The Straits Times, 2 October 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 110 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Property boom spreads to mass market
    663 1  -  Jessica Cheam Suburban, HDB homes post best quarterly price growth in years By NEW government figures released yesterday will bring cheer to the average Singaporean homeowner. This is because prices for so-called "mass market properties comprising mainly suburban condominiums and HDB homes have posted
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    Lock icon A GARDEN JUST FOR KIDS
    75 1 Dave Tan, six, prepares to water the plants in the Water Play Area of Asia's first dedicated garden for children under 13. This 2ha development by the Botanic Gardens is named in memory of philanthropist Jacob Ballas. Among its attractions: a tree house with slides
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    Lock icon Bank alleges brewery gave Chia 'absolute control'
    521 1  -  Chong Chee Kin LAWSUIT AGAINST ASIA-PACIFIC BREWERIES By ASIA-PACIFIC Breweries (APB) all but gave its former finance manager Chia Teck Leng the keys to the vault, which the high-rolling gambler used to cheat four foreign banks of US$73 million (Sslo9 million). So absolute
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Translation courses are gaining in popularity
      980 1  -  Ho Ai Li By DURING a Secondary 1 class at Chung Cheng High (Main) one Wednesday afternoon, Ms Liam Hsiao Wen asks the 32 students how to say starfish in Mandarin. "Kin yu," some shout, triggering a burst of giggles. "That's direct translation," admonishes
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      28 1 ASEAN RESPONSE/*^k |^^EEffiHK~"wH Does Asean's position on the Myanmar crisis mark a significant shift in policy? George Yeo talks to Derwin Pereira W p <?■ PAGE 8 >(L BlffiSl
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      361 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Witness recounts accident Asia 6-14 a prosecution witness testified on World 15-19 the events leading to the death of Review 20-22 Mr Lim Wee Chong, who was flung FYI 23 off the bonnet of a taxi in April. SECTION TWO PAGE H1 Home Hl-H7 Forum
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon UN envoy's Myanmar trip takes an unusual turn
      590 3 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE Junta sends him on sightseeing trip, workshop with journalists instead Yangon THE mission to Myanmar of United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari took a bizarre turn yesterday when military officials sent him by helicopter to the country's remote
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      Lock icon Over 200 more buildings in Katong area may be conserved
      781 3  -  Tan Hui Yee By Housing Correspondent THE rich heritage of Katong and Joo Chiat district will get more protection from the wrecking ball with a further 228 buildings earmarked for conservation status. The buildings include landmarks such as St Hilda's
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      Lock icon Murder of girl, 8, in Malaysia: 4 arrested men freed
      318 4  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur BARELY three days after they were arrested over the murder of an eight-year-old girl, four men were released yesterday by Malaysian police for want of evidence. In the latest embarrassment to
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      Lock icon CHINESE MARK BIG DAY
      59 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Millions of Chinese began a week-long National Day holiday yesterday, packing railway stations and airports as thousands flocked to Tiananmen Square and other tourist sites. Up to 150 million people are expected to travel this week. More than 100,000 people gathered in Tiananmen Square
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      Lock icon Two-month credit limit for wealthy cardholders may go
      543 4  -  Bryan Lee MAS seeks public feedback on its proposal to lift the cap By HIGH-EARNERS will be able to put a lot more on the plastic under proposed changes to 15-year-old rules that limit the amount of credit banks can offer their
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon '1,500 monks and activists thrown into jail'
      625 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS MYANMAR CRISIS Fears grow for the people seized during protests and overnight raids Yangon WITH pro-democracy protests apparently quashed and many monasteries eerily empty, fears are growing for those who have disappeared into Myanmar's grim prisons. As the
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      Lock icon Arrested monks defrocked, says diplomat
      209 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS Yangon ALL the monks recently arrested in Myanmar were defrocked and some are likely to face long jail terms, an Asian diplomat said. Monks, who spearheaded the demonstrations that gripped Myanmar, appear to be paying a heavy price. The diplomat, who spoke on
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      Lock icon Four journalists missing since crackdown on protesters
      296 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok AT LEAST four journalists have been arrested and about 10 others injured or harassed during the crackdown on mass pro-democracy protests by Myanmar's military regime, a media advocacy group said. "The toll from the media's attempts to cover the pro-democracy
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    • MYANMAR CRISIS
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        Lock icon Advocate for democracy faces tough task of softening up junta
        631 7  -  Kenneth Lim Gambari to carry broad agenda in hope of finding some common ground with generals By MR IBRAHIM Gambari founded a think-tank on democracy and now faces the task of dealing with one of the most rigid military juntas
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        Lock icon A test of Asean cohesion
        1428 8 Asean, in a tough statement last week, expressed revulsion at the violent repression of demonstrations in Myanmar. Does this mark a break from Asean's policy of non-interference? We decided that we were not in a position to defend Myanmar internationally about a year and a
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    • EAST ASIA
      • RUN-UP TO 17TH PARTY CONGRESS
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          Lock icon Hu's grade in first-term report card: Very Good'
          1093 9  -  Chua Chin Hon SIM CHI YIN Analysts give A for growth and political stability, but not for reforms By China Bureau Chief In Beijing WHEN China's low-key Communist Party leader Hu Jintao came to power in late 2002, the international press inevitably
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          Lock icon Fukuda pledges diplomacy of peace
          605 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin Japan's new PM vows to work with China and boost ties with Asean By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vowed to pursue a "peace-creating diplomacy", including boosting ties with Asian nations, in his maiden policy speech yesterday. In
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          Lock icon Japan privatises post office to form giant bank
          139 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo JAPAN broke up its sprawling post office yesterday, spinning off a commercial bank with the world's largest savings in a privatisation process set to reshape the country's financial services industry. The former state agency, with more than 400 million
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          Lock icon GETTING THEIR KICKS
          32 10 South Korean soldiers displaying martial arts skills during the 59th Armed Forces Day ceremony at the military headquarters in Gyeryong, about 140 km south of Seoul, yesterday. PHOTO: AFP
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          Lock icon Roh to press for arms cut at Korean summit
          494 10 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul SOUTH Korea's President Roh Moo Hyun said yesterday he would use the second inter-Korean summit to press for peace and an eventual arms cut along one of the world's most heavily militarised borders. Mr Roh
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Suicide bomber disguised in burqa kills 15
        512 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Latest deadly blast in Pakistan occurs at police checkpoint near tribal areas Peshawar A SUICIDE bomber disguised in a woman's burqa struck at a police checkpost in north-west-ern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 15 people including four policemen, officials
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        Lock icon 10 nabbed over Male bombing
        171 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Colombo THE Maldives has arrested 10 suspects and is seeking outside help to investigate a bombing that wounded 12 foreign tourists in the first such attack in the holiday paradise, officials said yesterday. The blast on Saturday at Sultan Park, a favourite stop
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Jakarta governor to join 2009 presidential race
        557 13  -  Salim Osman Sutiyoso is the third politician to throw his hat into the ring By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta JAKARTA'S outgoing governor Sutiyoso yesterday announced that he is joining the 2009 presidential race. In a gala event declaring his candidacy at a five-star
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon JI SUSPECTS GO ON TRIAL
        49 14 These six men were charged yesterday with financing militant attacks and harbouring Abu Dujana, military leader of the Jemaah Islamiah group. They face maximum sentences ranging from 20 years in jail to the death penalty if found guilty under Indonesia's counter-terrorism laws. PHOTO: AFP
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        Lock icon Judge-fixing video revives calls for revamp
        456 14  -  Carolyn Hong XL Bar Council demands greater transparency in Bench appointments By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur THE recent emergence of a video clip of a well-connected lawyer purportedly brokering judicial appointments has revived calls for an overhaul of Malaysia's opaque system. Malaysia's
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        Lock icon Sonthi steps down as head of Thai junta
        151 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok THAILAND'S General Sonthi Boonyarataglin, who led last year's coup, has stepped down as head of the nation's junta, paving the way for him to join the Cabinet, a spokesman said yesterday. "His resignation took effect on Sept 30. "Sonthi
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Tory game plan to boost Britain's edge
      644 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG Opposition spells out tax initiatives at upbeat annual conference Blackpool BRITAIN'S main opposition Conservatives began spelling out their plans for government yesterday, the centrepiece of which would be to boost the country's economic competitiveness. The centre-right Tories were in
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      Lock icon Brown says 'no' to short-term giveaways
