The Straits Times, 16 December 2009

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    30 1 MICA (P) 094/11/2009 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 2009 SfJl 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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      Lock icon Cheating in SAF contest
      55 1 THREE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regulars have been convicted and fined in a military court for falsifying their unit's test scores for the annual best unit competition. The two officers and a specialist from the 24th Battalion Singapore Artillery doctored the unit's scores in the obstacle
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      Lock icon Singapore hits 31 golds
      48 1 SINGAPORE crossed the 30-gold mark at the SEA Games yesterday. The Republic is third in the medal tally with 31 golds. Former world champion Peter Gilchrist (left) won the English billiards singles final to finally break his duck at the Games. SPORT PAGES 89-12
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      Lock icon Graduates hit hardest
      66 1 THE job market, since Singapore exited the recession in end-June, is showing "encouraging signs of a turnaround", said the Manpower Ministry. Total employment is up, fewer workers are being laid off and there are more job vacancies, according to revised third-quarter figures. But university graduates continue to
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      53 1 SISTIC has been charged by the competition watchdog that it is engaging in anti-competitive practices and has abused its dominant position in the market. The ticketing agency has eight weeks to prove otherwise to the Competition Commission of Singapore, or face an infringement decision and a fine.
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      Lock icon Private home sales fall
      59 1 SALES of new private homes fell last month for the fourth month in a row. Property developers sold just 600 units last month, compared with 815 in October and 1,143 in September. Still, sales in the first 11 months totalled 14,243 units just 568 units short
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    Lock icon Pick-your-layout flats for Dawson estate
    725 1  -  Esther Teo Scheme for the young to live close to parents revived and tweaked By THE eagerly anticipated new flats in the mature Dawson estate in Queenstown were launched for sale yesterday complete with plenty of wow factors. For the first time, the Housing Board
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    Lock icon AT STAKE: OUR EARTH
    147 1 THE PLACE: The Sundarbans. Indian workers arranging I boulders to reinforce an Wf embankment against erosion on Ghoramara Island in the Sundarbans, some 100 km south of Kolkata. Over the last 25 years, Ghoramara's land mass has been halved from 9 sq km to about 4.7
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    Lock icon World Cup telecasts still in the balance
    546 1  -  Frankie Chee I By AS OF now, Singapore fans will not get to see next year's Fifa World Cup matches live, even though Sing Tel and Star Hub have put in a surprise joint bid to telecast the finals in South Africa. In
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        Lock icon Masterly display in the steppes of Central Asia
        104 2 WE SAY China's reach into the world's store of energy keeps growing, with the opening of the Turkmenistan gas pipeline. This is not just another piece in China's web of overland supply routes to reduce exposure to supply risk in carrying the
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        Lock icon Equal care for everyone
        30 2 COLUMNS All patients, whether paying or subsidised, must receive equal quality care. That is not always the case now, says Lee Wei Ling. REVIEW PAGE Al9
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        23 2 Americans are not afraid to fail, and so the United States won't fail, writes Jonathan Holburt. REVIEW PAGE A2O
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        Lock icon Singapore's football goals
        33 2 OUR READER SAYS The Singapore Lions should play at a much higher level than just the S-League if the team wants to improve, says Foo Chee Choong. FORUM PAGE A2l
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        35 2 www.straitstimes.com Jessica Cheam test drives a 100 per cent electric car that could be on its way to Singapore. Jeanette Wang is two weeks into her car-free pledge; how is she holding up?
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      Lock icon Cambodia's stock market is no quick fix
      854 2  -  Bruce Gale Weak oversight and neglect of real economy are potential dangers By SENIOR WRITER IS CAMBODIA in danger of developing a taste for quick fixes? A statement issued by the nation's Finance Ministry earlier this month called the establishment of a stock
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      Lock icon Graduates dealt harder jobs blow
      884 3  -  Kor Kian Beng More degree-holders are without jobs and taking longer to find one By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT DESPITE signs of a turnaround in the job market, university graduates are no better off. In tact, more and taking longe: to revised official figures released yesterday. Part
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      Lock icon Sisters in arms
      112 3 THE relationship between Ms Ho Ching and Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor is a warm one as they hold hands while heading into the Asean Women Leaders Forum at Fullerton Hotel. Yesterday's event marked the third time in a month the wives of Singapore and Malaysia's Prime Ministers
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      Lock icon Multi-religious display of artefacts
      239 4 FOR the first time, a multi-faith exhibition with religious items from China and Singapore is being held here. The week-long event at Suntec Convention Centre, which opened yesterday, includes priceless pieces from China's five official religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam. Those from Singapore are
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      Lock icon Three altered scores for best unit contest
      486 4  -  Jermyn Chow Two SAF officers and a specialist convicted; unit was disqualified By] THREE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regulars have been convicted in a military court for doctoring their unit's test scores for this year's annual best unit competition. The two officers and
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      Lock icon Telcos told: Cut punitive charges
      609 7  -  Chua Hian Hou Lower termination levy, 24-month contract cap By CONSUMERS will no longer have to face punitive charges for cutting short their service agreements with their telcos. From March 1, telcos must reduce the termination charges they levy on consumers for breaking their contracts
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      Lock icon Stop blame game, says UN chief
      724 6  -  Jessica Cheam Key differences remain; China and US take potshots at each other By COPENHAGEN: United Nations Secre-tary-General Ban Xi Moon said yesterday that rich and poor countries must "stop pointing fingers" and increase pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions to save faltering talks
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      156 6 ryjVKWM BUBBLES are bad news to economists. But to climate watchers, the word refers to something very different, and useful. Bubble is the term for an option in the Kyoto Protocol that allows industrialised countries to meet their emissions targets by pooling together their total emissions. The European Union
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      10 6 Source PHOTO: EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE BLOOMBERG ST GRAPHICS
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      Lock icon Long, chaotic wait for participants
      429 6  -  Clarissa Oon By COPENHAGEN: One of the world's biggest ever environmental summits is turning into a logistical nightmare. Thousands of journalists and observers attending the United Nations conference in Copenhagen were locked out of the overcrowded venue over the last two days, and had to
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      299 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh By COPENHAGEN: Journalists can make a major impact in changing people's perspective and lifestyle when it comes to climate change, the head of the United Nations' panel of climate scientists said. "If we want action, it has to come from the personal
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        131 6 COPENHAGEN: Mayors from cities including New York, Toronto, Buenos Aires and Copenhagen signed a resolution urging world leaders to reach "an ambitious and empowering deal" on carbon dioxide emissions cuts. More than 80 mayors are meeting this week in the Danish capital parallel to the UN
