The Straits Times, 9 February 2009

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    18 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 2009 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon S'pore-made super-chip
      57 1 A TEAM of scientists from Singapore and the United States has taken microchip technology a step further, developing a chip seven times more powerful than existing ones. It also consumes 30 times less power, so cellphones that need to be charged only every two weeks could be a
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      Lock icon UOB chief's $30m charity
      54 1 UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw and his family have donated $30 million to establish a charity foundation. The Wee Foundation aims to help the less privileged both in Singapore and around the region, through efforts such as helping youth to further their education and aiding the
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      Lock icon Anwar should quit: Karpal
      57 1 MR KARPAL Singh, whose Democratic Action Party belongs to Malaysia's opposition Pakatan Rakyat, yesterday demanded that coalition leader Anwar Ibrahim step down. He has created enough trouble and it is time Pakatan got itself another leader, Mr Singh said. Pakatan lost control of Perak to the
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      Lock icon Prime projects take a hit
      43 1 SOME uncompleted residential properties in prime districts have changed hands at prices below those at which they were sold initially, reflecting the impact of the economic downturn on high-end condominiums launched in 2006 or later. MONEY PAGE 820
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    • Article
      Lock icon Gunners, Spurs draw 0-0
      46 1 ARSENAL held out for a defiant 0-0 draw with London rivals Tottenham despite having had defender Emmanuel Eboue sent off. But the result left them in fifth spot and they may fail to qualify for next season's Champions League. SPORT PAGE 81l
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    Lock icon Two ways workers will gain from Jobs Credit: PM
    694 1  -  Aaron Low By WORKERS will benefit from the Jobs Credit scheme in two ways and yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highlighted them when he responded to its critics in Parliament. One, it reduces the cost of a hiring a Singaporean
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    Lock icon 96 dead in worst Aussie bush fires
    592 1 Infernos in south-east raze entire towns, engulf residents fleeing in cars KINGLAKE (Victoria): At least 96 people were killed and entire towns razed in the worst wildfire disaster in Australian history, described by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday as "hell in all its
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      Lock icon Iran's Revolution: The final act
      1060 2  -  Jonathan Eyal 30 years after regime change, Teheran is close to showdown with West By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU THIRTY years ago this week, the Shah of Iran's government collapsed, and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by then already a frail 77 years old established his Islamic
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        Lock icon Look beyond Iran's satellite shot
        43 2 WE SAY Iran's launch of a satellite was provocative. But it should not change the outlook that has grown more hopeful after US President Barack Obama said he was ready to talk with the Iranians. EDITORIAL PAGE A2O
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        Lock icon Slow advance for army
        24 2 COLUMNS Tough times may dampen the Vietnamese army's ambition of rebuilding its outdated capabilities, says Robert Karniol. REVIEW PAGE A2l
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        Lock icon Beating Internet bullies
        21 2 A more proactive approach needs to be taken in tackling cyber-bullies, says Tan Wei Zhen. HOME PAGE 810
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        Lock icon A fair deal for residents?
        33 2 OUR READER SAYS Waste removal fees should be more transparent, says Taim Oon Chew, after four companies raise their rates by 40-63 per cent. FORUM PAGE A 22
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        40 2 www.straitstimes.com Peh Shing Huei notes that the iconic Bird's Nest still elicits post-Olympic excitement. Carolyn Hong finds out how Perakians really feel amid the Chinese New Year festivities. Francis Chan on the sobering reality of SMEs' credit squeeze.
