The Straits Times, 12 April 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 20 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, APRIL 12 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon PM Lee: Key task is to build best team for Singapore's future
    819 1  -  Lydia Lim Will nation be better off if a wider pay gap makes it harder to attract potential leaders? He does not intend to be at the helm at age 70; search for potential successors has to start
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    Lock icon PM to donate his pay hikes for next 5 years to good causes
    273 1 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will donate all his pay increases for the next five years, so as to have the "moral standing" to defend his Government's policy of increasing ministers' salaries. The Government announced on Monday
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Helping hands for a flood-hit community
      1008 1  -  Yap Su-Yin By In Mersing (Johor) HOME for Lop and his aboriginal community of orang asli used to be a village named Kampung Peta in the heart of peninsular Malaysia's Endau-Rompin National Park. But life as they knew it barely months ago is no
      YAPSU-YIN; TAN CHIN TUAN FOUNDATION  -  1,008 words
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      377 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 j a il for tattooing wife Asia 6-20 A man is sentenced to World 22-29 three years' jail and six Review.. ...30-32 strokes of the cane for PY| 33 tying his then wife to the —'""11 11 four corners of a bed and SECTION TWO
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Wen's Japan visit marks new phase in ties
      618 3  -  Kwan Weng Kin Chinese PM and Abe unveil moves to cooperate on energy and the environment By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao kicked off a much-anticipated three-day visit to Japan yesterday to cement a steadily improving relationship between his
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      Lock icon Task of jumbo proportions, not for the squeamish
      394 3  -  Michelle Neo By IT WAS a dirty task of mammoth proportions, but somebody had to do it. After all, the continued survival of the endangered Asian elephant was at stake. Yesterday, in the first effort of its kind here, two gag-resistant veterinarians
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      Lock icon 23 die in blasts at Algerian PM's office and police station
      460 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Car driven towards government building explodes after police open fire to stop it Algiers TWO bomb attacks, one targeting the Algerian Prime Minister's office and the other, a police station, killed at least 23
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      Lock icon Tourism plans for Southern Islands put on hold
      418 4  -  Krist 800 By] FIVE months after announcing with much fanfare that the Southern Islands would be turned into the next big tourist attraction, the plans have been put on hold. Although the Singapore Tourism Board wouldn't reveal why, industry sources say the
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      36 4 SINGAPORE PROPERTY MARKET Deferred payment schemes ufl ■frn /w9 The Monetary Authority of Singapore is urging caution. Find out why. DJs ask women to remove bras to see who is fastest Is radio station's contest sexist?
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Thai junta's secret PR campaign against Thaksin leaked
      900 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh More embarrassment as man hired to lead effort is brother of one of the ruling generals By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THE leak of a secret 12 million baht (*****,700) "public relations" campaign against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon China to make scrapping export subsidies a priority
        549 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Move to comply with WTO rules comes after US files more complaints of violation Beijing CHINA will make scrapping export subsidies that violate World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules one of its priorities this year. Mr Wang Shouwen, head of
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        Lock icon Beijing cracks down on Olympic copyright pirates
        302 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA Beijing AS TRADE friction between the US and China increases over copyright piracy, Beijing is working hard to protect one widely recognised global trademark the Olympic rings and other related logos. With fewer than 500 days to go before the
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        Lock icon Chinese satellite debris poses risks to 700 spacecraft
        247 8 REUTERS Colorado Springs A DEBRIS field larger than previously reported from China's anti-satellite test in January has boosted risks to spacecraft in various orbits. The test "has certainly increased the collision risk to all of the roughly 700 active spacecraft with (orbital
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        Lock icon 10m Chinese couples need help in having babies
        469 9 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Pollution, smoking, stress and multiple abortions causing infertility rate to rise Beijing POLLUTION, stress, smoking and multiple abortions are all leading to a rise in infertility in China, where up to one-tenth of Chinese couples may be affected, state
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        Lock icon Piano smugglers hit false note in Shanghai
        247 9 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Shanghai CHINESE companies suspected of having dodged taxes worth 10 million yuan (Ss2 million) on the import of second-hand pianos have been brought before Shanghai courts, local media reported yesterday. Last year, Shanghai police discovered a cache of nearly 5,000
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japan and China to 'face up to history' in building ties
        634 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin Joint statement on relations comes after Chinese PM arrives in Japan By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo JAPAN and China yesterday agreed to look frankly at history and jointly build for-ward-looking bilateral ties. A joint statement issued
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        Lock icon Areas of cooperation
        135 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS IN A joint press statement issued yesterday, Japan and China agreed to: Face up to history and look ahead to open the path for a "beautiful future" in bilateral relations; Study ways to jointly develop disputed resources in the East China Sea; Strengthen cooperation
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        Lock icon Taiwan eyeing US advanced attack helicopters
        226 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Taipei TAIWAN plans to buy 30 advanced Apache attack helicopters from the United States in the face of a mounting military threat from China, a defence official said yesterday. Defence Minister Lee Jye has approved a request to buy 30 Apache
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        Lock icon Pyongyang to shut down reactor 'within a day of getting frozen funds'
        380 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul NORTH Korea will take the first steps to shut down its nuclear reactor within a day of receiving funds frozen overseas, a US delegation chief said yesterday. New Mexico state governor Bill Richardson, who led
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        Lock icon US magazine pulls South Korean paper on cloned wolves
        253 10 REUTERS Seoul AN AMERICAN publication has withdrawn a paper on the world's first cloned wolves by South Korean scientists who had previously embarrassed their country with a stem-cell research fraud. Seoul National University said on Monday it was investigating a team
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon India a land of opportunities for S'pore firms: Tharman
        610 13  -  Ravi Velloor Minister cheered by Singaporeans' willingness to take up postings to India By India Bureau Chief In Bangalore AS INDIA'S economy expands rapidly, its huge market is throwing up new opportunities for Singapore companies, even if some areas may rival
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        Lock icon Singapore's tech park sets the benchmark
        350 13  -  RAVI VELLOOR THE Bangalore International Tech Park in Whitefields, 18km from Bangalore's city centre, was Singapore's flagship investment in India and is now regarded as the benchmark for similar facilities in the country. When work on the project started in 1993, Whitefields was a
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        Lock icon Para-jumping minister says she'll do it again
        354 13 REUTERS Islamabad A PAKISTANI woman minister has defied Islamist radicals' calls to dismiss her for hugging her para-jumping instructor, saying she would not hesitate to jump again for a good cause. "We don't need to be intimidated by these people," Minister of Tourism
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Airport infrastructure and staff training found lacking
        488 17  -  Dcvi Asmarani GARUDA CRASH PROBE Panel makes safety recommendations ahead of final report on Yogyakarta crash By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta A COMMITTEE investigating the crash of a Garuda jet in Yogyakarta airport wants to see improvements to airport infrastructure and personnel. Indonesia's
