The Straits Times, 8 December 2006

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 150 PAGES IN 4 PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 2006 •F A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 BO CENTS
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    Lock icon Easy access toMRT stations in the works
    608 1  -  T Raiajs By tsarner-rrec me 3f 400m radius is being tested at Simei station BOARDING trains is no longer a problem for the wheel-chair-bound now that MRT Stations are all disabled-friend-but getting to the station itself remains difficult in some areas The Land
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    Lock icon 2m-tall expat drowns in shallow pool
    667 1  - 2m-tall expat drowns in shallow pool Ben Nadarajan Tracy Sua By German was sucked to bottom of Jacuzzi Suction so strong 4 men couldn't lift him A 2M-TALL German man drowned in a condo Jacuzzi less than a metre deep last Friday, after apparently being sucked to the bottom by
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    Lock icon Gold for Tao Li
    49 1 TAO Li (right) won Singapore's first Asian Games swimming gold in 24 years in the 50m butterfly final at Doha's Hamad Aquatic Centre yesterday. She clocked a national record time of 26.735ec to edge out China's Xu Yanwei by o.22sec. FASTEST FLYER IN ASIA, H27
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    Lock icon How ready are Filipinos for the next Big One?
    1014 1  -  Alastair Mclndoe UPFRONT By Philippines Correspondent "Unlike developed nations, which prepare for natural disasters, people feel helpless with the elements...ln Japan, everybody worries about the next earthquake. Why can't we do that here?" SENATOR RICHARD GORDON, head of the Philippine National
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  • UPFRONT
    • IN A FLASH
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        14 2 Prime 2-4 Asia 7-24 World 25-35 Review 36-39 Insight 40-41 FYI 42
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        12 2 Home Hl-H24 Forum H25-H26 Sports H27-H34 Obituaries H35 Money H36-H42
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        7 2 Music Lll-L2l Events TV L22-23, L2B-29
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        21 2 Going west Singaporean entrepreneurs are increasingly finding the conditions in western China favourable for setting up shop there. PAGE 8
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        30 2 Britain, Australia and the US have warned that terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks on Cebu, the site of next week's Asean summit. PAGE 18
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        28 2 Martian trickle New photographs from space shows that water occasionally flows on the surface of Mars, raising the possbility of life on the Red Planet. PAGE 28
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        31 2 For Bush to ponder President Bush will have to undergo a conversion of ideological faith to accept some of the Iraq Study Group's tougher recommendations. But he should. PAGE 36
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        21 2 Farewell, my homeland An Iraqi refugee tells the story of his decision to flee from his beloved homeland. PAGE 37
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        83 2 Overdose of shock A widow who has just given birth receives biok bad news hei dead husband had been abusing drugs when his lorry crashed into a pillar PAGE \\2 Ringing blow Two ringtone and MP3 music retailers have been hauled to court for selling copyrighted musu without a
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        52 2 Check-in advice Be firm hut nice: the smartest thing to do is politely decline when fellow travellers ask you to help them check in their luggage PAGE H2S Build more barriers A reader calls on the SMRT to install satetv gates at above-ground train stations to prevent future deaths.
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        21 2 Riding death A Korean equestrian dies in competition at the Asian Games after his horse hit a fence PAGE H3O
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        Lock icon MONEY
        28 2 Citibank goes to MRT Citibank has tied up with SMRT to set up two new branches and install SI ATMs in MRT stations across Singapore. PAGE H42
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon National Museum opens after $132m makeover
      342 3  -  Clara Chow By Arts correspondent WITH six pairs of scissors swishing through an orange satin ribbon, the revamped National Museum of Singapore was opened officially last night. Guest of honour President S R Nathan and Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lee Boon Yang
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      Lock icon How bosses and employees benefit
      44 3 The proposal: Mandatory insurance ensures all workers get medical coverage. Premiums can be kept low as large numbers of workers are included. Employers are shielded from nuge medical bills if a mass accident or viral outbreak hits their workers.
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      Lock icon Compulsory medical insurance under study
      397 3  -  Keith Lin HEALTH CARE FOR FOREIGN WORKERS By Move follows plan to reserve full health subsidies for citizens THE Government is thinking of making it compulsory for employers to buy medical insurance for their foreign workers. Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen told reporters at the
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      Lock icon Bush may announce new strategy for Iraq by year end
      531 4 Jipartisjn group's eport and other studies to be looked at for a new way forward Washington THh IS President may be able to announce a new way forward" in Iraq by the end of the year, his chief spokesman said.
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS  -  531 words
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      Lock icon Japanese Foreign Minister visits heartland family
      532 4  -  Connie Er By JAPAN'S Foreign Minister Taro Aso met his Singapore counterpart George Yeo for talks yesterday and later visited a Singapore family in Hougang at Mr Yeo's invitation. Mr Aso's one-day visit coincided with the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and
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      51 4 HOME LOAN PARADOX Even as home loan borrowers brace for higher repayments from next month, banks are struggling to maintain their margins. What's behind this odd situation? LOSES MONEY Pays rent for crooks but they don't return money. Then, works for drug gang. Gets caught and now he may LOSE
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Religious burial row settled
      342 7 THE Selangor state Islamic Authority (Mais) yesterday withdrew its claims over trie body of a man who during his life had followed both the Muslim and Christian faiths. With the withdrawal, the Christian family of Mr Anthony Rayappan, 71, is now free to chum his body
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      Lock icon Racial ties .are brittle, Abdullah warns
      661 7  -  Leslie Lau By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur Malaysian ider makes impassioned plea for ethnic unity "Why do we need to fight? Is it not better to work together for our future?... What we want to achieve can only be realised through the efforts
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      193 7 i ackling poverty Indonesia launches an anti-poverty drive after a report showed 50 per cent of its people survive on less than US$2 a day. PAGE 17 flflYafl^H^H^fl^fl^B^Bfl^flflfllHßMWi^iTOP^ flflH»S4pK' r-^-^wW^^ ':''"-r^P!i^* ~V^>-?18Sfl H ffjy fl fl^^^^^Hfl^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ B fl^^^B aflfl^HHflßH^^^^^BßßßßßflfllHßiaKi'tfK? HJBflflßßßr -^w Jfl^flfl^HHßflHßHHflflHflaflß^ltl IPf^*-'**-" 7 T^HM^fl^B^fl^fl^fl^fl^fl^fl^fl^H^fl^HHi ''ifIBBBBH^HYaHY^HY^HY^HY^HY^HY^HY^HY^HfI flHHßVßßHßVßßfl^Hfl^flfl^Hßflf^k i^"'' £w9S^B^HBBRVBBfI^H^H^B^H^H^H^H^H^H^HfI ■IMP
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon CALL OF CHINA'S WEST
      1331 8 CALL OF CHINA'S WEST More and more, Singapore businesses are eding the call to set up shop in western China, hich was still a rural backwater not too long ■go. China Correspondent Tracy Quek headed est to Chongqing and Chengdu, where she ound it's a whole new world. AD-MAN Amos
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      Lock icon Why investors are flocking to Chongqing and Chengdu
      628 8 Pro-business climate BOTH Chongqing and Chengdu have chalked up GDP growth ofbetween 13 and 14 per cent annually over the last five years, surpassing the national average of about 10 per cent. Investors generally expect the two western cities to maintain their
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      Lock icon Heads to roll if Taiwan's ruling party loses polls
      548 10  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei Defeat expected in mayoral battle in Taipei; tight race likely in Kaohsiung TAIWAN'S ruling party could be in for a major reshuffle if it suffers a double defeat in tomorrow's mayoral races for
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      Lock icon China to boost energy profile with US-Asia meet
      328 10 China to boost energy profile with US-Asia meet Beijing CHINA next week hosts a wide-ranging summit of US and Asian ministers that will boost the energy profile of the world's No. 2 oil consumer. The one-day meeting of top energy policy makers from China, India, Japan, South Korea and the
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      Lock icon Chinese quotas 'fuelling movie piracy
      559 14  -  Tracy Quek By Beijing can beat counterfeiters by opening up film uiustry: US official China Coirespondent In Beijing THE Chinese authorities may be fuelling China's movie piracy problem by restricting the number of foreign films shown in local cinemas, said a representative of top Hollywood
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon LETHAL DYE IN CHILLI: TWO JAILED
        132 14 BEIJING: Two men who knowingly added a cancer-causing red dye normally used in floor and shoe polish into their top-selling food additive have been given long jail sentences, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The product was used in a range of popular chilli
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        Lock icon TYCOON UNDER PROBE AGAIN
        148 14 SHANGHAI: Shanghai property tycoon Zhou Zhengyi, once one of China's richest businessmen, is under investigation again, less than seven months after his release from jail. "Zhou Zhengyi is under investigation by Shanghai procuratorial authorities," said city government spokesman Yu Tian. Mr Yu declined to comment on
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        Lock icon DEAL FOR U.S. TROOPS CRITICISED
        121 14 SEOUL: The top US general in South Korea yesterday criticised a just-reached deal funding American troops' deployment on the peninsula, saying it was insufficient and could affect the fighting capability of his forces. Washington and Seoul agreed this week that South Korea would pay 725.5
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        Lock icon REGULATOR FOR INDIAN AIRPORTS
        61 14 NEW DELHI: India will introduce a law to set up an airport regulator as the nation's major gateway airports go out of government control. Aviation minister Praful Patel said India needs an airport regulator as the government has sold off some airports, while private and overseas
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        Lock icon SIX ACCUSED IN THAKSIN TAX CASE
        100 14 BANGKOK: Thailand's National Counter-Cor-ruption Commission has accused six revenue department officials of failing to collect tax from the children of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra over a controversial stake deal. It would also file a civil court case to see if the six, including head
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        Lock icon ARROYO NAMES NEW CHIEF JUDGE
        68 14 MANILA: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has named a new Supreme Court chief justice, promoting a judge seen as supportive of her moves to rewrite the Constitution. Mrs Arroyo appointed Reynato Puno as Chief Justice to replace Artemio Panganiban, who retired yesterday. Chief Justice Puno was
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Koizumi planning .another go in N. Korea
      453 15 Koizumi planning .another go in N. Korea Former Japanese premier may visit Pyongyang for third time to seek end to nuke ambitions "I want to realise the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula... although I don't interfere with Prime Minister Abe's policy management" MR JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI, former Japanese premier Tokyo JAPAN'S
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      Lock icon REFLECTED GLORY
