The Straits Times, 7 January 2005

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  • 418 1  -  CHUA MUI HOONG Jakarta SINGAPORE is pledging US$lO million (5516.5 million) to a United Nations reconstruction fund for countries affected by the tsunami tragedy, joining countries which have promised over US$4 billion m aid. This is m addition to the $5 million pledged
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  • 515 1  -  Chua Mui Hoong Relief coordination role for UN; endorsement of early-warning system By Political Correspondent In Jakabta rr WORLD leaders are rallying behind tsunami-hit countries, coming up with an action plan to help. A summit of leaders from 20 countries and six international organisations yesterday
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1085 1  -  Alexis Hooi By GOH Wei Liang and two friends spent four days searching hospitals and morgues m Phuket and Kr.ibi for his older brother, undergraduate Goh Hui Kiang, 24. But they never found him, dead or alive. There was no trace at all
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 31 2 Officers' foreign study China sends top officers abroad to learn lessons to reform military. PAGE 18 Lessons for teachers S'porean teachers advise Filipinos on science and maths teaching. PAGE 20
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    • 38 2 Delta goes budget Delta Air Lines slashes fares to low-cost carrier levels, rattling industry. PAGE 22 Illegal migrant guide? Comic book produced by Mexican government slammed as a tip book for illegal migrants to US. PAGE 23
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    • 18 2 Britons' poor English SMS fingered as one reason British are falling behind m own language. PAGE 29
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    • 48 2 Keppel m the dock Keppel Shipyard charged over a fatal fire on an oil tanker last year. PAGE HI Bugis fun hub closer Land earmarked for a Victoria Stree: entertainment centre will be put up for sale now a developer has committed to bid $39.2 million. PAGEH2
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    • 30 2 A critical issue More readers have joined vthe debate sparked by Verghese Mathews' article asking if enough is being done to mould a new generation of critical thinkers. PAGEHIB
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    • 63 2 Rock and a hard man For pretending a goal wasn't scored, Man Utd's Roy Carroll s branded a cheat but to admit it would have earned Alex Ferguson's wrath. PAGE H22 Tiger set to roar again A Took at Tiger Woods' history of changing his swing suggests that he's
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    • 26 2 SPH profits shoot up Boosted by sale of most of Star Hub stake, Spore Press Holdings' first quarter net profits up 164.6 per cent PAGEH3I
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    • 57 2 In the Dec 27 article "Scheme to get execs to do overseas volunteer work", we published a photograph captioned as an example of a Singapore International Foundation expedition. That ws s incorrect. The photograph shows a community service holiday run by adventure company X-Trekkers Adventure
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    • 67 2 SECTION ONE Killer Waves 3-15 Asia 18-21 World 22-25 Review 26-29 Insight 30-31 FYI 32 SECTION TWO Home Hl-Hl7 Forum HlB-Hl9 Sports H2O-H24 Obituaries H25 Money H26-H33 LIFE! Buzz L2.L20 News L 3 Mailbag L 4 Fashion L6-L7 Music LB-Ll4 Events LlB TV Ll9 HppiiippiM by^^^B 1 2th Jan '05
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  • IN ACEH
    • 652 3  - S'pore may help Aceh rebuild its hospitals Goh Chin Lian Most of area's medical facilities destroyed and staff killed by tsunami, says minister By Cdvering the disaster IN SINGAPORE: Alexis Hooi, K.C. Vijayan, Goh Chin Lian, Karamjit Kaur, Benjamin Ho, Ho Ai Li IN INDONESIA: Chua Mvi Hoong, David Boey,
      WANG HUIFEN; Reuter  -  652 words
    • 330 3  - 2nd S'pore Navy vessel arrives in Meulaboh K.C. Vijayan By A SECOND vessel of the Singapore Navy arrived m Meulaboh yesterday afternoon, providing a second helicopter landing platform to help speed up the distribution of relief supplies m the town that bore the brunt of the disaster m Aceh. The
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    • 353 13 Terror expert says Islamic group could be trying to stir up anti-US sentiment A RADICAL Islamic group linked to the alleged leader of the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) has set up a relief operation m tsunamistricken Aceh, and regional terror
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    • 134 13 KUALA LUMPUR: Some Malaysians making donations for tsunami victims overseas have given away "rubbish" such as filthy diapers and used dentures, officials said yesterday. Charity group volunteers are wasting their time by throwing out thousands of dumped items such as broken shoes and handbags, discarded lipsticks,
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    • 116 13 JAKARTA: Myanmar's military rulers are capable of caring for the country's tsunami victims and overseas aid for them should be sent elsewhere, Prime Minister Soe Win said yesterday. The government said 59 of its citizens have been killed by the disaster, a figure international aid
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    • 109 13 SYDNEY: Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone yesterday suggested that Australia may consider giving refuge to some victims of the tsunami disaster. Ms Vanstone said that Australia's refugee intake was normally determined on an annual basis m concert with the United Nations, but that could be revised
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    • 131 13 SEOUL: South Korean relief workers helping tsunami victims may become targets of terror attacks, the government warned yesterday. South Korea sent a "request to related countries" to take security measures for the aid workers, said Mr Lee Kyu-hyung, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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    • 116 13 LONDON: Indonesia turned down an offer of British troops to help tsunami relief efforts because it felt it did not need the extra manpower. Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday. Britain offered on Tuesday to send 120 Gurkhas based m Brunei to Indonesia, m what
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    • 91 13 BANGKOK: Thailand's king has ordered that three local dogs be sent to tsunami-hit regions to sniff for bodies because they will be more effective than foreign canines. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday. "The King has told me that Thai dogs are clever and
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  • JAKARTA SUMMIT
    • 681 4  - Annan calls for 1.6 b in immediate aid Funds needed over next 6 months for recovery and rebuilding efforts By Devi Asmarani Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta UNITED Nations Secretary-Gen-eral Kofi Annan made a "flash appeal" for nearly US$l billion m immediate emergency aid to coordinate efforts to rebuild tsunamidevastated nations
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    • 542 4 Dubai ARAB satellite television channel Al-Jazeera said yesterday it is collecting donations for tsunami victims, as Saudi Arabia tripled its aid pledge to US$9O million (Ssl4B million) and announced a fund-raising telethon. The news comes as wealthy Middle Eastern countries have
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUIER  -  542 words
    • 213 4 UNITED Nations Secretary- General Kofi Annan's "flash appeal" for nearly US$l billion (Ssl.6 billion) m aid is aimed at getting commitments for specific projects from the more than US$3 billion worth of aid promised from various countries. It is noted that some of the money
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    • 527 4  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta WORLD leaders from 26 countries and groups yesterday called for the establishment of a regional early warning system m the Indian Ocean and South-east Asia to detect and warn of tsunamis before they strike. Just a few
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    • 328 4 FOUR-NATION AID EFFORT Jakarta THE United States yesterday announced it was dissolving the "core group" of nations it formed to expedite aid for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster and would work under the United Nations. Secretary of State Colin Powell
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    • 332 5  -  CHUA MUI HOONG SINGAPORE'S humanitarian assistance to Indonesia will focus on the coastal settlement of Meulaboh, one of the areas hit worst by the underwater earthquake and tsunami on Dec 26. This was agreed on after a meeting between Prime Minister Lee Hsien
      STEPHANIE YEOW; Reuter  -  332 words
    • 446 5  - China boosts aid by $33m, writes off $6.6 m loan Jason Leow Australia leads donors 1 list and forms partnership with Indonesia By China Bureau Chief In Beijing Salim Osman Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta CHINA yesterday added US$2O million (Ss33 million) to its US$63 million donation to Asia's tsunami victims
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  • SAF IN ACEH
    • 615 6  -  David Boey SAF sets up mobile plant to purify muddy water to help curb diseases By In Meulaboh FOR six hours yesterday, a water-purification plant purred and pumped out almost 3,000 litres of clean drinking water for refugee camps across Meulaboh, the worst-hit
