The Straits Times, 27 March 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 10 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 TUESDAY, MARCH 27 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 567 1  -  Erica Tay $350 m blueprint encompasses R£tD, nurturing firms anc exporting products By SINGAPORE has unveiled a sweeping $350 million blueprint designed to ensure the country will be a key player in the fast-growing clean energy industry. The grand plan
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  • 138 1 Sentosa's Siloso Beach exploded in a dazzling display of pyrotechnics and laser lights last night as Songs of the Sea the island's latest attraction made its debut. Built at a cost of $30 million and designed by acclaimed multimedia display designer Yves Pepin, the attraction features 69 water
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  • 461 1  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent THE Singapore Grand Prix may not be official yet, but a Formula 1 racing team will be putting the proposed street circuit here to the test. The Red Bull team is flying in one of its
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  • UPFRONT
    • 996 1  -  Alastair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Cotabato THE head of the largest Muslim rebel group in the southern Philippines takes a rifle equipped with a grenade launcher rifle from one of his guards and poses for a photograph. The gesture, clearly
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    • 370 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Fatal fall an accident Asia 5-11 Investigations revealed World 12-17 that the Esplanade Review 18-21 theatre, where a woman PY| 22 on e stairs and 'Jl i'VL""'"'",','" died, complied with SECTION TWO regulatory standards. Home H1-H7 PAGE HI Forum H8 Sports H9-H12 Man gets to
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  • PRIME
    • 588 3  -  Bryan Lee Alfred Siew MDA wants overhaul as new services such as Internet TV gain in prominence COMPETITION rules to ensure a level playing field in Singapore's media industry are set for a major overhaul to reflect the arrival of new services such
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    • 578 3  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THE wife of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was yesterday charged with tax evasion, opening the first corruption case involving the former leader's inner circle since the mili-tary-led coup last September. Amid tight security, Khunying Pojaman
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    • 92 4 Motorcyclists heading to Malaysia have their thumbprints scanned by a biometric reader at Woodlands Checkpoint. Bikes, which stands for Biometric Identification of Motorßikers, was introduced last month at the two checkpoints at Tuas and Woodlands. With the new system, it takes only 16 seconds for
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    • 600 4  -  P. JAYARAM Raid on main airbase in Sri Lanka a major breach of security, say military officials By India Correspondent In New Delhi TAMIL Tiger rebels carried out their first air strike yesterday, bombing Sri Lanka's main airbase in a daring night-time raid. Officials
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    • 279 3 V SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT F^ Beyond brains "M-"" A beautiful mind .<. Globalisation, increasing interconnectivity and intense competition. X Today's challenging business landscape calls for visionary leaders and professionals with a depth of knowledge, a breadth of ideas, l\ and the boldness of ideals to empower teams across cultural Jflj lG>7
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    • 38 4 Will lawsuits fly? I A group of businessmen and professionals is threatening a class-action suit against Singapore Airlines. Plus, the airline's response. pM'I'W'H'U ITs down to the \Super 8y m Mon-Thurs Get the latest Enjoy our previews and
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  • ASIA
    • 754 5  -  Chua Chin Hon More reform-minded leaders selected in reshuffle ahead of top-level party changes By China Bureau Chief In Beijing A RESHUFFLE of China's top provincial leadership picked up pace in recent days, with bet-ter-educated and more reform-minded candidates selected to head key economic engines
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    • CHINA
      • 619 6  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Chinese analysts denounce move as step towards independence By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei A GROUP of scholars has unveiled a new draft charter, rekindling concerns over President Chen Shui-bian's controversial plan to overhaul Taiwan's Constitution. The new draft proposes freezing the
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      • 196 6 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing NEARLY 10 million people across southern and south-western China are experiencing a shortage of drinking water, state media reported yesterday. A lack of rainfall has affected water supplies for 9.8 million people and 9.1 million heads of livestock, the Beijing Morning Post
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      • 396 6 REUTERS Beijing LOCAL officials misspent almost US$7OO million (Ssl billion) building roads in China in 2005 and siphoned off more than US$2OO million meant for compensating farmers for land acquired for highway projects. The government said yesterday that of the 166.2 billion
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 593 7  -  Kwan Weng Kin New tsunami warning system passes real-life test during earthquake By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo STRONG aftershocks were felt yesterday in central Japan, where a new alert system had allowed a tsunami warning to be issued just one minute after a powerful quake
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      • 445 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Wajima (Japan) VIR MASAYUKI Omoto does not know why he out of his house when he did. But the 73-year-old survived being buried unier the rubble, and now tells himself life or ieath is all a matter of luck. The retired
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      • 655 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin Japanese PM seeks to defuse criticism of his denials on 'comfort women' By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo IN A bid to defuse foreign criticism of his denials that the imperial Japanese army forced women to serve as sex slaves during World
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      • 745 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo AS JAPAN'S cherry blossoms bloom at slightly different times each year, a visitor to Tokyo may need a bit of luck to catch them in all their full glory. One Singaporean is very sure he will
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 545 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Protests are the first organised by alliance of former arch-rivals Bhutto and Sharif Islamabad THOUSANDS of opposition party supporters yesterday protested against President Pervez Musharraf's removal of Pakistan's top judge despite the arrest of about 1,000 people in a police crackdown. Military
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      • 449 9 REUTERS Colombo A NEWLY unveiled Tamil Tiger "air force" of between two and five light planes is no match on paper for Sri Lanka's fighter jets, but they pose a proven threat the military would be ill-advised to underestimate, experts said. The
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      • 302 9  -  Yap Su-Yin By THE 207 people on board Singapore Airlines' daily flight from Colombo International Airport to Singapore were waiting for take-off on Monday when bombs started falling at the military airbase next door. The passengers and crew of
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 616 10  -  AZHAR GHANI ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY AUDREY TAN IN SINGAPORE Investigators find suspicious material at Spore-owned granite quarry By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta INDONESIAN police believe that the four explosions which rocked a Singapore-owned granite quarry in the Riau Islands last Friday could
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      • 266 10  -  AZHAR GHANI Jakarta FORMER Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid has added his voice to the sand ban issue, calling for vessels smuggling sand to Singapore to be shot. Urging Indonesia's security forces to take a tough stand, he was quoted by the Batam Pos last Thursday
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      • 432 10 BLOOMBERG Bangkok THAILAND'S proposed tighter laws on foreign ownership are "too extreme" and will probably be "weakened", Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn has said. Amendments to the Foreign Business Act, which restricts overseas investment, voting rights in companies and the use of
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      • Article, Illustration
        89 10 In a desperate bid to get their rather reluctant panda Chuang Chuang to mate with its female partner, zoo officials in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai have resorted to showing it a video tape of its fellow pandas in the act itself. Chuang Chuang and its
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      • 158 10 Bangkok A SHOWDOWN looms in Thailand's telecoms industry between the independent regulator and the government. The dispute centres on a proposal by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to award licences to the country's power utilities agencies so that they can offer
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      • 439 10  -  Dcvi Asmarani By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA yesterday stepped up pressure on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to improve access to bird flu vaccines for developing countries. The move came amid a row triggered by Jakarta's decision to stop
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 531 11 Questions raised over how clip was leaked onto You Tube and treatment of couple Kuala Lumpur A NEW controversy has broken out over the video-taping of a naked woman during a morality raid, scenes of which were later posted on You Tube. The lmin,
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      • 319 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur DVD pirates in Malaysia are spraying chemicals on their bootleg discs to confuse two sniffer dogs. The two Labradors, trained to detect polycarbonate chemicals used in the manufacturing of discs, have helped the
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      • 257 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA and Singapore have approved the construction of a bullet train line to be built by Malaysian conglomerate YTL Corp to link the two countries, according to a newspaper report yesterday. But in Singapore, a Ministry of
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 25 5 Sabotage at quarry? The blasts at the Singapore-owned granite quarry in the Riau islands could have been set off deliberately, say Indonesian police. PAGE 10
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  • WORLD
    • 969 12 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Iran and N. Korea nuclear issue as well as energy cooperation on the agenda Moscow CHINESE President Hu Jintao arrived in Russia yesterday for talks on growing ties between the two countries
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    • 685 13 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Britain asks for help from other countries to secure release of 15 seized servicemen Teheran BRITAIN yesterday stepped up diplomatic efforts for the return of 15 sailors seized by Iran as tension over their capture and Teheran's nuclear plans sent
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    • 342 13  -  AZHAR GHANI By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta INDONESIA'S government has defended its support for more United Nations sanctions against Iran after it was criticised at home for the decision. Internet news portal detik.com yesterday quoted parliamentary Speaker Agung Laksono as saying that he supported
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    • 632 14 Cities around the world are vying to get ahead of each other. Neo Hui Min was in Cannes last week for the world's largest annual real estate and city development fair, the Marche International des Professionals de L'lmmobilier. Today, as part of a series,
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    • 134 14  -  LYDIA LIM MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met Australian Treasurer Peter Costello yesterday at Parliament House in Canberra on the first day of a 10-day visit to the country. They had candid discussions on a range of matters, including international and regional security issues. Mr
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    • 284 14 NEW YORK TIMES Washington A REPORT from the largest study of American child care has found that keeping a pre-schooler in a day-care centre for a year or more increases the likelihood that the child will become disruptive in class and
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    • 595 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Protestant and Catholic leaders sit together for first time to reach deal Belfast LEADERS of Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties, sitting side by side for the first time in history, have agreed to start sharing power on May 8.
