The Straits Times, 18 September 2008

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  • INSIDE
    • 50 1 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday said that he might relinquish power to his deputy Najib Razak earlier than 2010. He also announced he is ceding control of the Finance Ministry to Mr Najib and taking over the defence portfolio from him. PRIME PAGE A 8
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    • 55 1 FOR the second time in six months, militants have launched an attack on the American Embassy in Yemen. The attack using suicide car-bombers and rockets left 16 dead, and the shadowy group which claimed responsibility says it was just the start of a campaign of violence against
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    • 61 1 THERE will be about 10 per cent fewer COEs given out by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) over the next six months. Between October and next March, there will be 8,730 Certificates of Entitlement given out each month with significant reductions in the number of new
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    • 39 1 ONE third of Hong Kongers live in government rental flats. The territory has myriad schemes that cater to different family sizes and circumstances, and Singapore is hoping to glean some ideas from it. HOME PAGE B4
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    • 35 1 SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports had another dismal showing last month, falling by the most in 20 months. Exports plunged 13.8 per cent year-on-year, their fourth straight month of decline. MONEY PAGE 822
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  • 888 1  -  Lee Su Shyan After AIG rescue, HBOS of Britain is in talks to be acquired by Lloyds TSB By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR The AIG lifeline The Fed gives a US$B5 billion (Ssl22 billion) loan to AIG in exchange for a near 80 per cent
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  • 448 1  -  LEE SU SHYAN WHO dares wins, works as a motto for Britain's elite SAS forces and it is likely to work wonders for the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, thanks to a bold share market gamble by tycoon Oei
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • VIEW POINTS
    • 38 2 China's baby milk scandal shows again the twin scourges bureaucratic indifference and the ethical vacuity of businesses are formidable obstacles to developing a trusted food processing industry. EDITORIAL PAGE A24 COLUMNS
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    • 22 2 Why should art be ugly to m be good, asks ONG SOR FERN. LIFE! PAGE C5
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    • 29 2 Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim promised to seize power by Sept 16. He did not. Is his time up, asks Carolyn Hong. WORLD PAGE A17
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    • 29 2 Singapore is a country where criminal matters are dealt with openly, and the law applies equally to all, says Attor-ney-General Walter Woon. REVIEW PAGE A25
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    • Article, Illustration
      54 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow gives his take on the about-face bid by the US Federal Reserves to bail out AIG. Lee Tee Jong notes that South Koreans are more concerned about the economy than Kim Jong Il's health. Reme Ahmad speculates on why a government takeover may not
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  • prime commentary
    • 977 2  -  Tracy Quek The poor will suffer if it isn't tough on tainted milk powder makers By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Last August, a barrage of high-profile reports in the foreign media on unsafe China-made food and goods prompted Beijing to wage "war" against unscrupulous domestic
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  • prime.financial turmoil
    • 687 3  -  Lorna Tan =a= I =s Pi Lrl Lr= In Singapore, AIA staff try to calm edgy customers in queues By FINANCE CORRESPONDENT INSURER AIA yesterday continued to allay the concerns of edgy policyholders, reassuring them that its parent firm AIG will not reduce
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    • THE LEHMAN RALLOUT
      • 520 4 FOR years, Mr Kenneth Lewis, the chief executive of Bank of America (BoA), had had his eye on investment bank Merrill Lynch. Last weekend, he finally got his chance to chance to snap it up at what he thought was a knockdown price of US$5O billion (Ss72
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      • 177 4 SEATTLE: Gold surged the most in eight years yesterday as investors sought the safety of precious metals on concern that the credit crisis will deepen, leading more financial institutions to fail. Silver jumped more than 8 per cent. The cost of borrowing dollars for three
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      • 610 4  -  Francis Chan Bank warns they may lose entire stake in Lehman-linked product By SOME local investors of a product linked to bankrupt investment giant Lehman Brothers have received late-night phone calls from DBS Bank warning them that their entire stake may be wiped out.
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    • 510 6 Report says its chief executive wants to avoid fate of Lehman counterpart AMERICAN investment bank Morgan Stanley is weighing whether it should remain independent or merge with a bank, given the recent turbulence in the company's share price, broadcaster CNBC reported yesterday. Morgan and Goldman Sachs, the
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    • 888 6 WASHINGTON: In one US$B5 billion (Ssl22 billion) fell swoop, the US government may have wiped out what credibility it won resisting Lehman Brothers' rescue plea and opened its door to countless other companies to come calling for cash. By providing a massive loan
      REUTERS; BLOOMBERG NEWS; LOS ANGELES TIMES  -  888 words
    • 588 6  -  Jonathan Weil COMMENTARY By NEW YORK: Finally, Richard Fuld got smart. He shut up. It's been almost two whole days since Lehman Brothers filed the largest bankruptcy in US history. And there's been not a public word from The
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    • 699 6 AIG's sprawling assets AMERICAN International Group's businesses ran the gamut from life insurance to aircraft leasing to the mortgage and credit industries. Some have been battered by the credit crisis, but many of its operations could prove attractive to prospective investors and competitors.
