The Straits Times, 27 November 2008

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  • 18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 115/12/2007 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • 557 1  -  Carl Skadian Bangkok airport siege by anti-govt demonstrators leaves thousands stranded By NEWS EDITOR THE unprecedented takeover of Bangkok's international airport by anti-gov-ernment protesters has left thousands of travellers stranded, forced untold others to change their holiday plans, and led airlines from Singapore to Scandinavia to cancel
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  • 733 1  -  Leslie Lopez By SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat last night refused to buckle despite the growing chaos in Thailand and a call by the army chief to call fresh elections. "This government, which is legitimately elected, will keep functioning until the end,"
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  • prime-commentary
    • 755 2  -  Leslie Lopez PAD's bully tactics and mob behaviour could turn the elite against it By I SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT THE increasingly desperate tactics of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have pushed Thailand's protracted political crisis closer to the abyss. But army chief General
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    • 325 2 Global Indian Foundation (GIF) Singapore is offering Merit scholarships for intake into the GIIS Junior College which is offering International Baccalaureate and CBSE programmes. The GIF scholarships would be awarded to select meritorious students who have achieved outstanding scores in their Grade 10 or "O" levels examinations held recently in
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 178 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY Citi rescue needed but unpleasant While Citigroup needed to be rescued because of its size and reach, the downside is all too obvious. Entrenching the incidence of moral hazard is only one example. EDITORIAL PAGE A34 COLUMNS Talk global, think local For all the talk of a
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  • prime, bangkok airport shutdown
    • 744 3  -  Karamjit Kaur AT CHANGI AIRPORT Early morning passengers greeted with flight cancellations By Carolyn Quek HUNDREDS of Bangkok-bound travellers showed up at Changi Airport yesterday morning but never got to board their planes. All 19 flights scheduled to depart for the Thai capital
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    • 641 4  -  Karamjit Kaur SINGAPOREANS IN BANGKOK Group bound for airport is blocked by protesters wielding weapons I By Nicholas Yong AS SOON as he heard that anti-govern-ment protesters were planning to take over Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday, Mr Lee Wing Leong and six friends packed their bags and
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    • 172 6 THE Foreign Affairs Ministry has advised Singaporeans to avoid travelling to Bangkok if they have no pressing need to go there. Those who do go should register online at mfa.gov.sg as this will enable the ministry and the Singapore Embassy in Bangkok to render help
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    • 701 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Higher fuel costs, political turmoil and now, airport siege BANGKOK: Singapore was among several governments worldwide giving their citizens this advice: Don't go to Bangkok. Tourism experts warned that the airport shutdown could devastate Thailand's tourism industry, which is already battered
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    • 409 8  -  ALVIN FOO JOYCE TEO SINGAPORE firms running hotels and serviced apartments in Thailand have been hit by some cancellations, amid the political unrest in the country. Another Singapore company was forced to postpone the launch of a joint venture luxury condominium. But for most companies from
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    • 378 8 REUTERS PHNOM PENH: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam questioned yesterday Thailand's ability to host a regional summit next month because of the deepening political crisis in Bangkok, a Cambodian official said. Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said the prime ministers of the three countries, meeting
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    • 356 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: A man was killed and several others were injured in Thailand yesterday, deepening the sense of anarchy and lawlessness after demonstrators stormed Bangkok's international airport. The man, in his 50s, was killed in a clash between pro- and anti-government
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  • prime news
    • 631 10  -  Lim Wei Chean Hotel revenues declined in October for first time since 2005 as arrivals fell by 8% I By OCTOBER marked yet another dismal month for tourism, as arrivals dipped year-on-year for the fifth consecutive month, according to official figures released yesterday. Singapore
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  • prime people
    • 820 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE. ASSOCIATED PRESS Life sentence for Briton who made his daughters pregnant 19 times LONDON: A British man who raped his two daughters and fathered seven children by them has been jailed for life in a case described by the
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  • WORLD
    • Article, Illustration
      614 15  -  Roger Maynard In two years, an entire town in far north Queensland will be powered by the sun. The $29 million project in the town of Cloncurry will be the first of its type for the state By AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT SYDNEY: One of Australia's hottest and most isolated
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    • 249 15 REUTERS VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has gone green with the activation of a new solar energy system to power several key buildings and a commitment to use renewable energy for 20 per cent of its needs by 2020. The massive roof of
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    • world-regional
      • 187 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DEPOK (Indonesia): An Indonesian man on trial over a string of gruesome murders is planning to release an album of pop songs. Verry Idham Henyansyah, also known as Ryan, is facing a possible death sentence over the murder of 11 people, including a
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      • 659 17  -  Carolyn Hong YOGA FURORE Abdullah also weighs in to say yoga is okay if Muslims don't chant By UFA MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: When the National Fatwa Council issued an edict on yoga last week, it also warned Malaysians not to question it but
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      • 133 17 KUALA LUMPUR: Trouble appears to be brewing in the opposition Pakatan Rakyat alliance over a move by the Islamic-based Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) to push for an alcohol ban in Selangor. In the wake of reports that Selangor PAS intended to demand a ban
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      • 572 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Dalai Lama due to visit several EU nations and meet leaders next week BRUSSELS: China has postponed a summit with the European Union next week over a visit to Europe by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, the
