The Straits Times, 6 March 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES .50 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 TUESDAY, MARCH 6 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 549 1  -  Goh Eng Yeow RIOOMRFRfi By Markets Correspondent PANIC selling savaged Asia's shell-shocked stock markets again yesterday as Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) plunged 3.13 per cent to well below the magic 3,000 level. And there is no respite in sight. One
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  • 701 1  -  Peh Shing Huei Both PMs will hold first retreat soon; Spore also proposed having JB consulate By THE Prime Ministers of Singapore and Malaysia will hold their first retreat in May in one of the clearest signs yet that bilateral ties are "good and
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  • UPFRONT
    • 982 1  -  Leslie Lopez By South-East Asia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur IT IS crunch time for the Malaysian government as it ponders three separate proposals to rescue the country's ailing national car-maker, Perushaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd, or Proton. Global auto giant Volkswagen AG
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    • 351 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Under scrutiny Asia 6-11 Details about the World 12-16 "flashy" interior designer Review 17-19 who received the PY| p/~) $20,000 at the heart of Durai's criminal trial SECTION TWO were revealed in court Home Hl-H8 today. Forum H9 PAGE H2 Sports HlO-Hl4 v t t
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  • PRIME
    • 609 3  -  Sue-Ann Chia BUDGET DEBATE Diplomatic notes also sent on detained vessels, sand ban comments By SINGAPORE and Indonesia have agreed to elevate negotiations on the extradition treaty and defence cooperation agreement to the ministerial level. Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo said it
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    • 103 3 The opening of the National People's Congress in China is a big event, and much effort goes into ensuring it proceeds without a hitch. Even the alignment of delegates' teacups matters, and attendants with tape go through Beijing's Great Hall of the People
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    • 450 3  -  Marcel Lee Pereira By THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will send medical and engineering teams to undertake humanitarian and reconstruction work in central Afghanistan. The three-month-long deployments, under the umbrella of the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, will be to
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    • 368 4  -  Tanya Fong By STUNNED when her employers returned home from a Sunday outing earlier than expected, an Indonesian maid asked her visiting boyfriend to hide on the ledge outside the eighth-floor apartment where she worked. The man, a foreign worker in
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    • 69 4 SHIN MIN DAILY This car was smashed beyond recognition or repair but the driver walked away unscathed. The man, in his mid-20s, was driving on Mandai Road towards Yishun at around 4.15pm on Sunday when the car crashed into a tree. Reporters from Shin Mm Daily News
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    • 549 4  -  Selina Lum Judge refuses to write him off and overturns earlier ruling; gives him reformative training By WHEN teen robber Maria Dass Pandi Rasan came before a district judge last November to be sentenced for his part in two violent taxi
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    • 273 4 Good stocks for bad times For Singapore stock market investors bruised by the current sell-down, it's time to protect yourselves. Then, murder charge reduced to manslaughter Now, caught with 2kg of heroin but escapes gallows I SAGE ÜBS Twin Offer at Great Savings GST ready I W^\*\*^T^h\n^l^^^T*l*l^T^M -j^ lifted H
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  • ASIA
    • 647 6  -  Tracy Quek NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS No U-turn despite failure to hit environmental targets last year By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday vowed no U-turn on China's efforts to cut energy consumption and reduce pollution despite
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    • 663 6  -  VINCE CHONG By In Beijing PREMIER Wen Jiabao yesterday pledged to reduce China s "excessively large trade surplus", ahead of a visit by a US official who is likely to focus on Washington's record trade deficit with Beijing. US Treasury Secretary Henry
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    • 143 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday the government would enforce a ban on golf course development on agricultural land. Mr Wen singled out golf courses in a speech to the national legislature's annual opening session, saying they were a waste of
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    • 169 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan, the United States and India will carry out a joint military drill in the Pacific off Japan's coast amid concerns about China's military build-up, a report said yesterday. The drill is likely to focus on safety measures
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    • CHINA
      • 721 7  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Unusually bold remark sparks uproar and hits stock market By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN "must be independent", President Chen Shui-bian said in his most provocative remark yet on the sensitive issue of sovereignty for the island, which China sees as
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      • 317 7 XINHUA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA will send three astronauts into space next year on board Shenzhou VII but only one will undertake a spacewalk, state media reported yesterday. Chinese scientists are working on the astronauts' spacesuits. The suit design is crucial in a spacewalk,
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      • 249 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hong Kong HONG Kong's former deputy leader Anson Chan yesterday called for full democracy in the city by 2012, stepping up pressure on Chief Executive Donald Tsang as he seeks re-election. "Hong Kong people are ready for universal suffrage," Ms Chan
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 703 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin But new apology is out because the Japanese army was not directly involved By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday admitted that there had been coercion "in the broad sense" in the recruitment of Asian women
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      • 315 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul NORTH Korean leader Kirn Jong II visited the Chinese embassy in Pyongyang, the North's official media reported yesterday, an indication of efforts to mend ties with its main ally. The relationship has been strained since
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      • 385 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Washington AMERICAN and North Korean negotiators opened landmark talks yesterday on normalising relations amid questions over whether US intelligence had exaggerated the communist state's nuclear threat. US officials cautioned that the talks in New York were only a
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
      • 357 9 FINANCIAL TIMES Inclusion of human-rights clause in proposed FTA a 'deal-breaker', warns Delhi New Delhi INDIAN objections to the inclusion of a standard "human rights and democracy" clause in a proposed free-trade agreement with the European Union have emerged as a serious stumbling block. The
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      • 246 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington PAKISTAN must do more to stem Al-Qaeda in its ungoverned territories amid growing signs that operatives are planning a spring offensive against allied forces in Afghanistan, US lawmakers on intelligence committees said on Sunday. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the No.
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      • 227 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS New Delhi SUSPECTED communist rebels assassinated a prominent lawmaker in eastern India during celebrations for a major Hindu festival, officials said yesterday. Two bodyguards and a civilian were also killed. More than a dozen gunmen opened fire on Mr Sunil Mahato,
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 579 10  -  AZHAR GHANI Militants are becoming more sophisticated, say ministers By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta EVEN as regional governments work closer together to fight terrorism, militant groups in South-east Asia ire staying a step ahead of the authorities by employing new strategies and
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      • 386 10  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta THE Indonesian Parliament yesterday called for a tough line on reported Malaysian military incursions, with two MPs saying Malaysians on the wrong side of a disputed border should be shot. "Once in a while we need to
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      • 51 10 AP Stylists getting their models all dolled up for the 17th National Open Championship for Hairstyling and Make-up in Manila yesterday. Some 8,000 participants from all over the Philippines joined the annual competition in the hope of winning cash prizes and an educational grant to China.
