The Straits Times, 13 April 2005

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    22 1 The Strais Times 106 PAGES !Wi*PP??RTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 2005 •Fa SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 »80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Chinese PM to Japan: 'Face up to history'
    666 1  -  Ravi Velloor Wen says Japan, otherwise, does not deserve a permanent seat on UN council By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi TOKYO MUST WIN OVER TRUST OF ASIA "Only a country that respects history, takes responsibility for the past and wins
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    Lock icon President Nathan hints he is ready to retire
    437 1  -  Peh Shing Huei By In Kuala Lumpur M. NIRMALA In Singapore I am not speculating "I'm 81, you know? Everybody is speculating. I'm not speculating. I'm hoping to look into retirement." PRESIDENT NATHAN, whose current term m office ends m August PRESIDENT
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Keeping the hip factor in a bigger Youth Park
      1099 1  -  Peh Suing Huei By EVERY now and then, a tourist wanders into a park off Somerset Road and asks puzzled teenagers where to find Lim Kee goreng pisang. Alas, that landmark is no more. The banana fritters stall moved to Maxwell
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      253 1 TODAY'S EXTRA j, -j^ Hospital Fightingfit Are you suited 1»B A /fTATT^\ "^wSri bugbear At tive e der y to teaching? Prl«-«xjpi> XI I How the culprits WtwL X W3rdin 9 °1 Four-week stint L ]|^M^^« ITlll -I^-y inhospiti.l y^^^lßr^^ **T^ a 9 e elated for grads before yrjTTn RHnV
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  • IN A FLASH
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      46 2 Separate but disabled The operation by Singapore doctors to separate the Nepalese twins m 2001 was a mistake, says a top neurologist. PAGEH7 Right-to-die debate Reader says living wills lead to legalised euthanasia, and questions why the law does not allow for proxy directives. PAGEH7
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      34 2 Shanghai's first PRs Spore couple are among a group of 18 foreigners to receive green cards. PAGE 9 Indonesia graft case Observers and lawyers allege conspiracy behind arrest of election official. PAGE 12
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      40 2 No gain from tuition British students who get private coaching perform little better than tnose without tutors, study shows. PAGE 16 US warns Iraqi leaders Rumsfeld tells them to avoid purges and not to delay new Constitution. PAGE 19
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      15 2 Jakarta's 'underdogs' Forty years on, Indonesia's former political prisoners still face discrimination. PAGE 22
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      43 2 Rooney slaps fiancee The England and Man U striker hit her m the face during a nightclub flare-up, reports say. PAGE HlO Good for S-League Foreign soccer teams' different styles of play help raise S-League's standard, says former coach Barry Whitbread PAGEHI2
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      Lock icon MONEY
      53 2 Ascendas' rising stake The company becomes largest foreign IT park player m India after it acquires Tata's 47% stake m International Tech Park m Bangalore. PAGE HlB Growth at lower end MAS says growth this year may finish m the lower half of the 3 to 5 per cent
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      53 2 Maid's tragic death A Filipina, secretly married to a Malaysian, dies after an accident. PAGE HI Rape testimony Judge praises witnesses for their quick reaction when a Malaysian woman was raped m Woodlands last year. PAGEH2 Food court on beach Sentosa's development plan for Palawan Beach is aimed at
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Cabinet made decision on casino last Saturday
      440 3  -  Azhar Ghani By In Kuwait City THE Cabinet reached a decision on whether Singapore should have a casino last Saturday, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong revealed here yesterday. He kept mum abou: the final verdict, but said he welcomed the opposition to the
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      Lock icon THE ART OF ABUSE
      150 3 Colombian painter Fernando Botero poses with some of his new paintings depicting the horrors of US guards' abuse of captives at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Renowned for his paintings of chubby people against placid back- drops, Botero said the horror of the abuse compelled him to
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      Lock icon Far fewer drug addicts in rehab
      450 3  -  K.C. Vijayan Number drops from 1 ,700 three years ago to just 200 By FEWER than 200 addicts are undergoing drug rehabilitation at centres m Singapore. Three years ago the number was 1,700. In 1995, it was 7,300. Of the three drug rehabilitation centres
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      Lock icon A stint to see if teaching suits you
      674 4  -  Sandra Da vie Grads will have to spend four weeks on the job before they begin training By Education Correspondent INCREASING DEMANDS "It is a fact, a teacher's work is hard work and it is getting harder... Just that one shot of
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      Lock icon Unruly teens drove teacher to tears – and to quit her job
      394 4 Unruly teens drove teacher to tears and to quit her job A YOUNG graduate was m the midst of her teacher-training programme at the National Institute of Education (NIE) when she realised she could not manage a class of 40 teenagers. Everything went wrong during her eight-week attachment at a
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Hong Kongers join protests
      210 6 ANTI-JAPAN protests m China spilled over into Hong Kong yesterday, with teachers and students writing letters to Japan's leader telling him not to gloss over the country's wartime atrocities. Mr Albert Ho, a Democratic Party lawmaker and organiser of the protest, said yesterday that hundreds of
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      Lock icon Tit-for-tat acts in Japan against China
      926 6  -  Chua Chin Hon Air-gun shots fired at Chinese bank near Tokyo while consulate m Osaka receives threat By China Correspondent In Beijing ANGRY REACTION "This is a terrorist act. China has protested to the Japanese government and requested that it take the necessary actions
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      Lock icon Japanese minister calls China 'a scary country'
      339 6 Japanese minister calls China 'a scary country' TOKYO WORRIED: Mr Nakagawa is worried about the impact of anti-Japan rallies on Japanese companies m China. JAPAN'S Trade Minister yesterday described China as a "scary country" m the wake of violent antiJapanese rallies at the weekend. Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi
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      Lock icon Top officials from three countries to hold talks
      228 6 Tokyo SENIOR officials from Japan, China and South Korea will meet m Beijing today and tomorrow amid simmering rows between Tokyo and its two East Asian neighbours, the Foreign Ministry said yester day. The two-day meeting is for exchanging views on ways
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      Lock icon Enemies yesterday, strategic partners today
      739 10  -  Ravi Velloor INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS The two nations sign a dozen accords to cement growing ties By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi FORTY-TWO years after their border war, India and China have lifted their ties to the level of a "strategic" partnership and signed a
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      Lock icon Nuclear stand-off with N. Korea at crossroads: Seoul
      284 10 Seoul SOUTH Korea's top policymaker on North Korea says the nuclear stand-off with Pyongyang has reached a crossroads between "peace and crisis" but denies setting any deadline for the North's return to six-way talks. In a parliamentary hearing yesterday, Unification Minister Chung
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      Lock icon FATAL COLLAPSE
      78 10 Rescue workers standing near a collapsed garment factory m Bangladesh yesterday. A boiler m the facto- ry exploded early on Monday, causing the nine-storey building to collapse with more than 300 workers inside. By yesterday, 92 survivors had been rescued and 30 bodies pulled from the rubble. The
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon MANY JAPANESE WANT CONSTITUTION REVISED
        99 10 TOKYO: Slightly more than half of Japanese voters favour revising the country's pacifist Constitution, a survey showed yesterday. And almost half want to clarify the ambiguous position of the military, the survey by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun finan cial newspaper showed. Fifty-four per cent of
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        Lock icon HU TO VISIT THREE S-E ASIAN COUNTRIES
        88 10 BEIJING: Chinese President Hu Jintao will this month visit the Philippines, Brunei and Indonesia, where he will attend the Asia-Africa summit, the government said yesterday He will leave China on April 20 and return on April 28. said Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang.
