The Straits Times, 5 February 2009

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    18 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 2009 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon A bad day for Obama
      53 1 IT WAS a taxing Tuesday for United States President Barack Obama when, one after the other, his nominees for Chief Performance Officer Nancy Killefer and Health Secretary Tom Daschle withdrew their candidacies over tax problems. Appearing on TV, Mr Obama admitted: "I screwed up." PRIME
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      Lock icon Jail for maid abuser
      53 1 A HOUSEWIFE tried for scalding her Indonesian maid and sending her home without getting her wounds seen to was yesterday sentenced to 10 months' jail. The maid made the journey home and from there, did the necessary to bring Brenda Tan Bee Khim, 40, to justice.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Good head start for SMEs
      48 1 THERE is no end in sight to the economic gloom, but the latest rankings of Singapore businesses big and small show a robust corporate sector with low short-term debt and record profits from last year to help tide them over. MONEY PAGE 820
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    • Article
      Lock icon Cashback grouses soar
      52 1 CASHBACK schemes dangling payouts for buying timeshares and other products, such as wine and gold, have been causing some consumers sleepless nights. Complaints to the Consumers Association of Singapore have soared in the last few years as people fail to see the money they were promised. HOME
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    • Article
      Lock icon Squandered opportunity
      61 1 CRUEL comments appeared on the Internet when MP Seng Han Thong was set on fire last month, but the cyber community missed the opportunity to show it could regulate itself when it failed to rebut some of the more outrageous comments, Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications
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  • Article
    Lock icon Barisan Nasional poised to retake Perak
    643 1  -  Carolyn Hong Hazlin Hassan Najib says defections have given it majority to form state government By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF AND MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT PUTRAJAYA: Barisan Nasional yesterday claimed to have wrested back opposi-tion-held Perak state, as a triumphant Deputy Premier Najib Razak paraded the four
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    Lock icon Labour chief throws his full weight behind Jobs Credit
    1176 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT LABOUR CHIEF SAYS "Employers' contribution to CPF has declined over the years to 14.5 per cent now. Many workers' take-home pay has already been affected. There's no overtime, shorter work week and so on. So
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  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
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        Lock icon Need to monitor online feedback more fully
        47 2 WE SAY The Government says it lacks the capacity to engage online opinion-making other than that posted on government sites and mainstream online media. Not engaging is not the same as not monitoring the multitude of sites. EDITORIAL PAGE Al7
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        Lock icon Time to revamp
        28 2 COLUMNS Australia's retirement schemes have been hit by the financial crisis and it could be time for an overhaul, says Bruce Gale. REVIEW PAGE AlB
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        Lock icon Just a banal act
        34 2 The recent spectacle of two nudists in Holland Village stood out simply because it brought nudity into the public sphere. It didn't subvert culture, says Andy Ho. REVIEW PAGE AlB
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      • Article
        Lock icon Not an emergency
        23 2 OUR READER SAYS Reader Albert Tye says this recession is not reason enough to use the reserves. FORUM PAGE Al9
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        53 2 www.straitstimes.com Jessica Cheam captures the mood at the appeal hearing of the Gillman Heights en bloc case. Lynn Lee keeps track of Net chatter on two Indonesian incidents the yoga ban and a cult leader's arrest. Ravi Velloor explains why all eyes are on India's National Security Adviser
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Perak tumult sets stage for more political woes
      861 2  -  Leslie Lopez Economy takes a back seat as BN takes a more confrontational stance I By I SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT THE high drama surrounding the collapse of the Perak state government yesterday is set to deepen Malaysia's political despair and distract the
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  • prime news
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      Lock icon Online attacks: Minister rues lack of self-policing
      610 3  -  Zakir Hussain Opportunity lost for online community to regulate itself, says Lvi By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT NETIZENS WERE UNHELPFUL, UNKIND, EVEN OUTRAGEOUS "The vast majority were unhelpful a significant number were unkind, a small number were downright outrageous. It was disappointing." RADM Lvi (right),
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      Lock icon 'Karung guni' man charged with threatening MP
      494 3  -  Elena Chong By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A RAG-AND-BONE man was charged in court yesterday with threatening to hurt Talan Besar GRC Member of Parliament Denise Phua. Ng Kirn Ngweng, 49, is accused of making the threat against the MP in a telephone call to
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      Lock icon Record number of students going to polys
      795 4  -  Jane Ng By Where the O-level students have gone Number who sat for the 0 levels 2008: 36,640 2007: 38,450 Number posted to their next school under Joint Admissions Exercise This year: 34,400 Last year: 34,800 Number posted to junior colleges This year:
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      Lock icon Holiday break helps to keep COE prices down
      348 4  -  Christopher Tan By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT COE PRICES continued to stay low yesterday, with premiums for cars costing as much as a year's road tax in some cases. The premium for cars up to 1,600 cc closed at $1,020, less than half the
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      Lock icon OBAMA'S BAD DAY
      1015 6  -  Bhagyashree Garekar His pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services pulls out over failure to pay taxes His nominee for Chief Performance Officer withdraws over failure to pay unemployment taxes President admits: 'I screwed up' By US CORRESPONDENT Possible candidates for Health Secretary KATHLEEN SEBELIUS: The
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    • Article
      Lock icon Rethink on 'Buy American' proposal
      476 6 WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said he wants to drop his earlier proposed "Buy American" clause in the nearly US$9OO billion (Ssl.4 trillion) economic stimulus Bill being considered by Congress. In a series of interviews he gave American television networks on Tuesday, Mr Obama said
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    • Article
      Lock icon US$5000,000 cap on CEO pay at bailed-out firms
      629 6 WASHINGTON: Call it the maximum wage. US President Barack Obama yesterday announced a US$5OO,OOO (*****,000) pay cap on top executives whose firms receive government rescue funds, a dramatic intervention into corporate governance in the midst of a financial crisis. Mr Obama was
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon High political drama in Perak
      1396 7  -  Carolyn Hong State government in limbo as latest Pakatan defections tip scale in Barisan's favour By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF The people at the heart of the saga A FAIRLY industrialised state north of Kuala Lumpur, Perak has mixed demographics: A large Malay majority in the
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    • world regional
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        Lock icon Bird flu cases in China point to an outbreak
        678 8 More cases this year and in new places, says UN agency official HONG KONG: China has suffered outbreaks of bird flu among poultry recently even though the mainland government has yet to report such an incident, the United Nations' Food and
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        Lock icon Chinese man, 99, charged with cheating
        211 8 BEIJING: A 99-year-old Chinese man has gone on trial in Beijing, accused of swindling some 750,000 yuan (*****,000) from a Chinese-American. This makes him the oldest criminal defendant in the city, local media said. Zhou Zhiping, born in 1910, claimed to be a former
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        Lock icon Girl, 3, youngest to survive bird flu
        219 8 BEIJING: A three-year-old girl in northern China has become the youngest person in the nation to survive bird flu, the authorities said yesterday, after five other people died of the disease this year. The girl, whose surname is Peng, fell ill on Jan
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        Lock icon HK probes dead birds on beaches
        131 8 HONG KONG: Hong Kong health officials were investigating yesterday whether 21 dead birds that recently washed up on the territory's beaches came from mainland China, where five people have died of bird flu this year. Of the birds found in the past week, three
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        Lock icon No two-wheelers for Viet poultry
