The Straits Times, 17 December 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 74 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Singapore's Hady Mirza crowned Asian Idol
    442 1  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi By Music Reporter IN AN unexpected victory that caught even the winner by surprise, Singapore's Hady Mirza was crowned the first Asian Idol in Jakarta early this morning. A dark horse in the singing competition, the 26-year-old winner of the second
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    Lock icon Malaysia ready to arrest more people under ISA
    679 1  -  Carolyn Hong List of names given tc govt; XL calm despite SMS rumours of Malay gathering Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur TOP Malaysian security official las said that it is "only a matter of :ime" before more people are defined under
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Dragon Lady and other passionate teachers
      1037 1  -  Ho Ai Li By IT WAS the town's first secondary school, but Ang Mo Kio Secondary faced the prospect of having to move in 1996. Set up in 1979, it was due for an upgrade, and its new location was to be in Hougang.
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Memorial for S'pore dragon boat paddlers
      447 3  -  Judith Tan By 8.40 AM AT the Bedok Reservoir: The morning sun was making a welcome reappearance after several consecutive days of rain. As the sun's rays beat down strongly on the water, sinewy young men and women, 132 in all and all wearing
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      Lock icon Fat kids at higher risk of heart attacks as adults
      824 3  -  Salma Khali k But parents here think chubby is better, and try to feed up skinny kids By Health Correspondent PARENTS, take heed. Fat children 50,000 of them, or nearly one in 10 here have a "significantly" higher risk of
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      Lock icon Suspect in plot to bomb jets escapes police custody
      600 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS Pakistan launches manhunt as Britain seeks explanation on how he got away Islamabad THE Pakistani authorities yesterday were hunting for a British suspect in an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic jetliners after he escaped police custody. Rashid Rauf,
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      Lock icon Taiwan plans to close Chiang mausoleums
      278 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Taipei JUST days after a memorial hall dedicated to the late president Chiang Kai-shek was renamed, Taiwan is planning to close the mausoleums of the former Kuomintang leader and his son Chiang Ching-kuo to visitors early next year. Budgetary and manpower shortages
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      36 4 Whither the stock market? Will share prices stay on the uptrend or succumb to global uncertainties next year? We ask the experts Man tries to photograph licence plate after argument She inches her car closer then...
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  • ASIA
    • Why they won
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        Lock icon PUNE, winner in Architecture and Civil Engineering category
        76 6 This western Indian city, a historical town that became an IT outpost, had been struggling to cope with a construction boom while using an outdated and inefficient building-approval process. But new software changed all that, much to the relief of architects and
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        Lock icon CHENNAI, winner in Communications category
        99 6 The southern Indian metropolis won for devising an Aids-awareness programme for schoolchildren that bore two things in mind. One, that young people aged 15 to 24 account for 40 per cent of all new HIV infections in India. Two, that 85 per cent to 90
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        Lock icon TAICHUNG, winner in Culture and Arts category
        110 6 It wanted to use its local and international cultural developments and activities to draw investment and tourists. For several years, the Taiwanese city has been building arts facilities, including the Fulfilment Amphitheatre which, since its completion in August last year, has attracted 4.12
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        Lock icon PHNOM PENH, winner in Environment category
        60 6 The Cambodian capital won for its comprehensive plan for "clean water, clean land and clean air", to be completed by 2015. Among its components are a new drainage system that has reduced the city's recurrent flooding problem and a school programme that roped in
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      Lock icon Asian cities lauded for improving lives
      619 6  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Four win awards for innovative efforts in tackling urbanisation FROM software which makes sure planning applications follow the rules to determined attempts to end pollution, Asian cities are winning recognition for improving the lives of their inhabitants. The third annual London-based NGO
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      Lock icon Hip US cities losing talent to family-friendly locales
      349 6  -  BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR Washington AMERICAN cities seeking fast growth thought they had the answer in the young, single professional. But unlike Singapore many of these cities are not family-friendly, so when singles marry and raise kids, they move home, dashing growth trajectories. The
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Shenzhen-Guangdong rivalry set to ease
        547 8  -  VINCE CHONG New party chief in city has links in both central and provincial govts TENSIONS between southern China's Shenzhen city and Guangdong province will ease with the appointment of a Shenzhen party chief who is close to the central leadership. The widely known split
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        Lock icon Protect our tea cafes: Hongkongers
        220 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Hong Kong NEARLY 70 per cent of Hong Kong residents think cha chart teng casual tea cafes serving snacks are an intrinsic part of their cultural heritage. And they want them to be given protected status by the United Nations, according to a
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        Lock icon ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
        49 8 Firemen and residents of a village in eastern China's Jiangsu province hauling out a man trapped in a collapsed well. The 6m-deep well in Qianguan village caved in on Friday, burying the man. Rescuers later sent him to a hospital for treatment. PHOTO: XINHUA
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        Lock icon WiMax to transform HK into 'advanced wireless city'
        435 8 Hong Kong HONG Kong residents will get Internet access in the park, on the bus and even on a hike as new wireless Internet and mobile phone services are rolled out over the next three years. The Office of the Telecommunications Authority
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        Lock icon Rising health fears over China's farmed seafood
        609 8 NEW YORK TIMES Fuqing (China) DOZENS of enormous ponds filled with murky water and teeming with eels, shrimp and tilapia much of it destined for markets in Japan and the West lie at the foot of mountains in Fujian province. Fuqing city, in
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Front runner a shoo-in for S.Korean presidency
        961 10  -  Lee Tee Jong All public, media attention on Lee Myung Bak ahead of polls By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul IT APPEARS as though the front runner in the South Korea presidential election on Wednesday has already won the race. With polls showing
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        Lock icon Tokyo may take steps against gun crimes
        266 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo PRIME Minister Yasuo Fukuda has said his government would "seriously" consider measures to prevent gun crimes, following a deadly shooting at a sports club. The incident last Friday has sent Shockwaves through Japan, where gun crimes are starting to emerge.
