The Straits Times, 10 August 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    30 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 MONDAY, AUGUST 10 2009 S|sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS Spl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Celebrating Singapore
    273 1 Nation turns 44 with uniquely Singaporean celebration THEY came prepared for a parade with a difference and got just that. About 27,000 spectators at the Marina Bay floating platform were treated to the nation's biggest musical yesterday this year's National Day Parade. The third parade staged on the
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    • Miscellaneous
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      31 1 What did we see? Parade Special: Home Pages 81-7 N-Day honours list: Home Page B8 Reflections from the Newsroom: Home Page 813 Catch highlights from live blogs from the straitstimes.com team
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        Lock icon Being creative to snuff out youth smoking
        69 2 WE SAY Young people who smoke are buying into a style idea of smoking being "cool". It is an impression fostered by mass-culture images. Not easy to fight a state of mind, as seen in elaborate methods tried in past campaigns with not
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        Lock icon Don't condemn – care
        30 2 Don't condemn care COLUMNS Anyone can be infected with HIV/Aids. Yet, we still refuse to accept that the disease matters to us all, says James Chau. REVIEW PAGE A 24
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        Lock icon No end yet to volatility
        25 2 Fortunes will be made and lost before the global economy regains its poise, says Goh Eng Yeow. MONEY PAGE 820
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        Lock icon An evolving nation
        31 2 OUR READER SAYS The issues of citizens who may feel oppressed by an influx of new Singaporeans need to be addressed, says Boon Jiahao. FORUM PAGE A 25
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        23 2 www.straitstimes.com Tessa Wong gets a taste of the Clipper Race. Terrence Voon wonders if Spanish is the new language of football.
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      Lock icon En bloc debate, HK style
      962 2  -  Tan Hui Yee Territory's discussion holds up a useful mirror to practices in Singapore By CORRESPONDENT WHEN land is scarce, your right to live in your home ends when your neighbours sell theirs. This logic applies not just to Singapore which defied expectations by recently
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      127 3  -  Alphonsus Chern Today marks the one year anniversary of the 7.59 series that has been appearing in the Monday Straits Times. Starting today, our photojournalists will take readers to that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family
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      Lock icon Woman ninth S'porean to die of H1N1
      142 3 A WOMAN with no known underlying health conditions became the ninth Singaporean to die from the Influenza A (H1N1) virus. The 27-year-old died yesterday morning. She was warded in Changi General Hospital more than two weeks ago in the intensive care unit. Before
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      Lock icon Falling metal pipe kills worker at Sentosa IR
      451 3  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN It is second industrial death at Resorts World site in a month By A 300 KG metal pipe came crashing down on the head of a foreign worker at the Resorts World worksite at Sentosa, killing him instantly. It is
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      Lock icon Police need up to 2 weeks to confirm Noordin's death
      803 4 MYSTERY #1: IS TERRORIST LEADER DEAD? Stay vigilant, says Shanmugam LAW Minister K. Shanmugam said yesterday that even if the most wanted terrorist in the region, Noordin Top, had indeed been killed, security forces must still remain vigilant. Speaking to
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      Lock icon Taleban commander reported dead after shoot-out with rival
      595 4 MYSTERY #2: IS BAITULLAH MEHSUD'S DEPUTY DEAD? KABUL: The fate of the Taleban leadership in Pakistan was the focus of intense speculation yesterday following reports that a secret meeting to choose a successor to their slain leader Baitullah Mehsud erupted into a
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      Lock icon China evacuates 1m in typhoon's path
      615 8 Houses collapse, flights grounded as storm hits east coast BEIJING: China rushed nearly one million people out of harm's away as Typhoon Morakot slammed into its eastern coast yesterday, after triggering Taiwan's worst flooding in 50 years and killing at least three people. After
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      Lock icon Industrial areas dogged by spate of break-ins
      1451 6  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN Many can't afford pricey security gadgets and resort to own devices By Leow Si Wan Ben Nadarajan Staying secure THE police advise premise owners at industrial parks to adopt the following crime-prevention measures: Use locks and grilles that are strong and
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon New threat to US security: climate change
      929 10 US installations vulnerable MANY of the US military's critical installations are vulnerable to rising seas and storm surges. In Florida, Homestead Air Force Base was essentially destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and Hurricane Ivan badly damaged Naval Air Station Pensacola in 2004.
