The Straits Times, 13 August 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 78 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 MONDAY, AUGUST 13 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article
    Lock icon China says it will not dump US dollar assets
    734 1  -  Sim Chi Yin Bhagyashree Garekar Central bank official says they are important component of nation's forex reserves By China Correspondent In Beijing US Correspondent In Washington CHINA moved to reassure jittery financial markets yesterday by making clear it has no plan
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    Lock icon More revellers drawn to S'pore for weekends away
    668 1  -  Lim Wei Chean CLARKE QUAY was definitely in a party mood over the National Day weekend, with at least 35,000 revellers keeping the tills ringing. While some 25,000 locals and foreigners usually throng the popular watering hole at weekends, the higher number
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon World War II through the eyes of a teenager
      993 1  -  Chua Mvi Hoong MR RUDY MOSBERGEN is in front of 217, Queen Street. Today, the address houses a squat building set back from the road. A pavilion stands shady and inviting amid the grounds. The place is now the staff club
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      317 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Suicide rates go up Asia 6-11 Despite the good economy, suicide World 12-15 rates have been creeping up. Review 16-18 PAGE HI FYI 20 SECTION TWO Cutting carbon emissions u ome Hl-H9 Singaporeans'annual carbon p "hid emissions stand way above the rorum .........niu average recommended
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  • PRIME
    • Markets fear more volatility ahead
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        Lock icon Uncertainty as traders watch developments
        935 3  -  Goh Eng Yeow By Markets Correspondent FHE dramatic intervention by the world's central banks tielped to calm jittery bourses 3n Friday, but as Asian markets reopen for trading today, investors will be watching to ice if the relief is only temporary. Many traders believe that
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        Lock icon Quality of home loans in China worse than in US, says expert
        289 3 REUTERS Hong Kong THE quality of Chinese home loans is worse than in the US, where a sub-prime mortgage crisis is causing turmoil in global financial markets, according to a prominent academic quoted in a Hong Kong newspaper
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      Lock icon Abdullah to minorities: Govt will be fair to all
      551 4  -  Carolyn Hong Malaysian PM tells religious minorities that laws might be changed if need be JUST weeks before Malaysia marks 50 years of independence, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has come out to assure its minority communities that his government will take
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      Lock icon Computer glitch at LA airport; SIA flights affected
      424 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles THOUSANDS of passengers were left stewing in their planes or at airport terminals for up to six hours after a computer breakdown at Los Angeles International Airport prevented them from going through Customs. Nearly 6,000 international travellers including
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Getting aid to flood victims still a struggle
      801 6  -  P. JAYARAM ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM BLOOMBERG, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE But officials in India are scaling back relief work, saying situation has improved RELIEF workers continued to struggle to help the millions hit by the recent wave 3f floods in India, even as
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      Lock icon Wild weather continues to wreak havoc in China
      376 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Guangzhou A PENINSULA at the tip of Guangdong province is reeling from the worst flooding in 200 years after tropical storms Wutip and Pabuk unleashed continuous rain in southern China. About 1.2 million people in the cities of Zhanjiang, Maoming
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Four in 10 top students 'go abroad and don't return'
        448 7  -  XINHUA Survey findings underscore severity of China's brain drain problem Beijing FOUR in 10 top scorers at college entrance exams in China went abroad to study and most of them did not return, according to a new survey. The findings
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        Lock icon TV producer of 'fake bun' expose jailed
        206 7 Beijing A PART-TIME television producer who faked a story about buns filled with cardboard was yesterday sentenced to one year in jail and fined 1,000 yuan (Ss2oo), state media reported. The court said the actions of Zi Beijia, 28, have "severely damaged the
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon N. Korea delays preparations for leaders' summit
        572 8 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Pyongyang cancels working-level meeting, saying it will set new date Seoul PREPARATIONS for the second inter-Korean summit suffered a setback yesterday when Pyongyang said it would not attend the first working meeting scheduled for today. Last week, the two countries
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        Lock icon Japan seeks emission credits through Asian investments
        301 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo JAPAN plans to invest in emission-curb-ing projects in developing Asian nations in exchange for credits that add to its own anti-global warming effort, a press report said yesterday. The Ministry of the Environment aims to obtain 3.5 million tonnes of
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Musharraf, Karzai to jointly fight terrorism
        456 9 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The 2 leaders agree to stop extremists from setting up camp on their soil Kabul THE leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan have pledged to fight terrorism together and prevent extremists from operating in their countries. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and his
        BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  456 words
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        Lock icon Taleban promises again to free two hostages
        175 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TALEBAN militia holding 21 South Korean aid workers hostage say they will release two women captives today, the governor of Afghanistan's Ghazni province announced late yesterday. Mr Mirajuddin Pattan, governor of the province where the Christian aid workers were seized three
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Call to revive caliphate in Indonesia
        641 10  -  Salim Osman RALLY BY HARDLINE MUSLIM GROUP 90,000 demonstrators want nation to embrace syariah law; blame secularism for social ills MORE than 90,000 followers of the hardline Muslim group Hizbut Tahrir yesterday called for the revival of the "khilafah" or caliphate to unite all
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Govt bailout looms for Port Klang project
        907 11  -  Leslie Lopez DEBT WOES Huge overruns prompt financial rescue plan yet to be made public A FINANCIAL crisis at Malaysia's main port authority could turn out to be the biggest scandal yet for the nearly four-year administration of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. The
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        Lock icon New plan to develop East Coast states
        247 11 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kepala Batas KELANTAN and Terengganu will soon be developed under a comprehensive plan, similar to the recently launched Northern Corridor Economic Region, to improve the livelihood of the people and eradicate poverty in the two states. Prime Minister Abdullah
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  247 words
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        Lock icon Umno Youth calls for stricter regulation of bloggers
        252 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur THE influential youth wing of Malaysia's ruling Umno political party is pushing for regulatory control" over Internet bloggers following two widely publicised cases. Umno Youth chief Hishamuddin Tun Hussein said: "Freedom has its limits and we will not
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      24 6 Call for caliphate More than 90,000 followers of a hardline Muslim group stage rally in Jakarta, urging Indonesia to embrace syariah law. PAGE 10
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Bush meets Sarkozy over burgers to warm ties
      788 12 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES TIMES Bonhomie between the two marks thaw in frosty US-French relations Kennebunkport (Maine) US PRESIDENT George W. Bush, using all the trappings of his family's oceanfront estate, worked on a cosier relationship with France and
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      Lock icon Ethics rules to change life for US lawmakers and lobbyists
      416 13 REUTERS Changes herald new era of disclosure but ban on free meals draws ridicule Washington TOUGHER ethics rules for US lawmakers mean they can still speak at events hosted by spe-cial-interest groups they just have to watch what they eat.
