The Straits Times, 24 October 2005

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    Lock icon Private sector to lead in Singapore, China tie-ups
    650 1  -  Peh Shing Huei They have flexibility to find opportunities, and know each other's countries well: PM By PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong sees potential for more cooperation between Singapore and China, with their private sectors playing a leading role. Speaking to China's
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    560 1 Cancun (Mexico) AFTER pounding Mexico for a day, Hurricane Wilma was heading towards Florida in the United States, even as a new twister took shape off the Gulf Coast, threatening the Dominican Republic. The flurry of hurricanes have made this the worst
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      Lock icon Bangkok losing grip on restive south
      1115 1  - Bangkok losing grip on restive south Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent GROPING IN THE DARK "We are now like a blind man groping an elephant and giving different descriptions of it. We have to continue looking for better ways to deal with them." ARMY CHIEF GENERAL SONTHI BOONYARATGLIN AMONG the
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  • IN A FLASH
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      45 2 Dealing with China Japanese foreign minister says Tokyo should stop always trying to appease China as he defends Koizumi's shrine visits. PAGE 8 Reversing diabetes It strikes adults and children. But with exercise and medication, diabetes can be reversed, say KKH experts. PAGE 10
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      32 2 Call for bird ban Britain calls for EU ban on imports of exotic birds. PAGE 13 Debate over school French are debating whether elite civil service school is outdated. PAGE 15
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      45 2 Need for evening ERP Reader questions the benefit of the evening ERP and suggests rethinking the designs of congested junctions. PAGE H8 National identity After pondering the question "who are we?", reader points to the need to emphasise Singaporean identity over racial identity. PAGEHB
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      39 2 Sorry for penalty Arsenal winger Robert Pires publicly apologises for penalty despite win against Manchester City. PAGE H9 Title by Christmas Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes his team will win the Premier league title by Christmas. PAGE H9
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      20 2 Singapore's strategy Singapore's industrial strategy is about finding niches and creating opportunities says former top civil servant. PAGE 18
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      32 2 Destination Korea Building boom has made South Korea the destination of choice for Singapore property companies. PAGEHI7 Opting out Four insurers quit the Independent Damage Assessment Centre accident evaluation scheme. PAGEHIB
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      57 2 Clarke Quay makeover Clarke Quay's makeover aims to torn the riverside attraction into a cool spot and a hot hang-out. PAGE HI Higher intake Anglo-Chinese School International and Hwa Chong International are raising student intake to meet demand. PAGEH2 Pre-paid card rules Pre-paid cellphone card sellers are to start
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      130 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-12 World 13-17 Review 18-20 FYI 21 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H7 Forum H8 Sports H9-Hl2 Obituaries Hl3 Money Hl4-HlB LIFE! People L2-L7.L10 Events L8 Horoscopes TV L9 Landed in the wrong country? Don't let the unexpected ruin a perfect holiday. W I I Jfl I^KJ^H^^H
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon WAKEBOARD WHIZ A WORLD CUP WINNER
      88 3 AMERICAN Phillip Soven wows the 9,000-strong crowd at the HSBC Wakeboard World Cup, the finale of the three-week-long WaterFest Singapore, at Bedok Reservoir yesterday. The 16-year-old easily beat the world champion Jeff Weatherall of New Zealand to claim the men's title for the second
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      Lock icon Road tax cheats next on target list, LTA to act
      492 3  -  Christopher Tan Judge calls for action after a 'marked increase 1 in such cases in court By FIRST, fare cheats on public transport were being singled out for stiffer penalties. Now, private transport cheats are in the spotlight. Each week,
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      292 3 I had sex accusers: Ronaldo London OUT on bail from a police probe into an alleged rape, Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo admitted to having sex with his accusers. However, the 20-year-old told police it was "consensual", reported The News of the World yesterday. The British tabloid said his cousin
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      Lock icon Cellphone users withpre-paid cards must register
      241 4 INDONESIA plans to restrict the sale of prepaid cards for mobile phones, with users being required to register with the authorities. Investigations into the series of bombings in the country have found that, just before any bomb attack, numerous calls were recorded by network
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      Lock icon Jakarta's hearts and minds bid to beat terror
      631 4  -  Salim Osman It aims to debunk extreme beliefs via 'war of ideas', and plans tougher laws By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA is adopting a new "hearts and minds" strategy in its war on terror, aimed at mobilising the masses and mainstream
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      73 4 Singapore's Olympic wheelchair athlete, Dr William Tan, yesterday completed a 48--hour marathon in a bid to set a new Guinness World Record as the first person to complete such a feat. Despite heavy rain at times, the neuroscientist completed 779 laps around the 400m track. The
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      396 3 IAPIVfI Management 1 iyRR Education #F1 Fast-Forward Your Career AJ with APMI "At APMI there is a highly developed set of standard operating procedures for ensuring student support. We had never come across such close and detailed student support systems for any other business school." ■HUHHHI M^^^^K (Academic Review 2004)
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      423 4 NEW CASINO HURDLE A clause in the draft Casino Control Bill could I hit the partnerships of contenders who plan to bid for both the Marina Bay and Sentosa sites One Key, Many Doors With over 2,500 companies as our corporate members, W^^KmmaWrjmaaW Ji Singapore Manufacturers Federation (SMa) ensures that
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      7 4 PI on 'noodle hunt' nabs Newton prowler
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Terror groups spreading video bomb-making guide
      1001 6  - Terror groups spreading video bomb-making guide Tanya Fong By EASY TO FOLLOW "We are concerned as the technology is widespread and user-friendly." PROFESSOR ROHAN GUNARATNA of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, on why the bomb-making video is so
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      664 6 Plea for help Bush envoy Karen Hughes calls on Malaysia to use its influence in the Muslim world to help combat terrorism. PAGE 12 I J^- SINGAPORE I INSTITUTE OF I MANAGEMENT ■Bflcademic Programmes Executive MBA ■Ltf^HILIIIIV jm^^^^^m ad f, Awarded by Univers.ty at Buffalo. The State Univers.ty P^ S?
