The Straits Times, 2 April 2007, Afternoon Edition

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  • 556 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, XINHUA Iranian students hurl rocks, bombs to protest against British 'arrogance' Teheran TENSIONS over Iran's seizure of 15 British sailors rose yesterday as Islamist students hurled rocks and home-made bombs at the British Embassy here. Upping the ante, Iranian President Mahmoud
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  • 92 1 About 1,000 people turned out at Downtown East in Pasir Ris yesterday to mark all fools' day at a laughter therapy workshop. It was seriously funny stuff as Indian laughter guru Zareena Bana showed them how to do the apologetic chuckle (from left),
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  • 519 1  -  Tan Hui Yee By MORE than 300 flat owners have been given the green light to rent out their units following last month's easing of rules by the Housing Board. About 40 per cent of the 325 who were granted approval within
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1063 1  -  VINCE CHONG By Hong Kong Correspondent COMMUNIST China wants tc show the world that it is all foi opening up before next year's Olympics, and this creates a window of opportunity for Singapore's home-grown entertainmeni industry. In fact, Mr Man Shu Sum, heac
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 79 1 ff\ Hard Ministers'pay I $?$M Phelps settles .7 atwok ff^''^l andperks li^ll for seven Chef Chan aims to score full marks I aSgp fIH 1 Public Service Division responds He swims to seventh gold, each time he serves up dishes at his tSf-'ffi I to readers'queries on proposec a, but
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 373 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Illegal jetty Asia 6-12 Boat operators have World 13-18 been docking at an illegal Review.. ...19-21 makeshift jetty at Sung ci py 22 t° ferry """"LL"""" 11^11"."^»1 passengers to and from SECTION TWO icelongl Home Hl-H8 PAGE HI Forum H9 Sports HlO-Hl3 How Rasif did
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  • PRIME
    • 380 3  -  Michelle Tay By THE curtains came down on this year's Singapore Fashion Festival, with about 700 guests turning out last night for bubbly and the latest trends at The Tent in Ngee Ann City. Twenty models, including Japanese guest model
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    • 492 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Official will cite human error as cause of accident which killed 21 people last month Canberra THE pilots of a Garuda Airlines passenger jet were arguing moments before it crashed last month at an Indonesian airport, killing 21 people,
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    • 269 3 Bangkok SCORCHING weather has left more than eight million Thais suffering a drought that is ruining their farmlands, while water levels in the Mekong River have dropped to under a metre in some places. The drought has hit 58 of the 76 provinces in Thailand
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    • 606 4  -  Lee Su Shyan NGSOOKZHEN With more for them to do, companies see rises as necessary By Companies Correspondent SHAREHOLDERS will be isked to approve higher fees for directors at this year's up:oming annual general meetings (AGMs). Based on a check
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    • Article, Illustration
      112 4 PHOTO: Spinning and leaping gracefully, Beijing-based Singaporean Sarah Paw, 15, skated her way into the hearts of the judges and 300-strong crowd at yesterday's finals of the Sixth Singapore National Figure Skating Championships. Last year's pre-novice ladies champion, she beat Singapore American School's Brittany Lav, 12, for this
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  • ASIA
    • 857 6  -  Chua Chin Hon 500 days to event and some Chinese are suffering from publicity overload UNIQUE medal design? Check. Fancy-looking stadiums? Right on schedule. Publicity overkill? Definitely. Never one to pass up an Dpportunity to flag its readiness for the 2008 Olympics, Beijing's organisers went
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    • 483 6 Beijing CHINA has 16 months before it hosts the 2008 Olympics, but Beijing still has not conquered its pollution. Nearly 50 years after Mao Zedong's "war on nature" felled trees to make room for steel plants in the country's capital and reversed rivers
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    • 248 6 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing POLICE have detained 10 people over the collapse of a Beijing subway tunnel being built for the 2008 Olympics that killed six workers, Xinhua news agency said ir a report seen yesterday. The accident happened on Wednesday but
      REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  248 words
    • CHINA
      • 487 7  -  rRACY QUEK Police highlight bogus claims as more Chinese fall prey to scams By! IN THE commercial shown countless times on television, Chinese cross-talk star Guo Degang is seen giving a big thumbs-up to a "special Tibetan fat-eliminating tea". The promise of a slimmer
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 1085 8  -  Lee Tee Jong Choi Yul is on a mission to reduce CO2 emissions by 5 per cent every year for the next 10 years By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul HE IS neither a politician nor a celebrity, but Mr Choi Yul has
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      • 368 8 What is your opinion about the recent United Nations report on humans being responsible for global warming? Ten years ago, I had already warned of the dire consequences of global warming if people were to continue with their present lifestyle.
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 481 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS He joins father of victim in seeking killer of Briton found suffocated Tokyo THE killing of a British language teacher whose naked and battered body was found outside Tokyo has "brought shame" to Japan, her father said yesterday.
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      • 303 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing NORTHERN China was blanketed in dust over the weekend, as the first sandstorm this spring struck the region on Saturday, including the capital Beijing. Visibility was low in the capital due to the storm, but meteorologists from the national weather service
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      • 389 10 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo IN ANOTHER sign that Japan is pressing ahead to revise its wartime history, new high school textbooks will no longer acknowledge that the Imperial Army was responsible for a major atrocity in Okinawa. The Ministry of Education
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 526 11  -  Ravi Velloor Infosys founder may inject 140 m into reviving old political party By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIAN software mogul N.R. Narayana Murthy may be considering a move into politics, with talk that he may even bankroll the revival of
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      • 312 11 Islamabad PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf has failed to curb Pakistan's extremist Islamic schools, the International Crisis Group says. In a report released on Saturday, the group said promises that General Musharraf made in 2002 to reform madrasahs, or religious schools, were "in shambles", The Australian
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      • 167 11 IVGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kathmandu NEPAL'S Maoists were sworn into a new interim government yesterday, in a major step forward for a peace process that ended a decade of :ivil war in the Himalayan nation. The former rebels hold five portfolios in a Cabinet tasked with steering
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 303 12 Bangkok TEMASEK Holdings yesterday welcomed the assurance given by Thailand that it is unlikely to take back Shin Corp from the Singapore state investment company. Thai Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn had said that Thailand should not and likely will not take back the
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      • 710 12  -  Alastair Mclndoe TV and film personalities running for posts in mid-term polls By Senate seats are several candidates with ''personality-driv-en" profiles. Some are political professionals, others newcomers. President Gloria Arroyo's Team Unity has enlisted one of the country's most popular film stars, 45-year-old Cesar
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      • 206 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A CANDIDATE for Congress in the May 14 elections in the Philippines was shot dead on Saturday in what police said was likely a politicallymotivated killing. Mr Vicente Diestro Rabaya of the Nationalist People's Coalition was found dead in the front seat
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      • 171 12 Bangkok FORMER Thai foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan has confirmed that he is in the running to be Thailand's candidate for the post of the Asean secretary-general. He said a Thai selection committee had approached him as well as three others. "I have
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 575 13  -  Leslie Lav Crime and red tape should also be addressed, says XL's envoy to Spore By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur VIALAYSIA needs to make it easier for Singaporeans and 3ther foreigners to go in and 3ut of the country, said its High
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      • 319 13  -  JOHOR BARU THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK IT IS insulting to suggest that Johor Malays are weak and incapable of competing with others in the Iskandar Development Region (IDR), said Johor Baru MP Shahrir Abdul Samad. He was commenting on a recent statement by
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      • 83 13 Professor Zhao Xun, a member of a Unesco team, taking a close look at a muddy limestone believed to be four million years old in Pulau Langgun in Langkawi, Kedah, on Saturday. Langkawi Development Authority general manager Kamarulzaman Abdul Ghani said he is optimistic that the island
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      • 318 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to meet top officials from German giant Volkswagen (VW) over the future of ailing national automaker Proton, a senior official said yesterday. "A high-level meeting is expected soon. It is
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      • 342 13  -  LESLIE LAU Kuala Lumpur THE Iskandar Development Region (IDR) is not a sell-out to foreigners, deputy Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said yesterday, in a stout defence of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's vision of remaking South Johor into a modern metropolis.