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 107 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH: Arab foreign ministers yesterday agreed to revive a five-year-old plan for peace with Israel and called for contacts with all players in the Middle East peace process including the Jewish state. The plan, first adopted at a summit in Beirut
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      • 108 16 REUTERS SEOUL: South Korean scientists, once led by disgraced stem cell researcher Hwang Woo Suk, said yesterday they had created the world's first cloned wolves produced to help an endangered species. A team at Seoul National University, which produced the world's first cloned dog in
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      • 102 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS DANIA BEACH (Florida): Play boy model Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental drug overdose, the Florida authorities said yesterday, announcing the autopsy findings into her death last month. "We found nothing to indicate any foul play," said police chiei Charlie
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    • 452 17 NEW YORK TIMES Research shows distractions slow down information processing ability New York THINK you can juggle phone calls, e-mail, instant messages and computer work to get more done in a time-starved world? Read on, preferably shutting out the cacophony of digital
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    • 322 17 NEW YORK TIMES New York IN THIS computer age, technology has been seen not only as a factor contributing to information overload, but also as a tool for coping with it. Computers can help people juggle workloads, according a paper presented this month
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 244 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AUSTRALIA'S top Muslim cleric will be replaced, but not for three more months, religious leaders have decided. He had triggered a furore last year when he referred to women without headscarves as "uncovered meat". The decision by about 60 members of
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      • 136 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS FORMER US vice-president Al Gore is holding training sessions to educate British volunteers about climate change, a news release from Cambridge University said. Part of Mr Gore's Climate Project, the sessions will be based on his slideshow presentation and the Oscar-win-ning documentary
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      • 120 17 REUTERS GERMANY has freed former Red Army Faction militant Brigitte Mohnhaupt. The move came more than 24 years after she was imprisoned for her role in killings by the radical leftwing group that shook West Germany in the *****. The 57-year-old was one of the
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      • 122 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FORMER British foreign secretary Jack Straw is set to run Mr Gordon Brown's campaign for the governing Labour Party leadership, according to a letter from Mr Straw that was made public. In what will be seen as a high-profile boost for Mr
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 25 12 Limits of multitasking It may be wise to curb multitasking behaviour as research shows that it slows down the ability to process information. PAGE 17
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  • REVIEW
    • 452 18 HONG Kong's fortunes mended prettily in the two years since Mr Donald Tsang replaced the luckless Mr Tung Chee Hwa as Chief Executive. This was most impressive in real estate and finance, in tourism and retail. The Hang Seng index is up by about 20
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    • 1003 18  -  Sandra Davie STUDENTS' CAREER CHOICES By Education Correspondent For this reason, career coaches say youngsters need to look back to find themes that repeat themselves in their lives. By doing this, a student might discover how he or she has always enjoyed the arts, or that
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    • 918 18  -  Lawrence Summers »U.S. ECONOMIC POLICY By THREE months ago I wrote that, in economics, "the main thing we have to fear is the lack of fear itself". This is no longer true today. With clear evidence of a crisis in the sub-prime United States housing
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    • 1621 20  -  John R. Bradley ►> CHINA'S POWER PLAY IN THE GULF By Senior Writer AT THE inaugural Asia-Middle East Dialogue (Amed) in Singapore in 2005, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said relations between the Middle East and the West have been historically difficult, but there are
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    • 876 21  -  Francis Fukuyama JAPANESE NATIONALISM By BARELY half a year into his premiership, Mr Shinzo Abe is provoking anger across Asia and mixed feelings in his country's key ally, the United States. But will the Bush administration use its influence to nudge Mr Abe away from inflammatory behaviour?