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        Lock icon Rio Tinto spied for 6 years: China watchdog
        499 11 Mining giant's computer data shows spying caused huge loss to China, it says BEIJING: China's state secrets watchdog has accused mining giant Rio Tinto of commercial spying for six years, saying data on Rio computers showed the espionage came at a huge
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        Lock icon Plane told not to land in China after bomb threat
        241 11 BEIJING: A plane scheduled to land in China's western region of Xinjiang that was rocked by ethnic riots last month was diverted to southern Afghanistan by a bomb threat, state media said last night. Xinhua News Agency did not identify
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        Lock icon '$1.4m plot to kill' HK politician and media tycoon
        628 12 Shooting plot against two pro-democracy advocates: 10 on trial in China HONG KONG: A Hong Kong businessman living in Taiwan had put up a US$l million (Ssl.4 million) bounty to have media tycoon Jimmy Lai and former Democratic Party chairman Martin
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        Lock icon A step back into the tragic past
        82 12 An old man crying beside the 6,830 pairs of cloth shoes placed in a Tokyo park in memory of dead Chinese forced labourers. A memorial service was held yesterday for the 6,830 Chinese who died of illness, maltreatment and malnourishment, after being forcibly
        XINHUA  -  82 words
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        Lock icon Nagasaki mayor makes call for nuclear-free world
        256 12 TOKYO: The mayor of Nagasaki, marking the 64th anniversary of the United States' atomic bombing of his city, yesterday called on leaders of nucleararmed powers to visit the site and build a nuclearfree world. In a speech given just after 11.02 am the
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        Lock icon India, China agree to ensure peace
        495 16  -  Ravi Velloor BORDER TALKS Both say they are satisfied with current round of talks amid growing unease in ties By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: India and China have expressed satisfaction over progress they were making in boundary talks, amid rising unease in
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        Lock icon Confucian way to adulthood
        32 16 Some 100 students reciting Confucius' Analects in Shandong on Saturday as part of an "adulthood ritual" organised by the regional tourism authorities to help promote Confucianism. PHOTO: XINHUA
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        Lock icon Mixed results in 1st post-war Lankan polls
        147 16 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's ruling coalition swept to victory in local elections in the island's south, an endorsement of the military's victory over the Tamil Tigers, while a pro-rebels party put on a strong showing in the war-scarred north. Voters in the north appeared
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        Lock icon Showcase of native cultures
        44 17 Donning a traditional tribal mask, a man from Malaysia's Mahmeri tribe waits backstage for his turn to perform at the International Day of the World's Indigenous People. The event was held in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Sarawak's air quality hit by fires
        482 17 Firefighters battle blazes likely started by farmers clearing land; smoky air at unhealthy levels KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian firefighters struggled yesterday to douse forest fires that have sent smoke blowing across major towns on Borneo island. The pollution caused air quality to plunge to its
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        Lock icon PAS pressuring KL for 'oil royalties'
        955 15  -  Reme Ahmad Kelantan wants the $700 m it is 'owed' by federal govt; Tengku Razaleigh backing state's claim By ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR Kelantan fell to the Islamist party PAS in 1990 during the early days of offshore oil drilling in Malaysia led by national
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        Lock icon Digital text clicks with US students
        562 18 But textbooks not likely to be replaced by e-lessons so soon NEW YORK: At Empire High School in Vail, Arizona, students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers' science lectures. Down the
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        Lock icon Goat+cow proposal? Chelsea 'to decide'
        216 18 NAIROBI (Kenya): A Kenyan's offer of 40 goats and 20 cows for Ms Chelsea Clinton's hand in marriage may still be on the table and Mrs Hillary Clinton has promised to convey the offer to her daughter. To laughter at a town hall meeting here
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        Lock icon Dogs as smart as toddlers, says study
        196 18 LONDON: Think your dog is clever? He might just be smarter than your two-year-old, new research into animal psychology has found. Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver found that dogs have an average vocabulary of 165 words, though the smarter
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        Lock icon Australia plans mass camel cull