      208 15 REUTERS London BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown said yesterday his government will not relax its fiscal discipline for any short-term gain. In a speech at the Reuters headquarters in London alongside former US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and British finance minister Alistair Darling,
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      Lock icon THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
      49 16 An Bm-high model of Golden Anubis, the ancient jackal-headed Egyptian God of the Dead, making it past London's Tower Bridge yesterday. It is a highlight of the Tutankhamun And The Golden Age Of The Pharaohs exhibition that will open on Nov 15. PHOTO: AP
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      Lock icon US corners 42% of global arms market
      458 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES It increases its lead in the arms trade even as sales slump worldwide Washington THE United States reaffirmed its leadership in global arms trade last year, increasing its share even as the overall volume shrank, according to a
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon CHINA'S NEW ANTI-GRAFT TARGET: MULTINATIONALS
        71 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China has warned multinational companies that they are among its targets as it seeks tc weed out graft, state media reported yesterday. The warning came as the Supreme People's Court announcec that the nation's courts had deali with 4,406 commercial bribery cases
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        Lock icon PROTEST IN MACAU OVER ILLEGAL WORKERS, GRAFT
        73 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MACAU: Thousands of residents in Macau took to the streets yesterday to protest against illegal workers and corruption. They marched peacefully through the city centre waving banners that read "Fight illegal and foreign workers" and chanting "Useless government" as dozens of
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        Lock icon MAN WITH EXPLOSIVES STOPPED AT U.S. EMBASSY
        75 16 REUTERS VIENNA: Austrian police arrested a Bosnian man yesterday after he tried to enter the US Embassy in Vienna carrying a rucksack with explosives, a police spokesman said. Police found two devices similar to hand grenades and other explosive material, nails and a
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        Lock icon ARROYO ALLY QUITS AMID BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS
        79 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: A corruption scandal dogging Philippine President Gloria Arroyo claimed its first casualty yesterday, when one of her allies resigned, following claims that he offered bribes to secure a contract for a Chinese firm. The move by Mr Benjamin Abalos, who quit
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      Lock icon Pakistani lifts 62kg load by ear
      284 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS A PAKISTANI man broke the world-record for "ear-lifting" in Vienna, carrying a load of almost 62kg from a cord attached to his right ear. Mr Zafar Gill's feat on Sunday earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World
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      Lock icon Chess great Kasparov to run for president
      270 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHESS great Garry Kasparov was named on Sunday as the presidential candidate of the Other Russia opposition coalition for next year's polls. Mr Kasparov overwhelmingly won a party congress vote against five other contenders to run in the March 2, 2008
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      Lock icon Woman, 51, gives birth to twin grandchildren
      145 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS A 51-YEAR-OLD surrogate mother for her daughter has given birth to her own twin grandchildren in north-eastern Brazil. Ms Rosinete Palmeira Serrao, a government health worker, gave birth to twin boys by caesarean section last Thursday at the Santa Joana Hospital
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      Lock icon Ukraine turns Orange but how long will it last?
      616 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Former partners in revolution may unite in power, but ties are strained Kiev THE possible return to power of the coalition in Ukraine behind the 2004 pro-West Orange Revolution is prompting mixed feelings in this former Soviet republic. They
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      Lock icon Putin eyes PM post after presidency
      286 19 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Moscow RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin yesterday said he could become prime minister in a shock announcement that could herald a fundamental change in the way the country is governed. Speaking at a congress of the main pro-Kremlin force, United Russia, Mr
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      27 15 US still top arms seller The United States corners 42 per cent of the global arms market, increasing its share even as sales slump worldwide. PAGE 16
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon It cannot go on as before
      438 20 THE Myanmar rebellion has been put down. It would be comforting to be able to append the words "for now". But the odds of a new, decisive upsurge of opposition to the military usurpers would be long, although the spirit of resistance in a
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      Lock icon When low ability betrays high aims
      1255 20  -  Ooi Kee Beng CORRUPTION IN MALAYSIA By For The Straits Times IT MAY be interpreted as a good sign that Malaysia managed to improve its standing in the recently released Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by one notch. The country now stands at 43 in
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      Lock icon Change will be slow and painful
      877 20  -  Michael Vatikiotis WHITHER MYANMAR? By Leon De Riedmatten For The Straits Times NOW that the junta in Myanmar has brutally cracked down on the protesters in the streets of Yangon and Mandalay, the big question is what is next for the country's longsuffering people.
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      1021 21  -  Andy Ho »PENAL CODE AMENDMENTS By Senior Writer THE last time I was in Washington DC, I made it a point to stand in front of the Supreme Court Building to take in again, not its imposing classical Corinthian style, but
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      800 21  -  Paul Reiter SPREAD OF VIRAL DISEASES By For The Straits Times In Paris A WORLD Health Organisation official has claimed that the current viral outbreak of chikungunya in northern Italy is the result of climate change. This widely reported absurdity undermines rational debate at a time when
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      2151 22  -  Jeremy Laurance ►>JAPAN'S AGEING SOCIETY By WITH hands clasped neatly in her lap and iron-grey hair combed straight back, Mrs Haru Matsumara, 100 last April, explains the secret of her long life. "I do like milk but I could not afford it when
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      39 20 As Japan ages How Japan grapples with its ageing population may provide lessons for the rest of the world as it faces a similar challenge. PAGE 22 PUNCHLINES w CHILDREN'S DAY- L FOR SOWE... _1 ml I/ i 3P»
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      637 25  -  Khushwant Singh »TRIAL OF CABBY IN FATAL INCIDENT Witness told court he saw financial planner thrown off taxi's bonnet By HOTEL systems executive Indrajeet Yadav was surprised to see a man squatting in front of a taxi along Scotts Road. What
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      577 26  -  David Boey Police's voluntary survey is to give customers a feel of service provided by unarmed security agencies By Defence Correspondent ONE in three of the 270 unarmed security agencies here did not want the police to look into their business affairs
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      511 26  -  Carolyn Quek By PRIVATE security guards began patrolling the neighbourhood yesterday as Aljunied Town Council's toughened stance on fire safety kicked in. Their job: to make sure shopkeepers fall in line with new rules on displaying their wares. At the end
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      602 26  -  Chong Chee Kin LAWSUIT AGAINST APB By A SENIOR executive from one of the four banks suing Asia-Pa-cific Breweries (APB), yesterday admitted his bank did not have robust measures to guard against fraud and forgery in 1998, when APB's then finance manager Chia
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      477 26  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent A DEPUTY supervisor of an orphanage poured urine on the head of a boy to teach him a lesson for deliberately urinating on the foot of a five-year-old, a district court heard. On another occasion, the 51-year-old man
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      319 26  -  Zakir Hussain By IN THE continuing saga of the leadership tussle at opposition Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS), the Registry of Societies has said it will not accept the results of a recent party election. The registry will wait until a court order is obtained
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      329 27  -  Elena Chong Woman's ex-boyfriend entered her personal e-mail accounts and changed her password By Court Correspondent A MAN who illegally accessed his former girlfriend's personal e-mail accounts and changed her password was fined a total of $15,000 yesterday. Lim Boon Siang, 27, an administrator, had
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      518 27  -  Selina Lum By POLICE officer from the Criminal Investiga:ion Department (CID) yesterday admitted that le had repeatedly hit his maid on her head. But Lawrence Lim Hwang Ngin, 34, rejected :he maid's version of the events surrounding the issault. He also denied
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      148 27 THE general manager of a publishing firm was fined $15,000 last week for falsely declaring the pay of some foreign workers to the Manpower Ministry (MOM). Lim Meng Eng lied on forms that six foreigners were each paid $1,800 a month, in order to
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        140 28  -  SHOBANA KESAVA THE Singapore Botanic Gardens will soon have enough new space to fit more than 20 football fields. The Straits Times understands that the llha will come from land that was previously used by the Singapore Management University. This abuts the
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        375 28  -  Shobana Kesava $7m green space meant to give the young an insight into natural world By A $7-MILLION leafy wonderland opened its doors to children yesterday. The Jacob Ballas Children's Garden the first such pur-pose-built botanical attraction in Asia sits at the Bukit
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        316 28 CHILDREN across the island were treated to drawing and story-telling sessions, games, movies and more as Singapore celebrated Children's Day yesterday. As part of Happy Drawing Day at Suntec City, about 200 children got to express, through art,
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      272 30  -  Jane Ng By OUTGOING LaSalle College of the Arts president Robert Ely and his two deputies who also quit last month will move together to a new arts initiative headquartered in Dubai. The two deputies are vice-president (quality) Richard Berry and vice-president (academic) Alan
