The Straits Times, 17 December 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 094/11/2009 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 2009 S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Eighth gold for Wong
      70 1 SINGAPORE'S James Wong won his eighth discus gold at the SEA Games yesterday. The 40-year-old proved age was no barrier when he recorded a distance of 53.60 m, beating his closest rival, Kvanchai Numsomboon of Thailand, by more than a metre. Yesterday's achievement takes Wong's total
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      Lock icon Lower nursing home bills
      31 1 THE Ministry of Health will revise its subsidy framework to allow subsidised patients at nursing homes to get a further reduction in medical bills. HOME PAGE Bl
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      Lock icon Genocide charges for two
      69 1 CAMBODIA'S UN-backed warcrimes court has for the first time issued genocide charges against two leaders of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, a tribunal spokesman said yesterday. Former Khmer Rouge number two Nuon Chea and foreign minister leng Sary were both charged over the hardline communist regime's
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      Lock icon Clash is unlikely: MM
      58 1 DESPITE tensions along their long and disputed frontier, China and India are unlikely to come to blows, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. The reason is that the two Asian giants are focused on growing their economies, he told a dialogue session at the first
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      Lock icon Illinois taking Gitmo men
      47 1 THE Obama administration will move some Guantanamo Bay detainees to a prison in the small Illinois town of Thomson and will hold US military commission trials there. Residents welcomed the news because of the estimated 3,000 jobs it could create. WORLD PAGE Al2
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    Lock icon AT STAKE: OUR EARTH
    109 1 THE PLACE: Kinglake, Melbourne. What was once the site of a home located in lush surroundings is now nothing .:~*vcmore than a Y>,\ barren vwasteland, a WI grey field of \sj charred tree trunks. Bushfires swept through towns and farmland in the Australian state of Victoria
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    Lock icon Casinos will check identity of gamblers
    540 1  -  Theresa Tan Fines if they allow in blacklisted individuals such as bankrupts By BE prepared to show your identity card when entering a casino here next year. Casino operators will be checking names against a database of banned individuals, which now includes 28,661 undischarged
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    Lock icon Family from Singapore kidnapped in Bangkok
    603 1  -  Mavis Toh By A SINGAPORE-BASED Taiwanese businessman and his family were kidnapped at the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport late last month. Mr Teng Li Wei, 35, and his wife Madam Hsu Yu Fen, 36, were abducted by kidnappers disguised as police officers at the airport
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      36 1 8 *****r*****7' CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg Hong Kong shares fell 0.93 per cent, weighed by banks on worries over further foreign fund outflows and the prospect of China cooling its lending binge.
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        Lock icon Get real about online privacy
        83 2 WE SAY Not all online networking enthusiasts seem to appreciate the importance of privacy. Even if they use more refined tools now available to control access to personal information, there is no guarantee everything will stay private. As more Singaporeans go on Facebook and the
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        Lock icon A way out of yuan poser
        32 2 COLUMNS Revaluing the yuan upwards to correct trade imbalances carries great risks for China. Dani Rodrik suggests a solution that bends WTO rules. REVIEW PAGE A2B
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        Lock icon Still blinded by 'colour'
        29 2 The mugging of a friend in Brussels sets Tan Shzr Ec thinking about how people continue to be labelled by their ethnicity. LIFE! PAGE DlO
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        Lock icon Hot over cable football
        35 2 OUR READER SAYS Consumers are not gaining from the competition over cable TV broadcast rights to football matches and the authorities should step in, says David Tan. FORUM PAGE A 32
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        27 2 www.straitstimes.com Nirmal Ghosh on the Angry Mermaid award and Nick Griffin checking bridges. Jessica Cheam says demonstrations are putting pressure on the Copenhagen climate conference.
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      Lock icon Chiam's GRC move: Gamble or gambit?
      1017 2  -  Kor Kian Beng Why would opposition veteran give up contesting Potong Pasir < By WHAT exactly does Mr Chiam See Tong have up his sleeve for the next general election? People have been asking this question since the Potong Pasir MP and opposition veteran
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      Lock icon India-China clash unlikely, says MM
      747 3  -  Ravi Velloor For the next 30 years, focus will be on economic growth By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: China and India have a history of tensions over their long and disputed frontier, but they are unlikely to come to blows since both are
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      Lock icon On growth, graft and strategic ties
      297 3 INDIA'S GROWTH PROSPECTS "India is not doing badly. (Home) Minister P. Chidambaram was confident that you would make 8 per cent growth. I think you can do better. If you can cut the red tape, free bureaucracy from excessive controls and allow your entrepreneurs
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      Lock icon Bernanke is Time's Person of the Year
      293 4 NEW YORK: US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who helped steer the US economy through its darkest days since the Great Depression, was named Time magazine's 2009 Person of the Year yesterday. "The recession was the story of the year. Without Ben Bernanke...it
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      Lock icon Genocide charges against two men
      526 6 Khmer Rouge's Nuon Chea and leng Sary face trial over mass slaughter PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court has for the first time issued genocide charges against two leaders of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Former Khmer Rouge number two Nuon Chea and foreign
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      Lock icon Jaywalker's action led to pile-up and death of m-cyclist
      656 8  -  Elena Chong Coroner names him and lorry driver potential defendants, records open verdict By OPERATIONS support officer Jeffrey Ching Fook Soon was so drunk one Sunday evening that he cannot recall how he ended up jaywalking on an expressway. His dangerous
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      Lock icon Singaporean woman held in Johor fined and freed
      412 8  -  Carolyn Hong By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: A Singaporean woman who had been detained since last Thursday was released yesterday after being fined 2,000 ringgit (SsBls) for entering Malaysia without getting her passport stamped. The Malaysian husband of Mrs Indra Arumugam,
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      Lock icon Dreamliner takes to the skies
      621 9 New wave of commercial jets A family of twin-aisle, mid-size aircraft in the 200- to 300-seat class with a flying range of bigger jets: 6,500 km to 16,000 km. The first commercial aeroplane to make the change from metal to a lightweight composite structure, increasing
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; NEW YORK TIMES; BLOOMBERG; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  621 words
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      Lock icon Leaders arrive for make-or-break talks
      632 10  -  Clarissa Oon Wide differences remain Spores emissions cut offer received positively By COPENHAGEN: World leaders have begun arriving in the Danish capital to salvage deadlocked climate talks in the hopes of reaching the first stage of an international deal to fight global warming. United States
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      Lock icon A clash of two worlds -and a loss of faith