        216 19 SYDNEY: Months after the Australian government ordered the shooting of thousands of kangaroos to help control their population, officials have a similar plan in mind this time for camels. Thousands of camels in the country's remote outback could be killed by marksmen in helicopters under
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        Lock icon Call to arrest 2 Iranian opposition figures
        459 19 Leading hardline paper Kayhan charged that British diplomats were in "constant contact" with the campaign of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Revolutionary Guard says they led coup to topple clerical rulers TEHERAN: A senior commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard is calling
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        Lock icon Biological clocks and baby blues
        658 20 REALITY OF FERTILITY "Sexual health messages focus entirely on avoidance of sex, but this should be coupled with promotion of fertility awareness. We should be teaching everyone, from childhood up, about all the factors linked to fertility potential." Dr Mark Hamilton, leading consultant obstetrician and
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        Lock icon Plane rams into copter over New York river
        509 21 All nine on board tour helicopter and small aircraft believed killed NEW YORK: A small plane collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River, scattering debris and forcing people on the New Jersey waterfront to scamper for cover. The authorities believe
        NEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  509 words
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          Lock icon Plague quarantine ends
          85 21 BEIJING: The Chinese authorities have lifted a quarantine order imposed on a remote north-western town of 10,000 people to contain a deadly outbreak of pneumonic plague, state media reported. The outbreak of the highly infectious disease killed three villagers around Ziketan Town in Qinghai province. But with
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          Lock icon Major quake off Japan
          97 21 TOKYO: A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Japan yesterday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake was felt across Honshu island, especially its central and northern regions, including Tokyo, at 7.56pm local time, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of
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          Lock icon Gun hidden in between fat
          132 21 WASHINGTON: An obese prisoner in Harris County, Texas has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm after he was discovered to be hiding a 9mm pistol in between his rolls of fat. George Vera, who weighs around 226.8 kg, was originally arrested last week
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          Lock icon Chiefs shot in Thai south
          120 21 YALA (Thailand): Two Muslim village leaders were killed in drive-by shootings in Thailand's restive southernmost provinces, police said yesterday. The attacks took place during the weekend in Yala and Pattani, two of the three mainly Muslim provinces in predominantly Buddhist Thailand. Gunmen on a motorcycle
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          Lock icon Protesters want DBS deal
          125 21 HONG KONG: About 100 Hong Kong investors burned by complex financial products linked to failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers protested yesterday, demanding that regulators help them negotiate a settlement. Securities regulators announced a settlement deal last month for one group of investors who had purchased
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          Lock icon Kim Jong Il 'in full control'
          78 21 WASHINGTON: North Korean leader Kirn Jong II appears to be in full control of his government, and Pyongyang has indicated it wants a better relationship with the United States, the US National Security Adviser said yesterday. Retired general Jim Jones' comments in an interview
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Being creative to snuff out youth smoking
      439 22 SMOKING among the young is growing so strongly there will be full support for the toughest measures adopted to arrest the trend. Besides calling for a ban on certain tobacco products, barring some shops from selling them and reducing tar and nicotine levels
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        887 22  -  Tom Plate By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Truth be told, the journalists in jail were of no use at all to the North Koreans...The decision to allow them to return home, thus, would have been made long before Mr Clinton's trip to Pyongyang.
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        Lock icon Another feather in Kim's cap
        661 22  -  Richard Halloran By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN EAST Asia, where Confucian thought is still influential from Seoul to Singapore, former US president Bill Clinton's visit to Pyongyang to meet its leader Kirn Jong II was immediately seen as a triumph for the North Korean
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        731 23  -  Kwa Chong Guan NALANDA ITS LEGACY By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Singapore today has inherited this complex relationship between trade and learning, culture and knowledge. The relationship underpins its aspirations to become a global city, with research and development driving "knowledge creation".