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      Lock icon Yio Chu Kang residents get update on MP
      476 3  -  DON'T PUSH OUT FOREIGNERS "We should not push out foreign workers as that would harm both businesses and Singaporean workers. "The Jobs Credit is a good way to encourage companies to hire more Singaporeans. "Unions understand this, which is why they support
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      92 4  -  Chew Seng Kim By PHOTOJOURNALIST What happens a minute before 8am? Straits Times photographers show their interpretation of that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 7.59. We aim to capture everyday scenes across the island with a different perspective, bringing readers a slice of life that would
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      Lock icon New super-chip is made in Singapore
      397 4  -  Chua Hian Hou It uses a fraction of the power to do seven times the job of other models By A SINGAPORE-American brain trust has made a new microchip they claim is seven times more powerful than its existing cousin. The icing on this
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      Lock icon Going the extra mile for job seekers
      132 6 Career centres are bustling with activity as the total number of job seekers hit 6,813 in December. This is up from 5,538 in November, according to official statistics released last week. With unemployment hitting an estimated 2.6 per cent in the last quarter
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      Lock icon Online help from peers
      249 6 RETRENCHED workers and job seekers are coming together online to share tips on landing a job in this recession. Last month, job website Jobs Central introduced a forum for users to post information about companies which are retrenching or rumoured to be retrenching. They discuss topics
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      Lock icon Helping students via SMS alerts and internships
      507 6 WITH many multinational corporations putting the brakes on hiring this year, the Nanyang Technological University has set its sights on government agencies and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to hire its graduates. Over the past few months, the university's career services officers have
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      Lock icon Self-help groups add staff to cope with increased enquiries
      393 6 A SURGE in the number of job seekers has had two community self-help groups Mendaki and Sinda beefing up their staff to cope with the numbers. Mendaki Sense, the social enterprise wing of Malay self-help group Mendaki, saw one of its
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      Lock icon CDCs add on recruitment drives to aid jobless PMETs
      472 6 THERE will be a continuous stream of job fairs and recruitment drives this year, as Community Development Councils (CDCs) try to match unemployed residents with prospective employers. North West CDC said it will be holding nine job placement exercises a month,
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      Lock icon Hot study destination in cool market
      1161 8  -  Sandra Davie More foreign students head to Spore for quality, low-cost degrees By SENIOR WRITER INDIAN student Rima Joseph, 20, had her heart set on studying in Britain. But when her parents' travel agency business in Mumbai got hit by the downturn, they sent
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      322 8 Joint Polytechnic Admissions Exercise Courses Offered And Entry Requirements Application Procedures 1. All eligible ITE Higher NITEC NITEC holders (including final semester 4. Applications are to be made online via the JPAE website (http:// graduating students awaiting results in April 09) are invited to apply for www.polytechnic.edu.sg/jpae) from 9 February
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon 'It's going to look like Hiroshima'
      739 10 DEADLY AUSTRALIA BUSH FIRES Traumatised survivors relive horror as entire towns razed SYDNEY: Survivors of the deadliest bush fires in Australia's history yesterday described how a thick blanket of black ash blotted out the sun, leaving only a "horrible orange glow" as flames bore
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        Lock icon Anwar must step down: DAP chairman
        634 12 Karpal Singh also considering DAP's future in Pakatan YOU CAN'T KILL YOUR PARENTS "Party-hopping can never be justified as it can be compared with one murdering the very parents who were responsible for one's birth merely upon one reaching adulthood." DAP chairman Karpal Singh
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        Lock icon After Perak, is BN eyeing Kedah as next target?
        475 12  -  Teo Cheng Wee By KUALA LUMPUR: After reclaiming Perak from the opposition, the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition is widely believed to be eyeing Kedah next. It will be a greater achievement if BN can pull it off, as the opposition
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        Lock icon perak's sultanTension up as Umno tries to seize the day
        649 12  -  Carolyn Hong By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: When Mr Nizar Jamaluddin refused a royal command to resign as Perak chief minister with these mocking words mohon derhaka (a humble request to revolt), the phrase immediately captured public imagination. Patik
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        Lock icon Chipmakers sweat it out in Taiwan
        1301 14  -  Ho Ai Li By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT This is part of an occasional series by The Straits Times' network of overseas bureaus on how communities and companies around the world are coping with and surviving the global economic downturn Chips are down in key industries
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        Lock icon To Hanoi with verve and zest
        662 15  -  Lee Seok Hwai Singapore's new ambassador has also distinguished himself in his work on China By OUTSIDE THE BOX "What the minister (George Yeo) has asked me to do is look at new and creative avenues to engage Vietnam, not only in trade." Mr
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        Lock icon Housing takes poor out of slums
        657 17  -  Alastaire Mclndoe MEMO FROM MANILA Taguig City's project to help squatters own homes draws attention of other townships By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT FROM her third-floor apartment, mother of four Elvie Pablo points to a sprawling slum of tin-roofed shanties below. The eyesore is called PNR,
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        Lock icon China fights drought with cloud seeding