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      • 372 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Petaling Jaya SINGAPORE'S decision to allow medical graduates from two Malaysian universities to practise in the Republic will be a loss for Malaysia, doctors here say. Universiti Malaya (UM) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) are the first institutions within
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 24 6 Korea's Mr Green South Korea's Choi Yul says his years in prison for dissident activities helped turn him into a committed environmentalist. PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
    • 748 14  -  Susan Sachs FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Debate on economic reform and foreign policy takes a back seat By For The Straits Times In Paris AS THE French presidential election campaign enters its final month, the leading candidates are trying to outdo each other in their
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    • 370 14 SUSAN SACHS Paris SOME of the fiercest political battles of the French presidential campaign are taking place in cyberspace, as candidates try to rev up voters by any means possible for the April 21 vote. With a record number of first-time
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    • 751 15  -  Lee Tee Jong Both sides continue to struggle over differences after deadline passes By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul AMERICAN and South Korean officials struggling to narrow differences for a landmark free trade agreement continued talking here after a crucial deadline
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    • 334 15 Moscow ALL foreigners have been banned as retailers from Russian shops and markets under a new law which came into force yesterday. There are up to 20,000 non-Russians working in Moscow markets alone, in a tradition going back to Soviet times, says the BBC
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 125 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Several thousand people marched through Taipei on Saturday to defend the late President Chiang Kai-shek, whom the current government has begun heavily criticising, 32 years after his death. Supporters of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), Chiang's party, gathered in front of the Chiang
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      • 95 15 XINHUA SEOUL: South Korea aims to launch its first rocket to put a satellite in orbit in late 2008 with the help of technology from Russia, the Science Ministry said. According to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, once Russia ratifies the deal, full-fledged work
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      • 138 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JERUSALEM: Israel's attorney-general said yesterday that he intended to indict President Moshe Katsav, who is currently on leave of absence, on a second rape charge. The decision was taken after Mr Katsav was questioned for three hours by police last week over a
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    • 741 16  -  Roger Maynard Study accuses some private colleges of being mere 'visa factories' By Australia Correspondent In Sydney THOUSANDS of overseas students are gaining permanent residency in Australia by exploiting a loophole in the government's skilled migration programme, a Melbourne university study has
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    • 97 16 A 3D computer image of the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza, Egypt, aims to explain how it was built. The image released by French company Dassault Systemes on Friday sets out to prove the theory held by French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin which suggests that an internal
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    • 191 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London BRITAIN is seeking to promote a more cohesive nation by requiring people wanting to live permanently in the country to pass a test in English as well as politics, history and culture. Such tests have been required since 2004
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    • 630 16  -  Neo Hui Mm By Straits Times Europe Bureau In Bern SWISS cities have topped an annual quality of living survey again, while Singapore was best among Asian cities. Zurich and Geneva took the top two places, with the
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 206 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHARISMATIC Iraqi singer Shada Hassoon has become a symbol of unity in her war-torn homeland after winning an Arab version of American Idol in a glitzy Beirut final. Born to an Iraqi father and a Moroccan mother, 26-year-old Shada has spent most
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      • 127 17 US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney took the place of his boss at Saturday's annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, poking fun at the President and the former occupant of his job. "The President is really sorry he couldn't be here tonight, but he had
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      • 103 17 PAKISTAN's exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto says she plans to return to the country later this year, despite possible arrest, and does not rule out running for the top post again. "I'm immediately seeking the restoration of democracy in my country," she told
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
      • 49 18 PARIS: Presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy holds news conference. VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict leads mass to remember Pope John Paul on his second death anniversary. KUALA LUMPUR: Blogger Ahirudin Attan applies to strike out a defamation suit filed by New Straits Times. KUALA LUMPUR: Nominations announced for Machap by-election.
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      • 29 18 »NEW DELHI: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit starts; accepts Afghanistan as member. ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court panel resumes hearing into accusations against suspended Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhary.
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      • 22 18 LOS ANGELES: Arraignment of Indian-born designer Anand Jon, charged with 20 counts of sexual assaults on five women and two girls.
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      • 6 18 CHECHNYA: President Ramzan Kadyrov inaugurated.
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      • 17 18 JAKARTA: World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan meets representatives of pharmaceutical firms on bird flu vaccines.
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      • 28 18 »LUCKNOW (India): First phase of legislative assembly elections begins. BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan): Launch of Russian spacecraft taking crew and space tourist Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station.
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      • 7 18 KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan Party leadership change.
