The Straits Times, 28 July 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 72 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 MONDAY, JULY 28 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Blasts spark fears other Indian cities may be next
    575 1  -  Ravi Velloor Analysts link blasts in Ahmedabad, Bangalore to India's ties with US By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi MUMBAI police yesterday scoured the city and raided a house for clues to the terrorist attacks on Ahmedabad and Bangalore that
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    Lock icon AN OLYMPIC HEAD START
    78 1 There was no doubt who China's most popular sportsman was yesterday, when the Beijing Games hosts checked into the Olympic Village. An unidentified teammate guaranteed himself an armchair view by hitching a piggyback ride on the 2.26m-tall basketball star Yao Ming at the official village opening
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    Lock icon S'pore parking not as costly as in other cities
    439 1  -  Jermyn Chow By SINGAPORE cars may be among the world's most expensive, but parking in prime areas here is far less taxing on the wallet. Drivers here pay far less than their counterparts in cities such as London, Sydney or Tokyo,
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Malaysian royals start to flex their muscles
      861 1  -  Leslie Lopez By South-east Asia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S deepening political crisis has tossed up an unexpected player the country's usually passive royalty. Over the past year, Malaysia's royal households have started to flex their muscles, and in the process, scored rare
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      287 2 SECTION ONE HOME Pr' me 2-4 Confirming the diagnosis Asia 5"13 The XX Women's and Children's World 14-18 Hospital now uses detailed MRIs to Review 19-20 ensure that ultrasound scan results FYI 21 correctly detect foetal defects. SECTION TWO PAGE H3 Home Hl-H7 Forum H8 No landing? No sweat Sports
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon IT way to more precise facial repairs
      727 3  -  Judith Tan NUH New computermodelling program cuts down need for repeat ops By RE-ASSEMBLING a face mangled in an accident or one ravaged by cancer hangs on a plastic surgeon's judgment and skill, but an advanced software now brings more precision to the
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      Lock icon Fewer visitors in June due to global slowdown
      339 3  -  Serene Luo By SINGAPORE'S booming tourism market has finally fallen prey to the worldwide economic slowdown, rising inflation and burgeoning oil prices. In its latest report, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said 4.1 per cent fewer visi- tors, or just 816,000 of
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      Lock icon F1 CIRCUIT ON TRACK TO BEING COMPLETED
      113 4 Mr Hridoy, 28, a worker with Anna Hogan Builders, installing power cables yesterday for the lights that have been erected along the Padang, opposite City Hall, in preparation for Singapore's inaugural Fl night race. The Sing Tel Singpore Grand Prix will debut on
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      Lock icon 10 young NTU researchers get $1 million each
      556 4  -  Chang Ai-Lien New scheme to attract best brains include annual pay of up to 160k By Science Correspondent TEN talented young researchers have just joined the million-dollar club. They were hand-picked out of over 300 applicants for a prestigious new Nanyang Technological
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      47 4 F1 a boon for hotels in Johor Singapore's Formula One race is turning out to be amoneyspinnerfor hotels and travel agents in Malaysia. Five-star hotels in Johor Baru have bookings from as far as Europe MUDSLIDE WOES Two houses in Siglap declared unsafe But no compensation because...
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon INDIA'S BLOODY WEEKEND
      594 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Ahmedabad hospital a scene of carnage as explosion hits as part of coordinated attack on city Ahmedabad (India) BUCKETS of water were piled up in a corridor as hospital workers in an Indian city devastated by a wave of bombs scrubbed furiously at the bloodstains,
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      Lock icon Incidents of violence in past five years
      306 6 REUTERS March 13, 2003: A bomb attack on a commuter train in Mumbai kills 11 people. Aug 25, 2003: Two almost-simultaneous car bombs kill about 60 in Mumbai. Aug 15, 2004: Bomb explodes in north-eastern state of Assam, killing 16 people, mostly schoolchildren,
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      Lock icon BJP-ruled states targeted?
      240 6 STRATEGIC analysis expert B. Raman says the deadly serial bomb blasts on consecutive days in Bangalore and Ahmedabad seem to indicate that the attacks are directed at BJP-ruled states. He also warns that "the next series of blasts could possibly be carried out in Madhya Pradesh", which
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Big medal haul? Don't bet on it: China
        805 8  -  Tracy Quek Beijing moves to manage overwhelming public expectations to ease pressure on star athletes By drought for China in sprint events. After setting a world record in 2006 and winning the world championship last year, expectations are higher than ever for
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        Lock icon Beijing property market 'likely to keep growing after Games'
        385 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing MR CHEN Jingnian is a 26-year-old who dropped out of university and gave up a future as an IT engineer to become a real estate agent in jingLike many such analysts, he is confident the city's redhot property
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japan set to double content of its school textbooks
        465 10 Books should also facilitate self-study, says panel amid concerns over falling standards Tokyo A JAPANESE panel has proposed to increase the amount of information in textbooks for primary, middle and high schools, according to Japan's largest circulating newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. The
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        Lock icon China proves unfruitful market for Taiwan trader
        212 10 Shanghai SHANGHAI'S biggest trader of fruit from Taiwan, Ggood, has quit the local market after suffering losses of more than 20 million yuan (Ss4 million) over the past three years. Ggood is promising compensation for unfulfilled orders, the Shanghai Daily reported last Saturday.
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        Lock icon Shutdown in place as typhoon heads for Taiwan
        292 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Taipei A TYPHOON in the Pacific Ocean with wind gusts of 173 kmh churned towards Taiwan yesterday, prompting local governments to close schools, offices and financial markets for today. Typhoon Fung-Wong, Chinese for phoenix, was on course to make
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        Lock icon Optional daylight-saving time: Bright or dim idea?
