The Straits Times, 30 September 2007, Afternoon Edition

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  • 18 1 thesundaytimes SEPTEMBER 30X007 94 pages in three parts MICA(P) 199/12/2006 am A Singapore Press Holdings publication O\J Cents
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  • 475 1 Reuters, AP, AFP TOP OF THE NEWS YANGON UNITED Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari flew into Myanmar yesterday carrying the world's hopes that he can persuade its generals to use negotiations instead of to end mass protests against 15 years of military rule. "He's
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    • 40 1 c C**^* ~MM MIA &*k- YA mm x m \W\^W m rlxMl v 1 ST DESIGN: MIKE M DIZON PHOTOS: WANG HUI FEN, DESMOND FOO and AFP 'Let the people speak' SEEPAGE 12 Myanmar junta split over crackdown? SEEPAGE 13
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    • 55 2 THE headline of a story yesterday, "Govt spent $2.8b over last 5 years to fund grants, subsidies", was wrong. In fact, the Government spent $2.8 billion per year over the last five years. The amount came from investment income to fund the annual Budget. We
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    • 26 2 An SAF Open Mobilisation and Civil Resource Requisition Exercise was held yesterday. Code words were: West Lake, Void Deck, Prize Award and Bottle Neck.
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    • 617 2  -  Elena Chong SHIP INSPECTOR'S HOMECOMING ENDS IN TRAGEDY with mum for first time after return from Poland pal's motorcycle and dies from his injuries Siblings mourn 'My sister and I loved him so much. I was the one who took care of him when he was
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    • 597 3  -  Melissa Sim A fire like the recent one in Hougang leaves more than scorched debris. For fire investigators, the aftermath provides vital clues to how it all started TO THE untrained eye, a room gutted by fire is nothing more than just that a burnt room. But
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    • 787 3  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Melissa Sim A DAY before their Primary School Leaving Examination in 2004, three 12-year-olds burnt down an entire playground in Yishun. The boys were playing with candles when they accidentally tipped the candles over and set
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      779 4  -  Mavis Toh Debbie Yong With gold prices at a 27-year high, investors and ordinary folk are cashing in on their bling THESE days, lawyer C. C. Lie is sitting pretty on a pile of gold coins. Last December, she had bought about $50,000 worth of one-ounce gold coins
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    • 372 6 A VISIT to the polyclinic for coughs and colds used to take three hours for executive assistant Ramlah Rasul. The 52-year-old would go to Jurong Polyclinic as early as 7am and wait for an entire hour just to get a queue number to see the
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    • 541 6  -  Proposed changes will stop those who spread HIV from escaping punishment by claiming ignorance Mavis Toh Proposed changes will stop those who spread HIV from escaping punishment by claiming ignorance BEING HIV-positive did not stop German HansOtto Schiemann from having unprotected sex with
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    • 679 7  -  Tan Dawn Wei Multimillionaire now builds houses for a living and plays polo around the world THE humble set-up of Mr Satinder Garcha's spartan 1,000 sq ft office in Capitol Building four desks, stark fluorescent lighting and concrete floor hardly epitomises the
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    • 457 8  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi EACH year for the past 40 years, 10 retired army officers would have a reunion and talk about the good old days when they were among the pioneer batch of the Officer Cadet Course. This year, the men, all in their
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    • 714 8  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Melody Zaccheus Foreign condo names trip up local tongues but add a veneer of 'class' BUSINESSMAN Kelvin Ong has lived at the Cote D'Azur condominium in Marine Parade for five years and he still does not know how
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    • 107 10 THE ONE Degree 15 Marina Club in Sentosa, a marina and luxury lifestyle club, celebrated its grand opening yesterday with the inaugural Festival La Mer, a two-day European showcase of luxury waterfront living. The development spans 142,000 sq m and will have a total
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    • 467 10  -  Tania Tan Weekly figures in worst-hit cluster dip from 30 to fewer than 10, but NEA cautions it is not out of the woods yet AFTER nearly three months of waging war against the spread of dengue in Bukit Batok, mozzie-busters are finally seeing
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    • MYANMAR CRACKDOWN
      • 495 12  -  Melissa Sim Distressed by events back home, two Myanmar citizens living in Singapore pen petitions and plead for international pressure to stop the bloodshed MILES away from home, engineer Zeyar (left), 30, launched into action as soon as he heard about the crackdown on Myanmar protesters
