The Straits Times, 30 March 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 132 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 FRIDAY, MARCH 30 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 611 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG NEWS Polls may be held on Dec 16 or 23, says PM; rumours of new coup sweep Bangkok Bangkok ELECTIONS to restore democracy in Thailand will be held in December, the country's military-installed premier promised yesterday while rejecting calls for emergency
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  • Article, Illustration
    121 1 A bus veered off the road and ended up perched precariously on a guardrail after colliding with a car yesterday. Traffic slowed as motorists slowed down to gawk at the curious sight at the junction of Whitley and Bukit Timah roads. The 24-year-old driver of the black Subaru
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  • 536 1  -  Chong Chee Kin EX-NKF CHIEF'S CRIMINAL TRIAL By THE criminal hearing against former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief T.T. Durai ended with a fizzle yesterday when he declined to take the witness stand to defend himself. With no other witnesses testifying for the defence, all
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  • 1023 1  -  Sim Chi Yin By In Jakarta SULAWESI native Sukardi, 26, thought the promise was "manis" sweet. If he went to Malaysia, he was told, he could earn RM6O (Ss26) a day washing cars. He sold family land to raise 3.5 million rupiah (SssBo)
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 66 1 TI\TCT/^XJ rF Ljaf Ife^] Race harmony Philip Yeo on McKelleris 11 \l OlvJ-TT- X VjtJ^^^l pace-setters thatblogspat v-'y Lear /^\l\T "CT)"! A'V wJirk' Civic-minded Singaporeans Why A*Star made July treat V^/l\ J7 X\X J_-/./\X m m mw.Z^ m^-^ are building up a threat to sue for fans of ■f? f"
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 322 2 SECTION ONE HOME Pr' me 2-4 H ave y OU seen them? "Sla 6-20 The police are working World 21-28 w ith various community Review 29-32 partners, including SBS Insight 33-34 Transit, to publicise PY| 35 missing persons reports. SECTION TWO PAGE H1 Home Hl-Hl4 Forum Hl6 Unhappy strangers Sports
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  • PRIME
    • Article, Illustration
      156 3 Open-ended horseshoe design Spectators will get unobstructed view of Kallang Basin and the Singapore skyline. Temporary seats can be erected at empty space, boosting seating capacity. Retractable roof Spectators will get better views of events such as the National Day flypast of military aircraft. Sports quay Waterfront promenade
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    • 571 3  -  Nicholas Fang Open-ended concept will give spectators view of Kallang Basin, Spore skyline SINGAPOREANS may get to watch the hottest sporting action on the pitch while being fanned by a balmy sea breeze when the new National Stadium is ready in 2011. This
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    • 320 3  -  Judith Tan By MALAYSIA-TRAINED doctors can now practise here more easily, with the country's two premier universities getting the nod from the Health Ministry (MOH). The first Asean universities to make the grade, they are among 20 newly-ac-credited institutes which
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    • 414 4  - Flatmates had heated quarrels every day over a key Khushwant Singh MAN KILLED IN BT MERAH By EARLY every morning, like clockwork, the residents of Block 3, Jalan Bukit Merah would hear a shouting match erupt between Mr Hoo Mong Tai and his flatmate. The 5.30 am ruckus would happen
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    • 69 4 AP Three people died after a fire yesterday ravaged the top two floors of a six-storey office building in the American city of Houston. At least six others, including three firefighters, were injured in the blaze, which was believed to have started in a medical supply
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    • 537 4  -  Leslie Lopez Setback deals a big blow to govt and bid to revive carmaker By South-east Asia Correspondent GLOBAL auto giant Volkswagen (VW) has scrapped plans for a tie-up with Malaysia's Proton, dealing a severe blow to efforts to turn the ailing carmaker
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  • ASIA
    • 802 6  -  Alastair Mclndoe M 1 V V 111 I II Ik 111! I%IVIMII I IV II I I ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHILIPPINE HOSTAGE DRAMA: WHY? Incident highlights plight of the poor who are not benefiting from a growing economy By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THE dramatic
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    • 443 6 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE two gunmen who held several children and teachers for more than nine hours had dud grenades, reports said as the authorities investigate whether the hostage crisis was a political gimmick. The men, armed with grenades, an Uzi submachine gun and a revolver,
      REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AFP  -  443 words
    • 246 6 REUTERS KIDNAPPING for ransom in the Philippines has become so common over the past three decades that the country has been dubbed the kidnapping capital of the world. It has been reported that 2,142 people were kidnapped between 1993 and 2002. This worked out to
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    • CHINA
      • 696 10  -  VINCE CHONG PUSH FOR GREENER SKIES It will help to cut costs and reduce CO2 emissions, say SIA, Cathay Pacific By Hong Kong Correspondent TWO of Asia's biggest airlines yesterday urged the region's airports to improve air traffic management, so that airplanes
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      • 695 11  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Taiwanese media's tendency to sensationalise news exposed By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei A POPULAR Taiwanese cable TV news station yesterday found itself in the news for the wrong reason. One of its reporters admitted helping an armed gangster shoot a
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      • 155 11  -  ONG HWEE HWEE 2006: TVBS station reported that farmers used asphalt to remove duck feathers, sparking public panic and causing duck sales to plunge. The report was later proven wrong. 2006: Apple Daily splashed across its front page pictures of the severely injured wife of Taichung
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      • 561 11  -  Goh Sui Noi By Senior Correspondent A NEW civil society is emerging in China as the Chinese begin to organise themselves to deal with problems like environmental degradation, according to a sociologist. It is a civil society that, unlike those that
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 301 14 REUTERS, XINHUA Beijing A BEIJING subway tunnel being built for the 2008 Olympics collapsed, burying six workers who are feared dead, in the latest cave-in to hit the project. The accident happened early on Wednesday at a tunnel designed for a station exit
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      • 588 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG Evidence from new documents rejected by Abe, who says war shrine made the final decision Tokyo PAST Japanese governments secretly led efforts to honour top war criminals at a Tokyo shrine, according to new documents released this
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      • 200 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul SOUTH Korean and Japanese foreign ministers will discuss Tokyo's wartime sex slavery when they meet this weekend, officials said yesterday. Foreign Minister Taro Aso will visit the southern resort island of Jeju for talks with his South Korean counterpart,
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
      • 540 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS Islamic students kidnap alleged brothel owner in fight against 'evil' ISLAMABAD TWO recent incidents reflect an undercurrent of fundamentalism that is challenging the moderate mainstream of this Muslim nation of 160 million people, and the failure of President Pervez Musharraf's government to contain it.