      57 15 Shrine pavilions are reflected on a huge seawater screen near the grand gate of Japan s Itsukushima Shinto Shrine near Hiroshima on Wednesday to mark its 10th anniversary as a World Heritage site. The 40m by 18m screen was created by passing five tonnes of water a minute
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      Lock icon US negotiator given new title
      277 15 Washington UNITED STATES negotiator Christopher Hill is expected to be designated the new special Korea policy coordinator, a position created by Congress to encourage changes in the administration's North Korea policy. A senior US official said on Wednesday that he expected the nomination to go
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Strikes hmdering West Bengal's push for reforms
      518 16  -  P. Jayaram By India Correspondent In Nbw Delhi to take vay farmland for r plant sparks 'ring of protests ANOTHER strike in India's Marxist-ruled state of West Bengal is testing its chief minister's push for economic reforms. Several organisations held protest rallies against
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      Lock icon Monkey crisis: Delhi court raps officials
      219 16 New Delhi THE High Court in the Indian capital has repnmandecf the civic authorities for not doing enough to stop hundreds of monkeys from terrifying residents m the city. Forest cover around the area has shrunk and the city has struggled with a growing
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      Lock icon Bangladesh election likely to be delayed
      97 16 Dhaka BANGLADESH'S national polls next month are expected to be delayed by a few days as political turmoil over the election process grips the country. "Today, the Election Commission will hold a meeting to rearrange the election schedule and later it will be declared,"
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      507 17  -  Devi Asmarani By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta Programmes include creating rural jobs and boosting health and education subsidies INDONESIA unveiled a new initiative yesterday to halve the number of people living below the poverty line in the next three years. Coordinating Minister
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      184 17 Jakarta INDONESIA and South Korea agreed this week to consider jointly building nuclear power plants and exchanging fissile material and technology. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his South Korean counterpart Roh Moo-hyun signed a bilateral agreement on the peaceful use of nuclear energy
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      358 18  -  \irmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent in Bangkok rWO teenage girls were seriously injured yesterday when a bomb exploded in front of their school in Narathiwat's Waeng district. The morning incident the first in which students were targeted highlighted the new brutality of
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      112 18 A NEW storm approaching the Philippines is expected to move in the cfirection of Cebu. where Asean leaders are to meet next week According to forecasters, the storm, locally named Seniang, was about I,oookm east of Leyte island and is expected to make landfall tomorrow, before moving
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      649 20  -  Leslie Lopez By Malaysia Correspondent In Kual\ Lumpur Critics fear that Chinese and Malay papers may lose their punch THE consolidation bug quietly sweeping across corporate Malaysia is drawing mixed reactions. Malaysia's plan to merge nine of the country's top plantation companies into
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      161 20 THE share prices of Utusan and The New Straits Times Press (NSTP) shot up yesterday as corporate sources said that the obstacle to their merger appears to have been cleared up. Utusan's price closed 37 sen higher at RM1.84 (80 Singapore cents) on
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      163 20 Kelantan dress code for Muslims only Kota Baru KELANTAN state has backed down on a threat to fine non-Muslim women for wearing skimpy outfits. Only Muslim women will be liable to fines under a new state government by-law against "indecent dressing". Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said
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      147 20 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN police are investigating a missing consignment of microchips, just weeks after a multimillion-dollar chip heist raised security concerns. The chips, worth about RM30,000 (S$13,000) and bound for Singapore, were reported missing from the air cargo complex of Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Sources
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      8 24 WORLD THE STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 2006
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      565 24 THE Iraq Study Group has delivered a grim assessment of conditions in Iraq and issued 79 recommendations for improvement. The report said: Current US policy is "not working", the situation in Iraq is "grave and deteriorating" and America's ability to influence events there is
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      Lock icon A bruising battle ahead over Iraq
      872 24  -  Derwin Pereira IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT By US Bureau Chief In Washington Democrats want drastic change in US policy but govt dashes hopes of a U-turn AFTER a damning indictment of his Iraq policy by a bipartisan panel. President George W. Bush pleaded for
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      384 24 New York THE military recommendations made by the Iraq Study Group are based more on hope than history, and run counter to assessments made by its own military advisers. Ever since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the United States has struggled in vain
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        112 25 'They will look at it carefully but the approach will be one of cherry-picking. Embracing all of it will be an admission that its policy towards Iraq was a total failure, something that Bush is still not prepared to accept" A US ADMINISTRATION INSIDER "Put yourself in
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        269 25 Baghdad THE Baker report has received a less than enthusiastic reception across the Middle East, with Iraqi citizens saying it offered little hope of an improvement in their lives any time soon. At the same time, the Iraqi government said the
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        639 25 The two are expected to demand a high price for their cooperation, analysts say Washington THE Iraq Study Group's plan seeks to diminish the United States role in Iraq by regionalising responsibility for restoring stability. But an orderly US exit from
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        436 26 Ankara makes offer in bid to avert partial freeze of EU membership talks Ankara TURKEY has offered to open a port and an airport to EU member Cyprus, in a bid to avert a partial freeze of EU entry talks, reports said
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        336 26 THE Singapore Islamic Scholars and Religious Teachers Association (Pergas) has commended the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians. It was heartened to hear calls for restraint and the upholding of the recently declared ceasefire, led by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority
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          104 26 LONDON: Britain's Rank Group said yesterday it had agreed to sell its Hard Rock cafe and casino business to the Seminole Tribe of Florida for US$965 million (Ssl.s billion). Seminole Gaming, the main revenue earner for the Florida Native American tribe, plans to expand
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          126 26 SUVA: New elections may be two years away, Fiji's military-appointed caretaker Prime Minister said yesterday, as the island nation's powerful tribal chiefs urged soldiers to lay down their arms after this week's bloodless coup. Caretaker Prime Minister Jona Baravilala Senilagakali said the military
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          109 26 PARIS: French Defence Minister Michele Alli-ott-Marie has confirmed that she plans to seek the nomination of the ruling UMP party to run in next year's presidential election, challenging party front runner Nicolas Sarkozy "I think today that I am ready because I have a certain experience
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        627 27 Officials say this is due to UK residents' link with Pakistan, where Al-Qaeda is regrouping London BRITAIN'S security services have concluded that Al-Qaeda is rebuilding its headquarters' operation in Pakistan and that the UK is the Western country most at risk from
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        205 27 Washington AN AMERICAN Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger with severe gas problems struck matches to mask the odour of flatulence, an official said. The flight from Washington to Texas landed at Nashville airport, in Tennessee, after passengers alerted
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        559 28 All the ingredients for life may be in place on planet, say scientists Los Angeles NEW photographs from space suggest that water occasionally flows on Mars, raising the possibility that the Red Planet is hospitable to life, scientists reported. The new images,
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        293 28 San Francisco TECHNOLOGY heavyweight Microsoft was to unveil an online library yesterday that will compete with Google's controversial project to digitise the world's books, the company said. Microsoft said it would launch a United States test of Live Search Books featuring tens of thousands of out-of-copyri£ht
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        585 29  -  Roger Maynard By Australia Correspondent In Canberra Stem cell Bill lauded by medical fraternity blasted by church and some politicians AUSTRALIA could become a leading centre for stem cell research after Canberra's decision to lift the ban on therapeutic cloning of human embryos for
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        271 29 Canberra AUSTRALIA'S military yesterday rushed to help battle bush fires that could merge into a giant fire ahead of what the authorities said could be one of the most dangerous weekends for blazes in the south. Army bulldozers and fuel tankers were
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        651 30 London MOSCOW ABSOLVED "Who would gain from it? I rejected the idea of complicity of the Russian leadership almost immediately. After the death of Alexander Litvinenko... another violent death of a famous Russian the following day is the last thing that the Russian
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        502 30 Ex-spy's case now classified as murder Radiation traces also found in British Embassy in Moscow and 14 locations in London London BRITISH police are now treating the death of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko as murder, raising the stakes in an investigation that has extended from London to Moscow.
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        703 32 karch in Oregon as on tragic wrte after rescue man's family Merlin (Oregon) SEARCH and rescue workers have discovered the body of Mr James Kim, 11 days after the San Francisco man took a disastrous series of wrong turns here in Oregon's wilderness while
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          376 35 MS PAULINE Hanson, the former Australian rightwing lawmaker who rose to popularity in the 1990s on a policy of stemming Asian migration to the country, wants to return to federal politics. The fiery redhead, champion of poor, white Australians who fear Asian immigrants will take
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          191 35 MS MARY Cheney, the openly gay daughter of US Vice-President Dick Cheney, is pregnant with her first child. Ms Cheney, 37, and her partner of 15 years. Ms Heather Poe, 45, are expecting the babv in late spring, said Ms Lea Anne Mcßride. a spokesman for
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          Lock icon Raul Castro stands in for Fidel again
          148 35 ACTING Cuban President Raul Castro sat in for his ailing brother Fidel at an event marking the 13th birthday of Elian Gonzalez the Cuban boy once at the centre of an international custody battle. Raul, 75. has been increasingly taking on his brother's
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        465 36 J IST how divided the American nation is over the Iraq issue is clear in first-flush reactions to the proposal the bipartisan Iraq Study Group. ties of President George W. Bush's concilia of the war took the report as an intntentt a continuation of policy failure.