        432 10 LOS ANGELES TIMES Sapporo (Japan) IN THE land of the rising sun, no one can seem to agree on when it does. Rise, that is. Or set, for that matter. This summer has seen thousands of people in Hokkaido, Japan, switching to daylight-saving
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        Lock icon BUBBLY BELUGAS
        94 11 AFP Beluga whales blowing bubble rings as part of a performance at the Aquas Aquarium in Hamada, some 700 km south-west of Tokyo, last Saturday. The whales in this Japanese aquarium have attracted thousands of visitors this summer by blowing these bubble rings not by playing with balls
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        Lock icon Maids in HK want levy to end for all
        386 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Many fear losing their jobs if fee is abolished only for new hires Hong Kong HUNDREDS of foreign maids marched in downtown Hong Kong yesterday, demanding that the government abolish the monthly fee that residents must pay to employ
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        Lock icon 3 South Koreans killed in break-in in Philippines
        162 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Olongapo (Philippines) SUSPECTED robbers broke into a house west of Manila early yesterday and stabbed to death three South Koreans a grandmother, her daughter and 10-year-old granddaughter, police said. The grandmother, Ms Chang Suk Hi, 54, was found sprawled on
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon 16 TRANSSEXUALS NABBED IN RAID
          92 11 BERNAMA KELANTAN: Sixteen transsexuals were busted by the Kelantan Islamic Religious Affairs Department last Friday for participating in a transsexual beauty pageant at a resort. The department's chief assistant director, Mr Abdul Aziz Mohd Nor, said that the contestants, who are in their 20s and
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          Lock icon POLITICAL SMSes 'CAN BACKFIRE'
          141 11 JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JAKARTA: Political parties should think twice about using SMSes as a campaign tool because potential voters may view the messages as spam and not vote for the parties, an expert warned. Political communications expert Harsono Suwardi of the University of Indonesia said:
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          Lock icon CHINA FARMERS' INCOMES UP 10%
          92 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Chinese farmers' incomes in the first half of this year rose 10.3 per cent in real terms from a year ago, signalling some success for policies to improve life in the countryside. In contrast, city dwellers saw a more modest 6.3 per
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          Lock icon 4 PANDAS BORN OVER WEEKEND
          100 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Four giant panda cubs have been born within just 14 hours in China, giving a rare boost to the population of the endangered species, state media said yesterday. Nine-year-old Qiyuan gave birth to a pair of twin female cubs late on Saturday
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon 35 Java regencies hard hit by drought
        160 12 THE JAKARTA POST/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK Jakarta THIRTY-FIVE regencies in Java are experiencing severe drought. According to Mr Budi Yuwono, a Public Works Ministry director-general, the Java region is the worst affected of the 48 regencies which are suffering the effects of the
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        Lock icon Hun Sen's party claims victory in Cambodian elections
        519 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Party says it is on course to win 91 seats; opposition disputes tally Phnom Penh THE ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) claimed an expected victory in yesterday's general election, giving another five years in power to former Khmer Rouge
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        Lock icon 'No need to take temple issue to UN'
        197 12 REUTERS THAILAND'S new foreign minister Tej Bunnag said he would try his best to resolve a heated dispute with Cambodia over land around a 900-year-old temple, urging his counterpart not to take the issue to the United Nations. With troops and artillery
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        Lock icon S'pore, Malaysia share views on racial harmony
        227 12 SENIOR Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zainul Abidin Rasheed, who is on a visit to Malaysia, shared information about how Singapore practises multiracialism. Accompanied by 322 grassroots leaders and residents from Eunos, he highlighted some of the bonding efforts among Singaporeans and
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon PAS calls for new Muslim party to unite all Malays
        655 13 BERNAMA Umno, PAS 'should dissolve' for merger; Umno says idea premature JOHOR BARU OPPOSITION Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has proposed the formation of a new Islam-based party which would unite all Malays in the country, but the idea has been
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        Lock icon FLOWER POWER
        29 13 Colourful floats paraded along Lido Beach in Johor yesterday at the opening of the Malaysia Floral Fest, The parade's theme, Colours of Harmony, symbolised Malaysia's multiracial society.
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        Lock icon Anwar awaits court ruling on Kedah by-election
        261 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim hopes to return to Parliament for the first time in a decade later this year if a court orders a by-election near his home town. A high court in Kedah state will hear a
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        Lock icon Proton suspends dealer over shady work
        306 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur PROTON has suspended one of its dealers in Terengganu for allegedly using non-genuine spare parts, overcharging and repairing cars without filing a record in its online warranty system. Proton Holdings managing director Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir
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      28 6 Easing pressure Can hurdler Liv Xiang lose? Yes but it won't be a disaster, says paper, as Chinese media moves to tone down nation's high hopes. PAGE 8
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      65 13 A charity concert in aid of The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund The Business Times Budding Artist Fund musical instrument. We're looking for outstanding young talents who can sing, dance or play a musical instrument. If you are under 19 and would like to perform for our charity concert
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Exploding oxygen cylinder may be to blame
      714 14 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »THAT QANTAS MID-AIR BLAST Safety implications for all 747s if cause is confirmed, says aviation body Sydney AN EXPLODING oxygen cylinder may have been to blame for blowing a huge hole in a Qantas jumbo jet in mid-flight,
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      Lock icon Hamas hits Fatah rivals after deadly seaside blast
      352 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS 160 nabbed though Fatah denies involvement in Gaza Strip car bombing Gaza City HAMAS security forces fanned out across a tense Gaza Strip yesterday, following a mysterious weekend car bombing that killed six people. The blast went off underneath a
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      Lock icon Religious killing: Poll on UK uni students' views
      178 16 London ONE-THIRD ol Muslim university students believe that killing in the name of religion can be justified, a survey has revealed. Researchers studying the attitudes of students have found that 28 per cent said killing could be justified if the religion was
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      Lock icon TURKISH SERIAL A HIT IN MID-EAST
      137 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS Turkish soap opera Noor has kept audiences across the Middle East glued to the television set for the past four months. It tells the story of the handsome Mohannad, who is not only romantic but attentive to his wife Noor and supportive
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      Lock icon No gay Anglican bishops, if new plan gets backing
      375 16 London HOMOSEXUAL clergy will be barred from becoming bishops in the Anglican communion under controversial new plans backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Liberals will be warned that they face expulsion from the heart of Anglicanism unless they respect the ban,
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon And baby makes it 18 – for now
        217 17 And baby makes it 18 for now ASSOCIATED PRESS A ROMANIAN immigrant has given birth to her 18th child in British Columbia, making her the most prolific mum there in 20 years. Proud dad Alexandru lonce, 51, said over the weekend that his 44-year-old wife Livia gave birth last Tuesday
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        Lock icon Edwards hit by affair scandal
        114 17 DEMOCRAT John Edwards is fighting for his political future as America's mainstream media begins reporting a scandal involving his alleged mistress and a disputed "secret love child". The story had first appeared in the tabloid National Enquirer, which claimed its reporter ambushed him at the
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        Lock icon Tory leader reunited with stolen bike
        106 17 BRITISH Conservative leader David Cameron has been reunited with his bicycle which was stolen last Wednesday but the front wheel is missing. Mr Cameron had gone shopping at a supermarket near his west London home when the bike was stolen, but it was tracked
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      Lock icon Karadzic's 'mistress' denies being his lover
      467 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS Single mum says media photos of her with fugitive in disguise put her through 'personal hell" Belgrade (Serbia) THE woman described by Serbian tabloids as the mistress of warlord Radovan Karadzic has denied the claims. She said her world collapsed when she
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    • SINGAPORE AND THE WORLD THIS WEEK
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        Lock icon MONDAY
        29 18 BANGKOK: Supreme Court is to decide whether to proceed with charges against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and 47 ex-ministers accused of wrongly approving and operating a state lottery.
