The Straits Times, 14 February 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 108 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 785 1  -  Tracy Quek It will get aid in return; US, Japan will also start talks with Pyongyang to establish ties NORTH Korea will shut down its key nuclear reactor within 60 days in exchange for a package of fuel, food and other aid,
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  • 654 1  -  Selina Lum IT TOOK just under five weeks instead of the expected eight, but the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) suit came to a close yesterday. The development that brought the curtains down: Former NKF chairman Richard Yong and former treasurer Loo
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1094 1  -  Alastair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Jolo A PRIVATE from the Philippine 3rd Marine Brigade serves mugs of sweet black coffee to the "surrenderees" four rebels from the extremist Islamic group Abu Sayyaf who have come out of the jungle. They
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    • 380 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Partial Workfare Asia 6-16 NTUC has recommended World 17-21 a "partial Workfare" Review 22-24 scheme whereby PYi on low-income workers pay r" half the usual Medisave SECTION TWO contribution to get at Home H1-H6 least half the bonus. Forum H7 PAGE H3 Sports H8-H12 Obituaries
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  • PRIME
    • 577 3  -  Lee Hui Chieh Hospitals asked to cut waiting times for patients with non-urgent problems By HOSPITALS have been asked to take steps to cut long waiting times for patients with non-urgent kidney problems. According to figures released yesterday by
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    • 98 3 Pan Pacific employees Karolyn Chua (left) and Syafiqah Sari Sabirin put the finishing touches to this 20-layer display of cupcakes at the hotel's lobby. The hotel will give away 20,000 cupcakes to members of the public from 7.30 am today as part of its
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    • 537 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA suffers the most severe brain drain of any country, raising fears that there may not be enough talents around to manage the world's fourth-largest economy, state media said yesterday. Out of about one million Chinese who have studied
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    • 552 4  -  Ken Kwek VISITING President S R Nathan spoke last night of longstanding ties between Singapore and the Philippines, and opportunities to take it forward in areas such as tourism. He also cited the two countries' role as founding Asean members who helped shape
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    • 455 4  -  Lorn a Tan Tie-up with OCBC will allow shoppers to open savings accounts, apply for credit, debit cards SHOPPERS at NTUC Fair Price supermarkets will soon be able to add some surprising items to their shopping baskets. They will be able to open a
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    • 40 4 Where are stocks headed? BT Roundtable: Is the boom in Asian equities a liquidity-driven bubble waiting to burst? Market correction: A buying opportunity or the end of the bull market? Deutsche Bank strategist upbeat on Asia Husband surprises her when...
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  • ASIA
    • 765 6  -  Clarissa Oon NEWS ANALYSIS Nuclear weapons have served North Korea well as a bargaining tool, analysts point out PYONGYANG yesterday finally signed on to what observers say is the first concrete step forward in the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. However, analysts say
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    • 991 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, FINANCIAL TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing NORTH Korean leader Kirn Jong II received an early birthday gift in the landmark deal reached in Beijing yesterday. Diplomats say the North Korean delegation drastically lowered its demands for energy aid
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    • 490 6  -  Kwan Weng Kin THE six-nation accord signed in Beijing to provide energy aid to North Korea in exchange for shutting down Pyongyang's nuclear facilities has put the Tokyo government in a bind. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday that his government will not provide
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    • CHINA
      • 661 7  -  Ong Hwee Hwee But he maintains innocence and will continue to run For presidency TAIWAN'S opposition Kuomintang (KMT) chief and presidential front runner Ma Ying-jeou stepped down as party chief after being indicted for corruption yesterday. But in a defiant move, he declared
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      • 316 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Taipei TAIWANESE airlines kicked off the heaviest-ever schedule of direct flights between the island and mainland China yesterday for the Chinese New Year. A flight from Taipei to Shanghai launched the first of 96 direct services, which will be operated by
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      • 315 7  -  VINCE CHONG THE Guangzhou prison authorities have refused to arrange a reunion dinner visit for jailed Hong Kong journalist thing Cheong's wife. They told her that she would have to wait until next month at the earliest to see
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      • 498 8  -  Tracy Quek But officials say majority of the 70 million CCP members are honest CHINA punished nearly 100,000 members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for corruption last year, but anti-graft officials yesterday maintained that the majority of officials are "clean".
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      • 189 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE former head of China's leading sports beverage manufacturer, and until recently a member of the Forbes China Rich List, has been jailed for 15 years for embezzlement. Zhang Hai, the ex-president of the Jianlibao Group, was convicted by a court in the city
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 409 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Survey locates more than 600 sites for iron ore, lead, copper mines Beijing CHINA has discovered huge resources of vital minerals buried in the Tibetan plateau, locating more than 600 potential sites for new mines. A new survey suggests the
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      • 371 10 REUTERS Tokyo GAS water heaters manufactured by Japan's Rinnai Corp have been linked to at least three deaths over the past seven years, according to industry ministry officials. Japan's Ministry of Trade and Industry issued a statement late week detailing the poisonings the
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 460 13 REUTERS Congress Party may lose votes over rising food prices, land acquisition Chandigarh (India) POLLS were held yesterday in the northern Indian state of Punjab, where a defeat for the ruling Congress Party could highlight wider national concerns over rising food prices
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      • 140 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi THE foreign ministers of the world's two most populous countries, India and China, held talks yesterday to further normalise ties and move past a bitter 1962 border war. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, who arrived in New Delhi on Sunday,
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      • 241 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamabad PAKISTAN'S government introduced a Bill in Parliament on Tuesday seeking to end the forced marriage of women and girls, and allowing women to inherit property, officials said. The move by the party of President Pervez Musharraf came as part
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 659 14  -  Alastair Mclndoe Modus operandi: Flush out rebels, boost troop presence and help develop economy A SMALL group of islands in the southernmost Philippines is providing the ideal conditions for testing a counter-ter-rorist strategy known as "clear, hold and develop". Around 5,000 Philippine
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      • 136 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS POLICE have stepped up security at train stations and an oil depot and set up road checkpoints in the Philippine capital to prevent a repeat of the deadly 2005 Valentine's Day terror bombings, officials said yesterday. The authorities have not monitored any
