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Title Section47 2010-01-16 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MI CA P 09 4/11/ 2009SA 2009SA TURD A Y J A NU A RY1 620 1 0 AS IN GA P O REPRE SS H O LDIN GS PUBLI CA TI O NE NE S T A BLI S HED1 8 45 1.0047 words
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Article57 2010-01-16 1 LAST year closed on a low note for developers when a slowing market saw only 481 private home units sold in December but 2009 was a super year overall. Some 14,725 private home units were sold last year, just 86 short of 2007’s record tally of 14,81157 words
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Article32 2010-01-16 1 NINE out of 10 school children encounter bullying in some form, says a child services specialist, who has written a book to help parents and teachers fight the trend.32 words
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Article91 2010-01-16 1 THE “Allah” issue has created a divide among Malays in Malaysia, with some angered over a recent High Court ruling allowing Christians to use the word, and others saying they do not have a problem with it. Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin is one of those91 words
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Article58 2010-01-16 1 THE timing appears to be just right for the Singapore Airshow 2010, which begins next month. Airlines and aviation companies are just beginning to emerge from the doldrums after the global economic crisis, and this is generating some buzz about the Singapore show. For the58 words
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Article, Illustration49 2010-01-16 1 LIVERPOOL’S star striker Fernando Torres has laid the blame for the English Premier League football club’s malaise squarely at the feet of the owners. He also urged Tom Hicks and George Gillett to bolster the struggling squad by signing quality players in this month’s transfer window.49 words
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Article, Illustration71 2010-01-16 1 LAST:Doctors with a Chinese emergency rescue team treat an injured child in Port-au-Prince, capital of earthquake-struck Haiti. emergency Planes full of supplies and search and rescue equipment began arriving on Thursday, more than 48 hours after the quake, which may have killed up to 100,000 people. AngerPHOTO: XINHUA - 71 words
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481 2010-01-16 1 WANG MENG MENG - BY WANG MENG MENG FOR months, SingTel and StarHub rejected repeated queries on their joint bid for football’s 2010 World Cup broadcast rights, insisting any revelation could jeopardise negotiations with Fifa. Yesterday, that wall of silence was shattered. “We understand the481 words
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843 2010-01-16 1 ZAKIR HUSSAIN - New move is ‘a liberalisation, not a revolution’ DOUBLE-BARRELLED RACE CLASSIFICATION BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg HANOI: The move to allow double-barrel-led race classifications will not have a major impact on ethnic-based policies in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday.843 words
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Article, Illustration878 2010-01-16 2 CHING CHEONG - Demands for speedier democratic reforms put strain on uneasy ties BY CHING CHEONG SENIOR WRITER chingcheong@gmail.com BEIJING is unhappy with Hong Kong and is showing it. As demands for speedier democratic reforms grow stronger in Hong Kong, which was handed back to China on878 words
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106 2010-01-16 2 WE SAY US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has taken a nuanced view of the Asia-Pacific security “architecture” question. Rather than introducing new entities, as Japan and Australia propose, she said there should be an eclectic mix of new and old. Her view serves to106 words
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Article, Illustration24 2010-01-16 2 COLUMNS Goh Sui Noi says the United States must not take itself out of the cross-strait equation yet. REVIEW PAGE A2924 words
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Article, Illustration23 2010-01-16 2 Some health education campaigns may be just a front for boosting drug sales, says Andy Ho. REVIEW PAGE A3223 words
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Article33 2010-01-16 2 OUR READER SAYS Instead of blurring the lines between the races in Singapore, we should recognise the inequalities and work to prevent discrimination, says Steve Tan. FORUM PAGE A4133 words
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Article, Illustration17 2010-01-16 2 www.straitstimes.com Niki Bruce reviews The Cardinal’s Blades and is bemused by the addition of dragons.17 words
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Article, Illustration601 2010-01-16 3 LIM WEI CHEAN - S’pore woman back with family after being away for over 3 months BY LIM WEI CHEAN weichean@sph.com.sg FOR more than a month, Madam Sophia Pang did not want to have anything to do with her loved ones not her 72-year-old mother, her husband norST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM; PHOTO: ROBERT HOLLINGWORTH - 601 words
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Article, Illustration332 2010-01-16 4 SUJIN THOMAS - SUJIN THOMAS THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will get a new chief when Lieutenant-General Desmond Kuek Bak Chye relinquishes his appointment in March. Lt-Gen Kuek, 46, who has held the post since 2007, will return to the administrative service. The currentPHOTOS: MINDEF - 332 words
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Article, Illustration745 2010-01-16 4 JOYCE TEO - Stellar showing despite plunge last month when just 481 units were sold BY JOYCE TEO PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT joyceteo@sph.com.sg LAST year closed on a low note for developers when a slowing market saw only 481 private home units sold in December but overallSource: URA; ST GRAPHICS - 745 words
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Article, Illustration791 2010-01-16 6 ZAKIR HUSSAIN - But ‘bureaucratic roadblocks’ can cause difficulties BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg HANOI: Singapore companies venturing into Vietnam occasionally run into bureaucratic roadblocks, which Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hopes the government here can help make less complicated. He described Vietnam yesterday as one ofPHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO - 791 words
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Article, Illustration373 2010-01-16 8 / 9 Cloudy weather and rain obscure the show in S’pore THE first solar eclipse of the decade reduced the Sun to a blazing ring surrounding a sombre disk and plunged millions of people across Africa and Asia into an eerie semi-darkness yesterday. The spectacle was visible in aPHOTO: REUTERS; ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN - 373 words
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Article, Illustration693 2010-01-16 12 Patience runs thin for thousands still awaiting aid REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PORT-AU-PRINCE: As thousands of victims of Tuesday’s massive earthquake spent yet another day on the streets waiting for help to arrive, their anger and despair mounted along with the stench of dead bodies.REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 693 words
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610 2010-01-16 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS XINHUA PORT-AU-PRINCE: Relief supplies and emergency experts started pouring into Haiti from around the world on Thursday, but aid groups said the challenge of helping Haiti’s desperate quake survivors was enormous. “It is chaos,” United Nations humanitarian spokesman Elisabeth Byrs said.ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; XINHUA - 610 words
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Article, Illustration52 2010-01-16 12 Two-year-old Redjeson Hausteen Claude, dirty and teary-eyed, recognising his mother after Spanish rescuers pulled him out of a collapsed house. This was one of several “small miracles”, including the rescue of 35-year-old Estonian Tarmo Jo veer from the rubble of the United Nations’ headquarters early on Thursday. PHOTO:PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 52 words
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Article, Illustration680 2010-01-16 14 Haiti-based charities now also needing help ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI: Haiti’s limitless poverty and hardship have long drawn aid groups and charities from across the globe. Now the same people who tried to do good before the earthquake find themselves trapped in the rubble, out of touchASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 680 words
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Article187 2010-01-16 14 MAVIS GOH - MAVIS GOH THEY appeal for help for Haiti’s earthquake victims. But online solicitations to aid relief efforts in Haiti should be treated with care. Computer security solutions company Symantec has detected a spate of spam e-mail and dubious websites using the tragedy to prey on the187 words
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Article, Illustration730 2010-01-16 15 Trade ties with Washington won’t be affected: Beijing REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China sought yesterday to play down a threat by Google to quit the country on hacking and censorship concerns, saying any decision by the Internet search giant would not affect US trade ties. AREUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 730 words
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Article469 2010-01-16 15 NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO: Google says principle drove its threat to back out of China unless the government there allowed it to run its search engine without censorship. But analysts say that, inevitably, the decision was a business calculation too, factoring in an economicNEW YORK TIMES - 469 words
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Article, Illustration902 2010-01-16 16 SERENE LUO - Book draws attention to bullying in schools, playgrounds and online BY SERENE LUO serl@sph.com.sg A CHILD specialist embarking on a survey on bullying four years ago was horrified by its revelations. About half of the 4,000 primary and secondary school children sheST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO - 902 words
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Article624 2010-01-16 23 APRIL CHONG - The needy can get help with bills, but HIV drugs are still not subsidised BY APRIL CHONG aprilc@sph.com.sg THE Ministry of Health (MOH) has extended help to needy Singaporeans requiring treatment for HIV, following years of feedback from welfare groups and medical practitioners. An additional $8.5624 words
