The Straits Times, 22 November 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 128 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Asia leaders pledge action on climate change
    622 1  -  Arti Mulchand Summit declaration in Singapore paves the way for UN's Dec meeting in Bali By. EAST Asian leaders yesterday took a major step towards tackling climate change when they signed a declaration pledging to take actions to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The
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    Lock icon 'My eyesight is now worse'
    182 1  -  SALMA KHALIK LIM WUI LIANG SALES executive Caroline Teo (above), 43, was plagued by headaches, which she put down to one eye having better vision than the other. So she went to get Lasik surgery done on her bad eye. Her eyesight did not improve.
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    Lock icon MOH concerned over misleading Lasik ad claims
    646 1  -  Salma Khali k By Health Correspondent THE Ministry of Health (MOH), concerned over misleading advertisements by some Lasik clinics, wants to meet eye surgeons tomorrow to discuss what can or cannot go into their ads. A letter from MOH to all ophthalmologists doing
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon How Tianjin won tough fight to be an eco-city
      986 1  -  Tracy Quek By China Correspondent In Tianjin FLAT, marshy tracts of undeveloped land, dotted with salt pans this desolate north-eastern corner of Tianjin municipality may not look like much today, but over the next two decades, it will undergo a dramatic
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      328 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Film-maker offers help Asia 6-25 Film-maker Bertrand Lee and World 27-31 mountain climber David Lim have Review 32-35 offered to help Malaysian worker FYI 36 Abu Bakar Evos, who lost both legs T.../-V in a workplace accident last week. SECTION TWO PAGE HI Home Hl-HlO
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon 'A huge, massive, unforgivable mistake'
      636 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Disks containing confidential information of 7.25m British families get lost in post London A MASSIVE security blunder in Britain has left almost half the country's population at risk of identity theft and bank fraud. The risk arose after two
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      Lock icon Pool doubles as skylight for Bras Basah station
      427 3  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent A NEW reflection pool sited between the Singapore Art Museum and Singapore Management University (SMU) is more than a water feature providing cool relief to passers-by. The tennis court-sized pool is also a skylight for the Bras
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      Lock icon DUBAI TURNS INTO FOG CITY
      88 4 Thick fog descending on buildings near the Dubai Marina in the United Arab Emirates early yesterday morning. Over the last few days, several flights at airports across the Gulf state have been disrupted while some minor traffic accidents were reported. Visibility was reported to be
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      Lock icon Jump in locals enrolling in international schools here
      572 4  -  Sandra Da vie Smaller class sizes, less focus on exams and special needs teachers attract Singaporeans By Education Correspondent THERE has been a nearly fivefold increase in the number of Singaporean students in international schools here since 2002. The Ministry of Education
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      23 4 Land owners go solo The buoyant property market is bringing out the single-owner sellers. We look at who's buying and who's selling. ■SfS
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  • ASEAN / EAST ASIA SUMMITS
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      Lock icon Time to deliver on targets, says PM Lee
      1286 6  -  Zuraidah Ibrahim First task is to ratify Charter in a year, but some might face hurdles By Political Editor NOW, what? Now is the time to work harder at delivering, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said a day after he and the
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      Lock icon Summit delegates take a walk 'On the Nalanda Trail'
      510 6  -  Jeremy Au Yong By SUMMIT delegates yesterday had a glimpse of the kind of close links that Asean can aim to have with India and China in the future by looking some 800 years into the past. At the end of
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      Lock icon East Asian leaders concerned about rising oil prices
      420 6  -  Li XUEYING By EAST ASIAN leaders are concerned about rising oil prices which have become a growing burden and a cause of inflation, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. It was a subject discussed during the East Asia Summit (EAS), he
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      Lock icon Asean and Japan conclude free trade pact
      873 8  -  Goh Sui Noi YEO GHIM LAY 90% of tariffs to be removed; group also signs services deal with S. Korea By Senior Correspondent FREE trade in Asia got a big boost yesterday, when Japan the world's second largest economy concluded a deal with
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      Lock icon Imagine a market of 3 billion people from India to NZ
      1538 8  -  Ravi Velloor REUTERS XINHUA NEWS ANALYSIS By WRAPPING up three days of frenzied meetings, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong mused aloud about his hopes for an East Asia Summit-wide free trade area in time to come. A market of
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      Lock icon Charter's call to protect human rights welcomed
      411 8  -  Zakir Hussain By A NEW civil society working group welcomed the Asean Charter as a promising "positive step", even as it raised several concerns about the document inked on Tuesday. The interim Singapore Working Committee for an Asean Human Rights Mechanism, which calls
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      Lock icon Singapore visit 'extremely worthwhile' for Gambari
      663 12  -  Cheong Suk-Wai KEITH LIN Though kept from summits, he briefed individual leaders on Myanmar By Assistant Foreign Editor UNITED Nations Special Enray to Myanmar Ibrahim Sambari yesterday appeared to have got over his disappointment over not being allowed to address the East Asia summit
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      Lock icon PM Lee on Myanmar: Sanctions won't help
      696 12  -  Peh Shing Huei By SANCTIONS are not the way to go as Asean tries to help solve the situation in Myanmar, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Speaking after summit meetings with Asean and East Asian counterparts where the Myanmar junta's crackdown
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      Lock icon Tight schedule for Gambari
      469 12  -  CHEONG SUK-WAI ALTHOUGH he was not allowed to brief the summit meeting of East Asian leaders after Myanmar raised objections, United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari managed to meet many of the leaders on the sidelines of the summit. On Tuesday, he met Philippine President Gloria
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      Lock icon It's junta vs China, India and US now
      945 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh ►> NEWS ANALYSIS By WITH Myanmar making it plain that it wants Asean to stay out of its affairs and leave it to deal directly with the United Nations, questions are now being raised about how the world is going
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  • VISIT BY CHINESE PREMIER TO SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Premier Wen causes stir in heartlands
