The Straits Times, 5 April 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 14 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, APRIL 5 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Put ministers' pay in perspective: MM
    747 1  -  Lydia Lim Annual wage bill for ministers and all office holders: $46m Singapore's total economic output per year: $210b MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew called for a sense of proportion yesterday, pointing out that the annual wage bill for ministers and all office holders
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    Lock icon ST Index bounces back from earlier falls to hit record high
    592 1  -  Goh Eng Yeow By Markets Correspondent IN AN astounding turnaround, Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) has hit a record high just weeks after a series of stock market plunges. Other regional bourses Indonesia, Australia and South Korea also
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    Lock icon FREE TO GO
    53 1 THE 15 British sailors detained by Iran since March 23 were freed yesterday, in a move described by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as "a gift" to the British people. Some of the sailors (above) are seen waving to journalists after they were released. MORE REPORTS, PAGES 4
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Abdullah's last-ditch bid to forge a vital alliance
      957 1  -  Leslie Lopez By South-east Asia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur SOON after learning that talks for an alliance between Malaysian carmaker Proton Holdings and German auto giant Volkswagen AG had collapsed, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi decided last week to intervene personally. He wanted
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      383 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Fee guidelines review Asia 8-18 The Singapore Institute World 19-26 of Architects is looking Review.. ...27-28 at its fee guidelines to PY| 29 see if tney contravene cu-Tinu TiA/'r.' the Competition Act. SECTION TWO PAGE HI Home Hl-H8 Forum H9 Local twist to JB raid
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Law Society: Give judges leeway to set aside death penalty
      520 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN PROPOSED CHANGES TO PENAL CODE It also wants homosexual acts among consenting men decriminalised THE Law Society wants the mandatory death penalty for crimes such as murder, drug trafficking and firearms-related offences scrapped. Instead, it wants judges to
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      Lock icon Proposed hike in manslaughter term hailed
      169 3 THE Law Society has welcomed the proposed hike in the maximum jail term for more serious manslaughter offences, from 10 to 20 years. Manslaughter, unlike murder charges, now draws either a term of up to 10 years or life imprisonment. The Society said the
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      Lock icon Parliament sitting
      15 3 PARLIAMENT will sit on Monday at 1.30pm, the Clerk of Parliament announced yesterday.
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      Lock icon Step-father sexually assaulted toddler, then killed her: DPP
      548 3  -  Selina Lum NONOI MURDER TRIAL By THE step-father of a toddler whose naked body was found stuffed under a flyover last year had sexually assaulted and murdered her, the prosecution said at the start of his criminal trial yesterday. The forensic pathologist
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      Lock icon Asia's richest woman Nina Wang dies at 69
      508 4  -  Vince Chong WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE By Hong Kong Correspondent ASIA'S richest woman, Nina Wang (left), has died at age 69, leaving unanswered questions over her estimated US$4.2 billion (556.3 billion) fortune. Called "Little Sweetie" by the Hong Kong media
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      Lock icon Iran frees 15 detained British sailors
      595 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG NEWS "...the Islamic Republic government and the Iranian people with all powers and legal right to put the soldiers on trial forgave those 15. This pardon is a gift to the British people." IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD (right), announcing
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG NEWS  -  595 words
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon ASIA GOES NUCLEAR
      104 8 The race for nuclear power in Asia is hotting up as countries turn to it as a source of energy to meet growing needs. Here is a look at plans by four countries to increase nuclear energy resources. Asia has more than 109 nuclear power reactors in
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      Lock icon INDONESIA: Move to cut reliance on fossil fuels
      591 8 JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta INDONESIA said it will have to turn to nuclear power for its energy needs as fossil fuels dwindle. This comes as the country's electricity consumption is expected to increase four-fold over the next 20 years.
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      Lock icon THAILAND: 'Essential' future energy source
      263 8 Bangkok NUCLEAR energy will no longer be considered as just an alternative fuel for Thailand's energy development over the next 15 years. Thai officials said nuclear energy should be viewed as an essential source and part of a concrete economic development plan for the country.
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      Lock icon CHINA:Greener option to coal plants
      287 8 BLOOMBERG Beijing DATANG International Power Generation China's second-larg-est listed electricity producer said that 9 per cent of its electricity generating capacity will come from nuclear plants by 2015, as China promotes alternatives to coal and oil. The utility company is studying between six and eight
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      Lock icon JAPAN:Accidents have not affected plans
      302 8 REUTERS TOKYO COVER-UPS at Japanese nuclear plants have dented public trust, but the government looks set to forge ahead with plans to boost reliance on nuclear power. While a series of confessions about unreported safety lapses and worries about earthquakes could boost local opposition to
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon FUTILE BID TO SAVE HOME
        56 10 A Crowd gathers tO Watch a WOman trying tO StOV ,7 1 7 r 1 the demolition Of her house in Zhengzhou in China's Henan province by sitting on a bulldozer. She was later dragged away by officials. The authorities say her house was among
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        Lock icon Pension scandal threatens Guangdong party chief
        513 10  -  Tracy Quek Latest in string of problems could trigger downfall of provincial boss China Correspondent In Beijing A MAJOR pension fund scandal has emerged in southern China, casting fresh doubts on the political future of Guangdong party chief Zhang Dejiang. Guangzhou officials admitted on
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        Lock icon Another Shanghai official probed
        222 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Shanghai A FORMER senior housing official in Shanghai is being investigated for suspected involvement in a massive pension fund scandal. Mr Yin Guoyuan, a former deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Housing, Land and Resource Administration Bureau, was the most senior property-sector official
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        Lock icon Fast-food chains 'underpaying part-time staff
        325 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Guangzhou US FAST-FOOD chains, including McDonald's and KFC, have broken minimum-wage laws in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, the state-backed labour union said yesterday. The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) urged the fast-food chains to make up wages for part-time
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Wen calls on Japan's leaders to avoid war shrine
        454 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Chinese Premier also hopes to make progress on gas-reserves dispute during visit next week Tokyo CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao urged Japan's leaders yesterday to stay away from a Tokyo war shrine which many in Asia see
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        Lock icon Abe to visit US amid controversy over sex slavery