        67 8 HANOI: The Vietnamese capital has banned the use of motorcycles and bicycles to transport live poultry as part of efforts to prevent a bird flu outbreak. Starting this week, all poultry brought into Hanoi must be transported by specialised trucks and be certified bird flu-free
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        Lock icon Japan stops some imports from France
        97 8 TOKYO: Japan has suspended imports of raw foie gras and poultry from France after an outbreak of bird flu there, a farm ministry official said yesterday. Tokyo suspended imports of chicks and poultry meat on Tuesday, after French officials informed Japan of an outbreak
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        Lock icon India doctor, 75, jailed for taking 80¢ bribe
        188 8 PATNA: An Indian court sentenced a 75-year-old doctor to jail for accepting 25 rupees (80 Singapore cents) as a bribe nearly a quarter of a century ago. India's federal police caught Balgovind Prasad accepting the money from a sweeper in 1985 for
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        Lock icon 'Important witnesses' had lied: Accused cop
        638 9  -  Elizabeth Looi MONGOLIAN MURDER TRIAL Corporal claims they 'made up stories' to pin the blame fully on him By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT SHAH ALAM: A policeman accused of killing Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu broke down in court yesterday as he accused "important witnesses" of lying
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        Lock icon Total defeat of Tigers only 'few days' away
        610 11 Rebels almost wiped out, says Sri Lankan president, as UN reports 52 civilians killed in shell attack COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's president has predicted the total defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels within a few days, as the United Nations reported that 52 civilians
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        Lock icon Chinese submarine patrols nearly doubled last year
        587 11 Indian sub' stalks Chinese warships HONG KONG: An attack submarine believed to belong to the Indian navy had to give up shadowing Chinese warships fighting piracy off Somalia after its targets spotted it and forced it to surface, Chinese media have reported. The
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        Lock icon Thaksin's family to lead opposition
        600 12 A sibling will lead each of three regions as a symbol of party's connections with ousted PM BANGKOK: Thailand's opposition Puea Thai party has embarked on a new strategy to strengthen internal solidarity, appointing members of the Shinawatra family to lead members in each of
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        Lock icon Gambari's Myanmar visit: No progress
        310 12 YANGON: A leader of Myanmar's military regime gave United Nations's visiting envoy Ibrahim Gambari a cold reception, telling him the UN should lift economic sanctions and visa bans if it wants to see political stability, state television reported. Mr Gambari met with Myanmar Prime Minister
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  310 words
    • world international
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        Lock icon Kyrgyzstan to close key US air base
        673 13 Decision a setback to US plans to send more troops to Afghanistan MOSCOW: The only American air base in Central Asia looks set to be closed by its host country, presenting a potential blow to US plans to send more troops to Afghanistan.
        WASHINGTON POST; NEW YORK TIMES; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; ST GRAPHICS  -  673 words
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        Lock icon 'Mother' of 80 female suicide bombers nabbed
        299 13 BAGHDAD: Iraqi police have arrested a woman who confessed to recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers and who helped orchestrate dozens of attacks. Samira Jassim, 51, admitted she had mentally prepared the women, passed them on to terrorists who provided explosives and
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      • Article
        Lock icon Heart scan poses radiation risk: Study
        227 13 NEW YORK: Heart scans on average expose patients to radiation equivalent to getting 600 chest X-rays at once, according to the first study to measure emissions from the procedures. Doctors are not always aware of the doses and many do not use the best
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        Lock icon Queensland battles floods -and crocs
        474 14 62% of state declared disaster zone; crocodiles washed onto streets SYDNEY: While southern Australia recovers from the worst heatwave in a century, it is a different picture in the country's north. Floods ravaging northern Australia have washed crocodiles and snakes onto the streets, the authorities
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        Lock icon Britain faces more snowstorms
        278 14 LONDON: More snowstorms may strike London and the southern half of Britain today and tomorrow, risking another major shutdown of the economy. The heavy snow which has caused havoc in Britain since Monday is expected to cost the country's recession-hit economy up to £3.5 billion (557.54
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    • world in brief
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        Lock icon UK flag gaffe leaves British govt red-faced
        174 15 LONDON: The British government has been left red-faced after displaying its own flag upside down at an official ceremony. In what the BBC quoted Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell as calling "an unbelievable flaw in protocol", the plastic flag took pride of place alongside
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  174 words
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        Lock icon Book on Obama campaign
        116 15 NEW YORK: Obama campaign manager David Plouffe has agreed to a seven-figure deal to write a book about last year's presidential election. The Audacity To Win: The Inside Story And Lessons Of Barack Obama's Historic Victory will be published by Viking next autumn. Viking yesterday said
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        Lock icon No camp for Rohingyas
        86 15 BANGKOK: Thailand has no plans to open a camp for boat people arriving from Myanmar and would continue its policy of deporting them, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said yesterday. Rohingya migrants reaching western Thai shores would receive humane treatment, including the provision of food and
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        Lock icon MySpace bars sex fiends
        90 15 NEW YORK: The online networking site MySpace has identified and barred around 90,000 registered sex offenders over the last two years, the company has revealed. MySpace disclosed the figures, in response to a subpoena, to a task force of state attorneys-general looking into sex offenders' use
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        Lock icon V-P of China bank fired
        111 15 BEIJING: A vice-president of a major Chinese government bank has been fired and also expelled from the Communist Party, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday, following reports that he was under arrest on suspicion of taking bribes. Wang Vi was dismissed by China Development
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        Lock icon HK Disneyland price hike
        123 15 HONG KONG: Hong Kong Disneyland has announced it will increase ticket prices by 19 per cent, starting on Monday amid the global economic downturn its first price hike since the park opened in September 2005. Adult admission on non-peak days all days except weekends, public holidays
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        Lock icon Deadly mob: 8 face jail
        105 15 MEDAN: Eight protesters have been declared suspects by police and could face jail over a mob attack that caused the death of the Speaker of a local Parliament in Indonesia, police said yesterday. Mr Azis Angkat died of a heart attack on Tuesday after being
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      • SLICE OF LIFE
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          Lock icon Airport 'striptease'
          124 15 SAO PAULO: Two 60-something German tourists have been arrested for stripping off in a Brazilian airport. The two men allegedly changed their clothes in front of other passengers at the Salvador International Airport while awaiting a flight back to Germany on Monday, the authorities said. Police formally accused
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      89 7 pi WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin nominees in one day. Do you think this MOST-READ ONLINE will affect the tone of his presidency? India to produce US$lO (Ssls) laptop. Slump breeds corruption. WWW.Stomp.COITI.Sg SINGAPORE SEEN YOUR SAY g Beer j s no j- the only factor
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Need to monitor online feedback more fully
      433 16 RESPONDING last week for the first time to an online letter from a reader of this newspaper, the Government took one more step in broadening e-engagement with citizens. Cautious though it was, the move went beyond its decision last month not to accept
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      Lock icon Reward watchdogs with bonuses
      700 16  -  Andrew Ross Sorkin FIXING THE FINANCIAL REGULATORY SYSTEM By MAYBE someone deserves a bonus. Like someone who sniffs out the next Bernie Madoff. Or jousts with tomorrow's gonzo bankers. Or defuses the Next Big Crisis in whatever Next Big Thing is dreamed up by Wall Street.