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    • 426 6  -  David Boey By In Mfuij\rou CLAIRE Lam turned two m Singapore yesterday, but her dad, Singapore Armed Forces combat engineer Lam Chee Yuong, was not there. Major Lam, 32, spent the day m Meulaboh supervising an operation to clear debris and build a helicopter
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  • RELIEF/DONATIONS
    • 590 7 Helicopters, navy ships and medical teams converge on tsunami-hit areas THE following is a list of some of the military help pledged by governments to assist tsunami-hit nations: AUSTRAUA Sent 350 soldiers and four Iro quois helicopters to Indonesia. >> Set up a military field hospital
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    • 206 7 EDUCATION Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam starts a six-day visit to India and Sri Lanka today during which he will meet Sri Lankan government leaders to get a better understanding of their immediate needs for tsunami-hit areas. While visiting the island from Monday, Mr Tharman
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    • 226 7 SINGAPORE troops on the ground m tsunami-devastated Aceh will be getting news from home through Singapore Press Holdings newspapers. On Wednesday, 50 copies each of The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao and The New Paper, and 20 copies each of Berita Harian and
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    • 572 8  -  Eugene Low Speedy response and offer of military assets made big difference m initial relief operations By US Correspondent In Washington TOP United Nations relief official Jan Egeland has praised Singapore for its speedy response to tsunamistricken areas m the region and its
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    • 419 8  -  Benjamin Ho MAN PUTS BUSINESS ON HOLD By THE two utility turboprop jets he bought last year saved Mr Christian von Strombeck eight hours for every trip transporting seafood from the coasts of southern Java to his factory m Jakarta. He did not imagine
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    • 507 9 Countries trying to outdo each other and may not honour pledges, says EU Jakarta THE European Union's humanitarian commissioner warned that escalating aid offers from various nations to tsunami-hit countries risk turning into a "beauty contest". He said that what countries do
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; Los Angles Times  -  507 words
    • 296 10 THE National Council of Churches of Singapore will hold a special prayer service for victims of the tsunami disaster at 7.30pm tonight at the St Andrew's Cathedral. During the service, the bells of the cathedral will toll as a mark of respect for those
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    • 404 10  - Temasek Holdings earmarks 16.5 m for relief work Karamjit Kaur $1 .65 m already disbursed to help local aid agencies deliver food and medical supplies By THE first portion of the US$lO millior (5516.5 million) set aside by Temasek Holdings for aid to the tsunami-devastated countries will go to immediate
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    • 172 10 THE Singapore Red Cross has collected more than $24 million so far for tsunami victims. Singapore Press Holdings, a designated collection centre for the Singapore Red Cross, received more than $600,000 yesterday, bringing the total collected over eight days to $6.06 million. Today
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    • 137 10 VOLUNTEER organisation Mercy R -lief is organising an island-wide street collection for tsunami victims on Jan 15. It needs volunteers to help the more than 3,000 youths who have stepped forward so far. Those interested can contact Men:y Relief manager Izuan Rais on 6332-6323
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  • IMPACT ON TRIBES
    • 358 11 Washington THE FBI has issued a warning about online scams trying to capitalise on the Asian tsunami disaster. The schemes, which have been reported to the bureau's Internet Crime Complaint Centre, included unsolicited e-mail messages seeking money and a phony tsunami relief website
      NEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AP  -  358 words
    • 522 11  - Fears for survival of age-old Andaman tribes Ravi Velloor Six groups, especially the Sentinelese, are threatened as they lack technology to adapt By India Bureau Chief In Port Blair LIVELIHOOD GONE "The Sentinelese's lagoon has been completely erodedThere is no fishing ground anywhere." MR ANSTICE JUSTIN, a Nicobarese tribal official
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  • KILLER WAVES
    • 650 12  - Restless refugees in Sri LanKa Chua Chin Hon A better life soon is what many hope for, but the future is uncertain for most By In Kalmunai (Sri Lanka) TAKING a break between cooking chores at a makeshift refugee camp here, Mrs T. Sathya leans against a wall and stares
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    • 470 12  -  CHUA CHIN HON Karativu (Sri Lanka) EIGHT makeshift graves greet the waves as they roar from the Indian Ocean onto the beach m this eastern Sri Lankan fishing village, a grim reminder of the human toll from the tsunami that wrecked the country's
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    • 268 15  -  Lawrence Chung By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei HOW much value can a strand of hair command? At least NT521,400 (551,117), if it comes from the chest of Taiwanese singer Fei Xiang. It was certainly a unique way of helping the victims of the tsunami disaster. The
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    • 133 15 jWGFU star Jet Li, who narRy escaped die tsunami dijter with lis family while on liday m the Maldives, will pre his story of survival at a tesa fund-raising show today, vhlck brings together more than 150 Asian music
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    • 134 15 TWO days after enlisting his father and predecessor to lead a private fund-raising drive and sending Ms brother to visit disaster sites, US President George W. Bush has chipped m US$lO,OOO (5516,500) from his own pocket to help the victims of the tsunamis, the
      WASHINGTON POST  -  134 words
    • 208 15 Buddhist monk selling temple to raise money A BUDDHIST monk has stunned his congregation by putting his temple m west Canada up for sale m a bid to raise C 5500,000 (*****,000) for victims of the tsunami tragedy. "Life is very precious and the loss of life and property during
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  208 words
    • 223 15  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo SOUTH Korean actor Bae Yong Jun's donation of 300 million won (*****,000) for the tsunami victims has many of his Japanese fans rushing to help. After news broke on Tuesday that Bae had given the r»oney
      AFP  -  223 words
    • 121 15 Director Zhang Yimou gives $59,700 CHINESE director Zhang Yimou has donated 300,000 yuan (5559,760) m what is believed to be the biggest sum to be given by a celebrity from mainland China to help tsunami-hit countries, the Beijing Youth Daily reported yesterday. Producer Zhang Weiping confirmed that the acclaimed director
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    • 121 15 SEVEN-time world Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, who gave US$lO million (Ssl6.s,million) to the victims of the Asian tsunamis, has revealed that one of his bodyguards died m the tragedy. Schumacher said on his website that bodyguard Burkhard Cramer, 44, was killed m Phuket. His two
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  • SCDF TEAM
    • 582 14 SINGAPORE'S CRISIS ENVOYS A day m the life of the SCDF team m Khao Lak, Thailand, as witnessed by Straits Times photographer Ong Chin Kai Phuket AS NIGHT falls on the tsunami-hit area of Khao Lak, the men and women of the Singapore Civil Defence Force regroup at their makeshift
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  • ASIA
    • 668 18  -  Goh Sui Noi China expects them to lead reforms after observing foreign militaries By China Correspondent In Beijing Focus on high-calibre talent EM a defence White Paper released last month: China revealed that part of the planned increase m defence spending would be
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    • CHINA
      • 570 19  -  Tshang Chi-Chu Vendors scuffle with police m protest over unpaid compensation By China Correspondent In Beijing BEIJING'S most famous tourist spot to buy fake clothes and souvenirs was demolished yesterday, after police arrested dozens of stall vendors who staged a sit-in. Claiming that they were
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      • 282 19 US, China discuss anti- secession law Washington THE United States and China have held their first high-level talks on Beijing's proposed law aimed at preventing Taiwan from becoming independent. US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage met Chinese Minister of Taiwan Affairs Chen Yunlin at the State Department on Wednesday
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      • 275 19 Beijing CHINA'S top audit office will turn its spotlight on one of the most problematic state banks and the banking regulator m its latest round of anti-corruption checks into top institutions. The National Audit Office has also pledged to inject more transparency into
