The Straits Times, 27 October 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 115/12/2007 MONDAY, OCTOBER 27 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • Article
      Lock icon Resolve claims fairly: PM
      76 1 IN HIS first remarks on the issue of investments gone wrong, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday it was understandable that some investors had reacted emotionally. Singaporeans aggrieved by their investment in Lehman Minibonds and DBS High Notes 5 will have their complaints handled "fairly
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      Lock icon Melamine in China eggs
      33 1 THE discovery of excessive levels of melamine in Chinese eggs has prompted Hong Kong authorities to expand health tests to include meat products imported from China. WORLD PAGE AlO
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      Lock icon Christmas coming early
      54 1 EAGER to cash in on what may be the last strong retail season for a long while, some retailers and F&B operators are starting Christmas promotions earlier or spending more this year to draw in the crowds. One hotel has even started publicising its Chinese New Year
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      Lock icon Impaling Palin
      39 1 WITH fewer than 10 days to go before America votes, long-brewing tensions between vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palm and key aides to John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public. WORLD PAGE A 9
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    • Article
      Lock icon Korean festival
      55 1 SOME of South Korea's biggest artistes are coming to Singapore for Korean Pop Night on Nov 4, as part of the Korea Festival which takes place from Nov 1-18. The biggest Korean Festival in Singapore in the past four decades, the festival also includes a film festival and
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    Lock icon Bright hopes for peace
    96 1 SIXTY-nine-year-old Anupa Das (left) places a lamp at an altar at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on the eve of Deepavali. Hundreds of devotees turned up at the Serangoon Road temple to pray for loved ones, and also for world peace and prosperity. Elsewhere in Singapore,
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    Lock icon Go shopping and pay with your cellphone
    720 1  -  Tan Weizhen Soon you can use it to pay bills, buy movie tickets or groceries I By COME January, cellphone owners will have another use for their beloved gadgets while on the go: They will use it to pay for anything from a
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  • prime commentary
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      Lock icon Why does travel industry shun transparent fares?
      814 2  -  Karamjit Kaur New ruling won't hurt it unless agencies want to be deliberately vague By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT WHEN I first started reporting on budget airlines, I unwittingly misled my readers. It was September 2005 and Tiger Airways had just burst onto the aviation
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      176 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY India's moon shot not pie in the sky No one should begrudge India's moment of celebration in reaching peacefully for the moon. It is an achievement that will lift its people's spirits, the poor along with the less poor. EDITORIAL PAGE AlB COLUMNS UN peacekeeping Mr Alain
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  • prime news
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      Lock icon Minibonds case to be handled fairly, says PM
      756 3  -  Chua Chin Hon Banks know it's in their interest to resolve the matter quickly, he says I By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN XI'AN (SHAANXI) SINGAPOREANS aggrieved by their investment in Lehman Minibonds and DBS High Notes 5 will have their complaints handled
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      Lock icon Keeping in touch and on top of things
      313 3 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong wrapped up his official trip to China yesterday with a visit to the historic city of Xi'an in western Shaanxi province. Earlier, during the five-day visit, he held talks with top Chinese leaders in Beijing and attended
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      Lock icon China no 'white knight', but will help
      382 3  -  CHUA CHIN HON XI'AN: China may not be the "white knight" that will single-handedly rescue the world from the financial crisis, but it can and will play a constructive role, Foreign Minister George Yeo said yesterday. With global stock markets lurching from one
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      Lock icon 7.59
      104 4  -  Terence Tan What happens a minute before Bam? Straits Times photographers show their interpretation of that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 7.59. We aim to capture everyday scenes across the island with a different perspective, bringing readers a slice of life that would perhaps go unnoticed.
