The Straits Times, 4 April 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 14 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 629 1  -  Judith Tan *\mong them: Higher Dayouts and a two-tier scheme By A TWO-TIER Elder Shield has been proposed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) the basic plan, and an add-on providing for higher payouts. The basic Elder Shield scheme, in place for the past five
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  • 102 1 Mrs Roger Louis Mariette (left) and Mrs M. Karthigesu were among 86 cultural benefactors honoured at the inaugural Patron of Heritage awards ceremony held last night at the National Museum. Mrs Karthigesu was given a Patron of Heritage award for her donation of 11 Indian sculptures in dancing
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  • 587 1  -  Khushwant Singh By THEY earned $1,000 a week forwarding money sent from Australia to people in Russia and Latvia, but several Singaporeans are now under investigation after it was discovered they could be "money mules" laundering funds for an international crime syndicate.
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1045 1  -  Cheong Suk-Wai By SCHOOL reunions are usually occasions for swopping success stories with, well, a fair bit of one-upman-ship. But in the case of 100 old boys from Raffles Institution's first babyboomer batch of 400 from 1961 to 1964,
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    • 410 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Netizens up in arms Asia 6-12 Netizens are angry that World 17-21 the driver who flipped a Review.. ...22-24 Mazda sports car during PY| "25 a test-drive killing the sales executive with him SECTION TWO is shopping for a new Home Hl-H7 high-performance car. Forum
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  • PRIME
    • 230 3 MYANMAR could be a longterm supplier of sand, cement, granite and other construction materials to Singapore. The suggestion was made by Lieutenant-General Them Sein, First Secretary of Myantnar's ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), when Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo
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    • 533 3  -  Kwan Weng Kin Pact, signed yesterday, may help repair damaged business confidence By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo THAI Premier Surayud Chulanont yesterday signed a free trade agreement (FTA) between his country and Japan, Thailand's biggest foreign investor and top export market. In
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    • 99 3 Swamps and rough terrain pose no obstacle to this eight-wheeled Argo Avenger, which was unveiled by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) yesterday at its Workplan Seminar. The Canadian-made amphibious vehicle can carry up to six people and is equipped with a floating stretcher for water rescue.
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    • 185 4 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Aboard Train Vl5O (France) A HIGH-SPEED French train with a souped-up engine and wheels broke the world speed record yesterday for conventional rail trains, reaching 574.8kmh. The black and chrome train with three doubledecker cars, named the Vl5O, bettered the previous
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    • 506 4  -  Fiona Chan -irst phase of Jevelopment fully sole with some units going For over $4,000 psf By Property Reporter THE first phase of apartments at Orchard Residences has been fully sold at a record average price. The 98 units fetched an average of
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  • ASIA
    • 713 6  -  Tracy Quek Peaceful resolution of Chongqing 'nailhouse' row hailed By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINESE netizens and media yesterday praised the peaceful conclusion to the Chongqing "nailhouse" row, saying the case serves as an example of how other property disputes should
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    • CHINA
      • 620 7  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Its outcome could affect his bid to be KMT's candidate in presidential polls By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN'S former opposition Kuomintang (KMT) chief Ma Ying-jeou yesterday put up a feisty defence against graft charges in a closely watched trial
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      • 356 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS Shanghai SHANGHAI'S new leader said the city will remain China's reform leader, in an apparent effort to defuse fears that fallout from a massive corruption scandal might sap its economic dynamism. Mr Xi Jinping toured the city's Pudong financial centre with other
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      • 243 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing PROPERTY speculation is spreading into the afterlife, with grave plot prices nearly double that of a home on a per square metre basis in some areas, state media reported yesterday. The central government will soon respond with new regulations to end the
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 622 8  -  VINCE CHONG HK leader wants :ontinuity for successor; Cabinet ikely to be bigger By Hong Kong Correspondent NEWLY re-elected Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang is planning for a younger Cabinet to provide continuity for his successor five years later, sources have said.
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      • 162 8 REUTERS Beijing A CHINESE restaurant paid 580,000 yuan (S$114,000) for a giant gold-coloured tiger fish, seen as a symbol of wealth and good fortune, state media said yesterday. The 48kg, 1.75m-long fish was caught on Sunday off the coast of Zhanjiang in Guangdong
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      • 451 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul SOUTH Korea's unpopular president yesterday basked in rare praise after securing a trade deal with the United States that some see as vital if Asia's third-largest economy is to become genuinely competitive and grow. The pact still has
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      • 201 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG Hong Kong MACAU yesterday confirmed that last year was its biggest ever, chalking up 56.2 billion patacas (5510.6 billion) in casino gambling income. The enclave's 22 casinos generated 16.7 billion patacas in the final quarter, taking the year's total gross
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 519 10  -  Ravi Velloor SAARC building external links by inviting key global players to summit By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi AFGHANISTAN was formally admitted into the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation JSAARC) yesterday as its eighth member, in a summit where the grouping
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      • 277 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington THE chief executive of an electronics supply company has been charged with shipping closely guarded US computer technology to India for use in missiles and other weapons systems. Working with Indian government officials, Cirrus Electronics founder Parthasarathy
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 551 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS He also says Thaksin probe is ending soon and will pin down the ex-PM Tokyo THAILAND'S army-instal-led Prime Minister, who publicly disagreed with the junta chief's wish to extend emergency rule, vowed yesterday he would "call the shots"
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      • 192 11 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Bangkok THAI POLICE have decided there was no cause to accuse activists who launched an online campaign against Privy Council chief Prem Tinsulanonda of breaking the law against insulting the monarchy. Thai police Lieuten-ant-General Theeradech Rod-phot-hong, head
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      • 415 11  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Bogor (West Java) INDONESIA'S President last night urged Muslim leaders around the world to join Jakarta's drive to bring peace to Iraq as sectarian violence there was damaging the Muslim community worldwide. At the
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
      • 616 12  -  Carolyn Hong Machap by-election draws big names as it is seen as a gauge of Chinese mood By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Machap (Malacca) A RURAL by-election in Malacca, which is touted as a warm-up to the general election, kicked off yesterday