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        Lock icon Getting Buddhism back in fashion
        217 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo JAPANESE monks and nuns held a fashion show replete with rap music and a catwalk at a Tokyo temple this weekend to promote Buddhism. The "Tokyo Bouz (monk) Collection" at Tsukiji Honganji saw 40 monks and nuns from eight Buddhist sects taking
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASia
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        Lock icon Indian docs in UK returning home to better hospitals
        555 11 They cite higher standards of care and cleanliness and modern equipment London THE influx of thousands of Indian doctors into Britain's National Health Service (NHS) is going into reverse. Hospitals in India are now said to be cleaner and better equipped
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        Lock icon PROTECTING THE LAW
        51 11 A Kashmiri Muslim villager rescuing a policeman after he was beaten up by rioters during a violent protest in Magam, India, on Saturday. Police fired at thousands of protesters demanding a college in their town. One person was killed and at least five others were wounded. PHOTO:
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        Lock icon Bhutto and Sharif hit the campaign trail running
        403 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Islamabad PAKISTAN'S election campaign began in earnest yesterday, a day after President Pervez Musharraf lifted his unpopular emergency rule and restored the Constitution. Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif are now busy criss-crossing the country drumming up
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Thai north holds key to Democrat Party's fortunes
        774 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh ►>THAI GENERAL ELECTION Winning Thaksin's stronghold will boost its chances for coalition govt THE circles in chalk are still visible on the road by the swimming pool in the sports complex in Phrae: eight of them, each marking the spot
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        Lock icon Pro-Thaksin fervour marks niece's election campaign
        406 12  -  NIRMAL GHOSH ST PHOT Chiang Mai THE 26-year-old MBA from the University of Kent seems quite young to be fighting for a Parliament seat on a People Power Party (PPP) ticket in Chiang Mai. But she is on firm ground: Chiang Mai is home,
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        Lock icon Vietnam sees second weekend of anti-China protests
        477 12  -  Roger Mitton ANTI-CHINA protests continued in Vietnam for the second weekend yesterday, despite a stiff rebuke from Beijing. The protests were in response to Beijing's unilateral move to develop islands in the South China Sea claimed by both nations. Crowds gathered near the
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Indian groups urge govt to free activists nabbed under ISA
        557 13  -  Carolyn Hong They also want Abdullah to set up non-Muslim office and hold regular meetings with Indians A NEWLY established coalition of 40 Indian groups yesterday urged the government to release the five Indian activists detained under the Internal Security
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        Lock icon Monsoon rains in Malaysia: No let up till February
        522 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUANTAN THE monsoon rains affecting Malaysia may not ease until February, according to the weather station. "Malaysia, especially the east coast, is experiencing the peak of heavy monsoonal rains, which started on Dec
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; NEW STRAITS TIMES  -  522 words
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      Lock icon Haj sees record number of Chinese pilgrims
      654 14 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS Saudi govt vows protection as 1.6 m Muslims worldwide start pilgrimage Mecca A RECORD number of Chinese Muslims has joined millions of the faithful in Saudi Arabia making final preparations for the annual haj pilgrimage, beginning today. By yesterday, 1.6
      REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS; REUTERS  -  654 words
    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Girl, 2, set for normal life after surgery to remove extra limbs
        421 14 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOTO: A TWO-YEAR-OLD Indian girl born with four arms, four legs and extra internal organs has left the hospital, nearly six weeks after doctors removed her extra limbs in a gruelling operation. A team of
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        Lock icon Five-year-old lifts her way into KL's record books
        203 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE NEW STRAITS TIMES/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl has lifted 14.7 kg almost her own weight to earn a place in Malaysia's national records. The girl, identified only as T. Logassree, also completed a 5-km run at a
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE NEW STRAITS TIMES/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK; NEW STRAITS TIMES  -  203 words
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        Lock icon Father of accused Delhi teen murderer taught son to shoot
        237 14 AZAD Singh Yadav, the father of one of the two teens who allegedly shot dead a student in a school in Delhi in New Delhi last week, had taught his son how to use a gun. Yadav, who was sent
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        Lock icon Charged: woman with 10 husbands
        156 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE honeymoons are over for a 26-year-old Cuban woman, said by the authorities to have at least 10 husbands. Eunice Lopez was charged with bigamy after the US immigration authorities discovered she had married 10 men between 2002 and last year without divorcing
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Europe's local fight against global warming
      768 15  -  Mark Rice-Oxley Big and small cities take lead in innovative measures to cut emissions By For the Straits Times In Woking (England) CITIES, towns and even villages across Europe are pressing ahead with deep, unilateral cuts in carbon emissions, regardless of national or international
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    • Article
      Lock icon US voices 'serious concerns' over Bali climate pact
      513 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Nusa Dua (Indonesia) A HARD-FOUGHT deal fixing a 2009 deadline for a new treaty to tackle global warming ran straight into trouble yesterday with the US voicing "serious concerns" over its provisions. As negotiators headed home after two weeks of
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      Lock icon S'pore buckles down to hard work, post-Bali
      374 15  -  Maria Almenoar By HARD work is the order of the day now that the two-week-long climate change conference in Bali has ended. Singapore's Minister for Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim said yesterday that the Government will have to sit down over the
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      Lock icon Prince Charles goes 3-D for energy summit
      262 15 London PRINCE Charles, determined to keep his contribution to environment damage to a minimum, has decided to address an energy conference as a hologram. The British heir to the throne will be seen giving a five-minute talk as a three-dimensional image on stage
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    • Article
      Lock icon Major donor meeting for Palestinian state
      494 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE 70 countries gather to raise billions of dollars to develop region Paris MAJOR powers and key donors are meeting in Paris today to try to raise billions of dollars to help the emergence of a viable Palestinian state and give political impetus
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon ABU SAYYAF LEADER KILLED
        94 16 REUTERS MANILA: Philippine troops killed a senior Islamic militant wanted by the United States after they raided his safe house in the restive south of the archipelago, officials said yesterday. Mobin Abdurajak, a leader of the Abu Sayyaf group, was wanted for kidnapping 21 people from
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        Lock icon ONE GOLDEN WEEK SCRAPPED
        103 16 REUTERS BEIJING: China officially announced yesterday the scrapping of one of the country's three "Golden WeeV' holidays and introduced three new one-day public holidays. The new national public holiday plan adds three one-day public holidays Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The
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        Lock icon RATINGS FOR FUKUDA CABINET SLIDE
        144 16 REUTERS TOKYO: Only about a third of Japanese support Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's government, reflecting growing discontent over its handling of a public pensions crisis and a defence procurement scandal, a poll showed yesterday. The approval rating for the Fukuda Cabinet slid 11.7 percentage points
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        Lock icon 100 TRAPPED BY SKI LIFT BREAKDOWN
        92 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: A ski lift broke down in central Japan and left about 100 people dangling in its gondola cars some for nearly 12 hours police said yesterday as they investigated the incident. No injuries were reported. Rescuers climbed a snow-covered slope at
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      Lock icon SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
      140 16 Jolly old Santa Claus in his red-and-white outfit is the very symbol of Christmas to many around the world. In keeping with the season, thousands of enthusiasts are getting into their Santa suits around the globe. In Nice, France, a swimmer dressed as Santa
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      Lock icon Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdish rebels
      438 16 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SULAIMANIYA (IRAQ) TURKISH warplanes bombed villages in northern Iraq yesterday, allegedly killing one and wounding two other people in one of the heaviest raids against Kurdish rebels in months, officials said. If the death is confirmed it would be the first since
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      Lock icon Democrat hopefuls target young voters with text messages
      864 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES SMS technology only now emerging as a campaign tool in American elections Washington TEXT messaging is playing a growing role in the 2008 presidential race as a handful of candidates look to technology to reach younger voters
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      Lock icon Dilemma for police in US hunting killers of Indian students
      465 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS Baton Rouge (Louisiana) POLICE seeking suspects in last week's slaying of two Louisiana State University (LSU) doctoral students from India are facing a new dilemma final exams are over, and students who might have information useful to investigators
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      Lock icon US Midwest hit by second major storm in a week
      325 17 BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES PITTSBURGH AS MUCH as 30cm of snow has fallen across the Midwest of the United States as the second big winter storm in a week barrelled through on its way to the north-east. The
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    • THIS WEEK
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        Lock icon MONDAY
        57 18 PARIS: France will host a major donors' conference for the Palestinian territories, to be attended by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers scheduled to convene to choose a new president. HAWAII: Japan plans to test its first ship-based anti-ballistic missile interceptors off Hawaii in a joint
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        40 18 KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Commission of Inquiry, formed to investigate the "Lmgam video clip" issue, will hold its first meeting to draw up the list of witnesses. BAGHDAD: Fourth round of the US-Iran talks on Iraq's security to resume.
