The Straits Times, 10 April 2006

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  • 1247 1  -  Sue- Ann Chia Giving preview of PAP manifesto, he invites opposition to debate the major issues By Voting on May 6? No one is letting on SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong was out m the opposition-held Potong Pasir and Hougang constituencies yesterday,
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1241 1  -  Ben Nadarajan By In Manama (Bahrain) SMALL AND COSY "Outside office hours, we're all friends. We're a small group m a foreign land, we need to look out for each other." PICO INTERNATIONAL'S GENERAL MANAGER MISWADI SISKANDARL.44 BAHRAIN'S small community of Singaporeans was shaken when
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  • 226 1 Sydney AN AUSTRALIAN grandmother who made a mistake filling out her usual lottery entry on a i new form has won an extra million dollars as a result. The 79-year-old bought her usual A52.30 (552.68) ticket, which allowed her four lines of numbers, but
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  • PRIME
    • 549 3  -  Lee Hui Chieh Detailed registries will be set up m bid to chart disease trends and tailor treatment By BY AROUND the middle of next year, every diabetic who sets foot m a public hospital or polyclinic will have his case history recorded
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    • 613 3  -  Arti Mulchand By EMPLOYERS of maids often curb their maids' movements because they fear losing their $5,000 security bonds. But m reality, the number losing their money has been falling, says the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). In fact, the figure has halved over the past
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    • 205 3  -  CHAN YI SHEN NEW Zealand coach Gordon Tietjens (right) called it a miracle not his team's performance m the Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore, but the sight of Lee Wei Kong (left) jumping around on the sidelines, cheering on the Kiwis. This time last year, Wei
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    • 600 4 Nuclear device not ruled out m Bush bid to destroy nuclear facilities before end of his term Washington THE Bush administration is accelerating planning for a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities and is even considering using a tactical nuclear device for such
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    • 130 4 HELICOPTER BLOW- DRY A WASHOUT Irate cricket fans went on the rampage m Guwahati, Assam, after an attempt to dry out a wet pitch with a helicopter failed. Organisers mobilised the helicopter to dry out the Nehru Stadium outfield for the fifth limitedovers international match between India and England. When
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    • 345 4 Vienna THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) will move to give more say to emerging economies m Asia and elsewhere at its meeting m Singapore m September, European Union and Asian finance ministers said yesterday at the Asia-Europe Meeting m Vienna, Austria.
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  • ASIA
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    • 312 6 Elephant's new clothes A 60-year-old royal elephant belonging to Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej is to get a new uniform. PAGE 10 Ea_&V S_l__K_____^- mwtSmr l^Mnr B__ __t W^ZTmrnVk JS li'__iß_ «H___ _________f ifl V^H^ _J§p''^_ ji __P»* s NOW! M I 1 I IB_V NANYANG l-A TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Nanyang Business
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    • 517 6 HOW YOU CAN MAKE MONEY FROM PROPERTY INVESTMENT- EVEN WITH LITTLE OR J% NOMONEYDOWN f 1 Renesial Leong, Queen of Properties creates a "substantial X monthly passive rental income and through her accumulation J^L A, of properties is now financially free. She started with just one ______fe property. Now you
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  • CHINA
    • 846 7 Missing link THE discovery of Peking Man's fossils established an erect man stage, homo erectus, which followed the ape and preceded contemporary human beings, or homo sapiens. It provided the intermediate stage m human evolution and brought sudden progress m the
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    • 574 7  -  Vince Chong Income plummets by a third m 10 years, sparking action by govt By Hong Kong Correspondent ANNUAL income from legalised horse racing m Hong Kong has plunged by a third to HKS62 billion (Ssl3 billion) m the last decade. Far
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    • 282 7 Beijing LONDON Mayor Ken Livingstone yesterday compared the history of Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the site of the military crackdown on democracy protesters m 1989, with that of London's Trafalgar Square. "In the same way that Trafalgar Square has had an interesting history m the past, not
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 103 7 TAIPEI: Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian has denied an opposition legislator's allegation that he and his wife received illegal political contributions from a convicted businessman. Kuomintang lawmaker Lee Chuan-chiao said at a news conference on Saturday that Mr Chen had received NT$l million (S$50,000) from Liang
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      • 81 7 BEIJING: China has banned the sale of human eggs and tightened rules for sperm banks to boost control over the nations rapidly expanding fertility business, state media said yesterday. The Health Ministry had outlawed "egg donation and supply for commercial purposes", Xinhua news agency reported.
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      • 70 7 TOKYO: A high-speed Japanese ferry collided yesterday with an object possibly a whale injuring 49 people, including 13 who were m serious condition, the boat operator said. The ferry was carrying 103 passengers and five crew members when the accident happened as it headed
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      • 59 7 JAKARTA: A boy playing m a Chinese cemetery m Indonesia's restive town of Poso, Central Sulawesi, has found a cache of home-made bombs, a report said. The boy found the 40 bombs on Saturday afternoon, the Detikcom online news service said yesterday. It said
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      • 64 7 YANGON: A "suspicious device" found at an international school m Yangon last week was just an April Fool's prank by two of its foreign students, police said. "Two students have confessed... They said they downloaded some instructions from a website to make a device
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 629 8  -  Lee Tee Jong Ban Xi Moon seeks backing to clinch post of next UN secretary-general By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul SOUTH Korean Foreign Minister Ban Xi Moon has been globetrotting since declaring his candidacy for the post of United Nations secretary-gen-eral m February.
