The Straits Times, 29 November 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 150 PAGES IN SIX PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 650 1  -  Tan Hui Yee Over 1,000 flats in 2 projects launched yesterday; 6,000 more to come by next June By Housing Correspondent NEWLY-WEDS need not worry about not having a new HDB roof over their heads. More than 7,000 new Housing
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  • 484 1  -  Lin Xinyi Marcel Lee Pereira By MADE-IN-CHINA canned pork products have practically vanished from shop shelves here. Supermarkets are down to their last few cans of luncheon meat, stewed pig trotters and minced pork. "What you see is what's left," said an
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  • 132 1 Singapore shooters gunned down five gold medals at the South-east Asia Games in Bangkok yesterday. And it was teenagers (front row, from left) Zhang Jin, Ong Jun Hong and Jonathan Koh who got the gold rush started. More significantly, their men's 10m air rifle team gold was
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  • UPFRONT
    • 902 1  -  Judith Tan By In Hanoi A GROUP of volunteer doctors and nurses from Singapore were taken aback when they went to Vietnam to show health workers at two cancer hospitals how to care for the dying. Instead of sharing how to recognise and
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 39 1 DRAGON BOAT TRAGEDY Htt^ SOCCER PITCH BUST-UP jl 9 MIRACLE THAT Wl COULD HAVE Wj^ T MORE DID NOT DIE DIED Coach NasimanKarim's account Daniel Bennet on Alam Shah's attack on him It; Et^. HOMEHS %jT" SPORTS HI7 iar
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 352 2 SECTION ONE HOME >r' me "2-4 plash floods swamp city Asia 6-25 Flash floods struck low-lying areas /orld i^'ip. of tne city yesterday>witn water Keview go rising to knee-high level in some "->" basement shops. SECTION TWO PAGE HI Home Hl-Hl3 Forum Hl4 Sports Hl5-Hl9 FORUM Obituaries H2O n c
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  • PRIME
    • 620 3  -  Yeo Ghim Lay Rules on quotas eased to allow more hiring at all levels, especially S-pass holders By COMPANIES hungry for workers cheered yesterday when the Government announced that they can soon hire more foreign workers. They can do so at all levels but
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    • 595 3  -  Lorn a Tan By Finance Correspondent SHOCKED clients of one of Singapore's largest insurance brokers say their financial nest eggs have been shifted to a rival firm without their consent. Police confirmed yesterday a number of reports had been filed
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    • 119 4 ST PHOTO: Knee-deep water left these cars stranded at the open-air carpark opposite Delta House yesterday. A canal nearby had overflowed following the heavy downpour islandwide, which started at about 2.30pm. This caused the carpark, located at the junction of Alexandra Road and Delta Road,
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    • 570 4  -  Karamjit Kaur They need either a visa or biometric document to enter the country By Aviation Correspondent SOME United States-bound travellers recently had their holiday plans disrupted when they were told at Changi Airport that they either had to get a
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    • 164 4 SINGAPORE citizens travelling to the US do not need a visa if: They have new biometric passports. Their older passports that were issued, renewed or extended between Oct 26, 2005, and Oct 25 last year have a digital photograph printed on the data page or a
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  • ASIA
    • 477 6 Thousands caught by surprise as water floods homes and closes road to airport Jakarta INDONESIA'S environment minister has blamed global warming for floods in some parts of the capital on Tuesday which forced thousands of people to flee inundated homes and cut off a highway leading
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    • 215 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS INDONESIA, which is losing its forest at a faster rate than any other country, launched a campaign yesterday to plant 79 million trees ahead of a critical climate change conference in Bali. "We will show Indonesia's strong commitment and action to
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    • CHINA
      • 543 10  -  VINCE CHONG Employees paid more than maximum of salary range; entertainment expenses also too high By Hong Kong Correspondent HONG KONG'S tourism board came under fire yesterday for mismanagement, with the city's audit commission reporting that it had been overpaying staff and
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      • 55 10 The winner of China's largest individual lottery prize hiding behind a plaque while receiving the PHOTO: top sum of 102 million yuan (Ss2o million). The unidentified person is from Gansu province, where the average income is 2,000 yuan a year. Officials are now trying to head off
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      • 296 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS Hong Kong HONG KONG hospitals performed liver grafts and kidney transplants on four patients using organs from a dead man who was later found to have had lung cancer, a hospital said yesterday. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital said it learnt
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      • 623 12  -  Clarissa Oon But Wen says Beijing will hold firmly to reforming currency gradually By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA yesterday pledged to do more to expand imports from Europe and give market forces more play over its currency during a tense one-day summit
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      • 340 12 Geneva THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) has appointed four appeal judges, one of them a Chinese, after Taiwan dropped its objection. The island's surprise objection to the appointment of a Chinese judge last week blocked the work of the WTO s seven-member Appellate
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 387 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOTO: Tokyo A CHINESE warship dropped anchor off Tokyo yesterday for the first time since World War 11, symbolising improving ties between the countries. The port call by the guided missile destroyer Shenzhen, with 345 officials and sailors on board, is
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      • 581 13  -  Kwan Weng Kin Former top Japan bureaucrat accused of favouring contractor in return for paid golf trips By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo A FORMER top Japanese defence bureaucrat was arrested yesterday on suspicion of having extended favours to a defence contractor in exchange for paid
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
      • 537 16 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE He will be sworn in today as civilian president and may lift emergency rule Rawalpindi (Pakistan) GENERAL Pervez Musharraf finally quit as army chief yesterday, trading the post for a second five-year term as president and fulfilling a promise many Pakistanis
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      • 354 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamabad IN HIS old job as Pakistan's spy supremo, he lived in the shadows, but yesterday, General Ashfaq Kiyani took over as the country's army chief in bright sunshine and with the world's eyes watching his every move. President Pervez Musharraf
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 503 18  -  Alastair Mclndoe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS Police reject UN report saying military systematically killed left-wing activists By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THE Philippine police blamed a purge by communist rebels for a recent wave of political killings, rejecting a report released this week
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      • 236 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Manila BIG storm waves battered provinces along the Philippines' western and southern coasts, sending over 8,000 people fleeing and killing at least three, officials said yesterday. High waves spawned by Typhoon Hagibis flipped over two boats in Taal Lake, south of Manila, leaving
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      • 482 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE No fear of another coup if pro-Thaksin party wins, assures army commander Bangkok THAILAND'S army commander has insisted that the military has no role in the Dec 23 elections, and dismissed concerns of another coup if voters
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      • 420 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo PRESIDENT Nguyen Minh Triet of Vietnam, which joins the UN Security Council next year, yesterday rejected Western moves to punish Myanmar, saying his country remembered the pain of economic sanctions. But Mr Triet said Vietnam shared concerns about military-ruled Myanmar,
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      • 246 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is considering allowing schools tc cane unruly girls to curb an upsurge in discipline problems, including gang fights and bullying, reports said yesterday. Currently, only boys are caned in Malaysiar schools rarely and for serious offences. The punishment
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 478 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK More to be charged; Indian MP is taken to task for backing the illegal gathering Kuala Lumpur DOZENS of Indian Malaysians who took part in Sunday's mass protest were charged in court yesterday with participation
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      • 98 24 REUTERS More than 100 people face charges for taking part in the mass rally. They were among the more than 5,000 protesters seeking to air their grievances over the lack of opportunities in education and jobs available to the Indian community in Malaysia. PHOTO: The protesters were also
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      • 387 24 By P. Jayaram India Correspondent In New Delhi POLITICIANS in Tamil Nadu say they are concerned about the "bad treatment" of Tamils in Malaysia and want the Indian government to take immediate steps to stop their sufferings. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.