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        129 6 VATICAN CITY: Industrialised nations must recognise their responsibility for the environmental crisis, shed their consumerism and embrace more sober lifestyles, Pope Benedict said yesterday. His call for more environmental commitments came in his message for the Roman Catholic Church's annual World Day of Peace, to be
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        126 6 SYDNEY: Five Greenpeace activists scaled Sydney's Opera House yesterday to unfurl a large banner demanding world leaders settle their differences and strike a global climate treaty in Copenhagen. Police arrested the five after they climbed the building with grappling ropes to display a 100 sq m
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      Lock icon Opening up opportunities to volunteer
      881 8  -  Wong Kim Hoh THE ST INTERVIEW Laurence Lien wants to help people contribute in meaningful ways By I SENIOR WRITER Tycoon's grandson MR LAURENCE Lien, 39, is the chief executive officer of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre. An Oxford Scholar, the grandson of the
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      900 8 Q According to the survey, people who volunteer more, donate more. Why is this so? For a donor, you have to answer a few questions in your head first before you actually part with the gift. One question would be, what need is there in society? In Singapore, you
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      648 9  -  Grace Ng Developers cash in on property fever gripping China but some warn of an unsustainable bubble By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Mr Sam Goi may be best known in Singapore for his Spring Home brand of popiah skins, but in China he is making a name for himself
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      Lock icon Young Chinese find it hard to buy a home
      450 9  -  GRACE NG BEIJING: A year after graduating from the elite Beijing University, Ms Li, who asked that her full name not be used, has turned into a campus squatter. The 30-year-old office worker "pulled some strings" with the college housing office
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        Lock icon China thanks Japan for development aid
        597 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin The money was crucial in modernisation of the country, says V-P Xi By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT MUCH ADO ABOUT MEETING Japanese Emperor Akihito (left) meeting visiting Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping in Tokyo yesterday. Prime Minister Hatoyama, who pushed for the meeting, has
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        Lock icon Tokyo delays decision on moving US airbase
        180 10 TOKYO: Japan needs several more months to decide on the relocation of a major United States military base on the southern island of Okinawa, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said yesterday. The delay risks fanning US mistrust and Japanese voters' doubts about Mr Hatoyama's
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        Lock icon Chinese cop in drinking death 'not a martyr'
        332 10 BEIJING: A Chinese policeman, who died after drinking heavily at a banquet he was made to attend, had his designation as a martyr who died in the line of duty rescinded. His superior, who had applied to award him with the designation
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        354 11 It raises limit on amount of cash that can be exchanged after revaluation SEOUL: North Korea has revised details of its shock currency revaluation following a riot by market traders that led to 12 executions. The communist state has taken a series of
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        Lock icon Mayon rumbles
        55 11 Lava flowing yesterday from the crater of Mayon volcano in Albay province, south-east of Manila. The Philippines has ordered the evacuation of 9,000 families after one of its most active volcanoes showed increased activity on Monday. Mayon had five ash explosions with incandescent materials going down 3km from
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        Lock icon Learn Chinese, says Najib
        191 11 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says it may be too late for him to learn Chinese, but he has urged Malaysians, especially the Malays, to learn the language. Chinese has become an important language since China is now a world economic superpower, he said
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        581 12  -  Carolyn Hong Steep drop in oil revenue raises concerns over XL's funds By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's depleting oil wealth became an issue of heated debate in Parliament this week, as the opposition demanded a detailed account of government finances following
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        Lock icon 20-litre rule: No JB border checks
        275 12  -  CAROLYN HONG KUALA LUMPUR: Drivers of Singapore-registered vehicles will not be allowed to buy more than 20 litres of petrol at border stations starting today, but they will be exempted from border checks at Johor Baru. This is because the Singapore Government enforces a
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        Lock icon MM Lee gets warm Indian welcome
        313 13  -  RAVI VELLOOR NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rarely steps out to greet his visitors, choosing to stay at the door when dignitaries visit him at his home. For Mr Lee Kuan Yew, though, India's scholarly leader moved out from the porch to the
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        Lock icon Suicide attack at 'secure' Kabul district
        416 13 Taleban blamed for attack by bomber in heavily guarded area KABUL: A suicide car bomber struck a heavily guarded neighbourhood yesterday near the home of a former Afghan vice-president and a hotel favoured by Westerners, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, officials
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          Lock icon BA takes legal action to prevent strike
          629 14 It seeks injunction to stop planned 12-day walkout after union refuses to call off action LONDON: British Airways (BA) began legal action yesterday to prevent a planned 12-day strike by cabin crew that could snarl travel plans for up to a million passengers
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          349 14  -  JUDITH TAN MARIA ALMENOAR WHEN British expats James and Elaine Blanchard go home for Christmas next week, they may find themselves in the thick of a planned British Airways (BA) strike. They are set to land in Heathrow Airport in London on Tuesday, when the 12-day strike
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          268 15 WASHINGTON: United States President Barack Obama (left), who won political support and has sought advice from investment guru Warren Buffett (right), may now feel even closer to the world's second-richest man. According to their family trees, the two men who at times shared the stage together during last
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          595 15  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Approach allows Washington to raise issues with China and Russia privately, says Clinton By US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has outlined Washington's "pragmatic and agile" stance on human rights, saying it is sometimes better to raise
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          473 16 Teheran tested key N-bomb component in 2007, say reports WASHINGTON: The United States will test its core missile defences next month for the first time against a simulated long-range Iranian attack, a top Pentagon official has said, amid growing tensions with Teheran. The
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          208 16 LONDON: Those baby-faced people now have another reason to be smug: A new Danish study says looking young apparently means a longer life. Research published online on Monday in British medical journal BMJ suggests that people who look younger than their years also live longer. In
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          359 18 Study: Couples less likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and drug abuse WELLINGTON: Despite the barbs of comedians and the spectacular bust-ups documented in the gossip magazines, marriage really is good for you, international research has found. A study of nearly 34,500 people in
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            84 18 ROME: An Italian man who broke Mr Silvio Berlusconi's nose and teeth by striking him with a souvenir model has apologised to the Italian Prime Minister. The man, Massimo Tartaglia, admitted it was a "cowardly and rash act", his lawyers said. Mr Berlusconi, 73, who allies say
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            Lock icon 14 'evaded CIQ checks'