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        42 18 BRUSSELS: European Commission plans to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars due for release. KATHMANDU: Nepal's Supreme Court due to deliver decision on appeal by Charles "Bikini Killer" Sobhraj over his 2004 conviction for killing a young American woman in 1973.
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        28 18 LONDON: Two men charged with trying to blackmail a member of the royal family over a sex and drugs scandal to appear in the Old Bailey court.
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        48 18 N'DJAMENA (Chad): Six French humanitarian workers accused in Chad of trying to smuggle 103 African children to Europe to go on trial. »NARATHIWAT (Thailand): Official opening of Thailand-Malaysia friendship bridge in a ceremony led by Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
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        24 18 MOSCOW: The Communist Party to hold a congress at which it could announce Mr Gennady Zyuganov as its candidate for the presidential election.
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        13 18 HANOVER: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat Union to hold a congress.
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      Lock icon Passengers to pay more for taxi rides
      265 18  -  SHOBANA KESAVA SINGAPORE WHAT IT IS SINGAPORE commuters pay more in taxi fares from today when they catch cabs with the island's largest taxi operator ComfortDelGro, which has about 15,000 taxis on the road. In addition to a 30-cent higher flag-down fee of
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      Lock icon Transformation for junior bourse Sesdaq
      148 18  -  GABRIEL CHEN WHAT IT IS THE Singapore Exchange's (SGX) junior board Sesdaq will be transformed into a new outfit today and renamed Catalist. Some 160 Sesdaq companies will be moving to Catalist. They will be regulated by SGX under Sesdaq rules until they engage a
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      Lock icon Symposium to focus on climate change
      149 18  -  SHOBANA KESAVA WHAT IT IS A THREE-DAY climate change symposium begins today to raise awareness of the issues of climate change modelling. It is jointly run by the National University of Singapore and the British High Commission. Professor Andrew Watkinson, an expert on ecology,
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      Lock icon Clinical researchers to start local chapter
      127 18  -  SHOBANA KESAVA WHAT IT IS THE Singapore chapter of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) will be launched tomorrow at Bilcare Singapore in Changi South. The 31-year-old global association headquatered in the United States comprises more than 20,000 individuals in over 60 countries
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      275 18  -  NIRMAL GHOSH WORLD WHAT IT IS THAILAND'S general election will take place on Sunday. The election will mark a return to democracy after some 16 months of military rule. The election will take place under a Constitution adopted in August, which analysts
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      175 18  -  LEE TEE JONG WHAT IT IS SOUTH Korea will hold its presidential election on Wednesday to choose a successor to President Roh Moo Hyun, whose five-year term runs out in February. Polls show that main opposition Grand National Party candidate Lee Myung Bak is
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      83 18 TSp A TRIBUTE TO OUR PIONEERS I Q:Which S'porean founding father learnt Latin Japanese? I MM Lee Kuan Yew BBS They are our founding fathers. ft Mwmm Know all of them? MX Learn more about the 10 political pioneers )K MFi wno made a difference to all our lives. M
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      453 19 FIXED- and low-income Singaporeans are among those watching with greatest concern the rise in price levels here. Inflation, which has long seemed a tamed beast, is rearing to life again, eating into purchasing powers of those who can least afford it. Rising food prices, transport fares,
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      830 19  -  Thomas L. Friedman NEW YORK TIMES »THE BALI CLIMATE TALKS THE negotiators at the UN climate conference here came from almost 200 countries and spoke almost as many languages, but driving them all to find a better way to address climate change was one
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      574 19 INDONESIA'S HAZE THERE was a different atmosphere when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met in Bali during the just-concluded conference on climate change. This year, Indonesia did not export haze to neighbouring countries. Both are surely happy. There had been no
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      845 19  -  David Ignatius WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP WORLD FINANCIAL MARKETS By WHEN airport rescue crews are worried that a damaged plane may crash land, they sometimes spread the runway with foam to reduce the probability of fire on impact. That's what the US Federal Reserve and
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      1350 20  -  Robert Karniol FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE GOVERNMENTS have moved to enhance their financial intelligence activities with the recent establishment of a permanent secretariat for the little-known Egmont Group. Financial intelligence is quite a new area encompassing the interests of the police, intelligence agencies and other
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      694 21  -  David Pauly HIGH OIL PRICES By THIS is heresy: Sometimes markets lie. The price of crude oil on the New York futures market reached a record U5599.29 (Ssl44) a barrel on Nov 21, having gained 50 per cent in six months. Oil continues to trade
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      850 21  -  Doug Bandow »U.S. FOREIGN POLICY By For The Straits Times I'VE OFTEN been asked by people outside of America to explain US foreign policy. It's a daunting or, perhaps more accurately, embarrassing task. Americans know very little about the world. Their
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      24 19 Market distortion Industry analysts believe the current high price of crude is the result of speculation, not of demand outstripping supply. PAGE 21 PUNCHLINES
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      442 23  -  Carolyn Quek ►> PUNCHING INCIDENT BY 'DRUNK' U.S. SAILOR American in custody under international legal hold, which means he cannot leave till probe is over THE American navy sailor who allegedly punched, then slammed a manager across two cars at a busy Orchard
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      316 23  -  Teh Joo Lin By A WOMAN'S body was discovered yesterday morning in a room inside a condominium under construction along Queensway. The woman, who is believed to have been in her 20s, was apparently naked and bloody. A foreign worker is believed to have
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      126 24 $3 city area surcharge (Monday to Saturday spm to midnight) Late-night surcharge 50% of the metered fare (Midnight to 5.59 am) Peak period premiums 35% of the metered fare (Monday to Friday 7am to 9.30 am, Monday to Saturday spm to Bpm, excluding public holidays) Flag-down
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      268 24 PULSING drumbeats from out of Africa resounding here in our heartland: that sure got the kids grooving. Yesterday, 40 local and expatriate musicians thumped out beats on the djembe, a type of West African drum, before 48 children from the Very Special
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      601 24  -  Karamjit Kaur Operations have hummed along since maiden flight in October, thanks to efforts by SIA, Airbus HITTING that "century" brought out that Up on Cloud Nine feeling for Singapore Airlines and Airbus. Yesterday, SIA the first commercial airline to fly the
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      1575 25  -  AdilTursunov- Jiear/ of tjurasia andine S^reai <L)iltf J\,oad Richly diverse in historic, cultural and natural treasures; and singular in spirit towards political entrenchment, and economic and social modernisation, Kazakhstan has risen magnificently since it attained independence in 1991. The enigmatically charming country that straddles both the European and Asian
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      443 26  -  Shobana Kesava 170 volunteers ensure that cyclists using footways do not pose danger to pedestrians A YEAR-LONG experiment in Tampines that allows cyclists to ride on footways is now at its halfway point. And volunteers have been com- ing forward to help forge
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        161 26 SENIOR Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan will be in Paris today to participate in the Conference of Donors for the State of Palestine. The Paris Conference is an occasion for various countries to pledge support for the 2008-2010 Palestinian Reform and Development Plan.
