The Straits Times, 26 February 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES T2 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Major overhaul of ElderShield scheme
    653 1  -  Salma Khali k By October, there could be higher payouts, longer payment periods and more insurers By Health Correspondent A MAJOR overhaul of Elder Shield, Singapore's disability insurance scheme, is under way to provide higher payouts and greater options, including more insurers to choose from.
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    Lock icon CHELSEA GUNS ARSENAL DOWN
    71 1 Didier Drogba's two goals helped Chelsea clinch the League Cup, 2-1, over Arsenal yesterday. With minutes left in the match at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, a fracas broke out, prompting referee Howard Webb to hand out three red cards. Earlier, Chelsea captain John Terry was taken off
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    Lock icon India going all out to woo wafer fab plants
    595 1  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi TAKING a leaf from Singapore, India is wooing companies such as Intel to build wafer fabrication plants here. Incentives on offer could effectively subsidise as much as 35 per cent of a
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Bumpy road for accident repairs scheme
      1202 1  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent NOBODY is ready to pronounce Idac dead yet. But the Independent Damage Assessment Centre scheme clearly is ailing. It was started in 2002 and touted as the hassle-free way for motorists involved in accidents to get their vehicles fixed
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      110 1 Boom times see rich Why do more elderly Wp/mtm L How stars evade P^ in China splurge on r '^"fek^y^ '^T^^jl people want to tfaWm famous exes on r— JJhH New Year feasts Jm live on their own? W-f H m Oscar red carpet lL»_^ Wk Khaw's pledge "We can
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      363 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Medisave limit raised Asia 6-12 Private patients will be World 13-16 able to use more of their Review.. ...17-19 Medisave money to pay PY| 20 f°r ay sur 8erY> with the «—.^™~l'."™'.'.~" limit set to go up to $300 SECTION TWO in May Home Hl-H6
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Singapore blue-chip stocks surge ahead
      822 3  -  Arthur Poon 48 out of 50 counters in STI have posted gains since Sept 1, buoyed by strong economy By SINCE the stock market bull run really started stampeding last September, just two stocks out of the 50 blue chips that make up the Straits
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      Lock icon PM HOSTS GRASSROOTS LEADERS AT ISTANA
      70 3 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong picked out a calligraphy of the Chinese character for fortune and flipped it on its head, as many Chinese do in a play on the words in Mandarin to welcome luck for their families and homes. He and his
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      Lock icon Some Thai leaders hint at legal bid to seize satellites
      470 3  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok EVEN as some Thai leaders have given assurances that the government will not seize Shin Corp subsidiary ShinSat's satellites, others having been signalling that a legal process could do exactly that. At the
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      Lock icon FOR SALE: A kidney for only $3,000
      894 4  -  Alastair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THEY call it Ma Walang Bato, Tagalog for No-Kidney Island. This is the impoverished port area of Baseco in Manila, where many residents have sold a kidney on the black market to help them get by.
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      233 3 CHINA IMPORT AND EXPORT FAIR The 101 st Session of China Import and Export Fair April 15-20 25-30, 2007 Guangzhou China China Import and Export Fair (originally named Chinese Export Commodities Fair), also called Canton Fair, has held for 100 sessions successfully since its inauguration in 1957. The Canton Fair
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      180 4 Property buyer's woes Paid: $6,600 option fee for condo unit NOW: No condo unit, no option fee back WhyP Views from the top Singapore's senior executives give their views on the Singapore Budget. My Study Companion. M of EASB^/ M k Attention to all WLI» 'N'/'O'/'A'/ Poly students. FREE Computer
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Urban Chinese spend big on festive feasting
      601 6  -  Clarissa Oon Restaurants buzz as professionals spend a fortune on new year food By China Correspondent In Beijing HIGH-ROLLING Chinese professionals splashed out tens of thousands of yuan for tables full of fresh oysters, blue crabs and baby lobsters at Beijing's high-end restaurants
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Top-class hotels set to transform the face of Lhasa
        624 8 FINANCIAL TIMES Foreign-managed projects coming up after the opening of railway line Lhasa CHINA'S linking of Tibet to its transport network with the world's highest railway has already generated much controversy. Now the building of several top-class foreign hotels in Lhasa
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        Lock icon Underage teen hits jackpot in casino
        269 8 REUTERS Hong Kong MACAU'S Sands casino has paid out HK5740,000 (*****,000) in winnings to the mother of a 16-year-old Hong Kong girl who hit the jackpot after entering the casino illegally last week. The casino's move came after Macau's gaming bureau ruled that the
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        Lock icon Another illegal tour surcharge case in HK
        285 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hong Kong A GROUP of mainland tourists was made to pay extra for not following the itinerary for their Hong Kong trip, reported a newspaper yesterday. According to Sunday Morning Post, a caller to a radio phone-in show said mainland relatives
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        Lock icon HK leads way in bird flu response
        619 9 FINANCIAL TIMES WHO lauds territory's vigorous routine in monitoring and checking spread of deadly virus Hong Kong A SMALL bird dies and within hours a concerned resident has called the authorities, which quickly cordon off the site of death, as if dealing with
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        Lock icon Taiwan PM to join race for presidency
        192 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Taipei TAIWAN'S Premier yesterday said he would seek the ruling party's nomination for the presidency, becoming the third declared candidate for next year's race. Mr Su Tseng-chang, 59, said he would register to participate in the Democratic Progressive Party's
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        Lock icon WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
        54 9 In a throwaway world, it is heartening that recycling is still very much a useful business, as in this place on the outskirts of Shenyang. The people in this north-eastern China's Liaoning province eke out a living collecting used plastic bottles as well as other plastics
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        Lock icon Kirn 'preparing rule by military leadership'
        250 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Seoul NORTH Korean leader Kirn Jong II has been preparing a military-led collective leadership to rule the communist country after his death, a news report said yesterday. Mr Kirn, who turned 65 recently and was picked by his father to take
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Inflation the main target of India's budget
        587 10  -  Ravi Velloor Economy booming, but rising prices undermining support for govt By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi WITH inflation running at its highest in more than two years, political considerations instead of economic growth are likely to feature in India's budget to
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        501 10  -  Biyagama (Sri Lanka) AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MAKING women happy is the top priority for some engineers in this industrial town their job involves designing sexy and comfortable bras. Mr Ranil Vitarana is one of hundreds of Sri Lankans developing exotic undergarments for top international brands including
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon 'Ethical' kidney market for Manila?