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    • 31 18 Time of reckoning It is time that Japan, which has never had a genuine internal debate over its part in the Pacific war, takes responsibility. PAGE 21 PUNCHLINES #77 i x
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  • HOME
    • 596 23  -  Tracy Sua Esplanade found to have complied with safety standards, but family feels more can be done to prevent a repeat By THE death of a 55-year-old woman who fell down a flight of stairs in a darkened Esplanade theatre on Christmas
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    • 554 24  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Court rules she has no claim on flat since she wanted nothing to do with it earlier By A MAN fought three times to keep a million-dollar apartment as part of his divorce settlement, eventually winning the last round without a
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    • 440 24  -  Selina Lum RETRIAL OF WIFE STRANGLER By THE retrial of a man who strangled his Indonesian wife nearly IV2 years ago ended yesterday with the same outcome a 2V2-year jail term. The prosecution failed to convince the court that Lim Ah Seng's punishment should
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    • CASE FILE
      • 51 24 A MOTORCYCLIST died after his vehicle skidded along Lower Delta Road last Sunday. Mr Tan Chun Seong was travelling towards Jalan Bukit Merah at about 9am when the accident occurred. The 36-year-old technician was taken to Singapore General Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10.10
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      • 71 24 A MAN who tried to chat up a teenage girl on Saturday ended up snatching her cellphone. She was waiting for a friend at a playground in Tanah Merah Kechil Avenue at around 6am when the suspect approached her. He tried to strike up
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      • 60 24 A TAXI driver was yesterday charged with causing the death of a cyclist. Yap Choo Hock, 58, was driving his taxi along Tiong Bahru Road towards Outram Road on April 14 last year at about 10.10pm. He allegedly failed to keep a proper lookout and crashed
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    • 618 25  -  Chong Chee Kin ►>EX-NKF CHIEF'S CRIMINAL TRIAL Judge to decide whether to call for his defence after DPP, defence arguments By TODAY is D-Day, when former National Kidney Foundation chief T.T. Durai will know if he walks out of court a free man. District Judge
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    • 441 25  -  CHONGCHEEKIN THE prosecution's case against T.T. Durai rests heavily almost entirely on the statements interior designer David Tan made to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). Even though he gave conflicting statements in court and to the CPIB, Mr Tan was doing so
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    • 472 26  -  Lee Hui Chieh Conventional test looks for just one virus and takes twice as long as Vereflu By A TEST kit which can identify more than 10 influenza strains including bird flu at a time is being tried now at
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    • 658 26  -  Tania Tan By AMERICAN pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly Company will inject US$l5O million (Ss22B million) over the next five years to boost research into cancer and diabetes here. The centre's expansion will triple the size of the company's operations here, bringing the total number of
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    • 122 26 PEOPLE who think that newly installed anti-virus and firewall software will protect them from cy-ber-nasties may have an unhappy surprise waiting for them. Security experts warn that Net users will also have to take drastic steps to safeguard their "online lives", as they play online games, write
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    • 360 26  -  Amelia Tan By CLEAN energy is the way ahead, and environmentally friendly fuel cells may eventually power mobile phones and their base stations. These pollution-free fuel cells use hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity. Making sure it stays abreast of the technology is
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    • 434 27  - Cleared in 16 sees by Bikes David Boey Biometric system speeds up immigration checks for 18,000 m-cyclists By SOME 18,000 thumbs have given the thumbs-up to Bikes, for Biometric Identification of Motorßikers. The 18,000 motorcyclists who use Singapore's land border checkpoints are happy that it takes only 16 seconds to
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    • 302 27  -  T.Rajan By FROM next month, warrant officers and specialists the backbone of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will get their chance to pursue a fully-sponsored undergraduate education. These senior servicemen can vie for up to 60 places annually, in degree courses relevant
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    • 184 27  -  DARYL LIM ALMOST every night, Mr Shaw Vee Meng, 74, sits down with his favourite game. It is not bridge or mahjqng but Command Conquer, a series of bestselling real-time strategy games from publisher Electronic Arts. Said Mr Shaw, chairman of Shaw Foundation: "I
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    • 396 27  -  Keith Lin By A HIGH-LEVEL committee has been set up to look into the long-term impact of new media on society. Headed by former editor-in-chief of Singapore Press Holdings' English and Malay Newspapers Division Cheong Yip Seng, it will study issues ranging
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    • 420 27  -  r Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent JUST a year after sceptics questioned the need for the Budget Terminal, soaring numbers reported by low-cost airlines are already sparking talk of expansion. Carriers such as Tiger Airways now account for 14.6 per cent of Changi Airport's
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    • MAKING EDUCATED CHOICES
      • 476 28  -  Jane Ng Students say it gives them an edge when looking for jobs here or overseas By; APART from the now-familiar double degrees, global degrees are catching on with local students who see the world as their oyster. Global degrees are those conferred by
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      • 2894 28 For four years now, students have been able to apply to all three local universities, and choose where to go once acceptances come in. So the universities strive to be different in their programmes, admission criteria and fees. The Straits Times Education Correspondent Sandra Davie takes a look
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      • 400 29  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By ABOUT 780 national servicemen (NSmen) will start university up to four months ahead of their freshman peers in the next few months. They are taking advantage of a scheme introduced this year as a follow-up to the reduction
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    • 32 23 Catching the flu bugs A test kit that can identify more than 10 influenza strains at a time, instead of just a single virus, is being tried out at NUH. PAGE H4
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    • 221 29 City Planning Development INVESTMENT PROMOTION by Baishan City, Jilin Province, China. 28 March 2007 (Wednesday) 2.00 p.m. Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry b m k^*?.-:i-~. ~^J if it-l"^-'^^^*^v'J r v. fr* ■^^^y^W^yt^PKSw^^Soflffn^CTSß^ff^^S/'^r*^ j ■J' "■■■lli.'T. i^l t*'% i ris.\r'^£.j!.*ts^&^'^ I 1; 7 BAISHAN ClPi^ the first city of Changbaishan
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  • FORUM
    • 270 30  -  Png Eng Huat »PAY FOR MINISTERS AND CIVIL SERVICE I REFER to the article, "Ministerial salaries well below benchmark" (ST, March 23). While I can understand that ministerial salaries need to be adjusted periodically to keep the public service competitive, the benchmark salary
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    • 426 30  -  Daryl Lim Tze Wei I REFER to the article, "Top govt salaries far behind private sector's" (ST, March 23). Reviewing public-sector salaries is timely. But this may be insufficient to ensure key public institutions harness the best talents we have, and
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    • 222 30  -  Meenakshi THE Property Tax and TV Licence Fee Bill dated Dec 18, 2006, that I received for the year 2007 was duly settled through my Giro account on Feb 5. A month later, I was surprised to receive a "Notice^) under the Property
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    • 209 30  -  Chan Wai San (Ms) Png Chiew Hoon (Ms) WE REFER to the letter by Mr Eugene Low Wen Qiang, "Food-centre patrons drenched when it rains" (ST, March 20). The market/food centre at Block 117, Aljunied Avenue 2, was upgraded in 2005. During the
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    • 387 30  -  Teo Ngak Boon I REFER to the article, "COE price swings: We can't win, say car buyers" (ST, March 20). Data on the Land Transport Authority (LTA) website suggests car dealers quote higher prices for cars without COE than those with COE.