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      • 596 10  -  Nirmal Ghosh THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THERE are indications that economist Chalongphob Sussangkarn may be named finance minister in an imminent Cabinet reshuffle following the abrupt resignation last week of Mr Pridiyathorn Devakula. The Bangkok Post and Dow
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      • 728 11  -  Roger Mitton Its forceful push in foreign affairs marks a landmark shift in policy By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi IN A landmark change to its foreign policy strategy, Vietnam has started to publicly assert that it will play a more forceful role in
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      • 305 11 ROGER MITTON Hanoi SINGAPORE'S Civil Service College has launched its International Alumni Association in Vietnam. The association will serve the more than 6,000 officials who have attended the college's courses over the past years. Vietnam was chosen for the launch because
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 641 12  -  Carolyn Hong Records show 85% of allegations were baseless, says Malaysian Premier By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur FACED with a spate of graft allegations against top Malaysian government leaders surfacing on the Internet, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday said the authorities
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      • 245 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Malacca A. SINGAPOREAN man has been arrested in Malaysia for alleged involvement in buying md selling stolen scrap metal worth at least hundreds of thousands of ringgit. The 41-year-old man was arrested last Friday when Malac:a police tracked a
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      • 211 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian Health Minister yesterday called for a ban on fast-food advertisements during children's television programmes to control rising obesity. Health Minister Chua Soi Lek said fast-food restaurants would also be required to detail the calorie content of their products
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      • 293 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Customs Department began a week-long nationwide crackdown yesterday on 15,000 businesses that collectively owe RMI billion (Ss44o million) in sales and service taxes. Officers will visit some of the companies to collect the outstanding amounts, the Bernama
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 26 6 Comfort women dispute Japan's PM admits Asian women were coerced "in the broad sense" into becoming sex slaves before and during World War 11. PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
    • 670 13  -  Derek Scally Idea behind local currencies is to get people to buy local and support regions By Straits Times Europe Bureau In Berlin TO THE untrained eye, the middle-aged woman is just buying groceries. Take a closer look, though, and Ms Vera Schmidt will tell
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    • 587 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, WASHINGTON POST, NEW YORK TIMES Americans leave their fortresses to set up small outposts in neighbourhoods Youssifiyah (Iraq) IT WAS the kind of exchange that the US troops are counting on. Medics treated an electrical burn on an Iraqi man
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    • 312 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS Copenhagen WORKERS began tearing down a disputed youth centre at the heart of recent street riots in the Danish capital yesterday. They wore face masks under their helmets to conceal their identities as a wrecking ball slammed into the so-called Youth
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    • 306 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Teheran THE office of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied a report that he had backed an Arab plan for normalising ties with Israel. Saudi Arabia's official SPA agency said over the weekend that Mr Ahmadinejad had "voiced
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 309 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRITAIN'S Prince Harry is to be given special hostage training before he and his regiment head to southern Iraq in a couple of months, The Sun newspaper said yesterday. The daily said the 22-year-old royal and members of his Blues and Royals regiment
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      • 246 15 REUTERS A BRITISH childcare guru tired of being attacked on a website for mums is biting back. Gina Ford, author of several of Britain's best-selling baby-care manuals, has asked lawyers to help her put a stop to what she describes as
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      • 169 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS IF RAP star Kanye West were to walk into the British Raj restaurant and order dinner, it would cost the rapper less than £10 (Ss3o). But since the restaurant is delivering from Wales to New York it will cost a
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    • 665 16 NEW YORK TIMES New technology and higher prices make it economical for firms to return to mature fields Bakersfield (California) THE oil industry, well known for seeking out new oil reserves in far-flung places such as the icy plains of Siberia, is taking
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    • 101 16 Visitors driving through the world's largest wine cellar will be spoilt for choice as they head down Cabernet Street, Aligote Street, Feteasca Street, etc. On foot, it will take more than a day to complete the tour of the underground city at Milestii Cici village near
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    • 278 16 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG Chicago CHILDHOOD obesity in the United States appears to be causing girls to reach puberty at an earlier age for reasons that are not clear, a study says. Early puberty has been blamed for higher rates of behavioural problems
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 72 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA: The International Atomic Energy Agency cannot be sure that Iran's nuclear activities are not a cover for a weapons programme until it cooperates with lAEA experts, said the UN agency's chief Mohamed Elßaradei. He spoke as 35 lAEA member nations gathered here to
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      • 71 16 REUTERS TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday that he told visiting US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that Japan's economy is recovering gradually. "We discussed Japanese economic conditions and what we have been doing with oui pro-growth strategy and reforms," he said. Asked if they
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      • 92 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JERUSALEM: A major diplomatic row is brewing between Israel and Egypt over claims that a crack Israeli unit killed Egyptian prisoners during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The claims, aired in a public television documentary in Israel, were denied by the unit's commander Benjamin
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      • 83 16 BANGKOK: Police have made two more arrests in the murder of two Russian tourists in Pattaya and intend to find out if the suspects are linked to a transnational criminal organisation. The Bangkok Post reported that the duo, Monthol Boonmee, 30, and Tinakorn Meeklee, 21,
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      • 63 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS DILI: Timor Leste's president invoked emergency powers to quell unrest yesterday after hundreds of young men blockaded roads with burning tyres in support of a fugitive rebel leader. "The state will use all legal means, including force, to stop violence and prevent destructior of
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    • 26 13 US reaching out to Iraqis US soldiers are setting up small outposts in Baghdad's most violent neighbourhoods, living and working among the Iraqi people. PAGE 14
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  • REVIEW
    • 433 17 AMUCH-delayed law to codify private property ownership in China could finally get passed by its parliament, the National People's Congress, at its yearly sitting which began yesterday. China has gone so far in its embrace of capitalist means of production that the ditching of socialist dogma
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    • 2599 17 This is an extract from Foreign Minister George Yeo's response to questions from MPs in Parliament yesterday Singapore and Asean WHILE we have little influence over the larger forces at play, we can help stabilise our immediate environment in South-east Asia. Building a stronger Asean
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    • 702 18  -  Ivan Png RESIDENTIAL AFFORDABILITY INDEX™ By For The Straits Times In the fourth quarter of 2006, sub-sales comprised 9.7 per cent of private residential transactions in prime areas and a lower proportion in other areas. By contrast, in 1996, at the previous peak of the
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    • 643 18  -  Felix Chan By For The Straits Times "CARBON trading" has enjoyed much media coverage of late. But to most people, probably, it remains removed from everyday realities an exotic and somewhat academic issue not linked to traditional commerce and with limited
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    • 1066 19  -  Tyler Brule INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE »A NEW YARDSTICK FOR QUALITY OF LIVING By IN THE months to come, a select group of relocation agents, recruiting firms and real estate brands will start issuing their annual "quality of life" and "best places to live" surveys. The
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 28 17 Ihe airport measure "orget the usual complex formulas. To judge a ;ity's liveability, just look at its airport. Changi md Narita are good examples. PAGE 19 PUNCHLINES 11
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 1181 20 d FYT Singapore today |i HS Showers with thunder in the M M. 0 M 0 t^^^^^^v/ afternoon over northern, central and eastern parts of Singapore. THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, MARCH 6 2007 ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL "UMBERS oTtAo V i 1 Emergency lines LHJ IUDAY RFIIINR^^ 2^ Police 999
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  • HOME
    • 690 21  -  Tracy Sua By MUCH has been said about the dog being man's best friend, but it seems all bets are off when a dog bites a man's fiancee. In this case, the man retaliated by hitting the dog which belonged to his fiancee's
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    • 788 22  -  Chong Chee Kin CHONG CHEE KIN ►>EX-NKF CHIEF'S CRIMINAL TRIAL Hint that Durai's defence may be that David Tan was paid for work done By A KEY witness for the prosecution in former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief T.T. Durai's criminal
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    • 381 22 CHONGCHEEKIN A COURT battle between a prominent community leader and a former MP began yesterday over an allegedly defamatory letter sent to several people two years ago. In one corner is Mr Abdul Halim Kader, 57, a grassroots leader with more than 20 years'
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    • 232 22 A 35-year-old man who fell on the train tracks at Bishan MRT station on Sunday afternoon was saved from certain death by a quick-witted commuter who hit the emergency stop plunger in the station. The quick-thinking act stopped an oncoming train from pulling
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    • 332 22  -  Selina Lum By DISSATISFIED with the service provided by a Thai prostitute, Van Haibing decided to make her pay. He punched and choked her, and stuffed her mouth with a towel. The machine operator used adhesive tape which he carried in his pocket for
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        90 24 "It is possible for us to have successful integrated resorts which are clean and profitable, with minimum sleaze and vice. We don't need to resort to scantily dressed women to pull in the crowds." MR CHRISTOPHER DE SOUZA (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) "Why should Singapore be interested in spying on Thailand?
