The Straits Times, 13 November 2008

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    18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 115/12/2007 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Debt collectors step in
      32 1 A GROWING number of Singaporeans are feeling the heat as credit companies and banks call in debts amid a slowing economy and global financial turmoil. HOME PAGE Cl
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      Lock icon Some hope for investors
      62 1 INVESTORS in Minibonds linked to bankrupt Lehman Brothers are no closer to getting their money back. HSBC Institutional Trust Services Singapore, the trustee for Minibonds, has not found a swap counterparty to replace Lehman. But on a brighter note, the Monetary Authority of Singapore announced the
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      56 1 NORTH Korea will close its land border with the South next month for what it claims to be Seoul's confrontational stance. But some analysts say that Pyongyang is acting to control information flow amid recent speculation about the alleged ill health of the North's leader Kirn
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    • Article
      Lock icon Sportsgirls shine overseas
      56 1 SCHOOLGIRLS Jasmine YeongNathan and Tao Li are doing a good job flying Singapore's flag abroad. Jasmine, 20, holds a commanding lead in bowling's QubicaAMF World Cup in Mexico while Tao Li, 18, won a 100 m butterfly gold in the Stockholm leg of swimming's World Cup series.
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    Lock icon Scott sets sights on hat-trick
    88 1 Adam Scott is aiming for a hat-trick of titles at Sentosa's Serapong course when he tees off at the Barclays Singapore Open today. The Australian, who triumphed in 2005 and 2006, will be hoping to put a traumatic year behind him where his world ranking
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    572 1  -  Lim Wei Chean Marina project stays with Las Vegas Sands, but questions still linger I By THE Government yesterday made clear it will not bail out the Marina Bay Sands resort should its cash-strapped parent, casino operator Las Vegas Sands, go
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    Lock icon Gerard Ee: How I came face to face with cancer
    758 1  -  Theresa Tan I By WHEN the doctor asked "Mr Charity" Gerard Ec to sit down, he knew the news about his colon check was not good. "I told the doctor I'd watched enough movies to know that when the doc
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      57 1 Young and Good time S^m^NS^ Sichuan: l^w diabetic to collect Wm^3m l m Six months after f^P* More youngsters t Buying art pieces Jt\ Revisiting a\ wf* risk getting diabetes during downturn JL fi^k the quake zone Is" v IN MIND YOUR BODY LIFE! COVER STORY Wm I^StF _M M,
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        64 2 IN TUESDAY'S report, "Take heart, those with irregular beats", we quoted Dr Lim Soo Teik, head and senior consultant at the department of cardiology at the National Heart Centre. This is incorrect. It should have been Dr Lim See Lim, senior consultant at the department
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        Lock icon Budget 2009: A careful balancing act
        948 2  -  Goh Chin Lian Govt faces hard choice in lengthy crisis: Spend now or save for later? I By I SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT IN THIS crisis, market forces will compel industries to consolidate and weak companies may have to fold. The Government cannot prevent it,
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        Lock icon Lessons in style
        59 3 As her classmates looked on, 13-year-old Nurazeera from Pioneer Primary (extreme right) tried her hand at plaiting the hair of a mannequin at a hairstyling class in Assumption Pathway School (APS) yesterday morning. The students were touring the school's facilities as part of APS' open house activities.
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        Lock icon Layoffs a 'last resort'
        588 3  -  Chua Hian Hou CUTTING COSTS AT SINGTEL Hiring freeze and staff redeployment among steps to ride out slump I By SINGTEL has started slashing costs, including slapping on a hiring freeze last month, to help it ride out the slump, but it said that layoffs will
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      • Article
        Lock icon Most junior staff spared
        306 3  -  Francis Chan CUTTING JOBS AT DBS Laid-off employees will get job-search support, benefits for six months I By DBS Bank has started to inform workers who will be laid off as part of the massive job cuts announced last Friday, but it said that younger employees
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        Lock icon North Korea shutting border with South
        740 4  -  Lee Tee Jong Analysts see it as bid to control rumours about leader's alleged ill health I By SOUTH KOREA CORRESPONDENT SEOUL: North Korea yesterday announced it will close the inter-Korean border next month and is cutting direct telephone links at the border truce
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        532 11 New leader wants to buy land overseas in case island state is submerged MALE (Maldives): The Maldives a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean whose existence is threatened by rising sea levels blamed on global warming is considering setting up a
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        406 6  -  THERESA TAN NKF chairman Gerard Ec and former radio DJ Dongfang Billy talk about facing death DONGFANG BILLY Ex-deejay not going down without a fight FORMER radio personality Dongfang Billy is staring death in the face and talking openly about it in the media, but his elderly
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        194 6 THE chairman of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), Mr Gerard Ec, hopes the proposed compensation for kidney donors will pay for all their medical expenses related to the donation but not allow them to profit from it. Donors should not
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        869 12  -  Roger Maynard ABC LEARNING CENTRES COLLAPSE But he blames his fall on margin loans taken to help reassure investors I By AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT SYDNEY: As receivers attempt to salvage something from the wreckage of ABC Learning Centres, more lurid details have emerged about
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        Lock icon What went wrong at 'McDonald's of childcare'
        346 12 ABC Learning's collapse can be pinned down to founder Edmund Groves, nicknamed "Fast Eddy", going overboard with his rapid expansion of the childcare group. From starting the first childcare centre in Brisbane in 1988, to listing the company on the Australian Stock Exchange