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      120 30 Priscilla Tan (right) jokes that her gingerbread man is a victim of violence when asked what her creation is supposed to be. The 42-year-old sales manager's gingerbread man went on to become one of five best-decorated gingerbread men at a chocolate-making workshop organised by Chocz cafe and Geylang
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      424 30  -  Tessa Wong 47 specially trained officers posted to schools; help group to open three more centres By IN A major step forward in the national plan to help school children with learning difficulties, the first two batches of officers specially trained to tackle dyslexia
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        71 30 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong is on a two-week private visit to Britain, which started yesterday. During the visit, he will meet British leaders, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said. SM Goh will also launch the Singapore Uncovered 2007 programme, presented
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        127 30 PETROL prices are up again the fifth increase since July. Yesterday, ExxonMobil, Shell and Singapore Petroleum Company raised pump prices for petrol and diesel by five cents a litre, while Caltex increased its rates by three cents. The revision brings the price of top-grade petrol across
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      823 31  -  Salma Khali k $40m will go to efforts like training family docs, army officers, teachers By Health Correspondent FAMILY doctors, teachers, army officers and social workers will be trained to pick up early signs of mental illness. They will also be taught how
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      131 31 Visitors at Tampines Polyclinic watch a 47-year-old woman (left) receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training from Sister Teng Sock Thing, senior nurse manager from Sing Health Polyclinics. The trainee wanted to be known only as Madam Lim. The demonstrations yesterday, held in conjunction with World Heart Day,
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      Lock icon Changi Airport to offer travellers free Wi-Fi access
      470 31  -  Alfred Siew By Technology Correspondent TRAVELLERS at Changi Airport will be greeted by free Internet access on New Year's Day. Rather than the paid service available in Terminals 1 and 2 now, the new wireless access which should go up on Jan
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      218 31 MORE than nine months after its launch, the Wireless© SG free surf service now boasts 7,200 Wi-Fi hot spots islandwide more than the 5,000 initially planned. With the project's completion last month, service providers have blanketed Singapore with Wi-Fi signals, setting up hot spots at shopping malls,
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      29 25 A garden for the children The Botanic Gardens gets a new $7 million add-on a green play space for youngsters to get a headstart in understanding nature. PAGE H4
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      329 32  -  Kee Lay Cheng (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "HDB flat prices in Fernvale rose too rapidly" (ST, Sept 26), by Mr Leong Sze Hian. Mr Leong compared the selling prices of HDB's latest build-to-order project, Coral Spring, with the selling prices of Fernvale Vista
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      183 32  -  Andy Kau I REFER to the letter from Mr Daniel Teo, "Why close carpark for minister's visit?" (ST, Sept 27). First, we wish to state that the carpark was never closed for the minister's visit. The official opening of AMK Hub was held on
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      391 32  -  Goh Kian Huat I REFER to the report, "Radical approach to tackle spread of Aids" (ST, Sept 29). Until a cure is found, a person who is infected with the HIV virus is effectively sentenced to death. He or she also has the
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      304 32  -  Constance Singam (Ms) I REFER to the article, "Reveal ages of workers? Not a problem" (ST, Sept 27), on some employers' reaction to a proposal for companies to make public the age profile of their workforce. The Association of Women for Action
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      Lock icon Vandalism of buses blamed on lax enforcement
      111 32  -  Dr Lim Boon Hee SBS Transit claims that teenagers vandalise an average of 20 buses daily and that it spends a million dollars a year to repair the damage to its buses. I am not the least surprised at the figures because there
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      Lock icon Rid Orchard Road of beggars and hawkers
      120 32  -  Nuryusman Mohamed Ibrahim ONE cannot help but notice an increasing number of people begging for money and selling tissue paper along Orchard Road. Also on the rise are illegal hawkers at places such as outside Orchard and Somerset MRT stations, selling anything from
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      Lock icon Improve passport scanner at Woodlands Checkpoint
      322 32  -  Nelson Quah THE newly installed passport scanner and thumbprint-identification equipment at Woodlands Checkpoint leave much to be desired. Instead of expediting the flow of human traffic from Singapore to Johor Baru, these systems are a hindrance because of the problems they generate. The passport
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      Lock icon No way to treat a devoted family pet
      368 32  -  Jason Charles Ingham I REFER to the article, "More dogs being abandoned or given up" (ST, Sept 27). I find it unconscionable, in this day and age, that someone can abandon a family pet, or any animal, simply because it has become
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      146 32 <*^™^ r Seafood Station W^fmn Grand Opening Special (02/10/2007) Affordable and Sumptuous seafood by the shore, Seafood Station brings you the best and most delicious dishes this season for your dinning pleasure Value for money Most tasty fresh crabs Fine wine, joyous company Beautiful ambience m^mi± (East Coast Branch )(®%immm)&.):
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      127 32 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Sudden deaths: Athletes should watch their nutritional support too Employers should look beyond age when hiring workers Journalists like Kenji Nagai who was killed in Myanmar do not die in vain Inter-Religious Council should spearhead
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      861 33 REUTERS »SOCCER Francesco Totti looks to get even today, after Man Utd's 7-1 thrashing of Roma London ROMA star Francesco Totti cannot wait to get even with Manchester United for the humiliation they heaped on his team in the Champions League last season. Roma
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      Lock icon Temptations, but Ronaldo insists: I'm staying at Man U
      350 33 London CRISTIANO Ronaldo signed a lucrative contract extension last season that committed him to Manchester United until 2012. Yet, there are still many who feel the lure of Real Madrid or Barcelona will one day prove too much for the 22-year-old
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      574 34 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER Arsenal boss Wenger would sacrifice Champions League glory for English title London ARSENE Wenger admits he would sacrifice Champions League success to restore Arsenal to the pinnacle of English football. He has never won Europe's elite club competition, but
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      Lock icon Usmanov's 'in it for money'
      192 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ARSENAL'S major shareholder Alisher Usmanov does not want to take over the club, managing director Keith Edelman told BBC radio. With the Russian billionaire recently increasing his stake in the Gunners to 23 per cent, rumours that the Premier League club's board will
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      Lock icon Ronaldinho vows to see out Barca contract
      541 34 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Madrid BARCELONA coach Frank Rijkaard has included under-fire Brazilian star Ronaldinho in his 19-man squad for today's Champions League match against Stuttgart. "Having missed the last three league matches, against Sevilla, Real Zaragoza and Levante, Ronaldinho is back," the club
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      Lock icon Inter look to improve European form against PSV
      183 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS HIGH-FLYING Inter Milan will be aiming to repeat their impressive domestic form on the European stage when they host PSV Eindhoven today. Inter won 4-1 at Roma on Saturday in a victory which propelled them two points clear in
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      Lock icon Off-form Milan need penalty to hold lowly Catania
      626 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Milan KAKA converted a second-half penalty to earn AC Milan a 1-1 draw with lowly Catania on Sunday, as the European champions' poor domestic form continued. Juventus moved up to second in the Serie A table, when David Trezeguet's
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      Lock icon Real back on top with lucky win over Getafe
      441 34 REUTERS Madrid CHAMPIONS Real Madrid rode their luck against Getafe before winning 1-0 to return to the top of the Spanish Primera Liga on Sunday. Real had never won at the Coliseum in the league and suffered another testing time in
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      Lock icon Seventh heaven for now, but Pompey's joy won't last long
      571 36  -  Leonard Lim WILD WEEKEND By AMID the euphoria surrounding Portsmouth's record-breaking win on Saturday, Fratton Park is dreaming of European football. Perish the thought, even though they may be sitting pretty in sixth spot after eight games. Harry Redknapp's side
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      571 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS »SOCCER Chelsea owner has reportedly quelled speculation about manager's future London AFTER last Saturday's 0-0 Premier League draw with Fulham elicited boos for the team and some anti-Semitic personal abuse for the manager, speculation has increased that Avram Grant's
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      Lock icon Chelsea keep open mind on Terry for Valencia match
      590 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS London CHELSEA are keeping their options open on whether skipper John Terry will play against Valencia in the Champions League tomorrow. This is after the defender underwent surgery for a broken cheekbone on Sunday. In a statement on
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      Lock icon Win buoys Moyes' Uefa Cup-tie hopes
      480 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Liverpool DAVID Moyes has challenged his Everton players to continue their resurgence in Thursday's crucial Uefa Cup clash against Metalist Kharkiv. Goals from Joleon Lescott and Steven Pienaar gave Ever- ton a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough at Goodison Park on Sunday.
