The Straits Times, 23 October 2007

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  • 652 1  -  Chua Chin Hon Xi Jinping pips President's protege, making him the top contender in 2012 By China Bureau Chief In Beijing THE leader of China's financial hub Shanghai, Mr Xi Jinping, emerged yesterday as the top contender to lead the world's most
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  • 533 1  -  Alvin Foo By ASIAN stock markets tumbled yesterday in response to a plunge on Wall Street last Friday over fresh United States recession fears. Bourses from Hong Kong to Australia to Singapore were battered as fund managers sold their holdings to cover US losses.
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1082 1  -  Jane Ng By THE poem for the day's English literature lesson in a Secondary 1 class at Crescent Girls' School was "The Battery Hen" by Jenny Moxham. Instead of recitation or explanation, the 13 -year-olds acted out the roles of chickens and farmers
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    • 317 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 N ew aid for spine surgery "Sla D-l/ a locally-developed surgical drill World 18-23 with a sensor has been used on Review 24-26 some 60 spinal injury patients here FY 1 27 since April. SECTION TWO PAGE H1 Home Hl-H8 Forum H9 Stepdad charged with
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  • PRIME
    • 588 3  -  Goh Chin Lian No deals in recent years; weapons sold not suited to counter civilian unrest; economic links limited, says George Yeo By SINGAPORE'S military sales and economic links with Myanmar were in the spotlight as MPs yesterday pressed for details and asked
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    • 333 3 MARIA ALMENOAR RESIDENTS of the Indian High Commission's living quarters in Stevens Road heard what they thought was "very loud thunder" yesterday morning. Then they felt the ground shake. The cause of the commotion a work crane from a neighbouring construction site had crashed
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    • 141 4 Houses and cars went up in flames in several parts of California after out-of-control wildfires engulfed swathes of drought-parched land in the southern part of the state. Several homes and a church in Malibu were destroyed on Sunday, and an entire community was forced to evacuate.
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    • 690 4  -  Peh Shing Huei NMP's stand that Section 377A is discriminatory elicits rebuttals from MPs By PARLIAMENT yesterday felt the intensity of public sentiments over gay sex when it sat to discuss changes to the Penal Code. Senior Minister of State for
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  • ASIA
    • 1322 6 REUTERS, AFP BEIJING'S NEW LEADERSHIP Hard bargaining by rival factions cost Li Keqiang the edge in succession race By Clarissa Oon China Correspondent In Beijing DESPITE being groomed for most of his political career to succeed President Hu Jintao, Mr Li Keqiang
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    • CHINA
      • 724 8  -  Goh Sui Noi NEWS ANALYSIS China-watchers say line-up signals collaboration, not factional rivalry By Senior Correspondent In Beijing FHE compromise promotion to the Communist Party top leadership of two potential successors to top posts yesterday does not necessarily indicate serious divisions within the party. Indeed,
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      • 268 8  -  Sim Chi Yin China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA appears to have filled its top leadership team with new officials bearing proven track records, rather than those who merely possess powerful connections, analysts said. The nine newcomers who joined the Chinese Communist Party's elite
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      • 532 8 A CLOSER look at the new 25-member decision-making Politburo, which was elected by the Chinese Communist Party yesterday: FRESH FACES Li Yuanchao, 56: A protege of President Hu Jintao, the Jiangsu party chief rose through the Communist Youth League the President's power
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      • 606 10  -  Tracy Quek China's top leaders give little away as they meet the press By China Correspondent In Beijing THE scene was set a bare dais, save for a lone lectern, in a room adorned with chandeliers and priceless Chinese paintings at Beijing's Great
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      • 438 10 Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sent congratulatory letters yesterday to the top three leaders of the new Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China President Hu Jintao, National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao. We reproduce the letters here. Dear
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 699 12 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS »JAPAN'S REFUELLING MISSION Officials admit they under-reported the amount of fuel supplied Tokyo JAPAN'S Defence Ministry acknowledged yesterday that officials knowingly under-report-ed the amount of fuel the navy supplied to a US-led coalition ship in the Indian Ocean. The latest admission further
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
        • 103 12 AMMAN (Jordan): Singapore's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed, officially opened the Asia-Middle East Dialogue Regional Vocational Training Centre here on Sunday. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the centre will offer courses to the construction industry in air-conditioning
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        • 104 12 REUTERS JAKARTA: An Indonesian transport safety committee yesterday blamed the pilot of a Garuda airliner for the crash of a Boeing 737 at Yogyakarta airport in March that killed 21 people. The committee's report said the aircraft, with 140 people on board, "was flown at
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        • 95 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A fire at a shoe factory in south-east-ern China's Fujian province has killed 37 people. The Sunday night blaze at the Feida workshop, located near the city of Putian, was extinguished an hour after it started. Provincial government spokesman Zhu Qing
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        • 96 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: Ousted Philippine leader Joseph Estrada, jailed after a historic corruption conviction, said yesterday that he had dropped his appeal and would seek a presidential pardon, sparking hopes his long political war with the current president would finally end. Estrada said he authorised his
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 404 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Pakistani govt's call, after suicide bombing, blasted by critics as a bid to rig January polls Islamabad PRO-TALEBAN Islamists and the parties of two former premiers yesterday vowed to defy a proposed ban on campaign rallies, calling it an
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      • 492 13  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA'S ruling coalition and its backers from the Left have put off a showdown over the government's :ontroversial nuclear deal with the US after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared ready to quit
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      • 211 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Colombo A GROUP of Tamil Tiger fighters carried out a surprise pre-dawn attack on a Sri Lankan air force base yesterday, setting off a six-hour battle that killed five airmen and 20 guerillas. Four other airmen were killed when
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        82 14 Barricades continue to block the street near the eastern gate of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's most important landmark, in the country's main city of Yangon. The military junta on Saturday ended a nightly curfew in the city which was imposed on the eve of a bloody crackdown
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      • 656 14  -  NILANJANA SENGUPTA Junta is isolationist and the people need humanitarian aid, says expert By SANCTIONS are not the answer to resolving the crisis in Myanmar, where the people are in desperate need of humanitarian aid, a leading Myanmar expert said yesterday. The economic sanctions imposed
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      • 460 14  -  P. Jayaram By India Correspondent In New Delhi UN SPECIAL Envoy Ibrahim Gambari met senior Indian officials here yesterday, carrying hopes that India would help bring about national reconciliation in Myanmar. Professor Gambari, who arrived here late on Sunday on a
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      • 346 15  -  Devi Asmarani By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday he was hopeful that a peace deal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be concluded by the end of next year. "We are now in intensive communication with
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      • 387 15  -  AZHAR GHANI But Indonesian V-P stops short of saying that the government has dropped controversial plan By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta INDONESIAN Vice-President Jusuf Kalla has said that the government has no concrete plans to start work on the country's controversial first nuclear
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      • 116 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta INDONESIA wants to cut its liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to Japan from 12 to three million tonnes per year after current contracts between the two nations expire, an official said yesterday. Indonesia, which is Japan's largest supplier of
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      • 474 16  -  Carolyn Hong Project aims to help the graduates acquire right skills for global market By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur WITH thousands of jobless IT graduates and hundreds of government websites gathering dust, it was only a matter of time before
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      • 350 16  -  Hazlin Hassan By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has fiven opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim until Thursay to hand over an original recording of a controversial video he made public a month ago or risk
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      • 248 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Moscow THE Russian federal space agency has made an offer to Malaysia to send a second astronaut to the International Space Station in late 2010 or 2011. Deputy Prime Minister Naiib Tun Razak said Malaysia had until 2009 to confirm its
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      • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
        • 348 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES TOUTED as the Indian American Barack Obama, newly elected Louisiana governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal has played down the ethnicity component of his historic win. "The only colours that should matter are red, white and blue," he had said during his
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        • 131 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE deputy mayor of India's capital New Delhi fell and later died after trying to fight off a pack of wild monkeys which attacked him on his first-floor balcony. Mr S.S. Bajwa, 52, was alone on the balcony of his home when
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        • 125 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS A 60-YEAR-OLD farmer in Malaysia was so determined to marry a 28-year-old estate worker that he kidnapped her when she turned down his proposal. The New Straits Times yesterday quoted police in Terengganu as saying the farmer forced the woman into his car while she
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    • 26 6 N-plant 'just an idea' Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla says Jakarta has no concrete plans to start work on the country's first nuclear power plant. PAGE 15
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  • WORLD
    • 627 18  -  Roger Maynard ELECTION DEBATE Fresh-faced Rudd outpoints Howard but don't bet against the PM yet By Australia Correspondent In Sydney AUSTRALIA'S Prime Minister John Howard endeavoured to put on a brave face yesterday after the so-called "Great Debate" with opposition leader Kevin Rudd, but
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    • 259 18 TV network's coverage of debate cut all because of a 'worm' REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS A RED-AND-WHITE "worm" has hijacked coverage of Australia's only election debate with the conservative government which was yesterday accused of trying to censor press freedoms by having the creature banished from TV screens. One of Australia's
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    • 539 19 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS After three years of resistance, it agrees to share data with rivals for lower fees Brussels SOFTWARE giant Microsoft snded three years of resistance yesterday and finally agreed to :omply with a landmark 2004 antitrust decision by the European Commission.
