The Straits Times, 19 March 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 76 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 MONDAY, MARCH 19 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Attack on school sparks riot in south Thailand
    651 1  -  Leslie Lopez Three students killed; Muslim crowds torch government buildings, attack police in protest By South-east Asia Correspondent In Bangkok TENSIONS in Thailand's troubled south soared yesterday after schoolchildren were targeted for the first time in a Saturday night attack on a
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    Lock icon With Orchard Rd park gone, maids find new hangout
    489 1  -  Tracy Sua By THE park next to Orchard MRT station used to be a favourite Sunday spot for throngs of Filipino maids. It is gone. Work on a new shopping mall and condominium there has started. With nowhere else to gather,
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Political strife clips the wings of Airbus
      1051 1  -  Susan Sachs By For The Straits Times In Toulouse (France) WITH its old stone buildings that glow with a soft rose hue, Toulouse is known as the pink city. The city's economy has also been in the pink, thanks to Airbus, the French-German
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      85 1 life of Is your child I f"^*^J Cricket > «!*°t CW|||||| Bryan an"emo-kid"? Liji shockers r* VJ "J| TV host Bryan Wong still wonders i^^^B Counsellers see more emotional WkP India and Pakistan Ar "'""fRRR# if bad press about him caused I teens slashing themselves and r suffer defeats in
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      380 2 SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT Beyond accountancy Excellence redefined jS In just seven years, SMU School of Accountancy has radically Darren Lim W smu valedictorian reshaped the accounting education arena. Our distinctive pedagogy 1 Analyst, Global Investment Banking v. -v. iL V 1 hsbc imparts a depth of accounting knowledge together with the
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      328 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 New dialysis subsidies Asia 6-15 Dialysis patients will u/orld 16-20 soon receive subsidies based on their household Keview Zl-Zo per capita income, and FY I 24 not on the type of ccrTirtM Twin treatment they use. SECTION TWO PAGE HI Home Hl-H7 Forum H8 Dangerous
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon The Russians are coming
      656 3  -  Kevin O'Flynn More travelling overseas, with South-east Asia a popular stop By For The Straits Times In Moscow JUST a decade ago, the sound of a Russian voice at a holiday resort in South-east Asia was as rare as a warm day in a Russian winter.
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      Lock icon Ferrari races ahead with new driver
      479 3 REUTERS Melbourne WHO needs Michael Schumacher? Certainly not Ferrari or Formula One. Kimi Raikkonen captured the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in style yesterday, his first win for his new team Ferrari. His 7.2 sec winning margin over world champion Fernando Alonso, who was making
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      Lock icon CHINA'S MIGHTY XIAOS
      762 4  -  VINCE CHONG HU XIAOLIAN, ZHANG XIAOHUI, WU XIAOLING (right) Three women have risen to the top to manage country's billions in foreign reserves By In Beijing THREE women in China have emerged as key players in managing the world's largest foreign exchange reserves. China's forex reserves hit
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      Lock icon AMK, Sembawang to get bus arrival info panels
      399 4  -  Alfred Siew By COMING soon to a screen near you the next bus to arrive. By January, Ang Mo Kio and Sembawang commuters will be able to check when buses will reach 10 selected bus stops. New electronic display panels will be
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      47 4 VIEWS FROM THE TOP RISK AVERSE OR RISK SAVVY? Are we entering a period of heightened risk aversion by investors? Could this, coupled with other risks, have serious economic consequences, including for I Singapore? CEOs share their views Helpful NUS students lose handphones when 'borrower' runs off
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon MUD, SWEAT AND TEARS
      1161 6  -  Salim Osman Local scientists take on task of stopping mudflow which has displaced 15,000 By Indonesia Correspondent In Sidoarjo (East lava) AN AREA the size of Toa Payoh has been submerged by hot flowing mud in Indonesia. Five villages, several paddy fields, 25 factories and a
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      Lock icon Scientists confronted by array of dangers
      404 6  -  SALIM OSMAN Sidoarjo (East Java) TOXIC gas and the possibility of the ground caving in under their feet are among the dangers facing a team battling the flow of boiling mud from an Indonesian volcano. The volcano in Porong district has been spewing mud
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Thousands stage pro-democracy inarch in HK
        321 8 Hong Kong THOUSANDS of people marched through downtown Hong Kong yesterday, calling for more democracy and criticising a "small circle" election on Sunday to pick the territory's next leader. The Beijing-backed incumbent, Mr Donald Tsang, is the odds-on favourite to be the next chief
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        Lock icon Pyongyang on track to closing N-reactor, says US envoy
        575 8 REUTERS Hill confident that issue of frozen bank accounts will not hinder six-party talks Beijing NORTH Korea is on track to fulfil its side of a breakthrough nuclear accord by shutting down its main atomic facility next month, Mr Christopher Hill
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        Lock icon The long, uneven road to ending nuclear stand-off
        904 8  -  Goh Sui Noi By Senior Correspondent NORTH Korea had to play its last card a nuclear test to break an impasse with the United States. The past half-year has seen the worst of times in the nuclear stand-off between the two rivals,
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Centre in S'pore to promote Japan's culture
        533 9  -  Kwan Weng Kin Bilateral effort to boost Japan's 'soft power' marks new milestone in ties By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo SINGAPORE and Japan have agreed to the establishment of a facility in the Republic to jointly promote the latest trends in Japanese anime,
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        Lock icon Wen to 'shorten Japan trip over sex slave furore'
        322 9 REUTERS Tokyo CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Japan has been shortened in response to Tokyo saying there was no proof that women who worked in wartime brothels were coerced, the Yonhap news agency said yesterday. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
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        Lock icon Taiwan policymaker appointed US envoy
        229 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Taipei TAIWAN'S main architect of policy towards China is to be appointed the island's top envoy to the United States. Mr Joseph Wu (left), chairman of the Cabi-net-level Mainland Affairs Council, will become the first member of the independ-ence-leaning ruling pary to
