The Straits Times, 18 April 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES .18 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS > ►> MICA (P) 198/12/2006 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 2007 •V A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon US college massacre: Killer was S. Korean student
    665 1  -  Derwin Pereira FINAL TOLL: 33 DEAD By US Bureau Chief In Washington THE gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in American history has been identified as South Korean student Cho Seung Hui, 23. Cho, a permanent resident in the United States, was
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    Lock icon N. Korea may have begun shutting down reactor
    597 1 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Seoul NORTH Korea may have begun shutting down a nuclear reactor and source of weap-ons-grade plutonium, just days after it was supposed to do so under a disarmament deal, South Korean media reported yesterday. The Soviet-era reactor at Yongbyon
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon India fever hits Chinese S'porean businessmen
      1114 1  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In Bangalore SINGAPOREAN vegetable importer Jerry Tan would not have imagined five years ago that he would find himself in India one day, looking to source fresh farm produce from the sub-continent. Last week, the 37-year-old managing director
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      396 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Seletar makeover Asia 6-16 Some firms will be World 18-23 relocated and a public Review.. ...24-26 golf course will nave to PY| 27 8° as the Seletar area is turned into an aerospace SECTION TWO hub Home Hl-H6 PAGE HI Forum H7 Sports HB-Hll Teen's
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Pine Grove owners reject big en bloc offer
      688 3  -  Joyce Teo Many fear they will have to downgrade to smaller flats despite $1.2 m payout By Property Correspondent OWNERS at Pine Grove estate have turned their backs on a big payout by rejecting a collective sale that could have given each
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      Lock icon SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE
      82 3 Pirated video discs seized by Chinese authorities are put on public display before being destroyed in Changchun, China. Over the weekend, Chinese authorities destroyed 42 million pieces of pirated discs, computer software and illegal publications. The move follows a United States complaint, lodged last week at
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      Lock icon Taxi passenger steps forward to be witness
      372 3  -  Teh Joo Lin »MAN UNCONSCIOUS AFTER ROW WITH CABBY By THE mystery passenger who might have witnessed an incident between a cabby and a motorist which left the latter unconscious for over a week has come forward. The incident took place on April
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      Lock icon Killed in the line of duty
      143 4 SENIOR Staff Sergeant Heah Khim Han, 29, and Senior Station Inspector Mohd Khalid Muhamad, 41, died last Friday night after their patrol boat collided with another boat during a high-speed chase. The impact caused both vessels to flip over and capsize. The speedboat, which
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      Lock icon Police to review tactics used on intruders at sea
      543 4  -  David Boey PATROL BOAT TRAGEDY Move to disable boats involves 'clipping' stern to damage motor By Teh Joo Lin THE police have said they will review their methods of handling intruders at sea, even as they spent a rainy afternoon yesterday
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      Lock icon President Nathan on two-week visit to Africa
      296 4  -  Goh Chin Lian By PRESIDENT SR Nathan begins state visits today to three African nations South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. His two-week trip is the first high-level visit by a Singapore Head of State to Africa, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a
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      521 4 |g SCHOOL Of LIFE SCIENCES Bachelor of Business [Marketing Management) Bachelor of Commerce (Finance Financial Accounting) Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Communication ?t|"!-^.- Biomedical Science (Public Relations Journalism) Awarded by The University of Newcastle, Australia Genetics J 3 jl Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Business Studies
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      31 4 EXECUTIVE MONEY THE TOP FUNDS A look at the best equity funds in the first quarter. Plus, views from investment strategists. VIRGINIA TECH U MASSACRE Citizen journalism goes crazy on Internet
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Jakarta to overhaul entire transport system
      725 6  -  Dcvi Asmarani Dlan unveiled as JS officials warn travellers to avoid ndonesian airlines By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta THE United States safety authorities have advised American travellers not to use Indonesian airlines because of their poor safety record. Indonesian Transport Minister Hatta Radjasa concurred
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    • CHINA/EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Taiwan graduates struggle on meagre salaries
        491 8  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Pay low compared to HK and Spore, and competition for jobs is fiercer By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei MR LEI Chi-lung, 27, lives with his parents and has most of his meals at home. Yet, the legislator's aide finds it difficult
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        90 8 Former Taiwan vice-president Lien Chan manages to stop his wife Lien Fang Yu from falling as they exit the plane on arrival in Zhengzhou, in central China's Henan province, on Monday. Mr Lien is in China to attend a forum jointly sponsored by the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and