        376 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo MR SHINZO Abe will make his first trip to the United States as prime minister this month amid renewed controversy over Japan's use of military brothels during World War 11. The Japanese leader would visit the US on
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        Lock icon Murder suspect hosed off ledge
        190 11 REUTERS Beijing CHINESE police used a high-pressure water cannon to flush out a murder suspect holed up in a hospital ward, local media reported yesterday. Police in Shenyang, in north-eastern Liaoning province, cornered Yu Wenyi on the hospital's eighth floor on Tuesday afternoon after pursuing
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        Lock icon New air paths will cut flight times to Hainan
        238 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA will open new air routes to boost tourist numbers to its southern resort island of Hainan, with flight times to South-east Asia to be cut by over two hours, the aviation authorities said. The new routes will
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        Lock icon Keep Beijing clean: Kill a fly, claim a prize
        195 12 REUTERS Beijing RETIRED restaurateur Guo Zhanqi is buying flies for two yuan (40 Singapore cents) each to help clean up Beijing for next year's Olympics, local media reported yesterday. Echoing Chairman Mao Zedong's campaign against the Four Harms in the *****,
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        Lock icon FOR THAT DRY WASH
        48 12 A Sanyo employee demonstrates its new washing machine in Tokyo, which it claims is the world's first "Air Wash". It uses air instead of water to disinfect and deodorise leather, silk and delicate materials. The Aqua AWD-AQ2OOO sells for 270,000 yen (553,400). PHOTO: AFP
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        Lock icon N. Korea to miss nuclear deadline
        469 12 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Pyongyang and Washington are still at odds over transfer of North's funds in Macau Tokyo PYONGYANG is unlikely to meet next week's deadline to shut down a nuclear reactor because of the stalled transfer of North Korean funds at
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Musharraf crisis over suspended judge escalates
        314 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Islamabad A RALLY by some 4,000 lawyers and political activists opposed to President Pervez Musharraf's removal of Pakistan's top judge has put pressure on the leader to end his eight-year rule. The rally in Islamabad on Tuesday was the capital's biggest street
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        Lock icon South Asia to step up anti-terror fight
        245 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS New Delhi SOUTH Asian leaders vowed to boost efforts to thwart terrorism and establish a US$3OO million (***** million) development fund for infrastructure and other projects, according to a joint declaration released yesterday. Iran's application to be associated with the regional
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        Lock icon Another rape? Indian mob lynches alleged attacker
        454 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Residents of slum where human remains were found beat man to death after rape of girl, five New Delhi A MAN who allegedly raped a five-year-old girl was lynched in an Indian town already reeling from a case in which dozens
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        Lock icon Thai government acts to scuttle a Thaksin comeback
        590 14  -  Nirmal Ghosh Bangkok cancels ex-PM's plan for megacity amid tax probe on his family THAILAND'S military-ap-pointed government has canned a Thaksin plan to develop a megacity near the new airport, as it shows increasing decisiveness in scuttling any hopes the former prime
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        Lock icon Bangkok blocks YouTube over Thai king video
        281 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, FINANCIAL TIMES Bangkok THAILAND'S military-installed government has shut down many websites deemed insulting to the Thai king and will crack down on more, the information minister said yesterday. The popular video website You Tube was also blocked late Tuesday over a
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        Lock icon Surayud asks Japanese to help sell FTA to Thais
        369 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo THAILAND'S Prime Minister yesterday urged Japanese business leaders to help persuade the Thai public of the benefits of a free-trade deal with Japan, which has been the target of street protests. "The Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement's success and
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Malaysia now base for foreign drug syndicates
        368 17 Instead of using it just as transit point, they are setting up shop to manufacture drugs Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is now a base for international drug syndicates, and no longer just a transit point for drug couriers, said Federal Narcotics Department director Abang
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        Lock icon Indonesia raids uncover charts on JI's structure
        323 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOTO: Yogyakarta INDONESIAN police said they have found charts mapping the structure of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a South-east Asian extremist group linked to Al-Qaeda and blamed for the deadly Bali bombings. According to the anti-terrorist police chief, Brigadier General Surya Dharma,
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        Lock icon Three-year-old left in car dies of suffocation
        148 17 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Sungai Petani (Kedah) A MALAYSIAN man and his wife were hit by a double tragedy when they attended the funeral of her grandmother on Tuesday. Mr S. Manimaran, 33, left his three-year-old daughter, Srimathi, in his parked car while
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      22 8 Tackling Thaksin Thailand's military government is moving decisively in scuttling any plans Thaksin may have of making a political comeback. PAGE 14
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon S'poreans doing their bit to fight climate change
      776 18 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM REUTERS Key findings for Singapore Of those polled, 1.6 per cent do not believe the climate is changing. One in five do not know what is causing climate change. One in four have no idea what the consequences of
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      Lock icon Fears that UK varsities are manipulating admissions
      502 19  -  Mark Joyce Sandra Davie Alleged prejudice against whites could lead to backlash against Asians FEARS that British universities are manipulating application processes in favour of students from specific social, economic and ethnic backgrounds could result in a backlash against Asian students. The University
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      Lock icon 'Shouting' cameras to shame vandals
      163 19 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London A SYSTEM of "talking" CCTV cameras that allow their operators to shout at anyone they see misbehaving are going to be installed across England, the government said yesterday. Home Secretary John Reid hopes the £500,000 (Ssl.s million) shouting cameras scheme helps
      REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; I: AFP  -  163 words
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        Lock icon EU BACKS AIR TRAVELLER RIGHTS
        91 19 REUTERS BRUSSELS: The European Commission has given airlines and European Union member state; six months to improve compliance with EL rules on passenger rights or face legal action anc possibly tougher standards. Airlines, especially those in the low-cost sector, have been lax in implementing some
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        Lock icon PENANG BRIDGE CLOSED BRIEFLY
        78 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police temporarily closed a key bridge connecting Penang island with the mainland yesterday after a tip-off that triggered security concerns, officials said. The 13.5 km Penang bridge was closed to traffic after police received information that forced an inspection to be
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        Lock icon MERGE LIBEL SUITS, SAY BLOGGERS
        116 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysian bloggers who are being sued separately by a newspaper for defamation joined forces yesterday to fight their unprecedented lawsuits. The New Straits Times Press filed suits in January against Mr Ahirudin Attan and Mr Jeff Ooi over items published
