The Straits Times, 3 August 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 MONDAY, AUGUST 3 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Conmen targeting elderly
      51 1 CONMEN have begun preying on elderly folk living alone. The ruse of choice now is to pose as a volunteer from a welfare organisation. They gain entry into these senior citizens' homes on the pretext of being on a project to spruce up the place. HOME PAGE
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      Lock icon Travellers shrug off H1N1
      47 1 TRAVEL agencies have seen sales drop by as much as 30 per cent due to fears over the HINI flu. But the future looks bright as three travel fairs at the weekend all look set to meet their sales targets. HOME PAGE B5
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      Lock icon Priced out again in China
      58 1 PROPERTY prices in China are rising again after a slump late last year, and they spell bad news for first-time buyers. The real estate boom is not confined to big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, but has also spread to up-and-coming cities such as
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      Lock icon Mourning Aquino
      51 1 PEOPLE from all walks of life braved the rain and fierce tropical heat yesterday to pay their last respects to former Philippine president Corazon Aquino. Many wore yellow items of clothing or ribbons, the symbolic colour of the anti-Marcos protests, as they filed past the coffin. WORLD PAGE
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      Lock icon Madal for S'pore Keglers
      55 1 SINGAPORE bowlers won their first-ever team medal at any world championship yesterday. The team, comprising bowlers Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, Bernice Lim, Cherie Tan, Jazreel Tan and Shayna Ng, finished joint third with Sweden at the 2009 World Women's Championship. They were beaten by the United States in
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    Lock icon SM: Guard against religious enclaves
    744 1  -  Clarissa Oon Rising religiosity may lead people to mix only with others of same faith By I SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Ten challenges ahead for Spore 1. How to maintain high economic growth and improve living standard? 2. How to convince Singaporeans their lives will get
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    Lock icon Government acts to curb younger smokers
    660 1  -  Salma Khalik By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT THE screws against smoking particularly among the younger set are to be tightened further. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) and the Health Sciences Authority have drawn up proposed measures to discourage smoking and tobacco addiction among them. These range
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      Lock icon Game to break the ice
      901 2  -  Chua Chin Hon Obama and Hu may need to play ball to foster personal ties By US BUREAU CHIEF ONE is an avid basketball fan, and the other plays a mean game of table tennis. So when United States President Barack Obama travels to Beijing
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        51 2 WE SAY Google's search engine business is so dominant any development that will bring competition is to the good. It is hoped the search tie-up between Microsoft and Yahoo will provide the spark to ignite more creativity and improved information retrieval. EDITORIAL PAGE
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        Lock icon Not quite there yet
        26 2 COLUMNS Despite the stock market rally, local firms have yet to truly regain their losses, says Goh Eng Yeow. MONEY PAGE 814
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        Lock icon Inspire, not just protect
        31 2 Governments should inspire its people and not just keep them from harm, because a nation needs inspiration to achieve great things, says Bill Durodie. REVIEW PAGE Al7
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        27 2 OUR READER SAYS Women who choose to end their marriages still struggle with the decision, say Aware and Esther Ho. FORUM PAGE AlB
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        39 2 www.straitstimes.com Carolyn Hong caught a ride from the anti-ISA street demo with a protester. Tan Hui Yee examines the conundrum of condo maintenance. Luke T. Johnson ponders the issue of racial profiling in the recent US case.
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      Lock icon Triathlon tragedy: Family, friends stunned
      934 3  -  Terrence Voon 42-year-old CEO was said to be most active among three in relay By Other deaths at triathlons and marathons Oct 22, 2005 Ho Wai Piew, 40, suffered a heart attack during the swim leg of the New Balance Corporate Triathlon. It was the
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      Lock icon 29-year-old woman sixth to die of H1N1 complications
      302 4 A 29-YEAR-OLD woman with Influenza A (H1N1) died yesterday, becoming the sixth flu-related death here in two weeks. She had no known underlying medical conditions other than being obese, said the Health Ministry. All five others who had died of the virus
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      Lock icon Colourful fun at the Istana
      63 5 Visitors to the Istana Open House yesterday got to meet President SR Nathan (above) as well as take in the annual Istana Art Event, which featured exhibits such as Canopy of Dreams (left), an installation of 1,000 umbrellas with designs by students from pre-schools, primary
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      617 5  -  Oo Gin Lee Singapore first in world to sell titles via direct download at stores By YOU can now buy computer games as over-the-counter downloads into your USB flash drive or portable hard disk. Singapore scored a world's first last week when world No.