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        1204 36  -  Robert Beckman AUSTRALIA'S PILOTAGE SYSTEM IN THE TORRES STRAIT By For The Straits Times IN MAY and October, Australia issued marine notices to the world shipping community advising that it was setting up a system of compulsory pilotage in the Torres Strait. It is now
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        1441 37  -  Anthony Paul By Senior Writer Nearly 1 00,000 Iraqis are now fleeing their country's rising violence each month, say UN officials. Up to 700,000 Iraqi refugees are in neighbouring Jordan. This is the story of one such Iraqi, a friend of mine, whose fears for his family
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        1233 38  -  Janadas Devan IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT By Setuor Writer THE Iraq Study Group's report is a most worthy document. Crafted by distinguished worthies, it admits the obvious ("the situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating"); it is clear-sighted ("the ability of the United States to
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        922 39  -  Dmitry Shlapentokh ATTITUDE TOWARDS JEWS IN RUSSIA By For The Straits Times ANTI-SEMITISM is definitely not a new phenomenon in Russia. It has existed throughout Russian modern history, if not as a government policy during the early Soviet regime, the government made a conscious effort to
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      9 40 INSIGHT FIRDAY THE STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 2006
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      72 40 Meet the training GURUS people a POLITICS When it comes to getting workers to re-skill, WDA is the brains and NTUC, the muscles. So says the labour movement's Zee Yoong Kang. But is there rivalry between them? And yHHHB will recent changes in I WWA funding lead to more ]9HB|
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      977 40 WHY REDISTRIBUTE FUNDS? "The world has changed, the economy is restructuring, and we must make sure our help reaches the workers directly for them to better manage their employability." HE HOLDS up a piece of paper to show a graph before sliding it back into
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      818 40 ENLIGHTENED BOSSES "Feedback from unionists shows employers who send their workers for training are usually the enlightened ones." MR ZEE YOONG KANG TRAINING programmes that are a mouthful to pronounce roll off his tongue with ease. Anyone who has to say "screen,
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      1185 41  -  Chua Mui Hoong FRIDAY MATTERS By Deputy Political Editor THE PRICE OF LUXURY I know that even though I may spend more on ice cream today than in the past if s because I choose the pricier stuff nowadays not because the
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      895 41  -  Lynn Lee THE POST-65ERS By COLOURFUL STORE Singapore is tinier, has a shorter history of cosmopolitanism but hey, if s got quirks, colour and kitsch. A STEAMY Turkish bath in the city and a windblown Bedouin tent in the desert are hardly
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      8 42 F.Y.I. THE STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 2006
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        406 45  -  Judith Tan BAD NEWS By Doc checked his pulse, helped him to medical tent where electric shocks were administered to revive him BAD NEWS AT FINISHING UNE "When I reached the finishing line, they told me he had fainted. I realised how serious it
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        317 45 Runner beside him is a medical doctor GOOD NEWS the ground was seeing the finishing line in a blur. Mr Chan's wife, Madam Tan Lee Keow, 41, and their two eldest sons were also running the 10km race. But they were too far behind him. She only learnt of his
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        582 112  -  Elena Chong By Sujin Thomas >roner's court reveals husband was abusing drugs at time of accident MADAM Sheryl Ausan Mabaquiao got a shock yesterday the latest in a series of bad news which began when her husband died in a Sept 1 road accident. Delivery
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          Lock icon CONVENIENCE STORE ROBBED OF $300
          51 112 A KNIFE-WIELDING robber walked into a 24-hour convenience store in Yishun Central 1 early on Tuesday morning and made off with $300. He arrived at about 4.15am, used a shirt to mask himself, and ordered the cashier to hand over the money in the cash
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          Lock icon PILLION RIDER GRABS HANDBAG
          89 112 A THIEF riding pillion on a motorcycle robbed a pedestrian of her handbag containing $8,650 in cash, a $600 mobile phone and other personal items. The sales assistant was crossing the road at the junction of Woodlands Avenue 1 and Woodlands Street 32 on Tuesday morning
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          Lock icon MAN JAILED FOR UNDERAGE SEX
          64 112 A MAN who had underage sex with a 15-year-old girl four years ago was jailed four months on Wednesday. Muhammad Riduan Ahmad, 24, met the girl after she called a telephone chatline. After a few outings, he took her to a hotel and had sex
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        Lock icon Teen helpless as he sees mum fall to her death
        217 112 CAI Ming Da, 16, will never forget the date Dec 6, 2006. He was in the toilet on Wednesday when he heard his mother snout for help. He rushed to help her only to see her fall nine storeys to
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        Lock icon 7 years' jail for peddling Subutex pills
        371 112  -  Chong Chee Kin By SINCE he was 17. Lee Kok Weng has been in and out of prison and drug rehabilitation centres. Now 46, Lee will be going for his longest spell in jail yet for trafficking in the very drug that was
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        453 113  -  Elena Chan DROWNING IN CONDO POOL By Death of boy, 6, ruled misadventure in second such case heard in a few days A VERDICT of misadventure was recorded yesterday on the drowning of a young boy at a condominium pool the second
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          77 113 THREE more SBS Transit bus services 12, 196 and 198 have been made wheelchair-accessi-ble. This brings the total number of such public buses to 62. The services cover residential estates like Pasir Ris, Bedok. Chinatown, Bukit Merah, Queenstown and Clementi. All of them stop near medical facilities such
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          55 113 VEHICLE inspection company Vicom is conducting free chassis dynamometer smoke tests throughout this month for diesel vehicles. The tests meant to reduce smoke emission levels will become mandatory for diesel vehicles from Jan 1. Interested vehicle owners can call Vicom, a member of the ComfortDelGro Group,
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          89 113 FROM next week, the stretch of Claymore Hill between Shaw Centre, Pacific Plaza and Claymore Apartments will not be accessible from Scotts Road. The Land Transport Authority began construction work yesterday to reverse the flow of traffic at the Claymore Hill and Scotts Road 1 unction.
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        Lock icon 2 ringtone retailers face copyright charges
        456 114  -  Chua Hian Hou By Legal action needed to curb rampant violations, says copyright body FOR the first time, two ringtone and MP3 music retailers have been hauled to court on charges of copyright infringement. If found guilty, they can each be fined up to
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        Lock icon Expert finds accused molester not mentally ill
        402 114  -  Chong Chee Kin By A MAN accused of molesting a five-year-old girl in a public toilet on June 30, does not suffer from any mental illness but likes pornography, a psychiatrist told a court yesterday. Jasmond Ong Chun Wee, 26, sat stony-faced in
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        463 114  -  Lynn Lee »PM, MM DEFAMATION CASE By THE High Court judge who ruled that the Chee siblings defamed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in their political party's newsletter, has set out the main grounds for her decision. Justice
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        420 116  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By But man is spared disciplinary action, fine after hearing YET another lawyer has admitted to touting for business, this time by handing out shopping vouchers to property agents in exchange for conveyancing work. But lawyer Yap Kok Kiong, 42,
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        Lock icon Key in reverse PIN to alert police? E-mail advice a hoax
        341 116  -  Khushwant Singh By AN E-MAIL message advising bank ATM- users who are held up by criminals to summon the police by keying in their personal identification number (PIN) backwards is a hoax. The e-mail claims this is a little-known
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        315 116 »DON IN CONDO SPAT THE varsity don accused of insulting a security guard at his condominium will know in three weeks whether the prosecution will drop the two charges he now faces. Wang Jian Liang, from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is accused
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        539 117  - 2 private schools move to reassure students HoAiLi By Stansfield Group chairman accepts responsibility for Case suspending its 2 schools THE Stansfield Group has moved to restore student confidence in its two schools, a day after it was reported that they had been suspended by the Consumers Association of Singapore
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        250 117 THE CaseTrust for Education rules have helped at least seven private schools get their act together since it was enforced last September. A total of 13 schools, including the six now serving then suspension, have been hauled up for not following CaseTrust rules. But seven
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        Lock icon Call for more Workfare Bonus to go into CPF
        519 1110  -  Keith Lin By It will help meet medical, retirement needs, says Ng Eng Hen MANPOWER Minister Ng Eng Hen wants a larger portion of the Workfare Bonus for lower-income Singaporeans to be paid into their Central Provident Fund (CPF). It makes
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        490 1110  - 'No to sex' Malay ad connects with youth Zakir Hussain By REACHING OUT IN A SKIT "In the skit I was a girl trying to refuse her boyfriend's advances. When I spoke with some of the girls in the audience afterwards, I realised how familiar that experience was to some
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        541 1112  -  Tania Tan David Boey By Plan murks start of push to translate research into products PLAN to build two new research centres to help Singapore's biomedical industry move from the laboratory bench to the bedside was approved yesterday. The centres will focus on
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        45 1112 "Just living in a lab and publishing papers doesn't lead to products. We've now moved to a stage where we can give clinical trials a try." A*STAR CHAIRMAN PHILIP YEO (below right), on Singapore's push to develop new biomedical products
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        63 1112 "The next phase is to make sure we take the fruits of all the good research that's been done in the biomedical area and convert it into products. That is, translate it to the benefit of patients... so information is translated from the laboratory to the bedside."
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        Lock icon ALMOST CRITICAL MASS
        64 1112 "With as many bets as can be placed at this scale, the anticipation is that some level of success can be accomplished." DR TADATAKA YAMADA. an lAC member, on how Singapore's research community is reaching the critical mass needed for the development of new drugs. He is
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        60 1112 "Singapore has made tremendous impact with its biomedical initiative. I think people living in Singapore sometimes don't realise the incredible impression it has had on the outside world. We have visits literally every day where people try to understand the Singapore phenomenon." SIR DAVID LANE, deputy executive chairman
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        Lock icon Ex-leftist PAP leader dies
        566 1114  -  Leong Weng Kam By Senior Correspondent Ong Chye Ann and his leftist comrades briefly had control of the party 50 years ago A FORMER People's Action Party (PAP) leader who together with other leftists took control of the party briefly 50 years ago, died of pneumonia
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        Lock icon PUB reduces flood-prone areas by 15 football fields
        590 1116  -  Arlina Arshad By Latest effort in drive that has cut such areas from 3 f 2ooha in 1970s to 130ha now WHENEVER heavy rains and high tides hit the kampung in Lorong Buangkok, housewife Habsah Rone, 60, gets flustered. Her wooden house,
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        109 1116 Flood-prone Floods can still be expected in these areas: Chinatown/City area Mosque Street Pagoda Street Temple Street Trengganu Street Upper Pickering Street (between South Bridge Road and New Bridge Road) South Bridge Road p Upper Hokkien Street (between South Bridge Road and New Bridge Road) p Chulia Street (beside UOB
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        Lock icon 2nd chance scramble for condo-like flats
        343 1119  - 2nd chance scramble for condo -like flats Tan Hui Yee By Hundreds queue overnight and brave the rain for the 120 unsold units left THE condominium-like The Premiere^ Tampines is back in the news this time for a snaking queue stretching more than 150m outside its showflat-cum-booking office yesterday morning.
