The Straits Times, 6 February 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 84 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon PM confident of another good year for Singapore
    502 1  -  Lydia Lim Country in strong position to face uncertainties, he says in his CNY message By THE new Chinese Year of the Rat begins tomorrow under more uncertain and challenging circumstances than the Year of the Pig, the Prime Minister said yesterday.
    DESMOND WEE  -  502 words
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    Lock icon Ching Cheong reunited with family after three years
    578 1  -  Chua Chin Hon By China Bureau Chief In Beijing VINCE CHONG Hong Kong Correspondent STRAITS Times correspondent Ching Cheong, who was arrested in China nearly three years ago on espionage charges, was granted parole yesterday and reunited with his family in Hong
    HONG KONG JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION  -  578 words
  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon ERP: Costs up for some, opportunities for others
      1026 1  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent MR V.S. Kumar, managing director of homegrown delivery company Network Express, is bracing himself for the 16 new Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries coming up this year. His company makes around 7,000 deliveries a day and already
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      329 2 zaSSECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 1-5 million heroin bust Asia 5"13 CNB officers break up a World 14-17 Singapore-based heroin trafficking Review 18-19 syndicate and seize 10kg of the FYI 20 drug, worth $1.5 million. SECTION TWO PAGE H1 Home Hl-H5 Forum H6 Clogged roof gutters must go Sports H7-HlO
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Maid arrested after video shows her abusing baby
      483 3  -  Carolyn Quek By POLICE have arrested a 24-year-old maid who was caught hitting her employers' baby on video last month. The baby's parents installed a closed-circuit TV in the living room of the child's grandmother's home on Jan 24 to keep an
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    • Article
      Lock icon All schools must have mix of halal and non-halal food
      625 3  -  Sandra Davie »MOE LAYS OUT POSITION AFTER BOON LAY SCHOOL CONTROVERSY School apologises while ministry reiterates need to maintain common space for interaction By Education Correspondent THE Education Ministry wants all schools to make sure their canteens provide a mix
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    • Article
      Lock icon Police widen probe into air intrusion
      618 4  -  David Boey ►>Flight history: No permit to leave Thai airspace Plane's history: Two owners in a few weeks »Pilot's history: What is his background? By A POLICE investigation into the airspace intrusion that shut down Changi Airport for close to an hour on Jan
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      Lock icon Teacher charged with altering PSLE answers
      195 4  -  ELENA CHONG A PRIMARY school teacher was yesterday charged with eight counts of forging the Tamil-language answer scripts of three of her pupils during last October's Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). Shanti Krishnasamy, 39, is accused of amending the answer scripts with the intent
      DOMINIC WONG  -  195 words
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      25 4 Sing Post to sell HQ? Singapore Post's landmark headquarters nexttoPaya Lebar MRT station may be on the verge of unlocking riches worth $1.3 billion HppSH
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon AM: Prison chores PM: Back with family in Hong Kong
      736 6  -  Chua Chin Hon VINCECHONG IN HONG KONG RELEASE OF ST JOURNALIST Ching Cheong told of parole only hours before boarding a train for Hong Kong By China Bureau Chief In Beijing STRAITS TIMES journalist Ching Cheong was expecting nothing more
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      Lock icon Release 'a good hongbao' for Ching's family and SPH
      699 6  -  Peh Shing Huei By THE release of Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong yesterday was greeted with joy by his Singapore colleagues, who called it a great present for Chinese New Year. Mr Han Fook Kwang, the Editor of The Straits Times
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    • CHINA
      • RELEASE OF ST JOURNALIST
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          Lock icon MORE THAN 1,000 DAYS IN DETENTION
          1980 7  -  Goh Sui Noi Ching Cheong convicted of spying, but support for him never wavered By Senior Correspondent WHEN Hong Kong-based correspondent Ching Cheong travelled to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou nearly three years ago for a story, he never expected to take just
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          Lock icon Reactions to release
          213 7 "WE ARE delighted at the news of Ching Cheong's parole and long-awaited release. "We are very happy that he will be reunited with his wife and family for Chinese New Year. "We look forward to meeting him as soon as possible." A SPOKESMAN FOR SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS,
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        Lock icon 'Final victory' at hand in snowstorm battle
        870 8  -  Tracy Quek Highways, air traffic and rail networks being restored just in time for CNY By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA'S top leaders declared that "final victory" was at hand in the country's battle against the worst blizzards in decades, as its crippled
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        Lock icon Jams in South Korea ahead of holidays
        279 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul MILLIONS of South Koreans took to the roads yesterday, jamming routes nationwide ahead of the country's most important holiday marking the Lunar New Year. The Transport Ministry expects more than 40 million of the country's 49 million people to be
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japan dumpling poisoning 'may be deliberate'
        543 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo calls for close cooperation with Beijing to probe food scare Tokyo JAPAN'S Health Minister said that China-made dumplings may have been deliberately poisoned with pesticide, as the number of Japanese saying they fell sick after eating them reached
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        Lock icon ROSES ARE RED... AND BLUE TOO
        96 10 Roses are red, violets are blue, but these roses are as blue as violets too. These genetically modified roses will go on sale next year, Japanese whisky distiller Suntory said on Monday. It developed the world's first blue roses in 2004 after 14 years
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        Lock icon Parents of boy eaten by crocs get $43,400 payment
        218 10 REUTERS Beijing A COURT has ordered a holiday resort and a crocodile keeper to pay almost 220,000 yuan (5543,400) in compensation to the parents of a nine-year-old boy who was eaten by the reptiles last year. Liv Haiyang and his three
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        Lock icon Anti-graft dissident jailed four years for subversion
        331 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing CHINA yesterday sentenced writer and cyber-dis-sident Lv Gengsong to four years in jail for "inciting subversion of state power", his lawyer said. The Intermediate People's Court in the eastern city of Huangzhou announced the verdict on Lv, a
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        Lock icon Beijing relaxes move to limit video-sharing services to state firms
        314 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA eased new rules limiting video-sharing to state companies, saying yesterday that private companies already in the fast-growing industry are allowed to continue. But new competitors must comply with the rules, which took effect last
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  314 words
    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon MARKING NEW YEAR WITH A FLOUR-ISH