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        Lock icon TOXIC TOWELS' SEIZED IN CHINA
        80 19 REUTERS BEIJING: Provincial officials in northern China have closed nine factories and seized about one million towels that had been dyed using bannec toxic chemicals, local media reported yesterday The authorities in Hebei province had confiscated 40 tonnes of industrial dye following state television reports
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      Lock icon Families jubilant, officials cautious
      566 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE IRAN FREES UK SAILORS Sailors' families welcome early Easter gift but Downing Street ponders the implications Teheran IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's surprise "gift" to Britain in freeing 15 British sailors and marines yesterday received a jubilant reaction from families, but a
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      Lock icon Timeline of events
      274 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE March 23: Britain announces that 15 sailors and marines inspecting a merchant ship in Iraqi waters have been seized at gunpoint. Iran says the sailors entered Iranian waters illegally. March 24: Iran says the seized Britons admitted to violating its territorial waters. March 25: Britain
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      Lock icon Fears grow of 'white Al-Qaeda' in south Serbia
      330 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS Novi Pazar (Serbia) FEARS are high that extremists are trying to carve out a stronghold in this remote corner of Europe and turn it into a recruiting centre for the so-called "white Al-Qaeda". Experts grimly point to the discovery of
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      Lock icon Protests in Ukraine over early-poll bid
      186 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kiev THOUSANDS of supporters of Ukraine's pro-Russian premier marched to the office of his rival, West-leaning President Viktor Yushchenko, yesterday to protest against his order to dissolve Parliament and hold early elections. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has refused to recognise the order
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      Lock icon Syria ready to talk peace with Israel, says Pelosi
      446 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS US House Speaker meets Syrian leader in trip criticised by White House Damascus US HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had assured her he was ready for peace talks with arch foe
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      Lock icon MySpace to launch first virtual US polls
      353 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Networking website to hold US presidential primary ahead of actual election in 2008 San Francisco MYSPACE has announced it will hold the first virtual US presidential primary election at its youth-oriented social networking website. The "virtual election" will be held the
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Thai inmate fighting her way to freedom
        334 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS CONVICTED Thai drug dealer Siriporn Taweesuk has won a boxing bout held in a Bangkok prison to win a world title and possibly early parole. Samson Sor Siriporn, as the inmate is also known, boosted her chances of freedom by
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        253 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE US PRESIDENT George W. Bush passed a tricky domestic test by proving he knew the average pump price of petrol, one of the main concerns of US voters. "About 2.60-plus," Mr Bush replied, when asked if he knew the price of a
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        222 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO City's new mayor Marcelo Ebrard is making waves literally. He has created Mexico's latest beach attraction, a splatter of sand near a noisy road junction in the capital that has raised eyebrows about his spending priorities. Sandwiched between a traf-fic-choked
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      29 25 Appreciate food as art. Savour the creativity of cuisines. Come taste fine dining II in the Food Paradize Page of zbNOW, the lifestyle section of Lianhe Zaobao. II W\
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      Lock icon Beware spike in docs' fees
      438 26 THE dumping by the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) of private doctors' consultation fee guidelines effectively deregulates the service. Deregulation works best when the market adjusts prices continually through competition. Standards are forced up and price swings reduced as more optimists join the fray. Loss-mak-ing ones
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      2603 26 By John L. Thornton FOR THE POLITBURO CHINA has already liberalised its markets, opened up to foreign trade and investment and become a global economic powerhouse. Now, its leaders and people must deal with popular dissatisfaction with local government, environmental degradation, scarce natural resources,
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      Lock icon Be mindful of the affective gap
      1330 27  -  Catherine Lim »MINISTERIAL PAY: By For The Straits Times I HAVE followed with intense interest the current debate on increasing ministerial salaries to match those of the highest earners in the private sector. And I have noted the impassioned arguments from both sides: the
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      Lock icon Evaluation coloured by perception
      1102 27  -  Andy Ho MINISTERIAL PAY: MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong both deserve every dollar they are paid. Why? MM Lee said recently: "You need a certain zest. You need a certain dare. And you take your chances." That's him. In public
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      899 27  -  David Leonhardt NEW YORK TIMES By OVER the years, American companies have built a pretty extensive social safety net for their workers. The clearest examples of it are pensions and health insurance, which became popular during the wage freeze of World War II
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      18 28 |aHllHl'vlllU pm Man U fan sneers: "With their big boots, Chelsea are not able tn riplivpr" iiiiiiii 3
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      527 30 DROPPING OF SMA'S FEE GUIDELINES Not all trade bodies affected by Competition Act; exemption possible too By Lim Wei Chean FOLLOWING in the footsteps of the Singapore Medical Association, some other professional bodies here are looking at their own fee guidelines to see if they contravene
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      Lock icon Think doc has overcharged you? Turning to Case only recourse now
      881 31  -  Judith Tan DROPPING OF SMA'S FEE GUIDELINES Withdrawal of fee guidelines means patients can no longer complain to SMA By PATIENTS could be losing out, now that the Singapore Medical Association has withdrawn its guidelines for doctors' fees. The
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      Lock icon SMA decision was made with 'great reluctance'
      489 31  -  Lee Hui Chieh By THE Singapore Medical Association (SMA) fought to retain the guidelines on doctors' fees, which were introduced as a check against overcharging. But four of the five lawyers the SMA consulted on the issue said the guidelines would probably contravene
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      Lock icon Pioneer batch of retail management students graduate
      385 31  -  Amelia Tan By THE Retail Academy of Singapore has produced its first batch of graduates in retail management. The 24 graduates of the 15-month-long course received their diplomas on Tuesday from academy chairman Jannie Tay at a ceremony at the Sheraton Towers Hotel.
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      Lock icon GETTING A CLOSER LOOK AT TAOISM
      137 31 Taoist Federation chairman Tan Thiam Lye (centre) and its youth group secretary-general Chung Kwang Tong (right) showing Aljunied GRC MP Yeo Guat Kwang an array of items used in Taoist rituals on Sunday. Mr Yeo was at the opening of a two-day exhibition part
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      Lock icon Little India site open to hospitals
      209 31  -  Fiona Chan By THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has decided to open up a vacant plot in Little India to hospital development, after no takers came forward to develop it for its original purpose. The 1.36 ha site above Farrer Park MRT station at
