The Straits Times, 14 February 2005

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    55 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 66 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 048/03/2004 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 2005 •ff^A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBI ICAIION ESTABLISHED IMS »HO BNTS ASIA A father's grief Malaysian naval captain is heartbroken and m mourning alter four of his five daughters die m a car accident. THE STRAITS
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    Lock icon China will press N. Korea to resume nuke talks
    628 1  - China will press N. Korea to resume nuke talks Chi-Chu Tschang It will try to contain fallout to avoid threat of nuclear arms race m Asia By China correspondent In Beijing "China will try to get the situation moving back m a positive direction so that the six-party talks can
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    Lock icon New York's $33m idea to woo crowds
    408 1 New York CITIES around the world are competing to add that crucial buzz to draw talent and tourists. New York fired the latest salvo over the weekend when it unveiled a US$2O million (Ss33 million) art project by renowned artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude
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    Lock icon Three times more drunk drivers nabbed this CNY
    518 1  -  K.C.VIJAYAN By THREE times more drunk drivers were nabbed during the start of this Chinese New Year than were picked up during the same period last year. Police spokesman Tan Soon Aik said 17 motorists had been arrested during an island-wide crackdown
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    Lock icon Business is swinging at Insead in S'pore
    1199 1  -  Sandra Davh UPFRONT By Education SO MANY GOOD REASONS TO BE HERE "My coursemates are all top-notch and very challenging. So is the faculty teaching us... Just a 1 0-minute cab ride and you are at the best restaurants and clubs and a
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  • UPFRONT
    • »IN A FLASH
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        12 2 Prime 2-4 Asia 5-10 World 11-17 Review 18-20 FYI 21
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        14 2 Home Hl-HS Youthlnk H6-H7 Forum H8 Sports H9-Hl2 Obituaries Hl3 Money Hl4-HlB
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        9 2 People L2-L7.L10 Events L 8 TV L 9
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        44 2 >>ASIA Mahathir under attack He hits back at critics who say he bankrupted the government and is causing problems for his successor. PAGE 5 Sisters die m crash Captain Mohd Imran loses four daughters when their car skuls on the East-West Highway. PAGE 10
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        42 2 WORLD Defusing the N-threat Although Europe hopes to tame Iran's suspected ambitions through talks, US military action is still an option. PAGE 11 US student visas Improvements to the processing system make it easier for genuine students to obtain visas. PAGE 12
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        16 2 REVIEW Bogged down by rules Over-regulation leaves Indonesia's oil and gas industry m disarray. PAGE 18
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        47 2 HOME living m Hell' I lost my job, money and reputation, says cash-back agent. PAGE HI Almost perfect cr ime illicitpu Why Thai workers died The incident on Sa at the Pang Sua Can iic Way may h.r. -1 by toxic fumes from v painting works. PAGI
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        46 2 FORUM A govt that listens It is important to understand what the government should li^ to and from whon reader respondm. lettei on the suhiPAGI 118 Who's stingy now? A reader takes the US to task for describing Muslim aid for tsunami victims as pal" PAGEHB
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        45 2 SPORTS Field day for S.nch. Judging from its pra sessions, S-League clubs can expect Chi' C ranter league to fw, i<i its est ten yet. PAGEHIO Sania wins WTA title The teenager clinches India's first pro women's singles title at the Hyderabad Open. PAGE Hll
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        48 2 MONEY Pre-IPO profiteering In a bid to stop the practice, SGX may extend share-sale to all investors, regardless of stake tmt PAGEHIB Car ly could get $7 1m This comprises ousted HP CEO's severance package and the value of her pension, stock options and shareholdings. PAGE H l5
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      Lock icon Competition global — not just students from China
      575 3  - Competition global not just students from China M. Nirmala SM reacts to concerns here of pressure from bright China students By "I think the Singapore Lion is stronger, bigger and certainly more versatile than the Chinese Lions we usually see. Our Singapore Lion can match the Chinese Lion. So don't
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono, Abdullah to meet today
      418 3  -  Reme Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur VISITING Indonesian President Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono will meet Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi today amid strained ties which look set to test the depth of friendship between the two neighbours. Bilateral ties have been strained m recent
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      Lock icon Blast wrecks Paris theatre, seven hurt
      257 4 PHOTO Paris A POWERFUL explosion wrecked a large theatre located off the Champs Elysees m central Paris early morning, injuring seven people. It destroyed the first two floors ot the Empm scattering debris into the street and blowing out the win dows of adjacent
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      Lock icon Shi'ites take nearly half of vote in Iraq polls
      572 4 They take 48.1 a few seats short of majority; interim PM's group trails with 13.8% Baghdad IRAQ'S long-oppressed Shi'ite majority captured almost half the vote m the country's first free elections m half a century, according to final results released yesterday.
