The Straits Times, 1 November 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 124 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 718 1  -  Lee Siew Hua MINISTRY OF MANPOWER Jobless rate falls to 1.7%, a 10-year low; job demand highest in the finance sector By SINGAPORE has roared back to full employment, with its unemployment rate dropping to a level last seen 10 years
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  • 568 1  -  Joyce Teo By THE space crunch that has hit the office sector and sent rents soaring will not be allowed to derail Singapore's aim to be a key financial centre. The pledge came from National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan, who
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  • 96 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS A powerful bomb ripped through a passenger bus yesterday morning in the central Russian city of Togliatti, killing eight people and injuring more than 50 others, emergency officials said. Investigators are trying to determine whether the explosive device was carried by a passenger
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1026 1  -  Grace Ng By In Shanghai SHANGHAI businessman Liv Ye claims to be a rich man on a mission. He is searching for a "big brand-name foreign bank" in which to plonk his cash, accumulated from both his thriving business and playing the Shanghai stock
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 379 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 NMP not suing poet Asia 6-18 Nominated MP Thio Li-ann will not World 20-25 sue poet Alfian Sa'at over a Review 26-28 strongly worded e-mail he had sent FYI 29 her. She says she considers the case SECTION TWO closed after an apology from him.
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  • PRIME
    • 657 3  -  Maria Almenoar LIM WEI CHEAN LTA's crackdown follows numerous complaints by the public, but errant practices continue By THE Land Transport Authority (LTA), responding to rising public complaints against taxi drivers, launched its biggest crackdown to date against them last week. In
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    • 318 3  -  Diana Othman By WHEN waste collector Saumi Yun, 40, tugged on a blue towel that lay in the trash in his garbage truck yesterday morning, he spotted the tiny, unclothed body of a baby boy. The truck was backing into the
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    • 645 4 NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Court convicts 21 over 2004 train bombings, but an alleged mastermind is cleared Madrid A SPANISH court yesterday convicted 21 people over the 2004 Madrid train bombings, handing down sentences of close to 40,000 years
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  • ASIA
    • 1264 6  -  Salim Osman ANTI-TRUST HEARING IN INDONESIA It files defence against allegations that its indirect stakes in two telcos breach the laws By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta TEMASEK Holdings yesterday filed its defence against allegations that it has broken Indonesia's anti-trust laws, and turned the spotlight
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    • CHINA
      • 586 8  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Tit-for-tat move over island's uncovering of Chinese hacker ring By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei CHINA has publicly named a Taiwanese spy in what was seen as tit-for-tat move following Taiwan's recent uncovering of a Chinese hacker network trying to obtain classified military
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      • 156 8 CHINA'S Global Times newspaper singled out alleged Taiwanese spy Lee Fang-rong as the culprit responsible for a series of hacking attempts on Chinese government computer systems. Mr Lee, said to be in his 20s, was accused of planting Trojan programs in computer systems of unnamed economic, military
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      • 342 8  -  Sim Chi Yin By China Correspondent In Nanjing SETTING up a cooperation council between Singapore and the thriving eastern province of Jiangsu will take long-standing and flourishing ties to a new level, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan last night. Calling on Jiangsu Vice-Governor
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 606 9  -  Chua Chin Hon Move set to complicate govt's efforts to rein in rising inflation By China Bureau Chief In Beijing RECORD oil prices forced China yesterday to raise domestic fuel charges, a move that is set to complicate the government's efforts to
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      • 281 9 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington JAPAN'S failure to extend a naval mission in support of the Afghanistan war will not affect US operations in that combat zone, the Pentagon has said. "I do not expect any operational impact whatsoever," said Pentagon press secretary
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
      • 704 10  -  Ravi Velloor The economy is on a roll and he believes it will gather strength By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA'S economy is on a roll but its challenge is to make sure that prosperity reaches all sections of the
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      • 164 10  -  RAVI VELLOOR INDIAN industry is committed to developing its relationship with Singapore, said Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) president Sunil Mittal. For more than a decade, CII, the top industry body, had been making annual visits to brief the Singapore leadership on India's
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      • 223 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed for big business with India on Tuesday during a state visit aimed at invigorating trade and security links between Europe's largest economy and the Asian giant. Dr Merkel, who has already visited China and
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      • 122 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamabad PAKISTAN'S top judge yesterday said he would probe the suicide attack on ex-premiei Benazir Bhutto's homecoming parade. The blast in Karachi on Oct 18 killed more than 140 people. The government has vowed tc expose those responsible for
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 452 11  -  Dcvi Asmarani Alert system ready but some areas too poor to make system work By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA has learnt lessons from the devastating 2004 tsunami and taken steps to improve safety, but would still not be ready if another major
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      • Article, Illustration
        62 11 A policeman recovering a smuggled turtle from a boat in Bali yesterday. Six men were arrested for trying to smuggle 11 turtles out of the island. Six of the seven marine turtle species which inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world and are migratory can be found
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      • 218 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta THE parents of a three-year-old with bird flu defied hospital orders to isolate him and took him back home, a hospital official said yesterday. The boy from Tangerang, a satellite city west of Jakarta, stayed just half a
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
        • 98 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: A Hong Kong feng shui master yesterday launched a fresh legal challenge for the multibillion-dollar estate of late tycoon Nina Wang, formerly Asia's richest woman. Mr Chan Chun Chuen's lawyer said he had applied to the High Court to freeze
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        • 85 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Thousands of passengers were stranded across Thailand yesterday as train drivers staged a rare wildcat strike. The State Railway Workers Union of Thailand said the drivers were protesting against incompetence by State Railway of Thailand executives and the board, resulting in
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        • 100 11 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Works Minister S. Samy Vellu has said that Malaysia's Indian community is hurt by the demolition of a 30-year-old temple in the Selangor capital of Shah Alam. The Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, a small mosque and illegally built houses, all
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        • 117 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government yesterday disagreed with US experts who say it is not doing enough to avert a major catastrophe from occurring at a major dam in Mosul. US experts warned Baghdad on Tuesday that the Mosul dam on the Tigris River
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      • 444 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok MYANMAR'S military government is recruiting children as young as 10 into its armed forces, a US rights group charged in a report yesterday. Government recruiters target children because of "continued army expansion, high desertion rates and a lack of