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        Lock icon First step for Sichuan – jobs
        681 8 First step for Sichuan jobs AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Six months after the worst quake to hit south-west Sichuan province, creating employment and rebuilding homes remain crucial to the recovery process WENCHUAN: When the Sichuan quake struck south-west China on May 12, Mr Zeng Shanjun and his wife saw their home collapse
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        Lock icon Rebuilding a town brick by painful brick
        668 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEICHUAN: Sealed off by guards and a chain-link fence ringed with barbed wire, the moment when an earthquake ripped through this region and destroyed Beichuan remains perfectly preserved. Only a few orange- and blue-roofed buildings, sandwiched between towering piles
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      158 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY Staff culling as a counter-recession tool DBS Bank's cut of 900 jobs raises tough questions about companies' survivability (or prosperity) and their responsibility to preserve livelihoods as best they can. Corporate Singapore should not be like America, where layoffs can be brutal and precipitous just to boost
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon Staff culling as a counter-recession tool
      457 13 DBS BANK'S chop of 900 jobs, half of them to be made in Singapore, reminds working people that job security is getting tenuous as business models adapt to Darwinian forces. Workers comprehend this; they need to retool to remain useful. But the retrenchment was
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      952 13  -  Dani Rodrik PROJECT SYNDICATE WALL STREET'S FOLLIES I By IF THE world were fair, most emerging markets would be watching the financial crisis engulfing the world's advanced economies k from the sidelines -if not en- f^ tirely unaffected, not overly con- I cerned either. For once,
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      Lock icon From mutual exclusion to mutual non-denial
      705 13  -  Ching Cheong I By I SENIOR WRITER RELATIONS between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait seem to have moved beyond "mutual exclusion" and are entering a new stage. The significance of the recent meeting in Taipei between the Association for Relations Across the
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        1003 15  -  Andy Ho BIOETHICS PANEL'S REPORT ON EGG DONATION I By I SENIOR WRITER THE Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) has just expropriated the property rights of women to their oocytes, or eggs. In its recent report, Donation Of Human Eggs For Research, the BAC asserts that
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        735 15  -  David Koh FLOODING WOES I By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES FLOOD control in Vietnam needs urgent attention. Last week, the party secretary of Hanoi city, Mr Pham Quang Nghi, apologised for the insensitive remarks he had made while the city was submerged under a
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        Lock icon Beware YouTube and Friendster
        703 15  -  Nur Azl EXTREMISTS' NEW WEB OUTLETS I By JN MOHAMED YASIN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES RECENT developments on South-east Asian websites have caused quite a stir among researchers of extremism. Some of the websites are manned by radical groups. Monitoring these websites can reveal patterns of
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        256 17 "The move by the AVA to rein in irresponsible owners of dangerous dogs is most welcome." MR MURALI SHARMA: "The move by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) to rein in irresponsible owners of dangerous dogs reported last Saturday ('AVA to take the bite out of rottweilers') is most
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        Lock icon We're more race-blind than we think
        363 17  -  Tris Pruetthipunthu NON-CHINESE PM I READ with interest Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's comments on Sunday about how Singapore's race relations interplayed with our domestic politics ("Non-Chinese PM? Possible, but not soon"). While I applaud the call to place our national interests over racial
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        229 17 Graver truth "The reason for the lack of fresh recruits is not about 'creepy incidents', but low pay. A security guard earns double the salary." MR MANMOHAN SINGH: "I refer to Monday's report, 'Gravedigging a dying trade. The report said that gravedigging (above) is a dying trade and that,
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        Lock icon More transparency on exams, please
        259 17  -  Sonia Mehrotra (Mrs) I REFER to the letter by the Ministry of Education (MOE), "Why there are various forms of assessment" (Nov 4). I had written six months ago on a related issue non-disclosure of assessment papers by the Board for Teaching and Testing of
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        Lock icon Make heritage buildings relevant to young
        389 17  -  Muhammad Hazique Salahudin RECENTLY, the topic of building preservation was raised when the National Heritage Board renewed its conservation programme to include structures beyond buildings ("$8 million boost for heritage projects", Sept 30). I was pleasantly surprised and enlightened when I saw Killiney Road
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        Lock icon Wee's oldest, not Shook Lin & Bok
        322 17  - Wee's oldest, not Shook Lin Bok Dr Kevin Tan I REFER to Mr K.C. Vijayan's report, "Oldest home-grown law firm turns 90" (Oct 13). While I join him in celebrating the 90th anniversary of Shook Lin Bok a firm at which I myself once pupilled I would like to point
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  • WORLD
    • DIVISION IN THE RANKS
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        Lock icon Rafidah faces surprise challenge from deputy
        660 20 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA WANITA UMNO PETALING JAVA: Barely a day after Wanita Umno chief Rafidah Aziz announced that there would be no change in the power transition plan for the party's women's wing, her deputy Shahrizat Jalil has sprung a surprise. She
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        542 20 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA MALAYSIAN INDIAN CONGRESS KUALA LUMPUR: The latest declaration by a Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) party veteran to contest the presidency could reflect a strong desire by some quarters in the party to rebrand itself after its March poll losses.
