The Straits Times, 9 February 2005

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 84 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 048/03/2004 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 2005 •IT A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Mid-East ceasefire close at hand
    478 1  - Mid-East ceasefire close at hand Sharm el-Sheikh Palestinian and Israeli leaders meet m Egypt to end four years of bloodshed (Egypt) ISRAELI and Palestinian leaders were expected to announce a ceasefire to halt more than four years of bloodshed and take a step towards ending decades of conflict, at a
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    Lock icon Happy Chinese New Year
    53 1 The Straits Times wishes all its Chinese readers a Happy Chinese New Year. There will be no publication of The Straits Times tomorrow. The New Paper will be available tomorrow from 7am at the usual outlets. Catch the latest world and Singapore news, plus 4D results
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    Lock icon REUNION DINNER AT HINDU TEMPLE
    135 1 Hearty cheers of Gong Xi Fa Cai greeted 1 00 residents of two welfare homes as they were welcomed by volunteers and staff of Singapore's oldest Hindu temple for a Chinese New Year reunion dinner and a celebratory tossing of yusheng yesterday. It was an
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    Lock icon Judge slams custody case woman for nasty bombshell
    604 1  -  Elena Chong By WHEN a couple divorced after 10 years of marriage, the man was given custody of their son, but the woman got both daughters after telling the family court he was not the girls' father. In a custody battle that
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Singapore firms head for new frontiers
      1013 1  -  Erica Tay By WHEN 21-year-old Wong Wee Keong decided to help his father expand the family's palm oil business overseas, he picked a faraway region where malaria outbreaks, coups and curfews were the order of the day. "I liked Africa very much," he says,
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  • UPFRONT
    • IN A FLASH
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        Lock icon ASIA
        48 2 Keeping the ban Taiwan insists on maintaining ban despite benefits of direct links. PAGE 7 CNY celebrations From Beijing to Jakarta, Chinese New Year is marked by travel, buying sprees, and celebrations. PAGE 8 Thai kingmaker quits Kingmaker resignation signals new era m Thai politics. PAGE 10
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        16 2 SUV backlash Drivers of SUVs m London face a mounting backlash from environmentalists. PAGE 13
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        23 2 Shades of Vietnam Despite successful elections m Iraq, the United States has to take care it doesn't become another Vietnam. PAGE 19
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        60 2 Help campaign E-mail campaign moves hundreds of people to help a hawker support his two disabled daughters. PAGE HI Portable insurance Insurers and unions are divided over medical insurance covering workers even after they are no longer employed. PAGE H2 3G dampens hot spots Wireless Internet access known as
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        Lock icon FORUM
        43 2 Unfair option Allowing the uninsured to opt back into MediShield is unfair to policyholders, writes Ms Karen Tan of the Ministry of Health. PAGE H6 Unbiased treatment School says police disclosure about part-time teacher did not prejudice how he was treated. PAGEH6
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        Lock icon SPORTS
        39 2 Cagers* move house The Basketball Association of Singapore moves from the racy red-light district of Geylang to staid heartland Aljunied. PAGE H8 Animated coaching Woodlands Wellington's new coach uses high-tech computer animation to teach plays and counter-plays. PAGEH9
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        Lock icon MONEY
        37 2 More IPO choices Investors wary over China can soon select IPOs m places such as Israel and Germany. PAGEHI4 CAOwoes A third class-action lawsuit m the United States is filed against crippled jet-fuel trader. PAGE Hl4
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Logcards will soon be a thing of the past
      463 3  -  Christopher Tan Vehicle records are going electronic with an online system that could prevent scams By Senior Correspondent IN another six months or so, you can say goodbye to your car's logcard and standing m queues at the Land Transport Authority.
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      Lock icon Yachtswoman sets round world record
      426 3 INCREDIBLE JOURNEY "I don't think until I see faces again that it's really going to sink m. It's been an absolutely unbelievable journey both physically and mentally. I'm absolutely overjoyed." MS MACARTHUR London BRITISH yachtswoman Ellen Mac Arthur has made history by becoming the fastest
      ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  426 words
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      Lock icon Early love of the sea
      138 3 PHOTO: ELLEN Mac Arthur grew up m landlocked Derbyshire m northern England. Her love of the sea began when she went sailing with her aunt m a dinghy at the age of four. She saved her school lunch money to buy her own dinghy at
      AFP  -  138 words
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      Lock icon Here's your chance to play finance minister
      613 4  - Here's your chance to play finance minister Li Xueying Online Budget game lets you decide how money should be spent By FOR years, Mr Lin Han Boon has griped about "spoilt young Singaporeans" being given too-generous housing subsidies. Yesterday, the 53-year-old dealing director at Philip Securities had his way he
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      Lock icon 8 years' jail sought for Bashir
      357 4  -  Devi Asmarani By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIAN prosecutors yesterday asked a court to sentence militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to eight years for inciting a series of terrorist attacks m the country. As the supreme leader of the Jemaah Islamiah terror network, Bashir
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      Lock icon Wales' win is rugby fan's undoing
      176 4 London A WELSH rugby fan cut off his testicles to celebrate Wales beating England at rugby, the Daily Mirror reported yesterday. Mr Geoff Huish, 26, was so convinced England would win Saturday's match that he told drinkers at a social club that, if Wales
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      116 4 Cost of home loans BT looks at the new forces at work m the Singapore housing loans market. Plus, what lending banks, analysts and property people are saying. The Business Times 9m KsatcHuj Q|||j§^£<^2|B|^^^l (while stock lasts!) i^^W <t -i r\ J^hß /fl^^^L Ladies' 1 A I Ladies Leather BJ4
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Spot fines in force for traffic offences in Malaysia
      806 6 Spot fines in force for traffic offences in Malaysia Six major off ences BESIDES carrying an immediate penalty of RM3OO, Malaysian motorists could also get slapped with demerit points for these six offences. EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT By more than 40kmh: 10 points Between 26kmh and 40kmh: Eight points Below
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      Lock icon Johor govt disputing researcher's name for lost city
      569 6  -  Johor Baru THE Johor government agrees that there is a lost city m the state but is disputing its name. Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman said there was a historic city m Johor located within the deep jungles of Kota Tinggi, but
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    • CHINESE NEW YEAR
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        Lock icon Mass exodus as China prepares for new year
        594 8 Mass exodus as China prepares for new year But some students choose not to join m, deterred by high cost of travel and expenses Beijing CHINA'S college campuses, normally desolate as students head home for the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year celebration, are experiencing new stirrings of life. While
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        Lock icon 24-hour markets take stress out of shopping
        322 8 24-hour markets take stress out of shopping IN TAIWAN Taipei PHOTO: SHOPPERS readying for the Chinese New Year m Taiwan were able to avoid much of the usual rush and crowding this season, thanks to hypermarkets extending business hours to provide round-the-clock services. Bargains were still being snapped up as
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        Lock icon Chickens on the menu despite bird flu danger
        464 8 IN VIETNAM Hanoi BIRD flu, blamed for the deaths of 13 people m Vietnam m five weeks, may have spread across half the country, but that is unlikely to deter people from keeping their new year tradition of offering boiled chicken to
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        Lock icon Tsunami tragedy leaves few in a mood to celebrate
        432 8 Tsunami tragedy leaves few in a mood to celebrate IN INDONESIA Ban da Aceh ROUSING reunions and lavish banquets may usher m the Year of the Rooster elsewhere, but m Indonesia's tsunami-hit Banda Aceh city, the remaining Chinese community has little to celebrate. "There's no one left," said Mr Ng
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        Lock icon Confucian-style rituals, with a bit of Internet innovation
        453 8 Confucian- style rituals, with a bit of Internet innovation IN KOREA Seoul THOSE who think the Chinese New Year is an all-Chinese affair should look at how South Koreans ring m the Year of the Rooster m their own traditional style. The festival is second only to Chusok, or the
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      Lock icon Is Dhaka headed tor Islamic revolution?
