The Straits Times, 21 December 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 094/11/2009 MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Truth out on Facebook
      41 1 POSTINGS and photographs on Facebook are costing some people dearly. Shouting their lives out on such social networking websites have cost people their jobs and have been used against them in court cases. PRIME PAGE A 6
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      Lock icon US, Europe weather woes
      73 1 A SLOW-MOVING storm that blanketed swathes of the eastern United States with nearly 60cm of snow headed northwards yesterday after causing at least five deaths, crippling travel and leaving stores empty. Meanwhile in Europe, tens of thousands of people were stranded in rail stations, traffic jams
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      Lock icon Boating policy review
      100 1 DESPITE the push to get more people to take up watersports at the island's reservoirs, one man has been left high and dry and banned from using his own kayak. But the PUB, which provides permits for such craft here, said it has not tackled this issue
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      Lock icon US closer to health reform
      39 1 SENATE Democrats clinched the 60th and decisive vote for historic US health-care reform legislation. This puts President Barack Obama's top domestic policy issue firmly on a path for Christmas Eve passage. WORLD PAGE Al5
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    Lock icon School fee changes for non-S'poreans
    921 1  -  Jeremy Au Yong Hikes to enhance privileges of citizens, who will now get Pri 1 balloting edge By Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TWO measures to draw a clearer distinction between Singaporeans and noncitizens will be introduced by the Education
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    Lock icon China welcomes outcome of climate talks
    544 1 BEIJING: China yesterday welcomed the outcome of climate change talks in Copenhagen, the day after a deal reached to fight global warming came in for heavy criticism. "With the efforts of all parties, the summit yielded significant and positive re- suits," Foreign Minister Yang
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  • VIEW POINTS
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      Lock icon A country at war with itself (again)
      115 2 The Pakistan court ruling that invalidated a graft amnesty takes the country back to the time when Mr Pervez Musharraf's legitimacy was questioned and the country was in near-revolt over his rule. The difference this time is that Pakistan is fighting a war
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      Lock icon A stinker of a problem
      27 2 Are Malaysia's taxis as bad as its public toilets? That is still up for debate, says Teo Cheng Wee. WORLD PAGE Al3
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      Lock icon Benign year possible
      33 2 Goh Eng Yeow says 2010 may turn out to be a benign year in which investors can recuperate from the past two years' excesses. MONEY PAGE 815 OUR READER SAYS
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      Lock icon Spread the season's joy
      26 2 In keeping with the spirit of the season, Peter Loon suggests treating a needy stranger to a Christmas dinner. FORUM PAGE A2O
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      Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
      22 2 www.straitstimes.com Tan Hui Yee looks at how small things make a big difference at a hospital in an earthquake-prone area.
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      Lock icon True nature of the boss-maid relationship
      770 2  -  Theresa Tan Ties can improve if more employers see maids as helpers, not servants By Singaporeans should bear in mind the obstacles their maids have to overcome just to work for them before they fly into a rage when their maids make slight mistakes.
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      Lock icon Child Aid's birthday bash with a difference
      378 3  -  TAN WEIZHEN IT WAS a memorable birthday celebration for charity concert Child Aid last night as more than 200 young performers showed off their talent to help raise money for needy children. Among those who enjoyed the razzle dazzle was the guest of
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      Lock icon Daily checks to curb killer litter
      619 4  -  Amelia Tan Town councils take issue seriously, with thousands warned a year By TOWN council officers will do the rounds daily in Ang Mo Kio GRC and Yio Chu Kang to check on HDB flats. High on their agenda is to spot objects that
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      Lock icon Wet markets must make economic sense, say MPs
      393 4  -  Rachel Chang By LESS than four years after it opened, a wet market in the Jalan Kayu ward had to close because business was slow. Today, a foodcourt run by the Kopitiam chain stands in the place of the small market in
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      Lock icon One bright spark: Deforestation guidelines
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      Lock icon The truth is out thereon Facebook
      1203 6  -  KIMBERLY I SPYKERMAN Lester Kok Social networking site a useful tool in getting information for legal battles I By I By LOOKING for a way out of her broken marriage, one woman turned to popular social networking site Facebook for evidence of her husband's
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      Lock icon Fired after photos gave him away
      520 6  -  Ben Nadarajan By HIS favourite band was in town, and he called in sick just to make sure work did not hold him back from attending the concert that night. Shawn (not his real name) almost got away with it, but his friends posted
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      Lock icon Weather woes in the US
      628 8 Storm dumps snow on cities across the East Coast WASHINGTON: A slow-moving storm that blanketed swathes of the eastern United States with nearly 60cm of snow headed northwards yesterday, continuing its assault after causing at least five deaths, crippling travel and leaving empty stores that
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      563 8 Transport chaos continues, while poor die from cold Forecasters across the continent are expecting more snow and freezing rain over the next few days, but with temperatures rising slightly and the outlook improving gradually. PARIS: Tens of thousands of European travellers were stranded yesterday in rail