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  • prime news
    • 733 8  -  Melissa Sim DORMS IN SERANGOON GARDENS But integration of foreign workers is a larger issue that must be tackled By NO DECISION has been made about setting up a foreign worker dormitory in Serangoon Gardens, but it is hoped it will come in a
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    • 480 8  -  Hazlin Hassan By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday said that he might leave office earlier than 2010 as agreed. In an apparent attempt to quell a growing revolt in Umno, he also handed the powerful Finance portfolio to his deputy. Datuk Seri
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    • 653 8  -  Leslie Lopez Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja By SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA: The chief corporate lieutenant of Indonesian tycoon James Riady has been arrested for corruption together with another senior Indonesian government official, a development that could provide a fresh twist to the
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD
    • 760 11  -  Teo Cheng Wee Thaksin's brother-in-law calls for reconciliation after clinching top post By From judge to PM Mr Somchai Wongsawat, 61, Thailand's 26th Prime Minister: Brother-in-law of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Somchai's wife, Yaowapa, was an influential MP in Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai
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    • 257 11 BANGKOK: A Thai court yesterday postponed announcing the verdict on graft charges against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojaman, and issued new arrest warrants for the two, who are in exile in London. The couple have denied wrongdoing in a Bangkok
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    • world regional
      • 979 12  -  Tracy Quek Move announced as more babies fall sick from tainted formula By CHINA CORRESPONDENT Growing scandal Deaths: Three babies Hospitalised: 6,244 babies, of whom 158 are suffering from acute kidney failure. Tainted: 69 batches of milk products from 22 companies. About 20 per
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      • 598 12 AVA recalls product SINGAPORE'S Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has advised local importers and retailers to remove from the market a China-made dairy product as it could be tainted with a health-threatening chemical. The AVA yesterday said the "Yili brand" Natural Choice Yogurt
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      • 425 13 SHIJIAZHUANG: Overly rapid investment in China's dairy industry and lack of quality control over inexperienced farmers tempted players to cut corners, ultimately leading to illness in thousands of infants, industry experts said yesterday. The changing lifestyles of the Chinese people and the dairy companies' strong
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      • 904 15  -  Carolyn Hong NEWS ANALYSIS Abdullah's portfolio swop with Najib seen as final stepping stone to the top for the DPM By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF HERE'S a look at the implications of the swop at the top of the Malaysian government yesterday. FOR DPM NAJIB RAZAK He's got
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      • 169 15 KUALA LUMPUR: The son-in-law of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday offered himself for the post of Umno Youth chief, pitting himself against a son of former premier Mahathir Mohamad and two others. Mr Khairy Jamaluddin (right), 32, an MP for a Negri Sembilan
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      • 121 15 KOTA BARU: Police yesterday detained one of the pioneering bloggers in the country, Mr Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, for posting allegedly seditious statements on his portal. According to his wife Bariah Ishak, Mr Syed Azidi, who is better known as Kickdefella, was picked up from their home in
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      • 862 16  -  Carolyn Hong NEWS ANALYSIS Few willing to write Anwar off though his Sept 16 deadline has come and gone. But he must move soon or lose credibility By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF Four possible scenarios if he wins over enough MPs IF DATUK Seri Anwar
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      • 267 16 PUTRAJAYA: Many ruling party politicians yesterday for the first time referred to opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as a threat to national security. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said Datuk Seri Anwar's actions had affected not only political stability but also economic stability. "As a result of
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      • 733 17  -  P. Jayaram Communal politics, religious zeal fuel attacks in 4 states By INDIA CORRESPONDENT CHRISTIAN GROUP BLAMED "We are facing the music for the wrongs committed by New Life. We have told them that those who join New Life would be excommunicated. In fact, we
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      • 330 17 JOHOR BARU: A straight-A student who was kidnapped last week has been murdered, with her partially burnt body dumped in some bushes. Police found the semi-decom-posed body of 16-year-old Lai Ying Xin early on Tuesday morning in Taman Putri, Kulai. The teen, described as among
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    • world.international
      • 621 18 Group threatens strikes on other embassies, including those of UK and Saudi Arabia Frequent target YEMEN, the ancestral home of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has been grappling with Islamist attacks for years. They include: March 2008: An attempted mortar attack
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      • 494 20 US House votes to lift offshore drilling ban; Russia to fix its claims on Arctic WASHINGTON: Both the United States and Russia have moved to secure their energy supplies. The US House of Representatives passed legislation lifting the 27-year-old congressional moratorium on offshore production on