      451 9 Series of attacks sparks worries about influence of extremists, but govt dismisses concerns Dhaka A STRING of unexplained attacks and bomb blasts has sparked a row over the influence of religious extremists m Bangladesh and a dire warning of a possible Islamic revolution. Five
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      Lock icon Nepal King counts on army support
      339 9 Nepal King counts on army support New Delhi NEPAL'S King Gyanendra is counting on a highly loyal army to keep his hold on the throne after seizing power as Maoists threaten to proceed with another transport blockade unless the ruling coalition dismissed last week is reinstated. He had stepped up
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      Lock icon Senior Tiger rebel killed in ambush
      289 9 PHOTO Colombo A TOP Tamil Tiger leader has been killed m an ambush m Sri Lanka's restive east, the military has reported. E. Kousalyan, political head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) eastern wing, was the most senior rebel killed since a
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      71 6 Thai kingmaker quits Sanan Kachornprasart, who left the Democrat Party to start the Mahachon Party, resigns as adviser. PAGE 10 i V'" T tm 01 flP^ik t/\ I i i bt\ I■/ fi JL L f\ IS I 0^ BUIBtBI l. a B^r BTW J^L. !^U|&U JSfii fl Y7 f
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Old villas draw new investors
      159 7 Shanghai OLD Western-style villas m Shanghai are currently the rage among the rich. Such villas were built between 1840 and 1949. They are usually of European or American design, with fine decor, dining rooms, kitchens and more than one toilet. Surrounded by the newly built
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      Lock icon Can Taiwan afford to ban direct flights forever?
      713 7  -  Ching Cheong Economic benefits too great for Taipei to keep rejecting links with mainland By Ch ief Ch ina Co rresponden t In Hong Kong THE successful direct charter flights between both sides of the Taiwan Strait have made it more difficult
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon INDONESIA TO DEVELOP OWN MISSILES
        78 7 JAKARTA: The Indonesian navy and the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to develop missiles to reduce the country's dependence on foreign weapons. Antara quoted navy chief of staff Admiral Bernard Kent Sondakh as saying: "It is very
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        Lock icon TSUNAMI BABY'S 'PARENTS' TAKE TESTS
        107 7 COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan couple claiming to be the parents of "Baby 81" a symbol of the families torn apart by the Dec 26 tsunami were scheduled to undergo DNA tests m the capital Colombo today, but may have to wait days to know the
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        Lock icon CHINA LISTS 56 POLITICAL PRISONERS
        79 7 BEIJING: China has for the first time volunteered information on 56 political prisoners, including spies for Taiwan, who have been or will be shown clemency, a human rights watchdog said yesterday. This comes as Beijing prepares for human rights talks with Washington and lobbies Europe
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        Lock icon CORRUPT CHINESE OFFICIAL CAPTURED
        80 7 BEIJING: Cai Haowen, who is on the most-wanted list of the Ministry of Public Security for gambling away 3.51 million yuan (*****,000) of public and borrowed funds, was captured on a train on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, railway police arrested him on a train from
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        Lock icon JAPAN TO QUICKEN RESPONSE TO ATTACK
        72 7 TOKYO: Japan's ruling party agreed yesterday to let the defence chief react to a missile strike without first consulting the Cabinet, amid worry that the nations strict chain of command could delay its response to an attack, officials said. The Bill was approved by
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Kingmaker's exit a watershed
      572 10  -  Nirmal Ghosh Sanan resigns from party as Thaksin's win spells trouble for old patriarchs By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok HE IS known as the ultimate fixer m Thai politics. He brokered the creation of governments m 1992 and 1997, before being indicted for falsifying an asset
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      Lock icon Hingis visits tsunami orphans
      227 10 Bangkok FORMER world tennis champion Martina Hingis could not hold back her tears at a Phuket kindergarten yesterday, where she met children who had lost their families m the tsunami tragedy. The Swiss player, a YIP guest of the Tourism Au- thority of Thailand, was overwhelmed
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      Lock icon NO 'AYES' FOR TAX HIKE
      96 10 Members of a women's group m Manila protesting against the government's plan to raise the Value-Added Tax (VAT) at a rally outside the Philippine Senate yesterday. The proposed tax hike from 10 per cent to 12 per cent and the scrapping of VAT exemptions for
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      Lock icon Jakarta may pull out of Opec, but stakes are high
      304 10 Jakarta INDONESIA, the only Asian member m Opec, may pull out of the oil cartel as dwindling production is pushing it closer to becoming a net importer, a minister said, m remarks published yesterday. Analysts warned, however, that such a
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      Lock icon Tests show no poison in Yudhoyono' s tea
      212 10 Tests show no poison in Yudhoyono s tea Jakarta PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, spooked by an odd taste m his tea, ordered tests on sugar used at his office, but found no poison, reports said yesterday. The latest poisoning scare follows the death by arsenic poisoning of prominent human rights
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      Lock icon ADB pledges $1.3b more for tsunami-hit countries
      439 10  - ADB pledges 1 .3 b more for tsunami-hit countries Luz Baguioro By Philippines Correspondent In Maniia THE Asian Development Bank has promised millions more m aid to help the nearly two million more people thrown into poverty by the devastating underwater earthquake and tsunami that hit thousands of communities along
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Johor MP to sue paper for calling him unpatriotic
      578 11  - Johor MP to sue paper for calling him unpatriotic Johor Baru Shahrir says NST article questioned his loyalty over issues with Spore "I cannot accuse anyone of being unpatriotic, including the opposition leader Lim Kit Siang. So how can the writer accuse me of being unpatriotic." DATUK SHAHRIR SAMAD, MP
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      Lock icon Man killed after firecracker explodes in his face
      301 11 Kuala Lumpur ALL he had wanted to do was check if the cylindrical fireworks that had delighted the large crowd outside a pub m Cheras early yesterday morning had spent itself. Seconds later, the device exploded m Mr Woong Wan Loong's face,
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      Lock icon Umno wants to shut out PAS in Terengganu
      551 11  -  Re me Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur LESS than a year after throwing out the PAS-led government m Terengganu, Umno leaders m the state are plotting to \Hpe out the conservative Parti Islam SeMalaysia m the east coast state.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Keep off-road cars off the road'
      608 13  -  Neo Hui Min Campaign targets SUVs and 4x4s as bad for road safety and environment By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London ENVIRONMENTALIST Sian Berry is always ready to slap a ticket on an offending vehicle. Drivers returning to their sports utility vehicles (SUVs)
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      Lock icon Growing resistance...