      851 14  -  Clarissa Oon Public housing and racial integration showcased during his Toa Payoh visit By China Correspondent RETIREE Leong Yin, 78, had difficulty sleeping on Tuesday night, so excited was he about the next morning's visitor to his four-room Toa Payoh HDB flat. It was
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Temasek must follow Indonesian laws, says V-P Jusuf
      649 15  -  Salim Osman »JAKARTA'S ANTI-MONOPOLY RULING Ruling also sparks private plan to buy back foreign stakes in Indonesian telcos By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA'S Vice-President Jusuf Kalla says Singapore's Temasek Holdings should respect Jakarta's competition watchdog's verdict that its stakes in the
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      Lock icon KPPU may be overruled, says Fitch Ratings
      335 15  -  Bryan Lee By A TOP credit ratings agency says Temasek Holdings might be helped in its battle with Indonesia's competition watchdog by concerns over a possible loss of foreign investments by Indonesia. Temasek is trying to fight potentially stiff sanctions after the watchdog,
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon HK will not treat non-residents with unpaid medical bills
        579 17  -  VINCE CHONG Territory's latest move to ease strain on public hospitals will kick in on Dec 4 By Hong Kong Correspondent STARTING next month, Hong Kong's public hospitals will turn away non-locals with unpaid medical bills in a move to ease
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        Lock icon AN EGG-CELLENT SKILL
        64 17 Mr Li Wengge has reason to beam. He has honed his artistic skills by carving intricate designs on ostrich eggs. Mr Li, from the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, started carving two years ago. The ostrich egg is the largest of all edible eggs and is extremely strong,
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        Lock icon China curbing new investments to cool growth
        384 17 REUTERS Beijing CHINA will clamp down on new investment projects to help keep growth in the world's fourth-largest economy on an even keel. The State Council, China's Cabinet has instructed ministries and local governments to ensure that all new projects are properly authorised
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        Lock icon Shenzhen lifts caps on bank withdrawals
        260 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Hong Kong SHENZHEN has lifted restrictions on cash withdrawals from banks, after Premier Wen Jiabao said its way of stemming illegal money flooding into Hong Kong was inappropriate. The Chinese city last week capped daily bank withdrawal for individuals at 30,000
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Chinese naval ship to call at Tokyo port
        548 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE First-ever visit by PLA forces signals warming of Sino-Japanese ties Beijing A CHINESE naval ship yesterday left for a port call in Japan for the first time since World War II in a further sign of easing
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        Lock icon Fingerprint scans in Japan net 5 foreigners
        222 19 REUTERS Tokyo FINGERPRINT checks on foreigners arriving in Japan matched five people to an immigration blacklist on the first day, the Justice Ministry said yesterday. Biometric scanning of almost all foreigners entering Japan was introduced on Tuesday, sparking anger among long-term residents, businessmen
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        Lock icon 16,000 go on strike at US bases in Japan
        329 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Tokyo MORE than 16,000 Japanese workers at US military bases in Japan went on strike yesterday, protesting against Tokyo's plan to cut their benefits as it tightens its budget supporting the 50,000 American troops here. The
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Musharraf set to quit as army chief this weekend
        594 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Pakistan's President to give up uniform if court challenge to re-election is thrown out today Islamabad GENERAL Pervez Musharraf is set to quit as Pakistan's army chief and become a civilian President at the weekend, a top government official
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        Lock icon Cyclone Sidr survivors overwhelm relief camps
        345 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Dhaka OVERBURDENED relief centres in Bangladesh are scrambling to help thousands of scared and hungry cyclone survivors as worried aid groups track an outbreak of waterborne illness that has reportedly left two children dead. Fist fights are breaking out in some relief
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Bangkok goes after assets of Thaksin's children
        398 21 REUTERS fax officials act after they fail to pay $555m in taxes and fines Bangkok THAILAND is hunting for the assets of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's children after they failed to pay 12 billion baht (***** million) in taxes and fines, an
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        Lock icon Khmer Rouge torturer a flight risk: Prosecutors
        301 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS EDITORIAL, REVIEW PAGE 32 Phnom Penh PROSECUTORS urged a UN-backed genocide tribunal yesterday to deny bail to the former head of the Khmer Rouge's largest torture centre, saying his release could spark public chaos in Cambodia. Prosecutors called Kaing Guek Eav,
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon FARE CUTS DURING THAI POLLS
          98 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Bus and train fares across Thailand will be cut for four days around next month's Dec 23 elections to encourage people to vote in the first polls since last year's coup, the Transport Ministry said yesterday. The army-backed Cabinet has already declared
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          Lock icon ARROYO ORDERS EVACUATIONS
          89 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: Thousands of people will be evacuated in the eastern Philippines ahead of a powerful tropical storm, officials said yesterday. Mitag was gaining strength with winds of up to 85kmh and was on course to hit the Bicol peninsula south-east of Manila on Friday, weather
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          Lock icon OLYMPIC SITE FIRE 'AN ACCIDENT'
          99 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: A fire at an east London warehouse that sent a towering column of black smoke over the 2012 Olympics site was an accident, an investigation concluded yesterday. The Olympic Delivery Authority said that the Nov 12 blaze was started by an oxyacetylene
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          Lock icon VOW TO BOOST CROSS-STRAIT TIES
          90 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KYOTO: Taiwanese presidential hopeful Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that he would work to ease tensions with China while keeping friendly ties with Japan if he is elected next year. Starting a visit to Japan in the ancient capital of Kyoto, the candidate of
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Syariah High Court judge charged with taking bribes
        383 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS Officials say it is an isolated case and court officers have ethics code Kuala Lumpur A JUDGE has become the first senior member of Malaysia's Islamic law system to face a corruption trial. He was charged with accepting bribes, a
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        Lock icon Stowaway may face charges in Gaza
