The Straits Times, 18 July 2005

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    Lock icon State of emergency declared in southern Thailand
    538 1  - State of emergency declared in southern Thailand Nirmal Ghosh Emergency rule allows for phone taps, arrests without warrant and news censorship By Thailand Correspondent THAILAND declared emergency rule across virtually the whole of its Muslim south yesterday m a surprisingly tough move to rein m a raging insurgency. Invoking new
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    Lock icon Kidney foundation issue to be discussed in Parliament
    592 1 THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) issue looks set to receive a full airing m Parliament this week, with Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan also scheduled to speak on the matter. His press secretary said yesterday Mr Khaw would make a ministerial statement
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon A tap on the world's water market
      1013 1  -  Leong Chan Teik By AMID a landscape of factories and warehouses m Tuas, it is easy to niiss one particular collection of low-rise buildings which has been quietly rising these past three years. But very soon the buildings next to the sea, with
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      553 2 SECTION ONE Bus to Kranji farms Prime 3-4 A variety of farms, once Asia 6-12 accessible only by car or World 13-18 taxi, can now b e reached Review 19-21 on SMRT service 925. PY| op PAGE H5 SECTIONTOO Charming dump me Hl-H7 Semakau Landfill, a Youtnlnk HB-H9 breezy and
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon How to use an external automated defibrillator
      261 3 Press the ON button. Place the pair of pads on the person's chest (right). A recorded voice will tell you the device is analysing the rhythm of the person's heart. If it is a chaotic rhythm, the organ can be jolted by an
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      Lock icon Device to beat heart attacks at sports centres
      572 3  -  Goh Chin Lian Defibrillators to be made available m 13 recreation centres by early September By BY EARLY September, all 13 sports and recreation centres here will be equipped with at least one portable electronic machine to jolt a heart back into
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      Lock icon SAVING A LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL FEELING
      129 3 PHOTO: "He was conscious when we first attended to him, but soon passed out and began to stiffen. The patient also started to shake very vigorously... I had to quickly administer about 200 joules of current to his heart. Three to four seconds
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      Lock icon China upbeat about KMT's new leader
      405 3  -  Goh Sui Noi By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINESE President Hu Jintao yesterday congratulated Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou on winning the leadership election of Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT). The move underlined the positive reaction of many Chinese here to the result of the
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      Lock icon Jakarta and Aceh rebels agree on new deal to end violence
      548 4  -  Dcvi Asmarani Accord allows rebels to form political party and run m Aceh polls By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA and Aceh rebel leaders yesterday agreed on a historic peace deal aimed at ending 29 years of insurgency m
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      Lock icon Malay-Muslims support President
      283 4 THE Malay-Muslim community backs President S R Nathan for a second term following his announcement last week that he will be seeking re-election. Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim told reporters yesterday that Mr Nathan has overwhelming support from the community here. The President gained that
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  • ASIA
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      183 6 Umno spotlight PM Abdullah's son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin will be closely watched at the Umno annual assembly. PAGE 12 Man, What A Sale! |UJi up to a^B^T H I afl aaaw am aaaar m-ar#l\ '"«\l aaaaawi aaW .aaW d i s c o v n nßk \^B j| T& 'v aaaaa
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Ma faces tough job of uniting fractious party
      509 7  -  Lawrence Chung NEW KUOMINTANG CHIEF He must heal rifts to improve Pan-Blue alliance's chances m year-end elections By Taiiuan Correspondent In Taipei TAIPEI Mayor Ma Ying-jeou is bracing himself for daunting challenges after winning the leadership of Taiwan's main opposition party, the
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      Lock icon Mainland fever in Taiwan 'waning'
      336 7  -  Clarissa Oon By China Correspondent In Beijing THE Taiwanese public seem to have lost interest m the growing rapport between their opposition and China, with little attention shown to the visit to Beijing by a third political party m four months. New Party leader Yok
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon N. Korea to open more cities to foreigners
      585 8 N. Korea to open more cities to foreigners Kirn Jong II agrees to new tour routes after meeting with Hyundai chairman Seoul NORTH Korea has agreed to expand its fledgling tourism industry, funded by South Korea's Hyundai Group, by opening more cities to outsiders from next month, Hyundai said yesterday.
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      Lock icon TATTOOED PIGGY BANK
      151 8 TATTOOED PIGGY BANK Belgian artist Wim Delvoye tattoos a pig at his art farm m the rural outskirts of Beijing. He has a staff of local farmers and tattoo artists who raise sows and use them as canvas for skin art. Mr Delvoye said he got the idea of tattooing
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      Lock icon HK looks to China for burial space
      407 8 Hong Kong A SHORTAGE of space, and rising funeral prices are forcing Hong Kong residents to look to China for burial plots for their loved ones, a media report said yesterday. Some 700 corpses were shipped across the border for burial last year,
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      Lock icon Japan and US reach deal on air traffic control
      224 8 Tokyo JAPAN and the United States have reached an agreement on returning Yokota Air Base's airspace control over Tokyo and its vicinity to Japan by 2009, a report said yesterday. The agreement was made during talks about the realignment of US
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      Lock icon Elephants 'becoming tuskless'
      135 8 Elephants 'becoming tuskless' Beijing CHINESE elephants are evolving into an increasingly tuskless breed because poaching is changing the gene pool, a paper reported yesterday. Five to 10 per cent of male Asian elephants m China now have a gene that prevents the development of tusks, up from the usual 2
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      Lock icon Pakistan places madrasahs under closer scrutiny
      472 10 Govt will act against those that preach jihad and brainwash young people Lahore PAKISTAN is placing its madrasahs, or Islamic religious schools, under closer scrutiny m the aftermath of the London bomb blasts. Reports say one of the four bombers 22-year-old Shezhad Tanweer had
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon STEM-CELL BANK TO OPEN IN SEOUL
        132 10 SEOUL: South Korea's Hwang Woo Suk, who cloned the world's first human embryos for stem-cell therapy, will open a stem-cell bank here on Oct 19. Professor Hwang told Yonhap news agency the proposed bank could serve as a global stemcell supply hub for patients.