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    • 309 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES WHAT IT IS FROM the micro to the macro, from plankton in the oceans to polar bears in the far north and seals in the far south, global warming has begun changing life on Earth, international
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    • 176 18  -  ONG HWEE HWEE CHINA WHAT IT IS TAIWAN'S presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, who is facing charges of corruption, is scheduled to make his first court appearance tomorrow. The former opposition Kuomintang (KMT) chairman is charged with embezzling more than NT$ll million (S$500,000) from a
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    • 189 18  -  NIRMAL GHOSH SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THAI Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont begins a visit to Japan today to sign a landmark free trade deal (FTA), among other things. The Thai government went ahead and approved the FTA despite opposition at home from some
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    • 159 18  -  AZHAR GHANI SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS INDONESIA is hosting an international Islamic conference of Muslim religious leaders and scholars in Bogor, West Java, tomorrow and Wednesday to discuss developments in the Middle East and other Islamic issues. Representatives from many countries, including Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 63 16 The top cities CITIES with the best quality of living: Worldwide 1. Zurich 2. Geneva 3. Vancouver 3. Vienna 5. Auckland 5. Dusseldorf 7. Frankfurt 8. Munich 9. Bern 9. Sydney In Asia (selected cities) 34. Singapore 35. Tokyo* 38. Yokohama* 40. Kobe* 42. Osaka* 54. Nagoya* 70. Hong Kong
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  • REVIEW
    • 415 19 INDONESIA deserves applause for bringing market discipline to dealings between developing nations and the powerful pharmaceutical industry in forcing an ethics dispute with the World Health Organisation (WHO) into the open. Jakarta had four months ago stopped sending samples of the HSNI bird flu virus to
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    • 926 19 »INDONESIA'S RELIGIOUS RULES By Luthfi Assyaukanie TERROR and violence may be declining in Indonesia, but there is another development that Indonesians particularly non-Muslims and secular Muslims are following with concern. This is the emergence of religious bylaws. Coming on the back of new regional regulations
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    • 997 19  -  Christopher Tan CAR OWNERSHIP By OWNING a car in Singapore, and pretty much everywhere else, is increasingly a losing proposition. In all likelihood, my current car, a 15-month-old Toyota Wish MPV, will be my last. It must come across as a bit strange for someone who
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    • 1473 20  -  NORIMITSU ONISHI INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE ►>JAPAN'S COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE Fed up with his government's denials, a historian sets out to prove Japan's exploitation of sex slaves during World War II By In Tokyo IT WAS about 15 years ago, recalls Mr Yoshiaki Yoshimi, a
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    • 678 21  -  Harold Varmus FIGHTING CANCER By tated in various cancers, and we are poised to discover virtually all of them through a new kind of "genome project" that is beginning. An obvious application of genetic knowledge about specific cancers is the development of drugs and antibodies that
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    • 502 21  -  David G. Nathan By FOR most of the past half-century, medical treatment of invasive tumours like those of the breast and colon has relied mainly on drugs, radiation or both, in effect carpetbombing the DNA of cancer cells. This highly toxic treatment is effective in many cases,
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    • 605 21  -  Susan Love By WHY does cancer recur? The answer is not very satisfying: Not all cancers are alike, early detection does not always work and treatments are still far from perfect. But there is another problem: We keep focusing on doing the same thing better
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    • 455 21  -  Ralph W. Moss By WE COULD make faster progress against cancer by changing the way drugs are developed. In the current system, if a promising compound cannot be patented, it is highly unlikely ever to make it to market no matter how well it performs
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 27 19 Discomfiting evidence A Japanese historian has proof that the Imperial Army created the wartime brothel system, ran it and violated human rights. PAGE 20 PUNCHLINES 'I I
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    • 40 22 Weekday Special Regular Price: $268/ set Offer valid from 2-6 Apr 2007. Limited to 5 sets per customer. While stocks last. 317 ALEXANDRA ROAD 60 TAMPINES NORTH DRIVE 2 OPEN: 10AM 10PM TEL: 6786 6868 www.lKEA.com.sg jl^> -m PSBSB3 mWWA*J/7JJji
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 931 22 PVT Singapore today Partly cloudy. Showers with thunder in M M 0 M 0 the late morning and early afternoon over many areas of Singapore. THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, APRIL 2 2007 ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS i 1 Emergency lines BEIJING SEOUL 0 Police.. 999 Clear Police Hotline 1800-255-0000
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    • 105 22 THIS DAY IN HISTORY FIRST MUNICIPAL POLLS 1949. The Progressive Party wins 13 of the 18 elected seats in the first Singapore municipal commission elections. Four independents and one Labour Front candidate take the other seats. WEATHER SATELLITE 1960. The United States launches the first weather satellite, Tiros 1. It
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  • HOME
    • 461 23  -  Tanya Fong They took unauthorised boat rides to get there Makeshift set-up a danger to visitors taking boats to kelongs By POLICE have shut down an illegal jetty at Pasir Ris Park used by amateur fishermen to hitch boat rides to nearby kelongs wooden houses resting on
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    • 697 24  -  K.C. VIJAYAN ROGUE LAWYER SAGA Court papers say he was trying to transfer U*****,000 to Bangkok via Vietnam By Crime Correspondent ROGUE lawyer David Rasif was so desperate to move a large amount of cash to Bangkok in June last year that
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    • 315 24  -  HO Al Ll DEATH OF ELDERLY FLATMATE AFTER FIGHT THE death last week of an elderly man after a fight with his flatmate was "tragic" and the Housing Board (HDB) is looking to minimise such cases in future. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan
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    • 790 24  - Subletting of HDB flats an investment only for some Tan Hui Yee NEWS ANALYSIS By Housing Correspondent THE humble Housing Board flat is becoming more than just a home these days, judging from the possible returns you can get from renting it out. With the latest easing of subletting rules
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    • 413 24  -  Ho Ai Li By: THE silver-haired lady on stage announced sternly: "It's April Fool's Day, but I'm not here to fool you." However, she soon had a Downtown East crowd of grandmas, grandpas, aunties and uncles letting out some serious
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    • 322 24  -  Lee Hui Chieh By MR JOSEPH Eu, chairman of traditional Chinese medicine chain Eu Van Sang International, died on Saturday after a major blood vessel in his back ruptured. Mr Eu, 80, was found to have an aneurysm a bulge in a blood vessel
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    • 517 25  -  Karamjit Kaur Standees and brochures will inform air passengers of the new rules for hand luggage By Aviation Correspondent CHANGI Airport is gearing up to implement stringent new restrictions on hand luggage next month joining airports in about 40 countries with similar rules
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    • 498 25  -  Vincent Leow By Jocelyn Lee STORING water in pails for showers might be common during waterrationing exercises, but for undergraduate Derek Koh, it has been a regular feature of life for the past six years. Every day between 1.30 am and 4am, the
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    • 630 26  -  Sue-Ann Chia It addresses public's misperceptions of civil service salaries, perks and pensions By THE $1.2 million annual salary for ministers and top civil servants is an all-inclusive package covering bonuses. About one-third of the annual pay package they receive currently is variable.