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      • 448 21  -  Lee Seok Hwai By YANGON: Less aid is getting through to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar as the memory of the May 2 disaster becomes increasingly distant, aid officials said yesterday. "Assistance now is significantly less than it was in the aftermath
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      • 413 22  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja It forecasts USs4.4b deficit; policymakers worried it will be difficult to raise funds in troubled times By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesia has approached Australia, Japan, the World Bank and other official creditors to line up credit to help cover a projected
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      • 415 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS GUANGZHOU: Hundreds of laid-off workers rioted in southern China amid a dispute over severance pay, smashing offices of a toy factory and clashing with police, state press said yesterday. The unrest in Guangdong province, the heartland of China's export-oriented light industry,
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      • 611 23  -  Ravi Velloor But Indian Navy maintains lhai-owned vessel it sank had opened fire at frigate By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: The pirate "mother ship" downed off the Gulf of Aden last week by an Indian stealth frigate was a Thai-owned fishing trawler
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      • 267 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: The family of Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian yesterday agreed to send back the NT$7OO million (5531.7 million) the government found in their Swiss bank accounts, prosecutors said. This marked a twist in the ongoing probe into
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      • 438 24 The two leaders discuss possible measures on sidelines of Apec summit LIMA: The leaders of Singapore and Malaysia are looking to resolve a series of outstanding bilateral issues that have stalled in the last decade. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and
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    • world international
      • 949 27  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Public appearances during transition are in response to economic needs, he explains By U.S. CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: He is not officially on the job but the snowballing economic crisis makes United States President-elect Barack Obama look like he is already in charge. On Monday,
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      • 231 27 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: Presi-dent-elect Barack Obama will retain Defence Secretary Robert Gates (right) in his post a show of bipartisan continuity in wartime. It will be the first instance that a Pentagon chief has been re-ap-pointed by a president of
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      • 664 28  -  Bertha Henson Deals involve trade and investment, science and tech, as well as air services By ASSOCIATE EDITOR BRASILIA: Relations between Brazil and Singapore were taken a step further yesterday with bilateral agreements inked to promote trade and investment, cooperation in science
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      • 256 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO (Brazil): Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain pounding southern Brazil for nearly two months have killed at least 84 people and forced more than 54,000 to flee, according to regional civil defence officials. Rescue workers found dozens of bodies on
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      • 745 29 LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST Preventive measures and better treatment helped but decline may be temporary WASHINGTON: For the first time since the United States government began compiling records, the rate of cancer has begun to decline, marking a tipping point in the
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    • world in brief
      • 137 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: The French Socialists' first female leader began her new job yesterday, faced with the formidable task of proving she is not the captain of a sinking ship but a leader capable of rallying her feuding troops. In her first speech as party leader,
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      • 110 30 MUAR: Controversial Johor rapper Wee Meng Chee (left), whose version of the national anthem upset many, is in hot water again this time, over his alleged ridiculing of the standard of English in Chinese schools. A three-part video clip on YouTube, which includes the song Your English
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      • 66 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE These South Korean tots may be too young to understand the spirit of giving, but they are nevertheless doing their bit for charity. The "cakes" in their hands are actually donation boxes. Looking cute in their Christmas outfits yesterday in Seoul, they
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      • 111 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS APPLETON (Wisconsin): An 84-year-old man hit with a US$3,OOO (554,500) quarterly water bill for leaky pipes will not have to pay a cent, thanks to other people's generosity. Mr Norman Beckman was not living in his house when water pipes froze, causing three
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      • 112 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS SHANGHAI: An unemployed man convicted of killing six policemen in a stabbing spree, and who drew public sympathy with allegations of torture in police custody, was executed yesterday. Yang Jia was executed in Shanghai after China's highest court upheld his death sentence, despite late appeals
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      • 111 30 KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad says he will finalise a list of people who practise money politics in Umno once he is sure there is enough evidence to support the allegations, the New Straits Times said yesterday. Tun Dr Mahathir was reported as
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      • 122 30 REUTERS LONDON: A man extradited from India was jailed for life on Tuesday after being found guilty of murdering teenager Hannah Foster, who was snatched off the street, raped and strangled after a night out five years ago. The 17-year-old was grabbed near her home
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      • 98 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: President Gloria Arroyo's dominant allies in the Philippine Congress yesterday dismissed the fourth impeachment complaint filed against her in as many years. Opposition leaders vowed to try to impeach her next year, when her term ends, and warned of other options, including a
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 100 15 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm physical or non-physical form, will risk MOST-READ ONLINE becoming obsolete if it is static." McDonald's sued for nude pictures that were leaked online. BLOGGED ABOUT Thaksin therapy. MOST COMMENTED Says ben: "South-east Asia needs Mufti: Some forms of yoga "OK".