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        Lock icon BIRD FLU RULED OUT AT SHENZHEN FARM
        111 10 HONG KONG: More than 200 chickens have died over the past week at a farm m the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, but the health authorities m nearby Hong Kong said the cause was not the deadly bird flu virus. Hong Kong's Health,
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        Lock icon ARROYO PUSHES FOR NATIONAL ID SYSTEM
        99 10 MANILA: President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday that a national identification card system is being readied m the Philippines as its first line of defence against infiltration by Islamic militant groups. Despite Congress' refusal to pass a law authorising such an ID system, Mrs Arroyo
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        Lock icon MYANMAR WANTS WORKERS RETURNED
        91 10 BANGKOK: Yangon has asked Thailand to force an estimated one million Myanmar workers to return home to be issued with passports and other documents, a senior Thai minister said yesterday. The request was sent to the Thai Foreign Ministry last week, Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai
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        Lock icon MUSLIM MAN JAILED FOR GIVING AWAY SON
        94 10 KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian Islamic court has sentenced a Muslim man to 10 months m jail for giving up his son for adoption to a non-Muslim German woman. The child was ordered returned to his Malaysian mother Mazuri Mamat, 32, pleaded guilty to
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      342 6 S'porean is now China PR Singaporean Professor Liv Yuncai and his wife are among 18 foreigners m Shanghai's first lot of PRs. PAGE 9 Baldness can be beaten. A full head of hair is possible. 4f^Rß^^^^B Svenson's advanced «^^^^^^H ADDHAIR Technology: L the natural-looking «^^^^^^^^K answer to na r i°
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Beijing set to decide on duration of next HK leader's term
      556 8  -  Vince Chong Move comes after HKgovt's decision for two-year term is challenged m court By Hong Kong Correspondent CHINA is set to make another interpretation on Hong Kong's Basic Law after a high-ranking mainland official made it clear that
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      Lock icon Chlorine gas leak at chemical plant leaves hundreds ill
      170 8 Beijing NEARLY 270 people have been taken ill following a chlorine gas leak at a chemical plant m China's eastern province of Jiangsu, state media said yesterday. Twenty-seven of the 268 people who suffered inhalation effects from the gas have been
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      Lock icon Chen's Vatican trip pays off
      346 8  -  Lawrence Chung By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei FIRST, it was dollar diplomacy. Now comes funeral diplomacy. The recent trip by Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian to the Vatican to attend Pope John Paul IPs funeral has been hailed as one victory for the island m its
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      Lock icon Singaporean professor in Shanghai's first lot of PRs
      550 9  -  Jason Leow Ex-China national and his wife among only 18 foreigners to receive green cards By China Bureau Chief In Shanghai A SINGAPOREAN university professor and his wife yesterday received green cards from the Shanghai government, joining 16 other expatriates who form
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      Lock icon Joint China, Singapore team finds Sars 'cure'
      156 9 Hi him, SCIENTISTS from China and Singapore have discovered natural compound from a plant which could check the replication and spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) virus, China's top science academy announced yesterday. Mr Zhu Weiliang, principal investigator of the Shanghai
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Jakarta official's arrest for bribery sparks uproar
      520 12  -  Derwin Pereira He is seen as mere pawn m efforts to bring down top poll commissioner By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta CONTROVERSY is raging m Indonesia over the arrest of a top election official accused of bribing a civil servant. A government
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      Lock icon Panic as Sumatra volcano erupts
      290 12 Padang (Indonesia) A VOLCANO on Indonesia's Sumatra island erupted yesterday, sending hot ash high into the air and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of villagers, officials said. The eruption was accompanied by a string of moderate earthquakes that rattled towns m Sumatra, which is still
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      Lock icon Manila removes entire police force of northern province
      263 12 Manila THE Philippine government ordered the transfer of an entire provincial police force yesterday on suspicion that officers were involved with private armies run by feuding local politicians. The unprecedented move underlines how corruption and political violence remain major problems m the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Putrajaya impresses President Nathan
      523 14  -  Peh Shing Huei Mr Nathan is also heartened by the warmth of the Malaysian welcome By In Kuala Lumpur AS HIS boat cruised along the calm blue lake, President S R Nathan of Singapore admired the dusky pink Putrajaya Mosque gleaming m the bright sunshine. It
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      Lock icon KL hopeful of Philippine peace deal
      349 14  -  Luz Baguioro By Philippine Correspondent In Cebu MALAYSIA voiced hopes yesterday that the Philippine government will be able to seal a peace agreement with the country's largest Muslim separatist group m a fresh round of talks beginning this weekend. "You can actually feel that
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Tuition gets failing marks in Britain
      512 16  -  Neo Hui Min Private tutoring has little impact on students 1 grades, says a new study By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London MORE than a quarter of students m Britain receive private coaching after school, but research indicates that many parents may not
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      Lock icon Ethnic minorities more likely to hire tutors
      253 16 A BREAKDOWN of data from the broader sample of more than 3,500 students m the study showed that ethnic minority families are more likely to hire tutors. Almost half (45 per cent) of Indian students surveyed had tuition. Close behind were Chinese, with
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      Lock icon SM Goh reaches out to Kuwaitis
      531 17  -  Azhar Ghani He appears on popular TV show before wrapping up Middle East visit By In Kuwait City KUWAITIS woke up to find visiting Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong on their favourite morning talk show yesterday. Taking some time off from meeting political and
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      Lock icon Singapore Season in London 'well received'
      497 17  -  Neo Hui Min By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London THE Singapore Season m London was generally well received, says the National Arts Council, despite some negative reviews m the British press. The Singapore Season was a six-week-long programme of performances by arts and
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      Lock icon The China factor in Australia-Asia ties
      790 18  -  William Choong NEWS ANALYSIS Canberra relooks relationship with the US as Chinese market beckons By For The Straits Times In Canberra EVEN as Asean debates whether to invite Australia to the East Asian Summit this December, the country is drawing ever closer to Asia.