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        Lock icon 100 kg gold block stolen from museum
        148 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo A GROUP of three masked men dragged a hefty block of gold bullion weighing about 100 kg from a museum in central Japan, police said yesterday. The block of gold, worth about 200 million yen (552.6 million), had been placed
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Sacking of top judge not personal, says Musharraf
        380 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Pakistan President alleges conspiracy against him by some people Islamabad PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf has defended his decision to remove Pakistan's chief justice and insisted he had no personal differences with him. General Musharraf has faced a growing crisis since March
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        Lock icon Nepal's film industry gets new lease of life
        340 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kathmandu "KOLLYWOOD", the nickname given to Nepal's fledgling movie industry, is planning a major revival in the wake of a peace deal that has brought renewed national hope. The industry is looking to home-grown films, including stories by former Maoist
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        Lock icon Sri Lankan navy sinks rebel ships
        140 12 REUTERS Colombo SRI Lanka's navy sank two large ships yesterday that it said were transporting arms for Tamil Tiger rebels. The blazing vessels, with their crew on board, sank after a series of explosions. The incident, off the restive eastern coast, came after a
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon No Mr Popular, but still Jakarta's man
        1238 13  -  Dcvi Asmarani ASIA INTERVIEW Governor Sutiyoso is a survivor, and may be eyeing presidency By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta AFTER 10 years in office, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso is well aware he is not exactly the most popular person in town. His policies have
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        Lock icon Plane that crashed 'was moving at high speed'
        192 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta AN INDONESIAN passenger jet that crashed earlier this month, killing 21 people, was coming in to land at a higher than normal speed. Chief investigator Mardjono Siswosuwarno said on Saturday that the aircraft's wing flaps failed to extend for
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        Lock icon SPEAKING HER MIND
        49 14 PHOTO: A protester adjusting the headband on his daughter's forehead, during a demonstration against the Thai junta yesterday in Bangkok. At least 500 people rallied to demand an end to the country's army-installed government, which came to power six months ago after a bloodless coup. AFP
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        Lock icon Thailand 'ready to suspend more patents'
        506 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENERIC DRUGS ROW More generic medicine will be made if drugs firms do not cut prices, health minister warns Bangkok THAILAND'S health minister has threatened to expand its generic drug programme to include cancer drugs and more Aids medication, if pharmaceutical companies
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        Lock icon Congested airports in Asia 'need upgrade'
        217 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AIRPORTS in Asia are operating at close to full capacity and urgent investment is needed for upgrading infrastructure, an industry consultancy said yesterday. The problem is acute in the fast-growing markets of India, China, Indonesia and Vietnam, which are driving the region's
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Najib denies reports of rift with Abdullah
        443 15 BERNAMA Rumours spreading on the Internet are just a myth, says Deputy PM Pekan (Pahang) DEPUTY Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has dismissed rumours that he is having problems with Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. "My relationship with the Prime Minister is good. Don't
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        Lock icon Bogus lawyer nabbed on wedding day
        426 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Klang A BOGUS lawyer was arrested in Selangor on his wedding day, after three years on the run. The man in his 40s, who was not named by the media, had managed to get away with "practising" law in three
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        Lock icon Mandatory death penalty for terrorists and sponsors
        239 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has introduced a tough new law under which convicted terrorists and those who fund them face a mandatory death penalty, a newspaper said yesterday. The Sunday Star said the law came into effect on
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      79 15 Thaksin Shinawatra Xi make a comeback? Straits Times Thailand Correspondent jj Nirmal Ghosh (left) and South-east m I^^ >M *O Asia Correspondent Leslie Lopez Jl (right) give their take on the political turmoil in Bangkok in the forum I organised jointly with the Singapore fJk Institute of International Affairs. 1
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Property bonanza in Abu Dhabi
      583 16  -  Abrar Mikkawi Construction booming as oil-rich city weans itself off dependence on black gold By For The Straits Times In Abu Dhabi IN THE desert city of Abu Dhabi, property development is surging up the list of priorities. A construction boom aims to fill the
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      Lock icon Dubai's real estate bubble at risk of bursting
      498 16  -  Dana El-Baltaji By For The Straits Times In Dubai IF THE stories about investment successes in Dubai are to be believed, then the road to happiness in the emirate is littered with property. But enthusiastic potential homeowners driven by tales of 100
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      Lock icon Hot sales in S'pore
      89 16 AN EXHIBITION in Singapore at the weekend featuring two condominiums one in Dubai, the other in Abu Dhabi saw 60 per cent of the apartments sold. Organiser Orange Tee said 15 to 20 per cent of buyers had links to the United Arab Emirates. The event
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      Lock icon Boy stabbed in latest teen murder in London
      489 17 REUTERS Spate of killings in recent months sparks concern about gang culture London A 15-YEAR-OLD boy was stabbed to death in a street in the latest teenage murder in London capital, police said yesterday. The boy, who has not been named, collapsed
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Bundle of joy for Brunei's Crown Prince
        137 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUNEI'S Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhta-dee Billah has become a father with the birth of his first-born, a baby boy, by his half-Swiss wife. The future king's wife Sarah Salleh gave birth to the boy on Saturday at 3.50pm. The birth was
