The Straits Times, 16 January 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 108 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 634 1  -  Lydia Lim That's reason Govt is pushing ahead with GST hike, Workfare bonus By Senior Political Correspondent In Cebu THE Government's first concern in crafting the Budget due next month is to ensure it pushes the economy forward and prepares Singapore for the
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  • 572 1  -  Carolyn Hong More rains forecast, making prolonged flooding a possibility By Malaysia Correspondent In Parit Raja (Johor) MALAYSIA has warned that the worst of the massive flooding in Johor may not be over, although around 110,000 people are already
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1109 1  -  VINCE CHONG By Hong Kong Correspondent In Guangzhou A HAND reached for the zipper at the top of my backpack recently. I turned to grab the man by his grubby, green T-shirt, but he sprinted away, dashing past the other people
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    • 388 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Jailed for Net mischief Asia 6-15 Student Song Yick Biau World 16-18 was jailed for 27 months Review.. ...19-21 for hijacking the online PY| 22 identities of several women and blackmailing SECTION TWO one of them. Home H1-H5 PAGE H3 Forum H6 Sports H7-H10 $5m
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  • PRIME
    • 830 3  -  Nicholas Fang It may be a precursor to a full-fledged Formula 1 Grand Prix next year By SINGAPOREANS are accustomed to seeing armoured personnel carriers and tanks inching along the streets around the Padang as part of the National Day
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    • 650 3  -  Chong Chee Kin »NKF CIVIL SUIT By WHEN the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) was shopping around for a computer system upgrade, it settled for the worst alternative on offer and continued paying for it even when it proved to
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    • 628 4  -  T. Rajan Changes address complaints of long travel times on buses By LIFE in the fast lane, into the city, that is. Commuters can expect that when full-day bus lanes now found only in Orchard Road are extended to five more
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    • 464 4 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Baghdad FRESH fury has been unleashed in Iraq by the execution of two of Saddam Hussein's aides yesterday, during which one of them had his head ripped from his body. The Iraqi government said Saddam's half-brother and
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 29 4 SME SPOTLIGHT X A wr\ m fMM W Hiap Seng Engineering is penetrating the oil gas industries and forging alliances with long-term customers. MD FrankieTan looks to the future
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  • ASIA
    • 841 6  -  Carolyn Hong They try to keep their spirits up amid lost possessions and threats of disease By Malaysia Correspondent In Parit Raja (Johor) A RAINBOW across the sky over the submerged village of Kampung Paya would have struck the villagers as ironic if they
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    • 247 6 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU MALAYSIA planned to deploy more policemen and national service trainees to assist in relief and rescue operations. Officials said an additional 1,500 policemen and at least 100 national service trainees will be sent
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    • 161 6 BERNAMA JOHOR BARU WOMEN, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil went through some tense moments on Sunday when flood waters trapped her motorcade of seven cars heading to a flood relief centre in Kluang. The cars, including the four-wheel-drive vehicle bearing Datuk Seri
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    • MALAYSIA FLOODS
      • 486 8 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK, THE NEW STRAITS TIMES Vigorous rain overwhelms flood infrastructure Petaling Jaya FREAK weather and flat terrain combined to produce a double whammy that led to Johor's worst flooding, which saw over 110,000 people having to flee
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK, THE NEW STRAITS TIMES; TIEN CHUNG PING AND JEFFREY LIM  -  486 words
      • 508 8  -  UDITH TAN WHAT IS LEPTOSPIROSIS LEPTOSPIROSIS is caused by the bacteria Leptospira, which affects both humans and animals. Outbreaks are usually caused by exposure to water contaminated with the urine of infected animals, such as cattle, pigs, horses, J dogs and rodents. J HOW DISEASE IS
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      • 632 10  -  Leslie Lopez IN JOHOR Floods may prove to be most costly in history of the country By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur AS FAMILIES and relief agencies struggle to cope with the deepening flood crisis in Malaysia's southern Johor state, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's government is
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      • 231 10 IN SINGAPORE HEAVY floods in Johor have spelt delays for companies in Singapore which deal in transporting goods across the Causeway. Major road closures in the Malaysian state have held up their delivery vehicles, sometimes for days at a stretch. "Trucks can't get through, and
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      • 260 10 WITH wind, rain and floods lashing Johor, the prices of some food items in Singapore such as vegetables and chicken have risen. An estimated 45 per cent of vegetables, 40 per cent of fish and 35 per cent of chickens imported here
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      • 177 10 THE rain and floods in Johor have not stopped Malaysian workers from crossing the Causeway to work in Singapore, although some of them have been forced to make detours to avoid flooded areas. Mr Lim Ah Ngaw, 56, a construction firm owner, said
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    • EAST ASIA SUMMIT
      • 660 11  -  Goh Sui Noi Move could lead to trade grouping that covers half the world's people By Senior Correspondent In Cebu LEADERS of 16 countries across Asia yesterday gave the nod to a feasibility study that could pave the way for a trading
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      • 576 11  -  Alastair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Cebu GRAPPLING with volatile oil prices, leaders at the East Asia Summit yesterday agreed to boost energy efficiency and develop new fuel sources to help keep the engines revving in the world's fastest-growing regional economy. The 16
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      • 632 12  -  Goh Sui Noi Some countries want it to be developed into a community, while others see it in a peripheral role By Senior Correspondent In Cebu THE East Asia Summit made significant headway yesterday with a declaration on energy security signed
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      • 76 12 REUTERS Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah J i Badawi and Singapore Prime Minister Lee zj™~.~ T 1~~ ~~~^^J Hsien LOOng Were in a buoyant mOOd as ih% left yesterday's signing ceremony of the Cebu Declaration on Energy Security at the Second East Asia Summit on the sidelines
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      • 572 12  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo THE revival of the tripartite meeting among the leaders of Japan, China and South Korea underlines their common desire and need to tackle the growing security threat posed by North Korea. The
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      • 454 12  -  Aaron Low By In Cebu WHEN Mr Anthony Anoba heard last month that the 12th Asean Summit would be postponed, he and his university friends got together to pray every day. "We prayed that there would be no terrorists, no disasters
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      • 435 12 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Cebu ASEAN economies will grow about 6 per cent this year, the fastest pace since 2004, Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Haruhiko Kuroda said. The estimate is higher than the lender's 5.5 per cent forecast last month. But East
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    • CHINA/EAST ASIA
      • 531 13  -  VINCE CHONG Report proposes 200 measures to grow key sectors through linkages with China economy By' Hong Kong Correspondent HONG Kong yesterday unveiled over 200 proposals that it hopes will help it grow further through the burgeoning mainland economy. Four government advisory groups representing
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      • 212 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo JAPAN'S space agency said yesterday it had recommended cancelling a much-delayed unmanned mission to the Moon in the latest setback to the nation's ambitions to explore the final frontier. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) planned to call off its
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      • 65 13 AFP An explosion triggered a partial collapse of this apartment building in Datong in China's central Shanxi province. The blast, which killed three people and injured six others, occurred yesterday morning. Four of the injured were found right after the blast while two more
