The Straits Times, 15 January 2008

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 112 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 601 1  -  Sim Chi Yin Raising bilateral trade, holding joint military exercise among new initiatives By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA and India, already the world's fastest growing economies, could become an even bigger global force after putting aside their differences and ushering in
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  • 557 1  -  Fiona Chan Almost 2m sq ft to be added between now and 2011 By Property Reporter AN IMPENDING surge of new shop space in Orchard Road may put the brakes on the growth of retail rents along the shopping stretch. Almost two
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1001 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok FOR almost a fortnight now, thousands of Thais dressed in black have wound their way to the Grand Palace in the heart of historic Bangkok to pay respects to the King's late sister. King Bhumibol Adulyadej's
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 67 1 SKIPPING aWa SERVING qMS t- SHADES OF -tfff^fS" TOWN 3«.** UP ACES Ws£ THE PAST JP|| More S'poreans 2,oBt^^»r Rohit Brijnath fSoia Comparing today's foreign heading overseas for w-S* 1* begins a daily column v jf^|" I workers with their fabled 1 Chinese New Year :--^c^ S^9 on the Australian
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 351 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 ERP gripes: Are they justified? Asia 6-16 Singapore motorists may grumble World 17-21 about ERP increases, but only half Review 22-23 °f those surveyed pass gantries on PY| 24 the way t° work. SECTION TWO"" PAGEH4 Home H1-H6 Squeezing out stem cells Forum H7 Two
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  • PRIME
    • 393 3 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS GOLDEN GLOBES Beverly Hills (California) ON A night when Hollywood's unofficial promise The Show Must Go On was broken, the tragic romance Atonement and the bloody musical Sweeney Todd won the big prizes. Instead of a room full
      NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS; BLOOMBERG NEWS  -  393 words
    • 640 3  -  Carolyn Hong »MALAYSIAN PROBE INTO ALLEGED JUDICIAL CORRUPTION Dr M, Anwar and three former CJs among those who will take the stand By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur A VERITABLE Who's Who of Malaysia, including former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, his nemesis Anwar
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    • 130 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS Suspected Muslim insurgents killed eight soldiers, beheading one of them in a bombing and shooting attack in restive southern Thailand. The soldiers were on a routine morning patrol in the Chanae district of Narathiwat province when a bomb hidden on the road
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    • 644 4  -  Dcvi Asmarani Growing calls for his contributions to be recognised; his condition appears to improve By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta FHE family of gravely-ill former Indonesian president Suharto has turned his fate over to his doctors is debate over his legacy heats up. Mr
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  • ASIA
    • 904 6  -  Tracy Quek LINA MIAO Friendchatmeeting^ —SiT^ 7^B" 1 Spouts lotus root •SSS-i----""" wearables eelbo^ 9etable *m] LTeicooksthes^ 4m Beijing to come up with standardised English translations for outlandish-sounding dishes, in run-up to the Olympics By China Correspondent In Beijing FANCY some "American Flag Cooks the
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    • CHINA
      • 601 8 NEW YORK TIMES Many peasants in the heartland scrape by on less than US$l a day Yangmiao (Henan) WHENEVER she falls ill, Madam Li Enlan, 78, picks herbs from the woods that grow near her home instead of buying modern medicines. She
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      • 47 8 Chinese pupils showing off their moves during the launch of the Little Traffic Police project on Sunday in Mengcheng county, in eastern Anhui province. The students will help to direct road traffic on weekends, in an attempt to raise public safety awareness. PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • 359 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Shanghai THE Shanghai authorities suggested yesterday they would take heed of public opinion on their plans to extend the city's magnetic levitation (Maglev) train line, following weekend protests by residents. As many as 5,000 residents took to the
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      • 211 8 REUTERS Hong Kong HONG KONG has accused a number of democracy activists of contempt of court after they made an unlicensed radio broadcast even though their station has been slapped with a temporary no-airing injunction. The Department of Justice said it had filed legal
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 508 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Presidential hopeful takes over reins from Chen after polls defeat Taipei TAIWAN'S ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), reeling after a crushing defeat in weekend parliamentary polls, yesterday tried to bounce back by naming its presidential hopeful as acting chairman.
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      • 157 9 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Lilongwe MALAWI yesterday announced that it had cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 41 years and switched recognition to China. The news came as Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian arrived in Guatemala in an effort to fend off China's attempts to lure away
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      • 204 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS Seoul SOUTH Korea's President-elect said yesterday he would meet North Korean leader Kirn Jong II at any time to improve relations and persuade the North to give up its nuclear weapons programmes. Mr Lee Myung Bak, who will be inaugurated on
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 698 11  -  Ravi Velloor Top tourism officials to meet in New Delhi following a spate of sexual attacks on foreigners By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi THE tourism authorities in India are tightening security to prevent groping hands of sexual perverts from spoiling
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      • 205 11 REUTERS Bangalore CONSERVATIVE Hindu leaders in southern India are seeking to prevent a monk from heading one of the country's most popular temples, saying he had become "impure" because he had travelled overseas. The debate has divided Brahmins, or the priestly
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 492 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Militants tried to behead the troops in deadliest attack since last June Chanae (Thailand) SEPARATIST rebels killed eight Thai soldiers and tried to decapitate them after ambushing a military convoy in the restive Muslim-majority south yesterday, officials said. It was
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      • 213 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Manila THE Philippine government yesterday imposed a six-month building ban on the resort island of Boracay, famed for its powdery white sand and crystal-clear waters. The tiny island in the central Philippines draws more than half a million tourists each year, or
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 426 15  -  lazlin Hassan XL govt's dilemma: Risk continued Indian anger or lose Malay votes By I- Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE five Hindraf leaders arrested under a tough security law are planning to go on a weeklong hunger strike beginning
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      • 330 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur A GROUP of indigenous Malaysians has launched a suit against the country's only Mus-lim-ruled state for allegedly tearing down a church built on their property, a church leader said yesterday. The church in Kelantan was demolished by
