The Straits Times, 24 May 2005

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    22 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 112 PTOSMSHWE PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 TUESDAY, MAY 24 2005 dP*A SINGAPORE PRKSS HOLDINGS PUBI IC.MION ESTABLISHED 1845 80CHNIS
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    Lock icon China cancels V-P's meeting with Koizumi
    788 1  -  Chua Chin Hon Last minute change of plan seen as snub to register unhappiness with war shrine visits By China Bureau Chief In Beijing Kwan Weng Kin Japan Correspondent In Tokyo Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Vi returned home 'to handle important and urgent official business".
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    Lock icon More schools allowed to pre-select students
    464 1  - More schools allowed to pre- select students Sandra Davie Ho Ai Li By MANY more talented 12-year-olds who shine m the arts, sports and other fields can seek early admission to secondary schools this year. The Ministry of Education has added 36 schools to the list of those allowed to
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      Lock icon How tough treatment made NUS one of best
      1081 1  - How tough treatment made NUS one of best Sandra Davie By I (I vk Hum .orresfX)tuien t THERE was a time at the National University of Singapore when the name Shin Choon Fong was bad news. The man who took over five years ago from long-time vicechancellor Lim Pin seemed
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        30 2 Eight years on Filipino geologist thought dead may be alive m South America. PAGE 6 1 st campaign m China Greenpeace activists target computer and cellphone makers. PAGE 10
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        30 2 Election surprise Shock m Germany as Chancellor calls for election a year early. PAGE 15 Hardline crackdown Powerful clerics m Iran bar reformers from joining presidential race. PAGE 17
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        42 2 Frustrated m China Japanese living m China carry the baggage of their nations past with mixed emotions. PAGE 21 Making of a nation Impressive new book on how Malaysia came into being is valuable mine of information and insight. PAGE 22
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        57 2 Boat goes astray Four anglers taken to hospital when boat collides with column at land reclamation site. PAGE HI Cancer weapon Researchers pioneer special endoscope to help spot the early signs of stomach cancer. PAGE H3 Bird's eye view Straits Times gets sneak preview of a Seahawk helicopter, on
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        17 2 End discrimination A Singaporean often mistaken for a foreign worker describes people's bad attitudes. PAGE H9
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        42 2 Leaders of the pack A good mix of youth, experience, strength and drive is keeping S-League leaders SAFFC ahead. PAGEHII En route to showdown Tennis stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal enjoy easy first-round wins m the French Open. PAGE Hl3
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        38 2 Out of focus groups? Will having focus groups for insurance policies end up a time-consuming public relations move? PAGEHIB Label-loving men Survey shows Singapore men so brand -conscious, they value designer labels more than women. PAGE H2O
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      Lock icon Cinema bombs bring fear back to New Delhi
      775 3  - Cinema bombs bring fear back to New Delhi Ravi Velloor Blasts took place m theatres showing Hindi film which offended some Sikhs By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi What caused offence BOLLYWOOD production Jo Bolt 1 So Nihaal was released last week with megastai Sunny Deol, who has played
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      Lock icon PM cuts short Japan trip due to mother-in law's death
      264 3  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be cutting short his visit to Japan due to the death yesterday of his mother-in-law, Madam Chan Chiew Ping. Mr Lee heard the news of her
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      Lock icon Beijing rushes vaccine to bird flu zone
      675 4  - Beijing rushes vaccine to bird flu zone Clarissa Oon More than three million doses sent there, as geese are confirmed infected By China correspondent In Beijing Orange alert in Singapore SINGAPORE remains on Code Orange for bird flu. This is a heightened state of alert, which it has been at
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      Lock icon ROLLING GOOD TIMES
      70 4 About 150 in-line skaters, mainly teenagers and young adults, converged on Marina South yesterday morning for Singapore's first open-road event for them. A 2.5 km loop along Marina South was closed from 7.30 am to 9am for Skate Aid 2005, an event organised to spread the anti-drug
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      229 4 On vacation? Donate newspapers to charity READERS of The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao no longer have to worry about newspapers piling up on their doorsteps when they go on holiday. Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) will run a programme, starting during the coming June holiday period, to enable subscribers to
