The Straits Times, 27 February 2006

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 74 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 2006 J»*A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBI.ICATK)N ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Military stand-off defused in the Philippines
    532 1 Military stand- off defused in the Philippines Marines mutiny over replacement of commander, but crisis is resolved Manila A POTENTIAL threat to Philippines President Gloria Arroyo's leadership fizzled out last night after disgruntled marine officers agreed to end a five-hour stand-off and return to their barracks. About 100 officers, who
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    41 1 i Colonel Querubin (centre) links arms with his supporters as he makes his way towards the headquarters m Manila yesterday. He urged the public to rally round him, as he protested with several dozen other marines. PHOTO: AFP
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    Lock icon MOE to pick up tab for needy pupils' breakfasts
    627 1  -  LiawWy-Cin TANIATAN By PRIMARY school pupils from needy families can now look forward to a free breakfast every school-day morning, with the money coming from the Government. The Ministry of Education (MOE) has launched the School Breakfast Programme, under which schools
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    Lock icon Refusing to let good science go to waste
    1110 1  - Refusing to let good science go to waste Chang Ai-Lien fd fdfdf By Science Correspondent IT WAS barely a week before her baby boy was due, but Dr Rosemary Tan ignored her throbbing feet and distended belly. Speaking from an auditorium podium at the biomedical centre Biopolis, she announced the
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      19 1 MM Lee welcomes Tg Pagar contest It will be good for constituency, he says vifT' PRIME PAGE 3^^^ Jff
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  • >> IN A FLASH
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      12 2 Prime 3-4 Asia 5-11 World 12-17 Review 18-20 FYI 21
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      12 2 Home Hl-H9 Forum HlO Sports Hll-Hl4 Obituaries Hl5 Money Hl6-H2O
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      35 2 ASIA Media savvy peasants Guangdong villagers catch officials' destruction of their crops and land on camera. PAGE 6 India on alert India is putting m place unprecedented security measures for Bush's three-day visit. PAGE 9
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      45 2 WORLD Attacking the UN US ambassador to the UN says the world body is hobbled by bad management, corruption and lack of confidence. PAGE 12 Threat to Saudi oil Al-Qaeda vows to assault more Saudi oil facilities after its first attempt was thwarted. PAGE 13
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      20 2 REVIEW Thaksin to win The Thai PM will sweep the snap election unless the opposition wins rural support. PAGE 19
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      71 2 HOME Bitter battle Elderly couple enter long-drawn insurance fight with their daughter-in-law after son's death. PAGE HI Quick detection Spore has been quick m detecting a rise m fungal corneal infections possibly linked to a contact lens solution, Balaji says. PAGE H2 Boosting good service Hand service staff a "Thank
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      47 2 FORUM Get creative The $50 million Opportunity Fund should not be used for "more of the same" programmes, reader says. PAGE HlO Pharmacy drugs Reader says distribution of prescriptive drugs at pharmacies should be liberalised as one of the ways to deal with high medical costs. PAGEHIO
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      26 2 SPORTS Paying foreign talent Lucrative signing-on fees for Agu Casmir and Itimi Dickson were a "calculated risk that fell apart", says FAS' general secretary. PAGE Hl2
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      48 2 MONEY Islamic insurance? NTUC Income is looking at introducing motor insurance policies that comply with Islamic law. PAGE H2O Budget debate The Government's accounting is conservative and Spore isn't really m deficit, economists say, referring to the $2.9 billion Budget deficit projected by the Finance Ministry. PAGE HlB
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      333 2 M Bl x,_a£> rN^ ,,^in*p^ ■i' bW^HB k. r ;#ttat: i- :^aWmU. AaQlMr- \aßK*"s ■f I^v'" v vB, ''-BaßHk-' -fc AWARDED BY MARKETING INSTITUTE ~4- OF SINGAPORE Uf 1 1 PI w Diploma m Business Management University of Technology Bth Intake: 6 March 2006 (18 months, part-time) 20 y* an
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      655 2 ailien@sph.com.sg SAFETY NESTS, WORLD PAGE 1 5 "Singapore's Leadership Crisis" The single biggest challenge facing Singapore what this requires, neither do they have the skills, attitude m 2005 and beyond is the unprecedented lack of or support to make the transition. These skills, education personal leadership within our public and
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      Lock icon Look at PAP's record before voting, MM Lee tells S'poreans
      856 3  -  1 l si II KOH By MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew threw down the gauntlet to opposition parties yesterday, challenging them to stand against his team m Tanjong Pagar GRC. Me had an equally strong message to Singaporeans m wards
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      Lock icon Faster X-ray results, thanks to outsourcing
      619 3  -  Salma Khali k By They are sent back from India within 30 minutes, saving patients time and money Health Correspondent X-RAYS from Singapore zip across to India and reports on them come back within 30 minutes. The age of teleradiology has arrived for Singapore.
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      Lock icon Gun murder suspect was tailed from JB
      626 4  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By Crime Correspondent Malaysian police held back on arresting him to see who he would meet up with en route to XL WANTED man Tan Chor Jin was spotted by the Malaysian police about four hours after he fled across the
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      Lock icon CHECKING OUT SIA'S NEW SUPERJUMBO
      76 4 For the more than 60,000 aviation fans who flocked to Asian Aerospace 2006 over the weekend, a big object of interest was the world's biggest passenger plane, the Airbus A3BO all decked out m Singapore Airlines livery. After drawing 34,000 trade visitors m the first
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      Lock icon Families in public housing lag behind on Internet access
      531 4  -  Serene Luo By THE number of public housing households with Internet access is growing at a slower rate than that of private housing residents. According to the latest Infocomm Development Authority survey, 59 per cent of households m public housing now
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      19 4 Looking for winning stocks? Award-winning fund managers give their take on how stock markets will shape up m 2006
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Chen may go for broke in gamble over guidelines
      779 5  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan leader may decide on unification guidelines today and he looks set to dump them, say analysts Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian appears bent on pressing ahead with a proposal he made nearly four
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      Lock icon US struggles to rein in Taiwan leader
      329 5 US struggles to rein in Taiwan leader Taipei FROM sending secret missions to issuing official statements, Washington has been scrambling to rein m a defiant President Chen Shui-bian who appears set to go his own way. Caught off guard by his plan to scrap guidelines on eventual cross-strait unification, the
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      129 5 Radiology on call Teleradiology services headed by Dr Arjun Kalyanpur m India offer US and Singapore hospitals speedy diagnoses. PAGE 9 1 to 31 March 2006 Jmwm\i+ Amr^ma\ I£m**. wm±.w ■mmmmm mV*mW**m\ Maw^MmA ..'J mmma=~ '''^^JSmmmm Mm 'i Kb^- —^^m\ awj mw 9Kf wMr m j m m M r
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Farmers take fight to Internet arena
      821 6 Farmers take fight to Internet arena When appeals to the authorities over land grabs went unheeded, farmers picked up the video camera. China Bureau Chief Chua Chin Hon visited the south to see how they are using the media to fight their case m this second and final part of
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      Lock icon Mass hunger strike spreads in China
      202 6 Beijing ANOTHER 70 people m 18 mainland China provinces and Taiwan have volunteered to join 900 hunger strikers m a fast-spreading protest over official violence against dissidents, an organiser said yesterday. The "relay hunger strikes" began on Feb 4 after rights campaigner Yang Maodong
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      1188 6 K==. SINGAPORE I INSTITUTE OF I MANAGEMENT I than just seminars. I It's about making connections. I lES I SENIOR MANAGEMENT CREATIVITY INNOVATION PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS 1. HOW TO LEAD FOR PERFORMANCE BEYOND 7. EDWARD DE BONO'S CREATIVITY COURSE: PRODUCTIVITY EXPECTATIONS: A TRANSFORMATIONAL LATERAL THINKING™ APPLICATIONS MftEMtiAu.i DneiuceermncTrccnn LEADERSHIP APPROACH A
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon LDP rivals to apologise for false Livedoor claims
      217 8 Tokyo JAPAN'S main opposition Democratic Party (DPJ) is expected to offer its apologies within a few days for making an unsubstantiated claim that a senior ruling party member was involved m a shady deal involving former Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie. DPJ secretary-general
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      Lock icon PIPE DREAM
      62 8 A worker preparing water pipes m Chongqing, southwestern China, last week as part of the city's move to improve water supplies to residents. About 300,000 people m the city of 30 million had their water cut off for 28 hours as the local authorities worked to increase capacity
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      Lock icon US to seize HK funds linked to fake cash
      457 8 FBI fears money is part of trade m counterfeit US$lOO bills allegedly printed by N. Korea I long Kong THE US authorities are set to seize more than U552.67 million (554.3 million) from Hong Kong bank accounts linked to trade m
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      Lock icon Japan may legalise casinos to draw tourists
      272 8 Tokyo JAPAN is mulling over plans to legalise casinos to attract more tourists, a report said yesterday. Quoting unidentified lawmakers, Kyodo news agency said the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) would encourage lifting the ban on gambling parlours, emulating Singapore, which reversed its
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      Lock icon New Delhi turned into fortress for Bush's visit
      600 9  -  P. Jayaram By India Correspondent In New Delhi Tight security amid Muslim anger and leftist plans for protests WITH leftist parties threatening massive protests and the country's large Muslim population bristling with anger over American policies on Iraq and Iran, unprecedented security
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      Lock icon Taking care of US president
      49 9 Measures taken to ensure Mr Bush's safety include: Deployment of 250 US Secret Service agents, backed by India's crack National Security Guards. Surveillance by Indian Air Force helicopters, snipers on rooftops along the route of the presidential motorcade Double barricades along the motorcade route.