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        Lock icon HINDU PARTY TRIES TO STEM REVOLT
        107 10 NEW DELHI: Leaders of India's Hindu nationalist opposition party met yesterday m an attempt to stem a revolt against its leader over his praise of the founder of arch-rival and predominantly Muslim Pakistan. The sharpest attack on Mr Lai Krishna Advani came from hardliners
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        Lock icon HK LEADERS DECLARE THEIR ASSETS
        122 10 HONG KONG: Chief Executive Donald Tsang and his wife, Salina, own a holiday home m England as well as a flat m Hong Kong which is being let, according to a declaration of assets by Hong Kong's Cabinet made public on Friday. Chief Secretary Rafael
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        Lock icon CHINA HOTELS URGED TO CUT WASTE
        68 10 BEIJING: China's hotels have been told to cut back on disposable toiletries such as toothbrushes, slippers and soap, save energy and be environmentally friendly as the country's summer energy shortage heats up. The China Hotel Association on Saturday called on members to play an
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        Lock icon 4 DIE IN 'REVENGE' POISONING
        99 10 BEIJING: Police m east China's Anhui province have arrested a man for poisoning 12 people, killing four of them, to seek revenge against those he blamed for a failed business venture, state media said yesterday. Wang Xianfu, 58, allegedly sent dumpling wrappers and fillings mixed
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        Lock icon COCA-COW OBJECTS TO BILLBOARD
        117 10 NEW DELHI: An Indian photographer has been threatened with legal action by beverage giant Coca-Cola Co for displaying one of his photographs that depicts water shortages against a backdrop of the company's übiquitous logo on a giant billboard. The wholly owned Indian subsidiary of the Atlanta-based
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        Lock icon FISHERMEN ACCUSED OVER DEBRIS
        58 10 HONG KONG: Local fishermen have been accused of dumping most of the debris that has been making rubbish tips of Hong Kong Island's showpiece beaches. The accusation came after Thursday's news reports that beaches at Repulse Bay and Deep Water Bay, advertised as tourist attractions, were
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      496 11  -  Dcvi Asmarani It may cost a bomb, but discerning parents want the best m education By Indonesia Correspondent In lakarta TOTAL APPROACH TO LEARNING "The classical school system focuses on the left part of the brain, their intellectual side, while we also
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      Lock icon Aussies defend choice of envoy to Indonesia
      224 11 Sydney AUSTRALIA yesterday defended its choice of the former immigration department chief as envoy to Indonesia after a Jakarta lawmaker said the appointment could be blocked because of "racist" and "rude" behaviour by his officials. Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said Mr Bill Farmer
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      Lock icon Arroyo loses 11th Cabinet member
      135 11 PHOTO: Manila ANOTHER Cabinet member announced his resignation yesterday as Philippine President Gloria Arroyo grappled with a political crisis fuelled by allegations that she rigged last year's closely contested election. Mr Silvestre Afable became the 11th Cabinet member to quit during the six-week crisis, leaving
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Young Umno hotshots under scrutiny
      606 12  -  Reme Ahmad Party members are waiting to see what PM's son-in-law and Mahathir's son will do By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuaia Lumpur AS UMNO leaders gather this week for the party's annual assembly, some serious people watching is m order. As important as the
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      Lock icon Air Asia 'could expand with ventures in China, India'
      352 12 Air Asia 'could expand with ventures in China, India' Kuala Lumpur ASIA'S dominant low-cost carrier Air Asia is likely to form new ventures m the region, with China and India probable targets as high fuel prices force the industry to consolidate, analysts say. Industry experts are tipping a shake-out among
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US plans grand welcome for Indian PM Singh
      652 13  -  Roger Mitton An elaborate welcoming ceremony will be held at White House South Lawn A whole day will be set aside for President Bush to host the Indian leader A rare privilege for Dr Singh to address a joint session of the
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      Lock icon BRITAIN'S SPY GAMES
      683 14  - BRITAIN'S SPY GAMES Jonathan Eyal Fiction is now reality with rise of new breed of 'invisible' terrorists By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London THE novel At Risk on Britain's best-sellers list is no ordinary book, having been written by one of Britain's retired master spies, Ms Stella Rimington. The
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      Lock icon Donations dry up for mosque in HK
      122 14 DONATIONS for a planned suburban mosque m Hong Kong have dwindled after the London bombings. South China Morning Post yesterday said potential donors feared the authorities would treat them as money launderers for terrorist groups. "Before (the London bombings), the donations came m
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      Lock icon Bombers may have been tricked into suicide blasts
      466 14 London BRITISH police are considering the possibility that the four key suspects m last week's London attacks were tricked into setting off their bombs, a British newspaper reported yesterday. "We do not have hard evidence that the men were suicide bombers," a
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      Lock icon Asia losing out in reform Droposals for UN
      518 15  - Asia losing out in reform Droposals for UN Betsy Pisik Issue of increasing Asian membership m Security Council not favoured By Straits Times US Bureau In New York THERE are now three blueprints for reform of the United Nations Security Council, but a number of diplomats from Asia have complained
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon ABBAS CALLS FOR END TO ATTACKS
        84 15 GAZA: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged militants to halt attacks on Israel and return to a ceasefire that has been splintered by violence a month before Israel's planned pullout from Gaza. Mr Abbas also blamed Israel for the near collapse of the five-month
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        Lock icon WOMAN DEUVERS 2 PAIRS OF TWINS
        87 15 NEW JERSEY: A couple who struggled for 12 years to start a family beat the odds by having not one but two sets of identical twins. Lauren, Sarah, Benjamin and Samuel, were born a minute apart on June 7 by Caesarean section. They were
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        Lock icon 55 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
        78 15 MALABO: All 55 passengers and crew were killed when an Antonov plane crashed shortly after take-off from Equatorial Guinea's capital Malabo, the government said yesterday. Information Minister Alfonso Nsue Mokuy said he was m touch with a team at the site of Saturday's crash near
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        Lock icon TURKISH TROOPS KILL 10 REBELS
        59 15 ISTANBUL: Turkish security forces killed 10 Kurdish rebels and confiscated explosives and weapons m south-eastern Turkey, local officials said yesterday. The four-day operation m a triangle of the cities of Van, Sirnak and Hakkari was aimed at rooting out members of the autonomy-seeking Kurdistan Workers'
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      Lock icon OK to expand Security Council, but how?
