The Straits Times, 19 September 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAUS TIMES 122 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 544 1  -  Elena Chong By FORMER National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chairman Richard Yong Kun Da was yesterday jailed for 15 months for illegally transferring nearly $4 million into his wife's overseas bank account, and for two counts under the Bankruptcy Act. In handing down the sentence,
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  • 39 1 Buddhist monks march through the streets of Yangon, Myanmar, in response to a call for a religious boycott of the ruling military. Over 1,000 monks staged nationwide protests yesterday. FULL REPORT, PAGE 12 PHOTO: REUTERS
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  • 737 1  -  Peh Shing Huei If people work and save on their own, Govt will help top up savings: Tharman By AMID calls to spend more on people's retirement needs, the Government yesterday reminded Singaporeans of a long-stand-ing ethic self-reliance. It is the principle at
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  • »UPFRONT
    • 961 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok YOU can't get away from them in the town of Nakhon Si Thammarat, or even in Bangkok. Every second shop in Nakhon Si Thammarat displays amulets labelled with names like Super-Rich Millionaire series, the
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    • 357 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Jailed for fatal hit-and-run Asia 6-16 Motorist is jailed for causing a World 17-25 man's death while drink-driving Review.. ...26-28 and then fleeing the scene, but he PY| 29 cannot recall the accident. SECTION TWO PAGEHI Home Hl-H9 Forum HlO FORUM s Ports Hll-Hl4 Focus
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  • PRIME
    • 502 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Typhoon Wipha, packing 155kmh winds, forces 1.6m to be evacuated Shanghai TYPHOON Wipha, potentially the most destructive storm in a decade, bore down on China's financial capital Shanghai yesterday, triggering mass evacuations and disrupting soccer's women's World Cup. The typhoon, packing
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    • 446 3  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent THE best of the condominium sites in the wildly-popular gated residential enclave of Sentosa Cove was left till last. That site went on sale yesterday, at a reserve price of $964 million, or $1,600 per sq
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    • 93 4 AFP A bridge in Nalgonda district, about 80km from Hyderabad in India, collapsed as a truck was travelling on it. The collapse is believed to have been caused by heavy rains over the past few days. The government of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh
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    • 417 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CRASH AT THAI AIRPORT THAT KILLED 89 But investigators have not ruled out pilot error as a cause of the accident Phuket (Thailand) SYSTEMS to detect a dangerous wind condition may not have been :ully working when a
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  • ASIA
    • 594 6 PHOTO: Sept 19, 2006 A COUPLE of hours before midnight, the Royal Thai Army rolls tanks into the streets of Bangkok and deploys soldiers in full battle gear around Government House and other key buildings, taking Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in New York
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      756 6 THAI COUP: ONE YEAR ON Today marks one year after the military coup in Thailand which ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. A general election looms but as Straits Times Thailand Correspondent Nirmal Ghosh finds out, many Thais remain uncertain about their future. A YEAR after the coup d'etat
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      565 7 King Bhumibol Adulyadej The longest-reigning monarch in the world turns 80 in December and will remain the ultimate moral and extra-constitutional authority in Thailand. General Prem Tinsulanonda As president of the privy council, the King's top adviser has seen some of the sheen of an illustrious career wear
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    • CHINA
      • 246 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA will reward pig farmers with cash in a bid to ensure pork supply, state media reported yesterday. The move came as the rising price of the dietary staple continued to add pressure on inflation.
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      • 563 8  -  VINCE CHONG TRACY QUEK IN BEIJING Move follows bird flu outbreak in Guangdong province leading to the death of 10,000 ducks By Hong Kong Correspondent TRADING of live poultry has been suspended in major mainland cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, after
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      • 50 9 Folk artist Su Chuandong wowing the crowd with his fiery act as he floats down the Yangtze River. The 63-year-old stunt man has been performing acts of bravado, including this daring fire-spitting feat, since his retirement. Sunday's event was in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province. PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • 571 9  -  Tracy Quek It will scrutinise licences, records and set up hotline for comolaints By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA will regulate a messy food industry with tougher enforcement against unlicensed food producers and retailers as part of new measures to crack down on unsafe
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      • 307 9 REUTERS Beijing FHE former boss of China's Formula One Srand Prix has gone on trial for corruption, rtate media reported yesterday, opening a likely series of graft hearings focused on the ousted Communist Party chief of Shanghai. Yu Zhifei, the former general
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      • 261 9 IVGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing AN AMBITIOUS water diversion project in China risks submerging cultural relics up to 4,000 years old despite efforts by heritage officials to rescue them, state media said yesterday. With just three years left before the South-North Water Diversion Project a
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 771 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin 'BETRAYED' By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo OUTGOING Prime Minister Shinzo Abe believes he was betrayed by a key confidant who is none other than Mr Taro Aso. This is the thrust of a lengthy story in the latest
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      • 510 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG Tokyo MR YASUO Fukuda appeared yesterday to be a shoo-in to become Japan's next prime minister. A survey by the right-leaning Sankei newspaper shows that 60.3 per cent of voters who support the ruling Liberal Democratic Party
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 96 11 Carrying earthen pots on their heads, these Sindhi women in Ahmedabad, India, formed part of a procession to mark the end of a 40-day fast yesterday. The Chaliho Sahib fast is observed in the months of July and August. It commemorates the deliverance of the Sindhis
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      • 272 11 REUTERS New Delhi INDIA plans to join the growing roster of countries hosting Formula One grand prix races even as potholes, congestion and chronic underinvestment continue to plague ordinary road users in Asia's sec-ond-fastest growing economy. Mr Suresh Kalmadi, president of the
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      • 329 11 REUTERS Move likely to help Pakistani President cement deal to share power with ex-premier Bhutto Islamabad PAKISTAN'S President Pervez Musharraf promised to stand down as army chief yesterday, removing a major objection to his proposed re-election by Oct 15, His chief lawyer told
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 520 12 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Civilians join monks in marches across country against junta Yangon THE authorities in militaryruled Myanmar yesterday fired tear gas to break up a protest by around 1,000 Buddhist monks and civilian demonstrators in the north-west-ern city of Sittwe,
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      • 293 12 BERNAMA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Padang (Sumatra) PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on Indonesians to stop being superstitious and linking recent earthquakes in the country to his appointment as president. He raised the issue yesterday when talking to district heads from across
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
      • 584 14  -  Alastair Mclndoe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM REUTERS Businessman tells Senate inquiry 'first gentleman' warned him to back off By Philippines Correspondent In Manila A PHILIPPINE businessman who lost a government broadband deal to a Chinese company testified in the Senate yesterday that the President's husband
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      • 142 14 THE Indonesian government yesterday conferred on Singapore's previous ambassador to the country, Mr Edward Lee Kwong Foo, the Bintang Jasa Utama, or the First Class Order of Service Award. Mr Lee served as the ambassador to Indonesia from 1994 to last year. The award is Indonesia's
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      • 303 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S national oi: firm Petronas is pushing tc raise the price of gas suppliec to local industry amid concerns that it is subsidising some of the country's richesi private companies. Energy Minister Lim Ken§ Yaik was quoted in
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 213 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK iPOH ABOUT 10 sinkholes have appeared in Perak in the past few days, after the earthquakes in Sumatra last week. Officials from the state's Health, Science, Technology and Environment Committee said they are monitoring the situation, but have said
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      • 402 15  -  Hazlin Hassan Post-mortem shows girl whose body was dumped outside office was sexually assaulted By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur POLICE have launched a manhunt for the killer of a young girl whose body was found in a bag dumped outside
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 272 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DISGRACED South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo Suk has fled to Thailand to escape controversy and continue his research in stem cells, associates said. Hwang and 10 other researchers have been in Thailand for two months, focusing on research into
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      • 273 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE INDIAN paraplegic Burla Sujata, 28, is totally dependent on her two helpers except when she sits behind her computer screen and plays the stock market. Ms Sujata, who used to run a photography studio, became interested in the stock market after
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      • 146 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE Minneapolis airport toilet where US Senator Larry Craig was arrested for allegedly soliciting gay sex is now attracting tourists, say airport staff. "People are taking pictures," said Ms Karen Evans, an information officer at Minneapolis-St Paul international airport. Mr Craig, a