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      • 344 14  -  Salim Osman INDONESIA has rejected Singapore's questioning of its decision to ban sand exports, maintaining that it has "good reasons" to do so. Indonesia's reaction, pub- lished in the Jakarta Post yesterday, followed a discussion of the issue in Singapore's
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      • 322 14  -  SALIM OSMAN Jakarta SOLDIERS from the United States and Indonesia should train together to strengthen military ties between the two countries, said visiting US military chief Marine General Peter Pace. He said that putting troops through their paces side by side
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      • 182 14 Bangkok THE Thai government is assessing Singapore's latest gestures following ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's visit to the Republic, Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram said yesterday. "We are assessing the situation but we welcome Yeo's comments which signalled they want to amend the relationship," he
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      • 587 15  -  Dcvi Asmarani Floods dampen festive mood as families scramble to clean up mess and assess losses THE wildly wet weather has put a damper on Chinese New Year in the Indonesian capital. Most of the city's ethnic Chinese live in the west and north,
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
      • 425 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BERNAMA Sonthi not doing enough to curb violence in south, says PM Surayud Bangkok THAILAND'S army-in-stalled Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont yesterday accused the junta leader of not doing enough to curb a separatist insurgency in the Mus-lim-majority south. General Sonthi Boonyarataglin,
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      • 195 16 JOHOR BARU JOHOR Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman has urged Singaporeans who say their passports were left unstamped by immigration officials when they entered Johor to come forward and lodge reports. Malay daily Utusan Malaysia reported yesterday that Datuk Abdul Ghani said Singaporeans
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    • 26 6 Surayud hits out at Sonthi Thai PM Surayud Chulanont accuses junta leader Sonthi Boonyarataglin of not doing enough to curb violence in the south. PAGE 16
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  • WORLD
    • 806 17  -  Derwin Pereira THE UNITED STATES VERSUS IRAN Bush dismisses talk of military strike, while Ahmadinejad calls for dialogue work C-Span, dismissed such speculation, and said that his aim was to show Iran that its activities in Iraq, and its drive to acquire a nuclear bomb, were
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    • 489 19 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE US prosperity and prestige at stake if trade powers not renewed, they say Washington THE Bush administration and American business have begun a campaign to convince a sceptical Democrat-ic-controlled Congress to renew the President's trade negotiating authority when it expires
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    • 554 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Salt Lake City (Utah) AT LEAST 10 people died and several others were injured when two gunmen went on separate shooting sprees in two US cities. Witnesses in a crowded Salt Lake City shopping mall in
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 165 20 REUTERS AN ALBANIAN opposition politician has accused election rivals of foul play over the publication of pictures of him naked. Sot newspaper on Sunday published what it said were pictures of Mr Edi Rama, the mayor of Tirana and leader of the opposition Socialist
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      • 162 20 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS NOBEL Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu has announced a bid for Guatemala's presidency this year in an attempt to become Latin America's second indigenous head of state. Ms Menchu, a defender of victims of Guatemala's bloody 1960-1996 civil war from the Maya ethnic
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      • 361 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS FRENCH President Jacques Chirac has addressed rumours about his infidelity in a new book, declaring it was "possible" he had an affair, and that he loved some women "as discreetly as possible". In the book, Mr Chirac, who is known
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 107 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush has certified a private-sector sale to China of high-tech products linked to its railway system and its testing of parts for Boeing aircraft. In a legally required ruling, Mr Bush certified that the sale "is not detrimental
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      • 84 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS SHANGHAI: China has praised a prominent Aids activist days after she was confined to her home, a move allegedly aimed at preventing her from accepting an award in the United States. In a Chinese New Year visit to Dr Gao Yaojie's home in Henan
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      • 61 21 REUTERS MANILA: South-east Asia and Europe will begin formal talks on a free trade agreement in May and hope to seal a deal within two years, a Philippine trade official said yesterday. "We hope to start formal negotiations in May during the Asean Economic Ministers
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      • 133 21 REUTERS JOHANNESBURG: South Africa, under pressure to redress land ownership imbalances left by apartheid, has expropriated its first farm in a reform drive aimed at returning land to the black majority, officials said yesterday. The state-ordered sale of a 25,200 ha farm on Jan
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    • 385 21  -  Alfred Siew 3.5G phones can send e-mail at high speed and download songs in seconds A NEW range of cellphones that promise Internet surfing speeds at least nine times faster than current 3G phones are now being previewed at the world's largest mobile
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    • 239 21 REUTERS Am Alaq BOMBS exploded on two buses in a Christian area of Lebanon yesterday, killing at least three people and wounding 20. The attack came on the eve of the second anniversary of the killing of former prime minister
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 26 17 US shooting rampages Shooting sprees at a Salt Lake City shopping mall and an office building in Philadelphia leave at least 10 people dead. PAGE 19
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  • REVIEW
    • 448 22 THERE has been some good news for the lowest 10 per cent of Singaporean households. For the first time in eight years, the average real income per member among these households rose in 2006 compared to the previous year. As the Department of Statistics (DOS)
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    • 1529 22  -  Kopin Tan BARRON'S AS A rule, small tropical islands have an obligation to the rest of the world to preserve themselves as sun-filled, rum-soaked, licentious getaways. But Singapore does not do laid-back very well. Nearly 4,200 flights take off and land each week at its bustling
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    • 766 22  -  Daoud Kuttab RESOLVING THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT posed an economic embargo on the Palestinian Authority. This economic siege, zealously enforced even by Arab and Islamic banks, followed the new Hamas-led government's refusal to accept the demand by the "quartet" the United States, the European Union, the United
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    • 572 23  -  Valeric Lincy ►> IRAN'S NUCLEAR NETWORK INTERNATIONAL inspectors confirmed earlier this month that Iran is equipping its uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, a step that brings it closer to building an atomic bomb, and a brash defiance of a UN resolution passed last December. So it
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    • 835 23  -  Meghan Daum WHAT holiday is dreaded more than Valentine's Day? Not enough of an excuse to eat a big meal or take a day off from work, but more than just a vehicle of the greeting card industry, it is an anxiety trigger of the