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      Lock icon Owen likely to be fit for Estonia game
      277 36 London MICHAEL Owen should be fit to play in England's Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia. The Newcastle striker underwent surgery over the weekend to fix a groin and hernia-related problem. The timing of the operation had placed a question mark over his
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      235 36 Statistic of the week 419 Minutes since Chelsea's last goal (Frank Lampard's 31st-minute winner against Portsmouth). It is nearly halfway to matching Petr Cech's record of 1,025 minutes without conceding. TOP SCORERS 6: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) 5: Nicolas Anelka (Bolton), Benjamin Mwaruwari (Portsmouth) 4: Francesc Fabregas
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      231 37 RESULT Pool A: South Africa 64 USA 15 FIXTURES Quarter-finals Saturday Australia v England New Zealand v France Sunday South Africa v Fiji Argentina v Scotland Standings Pool A South Africa ..4400 189 142 3 19 England 4 3 0 1 108 20 2 14 Tonga
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      Lock icon No one likes England: O'Neill
      784 37 REUTERS Australian RU chief ramps up harsh remarks against rivals, ahead of their quarter-final clash "The only votes England could be assured of back then were their own. Sadly, this is all a by-product of their bom-to-rule mentality. "It's been there for a long time
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      Lock icon Minnows close gap on the big boys
      432 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MONTPELLIER A SERIES of unexpected results during the pool stages have lit up the Rugby World Cup and given fresh heart to the minor nations. This year's tournament has proved a delightful advance on the five previous editions, where the early
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      Lock icon Prop's injury mars South Africa's win
      402 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS MONTPELLIER SOUTH Africa's 64-15 Rugby World Cup win over the United States on Sunday was marred by the loss of B.J. Botha for the rest of the tournament. The prop suffered a knee injury as the Springboks tuned up for next
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      Lock icon Weir's heroics not enough to save Internationals
      523 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »GOLF Montreal WHEN Mike Weir heads for the Hong Kong Open next month, he will be trying to build upon the magical week he had at the Presidents Cup. The Canadian birdied the 17th and 18th holes to defeat 13-time Major
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      Lock icon Captains want Asia to host Cup
      301 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GARY Player and Jack Nicklaus, rival captains at the Presidents Cup, want to see the biennial team matches played in China and India to boost the sport. Nicklaus' United States squad beat Player's Internationals 19 1/2-14 1/2 on Sunday, giving the Americans
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        Lock icon ALBIREX DRAW WITH WOODLANDS
        54 37 ALBIREX Niigata and Woodlands Wellington played out a 1-1 draw in an S-League soccer match yesterday. Park Tae Won opened the scoring for Woodlands on the half-hour mark at the Jurong East Stadium, before Tetsuya Okayama equalised in the 58th minute. Park was later sent off
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        Lock icon SCHUMACHER QUITS TOYOTA TEAM
        70 37 LONDON: Ralf Schumacher has announced that he will leave Toyota at the end of the current Formula One season. The German driver's decision follows a string of less-than-in-spiring performances this year, reported Sky Sports. He is 14th in the drivers' championship, having collected five points. The
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        54 37 AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL: Cincinnati v New England (Live, Chlo7, 8.30 am). SOCCER: Uefa Champions League: CSKA Moscow v Fenerbahce (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 12.30 am), Manchester United v Roma (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2.30 am), Vfß Stuttgart v Barcelona (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.30 am). SPECIAL OLYMPICS: World Summer Games: Opening
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        10 37 TENNIS: STA Intermediate Singles and Doubles 111 (Kallang, 6pm).
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      Lock icon 'World champ' title will complete Hamilton's CV
      982 38  -  Steve Slater AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS »IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT By "YOU can tick the box for winning in the rain then" was a line among the banter on the McLaren pit-to-car radio, as Lewis Hamilton celebrated on the slowing-down lap of the Japanese
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      Lock icon S'pore eye final spot at SEA Games
      829 38  -  Wang Meng Meng »POLO But some, including athletics coach Loh, question the polo team's inclusion By WHEN polo got the nod for December's South-east Asia Games, it marked a return for the sport after 24 years. After its debut in the biennial Games
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      724 38 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Atlanta 26 Houston 16, Buffalo 17 NY Jets 14, Cleveland 27 Baltimore 13, Dallas 35 St Louis 7, Detroit 37 Chicago 27, Oakland 35 Miami 17, Green Bay 23 Minnesota 16, Tampa Bay 20 Carolina 7, Seattle 23 San Francisco 3, Arizona 21 Pittsburgh 14, Indianapolis
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      449 35 H Fancy a chance to putt with a top golfer at the H HSBC Champions in Shanghai? Here's how. To play the perfect putt, ensure il. Develop a good posture and swing O* Learn to relax.Tension is the weight is distributed evenly. with a steady follow through. number one cause
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  • OBITUARIES
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      118 38 YAP GEOK VAN Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 30 Sept 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Ong Koon Tow (Deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ong Hua Ann Anthony Ng Suat Ching June Ong Hua Tiong (Deceased) Ong Hua Beng Tay Ngar Suan Ong Wah Leong Mah Lay Em Candice Daughter: Son-in-law:
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      86 38 SHIVANATH PARTAP CHAND Age: 55 Passed away peacefully on 30 Sept 2007, dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Ong Oo Chu Mother: Ou Poh Lin Daughters: Son-in-law: Veronica Chand Sing Huey Ong Jessica Chand Grandsons: Angelica Chand Jerrick Sing Rebecca Chand Jerrell Sing Sisters: Brothers: Aishah Dcvi Mickey Lee Savithree
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      85 38 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of GREGORYCHEW Departed 2 October 2004 A loving son, brother, husband father; No truer friend, unlike no other For all of us he did his best; And God gave him eternal rest. There is not a day, dear Greg; That we do not think fondly
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      199 39 "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, t It does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It
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      84 39 We, The Family of the Late CHENG LUANG ENG departed on 26 September 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and sincere appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, support, attendance, condolences, wreaths and generous donations during our recent bereavement. We also like to
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      41 39 4th Anniversary PACKRISAMY S/0 MONA PONAYA Departed: 2 October 2003 Our thoughts are always with you, Our hearts are sore with pain; This world would be like heaven If you were here again. Always remembered by Wife: Letchml children loved ones.