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      • 277 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo A JAPANESE panel began talks yesterday on a draft plan to create a powerful US-style security council. The meeting came just a week after Tokyo launched its first full-fledged Defence Ministry since World War Under the proposal, the new
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 423 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New temporary Constitution will also strip the king of his executive powers Kathmandu NEPAL has approved a new temporary Constitution to bring former rebel Maoists into an interim Parliament and strip the king of his executive powers, bringing an end to a
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
        • 94 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: Federal detectives yesterday removed nine plastic bags filled with human bones found in a new search near a bungalow dubbed the "House of Horrors", and admitted there may now be more than 20 murder victims. "It now looks as though
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        • 121 14 BLOOMBERG BANGKOK: Thailand, the world's fourth-largest poultry exporter, said bird flu has killed ducks in the northern province of Phitsanulok, the country's first outbreak in more than five months. About 2,100 poultry were culled to control the spread of the HSNI strain of avian influenza,
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        • 92 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI: Six Taiwanese airlines and six from China will run 96 round-trip charter flights between the island and the mainland during Chinese New Year, Taiwan's government said yesterday. It will be the fourth time the two sides have allowed charter flights during
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
      • 498 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS He also slams new govt's policies and denies involvement in Bangkok blasts Singapore THAILAND'S ousted prime minister said he would not try to return to power and criticised the new government's economic policies in an interview published yesterday. Mr Thaksin Shinawatra,
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      • 360 15  -  Peh Shing Huei By MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew visits Vietnam today for the first time in almost a decade. Accompanied by Mrs Lee, he is making the official trip at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. During his five-day visit
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      • 185 15 REUTERS PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIA gave its backing yesterday to a US$2.3 billion (553.5 billion) plan to build a bullet train railway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, saying a study had shown that the proposal was feasible. Malaysian property and utility firm YTL Corp
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  • WORLD
    • 625 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE She will hold joint talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to revive peace process Cairo US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice will bring together Israeli and Palestinian leaders for a three-way summit dedicated to exploring ideas for an eventual Palestinian state,
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    • 330 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS Baghdad THERE are no guarantees of overall success or quick results in the new US-Iraqi security drive in Baghdad, General George Casey, the US commander in Iraq, said yesterday. He told reporters he did not expect significant results until the summer and
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    • 469 16 REUTERS »IRAQI EXECUTION OF SADDAM'S MEN Baghdad IN GENEVA, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti was Saddam's dapper "banker in the West", but in Iraq he was his brother's ruthless enforcer a man who ate grapes as he watched torture and was reputed to have a meat grinder for
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    • 186 16 Baghdad AWAD Hamad al-Bandar, who was the chief judge under Saddam Hussein's regime, was known for conducting show trials that often led to summary executions. As the head of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court, he sentenced 148 Shi'ite men and youths to death after an
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    • 627 17  -  Li Xueying Although it lags behind Dubai, Abu Dhabi is the larger and richer emirate By In Abu Dhabi AFTER Dubai and Qatar, Abu Dhabi looks to be the next hot spot for Singapore companies shopping for business in the Middle East. On
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    • 212 17  -  LI XUEYING Abu Dhabi A SINGAPORE embassy will be set up later this year in this city, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is to signal Singapore's commitment to building a long-term friendship with Abu Dhabi, Senior Minister
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    • 608 18 LOS ANGELES TIMES Popular minister to face charismatic woman rival for French presidency Paris INTERIOR Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's entry into the French presidential race has set in motion a closely fought race featuring two leading charismatic candidates claiming to be political outsiders. Mr Sarkozy
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    • 307 18 London BRITISH scientists have developed genetically modified chickens capable of laying eggs containing proteins needed to make cancer-fighting drugs. The breakthrough was the work of the Edinburgh-based Roslin Institute, the same research centre that created the cloned sheep Dolly, the BBC reported
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 266 18 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS O. J. SIMPSON has rubbished suggestions that a chapter in his unpublished book was in effect a confession that he killed his ex-wife and her friend. "It is a fictional creation," he insisted on Sunday after Newsweek magazine reported that
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      • 161 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A VIETNAMESE pig farmer says he has found a novel way to boost productivity, by exposing his 3,000 hogs to the melodies of Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert while they have their snouts in the trough. Mr Nguyen Chi Cong, 44, said he started
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  • REVIEW
    • 441 19 SQUABBLING principals of the World Trade Organisation holding up agreement on the Doha Round should ponder the accommodating spirit behind trade decisions taken at the Asean-East Asia conferences in Cebu. In the Doha talks, the powerful blocs' pandering to domestic lobbies is leading to a moral
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    • 1956 19  -  Tan Khee Giap SINGAPORE BUDGET 2007 By For The Straits Times EVEN as economies compete to host MNCs by offering attractive terms in the form of tax advantages, land subsidies, infrastructure support and other benefits, governments are finding that they have increasingly less
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    • 1136 20  -  Noel Brehony By For The Straits Times IN 2006, Middle East states enjoyed high rates of GDP growth and investment fed by strong oil prices. At the same time, political crises either developed or worsened in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine as a
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    • 591 20  -  Pavin Limanont By For The Straits Times January 15, 2007 Dr Howard Brush Dean 111 Chairman, Democratic National Committee Washington, United States of America Dear Dr Dean: I am writing to you regarding Congress' intent to push for a withdrawal of US troops from
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    • 1056 21  -  Julia Suryakusuma By For The Straits Times RELATIONSHIPS between older women and younger men suddenly seem to be all the rage. In Hollywood, there's Madonna and Guy Ritchie, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, Geena Davis and Reza Jarrahy
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 1039 22 Singapore today j^^ Showers with thunder in M M 0 M 0 V W^^r^^^^r^ evening over many areas. THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 2007 11///1/ ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL N™81** 5 THINGS YOU CAN I LS^.!'"! 5. 999 DO TODAY SEOUL 0 Clear Police Hotline 1800-255-0000 ™m C S°Mref
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  • HOME
    • 609 23  -  Salma Khali k Cheaper prices not at the expense of patient care or length of stay, says study By Health Correspondent THE cost of many hospital treatments has fallen for subsidised patients since bills from various hospitals were made public. On average,
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    • 543 24  -  Khushwant Singh PREGNANT WIFE MURDER TRIAL Judge noted that the man was suffering from the disorder at the time of offence By HAN John Han admitted that he knew his actions were wrong when he plunged a 50cm-long sword into his wife's chest,