            140 18 JOHOR BARU: The Immigration Department has refuted all the allegations made by the 14 people who were detained at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex here last week. Its Johor director Nasri Ishak claimed that the 14 had deliberately used the unmanned booth to get
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            90 18 DUBLIN: An Irish woman seeking to use frozen embryos created with her estranged husband to have another baby lost a landmark appeal to the Supreme Court yesterday. Mother-of-two Mary Roche, 43, took the appeal after the High Court dismissed her case in 2006. She and her ex-husband,
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            90 18 BEIJING: Construction of the world's longest sea bridge linking southern China's Guangdong province to Hong Kong and Macau began yesterday. It will bolster the integration and growth of the Pearl River Delta a manufacturing hub. The 73 billion yuan (5514.9 billion) Y-shaped Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
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            104 18  -  ELIZABETH LOOI KUALA LUMPUR: Thirteen members of the Malaysian Chinese Association's (MCA) central committee resigned en masse yesterday in a bid to push for fresh polls. The group was led by vice-president Liow Tiong Lai. However, they did not write the date on their letter. "Our
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            106 18 BANGKOK: The Thai government said yesterday it will ask the United Nations for money to destroy a cache of sanctions-busting weapons seized from a plane out of North Korea, as officials began inspecting the arms. The 35 tonne load, which includes missiles and rocket-propelled grenades,
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          78 18 Australian scientists have discovered that an octopus in Indonesia can collect coconut shells for use as a shelter. The researchers believe it is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal. The scientists filmed the veined octopus, amphioctopus marginatus, picking halved coconut shells
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      455 19 CHINA'S methodical approach in securing its national interest on the broadest time horizon has been demonstrated anew in the steppes of Central Asia. This is an ancient region where history and political intrigue collided in the past, and still do. To that
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        718 20  -  Jonathan Holburt THE UNITED STATES By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The US really is a land of first and second chances and third and fourth ones too, if you're persistent enough. It's the country of the next "big thing". HERE we go again. Predictions that the
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        214 21 LAST Saturday's report, "Life looking better for foreign maids", is as much an indictment of employers' inhumanity as it is a pat on the back for their improved behaviour. Although the figures over the last five years do show a healthy trend, the absolute number
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        289 21 LAST Friday, I had the privilege of sending my son off for national service. I am confident the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will shape my son as it had shaped me in the past. My son had to enlist early soon after his
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      666 23  -  Christopher Tan Sales of European and Korean brands zoom past last year's figures By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT IN A market that has contracted by almost 30 per cent from last year's, a handful of car brands has managed to zoom past 2008 sales,
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      468 24  -  Sujin Thomas One victim in a coma after hit-and-run crash; car had diplomatic plate By Leow Si Wan A CAR believed to be from a foreign embassy was involved in a hit-and-run accident in Bukit Panjang Road early yesterday, hitting three
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      87 24 A Chinese national in his 2Os was killed in a worksite accident in Pandan Road yesterday. The ship-repair company worker was pinned under a toppled 60-tonne crane for more than two hours. Singapore Civil Defence Force officers had to use another crane to extricate him. He
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      335 24  -  Mavis Toh By THE decomposed body of a Vietnamese student was found sitting upright in the cupboard of her hostel room yesterday morning. Friends of Ms Nguyen Cao Minh Ngoc, 24, alerted the management of the Queensway Student Hostel after they were
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      185 24  -  ELENA CHONG A DOG owner was fined $3,000 yesterday after his two pet rottweilers bit a man on the shin more than a year ago. Businessman Wu Wai Hong, 61, had compensated the victim, Mr Seah Jeng Jye, $1,600 and apologised. He had also
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      597 26  -  Lim Wei Chean ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES By Watchdog cites exclusive ticketing deals, booking fee hike TICKETING agent Sistic has been called to answer a charge made by the competition watchdog that it engaged in anticompetitive practices and abused its dominant position in the market. It
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      359 26  -  ANG YIYING CHILD AID, the fund-raising concert by Singapore Press Holdings, has raised a record $1 million to help needy children. The proceeds will be split 75-25 between The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund and The Business Times Budding Artists Fund. This year's tally
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      760 27  -  Rachel Chang THIRD ASEAN WOMEN LEADERS FORUM Women must be seated at tables of power, says Datin Seri Rosmah By MANY explanations have been offered for the recent global financial crisis, and yesterday the wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak offered another: Men.
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      451 27  -  Jeremy Au Yonc. By PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday offered his condolences to the wife of the late Mr Sha'ari Tadin giving credit to the former People's Action Party (PAP) MP for paving the way for a new generation of Malay
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      512 28  -  Chua Hian Hou New NTU lab to look for ways to tap energy from the environment instead By CREATING computer chips that do away with batteries for their source of power is just one challenge that a new $50 million integrated chip design centre
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      432 28  -  Amresh Gunasingham By THOSE old glass dinner plates or wine bottles that normally end up in the dustbin could soon be remade into fancy floor and wall tiles in your home. Researchers from Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Environmental and Water Technology Centre of Innovation have developed
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      225 28  -  TAN WEIZHEN AFTER nine years, the übiquitous TVMobile service on buses will end its journey on Jan 1 next year. Broadcaster MediaCorp, which operates the free-to-air mobile television service on 1,500 SBS Transit buses, said that the major contributing factor was commercial viability.
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      475 29  -  Grace Chua NUS researchers mapping out hottest, windiest part of town for future green developments By RESEARCHERS from the National University of Singapore will attempt to map out where the hottest and windiest parts of Punggol are so that urban developers can plan where
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        84 29 THE N-level examination results will be released on Friday and can be collected by students at their schools from 2.30pm. Those who wish to apply for courses offered by the Institute of Technical Education may obtain application forms from their schools when they collect their
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        148 29 AT 3pm tomorrow, the newly converted off-ramp from the West Coast Highway viaduct in Telok Blangah Road between Wishart Road and Seah Im Road will be opened. The ramp is part of the Land Transport Authority's works to reconfigure the West Coast Highway viaduct, so that
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      62 30 ITE College East students Lucas Abraham and Teo Xiv Zhen giving a haircut to a resident of Bright Hill Evergreen Home, as part of the SMRT Silver Tribute Fund outreach scheme. In the last two years, the fund has raised close to $2 million for more
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      698 30  -  Jessica Jaganathan SUBSIDISED DENTAL CARE CENTRES Hospital being considered as second subsidised centre for specialist care By Scholarships for dentists THE Health Ministry is offering scholarships for dentists to treat the very young and the old, to help address the shortage of dentists in these fields.