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        595 23  -  James Chau ASIA AND AIDS By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WHEN I visited Singapore as a child 21 years ago, someone told me that there was no one in the country who had HIV/Aids. I do not know why the person thought it appropriate to
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        884 23  -  Michael Richardson THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Even as methods for fighting cancer improve, a global shortage in the supply of the main medical radioisotope is threatening prospects for success, forcing doctors to ration supplies and prioritise patient treatment by
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        416 24 SINGAPORE faces the issue of new citizens, immigrants and foreigners pouring onto its shores. At times, I ask myself: "What does it mean to be a Singaporean these days?" After national service, I went abroad to study and met many Singaporeans in Australia. We
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        321 24 I AGREE with the views expressed by Mr Larry Haverkamp in his letter last Thursday, "Policyholders underpaid?". Many life insurance policies taken today require more than 15 years to "break even". This is the point where the cash value of the policy
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        259 24 WE REFER to the letter by Ms Angelica Reyes, "Hawker's woe: $200 to drill a hole and red tape" (Aug 1), and empathise with her on her experience with the addition and alteration (A&A) works application. We wish to clarify that we
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        217 24 WE REFER to last Wednesday's letter by Mr Richard Seah, "Explain side effects of anti-viral medication in flu booklet". The Frequently Asked Questions On Influenza A (HINI-2009) booklet published by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) aims to provide key information to commonly
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        373 24 WE THANK Ms Chia Yong Yong, president of the Society for the Physically Disabled, for her commentary last Wednesday, "Accounting compliance comes at a hefty price". We must strike a right balance between promoting better governance and the cost of compliance with the rules
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      426 24 iV More letters on \J www.straitstimes.com 1 MR MURALI SHARMA: Shameful that some Singaporeans don't know National Anthem and Pledge (below) ST FILE PHOTO 2 MR PATRICK LOW: Set up agency to protect bank customers 3 MR WOON BEE CHAI: Link road tax to carbon emissions 4 MR CHEN JUNYI:
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      468 26 NDP SPECIAL COVERAGE, PAGES 82-7 FROM Changi to Boon Lay, Singapore paused to utter the words of the National Pledge in a moment of reverence. Alone or in groups, at 8.22pm, they achieved a first in the nation's history. Officially, at more than 700 places, from
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        526 27 i funpacks were given out during the National Education Shows, preview and parade itself. Funpacks first made their debut in 1994. sampan balloons, each half the I size of a double-decker bus, I appeared at the show's start f and end. Each one had 55
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        545 28 hours of rehearsals were clocked by more than 4,000 f performers from May for the Aug 9 show. i heart-shaped balloons I were released in the Chapter 8 segment featuring singers Chen Weilian and Gayle Nerva. k red balls were sewn I onto the dresses of
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        809 29 songs from the 1960s till today I were featured in the five-minute segment called "Fast Forward". The remix featured songs by Tears for Fears, Madonna and the Spice Girls. i people were needed to haul on part of a pulley system, to get each grid-walker
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        609 30 rounds of fireworks lit the sky iat 15 key moments of the show. The light display featured gold and red starbursts and heart-shaped fireworks. I portable toilets were used by NDP participants on and around the floating platform These included four portable toilets for the
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        700 31 4 is the age of Simone Tan, the parade's youngest performer, who was in the item by the Main Wayang Company. Titled The First Wave, it featured 100 Peranakans and members of other races. SNDP hosts Michelle Chong, Mark Lee, Vernetta Lopez, Suhaimi Yusof and Gurmit
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        382 32 hot meals were served to the more than 13,000 people involved in the NDP between May and this month. These included pizza, chicken wings and hot dogs. KLJBN sketches for more than 30 costumes for the NDP were drawn by its costume director, Mr Frederick
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        418 32 ON WINDY days, anyone on the pier in front of One Fullerton stands a fair chance of feeling the spray from the water jet spewing from the Merlion. Yesterday, however, the spray came from a different source a Chinook helicopter, flying by just some metres over