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Article, Illustration513 2010-01-16 24 TEO CHENG WEE - He claimed to have helped make materials used in attacks on churches ‘ALLAH’ CONTROVERSY BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia charged the first person linked to the high-profile “Allah” controversy yesterday, as police continued to search for those behind recent attacksPHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 513 words
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Article, Illustration547 2010-01-16 24 CAROLYN HONG - BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Law lecturer Azmi Shahrom has been getting more e-mail messages than usual, and they are all from angry Malays who do not like his views on the raging “Allah” controversy. Mr Azmi, from University of Malaya’s law faculty,PHOTOS: SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, CHINA PRESS - 547 words
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Article, Illustration759 2010-01-16 26 CAROLYN HONG - Party’s future in doubt if it doesn’t appeal to all ‘ALLAH’ CONTROVERSY BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Umno no longer commands the middle ground and if it continues on this trajectory, the party’s fortunes can no longer be certain, UmnoPHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 759 words
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432 2010-01-16 28 ANY observer of Asia-Pacific affairs would be awestruck, if not bemused, by the alphabet soup of regional organisations proposed recently. Speaking in Washington earlier this week, it was refreshing that Mrs Hillary Clinton, the United States’ top diplomat, put a dampener on the432 words
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Article, Illustration883 2010-01-16 28 JOHN MCBETH - BY JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com ICON of religious tolerance, enemy of radical Islam and champion of women and ethnic minorities, history will always be kind to the late Abdurrahman Wahid whether Indonesia declares him a national hero or not. But he was also883 words
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Article957 2010-01-16 28 DEBORAH BLUM - BY DEBORAH BLUM The writer is a professor of science journalism at the University of Wisconsin. NEW YORK TIMES I USED to be a science writer for a California newspaper, where I learnt to think of the ground beneath my feet as something alive. ItNEW YORK TIMES - 957 words
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Article, Illustration928 2010-01-16 29 GOH SUI NOI - BY GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg AS 2009 drew to a close, Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou on New Year’s Eve told the press in no uncertain terms that the island was not being “Finlandised”. This did not stop a stream of articles in the mediaPHOTO: REUTERS - 928 words
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866 2010-01-16 30 YU YONGDING - BY YU YONGDING The writer is a former member of the monetary policy committee of the People’s Bank of China, a former director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of World Economics and Politics, and president of the China Society of World Economics. PROJECTPROJECT SYNDICATE - 866 words
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Article, Illustration813 2010-01-16 32 / 33 ANDY HO - DAEDALUS BY ANDY HO SENIOR WRITER andyho@sph.com.sg TELEVISION ads urge women to drink milk to prevent the gradual loss of bone or osteoporosis in their menopausal years. If one does not have enough calcium, which the heart and other organs need, it will813 words
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Article, Illustration1872 2010-01-16 34 RACHEL CHANG - If you are an average S’porean and want to play your part in helping the nation cut down on its carbon emissions, what can you really do? BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg THE Government is committed to cutting carbon emissions by 16 per centST ILLUSTRATIONS: ADAM LEE - 1,872 words
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Article579 2010-01-16 35 LAST week, we asked readers if they favoured the idea of teaching comparative political systems in schools. We also asked for their thoughts on how it should be taught, what should be included in the syllabus, and what its final objectives should be. Of the 10-plus responses, many579 words
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Article51 2010-01-16 35 www.nea.gov.sg The National Environment Agency’s website offers tips on cutting down carbon emissions benchmarked against a Singapore electricity bill. www.mycarbonfootprint.sg A carbon calculator from Singapore Polytechnic and the Hemisphere Foundation. www.climatechange.sg The Singapore Environment Council’s resource has a snazzy carbon calculator and information on carbon offsetting projects in51 words
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Article91 2010-01-16 35 www.carbonfootprint.com A British-based carbon consultancy through which you can pay to offset carbon by planting a tree in Kenya. www.freerice.com A non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme, FreeRice puts a quiz show spin on doing good. For every answer you get right, it91 words
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Article122 2010-01-16 35 www.ecorazzi.com Green Gossip, giving you the buzz from which celebrities are vegetarian to lists of best eco documentaries. www.noimpactman.com Colin Beavan, the No Impact Man in question, shot to fame in 2007 for conducting a public experiment in green living. For one year, his Manhattanbased family attempted to122 words
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Article390 2010-01-16 36 Dr Peter Chen - DOCTOR SHORTAGE Dr Peter Chen AFTER a spate of scandals involving doctor aestheticians, Dr Lee Wei Ling cast light last Saturday on an aspect of medicine which is often ignored (“Heavy cost of pursuing beauty”). Do we truly have a shortage of doctors? The annual390 words
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243 2010-01-16 36 Professor Arthur Lim - Professor Arthur Lim President-Elect, Medical Alumni Association Past President, Singapore Medical Association WITH reference to Tuesday’s report (“SMC gets more teeth to protect patients”), medicine will enter an exciting phase in the next 10 years as new drugs and devices, improved surgical techniques243 words
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118 2010-01-16 36 Dr Abdul Razakjr Omar - Dr Abdul Razakjr Omar Honorary Secretary 50th Council Singapore Medical Association THE Singapore Medical Association (SMA) is saddened over a recent death following liposuction (“CEO dies after cosmetic surgery”, Jan 7). While we wait for details of this case from the officials, we118 words
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175 2010-01-16 36 HDB flats MR GURMIT SINGH KULLAR: “From 2001 to 2005, the HDB built more than 50,000 units, an average of 10,000 a year. However, from 2006 to 2008, an average of only 3,650 flats were built, a reduction175 words
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165 2010-01-16 36 About Punggol MS TAN AI LI: “Finally, Punggol will be the first estate with a waterway running through it but that is the only good thing. There are no multiplexes or big165 words
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211 2010-01-16 36 mio TV MR CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY LIM: “In recent months, there has been much feedback from readers on mio TV. To complaints of poor service at the counter and service hotlines, to poor reception on the mio TV modem, SingTel has replied with211 words
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236 2010-01-16 38 Shoon Ming Hui - POLITICAL SYSTEMS Shoon Ming Hui I REFER to Mr Jeremy Au Yong and Mr Kor Kian Beng’s timely coverage last Saturday (“Should comparative political systems be taught in school?”) and believe such an approach will benefit Singapore. Singapore’s success will always be based on the236 words
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150 2010-01-16 38 Jerry Ng - Jerry Ng I REFER to Monday’s report, “More Singaporeans have weekend homes in Iskandar, Johor”. Before Singaporeans rush in to spend their hardearned money, consider the following: Why are the estates gated and fronted by burly guards? Why do they have several150 words
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Article100 2010-01-16 38 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MS EVONNE OW: Workers had to hold down snatch thief for an hour before police responded to 999 calls 2 MR VINCENT PAUL CARTHIGESU: McDonald’s didn’t think through promotion 3 MR BENEDICT JACOB-THAMBIAH: Toy promotion could have come with an option 4 MR100 words
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Article177 2010-01-16 41 ‘Others’ MR TERENCE DE SILVA: “For more than 30 years, I have lived with the fact that there are only four race categories in Singapore Chinese, Malay, Indian and Others. I have been an177 words
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Article177 2010-01-16 41 Linked MR RAMESH NIEDU: “I refer to yesterday’s letter by Mr Brown Anthony Pereira, ‘Indian anomaly’. It is wrong to say that ‘Indian’ in Singapore is not a race just because we speak different177 words
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Article172 2010-01-16 41 Toy story I MR DANIEL LONG: “Mr Sim Boon Peng (‘Didn't McDonald's think of sensitivity of other races’, Wednesday), found McDonald's reasons for replacing the pig with Cupid disconcerting because he feels that Cupid is unrelated to Chinese culture or history. I am Chinese, and I have172 words
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110 2010-01-16 41 Toy story II MR BENNIE CHEOK: “McDonald’s omitted only the Chinese zodiac pig out of consideration for its Muslims customers, but did not exclude another taboo animal among the Muslims, the dog. The Chinese community is annoyed as the exclusion of the110 words
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160 2010-01-16 41 Loan sharks MR LEE TECK KONG: “There has been much discussion on how to fix problems caused by borrowers who do not update their address in their identity card resulting in harassment of innocent parties. The IC is often used160 words
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Article230 2010-01-16 41 Steve Tan - ETHNICITY AND NATIONHOOD Steve Tan WHILE I agree with Ms Seah Su Chen, (“Nationalism may suffer”, yesterday), that delineations along racial lines detract from the forging of a common Singaporean identity, a complete blurring of racial lines remains, in the words of Minister Mentor Lee230 words