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  • WORLD
    • 940 17  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Response to Alan Greenspan's i criticism of Bush administration Former Fed chiefs new book draws flak from govt officials and critics By US Correspondent In Washington AS FORMER Fed chief Alan Greenspan's controversial new book went on sale on Monday, the White House described
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    • 274 17  -  BHAGYASHREEGAREKAR Washington CHINA'S economic progress gets a good grade from Mr Alan Greenspan, who presided over the longest economic expansion in US history. But he notes that the Chinese economy remains rigid and "would not be able to absorb debilitating shocks as the
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    • 56 18 A couple coming to grips with therapy time in a mud bath at the Turkish resort town of REUTERS Dalyan on Monday. Each year, about 25,000 tourists, mostly from Britain and the Netherlands, make their way to the baths, which are believed to help cure rheumatism, poor
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    • 549 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Paris minister had said world should brace itself for fighting if Teheran gets N-arms Teheran PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that Iran does "not take seriously" a warning from the French Foreign Minister that the world should
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    • 171 18 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul NORTH Korea said yesterday that media reports saying it may be helping Syria's nuclear activities were groundless and fabricated by those opposed to Pyongyang's improving ties with Washington. The Washington Post said last week that intelligence had led US officials
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 121 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL A South Korean court rejected a prosecutors' request yesterday for a warrant to arrest a former college professor accused of faking her Yale doctorate in an escalating scandal that forced a senior presidential aide to quit. Prosecutors sought the warrant for Shin
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      • 111 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA TERENGGANU: Malaysian police have released to the media the pictures of 37 men as part of investigations into a riot in Terengganu two weeks ago. The move came amid angry finger-pointing between the government and opposition parties over who started the
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      • 99 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG: Hong Kong and Chinese officials bid farewell yesterday to Mr Xu Simin, a leading Beijing loyalist and Hong Kong magazine publisher who died last week. Mr Xu, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference the
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      • 101 19 REUTERS HANOI: A Vietnamese court sentenced a 40-year-old Australian man of Vietnamese descent to death by firing squad for trafficking heroin, the court said in a statement yesterday. Nguyen Hong Viet from New South Wales was arrested in March this year before boarding a flight
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    • 540 19  -  Susan Sachs Move to trim public sector workers' retirement perks may trigger protests By For The Straits Times In Paris FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday announced the first stage of a far-reaching plan to trim the cushy pension benefits of some 500,000 public sector
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    • 159 19 REUTERS Paris FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for new ideas to develop Paris over the coming decades and has pledged to encourage "bold" new thinking by architects. "The question is not to think about the next six months but the next century,"
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    • 600 20 NEW YORK TIMES Restraining big companies can stifle innovation and competition Luxembourg EUROPE'S second-highest court delivered a stinging rebuke to Microsoft on Monday, but the impact of the decision upholding an earlier anti-trust ruling may extend well beyond the world's largest
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    • 578 21 Higher temperatures mean better crop yields and an increase in green spaces Qaqortoq (Greenland) TOP scientist Professor Minik Rosing was stunned to hear the news from his native Greenland a few days ago. The main weekly newspaper, Sermitsiaq, was highlighting a quarrel between
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    • 629 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS Rice calls Iraqi PM to express regret over shooting incident on Sunday Washington THE US State Department moved quickly to tamp down anger and possible repercussions after the alleged killing of 11 Iraqi civilians by a private security
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    • 353 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington BAGHDAD'S decision to revoke Blackwater's licence put the spotlight on the key role played by highly paid private security contractors in Iraq and other conflict areas. The practice of outsourcing military contracts has sparked a debate with critics saying that the
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    • 94 23 It took the Philippines 18 years to repatriate US$624 million (***** million) of former ruler Ferdinand Marcos' money in a Swiss bank account. Last year, Nigeria ended a five-year battle to recover US$5OO million parked in a Swiss bank by former dictator Sani Abacha. The
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    • 459 23 NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS They set up new system to encourage rich countries to return stolen funds United Nations THE World Bank and the United Nations have announced that they are setting up a system to help developing countries recover assets
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    • 375 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Canberra THE Australian government clawed back some ground against the opposition in an opinion poll published yesterday after Prime Minister John Howard promised to retire within three years if he is returned to power at elections due soon.
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    • 532 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Fruitless search leads to fears for woman's safety; manhunt in US for girl's father Melbourne POLICE in New Zealand have failed to find Ms Anan Liu, the mother of a little girl abandoned at a Melbourne railway station, and
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    • 479 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS ►>SITE OF THE WORLD'S WORST NUCLEAR ACCIDENT nternational donors A/ill fund project to stop radiation eak from reactor Kiev UKRAINIAN officials have signed a US$5O5 million (***** million) contract with a consortium for the construction of a new shelter for the Chernobyl
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    • 288 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS Pittsburgh IT WAS a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon: Twenty-five years ago, three keystrokes a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis were first used as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message by Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman,
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  • REVIEW
    • 429 26 THE changes proposed to the Central Provident Fund will determine the shape of individuals' retirement planning for years to come. That absolves no one, including younger people still riding the career curve, of the need to study the implications and offer their perspectives. Some provisions are
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    • 1399 26  -  Joichilto POLITICS IN JAPAN By MR SHINZO Abe, who resigned as prime minister last week, is what we call in Japan an obocchan (a type of well-to-do, slightly spoiled child of a powerful family). Mr Abe may have been an obocchan but, wanting to
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    • 894 26  -  Robert J. Shiller WORLD HOUSING MARKETS By THE future of the housing boom, together with the possible financial repercussions of a substantial price decline in the coming years, is a matter of mounting concern among governments around the world. I learnt this first-hand while attending this year's Jackson
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    • 1192 27  -  David Leonhardt NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Title: The Age Of Turbulence: Adventures In A New World Author: Alan Greenspan Publisher: The Penguin Press, US$35, 531 pages. By IN 1944 a draft board in downtown Manhattan rejected recent high school graduate Alan Greenspan for
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    • 1263 28  -  John Mcßeth INDONESIA'S RUSSIAN ARMS PURCHASES By Senior Writer WOULD the Australians, Japanese and everyone else who expressed alarm over Indonesia's widely reported plans for a fleet of Russian-built Kilo-class submarines calm down, please? It is simply not on the cards at least not for the
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    • 859 28  -  LORO HORTA CHINA-TIMOR LESTE RELATIONS By For The Straits Times SINCE the political crisis in Timor Leste in May last year, China's presence and influence in the fledgling South-east Asian nation have been on the rise. Why has China increased its level of interest in Timor
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    • 23 26 Leader of the bank Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, credited with orchestrating US economy's showing, calls himself a mere sideman. PAGE 27 ■UNCHLINES
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  • HOME
    • 595 31  -  Khushwant Singh OCT 19, 2006 SEPT 18, 2007 Top exec tells judge: I don't recall anything Man jailed, fined in fatal drink-driving case; psychiatrist says he had 'alcoholic amnesia' By COFFEE shop assistant Teo Khian Meng never knew what
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    • 183 31 ALCOHOLIC amnesia is nothing new to hard drinkers. To them, it is a blackout. It refers to memory loss triggered by high alcohol intake. Dr Adrian Wang, a psychiatrist in private practice, said that high alcohol intake could result in the loss
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    • 554 32  -  Elena Chong Carolyn Quek Elderly woman conned by 5-member gang gets back the jewellery and $55,000 cash she lost By i THREE women did the smooth talking. And it made an elderly woman so fearful for her only daughter's life that she fell for
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    • 269 32  -  Khushwant Singh By A VETERAN lawyer was sentenced to three months in jail yesterday for his role in a cashback property scam. Bachoo Mohan Singh (right), a lawyer for more than 30 years, is appealing against the conviction and sentence and is out
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    • CASE FILE
      • 112 32 FOUR people were injured in two accidents 12 hours apart. The first accident took place midafternoon on Monday. A motorcyclist in his mid-20s collided with a trailer truck in Jurong Port Road. He was taken to the National University Hospital unconscious and with multiple fractures.