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      1789 33 REACHING THE MEDIA-SAVVY "It's an honour, I'm happy to have received the award during my stint at Reach. Credit must go to my team I have a good team, an all-women's team, who are young and not afraid
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      371 35  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN Youth leaders from region share views on Islamic education VISITING youth leaders from neighbouring countries have been given a glimpse into how Islam is taught to youth here. The group of 24, which comprised religious teachers, representatives from Islamic groups and university
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      282 35 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and fellow MPs from Ang Mo Kio GRC and Yio Chu Kang joined 2,000 residents at an open field in Sengkang West yesterday morning to celebrate National Day. Also joining in, by video conference link, were three groups of
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      255 35 THE Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple in Ceylon Road gained a new $200,000 musical pillar yesterday which produces melodic sounds when tapped. The 4.5m-tall pillar, which is symbolic of India's rich heritage, reflects the Indians' musical and sculpting skills. It took three years to complete the
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      435 36  -  Serene Luo RUN OVER BY TRAIN Pals recall woman as cheerful and easy-going; teen's family wants matter 'settled quietly' By WITH heavy hearts, a middle-aged couple trekked to a spot along the railway tracks in Upper Bukit Timah yesterday morning, where their son, Mr Goh
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      326 36 A NATIONAL Day promotion by petroleum company Shell drove thousands of motorists to its petrol stations yesterday afternoon, causing traffic jams around its stations and leading to frayed tempers among those stuck on the roads. Motorists anxious to take advantage of Shell's
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        204 37  -  Karen Teng THE search is on for Singapore's 40 best hawker food stalls and favourite hawker centres. City Hawker Food Hunt lets Singaporeans recommend their favourite stalls and hawker centres, which will be then be shortlisted and picked as the winners. The competition
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        208 37  -  Karen Teng BOUTIQUE chain Blum n Co has extended its old clothes recycling campaign by two weeks so that its customers can do their part for a needy cause. The Eco-conscious Fashion Forwarder campaign will now end on Friday. The company says its latest
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        522 37  -  KAREN TENG Tone down the volume on your MP3 or risk deafness early in life, experts warn, as noise-induced hearing loss is irreversible BY AT age 26, a rock band member was in danger of becoming completely deaf in 10 years. He had made loud music
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        205 37  -  Karen Teng CUSTOMERS of Standard Chartered Bank can now use their mobile phones to make transactions via its online banking services. The bank's new Mobile Browser Banking is a wireless connection service that does not require the customer to download or install any additional software.
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        224 37  -  Karen Teng WHEN you buy two six packs of New Moon Essence specially priced at $25, you're also helping the beneficiaries of The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund.And you save $9.40 off the normal price at the same time. This
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        297 37 Arm wrestlers Watch hunky men battle it out at the grand finals of an arm wrestling contest on Friday between 7.30pm and 10.30pm at the S2l coffeeshop at Blk 211, Toa Payoh, Lorong 8. Over $10,000 worth of prizes are up for grabs in this inaugural event by Shin
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        263 38  -  Leow Si Wan By SOMEONE once told me that admitting to enjoying the National Day Parade was akin to social suicide. "Totally uncool" was the exact phrase my friend used. Well, I have never really cared much about being cool, so here goes: I like
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        320 38  -  Amelia Tan By I HAVE not watched a National Day Parade in the last 10 years. Somehow, catching a movie or meeting friends was always more alluring than watching elaborate floats and immaculately choreographed dance items on TV. But after interviewing parade participants and audience
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        385 38  -  Jessica Jaganathan By IT WAS on May 17 last year that I saw the National Day parade of another country, here in Singapore. One could hardly miss the Norwegians decked out in their national costumes, known as bunad, walking from one end of Fort Canning Park
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        317 38  -  Jermyn Chow By WHAT a difference a year makes. Last year's party was a massive one in a time of plenty. After all, we were having a good run and looking forward to a future lit in the neon of the integrated resorts and the
