The Straits Times, 13 November 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 144 PAGES IN SIX PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 638 1  -  Marcel Lee Pereira From Monday, those caught overcharging, touting or refusing pick-ups face higher fines, suspensions By WHERE errant cabbies are concerned, the authorities have decided that enough is enough. From next Monday, taxi drivers caught touting, overcharging or refusing to pick up passengers
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  • 90 1 REUTERS A HUGE blaze at a warehouse sent black smoke streaking across the London skyline yesterday (above), but there were no reports of casualties and police ruled out a terrorist attack. Witnesses said the fire broke out in an empty warehouse being de- molished
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  • 656 1  -  Li XUEYING By AS CONSUMER prices continue to rise, inflation in Singapore will likely surge to 4 or 5 per cent in the first quarter of next year. But it should taper off by the second half of the year
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1044 1  -  Neo Hui Mm By For The Straits Times In Bern (Switzerland) IN A radical move from the past, Germany's Johann Wolfgang Goethe University started charging fees this new academic year. More importantly, in another historic shift, the university in Frankfurt will become a foundation
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    • 310 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime -2-4 Go to a taxi stand f?f,,"" "Vqoo From March next year, commuters World i.'d-ZZ will have t0 g0 t0 taxi stan d s to Review 24-26 find a C ab in the Central Business FYI 27 District; 15 more will be built. SECTION TWO PAGE
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  • PRIME
    • 714 3  -  Tan Hui Yee Govt assurance dampens speculation on capital gains tax By Housing Correspondent THE Government is not planning any fresh measures to cool the property market for now, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. His statement effectively hosed down
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    • 458 3  -  Sandra Davie Move to help meet shortage of places for expat kids, which could hit Spores competitiveness By Education Correspondent THE United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) is building a second campus to help meet a severe shortage of places for
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    • 744 4  -  Erica Tay Blueprint unveiled yesterday focuses on meeting long-term needs By PEOPLE here are set to live, work and play differently in the not-too-distant future as Singapore tackles the fast-changing energy outlook. As policymakers worldwide grapple with record high oil prices
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    • 130 4 A guide takes visitors on a tour of Terminal 3 at Changi Airport on the first day of its open house. Here, he explains how the roof uses over 900 skylights with reflector panels to control how much sunlight enters. Over 2,300 people toured the $1.75
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  • ASIA
    • 703 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Move comes as Cambodia steps up efforts to prosecute ageing regime leaders Phnom Penh POLICE have arrested Khmer Rouge Brother No. 3 and his wife, with the elderly couple facing a United Nations-backed tribunal on charges of
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    • CHINA
      • 267 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing THE Chinese government is creating a database with profiles on the thousands of foreign reporters who will be covering next summer's Beijing Olympics, according to a top official. The database will contain information on nearly 30,000 reporters and is designed
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      • 87 8 Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong (right) chatting with Mr Zhou Xiaochuan (centre), governor of the People's Bank of China, at Suzhou Industrial Park yesterday. Mr Zhou was hosting a dinner for members of the World Bank's Commission on Growth and Development at a restaurant
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      • 688 8  -  Chua Chin Hon Critics say Beijing's proposal to revamp annual holiday system may cause greater travel chaos By China Bureau Chief In Beijing A LONG-OVERDUE plan to overhaul China's annual holiday system has run into surprisingly stiff public opposition and scepticism, dousing hopes
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 570 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Company's former lawyer names prosecutors who allegedly took bribes Seoul SOUTH Korean prosecutors said yesterday that they were investigating allegations of bribery at Samsung Group, while a former lawyer for the conglomerate released names of senior prosecutors who he claims took
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      • 70 10 Women contestants paddling their way to the finish line on bamboo -poles in a race during the Bth Chinese Traditional Games of Ethnic Nationalities in Guangzhou on Sunday. The games, which opened on Saturday, saw athletes from 55 ethnic groups gathering in the capital of southern China's
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      • 321 10 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo A PARLIAMENTARY committee yesterday approved a Bill to restart a naval mission supporting US-led operations in Afghanistan, although the move may still be rejected by the oppositioncontrolled Upper House. If the Bill is passed by a re-vote
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
      • 885 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pakistani opposition leader to proceed with protest against emergency rule Lahore PAKISTANI opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has ruled out further talks, even on pow-er-sharing, with President Pervez Musharraf, vowing to press ahead with today's protest to demand an immediate
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      • 298 12 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kolkata WEST Bengal came to a standstill yesterday at the start of an indefinite strike called to protest against the killings of villagers opposed to the Indian state's communist-ruled government. Bus and train services were disrupted and businesses and educational
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 661 14  -  Ravi Velloor Grouping will take common stand at East Asia Summit, says George Yeo By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi ASEAN leaders will meet informally next Monday for a candid exchange of views on Myanmar before meeting their counterparts from China, India,
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      • 342 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS Yangon A UN human rights envoy visited a notorious prison for political prisoners in Myanmar yesterday as he began an investigation into the recent bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. Mr Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the United Nations' independent rights investigator for
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      • 409 15 Opponents launch bid to impeach Arroyo again ASSOCIATED PRESS They hope to capitalise on rift in Arroyo camp to gain support for their bid Manila PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo is facing a new impeachment complaint accusing her of massive corruption, bribery and human rights violations. It was filed yesterday by
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      • 265 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS Hanoi SOLDIERS, militiamen and forest rangers hunted for hundreds of crocodiles yesterday, after lethal flooding unleashed the animals from a central Vietnam farm, officials said. The crocodiles escaped from a state-owned farm and tourist attraction, which had about 5,000 of the reptiles, when
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      • 357 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok THAILAND'S coup leader Sonthi Boonyarataglin said yesterday that he would not stand as a candidate in the Dec 23 election but he did not rule out joining the next government. As registration kicked off yesterday for candidates competing for
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 548 17  -  Carolyn Hong Ex-deputy premier displays ability to get PAS and DAP to work together By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur IT WAS a surreal sight: Bersih protesters in their yellow T-shirts picking up litter in front of the palace after their mass protest
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      • 302 17 Kuala Lumpur THE government has been urged to stop Singaporeans from filling up their vehicles with subsidised petrol and diesel in Malaysia. Mr Khalid Mohamad, Umno Youth chief for Johor Baru, said that the government should not allow foreigners to enjoy subsidised petrol any more.