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      77 6  -  Alphonsus Chern What happens a minute before Bam? 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 perhaps go unnoticed.
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      617 6  -  Carolyn Hong Detention of teens and others who took part in rally sparks civic outcry By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday defended police who used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters and also arrested several hundred people, including
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      Lock icon Caught offguard by property rebound
      984 8  -  Grace Ng First-time buyers left in the lurch as boom spreads to China's 2nd-tier cities By CHINA CORRESPONDENT WHAT'S FUELLING BOOM Beijing's move to revive the property sector has sparked a rush among China's developers back into the market, especially in cities such as Tianjin,
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        Lock icon China's savings 'are from its youth'
        571 9 Study cites low youth dependency ratio to partly explain huge surplus funds GENEVA: China can finance the US economy because its workforce is large relative to children and old people, a new analysis suggests, trying to solve a mystery why Beijing is a major
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        Lock icon A son's love
        118 9 Mr Chen Gaonian was only 12 years old when his mother was stricken with myelitis, or inflammation of the spinal column, in 1984. Since that time, Mr Chen has been caring for her. Now married with a son, he still visits his mother three times a week
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        Lock icon Filipinos pay last respects to Aquino
        500 10 Ex-president's wake draws mourners from all walks of life MANILA: Mourners wept as they paid their last respects on Saturday at the wake of former Philippine president Corazon Aquino, the beloved democracy icon who swept away a dictator and inspired non-violent resistance to autocratic
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        Lock icon Quarantine after plague death
        263 10 BEIJING: Thousands of people have been placed under quarantine in a town in north-west China after a man died of pneumonic plague and 11 others were confirmed infected with the deadly lung infection, the health authorities said. The 32-year-old herdsman died in Ziketan in Qinghai province,
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        Lock icon 8 Christians killed in riots in Pakistan
        496 11 Banned Islamic extremist group accused of instigating violence against minorities ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of rioting Muslims attacked Christians in the eastern Pakistan city of Gorja, burning and looting their homes in a rampage that killed eight Christians and wounded 10 others in the latest
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        Lock icon India's private airlines plan to stop flying for a day
        371 11 NEW DELHI India's private airlines, awash in red ink, say they will ground their planes in an unprecedented one-day stoppage to demand for government action to ensure their survival. India's private carriers, which carry about 80 per cent of the
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        Lock icon Indians come round to birth controls
        1078 12  -  Ravi Velloor Ideas from late-night TV to late marriages for nation of 1.2b people By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF Development the ultimate contraceptive is playing its part... Across the vast nation, new opportunities are opening up. Parents who once considered a large family as
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        Lock icon Mistakes by West allowed Taleban to grow: Analysts
        571 13 US shift to send more aid and troops to Afghanistan may be too late, they add KABUL: The Taleban has been able to build an insurgency that threatens elections three weeks away because of years of mishandling of Afghanistan by Western nations,
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        Lock icon Afghan mission falling short: British MPs
        262 13 LONDON: The international military mission in Afghanistan has delivered "much less than it promised" due to the lack of a realistic strategy, an influential committee of British lawmakers said yesterday. In a report, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said that without a
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        Lock icon Harvard don in race row thanks 911 caller
        409 13 NEW YORK: The woman who made the 911 call that led to Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates' controversial arrest in the United States, was not present at the so-called beer summit of US President Barack Obama. But Ms Lucia Whalen who
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        Lock icon Fires rage on Canary Islands