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    • 350 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS SULAIMANIYAH (IRAQ) THE Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said yesterday it was ready to lay down its arms if Turkey stopped attacking the rebels and abandoned plans for an incursion into Iraq, according to a rebel website. "We are ready for a
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    • 611 21 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Huge voter turnout seen as a rejection of Kaczynski twins' turbulent rule Warsaw POLAND'S conservative Kaczynski twins have lost their stranglehold on power. They were beaten in the country's parliamentary election by a centre-right opposition party ready to mend relations with
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    • 225 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS Geneva FHE nationalist Swiss People's Party (SVP) received the highest vote ever recorded for an individual political party in Switzerland after a bitter campaign that blamed foreigners for much of the country's crime. The Federal Statistics Office yesterday the party
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    • 271 21 REUTERS Moscow RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has stepped in to try to smooth out feuding in his secret service power base that some observers say could spoil his plans for a troublefree handover of power, newspapers said yesterday. TVlr Viktor Cherkesov,
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    • 619 22  -  Bhagyashree Zoellick hopes to rope in Beijing as a partner in working with poor nations By Garekar US Correspondent In Washington IN HIS previous job as Deputy Secretary of State, Mr Robert Zoellick made a memorable call for China to become
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    • 150 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco A FRENCH inventor has made digital scans of the Mona Lisa which allow him to burrow through layers of paint and "see" into the past of the world's most famous painting. Parisian engineer Pascal Cotte, 49, developed a
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    • 462 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Southern California hit by wildfires, which have led to mass evacuations Los Angeles FIREFIGHTERS battled into the night yesterday to tame wildfires in California that sparked mass evacuations, irove Hollywood stars from their million-dollar homes and killed one person, the
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    • 449 24 NOW that successor candidates to the party leadership have been placed in China's inner sanctum, the Politburo Standing Committee, the conventional Beijing script has it that the two youngest should be running the country in five years' time. MrXiJinping, 54, the highest ranked of the four new
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    • 1510 24 At a forum last week, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew cited an Economist article on a McKinsey study of education systems in different countries which rated Singapore among the top five. We reproduce the article here. THE British government, says Sir Michael Barber,
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    • 781 24  -  Edmund W. Sim POLITICS IN THE U.S. By For The Straits Times THE year 2007 is an off-year for US national politics, with no presidential or congressional elections scheduled. But for Asian-Americans, 2007 has seen new highs and lows in their role in US politics. The key
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    • 1201 25  -  Edgar Koh SINGAPORE REJOINS UNESCO By Senior Writer YOU do not need an idealist view of international relations to welcome Singapore's return to Unesco, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Hardheaded individuals would be happy to learn that Singapore saved at least Ssl6 million
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    • 1462 26  -  John Mcßeth »TACKLING TERRORISM IN INDONESIA By Senior Writer WITH Indonesia's Constitutional Court soon to rule on the constitutionality of the death penalty, the raucous debate in Australia over whether the three Bali bombers should die has to be doubly painful for the families
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    • 26 24 A delicate balance Why Indonesia's softly-softly approach in its fight against terrorism may just achieve the results that a hard-line stance will not. PAGE 26 PUNCHLINES
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    • 520 29  - New aid for spine surgery drill with a sensor Judith Tan PediGuard helps accurate placing of screws in the spine By IT MAKES a beeping sound like a car's reversing sensor. And just as such beeps may help a driver achieve precise parking, the reassuring beeps are helping Singapore surgeons
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    • 404 29  -  Arlina Arshad By UNION veteran Swithun Lowe, 61, who stepped down as Singapore Teachers' Union (STU) general secretary three months ago, died yesterday morning in Guangzhou from heart complications. Mr Lowe had gone there on Sept 8 to attend a three-day seminar organised by the
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    • 464 30  -  Khushwant Singh TEEN FOUND DEAD IN MARSILING FLAT 45-year-old bus driver allegedly killed her at his ex-wife's flat By When her Yishun Primary School classmates returned to school yesterday, they were ushered into a counselling session to help them cope with her death. Pang
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    • 519 30  -  Chong Chee Kin By A VICIOUS and fatal attack with a baseball bat on a delivery man in the course of a $1.25 million cellphone heist last year was recounted in the High Court yesterday. The three men allegedly recruited to carry
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    • 321 30  -  Fania Tan By! PEST control companies being investigated by the Competition Commission for alleged price-fixing have not been fined yet. After months of silence, a commission spokesman said yesterday that it had "grounds to believe the companies were guilty" but that
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    • 425 30  -  Carolyn Quek By IT WAS still not business as usual yesterday for the wet market stall owners affected by last Tuesday's Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 fire. As of Sunday, 163 of the 180 wet market stall vendors had chosen
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    • 73 30 Residents of Cassia Crescent, near Guillemard Road, got a scare yesterday morning when they found a man lying motionless near a bench at the void deck of Block 42. It turned out that the unidentified man, who looked to be in his 50s, was dead.
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    • 342 30  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By Law Correspondent FORMER Law Society president Peter Low is moving across the street from the firm that carries his name to join law heavyweight Colin Ng Partners (CNP). Mr Low had run his own firm Peter Low Partnership in Carpenter Street
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    • 680 31  -  Karamjit Kaur What counts is totality of S'pore's attractiveness as aviation hub, he cautions By Aviation Correspondent CHANGI Airport's Terminal 3 may give Singapore's aviation industry an edge over rivals, but the competition is "ceaseless". Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew
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    • PARLIAMENT
      • 554 32  -  Selina Lum CHANGES TO THE PENAL CODE Public, expert input taken into account in 3-year review process By EXTENSIVE changes to the Penal Code the bedrock criminal legislation in Singapore with more than 500 provisions are needed to keep pace with technology and
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      • 932 32  -  Lim Wei Chean By IF SINGAPORE wants to show the world it means business, it must act once the law to root out sex tourism is passed, said MPs yesterday. Dr Teo Ho Pin, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs
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      • 418 32  -  Natalie Soh By NO MEANS no. Rape within the marriage should never be allowed, said several Members of Parliament yesterday. Under the law now, a man cannot be charged with raping his wife. Under proposed revisions to the Penal Code, this marital
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      • 467 32 SELINA LUM LIM WEI CHEAN MEMBERS of the House yesterday called for caution when it comes to upping jail time for offences. Nominated MP Siew Kum Hong and Non-Constituency MP Sylvia Lim both expressed disquiet at the doubling and even quadrupling of some jail
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      • 965 32  -  Chua Mui Hoong »FROM THE GALLERY By Senior Writer The clock ticked past 7pm, but MPs sat, riveted, eyes intent on the Speaker. And when Nominated MP Thio Li-ann concluded her fiery oratory against the "radical political agenda" of gay rights activists,
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      • 879 33  -  Keith Lin DECRIMINALISING GAY SEX Most S'poreans do not condone homosexual acts, so Section 377A should be retained By FOUR MPs of the People's Action Party yesterday spoke out against repealing a law that makes gay sex a crime. Their main
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      • 25 33 fdhbdf SHSII ■mfll I REPEAL IT: Mr Siew argues that private sex acts between adult males do not affect society's security.