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon BOMB-WARNING WEBSITE 'UNRELIABLE'
        145 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: Unsubstantiated reports of a dirty bomb attack in New York City that sent police into heightened alert at the weekend came from a Jerusa-lem-based website that claims a million readers but is derided by intelligence experts as unreliable. Mr Giora Shamis and his wife
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        Lock icon BIG BEN TO BE SILENT FOR 6 WEEKS
        123 13 REUTERS LONDON: The "bongs" of Big Ben will stop for up to six weeks as the clock's chimes are shut down for maintenance work. At Bam on Saturday, the bells of the landmark Westminster clock tower were silenced for the final phase
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        Lock icon PLANE SKIDS OFF BUSAN RUNWAY
        137 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: A passenger plane skidded off the runway at an airport in South Korea's southern port of Busan yesterday, injuring at least four people, officials said. The Bombardier Q4OO, operated by budget domestic carrier Jeju Airlines, was coming in to land at Kimhae
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        Lock icon MURDER-RAPE: FOUR FACE CHARGES
        169 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Three brothers and their uncle are expected to be charged on Friday with the murder of university student Tang Lai Meng, 20. Police said the uncle, who was the prime suspect, was caught in an apartment unit in Bukit Jalil
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      Lock icon Tallest man wants to be normal
      349 14 REUTERS HE MAY have been named the world's tallest man by the Guinness World Records, but the accolade means very little to Mr Leonid Stadnyk. The 2.57m-tall Ukrainian, who was named the record-holder last week, said: "I don't need glory. I just want a
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      Lock icon Fortune reaped from mushrooms
      149 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK FROM college dropout to millionaire that sums up the success story of a boy from Kampung Grisek, near Muar, in Malaysia. Mr Chew Swee King, 40, is the country's biggest mushroom producer and exporter. His C&C Mushroom Cultivation Farm Company grows oyster,
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      Lock icon Q: What do seamen have to do with cows?
      364 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A: Nothing, it's a spelling error. And such howlers are making a British lecturer see red London A BRITISH university lecturer plans to publicly shame his students for their lack of spelling ability. Mr Bernard Lamb, a reader in
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    • SINGAPORE AND THE WORLD THIS WEEK
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        35 15 HARARE: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will speak at his country's Heroes Day. Analysts will watch what he says closely for signs of how his regime will respond to the country's economic and political crisis.
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        78 15 »BANGKOK: Thailand's Supreme Court begins hearing the first graft case against former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojaman. The couple deny the charges. »ISLAMABAD: Pakistan marks its 60th Independence Day SINGAPORETelecommunications giant Sing Tel and international property and hotel conglomerate City Developments announce their first-half results. »BISHKEK/ASTANA/
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        86 15 NEW DELHI: India celebrates its 60th Independence Day. TOKYO: Japan marks the end of World War II today. However, unlike in previous years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that he will not visit the controversial Yasukuni war shrine, which is dedicated to the country's 2.5 million war dead,
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        55 15 »NUUK: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the world's largest island, Greenland, for two days. Her mission: to assess how badly it is suffering from global warming. ,-d a rri aun »GRACELAND (TENNESSEE): He may have left the building 30 years ago, but fans °f Elvis Presley will still m
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        25 15 SINGAPO RE- President S R m i t f/ eSI X KffifchX£&£" President s Scholarships, »iavadta-t^ JAKAKI A: Indonesia marks its 60th Independence Day.
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        30 15 f v SAO PAOLO: Brazilian demonstrators will march on Congonhas airport for the second time in a week as part of boycott of commercml h|hts m Brazd after ™S
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        20 15 ftefiwTyEighth iSeSatioml Congress in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on boosting global responses to the region's worsening Aids crisis.
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      Lock icon Thai referendum on draft Constitution
      213 15  -  NIRMAL GHOSH WORLD WHAT IT IS THAIS will vote in a referendum next Sunday on a proposed charter drawn up by the post-coup military government. The referendum is the first of its kind in Thailand. If the draft is approved, it will be Thailand's 18th
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      Lock icon Abe to boost economic ties on three-nation trip
      182 15  -  KWAN WENG KIN WHAT IT IS JAPANESE Premier Shinzo Abe is due to embark on a seven-day visit to Indonesia, India and Malaysia from Aug 19. He is doing so mainly to strengthen bilateral economic ties as well as to seek the
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      Lock icon S. Korean party to select presidential candidate
      139 15  -  LEE TEE JONG WHAT IT IS SOUTH Korea's main opposition party, the Grand National Party (GNP), will hold polls on Sunday to select its candidate for the Dec 19 presidential election. There are four main candidates, including two heavyweights namely Mr Lee Myung
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      Lock icon PM to give National Day Rally speech
      141 15 SINGAPORE WHAT IT IS ON SUNDAY, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will deliver the National Day Rally speech, which is the most important political speech of the year. He will address the nation from the University Cultural Centre, and the event will be
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      Lock icon Viet PM to visit S'pore as bilateral trade booms
      222 15  -  PAUL NAH WHAT IT IS VIETNAM'S Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (below) visits Singapore officially for the first time today since becoming his country's premier in June last year. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Dung will call on
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      Lock icon Eye on bourses amid US home loan woes
      188 15  -  DENNIS CHAN WHAT IT IS SHARE investors will be watching the stock market anxiously today after last Friday's big sell-down. Most Asian markets were roiled last week by fears that souring home loans in the United States are hurting financial institutions around
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon Non-financial facet of ageing
      402 16 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew focused essentially on the financial burden to the state when he worried aloud last week about the increasing likelihood that families may no longer care for elderly parents. Costs certainly will balloon, given the rapidly ageing population and increasing longevity. The
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      Lock icon One country, two worlds, miles to go...