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    • 521 24  -  Selina Lum ►>OLDNKFvNEWNKF By DETAILS of how misleading facts and figures ended up in publications put out by the old National Kidney Foundation (NKF) emerged yesterday, the fifth day of hearings in the lawsuit the NKF brought against former directors for breaching
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    • 250 24 THE Suntec City branch of popular restaurant Kenny Rogers Roasters has been fined and given demerit points by the National Environment Agency (NEA) after cockroaches were found on its premises last Friday. The incident first came to light in Stomp, The Straits Times' online media
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    • 307 24  -  Tracy Sua By CHEW Lai King drove a Chinese national to Malaysia and back so that she could renew her social visit pass. He falsely stated in her immigration form that she was staying at his home. His fee for the
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    • 121 24 CAROLINE CHIA Mr Zainudin Nordin (right), mayor of the Central Singapore District, literally kicks off the Racial Harmony football tournament in Kallang. Two hundred players faced off on Sunday Chinese versus Sikh, Vietnamese versus Indian in a fight to be crowned king of the pitch. But
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    • CASE FILE
      • 72 24 A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious head injuries and abrasions on his limbs in a collision with a taxi yesterday morning. The rider, a Malaysian in his late 40s, was travelling on the left lane when the accident happened at about 3am along the Seletar Expressway
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      • 70 24 A FLAT in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 was burgled over the weekend while a couple was away visiting their Malaysian relatives. Upon their return to their flat in Block 332 on Sunday, they found the gate's padlock missing. More than $5,000 in Malaysian
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      • 56 24 A WOMAN hanging out her laundry saw a man near the window of his Telok Blan- gah Crescent flat half-naked and masturbating. Chung Chee Keong, 53, was seen on Sunday at about 11.45 am by his neighbour. He was found guilty of appearing naked in a
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      • 81 24 AUSTRALIAN Michael Karras, 38, here on a social visit pass, was accused yesterday of trafficking a controlled drug. He was allegedly trafficking a controlled drug on Jan 9 by having it in his possession in a flat at Block 771, Pasir Ris Street 71. Four slabs
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      • 82 24 NIGERIAN Nwosu Nicholas, 37, was arrested at Changi Airport on Dec 30 by an auxiliary police officer for attempting to enter the country with a fake passport. Nwosu, who claims to be a businessman, was accused yesterday of showing an immigration officer a Botswana
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    • 367 24  -  Elena Chong By THE former president of the Singapore branch of a Hong Kong-based shipping company was yesterday tried on 15 charges of corruption involving a total of $434,800. Ng Sing Yuen, also known as Benny Ng, 59, was the president of Parakou
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    • 181 24 TWO men who worked for an illegal moneylender were yesterday each jailed for six months and given four strokes of the cane for harassing two debtors and their families last month. Part-time painters Jerry Low Tai Feng, 20, and Eric Koh
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    • 580 25  -  Tham Yuen-C Undergrad, who threatened to distribute doctored photos of a woman, gets 27 months'jail By UNDERGRADUATE Song Yick Biau stole the passwords to several women's Internet messenger accounts and told one of them that he would distribute doctored photographs of her unless she
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    • 325 25  -  David Boey By Defence Correspondent FACED with terrorists who respect no borders while carrying out their grisly business, 63 security experts from around the world gathered here yesterday to discuss ways of fighting back. The five-day meeting of the Asia-Pacific Programme for
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    • 543 26  -  Krist 800 $5m facelift to add Wi-Fi, business centre and possibly Jacuzzis in rooms By MENTION the East Coast chalets, and students and families on a budget will have fond memories of barbecues in the sun, and crammed but cheap holiday digs. But
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    • 359 26  -  Tan Hui Yee By BY NEXT year, visitors can pop up to Kranji for a farmstay, to relax at a spa, stroll through rows of corn and learn how coffee is produced. The company that recently obtained a s.lha plot
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    • 400 26  -  By Lynn Lee THE semiconductor industry needs more workers, but such manufacturing jobs suffer from an image problem among young Singaporeans. Said labour chief Lim Swee Say: "Investors say younger Singaporeans prefer to dress up nicely, work in the service
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    • 335 26  -  Ho Ai Li By A GROUP of volunteers has launched a magazine and website to popularise reading among primary schoolchildren. Reading Plus is the effort of a doctor, general practitioner Elias Tarn, 38, and a group of about 10 professionals. It has stories
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    • 476 27  -  Sue-Ann Chia Survey findings show that companies are likely to pay more to attract, retain talent By THE job market for executives is getting rosier, with almost six out of 10 companies looking to hire them, says a survey. Also, more than half of
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    • 471 27  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By Temasek Poly's veterinary technology diploma started in 2003 as just a subject option under its Diploma in Biotechnology. But the expected increase in the use of animals in biomedical research as Singapore pushes to become a leading
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    • 514 27  -  Daryl Loo By behind climate change and the resulting rise in sea levels caused by melting polar ice caps and regarded as the biggest environmental problem threatening the world today. The public was consulted on the proposals in the strategy. Some of the
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    • 20 23 Virtual blackmailer jailed Accounting undergraduate gets 27 months for hijacking nine women's Internet messenger accounts and blackmailing one. PAGE H3
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    • 55 26 Digital darlings ANIMATORS, game developers and special effects artists are the new darlings of the IT sector. Digital Life speaks to new media talents to find out what they do and how they got there. Also in this issue, check out the gadgets that were launched at the Consumer Electronics
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  • FORUM
    • 478 28  -  Dr Lee Wei Ling IN THE Review article, "To receive, S'poreans must learn to give" (ST, Jan 11), Ms Salma Khalik argued that the Human Organ Transplant Act, which states that specified organs taken from deceased persons can be given only to Singaporeans or
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    • 241 28  -  Jane Prior (Ms) I REFER to the article by Ms Salma Khalik on the willingness and even the potential for Singaporeans to donate organs for non-Singaporeans and overseas patients. The Bone Marrow Donor Programme (BMDP) endorses the philosophy that organ donation should
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    • 414 28  -  Dr Lai Hung Jen I REFER to the letters by Ms Karen Tan of the Ministry of Health and Dr Tan Soon Kiam (ST, Jan 9 and 11, respectively) regarding our cervi-cal-cancer vaccine, Gardasil. The vaccine is for girls and women aged nine to 26
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    • 229 28  -  Vivian Heng (Mrs) I REFER to Mr Chong Keng Yew's letter, "Is shampoo preservative harmful to nerve cells?" (ST, Jan 3). Mr Chong had asked about the safety of methylisothiazolinone, which is a common preservative used at very low concentrations in cosmetic products
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    • 202 28  -  Khoo Lih-Han WITH the recent offer of direct entry into an American university based on the GCE O Levels results, available through the Singapore Institute of Management, is a GCE A Levels certificate of any practical use? A junior-college (JC) education
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    • 100 28  -  Muhd Rostam Umar I REFER to Mr Goh Kia Nee's letter, "Steps near Merlion may cause accident" (ST, Jan 8). The Singapore Tourism Board, together with Precious Treasures Pte Ltd which helps to manage the Merlion Park, is evaluating various options to enhance