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      • 93 32 A PRIVATE school in Bukit Merah Central was found broken into and ransacked on Monday morning. The windows next to the main door had their grilles prised open. Cash, two new video projectors worth over $3,600 and a $600 security camera receiver were found missing. The
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      • 61 32 A FIRE broke out in a 31st-floor unit of Pearl Bank Apartments early yesterday. The residents had evacuated the unit by the time emergency vehicles arrived. Firefighters put out the blaze in the kitchen and living room in under 10 minutes. No one was hurt. The
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      • 121 32 TWO jobless men were yesterday jailed for illegally possessing codeine for sale. They were caught with 2,000 litres of the substance, commonly used to manufacture cough mixtures and anti-diarrhoea medicines. Their loot would have fetched $160,000 on the streets. Kee Hsiao Hsien, 38, and Ang Chee
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      • 90 32 A PUBLIC Utilities Board (PUB) senior technician was jailed for three months yesterday for corruption. Salvaraj Joseph, 43, admitted to receiving $1,800 from construction company project manager Gary Loh Chee Kong in June, m return for turning a blind eye to breaches of earth-control measures at
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    • 610 33  -  Selina Lum »BOON LAY MURDER Guilt leads drug addict to come clean and confess to killing neighbour By THE long-running trial of two brothers accused of murdering their elderly neighbour saw a surprise turn yesterday one confessed, exonerating the other. Muhammad Kadar,
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    • 275 33 A CARGO forwarding company has been slapped with $22,000 in fines for trying to export missile parts without permission. Singapore Customs said yesterday that its officers intercepted a consignment of "controlled military electronic connectors" these are electronic parts meant for
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    • 429 33  -  Zakir Hussain By THE High Court has dismissed a fresh application by the Far Eastern Economic Review (Feer) for a Queen's Counsel (QC) to represent it in a libel suit. In turning down the magazine's application on Monday, Justice Tay
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    • PARLIAMENT
      • 581 34  -  Goh Chin Lian By A ROBUST performance appraisal system and basic health screening for workers should be in place, if companies are to be ready for the new re-employment law in 2012. They can then objectively assess if an employee is right
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      • 576 34  -  Sue-ann Chia But like software hit by viruses, good policies can be foiled if people don't believe in them, says labour chief By SINGAPORE has developed unique software for successful ageing the Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme and proposed reemployment law, among others,
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      • 654 34  -  Li XUEYING By THE two opposition MPs yesterday called on the Government to do more for older Singaporeans. Mr Low Thia Khiang (Hougang) asked for the setting up of a longevity fund to help provide for the elderly. He added that he fears
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      • 279 34  -  JEREMY AUYONG COMPANIES can set up retirement savings schemes for their staff, Nominated MP Gautam Banerjee (left) introduced this idea in Parliament yesterday, noting that CPF, on its own, is insufficient to meet the retirement needs of Singaporeans. Compared to letting workers go
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      • 273 34  - Govt cares for the elderly here's the proof LI XUEYING THE Government does help provide for the elderly and the evidence is in the extra one percentage point in interest on the first $60,000 in their Central Provident Fund (CPF) accounts. So said Minister of State for Health Heng Chee
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      • 957 35  -  Aaron Low This will ensure changes will last for generations, says Thar man By CHANGES made to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme to help Singaporeans fund a secure retirement must be affordable and result in a balanced Government Budget over the
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      • 513 35  -  Lynn Lee By NOMINATED MP Siew Kum Hong yesterday took issue with the new higher interest rates announced for Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings and asked why the Government could not do better. From next January, the Government will pay out
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      • 778 35  -  Lydia Lim ►>FROM THE GALLERY By Senior Political Correspondent OPPOSITION MP for Hougang Low Thia Khiang yesterday pronounced the Government's proposed compulsory longevity insurance an "irresponsible act" that would cause people to view a long life not as a blessing
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      • 232 35  -  SUE-ANN CHIA THE Central Provident Fund system should be indexed to protect against inflation, said Nominated MP Kalyani Mehta yesterday. The social work don noted that this issue was debated at length during a recent seminar on Financing Ageing Issues, where comparisons were
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      • 271 35  -  JEREMY AU YONG MRS Josephine Teo (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) applauded the higher CPF interest rates the Government is giving but asked if it could afford the extra $700 million price tag. If not, she feared taxes would need to be bumped up
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      • 646 36  -  Judith Tan Law change will also ensure those who transmit HIV cannot plead ignorance By ALL men admitted to hospitals from later this year will be asked to take a voluntary Aids test, widening efforts to stop the human immunodeficiency
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      • 527 36  - 17.3m grants to UNSW Asia not guaranteed by varsity Sandra Davie By Education Correspondent Iswaran, in reply to Nominated MP Siew Kum Hong, who had asked whether UNSW Sydney could be held responsible for its Singapore entity's obligations. He explained that the EDB treated universities no differently from companies investing
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      • 602 36  -  Zakir Hussain By A PERMIT for a lecture by a Canadian law academic last month was cancelled after the police learnt it was part of gay activists' efforts to promote their political agenda, Parliament was told yesterday. Senior Minister of
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      • 300 36  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN DYSFUNCTIONAL MALAY FAMILIES THE Government is concerned about Malay-Mus-lim dysfunctional families and teenage pregnancies, but its approach is to work with the community instead of actively stepping in. Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan made this point in a
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      • 381 36 UP NEXT for sports coaches and officials: mandatory certification in life-saving techniques such as first aid and car-dio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This was among the key recommendations proposed by the Sports Safety Committee, which was set up in July following the death of
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      • 343 36  -  Keith Lin »MEDISAVE ACCOUNTS By SOME 15,800 Singaporeans do not have any Medisave savings to pay for their medical bills, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan revealed in Parliament yesterday. Although they make up only 0.6 per cent of an estimated 2.7
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    • 453 37  -  Carolyn Quek By A NANYANG Polytechnic student has gone on a one-man quest to find out more about an accident that left his good friend dead. Mr Shaun Ho, 20, is hoping that someone who visits The Straits Times' interactive portal Stomp
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    • 414 37  -  Christopher Tan Chye Joo takes over project secured initially by Swedish firm NCC By Senior Correspondent A HOME-GROWN firm, Chye Joo Construction, has won the tender to finish building the MacPherson and Tai Seng MRT stations a Circle Line job started by
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    • 282 37  -  Lin Xinyi By PUBLIC transport operator SMRT is unhappy that the Public Transport Council (PTC) has rejected its application to increase train fares but there is nothing it can do about it. The PTC Act does not provide for appeals by aggrieved operators,