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        Lock icon Wireless@SG signs up 100,000 in under a week
        400 1120  -  Adeline Chia By Sitex fair helps boost figures, but take-up rate likely to slow after initial hype THE number of Wireless@SG users crossed the 100,000 mark yesterday, six days after the free public broadband service was rolled out. Wireless@SG is a free
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        468 1121  -  Mali n i Nathan Gracia Chiang HIV/Aids event has young participants thinking, talking nhout the disease "WI WANT to know more!" was the message from youths gathered for the second HIV/ Aids Youth Conference at the Singapore Management University (SMU) yesterday. Through workshops, 120
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        Lock icon Circumcised males 70 per cent less likely to get HIV/Aids: Study
        246 1121 A STUDY has indicated that circumcised males were about 70 per cent less likely to get HIV and Aids, a youth conference was told yesterday. The virus can multiply underneath the foreskin of an uncircumcised male, said a senior
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        284 1122 THREE men were injured in separate stabbing incidents yesterday. Just after noon, a man in his late 50s was knifed in the abdomen during an altercation at a food centre at Block 4A, Woodlands Centre Road, near the Woodlands Checkpoint. The blade was about
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        45 1123 New and cheaper lift upgrading methods are being introduced to make sure almost all residents in public housing estates get a lift landing on their floor. The Straits Times surveys some of the ways a block's lift access can be improved
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        Lock icon 'Home lifts' for low-rise HDB blocks
        569 1123  -  Tan Hui Yee By Small lifts are part of range of solutions to have lift access for most flats by 2014 COMPACT four-person lifts that are found in private houses will soon make their way into public housing estates with low-rise blocks. These "home
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        319 1124 Tourism board ropes in professionals to promote S'pore as a good events venue LAWYERS and doctors have been roped in to sell Singapore as a great conference venue t0... who else but fellow lawyers and doctors? They are among 230 influential executives from various
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        97 1124 Boy scout Lin Jun Hao, 14, shows Mr Joseph Chua and Mrs Linda Cheng the ropes at the Singapore Scout Association (SSA) headquarters in Bishan on Tuesday. Mr Chua, 59, and Mrs Cheng, 58, are part of the first batch of "old scouts" who were inducted on
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        413 1125 DON'T BE FALL GUY When one's name is used to check in luggage, one is liable for the contents, which could turn out to be contraband or illegal substances. 1 FLEW to Bangkok from Singapore on budget airline Tiger Airways recently. While queuing
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        124 1125 MY ATTEMPT to fill a supervisory post through a Community Development Council (CDC) was most frustrating. I approached the Central CDC and was asked to fill up a form. Then I was told that my request would be forwarded to South- West CDC
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        215 1125 I REFER to the Ministry of Health (MOH)'s reply. "Why MediShield paid only $1,438 of huge bill" (ST, Dec 2), to Ms Chew Kai Hwa's enquiry about the low MediShield coverage for her mother-in-law's private-hospital bill of more than $50,000. MediShield information brochures contain sample
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        225 1125 I REFER to the letter, "No subsidy in new HDB flats, just a discount" (ST, Nov 25), by Mr Cheong Chee Mun. Mr Cheong said that HDB acquires land for public housing at "very low cost". This is not correct. The land for
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        343 1126 I AM dismayed to learn of yet another life lost on the MRT tracks ("Another death on the tracks 4th in 2 months"; ST, Dec 6). Despite calls to erect safety gates at above-ground stations, SMRT decided not to do so for
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        87 1126 I APPLAUD the Prime Minister's suggestion to make the Workfare Bonus a permanent fixture in Singapore's social safety net. I appeal to the Government to consider giving the bonus to caregivers because care-giving is not only a full-time job but also an extremely difficult task.
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        193 1126 I REFER to the letter, "30 stitches for girl who ran into wall at food court" (ST, Dec 2), by Ms Alinna Chan Lai Kuen, highlighting the incident at the Biopolis food court. We are deeply sorry to learn about
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        157 1126 I REFER to Ms Cheng Wan Ying's letter, "2Vi-hour wait at polyclinic just to register" (ST, Dec 1). We have contacted Ms Cheng and explained to her the following: The waiting time for baby immunisation ranges between 30 minutes and one hour,
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          558 1127  - Fastest fly-er in Asia Marc Lim GOLD FOR TAO LI AND SINGAPORE By Singapore's Tao Li claims 50m butterfly in 26.735ec f a new national record Sports Correspondent In Doha SINGAPORE'S Tao Li created waves at the Hamad Aquatic Centre last night as she swept to victory in the women's
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          786 1128  - Chua hopes to maintain perfect record Chan Yi Shen > BODYBUILDING By In Doha Lightweight bodybuilder has won in all four past competitions and aims to make it 5 out of 5 WHEN the going gets tough, bodybuilder Simon Chua gets gold. The 36-year-old has never failed to deliver at
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          Lock icon China close in on 100 gold-medal mark
          434 1128 Doha THE Chinese juggernaut moved ever closer to the 100-gold mark yesterday, adding 11 more early yesterday. With the sixth day's action yet to be completed at press time, China had 87 golds to Japan's 23 and South Korea's 1". Kazakhstan have 10.
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          843 1128 ATHLETICS 20km walk, men: 1 Han Yucheng Chn] Ihr 21min 41sec 2 Kim Hyun Sub (Kor) 1:23:12 3 Koichiro Aa .Jpn) 1:23:17. Women: 1 Liu Hong (Chn) 1:32:19 2 Ryoko Sakakura (Jpn) 1:33:19 3 He Dan (Chn) I 34 24 BADMINTON Round of 16. men's doubles: Fu Ha 'e^gCai
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          Lock icon S'pore paddlers target medal in Beijing Olympics
          684 1129  -  Chan Yi Shen > TABLE TENNIS By In Doha Women's team plan to claim Republic's first medal since 1960 AFTER a successful table tennis campaign at the Asian Games. Singapore's women paddlers have set their sights on the Beijing Olympics. The women's team
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          Lock icon Hong Kong prevent Chinese sweep
          484 1129 DOHA HONG Kong's Li Ching and Ko Lai Chak completed a mission impossible, striking gold in the men's table tennis doubles final on Wednesday. More importantly, the pair prevented mighty China from sweeping all seven titles at stake. The Chinese were left with only six
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          Lock icon Chinese prodigy Dine eyes third gold
          260 1129 SNOOKER Doha FOR someone who took up snooker as a boy to escape boredom, Ding Jinhui is not doing badly. Tne 19-year-old Chinese snooker prodigy is eyeing a third gold medal at the Asian Games, having already helped his country snap up the team
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          236 1129 "SHOOTING Doha INDIA claimed to have resolved "amicably" the controversy over shooter Rajyavardhan Rathore's remarks against Asian Games officials yesterday. The Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (Dagoc) had threatened to take legal action on Tuesday over the Indian army colonel's "offensive behaviour and unsportsmanlike comments"
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          Lock icon China-Japan rivalry moves from pool to track
          538 1129  - China- Japan rivalry moves from pool to track Marc Lim »ATHIaETICS By Sports Correspondent In Doha JUST when one rivalry between the Japanese and the Chinese ended in the swimming pool, another begins in earnest today. The full athletics programme is set to take off at the Khalifa Stadium this
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          508 1130 EQUESTRIAN PHOTOS: Horse hits fence, falls and lands on Kim during race in wet conditions Doha SOUTH Korea's Kim Hyung Chil died after falling from his horse during the Asian Games competition at the Doha Racing and Equestrian club yesterday. His mount, Bundaberg Black, hit
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          Lock icon Players were selfish, says Japan coach after team's early elimintion
          343 1130 SOCCER Doha JAPAN coach Yasuharu Sonmachi blasted his team as being selfish, after they crashed out of the Asiad football tournament on Wednesday. With their mix of J-League >tars and rookie talents, the 2002 runners-up were consid- ered one of
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          1430 1130 •■*--^"^"-^--""^-^-^™w**"llp**« MICHAEL MAXWORTHY ANDREW FROST 1 S. 'MS PROGRESS 5 LIM'S PROGRESS 4 no 4lno 3 Guru Sab 9 Boomer Capital 2 9 MULTIPLE SUCCESS 4 SEA COOKIE 4 Sea Cookie 9 Multiple Success 5 is A Secret 2Lim'sJoy 1 3 7 MAZENZE 3 LIM'S GLORY 3 um
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          Lock icon Thais to get $43,000 for every Asiad gold
          269 1130 BOXING PHOTO: Doha THAI boxers are being dangled a US$2B,OOO (5543,000) carrot for every gold they win at the Asian Games. Top officials are confident that at least two of their fighters will cash in. Said Thai National Olympic Committee secretary Arirach-
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            73 1130 .TAIWAN beat Japan 8-7 to win the baseball goio meflnt yesieraay Taiwan trailed 2-5 but scored four times in the seventh inning to take a 6-5 lead. Japanese left-fielder Takashi Yoshiura then hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth to put his team
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            110 1130 CHINA'S women rowers bounced back from the shock of losing their 100 per cent Asian Games record by sweeping both titles on offer on the final day of competition yesterday. Xu Dongxiang won the lightweight single sculls, while Jin Ziwei captured the Open single sculls. However,
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            67 1130 THIN women's fields in the taekwondo competition have assured Vietnam, Indonesia and Uzbekistan of a precious medal before they step onto the mat. Vietnam's Thu Hien Bui was given a straight entry into today's 67kg welterweight semi-final. Indonesia's Amaila Kurniasih Palupi and Uzbekistan's Evgeniya
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            97 1130 A 39-YEAR-OLD mother has won North Korea its first shooting title at the Games. Kim My ong Hwa, who has one child, claimed the women's skeet gold yesterday. She was tied with China's Olympic silver medallist Wei Ning in the qualification round with 71
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          282 1131 ACTION AND REACTION in the past week, the Asian Games has seen world-class athletes exerting their bodies to the limit in their search for gold. Here are some lasting images of their quest for success, and the accompanying emotions AP REUTERS REUTERS AFP PHOTO PHOTOS: PHOTO: PHOTO: PHOTO PHOTOS IN
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        716 1132  -  Richard Jolly SOCCER By A TIMELY WAKE-UP CALL "Benfica scored and that seemed to lift us, we got angry. We have to thank Mr Nelson. Because, after that you saw the real Manchester United." ALEX FERGUSON, on Benfica right-back Nelson's opener After looking beaten for 30
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        Lock icon Pakistan's decision to lift bans on fast bowlers condemned
        345 1132 CRICKET Dubai THE International Cricket Council has criticised Pakistan's ruling body for lifting bans on two international players who failed drug tests. Fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were cleared on appeal on Wednesday of taking nandrolone. A panel accepted
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        105 1133 Qualified for last 16 Group A: Chelsea, Barcelona Group B: Bayern Munich, Inter Milan Group C: Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven Group D: Valencia, AS Roma Group E: Olympique Lyon, Real Madrid Group F: Manchester United, Celtic Group G: Arsenal, Porto Group H: AC Milan, Lille Ist leg: Feb 20-21
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        480 1133 Milan AC MILAN should count themselves lucky. Lille coach Claude Puel claimed his team should have scored more against the struggling Italian giants. His team advanced to the knockout stage of the Champions League tor the first time after a 2-0 win on Wednesday
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        609 1133 SOCCER Gunners in last 16 after 0-0 draw at Porto, who hit the post twice Lisbon ARSENE Wenger was relieved that Arsenal reached the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday. His men lived dangerously at Porto, as Ricardo Quaresma twice hit the same post in
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        153 1133 PARALYMPICS PARALYMPIAN Theresa Goh became Singapore's first swimming world champion at the International Paralympic Committee World Championships in Durban, South Africa, yesterday. The 19-year-old beat five others to win the 200 metres individual medley (SMS category) in 4min 6.395ec. Theresa, who was born with
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        605 1134 SOCCER Striker hints he is ready to pack bags as his style does not suit Mourinho London ANDRIY Shevchenko could be donning a different jersey when the transfer window comes round next month. The Chelsea striker gave a strong hint yesterday that he may
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        157 1134 BELEAGUERED West Ham manager Alan Pardew apologised to the club's fans after their 0-2 loss to Wigan on Wednesday. The Hammers are now third from bottom in the Premiership. "On behalf of players, I will apologise to the fans," he was quoted as saying in
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        506 1134 London NEWCASTLE manager Glenn Roeder believes nis side can use their dramatic 3-2 win over Reading as inspiration to avoid relegation. The Magpies moved out of the Premiership's bottomthree on Wednesday after the victory, thanks to a stunning late goal from Turkish midfielder Emre