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
    • 423 32 UNDER different circumstances, there would be few supporters of an American government rescue for Citigroup. If things were different, the Bush administration, famously pro-private enterprise, would not have agreed to a multibillion-dollar bailout. For surely, an institution that used to profit handsomely from the market
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    • 903 32  -  lan Storey WORLD IN 2025 By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES LESS than two months before Mr Barack Obama enters the White House, America's intelligence community last week gave the President-elect an assessment of what the world might look like in 2025. It is
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    • 772 32  -  Nayan Chanda G-20 SUMMIT AND AFTER By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES CALLS for global talks to resolve global crises have been heard for some time. This time, it was the very real threat of the global economy teetering on the edge that brought about the first
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    • review
      • 1004 33 THE ECONOMIST STUDY OF HOW PEOPLE BEHAVE A PLACE that is covered in graffiti and festooned with rubbish makes people feel uneasy. And with good reason, according to a group of researchers in the Netherlands. Dr Kees Keizer and his colleagues at the
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      • 831 33  -  Alex Tham A ROLE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES AS SINGAPORE heads into recession, prudent fiscal and monetary policy becomes even more crucial. Policy decisions can either lay a strong foundation for future recovery or worsen an already unstable situation. Yet, though good policies
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      • 909 33  -  Jonathan Eyal By ST EUROPE BUREAU THE British economist John Maynard Keynes died soon after the end of World War 11. At least for the last 25 years, his central idea that governments can and should spend their way out of economic recessions was regarded as
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    • forum
      • 352 34  -  Paul Yong THE recent debate on euthanasia signifies the struggle between two forces absolute truth versus relative value. This explains why euthanasia has been a controversial issue for decades, and this debate will continue in future because humanity wrestles between moral teachings and pragmatism. In
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      • 404 34  -  Seto Hann Hoi DR GEORGE Wong's pro-euthanasia stance in "Dad's needless pain..." (Nov 15) is premised on several fallacies. First, arguing that "the decision must be made only by the patient", he assumes that individuals have the ultimate right to decide whatever they
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      • 221 34  -  Chong Hou Chun PUB, the national water agency, thanks Mr Wong Kok Keong for his feedback last Saturday on water wastage at Block 115 Bedok Reservoir Road. We are heartened that members of the public like Mr Wong are concerned about water conservation
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      • 374 34  -  Dr Tan Kian Hian THE ongoing discussion in the media regarding euthanasia has stirred up considerable public interest. A patient recently came to my clinic suffering severe pain due to cancer. She was obviously depressed and was unable to complete her treatment due
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      • 116 34  - Two balloons and which came first Gerald Ng PHOTO: ST PHOTO: I REFER to Tuesday's article, "Art blown up". I was surprised to see the picture of Untitled (Balloon Flower) by artist Mathis Neidhart, which is exhibited at the Singapore Art Museum. During my holiday in Paris this month, I
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      • 353 34  -  How Weng Kong I REFER to letters by Ms Christine Chen, "Preschool teaching is about standards" (Nov 5), and Ms Marissa Teo, "Quality of preschool teachers: Blame the vague job description" (Nov 10). I am writing as a concerned parent who is worried about
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      • 86 34  -  Geoffrey Lim I THANK Mr Soh Swee Kiat for taking time to write a note last Friday ("I called the LTA and within a week, the footpath was reinstated") to thank the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for reinstating a footpath along Balestier
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    • 624 37  -  Amelia Tan Courses are aligned to curriculum and pupils need not leave premises By SIX more primary schools will be home to student-care centres by the end of next year as teachers and parents warm to the idea of in-house before- and after-school programmes. Principals
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    • 606 38  -  Jessica Lim Supply dips after monsoon wrecks crops; chillies, leafy greens hit hard By GETTING one's fiery chilli fix is now costing more than it has in a decade. The prices of several other varieties of Malaysian vegetables are also up as a result of the
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    • 552 39  -  Maria Almenoar Yeo Ghim Lay With more taxis being repossessed, firms seek to have road tax shelved while cabs are off-road By IN AN unprecedented move, taxi companies have asked the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to suspend tax payments on their unused taxis,
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    • 393 39  -  MARIA ALMENOAR YEO GHIM LAY CABBY Wee Chew Khoon, 40, waited two hours in the taxi queue at Changi Airport yesterday before he got a passenger. He used to be able to pocket $100 a day after paying off his taxi rental and diesel but
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    • 537 40  -  Elena Chong CORONER'S HEARING ON 11TH-FLOOR FALL 15-year-old wanted a switch but parents tried to dissuade him By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A 15-YEAR-OLD jumped from the 11th-floor bedroom window of his home in front of his mother after a disagreement with his parents over
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    • 392 40  -  Sljin Thomas By KALAICHELVAN Ramakrishnan had been on the run since a naked body was found bound and gagged in a room at a Geylang brothel in 1989. But on Monday almost two decades later the 37-year-old showed up at the downtown office of lawyer
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    • 524 41  -  Aaron Low Four others plead not guilty, while another did not enter a plea By ONE of six people charged with attempting to hold a public procession without a permit was fined $600 yesterday, after he pleaded guilty in the Subordinate Courts. Singapore Democratic
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    • 377 41  -  Teh Joo Lin By TWO in every three cases handled by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) involve private firms, a shift from its early years when most probes dealt with the public sector. And as private companies take on functions outsourced by