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon PM Lee impressed with changes in China
      632 7 NEXT CHANGE "Standards of living have gone up. The country has progress and it has helped China to be able to move forward as a whole country. But now you need to move, a shift to adjust the balance and to pay more
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      277 7 Shanghai CHINA will release an unemployment rate next year calculated under a method that could double the figure from levels now reported, according to state media. China will start to announce unemployment figures derived using the "investigation method" starting in the second half
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      Lock icon Student has a head for the job
      177 7 Taipei HE WILL be, literally, a walking advertisement. On Saturday, Mr Tsou Feng-he, a student from Tatung University, beat nine others to win a week-long job which would pay him NT$5O,OOO (552,500) to display a potato chip advertisement on part of his body
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan 'needs more equal relationship with China'
      490 8 Foreign minister says Tokyo should not always appease its giant neighbour Tokyo JAPAN should establish a more equal relationship with China rather than always trying to appease its giant neighbour, its foreign minister says, in defending a visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
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      Lock icon Koizumi hosts Islamic states to break fast
      160 8 Tokyo PRIME Minister Junichiro Koizumi today will become the first Japanese leader to host a breaking-fast dinner for Islamic nations, the Foreign Ministry has announced. He has invited ambassadors from 44 Islamic countries to the Ramadan breaking-fast meal at his official residence this
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      Lock icon MAID FOR ALL YOUR DESIRES
      113 8 Three young Japanese women dressed in French maid costumes massaging a customer at a massage parlour in Tokyo's Akihabara district. For years, Japanese manga, or comic books readers, and viewers of anime, or adult cartoons, have repeatedly told poll takers that their No. 1 fantasy
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      Lock icon Hyundai scores with Sonata in Bae major
      199 8 Tokyo HYUNDAI, South Korea's top carmaker, is banking on the "Cool Korea" craze to boost sales in Japan by wooing the women, who often control the family finances. Although it ranks seventh in the world, Hyundai has been struggling in Japan since its
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        Lock icon CLOSE AIDE TO KIM JONG IL DIES
        123 8 PYONGYANG: One of North Korea's old guards and leader Kim Jong Il's closest confidants has died, making it likely that younger elites will soon be thrust into leading the communist regime. Mr Yon Hyong Muk died on Saturday at the age of 73
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        Lock icon EX-MINISTER HELD AFTER SHOOTING
        99 8 KOTA KINABALU: A former state minister has been detained after a 20-year-old youth was shot dead following a fight at the Donggongon township in Penampang near here. Nine others were detained over the shooting, which occurred early yesterday. The ex-minister, who is from a prominent Kadazandusun
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        Lock icon 240 BANK GRAFT CASES IN 6 MONTHS
        126 8 BEIJING: China uncovered 240 cases of corruption in its state-owned commercial banks in the first half of the year, with losses totalling 1.6 billion yuan (***** million), state media reported yesterday. About 25 per cent of the cases involved more than 1 million
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        Lock icon BLAST NEAR LUXURY HOTEL IN YANGON
        121 8 YANGON: Police have questioned six people over an explosion in front of a luxury hotel in Yangon, the national police chief said yesterday. No injuries or damage were reported from the blast on Friday near Traders Hotel, state-run media said on Saturday. The police
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        Lock icon 30,000 EXTRA COPS ON HARI RAYA DUTY
        97 8 JAKARTA: Indonesia will deploy more than 30,000 extra policemen this week as it gears up for celebrations marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, police said yesterday. "About 33,400 policemen across Indonesia will be deployed," police spokesman Bambang Suncoko said.