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        121 26 THE head of the examinations board here, Mr Tan Yap Kwang, is retiring at the end of March next year. His replacement is Miss Tan Lay Choo, deputy director of the Education Ministry's education programmes division. She will be appointed chief executive (designate) with effect
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      347 26 A SHOPPING mall in the Orchard area was fined $900 on the spot for converting part of its carpark into storage areas without approval from the fire safety authorities. Although Far East Plaza had fenced off the three storage areas with steel mesh
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      353 26  -  Hong Xinyi By DESPITE the considerable hype about a new generation of TV idols, it was the veterans rather than sweet young things who stole the show at this year's Star Awards. The annual ceremony honours MediaCorp TV's top thespians and most popular stars, and
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        243 27 BUKIT Panjang Government High teacher Ezra Sham Mohamed, 36, hails from a family of teachers. His parents and stepmother are retired teachers. Four aunts and an uncle became teachers too. His uncle, Mr Ismail Taha, is a former head of physical education at
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        544 27 HE WAS a wonderful teacher, a mischievous one even. To Ms Lucy Tay, now 36, her father, the late senior minister of state for education Tay Eng Soon, was a teacher who believed in a light-hearted approach. He would often unsettle her and her
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        489 27 AS A girl, Ng Tai Cheen was a model student who tutored her five younger siblings and neighbours. Now 57, she is a master teacher who has devoted her career to helping generations of Anglo-Chi-nese School (Junior) boys get over their problems learning Chinese. Teaching was
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      246 26 Our Heartiest Congratulations to Mr Sarjit Singh pbm, ca, cpa m President of Nanyang Business < School Alumni Association W on being conferred Jflfe J The Public Service Medal jßfißlMr!^ by His Excellency, the President jfljj B^q^^ a Ifc^ of the Republic of Singapore jfl f^" .^fl Nanyang Business School
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      119 26 p. What changes will be H^^^A?^^^^^^^™, W made to school bus fares BsgSjiipTJ Why are fares going up? The association says it is because of rising diesel prices. One operator said rising expectations of parents have made it harder to turn a profit. r\ How have parents Wnt tnev nave
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      155 27 I Ah Electrifying i 4 vacation awaits We are closing for a short break from 20 to 25 December 2007 and from 31 December 2007 to 1 January 2008. Work resumes on 26 December 2007 from 2 January 2008 onwards. Wishing everyone a "Merry Christmas a Happy New Year" MITSUBISHI
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      434 28  -  Lyn Chan The staff at Singapore Marriott Hotel get pampered, just like the guests. IT'S a place the employees of Singapore Marriott Hotel can call their own —an oasis in the workplace where they can unwind in luxury. The hotel's new Club 82, which caters
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      234 28 ENJOY the special deals that malls have put together this festive period, and when you're done with shopping, take a break and enjoy the activities that they have lined up Central Experience real magic on ice with a live ice skating musical. Breathtaking stunts are performed by a
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      139 28 RECYCLING is the name of the game in the Vote for the most elec-TREE-fying contest organised by The Sunday Times. Eight design students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts have been selected out of over 30 entries to create their own version of a Yuletide
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      221 28  -  Lyn Chan SOUTH-EAST Asia'sf irst Boutique Breguet has opened at Raffles Hotel, offering watch aficionados the opportunity to take in the breathtaking beauty and craftsmanship of Breguet timepieces in a lush, luxurious ambience. The boutique's design uses Breguet timepieces as inspiration. Ellipsesdominate the ceiling in smooth
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        116 28 JUSI guess trie nrsx nurnuer ot me first prize of the 4D draw on selected Wednesdays to get a 1-D sale 60 per cent rebate via Audio House vouchers. From now till Dec 31, besides the 1-D sale. Standard Chartered credit cardholders receive extra free gifts when they
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        68 28 Gentlemen, deck yourself in new threads this Christmas with fashion brands from OG, such as Van Heusen, Feraud and Arnold Palmer. Add a dash of panache with luxurious, woven ties from Pierre Cardin and Lloyd Attree Smith. While clothes make the man, good shoes round up the overall
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        146 28 Savour festive delights from Meritus Mandarin Singapore. Choose from premium roasts and entrees such as Boneless Honey Glazed Ham ($152), Roast US Turkey ($158) and Australian Whole Roasted Veal Rack with Porcini Mushrooms ($415). For dessert, choose from the hotel's new logcakes: Chocolate Grand Marnier Yule Log
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        116 28 Style Looking for tiles for the home? Silestone by Cosentino from Spain has antibacterial quality, is highly scratch-resistant, scorch-resistant, highly resistant to stains, virtually maintenance-free and backed by a 10-year manufacturer's warranty. Silestone has built-in Microban, an antibacterial protection, which helps to fight the growth of mi-cro-organisms such
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        108 28 Calling all Heineken lovers. Gather at the Heineken World Central at Clarke Quay, a hub for consumers to connect with others around the world, and pick up a set of limited-edition postcards to spread the festive cheer around the world or simply capture and share a candid moment
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      647 29  -  Debbie Yong ►> SOAP BOX Make responsibility hip again clubs could issue hip wristbands to 'drivers of the night' YOU might have been there. Standing in the queue outside Zouk on a Wednesday night and watching enviously as fresh-faced drivers jingled the keys
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      727 29 MY SPACE In the fourth of a series, Youth Ink's best writers look back on living in and liking Singapore. This week, Abdullah Luqman Hussin writes on Singapore as an intellectual hub THE world's "idea capitals" have something in common. Picture
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      540 29 MY LIFE More help for needy Dear Santa IF THERE is one policy I would like to see changed, it would be the Public Assistance (PA) scheme. I believe the entitlement for households dependent on PA can and should be increased. The "erosion of
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      316 30  -  Larry Keh Chun Woon IN SEPTEMBER, I wrote to The Straits Times Forum page about errant shopkeepers who obstruct walkways and urged government agencies to step up efforts to ensure that all items beyond the permitted area are cleared by shopkeepers.
