The Straits Times, 15 November 2004

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    26 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 66 PAGES IN F( )UR PARTS MICA (P) 048/03/2004 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2004 •flf*A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATK )N ESTABLISHED 1845 »80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Only 11 experts for infectious diseases
    760 1  -  Radha Basu More specialists, resources needed to handle growing problem: CDC director By On the rise >> HIV: New HIV cases set to cross the 300 mark for the first time this year and could result in 15,000 people being infected with the Aids
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    Lock icon UNFINISHED WAR
    83 1 A United States Marine escorts a captive during operations in Fallujah as US troops tighten their grip on the restive Iraqi city. Yesterday, American tanks continued to pound insurgents. US officials said they hoped the latest attack would be the final one, followed by a house-to-house clearing operation
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    Lock icon Sino-US ties at '30-year best'
    339 1 POWELL'S ASSESSMENT Washington AMERICA'S relations with China were at their best in more than 30 years, United States Secretary of State Colin Powell said, noting that Beijing had played a key role in North Korea and Indo-Pakistani relations. "I would submit it's the best relationship
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      Lock icon Warriors at the front line of tolerance
      1146 1  -  Asad Latif By Senior Correspondent PRESERVING HARMONY "If Singapore lives, we live. If Singapore dies, we die." MR JAFFAR, one of those who make a difference to how religious and racial peace is maintained on the ground SOON after terrorists struck the United
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      39 2 Snail fever in China Parasitic disease in Hunan province slowly eats away at liver, intestines and spleen. PAGE 8 Aussie phones tapped Indonesian agents spied on politicians, top brass and secret service during East Timor crisis. PAGE 10
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      40 2 Terror goes places New flashpoints in global struggle against radical Islam include Holland and Thailand. PAGE 12 M-E peace revived? Israel and world may be ready to revive Middle East peace process after death of Yasser Arafat. PAGE 14
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      51 2 Solving traffic woes A carriageway on which traffic flow can be reversed may be the answer to CTE jams, says reader Lim Soon Heng. PAGEHI2 Stored value boom With many new players expected in the stored value card market, regulations are needed before things get out of control. PAGE
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      46 2 Remy to be a champ? Bowler Remy Ong may become Singapore's first AMF World Cup champion if he can deliver at Superßowl Telok Blangah. PAGE Hl3 Bye bye, Beck ham England captain David Beckham to quit international soccer after 2006 World Cup finals. PAGE Hl4
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      38 2 Parkway on home turf Hospital group MD seeks cooperation with government hospitals to keep costs down. PAGE H2l Call to lower fees Boutique fund management firms ask regulator to ease requirements on mandatory professional indemnity insurance. PAGEH22
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      18 2 Place for moral values? Imposition of values through democratic electoral process remains difficult to accept. PAGE 17
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      63 2 0 lucky man Liver transplant patient Sulaiman Musein lucky to be alive to celebrate Hari Raya with family. PAGE H4 Catering for kids Group ofparents start catering company to help their intellectually disabled children get jobs. PAGE H5 Road system uncertain Underground network yet to get green light, due
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      194 2 SECTION ONE Prime 2-4 Asia 6-11 World 12-16 Review 17-19 FYI 20 SECTION TWO Home Hl-6 Education H7-11 Forum Hl2 Sports Hl3-16 Obituaries Hl7 Money HlB-22 LIFE! People L2-9&L12 Events LlO TV Lll jr mg k«j i j i\ JHF Avj B F I B/ b] B7 aBl > 1
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    Lock icon S'porean fights race hatred in Perth
    657 3  -  Li Xueying Head of Western Australia ethnic communities panel has new mission By MINDSETS MUST CHANGE "I'm very disappointed when I hear Chinese rubbishing the country, making remarks like 'Oh, Australians are so lazy, they work till spm, but we used to work till
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    427 3 Traffic lighf labelling for food Red light: Fatty, salty or sugary foods, to be eaten sparingly Amber light: Fatty but nutritious, to be eaten in moderation Green light: Fruit and vegetables, to be eaten often London JUNK food advertisements will not be shown
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    901 5  - Smoking' s deadlier than you think Salma Khali k It causes 10 types of cancer and smokers die early, research shows By Health Correspondent > RAVAGING EVERY ORGAN BRAIN Smoking is a major cause of strokes. EYES Smokers have two to three times more risk of getting cataract, the leading
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    Lock icon Johor Sultan's Hari Raya welcome
    274 5  - Johor Sultan's Hari Raya welcome Asad Latif By IT WAS a rainy afternoon, but a warm welcome awaited two Singapore ministers when they visited the Sultan of Johor yesterday for Hari Raya Puasa. Sultan Mahmood Iskandar and Sultanah Zanariah greeted National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan and Education Minister Tharman
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    Lock icon Bangkok: From fakes to Asia's fashion capital
    510 5 AIMING HIGH "Our target in the next three years is to become a tropical fashion zone and to become a major global fashion market in the next 10 years." MR WITOON SIMACHOKEDEE, who heads the Thai Industry Ministry's "Bangkok Fashion City" arm Bangkok
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      46 5 How will the tighter job market affect your company? Among the BT CEO's e-Club members sharing their views: NTUC FairPrice chairman S Chandra Das f Tung Lok Group president and CEO Andrew Tjioe and China Aviation Oil managing director Chen Jiulin Today in THE BUSINESS TIMES
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      12 5 LUCKY JUST TO BE ALIVE THIS HARI RAYA: LIVER PATIENT, PAGE H4
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon SNAIL FEVER ON THE RISE
      23 7 The waterways of China's Hunan province harbour a disease that eats away at the liver, intestines and spleen.
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      Lock icon 'WE SPIED ON AUSSIES'
      23 7 Jakarta's former intelligence chief says the phones of political and military figures were bugged during the East Timor crisis.
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      Lock icon ECONOMIC AID AT STAKE
      16 7 Japanese minister hits out at Chinese submarine intrusion and hints at repercussions.