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      • 729 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh First show of public dissent since junta's crackdown; more protests likely to follow By In Bangkok MORE than 100 monks yesterday emerged from a handful of monasteries in Pakokku in central Myanmar and marched through the town in the first show of
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 615 15  -  Carolyn Hong Second most senior judge will be acting Chief Justice By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S beleaguered Chief Justice, Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, reaches retirement age today, with no word from the government on extension of his term. Several
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      • 366 15 3ERNAMA, SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur ANTI-GRAFT officials yesterday questioned the sisters of a top policeman who is being investigated for corruption and who claimed he is being set up by fellow officers. Datuk Ramli Yusof's sisters, Rohmah and Rosila, met Anti-Corruption
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      • 224 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Muslim men are suffering sleepless nights and cannot pray properly because their thoughts are distracted by a growing number of women who wear sexy clothes in public, a prominent opposition cleric said. Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat,
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      • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
        • 241 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTRALIAN opposition leader Kevin Rudd lamented his past behaviour yesterday, as images of him picking his ear wax in Parliament reached a growing audience via the Internet. The embarrassing footage was captured by Parliament's official television camera at least six years
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        • 297 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS JOKING that he looked forward to becoming "first gentleman", Argentinian President Nestor Kirchner (right) said he would never be far from the side of his wife Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who will take over from him next month. Mr
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        • 159 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS A MALAYSIAN man, apparently fearing he had too much to drink, tried to play it safe by bribing a policeman to avoid a breathalyser test. It turned out he passed the test, but was fined for bribery. Electrical technician Aw
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 26 6 Myanmar's child soldiers A US human rights group has charged that Myanmar's junta is recruiting children as young as 10 into its armed forces. PAGE 12
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  • WORLD
    • 707 19 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Moves aimed at keeping up with the market; hikes draw public ire Paris FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy has just been given a 200 per cent pay rise. The move comes a few days after Irish Prime Minister
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    • Article, Illustration
      24 19 U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGEW. BUSH: *****,000 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN: Ssl 13,000 BRITISH PM GORDON BROWN: *****,000 GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL: *****,000
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    • 482 20 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS They gang up to challenge her credibility during presidential debate Washington RIVALS of New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton ganged up on her, putting the front runner on the defence during a two-hour Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday
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    • 515 23 LOS ANGELES TIMES Excess body fat increases risk of six types of cancer: Study Washington EXCESS body fat increases an individual's risk for six types of cancer, according to a report by two leading cancer research groups. The American Institute for Cancer Research and the
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    • 71 23 Stay within normal weight range Exercise every day Eat more fruits and vegetables Eat less red meat Avoid processed meats cured, smoked, salted or chemically preserved products such as ham and bacon Limit alcohol to two drinks a day for men and one for
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    • 466 23 BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington MS KAREN Hughes, who led efforts to improve the US' image abroad, will leave the government at the end of the year. She said she planned to quit her job as Undersecretary of State and return to
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    • 301 24 REUTERS London NON-EMERGENCY caesarean sections double the risk of women dying or developing severe complications following the procedure, researchers said yesterday. The study, published by the British Medical Journal, also showed that in some cases, caesarean sections increased the risk of death to
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    • 564 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Democratic move comes in wake of yet another recall of China-made products Washington US LEGISLATORS have unveiled plans for stiffer laws to regulate made-in-China toys after Halloween "treat" buckets and costume teeth became the latest tainted products from the
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 26 19 Tougher laws on toys US legislators unveil plans for stiffer laws to regulate made-in-China toys after more tainted products are taken off the shelves. PAGE 25
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  • REVIEW
    • 432 25 WHYHAS Singapore been able to make sometimes painful policy changes while other countries have not? It is not that other countries do not know such changes are necessary, as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pointed out on Monday at the NTUC delegates conference. "If you
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    • 1354 25  -  John Gee By For The Straits Times AFTER the parliamentary debate over Section 377 A ended in the retention of the clause, one pro-change activist was quoted as saying: "What makes this so divisive is that so many of those who are against gays do not have
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    • 954 25  -  Andy Ho »POINT TO PONDER FOR BIOETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE By Senior Writer SHOULD we pay young healthy women to donate their eggs for research? I think that we should. Human eggs are needed for stem cell research, which is
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    • 907 26  -  U Gambira ASHIN NAYAKA »CRACKDOWN IN MYANMAR By In Yangon RELIGIOUS orders of monks have been the face of Burma (Myanmar) ever since Buddhism was introduced here more than 1,000 years ago. For a monk to involve himself in politics or to hold a political post
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    • 964 27  -  William Pesek BLOOMBERG »ICBC'S MOVE TO BUY STAKE IN STANDARD BANK GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS ICBC's Standard Bank deal may be the watershed that begins propelling China's designs on Africa from talk to just plain business, and smart business at that. By IT IS
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 61 25 Politics of business ICBC's move to buy into Standard Bank may be the watershed that propels China's designs on Africa from talk to plain business PAGE 28 pi i n nu-L- L* jx:/= —^SINGAPORE'S JOBLESS RATE HAS DROPPED ANIJ^_ EMPLOYERS ARE SCRAMBLING FOR WORKERS.. .^^A r^sV l9r~\ yet you seem
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  • HOME
    • 624 30  -  Lim Wei Chean ORCHARD ROAD'S $40M OVERHAUL Businesses say overhaul is superficial and lacks impact By BUSINESSES are cheered by the $40 million overhaul to Orchard Road's pavements, street furniture and lighting, but they are also asking: "Is that it?" Mr Noel Hawkes, general
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    • 729 31  -  Alvin Foo Gabriel Chen They offer pay hikes and perks; some bosses even sacrifice family time to understand their concerns By LOCAL wallpaper and furnishings firm Goodrich Global recently paid a one-month bonus across the board to try and retain
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    • 736 31  -  Goh Chin Lian Yeo Ghim Lay ALVIN FOO By WHEN Mr Lim Keng Hoe quit as the regional director of IT company Quantiq in July, he knew other bosses would be beating down his door to recruit him. He was so