        611 11  -  Alastair Mclndoe Rampant organ trafficking forces officials to hold talks on setting up a regulated system By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THE Philippines is cautiously moving towards creating an "ethical" market for kidneys sold by live donors to close a thriving illegal trade in trafficked
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        Lock icon More drama at sea as gutted ferry sinks
        327 11 REUTERS Jakarta A FERRY that caught fire last week, killing at least 42 people, sank yesterday as officials and journalists on board scrambled for safety. A cameraman drowned and at least five people were missing after the incident off Jakarta, witnesses and
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Thai PM's popularity drops again, poll shows
        442 12 REUTERS, BERNAMA, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Approval rating at 34.8 per cent amid doubts over army's election pledge Bangkok THAI Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has suffered a further fall in popularity, months after the removal of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, says a poll
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        Lock icon Two tourists shot dead in Pattaya
        179 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok TWO female Russian tourists were shot dead on Saturday while relaxing on the beach in the popular Thai seaside town of Pattaya, police said. Ms Tatiana Tsimfer, 30, and Ms Liubov Svirkoya, 25, were found dead in their deckchairs
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        Lock icon KL rejects doubts over glowing economic data
        498 12  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed has defended the govsrnment's recent release of flowing economic data after :ritics doubted their veracity. In an interview with Mingguan Malaysia published yesterday, he produced a list of statistics
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        Lock icon 2,500 RIDERS BOOKED IN FOUR HOURS
        69 12 A long queue of motorcyclists clogging a road as police conduct checks at a roadblock at the Batu Tiga Toll Plaza in Shah Alam, Malaysia, yesterday. Fifty police officers handed out summonses to more than 2,500 motorcyclists in four hours for various offences such
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        Lock icon Malays told to stop 'fearing Singapore'
        370 12  -  CAROLYN HONG Kuala Lumpur THE Malays are not a stupid race and should stop fearing Singapore, says former deputy premier Tun Musa Hitam. Urging Johoreans to make a success of the state's new economic zone, he said they should stop feeling inferior, paranoid and
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      28 6 Soaring tourism in Tibet Lhasa is to get several five-star hotels as tourism soars in Tibet following the opening of a new railway line last year. PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Suicide attack at Baghdad college kills 40
      738 13 REUTERS, WASHINGTON POST, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Insurgents aim to strike fear into the city's middle class with campus blast Baghdad A SUICIDE bomber killed at least 40 people in a Baghdad college yesterday, a day after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed optimism about a
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      Lock icon UK first to offer MBA in Islamic finance
      554 14  -  Mark Joyce Having qualified professionals and shared rules will help sector expand By] For The Straits Times In London FHE world's first MBA :ourse with a focus on Islamic finance is to be launched in London this year. The prestigious Cass Business
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      Lock icon Iran announces launch of rocket into space
      551 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Teheran IRAN said yesterday it had launched its first rocket into space, with the news coming at a time of mounting concern over its nuclear programme. The development is likely to raise tensions with the West, as the technology used
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      Lock icon CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH MARS
      139 14 Partially covered by greenish clouds, the Red Planet glows in this photograph taken 250,000 km away by the European comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta. The spacecraft swept close by Mars coming within just 250 km. It used Martian gravity to swing its course onward, the European Space Agency
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      Lock icon Merkel's star rises on the international stage
      569 14  -  Derek Scally By For The Straits Times In Berlin A RECENT meeting of Middle East mediators in Berlin was a sign of a new political order and the growing political stature of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Envoys from the United States, the United
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon NO MORE POLITICAL KILLINGS: MANILA
        92 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: The Philippine government yesterday pledged to end political killings after two damning reports implicated top commanders in a wave of political assassinations. The government and the United Nations last week both said the armed forces were behind many of the murders. Presidential
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        Lock icon SINKHOLE MISHAP: THIRD BODY FOUND
        101 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS GUATEMALA CITY (Guatemala): Emergency crews have found a third body in a IOOm-deep sinkhole that had swallowed a dozen homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighbourhood. Mr Domingo Soyos, 53, was carried out of the
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        Lock icon HORTA TO RUN FOR PRESIDENCY
        83 14 REUTERS LAGA (Timor Leste): Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta, who became Timor Leste's prime minister last year, formally announced yesterday he would run for the presidency in April's election. The announcement in front of about 2,000 supporters came after he had told Al-Jazeera English
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        Lock icon NEW AIRLINE TO BE BASED IN PENANG
        72 14 BUTTERWORTH: A new Malaysian airline will operate from the Penang International Airport in Bayan Lepas by April, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy. It will fly to other parts of the country and to Asean countries, he said, adding that the
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        Lock icon MASSIVE ISRAELI RAID ON WEST BANK
        95 14 REUTERS NABLUS (West Bank): Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Nablus yesterday, putting 30,000 Palestinians under curfew as soldiers searched for wanted militants. Hundreds of soldiers and dozens of armoured vehicles cordoned off the centre of Nablus in what its governor, Mr
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Poison case: Tycoon's defence offer
        281 15 RUSSIAN tycoon Boris Berezovsky has offered to pay for the defence of a businessman suspected of involvement in the murder of a former Russian spy if he agrees to come to Britain to face any charges that may arise. According to the Sunday Times of
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        Lock icon Doubts about US candidate's faith
        88 15 REUTERS FORMER Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's stature as a leading 2008 presidential contender has renewed questions about his faith and its doctrines. While he condemns polygamy and its prior practice by his Mormon church, the Republican candidate's great-grandfather had five wives. At least one of
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        Lock icon Dead prince's girlfriend weds
        100 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE girlfriend of Nepal's crown prince Dipendra, who killed himself, his parents and eight relatives in a 2001 palace bloodbath, has wed an Indian politician's grandson in New Delhi, reports said yesterday. Ms Devyani Rana, 34, who belongs to the Rana clan that ruled
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      Lock icon Cheney's plane leaves S'pore after repairs
      317 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Minor electrical glitch fixed at Paya Lebar Air Base during refuelling stop US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney's plane left Singapore yesterday after a scheduled refuelling stop and repairs following a minor electrical problem experienced on his flight from Sydney. Airforce 2, a
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      Lock icon Meeting on Iran sanctions
      313 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS ►> WORLD WHAT IT IS THE six nations which have been trying to convince Iran to cease its nuclear activities meet in London today to try to reach a consensus on further sanctions against Teheran. Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United
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      Lock icon Inter-Korea talks mark thaw in ties
      127 16  -  LEE TEEJONG EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THE two Koreas will hold four-day ministerial-level talks starting tomorrow in Pyongyang. On the agenda are the resumption of humanitarian aid to the North, reunions for separated families and test operations for cross-border railways. Inter-Korea exchanges were
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      Lock icon Indian budget may boost imports
      146 16  -  RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA WHAT IT IS INDIAN Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will present the annual budget before Parliament on Wednesday. It may include lower Customs duties on manufactured items and food. There is also talk that he may outline steps to set up a
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      Lock icon Tough call for Yudhoyono
      127 16  -  SALIM OSMAN »SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is due to hold a crucial Cabinet meeting this week to reconsider the decision to withdraw allowances for regional legislators. The allowances were scrapped earlier this month. This has upset lawmakers who will now have
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        36 16 TOKYO: Russian Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko visits Japan. LONDON: Defence Secretary Dcs Browne is to announce extra troops for Afghanistan. DOHA: The Forbes CEO Forum takes place in the Middle East for the first time.