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      • 321 16 FINANCIAL TIMES Hong Kong INDIA'S Finance Minister on Wednesday singled out cement producers for failing to support efforts to contain "politically unacceptable levels of inflation that threaten to destabilise the country's fast-growing economy. Annual inflation has climbed from 4 per cent last year
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 472 17  -  AZHAR GHANI Jakarta will reply to Spores diplomatic note soon, says foreign minister By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta INDONESIA'S Foreign Minis:er Hassan Wirajuda has said :hat Jakarta is still gathering in'ormation on the recent seizure of several Singaporesound granite shipments by his ;ountry's
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      • 366 17  -  AZHAR GHANI THE Singapore-owned granite quarry hit by four explosions last week is now being investigated by the Indonesian police for possible breach of rules. This move came as a separate ongoing probe into the blasts continues. Yesterday's Batam Pos
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      • 356 17 SINGAPORE and Indonesia have ended the third round of talks on maritime boundaries and have made "further progress", the two governments said yesterday. In a joint press statement, the two countries said that they have agreed on several technical issues for the delimitation of
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      • 222 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Defence Minister Najib Razak yesterday denied he had apologised to his Indonesian counterpart for recent incidents related to their border off Borneo island. Indonesian Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono said on Wednesday that Datuk Seri Najib had apologised after Malaysian
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      • 264 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok ONE of the leading critics of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday for defaming a close aide to the ousted leader. Sondhi Limthongkul, a media tycoon who led anti-Thaksin
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AP  -  264 words
    • MALAYSIA
      • 532 19  -  Reme Ahmad Ex-PM criticises plan to open up south Johor to foreign investors By Malaysia Correspondent In Kulai (Johor) FORMER premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia will lose sovereignty over parts of Johor and Malays could be "enslaved again" if foreigners are al-
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      • 339 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Petaling Jaya RACIAL integration among the younger generation in Malaysia still has some way to go, judging by the results of a nationwide survey of 4,400 Form Four students. Only 52 per cent of the teenagers surveyed said they had
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  339 words
      • Article, Illustration
        44 19 Police Seized these hawksblll and gteen ,7 r r^i turtles from a Chinese brawler in Malaysian waters on Wednesday. Only 20 of the 260 turtles were still alive. The creatures are valued for their supposed medicinal properties. PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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      • 170 19 BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur THE recent comments by a Singapore MP that Malaysia was jealous of Singapore's progress was a shallow view, said Foreign Ministry parliamentary secretary Ahmad Shabery Cheek yesterday. He told Parliament that the remarks were unwarranted as Malaysia believes that the
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    • 25 6 Taiwan news scandal A Taiwan TV news station makes news after its reporter admits helping an armed gangster to shoot a threatening video. PAGE 11
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  • WORLD
    • 737 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Most of the $246 m pledged by Australia will be spent on projects in Indonesia Canberra AUSTRALIA yesterday pledged As2oo million (***** million) to fight deforestation in South-east Asia, with the bulk of the money
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    • IRANIAN SEIZURE OF BRITISH SAILORS
      • 672 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Teheran blasts 'incorrect' attitude and decides not to free woman sailor London THE dispute with Iran over Britain's captured sailors has escalated sharply, with the Iranian foreign minister now insisting that London admits the sailors were in Iranian waters before the
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      • 586 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS London EXPRESSIONLESS, smoking a cigarette and wearing a black head scarf that masks her blonde hair, captured British sailor Faye Turney came across as a soft-spo-ken mother in video footage released on Wednesday. The 26-year-old mum is one of only
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      • 440 21 BODY language experts say there are obvious contradictions between the upbeat tone of British sailor Faye Turney's words and her appearance in the video released by the Iranian authorities on Wednesday. During the short video clip, she praised her "friendly, hospitable and thoughtful"
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      • 798 21 Houston IRAN has been seeking a new card to play in the nuclear stand-off with the West and the British servicemen seized in the Gulf were an easy target. The seizure was a daring move but in deciding on it, the
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      • 174 21 BRITAIN'S options in dealing with the crisis over Iran's seizure of its servicemen in the Gulf: 1. Continue diplomatic efforts Put pressure on Iran through third parties. Be prepared to apologise and see British forces humiliated on television. 2. Increase pressure on Iran Suspend bilateral
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    • 685 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Cities around the world are vying to get ahead of one another. In the last of The Straits Times' series on the ways different places are developing, we look at Tokyo which opens its highest skyscraper today and
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    • 401 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO INTERNATIONAL luxury hotel chains are spreading here on the back of public works projects, hoping to conquer a city renowned for expensive tastes but where top-notch hotels were surprisingly rare. The latest and most pricey entrant, the Ritz-Carlton,
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    • 297 24  -  Lydia Lim MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday called on the Premier of Australia's Victoria state, Mr Steve Bracks. During their meeting, they touched on aviation issues, Mr Lee's press secretary said afterwards. But no details were available on the specifics of their
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 80 24 REUTERS JAKARTA: Indonesia announced two more deaths from bird flu yesterday and China said a teenage boy had also died from the HSNI virus. The Indonesian Health Ministry said a 14-year-old boy and a 28-year-old woman had died. That brought the country's
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      • 77 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Three people were killed and a 14-year-old girl was missing after a Sydney Harbour ferry smashed into a boat carrying leading members of Australia's ice-skating community. International-level skating judges Alan Blinn and Simone Moore were among the dead. ExOlympian Liz Cain had her
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      • 103 24 REUTERS CHIANG MAI: A Thai court sentenced a Swiss man yesterday to 10 years in jail for defacing images of Thai royalty, a rare prison term for a foreigner convicted under local lese majeste laws. Oliver Rudolf Jufer, 57, was sentenced initially to 20 years
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      • 137 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KOLKATA: A communist-ruled eastern Indian state has agreed to relocate a massive petrochemicals hub, but will not abandon plans to build it, following deadly protests by villagers. West Bengal state had set aside land around Nandigram village as part of its plans to
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    • 431 24 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Israel unwilling to accept five-year-old blueprint for Middle East as it stands Riyadh ARAB leaders yesterday gave the final stamp of approval to a five-year-old Middle East peace plan, although Israel has rejected the plan as it stands.