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Quake relief helps repair bad US image
      436 9 Pakistan's media and clergy praise US contributions after disaster Chaklala Air Base (Pakistan) NEARLY two weeks after the massive Oct 8 earthquake in north-eastern Pakistan, a mushrooming US aid operation is doing more than just saving lives. It is also helping to improve
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      309 9 IN A POSITIVE LIGHT "Obviously, this is the other side of the United States. For the first time in so many years, I have seen the American planes dropping relief and not bombs on the Muslim population." PROMINENT RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR MAULANA SHABBIR AHMAD SHU JABADI
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      Lock icon Tamil Tigers to stay neutral in Nov 17 polls
      190 9 Colombo SRI LANKA'S Tamil Tiger rebels will remain neutral in the country's coming presidential election by not backing any candidate, a state-run newspaper said yesterday. The rebels, who started fighting in 1983 for a separate homeland for Sri Lanka's 3.2 million
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      325 9 Lahore A PAKISTANI woman who won international fame but irked the government by speaking out about being gang-raped left for the United States on Saturday to receive an award for her courage. Ms Mukhtar Mai, 36, has been named Woman of the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Type 2 diabetes can be reversed, say KKH doctors
      636 10  -  Salma Khali k Kids beat disease with exercise and medication, figures show By Health Correspondent In Bangkok KEEP FIT "Exercise alone can make a big difference. Exercise does many things to the body. It brings down unexpanded calories, it uses muscles
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      73 10 A Filipino man believed to be a military intelligence agent grimacing in pain after he was attacked by protesters during a rally in Manila. He allegedly infiltrated the ranks of the several thousand farmers and leftwing group members, who were calling for the ouster of Philippine President Gloria
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      183 10 Lhokseumawe (Indonesia) MILITARY police searched the bags of 2,500 Indonesian soldiers yesterday before their withdrawal from Aceh province under a peace deal. They inspected the bags for contraband, including marijuana, which is grown in Aceh, said a military spokesman. The troops are
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      Lock icon JI 'a serious threat to South-east Asia'
      230 10 Manila THE Jemaah Islamiah (JI) extremist group poses a serious threat to Southeast Asia, a special US envoy has said. US State Department coordinator for counter-terrorism Henry Crumpton said on Saturday: "The threat is very serious if you look at recent events, the
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon US wants KL help to bridge Muslim divide
      553 12  -  Leslie Lau Hughes says its multicultural experience can be example for Iraq By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE United States wants moderate Malaysia to help bridge the misunderstanding between Washington and the Muslim world, said Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes.
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      256 12  -  Muar A LORRY driver and his assistant were hoping to have struck it rich when they spotted a green sports bag on top of a heap of rubbish at a dump in Muar. But to their surprise, Mr Norazli Motohar, 26, and assistant
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      Lock icon Foreigners to pay higher fees at govt hospitals
      301 12  -  JOHOR BARU FpREIGNERS in Malaysia will have to pay much higher charges for medical treatment from next year as the government moves to provide better health care for citizens. Health Minister Chua Soi Lek said here yesterday that foreigners would be classified
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      Lock icon Britain wants EU ban on exotic bird imports
      708 13 Death of parrot in quarantine sparks fears of deadly virus spreading LONDON BRITAIN has asked the European Union to ban imports of exotic birds out of fear that they could prove to be the "Trojan Horse" in the spread of bird flu.
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      167 13 AUSTRALIA is creating a I,oookm buffer zone to the north of the continent to try to stop the spread of bird flu. Australian health and quarantine officials are racing against the clock to train inspectors in neighbouring countries to detect cases of infection and prevent the
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      547 14 Nigerian plane crashes with 1 17 on board Senior civil servants and foreigners among passengers of Bellview airliner Lagos (Nigeria) A NIGERIAN airliner with 117 people on board was destroyed totally in a crash shortly after take-off from Lagos and there were no signs of survivors, the Nigerian Red Cross
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      388 14 Damascus FACING the prospect of international sanctions, the Syrian government has said it might allow senior intelligence officials suspected in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri to be questioned abroad. It has also promised to cooperate with the investigation, within limits.
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        Lock icon RACIAL RIOTS OVER ALLEGED RAPE
        83 14 LONDON: A man was stabbed to death and several others were hurt when days of tension in Britain's second largest city erupted into riots on Saturday over the alleged rape of a black girl by South Asians. The violence broke out in Birmingham after a
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        82 14 WARSAW: Poles voted yesterday in a close presidential run-off between Mr Donald Tusk, a free-market enthusiast, and Mr Lech Kaczynski, a conservative keen to restore some of the welfare protection lost since the fall of communism in 1989. Opinion polls showed voters evenly split in
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        84 14 MADRID: A group of bus company employees calling themselves "the broke ones", in reference to their monthly struggle to make ends meet, has won 25 million euros (Sssl million) in an historic lottery jackpot. "We will have to start calling ourselves 'the moneybags'," said one
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        Lock icon POPE NAMES FIVE NEW SAINTS
        102 14 VATICAN CITY: Tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square yesterday as Pope Benedict XVI canonised the first saints of his pontificate two Polish-born Ukrainians, two Italians and a Chilean. During a two-hour ceremony, the Pope proclaimed the canonisation of Polish Archbishop Jozef
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        83 14 KABUL: The Afghan government has called on the United States to punish anyone convicted over an incident in which US forces allegedly set fire to the bodies of Taleban fighters. The alleged incident, which contravenes Muslim tradition and international law, threatens to spark widespread public
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        Lock icon RICE RULES OUT USE OF FORCE IN IRAN
        78 14 LONDON: Military action against Iran over its nuclear programme is not on the agenda, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told BBG TV yesterday. But she added that President George W. Bush would not rule out any option while the international community
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      Lock icon Is France's elite civil service school outdated?