        56 11 Dressed in new clothes and sprinkling flour over their shoulders for good luck, Nepali Sherpa women prepared for the Sherpa new year in Kathmandu on Sunday, Their new year is based on the lunar year and thus coincides with the Chinese New Year. Celebrations
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        Lock icon Mills & Boon to woo Indian readers
        156 11 Mills Boon to woo Indian readers AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi ROMANCE fiction giant Mills Boon will be printing its love stories for the first time in India. According to Mr Andrew Go, the group's head of operations in India, the books are tailor-made for a country where people flock to
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        Lock icon India set to get its first wafer chip plant
        506 11  -  Ravi Velloor Breakthrough will boost New Delhi's bid to be a manufacturing destination By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA is poised to announce a breakthrough in its attempt to woo wafer chip manufacturers, with a multibillion-dollar facility likely to
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Jakarta governor told to tackle floods
        491 12  -  Salim Osman Indonesian President promises central govt help in curbing the annual problem By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta SIX months after the Jakarta Governor's election promise to end the :ity's annual floods, and with parts 3f the capital currently under water, Indonesia's President has
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        Lock icon Garuda pilot who crash-landed in Yogyakarta arrested
        282 12 REUTERS Jakarta THE pilot of a Garuda plane that crashed at Yogyakarta airport killing 21 people last year has been arrested on charges that include manslaughter. Captain Marwoto Komar (left), arrested on Monday af- ter eight hours of interrogation, was also charged with
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        Lock icon Philippine House Speaker ousted after Arroyo graft charges
        215 12 REUTERS Manila A FORMER ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo was ousted as Speaker of the Lower House in a move seen as punishment for graft charges levelled against the administration by his businessman son. Mr Jose de Venecia's removal in a
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon COURT TO REVIEW BALI BOMB CASE
          101 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: A court in Bali will hear a second case review filed by lawyers for three Islamic militant! on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings, furthei delaying their possible execution. The Supreme Court has asked the Denpasar dis^ trict court to
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          Lock icon TOURISM IN MYANMAR HALVED
          90 12 REUTERS YANGON: Tourist arrivals in Myanmar almosi halved in the last three months of last year aftei the military junta crushed popular monk-led protests, killing at least 31 people, the Myanmar Times reported this week. The number of foreign visitors fell 24 per ceni in October,
          REUTERS  -  90 words
        • Article
          Lock icon KOREAN FAMILY REUNIONS VIA VIDEO
          101 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: Dozens of families separated for decades by the border dividing North and South Korea exchanged video messages with their kin yesterday under a new programme. Officials of the two Koreas exchanged videotapes and CDs containing messages from 40 families 20 from each
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        • Article
          Lock icon SAUDI RELIGIOUS COPS NAB WOMAN
          140 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's religious police detainee and strip-searched a woman for sitting at a Starbucks coffee shop with a male colleague who was not a member of her family, the Arab News reported yesterday. The 40-year-old financial consultant, named only as Yara, told
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Abdullah reaches out to Chinese voters
        546 13 Cabinet will have no Chinese reps if MCA and Gerakan lose polls, Prime Minister warns Kuala Lumpur PREMIER Abdullah Badawi, acknowledging "insecurity" among the Chinese, has urged them to support the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and Gerakan in the coming elections. If they fail
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      • Article
        Lock icon Many Christian books seized, group claims
        255 13 Kuala Lumpur THE Christian Federation of Malaysia said yesterday it has received many complaints from Malaysian Christians who were told to hand over religious books to Customs officers at various checkpoints. The federation revealed this in its letter of protest to the government, after
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        Lock icon Lawyers walk out of judge-fixing hearing
        140 13 Kuala Lumpur FIVE lawyers staged a walkout after the royal commission into the Lingam tape barred their client, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, from participating in the proceedings. Datuk Seri Anwar had refused to withdraw and apologise for criticising the commission's decision not to call
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      22 6 Deliberate act? Japan says the made-in-China dumplings that left thousands of people ill may have been laced with pesticide deliberately. PAGE 10
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Soft side to Hillary or a crying game?
      325 14 LOS ANGELES TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS SENATOR Hillary Clinton appeared to choke up with tears for a second time during her campaign, the show of emotion coinciding with the eve of another important vote in the race to the US White House.
      LOS ANGELES TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS; AP  -  325 words
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      Lock icon Cliffhanger in Democrat presidential race
      969 14  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Hillary and Obama still slugging it out while McCain is likely to clinch Republican nomination By US Correspondent In Washington A HISTORIC presidential race got under way in the United States yesterday with one intriguing contest between Democratic senators Hillary Clinton and Barack
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      Lock icon Super Tuesday: What counts
      280 14 AMERICANS in 24 of the 50 states and American Samoa began voting yesterday in the largest single day of balloting in the history of presidential primaries. The "Super Tuesday" results could go a long way towards determining the candidate of one major party, the Republicans, but
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      Lock icon Singaporeans at Aussie varsities a lonely lot: Study
      689 16  -  Roger Maynard ESTHER TAN They face culture shock and find it hard to befriend local students By Australia Correspondent In Sydney YOUNG Singaporeans are the loneliest of overseas students at Australian universities, a new study has found. Every single one of those
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      Lock icon Scientists create 'embryo with three parents'
      274 16 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS London BRITISH scientists have created human embryos touted as having "three parents", in a breakthrough they hope could lead to effective treatments for a range of serious hereditary diseases. Newcastle University researchers believe the process will help avoid passing on to
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      Lock icon Future jet to fly at 5x speed of sound
      182 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London BRITISH engineers unveiled plans yesterday for a hypersonic jet which could fly from Europe to Australia in less than five hours. The A 2 plane, designed by engineering company Reaction Engines based in Oxfordshire, southern England, could carry
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    • Article
      Lock icon Arab states 'falling behind in quality of education'
      381 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS Urgent reforms needed to address unemployment problems, says World Bank Amman THE quality of education in the Arab world is falling behind other regions, and reforms are needed urgently if unemployment is to be addressed, the World Bank has reported.