      218 15 This is the current make-up of the UN Security Council: Five permanent members with vetos. 10 members elected to non-renewable two-year terms: Three from Africa, two from Asia, one from eastern Europe, two from western Europe and two from Latin America and the
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      Lock icon Suicide attack with truck bomb kills 98 in Iraq
      349 15 Musayyib (Iraq) STRICKEN townspeople swept away the wreckage of a fuel truck bomb that killed 98 people south of Baghdad and three more suicide car bombers hit the Iraqi capital yesterday m a devastating new campaign. In another development, the tribunal
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon World's oldest married couple: We lead a quiet life
        275 17 A 105-YEAR-OLD survivor of a Nazi concentration camp and his 100-year-old wife have earned the title of the world's oldest married couple. Mr Herbert Brown and his wife, Magda, were given the accolade by The Guinness Book of World Records. It
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        Lock icon Schwarzenegger drops controversial deal
        156 17 CALIFORNIA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has dropped a multi-mil-lion-dollar magazine deal that kicked up a political storm, as critics decried a conflict of interest. Under the deal, signed days before he was sworn into office m 2003, he was set to receive as much as. US$B million
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      Lock icon Indian PM, Howard to visit White House
      226 18  -  ROGER MITTON RAVI VEILOOR WORLD WHAT IT IS US PRESIDENT George W. Bush meets Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today to forge a new strategic relationship that some experts say could be a "watershed" m bilateral ties. A slew of agreements will be
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      Lock icon Umno looks to Abdullah
      90 18  -  REME AHMAO MALAYSIA WHATITIS MALAYSIA'S biggest political party, United Malays National Organisation (Umno), begins its annual assembly tomorrow. Measures to fight corruption and a discussion on meritocracy m colleges will be highlights of the five-day meet. Some complain Malay students have lost out because of this
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      Lock icon Preparing for nuke talks
      107 18  -  LEE TEE JONG EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS SOUTH Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Song Mm Soon will meet Russian officials today as preparations get under way to tie up loose ends for the fourth round of six-nation talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue. It
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      Lock icon Stage set for Asean meet
      96 18  -  BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHATITIS OFFICIALS will begin arriving m Laos this weekend ahead of an annual meeting of Asean foreign ministers that kicks off on July 26. This will be followed by talks with the group's major diplomatic partners and a meeting of the
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      405 19 THE United States and Singapore are not treaty allies they are close friends and strategic partners. Vie distinction is important. Alliances between nation -states are invariably directed against other nation-states. Thus Nato, when it was founded, was directed against the former Soviet Union; thus the current US-Japan alliance
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      853 19  -  Koh Buck Song By For The Straits Times LAST week, I went looking for an indicator of Singapore's space for expression. First, I visited The Esplanade-The-atres on the Bay arts centre. I had heard over the radio about an exhibition opening at the concourse area, a
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      1914 20 Like last year, a Singaporean student won first prize m the Commonwealth Essay Competition this year. This prize-winning story was written by Kang Mm Li of Raffles Junior College. THE walls of the hospital were always white. They smelt of disinfectant, a sharp
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      201 19 Fighting for their rights The new generation of Chinese migrant workers is inclined to fight back at injustice. •PAGE 21 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE., 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http:/ /straitstimes.asial com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng
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      274 22 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY 1 Volunteer with a youth service group which works with youngsters aged 12 to 18. You can help with fund-raising or be a mentor, among other activities. Visit www.wowyouthservice.org or call 8128-4312 for more information. 2 Find out more about missionary teachers from Ireland
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY JULY 18, 2005
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      617 1  -  Vivi Zainol PRESIDENTS CHALLENGE Despite illness, Faris helps push disabled classmates' wheelchairs around By MICROPHONE m hand, young Muhammad Fans belts out the words of a number by his favourite singer, Jon Bon Jovi: "We're halfway there ohhh living on a prayer."
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      127 1 MORE than 550 Microsoft staff have pledged to spend three days annually to help the community through activities like IT training and disaster relief efforts. The employee volunteer programme was launched last week by President S R Nathan at the Bethesda Care and Counselling
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      332 2  - SM Goh's remarks Very frank' Goh Chin Lian By SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong's comments on what his wife had said about the $600,000 annual salary package of former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief executive officer T.T. Durai were "very frank". That was the view of interim NKF chairman and
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      384 2 Price not high for no -frills dialysis at private centres ALTERNATIVE CARE Other than the handful lucky enough to get transplants, patients with kidney failure would die without dialysis. RADHA BASU looks at some of the other centres besides the National Kidney Foundation that offer this pricey life-saving treatment. NOTE:
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      Lock icon At least a dozen charge lower rates for those in need
      708 2  -  Radha Basu By PRIVATE medical treatment for kidney patients need not come with plush settings and sky-high price tags. At least a dozen private kidney dialysis centres have mushroomed m Singapore's heartland that offer no-frills service almost on par
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      245 3 'Hiring' contest gets students fired up A COMPETITION inspired by the reality TV show, The Apprentice, saw as many as 336 students try to outwit and outsell one another on the streets last Saturday. Some came m cut-out Tshirts and others with painted faces all with the intention of getting
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      558 3  -  M. Nirmala Nan Hua shows flexible approach is working, he says By THE flexible approach to learning Chinese which Nan Hua Secondary School offers its students shows that the standard of the language has not diminished among the young here, Prime Minister Lee
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      414 4  -  Khushwant Singh 86-year-old injured m head; crows also turn on another man and kids By RETIREE Y.C. Soh had taken many a stroll on the pavement along Marine Parade Road near Neptune Court but he has stopped using it since Saturday after he was