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    • 196 30  -  Faye Chiam Pui Hoon (Miss) THE new anti-smoking campaign aims to jolt smokers into quitting but whether the Health Promotion Board can convince hardcore smokers to snub it out remains to be seen. What I am concerned about is the explicitness of the
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    • 125 30  -  Francis How Chee Kuen RECENTLY I went to DBS Bank to submit an assignment form on behalf of my client. He had just bought mortgage reducing-term insurance and I advised him to assign his policy to the bank. I was very surprised when DBS
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    • 271 30  -  Jane Yeo (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Allot excess rights shares to round up holdings" (ST, March 22), by Mr Denis Distant. We would like to point out that the Central Depository (CDP) is not responsible for the allocation of excess rights
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    • 179 30  -  Priji Nair SOME Singaporeans have been issued summonses recently by Malaysian police because their tinted car windows did not let in at least 50 per cent of light. Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) allows tinted rear windows that let in only 25
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 72 30 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Derive the best from the school system Schools must become learning centre hubs Both JC and polytechnic routes lead to university School canteens should stop selling unhealthy food Commuters' input needed to solve problems
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  • SPORTS
    • 418 31 Kingston (Jamaica) POLICE are probing whether Bob Woolmer was murdered after he had a furious row with some of Pakistan's players. He was found dead the next morning after Pakistan's dismal performance against Ireland in the cricket World Cup. Quoting a Sunday Telegraph
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    • 1141 31  -  Sunil Gavaskar SUNIL GAVASKAR PICKS HIS WORLD CUP SEMI-FINALISTS THEY can win it Aussies, Kiwis most impressive so far, while Sri Lankans are well-balanced NOW that Bangladesh have advanced to the Super Eight stage of the World Cup for the first time, they must
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    • 367 31 DINKY PURI (Millennium Copthorne International Senior VP, former Indian Ranji Trophy player). Semi-finalists: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies. "Leadership is vital. It's all down to the captains and how well they can inspire and rally
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    • 642 32  -  Pradeep Rajan Australia v West Indies Live, PPVCh 110,9.30pm CRICKET Lara is capable of leading the Calypso kings to victory over the Kangaroos By WHEN the spunky West Indians face the indomitable Australians today at St John's, Antigua, it will be a test of two
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    • 390 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Port of Spain (Trinidad) BANGLADESH dumped India from the World Cup, creating history when they qualified for the World Cup second round with a seven-wicket win over debutants Bermuda on Sunday. When Saqibul Hasan lofted Bermudian spinner Dwayne Leverock for a winning four, Bangladesh had
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    • 164 32 EAM M W D L Net R/R Pts lustralia 3 3 0 0 +3.43 6 South Africa 3 2 0 1 +2.40 4 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 -2.53 2 Scotland 3 0 0 3 -3.88 0 Group B [EAM M W D L Net R/R Pts
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    • 362 32 BLOOMBERG NEWS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Kingston (Jamaica) WORLD Cup surprise package Ireland have help from four foreign-born players three Australians and a South African in reaching the Super Eight stage of the tournament. Australia-born Trent Johnston, the Ireland captain who has lived there for 12 years,
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    • 697 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER Results aside, his future is in doubt following reports of bust-up with striker Wayne Rooney London SACKING embattled England coach Steve McClaren would cost the Football Association (FA) only £2.5 million (557.5 million) That amount is pittance compared to the £100 million the
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    • 568 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bari THEY may be World Cup champions, but Italy find themselves struggling to qualify for next year's European Championships. They host surprise Group B leaders Scotland tomorrow. Italy are fourth after four games and are in danger of missing the European finals in
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    • 103 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRANCE coach Raymond Domenech hit out at criticism of his side's 1-0 win over Lituania in their Euro 2008 qualification match on Sunday, saying the circumstances were far from easy. Playing on a far-from-perfect pitch and with key players Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Franck Ribery
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    • 237 33 REUTERS Beijing UNDER-FIRE China coach Zhu Guanghu remained confident of a good Asian Cup campaign, despite the 0-2 friendly defeat by Australia at the weekend. "Sack him" read the headline on the front page of yesterday's Titan sports paper, as he faced a predictable barrage of
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    • 761 33  -  Lee Wai Khim WILD WEEKEND By WHILE England were again grinding out a goalless and soulless game in Israel, the German football revolution was quietly gathering pace in Prague. Despite missing key players, the respected tactician Joachim Loew's men meshed creativity with a solid defence
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    • 418 34  -  Chan Vi Shen BASKETBALL Disciplinary panel has reached decision on punishment for Home, Safsa players involved By HOME United and Safsa players involved in a brawl during their National Basketball League Division One game on Sunday will know what their penalties are today. Yesterday, the tournament's
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    • 252 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles KOBE Bryant's 50-point streak ended on Sunday night, but he did not seem the least bit disappointed. "Off-night," Bryant said with a smile after scoring 43 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers past the Golden State Warriors. The
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    • 273 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS SWIMMING Melbourne AMERICAN Brendan Hansen walked away with another gold medal in his rivalry with Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima of Japan. Hansen defended his World Championships crown in the 100-metre breaststroke yesterday, finishing in 59.80 seconds. The Japanese was right behind in 59.965
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    • 385 34 NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS »GOLF Miami HIS putter was not quite in red-hot form. But it mattered little to Tiger Woods. In the end, the world No 1 eased to his third successive WGC-CA Championship at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa on Sunday. He
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    • 232 34  -  Jeanette Wang SOCCER By THE night that the Singapore Armed Forces FC found their S-League scoring boots, they put four past Balestier Khalsa and one into their own net. The defending champions had struggled in this season's first two matches a 1-1 draw with Sengkang
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 84 34 THE Football Association of Singapore is expected to name several new faces in its council at its annual general meeting on Friday. Former Asian Games gold medallist sailor Ben Tan, consultant sports physician at the Singapore Sports Medicine Centre, and Cynthia Phua, an MP for Aljunied
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      • 68 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS FLORENCE: Italy forward Luca Toni has reportedly decided to leave Fiorentina after this season. Toni, Europe's top scorer last season with 31 goals, wants to double his salary and sign for one of Italy's biggest soccer clubs most likely Juventus according to Monday's Gazzetta dello
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      • 48 34 REUTERS ARIZONA: Golfer Lorena Ochoa blew a four-stroke lead over Suzann Pettersen, then birdied four of the last five holes to win the Safeway International on Sunday. Ochoa shot a four-un-der-par 68 for a 270 total. Petterson, who carded a fi-nal-round 66, was two strokes behind.
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      • 44 34 REUTERS RIO DE JANEIRO: Former Brazil football striker Romario took his self-declared career tally to 999 goals on Sunday, scoring the third goal in Vasco da Gama's 3-0 win over arch-rivals Flamengo. Romario scored in the 79th minute at the Maracana.
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 92 33 Euro 2008 qualifiers Tomorrow Group A Azerbaijan v Finland Poland v Armenia Serbia v Portugal Group B Ukraine v Lithuania Georgia v Faroe Islands Italy v Scotland Group C Hungary v Moldova Malta v Greece Turkey v Norway Group D Czech Republic v Cyprus Ireland v Slovakia Wales v San