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        9 18 SINGAPORE: Ministry of Health launches Oral Health Month.
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        12 18 SINGAPORE: The 2nd Singapore Boccia Invitational Open for disabled athletes starts.
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        23 18 BAGHDAD: Deadline for Iraq and the United States to reach a security pact on the presence of US-led troops beyond this year.
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        24 18 VIENNA: Governors of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog lAEA will meet to consider India's draft plan for inspections of its civilian atomic reactors.
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        19 18 TEHERAN: Deadline by which Iran must answer calls to rein in its nuclear activities or face further sanctions.
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        12 18 CANTERBURY: Last day of Lambeth Conference, the Anglican church's largest gathering.
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      Lock icon Eco-city panel's vision
      205 18  -  SHOBANA KESAVA SINGAPORE WHAT IT IS THE Inter-Ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development will today share some of its plans for measures that will make an impact on the way Singaporeans live. The five-member committee's vision for sustainable development and key priorities will be outlined by its co-chairmen,
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      Lock icon Prospects good for new Doha deal
      153 18 WORLD WHAT IT IS TOP negotiators are expected to finish marathon negotiations on a new global trade pact this week. Key players in the talks are buoyed by broadly positive discussions on the services sector, but they return this week to debate the crunch
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      Lock icon Summit for South Asian leaders
      139 18  -  RAVI VELLOOR WHAT IT IS SOUTH Asian leaders will gather in Colombo on Saturday and Sunday for the 15 th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc). Saarc members include Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka. WHY IT
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      Lock icon Thaksin's wife faces tax-case ruling
      140 18  -  NIRMAL GHOSH WHAT IT IS THAILAND'S Supreme Court is expected to rule on Thursday on a tax evasion case against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's wife Pojaman Shinawatra. The case involves the alleged transfer of shares to her brother Bhanapot Damapong. Public prosecutors will also file
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      31 14 'I was not his lover' The woman said to be the lover of Bosnian war criminal Radovan Karadzic denies the claim, and plans to sue the tabloids for libel. PAGE 17
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      383 19 By agreeing to settle the last of their border disputes last week, China and Russia clear the way to deepening economic ties, enhancing stability in Asia and furthering their global strategic cooperation. It is a historically prudent and mutually beneficial decision. The Amur and Ussuri confluence
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      1106 19  -  Evelyn Goh The writer is a university lecturer in international relations and fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford University. By For The Straits Times AS THE saying goes, good fences make good neighbours. In recent weeks, bad fences have been very much
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      880 19  -  Gwynne Dyer HANDOVER OF SERBIAN WAR CRIMES FUGITIVE By For The Straits Times RADOVAN Karadzic's disguise was quite elaborate, but he didn't spend the past 13 years hiding from the Serbian authorities. They knew where he was all along. Only 10 days after
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      930 20  -  William Choong By Senior Writer BURIED beneath the barrage of news surrounding the 41st Asean Ministerial Meeting last week was a symbolic gesture that was largely missed. During informal meetings with North Korea last Wednesday, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
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        128 20 IT IS something that has been the subject of discussion. We are concerned about it and whether there needs to be a way for it to be resolved peacefully. My understanding is that there is some effort for bilateral discussions. Asean's also taking a role and trying
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        107 20 THE September 2005 agreement foreshadows the idea of a Northeast Asian peace and security mechanism. The Russians are chairing the working group that's working on that issue. There's a great deal of interest among the parties. One of the points that was made was that we've
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        56 20 AS TO my meeting with my colleague, (Foreign Minister) George Yeo, it was a very good meeting. We have an excellent relationship with Singapore. We talked mostly, frankly, about the region and about the Asean agenda, because I wanted to make sure that I fully understood what was
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        61 20 I THINK there are lots of ways for Asean to have a very active future. But every organisation must keep moving forward. To the degree that there are problems like Burma if those problems are not eventually resolved with Burma moving closer to the general values there in
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        125 20 THE Asean Charter aspires to the rule of law, human rights, the development of pluralistic political systems, integration into the international community. Burma is out of step. Badly out of step. Now the question is, given the slight opening that Cyclone Nargis has provided, is there a
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        112 20 I DON'T think the North Koreans left with any illusions about the fact that the ball is in their court and that everybody believes that they've got to respond to verification. No one is going to trust the North Korean number on how much plutonium it
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        44 20 WE REVEALED that Iran has to come forward in two weeks...Everybody knows what the Iranians did (in refusing to suspend nuclear enrichment) and we'll see what they do. And I'm pretty confident people are not prepared to let them stall.