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 242 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DRESSED in a flowing yellow gown with matching earrings, a demure Thai business student wept and embraced her rivals after being crowned the world's most beautiful transsexual. Ms Tanyarat Jirapatpakon was named Miss International Queen 2007 on Sunday, besting 23 transsexuals who
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      • 190 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS HE IS 83 and just had hip replacement surgery in January, but that did not keep former US president George H.W. Bush from skydiving. Mr Bush celebrated the grand reopening of his presidential museum on Saturday with a surprise skydive, his sixth and
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      • 197 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A FORMER British government minister, who was jailed for perjury, is to advise the country's main opposition Conservative Party on prison reform. Mr Jonathan Aitken, 65, a former defence procurement minister and chief secretary to the Treasury, is to head a policy task
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    • 26 6 New holidays a no go? Criticism of China's proposed public holiday plan pours in, with many arguing the changes will worsen the travel crunch. PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
    • 718 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, LOS ANGELES TIMES US figures back up PM Maliki's claim of turnaround in security situation Baghdad HAS Iraq turned the corner on the security front? Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki seems to think so, an assertion backed by
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    • 640 20  -  Roger Maynard ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG Aussie PM dangles giveaways at start of election campaign as ratings slide further By Australia Correspondent In Sydney FEELING the pressure of a further slide in the opinion polls ahead of a general
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    • 309 20 REUTERS Canberra THE Australian authorities dropped terrorism charges against a Sydney medical student yesterday, with a judge condemning police and intelligence agents for "grossly improper" behaviour in the case. Izhar Ul-Haque, 24, had been charged with receiving weapons training in 2003 from the Pa-kistan-based
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 143 21 REUTERS GAZA CITY: At least six people died when gunfire erupted in Gaza City yesterday as hundreds of thousands gathered to commemorate the death of Yasser Arafat. The gathering was the biggest Fatah party rally since its ouster by Hamas in June. But the
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      • 104 21 REUTERS MOSCOW: Russia and India are to jointly develop a new military transport aircraft under a deal signed yesterday during a two-day visit by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. After talks in the Kremlin between Dr Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two sides also signed
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      • 111 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China launched a remote-sensing satellite yesterday to carry out land resource surveying, just weeks after it sent off its first lunar orbiter. The Yaogan 111 satellite will also be used for collecting data for crop yield estimate and disaster prevention, state news agency
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      • 147 21 REUTERS JAKARTA: Indonesian state prosecutors failed yesterday to reach an out-of-court settlement in a multimillion-dollar civil suit filed against the youngest son of former president Suharto. Prosecutors are trying to recover 500 billion rupiah (Ss79 million) in losses to the state in a 1995
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    • 552 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE That's the burning question for intergovernmental panel members Valencia (Spain) WHAT do we know for sure about climate change, and what do we only think we know? This question is set to be discussed by scientists and policymakers from 145
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    • 545 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Three bodies found, five other sailors still missing after severe storm sank five ships Anapa (Russia) THE bodies of three sailors washed ashore yesterday after a Black Sea storm sank five ships, including an oil tanker, raising fears
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    • 315 22 NEW YORK TIMES New York WHILE foreign students at American colleges are most often singled out for their scientific and cultural contributions, their growing numbers are making them an increasingly important economic force as well, according to a new report from
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  • REVIEW
    • 405 24 GENERAL Pervez Musharraf would have swallowed hard restoring Pakistan's parliamentary election schedule to January, undoubtedly at the "friendly" urging of the United States. Emergency rule he imposed on Nov 3 had scuttled the timetable, which he then reset for February in a fit of generosity.
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    • 1264 24  -  Janadas Devan RACE MATTERS By Senior Writer I WAS in Xiamen a couple of years ago. Standing in line to board a plane for Singapore, I found myself behind a Chinese Singaporean family, jabbering away in a mixture of Mandarin and English. I
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    • 884 24  -  Thomas L. Friedman NEW YORK TIMES SOCIETY AND CULTURE By LAST Tuesday, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican the first audience ever by the head of the Catholic Church with a Saudi monarch. The Saudi King gave the Pope
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    • 957 25  -  William Pesek BLOOMBERG WHITHER MALAYSIA? By THOSE wondering where Malaysia is headed should keep an eye on Mr Tony Fernandes. Perhaps no one personifies the promise of Asia's lOth-biggest economy better than the 43-year-old entrepreneur. In 2001, he created a budget airline,
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    • 1267 26  -  Hassan Siddiq »U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY By Susan Froetschel A FARMER who grows a prized crop of vegetables would be much annoyed by neighbours stopping by his field to pick off the best of the lot. Yet that's what happens every year to the United States and other
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 30 24 Goodbye, talent The short-sighted immigration policy of the US threatens to dilute the pool of foreign graduates that its workforce can draw on. PAGE 26 PUNCHLINES^ i v^c£r&in I VvrclN
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  • HOME
    • 791 29  -  Maria Almenoar LTA to enforce new rule for safety reasons from March; 15 more taxi stands to be built By Jessica Lim FROM March next year, commutsrs will need to find a taxi stand if they want a cab in
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    • 525 30  -  Chong Chee Kin Carpark operator Blenwel drops suit against tutor who drove off with device By WHEN private tutor Tan Lee King drove off from a carpark three years ago with a wheel clamp still attached to one of his car's wheels,
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    • 391 30  -  Jane Ng By EDUCATION officials from the region looking for ideas to beat obesity in children received some ideas yesterday from Australia, the world's fourth fattest nation. Tasmanian senator Guy Barnett cited several moves to get Australian children to avoid having to
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    • 393 30  -  JANE NG ALMOST nine in 10 Singaporean adolescents eat at Western fast-food restaurants and among them, more than three-quarters do so once a week, a survey has revealed. The youth base their food choices on three main factors: taste, appeal and convenience.
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    • 441 30  -  CHONG CHEE KIN THE widow of a marine surveyor yesterday sued the owner of a barge for negligence, and is claiming at least $1 million in damages for her loss. The civil suit pitches Madam Tan Mci Mci, 36, against MLC Marine
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    • 286 30  -  ELENA CHONG A WOMAN who helped a man keep $1.2 million in ill-gotten gains in her bank accounts was jailed three months yesterday. Sim Hwei Kian, 30, admitted depositing in her bank accounts four cheques for that amount from a man known to
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    • 221 30  -  K.C. VIJAYAN HE WAS handcuffed the minute he stepped into Changi Airport on Sept 10 this year. Dilveer Singh wanted for a 2002 car crash in which two teenage brothers died was charged the next day with causing their deaths by
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    • 444 31  -  Leung Wai-Leng He will be heading to private sector after 33 years in public service By THE top civil servant at the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica) will step down from his post from Jan 1
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    • 446 31 THE National Public School from Bangalore, India, is the latest foreign school to open a campus here. Called the NPS International School, it will be located on a 2.4 ha site along Chai Chee Lane in Bedok. It will open in January
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    • PARLIAMENT
      • 586 32  -  Salma Khali k Khaw wants 80% of big bills covered for subsidised patients By Health Correspondent PREMIUMS for MediShield will go up again next year to provide even better coverage for patients with large hospital bills. The national health insurance, revamped in
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      • 854 32  -  SALMA KHALIK SALMA KHALIK HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan made a pledge yesterday to MPs worried about the confidentiality of patients' data when it becomes compulsory for information about their illness to be given to a national registry. Mr Khaw assured the