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      105 23 Jk WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm premium prices. We are basically MOST-READ ONLINE making money off each other." New immigrants in Singapore YOUR SAY MOST COMMENTED ON A new study of Punggol Town's Flat prices will rise but still be temperature and wind velocity will
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      398 24 FE9TIVE COUNTDOWN An Early Christmas Treat A Family Celebration (1 Dec '09 -1 Jan '10) (24 &31 Dec '09) Christmas comes early at the River Garden! Bring the family for an extravagant celebration and indulge in an International Buffet spread Our daily Festive Buffet* features a with festive favourites while
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      226 25 £tmm ft Vffll fcfe^^ >^ j| wa La Ilk feiulr -^bT 'flB V| >r— j^% iR 4MMK U, Standard an^ard \i Standard 6^ Standard W-i' Chartered Chartered Vi i Standard Sl v f 1 JJI HHi\ iL Bf I■ 11 i® —^^bm^b^sji^B' i'"' Five lucky Singaporean children took the pitch
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      742 27 public auction mm a TRUSTEE, ESTATE OTHER CONSIGNMENTS 5^5 Date :20 December 2009, Sunday Venue: Goodwood Park Hotel \O£ Scotts Road WNsy^j!/^ Tudor Ballroom, Level 1 —^*#Jt Viewing from 9.30 am. Auction will mTP? begin at 12.30 pm (Same Day) View catalogue at www.gpjw.com.sg/events/auctiono9l22o.pdf Note: 8% Buyers Premium. Payment by
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      231 28 t Celebrate Christmas SINGAPORE ONE CHRISTMAS ONE HOPE 18»25.12.09 A message of peace and harmony in Singapore and around the world. From 18-25 December 2009 along Orchard Road, nightly performances will be staged at the walkway fronting Paragon, Tangs, Tong Building, Wisma Atria and in front of Plaza Singapura, from
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      602 31  -  Jonathan Wong Gilchrist makes up for previous failures by winning billiards gold ATTHE GAMES By VIENTIANE: Team manager Vincent Sum's reaction said it all. Clutching his head, he looked on the verge of a seizure. After a 96 break to leave him just two points from
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      392 31 VIENTIANE: One more comeback was just too much for archer Adriel Chua. After a come-from-behind win in the semi-finals, the Singaporean had no reply to Igusti Nyoman Puruhito. In the 12-arrow men's 70m compound bow final in Laos, he failed to get near his
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      662 32  -  Lin Xinyi Singapore paddlers sweep singles golds to finish on a high ATTHE GAMES By VIENTIANE: If there were any lingering doubts over Singapore's supremacy in table tennis at the SEA Games, they were quashed yesterday. The failure to capture the men's doubles gold proved to be a
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        60 32 SINGAPOREAN long jumper Matthew Goh, 18, rewrote his national record with a leap of 7.62 m at the SEA Games yesterday. His effort on his first attempt was 9cm farther than his previous best achieved in June. It was not enough, however, to earn
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        71 32 VIETNAMESE football fans were not the only ones celebrating vociferously after their team's 4-1 victory against Singapore in the semi-finals on Monday. At the Games Village, the Vietnam contingent also created a racket throughout the night as they celebrated a famous win. It was
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        64 32 SINGAPORE thrower James Wong has made a statement of intent on his footwear, ahead of today's discus competition. The 40-year-old, a seven-time discus gold medallist at the SEA Games, has been wearing a special pair of adidas shoes around the Games Village. The words
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        76 32 THERE was talk that chef de mission Jessie Phua would be thrown into the pool yet again after the swimming competition ended on Monday, following the tradition of the water polo boys, who gave her the wet treatment a week ago. But Phua, seated at the
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        69 32 FILIPINO swimmer Miguel Molina, 25, who was named the Best Male Athlete of the SEA Games in 2005 and 2007, has decided to make this his last Games. He could win only two gold medals this time in the 200 m and 400 m
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      404 32  -  Leonard Lim By VIENTIANE: When Marquitados Santos saw the National Sports Complex here for the first time, she remained speechless for a few minutes as she admired the spanking-new structure. It was the first time the Timor Leste distance runner had seen a stadium, complete
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      359 32 VIENTIANE: Malaysia's Tan Song Hwa overcame a neck spasm, which halted her pre-Games training, to break a SEA Games record in the women's hammer throw yesterday, and teammate Teoh Boon Lim added a second athletics gold in the 20km walk. Vietnam, trying to catch medals-table toppers
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      801 33  -  Leonard Lim Even with 10 of 14 wins in Games records, Spores swimmers won't stand still ATTHE GAMES By "The days when we had to rely on only one or two individuals for the golds are over. We've a larger base of swimmers, though we were
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      430 33  -  Lim Sin Thai MESDIARY I By WHEN photographers sit together to chat over coffee or a meal, we sometimes talk about the sports we like to shoot and those we do not. There is generally a consensus. The sports we like to cover are action-packed,
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      260 34 Nigel Lim, 30 Singapore shooter, competing in his first Games Q What is the one food from Singapore that you miss the most? A Laksa. Back in Singapore, every time I see a stall selling laksa, I crave for it. Q What is the one item you brought with
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      1002 34  -  Leonard Lim Minister wants Hub, set to be ready by 2014, to open with a bang ATTHE GAMES By "To watch 14-year-olds, 15-year-olds perform with that maturity, with that hunger, that is a very, very good sign." DR VIVIAN BALAKRISHNAN VIENTIANE: The government is hoping that construction
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      575 34 Athletics Men's marathon 1 E. Buenavista (Phi) 2hr 21min 10.Msec. 20km walk: 1 Teoh Boon Lim (Mas) 1:31:28. Women's marathon 1 Jho-An Banayag (Phi) 2:46:34. 20km walk 1 Kay Khing Myo Tun (Mya) 1:45:06. Hammer 1 Tan Song Hwa (Mas) 56.41 m. Archery Men's recurve individual Final: Cheng Chu
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        49 35 MADRID: Real Madrid are preparing to launch a January transfer bid for Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho, according to a report from The Daily Mail. The Spanish giants have targeted the Portugal international following a serious injury to defender Pepe, who will be sidelined for six months.
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        51 35 LONDON: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) says the Belgian court injunction suspending Yanina Wickmayer's one-year ban for doping-related violations has not yet made her eligible to compete. The ITF is waiting to hear from the Belgian national anti-doping agency before it can make a formal ruling. ASSOCIATED
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        41 35 ENERGIZER Singapore has agreed to be the Official Battery Sponsor of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Banana Boat, a brand owned by Energizer, has also come on board as Singapore 2010's Official Sunscreen Product Sponsor.