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        Lock icon Cambodian prince faces adultery rap
        121 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A CAMBODIAN court has charged ousted royalist leader Norodom Ranariddh with adultery over his affair with a dancer, a court official said yesterday. The prince, who is in Europe and was on Tuesday sentenced in absentia to 18 months in jail for fraud
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        Lock icon Gordon Brown turns on the charm
        140 17 BRITAIN'S prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown had a secret dinner with singer Kylie Minogue as part of a charm offensive to transform his public image. Mr Brown met the Australian "queen of pop" at a private evening last month in leading London restaurant Rules, the
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      Lock icon Weather alerts a click away for Europeans
      300 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS New website gives continent-wide up-to-minute data on weather threats Vienna IT LOOKS like a colour-coded terror alert scale and meteorologically speaking, that is exactly what it is. With climate change making conditions more unpredictable, national weather services across the European
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      Lock icon Pet food recalled in US after animal deaths
      223 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS Union (New Jersey) MILLIONS of containers of dog and cat food sold across North America have been recalled after 10 animal deaths were linked to the food. Menu Foods, the On-tario-based company that produced the pet food, said on Satur-
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      Lock icon HARBOUR BRIDGE TURNS 75
      39 18 About 200,000 people walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday to celebrate its 75th year. The 503m-long bridge was the biggest of its kind in the world when it opened on March 19, 1932. PHOTO: AP
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon U.S. APPROVES PALESTINIAN CONTACTS
        115 18 REUTERS JERUSALEM: The US yesterday broke ranks with Israel by authorising contacts with some members of the new Palestinian administration. The American consulate in Jerusalem said Washington would continue to shun Hamas ministers in the power-sharing Cabinet but permit contacts with non-Hamas members on a case-by-case
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        Lock icon RESTAURANT CERTIFICATION DROPPED
        84 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan has called off plans to police Japanese restaurants overseas for authenticity after a flurry of criticism. Tokyo appointed a panel of food experts last November to discuss a certification system that would crack down on restaurants abroad that bill themselves as authentic Japanese
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        Lock icon WATER SHORTAGE IN N-E CHINA
        94 18 REUTERS BEIJING: Nearly 700,000 people in north-eastern China's grain belt are facing a lack of drinking water in a drought which has not been relieved despite recent heavy snowfall. Liaoning province had a serious drought last year. Much of the snow which fell recently was
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        Lock icon TWO MORE 'CHINESE' ASTEROIDS
        105 18 XINHUA NANJING: Two asteroids have been named after Fei Junlong and Nic Haisheng two astronauts from China's second manned space mission in 2005 by the Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. According to Mr Yang Jiexing, secretary of the asteroids naming committee, the
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      Lock icon Iraqis upbeat despite sectarian violence: Poll
      525 19 Half of the 5,000 respondents prefer current regime to Saddam's rule Baghdad DESPITE sectarian slaughter and suicide bombings, an opinion poll released on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq finds a striking optimism among Iraqis. The poll of
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      Lock icon Militants slice off noses and ears of 3 Afghan drivers
      263 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE asadabad (Afghanistan) MILITANTS cut off the noses and ears of three Afghan drivers supplying US military bases, while a UN mine-clearer was shot in an ambush near Kabul. In other insurgencylinked unrest on Saturday, three Australian soldiers were
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      Lock icon Scare for Howard during Baghdad flight
      200 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sydney A PLANE carrying Australian Premier John Howard was forced to make an emergency landing in Iraq after the cabin began to fill with smoke shortly after take-off, officials said yesterday. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-130 Hercules was forced back
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        Lock icon UN-Iran showdown looms
        316 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ►> WORLD WHAT IT IS THE UN Security Council braces this week for a dramatic showdown with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. There will be a vote on new sanctions to prod Teheran to comply with demands that it suspend uranium enrichment. South African Ambassador Dumasani
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        Lock icon Secret ballot for HK chief executive
        122 20  -  VINCECHONG CHINA WHAT IT IS WHY IT MATTERS AN 800-member election panel is set to choose Hong Kong's next chief executive in a secret ballot on Sunday. The choice will be between incumbent Donald Tsang and challenger Alan Leong, a well-respected barrister and legislator
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        Lock icon Six-way talks on N. Korea to resume
        128 20  -  TRACY QUEK EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THE latest round of six-way talks aimed at getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme starts today in Beijing. Negotiators from the US, China, Japan, Russia and the two Koreas will work to ensure the
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        Lock icon Old Bangkok airport to reopen
        132 20  -  NIRMAL GHOSH SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THREE airlines Thai Airways, its low-cost subsidiary Nok Air, and Budget carrier One-Two-Go will begin using Thailand's old Don Muang International Airport on Sunday. The airport is reopening for the first time since September last year. The airlines
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        Lock icon MONDAY
        34 20 TOKYO: Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong to meet his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe; the two leaders will sign the revised Economic Partnership Agreement. PARIS: Constitutional Court to publish list of official presidential candidates.
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        26 20 TEHERAN: Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expected to speak on Iran's New Year's Eve. BAGHDAD: Fourth anniversary of US-led invasion of Iraq.
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        15 20 WASHINGTON: Former vice-president Al Gore to testify before a House hearing on climate change.