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    • 444 27 FINANCIAL TIMES Bigger pool of applicants, more overseas candidates raise entrance bar Cambridge (Massachusetts) FOP colleges and universities n the US have rejected a •ecord number of aspiring maxiculants in the most competi:ive year ever for young people ieeking entrance to a top-tier
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    • 216 27 REUTERS Berkeley (California) CONCERN over global warming has more US college students looking into careers in alternative energy, leading US universities to add new courses on clean-energy technologies and the environment. "Students see an opportuni- ty for challenging jobs and a way
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 183 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS THE oldest son of the late French president Francois Mitterrand may face trial for illegal arms sales. Jean-Christophe Mitterrand is among 42 people French prosecutors want to put on trial for their suspected roles in arms sales to Angola during the
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      • 109 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE diagnosis of incurable cancer in the wife of a Democratic US presidential candidate has led to a surge of donations to Mr John Edwards' presidential campaign. Money given to Mr Edwards' campaign online increased by about 50 per cent since the couple announced
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      • 115 27 BRITAIN'S Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has an iPod and knows how to use it, unlike Prime Minister Tony Blair who has said he needs his daughter's help to do so. Mr Brown, who is tipped to succeed Mr Blair, was asked
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 24 20 College rejection rate up Top US colleges and universities have rejected a record number of applicants as greater competition raises the bar. PAGE 28
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  • REVIEW
    • 436 28 MIDDLE-AGED retrenched managers and professionals bitter at being left out of the boom are wise to make the most of job retraining places presented this week by the Workforce Development Agency (WDA). Once they have got past the "conversion" scheme's forbidding bureaucratic wrapping, they will
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    • 1014 28  -  Erica Tay SINGAPORE'S CLEAN ENERGY THRUST By Economics Correspondent ONCE upon a time, a group of eco-conscious engineers hatched an ambitious plan to install solar energy systems in thousands of remote Asian villages out of the reach of power lines. Villagers who had to rely
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    • 1070 28  -  Janadas Devan BOOK REVIEW The Reluctant Politician: Tun Dr Ismail And His Time By Dr Ooi Kee Beng Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007 By Senior Writer DO GREAT men influence the course of history or are events always in the saddle? That question
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    • 914 29  -  Kai-Alexander Schlevogt DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG By For The Straits Times WHAT do Hong Kong and the Vatican have in common? Their small-circle democracies ensure the masses do not carry the vote. And while the Pope is guided by God, the head of the entrepot
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    • 1031 30  -  DONALD SHOUP PARKING AND TRAFFIC WOES By MOST people view traffic with a mixture of rage and resignation: rage because congestion wastes valuable time, resignation because, well, what can anyone do about it? People have places to go, after all; congestion seems inevitable. But
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    • 735 31  -  Eric J. Topol LOS ANGELES TIMES »MEDICAL CARE By EACH year, about one million people in the US have stents put in to treat clogged coronary arteries a procedure some might not have needed, according to a recent study. Although stents relieve angina,
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    • 24 28 An evolving Hong Kong What does Mr Donald Tsang's re-election as Hong Kong's Chief Executive mean for the territory's political development? PAGE 30 PUNCHLINES
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  • INSIGHT FRIDAY
    • 193 32 The threat of racial strife in the event of a terror attack prompted the Government to start a scheme to deepen ties among Singaporeans of different races and religions. A year has passed since the launch of this Community Engagement Programme. Zakir Hussain finds out what
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    • 671 32 FOR the first time, about 80 residents from Braddell Heights stepped into the year-old An-Nahdhah Mosque in Bishan last month. After a one-hour tour, a teenager asked a mosque official a question that made some grassroots leaders gasp. "How come you believe only Muslims can go
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    • 535 32 PRIMARY FOUR pupil Winston Bay met Muhammad Sufiyan Adam, who is in Secondary Two, only a week ago. But in the one hour they spent together, the nine-year-old said he had learnt a lot. That learning goes beyond the past and present tenses Sufiyan, 14, had
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    • 424 32 WHEN WingTai Holdings was asked if it could help hand out "Orange Ribbon" collar pins last year, its chief operating officer Tan Hwee Bin agreed readily. The Orange Ribbon symbolises harmony and friendship across races. But Ms Tan, 43, who is in charge of the day-to-day
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    • 967 33  -  Chua Mvi Hoong FRIDAY MATTERS PROM the moment it came into Deing, Singapore has always de:ied convention. Analysts predicted its demise ivhen Singapore had independence thrust upon it. Few thought Singapore could survive, so econonists held on to the dream of a :ommon
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    • 853 33  -  Hong Xinyi »THE POST-65ERS By IT WAS bound to happen eventually; you could almost smell it coming. Next month, American fashion label Calvin Klein will launch what it terms "the first fragrance for the technosexual generation". The target demographic for the scent, the
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    • 26 32 Engaging the technosexual Reading their minds in blogs and chatrooms is easy. But reaching a consensus with them may be a more complicated affair. PAGE W34
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    • 740 36  -  Carolyn Quek Teh Joo Lin Cops launch website, and will also put up notices in NEL stations, bus terminals By and FHE long arm of the law is reading out to the sharp eyes of the ;ommunity to help locate thousands of people who
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    • 1575 37  -  Radha Basu They are set in their ways. So when elderly singles have to live with complete strangers out of circumstance, conflicts arise By THE CALL came in the middle of the afternoon on a busy workday. One of her elderly clients
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    • 473 38  -  Melissa Sim Passenger, who claims airport security officers took the word out of context, satisfied with redress action taken by CAAS By ON MARCH 9, sales executive Sandra Tan and her family had checked in their baggage and were raring to begin
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    • 160 38  -  TRACY SUA THE Singapore Civil Defence Force had to extricate the driver and resuscitate him after he wrapped his car round a tree near Bukit Panjang Ring Road. The unconscious driver, whom police say was in his 20s, was pulled out of the
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    • 977 39 Bribery claims went well beyond fair comment, says outgoing chairman THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) has come out to explain why it had wanted to sue a graduate student who posted comments about the agency in
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    • 449 39 Mr Chen's post: A* Star feels justified in bribing universities for taking in PhD students. A* Star: Not true. A* Star has never offered to pay or actually paid any bribe or incentive to get universities to accept its scholars. The scholars enrol on their own
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    • 229 39 A SECOND round of verbal sparring between outgoing A*Star chairman Philip Yeo and third-year graduate student Chen Jiahao erupted on Mr Chen's new blog from Feb 20 to March 9. Mr Yeo knew Mr Chen originally as Acid Flask who, in 2005, had posted statements that
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    • 401 40  -  Michelle Neo Despite NZ surprise, test by regulator shows blackcurrant drink sold here meets 'rich in Vitamin C statement By RIBENA fans here can go ahead and enjoy the Vitamin C goodness of the blackcurrant drink, according to an independent test done by
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    • 603 40  -  Jessica Cheam By IT IS simple, but revolutionary: a device that can make hot water for free by harnessing the heat generated from running air conditioners. The device is the brainchild of homegrown company Omega Thermal, which was recognised for
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    • 475 41  -  Sue-Ann Chia Hiring squeeze seen across all sectors as 60% of firms have problems recruiting By WANTED: Sales staff. They are the most highly sought after, but also the most difficult to hire as the job market improves, according to a survey.
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    • 437 43  -  Krist 800 Money is from $1 m Govt set aside over 3 years to privatise matchmaking services By PRIVATE matchmakers are primed to help Internet-savvy singles find "love at first site". Yesterday, the Government handed out $141,000 in grants to
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    • 287 43  -  JESSICA LIM It was sheer chemistry for seven-year-old Ainan Celeste Cawley when he stepped into a real-life laboratory for the first time yesterday. "It was like seeing everything in my textbook come to life," gushed the Primary 2 pupil, seen here mesmerised
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    • 442 44  -  Jane Ng More emphasis placed on getting pre-schoolers ready for primary school By EXCITING experiments and "hands-on" activities like playing cashier will be the order of the day at all NTUC Childcare centres when the new curriculum rolls out next week. The pre-schoolers
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    • 564 45  -  Lim Wei Chean Ex-chairman of leisure island receives top honour: Outstanding Contribution to Tourism By IF SINGAPORE Tourism Board's (STB) 21st annual awards ceremony last night was the local industry equivalent of Hollywood's Oscars, then Sentosa was its hottest star.