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      206 30  -  Mohammad Yazid I REFER to the report, "Shop owners still ignoring rules on outdoor displays" (ST, Dec 7). It is high time the authorities clamped down on overflowing HDB shopfront displays. It is also surprising that they are taking so long to act. The
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      467 30  -  Alex Cheong 800 Yam THE Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) recommends the following methods of apportionment for collective sale: the share value method; 50 per cent strata floor area and 50 per cent share value method; general valuation method;
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      244 30  -  Allan Zheng Bei Vi FOR some reason, the roofs of service 75 buses seem to drip even when it is not raining. On Dec 10, I boarded 848 D and the dripping was so bad, the magazine I was reading
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      213 30  -  Goh Li Lian (Mdm) I BOARDED service 190 (TIB 1157 H) last Wednesday and sat at a window seat. I immediately noticed a musty smell and found, to my horror, that the window ledges all around the bus had a layer
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      120 30  -  Ng Mi Chan (Ms) THE introduction of Electronic Parking System (EPS) in many shopping malls and hospitals has been welcomed by most motorists. Even in some housing estates, such facilities are available. For example, the Housing Board carpark next to the bus interchange in
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      318 30  -  Ng Lai Yien (Ms) MY 15-YEAR-OLD nephew has been an avid BMX stunt cyclist for more than a year. He meets his friends about three times a week at the Youth Park in Somerset Road. This is a healthy and exciting sport for
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      92 30 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Tiger Airways'flight delayed 15 hours and bad service thereafter Let's have touch-screen directories in shopping centres Some suggestions for the Tourist Pass Faulty console of Xbox 360 had to be replaced not once, but twice
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      729 31  -  Richard Jolly soccer Man Utd show their pedigree to win at Anfield with Tevez's goal before the break THE chorus of "That's why we're champions" from the outnumbered Mancunians was both a chance to gloat and an insight into why Manchester United now lead Liverpool by
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      348 31  -  JEROME SEOW HARD Rock Cafe turned into a mini-Anfield last night. The venue was host to about 80 Liverpool fans, who crammed themselves into the function room, ready to witness their team prove their Premier League title credentials against champions Manchester United.
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      256 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yokohama ITALIAN giants AC Milan overwhelmed Argentina's Boca Juniors 4-2 in the Club World Cup final yesterday to win a record fourth inter-con-tinental crown. Striker Filippo Inzaghi scored twice either side of goals from Kaka and defender Alessandro Nesta, as Milan
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      121 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Rome VETERAN forward Alessandro del Piero sent out a reminder to Juventus boss Claudio Ranieri and Italy coach Roberto Donadoni with a match-winning performance here against Lazio. The 33-year-old scored two clinical second-half goals in Juventus' 3-2 win at the Stadio Olympico on
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      145 31 Inter Milan 1511 4 0 33 8 37 iSRoma 16 9 6 ***** 33 luventus 16 9 5 233 15 32 lldinese 16 8 4 4 20 19 28 Fiorentina 16 6 7 ***** 25 Palermo 16 6 6 4 23 25 24 Napoli 16 6 4 6 24
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      499 32  -  Wang Meng Meng »SOCCER Captain gets the crucial goal which keeps Arsenal top of the table By AS THEY say, the best things in life are free. Not only did Chelsea allow William Gallas to join Arsenal for nothing, but the Blues also
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      385 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London JOEY Barton's first goal for Newcastle gave his side a last-gasp 1-0 win at Fulham on Saturday. He struck with a stop-page-time penalty after Elliot Omozusi brought down Alan Smith as Sam Allardyce's side claimed a second successive Premier League victory.