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      • 243 32  -  Goh Chin Lian By SINGAPORE will introduce two measures early next year to further improve service standards. One is an annual index to measure and track customer satisfaction here. The other is a quality accreditation scheme that will recognise and promote businesses that
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      • 420 32  -  Tan Hui Yee By Housing Correspondent A PLANNED funeral parlour in the Sin Ming area that has aroused residents' anger will have to ensure that incense is burnt indoors. It will also have to confine processions to its premises. These
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      • PARLIAMENT SHORTS
        • 134 32 SOME 470 professionals, managers, executives and technicians have been trained for and taken up new jobs under a conversion programme launched this April. Of this group, 377 became co-curricular programme executives who help teachers to plan and run co-curricular activities, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary
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        • 185 32 THE Government will not compel wet market and hawker centre stall holders to buy their own insurance. But they are encouraged to be prudent and insure their goods, fixtures and belongings against fire, said Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday. Mr
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        • 164 32 HIGHER salaries and changes to the wage structure of Parliament's staff were approved yesterday, and will take effect from Jan 1. The revisions follow last month's announcement on changes to the pay and salary structure for a quarter of Singapore's civil servants. After that announcement
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        • 170 32 NEW SYMBOL OF AID RED CRYSTAL THERE is the Red Cross and there is the Red Crescent. Now, get used to the Red Crystal. Parliament yesterday approved amendments to Singapore's Geneva Conventions Act to recognise the Red Crystal as a universal symbol of humanitarian aid alongside the others. The Red
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      • 724 33  -  Oo Gin Lee 12-year-olds ordeal pushes Ellen Lee to raise concerns over cybergaming centres By HE IS only 12 years old but often played truant to spend time at cybergaming centres, and even ended up with an $80,000 "debt". So
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      • 338 33 NEW BILLS ALL employees, regardless of salary, will be covered for work injuries in a proposed amendment to the Workmen's Compensation Act introduced in Parliament yesterday. About one million more employees, including white collar workers, are expected to gain under the changes,
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      • BILLS PASSED
        • 499 33  -  Keith Lin By LABOUR MP Halimah Yacob wants overtime pay to be excluded from a worker's salary when deciding if he or she is eligible for Workfare. This new scheme, which aims to supplement the income of low-wage workers, is available only to those
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        • 181 33 A BILL that helps ensure Singapore stays at the forefront of research and development was passed by Parliament yesterday. It puts the National Metrology Centre (NMC) under the wings of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, or A* Star. Metrology is the science
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        • 279 33 PARLIAMENT yesterday gave the green light to changes to the Income Tax Act, including dropping the corporate income tax rate to 18 per cent, a change announced in the Budget this year. Minister of State (Finance and Transport) Lim Hwee Hua highlighted other
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      • 818 33  -  Lee Siew Hua ►>FROM THE GALLERY By Senior Political Correspondent RISING food prices have led to pasta protests in Italy. And there's been turmoil over tortilla in Mexico, where the flat corn bread is a vital source of cheap calories for
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    • NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY REPORT
      • 1012 34  -  Tania Tan Consumers can choose from six power suppliers much in the same way that they pick their cellphone plans By COMPETITION in the electricity market has helped stave off price increases amid soaring oil prices over the past six years. And
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      • 314 34  -  ERICA TAY IF OIL prices were to continue soaring, the best response, it seems, is to use energy more wisely. Asked if Singapore had a crisis management plan should oil prices reach a tipping point of US$llO (Ssls9), or even US$l2O a barrel,
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      • 151 34 TOU might not know it, 3ut your favourite gadget ;ould be teeming with >erms that can make you 11. This is not to say you should ditch them. Instead, try out the cleaning tips listed in today's issue of Digital Life, which will show you the
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      • 87 34 The Vietnamese Minister of National Defence, General Phung Quang Thanh, inspecting the guard of honour during a welcome ceremony at Mindef yesterday hosted by Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean. The general's three-day introductory visit highlights the friendly bilateral relations between Singapore and Vietnam and underscores
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      • 128 34 DRIVERS have something to cheer about during the upcoming school holiday period. Starting this Saturday until Jan 1, Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates on some roads will go down by 50 cents. These are: Ayer Rajah Expressway: Bam to 9.30 am East Coast Parkway
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    • PEDRA BRANCA COURT CASE
      • 295 35  -  Lydia Lim Malaysian Foreign Minister arrives in The Hague to show support on eve of XL's 4-day oral pleading By Senior Political Correspondent In The Hague (Netherlands) MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister syed Hamid Albar arrived here last light to show support for Kuala
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      • 352 35 ►> MALAYSIA'S CASE ACCORDING to its written pleadings, Malaysia's claim to Pedra Branca rests on four pillars. The first is that the Johor Sultanate exercised sovereignty over Pedra Branca from time immemorial and held what is called an "original title" to the island.
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      • 516 35 IN 1583, Dutch voyager Johann van Lindschoten wrote of the island on which South-east Asia's first lighthouse was eventually built: "From the Cape of Singapore lyeth a cliffe in ye sea called Pedra Branca, or white rock, where the shippes
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      • 305 35 SINGAPORE'S CASE SINGAPORE'S proof of sovereignty over Pedra Branca rests on two legs. The first is that the British took lawful possession of the island in 1847 when it was terra nullius, a Latin phrase meaning empty or no man's land. It backed this
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    • 529 36  -  Shobana Kesava They will be paired with the best research-clinicians for up to two years By WANTED: Bright young doctors keen on doing research alongside practising medicine. A new programme to increase the number of "research-clinicians" aims to take on board dedicated, exceptional
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    • 105 36 10,000 SEED MONEY FOR PROJECTS Thirteen doctors who have only dabbled in research out of interest have got onto the NHG-NUS Clinician Leadership in Research Programme. They get $10,000 in seed money to start their projects, and can apply for up to $50,000 more if their projects need the extra
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    • 109 36 DR JIMMY Lee, 31, of the Institute of Mental Health aims to find proof that schizophrenia a mental illness in which the victim is plagued by paranoia and hears imaginary voices is an inherited disorder. He was doing his research piecemeal, but now that
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    • 168 36  -  SHOBANA KESAVA DR ANGELA Chow, 35, who is with Tan Tock Seng Hospital's Communicable Disease Centre, is doing research on the best hand-washing techniques for medical workers. "We're comparing alcohol rubs, anti-bacterial soap, and the hand-rubbing techniques that doctors and nurses use to
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  • FORUM
    • 322 37  -  Yuen Kwong Chow THE Ren Ci chief executive officer's comment on the Ministry of Health probe, "Let them learn more, it's not a problem. I am not worried", was not only inappropriate but also unhelpful in maintaining public trust ("Discrepancy at Ren
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    • 112 37  -  Chiou Chong Wei NOT renewing the Institution of a Public Character status of Ren Ci which makes donations to it tax-exempt because of a possible misdeed amounts to discrediting the entire organisation, which is unfair to Ren Cis patients and employees. The focus should
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    • 242 37  -  Chong Huai Seng FORMER civil service head Sim Kee Boon is widely remembered as a good boss, a mentor, a stickler for details, a visionary, a business leader and a golfer. Although I did not have the good fortune of working with him, I
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    • 201 37  -  Yvonne Fong (Ms) I REFER to Mr Lim Poh Seng's letter, "Have instructions on how to claim CashCard refunds" (ST, Nov 8). We thank Mr Lim for his support in using the Nets Cash Card but regret the difficulties he experienced in claiming
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    • 168 37  -  Ethel ChongAi Leng (Ms) CAUGHT Lee Ang's Lust, Cau:ion (R2l version) over the weekend. I am very glad that the Meiia Development Authority IVIDA) allowed the screening of :he uncut version as I believe the lovemaking scenes are crucial to gaining an
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    • 283 37  -  Lim Meow Ching (Ms) LIKE most old folks, my 69---year-old father has no teeth of his own and has been wearing dentures. Due to his receding gums, his dentures do not fit comfortably and dental glue is needed to hold them in place.