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        Lock icon China not doing enough to stop illegal log imports, says Greenpeace
        375 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINESE demand for an endangered tropical hardwood used to make luxury flooring is driving the trees to extinction, the Greenpeace environmental group said yesterday. China imported about 60,000 cubic m of merbau logs last year,
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        Lock icon Civil servants told to stay away from hookers
        190 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Taipei TAIWAN has warned its civil servants against visiting prostitutes in China, fearing that such visits could expose them to pressure by the mainland authorities, a newspaper reported yesterday. Apply Daily said that last November, several Taiwanese civil servants were
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        Lock icon SM Goh to attend trade fair in China
        76 8 XINHUA Beijing SINGAPORE Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit China from next Monday to April 26, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liv Jianchao announced yesterday. Mr Goh has been invited by the Chinese government, Mr Liv said. Mr Goh will attend the
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        Lock icon Nagasaki mayor badly wounded in gun attack
        357 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo THE mayor of Nagasaki was shot and seriously wounded yesterday in a rare gun attack reportedly linked to an underworld gang as he campaigned for re-election. Mr Iccho Ito, 61, was shot by a man twice in
        REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  357 words
    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon KOREAN WAR REMEMBERED
        72 11 These men marching in step are from different countries but they fought on the same side in the Korean War. Seoul invited 105 foreign veterans to a ceremony at the National Cemetery yesterday marking the 57th anniversary of the three-year war which started on June 25,1950. The
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        Lock icon China rejects US complaints over anti-piracy drive
        428 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA Beijing insists no country has done more to protect intellectual property Beijing CHINESE intellectual-property officials rejected US criticism of Beijing's anti-piracy efforts, insisting yesterday they are cracking down and saying countries such as Canada are worse offenders.
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA  -  428 words
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        Lock icon Bid to protect Beijing Olympics logo
        211 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA CHINA will issue a plan soon to protect the logo of next summer's Beijing Olympic Games, a senior trademark official said yesterday. "We will issue a new plan soon to prevent the infringement of the Olympics logo," Mr Zhao
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Ex-Bangladesh PM Zia agrees to exile with sons
        280 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Dhaka THE authorities yesterday released from custody the son of former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia as part of a deal to have his mother go into exile. News reports said the mili-tary-backed interim government had put pressure on Ms
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        Lock icon India stands firm on FTA list
        505 12  -  Ravi Velloor No more cuts in tariff list, says New Delhi, which may mean new delay in Asean trade deal By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi NEW DELHI said it has no further room to reduce a list of goods for which Asean
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        Lock icon Bangkok on edge as political tension is set to escalate
        554 13 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Police fear unruly mass protests as New Year holiday comes to an end Bangkok POLITICAL tension in Bangkok is expected to escalate with the end of the Songkran holiday yesterday, police and analysts say. A number
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        Lock icon Schools must raise proficiency in English and IT, says Najib
        265 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S deputy leader has called for the school curriculum to be revamped to make students proficient in English, information technology and analytical thinking, newspapers reported yesterday. English "is the master ingredient in most things in today's
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        Lock icon Thai flash floods: Body of last victim recovered
        191 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok RESCUE workers yesterday found the body of the last person missing after flash floods hit two waterfalls in southern Thailand, bringing the death toll from the tragedy to 38. Local police chief Sonthichai Awatanakulthep said rescuers found the body
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        880 14 Keppel Shipyard delivers FPSOs Polvo and Umuroa within a month of each other to long-standing customer Prosafe. Delivering twice the quality FPSO Polvo was christened on 9th January 2007 while FPSO Umuroa was named a month later on 15th February 2007 at Keppel Shipyard. Their deliveries
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon KL's proposed oil pipeline 'will cut cost, piracy'
        489 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Najib says plan to bypass Malacca Strait a commercial initiative Kuala Lumpur A PROPOSED pipeline project to pump oil across northern Malaysia bypassing Singapore and the Malacca Strait could lower transportation costs and avoid risks of pirate attacks.