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      • 466 33 ST FILE PHOTOS "THEY offer an 'argument from consent' Government should not police the private sexual behaviour of consenting adults. They opine this violates their liberty or 'privacy'. They ask, why criminalise something which does not 'harm' anyone; if homosexuals are 'born that way', isn't it unkind
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      • 410 33  -  Yeo Ghim Lay By IT IS "inconsistent" to argue that retaining Section 377A of the Penal Code is in line with society's powerful emphasis on family values, when adultery and other acts far more damaging to the family are no longer crimes,
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      • 242 33 MALAY-Muslim community leaders trust that the Government will make the right decision in continuing to deem sex between men a crime, said Mr Zaqy Mohamad (Hong Kah GRC). Speaking in Malay during the debate on the Penal Code amendments, he said: "Many
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      • 714 34  -  Li Xueying THE MYANMAR ISSUE Expelling it from Asean may lead to isolation and Iraq-like situation, says George Yeo By A MORE hardline approach towards Myanmar such as to expel it from Asean may lead to an Iraq-like situation on the region's doorstep,
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      • 286 34  -  LI XUEYING AT THE stroke of midnight last Saturday, the final touches were put to the Asean Charter. In Vientiane, capital of Laos, the group of five senior Asean officials, two Asean di-rectors-general and three former ambassadors, breathed a sigh of relief and happiness. It was
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      • 439 34  -  GOH CHIN LIAN A POLICE request for two people here to take off their T-shirts splashed with comments about the Myanmar crisis was "probably an overreaction", said Senior Minister of State (Home Affairs) Ho Peng Kee. But the police were "not totally unjustified"
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      • 1008 34 MPs posed sharp questions to Foreign Minister George Yeo yesterday during a debate on the recent developments in Myanmar and how Singapore and the international community have responded to the goings-on. Here are edited excerpts Ms Irene Ng (Tampines QRC): Myanmar seemed to be
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      • 314 34  -  YEO GHIM LAY THE Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) for public housing blocks remains on track for completion in 2014 despite higher construction costs. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan gave this assurance yesterday in response to a question from Ms Lee Bee Wah
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      • 243 34  -  JEREMY AUYONG THE new Chemical Weapons Prohibition Act passed by Parliament yesterday will be less restrictive to companies dealing with small amounts of dangerous chemicals. But that does not mean it offers a loophole for terrorists, said Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji
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      • 387 35  -  David Boey RSAF will have 24 in all doubling its fleet of such fighter jets bought in 2005 deal By] Defence Correspondent SINGAPORE is adding 12 more F-15SG Strike Eagle fighter planes to the air force's arsenal doubling its fleet of such warplanes
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      • 523 35  -  Shefali Rekhi GLOBAL PUBLIC POLICY NETWORK MEETING By Assistant Foreign Editor ASIA'S powerhouses are set to drive globalisation as the region takes a bigger role on the world stage, say top thinkers gathered here to discuss the isme. The significance of
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      • 252 35 DEVELOPED countries need to think about social protection systems for those left behind in an era of globalisation, said Harvard University Kennedy School of Government dean Mary Jo Bane. At the second Global Public Policy Network conference here yesterday, the author of a
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        • 96 35 THE stretch of Fourth Chin Bee Road from the entrance of Jurong Stadium towards International Road will be closed from noon to 11pm today to facilitate traffic arrangements for a Bo Tien Temple event. The opposite carriageway adjacent to the closed road will be temporarily
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        • 120 35 THREE private sector heavyweights have joined the board of governors of the Singapore International Foundation (SIF). They are Nominated MP Gautam Banerjee; Ms Jennifer Lewis, head of communications at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC); and Mr Lim Cheng Teck, chief executive of Standard
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        • 71 35 CALTEX petrol and diesel prices inched up five cents a litre against a global backdrop of rising fuel prices. The new prices kicked in at spm yesterday, said a release from Chevron, which markets the Caltex brand. For example, the Premium 98 petrol, Platinum
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      • 92 36 A delivery man from Express Food Delivery brought beauty queen Colleen Francisca's lunch order of butter prawns, broccoli with mushrooms and rice to her glass house at Raffles Place MRT station yesterday. Colleen found the service with ST7OI, Singapore Press Holdings' Classifieds online portal (www.st7ol.com). Today is
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      • 412 36  -  Liaw Wy-Cin High-powered research group's meeting here to focus on tackling drug-resistant tuberculosis By NEW drugs are needed to fight tuberculosis, which has become increasingly resistant to current drugs. This pressing issue is on the agenda of an international high-powered research
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      • 207 36  -  Irene Tham By BUSINESSES here may be in for a bidding frenzy when fully numeric domain names are released in the next few months. Just as auspicious car and mobile phone numbers have fetched premium prices, popular numeric domain names are expected to
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      • 79 36 DIGITAL cameras may have overtaken their film counterparts, but many still print their photos. Digital Life finds out about people's preferences, be it for uploading their photos online for printing, travelling to the photo shop or swearing by home printing. Also check out our
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    • 364 37  -  Karen Tan (Ms) PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES ACT IN THE letter, "Curbing the spread of HIV: Criminalisation is not the solution" (ST, Oct 18), Mr Ashok Narandran expressed two main concerns over the proposed amendments to the Infectious Diseases Act. His first concern is
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    • 369 37  -  Associate Prof Tilak Abeysinghe SOARING PROPERTY PRICES AT A Singapore Economic Policy Forum organised by the Department of Economics of the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Oct 18, I presented a paper with the title, "Singapore's property market and the macroeconomy". This was reported in The
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    • 251 37  -  Prof Anthony Reid READERS would have been impressed to read the report, "USs2b petrochemical plant to be built on Jurong Island" (ST, Oct 19), about a consortium led by Jurong Aromatics Corp building an additional petrochemical plant, boosting Singapore's production of ethylene. However, they
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    • 254 37  -  Wong Weng Fai I REFER to the articles, "Electricity consumers may get to choose from 6 power retailers" and "Temasek puts Tuas Power up for sale" (ST, Oct 19). Singapore seems committed to the opening up of its energy-supply market. Potentially, fair competition can
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    • 349 37  -  Limjingjing (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Use IC, not passport, in airport clearance system" (ST, Oct 15), by Mr Richard Thong Kok Mun. We thank Mr Thong for his feedback and would like to assure him that user-friend-liness is an important
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    • 136 37  -  A J Aliyar Razzy I REFER to the letter by Mdm Yeo Hee Yong, "Misleading biodata on maids an employer's bane" (ST, Oct 12). As one of the accreditation bodies we would like to assure the writer that misrepresentation in any form is not condoned.