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      Lock icon High heels help boost sex life: Study
      206 17 Amsterdam WEARING high heels although perhaps not stilettos may improve your pelvic floor muscles and boost your sex life, a new study suggests, according to the BBC. Dr Maria Cerruto, an Italian urologist, said her research showed that high heels were not as
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Chinese named World Bank chief economist
        247 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PROFESSOR Justin Lin Yifu has become the first Chinese to be named the chief economist of the World Bank. His appointment addresses criticism that the bank needs more senior management from developing countries and should be better attuned to emerging markets. Prof
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        Lock icon Last of Iwo Jima flag-raising marines dies
        155 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MR RAYMOND JACOBS, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of US Marines photographed during the first of two US flag-raisings on Iwo Jima during World War 11, has died at age 82. Mr Jacobs, who died on
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      26 14 Education reform needed The quality of education in the Arab world is falling behind other regions, the World Bank warns, calling for urgent reforms. PAGE 17
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon Fight of the Web titans
      421 18 I NITS U5544.6 billion bid for Yahoo!, Microsoft appears to look more for competitive advantage against Google than for outright domination of Web search and advertising. The software giant has not the wherewithal to corner the market, at least for now. Swallowing Yahoo! would only
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      Lock icon Celebrating the family
      986 18 PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG'S CHINESE NEW YEAR MESSAGE SINGAPORE enjoyed a fruitful and productive Year of the Pig. The economy recorded its fourth consecutive year of robust growth. A record 237,000 jobs were created. Unemployment is at its lowest in a decade. All workers have something
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      Lock icon Striking the right balance
      1047 18  -  HO »U.S.-SINGAPORE FTA By. Senior Writer IN HIS final State of the Union address last week, President George W. Bush urged Congress to ratify the free trade agreements (FTAs) the US had signed with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. These would open up new markets for
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      Lock icon WHAT IF?
      948 19  -  Kathleen Parker »U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE Will race, gender, age and religion matter to Americans when they vote in November? You bet. By tics. I do not mean to be flippant, but rather to suggest that we are more biased than we admit and that just possibly, our bias
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      Lock icon Putting down roots in a conducive climate
      866 19  -  Barry Hing ASIANS IN AUSTRALIA By For The Straits Times IN A sign of the extent to which Asian influences are shaping Australia, celebrations for Chinese New Year which begins tomorrow have increasingly become part of the cultural landscape of the country's main
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      29 18 The race thing Would a white Barack Obama and the most liberal member of the US Senate be acceptable as the leader of the free world? PAGE 19 PUNCHLINES
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      1078 20 Singapore today f^ I •^BwlKli^ Mainly fair and JL. JL. JL. fiHfU Spi^, THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 2008* w AciA wooi n u/iTATHiro USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN ASIA WORLD WEATHER nnTnmv i 5—- 1 A Emergency lines DO TODAY #r£BEUING 0 PoHce 999 5tuUL Clear PoHce
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      569 21  -  Jermyn Chow TEH JOO LIN By NARCOTICS officers on Monday crippled what they called one of the biggest heroin trafficking syndicates to crop up here in recent years an operation that highlights the resurgence of the drug in the region. Central Narcotics
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      Lock icon 340 little India shopowners told to remove roof gutters
      510 22  -  Lee Hui Chieh ►>WAR ON CHIKUNGUNYA 180 have already complied; eight fined for non-compliance; rest ask for more time By THE battle against the mosqui-to-borne disease chikungunya has moved from the streets to the roofs. Over the last 10 days, 340
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      483 22  -  Radha Basu By Community Correspondent A GROUP of programmes that help keep kids in school, get parents involved in their children's education and provide jobs for the unemployed have proved effective. Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said yesterday that the programmes,
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      540 23  -  Joyce Teo Current ice rink to undergo $7m to $8m overhaul By Property Correspondent SINGAPORE is to get its first Olympic-size ice skating rink as part of a $138.2 million overhaul of Jurong Entertainment Centre. The announcement by Capita Mall Trust (CMT) that
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      102 23 Ms Noeleen Heyzer, executive secretary of Escap, or the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana yesterday to discuss how Escap could contribute to the development of countries in the Asia-Pacific region and
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      Lock icon US award named after S'pore surgeon
      301 23  -  Lee Hui Chieh By SINGAPORE surgeon Susan Lim, 52, had snagged the American Academy of Continuing Medical Education award for her work in minimally invasive surgery in the last two years. Last week, she found herself in Dubai, handing out to two surgeons the
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      Lock icon Man jailed a year for role in phone lottery scam
      400 24  -  Khushwant Singh By A 28-YEAR-OLD jobless man who allowed his bank account to be used by a syndicate running a phone lottery scam was yesterday jailed a year. Ong Tian Soon, who pleaded guilty, was offered $150 a month to