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    • 260 37  -  Toy Han Seng WITH the payment of an additional one percentage point in interest on CPF funds, subject to a maximum of $60,000, from Jan 1 next year, $20,000 have to be set aside in both the Ordinary (OA) and Special (SA) accounts. If this rule
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    • 140 37  -  Wong Weng Fai SINGAPORE is embarking on a series of construction of major buildings, especially in the Marina area. There seems to a tendency to go for innovative designs. However, there are risks that I wish to highlight. The Massachusetts Institute of
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
    • 97 37 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. JC boy not entitled to student ticket price for SingaporeTajikistan match Radio DJ made fun of Tajikistan's name Respect Aide's decision to retire from international football Three-day two-night package? Looks like a two-day two-night package
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  • SPORTS
    • 682 38  -  Leonard Lim SQUASH Players say SSRA did not tell them overseas events were key to SEA Games selection By ANOTHER dispute over selection criteria has cropped up between athletes and a national sports association (NSA). Squash players not selected for next month's South-east Asia Games
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    • Article, Illustration
      616 38  -  Wang Meng Meng SOCCER Indra Sahdan named Singapore captain By I WILL lead by example. That is the message from Indra Sahdan Daud as he begins his new job as the national team captain. The striker was given the armband after Aide Iskandar resigned last Friday. Indra
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    • 516 38  -  Wang Meng Meng By GOOD luck Lions, and don't forget the boots. The Singapore national team are taking absolutely no chances for their World Cup second-round, second-leg trip to Tajikistan. In fact, they are carrying their tools of the trade as their
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    • 407 38  -  Terrence Voon »KARATE By THE Singapore Karate-Do Federation (SKF) has axed one of its exponents from next month's South-east Asia Games. The reason: Her poor showings in regional competitions this year. Velyn Yin, 18, was one of the three karatekas selected to represent
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    • 896 39  -  Rohit Brijnath GAME, SET AND MATCH By TENNIS has always appeared a cultured enterprise, peopled with inoffensive fellows wearing shirts created by rejected designers and girls whose frozen smiles barely camouflaged a simmering violence. The men's champion is next in
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    • 845 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS ►>TENNIS Henin recovers from broken marriage and family heartache to end year on high note Madrid SHE started the season six weeks late and in despair. On Sunday, Justine Henin ended it as the first woman to win US$5 million (557.2 million)
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    • 264 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS Shanghai WORLD No 1 Roger Federer has lost consecutive matches for the first time in 4V2 years. He lost 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 5-7 to Fernando Gonzalez of Chile yesterday at the Masters Cup. It was the defending champion's first loss in 11
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    • 386 39 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Berlin GERMAN tennis player Philipp Kohlschreiber, accused of match-fixing by an unnamed source in German newspaper Die Welt on Sunday, has insisted he has "nothing to hide" and "always play to win". The paper's source claims about 30 players, including
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    • 258 39  -  Terrence Voon »NETBALL By SINGAPORE'S slim hopes of a top-eight finish at the World Championship were dashed yesterday, after a narrow 43-45 loss to the Cook Islands. In the closest match of the 16-team tournament, the Republic stormed into a 13-9
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      729 40 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS SOCCER Italian soccer hard hit by violence as four men are detained for role in Sunday's riots Rome ITALIAN authorities detained four people yesterday for taking part in riots triggered by Sunday's accidental killing of a soccer fan by a policeman at a highway
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    • 151 40 P W D L F A Pts Inter Milan 11 7 4 0 22 7 25 Fiorentina 12 6 5 119 9 23 Juventus 12 6 4 2 2413 22 AS Roma 11 6 4 1 25 16 22 Udinese 12 6 4 214 13 22 Atalanta 11
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    • 150 40 P W D L F A Pts Real Madrid ....12 9 1 ***** 28 Villarreal 12 9 0 3 2518 27 Barcelona 12 7 3 2 2310 24 Valencia 12 8 0 4 2019 24 Espanyol 12 6 4 ***** 22 A. Madrid 12 6 3 3 2314
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    • 196 40 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE Madrid BRAZILIAN international Robinho showed why some observers tout him as the next Pele with a mesmerising display on Sunday. His two goals helped Real Madrid edge out Real Mallorca 4-3 in an exciting match to ensure that Madrid remain at the
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 54 40 ALBIREX Niigata beat Liaoning Guangyuan 2-0 in an S-League soccer match yesterday. Striker Akira Takase scored in the 27th and 35th minutes to give his team victory at the Jurong East Stadium. Albirex are in seventh place, with 35 points. Liaoning are ninth, six points
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      • 82 40 REUTERS KANPUR (India): India clinched a 46-run win in the third one-day cricket international against Pakistan on Sunday, despite a career-best 129 from Salman Butt. They take a 2-1 lead in the five-game series. Left-handed batsman Yuvraj Singh underlined his form
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      • 49 40 BRISBANE: Australia thrashed Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs in their first cricket Test on Sunday. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 300 in their second innings on the final day, which was twice interrupted by rain, reported the BBC.
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    • 320 40 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS MOTOR RACING Brackley (England) FORMER Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn was hired as team chief of rival Formula One team Honda yesterday. Brawn, who spent 10 years at the Italian giants, will work alongside Honda chief executive Nick Fry and have
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    • 792 40  -  Steve Slater »IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT By WHEN Ross Brawn first sits behind his desk at the Honda Fl headquarters in Brackley, England next week, it will be just 30 days to Christmas. So it is safe to assume that the former Ferrari technical
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    • 766 41 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE »SOCCER But Grant insists injuries to key defenders will not hinder Chelsea's title bid London AVRAM Grant has insisted that Chelsea's bid to get back into the Premier League title race will not be derailed by an injury list, which has been lengthened to include Ricardo
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    • 645 41 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London WHILE Wigan Athletic were not the stiffest of opponents, a win is still a win for Tottenham Hotspur. And the 4-0 scoreline on Sunday and the club's third clean sheet can only breed confidence, sorely lacking at
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    • 205 41 Statistic of the week 6 Goals by Cristiano Ronaldo this season. He had four at this stage last term and went on to pocket 17. But, while the wing wizard had 16 assists last time, he still has not created a goal. Top scorers 8 Benjamin
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    • 151 41 P W D L F A Pts Man United 13 9 3 123 6 30 Arsenal 11 8 3 024 9 27 Man City 13 8 2 3 1613 26 Chelsea 13 7 4 219 9 25 Liverpool 12 6 6 019 6 24 Portsmouth 13 6 5
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    • 340 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Manchester ALEX Ferguson has hailed the current Manchester United squad as the strongest he has managed. The first week of the Scot's 22nd year at the club's helm ended as so many of them have done
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    • 674 41 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Atlanta 20 Carolina 13, Buffalo 13 Miami 10, St Louis 37 New Orleans 29, Green Bay 34 Minnesota 0, Denver 27 Kansas City 11, Pittsburgh 31 Cleveland 28, Jacksonville 28Tennessee 13, Philadelphia 33 Washington 25, Cincinnati 21 Baltimore 7, Arizona 31 Detroit 21, Dallas 31 NY
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    • 49 40 TV times AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL: San Francisco v Seattle (Live, ChlO7, 8.30 am). BASKETBALL: Atlantic Coast Conference: New Mexico State v Duke (Live, Ch23, Bam). TENNIS: ATP Masters Series: Masters Cup, round robin (Live, Ch24, spm and 7.30pm). Event TENNIS: STA Open Singles and Doubles V (Kallang Centre, 6pm).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      174 42 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalms 23:6 GAY HENG CHANG Age: 99 years Was called home to be with the Lord on 11 November 2007. Dearly missed and always remembered by
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      35 42 We would like to express our Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late Gerd Rossow We have lost a good colleague and friend. The Management Staff of MAN Diesel Singapore Pte. Ltd.
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      116 42 A.GOPALSAMY (Ex-PSA/Kampong Bahru Pillagal] Age: 74 passed away peacefully on 12 Nov 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: K. Saraspathy Brothers: Sisters-in-law: (A. Krishnasamy, deceased) (S. Papa, deceased) [A. Narayansamy, deceased) (Pakiam, deceased) [A. Govindasamy, deceased) (A Thangamal, deceased) [A. Rengasamy, deceased) Mdm RT. Thiyanayagi A.