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      • 287 20 MOSCOW: Russia issued an unusually harsh condemnation yesterday of the Nato chief's visit to Georgia, saying it showed a Cold War mentality and would further destabilise the region. Nato's support for Georgia after last month's war with Russia can be seen only as
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    • world in brief
      • 101 21 UNITED NATIONS: A former Nicaraguan leftist official became president of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday and urged that power be given to its broad membership and taken away from the big power-dominated Security Council. In a combative opening statement to a new annual session of the
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      • 121 21 JERUSALEM: Members of Israel's governing Kadima party were voting for a new leader yesterday, with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni favoured by opinion polls to replace scandal-plagued Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Ms Livni, who was expected to benefit if the turnout proved high, urged Kadima members to
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      • 112 21 YORBA LINDA (California): China has said it will lift a ban on poultry exports from six US states and streamline the process for the export of medical equipment, after a day of intense talks between trade delegations from both countries. The announcements came at
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      • 136 21 SEOUL: South Korea's Prime Minister Han Seung Soo ordered top officials yesterday to stop disclosing intelligence on North Korea unnecessarily, amid rampant speculation over leader Kim Jong IPs health, an official said. Mr Kim's health has been the focus of frenzied media speculation since his failure
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      • 127 21 SEREMBAN: Joy turned to grief at a couple's wedding festivities when hundreds of guests suffered food poisoning at the wedding eve dinner, and the bride's father later died of a heart attack. The 53-year-old father died on Tuesday in hospital, where he had been warded earlier
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      • 126 21 DENPASAR: About 1,000 Balinese dressed in traditional sarongs rallied yesterday to protest against a controversial anti-pornography Bill that critics say could hurt local cultural traditions. The anti-smut Bill contains provisions that could criminalise many forms of art or traditional culture that hinge on sensuality. Lawmakers in
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      • 51 21 A US Navy ship pulls along a self-propelled craft (above) carrying nearly 7 tonnes of cocaine valued at US$lB7 million (Ss26B million). The drugs were packed into 37 bales (left) on board the seized vessel, which was capable of travelling from Ecuador to California. PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED
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      • Article, Illustration
        128 21 High-speed pizza SYDNEY: An Australian pizza delivery man has given fast food a new meaning, courtesy of the police. He was caught driving more than 50kmh above the speed limit. Police clocked him driving at 131kmh in an 80kmh zone on Saturday, but waited for him to deliver his
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 112 11 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com most commented MOST-READ ONLINE Umno man suspended over "immi- Anwar Ibrahim says he has enough grants" remark. Says Myßesponse: "If MPs to oust the Malaysian government. you are a democratic country and YOUR SAY want to survive now, you need
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
    • 449 23 THE baby food scandal in China that has caused death and made thousands sick with kidney ailments is an outrage that will be felt well beyond the country's borders because children have been the victims. The scandal is only just widening. What began
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    • 887 23  -  ONATHAN EYAL RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN CONFLICT ByJ ST EUROPE BUREAU The Georgian war has severely dented Nato's credibility. It promised Georgia full membership but then did nothing once Russia attacked. I C "K T I I 1 11 I NATO defence ministers are gathering in
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    • 810 23  -  Andy Ho By SENIOR WRITER IN A RECENT study involving 183 Christian clergymen, half said they were leery of participating in any form of interfaith dialogue. Also, 40 per cent of them were reluctant to cooperate with another religion in any joint charity effort.
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    • review.
      • 1379 24  -  Walter Woon CRITICISM OVER TANG WEE SUNG CASE By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES If the prosecution agrees to drop the charges, the matter never reaches the courL.The offender gets off completely. There is a strong public interest in ensuring that criminal matters are dealt with
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      • 698 24  -  Chang Youngho Nur Azha Putra ENERGY SECURITY IN SINGAPORE By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES ENERGY security traditionally focuses on ensuring supply, but we also need to address how all levels of society have access to affordable power. In Singapore, industries, rather than households, account for
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      • 748 24  -  David Leonhardt ECONOMIC WOES By LAST week, as Lehman Brothers was collapsing, an allstar group of economists met to ponder the lessons of the financial crisis. The group included Mr Donald Kohn, the Federal Reserve's vice-chairman, Mr Edward Lazear, the top White House economist, and
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    • forum.