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        72 20 IT IS a tremendous step forward for Serbia in its European identity. It's kind of hard to use the word "victory", given the harshness of what he was responsible for, for all the people who perished as a result of his policies. I hope it provides
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      28 19 Rare interview with Rice US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shares her views on Asean's relevance as well as Iran and Pyongyang's nuke plans. PAGE 20 PUNCHLINES rtocA
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      215 21 I Mr Andrew Chua, Chairman of the Board of Governors (QMUAsia Campus) CO fJfffM Queen Margaret University ASIA CAMPUS The QMU Asia Campus (Branch of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) The QMU Asia Campus is Singapore's latest Tertiary Education Institution.Together with East Asia Institute of Management (EASB), we bring you a
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      1223 21 Singapore today Partly cloudy, late morning and early JL^ 0 JL- JL- afternoon showers with thunder mainly l^| over northern and western Singapore. ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL N"MBERS 5 THINGSIYOU CAN I umwmuw 1 Emergency lines DO TODAY MWi PoHce 999 HP^ SEOUL -^m C' ear PoHce Hotline 1800-255-0000 s^w^dm
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      681 23  -  Carolyn Quek LAGUNA PARK VANDALS STRIKE AGAIN Most vandalised cars belong to those yet to sign collective sale deal By THE Laguna Park car vandals have struck again: At least two more cars have been hit, including one which had already been
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      842 24  -  Shobana Kesava To boost birth rate, mindset change is needed,says DPM Wong Kan Seng By LONG working hours in Singapore compete with the time needed to find that special someone and start a family. Work-life balance will thus be an area to tackle to raise the
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      Lock icon Baby saved from abortion, thanks to MRI
      445 25  -  Lee Hui Chieh Life-saving scan, used to complement ultrasound, among new services at KKH By A DETAILED scan saved the life of an unborn baby whose parents had considered an abortion when an earlier standard scan showed a severely damaged brain. That life-saving
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      282 25  -  Tan Weizhen By A CALL has gone out for fathers to get more engaged in parenting. Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports, said yesterday that if dads did so, it would ease the burden
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      442 26  -  Selina Lum He is expected to seek life term for woman who got teen to kill hubby By THE country's top prosecutor is expected to argue a criminal appeal before the highest court in the land today. Attorney-General Walter Woon is likely to
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      296 26  -  SELINA LUM THE last time the Attorney-General argued a case was 11 years ago. Then Attorney-General Chan Sek Keong (left), now the Chief Justice (CJ), argued before the Court of Appeal in July 1997 against the acquittal of lawyer Christopher Bridges
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      319 26  -  Shobana Kesava By LOCAL eats did not prove too spicy for Mr Takeru Kobayashi, 30, who emerged the Asian champ of the Major League Eating competition here yesterday. The 60kg Japanese downed 5.4 kg of satay which works out to 385 sticks of satay in 12
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      Lock icon Rooting for a million trees in the south-west
      270 26  -  SERENE LUO A MILLION trees will be planted in the areas under the care of the South West Community Development Council (CDC) over the next 10 years. The plan calls for more gardening than is going on now. The current target is
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      94 26 MORE seats on board MRT trains will be designated "priority" seats, to be reserved for elderly, handicapped and pregnant commuters. The number of such seats, now at 46 per train, will be increased to 96. Over time, new signs will be posted above these seats
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        78 26 THE police are looking for a 43-year-old Frenchman (right) who has been missing since last Friday. The man, Mr Laurent Den Hollander, was last seen by his wife at 9.30 am near Somerset MRT Station. He was supposed to meet her later in the day but
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        Lock icon SERIAL FISHER-THIEF CAUGHT RED-HANDED
        114 26 HIS hobby was "fishing", that is, he used rods or bamboo poles to steal items from flats with unlocked windows or easily forced louvres. But his "luck"ran out and he was caught last Saturday. The 23-year-old is believed to have stolen mobile phones, cash and other
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        116 26 TWO pedestrians were hurt in separate traffic accidents over the weekend. In the first, a man was hit by a taxi at a pedestrian crossing in Lorong Ah Soo early yesterday. The taxi driver, who is in his early 50s, was headed towards Hougang
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        Lock icon WOMAN LOSES HANDBAG AT ZOUK
        59 26 A WOMAN who left her handbag unattended for five hours at Zouk, a popular nightspot off Kirn Seng Road, wound up losing it. In the bag were $1,100 worth of personal belongings and $25. She had placed the bag on a stool and did not
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        52 26 A WOMAN who had parked her car at the Empress Place carpark last Friday found it broken into three hours later. She lost medication worth $1,500, a $3,500 laptop and a $300 camera, among other things. The car did not look like it was
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      354 27  -  Teh Joo Lin RSS Steadfast has superior firepower and can stay offshore for weeks By OFF the Hawaiian coast, Singapore's largest strike ship fired a Harpoon missile, which whizzed more than 40km over the sea before smashing into a decommis- sioned American warship.
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      75 27 It's the Fl circuit, but...burn rubber? Not these beauties winding past City Hall in the Vintage Car Grand Prix and Concours. The event was held yesterday as part of Singapore HeritageFest 2008. To give fans more thrills, more than 40 vintage automobiles, such as the 1938
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      267 27  -  Tan Weizhen By ALBERT Centre, the 30-year-old hawker centre in the Bugis area, will undergo a $10.4 million makeover over the next 16 months. The centre will be repainted and re-designed for better ventilation. Its seating capacity and its toilets will also be
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      248 27  -  Tan ia Tan By A GROUP of Singapore engineers visited West Sumatra last week to show local masons how to build homes and commercial buildings that can stand up to the earthquakes that regularly rock the region. The volunteers were there as part
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      26 23 A-G's rare appearance In a rare move, Attorney-General Walter Woon is likely to personally argue a criminal case in the Court of Appeal today. PAGE H4
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      527 28  -  Lyn Chan Surveys show affluent Asian women are big spenders when it comes to travel, shopping and leisure By ASIAN women are big spenders when they live it up on vacations overseas. Market surveys done by MasterCard show that Asian women, with growing affluence and more
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      251 28  -  Philip Lee By I WHEN Andreana Tang, 8, takes her four-month-old puppy Prince, a rescued stray, for a walk this Sunday, it will not be the usual weekend stroll. She will be doing it with missionary zeal. She's an avid pet lover who
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      215 28 DO YOU look good and feel good as though you're on top of the world? Then enter the Watsons award contest. Watsons, the beautycare and toiletries retailer, wants to celebrate your unique physical traits with its new You Awards in eight categories: healthy hair, fit figure, body
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      202 28  -  Karon Ng By\ HOMEGROWN food and beverage company Apex-Pal International launched Hibiki, a Japanese restaurant that offers cuisine like sushi, sashimi, teppanyaki and sumiyaki (charcoal grilled food), at the Singapore Flyer earlier this month. Executive chef Toshihiro Ueda, who has more than 30 years of experience in
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        91 28 Robinsons Bedshop is offering a discount of $333 for every $1,000 spent on its third anniversary. OCBCVisa cardmembers get an additional $333 off any mattress by spending at least $1,500,33 per cent off beddings and bed linen by spending at least $300 and a free pillow with any
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        60 28 From now to August 26, get the latest updates on the upcoming Olympic Games when you subscribe to the Olympic SMS News Alert offered by Singapore Press Holdings. Sign up, pay a one-time non-refundable fee of $8.80 for breaking Olympic news and you may win Royal Sporting House
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        63 28 Get a free print for every digital photo (except 4R sizes) printed at the Harvey Norman Photo Centre this Saturday and Sunday as part of its Ist Birthday Bash celebrations. Also, in August, print any two size 5R or bigger digital photos and receive an additional print free.