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    • 349 31  -  GOH CHIN LIAN SOME companies here want the Government to relax the for-eign-worker quota and allow them to recruit more workers from non-traditional sources. Singapore National Employers Federation executive director Koh Juan Kiat made this point yesterday, when he revealed
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    • 148 31  -  MARIA ALMENOAR ELDERLY and disabled passengers will welcome SBS Transit's new single-deck fleet. The buses' kerb-level low floors make it easy for them to get on board and get off. The buses, which have a capacity of 87 passengers (58 standing and 29 seated), roll
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    • 481 31  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent THE rail network here has grown, but buses are giving the trains a run for their money by plying the roads more intensively now than five years ago. As at March 31 this year, bus routes covered
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    • NTUC DELEGATES CONFERENCE
      • 576 32  -  Lynn Lee 2 expert groups to be formed to boost re-hiring of seniors, jobs for housewives By AS SINGAPOREANS savour a bumper job market, the labour movement is pressing on to ensure that older workers and women get a bigger share
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      • 391 32  -  Keith Lin By MR Lim Swee Say received resounding support yesterday in his first election as NTUC secre-tary-general, garnering 360 out of 373 votes cast. This was the highest number of votes polled by the 23 candidates vying for 21 seats in the
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      • 288 32  -  KEITH LIN THE labour movement is taking steps to ease the minds of workers as the Government mulls over introducing means testing for hospitals. It is going to gather the key players involved for a dialogue to thrash out the issue as workers
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    • 158 33 MADAM Amutha Valli Krishnan claims she was confined against her will and subjected to exorcism rites by two priests on the night of Aug 10, 2004. She is seeking compensation from the Redemptorist Order which runs the Novena Church, the two priests and the six
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    • 577 33  -  Selina Lum Carolyn Quek EXORCISM TRIAL She shouts 'Don't touch me...l want my medicine' and bawls as lawyer recounts what happened By THE moment Madam Amutha Valli Krishnan took her seat in the witness box, she began bawling. The woman, who is suing the
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    • 192 33  -  DAVID BOEY THE navy's latest warship had some special guests on board yesterday. RSS Formidable, taken on an afternoon cruise in the Singapore Strait, put its advanced naval warfare capabilities on show for five Members of Parliament who are on the Government Parliamentary Committee for
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    • 642 34 Low Thia Khiang points to debate on Section 377 A as an example of a more relaxed political atmosphere WORKERS' Party (WP) leader Low Thia Khiang sees the Government's handling of the recent debate on the law against male homosexuality as a sign
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    • 424 34  -  Li Xueying By IT IS over. Nominated MP Thio Li-ann will not be suing poet and playwright Alfian Sa'at for a strongly worded e-mail he had sent her. "I consider the case closed," she told The Straits Times
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    • 333 35  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Dr Duane Gubler, who will head research in emerging infectious diseases, has big plans By THE region's battle against infectious diseases gets more power in its arsenal today with the appointment of a leading infectious diseases scientist. Dr Duane Gubler, who joins
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    • 403 35  -  Shobana Kesava By THE Singapore chapter of a global non-profit organisation to inspire individuals to improve the environment for all living things opens tomorrow. This will be the first foray by the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) into South-east Asia. The JGI
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    • 224 35 "NO SEX please, we're Singapore Airlines." SlA's new Airbus 380 superjumbo offers 12 "beyond first-class" suites with private cabins that give two couples the option of taking a double bed each screened off by sliding doors and roller blinds.
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    • 410 35  -  Alfred Siew By Technology Correspondent DESPITE higher pay-TV costs, fewer couch potatoes have turned to illegal decoder boxes to watch the English Premier League and other programmes here in the past three years. The number of pirates dropped from last year's 6,900 to
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    • 529 36  -  Teh Joo Lin He transformed prison system to one with key focus on rehab and reintegration By TEN years ago, inmates were addressed only by their serial numbers, female prisoners turned to face the wall when men passed and for security reasons books
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    • 428 36  -  Elena Chong By DEPRESSED over a relationship, a dance instructor and former member of a band that got into Channel U's Superßand talent contest finals last year, took his own life. Ishi Lav Gek How, 25, was found slumped on the
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    • 260 36  - Wife's turn in jail for maid abuse ELENA CHONG A WOMAN whose husband has just completed a three-week jail term for molesting their Filipino maid will find herself checking in on Monday for a two-week sentence for abusing her. Senior planner Thya Meng Hong, 42, pleaded guilty last month to
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    • 312 37  -  Khushwant Singh By A PROFESSOR went under a tent, which was then zapped by half a million volts of electricity, just like in a lightning strike. Professor Liew Ah Choy of the National University of Singapore emerged unscathed. The 61-year-old was out to prove
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    • 489 37  -  Karamjit Kaur Aviation experts make this call ahead of Asean transport ministers' meeting today By Aviation Correspondent ASEAN transport ministers meeting today have been urged to make freer skies within the region a reality. Aviation pundits and airline chiefs gathered here for an
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    • 330 37  -  Arlina Arshad By WHEN a non-profit organisation is in a crisis for whatever reason transparency, to regain public trust, is key to salvaging its reputation. This was the consensus of the three panellists at the two-day National Volunteerism Philanthropy and Corporate
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    • 29 30 All eyes on her Many had turned up to watch exorcism trial plaintiff Amutha Valli testify but all she did was bawl; the judge adjourned the hearing. PAGE H4
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  • FORUM
    • 446 38  -  Tjio Swat Lianne (Mdm) I REFER to the letter from the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), "Misleading data on maids: Bosses can seek redress" (ST, Oct 22). Employment agencies are expected to provide true and accurate data to employers but most
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    • 131 38  -  Teoh Chee Keong A FEW years ago, when plans for the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) were announced, I wrote in to ask the Land Transport Authority whether the East Coast Parkway (ECP), in particular the stretch leading to the Benjamin Sheares Bridge,
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    • 175 38  -  Philip Poon Sing Yang I DROVE to Changi Airport using the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) on Saturday night and would like to highlight two areas where signs should be provided. Along the PIE, when approaching Kallang Way, there was no sign to tell mo-
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    • 193 38  -  Jan Lai Yoke Wah (Miss) I COMMUTE on the MRT daily and I have noticed that, of late, the air-conditioning in the trains is barely noticeable. There were days when I commuted before 7am and on those days I thought that perhaps the
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    • 328 38  -  S. SatishAppoo WE REFER to the several letters on public toilets published in The Straits Times recently. We thank the writers for their feedback. Maintaining clean public toilets requires the cooperation of both the public-toilet operator/building management and users. Besides providing good infrastructure,
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    • 268 38  -  Jean Tan (Ms) I REFER to the letter by Dr Tan Chek Wee, "Unskilled workers need better protection" (ST, Oct 25). The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) would like to assure Dr Tan that there are measures in place to educate workers on working safely.