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    • 795 24  -  John Mcßeth NAMING CONFUSION WHAT'S in a name? Quite a lot actually, particularly when it is Papua or, if you happen to be obstinate, West Papua. Ever since Irian Jaya was renamed Papua during the administration of president Abdurrahman Wahid, Australian officials have followed the lead
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 30 22 The Papuan dilemma What is in a name? Quite a lot actually, particularly when it is Papua or, if you happen to be obstinate, West Papua. PAGE 24 PUNCHLINES Va
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 1075 25 Singapore today I j| giggp^^^ Partly cloudy. Showers with thunder m m 0 M 0 in the afternoon mainly affecting southern, western and central Singapore. THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 2007 ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL "UMBERS S^SSJ 5£S M Emergency lines DO TODAY BEIJING 0 |afc^ <&S V Police
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  • HOME
    • 556 27  -  Tay Suan Chiang Search on for design team to convert historic buildings into art hub THE search is on for the best architectural and design team to transform the City Hall and former Supreme Court buildings into the National Art Gallery. Dr Lee
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    • 480 28  -  Chong Chee Kin ►>NKF:OLDvNEW 9-month ordeal has not put Chow Kok Fong off charity work WHEN his lawyer gave him the news that all claims against him had been dropped, it was a big weight off former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) director
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    • 418 28  -  Elena Chong A MASSEUR who was convicted of molesting two women customers in his reflexology centre was sentenced to 30 months' jail and nine strokes of the cane yesterday. A request by Lim Cheng Ban, 47, to have his sentence deferred until the end
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    • 264 28  -  ELENA CHONG HIS three friends had jumped ship when the Police Coast Guard vessel bore in, but he stayed on board the contra-band-laden speedboat in the pitch dark. Amrullah Mahmud's act cost him his life when the boat was clipped. His decomposed
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    • CASE FILE
      • 118 28 A 46-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday charged with two counts of giving false evidence at the trial of a lawyer two years ago. Part-time car washer Mohamed Ariffan Mohd Hassan allegedly lied at the trial of Mr Ratankumar Rai before District Judge Tan Boon Gin
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      • 137 28 CHINESE national Van Hai Bing, originally facing death for allegedly murdering a Thai prostitute at a Geylang brothel, is now looking at a maximum of 10 years in jail and a fine. He was initially charged in May last year with murder, but the charge was reduced
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      • 58 28 THREE days after he was knocked down by a lorry, retiree Khoo King Chwee, 73, died in Singapore General Hospital on Monday. He had injured his head in the accident, which occurred at about noon last Friday, when the lorry turned into the car
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    • 203 28 AN IMMIGRATION and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer was charged in court yesterday with two counts of helping two Filipinas get visit passes by lying that they would be staying at his home. Mohammad Radzi Mohd Kassim, 34, is accused of abetting Pauline lony
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    • 754 29  -  Sue-Ann Chia Call to give those without CPF halfbonus, if they pay half of Medisave contribution LET a low-wage worker pay half or less than the usual Medisave contribution. But let him get half or more of the Workfare
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    • 439 29  -  Li XUEYING »6.5 MILLION PEOPLE RAISING Singapore's population from 4.5 million to 6.5 million will also raise a host of issues that can pose a threat to stability. They include making sure there is enough food and water, that the environment is not
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    • 400 30  -  Christopher Tan Fall caused by shorter interval between tenders CERTIFICATES of Entitlement for cars fell to their lowest level in 17 years yesterday. This freak result came about because of a short-er-than-usual interval between the latest tender and the previous one, said motor
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    • 127 30 Aidan Wong (left), 10, has his head bandaged by a Hougang Primary classmate but he's not hurt. Taking part in the school's Better Front programme, the pupils are learning important lessons in total defence through fun activities like role-playing and obstacle courses. The school decided to
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    • 486 30  -  Karamjit Kaur ANOTHER obstacle to a proposed tie-up between Singa-pore-based Orangestar and Australia's Qantas, has been removed. Singapore's competition watchdog said yesterday it does not object to Qantas and its budget offshoot Jetstar continuing to fix fares and coordinate schedules with Orangestar, which
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    • 242 30  -  Liaw Wy-Cin POLYTECHNICS' LATEST PROGRAMMES IN AN effort to give students foreign exposure and broaden their horizons, Ngee Ann Polytechnic will offer a course in international business when the new academic year begins in April. Students can expect overseas internships, exchange programmes and study missions
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    • 267 30  -  LIAW WY-CIN TRAINEE chefs at Temasek Polytechnic can soon boast that they are fellow alumni of celebrity chef and writer Anthony Bourdain. The poly has teamed up with the famed Culinary Institute of America, which has churned out several prominent restaurateurs, including Mr Bourdain.
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    • 455 31  -  Ho Ai Li $1.5 m spent in three years to train over half of madrasah teachers MADRASAHS, or Islamic schools, are gearing up for next year, when the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) becomes compulsory for their students for the first time. Over
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    • 431 31  -  Keith Lin IT BEGAN with visits to religious institutions. Then came Mandarin classes for the Ma-lay-Muslim community. Now, a task force that is promoting greater interaction between communities is looking at homestay programmes. Details have yet to be worked out, but Senior Minister
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    • 148 31 THE first 12 days of February were drier than normal over most of Singapore. A statement from the weatherman yesterday said two-thirds of the island received less than smm of rain more than 90 per cent below average. Most of the eastern and central parts
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    • 533 32  -  Chua Hian Hou PROPOSED LAW TO CURB JUNK MAIL But easier to identify local marketing messages, say experts HOW will the Spam Control Bill, which was introduced in Parliament two days ago, affect home users, marketers, Internet service providers
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    • 470 32  -  Arlina Arshad QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT A SCHEME to sell beer at selected foreign workers' dormitories since at least 2003 has not led to serious law and order problems, and may be extended. Police, who gave approval for the pilot scheme at four dormitories,
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    • 309 32  -  Peh Shing Huei PREGNANT employees are more aware of their rights in the workplace, said Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen. He made the point yesterday when he said that the Manpower Ministry (MOM) received 71 complaints last year from mothers-to-be facing the
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    • 329 32  -  PEHSHING HUEI THE task force to draft the Asean Charter met for the first time last week and the personal chemistry among the 10 members was described as "excellent" by Singapore's representative, Professor Tommy Koh. Prof Koh, who is ambassa-dor-at-large, was elaborating yesterday on comments