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        361 1134 London TOTTENHAM striker Robbie Keane could be sidelined for a month with knee ligament damage. He suffered the injury during the 2-1 Premiership win over Middlesbrough on Tuesday. The Mail reported. The Ireland international jumped to control the ball and jarred
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          102 1134 LONDON: English football club Everton have posted a £10 million (Ss3o million) loss in the past year. The figure comes only 12 months after they posted a record £23 million profit, which had propelled the club into the top 20 of football's "rich list" for
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          95 1134 ROME: Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved has threatened to quit football, in protest at a five-match ban he picked up after a Serie B match for Juventus. The former European Footballer of the Year was hit with the severe punishment after an injury-time tantrum in
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          68 1134 HONOLULU: The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is leaving Poipu Bay in Hawaii for the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda next year. It is the first time in its 24-year history that it will be played outside the United States. Featuring the four
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          45 1134 MELBOURNE: Shane Watson's chances of playing in next week's third Ashes Test against England suffered another setback yesterday. The Australian cricketer still has not recovered from a hamstring injury. His continued unavailability may mean a recall for batsman Damien Martyn. BLOOMBERG
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        144 1134 BASKETBALL Los Angeles KOBE Bryant played, but it did not matter. The Los Angeles Lakers were lost on Wednesday, with or without Bryant, falling 89-105 to the struggling New Orleans Hornets in front of a quickly exiting crowd at the Staples Center. In a National
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        195 1134 BASKETBALL NBA: San Antonio 96 Charlotte 76, Cleveland 95 Toronto 91, Indiana 94 Orlando 80, Memphis 96 Boston 98, Washington 1 13 NY Knicks 102, Milwaukee 102 Portland 94 (OT), Minnesota 90 Houston 84, Chicago 121 Philadelphia 94, Atlanta 98 Denver 96, Oklahoma City 105 LA Lakers 89. CRICKET
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      1199 1135 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write this: Blessed are the dead who die ,S in the Lord from now on. Blessed indeed says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labor, for their deeds follow them!' (Rev 14.13) SIM BOON PENG [D.0.8: 24.9.1913] M AGE:
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        Lock icon Citibank in heartland thrust with SMRT tie-up
        684 86  -  CI RAGE Ng By comers can pay for bus, taxi and ndes with CO- branded card CITIBANK signalled its intention to make tracks into the heartland market by announcing a joint strategy with SMRT Corporation yesterday. The first stops will be Tiong Bahru
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        142 86 IN A deal between Citibank and SMRT, a new credit card with an ez-link function that allows customers to pay for train, bus and taxi fares takes off today. Communters can also use the plastic and a co-branded debit card to be launched early
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        23 86 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2060 1.2200 Euro 2.0350 2.0580 Sterling pound 3.0130 3.0460 US dollar 1.5320 1.5480 Yen (100 units) 1.3301 1.3443
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        216 86 SIA outsources inflight sales .arm TIE-UP WITH U.S. FIRM SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is outsourcing KnsShop. its inflight duty-free sales arm to a United States-based firm, DFASS Singapore. The transition to the concessionaire will be completed by the first quarter of next year, SIA said in a statement yesterday. It said
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        42 1137 if\ Yesterday's dOSt: 18,842.99 (-***** points) >» Hong Kong shares te*l sharply, losing 0 .96 per cent, ted by China Mobile as reports of a share sale by a major investor led to profit-taking m the tetecoms firm AFP
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        37 1137 an Yesterdays close: 2,156.75 (+0.15 point) Chinese stocks closed mtiecnangea as proht-takjng set m. when earty gains took the market to fresh 6xnonth htghs. Pfoperty firms were under pressure as the yuan softened AFP
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        32 1137 Yesterdays dose: 5.485.2 (-1.5 ports) Australian shares closed flat with a lacklustre Wall Street providing no lead and lower base metal paxes prompting investors to sell the resources AFP
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        Lock icon Fed chief, Congress may clash over wages and inflation
        548 1137 Democrats, led by incoming House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank, vow to query Mr Bernanke over borrowing costs and wage increases that have lagged behind profit growth under President Bush's administration. The Fed chief will give his semi-annual testimony in
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        Lock icon Lufthansa is first carrier to order Boeing's 747-8 passenger jet
        314 1137  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent BOEING'S new 747-8 aircraft, commonly pitched as an alternative to rival Airbus' A-380 superlumbo, has signed up its first airline customer. Lufthansa has ordered 20 8747-& worth US$5.5 billion (SsB.s billion) at catalogue prices, with
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        41 1137 "sn Yesterday's close: 13.972.03 (+23.03 points) Indian shares closed at a fifth straigrn record rugn, edging ahead in choppy trade, as the jinntnii f .in A ji...... manei laceo snwig resistance in getting through the key 14,000-point level AFP
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        33 1137 *n Yesterdays 1.712.111 (-2.31 points) Indonesian share prices finished 0.13 per cent lower, as profit Hmi major stocks led byTeflom and Astra ■maiiaujnai onset gaits in the broader martet AFP
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        143 1137 Dec 7 1 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (SAM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Birytttf SeUirtf Aust dollar 1.2060 1.2200 Can dollar 1.3340 1.3490 Em 2.0350 2.0580 Malaysian rii*t*pt* 0.4338 0.4345 NZ dollar 1.0490 1.0720 Sterling pound 3.0130 3.0460 US dollar
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        33 1137 ~w\ Yesterdays den: ***** (-0.62 point) Thai stocks closed little changed, with sentiment sluggish due to a lack of new 3,8 bata shares worth 14.5 billion b3ht(Ss633 7 million). AFP
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        48 1137 GenlntJ 73,586,000 CSC Hides 60,277,000 Sapphire 48,214,000 Thai Beverage 34,577,000 SingTel 31.666,000 Yongnam 31.328,000 BBRHIdgs 29.347.000 Ihitian 27,229.000 Magnus 22.978.000 STATSChP 22,068,000 Oec7 China Sun 21,130.000 tlaJftrtlMl 20,529.000 PIC Corp 20,522,000 Circuits Plus 19.515,000 Cityfcds 18,309,000 EastgateTech 17.717,000 Jasper 17,705.000 ImmAasn* 17.642.000 Switecßeft 17,554.000 Swiber 16,628,000
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        342 1137 ECB lifts key rate to 5 -year high of 3.5% Frankfurt THE European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a point to 3.5 per cent yesterday, despite political pressure and the rise of the euro. The increase was the sixth in 12 months and
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        421 1138  -  TSCHANG CHI-CHU By China Correspondent In Beijing US officials heading to Beijing now have more cause to press for yuan revaluation ONE week before United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson leads a group of American government officials to Beijing, China has
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        245 1138 Beijing THE US dollar risks sliding if international investors take fright at the widening United States trade deficit and shun dollar-denominated assets, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said yesterday. "If the US current account deficit continues to grow faster than gross domestic product, then
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        334 1138 Beijing INDUSTRIAL and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has applied to bring the US$l6.l billion (5524.9 billion) in overseas proceeds from the world's biggest IPO back into mainland China. China's largest commercial bank said the initial public offering (IPO) funds would be easier to
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        Lock icon Lone Star's buyout of Korean bank illegal: Prosecutors
        346 1139 Seoul SOUTH Korean prosecutors said yesterday that the 2003 acquisition of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) by United States buyout tund Lone Star was pushed through using illegal means. 'We've confirmed that the sale of KEB was made through illicit ways in a
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        Lock icon Elpida to build $22b chip plant in Taiwan
        371 1139 Elpida to build $22b chip plant in Taiwan Japanese group plans venture with Taiwan's Powerchip in bid to overtake Samsung as No. 1 Tokyo ELPIDA Memory, Japan's sole maker of compu-ter-memory chips, plans to build a 1.6 trillion ven (5521.5 billion) factory in Taiwan to overtake Samsung Electronics as the
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        218 1139 Hong Kong THE regional economy in East Asia will post slower growth next year because of a slowdown in America and Europe, the Asian Development Hank (ADB) said yesterday. It added that the region could be upset by global market turbulence triggered by recession
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        474 1140  -  Bryan Lee By t\ unomists polled by MAS, however, hft this year's forecast to 7.8% SINGAPORE'S economic growth is expected to slow to 5.2 per cent next year after clocking in a blistering 7.8 per cent this year, say pri-vate-sector economists.
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        61 1140 A separate survey by the Singapore Manufacturers' Federation has found that sentiment among industrial firms here has already turned south in the current quarter. About 15 per cent of manufacturers polled are forecasting a fall in orders, up from 11 per cent three months ago. As a result,
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        404 1140  -  Arthur Poon By INDONESIAN pulp and paper firm Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings (April) predicts that Asian demand for pulp and board will surge 50 per cent by 2015 driven by consumers in China and India. "Asia is in the middle
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        450 1140  -  Gabriel Chen By GLOBAL insurance giant Lloyd's of London aims to more than double its business in Asia to US$25O million (Ss3B7 million) in just two years, using Singapore as a springboard. To achieve this lofty goal, it is banking
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          98 85 MAPLETREE Logistics Trust has made its first acquisition n Japan for 1 806 billion yen iS24 million) as it continues its regional expansion. It is buying the property Gyoda Distribution Centre in the greater Tokyo area from Itochu The latter's logistics di\ision. which is
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          69 85 ADVANCE SCT yesterday announced $17.9 million worth OJ acquisitions that would strengthen its copper supply chain management. It said it is buying a copper smelter and a scrap metal collection and aggregation centre in Malaysia for $16.7 million. In Indonesia, it will buv a scrap metal
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          124 85 SHANGHAI: OCBC Bank and Morgan Stanley are vying tor a stake in Chongqing City Commercial Bank, a mid-sized lender in western China, as sale talks draw to a close. Three people familiar with the talks said that the Wall Street firm and Singapore's
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        830 85  -  Goh Eng Yeow By Markets Correspondent Regional EIFsonSGX ETFs and what they invest in: STI ETF: Component stocks in the Straits Times Index ABF Singapore Bond Fund Index: Singapore government securities and quasi-sovereign securities ishares MSCI India ETF: Indian blue chips FTSE/ASEAN 40:
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        230 85 DIRECTORS' TRADES CSC DIRECTOR LIFTS DEEMED STAKE IN FIRM A NON-EXECUTIVE director of CSC Holdings, Mr Ng San Tiong, has upped his stake in the foundation specialist by buying 50 million shares. Investment vehicle TH Investments bought the shares at a price of 15 cents apiece via an off -market
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        241 85  -  Lee Su Shyan By PACIFIC Internet (PacNet) has pledged to meet a regulator's deadline to fill the board seats left vacant when all three of its independent directors lost their positions at a meeting last month. The original deadline of Nov
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        796 85 TAKING STOCK NO MATTER which bidder wins the Sentosa integrated resort (IR) tender today, punters hope to cash in. They aim to ride on the anticipated irild price swings of key contenders in the run-up to the announcement, which i- expected after the
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      8 89 Life! IHI STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 2006
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      34 89 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS j Underwood carries off M five trophies Jj pageslB&l9 J TUBE TALK Dummy's guide to high-definition TV pagelO ZACHTRAX Drum r011... for the best of 2006 page2o LIM Will HANG
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      749 89 WEAR YELLOW UNDERWEAR NO problem That's the advice Bryan Wong will follow to improve his chances of winning a Star Award. MAK MUN SAN reveals the lighter moments in the run-up to the annual popularity contest for local TV actors M The event that can make or break an .artiste's
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      223 5 THESE arc the nominees for this years awards: Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes: Christopher Lee. Terence Cao. Dasmond Koh. Julian Hee. Kelvin Tan. Gurmit Singh. Edmund Chen. Huang Wenyong. Adrian Pang. Guo Liang. Mark Lee, Elvin Ng. Vincent Ng. Chen Shu Cheng. Dennis Chew. Oi Yuwu. Bryan Wong.
