The Straits Times, 13 April 2006

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 108 PAGES IX FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 THURSDAY, APRIL 13 2006 •fl^A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon XL axes plan to replace Causeway
    872 1  -  Reme Ahmad Many Malaysians against trading sand, airspace for deal with Spore, says PM Abdullah By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur CITIZENS' VIEWS INFLUENCED DECISION "The government has decided not to proceed with the construction of the bridge m Johor to replace the
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    630 1  -  Ll XUEYING By "The store of knowledge I have, the experiences I've been through... there's a databank here that I think a younger minister will take some time tp equal." MM LEE, saying he still has much to
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Going up: Calls for lift upgrades
      92 1  -  Goh Chin Lian By MADAM Tan Choo Kirn used to walk down a flight of steps to the lift on the ninth floor for her dailytrip to the market. Then, four years ago, a stroke left her paralysed on the left side of her
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      Lock icon ELECTION WATCH
      1063 1 ELECTION WATCH there were a lift on our floor." She may get her wish. Her block, 145, m Bishan Street 11, has been earmarked for an upgrade under Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC's five-year renewal plan. Like Miss Tay, many residents m older HDB blocks where the lifts do not stop at
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      Lock icon "Singapore's Leadership Crisis"
      332 2 The single biggest challenge facing Singapore m 2006 and beyond is the unprecedented lack of personal leadership within our public and private sector organisations. And personal leadership is required at all levels; from executives, directors, managers, team members, workers and professionals. "...we need leaders who can articulate
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    • IN A FLASH
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        52 2 Going easy on religion The Chinese government has lately been moderating its stance towards religion to counter international criticism. PAGE 8 Japan plans moon trip Japan's space agency has set up a team to send an unmanned mission to the surface of the moon, possibly within the next 10
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        27 2 Howard to be quizzed Prime Minister John Howard will become the first Australian leader m more than 20 years to face a judicial inquiry. PAGE 13
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        28 2 Teheran ups the ante Teheran's announcement on the nuclear fuel cycle is significant, but not as earth-shaking as President Ahmadinejad made it out to seem. PAGE 22
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        27 2 Energy dilemma China must persuade the US that its oil strategy is not driven by "old thinking", but by a new and cooperative vision. PAGE 22
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        78 2 SMS firm fined The company that sent out chargeable SMS messages to mobile subscribers here has been hit with a $150,000 fine. PAGE HI Lessons for first-timer Mr Gan Kirn Yong learnt m his first term as MP that to be effective, he had to use the language of
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        45 2 Talent m question Allowing the public to vote for their favourite contestant raises the question: How big a part did talent play? PAGE H9 Ensure visitors' safety Instead of seeing Singapore as unhelpful. Malaysia should work towards ensuring the safety of visitors. PAGE H9
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        24 2 Fowler may be out Robbie Fowler may be out and Raul Gonzalez may get m after changes at Liverpool this summer PAGE Hil
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        Lock icon MONEY
        48 2 Mid-tier sales up Three mid-tier property projects that will be launched this weekend have already seen good take-up rates during their soft launches earlier. PAGE H2O Oil caverns plan After studying the proposal for 10 years, Singapore has decided to build underground oil caverns this year. PAGEH22
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Mindanao a 'weak link' in regional terror fight
      504 3  -  Marcel Lee Pereira US, Philippines urged to wipe out extremist training camps there By THE Mindanao region m the southern Philippines is the weak link m the region's fight against terror. Terrorists there are still training recruits from around the region and
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      Lock icon Saints roll to cup win over ACS (I)
      248 3 AFTER all the off-field controversy surrounding biting and stamping incidents, the schools national B division rugby competition drew to a close at the Home Team Academy m Choa Chu Kang yesterday. St Andrew's Secondary School, who went into the game as slight
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      Lock icon Progress Package: More time given to fill forms
      410 3  -  Maria Almenoar By SINGAPOREANS have been given three more days to fill up paper forms to get their Progress Package payments by May 1. The deadline has been extended to April 18 because the community centres, clubs and community development councils helping
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      Lock icon New chief exec to helm NKF from next week
      616 4  -  Radha ßasu It is also expanding lhe way it offers dialysis By MAJOR changes are afoot at the National Kidney Foundation, with the impending arrival of a new chief executive, more choice m its dialysis services, and evidence that it is
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      Lock icon S'pore, China to rope in third partners for joint projects
      512 4  -  Chua Chin Hon By China Bureau Chief In Beijing TWO may not be enough. Looking for fresh ways to expand bilateral cooperation, Singapore and China yesterday said they would be looking to rope m third-party countries for future joint projects.