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    • 518 42  -  Clarissa Oon By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT WORKERS around the world face difficult times ahead with wages expected to stagnate or decline in the coming year, said the United Nations' labour agency yesterday. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that growth in real
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    • 459 42  -  Jermyn Chow But it stops short of signing an international agreement on a ban By SINGAPORE yesterday announced an immediate halt to the export of cluster bombs, but stopped short of signing an international agreement to ban the munitions. Dropped from planes or fired
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    • 501 42  -  Kor Kian Beng By IT TOOK grassroots leader Goh Peng Hong four visits over a two-month period before he finally made face-to-face contact with an Indian expatriate couple who moved into his Woodlands Drive neighbourhood. As an Integration and Naturalisation Champion (INC) grassroots
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      • 63 43 BUSINESS students taking a Singapore Polytechnic module on shopping mall management can now do a dry run in a $150,000 studio set up to look like the real thing. The studio is fitted with three window display areas and the kind of computer software used in
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      • 58 43 SHENZHEN Airlines will now operate four weekly flights between Singapore and the Chinese city of Nanning. Guests boarding the inaugural flight yesterday were received at a welcoming ceremony organised by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. With this latest city link, Singapore is now connected to 23
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      • 48 43 SINGAPORE and Japan have joined forces to run a workshop on water management for 17 officials from the region, Egypt and Uzbekistan. The two-week workshop, which ends tomorrow, involves lectures and site visits to show participants how sound management and advanced technology can ensure clean water.
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      • 76 43 DEFENCE Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday received a visit from Admiral Timothy Keating, the commander of the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM). Adm Keating, who also met the Acting Chief of Defence Force, Major-General Neo Kian Hong, is here for two days. USPACOM is considered a
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      • 40 43 SIX women will attempt to become the first all-female Singapore team to conquer Mount Everest. The team will leave for the world's highest peak in March, under the sponsorship of the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore.
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    • 598 43  -  Chua Hian Hou Small home-grown outfits score with applications for Apple's App Store I By THE popularity of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch has opened up a veritable gold mine for independent software developers here. Some of these small outfits
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    • 536 44  -  Jermyn Chow Public road closed to traffic till Monday for the air force exercise By LIM Chu Kang Road will be a hive of activity today, as some 400 men and women from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) start work
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    • 301 45  -  Michelle Tay By IN THESE leaner economic times, the cheapest public housing option for newly-wed couples has been three times subscribed. The Housing Board's latest Build-To-Order (BTO) flats, Punggol Arcadia, closed yesterday with 2,344 applications for just 750 units. The final update will be
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    • 612 45  -  Salma Khalik Nepali twin out of danger after 4-hour procedure to fix blocked spinal canal By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT YESTERDAY'S operation to clear Nepali twin Jamuna's blocked spinal canal was "80 per cent" successful, said paediatric neurosurgeon Keith Goh. He and his team at East Shore
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  • SPORT
    • 1061 46  -  Wang Meng Meng DISPUTE OVER QIU LI'S RESIDENCY ELIGIBILITY By DISAPPOINTED and puzzled. That is the Football Association of Singapore's reaction to Fifa's verdict that China-born Qiu Li is ineligible to play for the Lions. The 27-year-old striker cannot don the red shirt until
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    • 423 46  -  Leonard Lim Singapore 2 Vietnam 2 By ON A day when Qui Li's absence was uppermost in the thoughts of Singapore's footballers, it was fitting that his replacement shone. Agu Casmir was not even supposed to start yesterday's friendly against Vietnam. But Tuesday's decision
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    • 582 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Arsenal's young Gunners still soft, especially in midfield and defence Arsenal 1 Dynamo Kiev 0 LONDON: Cesc Fabregas hopes his winning start as Arsenal captain can signify a fresh start. If only it were that easy. Tuesday's 1-0 win over Dynamo Kiev put the
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    • 686 47 THE TIMES, LONDON, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Villarreal 0 Manchester United 0 MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo appeared close to tears on Tuesday as Manchester United secured their place in the Champions League football knock-out stage with a tame, goalless draw away to Villarreal. The winger
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    • 321 47 THE TIMES, LONDON, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is poised to leave the Premier League football club for Inter Milan in the January transfer window. The Blues are ready to let him go in a £30 million (Ss67 million) swop deal
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    • 689 47  -  Neil Humphreys LIGHTERSIDE I By WILLIAM Gallas complains that his Arsenal teammates rarely listen to him. But have you tried to understand a guy when he's got a cigarette in his mouth? It's not easy, you know. There is no evidence to suggest that
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 73 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA: Red Bull gained full ownership of Toro Rosso on Tuesday after buying up Berger Motorsport's 50 per cent stake in the Formula One team. Toro Rosso, long seen as a development team, outperformed Red Bull this year. Sebastien Vettel won
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      • 62 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTE CARLO: Modern pentathlon has been cut from five events to four in a bid to boost the sport's popularity and keep it on the Olympic programme. The International Modern Pentathlon Union voted to combine pistol shooting and running into one discipline.