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      416 24  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent A HIGH-RANKING immigration official was hauled to court yesterday to face 27 charges, including harbouring an illegal female immigrant from China. Thong Sing Hock, currently a deputy superintendent with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), was a
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      586 24  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Mum given interim custody of 6-year-old; estranged hubby twice a no-show at hearings By Law Correspondent FOR the last three months, a 34-year-old mother has been pining for her son, who is now caught in a
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      111 24 Two people were taken to hospital yesterday after their car collided with another vehicle, which careened into a school bus along Bukit Timah Road. This beige Toyota sports utility vehicle (SUV) crashed into the rear of a red Toyota Camry at around 3.20pm. The SUV "flipped
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      Lock icon Phony horse fees: Ex-turf club man jailed
      366 24 A FORMER employee of the Singapore Turf Club who duped horse owners into ponying up over $46,000 was jailed for five months yesterday. Abdul Rahman Salleh, a one-time supervisor at the racecourse, levied phony import fees on 16 owners between March 2003 and
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      642 25  -  Yeo Ghim Lay SANDRA DAVIE ►> MUSLIM LEADERS ON SCHOOL'S INITIAL MOVE: They say it flies in the face of nation's multicultural values By MUSLIM community leaders have spoken out against a school's attempt to ban non-halal food from its canteen, calling the
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      320 25  -  DAVID BOEY THREE Singapore-made stealth warships were declared ready for operations yesterday, nine months to the day after the first ship of the six-ship class, RSS Formidable, was commissioned. Christened the RSS Intrepid, RSS Steadfast and RSS Tenacious, the grey, 114m-long warships gleamed
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        248 25 BUS and train services will run on extended hours on the eve of Chinese New Year so that commuters can stay out later to enjoy the festivities. The last north-bound train on the North-East Line will leave Harbour Front station at 1.55 am,
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        112 25 THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has asked the importers and retailers of British snack food brand Walkers to recall a batch of its potato chips, following a recall by the company. Alien pieces of yellow rubber have appeared in some packets from the batch of Walkers
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      275 25  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN THE prices of Certificates of Entitlement (COE) hardly changed following a tender yesterday. This was even though motor traders expected premiums to drop as buyers waited for tax cuts that take effect next month. The COE price for cars up to 1,600 cc
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      695 25  -  LIAW WY-CIN By ONE of the latest drugs on the market to fight HIV was tested in Singapore. Now, the company behind that medication, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, is in the early stages of testing another drug to fight the
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      154 25 iverage prices o popu ems used in ditional reunion dm iers Items Chong Pang (Block 104/105 Yishun Ring Road) Chinatown Smith Street temporary market (open area next to Outram MRT) Bukit Batok (Block 156 Bukit Batok West Avenue 6) Bedok (Block 216 Bedok Central) White pomfret (100g)
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      182 25 THE Chinese New Year is seen as a time of renewal and planning a chance to begin afresh. So while we usher in the Year of the Rat by meeting, greeting and, of course, eating, let us also think about what happens when
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      28 21 Mozzie battle hits a high 340 shophouse owners in Little India have been told to remove their roof gutters in efforts to contain the chikungunya outbreak. PAGE H2
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      384 24 During the coming Lunar New Year celebrations, our Management Committee has organised the following festive events 1) Welcome the Wealth God (&!B#) 6/2/08 (New Year Eve) From 9pm onwards, artist Dr Tan Ching Yam will demonstrate the art of calligraphy. Thereafter, from 11pm to lam 7/2/08, the Taoist priest will
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  • FORUM
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      326 26  -  Toy Kok Cheng I WOULD like to share my experience on one aspect of what led to higher medical costs at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) on Dec 10. I visited a senior consultant at G Clinic to get the results of
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      273 26  -  Bernard Teo Lian Hong I REFER to the letter, "Where have all the flowers gone?" by Mr Anthony Yeo (ST, Jan 12), and would like to add some thoughts of my own. The question is whether mature trees need to be cut down, or
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      407 26  -  Naresh Raj "NO ONE needs to go hungry in Singapore," wrote Mr Kevin Shum, Com Care and social support division director at the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports ("Helping the needy not just about financial aid"; ST, Jan 31). He
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      227 26  -  Tan Poh Cheng (Ms) I WOULD like the Ministry of Education (MOE) to clarify the use of Edusave funds by schools. Every year, my child's school comes up with various programmes, conducted during or after school hours, which draw on the child's
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      Lock icon Take holistic approach in easing traffic jams
      343 26  -  Chris Yong Yoon Kwong INSTEAD of punitive measures such as higher Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges, wider ERP coverage, I wonder if the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has considered or has the scope to adopt a more holistic approach in easing traffic congestion.