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      • 579 24  -  Leong Chan Teik MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Small firms get help to adopt innovative technologies By Singapore's enterprises, particularly in helping them compete overseas; and increasing Singapore's R&D expenditure, including focusing on niche areas in the biomedical sciences sector. To help SMEs
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      • 449 24  -  Goh Chin Lian By THERE were lapses in Sentosa Development Corporation's (SDC) handling of land sales for the Sentosa Cove waterfront project, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang acknowledged. This issue was first raised last July by the Auditor-General the
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      • 362 24  -  Ong Soh Chin By THERE may be even more buzz on Singapore streets soon in the form of high-speed Formula One race cars. Minister of State (Trade and Industry) S. Iswaran said the Government was taking a "serious look" at hosting an
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      • SHORTS
        • 216 24  -  LEONG CHAN TEIK SINGAPORE will spend more than $100 million over the next five years on research and tests on alternative energy technologies. Minister of State (Trade and Industry) S. Iswaran said one new initiative is the Economic Development Board's (EDB) $17 million Clean
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        • 100 24 CHANGES have been proposed to the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act, following a review. They include tightening existing provisions on cooling-off periods in timeshare sales and bringing financial services under its ambit. The review, by a task force led by the Consumers Association of Singapore
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        • 154 24 THE Government will not micromanage what entertainment the integrated resort operators choose to bring in, if it passes muster with licensing agencies. Minister of State (Trade and Industry) S. Iswaran said the authorities set the boundaries for what is acceptable here and operators had
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      • 278 24  -  LEONG CHAN TEIK DESPITE fuel oil prices rising by 80 per cent between January 2001 and January this year, household electricity prices rose by only 8 per cent. This was a clear indication that liberalisation of the electricity market in stages since 2001 has benefited
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        124 25 "The moment of conception is always the most important. We are now tinkering with the DNA of the egg, which is why from Singapore's perspective, we are giving very close attention to the drafting of the Charter." FOREIGN MINISTER GEORGE YEO, on the drafting of an Asean Charter. He noted
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        • 58 25 TECHNOLOGY start-ups, as well as SMEs in the food, marine and environment sectors, will soon be able to tap a $250 million fund set up by Spring Singapore to help them adopt innovative technologies. This amount supplements the $150 million programme set up last year to
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        • 60 25 THE Government is looking into the feasibility of Singapore hosting a Formula One race here, but it needs the private sector to pitch in. There is also a need to develop more mass market attractions, which can be filled by Singapore's ethnic precincts like Geylang Serai, said
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        • 51 25 SINGAPORE will push for a strong Asean because peace in the region will go a long way towards ensuring prosperity here. While conflicts may arise between members, a strong bond will ensure that disputes can be contained and effective solutions devised, said Foreign Minister George Yeo. PAGE
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        • 48 25 THE Singapore Armed Forces has enhanced its combat capabilities without busting the budget cap on defence spending, which is set at 6 per cent of GDP. Apart from better organisational structures, more committed national servicemen have also played a part in ensuring this. PAGE H6
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        • 58 25 THE Singapore Armed Forces will not slacken in its effort to emphasise safety, said Second Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen. He added that the number of training incidents dropped from 111 in work year 2004 to 55 in the current work year. Also, servicemen will be
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        • 31 25 SINGAPORE continues to share good military cooperation with Thailand and Indonesia, despite recent political spats with the two countries, said Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean. PAGE H7
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      • 881 25  -  Sue-Ann Chia Zakir Hussain PEHSHING HUEI Expected signing of Asean charter in November key to strengthening group By SINGAPORE is doing all it can to move Asean forward as it believes the regional group can play a major role in maintaining peace in
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      • 443 25  -  Zakir Hussain By SINGAPORE enjoys a good brand name in the Middle East, where both its companies and citizens are sought after. Some Gulf countries want to work with Singapore to invest in countries such as China. Singapore is also becoming a centre
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      • 885 25 Ms Indranee Rajah's (Tanjong Pagar GRC) take on Indonesia's ban on sand exports stood out for its wry humour, while Ms Irene Ng (Tampines GRC) hit the mark in a speech that fired back at what she saw as the bully-boy tactics of Singapore's two neighbours.
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        112 26 "I get shivers down my spine when proposals by the people or private sector get turned down or receive a lukewarm response because the forecast on returns does not meet the standards set." MR TEO SER LUCK (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC), Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports,
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      • 743 26  -  Chua Mvi Hoong ►>FROM THE GALLERY By Deputy Political Editor IT ISN'T often that People's Action Party MPs say it like it is when it comes to neighbouring countries. More often than not, they don their respectable, responsible hats when speaking on foreign policy,
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      • 655 26  -  David Boey MINISTRY OF DEFENCE By THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is developing more lethal combat capabilities without breaking the bank. Smarter use of defence technology to produce better weapons, improved methods of fighting and more committed national servicemen (NSmen) have
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      • 392 26  -  Marcel Lee Pereira By HE WILLINGLY enlisted for national service when he was a permanent resident here. And it was during the stint that 22-year-old Wong Hong Ting, who became a lieutenant, opted to become a citizen. Said Mr Wong of his NS stint: "If
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      • 405 26 THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) received a pat on the back yesterday for its safety record in training. More than 2,000 safety audits, including surprise inspections of SAF units, were done last year to spot and remedy unsafe practices. They "showed improvement",
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      73 27 "In preparing their sons to be soldiers, parents cannot expect 100 per cent accident-free situations. In fact, in every NSman's experience, he must have had some kind of injury. Otherwise, we would want to know what he actually did during his NS." DR MOHD MALIKI OSMAN (Sembawang GRC), who wanted
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    • MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
      • 464 27  -  David Boey About 360 have gone beyond call of duty by serving past 20--year training cycle By AFTER completing 20 years of national service, Lieuten-ant-Colonel See Tow Pak Onn told the Ministry of Defence he wanted to spend more time in
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      • 290 27 DEFERMENT from national service (NS) is given but rarely. The Defence Ministry allows it for exceptional talents and the latest case is national sailor Maximilian Soh, 18. His NS was deferred from this January to August next year so that he can train full-time
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      • 315 27 KEN KWEK IN ONE Ministry of Defence office overseas, three tenders were called for renovation and minor works. In one case, a foreign consultant hired by Mindef to evaluate tenders, turned out to be the general manager of the renovation company that
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      • 499 27  -  Ken Kwek By SINGAPORE'S military ties and cooperation with Indonesia and Thailand have not been affected by recent spats with these countries, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said. He was responding to several MPs, who were worried that recent tensions over Indonesia's sand
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    • 654 27  -  Serene Luo By IT IS billed as the world's largest technology fair, and 21 Singapore companies are headed for the CeBIT 2007 show in Hanover, Germany. Armed with home-grown innovations, they are counting on a reprise of 2005 when
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    • 110 27 THIS week promises to be an exciting one, with the launch of Sony's Play Station 3 tomorrow and the ever-popular IT Show a day later. Check out Digital Life's 36-page IT Show 2007 supplement and be prepped up for the event from this Thursday
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    • 501 28  -  Jessica Cheam Engineer's dream to share 50,000-piece collection materialises By MR CHANG Yang Fa, 56, is an slectrical engineer who never outgrew his love for toys. And his passion has fuelled a very grown-up and selfless wish to share his 30-year-old toy collection with
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    • 395 28 NEW citizens will be welcomed at ceremonies at the constituency level from next month. Previously, the events were held at the district level, headed by community development councils (CDC) and the mayors. This change, along with greater outreach to working adults, are some new
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    • 351 28  -  Tracy Sua By MAID agent Peter Lim Song Kia was yesterday sentenced to 14 months in jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting two domestic workers. Admonishing him for abusing his authority, District Judge Tan Boon Heng said that maids
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    • CASE FILE
      • 66 28 POLICE are looking for a group of men who assaulted 35-year-old Lim Chye Huat at Fullerton Road at 5.30 am on Sunday. Mr Lim, who was set upon just as he left a karaoke lounge at One Fullerton, was taken to Singapore General Hospital but was
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      • 119 28 THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has fined Unique Security Services $27,000 for committing multiple offences under the Employment Act between June 2005 and March last year. MOM said yesterday that 30 charges were filed against the firm, with another 123 taken into consideration when it was
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      • 112 28 TWO elderly women were targeted by robbers over the past two days, losing their valuables while walking in public. In the first case, a woman in her 60s was walking along Seng Poh Road in the Tiong Bahru area on Sunday afternoon when a man grabbed
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      • 94 28 PART-TIME pet sitter Daniel Ou Yang Jian Cong was yesterday sent to prison for 30 months for having sex with two underage girls, photographing them in the nude and cheating one of them of $2,000. He had also threatened to post photographs of both victims
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 24 21 Court clash over letter Grassroots leader Abdul Halim Kader (right) takes ex-MP Wan Hussin Zoohri (left) to court over allegedly defamatory remarks. PAGE H2
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  • FORUM
    • 357 29  -  Toh Han Shih I NOTICE an irony in two articles carried in the same issue of The Straits Times on Feb 28. One article, "Wanted: Ideas for National Art Gallery", described an architectural design competition seeking creative ideas to transform