        399 24  -  Chow Kum Hor By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE Palestinian stowaway who boarded a Singapore Airlines flight but was let off in both Singapore and Malaysia may face charges back home. He is due to be deported to Gaza later this week. The
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        Lock icon Most Malaysians who give up citizenship are Chinese
        181 24 Kuala Lumpur CHINESE make up the largest number of Malaysians who have renounced their citizenship, followed by Malays and Indians, Parliament was told yesterday. The Home Ministry's parliamentary secretary Abdul Rahman Ibrahim said 16,474 Malaysians gave up their citizenship between 2000 and
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      25 15 Syariah judge charged A Syariah High Court judge is facing a corruption trial in what the Malaysian authorities are calling "an isolated case", PAGE 25
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  • WORLD
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      664 26 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington DC wants judges to uphold ban on individual gun possession Washington THE US Supreme Court is to rule on whether handguns can be banned in Washington DC in a case that could produce a decisive judgment on
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      231 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington A BREAKTHROUGH in stem cell research could give President George W. Bush and his anti-abortion allies a political benefit in a debate that Democrats have long been planning to use in next year's presidential elections. In the journals
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      406 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS Central Islip (New York) AN INDONESIAN maid broke down after testifying that she was forced to wrap and rip a plastic tape off a fellow servant's naked body after the latter refused to eat 100 raw chilli peppers as
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      528 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAUDI GANG RAPE Despite international outcry, court sticks to sentence of six months'jail and 200 lashes Riyadh SAUDI Arabia has defended a controversial verdict sentencing a 19-year-old gang-rape victim to six months' jail and 200 lashes, after the United States described the
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      278 28 London SINGAPORE has signed a landmark open skies agreement (OSA) with Britain, effectively lifting all restrictions on air services between the two countries for the first time in nearly two decades. The air services deal, which was concluded early last month, goes beyond conventional
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      520 28 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Chirac suspected of using Paris City Hall funds to pay for non-existent workers Paris A JUDGE filed preliminary charges against former president Jacques Chirac yesterday in an investigation over suspicions that people were given fake jobs while he was mayor
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      258 28 LOS ANGELES TIMES, REUTERS London BRITISH researchers said yesterday they had discovered a 45 cm-long fossilised claw of an ancient sea scorpion that would have been 2.4m-long, making it the largest arthropod ever discovered. "This is an amazing discovery," said Dr Simon Braddy, a paleontologist
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      494 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS FRANCE'S RAIL WOES Coordinated attacks come as unions and rail companies start talks to end strike Paris COORDINATED acts of sabotage struck France's high-speed TGV trains yesterday, causing further delays to services already widely disrupted by a week-long transport strike.
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        323 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS THE head of a US polygamist sect was jailed for five years to life following his conviction on rape charges over the marriage of a schoolgirl to a cousin against her will. Warren Jeffs, 51, the leader
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        198 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS A JURY in Ohio has convicted a man and his mother in the slaying of his wife, whom her mother-in-law disapproved of because she did not follow Indian customs. Chetankumar Patel, 33, and his mother, Minaxiben Patel, 50, were convicted on
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        179 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS, INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE MR lAN SMITH, the last white minority leader of Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe, died on Tuesday in a clinic outside Cape Town, after recently suffering a stroke. The former prime minister was 88 and was survived by two step-children.
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      25 26 Maid's torture An Indonesian housekeeper tells a US court how her employers, on trial for slavery, made her torture a fellow servant (right). PAGE 28
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      427 31 A UNITED Nations-supported tribunal has at last begun to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to book nearly 30 years after the killing fields of Cambodia took more than a million lives. Justice delayed may not be quite justice totally denied after all. Those who suffered and
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      459 31  -  Jaron Lanier INTERNET OPPORTUNITIES By INTERNET idealists like me have long had an easy answer for creative types like the striking screenwriters in Hollywood who feel threatened by the unremunerative nature of our new Eden: Stop whining and figure out how to join the
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      1325 31  -  John R. Bradley EGYPT'S EDICT WARS Religious rulings mushroom even as the credibility of their issuers plunges By Senior Writer EGYPT'S top Muslim scholar issued a fatwa last week ruling that speeding drivers cannot be condemned for killing people who deliberately stand in their way. "Murder
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      1169 33  -  John Mcßeth »INDONESIA'S SUPREME COURT RULING IN SUHARTO V TIME By Senior Writer IT MIGHT be just another libel case, but H.M. Suharto v Time Inc Asia is loaded with political and cultural significance if only because the plaintiff is a former president and the defendant a
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      1047 34  -  Bruce Gale ►>JAPAN-U.S. ALLIANCE By Senior Writer "l CAN'T recall a Japan-US relationship so full of problems," noted political science professor Norihiko Narita last week. Mr Ryozo Kato, Japan's ambassador to Washington, would almost certainly agree. The alliance, he pointed out in a speech
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      48 31 Between the lines What does the Indonesian Supreme Court ruling in the case of former president Suharto v Time magazine really mean? PAGE 34 ,<GOOD NEWSI THERE'S A VACCINE "N s>^ FOR HAND, FOOT MOUTH DISEASE (o4 >^C AND IT'S READY FOR jV4 A^^\ jQi) L HUMAN TRIALS^X
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      559 36  -  Carolyn Quek Bertrand Lee, who survived an accident, wants to pay forward the goodwill By Chai Hung Yin IN HIS darkest moments two years ago, film-maker Bertrand Lee thought he would never walk again. He had been in a traffic accident which lost
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      650 37  -  Alfred Siew MDA to give out up to four licences next year for mobile TV services By Technology Correspondent CELLPHONE users can expect to watch sports and other programmes on their handsets next year, when several mobile TV channels debut, promising smoother images.