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        Lock icon Police have 2 new suspects in Munir case
        257 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta INDONESIAN police have named two new suspects in the murder case of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Police chief Sutanto said yesterday two Garuda Indonesia executives were under investigation in connection with the case of Mr Munir, whose
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        Lock icon Philippine officers jailed seven years for 2003 mutiny
        217 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Manila MORE than 50 junior military officers have been jailed for seven years each after pleading guilty to a failed 2003 mutiny in the Philippines, but they will walk free next year under a plea bargain. The 54 officers changed
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Speed up racial integration, schools told
        454 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK XL issues edict and plans online game to promote better understanding Kuala Lumpur SCHOOLS have been told to speed up racial-integration programmes and the government plans to release an online game to promote better understanding among Malaysia's three
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        Lock icon Malaysia moves to woo home its best brains
        146 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has identified 24 promising candidates in a reverse brain-drain mission in Britain. Higher Education Minister Mustapa Mohamed also said on Monday the government has agreed to pay higher salaries for lecturers with PhDs to attract
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        Lock icon FLYING BLIND
        88 19 Blind aviator Miles HiltonBarber, who is flying halfway around the world in a microlight plane, made a brief stopover in Penang to spread the message that blindness is not a barrier. He spent three hours with the blind students at Sekolah Rendah Pendidikan Khas Alma yesterday, encouraging them
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        Lock icon Crime rate: Lawmaker, CID chief at odds
        346 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur AMID debate over the rising crime rate, Deputy Internal Security Minister Johari Baharum and CID chief Christopher Wan have each come up with widely different data on the crime index of a suburb. Datuk Johari said the
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        Lock icon 7 arrested in crackdown on gangs in Sarawak
        204 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Miri (Sarawak) SARAWAK police have nabbed seven members of the notorious Hua Kee gang in a massive operation after a timber camp manager was kidnapped. The raid was also part of a wider crackdown on gangs in the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Bush and Congress on collision course
      772 21  -  Derwin Pereira Showdown looms over key funding Bill for Iraq war and sacking of 8 public prosecutors By US Bureau Chief In Washington US PRESIDENT George W. Bush and a Demo-crat-controlled Congress are edging closer towards a collision over how far lawmakers can push
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      364 21 IRAQ President George W. Bush has offered to talk with Democrats about the stand-off over war funding, but made it clear he will not embrace any timetable for a US troop withdrawal. Democrats said there was no point in talking if he refused to negotiate. Mr Bush
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      Lock icon McCain gets backing from four ex-secretaries of state
      316 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES Washington DR HENRY Kissinger and three other former US secretaries of state have endorsed Republican Senator John McCain's bid for the presidency, his campaign team has said. But despite Dr Kissinger's approval, Republican leaders say they are
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon BHUTTO: NO DEAL WITH MUSHARRAF
        109 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KARACHI: Exiled former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto said yesterday she would not make any deals with President Pervez Musharraf until he gave up his position as army chief. Her comments to private television channel Hum TV came after Pakistani officials said military
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        Lock icon SATELLITE TO MONITOR OCEANS
        100 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China yesterday successfully launched an advanced satellite to monitor the world's oceans, the latest effort in the nation's fast-developing space programme, state press reported. The Haiyang 1-B satellite will be used to collect data on offshore wind fields, ocean circulation, tides and sea
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        Lock icon NEW KMT CHIEF SWORN IN
        89 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Mr Wu Poh-hsiung was sworn in yesterday as chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), vowing to lead the party to victory in the upcoming legislative and presidential elections. Mr Wu, 67, won a landslide victory in Saturday's KMT leadership by-election to
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        Lock icon WEB MESSAGE BOARD REOPENS
        82 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK Thailand's most popular Web message board has reopened after closing at the weekend under government pressure to remove sensitive political comments, an official and a notice on the site said yesterday. Many postings on www.Pantip.corn's "Rajdamnoen Room" had criticised the leaders of last
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      Lock icon Cornered terror suspects blow themselves up
      456 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS As Moroccan police close in on suicide cell, 3 die in blasts and one is shot dead Casablanca MOROCCAN police were hunting for more suicide bombers yesterday after four suspects were killed in Casablanca, newspaper reports said. Three suspects blew themselves
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      Lock icon Suffering of Iraqi civilians getting worse: Red Cross
      276 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Geneva MUTILATED corpses litter the streets, half the country's doctors have fled and malnutrition is on the rise. The suffering of Iraqi civilians is worsening four years after the US-led invasion, and there is no sign yet that a
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      Lock icon Stem cells shown to halt advance of Type-1 diabetes
      461 25 LOS ANGELES TIMES Ground-breaking trial sees doctors rebuild patients' immune systems Los Angeles RESEARCHERS have shown for the first time that the progression of Type-1 diabetes can be halted and possibly reversed by a stem cell transplant that preserves the body's
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      Lock icon SM GOH MEETS UN CHIEF
      172 25 Singapore's Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong (left) meeting United Nations Secretary-General Ban Xi Moon on Tuesday the UN leader's 100 th day in office. At the meeting at the UN Secretariat in New York, Mr Goh reaffirmed his country's strong support for the United Nations
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      Lock icon Google Earth zooms in on atrocities in Sudan
      514 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES TIMES High-resolution images of destroyed villages and refugee camps highlighted Washington GOOGLE, whose motto is "Don't be evil", is using its popular online mapping service to draw attention to atrocities in Sudan. In a project with the United
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      Lock icon Fossil auction gets hammered
      233 27 BLOOMBERG Paris VISITORS to Christie's International's auction hall in Paris are being greeted by the skeleton of a 2.3 m prehistoric cave bear, poised to strike with his four fangs and full set of eight molars. The bones of the creature, which lived in what is
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon India's Bill Gates apologises for anthem remark
        318 28 A FOUNDER of one of India's top technology companies has issued an apology after he was reported as saying that the Indian national anthem would "embarrass foreigners". During a function in Mysore, which was attended by Indian President A.B.J. Abdul Kalam, Infosys Technologies'
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        197 28 Army vet outlines cremation wish in arm tattoo ASSOCIATED PRESS US ARMY veteran and cancer survivor Russell Parsons (right) says he is not afraid to die and he has the tattoo to prove it. Tattooed on his right arm are instructions to the funeral home where he has a prepaid
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        206 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS BONDAGE pictures, British currency and pills are among some of the items police turned up during a search of former astronaut Lisa Nowak's car, according to documents released by prosecutors. Nearly all of the 16 images found on a floppy
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      438 29 WHAT don't they copy in China? According to The Economist, there is a saying in Shanghai which goes: "We can copy everything except your mother." And by "everything, they do mean "everything: handbags and watches, soft drinks and mobile phones, CDs and DVDs and recently, cars!