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    • 247 45 TOURISM companies, especially the two upcoming integrated resorts, will have much to cheer with a new $30 million fund that foots part of their manpower training bills. Whether they are sending staff for overseas attachments, or coming up with new course materials, they could dip
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    • 217 47 FORMER football coach Vengadasalam Rengayyan was yesterday cleared of assaulting two patrons at a nightspot last year. The case was compounded meaning that it was settled between the parties involved. He was given a discharge amounting to an acquittal on the charge of
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    • 364 47  -  Elena Chong MAID ABUSE CASE 1 Housewife faces 9 charges of abuse and use of criminal force on Indonesian By A 51-YEAR-OLD housewife accused of commanding her dog to bite her maid appeared in court yesterday to face nine charges of abuse
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    • 131 47 MAID ABUSE CASE 2 A MAID agent was yesterday charged with three counts of punching a maid at his office in Mountbatten Road in May last year. Chia Cheng Guan, 39, allegedly punched the Indonesian maid in the face thrice at Besthelper Employment Services in
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    • CASE FILE
      • 99 47 A MAN was charged yesterday with trying to murder a National Parks Board woman manager while another man was accused of instigating him to stab her. Suhaimi Juma'at, 35, allegedly tried to murder Ms Surinam Sumsudin, 31, by stabbing her on the chest and back at
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      • 75 47 ANOTHER hawker at Newton Food Centre had his licence suspended this week, barely two weeks after three other stallholders were suspended for touting. The National Environment Agency stopped drinks seller Low Soon Chye of stall number 48 from opening for two weeks from yesterday for allowing
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      • 85 47 THREE men and five women, aged between 42 and 66, were arrested in a 12-hour islandwide operation against an illegal 4-D syndicate yesterday. The operation crippled a group of illegal 4-D collectors, as well as two collection centres believed to have links to syndicates abroad. Six
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      • 79 47 THREE offices in Ayer Rajah Crescent were found burgled on Tuesday morning, with two of the break-ins on the 7th floor of Block 55. The front door had been forced open in one unit, and $390 stolen from a drawer. A manager of a
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    • 279 48  -  Alfred Siew 3-month trial of Pfingo service starts on Monday and is open to users worldwide By Technology Correspondent STARHUB is handing out $20 worth of international calls to users who sign up for a free three-month trial of its mobile Internet service, which
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    • 339 48  -  Lee Hui Chieh By SINGAPORE General Hospital (SGH) has started a course to train senior surgeons in Singapore and the region in minimally invasive colorectal surgery. About 230 surgeons will be trained each year, or about 700 in total over
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    • 564 49  -  Karamjit Kaur Airlines gear up to woo such fliers; SIA tweaks club criteria for priority passengers By Aviation Correspondent MAJOR airlines here are moving to entice the well-to-do traveller as new figures show that demand for first and business class seats within Asia
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    • 106 49  -  CHRISTL LI Rachel Baby Yue (left), 14, could be skipping for joy soon. Yesterday, she attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the most skips in 30 seconds during the prize presentation ceremony for "Break the Record@HealthZone". The current record of 152 skips is held
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    • 279 49  -  K. C. VIJAYAN By LOCAL law firm KhattarWong Partnership is being sued by a client for settling an insurance claim without its consent. QBE Insurance (Malaysia), the insurer for Johor Port Berhad, is going after the law firm over its handling of
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 107 49 THE World Health Organisation's new direc-tor-general Margaret Chan will be in Singapore from Sunday to Tuesday. She will be here at the invitation of Foreign Minister George Yeo and Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan under the Foreign Affairs Ministry's United Nations Distinguished Visitors Programme. While
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      • 108 49 THE head of Germany's largest state by land area, Bavaria, is in Singapore today and tomorrow, as part of his Asian tour. Minister-President Edmund Stoiber is here with his wife and a high-ranking 26-member business delegation. He will be calling on Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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      • 72 49 THE Singapore Consulate in Pekanbaru, Indonesia will operate from new premises from Monday. Its new address and contact numbers are: 4th floor, North Wing, Surya Dumai Group Building, Jalan Sudirman No. 395, Pekanbaru *****, Riau, Indonesia. Tel: (0761) ***** and fax: (0761) *****. Its e-mail address is:
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      • 80 49 ARE the traffic lights malfunctioning? Or are you stuck in a massive jam? From Sunday, commuters can send a text message of their feedback on such matters to the Land Transport Authority at *****. Senders will receive an automatic SMS acknowledgement. Replies will also
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      • 61 49 THE Restaurant Association of Singapore is planning more collaborations with its Malaysian counterpart. Both parties inked a memorandum of understanding yesterday. Trade body International Enterprise Singapore led the first food services mission to Malaysia on Tuesday. The document was signed in Kuala Lumpur with the Malaysia
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      • 118 49 FULL-DAY bus lanes will start in five new locations from Monday. The lanes distinguished by unbroken red and yellow lines operate from Mondays to Saturdays along Eu Tong Sen Street, Hill Street, Victoria Street, Bras Basah Road, and Somerset Road, from 7.30 am to Bpm. They
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      • 88 49 ELECTRICITY tariffs will go down from Sunday in line with lower fuel oil prices, SP Services said. Domestic and non-domestic low-tension users will see tariffs fall from 20.22 cents per kwh to 18.88 cents per kwh. SP Services, a subsidiary of Singapore Power, said the new
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    • 385 51  -  Clinton Lim EngHiong I SUPPORT the views of Mr K. Kalidas ("Don't begrudge ministers a pay hike") and not those of Ms Vanessa Teo ("NZ govt took heed of public views in setting pay"; ST March 28). What exactly is the worth
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    • 231 51  -  Janet Mohan (Ms) I REFER to the letters by Mr Leong Sze Hian ("IPOs: Are there rules on 'first-come, first-served'?") and Mr Ananda Perera ("Balloting may be fairer way to apply for IPOs"; ST, March 26) and thank them for giving us the
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    • 327 51  -  Laura Thornton-Olivry (Ms) THE other day over lunch, my friend described how her Singaporean neighbours were not feeding their maid. The maid was literally begging for food, so my friend began feeding her through the back gate. Unfortunately, the neighbour found out and
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    • 266 51  -  Tan Nguan Sen PUB, the national water agency, thanks Mr Low Boon Hock for his letter, "Can a private entity own part of a river?" (ST, March 24). The section of Sungei Bedok mentioned by Mr Low runs through the Laguna National
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    • 186 51  -  Stephen Forshaw I THANK Mr Ong Tiong Meng for his comments in the letter, "No reason for SIA to raise fuel surcharge" (ST, March 28). The decision to increase the fuel surcharge is a result of a sustained escalation in jet-fuel prices in the
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    • 170 51  -  Yeo Chik Cheng Gerry Ong WE REFER to the letter, "Outsourcing: Ensure standards are maintained" (ST, March 16), by Mr David Kwok Ng Kan. The outsourcing of parking enforcement is in line with the Government's direction for public agencies to focus on their core
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    • 206 51  -  Dr Loh Fun Chee THE Japanese government's inconsistent position with regard to its responsibility for war-time atrocities like sex slavery and massacre of civilians is most regrettable. If the Japanese people and government can, with a clear conscience, unambiguously state that they,
