The Straits Times, 15 May 2006

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 74 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 MONDAY, MAY 15 2006 JOPa SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Medisave change may start earlier
    603 1  -  Lynn Lee Scheme for four chronic conditions could begin with one illness first By A NEW plan to allow those with chronic illnesses to pay part of their outpatient bills using Medisave may be speeded up to start earlier than intended, said Health Minister Khaw
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    Lock icon JAPAN SCORES A FIRST IN S'PORE'S RICHEST RACE
    117 1 An ecstatic Fuyukilgarashi raises his hand m triumph as he and Cosmo Bulk bucked the odds and created Singapore Airlines International Cup history by being the first Japanese team to win Singapore's richest race. Previous editions have been won by horses from
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    Lock icon China official tells why he read MM's memoirs five times
    552 1  -  Peh Shing Huei By In Shenyang (Liaoning) MIRACLE MAKER "You managed to put together the ideas of the East and West and also threw m some of your own. You have created a miracle with Singapore." SHENYANG PARTY SECRETARY CHEN
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    Lock icon HK firm that may be Asia's answer to Dream Works
    1088 1  - HK firm that may be Asia's answer to Dream Works Leslie Lopez UPFRONT By In Hong Kong WHEN Hong Kong's Francis Kao and his father sold their lucrative plastic Christmas tree manufacturing business m 2002 to venture into digital movie animation, shareholders and investors reacted angrily by dumping shares of
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Merapi villagers defy orders to leave homes
      581 3  -  Mount Merapi Despite Code Red warning over volcano's eruption, some say they have chores to attend to (Indonesia) MANY villagers were defying the dangers posed by the Indonesian volcano Mount Merapi and returning home yesterday, saying they needed to tend their livestock and
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      Lock icon Man flung out of pick-up dies
      319 3  -  Stephanie Yap By ELECTRICIAN Tan How Tee started his new job with an electrical contractor just last Monday. Yesterday, the 54-year-old died when he was flung out of the back of a pick-up on his way home after work. He was one of two
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      Lock icon Now there's another buzz over $5b lift upgrading plan
      625 4  -  Tan Hui Yee Leading building contractors and lift makers set to get a slice of the pie By THE $5 billion, 10-year plan to install lifts that stop on every floor m public housing blocks has created a buzz within the
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      Lock icon Warning over maintenance contracts
      367 4 AS THE lift upgrading boom creates a greater demand for maintenance services, town councils should be careful about who they hire to look after their equipment, say some lift makers and maintenance companies. Over the years, more property owners m both the public and private sectors
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      570 4 BIG IS BEAUTIFUL ll— iH Air Contrary to traditional belief, size matters when it comes to returns on investments. A study of Singapore-listed companies shows the heavyweights are well ahead of the pack. HowTo Start Your Business J9H With Little Or No Money! IktS 1 You have been thinking of
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Questions still dog Three Gorges Dam
      712 5 Questions still dog Three Gorges Dam Completion is near, but the environmental lessons 'unheeded 1 Beijing CONSTRUCTION on China's Three Gorges Dam is set to finish next week, but its critics warn that the lessons about the environmental consequences of the world's largest hydropower project have yet to be learned.
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      Lock icon China risks new row over bishop
      283 5 Beijing CHINA'S state-run church has appointed another bishop m a move that is likely to further strain relations with Rome. The move comes less than two weeks after it angered the Vatican by ordaining two bishops without papal approval. The latest appointee, Father Zhan
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  283 words
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      Lock icon A Qing Dynasty welcome for MM
      345 5  -  Peh Shing Huei By In Shenyang (Liaoning) AT THE Shenyang Imperial Palace yesterday morning, a "eunuch" shouted m Mandarin: "By the Emperor's edict, we hereby welcome Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew." Mr Lee was given the traditional Qing Dynasty welcome an honour usually
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      17 5 Staying at home Japanese manufacturers are substantially investing at home rather than m low-cost countries. PAGE 7
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Taiwan denies 'paying' for Chen's stopover
      193 6 Taipei TAIWAN'S Foreign Ministry yesterday denied allegations that President Chen Shui-bian bribed Indonesian officials m order to make a surprise ontfnight stopover m the country. Mr Chiu Vi, a lawmaker of the opposition Kuomintang, had claimed that Mr Chen paid Indonesian officials m order
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      Lock icon AN EXPLOSION OF CREATIVITY
      91 6 Gunpowder, reason and plot are behind this scorching piece of artwork created by Chinese New- York based artist Cai Guoqiang. Working with small amounts of gunpowder (left) which, when exploded, created the image of a banyan tree (above), the 49-year-old said this particular piece was inspired
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      Lock icon Cellphone makers target low-end market
      681 6  - Cellphone makers target low- end market Tschang Chi-Chu Foreign firms launch cheaper versions m Chinese provinces to match local competitors' prices By China Correspondent In Chongqing CHONGQING street vendor Liv Dexiang, 50, could not afford to buy a mobile phone with the meagre 200 yuan (Ss4o) she makes a month
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan bucks trend as home investments surge
      495 7 Manufacturers boost domestic spending rather than look overseas Tokyo JAPANESE manufacturers are bucking the global trend among developed economies by substantially boosting investment at home rather than allocating the bulk of their capital on setting up plants m low-er-cost regions such as China.
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      Lock icon Seoul calls for inter-Korean summit this year
      300 7 Seoul calls for inter-Korean summit this year Seoul SOUTH Korean Unification Minister Lee Jeong Seok yesterday expressed hope that North Korean leader Kirn Jong II would attend an interKorean summit before the end of this year. Mr Lee told state-run KBS television that South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun's desire
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      Lock icon Increased activity at N. Korean nuke plant
      85 7 Seoul NEW satellite photographs show intensified activity at a North Korean nuclear plant suspected of producing weapons-grade plutonium. Yesterday, the Yonhap news agency published satellite images of the Yongbyon site taken by Global Security (www.globalsecurity.org) on Jan 5. They showed new vehicles, containers
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon India's zest for FTA with Asean wanes
      551 8  -  Ravi Velloor Singh government under pressure at home to go slow on liberalising imports By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA'S commitment to sign a meaningful free-trade agreement (FTA) with Asean may be waning. As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government comes under
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      Lock icon STRIKE SPREADS
      64 8 Medical students applauding a speaker at a rally at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences m New Delhi. The rally was m support of a strike by doctors against a plan to increase the percentage of jobs reserved for the low-caste m state-run hospitals. The strike, which
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      Lock icon No more 'royal' army?