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      1500 29  -  Willie Cheng RULES IN THE CHARITY WORLD By THE "qwerty" keyboard takes its name from the first six letters on the top row of the board. The layout of the letters was originally meant to prevent jamming of mechanical typewriters by separating pairs of the
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      666 29  -  Salma Khalik MEDICAL FEE GUIDELINE By Health Correspondent TWENTY years ago, few patients would have dreamt of questioning a doctor's diagnosis. Fewer still would seek a second opinion. Today, there are patients who trawl the Internet and enter a doctor's consultation room armed with enough information
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      4574 30 In Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke for two hours explaining why he decided to raise ministerial pay. This is an edited first instalment of his speech. LET us start by asking the right question: What is this
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      1092 31  -  John Mcßeth »SUHARTO'S MEGA RICE PROJECT By Senior Writer In Jakarta IF THERE was anything that called into question former Indonesian president Suharto's failing judgment, it was his madcap scheme in the mid-1990s to turn one million hectares of car-bon-loaded Central Kalimantan
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      29 29 Seed of hope Indonesia tries to salvage some good from a Suharto-era plan that was the initial spark for the region's recurrent haze. PAGE 32 PUNCHLINES fii wl*/i& i?\^
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      1189 32 Singapore today I I I •Pf^PtSt Partly cloudy, showers with thunder in the afternoon over many areas. THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, APRIL 12 2007 ill l/i'ill ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL "UMBERS S ™J £AN I ~-z 1 rt Emergency lines DO TODAY RFiiiiir cC^St„ nlll Police 999 BtuiNb -^mOUL Clear
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      680 33 COMPETITIVE F STI TURE AND EFFICIENT fSJ OPERATIONS \s^ revenue lur existing shipyard located in RMBMn Jiangyin city, Jiangsu province, 2j3 25-0 PRC spans approximately 719 metres of deep-water coastline and covers an area of 200°" approximately 200,000 square metres (excluding 1 >532 .6 the coastal area). To expand our
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      606 34  -  Elena Chong Angered by wife's supposed infidelity, man and friend marked her body to signify that she was a loose woman By Court Correspondent HE SUSPECTED his wife of two-timing him again, so he got together with a friend
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      672 35  -  Selina Lum NONOI MURDER TRIAL Accused said he left girl's body in drain, covered with rubbish By THE stepfather of toddler Nonoi said he wept and talked to her as he placed her lifeless body in a drain under the Aljunied
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      373 35  -  Tracy Sua By MADAM Jamaliah Ali, like many others here, had over the past year been following news reports of Nonoi's death with horror and sadness. Although she did not know the toddler, she was sad that a two-year-old child had to
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      454 35  -  Teh Joo Lin By A 30-YEAR-OLD man was fighting for his life in Tan Tock Seng Hospital last night after a traffic dispute along Scotts Road spiralled out of control. Mr Alex Lim, 30, is in intensive care with severe head injuries
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      546 36  -  Chong Chee Kin Claim that she was knocked out and assaulted led to massive search for suspect, forensic tests By A JAPANESE woman, whose rape claim had a team of 59 police officers combing the East Coast area for evidence, was
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        133 36 A CABBY in his late 60s died from severe internal injuries after an accident with a bus on Monday. The accident happened at about 11.15pm, when his taxi collided with a bus going in the opposite direction along Pasir Ris Drive 3. The collision
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        82 36 THIEVES broke into a parked lorry on Monday by removing the rubber strip sealing the window on the passenger side. The lorry owner, a man in his 20s, lost two audio players valued at $450 and a Cash Card valued at $12. In another vehicle break-in
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        110 36 A TAXI driver was fined $8,000 and banned from driving for three years on Monday for causing a cyclist's death. Yap Choo Hock, 58, pleaded guilty to negligently causing the death of Mr Ng Joo Chai, 45, along Tiong Bahru Road in April last
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      509 37  -  Tania Tan Drought-stricken Aussie state will spend $10bon Spore-style water infrastructure By SINGAPORE'S fountain of experience with Newater has become a model for other countries facing water shortages, an international water industry conference heard yesterday. In the Australian state of Queensland, for instance, the government
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      217 37  -  YAP SU-YIN SEVENTEEN research projects from the public sector and another five from the private sector all in environment and water technology will receive $18 million in funding. The money is being provided under a programme aimed at bringing Singapore to the forefront of
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      340 37  -  Krist 800 By Tourism Correspondent IT IS one of the world's biggest travel trade bazaars, where $10 billion changed hands over a mere five days last month. Now the Germany-based ITB Berlin travel fair will have an Asian version and its organiser Messe Berlin
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      561 38  -  Yap Su-Yin By HOUSEWIFE Ang Ah Poh, 62, was at a loss when her son Jimmy suffered a stroke at the age of 32 that impaired his movement. Depressed and unable to cope, he refused to speak. His temper soured and his
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      334 38 Shoppers asked to bring own bags once a month in voluntary scheme STARTING next week, shoppers will be asked to bring their own bags to supermarkets once a month, in a voluntary scheme organised by the National Environment Agency (NEA).
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      127 38 SULTAN Iskandar Ismail of Johor will be awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the National University of Singapore while on a two-day visit to Singapore starting today. The honorary degree is being awarded in recognition of his leadership of Johor and
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        23 39 "Our model is paranoid government, a government that worries all the time... is proactive, looks ahead over the horizon PM LEE HSIEN LOONG
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        715 39  -  Peh Shing Huei The real issue behind the debate on ministerial pay was about how to produce the best government to secure a bright future for Singapore, said PM Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. He urged Singaporeans to consider the following four questions. 1
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        584 39  -  Peh Shing Huei 2 WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE NEEDED? By HIS voice trembled, and he appeared to be trying to hold back tears. "How do you keep this going?" Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday, his voice choked with emotion as he
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        569 39  -  Ken Kwek 3 HOW TO SUSTAIN SYSTEM FOR LONG TERM? By SINGAPORE will not benefit from having an "instant" prime minister, and must instead look ahead and plan for successive generations of leaders. It had good leaders now, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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        504 39  -  Goh Chin Lian By MOST of the new office holders who gave up their private sector jobs to enter politics took a pay cut, the Prime Minister said yesterday. But in appointing them, Mr Lee Hsien Loong said he did not
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        61 40 "If you have a bad team, it's very difficult to build it back with good men because good men and women will not want to work for a bad boss and will not want to belong to a dud organisation." PM LEE, on the need to pay properly for good
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        763 40  -  Li Xueying 4 HOW SHOULD THEY BE PAID? Salary revisions in 1994, 2000 improved quality of people recruited By SINGAPORE would have been in "deep trouble" if it had not moved boldly to revise civil service salaries in 1994 and 2000, said Prime
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        667 40  -  Lynn Lee By] MINISTERS are evaluated stringently, with only two out of 21 getting the maximum performance bonus last year, revealed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. Without naming them, he said they had received a bonus of eight to 10 months.