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      59 35 DING JUNHUI of China, who won the UK Championship on Sunday by beating world champion John Higgins of Scotland 10-8 in the race-to-19 final. It was the second time the 22-year-old, the 2005 champion, had
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      143 35 Basketball NBA Orlando 106 Indiana 98, Philadelphia 117 Golden State 101, Boston 110 Memphis 105, Dallas 94 New Orleans 90, Denver 102 Oklahoma City 93, Minnesota 110 Utah 108, LA Clippers 97 Washington 95. Cricket First ODI In Rajkot: India 414-7 in 50 overs (V. Sehwag 146, M. Dhoni
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      475 35 Tiger Woods linked with steroids case as more mistresses surface NEW YORK: Even as the Tiger Woods' sex scandal continues to generate salacious headlines with the naming of two more mistresses, the world's No. 1 golfer has been linked with a Canadian doctor suspected of providing prominent
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      327 35 LONDON: Jamie Carragher may be counting on the power of prayer but Wigan boss Roberto Martinez believes it is the quality of Liverpool's players which will ensure the Reds finish the season in the Premier League's top four. Stuttering Liverpool entertain Martinez's side at Anfield today
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      342 31 "I was tense and needed some time away from everyone." ADRIEL CHUA, who sat alone in the adjacent tent to calm himself, away from the rest of his teammates, while waiting for the final at the National Sports Complex archery range ftnt^^SpHWßHfpMlilHtfMM "live" laos 2009 soccer matches OK THURSDAY AT
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      168 31 ft CD WHAT'S ONLINE O MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Fresh start for the Reds The moody Blues: Chelsea do some soul-searching Arshavin is a winner MOST COMMENTED ON Fresh start for the Reds Says wudanglO: "I see no reason why Benitez should be lambasted
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      731 34 owners for their support. f"lt was time to switch to something else, but in the same industry as racing has been so good to me. Besides, I haven't been in France for four years and I sure look forward to being with friends and family again." Legrix, with Hong Kong-born
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      154 35 "For me to live, is Christ to die is gain." Philippians 1:21 dfdf ROY HO BOON HENG Age: 48 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 December 2009, always loved and forever cherished by family and loved ones. Wife: Susan Sim Sons: Kent Ho Wenjie Scan Ho
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      189 35 "The LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore." Psalm 121:8 ROBERT TAN CHOON GHIM Age: 83 Was called home to be with the Lord on 13 December 2009. Dearly missed deeply cherished by loved ones. Wile: Theresa Thomas Tan Surviving Sisters: Molly Tan, Dolly Tan
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      79 35 TACHAPILLIL DHARMAVATHY (THANKAMANI) w/o the late P. B. Menon passed away peacefully on 14 December 2009. Fondly remembered by Sister-in-law: Saroja Paran Sons: Daughters-in-law: Prasad Menon Geetha (deceased) Suresh Menon Padma Satlsh Menon Rajnl Subhas Menon Rethl Grandsons: Granddaughters: Kiran Shallnl Abhilash Vlneetha Pranav Priyanca Cousins: Kuttappan, Ammini, Manl and
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      135 35 AMARJIT SINGH (AMBAY) S/0 LATE SEWA SINGH Vilage: Matewal Age: 41 passed away peacefully on 15 December 2009. Dearly missed and deeply cherished by: Mother: Dalbir Kaur Sister: Brother-in-law: Manjit Kaur Jasmail Singh Gill Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Harbajan Singh Jasminder Kaur Rattan Singh Gursharan Kaur Gurbachan Singh Malkit Kaur Belki Singh
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      147 35 I 41 NGE GEE NEAR passed away peacefully on 14.12.2009, fondly remembered by loved ones. Mother: Lee Kuak Yee (deceased) Husband: Chua Keow Song (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chua Kjm Chwee (deceased) Chan Ai Nging Chua Kirn Teck Chan Lee Eng, Amy I Daughter: Son-in-law: Chua Soon Eng Ang Tay Tee
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      120 35 "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will Hue, even though he dies." John 11:25 CHONG KEE YOKE AGE: 79 Passed away peacefully on 15 December 2009. Dearly missed and fondly cherished by loved ones. Wife: Chin Swee Choot Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chong Park Cheong Jervin
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      185 36 MRSAYLIPHAI Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 15 December 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Too Jong Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Say Jock Hoe Foo Hee Jong Say Geok Keow (Late) Ng Hong Kee Say Geok Choo Hing Fook Meng Sons Daughters-in-law: Say Kin Kok Albert Ngiam
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      69 36 LEE SHI KAI, EDDIE Age: 64 passed away peacefully on 15 Dec 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Lee Kirn Li, Daphne Son: Daughter-in-law: Lee Chung Wei, Kevin Lim Hwee Hoon, Stephanie Daughter: Grandchildren: Lee Mci Ling Lee Zhen Ming, Dylan Lee Ting Ying, Sydnie and all relatives. Wake is
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      147 36 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7 LUM KWOK MING Age: 63 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 December 2009. Dearly missed fondly remembered by loved ones: Wife: Chan Lai Hwa Son: Daughter-in-law: Lum Hon
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      39 36 Our Deepest Sympathy and Condolences To Our Board of Directors Families On the Demise of their Beloved Father/Grandfather/Great Grandfather MR SAY LIP HAI From Management Staff of JP Pepperdine Group JP Pepperdine Group of Restaurants: j^e^Tbws Sea&<fd Eatzi^Gourmet JfS^W
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      123 36 NG KWOK CHEONG Age 90 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 December 2009, dearly missed by loved ones Wife: OwYong Pui Keng (deceased) Sons Daughters-in-law Albert Ng Chee Keong Aster Goh Aye Teik Andrew Ng Chee Ming Celine Ouyang Francis Ng Chee Kin Joan Yip Lai
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      35 36 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Our Late Boss A BONG Departed 16 December 2008 Always remembered by all at Deans Realtors Pte Ltd 989 Serangoon Road Singapore *****8 Tel: 6298 8999 Fax: 6298 8331
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      136 37 GOH EE BENG, JAMES Age: 82 was called to the Lord on 14 December 2009. Dearly missed deeply cherished by loved ones. Wife: Cecilia Tan Ah Moe Sons: Daughters-in-law: Alan Goh Choo Siang Dennis Goh Choo Han Bridget Ng Sock Yee Glen Goh Choo Kheng Sharon Teo Kwee Fah Jason
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      128 37 Our Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the late Eamon Molloy Age 81 years A beloved fatherly and brotherly figure to many of us and other overseas' students, refugees, and the underprivileged. A great example of being 'Irish'; one who could laugh at himself, talked with crowds,
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      114 37 ONG LAY KHENG ONG LAY SUAN Age: 77 passed away peacefully on 15 Dec 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Lim Boonb Hee (Deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Lim Chiew Kwee Ang Cheo Tee Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lim Ser Yen, Louiza Tan Tai How, Gilbert Lim Say Pheng, Jacklyn Scow Chu Seng Lim
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      47 37 In Cherished Memory "But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" 1 Corinthians 15:57 Benjamin Shih Sun Yuen 8 Nov 1977 -16 Dec 2006 Deeply Loved and Missed Ever Precious Always in our thoughts. Your family and all loved ones
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      209 37 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake." Psalm 23:1-3 DR EDITH QUAH SWEE LIANG Age: 53 passed
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      135 37 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days Wj of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." 9| Psalm 23:6 1 R SUSAN SIMPSON Age: 80 Was called home to be with the Lord on 15 December 2009 Dearly missed and fondly
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      48 37 ARUL CHELVAM (ROGER) Age: 38 passed away peacefully on 14 Dec 2009 Dearly missed by Wife: Kalarani Sons: Prasad Vinesh Mother-in-law, Brothers-in-law, Sisters-in-law, friends relatives. Body is resting at 34, Jalan Belangkas. Cortege leaves on 16 Dec (Wed), 4pm for Mandai Crematorium Hall 4 for cremation at spm.