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Article153 2010-01-16 41 Mohamad Rosle Ahmad - Mohamad Rosle Ahmad I CAN understand the unhappiness of those who found their zodiac sign missing from the McDonald’s collectible promotion. The omission occurred because McDonald’s wanted to be sensitive towards its Muslim customers. In Singapore, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) is153 words
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Article, Illustration105 2010-01-16 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE _My maid drove my Jaguar MOST COMMENTED ON _More Singaporeans returning. Says dancingelephant: “Many of my friends and I are among those who have worked overseas and have now returned, mainly due to the economic crisis making job105 words
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Article, Illustration773 2010-01-16 1 CHRISTOPHER TAN - Squeeze on COE supply pulls sales down by 30% but fewer cars scrapped or exported BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg NEW car sales slowed by nearly 30 per cent last year on the back of a big cut in COE supply. AccordingST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM - 773 words
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Article, Illustration637 2010-01-16 2 KARAMJIT KAUR - Buzz returns as aviation industry begins to emerge from slump BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg TIMING is everything, the saying goes. For the Singapore Airshow 2010, at least, that old adage could prove to be true. After more than a year of being batteredSource: SINGAPORE AIHSHOW AND EVENTS; PHOTOS: PILATUS, US AIR FORCE and ST FILE TEXT: FENG ZENGKUN GRAPHICS: QUEK HONG SHIN - 637 words
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Article, Illustration128 2010-01-16 2 The vibrancy of the famous Yellow River Concerto was brought to life yesterday at a sneak media preview of one of the most artistically choreographed events at this year’s Chingay. Yellow River The Chingay Interpretation showcased 450 performers dancing, with renowned Singaporean pianist OngST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN - 128 words
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488 2010-01-16 3 SELINA LUM - Depressed divorcee, who stopped her medication for mental illness, tried to kill herself too BY SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg DEPRESSED and suicidal, a twicedivorced mother called her older sister and said she was leaving the furniture in her one-room flat to her. Less than four488 words
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Article, Illustration541 2010-01-16 3 ELENA CHONG - BY ELENA CHONG A WOMAN accused of poisoning her husband with arsenic claimed that a police officer shouted and pointed a finger at her, accusing her of the offence. Fong Quay Sim, 68, who took the stand yesterday at a trial-within-a-trial to challengeST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW - 541 words
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Article254 2010-01-16 3 ELENA CHONG - ELENA CHONG HARASSED by loan sharks and faced with debts of $13,000, a businessman decided to end his life with a woman friend in a hotel room last August. Chia Eng Soon, 43, and Yap Mui Teng, 39, were found lying motionless on a254 words
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455 2010-01-16 4 KHUSHWANT SINGH - 60-year-old with heart problems faces prospect of dying in jail APPEAL COURT HEARING BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg EVEN before yesterday, a 60-year-old medium faced the prospect of dying in prison as he was less than a year into a 24-year sentence for rape455 words
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Article, Illustration272 2010-01-16 4 ELENA CHONG - ELENA CHONG A POLICE officer was cleared yesterday of two corruption charges involving loans totalling $6,000 after a nine-day trial. Staff sergeant Ganesan Mariam, 40, had been accused of corruptly getting a $4,000 loan from pub operator Andrew Rajendran Govindasamy in order to showST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW - 272 words
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241 2010-01-16 4 ELENA CHONG - ELENA CHONG EIGHT Romanians were yesterday jailed for between six and nine years each for fraudulent withdrawals of cash using cloned ATM cards and computer misuse. Five members of the gang Rus Daniel, 23, Durdea Gheorghe Dumitru, 25, Mihalca Bogdan Alexandru, 23, Erdei241 words
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168 2010-01-16 4 THE Court of Appeal yesterday doubled the jail term of a robber to 20 years, and raised that of his accomplice from 10 to 15 years. On top of this, the pair from Sarawak will each get 24 lashes of the cane. James Anggang,168 words
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434 2010-01-16 7 CAI HAOXIANG - Entrepreneurs and researchers link up to promote S’pore technology in China BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg WHEN Nanyang Technological University’s Associate Professor Lin Feng travelled to Beijing University in December 2008 to promote Singapore’s science and technology know-how in China, the university arguably China’s most434 words
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Article, Illustration284 2010-01-16 7 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday called on retailers and those in the hospitality sector to pay more attention to raising service standards. This extra effort was needed because Singaporeans generally lacked what he called the “service DNA”. Speaking to reporters after opening theST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN - 284 words
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Article, Illustration275 2010-01-16 7 SINGAPORE Management University (SMU) last night kicked off a year-long series of events celebrating its 10th anniversary with a night of student performances and an exhibition showcasing life on campus. The event, held on the lawn beside the university’s Li Ka Shing Library in Stamford Road,ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE - 275 words
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Article163 2010-01-16 6 Rice collection for the needy Spare some of your own rice and help feed those in need. On Feb 6 and 7 from 10am to 5pm, volunteers from Project R.I.C.E., in collaboration with the Singapore Red Cross, will go door to door to collect rice donations from HDB163 words
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Article, Illustration475 2010-01-16 6 JUDITH TAN - BY JUDITH TAN FOR the last 10 years, six friends have been dipping into their own pockets during the Chinese New Year to buy oil, rice, canned food and sugar for the elderly poor. They have recruited like-minded friends to the cause eitherPHOTO: OPERATION REDSHIRT - 475 words
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685 2010-01-16 6 EUNICE NG - Survey finds those aged 15 to 24 form the highest percentage of volunteers BY EUNICE NG euniceng@sph.com.sg NOT only are they energetic and determined, but Singapore’s youth volunteers are also brimming with new ideas on how to galvanise others to help those in need. In685 words
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Article, Illustration368 2010-01-16 6 EUNICE NG - EUNICE NG WHILE other girls her age are peering into their wardrobe and wondering what to wear, 13-year-old Alisha Vira has been emptying hers and getting others to do the same. The eighth-grader from the Singapore American School began a Clothes for LifePHOTO: COURTESY OF ALISHA VIRA - 368 words
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427 2010-01-16 6 LEE SIEW HUA - BY LEE SIEW HUA OUTSTANDING “old boys” from St Joseph’s Institution (SJI) who play significant roles in Singapore will share their leadership insights in a lecture series this year. Foreign Minister George Yeo kicks off the talks next Friday at The Fullerton Hotel, according427 words
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Article647 2010-01-16 1 SIM CHI YIN - Growing scepticism about motives behind economic diplomacy BY SIM CHI YIN CHINA CORRESPONDENT simcy@sph.com.sg BEIJING: For the 20th year in a row, China’s foreign minister has made Africa the destination for his first trip of the year. Wrapping up his 10-day, five-nation tour of the647 words
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Article, Illustration789 2010-01-16 14 NIRMAL GHOSH - Worry it will further encourage gambling and hit livelihood of disabled lottery ticket sellers BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg EVERY day at 6am, on a patch of sidewalk on Rajadamnoen Avenue, up to 100 lottery ticket vendors set up trestle tables loadedST PHOTO: NIRMAL GHOSH - 789 words
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Article, Illustration50 2010-01-16 2 An employee of Japanese car accessory maker D.A.D with a Mercedes SL 600 covered with 300,000 Swarovski crystals, at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 yesterday. The world’s largest auto exhibition has more than 600 customised vehicles on display until tomorrow.PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESSPHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 50 words
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Article851 2010-01-16 2 BYTHESTRAITSTIMESCHINABUREAU - Firms hire them to smear rivals online; 1,000 such outfits operate in China BY BYTHESTRAITSTIMESCHINABUREAU stbeijing@gmail.com BEIJING: On July 29 last year, Beijing software company Qihu 360 met with a public relations disaster. Almost overnight, an online posting lambasting the firm appeared on hundreds of popular851 words
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620 2010-01-16 4 TEH SU CHING - But tourism sector fears impact as at least nine incidents still unsolved BY TEH SU CHING FOR THE STRAITS TIMES suchingteh@gmail.com HONG KONG: Police have charged their first suspect in connection with an acid attack, the first breakthrough in their investigations into a series of620 words
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Article, Illustration84 2010-01-16 4 Taiwan health officials checking beef imports from the United States yesterday. Taipei banned all US beef imports in 2003 over fears of mad-cow disease. This batch of bone-in beef is the first such shipment to arrive in Taiwan since rules were relaxed in 2006. HealthPHOTO: REUTERS - 84 words
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Article, Illustration265 2010-01-16 4 REUTERS XINHUA BEIJING: China yesterday chose a former soldier as the new governor of restless Tibet, after his predecessor resigned abruptly earlier in the week. Mr Padma Choling is an ethnic Tibetan like the previous governor, Mr Qiangba Puncog, 62, who was in chargeREUTERS; XINHUA - 265 words