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    • 36 8 Taking part m a "flower festival" celebrating the birthday of Buddha, girls wearing traditional Japanese costumes and accompanied by their mothers paraded on a street m Tokyo's Azabu-Ju-ban district yesterday. PHOTO AFP
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    • 411 8 Tokyo THE new leader of Japan's opposition said yesterday that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is "wrong" to visit a controversial shrine, adding that the names of war criminals should be removed from the shrine. "Mr Koizumi's (visits) are wrong... Yasukuni shrine originally was not
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    • 20 8 THE DARK SIDE OF GAMING Does playing violent games make you a violent person? The experts slug it out. m%W
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 297 9 'Speed dating' matches IT firms with job -seekers Bangalore DESPERATE to meet growing demand for software engineers m India's high-tech hub, headhunters are adapting the concept of speed dating to job recruitment. Mr Gautam Sinha, chief executive officer of TV A Infotech, one of the more than 300 technology recruiting
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    • 488 9 Thousands march m streets to demand the restoration of democracy Kathmandu POLICE fired rubber bullets and tear gas at pro-democracy demonstrators m Nepal's capital yesterday as thousands defied a curfew and shoot-on-sight orders. They marched m different parts of the city, demanding that King Gyanendra
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
    • 516 10 Opposition helped to oust Thai PM but cannot win hearts and minds of voters Bangkok THAILAND'S top opposition party scored a win by helping to oust Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, but this has done little for the fortunes of a party that
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    • 207 10 THAI Rak Thai Party leader Thaksin Shinawatra gave a strong hint yesterday that he would pick his successor for the post of prime minister, although he said he would not raise the issue at a key meeting tomorrow. Mr Thaksin made these remarks when asked
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    • 348 10 Bangkok TEN Thai artists have been asked to design a new uniform for a 60-year-old royal elephant who will be part of the celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej 's accession to the throne. The new
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    • 276 10 Sydney AUSTRALIA signalled a tougher line on refugees from Indonesia's troubled province of West Papua yesterday, saying boats carrying asylum seekers could be turned back m future. The warning by Justice Minister Chris Ellison came amid a diplomatic row over the granting
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    • 225 10 Johor Baru MALAYSIAN Customs officers have begun seizing sugar being taken out of the country, catching many Singaporeans who bought it across the Causeway unawares. Customs director-general Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid announced on Friday that, from April 21, anyone caught taking sugar out
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    • 307 10 SUNGAI PETANI (KEDAH) THE Singapore media is not helping to improve relations between the Republic and Malaysia by frequently publishing inaccurate reports on Malaysia, Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said yesterday. The Bernama news agency said he made the point when commenting on the
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  • WORLD
    • 893 12  -  Roger Mitton Iraq at heart of Bush's problems as poor ratings reveal Americans 1 loss of confidence By I US Bureau Chief In Washington ladsjfdhjdjfkad ldjtdsjfdsl ldfjirelf tuyioeuekdhgh hjyk kgfdlkgkldf LAST week was among the worst US President George W. Bush has endured since he came
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    • 87 13 The unpredictable path tornadoes take is clear from the destruction wrecked m the US town of Gallatin, Tennessee, on Friday. While homes on one side of a street were destroyed, those on the other were spared. The violent weather killed 12 people m the state and
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    • 667 13  -  Eugene Low Latest call for robust measures comes just before President Hu f s visit By US Correspondent In Washington CRITICAL POINT "Our economic relationship is now at a critical point. Failure by China to address key outstanding trade concerns and fulfil longstanding
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    • 276 13 Activists plan big US protests to support migrants Washington ACTIVIST groups are vowing to hold giant marches across the United States today to demand immigration reform and the legalisation of nearly 12 million undocumented migrants living m the country. Marches have been organised m 60 cities, including here m the
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    • 425 14 Anger over comments that Iraq is mired m civil war and doubts over allegiance of Shi'ites Cairo IRAQ and its powerful neighbour Iran were fuming yesterday over comments by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a major broker m Middle East politics, about a civil
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    • ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE ELECTIONS
      • 312 14 Rome ITALIANS flocked to polling booths yesterday to vote m a general election that could unseat Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the media tycoon whose five years m power have been marked by economic stagnation. He faced a stiff challenge from his centre-left rival,
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      • 291 14 Lima PERUVIANS headed to the polls yesterday m a tightly contested presidential race led by a leftist nationalist vowing "a revolution to give Peru's riches to the poor". Mr Ollanta Humala, 43, a former army commander backed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
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      • 199 14 Budapest HUNGARIAN voters went to the polls yesterday to choose between a pro-globalisation, So-cialist-led government and an opposition that wants a "patriotic" economic policy. It was the fifth parliamentary election since communism ended m 1989 and the first since the country of 10 million people joined
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 87 14 MADRID: A Spanish judge is expected to charge about 30 people today over the Madrid train bombings m 2004, completing a two-year investigation into the attacks. Judge Juan del Olmo will take steps towards a trial that probably would not start before early next year,
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      • 95 14 LONDON: Al-Qaeda played no part m the London bombings last July, which were instead planned on a low budget from information off the Internet, a newspaper reported yesterday. A government probe into Britain's worst terrorist attack concluded that it was a "simple and inexpensive" plot
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      • 109 14 SAN FRANCISCO: AsianAmericans are complaining that the new sneaker of German shoemaker Adidas bears an image which perpetuates a negative stereotype of Asians. The limited-edition Fong sneaker, made by Adidas and San Francisco specialty clothing maker HUF, features an image of an Asian man
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      • 84 14 SYDNEY: An Australian federal police officer has been suspended for consulting a clairvoyant while investigating a death threat made to Prime Minister John Howard, a newspaper reported yesterday. The officer, whose identity has not been released, reportedly consulted Ms Elizabeth Walker after a probe into
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    • 650 15  -  Shamal Kandiah Govt website to be information concierge to keep people m touch By For The Straits Times In New York "There is a larger Singapore community out there now. We want to connect with them and to engage them." MR CHIANG CHIE
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 286 15 DANISH talk show host Asmaa Abdol-Hamid wears a headscarf and declines to shake hands with male journalists. But she insists that she is not a radical Muslim despite what her critics say. "I have a hard time understanding it, accepting that just because you wear