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      38 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-14 World 15-20 Review 21-22 FYI 23 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H7 Forum H9 Sports HlO-Hl3 Obituaries Hl4 Money Hl5-H2O LIFE! Buzz L 2, Ll2 Arts L3-L4 Travel L5-L7 Events LlO Horoscopes TV... Lll
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      819 4 Budget airlines: 45 complaints Full service airlines: zero complaints Case to budget airlines: Take complaints seriously." INTERVIEW ■Lx SI The chief executive of Capita Land talks about his hopes for one of Singapore's biggest companies THOSE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART IN THE PROJECT SHOULD CALL 6388-3838 TS%. FOUNDAHONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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      24 6 Minister faces graft probe Hamid Awaluddin is to be questioned over a kickback scandal involving Indonesia's elections commission. PAGE 13 The i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K. ■i oo
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon New twist to mining executive's 'suicide' mystery
      1047 6  -  John McBeth DEAD OR ALIVE? Geologist's widow claims she received money from him this year, sent from Brazil By For The Straits Times In Jakarta SUSPICIONS shroud the suicide of Mr Michael de Guzman the geologist at the centre of a major mining
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      Lock icon BOOM TIME FOR CHINESE ECONOMY
      114 12 This series of pictures shows a group of buildings being demolished by a controlled explosion m th<e southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Dubbed "China's No. 1 blast" by the media, the demolition on Sunday cleared the area for further construction, part of a development wave
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      Lock icon One step closer to animal organs in humans
      379 12 Korean researchers find way to prevent monkeys from rejecting pig organ transplants Seoul THE same team of South Korean scientists who made medical history last week by creating stem cells that genetically match patients have discovered ways to prevent monkeys from rejecting
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      Lock icon N. Korea wants US to clarify its stand
      259 12 Seoul NORTH Korea, which has indicated a willingness to return to the nuclear bargaining table, said it is waiting for Washington to clarify conflicting statements on United States policy towards the communist state. Citing differences between Washington's public and pri- vate statements,
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      Lock icon Japan wants civil servants to repay scholarship if they quit
      197 12  -  VOMIIIRI Tokyo JAPAN has ordered young bureaucrats to pay the government for sponsoring their overseas education stints if they quit civil service during their studies or within five years of returning home. The measure is aimed at checking the growing
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        Lock icon CHINA DENIES HARASSING ACTIVIST
        124 12 BEIJING: Chinese police have denied beating up associates of one of the country's best-known exiled Muslim dissidents, but said they are investigating two employees of her firm for fraud, the Xinhua news agency reported. The US-based Human Rights Watch said police had raided Ms Rebiya Kadeer's
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        Lock icon HYUNDAI MOTOR FOUNDER DIES
        93 12 SEOUL: Mr Chung Se Yung, founder of South Korea's largest carmaker Hyundai Motor, died of pneumonia on Saturday at the age of 77. He died m a hospital m Seoul, said officials from Hyundai Development, where he was the honorary chairman. A brother of late Hyundai
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        119 12 BEIJING: The final verdict on the height of Mount Everest is expected to be out m August after a group of 24 Chinese mountaineers and researchers successfully scaled the world's tallest mountain m a bid to re-measure its height They reached the summit on Sunday after
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        Lock icon TAIWAN LEGISLATOR QUITS PARTY
        93 12 TAIPEI: A second legislator has left the opposition People First Party m less than a week as it smarts from its recent dismal showing m the National Assembly election. Mr Chiu Vi announced his decision yesterday, five days after PFP heavyweight Lee Ching-hua did the same,
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        Lock icon MAN JAILED FOR EATING BODY PARTS
        106 12 BEIJING: A Chinese man has been sentenced to 2 years m prison for digging up a woman's corpse and eating her ears, nose and breasts. Gui Jiachun was convicted of defiling a corpse by a court m Shitai County m the eastern province of
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        Lock icon MUTINEERING SOLDIERS REINSTATED
        108 12 MANILA: Filipino soldiers who joined a failed 2003 mutiny against President Gloria Arroyo were reinstated yesterday, vowing to be loyal to the government. Reading from a prepared statement, the 181 enlisted men renewed their pledge of allegiance to the Philippine Constitution. They were among more than 300
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      64 7 DO YOU KNOW HOW SINGAPOREANS FEEL ABOUT RETIREMENT? 1 At what age would Singaporeans like to retire? 2. What percentage of working Singaporeans know 3. What percentage of retired Singaporeans think they will be able %09 %8L Pio sjA frg :sj9msub pojjoq Find out the real story about retirement m