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      876 26 SALARIES Do ministers and administrative officers (AOs) get bonuses on top of the $1.2 million they receive a year? Public Service Division: The annual salary figure of $1.2 million includes all components monthly pay, mid- and year-end payments, allowances, performance bonuses and GDP bonus. There are no
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    • 320 26  -  LEE HUI CHIEH IT IS in the workers' interest for the Government to raise ministerial pay to attract talented people to lead the nation, labour chief Lim Swee Say said yesterday. Only with good leaders would Singapore remain afloat in
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    • 84 26 FOREIGN Minister George Yeo will make a three-day official visit to Myanmar from today at the invitation of Myanmar Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win. During his visit, Mr Yeo will call on State Peace and Development Council First Secretary, Lieutenant-General Them Sein, and meet
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    • SINGAPORE AGENDA
      • 127 27 Row, tow, tow your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily it's a first for a river here. Yes, you can now row down a river through the heartland of Singapore, instead of in reservoirs or the open sea. Water lovers can head to
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      • 174 27  -  LEE HUI CHIEH »HOME WHAT IT IS SINGAPORE will host the World Health Organisation's (WHO) World Health Day celebrations today and tomorrow. Every year, the WHO raises key global health issues on World Health Day April 7 which was started in 1950 to mark
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      • 120 27  -  TANYA FONG »HOME WHAT IT IS THE annual Singapore Civil Defence Force Workplan Seminar will be held tomorrow. WHY IT MATTERS Homeland security is of vital importance given the global security environment. The theme for the workplan this year is "SCDF's Connections with Singapore
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      • 113 27  -  JOYCE TEO MONEY WHAT IT IS THE Keppel group is set to launch its 1,129 unit Reflections at Keppel Bay condominium, which features six glass towers of varying heights, as well as 11 blocks of villa apartments. Show flats will be open for a preview
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    • 328 23 ',"j-. b^^bbb! M jj. Jasmine Tye continues her stunning transformation M 'y i l to tne sexier body she's always wanted. JH I First it was a few centimeters, now she's shedding off unwanted kilos. Jean Yip has helf Jasmine reveal a narrower waist, firmer tummy, arms and legs. In
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 24 23 Gearing up Changi Airport is sourcing one million plastic bags in anticipation of restriction of gels and liquid on board departing flights. PAGE H3
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 305 27 Q Where is Singapore's first "green" housing project? I Treetops@Punggol. Launched last week, H it is expected to be ready by 2011. IWhat are its eco-friendly features? The build-to-order project-which means it will be built only if there is demand will include rooftop greenery which will reduce temperatures by as
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    • 542 27 Advertising Feature LJ The helpful Consultant also V_nin€SG MGIDS FOl explained to him in details the healing properties of the ingredients Healthy Looking Hair b'oddcuiaS^fngX 0" revitalises the scalp and Dang Gui Beijing 101 Brings Shine to Actor's Hair £S,'£ttS£" of 1 to visit their choice of hair care i
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  • THE NewMarket
    • 451 28  -  LYN CHAN By THESE days, it is not good enough just to have a good product. An innovative and effective marketing tool is needed as well to sell it. Brand's, which is widely-known for the chicken essence it markets in a distinctive bottle with green
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    • 231 28  -  AHMAD OSMAN By, PANASONIC has a new range of Envio energy efficient and environment-friendly air conditioners that provides better quality cool air and comfort in your home. Each air conditioner costs between $699 and $1,899, excluding the installation. It has an air purification system and
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    • 154 28  -  Ahmad Osman The Sudoku champion wins $10,000 plus a Brand's hamper and a trophy. The second prize is $5,000, a Brand's hamper and a trophy. Third prize is $2,000, a Brand's hamper and a trophy. There are 30 consolation prizes of $100 plus a
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    • 368 28  -  PHILIP LEE By MS Jacqueline Wu, 34, creative director of the Special Projects Unit (SPU) of Singapore Press Holdings' (SPH) Marketing Division, realised that in visiting monuments, museums or when dining during her holidays abroad, nuggets of information about a place, thing or
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    • Here&Now
      • 78 28 GET valuable insights from major investors, developers, key organisations and government authorities that are involved in every step of the design and construction process at the inaugural Cityscape Asia exhibition and conference. Held from April 10 to 12, the exhibition and three parallel conferences at Suntec Singapore will
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      • Article, Illustration
        118 28 TWO cars and shopping vouchers worth $1,000 are up for grabs for participants in the AIA-SCS Charity Golf Tournament, organised by life insurer American International Assurance Company (AIA) in support of Singapore Cancer Society (SCS). The participant whose shot comes the closest to the pin and within 1m
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      • 112 28 LOCAL furniture brand Scanteak's new home is a two-storey colonial-style building right in the heart of Joo Chiat. Thirty-three years after its humble beginnings as the smallest furniture store on the same street, it now boasts a showroom 10 times bigger. To celebrate the occasion, Scanteak is inviting
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        123 28 TO commemorate its 10th anniversary. Toys "R" Us has brought in the award-winning toy of the year T.M.X. Elmo. The fuzzy red plush toy will tickle your kid's funny bone with its three interactive tickle spots on the chin, tummy and foot. When tickled once, Elmo starts to
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    • 45 28 i I I It |H 11 i 11 i I SifnareSSH wSBSmASmSF Singapore's biggest travel fair, Natas Travel 2006, is in town this weekend. WIN A HOLIDAY FOR TWO TO SYDNEY, STAY A" THF FOUR SEASONS AND DICJh Al AN AWARD-WIMM \Q RESTAURANT: > ii J
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  • YOUTHINK
    • 554 29  -  [essica Lim »SOAPBOX Forget Superman or Luke Skywalker. The new teen 'hero' is a tattoo-sporting convict. Shudder By] THE anti-hero has come full circle: What follows the *****' icon, the angsty late Kurt Cobain, is now part of mainstream fabric. Meet Gen V's
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    • 550 29  -  [essica Lim ON HIS first day at school, international student Ye Tun, 19, ate lunch alone, walked to and from class by himself and did not speak to anyone. He noticed that the other students in Temasek Polytechnic talked among themselves and mainly
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    • 940 30 »MY LIFE Fed-up with being known as litterbugs, youth say its time to clean up their act THE National Environment Agency (NEA) recently published its findings of a six-month survey on littering behaviour in Singapore. The report noted that older Singaporeans are more likely to
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    • 499 30  -  Cheryl Tan By THEY may owe money, but they'll pay it back. Banks offering student loans to undergraduates at Singapore's universities say they have yet to encounter defaulters. Some even repay their loans early. That is a far cry from students in the United