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    • Article
      Lock icon A case of pay late and get 50% discount?
      722 16  -  Lu Su Bo SETTLING FINES IN MALAYSIA By AFTER coming down to Johor Baru to attend to a matter, I drove around the city centre several times but failed to find a parking lot. Without obstructing anyone, I took the risk
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        Lock icon Time to revamp-or retire-old-age schemes
        909 17  -  Bruce Gale AUSTRALIA'S RETIREMENT SYSTEMS By SENIOR WRITER SHOULD Australia abandon its compulsory superannuation system and renew its faith in the country's government-funded old-age pension system? This radical solution to the problems facing the once-popular compulsory savings scheme is not being seriously considered by policymakers.
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        Lock icon Yawn... they bared to be different
        784 17  -  Andy Ho SPECTACLE AT HOLLAND V I By I SENIOR WRITER NEARLY two weeks ago, on a Saturday night, two wildcat nudists took a leisurely stroll up and down Lorong Mambong in Holland Village. The couple an Asian woman and her Caucasian male friend
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      • Article
        Lock icon Loans-for-oil deal would seal Sino-Russian ties
        756 17  -  Michael Richardson By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES RUSSIA'S first oil pipeline to Asia is snaking its way across the Siberian wilderness, raising hopes in China, Japan and other Asian countries that they will soon have access to reliable oil from a near neighbour and
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        Lock icon BUDGET TALK
        541 18 "I am surprised that no concrete proposal for wage and CPF cuts were made." MR NG YA KEN: "Workers must accept some bitter medicine to save more jobs while the Government dips into the reserves. I hope that we are not creating a wrong perception, or worse, a
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        Lock icon Recession not a good reason
        266 18 UNLOCKING THE RESERVES I REFER to Wednesday's front-page blurb, "Key talking points", on Tuesday's Budget Debate in Parliament about using the reserves. Nominated Member of Parliament Siew Kum Hong, who supported the proposal, was quoted as saying: "If this crisis does not merit the use
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        Lock icon Opposition MP Low has valid concerns
        247 18 I REFER to the parliamentary exchanges between the People's Action Party (PAP) Members of Parliament and opposition MP Low Thia Khiang in yesterday's reports, "Lively debate over Jobs Credit plan" and "Is scheme to save jobs truly effective, asks Low". The rebuttals by the
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        Lock icon TV licence fee among world's lowest
        362 18 WE REFER to Mr Lee Kwun Lam's letter last Friday, "Lopsided?". Mr Lee had compared the costs of property taxes and TV licence fee. Both forms of fees, however, are imposed on separate utilities and are subject to different considerations. Thus, to make a
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      • Letter
        Lock icon Safety-gap specifications for buildings have been revised
        217 18 I REFER to the concerns raised by Mr Tey Chee Meng in his letter, "Safety in buildings" (Jan 28). We agree that safety guard rails or barriers in buildings are to ensure that young children do not fall through. The maximum gap between
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        138 18 I REFER to Mr Tey Chee Meng's letter, "Safety in buildings" (Jan 28). Mr Tey had highlighted that the gap between guard rails at the fifth-level escalator measured about 13cm. We have checked that this measurement complies with the allowable gap of 15 cm when the
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        309 18 "Thanks, blood donors." THE Singapore Red Cross (SRC) thanks all blood donors and organisations who have come forward during the Christmas and Chinese New Year festive period to help sustain the national bloodstock level at the Bloodbank@HSA. More than 500 donors came forward during the weekend before the Chinese
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
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      880 20  -  Tessa Wong Sharp rise in complaints about non-existent or reduced payouts By Rebates work well for some NOT all promises of cashback are false. Retailers sometimes offer small cash rebates in effect, discounts to draw customers. Some of these promotions are on right now. Under
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      688 21  -  Tan Weizhen Blogging traffic here slows while the usage of Twitter and Plurk explodes By BLOGGING is so last year. Now, the latest rage among netizens is the Internet form of SMS, using tools such as Twitter or Plurk to give friends an instant
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      55 21 The rain that came after a long dry spell surprised many in the Tiong Bahru and Bugis areas yesterday. But these pedestrians were well-prepared. Singapore has been experiencing an unusually dry spell, after the driest January in 10 years. Yesterday's downpour was the first in
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      520 21  -  Chua Hian Hou By NEW technologies and devices are making it easier to watch videos from the Internet on living-room TV sets but they are having an inadvertent side effect some are using them to watch pirated movies. Many entry-level DVD players under $100 now
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      518 21  -  Jermyn Chow By MORE ONLINE View videos on www.straitstimes .com THE annual drive to remind Singaporeans of their role to play in defending the country marks its 25th anniversary this year by getting back to the basics and asking: "What will you defend?"