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        327 40  -  Goh Chin Lian By NAME your dream team of ministers, state your price and see if they can deliver. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday threw this gauntlet down to Workers' Party leaders Low Thia Khiang and Sylvia Lim, both of
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        372 40 SINGAPORE'S Parliament may be small, but compares well in quality to parliaments in developed countries like the United States, Britain and Australia. The reason? The Government pays backbenchers a substantial allowance, instead of a token sum, to attract the best people, said
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        345 40  -  LI XUEYING WANTED: More politicians such as Dr Balaji Sadasivan. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday singled out the Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Information, Communications and the Arts) as the type of person the Government appreciated. The former neurosurgeon was
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        280 40  -  LYNN LEE AFTER Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced yesterday that he would donate his pay rise to charity for the next five years, Dr Lily Neo (Jalan Besar GRC) made a similar pledge. Rising to speak after Mr Lee's
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        52 41 "I know some MPs want us to do public lynchings..Just because you don't see us exercising discipline visibly and ostentatiously doesn't mean that we are not managing the system tightly and properly." PM LEE, on how the Government acts politely and with finesse when asking under-performing ministers and civil servants
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        991 41  -  Sue-Ann Chia »HOW SHOULD MINISTERS BE PAID? But PM remains open to refinements in benchmark if needed By AT THE end of the day, after the benchmarks have been formulated and the numbers crunched, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong applies
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        799 41 What companies on the ST Index pay their top executives Wee Cho Yaw Liew Mun Leong Hsieh Fu Hua Kwek Leng Joo Tan Pheng Hock 0 More than $4m 1. Venture Corp 2. UOB 3. Venture Corp 4. DBS Group 5. DBS Group 6. Keppel Corp 7. CapitaLand
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        328 41  -  KEN KWEK THE way Singapore decided on who is to build its two integrated resorts (IRs) is an example of how a clean government with integrity operates, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. "What is remarkable about them (the IRs)? Not that they
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        376 41  -  LYNN LEE THE timing of the ministerial pay hike might not be good, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong agreed yesterday given issues such as the goods and services tax (GST) increase in July. And he let on that he even considered waiting a
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        61 42 "I'm not looking for one Dalai Lama, one anointed leader. I must find and bring in a whole team of MPs and political office-holders-some of them will become ministers, some will become DPMs and one will emerge and become the next PM." PM LEE, on his reply to a journalist
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        876 42  -  Chua Mvi Hoong ►>FROM THE GALLERY Go beyond contentious issue of values and sacrifice, and examine practical aspect of whether current benchmark works By Senior Writer AFTER the emotions and envious remarks over ministerial salaries, a dose of common sense: Does it
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        799 42  -  Ong Soh Chin By SINGAPORE'S leaders take on personal risks and make very real sacrifices, so there is nothing wrong with paying them top dollar. Ms Irene Ng (Tampines GRC) made this point yesterday by citing the dedication of two former labour
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        396 42  -  Zakir Hussain By NON-CONSTITUENCY MP Sylvia Lim yesterday pointed out that ministers' pay was likely to rise further in future, a rise she felt would put them out of touch with average citizens. It would, she added, work against the
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        420 42  -  Aaron Low By PARLIAMENT has approved changes to the Land Acquisitions Act, paving the way for owners of land which is acquired by the Government to be paid the prevailing market rate. The shift away from using pre-determined levels which land owners
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      523 43  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Deal she signed had led bank to use her account to offset relative's trading losses By AN INDONESIAN woman has sued a bank here, demanding that it return US$l7.5 million ($26.5 million) of her money drawn down to offset trading losses
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      322 43  -  Melissa Tan By SOPHISTICATED technology more often seen in hospitals is now also being used on sick trees. These machines went on show earlier this week at an arboriculture seminar held by the National Parks Board's (NParks) Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology
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      119 43 Justice V.K. Rajah was yesterday sworn in as a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court by President S R Nathan at the Istana. With his appointment, there are now two Judges of Appeal in the Court of Appeal. Justice Rajah, 50, has served as a
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        113 43 THE Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region, Mr Edmund Ho, will be in Singapore for three days from today. He will be accompanied by President of the Legislative Assembly Susana Chou, Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tarn, and a delegation of
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        53 43 THE Commanding General of the Philippine Army, Lieutenant-General Romeo Tolentino, called on Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean and the Chief of Defence Force, Ma-jor-General Desmond Kuek, on Tuesday. His four-day visit here, which ends today, was at the invitation of Singapore's Chief of Army, Brig-adier-General
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        68 43 MALAYSIA'S Chief of Air Force, General Datuk Seri Azizan bin Ariffin, called on Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean; the Chief of Defence Force, Major-Gen-eral Desmond Kuek; and the Chief of Air Force, Brig-adier-General Ng Chee Khern, at the Ministry of Defence earlier this week.
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        119 43 THE Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is appealing for witnesses to a case of cat abuse, in which a stray cat was allegedly hurled from the 12th floor of Block 309 in Clementi Avenue 4 a week ago. In another
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      261 43  -  ELENA CHONG AN OPEN verdict has been recorded on the death of a motorist whose car rammed into a tree along Clementi Road last December. Investigations into the death of ship inspection officer Tang Kai Cheong, 39, on Dec 22 last year, showed it was
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      52 34 THEY'LL TELL YOU TO BE A REALIST. WE SAY FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE j BETWEEN THEM N'US. »TL illH Beating the world's best, NUS student Dv Rui, won the Grand Prix at the Canetti International Violin Competition. ininii9 so f^Nus IMMI m^M mT» m^ W^>7 National University WH
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      23 34 Quenching that thirst Queensland is planning to pump more than $10 billion into new water infrastructure, modelled on Singapore's "national taps". PAGE H4
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      95 35 Egg I IMQ\A/ fed^t§] THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SINGAPORE SYDNEY CANBERRA UNSW congratulates polytechnic students on their results UNSW has a long and successful partnership history with polytechnics in Singapore. UNSW offers full tuition Golden Jubilee scholarships to the top students from Nanyang, Ngee Ann, Republic, Singapore and
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      418 44  -  Mika Sampovaara »PAY RISE FOR MINISTERS AND CIVIL SERVANTS MP LOW Thia Khiang had a point when he said that leaders in Finland, Denmark and Switzerland earned much less than those here. In Finland, where I hail from, ministers earn roughly *****,000 per annum
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      314 44  -  Donald Ng Han Sia THE decision to increase ministerial and Civil Service compensation to levels more in keeping with those offered by the private sector has generated much discussion. Supporters of the adjustment point to the importance of attracting and retaining the
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      118 44  -  Teo Tze Wei BELIEVE a person should be Daid according to the value he :ontributes to an organisation ids-a-vis the market. Thus, 3ur Prime Minister should be :ompensated adequately as le is steering the future of Singapore. However, what baf:les me is that
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      185 44  -  Tan Kengjin I REFER to the review of the book, S. Rajaratnam: The Prophetic And The Political, by Dr Sharon Siddique ("An acknowledged prophet"; ST, April 9). Readers might be interested to learn about "The S Rajaratnam Collection" at the Institute of South-east Asian
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      212 44  -  Ong Toon Hui (Ms) THE article, "A point-by-point response" (ST, April 11), on what Minister Teo Chee Hean said in Parliament, reported that "Mr Teo maintained yesterday there is nothing wrong with the current formula used to determine salary benchmarks". Mr Teo did
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      318 44  -  S. Satish Appoo »WARRANT OF ARREST FOR MOSQUITO BREEDER I REFER to the letter, "NEA, be more tolerant of non-wilful offenders" (ST, April 9), by Mr Tan Thiam Chye. We understand that Mr Tan had mislaid his Notice to Attend Court,
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      270 44  -  Joseph Chia Hock Song I REFER to the series of reports relating to medical tourism published in The Straits Times recently. It is indeed a sensible strategy to target the affluent American's healthcare dollar. I have a relative living in the United States
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      240 44  -  Dr Tan Bien Soo I REFER to the letter, "Printout of X-ray at SGH costs too much" (ST, April 9), by Mr Chew Chee Meng. Over the last two years, the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and other major restructured hospitals in
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      109 44 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Train did not show up for about 12 minutes during peak hour SIA website down most of the time, getting through to call centres a pain One man's parking lot is another man's inconvenience
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    231 45 SEVENTH Heaven in the Theatre of Dreams. Fergie's Boys Go Ultrasonic. Magnificent Seven. Wednesday's headlines in England said it all about Manchester United's 7-1 thrashing of Roma. It was the biggest winning margin in a Champions League knock-out
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    679 46 SOCCER Tactical switches, after trailing at Valencia, take Chelsea into semis Valencia It was as if he was daring Abramovich the club's Russian billionaire-owner who was conspicuous by his absence to sack him. Frank Lampard also weighed in on the speculation that has shrouded Mourinho's future.