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        Lock icon Sex scandal deputy sidelined by party chief
        525 20 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MALAYSIAN CHINESE ASSOCIATION KUALA LUMPUR: In an unorthodox move, Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president Ong Tee Keat has appointed three unknowns to the Chi-nese-based party's top posts, sidelining his deputy in the process. Dr Chua Soi Lek, the former
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        Lock icon Few buying Chen's 'martyr' act
        823 23  -  Ho Ai Li NEWS ANALYSIS Even support from the former president's party is lukewarm I By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: When former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian raised his cuffed hands and shouted "Long live Taiwan" in the full glare of the media before being taken away
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        Lock icon HK, S'pore must coordinate crisis efforts: SM
        508 23  -  Caryn Yeo I By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES HONG KONG: In 50 years, Hong Kong will become a more Chinese city where Mandarin will be spoken widely, while Singapore will become more cosmopolitan in order to compete internationally, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong
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        Lock icon On leadership and political talent
        345 23 FROM grooming political talent to the recent United States elections, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong fielded questions from a 500-strong audience at the Asia Society Hong Kong Centre's annual dinner on Tuesday. The following are some excerpts: Q: Will Singapore have minority leadership? A: We
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        Lock icon Junta curbs dissent ahead of 2010 polls
        812 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Rights groups say activists are being jailed to send signal to opposition YANGON: Myanmar's ruling junta is stepping up efforts to curb dissent ahead of elections in 2010, rights groups said yesterday after a labour activist became the latest dissident to
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        Lock icon JI leader testifies against his 'students'
        336 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS JAKARTA: A jailed senior leader of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror group testified against two other alleged militants yesterday, as they stood trial on terrorism charges in Indonesia. Self-proclaimed JI leader Abu Dujana, who is serving 15 years for terrorism offences,
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        Lock icon Malaysia scrambles to bring down food prices
        577 25  -  Carolyn Hong I By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Over the last two weeks, Malaysia's Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Shahrir Samad has been busy visiting nasi kandar restaurants and hypermarkets. His goal? To persuade them to reduce their prices as the
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        Lock icon Bangkok governor quits ahead of possible charges
        396 25 BLOOMBERG BANGKOK: Bangkok governor Apirak Kosayodhin resigned yesterday over possible malfeasance charges a month after winning re-election, complicating the Democrat Party's efforts to portray itself as a cleaner alternative to the ruling party. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NCCC) voted yesterday to seek the
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        689 26 BLOOMBERG Immigration rules tightened to reduce inflows; govt also trimming list of jobs that are short of manpower LONDON: Britain is slashing by a fifth the number of visas for skilled workers as the country enters a recession and unemployment soars. The Home Office said it
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        164 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS DOUAUMONT (France): Europe has been paying homage to the millions of World War I soldiers who died on the blood-soaked battlefields of a shattered continent nearly a century ago. The surviving veterans of the 1914-1918 war have dwindled to a frail few. France, Germany and Turkey
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        Lock icon Nordic nations are tops for gender equality: WEF
        379 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS GENEVA: Nordic countries retained their top rankings for gender equality, while economic giants China and the United States still lag far behind despite some progress, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said yesterday. In a study of women's parity with
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        Lock icon Fast track for Bill to extend term of Russian president
        551 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS MOSCOW: Russia's lower house of Parliament is fast-tracking a Bill that will extend the president's term from four to six years, news agencies said yesterday. The Kremlin-backed legislation may be paving the way for Prime Minister Vladimir
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        Lock icon Baby P used as 'punchbag' by mum and two men
        751 27 Social workers failed to take kid into care; UK reviews child protection measures after tragedy LONDON: The British government has ordered an urgent nationwide review of child protection measures in the wake of the death of a 17-month-old boy at
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        Lock icon Girl's torture led to policy reforms
        259 27 ONE of Britain's worst child abuse cases resulted in a public inquiry and a radical change in child protection policies. Seven-year-old Victoria Climbie left her home in the Ivory Coast in 1998 to live with her great-aunt Marie-Therese Kouao in Britain because her parents
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        Lock icon Cabbies continue strike
        97 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A strike involving hundreds of taxi drivers in a southern Chinese tourist city entered its third day yesterday, as they demanded the release of 21 colleagues whom police detained for protesting, state media reported. There were no taxis in service in Sanya, a city
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        84 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JERUSALEM: A secular hardliner has been elected mayor of Jerusalem, ending the five-year rule of an ultra-orthodox mayor after a campaign that highlighted the Holy City's deep divisions. Mr Nir Barkat (above) won 52 per cent of the vote, while his nearest rival, ultra-orthodox Rabbi
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        102 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia would not object to former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra travelling through its territory, but any request for asylum would have to be evaluated, Foreign Minister Rais Yatim has said. However, he did not say whether any request for transit or asylum
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        110 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MEXICO CITY: Mexican scientists have turned the country's national tipple, tequila, into diamonds, and are seeking applications for their discovery as the crystals are too small for jewellery. The tequila diamonds could be used to "detect radiation, coat cutting tools or, above all, as a
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          119 27 CANBERRA: Extramarital affairs could really cost you, with new Australian laws set to allow former lovers to get money from their ex-partners through the courts. New changes in the Family Law Act will grant de facto partners, who have been together for two years, the same rights as
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        97 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japanese police plan to question a man on suspicion of illegally brokering organ transplant operations in China for Japanese patients, reports said yesterday. Hiroyuki Nagase, 52, who headed the China International Organ Transplant Centre in the north-east city of Shenyang, was arrested last year
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        79 27 REUTERS TOKYO: The former leader of a Japanese doomsday cult, who was sentenced to hang for masterminding a deadly nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995, has filed a petition for a retrial, the Tokyo District Court said on Tuesday. Shoko Asahara, 53,
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        77 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO: A woman died on the way to a cemetery when a traffic accident caused her husband's coffin to be hurled against her neck, killing her instantly. Police say 67-year-old Marciana Silva Barcelos was in the front passenger seat of the hearse when
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        64 27 REUTERS PESHAWAR: Gunmen killed a United States aid official yesterday outside his home in Peshawar, the Pakistani city that has borne the brunt of an Islamist insurgency spreading from tribal lands bordering Afghanistan. The victim was Mr Steve Vance, the head of a US government-funded
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        97 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS Long-haired and robed in a white cloth, a Nepalese teen who many believe is the reincarnation of Buddha blesses a monk. Since he re-emerged from the jungle on Monday after more than a year, thousands of devotees have been flocking to see Ram Bahadur
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      525 28  -  Melissa Sim Debtors feel the heat as bill collectors turn up at their homes and offices I By EVEN while she was on leave, secretary M. Ail could not avoid her creditors. The 37-year-old, who owes $30,000 to five banks, came back from a vacation recently to
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      392 28  -  MELISSA SIM AS THE economy slows down, one particular form of business is picking up debt collection. Agents in the trade say business has increased by at least 20 per cent this year, with some among them even travelling overseas for the job. Mr
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      480 30  -  Nicholas Yong I By RETAILERS at Changi Airport's brand-new Terminal 3 are hoping to draw non-travellers to their shops in a bid to boost disappointing sales. Twenty-seven of the 30-odd shops in the terminal's public area will absorb the 7 per cent
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      503 30  -  Jessica Lim Via Singapore.com helps search for best airfare and hotel deals I By SINGAPOREANS looking to hash out their vacation plans online now have another option. The country's aviation watchdog launched a new website yesterday that promises to scour the
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      257 31  -  GRACE CHUA PROPERTY tycoon and Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Chua Thian Poh (right) gave $5 million yesterday to the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to set up an entrepreneurship education fund. The gift will be matched dollar-for-dol-lar by the Government.