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      • 233 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur POLICE have arrested a security guard in connection with the kidnapping of a five-year-old girl, following closely on the heels of the arrest of a drug addict on Sunday. The 32-year-old security guard was detained on Sunday
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 22 6 Poor peasants Despite China's economic boom, millions of peasants, especially those in grain-based areas, are still mired in deep poverty. PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
    • 685 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS Eco-friendly innovations unveiled at Michigan show Detroit GREEN is the theme of this year's North American International Auto Show. US and foreign carmakers are pushing environmentally friendly driving to the top of their agendas as they unveil a range of
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    • 119 16 THE European Union (EU) did not foresee the problems raised by its policy to get 10 per cent of Europe's road fuels from plants, its environment chief has admitted. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said it was better to miss the target than achieve it by harming
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    • 638 17  -  Mark Rice-Oxley Officials say it will ease organ shortage as people are too busy to sign up for donation By For the Straits Times In London BRITAIN is considering changing its organ donation rules so that people will be treated as potential donors
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    • 500 17 Lewisville (Texas) THE murder of teenage sisters Amina and Sarah Said allegedly by their father on New Year's Day has led to a debate on "honour killings" in the United States, even as police are hunting for the missing suspect. Amina, 18, and
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    • 659 18  -  Susan Sachs TV footage of him singing along to rock 'n' roller a hit in cyberspace By For The Straits Times In Paris FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy has been described as a romantic crooner, just days after publication of an unauthorised biography in
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    • 288 18 REUTERS Moscow RUSSIA'S Foreign Ministry has threatened tough sanctions and additional pressure against Britain's cultural offices for defying an order to stop operating in two cities. "Considering that our calls have not been heeded, the Russian side is forced to take a series of
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    • 599 19  -  Jonathan Eyal Proposal comes as Chinese presence is eroding Europe's influence in region By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London THE European Union has announced that it is seeking Chinese cooperation in Africa. EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel has pledged to present Beijing
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    • 284 19 LOS ANGELES TIMES-WASHINGTON POST Abu Dhabi IN HIS harshest criticism thus far, US President George W. Bush has called Iran "the world's leading state sponsor of terror" and sought to shore up opposition to the government in Teheran throughout the Middle
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    • Article, Illustration
      63 19 Holding up a Smurf figure, a child in Brussels proudly showed off his handiwork yesterday. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Smurfs, a fictional group of small sky blue creatures that live in the woods. The Smurfs were first introduced to the world by Belgian
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 149 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Beijing said yesterday that foreign naval vessels remained welcome in Hong Kong as the US Pacific Fleet's commander held his first talks with top Chinese officials since a heated row over such visits. "If your ship wants to stop by in
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      • 108 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG: Relatives of Macau's disgraced transport minister Ao Man Long appeared in court yesterday to face charges in the Chinese gambling enclave's biggest corruption scandal. Ao's brother and sister-in-law were charged with 20 counts of money laundering. His wife and father are
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      • 93 19 REUTERS MANILA: The Philippine Supreme Court will designate special courts to speed up a backlog of environmental cases and ensure polluters are penalised for breaking the law, a spokesman confirmed yesterday. Manila's decision came as experts from the Asia-Pa-cific region began a conference in Bangkok
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      • 105 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian Member of Parliament is being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) for allegedly using forged documents to obtain bank loans. The unnamed senior politician allegedly used forged identity cards to obtain hundreds of thousands of ringgit from
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      • 93 19 REUTERS CANBERRA: An Australian man who waved out of a car window at two young women was expected to lose his arm yesterday after it was almost severed by another passing vehicle. The 20-year-old was a passenger in a pick-up truck at Bunbury, in
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 329 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS AFTER a three-year separation, recently released Colombian hostage Clara Rojas was finally able to hug her young son Emmanuel, who was fathered by one of her guerilla captors but taken away from her months after he was born. "I'd like
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      • 210 20 REUTERS ISRAELI pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim has accepted Palestinian citizenship a rare new status that he believes could be a model for peace between the two nations. "It is a great honour to be offered a passport," he said on Saturday after a Beethoven piano
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      • 128 20 REUTERS IT IS not often that former British prime minister Tony Blair is not recognised. But his first foray into the world of mobile phone messaging left one friend puzzled. Mr Blair told a conference organised by France's ruling UMP party in Paris
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 28 16 Love him, hate him... French President Nicolas Sarkozy is seen as a romantic crooner, days after his ex-wife calls him a nasty womaniser in a biography. PAGE 19
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    • 688 20 Alumni Reception The University of Hull is pleased to announce that there will be a dinner reception for alumni and friends of the University at the Marina Mandarin Hotel on the 24 1h of January 2008. The event will be hosted by Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Barry Winn and will be
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  • REVIEW
    • 439 21 PICTURE the contrasting scenes: President Chen Shui-bian sulking in a corner, defeated and "ashamed", as he acknowledged; Beijing's leaders in the Great Hall taking in the Taiwan election results, quietly satisfied they did not have to do much except to give Mr Chen enough rope to
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    • 1079 21  -  Li MINGJIANG PAN-TONKIN GULF ECONOMIC COOPERATION SCHEME By For The Straits Times DESPITE the reduced tension in the South China Sea over the past few years, diplomatic tussles over sovereignty and resource claims have never been absent. This is evidenced by the recent
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    • 1052 21 THE ECONOMIST MOST people suppose that China's economic success depends on exporting cheap goods to the rich world. If so, its growth would be seriously dented by a stuttering American economy. Headline figures show that China's exports surged from 20 per cent of gross domestic product