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        59 12 Foreign Minister George Yeo called on State Peace and Development Council First Secretary, Lieutenant-General Them Sein, in the new Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Mr Yeo arrived in Myanmar on Monday for a three-day official visit. Yesterday, Mr Yeo also met the Singaporean community at a reception
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      • 210 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) is understood to have received government approval to build a highway that will make it faster to reach the Iskandar Development Region (IDR) from other parts of the peninsula. The infrastructure group
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      • 236 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN universities have spent millions of ringgit to take part in a science exhibition in Switzerland that showcases new inventions, but the awards are of dubious quality, a Member of Parliament has said. The medals won annually at
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    • 26 6 Tsang seeks young blood Re-elected Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang plans to bring young blood into his Cabinet to ensure continuity for his successor. PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
    • 775 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE IRAN-BRITAIN STAND-OFF London welcomes Teheran's offer of talks to end crisis over capture of sailors London SIGNS of a breakthrough have appeared in the stand-off between Britain and Iran over a navy crew captured by Iranian forces. And British Prime
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    • 962 17  -  Lydia Lim He says region will benefit from rise of China, India for next sto 10 years By Senior Political Correspondent In Sydney VISITING Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said here that he was more bullish now than ever before about
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 99 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China yesterday hailed an upcoming trip by Premier Wen Jiabao to South Korea and Japan as a significant step towards forging closer ties between the neighbours and improving regional security. Mr Wen will visit South Korea on April 10-11 and will meet President
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      • 97 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CANBERRA: Indonesian and Australian police have smashed a suspected terrorist cell with links to an Islamic militant group blamed for deadly bombings in Bali, they announced yesterday. The Australian Federal Police and Indonesian police said they last month arrested eight people who had access to
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      • 80 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: A Briton lost his appeal here yesterday against extradition to the United States for allegedly hacking into US defence computers in what has been dubbed the "biggest military hack of all time". Gary McKinnon, an unemployed computer expert who lost his appeal in the
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      • 78 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOULOUSE: Thousands of French Airbus workers launched a strike yesterday to protest against a restructuring plan dubbed PowerB that would slash 10,000 jobs across Europe in the next four years. Chanting "No to PowerB" and "PowerB into the closet", around 2,500 workers gathered in
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    • 604 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG At least 28 have died and 5,000 made homeless in the Solomon Islands Honiara (Solomon Islands) TSUNAMI survivors on the Solomon Islands scavenged for food and water yesterday and officials trying to reach remote communities said they expected the death
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    • 342 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kabul A POWERFUL earthquake hit north-east Afghanistan yesterday, rocking neighbouring Pakistan and India, and sending people running into the open in panic across the mountainous, quake-prone area. Early reports said there was no severe damage or casualties from the magnitude 6.2 quake, which hit
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    • 515 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE More fuel efficient cars could be on the way after decision on greenhouse gases Washington THE US Supreme Court's criticism of the Bush administration for its inaction on global warming could encourage faster action in Congress on
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    • 74 19 US kayakers Seth Warren (left) and Tyler Bradt loading used oil onto their truck in Ushuaia, Argentina, on Sunday. The two men have made their way from northern Alaska to the southern tip of South America travelling in a truck fuelled by vegetable oil and animal
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    • 386 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kiev UKRAINE faced new political chaos yesterday after President Viktor Yushchenko dissolved Parliament and set a date for snap elections, which lawmakers and the government said they planned to defy. "Today, I signed the decree interrupting the Parliament's powers before
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 276 20 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS KUWAIT'S new female education minister refused to wear a veil as she took an oath when the country's new government was sworn in, leading to protests by several Islamist parliamentarians. Ms Nouriya Al-Subaih, dressed in a black skirt suit with large
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      • 132 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS FASHION model Lauren Bush has helped the United Nations food agency launch the sale of a tote bag to raise money to feed hungry children. The 22-year-old, the niece of US President George W. Bush, designed the burlap and muslin
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      • 110 20 REUTERS BRITAIN'S Prince Charles has failed to get a court order for a newspaper to return copies of his diaries after it published one of them in which he described Chinese officials as "appalling old waxworks". The Mail on Sunday had acquired
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  • REVIEW
    • 437 21 THE previous round of concerted peace-making in the Middle East was inaugurated after the first Gulf War in 1991. Exploiting the diplomatic capital it had gained in decisively defeating Saddam Hussein in Kuwait, the United States engineered the Oslo process, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the
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    • 880 21  -  Andy Ho EPL AND MOBILE BROADBAND By Senior Writer IN SINGAPORE, print and broadcast are pre-defined markets, each with its individual dominant licensee. To prevent the possibility of Singapore Press Holdings in newspapers, MediaCorp in free-to-air TV, or Star Hub Cable
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    • 640 21 MALAYSIA'S DOCTOR SHORTAGE SINGAPORE'S green light for medical graduates of Universiti Malaya (UM) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) to practise in the Republic is bittersweet news. Sweet, because the standard of our doctors has gained the recognition of Singapore; bitter, because when more
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    • 739 22  -  Jerrold Kessel PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT By Pierre Klochendler THE Israeli people and the radical Islamists of Hamas loathe each other. And they both loathe the prospect of any renewed negotiations to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. They are the only two major Middle East parties which do not
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    • 829 22  -  Wilson Rothman GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM By WHEN 15 British sailors and marines were captured by Iranian forces and accused of trespassing in Iranian waters last month, the commander of their ship, the Cornwall, wishfully referred to the run-in as "a simple misunderstanding". After all,
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    • 889 23  -  John Authers FINANCIAL TIMES PRIVATE EQUITY By PRIVATE equity has an image problem. In Britain, this is because private equity buyers are circling some of the best-known and most popular consumer brands. In the United States, interest has been whetted by plans by Blackstone, one
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    • 761 23  -  Verlyn Klinkenborg NEW YORK TIMES By WHAT did Jane Austen look like, and why should we care? The only undisputed portrait a drawing of the novelist in her nightcap was done by Austen's sister, Cassandra, about 1810, when Austen was 35 or so.