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    • 159 37  -  Ching Sann (Ms) »'COLLUSION' ON JOBS TO RID BUILDINGS OF TERMITES THE report, "Six big pest firms fined for anti-competi-tive collusion" (ST, Oct 22), states that six pest-control companies are believed to have been fined by the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS)
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    • 148 37  -  Jon Peng Yong En FOLLOWING the recent fire at the Ang Mo Kio Block 628 market and food centre, which I believe is not an isolated case, I have a concern which I hope the authorities could address. Are markets and food centres
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    • 100 37 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Wake-up call for authorities to foster a more politically-aware education system Ad discrimination: How do we draw the line between bias and practicality? Some advice when looking for a good chiropractor Make travelling by public
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      922 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Known as The Iceman, Kimi Raikkonen calmly drives his way to the Formula One drivers' championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix Sao Paulo (Brazil) FORMULA One fans woke up to a different world champion from the one that they were waiting to celebrate yesterday.
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    • 146 38 REUTERS SEVEN-TIME world champion Michael Schumacher has congratulated Kimi Raikkonen for winning the world championship for Ferrari with a stirring fight to the wire. "What an incredible finale, what a thrilling finish!" the former Ferrari ace said on his website. Raikkonen and Felipe Massa earned a 1-2
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    • 1028 38  -  Steve Slater »IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT By 3VEN after the drama of an iction-packed 2007 season, :he Brazilian Grand Prix shad3wed all that came before it in :erms of theatre. You really could not have written a script for what hapsened on Sunday
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    • 304 39 Lap 1: Ferrari's Felipe Massa gets away well and immediately goes to block McLaren s Lewis Hamilton. Fernando Alonso gets past his McLaren teammate and is up into third place behind Kimi Raikkonen. Moments later Alonso pushes Hamilton wide. The rookie is off the track and
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    • 1122 39 I'LL BE BACK ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hamilton remains stoic despite failing to win title, vowing to return stronger next season Sao Paulo LEWIS Hamilton refused to be disheartened after dramatically missing out on the Formula One title in his first season, and promised to bounce back next year. "It's
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    • 705 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sao Paulo DEPOSED world champion Alonso, already on ess-than-cordial relations with his team, will not endear limself to them with his latest irade. The Spaniard blamed VlcLaren for the team's failire to win the Formula One tile this season, saying
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    • 574 40 »SOCCER Smith is convinced his side, playing at home, can surprise Spaniards if they have self-belief Glasgow RANGERS can stun Barcelona in Glasgow today if the players believe in themselves, according to their manager Walter Smith. The Ibrox side's boss has already masterminded
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    • 371 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Kiev MANCHESTER United are leaving nothing to chance. They flew to the Ukraine over the weekend to give their players maximum rest, as they aim to beat Dynamo Kiev today to take a huge stride towards the next stage of
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      • 70 40 REUTERS MILAN: AC Milan goalkeeper Dida's two-match Champions League ban for feigning injury was reduced to one game yesterday. The Brazilian fell dramatically to the ground after chasing a Celtic fan, who had appeared to slap the goalkeeper lightly. Uefa's disciplinary committee banned him
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      • 76 40 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE LOS ANGELES: David Beckham's team, the Los Angeles Galaxy, have missed the Major League Soccer play-offs, after losing 0-1 to the Chicago Fire on Sunday. The Galaxy, who had kept their play-off hopes alive after a six-game unbeaten streak, needed a victory in
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      • 98 40 LONDON: Referee Mark Clattenburg will not officiate an English Premier League match this weekend, reported Soccernet.com. The official was criticised for his poor handling of the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park on Saturday. Liverpool won the game 2-1. He failed to
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    • 813 40  -  Lee Wai Khim WILD WEEKEND By AMERICAN football referees are getting HDTV help this season. But, across the Atlantic, where the goalline video technology makes an experimental debut next season, it has been another week of controversy for soccer's men in black.
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    • 178 40 Statistic of the week 2 Number of penalties awarded to Liverpool, and denied to Everton. Number of red cards to Aston Villa. Also the number of goals Wayne Rooney scored against the Villans. Top scorers 7: Benjani Mwaruwari (Portsmouth) 6: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) 5: Robin van
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    • 560 41 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Springboks sweep annual awards, also taking Team and Coach accolades Paris A DAY after helping South Africa to win the World Cup, Bryan Habana has been named the Player of the Year by the International Rugby Board. In fact, South Africa swept
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    • 523 41 Best quotes Canada's Ric Suggitt, who reacted furiously to the suggestion that teams like his do not belong at the World Cup. "The naysayers who talk of segregation in rugby can go stuff themselves," was one gem. He then ensured he would never be on
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    • 301 41 Paris THE video referee who has been accused of ruining England's hopes in the Rugby World Cup final has insisted he made the right call. Australian Stuart Dickinson had controversially ruled out Mark Cueto's try in the 42nd minute, which would have
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    • 631 41 Paris SET-PIECE dominance, a strong presence in broken play, a reliable goal-kicker and, perhaps most notably, kicking for territorial advantage emerged as the essentials for winning the Rugby World Cup. South Africa won the 20-na-tion event, beating defending champions England 15-6 in the
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    • 416 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS »TENNIS Madrid WORLD No 1 Roger Federer was beaten 6-1, 3-6, 3-6 by David Nalbandian in the final of the Madrid Masters on Sunday. The Argentinian, ranked 25th in the world, had beaten world No 2 Rafael Nadal
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    • 502 42  -  Wang Meng Meng ►►TRIATHLON Triathlete's entry is sent to SNOC after mediation between him and the TAS By TRIATHLETE Gino Ng has been nominated for the South-east Asia Games. This comes barely a fortnight after he sued the Triathlon Association of Singapore (TAS) for
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    • 828 42 By Jeanette Wang UNTIL two Saturdays ago, no one probably even cared to ask who Chrissie Wellington is. Then, the 30-year-old British triathlete, who turned professional just eight months ago, pulled off a stunning victory at the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Ko-na, Hawaii.
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    • 374 42  -  Leonard Lim BOWLING By SHE has been touted as Singapore bowling's next big star. Come December, Jasmine will have the Dpportunity to prove her worth. The 19-year-old, along with Justin Teng, 23, Amanda Ng, 20, Carl de Vries, 24, and Cherie Tan, 19, will be making
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    • 182 42 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE BASEBALL Boston THE Boston Red Sox completed a stunning reversal to reach the World Series. They routed the Cleveland Indians 11-2 on Sunday to win the best-of-seven American League championship 4-3. The 2004 world champions had been 1-3 down in the series, but
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      • 49 42 WHEELCHAIR athlete Muhammad Firdaus Nordin bagged two golds at the Japan Paralympic Athletic Championships. The 19-year-old finished first in the 100 and 200 metres. His next major tournament is the Asean Paralympic Games, the equivalent of the South-east Asia Games, from Jan 17-27.