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    • 224 29  -  Maria Loh Mun Foong (Ms) IN THE article, "Ministerial, civil service salaries expected to go up" (ST, March 3), it was revealed that civil servants' pay, especially those whose salaries lag significantly behind the private sector, will increase. Administrative Service officers are
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    • 185 29  -  Jairam Amrith FHE Government's handling 3f estate duty has been most uncharacteristic. Following a lively exchange of views in this Forum and on other platforms, the Finance Minister indicated when presenting the 2006 Budget that the issue would be studied and a decision made before
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    • 190 29  -  Allen Lim Chen Jye I REFER to the letters by Ms Maria Loh Mun Foong ("Exempt up to full value of main residence"; ST, March 3) and Ms Fang Mci Ling ("Es-tate-duty laws unfair to the middle income"; ST, March The issue is
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    • 236 29  -  Tammy Tan (Ms) I REFER to Mr Michael Koh Mvi Ker's letter, "Move bus exit door to rear" (ST, Feb 23). We thank Mr Koh for raising the problem of commuters cramming the front portion of our buses when the rear is
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    • 230 29  -  Lim Boon Chye I REFER to the letter, "CPF interest rates not computed on daily basis" (ST, Feb 26), by Mr Choo Kia Pew. The Central Provident Fund Board's practice of computing interest for members' savings on a monthly basis should be seen
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    • 340 29  -  Png Eng Huat I REFER to the report, "Sylvia Lim ignoring offsets in generous Budget: PAP MPs" (ST, March 1). Miss Irene Ng (Tampines GRC) was reported to have said that the Budget was "incredibly generous", with as much as 19
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    • 211 29  -  Myra Lee I APPLAUD the suggestion during the recent Budget debate that stay-at-home spouses be accorded state benefits. I have stopped working since the birth of my first child in 2004 (a second arrived last year). My husband and I believe that one parent
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    • 154 29  -  Goh Shih Yong I REFER to the letter by Mr Chin Kee Thou, "Yoghurt food labels lack specific details" (ST, Feb 26). The presence of bacterial cultures in yoghurt may be indicated by the term "live cultures" on the product label. The permitted
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    • 109 29 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Chaos in Hall 9 hundreds of kids locked in before Fallout Boy concert About 40 per cent of teaching staff in NTUC Childcare hold at least a diploma Sand-laden lorries are a menace on
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  • SPORTS
    • 694 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS MOURINHO RAPS FERGUSON Mourinho claims he can talk about referees because United boss does it London TOLD he should "button his lip" by Alex Ferguson, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho quickly retorted that that is the last
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    • 565 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS ASHLEY Cole believes Chelsea must concentrate on winning the Champions League, as their hopes of retaining the Premiership crown begin to fade. There is a growing realisation that the title will almost certainly be won
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    • 629 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES TIMES Madrid DAVID Beckham could be out of action for up to two months with a knee injury. The Real Madrid midfielder injured a ligament in his right knee in their 1-1 draw with Getafe on Sunday in
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES TIMES  -  629 words
    • 836 31  -  Abdul Hafiz WILD WEEKEND By IT DOES not take a genius to figure out what happened on Saturday, Rafael Benitez. "I would have trouble explaining how we lost to Manchester United in Spanish. In English, I find it almost impossible," said the
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    • 589 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS »SOCCER Hosts Liverpool are under more pressure than us as they lead 2-1, says Barcelona coach Rijkaard Madrid THE pressure is all on Liverpool. Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard is hoping that the favourites' tag will weigh heavily
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    • 186 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Lyon LYON will try to put Saturday's crowd trouble in their derby at St Etienne behind them as they tackle Roma today. The pair meet in their sec-ond-leg Champions League last-16 match. Lyon's match at St Etienne was held up for 20 minutes,
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    • 360 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS Rome INTER Milan's Brazilian striker Adriano is battling to be fit in time for today's crucial Champions league last-16 tie away to Valencia. The first leg at the San Siro ended in a 2-2 draw and Inter must either win or
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    • 697 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS London ALAN Curbishley will not be sacked as West Ham manager, even if the club are relegated from the Premiership at the end of the season. West Ham lost 3-4 to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. They led 2-0 and then
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    • 503 32  -  Leonard Lim SOCCER FAS wants player to explain alleged 'unruly behaviour' during Beep Test By MIRKO Grabovac could face disciplinary action by the Football Association of Singapore for alleged "unruly behaviour" last Friday. The Tampines Rovers striksr was one of six footballers taking the
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      97 32 Albirex Niigata's Tetsuya Okayama (in orange) and Balestier Khalsa's Mba Vitus Onyekachi battled for possession as their teams drew 1-1 in an S-League match at Jurong East Stadium last night. The Japanese side scored first through Akihiko Shimizu after 22 minutes. Balestier replied on 40 minutes, through ex-Albirex
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    • 229 32 S-LEAGUE punters can now place bets on "Ah Long" better known as Noh Alam Shah scoring in his next game. Singapore Pools has come up with a novel way for fans to identify personalities in the league easily when placing bets. A
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    • 380 32 LEONARD LIM AS IF losing skipper Baihakki Khaizan and midfielder Tengku Mushadad was not enough, the Singapore U-23 team were hit by another double blow yesterday. Juma'at Jantan and Kamarulariffin Abdul Karim did not travel with the team to Alor
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    • 669 33  -  Jeanette Wang Korean suffered from asthma at young age and carries device as potential life-saver By TUCKED among the clubs and balls in South Korean golfer Park Jun Won's bag is something that could prove to be a potential life-saver. No, it is not
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    • 216 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MARATHON Hong Kong A MAN who collapsed while running the Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday was still in a critical condition yesterday. The 28-year-old was being treated for heat stroke after he fell ill during the annual race. More than
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    • 361 33 HOE PEI SHAN OBITUARY HE DIED on the field he had lived to play on. Former schoolboy international and passionate cricketer, Denis Meyer, died on Saturday after a heart attack as he was coaching a group of youngsters at the Ceylon Sports Club in
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    • 203 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS ►►CRICKET MUMBAI INDIA'S chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar was taken to task by a cricket official on Sunday, after saying out-of-form batsman Virender Sehwag was included in India's World Cup team at skipper Rahul Dravid's insistence. In an interview with CNN-IBN television
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    • 234 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BASKETBALL Los Angeles HOUSTON Rockets centre Yao Ming was cleared to play yesterday against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Houston Chronicle reported. Yao broke his right leg on Dec 23 in a collision with Tim Thomas and teammate Chuck Hayes during a
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    • 206 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS SKATING Beijing CHINA'S Olympic gold-med-al speedskater Wang Meng has been punished for criticising her coach at the Asian Winter Games in January. She has been banned from the two world championships this month for criticising new team coach Li Van. Wang,
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 66 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS FLORIDA: Mark Wilson birdied the third play-off hole to win the USPGA Tour's Honda Classic yesterday, edging out Jose Coceres, 800 Weekley and Camilo Villegas. It was Wilson's first victory in his 111 th start on the world's top golf tour. Play was stopped
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      • 54 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MEXICO CITY: Former Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya won his first stock-car race at the Nascar Busch Telcel-Motorola 200 in Mexico City on Sunday. He beat Denny Hamlin to the finish line in Nascar's sec-ond-tier series by 0.498 sec after late-race caution
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      • 59 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Kenyan Fred Mogaka beat countryman Moses Kororia to win the Los Angeles Marathon and its bat-tle-of-the-sexes challenge on Sunday. Kororia and another Kenyan, Christopher Kipyego, passed eventual women's winner Ramilia Burangolova at the 40km mark. But Mogaka then surged ahead of
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    • 351 34 BADMINTON Taufik listed in draw, despite reports of row with officials Birmingham RONALD Susilo has a tough fight tomorrow, when he faces world No 6 Bao Chunlai in the opening round of the All-England badminton championships. He lost to the Chinese player in three
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    • Results
      • 62 34 German Open, finals (China unless stated)- Men's singles: Lin Dan w/o Chen Yu. Doubles: Lee Jae Jin/Hwang Ji Man (Kor) bt Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (Kor) 21-18 22-20. Women's singles: Xie Xingfang bt Xv Huaiwen (Ger) 19-21 21-12 21-19. Doubles: Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen bt Dv Jing/Yu Yang 21-8
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      • 22 34 NBA: Boston 124 Minnesota 117 (OT), Washington 107 Golden State 106, Chicago 126 Milwaukee 121 (OT), Phoenix 99 LA Lakers 94.
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      • 151 34 Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, final rd (USA unless stated. Four players remained tied after one play-off hole when darkness stopped play): 275 Camilo Villegas (Col) 70 68 71 66, Jose Coceres (Arg) 69 71 69 66, Mark Wilson 72 66 66 71, 800 Weekley 71 68
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      • 90 34 SHF League Boys' U-21: SRC 5 Nomads-TPJC 0, OVA-VJC 3 Tornados 2, Police 4 ORA 0, Jansenites 8 Safsa 2, ORA 4 SRC 3. U-18: Khalsa A 15 UWCSEA 0, CSC 6 Nomads-NJC 0, ORA 6 dMaster-ACJC 1, SRC 4 SCC-SJI 0, SCC 3 Temasek 2, Barker-JJC 1 No-mads-Saints
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      • 108 34 English Premier League: Bolton Wanderers 1 Blackburn Rovers 2, West Ham United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 4. French Ligue 1: Olympique Marseille 0 Racing Lens 1, Sochaux 1 Nantes 2. Italian Serie A: Cagliari 2 Atalanta Bergamo 0, Catania 1 Siena 1, Fiorentina 5 Torino 1, Lazio 1 Sampdoria 0,
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      • 38 34 Acapulco International, finals Men: Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Carlos Moya (Esp) 6-3 7-6(2). Women: Emilie Loit (Fra) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 7-6(0) 6-4. ATP Las Vegas Open, final: Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Juergen Melzer(Aut) 6-4 7-6(10).