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      Lock icon 'SUITCASE MAN' SPARKS BOMB SCARE
      173 18 A man with two suitcases sparked a security alert m Washington on Monday, He was standins between the black suitcases m front of the west side of the Capitol (top) and asked to see the President. The man refused to say anything else to a
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon JACKO 'BEGGED TO SLEEP WITH BOY'
        148 18 SANTA MARIA (California): Pop star Michael Jackson begged the mother of a teenage Doy to allow the kid to share his bed, and the pair spent weeks sleeping m the same bedroom when she relented, jurors at tne pop star's child sex abuse trial
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        Lock icon $5M FOR DEMOCRACY IN IRAN
        116 18 WASHINGTON: The United States is attempting to promote democracy m Iran for the first time since the Islamic revolution, budgeting US$3 million (Sss million) for groups there that are willing to work towards that goal. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said non-governmental educational and other
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        111 18 GRAZ (Austria): An Austrian ethics commission said yesterday it was acceptable to use human bodies as crash test dummies provided the families of the dead approve. The commission investigated the issue after concern about research carriedout at the Technical University of Graz, which
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        103 18 PERTH: Two men died of thirst m Outback desert country unaware that their car had broken down only 9km from a water source, police said yesterday. The bodies of a 41-year-old man, his 21 year-old nephew and their dog were found near their
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        126 18 WELLINGTON: People who covertly film or photograph others m intimate situations without their consent will face prison terms of up to three years under a new Bill introduced to New Zealand's Parliament yes terday. The legislation also says people who possess such material could be sent
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      231 18 London STRINGENT new checks on parents cheating the school admissions system caught out a deputy head teacher m Britain who gave a false address to secure a place for her daughter at a nearby secondary school. Mrs Margaret Gillespie claimed that she
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      447 18 Swelling ranks of ageing Aussies urged not to retire Sydney "Over the next 40 years, the number of children is projected to grow at about a third of the rate of overall population growth. In contrast, the number of old people will rise strongly." AUSTRALIA'S PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION THE number of
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      426 19 On a surprise visit, he warns them against purges and corruption Baghdad US DEFENCE Secretary Donald Rumsfeld issued a terse warning to Iraq's new leaders yesterday, urging them to avoid political purges or cronyism that could lead to corruption and sap confidence m the government.
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      465 19 Crawford (Texas) PRESIDENT George W. Bush, hosting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his Texas ranch on Monday, cautioned against West Bank settlement growth. However, he showered praise on Israel's plan to quit the Gaza Strip. Looking ahead to prospects for peace after
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        152 19 MISS North Carolina, a 21--year-old brunette who says she sees a lot of herself m TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey, was crowned Miss USA at the 54th annual pageant. Miss Chelsea Cooley, who was crowned on Monday night, will compete on May 30
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        92 19 SHARIF AH Ami, a popular singer of the 70s, went on trial m Kuala Lumpur yesterday for allegedly carrying out an e-mail hate campaign against a younger rival m what has become the Malay- sian entertainment industry's biggest scandal m years. Sharif ah. 52,
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        104 19 A MILITANT anti-commu-nist Cuban exile who was jailed m Panama and then pardoned m connection with a plot to kill Cuban President Fidel Castro is m the United States and will apply for asy- lum today, his lawyer said. Luis Posada Carriles, 77,
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      193 19 Washington THE Pentagon is limiting deployments of US troops to Iraq and other combat zones to 12 months with a new memo requiring Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to approve any major extensions. The memo, signed on March 30 by the Pentagon's Undersecretary for
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      251 19 New York JAPAN and India on Monday faced a further hurdle m their attempts to gain permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council, as a group of six countries called a meeting here to oppose the move. The six, led
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      859 20  -  Michael Vatikiotis CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP By For The Straits Times WATCHING the huge crowds massing m front of Japanese department stores and diplomatic compounds, throwing rocks and overturning Toyota cars m a number of Chinese cities last week, it felt like a chill wind was blowing
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      731 20  -  Tion Kwa By Senior Writer ONE THING stands out m television footage of the protests m China against Japan: The helplessness of the police against a tide of demonstrators bent on vandalism against Japanese targets. These were Chinese security officials, said to
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      1333 21  -  David McNeill By Mark Selden SINO-JAPANESE relations sank to a new low last weekend when an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 Chinese protesters surrounded the Japanese Embassy m Beijing. They pelted it with missiles, shouting "Japanese pigs come out" and "Be ashamed of distorting history".