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    • 138 34 08 10 32 39 42 44 Add. No. 40 I Group 1 Prize $3,036,090 Group 2 Prize $590,368 Winning shares for Draw No. 2208/2007 Groupl Prize: $3,036,090 each 1 Winning Share|s] Group 2 Prize: $196,790 each 3 Winning Share|s| Group 3 Prize: $1,645 each 359 Winning Share(s) Group 4 Prize:
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    • 177 34 BRAZIL SHOWS TRUE COLOURS! Won 4-0. Now gun for Ghana! International Football China PR Uzbekistan Tue, 27/03/07 9.00pm International FbotoJ Brazil Ghana Wed, 28/03/071.30 am S.League Woodlands Gombak Wed, 28/03/07 7.45pm Sleague Home United Albirex Wed, 28/03/07 7.45pm Euro Champ 2008 Turkey 4 Norway Thu 29/03/07 2.00 am International Football
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    • 30 34 TV times CRICKET: ICC World Cup 2nd stage, Super 8s: Australia v West Indies (Live, PPV CHIIO, 9.30pm). TENNIS: ATP Masters Series, Sony Ericsson Open: Last 16 (Live, Ch24, 11pm).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      131 35 ELIZABETH TEH CHOON HIANG (Wife of late Lawrence Yeo Kian Hoe) Age: 90 Departed on 26 March 2007 Children: Spouses: Andrew Yeo Rosalind Low Anthony Yeo Chong Clara lto\eliuc Yeo Roger Ravi Kesavan Grandchildren: Spouses: ReginaYeo Cregon how IH. Alvin Yeo Dr. ChrisiinaCheok Andre Ye*) l.iMiiine Sadanandan-Yeo Audrey Yen hong
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      109 35 ONG TSI0U LAN (ETA KARMILAN) Age: 62 passed away peacefully on 25 Mar 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Father: Ong Keng Seng (deceased) Mother: Alice Goei Husband: Joe Tjuan Gie (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: An An Juda Yap Sze Leng Anthon Juda Maznah Maulod Wandi Juda Rahimah Ahmad Alvin Juda Jasmine
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      49 35 bgg**~' —~"M^ 1; We, the family of the late LEE SOH GEAT, JOYCE Departed on 21 March 2007 would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all relatives, friends, colleagues and the Singapore Soka Association for your prayers, *i support and assistance in our time of ji bereavement. Jm
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      183 35 "As Ihe deer minis for streams ofwaler. so my soul pants for you, <) Ood" Psalm 42:1 SIN MEE KUEN Age: 88 mm called home to be with the Lord on 26 March 2007. leaving behind lotrd ones. (Beloved Husband: Loke Yu Sum. deceased) Sons: Daughter-in law: Loke Kum lim
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      88 35 HWA SIN KIAT Arc: 91 passed away peaceful!, on -'"> March _007 Dearly missed ami fondly remembered by lotted ones. (Husband: loo Shang I mm, deceased Son: Daughter-in-law: h'oo Meng Whong Huang Chun I .an Daughters: Son In law: loo Meng Kiow loo |ee Wah I. in All Seng l;oo
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      130 35 In hvinti '"i'l fondest memory of t —'—I Mr Lim Poh Kwang Age: 84 Departed on 25 March 2007. Dearly remembered and forever cherished by Wife: Tan Poh Noy 1 Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Kim Keang Helen Ng Um Kim Hoe Cheong Fah Mui Urn Tiam Choon Loo Chuan Yee Lim
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      49 35 I With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late CHEONG THIAM SIEW Former President 1976 -1979 Fondly remembered for his outstanding contribulion and service to The Singapore Island Country Club From President and Members of the General Committee, Management and Staff The Singapore Island Country Club
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      24 35 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late DAVID LIM LYE HUAT From: The Management and Staff of JURONG International
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      23 35 7th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of DAISY LIM POH TIN Departed on 27 March 2000 Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones
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      23 35 [_j 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory of MARY REGINA TAN Departed 27 March 2001 Dearly mlsmxl Si forever cherished by loved ones ES
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      28 35 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MR CHONG YONG MIN on the demise of his beloved moth CHOO ENG From: The Management Staff of AMTEK GROUP Amtek JtaL
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      47 35 The Family of the Late LESLIE LEK SIAK KIAT passed away peacefully on 20 March 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and all clan associations for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      54 35 B He who dwells in the shelter of die Most High will find rest in the slxadow of the Almighty: Psalms 91:1 5th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of CHENG SWEE GIEW was called liume to be with the lord on 27 March 2002 Dearly missed Si remembered by husband. children,
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      53 35 HARI SINGH s/o SURAIN SINGH (Village: Harchowal) passed away peacefully on 26 Mar 07 Dearly missed by family, relatives and loved ones. Tel: 9797 9251/9633 2067. Cortege leaves on 27 Mar 07 (tues) at 4:15pm lor Mandai Crematorium, Hal 4 for cremation al 5pm Bus leaving from Sn Gnu Singh
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      82 35 EDWARDS HILARY SPENCER Age: 86 called home to be with the Lord on 26 Mar 2007. Dearly missed by: Wife: Myrtle Edwards Daughter: Marina Ld wards Son: Spencer Edwards Son-in-law, daughter-in-law, 5 grandchildren and all loved ones. Wake at Blk 629 Yishun Street 61. Hp: 9457 1924 Cortege will leave
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      53 35 [*nb9 9lvmm\ NALLATHAMBBI A AYARU Age: 48 Departed on 25-3-07 Sadly missed by: Wife: Indranoe Son: Sanjeevan Father: Ayaru Mother: Selambai Brothers: ATUngam. A Subramamam ATirumal all Sisters-in-law, Nephews. Nieces, Relatives Friends. Cortege leaves today. 27-3-07, 3pm from BLK 2, #02-59 EVERTON PARK Contact: *****147 lor cremation at \Mandai Crematorium,/
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      43 35 F Al llHoever fivei andfaCmts m nt inff nn tr dit "John 11:26 4th Anniversary In Living Memory Of CHAN KIM YAM went home to the Lord on 27 March 2003 Till we meet again Dearly missed always remembered by wife, children grandchildren
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    • 533 37 REUTERS It may also absorb $1.5b charge in cost review, according to WSJ New York CITIGROUP may cut 15,000 obs and take a charge of more than US$l billion (551.52 billion) to revitalise itself and boost i lagging share price, the Wall Street
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    • 213 37 REUTERS Sydney A UNIT of Swiss investment bank ÜBS has increased its stake in Qantas Airways to 10.4 per cent, giving it the power to block a US$B.7 billion (5513.2 billion) buyout of the Australian airline. Qantas said in a
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    • 431 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington SALES of new homes fell sharply for a second consecutive month in February, a weaker than-expected performance that dimmed hopes for a rebound in the troubled United States housing market. The data took a chunk out of
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    • 36 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,521.96 (+41.35 points) »Japanese shares took a breather, inching up 0.24 per cent, after their recent rebound as investors awaited an upcoming slew of United States and domestic economic data.
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    • 38 37 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 19,765.85 (+73.21 points) Hong Kong stocks rose 0.37 per cent as oil issues climbed on higher crude prices, while chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International jumped on news of a potential stake sale.
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    • 39 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS Yesterday's close: 3,122.81 (+48.53 points) Chinese shares surged, adding 1.58 per cent, after a news of Beijing considering a US$6 billion (Ss9 billion) rise in the quota for overseas investors to buy local-currency securities.
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    • 41 37 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,990.7 (+38.4 points) Australian shares closed 0.65 per cent higher, buoyed by gains on Wall Street and domestic merger and acquisition activity as investors pushed stocks to just short of the historic 6,000-point level.
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    • 28 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,244.32 (+8.67 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.7 per cent higher led by plantation and property stocks which offset profit-taking in other sectors.
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    • 41 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS Yesterday's close: 1,813.72 (+7.76 points) »Indonesian stocks rose 0.43 per cent, led by plantation companies such as Astra Agra Lestari on speculation that profit growth will accelerate after palm oil prices hit their highest this year.
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    • 42 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS Yesterday's close: 679.04 (+1.25 points) Thai stocks rose 0.18 per cent to a high after the Finance Minister said the central bank should cut its key rate and that laws on foreign ownership will probably be "weakened".