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    • 67 33 TV times CRICKET: ICC World Cup, warm-up match: India v Netherlands (Live, PPV Chi 10, 10.30pm). SOCCER: Uefa Champions League Ist rd knock-out, 2nd leg: Liverpool v Barcelona (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3am), Chelsea v Porto (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.30 am), Valencia v Inter Milan (Live, TV3, tomorrow, 3am. Delayed, Ch23,
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  • OBITUARIES
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      116 34 TEO GUAN BOEY Age: 85 Beloved mother and devoted grandma passed away peacefully on 5 March 2007. Dearly missed and forever remembered by loved ones. Husband: Tay Guan Poh(deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tay Siew Hock Yeo Kha Cher Dr Tay Siew Leng Dr Koay Siew Luan Daughters: Son-in-law: Tay Seok Huang
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      42 34 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Corporate Vice-President Mr Richard Lim Hwee Poh on the demise of his beloved mother ONG YOAK HONG on 4 March 2007 From The Management Staff of Trio-Tech International Pte Ltd Universal (Far East) Pte Ltd
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      122 34 'Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.' Psalm 23:6 BOEYCHOOLAN MRS ROSALYNDE LOW Age: 81 was called home to be with the Lord on 3 March 2007, leaving behind loved ones: (Husband: Joseph
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      44 34 11th Anniversary Remembering a loving husband and father HAJI OMAR IBRAHIM 21 March 1936 6 March 1996 The passing of time has not diminished your place in our hearts and lives. We love you and miss you very much. Your loving wife and son
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      22 34 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of SOON TIAN OON Departed 6 March 2006 With Much Nostalgia, Chuan, Joycelyn, May and loved ones
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      19 34 IN LOVING MEMORY OF A.C.LUMAHCHYE <^> Always remembered by Pauline, Wei Chong, Wei Ling, Wei June In-Laws L Grandchildren 1
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      46 34 With deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to Prof John Wong family of the late DR WONG HECK SING who passed away peacefully on 4 March 2007 From: A/Prof Ho Khek Yu Staff of Department of Medicine, NUS/NUH A/Prof Quak Seng Hock Staff of Department of Paediatrics, NUS/NUH
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      198 34 NEO KAH LEE @LEOW WOO Ago: 8O passed away peacefully on 4 Mar 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Neo Boon Geok (deceased) Sister: Ong Huat Sons: Daughters-in-law: Neo Kirn Seng Chiang Wai Fong Neo Kirn Hock Teo Gek Heok Goh Tian Keng Jane Tan Neo Kirn Leong Koh Hwee
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      67 34 GOVINDA NAMBISAN Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 5 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Sarojini Son: Daughter-in-law: Subhas Rajasree Daughters: Sons-in-law: Shoba Dinesh Sudha Satish Grandchildren: Reshmi, Rahul, Ashwin Sachin Grandson-in-law: Anil Body is resting at 122 C Sengkang East Way #12-33. Tel: *****676
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      155 34 "Impermanence is the nature of life Death is not to be feared for it leads to the next life to meet the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha again in the journey to attain Nibbana the Ultimate Bliss" MDM GOH PECK ENG Age: 71 passed away peacefully on 3rd March 2007. Fondly
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      48 34 The Family of the late TAY CLARA Departed on 27 February 2007 Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to Father Francis Lee, Prayer Groups of Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace, relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths donations during their recent bereavement.
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      41 35 With heartfelt condolences to Dean, Professor John Wong and his family on the passing of his beloved father DR WONG HECK SING on 4 March 2007 From: The Faculty, Staff and Students of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
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      190 35 The Family of DR WONG HECK SING wish to announce his passing on March 4, 2007 He leaves his wife, Pat; his children, Mark, John and Jill; his daughters-in-law, Marlene and Kwong Hui; and his five grandchildren, Alexandra, Christopher, Denise, Lindsay and Matthew to mourn his loss. We are deeply
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      51 35 With Deepest Sympathy j Heartfelt Condolences to Prof John Wong Director, The Cancer Institute Dr Jill Wong on the demise of their beloved father DR WONG HECK SING From The Management Staff of The Cancer Institute Department of Haematology Oncology, NUH Department of Radiation Oncology Cancer Therapeutics Research Group m
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      33 35 \l With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Prof John Wong Family on the demise of his beloved father DR WONG HECK SING From: Head and Staff of Dept of Obstetrics Gynaecology NUS/NUH
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      45 35 p With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Professor John Wong (Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS) Family on the passing of his beloved father DR WONG HECK SING on 4 March 2007 From: CEO, Chairman Medical Board, Management Staff of National University Hospital
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      46 35 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Professor John Wong (Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS and Director, The Cancer Institute) Family on the passing of his beloved father DR WONG HECK SING on 4 March 2007 From: Board, Management Staff of National Healthcare Group
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      39 35 1/ \l With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Marit, Katarina, Ole Rickard, Sven family of their beloved FRIDTJOV THOME who passed away peacefully in Norway on 24 February 2007 Fondly remembered by ALL at Thome Partners (Shipbrokers) Pte Ltd
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      43 35 m m With deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to the family of the late TAN KIAN HOCK who passed away peacefully on 4 March 2007. From: The Management Staff of Warehouse Logistics Net Asia Pte Ltd Singapore Transport Supply Service Pte Ltd iB B
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      48 35 JEBAL RAMAIYAH Age; 57 pawd away peacefully on 5 TAarcfx 2007 (.*(ivin,| behind loved ones. WHe: Vadivalighe* Krishnasamy Sons: Gunasilan Jebal Jayasilan Jebal Daughters: Premalatha Jebal Pjsfipa atna Sheena Jeaal Daughter-in-law. Shanta Dcvi SorHftfcw: Rajandran Grandchildren: R. Gajeshwaran. G. ..akshan R Ashmni All relatives friends i: Tel: *****699
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      79 35 1/ \l With Deepest Sympathy, Heartfelt Condolences and sincere Prayers to the family of the late MR. HARKISHINDAS G BHOJWANI From Management Members of Hindu Centre, Singapore Hindu Endowments Board Gita Ashram Shree Lakshmi Narayan Temple Sri Sivan Temple The Soul is neither born nor does it die at any
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      24 35 1/ \l In Everloving Memory of Chim Choong Wai Departed 6 March 2002 Forever love and cherish by: Wife, Family, Loved Ones Friends s
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      • 1756 36 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CORRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0R'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 21 25 46 79.5 82 43 13.5 5.5 IOC 13 12 9 31 41.5 SC 4S 19.5 12 7.S SS 45 2C 11.5 24 13.5 79.5 26 23.5
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    • 544 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS Second-half gains dip to $10.8b due partly to higher US retail loan defaults London HSBC Holdings said sec-ond-half profit fell less than analysts estimated, after gains from emerging markets made up for a surge in United States consumer loan defaults. Net
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    • 325 37 FINANCIAL TIMES New York CONTROVERSIAL rules coming into force are set to spur a fundamental shake-up in United States equity markets. This is expected to prompt a surge in trading volume, put technology and systems under pressure and benefit smaller, faster markets. The
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    • 379 37 REUTERS London THE first US commercial property derivatives market is set to take off as early as this week as four of the world's biggest banks team up, the Financial Times (FT) reported yesterday. Credit Suisse is one of the four lenders, it
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    • 34 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 16,642.25 (-575.68 points) »Japanese stocks slumped by 3.34 per cent, mirroring heavy losses across Asia fuelled by concerns about the health of global markets and a stronger yen.
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    • 40 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 18,664.88 (-777.13 points) Hong Kong stocks tumbled, shedding 4 per cent, following big drops on Wall Street and in Tokyo and on fears that new restraints will be placed on the Chinese economy.
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    • 36 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,785.31 (-46.22 points) Chinese stocks fell 1.63 per cent in volatile trade after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao'sB percent economic growth target set for this year failed to boost the market.
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    • 29 37 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,653.6 (-132.4 points) Australian stocks closed down 2.29 per cent as the aftershocks of last week's global sell-off continued to rattle investors.
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    • 36 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,110.69 (-53.99 points) Malaysian share prices closed 4.64 per cent lower. The worst performer of regional markets saw shares being sold-off heavily again in the aftermath of last week's rout.
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      32 37 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 12,369.66 (-516.47 points) »Indian stocks ended 4.01 per cent down at their lowest in five months, led by Infosys Technologies and Reliance Industries after a global sell-off.
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    • 41 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,698.82 (-61.19 points) »Indonesian stocks fell 3.48 per cent, after big falls in Asia and Wall Street's worst weekly loss in over four years. Volume was 2.91 billion shares, worth 3.19 trillion rupiah (Sss3o million).