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      • 210 12  -  Debbie Yong THERE were no loud chants, no big posters the sea of red at the Burmese Buddhist Temple yesterday evening said it all. About three-quarters of the people, mainly Myanmar nationals from students and professionals to parents with children at the temple
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      • 470 12 BANGKOK THAILAND'S Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has urged Myanmar to stop using force against demonstrators, echoing a similar call from Asean. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, he said Thailand and Myanmar, being predominantly Buddhist nations, shared beliefs in
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      • 927 13 No. 2 leader Mating Aye objects to use of violence against monks, according to reports LONDON A SPLIT has emerged within Myanmar's ruling junta, according to ex- /A ile groups which claim that sec-ond-in-command General Maung X Aye was angered by the violent crackdown on
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    • 541 14  -  Bhagyashree Garekar But critics say his proposal for voluntary caps on emissions is not enough US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON WHEN President George W. Bush took the podium to deliver a 15-minute speech at a conference seen as his most significant climate change initiative, the audience
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    • 389 14  -  Betsy Pisik NEW YORK SINGAPORE Foreign Minister George Yeo has stressed the importance of well-run international institutions, saying that only by working together in the appropriate forums can individual countries grapple with modern woes from repressive regimes to global warming. Speaking to foreign dignitaries
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    • 479 15  -  Hazlin Hassan MURDER OF 8-YEAR-OLD NURIN Two phones and five SIM cards seized from woman, whose involvement was revealed by a suspect in custody Malaysia Correspondent Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN police have arrested an Indonesian woman in connection with the sexual assault and murder of
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      • 55 15 AP BEIJING China launched a company yesterday to invest US$2OO billion (***** billion) of its foreign reserves, creating one of the world's richest investment funds. China Investment Corp will operate independently. Its chairman is former vice-finance minister Lou Jiwei. Prof Gao Xiqing, a US-educated law professor,
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      • 43 15 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani police used batons and tear gas to disperse about 900 lawyers staging a protest yesterday. The protest came as the election commission scrutinised President Pervez Musharraf s bid to run in the presidential polls on Saturday.
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      • 44 15 AFP WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund appointed Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 58, as its new chief for a five-year term. Its executive board said it had chosen the French Socialist former finance minister "by consensus". He will take office on Nov 1.
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      • 44 15 AFP TOKYO Japanese and Chinese airlines began flights between Tokyo and Shanghai yesterday, the 35th anniversary of the normalisation of bilateral diplomatic ties. Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines all launched daily flights between the cities.
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      • 40 15 Xinhua JAKARTA A Chinese-language school will set up the Kongzi Institute to teach Chinese language and culture to Indonesians. It will be built jointly with Beijing Hanban, an organisation appointed by the Chinese government, in Jakarta.
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    • 499 16  -  Yeo Ghim Lay spore Government sets up clubs for citizens abroad to meet and mingle SINGAPOREANS in Australia sould be shuffling mahjong tiles in a posh hotel, as they bond over roti prata and dim sum. That is being made possible with the
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    • 245 16  -  Yeo Ghim Lay A REGULAR gathering of Singaporeans at a hotel in Hanoi provided the idea for yesterday's launch of the Overseas Singaporean Clubs in Australia. It was Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng who learnt about the informal get-togethers at the Singapore-owned Fortuna Hotel when he
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    • 469 17 New York Times, AP Missile that can hit China in the works as Taipei takes steps to deter any Chinese offensive TAIPEI FACED with a military buildup by China, an outgunned Taiwan is quietly proceeding with plans to develop missiles that could strike the mainland, defence and
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    • 481 19 Reward those who help with emergencies on flights, says Australian Medical Association MELBOURNE DOCTORS who have to deal with sick passengers on planes are calling for free flights, upgrades or payments in return for treating the passengers. The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is asking
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    • 187 19 Reuters NEW YORK IT IS not just people who find it hard to get going in the morning. Cockroaches do not like mornings either. A study by biologists at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, found dramatic variations in a cockroach's learning ability throughout the