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      Lock icon Found in JB pirated discs bust: Database of S'pore buyers
      468 33  -  Chua Hian Hou List of names, phone numbers, addresses in shop's PC to be turned over to police here A RAID by the Malaysian authorities on a shop in Johor Baru has turned up a list of its Singapore customers,
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        Lock icon FAKE CAR FILTERS SEIZED
        100 33 A MAN has been charged with bringing in 70,000 fake vehicle oil filters with an estimated street value of $300,000 making it the biggest fake car parts case here. Maxfil Trading and Manufacturing director Yap Boon Hian, 37, faces six charges under the Trade Marks Act
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        Lock icon MAN CONVICTED OF GRAFT
        95 33 A MAN who took bribes from a China national last year to register a company in his name was yesterday jailed for six months and ordered to pay a $2,400 penalty for corruption. Rag-and-bone man Ong Hock Kwee, 37, pleaded guilty to one charge of corruptly
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        Lock icon TEACHER MOLESTED PUPIL
        119 33 A PRIMARY school teacher was sentenced to a year's jail and three strokes of the cane yesterday for molesting a nine-year-old pupil. The 42-year-old father of one pleaded guilty to caressing the girl's private parts and placing one of her hands on his during a computer lesson
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        Lock icon MUMS' SENTENCING PUT OFF
        153 33 THE three women who helped their husband commit incest with their daughters will be sentenced on another day. District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan yesterday allowed the prosecution and defence to look at a psychological report from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) on the
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      Lock icon Feuding neighbours agree to cool it
      406 33  -  Khushwant Singh By TWO neighbours living in Burgundy Hill in Bukit Batok began squabbling four years ago. It escalated until yesterday, when the dispute found its way before a magistrate for mediation. The neighbours had agreed to try mediation and yesterday's outcome is for
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      Lock icon Bus company boss taken to court for overdue salaries
      375 33 By T. Rajan DRIVERS from two private bus companies who took their employer to court for non-payment of salaries will finally get their money, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said yesterday. Tired of waiting for their pay cheques, the 11 drivers
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      Lock icon Firm fined under new safety law
      479 33  -  Chong Chee Kin WORKPLACE DEATH LEELLOYDS Marine Engineering became the first company yesterday to be punished under a new law aimed at reducing worksite fatalities. Leelloyds was fined $100,000 for its role in the death of Malaysian worker James Balang who died in hospital
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      Lock icon Architect's death at sea ruled an accident
      389 33  -  Elena Chong PASIRRIS DROWNING A VERDICT of misadventure was recorded yesterday on the drowning of an architect who had gone out to sea to watch his youngest son take part in a sailing contest. The body of Mr Paul Richard Low Khoon Hock,
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      Lock icon Freedoms restricted? Those familiar with S'pore know better
      712 35  -  Lydia Lim »MM LEE IN SYDNEY MM challenges view of Western media that Spore is seen as place that limits freedoms By Senior Political Correspondent in Sydney THE Western media paints Singapore as a place where individual freedoms are restricted, Minister Mentor
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      Lock icon MM Lee's take on freedom in Singapore and ministerial salaries
      2190 35 Following up on protests at the Australian National University (ANU). In the context of the global contest for talent, how much does it matter that some people see Singapore as a place that restricts individual freedoms? MM Lee: Let me
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      304 36  -  LYDIA LIM JUST ONE FOR NOW: But present or future leaders could allow dual citizenship. »MM LEE IN SYDNEY While move can't be ruled out, MM Lee says, decision to allow it rests with the leaders Sydney ALLOWING dual citizenship would have seridus consequences for
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      Lock icon Commuters find trains better than buses
      280 36  -  Yap Su-Yin By WHILE commuters are generally happy with Singapore's public transport services, they find the train system more satisfactory than the buses, a Land Transport Authority (LTA) customer survey has revealed. In the first of what will become an annual survey of customer
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      Lock icon COE prices up in all categories
      286 36 CAR prices are likely to increase yet again, after certificate of entitlement (COE) premiums rose across the board at the first tender of the new quota year yesterday. With between 11 per cent and 19 per cent fewer certificates available for cars this year,
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      Lock icon David Lane to helm biomedical council
      433 37  -  Tania Tan Top cancer researcher will take over from Sydney Brenner in July JUST over a year ago, Professor David Lane was uncertain about staying on in Singapore. Now, the world-famous cancer researcher is set to take over the reins from Nobel Prize winner
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        45 37 ONLINE news and lifestyle portal Asia One has been ranked the second most visited Singapore website for the month of February. The Singapore Press Hold-ings-owned portal attracted 929,271 visitors, second only to the MSN Singapore portal, which had 1.05 million visitors.
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        Lock icon GRIDLOCK AT CHECKPOINTS
        50 37 TRAFFIC is expected to be heavy at the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints this Good Friday weekend. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said on Monday that the build-up for departures is expected to start from tomorrow. For arrivals, traffic is expected to be heavy on Sunday and Monday.
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        Lock icon FERRY RIDES GO UP BY $4
        70 37 THE ferry service from Marina South Pier to Kusu and St John's islands will cost more from May 2. Currently, adults pay $11 for a return trip inclusive of island entry, while children 12 and below pay $8. But from May 2, when private
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        Lock icon NYP TIE-UP WITH FRENCH
        49 37 NANYANG Polytechnic (NYP) yesterday signed two memoranda of understanding with Groupe Ecole Superieure d'mgenieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique (Groupe ESIEE) and Supinfocom Supinfogame. This will pave the way for collaboration with the two French institutes in the areas of engineering and interactive and digital media.
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        Lock icon LAND FUN AT WATER PARKS
        62 37 THE public can now sign up for land-based adventure activities at the People's Association's water sports outlets. The renamed "Water-Venture" outlets are located at the East Coast, Changi, Kallang, Pasir Ris, Bedok Reservoir and Jurong Lake. A seventh outlet will open at Seletar Reservoir on
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      Lock icon SPH MediaBoxOffice comes to mall near you
      281 37 BEING an "informed consumer" will take on a whole new meaning, with shopping malls soon to be festooned with digital screens showing advertisements, promotions and even the latest news. Singapore Press Holdings' (SPH) outdoor advertising subsidiary SPH MediaßoxOffice (MBO) has signed a deal
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      Lock icon FOR RENT, FOR SAIL
      180 37 Home is where the sea is. This house boat owned by Onels Marina Club is a floating apartment with all the creature comforts, including full-size bedrooms. It can be rented for a day at $1,200 by non-club members and $680 by members. The luxury vessel will
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      97 30 Big shoes to fill Researcher David Lane (right) will take over from Nobel Prize winner Sydney Brenner as chairman of the Biomedical Research Council. PAGE H8 S'POREANS ON FAKE DISC LIST A database with Singaporeans' personal details was found in a raid on a shop selling pirated discs in JB.