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    • 136 37 Mar 26 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2130 1.2280 Ian dollar 1.2980 1.3140 Euro 2.0030 2.0260 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4396 0.4399 4Z dollar 1.0690 1.0930 Sterling pound 2.9580 2.9910 JS dollar 1.5090 1.5260 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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      • 401 38  -  GABRIEL CHEN A SERIES of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) ads to showcase its Ink Awards for advertisers have in turn taken top honours at the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (Panpa) awards. The six ads toyed with the idea of using blood
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    • 307 39 FINANCIAL TIMES Hong Kong CHINA'S biggest chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), has hired investment banks to find a strategic investor willing to help bankroll the its development plans. SMIC, which is listed in Hong Kong, has appointed Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank to
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    • 360 39 LOS ANGELES TIMES US chipmaker's plans boost China's drive to develop high-tech electronics industry Shanghai IN A long-awaited announcement, Intel said yesterday that its first wafer fabrication factory in Asia, in China's north-eastern city of Dalian, would begin production in
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    • 370 40  -  Fiona Chan By A HIGH-ACHIEVING pioneer of Singapore's property industry, Mr Cheong Thiam Siew, died in his sleep on Saturday. Mr Cheong, 84, was being treated at Mount Elizabeth Hospital for leukaemia. The industry veteran, who leaves behind two daughters and two grandsons,
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    • 508 40  -  Aaron Chew Expansion is flat at 0.1%, with four of six key sectors recording declines By HOLIDAY celebrations gave Singapore's industrial output a severe hangover last month, when growth in industrial production staggered to a 13-month low. Total manufacturing output rose by a
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    • 309 40  -  FIONA CHAN CITY Developments (CDL) has bought another three sites in District 11, cementing its presence in the Thomson Road/Balestier Road area. The developer paid $81.4 million in all for Concorde Residences and the adjoining Balestier Court and Bright Building. Including an
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    • 171 40 GUOCOLAND has acquired a land parcel in Tianjin, marking its first foray into the northern Chinese city. It will pay 406 million yuan (SsBo million) for a 100 per cent stake in Tianjin Zhong Kin Project Co, which holds the land use and development rights
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    • 615 41  -  Shefali Rekhi The group will hold sessions on networking, business openings and business matchings By WHAT began as an informal chat among some Singaporean businessmen at Dubai airport a couple of years ago has turned into a formidable network helping
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    • 239 41 THE Crown Prince of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman Hamad bin Al-Khali-fa, met senior leaders of Singapore and inspected a guard of honour at the Istana yesterday. Shaikh Salman called on President S R Nathan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and was hosted to
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    • 320 41  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies correspondent <EPPEL Corp's offshore and maine arm is investing US$23 million Ss3s million) in a shipyard joint /enture in the Middle East a sign )f the growing importance of the region to the Singapore conglomerite.
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    • 455 41  -  Gabriel Chen STAKING STOCK By CAUTION was the watchword yesterday as shares closed flat amid concerns that it was getting harder to pick out a bargain from the blue chip bin. There was also not much on the news front to tempt
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    • 219 41  -  LEE SU SHYAN WARRANT WATCH THE enthusiasm for covered warrants on China counters ignited the market last week and carried over into trading yesterday. Traders snapped up warrants to build on share gains made by plays such as Cosco, Ferrochina, China Energy and
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    • 825 42  -  Grace Ng They pay bills on time but often, it's just the minimum sum owing: Bureau By Finance Reporter SINGAPOREANS in their 20s have posted the fastest rate of increase in credit card use among all age groups, a new survey has found.
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    • 214 42 BLOOMBERG NEWS EASING CAPITAL CONTROLS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S central bank said it will consider allowing its currency to be traded offshore, almost a decade after the country introduced capital controls to thwart speculators. "We will look at how Malaysia might benefit from it and
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    • 29 42 Holiday hangover Singapore's factory output rose a mere 0.1 per cent last month from a year ago, with four of the six main manufacturing sectors showing declines. PAGE HlB
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      • 1078 44  -  Michelle Tay More Singaporeans are taking the plunge with scuba-diving trips in the region to encounter marine life and play with Nemo YOU may have "met" Jacki Ng underwater if you are an avid diver. After all, the 31-year-old diving instructor has gone on close to
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      • 937 45 WITH the monsoon season just over, divers are putting on their flippers again. While Malaysian dive spots Tioman, Redang and Dayang remain popular, divers say it's worthwhile to take some roads or seas less travelled to catch the, well, bigger fish. Mr Stephen Beng, president
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      • 2025 46  -  Pauline Loh BEIJING With the invasion of French bistros, Russian buffet lines, Italian pasta chains and the revival of more traditional foods in the Chinese capital, eating out has become even more of an adventure BEIJING, a sprawling city of 15 million voracious consumers, is facing a culinary
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      • 384 49  -  June Cheong The collaborative Ghost Exchange successfully depicts how global expansion affects people's lives > dance GHOST EXCHANGE Arts Fission and TranzDanz Esplanade Theatre Studio Last Friday ARTS REPORTER GHOST Exchange was a slow, sustained affair which rewarded the audience for its patience. The collaboration between
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      • 423 49  -  June Cheong > dance COPPELIA Singapore Dance Theatre Victoria Theatre Last Saturday ARTS REPORTER COPPELIA is an amusing but unremarkable ballet which caters amiably enough for children and the young at heart. The ballet in three acts tells the story of a plucky village girl, Swanilda, who
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      • 374 49  -  Chang Tou Liang > concert 25 YEARS OF GENUS! National University of Singapore Guitar Ensemble University Cultural Centre Last Friday GUITAR orchestras are a relatively new phenomenon. Singapore's premier guitar orchestra, the National University of Singapore Guitar Ensemble (Genus), celebrated its 25th anniversary in high
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    • 594 50 Reuters The pop singer celebrated his 60th birthday with a concert at Madison Square Garden, his 60th there NEW YORK British pop singer Elton John celebrated his 60th birthday at Madison Square Garden on Sunday by recalling the late Beatle John Lennon and
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      • 140 52 FANS of Filipino singer Gary Valenciano (above) should keep April 21 free. The singer, who is dubbed the "Asian Michael Jackson", will perform at Suntec City that night. Valenciano, 41, is known for igniting crowd fever with his versatile vocals and fluid dance moves. He started as
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        87 52 CNBC GOES AUSSIE: Business news network CNBC launched a new programming grid yesterday, adding a new one-hour show, beamed live from its new facility in Sydney... TITANIC RETURN: Titanic stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio (right) will reunite in a movie, Revolutionary Road, to be directed by the actress'
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  • Digital Life
    • DIGITAL LIVING
      • 278 80 SECURITY THREATS ...a dose of common sense, a high firewall and a lethal anti-virus drug. CHUA HIAN HOU looks at the new threats to blogs, social networks. Web forums and online gaming. From here to page 6 Listen up, all those who live,
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      • 530 80 SECURITY THREATS: BLOGS Use the same login ID and pen name for your blog, at your own risk. Local blogger Wendy Cheng aka Xiaxue is still upset over her hacked blog, even though it happened over a year ago People young and old
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      • 202 80 IN JULY 2005, popular local blogger Wendy Cheng woke up to a rude message in place of the usual interface on her blog including a reference to her as a "b**ch". Horrified, the 22-year-old, who writes under the pen-name of Xiaxue, tried to access her