        255 14 LA PALMA (Canary Islands): A forest fire fanned by high winds has forced the evacuation of about 4,000 residents on the Canary island of La Palma, the Spanish government said. Flames raging on steep hillsides south-east of the island's dormant San Antonio volcano have engulfed
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        Lock icon H1N1: A tale of two neighbours
        458 14 Experts on why Britain has so many more cases than France PARIS: Why was there such a remarkable disparity between Britain and France in the spread of the HINI virus 250,000 cases in England versus 1,022 in France? Health experts have suggested a list
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        Lock icon Khatami condemns 'show trial'
        150 14 TEHERAN: Moderate former president Mohammad Khatami rejected as a "show" the trial of 100 prominent reformers who were arrested after Iran's disputed presidential elections set off unrest, his website said yesterday. Iran put on trial on Saturday 100 moderates, arrested after the June 12 poll, who
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        Lock icon British MPs slam low standards of degrees
        418 15 But universities reject claims, saying report is ill-thought through LONDON: British universities are failing to safeguard standards, leading to a rapid rise in the awarding of top degrees, a damning report by a committee of MPs said yesterday. The committee said the system
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          Lock icon Mandela guard's suicide
          72 15 JOHANNESBURG: A South African police officer guarding the home of former president Nelson Mandela shot himself dead in the property of the anti-apartheid hero in Johannesburg. The officer shot himself on Saturday in the guard house and Mr Mandela was not endangered, said national police spokesman Sally
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          Lock icon Gunman attacks gay club
          92 15 JERUSALEM: Hundreds of police officers scoured the streets of Tel Aviv yesterday in a manhunt for a gunman who shot and killed two people and wounded 11 others at a club for gay youth. The shooting shocked the city, which prides itself on its live-and-let-live attitude,
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          Lock icon Duo suspended over leak
          102 15 BEIJING: The authorities in central Hunan province have suspended two officials and detained the head of a chemical plant after villagers alleged that pollution from the plant killed two people, state media said yesterday. Saturday's suspension of the chief and a deputy chief of Liuyang county's
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          Lock icon Karachi building collapses
          58 15 KARACHI: A five-storey building collapsed here, killing at least 23 people, mostly women and children. Mayor Mohammad Dilawar, who was supervising the rescue work, said the building caved in late on Friday in the congested Lea Market neighbourhood. Chief fire officer Ehtisham Uddin said the building was
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          Lock icon British paper could close
          115 15 LONDON: Britain's loss-making Guardian Media Group (GMG) could close its weekly newspaper, The Observer, in a drastic cost-cutting drive, the Sunday Times reported. Members of the Scott Trust, a charitable foundation which owns GMG, had discussed the plan in early July, according to the report. The
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        58 15 French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on their holiday in southern France yesterday. They are staying at a villa belonging to the First Lady's family. Just last month, Mr Sarkozy collapsed while jogging near Paris and was rushed to hospital. Doctors have
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      97 8 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm problems would be prevented." MOST-READ ONLINE Tear gas, water cannon used on YOUR SAY Malaysian protesters. Ex-Iranian president Mohammad Khatami yesterday denounced the trial BLOGGED ABOUT of around 100 people accused of rioting Stereotypes breed racism. after the election victory
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Micro-hoo tie-up looking good for users
      419 16 ALTHOUGH big names in information technology, Microsoft and Yahoo are too far behind Google in the Web search business for their proposed partnership, announced last week, to raise anti-competition worries. The number of big search providers will drop from three to two if as
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      Lock icon Unfolding drama of that US umbrella
      888 16  -  Michael Richardson NUCLEAR DETERRENCE IN ASIA By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES While Japan and South Korea welcome the eventual abolition of nuclear arms in principle, they worry that it may dilute US willingness and capacity to deter a nuclear attack and respond resolutely if