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      635 31  -  Jessica Lim Karung guni men switch jobs as slump in demand cuts scrap prices by 50% I By FOR three years, Mr Chua Chuan Soon has been supporting his wife, three children and himself by collecting scrap metal. The 55-year-old was making
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      465 33  -  Amelia Tan Less academically inclined students at Assumption to get 250hrs of industrial attachment I By WHEN Mr Adam Lua's son Fadrick failed his Secondary 1 exams this year for the second time, he was convinced the boy needed a change of
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      365 33  -  Kor Kian Beng I By A GROUP of Singaporeans, including visual artist Seelan Palay, is holding a candlelight vigil on Saturday evening in support of peace in war-torn Sri Lanka. The two-hour event will be staged at Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park, where
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      354 35  -  Tessa Wong Head to Suntec City for food and electronics fair plus exotic drinks I By PUB-GOERS in the downtown area this weekend can head to an unlikely place for drink deals: a food fair at Suntec City. The first-of-its-kind Food Safari and Home
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      484 35  -  TESSA WONG UNLIKE their counterparts in most of Asia, Singapore's consumers are still willing to spend though less so than in the first half of this year. The latest consumer confidence survey by MasterCard shows that, out of a scale of zero to 100 for
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      592 36  -  K. C. VIJAYAN S2M FRAUD Judge says fraud case against fugitive made out, wife liable for not querying his lavish buys I By LAW CORRESPONDENT A HIGH Court judge has ordered a probe into assets jointly owned by a woman whose husband is on the run
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      258 36  -  ESTHER TAN WHEN a fire broke out in a two-room flat in Kang Ching Road in Taman Jurong, a woman and her two children found themselves trapped inside. They were rescued by two Myanmar nationals here on holiday, who removed the shutters of the
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        120 37 TWO Chinese nationals were charged yesterday in connection with yet another phoney kidnapping scam that took place earlier this week. Technicians Wang Liangqiang and Wei Biao, both 29, are alleged to have conspired with another man to deceive a 60-year-old woman into believing her
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        100 37 A 45-YEAR-OLD man was charged in hospital yesterday with an attempted robbery at United Overseas Bank in City Plaza. Before Ismail Shaikh Ahmad was produced in court, he was observed to be unwell. He was then warded in hospital and subsequently charged
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        79 37 AN UNEMPLOYED man was charged yesterday with the attempted murder of a woman in Ang Mo Kio on Friday. Malaysian Diong Tiong Ngo, 51, allegedly attacked Madam So Siok Wie, 51, with a chopper and lifted her over the parapet, causing her to plunge three
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      632 37  -  Elena Chong Carolyn Quek Coroner says it's unclear why 10-year-old left family flat; body found around 3am By I* COURTS CORRESPONDENT TILL this day, the mother of Primary 5 pupil Boon Yong Quan still feels guilty for leaving the house keys by
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      722 38  -  K. C. VIJAYAN Ex-Indian national did not declare past convictions to ICA I By LAW CORRESPONDENT SECURITY guard Mani Veeramohan, 44, has to travel to the immigration office once every two weeks to allow him to stay legally in Singapore with his family. He
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      353 38  -  Lee Hui Chieh I By A PROGRAMME has been set up to help the views of older people here be heard. The Voices of Older People programme gets those aged 50 and above to discuss, via focus group sessions, issues mainly related to ageing,
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      394 40  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Project to study which type of solar panel is best for tropics I By NGEE Ann Polytechnic has been fitted with some 100 solar panels of various forms and sizes to identify which type works best in the tropics. These panels
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      420 41 Peter Downie, Sentosa Golf Club's director of golf, tells ST how he would play Serapong's three toughest holes HOLE 3 PAR FOUR, 439 M This par-four dogleg turns almost 90 degrees left halfway down the fairway. Drive it long and your ball will hit the rough. Keep it
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      614 41  -  Terrence Voon The man who wants to win will have to tame Serapong if the rains don't I By SHOULD the heavens open at the Barclays Singapore Open starting today, Sentosa's notorious Serapong Course would be flushed out along with the rain. Home to the US$5 million
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      410 42  -  Lin Xinyi I By JASMINE Yeong-Nathan's good form at the 44th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup showed no signs of abating as she stretched her lead at the top after the third block of qualifying on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Singapore kegler scorched the lanes at
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        67 42 Lawrie touches down without his clubs PAUL Lawrie's training plans were thrown into disarray, when he arrived in Singapore on Monday without his golf clubs after his luggage was mislaid. The 1999 British Open champion said in The Evening Express: "I've just arrived in Singapore minus my clubs! "Even when
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        69 42 PHIL Mickelson is the bookmakers' favourite to win the Barclays Singapore Open at 7-1, according to a survey of online betting sites. Second in most lists is Adam Scott at 8-1. The Australian won this event in 2005 and 2006 and finished third
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        67 42 SERGIO Garcia's decision to stay home has given Asian Tour rookie Himmat Rai, 20, the biggest start of his career, reported indiatimes.com. One spot at the Barclays Singapore Open was reserved for the winner of Sunday's HSBC Champions. But Garcia, the new world No.