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    • 414 51  -  Naleeza Ebrahim (Ms) IN "DON'T let dealers bid for COEs for customers" (ST, March 27), Mr Teo Ngak Boon claims that car dealers are forcing consumers to buy cars bundled with COEs, and that consumers have no recourse but to
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    • 149 51  -  Roziah Othman (Mdm) RECENTLY I received some service messages and, not knowing what they were, I opened up the link. When I realised my phone was downloading some data I quickly terminated the process and deleted the messages. Last month, I received my phone bill and
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    • 84 51 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Govt must act fast to retain talent Puzzled by Chief Assessor's decision to up property value by 450/o Graphic anti-smoking ad on TV effective Putting an end to the IPO controversy Display of waiting
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    • 353 52 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bari (Italy) ITALY'S players once again showed how adversity can bring out their best, as they beat Scotland 2-0 in a Euro 2008 qualifier on Wednesday. The world champions went into the game five points behind Group B leaders France and
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    • 779 52 EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS: ANDORRA 0 ENGLAND 3 England fans call for sacking of McClaren, who storms off from press conference Barcelona WITH England simply relieved to have beaten a bunch of Andorran part-timers 3-0 at Barcelona's Montjuic Stadium on Wednesday, two things became clear. Steven
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    • 241 52 Kingston (Jamaica) A MATCH-FIXER said to be a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim, the prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, was yesterday linked to the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer. Sources were quoted by British paper The Sun as saying that the
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    • 694 53 SOCCER He takes blame for Arsenal's poor season for not putting Champs League first London ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger blames himself for a season that will end with nothing to play for. The Frenchman believes it was wrong of him to try and win
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    • 356 53 London BLACKBURN striker Benni McCarthy could be playing for Manchester United next season. But, first, he wants to beat the Red Devils twice before this one ends, starting with tomorrow's Premiership clash at Old Trafford. The South African striker told United Review: "Playing
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    • 219 53 London MIDDLESBROUGH boss Gareth Southgate has become a favourite target of managers of teams in the relegation zone. West Ham's Alan Curbishley has now agreed with criticism of Southgate's selection policy ahead of Boro's visit tomorrow for a Premiership clash, reported The Independent. Southgate
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      • 108 53 LONDON: Midfielder Andy van der Meyde's Everton future is in doubt, after he branded manager David Moyes a liar. The Dutch international missed Everton's last game against Arsenal, which they won 1-0. Moyes said the player he signed from Inter Milan for £2 million (Ss6
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      • 80 53 MADRID: Striker Fernando Morientes is expected to miss both legs of Valencia's Champions League clash with England's Chelsea, after suffering a shoulder injury while on international duty for Spain. He fell awkwardly in the first half of Spain's 1-0 win over Iceland in Euro 2008 qualifying
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      • 76 53 LONDON: Liverpool will offer Mohamad Sissoko a double-your-money deal to prevent him from being tempted by Barcelona. The Spanish champions have singled out Sissoko, who played a big part in knocking Barca out of the Champions League, as the man they need to fix defensive frailties
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      • 105 53 LONDON: Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder has vowed to get rid of under-achieving players at the club. He is still fuming after their nightmare Uefa Cup defeat by AZ Alkmaar and their slump in Premiership form. He said: "In our last two games in Alkmaar and at
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      • 79 53 LONDON: Andy Reid will miss the rest ol Charlton Athletics fight against relegation due to a hamstring injury. The midfielder has played just once since Alan Pardew replaced Les Reed as manager ir December and is now out of the closing games of the season,
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    • 751 54  -  Pradeep Rajan CRICKET WORLD CUP He almost clinches World Cup win for Sri Lanka with four wickets in four balls FAST bowler Lasith Malinga was always perceived as a surprise weapon in the Sri Lankan bowling arsenal. That reputation was confirmed on Wednesday, when he
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    • 420 54 FRED MARTENS Former national cricketer "South Africa are definitely not the best at finishing the job. They do have a tendency to choke, and I think it is a mental thing. "They have not won anything big, so they just don't
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    • 499 54  -  PRADEEP RAJAN AN INDIA-PAKISTAN encounter would have been a highlight of the World Cup. But, now that both are out, today's England-Ireland clash in Georgetown, Guyana, could be the substitute. The European neighbours play in the background of their historical strains
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    • 266 54  -  St John's AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE (Antigua) AUSTRALIA captain Ricky Ponting has told the rest of the cricket world to either stop them or shut up. He insisted that talk of opposition teams having no fear of the world champions will be nothing more
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    • 604 55  -  Chan Vi Shen Hoe Pei Shan SPORTS IN SCHOOL They bring glory and provide sparring partners for local students By MORE and more foreign students are making their presence felt on the schools sports scene. Take the National B Division boys table tennis competition,
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    • 291 55  -  HOE PEI SHAN THITIRAT Triyachart (second from left), 14, has the makings of a star shuttler, just like her mother, Darunee the Thai national singles champion from 1977 to 1979. Recalled Darunee: "I started coaching her in badminton after retiring from
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    • 236 55  -  HOE PEI SHAN NANYANG Girls' High School and Raffles Junior College dominated this year's Schools National Judo Individual Championships. NYGH stormed to a sixgold finish from a possible eight titles in the B and C Divisions, while RJC swept five out of eight in the
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    • 481 55  -  Lousia Chen El Nitar MY TOP MARKS This week in schools A weekly series on student-athletes, written by their fellow students By Deyi Secondary, Sec 4 AT 1.84 metres, Tan Hong Kwang stands out from the crowd in the school. He is fondly known and
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    • 434 55 JUDO Schools National Individual C'shipsBoys'A Div, extra-lightweight: 1 Bryan Hui(RJC)2NgJingwen(RJC)3 Benjamin Lim (C JC), Yap Yeong Keong (HCI) Light: 1 Lee Jit Neng (HCI) 2 Lim Wan Peng (HCI) 3 Gary Teo (RJC), Cai Wensheng (CJC) Middle: 1 Lincoln Luk (RJC) 2 Yang Hang(AES) 3 Lee MingTe (HCI), Alwyn
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    • 228 55 ASSOCIATED PRESS »GOLF Humble (Texas) THE US PGA Tour approved a field of 120 for Tiger Woods' tournament in July, defusing a debate that divided players for weeks. When the AT&T National in Washington DC was added to the schedule, tour commissioner Tim Finchem
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    • 582 56  -  Alvin Foo SOCCER Under coach Lim Tong Hai, former S-League champions recover after a horrid season By A FRESH air of optimism is brewing at the Bedok Stadium this season. Geylang United, the fallen kings of local football, are back on the mend. The 1996
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    • 531 57 ASSOCIATED PRESS SWIMMING American sensation clips o.B6sec off his own record to win the 200 m IM Melbourne WITH Michael Phelps in the pool, the rest of the world is swimming for second place. The American set his third world record in as many days, winning
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    • 114 57 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ALL IS well between the father and daughter caught fighting at the world championships on Tuesday. Kateryna Zubkova, 18, has refused to testify yesterday against her father, Mikhaylo Zubkov. It forced a court to drop an order that prevented him from contacting her.