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      469 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London STEVE Bruce called on Marcus Bent to build on his match-winning hat-trick in Wigan Athletics remarkable 5-3 Premier League victory over Blackburn Rovers on Saturday. A relieved Bruce hailed the Latics' battling qualities after they secured an important win despite
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      478 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bremen WERDER Bremen's Ivan Klasnic (right) enjoyed a Christmas fairy-tale finish to his kidney transplant nightmare with two goals in Saturday's 5-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen. The 27-year-old striker, who played for Croatia in last year's World Cup, opened his side's scoring in
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      435 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Madrid BARCELONA warmed up for Sunday's tussle against Real Madrid with a 3-0 victory over Valencia on Saturday. But it came at a cost, with Argentinian Lionel Messi ruled out of "El Classico" with a foot injury. Messi, the
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        460 33  -  Jerome Scow Chef de mission also believes the event remains a launch pad for bigger success By THERE is more to the South-east Asia Games than winning medals. Low Teo Ping, Singapore's chef de mission at the just-conclud-ed 24th edition in Thailand, feels
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      • HIGHS and LOWS
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          489 33  -  Leonard Lim By In Korat THE 24th edition of the South-east Asia Games ended as many others had in the past. There were controversies and mudslinging, records were broken, hopes were dashed, and dreams came true. Possibly, the only unexpected occurrence was Thailand not including peculiar sports that
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          355 33  -  Terrence Voon By In Bangkok FEW noticed its passing. Like a thief in the night, the South-east Asia Games came to Thailand's capital and left iyVisitors were none the wiser, and locals were preoccupied with other things, such as the country's general elections later this month, and the
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        472 33  -  Jeanette Wang By in Pattaya SAME same, but different. One would have probably heard that phrase uttered by a Thai local, in response to questions like "Is this a real Rolex?" or "Is this the way to the airport?" Fittingly, that common saying could be used to describe
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        117 33 »TABLE TENNIS SINGAPORE'S interest in the Volkswagen Pro Tour Grand Finals in China ended on Saturday. The country's paddlers were all eliminated in the Beijing tournament a week after a clean sweep of seven gold medals in the South-east Asia Games. In the women's doubles semi-fi-nals, Li
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      567 34 NEW YORK TIMES »GOLF He gains three late shots to lead by six going into final day of Target World Challenge Thousand Oaks (California) FHE one thing in sport that has been mpossible to overcome in the past LI years is Tiger Woods with
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      527 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Cleveland (Ohio) LEBRON James knows the numbers do not lie. After the Cleveland Cavaliers lost 86-92 to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday for their eighth loss in nine National Basketball Association games, he summed up the obvious. "We're not playing very
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      225 34 REUTERS BADMINTON Kuala Lumpur LEADING figures from the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's ruling body, have decided to seek the removal of South Korean president Kang Young Joong (right) midway through his term of office. An extraordinary general meeting is being called for
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      114 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA Hawks forward Shelden Williams escaped unhurt when he was robbed of his car at gunpoint before his National Basketball Association game against the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday. Douglasville City Police said two men were arrested in Douglas County, near Atlanta, hours later. The
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      274 35  -  Judith Tan DRAGONBOAT RACING By THEY were without stalwarts Stephen Loh, Poh Boon San and Jeremy Goh, who had died in the Nov 23 Cambodian tragedy. But that did not stop the Mountbatten Constituency Sports Club (CSC) from rowing off with the inaugural Singapore Dragon
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      708 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASEBALL New York ON HIS climb to 300 wins, Roger Clemens made a point to learn all about Major League Baseball's greatest pitchers. As he joined their ranks, the Rocket kept pictures of the old-timers in his locker. He would reach in
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        129 35 BERNAMA BANGKOK: To give lesser nations a winning chance, the International Sepak Takraw Federation (Istaf) will restrict the number of events a country can enter a move that the sport's powerhouses Thailand fully support. The proposal was adopted last Thursday at its executive committee meeting during
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        87 35 REUTERS SEOUL: The Olympic torch will pass through the capital of North Korea on its way to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Games. The official Korean Central News Agency said the North's Olympic committee members had reached an agreement with Chinese Games officials to have
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      451 35 BASKETBALL NBA: Washington 92 Sacramento 79, Atlanta 93 Charlotte 84, Memphis 123 Orlando 119, NY Knicks94 New Jersey 86, Indiana 106 Miami 103, Philadelphia 92 Cleveland 86, New Orleans 101 Phoenix 98, Milwaukee 95 Minnesota 92, Dallas 96 Houston 83, San Antonio 102 Denver 91, Utah 96 Seattle 75.
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      145 32 Premier League P W D L F A Pis Arsenal 1712 4 ***** 40 Man United 1712 3 230 8 39 Chelsea 1710 4 3 2410 34 Man City 1710 3 4 2419 33 Liverpool 16 8 6 2 2710 30 Everton 17 9 3 ***** 30 Portsmouth 17 8
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      150 32 Primera Liga P W D L F A Pts Real Madrid ....1511 2 234 14 35 Barcelona 1610 4 232 12 34 A. Madrid 15 9 3 330 17 30 Espanyol 16 8 6 224 18 30 Villarreal 15 9 1 526 22 28 R. Santander ..15 7 5 3
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      43 35 TV times AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL: Washington v New York (Live, ChlO7, 9.30 am). BASKETBALL: Big East Conference: North Carolina v Rutgers (Live, Ch23, 9am). SOCCER: Fifa World Player Gala (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3am). Event BADMINTON: Cheers Youth International C'ships (Singapore Badminton Hall, 9am).
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      125 74 LEE AH NIK Age: 77 passed away peacefully on 16 Dec 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Sim Liang How, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Sim Kin Song Steven Tan Hong Yong Alice Sim Kirn Scan Toh Geok Eng Sim Kin Teck William Ooi Thean Poll Cindy Sim
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      37 74 THERESA PILLAY ANNAMALAY NADESAN Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us everyday, Unseen, unheard but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear Sadly missed forever cherished by Daughter: Son: Suresh Dcvi Chandrasegara
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      26 74 20th Anniversary KOK HIN CHONG Departed 17-12-87 In fond memory of 3* fjt a dearly beloved husband, Jfl «wv father, father-in-law, vjY» grandfather >#—3y^ great-grandfather "£^s^
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      82 74 NG KOON HIN Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 15 Dec 2007. Dearly missed by loved ones. (Wife: Tan Suan Cheok, deceased) Son: iNg Kah Siong, Thomas Daughters: Ng Kah Peng, Susan Ng Kah Poh, Diana Son-in-law: Daniel NgTurn Fung Granddaughter: Denise NgXin Jie Grandson: ■Dexter Ng Jun Heng Caregiver:
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      51 74 The family of the late LEEAHYONG Departed on 8 December 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to M.P. of Moulmein Constituency Committees, People's Association, Assisi Hospice, Business Associates, Clan Association, relatives, friends, colleagues and neighbours for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent
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      134 74 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to our Director Mdm Jane Tee Ah Sim our Manager Mr Benjamin Goh Wee Kuan on the demise of their beloved
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      155 74 HO MOI HEE Age: 94 passed away peacefully on 15 Dec 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Vincent Mah See On Wong Kwan Hoi Lawrence Mah Ah Woon Elaine Ho Swee Peng Eric Mah See Nam Cecilia Ho Yun Peng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Annie Mah Ah
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      42 74 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late MONICA CHIN FOONG YENG Departed on 15/12/2007 Deeply missed and fondly remembered by The Management Staff of Nuance-Watson (S) Pte Ltd Wake is held at Blk 204, Pasir Ris St 21.
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      76 74 lIP* sth Anniversary W In Loving Memory Of M m SHIVAAINIISHAWARA DASS Departed on 17 December 2002 I EL, Your memory is our treasure, 4 Rip With which we will never part. ssj it You will live on forever in our hearts. Ik? Now you are in God's keeping, 3,
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      207 74 NEO BONG KER Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 15 December 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Ng Yew Lay Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ng Kee Hong Neo Pheck Hoon, Jenny Ng Kee Peow, Steven Tan Ah Yew Ng Kee Chiang, Alan Foo Lee Choo, Helen Ng Kee
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      46 74 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of BRIAN RANDALL FRANCIS Departed 17 Dec 2006 If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane I'll walk right up to heaven and bring you home again Forever loved and cherished by beloved wife Ivy, family and loved ones
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      44 74 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of KAREN TEO HWEE PENG Departed on 17 Dec 2004 We cannot forget you Our loved one so dear; Your memory grows Sweeter year after year. Always missed by Parents, Husband, Brothers, In-laws, Cousins, Nieces, Nephews, Friends Loved ones.