        204 17 BEIJING: China fired thousands of artillery shells into the sky to make it rain and prepared to divert water from its two longest rivers to fight the country's worst drought in decades, officials said yesterday. The drought, which has hit most of the north
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    • world international
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        Lock icon House parties held to discuss stimulus plan
        689 18  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Election machinery resurrected as some 3,000 heed Obama's call By US CORRESPONDENT BOWIE (Maryland): As the Senate debated the economic stimulus package in a rare Saturday session, Mrs Yvette Lewis was holding forth on the subject with equal passion in her
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        Lock icon More US women to be breadwinners soon
        324 18 WASHINGTON: Women in the US may soon, for the first time, hold more jobs than men, if the economic crisis continues to eliminate jobs in male-domi-nated industries, experts say. With the Labour Department announcing last Friday that 3.6 million jobs have been lost
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        Lock icon Israeli election set to return right to power
        610 19 Netanyahu's Likud party tipped to win the most seats, opinion polls show JERUSALEM: Israel votes tomorrow in the wake of the war in Gaza, with the ballot expected to shift the country to the right and put it at odds with a
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        Lock icon Their stand
        148 19 Where Israel's major parties stand on peace: LIKUD (right-wing) Israel will focus its efforts on assisting the Palestinian Authority to improve the West Bank economy. No mention of a Palestinian state. KADIMA (centre) Supports the creation of a Palestinian state in most of the occupied West Bank and
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        Lock icon Healthy US-Russia vibes
        136 19 MUNICH: Russia is hearing a "very strong signal" from the new US administration regarding improving relations between the two countries, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said yesterday. "The new US administration is sending a very strong signal, and we are hearing it, for the restoration of
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        Lock icon Lower electricity prices
        65 19 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will lower electricity tariffs for households and industry by 7-10 per cent by the end of the month, says Energy Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor, according to reports yesterday. The power price reductions will be discussed in Cabinet on Wednesday. Electricity tariffs were hiked 24
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        Lock icon Gas pipeline work starts
        95 19 BEIJING: China has started work on the eastern section of a natural gas pipeline to bring cleaner fuel from central Asia and China's remote north-west to the energy-hungry, polluted south-east. The massive project, costing around 142 billion yuan (Ss3l billion), will have the capacity to carry
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        Lock icon Probe into embryos doc
        73 19 LOS ANGELES: The Medical Board of California is investigating the doctor who helped Ms Nadya Suleman, the unemployed, divorced single mother of octuplets, give birth a total of 14 times with fertilised embryos. The board did not name the doctor but was checking to see if
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        Lock icon Woman's Atlantic feat
        49 19 SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico): A 56-year-old American has become the first woman on record to swim across the Atlantic. Ms Jennifer Figge arrived in Trinidad on Feb 5, about three weeks after leaving the Cape Verde Islands off Africa's western coast on Jan 12. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      101 10 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm would provide a simple check to MOST-READ ONLINE ensure that those who want to be Australian bush fires kill 84. parents are responsible. The US government should learn the lesson of MOST COMMENTED over-deregulation." I crave for a "huge family".
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      25 17 BUILDING FUTURES f One success story at a time What's the best short-cut W to my career path? aJmjL *mm~~ WE HAVE THE PLAN W^W'
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Look beyond Iran's satellite shot
      420 20 IRAN added to international worries about its nuclear programme when it launched a satellite last week. The shot was provocative but over-reac-tion is uncalled for. It could impair prospects for direct negotiations the United States intends to try. Teheran claimed the lightweight Omid was for
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      Lock icon Right to steer a forceful course
      885 20  -  Lim Chin BUDGET 2009 By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The size of the stimulus package exceeds expectations and the Jobs Credit and Special Risk-Sharing Initiative initiatives are quite innovative. And using the reserves at this juncture to finance these initiatives is entirely appropriate. TWENTY-FIVE
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      Lock icon Good neighbours mend fences
      574 20 SPORE-INDONESIA BORDER SETTLEMENT NEVER mind the length of time it took 36 years to agree on the western segment of (Indonesia's) maritime border with neighbouring Singapore, because the frontier is an issue with a most suspenseful character. The famous lecture by Lord Curzon in Oxford 100
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        Lock icon Stumbling on their sense of entitlement
        1006 21  -  Steven Pearlstein MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE U.S. By MR TOM Daschle still doesn't get it. Mr John Thain never did. Mr Barack >w Obama gets it sometimes, Ms 1 Nancy Pelosi and Mr John \^r Boehner, not so much. lr Corporate executives t
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        Lock icon Slow advance for Viet army revamp
        826 21  -  Robert Karniol By DEFENCE WRITER SPURRED by the growing obsolescence of its military inventory, the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) has been methodically rebuilding its capabilities. Its latest acquisitions illustrate the trend. Force development took hold with the introduction of a new defence posture in
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        Lock icon Who will bankroll recovery in the US?