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      Lock icon Malaysian snakehead in UK sentenced to 70 years' jail
      396 4 Manchester A MALAYSIAN leader of an international human smuggling syndicate m Britain has been sentenced to jail for a total of 70 years. But he will serve only seven years because the sentences imposed on him on Saturday will run concurrently
      THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; THE STAR  -  396 words
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      33 4 VIEWS FROM THE TOP On the lookout BT CEOs e-Club members explore .dmßSrmmlt I 1 promising overseas markets that /mMArWm mm\mm\Jm M? Singapore companies are not ?W' ssl Jkw paying enough attention to
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    Lock icon Mahathir: Let me retire in peace
    368 5  -  Re me-A hmad He says 'smear campaign' accuses him of causing Abdullah problems By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuai-a Lumpur FORMER Malaysian prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is not getting his wish for a quiet retirement. He says there seems to be a
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    Lock icon ...or I'll be forced to defend myself
    388 5 ...or I'll be forced to defend myself Tun Dr Mahathir denied causing trouble for his successor, saying he quit all government posts and did not remain m the Malaysian Cabinet. "I have left all these. But there seems to be an effort to make me a target, to smear me,"
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      Lock icon Rich Chinese wary of showing off wealth
      548 6 It's m the genes, say some, and why court kidnappers or the taxman? BI.IJING THE week-long Chinese New Year holiday should be a grand opportunity for China's nouveaux riches to display their wealth, but a set of unique factors is preventing conspicuous consumption
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      Lock icon Lucky tree's branch snaps under expectations
      203 6 HONG KONG THE weight of expectations during the Chinese New Year seemed too much for Hong Kong's famous wishing tree, so much so that one of its branches, overburdened by wishing tokens, collapsed and injured two people on Saturday. A huge branch from what
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      Lock icon Chinese parents giving away unwanted daughters
      399 6  -  Yulin (Guangxi) TINY newborn infants bundled m layers of blankets sleep next to their mothers while fathers and grandmothers sit quietly by the bedside, but this is no ordinary maternity ward. "Do you want to take the baby home?" one baby girl's grandma asks
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      Lock icon Shanghai families hit by exodus of maids
      424 6 Shanghai families hit by exodus of maids Su \\i.h v SHANCH may be quietei during the Chinese New N with the exodus ot mi| their hometowns and villages, but many hoi .1 smiling for without their maids. the\ are finding them selves fatigued by housework Shanghai's Household Sei vices Association,
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      Lock icon Chen ready to meet opposition leaders
      246 6 Taipf.i THE staff of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian and opposition People First Party (PFP) chairman James Soong started work today to arrange a meeting between the two leaders, said presidential secretary-general Yu Shyi-kun. A PFP spokesman stressed that cross-strait relations would be high on
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    Lock icon Japan fears 'Kyoto effect on its economy
    463 7 "The Environment Ministry's carbon dioxide emission tax is a simple tax increase to business, which will m turn result m a hollowing-out of plants abroad." MR MEGURI AOYAMA, Keidanren's chief economist Greenhouse gas control treaty could smother 10-year recovery Tokyo THE Kyoto Protocol
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    Lock icon Tokyo seeks talks on aid cuts to China
    210 7 Tokyo JAPAN wants to start i soon with China on its plans to end fresh development aid to Beijing, a Japan newspape: sterday. The Yomiuri Shimbun said Tokyo would tell Beijing this week that the two countries should jointly work out how
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    Lock icon Tsunami throws up relics of 'lost' Indian city
    541 7 New Delhi DECEMBER'S deadly tsunami could have uncovered the remains of an ancient port city off the coast of southern India, according to reports by the BBC. The reports quote archaeologists as saying they have discovered stone remains from the coast close
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    Lock icon More killed as second dam bursts
    617 8 FLOODS IN PAKISTAN Up to 1,500 still missing as rescue workers struggle to deliver aid Pasni (Pakistan) A SECOND dam burst m south-western Pakistan yesterday, pushing the nationwide death toll from a week ot torrential rain, floods and avalanches past 350 as troops and
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    Lock icon Groping on Tokyo trains at record high
    207 8 Groping on Tokyo trains at record high fOKYO THE numbei of women who are groped on pa k\o trains has nearly tripled 0 the p. ist eight years ,md has readied record high, police Hal. urging rail fi to increase women onl\ nag. A total of 2.201 cases of gi