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    245 46 JOSE Mourinho wasted no time in starting mind games with Chelsea's likely semi-final opponents Liverpool. He put the pressure on the Reds who, with a 3-0 advantage, were expected to roll past PSV Eindhoven at home this morning. He tipped them to reach the May 23
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    350 46 London KEVIN Davies turned up the heat on Arsenal, claiming that Bolton are in a "fabulous position" as they prepare for a showdown for fourth spot. Fifth-placed Wanderers, who have played a game more, trail the Gunners by just two points. A win
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    451 46 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE London CHRIS Coleman (left) has been sacked by Premiership strugglers Fulham and replaced by Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez until the end of the season. Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed dismissed Coleman, after supporters called for him to be axed during the
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    412 46 REUTERS London TOTTENHAM have been warned. Sevilla will play their attacking game to add to their 2-1 lead in today's Uefa Cup second-leg quarter-final. The Spaniards came from a goal behind to win the first-leg match at the Ramon Sanchez
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    492 46 London GRAHAM Poll, the English referee who was booted out of last year's World Cup for giving a Croatia player three yellow cards before sending him off, is in the centre of controversy again. This time, he is alleged to have colluded with Charlton manager
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    815 47  -  Pradeep Rajan CRICKET WORLD CUP AB de Villiers' heroic batting and Lara's poor decisions result in West Indies losing by 67 runs By PATHETIC. Disgusting. Disappointing. Shameless. These words would sum up the dismal performance of hosts West Indies in Tuesday's Super Eights against South
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    300 47 DINKY PURI Hotelier "Brian Lara's decisions have been shaky throughout the tournament. But the rest of the team were lifeless too. "Despite having home-ground advantage, they did not show fire when down. There was no strength in the pace attack, and they
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    463 47  -  PRADEEP RAJAN THIS will be a battle of equals. But New Zealand, after lacklustre batting against Ireland, will look to put up an impressive show against Sri Lanka today. The well-oiled and efficient Kiwis have so far done all that
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      98 47 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO: The Chicago Bulls moved a step closer to securing the second seed in the Eastern Conference by handing the New York Knicks their most lopsided loss of the NBA season. The Bulls won 98-69 on Tuesday night. Then, things got tense. Nate Robinson,
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      64 47 LONDON: Newcastle striker Michael Owen, who ruptured his anterior cruciate knee ligament at the world Cup last summer, has made his comeback from injury in a friendly soccer match. The 27-year-old scored after 10 minutes before coming off an hour later against Scottish Division One club Gretma.
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      87 47 TV times BASEBALL MLB: Mariners v Red Sox (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 7am). CRICKET: World Cup 2nd stage, Super 8s: Sri Lanka v New Zealand (Live, PPV Chi 10, 9.30pm). GOLF: Volvo China Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch24, 2pm). SOCCER: Uefa Cup q-finals, 2nd leg: Benfica v Espanyol (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow,
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    438 48  -  Alvin Foo BADMINTON Almost all the world's top 30 singles and doubles players will compete in the May 1-6 Open By EXPECT an unprecedented stellar cast at next month's Aviva Open Singapore. For the who's who of badminton will be in action at the Indoor
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    284 48  -  Dan Guen Chin By: SINGAPORE had an encouraging start in the Asian Badminton Championships yesterday when Li Li beat Thailand's Salakjit Ponsana 21-15, 21-10 in the first round of the women's singles. The doubles pair of Vanessa Neo and Sari Shinta also came through with
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      147 48 LIM SIOK TECK Age: 86 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 April 2007, leaving behind loved one. Beloved husband: Heng Chee Seng (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Heng Mvi Tee Heng Swee Kirn Wang Ooi Lin Heng Swee Hiang, Victor Lim Poh Giok Heng Swee Chay Ng Lee
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      124 48 YOON SECK THEAM Our beloved father had 2 sudden killer strokes. Known for his indomitable spirit, father fought on bravely but finally succumbed on 10 April 2007. hull,-,-1. a mm i r<l ,r\ it's a blessing to give than to recieve. wife:QuekjiakKhoon Son: Daughter-in-law: Yoon Eng Tong Bang Hui Heng
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      89 48 I 1 Trip family of trip latp ne idmuy oi me idie HO MEE HENG (SIAN HENG) Departed on 6 April 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks
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      68 48 LOW KIM SENG Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 10 April 2007, leaving behind: Son: Low Chee Guan Daughter-in-law: Toh Kin Chai Daughters: Jolene Liv Jin Yann Low Sok Hiong Serene Liv Cumming Son-in-law: Kimston Harry Cumming Grandsons, Granddaughters, relatives and all loved ones. Wake is at Blk 516 Hougang
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      86 48 OHM NAMA SHIVAYA Athma Shanti Pooja MARI KATHY Departed: 30 Mar 07 The family of the Late wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all Relatives Friends for their prayers, visits, condolences, contributions wreaths during their recent bereavement. SPECIAL THANKS TO: Doctors, Nurses Staff of HCA-Hospice Care Tan Tock
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      71 48 THIRD ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of 1 IRENE LIM MEI LENG Entered into fullness of eternal life on 12 April 2004 "O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup; it is you yourself who are my prize. You will show me the path of life, the fullness
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      30 48 fe3 %M P 7th Anniversary 1 In Loving Memory Of our dearest Ko Ko Darling O^SI ONGNGO Always in our aL memories SnT^^ L. loved ones _J, 55 Irft^ Irgi
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      16 48 ,I.™,™.™ InToving'SoTof ONG SIONG NGO Departed^ Dearly missed and ally's remembered I^Li^Ch^ ni( ij I I
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      281 48 NG MUAY,MARY is at home with the Lord, after journeying the last 81 years 11 April 2007 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
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      84 48 TANG BOON HWEE Age: 35 passed away peacefully on 10April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones c: cc oon Kiang Father: Xailff Kirn Too Mother: Chan Yuet Phenff Sister: Tang Lay Been A ,An D Ana All Kelattves Body is resting at Blk 314 Anchorvale Rd (Mvlti
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      29 48 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of \I. JAVA RAJ Departed: i2A P rU2ooi To be with you in the same old way, is "^iTJsXT Mother loved ones 1^ A
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      32 48 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Mdm. Lav Pooi Cheng nonariorf™«i!nwiom! Departedon 12Apn***** Dearly missed and tivays wnembevd by Husband: Yip Van Hoi Children-Calvin and Evelyn Yip Daugnter-in-bv: ConnnaTan J v jl^^
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      43 48 Margaret this morning the angels came And winged you to eternal Rest while we fallible mortals grieve for God has better plans. Amiable, God-fearing you always were. Ready to meet our Maker. Ethereal splendour welcomed you. Till we meet again.adieu. YourOPALs. 1 Suat,May&Rosie.