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      Lock icon Getting early alert on mental illness
      719 4  -  Radha Basu Govt scheme to screen elderly at community level to be stepped up I By I SENIOR CORRESPONDENT A GOVERNMENT programme to screen elderly folk for mental illnesses in the community rather than in hospitals is being ramped up even as a pilot
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  • prime financial crisis
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      Lock icon Malaysia's key sectors show signs of slowdown
      917 6  -  Leslie Lopez Economists expect full brunt to be felt next year, with lower GDP growth I By AT THE numerous condominium projects around the Mont Kiara suburb of Kuala Lumpur, construction workers plod round the clock to complete multi-storey apartment blocks. Property developers
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      Lock icon US Treasury may take stakes in insurers
      480 6  -  BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: The United States Treasury is considering taking stakes in insurers as it prepares a new round of capital injections targeted at regional banks and other financial companies, a person briefed on the plan said. A final decision has not been made
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      Lock icon US firms slash jobs as spending stalls
      922 7 NEW YORK TIMES Unemployment rate likely to rise; over 200,000 expected to be laid off this month NEW YORK: As the financial crisis crimps demand for US goods and services, the workers who produce them are losing their jobs by the tens of
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    • Inside two campaign HQs
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        Lock icon Fighting an uphill battle in opposition's backyard
        582 8 DEMOCRAT TACKED to the door beams inside the single-storey house that serves as the headquarters of the Democratic party in Arizona are signs with the logos of Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. But the two luxury fashion chains would not be particularly
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        Lock icon All under-30s are pro-Obama? Not true
        615 8 REPUBLICAN STEFFEN Lewis is 24, a recent college graduate and works for Republican candidate John McCain in Arizona. "It's a misconception that everybody under 30 is an Obama supporter," says the tall blond, who looks more at home surfing the waves than working as
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      Lock icon Rivals target toss-up states in the West
      323 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Mr Barack Obama, looking to expand his lead in the US presidential race, mocked rival John McCain for trying to distance himself from President George W. Bush as both candidates courted western states that could decide the election
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      Lock icon Obama's lead cut
      105 8 REUTERS SENATOR Barack Obama's lead over rival John McCain has dropped to five points, according to a Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll released yesterday. Mr Obama leads Mr McCain by 49 per cent to 44 per cent among likely United States voters in the daily tracking poll, which has a
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  • world u.s elections
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      Lock icon TENSIONS IN McCAIN CAMP Palim 'a diva'
      504 9 Advisers accuse her of 'going rogue'; supporters say she is a scapegoat ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico): With about a week to Election Day, long-brew-ing tensions between Republican vicepresidential candidate Sarah Palm and key aides to the party's presidential nominee John McCain have become so
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  • world regional
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      Lock icon Towering tribute to Mao
      117 10 A university campus has erected China's tallest statue of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, disbursing 5 million yuan (Ssl.l million) for the project, state media reported yesterday. The 20m-high stainless steel statue will be unveiled next month at Chongqing Medical University in honour of the man who
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      Lock icon Melamine in eggs leads HK to expand tests
      568 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS China pork, farmed fish, offal to be tested after experts suspect animal feed HONG KONG: The discovery of excessive levels of melamine in Chinese eggs has prompted the Hong Kong authorities to expand health tests to include pork, farmed
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      Lock icon Japanese sausages, pizzas recalled after cyanide scare
      269 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: A major meat processor in Japan said yesterday it was recalling millions of packages of sausages and pizzas after finding cyanide in water at one of its plants. Itoham Foods said in a public notice published in national newspapers yesterday
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      Lock icon Swee Say in Chengdu to assess situation
      412 10  -  Connie Er I By CHENGDU: A trade and investment mission led by Mr Lim Swee Say arrived in Sichuan Province yesterday which would look at the province's post-quake business environment amid the global credit crunch. The four-day business mission to Chengdu, Sichuan's capital,
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      Lock icon China-Vietnam ties on the mend
      501 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Neighbours pledge to work on projects as they edge closer to resolving spats HANOI: In a step towards resolving long-running disputes, China and Vietnam have pledged to turn contentious border areas into economic growth zones and jointly explore oil-rich offshore areas in the
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      Lock icon China- Vietnam joint projects
      108 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Vietnam s norm is to be transformed with industrial projects and new road and rail links that would connect China's Yunnan and Guangxi provinces with Vietnam's Haiphong seaport The "economic corridors" part of a web of highways linking China with South-east Asia would help
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      Lock icon Cambodia complains of temple damage
      287 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has lodged a complaint with the United Nations (UN) accusing Thai troops of damaging the ancient Preah Vihear temple with rocket fire during a border shootout earlier this month, an official said yesterday. Mr Phay Siphan, spokesman for Cambodia's
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      Lock icon Live TV broadcast of Thaksin cancelled