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    • 269 57 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HORSE RACING Hong Kong IT IS the nightmare scenario every racing official fears: a sudden shock sends panic through the starting line-up and horses bolt, throwing jockeys in a potentially deadly melee. Such an event has not happened. But a sinister remote-control-led device,
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    • 696 57 BASKETBALL NBA: Charlotte 101 Atlanta 87, Toronto 96 Miami 83, Washington 111 Philadel- phia 108, Boston 105 Orlando 96, New JrfSey VL'nciana n V'- Nn! n°M V 12 Cleveland 93 San Antonio 92 OaklahoT»\ \nn n s,!'mS 58 Zml HnnZnv] iA r innl ay" 6" 50 sota 102, Houston
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    • 26 52 Another Phelps record Swimmer Michael Phelps smashes third world record in as many days, breaking his own mark in the 200 m Individual Medley. PAGE H22
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  • OBITUARIES
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      229 57 tp& t^"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want...!^3\\ and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." 1 Psalm 23 ii GOH CHAI HANG Age: 85 Was called home to be with the Lord on 29 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      231 57 'And whosoever liveth, and believeth in Me, Shall never die.' John 11:26 CHIA GEOK TEE, MARIA Age: 92 was called home to be with the Lord on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Low Tiang Kiat, Peter, deceased) Children: Children-in-law: Low Hwee Lee
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      108 57 Jesus said to her, 'lam the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies.' John 11:25 We, the Family Of the Late W SIN MEE KUEN (called home to be with the Lord on 26 March 07) wish to express our heartfelt thanks
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      40 57 In Loving Memory of sohho™huan SUM HULK Departed 30 March 2006 Take hlm ln arms dear Lord, And ever let him be A messenger of Love Between our hearts a Dearly cherised rememberedby wife Chi Chin, family and loved ones.
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      167 58 P "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days *^S I [r of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. T^fel Psalm 23:6 *j8m JOSEPH BENJAMIN FERNANDEZ Age: 74 Was called home to be with the Lord on 29 March 2007. Dearly
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      181 58 l_™-»__--—_.-—.-■—. I. III! ■■—-■■■■■.I... .11 I II L. J-J-— --■-■—I-L-I-—M "—"T— —i "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23* MdmSIASIULIAN Age :88 Wife of the late Mr Chang Chi Hsin Former
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      132 58 CHAN MM rONG Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 29 Mar 2007. leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Wong Yuen Heng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chan Fan Keong. Simon (deosasei Li Saw Yin. Linda Chan Chee Kheong Rosie Wong Chan Wai Kheong. Raymond Sim Gek Hong, Hanny Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chan Siew Ngan. Jenny
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      108 58 FONG SIP KHEONG Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 29 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Yap Kho Chew Suns: Daughters-in-law: Pong Juay Fai. Clarence Jessie lim hong Bingjie, Ernest Jacqueline Yap Daughter: Kong Pui Theng. Kitina Granddaughter: Kong En Ping. Caid in Sister-in-law: Spouse:
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      28 58 20th Anniversary 5 In Loving Memory of J MARY TAN MUIKIA Departed on 30 March 1987 Always remembered and cherished by family and loved ones. ii frm -li
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      209 58 LEONG KWAN ON (P.8.M.) Age: 96 Passed away peacefully on 28 March 2007 Forever in loving memory of loved ones (Wife: Lee Woon Fong, deceased) Children: Children-in-law: (Lcong Swcc Lim, deceased) (/Mice Woon Yoke Kwec, deceased) Lcong Swce Lun Helen Dr Leong Kwong Urn Katherine Choy Kit Ying Leong Sheng
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      140 58 have fought tlte good fight, I have finished tlte race, I nave kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 OW YEONG FOOK YOW Age: 78 Was called home to be with our Lord on 29 March 2007 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Song Lai Hong, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: lohn Song Teck
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      40 58 The family of the late MR DAVID LIM SOM QUEE Departed on 26 March 2007 Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths donations during their recent bereavement. 6
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      50 58 In Loving Memory of TAN HOOD KIM 30.3.1907 -30.3.1975 Though time fades memories, It cannot break love's ties. The amber of your love glows on. Your voice still echoes in our hearts. In silent moments you are near, and we feel you in our lives. Dearly missed by children grandchildren
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      107 58 HO CHIN KEE Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 29 March 2007 Deeply missed and fondly remembered by loved ones: Wife: Oh Poh (ieok Son: Daughter-in-law: Ho Tiao l.eng Tay Siok Hoon Daughters: Sons-in-law: Ho Siao Hui Ng Mun Wai Ho Siao Ping Joe M Wall Grandsons: Ho Jun Jt,
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      52 58 7th Anniversary In Loving Memory of Jenny Yeo Im Neo Called home to God on 30 March 2000 thank my God Everytime I remember you Philippians 1:3 We love and cherish you always Husband: Tommy Sister: Roseline Daughters: Sons-in-law: juniper Benny Serene Raymond Grandsons: Matthew, Adam, Michael and Evan mmmJk
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      135 58 j 'Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, I and I will dwell in the liouse of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 ALEX BRIANT TAN KWONG CHYE Age: 36 was called home to be with the Lord on 29 March 2007 leaving behind loved
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      84 58 VOREMBERG Dato' Rudolf Peter, DKDS, PJK Age: 92 Passed away peacefully at his home in England on 22 March 2007. Husband of Datin Rosella for 53 years, father of Rhoderick and Susan, and grandfather of seven. The funeral will be at St Margaret's Church, East Wellow, Hampshire at 3pm on
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      90 58 APPIAH BALASUBRMANIAM Preceptor of Shri Ram Chandra Mission Singapore Age: 60 Passed away peacefully on 29 Mar 2007. He will be dearly missed fondly remembered by his beloved: Mother: Mrs Appiah Pakiyaratnam Siblings: In-laws: Balamalar C Shanmuganathan A Balachandran Lily Balachandran A Balakrishnan Thavamanidevi N Sivapaian(Perlh) Latha Nephews: Sathya Vijayan
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      27 58 With Deepest Sympathy Condolences to Ms Gracie Lee on the demise of her beloivd father Lee Kay Kirn Thomas From: lAC Members and Staff of Millennia Institute
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      49 58 f With Dee/test Sympathy j Heartfelt Condolences to Ms Grade Lee Chartered President on the demise of her beloretl father LEE KAY KIM, THOMAS on 2R March 2007 From Ben Chng Tan Chin Ngiap Dr. Stephen Ijee Frederick Chin William Teo Doris Du Rotary Club of Civic District s
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  • Page 57 Miscellaneous
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  • MONEY
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      • 5969 59 TRANSACTION DATE: MAR 29, 2007 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0RVOL 'OOO DAY NEI P/E M CAP SMIL HIGH LOW 3 c 1L5 34.5 101 25 29.E IE 18. E 10E 3C S.E 24.E 10.E 10 18 11.E 75 37 39 13
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    • 272 60 REUTERS New York MR BEN Bernanke has promised greater transparency and on Wednesday made one thing clear: The chairman of the US Federal Reserve does not agree with his former boss on the economic outlook. For several weeks now, former Fed chief Alan Greenspan
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    • 607 60 REUTERS Bernanke, Paulson say problem is contained, but market not swayed New York TESTIMONY by the top two United States economic officials on Wednesday has raised fresh concerns about the deteriorating housing market, despite their view that sub-prime mortgage problems are "contained". The practices
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    • 334 60 REUTERS Washington ECONOMIC growth in the United States was moderately stronger in the fourth quarter than previously thought, mainly because businesses added more to inventories than had been estimated a month ago, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. Gross domestic product (GDP), which measures goods
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    • 31 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,263.94 (+9.21 points) »Japanese shares closed almost flat as investors remained cautious ahead of a raft of data on the United States and Japanese economies.
