The Straits Times, 8 January 2009

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    18 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 2009 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Child's death shocker
      61 1 RESIDENTS in Block 191 Boon Lay Drive have been shocked to learn that a two-year-old girl in their block has died unnaturally and also that her father has been arrested in connection with her death. Neighbours told The Straits Times that the family moved into the neighbourhood
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      Lock icon Curb-free iTunes by April
      61 1 ALL 10 million songs in Apple's iTunes library will be free of anti-piracy software by April, Apple said on Tuesday. The company will also break from its six-year tradition of selling iTunes songs at 99 US cents (551.45) each. Instead, the songs will sell for 69
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      Lock icon More woes at Flyer
      59 1 THE problems at the Singapore Flyer appear to have taken a turn for the worse: The attraction said yesterday that a company representative had made a police report alleging a breach of confidentiality. Separately, The Straits Times has also learnt that two legal actions involving the
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      Lock icon Payout boost for trainees
      44 1 JOBLESS Singaporeans who qualify for a new government-sponsored training programme will get their payout of $4 for each training hour sooner and in regular instalments, so that they can have some cash in their pockets while training. HOME PAGE B2
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      Lock icon Rebound in 2010: Bank
      51 1 SINGAPORE'S faltering economy may spring back to life next year in a strong rebound. French bank BNP Paribas has become the first major institution to forecast a "V-shaped" recovery in Asia next year, as aggressive government spending and interest rate cuts kick in region-wide. MONEY PAGE
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    Lock icon Indian software boss quits, admits faking US$1b in profits
    710 1  -  Satyam scandal raises questions about corporate governance By Ravi Velloor SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF INDIA reeled in shock yesterday as the head of one of its biggest software services company quit after admitting that its books had been cooked for the
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    Lock icon Biomed firm bags $37m deal from US drug maker
    741 1  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By HOMEGROWN drug developer S*Bio has landed a multi-million dollar deal with a US pharmaceutical company to develop two drugs, in a breakthrough for the emerging biomedical industry here. It has received US$25 million (Ss37 million) to develop the
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        Lock icon S'pore expertise on offer
        56 2 WE SAY The World Bank-Singapore collaboration to disseminate the Republic's expertise in urban planning and liveability issues is a compliment. There is much to offer, but one critical aspect to bear in mind is the training of self-generating local personnel to run the systems copied from
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        Lock icon Immature Hollywood
        23 2 COLUMNS Sexually explicit scenes do not make a movie either sexy or "adult", says Ong Sor Fern. LIFE! PAGE C 6
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        Lock icon Melamine still around us
        26 2 The scare may be over, but melamine is by no means out of the system, says Andy Ho. REVIEW PAGE A 25
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        Lock icon Post-match skirmishes
        28 2 OUR READER SAYS Communication glitch led to Viet fans leaving at the same time as Singapore fans, says Cisco spokesman Karyn Low. FORUM PAGE A 26
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        14 2 www.straitstimes.com Grace Chng sums up the atmosphere at this year's Macworld Expo.
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        Lock icon What it should have been
        47 2 IN YESTERDAY'S article, "Aussie senator on exchange visit", we wrongly reported that Mr Eddie Teo was the chairman of the Lee Kuan Yew Foundation. Mr Teo is the chairman of the Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon A role for long telco contracts
      1019 2  -  Chua Hian Hou Competition is good, but public seem happy with present arrangements By ABOUT five years ago, the best freebie a consumer could get when signing up for a 24-month broadband Internet contract was a three-in-one printer. What a long way we have
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      Lock icon Gunman shoots S'pore tourist in Denmark
      552 3  -  Teh Joo Lin Restaurant owner, believed to have gangland links, is also injured By A SINGAPOREAN tourist and a man believed to be a former citizen were wounded in a gangland-style shooting in Denmark on Monday evening, Danish police said yesterday. The men were
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      Lock icon Six products in the pipeline
      189 4 S*BIO, established in 2000, was Singapore's first biomedical research and development company. Bio* One Capital, the Economic Development Board's dedicated investment arm for the biomedical sector, is the firm's major shareholder. S*Bio has six products in the pipeline: Two are undergoing clinical trials on people,
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      Lock icon O-level results will be out on Monday
      320 4  -  Jane Ng By THE results of last year's O-level examinations will be released next Monday. Students will be able to collect their results from their secondary schools at 2pm, while private candidates will be informed of their results by post. Results can also
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      Lock icon The rise and fall of Satyam's boss
      898 6  -  Ravi Velloor Behind his enigmatic smile, Ramalinga Raju is a driven man, say friends By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF Billion-dollar gap WHAT WENT WRONG: The shares of one of India's biggest outsourcing firms, Satyam Computer Services, are in free fall after its chairman
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      Lock icon Software company's staff in Singapore shocked