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      Lock icon Let a breakthrough do the talking
      826 16  -  Thomas L. Friedman U.S.-ISRAELI TIES By ISRAEL and America are having one of those periodic marital spats they have had over the years, replete with "I-am-not-taking-anymore-of-your-guff" outbursts by Obama officials at Jewish American leaders, and, yes it wouldn't be a real Israel-US dust-up without
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        Lock icon Why we area't all starving
        1020 17  -  Thomas Hager GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION By THE recent news that twothirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese and the number continues to grow brings to mind a question that has bothered me since the *****: Why aren't we all starving? It
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        Lock icon The forgotten roll of goverment
        937 17  -  Bill Durodie By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The forgotten role of government today is to inspire people, not simply to protect them. In an age marked by the absence of belief in secular ideals, nothing could be more vital People who believe in a cause
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        Lock icon Cutting out the political hot air
        650 17  -  Nayan Chanda CLIMATE CHANGE By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE Group of Eight climate action agenda calling for an 80 per cent reduction in emissions by 2050 has been rightly criticised as mere hot air. Without any specific short-term targets or a roadmap, lofty
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        461 18 CREDIT CARD FRAUD Take action please "The financial regulatory authorities should get involved and ensure that customers are treated equitably and not on a 'guilty unless proven otherwise' basis." MR JAIRAM AMRITH: "Last Friday's account by a victim of stolen credit cards ('Here's
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        Lock icon Safeguarding accounts a collective process
        127 18 I REFER to last Friday's letter by Madam Tan Shock Ling, "Here's what happened". Under Citibank's terms and conditions, card members are not liable for unauthorised transactions made after they have reported the loss of the card. Card members are liable for all unauthorised transactions
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      476 18 Ig^^^^ More letters on *vJ www.straitstimes.com 1 MR DEEPAK G. GURNANI: Set limits on credit card liability 0r... 2 MR OH KWONG WEE: Unfair to put entire liability on cardholders 3 MR SYU YING KWOK: Don't marry Miss Right just for yourself 4 MR GILBERT GOH: Find time for each
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      795 19  -  Carolyn Quek Con artists pose as welfare workers to enter their homes and steal By CONMEN have begun homing in on elderly people living on their own. Their modus operandi is to pose, in most instances, as volunteers from welfare organisations on a project
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      1239 20  -  Derrick Ho Melissa Pang Reico Wong More apply to varsities in the US, Australia and Britain despite recession By What it costs UNITED KINGDOM About £10,000 (5523,800) a year for an Arts-based course and up to £21,000 a year for clinical courses. Living expenses:
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      514 21 Success creates its own problems, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday when he spelt out the 10 challenges facing the next generation. He highlighted them by posing questions to Cabinet ministers, families and the young. IHigh growth: Amid global competition, can you
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      395 21  -  April Chong Victoria Vaughan Stay united in face of threats, say DPM Teo, Vivian Balakrishnan By TWO ministers yesterday urged Singaporeans to band together and not let differences in the community be exploited for ill intentions. A week before the country celebrates its National Day,
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      71 21 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at a National Day celebration with Yio Chu Kang MP Seng Han Thong (third from right) and Ang Mo Kio GRC MPs (from fourth left) Lam Pin Mm, Wee Siew Kirn and Lee Bee Wah (second from right) yesterday. Grassroots leaders and residents
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      194 23 A GROUP of foreign workers riding on the back of a lorry were injured yesterday morning after it collided with a bus, in yet another of such accidents. An accident in May killed four workers perched in the back of their lorry after
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        563 24  -  KAREN TENG More women who suffer from severe hair loss are seeking professional help to set their crowning glory right BY IF YOU lose hair when you wash it, watch out. That's a warning sign of hair problems And don't take take dandruff, itchy scalp and