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      • 322 24 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM REUTERS Kuala Lumpur VEHICLES from Singapore crossing into Johor via the Second Link Expressway will have to pay higher tolls from Jan 1, the Malaysian government announced yesterday. Passenger cars using the Second Link route will have to
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 23 6 Yet another scandal Former top Japanese defence bureaucrat Takemasa Moriya has been arrested on suspicion of extending favours for golf trips. PAGE 13
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  • WORLD
    • 608 27  -  Derwin Pereira MID-EAST CONFERENCE IN ANNAPOLIS Israeli-Palestinian statement promise to 'resolve all outstanding issues without exception By US Bureau Chief In Washington ISRAEL and the Palestinians have pledged to seek a peace deal by the end of next year as they relaunched negotiations
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    • 109 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAUDI ARABIA'S Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, urged delegates to work towards a comprehensive Arab-Israeli settlement by reviving stalled peace talks between Israel and its Arab neighbours Syria and Lebanon. In a statement of support for the Annapolis peace gathering, the Prince
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    • 118 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE IRAN said on Tuesday it had invited Palestinian militant factions to a meeting in Teheran next month aimed at countering the US-hosted Middle East peace conference in Annapolis. Government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said the ongoing conference in the US does not represent Palestinians,
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    • 115 27 REUTERS RUSSIA will host the next Middle East peace conference, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies yesterday. "Everyone welcomed our readiness to hold the next meeting in Moscow. "The timing and the agenda, of course, needs to be
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    • 452 29  -  Salma Khali k New technology will make it easier and faster to predict and pre-empt diseases By Health Correspondent In Chicago MEDICINE is fast becoming less about treatment than dealing with problems before they happen, and America's biggest medical gathering this week has been showing
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    • 409 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London EUROPEAN health officials are keeping a wary eye out for an obscure mosquitoborne disease following an outbreak of nearly 300 cases of chikugunya fever in Italy. The outbreak of the disease more commonly found in
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    • 195 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS STFILE PHOTO Basel (Switzerland) SWISS drugmaker Roche has accepted a recommendation by a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel to put a stronger warning label on its Tamiflu treatment for influenza, a spokesman said yesterday. But she said all patients with
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 88 29 REUTERS RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said yesterday it had arrested 208 people for involvement in several cells planning attacks on an oil installation as well as on clerics and security forces. State TV said that one of the cells was planning to smuggle missiles into the
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      • 93 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NARATHIWAT (Thailand): A Muslim military informant was shot and crucified, while two Buddhist men were beheaded yesterday by suspected Islamic separatists in Thailand's restive south, police said. The 58-year-old man, who acted as an informant to Thailand's military, was shot and then
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      • 94 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: An exploding cellphone battery may have killed a South Korean man, police said yesterday, although the phone's manufacturer said it was unlikely. The man, identified only by his family name Sun, was found dead with his cellphone battery melted in his shirt
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      • 87 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japanese car giant Toyota Motor said yesterday that it was recalling about 264,000 cars in Japan and abroad to repair defective fuel pipes. It will recall 215,020 Crown, Mark X and Lexus sedans at home and 49,000 Lexus GS and IS
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      • 84 29 BLOOMBERG COLOMBO: A female suicide bomber blew herself up in an attack yesterday on a Sri Lankan government minister after the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said army operations are destroying any chance of peace. The bomber killed one person and
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      • 94 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA: A prosecutor is investigating whether to prosecute the Turkish publisher of a best-selling book by atheist writer Richard Dawkins for inciting religious hatred, reports said yesterday. Publisher Erol Karaaslan said that he would be questioned by an Istanbul prosecutor as part of
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    • 788 31  -  Susan Sachs AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS He accuses them of attempted murder amid uneasy calm in tense Paris suburbs By For The Straits Times In Paris FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed yesterday that rioters who shot at police during two days of
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    • 89 31 Two teenagers Moshin Cehhouli, 15, and Lakami Samoura, 16 die after their motorcycle collides with a police car in Villiers-le-Bel on Sunday. Residents claim officers left the scene without helping the teens. They accuse officers of not letting them help. Six hours of riots follow. From Monday
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    • 303 31 REUTERS ONE of the two victims of a motorcycle crash that sparked riots in a Paris suburb presented himself as a confident teenager scornful of conformists on his blog before his death. He also said he loved his mother and, like
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    • 437 31 NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Paris TWO years after France's immigrant suburbs exploded in rage, the rituals and acts of resentment have reappeared with an eerie sameness roving gangs clashing with riot police forces and the government appealing for calm. But while
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    • 458 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CEO apologises for airline's conduct in fixing cargo rates to and from the US Sydney AUSTRALIA'S biggest airline Qantas yesterday apologised for its involvement in an international price-fixing scam and said it had agreed to pay a fine of
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    • 74 32 PHOTO: A I.skg white truffle, said to be the biggest in 50 years, will be auctioned off for charity on Saturday in Macau, where it is expected to fetch 150,000 euros (*****,000). Displaying his precious find in Rome on Tuesday, truffle hunter Cristiano Savini said his dog sniffed
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    • 198 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sydney POLICE yesterday were trying to find out who left two pig heads stuck on metal stakes outside the site of a planned Islamic school in Australia's largest city. An Australian flag was draped between the two heads. State
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      • 227 33 REUTERS INDIA'S first woman police officer is leaving the force after more than three decades of service. The announcement by Ms Kiran Bedi, known as a tough, no-nonsense officer who spoke her mind, comes months af- ter she was bypassed for the
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      • 189 33 BRITISH teacher Gillian Gibbons (right), accused by the Sudanese authorities of insulting Islam by letting her class name a toy bear Mohammad, has a defender in one of her students. "The teacher asked me what I wanted to call the teddy," the sev-en-year-old boy told
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      • 134 33 REUTERS, LOS ANGELES TIMES THE retired Florida professor who invented Gatorade, the hydrating drink that created a mul-ti-billion-dollar sports beverage market, has died of kidney failure at age 80. Dr Robert Cade, a medical researcher and kidney specialist, had been in declining health
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    • 474 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS He seeks to refute Hillary's claims he lacks experience to be president Portsmouth, (New Hampshire) US DEMOCRAT presidential hopeful Barack Obama, confronting claims that he is light on foreign policy, has surrounded himself with heavyweights who say his differences with rival Hillary
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    • 638 34 Some billionaires might have the money, but prefer to live frugally New York BRITISH billionaire John Caudwell may pack a pretty penny in his bank account, but he shuns the likes of Gucci and Prada in favour of high street
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    • 373 34 REUTERS Detroit AN ESCALATING mortgage crisis will push another 1.4 million US homes into foreclosure and drive nationwide property values lower by 7 per cent next year, according to a report by a group representing city mayors. The report, released on Tuesday by
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    • 27 27 Fined for pricing scam Qantas apologises for its involvement in an international air cargo price-fixing scam and agrees to pay a fine of $88 million. PAGE 33
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    • 418 35 POPULAR discontent among Malaysians is not unusual for the nation's weighted multiracial construct. But a troubling trend has emerged lately of citizen activism that hints at more than surface dissatisfaction. Two big street protests in Kuala Lumpur this month captured attention not for the thousands of
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    • 876 35  -  David Ignatius »THE ANNAPOLIS TALKS By mentation of the future peace treaty will be subject to the implementation of the road map, as judged by the US". The Israelis won an important concession here, in the understanding that a treaty won't happen unless there
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    • 1226 35  -  John R. Bradley LIBYA'S NEW TRAVEL RULES By Senior Writer EARLIER this month, an Italian cruise ship carrying more than 2,000 passengers was turned away from Tripoli, the Libyan capital. The same day, Berne lodged a formal complaint after passengers on a Swiss airline flight
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    • 912 36  -  Thomas L. Friedman THE NEW YORK TIMES ►>THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT By THE Middle East is experiencing something we haven't seen in a long, long time: moderates getting their act together a little, taking tentative stands and pushing back on the bad guys.