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      • 95 42 TICKETS for the second leg of Singapore's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Palestine go on sale tomorrow at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Grandstand tickets for Sunday's match at the National Stadium will cost $20. Gallery tickets (adult) will cost $10. Early bird prices ($l5 grandstand, $10
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      • 65 42 THE Singapore Cricket Club is giving 50 rugby starter kits, consisting of equipment like balls and tackle pads, to schoolchildren. The aim is to promote the sport and help the development of younger players for the national team. The move is in conjunction with
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      • 106 42 REUTERS NEW YORK: Canada's Mike Weir held off Australian Mark Hensby to win golf's Arizona Open by one shot on Sunday. The left-handed 2003 Masters champion sank a six-foot par putt on the 18th green to clinch his first Tour victory since 2004, with
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    • 603 42 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Detroit 23 Tampa Bay 16, Tennessee 38 Houston 36, New England 49 Miami 28, New Orleans 22 Atlanta 16, NY Giants 33 San Francisco 15, Washington 21 Arizona 19, Buffalo 19 Baltimore 14, Dallas 24 Minnesota 14, Cincinnat 38 NY Jets 31, Kansas City land 10,
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    • 25 38 Habana's the best Bryan Habana is the International Rugby Board's Player of the Year, as world champions South Africa sweep the top awards. PAGE Hl3
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    • 51 42 TV times AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL: Jacksonville v Indianapolis (Live, ChlO7, 8.30am). SOCCER: Uefa Champions League: CSKA Moscow v Inter Milan (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 12.25am), Dynamo Kievv Manchester United (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2.30am), Rangers v Barcelona (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.30am). Event GOLF: Singapore Open Amateur C'ship: Ist rd (SICC, Bukit Course,
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  • OBITUARIES
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      168 43 ONG TENG LENG Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 21 October 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Koh Ah Huay Brothers: Sisters-ln-Law: Ong Kim Choon (Yap Chui Yoke, deceased) Ong Ah Lek Heng Hwee Keow Ong Kim Tee Tang Kai Beng Sisters: Brothers-ln-Law: Ong Chwee Gam Ng Ah Choon Ong
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      39 43 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory ol LACHEMANAN S/O VADIVELU (Everton Latchu) Departed 23-10-2006 We've lost a true friend; few like him we'll find. Not just today but everyday. We remembe] the times we shared Deeply missed by EVERTON BROTHERS
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      122 43 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want....and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 CHIA MUN ONN Age: 55 was called home to the LORD on 22 October 2007. Leaving memories to be cherished by: Father: Chia Chee Keong Wife: Cho
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      50 43 r j 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of Our Dearest Husband, Father, Father-in-Law, Grandfather HO KOK POH Departed 23 Oct 2005 Of one we will never forget His absence to us is a sorrrow His loss we will always regret Deeply missed and always remembered by family and loved ones
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      46 43 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Directors Mr James Lim Chee Seng Mdm Grace Woo Yuet Hoe on the demise of their beloved mother mother-in-law MDM TAN SIEW CHENG Departed on 20th October 2007 From the Management Staff of TUBEFLEX-LTK INTERNATIONAL CO., PTE LTD
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      147 43 "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 CHAN KIM CHYE GEORGIE Age: 47 Was called home to be with the Lord on 22 October 2007 leaving behind loved ones.
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      54 43 The Family of the Late NG SIN TEE NEE NG SOON Al Departed on 17 Oct 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and Dr Edwin Lim/ caregivers of Orange Valley Nursing Home (Clementi) for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths
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      42 44 With Our Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Yeap Kar On, founder of Astra Oil Co Pte Ltd on the demise of your beloved wife TAN SEOK LUN Departed on 21 October 2007 From: Management Staff of ASTRA OIL CO PTE LTD
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      120 44 SAVTRIBAI NEE CHATURIBAI (Wife of the late Ramchand D. Chugani) Age: 88 passed away peacefully on 22 October 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kishin R. Chugani Geeta K. Chugani Mohan R. Chugani Sunita M. Chugani Chandru R. Chugani Meenu C. Chugani Jaipal R. Chugani
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      27 44 With Our Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late NG BENG HWEE Departed on 21/10/07 From: THE MANAGEMENT STAFF OF ASCENT SUPPLIES LINK PTELTD
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      106 44 HOW CHEE LEONG Age: 82 passed away peacefully on 22 October 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ong SerYing Sons: Daughters-in-law: How Kian Soon Kwok Sin Fai How Kian Peng Yeo Teng Chiew Sally Daughters: Son-in-law: How Swee Choo Ivy Teo Ee Soon Sunny How Swee
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      52 44 K. Gejapathy (Geja) Age: 28 passed away peacefully on 21/10/2007. Leaving behind loved ones. Mother: Mangair Thilagam Wife: Jaichitra (Papa) Sister: Pusparani uncles aunties. Body is resting at Blk 305, #02-160. Jurong East St 32. Cortege will leave on 23/10/2007, Tue at spm for Mandai Crematorium for cremation at 6pm.
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      55 44 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of PEGGY LIM SEOW INN Departed 23 Oct 2006 A year has passed but the pain of losing you never fades as we recall with fond memories all that you meant still mean in our hearts lives. We miss you loads cherish every single memory
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      43 44 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory of KWOKYOKEYING Departed 23/10/97 She made our life one long sweet song Untildeath madeuspart, But in the time that's she's been gone. We've learnt griefs song by heart. Always remembered by: Sons, Daughters-in-law, Daughters, Grandchildren and loved ones.
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      • 350 46 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington MOST United States companies, foreseeing weaker second-half growth and a substantial slowdown in housing, plan to hire and invest less, a key survey has found. Fifty-six per cent of the businesses said they were more pessimistic this month, twice the
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      • 347 46 FINANCIAL TIMES New York CREDIT problems in the United States, once confined to high-risk mortgage borrowers, may be spreading to other types of consumer loans, posing new risks to the American economy. US banks have raised reserves for loan losses by
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      • 336 46 NEW YORK TIMES New York FOR all the pain in the mortgage market, investors who hold bonds backed by risky home loans have continued to receive their monthly interest payments until now. Collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) made up of
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    • 40 46 AFP Yesterday's Close: 16,438.47 (-375.9 points) »Japanese share prices closed down 2.24 per cent at a near one-month low, hit by a slump on Wall Street last Friday and a stronger yen which is bad for exporters.
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    • 40 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 28,373.63 (-1,091.42 points) »Hong Kong stocks closed sharply down, with the index losing 3.7 per cent. Shares were down as markets in Asia fell after a major decline on Wall Street last Friday
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    • 29 46 AFP Yesterday's close5 667 33 (-150.72 points) »Chinese share prices closed 2.59 per cent lower, amid weakness in regional markets following Wall Street's Dlunee inMLs session.
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    • 30 46 AFP yesterday's close: 6,577.3 (-129 points) »Australian share prices closed down 1.92 per cent as investors fretted about the possibility of a further sell-off on Wall Street.
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    • 31 46 AFP Yesterday's Close: 1,350.81 (-19.36 points) »Malaysian share prices closed 1.41 per cent lower after a slump on Wall Street last Friday spooked investor sentiment across the region.
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      35 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,613.99 (+54.01 points) »Indian share prices rose 0.31 per cent in volatile trade to snap four straight days of losses on bargain hunting in the benchmark index and mid-cap stocks.
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    • 33 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,453.21 (-110.54 points) "Indonesian share prices closed down ,i;3Lpfr c t elaftEr, Wall Street slumped on renewed credit fears, triggering profit-taking on the markets recent record-breaking run.
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    • 37 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 860.09 (-15.74 points) »Thai share prices closed 1.8 per cent lower following a massive sell-off on Wall Street as investors fretted over the risk of recession in the United States economy.