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      34 4 BACK WITH A BANG With a change m ownership, CWT Distribution's new management is creating buzz m the company and the share price. Don't miss this week's mEEkm I Ibp^^l si I 8%^3 HEM
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon MALAYSIA'S BRIDGE SURPRISE
      1278 5  - MALAYSIA'S BRIDGE SURPRISE Carolyn Hong Resistance on the ground over airspace and sand trade-off to Spore a possible cause of turnaround By A lalaysia Correspondent l\ Kuala Lumpur TWO weeks ago. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi held a closed door meeting with Umno MPs to brief them on the on-going
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      295 5 Karachi tightens security Security forces block roads m Karachi to prevent a repeat of rioting after the worst suicide attack m two decades. PAGE 9 PICK UP OF HHJfl^Hi^^l^l^^^H GREAT BARGAINS "-Jfcj vg£ BE*T^^s Amm HK fl\ I *Mi&£&' fl MMt MmMMmW \W k\ MM \M I A lO! AWM
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Beijing counters Chen's snubs with charm offensive
      640 6  -  Clarissa Oon By dangling economic goodies, China hopes to win over the Taiwanese By China Correspondent 1\ Bfijing THE more Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian tries to snub ties with China, the harder Beijing will try to woo the Taiwanese people over. That is
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      Lock icon Google defends compliance with Chinese censorship laws
      336 6  -  TSCHANGCHI-CHU Beijing GOOGLE chief executive officer Eric Schmidt yesterday defended the company's controversial decision to censor Internet searches m its Chinese edition, reiterating its position that it has to comply with local laws. "We believe the decision that we made to follow the
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      Lock icon TRAIN COLLISION
      91 6 PHOTO: Rescue workers rushing to the scene where two passenger trains collided m Heping county m southern China's Guangdong province on Tuesday morning. More than 20 passengers and stewards were injured, said the Chinese Ministry of Railways. The trains collided between the stations of Linzhai and Dongshui on
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      Lock icon School closed after mystery viral death
      144 6 Beijing A SCHOOL m north-western China has been shut after a mystery virus killed a student and left dozens hospitalised with high fever, state press and an official said yesterday. The authorities have determined that the outbreak at Yidian High School m Qishan county,
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      Lock icon Laid-off bank workers stage sit-in in Beijing
      352 6  -  TSCHANG CHI-CHU By China Correspondent In Beijing MORE than 500 laid-off employees from China Construction Bank's local branches staged a sit-in outside the bank's headquarters m Beijing yesterday to demand their jobs back. Most of them had worked as security guards, drivers ancl
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan plans unmanned lunar landing in 10 years
      349 8 Tokyo JAPAN'S space agency has set up a team to send an unmanned mission to the moon, possibly within the next 10 years, officials said yesterday. Mr Keiji Tachikawa, chairman of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa), provided no further details of
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      Lock icon ONE WAY TO TAKE COVER
      85 8 A man resorts to wearing a plastic bag over his head, holding it m place with his sunglasses, during a heavy sandstorm m Xi'an m north-west China's Shaanxi province. Sandstorms have been wreaking havoc m northern China for the past week, with capital Beijing experiencing
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      Lock icon Beijing softening stance towards religion
      562 8  - Beijing softening stance towards religion Clarissa Oon Foreign criticism and the people's need for spiritual guidance are push factors By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA'S communist government is not known for being keen on religion. But lately, it appears to have had a conversion of sorts. It has been quietly
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Tight security after blast kills 57 in Karachi
      402 9 Roads are blocked to prevent repeat of rioting after Tuesday's attack Karachi SECURITY forces blocked main roads and shut schools m Karachi yesterday to prevent riots as mass funerals were held for many of the 57 people killed m the country's worst
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      Lock icon Nepal relaxes curfew but arrests dozens
      185 9 Kathmandu NEPAL yesterday relaxed a curfew on the capital but arrested more demonstrators, including 25 journalists, as protests continued against King Gyanendra's absolute rule. "The daytime curfew... in Kathmandu and Lalitpur districts has been lifted until further notice," a newsreader on state-run Nepal Television
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon GENERALS CLEARED OF CONSPIRACY
        54 9 MANILA: A Philippine military investigation has cleared three generals accused of conspiring with President Gloria Arroyo to rig the 2004 elections, the chief investigator said yesterday. Inspector-General Mateo Mayuga said he recommended that some lower-ranking officers be further investigated for possible involvement m irregularities unrelated to
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        Lock icon INDIAN JAILED FOR RAPING TOURIST
        65 9 JODHPUR (India): A court m India's western desert state of Rajasthan yesterday jailed a man for seven years for raping a German tourist. B.H. Mohanty, the son of a senior Indian police officer, was tried and convicted by the fasttrack court m Rajasthan's Alwar city.
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        Lock icon CHINESE CREDIT CARD RING BUSTED
        76 9 BEIJING: Police have broken up China's biggest credit card counterfeiting ring and seized 41,000 fake Mastercard, Visa and other cards, the China Daily reported yesterday. Police m the southern business centre of Shenzhen arrested four people, including a Hong Kong resident named Liv, who police
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        Lock icon WATER WOES LEAD TO RIOT IN FUJIAN
        79 9 SHANGHAI: About 200 Chinese villagers, angry over pollution of their water supply, attacked three factories and a sewage treatment plant m south-eastern Fujian province, injuring one policeman and causing major damage, newspaper reports and factory staff said yesterday. The villagers, some armed with
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        Lock icon JAPAN NUCLEAR PLANT ADMITS LEAK
        55 9 TOKYO: The first Japanese plant to extract uranium and plutonium from spent nuclear fuel has leaked radioactive water less than two weeks alter starting controversial tests, its operator said. However, there was no impact on the outside environment or workers from Tuesday's leak. Japan Nuclear
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thaksin's comeback plan 'is no surprise'
      753 10  -  Xirmal Ghosh His opponents say they don't expect him to give up power readily By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok MR THAKSIN Shinawatra's remarks to his party colleagues that he will be back m power after the next election makes plain the outlines of his
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      Lock icon Fringe Thai party charged with vote fraud
      235 10 Bangkok ONE of Thailand's smaller parties and three of its officials would be charged with vote fraud m the controversial April 2 general election, officials said yesterday. The complaint was one of several filed with the Election Commission by rivals of outgoing Prime
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      Lock icon Hardliners stage anti-Playboy protest
      106 10 Jakarta ABOUT 300 hardline Indonesian Muslims vandalised a building here housing the office of Playboy magazine yesterday m a protest against its publication m the country. The protesters threw rocks at the front lobby. breaking the windows of the building a few days after the magazine
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Homemade bombs found in Johor den of car theft suspects