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    • 219 38  -  S. Sivadas IN THE Insight article, "What is a Parliamentary Petition?" (ST, Oct 20), it was stated that "Mr Sivadas, a former journalist, had wanted Parliament to declare whether written remarks he made to members of one of its
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    • 292 38  -  Pamela Pung (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Let members have a say in FairPrice Co-operative" (ST, Oct 30), by Mr James Ang Boon Hin. We thank Mr Ang for his comment that NTUC FairPrice has done a good job in helping
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 74 38 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Polarisation beginning to surface after 5377A debate Article unfair and undermines civil debate When saving is a sin, and spending is a virtue Find way to pull together resources to help reintegrate the mentally ill
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  • SPORTS
    • 851 39  -  Marc Lim »GOLF Despite stellar field, defending champion Scott is favourite to win Spore Open By Sports Correspondent FOUR of the world's top-10 golfers are in Singapore. A three-time Major winner, who once toppled Tiger Woods, will be at Sentosa. So, too, the current US
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    • Article, Illustration
      313 39 Phil Mickelson The American world No 2 makes his Singapore debut this week, aiming to add the Open title to his glittering trophy cabinet, which includes two US Masters titles, and a PGA Championship. The left-handed Mickelson has competed in six Ryder Cups, and helped the United States
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    • 448 40  -  Terrence Voon »GOLF After some rest and medical treatment, S. African is ready for Singapore Open By FOR A few hours yesterday, it felt like deja vu for Ernie Els in an unpleasant way. The world No 4 was laid low by food poisoning at
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    • 102 40 South African golfer Ernie Els (centre) shares a toast to mark the launch of the Singapore edition of Golf Digest at Vivo City yesterday. The world No 4 is flanked by Loh Yew Seng (left), SPH Magazines' chief executive officer, and Tan Ju Kuang,
      ALBERT SIM  -  102 words
    • 315 40 THE Serapong Course is now more of a "thinking man's course", said Sentosa Golf Club's executive director Robert Bird after a year-long makeover. Roughs have been made shorter Hole Four: Par five, 569 yards A dogleg left which sweeps across a lake. But the water hazard
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    • 228 40 »SOCCER SINGAPORE will play Tajikistan in the Asian Zone second-round qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. The first leg will be played at the National Stadium on Nov 9, with the away leg scheduled for Nov 18 in Tajikistan. The Lions are ranked
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    • 242 40 HIS fingers trembled as he lined up for an easy par putt at Sentosa's Tanjong course. But Thai rookie Pornpong Phatlum held his nerve yesterday to sink the shot, and book his place in the Barclays Singapore Open. The 20-year-old was joined by Malaysia's
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    • 141 40 ROOKIE professional Pavit Tangkamolprasert now has more comfortable sleeping quarters for the Barclays Singapore Open thanks To IT firm ObTech Global. The Thai will be staying at a $420-a-night, two-storey suite (above) in the boutique New Majestic Hotel till Sunday. He will
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    • 768 41 SOCCER Shades of the past as top two teams, Arsenal and Man Utd, clash on Saturday LONDON BEFORE Jose Mourinho came in between them, it was just Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger. Now, with the Portuguese out of the way, Ferguson is feeling nostalgic for the good old
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    • 611 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London AS JUANDE Ramos walked into White Hart Lane to be unveiled officially as Tottenham manager, he could not have failed to notice vivid reminders of the club's glory days. Pictures of Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker, Glenn Hoddie
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    • 143 41 FIRST, it was the football: style over simple efficiency. Now, Avram Grant has put further distance between himself and his predecessor, Jose Mourinho. The Chelsea coach has declared that there are no untouchables those who are selected whatever their form in his team. "The Untouchables? I
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    • 362 41 London THE persistent official Barcelona line is: No offers will be considered for Ronaldinho. But there is a nagging suspicion that the opposite is true. Some Spanish and British media's sources on the Catalan club's board suggest that the Brazilian could leave
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    • 338 41 REUTERS Rio de Janeiro NEVER mind that they were the only bidders. Never mind the concerns over the £550 million (551.65 billion) needed to upgrade the World Cup stadiums, security and corruption. Brazilians broke out into wild celebration after the five-time world champions were named
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
      • 103 41 REUTERS LONDON: German World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer has slammed England's struggling national team, saying they were like a school side. The former German captain said he was shocked at the lack of spirit shown by England's players in a friendly between the two countries in
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      • 77 41 BLOOMBERG NEWS LONDON: Carlton Cole scored in stoppage time as West Ham beat Coventry 2-1 in the fourth round of the English League Cup on Tuesday. Hosts Coventry, who had beaten Manchester United in the last round, took the lead in the 68th
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      • 49 41 LONDON: Former Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale has claimed, in The Sun, that an agent had offered him a £300,000 (S$900,000) bung. He said that Pino Pagliari offered the illegal payment when Robbie Keane moved to Tottenham in 2002, but he turned it down.