      480 6  -  Jessica Cheam By NEWS of the billion-dollar scandal at software giant Satyam Computer Services sent shock waves through its Singapore offices and the Indian business community here yesterday. Some Satyam staff seemed dumbfounded at what had unfolded at their blue chip company while Indian
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      Lock icon Flyer woes: Police report lodged, legal actions initiated
      543 6  -  Tessa Wong K.C. Vijayan By K.C. Vijayan THE problems at the Singapore Flyer appear to have taken a turn for the worse. Yesterday, the attraction said a representative had made a police report alleging a breach of confidentiality over information given to
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      Lock icon 3,000 workers in Asia outside India
      440 6  -  Teo Cheng Wee By KUALA LUMPUR: Satyam's presence in Asia is sizeable, employing thousands of workers across countries such as China, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Around Asia, some 3,000 people work for Satyam, on top of the tens of thousands within India. The company
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      Lock icon Apple removes copying curbs on iTunes music
      476 7 Song downloads will have varying prices SAN FRANCISCO: The news may be music to the ears of the music industry and users. Apple has announced it would remove anti-copy-ing restrictions on all of the songs in its popular iTunes store and allow record
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      Lock icon Low bids in year's first COE tender
      188 7  -  Christopher Tan By THE car market started 2009 weak, much as expected, with certificate of entitlement (COE) premiums remaining soft in the first tender of the year. When bidding closed at 4pm yesterday, the COE for cars up to 1,600 cc settled at
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      Lock icon Unhappy New Year travel crush
      808 9  -  Tracy Quek Record numbers head home earlier than usual as jobs dry up in China By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Before Chinese New Year last year, Shandong native Chen Yun was part of a massive migrant workforce in Beijing that was racing to complete the construction
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        Lock icon China to grads: Opt for 'grassroots' jobs
        467 12 Premier Wen lays out plans to help students in grim job market BEIJING: China will push a rising tide of university graduates to find work in the countryside and small firms after Premier Wen Jiabao warned yesterday that they face a "grim" job
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        Lock icon Malay groups warn govt against lessons in English
        230 12 KUALA LUMPUR: Several Malay groups have threatened legal action against the Malaysian government after it missed the Dec 31 deadline set by them to stop teaching Mathematics and Science in English. The Federation of Malay Writers Associations (Gapena) and other non-governmental Malay
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        Lock icon Cabby fined for wearing jeans
        150 12 KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian taxi driver was fined RM7O (Ss29) by the magistrates' court yesterday, after pleading guilty to violating the dress code for taxi drivers by wearing jeans while on duty. Mr Kamarulzaman Ismail, 31, was found in jeans by a Road Transport Department
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        Lock icon China issues bird flu alert
        490 15 WHO says death of teen from HSNI virus likely isolated case YANJIAO (Hebei): China issued a bird flu alert yesterday after a woman died of the virus, the first such death in the country in almost a year. The authorities also closed poultry markets for
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        Lock icon Health team in Manila to probe Ebola
        236 15  -  Alastair Mclndoe By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA: Animal and health experts are conducting an investigation in the Philippines to determine whether the Ebola Reston virus recently discovered in pigs poses a threat to human health. An 18-member team of experts from the United Nations'
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        Lock icon Anwar puts on show of unity
        604 16  -  Carolyn Hong Talk of rift in opposition fuelled by Umno, says Pakatan Rakyat chief By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA TERENGGANU: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim flew home from Turkey on Tuesday, and headed straight for a beach in Kuala Terengganu. He arrived late at night
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        Lock icon N. Korea set for March parliamentary elections
        378 16  -  Lee Tee Jong By SOUTH KOREA CORRESPONDENT SEOUL: North Korea will hold parliamentary elections on March 8, the country's media said yesterday, in a move that follows news of a major Cabinet reshuffle aimed at reviving its economy. Pyongyang was expected to hold
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        Lock icon Thai airport siege cost $12b
        244 17 BANGKOK: Anti-government protests that shut down Bangkok's airports last year cost Thailand 290 billion baht (Ssl2 billion), according to a central bank study. Demonstrators opposed to the previous government's ties to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra occupied the capital's international and domestic airports for more than
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        Lock icon Change in venue of Asean summit
        424 17  -  Leslie Koh Meeting moved to 'royal retreat' as govt fears protests in Bangkok By IN YET another change for the Asean summit, Thai Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday that it would be moved to a seaside town just a day after the Thai Foreign
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        Lock icon Solve gas row by today, EU warns Moscow and Kiev
        403 18 Countries hit Halt in Slovakia supplies Austria Bulgaria Poland Greece Slovenia Macedo- Bosnia nia Hungary Romania Croatia Drop in Serbia supplies Turkey France Czech Germany Republic Italy Bloc will not stand for its gas security being 'taken hostage' KIEV: The
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        Lock icon World to vote on nature's top wonders
        309 18 GENEVA: The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organisers said yesterday. Singapore's Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is one
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        Lock icon Playing Tetris 'can reduce trauma'