      155 8 Kathmandu NEPAL'S new government is set to wrest control of the 100,000-strong army away from the king, analysts say, m a move which would dramatically alter the balance of pow--er m the Himalayan kingdom. Under Nepal's 1990 Constitution, the army is under the Security Council, which
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      Lock icon President warns Tigers as violence escalates
      418 8 Colombo SRI Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has vowed to protect his country's sovereignty at any cost, threatening rebels with tough action if they do not end spiralling violence that claimed at least 17 more lives at the weekend. The unrest added to fears that
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        Lock icon PHILIPPINES COUNTS COST OF STORM
        108 8 MANILA: The Philippines yesterday began cleaning up after Tropical Storm Chanchu claimed 32 lives, left large parts of the country underwater and forced thousands to flee their homes. By midday yesterday, Chanchu was 430 km out m the South China Sea, charting a west-southwesterly course
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        Lock icon CHINA LINKS N-GENERATOR TO GRID
        107 8 BEIJING China's largest nuclear power generator has been linked up to the country's eastern electricity grid for a trial operation, the state-run energy provider said yesterday. The No. 1 generator at the US$3.3 billion (Sss billion) Tianwan plant m eastern Jiangsu province is expected to
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        Lock icon ALL QUIET ON THE TIMOR FRONT
        77 8 LISBON: Calm has returned to Timor Leste following last month's deadly riots by disgruntled soldiers that killed five, the Prime Minister of the world's youngest nation said yesterday m an interview published m Portugal. "The worst is over," Mr Mari Alkatiri told the Lusa
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        Lock icon CLASH OVER U.S. MILITARY BASE
        126 8 PYONGTAEK (South Korea): Thousands of students and civic activists scuffled with police yesterday as they tried to approach the site of a new US military base to protest against expansion plans. But there were no major clashes. More than 4,000 anti-US activists tussled with police
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      Lock icon Nepal seeks urgent aid as coffers fall empty
      319 8 Kathmandu NEPAL is m a financial crisis, with the government running out of cash and revenue growth below zero, its finance minister said as he appealed for urgent international help. Finance Minister Ram Saran Mahat said he would take urgent administrative steps
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      115 8 You would expect that after so many years m the business of teaching IT and business skills, we would be accustomed to innovation and revolution. After all, we implement flexible teaching methods which allow j® omise 7 students to learn outside the classroom. And we are T!I>» always working to
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Jakarta fights graft in weapons contracts
      415 9  -  Devi Asmarani Military chiefs can no longer be involved m arms purchases By Indonesia Correspondent In lakarta INDONESIA has tightened regulations on awarding military contracts to weed out corruption and dodgy arms deals. Defence Ministry officials say all arms procurements will be through public
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      Lock icon The 'grey market'
      194 9  -  DEVI ASMARANI INDONESIA had been sourcing its armaments and spare parts from an international "grey market" before a 15 -year US arms embargo was lifted m December, say officials, observers and arms suppliers. "From 1991 to 2004 we have been buying weapons from the US, Britain and
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      Lock icon US deal opens WTO path for Vietnam
      139 9 Hanoi VIETNAM has reached an agreement with the United States that paves the way for the communist country to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a deal that Washington praised as a "historic" step forward m relations between the two nations. One of
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      Lock icon Five die of bird flu in Indonesia
      75 9 Jakarta FIVE people from the same family have died of bird flu m Indonesia. The two men, two women and an eight-year-old girl lived close to one another m the Karo district of North Sumatra. The five had been m contact with sick
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      384 9 ir itjiT lit kMLJ mmmm I\i O C B^ SS^SfIJ What if you outlive your retirement funds? H Plan now for a worry-free retirement. JUBSf I m^m Whether you're young or young at heart, the last thing you want to worry about is your retirement funds. In fact many people
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Acquitted woman 'tricked into smuggling drugs'
      461 10 Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN woman acquitted of a drug-trafficking charge m Australia has returned home. Ms Ruzana Udin, 32, said she had been tricked into carrying opium resin by a friend. Australian police caught her with skg of opium resin, which can be used
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      Lock icon Arroyo govt to face hostile probes
      544 10  - Arroyo govt to face hostile probes Alastair Mclndoe Opposition plans to pursue investigations into election rigging and shady deals By Philippines Correspondent In Manila PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo's government is bracing itself for a Pandora's box of testimony from officials m several hostile investigations that the opposition plans to re-open after
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      Lock icon Better protection for Indonesian maids
      194 10 Kuala Lumpur INDONESIAN maids working m Malaysia will get greater protection and financial security under an agreement signed by the two countries. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, who witnessed the signing with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono m Jakarta on Saturday, said the deal would
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 2008 US presidential race wide open
      752 11  -  Roger Mitton First time m 56 years that an incumbent or deputy will not be m the running By US Bureau Chief In Washington IT IS more than two years before the next US presidential election, which is due to be held on Nov
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      Lock icon UN to focus on thwarting terror hits
      576 12  -  Betsy Pisik Committee to work out ways to deny support and means to terrorists By Straits Times US Bureau In New York THE United Nations is betting that it will be easier to halt terrorism than to define it. Exasperated by their inability
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      Lock icon Moussaoui begins solitary life in top jail
      184 12 Moussaoui begins solitary life in top jail Washington ZACARIAS Moussaoui, the only person charged m the United States over the Sept 11 attacks, has been brought to a top-security prison m Colorado where he will serve his life^ sentence m solitude. The US Marshals Service said Moussaoui was removed from
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      Lock icon Gang attacks on police leave 52 dead in Brazil
      327 12 Sao Paulo A SECOND WAVE of attacks on police by a notorious gang has left at least 52 people dead including 35 officers m the bloodiest assault of its kind m the history of Brazil's largest state. The authorities also reported
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      Lock icon Blair to step down mid-2007: Reports
      312 12 London BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair has told members of his Cabinet inner circle that he will step down m mid-2007 and hand power to Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. The Independent on Sunday, the Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday all
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Baltic woman sets record with 18th baby
        83 12 A 44-YEAR-OLD woman from Lithuania has entered the Baltic state's record books by giving birth to her 18th child. The Lietuvos Zinios daily reported yesterday that Ms Danute Bagociene's latest child, her seventh son, weighed m at 3.7 kg and is 28 years