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    • 1617 22  -  John Gee By SAMSUI women have a small but distinct niche in Singapore's history. Their broad red hats and blue-black samfoo marked them out as they went back and forth to work on the island's building sites. Since the last working Samsui women retired, their
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 27 21 Then and now There are similarities and differences between Samsui women and today's female migrants who come to work in Singapore. PAGE 23 PUNCHLINES HPSOLDEN 6LOBES |f
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 1034 23 Singapore today I Showers with thunder in _J^ 0 n 0 JL~ 0 evening over many areas. THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 2008 lII' I/I' 111 ASIA WORLD WEATHER "SEFUL NUMBERS smiNQ^TOU CMJ I 10 Emergency lines LKJ IOUAY oSEOUL £Z r Police 999 I hj ar PoHce Hotline
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  • HOME
    • 678 24  -  David Boey His case shows servicemen are able to seek redress By Defence Correspondent A FORMER teen actor who launched a rare challenge to Singapore's military justice system was released from detention yesterday. Private Marcus Ng, a 22--year-old one-time sitcom player, finished a
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    • 537 25  -  Carolyn Quek They may be linked to three cases of harassment in Toa Pavoh and Bedok By DO YOU know these men? Closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) have recorded illegal loan-shark activities and police, which issued images of these four men, hope someone will recognise
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    • 226 25  -  ELENA CHONG A FORMER student care centre supervisor was jailed for one month yesterday for hugging an 11-year-old primary schoolgirl and stroking her arms. The 53-year-old, who cannot be named for fear of identifying the victim, admitted to a charge of outraging the girl's modesty
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    • 203 25  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent TWO Mongolian men went jewellery shopping in Vivo City after a trip to Sentosa. One fancied a diamond ring and a white gold bracelet, worth a total of $2,500, and he took out a credit card to pay for
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    • CASE FILE
      • 142 25 A CYCLIST in his mid-teens and a motorcyclist in his 50s were taken to hospital after two separate accidents yesterday morning. The first incident took place at about 7.15 am as the cyclist was on his way to school. He was cycling across a pedestrian
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      • 101 25 A WOMAN in her 60s had her handbag stolen yesterday morning. The bag contained two cellphones worth $600, a $300 pair of sunglasses and $50 in cash, among other items. The woman was at a bus stop near Block 502, Tampines Central when she felt someone pulling
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    • 331 26  -  Alfred Siew Sing Tel scheme is backed by seven vendors and aims to produce more local applications By Technology Correspondent CREATORS of cellphone software strong on ideas but limited in funds can now tap into a $2.3 million scheme announced by SingTel yesterday. If
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    • 430 26  -  Li XUEYING By FOR two decades, Keat Hong residents living in Choa Chu Kang attended yoga lessons, practised silat and watched Chinese opera in a space with little elbow room. Two rooms at the void deck of an HDB block is where
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    • 218 26 CHRISTMAS may be over but the spirit of giving continues as Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL) donated $1 million to 10 local charities yesterday. Presenting them with $100,000 each, NOL chairman Cheng Wai Keung said they hope to provide assistance to the youth,
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    • 135 26 FROM a "dancing" Sony MP3 player to a refrigerator that shows off your holiday photos, last week's Consumer Electronics Show provided a peek at just how offbeat some upcoming gadgets can be. The annual show in Las Vegas is the big draw for gizmo lovers and Digital Life
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    • 741 27  -  Maria Almenoar Only a minority of those who do altered their driving pattern after toll hike in Nov By EACH time the tolls on Singapore's roads rise, a chorus of complaints sounds from drivers across the island. But the reality is
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    • 278 27 FOR financial consultant Daryl Ng, 31, the decision to leave his car at home and take the bus to work was easy. When he started a new job in Raffles Place three months ago, he was facing a $200-a-week bill for petrol, ERP
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    • 296 27  -  APRIL CHONG WHEN Dr William Tan wheeled his way across the finish line of a marathon in Antarctica last month, his gloves were sodden and his hands were covered in blisters. The 50-year-old physician, who is paralysed from the waist down, had
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    • 356 27  -  LIM WEI CHEAN COMMUTERS who took the last train from Orchard MRT station last night were the last to enter or exit from its familiar glass dome and doors. From today, commuters at the Orchard MRT station will have to use a different access.
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    • 651 28  -  Judith Tan The 2 NUS academics behind it were inspired by an orange juicer while on coffee break By TWO Singapore academics inspired by an orange juicer have invented a device which they claim can extract more stem cells from the
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    • 1159 29  -  Arti Mulchand, Lee Pei Qi Tiffany Ong Views split on 'ugly S'poreans' but all agree a campaign is not the answer By IF THERE is one saving grace amid the seemingly ungracious demeanour of Singaporeans, it is that we now queue. Whether for food, in
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    • 27 24 New world record Dr William Tan completes seven marathons in all seven continents in under 27 days to raise funds for child cancer research here. PAGE H4
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  • FORUM
    • 353 30  -  Lee Seek Kay EVER since the increase in GST from 5 to 7 per cent last year, prices of goods and services have skyrocketed. By and large, consumers cannot tell if these increases are justified. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) cannot let
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    • 435 30  -  Lv Cheng Yang MR GILBERT Goh ("Perform-ance-linked pay more harm than good"; ST, Jan 1) and Dr Ranjiv Sivanandan ("There's a reason it's called 'public service'"; ST, Jan 4) felt there were better ways to attract and retain teachers than by
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    • 444 30  -  Abdul ShariffAboo Kassim I REFER to the article, "Sec 5 students advised: Go to ITE instead" (ST, Jan 12). When interviewed by The Straits Times, the principal explained that her intention of advising her Secondary 5 students to seek transfers to
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    • 106 30  -  Janet Mohan (Ms) I REFER to the letter, :'Guard at POSB sent maid to back of queue" (ST, Jan 5), by Mr Alfred Loo Swee Kian. This has been a misunderstanding as the Certis Cisco guard at our POSB Hougang branch did
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    • 340 30  -  Suhana Kharudin (Ms) I REFER to Mr Seah Sian Boey's letter, "He may lose rebate on scrapped car" (ST, Jan 8). We would like to highlight that the Preferential Additional Registration Fee (Parf) scheme is intended to encourage timely replacement
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    • 306 30  -  Richard Thong Kok Mun THE articles, "MM's keys to living long and successfully" and "Retirement means death" (ST, Jan 12), were very interesting. However, the articles overlooked one very important point, that is, the mindset of employers in enforcing mandatory retirement on their employees.