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    • 140 29 A SMALL PART OF THE BRAIN INFLUENCES THE MOST COMPLEX FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY. MUCH LIKE THE SMALL ISLAND OF GRENADA INFLUENCES THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE ALL OVER THE WORLD. RECEIVE A MEDICAL EDUCATION UNLIKE ANY OTHER AT ST. GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY IN GRENADA. For 30 years students have come from
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  • FORUM
    • 411 31  -  Ng Kok Lim I REFER to the article, "What's this place worth to you?" by Mr Paul Jacob (ST, March 24). Mr Jacob exposes our true selves ever envious of those better than us, but seldom sparing a thought for the
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    • 245 31 IN RESPONSE to the series of letters about the quality of life here in Singapore, given a possible population of 6.5 million, I wonder whether can we still remain an integrated and harmonious tyHaving friends who studied in cosmopolitan London, I hear so
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    • 351 31  -  Ernst Becker I REFER to the article, "You may need permission to enjoy this nature spot" (ST, March 28), in which it was reported that Khatib Bongsu may soon be closed to the public as it is used as a training area
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    • 86 31  -  Jann Yip (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Beware of those service messages" by Madam Roziah Othman (ST, March 30). We have contacted Madam Roziah to clarify that our records show that the subscription service was initiated and subscribed through her mobile phone. The subscription
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    • 249 31  -  Aydawati Gwie (Mdm) I REFER to my visit to the HDB Hub during the HDB Eco-Carnival and launch of the Treetops Punggol, Singapore's first green mark platinum award public housing project. At the Treetops showcase, HDB featured an integrated basin water closet. When it
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    • 217 31  -  Hurdial Singh I WISH to seek our Government's views on all pensioners who retired more than 15 years ago. With regards to the Singapore Allowance, the Government had increased the said allowance from $180 to $200, while the gross pension ceiling was raised from
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    • 423 31  -  Gilbert Goh Keow Wah IN THE past 12 months or so, I realised that slowly but surely, many friends are leaving me through one common factor migration. I have a hard time seeing them off at the airport as most were close friends
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    • 122 31  -  Jean Tan (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "CPF Board can achieve higher, riskfree returns" by Mr Roland Tan Shui Long (ST, March 24). We will study Mr Tan's suggestion to leverage CPF Board's institutional bargaining position and review how this could
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    • 178 31  -  Faye Chiam Pui Hoon (Miss) GLAXOSMITHKLINE, the maker of Ribena, has been fined in New Zealand ("NZ schoolgirls find Ribena has almost no vitamin C"; ST, March 27). This led the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) in Singapore to test the product. It found that Ribena
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    • 30 31 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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    • 150 31 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Forced into collective sale, now must pay $13,000 to agent ShinCorp deal cannot be compared to other big takeovers Willing to take bus, but not with 38-minute wait Have more bus stops, with fewer
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  • SPORTS
    • 897 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS SWIMMING Record 8th gold in one meet thwarted, as US team are disqualified after Crocker's error Melbourne MICHAEL Phelps went agonisingly close to making history, falling just short of his eight-gold mission at a single international swim meet. He did
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    • 322 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AN ANGRY lan Thorpe protested his innocence and vowed to clear his name of doping allegations made against him. But he admitted his reputation had been damaged. The Australian, who surprisingly retired last November, was named by French sports newspaper L'Equipe as
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    • 504 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »SOCCER London CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho has hinted at a conspiracy to make sure Manchester United get every advantage in the Premiership race. A stoppage-time winner from Salomon Kalou for a 1-0 win at Watford kept Chelsea six points behind the
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    • 154 32 Inter Milan 29 25 4 0 63 23 79 AS Roma 2917 8 4 56 23 59 Lazio 2815 7 6 47 22 49 Palermo 3013 9 8 43 34 48 Empoli 2912 9 8 32 28 45 AC Milan 2914 10 5 39 25 44 Fiorentina 2915 8
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    • 831 33  -  Richard Jolly »SOCCER Under Benitez, Liverpool have the best Champions League record in EPL By TOP of one table and bottom of another, Liverpool's position among the big four can confound. Since Rafael Benitez and Jose Mourinho arrived in England in 2004 as Uefa
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    • 304 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London ENGLAND coach Steve McClaren has sent out a defiant message to his detractors: You will not drive me out. He came under fire during and after the latest round of Euro 2008 qualifying matches. England took just four points from a possible
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    • 399 33 London ALEX Ferguson feels Manchester United are starting to "taste" the Premiership title, after his side showed all their famous battling qualities to record a 4-1 triumph over Blackburn at Old Trafford. They need more of the same against Roma in the Champions
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    • 366 33 REUTERS Madrid BARCELONA president Joan Laporta insisted that Ronaldinho will not be sold, after he watched the Brazilian inspire the club to a 2-1 win over Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday. The playmaker has been the subject of intensive transfer speculation the past few days,
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    • 627 34  -  Sunil Gavaskar CRICKET WORLD CUP Both should reach the semi-finals with ease, with South Africa likely to join them By AS THE World Cup Super Eight stage moves into the second week, it is clear that two sides are in great form and
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    • 1111 34  -  Pradeep Rajan By SATURDAY will be remembered for the history that ace fast bowler Glenn McGrath created, not the way Australia bludgeoned Bangladesh. The 37-year-old, who was once told by his school captain that he had no future as a bowler, become the World
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    • 318 34 Kingston (Jamaica) ACONITE, an ancient drug used by witches in the Middle Ages, could have been used to kill Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer. It has been two weeks since his death in the Pegasus Hotel here, and police are still looking for suspects
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    • 653 35  -  Tay Yek Keak »HOWZAT AGAIN? By I DON'T understand. That is why this column is a scientific, social and medical experiment all rolled into one. Scientific because the aim is to test whether it is possible for a person who has absolutely
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    • 548 35  -  Alvin Foo MOTOR RACING F1 driver Webber says the heat will make race more draining By POTENTIALLY tougher than Monaco. That is how Formula One driver Mark Webber sees the proposed Singapore Formula One circuit, if there is a day race. The racer, who
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    • 500 35  -  Jeanette Wang »ICE SKATING By; SINGAPORE'S dreams of a first Olympic medal since 1960 could very well come in from the cold through national ice skater Sarah Paw. The Beijing-based 15-year-old won the novice ladies category at the Singapore National Figure Skating Championships yesterday.