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      223 42 NEO HAI CHUA Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 11 Nov 2007. Dearly and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife:OngHoo Brother: Sister-in-law: Neo Hai Gan (Toll Hong Keow, deceased) Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Neo Mvi (Tan Hong Moh, deceased) Neo Bong Ker Ng Yew Lay Sons: Daughters-in-law: Neo Chee Seng (Neo Chee
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      162 42 "When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation; and take me home what joy shall fill my heart." MARIA THERESA YIMYUET HENG Age: 80 entered into eternal life on the glorious Sunday of 11 November 2007. Dearly missed and forever loved and cherished by Husband: John Michael Foo Children: Spouses:
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      120 42 001 SOO CHENG JOHN Age: 47 Was called home to be with the Lord on 12 November 200' Dearly missed and forever cherished by loved ones. Wife: Elena Yap Son: Marcus Ooi Daughter: Megan Ooi Father: Ooi Chong Hooi (Deceased) Mother: Kong ChowYee Brothers: Ooi Soo Nam, and family Ooi
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      177 42 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Elena Yap and the Family of the Latt 001 SOO CHENG JOHN Departed on 12 November 2007 The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi Lord, Make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love; Where there is injury,
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      222 43 "The Lord is my shepherd... surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 GOH SONG MONG, JAMES Age: 89 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 November 2007, leaving
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      35 43 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Director MR GOH KOW JIANG on the demise of his beloved father GOH SONG MONG Departed on 10 November 2007 From: The Management Staff of PEAKSON PTE LTD
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      51 43 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences To the Family of the Late MR SIM KEE BOON Distinguished Alumnus of the University From The Chairman and Members of the Board of Trustees, President, Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni of National University of Singapore P^NUS V //3^>/ al:' ona' University \^f**zy of
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      100 43 WONG SOH HAR Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 12 Nov 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Mother: Liang Sow Juan Wife: Woo Oi Leng Daughters: Son-in-law: Adeline Wong Sook Kuan Kyaw Thu Lwin Eunice Wong Sook Ping Sharen Wong SookYing Grandchildren: Dylan Kyaw-Thu Nicole Kyaw-Thu Sisters:
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      92 43 'Surely goodness and mercy shall fellow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." KALM23:6 LOUIS s/o SATHANASAMY Age: 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 11 Nov 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Mrs Louis Sons:
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      36 43 r In Loving Memory Of PONG HAI SHUI Departed 13/11/97 Always remembered by wife, children grandchildren PANG SIEW LING Called home to be with the Lord on 02/08/61 Always remembered by Mum, eldest brother Meng siblings
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      154 43 "You have made known to me the path of life, you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand." Psalm 16:11 JASON HO SEE FOOK Age: 44 was called home to be with the Lord on 11 November 2007, dearly missed and fondly
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      154 43 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 PANG CHING GOH Age: 87 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 November 2007, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      125 43 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7 4th Anniversary CHANDRALEKAd/o S. KANNAIRAM (MRS. M. JEYARAJ) Departed 13 November 2003 0' Lord, you took my wife to be with you into your kingdom. Guide her, guard her, protect her
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      54 44 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Koh Lam Son, Our Chairman Mdm Lynette Lee Lim Fang Managing Director on the demise oftheir father/father-in-law KOH ANN BEE on 11 November 2007 From The Mangement Staff of Scandinavia Warehouses Pte Ltd As a mark of respect, we shall be closed on
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      56 44 m With Deepest Sympathy 1 L and Heartfelt Condolences to The family of our late Chairman Director 0 LIM CHIAU KIN, BOND Called home to be with the Lord on 10 November 2007 From: The Management Staff of Device Electronics Pte Ltd J.P. Electronics Pte Ltd it Bematech Electronics Pte
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      51 44 The family of the late ANDREW YEOH EWE CHYE Departed 10 Nov 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and Elders, Deacons members of Bethesda Hall (Ang Mo Kio Depot Walk) for their prayers, kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent
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    • 448 46 REUTERS High prices likely to prompt production hike by Opec and lower market demand London OIL prices slid below US$96 a barrel yesterday, after top exporter Saudi Arabia said Opec would look at raising output to brake oil's ascent towards US$lOO and
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    • 382 46 NEW YORK TIMES New York RIGHT about now, tens of thousands of Wall Street employees must be feeling anxious about their bonuses as billions of dollars in losses continue to mount from United States sub-prime woes. But not Citigroup's ousted chairman and chief
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    • 38 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,197.09 (-386.33 points) »Japanese share prices tumbled 2.48 per cent to a 15-month low, hit by a stronger yen and growing jitters over the fall-out from the United States sub-prime loan crisis.
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    • 39 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 27,665.73 (-1,117.68 points) Hong Kong stocks slid 3.88 per cent by the close of trade after a Wall Street share price tumble last week fanned by concerns about United States economic prospects.
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    • 33 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,187.74 (-127.81 points) Chinese share prices closed sharply lower, shedding 2.4 per cent after China's central bank announced this year's ninth hike in the bank reserve requirement.
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    • 36 46 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,455.3 (-90.4 points) Australian share prices closed down 1.38 per cent, although Rio Tinto hit a new record high on speculation that BHP Billiton would raise its takeover offer.
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    • 36 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,382.35 (-19.9 points) Malaysian stocks fell 1.42 per cent as investors across the region sold shares in reaction to Wall Street's steep losses due to concerns about a credit crunch.
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    • 552 48 REUTERS Boost comes from unwinding of carry trades on concerns over US banks' losses London THE yen sprinted to an 18-month high against the US dollar yesterday, as investors unwound risky carry trades due to nervousness over credit-related losses at United States financial
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    • 240 48 BLOOMBERG NEWS Hong Kong HIGH-PROFILE investor Jim Rogers said he may sell US dollar-denominated assets as early as in the coming weeks in favour of agricultural commodities. "I'm hoping to move all of my assets out of US dollars in the next few weeks
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      • 523 50  -  Nicholas Fang Global Effie Awards, founded in 1968, will be held outside New York for first time By SINGAPORE will host the Oscars of the advertising industry the Global Effie Awards in February next year, the first time the ceremony will be held
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      • 646 50  -  Chua Hian Hou By INSPIRED thinking from four young students will add sparkle to an upcoming multimedia advertising campaign by a soft drinks firm. The company, Out Of The Box, was so impressed with the marketing ideas thrown up that it will use
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    • 461 52  -  Bryan Lee Projects worth $20b already clinched this year, trouncing old mark of $9.2b By MANUFACTURING investments into Singapore are poised to soar to a new high this year more than twice the previous record. Nine projects, each worth at least $1 billion,
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    • 292 52  -  Chua Hian Hou By DRINK packaging company Tetra Pak Jurong has beaten nine rivals to win Singapore's most prestigious manufacturing industry award. Its achievement: building and upgrading a world-class manufacturing system that makes over 10 billion food and drink packages for over 26 countries worldwide.
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    • 408 52  -  Tan Hui Yee By Housing Correspondent GET ready to pay more property tax next year. Along with the rise in home prices, the taxman is revising the value of most properties upwards. However, rebates given to offset the impact of the goods and
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    • 490 53  -  Gabriel Chen Maintenance, depreciation, staff and fuel expenses all up By PUBLIC transport operator SBS Transit's third-quarter net profit plunged 30 per cent to $10 million, on the back of higher operational costs. More expensive repairs and maintenance, as well as higher
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    • 360 53  -  Lee Su Shyan By: Assistant Money Editor INDONESIAN conglomerate Lippo Group plans to list two or three real estate investment trusts (Reits) worth about US$4 billion (Sss.B billion) in Singapore within the next two to three years, its president Stephen Riady said yesterday.