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    • 1177 24 Singapore today (l&^al^SM^ Kpn m wSm lm*AAM mil Partly cloudy. Showers with m- a a thunder in the late morning /Vy /y and early afternoon over many areas. THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 2007 /y /v ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN I B^e m P
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    • 646 26  -  Christopher Tan »OCT29, 2005 »MARCH2I,2OO7 Now he's shopping for these hot wheels Netizens outraged that he's shopping for another fast car while still under probe over fatal test-drive By Senior Correspondent ONLINE forums used by the community of car enthusiasts have been aflame
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    • 395 27  -  David Boey By: Defence Correspondent THE Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is gearing up to play a bigger role in the anti-terror fight earlier largely the armed forces' responsibility. Its arsenal now includes an entire suite of new equipment designed for use
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    • 451 27  -  Zakir Hussain Visiting British minister discusses efforts being made to combat extremism By BRITONS and others are puzzled why four young British Muslims chose to kill themselves and 52 others in the July 7, 2005, London bombings. Visiting Foreign Office minister of
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    • 225 27 SINGAPORE'S emergency response teams will be tested later this year in a civil emergency exercise codenamed NorthStar VI. The scenario is still being worked out, and it may involve public participation, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said yesterday. SCDF Commissioner James Tan, speaking
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    • 370 27 VIEWED from the outside, there's nothing to suggest that this machine is a lab on wheels which can detect "dirty" bombs. But the Singapore Civil Defence Force's (SCDF) new Hazmat Control Vehicle is an expert at sniffing out radioactive materials using sensors which
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    • 389 28  -  Adeline Chia 86 of them made over $118 m worth of loans, donations By Arts Reporter FROM shipwrecked Tang Dynasty artefacts to rare Peranakan crockery the Singapore museum goer's experience is richer for the contributions by cultural benefactors. Some 86 of them, who made $118.5
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    • 288 28 WITH no children of her own, Mrs Roger Louis Mariette regards her Peranakan antiques as her "babies". Over more than 10 years, the avid collector has loaned more than 900 of these "babies", including furniture, porcelain, batik and gold jewellery, to the Asian Civilisations Museum.
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    • 236 28 THE Health Sciences Authority has temporarily withheld sales of Zelmac, a drug used to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in women, as it has been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes. This decision comes shortly after the United States (US) Food
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    • 456 29  -  Selina Lum NONOI MURDER CASE Man accused of killing 2-year-old last year; body found under flyover after massive search By IT HAS been a year since little Nonoi was killed, and family members say the pain has subsided just a little. The tragic
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    • 454 29  -  Chong Chee Kin By FORMER S-League coach Chow Kwai Lam has been convicted of match-fixing, with the judge rubbishing his defence that he had merely been "testing" the goalkeeper he tried to bribe. Chow, 63, a former Malaysian national coach and much-capped player, showed
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    • 408 29  -  Elena Chong SPIKED DRINKS CASE By Court Correspondent A MAN who molested several taxi drivers after spiking their coffee with sleeping tablets was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday. Choi Kein Loong, a 34-year-old hawker, pleaded guilty last
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    • 357 29 SHAM UNION CASE WHAT is a marriage, and who decides if one that is legally registered is real or a sham? These questions were raised in the High Court yesterday by the lawyer for a Chinese national charged with bribing a Singaporean man to
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    • 405 29  -  Khushwant Singh By The three Appeal Judges decided that the statement should be admissible and for Justice Choo to reconsider the acquittals and the sentences of the three convictions. But after the two-day re-trial yesterday, Justice Choo said he saw no reason to
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    • CASE FILE
      • 70 29 TWO market stalls in Ang Mo Kio Central were broken into between last Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. One of them, a stall selling meats, lost a metal box containing knives and weighing scales valued at $600. The stallholder also lost fresh chicken meat
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      • 106 29 TWO women were charged yesterday with abusing their Indonesian maids. Chung Yee Houng, 43, is alleged to have wrongfully confined Ms Ratinem Madrowi, 31, in her flat at Jurong East Street 21 last December. She is also alleged to have punched and kicked the maid.