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      803 22  -  Christopher Tan High oil prices drove up car sales last year but demand may dip as pump prices drop By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT COMPRESSED natural gas (CNG) vehicle sales had a boom year, as soaring petrol prices in the first half of 2008 pushed
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      662 28  -  Jessica Jaganathan With SMA keen to reinstate fee schedule, competition watchdog will conduct study By SHOULD guidelines be set for how much doctors should charge? The issue, which has generated spirited exchanges between the medical fraternity and the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS),
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      167 28 PARKINSON'S disease, a progressive and life-altering condition, is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease. The ailment, which affects the patient's motor functions, generally progresses until round-the-clock care is required. There is no cure for Parkinson's disease and no treatment is known to slow or
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      334 29  -  Elena Chong Housewife sent maid back to Indonesia in bid to hide her crime By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A HOUSEWIFE was sentenced to 10 months' jail yesterday for scalding her Indonesian maid and sending her home without any medical attention. Brenda Tan Bee Khim, 40,
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      216 29  -  ELENA CHONG FOR nearly 20 years, Sim Hock Meng lived in Malaysia as a fugitive on the run for a spree of housebreaking and theft offences here. Yesterday, the 43-year-old, who gave himself up in May last year, was sentenced to 7V2
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      336 29  -  ELENA CHONG THE case arising out of the fatal accident in which an eight-year-old schoolboy was flung out of his school bus has come before the courts. The driver of the minibus, Chan Lai Yoong, 66, was yesterday charged with acting rashly and causing
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      252 29  -  NICHOLAS YONG THREE men were charged in court yesterday in connection with the theft of 10 exotic tortoises worth almost $75,000. Lim Kah Kheng, 25, Arun Kumar Manivanan, 17, and Dave Tan Jui Seng, 19, were each charged with one count
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      435 29  -  Selina Lum By A SINGAPOREAN businessman is appealing against a High Court order that he has to cough up US$4.4 million (556.6 million) that he lost in a Las Vegas casino. But even before the appeal was due to be heard, a lawyer
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    • CASE FILE
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        97 29 A WOMAN was at the doorstep of her Lorong Ah Soo home on Monday evening, waiting to be let in, when a man came from behind, grabbed her handbag and fled down the stairs. Her white bag contained a $2,300 laptop. The 21-year-old woman
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        118 29 A MAN was yesterday jailed for three years and ordered to be given six strokes of the cane for stabbing another man. Rahman Abdul Wahab, 21, a cleaner, pleaded guilty to grievously hurting Mr Mohd Haire Morrie, 31, at a shelter in front of
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        129 29 A MAN who used his mobile phone to make a video clip of a woman taking a shower was yesterday sentenced to a month in prison. Ng Seng Hock,37,then a martial arts instructor, admitted to capturing on video his 27-year-old student naked in the bathroom
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        1851 23  -  Sue-Ann Chia Hold firms getting Jobs Credit accountable for saving jobs, MPs urge By Jobs Credit: A booster, not a wonder drug Labour chief and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Swee Say joined the Budget debate and offered his perspective on the value
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        937 23  -  Chua Mui Hoong FROM THE GALLERY By SENIOR WRITER THE biggest irony of this year's Budget is that even as it focuses its ammunition on saving jobs, everyone is braced for massive job losses this year. Retrenchment spiked from 6,000 in the first three
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        1026 25  -  Goh Chin Lian Gung-ho spirit lacking in many job seekers, says Zainudin Nordin By ADDRESS FEARS OF THE NEEDY "I want to ask for more money for the very poor, because as I speak to these people on public assistance, I can smell their fear
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        Lock icon Give temporary cash aid to the jobless: Sylvia Lim
        587 25  -  Aaron Low HELPING THE RETRENCHED AND THE NEEDY: TWO IDEAS By THE Government should provide temporary financial relief of up to $500 a month for workers who have lost their jobs in the recession, said Non-Constitu-ency MP Sylvia Lim yesterday. "In
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        Lock icon More cash to firms hiring disabled, older workers: Denise Phua
        295 25 MS DENISE Phua (Jalan Besar GRC) issued a heartfelt plea to the Government yesterday to help the needy and handicapped through this recession. She suggested that the Jobs Credit scheme be tweaked to give more cash support to companies employing
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        395 26  -  JEREMY AU YONG STRIKE A BALANCE "I have nothing against our young Singaporeans having fun and partying. But I hope they will work as hard as they play." Dr Loo, lamenting the work ethics of the younger generation. He calls on the Government
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        710 26  -  Jeremy Au Yong Overdose of bad news lowers morale; vital to win battle of the mind: MPs ByJ POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT SINGAPOREANS may be suffering from too much bad news in the media and the pessimism overload is dampening morale. Several MPs yesterday decried what they
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        437 26  -  KOR KIAN BENG MAXIMISE RESOURCES "The evening and overnight hours are exactly the period when residents return from work and need to park their vehicles." Mr Baey, seeking an arrangement for HDB residents to utilise carparks in school cluster buildings in
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        602 26  -  Lee Siew Hua By IN A rare moment, love was evoked in the austere chamber of Parliament. "Let me comment on this element of love. Right, L-O-V-E," MP Cynthia Phua (Aljunied GRC) said during yesterday's debate on the Budget
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        769 27  -  Fiona Chan Many banks unwilling to grant credit, even to firms in good standing By DIFFERENT DRUM BEAT "Financial institutions and the Government do not answer to the same drumbeat or mission. A respected banker told me this: 'Banks are not
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        Lock icon Review our risk management to reduce any exposure: NMP
        336 27  -  FIONA CHAN WITH so many well-managed companies and savvy investors unexpectedly losing money from bad investments, is the Singapore Government's money safe? That was the question posed by Nominated MP Loo Choon Yong, as he asked for more clarity on the
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        Lock icon MOF tracks financial status of ministries, stat boards
        349 27  -  Alvin Foo By The role played by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in tracking the financial position such as potential losses of various public-owned bodies was explained in Parliament on Tuesday. The MOF tracks the financial position including any contingent liabilities of
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        523 27  -  Kor Kian Beng By THE explosive growth in the proportion of foreigners here will slow and their numbers may even dip as the economy contracts this year. But continuing to shut them out when things get better will not be in Singapore's long-term
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        Lock icon Govt agencies not asked to invest in Las Vegas Sands
        226 27  -  KOR KIAN BENG THE Government has not directed any agency or government-linked company (GLC) to invest in Las Vegas Sands, the casino operator building the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort, said Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Senior Minister of State for