      88 13 OPPOSITION to SUVs is spreading m Europe and the United States. France is deliberating higher taxes for those who buy such cars, and the Paris city council may ban SUVs from entering the city. The Swedish government is also looking into similar plans, but there is resistance from
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      Lock icon ...but in Singapore, SUV's sporty image winning over more drivers
      379 13  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN SPORTS utility vehicles, an American nomenclature for cars that are supposed to be able to handle rugged terrain but rarely do, have grown m popularity m Singapore. According to Motor Traders Association figures, 4,287 SUVs were sold last
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      Lock icon Reality bites for German civil servants
      489 14 Govt wants wage freeze, longer hours, curbs on overtime benefits Frankfurt GERMANY'S public employees, long perceived as lazy bureaucrats insulated from real-world pressures, are now facing the same demands for lower costs and more flexibility from governments that their counter- parts m the private
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon BOSTON PRIEST CONVICTED OF SEX ABUSE
        122 14 CAMBRIDGE (Massachusetts): Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, the most notorious figure m the sex scandal that rocked the Boston archdiocese, has been convicted of raping and fondling a boy at his church during the 1980s. The conviction on all four charges gives prosecutors a high-profile
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        Lock icon HOWARD GOVT HITS PEAK IN APPROVAL RATING
        143 14 CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister John Howard's cen-tre-right government has reached a three-year peak m popularity despite the move by the opposition Labor Party to replace its unpopular leader, a poll found yesterday. The respected Newspoll published m The Australian newspaper found that 48
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        Lock icon ANCIENT GIANTTREE DYING
        145 14 SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK (California): A giant sequoia believed to be the second-largest tree m the world may not live much longer after suffering damage from heavy snow and strong wind, according to officials at Sequoia National Park. The sequoia known as the Washington Tree once stood more
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        Lock icon CANADIAN CLINIC TO GIVE ADDICTS HEROIN
        126 14 VANCOUVER: Despite harsh US protests, a Canadian government clinic will give out free heroin to hardcore addicts after it opens today, a stone's throw from the US border. The clinic m this western coastal city will test, for the first time m North America,
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        Lock icon SWISS POLICE HUNTING HOSTAGE-TAKERS
        169 14 BERN (Switzerland): Swiss police, surprised to find an empty building when they stormed the Spanish consulate to capture would-be robbers, launched a search for the three suspects who forced their way into the mission and held three employees hostage before fleeing. A manhunt was under way
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        Lock icon COUPLE TO FACE CHARGES FOR CHILD ABUSE
        158 14 MONTICELLO (Utah): A couple accused of subjecting five of their adopted children to torture that included beating them with hammers and pulling their toenails out with pliers have agreed to be returned to Florida to face charges. John and Linda Dollar were captured
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      Lock icon EU nations begin cherry-picking immigrants
      520 14 Berlin EUROPEAN nations juggling the need to fight unemployment, fill a dearth of skilled labour and combat illegal immigration and labour are one by one adopting legislation aimed at handpicking the immigrants they need. Spain and Britain on Monday became the latest members of the
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      Lock icon CARNIVAL'S COLOURFUL FACES
      83 14 Revellers m the western town of Duesseldorf liven up a street carnival as hundreds of thousands of people all over Germany celebrate Rose Monday. Parades m Cologne, Mainz and Duesseldorf are the highlights of this German street carnival season. Elsewhere m the country, contestants ride 475 m
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      Lock icon Germany's opposition leader faces foes in own party
      663 14  -  Derek Scally By Straits Times Europe Bureau In Berlin A RUNNING joke m political circles here says that if Dr Angela Merkel becomes Chancellor of Germany next year, it will be m spite of, not because of, her political party. There is
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      Lock icon Iran sees Shi'ite win in Irqa polls as victory over US
      664 16  - Iran sees Shi'ite win in Irqa polls as victory over US Borzou Daragahi Teheran hopes to gain influence m Baghdad and have American troops kicked out By Middle East Correspondent In Teheran WHILE United States officials hail the Jan 30 election m Iraq as a triumph of democracy and freedom
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Debate over whether Pope should quit
        471 17 WITH Pope John Paul II likely to spend more days m hospital following a serious respiratory infection, a top Vatican official responded to a sensitive question: Would the frail pontiff consider stepping down? By not ruling out such a move on Monday, observers say
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        Lock icon Romanian woman bears twins two months apart
        151 17 A ROMANIAN woman with a double uterus has given birth for the second time m less than two months. Ms Maricica Tescu, 33, from the north-eastern city of lasi, gave birth to a boy on Monday after another boy was born on Dec
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        213 17 A GROUP of politicians has quizzed a top financial aide to Prince Charles on the hefty income of the heir to the British crown m an unprecedented probe into the finances of the royal family. "This is probably the first time a parliamentary
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      616 18 Optimism also surrounded 2003 talks, but they ended m failure Jerusalem AS ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prepared to meet this week m Egypt m another high-stakes summit, both sides were mindful of a brief but unhappy experience m 2003
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      309 18 Mid-East talks in 'city of peace' WORLD leaders trying to hammer out a Middle East peace deal have long been drawn to this Egyptian seaside city renowned for its sun, clear blue water and coral reefs. Sharm el-Sheikh was captured by Israel m the 1967 Middle East war, and the
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      472 18 HERE is a look at the issues likely to crop up at the summit, the stakes involved and the lead-up to the talks. The issues >> Security: A truce to end four years of violence is expected. Israel also wants Palestinian security forces to
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      503 18 RIYADH A COUNTER-TERRORISM conference organised by the Saudi government, which has been battling Islamist militants, held workshops focusing on finding ways to combat terrorism rather than seeking to define it. "We have intentionally decided to avoid topics that jeopardised previous conferences like
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      305 18 Washington PEOPLE with more bacteria m their mouths also have greater evidence of heart disease, according to a study. The findings strengthen the evidence for a link between gum disease and heart disease. The study, conducted by a research team at Columbia
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      409 19 EACHyear, m Chinese New Year season, millions upon millions of Chinese scramble to be home to pay homage to their parents. The folks could be living deep m the bowels of provinces one world removed, but the sons and daughters making a living far away would
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      1013 19  -  Douglas Borer By For The Straits limes AS I watched the results of the Iraqi election unfold over the past few days, I was struck not so much by how history was being made as I was by history repeating itself. While
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      881 19  -  Sinar Harapan By THERE has been significant progress m our pursuit of an extradition treaty with Singapore. It has entered a stage where technical matters are being discussed by officials of both countries. Last month, the Indonesian government sent a delegation to Singapore, led
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      1062 20  -  Luz Baguioro FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT: THE PHILIPPINES By Philippines Correspondent In Manila WHEN she tries to remember the birthdate of her daughter Jessica, Mrs Rowena Nardo, a 29-year-old washerwoman, pauses. "I know the dates, but there are six of them now and I sometimes mix up the
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      1240 21  -  Jeffrey Garten China must play bigger role m managing global financial system By In New Haven THE Chinese inaction on revaluation of the yuan at the conclusion of the Group of Seven (G-7) meeting m London this past weekend was not surprising. But it was
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      202 19 Tall order China's explosive growth makes revaluation of its currency a tough issue. PAGE 21 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS. NEWS CENTRE, IOOOToa Payoh North, Podium Ijevel 2,31 8954 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Senior Executive ViceAlan Chan Heng Loon President (Marketing) Editor-in-Chief (English Malay ThamKhaiWor Newspapers
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 9 2005
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      694 1  -  Tracy Sua Learning of hawker's two retarded daughters, crowds flock to stall to buy towels or give cash By AN E-MAIL campaign has moved hundreds of people to help a Chinatown hawker who has been selling towels to bring up his two mentally
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        Lock icon Insurers, unions divided on portable medical benefits
        590 2  -  Radha Basu Unions want an 'add on 1 scheme; insurers say it may cost employers more By INSURERS, insurance consultants and unions appear divided on the issue of portable medical insurance, which would allow workers to enjoy some degree of corporate medical cover
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        203 2 Roast chickens and ducks being transported to a market stall yesterday morning were jolted out of their "seats" when the van they were packed into overturned near the junction of Toa Pay oh Lorong 3 and 4. The driver was travelling
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        Lock icon 7 marathons in 70 days, on wheelchair
        384 2  -  Yeo Ghim Lay By NEUROSCIENTIST and wheelchair athlete Dr William Tan will celebrate the Chinese New Year holiday m a different way this year. He is embarking on seven marathons m seven continents to raise funds for the prevention and treatment of childhood
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        615 2  - LOOKS good but devil is in the details Salma Khalik NEWS ANALYSIS By Health Correspondent SINGAPORE'S trade unions believe that giving workers a portable medical insurance scheme is the best way to help them deal with one of life's most unpredictable outcomes. With this, workers have one less worry when
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        496 2  -  Sandra Da vie By Education Correspondent In the premier league >> Top 10 social sciences universities 1. Harvard University 2. London School of Economics 3. University of California, Berkeley 4. Oxford University 5. Chicago University 6. Stanford University 7. Yale University 8.