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        142 4 A PEDESTRIAN who was run over by a private bus while crossing a traffic junction m Choa Chu Kang Loop died at the National University Hospital on Saturday. Technical officer Abdul Jalil Abdullah, 42, and his wife Madam Rafingah, 39, were
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        126 4 WHEN a couple walked into a boutique m Beauty World shopping centre on Thursday afternoon, the owner left her $400 mobile phone on a counter to serve the woman. Ten minutes later, the couple left without buying anything. It was then that the shop
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        110 4 POLICE arrested 13 people after raiding eight locations m Toh Tuck, Hougang, Circuit Road, Lengkok Bahru, Lichi Avenue, the Kranji Race Course and the Rangoon offcourse betting centre on Saturday. The 11 men and two women, aged between 31 and 56, are suspected of taking
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        91 4 USING inflated, black trash bags filled with empty plastic bottles, two illegal immigrants tried to swim across from Johor yesterday. The men, believed to be Myanmar nationals, were arrested off the northern shore near Admiralty Road West at about 4.15 am. If convicted of
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      376 4 THE Straits Times' new magazine for upper primary readers, Little Red Dot, has proven to be a hit with teachers and young readers. Its main appeal has been its usefulness m class. Since the magazine was launched on July 5,
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      121 5 Safra pool reopens THE swimming pool at the Safra Mount Faber Club, scene of a chlorine fume leak two Saturdays ago, has been reopened. Laboratory tests on the water confirmed the pool is safe and the police as well as the National Environment Agency had also given clearance for the
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      155 5 PHOTO: This copper-eyed White Persian was among more than 1 00 cats that turned up yesterday for a competition to find the best-looking feline. After being scrutinised by expert judges from the United States and Japan, four cats got their big break, winning for their owners a
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      346 5  - Bus 925 now plies Kranji farm area Lim Wei Chean SMRT service has been extended to make countryside more accessible to visitors By THE Kranji countryside is now accessible by bus, thanks to the extension of SMRT's 925 service. The service which runs from Woodlands to Kranji and the Sungei
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        89 5 NANYANG Technological University's Class of 1985 organised a tee-off yesterday at Sentosa Golf Club for a good cause. A total of 128 people participated m a fundraising golf tournament where Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng was the guest-of-hon-our. The Class of 1985 has established
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        103 5 PASSENGER traffic at Changi Airport rose 7.2 per cent m the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year. A total of 15.44 million passengers passed through the airport, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said. June saw the highest monthly
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      617 6  -  Sarah Ng Semakau Landfill, an island where trash is dumped, now open to public to enjoy its rich biodiversity By BY 2045, Singapore will have a brand new island as big as Sentosa created out of incinerated trash. But the public won't have to wait that long to
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      482 6  -  Marcel Lee Pereira By THEY attend classes on a resort island, minutes away from the beach, m a 50,000 sq ft colonial campus with peacocks strutting m the courtyard. Too good to be true? That is the privilege enjoyed by about 360 students
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      403 7 LAWYER Heikel Bafana ran his own law firm and dabbled m looking after the 24-hour Samar restaurant m Baghdad Street m Kampong Glam. But last October, the 33-year-old decided to stop practising and concentrate on his family's food business, which he is
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      547 7  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Many become in-house counsel for firms or opt for other jobs By A GROWING number of young lawyers are turning their hand to other kinds of work after putting m a handful of years practising. More than 400 have stopped practising and left
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      155 7 AFTER six years m one of Singapore's biggest firms, lawyer Rajan Chettiar resigned m December 2002. "I was emotionally and physically drained after 12-hour days, so I took a two-month break m India. I came back feeling renewed and convinced again that law is my calling,"
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        457 8  -  Terri Koh TALK BACK It's partly influence of pop culture and partly adolescent rebelliousness. The solution? Right kind of education By I WOULD like to give my two cents' worth on this "Hitler/Soviet/Mao-loving" phenomenon after reading the commentaries m last week's issue of Youthlnk. When
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        476 8  -  Chern Ann By I THINK Mr Cai Haoxiang, m his article, "Let teens develop their own views" (Youthlnk, July 11), has intentionally overlooked some issues. He says: "The crux of the issue is perhaps that the teens did not grasp the significance of associating themselves
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        228 8 HIP AND HAPPENING Place: Attica/ Attica Too Crowd: The beautiful and glamorous Where it's at: 3 A River Valley Road, #01-12/14 Clarke Quay Word on the street: When Attica opened its doors last June, it proved to be such a hit with local clubbers that Attica Too was opened m
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        305 9  -  Gladys Chung GROWING PAINS Youngsters have their say on branded goods and consumerism A little retail therapy never hurt anyone By IF YOUTHS are becoming more materialistic these days, perhaps we should examine the role of society m this. We live m a country which emphasises
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        305 9  -  Alicia Zhuang By AN EX-CLASSMATE recently asked me when I was going to start setting aside part of my starving writer's earnings for a condominium and car. He runs a bustling e-com-merce business, bought his first car a couple of months ago, and is now
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        268 9  -  Jennani Durai By WHEN I was younger, I loved food above all things. Anyone who accidentally knocked over my ice-cream or spilt my drink could be assured of a full-blown fit. When I was working myself into one of those rages, my mum once stopped me
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        333 9  -  Teo Xuanwei By EVERY fashionista knows the value of a well-worn pair of jeans. Every blob of dirt, every rip and tear, and even the yellowish tinge of your once-blue denim raises your hip factor a couple of notches. So you can
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        1425 10 NKF SUIT THE AFTERMATH I WRITE m my personal capacity. I have been a long-time admirer of the National Kidney Foundation. The NKF has been outstanding m supporting kidney and other patients. It and its supporters have been tireless not just m
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        143 10 IN HIS letter, "Amateurish? Not traditional volunteers" (ST, July 16), Mr Stanley Tan praised the efforts of small voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs), as they too contribute to a worthy cause m their own ways. We fully agree with Mr Tan. At the July 14 press conference,