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      Lock icon JAPAN TARGETS PASSPORT FRAUD
      91 8 TOKYO: Japan plans to penalise people who ie ceive or carry counterfeit passports or pass them to others, as part of efforts to stop criminals m eluding terrorists from entering the country, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported yesterday. The Justice Ministry plans to submit legislation during the
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      Lock icon PRO-GOVT HK PARTIES TO MERGE
      71 8 HONG KONG: The pro-government Democrat w Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong ami the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance are set to announce a merger into a single politu.il party on Wednesday. According to the Chinese-language Ming Pao Daily News, the merged party will have
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      Lock icon JAPANESE AIRPORT SET TO OPEN
      83 8 TOKYO: Japan's third international airport was inaugurated yesterday, ahead of its opening to traffic this week, m a ceremony attended by about 700 people including Crown Prince Nam hito. The Central Japan International Airport, built on a man-made island off Aichi prefecture m central Japan,
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      Lock icon GERMAN MINISTER CALLS OFF VISIT
      103 8 BERLIN: German Economy and Labour Minish i Wolfgang Clement has cancelled a visit to Tai wan planned for the end of the year after sure trom China, according to a report yesterday m the Der Spiegel magazine Chinese Ambassador to Germany Ma Can rong this
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      Lock icon INDIA HALTS MILITARY AID TO NEPAL
      79 8 NEW DELHI: India has suspended indefinitely military aid for Nepal's tight against Maoist m surgents m a bid to pressure the king to testore democracy, a news report said yesterday. India harshly criticised Nepal's King Gyanendra after he dismissed the government and dedated a
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      Lock icon MYANMAR ELEPHANTS E-TAGGED
      76 8 YANGON: A joint Myanmar US wildlife consei vation team has attached data emitting collar* to three wild elephants m Myanmar's mountain ranges to survey populations ot the beasts The team last month attached the collars m two females and a teenage male to track then movements m
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      Lock icon Lovers celebrate with kiss fest
      234 9 PHOTO \la\ii THOUSAND^ .pies got Valentine's Day celebrations going early m the Philippines, locking lips at midnight m what organisers have dubbed Lovapaloo/a 2. The couples, most ot them young, kissed simultaneously at midnight after gathering on Saturday night along a popular seaside walkway m
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      Lock icon Aceh jolted by 2 strong tremors
      345 9 Aceh jolted by 2 strong tremors Aftershocks prompt some panic m tsunami-hit town but no reports of casualties or damage Banda Aceh TWO STRONG aftershocks less than an hour apart hit Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh early yesterday, prompting some panic m the provincial capital, witnesses said. Seismologists m Jakarta said the
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      Lock icon Manila beefs up troops in south
      187 9 Jolo (Philippines) THE Philippines sent hundreds more troops to the southern island of Jolo yesterday to crush a week-old rebellion by Muslim separatists, as the latest clashes left five soldiers wounded. A battalion of infantry, comprising 500 soldiers, arrived at the port of Jolo
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    Lock icon Man loses four daughters in crash
    593 10 "My plan was to get the five sisters married at the same wedding ceremony. Now I see four of them sharing the same grave." CAPTAIN MOHD IMRAN Eldest sister driving car, which skids and then rams into tree on highway Lumut (Perak) NAVAL captain
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    Lock icon PAS Youth to field professionals in party polls
    350 10 KUAI.A I .U M PUR THE Youth wing of Parti Islam SeMal.r (PAS) wants to field a lawyer, two dotfOfßfei stu dents and a rank-and-file activist to OOBBMI tral committee positions m the party's elections m June. Sources named the four candidates
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    Lock icon Terengganu Umno pushes for varsity
    166 10 Kuaia Terengganu TERENGGANU'S Umno liaison committee wants a full university to be set up m the state to fulfil Barisan Nasional's pledge to voters m the last general election. The Higher Education Ministry's plan to up grade several existing tertiary institutions vn.j rejected yesterday by
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    32 11 Back to the pulpit Pope John Paul II greets the faithful at St Peter's Square for the first time since his emergency hospitalisation. THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY FEBRUARY 14, 200 5
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    Lock icon Defusing the double N-threat
    732 11 NORTH KOREA WiU the US now be forced to make some concessions? Seoui WASHINGTON hopes that Beijing can bring its unruly ally North Korea back to stalled talks on dismantling its nuclear weapons programme. South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Xi Moon said m remarks published yesterday.