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      79 39 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory of SOH SAN Departed on 02 Oct 2001 Though six years have gone by Memories of you have not. We went to your favourite place yesterday to reminisce the days you enjoyed being there alone. We remember you were looking Jar a Bible 6years ago
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      27 39 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late REC LIM WEE BOON on 28 Sep 2007 From: Commander and Staff of Air Force School
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      26 39 4TH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of ANTHONY CHOO WENGYIAP Departed 2 Oct 2003 Forever remembered by Wife: Juliana Scully Sons, Daughters-In-Law, Daughters, Sons-In-Law all loved ones.
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      88 39 INDIRA PANACHAND DOSHI Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 1 October 2007, Monday (Husband: Panachand A. Doshi, deceased) Children: Spouses: Dilip Doshi Chetna Doshi Dr. Umesh Doshi Toral Doshi Grandchildren: Spouses: Dimpel Bhayani Prashant Bhayani Shivani Sood Rajan Sood Kalpesh D. Doshi Chandni Doshi Bhavik U. Doshi Great-grandchild: Miraya Bhayani
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      139 39 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 FRANCISCO ARTHUR RICHARD (Arthur Boy) Age: 58 was called home to be with the Lord on 30 September 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Siblings
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      85 39 Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the late SUPPIAH KRISHNASAMY (JAMUNA KRISHNAN/JK) Departed on 18 September 2007. wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, and business associates for their kind condolences, during their recent bereavement Karumathi Prayers will be held on Tuesday, 2 Oct '07 (night)
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      147 39 TAN LIAN POH Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 30th September 2007. Dearly missed by loved ones. Husband: Tay Kirn Chuan (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tay Hua Sim Sim Huye Teck Tay Hua Eng Raymond Joyce Chew Mci Sim Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tay Soh Guat Alice Chan Tuck Foo (deceased) Tay Soh
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      41 39 J/ecLr/fef/ Goncfofences /o Managing Director of Pegasus Gulf International Pte Ltd Mr Sunny Lim on the demise of his beloved father LIM KIM SWEE Departed on 29 September 2007 From: Abdullah S. Algothmi The Management Staff of International Trade Promoter Est.
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      39 39 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Director, Mr New Lian Lee on the demise of his beloved father NEW TONG SEE Departed on 29 Sep '07 From The Management Staff of Spire Works Incollaborated Spire Works Pte Ltd
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      93 39 NGYOKTECK Age: 70 passefi away peacefully on i October 2007. Dearly missed anb \onoly remenhereb by loveo ones. Wife: ChuaYokeEng Daugthers: Sons-in-law: Ng Peng Choo Chung Kian Soon Ng Peng Hoon Lee Lvi Sen Sons: Ng Koon Hua, Arthur Ng Koon Heng, Richie Grandsons: Chung Zhen Yang Nicholas, Chung Zhen
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      38 39 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of ISAMY PREM KUMAR NAIDU SAMUEL Departed on 2 October 2004 Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. I Always remembered by I family loved ones, j
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      54 39 NG PUAY LUAN Age: 50 Passed away peacefully on Ist Oct 2007. Leaving behind mother, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. Wake is held at Emerald Room (Level 3), 131 Lavender Street, Spore Casket. Cortege will leave on 3 Oct 2007 (Wed) at 4pm for Mandai Crematorium Hall 1
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      31 39 B) In Loving Memory Dr Chin Kee Kean Departed on 2 Oct 2003 Sadly missed but always remembered by AdhityanAppan Chua Boon Chun ChuiHengTak NgKheeYang Jj v many loved ones A
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      32 39 2ND ANNIVERSARY [n Loving Memory of TAN HIN SIONG Departed on 2 Oct '05 Sadly Missed Always Remembered by your Grandsons Wei Ping Marcus Wei Hsien Ethan Wei Jin Hugo Loved Ones.
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        6492 40 TRANSACTION DATE: OCT 01, 2007 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R3.5 22 34 104 3C 27 42 22 27 195 32 14.8 1 3.5 24 29 18 31 17.5 12.5 43.5 26
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        52 40 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 080C 500C 100C 1200C 1250C 382C 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 2620 6235 STIETF1OO... .US119 .US500C US100C US1120C US1250C 3820 +7C 13
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      562 41 REUTERS World's No. 1 wealth manager now one of credit crisis' biggest casualties Zurich ÜBS has unveiled four billion Swiss francs (555.09 billion) in losses, swept out senior managers and slashed jobs in one of the biggest casualties yet worldwide
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      195 41 BLOOMBERG NEWS Sydney AUSTRALIA'S Basis Capital said investment banks are to blame for ruining the market for collateralised debt obligations (CDOs), which contributed to the fall of its second-largest hedge fund. Investment banks "became, in effect, judge, jury and executioner", Basis said
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      430 41 Flipping homes in the US it's a flop REUTERS New York MS SHERRILL Zenie said all she wanted was a piece of the American Dream. But what she got was "a kick in the rear". Ms Zenie is one of a legion of a relatively new type of home owner,
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      33 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 16,845.96 (+60.27 points) »Japanese share price ended mixed, with the benchmark Nikkei index posting modest gains after a better than expected central bank survey of business confidence.
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      19 41 AFP Friday's close: 27,142.47 (+77.32 points) The markets were closed for a public holiday yesterday.
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      18 41 AFP Friday's close: 5,552.3 (+142.9 points) The markets were closed for a public holiday yesterday.
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      32 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,563.7 (-4.1 points) Australian share prices closed down 0.1 per cent as investors took profits after the market traded at record highs during the early session.
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      33 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,347.05 (+10.75 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.8 per cent higher with sentiment buoyed by an extended regional rally and strong gains in index heavyweight Telekom Malaysia.
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      39 41 BLOOMBERG NEWS Yesterday's close: 17,309.46 (+18.36 points) »India's stocks rose, extending their longest winning streak in more than a year. Reliance Energy led the gains after its board approved a plan to sell shares in a unit.
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      33 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,399.46 (+40.25 points) »Indonesian share prices closed 1.7 per cent higher on strong foreign interest in telecom stocks, with the firmer rupiah also helping to spur buying.
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      31 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 852.47 (+6.97 points) Thai share prices closed 0.82 per cent higher on buying of energy shares as global oil prices remained above US$BO a barrel.