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        185 24 THE next time you shop at a Watsons personal care store, join its new loyalty programme by picking up a redemption card. The Watsons card allows you to accumulate points with every $5 purchase. You earn one point for every $5 spent, while
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        203 24  -  Karen Teng FROM now till the end of August, Carlsberg beer drinkers can look forward to fun activities organised for them by the brewer. Says Mr Bart Lim, general manager of Carlsberg Singapore: "Our mission is to proactively engage our consumers so that they can
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        211 24  -  Karen Teng SINGAPORE turns 44 on Sunday and the hotels have lined up special offers for you to mark the occasion. Orchard Hotel is offering a 44 per cent discount off its Go Local buffet till Sunday for diners who wear red in its
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        420 25  - Finding fresh air fresh perspective Tabitha Mok MY LIFE OVERSEAS By FIVE years of studying in Australia have far removed me from my previous 17 years plugged into the Singapore system. I had long heard of Australia's world-class education, beautiful landscapes, favourable climate and slow pace of life, but experiencing
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      428 26  -  Terrence Voon By AUSTRALIA'S brightest young talents ruled the roost at the Osim Singapore International Triathlon yesterday, clinching their maiden victories in both the men and women's elite categories. Joshua Amberger, 20, completed the men's Olympic distance event in lhr 56 mm 17sec, more
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      463 26  -  Lin Xinyi Triathlon body may look into health screenings to prevent future incidents By "We came up with a comprehensive and near-per-fect safety and medical evacuation plan." Triathlon Association of Singapore president Mark Tay, following the death during the Osim Singapore International Triathlon THE latest mishap
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      527 27  -  Christopher Ong It is also Republic's first bowling team medal at world championships By SINGAPORE'S bowlers, without a win after three events at the 2009 World Women's Championship in Las Vegas, finally clinched the bronze in the team event yesterday. The achievement was made sweeter by
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      142 27 Mardan ends joint fifth in Brunei SINGAPORE'S Mardan Mamat shot a closing one-under 70 yesterday to finish tied for fifth with three golfers at the Brunei Open. His 11-under 273 was two strokes behind winner Darren Beck's total. The Australian started the final round six shots adrift but eventually
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      258 27 ROME: Serbia won a dramatic shoot-out at the world championships, claiming the men's water polo title after a 14-13 win over Spain on Saturday night. Xavier Garcia scored for Spain with 11 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 6-6. Spain's Guillermo Molina
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      480 27 ROME: Singapore finished their World Cup campaign with a bang yesterday, with the men's relay team breaking two long-standing national records. The team of Rainer Ng, Mark Tan, Nicholas Tan and Clement Lim recorded a time of 3min 48.745 ec in the heats of
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      372 27 BIRMINGHAM: England lost their captain Andrew Strauss and Paul Collingwood, as they progressed to 159 for four at lunch on the fourth day of the third Ashes Test yesterday. Lan Bell was unbeaten on 46 at the interval and England, 1-0 up in the series, trailed
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      150 27 HALF-CENTURIES from Munish Arora and Anish Paraam carried Singapore to a five-wicket win over Malaysia yesterday, in the inconsequential final match of the annual Stan Nagaiah Trophy. Having lost the first two matches on Friday and Saturday by nine and eight wickets respectively, the Republic had nothing
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      518 28 "He has what you cannot give to a player. He understands when there is danger, when there's an opportunity. In the final third, he's certainly dangerous." ARSENE WENGER, on Andrei Arshavin Toure slams club for failing to boost squad after great players left LONDON: Manchester City defender
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      202 28 LOS ANGELES: David Beckham says he is ready to turn the other cheek after two clashes with abusive football fans just days apart. "He insulted my wife," the Los Angeles Galaxy player said of a fan at a recent Major League Soccer game in
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      404 28 Transfer talk Reports suggest that Everton defender Joleon Lescott is ready to hand in a transfer request to try and force through a £22 million (5552.4 million) move to Manchester City. Dutch playmaker Rafael van der Vaart has decided to leave Real Madrid after