      244 11 BANGKOK: The pro-government group, United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), has abruptly cancelled a plan to broadcast a speech by ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra live on television on Saturday. The decision came amid growing criticism of the move to allow Thaksin to
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      Lock icon Abdullah urges Indians to snub 'extremist groups'
      568 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Malaysian PM pledges to address discrimination in his Deepavali speech KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, in a message to mark Deepavali, urged ethnic Indians to snub "extremist groups" that he said threaten national unity. His comments, in which he
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      Lock icon JB Umno shuns Muhyiddin for No.2 post
      538 12  -  Hazlin Hassan I By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: The Johor Baru Umno division yesterday became the only division in Johor state not to nominate front runner Muhyiddin Yassin for the post of Umno deputy president. The former Johor menteri besar, who is also
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      Lock icon Lights turn dim this Deepavali
      981 13  -  P. Jayaram MEMO FROM NEW DELHI Shoppers are feeling the pinch as soaring prices, economic woes threaten to mar the festivities By India Correspondent NEW DELHI: There is always a nip in the air at this time of year, heralding the advent of winter. This
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      Lock icon S-E Asia air services to be further liberalised
      307 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SEPANG (Malaysia): Air services between capital cities in South-East Asia will be further liberalised by the end of the year, said Malaysian Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat. Datuk Seri Ong said his counterparts from the Asean nations would
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  • world- international
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      Lock icon Australia may cut migrant flow
      604 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Move may be necessary if jobless rate rises amid global financial crisis, says minister SYDNEY: Australia may cut the flow of immigrants into the nation if unemployment rises in the face of the global financial crisis, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. Immigration Minister
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      Lock icon Livni calls for snap elections
      449 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called for snap elections yesterday after failing to form a new government, dashing faint hopes of reaching a peace deal with the Palestinians this year. "I could have stood here today and presented a government. I was
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      Lock icon IMF chief in sex scandal to keep job
      251 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The head of the International Monetary Fund will remain in his job after the agency's executive board concluded that there was no cause for dismissal over an extramarital relationship. The IMF board issued a statement on Saturday saying that
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      Lock icon UK row over political donations
      685 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Business Secretary Mandelson's ties with Russian oligarch under scrutiny LONDON: Britain's Business Secretary is facing growing calls to detail fully his relationship with a Russian oligarch amid a widening row over political contributions by wealthy foreign businessmen. Mr Peter Mandelson has
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      Lock icon Key players in political scandal
      237 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS PETER MANDELSON HE MADE a sensational comeback to Britain's political scene this month, returning prematurely from a stint as Britain's European Commissioner to become Business Secretary in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's reshuffle. The 55-year-old, who has twice been forced to resign from the
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      Lock icon Singer's sister: Just let my son go
      596 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO: The older sister of singer -actress Jennifer Hudson made a plea at a Chicago church for the return of her missing seven-year-old son, a day after the siblings' mother and brother were found shot dead at the family
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  • world in brief
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      Lock icon Iran's President warded
      104 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was admitted to intensive care suffering from exhaustion last week but has since made a full recovery, the Culture Minister said yesterday. Mr Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi told reporters the President is often laid low by overwork and exhaustion but
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      Lock icon Italians on protest march
      85 17 REUTERS ROME: Hundreds of thousands of Italians marched through Rome over the weekend to protest against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's conservative government, which the left accuses of flirting with fascism. Opposition leader Walter Veltroni, who lost to Mr Berlusconi at an April election, addressed a crowd
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      Lock icon Yangon removes barriers
      82 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON: The authorities in mili-tary-run Myanmar yesterday removed barbed wire barriers and reduced security around the Yangon home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, an official from her party said. Witnesses near the compound said barricades and checkpoints preventing people from going near
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      Lock icon 7 flee in prison attack
      218 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: Communist guerrillas, disguised as anti-narcotics agents, barged into a poorly guarded provincial prison south-east of Manila and freed seven of their comrades in a 15-minute attack staged without firing a shot, officials said yesterday. The 30 New People's Army guerrillas, most armed
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      Lock icon Setting wheels in dance motion
      50 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Chinese handicapped dancers Jen Wen-Chien and Fu Han-Ming performing at the 2008 Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, on Saturday. One hundred and thirty-five athletes from 17 countries are taking part in the event, which ends today, photo:
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      Lock icon Cars with 'back-seat driver' function soon
      181 17 LONDON: Drivers in London could soon find their cars nagging them when they take a corner too fast or giving them advice on locating a good hotel for the night. According to Britain's Sunday Times, in-car satellite navigation systems in future will provide more
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      886 18  -  WILLIAM TOW U.S. ELECTIONS I By I FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE upcoming United States presidential election matters to Asia because how the two candidates view the world are starkly at odds. Democrat Barack Obama wants the US to get more comfortable with multilateralism and
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      780 18  -  Kathleen Parker WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP I By MY HUSBAND called it first. Then, a brilliant 75-year-old scholar and raconteur confessed to me over wine: "I'm sexually attracted to her. I don't care that she knows nothing." Finally, writer Robert Draper closed the
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        905 19  -  Robert Karniol U.N. PEACEKEEPING REFORM By DEFENCE WRITER THE United Nations (UN) has a new under-secretary-general for peacekeeping. He will need to look beyond immediate operations to implement further reforms to this vital tool. Mr Alain Le Roy, a French diplomat who took up
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        350 20  -  Tan Nguan Sen WE REFER to the letter, "Will new Jurong Lake be eco-friendly?" (Oct 14). We would like to assure Ms Charlotte Leong that, in realising our vision for Jurong Lake District as a unique lakeside destination for business and leisure, we are
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        174 20  -  Lim Yum Chien I REFER to the letter by Mr Jason Toh, "Let us house them everywhere" (Oct 17). In identifying vacant state properties for possible conversion to temporary dormitory use, the Ministry of National Development takes into account such factors as their
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        301 20  -  Dennis Lim WE REFER to Mr David Kwok's letter last Thursday, "There are pools which have been vacant for years". The two swimming pools that are under the purview of the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), Van Kit and Bukit Merah, were closed in
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      532 21  -  Tessa Wong Financial uncertainty sees stores try to woo people into spending early I By IT MAY only be October but Christmas bells are already ringing at some retail stores, as they try to coax wary shoppers to open up their wallets early. Shops are
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      343 22 Travelling by train will be much faster when a section of the Circle Line opens in the middle of next year, a year earlier than scheduled. Stage 3 of the new line has five stations, with more than 90% of the construction work completed. The other stages
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      411 23  -  Esther Tan Suspect is believed to be regular client of woman found stabbed to death I By MORE than 100 women working in the stretch of budget brothels along Flanders Square in Little India had an important appointment to keep yesterday. They had to go
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      325 24  -  00 GIN LEE THE Marina Square atrium turned into a mini rock concert hall over the last three days as cybergamers transformed into rockers in The Straits Times Digital Life Rock Band competition in a bid to win more than $4,000 worth of
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      496 24  -  Ang Yiying Crowds throng fairs and spend millions on holiday packages I By DEMAND for year-end travel is still strong, if the crowds who turned up at two travel promotion events this weekend are anything to go by. There to scout for possible travel
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        932 26  -  Teh Joo Lin CNB's instant urine tests tell officers if they should arrest or free suspects By THE waiting room could be mistaken for that of a clinic: It has an overhead television set and in front of it, red plastic chairs laid out
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        479 26  -  TEH JOO LIN ANTHONY (not his real name) had his first brush with urine tests 25 years ago, and it was an ordeal. "Back then, come here with long hair, also cannot. The officers will tell you to get it cut. We also had to
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        236 26  -  TEH JOO LIN A MAN reporting for his urine test at the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), walked to the urinal, unzipped his pants and began urinating into a bottle. But the observing officer felt something was amiss. Upon closer
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        598 27  -  Lim Pow Hong Pioneers of the O-level subject say that it is physically and emotionally demanding I By THE first batch of students taking drama as an 0-level subject this year are finding themselves the butt of remarks that the work they do for it
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        542 27  -  Amelia Tan I By WITH his hands clutched tightly around the control yoke and eyes fixed on the altitude gauges in front of him, teenager Satria Salimi was ready to fly his own plane for the first time. But within a few minutes, the plane crashed
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        1193 28  -  Tan Weizhen TAN WEIZHEN Litter, urine, graffiti can CCTVs stop anti-social acts? By T7 KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN A RIDE in a lift may take only a minute or two, but it is time enough for an array of "lift crimes" to happen. Urinating, defecating, vomiting, littering and vandalism are
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        272 28 HUMAN WASTE "I have to clean up the faeces myself as people step on it and it gets smeared all over the lift. It would be even harder to clean up later." Housewife Jennifer Lim, 57, from Yishun "Sometimes, when people play mahjong at my void deck and
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        48 29 Over 1,280 shutterbugs took part in Canon's annual Photo Marathon, which made it into the Singapore Book of Records for "the most number of photographers in a oneday photo assignment". The photo buffs took to the streets to capture their visions on change, dreams and freedom.
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        44 29 btaruruises has been inducted into the Travi Hall of Fa at this month's TTG Travel Awards after sailing away with the title of Best Cruise Operator in Asia-Pacific for 10 years. The company is the third largest cruise operator in the world.