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      Lock icon China firms try to lure talent home
      528 9  -  Rachel Chang Companies hold job fair here to get China-born professionals to return By CHINA ON THE RISE "Shanghai is rising in the world. The economic balance is changing to mainland China." Beijing-born business consultant Zhang Van, on why he wants to go
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      81 9  -  Alphonsus Chern I By PHOTOJOURNALIST It's that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 6.39pm. Dozens of Asian Glossy
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        Lock icon Casino town Macau to branch out
        874 11 Macau and its new leader Fernando Chui Macau reverted to China after centuries of Portuguese rule in 1999, two years after the return of former British colony Hong Kong. Revenues from Macau's US$l5 billion (Ss2l billion) gaming industry overtook those of Las Vegas in
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        Lock icon Japanese firms say 'cheers' to no-frills parties
        412 11 TOKYO: Clinking wine glasses with your colleagues at glitzy clubs is out, but toasting them with paper cups in the office is in. Cost-cutting in corporate Japan is filtering down to year-end company parties as more firms choose to hold no-frills bashes in
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        Lock icon Pakatan show of unity short-lived
        525 12  -  Elizabeth Looi PAS leader says no need to rush to register opposition alliance By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Just a day after Pakatan Rakyat (PR) unveiled a common policy framework at its maiden convention, the show of unity is falling apart. Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS)
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        72 12 Maoist activists and their supporters taking part in a rally on the first day of a three-day nationwide general strike in Kathmandu yesterday. The strike shuttered businesses and kept vehicles off the roads in the Maoists' biggest protest since they quit the government, and plunged Nepal
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        Lock icon Najib's 2020 promise seen as a risky call
        501 12  -  ELIZABETH LOOI KUALA LUMPUR: If all goes according to plan, Malaysia will have less crime and corruption, better schools and public transportation, more modern rural areas and a higher standard of living for all by the end of the new decade. And
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        Lock icon Cambodia deports Uighurs despite criticism
        315 12 PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has deported back to China 20 Muslim Uighurs who fled from there after ethnic riots this year, a government official said yesterday, despite concerns that they could face persecution by Beijing. The Uighurs, part of a Turkic ethnic group, had been involved
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        Lock icon Jet engine theft an inside job: Minister
        443 12 KUALA LUMPUR: A group of low-ranking air force personnel was in cahoots with civilians in the theft of a RMSO million (Ss2o million) fighter jet engine, Malaysian Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said. He said action had been taken against several senior officers
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        Lock icon All riled up over cabbies' fare play
        901 13  -  By Teo Cheng Wee Taxi drivers are upset by minister's remark that they are worse than public toilets but expats tell of being fleeced REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ALTHOUGH taxi services in Malaysia come under regular criticism from commuters and the authorities, the latest high-profile
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        Lock icon Pakistan comedians fight Taleban with humour
        555 14 LAHORE: If the Taleban were to produce a soap opera, Pakistani comedy writer Younis Butt pondered one day, what would it be like? The love triangles would be impossible to understand, he thought, because all the women would be hidden behind burgas and no
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        Lock icon Zardari vows to foil 'witch-hunt'
        732 14 Pakistan's President and party take tough stance as 'quit' calls grow louder READY TO DO BATTLE "The PPP will use democracy and constitutionalism as its weapons to fight its adversaries and foil all conspiracies against it." Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Asif
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        Lock icon Possible outcomes
        377 14 HERE are some scenarios for how the crisis in Pakistan might play out. MILITARY INTERVENTION The possibility of military intervention at this stage is seen as extremely remote. The army has had its differences with President Asif Ali Zardari, but these are not seen as serious enough to
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        Lock icon Democrats clinch decisive vote
        559 15 U.S. HEALTH-CARE REFORM 60th Senate vote puts key Bill on path for Xmas Eve passage WASHINGTON: Jubilant Senate Democrats have locked in the 60th and decisive vote for historic health-care reform legislation, putting President Barack Obama's top domestic policy issue firmly on a path for Christmas
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        Lock icon What's next?
        129 15 The House of Representatives has already passed its version of health-care reform. The Senate and the House must negotiate and pass a final version before it can be sent to President Barack Obama for his signature. The first of three procedural votes on the Senate version is set
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        Lock icon Cops head off trouble with cameras
        156 15 SAN JOSE: Police in California are testing head-mounted cameras to record interactions with the public. The test, using 18 patrol officers, comes as citizens' groups criticise the department for too often using force during arrests. Officers are to turn on the cameras every time
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        Lock icon Iranian troops pull back from oil well
        563 16 But Baghdad says they are still on Iraqi land and demands border talks AMARA (Iraq): The Iranian troops who for three days controversially occupied a disputed border oil well have left the facility but remain on Iraqi soil, Baghdad's government spokesman said yesterday.