        259 18 LONDON: Playing the computer puzzle game Tetris could help reduce the effects of traumatic stress, British researchers have said. Volunteers were exposed to distressing images, with some given the game to play 30 minutes later, the Public Library of Science One journal reported. Those who
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        Lock icon So bombing for three hours a day: Israel
        654 19 WAR IN GAZA Air strikes suspended to allow aid into Gaza, but conflict may still escalate GAZA CITY: Israel has started suspending its bombing of Gaza for three hours a day, and says it "welcomes" an Egyp-tian-French ceasefire proposal, even as it
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        Lock icon Obama taps CNN expert for top medical post
        326 19 NEW YORK: President-elect Barack Obama has asked neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta to be the United States' Surgeon-General, a senior Democrat has disclosed. Dr Gupta had been "the Obama team's first choice" for the job, which would make the television
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        Lock icon Hospitals lose dead babies
        377 20 Body thrown in trash JERSEY CITY (New Jersey): Police in the American states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania are scouring garbage dumps for the remains of a baby said to have been discarded by a Jersey City hospital. According to the newborn's mother Kalynn Moore, the
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        Lock icon Corpse goes missing
        164 20 HONG KONG: A hospital in Hong Kong has lost the body of a baby boy and is still unable to find his corpse more than three weeks after his death, an official said. Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital said in a statement that the loss had been
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        Lock icon Measles woes in Europe
        82 21 LONDON: Too many children remain unvaccinated against measles for Europe to have any realistic hope of eliminating the disease by 2010, researchers said yesterday. In 2006 and 2007, over 12,000 measles cases were reported in Europe mainly in Romania, Germany, Britain, Switzerland and Italy, where fewer
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        Lock icon Questioned for 'bomb' joke
        111 21 TAIPEI: Taiwan police have questioned a woman who jokingly claimed there was a bomb in her hand luggage, while on board a Singapore Airlines flight from Taipei to Singapore on Tuesday, said Taiwanese media. The Taiwanese woman, identified only by her surname Wu, said "there is
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        Lock icon Upbeat on China-US ties
        176 21 BEIJING: United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte spoke optimistically about the future of China-US relations yesterday, as he made a high-profile trip to Beijing to celebrate 30 years of diplomatic ties. "There are many different possibilities in the US-China relationship, and I'm sure in
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        Lock icon Call for transparency
        142 21 BEIJING: A high-profile Chinese lawyer demanded yesterday that the government open its books to the public, in an unusually direct display of the legal activism that the Communist Party sees as a growing threat to its rule. Mr Van Yiming presented an application to the Finance Ministry
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        Lock icon Indian navy's US$2.1b buy
        93 21 PITTSBURGH: The Indian navy has agreed to buy eight reconnaissance and anti-submarine planes from Boeing, in a US$2.l billion (Ss3.l billion) deal that signals the developing nation's drive to upgrade its military hardware. The first of the aircraft will be delivered within four years, and the
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        115 21 BANGKOK: The Rights and Liberties Protection Department will give financial assistance to victims of the Santika Pub inferno, said its director-general Suwanna Suwanjutha on Tuesday. "They are entitled to financial help as long as their actions, either deliberate or inadvertent, did not cause the fire," said
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        Lock icon Heroin bust: S'porean held
        143 21 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have detained 13 people on suspicion of working for an international syndicate that allegedly smuggled heroin from Pakistan, an official said yesterday. A Singaporean and a Philippine woman were arrested at the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal of Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday,
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        Lock icon Raring to go
        114 21 PARIS: Just five days after giving birth to a baby girl, France's Justice Minister Rachida Dati was back at work yesterday, attending the first Cabinet meeting of the year. The 43-year-old minister, who wore stilettos even during her pregnancy, arrived with fellow ministers for the meeting at
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        86 21 Pumpkin helmets will have to do ABUJA: Motorcyclists in Nigeria, especially those using the two-wheeler as a taxi, have been wearing dried pumpkin shell on their heads to dodge a new law which requires them to use a helmet. As a result, thousands of these riders have had their
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      417 23 THE World Bank's expertise-sharing agreement with Singapore to tap the city state's urban development model for use in growing nations is recognition that it has something unique to teach in liveability. It is a natural progression from the various forms of technical assistance, in
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      1121 23 China's business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald interviewed Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in October last year in Singapore. This is the second part of excerpts from the interview. On the PAP and MM's motivation On why the People's Action Party (PAP), though it has
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      545 23 U"W" THINK it's difficult to compare the two because there are two different entities, two different peoples. China ~M» is 90 per cent Han; in India, there is no majority. They have 320 different languages and dialects. It is one country brought