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      280 37 SIX in 10 of the 116 taxi drivers rounded up for touting, fleecing or refusing to pick up passengers since last month have been drivers of Mercedes-Benz cabs. They often trick passengers particularly tourists into thinking they have to pay more for a nicer
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      129 37 Some 160 local and Indonesian students have been abseiling, kayaking and participating in other confidence-building activities at the Jalan Bahtera Adventure Centre in Lim Chu Kang since Monday. The five-day camp is aimed at forging new friendships. It is one of three organised by the
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      291 37  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN BUCKING the recent northward price spirals of everything from housing to food to commodities, certificate of entitlement (COE) premiums continue to remain soft. Yesterday, COE prices for vehicles fell across the board by as much as 19 per cent. Motor
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      219 37 PARENTS of Primary 6 pupils applying for secondary school places for their children from today will be able to do so through the Internet. With the new Internet service, they can also check their children's secondary school posting online. The Education Ministry (MOE) has also
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        135 37 DEPUTY Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng will represent Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Uganda. PM Lee is unable to attend it as Singapore is chairing the 13th Asean Summit and its related meetings, the Ministry of Foreign
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        75 37 A CORNELL University professor has been named the first chairman of the Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management. Dr Sheryl E. Kimes, a professor in operations management, will be based here for three months a year for the next five years. She will also be on
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        124 37 STUDENTS at the Singapore Management University (SMU) are now eligible for a new scholarship that will help fund the expenses of their overseas exchange programme. Hong Kong-registered charity Li Fung (1906) Foundation has given US$l million (551.45 million) to SMU to fund up to
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      565 38  -  Selina Lum »'EXORCISM' CASE By TEMPERS flared in court yesterday as trainee teacher Jairaj Kumar Jeyabal, 27, locked horns with a lawyer who accused him of being a liar. Mr JeyabaPs mother, Madam Amutha Valli Krishnan, 51, is suing the Redemptorist Order which
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        88 38 A MAN who told his wife he would "chop" her up if he caught her with another man, received the maximum $5,000 fine yesterday for breaching a personal protection order (PPO). Lim Chai Teck, 40, now unemployed, admitted continuing to harass his wife, Madam Choo
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        56 38 WHEN a man blamed his room-mate's luggage bag for the bedbug bites he received, a fight ensued. Chinese national Jiang Xiao Lei, 24, was jailed for three weeks yesterday for threatening to stab canteen assistant Lin Han, 37, with a 35cm-long knife on Oct 31. His
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        85 38 A MAN was jailed for six weeks yesterday for molesting a youth while on a bus. Tng Hai Kok, 39, a former Lianhe Zaobao journalist, admitted grabbing the groin area of the 18-year-old with his right hand as the bus was travelling along Boon Keng
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        69 38 AN ACCIDENT on Tuesday night in an open carpark near Block 94, Geylang Bahru, left a cyclist seriously injured. A lorry was involved in the incident. The cyclist, a man in his mid 40s, was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. It is understood he had
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      498 38  -  Chua Hian Hou Some dealers are passing off highend counterfeits as the real thing By BE CAREFUL when you buy a new computer the "original" software an unscrupulous dealer pushes along with it for hundreds of dollars could be fake.
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      738 39  -  Lydia Lim Netizens hit out at KL legal team in Pedra Branca case after plagiarism is uncovered By Senior Political Correspondent in The Hague (Netherlands) A PICTURE Malaysia produced to argue its case in the Pedra Branca dispute has sparked a controversy on
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          352 41  -  Lim Wei Chean A nature escape will add to Singapore's attraction as a tourist destination, say travel agents By IT IS about time Singapore taps into the worldwide demand for nature tourism, but its new Mandai attraction must stand out from others that are bigger and nearby. "Neighbouring countries
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          176 41  -  LIM WEI CHEAN Nature Society thinks it will cause greater damage to nature reserve ANY development in the Mandai area will cause only greater degradation to the nature reserve, said Dr Ho Hua Chew, chairman of the Nature Society's conservation sub-committee. The 30ha plot proposed for development into a
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          353 41  -  Chang Ai -Lien It could make eco systems richer if care is taken to develop it properly, says nature expert BY Science Correspondent LUSH, but with caution. And it could become a true wildlife haven, if developed properly. The proposed 30ha Mandai facility could even provide cover and
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      800 42  -  Ho Ai Li Five-year-olds are among 1,200 who should have been in kindergarten By WHEN other children were learning the alphabet in the first year of kindergarten, five-year-old Candy Kwang could hardly hold a pencil, nor understand any English. Grassroots leaders
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      440 45  -  Shefali Srinivas MICHELLE TAY Stiffer penalties for items with banned substances; labelling to be improved By FROM Jan 1, cosmetic companies will face heavier penalties if their products sold here are found to be adulterated or contain banned chemicals and preservatives. Fines are up
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      469 45  -  Lee Hui Chieh By THE course in breast cancer counselling was for senior nurses, but Ms Santhi Balqo, a more junior-level nurse, did not let that stop her from asking to go on it. She was allowed to attend it, and today,
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      335 46  -  Dr Lim Tow Keang I WRITE in response to the questions raised by Mdm Doris Chng Kim Leng with regard to the appropriate treatment of acute asthma ("Hubby hit by asthma but pharmacies won't sell inhaler"; ST, Nov 20). These questions have been
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      227 46  -  Choo Wai Lin (Mrs) IF A GUARDIAN PHARMACIST IS 1N... I REFER to the letter by Mdm Doris Chng Kim Leng, "Hubby hit by asthma but pharmacies won't sell inhaler" (ST, Nov 20). It was unfortunate that Mdm Chng was unable to