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      Lock icon Car bomb in Kashmir leaves four injured
      265 9 Srinagar SUSPECTED Muslim militants set off a car bomb yesterday, wounding three soldiers and a civilian m Kashmir's biggest city. The attack came as police tightened security ahead of US President George W. Bush's visit to India. "The explosives-laden car was parked on
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      Lock icon Teleradiology business began as a joke
      601 9  - Teleradiology business began as a joke Salma Khali k By Health Correspondent IT STARTED as a joke. But five years later, that joke has become a multimillion-dollar business for radiologist Arjun Kalyanpur and his paediatriccardiologist wife, Sunita Maheshwari. The couple, who now run a teleradiology service, were returning to India
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      Lock icon Renegade Tamil rebels refuse to disarm
      174 9 Colombo A RENEGADE rebel faction which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) says is protected by the Sri Lankan government vowed yesterday to resist any bid to disarm it. Its declaration defied a government pledge seen as vital to avoid a return to
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      826 10  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok Parties will decide whether to boycott polls after proposed meeting THAILAND'S political situation could hit a turning point today if a proposal by the country's opposition parties to meet Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is accepted. The meeting
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      458 11  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur It is third m Malaysia to face action over publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad THE Malaysian government has suspended a third newspaper for publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad. Berita Petang Sarawak, a small local newspaper and the only
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        106 11 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy yesterday rejected an aviation official's warning that safety would be compromised if a new airport terminal for budget airlines opens next month. Mr Wan Muhaimi Wan Jamil, president of the Civil Aviation Air Traffic Control Services
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        83 11 JAKARTA: Activities at a huge mine m Indonesia's remote Papua province owned by a unit of US company Freeport-McMoßan Copper Gold resumed after protesters left the site, an official said yesterday. Operations at the Grasberg mine were suspended last Wednesday after illegal miners clashed with
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        Lock icon ROBBERS USE AL-QAEDA AS RUSE
        82 11 PESHAWAR: Police arrested and charged three men with robbing more than US$l million (Ssl.6 million) from a Saudi-owned bank m north-western Pakistan, and who left a note saying they were stealing for Al-Qaeda, an official said yesterday. Police now believe the Al-Qaeda link was a
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      Lock icon ALL HANDS ON DECK
      83 11 These neighbours m the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur show that they are not just fair-weather friends. Come rain or shine, hell or high water, they are always willing to lend a hand when needed m this case, to push a friend's stalled car m muddy waters.
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      610 12 BOLTON'S UN ATTACK "We find an organisation that is deeply troubled by bad management, by sex and corruption and by a growing lack of confidence m its ability to carry out missions that are given to them." NpwYnnv i\uw iukk THE United Nations (UN) is hobbled "by bad management, by
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda threatens Saudi oil sites
      445 13 Group's local branch warns of further attacks after assault on a major plant last Friday failed Riyadh THE Saudi branch of the Al-Qaeda terror network has vowed m a statement to carry out more attacks on Saudi oil installations. The pledge, posted on the Internet
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      91 13 AN AUSTRALIAN known as "Jihad Jack" and alleged to be a sleeper agent for Al-Qaeda was convicted yesterday m Melbourne on a terrorism charge. Joseph Terrence Thomas, 32, a Muslim convert who changed his name by deed poll to Jihad, was found guilty of intentionally receiving funds
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      345 13 Baghdad SECURITY forces kept a tight grip on Baghdad yesterday as the authorities banned the use of civilian vehicles. The move came on top of a two-day curfew imposed m the wake of sectarian violence that threatened to trigger a civil war.
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      409 14 Move to stave off confrontation includes a new review of P£tO acquisition by US panel New York AMERICAN Republican officials are discussing a deal to avert political confrontation over Dubai Ports World's purchase of a British company that runs six key US ports,
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      75 14 ELLER Co, one of P&O's American partners, will ask London's High Court to block Dubai Ports World's £3.9 billion (Ssll billion) takeover of the British group, The Sunday Times reported. Eller, which runs a Miami port jointly with P&O, made a petition to the court last Friday. It
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      447 14 Costello brushes off Muslims complaints Sydney AUSTRALIA'S prime minister-in-waiting, Treasurer Peter Costello, yesterday dismissed complaints of discrimination against Muslims and renewed his attack on "un-Australian" attitudes. Mr Costello, Prime Minister John Howard's anointed successor, last week called for Muslim extremists to be stripped of their citizenship and called multiculturalism "mushy
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        53 14 BUSHEHR (Iran): Iran has reached a "basic" agreement on a joint venture with Russia to enrich uranium, according to Iran's nuclear chief, Mr Gholamreza Aghazadeh. "We have reached a basic agreement. Talks to complete this package will continue m coming days m Russia," he told
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        Lock icon INMATES RIOT AT AFGHAN JAIL
        72 14 KABUL: About 1,300 prisoners at Afghanistan's main jail seized control of a prison block yesterday after a riot m which wardens opened fire, wounding several inmates. The prisoners, about 300 of whom are allegedly members of the ousted Taleban government and their Al-Qaeda allies, refused
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        Lock icon RUSSIA'S TOUGH ANTI-TERROR LAW
        81 14 MOSCOW: Russia's Lower House of Parliament has approved a tough anti-terrorism law defining terms under which the military may shoot down hijacked airliners, strike at suspected terrorist targets and intercept communications. It will go to the Upper House of Parliament and then President Vladimir Putin, with
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        70 14 SAN JUAN DE SAEINAS (Mexico): Officials have given up hope for 65 Mexicans trapped after a mine explosion and cave-in six days ago. The miners, trapped 150 m below ground on Feb 19, are dead, their families have been told. Rescuers used only shovels, picks
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        66 14 MINSK: A European Union-funded broadcaster began beaming news, music and information into Belarus yesterday, aiming to counter statecontrolled media three weeks ahead of what could be a tense presidential election. The broadcasts are part of a 2 million euro (553.9 million) package provided by the
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      Lock icon China warns ot massive bird flu outbreak
      422 15 Beijing to be on high alert during bird migratory season m spring Beijing CHINA'S Agriculture Minister has warned of a "massive bird flu outbreak" during the coming bird migratory season m spring. Beijing also announced two new human cases. "In view of the
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      Lock icon SAFETY NESTS
      1046 15 SAFETY NESTS MALAYSIA'S SECURE POULTRY FARMS Not a single Malaysian farm approved to supply poultry or eggs to Singapore has been caught with a ease of bird flu. Meng Yew Choong finds out how stringent procedures at such farms have kept them virus-free thus far. IT HOUSES 200,000 chickens, but
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      Lock icon CHECKS ON SABAH'S BIRD FARMS
      104 15 KOTA KINABALU: All veterinary officers m Sabah have been told to carry out inspections on bird farms following a report that seven chickens were found dead m Kampung Bukit Permai yesterday. State Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Abdul Rahim Ismail said the measure was crucial
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      Lock icon FIVE TEST NEGATIVE IN MALAYSIA
      71 15 KUALA LUMPUR: Five people isolated m Malaysia with suspected bird flu have tested negative, a top health official said yesterday. "All five have tested negative," the Health Ministry's disease control division head Ramlee Rahmat said. They were admitted to hospital for observation late on Friday
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      Lock icon SWISS CONFIRM FIRST CASE
      71 15 GENEVA: Switzerland has confirmed its first bird flu case, though it says further tests are needed to determine if it is the deadly HSNI strain. "We have a first case of bird flu. It's H5. The virus type has to be confirmed," Swiss Federal Veterinary Office
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      Lock icon EU TELLS PARTNERS NOT TO OVERREACT
      77 15 BRUSSELS: The European Union has urged its trading partners not to overreact to an outbreak of bird flu m France after Japan banned all French poultry imports and threatened similar action against the Netherlands. Hong Kong has also suspended French poultry imports. Tests confirmed
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      Lock icon SPOOKED EGYPTIANS HOARDING WATER
      77 15 CAIRO: Egyptians cleared shops of their stocks of bottled water last week, following rumours that they could catch bird flu from tap water. The buying was sparked by media reports that farmers had begun to dump dead chickens into the Nile, the source of drinking water
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        84 16 THE son of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, ruling party politician Gamal Mubarak, will get engaged on Friday to the daughter of a contractor. Mr Gamal, 42, will be marrying the daughter of Mr Mahmoud Yahya El-Gammal. The bride-to-be is named Khadiga, according to news reports.