      479 11  -  Leslie Lav State CID rules out terrorist links, checking if gang has military ties By A lalaysia Corresponden t In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN police have seized homemade pipe bombs and arrested four people suspected of a spate of break-ins and
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      Lock icon KL poised to clinch $970 in biotech deals
      372 11 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is set to clinch deals worth up to US$6OO million (SS97O million) with- three international biotechnology companies within the next few months. Malaysian Biotech Corp chief executive Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said the three firms, specialising m the pharmaceutical and
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      Lock icon Record haul of smuggled rice seized
      150 11 Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian authorities have seized some 20.000 tonnes of rice worth RM2S million (Ssll million) smuggled m from Thailand, Myanmar, Pakistan and Vietnam. Police were investigating a Malaysian politician, several companies and foreign businessmen over the haul, which was believed to be
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      Lock icon 'Doctorates for sale' scam rampant in Malaysia
      221 11 Johor Baru THE price of an instant honorary doctorate m Malaysia: US$4,OOO (556,500). The targets: prominent politicians, association heads and businessmen. The Malaysian government admits it is hard to stop the scam. Companies involved would telephone their targets and praise their achievements before
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Iran has joined the nuclear states'
      601 12 It announces that its scientists have been successful m enriching uranium Teheran A DEFIANT Iran was yesterday basking m the glory of a major breakthrough m its nuclear programme, challenging the United Nations Security Council and shrugging off a broadside of international condemnation. In
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      Lock icon Chorus of protests from leaders around the world
      403 12 Teheran WORLD reaction to Iran's triumphant announcement that it had succeeded m enriching uranium indicates that efforts to resolve the long-running crisis will now enter a more robust phase. Israeli military chiefs said the declaration should be a cause for concern for
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      Lock icon Teheran a long way from producing N-weapon
      202 12 IRAN'S announcement that it has successfully enriched uranium may be a major breakthrough for its nuclear programme, but it is still a long way from being able to fuel a reactor or produce a weapon. Iran said it successfully enriched uranium using 164
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      Lock icon Key events in the wheat saga
      272 13 THE Australian Wheat Board (AWB) is accused m a United Nations report of paying nearly US$222 million (Ss36o million) to Saddam Hussein's former Iraqi government. Here are some key events: March 18, 2003: AWB halts wheat exports to Iraq after the UN suspends the
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      Lock icon Howard to be quizzed on bribes for Iraq
      561 13  -  Roger Maynard Scandal over Australian wheat exporter's kickbacks to Saddam may hurt the govt's credibility By Australia Correspondent In Sydney AUSTRALIAN leader John Howard today faces a judicial inquiry into alleged kickbacks given by the country's monopoly wheat exporter to deposed Iraqi
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      Lock icon S'porean nabbed in Hawaii over arms deal
      553 18 He and three others allegedly tried to ship missiles and other weapons to Indonesia Detroit A SINGAPOREAN was among tour Asian businessmen arrested for creating a national threat by plotting to buy hundreds of handguns, machine guns. Sidewinder missiles and aviation radar equipment
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      Lock icon Internet spawning terrorism in Europe
      322 18 Berlin THE Internet, rather than Al-Qae-da, provided the cue for homegrown Islamic militants to carry out the bombings which roiled Madrid m 2004 and London last July. This was highlighted by experts investigating the two terrorist attacks. A Spanish judge investigating the train bombs m
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      Lock icon Europe's Venus probe enters orbit
      282 18 Darmstadt (Germany) EUROPE'S first space probe to Venus slipped smoothly into orbit on Tuesday m a mission designed to send back data from a planet whose extreme atmosphere conceals important similarities with the Earth. The Venus Express sent back its first signal confirming that the
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      Lock icon Chirac leads congratulations for Prodi
      644 19 'NO» TO A COALITION "There is no need for a German-style coalition because we have the majority to govern." MR PRODI, rejecting Mr Berlusconi's suggestion Cautious reaction m Europe as razor-thin win m Italian polls leaves questions Paris AFTER initial hesitation. European leaders yesterday began
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon GRUESOME 9/11 PHOTOS SHOWN
        110 19 ALEXANDRIA (Virginia): Jurors weighing the fate of Sept 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui viewed gruesome photographs of bodies burned inside the Pentagon and heard from two determined military officers who crawled almost blindly to safety through falling debris, choking smoke and searing heat. Despite Judge Leonie Brinkema's
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        Lock icon IRAQ 'HAS DEATH SQUADS'
        118 19 BAGHDAD: Iraq's Interior Minister has admitted that death squads exist within the security forces, but denies any link with his ministry. Mr Bayan Jabr Solagh, m an interview with the BBC, pointed the finger at special security forces that provide protection for ministries and key installations,
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        Lock icon 5.5 TONNES OF COCAINE SEIZED
        108 19 MEXICO CITY: Mexican soldiers seized 5.5 tonnes of cocaine worth more than US$lOO million (Ssl62 million) from a commercial plane arriving from Venezuela, Mexico's Defence Department says. The army was waiting for the plane on Monday at the airport of Ciudad de Carmen, 880 km
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Muhammad Ali strikes knockout deal
        239 20 MUHAMMAD Aii, the three-time heavyweight boxing champion who became the most famous athlete of his generation, has won his biggest purse 25 years after retiring from the ring. The boxing legend, who retired m 1981, sold the rights to his likeness, name and image for
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        Lock icon Hiker's body found near waterfall
        168 20 SEARCHERS yesterday found the body of a missing English hiker near the bottom of a waterfall m dense bush on New Zealand's North Island, police said. Mr Robert Atkin, 26, from Lancashire, Britain, had been missing since last Wednesday, when he failed to return from
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        Lock icon Long beard clips pilot's career
        124 20 ISLAMIST Members of Parliament m Pakistan are up m arms after an air force officer lost his job for refusing to trim his beard. Squadron Leader Mohsin Hayat Ranjha was forced to retire early for breaching a dress code which bans long beards. Many strict
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        Lock icon Clinton regrets not bridging race gap
        192 20 FORMER US president Bill Clinton said one of his "great regrets" was failing to do more to bridge the economic and social gaps between white and black people m the United States. Speaking to a black think-tank, he offered a sombre, sorrowful reflection on
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      Lock icon Not Blame enough the babies? men
      479 21 Not Blame enough the babies? men Women want more kids f but partners usually want none, says Aussie study Sydney BLAME it on the men if women are having fewer children, according to a study. While the women say they want fewer children than m previous generations, they still want