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      • 63 29 A FATHER of two was sentenced to six months in jail for having sex with an underage girl. Mohamed Izzar Misnin, 25, pleaded guilty to having sex with the girl when she was about 12 years old at the end of last year. He
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    • 557 31  -  Lee Hui Chieh ►> WORLD HEALTH DAY She catches up with old friends, visits medical school museum By VISITING Singapore is like a homecoming for World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Margaret Chan, who spent a year studying here in what she calls "her
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    • 357 31  -  JUDITH TAN THE health ministers of Cambodia and Singapore yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to prevent the spread of infectious diseases across borders. The agreement will formalise the air of cooperation which already exists between the two countries. Health-care professionals
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    • 155 31 RADIO DJ Petrina Kow, 31, known for her chirpiness on air, was hit by ■■■■■■i i post-natal depression after having her first baby. Stage actress Karen Tan, 39, also suffered from it. In this week's Mind Your Body, they talk about their crying bouts and
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    • 342 31  -  Judith Tan SMA FEE CHANGE By HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday that overservicing such as unnecessary X-rays rather than a ridiculously high medical fee, often causes overcharging. He was responding to reports of the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) dropping
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    • 396 32  -  Ho Ai Li By NEW primary school Tamil Language syllajus due out next year will place greater focus jn spoken Tamil, in a bid to get pupils to use it seyond the school environment. Teachers will spend 60 per cent of lesson
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    • 270 32 THE National Solidarity Party (NSP) has said that "inflationary" salary increments for ministers are not justified. But the opposition party said yesterday it did not disagree with the principle of paying civil servants well. Civil servants should receive "just rewards for their useful contributions to
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    • 512 32  -  Tania Tan Agency will keep up momentum and growth achieved under former chairman Philip Yeo By THERE may be a new man in charge, but do not expect any radical change in A* Star's direction. Liuetenant-General (NS) Lim Chuan Poh, the new
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    • 246 32  -  KARAMJIT KAUR CHANGI Airport is getting a new chief pilot. Mr Wong Woon Liong, director-gen-eral of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), retires on July 1 after 15 years in the job. Major-General (NS) Lim Kirn Choon, who is senior
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    • 552 30 I The Declaration I H at the Esplanade, 3 April 2007 H Mr. T«« Swe-e CA*'<?A, *fo nw CEO ofNTUC Income, held a town hall meeting with 1,600 of his staff and insurance advisers at the Esplanade on 3 April 2007. Below are excerpts of his speech which are relevant
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  • FORUM
    • 437 33  -  Dr Yik Keng Yeong MINISTERIAL PAY AND PENSION I REFER to Mr Ng Kok Lim's letter, "Strength of Spore rests on people, not just govt" (ST, April 2). According to a Chinese proverb, an able general is worth more than 10,000 foot soldiers.
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    • 193 33  -  Chang Wei Meng AS PART of ministerial remuneration, the pension scheme >eems to be a tad generous. Half of a minister's lastirawn salary (albeit lower, based on 1994 levels) is still quite significant and substan- tial. Assuming a minister starts around his mid-40s
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    • 181 33  -  Goh Shih Yong I REFER to the letter by Miss Faye Chiam Pui Hoon, "Improve food label verification" (ST, April 2). The Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA) does not require food manufacturers and traders to seek approval from us for their claims on
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    • 48 33  -  Eric Lim Cheng Wah WITH the introduction of the electronic disc for season parking, HDB is expected to save $600,000 per year. What will HDB do with the savings? I hope it will use the savings to bring down the season-parking fees.
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    • 440 33  -  Wong Siew Hoong WE ACKNOWLEDGE Ms Seetha Sharma's concerns about food served in school canteens in her letter, "Look into food aspect of students' health" (ST, March 22). All schools have a canteen committee comprising school staff who ensure that the food
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    • THIS & THAT
      • 80 33  -  Kelvin Ong Kwee Beng I WENT to the night shopping at Centrepoint recently, attracted by the numerous full-page advertisements. But, alas, more than half the shops were closed. To add insult to injury, the "sale" prices were higher than normal prices elsewhere, at least
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      • 135 33  -  Jason Chiam Chiah Sern I AM writing with regard to the Fort Canning TunneE It baffles me that the end point of both the tunnel and re-aligned Stamford Road leads to the same end point, the Park Mall traffic light. Is the $35 million worth
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      • 107 33  -  Denis Distant WHEN the talk is about Fl racing coming to Singapore, high speeds come to mind so it is very strange to note that Hotel Properties (HPL) waited until after the stock market closed on Friday to post on the SGX
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    • 311 33  -  Kong Lai Meng (Ms) ON THE night of March 13 I chanced upon a kitten at Block 506 along Bishan Street 11. It was tied to a fence so tightly that it looked as if it was having difficulty breathing so
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    • 231 33  -  Samuel Tan Boon Hui I WRITE to clarify certain facts in the commentary by Dr Andy Ho, "What does your employer owe you?" (ST, March 31). Dr Ho referred to a new collective agreement entered into last year between the Food, Drinks and
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    • 61 33  -  Jennifer Chng (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Can hospital revise final bill by $900?" (ST, March 26), by Ms Lancome Lira Cheng Lang. We would like to apologise to Ms Lim for the clerical error. We have since clarified with her
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 102 33 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Serving the nation altruistically Let's help to rejuvenate this planet which we call home Back to the drawing board for local schools Pressing need for legislation concerning bicycles Sharing flats: Elderly must be willing
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  • SPORTS
    • 938 34  -  Rob Hughes »CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Troubled Mourinho and players close ranks for the visit of Valencia By THE worst kept secret in football is that if Chelsea do not win the Champions League, Jose Mourinho will no longer be the Special One around Stamford Bridge. The
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    • 828 34  -  Victor Ng By ONLY Alex Ferguson could come up with a gem like this: "When an Italian tells me it's pasta, I'll check under the sauce to make sure." You can laugh or you can call him all sorts of names, but that
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    • 505 35 SOCCER Owners want Liverpool to challenge Chelsea and Man United at the top of the Premiership Eindhoven LIVERPOOL'S boss Rafael Benitez will be handed a £40 million (Ssl2o million) war chest to strengthen his side in the summer. The unprecedented sum was agreed upon when