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        288 10 IN MR Seah Leong Khai's letter "Why isn't HDB making money on carparks?" (ST, July 8), he compared the surplus m the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) carpark operations with the HDB's deficit. He also suggested that the HDB should review its business
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        300 10 I HAVE been receiving crank calls from a private number on my mobile phone on and off for the past few months. When I called my service provider Ml, I was told that I need to make a police report and fax it
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        185 10 THE caption to the picture of the newly named orchid Vanda lOC, on the front page of The Straits Times on July 6, described it as the first bloom m Singapore to be named after an event. Actually, Singaporean growers have named
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        238 10 You can also mail your letters to Forum Editor, The Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, Singapore *****4. Fax: 6319-8289. When you write to The Straits Times Forum page, we take it
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        224 10 MOE looking at ways to boost swimming MR DESMOND Goh suggested m his letter "Teach swimming as part of PE lessons" (ST, July 1) that swimming be made a compulsory component m physical education. The Ministry of Education aims to provide students with a holistic education that includes the acquisition
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        565 11  -  Spencer Robinson »GOLF Korean runs up a quintuple-bogey nine at the dreaded 17th of Old Course By At St Andrews K.J. CHOI stamped his indelible mark on the British Open yesterday, although not m the manner he would have wished. With two
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        521 11 St Andrews (Scotland) HE BROUGHT the cigarettes along, but left the motorhome behind. The nearest Hooters is 550 km away, meaning dinner consists mostly of what they call takeaway over here. In a place run mostly by stodgy old guys m coats
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          77 11 MICHAEL Campbell, the US Open champion, was asked if the short par-four 18th a mere 357 yards was a good way to finish a Major. No 18 ranked as the easiest hole on Saturday, producing two eagles, 42 birdies and 32 pars. Only four players managed
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          110 11 NICK Faldo and Greg Norman had some memorable encounters over the years, and they're still going strong m the 134 th British Open. Both shot 70 on Saturday and were at threeunder 213 going into the final round at St Andrews. Norman, who turned 50
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          72 11 AFTER qualifying for his British Open just last weekend, Scan O'Hair scrambled to get a passport and a flight across the Atlantic. He didn't arrive at St Andrews until Wednesday. The hectic schedule hasn't hurt his play. The 23-year-old American, who won the John Deere Classic
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        121 12 They preened, strutted and posed bare-bodied for the camera. No, they are not professional models but S- League players. Meet (from left) Ali Imran (SAFFC), Wu Hao (Sinchi), Goh Tat Oman (Woodlands), Hassan Sunny (Young lions), He Hongji (Paya Lebar), S. Rajendran (Balestier), Amos Boon (Home), Hasrin
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        525 12 City's WrightPhillips heads for Chelsea SOCCER English champions bid $62m after winger asks for permission to speak with London club Manchester SHAUN Wright-Phillips is set to join English Premiership champions Chelsea, after Manchester City accepted a bid reported to be £21 million (Ss62 million) yesterday. This came a day after
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        436 12 London SOUTH Korean Park Ji Sung made his Manchester United debut on Saturday, playing one half m a 5-1 pre-season win over Clyde m Scotland. He did not score. Neither did he create a goal But the midfielder was lively throughout
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        184 12 IN A rare show of unity, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has backed Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho's criticism of Premiership rivals Arsenal and the Football Association. Mourinho claims Chelsea have had a rough deal from the FA compared to the Highbury outfit, notably over fixture list allocation,
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        417 12 LONDON THERE is life after Patrick Vieira. Arsenal started positively after the shock sale of their captain, with new signing Alexander Hleb scoring m a 4-1 friendly win against Barnet at Underhill on Saturday. Later, Arsene Wenger confirmed that Thierry Henry would lead the Gunners m
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        193 12 Chicago REAL Madrid staged a late rally to overcome Mexican side Chivas Guadalajara 3-1 m the opening match of their six-game friendly tour of the United States and Asia on Saturday. After a lacklustre first half, the match burst into life m the 73rd
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        447 13  -  Marc Ljm HORSE RACING But favourite Royal Captain suffers suspected broken leg and is put to sleep By OUTSIDER Hello And Goodbye stunned punters at the Singapore Turf Club yesterday when he led from start to finish to win the $800,000 Emirates Singapore Derby
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        281 13 CYCLING SAI NT- LARY- SOULAN (France) AMERICAN rider George Hincapie won the 15 th stage of the Tour de France yesterday, held over 205 kilometres from Lezat-sur-Leze to the summit finish of St Lary Soulan m the Pyrenees. But it was his Discovery
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        23 13 Winning margins: 2 < lengths, head, 2 Vi Win: $143. Place: $30, $32, $10. Forecast: $531. Tierce: $17,203. Quartet: $80,744. Going: Soft.
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          Lock icon TEMASEK POLY DETHRONE NUS
          51 13 TEMASEK Polytechnic wrested the title from three-time champions National University of Singapore when they won the 4th Ripcurl National InterVarsity Polytechnic Wakeboarding Championship at the Kallang Riverside Park on Saturday. It was Temasek's first team title. NUS finished second. Third place went to the Singapore Management
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          Lock icon SCANLON-TAN WIN BEACH TITLE
          84 13 ANGELINA Scanlon and Tan Shiang Theng won the women's crown at the Volleyball Association of Singapore Beach Volleyball Open at Siloso Beach, Sentosa, on Saturday. They beat Kelly Soh and Irene Yeow 2-1 m the final. The men's event was won by the Thai-Singapor-ean duo of
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          Lock icon BEDOK KINGS IN DIVISION 1 WIN
          58 13 DEFENDING champions Bedok Kings beat Singapore Cricket Club 24-5 m the season's opening match of the National Rugby Division 1 championship on Saturday. However, m the Division 2 clash between teams from the same clubs, SCC turned the tables when they thrashed Bedok Kings
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        Lock icon Zhongze is surprise gold medallist
        375 14  -  LinXjnyi TABLE TENNIS Debutant, 17, adds singles title to the team gold that he helped Singapore clinch By LIU ZHONGZE has given Singapore two table tennis gold medals m his international debut. The 17-year-old, who came to Singapore under the Foreign Talent Scheme only m