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon China's message to Japan over shrine visits
      611 8  -  Chua Chin Hon NEWS ANALYSIS Another visit may spark fervent anti-Japanese protests again By China Bureau Chief In Beijing IN CHINESE diplomacy, nothing is left to chance or coincidence. China cited unspecified "important and urgent official business" as the reason for the last-minute
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Disneyland won't drop shark's fin soup
      265 8 Hong Kong PLEASE do not serve shark's fin soup, environmentalists have urged Hong Kong Disneyland, which is opening m September. But Disney officials have rejected the appeals, saying the dish is a key part of Chinese banquets. Greenpeace and the Worldwide Fund
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      Lock icon Chen seeks talks with China—as an equal
      354 8 Chen seeks talks with China as an equal Taipei TAIWANESE President Chen Shui-bian said yesterday he believes Taiwan could imitate the European Union (EU) and hold dialogue with China on the basis of parity, as part of his efforts to restart talks with the mainland. "We will continue to seek
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      Lock icon Miner survives deadly blast for second time
      179 8 Beijing THE sole worker pulled out alive after a gas explosion m a northern China coal mine that killed at least 45 was dubbed the luckiest man m China yesterday, after surviving his second deadly blast. Mr Sun Jisheng was one of 51
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      Lock icon Cattle culled in Beijing foot-and-mouth scare
      340 8 Beijing THOUSANDS of dairy cattle have been slaughtered on farms on the outskirts of Beijing m a new foot-and-mouth disease scare m China, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post said yesterday. The paper said the cows were culled and farms cordoned off m Yanqing
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      Lock icon Greenpeace launches e-waste drive in China
      430 10  -  TSCHANG CHI-CHU It wants computer and cellphone makers to stop using toxic substances m products By China Correspondent In Beijing ENVIRONMENTAL activist group Greenpeace has launched a global campaign m China for the first time. It is targeted at multinational computer and cellphone manufacturers
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      285 9 Golfing privileges at home and abroad. For a start, each week, enjoy a free round of golf* at two local country clubs. In addition, enjoy access to a total of ten clubs locally and abroad. Club membership. Be a member of Club Oasis at Grand Hyatt Singapore, without having to
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      401 13  -  Salim Osman DEMOCRAT PARTY CONGRESS By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democrat Party has elected his brother-in-law as the new chairman a move expected to help him strengthen his hold on the party. The election of 60-year-old Hadi Utomo, a retired
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      Lock icon Justice minister to be quizzed in graft scandal
      649 13  -  Salim Osman He is the most prominent public figure m Jakarta to be implicated By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta SACKED IF GUILTY "It is my prerogative to dismiss him from the Cabinet if he is proven guilty." PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO, on Mr Hamid
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      Lock icon Unexpected fight brewing for top PAS party posts
      626 14  -  Reme Ahmad Intense lobbying to oust old guard continues despite warnings by elders By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur THESE are unusual times for Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS). Two weeks before its internal elections, there is intense campaigning for various posts
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      Lock icon Religious teacher, pupils suspected of Al-Qaeda links
      245 14 Bangkok THE owner of a Muslim religions school and three of his students have been detained for questioning about possible links with Al-Qaeda. They were nabbed after soldiers" seized military training videos from the international terrorist organisation at their school, an army spokesman
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      Lock icon UNBORN CHILD 'ON SALE'
      129 14 A Singaporean couple have made a RM30,000 (Ssl3 y 000) offer to adopt the unborn child of this Malaysian couple who need money to pay for heart surgery for their seven month-old son. Mr Jamal Harun. 41, and his pregnant wife, Ms Siti Rogayah Sharudin, 21,
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      322 14 ynC^mbria No new militant arniin inQiQtQ \C\ The Prestigious Newcastle Business School g 1 M\J^i W W JB) W KIIAI A I UMIMIK W M MALAYSIA denied yesterday that the authori ties were monitoring a new militant group Mini with specialisations m: lar to the Jemaah Islamiah extremist network. General
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      617 15  -  Derek Scally SCHROEDER'S By For The Straits Times In Berlin faf afagfg GERMANY was gripped by shock and excitement yesterday, hours after Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder called for a general election a year early. The request has yet to be granted by the President, but the announcement has already
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      Lock icon EU foreign ministers fail to see eye-to-eye on new budget