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      122 49 f Managing Director of *<\ f FAR EAST CONTRACTOR PTE LTD r SIMON SIO KOA HIN Age: 53 Passed away peacefully on 10 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved wife: Alice Chew Lai Har Sons: Sio Teck Cheong Stephen Sio Teck Kwang Stanley Daughter: Sio
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      162 49 KAMU DIO RETHINASAMI (former resident of PUB Kaltang Gas work) Age: 73 Passed away peacefully on 10 April 2007. Dearly missed by loved ones. (Husband: Sakarai Retnam Kandiar. deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: R Yogaraj Aelo R Danaraj Christina Joseph(Malar) R Mohanadas S R Kuna N Vasanthi R Manisekaran Selvamani R Manokaran
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      68 49 ,stva..,^..Slva. MARIAPPAN SEGARAN Age: 36 Departed on 11 April 2007. Sadly missed by loved ones. Wife: Kaliamah (Santhi) Son: Tarakeshwar Father: Mariappan Mother: (Gnanasundari, deceased) Father-in-law: (Alagan Sathiah. deceased) Mother-in-law: Saraspathy Brothers, Sisters, Brothers-in-law, Sisters-in-law, Nephews, Nieces all Relatives. Segar is resting at 8LK228, #10-65, SERANGOON AYE 4 Tbl: *****960
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      35 49 2nd Atuiiversary In Loving Memory Of LAURA KIIOO nee BAILEY l iii -i JZ *pril ?HOS Dmrly missed an/l abiYiys rherishrtt l/) r II ii-li.nwl Thomas khoo Sous: l>nmlnlf Ar Philip diiil dll luvud uiifi,
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      56 49 The family of the late SHIRLEY TAN SOCK LI Departed 7 April 2007 wish lo express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, Pastors and members of Faith Methodist Church and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Words
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      39 49 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late SABARIAH BINTE RETUEN Departed on 11 April 2007 From: Colleagues of Komoco Motors Pte Ltd Harley-Davidson of Singapore (1994) Pte Ltd Chrysler Jeep Automotive of Singapore Pte Ltd
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      79 49 MR KRISHNASAMY S/O RENGASAMY Age: 84 passed away peacefully on Wednesday, 11 April 2007 leaving behind Beloved wife: Suseela Krishnasamy <"' Suseela Valoo Mother-in-law: Mdm Valoo Suppammal Sister: Brother-in-law: Vaalamhal (ieorge Suppiah Brother-in-law: Slster-ln-law: Chandran Valoo Sakunthala Sisters-in-law: Brothers-in-law: kainala KThiagarajan Premila MJC Krishna l)r Nirmala Dr N. Yohendran Vimala
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      20 49 In tøving mernøry of LIM GUEH CHOO TEO CHENG SEAH (243.22.-22.1.89) (16.7.17-12.4.71) Ever in the heart* of their loved one**.
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        6184 50 TRANSACTION DATE: APR 11,2007 52-WEEK HIGH LOW 1EL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0RVOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E MCAP SMIL 3.5 11.5 34 101 38.5 25 27 29.5 15 17.5 109 30 5.5 24.5 10.5 10 18 11.5 7.5 37 37 13 135 192
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        1684 50 HIGH 10W CODE COMPANY 1RADED SA1E 0R'000 HIGH 10W P/E SMI1 21 27.5 50 SI S2 5.5 28.5 26 43 13.5 5.5 IOC 13 12 2 33 42.5 SO.5 4S 19.5 10.5 24.5 58 48 2C 11.5 24 15.5 79.5 22.5 23.5 28.5 2 29 2 52 16
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        45 50 HIGH 10W CODE COMPANY 1RADED SA1E 0R'000 HIGH 10W P/E SMI1 ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 ISDJUSTech 6097 ISMSCISpore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 "-"30 ***** 6170 SPDRS 35 2382 6235 STIETF100 US119CC US500C US555 US1120C US1250C 3419 +14 7 3435 3419
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      590 51 BLOOMBERG NEWS News of discussions reported as Nasdaq chief plans foray into options trading New York NASDAQ Stock Market may acquire the Philadelphia Stock Exchange to expand in options trading after losing the race to create the first transatlantic equity market, a
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      298 51 BLOOMBERG NEWS Houston FHREE British bankers who formerly worked for Greenwich Nat West must stand trial on En-ron-related fraud charges after a United States federal court reected their motion for dismissal. The men are accused of stealing US$7 million (5510.6 million) in
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      419 51 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York CITIGROUP plans to cut about 17,000 jobs, or 5 per cent of its workforce, as it seeks to lower annual expenses by US$4.6 billion (Ss7 billion) in the next three years. Citigroup, the biggest American bank, will shut offices and move
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      29 51 AFP 4^ Yesterday's close: 17,670.07 (+5.38 points) »Japanese shares closed almost flat as worries about domestic corporate capital spending offset a positive lead from Wall Street.
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      37 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,449.43 (+101.56 points) Hong Kong stocks closed 0.5 per cent higher as another record high finish on China's A-share bourses helped the market reverse modest losses earlier due to profit-taking.
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      31 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,495.22 (+50.93 points) Chinese shares reached a new high, adding 1.48 per cent on continuing strong buying interest, with banking stocks and steelmakers gaining ground.
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      21 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,151.4 (-1.6 points) Australian shares closed flat as late profit-taking weighed on positive investor sentiment.
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      26 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,306.22 (-0.12 point) Malaysian shares closed flat with investors cautious ahead of the first-quarter earnings season in the United States.
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      31 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,183.24 (-6.3 points) »Indian stocks edged lower, snapping five straight days of gains, as buyers turned cautious ahead of the earnings season which kicks off tomorrow.
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      33 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,931.04 (+5.57 points) »Jakarta shares closed 0.29 per cent higher with the main index at a fresh all-time intra-d ay high amid gains in selected blue chips.