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        Lock icon Phelps aims for eight again at world meet
        528 14 swimming Montreal MICHAEL Phelps may be older and wiser, but he has not become more cautious when it comes to taking on a championship challenge. The 20-year-old will follow up his astounding performance at last year's Athens Olympics where he won six
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        Lock icon Fl drivers could strike over safety, says Coulthard
        402 14 MOTOR RACING Glasgow FORMULA One driver David Coulthard said a strike by drivers could become reality should safety m the sport not be improved, the Daily Record newspaper reported. The Scotsman and his peers are concerned that medical back-up m testing is
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        Lock icon Australia crash to Davis Cup defeat
        223 14 TENNIS Sydney AUSTRALIAN tennis is looking to rebuild with younger players, after the national team's shattering 1-4 Davis Cup loss to Argentina on their traditional grass surface yesterday. World No 10 David Nalbandian stood like a colossus this weekend, winning both his singles matches
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      • SPORTS WORLD
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          Lock icon ISINBAYEVA SETS WORLD MARK AGAIN
          61 14 MADRID: Russian Yelena Isinbayeva broke the women's pole vault record by sailing over 4.95 metres at the JAAF Super Grand Prix meeting on Saturday. The 23-year-old cleared the bar on her second attempt to break her own mark of 4.93 set m Lausanne on July
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          Lock icon OGDEN WINS INVITE TO THE MASTERS
          77 14 LEBANON: American Clay Ogden won the US Men's Amateur Public Links Championship, beating Chile's Martin Ureta 1 up m Saturday's 36-hole final. The 20-year-old rallied from a four-hole deficit to capture the crown, which comes with an invitation to the Masters tournament. In Kansas
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          Lock icon ADVOCATTAKES OVER AS UAE COACH
          50 14 ADVOCAT TAKES OVER AS UAE COACH DUBAI: Dutchman Dick Advocat has become the new national coach of the United Arab Emirates on a one-year contract, the UAE football federation said on Sunday. Advocat takes over from compatriot Ad de Mos, who was sacked m ApriHor poor results. AGENCE FRANCE -PRESSE
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          Lock icon ITALIAN CLUBS ON FRAUD CHARGE
          69 14 ROME: Officials and players with Serie B soccer champions Genoa and Venezia have been charged with sporting fraud after an investigation into Genoa's victory over Venezia which secured the club's promotion to the top flight. Genoa president Enrico Preziosi, his son Matteo and general manager
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          Lock icon HOPKINS' 10-YEAR REIGN ENDS
          80 14 LAS VEGAS: Unbeaten Jermain Taylor captured the undisputed world middleweight crown with a splitdecision victory over Bernard Hopkins on Saturday, ending a 10-year reign that was the third-longest m boxing history. Hopkins fell to 46-3 with one draw m his first loss since dropping a 12--round
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        925 14 ATHLETICS lAAF Super Grand Prix m Madrid, Men's 100 m: 1 Michael Frater(Jam) 10.225 ec 2 Coby Miller (USA) 10.23 3 Josh Ross (Aus) 10.26.400 m: 1 Gary Kikaya (Con) 45.15 2 Michael Blackwood (Jam) 45.35 3 Carlos Santa (Dom) 45.55. 800 m: 1 Wilfred Bungei (Ken) 1:44.42 2
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        308 15 R| "The Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything I need. He lets mevfi rest infields of green grass and leads me to quiet pools of fresh water. I will not be afraid Lord for you are with me." Psalm 23 JOSEPH CHAN MONG HONG Age: 68 was called home
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        188 15 "Surety goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell m the house of the Lord forever." Psalms 23:6 NG KIM SIANG, ANTHONY Age: 57 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 July 2005, leaving behind loved ones. Brothers: Sisters-in-law:
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        206 15 aniT&tellf£Jle who believes m Me will live even though he dies." John 1 1 25 I LIM BOON HANG Age: 58 was called home to be with the Lord on July 16, 2005, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Pang Suan Eng k Sons: Daughters-in-law: ,1 Jerry lim Chee Keong Eni
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        162 15 BULLIKUTTE SUBBIAH NAIDU Age: 98 passed away peacefully on 1 7.7.2005 Sadly missed by (Wife: Subramaniyan Jagatembal, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: S. Arumugam V Nalayani (S. Lingayah, deceased) R. Rani S. Chandrasegaran P. Padmini S. Jeyakumar P.R. Dcvi Daughters: Sons-in-law: S. Ammal P.M. Sundaram (S. Letchimi, deceased) (M. Arumugam, deceased) S.
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        159 15 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE CHUAPHECK Uf I MARGARET Departed 1 2 Inly 2005 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and former colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. God bless you all! The family of the late
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    • MONEY
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        46 16 Week's Top Rises CENTS CmtMT2Sc 1310 2100 191 HSI!3BOOOBeCWOM92S 171 810 900 OBSBrp 1470 60.0 4.3 OCBC 1190 500 4.4 HyftiuSc 488 42 0 9.4 SMS* 1180 400 15 UN 1450 400 28 Hvtim C» eCW*****5 1% 38 0 24 1 Hyflu»oßeCWOsl227 144 37 0 34.6
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        50 16 Week's Top Rises CENTS Cre«tiwlW.eCWoslll2 3.5 133.3 2.0 Creative DBeCWOSOI 16 12 5 108.3 6.5 SuakcMWKl7l4 2 1000 10 HSi »3WHiCwlsll2l 171 90.0 810 Hi-PC4eCWPSI«I7 13 85.7 6 0 DatacrartOß eCWtS 23 84.0 10 5 CreatrveßNPeCWKlin 15 5 824 7 0 KepLandSSAeCWKIK 23 769 100 CreatrwrtßteCWPMlU 2 5 66.7 10
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        55 16 Week's Top Falls CENTS totfare Cor»2Sc 1610 400 24 SPC SOc 488 270 5 2 SKCAICWKII2I 132 27 0 17 0 SPC SSA eCWOSOt22 88 240 214 CreativettßUPWKeni 110 17 0 134 SemO CorpBUPeCWOa" 79 16.5 17 3 SemOMarlOc 258 16 0 5.8 Semb Corp OBeCWK 73 5 14.5 16
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        53 16 Week's Top Falls CENTS SUMBIePWISmS 3 53.8 3.5 bang Hint 2c 0 5 500 0 5 SPH DB eCWOSOBM 5 44.4 4.0 PDC CorpSe 2 42.9 15 SWStteCwIStTH 2 42.9 15 Venture MM 2I 2 3.5 41.7 2 5 Inno-Pw 1c 15 400 1.0 Vtwt*reMmeP«oS«7ll 15 400 1.0 ST»TSEhPmtM*SI2z2 4
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        Lock icon Currencies Where S$ stands
        92 16 MIS ICHNG WMOS CLOSE HI Jul 14 SS lON SS HIGH US$ ***** +0.38 1.7061 ***** Euro 2.0416 +018 2.1820 2 0083 2 9693 +0.40 3.1670 2 9487 AS 1.2680 +0.47 1.3018 1.2279 1.5073 +0.22 1.6084 ***** Rupiah '0 ***** +0.12 0.***** *****0 Baht ...4 0381
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        Lock icon June export data out today may boost market
        334 16  -  AZRIN ASMANI TAKING STOCK Analysts expect stock rally to continue on positive trade figures and slide m oil prices By THE local market last week zoomed ahead after news that the Singapore economy was on a firm footing dispelled any lingering fear
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          Lock icon UOB KAY HIAN STICKS TO 'SELL' ON CREATIVE
          130 16 THE recent bull-run m shares of Creative Technology has made little impression on analysts at research house UOB Kay Hian. Creative shares perked up at the start of last week after it won the support of software giant Microsoft m its battle