      515 15 Brussels TALKS to secure a new multiannual European Union budget seem headed nowhere as foreign ministers spar over who pays and gets what, while the call for an early general election m Germany has injected fresh uncertainty into the already-tense
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      Lock icon Laura Bush shrugs off Jerusalem shrine protests
      609 16  -  Abu Ghosh US First Lady appeals for peace between Israelis and Palestinians (Israel) NO SURPRISE "I think the protests were very expected... Everyone knows how the tensions are and I believe I was very, very welcomed by most people." MRS LAURA BUSH US
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      Lock icon Protesters disrupt Sharon's speech
      248 16 Protesters disrupt Sharon's speech New York VISITING Israeli Pnme Minis ter Ariel Sharon has been heckled during a speech to Jewish leaders here whilr .i^ many as 1,500 demonstrators staged a noisy street protest against the Gaza disengage ment plan he was defending As Mr Sharon spoke on Sunday, several
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      Lock icon Iraq's counter-insurgency chief gunned down
      323 16 Baghdad GUNMEN shot dead the commander of Iraq's new counter-insurgency unit as he drove to work yesterday, while US and Iraqi troops conducted a large-scale sweep for insurgents. Suicide bombers also attacked a US base m central Iraq and a town hall m the north
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      Lock icon British pubs call time on happy hours
      295 16 London BRITISH pubs will ban "happy hour" drinking promotions, which allow people to consume large amounts of alcohol cheaply and quickly, m an attempt to tackle alcoholfuelled violence. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said its 32,000 members will adhere to the
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      Lock icon Reformers barred from Iran's presidential race
      398 17 Six men, mostly hardliners, selected from 1,014 seeking to run for office Teheran IRAN'S reformist camp yesterday threatened to boycott the June 17 presidential polls after powerful clerics disqualified reformers from seeking office. The Guardians Council, an unelected body with the power to vet
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      Lock icon Girl, 8, sexually assaulted and dumped in trash bin
      341 17 Lake Worth (Florida) AN EIGHT-year-old girl who had been sexually assaulted and buried under rocks m a trash bin was found alive on Sunday by an officer searching a landfill. The girl had minor injuries and was taken to a hospital,
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      Lock icon Egypt cracks down on opposition before referendum
      77 17 THE authorities arrested the fourth-highest official m Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood as part of a government crackdown against a boycott of President Hosni Mubarak's election referendum. The arrest of Mr Mahmoud Ezzat on Sunday came as the government urged Egyptians to support Mr Mubarak
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      Lock icon Rapists got Viagra paid for by state
      144 17 Albany NEARLY 200 convicted rapists and other high-risk sex offenders m New York state have been getting Viagra at taxpayers' expense. State Comptroller Alan Hevesi said audits showed that between January 2000 and March this year, 198 sex offenders had received Medic-aid-reimbursed Viagra
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      Lock icon Newsweek tightens policy on sources
      576 18 Magazine acts m wake of furore over report on Quran desecration New York NEWSWEEK has adopted new policies for the use of anonymous sources, a week after retracting a report that claimed investigators had found evidence that the Quran was desecrated by interrogators at the
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      Lock icon BBC staff on 24-hour strike over job cuts
      273 18 LONDON JOURNALISTS and broadcast workers at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) went on a 24-hour strike yesterday over plans to cut 3,780 jobs across the world's biggest public broadcaster. The walkout starting on Sunday at midnight was the first or four strikes
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        Lock icon NZ FOOT-AND-MOUTH SCARE A HOAX
        99 18 WELLINGTON: A two-week scare over a deadly livestock disease on a small New Zealand island is a hoax, as originally suspected by police. An anonymous letter was sent to Prime Minister Helen Clark on May 9, saying that the foot-and-mouth disease virus had been released
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        Lock icon CANBERRA, BEIJING OPEN FTA TALKS
        116 18 SYDNEY: Australia and China began talks towards a free-trade deal yesterday, boosting China's efforts to be accepted as a full market economy and Australia's bid for greater access to the world's most populated market. "The China- Australia FTA is a significant development m our relations,"
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        Lock icon AUSSIE TROOPS MAY GET PAY RISE
        127 18 SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday that soldiers could receive bigger paychecks after a survey revealed that one m three armed forces personnel wants to quit. Poor pay, long periods spent away from home and better career prospects m the civilian sector