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    • 160 28  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng I APPLAUD the special Select Committee for selecting the nine new Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) who come from various strata of society and are representative of every level of the community. Given our fast-ageing population, it
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    • 253 28  -  Shirley Pang Guan Guan (Ms) I AM writing about my concern over the tented shelters individual stallholders put up during last year's Chinese New Year Chinatown Celebrations. Few will forget the poor attendance due to heavy rains. Instead of each stallholder putting
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    • 126 28 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asia1. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Designate 20% of seats on the MRT for the young, the elderly and the pregnant Hold the floodlights, let the film credits roll Why has silver proof coin for the Boar Year gone up
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  • SPORTS
    • 829 29  -  Marc Lim SINGAPORE 11 LAOS 0 Alam Shah scores seven goals as hosts knock 11 past young Laotians By Sports Correspondent HE WAS supposed to be the leastfit member of the Singapore team, needing painkillers just to last a match. But, instead of suffering pain,
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    • 179 29 Today's fixtures Myanmar v Philippines (Bpm. Delayed telecast, Ch23, 10.30pm) Thailand v Malaysia (Live, Ch24, Bpm) Singapore 11 (Ridhuan 10, Alam Shah 11, 24, 60, 72, 76, 88, 90, Shahril 47, Amri 71, Dickson 78) Laos 0 Singapore: Lionel Lewis, Precious Emuejeraye, Daniel Bennett, Hafiz Osman, Baihakki
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    • 235 29  -  ALVIN FOO FOR over 20 years, the Lions' biggest win was an 8-1 demolition of Indonesia. That was set at the 1986 Merlion Cup. Not any more. That record was eclipsed yesterday when they walloped Laos 11-0. Said a delighted Football Association of Singapore
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    • 289 29  -  Alvin Foo By IT WAS stoppage time, and Indonesia were trailing Vietnam 0-1 in their Asean Championship Group B match yesterday. Enter Saktiawan Sinaga. The striker headed in a 92nd-minute equaliser to salvage a precious point for his side at the National Stadium. It
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    • 565 30 SOCCER Owner Abramovich gives in to manager, but rules out expensive signings London PEACE reigns at Stamford Bridge for now. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, embroiled in a row with owner Roman Abramovich, has won a partial victory. The Blues' board has finally
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    • 411 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London CHELSEA goalkeeper Petr Cech wears a special helmet during training now, but insists that he has no fears about returning to Premiership duty. He had needed emergency surgery after colliding with Reading's Stephen Hunt on Oct 14. The clash left him
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    • 970 30  -  Abdul Hafiz WILD WEEKEND By GET set for a weekend of scintillating football, when the top four Premiership teams face one another. For fourth-placed Arsenal, rest is good for the soul. Just ask Thierry Henry, who was forced by his boss to take
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    • 213 30 CHELSEA skipper John Terry is poised to become the highest-paid player in Premiership history. The England captain is set to sign a contract that will pay him an astonishing £150,000 (*****,000) a week, reported The Daily Mail. After more than six
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    • 602 30 London A STUNNED Martin Jol said he could not fault his players, as he came to terms with Tottenham's 2-3 home defeat by injury-hit Newcastle. The Premiership match and result had an exasperating, familiar ring to frustrated Spurs fans. The hosts dominated
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    • 657 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS ►>TENNIS Favourites struggle against lesser rivals before advancing at Australian Open Melbourne EVEN the best of them suffer first-round jitters. Fortunately, Roger Federer and Andy Roddick managed to overcome their nerves to advance in the Australian Open yesterday. Federer, the
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    • 268 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS ►>GOLF Honolulu PAUL Goydos had gone 11 years and 256 tournaments since his last victory. It was so long ago that some players were using wooden clubs, Greg Norman was No 1 in the world, and Tiger Woods was still an amateur.
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 51 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO: Dirk Nowitzki had 38 points and Josh Howard made a go-ahead lay-up with 0.9 second left to help the Dallas Mavericks past the Toronto Raptors 97-96 on Sunday. The Raptors led by as many as 16 points in the National Basketball Association
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      • 54 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS CALA DOR (Spain): Cyclists like Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso could be expelled from this year's Tour de France without evidence. The investigation into 56 riders who allegedly took performance-enhancing drugs is not likely to be wrapped up by the July 7 start
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    • 571 32 »SOCCER They don't believe he could negotiate mega LA deal in just two weeks Madrid DO NOT bother asking Real Madrid for a reference. David Beckham has been blasted as two-faced and sec-ond-rate by his employers. The former England skipper is ditching the
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    • 373 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS Madrid SPANISH Primera Liga leaders Sevilla lost at home for the first time in nearly a year, falling 1-2 to relegation-threatened Real Mallorca on Sunday. They missed the chance to pull five points ahead of sec-ond-placed Barcelona, who lost 1-3 against Espanyol on
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    • 1034 32 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL Divisional Play-offs AFC: New England 24 San Diego 21. NFC: Chicago 27 Seattle 24. BASKETBALL NBA: Dallas 97 Toronto 96, Denver 109 Portland 93. CRICKET Fifth day of Ist Test in Centurion, at lunch: Pakistan 313 and 302 (I.Farhat 68; Pollock 3-60, Kail is 2-44, Harris
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 27 29 Truce and compromise Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho can finally sign new players, but the club's board will allow him to buy only the cheap ones. PAGE H8
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    • 53 31 TV times CRICKET: Commonwealth Bank Series, 3rd ODI: New Zealand v England (Live, Ch9s, 7am). SOCCER: Asean C'ship, Group A: Thailand v Malaysia (Live, Ch24, Bpm), Myanmarv Philippines (Delayed, Ch23, 10.30pm). FA Cup: Manchester City v Sheffield Wednesday (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3.30 am). TENNIS: Australian Open: First round (Live, Ch24,
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      150 32 GOH POH KIAM Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 15 Jan 2007, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Koh Thiam Huat, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Koh Him Beng Ng Soh Cheng Koh Him Guan Tan Boh Eng Koh Him Siong (Ho Bee Geok, deceased) Koh Him Leong Ong Geek Keng Daughters: Son-in-law:
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      116 32 JOYCE JENNY LAW MEE KIEW LAU MEE KIM Age: 63 was called home to be with the Lord on 14 Jan 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Ng Chee Kong Daughters: Sons-in-law: Michelle Ng Nick Lee Sharon Ng Kenny Wong Lynette Ng Kevin Leong Grandsons: Granddaughters: Kienan Lee Dezerea Lee
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      55 32 Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the late SAROJA D/O MANIUM (RANI) Departed on 2/1/2007 Karumathi Prayers tonight at BLK 702 WEST COAST RD #08-357 Athma Shanti Pooja on 17/1/07 (Wed) at B.oopm at Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Temple, 226 Kallang Road All Relatives, Friends Colleagues, please treat this as a
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      41 32 The Family of The Late ONG LYE BOCK Departed 11 January 2007 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      36 32 *T 7th Anniversary In Loving Memory of MARY GIAM GUEKNEO Departed on 16.01.***** Forever loved and remembered by I Husband, Children, I Sons-in-law, Daughters-in-law, Grandchildren, Grandchildren-in-law, I Great Grandchildren, I Relatives and L Loved ones. J
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      23 32 3rd Anniversary With Fond Memories of GEORGE TAN GEOK SLANG Departed 16 Jan 2004 Forever remembered by Wife, Children and all loved ones.
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      44 32 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of WEE BENG NEO Departed 16/1/03 God knows how much we miss her, Never shall her memory fade; Our Loving thoughts ever wander, to the spot where she is laid. Dearly remembered by David, Dora, Granddaughters all loved ones.