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      605 42  -  Leonard Lim Singapore's top golfer confident he can deal with fans' expectations I By THE Singapore Open holds a special place in Mar dan Mamat's heart. The tournament's 1994 edition at the Tanah Merah Country Club marked his first professional event, and saw him win a
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      401 42  -  Terrence Voon I By GOLF has never been so tough for Adam Scott, the talented Australian who hopes to rekindle his love affair with the Barclays Singapore Open starting today. The 28-year-old won the tournament in 2005 and 2006, and finished third last
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      124 42 Keep quiet and stand still when the players are about to hit the ball. Do not take a photo with your camera when a player is about to swing his club or putt. Switch your mobile phones to silent mode. If you need to talk, do
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      465 43  -  Lin Xinyi She bags second gold in 100 m fly in Sweden for her fifth straight medal I By THE year just keeps getting better for Singapore swimming sensation Tao Li. The 18-year-old won the Republic's second Fina/Arena World Cup gold medal in
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      332 43 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Manchester United 1 Queens Park Rangers 0 LONDON: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has vowed to keep faith with his fringe players in the League Cup quarter-finals. This, after Carlos Tevez's penalty sealed a 1-0 fourth-round victory over Queens Park Rangers on
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      414 43 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Arsenal 3 Wigan Athletic 0 LONDON: Arsene Wenger admits he is tempted to blood some of Arsenal's League Cup novices in the English Premier League, after watching them destroy Wigan 3-0 on Tuesday. The Gunners swept into the quarter-fi-nals with embarrassing ease, courtesy of
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      354 43 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: One of English football's most influential powerbrokers has expressed grave concerns for the future of Liverpool under the ownership of George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks. Keith Harris, the chairman of Seymour Pierce, the investment bank, believes that the Americans
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      707 43  -  Neil Humphreys LIGHTERSIDE I By MANY Liverpool fans are sufferers of what I like to call the "Moore, Hurst and Peters" syndrome. They have a tendency to live in the past. You see, I suffer from the syndrome, too. Having followed the misfortunes of
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      513 44 REUTERS Top seed pips world No. 27 Stepanek despite erratic performance SHANGHAI: Roger Federer laboured to an unconvincing 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 win over Czech alternate Radek Stepanek yesterday to keep his Masters Cup defence alive. The top seed, who is recovering from a back injury and was
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      292 44  -  Leonard Lim I By LESS than two months after pictures of Singapore's brilliantly lit Formula One Marina Bay street circuit were carried in major international newspapers, the country's race track is again in the spotlight. It has been named the Motor Sport Facility of
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        82 44 MADRID: Coach Bernd Schuster could lose his job, after Real Madrid's humiliating Spanish Cup defeat by third-division side Real Union on Tuesday. Madrid won 4-3 at home to draw 6-6 on aggregate, but lost on the away-goals rule. The football club's board later met
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        36 44 REUTERS ADELAIDE: Japan's Gamba Osaka took football's Asian Champions League title 5-0 on aggregate, after winning 2-0 at Adelaide United yesterday. Brazilian striker Lucas scored twice in the opening 15 minutes.
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        63 44 REUTERS NEW DELHI: New Delhi could lose the right to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games if the Athletes' Village is moved, the Games federation's chairman Austin Scaly said on Tuesday. The Village being built on the banks of the Yamuna river is the subject
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      397 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles Lakers 106 Dallas Mavericks 99 DALLAS: Down after one quarter, two and even three, the Los Angeles Lakers found themselves in an unfamiliar place. Yet, even with the Dallas Mavericks getting terrific games out of Jason Kidd and Erick
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      160 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Australia captain Ricky Ponting has warned that preoccupation with the Indian Premier League, the rebel Indian Cricket League and other emerging Twenty2o tournaments could threaten the future of national teams. In his new book, 2008 Captain's Diary, he wrote: "We cannot
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      93 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: BUDAPEST: A warrant of arrest was issued on Monday for former Olympic wrestling champion Peter Farkas (above), who walked out of a Budapest court before being sentenced to a five-year jail term on a drug charge. Farkas, 40, and his brother Karoly were
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      42 44 "All I can do is control my effort and attitude. I hope it will be enough to turn things around." American golfer John Daly, announcing he will play in next week's Hong Kong Open as he bids to rescue his troubled career
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      122 44 Basketball NBA Denver 88 Charlotte 80, Cleveland 99 Milwaukee 93, Utah 93 Philadelphia 80, Atlanta 113 Chicago 108, LA Lakers 106 Dallas 99, San Antonio 92 NY Knicks 80, Detroit 100 Sacramento 92, Golden State 113 Minnesota 110 (OT). Football English League Cup 4th rd: Manchester United 1 Queens
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      129 41 STILL IN GOOD FORM Jasmine Yeong-Nathan stretches her lead at the bowling World Cup. Cl 6 BACK ON TRACK Roger Federer beats Radek Stepanek at the Masters Cup. ClB O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Fandi's son shines in AC Milan U-10 tournament.
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      266 45 TAN HOCK SAY Age: 87 Passed away peacefully on 12 November 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wives: Neo Yeo Phoon Fong Eng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Grandchildren: Spouses: Tan Chwee Piow, Eddie Chan Hwee Meng, Elsie Tan Nghee Soon, Benjamin Yu Shu Juan Tan Chwee Cheng, Thomas Tan
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      114 45 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Directors Tan Poh Kheng, Molly Tan Poh Lai, Lynn Tan Poh Ling, Bert Tan Soon Hwa, Gee Tan Poh Kiang, Yinn Tan Poh Yin on the demise of their beloved Grandmother TAN PHEK HIANG on 12 November 2008 From: The Management Staff of
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      106 45 MARIAPPAN S/O PERIA THAMBY Age: 67 passed away peacefully on 10 Nov 2008 Dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Sundra Mary Son: Daughter-in-law: Mahendra Kavitha Grandson: Granddaughter: Jayendra Mithra Brothers: P. Pakrisamy [P. Irrulappan, deceased) [P. Virasingam, deceased) P. Arumugam Velasamy P. Yana Prakasam Mr Chellappan Family and Mr Karunamoorthy
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      85 45 NG POH HUAT Age: 57 passed away peacefully on 11 November 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Tan Gek Son: Ng Kai Lun Terence Daughters: Ng Lily Ng Nancy Sons-in-law: Ng Woon Leng Raymond Scan Quay Chee Wey Grandchildren: Ng Kin Yuan Celeste Ernest Quay all
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      117 45 Precious Is The Sight Of The Lord Is The Death Of His Saints." Psalm 116:15 KATHERVELIDO KAMALA (Ex-Naval Base Blk 37) Age: 75 was called home to be with the Lord on 12 November 2008, leaving behind loved ones. 9 Husband: V.Santhanam Sons: Daughters-in-law: Subbumaniam Indrani Manogram Zainaf Danny Joshua
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      52 45 Ist Anniversary OOIEUJIN Departed 13 N0v2007 His smiling way and pleasant face Are a pleasure to recall; He had a kind word for each And died beloved by all. Some day, we know not when, To clasp his hand in the better land, Never to part again. Always remembered by
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        506 46  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS Bank stocks, Sing Tel in spotlight as region mirrors Wall St's 2% fall I By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE shares dipped to their lowest level in two weeks yesterday, spooked by a shortage of buying interest and similar
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        355 46  -  ALVIN FOO INVESTMENT bank Morgan Stanley has lined up a wealth of reasons to be optimistic about Asian equities record-low valuations, strong fundamentals, massive selldowns, aggressive policy responses and falling oil prices. Its Asia-Pacific regional strategist, Mr Malcolm Wood, also believes that the current
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          20 46 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.13 billion shares worth $960.85 million UP DOWN Gainers: 177 Losers: 250 Unchanged: 886
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          90 46 Mid Cap 368.36 T -6.41 Basic materials 220.88 T -2.88 Utilities 324.88 T -0.61 Small Cap 305.39 T -2.19 Industrials 384.16 T -2.85 Financials 434.79 T -12.92 All Share 429.66 -5.67 Consumer goods 340.81 A 2.25 Technology 401.90 1.21 Fledgling 393.46 0.07 Health care 436.66 T -4.61
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          27 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 8,695.51 (-113.7) Japan's Nikkei closed down 1.29 per cent on worries about plunging corporate profits and the weak global economy.