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        948 24  -  Andy Ho CONSUMER WATCH By SENIOR WRITER OUR supermarkets usually make it known where their produce comes from. If it is China, "melamine" comes to mind, together with images of Tian Wenhua, former head of the Sanlu Group, being hauled to court last week. Her
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        805 24  -  Bruce Gale ENACTING A BUDGET By SENIOR WRITER LAST month, when the Philippine Congress adjourned for the year without reconciling differences over the 2009 budget, the influential Philippine Daily Inquirer was quick to condemn the legislative imbroglio. "Given the radically altered economic circumstances," the
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        870 24  -  Michael Richardson ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES OUTGOING United States President George W. Bush will commission America's newest aircraft carrier on Saturday at the Norfolk naval base in Virginia. Named after his father, former president George H.W. Bush, the giant ship, which carries 85
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        471 25 SPORE-VIETNAM SOCCER FANS' SKIRMISH Don't blame everyone "Those few fans are hooligans. Period." MR RONY NG: "Do not blame Certis Cisco. done to protect the rights of genuine sports Those few fans who tarnished Singapore's fans, be they Vietnamese or Singaporeans, good name are hooligans and guilty of
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        342 25 Tourist's view "A host of conveniences speaks volumes about the planning and forethought which has gone into building Singapore." MR AJIT LAKSHMIRATAN: "As a tourist from Bangalore, India, I find many aspects of Singapore fascinating: the orderliness of road traffic, the sleek MRT/LRT trains and network, the concern and
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        392 25 IN MONDAY'S letter, "Drivers refuse to give way", Miss Veronica Ong lamented the deplorable behaviour of Singaporean drivers who had refused to give way to her when she tried to move to the correct lane at the Second Link. While
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        199 25 I REFER to Monday's letter by Mr Felix Ng, "Kindness message not direct enough". Mr Ng had observed that the Singapore Kindness Movement's recent campaign is too subtle and not impactful enough. I would like to take this opportunity to let him and your
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        225 25 I REFER to Mrs Nancy Tsang's letter, "Noisy every day" (Dec 27). All construction activity in Singapore has to abide by the maximum permissible noise limits set by the National Environment Agency (NEA). The maximum permissible noise limits are more stringent at
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        190 25 I REFER to the letters by Mr Tan Boh Liang on Dec 27 ("Carpark charges") and by Mr Peter Lo last Thursday ("Carpark sign no longer shows charges") on the electronic displays at HDB carparks. At HDB carparks with the Electronic Parking System (EPS), the
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        258 25 I THANK Ms Sharon Sim for her letter on Monday, "No preventive measures at TB clinic". Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infection which spreads when a patient coughs and expels the germs into the air. It usually requires prolonged exposure of more than eight
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        341 25 I REFER to last Friday's letter by Mr Koh Jin Kit, "Does new ez-link scheme make stealing ez-ier?", and thank him for the opportunity to clarify. Compared with cash, the contactless ez-link card is faster, more accurate and more hygienic. The increase in the
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
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      380 28  -  Khushwant Singh Serene Luo DEAD TODDLER Girl's body bore signs of injury; father expected in court today By RESIDENTS of Block 191 Boon Lay Drive are shocked that a two-year-old in their midst is dead from unnatural causes. They have also heard that Natalie Nikie
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      388 28  -  Kimberly Spykerman DEAD TEENAGER By A NIGHT out turned fatal for Marcus Siah Wui Xiang (right), 18, after he was attacked on the way home. After attending the Chinatown festive light-up last Friday night, Marcus and his three friends were walking to Clarke Quay
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      554 29  -  Goh Chin Lian Latest refinement to govt-sponsored training plan will help the cash-strapped By JOBLESS Singaporeans who qualify for a new government-sponsored training programme will no longer have to wait until they complete their course to receive a training allowance. The payout of $4
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      398 29 INSTEAD of glitzy lanterns and getai shows to celebrate the Chinese New Year, grassroots leaders at Kampong Übi-Kembangan will spend the money on a worthier cause. The $50,000 saved by staging scaled-down celebrations will go towards hong baos and goodie bags for 700
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      505 31  -  Nicholas Yong They say hub for Spore-Malaysia services will lift industry's image By BUS operators are reviving plans for a central terminal for Singapore-Malaysia express services amid increased competition from budget flights. The Express Bus Agencies Association (EBAA) is looking for investors to
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      212 31 FROM next Monday, Singaporeans travelling to the United States will have to apply online for approval before they leave for the country. The US Embassy sent out a reminder yesterday about the new rule taking effect. Singaporeans who hold biometric or machine-readable passports
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      182 31 PUMP prices have risen for the first time in six months. Oil companies, led by Shell, started raising petrol and diesel rates by four cents a litre across the board from Tuesday. Singapore Petroleum Company was the last to do so when it
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      522 32  -  Maria Almenoar Drivers save on ERP charges and arrange car pools via websites By SAVINGS ADD UP "It doesn't take very long for me to find the cheapest route and even those few minutes are well worth it if I can save a few dollars