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      Lock icon Hong Kong to build $5b cultural hub
      535 7  -  Chua Sok Peng Waterfront centre to boost territory's claim as Asia's main arts venue By "This will bring spectacular economic benefits to Hong Kong by attracting more visitors to tour and spend more money." MR DONALD TSANG, Chief Secretary HONG KONG will get
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      255 7 THE three finalists for development rights to the 40ha waterfront West Kowloon Cultural District (above) are Henderson Land Development, Sunny Development and Dynamic Star. Regardless of which consortium the tender goes to, the development plans must include: >> Mr Norman Foster's canopy covering at least
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      Lock icon Smaller Chinese cities competing to be cultural centres
      523 7  -  Benjamin Robertson By hor The Straits limes In (jion(;qinc; THE south-western city of Chongqing is investing nearly US$5OO million (SsB26 million) in a series of gargantuan projects to give its 30 million residents a cultural outlet. While GDP growth can define a
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      Lock icon China's answer to job woes: build more cities
      166 7 China's answer to job woes: build more cities Beijing TO CREATE jobs, China will place more importance on developing mediumsized cities with populations of between 200,000 and 500,000 people, state media said yesterday. In the coming years, the government will invest more in infrastructure around such cities to draw residents
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Hunan farmers laid low by snail fever
        346 9 Hunan farmers laid low by snail fever Yueyang (Hunan) FOR six years, Mr He Xiaosheng, a rice farmer in China's central Hunan province, has been battling snail fever a parasitic disease that slowly eats away at his liver, intestines and spleen. He takes potent medication to kill the blood flukes
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        478 9 Surgeons in Shanghai ordered to stop procedure of destroying part of drug addicts' brains Shanghai SURGEONS at Renji Hospital here have drilled holes into the skulls of heroin addicts and inserted metal rods, burning away a part of their brains in hopes of
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        Lock icon Sun Yat-sen is founding father: Chen
        308 9 Faiphi PRESIDENT Chen Shui-bian has affirmed that Dr Sun Yat-sen is Taiwan's founding father, in a move to stop pro-independence fundamentalists from creating trouble by denying Dr Sun's status. "Dr Sun Yat-sen is the father of the republic," China Post, a Taiwan daily, quoted
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      Lock icon Japan's economic aid to China at stake
      344 10 SUBMARINE IN JAPAN'S WATERS Japanese minister hits out at intrusion and hints at repercussions Tokyo JAPANESE Trade Minister Shoichi Nakagawa expressed anger yesterday over the intrusion into Japanese waters of what Tokyo believes was a Chinese submarine and hinted at repercussions involving eco-
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        Lock icon CHINA AND BRAZIL FORGE TIES
        59 10 BRASILIA: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has recognised China as a market economy. In return, Brazil received a tacit promise from visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao to back its bid for a permanent UN Security Council seat. The two leaders hailed their accords
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        Lock icon SEOUL WORKERS STAGE PROTEST
        117 10 SEOUL: Some 22,000 workers rallied yesterday to protest against a government Bill aimed at stopping union militancy and securing flexible job markets, as a powerful labour group called a massive strike next Friday against the legislation. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, one of the country's
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        Lock icon FOOD-FOR-WORK FOR POOR INDIANS
        78 10 HYDERABAD: India's government launched an ambitious food-for-work programme yesterday. It is designed to help millions of poor farmers feed themselves and pull them back from the brink of starvation. The programme will create jobs in 150 of the country's poorest districts that have been hit by
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        Lock icon MAN NABBED AFTER 8 YEARS
        83 10 BEIJING: A man who avoided capture for eight years in connection with four murders and a string of armed robberies in China was arrested in a resort town last week after a neighbour alerted the police. Ma Hanqing was arrested in the southern Sanya city
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        Lock icon MORE PALM OIL FROM THAILAND
        69 10 BANGKOK: Thailand plans to increase its production of palm oil by five times by the end of 2008 as part of the government's attempt to boost the use of the oil as a fuel for motor vehicles. The government aims to raise palm oil production
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        Lock icon QUAKE AFTERSHOCKS LEAVE 2 DEAD
        53 10 JAKARTA: Two people died on the eastern Indonesian island of Alor yesterday as aftershocks continued two days after a powerful earthquake. The latest deaths bring to 21 the number who have died since Friday when the earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit the
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        Lock icon RADIO COMMENTATOR SHOT
        59 10 MANILA: A radio commentator is the latest victim in a surge in attacks on journalists in the Philippines. Mr lerson Hinolan, a manager and commentator tor the popular Bombo radio network in central Aklan province, was shot in the stomach and arms late on Saturday. The motive
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      29 7 Samy Vellu hits back Malaysia's Works Minister says the Finance Ministry, not his ministry, is to blame for public works disasters. PAGE 11 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10
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  • SOUTH EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia 'tapped Aussie telephones'
      446 11 Lawmakers, top brass and the secret service were all targets for Indonesian agents Canberra AUSTRALIAN political and military figures had their telephones bugged by Indonesia during the diplomatic crisis over East Timor's independence ballot in 1999, a former Indonesian intelligence chief said yesterday. Jakarta also unsuccessfully
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      Lock icon THE POINT OF THE MESSAGE
      73 11 SMS communication for the blind is made possible with this device, which converts cellphone text messages to braille. The invention, displayed by student Miguel Pascual in Manila yesterday, came about as part of a project by his De La Salle University group. SMS messaging is
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      Lock icon Doubts over Jakarta's ties with Canberra
      216 11 Sydney TWO former Indonesian presidents voiced reservations about Canberra-Jakarta relations yesterday as Australia's Prime Minister said he had increased the country's ties with Europe and the United States because his predecessor was too "skewed" towards Asia. Former president Abdurrahman Wahid told Australia's Channel Nine
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      Lock icon Rising fears of religious warfare in Thai south
      311 11 Bangkok RECENT killings of Buddhists in the Muslimdominated south including last week's beheading of a 60-year-old rubber-tapper have caused widespread fear among Buddhists in the Thaliand's Muslim-majority south. Now, some analysts fear that simmering social tensions could boil over into ethnic and
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Samy Vellu blames Finance Ministry
      587 12  -  Carolyn Hong It handed out the contracts for shoddy projects, says the Works Minister lauiysui Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur FROM fungus-hit hospitals to cracked highways and unusable schools, disaster after disaster has plagued Works Minister S. Samy Vellu recently. But not long after a flurry
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      Lock icon Avalanche of infrastructure woes
      170 12  -  CAROLYN HONG The key Middle Ring Road in Kuala Lumpur had to be closed after cracks were found in August. Repairs cost RMIB million (Ss7.B million). The highway was reopened to light traffic on Saturday. Soon after the Middle Ring Road incident, Sultan Ismail Hospital in
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      Lock icon GIRL ESCAPES FIERY DEATH
      145 12 A girl was asleep in this car in Alor Star, Kedah, when it caught fire. Her mother, Ms Yeoh Chang Eei, who had parked the vehicle outside her sister y s house in Taman Saga, said a stray firecracker might have triggered the fire which left
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      Lock icon Instant fine for bad drivers stays
      425 12 Ku a u\ Lumpur AS THE death toll on the country's roads hit a peak last week, Malaysian federal police have stressed that a controversial RM3OO (Ssl3o) on-the-spot fine for reckless driving will stay. On Thursday, Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy announced that motorists
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      Lock icon Growing tide of Islamic militancy