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        Lock icon Sexy dancers the main draw at hawker centre
        334 15 Kluang (Johor) A HAWKER centre here has been pulling in the crowds, but the food is not the main attraction. The house special is not on the menu, but on the table tops: Bikini-clad women dancing sexily twice a week. Business at
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        Lock icon KTM unfazed by proposed S'pore-KL bullet train
        257 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S unprofitable national railway company is not worried about competition from a proposed high-speed bullet train linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, a top official said yesterday. Malaysian conglomerate YTL Corp had proposed building an RMB billion (553.5 billion) bullet
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      26 6 Son-for-exile deal As part of a deal for ex-PM Khaleda Zia to go into exile, the Bangladeshi authorities release her youngest son from custody. PAGE 12
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Survivors paint portrait of determined murderer
      901 17 AFP REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS, WASHINGTON POST, ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Gunman who killed 33 in worst US school shooting spree said to be methodical Blacksburg (Virginia) VIRGINIA Tech university student Erin Sheehan yesterday spoke of how she played dead to save herself as a gunman
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      Lock icon Shooting could have been sparked by lovers' quarrel
      373 17 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Blacksburg (Virginia) THE gunman suspected of carrying out the Virginia Tech massacre was identified as an English major whose creative writing was so disturbing that he was referred to the school's counselling service. Police and university officials offered
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      Lock icon Students turn to Net for information
      836 18 LOS ANGELES TIMES REUTERS Some blog, while others access websites to get news, share opinions and grieve Blacksburg (Virginia) HIDING in his dorm room, Virginia Tech freshman Bryce Carter did what anyone his age would do in a time of crisis he blogged. First,
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      Lock icon Professor acts as human shield
      312 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, WASHINGTON POST IN THE LINE OF FIRE Jerusalem A 76-YEAR-OLD lecturer died saving the lives of his students by blocking the doorway of his classroom and taking the gunman's bullets, his son said yesterday. Students of Mr Liviu Librescu (left), an engineering science
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      Lock icon S'pore scientists to tap Dutch expertise in testing waterways
      498 19  -  Tania Tan Research centre aims to turn water bodies into recreation areas By In Amsterdam A RESEARCH centre staffed by Singapore and Dutch scientists will carry out on-site tests of the Republic's urban water bodies, aiming to turn them into clean
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      Lock icon Singapore aims to take water know-how to China
      473 19  -  VINCE CHONG By In Nanjing SINGAPORE wants to bring its expertise in water treatment and recycling to China, where climate changes and pollution are threatening to choke its numerous waterways. Singapore hopes to start such cooperation in eastern Jiangsu province, where ties
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon IRAQI MILITANTS 'MAKING ROCKETS'
        101 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD: A top Iraqi insurgent leader claimed in an audiotape posted online yesterday that his Al-Qaeda-linked group had begun manufacturing its own rockets. The voice was said to be that of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, head of the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group
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        Lock icon SOLDIER FIRED FOR RACIST ORDER
        84 19 REUTERS BERLIN: The German Defence Ministry said yesterday that it had dismissed a German army instructor who was filmed ordering a recruit to imagine he was firing a machine gun at "African Americans" who were insulting his mother. "The Bundeswehr (Germany army) has dismissed him,"
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        Lock icon JAPAN-ASEAN FTA TALKS RESUME