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        Lock icon THURSDAY
        49 20 BRUSSELS: EU transport ministers to decide whether to endorse a landmark pact with the US to open transatlantic air travel to greater competition. TOKYO: India and Japan will hold their first strategic dialogue. VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict to receive the Grand Imam of Cairo, Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi.
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        20 20 SALE (Morocco): Trial of 50 members of an Islamist group, Ansar el-Mehdi, accused of plotting to overthrow the monarchy.
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        14 20 CAIRO: UN Secretary-General Ban Xi Moon expected to meet Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak.
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        25 20 ROME: 50th anniversary of signing of Treaty of Rome, which led to the development of the EU. SEOUL: South Korea-US joint military drill begins.
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      1840 21 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was interviewed by Japanese media in Singapore ahead of his visit to Japan this week. In these edited excerpts from the interview, PM Lee discusses Japan's relations with Singapore, South-east Asia and the comfort women issue. Q: In
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      785 21  -  Daisaku Ikeda »THE ISSUE OF AGEING By For The Straits Times JAPANESE society stands on the cusp of change. From this year, large numbers of the post-war baby-boom generation will reach retirement age. The country's over-65 population already stands at 25.6 million, more than
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      868 22  -  Robert J. Shiller ONE-DAY FALLS IN THE STOCK MARKET By THE sharp one-day drop in China's stock market on Feb 27 this year apparently had an enduring negative effect on major bourses worldwide. By the time the Shanghai exchange closed that Tuesday, its Composite Index had
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      640 22  -  Timothy D. Adams By ENGAGEMENT with South-east Asia is a priority for the Bush administration and has been a key objective of the US Treasury Department throughout my tenure as Undersecretary for International Affairs. As I conclude my time at Treasury, I would like
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      1102 23  -  John Mcßeth SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING By Senior Writer NORTH-WEST of Central Kalimantan's provincial capital of Palangkaraya lies a 240 sq km moonscape left by illegal gold miners that seems to have escaped the attention of Indonesia's normally vigilant environmental groups. But as bad as the environmental
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      52 21 Market psychology Stock markets can be badly destabilised by one-day drops. But these are often isolated events with no long-term repercussions. PAGE 22 3UNCHUNES MM^F^^SOOH, SELECTED BUS STOPS^ SB ALONG ORCHARD ROAD WILL H IfaVfWr^ SHOW BUS ARRIVAL T'MES. WS[ G00D... THEN WE'LL KNOW HOW MUCH ■Slll>^ TIME WE HAVE
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      1073 24 Singapore today Slightly hazy, showers with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon over western and southern Singapore. ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL "UMBERS i 1 Ml Emergency lines BEIJING 0 j"?T^ >< Police 999 SEOUL Clear Police Hotline 1800-255-0000 TOKYO j*^^ Civil Defence (Fire, Rescue and Emergency m4F^. H
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      598 25  -  Judith Tan Unlike current subsidy, new one will take family income into account to ensure that more money goes to needy patients By] FROM next month, needy patients suffering from chronic kidney failure will receive government subsidies for dialysis treatment based on
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      424 26  -  Tan Hui Yee PHOTO: By AWARENESS, like laughter, may be the best medicine. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) will, in the coming months, embark on a drive to educate people on issues like traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and generic options to branded
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      810 26  -  Sandra Davie In following angsty fad, teens cut themselves and write about suicide By Education Correspondent IF YOU have teenage kids and have not heard of the latest teen fad "emo", it is time you looked it up. Shops catering to teens say this angst-filled
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      304 26  -  SANDRA DAVIE SINGAPORE Idol star Paul Twohill dons emo fashion and listens to the emo-punk rock music genre. But the 18-year-old, who starts polytechnic next month, says he does not follow the fashion slavishly to the extent of cutting
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      323 27  -  Angeline Neo By WATCHED by a cheering crowd, the Venerable Shi Ming Vi, 44, scaled a Shenton Way building last night to raise funds for needy patients. This feat by the chairman and honorary chief executive officer of Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre
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      462 27  -  Keith Lin But missing are young women professionals, so PA wants to woo them By MORE women are doing grassroots work today but one group has yet to make its mark: young women professionals. They are hardly represented in the 103 women's executive committees (WECs)
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      111 28 PHOTOS: Twelve-year-old violin prodigy Selina Tang (left) held an audience captive with her rendition of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, so much so that the crowd asked for an encore. The Secondary 1 Raffles Girls student was performing in an open field next to the Woodlands
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      581 28  -  Tan Hui Yee LIFT UPGRADING Polls put off after appeal against 'half-landings' plan; move gives HDB time to look for options By Housing Correspondent IN AN unusual move, two blocks in Clementi have been left out of voting on the lift upgrading programme after
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      272 28  -  TAN HUI YEE YOU would think that everyone would be clamouring to have a lift stop at the floor they live on but in fact, lift upgrading is not always welcomed. Over in Bukit Panjang for example, some residents at blocks 124 and 129 in
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      324 25 Vin^ Stansfield College is a specialist college offering only the University of London degree since l£ M mmw\. I I kV*" lr*of^^ 1993. We offer 16 degrees and 6 diplomas from the University of London and offer the widest Qj f ,g[ range of over 70 subjects. i i B.Sc