      696 13 Experts warn that militant voices on the streets are gaining credibility Athens 'The fault lines are growing. It's not just between the Muslims and non-Muslims. It's also within Islam itself. It's a battle between moderate Muslims and extremist forces that threaten to hijack Islam." FAWAZ
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      Lock icon Osama 'now has Islamic basis to nuke America'
      363 13 Washington OSAMA bin Laden now has religious approval to use a nuclear device against Americans, according to a senior CIA analyst who led the hunt for the terrorist chief. A prominent Saudi Arabian theologian had provided a ''rather long treatise" that concluded
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      Lock icon Teheran agrees to halt uranium programme
      263 13 Vienna IRAN has agreed to suspend its uranium enrichment programme in a bid to ease concerns that its nuclear plans are aimed at developing atomic weapons, a Western diplomat close to the United Nations (UN) said yesterday. "A deal for a full suspension is
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    Lock icon US battling last pockets of Fallujah fighters
    533 14 But it will be days before major search operations are completed Fallujah UNITED States troops tackled Fallujah's last tenacious insurgents yesterday but are still days away from completing major search operations in the city. US tanks shelled and ma-chine-gunned rebels who were still
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    83 14 This elegant ruby and diamond bracelet, weighing about 20 carats, belonged to famous soprano Maria Callas. In the backdrop is her autograph on the score of Verdi's opera, Rigoletto, in Geneva. A selection of Callas' jewellery collection consisting of 11 pieces, most of which were
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      145 14 LONDON: US President George W. Bush will visit Britain next February, when he will also travel to Brussels for talks with European Union and Nato officials. British newspapers reported yesterday. His trip will take place just three months ahead ot an anticipated general election
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      Lock icon NO REST FOR EGYPT'S LOCUST FIGHTERS
      107 14 CAIRO: Anti-locust squads in Egypt have been told to shelve plans for end-of-Ramadan festivities and report for duty as usual with a plague of the insects poised at the western gates of the capital. Agriculture Ministry officials ordered the squads to remain on alert
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      85 14 ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast): An African summit on the crisis here was convened in Nigeria yesterday without Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, who was holed up in his mansion after a conflict between France and its once-prized West African colony. France has said it holds Mr
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      Lock icon ISLAM GAINS GROUND IN SOUTH AFRICA
      74 14 CAPETOWN: Black South Africans, drawn to the Islam practised by African immigrants, are converting in growing numbers and slowly changing the face of religious affiliation in this country of 45 million people, 80 per cent of whom are Christian. An estimated 75,000 South Africans
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    834 15  - TELECOMS REVOLUTION in the Arab world Massoud A. Derhally Investment opportunities in the Middle East Singapore's sixth-largest trading partner are growing dramatically. In the first of a three-part series highlighting the economic boom, we look at the telecoms sector. By For The Straits Times In Amman "A lot of investment
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    Lock icon Singapore eyeing free trade pacts in region
    274 15  -  MASSOUD A. DERHALLY Amman THE Middle East is Singapore's sixth-largest trading partner, with total trade volume hitting 5525.4 billion last year. This was up 8.7 per cent from 2002, when the region was Singapore's seventh-larg-est partner, according to figures from Singapore's Ministry of
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    459 15 Ramallah (West Bank) PALESTINIAN officials have scheduled presidential elections for Jan 9 next year, pushing forward with steps to secure a new leader following the death of Mr Yasser Arafat. The vote, announced yesterday by caretaker Palestinian leader Rauhi Fattouh, is a key
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  • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Wedding bells next year for Japan's Princess Sayako
      313 16 Wedding bells next year for Japan's Princess Sayako PRINCESS Sayako, the only daughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, will marry a 39-year-old official working with Tokyo's metropolitan government. Press reports yesterday said the emperor and empress had approved the marriage between the 35-year-old princess and Mr Yoshiki Kuroda.
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      Lock icon Top US adviser on Iraq rapped for turning nasty
      284 16 THE White House's most senior adviser on Iraq policy until he resigned last week, Mr Robert Blackwill, was reprimanded for mistreating an embassy secretary. While the incident may not have been of major significance, US Secretary of State Colin Powell and
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      Lock icon Indonesia's economy minister worth $219m
      109 16 Indonesia's economy minister worth $2 19m JAKARTA POST INDONESIA'S Coordinating Minister for the Economy Aburizal Bakrie has declared 1.19 trillion rupiah (Ss2l9 million) in assets, making him perhaps the richest serving state official. The country's Corruption Eradication Commission published the wealth reports of Mr Aburizal and four fellow ministers, out
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      Lock icon Cheney's shortness of breath not a problem
      126 16 US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney, who has a history of serious heart trouble, underwent testing at a Washington hospital on Saturday after experiencing shortness of breath but was discharged when no major problems were found, the White House said. Mr Cheney, 63, checked himself
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      159 16 Missouri man bites police dog and cop A MAN in Kansas City, Missouri, bit an officer and his dog after trying to dodge paying a cab driver his fare. Captain Rich Lockhart said a cab driver told a police officer that someone had refused to pay the fare. When the
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      Lock icon Colourful Tory leader axed from front bench
      227 16 SPECTATOR editor Boris Johnson, one of the most colourful figures in British politics, has been axed from the front bench of the main opposition Conservative Party amid press reports that he lied about an affair. Conservative leader Michael Howard telephoned Mr Johnson to
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  • GLOBAL AGENDA
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      Lock icon Apec world debut for Asean leaders
      282 17  -  ROGER MITTON WORLD WHAT IT IS LEADERS from the world's most powerful grouping of nations are set to hold their 12th annual meeting in the Chilean capital of Santiago next weekend. Accounting for almost half of the global population, more than half of the
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      136 17 ASIA WHAT IT IS INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads to Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day trip starting Nov 17, his first visit to India's only Muslim-majority state since he took office in May. He is expected to announce a developmental package that will address
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      Lock icon Royal wedding
      126 17  -  CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA WHAT IT IS MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his Thai counterpart Thaksin Shinawatra will be among the 5,000 guests at a royal wedding today when 35-year-old Kelantan prince Tengku Mahkota Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra Sultan Ismail Petra marries Tengku Zubaidah Tengku Norudin, 24.
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      134 17 WORLD WHAT IT IS EUROPE'S first mission to the Moon enters a key phase today when a cube-shaped spacecraft is injected into lunar orbit. If all goes well, the SMART-1 will be captured by the Moon's gravity. Several weeks later, the probe will make final adjustments so
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      132 17 MONDAY United Nations: Security Council expected to vote on French draft resolution imposing sanctions on Ivory Coast. Madrid: First trial opens relating to the March 11 Madrid bombings. TUESDAY >> Bangkok: Two-day meeting between Laos, Thailand and Vietnam officials. >> Buenos Aires: Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Argentina. WEDNESDAY Bangkok:
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      72 17 Tourists are being forced to wade across the famous St Mark's Square in Venice after recent heavy rain left much of the city under water. Officials have erected raised wooden walkways in some areas to help people get around. The city's boat public
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      409 18 LETTERS we have received on the subject of a casino have mostly spoken of the social disruptions. Otlier media have been inundated with naysayers' visions of family ruin and child neglect. Organised crime is also cited more vicious, more professional, very likely foreign-controlled to boot.