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    • 43 2 INDEX asia Nurin murder: Woman held Malaysian police have arrested an Indonesian woman in connection with the sexual assault and murder of the eight-year-old 15 Pricier homes in the east ...2b Listen up, citizen-wannabes.29 Ronaldinho's not missed 32 I'm a born-again Asian 42
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    • 647 19 a a a Hong Kong Bangkok Beijing Brisbane Kuala Lumpur Chennai London Cairo New York Ho Chi Minh City Tokyo Chicago Paris Manila Vancouver Guangzhou Singapore Today: f Woodlands Jurong Central nktrirt Changi Partly cloudy. District Partly Partly Partly Partly Partly cloudy I cloudy cloudy cloudy cloudy Outlook: showers with
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    • 1691 20  -  Lorna Tan NEW HIGHER RATES ON FIRST $60K New rules, new choices. Find out what the rate change means for you, and how you can invest or not invest to make the most of it FINANCE CORRESPONDENT CHANGES to Central Provident Fund (CPF)
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    • 496 20  -  John Ward Randel Carlock How family businesses can shape their next generation Professor Professor ONE of the most important responsibilities of senior family and management in the succession process is creating structures that support positive relationships with and among the next generation. Families must recognise that these relationships
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    • 693 21  -  Ang Kirn Lan YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q MY BOYFRIEND is divorced and has a child who is in the custody of his wife. I am earning four times more than my boyfriend. I own a house that is fully paid
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    • 1613 23  -  Lorna Tan ME MY MONEY Kenneth Fisher has also willed 80% of his estate to Johns Hopkins for medical research, rather than set up a trust FINANCE CORRESPONDENT HE HAD racked up a personal fortune of US$lO million (5514.96 million) by
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    • 590 24  -  Fiona Chan PROPERTY Spillover demand from nearby districts and rumours of collective sales push prices up PROPERTY REPORTER THE buzz in the property market these days is all about the price recovery in the suburban areas. Cheaper private homes on the
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    • 244 24 AFP Dow dips as investors tweak portfolios for new quarter NEW YORK US SHARE prices ended with modest losses on Friday as investors made end-of-quarter portfolio adjustments and mulled over bet-ter-than-expected consumer spending and inflation data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 17.48 points to 13,895.46 and the tech-heavy
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    • 366 25 MY SPACE Corporate development executive Chin Yeok Tsui, 32, tells Melody Zaccheus how she and her husbar designed their flat in Choa Chu Kang to reflect their personalities "IT'S HARD to pinpoint the exact theme of our executive flat
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    • 498 25  -  Wil Tan YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER Q I PERFORMED badly in my GCE O Levels 14 years ago and then dropped out from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). But over the past 10 years, I have put
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      448 26 Jackson Tai CEO of DBS Group The chief executive officer of DBS Group,Mr Jackson Tai, is stepping down. The 57-year-old banker's last day with DBS will be "some time before the end of this year". The former JP Morgan banker, who grew up in New York and worked as
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      1225 26  -  Paul Zach Hacker. Dropout. CEO. That about sums up the career path of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The Sunday Times looks at the social networking website which has its hands full fending off offers from big boys Microsoft and Yahoo EVEN in the hyper-fast lanes of the World
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    • 607 27 PETS are being cruelly tossed out again. Readers would recall that rabbits that were welcomed as bunnies by families in the run-up to the Year of the Rabbit were being abandoned within months. They were getting to be a handful as they grew. The cuteness was
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    • 944 27  -  Lee Tee Jong South Korea Correspondent in Seoul Dispatches A TRIP to the rubbish dump is part of my daily routine in South Korea. Unlike my HDB apartment block in Singapore, my apartment block in Seoul has no rubbish chute. Instead, I bring food waste
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    • 1123 28  - When in S 'pore, do as S 'poreans do Bertha Henson "FOUR. Pack please," and with that, I thought my order of chicken wings would be taken care of. Until the woman looked at me uncomprehendingly. I switched to Mandarin and was roundly abused for not using the language despite
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    • 794 28  -  Ho Ai Li FROM April last year to March this year, the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) hosted 616 visitors from countries ranging from Rwanda to China. The post-secondary institution can expect more international visitors after receiving the prestigious