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        285 38  -  Jessica Lim By BEHIND the scenes was where criticism that Singaporeans are not a creative bunch was put to rest. Backstage, some 4,000 participants were decked out in costumes ranging from warrior suits to toy soldiers each created specially by home-grown fashion designer Frederick Lee. Look closer
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      94 26 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm scrap the Women's Charter and start MOST-READ ONLINE conscription." Couple killed on rail track. Son faces murder charge. YOUR SAY Singapore in stronger position. About 27,000 spectators at the Marina Bay floating platform were MOST COMMENTED treated to the nation's
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      432 39 Ancelotti's Blues shrug off Rooney strike to pick up season's first trophy Chelsea 2 Manchester United 2 (Chelsea win 4-1 on pens) I By Richard Jolly LONDON: It was not exactly the revenge they were looking for. But at least Chelsea have beaten Manchester United in a
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      380 39 LEEDS: Australia thrashed England by an innings and 80 runs in the fourth Ashes cricket Test at Headingley yesterday. They won inside three days to level the series 1-1 and revive their bid to retain the Ashes. The fifth and final Test starts at
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      519 40  -  Lin Xinyi Singapore squad will stay in hotel when not training or competing By SINGAPORE'S shuttlers will begin their campaign at the Yonex-Sunrise World Badminton Championships today under a security blanket, after a terrorist threat was made against the competition. England have already withdrawn from the
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      237 40 LONDON: Manchester City are not giving up on Lionel Messi just yet. The club are negotiating with Barcelona for first refusal on the Argentina star. Manager Mark Hughes was ready to pay £100 million (***** million) for the attacking midfielder, but was told
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      453 40 Transfer talk Gianfranco Zola's hunt for a new striker became even more urgent after West Ham's 0-1 home defeat by Napoli in their final pre-season match on Saturday. Zola is chasing Luca Toni of Bayern Munich and Eidur Gudjohnsen of Barcelona. Gareth Bale's agent admits the
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        52 40 MASSACHUSETTS: Landon Donovan scored, then jumped into David Beckham's arms, as Los Angeles Galaxy celebrated their fifth win in six football matches with a 2-1 win over New England Revolution on Saturday. The display of togetherness came barely two months after Donovan criticised Beckham's commitment.
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        38 40 SYDNEY: Ex-Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler's debut in Australia's A-League on Saturday was a limited success. He converted a penalty but his North Queensland football team lost 2-3 to Sydney. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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        39 40 LEEDS: Britain's Jo Jackson broke the 400 m freestyle short-course world record at the British Championships on Saturday. The 22-year-old clocked 3min 54.925 ec, I.l7sec inside French swimmer Laure Manaudou's old mark. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        57 40 CAPE TOWN: The boot of fly-half Morne Steyn once again carried South Africa to victory as they beat Australia 29-17 in their Tri-Nations test at Newlands on Saturday. He kicked seven penalties and a drop goal, having scored a Tri-Nations rugby record 31 points last weekend
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      489 41  -  Terrence Voon First multi-discipline facility to open for national riders next year By EQUESTRIAN sports are set to take off in Singapore next year when a new $6 million National Equestrian Park (NEP) is built off Thomson Road. The s.Bha park, the size of five football
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      547 41  -  Terrence Voon By CATHERINE Chew, one of Singapore's most promising equestrian riders, is gunning for a place in the Guangzhou Asian Games in November next year. The cost so far? Time, money and two broken collarbones. Not that the 19-year-old minds. She even
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      41 41 "The door is open. He has to play well and score goals. He has to get back to what he was." England manager Fabio Capello, after leaving Michael Owen out of his squad for Wednesday's friendly against Netherlands N IFNM
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      277 41 LONDON: Alan Shearer has warned Newcastle that they must appoint a new football manager soon after their Championship campaign began with a spluttering 1-1 draw at West Brom. Newcastle could hardly have entered the Championship in a worse state, with an absentee owner Mike
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      374 41 MADRID: Spanish football was in shock yesterday after 26-year-old Espanyol captain and defender Dani Jarque died from heart failure on Saturday while on a pre-season tour of Italy. He had trained on Saturday morning, ahead of yesterday's match against Serie A side Bologna. But
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      736 42 They set up final-day duel with electrifying play on the back nine AKRON (Ohio): Padraig Harrington kept pouring in birdies as he tried to separate himself from the others at the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament on Saturday. He arrived at the 18th green with a