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 89 35 REUTERS CALIFORNIA: Pak Se Ri Pak seized a share of the third-round lead on Saturday in the Kraft Nabisco Championship keeping herself on course for a Grand Slam of golf Majors. The South Korean fired a two-under-par 70 for a 212 total, level with
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      • 66 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO: Leßron James scored 39 points, including seven in overtime, to lead Cleveland to a 112-108 National Basketball Association win over Chicago. James, with the Cays down 104-108 with a minute left on Saturday, drove to the basket for a three-point
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      • 56 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS FLORIDA: Serena Williams overcame a first-set whitewash to beat Justine Henin for her fourth Sony Ericsson Open tennis title. On Saturday, the American erased two match points at 4-5 in set two. She then closed out the 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over the
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      • 54 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Samoa led 27-0 at half-time yesterday, and held on to beat Fiji 27-22 for their first Hong Kong Sevens rugby title since 1993. It was the third straight final between the Pacific rivals, with Samoa winning in Wellington and series leaders
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      • 68 35 ASIAN Netball Federation (ANF) president Ivy Singh-Lim stepped down from her post after a two-year tenure yesterday. The former Netball Singapore (NS) president was replaced by Sri Lanka's Tamara Dharmakirti-Herath at the ANF annual general meeting at Copthorne Orchid. NS president Tan Wee Khim was elected ANF
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    • 127 35 PHOTO: National footballer and Young Lions defender Baihakki Khaizan, 24, was engaged to air stewardess-actress-singer Norfasarie, also 24, in a ceremony at her Bedok Reservoir flat yesterday. About 300 guests were present. The couple were introduced by a mutual friend in 2003, but have been together
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    • 574 35 BASKETBALL NBA: Cleveland 112 Chicago 108 (OT), New Jersey 86 Philadelphia 82, N. 0./ Oklahoma City 103 NY Knicks 94 (OT), LA Clippers 99 Portland 86. CRICKET World Cup, weather-hit Super Eights match: Bangladesh 104-6 in 22 overs (Tamim Iqbal c Hogg b Bracken 3, Shahriar Nafees b McGrath
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 62 32 Good Gilchrist Adam Gilchrist is coming good at the right time, and that is great news for Australia at the cricket World Cup. PAGE Hl2 Serie A Yesterday Atalanta 2 Fiorentina 2 Cagliari 2 Messina 0 Chievo 1 Sampdoria 1 Empoli 4 Ascoli 1 Inter Milan 2 Parma 0 Livorno
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 51 35 TV times CRICKET: ICC World Cup 2nd stage, Super Eights: Bangladesh v New Zealand (Live, PPVChIIO, 9.30pm). SOCCER: English Premier League: Aston Villa v Everton (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2.55 am). Events SOCCER: S-League: Balestier Khalsa v Tampines Rovers (Toa Payoh, 7.45pm). Prime League: Geylang United v Woodlands Wellington (Bedok Stadium,
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  • OBITUARIES
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      128 36 7 «m //re Resurrection and lite Life. Wltuever belietvs in j \U' will Inv, even though he dies: and whoever lives rind lielieves in Me will netvrdie." John 11:25-26 PAUL TAN ENG WAH Age: 84 was called home to be with the I mil on 1/4/2007 leaving behind loved ones.
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      115 36 "Eternal rest grant unto him, Lord, and let your 1 perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest In peace, Amen." Ii i FRANCIS GERARD OLIVEIRO (JERRY) Age: 79 was called home to Ik* with the I ord on 1 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly rememliered Iry loved ones.
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      127 36 The family of the Late MARIA CH1A GEOK TEE Called Home on 28 March 2007 would like to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and brothers and sisters in Christ for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. Special
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      47 36 rTho Family of The Late *^9 3 ANG SOOH KWEE Departed 28 March 2007 1 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, i condolences, emotional support, wreaths and IK donations during their recent bereavement. *jt
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      62 36 2nd Anniversary 9 A noble woman of Prov 31 qualities no one can deny Your winsome smile never fails to bring us cheer Many remember your kind thoughts and caring ways It is our honour to have been loved by you L nurcntt icu rvicng mi Missed *>' W|fW fl
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      177 36 If "ll "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not he in want and I will dwell In the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 ROBERT KOH CHER WAH Age: 58 was called home to be with the Lord on 1/4/2007 leaving behind loved ones. Mother: Yeo Puay Huang
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      121 36 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever". Psalm 23 HA HOY HA WOON HOY Age: 71 was called home to be with the Lord on 31/03/07 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Serena Ha Poh Chin
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      44 36 mi 11 1.1 mm i u.—» i.«p..MH- 13TH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of LEE BEE YIP Departed 2 April 1994 Not just today but everyday, We remember the times we shared. Dearly missed, and always fondly remembered by family and loved ones. JM^....-M^.. m
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      53 36 Precious in the sight of the Ixird f is the death of His Saints Psalm 116:15 5th Anniversary In Lovitlg Memory Of Our Beloved Ah Poh WONG AH KUAN MARY Called home on 2nd April 2002 Deeply missed and cherished by loved ones Tony Ruth Terry Arthur Theresa Samuel, Joel
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      162 36 SIMCHEOWLYE Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 31 March 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Ng Ah Kow Ben NgAhHuat Ng Ah Heng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Ng Mary Gay Kok Chye Steven Ng Annie (Tay Kiong Cheah, deceased) Ng Ah Mocy Serene Lim Kim Hong Michael Ng
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    • 490 37  -  Gabriel Chen TAKING STOCK Fund managers still uncertain whether correction is over despite recent rally By THE question on market watchers' minds going into the second quarter is whether the recent correction is over. And if so, the next question would be whether Singapore shares can
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      • 138 38 WEN KHAI MENG: Named chief executive officer (CEO) of Capita Land Commercial, formerly Capita Land Commercial and Integrated Development (CCID). He will replace Mr Martin Tan, who is leaving the company. Mr Wen will also continue in his post as CEO of Capita Land Financial. Joining him
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      • 37 38 TAN HAK LEH: Promoted to managing director (Singapore) of Great Eastern, with effect from today. Mr Tan, formerly managing director for customer management, will also be appointed the principal officer for Singapore.
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      • 77 38 KIM Eng Research notes that the recent ban on Indonesian sand and possibly granite to Singapore is likely to force developers to substitute steel for concrete, further boosting the demand for structural steel products. Hupsteel,asoneofthemostestablished and largest steel stockists and suppliers in Singapore,
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      • 94 38 OCBC Investment Research said Singapore Technologies Engineering's (ST Engg) three contracts with the Singapore Armed Forces, worth about $430 million, will buffer the poorer results of its other businesses. "We see these developments as positive due to the historically higher margins of defence-related
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    • 768 39  -  Goh Eng Yeow NEWS ANALYSIS Cash-rich local players may keep stocks from slipping too far though By Markets Correspondent AFTER the hellish four weeks and three market plunges that investors have just endured, it is no wonder everyone hopes that
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    • 352 39  -  Lorn a Tan By Finance Correspondent FRENCH insurer AXA Life Insurmce wants customers to pay for :he protection cover that they leed, when they need it. It has launched two innovative products in Singapore a term poli:y with flexible options and a itand-alone
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    • 478 40 REUTERS Pact may involve holdings in each other, dual listings of Mid-East firms London THE London Stock Exchange (LSE), which has fought off four takeover bids in two years, is considering an alliance with its Dubai counterpart, The Observer newspaper reported yesterday.