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    • 152 30  -  Chin Kee Thou I WISH more employers would subscribe to MM Lee's view that "a man should go on working or a woman should go on working for as long as we can but changing the nature or the intensity of the
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    • 93 30 Singapore Changi Airport and Visa Grand prize winner of the "Joy to the World" shopping promotion. Mr Jim Edwards won a pair of Round the World air tickets. BMy wife, Pam, and I are thrilled with our lucky win which was the result when I purchased her Christmas gift using
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 111 30 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Don't make statistics so important in student development Don't give up on less bright Sec 5 students, who may yet turn around Her son is one such student, now studying engineering in polytechnic Bank valuation
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  • SPORTS
    • 1074 31 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS ►>TENNIS British hope helpless against Frenchman but top-ranked men and women progress Melbourne THE prize-fighters punched their way out of trouble yesterday but British hope Andy Murray was felled by a fierce right hand at the Australian Open. Serena Williams and Justine Henin
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    • 679 31  -  Rohit Brijnath ARMCHAIR VIEW By YOGI Berra is an ex-New York Yankee who has spent a lifetime murdering the English language. He is the fellow who insisted "baseball is 90 per cent mental and the other half is physical", and
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    • 293 31  -  Leonard Lim MOTOR RACING By PASSENGERS at Changi Airport Terminal 2's departure lounge had a pleasant surprise yesterday. A full-scale Ferrari Formula One replica car is on show there as part of a nine-day promotional campaign until next Tuesday. The roadshow, which features interactive
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    • 342 31  -  Christopher Ong DISABILITY SPORTS By SINGAPORE'S disabled athletes received a big boost yesterday, with the launch of the Athlete Achievement Awards (AAA) by the Singapore Disability Sports Council. The scheme will reward medal winners at the Paralympic Games, Asian Para Games, Commonwealth and Asean Para Games.
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    • 576 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHLETICS But he will appeal against ruling that artificial legs give him 'unfair advantage' Brussels SOUTH African paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been told that he cannot compete in this year's Beijing Olympics because the artificial legs he uses give him an unfair
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    • 597 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER London RAFAEL Benitez's job at Liverpool is looking increasingly precarious. And, while the Spaniard may profess to not being bothered by the cloud of uncertainty hanging over his future, he will certainly hope his team can deliver the goods
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    • 355 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bolton (England) JASON Roberts has played only 14 matches for Blackburn Rovers. He is hoping his last-minute winner against Bolton Wanderers on Sunday will secure him more first-team action. The match appeared destined for a draw when the striker, a second-half substitute, burst clear
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    • 352 32 London ENGLAND skipper John Terry (right) said he is happy to let David Beckham lead England again as long as the team return to winning ways. England failed to qualify for this year's European Championship and have since hired Italian Fabio Capello to
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    • 379 33 REUTERS CRICKET Captains meet to ease tension and India drop charge against Hogg Perth AUSTRALIA and India called a truce to their week-long feud when rival captains Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble met yesterday and the visitors dropped a complaint against spinner Brad Hogg. Ponting
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    • 160 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE INDIA'S cricket chiefs yesterday sold the media rights for the star-studded inaugural Twenty2o Indian Premier League for US$l billion (551.43 billion). A consortium of India's Sony Television network and the Singapore-based World Sports Group won the rights for the next 10 years
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    • 517 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Rome ANY doubts that three-time World Player of the Year Ronaldo is still a force in football were dispelled in just over 45 minutes on Sunday. That was the time it took for the Brazilian to score twice
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    • 375 33 »SOCCER London MARK Hughes is set to be the new manager of Newcastle or not. Depending on which English newspaper one reads, the Blackburn Rovers manager will quit his current job and go to St James' Park or he will remain at Ewood Park.
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    • 140 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SPORTS WORLD INDIANAPOLIS: The San Diego Chargers shocked Indianapolis Colts and the New York Giants stunned Dallas to keep their Super Bowl hopes alive on Sunday in the National Football League play-offs. San Diego's 28-24 victory over Indianapolis meant
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    • 428 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Madrid RUUD van Nistelrooy scored two late goals as Spanish champions Real Madrid defeated bottom side Levante 2-0 on Sunday. They re-established their seven-point lead over Barcelona at the top of the table. Real are on 47 points. A staggering
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    • 534 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS »GOLF Honolulu K.J. CHOI had to work harder in paradise than he imagined to become the Sony Open champion on Sunday. He survived the blustery conditions at Waialae Country Club and a spirited charge by Rory Sabbatini, closing with a one-over 71
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    • 633 34  -  Leonard Lim 14-yr-old will try to qualify for c'ship and become first local in LPGA event By FOR two days last November, Joey Poh followed elder brother Johnson around Sentosa's Serapong course, hoping to one day emulate her sibling's once-in-a-lifetime experience. That time
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    • 383 34  -  Terrence Voon BASKETBALL By HIS long wait to join America's National Basketball Association may be over. China's Sun Yue has disclosed that he is set to sign for the Los Angeles Lakers next season and become the fifth player from his country to
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    • 322 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS New York IT WAS so ugly, Chauncey Billups had to do some heavy scrubbing to put it behind him. At least when one of their worst nights was over, the Detroit Pistons could go home lyZach Randolph had 25 points
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    • 440 34 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL Divisional Play-offs American Conference: San Diego 28 Indianapolis 24. National Conference: NY Giants 21 Dallas 17. BASKETBALL NBA: Toronto 116 Portland 109 (OT), Atlanta 105 Chicago 84, New Orleans 87 Houston 82, NY Knicks 89 Detroit 65, Golden State 106 Indiana 101, LA Lakers 100 Memphis