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      114 26  -  Kenneth Tan I REFER to Ms Chan Pei Ying's letter, "Why stop concession for students at age 18?" (ST, Jan 31). Ticket prices, ticket concessions and other terms and conditions are set by show promoters. Sistic serves as a ticketing agent, providing customers with
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      437 26  -  Yee Shen Kuan I REFER to Ms Lee Yuet Lai's letter, "Are checks made on TCM products sold here?" (ST, Jan 30). The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) oversees the regulation of medicinal products sold in Singapore. For traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) in finished
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      Lock icon TCM trade practitioners accredited to up quality
      311 26  -  Lee Twne Sa WITH regard to the letter, "Are checks made on TCM products sold here?" by Ms Lee Yuet Lai (ST, Jan 30), allow me to share my understanding of this matter: First, what is generally referred to as traditional Chinese medicine
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      30 26 BERITA HARIAN Former child /f^fcfl More Boy who MB actress still resources wouldn't m^ j active in to help stop eating f 4T£ entertainment m dysfunctional J*jg scene families n
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      94 26 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Teaching of soft skills should start at home and in schools Stray cats: Killing them not the solution, let's sterilise them instead Belt up, even if you are a back-seat passenger Why is the town
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  • SPORTS
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      524 27  -  Terrence Voon »TABLE TENNIS First NSA to venture into the education business, with an initial intake of 60 By FROM April, the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) will not just be training world-class paddlers. It will also be nurturing academic talents as well, following the
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      997 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS »MANCHESTER UNITED'S MUNICH AIR DISASTER: 50 YEARS ON Manchester BOBBY Charlton recalls the worried silence of his teammates as the plane roared down the snowy runway for the third time. Kenny Morgans remembers being hurled backwards into the luggage compartment when the
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      Lock icon Fergie fears minute's silence could be disrupted by Idiots'
      527 27 London ALEX Ferguson fears the worst when a minute's silence is held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster before England's friendly international against Switzerland today. A similar tribute will be held before Manchester United take on cross-town
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      Lock icon Well-prepared Lions ready to roar
      702 28  -  Wang Meng Meng SOCCER Singapore believe they can take on mighty Saudis and get a good result in Riyadh today By IF RESULTS are determined during a weigh-in, Singapore have not got a prayer against Saudi Arabia in today's World Cup third-round qualifier. But the
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      Lock icon Cameroon, Egypt in semi-finals
      475 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Tamale (Ghana) CAMEROON'S physical strength helped them beat Tunisia 3-2 in Monday's African Nations Cup quarter-final. The point was made by Tunisia's soccer coach, Roger Lemerre, who said: "It's not easy to play a team like Cameroon, they are physically very strong. "The
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      Lock icon Socceroos have plenty to prove in group of death
      369 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE Asian road to South Africa 2010 begins in earnest today with the region's heavyweights involved in World Cup soccer qualifying. From an initial 41 teams, Asian sides have been whittled down to 20. Only the first and second
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      Lock icon Pavkovic favourite for FAS post
      301 28  -  LEONARD LIM THE second of two candidates shortlisted for the key post of Football Association of Singapore (FAS) technical director was interviewed yesterday. Serb Slobodan Pavkovic looked cheerful when he emerged from a conference room at the FAS' headquarters at the Jalan Besar Stadium. About
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      Lock icon International friendlies
      740 29 TODAY Spain v France Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 3.55 am Barcelona prodigy Bojan Krkic will be the youngest player to earn a senior cap at 17 years and five months if he is fielded. Coach Luis Aragones said he has given Bojan a premature call-up in order to forestall
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      Lock icon Capello lays down the law
      749 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »SOCCER »No visitors »No shorts and flip-flops »No first names London AS ENGLAND'S players sat down for breakfast at their team hotel on Monday, it quickly became clear that Fabio Capello's strict regimen had already made its mark. The Italian has never shied
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      Lock icon England coach was right in not picking me: Beckham
      377 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS London DAVID Beckham has acknowledged that it would have been unfair for him to be called up for England's friendly against Switzerland today. The superstar agreed with England coach Fabio Capello, who said last week that he did not
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      Lock icon 30 events US$30m purse
      402 30  -  Jeanette Wang »GOLF With six new events, 2008 promises to be Asian Tour's biggest season yet By THE Asian Tour is set to swing into a record year of over 30 events, boasting a total prize purse of over US$3O million (Ss42 million). Asian Tour executive
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      Lock icon Williams sends out message
      380 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Salt Lake City DERON Williams was too modest to say he felt snubbed when he was not selected for the National Basketball Association All-Star team last week. His teammates and 19,900 Utah Jazz fans were much less shy about it. Williams had 29
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka reply cut short by heavy rain
      269 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CRICKET Brisbane THE second match in the triangular one-day series in Australia was abandoned yesterday, when heavy rain meant Sri Lanka were unable to take the field in pursuit of India's total of 267-4 in 50 overs. The match suffered
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      317 30 REUTERS MOTOR RACING LONDON THE Spanish motorsports federation has issued a stinging condemnation of fans who racially abused McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in Barcelona. Hamilton, the sport's first black driver, was taunted during pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barce- lona last
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      Lock icon Patriots – perfect season to uncertain future
      421 30 Patriots perfect season to uncertain future ASSOCIATED PRESS AMERICAN FOOTBALL Phoenix AT THE end, the sheen of dominance the New England Patriots had acquired during their spectacular regular season was replaced by vacant stares. Last year, when they lost to the Indianapolis Colts in the final moments of the American
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        53 30 REUTERS LONDON: England flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson will not be cited for a tackle that floored Jonathan Thomas and led to the concussed flanker leaving the pitch in Saturday's Six Nations defeat by Wales. The Rugby World Cup star denied making the challenge and Wales
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        64 30 THE Football Association of Singapore will be hosting trials for young players for their 2008 Centres of Excellence programme. Trials for players born in 1992 and 1993 will be held on Saturday, while those born in 1990 and 1991 will try out on Sunday. The
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      151 30 BASKETBALL NBA: Atlanta 96 Philadelphia 91, Dallas 107 Orlando 98, LA Clippers 103 NY Knicks 94, Toronto 114 Miami 82, Houston 92 Minnesota 86, Utah 110 New Orleans 88, Phoenix 118 Charlotte 104, Denver 105 Portland 103 (OT), Chicago 118 Seattle 108. CRICKET Triangular one-day international series in Brisbane:
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      26 27 Fabio lays down the law New England coach Fabio Capello's rules for the football team: No visitors, no shorts and flip-flops, no first names. PAGE H9
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      132 28 The Straits Times and The Sunday Times are backing v Singapore's bid to host the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics. We invite readers to join us in our efforts. |i| You can show your support at www.stomp.com.sg H THE STRATTS TIMES M~^m\ thesundaytimes ZZuSS ■> Just tell us what your pitch
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      316 29 &<&s ctr/ke WITH THE \s&»° X LEGAL BOOKMAKER (j World Cup Australia Qatar Wed, 06/02/08 4.30pm World Cup lapan Thailand Wed, 06/02/08 6.20pm World Cup Korea Republic Turkmenistan Wed, 06/02/08 7.00pm World Cup Iran Syria Wed, 06/02/08 7.30pm World Cup Iraq China PR Wed, 06/02/08 8.30pm World Cup Oman Bahrain
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      34 30 3U^f% A edpes Present the coupons from #109 #112 at any of our buzz pods to redeem a copy! Redemption period: 1 5 February 08 (Tuesday) 26 February 08 (Tuesday) L While stocks last.