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        57 29 Fans of Apple products can look forward to the four-day Imagination The Mac Show starting this Thursday at Takashimaya Square Basement 2. Organised by iShop, Asia's largest Apple Premium Reseller, to celebrate its third anniversary, the event promises to be a sensory experience with a multimedia and interactive installation
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        68 29 Free directory information on shopping, dining and the latest attractions can be sent to your mobile phones on request from Rednano. SMS the exact keyword for your search to ***** and stand to win tickets to the Singapore Flyer or dining vouchers every week. Laptop owners can
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        43 29 Prepare baked pasta or rice dishes with Turbo Italia's Mira Tabletop Ovens which retail from $148. The ovens, which can also grill and roast, come with free recipes for Baked Seafood Cheesy Rice and Baked Pasta with Ham and Chicken.
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        66 29 Be one of 100 people to win four tickets to the exclusive screening of WinxClubThe Secret of the Lost Kingdom on Nov 17 at Cathay Cineplexand a goodie bag worth $50. To take part, collect any two barcodes of the Vitagen Less Sugar and/or Vitagen Collagen fivebottle
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      746 29  -  LIMYANNUNG Amid the economic downturn, retailers are lining up offers to attract spenders for the year-end Christmas shopping spree BY WHEN news broke last week that European and Australian toy companies were cancelling orders from their Chinese suppliers, retailer Ann Goh of
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      366 29  -  AHMAD OSMAN BY YOU don't need to spend hours to buy and boil the right mix of Chinese herbs and ingredients to make soups to maintain your health and well-being. You can get what you need in the new range of Yang Sheng Le concentrated
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      293 29  -  DAPHNE LEE BY REVAMPING the Knife brand late last year helped increase its sales of cooking oils by 20 per cent. A flagship brand of Lam Soon since its inception in 1948, Knife was revamped to maintain its position as the market leader with a market
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      140 29  -  Ahmad Osman SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is starting operations to Riyadh, the largest city and capital of Saudi Arabia, from Dec 14. The service via Dubai is available every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. A key business centre in the Middle East, Riyadh is the focal
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      103 29  -  KARON NG BY I SINGAPORE Press Holdings' Breaking News SMS Alert, previously offered only to Sing Tel customers, is now available to subscribers of all the three tele- communication service providers Sing Tel, Ml and Star Hub. The alert is a concise breaking
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      506 30  -  Tan Weizhen SOAP BOX Programming may have hard-wired youth into robots without free will By AS CHILDREN of the digital revolution, we're not used to waiting around for anything. We click, post and send, and tend to be very raw online, posting and tagging
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      624 30 Public policy planning no easy matter MY LIFE Winners of the Public Policy Challenge 2008 tackled tough issues and gained unique insights in the process A RECENT public policy competition organised by the Public Service Division gave undergraduates an insider's glimpse into the intricacies of policymaking. The three winning teams
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      93 30 WANT to have your say? Here's your chance to weigh in on everyday issues that affect youth in Singapore. All you have to do is vote. Log on to mypoll-youthink.blogspot. com and give us your opinion on the latest in and around Singapore. Your views, along
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      431 30  -  Tabitha Mok LETTERS HOME I By MANY Singaporeans are too concerned with the cost of preventive health screening. By comparison, cost concerns do not significantly weigh on the minds of Australian patients as I have observed after being around them on a day-to-day basis during my
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      396 30  -  Alicia Ng MY THOUGHTS By IF THERE is anything else worth taking away from four years in university besides a piece of paper and life-long friends, it is the experience of pursuing an activity so far removed from the demands of my
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      954 31  -  Richard Jolly Liverpool end Chelsea's 86-game unbeaten streak at Stamford Bridge Chelsea 0 Liverpool 1 I By LONDON: It was a memorable weekend for Spaniards in England's capital. Juande Ramos was sacked, Rafa Benitez recorded his finest Premier League result and Xabi Alonso delivered the winner. In the
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      590 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS He has vowed to save bottom club Spurs from the drop or will quit LONDON: Harry Redknapp was promised total control of transfers at Tottenham yesterday after the ailing club fired coach Juande Ramos. "If I can't keep Spurs up, I will quit at
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      48 32 Sporting his new club jacket, Harry Redknapp watches as Tottenham beat Bolton 2-0 yesterday for their first League win of the season. Roman Pavlyuchenko (left) gave Tottenham the 17thminute lead, while Darren Bent got the second with a 76th-minute penalty, photos: REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      350 32 Christian Gross (1997-1998) The Swiss lasted just nine months, getting the sack after three games of the 1998-99 season. His side won just nine out of 27 games. Last 10 matches: Won 3, drew 4, lost 3, goals for: 12,
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      179 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Police arrested 29 football fans on Saturday after crowd trouble marred Sunderland's first home victory over derby rivals Newcastle in 28 years. Sunderland manager Roy Keane believes fans at the Stadium of Light hundreds of whom came on the field at
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      407 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Jose Mourinho for Manchester United? That was the talk yesterday after the News of the World reported that senior officials at the club had decided to offer the manager's job to the Portuguese when Alex Ferguson, who turns 67