      567 10  -  Nirmal Ghosh REPORTERS' NOTEBOOK By COPENHAGEN: For a few minutes at the Bella Centre yesterday morning, many worlds overlapped and some collided. At around 11am, civil society movements, shouting in unison for everyone to "join the people's assembly", marched through
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      Lock icon SUMMIT SNAGS
      490 10 i Time is running is out for nations to strike a global climate deal, but wide rifts remain between developed and developing nations. JESSICA CHEAM takes a look at the key sticking points holding up a successful treaty, and how they might be resolved. KYOTO OR BUST? y^S^v
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        Lock icon Gore urges mid-year deal
        87 10 COPENHAGEN: Former US vice-president and environmental activist Al Gore has called for world leaders to meet in Mexico City next July to complete a climate treaty under negotiation in Copenhagen. Mr Gore told a standing-room audience in the Danish capital that a summit in Mexico City
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        Lock icon Taming cow manure
        93 10 COPENHAGEN: The US is counting on cows to help save the planet. US Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an agreement with the dairy industry on Tuesday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent by 2020, mostly by getting farmers to capture the methane from cow
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      Lock icon Delegates close to deal on forest protection
      307 10 COPENHAGEN: Negotiators have all but completed a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests, and in some cases, other natural landscapes like peat soils, swamps and fields that play a crucial role in curbing climate change. Environmental groups have long advocated
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      Lock icon CARBON JARGON
      99 10 Carbon I density I TO A scientist, density is simply mass per unit volume. To an environmentalist, however, the term "carbon intensity" means the greenhouse gases that a country emits per unit of gross domestic product. More than just a measure, it also gives a deeper insight into
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      Lock icon Guantanamo detainees to be moved to Illinois
      664 12 Prison to be readied for new inmates THE 1,600-cell Thomson Correctional Centre in Thomson, Illinois, has sat virtually empty since it was opened in 2001. It holds fewer than 200 minimum security inmates at present. The 59ha facility is protected by a 3.6m-high
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        Lock icon Chinese V-P's trip signals closer Sino-Japanese ties
        586 13  -  Kwan Weng Kin But public sentiment lags behind warming relations at top level By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: Closer ties between Japan and China, certainly at the highest levels, are in the offing. Tokyo pulled out all the stops for Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping,
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        Lock icon Hatoyama under fire over US base
        265 13 TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama came under fire yesterday for delaying a decision on moving a controversial United States airbase, in a row Tokyo admitted has affected ties with key ally Washington. Mr Hatoyama on Tuesday defied US pressure and postponed until next
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        46 13 South Korean Army soldiers on K-l tanks participating in an annual river-crossing exercise on the Han river in Yeoju, about 100 km south-east of Seoul yesterday. The aim of the exercise is to prepare soldiers for a possible invasion by North Korea. PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon KMT gets new sec-gen
        198 14 TAIPEI: Mr King Pu-tsung took office as secretary-general of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) yesterday, just hours after returning from the United States. Mr King is known as a confidant of President Ma Ying-jeou, and his appointment was announced after the KMT's poor showing in the Dec
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        Lock icon Taipei plans fund for workers, industries
        499 14  -  Ho Ai Li It will aid those likely to be affected by proposed free trade pact with China By] TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: Taiwan has announced aid for industries and workers likely to be affected by a proposed free trade pact with China, as the
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        Lock icon Hun Sen awaits change in Bangkok
        218 14 PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said foundering relations with Thailand would not be normalised until Bangkok's government was voted out of office. Relations between the countries, which have fought a string of deadly gunbattles on their border since last year, plunged
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        Lock icon S'porean to hang for drug offence
        213 17 GEORGE TOWN (Penang): A Singaporean has been sent to the gallows for trafficking in more than 2kg of MDMA, a substance used to make ecstasy pills, six years ago. Oh Tian Sang, 48, a former pub owner, was found with 2,325g of the substance
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        49 17 Youths waving Bangladeshi flags as they rode on a peacock-shaped float during a Victory Day parade celebrating the country's independence in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, yesterday. On Victory Day, Bangladesh honours those who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for national independence. PHOTO: XINHUA
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi, party elders get to meet
        670 17 They agree to revamp party leadership ahead of Myanmar's election next year YANGON: Myanmar's junta allowed detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet three elderly senior members of her party yesterday in a rare concession by the military regime. The democracy
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        Lock icon Wave of terror rocks already lawless region
        530 19  -  Alastair Mclndoe NEWS ANALYSIS More violence likely in Mindanao and rest of country as polls loom By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA: Lawlessness has long terrorised Mindanao and other islands in the volatile southern Philippines, but the killings and kidnappings that made international headlines over
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        Lock icon One blow after another
        175 19 RECENT major crime and insurgency incidents in the southern Philippines: Nov 9: Severed head of school principal Gabriel Canizares, 36, found after family fails to raise ransom. He was kidnapped by suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen on Jolo island in October. Nov 10: Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen
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        Lock icon In custody: Wanted member of Abu Sayyaf
        308 19 MANILA: An alleged founder of an Al-Qaeda-linked Philippine militant group who is wanted by the US government in the kidnapping of an American missionary 16 years ago was taken into custody in Manila yesterday. Abdul Basir Latip was arrested formally after his transfer
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        Lock icon The man behind the fund
        496 22  -  LESLIE LOPEZ A YOUNG businessman, Mr Low Tack Jho, played a role in the setting up of what eventually became Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund. A recent report in the New York Post tabloid portrayed the 27-year-old Malaysian as a "man of mystery" whose big-spending ways
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        Lock icon 1Malaysia fund unique, says its chief
        753 22  -  Leslie Lopez No reason to be concerned about the business model, he says By SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's RMS billion (Ss2 billion) sovereign wealth fund has raised eyebrows over its investment moves but its top man dismisses such concerns as misplaced. Called
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        Lock icon Zardari plays hardball with Obama
        652 23 No to wider blitz in tribal areas; action sought on aid and India WASHINGTON: Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has resisted a direct appeal from his United States counterpart Barack Obama for a rapid expansion of Pakistani military operations in tribal areas, and has called
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        Lock icon Iran tests missile, alarming the West