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      51 37 KASINATHA THEVAR (EX-PSA) passed away peacefully in India, leaving behind beloved wife Kamalambal, sons, daughters, grandchildren loved ones. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on Thursday (17 Dec), 7.30pm at Sri Sivan Temple, 24 Geylang East Aye 2. Please treat this as a personal invitation. Hp: 9658 1962 Hp: 8399
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      807 46  -  Joyce Teo November marks fourth month of decline; landed properties are in favour By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT SALES of new private homes fell in November for the fourth month in a row, following July's sales peak. Data released yesterday by the Urban Redevelopment Authority shows
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        531 38  -  Jonathan Kwok BULLS AND BEARS Year-high mark hit, but investors lie low ahead of Fed rate decision By SINGAPORE stocks struggled for direction in a muted day of trading yesterday, even though the market briefly touched a year-high early in the trading day.
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        449 38 WASHINGTON: United States producer prices rose faster than expected last month, while a gauge of manufacturing in New York state fell unexpectedly this month, creating a potential headache for the Federal Reserve. The Labour Department said yesterday that the seasonally adjusted index for prices
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          206 38 ffflkmmmmm WWI Yesterday's close: 10,083.48 (-22.2) JaPanese stocks edged down 0.2 per cent due to uncertainty ahead of a Federal Reserve Po''cy meet'n8 e{ m the m&. f^l MMMMM^^^^L^ Yesterday's close: 1,270.81 (+5.36) Malaysian shares closed up 0.4 per cent after a last-minute surge in construction and finance stocks.
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          104 38 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 15 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2610 1.2990 Can dollar 1.3060 1.3210 Euro 2.0270 2.0500 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4078 0.4085 NZ dollar 1.0030 1.0240 Sterling pound 2.2560 2.2810 US dollar 1.3830 1.3990 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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          369 38 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 446 244.9 1116 168 147 1532 425 120 52 3240 1856 2710 870 198 326 874 285 1450 322 187 399 324 376 352 232 MM MM 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 405
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          598 38 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 133 96 195 98 74.5 172 123 267 26 132 147 229 108 133 247 250 325 216 68.5 334 179 220 42.5 47.5 78 95 33.5 296 150 70 272 97 1686
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        550 39  -  Alvin Foo Muted response so far to new product the first of its kind in Asia outside Japan By About the new product SIMILAR to exchange traded funds, exchange traded notes are senior, unsecured debt securities linked to the performance of an underlying index.
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        318 39  -  Grace Chua By A PROGRAMME launched here to boost the energy efficiency of cooling systems aims to slash carbon dioxide emissions by 150,000 tonnes a year over a 10-year period. Climate Action Resource Enterprise (Care), an initiative by Climate Resources Exchange (CRX) and African
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      640 40 Chance for white knight Abu Dhabi to rein in reluctant UAE member LONDON: By providing a US$lO billion (Ssl4 billion) lifeline to Dubai on Monday, oil-rich Abu Dhabi has granted its debt-stricken neighbour a critical shortterm reprieve from its creditors. But in doing
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      249 40 WASHINGTON: The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world's top two sovereign wealth funds, has acquired a 10.9 per cent stake in the Pritzker family's Hyatt Hotels. The fund holds 4.76 million Hyatt Class A shares, according to a filing yesterday
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      1264 41 PHOTO: Banks' rush to repay US govt signals trouble NEW YORK: When Washington pressed the nation's largest banks to take billions of dollars in federal support in autumn last year, few protested more loudly than Wells Fargo. On Monday, it became the last
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        1209 42  -  Francis Chan Son of steel merchant gave up secure job to steer family firm By NICHE STRATEGY "A typical industry player would be like a supermarket, selling all sorts of products. But because we are smaller...we shifted our focus to only certain
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        256 43 AFFIRMING the importance of Singapore as a strategic media hub, media agency group GroupM Singapore will create the new role of chief executive officer (CEO). GroupM which is made up of agencies like Mindshare, Mediacom and Maxus has named Mr James Chadwick, who
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      713 44 But it warns against capital controls and hasty withdrawal of stimulus packages TIMING CRUCIAL "If done too soon, recovery may be at risk; if too late, fiscal deficits and monetary expansion could become unsustainable and inflationary." The Asian Development Bank, on withdrawing stimulus measures MANILA:
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      416 44  -  Fiona Chan By CONSUMERS started to ease open their wallets in October in response to a brightening economic outlook. Retail sales during the month were 6 per cent higher than in September the biggest monthly rise since February and a marked contrast to the
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      615 45  -  Robin Chan Family of late Robert Chandran sells stake to Swiss-based trader By ALMOST two years after Mr Robert Chandran was killed in a helicopter crash, the family of the Chemoil Energy founder has finally offloaded its stake in the company. Swiss-based commodity trader Glencore
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      618 48  -  akshita nanda Carmen Bradford, ex-singer for Count Basic Orchestra, will sing at annual jazz concert She is packing cool clothes so she can warm people's hearts this Christmas. Carmen Bradford, former singer for the iconic Count Basic Orchestra, is heading back to what she remembers as Asia's
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      660 48 'Compass has not been very cooperative in terms of helping with this digital platform. They're discouraging people from offering a digital service' Ms Emily Butt, managing director of HMV Singapore and Hong Kong The allegation by HMV is both inaccurate and untrue. Our tariff
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        1417 50  -  yong shu hoong Blue aliens in Avatar? Why not? That, after all, is director James Cameron's favourite colour and the movie is his more than a decade-long labour of love in london For Canadian film-maker James Cameron, aliens are not little green men. They are either slimy,
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          62 50 His directorial debut is a potent mix of heavy action and science fiction. Arnold Schwarzenegger gets to mouth the much-quoted catchphrase, "I'll be back", in his role as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time to kill off the mother of a future resistance leader.