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          Lock icon FURTHER UPSIDE TO HI-P, SAYS DBS VICKERS
          81 16 DBS Vickers has reaffirmed its confidence m Hi-P International by maintaining its "buy" recommenda- tion on the stock. It said the integrated contract manufacturer's earnings guidance for this year and next will fall within market estimates. DBS Vickers added that Hi-P's data storage
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          Lock icon OUTSOURCING TREND MAY BENEFIT PETRA FOODS
          77 16 KIM Eng Research believes that Petra Foods' prospects are as hot as "hot chocolate". Singapore-based Petra, a cocoa ingredients processor and considered to be one of the industry leaders, is likely to benefit from the growing outsourcing trend among its key customers, such as
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        5719 16 UNIT TRUSTS ABN Amro Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!" 0.827 Star Europe Bowl 1243 Star Europe Bal. 1.137 Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1 023 Star Asia Bead 1.333 Star Asia Balanced 0978 Star Global Techmlep Fuad'" 0 208 Star Bay Fmaace Japan Fnadf* 0.791 NaftStFd
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        Lock icon More openings for S'pore firms in Sri Lanka: Minister
        437 17  -  Narendra Aggarwal About $6b expected to pour into country for post-tsunami reconstruction work By Economics Correspondent THE US$3.5 billion (555.9 billion) of foreign money expected to pour into Sri Lanka as part of continuing post-tsunami reconstruction opens new business possibilities for
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        Lock icon Tapping local expertise
        118 17 Sri Lanka, which wants to build more schools as well as improve its road network, is looking for companies with experience m planning, designing and constructing infrastructure projects. Singapore companies providing professional services would also be particularly welcome m Sri Lanka. For instance, drinking water and water
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        Lock icon Khazanah snaps up majority share in Bank Lippo
        239 17 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S state investment arm, Khazanah Nasional, said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire 52.05 per cent of Indonesian lender Bank Lippo for between 3.18 trillion rupiah and 3.3 trillion rupiah (***** million and ***** million). Khazanah is buying the
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        Lock icon Temasek 'eyes 22% stake in Taiwan bank'
        231 17 SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings is making a bid to buy a 22 per cent stake m Changhwa Bank, Taiwan's sixth-largest lender by assets, for at least NT525.17 billion (551.35 billion), the Financial Times (FT) has reported. The paper said the fate of
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        Lock icon Citibank brings back popular deposit scheme
        689 18  -  Karen Tee Move could intensify battle for fixed deposits as foreign banks look for other sources of cash By FIXED deposit fever m Singapore looks set to intensify with Citibank announcing yesterday it will relaunch its hugely popular Unfixed Deposit scheme. Rising interbank rates
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        Lock icon How high must oil prices go to really shock?
        1441 20  -  Erica Tay The cost of a barrel of oil has shot up from US$27 to US$6O m less than two years. To many, it looks very much like an oil shock, so why does it not feel like one? Will it
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        Lock icon More upside to oil-related counters, say analysts
        534 20  -  Gabriel Chen By OIL has been the big story for stock investors for a while now and some analysts reckon that oil-related stocks could still gush higher. That is bound to cheer Singapore investors who have so Far missed out on the black
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        Lock icon EXPERTS' VIEW
        171 21 END OF CYCLE "Where this cycle will end, we can all speculate on that but I will suggest to you that it will take a few years to sort out where it'll all end." MR LEE RAYMOND, ExxonMobil chief executive, speaking at the Reuters Energy Summit on June
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        Lock icon Race is on to build storage facilities and add capacity
        822 21  -  Fiona Chan Singapore should seek extra space elsewhere m the region, says expert By AMID the huge global demand for oil, Singapore as the world's thirdlargest trading hub has hit a snag where to put the stuff. Its storage facilities
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      • PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
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          Lock icon MAE ENGINEERING GETS NEW PRESIDENT
          64 21 HO SING: Appointed as the new president of Sesdaq-listed mechanical and electrical engineering company MAE Engineering. Before joining MAE Engineering, Mr Ho, 39, was chief operating officer (COO) of Cradance Services. He takes over from Mr Yeo Weng Chew, who has resigned as the company's
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          Lock icon MAN WAH APPOINTS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
          85 21 FRANCIS LEE FOOK WAH: Appointed chief financial officer (CFO) of newly listed Man Wah Holdings, a Hong Kong-based maker of leather sofas. Mr Lee, 39, started his career as a whitecollar crime buster with the Singapore Police Force. He then joined the finance industry
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          Lock icon NEW GROUP FINANCIAL CONTROLLER FOR HOR KEW
          54 21 LAU CHOON HOONG: Made group financial controller of construction group Hor Kew Corporation. He replaces Ms Jacqueline Tan Geok Leng, who resigned from the company with effect from Friday last week. Mr Lav, 32, was formerly a finance manager at Econ Healthcare, as
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          Lock icon PARKWAY SELECTS TWO NEW NON-EXEC DIRECTORS
          85 21 DAVID WHITE and RONALD LING JIH WEN: Appointed as non-executive directors of mainboard-listed health-care service provider Parkway Holdings with effect from last Friday. Mr White, 58, who lives m the United States, is involved with a number of healthrelated companies m the US. Mr
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      Lock icon Quality of insurance policies 'needs to be improved'
      689 22  -  Lorna Tan A lack of qualified staff is leading to sub-standard contracts: Expert By Finance Correspondent SUB-STANDARD insurance contracts are being foisted on an unsuspecting public amid an alarming lack of professionally qualified industry staff, an expert has warned. The dearth of
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      7 22 I Forthtwtek 2,250.29 +34.30
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      Lock icon OSIM to pay less for Brookstone on amended terms
      297 22 WEAKER PROFIT SHOWING OSIM International said that the terms of a major deal unveiled m April to buy American specialty retailer Brookstone have been amended after a weaker-than-expected performance by the Nasdaq-listed company. Under the original deal, a consortium led by
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      194 9 We are proud to support the Singapore Sports School m grooming champions! DD Manulife Worldwide Sponsor /jDjfe. Academy of Human Development y *!tffJ Maximising Human Potential CO UNSELLING EFFECTIVE PUBLIC dfflSKßfe Holds well-deserved SPEAKING ■J3TE reputation for teaching COMMUNICATION SKILLS Ecdkn < c 1 Tdith cowan C| Kccojpttised oy Helps