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      • 95 48 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: The PGA Tour announced a streamlined FedExCup format on Tuesday, designed to make sure that the winner of the Cup and the US$lO million (Ssls million) first prize will not be a foregone conclusion before the last event is played, the
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      • 64 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: Maria Sharapova expects to be back on the tennis tour next year and defend her Australian Open title after being sidelined since July with an injured right shoulder. She plans to return to action for the Jan 7-10 exhibition in Hong
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      • 57 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Arsenal announced the appointment of outgoing Major League Soccer deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis as chief executive yesterday. Arsenal hired the 44-year-old to handle duties such as transfer and contract negotiations, filling the gap left when David Dein quit as vice-chairman last
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    • 685 48  -  Jeanette Wang Soh is first Singapore designer to kit up Lexus Cup golfers By SINGAPORE may not have a golfer in this week's Lexus Cup, but one Singaporean will still be covering the backs of all 24 world-class players for the team event. Her name: Jo Soh.
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    • 398 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleveland Cavaliers 119 New York Knicks 101 NEW YORK: The Knicks have two years to convince Leßron James they can be title contenders in the National Basketball Association. But his Cleveland Cavaliers showed they might be right now. James scored 26 points before sitting
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    • 222 48 SEVERAL organisations have joined title sponsor ÜBS in hosting the Singapore stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, giving the yacht race a boost. They are Tiger, Movenpick, Nespresso, Amara Sanctuary Resort, Lippo Group, International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg and Yahoo. ONEIS Singapore Ocean Race Pte Ltd, ONE" 15
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    • 140 49 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Despite the global financial slump, Motorola plans to continue endorsing David Beckham (above) long after his football career ends, "because his celebrity transcends sports". The former Manchester United star's three-year agreement with Motorola runs through May next year. By then, the Los
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    • 95 49 Basketball NBA: Washington 124 Golden State 100, Cleveland 119 NY Knicks 101, Phoenix 99 Oklahoma 98, Dallas 109 Indiana 106, LA Lakers 120 New Jersey 93. Football Uefa Champions League: Group E: Aalborg (Den) 2 Celtic (Sco) 1, Villarreal (Esp) 0 Manchester United (Eng) 0. Group F: Bayern Munich
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      471 49  -  Lin Xinyi Remy Ong and Shaun Ng clinch title with a record 2,730-pinfall total at Commonwealth C'ships By SINGAPORE'S women keglers have been making headlines recently. Not to be outdone, Remy Ong and Shaun Ng teamed up to bag the men's doubles gold at the IV Commonwealth Tenpin
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    • 358 49  -  LIN XINYI TEN days after becoming Singapore's first AMF World Cup champion, bowler Jasmine Yeong-Nathan admits that reality has sunk in. Attention from the media, being recognised on the street and strangers sending congratulatory messages to her on Facebook, have all played a part. Now, she
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    • 647 49 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS LONDON: Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone insists his proposal for the world drivers' title to be decided by gold medals awarded to race winners will be implemented next season. He was moved to act after McLaren's
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    • 218 49 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: Former sprinter Tim Montgomery has admitted in a prison interview that he knew he was taking illegal performance-enhancing drugs leading up to the 2000 Olympics and before setting the world record in the 100m in 2002. His interview
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    • 273 49 NEW YORK TIMES PARIS: Lance Armstrong was in Paris on Tuesday, but insisted he was not meeting Tour de France organisers about a possible return to the race next year. "Plenty of time to see them next year," he said.