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      311 32  -  MARIA ALMENOAR NAVFone Plus This phone software maps out for the user a route free of Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) fees, if one exists. It works like most other Global Positioning System (GPS) phone software in that the user has to pick the start and end
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      161 32 SURFING the Net constantly to check out your symptoms and always worried about the state of your health? You may be a cyberchondriac". These are people who imagine they have a particular disease based on medical information gleaned from the Web. Medical experts Mind Your Body
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      520 33  -  Sujin Thomas Lv Weiye and Leslie Yeo were two of three Singaporeans who died By JUST after midnight on Jan 1, Mr Lv Weiye's mother sent him an SMS wishing him a Happy New Year. The 26-year-old was partying in Bangkok, so Mrs Lv
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      218 33  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN MORE than 200 people packed a hall at the Mandai Crematorium yesterday for the cremation of Mr Teo Sze Siong, who died last week in a devastating fire at a Bangkok nightclub. The 38-year-old air-traffic controller was one of 64 people who lost
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      512 33 THE Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court judgment that the Government did not discriminate against a Buddhist temple when it acquired its land for the MRT's new Circle Line. The new ruling brings to a close a year-long battle
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      566 34  -  Selina Lum COPYRIGHT BREACH Virtual Map has already used up its recourse to an appeal, court rules By About the case THE Singapore Land Authority (SLA) had granted Virtual Map (VM) the licence to use its map data to produce online maps between 1999 and
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      577 34  -  Elena Chong Jermyn Chow CUSTOMS OFFICER PARALYSED AFTER CRASH By Jermyn Chow FOR just a moment, lorry driver Han Zhi Kwang stopped paying attention while he was driving along Mandai Road last year. In that split second, he rammed into an unmarked government car
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      543 35  -  April Chong New website allows the young to discuss, offer ideas on govt policies By Online forum grows LAST year, the Reach discussion forum had: 12,000 postings, a 30 per cent increase from the year before. 1.5 million views, a 21 per cent increase from the
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      434 35  -  Grace Chua By PHOTOS: The Singapore Hornbill Project is a collaboration between NParks, NTU, the National University of Singapore, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, which oversees Jurong Bird Park, and other sponsors. For its pioneering studies of hornbill breeding, the project won a prestigious international award for
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      325 35  -  Chua Hian Hou By GADGET-MAD Singaporeans have propelled the Republic to second place in a global survey on entertainment technology ownership. According to a survey published yesterday by research firm The Nielsen Company, 97 per cent of households own computers, 87 per cent have
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      101 28 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin while twice that number download more MOST-READ ONLINE than 20 songs every month, according How should Channel 8 drama Little to a study. Are you part of these Nyonya have ended? statistics and, if so, why do you prefer New
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      731 36  -  Leonard Lim Athletics body says CEO erred in late submission of its plans for 2009 By "I have investigated the matter and my chief executive officer Christina Tay has been given a dressing down. She admitted she has erred, and I hope we can all move on."
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      778 37 Attacking blues Chelsea's last 10 Their 10 previous games games 12 goals 23 goals (2.3 per (1.2 per game) game) 146 shots 193 shots 94 on target 93 on target 13% shots on target 25% shots on target were goals were goals 9 Anelka goals
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      258 37 LONDON: Rafael Benitez will not do any transfer business this month, believing he has the squad to end Liverpool's 19-year wait for the League title. "We do not need to go into the transfer market, we are certainly not desperate to do so,"
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      146 37 Drop Arshavin's price LONDON: The agent of Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin denied he is poised to join Arsenal for a "cut-price" £12 million (5525.8 million). Instead, Dennis Lachter urged Zenit St Petersburg to drop their £20-million asking price, along with as insistence that the fee be paid in one
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      206 37 LONDON: Carlos Tevez has been forced to embark on a damage-limitation exercise aimed at sparing him any disciplinary action from Manchester United. The Argentinian has also to convince manager Alex Ferguson that he was prepared to wait until the end of the season to
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      799 37  -  Oliver Kay By THE TIMES, LONDON FROM the moment it emerged that it would take the best part of £32 million (Ss66 million) to sign him permanently, there was a good argument for suggesting that Manchester United should wave goodbye to Carlos
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      644 38  -  Neil Humphreys LIGHTERSIDE By In 2002, the thenWest Ham striker put in a transfer request less than 24 hours after being relegated. Had he reacted that quickly in the penalty box during the preceding season, the Hammers might not have been relegated. JERMAIN Defoe has all the
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      393 38 LONDON: Harry Redknapp brought England striker Jermain Defoe back to Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday for £15 million (Ss32 million) to start correcting the mistakes of Juande Ramos. "It was a badly-balanced squad in all honesty from day one," said the Spurs manager, as he delivered
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      822 38 Rivals have chance to take advantage of Woods' injury lay-off KAPALUA (Hawaii): Ernie Els looked as though he had not shaved since the last time he was at Kapalua for the PGA Tour's season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship, even though the stubble was more like four days than