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    • 18 37 AFP Friday's close: 679.02 (-1.58 points) »The markets were closed yesterday for a public holiday.
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    • 134 37 Mars UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT jf FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.1820 1.1970 Ian dollar 1.2890 1.3040 Euro 2.0010 2.0240 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4344 0.4350 vZ dollar 1.0360 1.0590 Sterling pound 2.9330 2.9660 JS dollar 1.5180 1.5350 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 JNITS
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    • 2260 37 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MAR 5. 2007 32 WttK ILL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 000 51 8 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 37 -3.5 159 48 5 22 5 9588 AllgreenMBLeCW***** 22 5 -9 30 22 4 AscendasSGAeCW*****5 4.5 -1.5 82 21 5 5 9092 AsiaEnvW*****4 13 -2
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    • 434 38 REUTERS Bank's chairman expects public offer in second half of this year Beijing CHINA Minsheng Banking plans to list in Hong Kong in the second half of the year, seeking to raise at least HK$lO billion (551.96 billion), the bank's chairman
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    • 194 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA is likely to allow foreign companies to issue yuan-denominated bonds on domestic markets this year, state media reported yesterday, citing a top central bank official. Ms Wu Xiaoling, the People's Bank of China's vice-governor, said the bank
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    • 420 38  -  Bryan Lee By PORT operator PSA International has posted a 14.3 per cent rise in full-year profit to $1.21 billion, beating previous highs clocked in the past two years. The record-breaking performance came as the world's No. 2 port operator after Hong Kong's
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    • 263 39  -  Aaron Chew By SESDAQ-LISTED Scorpio East Holdings, a leading distributor of video entertainment programmes in Singapore, is raising net proceeds of $2.61 million by selling new shares to four strategic investors. The investors will place out 16 million new shares at an issue
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    • 463 39  -  Fiona Chan Pacific Star teams up with China's richest man to invest in mainland By Property Reporter CHINA'S richest man has linked up with Singa-pore-based investment house Pacific Star Group to set up a billion-dollar fund to invest in China real estate.
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    • 396 39  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent LUCKY owners at the Anderson 18 condominium will each reap around $6.75 million for their units from the collective sale of their prime Ardmore area development. The price represents a huge jackpot for the 71
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    • 251 39  -  Karamjit Kaur By] Aviation Correspondent ALL hurdles to a proposed tie-up between Singapore-based air carrier Orangestar and Australia's Qantas Airways have been removed. After two weeks of public consultation, Singapore's competition watchdog announced a decision yesterday. It said it does not object to
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    • 607 41 Optimism based on assumptions of 4% growth rate in chip sales, world income SINGAPORE may be undersstimating its own growth potential, as its economy can sasily grow at a 6.5 per cent dip each year, local academics forecast yesterday. They said the Government's
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    • 300 41 BLOOMBERG NEWS Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE tycoon Ong Beng Seng, who owns Four Seasons resorts in Singapore, T3ali and the Maldives, won government approval to build the brand's first hotel in the Malaysian capital after a 17-month wait. He will partner
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      • 957 42  -  Arthur Poon Contra dealing and margin calls take their toll on market as index falls for sixth session By THE plunge on the Singapore market yesterday was made worse by extensive margin calls from brokers and forced selling of stocks that had been
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      • 777 43  -  Erica Tay Investors pull out of risky overseas deals funded by easy loans in Japanese money By Economics Correspondent THE yen has shot up against major currencies like the US dollar this past week, as jittery investors bail out of risky investments funded by borrowing
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      • 474 43 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN and the United States yesterday downplayed recent turmoil on global financial markets and said the world's two largest economies remained solid. US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was in Japan on the first stop of an Asia tour, the former
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      • 254 43  -  LEE SU SHYAN WARRANT WATCH MUCH of the covered warrants followed the stock market trend yesterday and plunged further into the red. There were plenty of potential causes for the bearish sentiment. Take your pick from fears of liquidity tightening measures in China, a possible
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    • 1052 44  -  Deepa Vijiyasingam Investments rise on the back of trade boom; forum to boost links further By AS BOOMING trade between Russia and Singapore gets even hotter, a business forum today underscores just how eager business figures from the two nations are to strike deals with each
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    • 225 44  -  DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM GLOBAL ADVISORY PANEL MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has accepted an offer to join the international advisory board of a newly established business school in the Russian capital. He joins an international panel of experts in the fields of business, science,
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        138 54 PRINCESS REMARRIES: Former Princess Alexandra of Denmark, 42, walks with her son Prince Nikolai (left) after her wedding to Danish royal photographer Martin Jorgensen (right), 29, at a Copenhagen church last Saturday. She was a Hong Kong-born commoner named Alexandra Christina Manley when she married Denmark's Prince Joachim in 1995.
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      • 195 54 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian movie with scenes of street violence, pollution and poverty has been banned after the national censorship board said it was bad for the country's image, a report said. I Don't Want To Sleep Alone, by Malaysia-born, Taiwan-based director Tsai Ming-liang, was filmed
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        • 501 97  -  Eugene Neubronner. Battlestations: Midway Sea gives way to land as I pilot my Zero fighter, when anti-aircraft guns suddenly open fire. I quickly switch to the tactical map and order my battleships to bombard the area, before jumping into one of the offshore ships' gunsights and
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        • 124 97 THE Japanese used every trick in the book, including kamikaze pilots, to stop the US and British from advancing. Many times, their combined arms won the day. Learn this tactic. For instance, sail destroyers in formation with battleships, and they will be nearly impervious to submarines and most other
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          277 97  -  Valentine Chua Arthur and the Invisibles The animation-cum-live-actionhy-brid film, Arthur and the Invisibles, by French filmmaker Luc Besson of Nikita and Taxi fame, never made it to Singapore shores. Possibly because movie houses here were not willing to bank on a title that received mixed reviews when
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        • 388 98  -  Valentine Zhua, Capcom Puzzle World My days of waiting to play the arcade classic Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo on the PSP are over. Capcom has released Capcom Puzzle World, another one of its classic compilations for the portable. Puzzle Fighter, for those who have not been
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        • 524 99  -  Mike Lee, Fujitsu LifebookQ2olo(3G HSDPA) $5,888 Get it from authorised Fujitsu dealers The Fujitsu Lifebook Q2OlO is reed thin (just 19.9 mm) and light (just lkg) perfect for the professional who is constantly on the road. Add HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) capabilities, and
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        • 538 99  -  Mike Lee, Bose Companion 5 $749 Get it exclusively at Atlas Sound Vision stores in Singapore. www.atlas-hifi.com Audiophiles need no introduction to Bose sound systems, particularly its Wave Radio series that have made it into the glossy pages of design magazines. Less familiar, perhaps,
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        • 630 100  -  Alfred Siew SonyDSC-TlOO .$699 Available at Sony dealers When people talk about "Full HD", they usually refer to video cameras and plasma TV sets that display moving pictures at a sharp 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. In terms of detail, that is equivalent to two
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          306 100  -  Melvin Seah. BenQ-Siemens P5l PDA Phone $998 without contract (IT Show offer: $898 with 2GB SD card) Available at authorised dealers If you can get past the BenQ-Siemens Psl's bulky, blockish looks, you'll find a PDA phone that's packed with features that many a mobile executive will
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        1073 101 E-mail your tech queries to stled@sph.com.sg Include your full name and contact numbers Problematic DVD player 9 My PC running on Windows XP developed this strange problem after the motherboard was ced. While playing a DVD the audio alternates every minute or so. In other words, when playing
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          167 102 160GB portable multimedia player A portable multimedia player with a whopping 160GB storage with multimedia capabilities has been released by Wolverine Data. The Wolverine ESP professional model 5160 features a 9.lcm TFT LCD display and the ability to store 80,000 digital photos, or play 320 hours of video or
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        • 87 102 High-end network storage system Hitachi Data Systems announced their high-perform-ance network attached storage (NAS) platform which can deliver one million input-output operations per second (IOPs). Suited for data centres and high-performance computing, it features scalable file systems with up to 512T8 in a single storage pool. The platform is
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        • 248 102 Store information online Individuals and organisations that need to store or back up information on a daily basis can make use of a new online storage service. The solution Online Storage Business (OSB) from Star Hub offers storage of between 10GB to 2TB and can be accessed from anywhere
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          162 102 Real-time video conferencing Polycom, a unified collaborative communications solutions provider, has released the RMX 2000 conferencing platform. It simplifies the delivery and management of multiple locations on a single call (multipoint video) as well as unified conferencing (video, voice and data on a single call). Built on the Linux
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        • 121 102 Making mainframes easier to manage IT professionals working with mainframes can look forward to software enhancements that will make it easier to administer mainframe systems. IBM announced that these will also automate the development and running of software applications, and will cover security, systems, data management and virtualisation. It