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        Lock icon Loan scam: Ex-security officer jailed
        357 3  -  Arthur Poon Brother of alleged mastermind behind $1m ear loan scam gets 1 -year jail term By A FORMER security officer was jailed on Monday for falsifying employment letters and inflating his income when applying for a car loan. Ng Kok Boon, 56, was sentenced
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        Lock icon New premises, more facilities for old-world hospital
        551 3  -  Estelle Chan By THE colonial-era architecture of St Andrew's Community Hospital m Elliot Road makes it look more like a cosy schoolhouse than a hospital. There are only two wards, laid out m a square with a garden m the centre, and sheltered
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        Lock icon $500,000 damages: Chee busts appeal deadline
        375 3 $500,000 damages: Chee busts appeal deadline OPPOSITION politician Chee Soon Juan has not filed an appeal against the $500,000 m damages awarded to Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. The deadline for him to do so lapsed at midnight on Monday. The High Court ruled
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        Lock icon Accident claims: Ship owners must pay more
        533 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By VESSEL owners causing maritime accidents that result m loss of life, injury or damage face the prospect of paying three times more m liability payouts, following Singapore's signing of an international convention last month. Singapore became the 46th nation to
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        684 4  -  Yap Su-Yin Various groups finalising plans; Buddhist charity to raise $15m By DOING HOME WORK "As much as possible, locals especially tsunamj survivors will be involved m the rebuilding work, to give them jobs." MR DAVID LIU, Tzu Chi Singapore's chief executive
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        331 4 OTHER upcoming long-term reconstruction and rehabilitation projects: >> Mercy Relief: Has started to design and plan a relocation centre, which will be ready mid-year, m Desa Empaewe town m Aceh Besar to accommodate about 800 people. In Meulaboh, it will rebuild two orphanages, one school, one polyclinic and
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        278 4  -  Sharlene Tan BY AID supplies shipped to tsuna-mi-affected regions so far have been such basics as water and medicine. Come tomorrow however, Mercy Relief will be distributing school essentials and games to children m Meulaboh to help rebuild communities. Each "Play Pack" com-
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        404 4  - Zoo's jumbo aid: A shot in the trunk for 'helper 1 elephants KRIST BOO FOR over a month now, eight elephants have been helping the people of Banda Aceh m Sumatra clear their shattered homes, pick up belongings and sometimes, bodies of loved ones killed by the tsunami. Each day,
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        757 5  - Hot spots not so hot any more it s the year or 3G Aulfred Siew Wireless hot spots may lose their shine because of 3G r s nationwide coverage By THREE years after service providers rushed to hook up cafes and shopping malls here for wireless Internet access, these so-called
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        Lock icon 600 hot spots islandwide — and they have faster access speeds
        262 5 600 hot spots islandwide and they have faster access speeds Starbucks Fancy an espresso while clearing your e-mail inbox? Head to any of the Starbucks cafes scattered around town. McDonald's at Funan the IT Mall Free to use for now, this hot spot is also one of the most prominent,
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        111 5 Tribute to tsunami helpers SOUL superstar Diana Ross sings: Reach out and touch Somebody's hand Make this world a better place If you can. Living by those words were more than 200 doctors, nurses and healthcare staff from Singapore, who dropped everything to go into the areas devastated by last
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        302 5  - Sing Tel lets you SMS bloggers for free Sharon de Castro By GOT something to say about a blog? Then tap out a text message to the writer of the online journal on your mobile phone. Moblog, a system developed by Sing Tel, does away with the need for a
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        287 5  -  Tham Yuen-C By LIKE that image you see on the Internet? Don't even think about copying it for your presentation. You may end up on the wrong side of the law. That is the main message of a 10--minute video commissioned
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        195 5 A group of Singapore Polytechnic students are trying to take some of the guilt out of eating chocolate by adding dietary fibre to chocolate-based sweets. The idea was the brainchild of 1 9-year-old students (from left) Benny Loy, Ng Huifen and Chen Suijing, and the lecturer supervising their
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        30 6 Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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        565 6 IN HER article "Don't leave the uninsured out m the rain" (ST, Feb 4), Ms Chua Mvi Hoong suggested the uninsured should be allowed to opt back into MediShield "without the need for individual risk rating". But this would produce a classic case of
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        171 6 MRT viaduct over Kallang River I SUGGEST the Land Transport Authority consider building a viaduct above ground from Boulevard station to Nicoll Highway station. >> This will allow a creative and beautiful Singapore landmark to be built m a strategic location which can be seen from the air, land and
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        654 6 WE REFER to the article "Should the police have told school about his offence?" (ST, Feb 5) and see a need to inform the public, especially the parents whose children attend lessons at our centre, of points not covered m the news.
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        178 6 I KEFER to the article, "Sex offender abuses stepchild again" (ST, Jan 29). I was shocked to read that a convicted sex offender, who was released early for good behaviour, was allowed to return to the same household as his stepchild whom he proceeded
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        92 6 1 WAS appalled that the sex offender was charged with indecent acts and sentenced to a mere 14 months' jail and a fine. Would the sentence differ if he had been charged with molestation? Let's not forget this man is a repeat offender, even
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        673 7 SOCCER Chelsea prepared to back-date wage hike to the day Cole agrees to transfer London ASHLEY Cole can be forgiven if he has appeared a little distracted of late. Apparently, the Arsenal defender has been offered an immediate pay rise if he agrees to
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        78 7 ASIAN ZONE Group A Uzbekistan v Saudi Arabia South Korea v Kuwait Delayed, Ch24, 9.30pm Group B Japan v North Korea »Live,Ch24, 6.25pm Bahrain v Iran Live, Ch24, 11.30pm EUROPEAN ZONE Group 1 Macedonia v Andorra Group 2 Albania v Ukraine Greece v Denmark »Live,Ch22, tomorrow, 3.25
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        Lock icon Incentives aplenty for North Koreans
        408 7 Tokyo ASIAN champions Japan will be wary of an upset when they take on North Korea at home m the opening match m the final round of Asian World Cup qualifiers today. The teams last met m 1993, when Japan beat North Korea 3-0 m
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        Lock icon Greeks have no room for error
        392 7 Paris EUROPEAN champions Greece look to salvage their World Cup hopes at home to Denmark today m a match which Bolton midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos said they must win. The high of victory at Euro 2004 was followed by the low of losing their opening
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        194 7 Liverpool will not sell Steven Gerrard, not even for £50 million (Ssls4 million) The player is above money, declared Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry, on Monday. The England midfielder has been linked with the two biggest-spending clubs m football, Real Madrid and Chelsea, but Parry said Liverpool
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        42 8 BASKETBALL PHOTO: CAROLIN ECHIA ON THE RISE: The spanking new home of the Basketball Association of Singapore, located m Aljunied Crescent, reflects its newly-acquired status as a Merit sport. The centre cost $1.3 million.