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        72 16 PRIME Minister Ariel Sharon marked his 78th birthday yesterday m a coma m Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who took office after Mr Sharon suffered a massive stroke on Jan 4, opened yesterday's Cabinet meeting with a birthday wish. "Today is the birthday
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      531 16  - Three in US city allegedly plotted terror attacks in Iraq PaulZach By Straits Times US Bureau In Cleveland (Ohio) TOLEDO is one of the last places m the United States where you would expect American intelligence officials to look for Islamic terrorists. Then again, that might have been why it
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      277 17  - SOUTHEAST ASIA More wrangling over Shin Corp WHAT IT IS THAI Democrat Party parliamentarian Korn Chatikavanij is to challenge the watchdog Securities and Exchange Commission's findings on Thai telecoms giant Shin Corp's share transactions this week. The Commerce Ministry will also announce results of its own investigation into transactions involving
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      153 17 MONDAY KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines is set to unveil its turnaround plans. RAMALLAH: New Palestinian Parliament, with Hamas m charge, holds first debating session. LONDON: High Court hearing of plagiarism claims against Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown. TUESDAY WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush hosts Italian Prime Minister Silvio Beiiusconi.
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      1149 18  -  MINXIN Pei STORM OVER BAN ON POPULAR CHINESE PUBLICATION By For The Straits Times But Beijing has found a way "cold treatment" of hot issues The writer, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace m Washington, is the author of China's Trapped
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      921 18  -  William Taubman By WAYWARD EFFECT What are we to think of a leader whose great deeds do not bring about the consequences intended? The writer, a professor of political science at Amherst College, is the author of Khrushchev: The Man And His Era,
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      919 19  -  David Fullbrook By For The Straits Times MASTER OF THE GAME Mr Thaksin has played democracy well, not particularly m the spirit of the game, but more or less within the rules. THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra showed considerable political guile m
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      211 18 Remembering Rajaratnam His influence went beyond foreign policy. He was a philosopher, visionary, original thinker and communicator. PAGE 20 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTfZRACnVE; http:/ /straitstimes.asial .comsg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng Loon
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      1004 1  - Insurance dispute: Dead man's parents get money Tracy Sua By Shock #l Elderly couple lose only son Elderly couple named as beneficiaries m policies, so man's wife loses appeal AN ELDERLY couple thought their world had fallen apart when they lost their only son. Then they said their daugh-ter-in-law asked
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      456 2  -  Lee Hui Chieh By Problem might not have been identified if not for experts here SINGAPORE has been quick to detect a rise m fungal corneal infections and its possible link to a popular contact lens solution, even if it did so
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      Lock icon Court heeds wishes of dead man
      519 2 THE judges looked at the insurance policy as a contract which had named beneficiaries and said the insurer should heed the dead man's wishes. The wife's appeal was dismissed with costs. The older Vaswanis' lawyer, Mr Sunil Singh Panoo, said another issue raised was
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      94 2 A 55-year-old woman was found lying motionless on the roof of a sheltered walkway m Ang Mo Kio yesterday. The woman, dressed m a yellow T-shirt and blue bermudas, was pronounced dead at 7.30 am. She is believed to have fallen from the 10th floor of
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      674 4  -  Tee Hun Ching Peh Shing Huei By That will be one of the suggestions from GPC chiefs to help the poor and old during Budget debate AS A poor student m London, season travel passes shaved his transport costs and allowed Mr Ong Kian
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      419 4 EVERY year, the Government needs to seek Parliament's approval for its spending plans for the new financial year, which begins on April 1. The debate usually starts a week after the Finance Minister m this case Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has delivered his
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      843 5  -  Karamjit Kaur NEWS ANALYSIS By Aviation Correspondent But pilot shortage, high fuel prices and air rights issue could spell turbulence POWERED by the twin engines of India and China, Asia-Pacific aviation, which soared to record highs last year, looks set to continue its climb.
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      Lock icon Ex-political detainees want their story told
      506 6 FORMER union official Tan Jing Quee lost to the late Mr S. Rajaratnam by just 220 votes m the September 1963 General Election m Kampong Glam. A few weeks after that election, the former Barisan Sosialis candidate, then 24, was arrested for his involvement
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      784 6  -  Zakir Hussain By Minister denies that handouts are election ploy; Govt just wants to share success, he says THE well-being of the elderly, low-wage workers and needy Singaporeans will be the top priority for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports this year, its
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      355 6  -  Chua Hian Hou By IT WAS most appropriate that the teams taking part m a telematch during Singapore's first multiracial, multi-religious event to build community resilience comprised people from the various races. Organised by the Southwest Community Development Council (CDC), the one-day Community
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      477 7  -  Lim Wei Chean By 4 million pink cards at 1 ,700 outlets for customers to show their appreciation HABIT OF COMPLIMENTS "The eventual aim of this drive is to get Singaporeans to get so used to giving compliments when they receive good service that
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      254 7 CURIOUS secondary school students were given a glimpse of how reporters overcome the odds to get a good story last Friday, at the first of the Straits Times Media Club's monthly talks this year. Straits Times crime journalist Benjamin Nadarajan gave the 73
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      496 7  -  LIMWEICHEAN IT WOULD seem that some Singapore students are wellschooled m the art of pampering tourists. That is why three educational organisations are finalists m this year's Tourism Awards. Bedok South Secondary School, Temasek Junior College and the Metropolitan YMCA are
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        247 8 Place: One Rochester Crowd: Yuppies Where it is: 1 Rochester Park, near Buona Vista MRT station Word on the street: This bar and lush retreat is fashioned from a refurbished colonial bungalow. A flowing curtain of water greets guests at the entrance and the various rooms m
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        502 8  -  Teo Chin Ker GROWING PAINS By LEARNING THROUGH MISTAKES "The key thing is that we are here to gain a skill for future success." MRJACKYYE STEP aside George Soros, there are some new players m town. They are young, they are hot and the best
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        37 9 Let's talk about SEX VIDEOS GROWING PAINS Last week, a leaked sex video made all the headlines and created an uproar m cyber space. Youthlnk writers give their take on the incident and the furore it stirred.