        101 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan and Asean yesterday started a seventh round of talks here aimed at sealing a comprehensive free trade deal this year, officials said. Officials from the Foreign, Finance and Agriculture ministries of Japan and the 10 Asean countries are participating in the two-day
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        Lock icon KEADILAN CANDIDATE NAMED
        98 19 BERNAMA IJOK (Malaysia): Former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim's Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has announced its candidate to contest a state assembly seat in Selangor. Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, former CEO of state-controlled investment arm Permodalan Nasional, will run for the Ijok seat, party president and Datuk Seri
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      Lock icon Doctor shortage forces Australia to look abroad
      630 20  -  Roger Maynard but tough new test is making it hard for foreign doctors to practise By Australia Correspondent In Sydney A SHORTAGE of doctors in Australia is forcing the health authorities to look for foreign medical professionals. One state is looking to get
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      Lock icon Street protests reveal instability in Moscow
      789 21  -  Jonathan Eyal Post-Putin tussle for power looms as his opponents grow desperate By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London THE European Union has condemned Russia's violent clampdown of opposition demonstrations at the weekend. The Americans went a step further, labelling the riots "intolerable". But
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      Lock icon Terror suspect says he was tortured by US
      171 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Washington TOP terror suspect Abu Zubaydah has told a US military tribunal he was tortured while in CIA custody, and now suffers seizures that affect his ability to speak and write. In a hearing before the tribunal at Guantanamo
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      Lock icon MONKEY BUSINESS
      75 21 A captured Congo monkey having its teeth measured by a biologist at the Nogal Reserve near Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, last week as part of a study being conducted on the primates' genetics and general health. Scientists from two Costa Rican universities are investigating the effects of climate change
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      Lock icon Penalties for Muslim cabbies who refuse fares
      269 21 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Minneapolis MUSLIM cab drivers at Minnesota's largest airport will face new penalties if they refuse to carry travellers with liquor or those accompanied by dogs, the board overseeing their operations has ruled. Penalties could be as harsh as a two-year
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Aussie political leaders chase the green vote
        283 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard and opposition leader Kevin Rudd are turning "green". Mr Howard moved recently to install a rainwater catchment tank at his publicly funded mansion, while Mr Rudd was looking at swapping his fuel-guzzling SUV for a hybrid
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      985 23  -  Goh Chin Lian SINGAPORE-AFRICA TIES By Correspondent AFRICA earned hardly a mention when Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo gave an update on Singapore's foreign relations in this year's Budget debate. He referred to the continent twice and then, only in passing. The first mention
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      1364 23  -  Wong Chiang Yin The writer is president of the Singapore Medical Association. SMA FEE GUIDELINES BY^ For The Straits Times THE first edition of Singapore's medical fee guidelines was issued in 1987, when the Singapore Medical Association and the Ministry of Health discussed
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      790 25  -  Julia Suryakusuma By For The Straits Times IN 2000, when I was heading the API (Almanac of Indonesian Politics) Foundation, which dealt in political education, I wanted to be a political satirist. After compiling two serious reference books on political parties and the
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      219 24 TOURISM Project Development by Baishan City, Jilin Province, China 20 April 2007 (Friday) 2.00 p.m. Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry fiyU aEf! :.'■'■■■;■<■:■■!■ M BAISHAN CITY is the first and centre city of Changbaishan Mountain, Jilin Province. It's the premier designated National Forest Tour Area of all it's domain.