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        567 8  -  Peh Shing Huei New BAS premises a far cry from the old one, which was m the red-light district By NEEDS GETTING USED TO "Some people jokingly told us they prefer the old location. There were more things to see there." BAS CEO NG GUAT HENG AFTER
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          62 8 THE Singapore Khalsa Association is organising the Ist Khalsa seven-a-side soccer Challenge Trophy on Feb 27 at the Khalsa Field from Bam onwards. Entry fees are $200 a team, and forms are available at www.singaporekhalsa.org.sg. The closing date is Feb 21. The winning team stands to
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          45 8 THE Singapore Ice Skating Association (Sisa) is hosting the national championship next month and the Olympic Dream Seminar m May. Sisa is raising funds by selling a Warren Golf and Country Club golf membership. Contact Sisa member Marie Le at marie_le@embanet.com
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        Lock icon Singapore's junior fencers shine in Australia
        379 8 FENCING LED by South-east Asia Games representative Ruth Ng, Singapore's junior women fencers swept the podium places m the individual foil event at the recent Australian Under-20 Fencing Championships m Melbourne. Ruth grabbed the gold, with Serene Ser and Pek Wan Sze taking the
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        Lock icon Atlanta nearly let 29-point lead slip
        171 8 BASKETBALL Atianta THE Atlanta Hawks nearly let the struggling Los Angeles Lakers off the hook m the second half. With three starters and a top backup out with injuries, the Hawks almost blew their biggest lead of the season on Monday before recovering m
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        736 9  - From chalk figures to animation Tan Kim Han SOCCER Woodlands' Brown uses computer animation to teach plays, counter-plays By THE coach may be new and m his debut season. But, as the Woodlands Wellington players gather for their briefing under new coach Matt Brown, the phrase "a picture is worth
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        Lock icon Replace Becks? I just want to play, says Shaun
        732 9 BIRMINGHAM SHAUN Wright-Phillips knows that his performance for England m today's friendly against Holland could make or break his bid to establish himself as a key figure m Sven-Goran Eriksson's plans for next year's World Cup Finals. But, the Manchester City
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        Lock icon International friendlies
        106 9 Azerbaijan v Moldova Malta v Norway South Africa v Australia Slovenia v Czech Republic Live, Ch22, 11.55pm Bulgaria v Serbia Montenegro Israel v Croatia Slovakia v Romania United Arab Emirates v Switzerland Ireland v Portugal England v Holland Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.30 am Germany v Argentina N. Ireland
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        458 9 AMERICAN FOOTBALL Jacksonville (Florida) THE image of three men huddled together m the euphoria following the New England Patriots' 24-21 Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles will be remembered as the defining moment of the National Football League's newest dynasty, and
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        Lock icon Time to beat the big teams again, says Klinsmann
        457 9 DUSSELDORF (Germany) IT HAS been a staggering 4 V* years since Germany defeated one of the so-called big nations and coach Jurgen Klinsmann called for that run to finally come to an end when the three-time World Cup winners play Argentina
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        110 9 BASKETBALL NBA: Washington 108 Indiana 104, Miami 105 Golden State 96, New Jersey 107 Phi adelphia 97 (OT), Atlanta 114 LA Lakers 108, New York 102 Utah 99 (OT). TENNIS ATP Marseille Indoor tournament, Ist rd: Mario Ancic (Cn) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) 6-3 7-5, Sjeng Schalken (Hoi) bt
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          112 9 MOSCOW: Roman Abramovich, owner of English Premier League club Chelsea, is set to become the next president of the Russian Football Union. The Amateur Football League of Russia (AFL) has said it would support the oil tycoon m the April vote, reported BBC Online. The
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          91 9 LOS ANGELES: If semi-retired National Basketball Association star Karl Malone decides to play again, it probably will be for the San Antonio Spurs, his agent said. Malone, who last featured for the Los Angeles Lakers, will make an announcement about his future before the All-Star
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          Lock icon FRIEDEL QUITS U.S. SOCCER TEAM
          78 9 PORT OF SPAIN: The United States' veteran goalkeeper Brad Friedel has announced his retirement from international football. The 33-year-old, who plays for English Premiership strugglers Blackburn Rovers, was capped 82 times and was a key figure m the Americans' quarter-final finish at the 2002 World
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          87 9 PRAGUE: Juventus' outstanding playmaker Pavel Nedved was voted Czech Player of the Year for the fourth time on Monday. The 32-year-old footballer received 4,817 points m a vote taken by Czech players and coaches, with Liverpool striker Milan Baros second on 4,216 points
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          Lock icon AGASSI RETURNS TO U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM
          74 9 SAN JOSE (California): Andre Agassi will return to the United States' Davis Cup team for the first time since April 2000 m their first-round match against Croatia on March 4-6 m California. The US has not won the Davis Cup since 1995. World
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        143 10 MDM TAN SUAT TEE Age: 63 Departed peacefully on 8 Feb 2005. Always a loving, caring and wonderful wife, mother and sister. She will be dearly missed and fondly remembered by all her loved ones. Husband: leoßengTeng Son: Daughter Wilson Teo F.e Sheng Constance Teo Ke Hoon Sister-in-law: Brother-in-law: AnnyTeo
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        57 10 I The family of the late PHILIP LIM YEWWHATT extends their heartfelt thanks for the support and love by all who gave and attended m Philip's Time of Glory. j 2nd Anniversary 1 1 In Loving Memory of I OW POH KENG Departed: 10 Feb 2003 Deeply missed fondly remembered
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        51 10 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of TAN HOCK CHYE Departed 9/2/2000 He had a smile; a pleasant way. A helping hand to all he knew He was kind, generous and true. On earth he nobly did his best; Grant him, Jesus heavenly rest. Dearly missed by your Wife Children X
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        27 10 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of ALBEBTHOSEOWIMM Departed on 7 Feb 2000 Always Remembered Cherished By Mr Mrs Joseph Sim (Joe) i mi MMI MM am -i
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        34 10 3RD ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF TEO LAY SWEE Departed on 10th February 2002 A loving Husband, caring Father and a dear Friend Deeply missed by wife Susie Yeo, Children and All Loved Ones