      634 15  -  Jonathan Eyal French debating if institution is still relevant in the age of globalisation By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London CELEBRATIONS marking the National School of Public Administration's 60th birthday have been transformed into an anguished debate in the French media. It
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      Lock icon Mastermind of terror campaign in Iraq going global
      538 15 Washington Many Iraqis back suicide attacks MILLIONS of Iraqis believe that suicide attacks against British troops are justified, a secret poll commissioned by senior British officers shows. It shows that up to 65 per cent of Iraqis support attacks and fewer than
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      Lock icon Uproar over Net upgrade law to ease spying
      207 15 New York THE US government is requiring hundreds of universities, online communications companies and cities to overhaul their Internet networks to make it easier for the law enforcement authorities to monitor e-mail and online communications. The action, which the government said will
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      336 16 FOR his daring feat on the high seas, Malaysian sailor Mohamed Hamid won recognition as an Asian hero by Time magazine, but a job on land continues to elude him. The 27-year-old was picked by the magazine for his role
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      225 16 NOBEL Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka has withdrawn from a literary event in Australia because he objects to a visa requirement that visitors aged over 70 provide a doctor's report on their health. The 71-year-old Soyinka, a Nigerian, was due to deliver the 2005
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      171 16 THE mother of Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said the authorities acted out of fear of her son's growing clout when they sent him to a Siberian penal colony near the Chinese border to serve an eight-year sentence. Mrs Marina Khodorkovsky will travel thousands of
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      205 17 china WHAT IT IS PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will begin his official visit to China today, his first since taking over the premiership last August. During his week-long trip, Mr Lee will meet top Chinese leaders, including President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao,
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      134 17 WORLD WHATITIS HEALTH ministers from affected countries will gather in the Canadian capital of Ottawa today to discuss the world bird flu situation and the danger of a pandemic. Also, European Union health experts are meeting World Health Organisation officials in Copenhagen to coordinate
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      130 17 SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THAI Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Wannasathit will meet his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Sen Najib Tun Razak, in Putrajaya on Friday. His visit is the first formal high-level contact between the two countries since 131 Thai Muslims crossed into Kelantan some
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      149 17 MONDAY TOKYO: Japan, the US and Australia hold strategic dialogue. > BANDAACEH: More Indonesian forces will pull out from Aceh. WASHINGTON: Chinese special envoy to North Korea Li Bin visits the US. TUESDAY LONDON: The International Institute for Strategic Studies releases The Military Balance 2005/2006, an annual assessment of the
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      135 17 WORLD WHAT IT IS UNITED States Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is set to complete his two-year probe into possible misdemeanours by senior White House officials. He must decide by Friday whether leading figures in the Bush administration wrongfully revealed the name
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      398 18 IT IS hard to be sanguine about prospects for peace in southern Thailand. Three months into a state of emergency, the most significant result has been an escalation of the rebellion. The attack on a Buddhist temple in Pattani province a week ago was especially
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      2251 18 Singapore's industrial strategy is all about finding niches and creating opportunities, says former top civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow. He cited some examples in a talk given to students at the Nanyang Technological University last week. The following is an excerpt from his talk.
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      1269 19  -  John Mcbeth INDONESIA'S BATTLE WITH TERROR! SM Ban would not be enough anyway as splinter militant groups are proliferating By Senior Writer IN A TIGHT SPOT People who know him say that, deep in his heart, President Yudhoyono would dearly like to outlaw Jl. But
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      195 18 Charter challenges A charter would strengthen Asean's institutions and be a step in legalising the grouping. PAGE 20 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE http://stiaitstiines.asial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice- President Alan Chan Heng Loon (Marketing) Editor-in-Chief
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      42 21 BUY AND CELL The world's biggest stem cell conference comes to Singapore IN HOME DOT CON Online scammerslure shoppers to order goods in bulk and disappear with their money IN DIGITAL LIFE LURE OF THE ISLANDS The Philippines heat up IN LIFE!