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      101 20 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm there is no link. Anyone can be struck MOST-READ ONLINE by a disease." Final bid to stop en bloc sale. MOST COMMENTED ST^ DBS chief executive has cancer. Says Singapore's Olympic swimming Tskwek: "I feel sad that a few sensation
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      910 30  -  Terrence Voon THE STRAITS TIMES ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Q^f TAO LI Swimmer receives inaugural ST Athlete of the Year trophy and lights up event with her singing By ON TAO LI "Tao Li had a great year and fully deserves the award." JASMINE YEONG-NATHAN,
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      811 31  -  Leonard Lim lOC's Ng asks Singapore officials not to give priority to own interests By YOU DID US PROUD "I cannot recall another year when there were so many achievements by so many Singaporean sportsmen and sportswomen in so many different sports. "You had us at
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      494 31 "I don't know when I'll be back. A lot depends on the baby." TIGER WOODS, saying that the birth of his second child will take precedence over golf. His wife, Elm, is due to give birth soon. SAN DIEGO: Tiger Woods' hotly-antici-pated comeback from injury
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      Lock icon Golfer Fujikawa's dad pleads guilty
      196 31 HONOLULU: The father of teenage professional golfer Tadd Fujikawa pleaded guilty to drug trafficking on Tuesday as his son, taking a break from practice, listened at the court hearing. Derrick Fujikawa, 45, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree methamphetamine trafficking. He faces prison time
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      Lock icon Premier League still laughing all the way to the bank
      324 32 LONDON: So much for the credit crunch. In a sign that English football remains immune to the global financial crisis, satellite broadcaster BSkyß has retained the main domestic rights to live Premier League games in a three-year deal reportedly worth
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      415 32 Arshavin transfer done after deadline, and rivals Villa might object LONDON: Arsenal's new £15 million (5532.7 million) signing Andrei Arshavin had a message for fans: "Trust in me and Arsenal." Trust, however, was in short supply from the rest of the Premier League teams, especially Aston Villa,
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      Lock icon Keane no loss to Liverpool, insists Benitez
      476 32 "Sometimes, a good player cannot perform in a new team. He was not doing as well as he could do." RAFAEL BENITEZ, saying that Robbie Keane had enough chances to prove himself at Liverpool LONDON: Rafael Benitez has defended the sale of Robbie
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      Lock icon Rednapp's Tottenham XI more like Ocean's XI
      678 32  -  Neil Humphreys LIGHTERSIDE I By Tottenham are a football charity providing shelter for ageing ex-players. THERE hasn't been a return this quick since an Australian Aborigine carved out a rotating wing from a piece of wood and said: "This'll bring down that damn
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    • SPORTS WORLD
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        112 32 NEW YORK: Australian Suzy Walsham (above), a Singapore permanent resident, won the Empire State Building Run-Up on Tuesday. She finished the 1,576-step, 86-storey climb in 13min 27sec, despite cutting open her lip during jostling on the ground floor. It was her third women's category
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        63 32 THE inaugural Racket Sports Asia Tennis Championships 2009, being held at the Kallang Tennis Centre, has attracted 258 entries, including some 50 foreign players. The $25,000 tournament, which began last Saturday, ends on Sunday. A two-day carnival will be held this weekend at the
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        109 32 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (right) equalled the one-day cricket bowling record before India < clinched the series with a crushing 147-run victory over Sri Lanka in the third match on Tuesday. He equalled former Pakistani paceman Wasim Akram's record of 502 wickets in his
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      63 33 Boston guard Ray Allen reacting after making the game-winning three-pointer in the second half of the Boston Celtics' National Basketball Association game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday. Boston won the game 100-99. Allen took a perfect pass from Paul Pierce and buried a baseline three-pointer with
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      387 33 Swimmer could face criminal charges over marijuana pipe photo COLUMBIA (South Carolina): Michael Phelps could face criminal charges because of the photo showing the American swimmer smoking from a marijuana pipe at a University of South Carolina house party. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, who is known
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      164 33 LAUSANNE: Six countries on four continents have submitted preliminary bids to host the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014. The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday said it had received applications from China, Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, Poland and Turkey. China is proposing Nanjing as
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      547 33 "When you're in the Old Trafford tunnel and you hear on the speakers, 'Please welcome the champions of England, the champions of Europe and the champions of the world', you just believe that you are going to crush anybody in your way." Manchester United striker Dimitar y*^^ Berbatov, on
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      172 30 n WHAI 5 UNLIINt in MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Phelps gets lucky break. Price changes in Singapore GP. Losing control freak. MOST COMMENTED Athlete of Year Tao Li inspired S'poreans Said bobbyliu: "Congrats to Tao Li for winning. I'm constantly amazed at how negative
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  • OBITUARIES
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      156 33 MDM YAP KIM KHEE Age: 73 Passed away peacefully on 4 February 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Or Boon Kwee (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Oh Chin Chai Kenny Soh Siew Cheng Or Chin Hong Bay Su Mvi Or Chin Poh Lua Wee Suan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Or
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      160 33 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 NG SIOK ENG Age: 79 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 February 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      104 33 WONG SWEE LAN Age 70 Passed away peacefully on 2nd Feb 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband Kong Kirn Soon (deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Kong Mun Chew Lim Suan Gaik Daughter: Son-in-law: Kong Pui Yoke, Florence Lam Chun Mun Grandsons: Granddaughters Kong Zhao Yu Lam Shi Mm,
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      97 33 HOWE TEOW HOCK Age: 67 passed away peacefully on 3 February 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Goh Kwee Choo Son; Daughter-in-law: Kevin Howe Wei Vivian Wong Yu Lai Daughters: Sons-in-law: Shirley Howe Joo Kee Andrew J. L. Pegg Serene Howe Joo-Li Christopher Ng Thong Lian
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      136 33 "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me, Your rod and your staff, they comfort me" Psalm 23:4 FOO KOK KIAN Age: 70 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 February 09, leaving
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      63 33 LEE SOH HA AGE: 66 passed away peacefully on 3 Feb 2009. Dearly missed fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Siew Poh Lye Sons: Daughter-in-law: Lee Choon Meng Lim Ai Tin Lee Kok Meng Daughter: Lee Fern Yong Body is resting at 51 Jalan Chengkek, *****74). Tel: 9005-0351. Cortege will
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      46 33 IN LOVINQ MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED HAN LEE FONG TAN JEOK HWA Departed: Feb 5,1996 Departed: Apr 6,1995 Your love, care and magnanimity will always be deeply cherished by us. Fondly remembered and dearly missed by children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, godchildren, S* relatives and loved ones.