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    • 201 35 BLOOMBERG NEWS Birmingham ASTON Villa moved a point closer to Premiership safety, with forward Gabriel Agbonlahor scoring with seven minutes left to seal a 1-1 draw with Everton on Monday. The England under-21 international reacted first to John Carew's blocked attempt, and shot
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    • 132 35 /Ian United 3125 3 3 74 21 78 Ihelsea 3122 6 3 55 19 72 .iverpool 3117 6 8 48 21 57 Irsenal 3016 7 7 52 28 55 iolton 3115 ***** 38 50 ottenham 3114 ***** 44 48 iverton *****1 8 39 27 47 leading 3113 513 43
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    • 84 35 DURIC HITS 4 AS SAFFC RUN RIOT DEFENDING S-League champions Singapore Armed Forces FC thrashed the Korean Super Reds 6-0 at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium last night. Striker Aleksander Duric scored four of the goals (26th- and 28th-minute penalties, 63rd, 90th). Therdsak Chaiman (37th) and Ashrin Shariff
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    • 1158 36  -  Pradeep Rajan CRICKET WORLD CUP Another fine win makes them top contenders to topple Australia By [F AUSTRALIA are the tornaio tormenting the opponents in this World Cup, then New Zealand are the storm blowing away the opposition with :onsummate ease. Methodical and clinical, the
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    • 401 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANE Bond (right) has made it clear he wants to be known as the best bowler in the world. The New Zealander, whose career has been blighted by injury, revealed his personal goal after turning in
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    • 303 36  -  St John's (Antigua) REUTERS NEW Zealand's World Cup cricketers were accused of racism on Monday for allegedly calling some West Indians "niggers". During the country's emphatic Super Eight victory over Bangladesh, the real action was happening off the field. The team's management denied accusations
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    • 494 36  -  Pradeep Rajan By SRI Lanka are virtually everything that England are not as a one-day side. The Lankans have destructive batsmen at the top of the order, who have consistently got them off to a commanding start. They also react well
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    • 530 37  -  Jeanette Wang SHOOTING Doha Asian Games women's 10m air rifle silver winners fail to make the cut-off By SINGAPORE'S shooters were off target at the World Cup in Fort Benning in the United States yesterday. Vanessa Yong, 18, fired 382 out of a
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    • 265 37 MOTOR RACING SINGAPORE is among three locations the others are Shanghai and Hong Kong shortlisted to be the Asian headquarters of AIGP. The AIGP Asian division, set up about a month ago, is looking for an office primarily to promote Al
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    • 462 37 REUTERS »GOLF Augusta (Georgia) US OPEN champion Geoff Ogilvy plans to take a leaf out of Tiger Woods' book at this week's Masters. World No 1 Woods has triumphed four times at Augusta National and, in Ogilvy's eyes, has unlocked the secret to success
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    • 316 37  -  Jeanette Wang SWIMMING By SINGAPORE'S swimmers were put in bad light at the World Championships in Melbourne following a media report published on Sunday. According to wire agency Associated Press, the Republic's men's 4xloo-metre medley relay team were smiling
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    • 807 37  -  Chia Han Keong »IN THE HOOP By FLASH and dash no longer equate success in the National Basketball Association. As the regular season comes to an end later this month, the top five teams Dallas, Phoenix, San Antonio, Utah and Detroit share
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    • 287 37 BASEBALL MLB: Toronto 5 Detroit 3 (10 innings), Florida 9 Washington 2, Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 3 (10 innings), NY Yankees 9 Tampa Bay 5, Cleveland 12 Chicago White Sox 5, Milwaukee 7 LA Dodgers 1, Cincinnati 5 Chicago Cubs 1, Kansas City 7 Boston 1, Arizona 8 Colorado 6,
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    • 25 34 All according to plan Good planning and error-free leadership from Stephen Fleming help New Zealand beat Bangladesh at the cricket World Cup. PAGE HI 1
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    • 107 35 TV times CRICKET: ICC World Cup 2nd stage, Super Eights: England v Sri Lanka (Live, PPV Chi 10, 9.30pm). SOCCER: Champions League q-finals, Ist leg: Roma v Manchester United (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2.30 am), Chelsea v Valencia (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2am). Events HOCKEY: Tour match: U-18 Girls' Devt Squad B
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  • OBITUARIES
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      166 38 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days j of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. M Psalm 23:6 RONALD SUM FOOK LENG Age: 66 Was called home to be with the Lord on 2 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly
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      79 38 1 j In Loving Memory of WONG LIANG TECK Departed 4.4.1987 Seasons have come and gone How quickly time marches on Twenty years have gone by Since lhe day you let! our side But time can never change The joy and wisdom you gave Those beautiful memories So dearly we
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      18 38 21st Anniversary In BRRt laving Memory Of M. ARUMUGAM VANDAYAR Sadly missed by Beloved Wife St Loivd Ones
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      55 38 The family of the late POKKUMWENG Departed on 27 March 2007 would like to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates for [heir kind assistance, ;ntond.iTKV condolences, prayers, wreaths and donations during [heir recent bereavement. Special thanks to Dr Edwin T.im and care-Rivers of Orange
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      196 38 CHOO KOK HOE (BBM) Age: 96 Passed away peacefully on 3 April 2007, Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Mdm Tan Siew Kiovv Sons: Daughtcrs-ln-law: Choo Rng Seng Choo Yeow Klnm Lee Wai Chan Choo Eng Cheong Chew Scr Cheng Choo Eng Khim Yap Mci Ngoh Clioo
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      138 38 I" I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone 0 Lord, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8 SEAH SOI SOON, SIMON Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 3 April 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Bemad ette Gan Chew Hong I
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      52 38 I Hmrm y^Kranm 1 ASHOKANASHR Raja. ax-PSA Age:*9 Departed on 3-4-07 Sadly missed by: Wife: LJsharam Son: Hriifc«h Daughter Na-.^nrts Slstara. 1 ,i Malaihi Kalla all Rplati/*?fl A Fcienrtg cortege leaves today, 4-4-07. 4pm. from BLK 752, #02-196 YISHUN ST 72., Tel: G*****91. *****293 for cremation at Mondai Crematorium. Hill
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      51 38 In loving Memory Ot YUEN SEET FUN Departed'\UtVJ7G Ttxhty rerttlk sad tnpmoriez, Of a dear mother gone to rvst, Ana the one who thinks nflier tutltty. Is the one n-fto totvs her bat. hmclly ri-mtniln-fell by: lluibanii, sons, (laugh I trs i n law -:,]MII,U.UIii il v i.'.n ii i
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      28 38 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of I Thomas Tong Heng Cheong Always cherished remembered by Chan, Joo, Mok, Sieven, I)ave r Tony, Peter, Bernard, Boon, Desmond, Gazers Pub
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      22 38 13th Anniversary I In Loving Memory Of VICTOR NEO Departed 4 April 1394 fondly reiiwiiilwred cherished by Mum, Dad* Schubert llJlftl ftllCS.