      • 552 25 If speeding's the No. 1 killer... "Why treat drink driving more seriously?" MR TAN KOK ENG: "I read a Traffic Police reminder which stated that speeding is the No. 1 road killer in Singapore. If that is so, shouldn't the authorities get tough with such offenders instead of penalising
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      • 352 25 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THESE articles in The Straits Times deserve commendation: Miss Li Xueying on religious diversity last Friday ("Tackling religious taboo"), Mr Wong Kim Hoh on transsexuals ("When papa became mama", Sept 6) and Miss Tan Hui Yee on migrant workers ("Standing up for
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      • 203 25 OVER the past fortnight, religion in Singapore was given significant coverage in The Straits Times. Bringing up various religious matters periodically and discussing them frankly and openly, albeit sensitively, augurs well for the mul-ti-faith climate in Singapore. Though certain clergy are reportedly wary of inter-faith talks,
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      • 246 25 SINCE the childcare subsidy for working mothers increased from $150 to $300 on Aug 17,1 have made many enquiries at various childcare centres. To my surprise, most, if not all, the centres said that they were revising their fees from next
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      • 220 25 WE ARE writing in response to last Friday's report, "Heat-seeking machine spots cancer". We would like to reinforce Professor David Stringer's caution that the technique is "not for screening" and that "mammography is still the gold standard for screening and early detection". Currently, mammography is
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      • 181 25 WE THANK Mr Jeffrey Law for his feedback on the Singapore Duty-Paid Cigarette (SDPC) marking regulation, published on Sept 15. The SDPC marking is an additional enforcement measure to reinforce Singapore Customs' intensified is-land-wide operations to curb the peddling and possession of contraband cigarettes. The
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      • 290 25 I REFER to Dr Andy Ho's column, "DNA testing is not infallible" (Sept 6). As a forensic DNA scientist, I wish to share some factual information on three key areas mentioned. After a DNA profile is obtained and a match with a reference DNA
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    • 51 25 JfJ^j WHAT'S ONLINE MORE LETTERS www.straitstimes.com ONLINE FORUM YES, WE SHOULD: Examining the Budget's sacred cows LONG WAIT FOR A ROUTINE CHECK: Raffles Hospital GIVE EX-CONS A REAL BREAK: Keep their records hush-hush YOU JUST CAN'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT BEING HARRIED: Telemarketers WHO'S GOT THE TIME ON WEEKDAYS?: Cheap movie
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • 878 28  -  Christopher Tan Reduction not as drastic as expected; all vehicle types hit except big cars By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT COE prices driven up by high demand CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) prices ended higher yesterday as the previous tender's price slump sent buyers flocking
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    • 558 29  -  Ang Yiying INFLUX OF FOREIGN WORKERS Mah: Despite 4 options to house them, there's space shortage in short term By THE foreign worker population here went up by 102,000 last year, double the jump of 55,000 a year ago. And with major contruction works lined
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    • 162 29  -  ANG YIYING IN JALAN KAYU roB)?3i« roijrofl HBI SKi^friiißiEiiTßfftTiil ißWtiHsffßjßl NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday held up Jalan Kayu as a residential area which has made efforts to accommodate the foreign workers in the neighbourhood. After two dorms housing 6,000 workers
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    • 137 29  -  ANG YIYING AT THE IRs THE two upcoming integrated resorts have about 6,000 construction workers working on-site, with more expected to arrive. Of the 2,000 workers employed at the construction site of Resorts World at Sentosa, half have their accommodation arranged by the construction companies that
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    • 222 29  -  MELISSA SIM IN JURONG WEST A RECREATION complex for foreign workers living in Jurong West will come up by the end of this year. The complex, now being built in Soon Lee Road, will house a football field, an amphitheatre for ethnic movies, mul-ti-purpose
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    • 633 30  -  Zakir Hussain CONVICTED OF INSULTING JUDGE Judge says custodial sentence appropriate as he stood by his insults By FORMER Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Nair was sentenced to three months' jail yesterday for insulting a High Court judge in a posting on his blog. Justice Kan Ting
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    • 339 30  -  Sue Ann Chia CONTEMPT OF COURT ACTION By LEGAL papers have been served on the publisher and two editors of the Wall Street Journal Asia (WSJA) by the Singapore Government, which is taking them to court for contempt of court.
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    • 249 30  -  APRIL CHONG TWO new chikungunya clusters were discovered last week in Bah Soon Pah Road, off Sembawang Road, and Bangkit Road in the Bukit Panjang area. The Ministry of Health said yesterday that seven construction workers living or working in Bah Soon Pah Road were
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    • 535 31  -  Jessica Cheam By IN HONG KONG HONG Kong's public rental housing system has thrown some ideas out for the Housing Board to mull over. Senior Minister of State (National Development and Education) Grace Fu, who is leading a Singapore delegation to the territory, said
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    • 434 31  -  Fiona Chan Govt to release more units for sale by year's end as demand for homes doubles By PROPERTY REPORTER THE Government will release 3,000 more HDB flats for sale by the end of the year, amid a doubling of demand for flats by
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    • 273 31  -  ELIZABETH WILMOT THE Housing Board (HDB) has announced that it will build another 2,000 rental flats, to cater to rising demand from needy families. As at the end of last month, the HDB was managing about 43,000 one- and two-room rental flats for
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    • 510 33  -  Lim Wei Chean Programmes and workshops aim to get public involved By Events in run-up to parade Workshops on wearable art These are classes on how to make costumes, masks and clothing accessories that can be worn at the parade. For details, log
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    • 573 35 Subsidiary STPress to take over contracts of publisher SNPIP MEDIA giant Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) is setting up a new book publishing business, under its subsidiary Straits Times Press. To jump- start its new venture, STPress has taken over the contracts and intellectual property
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    • 305 35  -  MARIA ALMENOAR AN INDEPENDENT team of safety assessors has given its mark of approval to the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE), which will open on Saturday. The team, from Autoroutes Paris Rhine Rhone, has been tracking the design, systems and operational procedures of the
