The New Paper, 24 December 2008

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    14 1 the new paper Singapore Press Holdings 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008 8 *****1 *****1
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      Lock icon Stuck on world's tallest wheel
      1298 2  -  173 people stranded for up to 7 hours after Singapore Flyer stops spinning REPORT: BELLE CHARLENE KWAN belkwanOsph.com .sg ONE mother took leave specially to take her children on the Singapore flyer. The family were looking forward to the joy ride since they bought the
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      Lock icon She had to use son's diapers
      499 4  -  Pregnant housewife stuck for almost seven hours on stalled Singapore Flyer REPORT: TEN JEN LEE jenieeOsph.com.sg IT was her first time on the Singapore Flyer and she says it will be her last Madam Yohana Husin, 32, who is six months' pregnant, went up
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      48 3 FLYER STATS V I V a 12 *"r rx ,1*. PfifT' $240m Cost of building the Singapore Flyer 165m Height of the Singapore Flyer from the ground 150m Diameter of the wheel 28 Number of capsules 28 Maximum number of passengers per capsule 30min Duration of one ride
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      Lock icon A medical tree of hope
      907 6  -  REPORT: AMANDA YONG HHr ayongQsph.com.sg WITHIN the grey concrete walls of Changi Prison, in the midst of hundreds of tainted souls serving Hpr time behind dull steel bars, lives a family in a humble four-room home that, in Chnstmases past, would be filled with love,
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      Lock icon Countdown dance party cancelled
      415 7  -  REPORT: TEH JEN LEE jenleeOsph.com.sg WHAT was billed as the hottest and biggest dance party of the year has been called off. Party@The Float, which was supposed to start at midnight on New Year's Day on the Marina Bay floating platform, will not be taking place
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    57 8 A couple was spotted selling potted plants illegally at the void deck of Blk 745 in Yishun. When approached by reporters from Shin Mm Daily News, the man, 81, and his wife, in her 70s, said that they are doing this for some pocket money to buy
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    351 8 Local Inflation down again, thanks to lower oil prices INFLATION in Singapore eased for the second straight month, as lower oil prices cut transport costs. The consumer price index last month increased 5.5 per cent from a year earlier after gaining 6.4 per cent in October, figures released
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    Lock icon S'pore fast becoming R&D hotspot
    254 8 R&D SPENDING HITS RECORD HIGH THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A'STAR) said overall expenditure on R&D hit $6.3 billion in 2007. This is up by more than 25 per cent from $5 billion in 2006. And this put its contribution at a record
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      71 8 CALVIN AND HOBBES BILL WATTERSON README IOU, I DOKT WANT I HO, I VOWT CHDN, OIVIM, 9EN> »T YML R*KT, IjOOU ttiTHE Y LOOK, SINGAPORE 'HM*STtR TOROOTWT 10 WEAR INE REM) TUIS ACMN. jML RIGHT. J fcUENfI W£S, CAH\ H\lty AND NSMN. lETS REN) "WHSIER X THOUSAND PV£AS£» TUEGOOSM 9&9
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      Lock icon Complaints soar as more people take to low-cost flying
      993 9  -  REPORT: DESMOND NG <JesmondnOsph.com.sg ARE passengers expecting too much from budget airlines? Or have their services been found wanting this year? The number of complaints filed with the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) against budget airlines has more than doubled. There
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      Lock icon Complaints in the news this month
      227 10 5 DEC Tiger Airways customer Henry Ong tried unsuccessfully to contact the company about changes to his flight to Thailand, according to the ST Forum on 5 Dec. The general line on the website was constantly engaged. After about 20 calls over three days,
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      Lock icon But I love flying budget
      423 10  -  COMMENT SMURALI muralis@8ph.coni.sg IS it cool to say you love budget airlines? No? Well, then brand me uncool and stash me in a closet, for I must confess that I have a crush on the Tigers and Lions of the air. Why? Because they are
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      Lock icon Crabs put S'pore on map
      801 11  -  NUS scientists'photos of6oocrab species found in Vanuatu get published on National Geographic website REPORT: NG TZE YONG tayongOsph.com.sg THE National Geographic Society has published a series of stunning photographs taken by Singaporean scientists working on a remote South Pacific island. Shot during a 2006 expedition
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      Lock icon OTHER CRAB SPECIES FOUND
      161 11 LYBIA TESSELLATA (BOXING CRAB) This feisty little fellow likes to carry live sea anemones in its claws, using them as weapons when threatened. Little wonder it's also known as the pom-pom crab rV,>' *> v PSEUDOMECIPPE (FUSE VELCRO CRAB) This smart aleck knows how to attach
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      Lock icon Super treats just for you
      285 12 WANT super treats you can't get anywhere else this Christmas season? We don't publish tomorrow (25 Dec), but be sure to pick up a copy of The New Paper this Boxing Day (26 Dec). Be one of the first 5,000 to buy The New Paper
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      Lock icon Fido goes for physio