      749 16  -  Dhiraj Nayyar INDIA AT 60 INDIA celebrates 60 years of independence from the British on Aug 15. Such occasions, fanfare aside, are an appropriate time to take stock: of a nation's assets and liabilities not the national accounts, but rather the state of
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      Lock icon India needs to be more active in Asean
      900 16  -  sunanda k. l)atta-Ray SINGAPORE'S Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in his Asean Lecture last week that the rise of China and India has transformed the strategic landscape and created new dynamics within Asia. It was a reminder that Asia's two giants
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      Lock icon A nation in no mood to celebrate
      768 17  -  Pauline Ng MALAYSIA AT 50 MALAYSIA is about to celebrate its 50th year of independence in less than a month. But except for the "Merdeka articles" in the dailies, one hardly gets a sense of a nation on the cusp of a golden
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      Lock icon Dealing with those who do not want to be forgiven
      815 17  -  r John Mcbeth »TIMOR LESTE-INDONESIA TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION EVEN the commissioners themselves privately acknowledge that there is one thing missing from the hearings conducted by the Timor Leste-Indonesia Truth and Friendship Commission into the bloodshed surrounding Timor Leste's 1999
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      Lock icon GETTING IRAQ WRONG
      2126 18  -  Michael Ignatieff Bush did not take the trouble to understand Iraq or himself THE unfolding catastrophe in Iraq has condemned the political judgment of a president. But it has also condemned the judgment of many others, myself included, who as commentators supported the invasion. Many of us
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      26 16 Getting Iraq wrong President George W. Bush's missteps in Iraq came about because he did not take care to understand Iraq or himself. PAGE 18 PUNCHLINES
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      951 21  - Suicide figures up 419 deaths last year Radha Basu RADHA BASU The number was 346 in 2003. Two age groups stand out men in their 40s, women in their 50s FHE economy is buzzing, the fu:ure looks rosy, but more people lere are quietly ending their lives. A total of
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      372 22 On average, my 1.6-litre car chalks up 250 km a week. That's 56kg of CO2. Because I share the car, my emission each week is about 40kg If I switch to a bus completely, my emission for the same distance travelled would be 16kg For my low-carbon
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      944 22 To stop global warming, each individual's carbon dioxide emissions cannot exceed 2 to 2.5 tonnes a year. At present, each Singaporean emits about 9 tonnes a year. Is it possible to live a zero- or low-carbon life here? Jessica Cheam finds out RECENTLY, I embraced a
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      127 22 A SINGAPORE Armed Forces (SAF) medical team returned to Singapore safely yesterday after participating in international humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. The five-man team led by Lieutenant-Colonel Lee Kuan Chung was part of the New Zealand Defence Force contingent deployed in Bamiyan province since
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      347 23 TAKE these three steps to a carbon-free life: Calculate your carbon footprint with a reliable online calculator such as the Resurgence Carbon Calculator (www.resurgence.org/carboncalculator). Note that this is developed in Britain. The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) is developing a carbon calculator specifically for Singapore.
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      162 23 HERE are some tips on how to live a low-carbon life: Car-share or use more public transport. Turn off the switches on your wall sockets. Leaving them on even when your appliance is turned off consumes energy. Use energy-saving light bulbs, air-conditioners, refrigerators
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      443 24  -  Ho Ai Li Kids from disadvantaged backgrounds get a leg up with equal chances SCHOOLS here are helping children from poor families break out of the poverty trap, said Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. Students in the bottom third, in
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      102 24 Young violinist Ike See {right) -performing with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra was giving a concert on the rooftop of Vivo City on Saturday. The event was part of the Singapore Press Holdings' Gift of Music series. Conducted by maestro Lim Yau, the orchestra entertained
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      232 24 SINGAPOREANS seem to have a consensus that they need to unite because their country is relatively small, Taiwanese presidential candidate Frank Hsieh said yesterday. He last visited Singapore 10 years ago. Singaporeans recognised that the smallness of their country meant that survival was not easy
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      445 24  -  Goh Sui Noi TWO rival politicians from Taiwan met Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew last week and they both got the same message Singapore opposes Taiwan independence because it will be damaging for Taiwan and the region. He made this remark to two
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      321 24  -  Zakir Hussain PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday flagged off the first heartland go-kart race. Five Members of Parliament joined in the fun, taking to the wheel at the Sengkang West National Day Carnival. Ang Mo Kio GRC MPs Lee Bee Wah and Lam
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      643 26  -  fuDiTH Tan Informal TTSH survey finds 20% doing this. Docs warn it means bigger problems later ONE in five patients with chronic conditions fails to keep up with his medication because he cannot afford it. This disturbing finding came through in
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      148 26 Within minutes, Orchard Road MRT staff came to the rescue of this four-year-old girl, whose hand was caught in the escalator. An SMRT spokesman said that at about 4.40pm on Saturday, security camera footage showed the girl playing at the foot of the downward escalator landing. Her
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        58 26 A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious head injuries when his vehicle skidded and crashed while he was riding along Dairy Farm Road towards the Bukit Timah Expressway at about 10.30pm on Saturday. The 67-year-old was taken to National University Hospital but he died at 11.50pm. Anyone with information
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        83 26 A 37-YEAR-OLD Singaporean man was arrested in Selangor on Friday and RM300,000 (*****,700) worth of firecrackers and fireworks were seized, according to Malaysian news agency Bernama. Malaysian police said the lorry driver was spotted behaving suspiciously at a petrol station in Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad at
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        136 26 A SINGAPOREAN man has been arrested together with four others in Katutura, Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, in connection with a counterfeit credit-card scam. Two Sri Lankans, a British national and a Namibian were also nabbed last Monday, according to Namibian newspaper New Era, which identified