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        101 10 CHEE PENG KNG A«e: 80 passed away peacefully on 7 Feb 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wlfe:LumYingWah Sons: (Chee Yih Song, deceased) Richard Chee Yih Chin Daughters: Sons-in-law: ('hee Yih Hong Johnny Yee Siew Kai Chee Yih Wei Jimmy Foh Kin Sew (Chee Yih Pyng, deceased)
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        51 10 9th Anniversary In loving Memory of LEONARD LIM CHENG HO Departed 9/2/1996 Just a token of Love's devotion, That our hearts still long for you. Not just today out everyday We remember the time we shared. ISadfy missed <f always remembered by: Wife: Pauline Pang Daughters: Julie Winnie Son-in-law.- Patrick
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        122 10 L'l am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes m me will live, even though he dies. John 11:25 1 UNG GIM CHOO, BETTY AGE: 69 was called home to be with the Lord on 7 Feb 2005. Dearly fondly missed by loved ones. Husband: Urn Billy Sons: Daughters-in-law: Adrian
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        140 10 KOWCHWEENEO Age: 97 was called home to the Lord on 7 February 2005, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Tan Choo Eng, deceased) Children: Spouse: (Tan Quee Neo, deceased) (Tan Ann Siang, deceased) Tan Soh Neo Ismail B. Nor Theresa Tan Nee Neo (Bernard Lee Siang Chye, deceased) (Tan Ann Hee,
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        153 10 GRACE KOH CHOON NEO Age: 92 was called home to be with the Lord on 8/2/05 (Husband: John Lim Tok Swee, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Lim Billy (Ung lim Choo, Betty, deceased) Daughter: Son-in-law: Nelly Ang Nee Lim Ang Khye Seong, Roland Granddaughter: Grandson-in-law: Ang Swee Lian, Susan Kha kok Chwee,
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        129 10 JESSIE GOH PENG HIIAY Age: 49 passed away peacefully on 7 February 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Richard Yeo Chin Keat Daughters: Hmmeline Yang I.mli Eleanor Yang Zhenli EstelleYangXianli Mother: l,ee Hwan Kheng Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Goh Peng Kirn Yap Bee Geok Florence Goh Peng Tong
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        22 10 7th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of 10 mom, Departed on 9th Feb 1998 L Deeply missed by wife Phyllis loved ones I
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        427 12 New York WORLDCOM'S former chief executive has been directly implicated m the telecommunications company's US$ll billion (SSIB.I billion) accounting fraud for the first time m his criminal trial. A former co-worker claimed on Monday that Bernie Ebbers, 63, was so immersed
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        227 12 San Francisco IBM, the world's largest computer maker, and Japan's Sony and Toshiba released the details of a new chip that is 10 times faster than Intel's personal computer processors, aiming to gain sales m the home entertainment market. The Cell chip will go into
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        297 12 Bush says growth this year to ease to 3.6% US inflation also likely to dip to 2°/o as interest rates continue to edge up Washington UNITED States President George W. Bush's fiscal 2006 budget anticipates that the American economy and inflation will slow this year from a year ago amid
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        21 12 Friday's close: 1,269 (+26.7 points) Chinese stock markets will remain closed this week for Chinese New Year holidays.
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        33 12 Yesterday's close: 4,179.1 (-10.5 points) Australian share prices finished 0.25 percent lower, ending a six-day recordbreaking streak, as investors bolted to defensive stocks amid fears of rising interest rates. AFP
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        40 12 Yesterday's close: 914.91 (+2.33 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher, as investors accumulated banking and gaming stocks m the hope of gains after the long holiday break. The market will reopen on Monday. AFP
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        34 12 Monday's close: 6,535.17 (-83.06 points) Indian share prices ended 1.3 percent lower, as foreign funds booked profits ahead of US budget proposals which amount to a record U552.57 trillion (554.25 trillion). AFP
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        37 12 Yesterday's close: 731.42 (+5.66 points) Thai share prices closed 0.8 percent higher, as investors sought bargains m the wake of a landslide election victory by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatras Thai Rak Thai party. AFP
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          107 13 ACMA has warned that its net loss for the second half year ended Dec 31 will exceed the 517.9 million loss for the first half. Reasons it cited yesterday included foreign exchange losses arising from a revaluation of overseas assets and provisions for possible losses
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          50 13 LASSETERS DOUBLES PROFIT TO $4.3 M LASSETERS International Holdings, the first gaming stock to be listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), yesterday reported net profit for the half year ended Dec 31 nearly doubled to A53.38 million (554.27 million) from A51.76 million. Sales grew 12.7 per cent to As3s million.
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          60 13 RESTAURANT chain owner ABR said it is considering a takeover offer by Indonesia's Salim Group for Lowan Australia, m which ABR has a 42.66 per cent stake. Based on Salim's offer price of 6.5 Australian cents apiece for Lowan, ABR's stake m the
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          51 13 KEPPEL Fels has sold its entire 75 per cent interest m a rig to Ensco Offshore International for US$BO million (Ssl32 million). Keppel Fels had earlier set up a joint venture with Ensco to build, own and operate the rig valued at US$lO5
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          51 13 SNP Corp has agreed to sell its entire interest m its whollyowned subsidiary, SNP Bookstores, back to Mr Scow Tiong Hwa for $3.3 million. He used to own SNP Bookstores, the largest school bookshop chain operator m Singapore, until he sold it to
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        439 13  - Asian CEOs see value in having good governance Lee Su Shyan Singapore ranks second m setting high standards to be followed: PwC poll By BOSSES across Asia have recognised that there is value m good corporate governance and that Singapore sets an enviable example to follow. A global survey by
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        49 13 SINGAPORE has been making good progress m setting procedures and regulations which ensure a minimum standard is met, says PwC Singapore's Mr Gautam Banerjee. But "with the infrastructure m place, the challenge is for firms to embrace and implement governance, risk management and compliance fully", he adds.