        810 21  -  Michael Richardson By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES AS THE global economic storm intensifies, many are wondering: How much will the United States borrow as it tries to recover? And who will lend it the money? The answer will shape not only the future
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        Lock icon Hold price hike on key service
        225 22 WASTE REMOVAL PROVIDERS of most essential services, including public transport and utilities, have reduced their prices or seem intent to do so with the help of Budget 2009's Resilience Package. This is not true of some companies involved in waste removal. These are the
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        Lock icon Recycling: All that effort gone to waste
        271 22 DESPITE the drive to go green and up household recycling efforts, the actions of the recycling service provider in my HDB estate in Upper Boon Keng seem to undermine the cause. Trying to find the recycle bins is like playing hide-and-seek as their
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        Lock icon Jordanian football fracas: Three concerns
        339 22 I MADE three observations after reading reports on the Singapore-Jordan Asian Cup qualifying football match at the National Stadium on Jan 28, and the violence that erupted afterwards. First, the match attracted only 6,188 fans. Considering that around 45,000 Singaporeans turned up at Kallang the
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        Lock icon For me, home must be wholesome, clean
        385 22 I REFER to last Wednesday's report, "Loosen up and let the energy in", on architect William Lim's personal opinion. As he felt that Singapore lacks vibrancy, he clamoured for: A less clean-slate approach and less rigid state control of the streetscape; More spaces
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        Lock icon Gym staff urged to meet patrons' needs
        252 22 I REFER to last Tuesday's letter by Mr Kiong Kian Soon, "Sports council gyms in poor shape". We regret that Mr Kiong had an unpleasant experience at our gym. All Singapore Sports Council (SSC) CIubFITT gyms are supervised by a fitness instructor who
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      97 22 jj| WHAT'S ONLINE MORE LETTERS www.straitstimes.com ONLINE FORUM LAW FIRMS: Big is not necessarily better and small can be smashing UPGRADING SCHEMES: It won't work in SMEs if bosses aren't in on it 4 ml ULTRA THIN COMFORT ±A STRETCH A .raA=s .SS Mi Completely relaxed, truly soothing. O The
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
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      Lock icon Wee family sets up charity foundation
      794 23  -  Theresa Tan Family behind UOB donates $30m, joining similar bodies set up by prominent businessmen to help the less privileged By Other foundations here Chew Hua Seng Foundation Mr Chew Hua Seng, the founder of private education provider Raffles Education Corp, pledged $100 million
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      Lock icon 900 caught since wider smoking ban
      575 24  -  Jermyn Chow About half picked up in first week of extended ban averaging 69 a day By MORE than 900 smokers were caught puffing in out-of-bound areas, a month after the nationwide smoking ban was widened to cover more public places. About half of
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      Lock icon Mock arson and bomb attack on SMRT train
      335 24  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By IT WAS not just the usual train ride for the more than 500 "commuters" who took part in an emergency evacuation exercise organised by SMRT yesterday morning. Packed into a train at Pioneer MRT station, part of the soon-to-be-opened
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      Lock icon Free lunch for 250 elderly folk
      295 25  -  YEN FENG MANY stories of people helping people go untold in Singapore, Mr Lim Boon Heng, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, said yesterday. "In this economic downturn, we need to tell more of such stories to encourage others to do the same." Mr
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      Lock icon One for the album with MM
      133 25 4,000 grassroots leaders and family at Istana CNY party MR LEE Kuan Yew was the focus of attention as these grassroots leaders posed for pictures with the Minister Mentor during a Chinese New Year party at the Istana yesterday. The garden party on the
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    • QUICKNEWS
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        Lock icon Chung Cheng High School turns 70
        86 25 CHUNG Cheng High School launched a series of events to celebrate its 70th anniversary yesterday. The school, which has strong Chinese roots, will be organising events such as a students' calligraphy exhibition, a golf tournament, and an alumni painting exhibition. The highlight is expected
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        Lock icon Telok Ayer road closure today
        71 25 PART of Telok Ayer Street, in Raffles Place, will be closed to vehicles between spm and midnight today. The stretch, between Boon Tat Street and McCallum Street, will be closed for a live performance as part of the Hokkien Huay Kuan's Chinese New Year Yuan
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      408 26  -  Yen Feng Church suing ex-landlord for unlawful eviction and loss of property valued at $27,000 By SACRED religous ornaments belonging to the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Christian Church of Singapore remain mysteriously missing a year after the congregation was evicted from its premises.