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      1130 22  -  John McBeth STAIN ON INDONESIA By Senior Writer In Jakarta IN THE DARK "We still we don't know whether Suharto was part of a conspiracy, and that's probably part of the reason why we haven't been able to put all this behind us. Suharto
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      926 23  -  Luz Baguioro FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT: PHILIPPINES By Philippines Correspondent In Manila IN 1995, as her husband Ben lay m a drunken stupor, housewife Marivic Genosa killed him by bashing his head m with a steel pipe. Mrs Genosa, who had endured her husband's violence for years, was
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      309 24 Singapore today Showers with thunder m the late afternoon, mainly over northern, western and central Singapore. CONGRATULATIONS to the Graduating Class of 3005, Singapore Campus Alba Antoll GanYeeHeng Ii Yichun Sinnaeve, Pascale Anand, Sangeeta Gandasaputra, Bobby Karnadi lim HuiUng Smith, Darren Stanley An Pin S Ganesan, Jeevan Urn Kwan Kiat
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY APRIL 13, 2005
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      Lock icon Maid's marriage revealed to boss in death
      523 1  -  Lin Zhaowei »She gets nod from him to go out at night Rides away on back of hubby's motorcycle Lorry hits bike and she dies instantly By HER employer had given her permission to go out for the night. But it was only
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      240 1  -  Tracy Sua By WATCHING OVER ME "She was a wonderful wife who cooked well and took care of me well, and I think her soul is still watching over me. I'll never forget her." MR SRIKARAN who is still m hospital, on his wife
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      391 2  -  Elena Chong Two ensured police were called; third kicked door to confront attackers By HOUSEWIFE Latipah Isnin was bringing m her washing when she heard screams coming from below her Woodlands block just after midnight on March 5 last year. She
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      Lock icon Man slashed wife's face as she slept
      403 2  -  Khushwant Singh By A FEW days after finding out his wife of 30 years wanted a divorce, Lee Kiat Seong erupted m fury. On March 1, the jobless 61--year-old returned to the Yishun Ring Road flat he shared with his wife and four
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      Lock icon Jail for van driver who hit cabby, then fled
      210 2 THE driver of a van who fled after punching a taxi driver m a road-rage incident was yesterday jailed for three weeks. Both vehicles were travelling on the extreme left lane of the Central Expressway towards Ang Mo Kio on the
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      Lock icon Fund in memory of SJI old boy
      147 2 ST JOSEPH'S Institution (SJI) yesterday launched a fund for needy students m the name of an alumnus. Mr Wong Kok Siew, the chief executive of SembCorp Industries who died m February. Mr Wong, 58, who died of a stroke, was deputy chairman of
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      Lock icon Illegal tried to bribe police after arrest for grabbing girl
      306 2  -  Selina Lum By AN ILLEGAL immigrant, arrested after trying to accost a teenage girl, offered a $1,000 bribe to the policemen to let him go, a court heard yesterday. Palaniappan Ramesh, 32, who tried unsuccessfully to get the two policemen
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      217 2 A 43-YEAR-OLD man was jailed yesterday for assaulting a bus driver who refused to lot him off after he had missed his stop. At around 9pm on Nov 17 last year, security guard Wong Hong Kwang boarded the SBS service 31 bus at
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      Lock icon A park atop Tanjong Pagar MRT station
      356 3  -  Tan Hui Yee By THE first pocket park to be developed with nelp from the private sector will sprout m Tanjong Pagar by September. The 6,000 sq m area atop Tanjong Pagar MRT station will have more tree cover, trellises and benches to
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      656 3  -  Krist Boo On the cards A two-storey bar and restaurant at the former monorail station. It will be run by hotel group Amara Holdings. »Halal fast-food outlet Waning Pantai. >y Beach bars Bora Bora and Club Islander. Cafe Coffee
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      438 4  -  Kelvin Wong Advertising watchdog acts after complaints against training firm By A COMPANY that conducts financial training courses has been barred from publishing an advertisement promising students jobs upon completing its programme. Synergy Consulting had failed to back its claim that stu- dents would
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      313 4  -  YapSu-Yin By DESPITE stiff competition from low-cost carriers, SilkAir has turned the tables on its detractors by pulling m a passenger load surpassing one million its highest ever m a single year since it started m 1989. The regional airline, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
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      80 4 A pair of whippets are preened by their owners as the hopefuls line up with their human handlers, ready to strut their stuff m a canine Star Search. The segment of the Singapore Kennel Club Championship Dog Show sees the dogs judged on how closely they conform to
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      Lock icon Timely efforts net $lm for charity
      175 4 LEADING watch retailer. Sincere Watch, has raised $1.05 million for charity as part of its golden jubilee celebrations. One of Singapore's oldest and most established retailers of brand name luxury watches, the company raised the money for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund
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      170 5  -  TAN HUI YEE NEW Housing Board flat owners can expect faster response to their complaints about defects. The HDB has, since last August, set up service centres within each new estate to run for six months after the flats are completed. These voiddeck offices are manned
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      241 5  - New NTU course for China officials HO AI LI NANYANG Technological University's courses for China officials have been such a hit that it has launched a new master's m public administration (MPA) programme for them. This adds to existing programmes like the master's m managerial economics, which is dubbed the
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      543 5  -  Joyce Teo 4- and 5-room flats popular but rentals largely unchanged with relaxed rules By A MONTH after the Housing Board relaxed its subletting rules, more than 250 home owners have applied to sublet their whole flat. Four- to five-room
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      322 6  -  Sandra Davie By Education Correspondent SINGAPORE'S two public universities will be corporatised by the middle of next year to give them more flexibility and boost their ability to compete for talent. The Education Ministry said yesterday that it has accepted
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      349 6  -  Judith Tan By DRUG-RESISTANT infections m Singapore are still confined largely to hospitals and other health-care centres, the most recent study conducted here found. The study, published m June 2003 by five National University Hospital researchers, reported that these potentially dangerous infections are not
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      138 6 WHEN Madam M.E. Tan, 42, took her mother Madam Huang, 70, to a public hospital here m December 2001 to have a cancerous tumour removed, she did not expect her mother's life to be threatened by a different invader. A single operation turned
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      628 6  -  Chang Ai-Lien Spore firm comes up with device to keep constant tabs to personalise treatment By Science Correspondent IDEAS TAKE FLIGHT 'This is very positive and signals the coming of age of the medical technology industry m Singapore." DRBALAKRISHNAN.on the emergence
