The Straits Times, 6 December 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 134 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 2007 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 I 80 CENTS
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  • Article
    Lock icon China acts to rein in prices and avert asset bubble
    604 1  -  Clarissa Oon High-level meeting decides to shift monetary policy from 'prudent' to 'tight' next year By i China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA moved to cool its sizzling economy and rein in rising prices when it said yesteriay that it would
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    Lock icon Ice truck thief caught after dramatic hour-long pursuit
    530 1 By Tracy Sua, Teh Joo Lin Arlina Arshad A ROUTINE delivery of ice turned into a hot pursuit through Sengkang, Hougang and Bishan after a truck was stolen yesterday in Ang Mo Kio Central. The pursuit, for at least 50km and which
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Sanitation woes cry out for low-cost solutions
      938 1  -  P. JAYARAM By] India Correspondent In New Delhi WHEN sanitation campaigner Bindeswar Pathak walked into Delhi's five-star Maurya Sheraton with a ragtag group of 38 in tow, the hotel's general manager pleaded with him to go elsewhere. The manager knew Dr Pathak, a
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      334 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Threat of prosecution Asia 6-20 The owner of the rottweilers which World 21-29 attacked another dog has to comply Review 30-32 with AVA's rules and give up two PY| 33 dogs. She may also face r.^^J^.*.,^. persecution. SECTION TWO f AGE H8 Home Hl-Hl3 Forum
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon my paper to go bilingual, offering 'best of east and west'
      275 3 THE Chinese free newspaper my paper will become a bilingual daily from next month and with a ground-breaking ingredient. Bilingual papers usually have stories that have been translated from sister publica- tions, but the new my paper will have
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      Lock icon Bakery outlets shut, but restaurants get all-clear
      658 3  -  Natalie Soh MR LEWIS CHENG, »PRIMADELI FOOD POISONING Early findings show source of contamination to be hazelnut cream used in some cakes By Diana Othman THE shutters came down on all 39 PrimaDeli outlets across Singapore yesterday, after bad cakes left at least
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      Lock icon A KING TURNS 80
      68 3 A boy holding up a portrait of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, where more than 100,000 people lined the streets around the Grand Palace yesterday to celebrate the revered monarch's 80th birthday. They came dressed in yellow, the royal colour, and waved flags as the
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      Lock icon Paddlers bag golds No. 9 and 10 for Singapore
      259 4  -  Leonard Lim By In Korat SINGAPORE'S paddlers pushed the nation's South-east Asia Games gold-medal tally into double figures yesterday, ahead of today's official opening nyThe men and women's table tennis teams retained their titles at the Klang Plaza here for golds
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      Lock icon Banker's wife on verge of divorce gets award doubled
      650 4  -  EC.C. VIJAYAN SHOULD EX-WIVES BE ENTITLED TO ACCIDENTAL DEATH CLAIMS? A couple's marital status should not be deciding factor in such matters, says judge By I Law Correspondent MS CHRISTINA Hanson was just one formality away from being officially divorced when
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      32 4 MOBILE PAYMENTS There are more mobile devices owned than there are people in Singapore. But mobile payment services have not taken off here in a big way. We look at the impediments.
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Thai King urges unity on 80th birthday
      787 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Thousands cheer revered monarch as he calls for national reconciliation By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok FENS of thousands of Thais lined the sroad avenues along the route to the jrand Palace yesterday
      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS; AFP  -  787 words
    • CHINA
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        Lock icon HK Disneyland failing to work its magic
        219 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hong Kong THE Hong Kong government has urged Disney to improve its management of the local theme park after failing to attract the anticipated visitor numbers. Mr Frederick Ma, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, said the attraction has strengthened Hong
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        Lock icon BIG BUNDLE OF JOY
        44 8 An 18.8 kg eight-month-old 77 7 j J7 7 baby being dressed by htS Pa/entli n Jilin Prov, ince north-eastern China. They are seeking help for the obese baby, who has to be fed 20 times a day. PHOTO: AFP
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        Lock icon Macau tour ends in brawl
        465 8 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Riot police drawn in as Chinese tourists fight with tour guide over shopping-packed itinerary Hong Kong MACAU riot police had to be called in after ar argument between a group of Chinese tourists and a local guide over an itinerary packed witt
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        Lock icon 4 Yunnan kids die after eating dried noodles
        234 8 REUTERS Beijing FOUR Chinese children died after eating a dried noodle snack, a newspaper said yesterday, reporting the latest in a string of food-poisoning accidents across the country. The children bought the noodles on the way to school in Ludian county in
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        Lock icon 'Personal attack' on Anson Chan in parliament debut
        505 10  -  VINCE CHONG HK minister implies ex-deputy leader is an opportunist for pro-democracy stand By Hong Kong Correspondent SPARKS flew during legislator Anson Chan's first parliamentary session, as her expected outspokenness drew icy comments from a minister who implied that Hong Kong's former
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        Lock icon China agreed US could sell Taiwan arms, says Carter
        371 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA Beijing FORMER US president Jimmy Carter said yesterday that when ties with China were re-estab-lished 28 years ago, Beijing had privately acknowledged that it understood the United States would keep selling arms to Taiwan. At a ceremony here
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japanese students slip in maths, science rankings
        647 11  -  Kwan Weng Kin OECD survey results prompt Tokyo to launch revamped curriculum earlier ByK Japan Correspondent In Tokyo A FURTHER slide in the international rankings of Japanese students in mathematics and science has prompted Tokyo to bring forward its implementation of new curricula
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        Lock icon North Korea's N-disablement 'on schedule'
        479 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing THE US envoy on North Korean nuclear disarmament said yesterday the regime's disablement was on schedule but that more remained to be done to meet deadlines, Chinese state media reported. Mr Christopher Hill was speaking as he left Pyongyang after what he
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon DINNER MEETING
        120 12 Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew greeting Indian Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel at a dinner in New Delhi last night, while (from left) Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury, Minister of State for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji
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        Lock icon S'pore prime target for Indian firms
        530 12  -  Ravi Velloor High-powered business delegation seeking investment opportunities in Republic By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA'S top industry body is making its annual visit to Singapore and a key item on the agenda is investments as in seeking opportunities in the Republic
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        Lock icon Anti- emergency judges retired in Pakistan
        196 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamabad PAKISTAN'S government has formally retired 37 judges, including the former chief justice, who refused to approve President Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule, the attorney-general said yesterday. The judges declined to take a fresh oath of allegiance after Mr Musharraf imposed the state
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon THEY KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN BAD...