        525 25 Show of defiance takes place as world powers consider fresh sanctions over nuke ambitions TEHERAN: Iran yesterday test-fired an upgraded version of its most advanced missile in a new show of strength amid its nuclear stand-off with the West. The test of the Sejil
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        Lock icon Russian reformer Gaidar dies at 53
        477 25 MOSCOW: Russian economist Yegor Gaidar, the architect of the "shock therapy" economic reform that aimed to swiftly transform Russia into a market economy, died yesterday at the age of 53. The former prime minister was a leading reformer in the government of President Boris
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        Lock icon Intruder nabbed outside Berlusconi's room
        285 25 MILAN: Italian police overpowered an intruder outside Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's hospital room yesterday, sparking a new security alert after the Prime Minister was attacked on Sunday. The 26-year-old man was detained at 2am on the seventh floor of a Milan hospital near the room
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        Lock icon BA trying to avert cabin crew strike
        530 26 Emergency talks and court injunction among measures taken LONDON: British Airways (BA) and union leaders agreed to meet yesterday for emergency talks as the airline attempts to avert a 12-day strike by cabin crew over the Christmas period. BA is still pushing ahead
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          Lock icon Donations exceed fine
          142 26 JAKARTA: The value of coins donated by the Indonesian public to help housewife Prita Mulyasari pay a court-ordered fine reached 270.85 million rupiah (S$40,000) yesterday afternoon. Ms Prita, a mother of two toddlers, was fined 204 million rupiah for sending an e-mail message to her friends complaining
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          Lock icon S'pore, Japan ink deal
          150 26 SINGAPORE Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean and Japan's Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa signed a Memorandum on Defence Exchanges (MDE) between their ministries in Tokyo yesterday. The MDE will formalise existing defence interactions between the two sides, such as exchange of visits by
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          Lock icon 99 years overdue
          114 26 NEW BEDFORD (Massachusetts): A book returned to the New Bedford Public Library in Massachusetts this week was not overdue by a week, a month or even a year. It was nearly a century overdue. The fine was U*****.35 (Sssoo). Facts I Ought To Know About The Government
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          Lock icon Rape victim sues govt
          100 26 SEOUL: A child rape victim and her family have sued South Korea's government, alleging that negligence by state prosecutors aggravated her mental trauma, lawyers said yesterday. The case of the eight-year-old girl, who suffered permanent internal injuries in the attack, has already sparked a national outcry
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          Lock icon Rebel leader killed
          82 26 TIMIKA (Indonesia): Indonesian police killed one of the most active Papuan rebel commanders yesterday. Police shot Kelly Kwalik after he threatened to open fire on them during an early morning raid on a house in the town of Timika in Papua province, said police spokesman Agus Riyanto.
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          80 26 NEW YORK: Twins who share a classroom will do just as well academically as twins placed in separate classes, new research shows. Parents of twins, triplets and other multiples often wonder whether it would be better for their children to attend the same class or if
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      418 27 TOOLS that social networking sites have introduced enable members to define what they want to share and with whom. That's fine, except that the controls work only if users set them. Even then, they may not be completely effective. Not every Facebook or Yahoo member
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      824 27  -  Dani Rodrik By CHINA'S undervalued currency and huge trade surplus pose great risks to the world economy. They threaten a major protectionist backlash in the United States and Europe; and they undermine the recovery in developing and emerging markets. Left unchecked, they will generate growing
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      873 27  -  Alison de Souza GIFT-GIVING By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN LONDON The key question that needs to be answered is whether the givers of hongbao "derive joy from giving in the same way that Western givers seem to or may derive joy from
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        740 29  -  Nirmal Ghosh A CARBON-NEUTRAL ISLAND By UNDER leaden skies on a frigid winter morning, Mr Soren Hermansen is hard at work as usual. More people have made the journey to Samsoe to see for themselves the small but stunning miracle that is the
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        547 29  -  Alastair Mclndoe By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT HERE in the Philippines at a geothermal power plant on the slopes of a dormant volcano in the central island of Negros, the thick plume of hot vapour furiously belching from a ground vent is an apt metaphor for
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        857 29  -  Kwa Chong Guan BOOK REVIEW By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES 1959-2009 CHRONICLE OF SINGAPORE: FIFTY YEARS OF HEADLINE NEWS Editor-in-Chief: Peter H. L. Lim Publisher: Editions Didier Millet, in association with the National Library Board, 2009 FIFTY years ago to the
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        400 31 ARMED with a newly bought inflatable kayak and life vests, I mobilised my wife and two children and took them to one of our lovely reservoirs, Macßitchie, early one Saturday morning, on Dec 5. The idea was to get the kids to enjoy
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        263 31 WORLD CUP TELECASTS I REFER to yesterday's report, "World Cup telecasts still in the balance". Like many frustrated football fans, I feel increasingly hard done by, by the continuing episodes surrounding broadcasting of football matches on cable television. My simple mind tells me that when there
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        364 31 CUSTOMER SERVICE Onus on all "If Singapore truly wants to raise customer service standards, we will have to learn to be better customers." MS GWEN PEE: "I refer to the letter by Ms Irene Yeo, 'Customer service: Singapore has miles to go' (Dec
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        351 31 I REFER to the commentaries, "Lift the veil on investigations" (Dec 6) and "SMC needs resources to fulfil its role" (last Thursday). We would like to thank the reporters as well as writers who have responded in Forum for bringing
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        278 31 WRITE IN: Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer's full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a
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      382 31 J>"\ More letters on N^l www.straitstimes.com 1 MS JANICE YEO MARSH: Milking passengers on budget flight ends in drunken mess 2 MR WU GUANGLONG: Step into his shoes for a moment before condemning Tiger Woods (above) 3 MR KEITH GERARD TAN: National team shouldn't be playing in another country's league
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      756 32  -  April Chong About 2,000 patients to get more help with bills from January By EASING THE LOAD "This will release some of the burden from me. It has been rather difficult and I will still have to take care of him all the way."
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      692 33  -  Amelia Tan Centre will serve 11,000 teachers and organise courses with varsities By 10 schools seek to offer IB programmes TEN more local and international schools in Singapore have applied to offer International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes. Most of the new applicants are international
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      448 33  -  Leow Si Wan By THE baton of leadership is changing hands at Hwa Chong Institution (HCI). Dr Hon Chiew Weng, 52, the current deputy chief executive officer and principal of the high school section, will take over from principal Ang Wee Hiong next month.