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    • 199 32 THE Ministry of Health will not subsidise biologies treatment for psoriasis, a chronic skin condition, because it is too new, too expensive and benefits too few patients. It will also not extend the use of Medisave to cover the condition. In a written reply
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    • 137 32 YOU may give your heart to someone, but would you donate an organ? The three couples featured in today's Mind Your Body have done just that. Celebrities Pierre Png and Andrea de Cruz tell how she suffered a mild rejection to part of his liver in
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    • 219 28 The year one class of the Singapore Buddhist Federation 3-year English Dharma Course is now opened for enrolment. Details of the course are as follows: Objective To develop participants'understanding in basic Buddhist teaching for life enrichment Contents Lectures and panel discussions on the life of Buddha, a brief history of
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  • FORUM
    • 426 33  -  William Loh Peng Cheong ACCORDING to the Economist Intelligence Unit, Singapore was ranked 15th in the world in electricity consumption in 2004, but jumped to 11th in the Economist Pocket World In Figures 2007. I wonder how many of us complain that
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    • 127 33  -  Errol Goodenough MALAYSIANS who believe the floods in Kota Tinggi are a result of reclamation works on Pulau Tekong need to revisit their local geography. Kota Tinggi town lies way up the Johor River, some 45 km from Pulau Tekong. The very name
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    • 216 33  -  Dr Lim Boon Hee TO ADD my two cents' worth to the great biomedical debate between National Neuroscience Institute head Lee Wei Ling and outgoing A* Star chairman Philip Yeo, I note that Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong welcomed the debate as "healthy"
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    • 365 33  -  Anthony Yeo I REFER to the letters by Dr Lim Boon Hee, Ms Maria Loh Mun Foong and Mr Harry Chia Kirn Seng in response to the report, "Brain-dead man's kin in scuffle over op to remove organs" (ST, Feb 8). I am
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    • 101 33  -  Josephine Toy Lee Er (Ms) COULD cab companies consider providing child car seats in taxis? They could do so for a small fee or better still as a complimentary service. This would benefit parents without a car and tourists with children. As there are different
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    • 256 33  -  Chan Siew Hoong (Ms) I TOOK my octogenarian aunt and mother to see the Yesterday Once More 500 Postcards Of Old Singapore exhibition at the Singapore Philatelic Museum. I wish to thank Professor Cheah Jin Seng for his generous donation of the 500
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    • 276 33  -  Goh Shih Yong Michael Ong I REFER to the letter, "How much abalone in a can?" by Mr Tan Poh Thiam (ST, Feb 6). Under Singapore's Food Regulations, mandatory declaration of net weight is required on the labelling of pre-packed food, including canned
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    • 199 33  -  Janet Mohan (Ms) Ng Kwok Leong I REFER to the letter, "10 days later, funds still not with CPF" by Mdm Sek Lay See (ST, Feb 1). DBS received the funds from OCBC on Jan 15 and the funds were transferred to the customer's
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    • 90 33 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Fewer entrepreneurs willing to strike out on their own What about a grace period to clarify whether a deceased person has opted out of Hota? Take a wider perspective in addressing organ trading Unfettered
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  • SPORTS
    • 203 34 REUTERS BRAZIL striker Robinho has become the latest Real Madrid player to voice discontent. "Right now I'm not happy because I'm not playing," he said yesterday. "I know that coach Fabio Capello doesn't have confidence in my football." Asked whether he would consider leaving
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    • 722 34 SOCCER Former skipper's free-kick specialty may save McClaren's skin in Israel match London IT IS confirmed: David Beckham will once again get to play alongside England internationals Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. Too bad it is not the return to the national fold he is
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    • 570 34 London MANCHESTER United are a bunch of overpaid fat cats. The label came from Lille, the club that stand in their way of a quarter-final place in the Champions League. The two sides will meet in the first leg of the
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    • 453 35 SOCCER London FRANK Lampard and Steven Gerrard could use a lit-tle-known Fifa rule to negotiate new contracts that could earn them close to £175,000 (*****,000) a week. The rule which could help them is Article 17 of Fifa's transfer regulations. This
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    • 558 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Arsenal's bogey team have home advantage and an Anelka on song London ARSENAL'S bogey side Bolton have the chance to cause them more agony today when the teams meet at The Reebok for an FA Cup fourth-round replay. It may have been 49 years
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    • 154 35 LONDON Liverpool's Scott Carson has emerged as a top target for Arsene Wenger, amid continuing uncertainty over Jens Lehmann's Arsenal future. The Gunners manager has admitted his concerns that Lehmann, 37, may be nearing the end of his career with the club and has stepped up
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    • 392 35 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA'S 30 million Premiership fans will no longer be able to watch live matches for free from next season. WinTV, run by Guangdong Provincial Television, have won the broadcasting rights for three years from September and it will charge viewers
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    • Bad, bad, bad, bad BOYS
      • 277 35 London WIGAN goalkeeper Chris Kirkland was still fuming about his treatment by Arsenal captain Thierry Henry long after his side lost 1-2 on Sunday. Henry had taunted Kirkland after he conceded an own goal. Although the pair exchanged a handshake at the final whistle,
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      • 281 35 London JOEY Barton sought to make his peace with Pedro Mendes on Monday but still finds himself the subject of an FA investigation. Manchester City's Barton will be charged with misconduct, if the FA feels he gestured obscenely at Portsmouth fans after his team's
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      • 260 35 London THE Football Association has charged Wigan manager Paul Jewell with improper conduct for his outburst at referee Phil Dowd at Arsenal on Sunday. Jewell was incensed by Dowd's performance, specifically his refusal to award Wigan a penalty when Mathieu Flamini brought down Emile Heskey
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      • 298 35 Madrid DANGER man Samuel Eto'o looks like missing Barcelona's Champions League tie with Liverpool, after an extraordinary fall-out with coach Frank Rijkaard. He had disobeyed coach Frank Rijkaard by refusing to appear as a substitute in the last five minutes of Sunday's 2-0
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    • 447 36 BOWLING Singaporean will bowl in prestigious World Tenpin Masters for 16 invited keglers SINGAPORE bowler Remy Ong has been invited to April's US$7O,OOO (S$107,880) World Tenpin Masters 2007 in England. He will be making his third appearance in the prestigious 16-bowler mixed event. While
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    • 403 36  -  Chan Vi Shen BASKETBALL THEY are amateur basketballers from the African archipelago of Seychelles, known more for its tourism and fishing industries than the sport. But that has not stopped the Mont Buxton United (MBU) Rockers from forging ties with Singapore. The team are
      ALBERT SIM  -  403 words
    • 780 36  -  Chia Han Keong »IN THE HOOP IT IS 18 straight losses and counting for the Boston Celtics. If the 16-time NBA champions have any pride left, they would have sacked inept coach Doc Rivers, traded away their useless players and signed new, hungry talents.