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        65 28 The limited edition Johnny Walker Black Label Pack, which commemorates the inaugural Formula One night race in Singapore, will go on sale for the first time at DFS stores in Changi Airport on Friday. Priced at $69.50, the collector's edition Scotch whisky will be exclusively available at DFS
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        48 28 Nestle claims that a cup of Nescafe Gold instant coffee (2g x 150 ml hot water) has 340mg of naturally occurring antioxidants "expressed in chlorogenic acid equivalents". It has embarked on an intensive media campaign to trumpet this, its improved aroma, taste and a new-look label.
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        73 28 The Amatokin Intensive SkinRejuvenating Serum, priced at $430 for a 25ml bottle, has six ingredients, including a soybean extract, novel yeast extract and a tripeptide, that work on wrinkles. The Amatokin Eye Cream for fine lines and crows' feet, priced at $200 for a 15ml bottle, contains a
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      559 29  -  Soh Wee Ling By FRIENDS have been asking if I will head to Beijing to catch the Olympic Games since I am so close to Beijing (if 1,500 km can be considered close), but I think I will stay put in Shanghai. In
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      433 29  -  Debbie Yong SOAPBOX Young people should be empowered by law to seek help against harassment By ONE perk of being a journalist is getting to probe into less-discussed aspects of my peers' lives. Sometimes this turns up disturbing finds. In the process
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      845 29 SOAPBOX A British journalist recently questioned Singaporean attitudes towards civil liberties and political freedoms would we rather be poor but free, or financially comfortable but politically restrained? Youthlnk writers speak up Don't fix something that's not broken I BELIEVE the top-down Government in
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      72 29 Run for pocket money fund CALLING all Primary 3 to Primary 6 runners! Sign up now for Inspire Run '08. Your registration fee of $5 each will go towards The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. All participants will receive a goody bag with T-shirts and sponsored vouchers. What's more,
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      371 30  -  Ho Sun Yee ORGAN DONATION I REFER to the article, Short queues for kidneys in Spain and Norway: Here's why" (July 17). The Singapore Heart Foundation totally agrees with Professor A. Varsala, director of the kidney transplant programme at National University Hospital, on
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      230 30  -  Maximilian Png IN HIS column, "Stocks versus flow: Minus backlog, kidney shortage is just 10 a year" (July 19), Dr Andy Ho said the annual shortfall in the number of kidneys ranges between four and 10 a year. The implication is that, if 10
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      331 30  -  Prof Arthur Lim I WRITE to support Thursday's view, "Time for Singapore to relook abortion law". An important medical reason is that allowing abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy without restriction puts the mother's physical and mental health at risk. Readers may
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      146 30  -  Tammy Tan I REFER to last Wednesday's letter, "Is this seat safe on a moving bus?" by Ms Shenna Jong. All our bus advertisements go through stringent safety checks, both internally and externally. Our modified buses have to meet safety standards and are carefully evaluated
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      299 30  -  Athena D'Souza I REFER to last Friday's letter by Mr Chua Boon Hou, "Procreation has everything to do with affordability". Unfortunately, I read it before my breakfast and it ruined my appetite swiftly and completely. As a mother of four children,
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      388 30  -  Ong Wooi-Chin AS A teacher in Los Angeles for the past 18 years, I read the letter, "Allow teachers to teach, or many will keep quitting" (July 18) by Mr Christopher Tan with sadness tinged with confusion. The teaching profession is intriguing without
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      137 30  -  Natalie Leon I AM a Singaporean who lives in Aomori, Japan. A huge earthquake rocked the prefecture at 12.26 am last Thursday. I have lived here for nearly a year and, although I've experienced a few quakes, this one immobilised me. I was touched when
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      266 30  -  Lai Wai Mun (Ms) I WOULD like to highlight the recent trend of families booking Housing Board void decks for parties. With growing affluence, I have noticed an increase in the use of the void deck in my block for private parties
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        103 30 MR ANDREW YONG: "I thank the people who came to my aid when my car caught fire at Great World City last month. We were about to park when someone in the carpark alerted us to the fire. This gave us enough time to stop
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        61 30 MISS CASANDRA PHUA: "I commend Japan Air Lines stewardess, Ms Pauline, who made my my flight from Singapore to Tokyo comfortable on July 12. I was not feeling well. Pauline responded promptly, and made sure the medication I received was suitable, as I am allergic
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        68 30 MS LAU SUAN BEE: "I thank Professor Evan Lee and his team of nurses Chang Sewee Lan, Lily Koh Kirn Eng and Lao Jun and executive assistant Woo Li Ling of National University Hospital Renal Centre for their care of my father who had dialysis there. They
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        52 30 MRANANDARAJ KRISHNAN: "My appreciation and thanks to prison officer, Staff Sergeant Ramesh of Khalsa Crescent Prison, who returned my cellphone after I lost it while grocery shopping at Marsiling Fair Price supermarket. Staff Sgt Ramesh answered my phone after I called the number in a bid to
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      365 30  -  Chin Sau Ho MS HONG Wai Leng ("Small pay rises won't stoke inflation", July 16) had the misimpression that Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said any wage increase could contribute to inflation in Singapore, in his speech to the Singapore Industrial and Service
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      33 30 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes. com. Access to letters online is free. HANDICAPPED KID: In abortion debate NOT A PUBLIC SHRED...: Courtesy DON'T ABDICATE: Parenting SINGAPORE PUZZLE: Progress and problems
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      926 31  -  Terrence Voon With places in the starting XI still open, Samba boys will be out to prove themselves By WATCH out, Lions. Brazil's Olympic stars have warned that they will not pull any punches when they face a Singapore Selection in their friendly match
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      365 31  -  TERRENCEVOON EXPECT some Samba football when the S-League kicks off next season. The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is teaming up with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to bring some of Brazil's brightest young players here in the coming months. These under-23 footballers will be
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      611 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPICS His winning time in London Grand Prix is year's second fastest London EASING up and still winning easily, Usain Bolt is looking like he is right where he wants to be, going into next
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      222 32  -  Lin Xinyi By HE HAS been here for just a day, but Michael Phelps has already made a lasting impression on Singaporeans. Undergraduate Lim Van Wen, for one, will remember her two-second encounter with the six-gold Olympic champion for a long time. Never mind that
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      430 32  - Joyner-Kersee the first lady of track and field LIN XINYI THE GREAT OLYMPIANS By SHE was born Jacqueline Joyner named after Jacqueline Onassis, the wife of former United States president John Kennedy. It was the idea of her grandmother, who said at the time: "I just know she's going to
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        57 32 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE PRAGUE: Olympic and world decathlon champion Roman Sebrle pulled out of a competition on Saturday. The 33-year-old Czech had been due to compete in a pole vault event at Kutna Hora when he suffered cramps in his leg. He will leave for Beijing on Aug
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        79 32 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE SYDNEY: Australian swimming great Shane Gould has slammed Fina for what she says is its contradiction over allowing swimmers to wear space-age swimsuits at the Games. She said the new high-tech suit is a per-formance-enhancing device and flies in the face of Fina's
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        32 32 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE BEIJING: Beijing has set up a sex determination lab at the Peking TJnion Medical College Hospital, to test women Olympic athletes suspected to be men.