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        Lock icon Conjoined twins resting after successful separation
        261 12 AFTER seven hours of surgery to separate them, five-month-old conjoined twins Abbigail and Isabelle Carlsen were under sedation yesterday m intensive care. The five-month-olds were breathing with the help of ventilators "after an uneventful night", said the Mayo Clinic m Rochester, Minnesota. They were
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        Lock icon Mum acts on dead soldier son's wish
        135 12 THE mother of a Michigan soldier who was killed last year by a roadside bomb m Iraq hopes to fulfil his wish with a shoe drive for Iraqi youngsters. Army Specialist Eric Burri of Wyoming, who was assigned to the Ist Corps Support
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      Lock icon Chirac now at centre of smear scandal
      733 13 Spy's notes implicate President m trumped-up graft investigation into political rival Paris PRESIDENT Jacques Chirac has for the first time found himself directly implicated m France's version of Watergate, with the publication of a top spy's notes showing that he knew of an
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      Lock icon US political graft case spiralling
      662 13 San Diego LOOKING INTO EVERY CORNER "It looks like they're going to explore all of Mr Wilkes' contacts and sort of follow where it leads. Whether that means other members of Congress will be indicted, it's almost impossible to say from the outside." MR RANDALL
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      Lock icon EU works on new incentives to offer Iran
      550 14 But Ahmadinejad rejects any deal that obliges Teheran to end nuclear programme Brussels EUROPEAN foreign ministers begin work today on a new offer to persuade Iran to tame its nuclear ambitions, but their efforts appeared doomed yesterday. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, bolstered
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      Lock icon Lightning strikes plane carrying Kennedy
      163 14 Lightning strikes plane carrying Kennedy Boston A PLANE carrying US Senator Edward Kennedy (above) from western Massachusetts to his home on the east coast was struck by lightning on Saturday and had to be diverted to New Haven, Connecticut, his spokesman said. The eight-seat Cessna Citation 550 plane lost all
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      Lock icon Bloodshed worsens in Iraq with 30 killed in one day
      316 14 Bloodshed worsens in Iraq with 30 killed in one day Baghdad MORE than 30 Iraqis were killed m a particularly violent day yesterday, including an attack near Baghdad airport, as Prime Minis-ter-designate Nuri al-Maliki moved closer to announcing a Cabinet five months after the elections. Fourteen Iraqis were killed and
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      Lock icon Australia may take back nuclear waste
      385 14 Sydney THE Australian government indicated yesterday it would consider taking back nuclear waste frdm countries which buy its uranium under a system known as "nuclear fuel leasing". Prime Minister John Howard is expected to discuss the issue, which aims to limit the possibility of
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon LAW BARRING PALESTINIANS UPHELD
        114 14 JERUSALEM: Israel's high court has narrowly upheld a controversial law that bars West Bank Palestinians from living with spouses and children who are Arab citizens of Israel. The law, passed m 2002 at the height of Israe-li-Palestinian fighting, is believed to have kept hundreds, possibly thousands,
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        Lock icon RUSSIA SAYS NO TO NEW COLD WAR
        109 14 MOSCOW: Russia will not seek a new cold war as it seeks to maintain normal relations with the West, according to President Vladimir Putin. He was replying to questions about whether the foreign-policy part of his annual address to parliament last week meant
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        Lock icon RIOT ERUPTS IN HAITI JAIL
        106 14 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti): Prisoners rioted yesterday at Haiti's main prison, hours before the inauguration of President-elect Rene Preval. Gunfire was heard within its walls and scores of inmates massed on the roof holding what appeared to be two dead bodies. The riot broke out at the
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        Lock icon REVIEW OF NAZI HOLOCAUST FILES
        100 14 AMSTERDAM: The 11-nation governing body of the International Tracing Service, a Red Cross body that oversees Nazi archives, will meet m Luxembourg tomorrow to discuss amending a 1955 treaty that has locked away the labyrinth of files since World War 11. For 60 years, the
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        Lock icon FAMILY TRAGEDY AS BOAT CAPSIZES
        63 14 WELLINGTON: Three members of one family drowned and another three were missing feared dead after their fishing trawler capsized off the southern coast of New Zealand, search officials said yesterday. Three others managed to swim through freezing waters to a remote island after being tipped
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        18 15 A look at the key world events this week by Bhagyashree Garekar of The Straits Times Foreign Desk
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        Lock icon Meeting to discuss timing of Thai polls
        283 15  -  NIRMAL GHOSH SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THAILAND'S Election Commission (EC) has called a meeting of political parties today to discuss the timing of the next election following the Constitutional Court's annulment of the controversial April 2 snap polls. The four commissioners have
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        Lock icon Merkel on 3-day visit to China
        162 15 Merkel on 3 -day visit to China WORLD WHAT IT IS GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel started a threeday visit to China yesterday, her first to Asia since becoming Germany's leader six months ago. She will meet Chinese President Hu Jintao and other top officials on her visit to Shanghai and
        CLARISSA OON; REUTERS  -  162 words
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        Lock icon Bush to speak on migrants
        169 15 UNITED STATES WHAT IT IS US PRESIDENT George W. Bush will address the nation m a prime-time TV speech tonight, pushing for a broad revamp of American immigration laws and possibly announcing the deployment of troops to the border with Mexico. He is expected to
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        Lock icon EU may give Iran incentives
        155 15 WORLD WHAT IT IS EUROPEAN Union powers Britain, France and Germany are considering offering a new bundle of wide-rang-ing incentives to Iran m return for a guarantee that it will suspend its uraniumenrichment activities, which the West suspects of being part of a covert atomic
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        Lock icon MONDAY
        43 15 BANGKOK: Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, the United States and Singapore begin Cobra Gold exercises. The war games will conclude on May 26. MANILA: Two-day meeting of Asean trade ministers to look at advancing the integration of their economies to 2015. instead of 2020.
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        Lock icon TUESDAY
        33 15 WASHINGTON: Australian Prime Minister John Howard to meet US President George W. Bush, senior members of the US Cabinet and Congressional leaders. BEIJING: Fortieth anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution
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        26 15 HO CHI MINH CITY: Disgraced British "glam rocker" Gary Glitter's appeal against a three-year jail sentence for molesting children m Vietnam expected to be heard.
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        29 15 BEIJING: Completion of the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectricity project. KUCHING: Sarawak State Assembly election. >> SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt): World Economic Forum conference on Middle East.