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    • 391 53  -  r Gabriel Chen By NOBLE Group, based in Hong Kong, said yesterday that third-quarter net profit shot up 158 per cent to US$6O.6 million (5587.4 million), aided by strong global demand for food and other raw materials. Revenue for the
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    • 203 53  -  LEE SU SHYAN WARRANT WATCH WORRIES over credit and the United States' sub-prime crisis continued to dog the market yesterday. The Hang Seng Index fell 3.9 per cent to 27,665 points, while The Straits Times Index slipped 2.5 per cent to 3,511.12. The unwinding of
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      • 99 53 YANGZIJIANG Shipbuilding said yesterday its third-quarter net profit surged 69.8 per cent to 228.6 million yuan (5544.5 million), compared to 134.8 million yuan a year earlier. For the three months ended Sept 30, turnover rose 70.8 per cent to 884 million yuan from
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      • 132 53 BUKIT Sembawang Estates said yesterday its net profit in the second quarter rose 44.6 per cent to $8.4 million from $5.8 million a year earlier. For the six months ended Sep 30, net profit was up 68 per cent at $19 million. This consists
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      • 71 53 SINCERE Watch said yesterday its second-quarter net profit rose 36.3 per cent to $4.4 million. Revenue for the three months ended Sept 30 climbed 28 per cent to $100.7 million. Earnings per share for the quarter rose to 2.13 cents from 1.56 cents,
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    • 233 53  -  LEE SU SHYAN FRASER Neave (F&N) yesterday denied speculation in a report in The Business Times (BT) that it has halted its search for a new chief executive (CEO). "We have just started the search," F&N told The Straits Times. A spokesman
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    • 699 54  -  Goh Eng Yeow REUTERS TAKING STOCK US woes, yen carry trades' unwinding and China's curbs hurt sentiment By Markets Correspondent ASIAN bourses got hammered yesterday, as nervous investors scrambled for the exit under the weight of worries on three key global fronts. They
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    • 193 54  -  GOH ENG YEOW SHARE TRADING THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pressing ahead with a revamp to make its listing rules more marketfriendly, after consulting with the investing public. The changes, which take effect from Dec 3, will come six months after they
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      • 1299 56  -  Tan Vi Hui Singaporeans are taking to the ski slopes, especially in China, Korea and Japan, and staying longer at the resorts MORE Singaporeans are warming up to the idea of a cool holiday option skiing this year-end. This peak travel period coincides with winter in the Northern
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        161 56 EXCEPT for the customised packages, all these are general tours offering city and sightseeing activities besides a one- or two-day stay at a ski resort. CHINA 8 days Jiuzhaigou Mount Xiling Huashuishan from $888 (SA Tours, tel: 6532-4111) 10 days North-eastern China Snowy Christmas D alian/Sheny ang/Changchun/Jilin/Harbin
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        361 58 Reuters A one-room hotel in Paris offers glamour and ultimate exclusivity PARIS It's art. And it's a hotel. An art installation, consisting of a one-room hotel offering *****-style glamour, artistic cachet and a view of the Eiffel Tower, was lifted into place on the roof of a Paris
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      • 488 58 I want to book early for a trip with my family during the Chinese New Year nexi year, which falls on Feb 7. Are there any early bird specials? Nathan Ho Dynasty Travel is offering a six-day Besi of Cambodia package from $788 to the first 50 customers.
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      • 258 59 WITH Loy Krathong falling on Nov 24, online hotel booking site Agoda Company has come up with exclusive hotel rates for those keen to visit Thailand during the annual festival. Celebrations abound across Thailand during Loy Krathong, especially in Sukhothai, Chiang Mai and along Bangkok's Chao Phraya river.
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      • 452 59 Eurostar trains bound for Paris and Brussels from London now have a new home a sparkling St Pancras station LONDON An impressive monument to Victorian architecture in a once-rundown part of London, St Pancras station is being transported to the 21st century after six years of
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      • 1211 60  -  Natalie Soh The quirky charm of the capital city of Germany it barely edged out Bonn for the honour in 1990 creeps up on one rather unexpectedly PHOTOS: BRILLIANT, bold and definitely beer-filled Berlin sexily tempts you and leaves you gasping for more. Sexy and German? Yes,
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      • 961 62  -  Tan Shzr Ec At 36, Matthew Vaughn may look top young to be a big-time director but he has a proven track record IN LONDON YOU know him as Guy Ritchie's best man when the director got hitched to Madonna. Or as the husband of supermodel Claudia Schiffer.
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      • 208 62 AP RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Gilberto Gil (left), who revolutionised Brazilian music in the 1960s as a founder of the Tropicalism movement, will resign his post as culture minister next year after tests revealed a potentially career-threatening polyp on his vocal cords, local
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        662 63  -  June Cheong Taiwanese singer Show Luo, who was in boybands before going solo, will be performing here next month TAIWANESE pop star Show Luo hopes his show will never end. The 28-year-old singer and host, who was in boybands before going solo, has waited 13 long years
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      • 302 63  -  Douglas Tseng MEDIA CORRESPONDENT THE uncut version of Lee Ang's critically lauded erotic thriller Lust, Caution made more money than the truncated NCI 6 version in its opening weekend. The film's distributor, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, said the 157-minute version of Lust, Caution collected
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        95 64 1 didn't raise my children to have Hollywood careers. This all just exploded in my face, and big dreams became big headaches' Lynne Spears (right), mother of troubled singer Britney Today is brutal, tomorrow will be more brutal, the day after will be happy, but the majority of people
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        572 64  -  Sujin Thomas British rockers Athlete do it all on their own for their latest studio offering BRITISH rockers Athlete took a leap into the unknown on their third and latest studio offering titled Beyond The Neighbourhood. It was the first time the band attempted to self-produce an album.