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      268 38 LONDON: England captain Kevin Pietersen (right) and coach Peter Moores both resigned yesterday, after one of the most bizarre weeks in English cricket. Pietersen had questioned Moores' ability as a top international coach in a dispute which became public. Officials had been keen to resolve the
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      315 38 CHARLOTTE: After 19 straight wins and an NBA record 27-2 start, the Boston Celtics have lost that swagger. The lock-down defence and the poise are missing, too, as teams line up to get a shot at the defending champions. On Tuesday, it was the lowly Charlotte
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        87 39 SINGAPORE'S King Aiying and Fu Mingtian were beaten by the top seeds in the opening round of the Malaysia Open Super Series badminton event in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. King, the Republic's top female singles player, lost 18-21, 17-21 to Danish second seed and world
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        88 39 SINGAPORE golfer Lam Chih Bing is in pole position at the $36,000 Accenture Champion of Champions event, after firing a first-round score of even-par 70 at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club yesterday. Lam, who secured his maiden Asian Tour triumph at the
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        128 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEUQUEN (Argentina): The deadly Dakar Rally was in mourning again yesterday, following the news that French motorcyclist Pascal Terry had been found dead while competing in this year's race. The 49-year-old was found dead overnight after the fourth stage of the gruelling spectacle,
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      575 39  -  Lin Xinyi Volvo Ocean Race sailors must be top all-round athletes to survive By Food intakp 3'ooo 5i650 4,000-8,000 31,100 I vFvFvl lIILCIrVC calories needed a calories to climb calories (average) calories to climb Kpf||| IKpiTIPntQ day for average the Grand Canyon every day to cycle Mount
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      127 39 "The only help he gave AC Milan against Hamburg was to pass the ball to an opponent." Corriere dello Sport, on David Beckham's AC Milan debut in a friendly against German side Hamburg in Dubai on Tuesday. The Italian club won a penalty shoot-out. The Italian press
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      849 39 Scoreboard Badminton Thien How/Chin Eei Hui (Mas) bt Hendri overs (R. Taylor 51 n.0.: Powell 3-25). New 6-1, Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Igor Andreev Malaysia Super Series in Kuala Lumpur Kurniawan Saputra/Yao Lei 21-19 21-17. Zealand won by 7 wickets to tie the five-match (Rus) 4-6 6-3 6-4, Kristof Vliegen
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      376 36 ALL-ROUND ATHLETE The sailor is a distance runner, sprinter and weightlifter all at once. 812 Q WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Beckham vows to give his best. Female boxer dies in car crash. Fl's Alonso unhurt in jet incident. MOST COMMENTED Wenger's defensive
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      151 39 7 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 YIP LAY FONG FLORENCE Age: 55 Was called home to be with the Lord on 7 January 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father: Mother: Yip Toh Lam
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      78 39 The Family Of The Late YEAP CHONG GARK Departed on 2 January 2009 wish to express their deepest gratitude to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement, They would also like to express their sincere thanks to
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      42 39 TAY LONG Age: 96 passed away peacefully on 6 Jan 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Cortege will leave on 8 Jan 2009 at 8.45 am from Spore Casket to Mandai Crematorium Hall 2 for cremation at 9.45 am.
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      74 39 HARI OM NARAYANAYE NAMAHA NARAYANANAIDU SENNAKESAVAN Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 07/01/2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: N. Subbulakshmi Son: Daughter-in-law: S. Silva Ganapathi Mahalakshmi Daughter: Son-in-law: S. Rajeswari Shashi Kumar Grandson: Kishok Raj Granddaughters: Kishmita, Vinithra, Privintha Relatives and friends in India and London.
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      91 40 The Family of The Late TAN ITONG 1921 2008 Departed 31 December 2008 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. With Special Thanks To: His Excellency, President S R
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      18 40 10th Anniversary WONG SOW CHAN Departed: 08.01.99 Love greatest Gift Remembrance Deeply cherished by family and friends p
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      47 40 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of CATHERINE HOU SAY LIEW nee YEO Called home on 8 January 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and loved ones.
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      33 40 THALAITHEVASM VELU RAMAIAMMAL Departed on 23 Dec 2007 Prayers will be held on 9 Jan, Friday 2009 at 10.30 am, N0.16 Meragi Rd, Singapore Please treat this as a personal invitation. Tel: *****302
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      48 40 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Shaw Vee Meng Family of the late Vivien Shaw Soo Fong From: The Chairman and Members of the Board of Trustees, President, Faculty, Staff and Students of National University of Singapore ISH|\|| JQ J/tJ))/ National University \^f *!/<// o f Singapore
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      60 40 P PACKIAM Age: 82 passed away peacefully on 7 January 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Vadivelu, deceased) Children, grandchildren and all loved ones. Body is resting at Blk 225 Choa Chu Kang Central #06-205. Tel: 6760-1319 Cortege will leave on 8 January 2009 (Thurs) at
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      91 40 SARANAM AYYAPPA SREEDHARAN SWAMY Age: 87 was called home to God on 24 December 2008 in Edava, Kerala, India. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by all loved ones. (Wife: Kamalakshi, departed on 5 Nov 2008) Son: Daughter-in-law: Gopala Krishnan Flora Margaret (Kamala) Granddaughter: Grandson-in-law: Nisha Dharmaraj Grandson: Navin Jude Children,