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      142 32 Children: Ronnie Foo Seh Chin Jenny Foo Kui Eng Foo Peck Jia Kenneth Foo Seh Mm Grandchildren Lisa Foo June Lai Pei Cheng Bobby Lai Kai Teck Darren Tan Shian Long Hubert Foo Ceqiang MARY CHENG x KWEE YONG Age: 85 Called home to be with the Lord on 15
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      262 33 1918 2007 passed away peacefully at Lake Tahoe, USA on January 9th, 2007 and dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Ang Soo Seng (deceased), Sister: Teo Teck Heok (deceased) BROTHERS SISTERS GRANDCHILDREN GRANDCHILDREN-IN-LAW See Fong Soon (deceased) See Koon Khuan Ang. Millon Liew. Angel See Fong Mun
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      38 33 FOJ///* r£)&&/2&s/ <^>t/rr2/>cz//jrf cxr2c/ Mr Danny Ow Head Industrial Division on the demise of his beloved mother LEE CHOON Departed on 13 Jan 2007 LFrom: The Management Staff of AMERICAN DYNAMICS 1? Your One-Stop Welding Solution Provider jjOj
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      187 33 ft^ "Surely goodness and mercy v follow me all the days 'of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." I 1 Psalm 23:6 TEO HOCK CHOON Age: 83 years Called home to be with the Lord on 15 January 2007. Dearly missed and fondly
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      177 33 P— J riF*»To you, O LORD, I lift my soul" Psalm 25:1 DOO SUI MEN PETER Age: 89 Called home to be with the Lord on 14 January 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ana Ong Children: Spouses: Doo Chun Taw John Wee Wan Tin Yvonne
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      118 33 V* 1 8? "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not^mk be in want...and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 CHUA KENG CHUAN DEAN Age: 32 Was called home to be with the Lord on 15 January 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      59 33 The Family of the Late CHANG YEN CHU Departed on 12 January 2007 We gratefully acknowledge everyone for all your love, support, encouragement, prayers, gifts, etc. especially to the SGH medical team, Methodist Hospice Fellowship medical team, pastors, relatives, colleagues, friends and well-wishers. We say a blessed thank you. May
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      50 33 The Family of the Late DR ANANDA RAJAH S/O A. T. RAJAH Departed on 9 January 2007 Would like to thank all relatives, colleagues, friends and well wishers for their kind thoughts, assistance, attendance, condolences, support, j wreaths and donations over the last few days in our time of bereavement.
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  • MONEY
    • SGX SECURITIES
      • 5819 34 TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 15, 2007 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0RVOL 'OOO DAV HIGH LOW NET P7E M CAP SMIL 3.5 1 5716 IstSoftware 11.5 6 3148 8Telecom 34.5 22 5834 A-Sonic 101 94 6389 ABFSGBondETF 35.5 16 1500 ACEDynamics 24.5 15.5
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      • 1663 34 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0RVOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NEI P/E M CAP SMIL 21 2E 31.E 73.E 82 6 28.E 26 38 11.E 6.E 91 13 11.E 9 20.E 32 E E 32 12 7.8 43 26 2C 11.E 24 13
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      • 58 34 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0R'VOL '000 DAV NET P7E MCAP SMIL HIGH LOW ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 6095 ISDJUSTech 6097 ISMSCISpore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 3100 2382 6235 STIETF100 3115.2 2360.9 6236 STIETFIOPV US119 US3740 JS***** US***** 3083
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    • 516 35 BLOOMBERG NEWS Partial lifting of curbs on individuals and firms to help lower value of won Seoul SOUTH Korea's government has sased restrictions on overseas investments by individuals and :ompanies to help curb gains in the nation's currency. Seoul will suspend taxes on from
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    • 378 35 BLOOMBERG NEWS Bangkok THAILAND'S central bank yesterday lifted the ceiling on the amount local companies can invest abroad. It also said it may relax controls on some foreign borrowings used to finance domestic investments. The ceiling for overseas investments for companies and
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    • 415 35 FINANCIAL TIMES New York THE amount of debt carrying the highest risk of default is rising as a proportion of the junk bond market, prompting fears the next cycle of corporate failures could be more severe than the last. In the United States,
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    • 31 35 AP Yesterday's close: 17,209.92 (+152.91 points) »Japanese stocks rose for a second day, closing 0.9 per cent higher, lifted by upbeat machinery orders and Wall Street's continuing rally.
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    • 41 35 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 20,068.56 (+455.15 points) Hong Kong blue chips rose 2.3 per cent in their biggest one-day percentage gain in six months as real estate stocks jumped amid optimism of a recovery in the properly sector.
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    • 37 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,794.7 (+126.59 points) China's stocks closed sharply higher, rebounding 4.74 per cent in the biggest one-day gain in seven months on speculation that the yuan's gains will drive up asset prices.
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    • 31 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,673.8 (+35 points) Australian shares rose 0.62 per cent for a record close, with investors buoyed by another all-time high on Wall Street on Friday.
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    • 23 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,127.41 (+B.OB points) Malaysian shares closed 0.72 per cent higher on follow-through interest in select blue chips.
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      31 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,129.64 (+73.11 points) »Indian shares closed at a second straight record high, up 0.52 per cent, led by software firms on expectations of strong quarterly results.
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    • 36 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,730.48 (+52.43 points) »Indonesian stocks closed sharply higher, gaining 3.12 per cent on a technical rebound following last week's heavy selldowns and the central bank's move to boost lending activity.
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    • 31 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 650.31 (+10.6 points) Thai shares closed 1.64 per cent higher as investor concerns eased after the central bank further relaxed its foreign capital control rules.