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        Lock icon Top dissident cleric dies of heart attack
        373 16 TEHERAN: Iran's top dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a fierce critic of the hard-line leadership who denounced June's disputed presidential election as fraudulent, has died. The ayatollah an architect of the 1979 revolution which created Iran's Islamic state, and was at
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        Lock icon First high-speed train in Russia
        469 16 MOSCOW: Famed for the legendary trains that clank across seven time zones on its Trans-Siberi-an railroad, Russia has entered the modern railway age with its first high-tech express train. The Sapsan train, whose gaudy red bodywork is in sharp contrast to the bottle green that
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        Lock icon Tories to 'launch poll campaign on Jan 4'
        386 16 LONDON: Britain's opposition leader, Mr David Cameron, is ready to launch a long and fierce general election campaign early in the new year after the Tories moved back into a commanding lead in opinion polls out yesterday, with the general election looming
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        Lock icon Oui, it's a merry 'recycled' Christmas
        507 17 NEW THINKING "Over the past two years, there has been a strong increase in the trend to give second-hand items as gifts... Many of the psychological barriers have fallen." Price Minister's director for marketing, Mr Olivier Mathiot Poll shows the French are more open
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Myanmar's Charter stays
          149 17 YANGON: Myanmar's new Constitution, adopted last year despite criticism that it is undemocratic, cannot be changed before next year's planned elections, the country's state media said in a commentary yesterday. The article, which appeared yesterday in the New Light Of Myanmar and other newspapers, appeared to be
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          Lock icon Volcano alert raised
          88 17 LEGASPI (Philippines): The Philippines raised the alert level around the country's most active volcano yesterday to Level 4, warning of a possible hazardous eruption within days and extending a "no-go zone" up to 10km. Mayon Volcano, known for its near-perfect cone shape in the coconut-growing central Bicol
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          Lock icon London 'faces terror hit'
          82 17 LONDON: Scotland Yard has warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style attack on the British capital early next year, the Times reported yesterday. In a briefing 12 days ago, a senior detective from SOIS, the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command, said companies should anticipate a shooting
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          Lock icon Berlusconi's ratings go up
          95 17 ROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's approval rating has risen back above 50 per cent after an attack against him sparked a wave of sympathy even among opposition voters, an opinion poll snowed on Sunday. Mr Berlusconi, 73, was struck in the face a week ago
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          Lock icon Pandas a big draw at zoo
          127 17 TAIPEI: A pair of Chinese pandas have helped a Taiwan zoo attract an extra half a million visitors since their arrival from the mainland last year, a report said yesterday. Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, a gift from China, moved to the Taipei Zoo
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          Lock icon Big is beautiful
          52 17 Participants in the Jumbo Queen beauty contest getting ready to go on stage in Ayutthaya, Thailand, last Saturday. More than 30 Thai women took part in the contest for women weighing over 80kg. The organiser said the contest aimed to promote a healthy lifestyle for overweight women.
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      Lock icon Cross-strait talks spark protest
      586 10  -  Ho Ai Li Taiwanese fear influx of cheaper China goods and competition for jobs By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT FEAR AND DISTRUST "We are afraid that they will come over to snatch our jobs. We don't know whether their qualifications are real or not." Ms Anna Lai, a
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon A country at war with itself (again)
      434 18 PAKISTAN is back to the dangerous days of 2007-08 when then-President Pervez Musharraf's legitimacy was under assault and the country led by lawyers was in near-revolt against rule by executive fiat. This is the import of a Supreme Court ruling last week invalidating
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      838 18  -  Robert Skidelsky By FROM next year, on swearing allegiance to the Queen, all members of Britain's House of Lords and I am one of them will be required to sign a written commitment to honesty and integrity. Unexceptionable principles, one might say. But until recently, it
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      832 18  -  Michael Richardson By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WILL the world's leading powers act in a more united way on Iran's nuclear programme than they have so far over climate change? The answer will become clearer in the next few weeks. It will be a key
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        894 19  -  Thomas L. Friedman By I'VE long believed there are two basic strategies for dealing with climate change the "Earth Day" strategy and the "Earth Race" strategy. This Copenhagen climate summit was based on the Earth Day strategy. It was not very impressive. This
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        802 19  -  Robert Karniol By DEFENCE WRITER THE assertions may have been unsubstantiated, at least publicly, but foreign intelligence officers and diplomats in Bangkok during the 1980s held some common views on the separatist insurgency that had flared again then in southern Thailand. There is
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        685 19  -  Nayan Chanda By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES AS THE world economy edges away from the precipice, we can see the enormousness of the catastrophe we averted. In the first 12 months of the financial crisis, world industrial output fell at nearly the same
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        191 20 I READ with interest last Thursday's report, "Educate students about politics, says Shanmugam", in which Law Minister K. Shanmugam proposes more political education for younger Singaporeans. While political education is helpful to cultivate an informed citizenry, I cannot help but feel it might serve
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        335 20 YES, SPLURGE A LITTLE BUT... CHRISTMAS is commonly associated with a festive mood, gifts, year-end bonuses and a lot of spending. With the economy coming out of a recession, an often-heard refrain is how hard it has been during the past year,
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        244 20 PUB, the national water agency, thanks Mr Jason Toh for his feedback on kayaking at Macßitchie and Bedok reservoirs ("Family's kayaking dreams drifting in red tape", last Thursday). Since 2005, PUB has actively promoted water activities at our reservoirs as part of our