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      24 38 (r= In Loving Memory Of TANG HON PEW Departed 4 April 2004 Sadly missed by Wife Sai Luan (Serene} daughters Shirley ft Jane F
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      118 38 LOY NEE SUAN Age: 96 passed away peacefully on 3 April 2007. Sadly missed and forever remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Tan Tye Kin, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: 1 .in Ah Ang Alvin Wong In In Serene Daughter: Son-in-law: I Tan Loon Hiang Lee Kwan Sin Grandson: Tan Chi-Hao (Granddaughters: Grandson-in-law:
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      89 38 1/ I ANBAV SIVAM t ATHMA SHANTI POOJA We, the Family of the Late P. KRISHANAVENY (w/o the late K. Mookken) Departed on 3 Mar 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for your condolences, wreaths, donations, assistance and attendance during our
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      86 38 KUPPUSAM VEIAUTHAM (Sri Siva Krishna Temple) AGE: 75 passed away peacefully on 3 Apr 07, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: K Dhanapakiam Sons: Daughters-in-law: V Anbalaga n Kri shnamal V Elangovan Amuiha V Ganesan Vijaya Rani Daughters: Sons-in-law: V Chiindrakaniha (Suppiah, deceased) V Rajeswary {Ramakrishnan. deceased) V Eleven! Waraiharajati V
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      120 38 TAY HENG HUAT Age 83 left us on 2 April 2007. We will certainly miss this great gentleman. (Wife: Sitoh Pong Kwai. deceased) Sons: Daughters-ln-I-aw: Tay Lye Teck Dudley 1 lenrietta Wong Tay Lye Ann Harris Mary Quek Tay Lye Chye Maxie June Tan Daughters: Sons-ln-Law: Tay Lian Kin Evelyn
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      50 38 r6th Anniversary In Loving Memory of N X PERUMAL Departed 10/4/2001 Always remembered by Wife: Salachi Children, grandchilrcn and loved ones. \ilima Shanti Pooja will be held on 5 April 2007 (Thur) at 10am at 69 Jalan Mas Kuning. Please treat this as a personal invitation. n Tel: *****602 ws
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  • MONEY
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    • 334 40 REUTERS New York WALL Street has become so used to seeing corporate bosses walk out the door with fat severance deals that when one leaves with just his hat in his hand, it leads many to start asking what happened. So it
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    • 177 40 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York CHIEF executive officers (CEOs) of United States companies got pay increases of less than 10 per cent last year, the slowest annual gain since 2002, a corporate governance watchdog group found. Median pay for CEOs rose 9.3 per cent
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    • 624 40 WASHINGTON POST, REUTERS Hit by industry slump, firm also fires more than half its employees New York NEW Century Financial filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday amid a surge in home owner defaults the biggest mortgage lender to collapse in the slumping
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    • 35 40 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,244.05 (+215.64 points) »Japanese shares closed 1.27 per cent higher as bargain hunters emerged after Monday's sell-off, encouraged by a slightly softer yen and modest gains on Wall Street.
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    • 34 40 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,002.7 (+193.0 points) Hong Kong stocks closed 0.97 per cent higher as positive leads from overseas markets, including Tokyo, helped the key index regain the 20,000-point level.
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    • 31 40 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,291.3 (+38.7 points) Chinese shares rose 1.19 per cent for another record finish on continued strong fund inflows, with property and machinery stocks gaining ground.
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    • 37 40 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,013.4 (+97.6 points) Australian shares closed 1.65 per cent higher, crossing the key 6,000-point mark for the first time in almost six weeks, as investors looked for bargains after Monday's losses.
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    • 30 40 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,256.82 (+10.52 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.84 per cent higher in line with regional markets as investors bought into oil and gas related stocks.
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    • 28 40 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,894.58 (+45.19 points) »Indonesian shares rose 2.44 per cent to a record high amid optimism that interest rates will be cut further.
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    • 37 40 AFP Yesterday's close: 686.53 (+6.91 points) »Thai stocks closed 1.02 per cent higher as sentiment was upbeat in line with gains across the region, and after Thailand signed a free trade agreement with Japan.