      682 13  -  Physiotherapy may soon be the thing for sick or recovering dogs here REPORT: TEH JEN LEE IF people can benefit from it, well, why not dogs? So here's someone offering physiotherapy for pets. Ms Zoe Gan, 29, who specialises in animal massage therapy, treats dogs with
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    372 14 Global AFP. Xinhua. US, British economies shrink THE US economy shrank by 0.5 per cent in the third quarter, official data showed on Tuesday. The abrupt contraction of gross domestic product (GDP) in the world's largest economy was seen by analysts as marking the start of a steep
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    Lock icon 4,700 to be retrenched in next 3 months
    226 14 M'SIAN ECONOMY WORSENS Reuters. MALAYSIA has banked on strong Asian and domestic demand to shore up its economy, but a deepening global slowdown is triggering doubts about how well it will weather the US-led economic crisis. About 4,750 workers will be retrenched
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      Lock icon Aids man kept in chicken coop by mum
      744 15 M'sian's ordeal highlights plight ofHlVpatients WHEN a loved one tells you he has the Aids virus, what would you do? Throw him in a chicken coop and lock the door? As shocking as that sounds, that is what happened to Hisham (not
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      593 16 Going to Thailand for a holiday? FAKE 1,000 baht notes are becoming so rampant that more traders are refusing to accept diem Police said there is an increase in fake currency in circulation, especially the 1,000 baht ($42) denomination, while television shows have been showing
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      487 17 Toddler suffers liver intestine damage, broken bone WHEN his dad turned violent, Little Feng, who's barely 3, shielded his pregnant mum and bore the brunt of his dad's anger. The father, a 24-year-old man surnamed Lu, didn't just stop after kicking his
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      Lock icon Dicing with death onthe railway
      430 18 SURVIVING AGAINST THE ODDS Life in Philippines and China is tough if you are poor or disabled, but through grit and determination, people make a living AP. THE illegal trolley ride along Manila's railway is dangerous. But it has an irresistible draw amid hard times:
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      518 19 AFP. XI Fu, 30, was dropped by a nurse shortly after birth, causing him to have trouble walking as well as problems with his hands. He went to school for three years before being forced to drop out because the school found it too
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      24 20 FROM READER WEN Jit JUST LIKE HOME: A passenger on bus service no 143 makes himself comfortable while making other passengers uncomfortable. i
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      116 20 1 2 3 FORMER labour chief Um Boon Heng has said that reducing CPF contributions is not justified for now. He pointed out that the wage structure in Singapore has become more flexible, so a CPF rate cut should be the last resort inadowntum.
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      Lock icon Booked cab but had to wait nearly an hour
      521 20 FROM READER DENSE CHEE Why didn 't taxi company allocate another cab earlier? AROUND 3pm on 30 Nov, I was at Expo, waiting to get a cab home. The queue at the taxi stand at Foyer 2 was very long, so
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      73 21 As MRT trains get more crowded, how can we persuade more commuters to give up their seats to those who need them more? "Perhaps SMRTcould make routine announcements on the train to remind commuters to give up their seats to those who need them more. I think we should
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      74 21 Reactions to Ronald Susilo's > plans to retire by 2010 "Come on Ronald, give your best shot. You have at least a few more good years left in you. All the best. a Eagle2oo4alias_Lesßleus "Frankly speaking, he hasn't done great for Singapore at all. Just a few
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    Lock icon It's so hard to seduce my husband!
    1081 22  -  Pan Ling Ling and hubby Huang Shinan get intimate on screen but it's not easy, they say REPORT CHARLENE CHUA BEING a married couple doesn't make it easier to film intimate scenes. If anything, it makes it "a challenge", said MediaCorp actress Pan
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      43 22 24 Dec 2006 THE NEW PAPER 24 Show 1 < gm-n ttl< m f Hi I "il "IK#: 1:1 i in U vl&M T ix tm iis -is US ?-x* SELF-INDULGENT Movie's epic, but it seems to go on forewr^_ PAGE 27 a i»
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    594 23  -  Nancy Sit puts her woes behind her REPORTING FROM HONG KONG BENSON ANG bangOspti.com.sg BENEATH Nancy Sit's warm, £riendly smile lies the steel of a true survivor. The 58-year-old is upfront about her facade: "You can't tell, because I look so spirited and beautiful, right? Actually,
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    Lock icon Not so awesome Australia
    688 24 Our 51m critics take a Mars vs Venus look at the week's most talked-about title at the local cineplex Show Movie Date LIKE: Though I can't say the same about the script or pacing, technically, Australia is a top film. There's a real grandeur to it,
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      Lock icon Get into The Spirit
      188 25 Want to know what to watch at a glance? We '11 do the work for you. Our rating round-up tells you which new movies this week are worth paying for and which are not THE SPIRIT STARS: Samuel L Jackson, Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes
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      Lock icon Phooey, Zooey!