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        385 9  -  Edward Choy By AN EXTREMELY private event has been transformed into a very public spectacle, and the traumatised couple have become the talking point for a global audience, though most of these voices come from Singapore. But why is something as simple as an amateur
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        278 9  -  Eisen Teo By THE recent furore over a 10-minute cellphone recording featuring a Nanyang Polytechnic student having sex with her boyfriend, is the sad culmination of several overlapping trends: First, there is the proliferation of affordable mobile phones with better camera and film
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        177 9 HOT on the heels of a polytechnic student's homemade sex video is a new sex clip being circulated via Bluetooth. It shows a man having sex separately with three girls at a staircase landing of an HDB block, Berita Harian reported. One of the girls is
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        193 9  -  Desmond Chan By IT WAS painful for me to see how some people have severely criticised the girl m the sex video scandal for her immorality. They have completely overlooked the perpetrator who committed the crime of stealing her cellphone and distributing the video. If
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        257 9  - Why gloat over others misery? Mazuin Khamis By WHILE we all marvel at the now infamous Nanyang Polytechnic student for her "bravery" for recording something so personal, and carrying it around on her cellphone, 1 am amazed at how vicious people can be. Is there really a need to create
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        281 9  -  Farah Aziz By THOUGH many teenagers say otherwise, sex is not something that comes as a shock to us. What many had a problem with was not the fact that she engaged m sexual behaviour but rather the fact that she took a video clip of it.
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        457 10  -  Michael Heng Swee Hai THE $50 million Opportunity Funds for schools m Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's Budget clearly demonstrated his passion for education, and his genuine care and concern for the future well-being of young children m schools and other learning
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        331 10  -  Tim Mou Hui WESTERN complaints about "unfair" trade practices by China. Americans determined to block a port takeover deal by the United Arab Emirates. And now a plea by Qantas to the Australian government to deny Singapore Airlines the right to fly from
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        145 10  -  Lynn Ong (Ms) Deputy Manager, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to the letter, "Rectify design flaw m flyover" (ST, Feb 13) by Mr Chua Boon Yiang The ramps on Gali Batu Flyover are designed for a speed limit of 50kmh, and take into
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        60 10 >> ONLINE FORUM For more readers' views, log on to www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to online letters is free. Schools should not have a disproportionate majority of any race Workers m danger as packed trucks move at high speed Sing Net acts to ensure uninterrupted broadband access Why do identically
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        409 10  -  Chan Sou Tong I WOULD like to share some views with regard to the letter by Mr Richard Tan from Australia on his experience m Chinatown ("Poor old lady with cartload can do with some help"; ST, Feb 22). The old woman
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        265 10  -  Tan Kin Lian Chief Executive Officer NTUC Income I REFER to the article, "IncomeShield removes limits on amount of lifetime claims" (ST, Feb 15). In the article, Mr Patrick Lim of Promiseland Independent was quoted as saying that "IncomeShield's new top-up rider comes
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        405 10  -  Chia Hern Keng THE letter, "High prices for common drugs m HDB heartland" (ST, Feb 21), by Madam Gan Siok Wah clearly shows the price of medicine m Singapore can be exorbitant. A member of my family was charged more than $40 by a doctor
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        236 10  -  Tony Davis CEO Tiger Airways I HAVE followed the recent debate on the new Budget Terminal with some interest. Thanks to the Government's strategic vision, Singapore today has one of the most developed and competitive aviation sectors m the world. Local consumers have,
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        116 10  - MediaCorp says sorry for subtitling glitch in movie Lim Ching Yee (Ms) Senior Programming Manager Network Programming Promotions MediaCorp TV Singapore I REFER to the letter, "Overlapping subtitles ruined movie" (ST, Feb 9), by Mr Murali Sharma and thank him for his feedback. We apologise for the subtitling error on
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        91 10  - Doc to respond on rash cream May Wong (Ms) Director, Corporate Development Thomson Medical Centre I REFER to the letter, "Doctor prescribed unsuitable rash cream" (ST, Feb 23), by Ms Ruth Tan Yueh Herng. We regret that Ms Tan did not receive our reply of Feb 17 to her e-mail
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        510 11 Liverpool labour against 10-man Manchester City 1-0 TO THE REDS AGAIN Harry Kewell gets the winner, then voices frustration at his team's inability to score more goals Liverpool HARRY Kewell scored the goal that secured Liverpool a 1-0 Premiership win over Manchester City yesterday. But the Australian was still a
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        226 11 REAL MADRID have offered Ronaldo to Arsenal m a swop deal for Thierry Henry. The Spanish giants, according to The News of the World yesterday, made their bid just hours before Arsenal's 1-0 Champions League win at the Bernabeu last Tuesday. Ronaldo's relationship with club and
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        184 11 ANOTHER "exclusive" from The News of the World yesterday: Chelsea are set to complete a £50 million (Ssl43 million) swoop for AC Milan star Andriy Shevchenko at the end of the season. A source close to the Ukraine striker told the tabloid: "Andriy will only
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        306 11 London THE man-of-the-match performance of Bolton captain Kevin Nolan against Fulham yesterday will have sent a clear message to England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. Here is a player who deserves to go to the World Cup. Bolton won 2-1, but not before conceding
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        618 11 LONDON ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has conceded his team will struggle to finish m the English Premiership's top four, which is essential for earning a Champions League place. "It is becoming difficult," the Frenchman said. "But we have to keep
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        945 12 SOCCER Despite being busy with England's campaign, he is on look-out for offers London England squad ENGLAND coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has always insisted that players and their agents forget all transfer talk and concentrate on the job at hand during tournaments. But it
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        586 12 London GLENN Roeder has criticised England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson for not including Newcastle midfielder Scott Parker m Wednesday's friendly against Uruguay. Tne Magpies' caretaker manager insisted Parker should be involved as the Swede finalises plans for the World Cup m June. The midfielder captained Newcastle to
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        589 12 Madrid BARCELONA'S Samuel Eto'o was so tired of persistent racist abuse at Real Zaragoza on Saturday that he was ready to abandon the match. The three-time African Footballer of the Year and the Spanish Primera Liga's leading scorer said "no more"
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        487 12 London SerieA ENGLAND football captain David Beckham has confessed that he is befuddled by his six-year-old son Brooklyn's maths homework. Beckham, 30, m an interview with The Mail on Sunday, admitted to being baffled when Brooklyn recently asked for help with a school assignment, and
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        591 13  -  Alvin Foo SOCCER By FAS admits that plan to retain Nigeria-born footballers backfired, says FTS under review PAYING Agu Casmir and Itimi Dickson lump sums to stay with the Young Lions after last year's Tiger Cup win was a "calculated risk" that turned out
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        366 13  -  Nicholas Fang By THE West won the S-League East-West Challenge for the fifth straight year with a thrilling 4-2 victory over their rivals from the East at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The West has won all five editions of the Challenge so far,
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        271 13  -  NICHOLAS FANG IT CAN be a bridge across cultural divides and you thought it was just a beautiful game. One of the real beauties of soccer, says Football Association of Singapore president Ho Peng Kee, is its potential to bring Singapore's different races together. Associate
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        200 13  -  NICHOLAS FANG SOUTH-EAST Asia Games swimmers Bryan Tay (left) and Marcus Cheah (second from left) match as vnunQ athletes from eight swimming clubs and associations take part m a 10-man 50-metre freestyle relay at Toa Payoh Swimming Complex yesterday. The national swimmers were on
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        729 14 There'll be no Love lost for Aussie Ogilvy »GOLF With Woods out, Davis Love sets his sights on finally winning the Matchplay Cship Carlsbad (California) FIRST came a pitching wedge from 111 yards that dropped behind the flag and spun into the cup for an eagle to win the last
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        456 14 SOUTH Korea's Meena Lee held off hometown favourite Michelle Wie m regulation, then beat rookie Lee Scon Hwa m the third hole of a play-off to win the USLPGA Tour Fields Open on Saturday. Meena, 24, who was m Singapore for the Lexus Cup m
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          104 14 JAKARTA: One woman was killed and six other people were injured yesterday m a stampede at a footbail stadium m the Indonesianprovince of Papua. The trouble broke out as supporters of a visiting football team from Wamena, m the central highlands of Papua, attempted to
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          45 14 WASHINGTON: Washington's Gilbert Arenas scored 46 points on Saturday to condemn the New York Knicks to their 10th straight loss on the road and their 19th m the last 21 National Basketball Association games. The Wizards won 110-89. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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          49 14 DUBAI: Belgian tennis star Justine Henin-Hardenne won her 25th title on Saturday when she defeated Russian Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-2 m the final of the Dubai Open. It was her first win after her controversial withdrawal m the final of last month's Australian Open. REUTERS
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        365 14 WINTER OLYMPICS Turin IT WAS a perfect race from start to finish for Apolo Anton Ohno. Nobody was going to get m his way this time. The American made this another Olympics to remember on the final night of short-track speedskating on Saturday, winning
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        260 14 Turin CHINESE short-track speedskating legend Yang Yang, who won China's first Winter Olympics gold medals, announced her retirement on Saturday after one final trip to the podium. The 29-year-old from Tianyuan achieved breakthrough victories for China at the 2002 Olympics, capturing the 500 metres
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        723 14 Turin THE world is now waiting to see whether China will become as big a force m the Winter Olympics as it has become m the Summer Games. But China has approached its winter sports methodically instead of rushing towards all-out dominance.