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      • 219 19 Beijing A BABY boy delivered m a Beijing maternity ward early yesterday became China's 1.3 billionth citizen, the government said, using the. occasion to tout its contentious one-child policy imposed more than two decades ago. The 3.66 kg baby boy was born at
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; Reuter; XINHUA  -  219 words
      • 181 19 Beijing MATCH-MAKING agencies m south-western China's Chengdu city are offering girlfriends-for-hire to bachelors needing someone to show off to relatives during the upcoming Chinese New Year. "Love agencies are...offering an invaluable service for those men whose parents are nagging them to settie down,"
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 461 20  -  Luz Baguioro SIF volunteers will share tips on the teaching of science and mathematics By Philippines Correspondent In Manila FILIPINO public school teachers are to get tips from their Singaporean counterparts on how to improve their teaching of science and maths. The Singapore International
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      • 206 20 Hanoi A SECOND boy m southern Vietnam has died from the lethal strain of bird flu, medical officials here said yesterday. The six-year-old boy from southern Dong Thap province died of high fever and respiratory failure on Dec 30 only three hours after
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
        • 108 20 TOKYO: The United States is setting a deadline of early next month for a reply from North Korea on whether the communist state will return to six-party talks on its nuclear arms programme, a Japanese newspaper said yesterday. If Pyongyang does not reply positively by
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        • 114 20 HONG KONG: A motion to censure the Hong Kong government for ignoring public demands for full democracy m the territory was defeated 28-24 on Wednesday by pro-China legislators. The motion, introduced by radical lawmaker Albert Cheng, demanded that the government put forward a proposal for constitutional
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        • 101 20 VLADIVOSTOK: Russia has started to demilitarise a border zone that is to be handed to China under an agreement signed by President Vladimir Putin m Beijing last October, military officials m the Russian Far East said yesterday. Under the accord demarcating the last 2 per cent of
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        • 89 20 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Residents fled parts of Brunei's capital m panic yesterday after heavy rain caused rare floods that hit affluent residential areas m the oil-rich sultanate. People ran for higher ground after a threehour downpour before dawn caused torrents of water to crash down
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        • 92 20 PHNOM PENH: Former Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk has called for pardons for local Muslims convicted of plotting terror attacks, claiming that their trials had been based on flimsy evidence. A court last month sentenced a local man, along with two Thais, an Egyptian, a Malaysian and
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 269 21 Kuala Lumpur TWO Malaysians and an Indonesian abducted by Muslim extremists last April have died m the southern Philippines, the Malaysian military said yesterday. The three crew members of a Malaysian tugboat were kidnapped on April 11 m a raid m waters off
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      • 505 21 Court says crime has bigger consequences than acts such as robberies or rape PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIA'S highest court has made it clear that corruption has greater far-reaching consequences on the country than other crimes such as robberies, rapes or criminal breach of trust. The
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      • 88 21 A Borneo pygmy elephant lying trapped m a muctrhqj& on Sabah' s east coast. It is one of two female pygmy elephants found stuck m the mud at an an oil palm plantation about 100 km from Lahad Datu. State Wildlife Department rangers, assisted by
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      • 310 21 PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIA has foiled an attempt to use the country as a transit point to smuggle woman from China to Western countries. Immigration officers detained nine Chinese women with forged Korean passports during a routine check at Miri airport m Sarawak on Sunday.
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  • WORLD
    • 560 22 Fighting back SOME American airlines lowered their fares on Wednesday to compete with Delta's rates. Internet travel website Bestfares.com said US Airways and Northwest Airlines matched Delta's reduced fares in some markets. A US Airways spokesman said the carrier matched some of Delta's
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    • 578 23 It gives tips on how to avoid perils, but critics call it lessons on how to break law Monterrey (Mexico) THE Mexican government is distributing a comic book guide that warns would-be migrants about the perils of crossing illegally into the United States
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 162 24 US MARINE Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun, charged with desertion after he left his unit m Iraq and turned up m Lebanon, has gone absent again and appears to have returned to Lebanon, officials have said. The US military has tracked records from bank machines indicating
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      • 171 24 PHILIPPINE prosecutors have opposed a request by deposed president Joseph Estrada to stay longer m Hong Kong to recuperate from knee surgery. They said Estrada could recuperate for as long as he liked, but only m a government-controlled hospital m Manila and not m Hong
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      • 145 24 THE leader of Australia's opposition Labor Party is recovering from a second bout of painful inflammation of his pancreas. Mr Mark Latham, 43, was first hospitalised with the ailment last August during the hectic run-up to polls which Prime Minister John Howard won. Mr Latham said that
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    • 650 25 18 IRAQIS LURED TO THEIR DEATH Coffins being made ready for the bodies of 18 men found dead in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. An Interior Ministry official said the men, including two drivers, had been lured to Mosul last month with
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    • 239 25 Sydney AN INTERNATIONAL crime ring has infiltrated Australian schools and colleges to recruit students as young as 15 for an Internet banking fraud potentially worth millions of dollars, police said yesterday. Australian criminals with links to Russian crime have set up a
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 129 25 LONDON: A British woman who had been told she was infertile after undergoing chemotherapy has given birth to a son, British newspapers reported yesterday. Now 21, with a one-year-old boy, the unnamed woman was diagnosed with bone cancer seven years ago but made a complete recovery
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      • 78 25 WELLINGTON: New Zealanders complaining about unseasonal summer rain m recent weeks have received proof of changing climatic conditions after icebergs were sighted m local waters for the first time since 1948. The icebergs were seen m the Southern Ocean, about 700 km south-east of the
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      • 137 25 TEL AVIV: Israel is prepared to hand responsibility for security m the Gaza Strip and the main population centres of the West Bank to a newly elected Palestinian leadership as soon as it is able to handle the task, Israel's Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz
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      • 140 25 LUXOR (Egypt): A team of researchers briefly removed King Tut's mummy from its tomb on Wednesday and laid bare his bones for a CT scan that could solve an enduring mystery: Was it murder or natural causes that killed Egypt's boy pharaoh 3,000 years
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  • REVIEW
    • 379 26 COMMON humanity stretching across continents and cultures has exceeded itself m offering money, solace and on-site attention for the tsunami victims. But it has not taken long for the depraved sub-species to cash m on the confusion. Conmen and organised rings siphoning off what they can of
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    • 838 26  - Chance for countries to rally together Lee Hock Guan By Ooi Kee Beng For The Straits Times A CHANCE FOR CHANGE Asean had, m the past discussed coordinated approaches to disaster relief. This catastrophe provides an opportunity to work this out m practice, including the smooth cooperation between military and
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    • 969 26  -  Janadas Devan FOREIGN MATTERS By THE international response to the Indian Ocean tsunamis has been overwhelming m its generosity. So overwhelming, m fact, that the president of Oxfam America, Mr Raymond Offenheiser, found himself worrying earlier this week of "the anarchy of altruism" a
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    • 1479 27 The following is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's opening statement at the special Asean leaders' summit m Jakarta PAY ATTENTION TO THE UVING Even as we mourn the dead, our greater responsibility is to deliver to the survivors the help they desperately need.