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    • 851 37  -  Christopher Tan COMMENTARY By Senior Correspondent LAST week's announcement on fare adjustments by the Public Transport Council (PTC) was met with mixed reactions from the two operators. Commuters came away with having to pay 1-2 cents more for bus rides,
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    • 322 37  -  LIN XINYI ST PHOTO: SENIOR bus captain Salehudin Hashim has received so many accolades from passengers in his 18 years of driving that he cannot recall some of them. But here are some of the 24 compliments he received in the past three
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    • 389 38  -  Tania Tan Housewife, 60, who fell sick a week ago, lived in Jurong East dengue hot spot By DENGUE has claimed its eighth victim here this year. Madam Tan Ai Liang, 60, who lived in Jurong East a dengue hot spot is the third dengue-related
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    • 224 38 Clusters with 10 or more cases »Bukit Batok Street 31 (Blocks 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370) Bukit Batok Street 32 (Blocks 310, 312, 313) Bukit Batok Street 33 (Block 326) Bukit Batok Street 34 Blocks 337, 339, 340,
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    • 209 38  -  KARAMJIT KAUR MORE than 250 staff and volunteers took part in a fire drill yesterday as part of trials to prepare for the opening of Changi Airport's Terminal 3 on Jan 9. It simulated a fire starting in a restaurant's kitchen, leading
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    • 273 38 CIVIL Society Organisations (CSOs) in Asean will soon have the opportunity to convey their views to the regional grouping's 10 member states at a conference here. Organised by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), the Asean Civil Society Conference is from
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    • 111 38 TODAY, fewer than three in 10 people here get to die at home. Most will spend their final moments in hospital. Making that decision where to die can be a complex process, not least because death is hard to contemplate and the issue is fraught
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    • 413 39  -  Jessica Jaganathan Find out skills needed for different jobs and join courses on the spot at roadshows By WANT to make the grade from being a supervisor to a manager, but don't know how? This year's Learning Festival hopes to provide
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    • 383 39  - 50 years of legal education in S'pore captured in a book SUMATHI V. bELVARETNAM By 1-1 SINGAPORE'S pioneer class of law students started with 42 people. Four years later, just 22 graduated. That was in 1957, when the Faculty of Law was part of University of Malaya at Bukit Timah
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 128 39 ALL optometrists and opticians practising here should register with the new Optometrists and Opticians Board by Dec 15. Registration is now compulsory after Parliament passed the Optometrists Opticians Act in July. An optician is licensed to measure one's vision and prescribe glasses, while optometrists are trained
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      • 121 39 MINISTER for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Raymond Lim, left on Monday on a six-day trip to Montreal, Canada. He will be attending the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Assembly and Council Elections, with officials from the Ministry of Transport and the Civil
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 23 31 Star performer Senior bus captain Salehudin Hashim and 18 other colleagues have received special recognition for their stellar efforts at work. PAGE H7
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 230 35 MARKETING FLAW? "Our policies, no matter how well intended and sound, have quite often been marketed as 'graphite' rather than 'diamonds' to the general public." DR LILY NEO (Jalan Besar GRC), on why the CPF changes do not appear to have been well received BACK TO CPPS AIM "Singaporeans can
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  • FORUM
    • 323 40  -  Edmund Lim Wee Kiat I SUPPORT the multi-minis-try efforts to address mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia, as described in the article, "Masterplan to tackle mental illness" (ST, Sept 17). As Singapore is a greying society, we also need to address mental illnesses
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    • 214 40  -  Dr Lee Bee Wah I READ with deep interest the article, "Drawing the line between Caesar and God" (ST, Aug 2). The objection of one of the large independent churches in Singapore to complying with provisions in the draft code of governance for charities
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    • 134 40  -  Kelly Long (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "STI glitches caused real loss for traders" (ST, Sept 11), by Mr Ong Chun Teck. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) kept the market informed on both the mornings of Sept 5 and 6 that the Straits
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    • 143 40  -  Cho Mee Lin (Mdm) THE Central Depository (Pte) Ltd informed me on Sept 12 that following Singapore Airlines Limited's capital reduction, it has cancelled a certain number of SIA shares from my securities account on Sept 10. In exchange for the cancellation of my
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    • 72 40 You can also mail your letters to Forum Editor, The Straits Times, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. Fax: 6319-8289. When you write to the Forum, we take it that you agree at no charge to allow us to archive, resell or reproduce the letter in
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    • 435 40  -  Assoc Prof David Hung Yeo Hong Mui (Miss) WE REFER to Mr S. Ganesamoorthy's letter, "Good to spice up GP but results count too" (ST, Sept 13), in response to the article, "GP boring? Innova spices it up with Second Life" (ST,
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    • 186 40  -  Dr Tan Wee Kiat I WRITE in response to the report on the latest Ministry of Health initiative to help patients make informed decisions by putting on the Web real-time pictures of patients in the waiting rooms of the various polyclinics (ST, Sept
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    • 183 40  -  Andrew Bennett I READ the article relating to the "space crunch at international schools" with great interest (ST, Sept 17). I am the principal of SJI International, one of only three schools all with links to eminent Singapore schools that have the privilege of
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    • 184 40  -  Chia Boon Beng WHAT a breath of fresh air it was to read the comments of NTUC Income CEO Tan Suee Chieh in the report, "NTUC Income waives teacher's $45k legal bill" (ST, Sept 15). In this "dog-eat-dog" world where the bottom line seems to
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    • 109 40  -  Susan Carpenter (Mrs) LAST Thursday evening, I was driving in Toa Payoh. Waiting at a red light on a crossroad, I was horrified to see a motorcyclist being thrown off his bike after he was hit by a car. He landed with a
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
    • 30 40 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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    • 99 40 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Arts: Look at our own backyard first for local talent Don't ban en-bloc sales of newer buildings, let market forces prevail Old Holland Road: Car parking orderly Help is available for gambling addicts, don't wait
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  • SPORTS
    • 690 41  -  Richard Jolly SOCCER Touted as Spurs' next manager, Ramos gets chance to show his acumen against Arsenal By WHAT Tottenham strive to do, Arsenal achieve. It is symptomatic of the fortunes of North London's two leading clubs that Arsenal have managed to entice Juande Ramos
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    • 197 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS ARSENAL may be in line for a full-blown takeover bid, after Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov increased his stake in the club to 21 per cent yesterday morning. Having added significantly to the 14.58 per cent holding he acquired last