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    • 1701 29  -  Grace Ng Chinese-American banker Jackson Tai is well-known for his zeal for building a bank managed by Asians for Asians WHEN news broke last Monday that DBS chief executive Jackson Tai was stepping down, a local banker was overheard asking: "Who's going to bang on
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    • 586 30  -  Wang Meng Meng Ukrainian gets in the way of teammates as Chelsea are held 0-0 by Fulham IS ANDRIY Shevchenko a misfit at Chelsea? Can he ever play with Didier Drogba? These questions were answered at Stamford Bridge yesterday as the Blues
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    • 400 30  -  Marc Lim SPORTS CORRESPONDENT THINK Arsenal and entertaining, passing football comes to mind. Yesterday, the Gunners showed a less attractive side to their game yet it would be difficult to find one Arsenal fan complaining. Often criticised for being too soft against more physical
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    • 83 30 Results Manchester City 3 Newcastle United 1 Petrov38, Mpenza 47, Elano87 Martins 29 Chelsea 0 Fulham Derby County I Bolton Wanderers Miller 19 Anelka 32 Portsmouth 7 Reading 4 Mwaruwari 7 37 70, Davies81, Hreidarsson 55, Krancjar 75, Muntari 90pen Hunt 45, Kitson 48, Long 79, Shorey
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    • 174 30 PtS Irsenal Manchester City 7 8 6 5 1 1 0 2 16 11 4 6 19 16 iverpool 7 4 3 0 12 2 15 Manchester United 7 4 2 1 6 2 14 'ortsmouth 8 3 3 2 15 12 12 Slackburn Rovers 7 3 3 1
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    • 269 30 Reuters WIGAN LIVERPOOL maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 1-0 victory over Wigan Athletic yesterday. Yossi Benayoun's 75th-minute strike gave the visitors their first Premier League win in three matches. Their last two games, against Portsmouth and Birmingham City, ended in
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    • 522 31 AFP Their fluent passing game dismantles Newcastle and they battle from 0-1 down MANCHESTER MANCHESTER City maintained their credentials as this season's dark horses, when they fought back from a goal down to beat Newcastle 3-1 yesterday. Martin Petrov, Emile Mpenza and
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    • 161 31 ARSENAL held their first face-to-face talks on Friday with Alisher Usmanov's business partner, Farhad Moshiri, as the Uzbek billionaire stepped up his takeover bid for the club. Usmanov had spent at least another £10 million (Ss3o million) on shares to increase his stake in Arsenal to
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    • 439 31 AFP, AP SHANGHAI GERMANY can become the first team to retain the Women's World Cup. To do so, they must beat a brilliant Brazil in today's final. From the time they won their opening match 11-0 against Argentina, Germany were hailed as the
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    • 618 31  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL WHAT is happening to Ronaldinho? Officially, the Barcelona playmaker has a calf strain that is keeping him out of the team. The Spanish media do not believe it is the full story. They suspect that Ronnie is
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    • 460 32 AP McLaren fear Hamilton's rivalry with Alonso may lead to on-track contact OYAMA (Japan) THE ongoing feud between McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso continued unabated yesterday. Hamilton clocked lmin 25.368 sec to take pole position for today's Japanese Grand Prix with teammate Alonso
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    • 717 32  -  Steve Slater IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT 3VER the past few weeks, no drivsr has had to dig deeper into his self-belief than Fernando Alonso. He has been accused of disloyalty, blackmail, dangerous driving and even blamed for costing his team their US$lOO million (Sslso million)
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    • 472 32 AP, AFP MONTREAL AS TIGER Woods fell to his worst match-play loss and American teammate Woody Austin stumbled into a lake, the United States golfers somehow managed to cling on to their lead. Only just. The US hung on for a 7-5
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    • 269 32 AFP, AP SHANGHAI WORLD champions Tyson Gay and Liv Xiang appeared to be suffering from World Championships hangover. They lost their respective events at the Golden Grand Prix in Shanghai on Friday. Gay, the 100 m and 200 m world champion, came in
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    • 209 33 Pool A South Africa 3 3 0 0 125 93 2 14 England 4 3 0 1 108 20 2 14 Tonga 4 2 0 2 89 -7 19 Samoa 4 1 0 3 69 -74 1 5 USA 3 0 0 3 46 -32 1 1 Pool B
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    • 452 33 AP Second-stringers lack cohesion, but still beat belligerent Canada 37-6 BORDEAUX THE Wallabies will take one positive out of an ugly 37-6 Rugby World Cup win over Canada: it could not be worse. Australia's second-string team had no cohesion, went one-out too often and lacked incisive
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    • 142 33 Reuters FIJI knocked Wales out of the Rugby World Cup yesterday, while qualifying for the quarter-finals with a thrilling 38-34 victory in their final Pool B match. Wales, who trailed 10-25 at half-time, fought back with three tries early in the second half while Fiji's opening try-scorer,