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 23 31 India withdraw complaint India drop their complaint against Australian spin bowler Brad Hogg, whom they had accused of using offensive language. PAGE HlO
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    • 21 32 Want to voice your views? Contribute to the forum pages of the new, bilingual my paper SEND YOUR E-MAIL TO myp@sph.com.sg
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 71 32 English FA Cup THIRD-ROUND REPLAYS Today Barnet v Swindon Town Bristol Rovers v Fulham Bury v Norwich City Liverpool v Luton Town Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3.55am Millwall v Walsall Reading v Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield Wednesday v Derby County West Bromwich Albion v Charlton Athletic Tomorrow Havant and Waterlooville v Swansea
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    • 244 33 0 TnTißs^ 2008$±U&«:*ftJi|i£*ttftft»g Inspiring Chinese Language Teachers Awards 2008 Opens For Nomination Each nomination has to be supported by a write-up (English or Chinese of maximum 500 words) on the nominee's achievements in 2007,, based on the nominee's ability to arouse students' interest in Chinese language and culture through creative
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 45 33 TV times BASKETBALL: Big East Conference: Georgetown v Pittsburgh (Live, Ch23, Bam). SOCCER: FA Cup, 3rd rd replay: Liverpool v Luton Town (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3.55 am). TENNIS: Australian Open: Ist rd (Live, Ch24, Bam and 4.30pm). Event SQUASH: Singapore Closed C'ships (Kallang Centre, spm).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      128 34 STEPHEN TEO HONG KIANG TEO HONG KHIANG Age: 75 passed away peacefully on 14.01.2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wives: (Catherine Low Siew Huang, deceased) Sally Goh Siew Kin I Sons: Daughter-in-law: Michael Teo Kheng Wall Florence Heng See Moi I Andrew Teo Kheng Boon Grandson: Granddaughter:
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      72 34 GOHYAMLIM Age: 75 Passed away peacefully on 14 January 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lim Siew Gan Son: Daughter-in-law: Goh Say Kang Allan Chen Peiling Irene Daughter: Son-in-law: Goh Lee Ping Lim Shien Ming Granddaughter: Lim Shihui Faith and all relatives. Wake at Blk 302
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      37 34 14th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of S. VEERASINGAM Departed: 15 January 1994 We often think of bygone days When we were together; The family chain is broken But memories live forever. Sadly missed by Children, In-laws Grandchildren
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      53 34 Thalai Thevasam Ist Anniversary SEVAPAKIAM D/O CHILIAH Departed: 25.01.2007 Sadly missed and always remembered by Husband, Children Grandchildren and loved ones. Thalai Thevasam Prayers will be held on 15.01.2008 9am at Blk 401, Pandan Gardens #02-04, and evening prayers at Jurong East Murugan Temple at 6.30pm. Please treat this as
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      139 35 'I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.' 2 Tim 4:7 ANNIE WEE POH YIN Age 62 Called home to be with the Lord on 13 Jan 2008. Deeply missed by family. Husband: Arthur Wee Soon Yam Son: Andrew Wee Teck Ann
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      170 35 Wong Tek Foo (Tiger), 75 passed away January 10, 2008. To all friends and family, your presence at our side during this difficult time has been greatly appreciated. It meant a great deal to us to have you near. Your flowers brightened the room and lifted our spirits. Thank you
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      168 35 YEO ENG SEE Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 13 January 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife:NgSiewKhim Sons: Daughters-in-law: Yeo Tee Meng, Raymond Koh Seok Imm, Amy Yeo Yaw Kok, Patrick (deceased) Ang Boon Suat Daughters: Sons-in-law: Yeo Soo Boy, Sharon Law Hang Sing Yeo Lee
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      43 35 i?T4^ ®&^tk r Deepest Sympathy tJ-. If and ty Hearfelf Condolences to our Managing Director, Qoh Chye Huat on the demise of his beloved mother Tan Mvi Kheng an 13 January 2008 From Management and Staff of Jar dine Lloyd Thompson Pte Ltd
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      61 35 Al-FATIHAH > The Family Of The Late JAMALUDDIN BIN ABDUL AZIZ (JAMAL) Departed 13 Jan 2008 would like to express our deepest gratitude to relatives and friends, for your attendance, prayers, support, and gifts during our recent bereavement. May Allah bless his soul. Amin. Special thanks to Dr. S. Shankar,
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      41 35 The Family Of The Late TAY CHI KIANG BENJAMIN Departed on 10 January 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their i recent bereavement.
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      35 35 'OM SHANTT VILAS KANTILAL BSHAH Departed: 15/1/95 Your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond true. There is not a day, dear mother, That we do not fc think of you. KanMlal Bhalchand Pariwar and Timbadia Pariwar
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      50 35 With Deepest Sympathy t Heartfelt Condolences to Basskaran Nair on the demise of his beloved wife I SOH CHOR ENG I Departed on 11 January 2008 From w Chairman, Board of Directors, L Management and Staff of I I Certis CISCO Security Pte Ltd J HIJI ,ma£r S -4L. m
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      43 35 STEVEN LIM CHIN GUAN Departed on 15 January 2006 Not just today but every day, We remember the times we shared. Deeply missed by: Wife Annie Yap Daughters Trudy and Jo sephine I Sons-in-law David and Adrian Grandchildren Mitchell, Janene, Aurielle and Emmersen
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      41 35 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Kwek Ser Yong, Director, Mrs Tan Li Lee, General Manager on the demise of their beloved father/ father-in-law KWEK SEOW TAY on 13 Jan 2008 From The Management Staff of Tekplus Engineering Pte Ltd
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  • MONEY
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      • 7523 36 TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 14, 2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R33 105 3C 141 195 15 24 18 61 17 5 IE 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 228 19 4 89
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      • 58 36 LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E 20C 620C 100C 1120C 1250C 398.3 3977.9 116 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 297.5 6009 STI ETF 2962.9 6236 STI ETF IOPV US200cd US620C US1000
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    • 715 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS Combination of a US recession and a hard landing in China could cause global slowdown Paris CHINA is starting to gain control of its turbocharged economy, just as a United States slowdown raises the risks of doing so. A narrowing
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    • 18 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS Friday's close: 14,110.79 (-277.32 points) »The markets were closed yesterday for a holiday.