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      526 38  -  Ong Toon Hui (Ms) Png Eng Huat MINISTERIAL PAY AND PENSION I REFER to the letters, "Do ministers enjoy big pension after two terms?" (ST, March 31) by Miss Jolene Ong and "Pay at 2/3 benchmark but remove pension" (ST, April 4) by
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      177 38 I REFER to the report, "Pay for ministers, civil servants: PSD responds" (ST, April 2). According to the Public Service Division (PSD), "a minister receives one salary, even if he holds two or more portfolios". Going by this explanation, the higher salary of a
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      291 38  -  Ho Hwei Ling (Ms) Judy Low (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Harassed by SMS plug for Dell" (ST, March 29), by Mr David Chong Shaw Cheng. We understand that the relevant parties have, as requested by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
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      Lock icon Mindef explains difference in starting pay
      372 38  -  Col Benedict Lim I REFER to Mr Teo Kok Seah's letter, "Why the pay gap between varsity and polytechnic scholars?" (ST, March 28). Mr Teo had compared two different recruitment schemes and their respective pay scales, and asked for the reasons behind the different
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      Lock icon Dual-flush wash basin-cistern saves water
      347 38  -  Yap Tiem Yew Chong Hou Chun Lim Swee Guan HDB and PUB, the national water agency, thank Mdm Aydawati Gwie for her letter, "Which W.C. fixture saves more water?" (ST, April 2). The integrated wash ba-sin-cistern featured at the Eco-Carnival is a system used in
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      114 38 I HAVE practised conservation and recycling for decades. In the year 2002 I fitted my toilets with dual-flush water closets and, to save even more water, I installed a stand -alone urinal for men in one of my toilets. It uses less
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      453 38  -  Neal Imperial I WISH to react to the misleading information about the southern Philippines in Mr Leslie Lopez's article, "Attack on school sparks riot in south Thailand" (ST, March 19). Mr Lopez wrote that "Observers fear that the apparent tit-for-tat violence (in
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      85 38 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Shedding light on "separate" estate in insurance policies Keep young from premature death Use a less ghastly way to spread anti-smoking message Economic pressures didn't stop couple from having more than two kids Let's
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      Lock icon Liverpool installed as favourites
      647 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS "If I could make the players believe they can make it to the next round, then I don't belong on this planet." PSV EINDHOVEN COACH RONALD KOEMAN, after seeing his side lose 0-3 at home in the first-leg of the Champions
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      Lock icon Van Buyten's two goals secure a draw for Bayern
      396 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS MILAN BAYERN Munich are making a habit of scoring at the San Siro. They rallied with goals by Daniel van Buyten on Tuesday to hold AC Milan to a 2-2 draw in the first leg of the Champions League
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      Lock icon Sevilla must check Berbatov to retain Cup
      435 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Seville SEVILLA know what they have to do if they want to retain the Uefa Cup contain Tottenham Hotspur striker Dimitar Berbatov today. The Bulgarian international has caused huge problems for defenders at home and abroad. And the Uefa Cup
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      Lock icon Woods wants a fifth Masters
      959 40 ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS ►>GOLF He was hurt when he failed to deliver title as a farewell gift to his dying dad last year Augusta (Georgia) TIGER Woods failed to deliver a farewell gift to his dying father at last year's Masters tournament. Now
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      Lock icon Chappell resigns as India's coach after first-round exit
      435 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS CRICKET New Delhi UNDER-FIRE Greg Chappell has resigned yesterday as India's cricket coach, following the team's first-round exit from the World Cup. Chappell, 58, sent an e-mail to Indian cricket board president Sharad Pawar, saying he did not
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      Lock icon Kallis silences critics with stunning shots
      900 41  -  Pradeep Rajan By PHOTO: Batsman's masterly performance helps South Africa to easy victory over Ireland JACQUES Kallis, the mainstay of the South African batting line-up, does what he does best. In the process, he has silenced his critics, who wanted him out after his
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      Lock icon POWER WOMEN
      962 42  -  iOE Pei Shan Alvin Foo MOTOR RACING ING's Conner signs Fl's biggest non-tobacco sponsorship, reportedly worth $83m a year ByF IN FORMULA One, where testosterone runs high as men in Armani power suits bond over a craze for cars and speed, Isabelle Conner stands out. The Programme Director
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      Lock icon S'pore a boost for F1: Stewart
      368 42  -  ALVIN FOO HAVING a Formula One race in Singapore will be a massive boost for the sport, three-time world champion Jackie Stewart said yesterday. The Scot, who triumphed in 1969, 1971 and 1973, was in town for a Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Fl
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      Lock icon Ferrari again the ones to beat
      367 42  -  Steve Slater »IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT KIMI Raikkonen's emphatic victory in Australia two weeks ago proved that the Ferrari is without doubt the dominant car. But there might still be worries in their camp as teams enter this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix, the second
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      267 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Sports Minister Azalina Othman Said believes that there should be only one Formula One Grand Prix in South-east Asia. But she denied that Malaysia, which hosted its first Fl in 1999, was jittery over neighbour Singapore's
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        70 42 TAKATOSHI Uchida's late goal helped Albirex Niigata to their first S-League soccer win of the season at the Jurong East Stadium yesterday. They beat Woodlands Wellington 3-2. Albirex led 2-0 through Akira Takase (14th minute) and Shin Hosogai (16th). Bah Mamadou (76th) pulled one back
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        93 42 LONDON: Mark Hughes has been identified as a leading candidate to take over as Chelsea manager in the summer if, as expected, Jose Mourinho leaves Stamford Bridge. The Blackburn Rovers manager has transformed the football club since taking over from Graeme Souness in 2004. He
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        53 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: New York Knicks basketball coach Isiah Thomas was fined US$5O,OOO (5575,000) by the NBA on Tuesday for questioning the treatment guard Stephon Marbury received from referees. Thomas had criticised the officials after the Knicks' 94-103 loss to the New Orleans Hornets
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      377 43 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL 28-year-old is youngest player to reach milestone, but Lakers go down to Nuggets Los Angeles KOBE Bryant scored his 19,000 th career point, and won the shoot-out of the NBA's top scorers against Carmelo Anthony on Tuesday. But he still could not prevent the
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      608 43 BASEBALL MLB: San Diego 7 San Francisco 0, Florida 9 Washington 3, Pittsburgh 3 Houston 2, Milwaukee 4 LA Dodgers 3, Minnesota 3 Baltimore 2, NY Mets 4 St Louis 1, Colorado 4 Arizona 3 (11 innings), Seattle 8 Oakland 4, LA Angels 8 Texas 3. BASKETBALL NBA: Charlotte
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      91 42 TV times GOLF: The Masters: Day 1 (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 4am). SOCCER: Uefa Cup q-finals, Ist leg: Espanyol v Benfica (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 2.40 am), Sevilla v Tottenham (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 2.40 am), AZ Alkmaar v Werder Bremen (Delayed, Ch22, tomorrow, sam), Bayer Leverkusen v Osasuna (Delayed, Ch2l, tomorrow, sam).