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        97 26 A FISHBALL noodle hawker was injured in a fire that broke out at his stall in Ghim Moh Road yesterday. The 44-year-old received second-degree burns on his hands and body while attempting to put out the fire himself. He was taken to the National University
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      622 22 JIM proudly presents W^^^k. ""r l'°'in Naisbitt I Renowned futurist, global thinker, and I international best-selling author of I Megatrends and Megatrends 2000. See clarity on 'The Next Big Thing': I The twin path countries and companies have to take to stay competitive as global players: globalisation and decentralisation I
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      133 22 Q Why are there two dates in August to mark Singapore's nationhood this year? ill Apart from National Day on Aug 9, some new I Singaporeans will be given their citizenship papers in grand style on Aug 18. Q Why the new ceremony? BThe National Citizenship ceremony is an attempt
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      Lock icon Green plan to replace plastic bags
      666 27  -  NARENDRAAGGARWAL COMPANIES in Singapore are going green with new vigour as they embrace the idea of environmental protection to save the earth. About 2.5 billion plastic bags are used in Singapore every year, or about 625 bags per person every year. Cutting down on
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      358 27  -  UMAVENKATRAMAN GOOD news for travellers who are keen to explore the world's main Buddhist sites, including Lumbini in Nepal where Lord Buddha was born, and Bodhgaya where he gained enlightenment. There is a tour tailored to take tourists to these and more main Buddhist sites
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        63 27 THE recently revamped Marks Spencer at Parkway Parade is a refreshing change from its previous concept. Occupying a larger floor space of 9,0005q ft, the spacious outlet carries latest collections from Autograph and Per Una ladieswear. It also promises a seamless shopping experience as you browse from ladieswear
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        73 27 LANTERNS, tea and mooncakes complete your Mid-Autumn Festival, and where better to shop for these than at Takashimaya Square B1? Like in previous years, Takashimaya Department Store will be featuring a wide range of products. Whether it's the traditional Chop Tai Chong Kok mooncakes or the exotic mini
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        84 27 TO celebrate the opening of its newest outlet at Choa Chu Kang, Gain City has lined up a series of promotions and activities. Shoppers will enjoy cash rebates from $30 to $2,240 on items under its "Celebration Offers". In addition, they will receive free gifts such as MP3
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        61 27 PACKARD Bell, the best-selling home PC and MP3 brand in Europe, has launched its first showroom in Asia at Suntec City. To celebrate the occasion, its sole distributor Hybrid Digital will be offering a three-year standard warranty for all Packard Bell notebooks. Check out these three award-winning models:
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        76 27 CASIO'S newest addition to its Phys series of sports watches features I a built-in acceleration sensor that provides an accurate count on the number of steps you take. If you input personal information (age, weight, stride length), the watch also will calculate the distance you cover, the
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        68 27 BION3 is the first clinically proven complete multivitamin with probiotics and minerals, useful for combating physiological conditions such as ageing, stress and impaired general health. Each pill comprises a three-in-one special formulation that includes three strains of probiotics containing 10 million friendly bacteria, 12 essential vitamins to supplement
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        66 27 FOR a family car that is stylish and spacious, try the new second generation Honda Stream. First introduced in 2001, the Honda Stream has set an industry benchmark for a compact sports multi-purpose vehicle. The second generation 1.8-litre Stream has already won the Japan Car of the Year
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        57 27 OOTHE your sore throat with Huiji Herbal Mint Cough Syrup, which is made from natural medicinal herbs and has low sugar content. Or, try the Herbal Mint Lozenges, which are also made from natural medicinal herbs and plants, with mild properties and no known contraindications. Both products are
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      Lock icon Stand up for Singapore with a dash of heritage
      561 28  -  Pessa Wong »SOAPBOX Keeping a piece of our roots alive may be just as important as modernisation WHILE the crowds at Marina Bay jostled to catch the National Day Parade last Thursday, I watched a different national spectacle in the cinema
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      Lock icon Young winners come up with market-friendly IT solutions
      480 28  -  Jennani Durai A DILEMMA led to a great idea so great it caught the eye of international developers. The brainchild of three students from Temasek Polytechnic (TP) was this: a peer-to-peer video streaming software which enables users to watch videos from mobile
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      Lock icon ACS raises $110,000 at carnival
      276 28  -  Jessica Lim WHERE most schools are happy enough to raise more modest sums at their carnivals, ACS (International) brought in $110,000 at its recent Celefest. Coupon sales alone garnered $60,000, while private donors made up the rest with $50,000. The day-long event in mid-July was
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      892 29 MY LIFE This week, Youthlnk writers give their take on global warming and whether young people can manage their own credit cards IS IT TOO LATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT? Youths' awareness key to future MINISTER Mentor's pessimism regarding environmental degradation is probably
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      132 29 MY TAKE There are few better ways to celebrate the end of student life than with a graduation trip to Egypt. I was lost in a labyrinth of back lanes at a market when suddenly, screams of "Vroom! Vroom!" echoed down the narrow alley. I stepped
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      446 29 TO-DO LIST EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU CRIED LAST NIGHT TillAugl7 www.objectifs.com.sg THIS is the showcase for local photographer Scan Lee's works. He aims to create a fictitious storyline for each of his photos to evoke emotion. Be sure to check out his latest series featuring his family members in
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      427 30  -  Jocelyn Lim Chieh Ying (Ms) LEARNING MOTHER TONGUE I REFER to Mr Liang Wern Kang's letter, "Singapore can't afford to become monolingual" (ST, Aug 6). He contends that a lack of emphasis on sec-ond-language examination results will cause Singapore to become a "monolingual, Eng-lish-speaking