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    • 180 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE Detroit Pistons got the Los Angeles Clippers at the right time, and they knew it. Chris Webber had 19 points and nine rebounds as he helped the Pistons beat the short-handed Clippers 92-74 on Monday for their seventh straight
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    • 537 37  -  Alvin Foo SOCCER It is among 10 regional leagues due for change to make them viable and attractive to fans dent Saburo Kawabuchi, will look into the matter. Hammam told Agence France-Presse that the aim "behind the programme is to ensure that Asian football
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    • 439 37  -  Chan Vi Shen THE hard work was supposed to have been done in the first leg of the pre-Olympic qualifier last Wednesday. Instead, Singapore's Olympic football team lost 1-2 to Pakistan and found themselves having to climb a mountain in today's return leg in Lahore.
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    • 455 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS »DRUGS IN SPORTS London WORLD Anti-Doping Agency head Dick Pound is unfazed by the lOC's public reprimand for comments he has made about Lance Armstrong. Pound, a frequent critic of cycling's doping record, criticised a Dutch report last year that cleared the seven-time
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 56 37 PURWAKARTA (Indonesia): Former Singapore soccer star Fandi Ahmad started his coaching career here on a high note. His Pelita Jaya Purwakarta side defeated Persikabo Bogor 1-0 3n Sunday. A delighted Fandi told PA Sport: :'With this opportunity, I could only improve as i coach and
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      • 52 37 IVSSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: Sports officials from the two Koreas !ailed to reach any agreement yesterday on brming a single team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a South Korean official said. South Korea has insisted athletes should be selected based on performance, while North Ko■ea wants
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    • 313 37 BASKETBALL NBA: Detroit 92 LA Clippers 74, Denver 123 Golden State 111, Utah 102 Atlanta 76. SOCCER FAS Women's Challenge Cup, Group A: Bishan Arsenal A 14 NYPGA 0. Group B: Jo 11 i lad s Arsenal 7 Paya Lebar Punggol 3, UWC 0 Police 0. Group C: Bishan
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    • 444 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS »GOLF Pebble Beach (California) FOR all the fuss over Tigei Woods taking another week off, perhaps this week's Nissan Open should consider this possibility: It still might have the hottest player in golf at Riviera. True, one victory by Phil Mickelson still
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    • 536 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ►>TENNIS Tennis federation allows Olympic hope Li to appoint husband as coach Beijing CUPID, long frowned upon by Chinese sport, is finally allowed to smile. The national tennis federation has bent its own rules banning romantic relationships to ease pressure on Li Na,
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    • 24 34 Remy's third chance Singapore's world champion bowler Remy Ong has been invited to the prestigious World Tenpin Masters for the third time. PAGE HlO
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    • 31 37 TV times BASKETBALL Atlantic Coast Conference: Duke v Boston College (Live, Ch23, 10am). GOLF: Asian Tour Indonesian Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch24, 3.30pm). Nissan Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 4am).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      27 38 PHYLLIS CHUA HOCK TAY (4 September 1923 14 February 1999) Cherished by her husband, ONG TIANG GUAN, her children and their spouses, |JPI and her grandchildren. W»
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      31 38 pH- In Ever Loving Memory Of LEEKHIMCHAI Departed 14.2.1997 Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. Fondly remembered by |L=j- family and loved ones. -f=J
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      46 38 32nd Year Memory 12th Year Memory Appa v.s_i___ri_n Pillay Departed 14th Feb 1975 AmmaAii]eeAmmal Departed 17th Jan 1995 Love's greatest gift Remembrance Always remembered by loved ones and Children Puspha Kamala (Deceased) Vengadasan (Deceased) Govinda Rajaloo Gunasegaran (Deceased) Gopal Krishna Chandrasegaran Indrani Sarathamabal Rajandran RetinaAmmal I
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      78 38 Athma Shantl Pooja The Family of the late K. LETCHUMENAN (APPU) Departed on 31 Jan 2007 Words can't express, how much we miss your presence. You were a great husband, father grandfather. You will remain in our hearts forever. Karumathi Prayers would be held on 14/2/07 (Wed) night at Blk
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    • 37 39 Mtfz Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our General Manager, Mr Ho Soon Fatt on the demise of his beloved father HO CHANG CHYE Departed on 12 February 2007 From: Management Staff of Kajima Overseas Asia Pte Ltd
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      39 39 The Family of the Late SEET CHAY TUAN Departed 9 February 2007 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement.
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      36 39 In Loving Memory Of ChuaKimYeow Prof.(Dr) Departed: 16 Feb 2006 Chua KOOII Mdlg Departed 14 Feb 2003 Time changes many things, I But not the memory this day brings. Dearly missed cherished Family, Friends Loved Ones
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      141 39 I "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 KWEK TIONG SWEE, PATRICK AGE: 77 Was called home to be with the Lord on 13 February 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved
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      41 39 _j In Loving Memory OF El! OUR DEAREST VALENTINE REGINA PRAKASH Departed 14/2/98 am home in Heaven, dear ones 4 Oh, so happy and ?vo hrighl! There is perfect juy and beamy In [his everlasting lijtfu Aluwys rememlierpd by taiwt tines
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      47 39 10th ANNIVERSARY IN SWF1T liiMiMiinwi' SURJITKAUR w/o (iurdip Singh Pan) war Our epitome of Love Our experience of nil things Good Thongfiyou left its lOyears ago, the legacy of your love Jim on and continues to sustain our days Deeply missed and ahmys lwd by family members
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      121 39 "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your stciff, they comfort me." Psalm 23, Verse 4 CHOI CHEE KONG I Passed away peacefully on 13 February 2007 I at the age of
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      21 39 7lh Anniversary In Loving Memory Of :rr > HELEN MAGDALENE TOLSON Gone but not forgotten May Her Soul Rest In Eternal Peace
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      133 39 MDM TAN KIM IM Age: 96 was ctuUd nom rj Iv wftfi rfte Lcffm 12 fFebruary 2O0J Uaviwa btkitld (frvtd Pitts. Husband: (Seah Guan Chua. deceased) Sons: Daughters in-law; Seap. Kwee Seng Lee Seok Vang S«ah Kim Hot Tan Siew Keow Seah Kim Yam, Peter Cheung Oi Lin, Cecilia Siati
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      35 39 B =1 30ih ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of N. GOVINDASAMY M.P. for Tclok Blangah (1968-1976) M.P. for Radin Mas (1976-1977) Departed 14 Feb 1977 Always remembered by Wlfe:Gauri Daughters: Shiamala, Nirmala Sons: Devadas, Selvadas I