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      655 33 BERNAMA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPICS NBA star Yao among 265 to move into Games Village Beijing WITH men in red blazers and women in bright yellow, hosts China were the first to check into the Olympic Games Village when it opened yesterday morning
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      263 33 NEW YORK TIMES New York CHINA named their Olympic women's gymnastics team last Friday, and the inclusion of at least two athletes has further raised questions, widespread in the sport, about whether the hosts are using underaged athletes. Chinese officials responded immediately, providing The New
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      505 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CYCLING CSC rider contains Evans to become seventh Spaniard to win yellow jersey PARIS CARLOS Sastre won the Tour de France yesterday after completing the final processional stage into Paris without mishap, becoming the third Spanish rider in a row to win
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      100 34 Yesterday's 21st and final stage (143 km) 1 Gert Steegmans, Belgium, Quick Step, 3hrslmin 38sec 2 Gerald Ciolek, Germany, Team Columbia, same time 3 Oscar Freire, Spain, Rabobank, same time 4 Robbie McEwen, Australia, Silence-Lotto, same time 5 Thor Hushovd, Norway, Credit Agricole, same time 6 Julian Dean, New
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      121 34 THE inaugural Xl Grand Finale saw Senior Minister of State for Education Lvi Tuck Yew (left in photo) and Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Teo Ser Luck (second from left) display their moves on a stretch of the Fl race track yesterday. Over
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      243 34 REUTERS MOTOR RACING London McLAREN boss Ron Dennis has rebuffed former champion Jackie Stewart for suggesting that Heikki Koyalainen must do more to help teammate Lewis Hamilton win the Formula One title. "The fact is that Sir Jackie retired from motor racing in 1973, which is 35
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        57 34 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE TORONTO: Spanish Wimbledon tennis champion Rafael Nadal beat Scotland's Andy Murray 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 to reach the final of the Rogers Cup on Saturday and put himself in line for his seventh title of the year. He will face German Nicolas Kiefer, who beat France's
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        55 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKVILLE (Canada): American golfer Chez Reavie birdied the par-5 18th hole early yesterday morning to seize a one-stroke lead after the rain-interrupted third round of the USPGA Canadian Open. Reavie finished with a three-under 68 to stand on 16-under 197. He has a one-stroke
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        92 34 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE SYDNEY: Australia's new coach Robbie Deans had little time to savour his team's 34-19 Tri-Nations rugby win over New Zealand on Saturday before turning his mind to the rematch. The Wallabies' four-tries-to-three victory gave Deans his fifth straight win in charge of Australia. Dean's team
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        65 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Slovenian guard Sasha Vujacic has agreed to a three-year, US$l5 million (5520.38 m) contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. Vujacic had emerged last season as a key member of the National Basketball Association's Western Conference champions. The 24-year-old, whose contract had expired,
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      420 35 SOCCER New manager Scolari is keen on World, European Player of the Year London SO HOW deep are Roman Abramovich's pockets? The billionaire Chelsea owner has bankrolled the array of stars who have come and gone at Stamford Bridge. His money has
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      217 35 Pretoria MANCHESTER United are to abandon their pursuit of Tottenham Hotspur's star striker Dimitar Berbatov. The continuing conflict between United manager Alex Ferguson and Tottenham's exhorbitant transfer demand is believed to be the reason behind United's position, reported Britain's The Sunday Times. United
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      122 35 ST "I'M ALIVE!", exclaimed Alex Pagulayan (above, with STAR Sports presenter Georgina Chang), on sinking the winning shot in the Singapore-leg final of the Guinness 9-ball Tour. He had just defeated world No 1 Dennis Orcollo by 11 racks to 6 in an all-Filipino match-up.
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      219 35 CRICKET Tour match between South Africa and Bangladesh A at Worcester, 2nd day: South Africa 429-3 dec (JP Dummy 166, G Smith 87, J Kallis 70 n.o. H Amla 55) and 145-1 (AB de Villiers 79 n.0., J Kallis 55 n.0.) v Bangladesh A 121 (M Ntini 4-32). Twenty2o
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        60 35 REUTERS MADRID: Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster is concerned that his club's obsession with signing Cristiano Ronaldo could cause them to miss out on buying other players. Although he said Ronaldo would fit perfectly into the Real Madrid squad, Schuster admitted that he understood manager Alex
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        54 35 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE SUNDERLAND: French defender Pascal Chimbonda has joined Sunderland from Premier League rivals Tottenham, on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. The 29-year-old full-back, who can also play in the centre of defence, is the second player to move from White Hart Lane after
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        47 35 LONDON: Aston Villa's progress into the Uefa Cup final qualifying round has been marred by an injury to defender Wilfred Bouma. Bouma dislocated his ankle in Villa's 1-0 win over Odense on Saturday. Villa won the tie 3-2 on aggregate, reported Soccernet.com.
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        44 35 PRETORIA: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson hailed his young players after the English champions lifted the Vodacom Challenge trophy in South Africa on Saturday. Substitutes Tom Cleverley and Fraizer Campbell found the target in the 4-0 victory against Kaizer Chiefs.