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      57 28 If I give them a team and we win a few games, it doesn't matter whether I'm from Timbuktu or from the moon." Manager Steve Bruce, insisting his background he was brought up in Newcastle and was a Magpies fan as a boy will not affect his relationship with Sunderlands
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      374 28 Cricket 3rd Ashes Test In Birmingham, England, 4th day, at lunch: Australia 263 all out. England 159-4 (A. Strauss 69, I. Bell 46 n.0.). Golf US PGA Buick Open In Grand Blanc, Michigan, 3rd rd (USA unless noted): 199 Tiger Woods (USA) 71 63 65. 200 Michael Letzig (USA)
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      216 28  -  CHRISTOPHER ONG WORLD No. 1 squash player Nicol David will be aiming for a third consecutive triumph at the U5553,500 (5577,000) CIMB Singapore Women's Squash Masters 2009, which begins today. The 25-year-old Malaysian and three-time world champion is the clear favourite for this year's
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      174 28 Today Geylang v Albirex (Bedok), Super Reds v Young Lions (Yishun) 7.45pm Tomorrow Sengkang v Gombak (Hougang, 7.45pm) Wednesday Balestier v SAFFC (Toa Payoh, 7.45pm) Thursday Tampines v Home (Tampines, 7.45pm) Friday Gombak v Super Reds (Jurong West, 7.45pm. Live, Chs, 7.25pm) Saturday DPMM v Woodlands (Bandar Seri Begawan,
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      616 29 World No. 1 is 17 under after Buick's 3rd round despite topsy-turvy day GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP (Michigan): Tiger Woods drove on adjacent fairways twice on the back nine, hit a cup of beer in a spectator's hand, got rattled by a bug and was relegated
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      425 29 ROYAL LYTHAM (England): Catriona Matthew is sending out a same message to females who have recently given birth. Evidently, it does not have to herald endless months of nappy-changing. Just 10 weeks and six days after having her second daughter, Matthew, just three weeks shy
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      297 29 OTARU (Japan): Japan's teenage sensation Ryo Ishikawa hit a five-under-par 67 to take the title at the Sun Chlorella Classic men's golf tournament yesterday. The 17-year-old high school student carded eight birdies against three bogeys for a four-round total of
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      684 29  -  Cassandra Lim By "The initial pain was so bad that I couldn't even hold a cup to drink water. Showering and soaping would hurt. My mother's heart ached to see me like that." JOANNA CHAN, 16 JOANNA Chan Lai Cheng, 16, has a shy
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      294 29 FIFTEEN years ago, there were no racing boats in Singapore. But it is an entirely different world in the boat shed at the Singapore Amateur Rowing Association (Sara) today: there, more than 60 racing shells are stored. There are now 40 casual rowers and 14 national
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      588 26 t^ Saimee's Super Seven KRANJI'S favourite son Saimee vfeHta feft'*'""i* making featto another racing megastar Superheroes: Laurie Laxon (left) and Saimee Jumaat savour and Sean'but the peerless skills in the their Jumbo Jet Trophy triumph and their incredible day out saddle was also a hu9e factor Saimee with six and
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      43 26 Osim Singapore International Triathlon Results Men's Elite Women's Elite 1 Joshua Amberger (Aus) 1 Ashleigh Gentle (Aus) lhr 56min 17sec 2hr lOmin 35sec 2 Jesse Featonby (Aus) 2 Hoi Long (Macau) 1:58:37 2:12:47 3 Tyson Mahon (Aus) 3 Ariel Stewart (Rsa) 2:02:56 2:12:52
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      116 26 •i GUNNERS IN SPOTLIGHT Arsene Wenger talks up Andrei Arshavin as Kolo Toure slams the club. 810 O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Beckham to turn other cheek. Phelps to get fifth gold in Rome. Owen targets World Cup. MOST COMMENTED Liverpool crush
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      17 26 M^^ WOODS ON Tiger Woods at 17 under a^ despite a topsy-turvy round at Buick Open. 81l
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      214 28 I BERITA HARIAN S.League Ceylanq Albirex Mon, 03/08/09 7.45pm S.League Super Reds Young Lions Mon, 03/08/09 7.45pm ijl^l X.l 13^ I HJ.IS 111 tj^!S!S s.League Sengkang Combak Tue, 04/08/09 7.45pm i^fcT\T\i^fcT ri^ IfllflfttQ IYI International Football Hearts Bolton Wed, 05/08/09 2.30am "M- T < UE Champions matches are also on
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      44 28 Today Cricket Third Ashes Test, Day 5: England v Australia (Live, ChllO, 5.58pm 8.30pm). Football S-League: Geylang v Albirex (Bedok), Super Reds v Young Lions (Yishun) 7.45pm. Tomorrow Football S-League: Sengkang v Gombak (Hougang, 7.45pm). Wednesday Football S-League: Balestier v SAFFC (Toa Payoh, 7.45pm).