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    • 1007 28  -  Fan Gang By Michael Garrett Jean-Pierre Lehmann THERE can be no underestimating the scale of the human devastation wrought by Asia's horrific tsunamis. Family members have been lost, homes destroyed and livelihoods ruined. As is often the case m natural disasters, the
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    • 998 29  -  Tan Scow Hon By For The Straits Times THE state of the hearts of our young people, specifically whether they have the moral courage to stand up for what they believe m, is m the spotlight again with this newspaper's upcoming Youthink pages intended
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    • 667 29  -  David Mason By WRTTING is an essential form of human communication and is certainly its most enduring form. In order to survive as a human being m any industrialised or post-industrial society, three skills are required. In English, they are known as the three
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    • 201 26 Betiefe?Whatbeliefe? It is fine to encourage our youths to speak up, but do they have anything to speak up for? PAGE 29 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENIRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACnVE: http://straitstime_-asial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Senior Executive ViceAlan Chan Heng
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  • INSIGHT
    • 1996 30 PEOPLE ft POLITICS Those speculating that Lim Boon Heng would ease out from politics after giving up the top union leader's job would have been surprised last month: He was made party chairman and says he'll be around to contest the next
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    • 1073 31  -  Chua Mui Hoong FRIDAY MATTERS By Senior Political Correspondent CONFIDENCE IN PEOPLE'S SUPPORT Leaders do not operate m a vacuum. Here, they were able to react so swiftly and thoroughly because they know Singaporeans... will support such efforts. THE story that
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    • 619 31  -  Laurel Teo »THEPOST-'6SERS By LIKE most of the rest of the world, I was glued to the TV screen these past two weeks, surfing through the channels for updates on the tsunami disaster. When BBC and CNN cameras panned to soldiers with the familiar
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    • 214 30 Softer side of Singapore Singaporeans showed the world their big heart by helping tsunami victims. And our soldiers led the way in relief efforts. PAGE 3I I _r^ I 1 I _> J TALKS ON NEW (Ol UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES o if. FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS wi *^^MB_______________________^__-___________^___^-^_____________________^pP 9 1 Date:
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    • 87 30 MrUmon: START IN "I wasn't sure I had the temperament Sure, I had represented my school in public speaking, but each time I had to battle stage fright" HIS FOCUS MOW "One area that I hope I can spend time on is helping to develop services for the elderly, an
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    • 155 32 Singapore today Occasionally windy. Showers in the afternoon, mainly over the northern, eastern and central parts of Singapore. _n*__#x^i The Power of Dreams A f f Am 9 <, W 4 m __^_^_^_^_^_^_^B^_^_^_^__l __F __^^_!^B __T w v Book by 19 January and zip around m a new Honda this
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    • 372 32 SINGAPORE WORLD WEATHER SINGAPORE OUTLOOK Occasionally windy WflW and cloudy with periods of rain for the next 2 days. §AIR QUALITY PSI: 29 (Good) 24-hour reading as at 4pm yesterday SUNRISE MOONRISE 7.10am 3.31am SUNSET MOONSET 7.13pm 3.53pm For updates and more details, call Meteorological Services Division, NEA: 6542-7788 MM
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    • 287 32 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY IJoin Mr Ting C.H. as he celebrates his 47th birthday, seven years after a liver-transplant operation, at a blood donation drive. Sultan Mosque, 3 Muscat Street. llam-spm. Tel: 6293-4405. 2 Ever heard Britney Spear's Hit Me Baby One More Time in a jazz arrangement
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  • HOME
    • 8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY JANUARY 7, 2005
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    • 553 1  - Keppel Shipyard and officer charged Selina Lum MOM says regulations had been contravened m oil-tanker blaze By No plea taken after charges had been read out NO PLEA was taken after the charges were read out to safety officer Lim Yee Chien (right) and Keppel Shipyard representative Chin Sze Kiong
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    • 524 2  -  Tan Hui Yee Govt to announce launch of tender for entertainment centre project By PLANS for an entertainment centre m the Bugis area moved one step closer to reality yesterday when the Government announced that a 0.89 ha site earmarked for such a project
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    • 353 2  -  KELVIN WONG CONSUMER confidence m Singapore has slipped amid growing awareness that last year's sparkling economic growth will not be repeated this year, according to the latest survey conducted by MasterCard International. The biannual report, which was conducted m October and November, surveyed 5,517 consumers
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    • 396 2  -  Gle nys Sim Kelvin Wong By ABOUT 100 people attended a closed-door meeting on the integrated casino resort held by the Singapore Tourisir Board (STB) yesterday. The meeting was open to "interested proposers" m Singapore's integrated resort who had bought the Government's Request For Concepts
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    • 367 4 Dr Chee defamed Mr Goh and Mr Lee during the 2001 elections. Since then, there have been many developments m this long and drawn-out case October to November 2001: Dr Chee (right) accused then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and then-Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew of
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    • 837 4  -  Lydia Lim Judge says the SDP chief acted m bad faith throughout the proceedings By Senior Political Correspondent THE High Court yesterday awarded $300,000 m damages to Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and $200,000 to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew m their
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    • 627 6  -  Sandra Davie Autonomy will up differences between them; NUS and NTU may go private By Education Correspondent OVER the next few years, uni-versity-bound students can look forward to more choice m the higher education sector. With the autonomy to run themselves as they
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    • 582 7  -  Ho Ai Li But fee hikes will be capped at 10 per cent of previous years' fees By STUDENTS at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) can expect to pay more for the courses m future as the cost
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    • HOME GROUND
      • 253 10 Oz;er years, Cheang Hong Lim Place has evolved into a little breathing spot m the city centre. Next to Prudential Tower and behind China Square food centre, the park is an oasis of calm m the heart of the business district. Pedestrians can enjoy shade from
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    • 507 12  -  Elena Chong Awarded contracts to supplier m return for 50 per cent of profit margin By Kickbacks ranged from $828 to $9,52 1 KERK Kok Han (left), 39, was an operations executive (lubricants) at Shell Eastern Petroleum from 1997 to 2003.