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      477 33  -  Daniel Wong I By ANITHA Jepchumba Kiptum sprinted down the final stretch of the Great Eastern Women 10K Run to the cheers of the crowd yesterday. But, just metres from the end at the Padang, the Kenyan, who held the lead comfortably ahead of her
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      506 33 The Premier League new boys are third and tied with Chelsea on points LONDON: Title-chasing Hull Champions League hopefuls Hull Incredible Hull. It all seems beyond the bounds of credibility. But, on Saturday, there they were, tied on points on top of the Premier
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      213 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Samuel Eto'o scored a hat-trick inside the first 24 minutes as Barcelona powered to the top of the Spanish first division with a 5-0 win over 10-man Almeria on Saturday. Barcelona replace Valencia, who played at Recreativo Huelva yesterday, at the top
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      252 33 LOS ANGELES: David Beckham has confirmed that he will join AC Milan on a short-term loan deal in January, but insisted that he is not saying arrivederci to America and the LA Galaxy. The England midfielder's honeymoon in Hollywood is long over,
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        81 33 Singapore won their first figure skating medals yesterday, when two of the Republic's skaters clinched podium finishes at the Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge in Samrong, Thailand. Anja Chong, 14, won the bronze in the ladies junior event, while Ng Vi Ching, 12, took the silver
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        49 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said it was unacceptable for captain William Gallas to be photographed leaving a nightclub holding a cigarette in his mouth, although it was unlit "I don't like that," Wenger said. "He has a responsibility as captain of Arsenal."
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        62 33 LONDON: Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez may have some explaining to do after being pictured in the News of the World holding hands with a "mystery" blonde while golfing. Wrote the tabloid: "Our pics will put the star in a bit of a
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        76 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: The Board of Cricket Control in India has put on hold all tours involving Sri Lanka. It has also decided to withdraw US$4O million (Ss6o million) of aid. SLC Chairman Arjuna Ranatunga had claimed that the BCCI was trying
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        47 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA: Philadelphia took a 2-1 lead in the World Series as catcher Carlos Ruiz got the winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday, giving the Phillies a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
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      690 34  -  NEW YORK TIMES The signing of talented Artest turns them into real NBA contenders HOUSTON: In nine turbulent seasons of basketball, Ron Artest has exhausted the dark sides of the emotional spectrum. He has inspired fear, anger, revulsion, anxiety and, in his worst moment, malice. The
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      397 34  -  Terrence Voon I By THE curtain fell on the inaugural Asian Beach Games yesterday, with Singapore heading home with one gold and two bronze medals after nine days of competition under blazing conditions in Bali. The Republic's 37-strong contingent finished 17th out of 45 countries in the
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      297 35 LEWIS Hamilton may drive a car that often hits speeds of more than 300kmh, but his source of inspiration is a person who rides a simple wheelchair. "I am nothing compared to Nic," said the McLaren star of his brother, who suffers from cerebral
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      588 35 THE TIMES, LONDON Team ready to sacrifice constructors' title to secure drivers' crown LONDON: McLaren will sacrifice their chances of winning the Formula One constructors' title to try to ensure Lewis Hamilton becomes world champion in Brazil on Sunday. Hamilton, who is seven points ahead of
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      285 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: Seve Ballesteros was in stable but serious condition on Saturday, after undergoing a third operation for a cancerous brain tumour. A 6V2-hour procedure on Friday went "better than expected". Doctors removed the rest of the tumour and reduced brain swelling. The 51-year-old Spanish
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      180 31 Mm HARRY'S BIG CHANCE Harry Redknapp takes over from sacked Juande Ramos at Tottenham. 812 HBfll'' .i^i^*^ B**^*^9MMM I v FUTURE RED DEVIL? Man Utd reportedly want Jose Mourinho as Alex Ferguson's replacement. 812 DRIVER PRIORITY McLaren will forget constructors' title for Hamilton's sake. DIE O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED,
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      673 34 Today Rugby Rugby League World Cup: Tonga v Ireland (Live, Ch22, 4pm). Tennis BNP Paribas Masters: Ist rd (Live, Ch24, midnight). Tomorrow Football S-League: SAFFC v Young Lions (Choa Chu Kang, 7.45pm). German Bundesliga: Karlsruher v Schalke 04 (Live, Ch27, Wednesday, 2.55 am), Werder Bremen v Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Live,
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      57 35 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of LIAO XIANGPING DAVID Departed 27/10/2007 "If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord." Roman 14:7-8 Dearly missed and forever cherished by Daddy, Mummy, Sister,
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      102 35 "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want and I will dwel in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 DOROTHY CHEW KIM NEO Age: 70 was called home to be with the Lord on 25/10/08 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: John Chua Teng Kai Sons: Daughters-in-law: Andrew
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      86 35 "The Lord is My Light and My Salvation." Psalm 27:1 WILLIAM SAU K.K. Age: 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 25 October 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Mary Woon WK. Son: Clarence Sau Daughter-in-law: Juliana Teo Daughters: Caroline Sau Adeline Sau Granddaughter: Rachel Sau Wake
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      36 35 2nd Anniversary ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS DR. CHRISTOPHER LIM KIM THO 5 July 1971 to 27 October 2006 Sadly missed and fondly remembered by Mom Dad, Grandmother Wife Children Sister, Brother-in-law Nephews.