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    • 522 33 Reuters, AP TOULOUSE AFTER completing the World Cup pool phase with an 85-8 demolition of Romania, the All Blacks move into the knockout round searching for rugby perfection. Yesterday's emphatic win at the Stade Toulouse gave New Zealand 309 points, including 46 tries, on
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    • 361 33 AFP MARSEILLE FRANCE face Georgia in their final Pool D match today, knowing that only a bonus-point win will do to ensure a World Cup quar-ter-final spot. While the hosts have yet to cement their qualification, they are highly favoured to do so
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    • 383 33 AP PARIS FOR Ireland, the equation could not be starker. Beat Argentina by scoring at least four tries and deny the Pumas a bonus point today or miss out on the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals. Despite leading Group D after beating France
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    • 479 34 AFP Jut coach admits they nust step up a evel against Australia PARIS ENGLAND coach Brian Ashton admitted that the defending champions need to step up a level if they are to beat Australia in the World Cup quarter-finals on Saturday. The title-holders, who only a
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    • 424 34  -  Jeanette Wang THE Singapore Sports Council is set to get National Sports Associations to adhere to a shared-services programme. This is to ensure more effective use of public funding, said Mr Teo Ser Luck, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth
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    • updates
      • 88 34 AP A scintillating century by Michael Clarke helped Australia reach a formidable 307 for seven wickets against India yesterday in the opening one-day cricket international in Bangalore. Driving and pulling fiercely, Clarke rescued Australia with a 144-run fifth-wicket partnership with Brad Haddin (69). He was run
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      • 80 34 Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy admitted there was "an element of truth" in the rumours about manager Martin Jol's future at the English Premier League football club. However, Levy took pains to say that the board was still behind the Dutchman. Jol's position has been
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      • 99 34 AP Philadelphia Flyers rookie Steve Downie received a 20-game suspension from the National Hockey League on Friday for leaving his feet to hit the head of Ottawa Senators forward Dean McAmmond. His suspension matched the fourth-longest in league history. It fell five games shy of the
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    • 211 34 AFP SOUTH African coach Jake White has some sympathy for the Herculean task confronting the United States in their final Rugby World Cup match against the Springboks here today. The American Eagles have had the rough end of the draw, playing their first two
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    • 393 35  -  Terrence Voon Malaysia's Lim starts well but is let down by fifth-frame split HE WAS up against one of the world's best bowlers, but Malaysia's Daniel Lim showed little fear yesterday. He went down bravely, losing to Finland's Mika Koivuniemi 224-235 pinfalls in the
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    • 492 35  -  Jeanette Wang GET SET, GO! A Sunday Times weekly training plan for first-time marathoners who seldom run beyond 10km Countdown to Singapore Marathon 2007 To join, go to www.singaporemarathon.com/en COOL RUNNING BUDDIES Items to aA help keep your cool in the heat DO NOT
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    • 319 35 Lim Sin Thai Text and pictures by Jessica Tan, 24 Children's gym instructor Height: 1.58 m Weight: 48.5 kg Exercise regimen: I do touch rugby twice a week. The team go through drills which work our agility, speed
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    • 424 36  -  Terrence Voon But gold-medal hopes at SEA Games are lowered as most are newcomers SINGAPORE is sending its biggest sailing contingent to the South-east Asia Games in December, but do not expect a rush of gold medals. This is because the Republic's 25-strong squad
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    • 407 36  -  >- Wang Meng Meng JUST four substitutes. That is the predicament Home United face as they meet Sengkang Punggol in the S-League tonight at the Hougang Stadium. The Protectors are third in the table, three points behind leaders SAFFC and two behind Tampines Rovers. "It's
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    • 504 36 ATHLETICS lAAF Shanghai Golden Grand Prix (winners only): Men's 100 m: Wallace Spearmon (USA) 9.965 ec 200 m: Asafa Powell (Jam) 20.00 400 m: Jeremy Warmer (USA) 44.02 4> 1,500 m: Daniel Kipchirchir (Ken) 3min -31.755 ec 110 m hurdles: Dayron Robles (Cub) 13.01 High jump: Linus Thornblad (Swe)
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    • 94 30 Playing Today Everton v Middlesbrough (Live on cti27,10.55pm) Everton striker Andrew Johnson (groin) is set to miss out, but Mikel Arteta (ankle) could return. Middlesbrough duo Jonathan Woodgate (groin) and Mido (hamstring) are both fit, but striker Tuncay remains a doubt with shin problem. Playing Tomorrow Tottenham Hotspur v Aston
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    • 55 33 Rugby World Cup RESULTS England 36 Tonga 20 New Zealand 85 Romania 8 Australia 37 Canada 6 Fiji 38 Wales 34 Scotland v Italy Late game FIXTURES Today Pool D: France v Georgia Live, Ch24, 8.55pm Pool D: Ireland v Argentina Live, Ch24, 11pm Pool A: South Africa v USA