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      716 24  -  X C VIJAYAN By Crime Correspondent IT LOOKS very much like a game of musical chairs. The Chief Justice retires. The Attorney-General moves to become the Chief Justice. One of his deputies, the Second Solicitor-General, moves to the High Court bench. The Justice
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      986 25  - Reforms in France painful but do -able Raphael Hadas-Lebel COPING WITH GLOBALISATION By REFORM TAKES TIME What the experience with the CFE shows is not that reform is impossible, but that it cannot be unilaterally imposed. Time must be taken for explanation, consultation and negotiation. IT ALL began a year
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      1015 26  -  Andrew Symon GLOBAL WARMING By For The Straits Times SINGAPORE is often typecast as an intensive energyconsuming, air-conditioned island. Blasts of cold air m shopping arcades, hotels, offices, taxis and trains m contrast to the sweaty heat outside shape many first impressions of the
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      205 24 Fighting climate change Singapore's support for the Kyoto accord gives weight to calls for stronger action to combat global warming. PAGE 24 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Pavoh North, Podium Level 2,31 8994 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY APRIL 13, 2006
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      Lock icon $1 fee for SMS: Firm fined $150,000 for spam
      594 1  -  Tham Yuen-C Stiffest fine so far for company that sent out unsolicited messages to 300,000 cellphone users By NOT THE FIRST TIME "I'm sure this is not the last case where companies like that will give out our phone numbers. I
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      612 2  -  Judith Tan 109 cases reported m US; patients here planning to sue for compensation By WAIT AND SEE "I'll wait and see which way the investigations swing." MR YONG TECK MENG, 43, who had to have a cornea transplant last year. The
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      Lock icon Building company loses case against former lawyers
      385 2 A CONSTRUCTION company fighting a local bank m court to get an entire floor m an office tower has lost a related lawsuit against its former solicitors. Yongnam Engineering and Construction had blamed its ex-lawyers for not properly advising it m a deal
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      324 2 KTV BOSS' MURDER ALLEGED gunman Tan Chor Jin will spend a second month with state psychiatrists who are trying to determine if he is indeed suffering from a mental ailment. Tan, 39, has been undergoing psychiatric assessment at the Changi Prison Complex Medical Centre
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      334 2  -  ELENA CHONG TEACHER IN MOLESTATION CASE THE father of a teen allegedly molested by a teacher told a district court yesterday he and the parents of the other alleged victims decided to go to the police after the principal told them the teacher
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        Lock icon FAKE U.S. NOTES: NIGERIANS JAILED
        113 2 TWO Nigerians were jailed yesterday for trying to use a fake US$lOO (Ssl6o) note to pay for a jug of beer at an Orchard Towers pub. Eliyama Victor Ohazulumah, 31, was jailed four years for instigating Edwin Welemele Amadi, 26, to use the fake note
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        141 2 A JOBLESS 39-year-old man was arrested yesterday at a Geylang coffee shop m connection with a murder committed m November last year The man is believed to be responsible for the death of 41-year-old Puan Tian Seng. Mr Puan, a hawker, was found semi-conscious outside
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        Lock icon CIGARETTES FOUND HIDDEN IN CAR
        148 2 A SINGAPOREAN was busted at the Woodlands checkpoint on Tuesday with a cargo of contraband cigarettes hidden m the spare tyre compartment and boot of his car. The silver Mercedes was stopped at the checkpoint around 12.30pm for a routine check. Cartons of cigarettes were
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      Lock icon Two first to be jailed for state training grant scam
      348 2  -  Frankie Chee By THE owner and principal of a massage and reflexology school swindled more than $17,000 m state training grants before their scheme was uncovered during an audit. The sole proprietor of the Institute of Rwo-Shur Health International, Aw
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      530 3  -  Karamjit Kaur Trans-Cab, Smart fined 4th time for not meeting LTA service standards m audit By FOR the fourth time since performance audits on all taxi companies started m June 2003, two of the three new taxi companies found themselves slapped with
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      581 3  -  Sonia Tan By SINGAPORE'S largest taxi operator and some commuters and cabbies have dismissed the idea of dropping the call-booking surcharge for taxis here. The idea of making a phone call the normal way of getting a taxi was floated m
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      131 3 A four-vehicle pile-up on the Central Expressway (CTE), near the Moulmein exit, yesterdaycaused major traffic congestion dunng the morning rush hour. A Mitsubishi Grandis MPV lay on its side and had almost completely spun around to face the oncoming traffic, while the other three
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        520 4 THE UPGRADING CARROT "I don't agree with the use of upgrading as an electoral carrot and how opposition wards are last m the queue... ln Singapore, we have been enjoying fantastic economic growth, why do you have to put them .it the end when there are enough resources
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        644 4 Upgrading, other perks will come first to PAP areas, says MM Lee PEOPLE who live m oppositionheld constituencies will just have to accept that they are at the end of the queue for upgrading and other perks that come sooner to areas run by
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        874 4  -  Kin Kwek VIEWPOINT By WHAT IS politics? Mr Lee Kuan Vow put this question to 10 young Singaporeans m a dialogue titled "Why m\ vote matters?" that was broadcast last night. I was one of the panellists on the show, and listened as he
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        1627 4 One lively exchange between participants and MM Lee was over the question of capable candidates the PAP's ability to attract them and the opposition's difficulty m finding sufficient ones Lee Ching Wern: My concern personally, is you've said yourself that you cannot guarantee the PAP
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        653 5 Quit? MM Lee: Would you like me to step out of politics? Kor Kian Beng: N0... I'm just conveying the message. MM Lee: No, I'm asking you... Would you like me to step out of politics? Kian Beng: Why not stay as
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        1314 5 fearful? MM LEE: Are you fearful to vote against the PAP? Mabel Lee: Perhaps, yes. Honestly a little bit. MM Lee: (Laughs) Why? TeU me why. What will happen to you? How will we know that you voted against us?... No, let's pursue
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        849 5  -  HongXjnyi VIEWPOINT By IN A way. meeting Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew for the Why My Vote Matters forum was like Frankenstein's monster meeting his maker an uncanny encounter with someone who has shaped your existence. I speak English
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        Lock icon A test of MPs' ability to run town council
        602 6  -  Lesi.ie Koh MM'S DEFENCE OF GRCS By GRCs not only helped candidates of minority races get into Parliament, but women as w r ell. They also test the ability of the team of MPs to run a town council, if they
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        260 6  -  T. RAJAN WORKERS' Party chief Low Thia Khiang issued his own challenge m response to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's dare that he contest a GRC: Give him one that includes his ward and Potong Pasir as well. It would not be difficult