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      20 35 In Loving Memory Of FUNG LOK NAM Departed: 27 October 2005 Deeply missed and always remembered by Family Loved Ones
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      32 35 6*h Anniversary In Loving Memory Of RAYMOND LIMENGHOE Departed 27 October 2002 There is a link death cannot sever, Love and remembrance I last forever. Always remembered by family and loved ones
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      72 35 OBITUARIES For booking enquiries, call Bookings made after office hours for next day's publication are subject to space availability. >^ WATS UUt, vxaJCt. <x. <uOLil xLv, (txJruxt Cujl cuLujl ~JF V\ f* Sir Winston Churchill Loved ones who have passed away live W,^^"^ on in our hearts and minds. jß^^
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      243 35 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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      684 36 WASHINGTON POST, REUTERS Redemptions force funds to sell stocks, causing wild market swings LONDON: Investors, typically giant institutions and wealthy individuals, are pulling money out of many money-losing hedge funds. That, in turn, appears to be contributing to the wild swings in markets, analysts
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      93 36 Where S$ stands ...Oct 24 CHNG YR 2008 CLOSE FR Oct 23 S$ LOW S$ HIGH IS$ 1.5145 -0.91 1.5155* 1.3457 luro 1.8962 +1.59 2.*****.8905® 2.3187 +5.21 2.*****.3130® 1$ 0.9201 +8.15 1.*****.9175® 'en* 1.6632 -7.50 1.6645* 1.2619 lupiah* 0.***** -0.31 0.***** 0.***** Oct 24 CHNG YR 2008 CLOSE FR
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        56 36 (0) CENTS ILD 10US$ ICBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 ICBCCap3.93%Pref10 ICBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 ICBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 I0B 5.05%NCPS 100 IBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 IBS Grp IOB 6896 8320 7900 7960 8740 8800 9700 1004 1208 -1587.0 -760.0 -620.0 -490.0 -430.0 -390.0 -296.0 -296.0 -268.0 -13.3 -8.4 -7.3
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      3450 36 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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      1026 37  -  Goh Eng Yeow CAI JIN I By WITH the share market under siege from desperate hedge funds selling anything that moves, now is the time to have another look at our policy governing share buybacks. Buybacks were introduced when Singapore and the rest of the
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        97 38 BLAKE OLAFSON: Appointed director of Arcapita Bank's real estate team in the Asia-Pacific. Mr Olafson (right) is based in the Bahrain-based international investment firm's Singapore office, which was set up earlier this year. He will report to the real estate business' global head, Mr Martin
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        90 38 PETER ONG BOON KWEE: Resigned as non-execu-tive director of DBS Group Holdings. Mr Ong, 47, is the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. He is stepping down from the DBS board to focus on his concurrent duties at the Ministry of Finance, where
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        80 38 TIMOTHY TEO LAI WAH: Appointed independent director of The Lexicon Group with effect from last Thursday. Mr Teo was a director in charge of foreign exchange, money market, gold and commodities management in the Government of Singapore Investment Corp here from 1998 to last year. Prior
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        54 38 LIANG JUN: Resigned as vice-president of sales/marketing and programme management of China Auto Electronics Group with effect from Oct 16. He was appointed to his current position only in March. The firm said the 39-year-old is returning to Beijing to be with his family and to
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      734 38  -  Lee Su Shyan HIGH NOTES FALLOUT Move is in response in part to investors' call for open forum I By I Diana Othman DBS Bank will be meeting aggrieved investors of DBS High Notes 5 on Thursday to address any questions they may have on
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      33 37 R&D: The road ahead What key ingredients are needed to make Singapore an R&D powerhouse? How well have we done so far, and what more needs to be done? CEOs share their views
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      1124 39  -  r Fiona Chan I By THE global economic slowdown has resurrected the two dreaded "R" words: recession and retrenchments. Faced with bleak outlooks, companies around the world have started trimming headcounts, the latest being Goldman Sachs in New York, which announced a plan to cut about
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      683 40  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Further sell-down likely with release of US data; central banks may take action to calm markets I By MARKET players are bracing themselves for a further sell-down, given the likelihood of a further weakening in corporate earnings and poor