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      257 43  -  Gabriel Chen By VETERAN banker Johnson Tan has been appointed chief executive of BNP Paribas Capital (Singapore). Mr Tan, 47, will also be the South-east Asia head of the bank's corporate finance unit. The unit provides clients of the French bank with services for
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        531 41  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Traders also spooked by talk that Capita Land is planning a rights issue By RECENT gains were cut back yesterday, as profit-taking and some jitters over a property giant left the market in the red for a second
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        387 41 WASHINGTON: The United States federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled US$l.2 trillion (Ssl.B trillion) for the 2009 budget year, according to grim new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) figures. The CBO estimate released yesterday also sees the US economy
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          179 41 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS uuiueiiHgii ou.j i.u China Hongxing 21 -1.0 StraitsAsia 92 0.5 Cosco Corp 96.5 -3.5 CapitaLand 312 -28.0 ChinaSports 15.5 0.5 Noble Grp 120 2.0 IndoAgri 61.5 -1.0 lade Tech 2.5 0.5 Chart SemiCond 21 1.5 Oceanus 18.5 -1.0 Li Heng 30.5
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          358 41 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 718 375 ■■■I 585 1792.9 559 68 123 501 3580 2236 l-l" 707 416 270 319 1696 1242 466 464 378 547 473 414 316 2170 572 228 5606 CapitaLand 138 5417 CapitaMall 513
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        693 42  -  Robin Chan Shipping company hit by clients' failure to pay up and falling freight rates By ARMADA Singapore has filed for protection from its creditors, as it becomes the country's first high-profile victim of the crisis in global trade. The company owes creditors more
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        787 42  -  Lee Su Shyan ADVANCE MODULES SAGA By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR ADVANCE Modules and the NEL Group are listed companies that would ordinarily barely register on the radar screens of most local investors. Both had a market capitalisation of around $10 million before trading of
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      690 45  -  Fiona Chan BNP predicts V-shaped recovery for economy, but others are sceptical By SINGAPORE'S faltering economy may spring back to life next year in a strong rebound, if a startling new prediction by BNP Paribas comes true. The French bank has become the first major institution to forecast a
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      209 46 |L Indie director Gus Van v_ Sant is getting Oscar buzz x^ DESIGN: SALLY LAM PHOTOS: ESPLANADE, REUTERS, THE BUSINESS TIMES, MEDIACORP, FOST BOHEMIAN FANTASY W SPRING 2009 MAKEUP COLLECTION For the Spring 2009 Makeup Collection, Peter Philips, Global Creative Makeup Director for CHANEL, turns to the 1939 Gypsy 1
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        890 47  -  foong woei wan Headline show of Huayi festival marks Sylvia Chang's foray into writing for theatre and Taiwan actor Joe Cheng's stage debut DESIGN FOR LIVING Who: Edward Lam Dance Theatre Where: Esplanade Theatre When: Jan 30 (Bpm), Jan 31 (2.30pm and Bpm) Admission: $38 to $108 from
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        600 48  -  Stephanie yap mm SSO 30TH ANNIVERSARY GALA Who: Singapore Symphony Orchestra Where: Esplanade Concert Hall When: Next Wednesday, 7.30pm Admission: $11 to $60 from Sistic (call 6348-5555 or go to www.sistic.com.sg) Thirty years ago at the Singapore Conference Hall, a fledgling orchestra comprising 60 musicians, including only
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        686 52  -  tara tan A German, an Israeli and a Palestinian give a humorous take on the strained relations among their people arts reporter I'T'T'iUlM Who: Knut Berger, Nir de Volff and Sahara Abu Gosh Where: Esplanade Theatre Studio When: Sunday and Monday, Bpm Admission: $19 $27 from Sistic
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        494 52 PAINTINGS FROM ALL WALKS Fifteen amateur painters have come together to stage an exhibition called Different Folks, Different Strokes. The 60 oil paintings on show are inspired by the joy that painting brings to these hobbyists, who include a doctor, an academic, housewives and retirees. The subjects include landscapes
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        614 53  -  deepika shetty Exhibition of woodblock prints shows nude human figures used as musical instruments Acclaimed Hong Kong artist Wilson Shieh's woodblock print Double Bass, rendered in his signature style of sparse line drawings, shows a nude man turned upside-down into a double bass. His head is just a
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        647 54  -  deepika shetty Seven woman artists interpret issues such as politics and gender perceptions in new exhibition WOMAN ON WOMAN: LACE Where: Fost, 65 Kirn Yam Road When: Till Feb 7, noon to 7pm (Tue to Sat), by appointment on Sun, Mon public holidays. Gallery will be closed
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      1048 49  -  yong shu hoong Director Gus Van Sant's latest biopic on gay activist Harvey Milk has everyone talking Oscar in los angeles Director Gus Van Sant was momentarily lost for words when asked to comment on the Oscar buzz surrounding his latest film, Milk. "It's nice to
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      289 49 DRUGSTORE COWBOY (1989) Art-house or mainstream? Art-house What it's about: Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch play heroin-addicted lovers, who rob drugstores to ease their habit. This well-acted outlaw movie, which has been compared to Bonnie And Clyde (1967), features a cameo appearance by cult novelist,
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      121 50 Harvey Milk (left), born on May 22, 1930, in Woodmere, New York. Graduated in 1951 from State University of New York at Albany with a mathematics degree. Opened the Castro Camera store in San Francisco in 1973 after jobs in the United States navy, education and finance.