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    • 513 13 It's jail for two road bullies Two men were yesterday put behind bars for separate road rage incidents last year. Elena Chong and Selina Lum report Chilli powder flung m fight A MOTORIST was punched and had chilli powder flung at his eyes after he had refused to come down
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    • 275 14 Drug suspect to enter plea in 2 weeks Accused Lawyer for private equity investor Dinesh Singh Bhatia (left) has asked for a two-week adjournment for the court to take his plea and hear his mitigation. Bhatia was among high-profile suspects caught m cocaine bust PRIVATE equity investor Dinesh Singh Bhatia,
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    • CASE FILE
      • 228 14 A WOMAN coolly offered a robber her handbag when the man threatened her husband with a knife and demanded his watch. She and her husband, a lecturer, were held up m the carpark at Block 213 Bedok North Street 1 at about 7.10 am on Wednesday. They
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      • 182 14 WHEN Superintendent Ng Guat Ting goes to work next Monday, she will occupy :he commander's office, the first woman to do so m the 79-year history of the Traffic Police. Hers is one of the key appointments made within the police force that will take effect
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      • 92 14 A SINGAPOREAN driving through Woodlands Checkpoint on Tuesday was arrested after drugs were found on him. At about 8.50pm, police dog unit officers stopped the 24-year-old project supervisor's car for a routine search and found o.Bg of Ketamine and a stained straw on him. He was arrested
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    • 339 15  -  Chong Chee Kin NICOLL HIGHWAY INQUIRY Lawyers question professionalism of man and his staff By THE man supervising the team of design engineers at the Nicoll Highway MRT site had his professionalism, and that of his staff, scrutinised when he took the
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    • 276 15 A weekly look at what to watch out for in the worid of retail. Figures and case study come from the Consumers Association of Singapore. The world of watches O I No. of complaints O I (January-June 2004) Top complaints 1 Defective goods CASE STUDY A consumer sent his watch
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    • 541 16  -  Alfred Siew Engineers from IDA monitor signal strength offered by cellphone operators By Checking for the right signals THE Straits Times accompanied the IDA team on a two-hour dry run from Marina South to Clementi yesterday. Here's a slice of what we saw: Bedok (measured along
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    • 486 17  -  Alfred Siew Common glitches plaguing cellphone users m Europe not apparent here By STAYING CONNECTED "Last week, I stayed on the line even when I took a lift to the underground carpark at home. To my surprise, the Motorola E lOOO phone seamlessly handed
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    • 579 17  -  Ho Ka Wei By In Las Vegas CREATIVE Technology's Zen Micro has been flying off the shelves so quickly since its November launch last year that its chief Sim Wong Hoo is pushing his staff to jack up production speed to meet the frenzied demand.
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    • FORUM
      • 452 18 DO STUDENTS THINK? I APPLAUD Mr Jamie Han Li Chou's attempt (ST, Jan 1) to make a meaningful response to Mr Verghese Mathews' article, "Lost generation or future leaders: our call". In Mr Han's response, I find both the seeds of Singapore youth's potential
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      • 206 18 IT IS heartening to know young people like Mr Jamie Han Li Chou are passionate and unafraid to voice their opinion. I am also inspired by Mr Verghese Mathews, who asked if we are doing our part to mould a generation of critical
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      • 120 18 I REFER to the letter by Mr Jamie Han Li Chou. To think critically, one has to think independently, a characteristic of people m most developed countries. To think independently, one must view oneself and others as autonomous individuals, respect alternative points of view
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      • 140 18 I REFER to the article "MOH to stop docs from selling drugs" (ST, Jan 1) and various letters m the ST Forum page m response to it. The article did not communicate my vision accurately and m the right context. During the
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      • 169 18 I REFER to the letter by Mr Soh Chin Heng of the CPF Board regarding real-estate investment trusts or Reits (ST, Jan 1). I have to disagree with his comparison of Reits to other investment vehicles. Because Reits pay out a large proportion of
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      • 163 18 Let me use CPF to pay for eye op MEDISAVE AND ELDERLY I AM a 60-year-old retiree who has suffered from poor eyesight for some years now. I am unable to see clearly with my right eye. Recently, I consulted a specialist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital who recommended Trans
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      • 150 18 I WOULD like to suggest that the CPF Board give serious consideration to the use of Medisave by elderly members. Allow members aged 65 and above to make use of their Medisave account when they visit government polyclinics. These members are already retired
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      • 262 19 TSUNAMI AFTERMATH I REFER to the article by Ms Elaine Young, "Why do I feel guilty about being alive?" (ST, Jan 3). I suspect that the range of emotions that Ms Young and her husband are going through is a
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      • 296 19 WE REFER to the recent letters to the media expressing concerns and calling for a tsunami alert system to be established. We appreciate and understand these concerns and agree a tsunami early warning system, similar to the one existing for
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      • 353 19 WITH reference to the article by Mr Anthony Reid, "The Acehnese deserve better" (ST, Jan 4), I would like to clarify that the problems m Aceh are not as simple as portrayed m the article. Indeed, they are multidimensional and should not
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      • 192 19 THE principal and teachers of Anderson Secondary School counselling students who were close friends of Jasima Jahan who perished m the tsunami disaster must be commended for what they are doing ("Sombre return to school after tsunami"; ST, Jan 3) Although they were not
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      • 48 19 TO HELP identify the dead, Singaporeans overseas on holiday should be encouraged to wear an identification tag. It should be made of a noncombustible, waterproof ma- terial, and bear the wearer's name, address, passport number and contact number. Mak Seek Hong
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      • 78 19 THE TV media covered reactions from teachers and schoolchildren on the first day of school on Monday. The reports showed them thankful to be alive and the need to help tsunami victims, but nowhere did teachers tell students how to "read" the warning
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      • 90 19 IN THIS technologically advanced age, it is beyond comprehension how a timely warning about the tsunami could not have been issued to countries m the region. Imagine the countless lives that could have been saved and the anguish spared to all who survived. Instead
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      • 74 19 PLEASE include your full name (as m IC), your address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stf orum _Psph.com.sg When you write to The Straits Times Forum page, we take it that you
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    • SPORTS
      • 1006 20  - We've got a great chance of winning, says Fandi Marc Lim THE SPORTS INTERVIEW: FANDI AHMAD He believes Singapore are an organised side and won't be beaten easily m Tiger Cup final By In Jakarta FANDI Ahmad is no stranger to Indonesian football. He plied his trade m Indonesia more