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          40 14 NBA: Dallas 115 Toronto 1 13 (OT), Milwaukee 99 Atlanta 89, Washington 110 NY Knicks 89, Philadelphia 108 Chicago 102, Miami 115 Seattle 106, San Antonio 92 Golden State 75, Phoenix 136 Charlotte 121, Oklahoma City 100 Utah 95.
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          141 14 WGC Matchplay C'ship m Carlsbad, California, q-finals: Tom Lehman (USA) bt Chad Campbell (USA) 21 holes, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) bt David Howell (Gbr) 19 holes, Davis Love (USA) bt Padraig Harrington (Irl) 1-up, Zach Johnson (USA) bt Retief Goosen (Rsa) 3 and 2. S-fmals: Ogilvy bt Lehman 4 3,
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          152 14 Dutch League: Sparta Rotterdam 3 Willem II Tilburg 2, ADO Den Haag 2 Vitesse Arnhem 0, RKC Waalwijk 0 Twente Enschede 0, RBC Roosendaal 2 NEC Nijmegen 0. English Premier League: Birmingham 1 Sunderland 0, Blackburn 1 Arsenal 0, Charlton 0 Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 2 Portsmouth 0, Newcastle
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          48 14 ATP Memphis International, s-finals: Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-3 6-1, Robin Soederling (Swe) bt Kristof Vliegen (Bel) 7-5 2-6 7-6 (7-5). ATP Rotterdam International, s-fi-nals: Christophe Rochus (Bel) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 6-4 6-3, Radek Stepanek (Teh) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 4-6 6-3 6-3.
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        210 15 Jesus said: "I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes m Me will Hue, even though he dies." John 1 1:25 "Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell m the house of the LORD forever." Psalm 23:6 LEONG
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        40 15 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memories of KAREN WONG LAI CHUN Departed 27 February 2005 Karen Dearest, Your spirit will live m my heart forever. I will love you always. Lovingly remembered and missed by husband Roger and all loved ones.
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        39 15 In Loving Memory LUCIA CHOO Departed on 27 Feb 2003 Sweet remembrance of you dear still brings us many a tear. Years past hut memories fade not of treasured moments and cherished thoughts. We miss and love you dearly.
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        103 15 "Now thanks be to God who always leads us m triumph m Christ Jesus And through us makes manifest the fragrance of the knowledge of Him" 2 Cor. 2: 1 4 MARIA BAY HEE BUAY Age: 90 was called home to be with the Lord on 25 February 2006. Dearly
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        51 15 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Daniel Yeo Yong Pio Called home to be with the Lord on 27 Feb 05 Always cherished fondly remembered by Wife, Children, Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren, Relatives Friends. Mass service will be held today at 7pm at Church of the Holy Spirit, 248 Upp Thomson
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        65 15 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory of NADARAJAH NEELAH (Wife of the late CS. Nadarajan) Departed 27 Feb 2001 at the age of 69 Her weary hours and days of pain. Her sleepless night* are past Her ever patient frame Has found sweet rest at last We who loir her know
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        34 15 3rd Anniversary In I u\ ing Memory of ANILKUMAR VASWANI (CHARLIE) Departed 25/2/2003 We've lost a true friend; Few like him we'll Find Prakash Manbir Ganesan Serene Nelson Mai Sham Krisha Vinod EH Sunil
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        26 15 IM J RUATH AM MAD/OP/. KARI (Marsiling Drive) passed away peacefully on 26 Feb 2006. Leaving behind sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, relatives friends. aawHtwajAmaA
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        41 15 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of DEEPAK CHANDIRAMANI Departed: 27/02/04 Tltey who think that you are gone. Because no more your face they see. Are wrong for m our hearts you live: \ntl always will. m inemon' Sadly missed by family
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        51 15 will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress my Cod, m whom I trust. Psalm 912, Nl\ Elder Elder ANGOONHUEbbm CHEW CHIO TEAT Departed 4 Aug 1998 Departed 27 Feb 2004 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by children, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, grandchildren, great grandchildren and all loved
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        64 15 i In Loving Memory 2nd Anniversary 30th Anniversary LimOngHuat Departed 14 Dec 1976 1976*-r-fl_--r-zgß ChooSoonNeo Departed 27 Feb 2004 2004*— flfcJA Our thoughts ore always with you, Our hearts are sore with pain; This world would be like heaven If both of you were here again. Sadly missed and forever
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        48 15 4th Anniversary In Memory of BETTY LI POH SAN Departed 27 Feb 2002 Dearly missed remembered by Husband: Anthony Chew Children: Gerard, Cecilia loanna Grandchildren: Gillian Genevieve, lan Joel Mass offered today at 6pm Church of OLPS, 31 Siglap HUI We welcome all friends relatives to join us
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        35 15 In Loving Memory of Our Dearest Richard Tong Kirn Cheong Departed: 2~th February 1091 Always remembered by: Wife: Chang Foong Chee Daughter. Evelyn Tong Won Foong and Son-in-law: Hoe Kirn Hai Grandson: Hoe Yee Siang
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        81 15 N.MANIAM Age: 48 passed away peacefully on 25-02-2006 leaving behind loved ones. (Father: \1 Aarayanasarm. del cased) (Mother: s \crlachi, deceased) Brothers: S Arumugam N. Rajoo N. Maruthamuihu N. Balakrishan N. Ramachandran Ramasamy N Kamalingam Sister: S I hanapacikam Sisters in-law: kamalam kalyani Son-in-law: Sockalingam 10 Nieces and 7 nephew.