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      212 34 YONG CHEW LAN Age 85 passed away peacefully on 3 February 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Gee Yong Wah (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Yee Chin Khong Yap Cheok Thow Yee Foo Kong Leow Choon Huay Yee Leng Kong Raymond Lee Poh Gek Ec Bok Kong Jimmy
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      138 34 "O Lord, I will always sing of your constant love. I will proclaim your faithfulness forever. "Psalm 89:1-2, TERESA HARDIE nee CHAN SAN CHOO Age: 77 has gone peacefully to be with the Lord Jesus on 2 February 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Patrick Hardie Children Spouses: Grandchildren: Alex
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      170 34 Nainam Chindanti Shasthrani Nainam Dahati Pavakaha Nachainam Kledayanthyapaha Nashoshayati Marutaha Weapons cannot harm the soul, fire cannot burn the wood, water cannot wet and air cannot dry up the soul. SRIMOTIANARI DEVI (w/o Late Lakh raj Rai) Vill:Mahuja passed away peacefully on February 4,2009. Sadly missed by Sons: Daughters-in-law: Udai
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      98 34 MDM LEE KWAI CHEE Age: 80 Passed away peacefully on 2 February 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Son: Daughter-in-law: Tang Hock Guan Bessie Lim Wee Lan Daughters: Son-in-law: Wendy Tang Siew Pheng Daniel Ho Soo Pooh Diana Tang Siew Van Grandsons: Granddaughters: Melvin Dong Hanwen Melissa
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      137 34 CHUA BAR LENG Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 04/02/2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Sim Seng Wee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Sing Teow Jian Eugene Seah Sock Cher Sim Cher Joo Lim Chiew Nai Tan Lye Seng Sim Hong Joo James Leong Mci San Jessie Daughters: Sim
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      50 34 Athma Shanti Pooja SOCKALINGAM NEELA Departed on 31 January 2009 Karumathi prayers will be held on 6 Feb (Fri night) at Blk 133 A Cashew Rd #03-155. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on 7 Feb (Sat) atSriArasakesari Sivan Temple (Sungei Kadut) at 7pm. Please treat this a personal invitation..
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      47 34 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Our Managing Director GEE SIEW CHIN her family on the demise of her beloved mother YONG CHEW LAN Departed on 3 Feb 2009 From: The Management Staff of Cashew Chemicals Pte Ltd Cashew (Tianjin) Co Ltd Caschem Coatings (Tianjin) Co Ltd
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      69 34 The family of the late Dr Chay Swee On (called home to be with the Lord on 29 January 2009) wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, doctors, Pastors and members of Barker Rd Methodist Church, friends, colleagues, and business associates for their attendance, prayers, donations, wreaths,
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      49 34 In Loving Memory Of OONGCHAYMEI called home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on sth February 2000 Your presence we miss, rYour memories we treasure. Always cherished and dearly missed by family friends 'The eternal God is our refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.' Deuteronomy 33:27 Jg
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      39 34 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Our Managing Director Gee Yew Kong his family on the demise of his beloved mother YONG CHEW LAN Departed on 3 Feb 2009 From: The Management Staff of Coatings Resource (Asia) Pte Ltd
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      38 34 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Our Managing Director Ec Bok Kong Jimmy his family on the demise of his beloved mother YONG CHEW LAN Departedon 3 Feb 2009 From: The Management Staff of Fuji Automation Pte Ltd
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      66 34 FIRST ANNIVERSARY THALAI THEVASAM SITHAMBARAM AMBIGAI (Mrs Nadisen) MINIMIKE TRADING COMPANY Departed 19 January 2008 The thalai thevasam prayers for our dear mother will be held on Friday, 6 February 2008, 8 pm, at the Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Sivan Temple (Kallang Gasworks) 226, Kallang Road Lavender MRT) Please treat this
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      49 34 The family of the late HJ ANANG BIN HJ MAHMOOD Departed 3 Feb 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, support and contributions during their recent bereavement. May Allah (S.W.Tj bless his soul. Amin Tel: 6552-5724
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      43 34 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of NADASAN MAGENDRAI Departed on 5/2/2008 Suddenly you were gont Leaving us in big forlorn Although we are worlds apart In our hearts You will always be a part Deeply missed by Mother Krishnammal i All Loved Ones
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      31 34 Bth Anniversary In Loving Memory of KASINAPHAN SUPPIAH Departed: 5 Feb 2001 Times passed, butyour thoughts will linger in our hearts forever. We love miss you. Dearly missed by Loved Ones.
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      203 33 Today Golf Buick Invitational: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 4am). Tennis RSA C'ships (Kallang Centre, 6pm). Tomorrow Basketball NBA: LA Lakers v Boston (Live, Ch24, 9am). Football Pre-season friendlies: SAFFC v Woodlands (Choa Chu Kang), Balestier v Geylang (Toa Payoh), Sengkang v Albirex (Hougang) spm. German Bundesliga: Bielefeld v Berlin
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      262 36 I "When The Market Is Up, I Earn When The Market Is Down, I Also Earn j* T|««i /*aa#J9 -NeolWu/Km Student oMsiaC/isrfs as fea/ured on J iS/l I I n& I w 000 Channel/tota "In The Professional League" 'The key is fte market was going down when I joined. And
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
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      619 39  -  Francis Chan Sales for big companies reached $1.6 trillion while profits rose 57%; small firms also did well By ROLE MODELS "These SMEs not only contribute to economic growth and jobs, they also serve as role models for other SMEs, aspiring entrepreneurs and start-ups."
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      559 39 HOUSING Board flats in Jurong West saw significant price rises last year. A study by property firm ERA has found resale prices of Housing Board flats there appreciated faster than those in other suburban towns such as Tampines and Woodlands. More
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      510 39  -  Joyce Teo By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT THE Government has been asked to help listed property firms here, especially real estate investment trusts (Reits), to refinance an estimated $12 billion in debt, given the frozen state of credit markets. The appeal comes
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        689 37 MAYBE BEIJING: A rise in China's official manufacturing index coupled with a surge in bank lending is feeding optimism that the world's third-largest economy may soon be on the road to recovery. The highlight of China's economic news yesterday was the official purchasing managers'
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        502 37 DEFINITELY NOT No word yet for Panasonic staff here PANASONIC has a staff strength of about 7,000 in Singapore working at 11 companies, including six factories and the regional headquarters for Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan and China, according to a local company spokesman. The employees
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        599 37 MAYBE NOT NEW YORK: The US private sector cut more than half a million jobs last month, according to a report that indicates the labour market will continue haemorrhaging for another year. ADP Employer Services said yesterday that private employers cut 522,000
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      479 38  -  Lee Su Shyan Less than a third upbeat about business outlook for coming year: Survey By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR FEWER than a third of Asia-Pacific chief executive officers (CEOs) say they are confident of their companies' business prospects over the coming year,
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      247 38 THE former Siglap Primary School in La Salle Street is up for tender. The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has approved the site for such educational purposes as a private school, day-care centre, or arts and drama centre. It comprises a three-storey and a
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      518 38 WASHINGTON: As a New York Times columnist put it, some recipients of a United States financial bailout continue to make a mockery of taxpayers. Until it came to light on Tuesday, Wells Fargo, which received US$25 billion (5537.7 billion) in US government bailout
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        521 35  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Traders see rebound as a chance to cash out and clear their positions By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT TRADERS must be thinking that they are trapped in Groundhog Day, the comedy that condemned actor Bill Murray to repeating the same