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      695 28  -  Karamjit Kaur NOT SITTING AROUND "There is so much uncertainty over the fate of this place and we do not want to wait to be booted out. Like many of my neighbours, I have started looking for a new home." MR LOGAN RAVISHANKAR, chief executive officer
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      464 29  -  Elena Chong He is found guilty of touching maid's breasts during check-up at clinic By Court Correspondent A DOCTOR who molested a maid during a medical examination was yesterday sentenced to 10 months in jail. Steven Ho Ah Hoo, 54, was found
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      210 29  -  Khushwant Singh By THREE people collapsed after chemical inhalation while working in a tank container at an industrial estate at Gul Circle in Tuas yesterday morning. The 32-year-old Singaporean supervisor and two Indian nationals, aged 28 and 31, were taken to the National
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      137 29 A WOMAN has been charged with four counts of slapping an Indonesian maid and whipping her with a belt in her flat last year. Waheeda Akhtar Ali, 36, allegedly slapped Ms Dede Enis, 24, on her cheeks at her Flora Road, Upper Changi, home in
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        64 29 A 36-YEAR-OLD chef lost $600 in cash and $2,500 in valuables to one or more thieves at the Jurong East swimming pool on Sunday. He had left the cash and items among his clothes on a bench near the pool. The missing items included a $1,800
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        55 29 A MAN entered the flat of an 80-year-old resident in Jalan Kukoh off Chin Swee Road by saying he needed to "check the electrical system". He then filched $430 from her wallet in the living room when she went to the kitchen and toilet to check
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      348 29  -  Selina Lum By A RUSSIAN teenager convicted of consuming Ecstasy was released from prison yesterday after the High Court granted her plea to shave two months off her half-year jail sentence. Yulia Kalinichenko's lawyer had pleaded that her term be cut
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      236 29 TWO followers of the Falungong religious movement failed yesterday in their appeals against their conviction and sentences for displaying an insulting banner outside the Chinese embassy last year. Computer engineer Erh Boon Tiong, 49, and housewife Ng Chye Huay, 43, had been fined $1,000
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      505 30  -  T. Rajan The move is Singapore's part in a world effort to fight environmental degradation By Michelle Neo MORE than 100,000 plants and trees will be planted in Singapore over the next year as part of a global effort to fight environmental
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      724 31  -  David Boey Scheme will help police tap insider knowledge, improve disaster response By Defence Correspondent IT IS a familiar scene: emergency strikes large corporation or office building, police cordon off the area, no one gets in. Common practice, perhaps,
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      405 31  -  Chua Hian Hou By A VIRULENT computer worm that recently infected computer networks overseas was headed this way only to be stopped in its tracks by a local cyber watchdog. It hardly made a dent because the Cyber-WatchCentre was on patrol.
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      140 31 Ice cream retailer Ben Jerry's brought happiness in cones to 20,000 to 30,000 people yesterday, who flocked to its eight outlets yesterday for their share of free indulgence. But those numbers were only the tip of the chocolate fudgecovered iceberg. Another 110 families
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      280 31 SINGTEL launched a special offer today aimed at young people, prepaid card users and the minority of Singaporeans still resisting mobile phone ownership. Under SingTel's new offer, customers who sign up for a two-year subscription on the $19.95 and $25.20 per month plans will pay
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      83 31 NEW ZEALAND Prime Minister Helen Clark will make a stopover visit in Singapore today. She will be accompanied by her husband, Professor Peter Davis, and senior officials, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday. Ms Clark will call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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      452 32  -  Amelia Tan Robotic system to help stroke recovery among others recognised under The Enterprise Challenge By IN 2005, forensic scientist Simon Lim was tasked with identifying tsunami victims in Phuket, Thailand. But many bodies were so badly decomposed that he and
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      186 32 AN X-RAY photo of the heart with clear images of its blood vessels has become the scan of choice for people who suspect they may have heart disease. Local hospitals say an increasing number of men in their 40s and women in their
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      319 32 A LOCAL researcher has become one of only 11 winners worldwide of a prestigious grant from software giant Microsoft totalling nearly $100,000, for his work in developing a virtual weather map. Nanyang Technological University (NTU) researcher Lim Hock Beng won the
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      402 33  -  Jane Ng Many raring to go on professional improvement plan offering paid leave By AN OFFER of 10 weeks' paid leave for teachers is creating a stir in schools, with some 3,300 having expressed interest so far. They are among the