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        34 15 JAKARTA: A war on pornography" rally called by senior Islamic clerics, the Council of Ulema and Islamic community groups m response to the launch of the local edition of Playboy magazine last month.
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      1999 18  -  John Carlin A small chalet m the Swiss Alps is home to the Henry Dunant Centre, dedicated to restoring peace among warring factions m the most violence-wracked regions of the world By For The Straits Times In Geneva ONE of the wackiest moments m
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY MAY 15, 2006
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      Lock icon Fines instalment plan helps many avoid jail
      946 1  -  K.C. Vijayan Scheme reduces average number of fine defaulters who end up m jail by 86 per cent By Crime Correspondent BUYING TIME FOR FIN E DEFAULTERS "The courts recognised and provided for offenders who could settle the fines over time and effectively
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      Lock icon New Newton Food Centre gets that old colonial charm
      1305 2  -  Arti Mulchand It reopens on July 1 after $4.8 m upgrade that is a throwback to bygone era By NOSTALGIC FEEL "They wanted to retain the spirit of the place, preserve its quaintness and leave it low-rise, with a lot of
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      Lock icon George Yeo: Two reasons for close fight in Aljunied
      733 3  -  Sim Chi Yin Reaction against PAP bid for Potong Pasir, Hougang and the Gomez issue cited By CLOSURE ON GOMEZ AFFAIR "We're glad that the matter has been brought to closure after a full police investigation. We note that the Public
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      76 3 Police officers from Geylang Police Station pry to get a firm grip on a I.Bm-long monitor lizard discovered at one of the back PHOTO: lanes m Lorong 20 Geylang yesterday afternoon. The man who discovered the lizard (left) was walking past the alley when he
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      128 4 SINCE December last year, Mindef has tightened its rules on national service deferment. With the change, pre-university students who have won places m overseas universities now have to do NS first, just like everyone else. This is to ensure equality, so all who enlist have a similar
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      Lock icon Top US school wants him but he can't defer NS
      723 4  - Top US school wants him but he can't defer NS Maria Almenoar Teen talent's bid for deferment to pursue music studies rejected By ONE of the few Singaporeans ever offered a prestigious music scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Music m the United States, may have to pass up the
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      Lock icon Poor take-up for family host scheme
      561 4  -  Sandra Da vie By Education Correspondent THREE hundred families have passed stringent checks and are ready to host foreign students who want to live and study m Singapore. But so far, only 40 families m the Edustay scheme have received students. The Association of
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      56 4 A lorry driver was injured when his vehicle skidded into a drain early yesterday morning and toppled on its side. The lorry was about to join the PanIsland Expressway from the Paya Lebar slip road when the driver lost control. The 48--year-old man was taken to
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        681 5 Teens tell reporter Jessica Lim that they find it all too easy to slip past ID checks at cinemas, especially with the help of older friends AT LIDO Cineplex, Sarah- Ann Lee, 15, bought a ticket to watch the R2l movie Running Scared. She got m
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        Lock icon Successful ticket buys: 15 out of 20; Successful cinema entries: 5 out of 6
        268 5  -  DAWN LIM WhorThree teens, 15-year-olds Krystal LJm, Sarah- Ann Lee and Samantha Lee members of the INCrowd. Their mission: To find out how easy it is to sneak into MlB and R2l movie screenings. When: Over
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        265 5  - Teens mature enough? No way, say parents JESSICA LIM WATCHING R2l movies is commonplace, even acceptable, said most of the teens that The Straits Times spoke to. Out of 15 teenagers, aged between 15 and 19, 11 said it was "pretty normal". "We see violence and sex everywhere on the
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      Lock icon Wider smoking ban to kick in during the World Cup
      1409 6  -  Arti Mulchand Bars, coffee shops brace themselves for the possibility smoking fans may go elsewhere By BAD TIMING "It's a neighbourhood bar based on a soccer formula, so the timing is totally wrong. We were hoping for some leeway. Now,
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        561 7  -  Lynn Kan YOUNG AND RESTLESS Local bands are creating sounds with a 'DIV spirit 1 and getting the young hooked By THE record labels may not be biting, but some bands here are making music anyway. And their support base is ballooning among Singapore's youth. Last
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        329 7 "We write our songs according to moods, play them such that the mood comes out." MR PANN LIM "I've always described our music as a drizzle after a rainstorm: introspective, moody." MS LINDA ONG Name: Astreal Sound: Alternative rock Who: From left, guitarist Nick Chan (music producer),
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      375 8  -  Josephine Tay GROWING PAINS Are young people today more stressed? Are there different pressures now, co/npared to their parents' days? Youthlnk writers say what it is like and what they have to grapple with A lot of pressure is self-inflicted By LIFE is not more complicated now
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      237 8  - Do away with arbitrary measures of 'success' Teo Chin Ker By SINGAPORE'S rapid economic development has opened possibilities never known to my parents. Consequently, my life is a succession of "firsts": I am the first m my family to attend college, first to travel to the United States, even the
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      Lock icon An emotionally disconnected generation
      245 8  -  Alicia Zhuang By OUR parents' generation does not seem to understand. They say: "You young people have it much easier than we did. •'During our time, we had to walk 3km to school m the rain, and work while studying to help support the family and
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      Lock icon Don't choose to be a worrywart
      174 8  - Don't choose to be a worry wart Denise Han By ARE you insecure about what you have done? Worried whether what you did was right? Do you verbalise these insecurities all the time? I knew someone who was exactly like that. He was constantly worried about issues, asking for assurances,
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      320 8  -  Shermaine Wong By SEEKING AN EDGE It all boils down to competition: We are always looking to have an edge over our peers. We compete, and as a result of that we end up feeling constantly stressed. IT IS hard not to feel
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      334 8  - FORTNIGHTLY AGENDA Soh Wee Ling Compiled by >> Eiennale Volunteers Singapore's inaugural international biennale of contemporary art will feature artists from over 35 countries. Some 600 volunteers are needed to work behind-the-scenes and help the public engage with the range of contemporary art being presented. The various job descriptions, together