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      284 42  -  JEANETTE WANG WHEN it comes to finding fairways, Singapore's No.l golfer Lam Chih Bing is up there with the big boys. With a 61.9 per cent driving accuracy after three days at the US$B.5 million (5512.2 million) Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio, he is ranked
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      522 42  -  Wang Meng Meng By WHEN Home United were beaten 0-4 by South China in this season's AFC Cup second round, something strange happened. For far from gloating over the Protectors' collapse, the Hong Kong club's fans were praising a right-winger whose pace and darting runs
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      396 42  -  Gerard Wong By WHEN Goh Wei Ning did not get selected for the Asian Youth Games (AYG) three months ago, she cried her heart out for days. The Singapore Sports School student lost the chance to compete in the girls' 100 m hurdles
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      345 42 CARSON (California): Maria Sharapova went down in a hail of errors, worn out from eight matches in 12 days as she tries to make her way back to the top of women's tennis after shoulder surgery. Flavia Pennetta rallied for a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 semi-final victory
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      280 39 BLUE DEBUT Carlos Tevez makes his long-awaited debut for Manchester City. 815 Ml EYE ON GUANGZHOU Catherine Chew is set on riding at the Asian Games. 816 n BACK FOR THE LIONS Itimi Dickson gets a recall to the Singapore national team. 817 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED
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      133 41 Today Cricket Ashes 4th Test, Day 4: England v Australia (Live, ChllO, 5.58pm and 8.30pm). Hockey SHF League Div 3: Aetos v JFA HC (Sengkang 2, 3pm), CSC Jnrs v Saints-Buccaneers (3pm), Worldizz-Singh Sabha v Tornados (4.30pm), SCC v Sikhs SC (6pm), OVA v ORA Jnrs (7.30pm) Delta Stadium. Tennis
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      177 43 "I am the living bread from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever." John 6:51 A AILEEN LEE KWEE ING Age: 39 was called home to be with the Lord on 9 August 09 leaving behind loved ones. Husband Soh Guan Kheng (Rev.) Son: Daughter: Benedict
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      28 43 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of HO KONG HAY oX^4^^+ej) Departed on 10 August 2008 Always remembered by Wife, Sons, Daughters, Daughters-in-law, Sons-in-law, Grandchildren and all loved ones.
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      67 43 We, the family of the late WEEAHCHOO Departed on 5 August 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Our special thanks to Dr. Henry Yeo, Pastor/ Elders
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      59 43 'Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 In Loving Memory 7thAnniversary CHAN CHEN YEE 1 April 1964 -10 August 2002 &h&j[i*eatest' f igfh of low —fMemendn'ance' Dearly missed and cherished always
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      42 43 The family of the late ROBERT YAP Departed on 5 August 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, church members, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      100 43 Retired Staff Sergeant K. BALAKRISHNAN (School of Transport, SAF former Tester and Instructor) Age: 67 passed away peacefully on 9 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Meenachi d/o Ambu (Son: B. Sreetharan, deceased) Daughters: Sons-in-law: B. MaUeeka A Balasubramaniam B. Shahilla E Sundararaj B. Nirmala
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      1071 45  -  Goh Eng Yeow CAI JIN Excess money from West, China's appetite contribute to volatility I By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT IN THE face of the continuing economic slowdown affecting developed economies such as the United States and Japan, the soaring financial markets around the globe
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      354 45 NEW YORK: US federal prosecutors expect the former chief financial officer for disgraced financier Bernard Madoff to plead guilty tomorrow to criminal charges. Frank DiPascali, long rumoured to be cooperating with the authorities, agreed to enter the plea in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors
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        487 54  -  valerie wang The rock band play at small clubs but are gearing up for their big tour Although rock band Daughtry have an American Idol alumnus as their lead vocalist, their drummer Joey Barnes still thinks they have a long way to go. "We're still playing
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      465 55  -  ng yi-sheng Leona Lo is striking and entertaining but the show could be funnier and smarter ffWßWtheatre AH KUA SHOW Talk Sense The Substation Theatre Last Saturday This play is way overdue. After decades of local playwrights mocking and objectifying transgender women, finally we have a transwoman