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    • 56 41 Today Group E Barcelona v Lyon Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2.30am Rangers v Vfß Stuttgart Group F Roma v Dynamo Kiev Sporting Lisbon v Manchester United Live, Ch24, tomorrow, lam Group G Fenerbahce v Inter Milan PSV Eindhoven v CSKA Moscow Group H Arsenal v Sevilla Delayed, Ch23, tomorrow,
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    • 515 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Istanbul INTER Milan are one of the richest clubs in Europe. Yet, they start their Champions League campaign without any recognisable defenders. They visit Fenerbahce in Group G today without injured first-choice centre-backs Marco Materazzi, Cristian Chivu and Walter Samuel. Meanwhile,
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    • Champions League preview
      • 188 41 Top team: Barcelona Coach: Frank Rijkaard Key player: Xavi Hernandez (right) With four superstar attackers in Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto'o, Thierry Henry and Lionel Messi, Barcelona are in danger of being too attack-minded. That is where Xavi comes in. The local boy has sound
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      • 179 41 Top team: Manchester United Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson Key player: Cristiano Ronaldo (right) Ronaldo has scored just four times in 32 Champions League games, and produced just five assists over four seasons. In vital games such as last season's semi-final against
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      • 187 41 Top team: Inter Milan Coach: Roberto Mancini Key player: Zlatan Ibrahimovic The Swede has outrageous skills, but has also lots of unfinished business in the Champions League. Despite 15 Serie A goals for Inter last season, he failed to score in
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      • 177 41 Top team: Arsenal Manager: Arsene Wenger Key player: Francesc Fabregas (right) The standard-bearer for the new generation of Gunners, the 20-year-old could develop into one of the best midfielders in the world. Fabregas is a hub of activity on the pitch, as
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    • 337 42  -  Marc Lim YOUTH OLYMPICS By Sports Correspondent A YOUTH advisory committee has been set up to help Singapore in its bid to host the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010. The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports is expected
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    • 310 42 SOCCER Madrid BARCELONA'S spluttering start to the Primera Liga season has coach Frank Rijkaard scratching his head, as they prepare to host Olympique Lyon in today's Champions League opener in Group E. The 2006 winners have struggled to 0-0 draws away to Osasuna and Racing
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    • 620 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Fit again after foot injury, the striker is ready to boost Man United's tepid attack Lisbon ALEX Ferguson will unleash Wayne Rooney, as Manchester United begin their Champions League challenge at Sporting Lisbon tonight. Rooney has been sidelined since breaking a metatarsal
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    • 305 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London CHIEF executive Peter Kenyon insists Chelsea's hunger for success will not cost manager Jose Mourinho his job. Kenyon says Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's long-term plans for the Blues include having the Portuguese at the helm. He said: "There's loads of speculation
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    • 233 42 London SEVILLA coach Juande Ramos has increased the pressure on Tottenham manager Martin Jol by saying he would like to manage in the English Premier League. The Spaniard had previously said that he rejected a "dizzying offer" from Spurs and would fulfil his Sevilla
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    • 693 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS London WITH one stunning strike, Kenny Miller lifted Derby County off the bottom of the Premier League on Monday. The Scottish international striker scored the only goal in the Rams' 1-0 upset over Newcastle United, thus upstaging his more illustrious England counterpart, the
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    • 147 42 NEWCASTLE boss Sam Allardyce has launched an astonishing attack on Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, suggesting the Spaniard is lucky to be still in his job. He does not believe Liverpool will win the Premier League this season, as Benitez puts too much emphasis on
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    • 617 43 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MONTPELLIER (FRANCE) BERRICK Barnes, Australia's exciting young fly-half, is set to play in the Wallabies' next two Rugby World Cup matches as playmaker Stephen Larkham recovers from minor knee surgery. The 21-year-old was outstanding in his first full international in Australia's 32-20
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    • 412 43 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Head coach Ashton dismisses assistant's assessment of champions' problems Versailles (France) IT IS confirmed. England are in a shambles. First, came an injury crisis. Now, it seems, the coaches cannot agree on what is wrong with the champions' Rugby World Cup
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    • 192 43 REUTERS Paris ITALY have to find their best form when they meet Portugal in Pool C today, for a tilt at a World Cup quarter-final berth. They are hoping to improve on a 14-76 mauling by favourites New Zealand and a laboured 24-18 win over
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    • 228 43 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOTOR RACING London FIA president Max Mosley has promised that the International Automobile Federation will act, if McLaren provide evidence against Renault in the latest spy scandal to erupt in the sport. The Ferrari-McLaren controversy that has overshadowed Formula One for
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    • 412 43 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Washington 20 Philadelphia 12. BASEBALL MLB: NY Yankees 8 Baltimore 5, Cleveland 6 Detroit 5 (11 innings), Atlanta 11 Florida 6, Washington 12 NY Mets 4, Toronto 6 Boston 1, Milwaukee 6 Houston 0, Chicago Cubs 7 Cincinnati 6, Chicago White Sox 11 Kansas City 3,
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    • 349 44  -  Leonard Lim »TABLE TENNIS By SINGAPORE'S women paddlers will appear in the final of the Asian Championships for the first time tonight. Li Jiawei and Co whitewashed Japan 3-0 yesterday in the team semi-finals in Yangzhou. But they face an uphill task
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    • 603 44  -  Chia Han Keong BASKETBALL But the S'pore-based team may find it tougher with new, inexperienced players By THE Singapore Slingers received a vital boost last week when they secured their first main sponsor. Now comes the tougher part winning enough games in the new
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    • 221 44 Today: v Melbourne Tigers Sept 26: v Gold Coast Blaze Oct 2: v Townsville Crocodiles Oct 17: v Melbourne Tigers Oct 21: v New Zealand Breakers Oct 28: v Sydney Kings Nov 4: v Perth Wildcats Nov 11: v Adelaide 36ers Dec 2: v Brisbane Bullets Dec
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    • 368 44  -  Wang Meng Meng SOCCER By oshi Takayama did not hesitate in pointing to the spot. The foul also earned Omar his second yellow card and an early bath. From the resultant penalty, centre-back Sead Muratovic sent goalkeeper Lo'ai Elamaireh the wrong way. However, the Stags failed
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    • 130 44 CHINA-BORN women footballers Sun Jie (above left) and Luo Jianzhen (above right) have become Singapore citizens. The duo, both aged 21, applied for citizenship in March. Said Luo yesterday: "We're very happy that we are now citizens and are looking forward to representing Singapore." Both are
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    • 253 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tianjin (China) NORTH Korea qualified for the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup, finishing second in Group B despite losing 1-2 to Sweden yesterday. The two teams finished tied on four points, but North Korea advanced owing to a better
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 52 44 SINGAPORE'S wheelchair racers and swimmers won 14 medals at the World Wheelchair and Amputee Games in Taipei, which ends today. They also set 21 person-al-best times among them. Swimmer Theresa Goh won three golds, three silvers and one bronze, along with setting two