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      22 11 Outsider wins Hello And Goodbye leads from start to finish to take the $800,000 Emirates Singapore Derby at Singapore Turf Club. PAGEHI3
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      23 14 TV times CYCUNG: Tour de France: Stage 15 highlights (Delayed, Ch23, 3pm) Events POOL: National 8-Ball tournament Open, final (The Pool Haven, 7.30pm)
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          259 2 BY DANIEL LOW, 1 7, SEC 5, PEICAI SECONDARY SCHOOL TESTS. Like them or loathe them, they are very much a way of life m Singapore. Parents, teachers, tutors and the Government all have something to say about how we should be taught and assessed. But
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          465 4  -  MARDIANA ISMAIL WHAT TEACHERS WEAR OFTEN COMES UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY, NOT SO MUCH FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT FROM THEIR STUDENTS. BY "IMAGINE IF THEY WERE TO SEE THEIR TEACHER AT THE BEACH WEARING A BIKINI!" TEACHERS who wear trendy clothes are "trying to be 'in'
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          352 6  -  LEUNG WAI-LENG AIKI-JUTSU HAS HELPED VERONICA TO BE A LESS SHORT-TEMPERED PERSON AND A BETTER DISCIPLINE MONITOR. BY A IKI-JUTSU (also called aki-jitsu) isn't just a martial art for Veronica Sng, 1 3. It's a way of life. The Secondary I student at St Anthony's Canossian Secondary is
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          69 6 FLYING FISH RAFFLES GIRLS' SCHOOL STUDENT QUAHTINGWEN, 12, fjU|ljßHßFfltj& COffWWTltlon 3t wte ane won scwsngoifl meom wiomcc cttfFerent strokes i& tlw meet, 2nd lias flUjoSieCl fl^V^f^e 2w%19 iwGl^m rfk iM^ff^Bfl j^La^Bß^^% r^uMAp C9%^K SCHOOL OF ROCK CONTESTANT DJAYAN DECLERCQ, I3,fromthe Tanglin Trust School, 1$ barely m his
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          245 7 BjfrrfflTO THIS WEEK: NURHANIS ABDUL MURAD, 1 6, SEC 3, BEDOK GREEN SECONDARY SCHOOL SENT US THIS POEM: THE DARK TUNNEL The tunnel grew dark And the light was lost Every hope had perished At each step to cross The light at the end Was beginning to fade As
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        242 8 JUST HANGING AROUND WITH FRIENDS HAS FOUND A NEW NAME THONNING. IT STARTS IN THE EVENING AND ENDS ONLY AS THE FIRST BUS ROLLS OUT OF THE TERMINAL BUT JUST WHAT HAPPENS DURING THESE LONG NIGHTS? FATHUL RAHMAN FINDS OUT. ITS 3am. As the rest of Singapore sleeps,
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          754 11  - AND THEN THERE WERE 20 JILL ALPHONSO BY MUSIC REPORTER (ST LIFE!, JULY 1 1) Stone-faced judges are compulsory m rock contests now, because they secretly all want to be Simon Cowell, rather than Paula Abdul. Maybe there should be a contest where teen bands pick the coolest judge. That
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          361 12 To make it worse, the bombs followed some of the best news the city had heard m some time, that it had been selected to host the 2012 Olympic Games. In Singapore, where the news was announced, London supporters including David Beckham leapt m the air cheering and hugging
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          349 13 LAST WEEK, WE EXPLORED THE IMAGERY AND SYMBOLISM USED IN HARRY POTTER. KAREN JACKMAN, FOR MORRIS ALLEN STUDY CENTRES, DUG OUT SOME INTERESTING TRIVIA ABOUT THE IMAGERY USED IN HARRY POTTER. GO BETWEEN THE UNES AND DISCOVER THE MYTHOLOGY OF SOME OF THESE SYMBOLS.
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          633 14  - SETTING THE FOR WAR! KAREN JACKMAN BY FOR MORRIS ALLEN STUDY CENTRES In this ST review about the newly released Tom Cruise film, War Of The Worlds, the writer employs techniques to give his piece a sarcastic tone. He obviously was not impressed with the film, but he was able
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          143 14  -  TAY YEK KEAK BY (ST.JULY 4) JUST between you and me, I left my helmet at home. He's a survivor. No matter how much destruction,
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          8 15 THE ISLAND MOVIE CONTEST AHFSJDHAFJSD PHOTOS: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
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        143 16 NEWJOBS, NEWATER AND NEW TERRORSWELL YOU'VE KEPT UP WITH WHATS Here are the winners of the POTTY OVER POTTER? Contest: I st Prize: (Harry Potter Years I-3 DVD) Khairil Iman Sianipar, East View Secondary School Consolation Prize: (Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban notebook) I Bryan Ng
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        71 2 YOUR BOURHOOD WRITE IN Read Kang Mm Li's winning story m today's Straits Times Review pages and tell us if you have a similar experience to share. Your story should not be more than 150 words. If we publish your letter, you stand to win exclusive ST prizes. E-mail us
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        417 2 Vk ML m The so often: I. To meet our contacts for go a long way towards dearing our sometimes doing nothing but Straits Times lunch to sniff out stories 2, To ensure heads. chinwaggfng. Wm newsroom is like the health of our bladders 3, To hang Others have the
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        318 4 TRENDS AND QUIRKS r SHUTTLECOCK FASHION? Even sportsmen are spiffing up. The International Badminton Federation wants to give a more attractive image "to the game. Part of it includes possible changes to players* dress code for both men and women. (ST Sports, July 4) READY TO ROCK beginners at $190
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        46 8 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK AT LEAST YOU'RE OUTDOORS Thonners may want to use this m their defence against detractors. According to a Sunday Times article, local youths seem to spend more time with their computers than with their friends. How's that for being anti-social? (STJuly3)
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        68 9 THE BIG STORY i THIS WEEK THONNERS SPEAK UP If you have ideas on what should go into the new youth park behind Orchard Cineleisure, now is the time to voice them. At the launch of *scape, Minister for Community R i Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan said: "The
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        71 13 HOW TO READ AND WRITE BETTER POTTERING AROUND "Bookshops aren't the only ones gearing up for the launch of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince on July 16. Leisure, a sundry shop m dementi MRT station selling magazines and tidbits, Spageddies restaurants and Singapore Post have joined the
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        75 14 HOW TO READ AND WRITE BETTER THE DARK SIDE OF WAR "Unlike Close Encounters, which explored man's tentative, exploratory and ultimately wondrous approach to anew world; and ET, which was essentially a heartwarming story about friendship with an alien, War Of The Worlds is as its title suggests a movie
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        54 15 HOW TO READ AND WRITE BETTER MARS AnACK! "(H.G.) Wells' literary masterpiece (War Of The Worids) is credited with introducing the concepi of alien invasion, an has spawne several adaptations A 1938 radio broadcast c the novel was so realistic tha many Americans fled their homes m panic, believing that
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        60 16 FACES PLACES IN THE NEWS ANSWERS (from page 15) I. "It's like Manchester United versus Home United." simile 2. "I need a helmet to protect myself from those messing with my head as I watch War Of The Worlds." metaphor 3. "...his contract will not let him be wiped out
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