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        643 9 MY 87-YEAR-OLD mother is completely dependent. We wash her, feed her through a tube, change her, take care of her toilet needs all m her bed. I want to highlight the> difficulties I face with certain government policies m the hope
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        393 9 I REFER to the letter, "Shouldn't lower US$ negate oil price rise" by Mr Vow Wai Mun (ST, May 8). We would like to assure Mr Vow that m reviewing the quarterly electricity tariff, we have taken into account the fluctuations m the
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        293 9 MY WIFE and I, aged 73 and 80 respectively, read m The Sunday Times that one can make a legal directive stating that if one is terminally ill and m a coma with no hope of recovery, no life sustaining treatment should be given ("When
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        93 9 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial .com. sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Scrap GST on essential items such as rice, sugar, cooking oil to ease burden of poor Have dual audio channels for TV shows m Mandarin and dialects. There are benefits m
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        120 9 How about a 5½ -year passport? I REFER to the new Singapore passport due to be issued from October. This document will be valid for only fivre years, rather than the present 10 due to increased security concerns. I wonder if the Government will honour the full period of five
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        371 9 IN THE late 1970s and 1980s, the HDB started to build four-room flats with a common corridor at certain levels where the lift also stopped. This type of flat was popular because of privacy, except those on the corridor levels. With an ageing
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        123 9 I WONDER how often POSB cash deposit and passbook update machines are monitored to make sure they are not out of service. On many occasions, especially m the past few months, the machine at Junction 8 has been out of service. On May 11,
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        548 10 LIVERPOOL'S FA CUP COMEBACK VICTORY Liverpool manager praises his men and admits to a bit of luck for Gerrard's equaliser Cardiff WEST Ham United were leading Liverpool 3-2, and there were barely minutes left on the clock at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Rafael
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        Lock icon In a crazy game, Reina pulls out stops when it matters
        451 10 Cardiff Reina's day of contrasts THE BLUNDERS 21st mm: A low cross is driven across goal. Jose Reina fails to make the call, and Jamie Carragher steers the ball into his own net. 28th mm: Matthew Etherington lumbers past
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        Lock icon West Ham thought they had won it
        401 10 Cardiff WEST Ham's defeat was made even more bitter because they thought they had their name on the FA Cup trophy for the first time since 1980. That was before Steven Gerrard's thunderbolt of an equaliser m the dying moments of normal time.
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        Lock icon The critical moment_ and mistake
        185 10 LIONEL Scaloni may have cost West Ham the FA Cup. The right-back was the key figure m the dramatic final minutes of normal time with West Ham clinging on to a 3-2 lead, reported PA Sport. First, he kicked the ball out of play near
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        Lock icon Excited Mourinho confirms Chelsea have signed Ballack
        479 11 SOCCER London CHELSEA will unveil Michael Ballack officially today, but Jose Mourinho could barely contain his delight at capturing the Bayern Munich playmaker on a free transfer. The Blues manager, who has held a number of meetings with Ballack, has been hugely impressed
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        Lock icon So which Arsenal will be in Paris?
        726 11 A force m Europe, but ineffective at home, they must show true colours m Cup final London ARSENAL'S Jekyll-and-Hyde season will rearh its climax m the Champions League final against Barcelona, with the Highbury faithful hoping to see the good guy m action.
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        Lock icon Real 'were destroyed by a lack of unity'
        657 11 Madrid A BADLY-divided dressing room played its part m the fall of Real Madrid's fortunes, revealed Zinedine Zidane. Former Real Madrid president Florentino Perez famously claimed that his recruitment policy at the club was based on "Zidanes and Pavons" supplementing big-name players
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        Lock icon Midfield fight will decide final
        306 11 LONDON THE Champions League final may have been billed as a Parisian treat for football purists but Arsenal midfielder Robert Pires has warned that the English side will get their fingers burnt if they try to match Barcelona m the flamboyance stakes. "The key to
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          Lock icon BARTHEZ IS FRANCE'S FIRST-CHOICE GOALIE
          112 11 PARIS: Fabien Barthez will be France's first -choice goalkeeper at next month's World Cup Finals. The Marseille player had been m fierce contention with Lyon's Gregory Coupet for the position, but after longreflection, coach Raymond Domenech opted for Barthez, who has Deen capped 77 times
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          Lock icon DUTCH LEAGUE'S TOP STRIKER LEFT OUT
          150 11 ZEIST (Netherlands): Nether lands coach Marco van Basten yesterday left Klaas-Jan Huntelaar the Dutch league's top scorer with 33 goals from 34 games out of his 23-man World Cup squad. Also missing were Tottenham's Edgar Davids, AC Milan's Clarence Seedorf, Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng
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          Lock icon PRAYERS FOR All IN WORLD CUP FINALS
          72 11 LONDON: The Church of England will be praying for everyone taking part m this year's World Cup, with a special mention for the boys from England. The country's officially established church posted two prayers on its wepsite. Both ask for everyone involved m
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          Lock icon PELE TOPS 'BEST YOUNG PLAYER' POLL
          128 11 LONDON: A Fifa poll to find out who the best young player at any World Cup since 1958 turned up with a not-so-surprising winner: Pele. "O Rei" (The King), who was m the Brazil teams that won World Cups m 1958, 1962 and 1970,
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        Lock icon Japan's Cosmo Bulk wins SIA Cup
        502 12  -  Marc Lim HORSE RACING Stayer upsets the odds and gives Igarashi first international win By Sports Correspondent Spore Airlines International Cup 1 Cosmo Bulk (Win: $34, Place: $12; VU length) 2 King and King ($l9; head) 3 Bowman's Crossing ($l6; 5 length) 4 Vroom
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        541 12 SOCCER Serie A Yesterday AC Milan 2 Roma 1 Cagliari 2 Inter Milan 2 Chievo 0 Fiorentina 2 Empoli 1 Ascoli 2 Lazio 1 Parma 0 Palermo 1 Messina 0 Reggina 0 Juventus 2 Sampdoria 1 Lecce 3 Siena 0 Livorno 0 Treviso
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        Lock icon Boost for unification?