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      281 46  -  Boon Chuan Whee I STRONGLY disagree with the editorial, "High fares the taxi solution" (ST, Nov 17), that raising the flag-down fare is the way to solve the taxi problem. Not every problem can be solved by a price increase; such an
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      134 46  -  Tan C/iafc Lim MYANMAR has reiterated at the current Asean meeting that its internal situation is a domestic matter and that it will deal only with the United Nations. In other words, the other Asean countries should not bother. On the other hand,
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      373 46  -  Dr Tan Chek Wee I AM a primary health-care doctor involved in the care of older people in the community. Sometime last year, I referred a woman under my care to a Christian-supported community hospital for rehabilitative care. Not long after she was discharged,
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      416 46  -  Penny Low I REFER to Mr Peri Shing Huei's Insight article, "PAP MPs who went 'AwoP absent with official leave" (ST, Nov 17), which stated that I did not reply to Insight's e-mail. My reply to Mr Peh did not get through
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      280 46  -  Karyn Low (Ms) I REFER to Ms Gladys Tay Hui Fang's letter, "IC handed to someone else at Certis Cisco" (ST, Nov 20). We apologise unreservedly for our mistake and the distress experienced by Ms Tay on Nov 10. On the
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      113 46 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Revamp taxi-fa re structure charges should be based on time spent using the cab Taxi driver's take on why airport surcharge should not be scrapped Rental rates for taxis prohibitive, ERP charges absurd All stakeholders
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      672 47  -  Wang Meng Meng SOCCER Tampines drop him for final day's crucial game, claiming he wants out anyway By MIRKO Grabovac has lashed out at Tampines Rovers, after being shockingly booted out on the eve of the biggest match of their season. The top scorer in five of the
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      587 47  -  Terrence Voon By THE champagne flowed freely last night for Singapore Armed Forces FC, the newly crowned S-League champions, after their heart-stop-ping 2-1 win over Gombak United. So did the accolades, for a side who came out on top after a gruelling 33-game season with 79 points just
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      402 48 SPORTS SCHOOL School also signs agreements with nine NSAs to recruit and train elite youths THE Singapore Sports School will expand its golf programme to a full academy from next year. This is in recognition of the fact that more youngsters are
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      801 48  -  Wang Meng Meng SEA GAMES By^ TAO Li has delivered again. But, this time, instead of a shiny gold medal, Singapore's new swim queen was garbed in cargo pants and boots to deliver parcels for her sponsor FedEx, which is giving her financial
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      453 48  -  LEONARD LIM NG SWEE Theng's weekend of worry came to nought after all. The skeet shooter, Singapore's only representative in the event for the upcoming South-east Asia Games, received confirmation on Tuesday that she would be competing after all. Said the
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      584 49 SOCCER United boss wants cap on foreigners, yet he may sign another Portuguese London ALEX Ferguson has aimed yet another barb at Arsene Wenger's "foreign policy", even as the Manchester United manager thinks about signing another Portuguese player. Ferguson, when asked if he considered youth production
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      161 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE secretary-general of the Croatian Football Association was briefly arrested for alleged shoplifting at London's Gatwick Airport on the eve of the crunch Euro 2008 qualifier against England at Wembley. Zorislav Srebric, 67, was held for a few hours on Tuesday after allegedly being
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      873 49  -  Neil Humphreys NOTES FROM THE LIGHTER SIDE By ALAN Pardew is a genius; a man ahead of his time. That should be clear to us all now. When he was West Ham United's manager, he was the Premiership's answer to Nostradamus. A
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      231 49 London MICHAEL Owen will have something to crow about if he makes a quick recovery from his latest injury setback. A concoction of calves' blood, honey and Hylart, a gel-like fluid drawn from the comb on a cockerel's head, will be injected into his torn thigh
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      235 49 London REAL Madrid are ready to end Didier Drogba's time at Chelsea with a £29.5 million (5588.5 million) bid for the striker. The Ivory Coast player has already signalled the end of his Stamford Bridge career by announcing he wants to play for the Ivory
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      296 50  -  Marc Lim YOUTH OLYMPICS Committee to rely on video conference to pick host city for Youth Olympics By Sports Correspondent SINGAPORE'S hopes of hosting the 2010 inaugural Youth Olympics rest on a one-hour video conference and convincing a technical expert of its readiness to
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      829 50  -  Rohit Brijnath ►>TENNIS By In Kuala Lumpur THE map of his face has a few more lines. He is losing his fight with his hair. He is more generous with his smile, which makes him look like Jack Nicholson's Joker. Once, this
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      511 50 REUTERS »SOCCER Bogota (Colombia) ARGENTINA lost their perfect three-game record in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday. They went down 1-2 in Colombia, as Carlos Tevez lost his head after just 25 minutes. The visitors were noticeably tired in the second half of
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      328 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sao Paulo INTER Milan striker Adriano (right) on Tuesday denied having drinking problems, saying he will overcome his recent struggles and return to Brazil's national team in the future. He arrived in Brazil last week to undergo physical training and psychological treatment with
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      214 50 »GOLF KOK Jo Ee has earned her ticket to the Faldo Series Asia 2007 grand finals at the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen from Dec 10-14. The tournament is endorsed by six-time Major winner Nick Faldo to unearth young golfing talents.
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        63 50 REUTERS LOS ANGELES: US cyclist Floyd Landis filed his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday, his final attempt to overturn a two-year doping ban that cost him the 2006 Tour de France title. He is appealing the ruling by an arbitration panel,
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        43 50 REUTERS HOBART (Australia): Olympic relay gold medal-win-ning swimmer Brooke Hanson announced her retirement on Tuesday. The Australian, 29, said she decided to quit after struggling to rediscover her motivation since suffering an electric shock in a spa pool earlier this year.