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        353 6 A WALKOVER for the People's Action Party spells a strong mandate. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew argued yesterday. If a constituency is not contested, it means the opposition knows it cannot trump what the PAP has done so far, said Mr Lee
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        1126 6  -  Aaron Low MP Gan Kirn Yong is ready to fight for the single-seat m Chua Chu Kang By ONE of the most valuable lessons Mr Gan Kirn Yong learnt m his first term as Member of Parliament was to speak the language of
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        265 6  -  AARON LOW LONG-SERVING Chua Chu Kang MP Low Scow Chay is retiring from politics. He said yesterday that he received the green light from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to make the announcement. Professor Low, who has been the constituency's MP for 18 years, said
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        619 7  - Sembawang GRC won't see three-way contest Sui: -Ann Chia T. Rajan WP gives way to SDP, wants to contest Nee Soon Central m return By THERE will be no three-cornered fight m Sembawang GRC after all. The clash was averted as the Workers' Party (WP) yesterday said it was giving
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        561 7  - JBJ slams opposition members Aaron Low By VETERAN opposition politician J.B. Jeyaretnam yesterday slammed opposition figures m an outburst that some analysts say could hurt their cause. Mr Jeyaretnam accused them of not being d enough to challenge and change Singapore's political system. Branding it a People's Action Party system.
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      525 8  -  Khushwant Singh Coming: 2nd peri meter fence and new ID system By SECURITY at Changi Airport will be reinforced with a second perimeter fence and a stringent new identification system to regulate access to restricted areas. This was among the slew of secunty
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      556 8  -  Tan Hui Yee By THE Housing Board may have delayed its plan to use housing agencies to sell its flats, but industrial landlord JTC Corporation has gone ahead with it. It has put 100 of its rental flats up for sale and may release
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      83 8 Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean paid a courtesy call on the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Prince Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Saud at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore hotel yesterday. Both reaffirmed the need for closer engagement between Asia and the Middle East. The Crown Prince, who
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        158 8 USERS of prepaid SIM cards who miss the May 1 deadline to re-register their cards will have their lines deactivated, said the Infocomm Development Authority m a press statement yesterday. Deactivation of SIM cards wall start from May 2. About 450,000 or 43 per cent
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        77 8 TRAFFIC flow through the Woodlands and Tuas land checkpoints is expected to be heavy during the coming long weekend, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority. For departures, heavy traffic is expected this evening and tomorrow morning. For arrivals, heavy traffic is expected on Sunday evening.
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        102 8 THE Singapore Police Force and New York City Police Department (NYPD) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a training exchange programme, which will open up opportunities for the two sides to share knowledge and experience. They will work together on crime scene
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        114 8 THE Workforce Development Agency has launched a campaign to persuade the public that older workers have the edge m experience over their younger colleagues. The six-week-long campaign began on Tuesday with the tagline The Advantage Is Yours. The message is targeted at employers, older workers
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        179 8 YOU may want to store this number 9178-7792 m your cellphone. This is where you can send an SMS if you have a burning question bn virtually anything under the sun. The National Library promises an answer to your question within a day. If
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      202 8  -  TAN HUI YEE DUCK sellers m government wet markets islandwide will be given rebates on their service and conservancy payments to help them cope with the duck import ban. A total of 284 stallholders will now pay just half of their normal charges. Rebates for
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        390 119 THE Campus Superstar competition on one of the television channels has just ended after four months of weekly broadcasts. The final winner was decided m a major way by the number of votes he received from the public, 70 per cent to the
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        305 119 I THANK Dr Tham Chen Khong for his insights m the letter. '"No need to up bandwidth to speed up broadband" (ST. April 11). We wouid hke to assure Dr Tham that we have always had our customers' interests at heart when we
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        341 119 I REFER to the letter, "Can insurer wash its hands of errant client?" (ST, April 5), rrom Mr Charles Kang Choon Howe. Mr Kang found it strange and of great concern that an insurer could repudiate all liabilities simply because its insured party
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        147 119 THERE have been several letters on non-injury accidents. I write to highlight a problem I faced arising from an accident involving injury six years ago. A motorcyclist beat the traffic light and crashed into my car. The accident was reported immediately to the Traffic
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        70 119 I BELIEVE that AXA could have done more to assist the unfortunate claimant ("AXA Insurance did all it could to help claimant"; ST, April 7). Does not refusal to lodge an accident report amount to a no-contest on the part of its insured with regard
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        136 119 Acton feedback, Star Hub I HAVE been using StarHub Max Online for years and have encountered numerous service disruptions, "lag" m online gaming, etc. I thus found its response, "Max Online wellsuited to online gaming" (ST, April 11), good and informative. Star Hub ended its letter by asking subscribers with
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        129 119 Have local servers for gamers BEING a gamer myself, I was very interested m the recent letters to the Forum responding to the article, "Gamers upset about StarHub's sluggish broadband speeds" (ST, April 7). Perhaps Star Hub and Sing Net should follow the example of Pacific Internet (PacNet), which has
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        188 119 I AGREE totally with Mr Henry Lim Li Shun ("Can busy professionals do their jobs as MPs?"; ST, April 12). Maybe the ruling and opposition parties should spell out the roles of their MPs. There are two types of MP. The first is
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        183 119 CRIMES IN JOHOR BARU I AM perturbed by the report, "Spore press not helping ties: Malaysian minister" (ST, April 10). Having read the various newspapers m the region, I find that our publications are more credible and dare to present news, be
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        133 119 NEWSPAPERS, together with radio and television, are the only sources of news to ordinary folks like me. If it had not been reported by the newspapers, I would not have known of car thefts and robberies involving Singapore visitors to Malaysia. To suggest
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        102 119 I WOULD like to refute the allegation made by Malaysian Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin about negative reporting by Singapore newspapers. I travel to Malaysia quite often and each time when I am there I make it a point to read The New Straits
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        Lock icon Do all chronic ailments qualify for Medisave?