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    • 229 40 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 0,200.0 D Apr 3 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.56 1.810 +0.060 Ascendasreit 0.90 2.420 +0.040 CapitaComm 0.57 2.720 -0.010 CapitaLand 5.34 8.000 +0.050 CapitaMall 1.01 3.740 -0.040 Chart SemiCond 0.79 1.430 CityDev 2.94 14.900 +0.200 ComfortDelGro 1.47 2.040 +0.050 CoscoCorp 0.95 2.800
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    • 53 40 Apr 3 Compact 113,521,000 ASTI 98,370,000 Twinwood 89,927,000 LottVis 68,466,000 SM Summit 54,673,000 Magnus 45,723,000 Delong 45,312,000 LottVis W*****7 36,224,000 Firstlink 35,638,000 Baker Tech 34,703,000 Jasper 33,990,000 Oakwell Engg 26,084,000 Intßoller 23,907,000 See Hup Seng 22,636,000 CityDev 20,429,000 SembKimtrans 19,526,000 Centillion 19,108,000 Compact Wl ***** 18,313,000 Swissco 16,624,000
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    • 139 40 Apr 3 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Austollar 1.2330 1.2480 Can ollar 1.3060 1.3220 Euro 2.0200 2.0440 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4382 0.4387 NZ dollar 1.0890 1.1130 Sterling pound 2.9900 3.0230 US dollar 1.5110 1.5280
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    • 2125 40 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: APR 3, 2007 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST VOLUME HIGH LOW eODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +7- 'OOO 51 8 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 47.5 -0.5 50 48.5 22 5 9588 AllgreenMBLeCW***** 40 +5.5 34 43 24 9337 Allgreen RBeCW*****9 38 +5.5 10 9 3 ArianeCorpW*****9 unch
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    • 373 41 REUTERS Wesfarmers, with 11°/o stake, joins forces with Macquarie Bank in bid for supermarket chain Sydney AUSTRALIA'S Wesfarmers shook up the bidding for Coles Group by taking a stake in the underperforming retailer, positioning itself for a potential As2o billion (5524.7 billion) takeover
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    • 253 41 FINANCIAL TIMES Brussels APPLE and several major music companies are facing a European Commission antitrust probe after Brussels issued formal charges alleging that the deals that underpin the sale of music through the hugely popular iTunes platform violate competition rules. In a surprise development, the
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    • 298 41 FINANCIAL TIMES London EUROPE has eclipsed the United States in stock market value for the first time since World War I in another sign of the slipping of the global dominance of American capital markets. Europe's 24 stock markets, including those of Russia
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    • 560 42  -  Chiang Mai REUTERS Official questions Dopular belief that ow interest rates A/ill deter inflows RAISING interest rates could be effective in reducing unwelcome speculative money flowing into Asia since it would help deflate asset price bubbles, China's central bank deputy governor
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    • 303 42 BLOOMBERG NEWS Kuala Lumpur BURSA Malaysia, manager of the nation's stock exchange, plans to start trading government and corporate bonds by the first quarter of next year, challenging the dominance of brokers in the debt market. The venture aims to capture 10
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    • 291 42 SMEclinic Where can I get assistance? HOW can I find venture capital for my tech firm? You can approach the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association for funding assistance. Visit http://www.svca.org.sg/indexl.htm Also see the list of venture capital firms at https://venus.edb.gov.sg/deals/process/online_ directory What are
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      • 1037 44  -  Gabriel Chen Embracing technology to solve its problems helps Dld-school business Decome industry innovator By AT FIRST glance, tech-shy Ray Sou, 49, seems an unlikely person to head a company that sells office pantry and stationery supplies to major corporations through
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    • 426 45  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent SALES for the latest 99-year leasehold waterfront condominium Reflections at Keppel Bay started yesterday with the highest price recorded at just over $2,400 per sq ft (psf). Developer Keppel group said it has sold around 124 out
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    • 518 45  -  Karamjit Kaur Staff strength rises 11% and industry is expected to keep growing this year By Aviation Correspondent SINGAPORE'S aerospace industry is soaring with record output of $6.3 billion last year a 20 per cent increase over 2005. Employee numbers are also up
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    • 314 45  -  Ng Sook Zhen By TRAVEL lovers frustrated by current credit card reward schemes are being wooed by Standard Chartered (Stanchart), which has unveiled what it calls an industry-first portal. It says its Visa cardholders can now instantly convert reward points into
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    • 381 45  -  Bryan Lee By UNIVERSITY students yesterday rubbed shoulders with Singapore's shipping bigwigs in a new drive to entice more young people to join the sector. Held at the DXO club at the Esplanade, the networking event launched a new joint campaign by the
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    • 579 46  -  Gabriel Chen STAKING STOCK Traders shrug off US, Mid-East concerns, picking up blue chips By JUST weeks after nauseating market plunges, the talk has now remarkably swung around to whether local stocks will hit a new record high. In a
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    • 295 46  -  Erica Tay By OIL rig refurbisher KS Energy has formed a joint venture with a Saudi Arabian investment firm and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) shipyard to build its first rig from scratch. KS Energy will hold 50 per cent
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    • 508 46  -  Arthur Poon By THE Singapore warrants market is growing at such a fierce pace up 11.2 per cent at $5.2 billion in the first quarter that a major issuer is spicing up its product range. French bank Societe Generale (SG)
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    • 235 46 WARRANT WATCH TWO announcements yesterday capped a solid week-long trading interest in issues issued on CapitaLand and City Developments (CDL). First, Capita Land said it fetched an average price of $3,213 per sq ft (psf) in the first phase of its Orchard Residences project when