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      27 25 When fashion hurts Being "emo" is hip, but taken to an extreme, the fad could go beyond fashion and music to self-mutilation and suicidal thoughts. PAGE H2
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      179 28 Q What is the progress L of the new MRT 7 line that will serve the city centre? H .*g4 ffi, Tenders have «4-y"1 already been called I| w f■, :i i JPtSk for the first phase of 3 fa-'^f 4 the Downtown Line, i S NyriflVj Q What is
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      675 29  -  LEONGPHEIPHEI By\ THREE travel agencies which signed up to use mobile phone technology Zap Code in their upcoming print advertisements make history for being the first in Singapore to do this. Blazing the trail for others who are yet unsure of this
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      387 29  -  LEONGPHEIPHEI By\ FOR ASA Holidays, it is not good enough to just highlight its travel packages and promotions to newspaper readers. The travel agency believes in giving readers more, whether they are serious customers or just browsers. As such, it took up
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      539 29 Wanted: cuties IF you think your child has the cute factor, sign him or her up for Harvey Norman's first-ever Singapore Cutest Kid Photo Competition. The competition is for two age groups: Newborns to three years old, and four to 12-year-olds. Participants stand to win digital cameras, free
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      386 30  -  Jessica Lim SOAPBOX We're talking cram, not crime, as Singapore students hit books as hard as thugs slug people By SINGAPORE is a nation of hubs an aviation hub, a global innovation hub, telecommunications, science, logistics and research hub. But who wants to be a
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      284 30 TWO all-boys dance groups captivated the crowd with their back-flips, headstands and disco moves at Bugis Junction last Saturday. They went on to clinch the crown for the primary and secondary school categories. Junyuan Primary School and Juying Secondary School bagged hampers worth $1,000
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      1030 31 MY LIFE The expanded junior college curriculum that kicked in last year required students to take a subject outside their specialisations. Was the change a good move? Help students link contrasting subjects MAKING a contrasting subject compulsory in the junior college curriculum broadens the minds
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      432 31 TO-DO LIST Fashion In Focus Date: Till April 1 Venue: Palais Renaissance Admission: Free If you haven't been able to snag a ticket to the Singapore Fashion Festival 2007 tent events, here's your chance to catch a glimpse of what fashion is all about. In conjunction with the Singapore Fashion
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      335 32  -  Rebecca Ho Shu Ling (Miss) I REFER to the letter, "Give cat-rehabilitation scheme a chance" (ST, March 15), by Ms Deirdre Moss, and "Active citizenry? Bring back cat-rehab scheme" (ST, March 9) by Dr Tan Chek Wee. I couldn't agree more with both
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      182 32  -  Joel Chia Ze Hong I WAS disturbed by the article, "Rapist gets 16 years, 10 strokes" (ST, March 10), not only because of the young age of the victim and the offender's lack of remorse, but also because of the fact that someone
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      149 32  -  Han YongHoe I REFER to the letter, "Proper quarters to house foreign workers" by Mr Brian Stampe (ST, March 12), in which he asked about the Government's policy on foreign workers' accommodation. Employers are required under work-permit conditions imposed by the Ministry
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      415 32  -  Dr Adrian Tan Yong Kuan I REFER to Dr Andy Ho's article, "Private vs public hospitals: Which is better?" (ST, March 10). Dr Ho has said that the organisational structure that exists in public hospital is absent in private hospitals and, therefore, control is
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      378 32  -  E. Straaten (Ms) MORE than two months ago, we lost a loved one after a 19-day hospital stay. He was a lung-cancer patient. At the time of diagnosis, he was a Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) private patient but switched to Johns Hopkins Singapore
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      444 32  -  Dr Lim Suet Wun »TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL REPLIES WE WOULD like to extend our deepest sympathies to Ms E. Straaten and the family of our late patient, Mr Oh. We understand that Ms Straaten is experiencing a deep sense of loss and
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      89 32 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Disturbing it should be considered acceptable to be distraught at not achieving perfection Less-than-perfect grades may be blessing in disguise With so much cash in reserves, does Ren Ci need to raise funds? Disgusting
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      568 33 REUTERS MOTOR RACING Melbourne KIMI Raikkonen is often accused of saying too little. Yesterday, the fast Finn of Ferrari proved he did not need to talk, even to his own team, to win. With his radio breaking just before the start of the Australian
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      300 33 REUTERS MCLAREN have no doubts that Lewis Hamilton is a Formula One world champion in the making. The 22-year-old British rookie became the sport's youngest podium finisher after coming in third at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday. McLaren's Fl chief executive Martin Whitmarsh
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      175 33 Results 1 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari lhr 25min 28.775 ec 2 Fernando Alonso (Esp) McLaren +7.242 sec 3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 18.595 4 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Sauber +38.763 5 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault +lmin 6.4695 ec 6 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari +1:06.805 7 Nico Rosberg (Ger)
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      330 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS »SOCCER Games and injuries are mounting, but momentum is with the Red Devils LONDON THE talk of The Treble is not daunting anyone at Manchester United. Their 4-1 hammering of Bolton means 18 points from eight games is the require- ment
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      569 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London CHINA captain Zheng Zhi announced his arrival in the Premiership in style yesterday. He scored his first Charlton goal in his full debut and then earned a late penalty to help his new side to a vital 2-0 win against Newcastle.