        206 119 I APPLAUD the Health Minister for allowing Medisave to be used for the management of chronic ailments (ST, April 11). However, can the ministry please clarify if this applies to chronic ailments besides diabetes and hypertension? In media reports thus far. all attention
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        126 119 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asia 1 .com. sg/forum Access to letters online is free. >> Crime m Johor Baru: Singapore-bashing won't solve problem. Truth is, JB isn't Disneyland for visitors and newspapers have duty to report it like it is Tiger Airways' response to
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      367 1110  -  Alvin Foo > SOCCER By KHAIRUL Amri 4. Sarawak 1. That was the half-time score at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. But the Young Lions were not yet done m the first leg of their Malaysian FA Cup quar-ter-final. They added three more goals
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      510 1110  -  Chan Vi Shen »ST ANDREW'S TITLE Robert's kicking completes school's treble, but leaves ACS (I) m tears By ST ANDREW'S Secondary School completed a memorable treble by winning the Schools National B division rugby title for the third straight year yesterday. They accomplished their mission
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      427 1110  - Top two runners taste team- win for first time Lin Xinyi By CHUA Khai Leng and Yvonne Lin finished m the top two positions for the third consecutive year at the National Inter-School Cross-Country Championships. But the duo tasted team success for only the first time at Turf City yesterday.
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      507 1111 SOCCER If Spanish star arrives at Anfield, Fowler is likely to be shown the door Liverpool OUT: Robbie Fowler. In: Raul Gonzalez. That may well be the major switch m the Liverpool front line this summer. Just as manager Rafael Benitez hinted that he may
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      409 1111 Manchester THE Glazer family's new-found reputation as benevolent owners of Manchester United will be seriously tested if Sir Alex Ferguson pursues his interest m Mahamadou Diarra this summer. The Lyon midfielder was saddled yesterday with a price tag m excess of £24.5 million (Ss69
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      257 1111 LONDON SVEN-GORAN Eriksson's weekend trip to Shanghai criticised m England was defended on Tuesday by the Football Association. The England manager ar- rived m Shanghai on Friday, and returned to England on Monday after what was termed a combination "business" and
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      413 1111 London CHELSEA'S chief executive Peter Kenyon has scotched rumours of a rift between him and coach Jose Mourinho. Kenyon said talk of a bust-up between them is pure fabrication. He is m China with the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, as part
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      322 1111 London PREMIERSHIP leaders Chelsea dominate the nominations for the 2006 Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Footballer of the Year Award. The PFA's 33rd annual awards will take place on April 23, with the six nominees m each of the two categories Player of the Year and
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      650 1114 Will US lift salary cap for Beckham? SOCCER Major League Soccer may introduce luxury player' clause to suit the England skipper London EVERYONE is apparently willing to bend it for Beckham. Just a day after David Beckham stated his interest m playing m the United States at the end of
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      126 1114 WOLVES manager Glenn Hoddle has snapped back at suggestions that he could be on the brink of losing his job at Molineux, reported Soccernet. The club lie seventh m the Championship table, with a 10-point gap to Crystal Palace for the final
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      427 1114 LONDON ARSENAL star Thierry Henry will defect from Nike to Reebok to become the new face of the sports brand's controversial "I am what I am" campaign. The striker will move to Reebok on Aug 1, after his involvement with Nike's World Cup 2006
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      790 1114 BASKETBALL Miami SHAQUILLE O'Neal proved he can do it all, but the Los Angeles Lakers proved they can manage without him. On a day when the Miami Heat centre got his second career triple-double a 15-point, 11-rebound and 10-assist effort his former team
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      275 1114 »GOLF New York THE 2006 US PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club will be on the longest course m the history of major golf tournaments. Medinah's No 3 course will be lengthened to 7,561 yards (6,913 metres) for the Aug 17-20 championship,
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      773 1115  -  Xicholas Fang SPORTS INSTITUTE Proposed facility to be housed m new sports hub m Kallang by 2011 By SINGAPORE athletes could be living and training at their very own sports institute housed m the spanking new Kallang sports hub as early as 2011. the Singapore
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      261 1115 THE 10 finalists for the McDonald's Player Escort Programme have emerged. Which three child-parent pair have the most "'foot-ball-mad look" and compelling reason that will win your vote to send them to the June 9 opening match (Germany versus Costa Rica) of the
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        72 1115 THE eighth South-east Asian Men's Bodybuilding Championships will be held at the Kallang Theatre on May 20 and 21. The event, launched at Millenia Walk yesterday, will be held m conjunction with the Singapore Invitational Championships. About 80 competitors from 18 countries are expected to participate
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        117 1115 SINGAPORE bowlers captured one gold, two silvers and three bronzes at the Asian Schools Championships m Bangkok this week. Shayna Ng and Glenda Quek won the girls' doubles event on Tuesday. They scored a total of 2,392 pinfalls, beating Japanese pair Suzuna Miyagi and Kyoko Kamagahara
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      313 1115 ESMERALDA ISABELLA PRIOR (nee Darwood) Age: 81 was called home to be with the Lord on 11 April 2006 at Spm leaving behind loved ones: Husband George Lawrence Prior Daughters Gail, Susan (husband Cole) Son Dennis and wife Ann Grandchildren Catherine (partner Joe), Alex, Marie, Max, Ross and Clair