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691 2010-01-16 6 KWAN WENG KIN - PM pledges to retain party’s powerful No. 2 BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama yesterday vowed to fulfil his mandate despite an embarrassing political fund scandal involving the ruling party’s powerful No. 2. Mr Ichiro Ozawa, secretary-general691 words
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Article176 2010-01-16 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan yesterday ended a naval refuelling mission that has supported the United States-led military effort in Afghanistan since 2001 as the cen-tre-left government flexes its muscles in its ties with Washington. Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa ordered the two naval ships and their 340AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 176 words
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441 2010-01-16 9 Affluent population and weak global economy are strong push factors BEIJING: Chinese tourists spent more on overseas travel than domestic trips for the first time last year, due to a weak global economy and an increasingly affluent population, the country’s top tourism think-tank said.441 words
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Article, Illustration142 2010-01-16 9 CALLS for proposals on a “national tourism day” have resulted in a great debate across China. Many object to the Hunan tourism authorities’ suggestion to use Mao Zedong’s birthdate on Dec 26, saying it smacks of “using the great leader’s heritage to142 words
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139 2010-01-16 11 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: The United States Embassy in Malaysia has issued a travel advisory warning that criminal and terrorist groups were planning attacks against foreigners in the Borneo island state of Sabah. The notice posted on the embassy’s website and dated yesterday saidREUTERS - 139 words
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498 2010-01-16 11 ELIZABETH LOOI - Buses use tolled highways to cut travel time but public sceptical BY ELIZABETH LOOI MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT elizlooi@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Ms Melissa Yuen lives only about 5km from her office, located in a Selangor suburb, but some days, she still takes three hours to498 words
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Article, Illustration274 2010-01-16 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Self-proclaimed “billionaire” Elie Youssef Najem has made dubious claims before, including a promise to donate RM1 billion (S$416 million) to Malaysia’s National Cancer Council in 2006. But it was a US$500 (S$695) note he gave a hotelASSOCIATED PRESS; THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTOS: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 274 words
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408 2010-01-16 13 KL’s move to double minimum price level may hurt bid to draw foreigners: Report KUALA LUMPUR: Foreigners buying houses in Malaysia can acquire only properties that cost a minimum of RM500,000 (S$208,000) from this year, reported local media. Previously, they could buy houses that408 words
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443 2010-01-16 15 NIRMAL GHOSH - BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said his politically divided nation would be better off if it stopped relying on the widely revered King to intervene in times of difficulty. Speaking to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of443 words
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Article, Illustration657 2010-01-16 15 Unusually cold winter kills at least 300 in past fortnight in north India AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: Barefoot and carrying a thin pillow and two soiled rugs, Mr Kunj Bihari ushers his wife and three children inside a night shelter where New Delhi’s homeless seek protectionAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 657 words
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Article382 2010-01-16 16 Intelligence warns of fresh attack by Al-Qaeda in Yemen AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: The United States has stepped up airport security as intelligence warned of “chatter” that hinted at a planned attack by Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen, following a failed ChristmasAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES - 382 words
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Article, Illustration154 2010-01-16 16 OSAMA bin Laden has aged a little since he was last seen in September 2007 but has put on little or no weight in the arid surroundings of the Afghan-Pakistani border. That is the assumption made by forensic artists of the US Federal Bureau of154 words
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Article, Illustration483 2010-01-16 17 US census changes to provide more accurate portrait of diverse immigrant population ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: For many, describing themselves on the United States census form this year will be as easy as checking a box: White. Black. American Indian. ButASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 483 words
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Article162 2010-01-16 17 HISPANICS have long been the fastest-growing minority group in the United States, and this year’s census is expected to show they have for the first time surpassed blacks as the country’s largest minority group. Results of the 2000 census put the percentage of Americans with Hispanic origin162 words
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Article, Illustration1167 2010-01-16 18 JONATHAN EYAL - After 19 years, it may yield again to Russian influence NEWS ANALYSIS BY JONATHAN EYAL STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU jonathan.eyal@gmail.com THE people of Ukraine are voting tomorrow for a new president in an election that has the rest of Europe bracing itself forST GRAPHICS; ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 1,167 words
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500 2010-01-16 19 Resistance to Iran sanctions, dismay over US arms sales to Taiwan are possible reasons REUTERS WASHINGTON: China has decided to send a low-er-level official to talks among major powers in New York today about possibly imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclearREUTERS - 500 words
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Article267 2010-01-16 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Dr Ruth Westheimer, the pioneer of media sex therapists, has teamed up with the city of Washington DC to promote a 28-day romance stimulus plan for the United States capital. “The word ‘stimulus’ is a dream. It has something arousing,” saidAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 267 words
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Article, Illustration282 2010-01-16 19 LONDON: In what some might see as just another sign of the times, one of the most famous symbols of British politics is going on the auction block. Bonhams auction house hopes the 19th century cast-iron Downing Street road sign will fetch up to £6,000PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 282 words
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Article, Illustration236 2010-01-16 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON (New Zealand): Police in New Zealand are investigating reports that a boisterous teenage dolphin with a reputation for stealing surfboards and balls from swimmers was attacked with a paddle after annoying a canoeist. Named Moko, the solo bottlenose 250kg dolphin has spentASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 236 words
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Article569 2010-01-16 20 Self-styled ‘messiah’ held for rape, incest ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES JERUSALEM: An Israeli man who kept a cult-like harem of women and allegedly fathered dozens of children with them has been arrested on suspicion of enslavement, rape and incest. Police say GoelASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; NEW YORK TIMES - 569 words
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Article, Illustration376 2010-01-16 21 Animal rights activists block experiment that tests how to survive avalanches ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIENNA: Vehement protests by animal rights activists have prompted scientists to temporarily stop an avalanche experiment that involved burying pigs in snow and monitoring their deaths. TheASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS - 376 words
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266 2010-01-16 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: Technology allowing cosmetic makers to test for allergic reactions to their products without controversial animal trials is in the works and could be in use by next year. The technology developed by Hurel Corporation, with funding from cosmetic maker L’Oreal,ASSOCIATED PRESS - 266 words
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471 2010-01-16 22 Study finds standard amounts may not clear infection because of rising obesity rates LONDON: Patients may have to be prescribed higher doses of antibiotics because of rising rates of obesity, a new study has found. Standard doses may be unable to clear infection in larger471 words
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Article, Illustration393 2010-01-16 22 REUTERS NEW YORK: Scientists have pushed back the hands on the symbolic Doomsday Clock by one minute, citing hopeful developments in nuclear weapons and climate change. The symbolic clock that shows how close mankind is to self-annihilation was moved back to six minutesREUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 393 words
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Article, Illustration351 2010-01-16 23 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: She has polished her image and driven her poll numbers sky high with carefully timed interviews and magazine cover shots. She has spotlighted military families, mentored young girls and begun a national conversation on healthy eatingNEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 351 words
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Article, Illustration224 2010-01-16 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Two South Korean teenagers have been crowned the fastest texters in the world. The team of 17-year-old Bae Yeong Ho and 18-year-old Ha Mok Min went thumb-to-thumb against competitors from a dozen countries to win the title in a competitionASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 224 words