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        • 106 103 The Washington Post Alarmed by reports that up to 14 per cent of its youth are at risk of Internet addiction, China has launched a massive counter-offensive to stem the problem. According to a Washington Post report, addicts aged 12 to 24 at
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        • 55 103 Endgadget.com Internet telephony company Skype has petitioned telecoms regulator Federal Communications Commission to force cellphone operators to allow Skype calls on their networks. Skype-enabled calls are currently prohibited in Wireless data plans in the US, and the firm claims that allowing this would
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        • 67 103 -BBC Developers making new games may find it hard to recoup their costs, according to a new report by media analyst group Screen Digest. Rising development costs, long development times due to the complexity of making games for new devices like the Playstation 3 have
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        • 133 103 Slashdot.org World Of Warcraft maker Blizzard has sued a firm making "bot" software. MDV Industries' WoW Glider allows players to program their game characters to do certain actions, like move, fight monsters, and loot gold, automatically, while the player is not at his computer. This, according
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        • 82 103 CNet News American telecommunications firm Verizon Wireless has won a permanent injunction and US$2OO,OOO ($5305,000) in damages against a company it accused of sending over 100,000 unsolicited text messages to its subscribers. In 2005, Verizon sued Specialized Pro- gramming and Marketing and its
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        • 126 103 PC World A man fired in 2003 for using hacking techniques to investigate a network break-in at his company has won his case against his employer, information security firm Sandia National Laboratories. The jury awarded him US$4.3 million (556.5 million) for wrongful termination, U*****,000 for distress,
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        • 74 103 People's Daily Online and The Guardian Chinese scientist have successfully implanted micro electrodes into the brains of pigeons that will allow them to force the pigeons to fly a certain direction. By stimulating different parts of the bird's brain, the scientists are able to make
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        • 77 103 Security Focus.com .nui ill- y" Security forum BugTraq has discovered a vulnerability in the Xbox 360. The proof-of-concept vulnerability in the Xbox 360's "hypervisor" program, which is supposed to prevent anything from getting through to the hardware that is not explicitly approved by Microsoft, will allow hackers
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      • 566 104 Technology is one key weapon casinos use to fight the cheats. CHUA HIAN HOU finds out from a Las Vegas-based security expert Millions of dollars change hands every day in the casino-city of Las Vegas making it a prime candidate for those of a criminal
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      • 476 105 Companies that have developed innovative patented technologies, but lack the resources to commercialise them can look at licensing as a viable alternative. CHUA HIAN HOU reports. Now, more than ever, success stories like Microsoft and Google are being built around patented technology. And, small and medium-sized
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    • PEOPLE
      • 817 106  -  LEE EPTING Vice-president, Forum Nokia SIM Put a Windows-based PDA phone in front of Ms Lee Epting and she is likely to view it with a knowing sort of scepticism. This woman tasked with winning over software developers to create games, e-mail and other applications for
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    • IT SHOW preview 2007
      • 424 109 The 2007 IT Show is the biggest one ever. Let Digital Life show what excitement lies in store, says LESLIE GOH The lines between IT products and consumer electronics are blurring. From high definition TV to IPTV and from personal entertainment notebooks to home media centres, convergence
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      • 439 111 Be the Survivor who does not get Lost in the Amazing Race that is the IT Show 2007, says BILLY TEO Newbies, be warned: Visiting the IT Show, especially during the weekend, can be as challenging as a triathlon. It will tax your athletic ability to
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      • 215 113 Computer shows can be an overwhelming affair. Digital Life gives you the lowdown Sometimes you cannot have your cake and eat it, too. Prosumer or digital SLR? 3G or 3.5G? Speakers or headset? Sometimes it can be difficult to decide with all the technology
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        247 113 So you face the computer for the better part of a lifetime and want to go for your very own awesome audio experience. But with so many sound systems on offer, which do you choose? You should get a headset if you want to enjoy your music with plenty
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      • 315 113 You should get a speaker system if you want to share the music with your family and friends and have space to spare where your computer is located. While seven speakers and a subwoofer may look really impressive to visitors, they take up a lot of space and
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      • 100 113 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT Ong Kirn Chuan, 22, studying at Nanyang Technological University, is "really looking forward to the good deals at the IT Show". "I watch a lot of Japanese animation and store plenty of digital photos, so I'll keep an eye out for
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        215 115 New HSDPA phones are here. Should you bother with the faster speeds promised? ALFRED SIEW has the answers Is it time to upgrade to a newer 3.5G handset for the speed boost? For most people, the answer is no, say experts. Despite advances, it will take at least a
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        212 115 When 3.5G cellphone technology was first shown off at trade shows more than two years ago, experts said it would take several years for it to take off. More than two years later, the first 3.5G or HSDPA phones are finally becoming available here. The Samsung SGH-Z560, one
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        253 117 With so many models on sale, choosing the right printer can be a daunting affair. DARYL LIM lays down the guidelines in black and white Your shiny new digital camera is up and running, and you want to print those scenic shots as keepsakes for the family album. There
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        237 117 Lasers typically range from $200 to past $1,500. Go with a laser if you print flyers, pamphlets or any sort of document in large quantities. Laser printers excel in high-speed, low-cost printing. This is a useful consideration for those who run a business from home, for example. You
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      • 275 119 It's a toss-up between a DSLR camera and feature-packed prosumer model when you have a big budget and advanced photography skills. But it is as also just as important to think about your comfort level, says BILLY TEO For the photographer, for whom image quality is the holy
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      • 115 119 Aprosumer model like the Canon Powershot G7 offers just the right amount of manual control that give photo buffs enough flexibility to land impressive and pro-fessional-looking shots. It is cheaper too: You may need to buy additional accessories like lens adapters, but you will not have to
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        184 121 Sure, you are into digital photography. But you have to know what it is that you want in a camera lots of style or loads of features. And sometimes, something's got to give, says BILLY TEO Deciding between a fashionable slim camera or a feature-packed prosumer camera is a
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      • 265 121 For photography buffs, physical properties are not an issue as long as the camera is portable enough compared with even bulkier single lens reflex (SLR) models. The dilemma arises when they want a stylish camera that handles all their imaging demands. Simplify your choice by focusing on the
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      • 65 121 STUDENT KELVIN LEONG, 17, is confident his IT Show strategy will work. "I'll be heading down on Sunday, the last day of the exhibition. "I hope to get things like LCD TVs, monitors and other bulky items, which will definitely be sold cheaper." The Republic
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      • 228 123 SO MANY GOODIES, SO LITTLE MONEY With capacities going past 1,000 gigabytes, you can literally store your life on an external hard drive. DARYL LIM walks you through two types If your computer feels like an overweight truck every time you switch it on, it is time to get
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      • 273 123 Wall-powered drives contain actual computer hard drives inside and come with a power adapter. They need to be plugged into your wall socket since they cannot draw enough power from your computer. You should go for a wall-powered drive if you need massive amounts of space. These drives
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      • Memory card crash course
        • 63 125 Invented by: Siemens AG and San Disk in 1997. Used in: Although the Secure Digital (SD) card has taken over in popularity, the MMC is still used by many devices from all areas of electronics, such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). This may be because
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        • 48 125 Invented by: Matsushita, San Disk and Toshiba in 2000. Used in: Almost every imaginable aspect of consumer electronics, largely due to its affordability you can get a IGB card for $30 or less. SD cards are used in everything from digital cameras to music players.
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        • 43 125 Invented by: San Disk; the miniS D in 2003 and microSD in 2005. Used in: Various mobile phones and small electronic devices that prize a small size over storage space. Motorola's Razr series, for example, uses the microSD format (above).
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        • 41 125 Invented by: Sony in 1998. Used in: Sony's initial foray into flash memory is today found only on legacy Sony products such as the first generation of Clie PDAs. Superseded by newer Memory Stick versions.
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        • 74 125 Invented by: Sony and San Disk in 2003. Used in: The Pro is used in older Sony electronics such as the Clie line of PDAs, but has been largely superseded by the PRO Duo. The Pro Duo (above) is used in current
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        • 38 125 Invented by: Sony and San Disk in 2006. Used in: Small gadgets such as Sony Ericsson mobile phones, where space is at a premium but storage capacity is necessary. Also known as the M 2.
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        • 75 125 Invented by: Olympus and Fujifilm in 2002. Used in: Just like Sony Memory Sticks, xD is a proprietary format used only in products from Olympus and Fujifilm. These include digital cameras and Olympus digital voice recorders. The xD also comes in Type M and Type H versions.