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        194 20 WITH the TVMobile scourge finally coming to a close by Jan 1 next year ("MediaCorp ends TVMobile", Dec 15), I urge the transport operators SBS Transit and SMRT to review their use of public displays. For instance, SBS Transit may consider reprogramming TVMobile
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        228 20 Flying high "In these days when many airlines are struggling to survive, I am proud that SIA continues to hold itself to the highest standards of excellence." I WAS a passenger on Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight SQO2S from New York to Singapore, arriving in Singapore on Nov 7. Although
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
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      Lock icon More maids picking up new skills
      739 31  -  Good response to courses run by at least five non-profit groups By Melissa Sim Theresa Tan GETTING an education, picking up skills and even learning how to be entrepreneurs are how a growing number of maids in Singapore are spending their Sundays. In recent
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      367 32  -  THERESA TAN Alter taking nursing course, trio now work at home for the elderly MISS Jessica Israel, 32, is a maid made good. The Filipina worked as a maid in Singapore for a few years before landing a health-care attendant job at the Salvation Army's Peacehaven
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    • QUICKNEWS
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        Lock icon Appeal against acquittal
        166 32 THE Government's appeal against the acquittal of five opposition members and supporters for taking part in an illegal procession in 2007 will be heard in the High Court on Jan 22. The five are Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) leaders Gandhi Ambalam, John Tan and Chee Siok Chin,
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        88 32 A NEW rental assistance scheme was launched yesterday to help needy residents pay their arrears. Seventeen selected residents who live in rental blocks in the Tanglin-Cairnhill constituency will participate in the pilot scheme starting next month. It will be reviewed after six months. The residents, aged
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        97 32 A CHALLENGE is being put forth to Malay smokers to motivate them to kick their habit. The four-week Muharram Challenge, launched yesterday and organised by the Health Promotion Board, will include education workshops, outdoor team building activities and phone counselling services. Into its sixth year, the event
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      587 33  -  Victoria Vaughan Man gets conflicting advice on using his own boat in reservoir By UNSUPERVISED ACTIVITIES NOT ALLOWED "As the safety of the reservoir user is paramount, only organised group activities and training conducted under the supervision and guidance from either the operators,
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      Lock icon From gang member to motivated student
      669 35  -  Jennani Durai N-level student's grades improve thanks to handball By THIS time last year, Jonathan Lian was a teacher's worst nightmare. Fights, truancy and finally rioting landed him in the Boys' Home for three weeks. Then, at the start of the year, he was
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      515 35  -  Jennani Durai By SOME primary schools are starting early when it comes to teaching their pupils about plagiarism. At Rulang Primary School in Jurong West, even Primary 1 pupils learn about citation. "They learn to ask who's the author, who's the narrator, when they
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        342 36 Here Now Super burger Burger King's Steakhouse Burger features a premium Angus beef patty that is flame-grilled to perfection, topped with cheese, mayonnaise and Al Thick Hearty steak sauce on a premium corn-dusted bakery bun. Available from now till Jan 6,2010 at all Burger King restaurants for $5.95 (a la
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        730 36  -  Under the new rules, it's easier for consumers to borrow money and the banks are gearing up for it BY LAI YI MING BANKS here are reaching out to consumers who want to borrow money for their yearend spending. With the lowering of the minimum
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        241 36 THE OCBC Cycle Singapore 2010 event may be three months away but it has already opened for registration. You can get a special range of merchandise online to start your training early. The event will be held over two days on March 6 and
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        254 36 JUST when you think computers cannot get any more portable, Fujitsu announces the release of Lifeßook UH9OO, a handheld PC which promises to inject ultimate mobility with its ultra lightweight and uhprsleek design. Featuring a generous 62G8 solid-state drive (SSD) storage space and weighing
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        Lock icon Inside the human body
        271 36  -  LEONG PHEI PHEI BY IF YOU think that beauty is only skin-deep, think again.At The Body Showin Clarke Quay, you see the beauty beneath the skin too. Singapore is the first stop for The Body Show's Asia tour, which features more than 100 fascinating exhibits and
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        262 36 PHOTO: FOR its festive campaign for Christmas 2009 and New Year 2010, Carlsberg is organising a slew of activities which include one that culminates in granting the wish of a lucky Carlsberg fan called "Mike Teo". Consumers can vote and help Mike choose his
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      1103 37  -  Lester Kok Companies happy to go paperless as it saves costs and boosts image By CLIENTS and business associates of international ship supplies company HMS Far East will not be getting Christmas cards in the mail from the firm this year. HMS has decided
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        547 38  -  NUS interns pick up entrepreneurial skills by helping villagers in India By Lester Kok FOR an overseas programme on entrepreneurship, two university students bypassed the start-ups in Bangalore for the village of Kanakagiri, a 10-hour drive away. National University of Singapore (NUS) students Priscilla Ann
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        595 38  -  MY THOUGHTS By PHOTO: Jalelah Abu Bakar MENTION Bangladesh and one thing comes to mind for many Singaporeans: construction workers. Yet we know little about the people whose manual labour has given us the homes we live in, malls we shop at and
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        877 38 MY LIFE Youthlnk writers share what they think of national service forcing youths to get into shape Peer pressure doesn't last FROM my experience, the peer pressure that spurs youths to get into shape is strong only during the stint itself. Before and after serving national
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      106 31 Jk WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE www.straitstimes.coin YOUR SAY MOST-READ ONLINE BSchool fees are being raised for ■Ferrari driver's lucky escape non-Singaporeans as part of moves to ■Sands casino's hires in a bind enhance the privileges of being a citizen. Do you think this is helpful?