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        377 7 'Successful' operation was a mistake PLIGHT OF NEPALESE TWINS My neurosurgeon m the NNI was approached to assist m that operation... I advised him against it on the basis that even if the operation were a technical success and he gained worldwide fame, his responsibility was the ultimate welfare of
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        347 7 DOUBLE STANDARDS? Isn't the purpose of advertising to get more business? Why allow advertising and yet stop doctors from soliciting for more business? The use of a third party's website to promote doctors' services is just one method of outsourcing the advertising
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        200 7 I AM from the pioneer batch of nursing students from the Institute of Technical Education and have been working as an enrolled nurse at Singapore General Hospital for three years. I have been applying to do a nursing diploma course at Nanyang
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        583 7 END-OF-LIFE DEBATE I REFER to the letters, "Allow for mercy killing m Advance Medical Directive" by Ms Wan Siew Kay; "Change law to let people state wish to live" by Mr Michael Chua Kheng Hwee; and "Let her go, say docs but mum
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        310 7 EVERYONE will agree that patients dying of progressive and incurable diseases should not suffer and die m pain. Unfortunately, many are under the impression that mercy killing or euthanasia is the answer to end such suffering. It is sad that so many patients and
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        211 7 I REFER to Mr Adam Goi's letter, "Install more cameras to curb vice m Geylang" (ST, April 5). I wonder if the authorities are going to consider his suggestion. I can visualise what Singapore would be like if the police were to install
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          91 7 I WOULD like to express my deepest appreciation to Sister Pearl Tan of the National Uni versify Hospital's Clinic D on behalf of my uncle, Mr Lim Kian Guan. As my uncle speaks only Mandarin, he had problems communicating with his Indian doctor. Sister Tan
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          68 7 ON MARCH 14, my family, including two children, was stranded at the KFC outlet m the zoo because of heavy rain at about 6pm. The manager offered to arrange for a tram ride to the exit. She even asked one of her colleagues to get
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          119 7 ON MARCH 26, on my way to church and nearing the bus stop, I spotted service 171, which I was planning to take. I started running but as I was wearing a skirt and slippers, I could not run fast. Thankfully, the bus driver waited
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          86 7 RECENTLY, I was hit by a or I would like to say a big "thank you" to the good Samaritans who helped despite the pouring rain. Some helped to call ah ambulance and my family. A young man came by my side to pray
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        448 9 Munich JOSE Mourinho is showing no signs of letting up m his feud with Uefa. On Monday, the Chelsea manager sent his fitness coach Rui Faria and scarcely-used striker Mikael Forssell to the press conference ahead of yesterday's second-leg Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.
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        412 9 HOLLAND'S PSV Eindhoven are one clean sheet away from their first Champions League semi-final since 1988. But keeping Lyon out for 90 minutes is no easy task, even if PSV are playing at home. The French club are the leading scorers m the tournament this
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        692 9 SOCCER Depleted Liverpool face a host of selection issues as they face Juventus Turin RAFAEL Benitez has a lot on his mind. First, he takes a Liverpool side, who struggle playing away, to Juventus without captain Steven Gerrard. Then there is the 2-1 advantage
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        394 10 SOCCER Shanghai police charge 24 as Beijing vows to clean up scandal-hit soccer Super League Shanghai CHINA is stepping up its fight against online football betting. Police m Shanghai were yesterday reported to have busted an online football betting organisation linked to Taiwanese syndicates
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        198 10 Couple's turbulent history AT THE weekend, they argued over the escalating costs of their new home. McLoughlin has already spent £1.5 million (554.65 million) on curtains and the services of an interior designer for the custom-built O-million house. Last month, she and several girlfriends got involved m a cat-fight while
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        558 10 London ASHLEY Cole has warned Arsenal: Strengthen the squad or be "left behind Chelsea". The Gunners can still end this season with a trophy the FA Cup but their England international defender has called the campaign "disappointing". He believes it
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        534 10 Manchester WAYNE Rooney has made another splash m the newspapers. Yesterday, several British media reported that he had slapped fiancee Coleen McLoughlin m the face during a nightclub bust-up. The England and Manchester United striker even had to be restrained by his Old
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        142 10 LOUIS Saha, Manchester United's injury-plagued striker, has been ruled out of Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against Newcastle. After a season m which he has been dogged by a series of knee complaints, the Frenchman had hoped for a run free from fitness concerns for the remainder of
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        348 10 Manchester IT WILL be a bad sip for Manchester United if they beat Newcastle m Sunday's FA Cup semi-final. That is the view of former United defender Paul Parker. In their last three Premiership games, United went from beating Fulham 1-0, to drawing 0-0 with
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        213 10 Brussels THE European Union's top court yesterday decided that Russian soccer players have an unrestricted right to play m Europe. The ruling could open up European leagues to even more foreigners. The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice ruled m favour of Igor
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        398 10 Beijing wants 2008 equestrian events moved to HK OLYMPICS Shanghai BEIJING'S Olympic orga nisers plan to move the 2008 equestrian events to Hong Kong, despite opposition from the sport's international federation. Organisers submitted the plan last week, citing the risk of equine diseases and problems with quarantine regulations m the
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        594 11  -  Alvin Foo RUGBY Not much money and no sponsors, but belief m God makes them strong By THE still Padang air was filled with sounds of the Fijian rugby sevens team singing m harmony yesterday. It was a Christian hymn Au Rai Vei Kemuni that
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        304 11 DO NOT be surprised if you see a group of well-built foreign men chasing a rugby ball m your neighbourhood this week. The chances are that they are training for this weekend's Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore at the National Stadium. Fifteen venues
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        79 11 Date: Saturday (12.40pm), Sunday (1.10pm) Venue: National Stadium Tickets: Adults $50-$135, Children $12-$35 via Sistic Website: www.singaporesevens. com Format: 16 teams m four pools. Round-robin, with top two m each pool progressing to Cup and Plate competitions and the other two going to the Bowl and Shield. Knock-out
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          42 11 THE 43rd National Men's Bodybuilding Championships and the inaugural Body Fitness Women's event will be at Kallang Theatre on Sunday. The event is from 2pm to 7pm. Tickets at $5, $10 and $15 are available from the Singapore Bodybuilders' Federation.