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    • 895 37  -  Caroline Baum SIGNALS OF DISTRESS By EVERYWHERE you turn in the US today, recession is staring you in the face. The Sunday New York Times featured a story on the prospects for recession. The following day, the Wall Street Journal ran a recession article on page
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    • 203 35 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Editor-in-Chief (English Alan Chan Heng Loon Malay Newspapers) Patrick Daniel Executive Vice-President Executive Vice-President (Marketing) (Newspaper Services Leslie Fong Chinese Newspapers) Robin Hu Editor Han Fook Kwang
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    • 1108 38 FYT Singapore today I I Occasionally windy, showers with thunder in the afternoon. THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 2007 ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS I 1 Emergency lines UO IUUAY d^fSWnm V PoHce 999 :X Tnl n Clear PoHce Hotline 1800-255-0000 TDKYD A~ Civfl Defence (Fire, Rescue and Emergency
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    • 576 40  -  Carolyn Quek FLASH FLOODS IN SINGAPORE Eateries and shops hit by sudden, heavy rainfall; cars also not spared By IT WAS "high tea" at the Starbucks outlet in Liat Towers yesterday afternoon, as water rose to knee level. Thanks to the sudden
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    • 152 41 ST PHOTO: For several hours yesterday, Central Singapore was deluged with heavy rain causing flash floods, waterlogged shops and stranded cars. About 40 per cent of the average rainfall for November fell in just a few hours. Many Straits Times readers sent their
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    • 460 43  -  Lim Wei Chean By THE man who raised the alarm on the five rottweilers in Lengkong Tiga in August said yesterday: "I told you so." Semi-retired businessman Foo Seek Siong, 66, added: "The authorities should do something before yet another incident
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    • 405 43  -  David Boey HEARTBROKEN "I felt my spirit crushed." MR CHEE KIN FUNG, 55 Estranged father of Chee Wei Cheng will attend son's funeral despite frosty reception at wake ODD-JOB worker Chee Kin Fung was watching the television news last Sunday night when he
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    • 147 43 A JOINT memorial service will take place today for the five dragon boat athletes who drowned in Cambodia last Friday. It will start at 12.55pm at the Mandai Crematorium and the captain of the Singapore team, Mr Yeo Chin Hwei, 27, is scheduled to speak in
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    • 813 44  -  Arlina Arshad Coach says he too was worried about the strong currents but all decided it was bad to pull out By FIVE days after the tragedy that claimed five members of his dragon boat team, coach Nasiman Karim said he feels life jackets
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    • 383 44  -  ARLINA ARSHAD NATIONAL dragon boat team coach Nasiman Karim remembers the frantic seconds after his boat tipped over on the Tonle Sap river last Friday, tossing 22 men into the water. He tried desperately to reach for a rubber tyre tied
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    • 362 46  -  Only 92-octane is below $2 as prices go up by 5 cents; diesel price also up OIL companies raised petrol and diesel prices yesterday, pushing all but one grade of petrol above the $2 level. Prices increased by five cents
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    • 473 46  -  Christopher Tan By PHOTO: Senior Correspondent HYBRID cars first hit the roads here in 1999 and, after a slow start, sales are finally picking up. In the first 10 months of the year, 516 of these "green" cars were snapped up, more than the
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    • 532 49  -  Theresa Tan Charity watchdog says it has rectified its weaknesses By Community Correspondent A WELL-KNOWN charity has put its house in order about a year after it was rocked by news of serious financial lapses, the Government said yesterday. Youth Challenge,
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    • 166 49 YOUTH Challenge founder Vincent Lam (left) has been jobless since he resigned from the charity under a cloud of controversy in January. However, Mr Lam, 45, told The Straits Times that he doesn't plan to get another job any time soon. "My job,
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    • 319 49  -  EMILY LEX TWO nights of singing and dancing by Child Aid performers have raised a record $450,000 for underprivileged children. The sum exceeds the initial target of $300,000 and beats last year's effort of $390,000. It brings the total amount raised since the
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    • 520 51  -  Sandra Davie They are No. 2 among countries which took test in English, beating peers from England, US By Education Correspondent SINGAPORE pupils have scored better than their English-speaking peers from several countries, including England and the United States, in an international reading
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    • 144 51 READING STUDY RANK and scores of school systems that took the Pirls test in English. 1. Canada, Alberta: 560 2. Singapore: 558 2. Canada, British Columbia: 558 3. Canada, Ontario: 555 4. Canada, Nova Scotia: 542 5. United States: 540 6. England: 539 7.
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    • 373 51  -  Sandra Davie By Education Correspondent A 14-YEAR-OLD Tanjong Katong Girls' School (TKGS) student collapsed and died on Tuesday while on a school trip in Kota Tinggi in Johor. Nour Radiatulhuda Johan Radia to her classmates had complained of shortness of breath while
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    • 551 51  -  Lee Hui Chieh By READING the newspaper on a plane early this year, Dr Gordon Ku was struck by a forecast that said Singapore's population would hit 6.5 million in about 40 years. Based on those numbers, he estimated that 1,625 people would see
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    • 311 51  -  Chong Chee Kin SPEAKING WITHOUT PERMIT By SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) leader Chee Soon Juan, on trial for speaking in public without a permit, probed into the legality of his actions when he cross-examined a police officer yesterday. If what he did
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      • 89 51 A SECRETARY went on trial yesterday for burning her maid's hand with a hot iron. Ng Tang Kwee, 39, is said to have caused hurt to her Filipino maid, Ms Adelaida Tanurio San Juan, 34, at her Hougang flat on Nov 11 last year.