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    • 932 36  -  Kor Kian Beng That was why Govt had to clamp down on them, says DPM Wong By Picture of contrasts THE Home Affairs Ministry cited contrasting approaches that Myanmar nationals here took when reacting to political developments back home. Most of the illegal activities were
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    • 306 36  -  Lydia Lim By THE late Malay journalist, Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail, kept track of developments in Singapore and praised the progress of the Malay minority here, his daughter Mariah Abdul Samad said, in a thank you letter to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan
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    • 539 37  -  Lee Hui Chieh Scientists here find it kills disease-causing parasite by disrupting its genetic 'program' By A COMPOUND originally developed to kill cancer cells has been found by scientists here to be a possible weapon against malaria. Laboratory tests have shown that the compound
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    • 107 37 THE number of sexually transmitted infections, as well as abortions arising from teen pregnancies, are on the increase in Singapore. Liberal attitudes, the Internet and the mass media ensure that teens are exposed to sex and sexual activity from a very young age. Mind Your Body
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  • STRAITS TIMES |
    • 10 DAYS TO GO TO FORMULA 1'S FIRST NIGHT RACE
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        1149 38 Massa ready for tilt at championship without teammate Raikkonen's help Fl READERS' CONTEST WE HAVE put up Singapore GP T-shirts, polo tees, caps and shoulder bags as prizes in our last two SingTel Singapore Grand Prix contests. And now, we are presenting the best prizes for our
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      • 350 38 LONDON: A "fearsome" Lewis Hamilton will win the Formula One world drivers' championship if the rain continues, the Briton's McLaren boss said yesterday. Hamilton, 23, on 78 points, has just a one-point lead over Ferrari's Felipe Massa ahead of the Sept 28 inaugural night race
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    • sport.singapore gp
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        95 39 The SingTel Singapore Grand Prix will be the world's first Formula One race to be staged after dark. The drivers have been assured that they will be racing in near-daylight conditions. Here is proof at last. This lit-up section of the track, along St Andrew's Road, was
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      • 780 39  -  Leonard Lim UniSIM chief Cham Tao Soon hooked by nuts bolts and thrills spills By Other captains of industry who have been spotted at Fl races: Parkway Holdings chairman Richard Seow Singapore Airlines CEO Chew Choon Seng DBS chairman Koh Boon Hwee WongPartnership managing partner
        COURTESY OF CHAM TAO SOON  -  780 words
    • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
      • 756 40  -  Marc Lim NSAs will get 20% cut of monetary award, some payouts reduced By SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Award changes THE MAP will see some changes from next year to 2011. MAP winners will plough back 20 per cent of the monetary awards to their respective national sports
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      • 532 40  -  Sim Chi Yin By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: He jokes about having lost his headful of jet-black hair working and waiting for Singapore's first Paralympic medal. As the curtains fell on the Beijing Paralympics last night, Singapore National Paralympic Council chairman Tan Ju Seng rubbed his
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      • 567 41  -  Rob Hughes COMMENTARY By It was as blatant, as cynical and as premeditated an abuse of the laws as it is possible to get. WHAT in the world constitutes serious foul play? On Tuesday, the English Football Association turned the law upside
        INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE  -  567 words
      • 583 41 "We were up against a superior team but we showed them too much respect. We weren't aggressive enough. The scoreline says it all." LAURENT BLANC, Bordeaux coach Blues mark Terry's escaping 3-game ban by trouncing Bordeaux Chelsea 4 Bordeaux 0 LONDON: Joe Cole scored with a
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      • 379 41 Marseille 1 Liverpool 2 PARIS: Fernando Torres may be the new king of the Kop, but Steven Gerrard remains Liverpool's talisman, and at a hostile Stade Velodrome enthralled by some mouth-watering football, fans saw why. Two goals one a trademark long-dis-tance effort, the other from the
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      • 582 41  -  Neil Humphreys LIGHTERSIDE I By FOR the first time in football history, Manchester United and West Ham United are united in the same boat. They are both at risk of looking like a couple of Sunday morning pub teams. Ordinarily, the
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        877 42 4 Ryder Cup appearances: 14 wins, 2 halves, 4 losses Alternate-shot matches: Unbeaten Fourballs: Beaten only once Team matches: 6-1 against Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson "I would rather go 0-5 and win the Ryder Cup as a team than go 5-0 and lose it. It's not about
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        670 42 QUOTE OF THE DAY "Brendan, are you missing something shiny?" The University of Texas, Brendan Hansen's alma mater, calling to tell the Beijing 4xloom medley winner that someone had returned the gold medal he had dropped BADMINTON Japan Open: Ist rd: Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Zhu
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    • 519 40 COUNTRY G S B T 1 China 89 70 52 211 2 Britain 42 29 31 102 3 United States 36 35 28 99 4 Ukraine 24 18 32 74 5 Australia 23 29 27 79 6 South Africa 21 3 6 30 7 Canada 19 10 21 50 8
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  • OBITUARIES
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      139 42 "Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all *^t the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 H Beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother W TAN HONG SIANG,CYRIL (Mrs Wong Kin Yip) 1914 2008 Passed away peacefully at home on
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      158 42 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 WU SIEW YENG Age: 92 Was called home to be with the Lord on 16 September 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      63 42 GOVINDARAJOO THINATHAYALAN (RAJA) Age:s2 passed away peacefully on 16 September 2008. Dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Umarani Sons: Kannan, Vignesvaran, Satishvaran Mother-in-law, Brothers, Sisters, Brothers Sisters-in-law, Nephews, Nieces, Grandchildren, Relatives Friends Body is resting at Blk 140 #13-780 Rivervale St. Tel: *****314,9007 5744. Cortege will leave on 18 Sept
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      58 42 Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Bernie Khoo on the passing of his beloved wife JANICE WONG on 16 September 2008 Bernie, You are not alone in your grief. From your colleagues at Singapore Polytechnic, Department of Corporate Communications: Kai, Zalinah, Francis, Andy, Hung Noi, Michelle, Kenny, Fildza, Benny, Eddie,
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      49 42 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of TERESA YEO POH CHOI Departed on 18 September 2006 In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true, There is not a day, dear mother! mamal cho-cho, That we do not think of you. Always remembered by: Family all loved ones.