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      874 18  -  Tan Seow Hon By THE recent American presidential elections brought to the fore the question of what place moral values have in public decision-making when traditional moral values are not espoused by all in a pluralist society. Even if traditional values seen as absolutist are
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      929 18  -  Michael Richardson By For The Straits Times IRAN'S nuclear programme is looming as a major point of contention between China and the United States, which wants resolute action by the United Nations Security Council to stem what the Bush administration sees as a
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      223 18 Campus dad There is always something happening when you live on campus, especially if you play 'father' to 300 students. PAGE 19 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, 31 8994 ST INTERACTIVE: http: straitstimes.asia 1 .corasg SPH Chief Executive Officer Senior
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      43 18 Dr Tan teaches jurisprudence at the National University of Singapore law school. The views expressed here are her own. The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of South-east Asian Studies in Singapore. The views expressed here are his own.
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    763 19  - The icon is dead, but the cause is throbbing Sunanda K. Datta-Ray By I For The Straits Times EVEN though Mr Yasser Arafat's death deals a grievous blow to the visibility of the Palestinian cause, it might yet create space for a just and fair settlement for a people robbed
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      42 19 The writer is a senior research fellow at the Institute of South-east Asian Studies. The views expressed are his own. The writer is Director of Studies at the Royal United Services Institute in London, and a regular contributor to The Straits Times.
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    281 20  -  ARTI MULCHAND IN ALL, there are 21 halls of residence at the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. NUS also has three "non-hall residences". Of the halls of residence, 15 are located at the NTU campus in Jalan Bahar, near Jurong West. NTU student
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      522 20 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY 1 Visit the Istana, which is open to the public to celebrate Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa. Orchard Road entrance. 8.30am-6.30pm. Fees: Free entry for Singaporeans and permanent residents, $1 for others. $2 to view the state rooms. 2 Seize your last chance to
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      36 20 Convicted by a handprint Traffic cops' forensics squad shows results IN HOME Chinese Language review done Govt accepts changes IN HOME Have guts will travel Meet S'poreans who travel where few dare to go IN LIFE!
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      7 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY NOVEMBER 15,2004
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      20 1 Good news for worshippers at old kampung mosque in Sembawangas building gets one-year reprieve from the bulldozers.
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      24 1 Driver killed when his Subaru crashes into a metal railing and part of the car ends up in a canal.
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      16 1 Reader suggests an elevated carriageway with reversible traffic flow to ease peakhour congestion.
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      662 1  -  Goh Chin Lian BOY HIT BY CAR AT ZEBRA CROSSING Family of accident victim, aged 10, spends Hari Raya by his hospital bed By HE'S STRONG MENTALLY "He's very strong mentally and quite fit. I hope his spirit is just as strong." MADAM
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      749 2  -  Serene Goh Experts believe more sites here may hold treasure trove from the country's past By: GREAT FERVOUR "People are interested in their local heritage... Everyone is more concerned about the pits collapsing than themselves getting wet." MR LIM CHEN SIAN, an NUS master's student
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      Lock icon Saved for a year, village mosque may be made national heritage
      523 4  - Saved for a year, village mosque may be made national heritage Natalie Soh By THE old kampung mosque along Jalan Mempurong in Sembawang was given a year's reprieve from the bulldozers on Hari Raya itself yesterday, much to the delight of worshippers. And if a case can be made for
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      815 4  -  Vivi Zainol 'Lucky' man able to celebrate with his family; hopes to help other patients By THANKFUL "This Hari Raya, l just thank God my husband's alive and we can celebrate as a family." MADAM RADIAH AS LIVER transplant patient Sulaiman
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      73 4 Dr Tony Tan (left) met Minister in charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim at the Pertempatan Melayu Sembawang Mosque yesterday. It has become a tradition for Dr Tan to break fast with the community at the mosque after prayers on Hari Raya. He said he
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      622 5  - Whipping up jobs for disabled children Jeremy Au Yong The Minds Food catering venture is set up by a group of parents to provide work opportunities for their intellectually-disabled kids By A GROUP of parents have found a novel way to help their intellectually-disabled children get jobs they started a
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      655 5  -  Daryl Loo By TWO years after lawsuits to recoup their investments bankrupted a Canada-based hotel developer, a group of Singaporeans are still mired in legal disputes that continue to keep a reported millions of dollars out of their reach. And the cast of
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      245 5 HIGH-PROFILE conflicts between neighbours, like that involving Everitt Road residents in Joo Chiat, have gone all the way to court. However, hundreds more have been resolved quickly through mediation, said Southeast Community Development Council Mayor Matthias Yao yesterday. He was speaking at the opening of
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      266 5 THE driver of a white Subaru died when his car crashed into a metal railing, slicing the vehicle into two early yesterday morning along Tanah Merah Coast Road. The shorn-off part with the man trapped inside toppled into a 3mdeep canal filled
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      Lock icon Underground road system yet to get green light
      644 6  -  Christopher Tan Long wait due to ERP's success, dip in growth of vehicle population Senior Correspondent Easing traffic THE proposed underground network involves 30km of roads in a pair of concentric rings under the city centre. Jt is intended to reduce downtown
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      139 6 THE Scandinavian country's subterranean network cost around 880 million euros (Ssl.BB billion) and is aimed at easing clogged arterial roads in the south of Stockholm. It was highlighted in the LTA's 1996 White Paper on a world-class land transport system, which mentioned Singapore's
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      397 6 THE sharper-than-anticipat-ed drop in the jobless rate will be discussed in Parliament tomorrow, with MPs wanting to know if it can be sustained. Dr Wang Kai Yuen (Bukit Timah) will ask Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen for the reasons behind the "sharp drop"
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        212 7 Post-secondary CHANGES AS WITH many of the recent changes to the school system, the revamp of junior college education is also about giving more choice and flexibility to students. For one, there will be more ways to get into universities without being tied down to the academic track. Students who
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        788 7  -  Liaw wy-Cin Ace science student takes literature too out of love By MORE CHOICE "I like the changes... there's more flexibility to run the schools and more options in terms of subject combinations. 11 MRS HO WOON HO, principal of Nanyang Junior College Changes in JC
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        676 8  - He values JC's fast- track to maturity Maria Almenoar POST-SECONDARY CHANGES 1 5-year-old acts less childish after mixing with older students in IP By PHOTO: WIN-WIN SITUATION "The older ones learn leadership skills and the younger ones will think and act more maturely as a result of interacting with older
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        558 10  -  Ho Ai Li POST-SECONDARY CHANGES They learn to work in teams and there'll be less paperwork from next year By PREPARATION FOR WHAT'S AHEAD "I think Project Work is a good move. The students are on the brink of going to university
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        565 11 POST-SECONDARY CHANGES Community service, leadership qualities count in new scheme A GOOD MOVE "Thank goodness the Government relented on the mother-tongue requirement. My son is poor in his Chinese, but he scores As in all his other subjects." PARENT CORREEN LIEW, 38,
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        290 11 THE OLD The A level-based admission criteria for the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) includes the Scholastic Assessment Test I (SAT), which made up 25 per cent of the entry points, and co-curricular activities (CCA), which contributed a bonus five per cent. >>
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        199 11 Polytechnics >> THE five polytechnics will gradually bring forward their start dates over the next two years, so that in 2006 their new academic year will start in mid-April instead of early July. The change will allow diploma holders to enter a local university in the
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          84 12 AS SECONDARY Four students take their O-level examinations, I would like to commend a teacher from Crescent Girls School. She is Mrs Lucy Tan, who has sacrificed many Sundays to tutor my daughter and her classmates. Last Thursday was a public holiday which she sacrificed
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          161 12 ON OCT 24, 1 took my father to see Mamma Mia at the Esplanade. He suffered a stroke a few years ago and now walks with the aid of a walking stick, but despite his condition, he wanted to watch the latest musical in town.