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      126 39 m*mmmmmmmmmmmmmmKmmmmmmimmmmmwMmmmmmmimmmmmmmwwMmmmmmmmmm WEE TIANG CHENG Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 13 February 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remetnbered by loved ones. Wife: (Gan Bee Lin, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Wee Hoe Soon, Michael Chia Moi Lin, Doris Wee Hoe Lye, Henry Chua Ah Suan, Susan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Wee Poh Lan, Shirley
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      104 39 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I tvlll di tell in the Mouse of the Lord forever*" Psalm 2H:B WEE KENG NEO BETTY Age: 69 was called home in he with I ho onion 12 Teh 07 leaving behind Sister: Rosie Gei
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      62 39 KANG MOY ENG Age: 62 passed away peacefully on 13 Feto 2007, leaving behind loved ones, (Husband: Lim Sew Kiok r deceased] Sons: Daughter-Jn-law; Lim Siak Ngan LimAikNgan AmieLuah Lim Hong Ngan antj all relatives Body resting at Ton Tuck Road Hp: 9B752G26 J I Cortege will leave ooi 5
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      63 40 With Deepest Sympathy e3 Condolences to Mdm Kat Chin Lan on the demise of her beloved husband CHOI CHEE KONG Regional Senior Vice President Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd Departed on 13 February 2007 From Management and Staff of Fujitsu Limited Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd Fujitsu (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Fujitsu Systems
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    • 564 42 LOS ANGELES TIMES The hotel operator confirms $5.2b deal as similar buys drive prices up further Los Angeles A DEAL worth U553.37 billion (555.17 billion) by billionaires Bill Gates and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal to purchase Four Seasons Hotels underscores a
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    • 468 42 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington THE United States trade deficit surged to a record U*****.6 billion (S$l.T72 trillion) last year owing to new highs for oil prices and the commercial shortfall with China, a report said yesterday. The
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    • 186 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Paris THE International Energy Agency (lEA) yesterday raised its world oil demand estimates for this year, citing a major revision to forecasts of China's needs. It also warned the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) that its produc- tion cuts might seriously tighten
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    • 37 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,621.45 (+117.12 points) »Japanese share prices closed at their highest level in six years and nine months, lifted by a weaker yen and hopes of upbeat economic growth figures this week.
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    • 38 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,132.25 (-461.16 points) Hong Kong stocks closed 2.24 per cent lower in a technical correction, which was accelerated by a brokerage report warning of a major correction in the short term.
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    • 34 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,831.87 (+24.7 points) Chinese stocks closed 0.88 per cent higher, extending Monday's sharp gains as property developers once more attracted support, along with airlines as oil prices fell.
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    • 36 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,936.6 (+12.5 points) Australian stocks closed up 0.21 per cent in another record performance as investors switched into bank stocks and as select metals' prices slipped in overnight London trade.
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    • 40 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,234.31 (+2.44 points) Malaysian stocks closed 0.2 pei cent higher as late buying in select blue chips helped reverse losses on the benchmark index. Volume was 1.81 billion shares, worth RM2.78 billion (551.22 billion).
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      34 42 Yesterday's close: 14,090.98 (-99.72 points) »It was an extremely volatile day which saw the Sensex slipping below the 14,000-mark in early trade. But buying in heavyweights later saw the index bounce back.
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    • 36 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 692.48 (-4.98 points) Thai stocks closed 0.71 per cent lower as foreign investors locked in profits in banking and energy stocks. Shares worth 14 billion baht (S$641 million) were traded.
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    • 219 42 Feb 13 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.54 1.650 +0.010 Ascendasreit 0.97 2.560 -0.030 CapitaComm 0.63 2.880 -0.090 CapitaLand 5.04 7.250 -0.050 CapitaMall 0.97 3.420 -0.040 Chart SemiCond 0.82 1.420 -0.040 CityDev 2.83 13.700 -0.300 ComiortDelGro 1.44 1.910 CoscoCorp 0.99 2.820 -0.070 Creative Tech 0.27
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    • 135 42 Feb 13 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.1800 1.1940 Ian dollar 1.3000 1.3160 Euro 1.9830 2.0060 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4403 0.4409 4Z dollar 1.0420 1.0650 Sterling pound 2.9810 3.0140 JS dollar 1.5300 1.5470 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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    • 438 43 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Perc survey rates Spore as safest economy in Asia, Indonesia the worst RISKS are rising sharply in Thailand, said a survey of expatriate business executives, which rated Singapore as Asia's least risky economy and Indonesia the worst. The Political and Economic Risk
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    • 316 43 BLOOMBERG NEWS Beijing BANK of China has scrapped the nation's first overseas investment fund after four months as yuan gains dampened returns. The move marks a setback for the government's efforts to encourage outward capital flows. The 578 million yuan (*****.3 million) fund's
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    • 228 43 REUTERS New York HOPING to add customers and sell more products with a coherent marketing strategy, Citigroup said yesterday that it will rebrand itself as "Citi". It will also sell its trademark red umbrella to St Paul Travelers. The largest bank in the
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      1059 44  -  Leong Chan Teik Ex-army man digs through dirt to create a machine and the right mix of micro-organisms that converts food waste into organic garden fertiliser TEN years ago, when Mr John Teo reached the mandatory retirement age of 45 in the army, idyllic holidays were the
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    • 602 45  -  Grace Ng Huge opportunity to serve rich Muslims in region eager to invest in such products, conference told SINGAPORE has made a start at offering Islamic financial products but must do more to get a significant slice of the estimated
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      • 91 45 METRO Holdings reported that profit for the Dec 31 quarter rose 459.7 per cent to $32.9 million due to gains of $29.1 million from the sale of Shui On Land stock. Revenue for the retail group remained flat at $61 million, a 0.08 per
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      • 70 45 ELLIPSE yesterday posted a 95 per cent jump in net profit to $10.9 million for the six months ended Dec 31 on a 28 per cent rise in sales to $104.6 million. Earnings per share rose to 4.33 cents, up from 2.3 cents a year ago.