        140 12 COSMO Bulk's Singapore Airlines International Cup win may just spark a move m Japan to have racing come under one umbrella. Currently, races m Japan fall under two associations the Japan Racing Association and the National Association of Racing. The JRA has the best thoroughbreds, featuring US
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        Lock icon Goh and Co to show their worth against Young Lions
        496 12  -  Christopher Ong By FOUR Woodlands Wellington players will be out to show their mettle when they meet the Young Lions, who are sitting atop the table, m an S-League encounter on Friday. Among the four is Woodlands captain Goh Tat
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        Lock icon Alonso first Spaniard to win on home soil
        328 12 »MOTOR RACING Spanish Grand Prix RESULTS: 1 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault lhr 26min 21.7595 ec 2 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 3 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault 4 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 5 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren 6 Jenson Button (Gbr) Honda 7 Rubens
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          80 12 BOWLER Remy Ong failed to make it past the qualifying rounds of the World Ranking Masters, which ended m Kuwait on Saturday. His 24-game total of 4,802 pinfalls was only good enough to earn him 20th spot among 24 bowlers. The top eight bowlers
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          Lock icon SENGKANG POST SEASON'S FIRST WIN
          47 12 SENGKANG Punggol notched their first win of the season, when they beat Gombak United 1-0 m an RHB Singapore Cup soccer tie at Hougang Stadium yesterday. Jonathan Angelucci (78th minute) headed home the goal that sent Sengkang Punggol to the next round.
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        Lock icon Mavs pip Spurs for series lead
        699 13 -BASKETBALL Nowitzki plays key role as Dallas hold off San Antonio for a one-point victory Cavaliers 86 Pistons 77 LEBRON James' second triple-double of the National Basketball Association play-offs helped the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 86-77. That left the Cavaliers trailing 1-2
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        Lock icon Scott scrambles to hold on to lead at Byron Nelson
        245 13 »GOLF Irving (Texas) ADAM Scott did not have to look at the leaderboard to know he was not alone at the top. Not the way the Australian was scrambling after such an impressive start at the Byron Nelson Championship. "I
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        562 13 BASEBALL MLB: NY Yankees 4 Oakland 3, San Diego 4 Chicago Cubs 3, San Francisco 6 LA Dodgers 5, Baltimore 11 Kansas City 1. Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 0, Detroit 3 Cleveland 0. NY Mets 9 Milwaukee 8. Atlanta 8 Washington 5, Colorado 2 Houston 1, Florida 4 Pittsburgh 3,
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          Lock icon MANAUDOU SETS WORLD RECORD
          44 13 PARIS: France swimmer Laure Manaudou set a new 400 metres freestyle world record at the French championships on Friday. The 19-year-old clocked 4min 3.o3sec to beat American Janet Evans' long-standing mark of 4:03.85 set at the 1998 Olympic Games. REUTERS
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          Lock icon JONES HAS YEAR'S 2ND-FASTEST TIME
          50 13 MEXICO CITY: Sprinter Marion Jones ran the year's second-fastest 100 metres on Saturday. She clocked 11.06 sec to defeat former world champion Torri Edwards at an athletics meet m Veracruz. World 200 m champion Allyson Felix has the year's quickest time of 11.04 sec. REUTERS
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          Lock icon WEBB STRETCHES LEAD TO 5 SHOTS
          64 13 WILLIAMSBURG (Virgin ia): Karrie Webb fired a five-under 66 on Saturday to stretch her lead to five shots after the third round of golf's Michelob Ultra Open. Her bogey-free round included five birdies for a 13-under 200 total. Defending champion Cristie Kerr (70) shared
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        243 14 TEO CHIN SENG Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 13 May 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wives: (Tan Keng Pin, deceased) Lim Siew Cheng Son: Ec Peng Daughters: Son-in-law: Ec Lin Cham Tao Soon EeMay Ec Chin Grandchildren: Granddaughter-in-law: Cham Tat Jen Khoo Peng Ean Cham
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        300 14 SIOW AH TWA Age: 71 passed away peacefully on 13/05/2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Mdm Koh Hwee Long Sons: Daughters-in-law: Siow Keat Chong, Francis Lim Peck Choo, Peggy Siow Kiat Ngee, Alfred Kwang Kam Ma, Kammy Daughter: Son-in-law: Siow Meow Hoon, Lavina Chua Kok Chuan,
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        213 14 "The Ijord is my Shepherd, I haw eivrything I need. I know that your goodness and low will be with me all my life; and your house will be my home as long as I live. Psalm 23: 1 ,6 PETER PECK BOON BENG Age: 85 was lovingly called home
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        474 15  -  Gabriel Chen TAKING STOCK Momentum slows on concerns over high energy prices, falls m property counters By GUARDED OPTIMISM Some analysts say that investors should still exercise caution if they are planning to put their money into tech and chip stocks THE market
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          63 15 LEHMAN Brothers has maintained its underweight rating on Star Hub, believing that its short-term profitability will remain strong, providing support to its share price. However, Lehman expects Star Hub's earnings to decline beyond 2008 and recommends investors to sell on strength. It has maintained a
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          75 15 MORGAN Stanley has maintained its overweight rating on Jurong Technologies, but lowered its price target from $2.20 to $2.10. This is based on lower hard disk drive (HDD) earnings due to the loss of business after Seagate's acquisition of Maxtor. Still, the investment
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          76 15 CITIGROUP KEEPS 'BUY' CALL FOR PARKWAY CITIGROUP has reiterated its "buy" rating on Parkway Holdings with a target price of $2.82. Given the strong revenue growth m Singapore, Citigroup believes the group should see accelerating earnings growth m the quarters ahead. It also said that the health-care group's overseas units
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        490 16 Markets are well-supplied so quota should remain m place if prices hold steady Doha (Qatar) OPEC, which pumps 40 per cent of the world's oil, is unlikely to change output quotas when the group meets m Caracas m two weeks' time as global
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        133 16 Tokyo ASAHI Breweries will invest four billion yen (5559.2 million) to build a new plant m China, amid intensifying competition m the country's beer market, the world's largest, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. The plant, to be built m Huzhou m Zhejiang province, will
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        349 16 Berlin PLANEMAKER Airbus has made mistakes m its thinking on the development of a model to compete with Boeing's new 787, a top executive of the European consortium behind the company admitted on Saturday. In an interview with the German
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        305 16 Australia insists Telstra stake sale 'on track Sydney THE Australian government's plan to sell its remaining 51.8 per cent stake m telecommunications giant Telstra is on track for this year, Finance Minister Nick Minchin said yesterday. The government's 6.44 billion shares m the country's largest telecoms firm are currently valued
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        539 17  - Economies shrug off effects of US$7O oil Erica Tay But concerns remain about crude price hitting US$lOO and more By LAST year, it was Hurricane Katrina. This year, Iran's alleged nuclear ambitions. In the last two years, global events have catapulted the price of crude oil to fresh highs time
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        479 17  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent TYCOON Kwek Leng Beng's property firms may have been lying low so far this year, but they will not be out of the market for long. They are now preparing a string of luxury launches to home m
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          69 17 TAN SEE LENG: Appointed as chief operating officer of Eu Van Sang International. He was previously general manager of special projects and integration at Parkway Holdings and, prior to that, the chief operating officer of Mount Elizabeth Hospital. Dr Tan (above) has a
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          53 17 CHUA HAK BIN: Appointed as Asian economist m the economic and market analysis research team at Citigroup from May 1. Dr Chua was previously the senior regional economist (South-east Asia) and Asian equity strategist at DBS group. He has a PhD and MA m economics
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          57 17 EPSON APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN MD MASAYOSHI SHINDO: Appointed as chairman of Epson Singapore. He replaces Mr Shinichiro Fujita, who remains on the board as an adviser. Mr Shindo will continue to serve as the president of Epson Sales Japan Corp. Also, Mr Hisashi Shimizu was appointed as managing director for
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          69 17 AKINOBU KODAIRA: Appointed as non-executive ui- rector of Cerebos Pacific from last Wednesday. He is the executive vice-president of Suntory Limited, a major shareholder of Cerebos. Cerebos also appointed Mr Kazumitsu Sugama as alternate director for Mr Kodaira and Mr Hajime Nagai as alternate director for
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          61 17 WEE EE CHEONG: Resigned as director and executive committee member of UOL Group and its listed subsidiary Hotel Plaza from last Tuesday. Mr Alan Choc Fook Cheong takes over his positions m UOL and Hotel Plaza. Mr Wee Ec Chao and Mr Wee Ec
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          28 17 HEW KOON CHAN: Appointed as independent director of Brilliant Manufacturing with effect from last Tuesday. He is currently the managing director of Integer Capital.