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      • 82 15 BRAZIL'S first astronaut landed safely on the Kazakh steppe yesterday, returning from a 10--day trip m space with a crew that spent six months on board the International Space Station. Air force pilot Marcos Pontes, 43, fulfilled a childhood dream m becoming the first
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      • 152 15 HE RUNS a Geneva-based luxury goods empire and dreams of turning his first name, Yeslam, into an international marketing brand, like Dior or Prada. Trouble is, his last name is bin Laden, and he is the halfbrother of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda founder and
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
      • 333 16  - Beijing forum to promote cross-strait economic ties CLARISSA OON WHAT IT IS A TOP-LEVEL forum on cross-strait economic and trade issues, the first of its kind organised by China and Taiwan's main opposition party Kuomintang (KMT), will finally take place m Beijing on Friday. The island's pro-indepen-dence government had blocked
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      • 128 16 UN nuclear agency chief to visit Iran WORLD WHAT IT IS THE head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr Mohamed Elßaradei, is due m Iran on Wednesday to discuss Teheran's nuclear programme. He will hold talks with officials on some of Teheran's outstanding issues with the lAEA. WHY IT
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      • 120 16  -  ROGER MITTON WORLD WHAT IT IS THOUSANDS of demonstrators will take to the streets of the United States today m a dramatic display of Hispanic power. At least 120 cities are participating m the National Day of Action, which will include student walkouts, candlelight vigils, rallies
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      • 126 16 Another go at reviving six- way talks EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THE chief US delegate to the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, Mr Christopher Hill, arrives m Tokyo today for yet another attempt at resuming the stalled negotiations. But prospects of this happening seemed unclear, with
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    • 254 16 April 10-16 MONDAY KUALA LUMPUR: China's Defence Minister begins a three-day visit. JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurates 62nd Unescap commission meeting. >> TOKYO: Japan resumes free-trade agreement negotiations with Asean. TUESDAY >> PYONGYANG: North Korea due to convene new session of Supreme People's Assembly. >> SINGAPORE: Saudi Arabia's Crown
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  • REVIEW
    • 405 17 INTERNET users would be delighted at news that Singapore homes can later m the year he connected to the Net at speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (mbps), through one of the existing service providers. This raises two questions. Wouldn't this render moot the Government's
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    • 1576 17  -  John R. Bradley By Senior Writer A new study questioning US' closeness to Israel ignites a storm A NEW academic study, The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy, is the latest indication that a crack m the pro-Israel monolith is widening into an unprecedented debate m Washington
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    • 810 17  -  Michael Vatikiotis By ON HER recent visit to Australia, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sent a clear signal that Washington sees China as a strategic competitor rather than a global partner, which does not send a very positive signal ahead of Chinese President
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    • 1614 18  -  S. JOTHIRATNAM BY For The Straits Times SINCE the death of my uncle, Mr S. Rajaratnam, there have been bones of contention m the newspapers over what his views were, such as on multiculturalism, the forging of a Singaporean identity, materialism and the
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    • 1059 19  -  Chua Chong Jin By For The Straits Times SINGAPORE'S athletes did well m the recent Commonwealth Games m Melbourne and those who delivered will receive rich rewards soon. Under the Singapore National Olympic Council's Multimillion dollar Award Programme (MAP), the 18 medallists will collectively pocket
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  • HOME
    • 8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY APRIL 10, 2006
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    • 637 1  -  Tan Hui Yee Case gets more complaints from buyers without agents who are misled into paying such commissions By" MANY HDB flat buyers who bypass estate agents to make their purchases are still being fleeced for thousands of dollars m
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    • 317 1  -  TAN HUI YEE SOME sellers of HDB flats have also been charged commissions by agents they did not hire. Ms Mariam Mohammad. 43. was asked to pay a 1 per cent commission to an agent who turned up at her five-room flat
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    • 493 2  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Suspect also has many children hy several wives from invalid marriages By lime Correspondent THE trial of a father suspected of raping six of his teenage daughters is expected to start m the High Court today. The man. who
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    • 115 2 The new Miss Singapore Universe hasher sights set on fight- ing child prostitution m neighbouring countries. Ms Carol Cheong, 24, an art director of an ad agency who was crowned last night at the MediaCorp >tudios on Caldecott Hill. said she hoped to be involved m
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    • 81 2 Saudi Prince here THE Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz AlSaud, will make a six-day official visit to Singapore from today. The Crown Prince, who is also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and Aviation, will call on President S R Nathan. He will meet
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    • 744 3  -  Ben Nadarajan S'poreans there say they like the openness, relaxed pace of life By ln Bahrain SHE was the last of three sisters to move to Bahrain to work, but Madam Siti Dalliah Rosnah liked it so much, she outstayed them both. The Singaporean
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    • ELECTION 06 PAP RENEWAL
      • 573 4  -  Li Xueying GRC LINE-UPS: Change was m the air m several GRCs yesterday., as the PAP confirmed names of sitting MPs who will step down, and its new faces made their presence felt SEMBAWANG GRC Lawyer Ellen Lee and eye surgeon Lim Wee Kiak
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      • 464 4  -  Zakir Hussain EAST COAST GRC By DEPUTY Prime Minister S. Jayakumar yesterday named the likely line-up for his East Coast GRC team for the coming general election. New PAP candidates Jessica Tan and Lee Vi Shyan are joining the team and three veterans, MPs
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      • 301 4  -  Aaron Low JALAN BESAR GRC By MINISTER for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang said yesterday that his team for Jalan Besar GRC is likely to see only one change. Four-term MP Loh Meng See, 56, will make way, most probably for People's
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      • 456 4  -  Maria Almenoar JURONG GRC By THERE will be a change to the five-member Jurong GRC line-up with People's Action Party (PAP) new candidate and PSA International chief executive officer for Southeast Asia and Japan, Ms Grace Fu, likely to take over from
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      • 260 4  -  Yap Su-Yin ANG MO KIO GRC B_ PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced his new Ang Mo Kio GRC line-up m the upcoming elections yesterday. Joining the six-person team will be two new faces 36-year-old paediatric eye specialist Lam Pin Mm and 45-year-old civil engineer Lee
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      • 237 4  -  Marcel Lee Pereira BISHAN-TOA PAYOH GRC By BISHAN-TOA PAYOH GRC looks likely to see new faces m the line-up of People's Action Party MPs. Lawyer Hri Kumar, 39, has made his presence felt m the Thomson ward, helping with grassroots activities, doing block visits and attending