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    • 216 35 Jan is Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.43 1.560 +0.100 Ascendasreit 1.06 2.570 +0.020 BILIntl 0.40 1.670 -0.010 CapitaLand 5.03 6.650 +0.250 CapitaMall 0.90 2.900 +0.050 Chart SemiCond 0.80 1.270 -0.020 CityDev 3.04 13.500 ComfortDelGro 1.42 1.730 +0.040 CoscoCorp 1.08 2.810 +0.190 Creative Tech 0.32
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    • 46 35 ArianeCorp 99,817,000 BBRHIdgs 99,469,000 Sapphire 84,123,000 Yongnam 76,116,000 Equation 75,637,000 CSCHIdgs 75,115,000 Jasper 64,421,000 Firstlink 62,971,000 BanJoo 62,009,000 Sunningdale 58,040,000 Jan 15 Centillion 56,807,000 Lianßeng 53,712,000 Mediaßing 53,193,000 Magnus 49,555,000 KianHo 44,155,000 Time Watch 44,137,000 MDR 44,120,000 Chip EngSeng 42,982,000 HiapHoe 39,039,000 Ahterra 38,964,000
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    • 138 35 jams UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2030 1.2170 Can dollar 1.3100 1.3240 Euro 1.9800 2.0020 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4395 0.4402 NZ dollar 1.0570 1.0810 Sterling pound 3.0010 3.0330 US dollar 1.5320 1.5500
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    • 1984 35 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 15, 2007 wwim in Hiiai ij.ih com auma TRADED SALE 'NO 50 8 3779 ASLMarineW*****1 40 unch 31 37 31 Allgreen M3LeCW7D81D 37 +5 80 6.5 3 ArianeCorpWO***** 5.5 +1 ***** 56 16.5 9161 AscendasSGAeCWO703O5 44 +1 240 11 5.5 9092 Asia EIIVWO9D824 10.5
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    • 529 36 FINANCIAL TIMES Network, to be ready next year, will double capacity between US, Asia Hong Kong ASIA Netcom intends to build a transpacific cable system that will more than double capacity between Asia and North America, whose communications were severely disrupted by last
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    • 436 36 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS Kuala Lumpur GENERAL Motors (GM) may buy a stake in Proton Holdings, the Malaysian state-owned carmaker that is seeking a partner to stem losses, a government official said. The American carmaker has "shown interest" in Proton, Malaysia Second
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    • 278 36 REUTERS London THE Transport General Workers' Union (T&G), representing around 30,000 workers at British Airways (BA), said yesterday that 96 per cent of cabin crew had voted to strike over a new pension plan and other issues. The union said the cabin
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    • MEDIA & MARKETING
      • 729 37  -  Gabriel Chen Move aimed at renewing leadership, extending paper's reach via new media By THE Straits Times (ST) newsroom has seen some senior staff changes with the new year. Foreign editor Warren Fernandez, 40, who joined the paper in 1990, has been appointed
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      • 496 37  -  Grace Ng By SELF-CONFESSED "tech ignoramus" Linda Teo, a retired teacher in her 50s, stepped into the new Samsung store at Vivo City recently to buy a replacement for her damaged mobile phone. She admits she was "very apprehensive" as she contemplated making
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    • 465 38  -  BRYAN LEE SINGTEL'S long-anticipated entry into the local pay-TV market looks ever more certain after it obtained a nationwide commercial licence for Internet TV services. The move puts the telco one step closer to launching a pay-TV service that will help it recover
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    • 468 38  -  Bryan Lee Qtel will invest up to $982 m for 250/0 stake in Singapore firm's mobile unit By Telecoms Correspondent A MIDDLE Eastern telco is investing up to US$635 million (Ss9B2 million) in an alliance with Singapore Technologies (ST) Telemedia to get
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    • 451 38  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent SINGAPORE property giant CapitaLand has gone on a massive buying spree for shopping malls in the booming consumer market of China. In three related moves, a major investment fund sponsored by CapitaLand is on track to
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    • 388 38  -  Bryan Lee By INTEREST rates in Singapore are expected to ease off this year but any decline will be limited by strong domestic demand for loans. Economists from Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) say that a robust domestic economy, not least the accelerating
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 145 38 COSCO Corp has won several orders including one to build a semi-submersible rig a first for the group. It said yesterday that its 51 per cent-owned unit, Cosco Shipyard Group, has signed a letter of intent with Norway's Marine Accurate Well for the US$2OO million (Ss3lo
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      • 96 38 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) carried a record 1.68 million passengers in December, up 9.7 per cent from the same month last year. It filled 84 per cent of its seats, up 3.8 percentage points from December 2005, mainly because of strong end-of-year travel demand. SIA achieved
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  • Digital Life
    • DIGITAL LIVING
      • SINGAPORE'S
        • 1176 78  -  Tham Yuen-C Lecturers teaching the digital media courses at Nanyang Polytechnic used to get questioned by appalled parents. "Parents would ask: 'How can you teach my kids (to play) games?'" recalled Mr Ng Kian Bee, the deputy director of games and digital entertainment at
          SHAHRIYA YAHAYA; ALAN LIM, DREAMWORKS ANIMATION  -  1,176 words
        • 467 79 Melvin Tan, 29 Character animator at computer animation studio Blue Sky Studios ALTHOUGH Mr Melvin Tan has numerous acting credits to his name, and they were all in Hollywood, most Singaporeans would not recognise him on the streets. That is because they would not have seen
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          502 79  -  Tham Yuen-C Ng Kian Bee, 37 Deputy director of Games and Digital Entertainment, Nanyang Polytechnic AS A GAMES developer at Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan, Mr Ng Kian Bee developed triple-A titles like Gran Turismo 3 and Gran Turismo 4 for the Play Station. Yet, he doesn't play
          LAU FOOK KONG  -  502 words
        • 324 81 Andy Logam Tan, 36 Director of development and head writer of animation studio Peach Blossom Media AS HEAD WRITER for Peach Blossom, Andy Logam Tan does not just do the writing he makes sales pitches, too. He has pitched the company's concepts to media giants overseas and
          SHAHRIYA YAHAYA  -  324 words
        • 431 83  -  Lim Yee Hung Jonathan Foo, 35 Managing director of content management company Mega Media MOST BOSSES FLY into a rage when they see staff playing games and drinking beer in the office. Not Jonathan Foo, managing director of Mega Media, which produces high definition content for
          NG SOR LUAN  -  431 words
        • 403 83  -  Lim Yee Hung The game: Interactive and digital media (IDM) The mission: Singapore aims to become the global IDM capital. Interested to join? The industry is wide and consists of several fields, from gaming to animation. Choose your favourite IDM character, as Digital Life
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        • 267 83  -  Lim Yee Hung Lan Ang, 37 Animation director at Big Communications MR lAN ANG is optimistic about the future of his company in particular and of the local interactive and digital media (IDM) industry in general. But enter the Big Communications office at Outram Road and you will
          SHAHRIYA YAHAYA  -  267 words
      • 761 85 Sing Tel is the first here to launch the service $15 for unlimited local Wi-Fi calls. ALFRED SIEW digs up the issues consumers should know before signing up They have been hyped up for a few years now. But when Sing Tel became the
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      • 462 87 SERENE LUO checks out the buzz at the four-day International Consumer Electronics Show Displays ruled one of the world's largest tech fests, the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week. At nearly every turn, the viewer was dwarfed by towering
        REUTERS  -  462 words
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        674 87 SERENE LUO was in Las Vegas sniffing out the hot numbers at the 2007 International CES Shoot and send ISay my name! Parrot Photo Viewer 7 What's my game? Shoot pictures on a cellphone and upload them via Bluetooth' to this digital picture frame, which stores 500 pictures
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      • 356 88 MACWORLD 2007: WHAT'S NEW THIS YEAR? Macworld had much to offer. GRACE CHNG serves up the flavours The buzz over Apple's latest gizmo, the iPhone, is still palpable a week after Macworld. Fans are dying to get their hands on it but the iPhone will not make