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      61 43 ajrf With Deepest Sympathy and w| Heartfelt Condolences to our I gj Executive Vice President I I Chief Financial Officer, I I RAMLEE BIN BUANG I on tne demise of his beloved father I I I BUANG BIN SALLEH I Departed on 15 September 2008 From: I Board of Directors
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      135 43 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7 HENRY WEE HAN YEW Age: 39 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 September 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife Lena Tay Geok Tin Mother
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      81 43 Neo Siew Hong Departed on 18th September 2006 2nd Anniversary In our home she is fondly remembered 'Where sweet memories of her still Cinger The Cove that she shared for 30years With a husband who stiff Coves her dear Person anddaughter-in-law who miss her so 'Wiffshare her life stories as
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      79 43 VEERASAMY KOTHANDARAMARAJU Age: 91 passed away peacefully on 17 September 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Gowri Bai (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kothandaramaraju (Govinda) Kalyani Singaraju Premala Sundar Raju (Aboy) Vijayarani Daughters: Sons-in-law: Krishnakumari (India) Chinnikrishnan (India) Ramani Bai Vasudevan Kamala Bai Devakumar Grandchildren,Great-Grandchildren,Relatives Friends Body is
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      21 43 In Loving Memory Of D. KESAVAN Within us you will always remain. From Viknesh, Mokan, Dashini, Vaisnavi, Eshwari, Gauri, Dear Wife.
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      31 43 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of TAN SEOW CHENG Departed on 18 Sept 2007 Time changes many things, But not the memory this day brings. Dearly missed by family loved ones
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      151 43 CHIANG KERN NAY Age: 82 (Wife of the late Loke Hong) Passed away peacefully on 17 September 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Son: Loke Heng Heng Peter Daughters: Loke Ee Fong Yvonne Loke Ee Fee Mary Loke Yee Kuen Wendy Loke Tsu Fong Janet Loke Yong
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      175 43 LEE WAI HOONG Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 17 Sep 2008, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Woo Wui Foong, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Woo Keng On Kenneth, deceased) Yap Esther Woo Keng Hong Harold P'ng Seok Oon Molly Woo Keng Yui William Law Yit Wa Pamela Woo Keng Pew Patrick
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      94 43 OM NAM OH NARAYANA Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the late GOVINDASAMY GOPAL Departed on 4 Sep 2008 Wife: Parvathy wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Kammathi
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      84 43 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA G. BANGARU AMMAL Age: 78 Departed on 4 September 2008 The family of the late wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all Relatives Friends for their prayers, visits, condolences contributions during their recent bereavement. KARUMATHI PRAYERS: Will be held on 18 September 2008, night
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      130 43 "The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus." 1 Timothy 1:14 LOW TECK MING Age: 94 Was called home to be with the Lord on 17 September 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones.
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      102 43 TAN MUI MUI Age 60 passed away peacefully on 17 September 2008. Dearly missed and will always be fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband Frankie Mok Swee Peng (Partner of Chop Yong Moh, deceased) Son Daughter-in-law Kenny Mok Cheng Chong Huang Lizhen Daughters: Sons-in-law Lisa Mok Mui Khjaw 800 Chin
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      108 43 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 CHINNAMMA DANIEL Age 77 Was called home to be with the Lord on 16 September 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Loved Ones.
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      34 43 In Loving Memory Of CHEE FOOK WENG Departed on 18 September 2007 Sadly missed always remembered by Wife: Aw Bee Yok Son Stanley Chee Daughters Susan Chee, Wendy Chee Son-in-Law Sean Phua Loved Ones.