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      121 1 Power-saving? Get it labelled A labelling scheme on how energy-efficient appliances are is hardly used now, but calls are being made for it to become mandatory. PAGE H3 REPUTATION >*g^'-^r 'ft r > 'Y? ?^S^B One of Asia's top f ive busfn4iMthoo& > 'J.^m Economist Intelligence Unit 2005 .^*^JW^^-' %M
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY OCTOBER 24, 2005
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      692 1  - The Quay to being COOL Krist Boo Cli mate-control system for walkways part of Clarke Quay's $80m revamp By Boo COME rain or shine, a visit to Clarke Quay will soon be a cool, dry affair. As part of its $80 million makeover, the riverside attraction is fitting its two
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      653 2  -  Sandra Da vie High demand from students, so ACS to enrol 400 next year, Hwa Chong, 300 I ii i nation Correspondent ONE academic year after opening, Singapore's two international schools are well on the way to proving naysayers wrong. Encouraged by the
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      Lock icon 'Pushed out of taxi, dragged for 20m'
      246 2 A TAXI driver allegedly pushed a Chinese national out of his taxi and stole an envelope from her containing $1,800 in foreign currency on Oct 17. The 33-year-old businesswoman said she was dragged for 20m along Cairnhill Road when she tried to hang
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      Lock icon Swimmer drowns during triathlon
      198 2 A TRIATHLON at East Coast Park ended in tragedy on Saturday when one of the participants drowned. Mr Ho Wai Piew, a 40--year-old manager at a computer firm, was part of a relay team taking part in the New Balance Corporate Triathlon. He was to complete
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      Lock icon 'Friendly chat, then tattooed man robs teens of cellphones
      290 2  -  Khushwant Singh By* TWO teenage brothers were robbed of their mobile phones at knifepoint while on a shopping trip in North Bridge Road last Saturday evening, becoming the latest victims in a wave of cellphone thefts. The 16-year-old student and his
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      240 3 DESPITE heavy rain at times, Singapore's Olympic wheelchair athlete, Dr William Tan, yesterday completed 779 laps around a 400m track tor charity. The neuroscientist's 48-hour charity marathon was a bid to set a new Guinness World Record as the first person to complete
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      Lock icon Power-saving labels: Calls to make them a must
      509 3  -  Radha Basu Move comes in face of cool response after 4 years, but others say scheme too costly By IN AN era of rising energy prices, power-saving devices can mean lower electricity bills. Yet almost four years after it was initiated, a
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      210 3 HER new air-conditioner cost her $3,900 but Mrs Doreen Lew believes she got a cool deal. The energy-efficient Daikin model is already saving her around $90 a month in electricity bills. Her new "four-tick" air-con may have cost her almost $1,500
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      507 5  -  Yen Feng By EVERY month, shop owners along Serangoon Road reckon that between them they sell more than 1,000 prepaid cellphone cards to foreign workers, who make up the largest proportion of prepaid card users in Singapore. Yesterday, shop owners were
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      489 5  -  Tan Hui Yee Singles and those downgrading from bigger flats are snapping them up By THE search for affordable housing has led Singaporeans to a lit-tle-known source: resale tworoom flats. Prices of these 41 to 45 sq m flats have risen
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      129 5 FOUR busloads of grassroots leaders and students accompanied Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports Yu-Foo Yee Shoon on her visit to a Tabung Amal Aidilfitri donation centre yesterday. And many of them joined the minister in donating for the needy at
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        354 6  -  Tania Tan TALK BACK By I HAVE friends who tell me how stressed they are and how miserable life is as they slog over the tonnes of work academia has mercilessly thrown at them. As a fresh graduate, I also find myself fretting
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        222 6  -  Maria Almenoar By PRIVATE schools here are expanding their offerings and not focusing just on courses in business, marketing and information gyThis is in response to demand from prospective students who are keen to take advantage of new employment opportunities, not
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        221 6 YOUNG AND RESTLESS jobs as floor managers, cooks and managerial roles in the IRs, among other things. Raffles Campus executive vice-president Roland Ng said: "With talk about service standards dropping, as well as the opening of the two integrated resorts here, there will
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        127 6 OTHER private schools with diverse offerings: EASB Institute of Management: hospitality management diploma and degree course, in tie-up with Britain's University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, and a sports management course. Nanyang Institute of Management: nursing course one of the Institute of Technical Education's Nitec offerings Asia Pacific Management
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        270 7  -  Tro Chin Ker By YEARS ago, as a Catholic High student, I attended a summer programme at the prestigious Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. There, I was exposed to an in-depth study of biology by way of animal dissections, field trips to dinosaur
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        284 7  -  Berton Lim GROWING PAINS Youngsters share their views on the Education Ministry's $4.5 million fund to help schools give students overseas exposure Hopes high fund will open cultural doors for many By THE newly set up school twinning fund will help students broaden their
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        253 7  -  Desmond Chan By I APPRECIATE the aims behind the new twinning fund, but I am concerned that some exchange programmes may be lacking in focus. It would not do to spend good money on a trip which turns out to be
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        270 7 Place: Prince of Wales Crowd: Alternative rock groupies Where it's at: 101 Dunlop Street, Little India Word on the street: Tucked away in a corner of Little India, this place is reminiscent of back-alley pubs in Australia. Serving up live alternative rock music and a variety of
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        448 8 NOW that motorists from the north have had more than two months of "pay to go home" Electronic Road Pricing (ERP), and the Orchard Road cordon has been activated, I have the following questions: Has the average traffic speed on all roads leading to the
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        241 8 Can ex- exchange student evade his conscience? I AM writing in response to the report, "Exchange student's switch to US varsity surprises NTU" (ST, Oct 20), on engineering student Cheng Yi Wei's switch to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta while on an exchange programme from the Nanyang Technological University.