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          71 11 SIX Asian clubs will take part m the 15th Singapore Armed Forces Reservists' Association Table Tennis Championships at Toa Payoh from May 20-22. They are from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, China and Taiwan. Singapore will be represented by two men's teams, who will be selected from a
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        597 12  -  Alvin Foo SOCCER Their different styles help raise standard, says former Singapore coach Whitbread By Geylangwin 1-0 LIGHTNING halted play for 50 minutes as Geylang United beat the Young Lions 1-0 at Bedok Stadium in front of 3,746 fans yesterday. Geylang led 1-0 through a
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        377 12 CRICKET Ahmedabad (India) CAPTAIN Inzamam-ul-Haq smashed the final delivery of the match from Sachin Ten dulkar for a boundary to lead Pakistan to a win over India m the fourth one-day interna tional here on Tuesday. The cover drive to the fence
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        278 12 BASKETBALL Chicago CHAUNCEY Biliups and the Detroit Pistons showed the Chicago Bulls that they still have some growing up to do. Biliups posted a jumper with eight seconds remaining m overtime as the Pistons clinched the Central Division title with an 85-84 victory
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          59 12 HAMBURG (Germany): Spain's Formula One sensation Fernando Alonso will never drive for Ferran so long as Michael Schumacher there, said Renault team chief Flavio Briatore Alonso has been linked with a move to the Italian team but Briatore insists the 24-year-old is not willing
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          61 12 RALEIGH (North Carolina): Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. 38, has signed a contract to fight Ireland's Kevin Mcßride m Washington on June 11. Tyson, who is more than US$3B million ($62.7 mil lion) m debt, has not fought since his stunning loss
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          61 12 TEHERAN: Iran's government has blamed the police for the death of six fans af ter last month's World Cup soccer qualifier against Japan. A government spokesman said the victims were trampled to death while leaving the Azadi stadium because a police helicopter had blocked
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          52 12 BAMAKO: Forty-five peo pie were condemned for rioting after Mali's World Cup soccer qualifier against Togo last month. Some offenders have been jailed for up to five years. Men charged with rape and under-age offenders are to be triedat a later date. AGENCE
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        801 12 BASEBALL MLB: New York Mets 8 Houston 4, Milwaukee 6 Pittsburgh 2, Los Angeles Angels 7 Texas 6 (OT), San Diego 1 Chicago Cubs 0, Boston Red Sox 8 New York Yankees 1, Chicago White Sox 2 Cleveland 1, Seattle 8 Kansas 2, Philadelphia 4 Florida 1, Atlanta 1
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        360 13 'Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell m the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 TIEN AH TOW Age: 86 was called home to be with the Lord on 12.4.2005 leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: Ong Sor Ngo Pang,
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        219 13 family of the late^Bß GOH JINGWEI Called home to be with the Lord on 9 April 2005. wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and neighbours far their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Church of Our Saviour
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        370 13 HHBR^^^I^i^HHH GOVINDASAMYAIYAVOO Departed 12 April 2005 wish to express their heartfelt thanks to everyone for their support and kind assistance during their recent bereavement Wife: Mdm P. N. Kamalambal Daughters: Sons-in-law: Krishnakumari Mohanadas I Sugumari Vivekanandan I Grandchildren: Premsharan Saradha Sister: Mariammal Sister-in-law: P. N. Vecheyah Letchmee Brothers-in-law: Spouse: P.
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        176 13 The Family of the Late KHOON LYE CHOON Departed on 6 April 2005 Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and clan associations for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations x during their recent bereavement. EkOnkar By His Order Man
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          5740 14 TRMSKTIM O«Tl APRIL 17. 710S Mil TT I ■■hi Mi i9H CMC CMPNT rUSU SSI «W- *M Mi IM MV% M Ml 175 4 5716 Ist Software 5c 4 unch 100 4 4 162 34 5 15 5 3148 BTelecom US2c 18cd unch 2169 18 5 18
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        368 15 Aim is to curb cyber crime as recent scams threaten to tarnish industry's reputation New Delhi NASSCOM, India's software industry lobby group, has plans to launch a national employee screening programme. This m an attempt to curb online crime after a recent alleged theft
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        295 15 New York INVESTMENT bank Lazard said on Monday that it plans to raise as much as U*****.9 million (551.58 billion) m an initial public offering (IPO) that will end 157 years as a global partnership and help resolve a high-profile
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        38 15 Yesterday's close: 11,670.3 (-75.34 points) >» Japanese share prices closed 0.64 per cent lower, extending losses after another weak performance on Wall Street overnight. The market is also facing effects of anti-Japanese protests m China. AFP
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        35 15 Yesterday's close: 1,219.51 (-21.46 points) Chinese share prices closed 1.72 per cent lower on continued profittaking m the absence of fresh leads, with financial and energy stocks m particular, badly hit. AFP
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        111 15 Yesterday's close: 866.24 (-3.69 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.42 per cent lower m listless trading on a lack of fresh leads, giving up most of Monday's gains as the market continued m a narrow range. AFP Accord Customer 2.5 c 23.449.000 Sing Tel 15c 17,838,000 Manhattanßes
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        43 15 Yesterday's close: 1,110.88 (-1-4.9 points) Indonesian shares closed 0.44 per cent higher on a rebound led by second-liners, with sentiment supported by news that the government is going ahead with its US$l billion (S$ 1.66 billion) global bond issue. AFP
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        279 15 April 12 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allßreensoc 0.31 1 170 Ascendasreit 1.00 2.020 +0.130 BILIntIUS2Oc 0.55 1.260 -0.010 CaprtaLand 1.61 2.540 -0050 Capita Mall 0.75 2.200 Chart SemiCond 26c 0.72 1.010 -0.010 Cityoevsoc 2.05 6.600 -0.050 ComfortOelGro 25c 187 1600 -0.020 Cosco Corp 20c 0.54
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        160 15 April 12 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY I Source: HSBC Bank USA. Spore Branch (*M'sian nnggit: Interbank rate by OCBC) UNI I IKUblb TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2700 1.2850 Canadian dollar ***** 1.3440 Euro 2.1270 ***** Malaysian
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        1121 15 Bonds, Loans Warrants: mmttvm un trm. m an UWEH Til CWMKT UfT MM MT U» Hi (M CHE CMPMff TUMI MU iM VI Mi iM WVM tain 15 «b 3«i2 taMiwamie SI j« 3? 24 5 4047 AscwMatCAtCWOKOM 1.1? KSmu^otm I=Ss 5 'Si KJ 44 3991 CIIiMUIIWUCTWai 107 3 17M
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        481 15 Greenb erg's refusal to testify may hurt him New York MAURICE Greenberg's decision to avoid testifying m an accounting probe may work against him should prosecutors pursue a civil case against him, New York Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer has said. The former American International Group (AIG) chief planned to invoke his
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        31 15 Yesterday's close-. 4,142 (+9.4 points) Australian share prices closed 0.2 per cent higher as strong bank and resource stocks outweighed caution ahead of United States trade data. AFP
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        42 15 Yesterday's close: 698.28 (-1-3.94 points) Thai share prices closed 0.57 per cent higher adding to Monday's gains m lacklustre trade ahead of a three-day public holiday. Volume was 1.6 million shares, worth 13.3 billion baht (Sss6o million). BLOOMBERG NEWS