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          63 50 In this action-packed Alien sequel notable for its feminist themes, Cameron not only reinforces the tough-girl image of Sigourney Weaver but also elevates her to become one of the most memorable action heroines of all time. Her Ellen Ripley slays more Aliens, destroys Alien eggs and faces off
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          60 50 The Terminator is new and improved in the form of T-1000, a liquid-metal version with polymorphic abilities that shape-shifts into human form (played by Robert Patrick). This is considered a milestone CG character in Hollywood history and the Oscar-winning visual effects pave the way for
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          76 50 In this international box-office champ and the world's most loved disaster film, viewers are awed by the computerised recreation of the Titanic, the largest passenger steamship in its days, as well as its spectacular sinking. The complex feat took a then whopping 2 terabytes (1,000 gigabytes) of
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        847 51  -  ong sor fern 'WBW science fiction AVATAR (PG) 162 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Crippled ex-Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) signs on for a tour on the planet of Pandora, which is populated by a race called the Na'vi. He has a Na'vi avatar, a body grown
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        110 52 The actors are all earthlings. Human beings are born equal' Bodyguards And Assassins actor Leon Lai (left), when asked why a Heavenly King like him is not singing the film's theme song 'You can't compete with the abs. He's about the handsomest guy ever girls are melting over railings to
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        574 52  -  boon chan China actor Wang Xueqi is in awe of the work ethic of his Hong Kong co-stars in Bodyguards media correspondent Acclaimed veteran China actor Wang Xueqi has nothing but praise for his Hong Kong co-stars on the set of Bodyguards And Assassins, most
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        435 52  -  Boon Chan Even though he plays the role of revolutionary leader Sun Vat Sen, mainland actor Zhang Hanyu (left) readily professes that he does not resemble the Father of Modern China at all. "I asked producer Peter Chan, 'Why did you pick me? I don't think I
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        529 53  -  John lvi BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (PG) 138 minutes/Opens Friday/***** The story: A motley crew comes together to protect revolutionary leader Sun Vat Sen during a 1905 visit to Hong Kong. The gambler Shen Chongyang (Donnie Yen), beggar Liv Yubai (Leon Lai), rickshaw puller
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        553 54  -  deepika shetty Ranbir Kapoor delivers the goods as an idealistic everyman in Rocket Singh Salesman QLThe Year. ROCKET SINGH SALESMAN OF THE YEAR (PG) 155 minutes/Now showing/-*-**** The story: Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor) has just graduated with embarrassing marks. That does not stop him from dreaming about
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        95 54 SINGAPORE 1. The Storm Warriors 2. (I) The Twilight Saga: New Moon 3. Planet 51 4. The Princess And The Frog 5. (4) Couples Retreat 6. (2) 2012 7. (5) Zombieland 8. A Perfect Getaway 9. (3) Ninja Assassin 10. (6) Mulan Information from Cinematograph Film Exhibitors
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        375 54  -  chang tou liang 'WBW concert WHEN HEAVENS COLLIDE Western Australian Youth Orchestra Orchestra of the Music Makers Esplanade Concert Hall, Monday When heavens collide, a big bang usually results. That was the intention of this joint concert that paired the best young musical outfits from Singapore and
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        544 58  -  Robert Downey Jr Not so cliched, my dear Watson Forget deerstalkers and pipes, plays the iconic sieuin wnn an edge London American actor Robert Downey Jr adds punch to the role of Sherlock Holmes in an action-packed movie that breaks with what its makers called "stuffy" screen
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        821 55  - Celebratiiijj strong 'tfm I*l A 1 A fw\ bilateral ties! 1 Leong Phei Phei In a written interview to mark Kazakhstan's 18th Independence Day, His Excellency Yerlan Baudarbek-Kozhatayev (right), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Singapore, tells about the bilateral relationship oeiween me two counines ana
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        543 56  -  leong phei phei Keppel Offshore Marine sets up a shipyard in Kazakhstan to be close to its customers and market in the Caspian Sea by KAZAKHSTAN, a newly emerging oil-rich country, had, at the turn of the millennium, discovered substantial oil reserves north of
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        466 57  -  ahmad osman by Kazakhstan people like to drink Singapore's instant beverages, thanks to Food Empire KAZAKHSTAN in Central Asia is a teadrinking country that has vast mineral resources, oil and gas reserves. But its people also love the three-in-one Mac Coffee mix produced by a global
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        429 57 ST Engineering facilitates interactive classroom learning in Kazakhstan ■The company is excited to be part of Kazakhstan's advancement and modernisation, particularly in the development of the education sector. Mr Tan Pheng Hock, president and chief executive, ST Engineering KAZAKHSTAN plans to build 20 schools that teach
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        594 90 A Singapore technopreneur is being sued by an influential US tech blogger for stealing intellectual property SINGAPORE made world news in the tech scene last week with the launch of the JooJoo, a handheld touchscreen device for Web surfing. Formerly known as the
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        427 91 GOOGLE'S first search engine let people search by typing text onto a Web page. Next came queries spoken over the phone. Last Monday, Google announced the ability to perform an Internet search by submitting a photograph. The experimental search-by-sight feature, called Google
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        381 91 TO ENSURE that the Web is safe for children, the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) will make online safety lessons compulsory for those over five years old from September 2011. The Council said in a CNN report last week that failing to
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        456 92 GOOGLE'S smartphone, Nexus One, could hit the United States market as quickly as the next three weeks. According to wire reports, the handset is being tested by Google's 20,000 employees, who received the device just before last weekend. Google already has a foot in the
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        460 92 A REUTERS report said that teachers are trying to get students interested in molecular biology or space by using video games. As more children grow up playing video games, educators are partnering with game developers and scientists to create new interactive experiences for the
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        46 92 TAIWANESE maker of thin-film transistor-liquid crystal displays Chi Mci Optoelectronics (left) has joined five other companies in pleading guilty or will do so to trying to fix prices of LCD panels. The companies fixed worldwide panel prices between Sept 14, 2001 and
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        70 92 IF YOU think that people spend an inordinate amount of time computing or playing video games, think again. A study by the University of California, San Diego, has shown that the computer comes in at No. 3 and video games at No. 4, as the conduit
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        244 92 NEWS about the Finnish mobile phone giant from around the world indicates that Nokia is consolidating its resources. It closed down its flagship store in New York, Chicago and London this month and is cutting jobs at its Finnish plant over 90 days that would affect 20
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        112 93 Luxe at your fingertips Sony Ericsson Jalou by Dolce Gabbana Buy at Sing Tel retail shops at $488 (two-year plan) and at Dolce Gabbana at lon Orchard at $988 (without THE hot just got hotter: Sony Ericsson's Jalou has gone through a design facelift, courtesy of Dolce Gabbana.