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        Lock icon BRITISH POLL SHOWS BIG WAGE GAP
        116 18 LONDON: Britain's top wage earners take home 16 times as much pay as workers on the lowest salaries, according to an annual study released yesterday by the GMB labour union. It said the average pay of company directors, at £162,000 (*****,000), was twice as
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        160 20 THE chief of Australia's armed forces. General Peter Cosgrove, revealed yesterday he had kept his son's deployment to Iraq a secret, even when his son was hurt m a car bombing. Pte Philip Cosgrove, 25, was one of eight Australian soldiers wounded when
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        128 20 PHOTO CZECH supermodel Petra Nemcova has returned to Thailand to thank doctors and nurses who helped her recover from serious injuries sustained when the tsunami struck the resort island of Phuket. Ms Nemcova, whose boyfriend was killed m the Dec 26 disaster, spent three weeks
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        138 20 DEPOSED Philippine president Joseph Estrada, who is under house arrest while facing trial for massive corruption, has launched a website to give his side of the story and to defend his tattered record. The site, www.erap.ph, contains reports on his graft case, charging that it
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      134 15 Laura stays cool US First Lady Laura Bush is unfazed by the protests that greeted her on her goodwill visit to Jerusalem. PAGE 16 From classroom /^^^H^^fl^^^BL straight into boardroom. <^| H| "Guess what! Before university, I did not know what I could achieve m life. i^il t^* But NTU
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      1126 20 ADVERTISING FEATURE What's up m schools? AWMBtB MOE ExCEL Fest 2005, 1 2 J u| y SchOOiSl Suntec Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre j I Ever wondered what school is like these days? Or how your child spends M\ his time m school? The Ministry of Education invites you to
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      397 21 CONFIRMATION from China that dead migrating birds found m an island sanctuary m Qinghai province carried the HSNI bird flu virus should set off an Asiawide alert. If it does not, it would be taken that governments m the region are not taking seriously enough repeated
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      950 21  -  J. Bradford DeLong By MOST academic economists rely on concepts laid down at the beginning of the 20th century by British economist Alfred Marshall, who said that "nature does not make leaps". Yet we economists find ourselves increasingly disturbed by the apparent inadequacy
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      1007 21  -  Clarissa Oon FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT: CHINA By China Correspondent In Beijing LIKE many other well-assimilat-ed expatriates m Beijing, Ken has a Chinese girlfriend and his command of the Mandarin language is impeccable, thick with the city's sing-song accent. The twist is that Ken's
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      2371 22  -  Albert Lau BOOK REVIEW Title: British Documents on the End of Empire Series B; Volume 8: Malaysia Editor: A. J. Stockwell Reviewed By For The Straits Times THIS year, Singapore celebrates 40 years of independence. Forty years is a short time m the life
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      199 21 Tunku's legacy A fascinating account of Tunku Abdul Rahman's pivotal role m the birth of Malaysia. PAGE 22 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, IOOOToa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http: /straitstimes.asial .com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng Loon (Marketing) Editor-in-Chief
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      272 23 Singapore today Showers with thunder m the eariy afternoon mainly affecting northern and western Singapore. n|9Hjllflj K^^^Wv-.- S^A^B^il^^Mfltfllßßß I mm BB^Bks bB '^^'fIH B^B^ ,^V I f 1 .^B^B^h. B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^bß BE jB B^ *^?lßßk^^-^ H H B^«. Vy^B BP^ W'-^^B^^- liS^^f^^ hß^ •'^^^^B-i^^'r^^P^^^sßt WJ '^^^BH B^^V"» *V*H* *\V«*v". .^^^^"^^^"^^^^k. .^M^tsMBBI
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY MAY 24, 2005
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      551 1  -  K.C. Vijayan JOYCE TEO By tkja gagag Craft with 4 anglers strays into reclamation site despite navigational warning signs; authorities probing crash A BOAT with four anglers strayed into an off-limit area off Pulau Tekong, hit a piling column and overturned,
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      Lock icon Risk from stun guns 'low', global studies show
      296 2 HUMAN rights group Amnesty International claims that stun guns have caused about 100 deaths m the United States and Canada over the past five years, as the 50,000--volt current they send through a person's body is too strong. Police and other organisations
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      405 2  - Police! Stop or I'll stun you! Ben Nadarajan 270 officers being trained to use stun guns; Tasers to be deployed from July By THE police force has started training 270 officers how to use stun guns, which are to be deployed here from July. Initially, only officers from Geylang and