        51 13 Philippine policemen donning Santa Claus caps in preparation for the holiday season at the Bicutan Camp in Manila yesterday before being deployed around the capital. They will conduct foot patrols around commercial centres to ensure shoppers' safety as the Christmas shopping season begins. PHOTO:
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        Lock icon Indonesia's military will stay out of politics
        449 13  -  Salim Osman Incoming military commander reassures lawmakers By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA'S incoming military commander Djoko Santoso, known to be close to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has been told by legislators to stay neutral in the 2009 presidential election. And he has
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        Lock icon Court halts seizure of Estrada's assets
        224 13 REUTERS Manila THE Philippines' anti-graft court stopped its own agents yesterday from seizing cars, bank deposits and mansions of deposed president Joseph Estrada, pending his appeal against the move. The government is trying to recover around 729 million pesos (Ss2s million) that Estrada had
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        Lock icon China picked over India for Myanmar's natural gas
        324 13 BLOOMBERG Yangon CHINA won the rights to buy natural gas from Myanmar's biggest field, beating stakeholder India in the race for resources among the world's two fastest-growing major economies. Daewoo International Corp, the operator of the field, said it had picked a
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      • BALI CLIMATE TALKS
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          Lock icon Indonesia pledges to protect 4,300ha of forests
          558 14  -  Arti Mulchand But green activists are unimpressed, saying gesture is too small By In Bali INDONESIA pledged to protect some 4,300 ha of its rapidly disappearing forests at the world climate change meeting here yesterday, but environmental groups slammed it as too small
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          Lock icon Rudd urges US to ratify Kyoto Protocol
          344 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sydney NEW Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday the United States should follow his lead and ratify the Kyoto Protocol, completing his country's switch from being Washington's sole ally on global warming to becoming its latest critic. Mr Rudd signed
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          Lock icon POWER TO THE CORALS
          102 14 A reporter inspecting the results of a project in Bali to regenerate corals using an unlikely remedy electricity Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures and blasted by dynamite fishing. Now, signs of life
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        • BALI QUICKLY
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            Lock icon PRIESTS' SOLUTION: ONE DAY OF SILENCE
            126 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HINDU priests on the island of Bali think they have one solution a day of silence. The proposal harks back to a traditional Balinese festival when everything is switched off and shut down for 24 hours, to try to persuade demons that
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            Lock icon GERMANY TO PRESENT GREEN MEASURES
            110 14 BLOOMBERG GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet backed a package of measures to slash greenhouse gas emissions from 2012, setting what the government said was "an example" to nations gathering in Bali to tackle climate change. The Cabinet, meeting in Berlin, agreed on 14 measures from
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            Lock icon JAPAN'S PROPOSAL RAISES TEMPERATURE
            104 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS ENVIRONMENTALISTS have slammed Japan's proposal that the Bali climate conference pursue a broad "least common denominator" approach to negotiating new controls on global-warming gases. The proposal says nothing about making future targets for emission reductions legally binding the principle underlying the current Kyoto Protocol.
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon More protesters charged with attempted murder
        574 15  -  Carolyn Hong Prosecutor denies defence's charge that the legal" action is vindictive By i Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur MORE than a week after thousands of Indians took to the streets to protest against their plight, political temperatures remain high as five more
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        Lock icon Warning against rumours
        126 15 BERNAMA THE Malaysian police have warned of stern action against those who spread rumours via e-mail messages and SMSes that an ugly incident would occur in the middle of the month in Kuala Lumpur. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar said the police would investigate the matter
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        Lock icon New Delhi summons KL envoy over Indian issues
        245 15 New Delhi MALAYSIA'S Acting High Commissioner in New Delhi was summoned to India's External Affairs Ministry which expressed concerns about the problems of Malaysian Indians, Indian newspapers reported yesterday. Madam Norlin Othman, who was called to the External Affairs Ministry on Monday,
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        Lock icon Opposition spills over into Facebook
        553 17  -  Hazlin Hassan Site increasingly used by Malaysians to organise rallies and discuss issues By Malaysia Correspondent FACEBOOK, the social networking site used around the world for having fun with friends, is becoming a popular avenue for political dissent in Malaysia. To circumvent the muted coverage
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      • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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          Lock icon 'Back from the dead' man faces fraud probe
          625 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A BRITON who walked into a police station five years after disappearing, claiming he had lost his memory, has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, officers said yesterday as mystery over the case deepened. A published report claimed
          ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; DAILY TELEGRAPH  -  625 words
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          Lock icon Enough of brides: Sarkozy's mum
          183 19 REUTERS THE mother of French President Nicolas Sarkozy does not want him to marry again and told a French magazine she has "had enough of brides". Mrs Andree Sarkozy, 80, who has three sons, told Point de Vue magazine her second son should have no
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          Lock icon Bad joke for Indian telco boss
          188 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE POLICE in India have filed criminal charges against one of the country's richest executives after his company circulated a joke equating Sikhs with donkeys. Mr Anil Ambani of Reliance Communications, India's second-biggest private telephone company, is accused of harming religious sentiment. "We
          AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG  -  188 words
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      24 6 Academic woes fapan is changing its maths and science ;urricula earlier as international rankings )f its students in the subjects slide further. PAGE 11
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Charitable' trusts
      782 20 raise billions for British banks but give nothing to charities Bogus practice is widespread and well-established among financial institutions London BRITAIN'S high street banks have been raising funds by setting up multi-billion dollar "charitable trusts" which are not giving a cent to good causes, it has just been
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      Lock icon 'We got a 1-2-3 punch'
      493 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, LOS ANGELES TIMES STORMS THRASH U.S. NORTH-WEST Strong winds and rain turn festive season into nightmare scene Centralia (Washington) A STORM that battered the US Pacific north-west for two days has turned a typically festive season into a rescue-and-recovery nightmare,
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, LOS ANGELES TIMES; AP  -  493 words