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Article166 2010-01-16 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko rejoiced in more than 50 years of life together at the annual palace poetry reading ceremony, an annual tradition that goes back more than 1,000 years. The couple, who married in April 1959, each wrote poemsASSOCIATED PRESS - 166 words
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Article100 2010-01-16 24 VAXJO (Sweden): The floor of a weight-loss clinic in Sweden collapsed as a group of 20 dieters gathered for a meeting, the Daily Telegraph reported. As members of the Weight Watchers clinic in Vaxjo queued to see how many kilos they had shed, the floor100 words
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Article129 2010-01-16 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO: Two Chicago men have been charged with planning a violent attack on a Danish newspaper and helping lay the groundwork for the November 2008 terrorist rampage that killed 166 people in the Indian city of Mumbai. Businessman Tahawwur Rana and his associate DavidASSOCIATED PRESS - 129 words
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Article, Illustration138 2010-01-16 24 JAKARTA: Indonesian businessman Anggodo Widjojo (left) was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and charged with three offences after a third round of questioning on Thursday morning. Anggodo has admitted to delivering money to a middleman to give to KPK officials so that they would138 words
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Article, Illustration65 2010-01-16 24 Two Chinese confectioners building a 10m-long replica of the Great Wall at the Beijing Olympic Park on Thursday. The chocolate wall is made from solid dark chocolate bricks held together with white chocolate. It is one of the attractions at the World Chocolate Wonderland exhibition andPHOTO: XINHUA - 65 words
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Article71 2010-01-16 24 BERNAMA JOHOR BARU:Malaysia’s Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said yesterday that traffic congestion during peak hours at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex at the Johor Causeway would be eased with the completion of the medium-term link in March next year. This will shortenBERNAMA - 71 words
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Article125 2010-01-16 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Beijing police blocked China’s first gay pageant yesterday shortly before it was to start, organisers said, stopping an event billed as heralding a new Chinese openness about homosexuality. Organisers said police arrived at the upscale restaurant and club where the Mr Gay China contestAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 125 words
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Article109 2010-01-16 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: The Spanish capital is planning to place a time capsule under a statue of author Miguel de Cervantes. The new capsule would replace a nearly 200-year-old capsule found last month by workers digging under the monument to the author of Don Quixote. The metropolitanASSOCIATED PRESS - 109 words
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Article130 2010-01-16 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI has defended his decision to invite disaffected Anglicans to join the Catholic Church en masse, saying it was the “ultimate aim” of ecumenism. The Pope told members of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on Thursday thatASSOCIATED PRESS - 130 words
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Article, Illustration101 2010-01-16 25 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE _DBS chief mum on replacement rumours MOST COMMENTED ON _Global economy headed up... and so are food prices. Says AndyMike: “Even if monetary policy were tightened via interest rates, it would not translate into higher savings interest rates101 words
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Article, Illustration753 2010-01-16 25 JOYCE TEO - Property tycoon paints rosy outlook, plans new project BY JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg IF PROPERTY tycoon Kwek Leng Beng is right on the money, then the prices of prime luxury homes could charge back to their dazzling 2007 highs by the end of thisBT FILE PHOTO - 753 words
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Article, Illustration602 2010-01-16 26 GABRIEL CHEN - Efforts to help cash-strapped customers during recession hurt firm’s performance: CEO BY GABRIEL CHEN gabrielc@sph.com.sg THE recession delivered tough times for GE Money, which went out of its way to help low-income borrowers facing hardship, said its new Singapore chief executive Rahul Gupta. TheST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN - 602 words
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Article, Illustration413 2010-01-16 27 ESTHER TEO - More tourists, economic recovery boost Nov figures BY ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg THE rally in retail sales has continued unabated with a higher-than-expected rise of 1.2 per cent in November last year from the previous month thanks mainly to stronger car sales. Year-on-year, November also stoodPHOTO: BLOOMBERG - 413 words
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353 2010-01-16 27 DAWN ZENG - BY DAWN ZENG THE recent uncertainty on the local share market may have taken some wind out of the New Year rally, but investors can still make gains if they ride out the bumps ahead, said a renowned economist who is now based353 words
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668 2010-01-16 28 Bankers, lawyers onto it within hours of Obama’s proposal but law can plug loopholes REUTERS NEW YORK: No sooner does Washington propose a new tax than an army of experts try to figure out ways to avoid it. That is already theREUTERS - 668 words
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Article, Illustration238 2010-01-16 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: As debt-crippled Japan Airlines (JAL) heads towards an expected bankruptcy filing, its pilots and cabin crew have taken their legendary courtesy to new heights. Passengers flying with the carrier have been greeted by JAL personnel, both working and retired, who haveAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 238 words
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440 2010-01-16 29 Key player posts biggest quarterly revenue in more than a year BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO: Intel yesterday reported fourth-quarter earnings which breezed past Wall Street’s expectations, and its rosy profit outlook for this year was another sign that a lasting recovery forBLOOMBERG; ASSOCIATED PRESS - 440 words
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Article, Illustration644 2010-01-16 30 JONATHAN KWOK - ‘No’ due to concern over number of shares that would be issued yearly BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg MINORITY investors of WBL Corporation, a diversified group with investments in the automotive, property, engineering and technology sectors, scored a rare victory yesterday when they vetoedST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN - 644 words
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289 2010-01-16 30 BLOOMBERG BEIJING: China’s foreign exchange reserves surged to a record level last month and new loans exceeded forecasts, raising the stakes in Premier Wen Jiabao’s campaign to avert asset-price bubbles. Reserves rose 23 per cent to US$2.4 trillion (S$3.3 trillion), the world’s largest, accordingBLOOMBERG - 289 words
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Article, Illustration172 2010-01-16 30 KARAMJIT KAUR - KARAMJIT KAUR TIGER Airways’ initial public offering (IPO) has apparently taken off like a jet aircraft with a tail wind. The airline declined to comment on demand, owing to regulatory constraints. However, The Straits Times understands that already the number of applications from retailPHOTO: TIGER AIRWAYS - 172 words
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531 2010-01-16 31 GOH ENG YEOW - Volume drops below 2 billion shares, penny stocks under pressure BULLS BEARS BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg ENDING a week of mood swings, caution took hold again yesterday at the end of the second trading week of the year. The benchmark531 words
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Article, Illustration78 2010-01-16 31 KEPPEL Corp’s group finance director, Mr Teo Soon Hoe (above), exercised some of his share options in the company on Thursday. He exercised 460,000 options at an average price of $3.13 each, raising his direct stake to 4,088,332 shares, or 0.26 per cent of the group’s issued share78 words
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Article49 2010-01-16 31 A SUBSTANTIAL shareholder in Cortina Holdings, Mr Yu Chuen Tek, has sold 1,650,000 shares to Ming Yaw in a married deal namely, an arranged deal that is then announced to the market. The purchase raises Ming Yaw’s stake in the luxury watch retailer to 38 per cent.49 words
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Article, Illustration58 2010-01-16 31 DIRECTOR Jackson Tai (right), a former chief executive of DBS Group Holdings, exercised a total of 193,450 share options in CapitaLand at an average price of $2.52 each. The transaction on Wednesday raises Mr Tai’s direct stake in the company to 0.014 per cent of its issued share capital.58 words
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Article52 2010-01-16 31 DAWN ZENG - DAWN ZENG LINGCO Marine bought three million shares of BRC on the open market on Tuesday. Thus, BRC’s non-executive chairman, Mr Sia Ling Sing, who has a 30.17 per cent stake in Lingco Marine, is deemed to have an indirect interest of 17.57 per cent in BRC, or52 words
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Article, Illustration19 2010-01-16 31 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.68 billion shares worth $1.42 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 170 Losers: 322 Unchanged:74919 words
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Article81 2010-01-16 31 Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials -2.83 716.65 Utilities -4.35 -6.59 579.48 -1.09 -2.64 350.36 548.45 Industrials Consumer goods Health care 721.89 729.50 636.33 -1.74 -1.06 Financials Technology Real estate 1.19 750.5081 words
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Article233 2010-01-16 31 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,982.1 (+74.42) Tokyo stocks rose 0.7 per cent to a 15-month high, boosted by tech shares that climbed after Intel reported a quarterly profit that beat expectations. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,298.58 (+3.87) Malaysian shares rose 0.3 per cent as tech issues continued233 words