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      82 33 "How green is your Christmas tree?" ">? I OURTREE IS SO GREEN,WE RECYCLE V I THE SAME ONE EVERYYEAR... I <£g ...WE'RE ALSO RECYCLING UNWANTED GIFTS FROM LAST YEAR, 4 A > BY GIVING THEM THIS YEAR! I High-rise headache Jgf OOPS! OH NO! This Christmas when you wish Someohe
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      Lock icon Ong hits jackpot at last event of the year
      426 39  -  By Frankie Chee NATIONAL bowler Remy Ong may not have had a great year on the lanes in 2009. But the 31-year-old kegler ensured it still ended with a bang by clinching one of his most rewarding wins on Saturday. He
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      679 39  -  Acting PM Teo urges athletics association to focus on improving performances By Amresh Gunasingham SNOC president Teo Chee Hean has called on athletics officials to engage in self-examination in order to help the sport move forward and realise its potential. He was speaking to reporters on
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      Lock icon North-east to get a splash in the park
      290 39  -  SPORTS enthusiasts in Pasir Ris will have a shiny new facility to drop in on by June 2011. Being built at a cost of $40 million, it will be equipped with swimming pools, a 2,000-seat multi-purpose sports hall and tennis courts, among
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      Lock icon HUGHES SACKED, MANCINI STEPS IN
      723 40 Manchester City's change of manager reads like a soap opera LONDON: Manchester City sacked Mark Hughes and appointed Roberto Mancini as their new manager on a day which, even by the club's standards, involved a fair dose of soap opera and farce. Mancini was a
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      Lock icon Italian will need to make quick impression at Eastlands
      755 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Roberto Mancini is confident he can make an immediate impact as the new manager of Manchester City. With City lying sixth in the English Premier League table, six points adrift of fourth spot, the season remains very much
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      Lock icon Misery at Anfield deepens as Benitez talks in riddles
      605 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has insisted that he does not fear the sack despite seeing his side lose 0-2 to bottom club Portsmouth, their seventh Premier League defeat of an increasingly wretched season. Even some travelling Reds fans
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      Lock icon Wolves' midweek day off pays off
      502 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Premier League Yesterday Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Burnley 0 Everton 1 Birmingham City 1 West Ham United v Chelsea Late kick-off Today Wigan Athletic v Bolton Wanderers Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 3.55 am P W D L F APts 1 Chelsea 17 13 13
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      545 31 United manager admits injuries could cost EPL champions the title "But there's no light at the end of the tunnel. And maybe the fragile nature of the players at the back has given some of the others a reason to feel sorry for themselves." Ferguson did not help
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      Lock icon Blues not on Mourinho's mind
      284 31 LONDON: Jose Mourinho has insisted his return to Chelsea is no big deal, after his Inter Milan side drew his former club in the last 16 of the Champions League "I don't have anything in particular to say because the game is more than two
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      Lock icon Barca win, but success worries Guardiola
      374 31 ABU DHABI: Even though Barcelona capped a perfect year and secured their place in football history with a 2-1 Club World Cup final win over Estudiantes on Saturday, maintaining the team's hunger for more success appears the biggest task ahead. Soon after Golden Ball
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      Lock icon Nasri should have been sacked: Hull
      145 31 LONDON: Hull manager Phil Brown has blasted Samir Nasri for stamping on one of his players, saying the Arsenal midfielder should have been sent off during the club's 0-3 Premier League loss to the Gunners on Saturday. The incident occurred just before half-time. Nasri
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      211 31 Modern pentathlon qualifiers SOUTH Korea's Park Sang Gu, China's Wu Hepeng and Australia's Todd Renfree have qualified for next year's Youth Olympic Games, after the modern pentathlon boys' Asia-Oceania qualification at the Singapore Sports School. Park yesterday trumped 15 other athletes from eight nations with 4,892 points. His countryman,
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      Lock icon Ishikawa courted?
      154 42 PHOTO: TOKYO: Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa fired a warning that he may be about to add power to his game by smashing a drive 367 yards in an exhibition tournament in Okinawa. "I just let it rip," he told Sunday's Sankei Sports. There is speculation that the 18-year-old
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      277 42 Basketball NBA Utah 110 Charlotte 102, Orlando 92 Portland 83, LA Clippers 112 Philadelphia 107 (0T), Chicago 101 Atlanta 98 (0T), LA Lakers 103 New Jersey 84, Houston 95 Oklahoma 90, Sacramento 96 Milwaukee 95, San Antonio 100 Indiana 99, Phoenix 121 Washington 95. Cricket Ist Test In Centurion,
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      504 42 PHOTO: Olympic star struggles in individual events wearing old-style textile suits MANCHESTER: Michael Phelps struggled in a knee-length suit, but the Americans who stuck with the soon-to-be-banned bodysuits ensured the Europeans were trounced by 107 points in the Duel in Pool on Saturday. In the last
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      269 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS FLORIDA: Tiger Woods' mother is reportedly "furious" with the world's No. 1 golfer over his string of affairs with more than a dozen women. "She is hurt, angry and disappointed in Tiger," a family friend told People magazine. "She wants to know how
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      251 39 f**l ''am t ITALIAN'S JOB Roberto Mancini takes over at Man City after Mark Hughes is sacked. mf^S FINGERS CROSSED Alex Ferguson hopes injuries will not cost Man United the title. Bll m I m ANGRY MUM Tiger Woods' mother is reportedly furious over his infidelity. B12 O WHAT'S ONLINE
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  • OBITUARIES
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      94 42 1~~, "7^l I nave been crucified with Christ; It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" Galatians 2:20 9 Ii CHRISTINE CHONG HUIXIAN Age: 21 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 Dec 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Father: Mother: Chong Zee Liang
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      103 42 Jy KRISHNASAMY KRISHNAN passed away peacefully on 19/12/2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Supamah d/o Sapavaly Sons: Daughters-in-law: K. Tachinam Murthy M. Eajeswari K. George Subra Jacqueline Vasuky K. Palanisamy Pushpalatha K. Eajoo Daughters: Son-in-law: K. Valiammah (Meena) Kunnasegaran K. Mahaletchimi Grandsons: Granddaughters: Jeremy Subra K.