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      • 60 21 "I would suggest the Sports Council and the police take ownership m events like this to prevent such occurances and to maintain orderliness. Cost should never be an issue here." HWANG LIANG KENG REMAINING UNIMPRESSED "I have alway been a Singapore supporter, but this team doesn't impress me
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      • 539 21  -  Yap Koon Hong SOCCER: TIGER CUP By Sports Editor WHAT can we expect when Singapore play tomorrow against South-east Asia's largest country and one of the world's most populous? For a start, we should expect an unfriendly Indonesian crowd of
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      • 641 21  -  Alvin Foo Sombre mood m the wake of killer waves, but 90,000 will still watch Tiger Cup final By In Jakarta Tiger Cup final, first leg Indonesia v Singapore Senayan Stadium, Jakarta Live, tomorrow, Ch24, 8.30pm and Ch5, 8.40pm. Grandstand tickets
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        • 71 21 THE 6th Asian Netball Championships, to be hosted by Singapore, is m doubt after the tsunami disaster that affected participating countries like Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Initially scheduled from Feb 19 to 25, the tournament could now be postponed to the first week of
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        • 67 21 NO SURPRISES at the National Table Tennis Grand Finale yesterday as the national players made the semi-finals of the doubles event. The pairings of Li Jiawei/Xu Van and Zhang Xueling/Tan Paey Fern are likely to meet m the final on Sunday. Li is also m the
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        • 52 21 WOODLANDS Wellington defeated S-League new boys Paya Lebar Punggol FC 4-2 m a pre-season friendly at Woodlands Stadium yesterday. Woodlands scored through Masrezwan Masturi, Ahmad Latiff, Jonathon Angelucci and an own goal. Paya Lebar replied through Cameroonian trialist C. Best. The new season kicks off m
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        • 77 21 RED Bull's AIR BLAST kiteboarding competition will be premiering at Bintan's Mana Mana Beach Club from Feb 2-6. It is expected to attract participants from Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Australia. The event is also the qualifying round for Red Bull's "King of the Air" challenge to be held
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      • 347 22  - Result stands with S'pore Pools Peh Shing Huei SOCCER: THE ROY CARROLL CONTROVERSY By SORRY, Singapore punters, you will not win any money if you had bet on Tottenham Hotspur beating Manchester United m Wednesday's controversial match. A Singapore Pools spokesman told Timesport yesterday that they will only "pay prizes
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      • 956 22 You are nothing but a cheat, Roy Roy Carroll factfile Age: 27. Date of birth: Sept 30, 1977. Nationality: Northern Ireland. Height: I.Bm. Weight: 70kg. Carroll was signed by Manchester United from Wigan Athletic m July 2001, for a fee believed to be £2.5 million (557.7 million), but that was
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      • 967 22  -  Rob Hughes IN GOOD CONSCIENCE By In London FROM the shires of England to the shores of the Dead Sea, everyone now has an opinion on that blunder by Roy Carroll, and whether or not the Manchester United goalkeeper should have owned
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      • 847 23 SOCCER Minute by minute Ist min: Zidane plays a long pass which Beckham fails to pick up, allowing Riesgo to gather the ball. 2nd: Raul heads towards goal, ball deflects to Morientes, who fails to score from six metres. 3rd: Raul flicks the ball
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      • 127 23 Golden oldies (from left) Lim Tsoh Pwoy, Lim Lion Siong, Leong Chooi Peng, William Wee, Chan Soo Sen (Minister of State for Education and guest of honour) and K. S. Moorthy were among more than 50 judokas, past and present, and guests who gathered at Hotel
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      • 322 23 BASKETBALL Miami (Florida) THE New York Knicks looked competitive at times with the Miami Heat, but it was as though Shaquille O'Neal was holding the Knicks at arm's length with one massive hand and letting them swing at air. They had no chance. He
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      • 466 24  -  Peh Shing Huei »GOLF By SINGAPORE'S top golfers Mardan Mamat and Lam Chih Bing charged into contention after the second round of the Accenture Champion of Champions yesterday, but they need to do better if they are to prevent David Gleeson from grabbing
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      • 832 24 As swing changes kick m, a big year is likely for former world No. 1 Maui (Hawaii) HISTORY indicates that Tiger Woods could be m for a big year. Competition suggests it would not be easy. The first time he overhauled his
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      • 558 24 Women's game gets massive boost with $145 m deal TENNIS St Petersburg (Florida) IT HAS come a long way over the past 35 years. But on Wednesday, women's tennis went farther than anyone could have imagined with a US$BB million (Ssl4s million), six-year contract for global sponsorship that dwarfs anything
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        • 58 24 PERTH: Former Wimbledon and US Open runner-up Mark Philippoussis is likely to miss tennis' Australian Open m two weeks' time after tearing a groin muscle during the Hopman Cup mixed teams event on Wednesday. Similar injuries have been known to keep an athlete out of
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        • 67 24 KARACHI: Pakistan's cricket chief yesterday ruled out sacking English coach Bob Woolmer and captain Inza-mam-ul Hag after Australia whitewashed his team 3-0 m the just-ended Test series. "We are as disappointed as the common cricket fan here but it's not a matter to panic over
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        • 58 24 PRAGUE: Czech soccer midfielder Jiri Jarosik has signed a 2 -year contract with Premiership leaders Chelsea. The 27-year-old joins from Russian side CSKA Moscow m a reported eight million euro (5517.5 million) deal. Meanwhile, Sporting Lisbon have complained to Fifa after three of their teenage
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        • 97 24 LONDON: Arsenal's Brazilian midfielder Edu has hit out at the soccer club for stalling over offering him a new contract. His deal expires next summer and he has been linked with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. He told The BBC: "I'm not sure
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        • 46 24 HONG KONG: Elena Dementieva beat Wimbledon tennis champion Maria Sharapova 6-7 (6-2), 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday m the Champions Challenge exhibition tournament. The fourth-ranked Sharapova was let down by her erratic play and appeared to be distracted by several line calls. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      • 959 24 BASKETBALL NBA: Boston 84 Golden State 83, Toronto 96 Sacramento 93, Charlotte 102 Minnesota 84, Orlando 105 Seattle 87, Cleveland 101 Atlanta 85, Miami 102 New York 94, Milwaukee 97 New Jersey 74, Chicago 95 New Orleans 89, Dallas 118 LA Lakers 104, Phoenix 108 Houston 98, Philadelphia 106
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        • 5880 26 TRANSACTION DATE: IANUART S. 2005 I 25.5 5 5716 Ist Software 5c 7 unch 3225 7.5 7 28 3 34.5 15 5 3148 BTelecom US2c 19 5 unch 1924 19.5 19 5 5.8 93.4 48.3 31.5 5834 A-Sonic 5c 41 +0.5 407 41 40.5 5N 14.5 138
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      • 664 27 1 0 ex- World Com directors paying $30m to settle suit PUSH FOR DIRECTOR ACCOUNT ABILITY "This may be one of the most important steps towards reinforcing the importance of performing the directorship duties with fidelity towards shareholders. It's going to be very sobering to board members around the country."