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      Lock icon 'Great discovery' led US to rethink Iran threat
      722 24 LOS ANGELES TIMES-WASHINGTON POST IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME Intelligence officials spurred by emergence of critical info and lessons learnt from Iraq war Washington THE US intelligence community made a "great discovery", analysed it and decided it was now part of government policy. President
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      Lock icon US report a great victory for Iranians: Ahmadinejad
      352 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Teheran PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday boasted that a US intelligence report on Iran's nuclear programme was a "great victory", as US President George W. Bush warned that Teheran remained a security danger. The US intelligence report said
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      Lock icon SPECIAL GUEST FOR RSS PERSISTENCE
      138 27 Second Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen (left) visiting the Republic of Singapore Navy's RSS Persistence in the northern Arabian Gulf. The Landing Ship Tank and its 180-strong crew have been on a three-month deployment in the area since September. This is part of Singapore's contribution
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      Lock icon Germany plagued by racist violence
      484 27  -  Derek Scally ATTACKS ON FOREIGNERS Experts say assaults in eastern states prompted by fear of outsiders and economic woes By In Berlin FOUR months ago, the eastern German town of Miigeln made headlines across the world when a group of 50 locals beat up eight
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      Lock icon Staff appraisals pointless, say many British workers
      490 28 REUTERS They regard such assessments as waste of time and unfair, survey reveals London ANNUAL reviews of staff performance are commonplace but many workers in Britain regard them as a waste of time, new research has suggested. The turn of the year sees
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      Lock icon UNCOVERED
      55 28 This is part of a wooden throne recently dug out in the ancient southern Italian city of Herculaneum, near Pompei, which was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79. Decorated with ivory bas-reliefs depicting ancient deities, the wooden remains are the first known example of
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      332 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG Washington PEOPLE over 60 who exercise and are fit live longer than their sedentary peers, regardless of weight and body mass, researchers have found. In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday,
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      25 20 Reason for Iran rethink A "great discovery" by US intelligence led to the reassessment of Iran's nuclear threat, says President George W. Bush. PAGE 25
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      467 29 PRESIDENT George W. Bush has continued to label Iran a danger to global stability "was, is, will be" after his own intelligence apparatus of 16 spy agencies concluded this week that Iran ceased its nuclear weapons preparatory work four years ago and that it
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      1051 30  -  Robyn Lim AUSTRALIA-CHINA TIES By AUSTRALIA'S new prime minister, Mr Kevin Rudd, is the first Western leader to speak Mandarin, and has served as a diplomat in China. He has appointed a Chinese woman born in Malaysia to his Cabinet, and has a new
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      1113 31  -  Robert Skidelsky PRUSSIA UNDER PUTIN By THE greatest disappointment of the post-com-munist era has been the failure of the West particularly Europe to build a successful relationship with Russia. Most policymakers and experts expected that, after an inevitably troublesome period of transition, Russia would join
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      25 29 Putin's vision President Vladimir Putin is carving out a role for Russia consonant with popular feelings of a national mission and pride. PAGE 32 PUNCHLINES
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      24 31 w Check out a wide range of courses inside "Learning for Success". An education feature of CATS Classified in The Straits Times every Monday.
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      639 34  -  Peh Shing Huei More of them getting involved in and championing their pet sports By I WHEN her daughter cried and begged to be allowed to go to school for netball trials despite having a fever, Aljunied GRC MP
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      1167 35 A routine delivery of ice turned into a police chase lasting 60 minutes and covering 50km after a truck was stolen. Khoo How San reports, with contributions from Teh Joo Lin, Arlina Arshad £t Tracy Sua "JUST one more delivery before lunch," Mr Wunna Swa, 27,
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      673 37  -  MELISSA HENG reports. A Special Feature by Tampines Mall The pride of the East, Tampines Mall now houses more than 170 shops, including several top names for the first time in Singapore. Imagine having a fully air-conditioned living room the size of
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        287 37  -  Kiehl's The Big Apple has come to town. Kiehl's, New York's iconic pharmacy, has opened its first store in Tampines Mall. The signature drugstore will offer Singaporeans a whole new experience when shopping for wellness and cosmetic products. Founded in 1851, Kiehl's will
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        326 37  -  Lee Cooper They were the first to put ladies in jeans with zippers to a huge outcry from a shocked public back in the *****. Today, British denim heavyweight Lee Cooper has circled the globe with its trendy and innovative range, from work
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        353 37  -  Rachael G Rachael looks like your typical girlie but she's all but typical. The petite and easy-going young lady owns "a few hundred" pairs of shoes- and a line of ladies' shoes to boot. Meet Rachael John, entrepreneur and proud owner of Rachael G,
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        356 37  -  SUB It's bold, edgy, even rebellious, and it's Asia's own cult fashion label. SUB, a leading fashion retailer in Malaysia known for its signature blacks and whites, is opening its first flagship store in Singapore atTampines Mall. "You go into any trendy club or pub in Malaysia and
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      668 39  -  Lee Hui Chieh PRIMADELI FOOD POISONING Carriers may not be sick but can spread bacteria if they are unhygienic, says expert By PRIMADELI cakes, currently behind an islandwide wave of food poisonings, could have been contaminated by eggs or cream laced
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      917 41  -  Lim Wei Chean KEMBANGAN DOG ATTACK She could be fined up to $50k as they were out unleashed and unmuzzled By AND now there are three. Two of the five Kembangan rottweilers are cooling their paws in a pet hotel. Their owner sent
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      259 43  -  ELENA CHONG A BANK manager was jailed for three months yesterday for forging documents and faking a customer's signature. Wendy Tan Law Ling, a former DBS senior relationship manager, faked the signature on a multimil-lion-dollar mutual fund order in July last
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      234 43  -  Jeremy Au Yong SPEAKING WITHOUT PERMIT By THE trial of Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan was adjourned yesterday after he spent yet another day on a discrepancy in a photo evidence. After Chee spent about one hour toing and
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      326 43  -  Elena Chong He had first appealed against sentence but dropped move after a similar case was thrown out By: Court Correspondent FORMER television host Benedict Goh began serving a three-week sentence for drink driving last Friday after surrendering himself in court. He
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      263 43 CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) prices fell across the board in one of the weakest bidding exercises of the year yesterday. The COE rate for cars above 1,600 cc saw the biggest drop, ending 20 per cent lower at a 10-month low of $13,114.