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          24 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 890.34 (-4.26) Malaysian shares closed 0.4 per cent lower as investors took profit amid bearish market sentiment.
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          29 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 13,939.0 (-101.81) Hong Kong shares closed down 0.7 per cent, as investors hunted for bargains following gains on the Shanghai bourse.
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          26 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,123.86 (-4.87) South Korean shares closed 0.4 per cent lower, recovering from steep early losses after a volatile trading day.
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          24 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,859.11 (+15.50) Chinese shares closed up 0.84 per cent on residual effects from Beijing's multi-trillion-yuan stimulus package.
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          28 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 9,536.33 (-303.36) Indian shares fell 3.08 per cent as worries about weak US corporate earnings and a global recession weighed on sentiment
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          27 46 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 3,927.3 (-33.6) Australian shares closed 0.8 per cent lower on Wall Street's poor performance and concerns about corporate earnings.
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          31 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 435.70 (-6.61) Thai shares closed down 1.49 per cent on fears of a global recession and doubts over a rescue plan for General Motors.
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            108 46 (0) Nov 12 CENTS DCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 ...9020 56.0 SIA 200 1166 48.0 OCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .8440 40.0 JOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9000 40.0 Great Eastern 915 15.0 SingTel 10 245 14.0 DairyFarm 490 12.0 SI A 1142 12.0 B Sembawang 395 10.0 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10
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            92 46 NOV U ropGlobal Wvanced System division Evergro Global Voice .antroVis Jang Huat /GO Corp S-Sonic Zhonghui Enviro-Hub JonTeckC ShangTurbo ruan Sing CNA GuocoLeisure toucan Fischer Hup Soon Vlemtech OtNIS 7o 1 100.0 1.5 50.0 14 40.0 18 38.5 2 33.3 2 33.3 2 33.3 2 33.3 4.5 28.6
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            90 46 Nov 12 CENTS KXD Digital Sapphire Centillion lurong Cement Aussino ChinaESave OKP EDHI Albedo China Great Gallant Yongmao lottVis Magnus Rowsley SinomemTech Global Test Innovalues Pan Hong Sitra 0.5 -50.0 -0.5 0.5 -50.0 -0.5 1 -33.3 -0.5 136 -28.4 -54.0 11 -26.7 -4.0 1.5 -25.0 -0.5 18 -21.7
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            106 46 (0) to 12 CENTS IBS HBL ePW*****2 121 :apitalandDBePW***** 42 IBS RB ePW*****8 85 !TI 2100SGAePW*****9 53.5 SingTel DBeCW*****0 29.5 :apitalandDBePW***** 32 1CBC Bk BNPePW*****2 45 ;ingTelHBLeCW*****5 21.5 :apitalanBNPePW***** 36 :apitalanRBePW*****3 45 JOB BNP ePW*****8 60 SingTel BNPeCW*****3 23 ;ingTelHBLeCW*****2 21 IBS BNP ePW*****9 50.5 IBS DB ePW*****2
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            109 46 (0) to 12 CENTS JOB MBL iCW*****0 70 -21.0 -23.1 ;apitalanBNPeCW***** 29.5 -14.5 -33.0 )BS HBL iCW*****3 109 -11.0 -9.2 ;apitalanBNPeCW***** 26 -9.5 -26.8 JOB BNP eCW*****6 42 -8.5 -16.8 ;apitalanBNPeCW***** 17 -8.0 -32.0 )BSMBLiCW*****0 31 -6.5 -17.3 ;apitalanMBLeCW***** 24 -6.0 -20.0 )BS BNP eCW*****0 47.5 -6.0 -11.2
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            105 46 Nov 12 CENTS SingTelHBLeCW*****5 21.5 22.9 SingTel DBeCW*****0 29.5 20.4 CapitalandDBePW***** 42 18.3 SingTelHBLeCW*****2 21 16.7 CapitalandDBePW***** 32 16.4 SingTel BNPeCW*****3 23 15.0 SingTel BNPeCW*****3 11.5 15.0 SingTelHBLiCW*****0 16 14.3 STI 2100SGAePW*****9 53.5 12.6 CapitalanBNPePW***** 36 10.8 DBS DB ePW*****0 21.5 10.3 OCBC Bk BNPePW*****2 45 9.8 CapitalanRBePW*****3
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            107 46 Nov 12 CENTS SGX RB eCW*****9 2 -50.0 -2.0 DBS DB eCW*****0 4 -42.9 -3.0 DBS BNP eCW*****9 4.5 -35.7 -2.5 CapitalanMBLeCW***** 5 -33.3 -2.5 STI 2350BNPeCW*****0 1 -33.3 -0.5 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 29.5 -33.0 -14.5 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 17 -32.0 -8.0 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 8.5 -29.2 -3.5 DBS BNP eCW*****9 2.5 -28.6 -1.0
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        181 46 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume CENTS Vol Golden Agri Yangzijiang China Hongxing CapitaLand StraitsAsia Noble Grp Synear SingTel Cosco Corp lade Tech Wilmar AusGroup DBS DB eCW*****3 IndoAgri China XLX 19 -0.5 -2.6 129,836,000 46.5 1.0 2.2 48,143,000 22.5 0.0 0.0 47,725,000 276 -24.0
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        104 46 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Nov 12 2008 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9820 1.0240 Can dollar 1.2420 1.2570 Euro 1.8790 1.9010 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4181 0.4191 NZ dollar 0.8570 0.8760 Sterling pound 2.3080 2.3350 US dollar 1.4980 1.5150 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        380 46 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +OR■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 720 375 715 2180 590 72.5 123 525 3580 2236 840 505 909 325.8 1570 470 482 384 .1, 473 414 316 2170 572
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        622 46 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 272 210 256 257 438 112 127 238 240 MM 191 365 388 195 117 595 398 765 422 372 317 190 580 87 222 256 130 117.4 36.5 380.1 137 161 283
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        545 47  -  Goh Eng Yeow Wilmar says it's not hit by credit crunch; Golden Agri to tackle costs I By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT PLANTATION giants Wilmar International and Golden Agri-Resources both reported sharply higher third-quarter profits yesterday but even that jolt of good news failed to divert attention
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        395 47  -  Elizabeth Wilmot I By BUS and rail operator SBS Transit suffered a 17 per cent slump in third-quarter net profit to $8.3 million as higher expenses such as fuel costs eroded stronger revenue. Revenue for the period ended Sept 30 rose 10.5