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      • 52 45 CAPITALAND will pay 3.23 billion yen (5540.3 million) for a 13 per cent stake in Tokyo-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) BLife Investment. The Singapore property giant will also acquire a 33.4 per cent stake in B Life's manager, Morimoto Asset Management, for 200.4
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      • 78 45 HTL International said net profit rose 0.4 per cent to $54.3 million for the year ended Dec 31. Revenue rose 14.7 per cent to $686 million in the same period. Full-year earnings per share dropped to 13.05 cents from 13.24 cents, but net asset value per
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    • 632 46  -  Christopher Tan Extraordinary gain lifts income; group to step up overseas thrust TRANSPORT giant ComfortDelGro's overseas contributions were almost nose to nose with those from local operations last year. And chief executive Kua Hong Pak indicated it is only a matter of time before they
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    • 313 46  -  Arthur Poon THE boom in the region's marine, oil and gas industries sent full-year net profit at KS Energy soaring 50.9 per cent to $50.7 million. Revenue at the rig refurbisher grew a more modest 9.7 per cent to $295.1 million for
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    • 439 46  -  Karamjit Kaur SINGAPORE'S first private-ly-owned cargo carrier has entered into a joint venture with a Japanese shipping company and aims to take to the skies by May. It will start flying with one Boeing 747-200 freighter with four more all-cargo planes to
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    • 392 47  -  Lee Su Shyan THE recent takeover battle for Pacific Internet (PacNet) has taken its toll on the firm's bottom line, driving profits down 47 per cent to US$3.B million (Sss.B million) for the year ended Dec 31. Net profits for the fourth quarter were
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    • 530 47  -  Bryan Lee It aims to pay out all gains as dividends and expects higher sales, profits this year SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) has posted a 12 per cent rise in net profits to $445.1 million, as it maintained and repaired more aircraft
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    • 477 47  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK AN INITIAL rally quickly fizzled out yesterday after a strong selldown in Hong Kong sent local traders scrambling yet again for the door. They were spooked so much on Monday by the United States inflation bogey that
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      • 245 47  -  LEE SU SHYAN TWO independent directors at Aztech Systems exercised stock options recently after a resurgence in the company's stock market fortunes. Mr Colin Ng, a lawyer, exercised 500,000 share options on Monday. The exercise price was 11 cents. Exercising the half a million units
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    • 792 48  -  Arthur Poon Hike could take place as early as April 1 but that will leave little time for groundwork, say experts By TAX experts have urged the Government to give the business community six to nine months to prepare
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    • 209 48  -  FIONA CHAN ONLINE FEEDBACK SINGAPOREANS will be able to sound off about tomorrow's Budget in a special online webchat on Friday. If you have a gripe, a question or glowing praise, you can share it all with your fellow Singaporeans and a special panel
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    • 27 48 Foreign drive ComfortDelGro turns in net gains of $244.6 million, up 21.1 per cent, with overseas business contributions rising to 44.3 per cent of revenue. PAGE H2O
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    • 151 49 MOVIES NOTES ON A SCANDAL TRAILER PARK CLOSE TO FANN A masterclass Mr Bean goes David Gan pays $5m in acting on holiday for BLVD condo page 7 page 7 page 2 YjLAL, j 9 Ml Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima retells World War II j X^ f W
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    • 753 50  -  Leong Su-Lin The celebrity hairstylist counts actress Farm Wong as his neighbour at The Boulevard Residence CELEBRITY hairstylist David Gan is no stranger to the high life, but now he really will be a cut above most other crimpers in town he is buying a
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    • 487 50 Washington Post DO YOU always spend Valentine's Day alone? Do all those smooching couples sound like idiotic moths banging their heads against a windowpane? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, science can finally provide a simple explanation: Blame your parents.
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    • 692 51  -  Sujin Thomas The Internet is making music so readily available that fans no longer rely on the Grammys for what's hot SO THOSE three good-looking Texas gals who said something controversial about George W. Bush won it. Called Dixie something... Yawn, and adjust the earphones of your
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    • 408 51  -  Sujin Thomas But this applies only to established acts, and not those who are new or have a low profile here THE music industry's backpatting extravaganza, the decades-old Grammys, may seem outdated to In-ternet-savvy music fans. But winning a Grammy still has a positive
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      80 54 'A 26-year-old man should know mipre than karaoke, video games and gossip. Not 16 years old any more' Edison Chen (above), 26, actor and fashion retailer 'We're like happy campers, flowing with ideas. We're like little dpgs with tails wagging. It's not a goofball thing, it's a beautiful full
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    • 410 54  -  Tay Yek Keak Jack Neo's new film is spot-on as he pokes fun at bureaucracy > comedy JUST FOLLOW LAW (PG) 111 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** JACK Neo's films are so similar in style and TV-movie look, you tell them apart by their topics. For Just Follow
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    • 517 58  -  Sujin Thomas The 71 -year-old musician is remembered for his contributions to the jazz scene in South-east Asia RENOWNED Chicago jazz bassist Eldee Young who made his mark in the music scene in the 1960s with the Grammy-winning Ramsey Lewis Trio has died. The 71-year-old,
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    • 359 58  -  Tay Suan Chiang HOME-PROUD Singaporeans will have a chance to see how those in the Arab world live. An upcoming exhibition will feature, among other highlights, an interior of a clay house filled with thick cushions and brightly coloured carpets (inset), and a tent with
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    • 185 58 AP MUMBAI, India-Bol-lywood actress Preity Zinta says she has always used her fame as an actress to talk about crucial health and civic issues. Zinta has been part of Aids awareness drives as well as campaigns to clean up Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment hub formerly
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      • 630 52  -  Lee Sze Yong How will Singaporeans view Letters From Iwo Jima, which has been seen by some as a sympathetic take on Japanese soldiers during World War II? Life! finds out WHEN polytechnic facilitator Soli Ec Shaun first heard about the film Letters From Iwo Jima, he thought
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      • 1157 52  -  Kwan Weng Kin MS KINUKO Tsuyuki was curious to find out how an American director would portray the battle of Iwo Jima, an infamous episode in the Pacific War that the Japanese can barely bring themselves to discuss because it was a defeat for
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      • 1445 53 SOH KANG GEE, 76, retired shipyard worker HE WAS 11 when Singapore fell to the Japanese on Feb 15, 1942. Mis tamily of five were then living in a kampung in Telok Blangah and were forced to provide food for the Japanese soldiers.