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      33 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 695.1 (+5.62 points) Thai stocks closed 0.82 per cent higher, led by gains in energy-linked stocks as oil prices continued to hold firm above US$6O a barrel.
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      213 51 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,420.62 April Allgreen 0.56 1.880 Ascendasreit 0.89 2.470 -0.040 CapitaComm 0.56 2.780 +0.030 CapitaLand 5.36 8.350 -0.100 CapitaMall 0.96 3.680 Chart SemiCond 0.77 1.460 CityDev 3.11 16.400 +0.500 ComfortDelGro 1.46 2.110 -0.080 CoscoCorp 0.95 2.930 +0.010 Creative Tech 0.23 9.300 -0.050 DBSGrp 10.04 22.700
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      51 51 April FHTKHIdgs 567,106,000 HLG 82,932,000 Eastgate Tech 65,701,000 Abterra 55,618,000 BanJoo 53,917,000 Thakral 51,370,000 STATSChP 36,793,000 Rowsley 35,482,000 Gen Intl 34,795,000 ChinaEntSp 34,740,000 MMI Hldgs 33,643,000 IPCOIntI 31,082,000 IndoAgri 29,429,000 China Energy 26,031,000 UniFiber 25,675,000 Equation 24,091,000 Freight Links W*****3 23,490,000 Sing Tel 22,983,000 Popular 21,594,000 Freight Links
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      133 51 April UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2450 1.2600 Ian dollar 1.3160 1.3320 Euro 2.0280 2.0510 flalaysian ringgit* 0.4393 0.4400 gz dollar 1.0970 1.1210 Sterling pound 2.9790 3.0120 JS dollar 1.5110 1.5280 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 JNITS
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      2207 51 Bonds, Loans Warrants 52 WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE C01UW CURRENCY LIST VOLUME TRADED SALE 'ODD. 55 8 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 53.5 +1.5 48.5 22 5 9588 AllgreenMBLeCW***** 44 -0.5 9 3 ArianeCorpW*****9 5.5 [inch 22 4 AscendasSGAeCW*****5 8 -1.5 30.5 21 1473 AscendasSGAeCW0?0910 j; -2.5 31 5.5 9092
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      414 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington A RECENT orgy of debt-fi-nanced corporate buyouts risks destabilising world financial markets, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned. In its latest Global Financial Stability Report, the IMF noted on Tuesday that so-called leveraged buyouts (LBOs) by private equity funds,
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      425 52 ASSOCIATED PRESS Project would allow Middle East oil shipments to bypass the Malacca Strait Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will soon start building two refineries and a pipeline to process and pump oil from the Middle East a major project that could help tankers bypass Singapore.
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      302 52 REUTERS Jakarta INDOSAT, Indonesia's second-largest telco, plans to raise two trillion rupiah (***** million) through bond issues this year to expand its business. The company, 42 per cent owned by Singapore Technologies Telemedia, said in a statement yesterday that of the total amount,
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      201 53  -  Erica Tay By CONTAINER maker and logistics provider Singamas Container Holdings reported a 59.7 per cent plunge in net profit for last year, to US$lB million (5527.3 million). It put the blame for the poor results largely on the delayed start of production at its three
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      613 53  -  Lorn a Tan Lion Capital Malaysia is top performer with 26.4% gain; analysts bullish on outlook By Finance Correspondent FUNDS investing in Singapore and Malaysia stocks hogged the limelight in the first quarter of this year, making up half of the top
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      279 53  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent IMAGINE owning a Singapore hotel room where you could stay during holidays, and collect rent the rest of the time. A property industry figure said yesterday that Singapore's hospitality sector, which is expected to grow, could support the development of
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      376 54  -  Arthur Poon By BETTER margins at precision engineering firm Miyoshi Precision drove first-half net profit up 81 per cent to $6.8 million. Miyoshi attributed the higher margins they shot up by more than two percentage points from 5.7 per cent to 8.3
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      759 55  -  Fiona Chan Grace Ng They should bear higher risks in mind when lending to developers: MAS By THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) wants banks to manage their exposure to property developers which sell homes under deferred payment plans. These schemes have
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      227 55 BLOOMBERG NEWS »HOUSING SLUMP Washington THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its forecast for economic growth in the United States this year by almost a full percentage point, citing a weaker housing market than foreseen seven months ago. The world's largest economy
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      534 57 AFP LONDON Madonna, Genesis, Bon Jovi and The Police will be among the pop megastars rocking the world against climate change in seven mammoth concerts across the globe on July 7, organisers said. More than 100 acts will perform in the giant 24-hour Live
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        255 59 Reuters HONG KONG Sotheby's notched up a record for contemporary Chinese art in its Hong Kong spring sales but the British auction house said prices for top artists could level off this year. Sotheby's sold a total of US$l35 million (*****.8 million) of mainly Chinese
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        402 60 Adeline Chia THEATREWORKS artistic director Ong Keng Sen has joined the ranks of American dancer and choreographer William Forsythe and American multi-disciplinary artist Meredith Monk. Like them, he has been appointed a Regents' Lecturer by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a prestigious
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        406 60  -  Stephanie Yap ARTS REPORTER MUSICIAN Dick Lee and phone calls are more normally associated with Singapore Idol than with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra. But the two meet again in Casual Classical Meet The Chinese Orchestra Family, the latest in a series of yearly SCO concerts intended
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        520 60  -  Adeline Chia ARTS REPORTER SHAKESPEARE will go to the park in a way never seen before. The Singapore Repertory Theatre will be staging an edgy version of A Midsummer Night's Dream with a Singaporean twist at Fort Canning Park next month. The production costs
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        386 61 JAPANESE choreographer Hiroshi Koike might have become a film director if he had been able to scrape together enough money to make a film when he was younger. As it turned out, he ended up in the theatre instead. He says with a laugh: "I started doing
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      270 63 NYT NEW YORK Australian writer Elizabeth Jolley, whose distinctive literary voice and eccentric literary preoccupations made her one of her country's most acclaimed novelists, died in Perth on Feb 13. She was 83. Jolley's family did not publicise her death, which was only recently reported
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      145 63 AFP WASHINGTON The home of late country music legend Johnny Cash in Nashville, Tennessee, burned to the ground on Tuesday in a fire possibly fuelled by renovation materials. The huge lakeside house in the Hendersonville suburb went up in flames as it was being
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        268 67 AFP HONG KONG Japanese pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki upset locals in a Hong Kong fishing village when she made a surprise visit for a seafood meal with 22 aggressive bodyguards and assistants, witnesses said. Hamasaki, known as Ayu to her fans and the big-gest-selling solo
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      286 96  -  MICHELLE TAY ROMANCING THE STONE It was just as well that my parents named me Yu Lin Chinese for "precious jade" for I would grow up to adore the lustrous green stone. Friends would argue that I love all bling, but the allure of jade is different
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      88 98 BROWHAUS AT HV: The brow and lash experts have opened another outlet above Spa Esprit (18A Lorong Mambong) at Holland Village, offering the new Lash Curl Up version 2.1, a natural-looking perm for your lashes ($7O). THE LINK HOME: Shop for designer homeware and interior styling services at The