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      204 26  -  MARIA ALMENOAR ALSTOM Transport has clinched a contract to supply the tracks for the new Downtown Line. The $238 million contract includes the design, installation of tracks and a power supply rail in the first and second stages of the project. The
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        978 28  -  Carolyn Quek Most of them doing it with men they know such as boyfriends By KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN NEVER mind that they know little about the birds and the bees, teenage girls here are still going ahead with the deed and in larger
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        324 28  -  CAROLYN QUEK KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN BARELY 15, "Nora" found herself grappling with an issue that was no child's play an unwanted baby on the way. The pregnancy was the result of a one-night dalliance with a man she barely It was not her first The
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        394 28  -  CAROLYN QUEK KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN SEXUALLY transmitted infections (STIs) among teenagers have become a reality, with more of them engaging in sex. In the five years between 2004 and last year, 518 girls aged between 12 and 16 were diagnosed with STIs at the clinic in
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      252 29  -  Caroline Chia 9,100 Hindu devotees take part in Thaipusam this year Text and photographs By SOME 9,103 Hindu devotees took part in Thaipusam yesterday, the highest number since 2000. The annual event is held in honour of Lord Murugan to celebrate his birthday and the occasion his
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        230 30  -  LAI YI MING BY MALAYSIAN Dairy Industries (MDI) has won a Global Food Industry Award for the locally produced Vitagen Collagen drink. It was awarded by the International Union Of Food Science And Technology (ILJFoST), a federation of national food science organisations that represents more than 200,000
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        134 30  -  LIM YANN LING BY MALAYSIA Airlines (MH) has removed the fuel surcharge for all its flights into and out of Singapore. The move came into effect recently, together with the launch of MH Value Fares, a four-category scheme that offers savings to those who plan their
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        513 30  -  DAPHNE LEE The economy is doing poorly but the ardour of lovebirds isn't dampened for Valentine's Day BY LOVE conquers all, even when the going is tough. About 150 prospective singles are participating in a $1 "recession-friendly" Valentine's Day event organised by online portal website
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        592 31  -  Tan Wei Zhen SOAPBOX Let's take a more active approach like having a squad of cyber-cops to police Internet bullies By THE advent of new media begs one question: Can the law keep up fast enough with rapid changes in society to protect our young? Two
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        867 31 MY LIFE Valentine's Day for youth will be a tad subdued but no less romantic Job first, love can wait VALENTINE'S Day may be just around the corner, yet I cannot even fathom its significance, having neither a significant other nor a full-time job. Socialising is expensive
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        463 31  -  Lee Khai Van MY THOUGHTS By FOR the past few months, while my fellow final-year students in university fretted and sweated about landing an ideal job upon graduation, I was investigating the same issue among another age group: the elderly. Along with
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      636 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE TIMES LONDON Arsenal hang on after Eboue's dismissal and Adebayor's injury Tottenham Hotspur 0 Arsenal 0 "The referee made a massive, wrong decision in cancelling the goal. It was not acceptable. It was a normal goal. How can you cancel a goal like
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      516 32 "They go straight through a bloke to get a yellow card, so that they don't have to play over Christmas." STEVE BENNETT, Premier League referee, on players who get themselves booked and suspended LONDON: Two weeks ago, the News of the
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      950 33 PriPtOltOCC TrtKKiOC" Sunday, Feb 1 r I 11/ClCdd IUI I CO- Liverpool 2 (Torres 89, 90+4) Chelsea 0 UCljfOi Liverpool are heading for a draw with tIA/O ICPV CO^lQ 10-man Chelsea before Fernando Torres IVVVP IVCy gUQId, beats Petr Cech with a header in
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      540 33 LONDON: Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill refuses to contemplate a title challenge after his side's record-breaking win by dispatching Blackburn 2-0 at Ewood Park on Saturday. Chelsea's draw with Hull allowed Villa to move two points ahead into third spot. With the teams
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      373 33 LONDON: The good news for Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari: Gianfranco Zola does not want his job. The West Ham manager, voted Chelsea's greatest player by the club's fans, told The Sunday Mirror: "I owe a lot to West Ham. Not many clubs
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      482 34 DUBLIN: Two rugby teams, two wins, but two very different outlooks. Ireland's 30-21 win over France on Saturday their first in eight meetings signified a new dawn. They outscored the technically brilliant French by three tries to two and, given some of the consummate attacks and
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      643 34 STRAUSS CO HUMILIATED His captaincy's off to a rocky start as England are dismissed for 51 runs Three hours of havoc for England 1-1: An excellent probing delivery by Jamaica's sensational fast bowler Jerome Taylor tempts Alistair Cook to drive. The edge is taken by Devon Smith. 11-2 lan Bell
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        134 34 NEW YORK: The National Basketball Association on Friday took away one of Leßron James' 10 rebounds in Wednesday's 107-102 win over the Knicks. That left him one rebound shy of becoming the first player to score at least 50 points while registering a triple-double