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        43 15 Yesterday's close: 13,658.05 (-1.88 points) Hong Kong stocks ended almost unchanged for a second day, with investors waiting for a fresh batch of United States indicators and the upcoming sales launch of a new property project for direction. REUTERS
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        37 15 Yesterday's close: 6,464.61 (+67.09 points) Indian share prices closed 1.05 per cent higher snapping a three-day losing streak as investors squared positions ahead of the start of the quarterly earnings season later this week. AFP
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        103 16 China's fakes cost firms 100 b a year Beijing COPYRIGHT piracy m China is costing international companies about US$6O billion (Ssloo billion) a year, and the problem is "getting worse", said Mr William Lash, assistant US commerce secretary. US officials, including Mr Lash, have said many copyright piracy cases are
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        548 16 Oil prices have eased below cartel's limit, but US petrol supply remains a concern OIL prices edged higher yesterday, building on tentative gains as Opec members appeared at odds as to whether to boost production now that prices have eased below the
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        255 16 Tokyo THE Group of Seven (G-7) major economies will look at the effects of soaring oil prices but are unlikely to take action on foreign exchange markets at their upcoming meeting, Japan said yesterday. Finance ministers from the powerful bloc will meet m
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        326 17 Beijing CHINA has quietly drawn up draft regulations that would impose tight controls on government procurement of foreign software. The move could add to trade frictions between Beijing and Washington. The rules, unveiled during a low-profile consultation exercise this month, are broadly m
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        77 17 The draft rules are m line with a call for software vendors to be defined as domestic, non-domestic or preferred non-domestic. The rules require government purchases of non-domestic software to get special approval. For software products to be defined as domestic, at least 50 per cent of their
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        442 17 Gap widens by 4.3% from January, despite slight rise m exports "The deficit is continuing to rise, and it is kind of discouraging that we have seen, for the second month m a row, basically no growth m exports." MR RICK EGELTON
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        Lock icon Ascendas buys Tata's 47% stake m Bangalore tech park
        440 18  -  Joyce Teo It becomes India's biggest foreign IT park player with total stake of 82°/o By SINGAPORE-BASED property developer Ascendas yesterday became the largest foreign information technology (IT) park player m fast-growing India. This follows its acquisition of Tata Group's 47
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        299 18  -  Bryan Lee By SINGTEL will get a freer hand m selling international phone lines and services to big corpora tions and other telcos. The telecommunications firm's request for a major cut m restrictions imposed on \t m this lv crative market has
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        234 18  -  Erica Tay By SINGAPORE and Hong Kong may be fierce rivals but cooperation was the order of the day when their respective top business bodies signed their first memorandum of understanding (MOU) on promoting closer ties yesterday. Heads of the Hong Kong
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        338 18  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Economics Correspondent INDIAN Overseas Bank (IOB). the oldest Indian bank with a Singapore licence, is considering listing its upcoming US$l2O million (Ssl99 million) global depository receipts (GDR) here. Chairman and managing director S C Gupta said yesterday that the bank plans
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        Lock icon CG Tech launches IPO at 31 cents apiece
        284 19 CG TECHNOLOGIES Holdings, which supplies raw materials for chemical fibres used m the manufacture of textiles, yesterday said it is selling 91 million shares at 31 cents apiece m its initial public offering (IPO). The sale comprises 65 million new shares and
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        443 19  -  Third-quarter gains slide to $28m but it says new IPOs will keep business bullish By Goh Eng Yeow THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has painted a bright outlook for its business, even as it reported a 26 per cent fall m third-quarter
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        357 19  - Auston' s new investor promises profits By Lee Su Shyan Companies Correspondent TROUBLED education group Auston International has been thrown a multimillion-dollar lifeline by a China investor promising a twoyear profit guarantee. The company, Ethe One, will inject its business of financial advisory and consultancy services into Auston, giving the
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          224 19 INSIDERS have been nibbling at shares of Kian Ann Engineering as overall sentiment m penny stocks improves m the market. Filings with the Singapore Exchange show that the company's executive chairman, Mr Low Han Cheone, bought 136,000 Kian Ann shares at 15 cents apiece
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        Lock icon Traders forced to drum up interest in small plays
        350 19  -  Azhar Khalid TAKING STOCK By IT ALL got so dull on the market yesterday that traders were forced to pluck a few unknowns from the chorus line and thrust them onto centre stage. You know some traders are trying to drum
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        55 19 Top Rises April 12 CENTS JardiiwC&C 1290 30 0 2 4 Creative T2se 1700 20 0 12 DBS Bk 8% NCPS II ***** 20 0 0.2 FM 1550 200 13 Trarsmarco 80 20 0 33 3 iMH US25c. 400 1760 16 5 0 6 Ascendasreit 202 13 0 6 9
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        51 19 Top Rises April 12 CENTS Goldtronfc 1.5 50.0 0 5 Keppel landSG* eCWOS 28 b 46 2 9 0 LRM-Primefield 5e 3 5 40.0 10 Austonic 15 36 4 4.0 Sing Tel SGAePWK Tnnsmarco 80 33 3 20 0 DeIongWOIIOM 10 25 0 2 0 Delongsc 13 23 8 2
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        51 19 Top Falls April 12 CENTS Great Eastern 50c 1340 200 15 Sl* 200 1170 20 0 17 NOL DB eCWOSO6» 93 12 0 11.4 OBSGrp 1470 10.0 0.7 Haw Par Corp 525 10 0 19 Sl* 50c 1170 10.0 0 8 Spore Land 575 10.0 17 KepLand C»eCWOSOBO3 38 9.0
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        45 19 Top Falls April 12 CENTS Ch»rteredSS»eCWosl2o 7 5 40 0 5 0 Otciland 7Sc 1 33 3 0 5 Sing TeIMBLeCWOSO926 SunhghtGrp 10c 3 25 0 10 UOB DB ePWOMM7 15 250 0 5 Nylectlsc 5 23 1 1.5 R01yW*****8 3.5 22 2 10 DBSMBLeCWIISO6I3
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        231 19 OCBC Bank and its Indonesian subsidiary Bank NISP have rolled out a joint ATM cash withdrawal service to be offered m Singapore and Indonesia. OCBC's Singapore customers travelling to Indonesia can withdraw cash from their savings and current accounts at any of the
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        803 20  -  Audrey Tan But the MAS will stick to stronger Sings policy to battle inflation By Assistant Mann 1 Editor Under pressure THE central bank explains its monetary policy decision by pointing to rising inflationary pressures. "Inflationary pressures continue to be a concern
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        20 20 AprtiMM 2,173.56 -8 02 3OOML WML SOOMI 6OONL 7001* UOMI MM. 515.8 million worth I $504.4 million
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        31 20 UP I DOWN Gatntrv 138 Lowv281 Unch*ne«l 525 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2700 1.2850 Euro 2.1270 2.1520 Sterling pound 3.1000 3.1350 US dollar 1.6400 ***** Yen (100 units) 1.5229 1.5400
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        219 20 2004 BUMPER BONUS DBS Bank's chief operating officer, Mr Frank Wong, earned such a bumper bonus last year that he took home more cash than chief executive (CEO) Jackson Tai. Mr Wong was paid between $5.75 million and $6 million last year,
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        355 2 Apparently, her inclusion m the show might lead to more gossip and speculation following last month's brouhaha. No date has been scheduled for the show's premiere. Lee and Sim, both 22, had filed for a marriage certificate but later cancelled their wedding plans after news leaked out.