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          35 17 LEONG HORN KEE: Appointed as non-executive independent director of Seksun Corp from last Thursday. Ml Leong is currently the chief operating officer and executive director of property developer Far East Organization.
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          66 17 GIOVANNI BINDONI: Appointed as executive director of Lindeteves-Jacoberg from last Wednesday. Ms Low Hui Hua has also been appointed as the company's chief financial officer. Meanwhile, Mr Lim Say Hui, Mrs Low-Chan Lai King, Mr Soong Tuck Cheong, Mr Praful Jayantilal Desai and Mr
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        210 17  -  GRACE NG HIGH-FLYING international trade lawyer Edmund Sim has joined Hunton Williams, an international trade practice group with offices m Washington and Brussels. Mr Sim, formerly a partner m the Singapore office of White Case, brought five members of his legal team with
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        383 17  -  Kelvin Han By CEREBOS Pacific, best known for its Brand's line of health products, unveiled a healthy set of second-quarter results last week, but faced questions from analysts over its recent policy of handing out dividends that exceed its net profits. In
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      8 1 life! THE STRAITS TIMES Monday May 15 2006
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        70 4 GLENN Ong on how he speaks his mind: "Gurmit (Singh) once called me up and said he heard I said some 'unfavourable' things about him. I told him not to worry, I wouldn't tarnish his reputation. If it's any consolation, I told him. I've insulted everyone including my
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        1971 4  -  Wong Kim Hoh Glenn Ong may be co-hosting the highest-rated English radio show today, but he almost never made it as a DJ mondayinterview IS GLENN ONG... GOD-FEARING? 'For all the angst he portrays on air, Glenn is a God-fearing, responsible, sweet straight man.' Bernard Lim. MedlaCorp Radio's
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        340 2  - HITTING ALL THE RIGHT NOTES NICOLE CHIA EIGHTY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 22 SCHOOLS ATTENDED THE STRAITS TIMES MEDIA CLUB TALK ON APRIL 2 1 WHERE THEY SPOKE TO CAMPUS SUPERSTAR WINNER NG CHEE YANG FOR THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. BY JS.CHIJ ST THERESA'S CONVENT Critics love to hate contestants from
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        189 2 Get creative with your answer no more than 50 words please and you could be one of three student reporters to get m on the dinosaur invasion this month at the Singapore Science Centre. That is when two of
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        25 2 YOUR BOURHOOD J WRITE IN Got an opinion, a story or something to say? E-mail us at stin@ sph.com.sg and tell us what you think.
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        476 2 There's no business like losing something that someone else ideas are even finding an audience to know their ideas carry weight, and news business but that gained. among top decision makers who m what better way than winning over is just one way you can get The best business people
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        493 3 W\ Institute of V^P Hif,h Performance ■LI Computing A S TAR Just as the Web has revolutionised information sharing, Grids may do the same for the sharing of computing resources THE AVERAGE PC today is as Dr Mohamed is currently working powerful as a supercomputer 10 on a collaborative project
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        86 4 DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF TAKEN A POUNDING Doctors m Orissa, India, say the five-year-old Indian boy who ran a 65km marathon has severely damaged his health. To gain a place m a local record book, the boy, Budhia Singh, had attempted to run 70km. But doctors stopped him after
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        275 4 SEX EDUCATION Q: What is MOE's take on sex education m schools? A: Sex education is an integral part of education m Singapore schools. The aim is to provide you with essential knowledge about sexuality matters, so you understand issues of sexuality better and learn to make informed
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        571 4 CEDAR GIRLS' SECONDARY IS A TRACK-AND-FIELD POWERHOUSE, WHICH HAS PRODUCED MANY OUTSTANDING ATHLETES. JESSICA LIM GETS A GLIMPSE AT THE SCHOOL'S WINNING WAYS. Fast and studious that is what students of Cedar Girls' Secondary School do best The school ranked top 50 m the O
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        406 5  -  SAMUEL LIM BY Y 6SI v everything you have heard about drugs is true. They destroy your ability to think and act normally, they affect how you perform m school and at home and they hurt your family. Oneofthegreates lures of drugs is the mistaken impression
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        88 5 DON'T DO DRUGS PEDDLING DRUGS SINCE HE WAS 10 Raised by drug traffickers as an infant, Tan Wee Quay first sold drugs when he was just 1 0 years old. When he grew up, he became the main runner for a Singaporebased ring shipping drugs to Europe and Australia. On
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        162 5 kNOw drugs Call 1 800-325-6666 or go to www.cnb.gov.sg HOW TO TELL IF A LOVED ONE IS IN TROUBLE Watch for the danger signs: Their eyes are always red and teary They always have a runny nose, despite not having a cold. Sudden mood swings Loss of appetite Changes m
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        58 5 RSO I CAN GET ADDICTED HHM LOOK, I CAN DITCH DRUGS AS EASILY AS THlS!^^| m^* l^ mm^^^ mmmm '^l /7>sJi f^y C«c nLICING7 C j*^k*\ «89*5 mbjv I \\v/ k ill f, j £w 1 J^^o^isWk llf TCP m ONCE YOU STOP TAKING DRUGS, YOU WILL HAVE |H SEE?