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      • 277 4 HOLLAND-BUKIT TIMAH GRC WHILE the line-up m Holland-Bu-kit Timah GRC has yet to be finalised, it is likely that three of the five positions will be filled by new faces seen on recent walkabouts. Yesterday, the GRC's anchor minister Lim Swee Say said Jurong
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      • 629 5  - Smooth self- renewal 'a PAP strength' Marcel Lee Pereira MPc .TFPPINP nOWM' ate tnere are rm s ns at 17 P eo P' e s Action Party MPs will be stepping down during IVIrS 3lCrrll.V3 UUVVIM. the coming general election. Eng Hen: Process painful, but party MPs stand ready to
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      • 151 5 HERE'S a list of MPs who are retiring or have indicated they intend to step down: >> Tan Soo Khoon. 56 (East Coast GRC, first elected m 1976) Tony Tan, 66 (Sembawang GRC, 1979) Lee Yock Suan, 59 (East Coast GRC, 1980) >> Tan Cheng
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      • 420 5  -  Arlina Arshad By AS THE chief executive of Tema-sek-linked shipping and logistics group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), Mr David Lim has to travel overseas for work often. In his absence, he depended on his '"excellent bunch of grassroots leaders" to run
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      • 184 5 STEPPING down after just one term, Dr Warren Lee said yesterday he wished he had more time for his Canberra ward of Sembawang GRC, but was ready to give way to new talent. "If you ask anybody who is passionate about his job,
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      • 186 5 AFTER 18 years as an MP, Mr Loh Meng See considered his prayers answered when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong agreed to let him step down. The four-term MP at Kampong Glam made a formal request to PM Lee last year. "Well, my wife's and my
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      • 222 5 FORMER Speaker of Parliament, outspoken backbencher and one of the longest-serving PAP veterans, Mr Tan Soo Khoon, is stepping down. The seven-term MP, from East Coast GRC, told The Straits Times: "I've served 30 years, I think that's long enough for someone to be an
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      • 218 5 STEPPING down does not mean goodbye, said outgoing Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Tan Boon Wan. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has asked the Ang Mo Kio Town Council chairman, 57, to make way as part of the People's Action Party's renewal process.
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      • 212 5 FORMER Cabinet minister Lee Yock Suan is retiring from politics after 26 years. Mr Lee, 59, an East Coast GRC MP, told reporters yesterday he had informed Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong almost two years ago that he wanted to step down. "So I'm very
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      • 171 5 ASKED to rate himself as an MP after two terms, law lecturer Chin Tet Yung said modestly: "Average. I did my duty." He was first elected an MP for Sembawang GRC m 1997 and now, he is stepping down. He said yesterday that
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      • 456 5  -  Lee Hui Chieh TAMPINES GRC NEEDS ONE MORE MP By LAWYER Ahmad Nizam Abbas, who had been expected to be Mr Yatiman Yusof's replacement m Tampines GRC, said yesterday that he will not be standing as a People's Action Party candidate m the
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      • 677 6  -  Peh Suing Huei He aims to draw voters' attention to the prospect of an all-PAP Parliament By MR CHIAM See Tong's election platform and that of his opposition alliance will be built around one message to voters: Deny the People's Action
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      • 740 6  -  Sue-Ann Chia PM LEE TO OPPOSITION B_ NOMINATION DAY THIS MONTH? "At the moment, I'm scheduled to come back on April 22. But sometimes, the Prime Minister calls me on the telephone. The other day, he called me after lunch, so I thought
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      • 309 6 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong was m his Teck Ghee ward of Ang Mo Kio GRC yesterday when he and his team bumped into Workers' Party members on a walkabout too. Shaking hands, Mr Lee asked WP Youth Wing executive committee member Yaw
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      • 570 6  -  Ken Kwek Aaron Low SM'S VISIT TO OPPOSITION WARDS By IT IS warmer m Potong Pasir than m Hougang. Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong gave this political weather report on the People's Action Party's (PAP) prospects m these two opposition-held wards that he
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      • 363 6  - SDA names 3 for Tampines GRC team T. Rajan By' THE Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) has named three candidates who will contest m Tampines GRC. They are Mr Edmund Ng, 33, whose recruitment agency finds workers for the IT sector; former Singapore Democratic Party member Arturo Lim, 51, a film-maker;
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      • 415 6  - Lift upgrading for 1 10 Holland-Bukit Timah blocks Arlina Arshad LEE HUI CHIEH ZAKIR HUSSAIN By ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY AND LIFTS will be stopping on every floor at 110 blocks m the HollandBukit Timah GRC. Holland-Bukit Panjang GRCs anchor minister, Mr Lim Swee Say, said yesterday these blocks have been
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    • 665 7  -  Salma khalik Affect the disease too they want to use tl lout to raise awareness ol the illness B. Health < ndent IYI surgeon Arthur lim. law} Harry Elias and the Reverend James Wong \m\ ooe thing m common they are all
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    • YOUTHink
      • 626 8  -  Ian Poh YOUNG AND RESTLESS NUS team will compete with 140 others worldwide m race held m the US By COMPETING AGAINST THE BEST "We have gone all out to engineer the best car we can, but it is going to be tough.
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      • Let's talk about JOBS
        • 216 9  -  Alicia Zhuaxg By THE other day my father had a question for me: "'Can you still be a coach when you're I was trying to decide what my second degree should be m sports science or music. But my parents
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        • 255 9  - Chasing my dream but at what cost? Goh Wen Zhoxg By FIVE years ago, I made a decision to read law m Britain, and to give up the opportunity to pursue my passion m economics. Back then, I saw it as a practical choice one which would guide me towards
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        • 145 9  -  Mazuin Khamis By: IT IS important to pursue your interests and try out different hats to find one that fits best when you are still young. Even though I have a full-time job m the media industry, I am taking a diploma course
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        • 170 9  -  Jasmine Lim By IT SEEMS so difficult to find a job. After graduating from polytechnic m law and management, I went for interview after interview. My family tried to be supportive. But they have a bias against certain jobs, and that support
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        • 227 9  -  Eisen Teo By I THINK society is gradually moving away from the traditional mindset of what makes a good job. When I was m secondary school, my parents expected me to become a doctor; when I went on to junior college, they thought I should
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        • 144 9  -  Bernard Aw Yong By I WANT to be an art film maker after I graduate idealistic though this may sound. My mother is encouraging and wants me to fulfil my dream. My father, on the other hand, continually reminds me that film makers do
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      • 246 9 >> Place: Samar Cafe Crowd: People looking for a cheap, good meal after clubbing. Where it's at: 60 Kandahar Street, near the Sultan Mosque. Word on the street: Samar means "conversations at night" m Arabic, which is quite apt for this 24--hour eatery. Located m the historic Malay
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      • 35 9 HAVE something to say about articles m Youthlnk? Thinking ol contributing a story or commentary for publication? Please e-mail styouth _j sph. com.sg with your full name, age and contact number.