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      225 41 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 6,100.2.2. Oct 01 Stock Name WT Allgreen 0.54 Ascendasreit 0.90 CapitaComm 0.53 CapitaLand 4.88 CapitaMall 0.93 Chart SemiCond ...0.52 CityDev 2.93 ComfortDelGro 1.25 Cosco Corp 2.11 Creative Tech 0.14 DBSGrp 8.96 Datacraft 0.15 FXN 2.11 Genlntl 0.66 HK Land 3.31 Hyflux 0.26 JMH 3.03
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      51 41 Sinostar 199,035,000 Gen Intl 133,991,000 El-Nets 93,010,000 JiutianC 80,401,000 China Energy 71,132,000 Wanxiang 68,088,000 Jade Tech 64,098,000 SNFCorp 60,501,000 China Auto 57,847,000 Yongnam 56,807,000 Oct 01 Yangzijiang 54,219,000 China Sun 53,416,000 Fuxing 47,570,000 LottVis 47,248,000 PineAgritech 46,550,000 Alantac 45,679,000 China XLX 40,843,000 Baker Tech 40,102,000 Unionmet 38,582,000 Centillion
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      142 41 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): UNIT TRUSTS TABLE A OctOl PPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.3070 1.3230 Can dollar 1.4790 1.4960 Euro 2.0980 2.1220 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4349 0.4356 NZ dollar 1.1160 1.1410 Sterling pound 3.0070 3.0420 US dollar 1.4710
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      2700 41 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: OCT 01,2007 52-WEEK I EL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY 140 37 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 33 5 20 2036 Ad.SCT W*****9 47 0 5 1674 Allgreen RBeCW*****0 15 15 2835 Allgreen RBeCW*****B 3 3 ArianeCorp W*****9 56 55 9092 Asia En. W*****4 13 5 9
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      393 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS They are unfazed by market volatility but sentiment dips among non-manufacturers Tokyo DECENT global market turmoil md uncertainty about the United States economy have not dented ;onfidence at Japan's major manu!acturers, a closely-watched Bank of Japan survey showed yesterday. The central bank's quarterly tankan
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      275 42 BLOOMBERG NEWS Tokyo SONY, the world's second-larg-est maker of consumer electronics, raised 320 billion yen (554.13 billion) in the initial public offering (IPO) of its insurance unit, selling the shares at the top end of the price range. A total of 800,000 Sony
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        569 43  -  Nicholas Fang Reality TV formats offer sponsorship opportunities not seen on regular TV By PUNDITS have been saying that reality TV is pretty much down for the count, but there are plenty of people in Singapore who hope the format can still pack
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        361 43  -  NICHOLAS FANG WHEN ESPN Star Sports lost the local rights to broadcast the hugely popular English Premier League (EPL) football matches in Singapore to rival Star Hub earlier this year, many pundits expected it to be a blow to the company.
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      128 44 The buyers Hotel Properties, Qatar Investment Authority, funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate. Lawyers: Allen Gledhill, led by senior counsel K. Shanmugan. The majority sellers As a whole, directed by the current sale committee. Lawyers: Tan, Rajah and Cheah, led by senior counsel Chelva
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      648 44  -  Fiona Chan Dragon Court case cited to persuade judge to overturn the STB decision By Property Reporter THE tangled Horizon Towers case has become even more complex as a controversial collective sale four years ago was dragged into the proceedings. In their
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      315 44  -  Chua Hian Hou By PROPERTY developer Keppel Land (KepLand) is joining forces with a Vietnamese company to build a US$l36 million ($202.8 million) luxury waterfront residence in Ho Chi Minh City. The company announced yesterday that its wholly owned subsidiary Corredance will take
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      686 45  -  Goh Eng Yeow Foreign money pours into Spore on talk of more funds getting nod to invest abroad By Markets Correspondent SINGAPORE was in pole position yesterday when a fresh wave of China fever swept across the local share market.
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      210 45  -  Lee Su Shyan By Assistant Money Editor GOOD news for Singapore companies exporting to India. More of their goods will enjoy tariff concessions, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said yesterday. Up to 81 per cent of the current exports
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      211 45  -  LEE SU SHYAN WARRANT WATCH CHINA stocks were flying off the shelves yesterday on hopes that Beijing's relaxed measures on investments may mean more interest in China companies listed overseas. The positive mood meant a rise in the popularity of call warrants which
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      248 45  -  Grace Ng By A SECOND high-level resignation has hit DBS bank with news that a senior executive has quit. Mr Brent Smith, managing director and joint-head of regional corporate and investment banking, will leave at the end of this month to "co-found a private equity firm",
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      75 45 (0) Oct 01 GLD 10US$ Cosco Corp SGX JSH YangzijiangBNPeCW071 Sino-Env Yanlord CityDev YangzijiangRBeCW0712 YangzijianRBeCWOSOII YangziiiaMBLeCW***** CoscoCorpMBLeCW***** IS MSCI India 100 YangzijianRBeCW07in Yangzijiang CoscoCorpMBLeCW***** CENTS 7390 133.0 1.2 700 105.0 17.6 1350 60.0 4.7 1620 59.1 2.5 106 56.5 114.1 370 56.0 17.8 422 52.0 14.1 1670 50.0
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      454 45  -  Alvin Foo TAKING STOCK By ANOTHER new week, another new quarter and another new peak for the local market. The surge in the market yesterday was powered mainly by Chinese plays, which helped send the Straits Times Index (STI) up 48.99 points or
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      228 45  -  Tania Tan By GENERAL Electric (GE) will make Singapore the nerve centre of its energy business in Asia. The centre, which will have 20 senior GE executives, is in response to a surge in the American conglomerate's business in Asia. Over half
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      727 46  -  Fiona Chan Observers view supply increase as a signal to calm market amid high property prices By Property Reporter THE Government has sent its strongest signal yet that it plans to increase the supply of homes and residential sites a move that comes amid
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      27 46 Gainers: 702 Losers: 189 Unchanged: 744 Australian dollar 1.3070 1.3230 Euro 2.0980 2.1220 Sterling pound JS dollar 3.0070 3.0420 1.4710 1.4870 fen (100 units) 1.2805 1.2948
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      229 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RECORD HIGH New York WALL Street shot higher yesterday after a report on the United States manufacturing sector came in below analysts' expectations and raised the prospects of another interest rate cut. The Dow Jones Industrial Average breached the
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        1357 48  -  Tan Chung Lee The roar of the Angel Falls, the grip of an anaconda around your neck. Take a dare and confront the jaw-dropping wilds of Venezuela, where Jurassic Park was filmed IT IS the world's highest waterfall and it is tucked in the jungles of Venezuela.
