The Straits Times, 2 March 2007

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  • 742 1  -  Lydia Lim Govt has to move now to strengthen revenue position for the future, he says By Senior Political Correspondent TAX revenues are falling as a ihare of an expanding economy md will not cover much-needed iocial and investment spending if
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  • 477 1  -  Goh Eng Yeow By Markets Correspondent IT WAS a case of more pain, no gain for Asian investors yesterday after the much-hoped-for rebound dribbled away into more red ink. The outlook today does not appear any better, judging by the nervous
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  • 281 1 THOUSANDS of hearts will beat faster tonight, with perhaps a few to be set aflutter as the winning numbers for the annual Toto Hongbao draw are announced. Long queues with people eyeing the guaranteed first prize of at least $10 million have been snaking out
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1163 1  -  Marc Lim By Sports Correspondent EVERY morning, Kirn Tae Hun takes a 10-minute stroll from his flat to the Yishun Stadium. He used to greet familiar faces with a smile and a slight bow. Now he has taken to saying: "Hello." Since
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 343 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Dhoby Xchange woes Asia 6-15 Five tenants at Dhoby World 18-23 Xchange mall have Review 24-27 closed shop for good 9R 9Q despite the possibility of lnsl§nl: legal action for leaving FY I 30 before their three-year SECTION TWO leferans out. Home H1-H12 FAClb H1
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  • PRIME
    • 809 3  -  Marcel Lee Pereira Consortium also announces $400 m contract to prepare site for construction By A NEW three-lane bridge will link Sentosa to the mainland to ensure smooth traffic to and from the island's integrated resort in 2010. The new
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    • 543 3  -  Elena Chong »Kleptomaniac given unprecedented chance to turn over new leaf in 2005... By wise deficient offenders" be referred to the appropriate government agency or ministry, where they could be more "fittingly administered". CJ Yong said it would be easy for him
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    • 597 4 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE 50,000 scientists from 63 nations will measure effects of climate change in UN-backed effort Oslo MORE than 50,000 scientists from 63 nations are focusing their attention on the world's poles to measure the effects of climate change, after International Polar Year
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    • 457 4  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok PRIME Minister Surayud Chulanont said yesterday there will be a Cabinet reshuffle next week following the shock resignation of Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula on Wednesday. A replacement for Mr Pridiyathorn, who was also deputy
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  • ASIA
    • 990 6  -  Jonathan Eyal Space-based intelligence network the start to wider overhaul of spy activities By WITH substantial determination and an investment of more than 552.5 billion, Japan has finally achieved a dec-ade-long ambition: It now has a space-based intelligence network. The launch last Saturday of a
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    • CHINA
      • 211 8 REUTERS Beijing CHINA'S Foreign Ministry yesterday likened US doubts about Chinese defence spending to a peeping Tom poking through Beijing s underwear. US Vice-President Dick Cheney had voiced concern about China's military build-up last week when he was touring Asia. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang
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      • Article, Illustration
        58 8 Bicycles are hot items in China, judging by the number stolen every year: 4 million. This has prompted the authorities to launch a five-month-long campaign on Wednesday to curb bicycle theft. They are introducing a system where bicycle serial numbers are matched to cyclists' identity cards. There are
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      • 410 8 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Current 're-education through labour' system allows police to detain criminals without trial Beijing CHINA'S Parliament will consider major reforms of the much-criticised labour camp penal system, state media reported yesterday. The "re-education through labour" system empowers police to sentence petty
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      • 378 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Hong Kong HONG KONG people last night had a chance to see and listen to the two candidates vying to be their leader later this month. Incumbent Chief Executive Donald Tsang and his rival Alan Leong took part in a
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 534 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Meeting next week will address steps to repair broken diplomatic ties Washington THE United States will on Monday begin landmark talks on normalising relations with North Korea, a regime once branded as part of an "axis of evil"
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      • 249 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday there was no evidence of coercion by Japan's wartime government in using Asian women as sex slaves, backtracking from a landmark 1993 statement in which the Japanese government acknowledged that it set up and ran
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      • 342 9 BLOOMBERG Taipei A GRANDSON of Taiwan's late strongman Chiang Kai-shek is suing the island's President and ruling party chairman for calling Chiang the main culprit in the 1947 massacre of thousands of Taiwanese. Mr John Chiang, a former vice-premier and now a lawmaker
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 721 11  -  Ravi Velloor With $33b defence budget, military will be able to get new arms, equipment By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi FROM fighter jets to battle tanks and missiles, this could be the year India places major arms contracts after years
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      • 359 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Colombo SRI Lanka suspended sales of telephones and mobile phone cards in the embattled north and east yesterday as troops stepped up attacks against Tiger rebels, an official said. The move was temporary and aimed at preventing
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    • SOUTHEAST ASIA
      • 484 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Malaysian army chief stresses need to deal with Muslims' woes Kuala Lumpur THAILAND'S insurgen-cy-racked southern provinces may become a breeding ground for Islamic terrorists if Muslim grievances and anger are not addressed, Malaysia's new army chief has warned. General Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin
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      • 68 12 These artificial legs being produced in Jakarta by a group of prosthetic limb makers from India will go some way towards helping some of Indonesia's disabled regain their mobility. An Indian-Indonesian foundation has contributed more than 200 prosthetic limbs to the disabled people in the country.