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        71 15 The Family of the Late WONG KEE HUAT Departed on 23 February 2006 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks ancl appreciation to relatives and friends; the doctors, nurses and staff of National Cancer Centre and Dover Park Hospice; and the pastors and members of Fairfield Methodist Church for their comfort
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        45 16 Week's Top Rises CENTS ISHUSScSOO 1160 812 4 5 Keppel Corp 50c 1360 80 0 6 3 SEXBNPeCWO6O324 119 62 0 108 8 CityOevSOc 930 55 0 6 3 CityOevWo6osiO 675 50.0 8 0 OUE 1180 50.0 4 4 Sl* 200 1440 40 0 2.9
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        51 16 Week's Top Rises CENTS Integra W*****7 2 5 400 0 2 0 StarHubMßleCWo6o3l3 185 Ul3 10 5 |TE Elec 20c 11 120 0 6 0 SGX BMP eCW*****4 119 108 8 62 0 CityOevSGAeCWO6O3OS 1 130 0 0!> NobleGrpDßSeCWo6o3o3 1 1000 OS Wee Poh 0.5 c 1 100 0 0
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        41 16 Week's Top Falls CENTS Creative T 25c 1260 50.0 3.8 )MHUS2Sc4OO 1750 32.5 1.1 OBSSrp 1610 20.0 12 TAC Btlo 200 368 16 3 2 6 CapitalanMßLeCW6o3lS 94 16.0 145 HartforrJEdu 5c 63 5 15.0 19.1 WBLCorp 620 15 0 2.4
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        47 16 Week's Top Falls CENTS NobleGrpMßLeCWo6o4o7 0 5 88 9 4 0 SPCSGAeCWO6O3O6 1 85 7 6 0 CoscoCorpDßeCWo6o3o7 1 75 0 3.0 Star Hub BNPeCWO6O224 3 5 74 1 10.0 SPCC»eCWO6O3IS 2 63 6 3.5 KepCorpßNP ePWOSO324 3 62 5 5 0 DBSSGAeCWO6O3I3 1 60 0 15
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        91 16 Feb ?4 %CHNG YR 7005 CLOSE FRFet) 23 St LOW S$ HIGH US$ ***** +0.04 1.7063 1.6156 Euro 1.9340 +0.33 2.1820 1.9321 2 8420 +0.08 3.1670 2 8135 AS 1.2014 -0.08 1.3018 1.1965 ten* 1.3915 -0.29 1.6084 1.3660 Rupiah* 0.01 748 +0.31 0.***** 0.***** Baht 4.1267
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        442 16  -  Chua Kong Ho TAKING STOCK By Oil prices, inflation concerns and US economic data likely to influence trading TAKING A BREATHER "We're probably going to see the STI trade slightly downwards as we enter March and April, which are traditionally slow
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          70 16 OCBC Investment Research upgraded Star Hub to a "buy" after the telco reported better-than-expected full-year results. Net profit beat market estimates to come m at $221.4 million, versus a $54.7 million Joss m 2004. It has raised its earnings forecasts for this year by
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          65 16 COCOA processor Petra Foods' 2005 results came m below expectations, but DBS Vickers is maintaining its "buy" recommendation with a price target of $1.46, noting that the company is confident its Malay- sian plant will break even this year. Prospects remain bright for the group,
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          80 16 POTENTIAL divestments and revaluation of United Overseas Bank's (UOB's) property holdings are major catalysts for growth, said Phillip Securities Research. UOB reported a 17.7 per cent increase m net profit to $1.71 billion last year, from 2004. The research house, which is maintaining its
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        7212 16 UNIT TRUSTS UN Atnro Asset Mft (S pore) Star Europe Eqty!" 0 908/ Star Europe Bond 1174/ Star Europe Bal 1 162/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1 1 73/ Star Asia Bond 131 V Star Asia Balanced 1084/ Star Global Technolofy Fund' 0 ?09/ Multi St
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        408 17 Four EU countries raising barriers to block cross-border corporate mergers Brussels FRANCE, Luxembourg, Poland and Spain are leading a trend to put up barriers to takeovers m the European Union (EU), which has left the European Commission sounding the alarm against protec- tionism. The continent
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        Lock icon Bank of Japan given leeway to tighten monetary policy
        373 17 Tokyo SERIOUS deflation is now behind Japan and the central bank should end its ultra-loose monetary policy any time it judges is right, the country's economic minister said yesterday despite caution among other government leaders. "It is fine that the Bank
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        249 17 Seoul UNITED States software giant Microsoft has said it will appeal against a ruling by South Korea's antitrust watchdog that it remove popular software tools from its Windows operating systems. Last Friday, South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) set Aug 24 as the
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        273 17 Hong Kong NEWS Corp, the media company owned by Mr Rupert Murdoch, has denied a report that it may sell its entire 38 per cent stake m Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings, the biggest satellite television operator broadcasting into China. "We have
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        Lock icon Near $3b Budget gap sparks fresh debate
        920 18  -  Narendra Aggarwal NEWS ANALYSIS By Economics Correspondent Govt's accounting is conservative and Spore is not really m deficit, say economists AS PARLIAMENT sits today to consider Singapore's Budget for 2006-07, weighing heavy on its mind would be the fact that the huge $2.9
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        70 18 TWO major items, typically regarded as current-year government revenue, are not included m full m the income statements. The first is capital receipts, and m particular, land sales, which is completely omitted. The second item is net investment income (Nil). Only up to 50 per cent of NH
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        Lock icon VibroPower gets boost from India
        436 18  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi JUST how much does it help South-east Asia's small and medium enterprises to have a second massive economy rising m your backyard? Ask Singapore's VibroPower Corporation, which manufactures and installs power generators ranging from 2 kilovolt-amperes
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        Lock icon A-Sonic's net gain edges up 3% to $8.3m
        225 18 A-Sonic's net gain edges up 3% to $8.3 m A-SONIC Aerospace yesterday said net profits inched up 2.7 per cent to US$5.l million (SsB.3 million). This was despite revenue for the full year ended Dec 31 falling 19.1 per cent to US$lB.l million from U5522.4 million m 2004. But A-Sonic
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          90 18 MET AX Engineering Corp, a home-grown environmental engineering company which listed on Sesdaq last week, said net profit fell 24.5 per cent to $1.7 million for the year ended Dec 31. Revenues rose 6.7 per cent to $53.6 million. Metax is proposing
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          Lock icon SERIAL SYSTEM SINKS DEEPER INTO THE RED
          59 18 SERIAL System's net loss for the year ended Dec 31 widened to $6 million, from $4 million m 2004. Revenues fell 3 per cent to $303.7 million. Loss per share deepened to 1.97 cents, compared to 1.29 cents a year earlier, while net
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          Lock icon GUL TECH'S NET LOSS MORE THAN DOUBLES TO $73M
          97 18 GUL TECH'S NET LOSS MORE THAN DOUBLES TO $73M GUL TECHNOLOGIES Singapore said net loss for last year more than doubled to U5544.9 million (5573.3 million) from US$l9 million. This was partly due to higher costs incurred during the ramping up of the group's plant m Wuxi, China. Gul Tech
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        Lock icon Accounting standards on acquisitions good for investors
        553 19  -  Kelvin Wong By Finance Correspondent They create earnings volatility but signal to investors if firm has overpaid DBS Group Holdings may have shocked tne market recently with an acquisition charge of $1.13 billion on its Hong Kong unit, dragging its fourth-quar-ter results down
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          Lock icon FREESCALE NAMES CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER
          81 19 TOM LINTON: Appointed chief procurement officer of United States-based chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor. Mr Linton, who joins Freescale from another semiconductor company, Agere Systems, will oversee the company's global procurement strategy and key supplier relationships. He will be based m Singapore to be closer to Freescale's
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          Lock icon NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR LABROY MARINE
          56 19 NG KHIM KIONG: Appointed chief operating officer of offshore engineering company La- broy Marine, effective last Wednesday. Mr Ng, 58, is responsible for the complete operation of the company, including its marketing and sales. He had previously served as general manager of PPL
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          52 19 LEE KO CHIANG: Appointed chief financial officer of loudspeaker parts maker AA Group Holdings. Mr Lee, 46, will be responsible for the company's financial management. He joins AA Group from China Bill Finance, where he was a manager and senior trader m the fixed
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          Lock icon ASIA MOBILITY GETS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
          68 19 STEVEN CHAN. Appointed as executive director of Asia Mobility Initiative, a regional alliance of mobile operators including Ml, Australia's Telstra Corporation and Malaysia's Celcom. Mr Chan, 47, is on secondment from Ml, where he had served as director of Internet services and product development
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          Lock icon MAGNUS ENERGY'S DIRECTOR STEPS DOWN
          23 19 CHUA KOH MING: Resigned as director of Magnus Energy Group and relinquished his executive duties, effective last Monday.