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    Lock icon Far-fetched feint or frightening fact?
    172 11 NORTH Korea has officially announced it has nuclear weapons and vowed to increase its inventory, but the question is: How credible is Pyongyang's claim? >> In the past, the assumption was that Pyongyang might possess a primitive device suitable for testing but which fell short
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    Lock icon Diplomacy first but military action still an option for US
    379 11 Diplomacy first but military action still an option for US »IRAN London NO ONE sees military action as the best way to tame Iran's suspected nuclear weapons ambitions but as the rhetoric heats up, mutual miscalculation could suck Teheran and Washington into a slippery showdowm. European-sponsored talks have yet to
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    Lock icon Too dose for comfort?
    118 11 THE Iranian regime refuses to agree to random inspections. How close is it to going nuclear? The United States has been flying drones over Iran since April 2004, seeking evidence of nuclear-weapons programmes and probing for weaknesses m Iran's air defences, according to The Washington Post.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US plugs loopholes in student visa system
      564 12  - US plugs loopholes in student visa system Eugene Low Security gaps m application process patched; foreign enrolment up By US Correspondent In Washington- THE United States has plugged security gaps m its student visa application system which allowed a Sept 11, 2001 hijacker to slip into the country, and has
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      132 12 Wash iv THI State Dep irti i ■d a tough visa ieq;. ment tor foi engineering students that has been labelled the big^es; stacle to attracting the world 'l the United States The surprise mo\ the valid: visas up to four years, ending
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      Lock icon Hamas to keep calm while mulling ceasefire
      472 12 "Hamas' position regarding calm will continue unchanged and Israel will bear responsibility for any new violation or aggression." ISMAIL HANIYAH, a senior Hamas leader Gaza HAMAS has promised to maintain a de facto truce and, m a major policy change, not to retaliate
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      Lock icon British charity accused of funding terrorism
      340 12 British charity accused of funding terrorism London THE United States authorities have accused a British charity of funding terrorist activities abroad, according to a report m The Sunday Telegraph. The weekly quoted a US treasury spokesman describing the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA), based m the central English city of Birmingham,
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      Lock icon Polls likely on May 5, British DPM hints
      674 13 PM Blair is not letting on but says he has hunger to win third term Gateshead (England) BRITAIN'S Deputy Prime Minister hinted yesterday that May 5 is the most likely date for a general election m which Mr Tony Blair's Labour Party
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      Lock icon Al-Jazeera sale a big deal for Arab audiences
      443 13 Doha (Qatar) THE US government may view Al-Jazeera as little more than an anti-American mouthpiece, but the journalists who work at the satellite TV station consider it the only free-press bastion m an authoritarian Middle East. And nowadays, the prospect of being
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      Lock icon 'Most people are in favour' of women becoming bishops
      334 13 London A SENIOR cleric m the Church of England has said he believed most people m the church favoured allowing women to become bishops. The Right Reverend Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford, said however that a "significant" minority opposed the move,
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    Lock icon Talking again, after 20 years
    289 14 FOR 20 years, Sarah Scantlin has been mostly oblivious to the world around her the victim of a drink-driving accident. Today, after a remarkable recovery, she can talk again. Her father knows Sarah will never fully recover, but her new-found ability to speak and her
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    Lock icon Pope returns to the pulpit