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        443 47  -  Joyce Teo WEAK market sentiment meant fewer sales for two key property developers in the second quarter but while SC Global Developments boosted its bottom line, Allgreen Properties took a hit. Buyer gloom stemming from the financial crisis affected both developers in the
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        420 48 REUTERS, AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE Bailout plan will instead focus on injecting more capital into banks WASHINGTON: United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson yesterday said he was backing away from buying troubled mortgage assets using a US$7OO billion (Ssl trillion) bailout fund, instead favouring a
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        471 48  -  Jessica Cheam I By THE global credit crunch has hit the carbon trading industry, with investments in carbon projects slowing down as credit dries up, said World Bank carbon expert Jari Vayrynen yesterday. But despite the recent financial industry turmoil, the carbon market itself has
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        529 48  -  Robin Chan THE Singapore dollar is set to weaken sharply to $1.80 against the greenback within the next year, the leading United States investment bank Morgan Stanley has predicted. Last night, the exchange rate was about 551.50 to the US dollar. Morgan Stanley
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      501 49  -  Lorna Tan t \i/in /iAnnnnnA\Trvn\TTi Worst quarter in 7 years due to rising claims and price undercutting: GIA I By TIT TV T FINANCE CORRESPONDENT DRIVERS can expect to pay more to insure their vehicles after motor insurers endured their worst quarter in the past
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      426 49  -  Fiona Chan I By EAST Asian economies have reacted very quickly to the financial crisis but now have to deal with the global slowdown that will follow, said a World Bank economist yesterday. "Virtually every one of these East Asian countries has
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      415 49  -  Gabriel Chen I By OCBC Bank will follow DBS Group Holdings and improve the way it sells investment products, including introducing a cooling-off period to allow customers to pull out before they commit their cash. The bank's steps yesterday mirror moves by DBS and United
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      746 50  -  Francis Chan LEHMAN COLLAPSE Trustee ends swap agreements for some note series, reducing risk I By INVESTORS stuck with Minibonds linked to bankrupt Lehman Brothers got some disappointing news last night but also some moderately good news. First, there is still no swap counterparty to
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      116 50 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin to experience another opium war and MOST-READ ONLINE looting of China's heritage again. When No takers for condo site. will the West leave China alone?" Google pulls out of Yahoo deal. MARKETS SNAPSHOT BLOGGED ABOUT Is the world trading green
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      92 51 Culture Mesmerising Conducting Vulture Bali h^ honours Museums China painter I DarrellAng as spends six wins major battlegrounds months there I Italian award 'mfcf The art of 7W fi^- < 4kV Jljp^ IUIOST'X auctions worldwide m^K have been hit as _^L f collectors get more ■^■fiß^'^^i cautious during the economic
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        607 52  -  deepika shetty With the disappearance of speculators during the recession, it's a good time to invest in artworks The global financial meltdown has been sending ripples through the art world. Dealers talking up the market just a few months ago have had to eat their
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        252 52 Who: Rico Hizon, 42, business news anchor for BBC World News and his wife Melannie Syquia-Hizon, 37, who runs a business that promotes Filipino art What: Filipino modern and contemporary art by such artists as Ben Cabrera, Cesar Legaspi, Arturo Luz and Jose Elizalde Navarro
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        175 52 Never buy something you cannot bear to see on your walls. Do your homework by reading, visiting galleries, art fairs, exhibitions and auction houses, and speaking to other art collectors before you plunge into the art market. Do not be afraid to ask questions even though they may
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        359 53 Who: Jackson See, 48, general manager of a trading firm What: Chinese, Korean and South-east Asian art by artists such as Tv Zhiwei from China, Lee Jung Woong from Korea and I Nyoman Masriadi from Indonesia What he says: "My wife and I deliberated for
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        304 53 Who: Khushroo Dastur, 62, a banker, and his wife Navaz, 54, a relocation consultant who helps people settle into or move from Singapore What: Indian art by artists such as M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, Laxman Shreshta, Laxma Goud and Ram Kumar What he says: "We
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        246 53 Who: Gary Sng, 44, and Alvin Koh, 38, who run Collectors Contemporary, an art gallery in Jalan Kilang Barat What: Works by Andy Warhol, although they also have pieces by other Western contemporary artists such as David Hockney, Damien Hirst and Roy Lichtenstein What Sng says: "Our Warhol
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        114 54 go ahead quote me Tired old diva b****' Singer Cher, describing who she really is 'I felt like my vote was the vote that put him in office. It was down to one vote and that was going to be my vote. And that may not be true, but that
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        1021 54  -  ong sor fern A museum is more than a glorified storehouse, it is a telling narrative of a nation's identity culture vulture As a kid, I used to think of museums as hushed, authoritative institutions dispensing wisdom about history. Nowadays, I know better. A recent trip to