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    • FORUM
      • 413 10 I REFER to press reports about sudden deaths of young people m Singapore, who included national servicemen and regular joggers. The reports carried an atmosphere of mystery. It is time the authorities gave serious consideration to the role of trans fat
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      • 209 10 > PROGRESS PACKAGE I WAS dismayed to discover that the two information letters and two explanatorypamphlets (printed on expensive glossy paper) m the four official languages that came with each Progress Package could have been reduced to one each, with a little thought for the Government's
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      • 187 10 RECENTLY, I made an inquiry with the CPF Board on my daughter's behalf about claiming the Progress Package. As she is on overseas study and does not have a local bank account at the moment, she is not able to designate any
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      • 129 10 THE Minister for National Development, Mr Mah Bow Tan, was quoted as saying that the practical reason for registration for the Progress Package is the need to indicate which bank account to credit money to ("Progress Package: 600,000 already signed up"; ST, April
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      • 279 10 I REFER to the article, "USSingapore FTA: New talks to speed up tariffs cuts" (ST, April 1). I urge the Singapore authorities to negotiate with the United States to reduce the 30 per cent withholding tax currently imposed on dividends and income due to
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      • 369 10 I READ with interest Mr Tan Keng Ann's letter, m which he suggested that the current practice of handling traffic accidents needs to be changed ("Cops at accident scene didn't record statements"; ST, April 5). In January, my daughter was involved m a
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      • 267 10 SINGAPORE is among the noisiest cities m the world. People here live mainly m apartments stacked close to each other, and next to busy roads and highways. Since traffic movement cannot be reduced, m the short term, regulation should at least ensure that noise
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      • 106 10 BESIDES requiring students to attend weekday co-curric-ular activity training m a particular sport, why do some schools make them return for training on Saturdays and even organise two- or threeday field trips during school holidays, especially the one-week March school holiday? The
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      • BOUQUETS
        • 88 10 EVEN though my ride m Comfort taxi SHC 3400 Z on March 8 was a short one, from South Bridge Road to Beach Road, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The cabby greeted me when I boarded. After acknowledging my destination, he offered me sweets m a
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        • 130 10 ON MARCH 8, I had an appointment at the National Skin Centre and did not expect to be treated differently from the impersonal manner of many public health workers. To my great surprise and appreciation, from the moment I walked m, I was treated m
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        • 102 10 MY FRIEND and 1 boarded SMRT taxi SHB 250 P at Jurong Entertainment Centre on March 25 at about 9.10pm to go to three destinations m Jurong. The driver was very polite throughout the journey. We needed to drop an article at the first destination
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        • 59 10 ON MARCH 21, I left my wallet, which contained several credit cards, by accident m the women's washroom at Rivervale Mall. Fortunately, one of the cleaning women took the trouble to take my wallet to United Overseas Bank (UOB) and phoned me as she saw I
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    • SPORTS
      • 306 11  -  Chia Han Keong SOCCER By FOUR weeks after disappearing mysteriously following a training session. Japanese fitness trainer Yuki Kawana turned up yesterday at ihe very place where he was last seen on March 12. At noon, the Albirex Niigata em- ployee
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      • 709 11 LIVERPOOL EDGE BOLTON 1-0 Birthday boy's strike laudable, but Benitez still wants money for new transfers LOXDON ROBBIE Fowler gave himself the perfect birthday present yesterday: Liverpool's winner against Bolton. The Anfield hero struck right on the stroke of half-time to give the hosts a
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      • 711 11 London WAYNE Rooney's gambling habits were made public m a shocking manner yesterday. The Sunday Mirror reported that the Manchester United striker owes a bookmaker £700,000 (Ss2 million), and cannot pay up. The allegations were serious enough for the Football Association
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      • 600 12 Goal down, man down, but Chelsea still win 4-1 SOCCER West Ham United hammered as the Blues inch closer to Premiership title London THE talk before the West Ham United match was about the rife and bust-ups m the Chelsea camp. And the champions' quest for a second English Premiership
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      • 226 12 JOSE Mourinho does not believe it is a certainty that Chelsea will win the race for Michael Ballack. The German star seems certain to leave Bayern Munich m the summer, having rejected a number of contract offers, and Chelsea are said
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      • 439 12 London MARTEN Jol is still pinching himself. He finds it hard to believe that his Tottenham side are above bitter North London rivals Arsenal m the Premiership. Spurs strengthened their grip on the final Champions League qualifying spot with a 2-1
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      • 453 12 London WEST Bromwich Albion did their relegation fight little favour when they let two points slip away through poor finishing m a frantic derby against Aston Villa yesterday. The match ended 0-0, but a combination of last-ditch defending and some fine
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      • 504 12 Madrid REAL Madrid said their "adios" to any outside chance of challenging for the Spanish Primera Liga title with a disappointing 1-1 draw against rele-gation-threatened Real Sociedad at the Bernabeu on Saturday. Ronaldo, temporarily shrugging off his love-hate relationship with the fans, netted
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      • 91 12 BENDING it like Beckham is one thing. Arranging it like the English footballer is quite another. David Beckham will reveal on British television before the World Cup that he has obsessive compulsive disorder. He was quoted m the Chicago Sun-Times as saying: "Everything has to be
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      • 263 12 Rome INTER Milan bounced back from their heart-breaking Champions League exit by winning 2-1 at Ascoli on Saturday. Knocked out of Europe's premier club competition by Villarreal on Tuesday, Inter fought back from a goal down to secure an important victory m
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      • 200 12 Saturday Ascoli 1 Inter Milan 2 Livorno 0 Udinese 2 Yesterday AC Milan 4 Chievo 1 Roma 3 Lecce 1 Cagliari 1 Palermo 1 Empoli 2 Sampdoria 1 Messina 3 Treviso 1 Parma 4 Reggina 0 Siena 2 Lazio 3 Juventus v Fiorentina Late kick-off P W D