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      60 30 TV times BASKETBALL: Big Ten Conference: Michigan v Ohio State (Live, Ch23, Bam). CRICKET: Ford Ranger Cup: Victoria v Queensland (Live, Chi 10, 11.13 am). SOCCER: International friendlies: Croatia v Netherlands (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 3.25 am), England v Switzerland (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.30 am), Portugal v Italy (Live, Ch22, tomorrow,
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  • OBITUARIES
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      29 31 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of The Late LAWRENCE TOH Departed on 4 Feb 2008 From: Management Staff of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management Services
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      79 31 3RD ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of PEGGY LIM Departed 6 Feb 2005 God took her Home It was His will But in our hearts we love her still. Her memory is as dear as today as in the hour she passed away. We often sit and think of her when
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      38 31 FIFTH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory SOH SIU LIAN Departed on 6 February 2003 Without you, there would be no us' Fond memories fill our thoughts everyday. Always remembered by your sons, Philip and Andy, Doreen, family and friends.
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      57 31 |JP" The Family of the Late SIM SOON MOEY Departed on 29 January 2008 Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Minister, Minister of State for Health, CED PA Staff, Grassroot Organisations, all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and clan associations for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths
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      63 31 We Express Our Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Ms Phyllis Chong Choy Ying Director of Solar Global Logistics Pte Ltd Singapore on the demise of her beloved Mother MDM WU MEI YUEN on 5 February 2008 From: The Management Staff of Solar Global Logistics Pte Ltd Singapore Solar Int'l Forwarding
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      71 31 StttHK P ScwwtaytUH NADASAN MAGENDRAN Age: 47 Returned to Shivalogam on S Feb 2008. Sadly missed by loved ones. Wife: Govindammal (Father: Nadasan Rangasamy, deceased) Mother: Krishnammal Daughters: Kavitha.Thiviya Mageswari Isvariya Brothers, Sisters, Brothers-in-law, Sisters-in-law, Nephews, Nieces, Relatives Friends. Dearest Husband/ Father is resting at BLOCK 2, #05-192 TECK WHYE
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      73 31 The family of the late K.K. Gopalakrishnan Departed on 25 January 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and staff of Alexandra Hospital and National University Hospital for their condolences and support during their recent bereavement. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on
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      41 31 In Loving Memory Of TAN HUAH CHIN Departed 17 Feb 2007 Your presence is ever near us Your love remains with us yet You were the kind of father Your loved ones will never forget Deeply missed by L— family friends
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      45 31 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory of P. Thomas Abraham Departed on 6/2/03 Pappa, your presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You were the kind of father, Your loved ones will never forget. Always cherished by Your Wife, Daughters, Sons-in-law Grandchildren
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      40 31 3s In Loving Memory of lift GURMUKH SINGH S/OJAGAT SINGH Departed: 6/2/1988 We cannot forget you Our loved one so dear; Your memory grows Sweeter year after year. Sadly missed by Wife: Joginder, Sons:Balbir&T.J., Daughters, Sons-in-law, Daughters-in-law and Grandchildren j
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      38 31 The family of the late EVANGELINE MURTY Wish to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all Pastors of Christ Methodist Church, Relatives Friends for their prayers, visits, kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths if contributions during their recent bereavement
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      75 31 C^t .to, t/tx, cJLcaJUt oJL tJhJL Gxjo-nJLeL tKxxt oJuL tAjUfjCh^ CKMjeL eLo- Hxyt eLuL, xLut &mxjJL nsJoinSL iLtuuvt, c^Ajq/db CKMjeL oJfubLnJMjcxnjeL^ njdOunM, OJtyaJM-. Ralph Waldo Emerson Man may be a mere mortal, but his legacy lives on forever. Pay tribute to the life of a loved one through the memories
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      201 31 ANNOUNCEMENT Our customer service counter at Toa Payoh North is open from 8.30 am spm today for obituary bookings. We will be closed tomorrow. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. >^ [SATS CLASSIFIED V J H£W TRINITY CfISKET PTE LTD NOTICE Embalming requires very intimate flHj handling of the body.
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  • MONEY
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        7539 32 TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 5, 2008 UGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 107 3C 42 141 195 32 IS 24 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 19 4 89 1C 52 5 2C 267 65 48 5 184
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        1396 32 52-WEEK IEL HIGH LOW CODE SMIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL ORDAV ■OOO HIGH NET LOW MCAP P/E 56 21 49.5 17 45 3.2 41.3 22.4 64.3 35 18C 24 29 40.5 20.5 30.5 56.5 35.5 28 2C 3C 74 88 39.5 52.5 24 23 46 53
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        59 32 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 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 6010 STI ETF IOPV US200cd
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      462 33 Firm planning to put warning labels acknowledging limits of its ratings IN A tacit admission that its method of rating billions of dollars of mortgage-related securities is potentially flawed, Moody's has said it is considering an overhaul of its ratings procedures that could include a
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      460 33 NEW YORK TIMES Paris THE first e-mail message arrived in Societe Generale's (SG's) offices on Nov 7 last year. The surveillance office at Eurex, one of Europe's biggest exchanges, alerted a compliance officer at the French bank that for seven months, trader Jerome
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      34 33 AFP Yesterday's close: 18,663.16 (+2.84 points) »Indian share prices closed little changed, as banking and financial stocks fell. Gainers led losers 1,915 to 869 on volume of 53.01 billion rupees (Ssl.9 billion).
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      31 33 AFP Yesterday's close: 807.68 (-3.88 points) Thai share prices closed 0.48 per cent lower, falling in line with other regional markets and ending five consecutive days of gains.