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      • 308 12 REUTERS Bangkok THAILAND'S military-ap-pointed government has prevented the launch of a new television station by former members of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party, saying it was about to break the law. State telecommunications firms blocked satellite links and Internet connections
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      • 294 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Canberra TERRORISM is losing its popularity in Indonesia as Southeast Asia's counterterrorism efforts show results, Australia's Foreign Minister says. Mr Alexander Downer was addressing Parliament yesterday before going to Indonesia on Sunday for a counterterrorism forum that will also
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      • 228 12 REUTERS A BOMB threat against the US Embassy in Jakarta yesterday was conveyed to the authorities by a pair of cellphone text messages signed off by "Al-Qaeda", local officials said. "We received an SMS at 11.22 am saying, 'We will
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      • 586 13  -  Salim Osman It will take part in operations with regional govts and state agencies By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta THE Indonesian government has roped in the military in its war against bird flu as the country steps up efforts to contain the spread
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      • 269 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Atlanta DO YOU think bird flu will become a worldwide threat this summer? Want to put some money on that? In an effort to better predict a potential pandemic, public health experts will be staked about US$lOO ($153) apiece to bet
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      • 220 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bandar Seri Begawan ASEAN officials have met in Brunei to discuss an action plan to combat the annual haze, largely blamed on the burning of forests by palm oil plantations in Indonesia. "The meeting will also seriously discuss collective measures...to
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      • 84 13 Madam Mariati feeds one of her triplets as the other two girls sleep on. Her husband Darmi Ali lost three daughters and his first wife to the 2004 tsunami in Aceh. The 44-year-old police officer remarried and last week became a father again. "I am overjoyed,"
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 518 15 NEW STRAITS TIMES, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Visits by PM Abdullah and his deputy underline Malaysia's renewed push into region Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi and his deputy Najib Tun Razak have just ended separate tours of three Middle East countries to
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      • 272 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW STRAITS TIMES Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Attorney-General Gani Patail has waded into the controversy over corruption allegations targeting Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) chief Zulkipli Mat Noor. "I have told the police chief to speed up the investigations into these allegations,"
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      • 214 15 Kuala Lumpur THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) has donated RM238,000 (S$105,000) to its Malaysian counterpart in aid of victims of the recent Johor floods. The money was handed over by SCCCI president Chua Thian Poh to Tan Sri William Cheng,
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    • 26 6 Arms spending boost India's arms purchases are set to soar this year, with more than half of the defence budget allocated to buying weapons. PAGE 11
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  • WORLD
    • 261 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE candidates on board YouTube's You Choose '08 voters outreach initiative for the 2008 presidential election: Republicans Rudy Giuliani, former New York city mayor; Arizona Senator John McCain; and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Democrats Hillary Clinton, Senator for New York; Mr John Edwards,
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    • 377 17 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Candidates launch own video channels, allowing them to interact with voters New York TOP White House candidates unveiled their own You Tube video channels yesterday, pushing the 18-month-old Web video-shar-ing site even further into the United States political mainstream. Google's You
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    • 162 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE INFLUENTIAL Republican Senator John McCain has finally announced he will run for the White House next year. The long-awaited entry of the Arizona senator was announced on CBS television's Late Show With David Letterman on Wednesday, the same day a poll
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    • 280 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES TIMES Washington THE US House of Representatives has unanimously agreed to give the government broader powers to review foreign investments that could be vulnerable to terrorist attacks. The push for added scrutiny began after the Bush administration decided to allow Dubai
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    • 706 18 NEW YORK TIMES Researchers accuse them of restricting academic freedom and interfering with their work New York COMPLAINTS are rising against research ethics panels in the United States, with academics and students accusing them of curtailing academic freedom and interfering with research. The
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    • 392 18 LOS ANGELES TIMES New York ARTHUR Schlesinger, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-win-ning historian who was an influential liberal voice in American politics for decades, has died. He was 89. He suffered a heart attack on Wednesday night at a Manhattan restaurant, according to his eldest
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    • 185 18 PERSONNEL picked to fly the six Seahawk naval helicopters that the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) ordered in January 2005 could be trained in the United States. On Tuesday, SAF's Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant-Gen- eral Ng Vat Chung, toured a US Navy naval
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    • 549 21 REUTERS Its first wave power station will start supplying electricity to city near Sydney Port Kembla (Australia) AUSTRALIA'S cities are drought-parched and its desert outback drenched by floods, but climate change has not yet killed the country's famed surf beaches or their promise of clean
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    • 306 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS Teheran IRAN'S Revolutionary Guards have killed 17 insurgents in clashes in north-western Iran near the border with Turkey in which four officers also died, the official Islamic Republic News Agency (Irna) reported yesterday. The clashes were the second in
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 126 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS: The European Union threatened Microsoft with million of euros in new daily fines yesterday, claiming the software giant had not fulfilled legal promises to provide competitors with updated and reasonably priced information on work group servers. Under a landmark 2004 anti-trust ruling
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      • 99 21 VIENNA: The European Union launched an Agency for Fundamental Rights yesterday to help tackle rising racism and intolerance and prevent any member state from becoming a haven for violent hate-mongers. The new agency will help EU institutions and governments harmonise legislation and law enforcement,
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      • 60 21 REUTERS BEIJING: Visitors to Beijing's Tiananmen Square will not be able to catch a glimpse of the embalmed body of Mao Zedong for six months from March 3 while the Great Helmsman's mausoleum is closed for repairs. The building at the heart of Tiananmen Square would
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      • 88 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Thai Airways will begin operating 30 daily domestic flights from Bangkok's old Don Muang airport starting on March 25, an airline official said yesterday. The national carrier will maintain six daily flights from the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport between Bangkok and
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      • 89 21 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PATTAYA: Thai police arrested a 24-year-old man in Pattaya yesterday for allegedly killing two Russian tourists in the resort town. The suspect was identified as Anuchit Lamlert from Chon Buri province. He has a criminal record of robbing foreigners in Pattaya. Police
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 266 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS A MINISTER-DESIGNATE in Israel is facing a storm of controversy after the media uncovered what appeared to be repeated lies about her education and career. Ms Esterina Tartman, from the hardline Yisrael Beiteinu Party, was nominated for the tourism minister post. But she has
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      • 137 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THOUSANDS of people bade farewell to the Japanese inventor of instant noodles in a spacethemed funeral befitting a man whose creation has been served all over the Earth and in space. Mr Momofuku Ando, who died on Jan 5 at age 96,
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      • 129 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS A WOMAN has been arrested in the United States on charges of swopping her five-month-old baby for downpayment on a used car and cash, police said. Nicole Uribe, 23, is accused of trading her son to Mr Jose-Juan Lerma, 47, and
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 23 17 Politician's lies exposed Esterina Tartman's hopes of becoming Israel's tourism minister are dashed after she is caught lying about her qualifications. PAGE 23
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    • 435 23 IT MAY not be immediately important to an investor as he watches his portfolio turn red, but there's a crucial difference between a crash and a correction. As markets continue to digest this week's global stock falls, it bears recalling that there has been no
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    • 1162 23  -  Janadas Devan A REGIONAL WORLD By Senior Writer IF ASEAN'S leaders are sleeping well and sometimes, it appears they are sleeping too well pray let them have nightmares. Pray let them toss and turn, their sleep disturbed by the following numbers -1.3 billion,
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    • 735 23  -  Salma Khalik MEDICAL INSURANCE By Health Correspondent MORE than 700 children were admitted to XX Women's and Children's Hospital last year for a major illness. Some had leukaemia or cancer of the blood, others brain tumours or congenital heart disease or needed bone marrow
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    • 1136 24  -  Kai-Alexander Schlevogt ►> CHINA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM By For The Straits Times MONEY, the lifeblood of an economy, makes the world go round and can just as easily bring it to an abrupt standstill. In view of its vital role, one of the riddles of the