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      211 30  -  HengAikJin IT SEEMS the unhappiness associated with the learning of Chinese language in schools has not subsided among either students or their parents. Of late, writers to ST Forum have bemoaned the use of the economic motive to cajole parents to in their
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      333 30  -  Raymond Anthony Fernando I REFER to the report, "Neighbour claims man was mentally ill" (ST, Aug 9). The fact that the 39-year-old mentally ill carj acker lost his life at such a tender age is most distressing. Having to live with an elderly
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      137 30  -  Cheah Chew Ping (Ms) I REFER to the report, "Neighbour claims man was mentally ill" (ST, Aug 9). I cannot help but feel that the driver of the Premier taxi that was hijacked recently inadvertently contributed to the chances for such an
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      176 30  -  Neo Pok Quen IN VIEW of the Government's effort to encourage Singaporeans to master their mother tongue well, I would like to propose an idea to the Ministry of Education (MOE). Currently, junior college (JC) admission criteria are based on LIRS
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      306 30  -  Chio Tan Seng AMID all the stories on collective property sales readers of The Straits Times have come across, mine in Balmoral View has a twist. The developer has moved in equipment to build a showflat even though seven units
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      330 30  -  Leek Hwee Joo THE festive mood of my family on National Day was destroyed when I discovered that my home had been vandalised by a loan shark for the third time. In all three occasions, the loan shark padlocked my main gate, splashed
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      262 30  -  Ray Hogger TRANSPORT ISSUES MR MURALI Sharma's letter, "Make bus rides more comfortable" (ST, Aug 3), struck a chord with me. The potential hazard he pointed out the horizontal bar by the bus doors is a reality. I was badly hurt by
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      129 30  -  Chin Kee Thou Paul Antony Fernandez OLD "bone-shaker" non-air-con buses are being assigned on a long-haul route SBS service 155 covering 42 bus stops, with stops at traffic junctions. Ironically, air-con buses are deployed on feeder services plying short routes. ONCE again,
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      196 30  -  Paul Wee Kian Nghee THE Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) scheme is in place to ensure a smooth and efficient traffic flow, especially within the Central Business District (CBD). But is it necessary for ERP to be enforced on Saturdays when most offices
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      76 30 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Stop making learning of languages a chore by making it an exam subject Respect our original identity but continue moulding our collective Singaporean identity Beware the high-risk 'gay lifestyle1? Doctor's arguments flawed Aids it's the
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      771 31  -  Richard Jolly Reading hold champions to 0-0 draw at Old Trafford, despite being down to 10 men SOCCER "OPERATION Subdue" can be deemed a success. For the English Premier League's Manager of the Year frustrated the manager of the past two decades in England. Because
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      745 31  -  Terrence Voon AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Mourinho breathes easy only after see-saw game IT APPEARS Chelsea have done the smart business this season. Their two debutants, Florent Malouda and Claudio Pizarro, looked mighty fine as the Blues carved out a 3-2 Premiership win over Birmingham
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      138 31 Newcastle 1 10 0 3 1 3 Man City 1 10 0 2 0 3 Chelsea 1 10 0 3 2 3 Arsenal 1 10 0 2 1 3 Blackburn 1 10 0 2 1 3 Everton 1 10 0 2 1 3 Liverpool 1 10 0 2 1
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      793 32  -  Leonard Lim AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Arsenal win, but performance suggests same old weaknesses remain »SOCCER LIFE without Thierry Henry got off to a winning start for Arsenal. But, judging by yesterday's 2-1 Premiership win over London neighbours Fulham, they could struggle to improve on last season's fourth-place finish.
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      Lock icon McCarthy recovers after collapse
      220 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London BLACKBURN Rovers' South Africa striker Benni McCarthy was released from hospital on Saturday evening after collapsing on the pitch during his side's 2-1 Premiership win over Middlesbrough at the Riverside. The forward clashed heads with Boro defender Chris Riggott during a second-half challenge.
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      588 33 SOCCER Gerrard makes a goal and scores winner to help Liverpool beat Villa 2-1, Benitez's Ist opening win London LIVERPOOL beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Saturday, the first time they have won their Premiership opener in three seasons under Rafael Benitez. Is this a sign of
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      418 33 London PORMER West Ham defender Paul Konchesky has criticised nanager Alan Curbishley, daiming there are many unhapoy players because of him. Konchesky, who joined Fullam this summer for £3 million million), also claims :hat the way Curbishley treats slayers is the real reason Caros
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      150 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Barcelona EIDUR Gudjohnsen's days at Barcelona seem well and truly over after sporting director Txiki Begiristain admitted the striker could struggle to get a game in the new Primera Liga season. "If he stays, he could find it difficult to play many
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      350 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEWCASTLE manager Sam Allardyce made a winning 3-1 Premiership return to Bolton on Saturday, then launched a fierce attack on Phil Gartside, his former chairman. The former Bolton manager was made to feel as unwelcome as possible at the Reebok Stadium, with his guests allegedly
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      Lock icon Vindication for Eriksson
      394 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANCHESTER City's new manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has fired a broadside at his critics after getting his Premiership career off to a perfect start. The Swede, who was branded a flop as England coach by the British press, hit back as he spelt out his vision
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      1367 34 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES TIMES REUTERS ►&gt;GOLF He rants after being disqualified for signing scorecard that Weekley filled in wrongly Tulsa (Oklahoma) WHILE the PGA Championship went from good to great to a near-certainty for Tiger Woods, the route for Sergio
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      112 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS ►&gt;TENNIS Montreal THE Radek Stepanek-Martina Hingis wedding is off. Stepanek had an Association of Tennis Professionals spokesman inform the media at the Rogers Cup yesterday that he has broken off his engagement to the Swiss tennis star. He gave no reasons for the split.