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      306 2  -  K.C.VIJAYAN By AN 18- YEAR-OLD student is the latest victim of a team of con artists apparently specialising m tricking young girls out of their mobile phones and money. She told police on Saturday that she had lost $200 to two women and a
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      559 3  -  Chang Ai-Lien Researchers here pioneer special endoscope that can detect minutest signs By Science Correspondent RESEARCHERS here have pioneered a special endoscope that they hope will help reduce the high mortality rate for stomach cancer. The endoscope a flexible, thin tube used to
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      276 3  - Twins stable weaker one taken off ventilator too Maria Almenoar By ANJELI, the weaker and smaller of the Indonesian conjoined twins separated on Saturday, has been taken off the ventilator. Anjeli, who has a hole m her heart, and her sister Anggi, who was taken off the ventilator on Sunday,
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      392 5 Ahmad Ibrahim targets shooters Nine mainstream secondary schools can offer certain talented students a place even before they take their Primary School Leaving Examination. Each school has a clear edge m a distinctive activity. Ho Ai Li features two of them SHOOTING is not an activity m primary schools, but
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      331 5  -  Theresa Tan By MEMBERS of the exclusive Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) have voted resoundingly m favour of electing their top office-holders, more than a year after a financial dispute. After a four-day vote that ended on Sunday, 88 per cent of the
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      407 5 Their niche areas ALONGSIDE the IP schools, independent and autonomous schools are these secondary schools and their niche areas: Ahmad Ibrahim: Shooting Deyi: Performing arts Gan Eng Seng: Uniformed groups Nan Hua: Performing arts Northland: Hockey Presbyterian: Uniformed groups St Andrew's: Rugby »St Hilda's: Volleyball St
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      717 6  -  Li XUEYING Spore students meet m two flats m Cairo to exchange news about home By HOME AWAY FROM HOME "Sometimes, when we get homesick, we just come here, and we'd feel that we're back m Singapore again!" ISLAMIC LAW STUDENT SHAMEEM SULTANAH
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      622 7  -  David Boey Sensor-packed Seahawks to join Singapore Navy m 3 years By Defence Correspondent KEEN SIGHT AND SWIFT REFLEXES "We're able to...see a lot farther so we don't endanger the ship." USS CHANCELLORSVILLE'S CAPTAIN KING H. DIETRICH, saying the Seahawks
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      209 7 THERE are not that many bloggers m Singapore who can keep their surfers glued to the computer screen like reality shows do for TV viewers. But a few bloggers have attained mini-celebrity status locally. For example, Miss Wendy Cheng, 21, who writes her diary at www.xiaxue.blogspot.com, gets over
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      150 8 THE search is still on for Singaporeans born on significant dates m the country's past to feature m this year's Singapore HeritageFest exhibition. The National Heritage Board (NHB) started the search last month and so far 34 people have responded. A total of 21 people
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      540 8  -  Lim Wei Chean Special exhibition gives a face to Singapore's history By MR ROY Frederick's birth 40 years ago was not a joyous occasion although he was the first child. His parents were gripped by anxiety. While he was being born, his father
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        585 9 I AM an Indian Singaporean with features and a physique resembling those of a Bangladeshi, so much so that Bangladeshis approach me and speak to me m Urdu. On countless occasions, people have called me "Bhaia", a term commonly used to address Bangladeshis. Taxi drivers
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        236 9 IN THE letter, "Is it safe to use cellphones m lift?" (ST, May 19), Mr Mickey Chiang asked about the radiation of mobile phones m a lift. As the national controlling authority for the safe use of radiation m Singapore, the Health
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        212 9 I AM seeking clarification on the Singapore General Hospital's policy on the use of mobile phones m the intermediary-care ward. On May 11, I visited my father m Ward 58. Signs with instructions to switch off all mobile phones before entering the ward
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        254 9 I AM a senior medical student at the National University of Singapore. I gather from the letter, "The doc is m, but only foreign ones" (ST, May 13), that Mr Nelson Quah is concerned that taxpayers like himself "heavily subsidise" the school
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        140 9 Ez-link woes persist 2 years later I MAKE it a point to ensure every deduction from my ezlink card is correct. Since March, I have been ovii charged three times, from 20 cents to as much as 70 cents Some 1,700 double-deduc-tion claims were made last month; one wonders how
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        745 10 SOCCER The UN in Istanbul AC MILAN Argentina: Heman Crespo (attacker) Brazil: Dida (goalkeeper), Cafu (defender), Kaka (midfielder) Denmark: Jon Dahl Tomasson (att) Georgia: Kakha Kaladze (def) Holland: Clarence Seedorf (mid), Jaap Stam (def) Italy: Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Nesta (def), Gennaro Gattuso