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    • 222 46 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 0,042.u4 Oct 22 Allgreen 0.50 Ascendasreit 0.81 CapitaComm 048 CapitaLand 4.68 CapitaMall 0.92 Chart SemiCond ...0.53 CityDev 2.78 ComfortDelGro 1.26 Cosco Corp 2.35 Creative Tech 0.14 DBS Grp 8.78 Datacraft 0.14 FXN 2.23 Gen Intl 0.65 HK Land 3.29 Hyflux 0.31 IMH 2.99 ISH
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    • 55 46 Memstar 238,143,000 El-Nets 56,733,000 ChinaOilFld 47,060,000 Anwell 39,143,000 Yongnam 34,494,000 ChinaAElec 33,239,000 Sinostar 32,902,000 DBS MBL eCWOBO2O6 32,527,000 Gen Intl 32,316,000 Adroit R 28,785,000 Oct 22 Lian Beng 28,409,000 Sunmoon 27,483,000 Digiland 26,955,000 Oculus 26,673,000 Yangzijiang 26,545,000 lade Tech 26,291,000 China Hongxing 24,704,000 Advanced System 24,244,000 STX PO
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    • 141 46 Oct 22 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS :OREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2890 1.3040 Ian dollar 1.5050 1.5230 iuro 2.0860 2.1110 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4332 0.4340 il dollar 1.0750 1.0990 Sterling pound 2.9840 3.0180 JS dollar 1.4560
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    • 462 47 They are emotionally connected to their firms and know how to add value: Survey JUST one in five employees of major global corporations are "engaged" that is human re-source-speak for "ready to put in extra effort at work". On the other
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    • 384 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo THE US dollar suffered fresh losses against the yen and hit a record low against the euro in Asian trade yesterday, as concerns about the United States economy sparked another rout on global stock markets, dealers said. The euro shot
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    • 391 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS Both will form unit in HK to offer capital market services across Asia New York INVESTMENT bank Bear Stearns and Chinese bank Citic Securities said yesterday that they will form a strategic partnership that includes US$l billion (551.46
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    • 263 48 REUTERS Hong Kong CHINESE oil firm PetroChina yesterday bucked a gloomy Asian market, taking heart from its impending Shanghai A-share listing. Analysts said the performance of the stock also showed that it has shrugged off Mr Warren Buffett's departure from its shareholder roster. "This
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    • MEDIA & MARKETING
      • 618 49  -  Chua Hian Hou Viewers are turning to pay-TV, recording technologies and the Internet for their fix By FREE-TO-AIR television is feeling the heat as viewers switch off in favour of pay-TV and new technologies. Viewership fell across the board, according to figures released by research
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      • 422 49  -  Yang Huiwen By CjONE are the days when shopping for bras meant boyfriends and husbands hanging about awkwardly in corners fidiling with their mobile phones. These days it's not surprising to see men walking out of specially built
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    • 467 50  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent JURONG Point, which is set to be Singapore's largest suburban mall, says its new extension is already 70 per cent taken up more than a year ahead of the wing's completion. One of the main tenants, supermarket
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    • 529 50  -  Lee Su Shyan Extension is one of three malls Frasers Centrepoint will inject into its trust By Assistant Money Editor YISHUN residents, who for years managed with only Northpoint to meet their shopping needs, will get a retail shot in
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    • 443 51  -  Christopher Tan ERG's $65m loan due in December; plans debt restructure to extend credit line By Senior Correspondent FHE Australian firm behind Singapore's $300 million tap- and-go transit fare collection system is in financial strife. ERG told the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
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    • 354 51  -  Jessica Cheam By THEY are experts at knocking up world-class buildings but Singapore's construction industry also has a vital role to play in other areas, including building stronger community ties and a sense of nationhood. Deputy Prime Minister Wong
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 103 51 ORNAMENTAL fish firm Qian Hu yesterday unveiled a doubling in third-quarter net profit to $1.27 million. Revenue rose 19.6 per cent to $22.7 million, led by strong growth in its ornamental fish and accessories activities. Earnings per share rose from 0.18 cent to 0.36 cent.
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      • 102 51 SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) yesterday announced that its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit a new record volume last week. Total trading value of the SGX-listed ETFs was $99.6 million for the week ended last Friday exceeding the record of $85 million traded in the week ended Sept 29
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      • 75 51 HIAP Hoe-Superßowl JV, a joint venture between SuperBowl Holdings and Hiap Hoe, announced yesterday its successful tender for The Aspine at 5 Balmoral Road. The private residential site cost $138 million at $1,870 per sq ft per plot ratio with a proposed gross floor
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    • 430 51  -  Yang Huiwen TAKING STOCK By FINANCIAL shares were back on the ropes yesterday, battered black and blue by investors unnerved by last Friday's plunge on Wall Street. It was like the bad old days in August during the United States
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    • 218 51  -  LEE SU SHYAN WARRANT WATCH BLUE chips across the board in Singapore bore the brunt of losses yesterday, after last Friday's sell-off on Wall Street. Top among the actives was a DBS Group Holdings call warrant, issued by Macquarie Securities. It dropped three cents
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    • 720 52  -  Bryan Lee Transactions were made by finance director Wee Sing Guan, oil-rig builder claims By UNAUTHORISED currency bets by SembCorp Marine's (SembMarine's) finance director have resulted in unprecedented losses of as much as US$24B million (***** million) at the oil-rig builder. Disclosing the
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    • 8 52 UP DOWN Gainers: 173 Losers 795 Unchanged: 672
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    • 219 52 »THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS TELCO MobileOne (Ml) yesterday reported an almost flat third-quarter net profit, which inched up 1.6 per cent to $43.6 million. This was despite a 5.8 per cent rise in operating revenue to $200.2 million for the three months ended
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    • 603 95  -  Maggie Cheung Ole Scheeren and SHE'S a Hong Kong-born, Brit-ish-raised, French-speaking actress whose layered turns in arthouse flicks like Wong Kar Wai's In The Mood For Love (2000) and ex-hus-band Oliver Assayas' Clean (2004) have made her an international critic's darling many times over. He's an
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      • 1079 97  -  Jenny Tan The wineries in the French region might be humble affairs but there's nothing simple about the great wine and excellent food here THERE is a saying that goes "beware of people who drink only water", says wine lecturer Jean Pierre Renard, with a
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    • 556 60 Some academics think so. Sexual superiority in such games was one of the thrusts of Tokyo academic gaming event, reports PARK BYUNGHO Women in gaming or rather, the treatment of women in games was the topic that came under the most scrutiny at a key
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    • 217 60 AS A gaming conference, the Digital Games Research Association (DiGra) event has a stronger academic approach to the research of video games than other similar events such as the Game Developers Conference. The third event held in Tokyo this year brought together many researchers in
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    • coolgear
      • Article, Illustration
        101 61 More storage room on phones Kingston's microSDHC card looks like a run-of-the-mill storage device for mobile phones. But this is the flash memory card whose microSDHC technology is the memory storage form that will be used for upcoming mobile phones. Also, the card's 4GB memory lets you hold
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      • 89 61 Drool-worthy i laser mouse The Philips SPM77II wireless laser mouse comes in glossy all-white, with a blue glow illuminat- ing its sides. The soft silicon on the sides acts as a cushion, giving you com- fort when you are working long hours at the computer. Specs wise, the
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        82 61 Digital Jump onto the HDTV I bandwagon Sony's a7OO Digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cam- era lets you view high quality pictures on High Defi- nition TV, thanks to its High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) function. Adding to the crisp images is the anti-shake func- tion, which ensures that all
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      • 83 61 Office on the go The Nokia E5l is a high-end smartphone that is light in the hand, but heavy on the features. Its Maps application provides detailed interactive map diagrams that help you navigate around. You can also search Yellow Pages at the touch of a button. No more
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      • 85 61 Travel with ease Users who travel between Indonesia and Singapore can now access both their Singapore mobile phone number and an Indonesian number with Star Hub's OneSIM card. With it, they can use the same phone to receive calls and messages sent to these two numbers. Subscribers should
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      • 58 61 i Adrenaline rush The Caltex Score Today widget lets sports fanatics get their adrenaline fix, by screening the latest sports news on- to their computer desktops. They can also use the applica- tion to personalise the sports news that they see, and re- ceive only the news that
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      • 295 61 WHAT'S THE BEST PC to play games on? Be it self-assembled desktops or laptops. Geek Zoners give their take on the types of computers that are perfect for gaming enthusiasts. GenexFosho: "You need to go self assembled unless you intend to spend some $4,000 over for HP overpriced high-end
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    • INTERNET
      • 501 62 But users cannot let their guard down yet, reports LEUNG WAI-LENG When Mr Raymond Ong, 26, started selling watches on eßay about two years ago, he did not realise that e-mail asking him to provide his account details via a given link was meant
        ISTOCKPHOTO  -  501 words
      • 396 63 Tan Tock Seng Hospital patients who are referred to dieticians for weight loss, diabetes and cholesterol control can now correspond with their doctors on the Net, reports STEPHANIE GWEE Patients of diet-related problems can now cut down the times they
        TOCK SENG HOSPITAL  -  396 words
      • 293 63  -  Stephanie Gwee Now you can shop on the Net and see your shopping bill upfront, complete with the shipping cost before the purchase is finalised. SHOPPING online with foreign and domestic merchants just got easier. SingPost and United Overseas Bank (UOB) have launched a new
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      • 416 64 Singapore Airlines will be the first to fly the world's biggest double-decker passenger plane, the Airbus A3BO, from Singapore to Sydney on Thursday. The jumbo aircraft touched down last Wednesday at Changi Airport's new Terminal 3 amid much fanfare. IRENE THAM finds out what bloggers have
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      • 379 64 -AP It's 10 times faster now. Imagine downloading a high-res version of The Matrix movie in just seconds NEW YORK The ultra-high-speed Internet2 network just got 10 times faster, partly in anticipation of rising demand for capacity after the world's largest particle collider opens near
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      • 192 64 -AP NEW YORK It took two months and nearly three billion electronic probes for researchers to create a map of the Internet. Now comes the task of making sense of their data and figuring out what they missed. The Internet census comes from the University of Southern
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    • VIEWS + REVIEWS
      • 750 65  -  ALFRED SIEW Tougher rules on providers of ringtone, chatline and other mobile services will be enforced from Dec, but can they stem the spam tide, asks ALFRED SIEW It's an old story: you get a $400 phone bill that lists an "SMS-a-joke" service you
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      • 669 65  -  GRACE CHNG Delay in announcing results of bid means the winning team has five months less to wrap up. By About three weeks ago, Singapore's biggest computer companies involved in the Government's $1.5 billion Standard Operating Environment (SOE) project had a rude shock.