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        235 50 MAKE the year-end holiday do double duty by getting the children educated at the same time. Chan Brothers Travel has a seven- or eight-day package to Australia's Gold Coast that aims to let youngsters learn as they visit tour sites. For example, they can hand-feed wild dolphins at
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        1044 51 NYT While going upscale to pamper guests, the spas incorporate traditional treatments of relaxation ALONG the Shanghai street, choking haze draped the buildings and gridlocked traffic like a damp blanket. Vendors screamed out prices for water and postcards, and pedestrians hacked into handkerchiefs and covered
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        397 85 »WIRELESS@SG ALFRED SIEW finds it's a breeze in most parts of the coastal estates Surf zones visited: Pasir Ris Park, Changi Village, Siglap, Hougang Mall, Compass Point mall (Sengkang) Surfing on the beach wasn't something on my mind when I set about testing Wireless@SG. But
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        624 85 Surprise, surprise. THAM YUEN-C discovers that surfing in the city isn't as smooth as one might expect Surf zones visited: Tanglin Mall, Shaw Centre, Wheelock Pjace, Ngee Ann City, Plaza Singapura, Raffles City, Suntec City, Maxwell Road, Club Street, Amoy Street, Capitol Square, Market Street
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        449 85 00 GIN LEE finds out you lose coverage just a short distance away Surf zones visited: Cheong Chin Nam eateries (Upper Bukit Timah), West Coast Park, Serene Centre, Vivo City, Jurong East Central I first tried the free Wireless@SG service at the Cheong Chin Nam
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        549 85 ALFRED SIEW offers some tips on how to maximise your wireless experience and uh, not make the cafe waitress frown at you So you know how to turn on Wi-Fi on the laptop and personal digital assistant (PDA) and log on to
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        555 86 The Tokyo Game Show did not look to the future but to the past, as LEUNG WAI-LENG finds out To see just how crazy the Japanese are over video games, one has only to go to the Tokyo Game Show (TGS). Held in
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        616 86 There is a whole range of eagerly anticipated games at the Tokyo Game Show, and here's a look at the most popular titles at the showfloor. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Platforms: Play Station 3 Expected release date: Ql, 2008 Snake is
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        588 88 The largest team ever, with 14 players, will fight world's best at WCG finals in US, reports 00 GIN LEE The largest cybergaming team to ever represent Singapore will be flying to Seattle, US tomorrow to take part in the World Cyber Games (WCG)
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        417 88 The first sighting of the next-generation quad core Nehalem processors that was the highlight at Intel's Developer Forum (IDF), an event no über-geek would miss for the world. The chip was unveiled at the the Fall 2007 event of IDF, held from Sept
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        521 89 DIGITAL LIFE-CANON PHOTO MARATHON Prizes in this year's Digital Life-Canon Photo Marathon have more than doubled, and youth are welcome to compete, says BILLY TEO For young newcomers, taking part in the Youth section of the Digital Life-Canon Photo Marathon 2007 may be a good
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          107 90 Weighing a mere 17.8g but heavy with audio functions, the Creative MuVo TlOO boasts user convenience and sound quality. This slim MP3 player has a built-in USB connector, allowing for easy music transfer minus cable clutter. Coupled with a one-touch bass boost button and a
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          123 90 If full-fledged virtual domination is what you're after, check out Logitech's updated gaming keyboard, the Gl5. Be it defeating demons or destroying villains, the Gl5 helps you triumph in online games by giving you critical gaming information on its affixed backlit 160 by 43 LCD
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          141 90 More often than not, a fully customisable mouse stays merely on the wishlist of hardcore gamers. But this dream may be a reality with Logitech's G9 Laser Mouse. The nifty gadget takes customisation to a whole new level, with features that allow you to modify practically
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          126 90 Marrying high-speed performance with energy-saving capabilities, the Asus PSE3 Deluxe/Wi-Fi-AP@n Motherboard promises to save a couple of dollars on your electricity bills without compromising on your hard drive performance. Adopting dual-channel memory architecture, ener-gy-saving chips and an energy processing unit, the motherboard digitally monitors and alters
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          68 90 Who says good things don't come in small packages? The latest notebook coolers from Coolermaster are light and compact, with tools to boost air ventilation The R9-NBS-PDAK-GP model boasts ventilation channels to provide fan-less cooling, while the R9-NBC-APSK-GP version has an inlet design and silent
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          Lock icon Network Prepaid Cards More convenient way to pay
          72 90 In conjunction with the unveiling of Sony's Loco Roco: Buu Buu Cocoreccho game, the Japanese company is introducing a special collection network card. Not only is the card a worthy collectible for fans of the game, it also lets you top up
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        332 90 FIRST, THE TRAUMA of deciding which gaming consoles to buy. Then, the problem of selecting which games you should invest on! Geek Zoners spill all on the types of DS games that you should be checking out. winniesoo: "My friend has a saying, 'DS, Don't leave home without it!'
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        453 91 STEPHANIE GWEE finds out what bloggers have to say about the Saffron Revolution ASEAN Unity tion-in-burma-malaysia-and-asean-must-do-more-to-avoid-bloodbath/ "Every Asean leader taking part in the UN General Assembly debate should use the forum to call on the Myanmar military junta to open up a dialogue with the protest movement
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        322 91 AP It will be well-policed and filtered to ban profanity, and offer a more secure environment than 'Second Life', says its creators Orderly, pornography-free and safe for children, "meet-me" an online interactive virtual Tokyo is Japan's answer to "Second Life." Or so its creators hope. Mr
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        565 92  -  GRACE CHNG Singapore needs to fast-forward its ultra-fast broadband plans for 4k to happen sooner, rather than later I went to a picnic last week in Amsterdam. I went not with a basket of drinks, fruits and kueh-kueh (Malay cakes) but with
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        765 92 Be it personal messages or important work info, STEPHANIE GWEE shows you how to back up your mobile phone files with ease What with the piles of data and contacts now stashed in the mobile phone, the thought of losing important phone
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          454 93 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption I never thought it was possible, but it is. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (MP) brings to the Wii what will undoubtedly be the quintessential way to play first-person shooters on the console for, possibly, years to come. A quick
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          131 93 Rapid fire under duress SOMETIMES, THE GAME deliberately sends swarms of tough enemies such as the sky pirates who can turn invisible at once. This is when Phozon corruption powers need to be used to boost Samus' energy to kill them, so feel free. Just remember that if you
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        394 94 Sims 2: Bon Voyage Sims 2: Bon Voyage is an expansion that lets your Sims escape. Time will stop in their regular lives and little annoyances like pets and babies will be left behind. There are three locations for your Sims to get away
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        500 94 Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System Think of Final Fantasy XII International as a special edition of the best-selling role-playing phenomenon for the Play Station 2. More than 4 million copies were sold worldwide last year. Square Enix, the game's developer, has done
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          421 95 Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000/ Notebook Priced at $199 and $189, respectively Get it from authorised retailers What Logitech has done well in its stable of PC peripherals (like mice and keyboards), it is now applying to two webcams the Quickcam Pro 9000 and Notebook.
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          493 95 Creative Zen Portable Media Player $249 (4GB), $349 (8GB), and $449 (16GB) Buy it at all Creative outlets The Creative Zen (yes, just another Zen) is a petite media player with up to 16GB in storage capacity, whose claim
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        388 96 Canon Selphy CP74O $199 From all Canon printer dealers Smaller than your average bread toaster, the less-than-lkg Canon Selphy CP74O printer gives almost-instant, high quality and splash-resistant photos. What's great about this ultra-portable is that it works with or without the PC. As a
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          Lock icon Hardware Headsets that work better with Office Communicator
          221 97 Products and services for the enterprise The maker of Jabra headsets, GN, has teamed up with Microsoft to come up with a group of Jabra headsets that allows people to use them in many communication scenarios. The three headsets are optimised to
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          Lock icon Here's a colour scanner that can e-mail and fax
          117 97 Fujitsu Asia has introduced its fi-6000NS (below) colour network A 4 scanner, which comes with a touch-screen liquid crystal display (LCD) and physical keyboard. The LCD screen allows users to verify scanned images before sending them out via e-mail or facsimile.
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          Lock icon Software High-definition conferencing
          136 97 Real-time media conferencing gets a boost in the form of the RMX 2000 version 2 software. The platform will now offer high-definition video together with voice capabilities for multi-party conferencing. Designed to work on networks and to handle simple desktop meetings as well as meeting room telepresence
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        598 98 Reuters Tech news from around the world Smithsonian online The Smithsonian Institution's museum dedicated to black history and culture has launched an interactive website long before its building opens for visitors on the National Mall. Social-networking technology donated by IBM will allow visitors to help produce content for future
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        345 98 Three-year project with IBM encompasses internal and external operations. It will also test cheaper ways of cooling computer servers. By TAN IA TAN GOING green in a big way, the Land Transport Authority and computer giant IBM signed a memorandum of understanding
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        858 99 SIMON DAVIES 57, Casbaa CEO Education, instead of raids on homes, may be the way to cut down pay-TV piracy, Mr Simon Davies tells ALFRED SIEW These days, when it is common for Internet users to have their homes raided for anything from pirated anime
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        994 102  -  00 GIN LEE Sun's Blackbox will relieve space crunch and alleviate power and cooling problems faced at data centres today. Reports by Project Blackbox the world's first data centre "on wheels" from computer giant Sun Microsystems is making a two-week stopover in Singapore.
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        Lock icon Who thought out of the box? It's a team effort
        428 105 No one name pops up when it comes to the inventor of the Blackbox. 00 GIN LEE delves deeper into its origins If you asked Sun Microsystems, it will not name one particular person as the inventor of Project Blackbox.
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        471 106 LESLIE GOH finds out the right and wrong ways to be kind to the earth From computers that use recycled components to servers that consume less energy, the green movement is gaining ground. But some myths persist. Here's the truth. MYTH 1: Eco is about
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        Lock icon Flexible, practical, and oh, such a welcome relief!