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        288 6 Warn Mm MB&Bm Mm 7"**% II 111 f^^m I l^^m i^**l II This June holidays, come down to the Underwater World RiSiS v v (UWS) and the Dolphin Lagoon and take part m ■IP^^^V" our P hoto competition IN THE DEEP END Efe All you have to do is to
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      545 7 TEENS around the WORLD A TEEN 1N... ...NEW YORK IN THE UNITED STATES HAS BEATEN THE ODDS TO OBTAIN SOMETHING MANY KIDS TAKE FOR GRANTED -AN EDUCATION. But now, 18-year-old Amadou Ly is fighting another battle to stay m the country. The New York Times reported on his plight after
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        84 8 METEORITE VENTURE FAILS TO TAKE OFF Malaysian entrepreneur Jaafar Jamaludin has a collection of meteorites worth some RM4O million (Ssl7 million). He told The Star newspaper "We want to make meteorites available to the public by turning them into consumer products like car accessories, jewellery, apparel. kens, souvenirs and building
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        757 8 WAYS TO JUMP-START YOUR OWN START-UP FDHG HIFDGKJ HKDFJGH JFKG GH NFH G FJH ASSOCIATION OF MALAY ENTREPRENEURS (Kesuma) Now in its second year, the Youth Entrepreneur competition organised by Kesuma and Malay language newspaper Berita Harian is an annual event that provides free training in the basics of starting
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        76 9 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK NEW BIZ ON THE BLOCK The first Baby Cafe has opened m Singapore. No, it is not a Starbucksalike catering to infants, but a refuge for breastfeeding mums. First launched m 2000 m Britain, the aim of the drop-in centre is to create a service
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        401 9 DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES i TO RUN AN EMPIRE? Entrepreneur a word that spells a nightmare for some But for others. It means more pocket money, a budding career m business and even the opportunity to meet people from all over the world. Do you have what it
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        465 10  -  ANDREW DUFFY tEmsmßfflmm Ea Drinking, pubbing, clubbing and sex. It can be wild being a teenager m Singapore these days. The Straits Times sent out members of the INCrowd to see how hard (or easy) it is to break the rules, and to shine a spotlight on the adults
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        826 11  -  LYNN LEE PEH SHING HUEI BY THE STRAITS TIMES, MAY 8 Amid all the grassroots campaigning and local issues, it is important to be reminded of the bigger picture. Singapore's future wealth depends largely on foreign investment and that mostly depends on the country
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        100 11 SEARCH IS ON FOR MORE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN "We're not sitting here wondering what's going to happen, waiting for it to happen to us. We are going to make things happen. And the way to do that is to have a strong team who can work
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        57 12 BAKERY BOOM IN TAIWAN From roast chickens to designer bags and even a pair of breasts, Taiwan's novelty cake industry is creating a bakery boom across the island. The so-called "creative cakes"made m the likeness of people, cartoon characters, animals and other objects can fetch more than NTSIO,OOO (Sssoo),and are
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        402 12 HFDSKJGK GHFJKGHJK HHFKJG HFGH FH GFGHJ HGJHFHSGFDSG BJFDHG HFDJGH FDG FDKJG THE STORY SO FAR: HEARING HER FATHER AND THE OTHER ELDERS, AND REALIZING THEY NEEDJELP.RAINERA BEGINS *VOIttS AND THE CURPF"*! WRITTEN BY RAFE MARTIN A BREAKFAST SERIALS STORY CHAPTER 1 1 TO THE RESCUE AS RAINERA
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        607 13 "BUT... BUT WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?" HER FATHER STAMMERED, TRYING TO GRASP WHAT WAS GOING ON. "WE, DALTON AND I/ 9 SHE ANSWERED, "WERE, UH... CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN. WE HEARD YOU TALKING AND WANT TO HELP." Jenson, his eyes boring into them, asked, "So, you two just happened
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        66 13 STORY THIS WEEK NO MORE NON-DIET SOFT DRINKS FOR U.S. KIDS Tens of millions of American students will no longer be able to buy non-diet soft drinks following a deal between major drinks distributors and anti-obesity advocates. In a bid to address the increasing rates of childhood obesity, drinks distributors
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        620 14  -  SHEFALI SRINIVAS BY THE STRAITS TIMES, MAY 4 SOUTH-EAST Asia could be the "ground zero" of the next human flu pandemic, as more than 80 per cent of bird flu deaths have occurred m this region, an expert m
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        82 14 U.S. RACING TO MAKE MORE FLU VACCINE TheHSNI bird flu virus has yet to be detected m North America, but officials fear it is only a matter of time before it crosses the Atlantic after spreading from Asia to Africa and Europe. The United States government is racing to build
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        832 15  -  MARDIANA ABU BAKAR BY A) FLU LEXICON A worldwide flu pandemic is now a possibility. World leaders, scientists and health-care practitioners are getting more concerned each day. It is useful for you to understand the language surrounding this disease. Here are some terms related to a flu
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        75 15 STORE HELP STORE DRUGS FOR ASEAN COUNRIES Singapore will be the storehouse suppl/ing essential drugs if a human flu pandemic breaks out m the region. Some 500,000 courses of Tarn if! v treatments will be stored here for Asean countries, said a World Health Organisation official.
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        87 16 I Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively. BOOSTER! HOW TO PLAY Sudoku is a puzzle craze that originated in Japan. "Su" means number in Japanese, while "doku" means single. Its aim is simple: No column, row
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        492 16 WHAT IS A GOOD REASON TO STOP SELLING SOFT DRINKS IN THE CANTEEN? AND WHAT IS EASY TO PUT ON BUT DIFFICULT TO TAKE OFF? THE ANSWERS HAVE BEEN MAKING HEADLINES RECENTLY. Match these digits to the reasons they made the news. a) 16 b) 18
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