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      • 395 13  -  CLAN YI SHEN ►BODYBUILDING By THE last time Adrian Tan took part m a bodybuilding contest was five years ago. He won the light-middle-weight (80kg) title at the national championships then, but faded from the scene after that. Yesterday, the 30-year-old made
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      • 398 13  -  LIN XINYI SOCCER S-LEAGUE fans will not get their full dose of football action this week. Two matches have been postponed because of the Singapore Cup preliminary-round fixtures. The news is music to the ears of Young Lions coach Fandi Ahmad, whose side were due
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      • DIFFERENT STROKES
        • 70 13 AS THE Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els group played through Amen Corner on Friday, a middle school physical education teacher suffered a heart attack. Bill McKnight collapsed near the 13th fairway. He was revived by a physician and taken to Medical College of Georgia Hospital. According
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        • 96 13 JACK Nicklaus' record as the oldest Masters champion appears safe. Ben Crenshaw, the most improbable piayer to crack the 36-hole leaderboard, got off to a dismal start m the rain-delayed third round and plummeted out of contention on Saturday. The 54-year-old American had a bogey
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        • 70 13 THE way Australian Mark Hensby started the Masters, it looked as though he would get the weekend off. He followed up an open-ing-round 80 with a five-un-der 67 on Friday. That equalled the best score of the second round, and was good enough to
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      • 208 13 HORSE RACING Liverpool IRISH raider Numbersixvalverde won the Grand National on Saturday, giving jockey Niall "'Slippers" Madden victory with his first ride and Ireland its fifth win m the world's most famous horse race m the last eight years. The horse, an 11-1 shot,
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      • 87 13 P W D L F APtS Young Lions 4 3 1 Q 9 1 10 Tampines 5 3 1 1 12 9 10 SAFFC 4 3 1 0 8 5 10 Home 4 3 0 18 4 9 Woodlands 5 1 3 1 10 8 6 ANiigata 2 1
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      • 12 13 Saturday Balestier Khalsa v Malaysia Under-23 (Toa Payoh Stadium 7.30pm)
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      • 1003 13 "GOLF The Masters Third round: 212 Phil Mickelson 70 72 70 213 Fred Couples 71 70 72, Chad Campbell 71 67 75 214 Stephen Ames (Can) 74 70 70, Tiger Woods 72 71 71, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 72 72, Darren Clarke (Nir) 72 70 72,
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      • 31 13 Thursday Gombak United v Singapore Armed Forces FC (Queenstown Stadium. 7.30pm) Friday Albirex Niigata v Woodlands Wellington (Jurong East Stadium, 7pm) Sunday Tampines Rovers v Geylang United (Tampines Stadium, 7pm)
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      • 259 14 Fl DANYON DAD KEVIN "My Dad was eight when he became an ardent supporter of Germany and Bayern Munich. Even our names have a footballing flavour. My brother is named Matthaus (after Lothar) and myself Christian (after Ziege). I am eight this year
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      • 508 14  -  Chan Vi Shen RUGBY They beat England m final and close m on overall IRB Sevens series crown By FIJI took a big step towards winning their first International Rugby Board Sevens series title when they were crowned champions m the Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore
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      • 652 14  -  Fay Cheng Khoon By Sports Editor Our physique and the lack of professional rugby m Singapore are severe handicaps. A final note: I certainly hope that my first visit to the Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore will not be my last. After
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      • SPORTS WORLD
        • 40 14 SHANGHAI: Dubai was named the host of the Fina World Short-Course Swimming Championships m 2010. It beat Istanbul 11-10 m the narrowest margin of final votes yesterday. Manchester is the 2008 host. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        • 97 14 NEW JERSEY: Leßron James scored 18 of his 37 points m the final 12 minutes on Saturday to lead Cleveland to a 108-102 victory m a National Basketball Association game. The result ended New Jersey's 14-game winning streak. Cleveland secured the fourth seeding and home-court
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      • 388 14 BASEBALL MLB: Toronto 8 Tampa 4, Cincinnati 1 1 Pittsburgh 9, Milwaukee 5 Arizona 4. Cubs 3 St Louis 2, Kansas 4 White Sox 3, S. Francisco 12 Atlanta 6, Boston 2 Baltimore 1, Cleveland 3 Minnesota 0, Washington 12 Houston 8, Detroit 7 Texas 0, Oakland 3 Seattle
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    • OBITUARIES
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        338 15 I Ute Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; W he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; *I do not be discouraged. Deuteronomy 3 1 :8 LEE HSYAU BENG Age: 83 Was called home to be with the Lord on 7 April
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        693 15 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me. Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me Psalms 23:4 LIAN GEOK VAN, HELEN 5 October 1953 8 April 2006 Has returned to her Lord to rest m
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        387 15 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell m the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 SOH SEOK WAH Age: 74 was called home to be with the Lord on 8 Apr 2006 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Daniel Lim
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      • Obituary, Illustration
        290 15 —w~^ PHUMAJ. SINGH S/O BAKSHISH SINGH Age: 56 passed away peacefully on 7/4/06 Sadly missed by all loved ones. Cremation will take place on 1 1.4.06 at spm at Mandai Crematorium Hall 4. Bus will leave the residence at 3.30pm. Blk 408 Pandan Gardens. Tel: *****004 r IST ANNIVERSARY IN
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    • MONEY
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      • 82 16 Apr 07 %CHNG TR 2005 CLOSE FR Apr 06 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.6041 -0.01 1J063 1.6120 Euro 1.9559 +1.07 2.1820 1.9182 2 8078 +0.50 3 1670 2.8038 ***** +0.03 1.3018 1.1391 Yen 1.3629 +0.33 1.6084 1.3660 Rupiah '0.***** -0.12 0.***** 0.***** BaM 4 2064
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      • 453 16  -  Chua Kong Ho "TAKING STOCK Trading volumes set to ease after the past week's frenzied activity By Markets Correspondent REGIONAL BOOST Singapore could get a boost from booming regional markets, which have risen due to speculative fund inflows, say dealers IT
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      • BROKERS' CHOICE