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        226 8 I HAVE a relative who recently applied for the post of relief teacher through the Ministry of Education (MOE) website. He was rejected for the post and no reason was given. Hence, we came to our own conclusions. As
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        117 8 I REFER to the reports "HDB plans new ways to sell unsold flats" (ST, Oct 14) and "Some flat owners can't afford to downgrade" (ST, Oct 11). The Housing Board is again thinking of ways to get unsold flats off its hands. But
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        113 8 ON OCT 15, after my usual jog at the Sengkang Park, I was on my way back home when a car hit an old woman. I rushed to assist her as she lay in a pool of blood. Soon, other people joined me
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        519 8 Not until I met other members of the Chinese diaspora did I begin to discover my "inner programming". I REFER to "Being Chinese with Singapore characteristics" (ST, Oct 13), an excerpt from Lianhe Zaobao's interview with Foreign Minister George Yeo. Asia's economic rise has spurred
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          76 8 RECENTLY, when I ordered food through the Pizza Hut hotline, it came two hours late. The pizza was also cold and hard. Then I got a call from Pizza Hut. The person who spoke to me apologised for the poor service because of a
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          77 8 I AM writing this to commend the Sengkang Town Council. I had to deal with it thrice recently and, on all occasions, the officials who attended the phone were courteous and friendly. And the council never failed to solve my problems within 24 hours. The
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          82 8 RECENTLY, while crossing an underpass, I was seized with a severe cramp. I dropped to the floor stretching my right leg to relax the cramp, only to cry out in pain. A woman stopped by and comforted me and, soon, a sinseh came
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          102 8 THE other day, I was visiting a friend at Changi General Hospital with my wife and daughter. As we were leaving, my daughter fainted in the lift lobby. When we tried to get her a drink from the vending machine, we found it was
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      510 9 SOCCER Chelsea boss says it will be all over with nine more victories in a row by Dec 26 LONDON Nine wins to trophy? Yesterday: Everton (away) Oct 29: Blackburn Rovers (home) Nov 6: Manchester United (a) Nov 19: Newcastle United (h) Nov
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      649 9 London LAUREL AND HARDY "The back of their shirts read Henry and Pires. You could have been forgiven for imagining it was Laurel and Hardy as they conspired to produce a second-half penalty attempt which, had it succeeded, would have seen them eulogised for their
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      483 9  -  Chan Yi Shen By FRENCH PECULIARITIES "Being French is not just about a passport, or a second home in the south. Rather it is a state of mind, a passion for creativity and flair and football sans frontieres: things
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      510 9 Newcastle (England) NEWCASTLE United gave under pressure-manager Graeme Souness valuable breathing space with a 3-2 win in yesterday's Tyne and Wear derby at St James' Park. Two headed goals from Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi before half-time were cancelled out by tidy strikes from
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      694 10 >♦ SOCCER United manager feels they were unlucky Tottenham stopped them from closing the gap on Chelsea Manchester MANAGER Alex Ferguson conceded that little is going right for Manchester United as they attempt to close the gap on runaway Premiership leaders Chelsea. A 1-1
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      335 10 LONDON MANCHESTER United have all but signed American soccer sensation Freddy Adu. The 16-year-old striker, who plays for the Washing-ton-based DC United, could be at Old Trafford as early as next January, reported The Sunday People. For that coup, United have new American owner Malcolm
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      576 10 No secret to the sparkling success of Jewell's men Birmingham WIGAN boss Paul Jewell says there is no secret to the success his unheralded team are enjoying in their debut Premiership soccer campaign. Tipped as relegation candidates in August, the little Lancashire team have stunned the top flight and there
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        89 10 BERLIN: Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge cannot fathom why footballer Michael Ballack would want to move to Manchester United or Real Madrid when he could stay in Munich. "I just can't imagine that he would go to Manchester United," Rummenigge told Premiere television
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        105 10 SYDNEY: Football's governing body Fifa will send a security official to next month's World Cup play-off game in Uruguay amid Australian concerns over player safety, reports said yesterday. Australia have bitter memories of their corresponding play-off match in Montevideo in 2001 with reports of
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      651 11 SOCCER Milan La Liga P W 0 L F A Pts Real Madrid 7 5 0 2 17 6 15 Osasuna 8 5 0 3 9 8 15 Getate 7 4 2 1 11 7 14 Barcelona 8 3 4 1 17 10 13 Celta
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      Lock icon Liverpool need a striker urgently
      473 11 Benitez may want to do it his way, but he will have to buy in the January transfer window London RAFAEL Benitez will likely be on the hunt for a striker come January if the ones he has now carry on as they have been
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      123 11 FULHAM manager Chris Coleman said beating Liverpool 2-0 at Craven Cottage was a fitting tribute to legendary former player Johnny Haynes, who died last week aged 71 after a car accident in Edinburgh. Fulham fans packed their home ground to say farewell to Haynes. Said Coleman: "Tnere