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        652 11  - With flying colours Kannan Chandran Hiromi Uehara translates her emotions into colours when she plays. The Japanese pianist will return to the Esplanade on Dec 17 'He's a life partner with lots of moods. Even humidity makes him change his sound. He's a very difficult guy to deal with' Hiromi
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          422 14 ALL I WANT Cat Peng Ching-hui <Forward/EQ) THIS whimsical sophomore release by Taiwan's answer to Lisa Ono is l ust right for the festive season. The difference from her Japanese counterpart is that Cat Peng Ching-hui is younger. cuter and does much more than bona nova covers. Besides
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        225 15 TAIPEI A little rock 'n' roll, a little rap and a whiff of the Orient. That is the theme song that Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou took one month to dream up for Chinese director Zhang Yimou's upcoming period epic, Curse Of The Golden Flower. Chou, who
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        394 130 PK VOLVO FOR SALE mmmM END '03 VOLVO SSO 2.5T. Gold colour, 1 owner, Cheapest in the market. Well maintained, Must view to believe!!! 9489 5653 WORTH BUY! LATE '04 Volvo XC9O 2.5T. Low mileage. Brand new cond. Agt warranty. *****363/ *****029 DONE 27.000KM1 MID 2003 Volvo XC9O T6 2.9
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        471 130 ©VEHICLES WANTED •_Jfc_r WANTED LUXURY CARS, we are ai ways buying pay top prices tor your luxury cars. Can today'" Performance Premium Selection Ltd. John Hp: 9025 9757 ___(_»_\_r, 9673-1163 HIGHEST OFFER Buy/ Sen/ Scrap of all models Can pay extra $1000 above Cash payment, immed transfer PICKUP- HILUX L2OO
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        2958 CIII y Mf Vehicles tf I SPECIAL FOCUS I CAR CARE ACCESSORIES I •i^ *FJU T rmoiT 3M"Thinsulate Insul^^^^RH ©I!c_W«ts An ideal Sound Heat Management Sol for a Cool and Quiet ride W^ l(M|a >cr^^.^. v<^^ SipanorHunda^aorpeonFxquaaiwoma _M*| FJ|^ >*V^__ Si^xvau viyaaon fcy aaaac^ai noFaaeWnpamaj mmWakmm^r^^k rs a Ewalanl Fwel raJacecai
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        221 CIV Ck DO 1-08 J CITY B SOUTH-WEST f PTE APTS RENT 9IVEP .ACE TOP AGENT ''ansacted over 300 units) > m ce jnits for sale also avail ?B«n house 10am-7pm daily Cail 9385-7933 Alan lAS Realtors) MERAPQIME BBANO NEW!) ihoppmq centre/ wet market to Orchard/ CBD g welcome NSarag m
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        850 CIV WK DOI-08 L^J CITY a SOUTH-WEST Am ite apts -rent l_r__f_af_____ BM_fc_b__f kekmmtmmm CARIBBEAN PENTHOUSE MAIS. root Bdr rnitti ;acu^/i. Tun Se i view Pltvm. immet 9007 "22 CARIBBEAN 3-RM HIGH ftl F/fum one mane- S'soo Harbourlatlhl 3*l F/furn. Pool -.-.v Nett .ime .ies 900^-0211 Expats MM HARBOUR VIEW TOWER.
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        945 CIV WK DO9 -100RCHARD/ WK 009 -100RCHAR0/ Wk 009-10 ORCHARO/ EJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND EB TANGUN/ HOLLAND EUQ TANGLM/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT f^ PTE APTS -RENT PTE APTS -RENT §J_) THE CATHAY RESIDENCES Brand new residence in Orchard Rd 2 mins walk to Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station and proximity to major
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        736 CIV hse. 4+l_ttic. 4000 soft. Balinese style. P/furn. Near Orchard. Avail Jan -07. $15K. 9062 7772 STUDIO APT P Mt Emily. Brand new. Pool view. Gym. Oesigner decor. Near shpg/ MRT. Avail immed. S2.BK. Call 9746-2862 i SCOTTS 28 3+l High flr unblocked. Greenery view. F/ facilities. Move in. Near Orhcard/
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        911 CIV ■k DO9 -10 ORCHARD/ QQ TANGUN/HOUAND W PTE APTS -RENT RIVERSIDE 48, 8-12 mths. F/furn. 1000 sqft. Huge 1-bdrm/ master. River view. Amenities. *****848 D.IO SOMMERVILLE TOWNHSE 2' storey 3*l. P/furn. Full condo facilities $SK. IS 9851-2159 D.IO ALLSWORTH PK. 2000 sqft 3*l. Upgraded. Full facilities. Near shpg. $4.5K. IS
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        773 CIV ■k 011 821 NEWTON/ E_J BT TIMAH/ CtIMENTI f^ PTE APTS -RENT 4-BDRM PENTHSE WITH balcony Mandale Hgts. 2142 sqft. Near Novena MRT/ Novena Sq/ amenities. Ouiet. Avail Jan *****976 ARCADIA GDN. RESORT Style living Spacious. Greenery 3800 sqft. 4+l. High flr Bright breezy. Immed. 9488-3228 DTZ SYMPHONY HEIGHTS 2-BDRMS.
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        704 CIV Properties Am^L\ m A Bak 012-14 BALESTIER/ jLI MACPHERSON/6EYLAN6 W PTE APTS -RENT CONVENIENT LUXURIOUS LIVING al AFFORDABLE RENT Brand new 3 bedroom apartments penthouses with breathtaking view Swimming pool. Jacuzzi, sauna, gym. children's playground etc. Near CBD. Aljunied MRT. entertainmenl. sports recreational facilities Attractive rental Far meat: MELODIES LTD
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        745 CIV jSKoiS-16 EAST COAST y^ PTE APTS -RENT CAMELOT EXPATS CHOICE! 4*l rms. Best sea/ bay view balco ny. Immed move in. P/furn F/fa cilities. Fr $9 5K up. 9735 8464 COTE D'A2UR. SEA/ greenery vew Mid fu 4 -ms 1680 sgft F/facilities. Convenient $5. 5k Avail Immec 9762 1449 VILLA
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        788 CIV WK 015-16 EAST COAST ||y PTE APTS RENT CHANGI CT 2* '.'aid's ro tin BAYSHORE/ CASUARINA COVE 1300/1507 sqft r /r,v ilitK flr. Sea view $3 5k 9008 SI.BK UP! MAIG/ Ml Eton 2/3 rms. Facilities long term No agt *****2" DIS PEBBLE BAV HlQrl 1 I immeo S 1
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        1706 CV Written by Goh MeiYi Property for sale Crafting an effective advertisement A good advertisement should catch your attention and generate interest. Here are some ways to create an ad that sells. STAND OUT FROM THE REST Incorporate a unique factor such as the use of colour, an unusual picture, creative
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        1627 CV j* FOR RENT WK HOUSES FOR RENT ■r lar Grove at Chancery Lane Novena MRT International Schools 1 .862 to 2.939 sqft) call Corporate Organization WK HUDC/ HDB Iff? APTS FOR RENT 2 PENDING UNFURN worker can 3+l 604 Woodlands Furn $1.3K. 3+l 428 Woodlands Unfurn $IK. 2rm Whampoa *****160
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        788 CV m Properties g^L\ SERVICE ißh SERVICE Hh^-110, |f|k DOl-08 WAk DOl-08 APARTMENTS WW APARTMENTS EIQ CITY a SOUTH-WEST ED CITY ft SOUTH-WEST LQI CITY a SOUTH-WEST TO APTS -SALE PTE APTS -SALE %\W PTE APTS -SALE Far East Plaza In Ihe Heart of Orchard Road <* Next to Grand Hyatt,
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        552 CV mmmmmammmmmmmm SAT 9/12 2PM-SPM BY appt. only! D.16 Upp East Coast Road Apt. (3mths) 8 units. 1313/ 1270/ 2605 sgft. Unfurn. Rent as it is. Cheap Easy access. Immed. 9631-0257. THE LINC O Newton area. MRT. Beautiful showrm. 3*l. F/furn. 5 mths stay 9 $4.5K/ mthly. Immed. Serene *****472 OTZ
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        545 CV New Exclusive development In Downtown Close rxoxirTvity to fvlorina Bay Sands Intergrated Resort Well-designed units wrth quality finishes FuM unofostructed city view Studios 2 bedrooms apartments from 495 sq.ft. -818 sq.ft. Best Investment oprxHtunlty Agents welcomed HOT! HOT! HOT! LAUNCHING SOON 168 units apartment Dual usage office/ home or both
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        583 CV bsy 1 HERITAGE VIEW. 2-RMS/ Penthse s*lrms. 969/ 2625 sqft Fantas tic view. Best units. $580K/ 51.65M. High returns 9105 8662 OUEENS/ TANGUN VIEW. 2*l/ 3*l/ 4*l/ Penthse Best view units Windy. S66OK $2M Fantastic re turns up to 6.5%. 9022 0008 MT FAOER LODGE. Good invest ment 1 2500
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        860 CV SGood Mfji__|Fj AfJIB. A W I nwesimen! METROPOLITAN 2/3 BDRMS unit' Prime location N07.4F08 R24 »36. Near MRT all amenities Must buy l Miriam 9636 2236 MT FADER LUXURIOUS Al' cilities Near Sentovi M F'hold Mais/ Penthse 2500/ 3700sqft 4 bdrm Aqt 9199 [DON^TIISS THE SAIL 592/ 657/ 88 1/
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        689 CVI Wk 009 -10 ORCHARD/ Llkl TANGUN/ HOLLAND Jf HOUSES -SALE New Listinq Call No* Bt Tunqqal Road Land 20.000 sqtt Price $12. 2m $600 psf nett Lady Hill Rare Bunqalow 8000 sqft 16.000 sqft Price $13.8m neq Tropical Bunqlw a Victoria Rd 4600/ 4900 sqtt. Price: 55.2M •Kioiy Road Bunqalow
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        652 CVI WK DO9-10 ORCHARD/ C3 TANGUN/HOUAND 9 HOUSES-SALE D.IO JLN. AMPANG 3 storey lovely Man z 3300 sg.lt. ensuite 4*l. S2 «<M *****888/ *****064 D.IO JLN LIM See 3: storey S4FO4F. 2422/ 2960 sqft. 99 yrs. 5-'*' Agt welcome. *****593 BELMONT *****/ ***** sqtt 2 Storey DungiA Tenanted. F'hold. .tentiai for
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        984 CVI >_ _Z F— M "lj.,^mmm T. < i m\ Wf\ DO9 -100RCHARO/ Wfft\ DO9 .OOROURD/ ■•y TAiNGUN/ HOUAND MM TANGUN/ HOUAND AW PTE APTS- SALE f^ PTE APTS -SALE D.lO off Holland Road I New Freehold Condominium Lowrise, tranquil development Full recreational facilities Exclusive 2 to 5-bdrm types Penthouses Approx.