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      139 30 "For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my Salvation. He only is my Rock and my Salvation, My Fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken." (Psalm 62:1-2) CARL A WIDJAYA TAN LOEN NIO Age: 79 was called home to be with the Lord on Sunday, 2
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      76 30 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Khor Tong Hong family of the late DAISY KHOR MU LING, nee LEE Departed on 30 July 2009 From Mushahid Ali and Rose Boey Keng Wai and Cecilia Foo Meng Tong and Bertha Dr Goei Suan Hin and Bonnie Probhat Hazra and Bella
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      23 30 In Loving Memory Of II Our Late Father SANDIAGO SAVARIMUTHU who left us on 3.8.77 Dearly missed lovingly remembered by family loved ones.
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      215 30 T "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Ps 23:6 YAP THAI BAK Age: 93 was called home to be with the Lord on 1 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      80 30 Thalal Thevasam Ist Anniversary MRS SUPPULETCHMI AIYADURAI Departed :19 July 2008 in our hearts your memory lingers Sweetly tender, fond& true There is not a day, dear mother!grandmother That we do not think of you. Morning prayers (9am) will be held on 6 Aug'o9 (Thurs) Blk 43 Bendemeer Rd #05-1022
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      155 30 Rest in Peace. Safe in the arms of Jesus. THERESA TOH ENG CHENG Age: 78 was called home to be with the Lord on 2 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Heng Yong Kwang, deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law: (Paul Heng Chiang Hock, deceased) Philip Heng Chiang
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      70 30 N. BEJAYA (VIJAYA) (Daughter of the late Mr Mrs Narayanasamy) Age: 54 passed away peacefully on 1 August 09 leaving behind loved ones. Brothers: N.Sayakobe (N. Vijayakumar, deceased) Sisters: N. Kamala N. Saraswathi N. Susila Brothers-in-law, sister-in-law, nieces, nephews relatives. The body is resting at Blk 427, Woodlands 5t.41,#12-2185(*****7) Contact:
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      109 30 CHIA SIAM LUNG CECILIA Age: 72 passed away peacefully on 2 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Ann Teck Kuan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Ang Mvi Fung Monica Ang Mvi Lin Lucy Chua Chwee Chye Johnson Ann Mvi Cheng Lucy Tay Peng Soon Grandsons: Jonathan R. Chua
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      65 30 The family of the late CHEWTENG HUI (BBM) Departed on 29 July 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, business associates colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, contributions wreaths during their recent bereavement. Heartfelt gratitude especially to: Pastors church members of Calvary
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      751 34  -  Yang Huiwen Up 14%, local market surpasses other Asian bourses, except Shanghai By THE local bourse upstaged almost all other key Asian markets in last month's stock market rally with only Shanghai performing better. July's dazzling rally marks the fifth straight month of gains for most
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        637 31  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS Investors watching US for more recovery signs; focus on Spore bank results too By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT ASIAN markets could get a fillip early this week from better-than-expected United States economic growth data released last Friday, which sparked fresh hope
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        394 31 WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has said it will take "many more months" for the United States to fully recover from the recession, as employers continue to shed jobs. The President said in his weekly address over the radio and Internet that last Friday's
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          3155 31 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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      808 32  -  Goh Eng Yeow CAI JIN Despite stocks' rally, corporate Spore yet to regain revenue footing By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT AT FIRST sight, the heady gains made in the stock market in the past month seem to suggest that corporate Singapore is back in the pink
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        68 32 MARK SPARROW: Appointed Head of Professional Technical in the Singapore office of Fortune 500 human resources firm Kelly Services. Mr Sparrow, 38, has been in the recruitment industry for more than 10 years and has worked in human resources in Singapore since 2006. He is responsible