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      80 36 p Rises (0) CENTS GLD 10USS Diamonds lardine CSC ISMSCI India 100 Asia Pac Brew SPC Wilmar Wilmar RBeCW*****7 Hour Glass DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 Apollo HLNTech Lyxor Cmdty 10USS Noble Grp 7990 129.8 1.1 200 116.9 68.1 2070 60.0 3.0 985 50.5 3.7 1350 30.0
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      72 36 Week s Top Rises CENTS ;oscoCorpBNPePW***** 3 200.0 2.0 ;oscoCorpBNPePW***** 1 100.0 0.5 IBS RB eCW*****0 1 100.0 0.5 Wilmar RBeCW*****7 60 81.8 27.0 ;oscoCorpMBLePW***** 10.5 75.0 4.5 1BSMER ePW*****8 6 71.4 2.5 Jiamonds 200 68.1 116.9 ;apitalanBNPePW***** 12 60.0 4.5 SingTel DBeCW*****5 24 60.0 9.0 )BSMBLePW*****3
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      73 36 (0) CENTS o/ /o IMH Lyxor China H 10USS STI ETF 100 ISH SGX STI ETF I0PV CityDev Cosco Corp 2520 404.0 2060 303.0 3580 140 0 1470 129.8 1330 110.0 3547.4 87.3 1370 80.0 595 80.0 10.0 9.3 3.8 5.8 7.6 2.4 5.5 11.9 (eppel Corp
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      76 36 S CENTS !TI 3700BNPeCW*****8 0.5 iepCorp SGAeCW*****7 1 Ho Plaza R 0.5 m 3800BNPeCW*****8 0.5 :apitalanMBLeCW***** 0.5 IBS SGA eCW*****8 1 JIA RB eCW*****8 5 [epCorpMBLeCW*****7 1 m 3500BNPeCW*****8 6.5 IoscoCorpBNeCW*****8 4 :apitalanBNPeCW***** 1 :apitalanBNPeCW***** 1 IBS MBLeCW*****9 1.5 )o Plaza R500 1 87.5 3.5 81.8 4.5
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      82 36 Where S$ stands Dec 14 CHNG YR 2007 CLOSE FR Dec 13 S$ LOW S$ HIGH JS$ 1.4428 -0.15 1.5479 1.4363 iuro 2.1014 +0.73 2.1639 1.9913 2.9349 +0.21 3.1194 2.9158 1$ 1.2622 +0.63 1.3555 1.1741 ren* 1.2819 +0.55 1.3821 1.2285 lupiah* 0.***** +0.02 0.***** 0.***** iaht* 4.2940 -0.15 4.5700
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      469 36  -  Yang Huiwen TAKING STOCK Markets still jumpy about credit crisis as financial shares' selldown continues THE financial turmoil has cast a gloom over the local and regional markets, which remain jittery, as recent events show. The joint efforts of the United States Federal Reserve
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        45 37 CITIGROUP has downgraded K-Reit to a "sell" and cut its target price to $2.17 from $2.87, citing a more conservative acquisition pipeline. Any share price gains are al- so likely to be capped, it added. CITIGROUP, Dec 12 Rating: SELL
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        62 37 DBS Vickers Securities has initiated coverage on The Hour Glass, with a buy rating and a target price of $2.32. The Hour Glass is trading at a steep discount to its closest peer, Sincere Watch. Given the company's robust growth prospects, DBS Vickers
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        67 37 CREDIT Suisse has lowered ComfortDelGro's price target to $2.55 from $2.70, on the back of rising fuel costs. Nevertheless, it has maintained its "outperform" rating on the stock, as growth momentum for the firm's overseas operations, which represent almost half of total revenue, remains intact. ComfortDelGro
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      414 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS It will help British Treasury decide which buyer's financing package is the most attractive London GOLDMAN Sachs has been asked to help assess financing packages being put together by potential buyers of Northern Rock, the United Kingdom mortgage lender bailed out by
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      182 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Rome ITALIAN prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into United States investment funds Evergreen and Quantum over speculations in the bidding for Alitalia, the Ansa news agency has reported. The probe was prompted by a drop in Alitalia's share price after Singapore
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      981 40  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY Direct access to top management may be key to preventing fraud So, when SembCorp Marine's (SembMarine's) former finance chief, Mr Wee Sing Guan, lost US$3O3 million (***** million) on allegedly unauthorised foreign exchange trades recently, fingers again wagged
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        45 40 LEE YEE SHIEAN: Appointed as new regional product marketing for 3Com Asia Pacific. Mr Lee (right) joins 3Com from Hewlett-Pack-ard Pro Curve. He is now responsible for driving 3Com's product and solution marketing programmes across the Asia-Pa-cific region.
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        90 40 CONNAL RANKIN: Appointed as independent non-executive director of Millennium Copthorne (M&C) Hotels with immediate effect. Mr Rankin (right), 66, is also a director of main-board-listed Neptune Orient Lines. He spent 45 years with HSBC Group Holdings until his retirement in 2005. During his time with
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        58 40 LEE AH BAH: Also known as Lee Beng Hoe. Resigned as director, managing director and executive chairman of the board of Gates Electronics, with effect from last Thursday. Mr Lee, who was appointed in 2003, leaves to pursue personal interests after disposing of
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        32 40 TAY GIM CHUAN ANDREW: Appointed as non-ex-ecutive director of Yellow Pages (Singapore), with effect from last Wednesday. Mr Tay, 53, is currently vice-president of Coutts Bank.