        BLOOMBERG NEWS; GRACE CHNG  -  356 words
      • 414 88 AS ICONOCLASTIC AS its boss, Apple's Steve Jobs, the iPhone is a smartphone, Internet device and iPod rolled into one. The reed thin device, unveiled at last week's Macworld, bears no keypad. A large screen measuring 3.5 inches (B.9cm) across takes up most of its
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      • 374 88  -  Grace Chng HOME-GROWN MULTINATIONAL firm Creative Technology exhibited for the first time a range of speakers and new devices designed to enhance MP3 music at Macworld. The newly launched Creative X-Dock Wireless system allows iPod users to listen to their music in one room or broadcast it
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      • 478 88  -  Irene Hoe. In the beginning, there was the iPod. Then a whole family of them. And they all came into the world naked. Thus was born the iPod fashion industry, with its epicentre at Macworld in San Francisco's Moscone Center. Clothing for iPods was once a
        GRACECHNG  -  478 words
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        699 89  -  DARYL LIM Small companies are fair game for hackers. finds out how they can prevent intrusions A rash of digital mischief hit many local websites over the past week, with the sites of Capita Land, Komatsu Engineering and the local campus of the University of Las Vegas being vandalised
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        575 90  -  him Yee Hung. New products and services for the consumer Laptops Ultra-mobile Be careful not to lose it: the new Fujitsu Lifeßook 7230 can be hidden under a piece of A4-size paper and has a 3cm profile. Despite its petite size, it is no pushover in the features department
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        151 90 VIRTUAL HUNKS AND hot babes light up games with their flawless skin, symmetrical features and perfect physiques. Geek Zoners discuss the hottest game characters they have "met". xXGlenwingXx: "I think all final Fantasy Gals are hot! lols i mean the animation/drawing and all is really good. If you see
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    • INTERNET
      • 464 91  -  LIM YEE HUNG Finding it hard to spread the news of the death of a loved one? A website offers to do the unenviable job of messenger for a fee, of course. By When a colleague shared with Web
        LEE CHEE CHEW, SADNEWS.SG  -  464 words
      • 453 91  -  Daryl him Instant messaging (IM), a service most people now take for granted, has exploded across the world, with more such messages sent online than on SMS. According to Microsoft, the developer of the popular Windows Live Messenger service, Singapore alone has a million users of
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        416 92 Many bloggers are starting the new year in a new school. DARYL LIM feels the fervour Fruits of labour http://blog.vjc.sg/2007/01/06/vjc-the-eight-world-wonder/#more-645 "...kudos to the team of ad-hoc ICs that organised the whole event. It was truly a spectacular effort! "Orientation not only amalgamated the work that the team had been
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    • VIEWS + REVIEWS
      • 507 93  -  CHUA HIAN HOU Locking up your home wireless network is the smart thing to do, and guides to wireless security are widely available. So why aren't you locking it from malicious moochers looking to abuse your generosity? DIGITAL EDGE BY At the risk of sounding
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      • Digital Life GAME REVIEWS
        • 711 95  -  Lin Zhaowei, Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin Twenty years have passed since the first Castlevania game appeared on the Nintendo Entertainment System. From its humble 8-bit roots, the franchise that features the endless battle between man and Dracula has even gone on to 3D platforms. But the
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        • 380 95 Kirby Squeak Squad Kirby is a bit of an enigma many people may have seen this little pink blob with a bottomless pit for a stomach, but few know who he really is. He has quite the adventure though, with his first outing on
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        325 96  -  Sherwin Loh, Agatha Christie: Murder On The Orient Express Very early into the mystery, you realise that the only crime committed is by developer Awe Games and that is releasing this title. The murder based on the riveting Agatha Christie whodunit aside, the game unfolds so
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      • 394 96  -  Lin Zhaozvei, Gunpey DS Think Meteos-style gameplay, throw in a connect-the-lines twist, and top it up with psychedelic colours and you get Gunpey DS, a puzzler that first appeared on the Japan-only Wonderswan handheld. It is a solid and charming game that puzzle game-lovers
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      • 295 97  -  Eugene Neubronner, Heroes Of Might And Magic V: Hammers Of Fate After the well-met reception of Heroes of Might and Magic V's return to the fold came the wolves baying with their criticisms, many valid. Unfortunately, despite a valiant attempt to fix the situation, Hammers of
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      • 212 97  -  Billy Teo, Open Season 1 suppose it had to happen. Given the abundance of computer-gen-erated animated movies from Hollywood, it was a matter of time before one of the mandatory tie-in games drops the baton. Open Season, the game, is a less-than-sterling example of the
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      • 199 97  -  Jason Woo, Tony Hawk's Project 8 I have never really indulged myself on a Tony Hawk game before. But writing this review made me step into possibly what is one of the most well-known but under-received sports franchises here probably because skateboarding is still a niche
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      • PRODUCT REVIEWS
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        • 292 98  -  Adli Yashir HP LaserJet 3050 .$519 (toner $130) Buy from all authorised HP dealers. It was not a pleasant experience reviewing the HP LaserJet 3050 multi-function device. There were so many bumps during the initial review that if first impressions count, the LaserJet 3050 would score
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        • 460 99 Nikon CoolPix S7c and S8 CoolPix S7C ($699); CoolPix S8 ($629) Available from all authorised Nikon outlets The Nikon CoolPix S7c and S8 compact digital cameras are look-alike twins. No bigger than a pack of Kit-Kats, they represent the latest breed of pocket-sized digital cameras to hit
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        • 401 99 Asus ENBBOOGTX .$979 Available at Sim Lim Square The Asus ENBBOOGTX video card uses nVidia's latest graphics processing unit (GPU), the GBO. The card is currently the only one that supports Microsoft's DirectX-10 technology that ships with Windows Vista. Visually, it looks similar to earlier high-end cards
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          377 99 Motorola RIZR Z3 $428 (two-year plan); $528 (without plan] Available at telecommunication operator outlets After introducing a slew of new four-letter words like Razr, Rokr, SLVR and KRZR to us, Motorola is at it again. This time round, it is the chirpy-sounding Rizr (pronounced riser) Z3, the
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      • BOOK REVIEWS
        • 273 100 What Do I Say To My Net-savvy Kids? Internet Safety Issues For Parents Angeline Khoo, Albert Liau, Esther Tan Singapore: McGraw-Hill Education (Asia), c2006 Call no: English 025.***** KHO TODAY'S "NET GENERATION" spends many hours on the Internet. Parents have become concerned about their children's addiction to the
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          252 100 Secrets Of Videoblogging Michael Verdi, Ryanne Hodson; with Diana Weynand and Shirley Craig Berkeley, Calif: Peachpit, 2006 Call no: English 006.7 VER-(COM) VIDEOBLOGGING REPRESENTS A whole new arena in creativity and communication. Unlike conventional video and television, it is a medium that allows anyone who has a few
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    • WORKING PLATFORM
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        359 101  -  Chua Hian Hou and Leslie Goh. Products and services for the enterprise Software MediaCorp Tech signs research pact MediaCorp Technologies and the Institute of Infocomm Research have signed an agreement to collaborate on scalable streaming media, media search and retrieval technology, and interactive TV using camera-phones. Scalable streaming media
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      • 344 101 Technology news from around the world Band virtually enters the Top 40 British band Koopa has cracked the UK Top 40 charts without selling a single physical disc. Just this month, the way the venerable list is put together was changed to take into account music downloads. Previously, only