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        238 10 IjONDON ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger is tipping unfaiun.il Liverpool to beat a jaded AC Milan m the Champions League final tomorrow. Liverpool finished only fifth m the English Premier League and have already lost one final this year after Chelsea came from behind to win
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        Lock icon Ancelotti, a flop at Juventus, but now the toast of Milan
        486 10 MY TEAM "The teams m the 1 990s were tactically perfect but I think this side has something more to offer m terms of the individuality of the players," CARLO ANCELOTTI Milan AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti, jeered as
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        437 10 MY LIFE "I talk to my wife about my day and all the things that are still unresolved m my head. I fight hard to find some time for my daughters but the rest, it's football." RAFAEL BENITEZ Liverpool RAFAEL Benitez is so consumed
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        651 11  -  Alvin Foo SOCCER A willingness to train, good preparation and discipline see the team topping S-League table By Arsenal's likely targets Alexander Hleb (24, midfielder, Stuttgart): Valued at around £15 million (5545.9 million), the Belarus international would provide strong competition for the Swede Fredrik
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        406 11 London THE way Arsenal were outplayed by Manchester United m Saturday's FA Cup final has left a bigger impression on Arsene Wenger than the trophy. So he talks of a twin-track summer: keeping his squad together and signing new talents. The process has started with
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          116 11 Thursday Young lions v Niigata (Yishun, 7.30pm) Woodlands v SAFFC (Woodlands, 7.30pm) fSS?y Standings J* a y a P W D L F Pts Lebar Puneeol ll 8 2 1 22 11 26 f^SS 01 Tampines 11 8 1 2 25 11 25 (Jurong, woodlands 11 7
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          28 11 THE Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress is now known as the Singapore Bowling Federation. The association's new logo will be launched on June 4.
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          64 11 TICKETS for tomorrow's AFC Cup match between Home United and Hong Kong's Happy Valley at the Bishan Stadium have gone on sale. They are priced at $5 for adults and $1 for children. Fans can buy them from the Home United Fan Club at
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        496 12 Los Angeles IN THEIR first eight play-off games, the Miami Heat seemed to barely break a sweat as they rolled past the New Jersey Nets and the Washington Wizards. The next series is going to be different. Against the Detroit Pistons m
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        520 12 BASKETBALL They score 121 points against Suns to gain advantage m the play-offs Phoenix THE San Antonio Spurs wagged a cautionary index finger at the rest of the league on Sunday. They showed the Phoenix Suns they're not alone m the ability to score at
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        466 13 TENNIS First defend ing French Open women's champion to go out so soon Paris ANASTASIA Myskina became the first French Open women's champion to lose m the opening round, when she fell to Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, who is ranked 103 places below her, yesterday. World
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        256 13 Justine Henin-Harderine (left), the 2003 French Open champion, smiles while chatting with her idol, six-time winner Steffi Graf. Henin-Hardenne took centre court on Sunday for a brief exhibition match on the eve of the Open. Said the Belgian: "It's her fault I started playing tennis. I
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        267 13 MOTOR RACING IXJNDON THE desperation of a dreadful season turned to resentment on Sunday, as the two Formu la One drivers closest to Mi chael Schumacher turned on the seven-time champion. Ralf Schumacher described his elder brother as crazy, af ter almost falling victim
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        535 13 »GOLF Fort Worth (Texas) FIJI'S Vijay Singh has reclaimed his world No 1 ranking m the list released yesterday. Although neither he nor Masters champion Tiger Woods played m this week's US PGA Tour event, the Colonial, won by Kenny
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        234 13 New Rochelle (New York) PAULA Creamer made a 15--foot birdie putt on the final hole to win trie Sybase Classic by one stroke on Sunday to become the second-youngest first-time winner on the LPGA Tour. However, the 18-year-old will not be able to win two weeks
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          59 13 SYDNEY: Former Chelsea and Newcastle coach Ruud Gullit has quit Feyenoord after less than a year m charge. Club officials said Gullit and his assistant Zeljko Petrovic had left because of disappointing results. However, local radio said that the Dutchman left because he felt he
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          80 13 LISBON: Portugal was covered m red on Sunday as Benfica supporters celebrated a first Portuguese Premier League crown m 11 years after the Lisbon side clinched it's 31st title with a 1-1 draw at Boavista. Fans converged on central squares throughout the country, carrying red flags