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        899 CVI a_-I_-_MFta___via_i__B_ iJfK 009-10ORCHAR0/ lii TANGLIN/ HOLLAND f^ PTE APIS-SALE hmm Off Ufa 3300 sqft. 4/ s+l. Beverty Hill 3800 sqft. 4+l. Richmond Pk 2/3+1 1300/ 1733sqf t Leonle Twr 3250 sqft 4+l. $3.XXM The Oxley 830 sqft 2 r m..„. S9XXK Wllshlre 5600 sqft 3/ 4+l_. $3.1M Honolulu Twr 5800
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        829 CVI "I^OOMOORCHAIUV mkm TANGUN/ HOLLAND Jf PTEAPTS-SALE 7 Draycott 2121 sqft $3_M i 1 Jervois 2013 sqft 52.3M 33R0MFF2/3+l $1.99M/ $2.53M Leonle Gdn 51.78M/52.5M i Evelyn Residence 1141 sqf t„..Sl.6M j Tiara 1281 sqft New decor. 51.43M 9 Holland HHI 1518/ 1593/ 3100 sqft penthse 51.28M/ $1.68M Granqeford 1154 sqft $1.2M
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        441 CVI BK iX*.OORCHARiy ■Hi TANGUN/ HOLLAND W HE APIS-SALE M.VD 3+l/ PENTHOUSE fr $4.3M. St. Regis 3/ 4 rms/ Villa fr $4M. Vision Crest 1-4 bdrm fr $I.IM. Scotts HiahPark 4+l rms fr $6M. Zairnhill f_rest 4/ penthse S3.BM ISERIOUSSEIJJB^ M ORCHARD Regency PK 2250/ »649 sqft. 3/4+l rms. $2.7-5.xM. r
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        533 CVI Properties r I.\ DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGUN/ HOUAND f PTEAPTS-SALE _P Cheque GLENTREES 4-RM 1711 sqft Un block greenery view. Near Henr^ Pk/ Holland Village. Mins to Or chard. Ask $1.75M. *****773 ARDMORE PK 4+l 2885 sq.ft F'hold. High flr. All rms with attached, near Orchard. Nice view Vacant possession. Price
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        821 CVI m JfK 009 -10 ORCHARD/ ■■li TANGUN/HOUAND Jf PTEAPTS-SALE i HSho? House SAT4-*PM.NCWListinq. VongAr I Park. 3110 sqft. High flr 4+i Rive- vie»v. Good location Cobroiie welcome. Eunice 9008-4007 i 1 1 til Wmm I _^_^_^l Hf*_l LAUNCHING SOON!! IF you mss The Ford, don't miss this agam Freehold. Lush
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        689 CVI Wf\ DO9 -10 ORCHARD/ kkAk TANGUN/ HOLLAND GLENTREES 4+l 3700 RMI Ra r e Beaverton Cl 4+l 3229 sqft raft H ***** 850 1 HOLT RO. F'hold. 156' sqft 3*" lacm Propert.es 9b9 t 4126 NEW! PRESTIGIOUS CONDO Scot!< Rd.F/fa r eiqners ehqibie 4 00^ $ev *****96^ THE IMPERIAL 4+l+l.
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        467 CVII DDII ft 21 NEWTON/ JJK Oil ft 2l NEWTON/ BTHMAH/ CLEMENTI LSI BTTIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE FREEHOLD YOUR CHOICE PROPERTY IN DIST 9 Boutique-style development with 1 37 exclusive units 1 2 bedroom with tlexibility tor 3or 4 bedroom 517sf- *****t Walking distance to Orchard Rd/MRT Within Ikm to ACS (junior)
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        552 CVII BRAND NCW! APT 9 Suffolk Road. F'hold 1/ 21 3 bdrm Penthse. Gym/ pool. Avg $9xx psf. Prices moving up *****340/ *****506 DEVELOPER SALC D.ll. 1/2/3 rm/ Penthses. F'hoid Al finishes. Facilities. Low maintenance. Open view MRT/ sch. *****968 Jess ULTIMATE FINE LIVING! Gilstead Brooks 4+l 3003 sqft. Ultra modern
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        747 CVII ■Ik Dll 821 NEWTON/ LM BT TIMAH/ CLEMEiNTI JAW PTEAPTS-SALE WATTEN HILL TOWNHSE. 3+l+ roof terr. F'hold. 2626 sqft. Well-ren-ovated. $1.6M. Jess 9 9005-8313 PARC PALAIS 9 Upp. Bt. Timah. 4+l. Like new. F/facilities. F'hold. $755,000. HARVEST *****888 HILLCREST ARCADIA 1800 sqft 3+3. Renovated. Panoramic view. View Fri 5.30-6.30pm *****845
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        736 CVII BK Dl2 .4BALESTU3V f PTEAPTS-SALE CHEAP! ONLY $6nK! Belmondo View F'hold 3*l. I2Blsqft, 3 yrs. i high flr. renovated. *****214 ECG I TRELLIS TWR. 3*l Vacant, quiet. i bright. MRT. Full Facilities. Value buy. Call 9101 5807 DTZ i PHOLD MOONSTONE RESIDENCES 3*l. Hiqh flr. City view- Mins MRT /St
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        2832 CVII r mUmmv 7 .a_" -1- i' *r ._r*' v i |p[k 015-16 _ASTC0AST fJSdIW6fWCOf_T IffiCoiS-lIEASTODMST 'Mk Dl 5. 6 EAST COAST |B/ HOUSES-SALE |Br PTEAPTS-SALE |P PTE /_TS- SALE \jjf PTEAPTS-SALE j FIREWORK VIEWI PENTHOUSE I ■■■^^^m rpNHNNB-i j r Pala/zetto 2045 sqft. 3bdrms/ 1 1 Zv mjWfWWMfMIM r__l__r_ AmWAmk.
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        1416 CVII Properties g^L\ BDI7 -18CHAN61/ JAk Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ PASIR RIS QD THOMSON HOUSES-SALE mm TXjWMISS D.lB PASIR RIS Beach Park 2/Stc rey Terr 3200 sqft Resort living Ideal for lamily Owner says sell" Only $$M' Akira 9797 4949 OT UPP CHANGI MODERN 2' .storey semi d. 2520 sqft. 4+l. F'hold
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        535 CVIII WK D l9-20 SERANGOON/ yi] THOMSON Jf PTEAPTS-SALE ECG RESIDENTIAL DEPT. iD.I9/201 HOTLINE: *****920 Must «iew' Rio Vista .-a ties..'.. S46OK Studio' Eden View -S 5 tqft Se* HF4RT :;---js44BFt New' Penthse with roof terr Eden Vie* |+1 Hign ce rag Saba i 5;- $B_K Motivated Seller! Kovan Melody 1
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        611 CVIII Wk D22-24 Bfl WEST HOUSES Jf SALE MUST SELL! ALMOND C-es 3 Sto ■i. rrtei Ten Wen kettt '600/ 270C 1411 OffffH 9712-0822 JAk D25-28 Ufl NORTH HOUSES 131 Freehold SUNRISE CL 2«_,TOREY Corner te-r Appro. 3200/ 3000 sqft s*> SDaoous family area. 5 toiets. Niceiy renovated. Beautiful Kd pond
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        903 CVIII "P__D2 2 -2 4 VVEST HI? PTEAPTS-SALE EXCLUSIVE ACCRT s THE MADEIRA: 4 bdrms with 2 i attached. 2 roof terrs. Breezy 2 units. Vacant/ tenanted. 4426. 2658 sgft SBBOK t LAKEHOLMZ: Penthouse. 4 bdrms y with 2 attached. Split level. f Enclosed terr. 2142 sqft SBSOK HAZEL PARK CONDO:
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        956 CVIII 11hD25-28 fNORTH llf PTE AFfS- SALE VOMHOAKS PENTHO'JSe ZZlt iqft. Renovated 3+l. Pool parinomic views/ MRT. 9366-5244 U PHONY GON 4-BRDM, 1442 sgft. iVindy bright. Cheap! Near sch amenities. Call 9850-6114 fISHUN EMERALD 2-BDRM, 990sq t. High flr. Pool view. Well reno/ated. $450K neg. 9850-6114 SRANDE VISTA 1600 sgft. 3
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        790 CVIII P|!h HDBAPTSFORSALE Wf (BISHAN) 4'S' 126 WO (Ir. Lift level. All races. 4'A' 204/ 270 High flr. s'A' 207 4416. Exec Mais Pt Blk 179 4123. 219 4402 9837-1969 S'A' 207 HI6H flr Value S4OOK 5T 288. 4-rms Valued S46OK. 4'A' 265 ttOI For Indian/ Malay. 4'S' 177 Value S26OK
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        833 CVIII JfK HDB APTS FORSAIT lfl? (BUKIT PANJANG) S TO AGTf Below Value! 5T Blk 449 Fajar. 120 sqm. Nice decor. Huge rms. unblocked. F/aircon. LRT/ mkt. 9387-1014 Mavin HHHi_l_t____l__--__| i 1 BELOW VAIUATO 3'A" 126 PENDING Rd. Good location 9 the best price. Cheapest in Bt Panjang. No Ah Long
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        852 CVIII WK HDB APTS FOR SALE Wf (CHOA CHU KANO) ST BLK 296 CCK. High/ lift flr. Unblocked. Bright breezy. Near mkt/ sch. 7 yrs only! $20K below value. Call 9857-9922 Jean S T CORNER 484C. High flr. Unblock. SIOOK renovation. Valued. MRT/ amenities. Contra. Good investment. Must view! *****163 ST
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        1011 CVIII Properties JAK HDBAPTSFORSALE E££j (HOUGAN6/S*6OON/ PVIO CHU KANG) 4'A' BLK 567 Hougang. High flr. Renovated, big spacious. Unblocked, windy. Hougang Green/ amenities HDB valued. *****459 4-RM 970. 506, 325. 5-rm 339, 3/0, 955. 1978. Exec Apt/ Mais 231, 374, 508. 967, 972 etc All Hougang. Move-in. 8188-4028 4'S' 636 HOUGANG.