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      • 69 41 BALESTIER Khalsa were beaten 2-3 by a 10-man Young Lions side in the S-League at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. After Van Minghao was sent off in the 23 rd minute, Balestier led twice through Andrew Tan and Fortune Udo. The goals were
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    • 515 42  -  Leonard Lim ATHLETICS But schoolboy may not run in next month's SEA Games as deadline for entries has closed By CALVIN KANG ran the race of his life to clock 10.555 ec in the 100 m sprint, and bag the gold medal at the Sri
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    • 249 42 FIRST, it was the Singapore Badminton Association. Now, two other national sports associations athletics and table tennis are poised to move their operations or training to the Singapore Sports School. From today, the Singapore Athletic Association's (SAA) secretariat will be located
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    • 622 42 BASKETBALL Los Angeles IT WAS no surprise that the Los Angeles Lakers lost their first game in the new National Basketball Association. The bigger surprise was that their biggest star was booed. Yes, Kobe Bryant endured loud jeers during pre-game introductions, as the Lakers
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    • 301 42 REUTERS MOTOR RACING London MAX Mosley has played down Lewis Hamilton's impact on Formula One, despite the rookie's brilliant season. In fact, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) president is wary that the Briton could have a negative effect, a la Michael Schumacher, if
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    • 574 43 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OLYMPICS Beijing apologises after ticketing system breaks down due to huge demand Beijing BEIJING 2008 organisers yesterday apologised to Chinese Olympic fans for suspending ticket sales, a day after the computer ticketing system crashed under an avalanche of demand. It was the
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    • 347 43 CRICKET Kuwait SINGAPORE beat Saudi Arabia by 60 runs on Tuesday to be back in contention for the Asian Cricket Council Twenty2o Cup semi-finals. The victory margin is the largest in the 10-nation competition in Kuwait, and it puts Singapore in second spot in
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    • Results
      • 314 43 BASKETBALL NBA: San Antonio 106 Portland 97, Utah 117 Golden State 96, Houston 95 LA Lakers 93. ICE HOCKEY NHL: Pittsburgh 4 Minnesota 2, Atlanta 3 Montreal 2 (SO), Phoenix 2 St Louis 1, Detroit 2 Edmonton 1, Calgary 5 Nashville 1. SOCCER English League Cup, 4th rd: Coventry City
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 292 39 Kang goes fastest Calvin Kang clocks 10.555 ec in the Sri Lanka Open's 100 metres final, posting the fastest time for a Singaporean this year. PAGE Hl3 Barclays Singapore Open DETAILS When: Today to Sunday Where: Sentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course Total prize money: US$4 million (Sss.B million) Number of
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    • 72 42 TV times GOLF: Barclays Spore Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch24 and Chs, 1.30pm). Volvo Masters: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, Bpm). Children's Miracle Network Classic: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 2am). Nationwide Tour C'ship: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 5.30 am). TENNIS: ATP Paris Masters: 3rd rd (Live, Ch24, 10.30pm). Events
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  • OBITUARIES
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      270 43 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.... Even though I walkthrough the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,for you are with me;... Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the
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      69 43 The Family Of The Late PNG SIAW LUAN Age 65 Departed on 25th Oct 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, neighbours, especially thanks to Elder sister Siew Hoon, Dr Khoo Kei Siong, Dr Ong Wah Ying, Nurse Trudi Chia (Hospice care Association Bedok
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      85 44 In Loving Memory of Florence Wong Dennis Khoo (10 August 1944 -1 November 2006) (13 September 1938 -20 April 2007) I miss your being but I feel your presence, In whatever form you choose to take, however you now choose to be. Your spirit has become for me a guardian
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      136 44 TAN KAR HONG Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 30 Oct 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Chua Kirn Chuan (Deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Grandsons: Granddaughters-in-law: Chua Soon Lye Tay See Keow Chua Zijian Chua Soon Meng Yen Mvi Yoon Chua Eu-gene Matthew Chua Soon Teck Tai Nyat Hoe Chua Zisheng
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      38 44 The family of the late CHANGYOKEYONG Departed 27 October 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      81 44 LAI CHOON LIAN AMANDA AGE: 61 was called home to be with the Lord on 31 October 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Daughter: Tiina Ooi Ec Sun (Son-in-law: Dr Toh Wai Keong, deceased) Brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces. Wake is held at Blk 142 A, Toa Payoh Lor 2 (Multi-purpose
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      135 44 We, the family of the late VINCENT LIM KIAT SI ANG Age: 37 wish to express our thanks to all at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Church; Rev Fr. Gregoire Van Giang, Fr Paul Goh, Fr Gerard Weerakoon, Fr Francis Leong, Rev Fr James Tan S.J., Fr Luke
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      42 44 Vincent's 1 st Holy Communion, 7 years old, 1978, OLPS Roman Catholic Church. Vincent wrote these words... "Thank you Jesus for coming into my soul. I belong entirely to You and live only for You." Mother says: "a beautiful soul for God."
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      180 44 LOO HOE SOON Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 30 Oct 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved Wife: Tan Bee Lan 7 Sons: Daughters-in-law: H Loo Lian Seng Loo Chye Teck Eva Cheng Ling Fang H Loo Lian Huat Loo Lian Hai Seetoh Yin H Daughters: Sons-in-law: Loo Guat Kiau
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      46 44 IST ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of KESAVAN BHASKARAN Departed on 1 Nov 2006 A humble beginning a humble ending. We miss you Dad! You will always be loved. Always remembered by: Wife Indra Son Daughter-in-law Satheesh Kogila Daughter Son-in-law Susha Satish Grandchildren Thanishah, Ashweta, Gatik Rohan
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      67 44 JACQUELINE LIM RAE FERN Age: 29 darling and beloved daughter of LIM CHIN TIONG and SIM LYE WAN passed away peacefully on 31 October 2007 deeply missed by her father and mother and all her relatives and friends. Her wake is being held at 165, Hillcrest Road, Singapore *****5 and
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      88 44 Athma Shanti Pooja M.THAIVAGANTHA (BABY) Age: 66 passed away peacefully on 25 October 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Husband: L. Chinthamani Children: Thevara] Malani Mohan Kumar Brother: M. Nadarajan (Raja) Sister-in-law: Radha We wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mr Rajoo family, relatives, friends and
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      248 44 Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your Shepherd's rod and staff protect me." Psalm 23:4 LIM PUAY KENG Age: 91 was called (roue peaceful tore wA) $c Loro on Octofer 1007. Rrciw (roed oho 4«rised dj; fflmitj)
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      31 44 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of Evander Yeo Departed: 1 Nov 2006 Time can never cease the longing for you, our beloved little warrior. Love from Dad, Mum, and Brother Erasmus.