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  • Obituaries
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      151 36 KAN WEN LIN Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 28 September 2007. Forever loved, cherished and dearly missed by loved ones. Husband: Sun Ken Foo (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chris Seng Yew Fatt (deceased) Lucy Lim Sen You Meng Janet Choo Sew Kee Sum Yew Cheong Lim Koon May Daughters: Sons-in-law:
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      92 36 ONG LAYENG Age: 66 passed away peacefully on 28 Sept 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Thien Gin Hoa Son: Daughter-in-law: Michael Thien Wei Seng Serene Chiu Hwei Chern Daughter: Son-in-law: Thien Kwee Eng Tay lih-Hsin Grandsons: Granddaughter: Benjamin Thien Zong Tun Samantha Thien Zhi Yu
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      73 36 MARYKANG PONG TEE Age: 81 was called home to be with the Lord on 29/09/07, dearly missed and fondly remembered by adopted family loved ones: Daughter: Magaret Tan Grandsons: Damian Sect Darren Sect Granddaughters-in-law: Gina Lim Linda Song And the late Mr Tan Chye Puak family. Wake is held at
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      49 36 Krishnan Anjamal (Ex-SGH Baby Ward Amah) Age: 77 Passed away peacefully on 28 Sept 2007, sadly missed loved ones. Cortege leaves Blk 76 Telok Blangah Drive, #05-276 today 30 Sept 2007 at 4pm for burial at Chua Chu Kang Hindu Cemetery. For enquiries, please call Ragu at 9114 498S
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      95 36 WONG POH CHAN Age: 69 passed away peacefully on 29 September 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Chwee Ah Can, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chwee Fook Kong, Bernard Norsiah Bte Hussin Chwee Fook Keong Chrissie Ho Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chwee Fong Leng Koh Joo Leng Chwee Foong Kiew,
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      60 36 CHUAH SIEW LEAN Age: 54 passed away peacefully on 29 Sept 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband Low Chin Kee Son Low Renshun Brother: Sisters: Chuah Eng Khoon Chuah Siew Hoon Chuah Siew Suan and all relatives. Body resting at Blk 863 Woodlands St 83 Hp: *****470 Cortege will leave
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      156 36 r"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want... Surely goodness love will follow me all the days of my life and I POONYONGSONG Age: 77 was called home to be with the Lord on 29 Sept 2007. Dearly missed and fondly cherished by loved ones. Son: Daughter-in-law:
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      29 36 4th Anniversary l£ ll In Loving Memory U, Ng Her Peng s|-^r*F(*^,-^A) Dept 30 9 2003 Forever Cherished and Remembered By: Wife, Children, Daughters-in-law, St. Grandchildren Loved Ones i&
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      65 37 MDM MARY CHEW GEOK NEO Departed en 26 September 20 07 From: Mr Tay 800 Jiang Mr Tay Liam Wee The Board of Directors The Management Staff of Sincere Watch Limited #SINCERE EST? 1954 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mrs Daisy Cheong Managing Director of Geneva Master Time Pte
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      154 37 "The man who patiently endures the temptations and trials that come to him is the truly happy man. For once his testing is complete he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to all who love Him." James 1:12 LOUISE HENRIETTE BAPTIST Age: 70 Was called
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      66 37 Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the Beloved late SIVARAJIN S/O WYOHADH ARAN Departed on 16/9/07 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends colleagues, for their kind attendance, condolences, donations, and wreaths, during their recent bereavement. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on 1 Oct 07
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      29 37 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of SALLY CHEANG LYE NEO (Wife of the Late Orchard Poh Whatt Chye) Departed 30 September 2005 Always remembered by family and loved ones
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      85 37 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA We, the family of the late CHIDAMBARA THANGARAJU Departed on 17-09-2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance and condolences during our recent bereavement. Karumathi Prayers will be held on 30-09-2007 (Sun) night at Blk 873 Woodlands
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      67 37 We, the family of the late TANLIANTHAH Departed on 25 September 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their condolences, assistance, attendance, prayers, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Asia Renal Care Mt. Elizabeth Pte Ltd. Doctors
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      42 37 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of R ERIC WONG SOON SENG Departed 30 September 2005 "Gone from our lives, one so dear, but in our hearts forever near" Deeply missed forever cherished by loving wife, children, grandchildren and all loved ones t