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        38 50 THUN: Swiss authorities on Tuesday charged six current and three former FC Thun soccer players with having sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl. Five other individuals, who are not footballers, have also been accused. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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        60 50 REUTERS WELLINGTON: Winger Doug Howlett, 29, was handed an undisclosed punishment, after being found guilty of serious misconduct yesterday by the New Zealand Rugby Union. On Oct 9, he was seen jumping on two cars outside a hotel at Heathrow Airport, after drinking in the wake of the
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      172 51 ASSOCIATED PRESS Mike Tyson, the self-proclaimed "baddest man on the planet", has been reduced to a fashion victim forced to wear pink handcuffs, socks and underwear along with his prison stripes. The former heavyweight boxing champion, 41, served a day's jail on Tuesday at Arizona's
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      499 51 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Knicks fans abuse coach during team's 7th straight loss New York THE message was loud and clear: Knicks fans were disgusted by what they saw. Coach Isiah Thomas did not blame them, not after a seventh straight National Basketball Association loss on
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      433 51 BASKETBALL NBA: Washington 116 Philadelphia 101, San Antonio 95 Atlanta 83, Milwaukee 111 Cleveland 107, LA Lakers 134 Indiana 114, Golden State 108 NY Knicks 82, Dallas 105 Toronto 99, Denver 112 Chicago 91, Phoenix 100 Sacramento 98. GOLF Singapore Junior Open Golf C'ships, 2nd rd (leaders only; A:
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      73 47 new balance WAREHOUSE Gear up for your long run, or shop for your loved ones. All products will be up for grabs at low, low prices. APPAREL FROM Ssls SHOES FROM Ss4o 22 24 November 2007 M I 60 Alexandra Terrace, The Comtech, J^s^ Function Rooms 1 2, Level 2,
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      548 49 [Ql ZHEN REN GONG TEMPLE (Q) BUKTT MERAH CCMC JOINTLY ORGANIZE Asia Pacific Bao Sheng Cultural Festival Racial Harmony 2007 22/1 l/07(Thu) 25/1 l/07(Sun) Official opening on 22/11/07 6 .OOpnT Mr. Sam Ton Chin Siong Ms. Indranee Thurai Rajah MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC Deputy Speaker of Parliament MP for
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      101 49 I i IJ I 80cm-130cm H Italian Matte With Base u^™, V| Kirin MOW: $780 $398 9 16""32" k. Wholesale and restaurant enquiries are welcome PoslureSalr"" 36"™""*4mClwlre S9O tsaJ^ «tr/ke with the @*M Vpt 9 LEGAL BOOKMAKER S^ S.League Bal Khalsa Sengkang Thu, 22/11/07 7.45pm I German League Karlsruhe Hertha
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      66 50 TV times BASKETBALL Maui Invitational: Final (Live, Ch23, 11am). CRICKET: Pakistan Tour of India: Ist Test, day 1 (Live, ChlO9, noon). GOLF: World Cup: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, 11.30am). Vietnam Masters: Day 1 (Live, Ch24, 3pm). Events BOWLING: AIA Singapore National C'ships (Superbowl Safra Mt Faber, 10am). SOCCER: S-League: Balestier
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      192 51 fA\ i for the Uniquely DesignedWaWcanfo The ZspCode Event The Heeren Shops h (in front of the Balcony Bar) 19-29 November 2007 Zap the designated code at the event venue and bid on-the-spot for the coveted "EZ Cheezy" at a starting price of $100. if you make the A highest
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      131 52 Hsiong Yu Choi Fong Age: 103 Passed away peacefully on 19 November 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Dr. S.L. Hsiong, Deceased) Sons: Hsiong William Hsiong Chaplin Daughters: Spouses: Hsiong Helen Phoa Lian Seng Hsiong Malen Leung She Wai Hsiong Florence Tommy Ong Hsiong Pik Lan
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      119 52 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 TEO HARRY TEO HARRIES Age: 70 was caffefi fame to be with t!ye Lord an io November 2.007, leaving bdfmb [oveb ones. Wife: Chee Ah Jun,
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      76 52 ATHMASHANTHIPOOJA We, The Family Of The Late MDM SUNDRAM KRISHNAVENI Departed on 8 November 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives friends for their condolences, assistance attendance duhng our recent bereavement. KARUMATHI PRAYERS will be held on Thursday 22 Nov 07 (night at Blk 21
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      40 52 The family of the late GOH WAH FONG Departed 3 Nov 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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      98 52 We, the family of the late MDM OH YEW NEO AW BOON NEE (Mrs Teo Keck Seng) Called Home to be with the Lord on 17 November 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to pastors, leaders and members of the Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church and Bedok
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      43 52 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of OH GWEK NEO departed 22 Nov 2001 Thou art gone, dear mother, Gone beyond the world of tears, But the memory of you wiU ever linger Through the pissing years Always remembered by: Son: Henry Loved Ones
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      49 52 In Loving Memory Of Our Second Uncle/ Grand-uncle CHEW CHOO HAN Departed on 18 Nov 2007 Always remembered by family. Lim Boon Sai U Aung Myint Lee Lay Lin Daw Khin Than Lin David Lim Albert Lim Mable Lim and The Management Staff of Marina Biscuit Factory Yangon, Myanmar
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      87 52 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of MRS CHEE TECK CHIANG NEE KWAN YAM PING, GLADYS Departed on 22 Nov 2006 Its been a year since you've left us, yet your presence still lingers with us. Though we dearly miss you, we are happy that God has taken you home for
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      79 52 ANBE SIVAM We, the family of the late MRS ANNAMMAH NADARAJAH Departed on 24 October 2007 would like to express our deepest gratitude and heartfelt appreciation for your kind attendance, assistance, contributions, floral tributes and prayers during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to Doctors and Staff of Ward *****A SGH
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      44 52 My Beloved Mother MARGARET LAI SWEE HOON Departed 22/11/93 Today recalls sad memories, Of a dear mother gone to rest, And the one who thinks of her today Is the one who loves her best Cherished missed by Sam, Lynn, Daryl and loved ones.