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      • 283 42  -  Lee Sze Yong 30-year veteran Somasundram wins Best Actor for the first time while Renu Theresa gets the Best Actress nod MEDIA REPORTER VETERAN artistes dominated an awards show which honoured the best in the local Indian entertainment scene. Pradhana Vizha, now in its ninth year,
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      • 283 42 HOJNG KOJNG Actress Carina Lav's (above) recent public appearances with Taiwanese tycoon Terry Gou have led people to wonder about her own wealth. She appeared to have come into some money after she showed off a 30-carat diamond ring a week ago. Recently, Mr Gou
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      • 373 43 AP LOS ANGELES Justin Timberlake gave up his burping title, but took home a trophy as favourite male singer in a raucous, slime-drenched 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. Other winners at last Saturday's show, which included a 23-storey bungee jump into a giant vat of green
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      • 2307 44  -  Mak Mun San the monday interview Chef Chan's restaurant will close next month, but culinary maestro Chan Chen Hei still has a third cookbook, an antiques exhibition and a private eatery on his plate WHEN he was executive chef at The Pan Pacific hotel's Hai
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      • 1403 45  -  Lee Sze Yong The popular police show goes into its 21 st year with four new faces MEDIA REPORTER MEET the new faces that are out to help Singapore fight crime. Crime Watch, the docu-drama series that re-enacts unsolved crimes and seeks
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      • 513 45  -  Lee Sze Yong Coming together after a decade, the Taiwanese duo still have the magic > concert UKULELE CONCERT LIVE IN SINGAPORE Singapore Expo Hall 1/Last Saturday FOR the past 10 years, their partnership has been sorely missed. Taiwanese duo Ukulele, made up of vocalist Terry
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      • 856 46  -  Teo Cheng Wee Women are shocked at me not wearing my new clothes three weeks after buying them. What's all the fuss about? straighttalk THREE weeks ago, I went on a shopping spree. What started out as a work assignment a first-hand account of a makeover
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      • 198 46 AP, Reuters LOS ANGELES Marie Osmond (right) and husband Brian Blosil are divorcing after 20 years of marriage, the pair have announced. "Though our marriage is ending, we continue to have a very amicable relationship. Our marriage has always been a faithful one and neither of
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      • 166 46 NEW YORK Don't be too posh to wear a bra, Victoria Beckham (left) has been told. The editors of American magazine Us Weekly have pleaded with the former Spice Girl to cover up when she becomes a Los Angeles resident this summer because they are tired
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      • 231 47 BUBBLE-BLOWING extraordinaire Tom Noddy (right) shares five things about bubbles you probably never knew. 1 Bubbles burst not because they come into contact with a sharp object. It happens because they touch a dry surface. You can use a wet straw to gently pierce a bubble
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      • 429 47 AFP SAN FRANCISCO The 1991 shooting spree 3y a Chinese student at an American universi:y provided the inspiration for a new film that explores how people in China and United States view each other. The debut feature film is from opera direc:or Chen Shizheng,
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      • 358 78 CHONG JOE EN FINDS OUT HOW A SHORTER SEC SCHOOL LIFE IS AFFECTING STUDENTS The O levels are the end point of secondary school life. This year however, the journey that is secondary school has been shortened by up to three weeks. The
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      • 168 78 THE BEST OF STink SPILL "And here I was thinking Crumpler was a person." Scienyde on STink discussion thread "i love CRUMPLER!" (March 16, Junior STOMPer) "Blame the fact that most of us here can'i really be bothered about studies, taking it for granted, while those who came from abroad
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      • 253 78  -  SERENE GOH Dance. Who doesn't love it in one form or another? Sure, we can't all do it well (me, especially), but that doesn't stop us just blame it on the boogie, as it were. Nor does it keep us from
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      • 472 79 WHILE YOU MAY HAVE BEEN A FASHION VICTIM AT SOME TIME, IT DOES NOT RESULT IN A LIFETIME OF CONSEQUENCES AS WITH DRUG ABUSE, SAYS CASSANDRA CHEW Fashionistas have been on a high for the past week as the Singapore Fashion Festival
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        173 79 "I think after all those lessons, educational talks, skits we made and 'talks' we had in primary school, I think most of us choose the drug-free lifestyle. Unless, after all those warnings, you still go to I drugs, seriously, I have nothing to say, other than, 'What's wrong
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      • 472 80 MORE STUDENTS ARE FORMING ROCK BANDS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, AS NURUL LIYANA YEO DISCOVERS There's no denying that music is a universal language, and something everyone enjoys. Almost everyone owns either an iPod or an MP3 player these days, and our local music industry is
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      • 409 80  -  Kirn Max by ARE YOU A SHOPAHOLIC? 1. Have you ever shopped because you're bored or depressed? a. All the time. b. Maybe/sometimes. c. No way I've got better things to do. 2. If you need new shoes, you: a. Buy the first and cheapest pair that fits.
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      • 446 81 WHAT'S WITH HANDHELD FOODS, SHOES WITH AN EXTRA TONGUE AND WAR-RELATED BOOKS? EMILY LEX, ALFRED CHUA AND RAJESH MISIR FIND OUT HANDHELD FOODS WHAT IS IT? Takopachi (octopus) balls and Chippies (fish and chips) are just two of the wide variety of handheld foods
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      • 619 82 TEENS ARE BEING DRAWN TO FENCING, FINDING IT ALL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL JESSICA LIM REPORTS On his I Ith birthday, Tim Lim watched his first fencing match. He saw a female fencer trashing a larger-sized male fencer and got hooked. Since then, the 14-year-old has been
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      • 737 83 Reuters, AP, AFP, Bloomberg, BBC News and The New York Times WHY DID JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER LAND IN HOT WATER OVER REMARKS HE MADE ABOUT SEX SLAVES DURING WORLD WAR II? AND WHY IS HE NOW APOLOGISING? ALISON DE SOUZA EXPLAINS WHO OR WHAT WERE
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      • 1034 84 THE DANCE CRAZE IS TAKING SCHOOLS AND BEYOND BY STORM. JESSICA LIM GETS INTO THE GROOVE Move aside, prom queen do a curtsy instead to the newly crowned dance queen. Dance is fast becoming a big hit in schools here. At Raffles Junior College, the traditional prom
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      • 146 85 COME ON, SHOW OFF! Loved a book you just read? Hated a new movie? Can't get enough of a CD release? Tell us what you think. Or send us pictures of you at your most creative singing, cheerleading, even breakdancing. If your friends will not do it
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      • 288 85 SONG BY CABRINI TAN, 12, SECONDARY I, CHIJ ST NICHOLAS GIRLS' SCHOOL (Verse I) So we're friends? I didn't know I thought so because of all those rows We had The cold wars You turned a cold shoulder to me When I thought I could lean on you Warm,
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      • 810 86  -  JANE NG, 4 Anderson Secondary students were some of those who have had to go through the Trim And Fit programme. BY THE STRAITS TIMES, MARCH 20 TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY That should undo some of the damage the TAF programme has