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      397 50  -  jasmine teo 'We had spent so much time following the series and watching Yueniang's sad life. If she had a good ending anc ended up with Chen Xi, we'd feel more comforted' Tay Yee Ting, student Singaporeans are a romantic bunch when it
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      1084 51  -  ong sor fern Actors in the nude don t necessarily make a film one for adults. Great storytelling does culture vulture 'Freedom is too precious for her to protect' Actress Gong Li (right) on how she does not need her assistant when going put in Singapore. uniiKe
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      460 51 Hong Kong A philanthropic bid by a Hong Kong tycoon to preserve the one-time residence of gongfu legend Bruce Lee and transform it into a major tourist attraction honouring the film icon was approved on Tuesday. The green light comes after a long-running
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        433 57 Too much skin? Life! conducted a straw poll of 25 Singaporeans to find out their reactions to Zhang Ziyi's topless photographs. The majority disapproved of the Chinese actress exposing herself. 'Ladies must have a limit. She is a girl. Acting this way will only spoil her
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      305 61 Part of Lunar New Year tradition calls for Chinese families to fill their homes with plants in full bloom. Flowers represent new growth and rebirth and are symbolic of wealth and a prosperous career. The Chinese believe flowers are necessary for the
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      37 80 00 o o C\J < O I Your Life. Live it well. vu^l Üb. l WIN! NuZeaßee hampers Can sitting in an office all day Childhood obesity worth $650 give you deep vein thrombosis? is a big problem
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      357 81  -  June Cheong Reporter junee@sph.com.sg Taking pride of place on my sister's bedroom wall is a picture of her at age seven declared 20 per cent overweight by her school and a newly anointed member of the now-defunct Trim and Fit (TAF) programme. I laugh every time
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      269 81 THURSDAY, JAN 8 Bladder: This public talk, organised by the Women's Initiative for Ageing Successfully, will discuss the functions of the urinary system and how we can maintain continence. Learn how to establish good bladder habits. 9 Bishan Place, 06-05 Junction 8 Office Tower, 2 to 4pm. Fee:
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      314 82 At least 194 I million people worldwide have diabetes Diabetes can slow mental function, causing trouble with two types of mental processing in adults of all ages, Canadian researchers say. Healthy adults did significantly better than diabetics on two tests of mental functioning executive functioning and
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        344 83 Health news in small doses Common food additives known as phosphates may cause lung cancer tumours to grow faster, at least in mice, South Korean researchers reported recently. Their tests suggest the additives found in many soft drinks, baked goods and processed meats
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        218 83 Online magazine Science Daily reported that a new study found that when a person becomes physically disabled, a better marriage may result. Brigham Young University professor Jeremy Yorgason's findings, which were reported in the academic journal Research On Aging, said that both men and
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        214 83 Scientists say they have pinned down a DNA mechanism that gives rise to a rare but distressing form of baldness that strikes before adulthood. Flaws in a gene called U2HR are to blame for a condition called Maria Unna hereditary hypotrichosis, or MUHH, named after the
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        259 83 Giving antibiotics to patients in intensive care units as a precaution saves lives, according to a major Dutch study. The findings in the latest New England Journal Of Medicine suggest the benefits of administering antibiotics right away, even before an infection develops, outweigh the
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      466 85 Women who worked at eating less were 69 less likely to gain more than 1 kg three years later Study shows even those who are skinny now risk gaining weight in middle age if they don't cut down food intake The buffet table is
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      830 86 The British Health Department estimates that 1,100 people who develop DVT dies Deep vein thrombosis can turn deadly when the blood clot travels to the heart. But office workers need not worry, unless they are immobile for 24 hours. MARGARET LEE finds out You sit at your desk
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      452 87 Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air of second-hand smoke, but experts now have identified another smoking-related threat to children's health that is not as easy to get rid of: third-hand smoke. That is the term being used to
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      820 88 nJTHTTT^IkXNWm The alcohol content of strong drinks: 1. Moonshine: 96 per cent 2. Everclear: 75.5 to 95 per cent 3. Rum: 40 to 95 per cent 4. Whisky (above): 40 to 92 per cent 5. Absinthe: 53 to 74 per cent 6. Tequila: 45 to
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      295 91  -  Dhany Osman An estimated 22 million children around the world were overweight in 2007 Veronica Bala (left), 15, has been bravely exercising her way to a healthy weight. Three months ago, she was referred to specialists at the XX Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) for
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      288 91  -  Dhany Osman Nafeela Mohd Haniffah (left), 12, has been overweight since she was a baby. When she was in Primary 1, her school asked her mother to take her for check-ups at a clinic in Outram because of her weight. "The clinic advised me on her
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      1206 92 It is not too late to resolve to eat healthily. MARGARET LEE asks nutritionists and dietitians from The Nutrition Place in Mohamed Sultan Road for their top 20 food and lifestyle tips For general health and well-being Senior nutritionist Sherlyn Quek recommends that the following wholesome
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      1018 93 For indulgent treats Feeling sinful? Indulgence does not have to come at the expense of your waistline. Dietitian Ann Selina Chang recommends some not so naughty but nice foods for those decadent moments. 1-| Dark chocolate 1 If the very idea of having to give up chocolate
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        664 96  -  Walter Tan Prof Ql recently had a comprehensive health screening and the results showed that I have a low HDL or cholesterol level of 39, which is just below the minimum of 40 for an average adult male. My LDL or bad cholesterol is
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        528 97 Eiggm WHOLEMEAL i BANANA CAKE i Ingredients 140g unsalted butter 120g caster sugar 3 eggs I 2 large or 3 small ripe bananas mashed 130g wholemeal flour 130g plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 200 ml buttermilk Pre-heat oven to 170 dec C. Grease and line the
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        821 98 Sharanjit Leyl, 35 Presenter and producer of Asia Business Report on BBC World News The Singaporean is married to a 39-year-old general manager (South-east Asia) of a multinational pharmaceutical firm. They have a boy, four. Avid marathoner who also takes part in 10km runs such as
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