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      264 33  -  Tan Hui Yee By OFFICIALS from a reconstruction agency for the Aceh and Nias areas of Indonesia have come to Singapore with several businessmen to push forward the next phase of recovery for the tsu-nami-devastated districts. The group hopes to raise investment interest
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      237 33 DO YOU like hunting for "knick-knacks" but always "flip-flop" while deciding on which "sizzling" item to buy thus blowing your shopping schedule to "smithereens"? An unusual question, but one which contains some of the English words in the running to be named
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      27 28 Innovation for public good A robotic rehabilitation system that speeds up the recovery of stroke patients was among the winners picked by The Enterprise Challenge. PAGE H5
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      362 34  -  Terence Fang Zhiheng I REFER to the article, "Billions face dire risk from global warming, say experts" (ST, April 7). For too long, we have taken for granted the wonderful restorative ability of the earth's ecological system. We populate the earth at increasing
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      393 34  - and here is how they can go about doing it Maria Loh Mun Foong (Ms) HERE are some of the ways in which we can do our part to help ameliorate global warming. Use CFL (compact fluorescent light bulb). CFLs may cost three to five times more than conventional incandescent
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      137 34  -  Grant W. Pereira I REFER to the report, "Ikea to start charging customers for plastic bags" (ST, April 11). I applaud Ikea's move to cut down the use of plastic bags by charging for them. Singaporeans use 2.5 billion plastic bags a
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      284 34  -  Hanggo Wahyu Umeksi Pawiro (Miss) WAS shocked when I read the report, "So hungry, some maids beg neighbours for food" (ST, March 31). How could this happen? With so little food, how can maids live? I have been working here as a maid
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      406 34  -  Howard Ban well YOUR April 16 editorial ("Cheap parking carries a cost") is right in drawing attention to increased congestion on our roads. However, it is wrong in advocating reduced parking capacity as a way of reducing congestion. Several city studies have shown
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      144 34  -  Eng Soh Seng I REFER to the letter, "Charge less for parking with e-discs" (ST, April 4), by Mr Eric Lim Cheng Wah. The introduction of Radio Frequency Identification Technology-enabled (RFID) discs brings more convenience for season parking ticket (SPT) holders as they
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      308 34  -  Ong-Ang Ai Boon (Mrs) I REFER to the letter by Mr Leong Sze Hian, "New loan agreement puts owners at a disadvantage" (ST, March 24). We would like to make the following clarifications: Banks do not insist on a new loan agreement being
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      123 34 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Global warming not conclusively proven by science to be caused by humans Education the best way to spread message on the need to reduce use of plastic bags Once Singaporeans have to pay for
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      412 35 > SOCCER Klinsmann is latest candidate to turn down job offer by owner Abramovich London JOSE Mourinho is staying at Chelsea for another season because owner Roman Abramovich cannot find a replacement. Jurgen Klinsmann was the latest to reject his job offer. Hours later, Abramovich
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      511 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London JOHN Terry will have no qualms about pushing his boyhood favourites West Ham closer to relegation, as Chelsea try to keep the heat on Manchester United in the Premiership. The Chelsea captain admits that anything less than maximum points from today's
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      340 35 THE six nominees for the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year accolade to be awarded on Sunday night: Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United) Generally endorsed by every pundit as the world's best player. Booed at the beginning of the season for having a hand in getting
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      899 36 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE SOCCER They need to focus on Premiership, not Champions League, to cement third placing London THE future is proving too much of a distraction for Liverpool. The Champions League semi-final against Chelsea next Wednesday taken the players' focus from the Premiership, and even
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      388 36 London WATFORD manager Adrian Boothroyd has warned that English football is in danger of becoming as predictable and boring as the Scottish league. Manchester United booked their third FA Cup final appearance in four years after thrashing bottom club Watford 4-1 last Saturday. They
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      306 36 London THERE was another chapter to Damien Duff's miserable season on Monday. A scan on an ankle injury picked up in Saturday's 1-2 defeat by Portsmouth has ruled him out for the remainder of the Premiership. Duff has endured a torrid time