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      420 36  -  Maria Almenoar Recovery still patchy, with cuts planned to four other destinations By Though these changes do not increase capacity to pre-crisis levels, it is the most significant addition to SIA's services in this current financial year. IN A sign that Singapore Airlines
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      200 36  -  MARIA ALMENOAR JETSTAR Asia yesterday joined the ranks of low-cost carriers making inroads into China with its first service to Haikou. Four weekly flights will serve the capital of Hainan province with prices from $128, including taxes and surcharges. Next for Jetstar will be
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      686 38  -  Leow Si Wan Two surveys suggest that improving economy is encouraging shoppers By CONSUMERS are likely to remain prudent in the next six months, although there are signs that spending will increase gradually. According to the latest MasterCard survey on consumer spending habits, released on
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      494 39  -  Zakir Hussain PAP must convince young voters about virtues of current system By FOR 50 years, the PAP has stayed in power because it has delivered progress to the people, its leaders often point out. But Law Minister K. Shanmugam feels younger voters can
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      586 39  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi By A NEW generation of Malays mostly in their 30s has taken the helm of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) in a major change of leadership, and the group aims to rope in more young professionals to serve the
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      600 40  -  K.C. Vijayan OVERSEAS CASINO LOSSES Las Vegas operator goes to High Court to seek $451,000 from S'porean By LAW CORRESPONDENT A TEST case to be heard here could determine if Singapore gamblers must make good on casino losses incurred overseas. United
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      496 41  -  Amresh Gunasingham Police nab 15-year-old suspected to be behind a number of assaults in Sengkang By A TEENAGER has been arrested in connection with a series of molestations in Sengkang over the past few months. The 15-year-old is alleged to have struck
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      362 41  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH BROCCOLI cut the wrong way caused housewife Peck Choon Khim (right) to lash out at her maid by slamming a warm kettle against the woman's arm. Fearing her employer would continue the abuse, the Myanmar-born maid made a complaint to her agent,
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      292 41  -  AMRESH GUNASINGHAM ONE person was killed and two others injured in an accident involving a rubbish truck and six vehicles along Kelantan Road, off Jalan Besar, last night. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call at 8.03pm that a rubbish truck had
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      444 41  -  Mavis Toh By POLICE have yet to make an arrest in the two hit-and-run accidents which left three people injured at Bukit Panjang Road on Tuesday. Witnesses said the same vehicle a black Audi A 6, belonging to the Romanian Embassy was responsible for
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      484 42  -  Esther Teo Studios, four- and five-room flats already oversubscribed after two days of applications By AN AVALANCHE of home buyer applications has poured in for the eagerly awaited Dawson estate build-to-order (BTO) Housing Board flats in Queenstown. Applications opened on Tuesday. And as of
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      104 32 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE www.straitstimes.com your say MOST-READ ONLINE Younger children plagiarising from ■MediaCorp ends TVMobile the Internet may become a problem as ■Peepholes in men's toilets too highlighted by a Primary 6 pupil's copied essay. What can be done? MOST COMMENTED ON ■Flat prices
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      26 41 Hong Kong shares fell 0.93 per cent, weighed by banks on worries over further foreign fund outflows and the prospect of China cooling its lending binge.
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      705 44 "I wanted to make sure they didn't leave thinking James Wong beat them by only a few centimetres." JAMES WONG, on his final throw which was a metre more than the runner-up's Singapore thrower outclasses rivals to win his eighth discus gold easily VIENTIANE: The message was
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      476 44  -  JONATHAN WONG "I can't say we are a sporting nation unless we sort things out in athletics. We have a strong swimming tradition which also has a renewal process. I need athletics to step up." MR TEO SER LUCK (right), Senior Parliamentary
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      500 45  -  Mugilan Rajasegeran GAMESDIARY By Of all the travelling support of the nations taking part in the 25th SEA Games in Vientiane, Laos, the Vietnamese stand out as the most rabid and passionate of the lot. AS THE 11 Singapore football players trudged
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      231 45  -  CHAN U-GENE A VISIBLY exhausted Quah Ting Wen arrived at Changi Airport yesterday evening with 14 others from the national swim team. "The first thing I'm going to do is to jump on my bed," said the 17-year-old, who brought home five gold medals from the 25th
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      474 45  -  Jonathan Wong It may not be the final but Spore and Laos are still keen on the bronze ATTHE GAMES By VIENTIANE: Memory in sport is a short and fickle thing. Lose a semi-final and the imprint on history is no longer as deep. Cruelly, gold is
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      Lock icon Tambunan fails to pin down medal
      327 45  -  Leonard Lim By VIENTIANE: The tears started streaming down as she walked down the stairs from the elevated competition mat. Melvynna Tambunan ran to a corner of the Booyong Gymnasium, faced the wall, and sobbed uncontrollably while grappling with how close she had come
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      341 45  -  Lin Xinyi By VIENTIANE: Singapore will head into the penultimate day of competition at the SEA Games with the chance of bagging two gold medals. In the women's 9-ball pool semi-fi-nals yesterday, Charlene Chai edged out Filipina Iris Ranola 7-6 to set up a
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        87 45 THE SMS-es came flying thick and fast over the past two days, after it was reported in The Straits Times on Tuesday that swimming coach Peter Churchill jumped off the 10m diving platform in a pink bathing suit. Even his wife in
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        45 45 WINNING medals is not all that Singapore paddler Feng Tianwei was tasked to do in Laos. Friends, including teammate Li Jiawei, have asked the world No. 6 to bring home Champa and Champi the Games mascots for them.