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        51 16 SANAA: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi visits Yemen. NEW DELHI: Election results for the states of Manipur, Punjab and Uttaranchal are to be announced. JERUSALEM: Former Israeli prime minister and right-wing opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is to address the media about Iran and options to isolate Iranian President Mahmoud
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        50 16 WASHINGTON: Nasas New Horizons spacecraft is due to reach Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. THURSDAY TOKYO: US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte begins his visit to Japan, China, and South Korea. HONG KONG: The first debate for the election of the chief executive is to be held.
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        28 16 WVIENNA: UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari wraps up talks on the technical aspects of the Kosovo plan which paves the way for independence of the breakaway Serbian province.
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        10 16 BEIJING: The annual Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference begins.
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        16 16 MANILA: Joint military exercises between the Philippines and the United States come to an end.
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      471 17 A BOUT 22 countries have troops in Iraq -from the United States, with a projected 153,500 troops when US President George W. Bush's planned "surge" is completed, to tiny Moldova with 10. Among this motley US-led "coalition of the willing', none has been more steadfast,
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      1252 17  -  Pratap Bhanu Mehta INDIA-CHINA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP The recent meeting of these three countries offers temptations of a multipolar order together with the possibility of new conflicts By In New Delhi ON THE face of it, the trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of China, Russia and
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      992 17  -  Barry Hing AUSTRALIA-UNITED STATES TIES By For The Straits Times TIES between the US and Australia traditionally one of Washington's closest allies face testing times as Canberra comes under increasing public pressure to persuade the Bush administration to bring to trial an Australian citizen imprisoned these
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      991 18  -  S. NARAYAN IMPACT OF TRAIN BLASTS ON INDO-PAKISTAN RELATIONS By For The Straits Times THE blasts on the Friendship Express between India and Pakistan killed 68 people on the night of Feb 18. The toll could have been worse had other incendiary material discovered
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      995 19  -  John Sutherland By Earlier this month, on the British reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother (which had nine million viewers glued to their sets), one bimbo-ish celebrity inquired of the other what she was looking for in a husband. "Oil," replied Bimbo 2. "Old, ill and
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      14 20 KIDS GONE WILD Julen asks: Are our Little Emperors growing up to be monsters?^gflj^^
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      655 21  -  Salma Khali k Inpatient daily limit will also go up by $50 while inpatient psychiatric care to rise to $5,000 a year By Health Correspondent PRIVATE patients will be ible to use more of their Meiisave money to pay
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      619 22  -  Lee Hui Chieh Aim of 2nd MOH paper is to channel patients to less crowded clinics By FHE big gap in waiting times it specialist outpatient clinics n different hospitals this :ime for cardiology patients las again been highlighted. The Ministry of
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      373 22  -  Peh Shing Huei By HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan assured Singaporeans yesterday that he will keep health care affordable especially for the bottom 50 per cent. With the GST due to go up in July, some Singaporeans are concerned about rising health-care costs. The
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      511 23  -  Tham Yuen-C Watchdog to propose 10-day cooling off period, tighter controls By CONSUMERS will get greater legal protection against dodgy timeshare companies if a new law that the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) is keen to have in place, is passed. The measures
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      286 23  -  YAP SU-YIN Seven-year-old Syuaib Syahfudin believes in "giving back" as good as he gets. He was among the residents who packed the scene as the Chingay Parade made its way to the heartland last night after its Orchard Road runs on Friday and Saturday.
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      348 23  -  Melissa Sim By fflE SMRT is investigating the leak of CCTV footage of a man who was hit by a train at Yishun VIRT station on Dec 5 last year, which is making its rounds on the Internet. First posted
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        105 23 ON SATURDAY, at about 7.45 am, a 19-year-old foreign worker died in hospital after he was knocked down by a lorry while crossing Sungei Kadut Drive. In another accident that day, a man in his 20s is believed to have skidded and lost control of
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        67 23 THE body of a 48-year-old man was found floating in the waters off East Coast Park on Saturday morning. The police, which were alerted by the public at about 11am, arrived to recover the body of Mr Gan Fay Peng, who is married with children.
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      598 24  -  ECeith Lin Family spats, lack of space and independence are reasons, say MPs By! IT USED to be that households shrank because youngsters would flee the family nest. These days, a growing number of elderly are spreading their wings for space and independence.
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      232 24 AFTER living with his daughter and son-in-law for the past four years, Mr Chai Mvi Boon, 71, thinks it is time to seek another roof over his head. While the odd job labourer insists that there are few quarrels between young and old in the fourroom
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      101 24 REUTERS Tokyo WORRIED about an elderly relative living alone in another part of the country? Order a home delivered meal for an elderly person and one Japanese convenience store chain will check on the recipient's health and report back via the Internet, the Mainichi
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      292 24 JASON Goh, 17, scaled new heights yesterday. He and five other intellectually disabled students from Lee Kong Chian Gardens School climbed a total of 60 storeys about 1,440 steps in the National Vertical Marathon. "Very happy," smiled Jason at the end of his climb. His
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      1095 25 It takes about six hours from Thailand to Japan and South Korea by air, while a flight to Chengdu is only three hours. While skiing expenses in Japan and South Korea could run up to 552,000, it will cost
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      637 26  -  Arti Mulchand Measures are in place to deal with the effects of climate change By THE little red dot has no wish to be red-hot or submerged. The good news is that measures, including those long in place like minimum heights for reclaimed land,
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      439 26 Soon after becoming party to the Kyoto Protocol in 2006, Singapore's Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources drew up a tentative National Climate Change Strategy. Using projections from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Third Assessment Report, it identified key vulnerabilities, past efforts as well
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      482 26 CARBON dioxide is the main culprit in Singapore's greenhouse gas emission. The aim is to bring emissions to 25 per cent below 1990 levels by 2012. Five key sectors that use energy are targeted. POWER GENERATION SECTOR This is the largest primary source of CO2 emissions. Aim:
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        420 27  -  GERALDINETAN By SONGBIRD Stefanie Sun was recently named the ambassador of homegrown company Goh Joo Hin's newest product. New Moon Premium Fragrant Rice. Chief operations officer Wayne Goh says of the company's move into rice after staking its claim as a frontrunner in the
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        171 27 HERE'S a fastfood restaurant that promises to give you nothing but the best. At Superdog, beef patties are made from 100 per cent pure premium beef, free of additives, fillers and preservatives. Its strategic marketing director, Ms Veron Ng, adds: "Consumers who appreciate quality food can now
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        334 27 SPH New Media's Zap Code contest is hot. There were more than 12,000 hits on the Zap Code by readers hoping to win a Sony Ericsson mobile phone. The contest was featured in The Straits Times, The New Paper, Lianhe Zaobao, My Paper and
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        131 27 Ensure that your mobile phone has the correct GPRS or WLAN settings. Visit www.zapcode.com.sg for help on configuring the phone or call your service provider. You'll need a camera phone that supports Java, Symbian or Windows Mobile with GPRS/WLAN, and at least 35kb of free memory.