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      • 62 44 LONDON: Soccer great Diego Maradona has promised no mischief, as he prepares Argentina's 1986 World Cup-winning team for an Oct 14 rematch with the England team they beat in the "Hand of God" quarter-final. In the original match, Maradona had punched the ball
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    • 298 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CRICKET Johannesburg CAPTAIN Shoaib Malik and Misbah-ul Haq put up a century partnership as Pakistan stunned Australia by six wickets in the Twenty2o World Cup yesterday. The pair put on 119 off 78 balls for the fifth wicket to help their team
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      68 45 ANBE SIVAM THANGAMANY W/O THE LATE THURAISINGAM Age: 88 Passed away peacefully on 18 Sept 2007. Sadly missed by all loved ones. Son: Daughter-in-law: Rajaratnam Vikneswary Daughters: Sons-in-law: Jayamany Kanagasundram Inthirany V Kulasingam and all Grandchildren, Great grandchildren, Relatives Friends. Dearest MOTHER is resting at BLK 350, #04-25,CLEMENTI AVE 2
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      75 45 We, The Family of the Late MDM KIONG CHWEE LIAN, DOREEIi 'Aunty Dor' Departed on 15th September 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and l appreciation to all relatives, friends and' I neighbours for your condolences, assistance, I attendance, donations and wreaths during] our recent bereavement. SPECIAL THANKS TO:
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      63 45 Thalai Thevasam In Loving Memory of VIKNESHVARAN SAMUGAM Departed 30.09.2006 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Father S.R. Samugam Mother Anjalay Devi Brothers Shentil Kumaran Grandmothers: Anjammal Marimuthu Uncles, Aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. Prayers will be held on 19.09.2007 (Wed) at 7pm at Manmatha Karuneshvarar Temple, 226
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      60 45 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory of JOSEPH CHARLEY Departed on 19 Sep 2002 He had a smile, a pleasant way, A helping hand to all he knew, He was kind, generous and true, On earth he nobly did his best; Grant him, Jesus, heavenly rest. Wife: Filumary Charley lames, Shyla
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      278 45 w "I am the Resurrection and the Life. jVI. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and I ify whoever lives and believes in Me will never die." John 11:25-26 WAN KUM TONG Age: 91 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 September 2007.
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      159 45 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, anal will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 PATRICK LEE MUI YONG was called home to be with the Lord on 17 September 2007. Deeply missed and always remembered by loved ones. Wife:
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      126 45 PATRICK LEE MUI YONG Age: 51 years has gone home to the Lord on 17 Sept 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved Father: (John Lee Cheng Siang, deceased) Beloved Mother: (Agnes Lim Chwee Huan, deceased) Beloved Wife: Evelyn Cheong Precious son: Benjamin Lee Zhi En Siblings: Spouses: Anne (Brian Grant,
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      68 45 CHEE FOOK WENG Age: 60 passed away peacefully on 18 September 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Mother: LowYong Gan Wife: Aw Bee Yok Son: Stanley Chee Daughters: Son-in-law: Susan Chee Sean Phua Wendy Chee And all relatives. Body is resting at Blk 309 Clementi Avenue 4.
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      50 45 Ellam Sivamayam KRISHNAN S/O SINNAPILLAI Age:s9 Departed onlB-9-07 Sadly missed by loved ones. Wife: Radah Daughters: Deepa Rathna Son-in-law: N Balasubramaniam all grandchildren, brothers, sisters, In-laws, relatives friends. Cortege leaves today, 19-9-07, 4.30pm from BLK 442, #04-752 JURONG WEST AYE 1. TEL: *****619/*****528 for cremation at Mandal Crematorium, Hall 1,5.45pm.
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      30 45 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late JULIE CHAN Departed on 15 September 2007 From: i The Management Staff of GE PACIFIC PTE LTD O C
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      47 45 iafe in the arms of lesus lAN GEK KWEE Mrs Chua Teck Seng Called Home 19 Sep 2000 In our hearts your memory lingers Sweetly tender, fond and true, There's not a day dear Mum/Mama That we do not think of you. Dearly cherished by loved ones.
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      31 45 In Loving Memory Of N.VELLAIYUTHAM MUTHALIAR Departed: 19 Sept 1981 Always remembered by Loved ones. Prayers to be held on 19 Sept at Murugan Temple (Jurong East St. 21) 7.30 pm
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      74 45 MDM ANDALL Age: 67 passed away peacefully on 17 September 2007 Dearly missed fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Arumugam Pillai, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: A. Arunagiri (Raja) Vanitha A. Velumurugan (Mohan) V.Vimala Devi Daughters: Sons-in-law: A. Sivkami M. Somu A. Kamala Letchiman grandchildren relatives. Body is resting at Blk 93,
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      72 45 MARY MAGDALENE DANKER Age: 72 was called home to be with the Lord on 18 September 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Sisters: Brothers: Elaine George Beatrice Tony Sons: Daughters-in-law: Charles luliet Louis Margaret Aloysius Elene Arthur Andrew Grandsons: Caleb Matthew nephews, nieces and loved ones. Resting at Blk 121, Paya
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      • 7321 46 TRANSACTION DATE: SEPT 18, 2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 3.5 34 103 3C 42 195 32 IS 24 18 61 17 5 12 5 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 25 89 1C 52 5 2C 208 65 48
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      • 48 46 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 1OSOC 500C 100C 3730 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 2570 6235 STIETF1OO... ,US119cd ,US5000cd US100C US*****cd US*****cd 3525 +14 350C
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    • 406 47 REUTERS A key concern is Opec's increase could still fall short in winter London OIL struck an all-time high above US$Bl a barrel yesterday, fuelled by concerns of a winter supply squeeze in top consumer the United States. Risks of hurricane and supply
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    • 321 47 REUTERS London STANDARD Chartered (Stanchart) said yesterday it is buying American Express Bank (AEB) for about US$B6O million (Ssl.3 billion) to help "turbo charge" the growth of its recently launched private banking business. Stanchart said the purchase would accelerate the build-up of its
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    • 456 47 REUTERS New York THE New York Times (NYT) will end its paid TimesSelect Web service and make most of its website available for free in the hopes of attracting more readers and higher advertising revenue. The move is an acknowledgment
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    • 33 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,801.80 (-325.62 points) "Japanese share prices slumped by more than 2 per cent as buyers took to the sidelines ahead of a key US interest rate decision.
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    • 35 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 24,576.85 (+22.49 points) Hong Kong share prices closed little changed as gains in commodity stocks offset profit-taking in property ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.
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    • 32 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,425.21 (+3.82 points) Chinese share prices closed mixed with the Shenzhen bourse falling while the Shanghai bourse was up as energy stocks offset weakness in steel-makers.
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    • 28 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,192.5 (-78.9 points) Australian stocks fell 1.3 per cent amid ongoing uncertainty in the financial sector stemming from the global credit squeeze.
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    • 26 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,277.33 (-1.01 points) Malaysian stocks closed 0.1 percent lower in cautious trade ahead of a key US interest rate decision.