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      552 46 They pocket 16 golds to draw level with Thailand at the top of the table VIENTIANE: Indonesia and Vietnam each completed a SEA Games sprint double as Vietnam dramatically pulled level with pacesetters Thailand in the medal table yesterday, ensuring the race for top spot will go down
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      234 46 Samantha Wong, 17 Singapore archer competing in her first SEA Games Q What dish from Singapore do you miss most? A My mum's omelette. She does it with ham and long beans. I can't wait to go home and eat it again. Q Which item did you bring with
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      165 46 Athletics (12) Men 1,500 m, 4xloom relay, 400 m, high jump, javelin. Women's 10,000 m, 1,500 m, 4xloom relay, 400 m, heptathlon, pole vault, shot put. Badminton (5) Men's singles, doubles. Women's singles, doubles. Mixed doubles. Beach volleyball (2) Men's and Women's teams. Boxing
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      553 46 Archery Men's compound bow Final: Vietnam bt Indonesia 222-219. Recurve Final: Thailand bt Malaysia 214-212. Women's compound bow Final: Myanmar bt Malaysia 217-214. Rercurve Final: Indonesia bt Singapore 195-190. Athletics Men's 200 m 1 Suryo Agung Wibowo (Ina) 20.855ec. 10,000 m 1 Agus Prayogo (Ina) 29min 51.405ec. 110 m
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      606 47 McCarthy fields a team that have no chance against champs United "That was my best team available because they were all fresh legs." MICK MCCARTHY, the Wolverhampton manager on why he made 10 changes to the team that overcame Tottenham 1-0 on Saturday. LONDON: So now
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      279 47 LONDON: England football coach Fabio Capello has insisted that Manchester United striker Michael Owen needs regular action to secure a place in his World Cup squad, going so far as to question Alex Ferguson's methods. The striker's Champions League hat-trick against Wolfsburg
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      400 47 LONDON: Memo to Rafael Benitez: Aside, perhaps, from Alex Ferguson's clock-watching and Arsene Wenger's myopia, very little else is guaranteed in football. The Liverpool manager has vowed his stuttering side will finish in the top four this season, but it is growing
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      425 47 ABU DHABI: Pohang Steelers football coach Sergio Farias blasted referee Roberto Rosetti after he dismissed three of the South Korean club's players in their 1-2 loss to Estudiantes in the semi-final of the Fifa Club World Cup on Tuesday. The Brazilian was
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      640 47  -  Neil Humphreys UGHTERSIDE By IT'S that time of year again when we come together with our families to discuss that spiritual issue: Who will get the sack first Father Christmas or Rafael Benitez? It's not easy to pick a winner. One guy has a
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      715 48  -  Wang Meng Meng Four overseas clubs keen to play in next season's S-League By Good, bad, ugly GOOD Albirex Niigata, Japan: They field the reserve side of their J-League outfit and are a mid-table team. But the club have sound management and can garner support from the Japanese
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      204 48 ROME: Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho on Tuesday owned up to verbally attacking an Italian journalist in a bust-up that is being investigated by the Italian Football Federation. He set on Andrea Ramazzotti after he came across the Corriere dello Sport reporter in an area used for
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      468 48 CHICAGO: Ron Artest is a fast learner. In the few months he has been able to call the Los Angeles Lakers his team, he has one thing figured out do not ask Kobe Bryant how he is feeling. "If I ask him how
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      178 48 Basketball NBA Charlotte 94 NY Knicks 87, Cleveland 99 New Jersey 89, Miami 115 Toronto 95, LA Lakers 96 Chicago 87, Houston 107 Detroit 96, Phoenix 116 San Antonio 104, Portland 95 Sacramento 88. Football English Premier League Birmingham 2 Blackburn 1, Bolton 3 West Ham 1, Manchester United
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        78 48 LONDON: The International Tennis Federation has lifted the one-year bans imposed on Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse for violating anti-doping rules. Yesterday's decision came after a court injunction in Belgium suspended the bans. The pair were suspended by a Belgian court
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        70 48 NEW DELHI: Muttiah Muralitharan (above) will miss the rest of Sri Lanka's one-day cricket series in India due to a finger injury. The 37-year-old sat out Tuesday's first one-day international in Rajkot, where the tourists almost chased down India's 414-7 before being restricted to 411-8
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        83 48 MADRID: The next America's Cup will be held in Valencia in February as desired by American team Oracle, the Supreme Court of New York ruled on Tuesday. The court unanimously upheld an earlier order that under the rules of the yachting race, Ras
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        91 48 SAO PAULO: A Chilean Olympic weightlifter unexpectedly gave birth to a baby boy while she was training in a Brazilian gym. Elizabeth Poblete, 22, did not know she was pregnant when she felt unwell a week ago while hoisting weights in the gym in
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      524 49  -  Wang Meng Meng Spore Marathon team SAA and SSC split, with Stanchart joining SSC By "The Standard Chartered Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to work with the SSC to organise a people's marathon in 2010. More details of the race will be unveiled within the next few
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      771 49  -  Bill Plaschke By LOS ANGELES TIMES If a guy is a chronic cheat off the course, what kind of leap is required to believe he could be the same sort of cheat on the course? TWO years ago, after following Tiger Woods down the
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      160 49 DR ANTHONY Galea (above right), 50, is an expert in helping sports stars speed up their recovery after surgery. He specialises in blood-spinning, a technique that sees him draw out a small amount of a patient's blood, spinning it to enhance the particles that aid the healing
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      320 49 FLORIDA: Three weeks of a salacious sex scandal has failed to outweigh his 10 years of incomparable golf as Tiger Woods was yesterday voted the Athlete of the Decade in an Associated Press survey of US sports editors. Just like so many of his
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      228 44 y»fc Sir* J C>=) WHAT'S ONLINE ,0, MOST VIEWED, m=9 MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES No World Cup for S'pore? Tiger Woods linked with steroids Mourinho admits bust-up MOST COMMENTED ON Liverpool face crunch games Said Eagle2004: "I agree with Wigan manager Roberto Martinez that Liverpool are
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      26 45 Hong Kong shares fell 0.93 per cent, weighed by banks on worries over further foreign fund outflows and the prospect of China cooling its lending binge.
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      67 46 Hong Kon Hong Kong shares fell 0.93 per cent, weighed by banks on worries over further foreign fund outflows and the prospect of China cooling its lending binge.g shares fell 0.93 per cent, weighed by banks on worries over further foreign fund outflows and the prospect of China cooling its
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      160 48 I TODAY: "LIVE" TELECAST OF LAOS I 2009 SOCCER MATCHES AT 4 BPM ON CHANNEL 5 Laos 2009 LaosU23 Singapore U23 Thu, 17/12/09 4.00pm Laos 2009 Vietnam U23 Malaysia U23 Thu, 17/12/09 6.00pm A League Adelaide Wellington Fri, 18/12/09 S.OOpm UE Europe and German League matches are also on sale.