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Article197 2010-01-16 31 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 15,2010 Top Rises Jan 15 CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 301.5 1.9 (0) Jan 15 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1723 47.2 2.0 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 2881 38.9 1.0 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 34.0197 words
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Article373 2010-01-16 31 Top Rises Jan 15 CENTS (0) Soilbuild W*****6 33 5.0 17.9 NatCool W*****1 12.5 3.0 31.6 Wilmar BNPeCW*****0 46 1.5 3.4 Wilmar MBLeCW*****3 19 1.5 8.6 GentingSMBLeCW*****2 30 1.0 3.4 Wilmar DBSeCW*****4 19 1.0 5.6 CapitalaBNPeCW*****8 9.5 0.5 5.6 CapitalaMBLeCW*****3 20 0.5 2.6 CapitalaMBLeCW*****6 12.5 0.5 4.2373 words
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Article41 2010-01-16 31 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS o/o Vol 76.5 6.5 9.3 161,502,000 84.992.000 68.256.000 36.092.000 31.830.000 Golden Agri 57 By Value CENTS Value CENTS o/o Value GuocoLeisure 76.5 6.5 9.3 103,176,165 Genting SP 125 2.0 1.6 84,752,480 Keppel Corp41 words
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Article63 2010-01-16 31 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Jan 15 2010 Buying Selling Jan 15 2010 Buying 1.2800 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4156 0.4164 ,,1,3190 Can dollar 1.3470 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY ..1.3630 ..2.0230 Malaysian ringgit* Indonesian rupiah 0.***** 0.***** 0.4156 ..0.4164 1.0210 ..1.044063 words
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Article83 2010-01-16 31 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL TEL CODE COMPANY 168 125 5129 ComfortDelGro 163 +1 1152 164 162 3.1 17 3401.5 TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD83 words
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Article80 2010-01-16 31 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL TEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 133 35.5 5600 Allgreen80 words
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Article, Illustration110 2010-01-16 42 www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Togo team ordered home Susilo to retire MOST COMMENTED ON Fergie slams ref again Says Eagle2004: “What is Fergie whining about? He has benefited from sympathetic referees many times.” YOUR SAY Singapore has yet to secure the110 words
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Article, Illustration589 2010-01-16 42 Torres tells Liverpool owners to buy better players to compete with Chelsea and Man Utd leagured Benitez, whose season has plumbed new depths after Liverpool were dumped out of the FA Cup by Championship strugglers Reading in a third-round replay on Wednesday. And so willPHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 589 words
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Article, Illustration583 2010-01-16 34 LIN XINYI - Fight schools increasing their classes as sport’s popularity keeps growing FITNESS BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg MIXED martial arts (MMA) is becoming a hit in Singapore. A check with several MMA schools revealed that the fastest-growing sport in the United States is also gaining fastST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN - 583 words
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Article, Illustration446 2010-01-16 34 Brazilian former jiu-jitsu world champion Rafael Lima demonstrates five moves that will improve your performance and fitness. THE SQUARE This exercise helps to strengthen your abdominal muscles, hips, arms and legs. It will also help to improve your coordination and agility. 1 Start on allGRAPHICS: TIEN CHUNG PING TEXT: LIN XINYI ST PHOTOS: AIDAH RAUF - 446 words
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360 2010-01-16 34 LIN XINYI - LIN XINYI MIXED martial arts (MMA) provides a workout with a kick, and not just because it combines fight styles such as boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling and muay thai. The combat drills will leave exponents fighting fit, said Mitch Chilson, the director360 words
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Article459 2010-01-16 35 On one side are Williams sisters, on the other are Clijsters and Henin ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE: The Williams sisters are on one side of the Australian Open draw, but most of the early intrigue is on the other side, with Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin. Defending champion SerenaASSOCIATED PRESS - 459 words
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Article, Illustration94 2010-01-16 35 Elena Dementieva (above) retained her Sydney International tennis title yesterday, leaving Serena Williams with injury concerns just days before the start of the Australian Open. The Russian fifth seed was always in control of the final, winning 6-3, 6-2 in just 75 minutes but the AmericanPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 94 words
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Article281 2010-01-16 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: Roger Federer has said that he has spoken to his friend Tiger Woods on the phone and predicts that the troubled golf great will be back soon “as the wonderful golfer we know”. Federer, who has won a record 15 Grand Slams,ASSOCIATED PRESS - 281 words
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Article334 2010-01-16 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JOSE (California): Pete Sampras was surprised and disappointed by Andre Agassi’s “shots” at him in his recent autobiography and would like to meet him “man to man” to discuss it. In the book Open released last autumn, Agassi made references to Sampras beingASSOCIATED PRESS - 334 words
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Article, Illustration437 2010-01-16 35 Today Badminton Korea Super Series: S-finals (Live, Ch21, noon). Basketball NBA: Washington v Chicago (Live, Ch23, 8am). Football Africa Nations Cup: Nigeria v Benin (Live, Ch121, midnight), Egypt v Mozambique (Live, Ch118, tomorrow, 2.30am). English Premier League: Stoke v Liverpool (Live, Ch27 Ch304, 8.40pm), Manchester United v437 words
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Article452 2010-01-16 35 Badminton Korea Super Series In Seoul, q-finals (selected): Men’s singles Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) 21-14 21-10, Chen Jin (Chn) bt Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) 21-7 21-19, Peter Gade (Den) bt Park Sung Hwan (Kor) 17-21, 21-16 22-20, Chen Long (Chn) w/o Bao Chunlai (Chn). Women’s452 words
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Article, Illustration46 2010-01-16 35 LANCE ARMSTRONG, 38. The seven-time Tour de France winner intends to compete in the Hawaii Ironman after he retires from cycling. The event consists of a 3.9km swim, a 180km bike ride and a 42.195km marathon run46 words
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Article, Illustration309 2010-01-16 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO (Italy): Before he even starts racing for Ferrari, Fernando Alonso has already pledged to finish his career with the team. “This is 100 per cent my last team,” said the Spaniard at Ferrari’s annual winter retreat in the Italian Dolomites. “I’mASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 309 words
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Article, Illustration748 2010-01-16 36 ROB HUGHES - Despite the tears, Mark McGwire’s confession was stomach-churning INGO0D CONSCIENCE BY ROB HUGHES stsports@sph.com.sg DURING a week of human devastation and dying, the sight of a discredited sporting icon crying for himself was stomach churning. After years, decades, of living the steroidal lie, Mark McGwirePHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 748 words
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Article, Illustration123 2010-01-16 37 Marangin Marbun (left) and Leon Moore traded verbal blows at last night’s weigh-in for today’s World Boxing Association/Pan Asian Boxing Association super bantamweight title bout. Indonesia’s Marbun said at St James Power Station’s Movida: “I promise to knock him out in eight rounds.” To which thePHOTO: TOP RATED INTERNATIONAL BOXING PROMOTIONS - 123 words
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Article, Illustration659 2010-01-16 37 Gaines hits three-point winner against Cleveland in his fifth NBA game ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY: The Cleveland Cavaliers and Utah Jazz traded comebacks in the fourth quarter before the least experienced player on the court completed the final rally. Once Sundiata Gaines let go ofASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 659 words
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Article71 2010-01-16 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER: A man accused of replacing labels on Gatorade bottles in Colorado with ones that pictured Tiger Woods and the word “unfaithful” has been charged in court. Jason Kay, 38, is alleged to have misbranded and altered food labels with intent toASSOCIATED PRESS - 71 words
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93 2010-01-16 37 HUA HIN (Thailand): Singapore’s Quincy Quek fired a six-under 66 yesterday at the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage to move up the leaderboard in a tie for third. The 22-year-old former Putra Cup winner is at 205 and trails leader Katsumune93 words
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63 2010-01-16 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GLASGOW: Dunfermline have been kicked out of the Scottish Cup for fielding an ineligible footballer in their 7-1 thrashing of Stenhousemuir last weekend. Calum Woods came on as a substitute in the fourth-round match despite being banned for that game. Dunfermline wereAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 63 words
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67 2010-01-16 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONOLULU: Australian golfer Robert Allenby shrugged off an ailing ankle on Thursday to join a six-way tie for the first-round lead at the Sony Open. Allenby, who twisted his ankle on Monday, was joined on five-under 65 by defending champion ZachAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 67 words