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      • 52 51 A FORMER finance and administrative manager of the Singapore Armed Forces Yacht Club was fined $6,000 yesterday for taking $5,500 from the club in 2005. Chong Leong Thian, 50, was facing cash-flow problems when he committed the offence. He pleaded guilty to criminal breach
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      • 69 51 TWO more suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of Mr Suhaimi Sulong, 37. The victim was attacked on the second floor of Orchard Towers last Friday. One suspect, a 27-year-old, surrendered himself on Tuesday. The other, a 20-year-old, was arrested yesterday. Police
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    • 127 52 The Singapore Airshow debuts in February at a new facility near Changi Airport. To provide easy access for visitors, a new six-lane road has been built. Organisers have also promised fewer traffic jams and shorter queues. »The event will be held from Feb 19 to
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    • 571 52  -  Karamjit Kaur New 2.5km-long road, on-site parking, self-service kiosks aim to make event more accessible By Aviation Correspondent A NEW 2.5km-long road to the site is ready, a massive hall has been built and all available exhibition space has been booked. The countdown now
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    • 318 53  -  Pauline Ong Poh Ling (Ms) IN THE light of the heartrending dragon-boat tragedy in Cambodia, it is timely to raise the issue of safety at the school level. Parents with school-going children are familiar with the consent forms for students to take part
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    • 308 53  -  Jean Tan (Ms) I REFER to the letter by Ms Sharon Lin, "Long hours the bane of contract worker" (ST, Nov 24). The Employment Act sets out the basic rights and duties of employers and employees and it applies to both workers who
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    • 367 53  -  Koh Yong Fong (Ms) I REFER to the letter by Mr Chang Kay Hoi, "Mayhem calls into question aim to be cruise hub" (ST, Nov 23). The scene Mr Chang encountered is unique to occasions during peak cruise season when there are more than
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    • 199 53  -  Karen Tan (Ms) THE Ministry of Health (MOH) fully agrees that a patient's religious affiliation should be respected and there should not be any pressure, subtle or otherwise, to convert patients to another religion, as noted by Dr Tan Chek Wee in "Community
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    • 210 53  -  Ch'ng Poh Tiong I REFER to the article, "S'poreans not ready for non-Chinese PM" (ST, Nov 23). I disagree with former Cabinet minister S. Dhanabalan that Chinese Singaporeans are not ready to accept a non-Chinese prime minister. I wish to assure him that most
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    • 140 53  -  David Soh Poh Huat WITH the good economic growth, the Government has announced additional bonus payments for civil servants. This is leadership by example: in bad times, freeze pay; in good times, pay more. This makes me wonder whether the private sector
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    • 230 53  -  Helen Teo Siok Chen (Mrs) I WRITE to caution visitors to the new Jacob Ballas Children's Garden at the Botanic Gardens. My toddler grandson wanted to use the slide at the playground last week. I accompanied him down the slide, with him seated on my
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    • 116 53  -  Lisa Low (Ms) I JOG at the Botanic Gardens twice a week and occasionally run into park-goers smoking within the premises. Smoking causes air pollution and disturbs the environment of a place people visit for recreational activities and to get close to nature. It is
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    • 128 53  -  Thorn Khai Wor AFTER reading the report, "Lucky escape for driver" (ST, Nov 27), I regret not writing in earlier. I drive along Selegie Road regularly and have been watching the handling of steel bars by foreign workers with deep concern. I wonder
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    • 30 53 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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    • 90 53 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Dragon boat tragedy: Being a good swimmer wouldn't have helped Never take sensitivities of different religious beliefs for granted Taxi drivers need to change attitude Third-rate helpline service for world-class event Forced to give marathon
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  • SPORTS
    • 806 54  -  Terrence Voon Jonathan leads teen brigade to 10m air rifle triumph, the first of Spores five By In Bangkok HE ADMITS to being a nervous wreck in finals, and never shoots well. Yet, Jonathan Koh held his nerve in the biggest final of his 17-year-old
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    • 47 54 GOLD Shooting Men: Gai Bin (10m air pistol), Jonathan Koh (10m air rifle, above), Mohamed Zain Amat (trap), 10m air rifle team, trap team SILVER Shooting Men: Ong Jun Hong (10m air rifle), 50m free pistol team. BRONZE Shooting Men: Lee Wung Yew (trap)
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    • 119 54 10m air pistol, individual: 1 Gai Bin (Sin) 674.4 points 2 Panichpatikum Jakkrit (Tha) 672.3 3 Tran Quoc Cuong (Vie) 671.7. 10m air rifle, individual: 1 Jonathan Koh (Sin) 690.6pts 2. Ong Jun Hong (Sin) 687.5 3 Emerito Concepcion (Phi) 686.9. 10m air rifle, team: 1 Singapore 1,767pts
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    • 82 54 SHOOTING Women's 10m air pistol qualification, final (individual/team): Fan Xiaoping, Pheong Siew Shya, Zhao Huijing Men's 25m standard pistol qualification, final (individual/team): Gai Bin, Poh Lip Meng, Rafiee Sairi Women's 50m rifle three positions qualification, final (individual): Zhang Jingna Medal tally COUNTRY G S Sjngapore Vietnam Myanmar
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    • 646 54  -  Terrence Voon By In Bangkok IT WAS a showdown worthy of the old Westerns. A three-way sudden-death shoot-out that would decide who would win the coveted men's individual trap gold. In Bangkok's afternoon heat yesterday, Singapore's Lee Wung Yew and
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    • 496 55  -  Wang Meng Meng ST PHOTO: Triathlon hope Mok not distracted by Gino Ng legal saga and not having a wing-man By ria, that 19-year-old Mok's name was mentioned repeatedly in the media. Ng, 35, was unhappy that Shaun Phoon who did not complete the first
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    • 89 55 Cycling Men: Low Ji Wen (42km individual time trial/ 160.20 km massed start), lan Krempl and Mohamed Arsek Mohd Herman (Downhill). Medal tally at the 2005 Games: Nil Rowing Women: Saiyidah Aisyah Mohd Rafaee (lightweight singles scull/double sculls), Elsie Lim (above, singles scull/double
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    • 523 55  -  Wang Meng Meng WANG MENG MENG His late grandma gave him $25k to pursue his love for cycling, now he wants to fulfil her wish By HE INHERITED $25,000 from his late grandmother but Low Ji Wen, 17, did not blow