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    • 46 60 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 19,821.78 (+267.91 points) Hong Kong stocks rallied 1.37 per cent, with mainland telcos, financials and oil plays out in front, as investors took cues from gains on the Shanghai bourse, which hit a record for a fourth straight day.
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    • 26 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,197.54 (+24.52 points) Chinese shares closed mixed with the market adding 0.77 per cent from institutional buying of heavyweight banks.
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    • 30 60 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,960.9 (+37.7 points) Australian shares closed up 0.64 per cent as investors shrugged off Wall Street's weakness and took inspiration from Asian markets.
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    • 30 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,235.89 (+0.65 point) Malaysian shares closed flat with profit-taking on selected blue chips offset by a strong return by retail investors to the market.
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      35 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 12,979.66 (+95.32 points) »Indian stocks closed up 0.74 per cent, snapping three days of losses, on buying in export-linked software stocks after the Indian rupee fell against the US dollar.
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    • 28 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,817.72 (+17.33 points) »Indonesian shares closed 0.96 per cent higher amid hopes of an interest rate cut by the country's central bank.
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    • 33 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 671.62 (+2.58 points) »Thai stocks closed 0.39 per cent higher, rebounding from sharp falls the previous day, amid political and economic uncertainty under the kingdom's army-backed government.
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    • 226 60 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,228.00 Mar 29 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.54 1.720 +0.040 Ascendasreit 0.91 2.400 +0.020 CapitaComm 0.58 2.730 -0.040 CapitaLand 5.44 8.000 +0.150 CapitaMall 1.01 3.640 -0.140 Chart SemiCond 0.82 1.470 -0.010 CityDev 2.98 14.800 +0.400 ComiortDelGro 1.41 1.920 CoscoCorp 0.99 2.870 Creative
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    • 53 60 Mar 29 CSC Hldgs 69,352,000 BBRHIdgs 55,927,000 Yongnam 49,334,000 Delong 44,836,000 BanJoo 36,481,000 TiongWoon 36,388,000 STATSChP 36,133,000 Chemoil Energy 35,424,000 Thai Beverage 27,369,000 Baker Tech 26,413,000 Lian Beng 25,743,000 China Energy 24,733,000 Sunpower 23,349,000 Auston 19,464,000 China Petro 18,757,000 Sihuan 16,304,000 Labroy Marine 15,084,000 City Spring 14,921,000 UTAC
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    • 141 60 Mar 29 I UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS I FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2170 1.2320 Can dollar 1.3020 1.3170 Euro 2.0100 2.0330 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4389 0.4395 NZ dollar 1.0710 1.0930 Sterling pound 2.9660 2.9990 US
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    • 2157 60 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MAR 29, 2007 wwim j t l high ij.ih cont auma T8A0ED SALE 'OHO 51 8 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 48.5 +5 736 48.5 22,5 9588 AllBreenMBLeCW***** 34 +3.5 120 9 3 ArianeCorpW09l229 5 -0.5 100 22 4 AscendasSGABCW*****5 9 +2.5 117 26 21 1473
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    • 493 61 REUTERS Chief keeps mum on media reports that US bank may axe 15,000 jobs Beijing CITIGROUP plans to double its number of branches in China this year to more than 30, chairman and chief executive Charles Prince said yesterday. Citigroup was among
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    • 243 61 BLOOMBERG NEWS Shanghai INDUSTRIAL and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) overtook Bank of America (BOA) as the world's second-most valuable financial firm, even though the Chinese lender earns about one-third the profit. ICBC shares rose 5.5 per cent to 5.59 yuan in Shanghai
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    • 247 61 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sydney AUSTRALIAN airline Qantas ordered nine Airbus A-320 planes for its budget offshoot Jetstar yesterday, in a move analysts said was aimed at heading off a challenge from Singapore Airlines' low-fare carrier, Tiger Airways. Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said
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    • 262 61 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sepang THE management of Thailand's Air Asia will shortly acquire the 50 per cent stake held in the carrier by Shin Corp, sold off controversially to Singapore's Temasek Holdings last year, an industry source said yesterday. "The management of
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    • 558 62 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE It criticises 2 senators' push for Bill to force currency's rise, calling for better cooperation Beijing CHINA chided United States lawmakers yesterday for resorting to threats in their latest attempt to persuade Beijing to let the yuan rise
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    • 301 62 FINANCIAL TIMES Beijing CHINA has announced the creation of a "leading group" of top officials charged with reducing the country's reliance on industry by promoting faster development of the services sector. In a policy "opinion" made public on Wednesday, the State Council, China's
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    • 476 63  -  Lorn a Tan Two new studies suggest lack of awareness of what is enough coverage Finance Correspondent MOST Singaporeans are woefully underinsured and will not have enough to cover their death expenses, outstanding loans and dependants' needs, a body representing the life insurance industry
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    • 549 63  -  Bryan Lee By PETITE and soft-spoken, Ms Amelia Lee is not the stereotypical metal worker who yells to be heard above the noisy clatter of heavy machinery. But the 26-year-old engineer of electronic parts maker Dai-Ichi Seiko represents the new face of Singapore's
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    • 624 64  -  Goh Eng Yeow Focus is on contract manufacturers with strong niche business, $100 m market value By GROWING number of mid-sized contract manufacturers in Singapore are being hunted by private equity funds armed with billions of dollars and a determination
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    • 316 64  -  JOYCE TEO By Property Correspondent OFFICE landlord Singapore Land (Sing Land) is buying the 50 per cent stake in Pan Pacific Singapore that it does not already own for $144 million. Its subsidiary Marina Centre Holdings (MCH) currently owns a 50 per
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    • 248 64  -  LEE SU SHYAN DIRECTORS' TRADES THE two top men at DBS Group Holdings were recently awarded performance shares under the company's performance plan. Chief executive Jackson Tai was awarded 102,038 DBS shares last Friday, the bank announced this week. That takes his DBS
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    • 325 64  -  Arthur Poon By SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday took home a haul of seven awards from the sixth Asia Media Awards making it the biggest winner in the annual competition. In all, SPH took one gold, four silvers, and two judges'
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    • 261 64  -  ARTHUR POON DIRECTORY publisher Yellow Pages Singapore yesterday launched a cellphone version of its directory search service. Known as Mobile Yellow Pages, it will let users access shopping, dining and other business information on the go with their cellphones. Users simply send their