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          60 27 RENOWNED stone sculptors from China have been commissioned to sculpt pieces featuring pigs in different poses and settings using Qingtian stones to herald in the lunar new year. With each piece costing an estimated $20,000, these sculptures are worth a look. Check out the exhibition at Millenia Walk,
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          82 27 REDUCE the stress on your body with V.Hive's ergonomic office chair EQD-110 Roman Equus Dual. Made in Korea, the chair's winning features include the unique tilt mechanism that adapts to the contour of the neck and to any sitting position, as well as double back support for the
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          158 27 NOW you can enjoy cheaper IDD calls with Zone 1511 's home and corporate service plans. If you are a home user, sign up for the 123 FREE service plan and you get to enjoy every fourth minute of the IDD call free (excluding UK-NTS locations), with
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          112 27 CHAN Brothers Travel will be holding the first and biggest consumer travel fairthisyearon Sunday, March 4 at Suntec Exhibition Hall 402 from 10am to Bpm. Some of the tour packages to be launched at the fair include 10 days Exotic Morocco, 10 days Eastern Europe with Danube
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          130 27 WITH the purchase ot am product from BRAND'S Children's range, you stand a chance tc win tickets to an enrichment workshop for children aged 7 to 12. Organised by Mind Champs, a leading learning institution dedicated to enhancing learning skills, the workshop is scheduled for March 17. Simply
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          Lock icon Good night
          127 27 FOR a good night s sleep, go tor Cellini s new exclusive range of Nightingale brand mattresses. Available in six ranges, you can pick from viscoelastic memory foam or natural latex, in addition to the basic Bayer foam that is used within the different mattress models. A mattress
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      499 22 q How many people were injured in road accidents last year? ill Almost 10,000 a big jump from the ID 8.400 in 2005. q How many of these were fatal? ill A total of 182 road accidents last year 111 had fatalities. q What are the major causes of these
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      Lock icon Never mind the TV, we watch online
      565 28  -  Tessa Wong »SOAPBOX Who needs the boob tube when You Tube rocks? Not those in the know By LATELY, my flatmates and I just can't get enough of the BBC television series Never Vh'nd The Buzzcocks. Night after night, the three of us
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      Lock icon Students gear up for NUS arts fest
      385 28  -  TESSA WONG WITH the National University of Singapore's Arts Festival opening this weekend, student arts groups have been feverishly preparing for the biggest arts event on campus. Audiences will be treated to everything from contempo- rary dance to techno music, with more than
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      209 28 Feb 26 to March 11 NUS Arts Festival 2007 Date: March 2 to 25 Venue: NUS University Cultural Centre. The festival will have something for everyone, with its series of wide-ranging and affordable performing arts events by seasoned veterans and students. Watch out for Spectral Space by Kirn
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      Lock icon Stay off sex or have safe sex?
      768 29 MY LIFE Sex education shouldn't just be about abstinence, say youths AT A recent HIV/Aids youth conference organised by the Singapore Management University, Singapore International Youth Council founder Bernise Ang noted: "The abstinence message could be harmful despite its good intentions because it
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      Lock icon Experience Singapore in a kopitiam
      349 29 »LETTERS HOME EACH time I return home, my heart dies a little at discovering yet another new shopping mall. This was never the case until I to the United States as an uniergraduate. Growing up, I was a "Starbucks kid" weaned on the full range
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      27 28 Have your say Have something to say about articles in Youthlnk? Thinking of contributing a story? Please e-mail styouth@sph.com.sg with your full name, age and contact number.
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      336 30  -  Cindy Lim Hui Yu (Ms) SINGAPORE CHEFS I REFER to the article, "For Spore chefs, a lonely quest for success" (ST, Feb 23). The headline of this article hit me hard because I think it is so true. I will be 18 this year and
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      223 30  -  Aubrey Gabrelyn Ess (Miss) I WRITE in response to the article, "For Spore chefs, a lonely quest for success" (ST, Feb 23). The article was about the prestigious cooking contest Bocuse dOr, in which Singaporean William Tan was one of the competing
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      331 30  -  Choo Kia Pew ON FEB 8, I sold some shares I had bought with my CPF funds some years back. On Feb 13, the proceeds were credited to my UOB investment account. Thinking a higher interest rate of 2.5 per cent would
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      265 30  -  James See Kok Seng OVERCHARGING AT CLINICS I REFER to the letter, "Clinic charged $42 for consultation over CNY" by Mr Andrew Chia Teck Fatt (ST, Feb 23). I had a similar encounter at a clinic in Bukit Gombak. My son had developed
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      257 30  -  Amy Ng Siok Im (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Clinic charged $42 for consultation over CNY" by Mr Andrew Chia Teck Fatt (ST, Feb 23). I do sympathise with Mr Chia, but I honestly feel he should not begrudge the fact that his
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      344 30  -  Chiang Meng Lee (Ms) LAST Wednesday, my nine-year-old son had a nasty fall while attending a class at Pasir Ris Elias Community Centre. His upper jaw hit a table edge and the impact was so great, it completely dislodged two teeth, including a
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      138 30  -  Chin Kee Thou WHILE shopping at my regular Fair Price supermarket, I discovered that a brand of low fat yogurt which contained live cultures lacked specifics on the label. This is unlike the other brands of yogurt which indicate the types of cultured bacteria
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      115 30  -  Anand Swaminathan DURING the Cricket World Cup series being played in the West Indies, SCV charges $100 (plus GST) for 51 matches plus two warm-up matches. There is a 30 per cent discount if one subscribes to the regular cricket channel at $26
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      76 30 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Drug-eluting stents: benefits outweigh the risks Shock over IPO order bid rejection AVA should impose minimum standards of care on pet shops Extend barriers to improve safety in front of Springdale condo $96 to
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      862 31  -  Rob Hughes > LEAGUE CUP FINAL: CHELSEA 2 ARSENAL 1 He scores twice but win is marred by Terry's injury and extra-time fracas By TWO goals by Didier Drogba, who at times this season has looked like the saviour of Chelsea's extraordinarily costly squad,
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      Lock icon Wigan pull six points clear of drop zone
      727 31 London PAUL Jewell yesterday celebrated becoming the long-3st-serving manager in Wigan's tiistory with a priceless 1-0 Premiership win over Newcastle. He was in charge for his 250 th league game to surpass the mark Bryan Hamilton set. In their JJB Stadium, Wigan