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      260 34 London STUART Pearce can breathe easier after struggling Manchester City beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday. The City manager had bitter neighbours Manchester United to thank. Boro boss Gareth Southgate decided to rest Jonathan Woodgate, Julio Area and Mark Viduka
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      368 34 London WEST Ham manager Alan Curbishley conceded that Bobby Zamora's winner in the 2-1 Premiership victory over Blackburn did not cross the line. He added that, as far as he was concerned, he did not care. His side grabbed three crucial points which moved them
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      554 35 REUTERS SOCCER Newspaper reports say he is thinking of doing so, but his spokesman has denied the rumours London AS CHELSEA prepare for their FA Cup quarter-final replay at Tottenham today, there is talk suggesting that Roman Abramovich could be prepared to sell the club. Reports
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      582 35  -  Richard Jolly By THIS is the best of Chelsea's three seasons under Jose Mourinho. That, at least, is what the loquacious Portuguese has said. His thinking? That, this has been the most difficult campaign due to the lengthy absence of goalkeeper Petr Cech
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      307 35 TOTTENHAM goalkeeper Paul Robinson (right) has promised not to torment Ben Foster by gloating about his 75-metre strike in Saturday's 3-1 Premiership win over Watford. Robinson embarrassed Foster, his England deputy, by scoring direct from a free kick inside his own half
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      459 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Madrid SAMUEL Eto'o contributed two goals as Barcelona won their first away game in the Spanish Primera Liga in four months with a 4-0 thrashing of Recreativo Huelva. The Spanish champions are on course for their third successive league title and
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      149 35 Inter Milan 28 24 4 0 6123 76 AS Roma 2817 7 4 55 22 58 Palermo 2913 8 8 43 34 47 Lazio 2714 7 ***** 46 AC Milan 2814 9 5 38 24 43 Empoli 2711 9 7 27 24 42 Fiorentina 2815 7 6 45 24
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      480 36  -  Leonard Lim SOCCER Korean debutants beat Geylang 1 -0, courtesy of Choi's fine 28th-min strike By WHAT better way to silence your critics, than by notching your first win against the surprise package of the season so far? It was joy unadulterated for the Korean
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      92 36 P W D L F A Pts Home Utd 2 2 0 0 7 2 6 Geylang 3 2 0 14 3 6 SAFFC 2 110 4 3 4 Woodlands 2 110 3 2 4 Gombak 2 10 13 2 3 Young Lions 2 10 13 3 3 Tampines
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      315 36  -  LEONARD LIM IF GOMBAK United are to get a result against Home United today, their best bet could be to attack down the Protectors' left. For that was the weak spot in Home's last-gasp 2-1 win over Liaoning Guangyuan last Friday. Left-back Juma'at Jantan
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      72 36 More than 100 footballers turned up at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday for adidas' Predator versus Tunit selections. Aged between 13 and 38 years, they displayed their skills to selectors, which included national players Lionel Lewis and Isa Halim. Eighty players were picked for next
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      414 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Denver ALLEN Iverson feels right at home, just in time for the Denver Nuggets' big road trip. He scored 44 points and dished out 15 assists in leading the Nuggets to their fourth straight National Basketball Association win, a 131-107
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      219 36 ►>GOLF Orlando (Florida) TIGER Woods endured more frustration at the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a lev-el-par 70 in Saturday's third round. After battling to a 73 on Friday, he again struggled with his putting and settled for 16 pars. But he was surprised to be
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      236 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS BOXING Corpus Christi (Texas) EVANDER Holyfield's bid to become the first five-time heavyweight boxing champion gained momentum after the 44-year-old stopped Vinny Maddalone in a bloody, one-sided bout on Saturday. At the urging of Maddalone's trainer, referee Ruben Carrion stopped the fight at the
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      403 36 BASKETBALL NBA: Indiana 113 Atlanta -90, Washington 125 New Oripans im ripupianri r? Utah 73 Sacramento 95 Or fcndo 83 Boston 91San An tonfn R5 Memnhk 104 CM tomo 85 Memphis 104 ChiSE°,i n, n™ 8n Charlotte 91, Denver 131 Phoenix 107, Golden State 99 Seattle 98. CRICKET World
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        93 36 THE Singapore Sports School's Nurul Jannah recorded 11.42 metres in the girls' Under-15 triple jump at the Western Australian Little Athletics Association (Walaa) meet on Saturday. The result would have smashed the women's Open national mark of 11.36 m set by Mariam Shazana last year. But,
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        75 36 ASIAN Games Laser gold medallist Maximilian Soh lost to compatriot Koh Seng Leong in the National Youth Championships at the East Coast's National Sailing Centre yesterday. Koh, the Asian Games Laser Radial Open run-ner-up, finished the 11-race Laser event on 13 points, three better
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      217 37 r "I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even thou he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die." John 11:25- NGAH KENG Age: 81 i was called home to be with the Lord on 18 March 2007. Dearly missed and
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      47 37 IST ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of Loving Caring Husband and Father. A gentle, generous, kind, giving humble, peaceable man. Departed 19 March 2006. JEFFREY CHAN KAH YEE Till we meet again Bernie and Dominic. Many thanks to Friends and Relatives for their condolences and wreaths last year.
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        50 40 CITIGROUP Investment Research expects Singapore Exchange (SGX) to post a record third-quarter profit of $87 million on "near-$2 billion daily turnover". Although it keeps its "sell" call, it has raised its price target for SGX from $5.05 to $5.74. CITIGROUP, March 15 Rating: SELL
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        67 41 CHEW GEK KHIM: Appointed as non-execu-tive director of FJ Benjamin Holdings. She was formerly a director at Robinson Co, a post she held for more than 18 years until her resignation late last year. Her new appointment came days after Raffles Investments, where Ms Chew
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      501 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE It lifts one-year borrowing and lending rates by 0.27 point Beijing CHINA'S central bank announced on Saturday that one-year borrowing and lending benchmark rates would be raised by 0.27 percentage point yesterday, in a bid to rein in the economy.