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      34 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,669.12 (+164.69 points) »Indian share prices rose 1.06 per cent ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting to review interest rates. Banking, consumer goods and oil stocks gain ground.
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    • 36 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,239.86 (+16.64 points) »Indonesian stocks gained 0.8 per cent in light trading as players stayed on the sidelines awaiting the outcome of a policy meeting of the US Federal Reserve.
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    • 29 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 802.54 (-0.11 point) Thai share prices closed marginally lower as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a key US interest rate decision.
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    • 10 47 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 6, 477.7b DK|fl
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    • 219 47 Sept 18 Stock Name WT Close Change Allgreen 0.50 Ascendasreit 0.92 CapitaComm 0.52 Capita Land 5.10 CapitaMall 0.92 Chart SemiCond ...0.55 CityDev 2.88 ComfortDelGro 1.35 Cosco Corp 1.71 Creative Tech 0.15 DBSGrp 8.53 Datacraft 0.15 F8N 2.10 Genlntl 0.64 HK Land 3.46 Hyflux 0.27 JMH 3.29
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    • 57 47 Sept 18 mainau U3,ti ,uuu Chasen 68,635,000 Chemoil Energy 62,779,000 Centillion 55,904,000 Jade Tech 47,144,000 Eastgate Tech 41,822,000 Unionmet 37,082,000 DBS MBL eCW*****1 36,995,000 Global Ariel 35,155,000 Penguin 32,932,000 Ddll JUU 0£,1UO,UUU DBS DB eCW*****0 31,816,000 Gen Intl 31,121,000 Armarda 30,424,000 CapitalandDBeCWD***** 28,905,000 CapitalanMBLeCW*****1 24,910,000 JK Tech 23,989,000
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    • 137 47 Sept 18 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2560 1.2710 Can dollar 1.4670 1.4850 Euro 2.0930 2.1170 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4346 0.4351 NZ dollar 1.0600 1.0840 Sterling pound 3.0030 3.0370 US dollar 1.5090 1.5260 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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    • 2017 47 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: Sept 18,2007 52-WLLK ILL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY TRADED T LASI V( SALE /OLUML '000 30 20 2036 AdvSCT W1DD819 53 5 4 2227 AscendasSGAeCW*****6 50 5 39 8798 AscendasSGAeCW*****3 27 5 2853 AusGrpMBLeCW*****0 34 2 5 1634 BiosensorMBLeCW***** 960 144 9341 BukitSem W*****3
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    • 480 48  -  Karamjit Kaur For the next year, estimates are cut on rising oil prices and credit turmoil By Aviation Correspondent THE good news is that airlines around the world are expected to post profits of US$5.6 billion (SsB.s billion) this year
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    • 190 48 REUTERS Shanghai CHINA Construction Bank (CCB), the country's second-biggest bank by assets, attracted 2.26 trillion yuan (*****.4 billion) in subscriptions to its initial public offering (IPO) of shares in Shanghai, a record for a domestic Chinese listing, state media reported yesterday. The figure
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    • 593 49 REUTERS, AFP, BLOOMBERG NEWS THE TIMES Britain acts to prevent sector panic by guaranteeing savings of troubled bank's customers London THE British government took the unprecedented step of guaranteeing the savings of customers of the beleaguered Northern Rock bank as it moved to prevent
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    • 745 49  - How to or how not to deal with a collapse of confidence Erica Tay COMMENTARY By Economics Correspondent WHEN the annals of economic history are written, the current credit crunch battering global financial markets may defy easy labelling. Unlike the Asian financial crisis and the Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) debacle
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    • SME SPOTLIGHT
      • 270 50 SMEclinic ~L MY SUPPLIER tells me that I can save on GST by storing my goods in zero-GST warehouses. What are zero-GST warehouses? Can all my goods be stored in these warehouses? Zero-GST (ZG) warehouses are designated areas approved by
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      • 252 50  -  Nicholas Fang By SEAFARERS on board about 40 ships calling here got a fillip yesterday when Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu handed out hampers of food and entertainment goodies. The presentation ceremony at Marina South Pier, attended by top officials
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      • 1123 51  -  Gabriel Chen His luggage business started on the back of two 16-foot trucks but he carried it off and finally got it listed on the SGX By BACK in his secondary school days, Mr Thang Teck Jong realised with delight that he had the
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    • 550 52  -  Fiona Chan Savills expects sales to pick up as owners get paid and seek replacement homes By Property Reporter CASH windfalls will soon be arriving for the hundreds of home owners who sold their property en bloc during the
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    • 307 52  -  Tan Hui Yee By ANOTHER residential skyscraper of up to 60 storeys high could be built in Tanjong Pagar after a site was put up for sale yesterday, which is set to fetch more than $200 million. The 99-year leasehold, 0.28ha site on
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    • 469 53  -  Alvin Foo Fitch notes its strong fundamentals even as global markets tackle new economic risks By SINGAPORE is the only country in the Asia-Pacific region with an AAA credit rating, global ratings agency Fitch Ratings said yesterday. After reaffirming the AAA
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    • DIRECTORS' TRADES
      • 247 53  -  ALVIN FOO BRIGHT World Precision Machinery chairman Wang Weiyao has raised his deemed stake in the China-based stamping machines manufacturer by 2.76 million shares. The transaction was done via one open market purchase last Friday of 1.351 million shares at an average cost of
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    • 345 53 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hong Kong THE chairman of a small Hong Kong-listed firm said yesterday he would offer to buy the assets of phone firm PCCW, after controlling shareholder Richard Li failed to sell the company last year. Mr Wong Kam Fu,
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    • 664 53  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By Markets Correspondent SHARES on the Singapore bourse moved within a tight range yesterday, as trading slowed ahead of a widely awaited meeting by the United States Federal Reserve to fix interest rates. Banks lost
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    • 248 53  -  GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH TRADERS have again turned to covered warrants issued by foreign banks on regional stock indexes, to hedge their positions following renewed market jitters globally. These contracts provide one of the most convenient ways to bet on the direction of
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    • 643 54  -  Joyce Teo Some approach HPL group to seek resolution, avoid possible payout By Property Correspondent SOME majority owners at Horizon Towers have broken ranks ahead of a courtroom showdown with a developer over the condominium's bungled $500 million collective sale.