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      Lock icon Fergie senses title's within reach
      757 32 SOCCER He sends his men to salute fans after Ronaldo gives them unlikely 2-1 win London THE trophy engravers might as well get to work, for the Premiership title seems destined to go to Manchester United. How can it be otherwise? Fulham outplayed them, took
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      Lock icon Warnock disappointed at Gerrard's penalty theatrics
      420 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London SHEFFIELD United manager Neil Warnock has accused Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard of conning the referee. Steve Bennett awarded a 20th-minute penalty after Gerrard tumbled theatrically in the box in their 4-0 Premiership victory over the Blades on Saturday. Robbie Fowler converted
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      466 32 London ALAN Curbishley was given the dreaded vote of confidence after West Ham lost 0-4 at Charlton in their relegation tussle on Saturday. Following a 1-0 success over Manchester United on the manager's debut, they have now gone 10 Premiership games without a
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      Lock icon Viduka inspires Boro with outrageous goal
      266 32 London WITH one outrageous flick of his heel, Mark Viduka announced himself as one of the hottest free agents of this summer. The striker, whose contract ends in four months, scored Middlesbrough's opening goal in their 2-1 Premiership win over Reading on Saturday. Manager
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      Lock icon Torres' goal not enough to win
      384 32 REUTERS Madrid FERNANDO Torres scored his first goal against Real Madrid, but it was not enough to earn Atletico Madrid more than a 1-1 draw in the Spanish Primera Liga on Saturday. Atletico looked to be heading for a first home win in eight
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      141 32 Barcelona 2313 7 3 46 20 46 Sevilla 2314 4 5 44 22 46 Real Madrid ....2413 4 7 3120 43 Valencia 2313 3 7 34 22 42 A. Madrid 2411 7 6 30 21 40 Zaragoza 2311 5 7 35 24 38 Recreativo ....2311 3 9 33
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      Lock icon Inter Milan romp to 17th straight Serie A win
      293 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Rome SERIE A leaders Inter Milan kept up their relentless pursuit of the title yesterday with a 5-2 win over Catania. It was their 17th successive league victory. Roberto Mancini's side broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time
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      155 32 Inter Milan 24 21 3 0 54 19 66 iSRoma 2416 4 4 49 18 52 Palermo 2513 5 7 4130 44 Lazio 2411 7 6 37 18 37 Empoli 24 9 8 ***** 35 \C Milan 2311 8 4 32 21 33 Fiorentina 2414 4 6 38 21
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      Lock icon In defence of Ronnie
      126 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RONALDINHO'S Barcelona teammates have refuted accusations that the star midfielder is overweight and unfit. Pictures of the Brazilian taken after they lost 1-2 to Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday showed a roll of fat around his waist. However, forward Javier Saviola said
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      Lock icon Woodlands bag their first major trophy
      560 33  -  Leonard Lim SOCCER Rams bang four past Sengkang to capture the Sing Tel League Cup By: THEY started out as odds-on favourites against Sengkang Punggol, and Woodlands Wellington did not disappoint. Their class, pace and teamwork were clearly superior in yesterday's inaugural Sing Tel
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      Lock icon Bad boy makes good in soccer
      1032 33  -  Leonard Lim THE FACES OF THE S-LEAGUE By HE WAS a typical bad boy with dyed blond hair, a pierced left ear and a menacing gaze, plus a mean streak to boot. Neighbours at Block 467, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, knew better than
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        61 33 DURBAN: Singapore's Christian Murchison failed to complete a single lap of the feature race at yesterday's Al Grand Prix in South Africa. Murchison, who finished 22nd out of 23 in the sprint race, crashed out after a collision with Italy's Enrico Toccacelo on the opening
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        67 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS: The Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 115-95 to win their 11th straight National Basketball Association game on Saturday night. German Dirk Nowitzki had 31 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists to lead Dallas, who stretched their club-record home streak to 19 games.
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        65 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER: Broncos running back Damien Nash, 24, collapsed and died after a charity basketball game on Saturday evening. The cause of death has not been determined. Nash collapsed shortly after participating in the game, which benefited a foundation for heart transplant research.
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        71 33 REUTERS MEMPHIS: Former women's tennis world No 1 Venus Williams has targeted a return to the world's top 16 by the French Open in May. On Saturday, the American thrashed Israeli Shahar Peer 6-1, 6-1, to win the Memphis International after four months out with
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        82 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS KAPOLEI (Hawaii): American Stacy Prammanasudh shot a four-under 68 on Saturday to beat South Korean Lee Jee Young by a stroke at the Fields Open. Prammanasudh had five birdies and sealed her second Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour title by two-putting for par from
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      469 34 NEW YORK TIMES ►>GOLF For the Ist time, no Americans will contest Accenture world c'ship final Marana (Arizona) THE United States' Ryder Cup woes have seeped into other matchplay tournaments. For the first time in the Accenture World Matchplay Championship's nine-year history, no American
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      438 34  -  Chan Vi Shen By TWO years after a life-threat-ening traffic accident, former national Under-19 rugby player Lee Wei Kong has found a new lease of life as an artist. Last weekend, the 20-year-old held his first solo art exhibition at his
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      345 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS RUGBY Dublin IT WILL be a tall order for England to retain their World Cup crown. So said their head coach Brian Ashton, after Saturday's record 13-43 thrashing by Ireland in the Six Nations championship. In the first meeting between
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      466 34 BASKETBALL NBA: LA Clippers 103 Golden State 90, Toronto 93 Charlotte 76, San Antonio 102 Seattle 71, Milwaukee 109 Philadelphia 90, Utah 105 Boston 87, Dallas 115 Denver 95. GOLF Accenture World Matchplay C'ship in Tucson, Arizona, s-finals Henrik Stenson (Swe) bt Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 3 and 2, Geoff
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      397 34  -  Mahmood Gaznavi CRICKET By INDIAN Association's efforts to secure the services of Sri Lankan cricket international Dinusha Fernando paid off handsomely yesterday. The Valtron-sponsored IA team lifted the Super League Twenty-Twenty title at Balestier Road. Fernando, 27, who played two
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      200 31 BARNSLEY AWAY FORM POOR! Lost 13 of 17 matches. E League Champ Stoke Gty Bamsley Tue, 27/02/07 3.45 am German Cup Nberg Hannover Wed, 28/02/07 2.00 am German Cup Wolfsburg Aachen Wed, 28/02/07 2.00 am German Cup Offenbach E Frankfurt Wed, 28/02/07 3.30 am E League Champ Luton Norwich Wed,