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      93 42 s.l "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 118:1 Thefamilyofthelate QUEK SENG BOON called home to be with the Lord on 16 December 2009 wish to express our thanks and appreciation to all for their kindness and compassion during our time of bereavement.
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      48 42 iFONrviIFNiIN LEONGYUEN LIN Age: 90 passed away peacefuUyon 20 Dec 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Alice, Lucy, Rose, Steven, Allan Spouses Grandchildren* Great Grandchildren Body is resting at Jade Room Level 3 Singapore Casket. Cortege leaves on 22 Dec 2009 (Hie) fnr Manila! tor Manflai Crematorium at 12.30pm.
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      72 42 mi«i ANITA IKJAAWIJA RODRIGUES was called home to be withtheLordon2oDec2oo9 leaving behind loved ones. sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, grand nieces Brand nePhewsWake Is held at Church of up^Xn^on Rd. Nightly services will be held from 20 Dec 2009 to 22 Dec 2009 at Bpm. Cortege leaves on 23 Dec 2009
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      57 42 KESSLAR THOMAS Age: 100 passed away peacefuly on 20/12/2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Nora Berry Son: James Daughter-in-law: Patricia and nieces and nephews. Body is resting at Singapore Casket. Cortege will leave on 22/12/09 at 10am for funeral mass at Holy Family Church (Katong) at
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      131 42 Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail and mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil a life of joy and peace Amazing Grace TW AH/1 Wl/lf 17 ATVTf ilXllYl IEiWW r/VLUVI Passed away peacefully on 19 December 2009 Dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Lee Lee
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      127 42 Our deepest condolences to Lee Lee Choo on the demise of her beloved husband M. Hn.lTl KEjIIII MTJ\i\\M Departed on 19 Dec 2009 from Mother: Chua Ah Hoo Brothers: Lee Hock Seng Lav Bee Heong Lee Hee Chill Koh Meilg Gek Lee yi Jail Koh Li Chen Sisters: Joanne Lee
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      57 42 "Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your shepherd's rod and staff protect me." Psalm 23:4 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of LIM LAM SAN ALBERT Departed on 21.12.2008. Deeply missed always remembered by Wife, children, daughter-in-law, grandchildren,
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      28 43 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late f*F FIWFIYTT K'OK' f^WPIYTf 1 HOf X" Always remembered by he /V\CinClC|ement and OF Takashimaya Singapore Ltd
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      89 43 LEOWPOHHOCK Age;» 3 passed away peacefully on 19/12/2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lee Jue Eng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Leow Joo Kun Tony Tra My Leow LeowJooTeng Victor Chang Cho on Har Julie Daughter: Leow joo Yong Shirley Grandson: Granddaughters: PangTeckHaoAlvin LeowYa Li Michelle LeowYaYi Mailyn Leow
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      94 43 1 Angus, was S uch an amazmgmanwlu, touched the Super daddy and Loving husband Obituarie ANGUS JOHN JOSEPH MACQUARRIE Age: 6i was caUed home to be with the Lord on > Saturday, 19/12/09. Leavinebehind loved onesB^Z^Z^Zt^ie And his beloved kids Aidan, Andrea, Christopher, Izabella Wake is held at Singapore Casket,
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      50 43 The family of the late I IIU VHIIV TIIIV lIIV^ LillVl IVHlill (L,IL\ Jli^lJ BeP™ted 16 DeC 2009wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance attendance condolences I 1 donations and wreaths during their recent hprpavpmpnt bereavement. I s
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      135 43 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no
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      58 43 CLEMENT KOK CHENG HOCK ASe: 56 "6^« passedaway peacefully on 18 December 2009 DearlymisseaaruiforuUy remem.erea.y cousins, Moses, Sharon, Raymond, Michael, Angela, Ken Leon and Linda. Body is resting at Sincanore CasketTel-629^4^88 Body is resting at Singapore CasKet lei. W!M«HH. Cortege will leave on 22 December 2009 (Tuesday) at 11am for
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      18 43 7th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of VADIVELU VEVAKANANTHAN Departed: 21.12.2002 Deeply missed fondly remembered by family loved ones.