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      • 479 81  -  Chua Hian Hou SECURITY THREATS: FORUMS A shot of common sense could prove valuable when visiting forums Web forums or message boards, where like-minded users come together to discuss and share their experiences about anything from pets to favourite food joints to parenting has also become
        MARK BREGMAN  -  479 words
      • 613 83  -  Chua Hian Hou ►►SECURITY THREATS: GAMING Keep watch against virtual theft in online gaming al goods like "gold" and powerful characters. There are no statistics on how big a problem this is here, but gaming firm Asia Soft spokesman Ivan Seah acknowledged that account theft "does
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      • 506 83  -  Chua Hian Hou SECURITY THREATS SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES Be careful not to leave personal details at friendship sites that could lead a stalker to you Children and teens love them these social networking sites where they chat and swap (probably horror parent stories)
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      • 1009 85  -  Daryl Lim Former NTU professor Dr Chong Man-Nang has enhanced your night out at the movies. His firm installs digital cinemas and distributes digital films. DARYL LIM finds out more Every time you settle into that plush cinema hall seat with a
        – DOMINIC WONG; COLUMBIA PICTURES, WARNER BROS  -  1,009 words
      • 746 86 Gaming teams from Montfort Secondary School and Ngee Ann Poly took part in the Interschool eGaming Challenge during the March school break and won. LIM YEE HUNG has the details It was the last day of the March holiday week and Daryl Seah from Montfort Secondary School
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      • 912 87  -  Daryl Lim SMALL BUSINESSES GET CONNECTED Why the boss of a small company should get more out of his cellphone and without a big overhaul to operations too. ALFRED SIEW and DARYL LIM serve up the ways. From here to page 16 Think of
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      • 870 90 SMALL BUSINESSES GET CONNECTED ...without calling in the IT experts. By ALFRED SIEW and DARYL LIM As a towkay, you have a cellphone which rings non-stop with calls from suppliers and clients. But is a phone call enough when deals, these days, can be
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      • 710 92 ALFRED SIEW susses out five mobile gizmos that the smart entrepreneur should check out Best in looks and work power Nokia E65 $748 (without subscription) ONCE IN A while, a gizmo comes along and wows you with both its looks and its features and you
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      • 407 92 3G: The third-generation cellphone technology which offers fast download speeds as well as video calls. After you buy a 3G phone and subscribe to a 3G service, you can get your e-mail faster while on the road. So you can send menacing messages to your under-performing staff on
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      • coolgear
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          152 94 Two-faced cellphone The Samsung Ultra Music F300 mobile phone reminds you of the toy sports cars of the past which could be flipped on either side and still run smoothly. The phone is dual-faced, with a music player interface on one side and a mobile phone on the
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          92 94 Look-good laptop With its gleaming lacquer-finished surface, carbon fibre alloy housing and leather-bound palm rest, the Asus U1F laptop exudes style. It also has a built-in high resolution webcam and fingerprint scanner. Check out the specifications as well: a 1.06GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 80GB of hard drive
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        • 106 94 Look Ma, no hands You must have heard of horror stories of drivers meeting terrible fates after using their mobile phones on the move. The Bluetooth Handsfree Speaker (above) by AVLabs lets you answer your calls without fear of being pulled over by the men in white. It
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        • 125 94 Super spin speed Seagate's latest notebook hard drive, the Momentus 7200.2, boasts a spin speed of 7,200 revolu-tions-per-minute (RPM) a world first according to the digital storage solutions company. The higher the RPM of a hard drive, the faster data can be read, which increases overall performance. But
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          110 94 Entertain sans wires Home entertainment fans who live in tiny studio apartments, should check out the Philips Ambisound system. It is a sleek, single speaker incorporating a DVD player backed by a separate sub-woofer that does away with the need for a full-fledged surround speaker system and unsightly
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        • 122 94 Don't get lost Jangan hilang Malay for "Don't get lost" with the new Packard Bell Compasseo 600 GPS system. It includes Bahasa voice navigation in the GPS. Even if you prefer to use English, the Compasseo 600 is still attractive for its powerful GPS antenna and 20-channel satellite
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        • 280 94 A GEEK LAMENTED how new tech products become obsolete in three years. He sparked off a heated debate among Geek Zoners about the obsolescence of technology. Here are their arguments. Nabe-Nabe: "Depreciation in years, before the value of item becomes ZERO (ie; worthless): "Audio visual 4 years. Office equipment
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    • INTERNET
      • 462 95 Bloggers are elated that the Trim and Fit (TAF) programme in schools will disappear next year Not all that bad http://greeningaway.blogspot.com/ 2007/03/1 st-time-live-on-958.html "I used to be real fat...All members in TAF in my primary school were made to wear bright orange T-shirts to school
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    • VIEWS + REVIEWS
      • 568 97  -  GRACE CHNG Lots of tools on the mobile phone are useless if not pre-configured for the user Keep it (really) simple, stupid. That is something cellphone makers don't seem to understand. Not since the 1990s (when the cellphone first made its rounds in the world).
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      • 583 98 ►►DIGITAL LIFE AND CANON DVTRIATHLON Getting the correct hues for skin tones, the mood in a room or the sunny brightness of a day outdoors, requires skill in exposure. Here's how to light things up, says BILLY TEO, in the second of a six-part series
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      • GAME REVIEWS
        • 471 99  -  Sim Cheng Sangokushi Taisen Meet Sangokushi Taisen, an abridged one-on-one version of PC real-time-strate-gy (RTS) game Defense of the Ancients (Dota) with a radical twist. In place of Dota's fantastical heroes are generals from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, whose personalities Taisen has inscribed onto trading
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        • 226 99  -  Sim Cheng Kai FOR A QUICK boost to your card collection, try looking through bargain threads in the Sangokushi Taisen trading forums over at sgcardgames.com Buy as many rare cards as you need from a single merchant, and ask if he has any redundant common cards or uncommon ones
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        • 211 99  -  Yap Hui r 1 The Sims 2: Seasons Unlike the previous add-ons that crammed too much into your Sims' lives, like attention-seek-ing cats hell-bent on ruining your furniture, The Sims 2: Seasons simply offers more options on how your Sims can spend their leisure time. In
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      • PRODUCT REVIEWS
        • 489 100  -  Melvin Seah, Dopod DBlO $1,298 (without contract) Get it from authorised dealers If you have been eyeing the Dopod DBlO, here's another good reason to plonk some major moolah on one the latest version of this stylish-looking PDA phone now comes with GPS. The
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        • 265 100  -  Daryl him LG Z1 Pro Express Dual $2,399 Get it from authorised retailers The looks of the LG Zl will surely catch the attention of passers-by. Its latchless lid hides a 12.1-inch screen, and the stark contrast between the black cover and white
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      • 466 101  -  Mike Lee, Dell 2707WFP LCD monitor $1,98.40 Get it from www.dell.com.sg Folks who want a large widescreen LCD monitor have plenty of choices among the 20- to 24-inch models and those in the 30-inch category too. But the dearth was obvious in the in-be-tween group (the 27-inch
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      • 389 101  -  Mike Lee Fujitsu Lifebook P7230 $3,688 (black and white); $3,788 (crimson) Get it from authorised dealers The P7230 is the latest ultra-porta-ble notebook offering from Fujitsu, whose strength is in the ul-tra-portables niche. Coming in red, black, and white, the P7230 sports a fashionable, minimalistic design
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      • 611 102  -  Mike Lee Olympus SP-550UZ .$849 Get it from authorised dealers The 7.1-megapixel SP-550UZ has an amazing 18x optical zoom the highest in any digital camera today, and a substantial improvement over its predecessor, the Olympus SP-510, which has a lOx optical zoom.