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        126 32 VICTORIA KO MIU HA: Named group chief financial officer (CFO) of conglomerate WBL Corporation (Wearnes), effective last Saturday. Ms Ko, 51, has more than 25 years of commercial experience in finance and audit functions, and was most recently group CFO, senior executive vice-president and company secretary of
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        52 32 JOHN LEE KAH WAH: Appointed senior vice-president of business development (Europe and China) at SMRT Corporation. Mr Lee, 54, was formerly the chief operating officer of Comfort Transportation. At SMRT, he will be in charge of creating and executing business plans for the group in Europe
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      625 32 NEW YORK: In a few weeks, the United States Treasury Department's czar of executive pay will have to answer this multi-million-dollar question: Should Mr Andrew J. Hall get his bonus? The 58-year-old head of Phibro, a small commodities trading firm in
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        769 33  -  Jessica Cheam Experts give tips on how to stand out among mass of online applications By IT HAS been three weeks since you last saw that perfect job advertised online, and after carefully crafting your e-mail letter, attaching your resume and sending it
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      292 35 o IfcAJHttv A CLAIM Kr r^ Aston Soon turned a kopitiam stall selling i W^^ I value-for-money steaks into a 15-outlet chain V^^W with an annual turnover of $12 million in four a* > JH| short years. TAN YIHUI finds out how he did it. t* DESIGN: LEE CHEE CHEW
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        1003 37  -  Fiona low Les Stroud He has often been compared with Man Vs Wild's Bear Grylls, but Survivorman Les Stroud is very much his own person Canadian survival expert Les Stroud leads a double life. By day, he is the gung-ho host of the reality series, Survivorman,
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        2222 38  -  tan yi hui From a one-man stall, Aston Soon has built an empire serving premium steaks for a steal my life so far Once I m passionate about something, I can shut off everything around me to concentrate on it. My wife has trouble talking
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        545 39  -  ho ai li Four Singaporeans shine on Taiwan's One Million Star singing contest Taiwan correspondent Taipei When Singapore's Rachel Chua, 15, appeared on Taiwan's One Million Star singing contest, host Matilda Tao was so moved by the sight of the pint-sized girl that she asked: "Do you
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        319 39 Salzburg The huge musical puzzle that is Mozart has been expanded by two potentially important piano pieces. More than two centuries after his death, two additional works have been identified as being composed by the Austrian master. While they might have been played before, yesterday
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        599 41  -  jocelyn lee Biggest breakdancing competition in Asia sees some dramatic moves With their tightly synchronised moves and acrobatic power moves, Japan's B-boying team All Area Crew came out tops at the SHINE Battle Of The Year (BOTY) Asia 2009 last Saturday. The 10-member group even defeated hot
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      568 42  -  Adeline chia Friendship, love and self-acceptance find their way home in Action Theatre's Streetwalkers ffiffiffltheatre STREETWALKERS Action Theatre The Room Upstairs, 42 Waterloo Street Last Saturday arts reporter STREETWALKERS Where: The Room Upstairs, 42 Waterloo Street When: Until Sunday, Bpm, with 3pm weekend matinees. No shows
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      388 42  -  chang tou liang yflffl concert POSTCARDS FROM SPAIN Singapore Symphony Orchestra Shui Lan, Conductor Esplanade Concert Hall Last Friday The title of the concert read Postcards From Spain but all the music played was French. Puzzled? That was because from time immemo- rial, French composers
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        367 44 Top K-pop group 'may disband Hong Kong South Korea's top pop group, TVXQ, may disband after a contract dispute went to court, say reports. Three members of the boyband, Hero, 23, Micky, 23, and Xiah, 22, filed for termination of their contracts with their management in a Seoul court last
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        157 44 Hong Kong More than 60 stars are appearing in a comedy that parodies John Woo's epic Red Cliff, including Gillian Chung (below). Actor Alex Fong confirmed last Saturday that he filmed with the pop star for four days, said Ming Pao Daily News. Chung,
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        272 44 STANLEY KWAN TO MAKE SCI-FI MOVIE Hong Kong art-house director Stanley Kwan is returning to film-making after a fouryear break with a sci-fi movie about a group of Chinese acrobats from the 1930s who travel to the present. The 8-million yuan (Ssl.7-million) movie follows the acrobats' relationships with a
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