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        913 CVIII WK HDBAPTSFORSALE (pf (KAUANG/ WHAMPOA) BLK 44 3RMS upgrading tee paid Row 4 Bus stop/ amenities' SC* Mms to MRT mkt Don't miss' Call *****903 DTZ 3T ST GEORGE'S Lane Bik 7. High flr. Very windy 3 mms to MR T 100% move-m. Serious seller Nc agts. Must view 1
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        753 CVIII WK HDB APTS FOR SALE Jff (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) A* KAREN *****998 *A Welcome Setters Buyers URGENT! Blk 261 4A ***** Cornea JnMoc* Ne -3A 246 Cornei 266 New Decor'' 4A 275 Hag* 1 C oaraer Move in 4A 463 High flr PR Eliqt 4A 866 H.qh flr Next to corner
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        655 CIX WK HDBAPTSFORSALE HD (TOA PAYOH/ Jf POTONG PASIR) tOR 8. 4T mm m sqm MB R 6844-5244 3T utility. Leaded fees 4. High f v- ""3 DTZ 44 blk 143 r. Payor Un --novated Value S'2k -068-6008 GP2I WK HDBAPTSFORSALE Hf (WOODLANDS) PROPERTY WORKSHOP MICHAEL LO44G 9450 3907 44 6810/68K
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        855 CIX WK HDBAPTSFORSALE 1111 (WOODLANDS) 5-RM WOODLANDS DR 50 blk 8998. 4410. Al cond. Unblocked. Wmdv Opp 888 P\aza. walk to 2 MRTs neg. Eric 9788-5154 ERA "^___T_TT^^T_ _n. IH H v m* m 764A 54 A height u love to view Loveihj :e«ture decor, corner 'bo JA A tan tower
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        865 CIX l aaai a _-i RfV HDBAPTSFORSALE Htr 9 (YISHUN) 855 YISHUN 51*. High flr, Corner. Unblocked. Renovated. MRT/ Fair Price/ food ct. Blk 1158 5-rm High/ lift flr. 5 yrs. 9297-5223 BLK 11SB 5-RM. S.E. facing. Valued 5325K. 5 yrs. View to offer! Can co broke Joe *****376 EXEC MAIS
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        777 CIX BV HDBAPTSFORSALE I J(SENGKAi\G/ F PUNGGOL) JOHNCHONO Ir^&jr wmramm VfIVHV _r____^__«r_F 9147 3188^^ 4'A' BU Ul Sengkang. High flr. Corner unit, lift level. Amenities. Blk 183 High flr. Lift level. Simple. Sell below valuation! View now! I __h Am W Wm mfmmw W Ilv I l I_ESTLOC?nON| 4'A' BLK 299A.
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        647 CIX ■i i i*m WK PRIVATE APTS Wjf WANTED(RENT/BUY) UtM Choice taat-ftfa lEADY TENANTS URGENTLY ooking for Condo/ Hse in all arias. High budget! Professional enants buyers. 9222-4777 VANT TO BUY/ Sell/ Rent propery within I wk 1 mth? Call the lousing professional. Satisfacion g'teed. 9272-4962 Crisini lEADY TENANTS/ STUDENTS/ 'rofessionals
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        679 CIX *Uh FACTORY SPACE H|P FOR RENT Factory/ Warehouse/ Office Rent/ Sale 1000 to 100,000 sqft Paya Lebar/ UM/ NaU Bt/ Bt Batok/ J urong/ Tuas/ AMK/ Pemlmpin/ Tagore/ autUmml Bt MeratV Tieaalaii/ New Corporate image avail i High ceiling/ ramp up Food Factory for tale Fanny 9744-1866/ 9619-2201 UE Print
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        579 CIX IRV FACTORY SPACE tgK FACTORY SPACE Elf? FORSALE E-T FORSALE H___^_l_H_^_^_^_^_^_l_^_^B Linkpoint Place Terrace Factory for Light General Industries 6,800 sq ft onwards, large ground floor production area Good ceiling height with columnfree layout No land rent, ready for immediate occupation For information on sales lease please call *****553 *****422.
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        746 CIX *^%K Properties INEAi^MRtI i D'CENTENNIAL BLDG. 3 yrs old P/furn. 2131 sqft. Renovated. At- < tached toilet. Mins to Aljunied MRT. Also sale. Joey *****377 ORCHARD TWR 500 sqft. Front blk. Outside CBD. Commom area Irm. Move-in cond. $2500. MRT Other spaces avail *****110 THE PLAZA. 473 sqft Outside CBD.
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        731 CIX Rh OFFICE SPACE fff FOR RENT S'GOON RO SHOPHOUSE 2nd fir ot fice space '700 sqft individual aircon. pantry, tonet 8201 6522 F/FURN OFFICES mti Pla;a/ Suntec reception svcs FleariDM lease *****1950 6838 0008 JB OFFICE SPACE Ceme Rent cheap 1000 soft Own en trance, guard, aircon 9199 9352 OFFICE/
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        891 CIX flli SHOP SPACE Hf FOR RENT SHOP UNIT Beach Rdi Io66sqtt. primdon. ground fir. beauti'u Sort! iH trad neq Aa' 91 I PRIME URGENT' BALMORAL Pla.'a Novena V 1 Mark) I »1 Shoe Raffles Place, Orchard Ghim Moh. Bt Paniang 140 2200 sqft Fl kj 9004 0011 ANCHORPOINT SHPG CTR
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        1075 CX ffK SHOP SPACE WK SHOP SPACE PRv SHOP SPACE m* FOR RENT flf FOR RENT \lf FOR RENT IT'S ALL happening at central AAm I w \m r^^ '_mli 1h _l above Clarke QuayNrißT Station I fi central a retail opportunity awaits. JOO '<?•,> ;-»•< 200 QT vi of sc-cice
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        611 CX Wk WAREHOUSES/^ tjK WAREHOUSES/ ED STORAGE BD STORAGE fw SPACE FOR RENT wAW- SPAC£ roR RENT WAREHOUSE /OFFICE^ SPACE Oflj^ Renovated office with air-con BP^^p^/2_^_w_^ Automatic car parking Ir vH kCI Flexible rental scheme bfbwv im juibiai In-house storaqe/fbrkiifl nU»f I HUBII— NL services COMPLEX Floor area from «we. fHfASHmH
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        524 CX KAUANO, CHANGI. T.PAYOH facilities. 100 sizes. 10 to 800 sqft. Mthly or yearly. Biometric 24-Hr access. Hi-security. 6337-2000 TUAS VIEW WALK 1. ***** sqft. Suit warehouse/ factory. High ceilinq. High amp. Convenient. View to offer. Cail 9389 2994 GEYLANG BAHRU 800-1800 sqft. ground flr, forklift, import/ export services. Easy access
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        578 CX 9 Properties Travel P^*v j^pSeWe |§p ßl,6Klf!r J) ,i, Ere OTU,S£S 'g> CRUISES AUCTION 14/12/06, THUR 2.30PM AMARA HOTEL, LEVEL 3 22 Olive Rd GCB land with bunqlw 8 Thong Soon Ave 2-storey bunglw i 49 Park Villas Terr 3-storey terr ***** 820-01 The Sail 2 apts «04-06 Stevens Loft
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        1380 CXV f_________- PLANNING ACT (CHAPTER 232) f_________H PLANNING (MASTER PLAN) RULES (R1) Notice under Rule 4 Notice is hereby given that the following proposals for amendment to the Master Plan were submitted to the Minister for National Development for approval: 1 Designation of land at Syed Alwi Road. Serangoon Road, Rowell
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        631 CXV ll The World's Port of Call ll PSA Corporation Limited invites tenders for: I ENGINEERING SERVICES I Tender No: PO/TM/076/06 Jl TERM CONTRACT FOR OVERHAULING AND j| REPAIRING OF ELECTRIC MOTORS AND GENERATORS FOR TWO (2) YEARS WITH OPTION FOR ANOTHER ONE (1) YEAR Cost of Document Drawings $63.00 Closing
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        971 CXVI WMO HomeTeamNS TENDER NOTICE 1 Tenders are invited fora) Supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of 6 units of Jackpot Machines. Tender No. HomeTeamNS 06/*****6 Closing Date 22 Dscsmbsr 2006 (4.00 pm) b) Tender documents to be collected at Customer Service Centre, Level 1 HQ Singapore Civil Defence Force. 91 Übi
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        888 CXVI Expression of Interest (Under International Competitive Bidding) for KG-DWN-98/3 (KG D6) Field Development (RILVE&P/EOI/2006-14) Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is India's largest private sector company on all major financial parameters with turnover of Rs 89, 1 24 crore (US$l 9.9 billion), cash profit of Rs 13, 174 crore (US$ 2.9 billion),
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        749 CXVII CATS Recruit Guided 4__. v VSMFIF.nIOBS&HXKCUTIVEAPPOINTMKNTS Ul j CLASSIRED JOBS 1800-289-9988 j E-mail ca_@sph.com.sg 603 'OC ApplKilKXi 65-« Call Cfnt-fsT^rrriditftinq A »"uv»*<3g*n«nts 636 Customer Service 658 GtnerjJ Production^ -606 > 5 -o'essiOfia;s,T«f<jitvri 639 Agtnts/BrokefVTridefs 660 ImemsrMp/AppremicesrMp/ -"•i t"gin*»rs 642 Hotef/RestauraM/lminge Artachment !r>focori 643 Food StafK 663 Waretious»ig/lnver«ofy ■Bl 645 Hatfrßeauty
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