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          80 12 ON OCT 20, I fell and sprained my left ankle while waiting for the free feeder service to National University Hospital (NUH) at Buona Vista MRT station. I would like to thank Ms Yati at the NUH pharmacy who advised me how to take
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          88 12 I WENT to Lim Ah Pin Road Post Office on Oct 20 to send a registered letter. It was spm and closing time, and the postmaster was at the gate. She didn't refuse me but opened the gate to let me in. The
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        423 12 CTE TRAFFIC JAMS I REFER to the article "New highway to ease CTE jams" (ST, Nov 11). The construction of the proposed North-South Expressway may not ease traffic jams in the Central Expressway (CTE) as traffic flowing into the CTE to enter the city comes
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        612 12 MONEY BETTER SPENT One cannot help but wonder if this precious $1 ,000 would be better spent on conservation programmes that actually focus on saving the species and their natural habitat. I REFER to the article "$l,OOO reward for info on illegally kept
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        449 12 THE English language has been characterised as technical, unlike, say, Chinese which may be described as sententious because it relies on pithy idioms. Words have culturally specific meanings and nuances that seldom translate concepts exactly across languages. Some concepts are not even
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        580 12 STORED VALUE CARDS MOST of us associate stored value cards with Nets CashCards, TransitLink ez-link cards and prepaid telephone and cellphone cards. However, with the liberalisation of the stored value card market, more entities are expected to issue their own proprietary stored value cards.
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        155 12 I REFER to the letter "Offensive ad on radio" by Mr Wong Weng Fai (The Sunday Times, Nov 7). The radio advertisement in question promoted a Channel 8 programme about learning Mandarin called Say It If You Dare. We would like to reassure Mr Wong and
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        166 12 RETIREMENT AT 62 I REFER to the article reporting Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's comments on retiring early ("Why retire at 62? It's too early"; ST, Nov 9). I agree most senior citizens should be allowed to contribute to the economy. A good example is
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        148 12 Past 62: Ode to MM Lee WITH a passion like his, it is never work but mere contribution to society. With this approach to life, retirement never comes to the mind. It simply does not exist in minds like these. The only restrictions may be energy and vitality, which by
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        17 13 unelsea know they can't depend on Roman Abramovich forever and want to be financially independent.
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        24 13 Markdu Plessis wins his second straight Gold Cup, this time on Raul, which is named after a famous Spanish footballer.
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        23 13 Yao Ming scores 32 points but cannot help the Rockets overcome a 22-point deficit in their loss to the Lakers.
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        586 13  -  Alvin Foo BOWLING Remy Ong, second at the 2002 World Cup, could make history in S'pore By IN LESS than a month, Singaporeans could well hail their first AMF World Cup champion in their own backyard: Kingpin Remy Ong is in contention to deliver that
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        80 13 REMYONG (left-hook bowler) Strengths Left-handed: Last two Cup winners were southpaws More experienced: A big-tournament bowler Mentally stronger: Able to adjust faster to lane conditions Weaknesses Dealing with media pressure, national expectation Needs to be more patient, not be overwhelmed by competitive anxiety SHAUN NG (right-hook bowler)
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        918 13  -  Rob Hughes SPORTSPEOPLE By JANE Tomlinson, an English mother of three children, is on her way back to work after completing the last public athletics event she will undertake a 15hr 47min "Ironman" triathlon in Florida. Jane, a friend and an inspiration to
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        543 14 Chelsea want own money, not Abramovich' s SOCCER Club's chief exec has five-year plan to generate profits, be self-sufficient LONDON SELF-SUFFICIENCY "It is not prudent to run a football club on the basis of a benefactor building up a big debt stream." CHELSEA CHIEF EXECUTIVE PETER KENYON PREMIER League leaders
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        429 14 Madrid England squad Goalkeepers: Paul Robinson (Tottenham), David James (Man City), Chris Kirkland (Liverpool). Defenders: Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Matthew Upson (Birmingham), Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), John Terry (Chelsea), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Rio Ferdinand (Man United), Gary Neville (Man United). Midfielders: Phil Neville (Man
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        Lock icon Izzet hands victory to high-flying Everton
        441 14 Birmingham EVERTON players are setting their sights on Europe after Muzzet Izzet handed them a 1-0 Premiership victory over 10-man Birmingham on Saturday. The midfielder tipped a looping goal-bound drive from Lee Carsely over the bar with both fists as goalkeeper Maik Taylor watched
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        766 14 MILAN AN ALESSANDRO del Piero goal yesterday gave Juventus a 1-0 win at Lecce as the Italian Serie A leaders maintained their six-point advantage over AC Milan. The Italian struck in the 14th minute, slamming home his fifth league goal
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        337 14 London MANCHESTER United fans be warned: Malcolm Glazer is set to make another £780 million (552.37 billion) hostile bid for the club, despite being dumped by his financial backers and public-relations advisers, reported The Independent. The American tycoon's bankers JP Morgan had severed