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        428 19  - Goldman Sachs builds on Spore operations KELVIN WONG GLOBAL investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has been quietly increasing its headcount and consolidating some of its business functions here over the last two years. From a staff strength of over 200 at the start of 2004, it now employs more than
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        Lock icon Income may offer syariah- compliant motor insurance
        634 20  -  Gabriel Chen By It will offer such products to Muslims and non-Muslims if option is feasible NTUC Income, the largest motor insurer m Singapore, is looking at introducing motor insurance policies that comply with Islamic law. Details on the proposed scheme are sketchy
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        282 20  -  FIONA CHAN BUSINESS SERVICES TWO initiatives launched by the Singapore Productivity and Innovations Board (Spring Singapore) last week under a new multi-agency network known as Enterprise One will deliver a range of measures that will help small businesses meet their information needs.
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      54 1 I used to think I was amazing, but I'm so over me now Actress Sharon Stone on giving up her diva ways THE STRAITS TIMES Monday February 27 2006 Monday people tuesday travel wednes day mid-life! ♦movies thursday books arts frldaymu ne entertainment Sunday lifestyle Design: LEE CHEE CHEW
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      249 2 I Not Stupid Too actor says he will be joining the SAF even as the film makes over $3.7 million at the box office Agrrie Tan V» AF^ER co-star Shawn Lee's 16th birthday bash with earlier this month, it was teen
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      336 2 LOS ANGELES Don Knotts, who kept generations of TV audiences laughing as the bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, and as would-be swinger landlord Ralph Furley on sitcom Three's Company, has died. He was 81. Knotts (inset) died last
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      708 3  - Oh, Calcutta! Foong Woei Wan Can you imagine Paris Hilton (right) living tie simple life of the late Mother Teresa? MOST people look at Paris Hilton and see a spoilt, sexy American heiress. But it seems South Indian film director T. Rajeevnath looks at her and sees Mother Teresa. The
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      1979 4 The Indonesia-bom shuttler fought hard to be a national player and even though he will now model part-time, badmirTjbon is still his top priority mondjayinterview Dylan Boey THE first thing you notice about Ronald Susilo's modest private apartment m Guillemard Road is that its front door
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      208 4 'Whenever I am leading, suddenly this thought will cross my mind: What happens if my opponent catches up with me? When I get worried, I begin to forget how I got those points earlier. I let this negativity affect me' On his flaws 'At that time, I was
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      492 5  -  Tricky Taiwanese trio gets testy when the table is turned Ng Hui Hui TAIWANESE chat show hosts To Tsung-kang. Sun Peng and Chu Chung-heng love to ask their guests embarrassing questions. But they aren't as thrilled when they, and their private lives, are put on the spot. The
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      65 5 JAZZ up your Mandarin. Singer Jacintha Abisheganaden (inset) will be belting out jazz tunes m Mandarin m line with the theme of this year's Speak Mandarin Campaign, Huayu Cool (Mandarin Cool). Joining her onstage are Ruth Ling and Alemay Fernandez. The 8.30pm show on Wednesday at Jazz@Southbridge
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      212 5 CATHAY'S arthouse cinema Picturehouse will re-open with a film festival which will run from March 24 to 29. Among the fest's movies at the new Cathay Building m Handy Road will be Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times, a triptych about love set m three different eras,
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      89 5 LOS ANGELES Sheryl Crow underwent surgery for breast cancer last week and is recovering without complications, a publicist said. "Her doctors think her prognosis is excellent," the publicist added on Friday. On her website, Crow said she would postpone a North American concert tour that was to
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      64 6 1 hate it when people call me a teen queen' Aspiring serious actress Lindsay Lohan (above), 19 'Andy Lav is still single and still an idol. I feel I should be going towards this goal' Pop star Jay Chou, 27, on Lav, 44 "For 15 years, I've been playing
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      1058 6  -  Jeremy Au Yong If two guys fall for the same woman at the same time, what's the call? The Code has all the answers straighttalk READ any non-male magazines such as Her World, Cosmopolitan and Vogue, and you will get the impression that a man m
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      769 7  -  Tay Yek Keak Watch for possible fireworks between the new James Bond and grande dame Judi Dench StarsnGripes HERE are predictions that ought to come true: Munich, a film about an Israeli hit squad targeting terrorists, cannot possibly be a comedy; > Judi
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      196 8 BIRTH AND REBIRTH: LOOKING AT BOAT QUAY National Library Promenade, Laval 7, Victoria Street, Till Sat: 10am 9pm daily. Free, Tel: 6332-1828 This exhibition is part of the Brief Encounters programme, which challenges your previous experiences with familiar sights here. Nine members of the public join folks from the
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        533 2 fsd fsdf ff AT THE SINGAPORE SPORTS SCHOOL, STUDENTS RECENTLY GOT UP TO SPEED ON FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY INSIDE DAIMLER-CHRYSLER'S MILLION-DOLLAR HYDROGEN FUEL CELL PROTOTYPE CAR. TIMOTHY LOW, 1 5, SEC 48, AND BENJAMIN KHENG, 1 5, SEC 4A, TELL ALL Hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars will
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        26 2 HAVE YOUR SAY WRITE FIN Got an opinion, a story or something to say? E-mail us at stin@ sph. com.sg and tell us Lwhat you think.
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        431 2 Jk on to higher-paying careers to perspectives and pay packets is a lot blamed the weather if they were jp|^|p| ar^iftlilngs that provide better for their families. like getting an O-level results slip -it angry). w happen from time to One ex-colleague tofd me on his marks an end to
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        207 3 j aW AT .ammm B BBfik .'*§_ftt _r^ __fl B Bt B __B -B _____B_B__ ?^HB ___l ___r __IM_ I "_ir3t ___________fl C^' mmmmmm H________b__ B 5 ;i ii 4<-Bi^-_wiiii>iuj^E B -__^fe_^^ 1 1 v s/^l«i_ cs ip»- Lg^^ig^^g^ m^ mil] nti^ii "iiiiiiMii i I r ?3>Vf jg^^'lfj"*'^ _wriP -ir_^_--_-__H-_-_-^_r--_-__rn
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        499 4 POSTING NUDE SHOTS ONLINE MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? LAST WEEK, A POLYTECHNIC STUDENT'S PHONE-RECORDED SEX SESSION WAS CIRCULATED ON THE INTERNET. THOUGH SOME MAY CONSIDER THIS COOL, MOST SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS DISAGREE. DAWN LIM FINDS OUT WHY. he story, so far, goes something like this: Just 17, a Nanyang Polytechnic
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        68 4 YOUR I BOURHOOD MIND THE LAW Lawyers say students maybe infringing the law by circulating naked images on their phones. According to Sections 29 and 30 of Films Act, it is illegal to make, distribute, show, import, or possess, any I obscene video recording, whether it is made on a
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        20 4 TEXTIN! BY 1 1 PM? FORGET THAT! HERE'S HOW READERS ARE RESPONDING TO NEWS OF THE SO-CALLED 'CURFEW. i Hi
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        27 4 REALLY AN 'CURFEW. THE POLICE DON'T GO AROUND ARRESTING EVERY KID WHO STAYS OUT LATE. WE SHOULD NOT OVERREACT." -RACHEL SOH, 1 5, SEC 4, TANJONG KATONG
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        129 4 "On the one hand, I think it's a waste of resources if the police are wandering around telling loitering teens to go home when there might be more immediate cases at hand. On the other hand, it might help to curb rising crime among youths." TIMOTHY SEAN FANG, 1 5,
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        475 5 IN THIS FINAL EDITION OF OUR SERIES ON THE FUN SIDE OF ENGINEERING, IN CHATS WITH TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC LECTURER CHAN KIM KAI TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE POLYS NEW DIPLOMA COURSE, WHICH AIMS TO GROOM STUDENTS TO WORK IN THE UPCOMING INTEGRATED RESORTS. BY lAN POH
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        139 5 WIN MOVIE TICKETS! Planning to watch a movie soon? Answer this question correctly and you may be one of the five lucky winners to walk away with a pair of movie passes! What new course will Mr Chan Kirn Kai be course manager of at Temasek Polytechnic? A. Supply Chain