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    • 843 25  -  SUNANDA K. DATTA-RAY INDIA'S LAND POLICIES By For The Straits Times IT USED to be an Indian joke that the only culture to be found in Punjab state was agriculture. But in a warning that farming is not to be scoffed at, the
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    • 853 26  -  J. Bradford DeLong FINANCIAL MARKETS By A NUMBER of thoughtful observers, such as Citigroup's Robert Rubin, Harvard's Larry Summers and The Financial Times' Martin Wolf, have expressed puzzlement in recent months about financial markets' perceptions of risk. While markets have judged today's world especially the
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 28 23 Tend to the farmers The Indian government must ensure that farmers are not victimised as a result 3f its land-acquisition policies. PAGE 26 'UNCHUNES OUR CONSULTANT, J a*'
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  • INSIGHT FRIDAY
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      • 932 27 Liu Thai Ker URA CEO: 1989 to 1992 MR LIU Thai Ker has the assurance that comes with age, experience and respectability. So it is not often he looks back to sigh for what could or should have been. But the 69-year-old does have
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      • 934 27 Cheong Koon Hean URA CEO: 2004 to present SINGAPORE'S soul is something that Mrs Cheong Koon Hean is pondering on these days. To be specific, she is thinking about what is authentically Singapore. As Singapore aims to move into the top half of
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    • 1228 28  -  Lim Sun Sun FRIDAY MATTERS By IT HAS become almost a truism to say that children today know more about new technology than their parents do. The superiority of their children's technological prowess, be it in computers, mobile phones or the
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    • 776 28  -  Peh Shing Huei ►>POST6S-ERS By SUPERHEROES live and work among us every day. They are called mothers. They are the No. 1 caregivers of their children, they place their children's needs above their own and are on call 24 hours a
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    • 30 27 Old advice for new media Think you do not know as much as your children about new technology? There are still many home truths you can teach them. PAGE 29
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  • Poised for a dream career
    • 287 30 NTU graduate Harsh Vardhan Chhaparia has no doubts that his computer engineering degree and involvement with the NTU Student Union during his undergraduate days stood him in good stead during job interviews. After all, the 22-year-old was recruited in the Citibank Management Associate Programme in February
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    • 218 30 NTU accountancy graduate, Lim Anqi always knew she wanted to work in a bank. Little wonder she landed in a management associate position with Citibank in May last year. "I have always been attracted to the consumer banking industry because of its dynamism," she says. "And
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    • 188 30 Citibank's Management Associate Programme, with a proven track record as one of the most established leadership programmes in the banking industry, employed seven out of 10 NTU graduates as management associates in its recruitment campaign last year. The seven graduates came from disciplines such as
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    • 452 30 Mr Inderjit Singh (below) is a true pioneer at heart. Not only was he among the first batch of students at the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) when NTU was still known as Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI), he also founded the EEE Club, the
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  • HOME
    • 749 32  -  Arlina Arshad Business is dull, so a few more plan to leave though they may face legal action by SMRT By FIVE tenants at the Dhoby Xchange mall have closed shop for good, and a few others are planning to follow
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    • 524 33  -  Christopher Tan It's going after person who posted 'defamatory comments'; site shuts By Senior Correspondent THE word has been out for a while: Shooting off one's mouth in cyberspace is not without its consequences. But a member of an online
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    • 684 33  -  Jessica Cheam ►> WATERFRONT VIEW'S COLLECTIVE DEAL By THE fate of the Waterfront View estate in Bedok remains in doubt, with a couple fighting the estate's collective sale deciding to take their case to the High Court. Mr Yeo
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    • 467 33  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By THE United States government wants the Singapore High Court to strike out a claim for $111,000 made against it by local insurance cooperative NTUC Income over a helicopter accident death five years ago. The accident, which happened at
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    • 566 34  -  Chong Chee Kin KHUSHWANT SINGH DURAI'S CRIMINAL TRIAL Defence cites past instances of contractors being paid before paperwork submitted THE defence pointed out yesterday that it was not uncommon for the National Kidney Foundation to pay its contractors and business partners ahead of
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    • 197 34 MEDIACORP actor Christopher Lee made his second appearance in court yesterday on drink driving and other traffic charges. The 35-year-old, who was charged on Jan 18, is accused of fleeing in his black Mercedes-Benz after knocking down a motorcycle carrying two men near Mustafa Centre,
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    • 126 34 PHOTO: Workmen making adjustments inside The Crystal Mirror tent, setting the stage for a gourmet and arts experience that brings together fine European cuisine and entertainment under a big top at the Padang. Acrobats, comedians and musicians will perform at the 3%-hour show
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    • 328 34  -  Tracy Sua BARGE DEATH By JUST a day before marine engineer Joseph Ho was found dead inside the tank of a barge at North Shipyard in September 2005, his colleague had sent an e-mail regarding safety concerns over the vessel. Yesterday, on the second day
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    • 341 34  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent AN INDONESIAN software engineer who repeatedly molested young girls in lifts was yesterday sentenced to two months in jail and fined a total of $5,000. Josef Paddy, 28, pleaded guilty to two charges of outrage of modesty, one
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    • 370 34  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By SINGAPORE court orders including implied injunctions must not be treated with contempt by overseas parties, the Court of Appeal said yesterday. In what could be a landmark judgment, it reversed a High Court decision and slapped a Hong Kong-based lawyer
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    • BUDGET DEBAT 2007
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        453 35 "The Budget is at risk of being viewed more and more by some Singaporeans as the proverbial 'goodie bag' and 'lucky draw' that they look forward to at grassroots functions." MS DENISE PHUA (Jalan Besar GRC), on her hope that people would lake notice of the Budget and not just
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      • 481 35  -  Goh Chin Lian MPs suggest expanding Workfare to reward not just work, but also training and upgrading By THE Budget takes care of people with jobs, but what about those who are unemployed, several MPs asked yesterday. They wondered if
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      • 327 35  -  KEITH LIN MEMBERS of Parliament begin their scrutiny of the budgets of specific government ministries today, with the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) facing the most number of queries. Twenty-eight MPs have filed 46 questions on almost every area of MCYS
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      • 354 35  -  Jane Ng By IF YOU are married, get home early; go on love holidays that will set the mood for making babies. If you are single, get married early. And if Mr Ang Mong Seng (Hong Kah GRC) has his way, couples should
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      • 251 35  -  JANE NG THERE is a pool of untapped talent for the workforce, said Ms Denise Phua (Jalan Besar GRC), citing single mothers, housewives, retirees and people with disabilities. They can help ease any labour crunch, which can be a huge stumbling block for
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      • 260 35  -  KEN KWEK IT HAS yet to be implemented but several MPs already want further measures to be added to the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) scheme for low-wage workers. Minister of State (Health) Heng Chee How and Parliamentary Secretary (National Development) Maliki Osman called
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      • 240 35  -  LEONG CHAN TEIK LABOUR shortage, rising office rental and high materials cost are a flip side to the present economic boom. Noting this, Mr Liang Eng Hwa (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) asked if costs would be further fuelled by the Budget, which is aimed
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      • BUDGET SHORTS
        • 171 35 TAKE from the rich and give to the poor. The Goods and Services Tax credits, that is. Mr Seah Kian Peng's (Marine Parade GRC) suggested it as a way to encourage chari-ty-giving, when he called for an opt-in scheme for the wealthy. Credits
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        • 136 35 CENSORSHIP laws in Singapore should not move at the pace of the most conservative person, said Mr Baey Yam Keng (Tanjong Pagar GRC). He warned that such an approach would only serve to generate negative publicity for Singapore and stifle creativity in the long run.
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        • 137 35 SINGAPORE should not be apologetic to its neighbours for its success, an MP said yesterday. Dr Ong Chit Chung (Jurong GRC) cited a recent article in The Economist magazine which noted how neighbouring countries Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia were unhappy with Singapore about one issue
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        • 156 35 A RECORD number of jobs created last year went to Singaporeans and permanent residents, Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday. Out of a total of 173,300 new jobs, 88,200, or slightly more than half, landed on the laps of locals. This
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      • WHY RAISE REVENUE?
        • 942 36  -  Sue-Ann Chia Tharman spells out the hard facts about Spores finances By SINGAPORE'S revenue is declining and this is why it must find additional sources of funds to pay for major investments for the future, said Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Hence,
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        • 378 36  -  Ken Kwek By THERE is merit in looking at how top American universities spend returns from their endowment funds, as Singapore devises a new way of spending its own investment income, Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. But the Government
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      • 907 36  -  Chua Lee Hoong ►>FROM THE GALLERY By Review Editor A CONTACT who had just returned from a working trip to Dubai waxed lyrical when we met by chance recently. The place was thriving, she said. It is one of the seven emirates that
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      • WILL BUDGET HELP FUTURE GROWTH ?