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        82 34 MILAN: David Beckham was recalled to the England football squad on Saturday, at the same time as LA Galaxy snubbed a reported £6.7 million (5514.8 million) bid from AC Milan to make his loan move at the San Siro permanent, reported The Times. Beckham
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        53 34 MADRID: Gonzalo Higuain's 13th goal of the season helped Real Madrid beat Racing Santander 1-0 and notch their seventh straight Spanish Primera Liga football victory on Saturday. The win moved the defending champions to 47 points, nine behind leaders Barcelona, who played Gijon late
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        76 34 COLOMBO: Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara both narrowly missed opportunities to score centuries yesterday as Sri Lanka denied India a series sweep with a 68-run victory in the fifth and final one-day cricket international. Dilshan made 97 off 117 balls while Sangakkara (84) scored
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      229 34 LONDON: Two months ago, as Mark Webber lay in agony on the road with a shattered shinbone protruding through his leg, the Formula One driver asked paramedics: "When can I drive again?" He had suffered a career-threatening compound fracture of his right
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      279 34 SAN DIEGO: John Rollins got off to a quick start and held on to seize the lead on Saturday in the US$5.3 million (557.95 million) Buick Invitational. He birdied the second, fourth and sixth holes, then traded two birdies and three bogeys coming in to post
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      682 35  -  Terrence Voon Singapore Sailing will devote more resources to the growing sport By Thai wins Open title THAILAND'S rising star Aphichart Tibtabmark clinched the RS:X class at the 28th Singapore Open Windsurfing Championships at the NSRCC Sea Sports Centre yesterday. The 19-year-old held off the challenge
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      435 35 NEW YORK: Alex Rodriguez's good name is gone forever. At least that is the reasonable conclusion in the wake of Sports Illustrated's report that the baseball superstar tested positive for two anabolic steroids in 2003, when he won the American League's Most Valuable Player Award with
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      341 35  -  Lin Xinyi By SOUTH Korea's Dylan Kirn was crowned the inaugural Racket Sports Asia Tennis Championships men's singles champion yesterday. The world No. 683 defeated compatriot and 2008 Roland Garros Junior Championships quarter-finalist Cho Soong Jae 6-4, 6-2 at
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      372 35 Basketball NBA LA Clippers 121 Atlanta 97, Philadelphia 94 Miami 84, New Jersey 114 Denver 70, Memphis 78 Toronto 70, Houston 107 Minnesota 90, Dallas 115 Chicago 114 (0T), Detroit 126 Milwaukee 121 (0T). Cricket Ist Test In Kingston, 4th day: England 318 all out and 51 all out
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      122 36 Who: Svein Tuft (above) What: Cyclist at this weekend's Tour of California, where he will race with the Garmin-Slipstream squad, and is likely to race at the Tour de France this summer How: His journey so far... Dropped out of school in the 10th grade, lured by the
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      581 36 TALK ABOUT TUFT "He's somebody who has lived life according to how he wanted to live it." JONATHAN VAUGHTERS, Garmin-Slipstream team director "At first, you have this idea that this guy's a nut case. But he's not." MARK CUNNINGHAM, co-owner of the Symmetries Cycling team in
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      182 32 n WHAI 5 UIMLIIMt V) most viewed, 9 MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Torres rescues Liverpool with stoppage-time winner. Fl drivers slam licence fee hike. Katherine Hull wins Australian Ladies Masters. MOST COMMENTED Becks' Milan plea. Said Eagle2oo4: "Unfortunately, David Beckham will be remembered more for his
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      64 33 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER International Football Slovakia Ukraine Wed, 11/02/09 2.00 am International Football Brazil Italy Wed, 11/02/09 3.45 am This match is played on neutral ground. LJIIJIJ Draw No. 2404/2009 MLjLJ Draw Today! Monday, 9 February 2009 6 J%. Sales close today 6pm 31 m^er Draw
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      203 35 Tomorrow Football International friendlies: Brazil v Italy (Live, Ch27, Wednesday, 3.45 am). Argentina v France (Live, Ch22, Wednesday, 4am) Tennis WTA tournament in Paris: Ist rd (Live, 9pm Wednesday 3am Chll3) Wednesday A::.i.in World Cup qualifiers: North Korea v Saudi Arabia (1.55pm), H Japan v Australia (6.15pm)- Live, Ch24. i
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      167 36 rejoiced when I heard them say, "Let us go to the house of the Lord." Psalm 122:1 JACLYN CHONG JUN ER Born: 5 October 1990 Born to Eternal Life: 8 February 2009 Lovingly remembered and dearly missed by: Papa: Benjamin ChongKokYoong Mummy: Helen Chow Mm Kirn Sister: Ashleigh Ann Chong
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      167 36 "We have this hope, a sure and stedfast anchor of the soul." (Hebrews 6:19) The family of the late HENRY TAN HOAY GIE bbm, jp who returned to his Lord Jesus Christ on 29 January 2009 gratefully acknowledge and deeply appreciate the kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, donations and wreaths
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      46 36 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of JOLENE TAN JIE VI Departed 9 February 2007 We dream of you, dear loved one, And see your charming smiles, And know that you are happy In your Father's chosen place. Deeply missed by Family, Grandparents, Uncles, Aunties Loved Ones.
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      25 36 30th ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of SUSHEELA KUMAR Departed on 9 Feb 1979. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and loved ones.
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      34 36 Memories live forever..... Cheryl Yeo Swee Geok February 9,1957 to February 9,2007 Girl, Time changes many things, But not the memory this day brings. Love always Mum, siblings, in-laws, nieces, nephews and grand nephews.