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      • 470 64 Bloomberg NEW YORK Broadway stagehands said theatre owners and producers forced a strike that has shut down 27 shows by seeking to implement new work rules without their consent. The union, Local One of the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees, went on the offensive against
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      • 593 65  -  Douglas Tseng Two Theatre Works playwriting competitions have uncovered talented new scribes ANEW generation of Singapore playwrights is taking shape, with the announcement on Saturday of the winners of two playwriting competitions held by Theatre Works. In the 24-Hour Playwriting Competition, Yap Chen Sing, 15,
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      • 444 65  -  June Cheong > dance-theatre FIGHT CLUB-A CHORUS diskodanny.com and post theater National Museum Gallery Theatre Last Saturday THE National Museum Gallery Theatre was the scene of a riot last Saturday, as 48 performers took the stage, seething, hissing, screaming and clawing at one another. And
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      • 1255 66 REUTERS, AFP, WARNER BROS TELEVISION NYT Hailed as role models in the region, Bruce Lee and Rocky Balboa even have their own statues, but not everyone is happy with the choices ZITISTE, Serbia In this sleepy farming village, residents talk of a new spirit of exaltation
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      • 399 68 REUTERS, AP, AFP SURPRISE #1 HONG KONG Hong Kong actor Edison Chen has emerged as a surprise addition to the cast of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight, after he was seen on a shoot with Os-car-winning co-star Morgan Freeman last Saturday. The Canadian-born
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      • 266 68 SURPRISE #2 LOS ANGELES Bollywood showed its box-office heft at the weekend when two Diwali releases outgrossed Tom Cruise's Lions For Lambs in the international market. Variety Asia said Eros International's Om Shanti Om, a tribute to the 1970s era in Bollywood
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      • 68 68 DIED: Donda West, mother of rapper Kanye West, died last Saturday, aged 58. A cause of death has not been released... STALKER IN HOSPITAL: Priest David Ajemian, accused of stalking show host Conan O'Brien, is in hospital for evaluation after going missing briefly last Saturday. He was arrested on
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    • 485 114 ST FILE PHOTO three things you need to know this week Words: Netsam LINGO: "If you can't commit to Hogging, don't start a blog. You'll just end up adding to the netsam clogging the Internet...! had to plough through so much netsam before
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      • 291 115 AFTER much speculation, Google finally announced its grand plans for mobile phone gizmos last Monday. The online advertising giant also said it was going to build software for handheld devices. Called Android, this will rival Microsoft's Windows Mobile and the No-kia-backed Symbian software that are common
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      • 147 115 A NEW York company has been charged with a massive identity-theft and money-laundering operation that raked in more than US$35 million (5550.4 million) over a four-year period. Prosecutors in the United States said the company, Western Express International, used the Internet to traffick stolen credit card
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      • 198 116 THE online payment company is basing its international HQ in Singapore, creating 200 jobs here. This HQ, Pay Pal said in an annoucement here last Tuesday, would serve markets that are outside of the United States. These markets account for 43 per cent of the US$47O
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      • 222 116 SALESFORCE.COM, which offers Web-based customer relationship managment (CRM) software, said early last week that one of its staff was tricked by a fraudster into giving away access to the company's client list. The incident, which happened a few months ago, led to a chain of events that
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    • 612 118 Associated Press Useful for planning routes, recording performance and even providing virtual exercise companions, these devices are making trainers obsolete AFTER a race through 24 kilometres of hilly trails in Wyandotte County Lake Park in the United States, Byron Rieper went online to discuss
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    • 1434 120 THAM YUEN-C gets obsessive detailing all the ways people should clean their fay gizmos but don't. Y r OU probably won't hold a used shoe to your face, what with all the gunk and germs it picks up from the ground. So, why is it
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        140 121 Tips tricks Personal cheats from the cleaning crew at Digital Life Post-it notes If you don't have the requisite cleaning supplies with you, try using Post-it notes to pick up the dirt from your computer or laptop keyboard. Just take out a leaf of the sticky note, then slide the
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      994 123 Not only should it look good, but it has to sound good too. STEPHANIE GWEE tunes in to seven MP3 speakers to see if they make the cut JUST as resident Bengs are pimping up their rides (read: cars) with fibreglass fenders, spoilers and euro tail lights, audiophiles
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    • 890 124 Forget TV. Video-sharing sites are equally, if not more," entertaining. Come on a tour with STEPHANIE GWEE GONE are the days when siblings fought over couch space in front of the TV. Folk now reach for the mouse rather then the remote to feast
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        • 622 125 The Internet Protocol (IP) phone is making waves, and companies are heeding the call, reports IRENE THAM WITH its huge base of Internet Protocol (IP) phone users, Singapore looks set for "unified communications" (UC). This know-how involves integrating voice, data and video, which has
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        • 372 125 News agency is among the first to use Microsoft's advanced systemwhich connects voice, text in a seamless whole BECOMING an early technology adopter has its inherent risks, but the unique business demands of Reuters would not allow it to settle for anything less. The
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      • 410 126 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg and type 'SME' in the subject field Stranded without software service MY COMPANY Helutrans had engaged the help of an overseas software vendor whose product met our specific needs. They flew here to implement
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      • 359 126 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Resolving resolution woes I HAVE a problem with my Windows startup screen on my Fujitsu laptop. The screen resolution goes to about 800 x 600, and the problem occurs only during start-up, when the
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          113 127 ►mobile phones HTC's Touch Dual $1,098 (including GST) from end November, only for Singtel •übscribers. A TOUCH phone with 3.5G functionality is HTC's latest offering for a mobile market with an increasing appetite for a feature-rich, user-friendly experience. The Touch Dual phone, which makes use of the Windows
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        • 159 127 > mobile phones Sony Ericsson W9l Oi Get this device at all authorised dealers now; price: $798 (without plan). MEET the Nicole Ritchie of music phones. Anorexically slim and still completely fashionable, the Sony Ericsson W9loi will look great in any palm. And this beauty also
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        • 65 127 mobile phones Nokia 1208 $208 without operator plan, at authorised dealers THE user-friendly Nokia 1208 offers the essential functions such as multiple phonebooks, SMS, menus in multiple languages and calendars in a 76.9 gram package. Dust and splash-proof, the phone has a 65,536 colour display,
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        • 152 128 Business hardware Lenovo's Think Station SlO, DlO Available in January next year (2008) through Lenovo's business partners and at www.lenovo.com, prices the Think Station SlO starts at $1,450 and the D 1 Oat $2,300. LENOVO'S new Think Station line of computers are targeted at professionals
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          120 128 Hardware Creative's PCIe Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio sound card. Get the sound card for $119 from end November from major retail outlets or the Creative stores at Marina Square, Plaza Singapura and International Business Park. You can also buy it online at sg.store.creative.com. AUDIO purists who bemoan
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        • 96 128 Services Fujitsu Islands WHETHER you are looking for a Fujitsu notebook or just to give some feedback, you can now do so from the comfort of your home. The hardware maker has opened Fujitsu Islands within virtual world Second Life. Comprising of three 3D islands, they will
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        • 74 128 Business hardware STMicroelectronics' 5T21F384 microcontroller Samples available now, with volume production starting in December. In wafer form, it is priced at $0.45 in quantities of 100,000 units. STMICROELECTRONICS has unveiled the new 5T21F384 microcontroller that runs on Flash memory. It promises to provide more flexibility and shorter lead times
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        • 103 128 Enjoy music in silence Earphones Shure's SEIIO Sound Isolating Earphones. The SEIIO is priced at $179 and can be purchased at Shure's website at www.shure.com. LISTEN to your music and nothing else with Shure's SEIIO Sound Isolating Earphones. Over 90 per cent of environmental noise is blocked with these in-ear
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      • 728 129  -  Sim Cheng Kai, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare THE latest instalment in the Call of Duty series, renowned for its dramatic portrayal of World War II scenarios, is breaking with tradition. No more Axis versus Allies. Instead, Call of Duty 4's (CoD4) fictional campaign
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      • 221 130  -  Valentine Chua, gamer and Katamari addict. game reviews round-up THE Katamari series, a sleeper hit on the Play Station 2 (PS2) and Play Station Portable (PSP), has you rolling various objects onto a Katamari or sphere. Once your Katamari
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      • 198 130  -  Valentine Chua IN TERMS of courtroom drama, no game aces it like the Ace Attorney series. Think intricate plots, lawyers who undermine judges and witnesses who lie and contradict themselves at every turn. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations, also known
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      • 220 130  -  Eugene Neubronner, gamer and freelance writer. THIS game brings together two distinct genres of gaming fighting and farming but tries too hard to force them together. Rune Factory sets you as an amnesiac boy who stumbles into the care of local farm
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      • 343 131  -  Christine Lay, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions WHEN Final Fantasy Tactics (FFT) was first released for the Play Station in 1997, it quickly became known as one of the best strategy role-playing games of all time. It won over players with its well-drawn
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      • 335 131  -  Sim Chenq Kai, Hannah Montana: Music Jam UNLESS you tune in regularly to the Disney Channel, chances are you'll not have heard of Hannah Montana, the Emmy-nominated children's television series starring the teen pop sensation. And unless you're a fan of the show, you'll
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      • 399 132  -  Adli Yashir, Dell XPSMI73O notebook From $3,799. Souped-up test machine: $7,799 Get it online at www.dell.com.sg IMAGINE a powerful sports car finetuned further so that it will growl even louder and go faster. Well, that is how the souped-up Dell XPS M 1730 gaming notebook is best
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      • 356 132  -  Adli Yashir HP Pavilion HDX Dragon notebook $5,999 Get it from authorised HP dealers IF GOOD things do come in big packages, then the HP Pavilion HDX Dragon notebook is one of them. With its 20.1-inch screen, topnotch multimedia features and array of powerful hardware,
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      • 912 133 ADLIYASHIR braved the rush hour on the subway and dodged manic trolley drivers and swinging fish hooks to put the Canon EOS 40D through its paces in Tokyo, Japan Canon EOS 40D $2,099 (body only) Get it from authorised Canon dealers I WAS slumped
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      • 423 134  -  Alfred Siew Sony Ericsson K77oi $598 (without subscription plan) Get it from phone retailers THE K77oi is essentially a slimmed-down version of the KBooi packed with a 3.2--megapixel Cybershot camera and wrapped in a smooth finish. There is a photolight for night shots
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      • 470 134 Panasonic HDC-SDS $2,199 Get it from authorised dealers I HAVE a love-hate relationship with a pile of videotapes. They hold precious memories of my two children from their birth. But tapes are finicky. They are ticking time bombs prone to failure in many ways. Plus, they
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      • 665 135 How to marry Ubuntu Windows second of three-part Linux series LIM YEE HUNG gives a step-by-step guide to install Übuntu Linux on your PC, without losing Windows or any of your data Last week, you read that the Übuntu Linux operating system enjoys several advantages over Windows: it is virtually
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      • 745 136 Crysis, the year's biggest PC game, is out this week. But can your machine stand up to it, asks ALFRED SEW BEAUTIFUL but jerky.