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        301 13 THE head of Cosco Group, China's largest maritime group, believes corporate governance at China companies has improved. Mr Wei Jiafu told PricewaterhouseCoopers for its Global CEO survey that many companies better understood that if they "want to operate m the capital markets... you must show
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        234 13  - DIRECTORS' TRADES GOH ENG YEOW SPC CHIEF EXERCISES 100,000 STOCK OPTIONS THE recent surge m Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) shares has prompted its chief executive, Mr Koh Ban Heng, to convert some of his stock options into shares and sell part of his holdings on the open market. Based on
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        282 13  -  Audrey Tan By Assistant Money Editor ALLIANCE Technology and Development, which has been under judicial management since 2002, yesterday unveiled a revised plan that will give some relief to its stranded shareholders. The mainboard-listed company, which was mired m debt before its shares were suspended
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        695 13  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By THE Year of the Green Monkey ended on a high note yesterday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) hitting a fresh four-year high, as investors continued to load up on blue chips m anticipation of
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        602 14  -  Lee Su Shyan Spore bourse will soon see companies from as far as Germany and Israel By Compan ies Corresponden t JITTERY investors who have lost their appetite for Singa-pore-listed China firms may soon get a selection of firsttime listings from even
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        202 14 SMOKERS UNDER FIRE Okemos (Michigan) WARNING: Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your job. That is what employees at Weyco, an insurance benefits administrator, found out. Under a new policy that legal specialists say is the first of its
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        484 14  -  Azrin Asmani By Whaf s the point? CLASS- ACTION suits such as the three filed against CAO are common m the US. They allow individual smaller claims to be pooled together to make a more effective case. But legal observers here
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        470 14 Melbourne NEW Hope Corp has agreed to sell Indonesian assets, including a stake m the country's biggest coal mine, to a group backed by Temasek Holdings for US$37B million (***** million). The assets include 40.8 per cent of the Adaro mine
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        282 14  -  Rachel Chang By ANOTHER China-based firm is headed for a listing here, this time Sunpower Group, which makes energysaving products such as pipeline insulation. Sunpower yesterday lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) ahead of a planned Sesdaq listing. The
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      84 7 Beckham replacement The call goes out for Shaun Wright-Phillips to replace the England captain on the right side of midfield. PAGE H9 SPANKING NEW HOME The Basketball Association of Singapore's new surroundings m Aljunied are a far cry from the red-light district that was their previous home. Page H8 MEDAL
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        131 2 TAIPEI Rumoured couple Vie Chou and Hsu Wei-lun (above) have been spotted on a double date with Chou's elder brother and the latter's girlfriend, says Apple Daily Taiwan. Chou. of F4 fame, and actress Hsu still maintain that they are just friends, but they
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        139 2 NEW YORK United States president George W. Bush has been "enthusiastically" recommending Tom Wolfe's latest novel I Am Charlotte Simmons to his friends. The racy and sex-filled book is about a young woman from a good family who faces booze and debauchery m campus. The White
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        125 2 LONDON Supermodel Kate Moss has proven that the original is still the best. Moss, 31 has been named the world's best dressed woman by Britain's Glamour magazine, beating Jude Law's fiancee Sienna Miller said to be a Kate Moss "copycat" to second place. Miller, 23. has been accused
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        205 2 BEVERLY HILLS Some of this year's Academy Awards winners will not make it to the stage, thanks to major changes to the ceremony aimed at saving time. Oscars telecast producer Gil Cates told an annual luncheon of nominees on Monday that the victors will, instead, receive their awards
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        360 2  -  Sujin Thomas IF AMERICAN Idol judge Randy Jackson' looks slimmer this season, well, he is. Two years ago, he decided to undergo gastric bypass surgery where a portion of his stomach was stapled to prevent him from eating too much. From his original 149 kg weight, he now
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        85 12 HONG KONG It was a Chinese New Year's Eve "reunion" that they could have done without. Actor-singer Ronald Cheng's past and present girlfriends, pop stars Miriam Yeung and Charlene Choi, had to meet during a taping of a TV show on Sunday. But the latter, who is
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        134 12 BOMBAY Iranian-born actress Negar Khan, who has been featured m steamy Hindi music videos and Bollywood films, said she was being deported from India without notice. She said from her mobile phone that she was being taken straight to the airport from Bombay's immigration office after visiting
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        265 12 NEW YORK Britney Spears is suing eight insurance companies that rejected a US$9.B million (5516.1 million) claim she filed after injuring her knee during a video shoot last summer. She later had to cancel her 2004 summer tour. The lawsuit filed last Friday m Manhattan says Spears and
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        95 12 LOS ANGELES Former Beatle Paul McCartney's performance on halftime Super Bowl on Sunday might have been safe but it still drew complaints. A year after the Federal Communications Commission logged more than 500,000 complaints over Janet Jackson's exposed breast at the show, the governmental watchdog had
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        426 12  -  Sherwin Loh MEDIA REPORTER THE new host of Discovery Travel and Living's Globe Trekker show is Singaporean Lavinia Tan. And already, she is learning what it means to work on the popular travel show she is spending her first day of Chinese New Year packing, before leaving for
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        1462 4  -  Mak Mun San Rooster, chicken, cockerel, hen they're all the same bird. Or are they? Here are interesting facts about our feathered friend THIS being the first day of the Year of the Rooster, let's talk about chickens. Are cocks and roosters the same thing? What
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        591 5 It doesn 't, it doesn 't Jack Neo's romantic comedy does not re-invent the formula m any way, but it'll probably crow its way to box office gold 98 minutes/Now playing THE thing about romantic comedies is that you go m expecting a formula: Boy meets girl, they fall m
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        694 5 Heaven Hell 101 Theories of life and death, paradise and damnation are postulated m the horror-actioner Constantine CONSTANTINE (PG) 1 20 minutes/Now playing Tay Yek Keak KEANU Reeves, having battled computer viruses m The Matrix movies, receives an even higher calling from above here as a chosen or is it
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        316 5  -  Tay Yek Keak top ten Box-office takings over the week ending on Sunday (previous week's ranking m brackets). Singapore 1. Flight Of The Phoenix 2. (3) Finding Neverland 3.(l)Elektra 4. (2) Shall We Dance? 5. (4) The Aviator 6. (6) Hotel Rwanda 7. (5)
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        441 5 A MOMENT TO REMEMBER (PG) 1 1 7 minutes/Opens tomorrow/* THIS Korean tearjerker stars Jeong Woo Seong (Musa) and Son Ye Jin (The Classic) as a young married couple whose blissful life is cut short when the wife is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. While comparisons to last year's The Notebook
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        88 6 'After I'm married, I won't live with my husband. I want to live with my family and still hang out with my sisters' Taiwanese TV host Dee Hsu 1 actually own six rats and I named each after a character on Beverly Hills *****' Reality TV star Nicole Richie
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        961 6  -  Peter Khoo With my wife and I past 35, the fear of a Down's syndrome baby is real. Then she took Oscar, the foetal abnormality test fatherhood MANY parents here worry for their children whenever the latter sit for tests and examinations. But as first-time parents,
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        419 6  -  Charissa Feng SAKURA Teng is lonely and hopes to find a partner soon. The well-known 1970s Malaysian songbird, who turns 57 this year, reveals this to Life! m a recent phone interview from her home m New Jersey. Teng, who has lived m the United
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        209 7 FOR the first time m 72-year-old Madam Mary Fong's (above) life, she has time to sit back and relax. This luxury has eluded her as she had to bring up her two sons by herself after her husband left her for another woman
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        550 7  -  Teo Cheng Wee Living m studio apartments gives senior citizens a more intimate Chinese New Year THIS Chinese New Year, the 30 members of Madam Woo Choi Sam's extended family will gather at her Tampines home for their first reunion dinner there. She lives m one of six
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        128 7 PHOTO: IF YOU'RE looking for active senior citizens, try the Golden Pines studio apartment m Tampines. Ten residents, led by Mr Gu Ken Khiang (above), are organising a Chinese New Year dinner for their fellow residents on the third day of the New Year. "Previously, all