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      268 48 "If y°u don't win, it can be a problem." Today SEA Games CARLO ANCELOTTI, Chelsea manager, Golf Closing ceremony (Live, Ch5, 7pm) admitting that he could be sacked at SICC Jr Invitational C'ships: Final rd (SICC, tne end of tne season if he fails to island Course, 7am). Snooker win
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      61 49 |p "She watches over the affairs of her household **T and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her." Proverbs 31:27-28 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of LILY TAN KWEE HUA (30 Dec 1950 17 Dec 2007)
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      63 49 We deeply mourn the loss of our dearest friend. DR EDITH QUAH SWEE LIANG Departed on 14 December 2009 We will always remember your wit, charm, laughter, warmth and cheerfulness, and cherish dearly the beautiful memories and moments we shared together for so many years. In your words, 'Oui, c'est
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      89 49 ~i ha f htthe si I have fought the good fight, I have finishedthe race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy *7 MARIADOSS DEVASAGA\AM Age- 77 passed away peacefully on 15/12/09. Dearlymissed and fondly remembered by wlfe: Mary Innasimuthu (Suria) Catherine CheM Mary Mala Daughter-in-law: I- Sarojini (lini) Grandson:
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      142 50 Opr Mwm i(fi\\ GHALLEWYENANKA ifi\l y%? sadheuthejaye \^f HARRHAJAN SINGH AQG '57 passed away peacefully on 15 December 2009, leaving behind loved Ones. Wlfe:NannderKaur Sons: Manpreet Singh Harjinder Singh Father: Joginder Singh Mother: Surjit Kaur (Village: Ghariala) Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Gurcharan Singh NarinderKaur Sukhdev Singh Swinder Kaur (deceased) Gurmit Singh Gurcharan
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      52 50 tat'+i no *o *i o With Deepest Sympathy jj jn 1+ g~i Jt 1 Heartfelt Condolences to fo I tie family Of 1 tie Late HARBHAJAN SINGH Departed Oil 15 December 2009 From: rri j.ooj.«?r The Management Stall OI um riPt I\lnr«k-P VpHta« PtP T tH L>etl\OrSKe VeritaS Fte Ltd
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      114 50 \n CS "He who dwells in the shelter of the most high will rest in the shadow of the Almighty." Psalm 91:1 TEO KEOW LUAN AGE: 89 passed away peacefully on 15 Dec 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sister: Teo chai Luan TeoTofcto nephews, nieces, grandnephews,
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      187 50 f "You have made known to me the path of Ufe, m you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand." Psalm 16:11 r OTJFK SENGROON *l O.LU.IV* MJ\J\Jl^ Age: 95 as ca^ec^ home to be with the Lord on 16 December 2009
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      234 50 "The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need. He lets me rest infields ofgreen grass and leads me to quiet pools offreshwater. Iwm not be afraid Lord, you m with me." Marie Mak Chek Kirn Agd 00 Was caUed home to be with the Lord on 15 December
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      92 50 The Family of the late Elder Ang Lay Kheng DePart6d °n 8 DeCember 20°9 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, pastors, friends, colleagues and business associates for their attendance, condolence messages, wreaths, donations, prayers and assistance during their recent bereavement. r b Our deepest gratitude
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      75 50 f With Deepest Sympathy J J Heartfelt Condolences tO The family of the late -m a /f I fW \J f[J f/ g^ f FnnTF T FF <I X zuuui lix d.X. Departed 15 Dec 2009 From: Wee Koon San Barry Wee Teo Chiang Long Roy Foo Lawrence Ngoh TanChauYee
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      94 50 niofomiivnftiioiato me iamiiy 01 me mie MARIA HO KWAN KUEN Departed on 12 December 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to: doctors and nurses for their unstinting care and assistance; dear relatives and friends for their warm support, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent Special
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      30 50 sth Anniversary In Loving MemoryOf y n ™n uimu nmr KAREN TTEO HWEE PENG Departed on 17 Dec 2004 X^lZl^T^oZTZ^ 1 Always missed by Parents, Husband, Brothers, In-Laws Loved ones.
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      84 50 YEO HENG LEONG, passed away peacefully on 15 Dec 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered bylovldoJs. wife:An g Liii y Son Daughter-in-law: Yeo Kirn Chye, Jeffrey Neo Siew Kin, Nelly YeoiLbecca Yeo Kirn Gek,saiiy tv wd^ Grandsons: Granddaughter: Yeo Guo Zheng, Spencer Yeo Zi Hui, Alison Yue Xuan Yu, Scan
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      45 50 THERESA PILLAY ANNAMALAY NADESAN Those We love don't go away Th™ mnih hoJdo WUIK UK!> IUK US eVeryOOy, Unseen, unheard but alway near, S tM loved, Still missed nmti nor\r fionr UflU Very UeUl Sadly miSSed fnrpvpr rVipricViprl hv lurever UieriSiieu oy. Sure!h Dcvi Chmdrasegaran
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      47 50 In Loving Memory Of SHIVAAINI ISHAWARA DASS Departed on 17 December 2002 Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us everyday, unheard but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear. We miss your love you very much Mum, Dad, Shamini, Arvind Loved Ones.
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      162 49 CORRIGENDUMI In yesterday's death announcement for the late Ong Lay Kheng Ong Lay Suan, the husband's name should read as: Lim Boon Hee (Deceased). Agency apologises for the error. f 1 Memory wanders as shadows fall W Sacktothedaus n ornapptness, Dausbeuond recall. A vision COmeS before us, SocaKsodea, SO SWeet
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        520 51  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS Index ends above 2,810 but overall mood on bourse is sluggish By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT DESPITE a subdued mood overall, Singapore stocks yesterday scaled dizzy heights not seen since August last year. A late bout of window-dressing involving several
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        404 51 WASHINGTON: The current account deficit in the United States widened to US$lOB billion (Sslso billion) in the third quarter, reflecting a larger shortfall in trade as imports rose faster than exports. The gap, the broadest measure of trade because it includes transfer payments
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          99 51 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.32 billion shares worth $1.29 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 199 Losers: 236 Unchanged: 827 GDFGF Mid Cap 664.22 0.47 Basic materials 326.31 2.53 Utilities 498.39 0.29 Small Cap 528.39 T -0.02 Industrials 599.43 T -2.48 Financials 733.83 2.64 All Share 691.69 3.05 Consumer goods 713.14 4.93
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          213 51 Yesterday's close: 10,177.41 (+93.93) Tokyo stocks rose 0.93 per cent. Banks soared on reports that global banking regulators may delay the introduction of stricter capital requirements. Yesterday's close: 1,269.03 (-1.78) Malaysian shares eased 0.14 per cent amid lacklustre trade while investors awaited the outcome of a US interest rate
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          405 51 GLD 10US$ Furama SIA SIA200 DBXT S&P Short 10USS.. STXPO 100 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 lardine CSC UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 DBS Grp IndoAgri OCBC Bk Straits Trdg Lyxor Russia 10US$ Venture Corp MOIL GentingSP SC Global SembHar Sing Inv Fin ...***** 159.3 198 52.0 1424 48.0
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          397 51 Dec 16 CENTS /o SIA.ES.0912 1416 38.0 Kep Corp.ES.0912 824 9.0 lndoAgriMBLeCW*****3 28 7.0 SIA BNP eCW*****2 64 7.0 GentingSMBLeCWI***** ...21.5 5.5 lndoAgriMBLeCW*****3 30 4.5 Biosensors.ES.0912 77 4.0 DBS.ES.0912 1486 4.0 GentingSMBLeCWI ***** ...18.5 3.5 GentingSMBLeCWI ***** 7.5 2.5 GentingSSGAeCWI ***** 24 2.5 Genting SP.ES.0912 112 2.0