        • 748 37  -  Ong Soh Chin Trust, skills, quality of life and cost-effectiveness key to keeping Singapore in global race: Tharman By SINGAPORE competes with other economies on a total package which goes beyond low taxes, said Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. Trust, skills, quality
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        • 158 37  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN HOW TO MAKE THE CHANGE CENTRAL Provident Fund (CPF) returns can be improved but just how much risk people can stomach is not an easy question to resolve, Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said. "We have to find ways
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        • 205 37  -  GOH CHIN LIAN POSSIBLE CHANGE THE personal income tax rate looks set to come down in the future. Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam gave his strongest hint yet on such a move when he declared that the "last round of personal income tax
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        • 281 37  -  LYNN LEE NO CHANGE YET THE Government will take another year to come to a decision on estate duty, said Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. He said this after noting that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had said last year
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        • 306 37  -  ONG SOH CHIN CONTINUING EDUCATION MIDDLE-INCOME, middle-aged and older workers will be a focus when the continuing education and training framework here undergoes a comprehensive review. This is in part a response to concerns expressed by MPs about the need to assist those
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      • IS BUDGET FAIR TO ALL S'POREANS?
        • 520 38  -  Lynn Lee Top 20 per cent pay more than half the total taxes, says Tharman By WEALTHIER households, in the top 20 per cent, pay more than half the total taxes collected here. That is four times more than what the bottom 40 per
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        • 719 38  -  Peh Shing Huei By REMOVING the goods and services tax (GST) from essential items like rice and salt may seem like a good way to help the poor. But it is not, said Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. The reason
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        • 375 38  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By STUDENTS from poorer homes can make it to the top in the Singapore system. The PSLE scores of pupils who live in one- to three-room flats demonstrate this, said Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, referring to the Primary School Leaving
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        • 539 38 IN 2002, Bukit View Primary was languishing near the bottom in academic results. Last year, it soared into the ranks of the top 25 per cent of schools in Singapore. Its dramatic turnaround was highlighted by Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday
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        • 307 38  -  PEHSHING HUEI TRY Workfare out and do not make it too complicated too soon, said Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. Since the Workfare Income Supplement scheme is new, the Government will watch its development carefully over the next three years before refining it
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    • 167 41 ADD salted duck eggs and fish mousse to the list of recent food scares to hit local markets. In a statement yesterday, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said that it had banned nine importers from bringing in salted duck eggs, which have been
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    • 496 41  -  Judith Tan 15,000 kits for those 50 and above to check for blood in stool By DOCTORS are pushing for mass screenings here in an effort to cut the rate of colorectal cancer, the deadliest cancer in Singapore. The
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    • 379 41  -  Krist 800 By Tourism Correspondent A GLOBAL search is on for a replacement for outgoing Sentosa chief executive Darrell Metzger. And when the final list of candidates is drawn up, the former Walt Disney executive will likely have a say in who gets to
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    • 404 42  -  Yap Su-Yin Old boys' club-style register aims to have pool of 1,000 women from various backgrounds By THE men don't get in. There are already 100 names, and the target is a 1,000-strong register by next year's International Women's Day. Meanwhile, the Singapore Council
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    • 440 42  -  Tanya Fong By FEWER shops dealing in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are selling bear bile products, which are illegal, and even those who did, sold fakes. Apart from penalties, public education on the cruelty to bears, an endangered species, has helped turn the
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    • 279 43 THIS is an eco-friendly sweet deal, not a bitter pill. When pharmaceutical giant Schering-Plough's new power-gen-erating facility at its drug-making factory in Tuas is ready in the middle of next year, power usage is likely to be cut by about 25 per cent. The
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    • 150 43  -  TAN HUI YEE A 130-room business hotel will soon occupy what was formerly Pearl's Hill Primary School. The 37-year-old building, which was vacated by the school in 2001, will undergo a $6 million renovation to equip it with features like broadband Internet access, a gym and
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    • 445 43  -  Alfred Siew 2GB limit raised to SGB as telco responds to complaints about 'unlimited' broadband service By Technology Correspondent DOGGED by complaints about its "unlimited" wireless broadband service that in fact had a limit, Mobile One (Ml) is tweaking it to win back
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 22 32 Leaving the bear alone Fewer traditional Chinese medicine shops selling bear products, which are illegal. Penalties, public education seeing results. PAGE Hll
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 379 36 3-MINUTE ROUNDUP SMALL COUNTRY, BIG PACKAGE Singapore's attractiveness Lo foreign invesLors goes beyond jusL its low corporate tax. Moving forward, qualities such as trust, skills and a great living environment will be vital, especially with competition from new emerging cities like Chengdu, said Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. PAGE H6
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  • Page 43 Miscellaneous
    • 231 43 A weekly look at what to watch out for in the world of consumers. Figures, case study and tips come from the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case). The world of medical products 71 No. of cases filed I (January to December 2006) Top complaint Misrepresentation CASE STUDY A consumer bought
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  • FORUM
    • 354 45  -  Paul Chan Poh Hoi THE concerns over an influx of foreigners are not unfounded although Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan maintained that if Singapore remained true to its key principles of meritocracy and multiracialism, social cohesion could be maintained. He further
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    • 291 45  -  Virginia Goh Mm Wen (Ms) Dr Victor Teoh WE REFER to the article, "Spore can draw medical travellers from US: Expert" (ST, Feb 28). With globalisation and increased health-care costs in developed countries like the United States and Europe, patients in these
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    • 333 45  -  Poh Tip Twee GIVEN the cavalier attitude of many motorists towards road safety, I was hardly surprised to read about the large number of accidents over the Chinese New Year weekend ("More than 100 accidents over New Year weekend"; ST, Feb 20).
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    • 194 45  -  Tock Swee Lian (Mdm) I REFER to the article, "More than 100 accidents over New Year weekend" (ST, Feb 20). It is indeed very heartening to note that over the weekend to Chinese New Year, Traffic Police conducted an islandwide operation to catch reckless
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    • 267 45  -  Tan Lye Huat THE report, "Isetan to pay out $1.50 a share to use tax credits" (ST, Feb 28), about Isetan (Singapore)'s move in response to "drastic action" by a group of disgruntled minority retail shareholders illustrates the benefits of sustained engagement by shareholders.
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    • 213 45  -  Dalson Chung WE REFER to your report "Bureaucrats urged to be less risk-averse and back social entrepreneurs" (ST, March 1). The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has been actively engaging the people and private sector to promote environmental consciousness
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    • 363 45  -  Freddy Neo I REFER to the article, "Bumpy road for accident repairs scheme" (ST, Feb 26). It was reported that insurers in the scheme will usually conduct a reverse auction online, and the workshop with the lowest quote often secures the job.