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      Lock icon Sharapova pulls out with injury
      112 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Los Angeles MARIA Sharapova's bid for a second title in as many weeks ended with a whimper on Saturday. The Russian withdrew from her semi-final in the Los Angeles Classic, citing injury. She said the pain from a lower left-leg strain came on
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      775 34  -  Selena Roberts NEW YORK TIMES IN A Gillette commercial, Thierry Henry, Roger Federer and Tiger Woods appear as liquid mercury images stepping out of a movie screen of sports clips and into your home wearing Soho-inspired black suits. The trio, supernovas of soccer,
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      230 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NOVAK Djokovic (right) has denied Rafael Nadal another instalment of his rivalry with Roger Federer. The Serb ousted the Spanish world No 2 7-5, 6-3 to book a date in the final with the Swiss world No 1 at the Montreal
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      Lock icon Zhang, Du return to China in shock move
      941 35  -  Leonard Lim ATHLETICS Throwers leave without telling SAA following their disappointing outing in Asian C'ships By IN YET another twist to a year-long saga, national throwers Zhang Guirong and Dv Xianhui have abruptly returned to their native China. The two left Singapore
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      505 35  -  fERRENCE VOON BADMINTON SINGAPORE are taking aim at the big guns in the World Badminton Championships starting today in Kuala Lumpur. But their giant-killing mission has already hit a snag. Poor training facilities have hampered the preparations of the Singapore delegation, who arrived in the
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      112 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok THAILAND'S Boonsak Ponsana stunned world No 2 Chen Hong of China to give his country the badminton mixed-team gold at the World University Games on Saturday. The Singapore Open champion, ranked ninth in the world, avenged his loss to Chen in the Thailand Open
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      210 35 REUTERS CRICKET London INDIA'S cricket captain Rahul Dravid inflicted slow torture on England yesterday with a laboured innings which made it almost impossible for the hosts to claim the victory they need to square the series at 1-1. India, who chose not to enforce
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      207 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS »RUGBY Twickenham (England) FRANCE scored a try in each half on Saturday to beat England 21-15 in the final warm-up match before World Cup squads have to be selected. Former France captain Fabien Pelous, playing in his 111 th Test to equal
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        56 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Toulouse, Liverpool's Champions League third-round qualifying opponents on Wednesday, shocked French soccer champions Lyon on Saturday with a last-minute goal by Johan Elmander. Lyon's Kirn Kallstrom was sent off after 35 minutes, for spitting in the direction of the fourth official after
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        78 35 REUTERS ROME: Promoted Juventus put their pre-season back on track with a stunning 5-2 comeback win over Italian soccer giants and Serie A runners-up AS Roma on Saturday. David Trezeguet (two goals), Vincenzo laquinta, Alessandro del Piero and Marcelo Zalayeta cancelled out strikes by
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      297 35 BASEBALL MLB: San Diego 3 Cincinnati 8, Boston 6 Baltimore 2, Pittsburgh 13 San Francisco 3, LA Dodgers 1 St Louis 6, Oakland 2 Detroit 5, NY Yankees 11 Cleveland 2, Atlanta 7 Philadelphia 5, Seattle 7 Chicago White Sox 6, Milwaukee 7 Houston 4, Toronto 1 Kansas 4,
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      100 35 P W D L F A Pts SAFFC 2015 1 4 58 27 46 Home United ..1814 3 142 14 45 Tampines 1813 2 3 39 18 41 Young Lions ....20 8 5 7 29 30 29 Gombak 18 7 4 7 30 24 25 Woodlands 19 6 7
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      23 31 Booted out Sergio Garcia is disqualified from golf's PGA Championship for signing a scorecard which his playing partner filled in wrongly. PAGE Hl4
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      64 31 Premiership Yesterday Arsenal 2 Fulham 1 Chelsea 3 Birmingham City 2 Manchester United 0 Reading 0 Tomorrow Tottenham Hotspur v Everton Live, Ch27, Wednesday, 2.55 am Wednesday Birmingham City v Sunderland Live, Ch2l, Thursday, 2.40 am Fulham v Bolton Manchester City v Derby County Portsmouth v Manchester United Live, Ch22,
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      50 35 TV times CRICKET: England v India: 3rd Test, day 5 (Live, Ch9s, 6pm). TENNIS: Cincinnati Masters: Ist rd (Live, Ch24, midnight). Events GOLF: Pesta Sukan Singapore National Amateur C'ship (NSRCC, Kranji, 7.25 am). SOCCER: SGSFL, Div3:CSIT SRC v Club HDB B (Farrer Park), CPF v Aetos Security (Tanglin 2) 5.15pm.
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      59 35 S-League Tomorrow Gombak United v Tampines Rovers (Jurong West) Home United v Balestier Khalsa (Bishan) 7.45pm. Wednesday Albirex Niigata v Korean Super Reds (Jurong East, 7.45pm). Thursday Sengkang Punggolv Liaoning Guangyuan (Hougang) Woodlands Wellington v Geylang United (Woodlands) 7.45pm. Friday Tampines Rovers v Home United (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm). Live, Chs,
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      146 36 KOK VAT SENG Age: 80 passed an ay peacefully on 12 Auguat 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughter* in law: kok Fook Weng Tony Khoo Pheck Hong. Anna kok Fook Wah Kok Fook Onn Tan Por-Chu. Celina Kok Fook Meng Kok Fook Fieng Daughtrrs: Sons
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      63 36 Thalal Thevasam 1st Anniversary 1 SARAVANAN RATNAM (GANESH) Departed on 27 July 2OO6 Sadly missed and always remembered by: Wife: Margaret Saravanan Son: Aravind Joshua Daughter: Shalini Rachel Families and loved ones. Prayers will be held on 14 August 2007 at 7pm at Sri Stvan Temple, 24 Geytang East Avenue
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      44 36 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of i OLIVIA WONG Departed 13 Aug 05 Softly within God arm m gentle YoutilenttykftuMeU, Our hearts itiU ache with aoJiMca. Silent temrt trill flaw foe whttt It mpßMf to. Low wjtm Mto you. Sodry qjjapcd by FamihLßfJ^. otwj^
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      89 36 The Lord your God In your midst; The Mighty Oat. will save; He will rejoice over you with glsmmtoum He will quiet you with His love, He will nejBE* over you with singing.' ZephantobJrlt^ Second Annlvmtjj In Loving Memory* QUAH KIM THUAif Departed 13 August 2005 He had a smile,
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      55 36 Just a token of toy's devotion That our hearts *m long for you. May you rest ;n peace our delrest Plata (Boss; ATMMA SHA*m POOJA K. Rajendran (departed an 30 Jury 2007) M_HH PtMH afl ao am m 13 tea 07 |M_#_M_ at Bfc 22* __M_l CMpiMB-a Ml AT)«A*Sr^TlPOOJANi«btl__Jonl4iN«u7n_-B_^M 7'_Qpm«SneJM»RHMIf___«IIRMTBVIi
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      87 36 "Smnty gnndnmi k mtrnxy tkmU fkOmm mte mO the dmyt of my lift* I wOl dwil t* the houae of the Lonl/k,nm Pmtm HANNAH CHEONG SEW KHENG wa* called home to be with the Lord on II ill mil Peter Yip UChee Mil! L)at&gt;^Mtcr*in*Ui**. YipChoonHeng Irene Tan Peck Hoon Daughter.