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      129 36 "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Philippians 1:21 On 7th February 2009, Linda Chia nee Sim Slang Koen was called home to be with the Lord. She was a God-fearing woman who was strong yet tender, steadfast yet accommodating, often knowing the right words
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      85 36 HARUMAIL SINGH (FRANKIE) Age: 59 Village: Lallian passed away peacefully on 7 Feb 2009 leaving behind his wife, children and grandchildren Funeral will be held on 9 Feb 2009, Mandai Crematorium Hall 1 at 5.30pm. Buses will leave Central Sikh Temple and Blk 6 St Georges Lane at 4.15pm. Akhand
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      63 36 SUNDRAM S/O X MUNUSAMY Age: 61 passed away peacefully on 8/2/09 leaving behind: Beloved Wife: T. Thilagavathi Son: Daughter: Ganesh s/o Sundram Aneethad/o Sundram Mother-in-law: K. Thangammah Brothers, sisters, in-laws, relatives and friends to mourn for him. Cortege will leave Blk 175 Yishun Aye 7 #14-857 at 3.30pm on 9/2/2009
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      24 36 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late CPLWONGZIYU on 7 February 2009 From Commander, Officers, and Men of 2 PDF
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      34 36 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to our director Kevin Then Kwen Choy and family on the demise of his beloved mother CHEONGSEWENG on 7 Feb 2009 From The Management Staff of KZT Pte Ltd
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      49 36 9th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of TAN HOCK CHYE Departed 9/2/2000 He had a smile; a pleasant way. A helping hand, to all he knew He was kind, generous and true On earth he nobly did his best; Grant him, Jesus heavenly rest. Dearly missed by your Wife Children
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      20 36 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of EE WHAT LEE Departed 9 Feb 2008 Dearly missed always remembered by loved ones
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      95 36 ATHMA SANTHI POOIA RAVINTHARAN S/OK. NATHAN Departed on 26.01.2009 Karumathi Prayers will be held today, 9/02/2009 Monday at 11.00pm at residence Blk 453 Choa Chu KangAve 4, #05-121 Spore *****3. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on 10/02/2009 Tuesday at 7.00pm at 24, Geylang East Avenue 2 Sri Sivan Temple.
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      116 36 Acceptance of Obituaries News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North Mondays Saturdays 8.30 am to 9.45pm Sundays a Public Holidays 12.30pm to 9.45pm Only death announcements can be accepted after office hours.' To help us process your announcement quickly, please bring along the following: Original Death Certificate Identity Card of person
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        423 37  -  Lee Su Shyan BULLS AND BEARS Doubts over US rescue plan and muted earnings results will have a bearing By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR WITH today being the 15th and last day of the Chinese New Year celebrations, investors may want to mark this day with
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        343 37  -  LEE SU SHYAN WARRANT WATCH TRADING of covered warrants of banks was in the spotlight last week, mimicking the rising activity in bank shares. Top of the list was United Overseas Bank (UOB), whose shares weakened at the end of the week, losing two cents to close
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      393 41  -  JOYCE TEO THE first major condominium launch this year attracted very strong interest at its preview, with crowds packing its Jurong West showflat three days beginning last Friday. Property developer Frasers Centrepoint said it had sold 300 units at the 712-unit
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      236 42 Fat Wakin Bush no more in concert is back 8 Questions With Did he forget In Will Ferrell's Lmtmf :.IW Af/ /*%i^r bb\ Zl^^^— MM iH 3I iBM I BVBBB^I II l m \\\\\WjA \\\\\\\\\\\\v Jf -'-^^l M M Byy^fTXrT^ffMJliTj tit j 11* J iT<i;Aj!AliiMAia2^llli3 9 ■TtT^l it Bj?V It
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        331 43 Los Angeles Batman star Christian Bale apologised last Friday for his expletive-laden tantrum during the filming of a new Terminator film, saying he was "out of order beyond belief". His meltdown became an Internet sensation last week after a recording of his rant at
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      670 46  -  Adeline chia Emotions are so real in this stunning epic that people are left crying and laughing at the same time ffWßWtheatre THE VILLAGE Performance Workshop, Esplanade Theatre Last Saturday arts reporter There are few productions that sweep Singaporeans, who are known for their cool
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        236 51 Hong Kong Former TVB star Gigi Lai has confirmed her marriage to Hong Kong businessman Patrick Ma. Lai, 36, was said to be preparing for her wedding later this month in Sydney but, last Friday, she released pictures of the nuptials and announced during a TVB
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      140 75 *^l Events Diary FEBI6 TIME MANAGEMENT: MULTITASKING AND PRIORITISING This course teaches practical timo inuoctmonttorhnimmeth^t i_■ i time investment tecnniquestnat help you to spread your time s r.mct m m™nntiHom3nHcmH across competing demands and improve your work performance. Foo- t^n Tnmo-ictor rail |-ee.*di)U. lo register, call imnmccTrainino-atKAni impress i raining