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      983 44  -  Salma Khali k International Advisory Panel, jointly chaired by two local experts, will help identify the steps to be taken By! Health Correspondent WITH more than 20 years' experience dealing with gambling addiction in eight different countries, American sociologist Rachel Volberg has
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      539 45  -  Adeline Chia Teacher's story and poems among 769 entries by unpublished writers Byj Arts Reporter YOU could call it a successful attempt at mining life for art and prizes. A short story and six poems inspired by her teaching experiences made Malay
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      608 46  -  Ho Ai Li Camp sees about 190 teens having fun while learning more about each others' countries By KELANTAN schoolboy Ravinash Ratnam, 16, thought that Singapore was a place where races did not mix. But the prefect from Kuala Krai changed his
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      26 34 Fight against addiction Foreign experts have been roped in to join an advisory panel to help Singapore tackle problem gambling and other addictions. PAGE HI 1
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      105 41 I W Joe II Is Singapore ready for an Indian Prime Minister? Mr S. Dhanabalan thinks not: "It will take a bit more time." y Got other burning questions for Mr S. Dhanabalan, the man once touted to be PM material, if he weren't Indian? €> Email stpioneers@sph.com.sg The former
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      400 47  -  Lynda Kiong Chiew Mm (Mdm) I REFER to the article, "Most Spore kids are happy: Study" (ST, Nov 30). In the study, children were asked if they felt happy often and whether they had fun. As the majority indicated that they were
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      379 47  -  Dr John Elliott I REFER to Mr Alex Tan Tuan Loy's letter ("'Happy' kids no reason for parental complacency"; ST, Dec 4), reacting to the report on the Singapore Children's Society study on Children's Social and Emotional Well-Being. The Children's Society is not at all complacent
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      372 47  -  Goh Shih Yong I REFER to the letter, "Rottweiler threat: AVA should have acted earlier" (ST, Dec 1), by Ms Sandra Gan Foong Peng. The Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA) can grant permission for a licensee to keep more than three dogs under the
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      167 47  -  Susan Yap Siu Sen (Ms) IN THE article, "Call to fix 'imbalance' in getting to know other faiths" (ST, Dec 5), Associate Professor Syed Farid Alatas noted that the lack of Muslim religious scholars seeking to understand and study Christianity hampers further dialogue
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      259 47  -  Sarah Tan Li Choo (Ms) ON TUESDAY I had a terrifying ride in a TransCab taxi. I had just hailed the cab when a car pulled up next to it and the driver demanded that the cabby not pick me up, leading me
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      83 47  -  Dr Chin See Chung I REFER to the letter by Ms Lisa Low on smoking in the Botanic Gardens ("Prohibit smoking in Botanic Gardens"; ST, Nov 29). We agree with Ms Low that smoking causes air pollution and is unhealthy, and take this opportunity
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      181 47  -  Chong Kuan Mvi (Ms) I WAS shocked to learn of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA)'s intention to fell 63 Albizia trees along South Buona Vista Road, at the foot of Kent Ridge Park. Although there are about 25ha of state land in
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      242 47  -  Tan Sok Hwa (Mdm) MY SON was happy to receive a piggy bank in the form of a can from POSB a few months ago. It was distributed in his school, together with a booklet, to encourage young children to
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      105 47  -  Poon Hong Yuen MR THEODORE Yeo Guan Huat ("Consider reducing excise duty on petrol"; ST, Dec 3) assumed that petrol duties were pegged at 35 per cent of pump prices, and that rising pump prices translated into more taxes collected. This is not the
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      97 47 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Green push we have a choice, so let's do it Maxi Taxis can help solve our taxi woes Service providers need to be more customer-centric Problems at Punggol Plaza carpark 11-year-old not allowed to take
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      666 48  -  Leonard Lim »TABLE TENNIS Spores men come through after tense start while women have an easier time By] In Korat SOMETIMES, numbers lie and scores mislead. For instance, to simply say that Singapore's table tennis men's team took the gold medal with a 3-0 win
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      58 48 Singapore's flag was raised at Korat's Athletes' Village yesterday (left), marking the official start of its participation in the 24th South-east Asia Games. The Republic is targeting 35 to 45 gold medals for the biennial multi-sport event. Anything more than 42 golds would be a record
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      571 48  -  Wang Meng Meng SHOOTING By AFTER the high of bagging two SEA Games golds, shooter Jonathan Koh has now set his sights on doing well in his A levels next year. The 17-year-old and 15 of his teammates returned to Singapore
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      238 48 GOLD: 10 Shooting Men: Gai Bin (10m air pistol), Jonathan Koh (10m air rifle), Mohamed Zain Amat (trap), Choo Choon Seng (double trap), 10m air rifle team, trap team, double trap team. Women: Jasmine Ser (10m air rifle). Table tennis Men's team, women's team. SILVER: SIX Shooting Men:
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      190 48 SEPAK TAKRAW Men's Hoop, round 1: 1 Thailand 900 points 2 Myanmar 750 3 Indonesia 630 4 Philippines 580 5 Laos 430 6 Vietnam 430 7 Cambodia 330. Women's Hoop, round 1: Myanmar 670 2 Thailand 580 3 Vietnam 550 4 Philippines 470 5 Laos 250 6 Cambodia 170.
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      254 49 SHOOTING: Gai Bin (men's 10m air pistol) Jonathan Koh (men's 10m air rifle) Mohamad Zain Amat (men's trap) Choo Choon Seng (men's double trap) Jasmine Ser (women's 10m air rifle) Men's trap team Men's double trap team, above Men's 10m air rifle team TABLE TENNIS: Men's
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      726 49  -  Marc Lim The modest chef de mission is targeting 35 to 45 golds. But The Straits Times believes the class of 2007 can give Singapore their best SEA Games haul yet By: Sports Correspondent In Korat WHEN an official develops a reputation as
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      907 49  -  Marc Lim The Straits Times concludes its countdown package with Singapore's golden hopes. Today: Swimming SWIMMING Spores new Golden Girl is down for six events and is favourite to walk off with five By Sports Correspondent In Korat SHE has ascended Joscelin Yeo's
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      140 49 BERNAMA KORAT THE Sepak Takraw Association of Malaysia escaped being sanctioned by the South-east Asia Games Federation (SGF) for pulling out of the competition at the 11th hour. Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said this was because the SGF had no
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      234 50 Despite the heavy downpour yesterday afternoon, three post-65 Members of Parliament still wanted to convey the message that Singapore is on target in its bid to host the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010. Mr Baey Yam Keng (Tanjong Pagar GRC, second from left),
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      508 50  -  Wang Meng Meng SOCCER Tampines striker faces likely lengthy ban for alleged assault on Bennett By NOH Alam Shah is staring at a lengthy ban for his alleged assault on Daniel Bennett after the Football Association of Singapore threw the book at him
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      223 50 FRANCIS Gomez has stepped down as chairman of Woodlands Wellington. The S-League club announced yesterday that the 50-year-old had relinquished the post to Jayadev Unnithan after his term ended at the end of last month. Jayadev, who led the club in 2005, will be
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      646 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER Fergie tells young Gunners it's a matter of time before they slip up London *\LEX Ferguson has delivered in early Christmas warning to itle-chasing leaders Arsenal: t is only a matter of time be:ore they slip up. "Arsenal are playing well, 3ut it's
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      828 51  -  Neil Humphreys NOTES FROM THE LIGHTER SIDE By THE most bizarre thing happened during the Manchester United and Fulham Premier League clash on Tuesday morning. Cristiano Ronaldo was on the ball when a mosquito landed on the top of my television. It
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      320 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London RONALDINHO could be set for a cut-price £13 million (Ss39 million) move to Chelsea at the end of the season. The embattled Brazilian is finally ready to leave Barcelona, according to several newspaper reports in Madrid. He has fallen out