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      • 318 102 Deleting doesn't mean gone, as former National Kidney Foundation chief T.T. Durai discovered last week when it was revealed in court that his deleted files had been recovered through computer forensics. Experts from Ernst Young, PIPC, and the Special Interest Group for Security and Infocomm InteGrity explain how
        MIKE M DIZON; CHUA HIAN HOU  -  318 words
      • 766 103 Practically every film nominated for the Oscar's Best Visual Effects award has had a touch of Autodesk's 3D magic, writes BILLY TEO From Bollywood to Hollywood, a string of blockbusters have all benefited from the Autodesk touch. The magic from software vendor Autodesk's Media and Entertainment
        EFX MAGIC  -  766 words
      • 230 103 WITH THE GROWING commoditisation of technology, Autodesk's post-production software like Flame and Inferno no longer run on customised platforms only like the proprietary SGI Onyx graphics workstations. Today, its technology runs on computer hardware workstations, that is familiar to home PC users. Autodesk solutions are
        AUTODESK M&E  -  230 words
    • PEOPLE
      • 901 104  -  CHUA HIAN HOU. DOUGLAS GENTILE 42, director of research of the National Institute on Media and the Family Video game violence per se does not spur bad behaviour among players. But the notion that violence is the way to guts and qlor^joes^i^^ Gentile dissects the issues withl One
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    • 218 78 Contents DIGITAL LIVING 4 Games master Mr Ng Kian Bee, deputy director of Games and Digital Entertainment, Nanyang Polytechnic, has worked on Gran Turismo 3 and Gran Turismo 4 for the Play Station. 6 Wordsmith and salesman Mr Andy Logam Tan, director of development and head writer at Peach Blossom
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        620 107  -  Yap Su-Yin Liaw Wy-Cin QUICK QUIZ I: A non-profit group is a) a group that would like to make money but cannot; b) a group that is forbidden by law from making a profit; or c) a charity that is run for people, not for profit? 2: What
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        693 108  -  ANDREW DUFFY The 5 Ws and one H of the forecast for 2007. BY WHO IS MAKING A FORECAST? At this time of year, everyone. Last year was such a great year the economy boomed, thousands of jobs were created, tourists and investment flooded in, and Singapore
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      605 109 The faces, places, events and numbers in the region. BY LIN ZHAOWEI THE BIG FACE Mr Jose Miguel Arroyo What happened to him The husband of Filipino president Gloria Arroyo was well-known for filing a number of libel suits against 45 journalists, editors and publishers in the country over
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    • BIGCHANGESHERE
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    • THEBIGTHING
      • 522 111 Leadership starts young with the group of pupils who attended the National Primary Young Leaders' Day conference, jessicalim finds out what they learnt. Just what does it take to be a leader? Well, as part of the National Primary Young Leaders' Day in November, 1,500 primary
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    • BIGBUCKS
      • 543 112 From preacher's daughter to aristocratic damsel in the movie The Illusionist, Jessica Biel's talent and versatility have made her one of the more popular actresses in Hollywood now. by yen feng Fans of long-running TV drama series 7th Heaven will find American actress Jessica Biel a
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        60 113 Scientists predict that 2007 could be the hottest year ever, because El Nino is expected to return. El Nino causes sea temperatures to change rapidly, and this affects the weather worldwide in many ways. The hottest year so fer was 1998, also an El Nino year. The average global
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        74 113 Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed on Dec 30 for his war crimes. Some Muslims and citizens of Iraq and Jordan are angry about his undignified death and that it happened on the first day of celebrations for Eid al-Adha, a Muslim festival. Saddam Hussein was a vicious
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        59 113 I he government wants to make sure that everybody has a decent place to live in. A law that makes it compulsory for the government to help homeless people will be passed next month. About 86,500 people are homeless in France, and many people have been insisting that the
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        73 113 A stretch of road in Queensland was renamed "Steve Irwin Way" to pay tribute to the man famous for being the Crocodile Hunter. The road runs in front of Australia Zoo, a popular wildlife park opened by Mr Irwin. Steve Irwin was an expert who educated people about Australian
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        69 113 Many people could not access the popular video sharing website YouTube after it was blocked in a wide area of Brazil on Jan 8. A judge banned a steamy video of model Daniela Cicarelli and her boyfriend after the couple successfully sued YouTube. Despite this, the video kept reappearing
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        95 113 Oprah Winfrey opened a new girls' school on Jan 2 for girls from families that are affected by Aids (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). She says that education would make them less likely to contract the disease, especially in Africa, where rates of infection are high. Aids is a
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        58 113 A diet pm has been invented Tor dogs by the drug company Pfizer. Slentrol is supposed to decrease the dog's appetite and prevent it from absorbing too much fat from the food that it eats. This is to prevent dogs in America from becoming too fat. Only veterinarians can
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      112 114 YOU'RE INVITED! The talent page featuring special reviews, original art and contributions from Y-O-U. Send your contributions to stdot@sph.com.sg POEM SNOWF LAKES BY JARIAH ABDUL NASSAR, 9, PRIMARY 4, FENGSHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL Shapes and sizes are different Not so hot Otter really don't like this White as snow Fantastic
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    • BIGOUTSIDE
      • 617 115 History shows that even tiny changes in the climate can affect the way we live, by ellen whyte Temperatures have risen 0.5 deg C in the last 100 years, and some scientists believe we will see a rise of as much as 7 deg
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    • BIGINSIDE
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        511 116 How your fingerprints will get you further, by alison de souza FINGERPRINT FACTS Very few mammals have fingerprints apart from humans, only primates such as gorillas and monkeys do, in addition to koalas. Why is this so? These animals are quite skilled when it comes to using
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    • THEBIGSTORY
      • 651 117 HISTORY IN THE HEADLINES* JUNE 23, 1633, ROME (ITALY) The trial of Galileo Galilei ended yesterday with the scientist taking back his shocking claim that the Earth spins around the Sun, rather than the other way round. The 77-year-old scientist began supporting this view during
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    • DOTYOURI's
      • 399 118 Starting a new year in school can be very exciting. There are new books to read, friends to make, activities to participate in. yen feng has some idioms to help you on your way. PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD When someone asks you to do this, he
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      • 184 118 WIN! Exclusive Disney calendars and earphones! Catch Cheetah Girls 2! Get ready for some excitement and drama in Cheetah Girls 2 at the end of this month! The Cheetah Girls, about four best friends in a singing group out to seek fame and fortune, are
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    • BIGNEWSWORKS
      • 365 119  -  MR JAMES LONG Try it the Dot way! Every week, our panel of teachers from the Red Circle brews up Dot-flavoured lessons from its vast collection of classroom recipes. This week, we get pupils to apply critical thinking and oral presentation skills to television programmes. BY
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    • CREATURESBIGANDSMALL
      • 515 120 The Singapore Zoo and Night Safari have a collection of 10 Asian elephants in total, and Chawang is the only bull elephant. Looking magnificent, he weighs over 3.5 tonnes and stands at about three metres tall. Rare tusker Chawang is an impressive tusker, with tusks that
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