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      40 36 SINGARAVELU SANDRASEGARArV a\%mm paaawl ewayp—ceOaty on 12A2007 laailuybaß-nd loved once and ft leuda to mourn for him. WUk Pathmavathy Daughters: Sone-tn-law: Vijrya Lethumi Jai Kumar Anjalai Dhanraj Ahkaah Chandra. Kokull #o«Tl 4 forftfendal Creu_atori«un Hail 4 For AmHamam f_J_______&gt; MQQOIM
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      79 36 IAN KIM PENG Sole Proprietor of ANRlmpex A«esSO passed away peacefully on 12 August 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remeinbeied by loved ones. Grandfather Father: Tan Hak Lee Mother: Yeow May ling Sister: Tan Phuay Boon Brother-in-law: Seah Quee Ming Uncles, Aunties, Cousins, Relatives and Priends. Body Is resting at
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      21 36 The family of the late ANGTONGSENG Departed 8 August 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friend*.
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      83 37 Where S$ stands ..Aug 1U 7o UHNU TK ZUU/ :LOSE FR Aug 8 S$ LOW S$ HIGH JS$ 1.5212 -0.51 1.5479 1.5033 iuro 2.0827 -0.04 2.0996 1.9913 3.0763 -0.49 3.1194 2.9323 1$ 1.2863 +0.85 1.3411 1.1741 ren* 1.2883 -1.48 1.3277 1.2285 lupiah* 0.***** +0.08 0.***** 0.***** iaht* 4.4636 -0.15
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      420 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS It gains strength after central banks pump $204b into banking system New York THE US dollar rose for the first time in more than a month against the yen after central banks worldwide pumped cash into
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      6159 37 Unit Trusts Funds 11MIT TDIICT UNI I I KUoI ABM AMRO Asset Mgl (Spore) Star Europe Eutyi** 1103/ a Eu lie Bond 89 e!3l Bal 263 5 ar Asian Tiper Eotv 582/ A S Bond 285 5!?":: f?| tar pfnhai T^hnnini^Fiinrii" o 937/ ■idi «if! I"hl""D£y Fund! til, star Asia
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      486 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS Key indexes may drop more than 30%, analyst Marc Faber warns New York STOCKS in the United States are at the beginning of a bear market in which benchmark indexes may fall more than 30 per cent, investor
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        73 38 CIMB-GK has cut its call on Inter-Roller Engineering to neutral from outperform, after the company reported a smaller-than-expected core net profit of $2.2 million for the second quarter. It also noted that there was a drop in the number of contracts won by Inter-Roll-er. "Inter-Roller's
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        67 38 DBS Vickers has revised its target price for Cerebos Pacific up to $4.57, after noting that the tonics maker had performed very well in the first three quarters. "This counter is a defensive stock. We like it for its geographical diversification of
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        70 38 CITIGROUP says that SembCorp Industries' valuations may rise with merger and acquisition activities within the utilities sector one of its core business areas. It has raised its price target for SembCorp from $6.95 to $7.10. The fresh target price is pegged to a 2
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      391 39 BLOOMBERG NEWS Analysts tip strong bidding interest from big names Hershey, Cadbury North Carolina CAMPBELL Soup's Godiva chocolate unit may attract bids of as much as US$l billion (Ssl.s billion) from Hershey, Wrigley and other consumer goods companies seeking to accelerate
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      Lock icon Wal-Mart claws its way up list of exporters
      413 39 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York FOR Wal-Mart Stores, the road to a higher share price is paved with chicken feet and Spam. The world's largest retailer, long the biggest importer of goods into the United States, last year joined a list of the
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      497 40  -  Joyce Teo Buyers pay average of $880psffor the 659 units at The Pare project ALL 659 units of The Pare Condominium in West Coast Walk have been snapped up in less than a fortnight since the start of the month.
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      233 40 AUSTRALIAN transport company Toll Holdings' unit is set to increase its stake in Sembawang Kimtrans to at least 72 per cent after a buyout offer closes today. Toll Express (Asia) said last Saturday that it has received acceptances representing 46 per
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      1481 41 Mr Wee Ec Cheong, who took over the helm of Singapore's No. 2 bank in April from his father Wee Cho Yaw, speaks to Finance Reporter Grace Ng in his first full-length interview about how he is transforming the bank into a
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        43 41 MARK WARBURTON: Appointed head of Asian equity capital markets at Australia's Macquarie Bank last Monday. Formerly head of equity syndication, he will relocate from Sydney to Singapore, and report to Mr Andrew Low, head of Asian corporate finance.
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        54 41 THOO KAH FAH: Appointed chief operating officer of Tang Holdings from Aug 1. Previously the finance director, Mr Thoo (right) will be responsible for the group's overall operations. He reports to Mr Tang Wee Kit, Tang Holdings' chairman and managing director. Mr Thoo is
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        63 41 JIMMY PHOON: Appointed as a director of chip-test-ing firm Stats ChipPac from last Monday. Mr Phoon is currently senior managing director and chief investment officer of Temasek Holdings. Prior to joining the investment company in 1999, he was with Standard Chartered Merchant Bank Asia. He was
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        36 41 PETER PAPADIMITROPOULOS: Resigned as group chief executive of Millennium Copthrone (M&C) Hotels last Tuesday. Executive director Wong Hong Ren will act as interim group chief executive until a replacement is found.
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        24 41 NORMAN IP: Appointed a non-executive director of WBL. Mr Ip, 54, is also president and chief executive of Straits Trading.
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        39 41 TAN SING HWEE: Appointed Asia-Pacific chief investment officer of SG Private Banking. Ms Tan, 48, will supervise a group of more than 40 people in the investment division, including product development and treasury.