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      34 52 In Loving Memory Of FONG AH KOW Departed: 22 Nov 2003 Time changes many things But not the memory of this day brings A beloved face we'll never forget. Always remembered by: loved ones
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      124 52 Memory wanders as shadows fall sacK to trie daus or happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of ncr lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. f P^\ Obituaries IPP For booking enquiries, call 1800-289-9988 (office hours) I 6319-5192
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        7013 53 TRANSACTION DATE: NOV 21, 2007 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R3.5 22 34 104 3C 27 42 141 22 27 195 32 14.8 24 29 18 31 17.5 IS 43.5 26 126
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        1486 53 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY T RAD ED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MIL 3C 41.; 31 16.; 70.; 46.; 13.; 44.; IOC i;.; i; 16.; 2; 9C 48 19.; 19.; 10; 69 21.; 88 24.; 2.3 47.; 19.3 2;.; ii.; 74.; 21.; 4;.; 20 17 43.; 88 i;.;
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        51 53 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 119 520C 100C 1200C 1250C 3983 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 2835 6235 STIETF1OO... .US119 US620C US100C US1120C US1250C 3470 -9C 3554
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      576 54 GDP forecast cut to 1.60/o-2.60/o; situation may well feel like recession Washington THE United States Federal Reserve expects economic growth to slow sharply next year, and policymakers there are worried that even this forecast may prove too optimistic, according to an assessment the
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      411 54 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur sHARES in carmarker Pro:on crashed 18.6 per cent to a lear 10-year low yesterday is analysts warned that its fu:ure remained bleak after Kuala Lumpur ditched alliance talks with Germany's Volkswagen (VW). At the close, Proton shares ivere
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      203 54 REUTERS Dubai INVESTORS offered US$lOO billion (*****.9 billion) for shares in the initial public offering (IPO) of Dubai Ports (DP) World, the United Arab Emirates-based al-Khaleej newspaper reported yesterday. That is 19 times more than the maximum U554.96 billion the world's fourth-largest
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      37 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,837.66 (-373.86 points) »Japanese share prices closed down 2.46 per cent at a 16-month low, as a spike in the yen hurt exporters and offset the impact of Wall Street's rebound.
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      35 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 26,618.19 (-1,153.02 points) Hong Kong stocks fell sharply, down 4.15 per cent, as investors were unnerved by the slump in markets across Asia and record crude oil prices.
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      30 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,214.23 (-79.48 points) Chinese share prices closed 1.5 per cent lower as liquidity concerns weighed on sentiment ahead of a major initial public offering.
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      34 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,384.3 (-41.1 points) Australian share prices closed down 0.64 per cent as credit worries, forecasts for slower United States growth next year and the upcoming election fuelled uncertainty.
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      36 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,359.85 (-11.85 points) Malaysian stocks closed down 0.86 per cent in line with regional markets as investors fretted over the health of the United States economy and rising oil prices.
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      35 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 18,602.62 (-678.18 points) »Indian share prices closed sharply lower, down 3.52 per cent for a fifth straight decline, on concerns about record crude oil prices and the United States economy.
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      34 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,563.62 (-61.24 points) »Indonesian stocks closed 2.33 per cent lower yesterday, pressured by falls across markets in Asia and as oil prices neared the US$lOO a barrel mark.
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      38 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 807.58 (-22.47 points) Thai share prices closed 2.71 per cent lower amid a regional sell-off after the United States Federal Reserve sharply revised down the US economic growth projection for next year.
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      220 54 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,347.20 Nov 21 Mlgreen 0.45 Sscendasreit 0.84 CapitaComm 0.48 CapitaLand 4.35 CapitaMall 0.91 Chart SemiCond ...0.58 CityDev 2.66 ComfortDelGro 1.29 Cosco Corp 2.07 Creative Tech 0.16 DBSGrp 8.85 Datacraft 0.14 FSN 2.36 Genlntl 0.67 HK Land 3.54 Hyflux 0.31 IMH 3.16 ISH 1.97 lardine
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      58 54 Gems TV 81,134,000 Z-Obee Hldgs 47,422,000 ChinaNTown 43,390,000 SingTeIMBLeCWDBD2II 32,400,000 SingTel 30,351,000 DBS MBL eCWOBO2OI 30,185,000 CapitalanMßLeCWoBo2o6 23,277,000 Capita Land 21,324,000 Yangzijiang 20,709,000 UOB MBL eCWOBO4O4 20,354,000 Nov2l Jade Tech 19,884,000 Noble Grp 19,144,000 China Hongxing 17,881,000 SingTeISGAeCWDSO3I7 16,895,000 Gen Intl 16,079,000 DBS DB eCWOBO623A 15,870,000 •StarCruises 14,968,000
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      142 54 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE A Nov2l PPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2790 1.2940 Can dollar 1.4670 1.4840 Euro 2.1340 2.1590 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4287 0.4297 NZ dollar 1.0960 1.1190 Sterling pound 2.9750 3.0080 US dollar 1.4390
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      1999 54 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: NOV 21,2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED 43.5 20 2036 AdvSCI W*****9 56 7.5 9092 Asia Env W*****4 13.5 6.5 8756 Asiatic W*****2 25.5 13.5 1436 AusGroupMBLeCW*****4 31.5 25 3124 Brothers R 26 3 1437 CapitaMalSGAeCW*****4 16.5 4.5 1624 CapitalanBNPePW***** 22.5 1 2894 CapitalanMBLeCW*****8 19.5
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      456 55 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Surge to record U5599.29 due to tight global supplies and fall in value of US dollar OIL briefly rose above US$99 per barrel for the first time yesterday, as the greenback's fall drove demand for US dollar-denominat-ed crude,