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        220 57 Hong Kong Taiwanese R&B sensation Jay Chou will make his Hollywood debut playing Kato in the movie version of The Green Hornet, replacing Hong Kong comedian Stephen Chow. Columbia Pictures announced the casting decision last Saturday. Chow had signed on to direct the film and
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        329 57 London A British tabloid reported last Saturday that the godfather of Michael Jackson's three children claims to be the father of the late singer's daughter Paris (bottom). The News of the World quoted Jackson's longtime friend Mark Lester (below) as saying that he "gave Michael
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      642 73 Executive Appointments: toll free 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs: 1800-289-9988 www.st7ol.com 5 IPr6ITI3S Maintaining today, creating tomorrow A EH3 You become a better person when you become part of United Premas. M mkr^Z^^^^A^^^^A BUILDING MANAGERS CONTRACTS MANAGERS 1 rM^iKirrnp Minimum 5 years experience in Contracts H HH9 HHHnp wff^^& Wfw§ WPtwSfWmimPV PwRP
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      149 73 5 Events Diary AUGI2 NLP WORKSHOP Learn how to stay motivated, avoid procrastination, build rapport and influence people at this free workshop. For details, visit www.rtssingapore.com AUGI7TOAUGI9 LEADING FOR RESULTS This WDA-funded and accredited workshop will acquaint you with the necessary skills and knowledge to achieve results, motivate and develop
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        163 75 Teachers all over Singapore work hard, day after day, to impart young minds with knowledge and good values. Now, it is your turn to tell them what a difference they have made in your lives. A group of teachers formed eduNet last year to find
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        553 78  -  Leong Jia Wei Do you own your mobile phone, or does it own you? IN Crowder says it's time to draw the lina For most of us, mobile phones are an integral part of our lives. The rapid evolution of mobile phone technology has allowed
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        132 77 National Day may be over but that does not stop you from showing how much your country means to you. And why not win some cool cash while doing it? The National Heritage Board has organised a blogging competition called 50 Years Of Self-Governance:
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        622 79  -  Sonia Sng PRELIM COUNTDOWN 4 Read this report by Nur Shakylla Saifudin published in The Straits Times on July 1, 2009 and attempt the exercises based on it on the facing page. Lessons by Keep a lookout for three tyrannosaurus babies in the new animation movie Ice Age
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        666 81 FOR BETTER... A Singapore teen golfer's performance at the Optimist International Junior Championships has caught the attention of talent scouts from three American universities. Kok Jo Ec, 15, finished third in the girls' 14-to-15 category at the tournament in Florida, behind two players from Thailand, reports
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        666 83 By Karamjit Kaur, Aviation Correspondent, and Nicholas Yong, The Straits Times, July 27, 2009 Businessman Andy Bhasin has dumped buses for airplanes. "I don't think I will ever take the bus again," declared the 45-year-old who zips between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur once
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      125 75 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh JOURNALISTS Lim Pow Hong, Malini Nathan, Eisen Teo INTERN Heather Lim CONTRIBUTORS Alison de Souza, Andrew Duffy, Mardiana Abu Bakar ART DESIGN Samir Shridhar, Lee Xiuhui, Jaster Ngui, Zulaiha Jumari, Lim Kaili COVER DESIGN Jaster Ngui EDITORIAL PROJECTS UNIT Peter Khoo, Shahrena Hassan,
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      136 79 Summary summed up in PQRSTU A newspaper headline is a summary. So is the first paragraph of a news article. The difference is the purpose and length. Some information that may feature in a 100-word summary would be dropped from a 10-word summary. If you over-summarise, i.e. have way less
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      140 79 SUGGESTED STEPS: 1. Analyse the Question: Take some time to really understand the question and pick out the two or three key terms. These are the criteria to determine what the Relevant points are, as you trawl through the passage. 2. Underline and Tally 15 points: Number the points you
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      135 79 15 main points should not translate into 15 sentences. Group-related ones (mostly in sequence) together, about two or three. Each group is then re-phrased into a new Sentence. This forces you to form new sentence structures, which actually helps you to use your own words and keep to the word
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      84 83 SUMMARISE In 100 words or fewer, summarise the reasons why people take the plane instead of the bus to Malaysia. gjgdwoo o\ seoud Mam mo oi pen 9ABH seupe je66|q am U9A3« jeisej nonu jnq \9yo\\ snq b se 90Ud 9LUBS 9LJI 9JB Sm6|| UOOS 6U|LUOO 9JOLU HljM 'B!SAB|B|A| U|
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