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      155 51 CHELSEA striker Claudio Pizarro might soon become a Peruvian football outcast for his sexual shenanigans. Along with other national teammates, he has been accused of taking women to his hotel room and drinking long into the night, just days before Peru were trounced 1-5 by Ecuador
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      244 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London NEWCASTLE players Shay Given and Steve Harper have taken the unusual step of issuing a statement in support of un-der-pressure manager Sam Allardyce. The Premier League club have picked up just one point in their last five league games and were
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      119 51 EVERTON chairman Bill Kenwright has been accused of "murdering" the club as fans criticised a plan to move away from Goodison Park. He faced a hostile gathering for 90 minutes during a heated annual general meeting attended by 350 shareholders on Tuesday, reported The
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      378 51 BLOOMBERG NEWS »GOLF Singapore AN ELITE Asia-Pacific men's golf tour, with tournaments stretching from India to New Zealand, may be formed as early as 2009 following an agreement between the sport's ruling bodies in Japan and Australia. The Japan Golf Tour Organisation
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      565 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER Celtic lose but reach the last 16, Inzaghi sets record, Kaka leaves with a trophy Milan AC MILAN beat Celtic 1-0 on Tuesday, but everyone left a winner. Filippo Inzaghi surpassed German great Gerd Mueller as the all-time top scorer in European
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      348 52 London LIVERPOOL'S record-breaking 8-0 Champions League win over Besiktas last month is reportedly among the games being scrutinised for match-fixing. Uefa officials refused to confirm or deny the allegations, but said they are working with police to look at match-fixing and illegal betting in football. Last week,
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      346 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London THE England Football Association has decided to contact Jose Mourinho, with hopes that it can unveil a new national coach before Christmas. The Portuguese is reportedly interested in the job, should the salary offered exceed the £5 million (Ssls million)
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      271 52 REUTERS Rio de Janeiro BRAZILIAN soccer star Romario has blamed his failed drug test on a substance found in anti-balding medication. The 41-year-old Vasco da Gama striker admitted that he tested positive for the banned substance finasteride in October. He had been using the drug, whose
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      138 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FANS of David Beckham are cashing in on his recent visit to New Zealand by trying to sell his food scraps and dirty dishes on the Internet. Among the items put up for sale on New Zealand website Trade Me
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      308 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CRICKET Kandy (Sri Lanka) MUTTIAH Muralitharan bowled two magical deliveries when it mattered most, handing Sri Lanka an 88-run win over England in yesterday's first Test. The off-spinner, who became Test cricket's most successful bowler in the first innings, got out Matt
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        52 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: Former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier and former Ireland coach Mick McCarthy are the remaining candidates in South Korea's search for their next football coach. The successor to Dutchman Pirn Verbeek, who resigned in July after a disappointing Asian Cup, will likely be
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        57 52 ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS: A sick Kobe Bryant still scored 20 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 116-95 National Basketball Association victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday. Down with stomach flu, he refused treatment and set the tone early for the win,
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        55 52 ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE: Next month's Australian Open will have the strongest field in the tennis tournament's 103-year history all top-ranked 100 men and 99 of the top 100 women have entered. The only omission was Russia's Vera Dushevina, ranked 44th, who was forced to withdraw
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        51 52 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HAGUE (Netherlands): Marco van Basten will quit as the Netherlands' national football coach after next year's European Championship. The Netherlands have a record of 28 wins, 10 draws and five losses since the 43-year-old legend took over from Dick Advocaat after Euro
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        69 52 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: South African cricketer Nicky Boje is to be questioned by Indian police over his alleged role in a match-fixing scandal in 2000. The left-arm spinner is in India playing in a breakaway Twenty2o competition in Panchkula. He had missed two India tours
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        40 52 NEW DELHI: Former South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten has agreed a two-year deal to coach India, starting from next March. He has signed despite some reservations about the attitude of the players, reported the BBC.
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        70 52 THE Singapore Slingers lost 72-93 to the Wollongong Hawks in a National Basketball League game in Wollongong yesterday. The Singapore-based team, who had upset defending champions Brisbane Bullets on Sunday, had led by a point at half-time. However, the Hawks stormed back to snap their six-game
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      467 53 ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPICS Cheer groups formed to lead approved chants for Olympics Beijing THE drills are about to begin. With his right hand, Zhang Ran hoists a yellow flag above his head, much like a sailor directing traffic on an aircraft carrier. He is
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      288 53 BASKETBALL NBA: Detroit 106 Atlanta 95, New Jersey 100 Cleveland 79, Phoenix 121 Indiana 117, LA Lakers 116 Minnesota 95, Sacramento 117 Utah 107, Milwaukee 87 LA Clippers 78. CRICKET Third one-day international in Harare: Zimbabwe 139 all out in 37.5 overs (T. Taibu 32; Powell 3-32, Taylor 3-18).
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      26 48 FAS charges Alam Shah Singapore national footballer is staring at a lengthy ban for his assault on Daniel Bennett in the Singapore Cup final. PAGE Hl7
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      92 52 TV times BASKETBALL: Atlantic Coast Conference: Syracuse v Virginia (Live, Ch23, 8.30 am). Big East Conference: West Virginia v Auburn (Live, Ch23, 10.30 am). GENERAL: SEA Games Opening Ceremony (Live, Chs, 7pm). GOLF: Alfred Dunhill C'ship: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, 7.30pm). HOCKEY: Champions Trophy: Australia v Netherlands (4pm), Pakistan v
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  • OBITUARIES
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      116 53 ALLAN SEAH SIONG BENG Age: 63 passed away peacefully on 4 December 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Leong Foo Keu Sons: Edwin Seah Poh San Terry Seah Poh Liong Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Seah Siong Kiat (deceased) Tan Bee Lay Seah Siong Kheng Tan Sok Hoa Seah
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      29 53 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of The Late SHIRLEY WANG LEE HOON Departed on 4 December 2007 From: The Management Colleagues of WESTLB AG W* ML
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      73 53 YEO PENG HWEE Age: 88 passed away peacefully on 5 December 2007. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Wife: Chin Yoke Kheng Children: Grandchildren: Kheen Darryl May Michael, Kong Wei Ryan Im Scan Hong Poh Suan Nicholas Amanda Caregivers: Yati Myla And all relatives. Wake is held at
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      119 53 RONALD C.W GALISTAN (RONNIE) Age: 76 was called home to be with the Lord on 5 December 2007. Dearly missed always remembered: Noreen M Galistan Sons: Spouses: Selwyn Galistan Jacqueline Allison Leslie David Galistan lona Kathleen Grandchildren: Veronique Andrea Michael Dawson Shawn Adrienne Sherman Klassen Kierin Ashlyn Calista Alida Aidan
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      42 53 The Family of the Late CHEONG CHEE KIONG Departed on 3 December 2007 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during k their recent bereavement. JJ#
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      48 53 The Family of the Late i i MDM TAN NYA CHWEE Departed on 29 November 2007 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths jj and contributions during their V t. recent bereavement.