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    • 557 55  -  Leonard Lim By In Korat THE first thing that strikes most first-time visitors to Korat population 148,000 is the distinct lack of taxis. Tourists have to rely on one of the 100 or so open-air tuk-tuks to get around the sleepy town, leaving
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    • 307 55 TEAM Singapore's exploits at the South-east Asia Games will get more than 25 hours of airtime. MediaCorp TV Channel 5 will be broadcasting the Dec 6-15 Thailand Games exclusively. The coverage will also be simulcast on TVMobile. The coverage will kick off with
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    • 989 56  -  Marc Lim »SOCCER Bennett has headaches because of Alam Shah's attack and wants S-League to take action By Sports Correspondent THE pain in his head and back is subsiding, but slowly. His recollection of events during Sunday's Singapore Cup final is coming back, albeit in
      DESMOND WEE  -  989 words
    • 539 56 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS London FORMER Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has invited the Football Association (FA) to approach him about the vacant England coach's job, British media reported. The Portuguese parted company with Chelsea in September after three successful years at Stamford
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    • 66 56 WHO will replace Steve McClaren as England's new coach? Predict who the new man will be and tell us, in 50 words or less, why your choice is worthy of the position. STOMP will reward one correct winner with $1,000. Contest starts now in
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    • 833 56  -  Neil Humphreys »NOTES FROM THE LIGHTER SIDE By STEVE McClaren had to go. Not because England failed to qualify for Euro 2008, or because he continues to overlook Robert Green, or even because his secret weapon was a circus act
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    • 625 57 REUTERS SOCCER But Arsenal boss does not regret changing line-up in 1-3 loss to Sevilla Madrid ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger insisted he did not regret fielding an un-der-strength team that lost 1-3 at Sevilla in the Champions League on Tuesday. His words could come back to haunt
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    • 202 57 Group E Stuttgart 3 Glasgow Rangers 2 Lyon 2 Barcelona 2 Group F Dynamo Kiev 1 AS Roma 4 Manchester United 2 Sporting Lisbon 1 Group G CSKA Moscow 0 PSV Eindhoven 1 Inter Milan 3 Fenerbahce 0 Group H Sevilla 3 Arsenal 1 Steaua Bucharest 1 Slavia
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    • 514 57 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London CRISTIANO Ronaldo's last-gasp winner against Sporting Lisbon certainly gave credence to Alex Ferguson's claim that the winger is the world's best player. It also meant his Manchester United teammates can relax. United clinched top spot in Group F a
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    • 201 57 REUTERS GLASGOW Rangers' hopes of qualifying for the Champions League knock-out phase were dealt a blow on Tuesday when Germany's Stuttgart came from behind to record their first Group E win, 3-2, thanks to Ciprian Marica five minutes from time. Combined with Lyon's 2-2 draw
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    • 535 57 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sydney SAUDI Arabian goal-ma-chine Yasser Al Qahtani, nicknamed "The Sniper", was yesterday named Asia's Player of the Year. At a glittering awards ceremony in Sydney, Iraq were voted Asia's Team of the Year. Al-Qahtani beat off challenges from Iraqi
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    • 137 57 REUTERS JAPAN coach Ivica Osim has awoken from a coma following a stroke earlier this month. The Bosnian, 66, has been in intensive care since collapsing at his Chiba home on Nov 16 while climbing the stairs. "He's slowly regaining consciousness," said the Japan FA's Hideto Teshima. "He's
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    • 189 57  -  Rio de Janeiro ASSOCIATED PRESS THE Brazilian soccer stadium where seven people died after a stand collapsed will be destroyed and a new one will be built in its place. At least 40 others were injured on Sunday in Salvador, a coastal city of
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    • 604 58  -  Abdul Hafiz MOTOR RACING Paddock Club suites are costliest of corporate tickets on sale from yesterday By LOBSTER to whet the appetite, milk-fed veal for dinner and free flow of Mumm champagne sprayed by drivers on the podium after Formula 1 Grands Prix to
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    • 274 58 REUTERS SAILING Boston NEW York's top court ruled on Tuesday in favour of BMW Oracle Racing, in a lawsuit that pitted its billionaire owner Larry Ellison against Swiss holders Alinghi over the staging of the next America's Cup. Ellison, an American software magnate, had
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    • 186 58 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS CYCLING Frankfurt CYCLING suffered a body blow when Deutsche Telekom ended its US$lB million (5526.1 million) annual sponsorship of the T-Mobile team, after the sport became tarnished by repeated doping scandals. In announcing the decision to end its sponsorship contract two years early, Europe's
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    • 369 58 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Cleveland THERE is at least one other Big Three in the National Basketball Association, and this trio is not gracing any magazine covers. Leßron James scored 38 points, Drew Gooden added a season-high 24 and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 15 as Cleveland's threesome
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    • 240 58 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »HOCKEY Kuala Lumpur THE Champions Trophy, which gets under way today, gives the world's two top teams, the Netherlands and Australia, a chance to gauge each other's strengths before next year's Beijing Olympics. European champions the Netherlands and world No 1
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 66 58 SINGAPORE golfer Lam Zhiqun carded a 71 to lie joint-second on day one of the Putra Cup in the Philippines. Lam, Hong Kong's Jimmy Koh and Thailand's Varan Israbhakdi trail trail another Thai, Varut Chomchalam by two strokes. Another Singaporean, Jonathan Woo, is tied for
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      • 58 58 LONDON: Four men have been arrested in connection with alleged corruption in British football, reported the BBC. Police said the men aged 69, 55, 48 and 30 were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting. London police are investigating allegations of corruption within
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      • 50 58 SYDNEY: The morning after scoring from a free kick for the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 3-5 exhibition loss to Sydney FC in front of 80,000 fans, David Beckham launched a fragrance range at a downtown department store. The range is called "David Beckham Intimately". ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      • 50 58 SYDNEY: The Singapore Slingers lost 95-126 to the West Sydney Razorbacks in a National Basketball League game yesterday. The defeat was the fourth loss in as many games for the Slingers on their current road trip in Australia, and their eighth away from home this season.