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      287 37 NG KAH SI AN Age: 100 passed away peacefully on 28 September 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Ong Poh Huat (deceased) Sisters: Lim Geok Lan (deceased) Koh Nya Chik (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ong Chin Hee (deceased) Sim Chew Gnore (deceased) Ong Chin Hock (deceased) Wong Soo Hai Ong Chin
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      96 37 VIOLET SIM LIANG NEO Age: 64 passed away peacefully on 28 September 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Patrick Mali Yoke Chee Sons: Daughters-in-law: George Mali Yew Weng Pearly Oon Hock Neo Collin Mali Yew Fook Yap Siew Ching Grandsons: Melvin Mali Jie Long Darren Mali
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    • 34 36 Memory wanders as shadows rail saclctothedaus of happiness, Daus beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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    • 15 36 GOLF The Seve Trophy: Day 3 (Delayed, Ch2l, 10am). Final day (Live, Ch2l, 6pm). Navistai
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    • 173 36 Classic: Day 3 (Delayed, Ch22, noon). Presidents Cup: Final day (Live, Ch2l, midnight). MOTOR RACING F1: Japanese GP (Live, Ch24, 12.30pm). RUGBY NRL Grand Final: Melbourne Storm v Manly Sea Eagles (Live, Ch96, 4.30pm). World Cup Pool D: France v Georgia (8.55pm), Ireland v Argentina (11pm). Pool A: South Africa
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      985 38  -  Loh Wei Loong Melody Zaccheus Final instalment of supersoldier v aliens trilogy makes smashing debut by breaking US sales record EVEN the amazing Spider-Man cannot escape the crosshairs of Master Chief. Halo 3, the second sequel to Microsoft's groundbreaking first-person shooting game, Halo, raked in US$l7O million
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    • 51 39 STOMP is Singapore's No.l citizen journalism website with user-generated material fuelling its success. We're also big on social networking, enabling thousands to come together to interact and bond both online and offline in our various Talkback forums, and in Singapore Seen. x Ulll \r uiuiui.stoniP.coni.sg mms/sms ***** email *****@stomp.com.sg PHone
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    • 805 40  -  Debbie Yong Singaporeans hosting foreign students say it's a rewarding experience and helps them expand their network of friends FOR two weeks last month, fourthyear Singapore Management University (SMU) student Debra Lav, 22, felt like a full-time mother. She waited while her charges underwent medical check-ups, taught them
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    • 389 40 Life can get overwhelming sometimes. But you don't have to suffer in silence. Write to Teen Confidential, and we will get trained counsellors to help you through your problem. Email your letters to stgeny@sph.com.sg Q Dear Counsellor, lam 17
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
    • 497 40 Not sure what is good English and what is not? Write to The Sunday Times and we will get your queries answered. This is a weekly series in support of the Speak Good English Movement. —2 NAWW JCiCIVIi^I3«M«wM. ,/.V tistS B Yio Chu Kang N..i.ii»'r' ~s "X Made to order
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  • talk
    • 902 41  -  Tan Dawn Wei expat eye IT WAS supposed to be a two-week holiday in Singapore but Clifford Wong ended up staying five years. The Chinese New Zealander was here to visit his younger brother, Devon, who had moved here to work.
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    • INBOX
      • 330 41  -  V. Anantharaman (Prof) I REFER to Miss Teo Kin Ling's letter, "Health risk in CPR" (The Sunday Times, Sept 23). Miss Teo was concerned about the transmission of infectious diseases, such as HIV, with mouth-to-mouth breathing when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). To date, there is
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      • 229 41  -  Larry Quah Chai Koon RECENTLY, I was at a roti prata restaurant for lunch. After our food arrived, a group of about 15 youngsters, not more than 21 years old, entered the restaurant and occupied two tables next to ours. They started talking very loudly among
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      • 102 41  -  Kiera Chua King De (Miss) A COMMON grouse among parents of primary and secondary school students is the increasing scarcity of public telephones on school premises. Granted, many young children have cellphones, but surely public phones should not become unavailable because of that. There
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      • 116 41  -  Liv Shih Lin (Ms) I HAVE attended a few hotel weddings since becoming a mother seven months ago, and every time I need to nurse my son in hotels, I am always informed that there is no nursing room. That said, the hotels' staff
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      • 124 41  -  Steven Tor Peng Hock SINGAPORE is committed to going green. Our Government has agreed to cooperate with and assist the rest of the world in addressing environmental issues, and there was even a Miss Earth Singapore pageant recently. So why are we still using disposable chopsticks
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      • 176 41  -  Nelson Quah RECENTLY, I had my face scratched by the thorns on some overhanging bougainvillea branches while taking an evening walk. Fortunately, my eyes were not injured as I was wearing spectacles. Some of the slightly overgrown bougainvillea shrubs now extend into the public walkway near