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      1115 42  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY Big-time investors will move on if trading systems are not up to scratch By Markets Correspondent IN THE fast-moving world of global stock markets, time is money and even a split second can mean big money lost or
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      180 42 REUTERS SINGAPORE'S WBL Corp plans to continue to recommend that shareholders of its printed circuit board unit, MFS Technology, accept an offer for the company by its Nas-daq-listed sister firm. Multi-Fineline Electronix (M-Flex) launched a US$5OO million (*****.5 million) bid for MFS
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      375 43  -  ARTHUR POON WARRANT WATCH THE negative market sentiment over the past week has led to trading of put warrants being on a par with that of call trades, as many investors turn bearish on the regional equity markets. The ratio between
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      631 44  -  Lee Su Shyan This could lead to them practising more freely; review to boost country's standing in legal services By A HIGH-LEVEL committee reviewing the development of Singapore's legal profession is considering proposals that could result in foreign law firms
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        394 78 POON YEE SUAN GIVES HER TAKE ON THOSE SCHOOL CELEBRITIES Strutting around in short pinafores or skirts, toting branded bags and shrieking away at the slightest thing, these traits are typical of girls deemed by some to be popular idols. Many yearn to be popular, to be
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        200 78 THE BEST OF STink SPILL "Full-time muggers are just like living zombies except for the fact that these zombies have brains. They don't socialise, don't participate in class activities and don't give a damn about what is happening. So tell me, how can anyone like them?" missquirky on IN Sync
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        274 78  -  SERENE GOH My name is Serene. I was a mugger. Each afternoon, the entire year before my O levels in the 1980s I would race home after school, and hit the sack. I slept from 4pm to I am, waking up in the dead of night to
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        595 79 IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, BUT ALFRED CHUA DISCOVERS THESE PROJECTS CAN BE SOLUTIONS TO EVERYDAY PROBLEMS It is a mind-boggling phrase at first glance synthesis of hyaluronic acid flavonoid conjugates and their biomedical applications but it is just one of the many award-winning entries at the
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        398 80 CLOSE TO 200 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTS LIVED IN POVERTY FOR 17 HOURS. RAJESH MISIR FINDS OUT WHY On Feb 3, 171 teens from six different international schools got together and stayed without proper food and shelter for 17 hours. They put themselves through the ordeal as part
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        279 80  -  CHUAH Yll WEN Class Afloat takes non-textbook learning to a whole new level. From scrubbing the decks to studying marine biology, its 48 international students get a full learning experience all at sea. But the stint does not come cheap. Its shipmates aged 16 to 18
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        555 81 CHUAH Yll WEN, RAJESH MISIR AND ALFRED CHUA GIVE YOU THE LATEST IN STREET CRED, PHOTO BACKDROPS AND HARRY POTTER MADNESS CAMERA WHORING IN TOILETS WHAT IS IT? Shutter-happy teens have found a cool backdrop to pose for photos against the humble
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        489 82 NURUL SHAFIQAH IS JUST 13, BUT SHE IS READY FOR A GOOD FIGHT. JESSICA LIM FINDS OUT HOW SHE DOES IT Despite her small size, Nurul Shafiqah spars twice a week with boys. The Singapore Sports School Secondary I student is 1.57 m
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        482 83 NO LESSONS FOR AN ENTIRE TERM? CHUAH 1 WEN FINDS OUT WHAT THESE STUDENTS DID DURING THEIR SPARE TIME INSTEAD They spent 12 hours over four Sundays speaking to 100 maids, at locations ranging from Lucky Plaza to the parks in their housing estates. The
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        239 83 Even winners have bad days disagreements and time constraints almost got the better of CHIJ St Joseph's Convent's team of animators before they came out with their winning entry. Their clay-mation (animation using clay models) entry beat not just the nine other finalists, but 123 others to emerge
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        676 84 FORGET SKATEBOARDING. TRY EXTREME MUGGING, WHICH JESSICA LIM DISCOVERS IS REALLY A LIFESTYLE CHOICE Mugging. One word that sums up school in Singapore as long as a hint of an exam is on the horizon. But there is a group of students who take that to another
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        114 84 THE NIGHT OWL Who: Zahratul Asyeeqah, 17, first-year student at St Andrew's Junior College When: Two weeks before an examination Method: This mugger studies in two batches From 9pm to lam then again from 4.30 am till 7am. She also puts an alarm clock in front
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        127 84 Who: Goh Mci Ching, 7, first-year student at Victoria Junior College When: At the start of j the Sec 4 year. Methods: This mugger really piles it on. She had tuition for six of her subjects Additional Maths, Elementary Maths, English, Chinese, Chemistry and Biology. She sleeps at
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        264 85 COME ON, SHOW OFF! Loved a book you just read? Hated a new movie? Can't get enough of a CD release? Tell us what you think. Or send us pictures of you at your most creative singing, cheerleading, even breakdancing. If your friends will not do it
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        1143 86 4 Mr Yeo, 43, homeschools his sons Marc, (left), six, and Jed, eight. TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY BY JANE NG, THE STRAITS TIMES, MARCH 8 One of the limitations of homeschooling is that children don't get to socialise as much as those
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        518 87 DESIGN: JEFFREY LIM TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY C L U B S The clubbing scene in Singapore is hotting up with the official opening of St James Power Station next to the Sentosa Gateway. Meanwhile, Zouk, the grand old lady of the nightclub scene, is considered to be one of