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        286 98 Those in search of inspiration for a new hairdo would do well to drop by the National Museum next Wednesday. On show will be photographs of the hair-raising works by 41 hairstylists vying for top honours at the biannual Schwarzkopf Singapore Hairdressing Awards (SHA). The winners will be
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        243 98 Fancy a pair of sneakers that'll kick up your libido? Lined with drawings of stick figures cavorting in raunchy positions, this quirky pair of adidas has won its designer Denis Li, 24, an award at the Capita Land Retail Creme Awards. Organised by Capita Land two
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        211 98 Scan "P. Diddy" Combs (right) remains one of the fashion world's more prolific deal-makers, according to a report in Women's Wear Daily on Tuesday. In an interview with the trade magazine about the women's fragrance he is launching in September, the hip-hop star shared that
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      806 98  -  May Yip Do you have a problem with the way you look? E-mail your c|ueries to May Yip at sturban@sph.com.sg QI have small eyes with single eyelids and want to create the illusion of double eyelids. What can I do without resorting to surgery? Alt's time to share a
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      212 98  -  elle Charlene Kwan These two fashionistas were spotted at the grand opening of St James Power Station last month Jocelyn Teo, 27, PR consultant Where did you get your clothes from? Both my shirt and skirt were from Mango and cost $35 and $29 respectively. My $20 belt was
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      19 98 Dresses as statement pieces Anya Hindmarch's supermarket tote Wellness cafes which offer tea and facials, like Aspire Cafe
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        174 99 Get passport-sized to 8R prints from this clever and compact printer that is smaller than a toaster oven. Bonus: It prints directly from most memory cards so you can create antique, sepia, vintage black-and-white finishes right away. Photo Smart A616 Compact Photo Printer, $299, from Hewlett-Packard, contact
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        171 99 Besides 25 hours of playback time, this MP3 player also fits snugly in your pocket, has picture and text viewers and comes with a built-in FM radio tuner. K3 MP3 player, from $178 for a IGB model to $428 for a BGB model, from Samsung, Tangs Orchard
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      969 101  -  MAY YIP Can't afford designer threads? These sharp outfits from five mass-market brands won't break the bank Don't fret if you can't afford luxe threads by Thorn Browne and Thomas Pink a cutting-edge New York menswear designer and a classic English tailor respectively. In the last year,
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      831 102  -  SHAAN SETH Don't buy that dream dress unless it looks good on you, says Popshop's style adviser Louise Whiting Another day, another outfit, another chance for a fashion faux pas. But not if you had consulted Louise Whiting. It's her job to make sure that when you wake
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      213 102 Colours: Buttery and canary yellows are important this season. So is white. Shapes: Trapeze dresses are very big this season. And waists are still high, so stock up on empire-lined tops and dresses. Maxi dress: Long, billowy dresses look glamorous. Wear them on their own as statement pieces.
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      441 103 High waisted or bright shades the versatile dress is top fashion for all seasons PARIS If you want to find delirious diversity, the subject is the dress. And, yes, you can find just that innocent high-waisted look of Anne Hathaway in the film Becoming Jane as long as
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      801 104  - YOUNG JADED MICHELLE TAY Jade previously the gem of choice for grandmas has found a new lustre, becoming fashionable bling for the young and trendy All that glitters is not gold when it comes to desirable jewellery. Jade, best-known for its many shades of green, is back in the limelight.
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      767 104 Every piece of jade is different, and a good one can be hard to spot. Here, Urban gives you 10 tips on how to choose the highest quality piece. Jadeite versus nephrite Jade refers to two stones of differing quality. It can either be jadeite (known
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      455 105 Diamonds aside, socialite Celina Lin also counts jade among her best friends. "It is quiet, dignified and so beautiful," says the 40-year-old, who designs her own jewellery under the brand CEL by Celina Lin. "Diamonds may have bling and sparkle, but jade is so understated and imperial.
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      381 105 Three years ago, housewife Yvonne Tan (left) was at the jewellery section of Tangs Orchard when a green glint caught her eye. It was a multi-coloured jade necklace from Singaporean jewellery designer Jennifer Green, who runs a counter at the department store. It was also
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      462 105 After wearing her jade bangle for the last 10 years, Shirley Ann Ting (right) can no longer remove it her hand has grown too big for it to slip off easily. Not that she minds though. For the 38-year-old corporate communications manager, the accessory
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      613 106 LAT-WP Forget limp, rebonded tresses The new look is straight hair with lots of body thrown in Let's get one thing perfectly straight: If you want one of the hottest looks this season, you have to get perfectly straight. Hair, that is. Led by Reese Witherspoon (left)
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      71 106 Straight shooter: Nicole Kidman's do looks effortlessly chic and easy to manage. Blonde bombshell: Gwyneth Paltrow's straight tresses show off a golden sheen. Bootylicious: Beyonce's mane has subtle licks at the ends for added bounce. A new glow: Queen Latifah traded in her curls for
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      612 107 Reuters From creme brulee washes to chocolatescented moisturising cream, body products smelling of hearth and home are selling like, well, hot cakes New York Americans love rich foods and are finding a new way to indulge in them by smearing their bodies with the scents. From
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      882 108  -  MAY YIP When it comes to cosmetics and skincare, Asia especially China is a dragon awakening to its spending power A famous American brand wants to get under Asian women's skin. And all over it, for that matter. The Asian beauty market means more to Estee Lauder
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      306 109 Forget bangles get your hands on some cool cuffs, says SHAAN SETH Swop your watch for a cuff this season. A little confused over cuffs and bangles? In general, cuffs, unlike bangles, do not encircle the wrist completely. There are, however, exceptions to the rule, such as cuffs
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      391 110 Whether you're racy or prim and proper, there's a hemline for you this season Better get your pins in shape: You'll be baring lots of leg as hemlines get shorter. On catwalks at Preen, Proenza Schouler and Stella McCartney, skirts crept above the knee to stop
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      190 112 The weather's hotting up and it's salad season once again. And to perk mine up, I've been experimenting with different oils in my salad dressings. Recently, I picked up a bottle of rich, fragrant pumpkin seed oil made in Austria. It is a dark green colour, pressed from
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      169 112 If you like chocolate biscuits, here are two to consider when replenishing your supplies. They are new from Pepperidge Farm, makers of one of my favourite cookies, the Mint Milano. These new selections sound very exotic and are named after Spanish cities. But they're still downhome cookies good
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      145 112 As if it wasn't enough that supermarkets are bursting with shelves full of Japanese snacks, I am now being tempted by a growing array of Korean ones too. Help! I picked up these olive wafers recently because I couldn't help laughing at the bad English on the box.
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      697 113  -  Shaan Seth THFBAGPAGF He produces couture creations that fetch up to $20,000 each, but Shanghai-born designer Lv Kun himself does not dress to impress. "I don't want to dress like a designer with a lot of jewellery, trying to look different," he says. "What matters is what I
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