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      378 41  -  ALVIN FOO WARRANT WATCH RECENT market volatility caused by the troubled sub-prime mortgage market in the United States has put the spotlight on warrants of the Straits Times Index (STI). "One can buy a call warrant if one expects a rebound or a
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      739 42 BLOOMBERG NEWS British bank leading the buyout bid says turmoil in global credit markets will not derail the offer London ROYAL Bank of Scotland (RBS), which heads a consortium trying to take over Dutch bank ABN Amro, said the crisis of
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      321 42 BLOOMBERG NEWS »$558 JULY GAP Washington THE United States government posted a budget deficit for last month that was wider than forecast as tax receipts failed to keep pace with military spending. The gap widened to U5536.3 billion (5554.6 billion) from U5533.2 billion in
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      30 42 Opening up New UOB chief Wee Ec Cheong wants to make openness a hallmark of the bank as he sets about turning it into a bigger regional player. PAGE H2l
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        243 44 THE Singapore film Invisible City will be very visible in October. Director Tan Pin Pin's documentary on fading bits of Singapore's recent history will be premiering internationally at the Pusan International Film Festival, the biggest in Asia. The hour-long film will screen
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        530 44  -  Wong Pei Yee Working with real getai singers on the movie 881 's soundtrack was a dream, says music producer Eric Ng REEL becomes real tonight, when the cast of the movie 881 takes to a real getai stage at a carpark in Übi
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        977 45  -  Douglas Tseng Gregory Nicotero, the make-up guru behind the gory effects of Hostel Part 11, says kids should not be exposed to such horror FOR over 20 years, Gregory Nicotero has made a living from scaring people at the movies. Even if his name doesn't ring a
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        2060 46  -  Mak Mun San the monday interview While other musicians bow meekly to pop, Jeremy Monteiro has stuck to his love for jazz and achieved several career highs BARELY five minutes after we meet, Jeremy Monteiro is already providing me with a gem of a quote.
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        507 47  -  Trisha Suresh Movie star, politician and father Tamil actor Ramanathan Sarath Kumar is all these and more TAMIL superstar Ramanathan Sarath Kumar juggles being a film actor, politician, president of the South Indian Film Artistes Association and father of four almost effortlessly. "It is hard sometimes but
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        392 80 HAVE YOUR SAY WRITE IN Got an opinion, a story or something to say? E-mail us at stin@ sph.com.sg LET THE YOUNG CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO LISTEN, SAYS BRYAN TOH Imagine this, you are in your room listening to your favourite music artist belt
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        151 80 Evan Almighty, the much-anticipated comedy sequel to the hilarious Bruce Almighty, retells the biblical story of Noah's Ark, only with a modern-day twist. Newly elected congressman Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) finds his life turned topsy-turvy after God (Morgan Freeman) appears to him out of the blue and
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        426 80  -  SERENE GOH Feeling like you belong in a group is a matter of shared interests. In The Straits Times newsroom, for instance, foodie journalists make top places to eat their daily lunch-chat topic. They swop endless tips on where to find the scrummiest morsels; and
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        368 81 BOGGED DOWN BY BAGGY? INCROWDERS NUR SAFIAH ALIAS AND PAMELA CHOW SHOW YOU THE WAY V es, those darned shirt ends keep making their sweet escape no matter how many times you tuck them in. This makes you the perfect target for prefects during assembly. And during
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        647 82 THE NEXT BIG THING IS YOU HACKERS STRIKE THAI GOVT Hackers broke into Thailand's Information and Communications Technology Ministry website recently, shortly after the Computerrelated Crimes Act came into effect. They plastered on the portal a moving image of a smiling Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister,
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        483 83  -  JENNANI DURAI Have you been feeling like a Dementor has sucked all the happiness out of you? Do you find yourself yelling "Lumos!" when you walk into a dark room? Are you still hoping against hope that there will be an eighth book? You might be
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        736 84 READ BETWEEN THE LINES MADE IN STORE GAME Dropcast the first made-in-Singapore video game for the popular Nintendo DS handheld will be launched worldwide by the year end. But Singaporeans will have to wait till the later part of next year, as the action puzzle game
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        654 85 BBC NEWS, AFP AND AP THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS RIOTS IN TIMOR OVER NEW GOVT Violence broke out in several districts in Timor Leste recently, shortly after the controversial appointment of a new government. Dozens of protesters blocked roads and attacked homes and offices in
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        1525 86 TRAPPEDA TEEN GANGSTER'S TALE THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK ACTOR DUTT 'UNEASY' IN JAIL Jailed Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was given a medical check-up recently after complaining that he felt a sense of "uneasiness", a Press Trust of India report said. The actor, jailed for arms possession in connection with
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        255 87 "SCORPION-CRAB AMONG THE SHADES", DRAWING BY NG ZHAN Yl, 15, SEC 3, HOLY INNOCENTS' HIGH SCHOOL NATURE POEM BY SITI SALEHA SAG I RAN, 14, SEC 2, YUYING SECONDARY SCHOOL Nature... it's such a wonder It makes the heart begin to ponder The sweet escape from reality
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        859 88  -  JANE NG, RACK YOUR BRAINS GIRLS' BRIGADE TURNS 80 The Girls' Brigade Singapore celebrated its 80th anniversary in style recently. The grand birthday celebrations were in the form of a dinner for 900 guests, including current and former members of the brigade, at Raffles
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        555 89  -  m M Mr Chan Fook Seng THISWEEKWEZOOMINOfe* RNGUI TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY No one is quite sure what caused the blast at Block 105, Jalan Bukit Merah. Perhaps it was a gas leak certainly the k man who lived at the one-room rental flat loved to cook. But the explosion
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        372 90 READ AND WRITE BETTER HOTEL ROOM SQUEEZE This is turning out to be a banner year for Singapore hotels, where average room rates have edged past the $200-a---night mark for the first time. Healthy tourist arrival figures for the first six months have put hoteliers on a high, but
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        1073 91  -  ANDY HO, READ AND WRITE BETTER CAR INSURANCE PREMIUMS TO GO UP? Higher premium rates for car insurance look almost certain, after the motor sector suffered a second consecutive quarter of losses. Rises could be between 5 and 10 per cent, according to one insurer,
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        385 92  -  MARDIANAABU BAKAR TRACKING BYT Answer notes A) JARGON This is the main exercise for this week. It is vocabulary work on jargon, that technical language peculiar to a specific trade, profession or group. Students are told that the word jargon also refers to any talk or writing
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        286 93 FACES PLACES IN THE NEWS HOW MANY DOGS ARE THERE IN SINGAPORE? AND WHAT CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY'S SECONDARY SCHOOLS? GET THE ANSWERS RIGHT HERE Match these digits to the reasons they made the news a) 62 b)2B c)4O d) 47,000 1) Number of
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      473 93 ANOTHER DAY TO MARK NATIONHOOD l^J^^l^'i 6) On Aug 18 this year, Singapore will have its first 1111 C JIC ||l ROOCTCPI ever nat' ona'"'eve' ceremony to a) celebrate National I I l\» Day b) give new Singaporeans their citizenship papers I Complete the grid so that every row, column
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