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    • 129 46 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Wenger backs Gallas. Grumpy silence. I'd fight again for US$lOO million, says boxer Lennox Lewis. MOST COMMENTED SBA mounts hunt for top young talent Said kampongkid: "From now to YOG 2010, there are only two years! Singapore
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  • Page 46 Miscellaneous
    • 40 46 DOUBTS REMAIN A new captain, but still the same old problems for Arsenal. m LOCAL INPUT Lexus Cup golfers wear outfits by Singaporean designer. B12 IN THE SPOTLIGHT LeBron James' future is the hot topic at Madison Square Garden. B12
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    • 259 49 Today Badminton Invitational Schools (9am). Cheers Age Group (Singles) C'ships: Q-finals (2pm) Yio Chu Kang Sports Hall. Football Uefa Cup: Schalke v Man City (tomorrow, 1.55am), Hamburg v Amsterdam (tomorrow, 3.55am) Live, Ch27. Golf World Cup: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, 11.30am). Tomorrow Badminton Cheers Age Group (Singles) C'ships: S-finals (Yio
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  • OBITUARIES
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      198 50 3^ have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, <|P have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 Joseph Goh Tian Sze (Jimmy) Age: 55 Was called home to be with the Lord on 26 November 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Father: Goh Yew Chuan
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      72 50 The Family of The Late CHNG HENG TIU CHUANG HENG TIU Departed on 17 November 2008 Cremated on 23 November 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for his letter of condolences, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng for his attendance at
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      85 50 t|. STH ANNIVERSARY i^SF In Everloving Memory of Our Beloved Mother V "Even when lam oldandgray, do notforsake me, 0 God, till I declare your power to the next generation Psalm 71:18 QUEK GUAN LAN Departed: 27 Nov 2003 I There's much sadness and sweet remembrance, There's memories both fond
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      40 50 Our Deepest Sympathy to the family of Our Late Colleague DR TAN KING TWOK Departed on 25 Nov 2008 From: Professor CN Lee Staff of Department of Cardiac, Thoracic Vascular Surgery National University Heart Centre Singapore National University Health System
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      172 50 JEFF LEE SAY KAH Age: 41 passed away peacefully on 23 Nov 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father: Mother: Lee Soo Kiat Lim Soo Wah Lim Ah Keow Father-in-law: Mother-in-law: Ng Peng Ho Chai Chen Yin Wife: Gena Ng Sock Hoon Sons: Jovan Lee Zhao Han
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      92 50 AW SIU ING AW SIEW TIN Age: 71 passed away peacefully on 25 November 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Yeo Teow Hin Jimmy Sons: Daughters-in-law: Yeo Leong Koon Alan Low Siew Fong Yeo Hian Leong Alvin Heng Thi Hoong Daughter: Yeo Yen Lin Adeline Granddaughters:
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      149 50 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. "Psalm 23 J CHIA CHEW NEO JUNE Age: 74 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 November 2008, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Tan Ah
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      89 50 P With Deepest Sympathy and rt Heartfelt Condolences to our Directors t* Mr Poh Ho Peng */j Mr Ronnie Poh Tian Peng On the demise of their beloved elder brother POH SOON PENG Departed on 26 November 2008 From: The Management Staff of Accord Holdings Pte Ltd Accord Ventures Pte
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      80 50 aeiJinflSuj spam gjwuuir LETCHIMEE D/O VEERAPAN VALLI Age: 61 Passed away peacefully on 25 November 2008 Sadly missed by loved ones. Husband: Chelliah s/o Velou Son: Daughter-in-law: Nanda Gopalan Thilakavathy s/o Chelliah d/o Govindasamy Daughter: Son-in-law: Kavitha d/o Chelliah Andrew s/o Andeny Grandchildren: Thamayanthi Raajeswaran ...all Brothers, Sisters, Relatives Friends.
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      31 50 In loving memory of Dad and Hum SU Shing Cbal LAI Men Soe Departed 30/11/2001 Departed27/11/1998 Deeply missed and always remembered by: your loving children, their families and all loved ones.
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      28 50 In Loving Memory Of LOO YOKE HENG 27 November 2007 Not just today but every day, We remember the times we shared. Always remembered by Children, Grandchildren Great-Grandchildren.
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      43 50 CHOO LYE HENG Age: 74 passed away peacefully on 25 November 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Wake is held at Blk 146 Bishan St 11 (void deck). Tel: *****772. Cortege leaves on 29 Nov. 2008 (Sat) at 12noon for Mandai Crematorium for Cremation.
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      88 50 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA The Family Of The Late S.VELAUTAM (Ex-Kamala Jewellers Salesman) Departed 13 November 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance and condolences during their recent bereavement. Karumathi prayers will be held on 27 Nov. (Thur) night
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      38 50 Athma Shanti Pooja AMMANI D/O VERAPATRAN (Formerly from Kinta Rd) Departed on 13 Nov 08. Tel: *****403 Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on 28 Nov 08 (Friday) at 7pm at Sri Manmatha Karuneshwarar Temple, 226 Kallang Road.
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    • 522 51  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS China pares interest rate again; STI regains 1,700 level as sentiment picks up By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT ASIAN bourses got a boost yesterday from the United States government's escalating efforts to bolster its faltering financial system. Banks in
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    • 326 51  -  Alvin Foo By A NEW index has been launched to promote corporate governance and transparency among companies here. The Governance and Transparency Index replaces an existing index which looked simply at financial transparency. The new index is more rigorous and has a broader focus on
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    • MARKET SUMMARY
      • 20 51 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 864.46 million shares worth $930.73 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 228 Losers: 182 Unchanged: 907
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      • 77 51 Mid Cap 328.53 4.48 Basic materials 197.63 2.11 Utilities 258.14 7.99 Small Cap 274.01 2.39 Industrials 345.47 3.82 Financials 408.67 13.24 All Share 405.56 11.78 Consumer goods 319.94 17.88 Technology 336.34 T -0.76 Fledgling 373.80 1.33 Health care 376.99 12.61 Real estate 342.97 14.18 China 162.45 3.48
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    • REGIONAL
      • 27 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 8,213.33 (-110.71) »Japan's Nikkei closed down 1.33 per cent on profit taking after a subdued performance overnight on Wall Street.