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        682 1122  -  Bryan Lee Construction begins this year and will add 8m barrels of storage space on Jurong Island By SINGAPORE will start building a series of vast underground caverns for storing oil m the bowels of Jurong Island later this year, 10 years after
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        217 1122  -  CITIRAYA TRIAL THE former assistant general manager at Citiraya Industries will swop his jail cell for the witness box today to give evidence m the hearing involving an accounts clerk linked to the scandal-hit waste recycler. Ng Teck Boon, who is serving an eight-year
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        420 1118 PHOTO: Seoul FORMER Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned yesterday that a global glut m liquidity would result m a fall m asset prices. Asked whether he thought there was "irrational exuberance" m markets today, Mr Greenspan said: "I would hesitate to use it
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        559 1118 $1 .3 b buy makes it biggest investor m London bourse, talk of takeover play New York THE Nasdaq Stock Market on Tuesday said it bought an almost 15 per cent stake m the London Stock Exchange (LSE). making it the bourse's biggest shareholder
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        35 1118 Yesterday's close: 17,162.55 (-255.58 points) m Ttie index average fell as technology and auto stocks succumbed to profit-taking due to concerns that higher oil pixes could slow global economic growth. REUTERS
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        37 1118 Yesterday's close: 16,310.76 (-165.05 points) m Hong Kong stocks fell 1 per cent, recording their largest one-day drop m three weeks, as investors locked m profits m recent gainers like China Motuie. REUTERS
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        32 1118 Yesterday's close: 1,360.13 (-2.10 points) Chinese stocks closed 0.15 pa cent lower as investors took profit after the key index hit a 16-month high m the previous session. REUTERS
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        36 1118 Yesterday's close: 5,183.7 (49.8 points) m Australian stocks closed 0.95 per cent lower, led down oy miners BHP and Rio Tinto on concerns higher oil prices could slow growth m major economies. REUTERS
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        31 1118 Yesterday's close: 941.88 (-0.59 point) >* Malaysian stocks closed flat as blue chips fell on profit-taking, while second board counters continued to buck the trend amid speculative interest. AFP
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        26 1118 Yesterday's doss--11,355.73 (-306.82 points) Indian stocks plunged 2.63 per cent the sharpest one-day decline m nearly two years, as overseas funds sold software companies. AFP
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        33 1118 Yesterday's close: 1,372.39 (+12.26 points) Indonesian stocks closed 0.9 per cent higher for a record finish on the back of expectations of generous dividend payments by index heavyweight Telkom. AFP
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        36 1118 Yesterday's close: 755.43 (-1.97 points) Thai stocks closed 0.26 per cent lower amid concerns over a stronger baht and doubts about economic growth. Volume was 2.2 billion shares, worth 16.3 billion baht. AFP
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        264 1118 April 12 i Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 50c 0.33 1.540 +0.020 Ascendasreit 1.08 2.220 +0.020 BIL Intl US2Oc 0.41 1.460 Capita Land 4.31 4.820 +0.040 Capita Mall 0.77 2.360 +0.010 Chart SemiCond 26c 1.11 1.500 -0.020 CityOev 50c 2.72 10.300 +0.100 ComfortDelGro 25c .1.62
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        142 1118 April 12 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOEEIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1730 1.1870 Can dollar 1.3990 1.4150 Euro 1.9470 1.9690 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4402 0.4406 NZ dollar 0.9800 1.0020 Sterling pound 2.8030 2.8340 US dollar 1.6000
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        250 1118 London THE International Energy Agency (lEA), an adviser to 26 oil-consuming nations, said demand for crude oil m the past two years was greater than previously estimated, underpinning higher prices. Demand m 2004 and last year was revised hither by 300,000 barrels a day,
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        616 1119  -  Xarendra Aggarwal Move comes amid concerns over access by Indian lenders to banking sector here By Economics Correspondent SINGAPORE and India have taken the unprecedented step of reviewing a major free trade deal just eight months after it was struck, and
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        645 1119  -  Eugene Low By US Correspondent Kn Washington Better ties The move includes a pledge to fight piracy, the opening up of its telecoms, medical devices sectors and the lifting of its ban on US beef CHINA has moved to ease tensions
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          89 1119 OFFSHORE support and marine services provider Ezra Holdings yesterday said its first-half net profit more than trebled to $34.1 million from $9.2 million. Revenue for the six months ended Feb 28 climbed 62 per cent to $36.4 million. The company proposed a one-for-five bonus
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          99 1119 KEPPEL Corp, Singapore's biggest shipbuilder, paid executive chairman Lim Chee Onn and offshore marine unit chief Choo Chiau Beng more last year after they delivered record profit. aided by record offshore contracts. Mr Lim, 61, was paid between $5.5 million and $5.75 million,
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          70 1119 PPL Shipyard, a unit of SembCorp Marine (SembMarine), has sealed a deal with Awilco Offshore to build an offshore jack-up rig. The price tag is between US$l32 million and US$l42 million (Ss2l4 million and Ss23o million), pending a final agreement on the cost of drilling
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        539 1120  -  Fiona Chan Freehold units' saies a sign that recovery m high-end property market trickling down By THREE freehold condominium proiects that will officially be launched this weekend have already seen good take-up rates at their previews, which analysts view as a sign
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        414 1120  -  Joyce Teo By SINGAPORE'S food manufactunng sector is expected to grow by 6 to 8 per cent m the next three to five years, helped by rising exports, said IE Singapore, the Government's trade promotion arm. The sector was worth $14.3
