave/Sony PIANO I Toß+ Sony "W" T "T" ith Valenjk I tine's Day lurking around the corner next Saturday, in fact you are forgiven for
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        • 183 68 CHINESE PIANO FAVOURITES Jie Chen, Piano Naxos 8.*****2 This album of Chinese piano classics is emphatically not a poor person's version of Lang Lang's Dragon Songs. Although there are a few works common to both such as Silver Clouds Chasing The Moon and Autumn Moon Over The Calm
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      • 486 68  -  tara tan Huayi Festival review theater TEARS OF BARREN HILL Zuni Icosahedron/Danny Yung Experimental Theatre Esplanade Theatre Studio, Wednesday On a stage with two chairs, four performers and six wooden platforms, Hong Kong theatre director Danny Yung unravelled a deeply philosophical piece on cross-cultural
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      509 71 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (PG) Brad Pitt/Cate Blanchett/166 minutes/ Trust contrarian director David Fincher to take an odd bauble of a short story from American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and turn it into an extended meditation on the ephemeral nature of life and experience. Benjamin Button
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        448 73  -  noelle loh LO-FI REINVENTED Who: Al Doyle of Hot Chip Where: Home Club, 20 Upper Circular Rd, 81-01/06, The Riverwalk When: Tomorrow, 10pm Tickets: $30 pre-sale and $35 at the door. Both include one drink. Winning a Grammy Award may be the highest accolade to many in the
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      • 121 73 New York Actor Jude Law got in touch with his in-ner-woman in a movie that is competing at the International Berlin Film Festival, which began yesterday. He wore a black wig and heavy make-up (right) for his role as transvestite supermodel Minx in Rage, directed by
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        297 73 GOODY'S CANCER SPREADS Doctors have told Jade Goody, who sparked a racism row with Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, that despite chemotherapy, her cervical cancer has spread to her bowel, liver and groin, The Sun reported. Last September, Goody, 27, underwent surgery after pulling out of an Indian TV show
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        350 117 Is it just me, darlings, or is the Year of the Ox shaping up to have quite a touch of mad cow about it? Let's review, shall we? The latest Farm Wong-Christopher Lee movie, The Wedding Game, features cameos and bit parts starring everybody from media honchos to
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      672 119 Have a problem with the way you look? Don't sweat it. E-mail your queries to Hong Xinyi at sturban@sph.com.sg QI have wavy hair and people have been encouraging me to keep it long. However, I tend to experience greater hair loss when I have long hair. Why is
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      • 502 125 Here is a little-known fashion nugget about jazz chanteuse Claressa Monteiro: her older sister Sheila, now 46, was a house model for Dior in Malaysia for 10 years in the 1980s. Far from feeling second-rate in the style stakes though, the 39-year-old singer the youngest of three
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      1032 126 From bouffant beehives to geeky glasses, some of fashion's biggest trends were started by musicians. NOELLE LOH looks at eight of them BODACIOUS BODYSUITS Today's trendsetter: Dance diva Lady GaGa (left), 22 is Since bursting onto the BHpB scene with her debut jILjF album The Fame last ■pt\
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        133 129 One of the best things about writing this column is exchanging food tips with readers. So after receiving an e-mail message from reader Michelle about Sun Moulin's new banana bread, I hightailed over to the bakery to get some. I was not disappointed: The muffins had a tender
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        127 129 I am not knocking Ricola or Halls or Smint or any of the other producers of breath mints. Heck, I have one or two of their products in my bag at all times. However, things may change now that I've found Marks Spencer's fruity drops. It is
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