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        232 2 Britain's golden couple were the fictional Ken Barlow and Deirdre Rachid of Britain's popular soap Coronation Street. Their on-air "I Do"s drew 64 per cent more viewers last Friday than the royal wedding did on Saturday. Only 7.3 million watched the Charles and Camilla show, Reuters reported. But
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        212 10 HONG KONG A new aun-tie-killer has been crowned. Korean actor Ji Jin Hee, who has been winning Hong Kong housewives' hearts with his role as a royal official m the popular TV period drama, Jewel In The Palace, arrived m Hong Kong on Monday to much
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        80 10 AMERICAN artiste Peabo Bryson will perform on May 1 at the Esplanade as part of The Singapore Soul and Jazz Festival Series. He is known for his 1981 Oscar- and Grammy-win-ning hit with Celine Dion, Beauty And The Beast. In 1992, he won awards with
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        644 3 The $1 charge imposed by Sistic on each ticket is making them see red Sherwin Loh MEDIA REPORTER FILM buffs are upset that they have to fork out a $1 handling fee for every $8.40 ticket they buy for this year's Singapore
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        79 1 m f a jet fc sr ff p b i Sometimes patients do get infected while at the hospital. What are these pathogens and how can we stop the spread? Page 12 1 1 101 L/ L. 8 Itchy, scratchy kids: How to help children with eczema supported by 14
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        659 2 F2^fi^ K^"** "l i^l Ih UNDER THE SKIN: The inks used m tattoos may have potentially AJLS LJB 1^ _m_l JL,^^, toxic heavy metals, says a United States study. |||fj fj^jf^PC T^J 6 out patent bscteria basics APPENDICITIS "^MWfcWi m^m Kf^WiV/^ Retiree Chong Siew Sung had to spend Chinese Man's
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      520 3 Pre-empt a Silent Killer COLORECTAL CANCER I t's one of the most common cancer m Singapore, yet so much of what causes it is shrouded m mystery. It's completely curable m its early stages, yet many have died mainly because they were detected too late. So what causes colorectal cancer?
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        426 5 Toxic metals in tattoo ink? Preliminary study finds metals like nickel m 1 7 inks. So far, the effects on a person's health are unclear. Dirty needles may be the chief health concern with tattoos, but preliminary research suggests the inks used to make the body art may harbour potentially
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        80 5 Study co-author Leslie Wagner noted that there had been reports of tattoo complications for which the causes are currently unknown. People have, for example, been burned m tattooed skin areas during MRI scans, while others have developed allergic reactions to tattoo inks. Whether the presence of metals m
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        664 6  - Chance at a new life for third time Mr Chong Out Patient A retiree tells Judith Tan how he almost died when a falling window pane hit him and when his appendix ruptured. 'Having been given another chance, I ought to start taking good care of this old body.' (above)
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        428 7 Health Scope What you need to know about appendicitis from signs and symptoms, to diagnosis. Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix. In most cases, it is caused by a blockage, for example, of faecal matter slipping from the big intestines into the appendix, which then becomes
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        942 10 How Dads cope or don't- with kids' death Mind Matters They may seem composed but it doesn't mean they feel less grief than their wives. Yap Su-Yin finds out the difference between fathers and mothers m coping with the loss of their children. Acknowledge your grief. Being strong doesn't mean
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        343 7 ABOUT THE APPENDIX <z TREATMENT S^S^S K3K SST A XX "S. Acute appendices is considered a medic, emergency and treatment is point where it joins the small intestine ISS^SST^ th 6 aPPendlX about 8-1 5 cm. It is not an essential organ and l I (appendectomy) WHEN IT IS INFLAMED
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        216 8 QUICK FACTS ON ECZEMA IN rm. HDPM I Eczema is a skin condition that is common m children. About one m five children m Singapore are affected by it at some point! It is a continuing problem but some children are lucky to outgrow it. Good skin care can help
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        125 9 PUBLIC FORUM ON ECZEMA: MYTHS, EXPECTATIONS AND PROMISES Time 2 pnTj^^^W3\j^3f^^^^^ Centre, titf l^JJAfrKoom, Level 4 Program: 2.00 pm- Registration 2.30 pm- What is eczema? Speaker: Dr. Leow Yung Hian Senior Consultant Dermatologist National Skin Centre 2.45 pm- What can dermatologists do for you? Speaker: Dr. Chan Yum Chew Associate
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        378 14 Fish? Full steam ahead! Eat To Live Steamed fish boring? Not if you cook it the way Sylvia Tan does, with plenty of chillies, even lemons. Steamed fish need not be bland nor boring.l found this out at a Hunanese restaurant m Shanghai where the steamed fish head came smothered
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