    183 14 POPE John Paul II greeted the taithlul yesterday from his studio overlooks. Peter's Square, returning to th*. most famous pulpit for the first time a recent health crisis led to his MM] hospitalisation. The 84-year-old pontift waved to the crowd and gave a bnef greeting
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    167 14 Ex-minister in paternity bid FORMER British home secretary David Blunkett, who resigned last year amid a scandal linked to a former lover, has launched a paternity bid for her newborn son, The Sunday Telegraph reported. Mr Blunkett, 57, is already involved m a legal bid to gain access to Ms
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    Lock icon Roh has surgery on droopy eyelids
    100 14 SOUTH Korean President Roh Moo-hyun recently underwent eyelid surgery to improve his sight, his office said yesterday. Mr Roh had the surgery, called blepharoplasty, to taper his droopy eyelids on Feb 4 at a medical facility inside the presidential compound, his office said. He
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    98 14 CUBA says the oldest man m the world is living on the Caribbean island. Mr Benito Martinez says he is 123 years old, but Cuban experts believe he is four years younger than that. BBC news online said if even that was proven, the Cuban
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      591 16  - Infineon appoints its first Asian board member Bryan Lee In a rare move, German chip giant picks Spore-based Asia-Pacific chief By WHEN MR Loh Kin Wah was (appointed to the management board of the world's No. 4 chip company, Infineon Technologies, he made company history as the first Asian to
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      450 18 >' WORK PERMIT RULES MNCs to lobby for expat spouses' right to work m Singapore 1 o\i)()\ MULTINATIONAL corporations (MNCs) that lohl the US Congress to relax restrictions on work permits for spouses of expatriate staff say they plan to fo Singapore and Malaysia m the next phase ol paign
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      759 18 Looking beyond the surface PROBLEMS associated with the freewheeling nature of the hedge fund business include: Backfilling: A hedge fund manager might, for example, submit numbers for two months of strong performance to a database and omit the first month of
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      182 1 $100 for a balloon? It's nothing when you're m love and Valentine's comes around. People say it with flowers, f00d... even an iPod. PAGE H6 HIGH-TECH THIEF JAILED Vietnamese N US undergraduate captured passwords to access others' bank accounts to steal. Page H2 'MOUNT OPHIR MAN' '*aXi \i^Mik ly jn
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      175 2 rHESTRAITS fIMES »ND Side-by-side S> fridge Worth he Iviinci Your Body Hcßltn Tdlk 2 pm to 4:30 pm, March 12, 2005 at the SPH Auditorium, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4 RESPIRATORY ALLERGIES, BY DR. CHEONG TUCK HONG, and SKIN ALLERGIES AND SENSITIVITIES BY DR. UM KAH BENG
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      211 4 mma m "*i^i(u \\m BBF^P^^^HBi S"r»'4lk ii"|l| b* fi 1 lH« p i|^4}|n IB Mr ■^mtt _—Mwm \M I AMmV i: M*mmmmT, hi*\\ WHAT SINGAPOREANS THINK An ST Interactive poll What are your pet Chinese New Year peeves? (Total vote count 62) Relatives asking when I'll get married and dish
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      537 6 Ask him out already! Who says boys have to be the ones to make the first move? Girls too should take love into their own hands. PAGE H7 CI fl CO IT I«iI U l At Kumon, we recognise the child's individuality. Our study plans are customised to allow learning
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      93 9 Iverson nets 60 points The Philadelphia 76ers star scores career best, and the NBA's season high, m a 112-99 rout of Orlando Magic. PAGE H l2 BENEFIT They have it easy choosing players, as hundreds of Chinese footballers are looking for jobs. Page H lo RED-HOT MICKELSON AmM American world
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      1104 10 Recast "Flies Home" to take The E W Barker Trophy m a mmmmm H^^WLj^^rift^- M^^'mhm. jr. -..s&>* [I TRAINER John Meagher started the Chinese New Year on a tag P BS|P l **'1 \y h '9 h when Recast took out the E W Barker Trophy (1400 m) 'Hsl if