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        407 34 SMEcli lie I RUN a GST-registered construction firm. I have some questions on the GST treatments for the various types of supplies in the construction industry. Do I have to charge goods and services tax (GST) on my construction services
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        514 34 REUTERS Canberra CHINA'S move to become the single-largest shareholder in Rio Tinto, which has vast resources in Australia, may warrant investigation under Australia's foreign ownership rules, the country's prime minister, Mr Kevin Rudd said yesterday. "The reason we have Foreign Investment Review
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      781 36  -  Fiona Chan Demand for these state-owned buildings is strong due to relatively low rentals By Property Reporter ANYONE with a hankering for a home with lots of nature and space, and does not mind living some distance from town might want to take note.
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      322 36 NICHOLAS FANG KEPPEL Gas has clinched a $3-billion long-term contract to supply natural gas to oil giant ExxonMobil's facilities on Jurong Island. Keppel Gas, which is a subsidiary of integrated energy player Keppel Energy, said in a statement yesterday that it will
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      322 36 REUTERS London ING Real Estate and GIC Real Estate, the property arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp, said yesterday that they bought the Roma Est Shopping Centre for 400 million euros (SsB4o million). Each party has bought a
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      399 36  -  Nicholas Fang By GERMAN companies specialising in electronics and chemicals have rated Singapore as an ideal base for their operations in the region. Health-care and machinery firms, on the other hand, are looking at cheaper alternative locations in Malaysia and Indonesia, a
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      329 36  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent THE St James, operator of Singapore's largest nightspot, St James Power Station, has announced plans to open at the integrated resorts (IRs) Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World at Sentosa. "We believe the
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      537 37  -  Chua Hian Hou It has dealt with customers keeping numbers while switching their telcos By SINGTEL is unfazed about a change in mobile phone practice which will allow customers to keep their old number when they change mobile phone providers. The
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      438 37  -  CHUA HIAN HOU SINGTEL said yesterday that it would step up its efforts to buy content for its fledgling pay TV service. The company's chief executive for Singapore, Mr Allen Lew, said Sing Tel will compete aggressively to acquire the rights
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      365 37  -  Grace Ng By SOME members of the senior management team at Singapore-listed AsiaPharm Group are launching a bid to take the company private at 72.5 cents apiece. This offer, announced on Monday by a consortium of investors, including a private
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      389 37  -  Alvin Foo STAKING STOCK By Markets Correspondent PROFIT-TAKING on renewed United States recession fears and Wall Street's overnight dip delivered a one-two punch to abruptly halt the Singapore bourse's two-day rally yesterday. A sharp selldown came in the last 30 minutes,
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        246 37  -  LEE SU SHYAN THE chief executive of First Real Estate Investment Trust's (First Reit's) manager, Dr Ronnie Tan Ken Poo, has acquired 102,000 units in the trust over the past few days. First Reit, a health-care trust sponsored by Lippo Karawaci, has assets
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      561 38  -  Gabriel Chen Single-premium products likely to be hit hard when new rules take effect By THE insurance industry is bracing itself for a dramatic fall of up to 40 per cent in sales of all-important single-premi-um products which require
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      227 38  -  GABRIEL CHEN SINGLE-PREMIUM products refer to insurance policies requiring one initial lump-sum payment. This is unlike regular-premium policies, where policyholders pay at regular intervals for a minimum stipulated period. Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings cannot be used to buy regular-premium products. The sales of single-premium products are
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      210 38  -  ALVIN FOO NEW REMITTANCE TIE-UP SINGAPORE Post (Sing Post) launched a money transfer service yesterday, allowing customers to transfer funds to Visa credit cardholders in nine countries. It is the first time this has been made available via a postal service provider. The service
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      579 38  -  Ann Williams By UNTIL recently, banks would fight fiercely to sign up more and more credit card customers. Now they are closing accounts. In a sign that the credit crunch is spreading to credit card providers, British Internet
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      525 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS, ASSOCIATED PRESS New York UNITED States analysts have downgraded US credit card companies because of fears of looming defaults. A ÜBS Investment Research analyst, Mr Eric Wasserstrom, cut his rating on credit card lenders on Monday, saying a recession
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      29 38 Going to the gym Chong Wan Kit walks away from a high-paying job and a jet-setting lifestyle to chase her dream. The result: A successful gym business. PAGE Hl4
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      51 39 MOVIES DOUBLE TAKE DIRTY PICTURES CALL THE COPS Jack Neo's Ah Long Pte Ltd Edison Chen The Police rock too similar to Korean movie? says sorry 10,000 fans page 4 pagelO page6^^^ tL-^Jji^^ Wa>.' -^WmS. MretK> rnrn^ A^. "!>X "X U M Design: QUEK HONG SHIN Photos: SONY PICTURES, TERENCE
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        1758 40  -  Boon Chan Stephen Chow conquered the East and West with his nonsensical humour in Kung Fu Hustle (right). Will he have the last laugh for taking risks in his new family-oriented film? MEDIA CORRESPONDENT NEVER work with children or dogs, goes the old showbiz saying. Comedy king Stephen
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        523 40 > dramedy CJ7 (PG) 100 minutes/Opens iomonow/irkitirir Ong Sor Fern FILM CORRESPONDENT SWEET is not normally a word one associates with comedian Stephen Chow. After all, he made his name and fortune with his mo lei tao (Cantonese for make no sense) brand of
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        288 41 Douglas Tseng IF CJ7 is too sentimental for your liking, these five early Stephen Chow flicks are a quick detox. They established his reputation as the master of the mo lei tau humour. We miss those days. All For The Winner (1990) Director: Jeff Lav and Corey Yuen
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        362 41 AFP BERLIN The 58th Berlin Film Festival will open on Thursday with the premiere of a Rolling Stones documentary by director Martin Scorsese, kicking off 11 days of star turns, live music and a race for the Golden Bear top prize. Shah Rukh Khan,