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      491 12  -  Nicholas Fang SEA GAMES Swimmer Wan Ting, 13, displays a calm beyond her years ahead of Games debut By THE youngest athlete selected to represent Singapore at the Manila South-east Asia Games is also one of the Republic's brightest young swimming talents. Goh Wan Ting,
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      Lock icon Soven, 16, turns the tables on world champ
      426 12  -  Chan Yi Shen WAKEBOARDING By SMOOTH "I performed better than on Saturday, landing on all my passes. My tricks were pretty clean and it felt pretty good. EMILY COPELAND, HSBC Wakeboard World Cup women's winner, with husband Kevin Durham TEENAGE wakeboarding maestro
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      405 12 »GOLF Lake Buena Vista (Florida) A HOST of players were stalking clubhouse leader Rich Beem when a storm stopped play in the third round of the Funai Classic on Saturday, but Tiger Woods was not among them. Woods spent just 10 minutes on
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      Lock icon White Sox outclass Astros 5-3 in opener
      485 12 BASEBALL Chicago JOE Crede and Jermaine Dye blasted solo home runs as the Chicago White Sox pounded out 10 hits to beat the Houston Astros 5-3 in Saturday's opening game of the 2005 World Series. "I was just fortunate to be in the
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      585 12 BASEBALL MLB play-offs (best-of-seven series): Chicago White Sox 5 Houston 3 (Chicago White Sox lead 1-0). GOLF USPGA Funai Classic in Florida, 3rd rd (play suspended due to inclement weather, USA unless stated): 197 Rich Beem 65 69 63 198 Mark Calcavecchia 64 69 65, Mark Wilson 67 68
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        1124 13 Mr Leong Fook Mun (Ah Boon) t (Director of Sin Hock Lee Motor Repair) on the demise of his beloved father (Director of Nee Soon Motor Repair) LEONG SING KWEE Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 22 October 2005, leaving behind loved ones. WlfetNgUekYook Sons: Daughter-in-law: I^ong look Mun Sai
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        271 15  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi GATEWAY Distriparks, the first Singapore company to sell shares in India, is planning to tap global markets for fresh capital after riding a boom in trade to deliver stunning second-quarter results. "We are looking at
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        836 17  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY By NEW measures designed to improve corporate governance at listed companies, unveiled in May by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), are now awaiting the go-ahead from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Some of these changes have their merits.
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        442 17  -  FIONA CHAN THE Ascott Group has opened its first .service apartments in South Korea after a 10-year search, as the international service residence operator gears up to expand aggressively in North Asia. The 432-unit Somerset Palace Seoul, Ascott's largest Somerset-branded property and
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        241 17 MACQUARIE International Infrastructure Fund is seeking shareholders' nod to raise up to half a billion dollars. Mainboard-listed Macquarie Fund, which invests in infrastructure businesses, has earmarked proceeds from the proposed equity fund-raising exercise to finance acquisitions of new infrastructure assets and
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        256 18 Temasek 'fails in bid to buy more shares' CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK IPO Hong Kong THE Hong Kong Stock Exchange has refused to let Temasek Holdings buy more shares in the initial public offering (IPO) of China Construction Bank (CCB) because shares for institutional investors are in short supply, sources close
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      136 5 HEM™ WHAT SINGAPOREANS THINK An ST Interactive poll II Should the law go easier on low IQ offenders? (Total vote count 147) Yes MBBJMB 65 82 Graphics: JALEHA HASHIM Text: LYNN LEE UONT j||f here is still timelo7 Panic' apply for Jan 2006 Limited spaces available at Columbia College and
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      183 6 The Singapore Teachers' Union will be launching the University of Sheffield's Singapore Professional Development Programme. The awards offered under this programme are: Master of Arts in Education Policy, Practice and Innovation Advanced Diploma =s t^^^ Advanced Certificate PhD in Education Why choose University of Sheffield? Flexibility: fIHIHRBBUHMM^BB Study schools are
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      248 18 Coming out tops WBL's latest move may have given the firm the upper hand in privatisation tussle with disgruntled Wearnes shareholders. PAGE H l6 M DIS ltaiG»mpus^M|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Realise your full potential today. Study from wherever, whenever you want! With online learning, you have the flexibility you need to go one
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        510 3 Taiwanese crooner's no-frills concert draws fans, but crowd favourites and a smaller venue would do better justice to her vocals CONCERT TSAI CHIN UNDER THE MOONLIGHT SINGAPORE CONCERT 2005 Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Saturday Mak Mun San AT THE start of her concert, Tsai Chin, 47,
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        56 6 PHOTO: DESMOND WEE ZOUK SWAMPED: About 4,800 people showed up at Zouk Revamped!, the 14-year-old premier club's re-opening party at Jiak Kim Street. With a budget of more than $7 million, Zouk worked with American interior designer Phillips Connor of Designphase to outfit the club with everything from a new
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        347 5  -  ADELINE WAN IN THIS EDITION OF A WEEKLY SERIES ON THE FUN SIDE OF ENGINEERING, IN LEARNS ALL ABOUT LOAD-BEARING FROM POLY STUDENT LIM CHAN LENG. BY Singapore Polytechnic student Lim Chan Leng has long been fascinated by rollercoasters. As a teenager, he marvelled at
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        171 8 A LIFE LESS ORDINARY Whether you Ve staying home or heading for the beach, don't forget this book by The Straits Times' journalist-less-ordi-nary, Wong Kim Hoh. Wong shares 30 real-life stones with us about ordinary Singaporeans whose triumphs, joys, heartaches and struggles make them truly extraordinary. One of