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      102 53 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA RAJOO RATHAKRISHNAN Departed on 22.11.2007 Dearly missed by Wife, sons daughters-in-law, daughters sons-in-law, grandsons, granddaughters grandson-in-law. The family of the late would like to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their condolences, support wealths during their recent bereavement. Karumathi Prayers
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      26 53 With deepest condolences to the family of the late KOH HONG LEE, BENSON From: Staff and Students of School of Mechanical Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University
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      95 53 KOH HONG LEE, BENSON Age: 52 passed away peacefully on 4 December 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Teng Sock Hwa, Karen Father: Mother: (Koh Poh Kang, deceased) Chew Siew Yean Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Koh Hong Huat, Steven Chan Peng Sah, Janet Koh Hong Chye.Joseph Toh Soh
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      40 53 3rd Anniversary Mrs Daisy Lee nee Mdm Daisy Chin (Departed 6 Dec 2004) You are remembered Today, Though, no less than Yesterday, With sadness in our hearts, Till we meet again, never to part. Lovingly remembered by Husband, Children Grandchildren
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      51 53 2ND THEVASAM SIVAKUMAR S/O DAKSHANAMOORTHY Departed 30 Nov 2005 Deeply missed and always remembered by family and loved ones. Prayer will be held on 7 Dec 2007 (Fri), 10.30 am at Blk 304 Yishun Central #10-159. Temple prayer will be held on 8 Dec 2007 (Sat), 7pm at Yishun Balasubramaniam
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      31 54 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Flint Group, Asia (Inks) President, Mr Henry Leong Family on the demise of his beloved mother Caroline Lim Gek Cheng on 1 December 2007
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      159 54 WONG ANN SOON Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 5 December 2007. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Wives: (Huang Ruying, deceased) Chim Siew Kiah Sons: Daughters-in-law: Wong Kang Ho Foo Chek Heng Wong Kang Mvi Ong Siew Eng Wong Han Kai, Joe Ho Lay Kwang, Joan Daughters:
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      73 54 We, The Family Of The Late ALEXANDER BARLIAN Departed on 3 December 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to: Pastor Johnny Kan and Pastor Charlie Oh, Jurong Seventh-day Adventist Church Board of Directors, Management and Staff of Yue Hwa Chinese Products Emporium Ltd (HK) and Yue Hwa
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      62 54 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of Our Late Managing Director CHUA THIAM SENG Departed on 4 December 2007 From: The Management Staff of TAIMARU ENGINEERING PTE LTD Wake is held at 23 Yunnan Drive 2, Singapore *****2 Cortege will leave on Sunday 9 December 2007 at
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      28 54 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late CHAN JIUN MING KENNY Departed on 27 November 2007 From Management and Staff of Drilmaco Pte Ltd
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      40 54 6th Anniversary With Fond Memories Of FLORENCE KHOO Departed: 6/12/2001 In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true, There is not a day, dear mother, That we do not think of you. Always remembered by loved ones.
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      28 54 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late TAN AH KIM Departed on 04 Dec 2007 From: Commander Staff of Air Defence and Operations Command
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      115 53 Acceptance of Obituaries News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North Mondays Saturdays 8.30 am to 9.45pm Sundays Public Holidays 12.30pm to 9.45pm Only death announcements can be accepted after office hours. To help us process your announcement quickly, please bring along the following: Original Death Certificate Identity Card of person placing
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        7453 55 TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 5, 2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 3.5 34 104 3C 42 141 195 32 14 8 24 18 31 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 228 19 4 89 1C 52 5 2C
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        52 55 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 119 520C 100C 1120C 1250C 3983 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 2912 6235 STIETF1OO... ,US119cd ,US6200cd USIOOOcd US*****cd US*****cd 3650 +22 1
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      397 56 REUTERS Freddie Mac index falls by 1.3% on tighter lending and turbulent markets New York HOME prices in the United States dropped the most in a quarter-century over the three months to end-September on an annualised basis as inventories, restrictive lending
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      336 56 REUTERS Frankfurt MR JOSEF Ackermann, the chief executive (CEO) of Deutsche Bank, has turned down a chance to take over the Citroup CEO job vacated last month by Mr Charles Prince, after being approached by the group, the Financial Times (FT) reported.
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      405 56 BLOOMBERG NEWS Abu Dhabi OPEC, the producer of more than 40 per cent of the world's oil, agreed to keep production targets unchanged. Its ministers, meeting in Abu Dhabi yesterday, rejected calls for more supply as prices neared US$9O a barrel. The Organisation of
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      35 56 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,608.88 (+128.69 points) »Japanese stocks rebounded as a softer yen lifted exporters and the overall market continued to benefit from expectations of a US interest rate cut next week.
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      36 56 AFP Yesterday's close: 29,345.45 (+465.86 points) Hong Kong share prices closed sharply higher, up 1.61 per cent, led by China stocks and local banks hopeful of a cut in US interest rates.
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      37 56 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,042.65 (+126.77 points) Chinese stocks closed sharply higher, up 2.58 per cent as metal issues extended gains on a report that China's largest steelmaker could bid for mining giant Rio Tinto.
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      37 56 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,508.1 (-22.7 points) Australian share prices closed down 0.4 per cent, tracking falls on Wall Street over new credit concerns. Volume was 2.04 billion shares worth A 55.4 billion (556.9 billion).
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      36 56 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,427.77 (+11.96 points) Malaysian shares prices closed up 0.8 per cent. Gainers led losers 602 to 241, while total volume increased to 1.07 billion shares worth RM1.72 billion (*****.7 million.)
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      31 56 AFP Yesterday's close: 19,738.07 (+208.57 points) »Indian share prices closed 1.07 per cent higher, ahead of a meeting by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to review production levels.
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      38 56 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,768.06 (+15.12 points) »Indonesian shares gained 0.6 per cent on hopes the central bank is poised to cut its benchmark rate, with extra momentum spurred by a late rally across Asian markets.
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      21 56 AFP Tuesday's close: 833.34 (+2.22 points) The markets were closed yesterday for the Thai king's birthday-a public holiday.