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  • Page 45 Miscellaneous
    • 89 45 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asia1. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Don't blame ads for not taking up motherhood Ad disregards difficulties faced by parents Dry wall is the way of the future for Singapore Tailgating greater danger than speeding How schools can play a
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  • SPORTS
    • 1132 46 Yes, Rooney has faith in Ronaldo, whom he dubs 'the best player in the world" London WITH 16 Premiership goals this season, Cristiano Ronaldo has found support even from someone he had offended before. Wayne Rooney is lauding his teammate and World Cup
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    • 387 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson (right) has given Liverpool a confidence boost by claiming Barcelona face an impossible task in overturning their Champions League deficit. Rafael Benitez's men hold a 2-1 advantage from the clubs' last-16, first-leg match
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    • 422 46 LIVERPOOL'S striker Robbie Fowler (right) admits his chances of facing Manchester United tomorrow are slim, despite his penalty double against Sheffield United last Saturday. Much will depend on the fitness of striker Peter Crouch, who is recovering from a
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    • 570 47 SOCCER Striker's sensational late winner takes Blackburn through to FA Cup quarter-finals London BENNI McCarthy struck a sensational late winner against Arsenal at Ewood Park on Wednesday to send Blackburn into the quar-ter-finals of the FA Cup. After the 1-0 win for Rovers, Arsenal manager
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    • 421 47 ARSENAL'S manager Arsene Wenger is in hot water, after accusing a match official of lying during last Sunday's League Cup final. As a traumatic few days for the club reached another low with elimination from the FA Cup by Blackburn on Wednesday, Wenger
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    • 597 47  -  Richard Jolly By BEATEN and bitter, Arsenal make their exit from a cup competition for the second time in a week. As Blackburn progressed to the quar-ter-finals of the FA Cup where they will face Manchester City at home Arsenal find themselves needing
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 83 47 REUTERS LONDON: Bayern Munich's Mark van Bommel has been punished by the Uefa for his rude gesture to Real Madrid fans during his side's 2-3 defeat in a Champions League match at the Bernabeu last week. The Dutch midfielder was fined 6,200 euros (5512,500) and ordered to
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      • 76 47 REUTERS BOGOTA: Colombian club Deportivo Pasto said on Wednesday that they have suspended their goalkeeper Diego Fernando Gomez for punching their coach. The coach, Alvaro de Jesus Gomez, said he needed medical attention last week after he was punched in the face by the goalkeeper, who was
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      • 147 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Thai football coach Chanvit Phalajivin said yesterday that he has decided to stay for another year with the national team, after announcing last week that he was joining Vietnamese side Dong Thap. He said Thailand's tourism and sports minister Suvit Yodmanee asked him
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    • 620 48 »SOCCER When asked to name names, manager tells defender he is among top players to be sold London MANAGER Alan Curbishley has told defender Anton Ferdinand he has no future at West Ham. The pair were at the centre of a huge
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    • 441 48 London CHELSEA were forced to dismiss fears over John Terry's well-being, insisting their captain's trip to hospital on Wednesday was a routine procedure. Terry was knocked unconscious after being kicked in the head by Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby during Sunday's League
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    • 325 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London FIFA President Sepp Blatter has accused Newcastle of being greedy. The Magpies seek a whopping £6.2 million (5518.6 million) in compensation for Michael Owen's injury at last year's World Cup. However, Blatter insisted there will be no increase
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    • 285 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS Milan UDINESE ended Inter Milan's record 17-game winning streak in the Serie A on Wednesday by holding the leaders to a 1-1 draw. Christian Obodo put them ahead with a bicycle kick in the 47th minute. Hernan Crespo equalised for Inter
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    • 178 48 Inter Milan 25 21 4 0 55 20 67 iSRoma 25 16 5 4 51 20 53 Palermo 26 13 6 7 41 30 45 Lazio 25 12 7 6 40 19 40 Empoli 25 10 8 7 24 22 38 \C Milan 25 12 9 4 33
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      144 48 REUTERS Spain's sports minister has accused Real Betis and Sevilla directors of inflammatory behaviour before a King's Cup tie that was abandoned after Sevilla coach Juande Ramos (left) was knocked unconscious by a bottle. Jaime Lissavetzky said yesterday: "In the days before the game, certain individuals from the
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    • 422 49 »GOLF TWO cars and a solid kilo-bar of gold are up for grabs in next week's US$l.l million (551.68 million) Clariden Leu Singapore Masters 2007. The four-day golf tournament at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club
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    • 728 49  -  Marc Lim Nicholas Fang BUILD-UP TO SUNDAY'S S-LEAGUE KICK-OFF Home throw open Bishan Stadium gates for match with Korean club ADMISSION to Sunday's Home United-Korean Super Reds S-League season-opener will be free. Hosts Home want to kick off the 2007 football season with a bang
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    • 85 49 Liaoning Guangyuan's Yao Li (left) battles for the ball with Geylang United's Jonathon Xu. The Chinese side, who are making their debut in the S-League, were defeated 0-2 by Geylang in a friendly match at the Bedok Stadium last night. Rangsan Vivatchaichok (penalty) and Fadzuhasny
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    • 309 49 NETBALL SINGAPORE'S bid to host the 2011 World Netball Championship and post a top-10 showing has received a boost. Netball Singapore (NS) has agreed with the Co-Curricular Activities Branch (CCAB) and the Singapore Sports School to jointly develop the national Under-14 and Un-der-17
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    • 251 49 SINGAPORE SPORTS LOOKING for a career in the sports industry? The Singapore Sports Council has launched a new sports scholarship that could be just for you. It is Singapore's first sports scholarship, and will cater to those intending to pursue undergraduate
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    • 273 49 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Washington JUST like the old times, Shaquille O'Neal assumed dominance when it mattered most on Wednesday. The Miami Heat centre, who turns 35 next week, scored a sea-son-high 23 points to lead his depleted team to a 92-83 victory over the Washington
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 75 49 BLOOMBERG NEWS LONDON: Flavio Briatore, who led the Renault team to the last two Formula One titles, said races should be shortened from their current IV2 hours, because his team and Ferrari usually dominate the final stretch. "The last 30 minutes are very boring," he
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      • 82 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHUKET: Top golfers Adam Scott and Ernie Els wilted in the hot and humid conditions at the Johnnie Walker Classic yesterday. World No 4 Scott fired a three-over 74 to be nine strokes off the pace in the first round. Els, the world
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    • 477 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS HORSE RACING Melbourne Cup winner Munce provided tips to businessman 17 times, involving 29 horses Hong Kong AUSTRALIAN champion jockey Chris Munce was sentenced to 2 1/2 years' imprisonment yesterday for taking bribes for racing tips in a landmark
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    • 269 50 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CRICKET Dubai THE International Cricket Council (ICC) will step up its battle against doping by testing individual players at the World Cup, starting on March 13. It follows the "embarrassment" caused by Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, who played
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    • 561 50 BASKETBALL NBA: Philadelphia 99 Phoenix 94, Miami 92 Washington 83, Boston 102 New York 94, Toronto 106 Houston 90, Utah 104 Memphis 88, Chicago 113 Golden State 83, New Orleans 107 Atlanta 100, Denver 111 Orlando 101, Sacramento 135 Charlotte 120, LA Clippers 96 Seattle 91. ICE HOCKEY NHL:
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  • Page 46 Miscellaneous
    • 35 46 Arsenal crash out A superb goal by Blackburn's McCarthy sends the Gunners out of FA Cup, three days after they lost the League Cup final. PAGE Hl6 LIVERPOOL v MANCHESTER UNITED (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 8.40pm)
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    • 39 49 TV times BASKETBALL: NBA: Cleveland v Dallas (Live, Ch24, 9am). NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference: North Carolina v Georgia Tech (Live, Ch23, 10am). GOLF: Johnnie Walker Classic: Day 2 (Live, Ch22, 2pm). Honda Classic: Day 2 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 4am).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      38 51 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Mary Ann Tsao (President/CEO, Tsao Foundation) On the demise of her beloved Husband Dr Bennett Robinson Departed on 23rd February 2007 From The Management Staff of The IMC Group of Companies
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      164 51 BENNETT ROBINSON Bennett passed away on Friday, February 23, in a tranquil snowy hamlet in Japan while doing what he loves best being with his family, meeting different people, and exploring new experiences. Reflective, insightful and with a mind that knows no boundaries, Bennett has touched many with his wisdom,
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      51 51 VANESSA LEONG MAY HOE Age: 38 passed away peacefully on 27 Feb 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Tay Wee Thiang Son: Zion Tay Teng Yang Daughter: Zoei Tay Yu Xin aid all relatives. Body resting atBiki42-AToaPayohLor2, jj Cortege will leave gM Mar 2007 (Sur) at mOOam for Mandai Crematorium.