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        519 15 BASKETBALL Post-Shaq Lakers beat Rockets 84-79 despite Chinese centre's heroics Houston THE hosts made a heroic 22--point deficit comeback and their popular Chinese import contributed a massive 32 points. Yet they were were all in vain as the Los Angeles Lakers still ran out 84-79
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          101 15 NEW YORK: Evander Holyfield's comeback bid may instead prove to be his swansong as the former world heavyweight boxing champion dropped a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday to an unheralded Larry Donald. Holyfield, 42, looked a shadow of the warrior who helped define the heavyweight
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          105 15 MIAMI: Francisco Fonseca scored a hat-trick here on Saturday and Mexico remained the only unbeaten football team in North American qualifying for the 2006 World Cup with a 5-0 victory over St Kitts and Nevis. Mexico clinched the Group Three crown with the
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          Lock icon DALY-DONOFRIO FIRES 64 TO TAKE LEAD
          58 15 SEMMES (Alabama): American golfer Heather Daly-Donofrio fired an eight-under-par 64 on Saturday to grab the lead at the US$BOO,OOO (551.32 million) LPGA Tournament of Champions. She finished 54 holes on 17-under 199, three strokes ahead of Sweden's Sophie Gustafson and four better than Taiwan's
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          Lock icon LOEB TIES RECORD OF SIX RALLY WINS
          81 15 MELBOURNE: France's 2004 world champion Sebastien Loeb clinched victory in the 25-stage Rally of Australia yesterday to finish the season with a record-equalling six rally wins. Citroen driver Loeb matched compatriot Didier Auriol's 1992 record of six victories in a single season. Loeb,
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        762 15 Track. Yielding Race 1 Benchmark 53 1200m 1 SQUIRT, App S Cheam 1 7 Ipanema Dancer. App C Goon 8 Trust N Unity, K B Soo 3 Margins Neck x Neck Time 112 3 Nos 7, 8 Win $37 Place: $13, $19, $9
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        266 15 RUGBY London IRELAND scored an upset 17-12 win over South Africa for the first time in 39 years in international rugby on Saturday, and Six Nations champions France muscled out Australia 27-14. New Zealand, meanwhile, cruised past Italy 59-10 in Rome, England squashed Canada 70-0 at
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        245 15  -  ANDREW FROST HORSE RACING Written By RECORD-BREAKING trainer Laurie Laxon caused an upset with outsider Raul in the $1.25 million Singapore Gold Cup over 22U0m at Kranji yesterday. The kiwi handler was all smiles after winning his first Gold Cup. Laxon was
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        181 15 "HORSES TO FOLLOW" From Kranji 13 14 November STRONG MAN (Saturday) GRECIAN (Sunday) KAPJARO (Saturday) The Stephen Gray-trained gelding was well back all the way and carried wide in the straight in Race 6.The four-year-old made up a lot of ground in the last 300m to finish just
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        Lock icon Raul scores in $ 1.25m Gold Cup
        585 16  - Raul scores in 1.25m Gold Cup Marc Lim HORSE RACING Last year's winning jockey du Plessis returns to guide outsider to glory By SPANISH football star Raul has never stepped on Singapore soil. But the Real Madrid captain will be pleased to know that he has made an impact in
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        35 16 1 Raul (win: $48, place: $16; neck) 2 Mayo's Music ($24; 5 lengths) 3 Moon Shadow ($2O; neck) 4 Royalty (1 length) 5 Cyril Forecast: $141 Tierce: $3,162 Quartet: $70,353 Going: Yielding
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        Lock icon Davenport's win is not good enough for semis
        387 16 TENNIS Los Angeles LINDSAY Davenport did what she had to do beat Serena Williams but ,in the end, it was not good enough for a semi-final spot, putting her current world No 1 ranking in jeopardy. Davenport owns a 351--point lead over
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        Lock icon Federer wants to keep momentum going to next year
        515 16 Houston WORLD tennis No 1 Roger Federer sees his title defence here at the ATP Masters Cup as the start of his 2005 campaign, rather than the end of a season that saw him capture three Grand Slam crowns. The 23-year-old
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        871 16 BASKETBALL 7-Eleven Singapore Challenge, Ist rd: Sin Kee 80 Tung San Youth 52. 2nd rd: Ang Mo Kio 50 FCBA 65. NBA: Dallas 94 New Jersey 78, Cleveland 105 Washington 74, Golden State 103 Charlotte 87, San Antonio 103 Atlanta 88, Indiana 103 New York 97, LA Clippers 97
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        104 16 ALESSANDER Lenzi (left) continued his dominance in the UIM Aquabikes World Championships when he bagged his sixth straight freestyle win during the event's first Asian visit. The Brazilian beat England's Lee Stone 762 points to 619 for top spot at Sentosa's Siloso Beach yesterday. Frenchman Romain Stampers was
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          64 16 SINGAPORESAILING president Low Teo Ping was elected a vice-president of the International Sailing Federation (Isaf) on Saturday. He was among 10 candidates contesting for seven vice-president spots on the federation's general assembly in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 59-year-old has serving on the Isaf council for the
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          90 16 SINGAPORE striker Indra Sahdan Daud looks set for at least 45 minutes of action in Wednesday's World Cup football qualifier against Japan in Saitama. The Home United forward missed the last three friendlies against Malaysia and South Korean league sides Busan I. Cons and
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          78 16 TWENTY-TWO charitable organisations received over $2.1 million in donations at the Singapore Turf Club (STC) in Kranji yesterday. President SR Nathan, the guest of honour, presented a cheque for $1,170,000 to Community Chest chairman Jennie Chua. He also presented cheques totalling $1 million
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          48 16 HOME United are looking for coaches for their youth teams for next season. Applicants must hold Asian Football Confederation B licences. Those interested can submit their resumes and two passport-size photographs to the club. For further details, contact Farah Almuddin on 9365-4774.