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    • 262 46  -  GOHENGYEOW A SPATE of sales of Cosco Corp shares by company insiders has not gone unnoticed in the market. In a note last week, Citigroup Investment Research said the China ship-repair firm's key management team "has collectively sold 11.5 million shares over the past 12
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    • 688 47  -  Lorn a Tan Tan Suee Chieh outlines plan to grow agency force and develop edge By Finance Correspondent THE new boss at NTUC Income is starting his tenure with a lofty ambition to make the firm Singapore's top insurer within two
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    • 237 47 DIP IN MARCH INDEX SINGAPORE'S manufacturing economy last month continued to grow, albeit at a slower pace, according to a key indicator. It was helped by the electronics sector's robust showing, the Singapore Institute of Purchasing Materials Management said yesterday in its monthly report. The Purchasing
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    • 25 47 Tapping technology Adopting high-tech processes helped office supplies firm Kumpulan make the leap from old-school business to industry innovator, says MD Ray Sou. PAGE Hl9
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    • 88 48 MOVIES THE NAMESAKE SUNSHINE MEET THE ROBINSONS As satisfying as Brainy sci-fi A lot of noise home-made briyani with big-bang effects and not much heart page 4 pages pages fp^ Long stretches of silence and PVHH i^ ~J jj, frenzied sex are a trademark of ESnllli m -^.v director Tsai
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    • 773 49  -  Frankie Chee Ministry of Sound took quick action on its clubbers' complaints and has gone on to win Best Nightspot Experience at last week's Tourism Awards NIGHTLIFE REPORTER MR CLEMENT Lee should be sleeping much better these days. After a rocky start, his now 17-month-old nightclub, Ministry of
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    • 234 49 AP NEW YORK A centuries-old Stradivari violin (right) was sold for more than US$2.7 million (Ss4 million), well above its pre-sale estimated worth, Christie's auction house said. The 1729 instrument, known as the Solomon, Ex-Lambert, went to an anonymous bidder in the auction house's fine
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    • 158 50 Life! takes a look at the enduring appeal of Carina Lav 1980s SWEET-FACED INGENUE: Never mind the flat chest. With her fair skin and dainty looks, Lav in her 20s was the girl every man wanted to bring home to their mothers. But at least one
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      466 51  -  Ong Sor Fern The singer/actress Tabu is beautiful to watch in Mira Nair's hearty study of Indian family life > drama THE NAMESAKE (NCI6) 122 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***-** FILM CORRESPONDENT DIRECTOR Mira Nair returns to familiar territory with this satisfyingly nuanced study of the immigrant experience. Based on Jhumpa
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      • 489 52  -  Ong Sor Fern Danny Boyle's latest is sci-fi slick in a season of lame comedies and half-baked action movies > sci-fi SUNSHINE (PG) 107 minutes/Opens tomorrow/**-*-** FILM CORRESPONDENT BRITISH director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland are fanboys at heart. And that is why they find
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      • 107 52 IN LAST week's Stomp poll on your favourite Jim Carrey role, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective came out tops, followed by The Mask and Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events. In Danny Boyle's Sunshine, set 50 years in the future, some astronauts are sent to re-ignite
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      • 416 52  -  Ong Sor Fern > animation MEET THE ROBINSONS (G) 102 minutes/Opens tomorrow/****-!* THERE is a classic short called Boat Builders, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, attached to the beginning of this latest computer-animated Disney film. In seven minutes of riotous slapstick, the three cartoon characters
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      • 1391 53  -  Boon Chan Tsai Ming-liang is unapologetic about criticisms of his movies. If you don't understand the movie, it's your problem, not mine, he says FILM director Tsai Ming-liang's movies are peopled by lonely misfits and filled with drawn-out silences occasionally punctuated by bouts of frenzied sex.
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      • 331 53 MALAYSIAN-born film director Tsai Ming-liang's movies have won accolades in film festivals all over the world. Here's a re-cap: Rebels Of The Neon God (1992) Teenage dropout Hsiao Kang (Lee Kang-sheng) becomes obsessed with a petty criminal Ah Tze (Chen Chao-jung). Awards: Best Film at the Torino
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      • 383 53  -  Boon Chan > drama I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE (M 18) 117 minutes/Opens tomorrow/-*"*-**-^ SO THIS is what a love story by director Tsai Ming-liang is like. In his eighth full-length feature film, the vagrant Hsiao Kang (Lee Kang-sheng) is nursed by Bangladeshi worker Rawang (Norman
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        217 53  -  Tay Yek Keak Tay Yek Keak > thriller SHOOTER (NCI6) 126 minutes/Opens tomorrow THIS thriller sees Mark Wahlberg (right) doing an urban Rambo. He is a pi**ed-off, stone-cold Marine sniper who is coaxed out of exile to do his national duty to smoke out a would-be assassin of the
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          296 54 AP, Reuters NEW YORK Offers to buy or exhibit a nude chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ have poured in since the piece caused a stir and lost its gallery space in New York, said the artist who made it. But artist Cosimo Cavallaro said last Saturday he has
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      • 453 55  -  Melissa Lee Fans of actress Farm Wong (left) say her hairdo in medical drama Making Miracles is terrible. Hairstylist David Gan (right) defends the haircut FANS of actress Farm Wong are upset about her hairdo in the just-ended Channel 8 medical drama Making Miracles,
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      • 209 57 AFP LONDON James Bond star Daniel Craig was named the best-dressed man in Britain by men's magazine GQ on Monday. In its May issue, it listed the 10 best-dressed and worst-dressed men. Craig was followed in the best-dressed list by David Cameron, leader of the main opposition
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      • 247 57 HONG KONG With a note saying "you won't know my sorrow", Hong Kong actor Andy Lav (right) yesterday responded to the case of the drowning of a Chinese fan's father, saying it would be the last time he would comment on it. The father
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