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      529 32 OLYMPIC SPORTS CENTRE STADIUM YING TUNG STADIUM FENCING HALL Event dates: Aug 18, 19 r t#l BBiCkii iilrll I Men have competed in the modern pentathlon fa\ b\ since the 1912 Games and women since 2000. •j^Atm Athletes earn points by achieving a set standard in time or score in
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      50 35 TV times CRICKET: Nat West Pro 40, Div I: Derbyshire v Essex (Live, Chi 10, 11.38pm). TENNIS: ATP Western Southern Financial Group Masters: Ist rd (Live, Ch24, 11pm). WTA Tour, Montreal: Ist day (Live, Chi 13, tomorrow, lam). Event SOCCER: Friendly: Singapore Selection v Brazil Olympic Team (National Stadium, Bpm).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      135 36 "Jesus said, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." John 11:25 LEE PECK GEOK Age: 78 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 July 2008. You brought the Lord and blessings into the family.
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      25 36 TENTH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Mdm Loke Yuit Meng Deceased on 28 July 1998 Missed dearly by all family members, relatives, friends and loved ones.
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      142 36 By obeying His command, by walking in the way of His Will; O Nanak, the inscription of this Destiny always remains with the mortals. Jap Ji Sahib, Page 1, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. MATA HARNAM KAUR w/o Late Mehar Singh Saansi Village: Bhojowal Age: 93 passed away peacefully in
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      72 36 OM NADASON S/O NAGALINGAM Retired Nursing Officer, SGH (PTS 8) Age: 82 passed away peacefully on 27 July 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Sivayogam Sons: Daughters-in-law: Nagesh Shirani Lingesh Shanthi Dinesh Grandsons: Granddaughters: Dhashan Dhanya Dhanvin Shonya Omisha Elishya Kayshya Body Is resting at Blk
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      64 36 AL-FATIHAH HJ. LAMAOEN BIN AHMAD ESHAK HJ LAMION BIN AHMAD ISHAK (Ret. Teacher SJI, Boon Lay Sec. Sch) Returned to Rahmatullah on 25 July 2008. The Family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and former pupils for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers
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      140 36 LOWTOH SANG Age: 89 passed away peacefully on 27 July 2008 leaving behind beloved: (Husband: Kwan Siew Fong, deceased) (:£ifc.: Ho Chye Sin, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kwan Yue Tong Tay Say Chu Kwan Yue Leong Kwa Kah Choo Kwan Yue Yeong Tang Kin Oi Kwan Yue Keng Cheo Guat Peng
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      65 36 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all 1 the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of T fc the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 12th Anniversary In Loving Memory of mmmmmmmmmM HELEN CHOO SENG JOON Born: 20-09-1945 Departed: 28-07-1996 I Dearly missed and fondly remembered
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      57 36 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of ROBIN SOH ENG HOCK 30/11/1958-28/7/2003 My beloved husband, our darling daddy Turning points in life, we miss you Decisions taken without your consultation We prayed you knew and that you were near As in our hearts, you are always here. Fondly remembered by Jane,
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      63 36 SRI RAGHAVENDRA THUNAI X AMAWASI passed away peacefully on 27 July 2008, leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: Kaliammal, deceased) Sons: Balasub ramaniam Mathialagan Ramachandran Daughters-in-law: Rajeswari Susi Santhi Bai Daughters: Kumarayee Vasugi Puspalatha Sons-in-law: Muniasamy Kallyana Sundram Eliaperumal grandchildren, relatives and friends Cortege will leave Blk 540, #07-1200, BedokNorth, St
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      57 36 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of VAU CHUNG MANG (Departed on 28.07.06 Dearly missed fondly remembered by Wife Lay Teen close friends. CORRIGENDUM In Saturday's death announcement on 26 luly 2008 for the late Mdm Soon Mcc Ying, the word 'deceased' beside the deceased husband's name Mr Chan Ah Hook
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      30 36 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late HARDIAL SINGH Departed on 25 July 2008 From Friends of CHANGI GOLF CLUB 1 i > i Jk riA J,
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      245 36 Acceptance of Obituaries News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North Mondays Saturdays 8.30 am to 9.45pm Sundays 6t Public Holidays 12.30pm to 9.45pm Only death announcements can be accepted after office hours." To help us process your announcement quickly, please bring along the following: Original Death Certificate Identity Card of person
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      96 37 (0) CENTS Lyxor India Nifty 10 lardine CSC CityDev DBS MBL ICW*****0 IMH DBS Grp ISH IS MSCI India 100 DBS MBL ICW*****3 Lyxor Korea 10US$ Keppel Land CapitalanMBLiCW***** 1396 1710 1150 588 3100 1938 1676 620 666 441 513 195 116.0 108.0 98.0 98.0 81.5 72.0
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      78 37 Where S$ stands Jul 25 CHNG YR 2008 CLOSE FR Jul 24 S$ LOW S$ HIGh US$ 1.3590 +0.16 1.4542 1.3457 Euro 2.1372 -0.09 2.2064 2.0474 E 2.7112 -0.24 2.8431 2.6568 A$ 1.3037 +0.48 1.3251 1.2349 Yen* 1.2682 -0.29 1.4484 1.2619 Rupiah* .0.***** +0.11 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.0628 +0.16
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      9768 37 Unit Trusts Funds UNIT TRUSTS AIG Global Investment Corporation fS) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced FundlS. 2.063/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/ A 1.334/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0 92/ APS Alpha Fund (USD) 0.68/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD
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      76 38 Players deliberating over how to spend and invest their money in a financial literacy board game. It was one of several activities at the Dollars and Sense carnival held at the Frontier Community Club in Jurong West on Saturday. The carnival, which attracted about
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      691 38 REUTERS Possible concession for professionals sparks fresh optimism over chances of trade pact Geneva THE United States, responding to a key demand of developing countries, has said it would discuss giving more temporary access to foreign professionals, injecting renewed optimism into
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      492 40  -  Joyce Teo Move spurred by strong demand in healthy sector, say market watchers By PARAGON Shopping Centre, known as much for its medical centre as for its upscale shops, is allocating more space for medical suites. The mall is converting
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        53 40 JACK WANG: Appointed as chief operating officer of Biosensors International Group. Dr Wang, 47, has been involved in Biosensors' operating activities and product development efforts since 2001. He was most recently the chief executive of the firm's China-based joint venture, JW Medical Systems, and will remain as
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        71 40 LI JIAN HONG: Appointed as chairman of Cosco Corporation. Mr Li, 52, is currently vice-president of Cosco Group and has been a non-executive director since late 2002. He succeeds Captain Wei Jia Fu, who resigned as chairman and non-executive director of Cosco Corporation on July 22.