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      114 43 CHONG HENG SUAN Age: 88 Passed away peacefully on 4 April 2007, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wives: Luo Xiv Lan (in China) Tan Mooi Wah Son: Daughter-in-law: Chong Teng Kirn Tan Ai Ling Daughters: Sons-in-law: Zhang Ai Fang (in China) Li Yong Ting (in China) Chong
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      121 43 CHUNG LIANG YEANG Age: 100 passed away peacefully on 3 Apr 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Tan Tang Keow, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Chang Mah Nee, deceased) Tan Choon Huay Chan Meng Hai, Roland Tok Peng Guat, Phyllis Daughter: Chan Kwee Kee, Agnes Grandsons: Granddaughter-in-law: Chang
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      181 43 IN LOVING MEMORY OF DADA KHANCHAND TOLARAM Departed: sth April 1977 Dad, it has been 30 years since you parted from us to take the place at God's Lotus feet. Yet we wait for your knock at the door, but in vain. Nevertheless, we think of you day and night,
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      68 43 TAN LOY CHER Age: 68 passed away peacefully on 4 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ng Foong Pheng Daughter: Fiona Tan Hwee Hian Son-in-law: Vincent Sim Grandson: Andy Sim Yong De Body is resting at Spore Casket, Lavender St, Ruby Room 4th level. Cortege
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      30 43 In Loving Memory of LIEWYOOKYIN Departed! 5 April 1988 Greatly missed by loving Hudani): Lim Kheng Boon Son: Jerry, Daughter. Bess Daughter-in-law: Brigette Grandchildren: &j Vanessa, Leon >j fa, SDebra
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      36 43 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Chong Yoke Sin CEO of NCS Group on the demise of her beloved mother MDM HO SIEW YONG on 3 April 2007 From The Management Staff of NCS GROUP
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      104 43 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalms 23:6 ANNA HO SIEW YONG AGE: 78 was called home to be with the Lord on 3 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      92 43 'The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.' Psalm 23:1 CHOYYOKENGUNG Age: 55 was called home to be with the Lord on 3 April 200 7 Husband: Yeo Beng Choon, David Son: Ho Lin Chong, Alan Brothers: Sisters: Choy Hon Meng Choy Yoke Thim Choy Hon Wah
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      64 43 THALAI THEVASAM Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of BALASUBRAMANIAM S/0 GOBINATHAN Departed 18.03.06 There is a link death cannot sever, Love and remembrance last forever. Deeply missed always remembered by Father Gobinathan Mother Rengasamy Yalammal Sisters and loved ones. Prayers will be held on 06/04/07 (Fri) at 9am at Blk
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      135 43 P "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 NGOI CHEONG LAI @NGOI JONG LAI Age: 79 Was called home to the Lord on 3 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered
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      112 43 'Come to me, says the LORD, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 GOH SIEW CHENG Age: 76 was called home to be with the Lord on 4/4/2007 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Ng Siong Hai, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ng Sock Keng
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      27 43 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late LTA HARJINDER SINGH Departed 4 Apr 2007 From: The Commissioner Staff of Singapore Civil Defence Force
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        6145 44 TRANSACTION DATE: APR 4, 2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY IRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 3 c 1LE 34 101 38 c 25 29.5 IE 17.E 10E 3C S c 24^5 10.E 10 18 11.E 7.S 37.E 13 13E 186 17.E 69 E 74.E 32. E
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      623 45  -  Karamjit Kaur Industry set to be in the black after six years of losses; profits could double next year: lata By Aviation Correspondent AN ESTIMATE by a leading airline body of the combined profits of the world's airlines this year has surged
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      411 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington NEW orders placed with factories in the United States rose by a disappointing 1 per cent in February, a sign that companies remain wary of bulking up on spending amid the economic slowdown. The increase in factory orders reported yesterday by
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      329 45 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington MORE Americans signed contracts to buy previouslyowned homes in February, easing concern that the real estate market will get even worse. The National Association of Realtors' index of signed purchase agreements rose 0.7 per cent after dropping 4.2 per
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      40 45 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 17,544.09 (+300.04 points) The Nikkei rose 1.74 per cent to end at its highest close in five weeks as Canon and other exporters rose on hopes that a softer yen would boost their earnings.
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      41 45 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 20,209.71 (+207.01 points) Hong Kong stocks advanced 1.03 per cent as strong global equities buoyed investors' confidence, prompting them to buy property shares as they bet on robust residential sales over the long weekend.
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      28 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,291.54 (+0.24 point) Chinese shares edged up marginally to make it another record finish as profit-taking took the market off early highs.
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      35 45 BLOOMBERG NEWS Yesterday's close: 6,097.2 (+83.8 points) Australian stocks rose 1.39 per cent to a record high after the central bank refrained from raising interest rates to the highest in a decade.
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      32 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,271.31 (+14.49 points) Malaysian shares closed 1.15 per cent higher on the back of Wall Street's rally overnight and institutional buying in plantation and construction stocks.
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      40 45 BLOOMBERG NEWS Yesterday's close: 12,786.77 (+162.19 points) »Indian stocks rose after a drop in oil prices and an unexpected rise in United States sales of existing homes allayed concerns that spending in the world's largest economy will slow.
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      29 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,922.05 (+27.47 points) »Indonesian shares rose 1.45 per cent to a fresh record high ahead of a possible interest rate cut this week.
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      32 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 693.54 (+7.01 points) Thai stocks closed 1.02 per cent higher in line with regional gains amid falling oil prices and strong capital inflows into the region.
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      237 45 3QQ9 Q9 Apr 4 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.57 1.860 +0.050 Ascendasreit 0.90 2.450 +0.030 CapitaComm 0.56 2.710 -0.010 CapitaLand 5.37 8.150 +0.150 CapitaMall 0.99 3.700 -0.040 Chart SemiCond 0.78 1.440 +0.010 CityDev 3.02 15.500 +0.600 ComfortDelGro 1.48 2.090 +0.050 Cosco Corp 0.95 2.840
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      55 45 Gen Intl 233,158,000 Compact 110,354,000 Jasper 60,387,000 •Star Cruises 52,033,000 LottVis 51,658,000 CSC Hldgs 46,488,000 Thai Beverage 43,210,000 GMG Global 39,641,000 Armarda 37,159,000 Xpress 31,751,000 Apr 4 IndoAgri 30,072,000 Twinwood 27,387,000 Sing Tel 25,181,000 China Energy 24,096,000 Delong 23,432,000 Yongnam 22,291,000 Compact WI ***** 22,127,000 FJ Benjamin 20,367,000
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      142 45 Apr 4 I UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS I FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2200 1.2350 Can dollar 1.3030 1.3180 Euro 2.0140 2.0370 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4380 0.4386 NZ dollar 1.0820 1.1060 Sterling pound 2.9810 3.0140 US
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      2235 45 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: APR 4, 2007 52 WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST VOLUME TRADED SALE 'OQQI 51 8 3779 ASL Marine W08B401 48.5 +1 10( 48.5 22.5 9588 Allgreen MBLeCW***** 42 +2 6C 43 24 9337 Allgreen RBeCW*****9 40 +2 2( 9 3 ArianeCorpW*****9 5