        • 65 16 OCBC UPBEAT ON ROLY'S PROSPECTS OCBC Investment Research has initi- ated coverage on Roly International, a supply chain management group and distributor of lifestyle products, with a "buy" call. Valuations for the company are undemanding, given its enhanced quality of earnings, and that its business m distributing fast-moving consumer goods
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        • 85 16 CIMB maintained its underperform call on Creative Technology, citing its worst-than-expected third-quar-ter results. "We expect the business environment for Creative to remain tough at least for the next two quarters. Demand is expected to pick up only m the second quarter of financial year 2007
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        • 57 16 CHINA-BASED potato starch producer China Essence is set for growth due to strong potential demand for the raw material, which is mainly used m food processing. Westcomb Securities, which initiated coverage on China Essence with a "buy", has a target price of 81
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      • 82 17 WILL Airbus lose out to Boeing m the twin-aisle market? It might well do so unless it can appease key clients who are taking it to task for not offering a more satisfactory answer to Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. Unlike Boeing, which worked off a fresh slate. Airbus chose
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      • 336 17 It is 2nd key client to say Airbus has not done enough to match Boeing's 787 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has become the second key Airbus customer to say that the European company has not done enough to make its planned
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      • 203 17 Shanghai CHINA has agreed to talk with the European Union (EU) and the United States about a complaint over tariffs on car-parts imports, its Ministry of Commerce said. Mr Sun Zhenyu, China's ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has notified EU and
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      • 417 17 Xf.w York JPMORGAN Chase Co will swop its corporate trust unit for Bank of New York's retail and small business banking network. The swop values the Bank of New York business at US$3.l billion (SSS billion), and JPMorgan's trust unit at USS2.B billion.
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        • 51 19  -  FRANS LEENAARS Appointed Air France KLM's general manager for Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand with effect from April 1. Previously, he was the general manager of KLM Singapore, Indonesia and Southwest Pacific. He began his career with KLM as a management trainee m
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      • 439 2  -  Andrea Ong CONCERT FONG FEI-FEI WORLD TOUR 2006 Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Saturday FONG Fei-fei is not impressed with today's dancers. Poking fun at the "new fad of breakdancing. where people dance around on their heads", she proclaimed at one stage m her 2V2 hour show:
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      • 142 2 LOS ANGELES American movie legend Steven Spielberg is branching out into reality TV with a new show aimed at finding a talented film-maker to follow m his footsteps, broadcasters said last Friday. Spielberg, the mastermind behind such pop culture touchstones as Jaws, E.T. and
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      • 324 2 SHANGHAI In a bow to the Godfather of Chinese rock, the Rolling Stones invited Cvi Jian to accompany them during their debut m China last Saturday. The decision for Cvi to perform a duet with Mick Jagger Wild Horses, a Rolling Stones' song
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      • 335 3  -  Foong Woei Wan You can sniff and see something m the oven but some celebs prefer to keep the Big Event under wraps IS TOM Cruise's fiancee, Katie Holmes, faking her pregnancy? Is Faye Wong really having a home birth or did her second husband
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      • 319 3 THE interest m the pregnancy of Tom Cruise's bride-to-be. actress Katie Holmes, is so intense, conspiracy theorists have come out to play. When the couple announced their whirlwind romance last year, some suspected it was a publicity stunt. And even with
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      • 231 3 SHE goes for dinner with her friends and plays poker with them. She doesn't wear make-up and seems bloated. She buys a DVD of the TV thriller series Prison Break. She supervises some movers who have shipped m her furniture from her old home m
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      • 2574 4  -  Hong Xinyi Theatre and film director and self-confessed control freak Glen Goei talks about why he gave up acting for directing mondayinterview DIRECT FROM GLEN 'I'm a bit confused about where the boundaries are, and I think the Government is too. The OB markers keep changing' On censorship
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      • 918 5  -  Tay Yek Keak But I ended up having fun at The Producers then crying foul at the muted language of Inside Man starsandgripes OCCASIONALLY. 1 burst into song The other day this is a true story I happily sang Rita Coolidge's (Your
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      • 257 5 HONG KONG The gay love story Brokeback Mountain has spawned a new slang term m Hong Kong. Headline writers m the Cantonese-speaking territory have started using the term "dun bui", or "brokeback". to describe homosexual relationships like the one depicted m the Oscar-winning film (above) by
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        69 6 'Get Lee Ang to do Brokeback Mountain with two lesbians and 111 be there' Model Kelly Brook (above) on wanting to act "Control is a false notion... the only thing you can determine is how you respond' Actress Jessica Lange 'Heaven is a good screenplay writer, everyone is awaiting
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      • 851 6  -  Nicholas Fang Even my tumblings have taught me things about myself which will he!p m my quest for true love straighttalk I WAS recently at a party which, coincidentally. was also attended by a few women whom I have been involved with over the past
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      • 514 7  -  Ong Su Bin Karena Lam's frightening make-up for her role m Home Sweet Home left rashes on her face HORRIBLE that's Hong Kong actress Karena Lam's verdict on shooting a spooky movie. To look like a vagrant with a scarred face for
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      • 360 14 i he stars are out for the Hong Kong Film Awards, and Sammi Cheng is still the winner m the Best Diva Actress award HONG KONG Sammi Cheng sure knows how to play the diva. The Hong Kong pop star was nominated for Best Actress for Everlasting
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      • 728 8 Promoting partnerships Saudi Arabia ambassador Dr Mohamad Amin Kurdi is confident that ties between Saudi Arabia and Singapore will continue to grow We would like to give our Singaporean friends a better insight into Saudi Arabia's political, social, cultural and economic developments. DR MOHAMAD AMIN KURDI, SAUDI ARABIA'S AMBASSADOR TO
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      • 416 9 Saudis keen to tap on Singapore's expertise business ties between baudi Arabia and bin gape continue to flourish, with more local companies setting up offices m Saudi Arabia THANKS to an increasing global demand for energy, Saudi eyes are looking towards Singapore. First, Saudis have money to invest, and see