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    • 306 58 BADMINTON Hong Kong Super Series, 2nd rd Men: Kenneth Jonassen (Den) bt Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) 21-15 23-21, Gong Weijie (Chn) bt Dicky Palyama (Ned) 21-18 21-12, Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) bt Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) 21-10 21-14, Yeoh Kay Bin (Mas) bt Lv Vi (Chn) 22-20 25-23, Hafiz Hashim
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    • 26 54 Come and get me: Jose Former Chelsea manager Mourinho has asked the English Football Association to contact him for the vacant national coach post. PAGE Hl7
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    • 74 58 TV times BASKETBALL: ACC/Big 10 Challenge: NC State v Michigan State (Bam), North Carolina v Ohio State (10am) Live, Ch23. GOLF: NZ Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, 10am). HOCKEY: Champions Trophy: Britain v Netherlands (4pm), Germany v Pakistan (6pm), Malaysia v Australia (Bpm) Live, Ch22. SOCCER: Uefa Cup, 2nd rd:
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  • OBITURIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      165 59 Loo Yoke Heng Age: 88 Passed away peacefully on 27 Nov 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Richard Lee Teck Cheong (Deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Boon Hong Charlie Man Nyok Ying Rose Lee Mun Foo Philip Cheah Chiew Heng Lee Mun Kin David Chong Siew Moi Cecilia Lee Mun Kit
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      100 59 PETER TEO SEE LIEOK Age: 48 Passed away peacefully on 22 Nov 2007. Deeply missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Wong Wai Leng Felicia Father: Mother: Teo Chow Wong Tan Bee Liang Sons: Nicholas Teo Joo Fuat Timothy Teo Teck Huat Brother: Sister-in-law: Teo See Keong Tan Wan
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      61 59 In Loving Memory Of JONATHAN WEE SUEN KIT Departed 29 Nov 1992 15 long years have passed us by Yet so strong remain the ties That bind us to your tender smile, Gentle face and loving heart To keep us warm each passing day Memories of you will never fade.
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      59 59 MDMR.THANAM Age:7l passed away peacefully on 28 November 2007. Dearly missed by Husband: Balasamy Nareseiah Chetly Sons: Kannan, Asokan, Chandran, Thuraisamy Daughter: Komathi Siblings, In-laws, Grandchildren, Relatives Friends Body is resting at Blk 253 #07-1039 Yishun Ring Rd. Tel: *****421. Cortege will leave on 29 Nov 2007 CThurs) at 3.30pm
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      61 59 Mrs Kon Tong Thye 25 November 1915 21 November 2007 The family of the late Mrs Kon Tong Thye thanks all relatives and friends for your love and support in our bereavement. You have given us strength and comfort in this time of grief. Thank you also for the lovely
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      141 59 7* .Jfoffi-- '^-7*^. *T fj§T "For God so loved the world that He gave p His one and only Son, that whoever believes in *ra Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 SARUVAMALAI PETER Age: 52 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 November
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      110 59 'The LORD is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want." PSALM 23:1 YONGCHOONFAH JOHN Age: 71 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 Nov 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: (Cheng bin Hiang, deceased) Children: Yong Susan, Yong Liew, Yong Soo Lee Winnie Sons-in-law: Francis Cheong
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      36 59 FIRST i ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF I NG CHWEE CHWEE Departed: 29 Nov 2006 Thanks for the beautiful memories you left us. Forever Cherished By KONG YONG PRIMARY SCHOOL classmates from Pri 6B (1985) J
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      44 59 I OM SHANTI 6TH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of TARAGAURI PRAVINCHANDRA DOSHI AGE 75 Passed away peacefully on 29th Nov 2001 Time changes many things but not the memory this day brings. Fondly remembered always loved by Husband Pravin Satish, Saryu, Ketan, Poorvi Hetal
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      45 59 2 nd ANNIVERSARY SUPPIAH GOVINDASAMY Departed on 29 November 2005 Your presence is ever near us, Your Save remains with us yet; You were the kjnd qjrfather, Your loved ones wuTnever Met Dearly missed and fondly remembered by beloved wife, sons, daughter and grandchildren. i
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  • MONEY
    • SGX SECURITIES
      • 7513 60 TRANSACTION DATE: NOV 28, 2007 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R3.5 34 104 3C 42 141 195 32 14 8 24 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16
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      • 1429 60 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY T RAD ED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MIL 3C 41.; 31 16.; 70.; 22.; 46.; 13.; 44.; IOC i;.; i; 16.; 2; 9C 48 19.; 19.; 10; 69 21.; 38 24.; 2.3 7 47.; 19.3 24.; li.; 74.; 21.; 4;.; 20 17 43.;
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      • 69 60 52-WEEK IEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY NEI P/E M CAI $MII 0RHIGH LOW 119 520C 100C 1120C 1250C 3983 3977.9 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 2835
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    • 668 61 INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Change to high-yield investments due to falling US dollar and growing cash pile London BY AGREEING to purchase a US$7.5 billion (Sslo.B billion) stake in the faltering banking giant Citigroup, the secretive, gov-ernment-controlled Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
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    • 270 61 REUTERS New York CITIGROUP got a call from a prominent investment banker suggesting a merger with Bank of America, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday in its online edition. This came as Citi was dealing with the departure of chief execu- tive
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    • 390 61 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington SALES of previously owned United States homes fell last month to the lowest level in at least eight years as loan restrictions and the prospect of further price declines deterred buyers. Purchases dropped 1.2 per cent, more than forecast,
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    • 34 61 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,153.78 (-69.07 points) »Japanese share prices closed down 0.45 per cent as investors took profits from the recent rebound amid jitters about the United States sub-prime mortgage crisis.
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    • 38 61 AFP Yesterday's close: 27,371.24 (+161.03 points) Hong Kong stocks closed 0.59 per cent higher as investors accumulated property stocks in the afternoon on fresh hopes for a United States interest rate cut next month.
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    • 33 61 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,803.39 (-57.72 points) Chinese share prices closed 1.19 per cent lower, led by property developers and steelmakers amid worries over further policy tightening measures by the government.
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    • 31 61 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,370.1 (-62.6 points) Australian share prices closed down 0.97 per cent as global financial concerns and a drop in commodity prices weighed on the market.
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    • 31 61 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,366.58 (+1.59 points) Malaysian share prices edged up 0.12 per cent as late buying of selected blue chips kept the main index in positive territory.
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      26 61 AFP Yesterday's close: 18,938.87 (-188.86 points) »Indian stocks ended down 0.99 per cent in choppy trade, with index heavyweight Reliance Industries leading the losses.
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    • 38 61 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,671.9 (+43.94 points) »Indonesian stocks closed 1.67 per cent higher, keeping track with gains on Wall Street which was driven by news that Citigroup will receive capital of US$7.5 billion (Sslo.B billion).
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    • 39 61 AFP Yesterday's close: 820.52 (-2.47 points) Tha i stocks closed 0.3 per cent lower as investors sold energy-linked stocks in line with easing oil prices. Volume was 1.8 billion shares, worth 17.2 billion baht (***** million).