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        100 79 JHGJHJHGJH f CALLING ALL HUNKS AND HONEYS! Think your friend could be Singapore's next top model? Or that your classmate is too cute for school? Then snap his or her picture with your digital camera or phone and send it to stin@sph.com.sg with the subject head "IN HUNK"
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        316 81 Politicians are turning to the Internet as an effective way to connect with their support base. Here are some successful, and less successful examples. By Lim Jun Vi WHO: Barack Hussein Obama 11, President of the United States WHAT: Membership of at least 15 social networking
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        216 81 Being the finance minister is not easy, and players of the game I Wish I Were The Finance Minister can find out just how tough the job is. The game play is simple. Each player steps into the shoes of the finance minister, allocates government funds and
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        348 82 Three soldiers slapped and kicked one of their comrades until he lost consciousness By Lim Jun Vi Three soldiers beat up their colleague at their camp last year, upset that his poor work attitude had landed them in trouble with their superiors. Recruit Jagjeet Singh, a 19-year-old full-time
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        221 82 'ROYAL' TIFF Michael Jackson (above) has been sued for allegedly failing to pay royalties for his groundbreaking music video, Thriller. John Landis, who co-wrote and directed the 14-minute clip, claims that he has not received payment for the last four years. Jackson has also allegedly sold the
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        873 84 FOR BETTER... It is no mean feat to be promoted from the Normal (Technical) to the Express stream. But that is exactly what Chua Yun Chong and Melvil Seah from Yusof Ishak Secondary School managed to do this year, reports The Straits Times. And to recognise
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        828 86  -  ANDREW DUFFY BY By Shuli Sudderuddin, The Sunday Times, Jan 25, 2009 It's 11 pm at Somerset Skate Park. The lights are off and most of the skaters have gone home. The ground is strewn with food boxes that contain scraps of fried chicken
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        614 87 For thousands of young Singaporeans, Chinese New Year has two highlights: hongbao and food. The reunion dinner is a cornerstone of celebrations for the festive season. It is the one time when families gather around the table to feast and toast to a healthy and prosperous year ahead. In
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        677 88 By Lee Seok Hwai, The Straits Times, Jan 30, 2009 Chinese counterfeiters who churn out quality copies of everything from CDs to condoms have now turned their hands to the ultimate fake: sham banknotes. High-quality counterfeit renminbi (the people's money) have turned up in about 20 Chinese
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        925 88 Last week, our lesson was based on an article about the economy slowing down faster than we thought this year. Exercise A asked you to work in pairs to find the meaning of each of the phrases and to explain what each means in
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      59 77 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh JOURNALISTS Yen Feng, Lim Pow Hong, Malini Nathan, Scow Kai Lun CONTRIBUTORS Alison de Souza, Andrew Duffy, Mardiana Abu Bakar INTERNS Lim Jun Vi, Amanda Tan ART DESIGN Samir Shridhar, Jaster Ngui, Zulaiha Jumari EDITORIAL PROJECTS UNIT Peter Khoo, Gerard Wong, Shahrena Hassan
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      53 80 3i Qs? k r"ra C-^B* \B'J P§2ll &iXQJMkfI■ ■"!&4 Capture workplace safety in a photograph. sketch it, illustrate it. Bring the "Safety Starts Take a snapshot of you or others expressing With Me" message to life! i^^*^C\& how "Safety Starts With Me". jj rfltt MINISTRY OF Iff\ manpower *<• WSHCOUNCIL
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      226 83 1. One word: Eyeliner. Lots of it. Guys, if you want to be inconspicuous, apply it just before entering the concert. One tip for the girls. For once in the make-up world, less isn't more. You'll sweat in the concert, meaning your make-up will disappear quickly. Slop it on anyway,
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      398 85 SERENITY By Mohammad Irfan Osman, 16, I Orchid Park Secondary School, B^y HANG IN THERE By Norman Tan Teck Jun, 16, Clementi Town Secondary School, Secondary 5 I BOOK REVIEW: Diary of school life Caught Between The Pages and physically separated from him to do something for them. has to,
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      55 86 SUMMARISE In 100 words or less, summarise what you have learned about rats from the article. ■91BJ6JLU A9m '6upMOJOJ9AO S| 9J9IU J|« ■9|dO9d JO PJBJJB LU99S lOU Op A9HJ_« ■AUU|>(S PUB 6UO| LUO3I. 9JB A9HI« ■SI99MS 9>(!| A9HI« ■sujßjp u| inoqß 9aolu Agm« ■sdBJOs pooi Aq pejoBJHB sjb A9m« :6u!/v\o||Oi
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      650 89 IN THE END ®iTt (SUDOKU T J Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 m box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively «mn™a i I I I I I I IBZ Match these digits to the reasons they made the news _0 fr O 1)
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