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        93 18 pet 100 units of foreign currency Knew 2004 low new 2004 high Source Reuters Nov 1? %CHNG YR ?004 CLOSE (R Nov 10 S$ LOW St HIGH OS$ ***** +0.16 1.7302 ***** Euro 2 1374 +0.06 2.1798 1.9853 3.0542 +0.73 3.2066 2.9846 1.2676 075 1.3382 1.1653
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        596 18  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK But brokers say any downside is limited as oil-sensitive stocks gain from lower prices By FEELING DOWN "Investors are used to profit trends going up in the past two years. They will be disappointed that companies
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          139 18 MERRILL Lynch has kept its buy call on Sunningdale Precision, noting that the contract manufacturer has stayed on track to meet its earnings estimates for this year. For the first nine months ended Sept 30, Sunningdale's profits are 73 per cent of Merrill's
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          113 18 HI-P 'FULLY VALUED', SAYS DBS VICKERS DBS VICKERS has downgraded contract manufacturer Hi-P International to "fully valued" from "hold", anticipating the contract manufacturer's growth prospects to be slower. Reviewing Hi-P's recent thirdquarter results, DBS Vickers said that while the results were in line with market expectations, sales growth had "slowed
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          157 18 UOB KAY HIAN has kept its sell call on Hyflux, despite the water treatment specialist reporting a 105 per cent jump in third-quarter profit to $6.7 million on Wednesday. "Given the bumpy nature of the business, the results are considered to be in line with
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        372 19 Slowing demand and supply glut to lower spending bychipmakers Taipei TECHNOLOGY investments in Taiwan, the world's third biggest producer of semiconductors, may fall by more than 10 per cent next year because of slowing demand for flat panel displays and memory chips, fund
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        389 19 Beijing IN LOW GEAR "China's regulators have kept their foot on the brakes since April and they are likely to maintain the curbs in the first half of next year." MR XU, on the slowdown in car sales CHINA'S total outstanding automobile
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        215 19 Beijing CHINA'S government, which has been restricting loans and slowing the nation's economic growth this year to prevent inflation, said it has no plans for "significant" increases in household electricity rates. The government will keep residential power rates stable "in the near term", the
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        259 19 COMPUTER sales in the AsiaPacific region outside Japan increased almost 10 per cent to 8.5 million units in the July-to-September quarter, boosted by exceptionally strong orders in India, an industry report said. Sales also received a boost from healthy demand for mobile computers,
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        961 20 Slump in core business has shaved 35% off its shares this year and a fall in earnings looms TIME TO EXIT "People are nervous that the growth path is not as rosy as it once was." MR JOHNNY SUMMERS, whose investment firm sold Venture
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          35 20 ONG NAI PEW: Appointed executive co-chair-man of online hotel and travel reservation service provider Asiatravel.com Holdings, with effect from last Monday. Following his appointment, Dr Ong is considered as a non-independent director.
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          67 20 BRUNO ZHENG WU: Appointed executive chairman of Panpac Media Group, with effect from last Wednesday. He is currently a non-executive director of the company. The company also announced that it has appointed Mr John Li as an executive director and group chief financial officer, with
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          101 20 CHUA YANG HONG: Appointed chief executive (CEO) of property company Dragon Land, with effect from last Tuesday. He takes over from Mr Kenneth Chen, who resigned as CEO and executive deputy chairman of the company. Mr Chen will remain as an executive director of the company
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        1292 21  -  AZHAR KHALID STI FAMILY Cooperation with govt hospitals may be key to preventing health costs from soaring, says MD By STICK TO YOUR FOCUS "You should not come to the private sector to compete for local and foreign patients. If you
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        389 21  -  Arthur Poon By THE Straits Trading Company has reported a net profit of $14.1 million for the quarter ended Sept 30, down 12.6 per cent from a year earlier. Profits were lower than in the same quarter last year as results
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        303 21 GRP makes police report against 2 ex- staff over missing funds INDUSTRIAL rubber hose supplier GRP said it has lodged a police report over the alleged misappropriation of about RM400,000 (*****,000) by a former company director and another former employee of a Malaysian subsidiary. It said it lodged the police
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        798 22  -  Grace Ng They agree such insurance is needed but are upset by the high premium costs By Necessary burden COSTS TOO HIGH "We are not against the principle of indemnity protection. What we are objecting to is the policy requirement which is
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        315 22 FED GOVERNOR'S COMMENTS Ann Arbor (Michigan) UNITED States budget deticits pose a problem for both the domestic and world economies, but there seems little political will to fix them, US Federal Reserve Board governor Edward Gramlich has said. "We have big deficits now
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      788 2 n "V^^^ k Generally, artefacts might be found in areas that have been least developed over time. Nature > S-l C reserves, parks and areas slated for redevelopment could all have potential for hidden treasure, wAX V-^ said Mr Lim Chen Sian, an archaeologist. Details of the island's discoveries are
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      75 4 WHAT SINGAPOREANS THINK An ST Interactive poll Should smoking be banned in pubs and other nightspots? (Total vote count 91) Yes. what a great move L«gMn«Hß| 40 for health that would be ■■■■^^^^^^^^^^w H No. People should be allowed to smoke when 1 1 6 relaxing with a drink and
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      299 13 Two more years David Beckham will quit international football after the 2006 World Cup but will play at the club level for a few more years. PAGE H l4 Page H l4 Page H l5 Page H l6 SM AT KEPPEL CLUB WillillirilllX'iJli^ltfiiiilM SEE SEMOfi M/>2/s^r Go/2 C/zo/e N 1962/2
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      173 15 IPO wmmi I j-^| League j Home Team Away Team Match KickOff (Singapore date.'time) International Football Rep of Ireland Croatia Wed, 17/11/04 3 30am International Football Australia Norway Wed, 17/11/04 4.30am j STRIKE 1 K Singapore Wed 17/11/04 6.20pm WCup Macedonia Czech Republic Thu, 18/11/04 12.30am WCup Turkey Ukraine Thu,
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      35 15 TV times AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL: New England Patriots v Buffalo Bills (Live, Ch23, 9.30am) TENNIS: Masters Cup Houston, round robin (Live, Ch24. tomorrow, 3am) Today's event BADMINTON: Aviva Open, qualifying round (Singapore Badminton Hall, noon)
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      60 17 ANNOUNCEMENT As this is a public holiday, C.A.T.S. and our counters at Toa Payoh North and Specialists' Shopping Centre are closed today. However, obituaries for The Straits Times may still be booked at the Toa Payoh North counter from 12.30pm to 9.45pm. CA.T.S. Buy It. Sell It. Find It. jm
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      71 19 Has SembCorp Industries really turned the corner? SembCorp Industries has indicated to analysts earnings growth of 1 2-1 6 per cent for 2004, largely due to an expected windfall. And some analysts have upgraded their recommendations. So, the stock could well rise further from its 1 .57 Friday dose. But