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Article, Illustration470 2010-01-16 38 Fans celebrate Angola’s 2-0 win over Malawi in Africa Cup of Nations AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LUANDA (Angola): Luanda’s streets erupted into a frenzied celebration on Thursday as thousands rushed out from their homes to salute Angola’s 2-0 Africa Cup of Nations’ victory over Malawi. People climbed onAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 470 words
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217 2010-01-16 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: Egypt coach Hassan Shehata wants only players who observe Islam in his squad, and says team selection is based equally on religious piety and skill. His comments, published on Thursday in Egyptian newspapers, show how sport and religion are increasingly mixingASSOCIATED PRESS - 217 words
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Article, Illustration282 2010-01-16 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLACKBURN: Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill heaped praise on James Milner after the midfielder scored the only goal in their 1-0 League Cup semi-final first-leg win over Blackburn at Ewood Park on Thursday. The 24-year-old netted his seventh goal of the seasonAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 282 words
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Article718 2010-01-16 39 WANG MENG MENG - Telco’s early-bird EPL packages see customer base up by 70 per cent BY WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg SUCH is the allure of the English Premier League that when SingTel started offering early-bird packages of its EPL content in November, its subscription rate rocketed by 70718 words
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Article, Illustration494 2010-01-16 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: John Terry has told his Chelsea teammates they must take their chance to put the pressure back on Manchester United and Arsenal in the most unpredictable Premier League title battle in years. Carlo Ancelotti’s side appeared to be wellAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 494 words
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281 2010-01-16 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LIVERPOOL: Roberto Mancini faces the first significant test of his ability to turn Manchester City into serious Premier League title contenders when he takes the club to Goodison Park today. The former Inter Milan manager, installed last month after the sackingAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 281 words
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Article, Illustration145 2010-01-16 39 LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is insisting that he remains fully focused on steering the London club into the Champions League despite being accused of evading £40,000 (S$90,000) in taxes yesterday. He slammed the charges, which are the result of a 26-month policePHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 145 words
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Article161 2010-01-16 39 The father of Reading’s Australian goalkeeper Adam Federici has confirmed that his son is attracting interest from Liverpool and has advised the 24-year-old to move to Anfield in the event of a formal offer, the Daily Mirror reports. Sky Sports reports that Stoke City have pulled out of161 words
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Article, Illustration744 2010-01-16 40 RICHARD JOLLY - Injuries and patchy form aside, United must step up to see off Burnley THE BIG MATCH BY RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg SHORTLY after 8pm on Aug 19 last year, a 33-year-old journeyman struck an unstoppable volley that embedded itself in the back of the Manchester United net, whilePHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 744 words
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Article107 2010-01-16 40 IN ONE dugout today will be Alex Ferguson, in his 24th year as Manchester United manager. In the other will be Brian Laws, in his first week as Burnley boss. While Laws, 48, has completed 750 games in management for Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Sheffield Wednesday, his appointment to107 words
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Article, Illustration371 2010-01-16 40 LONDON: Brian Laws could not have asked for a tougher start to his new career as manager of struggling English Premier League side Burnley. The 48-year-old, who was unveiled as the replacement for Owen Coyle at the club on Wednesday,PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 371 words
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Article, Illustration980 2010-01-16 41 Supporters fear that Liverpool manager is running out of answers THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: In his turbulent first season as Liverpool manager, Rafael Benitez used to experience what those around him would call “black Mondays”. They were the days when he would arrive atTHE TIMES, LONDON; ST GRAPHICS PHOTOS: AFP/TNP - 980 words
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513 2010-01-16 41 TONY EVANS - BY TONY EVANS THE TIMES, LONDON stsports@sph.com.sg THINK Liverpool’s form on the pitch is ugly? Well, the team’s performances are just a metaphorical blackhead. Squeeze the pimple and the pus starts flowing. A rancid river runs under the surface at Anfield. That Tom513 words
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Article, Illustration286 2010-01-16 41 LONDON: New Liverpool signing Maxi Rodriguez is hoping to adapt quickly at Anfield and play a role in reviving the Reds’ dismal campaign. Having completed a free transfer from Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, the Argentinian winger could make his Liverpool debut today when Rafael BenitezPHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 286 words
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Advertisement273 2010-01-16 1 BLOOM TIME Scientists here have found and tinkered with the gene that determines when plants flower. D9 SPECIALREPORT It is a $6.59-billion blockbuster with six hotels, Singapore’s first casino, South-east Asia’s first big-name theme park, the world’s largest oceanarium and scores of fancy shops and restaurants. Radha Basu and Chang273 words
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Article, Illustration1971 2010-01-16 2 RADHA BASU - There will be no big-bang opening, but a phased roll-out, as Resorts World Sentosa welcomes its first paying customers next week, with four new hotels and 10 restaurants. The theme park and the casino will follow soon after. What can we expect from one ofST PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN - 1,971 words
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488 2010-01-16 4 RADHA BASU - BY RADHA BASU SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THERE is no word yet on exactly when the integrated resort’s two key attractions the casino and the theme park will get their final green light. Resorts World Sentosa maintains that both attractions will open within this quarter.488 words
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Article, Illustration14 2010-01-16 4 ST GRAPHICS PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN, DESMOND WEE and RESORTS WORLD SENTOSAST GRAPHICS PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN, DESMOND WEE and RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA - 14 words
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Article, Illustration424 2010-01-16 4 CHANG AI-LIEN - BY CHANG AI-LIEN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT ROW upon row of gleaming tables and one-armed bandits fill Resorts World Sentosa’s (RWS) opulent gaming hall. It can fit thousands of gamblers, but is currently silent and empty, awaiting the go-ahead from the authorities. Although RWS wouldST PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN - 424 words
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363 2010-01-16 4 CHANG AI-LIEN - CHANG AI-LIEN IT IS not every day that you get the chance to blow $500,000 at the roulette table. But I had that experience and more when I was given a mountain of chips, and a peek into the world of high-rollers at Resorts363 words
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Article, Illustration540 2010-01-16 5 RADHA BASU - RADHA BASU “WHAT kind of balloon do you want?” Ms Patricia Leong, 23, asked a three-year-old in a bright red dress. “A purple teddy, please,” she whispered to the guest services officer at RWS’ Festive Hotel. With a few twists of her wrist, the brightST PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN - 540 words
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651 2010-01-16 5 RADHA BASU - RADHA BASU THIN, grey-haired and soft-spoken, Mr Ralf Gresch, 44, manager at the Festive Hotel, makes an unlikely Pied Piper as he leads a boisterous brood of children through the plush hotel lobby. “You need to find Donkey,” he says, waving a toy651 words
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605 2010-01-16 6 RADHA BASU - BY RADHA BASU SENIOR CORRESPONDENT A WOODEN plane crashes into the water. Riders on jetskis disappear underwater, only to emerge unscathed seconds later. Guns blaze. Giant fireballs erupt in the sky. And, engulfed in flames, a man topples from a tower 20 storeys605 words
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Article, Illustration390 2010-01-16 6 RADHA BASU - RADHA BASU MR ROBERT Dowley, 59, has a job that many women here would die for. As director of merchandising at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), he gets to travel to exotic places and handpick beautiful, one-of-a-kind pieces for the flagship RWS Store, which390 words
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Article, Illustration374 2010-01-16 6 CHANG AI-LIEN - CHANG AI-LIEN ANALYSTS in local financial circles predict that Universal Studios Singapore is likely to open in the next few weeks. It boasts 24 rides and attractions, 20 of which are expected to be ready when it opens. Among the highlights, the Shrek 4-DST PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN - 374 words
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Article, Illustration388 2010-01-16 6 RADHA BASU - RADHA BASU FOR three years, Mr Steven Tan spent his work days cooped up in a little office, mired in monotony. His work, repairing hearing aids, never varied. Neither did the faces he saw around him. “It was dead boring,” says the Institute of Technical388 words
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Article, Illustration515 2010-01-16 7 RADHA BASU - RADHA BASU SHE routinely risks her life, dodging fireballs, jumping off exploding towers and dangling from precarious ropes high above the ground. But ask stunt artist Rebecca Vickers what the hardest part of her job is and she says instantly: “Living away from loved515 words