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      339 46 REUTERS Local govt spending and credit growth fuelling investment, says state planner Beijing CHINA runs the risk of a rebound in fixed-asset investment because local governments remain determined to ramp up spending on pet projects, says the country's top planner. Mr Ma
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      279 47  -  Karamjit Kaur BRAZILIAN aircraft maker Embraer is investing US$4O million (5560.7 million) in Asia this year with Singapore a key element in its regional ambitions. The world's fourth-largest commercial aircraft maker told a press conference yesterday that a newly formed unit, Embraer
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      88 47 SPRING Singapore is very encouraged by the overwhelming response from SMEs to the seminar, says Mr Loh (right). "It reflects our SMEs' desire and determination to grow bigger and better... I am sure that we will gain many insights from the sharing by the line-up of
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      560 47  -  Gabriel Chen Today's event is first in series by Spring Spore to help SMEs upgrade and grow ORGANISERS have been overwhelmed at the response to a new series of seminars which kick off today to boost Singapore's vast number of small and
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      317 47  -  Aaron Chew By IT'S going to be a very good year, according to owners of local small and medi-um-sized enterprises (SMEs) and globalisation will be partly to thank. That is the key outcome for the Singapore segment of a UPS commissioned survey of
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      283 47  -  Erica Tay By CALIFORNIA-BASED Bio-Rad Laboratories has opened its first Asia-Pacific manufacturing facility in Singapore to make advanced life sciences instruments for the world market. Bio-Rad's plant, located at Techview building in Kaki Bukit, was opened yesterday. The investment amount was
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      243 47 IF YOU reckon you have a creative streak, a contest on the Singapore Press Holdings' (SPH's) online job portal ST7OI could be just your scene. Wannabe film-makers have to make a short commercial interpreting ST701's advertising campaign and tagline "Get the right
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      501 48  -  Arthur Poon It will also look into possibility of having smaller lots, says chairman at AGM DBS Group Holdings is looking at making its shares more affordable to retail investors. It may do this with a stock split that is dividing
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      478 48 By Fiona Chan Property Reporter A SMALL group of home owners are putting their luxury apartments up for auction, but not because they cannot afford them. These sellers are hoping a bidding war will yield higher profits for their homes than if
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      244 48  -  LEE SU SHYAN DIRECTORS' TRADES THE group president and chief executive officer (CEO) of SembCorp Marine (SembMarine) has raised his stake in the oil rig builder with two transactions this week. Mr Tan Kwi Kin was awarded 304,000 SembMarine shares on Monday as part
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      433 48  -  Gabriel Chen STAKING STOCK THE market slump a few weeks ago is now just a grim but fading memory as stocks in Singapore powered to a record high yesterday. Spurred on by a strong overnight showing on Wall Street
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      55 48 (0) Apr 4 CityDev DBS Grp UOB China Hongxing Lyxor China H 10US$ Golden Agri SIA2UU Venture Corp SGX Gen Int BNPeCW*****8 CENTS 1550 2250 2170 410 1260 207 1760 1430 690 89.5 60.0 60.0 40.0 32.0 30.3 30.0 30.0 30.0 25.0 24.5 4.0 2.7 1.9 8.5 1.6
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      56 48 Apr 4 ChinaEntSp VihroPwr WU8U822 Gen Int DBSeCW070B11 CityDev SGAeCW*****8.. Gen lntDBeCW*****6 SIADBeCW*****6 KepCorp MEReCWD7D828. Gen Int DBeCW*****7 Gen lntCSeCWD7D815 Gen Int BNPeCW*****8. CENTS 1 100.0 2 100.0 13 62.5 47 44.6 6.5 44.4 18 44.0 11.5 43.8 7 40.0 14.5 38.1 89.5 37.7 0.5 1.0 5.0 14.5
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      53 48 (0) Apr 4 ISH Ezra IMH DBS DB ePW*****9 Hotel Prop Keppel Land DBS DB ePWD7D91D K-Reit People's Food Isetan CENTS 1320 580 2240 36 505 940 18.5 326 141 640 75.8 50.0 30.3 22.5 15.0 15.0 12.0 12.0 11.0 10.0 3.6 7.9 0.9 38.5 2.9 1.6 39.3
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      60 48 Apr 4 DBSSGAePW*****6 DCBC Bk BNPePWD7D72D. DCBC Bk DB ePWD7D521 DBS DB ePW*****0 DBS DB ePW*****9 UOB DBSePW*****9 SIMSCI370DBePW*****2. DBS BNP ePW*****5 STI 3150SGAePW*****7 CityDev BNPePW*****6 CENTS 2 1 8 1 18.5 36 4.5 19 6.5 9 2 66.7 51.5 50.0 39.3 38.5 25.0 24.0 23.5 21.7 20.0
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      282 48  -  Joyce Teo By KEPPEL Offshore Marine (Keppel O&M) said yesterday that it has, through its units, won contracts worth $280 million from repeat customers. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corp, Keppel O&M is one of the world's largest offshore and marine groups. Its unit
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      380 48  -  Goh Eng Yeow WARRANT WATCH THE recent spike in share prices of banks is attracting traders in big numbers to snap up covered warrants issued on them. These warrants offer traders a cheap way to gain exposure to pricey bank stocks,
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      671 49  -  OYCE TEO May Yip Department store scales down, Seiyu to move in under brand name BHG MAJOR changes are in store at Century Square mall with old favourite Metro departing while Seiyu moves in but under a new name and a new look.
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      21 49 Australian dollar 1.2200 1.2350 Euro 2.0140 2.0370 Sterling pound JS dollar 2.9810 3.0140 1.5100 1.5270 fen (100 units) 1.2713 1.2850
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      215 49 BLOOMBERG NEWS THIRD-BIGGEST MARKET Bangkok INDONESIAN stocks have overtaken Thailand's to become South-east Asia's third-biggest market in value behind Singapore and Malaysia. Indonesia s shares were valued on Tuesday at U*****.4 billion (*****.6 billion), compared with US$l4l.B billion for their Thai counterparts, according to
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      30 49 More affordable DBS Group Holdings is considering the possibility of a stock split or listing its shares in smaller lots to make them more affordable to retail investors. PAGE Hl9
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      308 55 ONE might think that playing one of Singapore's most notorious figures might faze a woman, at least a little bit. But actress Cynthia Lee Macquarrie (inset, in the poster for 251), 26, is made of sterner stuff. In 251, she plays Grace Quek, who is more
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    924 88 Anger management: Part 3 of 3 Here are tips on what to do when someone hits the roof LASTThursday, you learnt how to effectively channel anger so that it does not control you. In this final part, you will learn how to manage the anger of
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      31 89 What to say, do and wear at fancy HEAD TURNERS BELLES OF THE ICON OPERA BALL WIN! SHISEIDO HAMPERS WORTH $5,000 OUTDOORS ACTIVE GEAR SET WORTH $600
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      379 90  -  TEE HUN CHING There are a few dishes that I steer clear of when dining with people I don't know well in a formal setting, for fear of embarrassing myself. I skip spaghetti because lam hopeless at twirling the strands into a neat ball that would fit nicely
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      481 91 Home-grown couturier Francis Cheong's Glitter show at the Singapore Fashion Festival was a dazzling treat versized f sunglasses are I 1 front-row V J staples at S fashion shows if you want to pass off as an A-lister. At Francis Cheong's Glitter show last Thursday, held as part
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      309 92 A lot of pushing went on at the Singapore Fashion Festival, which ended on Sunday after 10 days. You'd think tha the serial pushers would be the plebeians trying to gain entry into The Tent at Ngee Ann City. But no, the hoi polloi actually displayed model behaviour. I
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      77 92 EASTER SWATCH: Swiss watch brand Swatch has launched a limited-edition timepiece called Eggsdream just for Easter. It is on auction till April 15 and can be viewed at these outlets: 01 -08 Heeren, 01 -41 Raffles City, 01-16 Bugis Junction and 01-042 Suntec City. Only 50 pieces are available