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      59 51 'Like the eat th and the pertvuiing element*, f-.mhtrmii im the sky itself ericlurif;. for b»uiuHe$$ multitude! of living beings. May I be their ground and sustenance' ilh 111.2} Hodistittvacharyai'tttiDii With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Mary Ann Tsao On the demise of her beloved Husband Dr Bennett Robinson
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      47 51 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Tay Wee Thiang, Our Vice President (Product Development) on the demise of his beloved wife VANESSA LEONG MAY HOE on 27 February 2007 From The Management Staff of WEIKE (S) PTE LTD WAZ LIAN LEISURE SDN BHD WGT (CHINA) LIMITED
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      229 52 "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 SOH WAH HWAY Age: 81 Was called home to be with the Lord on 28 February 2007, Dearly missed and fondly
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      79 52 LOW LIN MUI Age: 77 passed away peacefully on 1 Mar 07, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Loke Lai Yin, deceased) Sons: Loke Yew Kai Jason Luke Simon lxike Daughters- In law: Leong Moi Kiow Eileen Chew Ah by Pang Daughter: lane Khoo Son-in-law: Terence Khoo Grandchildren: Myron Loke Michelle
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      48 52 Jn loving Memory (Jf KO AI LENG neeEIO culled hoint> on 2 March 1990 A Gift from God* And I'tm ioivd you so. Your smite wanned frrairs, A rnt refreshed a itrpti tOllL Ahuqy* faiwl and remembered by Hubby Samuel. Snn Joshua S; LJaughterTahitha Till uu; meet ttj-iti'i
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      32 52 In Loving Memory of NG KUAN YONG Departed 2 Marth I Goitejrt>m our lives one so dear Hut in our hearts forever near. Alwsu remtmbtTtd by Dm], Sister and a\\ luvt-d unn.
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      21 52 s 12 th Anniversary In EverlJiving Memory Of we SNG AI TEE nufiJiriiMl 2,3.1995 Dearly missed always remembered by loved ones.
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      140 52 CHUA LAN ENG (SWEE LENG) Age: 93 i iw< awaj peacefully on 28 I-vt>iuitr 2007. Dearly missed by loved ones. Husband: Ngiani Siew Hong (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Sue Kwang (deceased) Chiang Mei Yong Swee Meng George Tan Chwee Geok Helen Swee Chong Frankie Teo Sim Leng Siew Kin Tan Siew
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      47 52 The family of I he laic MRS IRENE WONG (GAN AI LING) Departed 24 Feb 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, priests, prayer groups, colleagues and associaies for their prayers, support, assistance, attendance, condolences, contributions and flowers during iheir recent bereavement.
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      17 52 ALICE HENG Forever missed and dearly cherished By her church family of Community of Praise Baptist Church
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      46 52 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Director, Mr Evan Chng and Family of the late RICHARD CHNG CHENG JUAY who has gone on to be with our Lord on 28 February 2007 From: Richard Tay, Director Management and Staff of AEGIS INSURANCE SERVICES PTE LTD
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      86 52 OUR BELOVED FATHER ROBERT LIM passed away peacefully on 27/2/07, Dearly missed and always remembered by family and loved ones. Wife: Chan Ycik Chow, OuhobM Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Hock Seng, Alfred Too Seer Mctir Urn Hock Soon, Wilfred Goh Fku Ling l.im Hock Soil, l.iHrd] Daughter: Son-in-law: l.im Siew Choo.
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      127 52 LEONG CHOON Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 28 Feb 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: LeeAhKiew Sons; Daughters-in-law: Leong Kum Weng Sim Bee Lin PnsciHa Leong Fook Loy Ong Siew Muay, Helen :> ii '.i- ji ,Sons-in-lnwL Leong Fong Peng Yip Mun Foong, Jantes Leong Fong Veng Ching Sau
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    • 668 54 WASHINGTON POST, NEW YORK TIMES, BLOOMBERG NEWS Ex-Fed chief warns of year-end recession but successor remains upbeat on outlook Washington AS BUSINESSWEEK put it, it was like an economic clash of the titans. In one corner: Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan "the Maestro"
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    • 325 54 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS Washington MANUFACTURING in the United States unexpectedly expanded last month, suggesting that production may be starting to stabilise. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index rose to 52.3 from a January reading of 49.3 that was the lowest
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    • 211 54 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS New York UNITED States regulators are looking into whether the New York Stock Exchange's (NYSE's) shift towards electronic trading affected its ability to handle a surge in trading volume such as occurred on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Separately,
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    • 34 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,453.51 (-150.61 points) »Japanese stocks extended their losses in tandem with the Chinese markets, but the pace of selling slowed after a modest rebound on Wall Street overnight.
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    • 34 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 19,346.6 (-304.91 points) Hong Kong stocks fell 1.55 per cent, after mainland markets suffered another steep fall amid renewed selling pressure ahead of China's upcoming Parliament session.
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    • 34 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,797.19 (-83.88 points) Chinese stocks closed 2.91 per cent lower as jittery investors sold blue-chip holdings after the biggest one-day decline in a decade earlier in the week.
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    • 35 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,810.2 (-22.3 points) Australian stocks closed down 0.38 per cent as investors remained cautious following Wednesday's sharp sell-off. Volume was 1.76 billion shares, worth A 56.5 billion (Ss7.B billion).
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    • 37 54 Yesterday's close: 1,180.91 (-15.54 points) Malaysian stocks closed 1.3 per cent lower on extended selling despite a brief rebound in the morning session. Volume was 2.37 billion shares, worth RM2.83 billion (551.24 billion). AFP
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      35 54 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 13,159.55 (+221.46 points) »Indian stocks rose 1.71 per cent, led by big gains in software services stocks such as Infosys as fears eased about the impact of a widened tax.
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    • 37 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,759.49 (+18.51 points) »Indonesian stocks closed 1.06 per cent higher on a technical rebound following a slump the previous day. Volume was 3.36 billion shares, worth 3.58 trillion rupiah (Sss9B million).
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    • 37 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 680.6 (+3.47 points) Thai share prices closed 0.51 per cent higher in a technical rebound as investors stayed on the sidelines to wait for the appointment of a new finance minister.