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Article, Illustration956 2010-01-16 7 CHANG AI-LIEN - BY CHANG AI-LIEN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT ailien@sph.com.sg THE roulette wheels at the Marina Bay Sands will not be set spinning for several months yet. Construction delays have pushed back the opening of the US$5.5 billion (S$7.6 billion) resort by more than three956 words
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Article, Illustration63 2010-01-16 8 Reaching over 800m into the Dubai sky, the Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building and a design and construction marvel. NOTE: Figures reflect height to tip of building including spire. Sources: BURJDUBAI.COM, AP, MAKTOOB BUSINESS, EYE OF DUBAI and COUNCIL ON TALL BUILDINGS AND URBAN HABITATSources: BURJDUBAI.COM, AP, MAKTOOB BUSINESS, EYE OF DUBAI and COUNCIL ON TALL BUILDINGS AND URBAN HABITAT; PHOTOS: REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE and ST FILE GRAPHICS: LIM YONG and JEANETTE WANG - 63 words
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Article, Illustration890 2010-01-16 8 GRACE CHUA - The Science of Surfaces is a four-part weekly science series looking at the surfaces we walk on so often but know so little about. In this second part, we look at how bamboo is becoming more popular as flooring in homes. Next week, wePHOTO: STAR BAMBOO; ST FILE PHOTO - 890 words
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Article, Illustration450 2010-01-16 9 VICTORIA VAUGHAN - NUS researchers’ discovery of ‘switch’ to make plants bloom could improve crop yields BY VICTORIA VAUGHAN vvaughan@sph.com.sg SCIENTISTS have found a long-sought-after gene which controls when plants flower. The discovery, reported in Molecular Cell journal today, could lead to a greater yield from crops such asST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN - 450 words
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372 2010-01-16 9 AMRESH GUNASINGHAM - BY AMRESH GUNASINGHAM A SINGAPOREAN-LED team of scientists from Cambridge University has achieved a breakthrough in linking a set of DNA markers found in humans to a person’s increased propensity for heart disease. By comparing tissues from a set of patients with372 words
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Article, Illustration538 2010-01-16 7 cheryl wee - German photo exhibition captures the beauty and grace of dance cheryl wee cherylw@sph.com.sg Three dancers defy gravity, suspended in mid-air as though manipulated by a puppeteer. This striking, sculpture-like image was captured by Bettina Stoss, one of nine German photographers whose works appear in a travelling exhibition calledPHOTOS: GERMAN DANCE ARCHIVE COLOGNE - 538 words
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Article, Illustration125 2010-01-16 20 ‘You can’t do the one-nighters or the glamour girls because it will just end up in the newspapers the next day. That’s the catch-22. Yeah, we have a lot of attention, but you can’t go near 99 per cent of them’ Singer Marvin Humes of boyband125 words
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Article, Illustration686 2010-01-16 21 eddino abdul hadi - US trio Green Day hammed it up on stage and wowed fans with their vocals and antics eddino abdul hadi dinohadi@sph.com.sg review concert GREEN DAY Singapore Indoor Stadium Thursday If there is one thing that pop-punk vets Green Day do so well, it is playing to thePHOTO: MY PAPER - 686 words
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Article, Illustration416 2010-01-16 21 adeline chia - adeline chia review theatre LYRICS FROM LOCKDOWN: WE ARE AND SO I AM Bryonn Bain Substation Theatre Thursday In the post-show discussion after this production, an audience member asked performer Bryonn Bain (right) in an incredulous tone: “How did you get here?” She might well have asked416 words
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Article, Illustration696 2010-01-16 24 akshita nanda - Be tickled by the wordless antics of Mummenschanz akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg A giant tube bats a ball. Huge “balloon people” enact a silent yet hilarious dialogue. No music, no speech, only giant props and a few people this is the unique visual theatre of Swiss acting troupePHOTOS: GERRY BORN, PIA ZANETTI - 696 words
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Article184 2010-01-16 4 Murali Sharma - Murali Sharma Kudos to the Singapore Art Museum for bagging the Flirting Point sign (Flirting Allowed Here, Life!, Jan 11) and planting it firmly in its grounds. I hope it will become a permanent fixture there. A small plaque proclaiming its origin and relevant dates will184 words
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Article143 2010-01-16 4 Lenny Koh - Lenny Koh I refer to the report headlined Sorry, Your Tour’s Cancelled (Life!, Jan 12) by Cheryl Tan. I have taken a tour agency to the Small Claims Tribunal for misrepresentation, and I have also highlighted my problems to various travel industry bodies. Apparently, the143 words
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Article, Illustration724 2010-01-16 4 I could not believe that a woman in her 40s would take an advertisement (above) at face value (Blogger Tests OCBC Cake Ad, Life!, Jan 9). And I am more disappointed that a Straits Times journalist actually said she had a “cheeky sense of humour”.724 words
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Article91 2010-01-16 4 Sonny Santos - Sonny Santos I refer to the Eater’s Digest column (LifeStyle, Jan 10) by Teo Pau Lin, where she reviewed the cookbook Okashi. The interesting article she wrote sadly ended with “No wonder my cake turned out as dense as a beauty contestant”. Perhaps she can91 words
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Article745 2010-01-16 5 I refer to the commentary Shameful Act (Life!, Jan 9) by Adeline Chia, about the recent gang molestation case on New Year’s eve in Sentosa. I truly admire the writer for speaking up against our society’s decision to conform to silence and self-censorship but not745 words
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Article744 2010-01-16 5 I do not blame Singaporeans for being apathetic because from the video, it really did seem like the alleged molest was part of a performance on stage and the girl did not retaliate. It is true that no one deserves to be assaulted, sexually or otherwise, but744 words
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Article104 2010-01-16 5 Ethel Yeo - Ethel Yeo Singaporeans are an apathetic lot, with many cruel, masochistic souls leering at scenes like that. If it happened to their sisters, mothers and wives, I wonder if they would do the same thing. The molested young woman should get the clip and sue the four molesters.104 words
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Article, Illustration572 2010-01-16 10 tay suan chiang - They are not as big as chain hotels but boutique inns still pull out the stops when it comes to interiors tay suan chiang taysc@sph.com.sg Visitors now have fewer reasons to accuse Singapore of being home to only soulless shopping malls and chain hotels. When GermanST PHOTOS: AIDAH RAUF; PHOTO: WANGZ HOTEL - 572 words
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Article, Illustration309 2010-01-16 11 Nostalgia Urban Boutique Hotel, 77 Tiong Bahru Road Given the hotel’s name, guests at this 50-room boutique hotel should not be surprised to feel like they are in a time warp. Owned by the Singaporebased Lion Properties Group, the $20-million hotel, open since last September, comprisesST PHOTOS: ASHLEIGH SIM - 309 words
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Article, Illustration305 2010-01-16 12 Mayo Inn, 9 Jalan Besar After 15 years, this budget hotel went from shabby to chic. Local design company Fuur Associates and architecture firm Architects Action gave the three-storey conservation shophouse structure a designer makeover. Mr Jasper Chia, 35, a director at Fuur, says: “Most current boutique hotelsPHOTO: FUUR - 305 words
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Article, Illustration231 2010-01-16 12 The Club, 28 Ann Siang Road This 22-room, 1,950 sq m boutique hotel is pub chain Harry Holdings’ first foray into the hotel business. Converted from four shophouses which were previously used as office space, it is scheduled to be ready to accept guests byPHOTO: MINISTRY OF DESIGN - 231 words
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Article, Illustration499 2010-01-16 14 root awakening In my garden are a few mature carphalea kirondron plants, which were healthy and flowering until the last few months. The leaves now have dry, brown tips. Why is this happening? The carphalea kirondron, or flaming beauty, is a sun-loving shrub that is alsoST FILE PHOTO - 499 words
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Article, Illustration85 2010-01-16 14 There are some who travel with their own pillows so they can sleep better. Providing more home comforts on the go is the PuraVida TravelShower: It lets you go to the ends of the earth with your own rain shower (unless the place has no indoor plumbing, ofPHOTO: HANSGROHE - 85 words
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Article, Illustration1364 2010-01-16 16 christopher tan - Here’s the complete A to V (it ends with Volvo) guide to 2010’s new rides christopher tan senior correspondent christan@sph.com.sg The economy looks like it is back on its feet (and in some places, playing football). The stock market seems more robust than an 18-year-old. And property pricesPHOTOS: AUDI, BMW, ALFA ROMEO, ASTON MARTIN, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, CITROEN, DODGE, FERRARI, HYUNDAI, HONDA, CHEVROLET; PHOTOS: OPEL, MERCEDES-BENZ, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, MASERATI, NISSAN, TERENCE TAN, MITSUBISHI MOTORS; PHOTOS: SUZUKI, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, VOLKSWAGEN, VOLVO CARS, RENAULT - 1,364 words
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Article, Illustration273 2010-01-16 26 Associated Press Beijing Chow Yun Fat said on Thursday he was confident his biopic about Confucius can take on the hugely popular 3-D Hollywood blockbuster Avatar. The mega star plays the ancient Chinese philosopher in the US$22-million (S $3 0.5 million) government -backed movie Confucius,Associated Press; PHOTO: XINHUA - 273 words
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Article174 2010-01-16 26 Beijing Multi-millionaire Vivi Nevo has come to his fiancee Zhang Ziyi’s defence, after the actress was alleged to have cheated on him with a married businessman. Yesterday, her lawyer also filed a defamation lawsuit against the publisher of Wan Quan Yu Le weekly, which reported the allegations174 words
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