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      • 23 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 856.37 (-3.81) Malaysian share prices closed 0.4 per cent lower amid lacklustre trade and thin volumes.
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      • 29 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,897.88 (+9.17) Chinese shares closed up 0.49 per cent after Beijing said it would spend one trillion yuan on infrastructure next year.
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    • 375 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS WASHINGTON: United States household spending fell 1 per cent last month, the steepest decline since September 2001, government data showed yesterday in a further sign of the credit crunch hitting economic activity. The US Commerce Department report showed the sharp drop
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    • 373 53  -  Robin Chan By A VISITING energy regulator has warned of an even worse oil shock if the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) does not keep up investments in oil exploration and production. Speaking at the Shangri-La Hotel yesterday, Mr Nobuo Tanaka, the International
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    • 554 54  -  Michelle Tay future movements will depend on how industry adjusts to conditions By PROPERTY prices will inevitably soften and demand will weaken amid slower economic growth, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. Private housing prices fell 2.4 per cent in the third
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    • 424 54  -  Gabriel Chen By GE MONEY has launched the first financial education programme in Singapore directed at troubled teenage girls aged between 14 and 16 years. The lender is partnering Children-at-Risk Empowerment Association (Care) Singapore a non-profit, voluntary welfare organisation to address the learning needs
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    • 520 55  -  Robin Chan October performance well below 8.1% decline expected as volatile pharma sector takes hit By THE good news did not last long. Singapore's factory output fell by a larger-than-expected 12.6 per cent last month as the volatile drugs sector reversed September's strong
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    • 333 55  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has busted its budget for a new expressway by nearly 50 per cent and work has not even started. Yesterday, the LTA announced that it had awarded Samsung C&T Corp a $634.8 million contract to build about
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    • 337 55  -  Joyce Teo By JAPANESE materials firm Nitto Denko Corp is investing $10 million here on ground-breaking research into the use of cutting-edge plastics as substitutes for silicon in electronics. It opened a 180 sq m research and development (R&D) centre at Fusionopolis
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    • 696 56  -  Goh Eng Yeow Investors are banking on the country's massive stimulus package By THE smart money is slowly but surely trickling back into the region, especially China, after the mass exodus in last month's massive stock market selldown. Large piles of cash are finding
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      • 301 59 With the prospect of declining corporate sponsorship, the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts is turning to an unusual way of raising funds. Earlier this month, it launched a Sponsor-A-Seat campaign, where arts patrons can get their name on a plaque affixed to seats in the
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      • 244 59 Here are some ways to get cheaper tickets Join the Keppel Nights scheme This is an arts-lover's best-kept secret. Under this programme, half-priced tickets for shows such as Puccini's Turandot, The Vienna Boys Choir and Abba Mania were snapped up before you could say "cheap". The
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      • 520 60  -  adeline chia Asia On The Edge Arts Festival A nine-day showcase of the many facets of Asia opens with a dazzling shov under a man-made moon arts reporter A gigantic 9m-wide moon made of gauze will glow over Boat Quay's Cavenagh Bridge. The bridge will be transformed
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      • 511 60  -  Adeline Chia Ten-year-old Tiger Onitsuka is no cub in the musical world. The Japanese boy no relation to the Onitsuka Tiger series of shoes by sports brand Asics is in the Guinness Book Of Records as the World's Youngest Professional Drummer for releasing his first album TIGER!
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      • 106 62 There might be less of it, but money can still be beautiful' Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (left), who designed a collection of Coco Chanel coins 'A film-maker doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. You just have to understand it. You don't have to die to
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      • 1545 62  -  yong shu hoong Cynicism may just take a backseat with the dawn of the Obama administration culture vulture It is a ritual most starry-eyed tourists to Los Angeles partake in taking a stroll along Ocean Front Walk lining the famed Venice Beach. But as I walked its
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      • 257 66  -  karen teng by Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza will look refreshingly different during the festive season with a tentage that's inspired by the Beijing Olympics Games venue, the Water Cube. The local creation, called the Diamond Pave, by Soo Kee Jewel lery is the venue for its Christmas
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    • 336 67 New York Times New York Since MP3s first became popular a decade ago, music industry executives have obsessed over this question: When would digital music revenue finally surpass compact disc sales? For Atlantic Records, the label that in years past has delivered artists such as
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    • 615 67  -  boon chan Stars of Taiwan's hit movie Cape No. 7 share their memories of romantic missives media correspondent Love letters written 60 years ago play an important role in the Taiwanese feel-good blockbuster Cape No. 7, which opens in cinemas today. And at the press conference on
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    • 366 68 Associated Press New York It is billed as the world's most expensive, most beautiful new book. Costing well over US$lOO,OOO (S$151,000), a 28kg handmade tome depicting the life and work of Michelangelo has arrived at the New York Public Library, fresh from publication in Italy.