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          178 51 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume CENTS Vol Renting SP JanJoo W*****2 Solden Agri feledata iiosensors iafflesEdu rflDR Iceanus ;apMallsAsia iapitaLand SingTel JtraitsAsia ring Li iapphire 1oble Grp 115 3 49.5 7.5 77.5 39.5 0.5 35.5 263 418 306 234 64.5 1.5 305 6.0 5.5
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          105 51 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 16 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2500 1.2880 Can dollar 1.3070 1.3240 Euro 2.0170 2.0410 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4079 0.4088 NZ dollar 0.9970 1.0200 Sterling pound 2.2550 2.2820 US dollar 1.3880 1.4040 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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          368 51 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 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
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          606 51 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 133 195 98 78 172 123 r... 267 26 132 147 229 108 133 247 250 325 216 68.5 334 179 220 42.5
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        605 52  -  Gabriel Chen Bank's new CEO shares career experiences with varsity students By A HINT OF THINGS TO COME "I've had 21 different roles in 28 years. In my previous company, you could move anywhere you want. So in my current company, I hope that is
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        520 52 MELBOURNE/CANBERRA: Plans announced by Australia yesterday to scrap some foreign ownership rules for Qantas Airways will give the carrier more clout to raise capital and play a bigger role in the consolidation of a global industry that has bled cash and jobs in a
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        229 52 HONG KONG: A.P. Moeller-Maersk, owner of the world's largest container line, and 13 other cargo-box carriers plan to levy an "emergency revenue charge" on Asia-US shipments next year to pare losses. Members of the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement have adopted a voluntary guideline of US$32O
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      546 53 Sovereign wealth fund claims fraudulent misrepresentations SAN FRANCISCO: Citigroup said the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is seeking to end an agreement to buy the bank's stock for more than eight times its current price, or to receive more than US$4 billion
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      450 53 GENEVA: Latin American nations and the European Union have struck a historic deal aimed at ending a 16-year dispute over banana tariffs, offering a potential boost to ailing global trade talks. Ecuador's delegation to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said it had
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      814 54  -  Jonathan Kwok Many picked up bargains during peak of economic crisis By GOOD BUYS "Singapore investors are very interested in big names such as Citigroup and AIG. A lot of Singaporeans are dabbling in these big-name stocks that are selling cheaply and they are
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      538 54  -  Joyce Teo By THE end is in sight when it comes to the supply glut in office space here, at least in terms of falling rental levels. A leading property consultancy says new prime Grade A office properties premium office
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      465 54 SINGAPORE budget carrier Tiger Airways plans to raise a smaller-than-expected $200 million to $250 million in its upcoming initial public offering (IPO), following lukewarm response from potential investors, sources said yesterday. Tiger, 49 per cent owned by Singapore Airlines (SIA), will
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      589 55  -  Francis Chan SMEs are applying for schemes that are set to end next month By] WHILE their colleagues may be winding down for Christmas, some commercial bank officers are being asked to put in extra hours to clear an unseasonal spike in business. Their clients particularly
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      249 55 ENHANCED government-backed loans have been made through existing schemes such as the Local Enterprise Finance Scheme (LEFS), Loan Insurance Scheme (LIS) and Micro Loan Programme. New initiatives such as the Bridging Loan and LIS+ were rolled out on Dec 1 last year. About $6.7 billion worth of
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      10 54 URBAN BRIGHT FUTURE Swarovski wants to put bling into menswear
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      647 54 Pli|Englisl^harmMGoursg^Sl The year one class of the Singapore Buddhist Federation 3-year English Dharma Course is now opened for enrolment. Details of the course are as follows: Objective To develop participants' understanding in basic Buddhist teachings for life enrichment Contents Lectures and panel discussions on the life of Buddha, a brief
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      101 55 JK* WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE www.straitstimes.com YOUR SAY MOST-READ ONLINE US companies will have to reveal Four build-to-order projects more about how much they pay their launched top executives. Is this a good idea? Singapore fourth best expat posting SME SPOTLIGHT MOST COMMENTED ON Motoring
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      59 56 iTHE ,;j?^^^fe W POWER LIST 2009 M id<|^ LIFESTYLE %^7Xrl A W II \fc li (il 1 ill rt i DESIGN: MARLONE RUBIO PHOTOS: ASHLEIGH SIM, WARNER MUSIC and ASSOCIATED PRESS I■• 1' 1* I I'l^Kl l-t"»i4 L X*9l ■b^^- /^fc-'s ■'■■/Ml,- ''!>wm. v "m yffif^wtk WWijm ii^igWiißiiliiyii W*~ J
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      29 56 Culture I Hip Mosaic fest Golden Vulture Kings Of Convenience Globe for Skin colour and all that jazz Clooney? I I globalised m The Airgets A i W MB
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      396 57  -  tay suan chiang Property, food, daring designs and the Fl night race continued to boom in a recession year Singapore spent most of this year in a recession but it was hard to tell. Who would have expected a property boom during a recession? The private property
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      533 67  -  akshita nanda MOSAIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010 Where: Esplanade, various venues When: March 12 to 21 next year Admission: $30 to $120 from Sistic (tel: 6348-5555, www.sistic.com) Info: www.mosaic musicfestival.com Annual event features more than 20 groups playing Norwegian folk, jazz and reggae Fans
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      69 93 CATS RECRUIT Hong Kong shares fell 0.93 per cent, weighed by banks on worries over further foreign fund outflows and the prospect of China cooling its lending binge. INSPIRED M H&S&E^^ RECRUIT L ■^^h U^aJ U^PS bu^b loLicitiiiti haarts with her voice Jr Published and printed by Singapore Press Holdings
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      352 95  -  Gloria Chandy Editor gloria@sph. com. sg Do you crave sugar? Do you feel that you can't get enough of it and that the more sugary treats you eat, the more you want? Then you are just one of a very large crowd. Sugar-loaded food,
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      167 95 THURSDAY, DEC 17 Lasik The Myths And The Facts: Free public forum in English organised by Singapore National Eye Centre. Auditorium, Level 4, Singapore National Eye Centre, 7 7 Third Hospital Avenue (Next to Block 6 Et 7 of Singapore General Hospital). 7 to Bpm. Call 6322-8822 or
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        868 97 Back when I was at Singapore General Hospital, I was tasked to chair a panel to try and understand why patients committed suicide. The group included social workers, psychiatrists and psychologists. Needless to say, we could not fully understand why a patient would take his own life.