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      47 32 Serie A Saturday Chievo 3 Torino 0 Atalanta 1 Palermo 1 Yesterday Cagliari 0 Lazio 2 Catania 2 Inter Milan 5 Fiorentina 2 Empoli 0 Livorno 0 Ascoli 0 Messina 1 Siena 0 Roma 3 Reggina 0 Udinese 3 Parma 3 AC Milan v Sampdoria Late kick-off
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      1461 33 CRUSOE FLOATS HOME MJjJ^^3M IN SURPRISE MILE WIN L back to Australia this week, was not Aaron Spiten drives home Crusoe from Graduate Boy (Ryan Plumb) disappointed with World Delight who IT may have poured rain for a solid "He is not an easy horse to ride but plugged on
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      170 34 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 PAULINE GOH WAH GEOK Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 February 2007. Dearly missed and always remembered by
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      137 34 "I am the resurrection and the life, said the Lord. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me wil never die". John 11:25-26 YONG SOON Age: 85 was called home to be with the Lord on 25.2.2007 leaving behind loved
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      56 34 LOUIS SENG SEOK BOON Age: 41 passed away peacefully on 25-2-2007, leaving behind loved ones. Mother, godson, brothers, sisters-in-law, sisters, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces and all relatives Body is resting at Blk 421 Choa Chu Kang Aye 4 (Multi Purpose Hall). HP: *****689,*****521. Cortege will leave on 1-3-2007 (Thur) at 10.45
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      139 34 T "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the^ days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever". Psalm 23:6 TANG MUN CHOCK Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 Feb 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Choy
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      123 35 "I have fought a goodfight f I have finished the race. Shave kept the faith". 2 Timothy 4:7 MARGARET YONG SOO JING (Ex-Principal, Canossa Convent Primary School) Age: 60 was called home 10 be with the Lord on 25 Feb 2007 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Sebastian Yong, deceased] Companion:
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      99 35 TANENGWAN Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 25 February 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Chan Siw Hong Son; Tan Chee Seng, Ricky Daughters: Tan Scow Peng, Nicky Son-in-law: Kwok Kar Poh, Joseph Tan (Jeok Pian, Vicky Grandsons: Ryan Tan Granddaughter: Beverly Kwok Julian Tan Shane Kwok Caregivers: Carol Jane
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      64 35 w With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To BETTY ONG TK ONG on the demise of their beloved mother 1 LEE SOON on 24.02.2007 From: The Management Staff of FUTURE-TECH CORP- JAPAN YMT INT. INC. USA TAIWAN NAKAZAWA TAIWAN HAN BAN DO KOREA RYOKOSHACOLTD JAPAN QUALITEC INT. INC TAIWAN Wake is
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      138 35 "The Lord U my sneplierd, I shall not he in want 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 23:1,6 LIM SAY HWA ALAN Age: 63 passed away peacefully on 24 February 2007.
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      144 35 "Surely goodness and mercy wilt follow me all the days of my life and I will divell in the house of the Lord forever". Psalm 23:6 FRANCIS LEE YEN CHI Age: 65 was called home to be with the Lord on 25 Feb 07 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: lan
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      133 35 "The Ijiiil ix tuy slwpherd; r ititnl. In tvntnitr/Mixtures he gltwt tne repose; 1. ivslfiil ttftterx he ieails me; lie ttfivsiutt my&utr. Psalm SAJ-S MORIER FELIX JAMES w called home to the Lord on 25 Feb 2007, Dearly missed In Mother: Moricr Nora Wife: Annie l-oong Children: Spouses Moricr James
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      109 35 MRS IRENE WONG/GAIN AILING Age 69 "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour", Irene/Al Ling passed away on Saturday morning, 24 February 2007. Always remembered by Husband: Ronnie Wong Sect Khec Daughter: Alayne Wong Son: Di All-in Wong Sisters: Ai Kheng Ai Lee lii
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      166 35 II "Surely your goodness and love will he with me all mv fife, BF and I wilt live in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 YAP SWEE CHENG PETER Age: 92 Was called home to be with the Lord on 24 February 2007. Dearly missed and always remembered
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      110 35 TAN LAI CHENG Age; 70 passed away peacefully on 25 February 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Chew Peny Kian Sons: Daughters in-Jaw: Chew [long Ann Ho Mcc Lian Chew Hong Chuan David Fiance Linda Chew Hong Beng Goh Sock Huang Rebecca Daughter: Son-in-law: Chew Hong
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      29 35 In Loving Memory of Robert lav Departed 26 February 2005 Not just today but every day. We remember the limes we shared. Dearly missed by family and loved ones.
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      70 35 AL-FATIHAH Al Libya r ha mall HASHiNAH BTE MOHAMED Age; 36 Pgnff?Bf HU&2007 I he family of ihe late wish in express their hearlleh chanks and appreciation Co all relative* friends for (heir as sis lan re, condolences, prayers dunulkms. Oil i hjj I i 11 Idle, we seek your
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      61 36 (0) SMSCI India 100 \sia Pac Brew ShinaFish Sen Int CSeCW*****2 lepCorp DBSeCW*****5... Sen Int BNPeCW*****8 555 ....1590 450 95.5 65.5 62.5 92.0 20.0 18.0 16.5 16.5 15.5 9. 1 3 14 20. 19 ;ia 200 SeneMed ;iMSCI370DBePW*****2... Hen Intl lepCorp CS eCW*****2... ....1670 61 29 81
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      85 36 Where S$ stands -eb 555 7 0 UHINU TK 2U(5b/(5/ CLOSE FR Feb 22 S$ LOW S$ HIGF JS$ 1.5330 +0.10 1.6630 1.5289 iuro 2.0099 0.00 2.0589 1.9182 2.9992 -0.27 3.0566 2.7897 1$ 1.2092 +0.07 1.2369 1.1366 ren* 1.2611 +0.38 1.4419 1.2555 lupiah *0.***** +0.04 0.***** 0.***** iaht* 4.2941
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      426 36  -  Lee Su Shyan TAKING STOCK Firm post-Budget sentiment and tech sector interest set to drive blue chips By THE Straits Times Index (STI) ended last week at yet another record level, 3,310.44 points, marking its sixth successive week of closing higher. It was 73.51
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      6521 36 Unit Trusts Funds UNIT TRUSTS m >re ABNAmro Asset M E t(Spnre) Star Europe Eqty!" 1 084/ Star Europe Bond 1.18/ Star Europe Bal 1245/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1355/ Star Asia Bond 1.321/ S Star Asia Balanced 1126/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0 219/ Multi St Fd 0 979/
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      382 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Minister warns airline ahead of possible disclosure of factory shutdowns Berlin GERMANY'S Economics Minister has warned against slighting his country in the upcoming restructuring of Airbus, following a newspaper report on possible factory closings. European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS), the
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        72 37 COAL miner Straits Asia Resources turned in profits for last year that were mildly disappointing, says CIMB. There is also uncertainty as to the extent of additional reserves in its new concession and the tim- ing of any upgrade in reserves levels. The main driver
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        68 37 OMEGA Navigation acquired its six product tankers last year and will see the full impact this year, says UOB Kay Hian. The tankers are employed under time charter for a minimum of three years. Omega plans to acquire two new product tankers.