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      • 484 55 Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett make Notes a masterclass in acting > drama NOTES ON A SCANDAL (M 18) 93 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** Ong Sor Fern FILM CORRESPONDENT THERE are two reasons to watch this movie: Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench. Both are deservingly nominated for Oscars.
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      • 246 55 Stephanie Yap IN NORBIT, Eddie Murphy plays a man, his wife and a Chinese restaurant-cum-orphanage owner. While this is the sixth time the American actor has taken on multiple roles in a single film, can you name these other actors who have played two for the price
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      • 544 87 BBC NEWS US study shows incidence of cancer is correlated to the areas of body exposed to sun while driving Drivers who spend a lot of time behind the wheel increase their risk of skin cancer, United States work suggests. Experts say repeated sun
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      • 493 88 REUTERS Growing number of game developers are looking to use play to boost psychological health It is not all fun and violence in video games, according to makers of a new genre of games which claim to boost players' mental
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        • 113 88 The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved a test that determines the likelihood of breast cancer returning within five to 10 years after a woman's initial cancer. It is the first cleared molecular test that profiles genetic activity. The Mamma Print test uses
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        • 123 88 High levels of vitamin D can significantly reduce the relative risks of breast and colorectal cancer, according to two meta-analyses reported by researchers in the United States. One of the meta-analyses of published literature shows that a daily dose of 2,000 lUs of vitamin
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      • 758 89 How do you tell a person a loved one died, that his organs will be taken? Shefali Srinivas reports A grieving family tried to stop doctors at Singapore General Hospital from harvesting the organs of a brain-dead relative last week, with the man's mother going on
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      • 845 90 An organ donation from a loved one could be said to be the ultimate gift of love. This Valentine's Day, Mind Your Body speaks to three couples and a single father who have faced the challenges of a living organ donor transplantation Six hours
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      • 659 91 When he was ill, she wanted to give him her kidney immediately but both decided to wait till the kids were grown up. Judith Tan speaks to the Ngs about the greatest gift of love Flashback to 1990: The Ngs were both 38 and parents to
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      • 522 92 Five years ago, actor Pierre Png donated part of his liver to then girlfriend, Andrea De Cruz. Judith Tan catches up with the celebrity couple The story of TV stars Pierre Png and Andrea De Cruz reads like the perfect love story. He gave her his
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      • 316 92  -  ELAINE YOUNG Living donor organ transplant offers patients a better quality of life than dialysis, or a cadaveric donation. Patients will no longer have to be hooked to a dialysis machine three times a week, for four hours at a time, said a Ministry
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      • 478 93 On Feb 16 two years ago, Madam Narindar Kaur donated her kidney to her husband, Surender, at the National University Hospital (NUH). The couple were assured that it was a relatively safe operation but she died two hours after the transplant, of abdominal
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      • 946 94 Health Scope When cancer spreads to the hip joint, it affects mobility. A hip replacement procedure can have patients walking again, Elaine Young reports Not every terminally ill cancer patient will lose the ability to walk but if the cancer spreads to the
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      • 724 95 Out Patient Even though he refused treatment for his cancer, Chang Kat Tat wanted the operation that could get him back on his feet. Elaine Young reports Semi-retired spectacle lens fitter Chang Kat Tat was parking his motorbike at a friend's spectacle shop when
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        1083 96  -  Sylvia Tan Eat to Live Welcome the Year of the Pig with a selection of vibrant foods with the colour of luck. Sylvia Tan recommends this three-course meal Pardon the pun, but let's go the whole hog this new Year of the Pig, not only with red clothes
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      • 1729 97 In a toxic relationship, one person may not have the right to speak freely while the other person dominates. Shefali Srinivas and Judith Tan report especially, the health consequences of a toxic partnership can be heavy. For instance, prolonged stress from a bad marriage can decrease immunity levels,
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      • 646 99 Mind Matters The activity of gardening confers a variety of physical and mental benefits, reports Shelagh Mahbubani The healing power of plants is fast gaining recognition in Singapore. While gardeners already know the calming influence of being in the yard, in the controlled environment of
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      • 670 100 REUTERS Controversial therapy tries to restore vision by training the uninjured brain cells to see Anew study bolsters evidence that people partially blinded by a stroke or brain injury may be able to improve their field of vision by teaching new parts of
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      • 324 101 the MMM My seven-month-old son does not seem I H to like his porridge lunch. So, I feed him rice cereal mixed with milk. Is this sufficient? How many meals should he have in a day? Please advise. f Rice cereal mixed with milk is
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      • 307 102  -  JUDITH TAN I do docs eat well? I Dr Tan Chi Chiu, consultant gastroenterologist, Gleneagles Medical Centre: "I try to have only one big meal a day these days. Breakfast is simple a drink such as milk, Milo, or Horlicks, with
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      • 91 102 go natural E cover washing-up liquid with aloe vera and lemon is an eco-friendly cleaner which is a good degreaser too. Instead of chemical detergents which can be harsh on skin, it contains a coconut oil-based vegetable detergent with aloe vera extract, ensuring it is gentle on
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      • 269 102 NEW YORK TIMES fact or fiction? THE FACTS: Cars may not be the safest mode of transport, but many people wonder whether where they choose to sit can improve their odds. According to several studies, it can, and the spot that is generally
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      • 893 103  -  Wendy Chua K. Wand lifeslsessons ©My boyfriend and I have been together for nearly five years. Two years ago, I found out he was watching porn behind my back. He also looks at other women when we go out. I am starting to think
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      • 533 105 waitingroom ©I have had sweaty palms, feet and armpits since I was young and it has caused me to be more socially evasive because of my fear of embarrassment, especially when meeting people for the first time. I understand that treatments include Botox
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      • 234 105 the So little is known about presbyopia that local eye specialist Julian Theng has written a book, A Long-sighted Look At Presbyopia: Facts, Fiction And Hope, about it. He said at the book's launch last week: "The level of knowledge about presbyopia and how it can
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      • 420 106 tomorrow 15 february Hearing Loss And Ringing Ears: How Can Hearing Aids Help? Specialists from the National University Hospital (NUH) will discuss various hearing devices and their functions Organised by NUH Venue NUH, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Health Education Hub, Main Building I, Level I
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        1044 107 Fit Fab Renowned professional ballroom dance couple Shawn and Gladys fay have been married for 21 years. They tell Judith Tan how dance spices up their lives Both of you have been dancing for years, yet you always seem to be having the time of your life.
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