      330 26  -  REPORT: JEANMARIE TAN jeanmOsphxomsg WHEN one thinks of Zooey Deschanel, her quirky comic timing and even kookier signature vintage style come to mind The 28-year-old actress-who's considered the indie man's sex symbol is an unbashed clotheshorse who goes shopping every week and always turns up in some- thing
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  • Sports Racing
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      Lock icon Jolie's Shinju laps it up
      456 35 WILLIAM LOWS GUIDE TO KRANJITRACKWORK JOLIE'S SHINJU, who skipped her last-start engagement, showed nothing amiss at Kranji yesterday morning. Ridden by Irish jockey Mark Gallagher, the Hideyuki Takaoka-trained three-year-old filly stretched out fluently over 600 m on the Polytrack in 38.9 sec. The going was
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      464 35 NST COLOURLAND CLASSIC drew attention to his chances of scoring a comeback win in the RM100,000 ($42,000) Penang Turf Club Special Stakes confined to Class 3 home-based horses over 1,400m on Sunday with a smart trial in Penang yesterday. Taken out by apprentice Sandana Kumar, the Cecil Robert-trained four-year-old New
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      Lock icon BARRIER TRIALS
      151 35 Triad (ImQ:1 That's Cash (S John) 2 Crown Of Luck (M Suhaimi) 3 Galactica Margins and fkna: 1 4 3 A (Imino2.l6sec). Trtol 2 (taat): 1 Dan Duchess (J Ford) 2 Harvey (J Powell) 3 Cause And Effect (SH Low) 4 Double Flanchetto (M RazalO 5 Bisa (M
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      Lock icon Careless Gallagher, Kellady ousted 3 days
      317 36 BACK-IN-FORM jockey Mark Gallagher will miss the opening three race meetings of the new Kranji season, starting on New Year's Day. The Irishman, who rode a brilliant treble on Flying Langfuhr, Fantastic Owners and Maynooth last Sunday, copped a suspension of three Singapore race
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      Lock icon 10 unraced newbies for Kranji's final meeting
      200 36  -  DANNY KHOO dkhooOsph.com.sg THE "final meeting of the season on the Polytrack at Kranji on Friday has attracted 10 unraced newcomers. They are: Naughty Princess, a fofer-year-old New Zea-land-bred mare trained by Desmond Koh for St Charles Stable. Zinswee, a 4YO NZ-bred mare
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  • Sports Va-va vroom
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      Lock icon This week, JOYCE LIM gets a sneak preview of the HKS Altezza, one of the top drift-racing cars in Japan
      394 37  -  JOYCE LIM npsportsOsph.com .sg IT DOES not look chic. There isn't any finely-stitched leather upholstery. Or any premium hi-fi system. And it is definitely no smooth ride in the HKS
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      Lock icon About Carrerista Jamboree 2008
      108 37 tB WHEN: 27 to 31 Dec. WHERE: Changi Exhibition Centre. OPERATING HOURS: 11am to 10pm daily (Except on 31 Dec: 11am to lam on 1 Jan). TICKETS: Single day ticket for adults ($20); children aged three to 12 ($10). Free entry for toddlers under three. Special
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      Lock icon DRIFT He's got the drift
      232 37 SINGAPOREAN Ivan Lim has got the drift. At the Formula Drift Singapore Championships held earlier this year, the 27-year-old tyre sales executive qualified in the 10th position, making him the top Singaporean competitor for the event. Come this weekend, Lim (left) will be competing in
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    Lock icon Golf is surely a sport
    1025 38 You hit ball, drag bag and bum some calories, too Sports Mad About Golf AP. IS GOLF really a sport or just a hobby? Is it a good walk spoilt or should we forget the walk and ask Santa for a golf cart this Christmas?
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  • Sports
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      Lock icon Troubled Toyota will cut costs
      397 39 FORMULA ONE AP. TOYOTA will scale back costs on Formula One racing. But the Japanese car-maker is vowing not to drop out despite expectations it will record its first yearly operating loss in seven decades. Toyota Motor Corp. president Katsuald Watanabe did not give details
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      Lock icon Tough task for Vietnam
      522 39  -  AFF SUZUKI CUP GARY LIM npsportsOspti.com.sg T J iti NAM'S adventure at the 2008 Suzuki Cup reminded one of SingaV pore's run in 1998. Bade then, no one gave Singapore a chance, but the Lions went on to win the tournament anyway. Vietnam were not even
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  • Sports EPL Transfer Trail
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