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      394 6 If you're having yusheng at a restaurant this Chinese New Year, everything will be seen to for you -just toss it all up and enjoy. But if you're having your yusheng catered, buying it pre-packed, or making it yourself and eating at home, these pointers should help you ensure a
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        424 2  -  SHARON LOH The Year of the Rooster has barely hatched but the fortune-tellers have already counted their chickens. This year, it seems, won't be as bad as the turbulent Year of the Monkey just gone by. In feet, it may be rather good for the economy. But
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        324 4  - SCENE IN ACEH ARLINA ARSHAD When the tsunami hit on that fateful Boxing Day last year, more than 200 selfless doctors, nurses and health-care staff More than 220,000 people died as a result of the Dec 26 tsunami. Around three-quarters, or 1 74,000, of them were m Indonesia's Aceh province,
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        435 6  - Armpits come in useful NURSING OFFICER LEENGOKLIM In Singapore, we use a blood warmer before blood transfusions. With the limited resources m Aceh, patients' relatives would warm the blood bags under their armpits. One patient was supposed to get two units of blood and, after the first transfusion, I went
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        257 8  -  Some 40,000 people died m Sri Lanka as a result of the tsunami which hit many parts of Asia on Boxing Day. The huge waves devastated most of the island's shoreline, especially on the eastern and southern coasts. The Tamil-dominated northern region was not spared. Relief
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        437 10 A Doctor's Diary: Sri Lanka Dr Tan Chi Chiu led staff from Parkway Group Healthcare on a medical relief mission to Sri Lanka from Jan 1-10. Jan 2 We were met m Colombo by minibuses I and a closed lorry and we proceeded towards Galle. The devastation was progressively worse
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        426 5  -  JUDITH TAN Working under difficult conditions, the volunteers see the extent of human suffering and human strength m the face of MR JEFFREY THAYALAMURUGAN, NURSING OFFICER, TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL Banda Aceh and Secata, Indonesia I didn't know what total loss really meant until I came face to face
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        414 5  - We also played football JUDITH TAN DR VINCENT YEOW, CONSULTANT PLASTIC SURGEON, SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL Team Leader Bar da Aceh and Secata, Indonesia When the team first arrived m Aceh, we were struck by how chaotic the place was, but we were prepared that there would be only basic amenities
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        390 7 A Doctor's Diary: Aceh We got our clinic and OT ainning this morning. A colleague saw a couple of very sick babies who needed IV for rehydration. It was very satisfying that the baby fimproved and was able to cry... The most difficult case today was a rlian who had
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        405 9  -  JUDITH TAN The aid workers did what they could with what they had, improvising to help a people who, despite everything, still had MR WU TUCK SENG, PHARMACIST, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Trincomalee, Sri Lanka I was part of the first team that went m to Sri Lanka and we
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        419 9  -  JUDITH TAN DR VIVIEN LIM, GENERAL MEDICINE, ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL Trincomalee, Sri Lanka My team and I arrived three weeks after the disaster struck. By then, the only infrastructure left standing were the foundations of houses. We never got to see bodies as they had been cleared. Since
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        432 11 First row (right to left): Pharmacist Wu Tuck Seng, Dr Low Cheng Ooi, nurse Jumat Khan, nursing officer Jeffrey Thayalamurugan, nurse Mohamad Rizal Mohd Razal Dr Tan Chi Chiu, Dr Vincent Yeow, Dr Chan Beng Kuen, Dr Lee Jiun and nurse Irawathy
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          406 12 Romance in store Chocolate is the traditional gift of love and as it contains phenyethylamine, which is reputed to be a mood elevator and an anti-depressant, it is surely the perfect Valentine gift. But let's not forget that eating vast quantities of chocolate is not healthy either, so Marks and
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          420 13 Love is m the air at Robertson Quay, with Ayuthaya Spa's (above) Romance package for two. The package usually costs $356 per couple but, just for the month of February, it's $3 1 0. For that you begin with a Jasmine Rice Body Scrub to invigorate the senses before going
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        790 14 Tackling the balooning problem of obesity More than one billion people worldwide are overweight and 300 million of them are obese. The cost of obesity m the US alone was more than US$l l O billion last year. Davos (Switzerland) Concern over mounting levels of obesity has sparked a lively
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        459 15 Mum obese? Baby, you are in for it Vow may know it as the land of slender super models, champion soccer players and itsy-bitsy bikinis but Brazil is increasingly fattening up like the United States. Above, a Brazilian boy plays with his mother on the Copacabana beach m Rio de
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        29 15 Write to us with your comments and views, or health-related events that you would like to have listed m this magazine. E-mail sthealth@sph.com.sg
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        311 17 Make your hoop dreams come true Do It Right STEP I: FAKING IT Pretend to go m the opposite direction of where you want to penetrate to the basket to lose your first defender. To execute a convincing fake, pretend to look at where you want to go, and make
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        195 17 James Wong, Singapore Sports Council's Head of Strength and Conditioning and seven-time South-east Asia Games gold medalist, suggests three tips to increase your vertical leap: Strength training Heavy loads and low repetitions (five sets of five reps, squats or leg press). Lift at least 80 per
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        481 18 You've got your body for life, but do you want a Body-for-Life? The difference? A l2- week commitment to changing the way you eat and exercise. That's how long it took the people on this page to go from their "before" to their transformed "after" selves. For example, Ms
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        152 18 Bodies of evidence In Singapore, eating more fruit and vegetables also comes with pitfalls. She said: "Increasing your intake of vegetables is good but buying vegetable-based dishes here means they come with a lot of fat." She recommends preparing them at home. While the contest is a good way to
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        197 18 You can start an/ time from now until the registration deadline of July 4, as long as you are 1 8 or above. Get the BFL entry booklet from any GNC store and paste m your "before" picture. Then, 1 2 weeks from that date, stick
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        722 19 Grey Matters Caring for one who is old and fragile is a demanding task. Lynn Seah finds out how caregivers can cope with the stress of caring for others. Having to balance a job and the care of her mother, who had end-stage kidney failure, nearly
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        974 20 Answers For The Crib MY SON IS COMING TO 12 MONTHS OLD SOON BUT HIS WEIGHT IS ONLY 6.BKG AND HIS HEIGHT IS 70CM. HE SEEMS SMALLER THAN THOSE WHO ARE THE SAME AGE. IS THERE ANY PROBLEM WITH HIM? If you refer to your baby's health
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        283 21  -  Richard Seah Have Your Say There is plenty of scientific evidence linking milk to a long list of diseases, including cancers. Statistics clearly show that the highest rates of female cancer occur m milk-producing countries such as New Zealand. Those who wish to
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        312 21  -  Narayana Narayana We are all, of course, quite aware that science has made great strides m recent years, overturning m its wake many previously entrenched or established beliefs, which are being consigned unceremoniously nowadays to the dustbin as "old-wives' tales". Your article, "Seeking
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        404 21  -  Phua Kim Hiang I refer to the article, "Bone up on glucosamine" (MYB, Jan 26). I wish to highlight some erroneous statements: The statement: "There is not much difference between brands, with most delivering a standardised amount of glucosamine." According to two independent laboratory reports from
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        333 21 MY SEVEN-MONTH-OLD BABY COUGHS EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN SHE DRINKS BREAST MILK, AS THOUGH SHE'S CHOKING. IS THERE ANY CAUSE FOR CONCERN? ALSO, SHE HAS A BIT OF ECZEMA, MAINLY ALONG CREASES AND FOLDS, THE NECK AREA AND AROUND HER MOUTH. COULD ECZEMA BE CAUSED
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        64 15 *>>j UUtjN I MAI I tK, g 50 IS 2005 Steh. SO LONG AS THERE'S Sfe $W*' THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER ifWI NO BIRD FLU M f% V OR THE YEAR OF THE CHICKEN^ »> ,(gmi yf Vp flpJl bSR^S Bvk^^Sßl /V /ft mHt\ EWE— Eo^BCr^s. /a /r V^
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        164 22 UNDERSTANDING KID'S STUFF Changi General Hospital is organising a public forum m English called Understanding Kid's Stuff. Date: Feb 26 Time: 2pm to 4pm Venue: CGH Auditorium, Training Centre, Level I Registration fee is $2 per person (includes refreshments). Children below 1 2 years old will not be admitted AFTERNOON
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