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    • 39 37 Yesterday's close: 26,468.13 (-398.88 points) Hong Kong share prices closed 1.48 per cent lower in cautious trade as investors await earnings reports from major United States financial institutions hit by the US sub-prime crisis. AFP
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    • 39 37 Yesterday's close: 5,497.9 (+13.22 points) Chinese share prices closed 0.24 per cent higher on gains in the liquor sector amid hopes that producers will be able to pass on rising raw material costs to consumers. AFP
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    • 31 37 Yesterday's close: 5,980 (-1.6 points) Australian share prices closed flat, with bargain hunters softening the impact of the huge sell-off on Wall Street ahead of the weekend. AFP
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    • 41 37 Yesterday's close: 1,507.04 (-9.18 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.61 per cent lower in line with most regional markets on concerns over the United States economy and ahead of results to be released by major US banks. AFP
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      35 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,728.05 (-99.4 points) »Indian share prices closed down 0.48 per cent in line with weak Asian markets but power stocks rose ahead of the nation's biggest flotation by Reliance Power.
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    • 35 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,810.37 (-19.89 points) »Indonesian share price closed 0.7 per cent lower in line with regional markets following Wall Street's slump, but with gains in palm oil producers limiting falls.
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    • 37 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 791.15 (-5.32 points) Thai stocks closed 0.67 per cent lower amid sustained fears among investors over a possible slowdown in the United States economy caused by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis.
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    • 111 37 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,218.14 Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand.... 5.750 -0.25C CapitaMall 3.080 -0.01C CityDev ...11.780 -0.68C Cosco Corp... 5.130 -0.37C DBS Grp ...19.240 -0.60C F&N 5.350 -0.15C Gent Intl 0.650 -0.01C HKLand 4.780 +0.09C JSH ...15.640 +0.04C Jardine C&C ....22.140 +0.18C Keppel Corp Keppel Land.. NOL
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    • 57 37 Jan 14 Jan 14 Yangzijiang 49,160,000 Sing Tel 47,238,000 DBS DB eCWOBO3IO 42,081,000 CapitalandDßeCWoBD72l 40,440,000 Chasen 37,832,000 Firstßes 33,093,000 ChinaAElec 32,355,000 China Hongxing 29,951,000 Abterra 28,383,000 JES 26,391,000 STX PO KWIOO 25,928,000 KTL Global 25,134,000 JiutianC 23,324,000 Capita Land 22,470,000 CapitalanDßeCWoBo6l6A 21,495,000 Ascott Grp 20,986,000 El-Nets 19,488,000 Golden
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    • 142 37 Jan 14 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2730 1.2880 Can dollar 1.3970 1.4130 Euro 2.1070 2.1310 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4386 0.4393 NZ dollar 1.1140 1.1380 Sterling pound 2.7860 2.8180 US dollar 1.4230
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    • 2173 37 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 14,2008 52-WEEK ILL CURRENCY HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED 50 5 2 8798 AscendasSGAeCW*****3 56 8 5 9092 Asia Env W*****4 58 5 8 4105 Asiatravel W*****7 47 5 27 3657 BiosensorDBeCW*****3 24 5 13 3704 CapitaMalSGAeCW*****0 22 5 8 5 3666 CapitalanBNPeCW*****9 9
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    • 437 38 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS i Analysts also expect US' largest lender to report $5.7b in fourth-quarter losses New York CITIGROUP could make as much as US$24 billion (5534.3 billion) in write-downs and lay off 20,000 staff as part of a plan to cut costs
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    • 249 38 REUTERS Shanghai CITIGROUP'S plans to raise capital by selling a US$2 billion (552.85 billion) stake to China Development Bank may be in jeopardy due to Chinese government opposition, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The report, quoting a person familiar with the situation, said
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    • 624 40 BLOOMBERG NEWS Bank is predicting a slowdown in America that may hit US-bound shipments from Asia GOLDMAN Sachs reduced its growth forecasts for Asia on concerns that an expected recession in the United States will erode demand for the region's
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    • 519 43  -  AZHAR GHANI By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta AN ONGOING probe into the helicopter crash that killed Singaporean oil industry entrepreneur Robert Chandran could expose an allegedly hush-hush practice of Indonesian military assets being hired out illegally. The air force helicopter, carrying four military
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    • 376 43  -  Bryan Lee By CONSUMER prices in Singapore may surge a staggering 6.5 per cent this month, bringing fullyear average inflation to an equally eye-popping 5 per cent, according to Citigroup. Higher housing and food costs are likely to cause a spike in
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    • 364 44  -  Lee Su Shyan WARRANT WATCH By Assistant Money Editor FHE general weakness in the market yesterday was reflected in blue :hips such as banks and the Singapore Exchange (SGX), which performed poorly, as did the warrants 3n these corporate giants. The Straits
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      • 335 55 Reuters BEIJING Chinese action star Jet Li (right), who had a close brush with death in tsunami-rav-aged Maldives in 2004, will take a break from fighting villains on screen this year as he turns his attention to charity work. He told Reuters he
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      • 417 85 Find: Stumble Upon IT'S easy to discover a cool book at the bookstore while you're browsing around, even when you're not really looking. But discovering an interesting website is much harder. Search engines allow you to find the sites you want on
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        1529 86  -  Tham Yuen-C and Grace Chng Blu-ray gets boost in DVD wars WARNER Brothers sparked fevered discussion about the next generation DVD war, when it said it would only release its movies in regular DVDs and the Blu-ray discs backed by Sony. With the move, the movie studio is
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      • 750 89 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW 00 GIN LEE in Las Vegas zooms in on the world's trendiest consumer electronics fair THE annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas closed last week after gathering an avalanche of 140,000 people squeezed into 1.8 million sq ft of space
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      • 772 89  -  Oo Gin Lee in Las Vegas Also on Sony's platter were a dancing MP3 player, 3 new phones and camcorders with face detection technology SONY flexed its muscle at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, unveiling a slew of impressive next-generation electronics.