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      49 44 Ist Anniversary In loving memory of OurGIRI Departed: Ist Nov 2006 Time may keep passing but your memories in our hearts will never pass away... Dearly missed by family and friends Anniversary prayers will be held at service hall beside Blk 5 Ghim Moh Rd at 7pm. H/p: 9239-4323
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      22 44 IN LOVING MEMORY O] GIRI Departed: 1 Nov 200G We Miss You Very Much Always Fondly Remembered By Your Best Friend Family
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      56 44 Angaala Parameshwari Thunai Thalai Thevasam In Loving Memory of K. THANGAVELU (passed away on 13 Nov 2006] Dearly missed fondly remembered by Wife, children ft loved ones Prayers will be held on 2nd Nov 2007 (Friday) at Bam at home, Block 623 #04-672 Bt Batok Central, 5(*****3) Contact: *****071 "Please
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      46 45 GOVINDASAMY PEROMALO (RAJAGOPAL) Age: 58 passed away peacefully on 31/10/2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Kalameloo (Kaveri) All relatives friends. Body is resting at Blk 151 Woodlands St 13, #05-817. Tel: *****603 Cortege will leave on 1/11/2007 at 3.30pm for Mandai Crematorium
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      99 45 LIM MING LIANG Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 30 October 2007. Dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Tan Jark Nai Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Tau Fuie Tan Whee Nai Lim Tow Foon Zu Li Qun Daughter: Son-in-law: Lim Juat Hiem (Heng Gek Koay, deceased) Grandsons: Granddaughters: Lim Shi Hong Lim
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      147 45 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Puan Sri Lee Kirn Hua Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay and family members of the late Tan Sri Dato' Seri (Dr.) Lim Goh Tong (who passed away peacefully on 23 October 2007) wish to convey their sincere gratitude and heartfelt thanks for the comforting presence, prayers, floral tributes, condolence
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      46 45 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Lim Tau Fuie Senior Vice President Engineering Development and Defence Business Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd On the demise of his beloved father LIM MING LIANG Departed on 30 Oct 2007 From The Management Staff of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd
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      56 45 In Loving Memory of PETER WONG YAU LOI (aka SUNNY WONG) Called Home to the Lord on 1 Nov 2003 Four years have passed. Yet, it feels like only yesterday. Thank you for your love. Thank you for the memories. Thankyou, Dad, for everything. Forever remembered loved by Wife, children,
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      29 45 21ST ANNIVERSARY VERAN MOOSA Departed 1/11/86 Gone from our lives one so dear But in our hearts forever near Sadly missed by children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and loved ones
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      25 45 In Loving Memory of ELIZABETH JOHNS Departed 1.11.99 Fondly remembered by loved ones I-. Mass 6pm ]fi&) Church Of fgffil Wj| The Holy Family JpP
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      46 45 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Lim Tau Fuie Senior Vice President Engineering Development and Defence Business Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd On the demise of his beloved father LIM MING LIANG Departed on 30 Oct 2007 From The Management Staff of Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd
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      45 46 With Our Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of our late Director Liok Sek Yu Departed on 31 Oct 2007 From: The Directors of The Shaw Organisation Shaw Foundation Dr. Shaw Vee Meng Mr Harold Shaw Mr Shaw Vee King Mdm Soo Wei Ping
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    • 37 44 Memory wanders as shadows fall Back, to the days or happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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    • 469 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS It surges 3.9% despite housing and credit woes; consumer spending also picks up Washington FHE United States economy sicked up speed in the summer, growing at a brisk 3.9 per cent sace, the fastest in IV2 years. The latest snapshot
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    • 553 48 NEW YORK TIMES, BLOOMBERG NEWS New York MERRILL Lynch gave the boot to chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Stan O'Neal but let him take home US$l6O million (***** million) including almost US$9O million that he would have forfeited if the bank
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    • 89 48 MERRILL Lynch's outgoing chief executive officer (CEO), Mr Stan O'Neal, was dubbed the "Eight Billion Dollar Man" for the US$B billion (5511.6 billion) the bank lost under his tenure, The bank did not name a successor, but picked board member Alberto Cribiore to
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    • 240 48 REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES New York WALL Street bonuses may fall by 10 per cent this year from last year's record of U5523.9 billion (5534.7 billion) due to turmoil in credit markets, a New York official said. The securities industry "has been
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    • 24 48 Yesterday's close: 16,737.63 (+86.62 points) »Japanese shares erased early losses to close slightly higher, supported by positive corporate earnings reports. AFP
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    • 34 48 AFP Yesterday's close: 31,352.58 (-285.64 points) Hong Kong share prices closed down 0.9 per cent as investors locked in profits ahead of the United States Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.
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    • 32 48 Yesterday's close: 5 954 77 (+57.57 points) Chinese share prices closed 0.98 per cent higher due to improved liquidity in the wake of PetroChina's oversubscribed initial public offering. AFP
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    • 31 48 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,754.1 (+3.9 points) Australian share prices closed little changed as investors took to the sidelines ahead of a United States decision on interest rates.
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    • 36 48 Yesterday's close: 1,413.65 (+0.86 point) Malaysian share prices closed up 0.6 per cent with the key index hitting a record high again. Volume was 1.4 billion shares, worth RMI.9 billion (SsB2s million). AFP
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      28 48 AFP Yesterday's close: 19,837.99 (+54.48 points) »Indian share prices closed up 0.28 per cent in choppy trade, as investors bought selectively amid the quarterly earnings season.
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    • 32 48 Yesterday's close: 2,643.49 (-19.44 points) »Indonesian stocks closed 0.7 per cent lower as investors continued to offload shares in index heavyweight Telkom due to its lower-than-expected nine-month earnings. AFP
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    • 31 48 AFP Yesterday's close: 907.28 (+0.62 points) Thai share prices closed little changed as investors awaited a United States Federal Reserve decision on interest rates later in the day.