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        793 88 A TEEN IN ...SINGAPORE WAS PART OF A MEDICAL STUDY CONFIRMING WHAT MANY ADOLESCENTS LONG SUSPECTED EXAM STRESS CAN GIVE YOU PIMPLES. Dr Gil Yosipovitch and a team from Wake Forest University's School of Medicine recruited 94 students here for the study, said to be the
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        581 89 REUTERS THE STRAITS TIMES INTERACTIVE, MARCH 9 One Raffles Quay, the newest office block in Singapore's financial district, overlooks a vast swathe of reclaimed land on which a huge casino, a swanky apartment block and a new financial centre are rising
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        415 90 bymardianaabubakar This is a news article which questions the stability of buildings on Singapore's reclaimed land. A) VOCABULARY WORK I To start off, let us add on to our vocabulary. The article makes use of some interesting image-laden words, for example, using the adjective "drooping" to
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      155 78 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh CONTRIBUTORS Andrew Duffy, Alison De Souza, Mardiana Abu Bakar, Cassandra Chew JOURNALISTS Jessica Lim, Tessa Wong COVER Design: Rishad Patel, Photo: Ng Sor Luan ART AND DESIGN Alexis Hooi, Jeffrey Lim INTERNS Chuah Vii Wen, Alfred Chua, Rajesh Misir EDITORIAL PROJECTS UNIT Peter
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      63 79 READ BETWEEN THE LINES J IGNITING CHANGE The time has come for Singapore to breed "firestarters", who recognise the need to start fires, burn away excess and get people to respond to things outside their comfort zone. Minister of State for Education Lvi Tuck Yew used this image of firestarters
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      66 80 TRENDS AND QUIRKS B SjBBJJr UN'S N 0.2 MAN IN TIMOR LESTE Trained in both conventional and unconventional warfare, retired Singapore army BrigadierGeneral Tan Huck Gim finds the latter comes in handy these days. As the United Nations' No. 2 man in Timor Leste, he has to deal with lawless
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      87 81 Bachelor A Degrees from Top American I Universities \A/Jt.h SmK^^^V within 1 8 months ,/f rr in Singapore >lk.M l^%l LtJ (Mill i i r a N& O ]x orU-S-A Jj Levels E-^s9i6bs»«-J Applied Psychology Computer Science Hospitality Tourism Banking Finance Dietetics Nursing Biotechnology Engineering Sales Marketing Business Administration Food
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      57 81 GET INSIDE THE TOP TRENDS GREENER PASTURES Feeling unappreciated in Singapore, the man known for promoting clean toilets here has applied for and got permanent residency (PR) in Australia. Mrjack Sim, the World Toilet Organisation chairman, and his family received their PR approval two years ago, but have yet to
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      391 82 DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF THE ZEN MAN If you think movie stars all own huge mansions, drive fast cars and wear big rocks, you might do a double-take when you meet AsianAmerican actor Jason Scott Lee of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story fame. The 40-year-old actor's home at the
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      66 83 YOUR BOURHOOD a_fV vmm'lj -c WAGE RISE FOR MAIDS UNLIKELY A recommendation by the Philippine government to set the monthly salary of Filipino maids overseas at US$4OO (Ss6l3) from March is unlikely to have any impact in Singapore, maid agents here said. They generally make between $330 and $350 a
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      66 84 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK NUS NAMED CFA PARTNER The National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School has become only the second institute in Asia to be designated a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) programme partner. This means the CFA Institute signifies that the NUS Business School's curriculum comprises at least
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      79 84 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK Fin I DEGREE AT 18, NOW FOR A MASTER'S B. "Rakesh" Sundarabalan is a teen in a hurry. Last year, at age 18, he became the youngest person here to pass the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) exams, a globally recognised qualification for accountants.
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      283 85 CALLING ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS! SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS FOUNDATION PRESENTS DRAMAS HISTORY COMPETITION The Drama of History Competition, presented by the Singapore Press Holdings Foundation, is an anchor programme of the National Museum's educational programmes for secondary schools. Aimed at developing our students' critical thinking and creative skills, this national level
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      71 86 RACK YOUR BRAINS r HOPE FOR BRAIN DISEASE PATIENTS Scientists in Singapore have identified a brain gene which may hold the key to treating many brain disorders and diseases. The gene, which they named sirtuin 2, was found to slow down the growth of a cell called oligodendroglia. The cell
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      53 88 TALES FROM NEAR AND FAR NO VACATION FOR BUSH US President George W. Bush had a week-long tour of Latin America but the visit was not considered easy. Washington's southern neighbours are worried about Mr Bush's apparent indifference to their affairs, and remain resentful about US influence over their region.
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      71 89 READ AND WRITE BETTER GRANITE BAN MULLED Indonesia is considering a ban on granite exports, just a month after imposing one on sand. If the country decides on a ban, Singapore, which imports most of its granite gateabout 10 million tonnes a year from there, will be hit. Two Cabinet
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      65 90 I READ I AND WRITE BETTER LACK I OF AID Anger has turned to despair for I some I survivors of the recent I earthquakes in Sumatra. Many of them are I still huddled in crowded tents with little food and few amenities. I They are also uncertain about their
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      728 91 INTHEEND HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED WHEN A JET BURST INTO FLAMES IN A EB pfflpft||jjflp Wm, LANDING IN YOGYAKARTA AIRPORT, P]WfflSnlMfS^CT INDONESIA, RECENTLY? FIND OUT lAlfrQ THE ANSWER RIGHT HERE. W NUMBERS IN THE NEWS m^mW ss( Match these digits to the reasons they made the news J^ l j^
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