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        76 5 YOUR MW 1 ATTRACTION The ability to attract tourists would carry the most weight when proposals for the IRs are considered, said the Singapore Tourism Board. Tourism appeal and contribution one of four selection criteria will have a 40 per cent weighting, followed by architectural concept and design, with 30
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        424 6  - DOES MARRIAGE CHANGEA TEACHER? KRISTIE CHIEW BY BUT ALL THIS CHANGES WHEN THEY GET MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN: "MARRIAGE IS LIKE A MILESTONE IN THEIR LIVES THAT SOMEHOW CHANGES THEM AND THEY CANT CONNECT VERY WELL WITH US AFTER A WHILE." In the recent hit movie I Not Stupid Too,
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        269 6 COPE WITH THE NEWS From next month, as many as 33,500 students will be eligible to receive money for school expenses under the Government's Financial Assistance Scheme. More families will qualify for benefits, and for you, this means: I If there are one or two children m your family, and
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        67 6 TRENDS AND QUIRKS i STORERUN VIET SCHOOLS GO BUST The Singapore International Teaching Consultancy I was Vietnam's fastestgrowing English school. But it hired unqualified teachers some of whom were unqualified backpackers. TheSlTC's 14 English schools and five business management schools across Vietnam began closing down without warning, leaving 30,000 students,
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        305 7  -  ELLY SURYANI SALMAN, BY 1 5, SEC 3, SENG KANG SECONDARY SCHOOL THIS WEEK: TEENAGER Being a teenager is what all of us are going through, All the heart-aches, headaches and pressures Wish all the painful moments weren't true, But behind all these are love, care and pleasures There
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        839 8 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE f dfdsf dasf asdf YOU SEE SOME SENIORS HANGING AROUND SCHOOL CORRIDORS, CHATTING TO JUNIORS AND TEACHERS. UAW WY-CIN FIGURES OUT WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE, AND WHY THEY CANT BRING THEMSELVES TO LEAVE. It may be a ticket to freedom. Bfcl O- 1 eve I results
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        173 9 Sure, they refuse to leave, but they have their uses. Some of them are even part of a strong mentoring system set up between juniors and alumnus. Here's what you say. "I think it's really kind of them to come bade after Chinese New Year's celebrations
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        214 9 "While it's good that seniors come back to impart their knowledge and experience, sometimes it may lead to the juniors becoming too dependent on the seniors' decisions and judgment. Then again, the influence of seniors may be good to instil passion m juniors for their CCA." Joanna Cheng, 1
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        58 8 m LOO AND BEHOLD! Singapore's crusader for clean toilets, Mr Jack Sim, 49, was honoured as Singapore's first Social Entrepreneur of the I Year. The award honours those with r sharp business skills and a kind heart. Ss president of the Restroom Association of Singapore, Mr Sim has promoted clean
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        58 9 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK MODEL ATHLETE Star badminton player Ronlad Susilo is now a fashion model. He recendy signed up with Diva Models. The Indonesianborn full-time athlete, who became a Singaporean m 2002, said he is practising how to pose and catwalk m front of the mirror at home
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        639 10  - TEENS AROUND THE WORLD ALISON DE SOUZA A TEEN 1N... A survey shows that just over 1 4 per cent of teenagers m Shanghai are addicted or mildly addicted to the Internet while another 0.5 per cent are severely addicted, reports the Xinhua news agency. The poll took a snapshot
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        423 10 TALES FROM NEAR AND FAR LAWSUITS OVER FRIES McDonald's is facing at least three lawsuits from consumers m Chicago, Florida and Los Angeles -claiming the fast-food giant misled the public rafter it admitted that its french fries I contained milk and wheat ingredients. McDonald's has said that wheat and dairy
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      824 11  -  JEREMY AU YONG JEAN LOO, BY FHE SUNDAY TIMES. FEB 19 But can they teach? Some tutors with the best grades can't teach at all. And teachers are meant to have high moral standards, so if they lie, they fail m a primary duty. Is the real problem with
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        74 11 RACK YOUR BRAINS TUTOR CHECK GROUP FOLDED An organisation called the Association of Independent Educators was set up two years ago. It enabled tutors, who had to be degree holders, to have their documents vetted for a fee. Anyone who wanted to verify the credentials of the tutors could look
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        362 12 LAYOUT: JEFFREY UM TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY It is a big giveaway but not the biggest In 200 1 the Government handed out $2.7 billion m New Singapore Shares, just before the General Election at that time. Unlike 200 1 this year's payouts will be m cash, not shares; and
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      89 13 WHAT IT MEANS: To spoil something by trying to improve it when it is already perfect. WHERE IT CAME FROM: Gilding is a process of applying gold to an object to make it shine. A lily is a flower that is very beautiful m its natural
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      85 13 WHAT IT MEANS: An easy and pleasant situation. WHERE IT CAME FROM: In a poem The Passionate Shepherd To His Love, published m 1 599, English writer Christopher Marlowe wrote: "And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies" He wanted to
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      67 13 WHAT IT MEANS: A person who matures or succeeds later than others. WHERE IT CAME FROM: Some seasonal flowers blossom after other flowers and are slower to show their petals. AS IN: At the age of nine, Albert Einstein spoke hesitantly and was feared to be sub-normal. But
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      100 13 _BSpRM-___________________l WHAT IT MEANS: Something that is tempting but not allowed. WHERE IT CAME FROM: According to the Bible, Adam and Eve had disobeyed God's order not to touch fruit from the tree of knowledge. But they did, and were forced to leave the Garden of Eden. AS IN:
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      993 14 WRITTEN BY RAFE MARTIN A BREAKFAST SERIALS STORY CHAPTER ONE THE GATHERING THE PEOPLE HAD COME TO THE GATHERING HALL IN THE YEAR 3426, AS THEY DID EVERY YEAR, TO HEAR THE OLD STORY OF HOW, A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE, THE EAGLES HAD FIRST FLOWN TO EARTH TO HELP THEM.
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        60 14 JAZZING THINGS UP In a bid to jazz up the image of the People's Association, it has appointed Dick Lee as creative director of its cultural and talent section. Singapore Idol judge, who will be on a year-long contract, will be responsible for revamping the section's image and making it
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        76 15 READ AND WRITE r> r» g- p DC I I C_l\ ___H___r mwTwW mYtf^ammM. AB TROOPS OR NO TROOPS AT WORLD CUP? A leading world soccer official has suggested that Germany break a five-decade taboo and deploy soldiers around the country to increase security during the World Cup m June.
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      313 16 PLANES, CRIME RATES AND TUITION FEES ALL MADE THE NEWS FOR GOING UP, UP AND AWAY RECENTLY. NUMBERS IN THE NEWS Match these digits to the reasons they made the news. a) 3 b)2O c) 22 d) 45,000 c) 1 50,000 f) 1 66,000 C 1 SI P IRII[
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      64 16 7) "The image of him falling is something that Til never be able to get out of my mind. It was.. one of the worst days of my life." American Vice-President Dick Cheney. What did he do to his friend, 78-year-old lawyer Harry Whittington, while
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      47 16 1 0) What sport did 1 ,700 people at 1 3 different spots m Singapore gather to play on Feb 1 9 m an attempt to set a new world record for the largest number of people teeing off simultaneously m a one-day event?
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      33 16 1 1) Which airline has the Australian government denied from competing with Qantas on the profitable Australia-United States route? It has instead encouraged the Australian airline to merge with this carrier.
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      78 16 I (b) 20 per cent increase 2(a) 3 per cent fee hike 3(c) 22 per cent of arrests 4(f) 1 66,000 (US$ 1 02,000) for a space ride s(e) 1 50,000 per school 6(d) 45,000 more voters 7) He accidentally shot him m the face 8) SMSes with Chinese
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        105 16 FACES PLACES IN THE NEWS Answers (from previous Page): Boal contest winners (Answer: spect-actor): I Jonathan Chuah Chun Leong, i 5, Sec 4, Loyang Secondary 2) Russell Lim Ting Hao, 1 4, Sec 2, Presbyterian High 3) Millicent Poh Kai Qin, 1 3, Sec 2, East Spring Secondary 4) Leong
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