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        413 9  -  Charles Derwent a freelance writer THE logic is undeniable: When you set up a business m a foreign country, you need a local partner. So, when Singapore-based Crimson Logic ventured into Saudi Arabia, it aimed high. Its client who it has come to view as a partner
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      • 690 10 Aiming to be a global player Singapore's excellent logistics infrastructure and strategic location enables easy access to global markets and allow for prompt and effective response to their customers' needs. MR AU ALSHAMRANI, GENERAL MANAGER, SABIC ASIA-PACIFIC The Saudi Basic Industries Corp, one of the largest petrochemical companies m the
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    • 73 8 f SABIC Asia Pacific sincerely welcomes H.R.H. f' 1 Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 1 Deputy Premier, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Singapore. i SABIC values its friendship and close ties with Singapore and attaches great economic importance
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        • 436 2  -  CAI CHEN EDITOR'S NOTE: FOR A COPY OF NO SWEAT, THIS ENTERPRISING STUDENT WROTE AN ODE TO IN. HE WANTED TO USE THE STRAITS TIMES' ENGLISH BOOK TO GET AHEAD IN HIS 0 LEVELS, AND SO IMPRESSED US THAT WE JUST HAD TO GIVE
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        • 692 5 ONE OF THE STRAITS TIMES' 2O WOMEN WORTH WATCHING: Stefanie Sun isa millionaire and Singapore's brightest pop export. Since her debut album m 2000, she has been a runaway success m the region. She won the Best Newcomer title at the Annual Golden Melody Awards m
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        • 772 6  - TEENS AROUND THE WORLD ALISON DE SOUZA TALES FROM NEAR AND FAR BY I EXIT PERMIT NEEDED' FOR BOYS ABOVE 13 Boys aged I 3 and above who are eligible for future national service will need an exit permit to leave the country for more than three months. j Previously,
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        • 207 7 BUSTED THIS WEEK READ A GOOD BOOK LATELY? Or maybe you've seen a movie, or bought aCD you loved (or hated). Write m with your review to tell us what you thought. DONE ANYTHING AMAZING LATELY? >> Then tell the world send us photos of you designing a dress, shooting
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        • 810 8 THE BOILING POINT WAITING FOR MORE DETAILS AngloChinese School (Independent) is awaiting more information from the relevant authorities before deciding what action, if any, to take regarding a biting incident m a schools rugby match. This was revealed by principal Ong Teck Chin when he was asked by The Straits
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        • 117 9 Mr Chan Chee Wei, head of physical education and co-curricular activities at ACS(I), says the school's rugby training "is a trade secret, We can't teli it to everybody". "The boys know what they need to do. They train hard, they're going out there to do what
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          188 9 "When the ball is flying m the air and I am sure the referee is looking at it (and not me), 111 climb over the shoulders of my opponent and push him down hard. Then I'll run for the ball. This can be dangerous -my teammate did it
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        • 62 9 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK ACS (I) VS SAINTS IN FINALS Despite the suspension of the two players for gross misconduct, the Anglo Chinese School (Independent) team crushed their Barker Road brethren 64-3 m the semi-finals at the old Police Academy. It will meet St Andrew's School m the Schools
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        • 189 9 When you feel that urge, stop and think, says Dr Brian Yeo, a consultant psychiatrist at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. Here's how: 1) Try counting to 10 before doing anything. It can minimise the damage you will do when angry. 2) If you are indoors,
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      • ZOOMIN
        • 429 10  -  ANDREW DUFFY LAYOUT: TEXT: J After more than 15 years at the head of Singapore's legal system, Chief Justic (CJ) Yong Pung How retires today a day before his 80th birthday. He leaves behind a judicial system that has been ranked No. I in the world, according to a
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        • 775 11  - IT'S A MALL WORLD AFTER ALL CHEONG SUK-WAI BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, APRIL 2 And they're getting bigger. Vivo City m the Harbour Front area will be Singapore's largest mall when it opens later this year, with over I million sq ft of shops. Mr Leong, of Jurong Point Realty,
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        • 48 11 WHEN MORE IS LESS In his best-selling business book The Paradox Of Choice (2004), American social theorist Barry Schwartz points out that recent surveys on shoppers have shown that, when faced with too many choices, they cave m by buying less, not more. (ST, April 2)
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        • 468 12  -  RAFE MARTIN FUTURE TIMES PAST: WRITTEN BY BLOGS GONE TO THE DOGS If it isn't enough that people are showcasing their lives to the world online, dogs have now come into the picture -or, rather, dog owners. A spate of "dog biogs", or what we shall term
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          740 13 "No, huh? Not at all?" "Maybe a little. But he still wants to. I know him. He wants to meet them, and I want to see what happens. And you, Dalton, have been there and know the way." "That's true. But that doesn't mean I should go.
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        • 84 13 STORY THIS WEEK KOREAN KIDS FLOCKING ABROAD A recent report by the Korean Educational Development Institute showed that the number of South Korean students aged between seven and 1 9 studying abroad has increased about 1 0 times, from 1,562 m 1 998 to 1 6,446 m 2004. Many South
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        • 811 14 TOO RELIANT ON GOVT On a TV forum held on April 2, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong agreed with film director Jack Neo that Singaporeans depended too much en the Government and conceded that the Government had been too pervasive. He said: "When Singapore faces a
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        • 101 15 READ AND WRITE BETTER DON'T POKE FUN AT POLITICS On a TV forum held on April 2, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that Singaporeans are free to express their views about politics, but they should not make I igh of it or poke fun at political figures. He said:
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      • 79 4 GET INSIDE; THE; TOP TRENDS JAMES BLUNT PIPPED ROBBIE WILLIAMS At this year's Brit Awards, former army captain James Blunt beat off competition from Robbie Williams to bag the British male solo artist and British pop act awards. He joked: "Now I'm going to retire and become a mercenary m
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