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      • 712 137  -  Billy Teo Faced with tasks which complex software suites cannot help you with? Go for the specialised software that can and for free too, says BILLY TEO Manage cash flow Easy Cash Manager 3.1 www.download.com/Easy-Cash-Manager/3000-2057_4-*****678. html?tag=lst-0-10) NO MBA or a certificate in Microsoft Excel needed
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      • 206 137 GREEN IT smart efficient ways to protect the environment AS THE thirst for speed and computing capacity drives demand for more systems with faster processors and more memory and more storage, thermostats and power meters in data centres are hitting a new high. Microprocessors
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      • 934 138 Nortel Asia's CIO tells IRENE THAM about cultural sensitivity in China, and juggling cost reduction with deploying more tools ERIC Lauzon, 42, was dazzled by the telephone as a kid growing up in Quebec, Canada. Fascination led to devotion to a field, which he has never
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      • 607 139  -  GRACE CHNG Porting telly to cyberspace deepens TV experience I'm a huge fan of the TV series CSI (Crime Scene Investigation), that popular TV series about forensic cops that have spawned three shows: CSI:Las Vegas, CSI:New York and CSl:Miami. In each show, forensic
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      • 748 139 They now provide therapy to hospital patients and some are pets. Soon, they may be someone's babies. By MIKE LEE IN JAPAN, robots are increasingly becoming a life form in their own right. Just recently, I came across a satire in Japanzine (a magazine
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    • 28 141 this little red dot belongs to class and school BERLIN WALL FINALLY GONE N*\/^*^ >*_ PAGE 13 j^^ s S J j HIGHLY ■dgwTJj EVER! PAGE 12 B yggßHj^^^^^B
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        699 142 'Orchard Road set for a pedestrian-friendly Overhaul. By Lim Wei Chean Lin Xinyi (ST, Oct 30, 2007) Cars will have to make way for pedestrians along a stretch of Orchard Road as part of a $40 million makeover of Singapore's premier shopping belt. Work on the changes will
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        605 144 The five Ws and an H of a new report on attitudes to race in Singapore, by Andrew duffy BE INFORMED: Racism has led to numerous cases of violence throughout history. Do some research to find out about events around the world that are race-related. Can you
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        150 145 1.85 million What it is The number of tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympics that went on sale in China on Oct 30. Six months ago, China put 2.2 million tickets on offer for its citizens and within a month, more than a million were sold. Some
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      • 141 145 Malaysia What is happening Malaysians have failed to recycle voluntarily, so the government is taking tougher action to ensure that they do. They will soon face a stiff fine of up to RM 1,000 (*****) if they still do not do so. The government will be introducing
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      • 553 146 Young people showed their support for the environment and endangered animals at Botanic Gardens during the Singapore Wildlife Stampede, by malini nathan Yes, camels with extra legs do exist. At the sight of three girls strutting about in their papier-mache humps, renowned primatologist and conservationist Dr
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      • 642 147  -  TESSA WONG BY Birds of a feather flock together, and a record number of Little Red Dot lovers did just that last Friday at LRD's third Big Day event. As many as 580 pupils from 23 schools descended on the Jurong BirdParkto participate in an
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      • 237 148 ANANOVA.COM I I L _l Australia's likely next Prime Minister is getting an earful after footage of him eating his ear wax spread around the world. The video was taken six years ago when Mr Kevin Rudd sat listening to a colleague question a
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        135 148 The London police force was found guilty in court on Nov I for breaching health and safety laws by killing a Brazilian man during a frantic manhunt for four failed suicide bombers. Police shot and killed electrician Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, after he boarded an underground train in
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        136 148 On Oct 3 I, the eve of Halloween, retail outlet Factory Card Party Outlet announced it was pulling hundreds of sets of Halloween costume teeth from sale amid fears that they could contain excessive levels of lead. This has prompted legislators to draw up stiffer laws to regulate made-in-China
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        113 148 A Russian supermarket worker, Alexander Pichushkin, was found guilty of murdering 48 people and was condemned to life in prison on Oct 24. The 33-year-old was also known as the "chessboard killer" by the Russian media as he said he had planned to kill one person for every one
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        89 148 The Mosul Dam the largest in Iraq is in serious danger of collapse. If that were to happen, it could unleash billions of litres of water on Mosul, a city of 1.7 million people. As many as 500,000 people could drown if the dam breaks, according to an assessment
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        117 148 Hundreds of visitors were turned away from a 500-year-old Buddhist temple in Macau after a brawl broke out between monks and a new management taking over control of the site. The A-Ma Temple was forced to close on Oct 29 for the first time in decades after dozens
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        123 148 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.The boy from Tangerang, a satellite city west of Jakarta, stayed just half a day on Oct 29 instead of waiting for a test to show that
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      • 717 149 Food can be yummy but it is no fun when it makes you sick. alison de souza explains what food poisoning is You get food poisoning when you eat or drink something that contains harmful bacteria or other types of germs. When this happens, we say
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      • 464 150  -  ELLEN WHYTE Asian rainforests are vanishing rapidly, but the outlook is not hopeless. BY A United Nations Environment Programme report in January warned that 98 per cent of Borneo and Sumatra lowland rainforests may be destroyed by 2022. Unless measures are taken, many protected areas will be
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      613 151 Let the good times roll with these recommendations from The Straits Times Life! section Farm hopping Discover the Kranji Countryside (www.kranjicountryside.com), made up of a cluster of 10 farms and nurseries. A Kranji Express bus departs from Kranji MRT station daily from 9am to spm, ferrying visitors to different
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        679 152 HISTORY IN THE HEADLINES Germans soon to be reunited Berlin, Germany, Nov 10, 1989 -The Berlin Wall, which divided this city for almost 30 years, finally came down yesterday. Cheering crowds surrounded the 45km-long barrier, climbing over it and tearing off pieces with their bare hands. Made
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