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        529 87  -  A i^^aE^vPi Uri^€EKWEZO6MI NOlpf The timing has raised some eyebrows. While people grumble about a two percentage point rise in the goods and services tax (GST), and the gap That means salaries in the public sector must be as attractive as those in the private sector, otherwise the best
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        • 99 88 ILLUSTRATIONS: WHAT IT MEANS: This idiom, attributed by some to British billionaire James Goldsmith, means that if you give very low pay, you will get very stupid people. Variations of this saying abound in the English language. To describe a job that pays
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        • 71 88 WHAT IT MEANS This idiom means to treat someone the same bad way he has treated you. The origin is unclear, but it is a fairly old-fashioned saying that originated in Britain, and which is still used today. AS IN: It is high
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        • 95 88 WHAT IT MEANS: This idiom means to suddenly stop someone from being able to do what they want to do. It also means something is over and done with. Some people think that it has to do with accountancy. When accounts are settled and closed,
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        • 86 88 WHAT IT MEANS: Food imagery is usually quite popular in phrases or idioms referring to payment, and this is one such example. This informal phrase generally refers to earning money to live on. Another meaning of this phrase, which is less used nowadays, means to
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        • 93 88 WHAT IT MEANS: To pay lip service to something means to verbally agree to something without real conviction or follow-up action. It usually refers to hypocritical agreement. One of the earliest use of the idioms was found in an unknown source in the 1600s: "They paid lip
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      • 456 89  - NUDE PAINTING INCIDENT IS IT CENSORSHIP? NOT QUITE, SAYS MINISTER AARON LOW, BY THE STRAITS TIMES, MARCH 23 The way a ministry recently dealt with a nude painting shows that Singapore has moved away from outright censorship, said Second Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. The 4m-tall, US$6O,OOO
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      • 327 90  -  MARDIANA ABU BAKAR By This is a news article that clarifies the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts' position on censorship. The ministry is tasked with guiding the directions of arts and entertainment in Singapore. This week's work is to help you understand the issue
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      • 257 90 Answer notes FIGURES OF SPEECH The purpose of this exercise is to introduce the two common figures of speech, pun and metaphors, and how they can be used in good writing. The sxercise asked for an explanations of the pun intended and the use of these metaphorical
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    • 164 78 [THEjTRAITS TIMES L+i Media Club SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh CONTRIBUTORS Andrew Duffy, Alison De Souza, Mardiana Abu Bakar, Cassandra Chew JOURNALISTS Jessica Lim, Tessa Wong COVER Design: Jeffrey Lim, Photo: Chew Seng Kirn ART AND DESIGN Alexis Hooi, Jeffrey Lim, Eric Roca INTERNS Emily Lek, Alfred Chua,
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    • 51 79 t|A Call IfNQw 1800-325-6666 or VII UQS www.cnb.gov.sg WHAT IT TAKES TO BE FREE What do you think it takes to break free from a lifestyle and an addiction? This could apply to drugs, computer games, Internet, food or even fashion! Post your thoughts on Stink at stinkandspill.stomp.com.sg by next
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    • 57 79 DON'T TAKE DRUGS 0} HOPE FOR SENIORS Drug giant GlaxoSmith Kline has pumped $20 million into a new Singapore laboratory at the Biopolis that it hopes will lead to a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease. For a start, it hopes to identify a critical chemical for this drug by the
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    • 44 80 YOUR BOURHOOD NEW SKATEPARK Expect a new skatepark by the beach at East Coast Park, of an international standard that will thrill local extreme sports enthusiasts. It was recently announced in Parliament that the concept design for the skatepark is ready. (ST, March 10)
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    • 49 81 o ujnat are sou waiting por? ""i 1.* 0 *h. B B oris ins 5/V\ (^TI nl Find out in Singapore Seen BAre English or Chinese \Pi or Part'tin||! J°DS' songs harder to sing? \i»~~ ii'iil irafc> Discuss in Talkhack j I ISM i Stinh and Spill J RSSESfSSui
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    • 56 81 GET INSIDE THE TOP TRENDS IRAN SEES RED OVER 300 The blockbuster movie 300 has angered Iranians, who say the versusPersians action flick insults their ancient culture and drums up present-day animosity against Iran. The movie depicts the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in Greece, which pitted 300 Spartans against a
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    • 350 82 DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF DANCE, NOT DIVORCE Heather Mills McCartney, the estranged wife of former Beatle Paul, wants to talk about dancing, not divorce. The 39-year-old was to set off for the United States to compete in ABC's Dancing With The Stars. (ST, March 16) TUC I FACE NOTE:
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    • 61 83 THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS STEERING CLEAR Historians from China and Japan left untouched the sensitive issue of Japanese wartime brothels, during the latest round of talks on the nations' war-torn history. But they agreed to take up other thorny disputes in the joint studies of their troubled past, including
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    • 69 84 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK NTUC THE MUSICAL The creative team behind the musical Beauty World and the members of Young NTUC may make strange bedfellows. But their union has produced a first for this year's May Day celebrations a musical on the NTUC story. Called A Labour Of Love,
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    • 77 84 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK LOVE TUNES Rachael Yamagata may not I hold the same ■weight as fellow American singer-song writer Norah Jones when it comes to worldwide acclaim, selling millions of albums or winning Grammy Awards. But for almost I 'h hours, the smokyvoiced 28-year-old was the darling of
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    • 63 86 RACK YOUR BRAINS TIE-UP TO TACKLE OBESITY New Zealand is pushing to become a key partner for Singapore as the nation pumps more resources into its biomedical sciences sector. More research collaborations are under way, the latest being a likely tie-up between New Zealand's Liggins Institute and the National University
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    • 51 88 READ AND WRITE BETTER INDIA LEADS IN PAY RISE Salaries in India are projected to rise faster than in any othe major Asiai country foi the fourth straight year this year, as companies across the region remain under pressure tc retain talent, a global human resources company said. (ST, March
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    • 82 89 READ AND WRITE BETTER n y JAILED FOR UNDERAGE SEX A man had unnatural sex with an underage schoolgirl four days after getting to know her through an Internet chatline. Mohamad Hanes Borhannudin, 25, a waiter, was sentenced to a total of 24 months in {ail. He was jailed 14
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    • 72 90 I READ AND IwRITE BETTER MALAYSIA BANS FILM A Malaysian movie with scenes of street violence, pollution and povert) has been banned after the national censorship board said it was bad for the country's image, a report said. I Don't Want To Sleep Alone, by Malaysiaborn, Taiwanbased director Tsai Ming-liang,
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    • 650 91 INTHEEND Places H0W MANY F0REIGN STUDENTS DID SINGAPORE in the ATTRACT LAST YEAR? FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO THAT f\ f\ KJjjjSBgBPiS JSI news AND OTHER NEWS PUZZLERS RIGHT HERE. |MjWWMil<y^ NUMBERS IN THE NEWS 1 f Match these digits to the reasons they made the news a) 15 I)
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