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        407 42 IF YOU find Jack Neo's Ah Long Pte Ltd a bit familiar, that is because you've probably seen it before in the 2001 Korean film, My Wife Is A Gangster, by Cho Jin Kyu. When Life! asked Neo last week at the Ah Long press conference if he
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        629 42 Jack Neo's Ah Long Pte Ltd is a bland and faceless one-joke skit stretched to feature length comedy AH LONG PTE LTD (PG) 118 minutes/Opens tomorrow Douglas Tseng MEDIA CORRESPONDENT DIRECTOR Jack Neo's new movie is such a mess that one does not know what to
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        88 43 It ruins people not having to earn money' Domestic guru Nigella Lawson (above) disagreeing with husband Charles Saatchi on what to leave the children 'We had never heard of her. We had \o look her up on Wikipedia' A spokesman for retailer Woolworths on its children's bed named Lolita
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        591 43 Actor Jay Chou shows he knows how to have fun even if the film is predictable, and the comedy absurd > comedy KUNGFU DUNK(PG) 100 minutes/Opens tomorrow /-kirkitiz Tay Yek Keak THERE is dunk here but not so much gongfu. In between an early sequence where Jay Chou
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        189 43  -  Tay Yek Keak > drama PHOTO: THE OLD GARDEN (PG) 112 minutes/Opens tomorrow/iHHhMr JI JIN HEE (Jewel In The Palace) plays a former political activist of the 1980s released from prison in Korea after nearly 17 years. He goes back to his old places of turmoil the site
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      613 44 More than 10,000 fans were in The Police's custody on Monday evening, and they loved every minute of it > concert THE POLICE LIVE IN CONCERT Singapore Indoor Stadium/Monday Eddino Abdul Hadi MUSIC REPORTER AGE might have crept up on them but if there's any
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      233 44 > concert VALENTIN SCHIEDERMAIR PIANO RECITAL Lee Foundation Theatre, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts/ Monday Chang Tou Liang ONE of the best-kept secrets in the music scene here is the Commuter Concerts presented by the Music Department of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in
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      649 46 AP Hollywood's biggest event is set to take place with breakthrough in writers' strike negotiations BEVERLY HILLS (California) Optimism reigned among Academy Awards nominees both on their films' prospects and the chances that Hollywood's crippling writers strike will end in time for the Oscar show to
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        582 48 Internet sex photos scandal Edison Chen apologises for the scandal on his website HONG KONG Police said they have arrested a man they believe was the first person to post a series of racy photos showing partially nude celebrities on the Internet.
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        241 48 HONG KONG Cecilia Cheung's mother-in-law has stood by the actress, who has been involved in the online leak of racy photos. Speaking on radio on Monday, former actress Deborah Li said she had not seen the pictures and would not try to find out if
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        453 48 i -uiu AP LOS ANGELES A court commissioner has extended the temporary conservatorship of Britney Spears (right) to her father and an attorney till Feb 14. He has also appointed a physician to evaluate her competence to make decisions. The hearing on Monday came three
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      605 63  -  -THE NEW YORK TIMES A US study confirms what we all know most brides want to lose weight before the big day and many go to extreme measures to shed the excess kilos More than 70 per cent of brides-to-be want to lose weight
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      819 65 Chinese New Year festivities can spell an endless round of unhealthy stress. Lisa be I Ting gets tips on how to deal with the snacking and socialising It starts tonight: The hearty reunion dinner followed by two hectic weeks of snacking, visiting, decorating, tossing
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      541 65 Flowers aren't just lovely to look at. Some also have medicinal qualities and are good enough to eat, as Elaine Young finds out Azaleas, lotuses, bamboo, peonies... the list goes on and flower gardens all over Singapore are in full bloom
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      667 66 ISURVIVQR^I Retired music teacher Priscilla Chin suffered a host of problems kidney cancer, incontinence, clots in her blood vessels and a prolapsed uterus. She tells Judith Tan how she faced up to them and did not give up hope If it had not been for
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      470 67 Liver Health, Part Four Go easy on cookies and sweetmeats which often contain trans fat and oodles of sugar. And limit alcohol intake. Shefali Srinivas reports In the last three series on liver health, we talked about the liver, its functions and the lifestyle
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      498 68  -  LISABEL TING Families, caregivers and friends of cancer sufferers should know that they have many sources to turn to if they need support The consequences of cancer extend far beyond just physical suffering. The emotional effects of cancer on a patient and his loved
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      404 74 The Golfer's Stroke-Saver Workout By Alton Skinner New York: Kensington Publishing Corp, c 2004 Call no.: 796.352 SKI-[REC] Available at NLB libraries Golf is a sport that involves a lot more than simply swinging the golf club. Like in any other sport, the
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      425 75 t/iebedroom I am 25 years old. For the past year, I have been troubled by headaches, wl breast pains, mood swings and occasional depression one or two weeks before my menses. I have been taking Evening Primrose oil for a few months. Sometimes it
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      248 77 -THE NEW YORK TIMES fact or fiction THE CLAIM: Too much cola can cause kidney problems. THE FACTS: It is well known that too much soda can increase the risk of diabetes and obesity. But when it comes to kidney problems, is there a difference between
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      299 78 Partner Yoga Workshop What: Celebrate Valentine's Day in a special way. Learn Partner Yoga with your special someone Where: Yogattic Greenwood Village When: 4.30pm Registration: Call 8163-6375. For details, log on to www.yogattic.com "f ri r\zi\/ 8 february Monday 11 february First Aid You Can Save
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      227 62 11 THE ANXIOUS CHILD L Anxiety is a normal emotion but some children have intense, excessive anxiety. They will have distorted thinking and imagine catastrophes are about to take place. One form of treatment is talk therapy. 12 ULTIMATE m COMFORT mt^\^Lm mm 16 AVID >S*-^^ I VEGETARIANS A couple
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