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
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      • 515 44  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Brief rally peters out in region over fears of more turmoil ahead By ASIAN bourses failed to get any boost from the United States government's shock move to try to calm global financial markets by throwing a
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      • 387 44  -  ALVIN FOO Consider slumping palm oil counters THE slump in oil and commodity prices stemming from the global slowdown has resulted in related stocks to also correct, and analysts say now could be the time to start bargain hunting. Crude oil has fallen to around US$9O since hitting a
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
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          102 44 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.15 billion shares worth $1.38 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 194 Losers: 355 Unchanged: 786 Mid Cap 542.29 -5.28 Basic materials 297.84 T -11.50 Utilities 439.84 8.33 Small Cap 428.50 -7.04 Industrials 535.10 T -2.33 Financials 611.90 T -13.74 All Share 592.40 -9.48 Consumer goods 453.62 T
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        • 216 44 Yesterday's close: 11,749.79 (+140.07) »Japanese shares closed up 1.21 per cent as a US bailout of insurer AIG eased concerns about the global financial sector. AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,002.99 (-9.38) Malaysian shares ended 0.9 per cent lower on concerns over the health of US financial firms and
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 389 44 GLD10US$ Lyxor Korea 10US$ IS MSCI India 100 Venture Corp Great Eastern Lyxor India Nifty 10 SPC Hyflux MacCookPSF NOL Sino-Env Goodpack NATSTEEL Ltd Noble Grp SBSTransit SingTel 100 HetaxEngg ISH B Sembawang Fung Choi 7726 83.2 350 28.7 530 21.5 836 21.0 1430 20.0 1248 19.0
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        • 420 44 !TI 3000SGAePW*****0 122 40.5 49. >TI 3000SGAePW*****9 107 39.0 57. JOB SGA EPW*****0 48 21.5 81. !TI 2800SGAePW*****0 80.5 9.5 13. JOB MBL ePW08n04 35 9.5 37. !TI 2800BNPePW*****9 ...77.5 8.5 12. !TI 2900SGAePW*****0 99 8.5 9. JOB SGA ePW*****1 39.5 7.5 23. >TI 2650 DBePW*****1 70
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        • 183 44 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol Ferrochina 57 -1.5 -2.6 China Hongxing 26.5 -0.5 -1.9 Golden Agri 34.5 0.0 0.0 SingTel 329 -1.0 -0.3 Cosco Corp 149 -1.0 -0.7 Wilmar 261 -25.0 -8.7 Gent Intl 43 -0.5 -1.1 Noble Grp 138 7.0 5.3
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        • 104 44 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Sept 17 2008 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1440 1.1580 Can dollar 1.3300 1.3460 Euro 2.0170 2.0410 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4153 0.4162 NZ dollar 0.9420 0.9630 Sterling pound 2.5410 2.5660 US dollar 1.4210 1.4370 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        • 392 44 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 850 404 1700 820 2300 615 73.5 525 1920 2260 1530 880 580 270 940 353.3 2020 1720 498 482 396 690 570 422 324 28 2290 572 287 440 384 5606 CapitaLand 250
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        • 642 44 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 199 276 237 258 291 438 115 145 274 314 184 203 376 388 135 595 402 398 840 233 515 372 317 205 590 222 281 112 130 130.6 396.1 175 62.5
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    • money.companies
      • 561 45  -  Yang Huiwen He buys 7.79m shares to shore up prices; another director buys 500,000 By THE boss of high-end residential property developer SC Global Developments has given a $5.8 million vote of confidence in the firm just as its share price was
        ST GRAPHICS; BT FILE  -  561 words
      • 401 45 81l ACQUISITION KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking, Malaysia's largest bank, tumbled the most in seven years in Kuala Lumpur trading yesterday after winning approval for a US$2.7 billion (553.9 billion) takeover of an Indonesian bank that many investors considered overpriced. The stock fell 6.8
        BLOOMBERG  -  401 words
    • 634 46 RUSSIA IN CRISIS System gets injection of funds; fears of repeat of 1998 crisis MOSCOW: Russia moved to bolster the country's increasingly stressed banking sector yesterday, as the global economic turmoil deepened fears that the country could face a crisis similar to
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  • MIND your BODY
    • 427 89  -  Gloria Chandy Editor gloria@sph. com. sg My mother never sat me down and told me about the facts of life. It wasn't the kind of thing I would have expected anyway, growing up in a conservative Catholic environment. It was also the 1960s and my
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      263 89 SATURDAY, SEPT 20 Free Mobile Screenings: Pap smears for women aged 25 to 69, colorectal cancer screening for those aged 50 and above and health counselling. These are the last mobile screenings for My Happy Healthy Family, a joint project of the Singapore Cancer Society, Singapore Heart Foundation
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    • 461 90 Adults who ate non-fried fish high in omega-3 fatty acids at least three times a week had a nearly 26 lower risk of silent brain lesions A diet rich in baked or broiled fish may protect the brain from damage that can lead to
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    • 195 90 Heart patients with anaemia are 4a more likely to die from heart failure than non-anaemic patients Anaemia, a deficiency of oxygen-carrying red blood cells, increases the risk of death in patients with chronic heart failure, according to the results of a study in
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    • Doc Talk
      • 670 91 Generally, behaviour that does not comply with social norms and rules becomes a problem. So when does a child's behaviour become a behavioural problem? Clearly, it depends. A child may or may not behave differently at home, in school and in social settings. Acceptable behaviour
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    • Capsules
      • 199 93 A man's risk of prostate cancer appears to increase with his height, a new study shows. However, height appears to play less of a role than other known prostate cancer risk factors like age, family history and race. As a result, men
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      • 226 93 In 00/o of cases, detection of a metal allergy led to a change in the medical implant used Patients with an allergy to metal, often discovered when wearing certain jewellery, are also at risk of reactions to implanted medical devices such as pacemakers and orthopaedic prostheses.