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    • 21 54 Australian dollar 1.2560 1.2710 iuro 2.0930 2.1170 Sterling pound JS dollar 3.0030 3.0370 1.5090 1.5260 fen (100 units) 1.3129 1.3272
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    • 8 54 UP DOWN Gainers: 353 Losers: 345 Unchanged: 914
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    • 205 54 REUTERS BUOYANT MARKET New York STOCKS in the United States jumped yesterday after Lehman Brothers' earnings allayed worries about the depth of the credit market turmoil and as investors anticipated a cut in interest rates. After three hours of trading, the Dow Jones
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    • 26 54 Top rating Singapore receives AAA credit rating from Fitch, which notes that it has strong fundamentals in spite of new risks challenging global markets. PAGE H23
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    • 109 55 The f est the furious They a re fearless, often springing surprises at international film festivals with entries that rile the authorities at home. Jiang Wen (right) is among gungho Chinese directors who are conquering the odds to be seen and heard. DOUGLAS TSENG, reports. oaaes4&s Back with a bang:
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    • 373 56  -  Hong Xinyi IT WAS a play which divided audiences and critics at last year's Singapore Theatre Festival. And now, Eleanor Wong's The Campaign To Confer The Public Service Star On JBJ is being restaged with a new scene and multimedia from visual artist Brian
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    • 385 56  -  Tiffany Fumiko Tay The diamondstudded dress worn by Fann Wong in her latest film will be auctioned on eßay for charity MOST women would feel nervous wearing an $80,000 diamond and crys-tal-studded gown, but not Fann Wong. The MediaCorp actress dons the Francis Cheong-designed outfit
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    • 699 57  -  Emily Lek Four veteran TV faces have no qualms showing off their balding pates to plug hair pieces from Japan AN ADVERTISEMENT in yesterday's The Straits Times made housewife Lily Lim do a doubletake. It featured former TV heart-throb Wang Yuqing revealing first his thinning pate, then
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    • 294 57 AFP ROME The late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti carved out 15 million euros (5531.5 million) of his estate and set up a trust for his second wife, the Italian press said. The surprise revelation was in a final will drafted on July 29, five weeks before the
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    • 712 57 LAT-WP LAS VEGAS A celebrity website released a recording on Monday that appears to capture an agitated O.J. Simpson (inset) shouting expletives and threatening sports memorabilia collectors in a hotel room here last week, as he tried to take back mementoes he claimed were
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        600 61  -  Nazir Keshvani Director Quentin Tarantino's jatest film Death Proof, which is part of the Grindhouse marathon, had a great reception in Manila last month IN MANILA TYPHOON Sepat brought 160kmh winds and gusts of up to 195kmh to Manila, but the storm did not faze the enthusiastic audience
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      • 427 98  -  SHARON LOH As I get older, I become less anxious about how many friends I have, and if they are including me in their activities. I no longer stress out when lam home in front of the TV on Friday nights
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      • 436 99 Anxiety, depression noticed in those suffering from age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the elderly. Jessica Jaganathan reports More than one in 10 Singaporeans with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) may be suffering from anxiety or depression. A study
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      • 726 100 -BBC NEWS Major British study finds mobile phone usage won't damage your health in the short term, but over long term, it's too early to tell The debate about mobile phone safety has raged for years. A series of conflicting reports has
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      • 1117 101 Three terminally ill patients and their families speak to Judith Tan on choosing to die at home, surrounded by their loved ones Mr Chew Tuck Kong, 51, has kidney cancer Three weeks ago, doctors gave Mr Chew Tuck Kong, 51, no more
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      • 108 101 Of the eight organisations that provide such care, the following are those with free home hospice and palliative care services: »Assisi Hospice, 820 Thomson Road, Tel: 6347 6446, e-mail: assisi@assisihospice.org.sg »HCA Hospice Care, 12 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Tel: 6251-2561, Fax: 6352 2030, e-mail: homecare@hca.org.sg »Metta Hospice
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      • 510 102 Madam Wong Fong Kheng, 79, suffers from diffused cancer of the lymph nodes As a security guard at the Victoria Theatre, Mr Lee Meng Sung, 54, spends his nights protecting the grand old dame. During the day, he takes care of another
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      • 616 102 'I have my own things around me. I watch TV drama serials I never got to watch when I was busy with my stall. My husband bought a tank of goldfish to keep me company.' Madam Tan Ah Bee, 45, who
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      • 686 103 NEW YORK TIMES A recent study finds that food additives and colourings increase hyperactivity and decrease attention span in children Common food additives and colourings can increase hyperactive behaviour in a broad range of children, a study has found. It was the first
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      • 463 106  -  SHEFALISRINIVAS 7 secrets to raising happy kids Expose your child to many things, not just those he or she is good at Children are naturally inquisitive and revel in learning new things. Parents can encourage this curiosity by engaging it well. One way, according to
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      • 701 104 FEATUREWELL Focus on nothing but breathing in and out for 20 minutes a day and you really will feel happier, according to researchers in the US who have studied the brains of Tibetan lamas I have spent a fair amount of time at
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      • 291 104 FEATUREWELL If we were to speak out loud the disjointed monologue that runs through our heads most of the time, we'd be locked up for being nuts. Buddhist meditation comes in many different flavours (Tibetan, Zen and Vipassana are the major ones) but the common
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      • 500 105 eatt olive Sylvia Tan has just the thing: fish and pineapple in a spicy tamarind soup to get you warm again Nothing does it like hot soup during cool, rainy days. Whether it is due to global warming or not, we are having such cool
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      • 228 105 400g snapper, bones removed 3 slices cut pineapple 4 to 6 tomatoes, quartered I tbs tamarind paste or puree 5 cups of water or soup stock I tbs fish sauce A pinch of salt I tsp sugar 1 bunch each
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      • 359 108 the My 18-year-old daughter has white spots I U on her shoulders and back and they are rather unsightly. Is there a medical term for her condition? What is the cause of these white spots? Is there any way to get rid of
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      • 169 108 healthtips If you are famished, eat a little fat before you sit down for a meal. Did we say fat? Yes, but we are talking about the good kind. Eating some healthy fat 20 minutes before a meal can keep you from stuffing
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      • 378 109 waiting I am a 32-year-old woman recently I I diagnosed with costocondritis. I have seen an orthopaedic specialist and am currently on medication for my bone pain, but I still experience pain at times, especially after waking up. What other options do I
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      • 481 110 snursery 01 have turned 14 and lam 1.41 m tall. I recently went to Escape theme park and because of my height, I wasn't able to go on a lot of the rides, and missed out on games. My mum
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      • 490 111 tomorrow 20 September AMD Awareness Day Causes, risk factors and treatment for age-related macular degeneration. Venue: NUH Auditorium, Level 3, Kent Ridge Wing, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road Time: 9am to spm Fee: Talks are free, but eye Registration: Call 6772-5390 or screening
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      • 412 113  -  ELAINE YOUNG Elaine Young Last Sunday's Run For Hope, in the spirit of Terry Fox, saw 7,200 participants, including 12-year-old Vincent Asselin Lauzon, who handed over $260 for cancer research Although the skies were thunderous at six o'clock on Sunday morning and the heavy downpour
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      • 519 113 fit&fab Has keeping fit always been important to you and, if so, in what ways? Yes. Keeping fit helps not only with the body, but it also relieves stress and improves mental concentration so I can cope with demanding work (and study during
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    • 79 98 4 MOBILE PHONE SAFETY No evidence yet that they damage the health of short-term users. But ill effects could emerge in long-term users over 10 years in the future. 17 UNSIGHTLY SHOULDERS Teen has white spots on her shoulders and back. Is there any way to get rid of these
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    • 73 100 MOST THINGS CAN WAIT. YOUR HEALTH CAN'T. Singaporeans above 40 years of age have a higher risk of getting diabetes, high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol. Early detection reduces complications. That's why you shouldn't put off health screening. Visit your family doctor today. f^ fr I, lile,[™JJ,,, s B
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    • 138 101 Did you know that a virus can cause cervical cancer and other diseases? The Human Papillomavirus, or HPV, is a common virus that affects both females and males. There are more than 100 types of HPV, some of which can be present without symptoms. Although most infections clear on their
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