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          105 90 Fujitsu's Fabric PC When big laptop companies first introduced the idea of leather-bound notebooks and diamond-studded PCs, geeky fashionistas flocked to the stores and whipped out their plastics. Now, the makers of the humble Fabric PC are thumbing their noses at these pricey, over-ly-accessorised laptops. The Fujitsu
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          101 90 Belkin Podcast Studio The Belkin Podcast Studio device seems to be made for globe-trotting, backpacker podcast enthusiasts. Simply plug in your iPod player into the gadget and it records the soundbits for your podcasts. Its small and compact body also means that it will fit nicely into any
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          135 90 companies pee in their pants with their built-in speaker features. Take the Creative Zen Stone Plus music player. With a solid built-in speaker, juicy audio enhancers and sound equalisers, the player promises to be all you need to get the party thumping. What's more the player lets
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          58 90 Sony Ericsson's w350 Bringing us another step closer to Japan's ul-tra-adorable and saccharine sweet mobile phones is Sony Ericsson's new w350 walkman phone. At just 0.3-inches thick and in pastel blue, the device is compact and really pretty. It also has a 512M8 expandable storage and FM radio
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        • 110 90 Pay TV on Xbox console Prepare for domination! Totally, by the Gates empire. Not only is it a leader in the gam- ing scene with its Xbox games, but Mi- crosoft has also announced at the CES that British Telecom will be offering pay TV on the game console
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        • 102 90 Samsung NV4 digital camera Even if you take your photography seriously, it doesn't mean you want a deadweight hanging from your neck all the time. The new Samsung NY digital camera line is not only slim and sexy, but packs a whole load of smart-snap features as
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      • 351 90 If the latest mobile phones and laptops don't tickle your fancy, these kitshcy toys will. IN GEEK heaven, fridges will be belting out tunes, speakers will be fitted snugly between bed sheets. Here on Earth, you can come pretty close to nerd-vana at the Consumer
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      • 1707 91 They power up games here, and LEUNG WAI-LENG finds local female developers a force to be reckoned with SHE HAS no formal training in programming or art, but Puah Kin Vi, 26, holds a job many gamers would kill for. The film studies graduate is
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      • 225 91 THE women game professionals want to see a few new things when building new titles for their gender. A better focus on user-friendly control schemes and the look of female characters would be welcome, said Lee Su Ling, 28, a games tester at lOtacle Studios Asia.
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      • 772 92 New York Times Digital tools help people monitor and set temperature, and price preferences, cutting electricity usage: US study GIVING people the means to closely monitor and adjust their electricity use lowers their monthly bills and could significantly reduce the need to build new power
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      • 549 93 Sony Ericsson's w96oi, pipped as the iPhone's key rival, lets down some users with faulty operating system. STEPHANIE GWEE reports WHEN 33-year-old video editor Christine Choo decided to trade in an older Sony Ericsson wBooi mobile phone for the new Sony Ericsson w96oi handset, she
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      • 781 97 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.cm.sg Slow loading process I HAVE a Lenovo T6l laptop running on Intel Core Duo Processor and Windows Vista. Recently after my friend returned me the laptop after using it for a week, I realised
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        • 200 98 ►personal computers Lenovo's Idea PCs The Idea Pad Y5lO will be out this month, with prices starting at $2,479. Pricing for the Idea Centre K2OO and Q2OO start at SsB39 and 552,049 respectively. They will be available in February. The Idea Pad UllO will be available
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        • 149 98 ►in-vehicle video recorder Road recordings Available now for $249. Call EPT Solutions at 6276-8622 for more information. SOME reckless driver backs into your car, and you want to claim against his insurance. The problem: you don't have other witnesses, and the driver is now
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        • 120 98 ►personal computers Toshiba's Portege M7OO In stores at the end of the month. Price starts from $3,599. THE Toshiba Portege M7OO series of tablet PCs promise to help you see it all. The computers come with LED backlit 12.1-inch widescreen displays, further enhanced with a layer of
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        • 120 98 PHOTO: music player Portable sound Available at $749. More information at www.atlas-experience.com. NO POWER outlet? Don't fret. You can still blast your iPod with the Bose SoundDock Portable. It runs on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and can be plugged into a wall. Besides playing your music, it will
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      • 849 96 The next big thing in advertising Banner ads and e-mail brochures these online marketing techniques seem a yawn next to new Web 2.0 ways. STEPHANIE GWEE clues you in to the trend IF YOU are a big coffee drinker, and have said so in your MySpace profile, advertisers using one
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      • 605 96  -  Stephanie Gwee Three companies that took the less-trodden route have not regretted their move Agency: Ogilvy Mather What campaign: Promotional tool for the Motorola Q mobile phone When launched: Dec 13, last year Web 2.0 tool: Facebook What it did: This campaign pioneered
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        • 123 99 ►bluetooth headset Sony Ericsson's new Bluetooth headset In stores in February. Price unavailable. DO GIRLS want different gadgets from boys? The jury is still out. But Sony Ericsson has designed a Bluetooth headset the HBH-PV7I2 Style Edition for the fairer sex. Besides the aesthetic features like
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        • 82 99 Pc security Health Check Service To check your Windows PC, use Internet Explorer 6 or higher to access www.f-secure.com/healthcheck. This free Health Check Service from F-Secure promises to make protecting your PC easier. The service performs checks on the overall security status of the PC remotely. It can
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          275 99 ►business solutions Mac Pro and Xserve Prices of the Mac Pro start at $4,588, the Xserve starts at $5,188. Both available at www.apple.com.sg. You'll get more cores in your Apple with the new Mac Pro and Xserve. Both machines will run on a pair of Intel quad-core processors,
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      • 393 100  -  Billy Teo, a freelance writer Naruto: Rise of A Ninja LIKE a stealthy ninja, it's hard to pin down the essence of Naruto: Rise of A Ninja. You star as an orange-clad, de-mon-fox possessed hero training to be a master ninja in this title, a fusion
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      • 167 100 Life-long learning IN BETWEEN missions or when bored with the side quests, keep visit ing the hokage (Ninja chief) and teachers like Kakashi. They will show you the ropes to new jutsus {ninja skills), combo attacks and abili- ty enhancements that will give you the killer edge in battles.