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    • 422 49 REUTERS Some easing in prices expected in next few days as traders cover positions New York OIL prices rallied to a record US$94 a barrel yesterday, after weekly data showed that US crude inventories unexpectedly slumped by 3.9 million barrels, countering expectations
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    • 305 49 REUTERS Frankfurt DEUTSCHE Bank's investment banking business incurred a loss of 179 million euros (*****.3 million) in the third quarter, as global market turmoil left its mark on Germany's biggest listed bank. The bank said yesterday that its overall pre-tax gain was 1.4 billion
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    • 510 50  -  Yang Huiwen US recession, inflation and surging oil prices will affect regional economies: Analysts By \SlA is booming but an explosive nix of rising energy prices, infla:ion and the sliding greenback ;ould wreak much damage, warned Singapore-based experts. And despite talk that
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    • 336 50  -  Bryan Lee By THE United States economy might have slowed dramatically under the weight of its mortgage crisis, but the chance of a recession there is well under 50 per cent, a top economist says. Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief
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    • 217 50  -  GABRIEL CHEN YOUNG, socially aware Singaporeans are squarely in the sights of DBS Bank. The bank has launched a credit card tailored to fit the lifestyle of the so-called Generation V and Generation Z markets. Some of the card's more unusual perks include taking part
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    • 539 51  -  Nicholas Fang Contract to build the 50,000-tonne rig for Brazil's Petrobras will require 3,000 workers By JUST three years ago, Brazilian energy giant Petrobras ordered a deep-water rig from Keppel Corp for US$639 million. The price tag for a similar rig from
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    • 138 51 Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang (second from left) taking a tour of Huntsman's US$4O million (5558.1 million) polyetheramine manufacturing plant at Jurong Island following an opening ceremony yesterday. He is accompanied by (from left) Huntsman chairman Jon Huntsman, United States Ambassador to
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    • 349 51  -  Chua Hian Hou By HOME-GROWN music player maker Creative Technology has turned in its first gains in three quarters after selling its Malaysian manufacturing operations. The company posted firstquarter net profits of US$l.3 million (Ssl.9 million) after a gain of US$6.9 million for
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    • 589 52  -  Nicholas Fang Unfeasible to have more London flights due to lack of prime slots, overcrowding By MANY in the aviation world hailed it as a landmark move, but Singapore Airlines (SIA) is less than excited about the recent open skies deal
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    • 481 52  -  Lee Su Shyan By Assistant Money Editor SHAREHOLDERS and analysts sighed with relief yesterday at a results conference of Cosco Corp Singapore, the ship-repair and bulk-shipping unit of China's No. 1 shipping company. Cosco reported that third-quar-ter profits surged 37 per
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      • 217 52  -  ALVIN FOO EVERGRO Properties director Patrick Choy Kwok Hung bought 150,000 shares in the open market recently. The shares were bought at an average cost of 18.5 US cents on Monday, according to Singapore Exchange filings yesterday. Mr Choy, who did not own any Evergro
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    • 274 52 CONTAINER shipping group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) yesterday reported that its third-quarter net profit rose 50 per cent to U*****.4 million (*****.9 million). Revenue for the quarter ended Sept 21 rose 15 per cent to US$2.O3 billion. Group president and chief executive Thomas Held
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    • 410 52  -  Yang Huiwen STAKING STOCK By UNCERTAINTY clouded the local stock market yesterday, ahead of a decision on United States interest rates by the Federal Reserve early this morning. And an overnight decline on Wall Street did nothing to buoy weak
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    • 538 53  -  Pradeep Rajan It overtakes Japan to be best in Asia, while US stays as top global economy By SINGAPORE climbed from eighth to seventh place in the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) latest global competitiveness index and leads all other Asian economies. The annual
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    • 8 53 UP DOWN Gainers: 368 Losers: 386 Unchanged: 920
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    • 232 53 MARCEL LEE PEREIRA »NOW 15TH IN THE WORLD SERVICE in Singapore is on the up, going by the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) report on global competitiveness. The Republic ranked 15th in the world this year for customer service improving markedly from its 26th spot
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    • 142 53 Programme Details WKMI BPM k I Date 28 November 5 December 2007 W'j^^^SS^l^ BMj||BT|l|fffJßg3B Venue Vietnam National University, Hanoi BWlflPlrl!fflrn9Pifm!^RßPffl^lfl School of Business (HSB) V^4^~"**l BMHMilllllilllMHHlifelMtl^ University of Economics in Ho Chi k^^M V, MinhCity(UEH) ||iI?9iaERIHI Course fee 553.000 per participant J BBa4iIPPIIiHIwWWBBWBBWBMiB (before IBF support) M;.lilnqniiElH^r»lHilli^ IlKn ll['U[ijli'H'JMl[Mllr*Bllß ii^i*lUlßn['ll['l*[*ill[nll^^^^^^^^B
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    • 29 53 Pyrrhic victory Singapore's open skies deal with Britain is less significant in practice than on paper, says SIA, due to overcrowding and a lack of prime-time slots. PAGE H23
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    • 57 54 \RTS :ULTURE VULTURE TAIPEI APPLAUSE BARD TRANSLATED f% icrabulous and the new Cheers for the SSO Tamil theatre group does AmWrnm^. :ulture of play in Taiwan a Shakespeare play ifij >age 6 pagel4 pagel3 Wm kJV life*. HEWS HRnsHßlffilsßlilEil W\\\)iK?2El BSE DESIGN: SALLY LAM ST PHOTOS: ASHLEIGH SIM (main), MUGILAN
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    • 434 55 LONDON Been married for five years? Then watch out. A new study has found that married couples are at their greatest risk of divorcing just before their fifth anniversary. The study, from researchers at the renowned Max Planck Institute in Germany, suggests that couples
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    • 490 55 Poised for the big time, the home-grown chain snags a swanky location and beefs up its menu Huang Lijie HOME-GROWN sushi chain Sakae Sushi is opening its first United States outlet in New York City next month on the ground floor
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      • 708 56  -  Wong Ah Yoke Mushroom Park now offers five set meals, up from three, with different fungi combinations to whet your appetite SLIGHTLY more than a year after Mushroom Park opened last July, this Taiwanese mushroom hotpot restaurant in Serangoon Garden has expanded its offerings. The
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        1101 57  -  Adeline Chia Samantha Scott-Blackhall is putting her name and money on the epic production of Lord Of The Flies ARTS REPORTER THE little girl with the big name is back and she is taking a big step forward. After a brief hiatus directing smaller, more intimate plays, petite
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      • 498 58  -  Adeline Chia THE all-male cast members of Lord Of The Flies will be going through a world of pain in their bid to play prepubescent boys convincingly. They will be making their way to a waxing salon to wax the hair off their legs at the