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    • 12 61 Nov 28, 2007 I YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,369.72 j^^
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    • 213 61 Nov2B Mlgreen 0.48 Hscendasreit 0.83 CapitaComm 0.47 CapitaLand 4.49 CapitaMall 0.91 Chart SemiCond ...0.57 CityDev 2.76 ComfortDelGro 1.31 Cosco Corp 2.03 Creative Tech 0.16 DBSGrp 8.65 Datacraft 0.15 FSN 2.41 Genlntl 0.69 HK Land 3.63 Hyflux 0.32 IMH 3.02 ISH 2.02 lardine CXC 1.08 lurongTech 0.03
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    • 58 61 UOB MBL eCWOBu4u4 41,965,000 Hosen 39,632,000 Goldtron W*****2 30,548,000 Yangzijiang 27,669,000 Centillion 22,902,000 Yongnam R 22,267,000 Baker Tech 19,985,000 UOB DB eCWOBO6I6 19,405,000 ChinaNTown 19,066,000 China Hongxing 18,686,000 Nov2B STXPOKWIOO 17,478,000 ChungHong 16,752,000 Capita Land 16,485,000 Alantac 15,910,000 DBS MBL eCWOBOSO2 15,795,000 CapitalandDßeCWoBo3l7 15,300,000 Gen Intl 14,803,000 Sing
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    • 136 61 Nov2B Source: HSBC Bank USA, Spore Branch (*M'sian ringgit: Interbank rate by OCBC] UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2570 1.2720 Ian dollar 1.4410 1.4580 iuro 2.1270 2.1510 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4271 0.4278 <Z dollar 1.0870 1.1100 Sterling
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    • 1842 61 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: NOV 28,2007 52-WEEK ILL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY TRADED T LASI V( SALE i/OLUME '000 50 5 8 8798 AscendasSGAeCW*****3 3775 56 8 9092 Asia Env W*****4 135 6 8756 AsiaticW*****2 37 +1 7 5 +1 13S 1C 315 7 5 2878 Aztech W*****0
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    • 452 62 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sony Ericsson and Samsung come out tops in list of nature-friendly companies Amsterdam GREENPEACE gave Microsoft and Nintendo abysmal rankings on their efforts to phase out toxic chemicals from their game consoles. Nintendo became the first company to score zero out of
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    • 403 62 REUTERS San Francisco CjOOGLE plans to spend hundreds of millions 3f dollars to help drive down the cost of electricity made from renewable energy to below the price of coal, it said on Tuesday. The project, dubbed Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal, is
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    • 538 63  -  Bryan Lee Deal comes a day after it sold shares in Bank of China at treble the price it paid By TEMASEK Holdings has sold US$255 million (Ss36B million) worth of shares in China Construction Bank the second time this week it
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    • 195 63 LOGISTICS firm YCH Group's chairman and chief executive Robert Yap received the Entrepreneur of the Year award, given out by Ernst Young at a gala dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel last night. He beat five other finalists to clinch the prestigious award and
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    • 378 63  -  Chua Hian Hou By A NEW body has been set up to advise companies, governments and consumers on how to protect and profit from their media works in the digital age. The Centre for Content Protection (CCP), which was launched during the
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    • 579 64  -  Erica Tay Asia looks to oil-rich nations for petrol and Mid-East reliant on region to drive demand By JUST as Asia looks to the Middle East to satisfy its growing thirst for petroleum, the oil-rich region is also becoming increasingly reliant on Asia to
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    • 258 64 By Kua Zhen Yang JEP Precision Engineering, a Singapore maker of precision machining parts, plans to invest $20 million in its production facilities and treble its skilled workforce over the next five years. The company has also inked an eight-year US$4O million (5557.7
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    • 684 65  -  Tan Hui Yee Fiona Chan Govt to release 7 sites for executive condos and flats built by private developers By Housing Correspondent Property Reporter IF THE property pundits are right, Bishan and Toa Payoh will be the next areas to be buzzing with
      HDB; BONG FORTIN; QUEK HONG SHIN  -  684 words
    • 923 65  -  Tan Hui Yee ►►COMMENTARY By Housing Correspondent MARKETING manager Eva Chia accepted her boyfriend's proposal in the middle of this year, but their joy was shortlived when the hunt for a marital home turned up nothing for months
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    • 625 66  -  Chua Hian Hou Subsidiary Jurong Shipyard lodges CAD complaint relating to the transactions By OIL-RIG builder SembCorp Marine (SembMarine) yesterday announced that it had "summarily dismissed" its former group finance director Wee Sing Guan over a series of disastrous foreign currency transactions which
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    • 427 66 BLOOMBERG NEWS PALM oil giant Wilmar International is planning to raise US$5OO million (*****.6 million) via its first issue of convertible bonds. The company which was founded by "Sugar King" Robert Kuok's nephew, Mr Kuok Khoon Hong can increase the sale by
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    • 259 66  -  YANG HUIWEN UIC DEPUTY CHAIRMAN RAISES DEEMED STAKE UNITED Industrial Corp (UIC) director and deputy chairman John Gokongwei has boosted his sizeable deemed stake in the property and development company. Mr Gokongwei bought one million shares of the company at an average price of $2.79 each, which is
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    • 426 66 TAKING STOCK By Alvin Foo IT LOOKED for a while yesterday like the market would capitalise on the shove provided by Wall Street's overnight rally and reconquer the 3,400-point mark but it was all to no avail. Profit-taking and a flat Hong Kong
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    • 165 66 BLOOMBERG NEWS A STARHUB shareholder is seeking as much as $81 million from selling a stake, according to an e-mail sent to investors yesterday. The shareholder, an unidentified institutional investor, is selling 27.6 million existing shares priced at between $2.90 and
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    • 668 67  -  Gabriel Chen Small firms especially will find it hard to bump up payouts amid rising costs for rent, materials By THE Government's move to hand civil servants a year-end bonus of two months' pay has raised the bar for private companies already
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    • 8 67 UP DOWN Gainers: 286 Losers: 411 Unchanged: 1,016
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    • 204 67  -  LEE SU SHYAN CAPITAL-RAISING CANCELLED ALLCO Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), which owns commercial buildings in Singapore, Australia and Japan, has cancelled a plan to raise up to $150 million, citing market conditions. The trust said it was not proceeding with
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      • 319 72 Chang Tou Liang IT IS said that winning international piano competitions no longer has the same career-launching impact for artists as before. But not for Russian pianist Ilya Rashkovskiy (left), 23, who is currently touring Asia as the winner of the inaugural Hong Kong International
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      • 285 74 THE National Museum has organised a series of activities to run alongside the exhibition. Here are the highlights: Public lecture: Greek Vases Of The Pre-Classical Period by Dr Anne Coulie, chief curator of the department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, Louvre museum Time/Venue: Dec 6, 7
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    • 251 127  -  TEE HUN CHING 18 Splash out in style at this year's ZoukOut dance party. Thanks to Facebook, I had a virtual tour of Pulau Übin recently. A bunch of colleagues had posted pictures from a day trip there on the social networking site. On a warm Saturday,
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      261 129 The Singapore job market is looking healthier than ever. The nose job market, that is. One tai tai in particular seems to have had more than one job done. Her entire face seems more three-dimensional, including higher brow and cheek bones. This is a pity as she looked much
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    • 99 129 IT'S NOT A PLASTIC BAG EITHER: Help home-grown luxury fashion retailer Club 21 raise money for the environment. Grab one of its eco-bags, selling at all Club 21-owned stores, for $35 each from now till Dec 31. MORE SHOES: Hong Kong luxury shoe retailer On Pedder now sells two