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        • 58 125 Invented by: San Disk in 1994. Used in: Certain digital cameras, especially professional- or prosumer-level digital cameras, as CF cards are known for their industrial-strength reliability. There is also the CF2, or Compact Flash Type 11, card. Examples of applications involving CF2 cards include microdrives from IBM, which
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      • 716 127 PCs with a widescreen display are not just for surfing watch football on it, too. By ALFRED SIEW How many times have you waited to watch the Arsenal-Chel-sea match only to be a split second slower to reach for the remote control than your Korean-sitcom-fan
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      • 82 127 MR ADRIAN LOW, 30, plans to beat the crowd by going to the IT show during office hours. The telecommunications executive at the Institute of Mental Health plans to see the new product demonstrations to "keep abreast of technology". "Sadly, the IT show in Singapore is more
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      • 650 129 For the if-you-can't-find-me-I'm-in-a-jungle-somewhere kind of person The outdoors is your true home; to you, your house is just a place to visit your loved ones once in a while. You are buying an MP3 player now because the previous one died on you
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      • 373 129 So you just got a new PC with Microsoft's Windows Vista, or upgraded your old machine with the new operating system...and everything is different. Here are a few quick tips to become familiar with Microsoft's Windows Vista fast. lAdd a Gadget to your
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      • 604 131 The type of notebook you should get depends on whether you are a gamer, student, media pro or office worker. CHESTER CHEN spells out the details Purchasing a new notebook computer is not that different from buying a new car. Ultimately, you go for the model
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      • 556 133 Unsure where to start with so many bargains screaming for attention at the IT Show? DIGITAL LIFE recommends four essentials you should think about getting Ilf you have yet to enter the DVD age...get a DVD burner drive Computers using HD-DVDs and Blu-ray discs both of
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      • 449 134 Most massively multiplayer online games charge a monthly fee, but there are other options So you have a new 2GB RAM computer and want "in" on this massively multiplayer gaming thing. But you don't want to pay the $25 monthly subscription for games like World
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      • 417 136 Lock your PC down so malicious programs cannot get in So you have your shiny new computer fresh out of the box, and are ready to take it online. Stop right there. The average computer will survive no longer than a matter of minutes
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      • 558 138 Before heading down to the show with money in hand, here are some tips on how to do research and get the complete picture You may have left behind the chore of doing homework when you left school. Well, think again. If you do
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        265 140 10,000 km from home and still going Bashing through a forest with only a walking stick for companionship, you make your way through the harsh jungle armed with only your trusty gadgets as your friendly companions. Lets you capture the flora and fauna you encounter on your journey.
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        288 140 Who needs fresh air when there's air-con? Air-conditioning. Pizza on call. Online chat buddies. Everything you need can be found within the four walls of your home and you can't see any reason to step out of the house. In fact, you've forgotten where the door to the outside
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    • 41 119 Use a wired Ethernet connection instead of a wireless one to your broadband router if your PC is placed next to it. A wired connection does not suffer from interference even if your neighbour blasts his Wi-Fi signals into your home.
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    • 37 127 Tip Want to hide your recently viewed files from the Start menu in Windows XP? Right click on the Start button, go to Properties> Customise> Advanced. Under Recent documents, uncheck the option to list recently opened documents.
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    • 62 129 Update your Windows software to the latest version for Windows XP, this is Service Pack 2 so you don't give hackers easy access to your PC. Go to Start and click on Windows Update to get the fixes. To stop a CD from running automatically when it is put in
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    • 48 133 To find out the specifications of any computer running Windows, click Start, Run and type in "dxdiag" without the quotes. The resulting window will tell you the processor speed and RAM size, while the Display and Sound tabs will tell you about the computer's graphics and sound capabilities.
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    • 45 138 2& Buy an external hard disk to back up your pictures and songs. Buy one that allows you to back up with a touch of a button (called "one-touch backup") or one that schedules regular backups. Seagate, Maxtor and Western Digital all make such drives.
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    • 43 140 It Computers generate a lot of heat which can result in your computer slowing down and even getting damaged. If you have two hard drives, don't install them side-by-side because they generate lots of heat. Leave a drive bay as space between them.
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      • 637 144 The five Ws and an H of the new nostalgia that is sweeping Singapore, by Andrew duffy WHAT is this NOSTALGIA? It is usually defined as a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past. It refers to a yearning for simpler times. Sociologist Chua Beng
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        139 145 Train explosion in India What happened Sixty-eight people were killed after the popular Samjhauta Express, or Friendship Train, was bombed on Feb I 9. The train, which runs between India and Pakistan, left the Indian capital at I Ipm. The casualties included people from both countries. More
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        153 145 1,122,278 What it is That is the estimated number of births in Japan last year. It would be the first time in four years that the fertility rate the number of children born to a woman in her lifetime has returned to the 1.3 level, after hitting
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        136 145 Thailand What is happening The government wants its satellites back. Mid last month, army chief Sonthi Boonyaratkalin demanded that Singapore company Temasek and its partners sell Shin Corp's 41 per cent interest in Shin Satellite back to the government because of security concerns. He believes that Singapore
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      • 323 146 Bored? Many youths have found meaningful ways to live their lives and develop their talents, by Cassandra chew For many students, life revolves mainly around school work, co-curricular activities and spending time with their family. It can also be a great time for them to become better
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      • 146 146 It is always a waste when youths trade talent development for unhealthy addictions such as drugs. Last year, The Straits Times reported the sad story of former Eunos Crescent Football Club member Muhammad Noor Ashiq Kamarezaman. The 24-year-old got a five-year jail term and six strokes of
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      • 561 147 Toilets may be where you do your business, but that is no reason for them to be boring, by chuah yii wen Cool 100 cubicles with colourful pop art paintings covering their doors, potted plants mounted on the walls, spotless floors and clean sinks these bathrooms
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    • 236 149 A Swiss car maker, Rinspeed, has built a transparent car made from lightweight plastic. The Rinspeed "eXasis" is a two-seater race car with a yellow, see-through body and exposed wheels. Its engine and practically all parts of the car can be clearly seen from
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        83 149 Iran could face harsher United Nations sanctions measures to punish a certain country such as withdrawing aid or cutting off trade because it has expanded its uranium enrichment programme instead of stopping it. The UN wanted Iran to halt its uranium programme by Feb 21, fearing it might build
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        97 149 "Junk food" television advertisements aimed at school-age children will be banned in Britain from next year. The media watchdog Ofcom, which monitors how appropriate media messages are, is imposing the new rules to curb the rising numbers of obese children. According to the Department of Health, 32 per cent
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        102 149 Government officials and conservationists are worried about a Japanese whaling ship stuck in Antarctic waters. They want Japan to move the ship as they are worried about a potential environmental catastrophe. A fire broke out on the ship called Nisshin Maru on Feb 15, damaging it. The Japanese
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        87 149 Health officials confirmed on Feb 19 that a bird flu outbreak near Moscow was caused by the HSNI virus. Poultry farms around the capital are under tight control after several birds died from the virus in villages around Moscow between Feb 12 and Feb 16. There have been no
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        82 149 Students could soon affect their teachers' salaries. The federal government has suggested that to improve the standard of teaching, students, parents, school principals and fellow teachers be allowed to grade a teacher in all Australian states. The "score" a teacher gets, possibly along with improvement in students' grades, will
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    • 191 150 WIN A MEDIA CLUB GOODIE BAG! If your contribution gets published here, you will get this exclusive prize from The Straits Times. EVENT: Hi-Def Showtime WHAT: Show off your talent with the help of High Definition technology. Perform solo or as a group, and film your act at
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      285 150 YOU'RE INVITED! The talent page featuring special reviews, original art and contributions from Y-O-U. Send your contributions to stdot@sph.com.sg ARTWORK Pokemon BY SAIDAH NAQIYAH SULEIMAN, 10, PRIMARY 5, FENGSHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL POEM Two Sweet Days BYKO YU HUI, 10, PRIMARY 5, EDGEFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Valentine's Day was here, and
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      • 146 156 Compared to dogs and cats, tortoises and turtles are easier to care for as pets. As a result, some pet owners neglect their reptilian pets. The Zoo has received a number of deformed tortoises donated by members of the public. Pets are for life. Don't buy
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      • 301 156 Encased in a shell, tortoises and turtles are so distinct that no one can mistake them for another group of animals. They are considered the most ancient of the living reptiles. Fossil records show that tortoises and turtles appeared on Earth over 200 million years ago,
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      • 59 156 CHRIS SAM Bornean Orang-utan Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus Unlike its Sumatran relative, the Bornean Orang-utan has a rounder face and darker, shorter hair. The males have shorter beards. The only great apes in SoutH-east Asia, Bornean Orang-utans are only found on the island of Borneo. They are
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