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      • 479 58  -  Emily Lek AMERICAN a cappella group Rockapella was formed in the 1980s but none of its original members is still in the group. Still, the five-piece group has managed to survive and better yet, it is still holding sell-out concerts worldwide. The group will give
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        91 59 'Rich men will surely fear death because they have everything to lose. Men who sleep on the street don't fear death because they have nothing to lose Shanghai Tang founder David Tang (above) The houses I design are good in that they will be easier to pull down' Architect
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      • 880 59  -  Ong Sor Fern Culture snobs may sniff at gaming, but believe me, online games are the way of the future culturevulture THERE is one reason I am now completely addicted to the online social networking site Facebook, and that is a little application called Scrabulous which
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      • 400 59  -  June Cheonq ARTS REPORTER CHOREOGRAPHER Hanny Herlina is typical of her generation of artists in Indonesia. The soft-spoken 31-year-old calls Jakarta home but finds herself in foreign countries such as Japan and Britain most of the year as she is invited there for performances or
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      • 483 65  -  June Cheong Miror Theatre hopes audiences will fall in love with literary Tamil with help from Shakespeare ARTS REPORTER IF A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, perhaps a Shakespeare play in any other language would sound as deep. That is what Singapore
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      • 432 65  -  June Cheong > dance ATMA Maya Dance Theatre and Institut Seni Indonesia Denpasar Esplanade Theatre Studio Last Saturday ATMA (below) was a labour of love which both rattled and touched audiences. The 90-minute dance theatre performance told the story of Ravana, the 10-headed king of
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    • SPECIAL
      • 834 60  -  LEONG PHEIPHEI In the digital age, libraries are far more than just a repository of books. They provide quick access to information and get you connected By JF YOU want to know where the best nasi temak stall is in Singapore, what happened puring the
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      • 770 61 Three top librarians share with Narendra Aggarwal how the digital revolution changes the way they work today PHOTOS IN THE digital age when information is readily available, the library is no longer bounded by the four walls. It could be in the users' own space, at
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      • 155 61 The Library Association of Singapore (LAS) provides services for the development of the library profession and helps librarians grow by learning, sharing, networking and helping each other. It sets standards and develops guidelines and also offers social programmes for members to interact on an informal basis to promote
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      • 648 62 Mrs Hedwig Anuar, the first director of the National Library, reminisces about the old days By PHILIP LEE SHE leans back on her sofa in the living room of her Jalan Binkga bungalow and says: "Let me think. It was such a long time ago." Moments
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        669 62 Three librarians share with Leong Phei Phei what keeps them going in their jobs A librarian for 10 years and loving it FOR an avid reader who has spent much of her growing-up years in the library, it isn't surprising that Ms Khor Su Mm decided on
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      • 612 62 Library scholar Jaclyn Teo wants to promote the reading habit among children to ignite their imagination By PHILIP LEE MS JACLYNTEO JYE LING is not a librarian who goes round putting a finger on her lips to signal chattering library users to hush up. She says
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      • 2332 63 Sentosa's book haven ALL over Sentosa island, the construction hoardings have "I-R" painted on them. Go past the dust and noise of the work site on which the Integrated Resorts are being built, and you will come to a cluster of white colonial barracks in a
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        509 64 My mother used to drag my brother and me to the library to check out 10 books or more each time. Only when we finished our stipulated amount of "hard time" were we allowed to go out and play. It was only later on that I realised
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    • 390 66  -  Robert Markow The cheers didn't stop until most of the musicians had left the stage HONEST critics don't get to use the word "sensational" very often. But that was the only way to describe the concert given by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in Taipei last Thursday.
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    • 313 66  -  Chang Tou Liang > concert SINGAPORE SUN FESTIVAL: AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH PINCHAS ZUKERMAN Jubilee Hall/Monday THE Jubilee Hall of the Raffles Hotel is just the right size for duos and trios performing for a select audience of about 300 people, but the acoustics
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    • 725 66  -  Loh Keng Fatt booksforthesoul IF YOU want an idea of what makes British Prime Minister Gordon Brown tick, read his book Courage: Eight Portraits. In it, he finds inspiration to dare to be different, learning from the experience of eight people including Robert Kennedy, Nelson Mandela
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    • 669 68  -  Tay Suan Chiang New tours to old buildings with architectural significance are part of an inaugural festival to bring architecture to the masses DESIGN CORRESPONDENT BUSLOADS of visitors will be dropping by iconic buildings such as the Singapore Conference Hall, City Hall and the Gallery Hotel
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    • 505 68 Reuters LONDON A photographer rang a British newspaper from the Paris road tunnel where Princess Diana lay dying to offer exclusive pictures for £300,000, a court was told on Tuesday. Two shots of Diana, showing her slumped on the floor of the car's
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      • 328 70 HONG KONG Lydia Sum is apparently well again after her recent brush with death. In fact, her daughter has come out to deny that the star is feasting on rich foods like hairy crab, weeks after she collapsed at home and was dramatically rushed
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      • 242 70 Reuters LOS ANGELES Singer Britney Spears barely played or spoke to her two young sons during court-ordered visits by a parenting coach, who said their home life "ranged from chaotic to almost sombre with little communication at all". Court documents released on Tuesday said she
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      • 191 70 AFP TAIPEI An award-winning movie produced in mainland China has reportedly been withdrawn from the Golden Horse Awards. Tuya's Marriage, which won the Golden Bear prize for best picture at the Berlin Film Festival in February, was pulled as Beijing bars Chinese-produced
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        136 70 THIS week, it is all about getting it right. Urban has the A to D guide on how to dress to maximise your cleavage and minimise the fashion damage. We also look at stars who get it right in the boob department, such as Taiwanese singer-actress Suzanne Hsiao
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