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      • 605 66 Want to make your Apple Mac work harder and do more? MIKE LEE tells you how to give yours a tune-up and keep it humming along Is your Mac feeling a little blue? Time to show it some tender loving care. Here's how. Back it up The
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      • GAME REVIEWS
        • 522 67  - Cool cars manic motorcycles Billy Teo, Project Gotham Racing 4 Project Gotham Racing 4 (PGR4) continues its track record of speed with style. This is an arcade racer, so forget about tuning cars and buying spare parts just pick up the controller and step on the pedal of whatever vehicles
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        • 318 67 Step on it FOR QUICK RACES around a short track or course, pick the car or motorcycle with the best acceleration. Just look at the vehicle properties displayed onscreen, when you are browsing through the car selection window. When the race starts, step on the accelerator and get into
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        • 457 68  -  Alfred Siew Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That seemed to be the mantra of developer Relic Entertainment when it made Opposing Fronts, the just-as-intense followup to the Company of Heroes (COH) real-time strategy blockbuster last year.
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        • 271 68 Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII Gamers loved Crimson Skies, made for the original Xbox, for its sense of scale and adventure, and its Indiana "I hate flying!" Jones quality. Blazing Angels 2 has a little of that. As Captain Robinson, you lead your
          BLAZING-ANGELS.US.UBI.COM  -  271 words
        • 257 68  -  Eugene Neubronner, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is a new expansion pack for the turn-based A-star title from developers Firaxis that brings a pile of options for a reasonable price. As its title suggests, the new campaigns and gameplay additions will tie
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      • PRODUCT REVIEWS
        • 577 69  -  Alfred Siew Logitech G9 mouse $169 Available at IT retailers I really didn't expect much of the G9 when I first glanced at this ugly duckling of a gaming mouse. Oblong and a little weird-looking with a large butt, it was clearly not in
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        • 323 69 Toshiba Satellite Pro M2OO Price: From $1,299 Get from authorised Toshiba dealers A Chinese saying, "Good to look at but not good to eat", accurately describes Toshiba's Satellite Pro M2OO. Underneath its high-gloss, black sleekness, its specifications are mostly so-so. Toshiba builds this 2.2 kg
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        • 524 70 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZIB $749 Buy it at authorised dealers Start with a Leica lens that goes from a wide-angle F2.8 28mm to a telephoto F4.2 504mm. Add an 8.1-megapixel sensor. Throw in a stonking image stabiliser and all available idiot-proof technologies. Include manual overrides
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        • 393 70  -  Alvin Lai, LG KSIO Price: $568 (without plan) Get it from major mobile phone retail outlets The KSIO from LG bears the distinction of being one of the few non-Nokia phones on the market that features the Symbian S6O interface (third edition). Based on
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        • 508 71  -  Wilson Wong, Raon Digital Everun Ultra Mobile PC $1,288 (30GB HDD)/ $1,638 (60GB HDD) $1,488 (6GB Flash Memory) Optional HSDPA Module at $450 •Available from Trends Mobile. Tel: 6438-4010 This is the year that the UMPC (ul-tra-mobile PC) has come to
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        • 447 71  -  Wilson Wong, LG LG R2OO-Q laptop Price: $3,299 Get it from authorised resellers One look at the LG laptop, and it comes across as a mini piano, complete with the ivories. And it makes music in that it makes work a beautiful
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      • Article, Illustration
        707 72 asdfsdf Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Failed hard disk Ql have a Compaq Presario Pentium 4 PC. When I switch it on, the screen shows the Compaq logo and stays like that for more than five minutes. This then goes blank,
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    • WORKING PLATFORM
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          507 74 New servers with virtualisation tools Fujitsu Asia has launched two new servers that come with open source, virtualisation technologies, and are based on the new UItraSPARC T2 processor. The SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 come installed with Solaris Containers and Logical Domains to let customers consolidate IT infrastructure and
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        • 85 74 IT project management tool on demand Hewlett-Packard has said it will continue to deliver its Business Technology Optimisation software as a hosted service. The software, which came from its acquisition of Mercury, helps companies track the success of their IT projects by mapping technical processes to business needs. The
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      • geeknotes
        • 116 74 AFP British intelligence agency GCHQ will be recruiting spies through games. The high-tech surveillance arm of British intelligence, known as Government Communications Headquarters, has said it will embed job ads within video games in a bid to attract Internet-savvy graduates. The month-long campaign, which starts at
          AFP  -  116 words
        • 146 74 Reuters Online social network MySpace will finally open its code to outside developers. For four years, MySpace has allowed PHOTO: users to embed features from other websites by pasting bits of code on their MySpace pages. But its smaller rival, Facebook, went a step further, issuing an
          – Reuters; REUTERS  -  146 words
        • 135 74 Bloomberg Microsoft, Walt Disney, CBS, Viacom and other technology and media companies have agreed on principles to prevent the unauthorised use of copyrighted videos by Internet users. The companies last week agreed to use technology that eliminates files posted on websites without permission. The group has also pledged
          Bloomberg  -  135 words
        • 158 74 AP Multimedia stockpilers need not worry about laptops, digital video recorders or portable music players hitting a storage capacity ceiling any time soon. Japanese company Hitachi says its researchers have successfully shrunk a key component in hard drives to a nanoscale that will pave the way for
          AP  -  158 words
      • 694 76 IRENE THAM finds out what companies are doing to save the earth and cut energy costs at the same time Ask any IT director in Singapore what he understands of the term "green IT", and the answer is inevitably energy-saving servers. Though bottom-line-minded companies
        ISTOCKPHOTO  -  694 words
      • 760 76 STUART DOBBIN looks at why near-misses of today may be the runaway successes of tomorrow It's a funny thing, convergence. At its most rudimentary, it's about taking a number of products, each with a solitary function, and fusing them together to make
        760 words
    • PEOPLE
      • 721 77  -  MIKE REYNOLDS 54, president-designate for Star Hub Mr Mike Reynolds is American, has a Kiwi accent and three nine-inch screws in his right knee that led him to meet his wife, he tells 00 GIN LEE When he heard "what sounded like twigs cracking" as he
        STARHUB  -  721 words
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    • 138 79 this little red dot belongs to tuesday class and school //~\~7 THE LAST fift I LITTLE RED DOT'S |f JL EAT RIGHT AND BIG DAY TICKETS TO CHITTY CHITTY *XSy^ SAVE THE PLANET READ ALL ABOUT IT! BANG BANG AND DISNEY PAGE 7 DVDS f^P^T fcTtiitTii' peri v ~m fJ)
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    • BIGATHOME
      • 136 80 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! The background is that there are more and more taxis on the road, with new companies launching new fleets. This has
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      • Article, Illustration
        609 80 "Touts, cabbies taking tourists for a meter-IeSS ride". By Mavis Toh, Shuli Sudderudin Nur Dianah Suhaimi (Sunday Times, Oct 14, 2007) Three men in crisp white shirts and black trousers lingered near the Clarke Quay taxi stand. They had their eye on foreigners who were standing about, looking
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        455 81 The five Ws and an H of Islam in Singapore, by Andrew duffy WHY THE INTEREST IN ISLAM? The Islamic month of Ramadan ended on Oct 13. During the month, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset an average of 13.5 hours a day making it a time for