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      • 367 102  -  Chester Chen, XFX GeForce 8800GTX XXX .$1,159 Available from Sim Lim Square The XFX GeForce 8800GTX XXX edition graphics card is like an Enzo Ferrari super car: it goes super fast, but it is expensive and the production, limited. Yes, there are other Ferraris
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      • Article, Illustration
        492 103 E-mail your tech queries to stdled@sph.com.sg. Include your full name and contact numbers Problem virus QMy computer's Norton Antivirus discovered a Trojan Horse in the file C:\WlNDOWS\system32\reg.sys. However, the message "Access to the file was denied" popped up and the virus could not be deleted by the antivirus
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    • WORKING PLATFORM
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        395 104 Products and services for the enterprise Software New Java kit Java developers should look at the new open source Java EE 5 application server released by Sun Microsystems and the GlassFish community. GlassFish V2 includes enterprise features such as clustering and load balancing, and has support for SOA and
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      • geeknotes
        • 137 104 Eurogamer Gamers queuing for their Play Station 3 sets at the official European launch in London last week got a little more than they had bargained for. First, Sony picked a random person in the queue and gave him a PS3 for free. As
          – Eurogamer  -  137 words
        • 182 104 Reuters The elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai, one of India's top engineering schools, has restricted Internet access in its hostels, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance, making them reclusive and even suicidal. Authorities at the institute
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        • 163 104 New York Times News Service CEO Michael Dell took the wraps off a compact system in China, tailored specifically for the Chinese market. It's part of Dell's efforts to craft products that will win customers in fast-grow-ing emerging markets. Mr Dell, the company's
          – New York Times News Service  -  163 words
      • 657 106 Cox News Service It can transfer data at speeds more than eight times faster than similar optical components It can take an hour or more to download a full-length feature movie from the Internet today. In the near
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    • PEOPLE
      • 908 107 DESAI ARCOT NARASIMHALU 58, chairman of Singapore Management University's Business Innovations Generator But he would rather his students make the big bucks when their start-ups make it. SERENE LUO speaks to Associate Professor Desai In Hawaii where the surf breaks every day, university students enjoy the
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  • Page 80 Miscellaneous
    • 127 80 Contents DIGITAL LIVING 8 Transforming cinema Dr Chong Man-Nang develops digital cinema systems popular in Asia. 10 Holidays well spent Two school teams spent their holidays gaming, and won. Digital Life EDITORIAL Editor Grace Chng Writers Alfred Siew, Chua Hian Hou, Leung Wai-Leng, Tham Yuen-C, Serene Luo, Leslie Goh Interns
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        669 110 'Spore keeps status as least corrupt in Asia*. By Audrey Tan, Assistant Money Editor (ST, March 14,2007) Singapore is still the least corrupt country in Asia, but it is increasingly vulnerable to graft problems in the region, a Hong Kong-based risk consultancy said yesterday. The Political and Economic
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        528 111  -  ANDREW DUFFY The five Ws and an H of the battle to get into polytechnic. BY WHO IS FIGHTING? Students, who in previous years would have got a place at polytechnics, are now finding they cannot at least, not on a course they want to study. Officially,
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      • 253 111 How would you rate the news items below: HOT, WARM, COOL or COLD? Write down the category in the spaces provided, then answer the quiz questions. Hwa Chong Institution student Liew Mci Hui, 17, and Raffles Junior College's Foo Ming Qing, 18, have
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        150 112 He is Pakistan's former Chief Justice. What is his name? What happened to him He has a reputation for cracking down on government misdeeds and human rights abuses, and was suspended on March 9 by embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, just one year after being appointed Chief
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        142 112 Thailand What happened A prolonged dry season in the northern regions has led to forest fires that have blanketed a total of eight provinces with thick smog for weeks. Farmers have also contributed to the bad air quality by burning bushes to clear land for cultivation. There
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        143 112 Peace talks in the Philippines What is going on For more than three decades, Muslim rebels have waged a separatist rebellion against the Manila government. A ceasefire, now in its fourth year, is allowing both sides to work out a peace agreement. Talks broke down last September
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        135 112 12,000,000 What it is The number of people who can expect to find jobs in Chinese cities this year. That is only half of all job seekers expected though. Despite the country's rapid growth, the government is finding it more difficult to create enough jobs, mainly because
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        598 113 Growing up as a child performer is not all fun. Alfred chua finds out from the two lead characters of Life With Derek. Ashley Leggat and Michael Seater, who star in Nickelodeon's television series Life With Derek, have been juggling the pressures of school and acting since
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      • 273 114 Dance fever has definitely seized the nation. One recent dance competition involving primary school pupils was City Dans: Dance Bliss In The City. EMILY LEX gives some highlights. Over three days from March 15 to 17, 750 students from 45 schools were dancing up a storm
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      • 403 115 As sure as fads arrive by storm, they disappear quickly when something new comes along. Trends stay only for a while and they rarely leave a trace. This is not the case with drug abuse. Supermodel Kate Moss was riding high in her modelling career, representing
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      • 265 116 A 48-year-old Chinese man underwent plastic surgery to reduce his protruding cheekbones, all because he believed leaving them the way they were would cause misfortune to his wife. Fortune-tellers had previously assessed Mr Lang Qiang's cheekbones and concluded that his wife would die before
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      • 77 116 Experienced online hackers worldwide are colluding more than ever before in committing cyberspace crimes, while the US has also been found to be the world's top generator of malicious online crimes. Symantec Corporation's Internet Security Threat Report revealed that stolen finan while access to another person's bank
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        95 116 A 15-year-old was stabbed to death on the streets of London on March 17. This follows a spate of murders of youths in recent months. Last month, three teenagers were shot dead in separate incidents. The latest killing has reinforced concerns about gang culture, which is believed to be
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        104 116 Danish newspaper editor Flemming Rose, the man who published cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in 2005, has been awarded the international Sappho Prize. The award, given out by the Danish-based Free Press Society, was in recognition of Mr Rose's "determination and courage". In September 2005, the publication of the cartoons
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        103 116 Three Buddhist women were killed in Pattan on March 19, worsening the militant crisis in the Thai South. This comes just two days after an attack on a Muslim boarding school in the Saba Yoi district, which left three students dead. Muslim militants are suspected to be behind the
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        102 116 Premier Wen Jiabao has shortened his upcoming trip to Japan, from five to three days. This was done in response to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's claim that there was no evidence that the Japanese government or military had kidnapped women to serve in brothels during World War 11.
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      571 117 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 What's happening? The March holidays may be over, but the Night Safari school holidays promotion will last till March 31. Enjoy a 50 per cent discount off your admission fee
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        320 118  -  ELLEN WHYTE Much of what we have learned about the Earth's 4.5-billion-year history is written in stone literally! BY Fossils are the stone-like remains from plants and animals living in prehistoric times. In the hands of scientists called palaeontologists, fossils tell us what the Earth was like
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      • 157 118 WHAT YOU NEED Big plastic soda bottle Shells, leaves, chicken bones Spray bottle with cooking oil Plaster of Paris Sand or earth Brush Leave overnight to dry. Cut open bottle and excavate the layers. Brush sand/earth carefully from your fossils. DISCUSS: If the bottle represents a
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      • 606 119 It controls almost everything you do, whether it is finding your way to class, recognising your friends or enjoying the taste of ice cream. How does the brain work? alison de souza takes a look inside. The brain sits at the top of your
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      • 325 121 Recently, Singapore and its close neighbour Indonesia have been disagreeing about certain issues. The main one has to do with the import of sand from Indonesia into Singapore. Indonesia has banned people from taking sand out of their country, which will affect Singapore as it needs it to
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      • 269 122 Try it the Dot way! Every week, we brew up dot-flavoured lessons from a vast collection of classroom recipes. This week, pupils learn some useful travel tips. DOT TREAT Group work, three periods DOT MISSION Becoming a wise traveller DOT TOOLS The Straits Times and today's
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        422 123 Crocodilians have been around for some 200 million years. They roamed the Earth at about the same time as dinosaurs. However they have survived till today while dinosaurs have gone extinct. Crocodilians are closely related to birds. The living species of crocodilians are found throughout the tropical and
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      • 78 123 Kouprey Bos sauveli This large forest ox has a characteristic dewlap hanging from the neck. The bull boasts split-end horns, while the female has lyre-shaped horns. Known to Western science only in 1937, this animal was mostly seen in northern and eastern Cambodia. They have not
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