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        391 92 It was a chi-chi charity dinner with a twist: Instead of sharp suits and flowing gowns, businessmen and socialites turned up at the Kidz Horizon Appeal Ball last Saturday in denim. But the bling winking in the room stamped it as a high-society event. The 520 guests
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        261 92 Point, shoot, score. Sports shoe and apparel giant adidas' Originals NBA Superstar Collection is here. The limited-edition range has 30 sneaker models one for each team in the American basketball league, the National Basketball Association. There are a total of 240 pairs of shoes up for grabs
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        275 92 AFP French designer Hedi Slimane (right), who rejuvenated Dior Homme with a sleek line and put the "sexy" back in "suit", has parted ways with the French couture house. "We did not renew his contract, which ended last July," an official at the luxury firm told Agence
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      793 92 May Yip Do you have a problem with the way you look? E-mail your queries to May Yip at sturban@sph.com.sg S~^. Although I exercise I frequently and keep to a v.^C healthy diet, I still gain weight on my face which I can't get rid of. Is it true
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      244 92  -  /Belle Charlene Kwan These two fashionistas were spotted at the launch of the EcoLuxe 2007 fashion show, held at Raffles City on March 24 Ru Kang, 24, model booker Where did you get your clothes from? My $100 top was from Raoul and my $60 pants were from Forever
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        129 93 Step out with confidence in these sexy platform gladiator heels made from calf leather. $1,490, from Gucci, 01 -01 /02 Paragon For kitschy arm candy, check out this PVC tote with cue ball print. $159, by Louis Farnay, from Nue, 03-31/32 Paragon This is what we call sporty
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        206 93  -  ALAN LIM LIM WUI LIANG It keeps track of two time zones, is water-resistant (up to 100 m) and has J one-touch backlighting so you can tell J the time in the dark. Nike Oregon J Series Leather Analog, $259, from J Level 3 Tangs Orchard, OG Albert
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      193 95  -  JOYCE FANG; DOLPHIN YEO> o style Master the art of runway dressing for less. ANGELINE NEO shows you how to get linear i Catwalk Inspiration: Elio Berhanyer (left) Why you'd want the look: It can help you stretch your figure or pad it up in places you need
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      72 95 Cotton knit dress, $59.90, from Zara, 02-02 Liat Towers Lycra skirt, $959, from Jean Paul Gaultier, 01-03 Paragon Satin pumps by Lulu Guinness, $579 from Sole 2 Sole, 03-28 Mandarin Gallery PVC tote with zebra print by Louis Farnay, $139, from Nue, 03-31 Paragon Wool cardigan, $129,
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      292 97  -  MAY YIP DESMOND FOO I™, I FOR THE MEN I IN OUR LIVES I URBAN I man! Forget quirky ties and novelty cuff-links. Dapper laptops and accompanying accessories are the latest means of making a style statement for men. With at least 600 Internet "hot spots" across
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      256 97 It's all about < the features when it comes to picking a laptop. But of course, it has to look snazzy and sleek, too A Comp For Bond HP Pavilion txl 000 Entertainment Notebook PC, $2,299 Twist and touch quickly switch between windows or convert handwriting to typed
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      1211 98  -  ANGELINE NEO The World Gourmet Summit is here, but do you know your table manners? Urban gives you a taste of fine-dining etiquette ating may be a national pastime, but to wine and dine is an art that few have mastered: There's the feasting, the drinking, the
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      1139 98 The experts share what's acceptable behaviour and what are complete deal breakers Mum was right when she scolded you for talking with your mouth full. But now that you've got your meal ticket to the World Gourmet Summit, there are trickier things to navigate. Finger food
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        206 99 Here's how to dress to impress without maxing out your credit. Go for metallic fabrics. Gold and silver never fail to look rich. Choose cocktail dressing in chiffon, lace or silk. Just don't go overboard and combine all three. Column dresses lend luxe drama, while babydoll styles are
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        235 99 JOYCE FANG, There's no excuse to look like a slob when you're working the fine-dining circuit. Pick lightweight wool or heavier cotton blends to keep you comfy even in an alfresco affair. Skinny-cut jackets and flat-front trousers give a leaner silhouette. Single-breasted suits with two buttons flatter every
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      1005 101  -  MAY YIP MICHELLE TAY Two Urban writers give their take on the hits and misses at this year's Singapore Fashion Festival =eature more Asian models to help give he Fest a distinct branding n the words of Japanese model Ai Tominaga (above), "Beauty is not just about blond
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      1012 103 Preny faces alone won't win them the Woman-about-Town contest. Shiseido conducts make-up and style workshops to prepare the nine finalists for their photo shoot, SHAAN SETH reports ver wondered if you've got what it takes to be a star? More than 200 women aged 18 to 35
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      1565 105  -  SHAAN SETH JADE WILLIAMS, 28 Doctor, currently working in Singapore General Hospital's orthopaedic department Tell us about your outfit. I wore a Francis Cheong haute couture black tulle gown with a 1920s brooch. I bought it especially for the ball and it cost $8,500. My shoes
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      818 106 DESMOND FOO So is it good genes or is there a secret to their sculpted bodies? Three models spotted at the Singapore Fashion Festival share fitness routines and tips with bHAAN SETH SANDROTAKAO, 18 Occupation: Model Nationality: Brazilian Height and weight: 1.84 m, 70kg I started exercising... when
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      238 107  -  TAN HSUEH YUN POSH NOSH With their smooth, shiny tops and ruffled bottoms, macarons are the quintessential Parisian confectionery. The sandwich cookies come in a riot of colours and fillings, and a box of beautifully made ones is always thrilling to receive. Don't confuse these elegant cookies with
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      182 107 It had to happen some time someone would get the bright idea of putting traditional Chinese medicinal ingredients in chocolate. Curious? Check them out at Red White Pure, a spa, restaurant and retail outlet at Vivo City mall by the Eu Van Sang group, which deals in healthcare
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      182 107 With Easter just round the corner, I couldn't not feature an Easter egg, and this one is quite something to behold, isn't it? This gilded, 20cm-tall L'Oeuf Faberge comes from Canele and is named after those elaborate, bejewelled creations that the House of Faberge made for the Russian
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      118 107 If you've been to Marks Spencer recently, you would have noticed the great chocolate that it brought in. I've really been enjoying the Santo Domingo Dark Chocolate Coated Cherries, made with morello cherries covered with chocolate from the capital of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean. What a
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      781 108  -  anSeth DESMOND FOO BERNICE LIU Photographer Decked in black, strappy heels and a glittery blue dress from Singapore multi-label boutique Tyan, Hong Kong actress Bernice Liv oozes femininity. But the Canadian-born artiste says she prefers to lounge around in track pants and sneakers because she values comfort. aughs at
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      287 90 mW M M 1 2D SR -L O Our verdict on this my. 9_f year's S'pore Fashion Fest ________E_r 1 O __l 10 Shiseido's quest for _4 a star is down to nine _fl finalists 4 FASH HAG 20 The preening Veteran models show behind Icon magazine's they are no
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