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        124 40 CELESTINE TAN: Promoted to vice-president of marketing. Ms Tan (right) is now responsible for all elements of Sun Microsystem's marketing across the Asia-Pacific, including branding and strategy development. She joined Sun in 1993 and has held various senior positions in the areas of marketing and
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      Lock icon Hang Seng's downswing spurs interest in contracts
      262 40  -  YANG HUIWEN WARRANT WATCH INVESTORS looking to capitalise on the downswing in the Hong Kong market are zooming in on covered warrants issued on the Hang Seng Index. The top two warrant gainers on the Singapore Exchange last Friday were both Hang Seng
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      Lock icon Ascendas in $144m Viet industrial park deal
      349 40  -  Lee Su Shyan By Assistant Money Editor DEVELOPER of industrial and business parks Ascendas has teamed up with Vietnam's stateowned Protrade to jointly develop a US$lOO million (Ssl44 million) industrial park. It will mark Ascendas' first major development project in Vietnam. The ambitious
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      Lock icon Asking rents at specialist malls rise by up to 30%
      817 41  -  Chua Hian Hou KUA ZHEN YANG Some retailers pay willingly for locale's reputation, others prefer mix of shops By RETAILERS in specialist malls such as Sim Lira Square, Queensway Shopping Centre and United Square have not escaped the tide of
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      392 41  -  CHUA HIAN HOU POPULAR DESPITE RENTAL HIKES QUEENSWAY Shopping Centre is rundown and fairly inaccessible, it has none of the frills its rivals have, such as a cinema, and rents have been rising. However, tenants at the well-known sporting goods haunt appear willing
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      642 41  -  Lee Su Shyan By Assistant Money Editor WHEN Swiss banking giant ÜBS announced US$lO billion (5514.3 billion) in write-downs last Monday, some clients were uneasy about their money. But they were relieved when they heard that the Government of Singapore Corporation (GIC)
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      885 37 JES International Holdings Limited is a major PRC shipbuilding group with production facilities capable of producing different types of vessels. We produce bulk carriers, containerships, ocean engineering vessels (mainly crane barges for offshore oil sector and offshore construction building works) and RO/RO vessels. Our shipyard is located at Shiwei Port,
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      6 40 WF**l Deutsche Bank Warrants website: WWW.dbwarrantS.COlTl.sg
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      71 40 Booster Capital Guaranteed Fund SGDRID 06/12/07 10,90 SGD Croci Alpha Pairs Sectors USDRIC-B 07/12/07 15.01 SGD Croci Alpha Pairs Sectors USDIIC 07/12/07 *****,71 USD Metal Drive Guaranteed Fund USDRID 06/12/07 15,39 USD EMLIN Sovereign Bond Fund USDRIC-B 07/12/07 9,81 USD December 16 2007 FIRST ***** SECOND ♦9825 THIRD ♦9780 STARTERS
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      421 40 Capitaland ended at $6.60 last week a fall of $0.35 from previous Friday. More than 16.8 million shares were traded last Friday. The share is now trading above its strong support level of $6.50 and appears to be heading for a rebound. Investors who share this view may consider call
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      179 41 l^ 1 Get the full picture, at last! Wl Monitors that can be rotated through 90 degrees lg to permit optimum use of the screen area whatever the application. The proof lies in NEC's 19"-26" flat panel monitors NEC's professional MultiSync 90 Series of high-end monitors are designed for heavy
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      24 41 Opening up Rather than expanding whistle-blowing rules, simply giving direct access to top management may be the key to preventing corporate fraud. PAGE Hl9
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      108 42 PEOPLE AUTOGRAPH AWARDS JPP^i HOT AGAIN GIRL TALK Who's the F- Singer Maggie Theng's Stop lying most obliging celeb? Wi- comeback about your age page 2 m }j^^ pag^3 page 6 t!^ 4 i i BiJ j *Jj A I' |f I' \^B IMHTUte- j^^V-^M^Hpl^^ d^r fc,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,., fl IT- /jf
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        469 43  -  Sujin Thomas My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way is determined to keep his new life drug- and alcohol-free FRONTMAN Gerard Way of American rock band My Chemical Romance has been drugand alcohol-free for almost four years now. But he tells Life! that there are days
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        367 43 AFP LOS ANGELES Hollywood heart-throbs Johnny Depp, Matt Damon and George Clooney have topped an annual poll ranking the best celebrity autograph signers, a magazine reported last Friday. Depp, 44, star of Pirates Of The Caribbean and the upcoming movie musical Sweeney Todd, headed the
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        1060 44  -  Boon Chan The singer's comeback is filled with a slew of projects. No challenge is too big for her except, perhaps, motherhood A CONCERT, a movie, a TV series, and an endorsement deal. Songbird Maggie Theng is back in a big way. The 46-year-old Singaporean
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        2210 45  -  Michelle Tay the monday interview Everything put together by Chan Soo Khian looks modern but the award-winning architect is steeped in classics and tradition AWARD-WINNING architect Chan Soo Khian is wearing a pair of impossibly well-cut grey trousers from Italian luxury label Prada. Paired with a white
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        642 46  -  Samuel Lee Animal Collective may be known to be quirky, but founding member Avey Tare says its live shows are really about playing songs GIVEN his group's reputation for being extremely enigmatic, experimental and quirky, one would have expected an interview with Avey Tare to be a colourful
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        89 47 Time is like cleavage, squeeze and there will be some' Entertainer Show Luo (above) on how he makes time for singing, acting, hosting and other work It's better for my body, for my sanity, for my family, for my life, if people are having fun. My skin is better'
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        1174 47  -  Suzanne Sng What's the big deal in admitting how many years you've lived? girltalk AGE is more than just a number. In my case, that number is 32. Sometimes, though, the figure is halved when I behave like I'm still 16, merrily squeezing into
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        288 47 TAIPEI Hong Kong singer Karen Mok (right) surprised fans at a mini concert in Taiwan over the weekend by announcing that she and her boyfriend of nine years, actor-director Stephen Fung, have broken up. Just before launching into a song, she said: "Earlier this
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        479 48  -  Boon Chan Tanya Chua is looking forward to releasing a new English album MEDIA CORRESPONDENT SHE is making waves singing in Mandarin, but home-grown singer Tanya Chua is still more comfortable speaking English. In fact, she says to a group of journalists over the telephone from
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        580 48  -  Boon Chan CHINESE actress Xv Jinglei (right) might be a multi-hyphen-ate blogger, director, actress. But the 33-year-old is charmingly self-deprecating in person. She brushes off compliments about her looks lightly, saying: "When I was young, I was not the best-looking or the smartest.
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        898 49  -  Tay Yek Keak He's like a cute retriever caught between two big brothers in The Warlords starsngripes BEFORE talking about Dustin Hoffman's spectacular feath-er-duster hair in Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium, let's start with Perhaps Bath, a Chineseempire emporium movie. A Chinese-empire emporium movie is one
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      184 49 digital lire- J Showtime Productions Presents A Jazzy Christmas By Jeremy Monteiro, Tuck Patti and Paul Ponnudorai I^^^^^^H In A Jazzy Christmas, Singapore's "King Ijfl of Swing", Jeremy Monteiro, acclaimed mjm '^3 W w|H American duo Tuck Patti, and soulful |M X singer-musician Paul Ponnudorai b^H |v celebrate the festive
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