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    • 584 70 The world tour seemed downsized but diva Kylie Minogue never let up KYLIEX WORLD TOUR 2008 Singapore Indoor Stadium Tuesday ignatius low There is a moment in a well-loved Kylie Minogue song when Singapore gets its two seconds of fame. The Australian pop diva realises this
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      • 163 72 PHOTO: Hong Kong After years of trying to be his own person, actor Nicholas Tse now wants to work with his father, former matinee idol Patrick Tse. Nicholas (left), 28, was at the premiere of his movie, Beast Stalker, on Monday with
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      • 284 72 Reuters Los Angeles Britney Spears says her life is so dull under her father's watchful eye that she feels old and boring. With her new album Circus out next week, the singer is working on a comeback after seeing her life spiral out
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        137 120 Do not turn your nose up at the humble papaya. This tropical fruit has several healthy benefits, reported WebMD (www.webMD.com). It is one of the top sources of beta-crypoxanthin, which research suggests can protect against lung cancer. It is also a rich source of lycopene. "Although there is
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        722 121 Tired of being Exercise may be one way to fight fatigue, according to new research Fatigue has long been one of the most common, yet least understood, of medical problems. It drives millions to their doctors every year, but they have little to offer except the usual advice eat
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      • 233 121 The New York Times Tongue map is inaccurate The claim: Tongue is mapped into four areas of taste. The facts: High school textbooks call it the tongue map that colourful illustration that neatly divides the human tongue into sections according to taste receptors. There is the tip
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      • 792 122 The New York Times PHOTO: We all need vitamins, but should we pop so many pills? Some studies show that vitamins sometimes have little or no effect on the improvement of certain conditions The best efforts of the scientific community to prove the health benefits of
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          1427 123 still at large Monday is World Aids Day. Mind Your Body reviews the HIV situation in Singapore to find out if attitudes have changed for the better You could call it a silent epidemic. On Nov 8, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr Balaji Sadasivan, announced
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    • 939 125 Madam Siti Fatimah Anon discovered she had cancer while she was pregnant. She tells JOVANDA BISTON how she pulled through with her husband's support Nine years ago, Madam Siti Fatimah Anon received a bad shock. She learnt that she had cervical cancer. She was five
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    • 565 125  -  Zureena Habib What is useful for bees can be good for humans too. Apitherapy a word with Greek origins is the use of products produced by honeybees, such as honey, royal jelly, pollen, propolis and even bee venom, for therapeutic and pharmacological
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    • 532 126 It's true, laughter is the best medicine as DHANY OSMAN finds out in a tension-releasing yoga session in the park recently Go on, laugh at this. Laughing can be an exercise and you will end up sweating. I had heard about weekly laughter yoga sessions being
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        721 127 I Aiming 1 I for the I Julian Theng, 40, sees the beauty of life in the gift of sight. He tells ZUREENA HABIB that his work as an eye surgeon requires a steadfast dedication to his patients' well-being and even steadier hands I decided to specialise in
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    • 539 128  -  Dr Derrick Aw DISTRESSED TRESSES, DISTRAUGHT TEEN I am a 14-year-old girl. I have V^ short hair and lately a lot of it hasbeen falling out. It happens every time I shampoo my hair, so now I wash it less often. The same happens when I comb
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      37 128 Dr Derrick Aw is a consultant dermatologist at National University Hospital. E-mail your question to sthealth@sph.com.sg. Include your name, NRIC and contact details. Associate professor Wong Soon Tee is a dermatologist at Raffles Hospital.
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    • 265 130 Reuters Children pushed in prams that face away from their parents may suffer long-term emotional and language problems, hints a study published last Friday. The research, believed to be the first of its kind, found that children who were not facing the person that pushed
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        114 130 Happy Soap, handmade in the foothills of Mount Kenya, is produced from a blend of 100 per cent naturally derived ingredients p and comes in two choices lemon and honey or geranium chamomile. No chemicals are used, only organic herbs, essential oils, honey and calendula petals. When you
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      • 87 130 Here is an easy way to remove nail varnish. The Sensi-Touch acetone-free nail polish remover kit with aloe vera comes in individual sachets. Each sachet has a high-absorbency wipe that cleans at least 10 nails and the kit comes with a touch-up swab to clean off
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        84 130 This pair of dishwashing gloves promises to take care of your hands. Scotch-Brite aloe vera coated gloves are infused with a gel on the inside to keep your hands soft and cool as you perform household tasks. The outsides of these gloves are made of natural latex which
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      • 87 130 This is a one-stop solution for stressed and troubled skin. This fragrance-free and lightweight lotion helps get it back in shape. Bioxil Daily Cel-Repair soothes skin that is already traumatised due to prolonged sun exposure, providing it with increased hydration. Its formula includes a peeling agent
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        604 132 Actor Jason Chan tells JUNE CHEONG he dislikes the gym and keeps fit by walking every day What do you do to keep fit? Nowadays I walk. I walk as much as I can. I take the stairs instead of escalators or lifts. The public transport system
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