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        363 35  -  Yang Huiwen By A NEW training programme has been launched with the aim of turning out quality stockbrokers to cater to a growing crowd of sophisticated investors here. The programme has been designed for those planning to join the stockbroking industry, including fresh graduates as
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          104 35 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 806.23 million shares worth $797.01 million UP DOWN Gainers: 166 Losers: 158 Unchanged:9l2 Mid Cap 348.77 T -0.30 Basic materials 220.13 A 0.43 Utilities 288.31 -0.99 Small Cap 282.75 -0.27 Industrials 351.11 T -0.93 Financials 407.65 A 1.02 All Share 409.56 T -0.92 Consumer goods 385.40
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          218 35 Yesterday's close: 8,038.94 (+213.43) »Japan's Nikkei stock index rose 2.73 per cent, supported by an overnight rally on Wall Street after some rare good news on the ailing US housing market. Yesterday's close: 876.8 (-2.87) Malaysian share prices fell 0.3 per cent as local political uncertainty overshadowed an uptrend
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        697 36  -  Yang Huiwen Go-ahead paves way for Richard Li to privatise biggest HK phone carrier By MR RICHARD Li, the son of Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka Shing, is now only one step shy of privatising Hong Kong's largest phone carrier PCCW, in which a
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        362 36 KEPPEL Corp chief executive Choo Chiau Beng has warned employees that this year will be a "very difficult year" for the company. He told staff in the firm's latest newsletter that Keppel would be keeping a tighter lid on costs amid the downturn
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        411 36 SLOWING loan growth, mounting losses from bad debts and falling fee income from slumping capital markets will cut quarterly earnings for banks in Singapore and Malaysia by as much as a third, with an even rougher ride expected this year as the
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        307 36  -  Francis Chan By MAGAZINE publisher, The Lexicon Group, has moved one step closer to a reverse takeover of a property firm. Lexicon, a non-sponsored Catalist-list-ed firm, announced yesterday that it has entered into a $160 million conditional sale and purchase agreement
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      90 39 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm that take government funds to stabilise MOST-READ ONLINE their businesses. Is that too much or Crisis hits Singapore tourism. too little? MPs laud use of reserves. BUDGET DEBATE For all the buzz and breaking news YOUR SAY f rom t^e
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      115 40 fSAY WHAT?) I II 1/ V*^ T^*\ £/^£\j<^ X^-oK I long-winded.The captions ryL' QvS^ i^^(\ r^^^D r -i 1 accompanying art work in rS^\/^^stJ^ fi) i*-rl I 1/ Singapore museums can be r^SX^F I l\Vl^J__L" \J/1 check of 12 museums. What xv^JT Jk j Lr' j» r^> I 1 I
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      32 40 Chest-knuts Animated Bale goes is back music ballistic Movies and politics Chinese opera Dark Knight get roasted meets animation actor curses \i .^^■>. m f and swears AM 3 pV^ \L in clip
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES Life!
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        1673 41  -  Adeline chia Tortuous English and bad grammar in wall captions make museum visits a mind-boggling experience arts reporter The first thing that greets a visitor at the entrance of the Sun Vat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall is a plaque riddled with errors. The sign, mounted on
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        431 41  -  deepika shetty Getting captions right starts with a lot of research conducted over many months. Ms Gauri Parimoo Krishnan, 45, senior curator, South Asia, at the Asian Civilisations Museum, says: "This is the most painful part of a curator's job and many people don't realise it. A
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        948 42  -  Adeline Chia Life! asked Ms Helen Tan, 53, the newspaper's in-house English Language specialist, to critique the wall text from 8Q sam and Chinatown Heritage Centre At 8Q sam Ms Tan says "The piece on Grace Tan's sculptures, Specimens, though informative, may be lost on readers who
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        490 42  -  tara tan arts reporter DARK KNUTS: AVENUE QUANTUM Who: Stages Where: Victoria Theatre When: Feb 11 to 15 at Bpm, with 3pm matinees on Saturday and Sunday Tickets: $25 to $58 from Gatecrash (call 6100-2005 or visit www.gatecrash.com.sg) If the furry puppets in the musical
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        653 43  -  Adeline chia Huayi Festival The Singapore Chinese Orchestra's concert aims to fuse classic Chinese opera with animation arts reporter 'I don't capitalise on it as much as I used to. I used to pick it up and do shtick with A mrLiimwrnm it and all that,
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        311 43 London A bronze edition of the famous sculpture of a young ballet dancer by Edgar Degas sold at auction in London on Tuesday for a record £13.3 million (5528.8 million), auctioneers Sotheby's said. Petite Danseuse De Quatorze Ans is one of several versions of the work. When
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        635 44  -  deepika shetty Singaporean artist Manjeet Shergill returns from a five-year break with an assortment of artworks This collection is my re-introduction into the art circuit. People who have known me over the years will probably say I have calmed down a lot after they see my
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        286 44 London China is to get its first major exhibition of J.M.W. Turner's work after the Tate Britain agreed to lend the country 80 paintings from its collection. The loan, announced by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday, includes key works The Decline Of
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        544 44 WESSEX ARTS FESTIVAL Artists residing in the Wessex arts enclave along Portsdown Road will come together for a two-day arts festival on Saturday and Sunday. Titled An Arts Affair With Wessex, the event will feature an art exhibition, a fashion show, drumming performances by children's drama school Centre
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      485 45 Audio of Christian Bale unleashing expletives at crew on Terminator filmset leaks onto Internet Los Angeles Actor Christian Bale can be heard in newly surfaced audio delivering a long, profanity-laced verbal thrashing to a cinematographer and anyone who tried to calm him down on the set
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      553 45  -  eddino abdul hadi fmnh g h THE PRODIGY Fort Canning Park Last Tuesday music reporter The weekend came early for 5,000 fans of British hard dance pioneers The Prodigy at Fort Canning Park. It was only Tuesday but it might as well have been a Saturday
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      874 47 American stand-up comedian Greg Behrendt's (below) casual remark 'He's just not that into you' on the set of Sex And The City became a book (right) which he co-wrote, and an upcoming movie starring (from far left) Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly,
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      699 47 Meerut, India Amid all the hoopla over the Oscar nomination sweep by Slumdog Millionaire, there is a real-life Indian tale of beating the odds that is also vying for the prized golden statuette. A 38-minute American film called The Final Inch has been nominated
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        258 49 Los Angeles Joaquin Phoenix (left) says he has really quit acting to become a hip-hop musician. He has been recording a rap album in his home studio while promoting his supposed final movie, Two Lovers, he said. A video of his debut rap show in Las Vegas, filmed
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        190 49 Los Angeles Disney teen idol Miley Cyrus is in hot water again over another photo. The Hannah Montana star, who posed for sexy photos for Vanity Fair magazine last year, has been accused of mocking Asians by making slant-eye poses in a photo with her
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        246 49 Los Angeles Britney Spears' former self-styled manager sued the singer and her parents on Tuesday, claiming the star's parents defamed him and failed to pay his management fees. Osama "Sam" Lutfi sued Britney, Jamie and Lynne Spears in a Los Angeles court, alleging libel, defamation, battery, intentional
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        231 49 ROWLING: I'M NOT ANTI-FRANCE J.K. Rowling said she has nothing against France despite giving her Harry Potter villain a French name, Voldemort. As French President Nicolas Sarkozy bestowed the title of knight in the Legion of Honor on her on Tuesday, she said: "I can assure you that no
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      32 47 Ej S3 the JOBS page\ thesundaytimes Look out for the new JOBS page in The Sunday Times from February where we nave stories on how to survive Singapore's worst recession since independence
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      445 77  -  Gloria Chandy Editor gloria@sph. com. sg Living with a debilitating disease can be depressing and exhausting. Mostly for the patient, of course, but no less for the carers, especially the immediate family. I'm not a patient, but in a sense, I've lived with Parkinson's disease for years.