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    • 290 129 Seven new labels are debuting at cult boutique Front Row from Dec 7. Of these, six are Singaporean and one is a Malaysian design collective. Among the home-grown brands are Antebellum, the label of Asian Young Fashion Designers Contest 2008 winner Chia Wei Choong, as well as
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    • 273 129 Fans of the double G logo will be pleased to know that the next It bag or wallet you buy could benefit children affected by HIV/Aids in Africa. From now till Dec 31, Italian luxury label Gucci will donate 25 per cent of the global sales
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    • 249 129 Singapore fashion label Raoul has set its sights on breaking into the Hong Kong, Australian and North American markets, Douglas Benjamin, CEO of FJ Benjamin, which owns the brand, told Urban recently. Judging by its third fashion show collection (right) for spring/summer 2008, it could chart an
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    • 374 130 What's New Chic at the TOUGH Jeansmith #03-09 TOUGH Jeansmith from Hong Kong is geared up to soften shoppers' hearts at Wisma Atria. Mirroring the personality of founder George Wong, TOUGH Jeansmith is masculine, rugged and raw yet never over-powering. It's rock n roll style infused with industrial elements, a
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      547 131 Have a problem with the way you look? Don't sweat it. E-mail your queries to Angeline Neo at sturban@sph.com.sg QI want to get my girlfriend some lingerie this Christmas. I would love for her to look like one of those car import models. Where do you suggest I
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      227 131  -  Melissa Lee These two head-turners were spotted at Pure: Fashion at The Arena on Nov 17 Peggy Chang, 22, student What are you wearing? My scarf from Far East Plaza cost $10. The Topshop singlets were about $40 altogether, and the Topshop tights cost $16. The Charles Keith shoes
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    • 223 132 emystify the terms IPL, PPx and A Fraxel, and receive $1,200 worth of I beauty treatments free. J By the way, those are some of the latest technologies for non-surgical facelifts and other aesthetic procedures for younger, clearer skin. You can learn about them and
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      613 133 NOELLE LOH shows how you can look sharp with Giordano's new line of clothes Mention "Giordano" and chances are, you would think of wardrobe basics. And you'd be right to a certain extent. After all, at least 50 per cent of the offerings from the Hong Kong-based retailer
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      178 135 Sleep sweet in this extra soft cotton camisole set. The top can do daywear duty too. Camisole top, $59, briefs, $33, from Women's Secret, 02-36 The Centrepoint We love this large pleather tote by Stella Stella because it comes with three compartments and funky grommets. $59, from Robinsons,
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      155 135 Z NOELLE LOH'S PICKS m You'll never be called a geek for tucking in and revealing the waistline of your pants when you've got a funky belt like this. $99, from Lacoste, 02-08 The Centrepoint Crank up your cool quotient with Timberland boots crafted in the Dominican Republic.
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    • 227 136 SHAAN SETH tells you how to dress like your favourite characters from Sex And The City Stylish, sassy and sexy. Few television show characters epitomised these characteristics as well as Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York and Miranda Hobbes, from popular American television show Sex And The City,
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    • 158 136 Played by Sarah Jessica Parker Her style: Eclectic, feminine and impossibly high-end, Carrie is a trendsetter whose only rule is that there are no rules when it comes to fashion. How to get her look: Never leave the house without sky-high stilettos. Accessorise. Pin on a corsage, stick
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      173 136 Played by Kristin Davis Her style: Classic and chic, Charlotte puts a romantic, girly twist on her uptown fashion sense. She's conservative and has I a penchant for floral motifs, pastel hues and matching accessories. How to get her look: Think conservative. Baring a little skin's fine, but
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    • 584 137 Forget about jetting off to New York, the Maldives or Bangkok. You can get a well-deserved break without leaving town. NOELLE LOH plans your holiday for you While the city's working crowd jostles to squeeze in some Christmas shopping after a day's hard work, you are
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    • 627 137 CITY SLICKER: Dress, $56.90, from M)phosis, 81-52 Ngee Ann City Urbanistas might lust after getaways in New York or London, where the shopping is exciting and the nightlife a rush. But Singapore wasn't ranked second in both areas in last year's Global tountry Brand Index for
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    • 590 138 SPA QUEEN: Dress, price unavailable, from Loewe, 01-10 Ngee Ann CityAlexander McQueen for Samsonite luggage, $1,390, from Samsonite Black Label, Raffles Hotel, 01-19 Raffles Arcade Bali and Bintan are a flight or ferry ride away, but save yourself the hassle of making travel arrangements. Instead, indulge
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    • 466 138 If a backpacker holiday sounds like Survivor without the consolation of celebrity TV exposure, think again. A trip to places favoured by adventurous types will show you a side of Singapore you never knew STAY Hangout Mt Emily 10A Upper Wilkie Road, tel: 6438-5588 This may
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      948 139  -  MICHELLE TAY Stand out from the partying throngs at ZoukOut with a classier get-up than bikinis or board shorts to be there from start to finish. So make sure you're dressed comfortably to last the whole shebang." She adds: "Bikinis are certainly welcome because there will be a
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      420 141  -  PRADEEP PAUL PERSONAL TRAINER It's the final countdown to the marathon. Here are tips for the big day ust three days to M-Day that's marathon day. Or 42km Day, for the 12,000 runners who have opted for the gruelling distance at Sunday's Standard Chartered \J Singapore Marathon.
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    • 75 141 adidas wants to keep Urban readers running and is offering a pair of its top running shoes the adiZero Tempo (above), worth $202.80 (inclusive of GST) per pair to the first three people who answer this question correctly: How many runners have registered
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      414 142  -  TAN HSUEH YUN Reading the brochure about C Rene's Eco-Pork has been ver enlightening. I've just realised that the pigs may well live better thar do. Of course getting slaughtered for food is a bummer, but before that happens, they get to romp around in the alpine meadows
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      253 142 If you have sought out Duchy Originals products at gourmet shops and supermarkets and despaired of finding its small range of jams and biscuits, then it's time to go to The Paragon. There, tucked away next to Paragon Market Place is a tiny shop just 200 sq
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      164 142 Is it my imagination or has the selection of supermarket chocolate suddenly become much better? —™""™™^«MP There's still a lot I wouldn't eat, but you can now get decent dark chocolate, many with more than 60 per cent cocoa solids. I'm not sure what the count is for
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      172 142 I suppose it's no surprise that the hotel which came up with a turkey marinated with dark, pungent buah keluak nuts would also dream up an Asian-style logcake. While some efforts at crossing East and West fail miserably, the Swissotel Merchant Court's Asian Symphony Logcake is a good
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    • 730 143 THEBAGPAGE/ShcanSeth Maximilian Busser does not want his watches to just tell time. The CEO of Swiss watch label MB&F (which stands for Maximilian Busser Friends) wants his timepieces to turn heads as well. Started 2Vi years ago, MB&F brings together independent watchmakers and craftsmen who work to create
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