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        53 40 HONG QINGKE: Appointed as executive director of China-based Fuxing China Group. He will be responsible for overseeing the purchase of all materials, suppliers, services and equipment, and will also head the sales department. Mr Hong, 48, had been assistant to the chief executive of Fuxing
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        34 40 ALEXANDER J.S. ACLOQUE: Appointed as director of capital markets at CB Richard Ellis. He will work closely with the Singapore investment properties team and foreign funds and institutional investors.
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      496 40  -  Alvin Foo By Markets Correspondent THE recently appointed head of a major local stock brokerage has warned that regional securities probably have some way to fall yet. Asian stock markets are likely to see another major correction before they hit rock bottom, CIMB-GK
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      697 41  -  Goh Eng Yeow ►►COMMENTARY Following US lead is risky if SGX wants to ensure fair, orderly trading, say analysts By Markets Correspondent YOU couldn't blame local traders for glancing enviously at the spectacular rally staged by US financial stocks earlier last week. In
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        51 41 DMG Research believes SingTel's future growth will come from its overseas operations. "Sing Tel currently has 185 million mobile customers, the largest in Asia ex-Japan. Mobile penetration rates in these developing countries are still very low," it added. DMG RESEARCH, July 25 Rating:
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        59 41 OCBC Investment Research notes that Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing is experiencing moderating growth in the current quarter. "We have revised our full-year sales up by 2.3 per cent...However, our full-year forecast net gain now sinks into the red with a US$9.9 million (5513.5 million) loss,"
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        54 41 CITIGROUP warns that Ascott Residence Trust may face downside risks for room demand and rising pressures on wage and utility expenses. It also notes that second-quarter results "have seen impact from US sub-prime problems on room demand in Japan and the Philippines". CITIGROUP,
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      Lock icon Rebound in Asia iffy given fresh Wall St jitters
      441 41  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By ENCOURAGING economic data from the United States may give regional bourses a boost today, after they experienced an ugly sell-off on Friday. But many traders are cagey, fearing that any rebound may turn out to
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      356 41  -  Alvin Foo WARRANT WATCH By Markets Correspondent THE recent volatility of the Straits Times Index (STI) is drawing investors into fresh positions for its warrants. Last week, the STI saw much cheer, ending up 75.18 points or 2.6 per cent at 2,922.91 for
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      717 42  -  Grace Ng They raised more cash this year and helped stave off property slump By THE global financial turmoil has deflated the private equity boom in Asia but regional real estate buy-out funds are still going strong. Private equity real estate
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      295 42  -  NICHOLAS FANG NETWORKING WEBSITE THE success of social networking websites like Facebook has inspired a local firm to target the finance sector with similar technology. Finxch, short for finance exchange, was set up by finance process outsourcing firm Melioris as a community site
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        274 74  - editor'snote... music makes people come together SERENE GOH m HE STRAITS Times made my dreams come true: I got to watch concerts for free. By free, I mean I wrote concert reviews in exchange for sitting through everyone from Michael Learns To Rock to Michael Stipe of REM a dream
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        132 74 You have seen and heard Troy and Gabriella groove on TV, but on an ice-rink? From Aug 5 to 10, the internationally acclaimed High School Musical: The Ice Tour will be skating into town, and here's your chance to catch it
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        152 74 SingFest is back! And here's your chance to get in on the action! We have a set of four tickets for the Aug 2 concert (the first day of the two-day event) at Fort Canning Park to give away! To stand a chance at
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        399 75 What's in the Singapore spirit? Well, whatever it is, Malini Nathan discovers it inspires art They may be drawing about it but don't count on them knowing what it is. The Singapore spirit and what it means is an elusive concept, at least to the 27 students IN
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        196 75 The Singapore Creates project, meant to capture the essence of Singapore through the eyes of students, started on April 8 with a nationwide call for artworks by students. Selected students attended workshops led by design professionals from 1819Supermovement and SILNT. Time management, perseverance and thinking
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        662 76 Gladys Orozco, who plays Gabriella Montez in High School Musical: The Ice Tour tells Yen Feng about her life on skates The party left her anything but cold. After Gladys Orozco went to a party at an ice rink, she fell in love with skating so much that
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        222 76 In Singapore, ice-skaters have a choice of two rinks to draw their lovely figure 8s in. The first, Fuji Ice Palace, has a 960 sq m ice arena roughly the size of 10 five-room HDB flats which is pretty big. Opened 20 years ago, it
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        773 78 FOR BETTER... Apart from the satisfaction of solving a puzzle, Sudoku addicts are not usually rewarded for their obsession. Raffles Junior College student Vera Lim, however, is now $8,000 richer thanks to all the time she has spent on the logic-based number placement game. This is
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        1566 79 There's teen angst, then there's a value-for-money musical treat. Pierre Bouvier, of the French-Canadian band Simple Plan, among other acts performing 90-minute sets all in one place are getting youn< hearts to run free. No strangers to songs of broken love, wrecked lives and fledging hope, young listeners are
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        860 82  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei, By If you want to take up a sport like sailing or dragon boating, get your swimming and water survival skills certified first, advises the National Water Safety Council. To this end, it will introduce a national certification scheme early next
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        1275 84 come back By Li Xueying, The Straits Times, July 12, 2008 Information technology manager Tan Keng Hee has a radical suggestion for the Government. Make it two. One, build love hotels for couples who have little privacy to be amorous. Two, subsidise the use of soft porn. He reckons
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      162 74 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh DEPUTY EDITOR Claudette Peralta COORDINATOR Yen Feng JOURNALISTS Malini Nathan, Lim Pow Hong CONTRIBUTORS Alison de Souza, Andrew Duffy, Mardiana Abu Bakar, Sonia Sng ART DESIGN Samir Shridhar, Jaster Ngui, Zulaiha Jumari EDITORIAL PROJECTS UNIT Peter Khoo, Gerard Wong, Shahrena Hassan CIRCULATION INQUIRIES
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