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        230 8 SKY HIGH Superheroes need homework too. This holiday movie zooms in on an elite high school, whose students are young'uns with superhuman powers who need to hone their skills before saving the world. Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano), who is starting school with no superpowers of his own,
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        466 8 SWISS DREAM CIRCUS Date: Nov I I to Jan 2 Missed Quidam? Don't worry more circus excitement is coming next month. The Swiss Dream Circus promises to blend spectacular acts with enchanting music and great lighting effects, as good old-fashioned European circus art meets the technical wizardry of
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        787 10  - WHEN BODY GETS REALLY U PIERCING GLY YEN FENG BY BODY PIERCINGS MAY BE NECESSARY TO UP YOUR COOL FACTOR, BUT WHEN DOES IT BECOME DANGEROUS? AT WHAT POINT IS IT A PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER? WE TELL YOU. 1 You'll find studs on their cheeks, rings in their noses and barbells
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        69 10 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK BAN THE BLING The International Automobile Federation's decision to "ban the bling" has baffled some Formula One drivers. Earlier this week, the motor sport's governing body banned jewellery including body piercing and chains on drivers, starting with the Bahrain Grand Prix. Said a disappointed Red
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        320 10 SUCCUMBING TO PIERCE PRESSURE? THINK AGAIN. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE EXTREME? HERE'S THE CHECKLIST: ITS OKAY WHEN... BUT GETS DANGEROUS WHEN... You find a reputable piercing shop to get it done. All piercings carry with it some risk You do it at home with
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        65 11 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK gjhfj PLEASE DISINFECT Nondisposable skin-piercing equipment should be washed with soap or detergent, and then disinfected using appropriate chemicals or sterilised using autoclave, after being used on each customer. According to current evidence, the risk of getting HIV or viral hepatitis from the use of
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        581 12 EARLY LAST WEEK, THE STRAITS TIMES REPORTED THAT THE NUMBER OF CASES OF TEENS SUFFERING FROM SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS HAS INCREASED. BUT HOW DO SUCH CASES HAPPEN? ONE 1 6-YEAR-OLD TELLS US HER STORY. Marina is 1 6 and spends her school hours at a secondary school in Bukit
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        61 12 TRENDS AND QUIRKS gjghjg ACCUSED OF RAPE Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo was arrested last Wednesday and was questioned on suspicion of rape. The 20-year-old Portuguese international went voluntarily to a police station in London to speak to police investigating an allegation made by a woman. Ronaldo has insisted he
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        82 14 RACK YOUR BRAINS I A FREEDOM OF CHOICE The Ministry of Education (MOE) takes a firm stand on religious proselytising A by teachers. Jf Teachers W are expected to be good role models for their students, including t i bein sensitive to other i religions and cultures, and teaching them
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        642 15  - TEENS AROUND THE WORLD ALISON DE SOUZA BY A TEEN 1N... ...IN WALES, BRITAIN, TURNED SUPERMAN WHEN HE LEAPT IN FRONT OF A RUNAWAY CAR TO SAVE A TODDLER. Schoolboy Matthew Harvey, 1 5, used his 1 .85m frame to stop the car from crashing in the town of Flint,
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        244 17 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BROKE? IN CHECKS OUT SOME CREATIVE WAYS OF SAYING IT. Often used with pity or disgust, this term describes someone who is homeless, or has no AC I W His family has been on skid row for so many
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        78 19 BATMAN GOODIES UP FOR GRABS! We have Batman Begins T-shirts, VCDs and pen-lights to give away to five lucky winners. Simply answer the following question: What is the name of Bruce Wayne's trusted butler and friend? Send your answer to stin@sph.com.sg with "Batman goodies" in the subject line. Be sure
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        214 17 HBOM IME ACAOOCT H*l HP tm€ rtAKtsrA ROMAS POtAVSKJ Ft* 7 In Thiatres 10 November GETTING INTO A REEL TWIST An inspiring story set in 1 9th century London, Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist recounts the adventures of a poor orphan boy and how he overcomes poverty and various challenges from
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        136 17 OF OLIVER TWIST FO E YOUNG, BY THE YOUNG Chill out after your ©cams and do your bit Musical talents will join forces for a charity concert with a difference on for chanty. Catch the charitfr premiere of 1 "™j^"*^^ Dec 8. ChildAid will star artists all under 1 9
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        94 17 HOW TO READ AND WRITE BETTER BE A PART OF CHILDAID ChildAid, a children's charity concert by The Straits Times and The Business Times, is starting auditions to rope in young talents to take part in the concert. But performers must be Singapore citizens or permanent residents aged between six
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        86 18 HOW TO READ AND WRITE BETTER -t?> TOP HONOUR FOR GIRL SCOUT OnOctlS, just two years after Miss Joanne Li, 19, joined the Scouts, the Temasek Polytechnic student was given The President's Scout Award, the highest honour for scouts aged between 15 and 18. Although girl scouting is relatively uncommon
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        795 20 FACES places in the news A SPACEMAN BY ANY OTHER NAME 7) The Americans call them astronauts, the Russians cosmonauts. What does China prefer to call explorers such as Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, who successfully completed the country's second manned space mission recently? FASTER TO THE PASTA 8) The
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