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      • 148 93 10-15, of lung cancer cases occur in people who have never smoked Of the risky foods to watch out for, researchers from the US Centers For Disease Control cited raw or unpasteurised milk, rare ground beef and raw shellfish as being among the worst.
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      • 236 93 Clean living may not be a guarantee against lung cancer, says a new study. A significant proportion of lung cancer cases 10 to 15 per cent occur in people who have never smoked. Researchers suspect genetic susceptibility combined with exposure to cancer-causing substances like asbestos,
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    • 888 94 Prevent headaches by finding out what sets them off. It could be certain foods and factors such as stress, hormonal and weather changes, fatigue and hunger Eliminating trigger foods can potentially lower the dietary trigger by in migraine sufferers Certain foods and substances, such as caffeine and MSG,
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      1056 95  -  JOVANDA BISTON Sleep disorders do not just affect adults. They are common in children and should not be ignored. reports Each parent of a newborn loses an average of 400 hours of sleep in the baby's first year SURGICAL SOLUTIONS A year ago, nine-year-old Qwek Jin Kee's laboured
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    • DANGEROUS LIAISONS
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        • 1088 96 The number of sexually transmitted infections among teenagers last year hi a high of 820 up from 775 in 2006 Sexually active teens are on the rise but many are ignorant of the deadlier aspects of unprotected sex Teen sex is a modern reality. While today's
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      • 513 97  -  June Cheong We learnt about i sex mostly from I the Internet. There are things you want to know and you Google it. Boys also talk about stuff and I'd Google to find out so I don't look like I don't know about it.
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      • 870 97  -  June Cheong HAZARDS OF UNPROTECTED SEX Irresponsible sexual behaviour can result in several sexually transmitted diseases that may worsen, recur or have no cure Chlamydia Transmission: Through unprotected sex and can spread from genitals to the eyes via fingers. Symptoms: Most
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    • 513 98 Tests once f available I only to elite athletes are now available to the man in the street, much like the mobile phone which was previously available only to executives and businessmen. Dr Jason Chia, consultant sports physician at Changi Sports
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    • 334 98  -  June Cheong For the right price, you'll never have to worry if you're training correctly again. Sports science professionals like Jonathan Fong help you take the guesswork out of exercise programmes and effective training. The national triathlete set up Racers' Toolbox with New Zealand
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    • 264 98 Vitamin B, a mozzie repellent? The claim: Vitamin B can ward off mosquitoes. The facts: Mosquitoes are more attracted to some people than to others; that much is known from several studies. The Internet is full of advertisements of pills and supplements that are supposed to keep
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    • 571 99  -  ALVIN LIM It's a condition that affects the young and old, either due to over-exercise or inactivity., reports It's a condition called frozen shoulder and it is affecting more young people now. Also known as stiff shoulder, it is said to be common among those aged 50
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    • The Pro
      • 695 100 DR TAN WEE KIAT, 53 Graduated from National University of Singapore with a bachelor' degree in dental surgery in 1978 Held various portfolios in the Ministry of Health from 1978 to 1997 Currently senior consultant at the National Dental Centre and visiting consultant at KK Women's
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    • 660 101 THIGH PAIN A MYSTERY SI am a 42-year-old woman. In the past two years, I have had a sharp pain in my thigh that a few seconds each time. I had the thigh X-rayed. Everything appeared to be fine and the doctor said I had probably over-strained
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        354 103  -  CYNTHIA LOW It's hard to ignore those hunger pangs between meals. CYNTHIA LOW suggests making snacks like these brownies We all do it. Despite our good intentions, snacking between meals can easily become a habit. That being the case, it may be a good idea to have something
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        378 103 PEANUT AND CHOCOLATE CHIP BROWNIES 130g butter 160g caster sugar 2 eggs 200g plain flour 1 heaped tsp baking powder 'i 150g roasted unsalted peanuts IOOg chocolate chips I Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Cream the butter and sugar together then add the eggs one at a time
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    • 471 104 People were, on average, lighter decades ago You are more likely to become obese if your friends and family members are overweight too. It's what a team of economists calls 'imitative obesity' Obesity may be contagious because most people feel good about themselves if they are about as
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      278 104 FILLED WITH RAISINS Local nome-grown enterprise Sunshine Bakeries, which has been turning out bread since 1930, has come up with another product. Each bag of its enriched California raisin buns, which carries the Health Promotion Board's (HPB) Healthier Choice symbol, is packed with 45 per cent raisins from
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