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        263 93 Pocket it Fujitsu Lifeßook UH9OO $1,988, available next month from authorised dealers IT WILL be hard to resist pocketing the Fujitsu Lifeßook UH9OO, mostly because it fits right in a jacket pocket. At 20.4 cm by 10.65 cm, it is barely bigger than a long wallet but packs in
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        88 93 Pamper your ears Philips Blu-ray HTS72OO $849, from major electronics stores THE real sonic sport that it is, Philips' Blu-ray HTS72OO home theatre system works right out of the box. Its Blu-ray DVD player shows movies at 24 frames per minute, just like in cinemas. The player
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        229 93  -  Oo Gin Lee Modern Warfare 2 Edition with Night Vision Goggles $280 I wanted to kick myself for spending so much money on a game, but after I tried the night vision goggles, I felt better. The Prestige Edition of this year's top first-person-shooter comes with extras like
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        393 94  -  EVE YAP In 10 years, tech smarts have moved from standard to souped-up fare. takes a closer look BREATHLESS is the pace at which technology marches. Particularly in the last 10 years with advancements changing, say, the way people work on the go, watch TV
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        606 96  -  SHERWIN LOH Out go CRT TVs and DVD players, in come LCD TVs and Blu-ray players. It is now easy to get a sound and visual experience that wows, reports THEN: Boxy cathode ray tube television sets ruled the living room and video cassette recorders (VCRs)
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        596 98  -  SHERWIN LOH Anything a computer can do these days, so can a smartphone. reports THEN: Businessmen had dull, brick-like phones and personal digital assistants (PDA) Palm Pilots and HP iPaqs or if they liked, PDA phones Palm Treos and iPaq smartphones. Everyone else had multi-coloured devices offering
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        746 99  -  TAN CHONG YAW From pricey enthusiasts' toys, digital cameras have now become a lifestyle tool. gets the big picture THEN: At the beginning of the decade, film cameras reigned. Not only did they snap superior images, but film compacts were only a third the price of their digital
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        935 100  -  OO GIN LEE Drocessors have been breaking speed and price barriers, making DCs and netbooks even more affordable, reports THEN: At the dawn of the new millennium, the industry was wondering if, and when, PCs would pass the IGHz mark in processing speeds. Moore's Law which
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        660 101  -  EVE YAP From e-mail to e-commerce, traces how the Net has almost become the air you breathe THEN: Two years into the noughties and the entity known as the Internet then about 30 years old was schizophrenic. Possibly, the dot.com bust of 2000 and the nonsense about the
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        604 102  -  ALFRED SEW Stay put for a live concert from Pasadena. The online world has come a long way, says WHEN U2 frontman Bono (left) strutted on stage in a live concert in Pasadena in October, it must have crossed his mind that the Internet had come
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        832 103  -  THAM YUEN-C tracks the rise ot social sites that knit people in webs of friendship J OnliflG M COITimUn I GS SUCH 3S SOCI3I PIGTWOrKS, haVG grGaiGr TGaCli at 66 8 DGr CGlit 'U cl IL than G-ITiai at "lv"i oIL R5 1 OGf CGPIt
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        461 104 Companies have learnt their lesson from the dot.com bust. Now it is all about a healthier bottom line PAST, present and the process of change that timeline in enterprise IT revolves around two words: agility and efficiency. During the dot.com bubble, businesses indulged in free spending, only to
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        707 105 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 IF I have to summarise this review in a word, it will be "intense". There may be better action games that keep you engaged longer, like last year's Grand Theft Auto IV, but nothing on the computer screen has
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        499 106 gaming in your hands I PLAYING virtual poker with digital opponents is not quite the same as having a field day at the casino, but Texas Hold Em Poker from Gameloft is still an enjoyable romp for card sharks. Thankfully for the non-gamblers, this sharp-looking game
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        364 107  -  Sherwin Loh By Blackßenv Bold 9700 $950 (without operator plan), from all telcos this month HERE is a fine example of a product that took the best of what came before and managed to improve upon it by several notches. For users of the non-3G Blackßerry Curve, the
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        284 107 Bose Mobile In-ear t Headset I $239, from Atlas Sound V and Vision >^ PUMP up the bass and turn your handset into an MP3 player with the new Bose Mobile In-ear Headset. I substituted my usual headset (which came free with my Nokia E5l) with this gadget
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        341 107  -  Chan Chi-Loong By a freelance writer HTC HD2 $1,188 (without operator plan), from authorised dealers THE first thing that stands out about this phone is its gorgeous display. Sporting a 4.3-inch, high-resolution 480 x 800 WVGA LCD touchscreen display, the HTC HD2 has one of the largest screens
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        431 108  -  Adli Yashir By MSI Wind 12 U2OO notebook $999, from authorised dealers at Sim Lim Square RUNNING for nearly four hours on battery, the MSI Wind 12 is very much like a marathon runner among notebooks. Its ability to go the distance is a
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        564 109  -  EDVARCL HENG All three telcos have increased the data cap on their respective iPhone mobile plans but do you really need all that data? tmds out JOE GOH hustles an average of SGB of data per month through his iPhone. That is a lot of data
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        144 109 DUMP that USB dongle at home. Your iPhone is now your gateway to cyberspace. Step 1 Download and install the latest version of iTunes from www.apple.com onto your computer. Step 2: Connect your iPhone to the computer. iTunes will start up automatically and a pop-up will
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        731 110  -  Billy Teo is a freelance writer Learn how to compose your video shots, in part seven of a 10-part series on basic video skills. BILLY TEO tells you how THE first six parts of this digital video series covered some technical aspects of working with your new
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        183 111  -  Teo Yu Chou I have a Toshiba Portege MBOO laptop, which uses the Intel MHD X 4500 integrated graphics controller. I am using Windows Vista Business SP2. Recently, I got a Dell 2209WA LCD screen as an external monitor, which can be rotated vertically for reading long documents.
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        31 111 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Detailed operating settings for the pivot functionality is documented in the Dell User's Guide here: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/ 2209WA/en/ug/operate.htm#Rotating_the_Monitor.
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        231 111  -  Alvin Goh I have a BenQ monitor with my self-assembled PC, both of which are about five years old. Recently, when I switched on the computer, images sometimes fail to appear. When I unplugged the power source and tried again after 10 minutes, the images return at times
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        174 111  -  Edwin Lim I have a HP Pavijlion DV 2 laptop. Recently, there is some flickering which appears across the bottom of the screen and it seems to have become bigger over time. Is there any way to ascertain what is the problem? The problem you described is
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        224 111  -  Lim Keng Hian Recently I bought a digital photo album. I have a lot of old physical photos. I want to copy them onto the SDHC memory stick so that I can play them on my new digital album. How do I do that? Transferring physical photo prints
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        746 112  -  GRACE CHNG FSHEH Google is wooing businesses in a huge global campaign, says David Girouard. reports J^ To date, mk Google has about two million businesses using Google Enterprise. They have suffered no data loss. David, on convincing businesses that their data can be kept safely and securely
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