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      143 43 IN MEMORY OF David Raman Wei Siong Papanasam Setlur Kausikan 12 October 1999-18 December 2009 Our Beloved son, brother, grandson and nephew. Bilahari Kirn Hee Papanasam Setlur Kausikan (Father) Pearlyn Chong Lo Lan (Mother) Catherine Kamala Wei Sin Papanasam Setlur Kausikan (Sister) P.S. Raman (Grandfather deceased) Chong Koon Fah (Grandfather)
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      104 43 LUKE ONG ENG BEE Age: 83 was called to the Lord on 19 December 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Veronica Ong Saik Neo Sons Daughter-in-law: Ronald Ong Chin Poh r;Z OnBChhlChye I°™°"™° Daughter. Son-in-law. Geraldine Ong Gek Sim Bryan Lee TiongWah Grandchildren: Godsons: Wake is
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      18 43 ¥ln Loving Memory Oft m YAP BOH SENG Departed 21/12/1999 Sadly missed always remembered by all loved ones.
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      26 43 P 20th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of t^ R PACHAMMA Departed :21st Dec 1989 Sadly missed and b°H s™aughter!' son-in-law dauqhters-in-iaw grandchildren. greatgrandchildren a loved ones
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      51 43 5.15pm. C^ 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of SUNDRAGANESH GTINARATHA bUIMAKfIIHA (8/9/1991 21/12/2006) Dear Son, although well no more see Your happy face and gentle smile: We're happy that God gave us you, though it was only for a while Deeply missed and fondlyre™mbered by Dad, Mum, Br?theiil Grandmother, and
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      50 42 For the loved ones whom you remember.. "In Memoriam"** CLASSIFIED 0-^ Memory wanders as shadows fall Sack, to tne daus of nappiness, Daus beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of ncr lips now silent And wnose lids are c osed in seep. r
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      29 42 Today Football English Premier League: Wigan v Bolton (Live, Ch27 Ch3o4, tomorrow, 3.55 am). Fifa World Player Gala (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.30 am). Tomorrow No events. Wednesday No events.
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        498 44  -  BULLS AND BEARS Investors sitting tight; many fund managers have closed their books By Alvin Foo MARKETS CORRESPONDENT THE local bourse is likely to see even more subdued trading this week before action picks up again the following week, as fund managers and retail investors
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        100 44 RICHARD ELMAN (above): Stepping down as chief executive officer (CEO) of Noble Group, but will serve as executive chairman. The 69-year-old entrepreneur spent a decade as a physical commodities trader at Phibro before setting up the commodities trading company. Chief operating officer Ricardo
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        37 44 ALSTON BEINHORN: Appointed chief executive of Heritage Asset Management, which is part of Swiss boutique private bank Banque Heritage. Singapore-based Mr Beinhorn will lead the regional expansion of Heritage's private banking operations.
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        72 44 JUDY HSU: Appointed group head of wealth management of Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) with immediate effect. Ms Hsu is based in Singapore and takes over from Mr Bryan Henning, who has left the bank to pursue other interests. Before joining Stanchart, Ms Hsu was
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          43 44 ..Dec 18 CHNG YR 2009 CLOSE FR Dec 17 S$ LOW S$ HIGH IS$ 1.4014 +0.01 1.5579 1.3800 iuro 2.0158 +0.20 2.0952 1.9150 2.2708 +0.09 2.4366 2.0356 1$ 1.2446 +0.39 1.2942 0.9453 'en* 1.5528 +0.60 1.7278 1.4831 lupiah* 0.***** -0.10 0.***** 0.*****
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          54 44 Jec 18 7° CHNG TR 2009 CLOSE FR Dec 17 S$ LOW Saht* 4.2198 -0.05 4.3390 >eso* 3.0063 +0.38 3.4350 lupees* 2.9909 +0.20 3.1314 Imb 0.2052 +0.00 0.2277 linggit 0.4077 +0.08 0.4219 per 100 units of foreign currency mew 2009 low 9new 2009 high 5$ HIGI 4.1041
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          49 44 Week's Top Falls DBXT Nifty 10US$ DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ GLD 10US$ DBXT FTChina25 10US$ Lyxor China H 10US$ DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ DCC 3.93% NCPS10 IHH ***** 3956 ***** 2975 1595 2710 8300 2886 -610.3 -454.9 -394.7 -172.2 -114.8 -103.6 -60.0 -53.2 -3 -7. -2 -4. -4. -2 -0. -1
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        3169 44 0UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Funds approved under CPF IS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!& 2137/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/ A 1.377/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.15/ APS Alpha Fund 'USD*'** 0 82/ Aberdeen Asset hip? Asia limited Asian Smaller Cos1"
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      1047 45  -  CAI JIN By Goh Eng Yeow SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Investors can then take breather after wild roller coaster ride AS THE final countdown to the New Year commences, it is customary for soothsayers, geomancers and even respectable analysts to give their spin on what
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      376 45  -  By Dickson Li GOLD could fall back to US$l,O7O (551,500) an ounce by the year end, but it is still a good buy, according to a local expert. The price of the precious metal lifted off four-week lows to end last week at
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      244 45 YANLORD Land Group has acquired a piece of land in Chengdu, China, for 1.96 billion yuan (Ss4o3 million). The prime residential site in Panchenggang in the Jinjiang district has an estimated total planned gross floor area of 390,660 sq m. To fund its expansion and