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      216 56 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,560.05 Dec 5 Stock Name WI Close Change Allgreen 0.45 Ascendasreit 0.82 CapitaComm 0.45 CapitaLand 4.38 CapitaMall 0.87 Chart SemiCond ...0.52 CityDev 2.60 ComfortDelGro 1.27 Cosco Corp 2.20 Creative Tech 0.16 DBSGrp 8.97 Datacraft 0.15 FXN 2.28 Gen Intl 0.70 HK Land 3.77 Hyflux
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      54 56 Gems TV 87,673,000 China Hongxing 67,474,000 El-Nets 63,500,000 ChinaNTown 46,751,000 Yangzijiang 45,359,000 ChinaOilFld 43,119,000 Frontline 40,974,000 Sinostar 37,272,000 Armarda 36,364,000 Jade Tech 34,905,000 Dec 5 LottVis 31,206,000 HyfluxWaterT 30,310,000 Centillion 29,864,000 HLH Grp 29,211,000 Golden Agri 28,797,000 Sky Petrol 28,345,000 Changtian 25,189,000 DBS MBL eCWOBOSO2 24,772,000 Sing Tel
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      141 56 Dec 5 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2520 1.2670 Can dollar 1.4190 1.4360 Euro 2.1230 2.1460 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4323 0.4330 NZ dollar 1.0930 1.1170 Sterling pound 2.9580 2.9920 US dollar 1.4390
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      2141 56 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 5,2007 52-WEEK I EL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY 43 5 20 2036 AdvSCT W*****9 50 5 8 8798 AscendasSGAeCW*****3 56 8 9092 Asia Env W*****4 13 5 6 8756 Asiatic W*****2 58 5 7 4105 Asiatravel W*****7 30 5 16 5 1851 AusGroupMEReCW*****8 33
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      265 57 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London THE British government has drawn up a Bill to nationalise Northern Rock if the struggling lender fails to strike a deal with a private buyer, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday. The Labour government is working with opposition
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      489 57 REUTERS Survey finds corporate chiefs more upbeat on economy but high energy costs are a worry Boston UNITED States chief executives' (CEOs') view of the economy improved in the fourth quarter, although they have become far more concerned about energy prices than they were
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      153 57 REUTERS London STANDARD Chartered (Stanchart's) profits should jump to almost US$4 billion (Sss.B billion) this year, as banking conditions in Asia have remained buoyant despite problems elsewhere. Stanchart, which makes three-quarters of its profits in Asia, said yesterday that this year's profits were on track
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      646 58 Temasek Investing 1.45b in China-focused fund' ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS It will provide 50% of capital for fund set up by Goldman's star Chinese banker: Report Beijing TEMASEK Holdings is ploughing US$l billion (551.45 billion) into a new China-focused pri-vate-equity fund set up by Goldman Sachs' China partner, Mr Fang Fenglei,
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      252 58 REUTERS Hong Kong INVESTMENT banking fees in the Asia-Pacific region have risen 36 per cent to a record US$ll.7 billion (Ssl7 billion) so far this year roughly the gross domestic product of oil-rich Brunei with ÜBS and Goldman Sachs the top earners. Data
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      222 59  -  Kua Zhen Yang By A UNITED States-based company that is a global leader in biometrics security systems will invest $100 million in its Singapore operations over the next decade. Upek, a subsidiary of Cali- fornia-based Upek Inc, made
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      301 59  -  Grace Ng By Finance Reporter A CAMPAIGN by Citibank to convince Singaporeans to switch from local banks and have their salaries paid directly into the American financial giant is paying off. Staff from more than 400 companies from blue chips such as
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      954 60  -  Chua Hian Hou ERICA TAY Print business continues to account for bulk of gains but group is also investing in new media platforms By FOUR out of every five people in Singapore over 15 years of age 2.9 million people
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      411 60  -  Yang Huiwen STAKING STOCK By' IT ALL looked like it was going to end in the red yesterday. But positive news from Britain outweighed the usual concerns over the United States economy to leave the local market with its
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      29 61 Wide reach SPH is investing in new media platforms to secure its future, even as its news publications are read by almost three million people in Singapore. PAGE H27
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      103 62 CULTURE VULTURE BRAVO, BRAVO ARTHUR YAP TRIBUTE Lust, Caution sparks Book tracks evolution Family and friends gather debate in China of Spore Arts Fest to share anecdotes pagel2 pagel3 pagel4 THE POWER LIST 2007 Michael Koh CEO of the National Heritage <~\ THE ARTS Board, tops the arts power list
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        697 63  -  Hong Xinyi PHOTOS: In this first of four Power Lists, 10 players have made their mark on the arts scene this year, whether it was putting Singapore on the world stage or creating a distinct home-grown culture ARTS REPORTER THt, movers and shakers in Singapore's arts scene delivered
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        650 64  -  Adeline Chia Michael Koh, 46 Chief executive, National Heritage Board A NEW flush of excitement and an injection of good, old-fashioned glamour have swept into the quiet, sleepy hollow of Singapore museums. And it is because of the National Heritage Board's new head honcho, Michael Koh, who
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        440 65  -  Hong Xinyi Gaurav Kripalani, r 3os Artistic director, Singapore Repertory Theatre IF YOU think a certain celebrated British thespian had much to do with Gaurav Kripalani's debut on this list, you would be only partially correct. Undoubtedly, presenting lan McKellen's headlining turn in the Royal Shakespeare Company's
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        494 65  -  Stephanie Yap Singapore Symphony Orchestra management team, led by Chng Kai Jin, 52 THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra has been making music since 1979, but this is the first time it has made the Power List since the latter was introduced in 2005. What pushed it to
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        511 66  -  Adeline Chia The Singapore Chinese Orchestra led by Yeh Tsung, 57 THIS year has been an adventurous one for the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO), both musically and geographically. It has made the list for its valiant efforts in developing a unique Nanyang sound that reflects
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        317 67  -  Hong Xinyi Selena Tan, 35, Founder, Dream Academy IT'S been a banner year for Selena Tan's seven-year-old production company. Along with good friends Pam Oei md Emma Yong, the comedienne nounted the biggest Dim Sum Dolies showcase yet at the Esplanade Fheatre. According to ticketing company
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        369 67  -  June Cheong Chen Shen Po, 42, ARTSingapore fair director o ART-buying is slowly but > surely becoming a way of life in Asia. And that is partly due to the efforts of Ms Chen Shen Po. She runs ARTSingapore, an annual contemporary art fair which
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        332 68  -  Hong Xinyi Alvin Tan, 43, and Haresh Sharma, 41 Artistic director and resident playwright, The Necessary Stage (TNS) MENTAL illness, paedophilia and the death penalty. Led by Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma, TNS marked its 20th year in the theatre business as only this resolutely earnest group
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        411 69  -  June Cheong Phan Ming Yen, 40, Lim Vi Lyn, 30, Soon Kin, 27, and Adelina Ong, 28 Programming team, The COLLABORATION has been the key to success for The Arts House. The four-year-old arts centre may be tiny its film theatre at Singapore's old Parliament House seats