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        63 37 THE branded consumer division was the main driver behind Petra Foods' performance last year, said DBS Vickers Securities. It expects to see continued expansion, with Petra enjoying higher growth in Indonesia. Underpinned by increasing affluence and Petra's established presence in the cocoa-processing industry, DBS
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      530 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS Planned $67 billion takeover of TXU could be largest-ever by private equity group Houston TXU, the biggest power producer in Texas, will curtail plans for coal-fired generators to win support from environmentalists for a proposed US$44 billion
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      167 38 It would seem that Sunday may be the most relaxing day for banking, going by customer response to OCBC Bank's Sunday Banking programme. The bank introduced full-service banking on Sundays at five of its branches in November. These branches opened twice as many children's
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      123 38 FORTIS SPORE PICKS SENIOR MD PETER FOO MOO TAN (above): Appointed as senior managing director (MD) of Fortis Singapore. Prior to this, he was the general manager of Fortis Bank and managing director of Fortis Private Banking Singapore. F5 APPOINTS ASIA-PACIFIC V-P SONG TANG YIH: Promoted
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      282 39  -  Bryan Lee Warehouse, office facility is Nippon Express' biggest outside Japan and US By JAPANESE logistics firm Nippon Express has opened a $40 million warehouse and office complex in Singapore, its biggest outside its home base and the United States. The logistics centre
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      373 39  -  Arthur Poon WARRANT WATCH By WITH the corporate reporting season in full swing, investors punting on covered warrants have turned their attention from index-linked instruments to stock-based contracts. The change has seen turnover in index warrants fall, said Mr Simon Yung,
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      Lock icon Hong Kong, S'pore neck and neck in fight for talent
      1202 40  -  Lee Su Shyan With effective taxes similar, firms look at factors such as costs and overall conditions By Companies Correspondent AS INVESTORS and companies home in on fresh opportunities in the booming economies of Asia, the longstanding rivalry between Hong
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      291 40 REUTERS »SINO-FOREIGN DEALS Dubai A HIGH-PROFILE refining and ethylene joint venture in Fujian province was announced yesterday that will triple the capacity of a Fujian oil refinery in southern China. The partners were China Petroleum and Chemical Corp or Sinopec, ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco
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      302 37 I I Keynote speaker/it^ ■»i?i^i=ii| jj Ms. Sandra Lee/issBßffi&± 3 March 2007 (Sat) Managing Director, Societe Generale 2007^3^3 9 (JISI/^) Structured Products and Equity Derivatives (Asia ex-Japan) >S^S^^p npM;T^X^lt*,e,SS (azlE/B*^) liL.UiiJuill TopicMS Session A W& Lyxor s Investment Strategy in the Year of PIG norT ,o Guest speaker/±i#Hg Session b
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      484 39 Advertisement Understanding outstanding quantity and re-issuance of warrants When the place out ratio of a warrant is considered high (usually over 70%), and implied volatility surges beyond the fair level due to over demand, a responsible issuer would try to alert the investors through various channels. At times, issuers would
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      24 40 Factory closures Germany's Economics Minister warns crisis-hit Airbus that his country should not pay too heavy a price in the upcoming restructuring. PAGE Hl7
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      368 41 Mi IV V I > Fussing Over Your Post-New Year Flab? For Just $68, We Can Help You Shed The Kilos! M?k You've indulged yourself over Lunar New Year... and perhaps you're MJWSra** <ffcJ i^ Wjk jm now regretting the toll it has taken on your waistline. Marie France Bodyline
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        777 42  -  Lee Sze Yonq Era Farida was the big winner at Pesta Perdana, nabbing two awards including Best Actress MEDIA REPORTER ACTRESS Era Farida waited more than two decades for this moment. Last Saturday night, the 43-year-old finally received recognition for her work after 23 years in
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        780 42 NYT NEW YORK Hearts cease to race. Engagements are broken. Marriages end. And when they do, it is not unusual for otherwise rational adults to behave like jilted teenagers, willing to do whatever it takes to avoid running into their object of affection-turned-affliction. You can
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        868 43 Put her Records on and get jntimate with British singer Corinne Bailey Rae AFTER British neo-soul chanteuse Corinne Bailey Rae razed airwaves with her cheery single Put Your Records On, listeners from around the world are tempted to do just that put her record on. The result:
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        2158 44  -  Tan Dawn Wei the monday interview Blessed with a super-accelerated career track, the young and brash Glenn Tan heir to the Tan Chong empire shows he's self-driven to steer Motor Image's niche cars to pole position THERE are two things Glenn Tan hates: travelling and taxi
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        178 44 1 had hundreds and hundreds of toy cars, keys and key chains. I threw them out because, now, I've got too many of my own keys' On his privileged childhood. In the photo above, taken while on holiday in California 10 years ago, Tan is with his younger sisters
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        564 45 Mosaic Music Festival Sujin Thomas MUSIC REPORTER MONTHS after making a splash with her debut album in 2004, American singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata quietly slipped off the radar. While her pop album Happenstance enjoyed moderate international success with hits such as Worn Me Down and 1963,
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        719 45 Actor Michael C. Hall from Six Feet Under continues his dalliance with death as a serial killer in another TV series, Dexter Lee Sze Yong MEDIA REPORTER THE GRIM Reaper plays a huge hand in Michael C. Hall's TV career. TV fans first saw the actor as
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        93 46 The wheels of justice aren't always round. Sometimes they're a little bit square. And it's a bumpy ride' Judge Larry Seidlin, who was on the Anna Nicole Smith case 'People go to the theatre for the same reason all over the world to burn an hour. That's a big
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        841 46  -  Tan Dawn Wei I get goosebumps whenever someone declares she has found her soulmate girltalk LAST weekend, my cousin found herself drenched at the Starbucks in Liat Towers. She was soaked from the "cold water" that I threw on her. But I had my
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        200 46 AP > awards season LOS ANGELES Sharon Stone should have trusted her first Basic Instinct and left it alone, according to voters of the Razzies, which mock the worst of Hollywood. Basic Instinct 2 won four Razzies last Saturday, including worst picture and worst
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        304 46 Reuters, AFP, AP LOS ANGELES Little Miss Sunshine won the top prize at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the art-house world's equivalent of the Oscars, last Saturday, a day before the underdog comedy competes at the Academy Awards. The movie ended up with
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        464 47 Taiwanese singer Chin Chih-chuan's getai outfit shocked the audience, but she soon had them on their feet with her timeless hits > concert WAWACHIN CHIH-CHUAN IN CONCERT Esplanade Recital Studio Last Saturday Lee Sze Yong HER stage name Wa Wa may be Mandarin for "doll", but
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        386 47 Sujin Thomas MUSIC REPORTER GOODBYE Electrico for now at least. The popular home-grown rock band will play their last gig here this Friday before embarking on an American tour next month. They will then go on a hiatus for six months to a year before
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        988 48  -  Tay Yek Keak The passing years have made Clint wiser, just like they've made Britney balder starsngripes DUE to a little thing called the Chinese New Year, there's a backlog of movies to cover. Firstly, there's the Japanese film. Letters From Iwo Jima is a war movie
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        210 50 Stars are perfecting their over-the-shoulder glances as they show off their best side FORGET the cleavage artists over the centuries have always highlighted the back as a woman's most titillating trait. Think masterpieces like Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres' The Bather Of Valpincon or nudes by Edgar Degas
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        140 79 I HADE MOST POEM BY CHEE KUO CHEN, 12, SEC I, FUCHUN SECONDARY SCHOOL Somehow I am born with prejudices Because of their plant juices Some because of their odd smells To drive me to hell I do not like noisy places Which make me go crazy
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        1169 80 {]'/;dld% They made the news for their outstanding ability to study, or in teen parlance: "Mug". From leafing through stacks of notes to pacing to-and-fro while memorising choice phrases or the fail-proof chemistry formula they were adamant to get it right. And get it right they
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        868 82 TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY It will be easier to get to school, too. Around $20 billion will be spent in the next 10 to 15 years on expanding the road and rail network, so that HDB residents can commute easily and quickly. Highways
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        608 83 THISWEEKWEZOOMINON... TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY GRAPHIC: TAY CHERN HUI Earlier last month, Indonesia banned the export of land d to all countries. But Singapore is among the hardest hit by the ban. The biggest impact was not on Sentosa and the East Coast although the sand there is imported but
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        713 84 A TEEN 1N... ...NEW JERSEY IN THE UNITED STATES HAS CREATED A STORM OF CONTROVERSY BY COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS HISTORY TEACHER. Matthew LaClair, 16, began secretly recording his classes last year after he became uncomfortable with the teacher's religious remarks. He claimed Mr David Paszkiewicz told
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        290 84 BY 2009, A MAN-MADE LAKE, WETLANDS WITH REEDS AND AN ORCHARD WILL BE PART OF THE SCENERY IN THE SENGKANG AREA. THEY ARE, IN TURN, PART OF A MAJOR MAKEOVER TO BRING PEOPLE CLOSER TO SINGAPORE'S WATER RESOURCES. YEN FENG HIGHLIGHTS SOME IDIOMS RELATED TO WATER.