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    • 47 54 Marl STATSChP 118,336,000 UTAC 94,130,000 Gen Intl 79,962,000 BanJoo 45,627,000 Chart SemiCond 40,033,000 SingTel 38,457,000 fongnam 37,845,000 Indofood 34,572,000 Global Test 31,882,000 PineAgritech 30,453,000 •StarCruises 25,871,000 SunVic 25,522,000 Ferrochina 25,499,000 ChinaEnergy 25,475,000 MediaRing 22,945,000 Belong 21,064,000 Unionmet 20,008,000 PDCCorp 19,952,000 CapitaLand 19,593,000 TT Intl 16,444,000
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    • 135 54 Marl UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS :OREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT IF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.1960 1.2110 Ian dollar 1.2990 1.3140 Euro 2.0120 2.0350 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4357 0.4363 4Z dollar 1.0630 1.0870 Sterling pound 2.9850 3.0190 JS dollar 1.5210 1.5380
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    • 371 55  -  Fiona Chan AZHAR GHANI Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta AN INDONESIAN regulator yesterday said it might cancel a contract to sell gas to an upcoming power plant in Jurong Island. This is because the plant's developer, Island Power, has yet to gain
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    • 122 55 BLOOMBERG NEWS Sydney THE Macquarie Bank-led buyout of Qantas Airways cleared one hurdle yesterday by winning antitrust approval then ran into another as a parliamentary committee agreed to scrutinise the deal. Macquarie's role as a member of the buyout group and manager of Sydney Airport
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    • 112 55 "This volatility is to be expected but it will not fall much more because the authorities will take measures to ensure the market remains bullish." MR ZHOU QIANG, a 22-year-old university student "If the market falls further, I'll just lie low and wait for it to bounce back."
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    • 524 55  -  Tracy Quek Many investors stay upbeat on outlook, counting on govt to keep market up By China Correspondent In Beijing SMALL-TIME punters who have flooded China's stock market over the past year are staying optimistic despite the bourse's dramatic plunge on Tuesday.
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    • 449 56  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL BY Mainboard-listed Innovalues Precision has announced a 34 per cent rise in its full-year earnings to a record $13.5 million. The home-grown company, which manufactures precision machined components for the automotive, office automation (OA) and hard disk drives industries, saw its revenue
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    • 385 56  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL BY Jadason Enterprises, a leading PCB (printed circuit board) solutions provider, has announced a 93 per cent increase in net profit to a record $19.5 million for 2006. Revenue increased 45 per cent to $233.1 million on the back of increased
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    • 270 56  -  KARON NG BY Sesdaq-listed Adampak achieved a full-year net profit growth of 61.4 per cent to US$5.B million (558.87 million) on the back of a strong 21 per cent revenue growth to US$3l.9 million for the year ended Dec 31, 2006. The five-year
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    • 226 56  -  KARON NG BY Beng Kuang Marine (BKM), a provider of corrosion prevention, infrastructure engineering, and supply and distribution services to the marine and offshore industries, posted a sterling set of full-year results. BKM's revenue grew 32 per cent to $70.6 million for the full
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    • 258 57  -  Bryan Lee By MANUFACTURING growth probably eased last month as orders slowed and factories closed for the Chinese New Year holiday. The latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) indicates that activity expanded for an 11th consecutive month but at a slower pace than in
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    • 128 57 ACTIVE stock markets around the region lifted UOB Kay Hian's net profit for last year by 81.8 per cent to $137.2 million. Total revenue increased 40.8 per cent to $418 million for the year ended Dec 31, the brokerage group said yesterday. The rise
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    • 117 57 PRESIDENT S R Nathan conferring the 2006 Honorary Citizen Award on Mr Lee Raymond, retired chairman and chief executive of ExxonMobil, yesterday. Mr Raymond, an American who headed the US energy giant until 2005, was honoured for his contributions to Singapore's economy and in particular, its
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    • 506 57  -  Grace Ng It will operate out of the Spore office, where net gains are up 28% to $442 m By STANDARD Chartered (Stanchart) Bank has picked Singapore as the command centre for its lucrative global private banking business. The Republic is already
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    • 413 58  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL BY Asia Environment Holdings has produced commendable full-year results and attributes the improvement in earnings to its build-operate-transfer (BOT) wastewater treatment facility at Nanchang in Jiangxi province, as well as the strong demand for clean water in China. The company's
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    • 298 58  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL BY Hebei-based China Wheel Holdings, China's third largest manufacturer of aluminium alloy wheels, reported a 30.3 per cent gain in net profit to 79.9 million yuan (5515.8 million), or 33.33 cents a share for 2006, as revenue rose 54.3
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    • 271 58  -  KARON NG BY Super Coffeemix Manufacturing, the instant coffee specialist, reported record sales of $210.7 million for the full year ended Dec 31, 2006 compared with $187.9 million a year ago. This represents a jump of 12 per cent. Net
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    • 284 58  -  KARON NG BY Mainboard-listed CG Technologies Holdings, a polyester and yarn products manufacturer in China, has announced a net profit of 134.8 million yuan (5526.7 million) on the back of a 52 per cent increase in revenue to 707 million yuan for
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    • 149 58  -  KARON NG BY AGVA Corporation, which designs and manufactures consumer electronics accessories, posted a revenue of U5522.7 million (5534.7 million) for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2006. Net profit surged 121 per cent to US$l.O5 million on the back of improving consumer sentiment. Group president
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      • 637 59  -  Lee Su Shyan 86% of firms in the black; developers, banks and oil players among top performers By Companies Correspondent Ms Carmen Lee, head of research at OCBC Investment Research, said: "Most blue chips showed core earnings growth." The traditional heavyweights such as the
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      • 1646 59 As at spm yesterday, 401 companies had reported their full-year results, with 343 in the black and 58 in the red. Combined profits of $24.4 billion were up 43 per cent. Here are the top 120 earners and the 15 biggest money-losers. »IN THE BLACK NOTE: nm
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      • 182 59 irnings S$m) 7o change rurr (s: lover 7o change (cents) (cents) Dividend (cents) Company 200G 2005 200G 2005 200G 200G 200G 1 Sunningdale Tech 2 LindetevesJacoberg 3 ASA 4 Magnecomp 5 FuYuCorp 6 China Food 7 HongFok 8 Liang Huat Aluminium 9 Eastern Asia 10 Compact Metal
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      • 144 59 No. with profits: 343 I Losses to profits 26 Higher profits 238 Lower profits 70 No comparison 9 I No. with losses: 58 Profits to losses 17 Higher losses 12 Lower losses 26 No comparison 3 As of yesterday, 401 SGX-listed companies had released their financial results for
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    • 589 60  -  Bryan Lee It offers up to $1.88 for each share it does not own, plans to take on borrowings By SINGAPORE investment firm Temasek Holdings has launched a bid, worth up to $2.85 billion, to take semiconductor associate Stats ChipPac
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    • 512 60  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent DIVERSIFIED Jardine Cycle Carriage (Jardine C&C) posted a 21 per cent drop in net earnings to U*****.8 million (*****.3 million) for the year ended Dec 31. It was its second straight annual drop in earnings
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    • 355 60  -  Lee Su Shyan By THE trading link between the Singapore and Malaysia stock exchanges is likely to be established next year and not this year as planned. But the bourses are looking at other ways to improve trading between the
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    • 420 60  -  Arthur Poon TAKING STOCK By MORE red ink was spilt on the local market yesterday, adding to the already massive 6.2 per cent loss for the Straits Times Index (STI) during the previous two trading days. Despite showing some promise of a recovery at