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        264 98 The claim: Vinegar can help lower blood sugar levels. The facts: The holiday season poses particular hazards for people with diabetes and others who are sensitive to the blood-sugar spikes that can follow big meals. Several studies have revealed a possible way to reduce the
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        302 99 If you enjoy your cuppa or your shot of Java, there is new evidence to suggest that this might be beneficial to your health. For sure, too much tea and coffee as in everything is not a good idea. But evidence shows that tea
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        259 99 A woman's risk of ovarian and endometrial cancers may be lowered by 40, with soya-based foods Women who eat more soya-based foods than average may have less risk for certain cancers in the ovaries and the lining of the uterus, according to the combined
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      284 100 People who want to maintain a healthy weight over time should not obsess over their fat intake, new research shows. The percentage of calories that a person got from fat, as opposed to protein or carbohydrates, had nothing to do with how much
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      192 100 What do cold showers, hard slaps and hot coffee have in common? They have all been touted as cures for drunkenness. However, they can also be dangerous. A merrymaker trying to sober himself fast might down a couple of shots of espresso and think that
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      538 101 9 out of 100,000 women here have cervical cancer i The results will help policy makers and parents decide who should be vaccinated. APRIL CHONG reports Anew study hopes to recruit 1,800 women from teens to those in their middle-age to find out the
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      319 102 People who cut TV time by half burn 119 more calories a day A study says that those who reduce their TV time by half burn more calories Couch potatoes, hear this: let go of that television remote control, get off that comfortable
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      469 103 A device called Breastlight is said to be helpful in breast self-examinations Breast self-examination has become easier for women, a study claims. It tracked the use of a handheld device called Breastlight which works by shining a red LED light through the breast tissue.
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          1081 104 GERBREAD MAN (65g) Sugar: 20g Calories: 290kcal FRUITCAKE (1 piece, 43g) Sugar: 12.83g Calories: 139kcal Do you know how much sugar is in that log cake or that gingerbread man? Mind Your Body finds out Each gram of sugar contains 4 calories As in the words of
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        316 105 If you have stuffed yourself with Christmas goodies, there is always "sugar detox" of sorts. Mind Your Body asks dietitians what you can do to make up for over-indulging in sweet treats over the festive period. 1 Drink more water It is important to
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      323 106 If you are not into all that shopping and merrymaking, here is how to keep yourself feeling good Orchard Road is dressed to the gills, shoppers crowd the streets and you hear carols everywhere. In the midst of the merriment, you might still feel a
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        785 107 Turn them on, turn them on Turn on those sad songs When all hope is gone Why don't you tune in and turn them on? (From Sad Songs (Say So Much) by Elton John and Bernie Taupin) In my previous column, I asked why it is that music
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        709 108 Dr Ho Kok Sen, 37, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon with the Specialist Dental Group at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, tells POON CHIAN HUI why he enjoys putting people's faces back together I decided to specialise in oral-maxillofacial surgery because... I get to disassemble and reassemble stuff something I've
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      842 109 I normally put on r about lor 2kg during stressful periods as a result of my eating. It is a source of distraction as it takes my mind off my work and it makes me feel happy. Ms Elaine Lee, a 25-year-old bank officer Identify the source
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        64 109 FctN MLive low-tVit yogurt's new flavours mixed berry a aloe vera and mango a nata de coco contain a combination of probiotic live cultures to benefit the digestive system and enhance immune defence Smoother and with real fruit pieces, they can be bought in cluster twin packs at
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        68 109 The new H"ilicks 3-in-l Lite contains added dietary flbre called inulin which hel Ps maintain a good intestinalenvironment.lt is also low in fat and sugar. The old favourite consists of malted barley, wheat and milk ingredients and is enriched with calcium, vitamins and minerals like iron.
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        167 110  -  Wilder-Smith Associate Professor Annelies SI am confused as to how flu vaccinations work. Childhood vaccinations are given usually as a and some boosters. However, for the flu jab, it has to be given annually. I understand that for each year, the components of
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        460 110  -  Dr Alvin Ng Chee Keong Q I am 19 years old and have a few queries regarding my health. I have been tall and thin since I was a child and could never gain enough weight to be within the healthy Body Mass Index (BMI). I
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        404 112 Nuts are tasty and make a healthy snack for Christmas, says SYLVIA TAN I 1 t is less than 10 days to Christmas, but you can whip up a batch of spiced nuts in minutes. They are nicer than plain old roasted nuts, lightly roasted as they are
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        189 112 When you smell the fragrance, turn off the fire and add salt and sugar. Add the raw nuts, stirring well to ensure even coverage. Place nuts on an oven tray, spreading them out. Roast for 15 minutes or so. Keep a close eye on them as they burn easily.
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        595 113 Alvin Quah, 28 The media entrepreneur and publisher says good skin contributes to his good looks. The winner of Are You Men's Health Enough? 2009 also bagged the Best Skin Award in the competition. The Malaysian, who is a Singapore permanent resident, is single. He weighs
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      1426 96 Ouch! My Hip n...+cT^ Every day, we put our hip joints through unthinkable and uncountable tasks. Over time, our normal "wear and tear" can eventually diminish the health of our joints, causing hip osteoarthritis. However, we may only begin to notice the tell-tale signs of creaking joints, pain and stiffness,
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      97 99 LASIK Forum The Lasik Surgery Clinic by Dr Marc Tay Dr Jon Goh (Senior Eye Consultants) Dates: 17 Dec 2009 (Thurs) 7pm 18Dec2009[Fri)@7pm Venue: The Lasik Surgery Clinic Paragon Medical 13-01/06 Agenda: 1. Are you a suitable candidate for LASIK? 2. How LASIK is done? 3. Option for presbyopia (lao
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      217 102 Fruits and vegetables are an essential part of our diet because of the high vitamins, minerals and ft unique plant nutrients in them. But are you I getting enough of them for a balanced lifestyle? Green Magma®, a young barley grass juice ft jR X extract developed by Dr Yoshihide
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