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        862 85  -  TAN SHZR EE, BY THE STRAITS TIMES, FEB I It is amazing how diasporas of the world are so connected, and yet so different from one another, in taxi cultures. They say a lot about how societies tick. I was in town for Christmas over
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        632 86  -  MARDIANA ABU BAKAR This column is a humorous, lighthearted, yet intelligent reflection of city life in Singapore. It gives a wonderful slice-of-life description of Singapore as found in its taxi culture. It also provides us with some comparisons with other cab cultures around the
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      155 74 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh CONTRIBUTORS Andrew Duffy, Alison De Souza, Mardiana Abu Bakar, Yen Feng JOURNALISTS Jessica Lim, Tessa Wong COVER Design: Rishad Patel, Photo: Mugilan Rajasegeran ART AND DESIGN Alexis Hooi, Tay Chern Hui INTERNS Alfred Chua, Chuah Vii Wen, Rajesh Misir EDITORIAL PROJECTS UNIT Peter
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      59 75 jq-s^HSI At Temasek Polytechnic, IP3|£LB you could: H -»>^.ek Take up the combination PSgce sport Canoe-Polo. 2. Tell others about TP as a Student Ambassador. 3. Become a great spokesman with the Toastmasters. 4. Learn the dikir barat (choral singing) with the Malay Arts Group. 5. Explore the great outdoors
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      54 75 THE NEXT BIG THING IS YOU CELEBRITY CHEF LINK 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
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      66 76 YOUR BOURHOOD BABYMACHINE GAFFE COSTS When Japanese Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa called women "birth-giving machines" recently, he outraged many Japanese who have shed traditional gender stereotypes, confirming their suspicions that Japan's leaders are out of step with the times. The gaffe which coincides with a slump in Prime Minister Shinzo
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      40 77 TRENDS AND QUIRKS YOUTUBE UNDER FIRE The media industry is clashing with You Tube over its proposal to offer anti-piracy tools only to companies that have distribution deals with the top online videosharing service, media insiders said. (ST, Feb 20)
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      76 78 OUR EXPERTS THIS WEEK: Mr Hajamaideen is a lecturer at the school of design in Singapore Polytechnic. Mr Forst is a fashion design lecturer at the Raffles Design Institute. Mr Seto is the director of industry development at the Media Development Authority. Makeover Magic: What 9PG HOU \hWM POP? Tjk(
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      46 78 GET INSIDE THE TOP TRENDS JOBS GETTING LESS SECURE Young people are increasingly unable to get a foothold in the global labour market, according to a United Nations report. It added that the rapidly ageing workforce is enjoying less and less job security. (ST, Feb 9)
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      63 80 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK 0 GETTING READY FOR THE PSLE 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 the past three years, about $1.5 million has been spent training more
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      73 80 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK STOCK FEVER HITS CHINESE STUDENTS Enterprising students in China are turning to a quicker, albeit riskier, way of supplementing their allowances investing in the country's gravitydefying stock market. Spurred on by soaring Chinese stocks and tales of overnight riches, these first-time punters scrimp and save
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      270 81 M^feTy^TS^^B Singapore's official guide for J 0'3 seekers, school leavers and fresh graduates. NEW! -SES Special Student Price 1111 Vf 2 Place your order through your school teacher. Exclusive CATS Recruit I^|^^^ BUMPER ISSUE! Notebook with Pen with Over 300 jobs in 23 business sectors each copy purchased. fe '^^r'
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      59 82 RACK YOUR BRAINS OVERSEAS EXPOSURE 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 to emerging economies such as
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      76 84 TALES FROM NEAR AND FAR 1 NO RAIN WATER TO WASTE Water engineers here have made a breakthrough both rain and sea water can be made drinkable using the same treatment plant, ensuring that no drop of rain that falls here goes to waste. National water agency PUB has completed
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      60 85 READ AND WRITE BETTER MORE PREMIUM BUS SERVICES Residents in estates like Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Batok, Hougang and Bukit Panjang can look forward to more premium bus routes being launched, possibly within the next three months. For a ride in airconditioned comfort with a guaranteed seat, commuters will pay
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      83 86 READ AND WRITE BETTER CABBIES URGED TO GET CREATIVE The future looks tough for taxi drivers, but they can earn more by adding value to their services, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. They could double as tourist guides or ferry medical tourists, he suggested. Cabbies have to get creative
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      690 87 INTHEEND faces HOW MANY ROAD ACCIDENTS H^Hl^H^H^^H pP™^^--^ P|n Athe OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST THREE EB ED***** EBB news DAYS GOING INTO THE CHINESE NEW Bjjjjjgg§MlMfiifflJlll YEAR WEEKEND? GET THE ANSWER HJVliiv^UrlHjjCMlJjS ""*V TO THAT AND OTHER PUZZLERS. fj |t NUMBERS IN THE NEWS f Match these digits to the
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