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    • 497 64  -  Gabriel Chen STAKING STOCK By TRADERS held their nerve yesterday in the face of a downturn on Wall Street and led a confident afternoon charge into blue chips including DBS Bank and Keppel Corp. The floodgates were expected to open in the morning
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    • 713 69  -  Adeline Chia Two-time Oscar nominee lan McKellen (right) will also appear in Chekhov's The Seagull at the Esplanade ARTS REPORTER IF YOU are a Shakespeare, X-Men or Lord Of The Rings fan, mark July 19 to 22 on your calendar. Respected British actor lan McKellen is coming
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    • 758 70 AP LOS ANGELES British architect Lord Richard Rogers, acclaimed for his urban, socially minded and open designs including the airy Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, is the winner of the 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize, it was announced on Wednesday. Rogers, 73, is the fourth British architect
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    • 368 76  -  June Cheong It's girls playing boys in this version of the Dickens classic. Director Paul Stebbings says actresses interpret complex characters with more flair and finesse ARTS REPORTER PEOPLE in the theatre and movie business often say that children and animals are the hardest to work
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    • 361 76  -  Hong Xinyi > musical revue NO REGRETS: A TRIBUTE TO EDITH PIAF Sing Theatre DBS Arts Centre Tuesday AS THE inaugural show of new theatre company Sing' Theatre, No Regrets is a little confusing. The show features a series of songs by French icon Edith Piaf,
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      • 774 71  -  Cheong Suk-Wai The CSI: New York ensemble shines even brighter in Season 3, while the characters in Disney cartoon The Replacements are all boxy boredom airtime THANKS to 9/11 hero and former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, New York's mean streets have been rid
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      • 642 72  -  Lee Sze Yong Mathialagan M has won Pradhana Vizha's Best Actor award three times already and is no longer eligible for it MEDIA REPORTER ACTOR Mathialagan M beat stars from Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia to win acting honours recently, yet when it comes
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      • 500 73  -  Lee Sze Yong Getting stuck at Maputo airport for 28 hours slowed them down MEDIA REPORTER THE oldest contestants on The Amazing Race: All-Stars want to set the record straight: They did not lose because of their age. Instead, private
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      • 502 74 LAT-WP The latest unlikely star of American Idol is 13-year-old fan Ashley Ferl, who bawled her way through last week's show HOLLYWOOD If you are an American Idol fan, then chances are Ashley Ferl (inset) broke your heart last week. She was that 13-year-old with blonde hair and
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      • 597 75  -  Hong Xinyi This splendid musical spectacle still offers lots of good, old-fashioned fun > theatre THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA The Really Useful Company, Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises Esplanade Theatre/ Wednesday IN THE interest of full disclosure, I must first say that Wednesday was the first
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      • 1083 77  -  Yeow Kai Chai Samuel Lee James Murphy's signature Soundsystem is a crafted mix of styles even other musicians are raving about soundbites > electro rock ALBUM OF THE WEEK SOUND OF SILVER LCD Soundsystem DF/VEMI STANDING between the starlit disco mirrorball of Scissor Sisters and the
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      • 625 79  -  Chris Ho Glitter Balls Neon Nights is a bold new solo album by Leonard T, once of the band The Usual Suspects poplife TIME flies when you are having fun with a passion to make music. For Leonard T, it has been more than 15 years
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      • 569 81  -  -Ahmad Osman MR MOHAMAD Yuzaini Bin Israil loves to see his guests having a great time. As the assistant operations manager of One Rochester, he wants them to come back and make the place their favourite spot to unwind. When they leave with smiles on their
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      • 428 83  -  Geraldine Tan Aramsa The Garden Spa goes beyond the usual therapies to have an edge over its competitors A SPA is not merely a place to get a quick facial. It is also an experience to be enjoyed, a concept to be understood and a
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      • 435 83  -  Geraldine Tan Dedicated frontline staff ensure that every shopper leaves a Metro store with a smile LAST year, department store Metro accepted and honoured two $10 vouchers that were issued by the company more than 30 years ago. On more than one occasion, its managers have kept
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      • 603 84 Dark corners, mood lighting, ancient treasures... there is magic in the air at the Asian Civilisations Museum, discovers Andrew Duffy STEPPING into the exhibition rooms at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) is like discovering Aladdin's Cave. It is full of treasures; there is a hint
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      • 502 85  -  Frankie Chee Adapting music to local tastes and taking customer complaints seriously seem to be the right formula for the Ministry of Sound THIS year's Best Nightspot Experience winner created a stir even before it opened. When it was reported in July 2005 that UK dance
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      • 457 85  -  Mary him Rasa Sentosa Resort's service philosophy of giving each guest personalised attention pays off handsomely THERE was a gentleman who attended a friend's wedding at Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore. When he reached the lobby, however, he realised his belt buckle had suddenly come off.
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      • 2089 87  -  PHILIP LEE This year's Top Award winners helped to put Singapore in international limelight as the place for fun, business meetings and medical care By THEY are all outstanding achievers in their own fields using imagination, resourcefulness and inordinate energy to make their businesses succeed, and in
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    • 638 90 Reuters No, says the Berlin Zoo over the death of their female panda as mania over the polar cub goes on BERLIN Berlin Zoo has denied media allegations that Knut the male celebrity polar bear cub was responsible for the sudden death of
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      • 364 97  -  Boon Chan Local popster JJ Lin talks about his first foray into voicing a cartoon character TWO days after he spent his 26th birthday working in a recording studio, singer JJ Lin got a pleasant surprise when a group of fans presented him with a cake,
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      • 239 97 AFP BEIJING Chinese actress Gong Li is getting negative reviews in her real-life role as a politician, with critics slamming her for wearing fur while lobbying to protect the environment. During this month's annual session of China's parliament, she put forward a proposal
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      • 146 97 HONG KONG Did Hong Kong's TVB actress Sonija Kwok (inset) come between actor Michael Tao and his wife? On Wednesday, Tao denied that Kwok was the third party that ended his seven-year marriage to Wong Wai Po. He said the divorce came through
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