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      • 38 27 *n Yesterday's close-. 11,492.26 (+54.74 points) Tokyo shares rose as gains in shipping stocks offset losses in semiconductor-related firms such as NEC. that were hurt by a revenue outlook cut from US chip maker Xilinx. REUTERS
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      • 38 27 fdgg Yesterday's close: 13.712.04 52.32 points) Hong Kong stocks ended flat, as selling pressure eased after two straight sessions of sharp declines, with investors growing cautious ahead of today's US non-farm payrolls report. REUTERS
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      • 36 27 "*1 Yesterday's close: 1.029 (+14.45 points) Indonesian share prices closed 1.42 per cent higher, as international support for reconstruction in tsunami-hit areas raised expectations the impact on the economy would be limited. AFP
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      • 42 27 fgf Yesterday's close: 1,239.43 (-12.51 points) Chinese share prices closed 1.03 per cent lower, as petrochemical, auto and power stocks were hit by a fresh bout of of sustained selling, to leave the market at five-year lows again. AFP
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        42 27 ▼1 Yesterday's close: 6,367.39 (-91 .45 points) Indian share prices closed 1 42 per cent lower, in line with other Asian markets and after overnight Wall Street weakness, which was triggered by concerns over further US interest rate hikes. REUTERS
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      • 32 27 Yesterday's close: 4,029.9 (-9.5 points) Australian share prices closed 0.24 per cent lower in a lacklustre session led by News Corp and selected resource stocks, including Rio Tinto. REUTERS
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      • 27 27 "sn Yesterday's close: 910.42 (+2.46 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.27 per cent higher on buying of selected blue chips by institutional funds. AFP
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      • 25 27 fgfdg Yesterday's close: 693.62 (+10.12 points) >► Thai share prices closed 1.48 percent higher as foreign investors focused on buying big-cap shares. AFP
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      • 369 27 New York DIRECTORS at other public companies fearful about the implications m Wednesday's settlement may take some comfort from the fact that World Com is m a class by itself. When the company collapsed m 2002, it was not only the biggest bankruptcy, but one
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      • 172 27 New York THE United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is examining whether mutual fund and hedge-fund managers are pocketing rebates from stock-trading commissions that should be directed back to investors, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing people familiar with the matter. At issue
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      • 241 27 Jan 6 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 50c 0.31 1.150 +0.070 BILInt!US2Oc 0.44 0.985 +0.010 Capitaland 139 2.140 -0.020 Chart SemiCond 26c 071 0.970 +0.015 CityDevSOc 2.24 7.000 +0.050 ComfortOelgro 25c 1 99 1550 Cosco Corp 20c 034 1.230 Creative T 25c 0.87 23.600 +0.200
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      • 71 27 Jan 6 PacificCenturyiOc 30,131.000 UniFiber 10c 28.713,000 Citiraya 2.5 c 28.141,000 UTAC USISC 23,454.000 LantroVis 2c 19.004,000 CHTHK6OC 15,422,000 Soilbuild 25c 14.768.000 Fung Choi HK25c 13.943.000 Capita Land 12,522.000 Junma RmbO.2 11,811,000 Sing Tel 1 5c 11,791 .000 STATSChP 25c 11,575,000 RafflesH 32c 11,404,000 Rowsley Ltd 2.5 c
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      • 150 27 Jan 6 I UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS I FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2510 1.2660 Can dollar 1.3360 1.3530 Euro 2.1720 2.1970 Malaysian ringgit* 0 4345 0 4349 NZ dollar 1.1420 1.1670 Sterling pound 3
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      • 1855 27 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE lANUARY 8 2005 U-WEEK TEL CMttNCV IMT VOUMt BAY LAST BJMTE WON LOW CMC CONMNY TMKB UU DOS HI6H LOW SUYEI SEUU 126 71 3602 Amtek Wo9o6lo 90 +75 30 90 89~5 89 905 8 7 ArianeCorpWo9l229 7 5 unch 2986 7 5 7 5
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      • 632 28 ASIAN THREAT "They are consuming more of the world's resources, attracting more of its capital, and producing more engineers and science majors than the United States." MR THOMAS DONOHUE US chamber calls for speedy set-up of mega FTA for entire Americas Washington ASIAN
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      • 215 28 More jobless claims in US last week Washington INITIAL jobless claims m the United States surged unexpectedly last week by 43,000, taking claims to their highest level since late September, a government report showed yesterday. But an official noted that there were seasonal adjustment difficulties. The number of Americans making
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      • 388 28 London JAPAN'S biggest carmakers took more than 30 per cent of the new car market m the United States for the first time last year. Toyota, which passed Ford Motor m 2003 to become the world's second-largest carmaker, last year became
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      • 415 28 BRIGHT OUTLOOK: A visitor wears 3-D glasses as he watches an LG 3-D television on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show m Las Vegas. Electronics sales m the United States are poised to climb 11 per cent this year on the back of
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      • 677 29  -  Arthur Poon Massive inflow of international aid may see region finish economically stronger By fgfg "Economic losses at the aggregate level are likely to be limited, especially compared with the effects of the Sars epidemic m 2003. Faster re-investment leading to stronger investment demand could
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      • 223 29 Robots to power Toyota factories Tokyo TOYOTA Motor will introduce robots which can work as well as or better than human beings at its 12 factories m Japan to cut costs and deal with a looming labour shortage as the population ages, a report said yesterday. The robots would be
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      • 449 29 Delayed Reit issue may cost taxpayers in HK $200 m THE Hong Kong government's botched initial public offer (IPO) of the Link Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) could cost taxpayers HK$9OO million (*****.7 million), Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands Michael Suen told lawmakers on Wednesday. Reporting this yesterday, the
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      • 788 30  - Red ink in Govt 's finances may be wiped out this year Narendra Aggarwal Tax experts expect Spore to avoid its third straight Budget shortfall By Economics Correspondent Possible surplus Sharp increases in GST, and property tax and stamp duty collections, have helped boost tax revenue by almost 13 per
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      • 282 30 ANYONE counting on an election year Budget bonanza will be out of luck; fiscal prudence will rule this year, according to a leading analyst. Dr Chua Hak Bin, DBS' senior regional economist for South and South-east Asia, told a business forum yesterday that the
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      • 550 30  -  Lorna Tan By Finance Correspondent fgfg A KEY local interest rate the three-month Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (Sibor) has jumped a quarter of a percentage point m three weeks to breach the 1.6 per cent level for the first time m three
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        • 127 30 ONLINE travel reservations specialist Asiatravel.com Holdings wants to reduce the exercise price for warrants it had proposed to issue from 36 cents to 28 cents. This is because the market price of its shares has fallen sharply since October when it had announced
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        • 58 30 CONSTRUCTION company BBR Holdings said a wholly-owned subsidiary, Singapore Piling Civil Engineering, has clinched a contract worth $35.6 million to build a 30-storey apartment block m Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Sesdaq-listed firm said the project, awarded by Asian Hotels and Properties, will
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        • 89 30 SESDAQ-LISTED engineering group Tee International yesterday said its subsidiaries have won 11 contracts worth a total of $15 million m Singapore and Malaysia. The largest, worth $5.6 million, is for a project at Nanyang Technological University. Another contract to supply and install
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      • 272 31 METAL-STAMPING company CFM Holdings yesterday said it has incurred a net loss of about $2 million for the five months ended Nov 30 and expects to be m the red for the half-year ended Dec 31. CFM said that the losses
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      • 551 31 SPH profits more than double to $222m Earnings lifted by $1 29 m gain from selling nearly all of Star Hub stake By Audrey Tan Assistant Money Editor SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday reported a 164.6 per cent surge m net profits to $221.6 million for the first quarter, thanks