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      Lock icon Crude more costly in S$, euros than at last year's high
      309 55  -  Grace Ng By OIL prices are poised to zoom past the US$lOO level, but is oil actually dearer now in Singapore dollar terms than at its last peak last year? Oil, which is sold in US dollars, has become
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      219 55 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OIL prices have risen since 1970, with fluctuations and some declines especially during the late 1980s and early *****. Here are some key milestones in the price of crude oil since then: »1970: Official price of Saudi crude fixed at US$l.BO per
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      395 56 BLOOMBERG NEWS Sydney SINGAPORE Power (SingPower), which is seeking to sell energy assets to its majority-owned Australian unit SP AusNet, might separately list the businesses in Australia should SP AusNet shareholders reject the transaction. SingPower might otherwise decide to keep
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      365 56 REUTERS They can hold up to 10 per cent each in this, as well as other private Indian banks, says Nath INDIA will allow Singapore's investment firms Temasek Holdings and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) to raise their stakes in
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      658 57  -  Joyce Teo It outpaces Mumbai as rents, occupancy costs rise 83% to $12.60 psf a month By Property Correspondent PRIME office rents have grown faster in Singapore than anywhere else in the world over the past year, a new report
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      366 57  -  JOYCE TEO FIVE small adjoining freehold apartment blocks near Thomson Road have been sold en bloc to Kim Seng Heng Realty, a subsidiary of listed KSH Holdings, for $120 million. The construction and property development group said yesterday that the combined
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      376 57 JOYCE TEO THE developer of a new entertainment mall in Bugis has boosted its budget for the project by $60 million, bringing its investment to $160 million from an initial $100 million. The mall, to be called Iluma, is expected to
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      661 58  -  Alvin Foo REUTERS STAKING STOCK ST Index falls 91 points, marking its fourth slump in five sessions By REGIONAL bourses including Singapore suffered a rout yesterday in the face of fresh worries about a slowdown in the United States and record crude
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      51 58 Nov 21 CENTS GLD 10US$ ISH GuocoLand Ltd Hyflux DairyFarm STI 3500BNPePW*****8 STI 3900BNPePW*****8 AVJennings STI 3400SGAePW*****0.. STI 3700SGAePW*****7.. 7950 144.7 1450 72.4 540 20.0 306 16.0 498 11.6 40.5 10.0 57.5 9.0 Ill 9.0 58 8.5 54 7.5 1.3 3.6 3.8 5.5 1.6 32.8 18.6 6.7 17.2
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      55 58 (0) Nov 21 CENTS Lyxor China H 10IISS lardine C8C SGX Venture Corp CityDev SIA 200 UOB DBS Grp Keppel Corp Keppel Land 2040 173.6 1790 140.0 1240 70.0 1260 70.0 1350 60.0 1740 60.0 1900 60.0 1920 40.0 1270 40.0 755 40.0 5.6 7.3 5.3 5.3 4.3
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      49 58 to 21 CE !TI 4100BNPeCW*****8 :hina XLXMBLeCW***** tepLand RB eCW*****0 :apitaMalSGAeCW***** :apitalanMBLeCW***** rangzijiaMEReCW***** !TI3900SGAeCW*****7 1CBC Bk MEReCW*****8 tepCorp DB eCW*****3 1 0.5 4 3 1 0.5 1.5 5 4 88.9 80.0 69.2 66.7 66.7 66.7 57.1 56.5 55.6 8.0 2.0 9.0 6.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 6.5 5.0
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      Lock icon SembMarine needs more time to sort forex mess
      672 58  -  Goh Eng Yeow NEWS ANALYSIS By Markets Correspondent SEMBCORP Marine (SembMarine) has finally begun to redeem itself in the eyes of its shareholders in the wake of a disastrous US$3O3 million (*****.2 million) loss it has incurred from "unauthorised" foreign exchange transactions.
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      Lock icon Only 2 in 10 S'poreans feel they have enough for retirement: Poll
      345 58  -  Lorn a Tan By Finance Correspondent ONLY two out of every 10 Singaporeans are confident of being financially secure enough to retire, according to an annual survey conducted by insurer AIA. The findings indicate that Singaporeans are less
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      254 58  -  GOHENGYEOW DIRECTORS' TRADES JUST days after delivering a sterling set of third-quarter earnings to his shareholders, billionaire Richard Elman has raised his stake in the firm he founded. A filing with the Singapore Exchange showed that Mr Elman bought 810,000 shares in Noble Group at
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      977 59  -  Tan Hui Yee Easing of rules expected to increase demand for exec condos By Housing Correspondent THE rising property market has brought executive condominiums (ECs) back from the brink of extinction. These homes which are halfway between public housing and
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        267 66 LAT-WP LOS ANGELES In a move to fill the Kodak Theatre's often-empty stage between the Academy Awards shows for which it was built, the theatre's owner has teamed up with Cirque du Soleil (below) to create a permanent show for the Hollywood venue. The 10-year,
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      490 73 A SINGAPORE-BASED guitarist and singer described by Time magazine earlier this year as "quite possibly the greatest musical interpreter of our time" is in the line-up for this year's A Jazzy Christmas, the annual Christmas jazz concert by Jeremy Monteiro, the local king
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        224 75 AFP LOS ANGELES Actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins were in serious condition on Tuesday after a blunder led to them being overdosed with an anti-clotting agent. Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace were in intensive care at Cedars Sinai Medical Center after being given a dose
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        112 75 HONG KONG Actors Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Andy Lau may team up again for director Andrew Lau's big-budget film based on the classic Chinese novel Water Margin. He previously directed them in Infernal Affairs and Infernal Affairs 111. Leung and Andy Lau are set to play
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