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        524 54 ART IN A SQUASH COURT Former national sailor and visual artist Charles Lim has been appointed the cre-ative-in-residence of Theatre Works. As part of his year-long residency project, the 35-year-old has transformed an old squash court in Winchester Road near Alexandra Road into an arts space. He plans
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        623 55  -  deepika shetty It took artist Zhang Xihua five years to perfect his oil painting depicting the Balinese way of life Singapore -based Chinese artist Zhang Xihua took five years to complete Mesmerizing Bali, a 6m-wide, five-panel oil painting which is among the highlights of his
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      173 96 The New York Times Fact or fiction The claim: Drinking lots of water is good for your skin. The facts: By now, the old saw about drinking eight glasses of water a day has been thoroughly debunked. However, a similar adage about excess water
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        936 97  -  Dhany Osman Cover Story More overweight children and adolescents are at risk of getting type-2 diabetes. MYB finds out why and how to prevent it While genes can play a part in diabetes, the unhealthy diet and lack of exercise in our modern era are claiming
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        531 98  -  Dhany Osman However, healthy eating does not mean having to endure a lifetime of bland foods, says dietitian In addition to keeping fit and taking their medication, those with diabetes must also control their blood-sugar levels by carefully watching their diet. Mind Your Body
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        296 98 The Diabetic Society of Singapore (DSS), a non-profit organisation, was set up in 1971 and has been working steadily to improve public awareness of diabetes through its education efforts. It also provides counselling and financial help to patients and their family members. Its three centres and
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      663 99 Don't let this problem get you down. Treatment and oral hygiene can nip it in the bud, ZUREENA HABIB reports Many people who suffer from bad breath find it an embarrassing condition. If the numbers are any indication, there must be a whole lot of embarrassed people
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        108 100 Feel like a long cool lassi? You will soon be able to get one at Cedele outlets. The coffee chain's list of new beverages includes this yogurt drink, high in probiotics and sweetened with organic unrefined sugar. Flavours available are mint, mango, basil and orange, cranberry,
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        79 100 This infant formula is fortified with an "Eye Q" system of nutrients. Similac Follow-On contains taurine, which is naturally present in human milk and supports overall mental development. There are also linoleic and linolenic acids, important building blocks for brain and eye development. The patented vegetable
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        92 100 Several different types of olives contribute to the blend of this full-bodied virgin olive oil. Naturel Organic Extra is also infused with fig leaves for a sweet, smooth taste that is tinged with a hint of spiciness. The olives are grown, harvested and processed
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        498 101 Madam Dolly Kong, 71, who survived stomach cancer and a stroke, eats whatever she wants and lives life to the fullest. ZUREENA HABIB reports For 53 years, Madam Dolly Kong, now 71, made do with only a quarter of her stomach. Then, two years
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        345 101 Gastric cancer, more commonly known as stomach cancer, is the fourth and sixth most common cancer in men and women respectively in Singapore. Each year worldwide, some 700,000 people are diagnosed with the condition. However, it can easily be mistaken for peptic ulcers as
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        61 101 Organised by the Singapore Cancer Society and National University Hospital, the forum will be held at Toa Payoh West Community Club, multi-purpose hall, ground floor. Fee is $5. English session is from 1 to 2pm (registration starts at noon) while the Mandarin session is from
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      509 102 "lie Pro Dr Alex Su, 41, consultant psychiatrist and head of emergency services at the Institute of Mental Health, tells JOVANDA BISTON why mental patients need holistic care I decided to specialise in psychiatry because... When I was a medical student posted to the old Woodbridge Hospital, a
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      384 104  -  Dr Goh Chee Hwei TOO MANY PILLS? 01 take my medicine together with my health supplement pills. I take half a prescribed tablet for my hypertension and half a prescribed tablet for my thyroid problem. I also take two glucosamine sulphate tablets, one Enervon-C tablet and one
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        386 105 Dessert or starter Carrots, which are an excellent source of essential vitamins, taste equally great when made into cakes or soups, says CYNTHIA LOW Parents use excuses to get their children to eat nutritious food: "an apple a day keeps the doctor away", spinach will "make you strong" or "eating
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        322 105 CARROT CAKE 3 eggs 150 ml olive oil 150g raw or brown sugar 125g self-raising flour 1 tsp extra baking powder V 2 tsp cinnamon V 2 tsp mixed spice 100g ground almonds 100g chopped walnuts 100g sultanas 250g grated carrot (about 4 medium-sized carrots) Method Grease and line
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      746 106 Fit&Fab Samantha Scott-Blackhall kicks and punches to keep fit and to de-stress. JUNE CHEONG talks to the theatre director who is constantly on the go, juggling teaching duties with rehearsals What do you do to keep fit? Five years ago, I discovered Billy Blanks' Tae Bo video.
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      271 88 Health diary SATURDAY, NOV 15 Smile With Confidence: Dentists from Specialist Dental Group will talk about the latest innovations in cosmetic dentistry. Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, 2nd Floor Seminar Room. 3pm to 6pm. Free. To register, go to www.specialistdentalgroup.com or call 6734-0860. Limited seats. PHOTO: AP Public Forum on Enlarged
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