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      424 20 COME Ist JANUARY 2005, I '^aj^B^MH Singapore's Copyright Law will change to make *^BB y^JfSp^iWS||^^ wilful copyright piracy on a commercial scale a t^r^ Wffl^Mf criminal offence. This will mean that the use W an n 1 I m unlicenced and illegal software may attract B J P B II
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      241 22 Seeking fair competition Parkway holds its own in the regional higher value market but sees excessive rivalry with govt restructured hospitals as a downside. PAGEH2I fe» Ail Ail r^ p\ y\ "f 1 r\ \f r-J _/J J _/J J *"i" r rMnnPi q ON THE ROAD\ unnci c ON
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      22 1 life! THE STRAITS TIMES Monday November 15 2004 mondaypeople tuesday travel wednesdaymid-lifel movies thursday books arts fridaymusic saturdaymotoring +tv home entertainment sundaylifestyle
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        148 2 perknjerk Hong Xinyi Irish actor Colin Farrell has declined to go undercover as 007. While we think the rough-around-the-edges bad boy would jazz up the image of the suave secret agent, kudos to him for refusing a lucrative but tired franchise for more interesting roles. After all, who needs a
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        382 2 O.D.B. dies after chest pains NEWYORK Rap artist 0.D.8. (left), whose utterly unique rhymes, wild lifestyle and incessant legal troubles made him one of the most vivid characters in hip-hop, collapsed and died inside a recording studio last Saturday, aged 35. He had complained of chest pains before collapsing at
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        160 2 BURY ST EDMUNDS, England Musicians, broadcasters and hundreds of music fans gathered at an English cathedral last Friday for the funeral of BBC DJ John Peel. Jack and Meg White of the White Stripes, former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Undertones
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        775 3 LOS ANGELES Actors Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have split after a 2 1 -year romance, IMDB.com reported. Friends said the pair's relationship "lost its zip" in recent years and Hawn, 59, has gone on to realise her dream of travelling the world. A
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        334 4 Tay Yek Keak Best known as: The guy with a wife, three kids and a suburban home in the 1982 spook Hick Poltergeist. Now appearing as: The voice of Mr Incredible, a guy with a wife, three kids and a suburban home in the
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        213 4 IT HASN'T been a good week for boyband members, past and present. 1 5566's Jason Hsu (below) continues to make headlines for his tussle with a photographer. His aggressive behaviour may be caused by the slimming pills he's been taking, says his agent. Oh the conundrum to be well-adjusted
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        798 4  -  Tay Yek Keak If Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice can get the Bollywood touch, why not her other book? starsngripes BEFORE going on about this week's movies, let me inform you about a couple of job openings first. This column, if worth nothing else, is
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        419 5 America's Next Top Model contestant April Wilkner hopes to get more multi-ethnic faces into the modelling industry Hong Xinyi THE catwalk gave new life to April Wilkner. Before becoming a preening and pouting model wannabe on America's Next Top Model, she was an unhappy
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        337 5  -  Sherwin Loh MEDIA REPORTER HER famous loud cackle rang out loud and clear last Tuesday evening at the Conrad Centennial. Hong Kong star Lydia Sum was enjoying a dinner with fellow teammates from MediaCorp's Living With Lydia. It was held to celebrate the end of the comedy show, but
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        535 5 LOS ANGELES Michael Myers. Freddy Krueger. Jason Voorhees. Sure, they are frightening. But concede the challenge of creating a major horror movie icon out of a 24-inch plastic doll in red sneakers. Wearing a pair of Baby Gapstyle overalls. Wielding a fruit
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        310 7  - Lights, camera, action ...again Hong Xinyi Sherwin Loh Directors Eric Khoo, Glen Goei and Kelvin Tong are making a comeback. Will local cinema be the winner? and EVER since the local movie boom in the late 1990s which produced arthouse films like 12 Storeys, Forever Fever and Eating Air, industry
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        297 7 ERIC KHOO: Next movie is a serious one SEVEN years after his last film and Eric Khoo (above) is back in the director's chair. He reveals that for the last three years, he has been collaborating with Sunday Times features editor Wong Kim Hoh on a script for a full-length
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        331 7 GLEN GOEI: Two projects in the pipeline WHILE many directors dream about landing a studio contract, Glen Goei (above) waited until his studio deal ended before working on his second movie. In 1 998, his debut film Forever Fever got picked up by American studio Miramax Films for North American
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        321 7 KELVIN TONG: Coming back with The Maid IT HAS been a long five years since Kelvin Tong (above) made waves with his debut movie Eating Air. But it was not fear or pressure that held him back from making his second film. "If there's a cosmic thing that dooms second
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        233 7 THE LEADING LADIES: Where are they now? Michelle Goh, 3 1 She was Bunny the prostitute in Eric Khoo's Mec Pok Man 1 995). but Goh has been missing from the local entertainment scene since 1 998 when she left for Vancouver with boyfriend Edmond Wong. Since then, the actress
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        262 7 |PJkDIS-16EASTCOAS M? PTE APTS SALE S37BK UP CONSIDER! F bdrm. Walk-up. Ikm to Tao Na CHIJ. F/aircon/ Move-in. En-bl potential. Lee 948 98 948 PropNexjHjfcW CHELSEA LODGE FHOLC. up. 1173/ 1227 sqft. 3+l. Charmi showflat ready. Near ameniti< schs. Call Alvan *****155 D.15 CASUARINA COVE. 140C 3+l. Stadium/ pool view,
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        463 7 T PhDi 5-1 6 EAST COAST UP PTE APTS -SALE CLEARWATER CONDO STUDIO apt. S7lO sqft. High fir. Excellent cond. Face reservoir view. 9389-6930 D.15 EMERY PT. High fir. Sea view. Fhold. 3 bdrms. 1324 sqft. Good buy. 9383-5352 ERA ■)k Dl7-18CHANGI/ U±J PASIR RIS HOUSES SALE LOYANG VILLA 2492/
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        383 7 ■K Dl9-20SERANG00N/ In* THOMSON |F HOUSES -SALE [JLI TODAY VIEWING. No: 80 Boundary Ra. 3-sturey Terrace. 5 rms. Move-in. Near amenities. neg. Call ILA 9022-2204 for appt. BOUGHT $1.31M in 01, now $1.18M! 4-storey semi-d, near Sgoon Gdn, 2422/ 3800 sq.ft. 99 yrs. Water feature. *****310 OPEN HOUSE 2.30-6PM. 27
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        376 7 Pfk Dl9-2OSERANGOON/ Uil THOMSON ff PTE APTS -SALE D.19 RIO VISTA. Brand Very high fir, unbiucked, winay, total pool view river view. No noon sun. MRT. 9689 9139 PN PALM HAVEN. RESORT living. Orig $920K. Just TOP '2003. Now $695K! 999 yrs. Tranquil. 1324 sq.ft. 3+l. Pool view. 9007-3310 GOLDEN
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        359 7 lf}v D22-24WEST IK? PTE APTS SALE good! I HAZEL PARK. ttlB, 4+l. C view. NW facing. Bright, breezy serene. F/ facililies. Renovated. Low Urgent sale! 9311 5804 2+l PARC VISTA A sqft. Full condo facilities. Large hall. Beautiful pool view. Walk to MRT/mall. Ask $455K *****285 fa SHAZ KIM 9660
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        282 10 The Inter-American Development Bank (a multilateral development institution) is seeking for a PrOJGCt Consultant for Asia-Latin America and the Caribbean collaborations in economic social development. Position based in Washington D.C. Qualifications: Citizen of a Southeast Asian country; BA in a related field (MA preferred); 3 yrs work experience preferred; Fluent
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