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        311 70  -  Hong Xinyi Ivan Heng, 43 Artistic director, Wild Rice THE inaugural Singapore Theatre Festival featuring new, edgy Singapore works put Ivan Heng in the No. 5 position in last year's Power List. He's slipped to No. 9 this year, but remains on the list because of his seven-year-old
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        256 70 Karen Wai, 23, and .Kenny Leek, 29 Owners, Books Actually ITS 900 sq ft spacefits only about 20 customers comfortably, while its location on the second floor of a Telok Ayer Street shophouse can make it hard to find. Still, in just two years, indie bookstore Books Actually
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      842 71 Daniel Kok, 31 Teacher, dancer and rchoreographer ARTIST Daniel Kok, better known as daniel k, has a penchant for shaking things up, from mashing dance with spoken word and performance art to mixing theatre with live video and conceptual art. He kicked off this year
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        447 72  -  June Cheong One of India's most enduring and successful artists' enclaves holds its first show abroad here ARTS REPORTER THE Calcutta Painters have seen it all. They have witnessed momentous events like war, famine and the rise and fall of governments and been party to smaller
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        937 73  -  Clarissa Oon Debate still rages over the controversial Lee Ang film, Lust, Caution, and the classic book it's based on culturevulture THE Lee Ang film Lust, Caution has become the most talked-about film in China, with much of the debate raging around the wartime
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        370 73 BEIJING A new downtown theatre that aims to revive interest in Peking opera, an iconic national art form that is rapidly losing fans among the younger generation, has been inaugurated here. The Mci Lanfang Grand Theatre, the first designed especially for Peking Opera
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        484 74  - Brother sister June Cheong Two siblings will compete against each other in this year's Nationaj Piano and Violin Competition ARTS REPORTER THE two are rivals in a music competition but pianist Soh Ser Yee, 14, doesn't mind helping her competitor. But then again, she is helping her own brother, Kuan
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        403 74  -  Tan Vi Hui RUBY Lim-Yang remembers one morning in the early 1980s. The artistic director of theatre group Act 3 International says she was then queueing at the now-de-molished National Theatre to book $240 worth of tickets for her very first Singapore Arts Festival.
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        679 75  -  Adeline Chia SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL Friends and family showed facets of a poet and artist who was simply brilliant to the very end ARTS REPORTER ARTHUR Yap had neither a mobile phone nor an e-mail account. And he doggedly conducted interactions with the outside world through
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      928 77  -  Hong Xinyi In Tender Is The Night, iconic novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald trains his pen on the shards of a shattered life booksforthesoul FEW can render the bitter-sweet texture of dissipation better than American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. Born in Minnesota in 1896, he is
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        289 79  -  Boon Chan BEFITTING a festival of films, it was perhaps apt that there were twists and turns when awards were given out on Tuesday. The judges opted for not one but two winners each in two categories of the 3rd Asian Festival of First
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        160 79 KOREAN actress Park Eun Hye (above left) caused a minor stir among fans and curious shoppers at Paragon's Bread Talk Silver on Tuesday. She was there to launch the bread shop chain's Korean Kraze series of buns, flavoured with Korean ingredients such as kimchi and black
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        119 79 FOR the past few weeks, the Urban team has been playing Santa's helpers, traipsing from store to store around the island to scour for the best festive gifts. Here's our present to you, our dear reader: Urban's annual 100 Gift Ideas special. The 12-page pull-out offers a
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        143 79 CLASSIC rock fans, rejoice. Legendary band The Police are set to play their first-ever gig at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Feb 4 next year. The group, famed for their blend of new wave, jazz and reggae, recently made a much-anticipated comeback after breaking up in the
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        79 79 BAXTER SUIT: Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly Buffington have sued Baxter Healthcare after their newborn twins were given massive overdoses of an anti-clotting agent last month. The suit said Baxter was negligent in packaging different doses of Heparin in similar vials.... PUCKER UP AND PAY: Actress Teri
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      312 105  -  TEE HUN CHING Do you remember what your partner gave you last Christmas? No? Neither do half the men and 43 per cent of the women polled recently by World Vision. In fact, the charity's survey found that Britons waste a whopping £2.3 billion (556.9 billion)
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      240 107 My vision suffered last week looking through publicity photographs of this year's Miss World contestants in Sanya, China. No, I wasn't blinded by their -4 beauty, but by their complete lack of style. Miss New Zealand was clad in a white romper with big black buttons. Miss Moldova seemed
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      126 107 BAG BASH: Grab Prada, Gucci, Chloe, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Fendi and Miv Miv bags at discounts of 25 to 60 per cent at the Be-A-Fashionista.com bag sale. Prices start from $159. Saturday, 11am to 6pm, at the Swissotel Stamford, Bras Basah Room, Level 4. CAP AND BANANA SALE:
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        311 107 When you're hanging next to the likes of Marc by Marc Jacobs and See By Chloe, your status gets an instant lift. Just ask alldressedup, the Singapore label by home-grown luxury retailer The Link. Besides its boutique here in Mandarin Gallery and shop-in-shop in Isetan Scotts, it
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        302 107 For Singapore shoppers, Topshop seems old hat. But they will be surprised to know that the land which invented the shopping mall, the United States, has not yet been conquered by the British fast-fashion retailer. That's going to change though, with the unstoppable Topshop about
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        219 107 Everyone, it seems, wants some retail space in Paragon, home to some of the biggest international designer labels. This Christmas, Santa has given one each to two new fashion brands and two food outlets. British high-street brand Coast and Japanese sports apparel brand Asics have opened
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      649 120 Coat hangers are long overdue for a makeover. This unusual antler-shaped hook will add a touch of funk to any room or workshop corner. $49, from Salad, 25/27 Haji Lane. This cute tin fondue set with cow print cut-outs gives guests more than just molten chocolate to drool
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      390 122 About 250 people learnt how to look good with non-invasive cosmetic surgery techniques at the Urban-The Sloane Clinic Beaut/ Workshop, reports MICHELLE TAY n this freeze-face generation, an increasing number of women are opting for Botox injections to stop crinkling around the eyes and wrinkling on
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      151 124 If you're trying to buy a special gift for a hard-to-please foodie this Christmas, check out this new shop selling gourmet Japanese gifts. Kokoro, which means heart in Japanese, carries some beautifully packed gourmet edibles from Japan. There's Hori's Tobiki High Milk Corn Chocolate (above, from $8.80 for
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