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        662 42 Always one for speaking his mind, the hip-hop superstar says success has come at a price eddino abdul hadi music reporter Hip-hop star Kanye West, who is set to play his first gig in Singapore on Wednesday, is not known to be bashful. He
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        529 42  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi Scottish band Camera Obscura's vocalist, Tracyanne Campbell, has quite an old-school streak in her when it comes to music. She still carries around a Walkman sometimes, preferring the 10-fi analog sounds of a cassette instead of digital music in an MP3 player
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        643 42  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel might not be a household name, but the fingerpicking player's skills have wowed some big-name guitar heroes out there. Eric Clapton once called the 53-year-old "the greatest guitar player I've ever seen" no light praise coming from a
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        1576 44  -  John lvi Loh Lik Peng Owner of New Majestic and 1929 is drawn to old buildings with character and architectural value Lawyer-turned-restaurateur Loh Lik Peng wears a deep frown looking at the exterior of his new outlet, Chiharu. The sign at the entrance of the family-style Japanese eatery
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        248 44 'My parents are my sounding board. I run my ideas past them and if they are too outlandish, they rein me in' Loh Lik Peng (above, when he was a baby) 'My lifestyle isn't complicated. I don't go out and buy designer clothes or anything like
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        1035 45 LAidli Alin Mosbit After 16 years on stage, the versatile actress is one of a few artists who can straddle both Malay and English theatre tara tan arts reporter Theatre veteran Aidli Alin Mosbit, 35, is on a roll. The actress-writer-direc-tor received the Young Artist Award
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        364 45  -  jocelyn lee After taking part in the Amazing Race reality TV show, blonde belles Marisa Axelrod, 22, and Brooke Jackson, 24, realised that they had more grit than they thought they had. They were the fourth team to be eliminated, and the
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        111 46 'It was the surprise of a lifetime. There was no explanation, it just upped and vanished' Actor Terrence Howard (left) on learning that Don Cheadle would replace him in Iron Man 2 The whole thing makes me feel badly. Poor man. There is such a sickness
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        714 46  -  jocelyn lee Expect taekwondo action, film screenings, pop gigs and even an art show at the Korea Festival Some of South Korea's biggest artists, such as Andy Lee and Jun Jin from popular, long-est-running six-member boyband Shinhwa, are coming to Singapore for the Korean Pop Night Concert on
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      445 47  -  chang tou liang Singapore Sun Festival 2008 American pianist Murray Perahia takes risks on stage and brings the house down BWffßconcert MURRAY PERAHIA PIANO RECITAL Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Friday There are only a dozen or so pianists on this planet who can sell out the 1,600-seat Esplanade
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      341 47  -  chang tou liang ÜBS VERBIER FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Conductor Esplanade Concert Hall, Last Thursday One of the most gratifying hallmarks of international festival orchestras is the sight and sound of musicians from all over the world working together in harmony. If only politicians
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        272 50  -  Jocelyn Lee Up and coming singer Aska Yang was one of the big winners at the Singapore Hit Awards 2008. The 30-year-old Yang, who released his debut album Dove early this year, bagged five awards in total, including the much-coveted Most Popular Newcomer and Most Popular
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        411 50  -  jasmine teo Fans who bought tickets to Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers concert here next month are unhappy that ticket prices were slashed by half last week. It was announced on ticketing agency Sistic's website on Oct 21 that the $95 early bird
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        260 50 Hong Kong Hong Kong star Carol Cheng has split up with her boyfriend of 16 years, singer-actor Lvi Fong (both left). The actress-show host rang a reporter of Ming Pao Weekly to announce the split, which she said was amicable. She added that they
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