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      • 159 41  -  Annabelle Yap (Ms) WE REFER to the letter by Ms Khoo Siew Lynn, "Kids frightened by movie trailers" (The Sunday Times, Sept 9). We take the enjoyment and welfare of all our patrons, and especially children, very seriously. Ms Khoo did not indicate a specific date
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      • 692 43  -  Foong Woei Wan Meet the Chinese bombshells who dare to bare FROM Lust, Caution actress Tang Wi to nubile newbie Meng Yao, Ch na-born starlets have been sizzliii the showbiz world the old-fashione way with brazen displays of the chests. Tang is by now famous or infamous
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        801 44  -  Ong Sor Fern Cineplexes are counting on loyalty programmes to retain customers FILM CORRESPONDENT YOUR movie ticket can now admit you to restaurants, spas and even a hotel. As credit card adverts used to sniff, "Membership has its privileges" and cineplexes have jumped on the bandwagon. They
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      • 1809 45  -  Sandra Leong Does virtual sheepthrowing have a place at work? The rise of Facebook has made employers address the issue of cyber-loafing in the office OFFICE workers hunched in their workspaces. The tap-tap-tap of computer keyboards over the whir of fax machines and photocopiers. A pleasant picture of
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      • 770 46  -  Sandra Leong EVEN as some employers moan that too much cyber-loafing on Facebook lowers productivity, new media bosses like Paul Soon, 33, are hooked on it, are encouraging their workers to embrace it and, what's more, have already used it as a business tool. Mr
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      • 289 46  -  Sandra Leong NEW to Facebook and not sure if you want to expose yourself to the world? Online security expert Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at software security firm Sophos, shares some starter tips with LifeStyle. 1 Bosses control your workers' access to Facebook If
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      • 497 46  -  you. Sandra Leong Face what? Unless you've been living under a rock (and you probably have if you're hearing this for the first time), you'll know that Facebook is one of the latest and some say hottest social networking sites in cyberspace. Founded in 2004 by Harvard student
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      • 999 47  -  Mak Mun San Dog owners who have not licensed their pets don't have to fear the $5,000 fine if they come forward now IF YOU still haven't got your dog licensed and worry that you will be slapped with a $5,000 fine if you try to
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      • 670 48  -  Emily Lek Two aunties are selling mouth-watering mini-replicas of food items as magnets, jewellery and mobile phone accessories SINGAPOREANS are known for their love of food. And now, they are wearing food as well. No, not as in splashed over their clothes. But as mini-replicas
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      • 848 49  -  Adeline Chia SMRT has lowered the bum rests at some stations, but most commuters still keep sliding off them IT'S a slippery business. When new bum rests were installed in seven high-traffic MRT stations in March to provide more respite for footsore commuters, many did
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      • 665 49  -  Shaan Seth Get this stylish reusable tote and do your bit to save the environment THEY'RE reusable, practical and now chic. And many folks from designer big shots like Louis Vuitton to the home-grown NTUC Fairprice store have bagged the chance to
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      • 902 51 NYT Eva Birath is one woman who proves that age is no barrier to extreme bodybuilding ATLANTIC CITY Eva Birath strolled along the boardwalk, past shops and stands selling pungent varieties of junk food that she would never allow herself to eat.
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      • 572 51 AP MIAMI In her 1993 high school yearbook, Christie Prody wrote that her future plans included "moving somewhere tropical" and buying a luxury car. She's living at least part of her dream as O. J. Simpson's longtime girlfriend. That's not to say it's
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      • 436 52  -  Tay Suan Chiang Now you can fend off the mozzies with colourfu wristbands that come with inbuilt repellent THE fight against mosquitoes has gone fashionable. Colourful wristbands with an inbuilt repellent are the latest buzz. The imported wristbands hit the scene two months age colours and simple
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      • 411 52  -  Gerard Yeo Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) experts answer your queries in this fortnightly column. Remember, you should not self-medicate. Always consult a practitioner. Send your questions to stlife@sph.com.sg SINSEH SAYS My husband who is in his late 40s has been diagnosed with Double
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      • 311 53  -  Shaan Moledina You do not need to plan long and hard for a vacation. In the first of a six-part series of quick weekend getaways to Thailand, we update you on what you can do in Bangkok THE first impressions of Bangkok are usually of a city full
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