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        78 81 ASK Speak to your Muslim classmates or teachers, head down to the nearest library or go online to find out what "Halal" means. Write the key points in the space provided on the right. DISCUSS When the Government was deciding on whether to set up the integrated resort
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    • BIGINASIA
      • 145 82 Getting to know Asean Indonesia Home to the world's largest Muslim population, Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands, of which only 6,000 are inhabited. The nation's capital city is Jakarta and the country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Malaysia. Other facts: Population: 234,693,997 (July
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        143 82 PHOTO:; Japan's lunar probe launch What happened On Oct 5, Japan successfully sent its first lunar probe into the moon's orbit, ahead of its Asian rivals China and India. The Kaguya probe, named after a fairytale princess, is on the most thorough mission to investigate the moon
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        132 82 Tee Hui Yi What she did The story of the 14-year-old Malaysian who underwent two heart transplants in 25 hours touched fellow citizens in her country. She had previously pleaded for a donor heart through national media, often in tears. Tee, who developed a serious heart condition
        AP  -  132 words
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        139 82 I million What it is The number of computers infected with a computer virus over China's week-long National Day holiday in the first week of the month. Viruses had been active during the long break because many people chose to stay at home and log on to
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    • BIGALERT
      • 325 83 Drugs not only destroy lives, but also cost a lot of money. Why waste all that hard-earned cash, CASSANDRA CHEW asks. Have you ever felt upset or frustrated when you wanted something really badly, and your parents said "no"? I know the feeling. As a child, I
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      • 132 83 He was a local university graduate who was well aware of Singapore's tough laws against drug traffickers. Still he decided to return from a trip to Malaysia with 16 Ecstasy pills. Following a tip-off, police arrested Francis Phang, 31, and his friend Geoffrey Low, 55, at a
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    • BIGCHANGESHERE
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        216 84 Elizabeth Choy Her selflessness landed her in prison in 1943 during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore in World War I I. Her "crime"? She passed food, medicine and messages to British prisoners of war. While in jail, Mrs Choy was tortured by Japanese soldiers and inspite of all
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      • 448 84 China Square sits in the heart of the business district as well as charming Chinatown. As such it embodies the best of the old and new of Singapore. JESSICA LIM goes on a tour, research by sph information resource centre < FOR YOUR GRANDPARENTS Bounded by
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    • THEBIGTHING
      • 230 85 The challenge is on again and this time, the action takes place at the Jurong BirdPark. Date of event: Fri, Nov 9 Cost: FREE! GREAT PRIZES TO BE WON! TOP Prize: Little Red Dot hamper and a cool iPod Shuffle for each team member. 2nd
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        128 86 Three scientists Mario Capecchi (right) and Oliver Smithies of the United States and Martin Evans of Britain won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Oct 9. They discovered ways to manipulate the embryonic stem cells of mice to replicate human disease. This way, scientists can better understand how diseases,
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        122 86 On Oct 10, a 14-year-old boy from Cleveland shot a number of people in his school before finally shooting himself dead. Prior to his shooting spree, Asa Coon was suspended from the school, SuccessTech Academy, for fighting. Police say he arrived at school on the afternoon of the incident,
        AFP, AP  -  122 words
      • 73 86 Along with Australia, it seems that primary schools in Panama might want to make learning Mandarin compulsory. Although the country has no trade links with either China or Taiwan, it aims to bank on the massive growth of China.The move comes as lawmakers plan to prepare the country for
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        143 86 Reasearchers have said that children should not be allowed to use cellphones, as using them for more than 10 years increases the risk of brain cancer, Children's skulls are thinner and their nervous systems are still developing, and these increase the risk. This is because they believe radiation from
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        126 86 A Russian Member of Parliament has been selected to become the next space tourist. Mr Vladimir Gruzdev, a member of the ruling United Russia party and a wealthy businessman with a taste for adventure, is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station (below), either next year or in
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        91 86 A German engineer and four Afghan hostages were released on Oct 10 in return for fiveTaleban prisoners. The five hostages were captured byTaleban-linked militants in July, along with one other Afghan hostage and one other German engineer. However, the other German died from gunshot wounds and the other Afghan
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    • INTHEDOTLIGHT
      • 138 87 Here is your chance to watch some of your favourite Disney stories over and over again. We are giving away two DVDs The Jungle Book and Enchanted Tales Follow Your Dreams, a special remake of Sleepy Beauty and Aladdin in one story. The Jungle Book
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        655 88 You can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making careful choices at the dinner table, by ellen whyte Strawberries from the United States, celery from Australia, bacon from Denmark... It is all very yummy to have delicacies from around the world on your dinner table, but transporting food
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      • 507 89 Hurting your head can be dangerous that is why construction workers wear those funny yellow hats, alison de souza looks at one of the most common head injuries. Your head feels pretty hard and sturdy, because inside it is the big piece of bone known as
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      • 535 90 »HISTORY IN THE HEADLINES Ishi, the last of the Yahis, reveals all Sept 30, 1911, Berkeley, California Imagine what it is like to be the last living member of your tribe. That is the sad story of the mysterious Native American man who wandered, half
        ILLUSTRATIONS: ERIC ROCA  -  535 words
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        140 91 BY MALINI NATHAN AT YOUR MOTHER'S KNEE This means that you had learnt to do something when you were very young. AS IN MOTHER NATURE This refers to the force that controls the natural world. The Earth is described as Mother as it is nurturing and provides
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      • 233 91 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. Community Court judge Bala Reddy gave a Bible thief more than just a jail sentence. He gave Tan
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    • BIGNEWSWORKS
      • 233 92 Try it the Dot Way! Every week, we brew up Dot-flavoured lessons from a vast collection of classroom recipes. This week, students will learn how to write a review of their favourite dishes, by baey shi chen DOT TREAT Group work, three periods DOT MISSION Write
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      • 282 92  -  KIM MAX BY 1. Do you sing in the shower? a. Yes, it's my private studio. b. Only on sunny days. c. No way someone might hear. 2. My iPod is: a. My best friend it goes everywhere with me. b. Another cool gadget. c.
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    • CREATURESBIGANDSMALL
      • 430 93 Modern zoos play an important role in helping to save threatened animals. This could be through educational activities to create conservation awareness, saving wild habitats, conducting research projects or breeding endangered animals. Zoo exchanges help Zoos breed endangered animals to display them, so that visitors can learn
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