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          82 13 CARSON (California): Maurice Greene lost to Leonard Scott m the 100 metres, Olympic champion Jeremy Wanner won the 400 m and Olympic silver medallist Allyson Felix won the 200 m at the Adidas Track Classic on Sunday. Scott overcame two false starts and a
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        843 13 ATHLETICS Brazil Grand Prix, Men's 100 m: 1 Brian Lewis (USA) 10.225 ec 2 Michael Frater (Jam) 10.26 3 Joshua Johnson (USA) 10.28. 200 m: 1 Jimmie Hackley (USA) 20.49 2 Andre da Silva (Bra) 20.55 3 Bruno Pacheco (Bra) 20.57. 400 m: 1 Tyler Christopher (Can) 44.72 2
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      1301 14 have fought the good fight, 1 have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Tim 4:7 JACKIE LIM YOKE FOON Age: 44 was called home to be with the Lord on 22 May 2005. A beloved wife, a super mum and a caring sister. She will be
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        436 15 Adjustment of US$ peg will take place when conditions are right: WuYi Tokyo CHINA has no timetable for easing the US dollar peg on its currency and will not do so unless conditions are right, Vice-Premier Wu Vi has said. "As for
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        231 15 Beijing CHINA should improve its profitability when investing its massive foreign exchange reserves and open up new channels of investment, state media quoted the country's top foreign exchange regulator as saying. China should "open up the scope of investment, strengthen risk controls and increase
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        384 15 Washington THE United States economy will slow more sharply this year than previously thought, and inflation will accelerate faster, shows a survey of corporate economists. The US economy may expand by 3.4 per cent this year, less than the 3.6
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        217 15 Hong Kong CREDIT Suisse First Boston (CSFB) is teaming up with the former finance chief of Chinese offshore oil producer CNOOC to set up a private equity firm focused on mainland China investments, they announced yesterday. Mr Mark Qiu, the former chief
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        22 15 Friday's close: 13,717.42 (+18.49 points) The Hong Kong stock market was closed yesterday for the Vesak Day holiday.
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        31 15 Yesterday's close: 4,077.2 (+36 points) Australian share prices closed higher, as bargain-hunters stepped into the market to take advantage of deals across a broad range of sectors. AFP
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        30 15 Yesterday's close: 6,539.83 (+40.33 points) Indian share prices ciosed 0.62 per cent higher with investors focused on leading oil and software companies m low-volume trade, dealers said. AFP
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        21 15 Friday's close: 670.65 (-5.89 points) The Thai stock market was closed yesterday for the Vesak Day holiday. AFP
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          110 15 JAKARTA: Indonesia's largest lender, Bank Mandiri, will review plans for a US$3OO million (Sssoo million) bond this year and may delay the issue, a bank director was reported as saying. According to treasury director Johanes Bambang Kendarto, new chief executive officer (CEO) Agus Martowardojo had
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          114 15 BRUSSELS: Microsoft has a week to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission against the software giant, or else it faces fines. European Union Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has "warned Microsoft that they have until the end of the month to
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          124 15 TOKYO: Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi Motors' net loss for the year to March more than doubled, after a defect cover-up scandal hit global vehicle sales and raised recall and restructuring costs. But Japan's fourth-largest carmaker forecast the loss would shrink sharply and sales would begin to recover
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        287 2 CANNES Taiwanese actress Shu Qi missed her Best Actress title at the Cannes film festival on Sunday by a whisker, said jurist and Hong Kong film director John Woo. After Sunday's award ceremony which gave the title to Israeli Hanna Laslo of Amos Gitai's movie Free Zone
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      539 23 Immediate vacancy Mature dynamic Singapore citizen Minimum GCE '0' level (English Language credit) Computer literate, report writing Minimum 5 years' security experience Monthly salary negotiable plus benefits Please call: 6545-2288 for interview appointment |I|K CLEANERS Hh DRIVERS/ lit/ ijy? CHAUFFEURS company^^fl i 1/ urgently requires V to work at ANQ
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      896 23 tk agahgh 9) WDA Opportunities for Careers m the Retail Industry The Singapore Workforce Development Agency seeks to help you with employment Interviews with hinng companies will be arranged for successful applicants The Retail industry has vacancies m Fashion Houses, F&B Outlets, Supermarkets, Convenience Stores and Health Supplement Outlets. The
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