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      66 11 M'sian property is hot again High rental returns, easy affordability and strong sentiment are attracting Singapore buyers m droves to Malaysian property again Fl f s|ps Hp m mmm au UM-- -I ■Wl m m^ m -A*- iii||H|&i^iMi^^^J mmi_ mm X** :I" "I m m m m* j 1..5 I
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      39 12 TV times AMERICAN FOOTBALL: AFC/NFC Pro Bowl (Live. Ch23. 8.28 am) SOCCER: English Premier League-. Arsenal v Crystal Palace (Live, Ch23. tomorrow, 3.55 am) TENNIS: ABN Amro World Tournament, 1 st rd (Live. Ch24, tomorrow. 2.30 am and 4am)
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      962 16 ■P*; *S ~^W^Fm m Ymwfßw i flfll Ik lull JH^^^B^B California State University, Hayward (USA) Executive MBA Fully delivered by US senior faculty with direct work experience m Silicon Valley and PhDs from £Z2LZ. Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Columbia University and other top US business schools /s~^> Well attended by
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      516 18 shionably Asian Mr Loh Kin Wah makes history as the first Asian appointed to the management board of German chipmaker Infineon. PAGE H l6 f J MACQUARIE WARRANTS l *^Z^!^**** k. k^rfr^tffcr^i ki^Tß^TC*-" As can be seen m the table, these warrants offer a much U>wer entn prui V^t^^^^^^NkePLHl lA
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      840 3  -  Clara Chow bingapore theatre practitioners look back at the impact of the late Arthur Miller's works \RTS REPORTER AS AN 18-year-old student m Britain, one of Beatrice Chia's first brushes with theatre was watching American playwright Arthur Miller's The Crucible m London's Royal National Theatre. The
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      863 5  -  Tay Yek Keak It's the Year of the Rooster, so get ready for a quail hunt of bird-brained stuff at the cinema starsngripes I WAS trying to figure out why this doesn't feel like Chinese New Year until I realised that there's no Jackie
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        108 2 Food Fun Family HAVE YOUR SAY WINNERS BIRDBRAINS: Last week, we asked you who said this, and when: "Stop calling people birdbrains meaning stupid. Take it as a compliment." It was Mr Erich Jarvis, a neurobiologist, quoted m The Straits Times on Feb 2. Congratulations to these three, who each
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        332 2 AT Chinese New Year, there's one thing to look forward to (and not CNY songs, you weirdo). There's food. Yes, FOOD! Here's when families get together for the traditional tuan yuan fun. loosely translated as "cuddled round rice" when all your relatives come over for a
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        62 2 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh ASSOCIATE EDITOR Andrew Duffy Leung Wai-Leng, Liaw Wy-Cin, Mardiana Ismail COVI I Design: Rishad Patel Illustration: Adam Lee T AND DESIGN Angelina Choy, Rishad Patel, Vincent Leow, Leslie Koh, Jeffrey Lim, Tay Chem Hui, Adam Lee, Jaster Ngui EDITORIAL PROJECTS BRANDING Peter Khoo,
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        72 6 Twenty-two teams from 1 9 secondary schools will be facing off at the 4th Fancy Drill Competition tomorrow. Teams from the National Police Cadet Corps, National Cadet Corps, Red Cross, Girls' Brigade and St John Ambulance will be marching m the drill displays,
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        65 6 The Malay music industry's biggest awards show will be held at the Suntec City Convention Halls 60 1 and 602 on Friday. Catch the biggest names m the Malay pop music industry, including Zainal Abidin, Iskandar Ismail, Vince and Ruffedge. Tickets are $28, $38
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        58 6 Expressing their life journeys, feelings, thoughts and moods with colours and exquisite, graceful movements are the dancers from NUS Dance Synergy. Head down to their Terpsichore Dance Chroma performance tomorrow and Wednesday, 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the NUS Theatrette (LT 1 3). It's free. Read Mind
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        439 11 THISWEEKWEZOOMINON... Text AndrewDuffyGraphcTayChernHui fK J?* St Valentine was probably a Roman priest, put to death m AD269 for SL^SMUfifati /J marrying young couples. Those were the days when marriage was banned for i^ljC^^ I^^^&t: young men, because the emperor thought it made weak soldiers. Ir^ is^^ Valentine was beaten with
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