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      • 205 31 DIRECTORS' TRADES TPA CHIEF EXEC BACKS FIRM WITH BIG BUY EXPECTATIONS of strong profit growth on the back of a buoyant aviation industry has prompted the boss of aircraft components distributor TPA Strategic Holdings to increase his stake m the company. TPA's chief executive, Mr Chan Nyuk Lin, bought 1.32
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      • 424 31  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By INVESTORS reacted like hardened drinkers hearing the barman call for last orders yesterday and staged a late rush for blue chips that drove the index to another four-year high. In one of the more unusual trading sessions,
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      • 74 31 Top Rises Jan 6 CENTS JMHUS2Sc4OO 1640 49.6 19 FIN 1630 30.0 1.9 Creative T 25c 2360 20.0 0.9 DBSBk6%NCPSIO ***** 200 0 2 DBSGrp 1620 20 0 1.3 Keppel Corp 50c 890 20 0 2 3 OCBC 1380 20.0 1.5 oairyFarmUSs.Bc 248 13 2 3.3 Peoples Food 154 11.0
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      • 75 31 Top Rises Jan 6 CENTS SHC Capital 10c 10.5 61.5 4.0 HuaKoksc 4 33.3 1.0 North 22 USIc 2 33 3 0.5 Rowsle,WoBlll7 4.5 28.6 1.0 See Hup Seng 10c 8.5 21.4 15 Inno-Paclc 3.5 16.7 0.5 LKN-Primefield2Bc 3 5 16 7 0.5 KepCorp DB eCWOS 25 16 3 3
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      • 76 31 Top Falls Jan 6 CENTS SIA2OO 1130 30.0 2.6 SIA 50c 1130 10.0 0.9 Spore Land 510 10.0 1.9 SpLandWoso323 293 9 0 3 0 HKLandUSlOc 251 8.3 2.0 CerebosPac 20c 324 6 0 18 SPCSOc 368 6 0 16 HKLand S6A eCWOS 34.5 5.0 12.7 Keppel Land 50c 229
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      • 72 31 Top Falls Jan 6 CENTS Mediastream 1c 1.5 25.0 0.5 PNEIndWOSOB2B 1.5 25.0 0 5 Penguin WO5l OlO 2 20.0 0.5 STI OB ePW*****1 2.5 16 7 0 5 CreativeS6AeCWos 20.5 16.3 4.0 KepCorp DB ePWOS 8 15 8 15 PNElndlOc 8 15.8 15 NobIeGrpSGAeCWOS 16.5 15.4 3.0 TeamsphereWOSlOOS .5.5
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      • 377 31  - Local seminar to let 1 1 China firms meet small investors AZHAR KHALID By INVESTORS keen to learn more about some of the China-based companies that have recently listed m Singapore can meet the bosses up close m a seminar organised by Westcomb Financial Group. Westcomb, named the country's leading
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      • 680 32  -  Lee Su Shyan Class action seeks those who bought shares between Feb 5 and Nov 30 By Companies Correspondent Banding together A class-action suit is a legal case brought about by a group of people rather than an individual. Such
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      • 23 32 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2510 1.2660 Euro 2.1720 2.1970 Sterling pound 3.0860 3.1210 US dollar 1.6370 1.6560 Yen (100 units) 1.5726 1.5900
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      • 8 32 UP DOWN Gainers: 275 Losers: 156 Unchanged: 384
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      • 193 32 EXECUTIVE TRADES Los Angeles GOOGLE co-founder Sergey Brin has sold 200,000 shares of his Internet search company's stock for about US$4O million (Ss66 million). According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) m the United States, Mr Brin sold the shares on
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      • 162 2 Bosworth is Lois Lane LONDON With superhunk Orlando Bloom for a squeeze, perhaps it is only fitting that British actress Kate Bosworth (right) has bagged the part of Lois Lane, girlfriend of Superman m the upcoming remake of the superhero movie, which turned the late Christopher Reeve into a star.
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        131 2 Reuters LOS ANGELES The Incredibles (above), animation studio Pixar's film about a family of superheroes, scored a surprise win on Wednesday when the Producers Guild of America nominated it for its Best Movie award for 2004. Also nominated for the award, which will be presented on Jan 22,
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      • 239 2 NEW YORK A scene kiss between actors Joseph Fiennes and Jeremy Irons m The Merchant Of Venice, a new film of the Shakespeare play has raised a controversial question: Was the merchant gay? Fiennes, who plays Bassanio m the movie, is seen m the film sharing a
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        184 2 PASTOR-turned-pop singer Ho Yeow Sun has another thing to sing about her baby boy. Dayan Kong, or Kang Vi m Mandarin, was delivered m a 45-minute Caesarean section delivery at Gleneagles Hospital yesterday at 3.06pm. Weighing 2.97 kg, he is the first child for Ho and her
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      • 97 2 NEW YORK American pop kitten Ashlee Simpson, who was caught lip-syncing on NBC's Saturday Night Live show recently, received a discernible chorus of boos during her performance at the Orange Bowl college football game m Miami. "You make me wanna scream," she sang, before some of
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      • 403 20 Veteran singer Jing Ting may be 71 but she sure doesn't act her age THE secret to looking young is dancing, watching Korean dramas and, urn, playing Tetris on a Gameboy. That is, if you believe veteran singer Jing Ting, who is 7
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      • 125 20 RAMALLAH, West Bank Richard Gere on TV urging Palestinians to vote for a new president this weekend? It sounds unlikely but it is true. In the TV spot, he says: "Hi, I'm Richard Gere and I'm speaking for the entire world. We're with you during this
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      • 392 3  - Rules and relaxation Sherwin Loh Censors will consider edited versions of cable shows for video classification MEDIA REPORTER EDITED versions of cable television shows like Sex And The City can now be submitted to the Board of Film Censors (BFC) for video classification and sold on VCDs or DVDs. Previously,
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      • 140 4 I READ Mathew Pereira's Fatherhood column (I Am Not Your Superdad, Life!, Dec 29) with interest. I have a 1 6-month-old daughter who likes to run around the house and sometimes without looking at what's ahead. She will trip and fall but we encourage her to get
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      • 131 4 I REFER to Suzanne Sng's Girl Talk column (Dear Diary..., Life!, Jan 3). Like her, I keep a diary, though I do not write on a daily basis. A diary gives you an avenue to vent your anger and frustration. It comforts you in your sad moments. Re-reading
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      • 171 6 HERE, courtesy of the International Formalwear Association and the formal wear guide on www.afterhours.com, are the dress rules for men at formal dos: Black tie: Wear a classic tuxedo with white shirt, dark vest or cummerbund and black tie with black patent shoes. Black tie optiona 1:
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      • 459 7 Life! Fashion on Friday The soapmaker's latest ads feature a 96-year-old granny and a size 1 4 mother, among others LONDON Soapmaker Dove's latest advertising blitz, The Campaign For Real Beauty, is causing quite a few ripples globally. Created by ad agency Ogilvy Mather, the
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      • 718 8  -  Yeow Kai Chai soundbites hotspins THE WORLD IS SAVED/ Stina Nordenstam V 2 Part jazz chanteuse and part indie cat, Nordenstam is a charmer BEAUTIFULLY HUMAN: WORDS AND SOUND VOL 2/Jill Scott Hidden Beach Funky soulstress returns with brilliant sophomore album HIGH/Tne Blue Nile Sanctuary The
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        629 9  -  Sujin Thomas lowdown PHOTO: SINGAPOREAN singer-songwriter Corrinne May, 31, has lived m Los Angeles for the past five years. After graduating with a degree m songwriting at the Berklee College of Music m Boston m 1999, she played the American indie circuit and won an Internet songwriting
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      • 503 10 poplife Chris Ho IN THIS age of cynical pop and formatted nu-jazz, all eyes are on the money. Comforting, then, to know that not all records are made that way. Here are my 10 favourite albums of 2004. 1 IMPOSSIBLE DREAM/Patty Griffin ATO Dashed hopes and
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      • 543 11  -  S. Y. Whang Steven Spielberg's The Terminal transports jazz great Benny Golson to the big screen m a cameo jazz EVERYONE knows Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg. How many persons, on the other hand, have heard of Lennie Niehaus or Benny Golson? The latter are
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        1020 12  -  Hong Xinyi It seems like the Taiwanese ?op trio can do no wrong, heir concerts are sell-outs. Their latest album sold millions of copies m Asia BY ALL accounts, 2004 was a good year for the sizzling hot Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. Selina Jen, Hebe Tien and Ella
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      • 463 13  -  Benita Lee Two S.H.E fans one male, the other female say they' re more concerned about their idols being happy MARK Lim belongs to a rising tribe of vocal male S.H.E fans m Singapore. The tourism student at Temasek Polytechnic has already bought the expensive $150
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