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      264 46 DUBAI: Dubai, set to ask creditors for a standstill on restructuring around US$22 billion (Ss3l billion) in debt linked to troubled conglomerate Dubai World, may still repay lenders in full, a local newspaper said yesterday. Abu Dhabi-based daily The National, citing
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      671 46 Other heads may be pressured to follow as public criticism rises over banks' bonuses NEW YORK: Morgan Stanley chief executive John Mack is forgoing a year-end bonus for the third straight year, he said in a memo obtained by Reuters, putting pressure on
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      332 46 WASHINGTON: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said United States banks are not hurting their ability to lend as they repay the Troubled Asset Relief Programme (Tarp) and back away from government assistance. "By replacing the Treasury investments with private capital, banks have stronger capital positions,
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        825 47 Some laid-off Wall St workers find it liberating to get out of the rat race NEW YORK: Twelve months without a job. Fourteen months. Eighteen. It has been a long, dry spell for many of the suit-clad Wall Street community who were handed their
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      769 48  -  Esther Teo Next year will be better, with recovery led by PC segment: Gartner By CONSUMERS STILL SPENDING "Consumer high-tech spending has been amazingly strong, given that we are in the greatest recession of our lifetime." Gartner analyst Bryan Lewis THE chips were down
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      42 45 flip tt The wealthy population in the Asia-Pacific fell /""i 14.2 per cent at the end of 2008 and their wealth y IS^ was eroded by 22.3 per cent. But private banks, which see Asia as the engine of growth, are hiring.
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      98 48 Jrnj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE www.straitstimes.com most blogged about MOST-READ ONLINE BSGXnet revamp timely. Says gracious ■Asia spending again soul: "Investors can now only slap ■Full Dubai debt repayment still an themselves if they do not stay updated, option and then make bad investments." MOST
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      404 21 ...is pretty fantastic for Dr Martin Huang. But the plastic J^^^^^^B f Z surgeon, a perfectionist known for his meticulous work, SK^^^^^^^^9*^ I is more than just skin deep, as JOHN LUI finds out. Q£ i DESIGN: LEE CHEE CHEW PHOTOS: CAROLINE CHIA, HYPE RECORDS and TERENCE TAN (Dcirie Fronce
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        1054 22  -  jocelyn lee L 9 AvmfttHM Hady Mirza That is Singapore Idol's next challenge after being a singer, actor and host Singer Hady Mirza, winner of the second season of Singapore Idol in 2006, has just released his second album Sang Penyanyi (The Singer). The title of
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        339 22 Hong Kong Songstress Wu Yingyin, the queen of the 1940s Shanghai music scene and whose alluring voice turned her songs into unforgettable golden oldies, died in Los Angeles last Thursday. She was 87. Hong Kong show host Chan Wing Yip told reporters she died from fluid
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        793 23  -  akshita nanda Singapore violinist Kam Ning performs, judges, learns to conduct and runs marathons It has been a marathon year for Singapore violinist Kam Ning in more ways than one. She has been giving performances in different cities, learning to conduct an orchestra and, to her great satisfaction,
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        297 23 Vienna The Austrian company that was organising a global Michael Jackson tribute in London has said it is being dissolved and will not be able to put on a star-studded show in honour of the King of Pop (left). The company, now officially known as
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        2435 24  - John lvi Top plastic surgeon Martin Huang is happiest when the result of his work goes unnoticed Martin Huang The teenage Martin Huang was miserable. Basic Military Training was tough going. "I was absolutely miserable, depressed," he says. He is just not very good with physical hardship, he admits, and
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        1017 26  -  Fiona low and natasha zachariah It is not always football chat, say Singaporeans in reply to expatriate survey quote me 'Coldplay and Radiohead bug the hell out of me because they're so soul-less. They don't care about you. They care about lining their coffers' Singer
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        1106 27 One Beatle talked, the other didn't as two new books on the contrasting legendary figures reveal 'You take this guy for granted. But one day he's not going to be around anymore and then people will realise that this was quite a guy' McCartney: A Life's
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      343 28 At former pop queen Faye Wong's charity auction, J actress Carina Lav was dressed like an empress Beijing Actress Carina Lav was dressed to impress, appearing like a Chinese empress in a yellow robe, and Taiwanese TV host Dee Hsu was up to her usual antics.
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        666 30 Asia Pacific Film Festival On the roll call Best Picture: The Rainbow Troops (Indonesia) Best Director: Leon Dai, No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (Taiwan) Best Actor: Nick Cheung, The Beast Stalker (Hong Kong) Best Actress: Sandrine Pinna, Yang Yang (Taiwan) Best Supporting Actor: Henry Thia,
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        131 30 Los Angeles James Cameron's space fantasy Avatar had a solid US$27-million (5537.9-million) opening day at the North American box office. Storms on the US East Coast will likely hurt the movie's prospects to approach the December opening weekend record of U5577.2 million set by
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