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      • 266 60  -  GABRIEL CHEN AN INDEPENDENT director of SembCorp Industries has increased her direct stake in the company by buying 150,000 shares on the open market. Ms Yong Ying-I, who is also a member of the audit committee and the Permanent Secretary for Health, bought 50,000 shares
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    • 744 61  -  Goh Eng Yeow It aims to ensure system will cope better with high volatility By Markets Correspondent THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is taking steps to ensure there is no repeat of a glitch that clogged its computers during the sell-off panic that gripped
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    • 220 61  -  FIONA CHAN »RISE IN TWO-WAY TRADING TRADE between Singapore and the United States hit U5542.5 billion (Ss6s billion) last year, a 19 per cent rise over 2005, the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Singapore said yesterday. This was the second-highest growth rate among
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    • 26 61 Sparkling results Profits of Singapore-listed companies are up 43% to $24.4 billion, with the local banks coming in as top earners in the rankings. PAGE H2B
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      • 1037 62 This year's Mosaic Music Festival boasts cross-generational appeal, says SUJIN THOM/ Spoilt for choice: Vocal coach Babes Conde (right) and her son Adam Shah can pick from such acts like (from top left) American singer Rickie Lee Jones, American rockers Yo La Tengo, Swedish singer Jose Gonzalez
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      • 429 63 Watch out for hip shows to enthral young music fans and their parents. Here are Lifel's recommendations If you are into Afro-beat Femi Kuti The Positive Force (above) March 18, 7.30pm, Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets at $42, $60, $90, $120 The 44-year-old Nigerian musician
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          468 70  -  Samuel Lee JOY/Superbaker smallroom THE mid-1990s witnessed the first wave of Thai pop renaissance, with bands like Armchair and Modern Dog being signed to or distributed by major labels such as Universal and BMG. Collaborative efforts with leading Western proponents also catapulted these Thai bands further into the
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        • 75 70  -  S.Y. Whang NOSTALGIA Takahiro Miyazaki Pony Canyon MULTI-SAXOPHONIST Takahiro Miyazaki's playing is polite, pretty and almost devoid of interest. Electric piano and echoey ambience underline the over-processed, unspontaneous nature of the recording. The preponderantly sentimental material suits his smooth jazz, which is tolerable only by comparison to, say, Kenny
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        • 109 70  -  pture. Chang Tou Liang PIANO FANTASIES Evgenia Rubinova, piano EMI Classics THE debut recording of young Uzbek pianist Evgenia Rubinova, runner-up at the 2003 Leeds International Piano Competition, explores the cerebral and visceral in piano fantasies. A rather loose term when applied to music, fantasy connotes freedom of form
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        83 71 Taking care of myself is the most basic filial piety. I love Mama, therefore I must treasure myself Actress Michelle Vim on how she takes care of her mother Tm not on e-mail and I don't pick up voicemails. I'm just not interested in having so much information that
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        • 279 71 ALBUM OF THE WEEK NEON BIBLE Arcade Fire Merge I REMEMBER reading somewhere that cool Scottish lass Shirley Manson from rock band Garbage couldn't stop gushing over Arcade Fire's 2004 debut album, Funeral, as it sounded fabulous even on lousy sound systems. The same can be said of
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        • 146 71 OCTOPUS The Bees Virgin THE Bees buzz, sting and flutter around but who knows what they are going to settle on? On their third album, Octopus, the Isle of Wight band show they have been busy culling sonic honey from the most unlikeliest places. There is still the
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          101 71 YOURS TRULY, ANGRY MOB Kaiser Chiefs Polydor TECHNICALLY, there's nothing criminally wrong with the multi-million-sell-ing-unit shifter called Kaiser Chiefs. In fact, they appear to capture the Zeitgeist of being Brit, young, and angry to a "T" so much so that a nagging sense of deja vu creeps in.
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          121 71 PHANTOM PUNCH Sondre Lerche and The Faces Down EMI LAST year, he went retro jazzy with Duper Sessions. This year, the Norwegian songsmith dives into new wave circa *****. Yet, whatever genre he decides to turn to, there's something affably consistent in Sondre Lerche's sweetly lovelorn voice. His songs
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      • 665 72  -  Chris Ho Boho-pop songstress Rickie Lee Jones crafts her most spontaneous album ever, based on the words and ideals of Jesus Christ poplife A WRITER friend named Lee Cantelon suggested that Rickie Lee Jones perform a spo-ken-word reading of his book, The Words Of Jesus a
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    • 410 65  -  May Yip It will open a branch across the road and relocate its flagship to an outlet in Marina Square ORCHARD Road veteran John Little will move out of Specialists' Shopping Centre late next month after more than 20 years. Set up by British owners
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    • 458 65 HOLLYWOOD When Hollywood madam Jody "Babydol" Gibson was busted eight years ago, word that police had seized her list of celebrity clients stirred intense curiosity in Hollywood and not a little worry. The much-anticipated disclosure of famous names never happened, however. The evidence presented
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      • 470 67 AFP, Reuters She will star in a reality show focusing on her move to Los Angeles with husband David LOS ANGELES Victoria Beckham is to be the star of a new reality TV show chronicling her and footballer husband David's move to Los Angeles, Variety reported
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      • 230 67 THERE are new rumblings of discord on the set of the television series Grey's Anatomy. People magazine reported that actress Katherine Heigl (left) has dropped out of contract negotiations after reaching a stalemate with producers of the hit medical drama over a salary
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        631 68  -  Adeline Chia Two local bands make history with their Best Sound Design nominations for this year's Life! Theatre Awards ARTS REPORTER SOME local bands are not only sounding their keyboards, they are also treading the floorboards. Of the five nominees for Best Sound Design in this year's
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        158 68 PRODUCTION: Divine Soap (Cake Theatrical Productions), which charts the ups and downs of a bangsawan troupe, a traditional Malay opera group. This year's nominees for Best Sound Design are: PRODUCTION: Queen Ping (Cake Theatrical Productions), a surreal tale about a dysfunctional family. PRODUCTION: A Stranger At Home (Drama
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      • 462 69  -  Stephanie Yap New photo book targeted at the very rich, with all proceeds going to charity ARTS REPORTER HE TARGETS only the rich and famous. He makes them strip. He makes them cry. Then he takes pictures of them. But before you get
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      • 448 79  -  Boon Chan The singer sends out a video to thank fans for their support after her scare in Egypt STEFANIE Sun thanked her supporters for their concern over her recent scare in Egypt via a video clip e-mailed to the media yesterday. In the
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      • 275 79 AP NASSAU, Bahamas Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith will be laid to rest today in a cus-tom-made gown, and in a burial plot next to her 20-year-old son. But before that, there will be an "over the top" memorial service, with a tightly
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      • 153 79 AFP LOS ANGELES Hotel heiress Paris Hilton (below) could face up to three months' jail time after she was caught driving on a suspended licence. She had been on probation for a previous driving violation. She was pulled over on Tuesday evening in Los
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      • 146 79 WATTS EXPECTING?: News that actress Naomi Watts is pregnant emerged on Sunday after Escada, which created the gown she wore to the Oscars, said the dress "set off her most precious new asset, the baby she is expecting with long-time boyfriend Liev Schreiber"... CHOPRA THREATENED: Actress Priyanka Chopra filed
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    • 566 145  -  JASON HAHN NHG scholar Lim Chi Ching chooses to be a nurse rather than a doctors to help patients By MANY of Lim Chi Ching's friends were taken aback when she announced that she was going to be a nurse. What her friends found unfathomable about her
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