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        197 1120  -  Gabriel Chen By THEY might appear unlikely candidates for TV stardom but Keppel Fels and its mammoth oil rigs get top billing m a National Geographic programme tonight. The company is being featured m the American media company's Mega Structures series, and will be shown
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        331 1120  -  Erica Tay By SINGAPORE'S small and medium enterprise (SME) bosses worry more about high labour costs than any of their counterparts m other Asian markets, a survey has found. And the Republic was the only market surveyed where SMEs rated a
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        704 1121  - Fall in investment gains cuts SPH second- quarter earnings by 12% Lee Su Shyan Media group posts 584.6 m net profits; it expects satisfactory core results m the second half Re- Companies Correspondent SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) posted net profits of $84.6 million for the second quarter, dowm 11.9 per
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        345 1121  -  Gabriel Chen By UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has fired the latest shot m the interest rate wars, offering 3.228 per cent for a one-year fixed deposit. This is the highest one-year fixed rate among the banks. Deposits have to be between $50,000 and
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        255 1121  -  LEE SU SHYAN CHINA Aviation Oil (CAO) is proposing to its shareholders that KPMG should be appointed as its new auditors. The change means that the firm, whose shares have recently resumed trading after a 16-month suspension, will cut its ties with long-standing
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        769 1121  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By THE spectre of sky-high oil prices loomed over the region yesterday, causing investors to bail out of blue chips. Even a strong comeback by China plays after a couple of days of muted trade failed to
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        231 1121  - DIRECTORS' TRADES AZRIN ASMANI SEMBAWANG KIMTRANS DIRECTOR PARES STAKE A NON-EXECUTIVE director at Sembawang Kimtrans has pared his stake m the firm just as its price hit a 12-month high. Mr Tan Hong Huat sold 200,000 shares yesterday to reduce his indirect shareholding to 0.42 per cent, the logistics service
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      154 3  -  Andrea Ong Siau Xindi GETTHELOOK/ t's time to shrug it off, ladies. Toga or one-shoulder dresses and blouses are all the rage again, judging from the recent Academy Awards. Some of the evening's best-dressed, including actresses Salma Hayek (below), Keira Knightley and Halle Berry, appeared m toga-style dresses.
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        245 4  -  /Dylan Boey FASH FLASH Reauty comes to the Singapore Art Museum over the next three months with fashion and lifestyle events targeted at female patrons. Kicking things off is Asian Beauty Secrets next Friday, a five-part month-long workshop that teaches participants the beauty secrets of ancient Asian
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        291 5 The Calvin Klein scent, Euphoria (above), has won one of the top accolades at this year's FiFi Awards. It clinched the award for Fragrance Of The Year m the women's luxury division. Deemed the Oscars of the fragrance industry and organised by the Fragrance Foundation,
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      367 7 There's more to window dressing than meets the eye. MAY YIP goes shopping and ooks through the display glass TOP PICKS If windows are the eyes to a store's soul, then these store fronts are packed with a great deal of sartorial spirit On this
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      251 8 But that is set to change, says Deeon Liew, a visual merchandiser for home-grown jeweller Lee Hwa-Aspial. She oversees the display of store windows and the store layout of counters, lighting and signages. She says Singapore companies are starting to learn from the international big boys the subtle
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      126 8 A STATIC PERFORMANCE Julian Lee tells Urban about retail theatrics within the glass windows of Tangs Visual merchandiser Julian Lee, 29, likens inspiration to water: It is everywhere. But it takes a skilled artist to translate such common inspiration into imaginative works of art. Lee, who is m the business
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      2229 9 series shot by New York-based Singaporean fashion lensman Leslie Kee. The City series featured displays without mannequins, "trying to tell a story starring the merchandise", says Lee. He started his career m stage and show production design and says his earlier jobs were similar to his
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      58 12 A limited range of taWe Briers, table mats and cushions featuring Allan Ross' signature beading and vibrant colours is available from its Oub Street boutique store. Although the range changes seasonally, customers can customise a set of tableware to suit their fancy. Bespoke services cost a minimum charge
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        116 22 There was no way I was going to walk past a drink called Acid Lemon and not grab a couple of bottles. I love sharp, tart, refreshing lemons m everything drinks, desserts or squeezed over food. The name alone conjures up thirst-quenching tartness, a sharp bite on the
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        171 22 It's April and I thought I'd put the kueh lapis frenzy behind me. Aside from pineapple tarts, I'd eaten rather too many slices of this rich Indonesian layer cake at Chinese New Year. Not all of them were good. Some were too dry, others so moist they leaked
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        415 23  -  /Pradeep Paul PERSONALTRAINER Have you often been stressed about how that heavenly plate of chicken rice is going to be hell to pay? Let us chart a healthier course for you KJ KJ i I orget four-letter words it's a three-letter j word that is the most taboo
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        316 24  -  Ong Su Bin THEBAGPAGE Talking to Jason Mraz, 28, for the first time is like having a friendly chat with an old friend. The American singer-songwriter started his career m a cafe m San Diego m 1 999. True to his humble roots, he has no airs and
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