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      236 77 FRIDAY, FEB 6 Active Ageing: Talk on how to lead a healthy life as you age, as well as how to cope with the ageing process. National University Hospital, Health Education Hub, Main Building 1, Level 1. 1 to 2pm. Free. To register, call 6772-2184. SATURDAY, FEB 7
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        714 79 Dr Marc Siegel, associate professor of medicine at the NYU School of Medicine, is the author of False Alarm: The Truth About The Epidemic Of Fear and Bird Flu: Everything You Need To Know About The Next Pandemic Publicists should not put a spin on celebrity health conditions.
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        248 80 The claim: Chocolate can be disruptive to sleep. The fact: Chocolate can stir up feelings of affection and awaken the taste buds, but some people wonder if it can have a less pleasant side effect keeping them up at night. Chocolate contains caffeine, as many people
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        282 81 All 44 women in the study displayed respiratory symptoms after housework Scrubbing the kitchen floor or doing other chores around the home may trigger a spike in breathing problems in women with asthma, Ohio-based doctors warned in a report published this month. "We certainly know that
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        331 81 Women who have used hair dyes, even for decades, do not seem to have an elevated risk of multiple myeloma, a cancer in which malignant plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow, a new United States study suggests. In recent years, some
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        261 81 Just because stress is your way of life and you can juggle several tasks simultaneously does not mean you are operating at peak capacity. A study on the effect of stress on the brain suggested this. It was done at New York's Weill Medical College at Cornell
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      914 82 School is in session and the homework is piling up. The project work is never-ending, tests are just around the corner and you have just had an argument with your best friend? Don't panic. Mind Your Body asks medical professionals how you can keep stress at bay.
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      308 82 Drinking coffee may do more than just keep you awake. A new study, published recently in The Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease, suggests it may keep dementia at bay too. A team of Swedish and Danish researchers tracked coffee consumption in a group of
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      1310 83  -  DHANY OSMAN These days, multi-disciplinary sports events for kids like Denise Chia (right) comprising biking, swimming and running are becoming commonplace. DHANY OSMAN reports Want to get your child started on a more active lifestyle? Here are a few events they can take part in:
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        1376 84  -  Margaret Lee Cover Story Tremors forced his hand L Mr John Lee (not his real name, left) appears an unlikely candidate for Parkinson's. The amiable and talkative 68-year-old has a strong handshake and a steady stride which do not betray the condition he has lived
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        943 85  -  Margaret Lee Margaret Lee Shaking off illness for daughters' sakes Housewife and mother of two, Madam Tan (left), 48, has suffered from Parkinson's disease for 11 years. Plagued with shortness of breath, insomnia and uncontrollable whole body tremors even when lying down, Madam Tan opted for Activa Deep
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        913 86 A road accident changed a woman's life forever. She lost her memory, ability to speak and capacity to perform basic functions like swallowing. WONG MEI LING reports how her family's love sustained her on her road to recovery On the phone, her voice is a whisper and
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        688 86  -  Wong Mei Ling A severe injury to the head can throw victims into a coma if the neuronal discharge throughout the brain is severely disrupted. "It's like a massive power failure in a metropolis as a result of a natural disaster,"
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      630 87 Modern inventions like motorcycles and iPods may have transformed your life but they are also making more people prone to hearing problems Damaged hair cells in the inner ear cause 99 of hearing loss cases Rock concerts, iPods, jet engines, motorcycles, infections and trauma our ears
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        394 89  -  Dr Alvin Seah 9 My 75-year-old mother is physically fit. She is also mentally alert enough to play jong every weekend but at other times, lapses in her memory make me wonder if she has dementia. For example, she does not remember having visited her
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        284 89  -  Ms Nehal Kamdar nl have been cooking soup stock every weekend. I divide it into smaller portions and freeze them for use later. I make the stock with pork bones, chicken bones, fish bones, soya beans, big onions and dried abalone and I do not
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        699 91 n^EOPE Chef Emmanuel Stroobant suggests a simple Japanese and Thai-inspired dish for the everyday cook. MAKI OF ROAST BEEF SALAD I Serves four I INGREDIENTS FOR MAKI 400g beef tenderloin 50g rocket lettuce 20g macadamia nuts 2 tomatoes, peeled ft cut into thin strips 1 cucumber, peeled
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        421 91 Pot-able water purifier This new pot-type mineral water purifier on the market is tiny enough to fit into a refrigerator door shelf. Panasonic has just introduced two models equipped with mineral water-purifying cartridges and water purifying functions. The cartridges consist of three layers in activated charcoal and ceramic,
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        620 92 Actor Timothy Nga, 35, tells EONG he has his genes to thank for his lanky frame What do you do to keep fit? I walk a lot. My work also keeps me active especially when I'm rehearsing for a theatre production, what with the emotional and physical
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      246 77 contents Supervising Editor 1 a sumikoian 4 DO c TALK 14 TREATING PARKINSON'S Editor Gloria Chandy -< f--5 FACT OR FICTION 10 SU RVIVOR Photo Istockphoto r\ SVe 6 CAPSULES 18 GOING, GOING, GONE DEAF Cheow Sheong 8 KIDS UNDER PRESSURE 19 THE PRO hh.in-, i Km.in xb^bMSl^ SS IOSHE'SI2,AND
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      823 78 i^* Parkway Health™ m «J^ I Don't Let iroV I I 51 Steal Your Life i J^^ TliC Stroke Of stroke place a significant burden of care on the brain; or blood tests like HpdTl Iftinn the Patient' s fami|y and caregivers, as the CT-angiogram to study the blood vessels;
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