        593 106 From disaster relief to special promotions, LESLIE GOH finds out the myriad situations in which the Blackbox comes in handy When Jakarta was hit by floods in February this year, many companies worried about the safety of their data centres. What if
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      119 84 Contents VIEWS REVIEWS 13* Wii game that wows Metroid Prime 3: Corruption redefines how Wii games are played. Social corporate computing: See suggestions on blog4biz.sg Digital Life EDITORIAL Editor Grace Chng Writers Alfred Siew, Leung Wai-Leng, Tham Yuen-C, Leslie Goh, Oo Gin Lee, Arlina Arshad Interns Stephanie Gwee Designers/Sub-editors Tong
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        146 109 Every time you see the Little Red Dot pencil, get creative! Grade the news, write your own headlines, guess at meanings... whatever you do, have fun! Neil Gaiman became famous for writing classic comic books in the 80s and 90s with his Sandman series, which showed comics
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        345 109 'Nice chatting with you, cher!' By Debbie Yong (Sunday Times, Sept 23, 2007) Last week, history teacher Alvin Tan chucked a book at one of his students. It was not an act of classroom violence. Rather, it is Internet-speak for recommending a book title to a friend through
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        169 109 Many of you are on MSN and spend many hours chatting with your friends. Think of five advantages and disadvantages of such a method of communication. Advantages: I. 2. 3. 4. 5. Disadvantages: I. 2. 3. 4. 5. Good thing he did not just turn up one
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        499 110  -  ANDREW DUFFY BY WHY IS SAVING SO IMPORTANT NOW? People are living longer, so the kind of money they have saved to last until they are, say, 85, may have to last until they are 95. And often it runs out before then, leaving them with
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        154 110 1. What age would you like to retire? Calculate how much you would have to save from now till you retire if you need at least $500,000 to retire comfortably? 2. Why is it important that these decisions be discussed in Parliament? a. So that the ministers
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        228 111 Getting to know Asean CAMBODIA Cambodia is bordered by Thailand in the west and north-west, Laos in the north-east, Vietnam in the east and south-east and the Gulf of Thailand in the south. Its largest city, Phnom Penh, is also its capital city. The whole country covers
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        128 111 Plane crash in Phuket, Thailand What happened A budget airline passenger jet carrying 130 people crashed and burst into flames while attempting to land at Phuket airport in bad weather two weeks ago. Nearly 90 passengers were killed, but 43 others managed to escape from the burning
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        132 111 General Anupong Paojinda Who he is Thailand named him as its new army chief on Sept 19 as the ruling military government faced a barrage of criticism on the one-year anniversary of its seizure of power. He succeeded General Sonthi Boonyarataglin, who led the coup last year
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        134 111 China What is happening there An ongoing crackdown on illegal land transfers in the country has led to more than 3,000 officials getting punished last year alone. Corrupt local officials often help developers to confiscate land illegally from individuals or families, leaving them homeless. The land involved
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        496 112 A big heart bearing tributes raised $6,700 for charity, reports Alfred chua. Chua Chu Kang Primary School's big heart took centre stage at its foyer during the school's Mid-Autumn festival celebrations. It was put on display for parents and interested members of the public to see. The large
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        178 113 Singapore's boxing champ was just nine when he started out. By 19, in 1968, he had taken his first national championship, defeating then favourite, Wong Kum Woon. He made his South-east Asian Peninsular Games debut in 1969, winning a bronze medal before going on to
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        313 113 One of Singapore's architectural wonders, the Golden Mile Complex, may disappear if a bid for a collective sale of the building goes through, jessica lim traces its history. FOR YOUR GRANDPARENTS The building, formerly known as Woh Hup Complex, is now called the Golden Mile Complex. This "mile"
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        529 114 FAMOUS FORTUNES ALFRED CHUA tells you why Jojo is not just another pretty face. Mention the name Jojo and many teenage girls will belt out the lines of her hits Leave (Get Out) or Too Little Too Late. This teen queen is 16, but already she has achieved
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        109 114 Multi-platinum It is a certification awarded for compact disc (CD) sales. Albums can be awarded silver, gold and platinum awards. If the album receives a platinum award twice, then, it is said to be "double platinum". Awards beyond that are known as multi-platinum. To have a platinum certification, an
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      205 115 ANNANOVA.COM A 41 -year-old British woman was walking her dog Poppy in a park in Hong Kong when Poppy was attacked by a 4.5m-long python.The snake was coiled tightly around the 20kg dog, but the brave woman kicked and punched the python until it
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      822 115 Read the news items and draw arrows to connect each box to the corresponding country in the map. Next, try writing the headlines for the weird news items on the left. Finally, get to know the world better with the two new activity boxes on these pages. BY ALFRED
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        119 116 If your contribution gets published here, you will get this exclusive prize from The Straits Times. We are looking for originals. No copies, please. It is wrong and we will not publish it. POEM Children's Day BYALARIC ONGZHI HERN, 10, PRIMARY 5, YU NENG
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        329 116 The top five winning entries. "...to have love from my parents, my own 3G Nokia camera phone and to be close to my friends the whole year because they are very important in my life. They helped me when I needed help. I wish I have
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        113 116 Children got to be big spenders for a day, forking out millions of dollars on art work. The Big Spenders Club Auction, open to children aged five to 12, was a mock arts auction presented like a game. It was held last month at the Asian Civilisations
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        169 116 MALINI NATHAN Behaving like monkeys and classical dance have nothing in common except for some children who took part in the The Nine Emotions Of Ramayana or The Nava Rasa Ramayana concert last month. Put up by the People's Association, the concert was based on one of the
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        343 117 You can help reduce the amount of greenhouse gas in the air by making a few changes at home, by ellen whyte Global warming is creating weather changes that have led to much misery for many people and animals around the world. Carbon dioxide (CO 2
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        436 118 Many people believe it is not safe to swim after eating, but is this true? alison de souza finds out. Has anyone ever told you, "Never swim on a full stomach or you could drown"? It's something loads of people believe, thinking that eating will lead
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        482 119 HISTORY IN THE HEADLINES New York, Oct 31, 1938 A radio show caused panic yesterday after it made listeners believe they were going to be attacked by aliens. Millions had tuned in to the Mercury Theatre On The Air show, which featured actors performing plays.
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        205 120  -  ANDREW DUFFY How would you rate the news items below: HOT, WARM, COOL or COLD! Write down the category in the spaces provided, then answer the quiz questions. A baby girl was in such a hurry to be born two weeks ago that she
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        146 120 More than just being our home, Earth enriches our language too. malini nathan tells you how in a two-part series. AN EARTH MOTHER This refers to a woman who has children and has a natural ability as a mother. AS IN BE THE SALT OF THE EARTH When
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        99 120 Below is a list of five words. Tell us the meaning(s) of each word: 1. Sallow 2. Interlocutor 3. Dullard 4. Carpus 5. Zenith The person who sends in the first all-correct entry will win a Besta e-dictionary. The All Pass I is
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        216 121 Try it the Dot way! Every week, we brew up Dot-flavoured lessons from a vast collection of classroom recipes. This week, pupils learn about good citizenry, by malini nathan DOT TREAT Group work, two periods DOT MISSION Being a good citizen. DOT TOOLS The Straits Times
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        406 121  -  kirn max by 1. Getting a job in a big multinational company is: a. Something my parents want me to do. b. Something I hope to achieve. c. My idea of hell. 2. Have you ever come up with a creative way of getting more pocket money? a.
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        387 122 The king of the beasts used to roam Africa, Europe, the Middle East and many parts of Asia. But today, lions are found only in Africa and the Gir forest of India. Asian king of the beasts The Asian lion, a sub-species that split from the African
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        75 122 Markhor Capra falconeri This member of the goat family has curled, corkscrew-like horns. During the rutting season, males lunge and lock horns for breeding rights. While the domain of the Markhor historically extended from Turkmenistan to northern India, its population has now dwindled because of intensive
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