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      • 382 100  -  Valentine Chua, Mario Party DS THERE are many games you can play while chilling out at your favourite coffee joint with three other Nintendo DS-toting friends. From racing to tossing bombs to beating each other silly, the selection is limitless. And then there's Mario
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      • 499 101  -  Tham Yuen-C Master of Illusion MASTER of Illusion is not so much a game in the traditional sense as it's a virtual bag of magic tricks with a tutorial. When you start, a buxomy character called Barbara guides you through the basics, after which "magicians" will take
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      • 534 102  -  Alfred Siew Sangean WFR-20 Internet radio $599 Available at Tangs Orchard, Technobay L 3 NOT another "Net device", I thought to myself when I took this Internet radio out of the packing. The Sangean WFR-20 is not the first to hook up
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      • 325 102  -  Adli Yashir, Brother HL-4040CN laser printer Price: $728 Toners: Cyan, magenta, yellow: $88 each. Black: $78 Get from authorised Brother dealers THAT it prints 22, A 4 colour pages in a minute is arguably this printer's biggest selling point. Weighing 33kg and with a footprint
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      • 473 103  -  Wilson Wong, a gadget enthusiast Maxtor One Touch 4 Plus Priced at $289.00 for 500GB, $439.00 for 750G8, $549.00 for ITB. Get it from authorised dealers MANAGE your data explosion fatter and fatter files on a cramped hard disk with the Maxtor One Touch 4 Plus.
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      • 329 103  -  Adli Yashir, Lenovo ThinkPad T6l Price: $3,099 Get from authorised Lenovo dealers LENOVO has made no changes to the black, conservative look of the ThinkPad, since it bought the brand from IBM in 2005. Critics say the boxy look of the T6l seems dated (read boring). But
        LENOVO  -  329 words
      • 599 104 You have a choice it's not Internet Explorer or nothing. Try Firefox for size, suggests MIKE LEE INTERNET Explorer (IE) does not have to be compulsory you can choose Firefox, a freely available and the most popular alternative browser. Here's why: With over 464 million downloads
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      • 310 104  -  Mike Lee ADD-ONS have long been the cheer of Firefox fans. Ramp up the functionality of Firefox with these tips. Getting by with just the standard installation of Firefox is like driving a sports car at half its speed: Tweak it, and you could take off like
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      • 559 104  -  Mike Lee HERE are 10 ways to get the most out of your new browser. 1. If you've been an Internet Explorer 6 faithful, you will enjoy the tabbed browsing feature in Firefox. Instead of opening a separate window for each
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      • 723 105 LEUNG WAI-LENG jives to a so-hot gaming composer's beat, and finds out what gets him all wired up HE HAS been around since the first video game Pong was out in the *****. But Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL or JXL, is no middle-aged
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      • 590 106  -  IRENE THAM IRENE THAM argues that technology must be backed by good training to translate into improved customer service IT'S no secret that acquiring a new customer can cost businesses more than retaining one. But I wonder if this rule of thumb has been taken
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        796 109 '1, 100 apply for condo-like HDB flats on Day I. By Tan Hui Yee (The Sunday Times, Jan 6, 2008) About 1,100 people had applied for 714 condominium-like flats in Boon Keng by 6pm yesterday on Day One of the application period. Around 8,000 people packed the showflat,
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        617 111  -  ANDREW DUFFY The five Ws and an H of the Olympics and winning medals for Singapore. BY WHEN DID SINGAPORE f LAST WIN AN OLYMPIC MEDAL? It has been a long time 47 years, in fact. Then, Tan Howe Liang picked up a silver for weightlifting. But the
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        144 112 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Who he is The I 9-year-old son of former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto. After his mother was assassinated on Dec 27, he was appointed leader of the opposition Pakistan People's Party on Dec 30. His father will, however, lead the party until his son
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        161 112 US$lOO What it is The highest price that a barrel of crude oil traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (left) on Jan 2. That was the first day the exchange opened for trading this year. It is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange, where billions
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        130 112 Myanmar What is happening there Myanmar's economy, which was already performing poorly, is groaning under the weight of new sanctions. These were imposed by the United States, the European Union and Australia in the wake of the bloody suppression of pro-democracy protests in September led by Buddhist
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        205 113 Edmund William Barker Mr Barker was a key architect of modern Singapore. The law graduate from Cambridge University was persuaded by Mr Lee Kuan Yew his friend at Raffles College to join politics in 1963. That year, he went on to win his first election as a Member
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        142 115 Scientists say that they have figured out how influenza viruses carried by birds latch on to humans.The study, led by Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology professor Ram Sasisekharan, may open the way for the development of a vaccine against not just the deadly bird flu, but also against all types of
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        138 115 Violence broke out in Kenya following elections on Dec 27, which international observers said did not meet international democratic elections guidelines. Kenya's President, Mwai Kibaki, won a second term in office by a razor-thin margin and opposition leader Raila Odinga felt he was cheated out of victory. Clashes erupted
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        172 115 The continent was badly hit by fire and floods at the start of the year. Several cities, including Perth and Melbourne, suffered summer heatwaves, while bushfires raged on the east and west coasts. New South Wales on the eastern coast had its worst flood in more than 50 years
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        89 118 The first day back at school was a hectic time for children, but some still managed to spare a thought for the less fortunate. Beacon Primary, a new primary school which opened on Jan 2, encouraged its pupils to share some of their pocket money with children
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        101 118 Eight-year-old Chin Jie Yang was spotted painting graffiti on public property over the holidays. No, he was no delinquent, but was part of a troupe of youth who spent a morning working on Project Graffiti. The youth painted on canvases pasted onto the fences of Kolam Ayer Community
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        394 121  -  KIM MAX ARE YOU A BEACH BUM? 1. You go to the beach with the aim of: a. Just hanging out. b. Getting some fresh air/ exercise. c. Huh, who said I go to the beach? 2. How many times a year do you visit the beach? a.
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      • 98 122 Sumatran rabbit Nesolagus netscheri The Sumatran rabbit is buff grey with striking brown stripes over its face, legs and body, including a mid-dorsal stripe from the shoulders to the rump. Shy and slow-moving, it lives in rainforests. That is why it has evolved to have small
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