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      180 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS London FULHAM have contacted South Korean club Ulsan about acquiring midfielder Lee Chun Soo. The Premiership club are looking to sign the South Korea international on a yearlong loan starting on July 1, with a view to making the transfer permanent for £2 million
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      638 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE-FRANCE PRESS Rome ARSENAL striker Thierry Henry, who has been linked to a move to Inter Milan, believes winning the Italian title cannot come too soon for them. After setting a Serie A record with 17 consecutive wins this season,
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      355 37  -  Nicholas Fang ASIAN GAMES By CRICKETERS in Singapore received good news yesterday when it was announced that the sport would be included in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. But the Republic's medal hopes took a blow when the Olympic Council of Asia
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      555 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS CRICKET WORLD CUP Lankans rest top bowlers toas and Muralitharan, but they will avoid Aussies in semi-finals St George's (Grenada) WHAT was hyped as a preview of the World Cup final turned out to be little more than a practice
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      242 37 Did Sri Lanka do the right thing by hiding their trump cards for the big game? GOH SWEE HENG, former cricket and soccer international "Definitely they did the right thing, and it was a wise move. This was an inconsequential game for
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      633 37  -  V.K. Santosh Kumar By MONDAY'S World Cup match was effectively over when Sri Lanka's captain, Mahela Jayawardene, flashed the team list: no Muttiah Muralitharan, no Chaminda Vaas and no Lasith Malinga. By resting them the official pronouncement was that they were injured the Sri
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      467 37  -  V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR THE Irish grabbed stumps as souvenirs, hugged each other and did a victory lap in the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, after their 74-run win over Bangladesh on Sunday. They had every reason to be happy and proud. They
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      166 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS. SOUTH Africa captain Graeme Smith has defended his players' behaviour, after the team's supporters reported they went on a public drinking binge following Saturday's World Cup loss to New Zealand. "I have no issues with some guys going out for a
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      558 38  -  Alvin Foo BADMINTON Republic's No.l avoids world's top players in opening round of Aviva Open Singapore By RONALD Susilo's first step towards next year's Beijing Olympics received a boost yesterday. The Republic's No 1 shuttler avoided the big names in the first round of
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      426 38  -  Nicholas Fang SAILING By TAN Wearn Haw has only slept in his own bed in Singapore for six weeks out of the past 12 months. Yet the 28-year-old former Olympic sailor is loving his life as part of the 17-man China Team contesting this year's
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      334 38  -  Leonard Lim SOCCER By HEADS have begun to roll at troubled S-League newcomers Korean Super Reds. Skipper Moon Won Keun, defender Kirn Sang Eun and midfielder Jeong Wang Yeong were sent back to South Korea late last week. The new skipper is midfielder Lee
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      183 38 FANS of Australian Premiership stars such as Mark Viduka and Tim Cahill may get more than a fleeting glance of their heroes come June. The Australian national soccer team will hold a 10-day training camp from June 21 in Singapore, ahead of the Asian Cup
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        66 38 WOODLANDS Wellington recovered from two goals down to beat Sengkang Punggol 3-2 in an S-League soccer match at the Hougang Stadium yesterday. Jonathon Angelucci (33rd minute) and Paul Ekollo (47th) scored for Sengkang. But two quick goals in the 57th and 58th minutes by Cole Tinkler (own goal)
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        81 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: A Spanish soccer referee will file a complaint to police, after claiming to have received death threats following Real Madrid's league defeat at Racing Santander. Javier Turienzo Alvarez said he had been called "more than 50 times" at home, after awarding two second-half penalties
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        70 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON: Tracy McGrady poured in 39 points and Yao Ming added 34 to lift the Houston Rockets to a 120-117 victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns in the NBA on Monday. The win was their fifth in a row. It snapped a six-game losing streak
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      509 38 BASKETBALL NBA: Oklahoma City 125 Sacramento 118, New Jersey 104 NY Knicks9s, Boston 91 Miami 89, Milwaukee 102 Atlanta 96, Memphis 101 San Antonio 91, Houston 120 Phoenix 117, Denver 122 Minnesota 107, Utah 130 Portland 93. CRICKET ICC World Cup, Super 8s match in St George's, Grenada: Sri
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      27 35 Cricket for Asian Games Cricket's inclusion at 2010 Asiad will be at the expense of bodybuilding, a sport in which Singapore is a perennial contender. PAGE HlO
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      23 36 Premiership Today Blackburn v Watford Liverpool v Middlesbrough Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.55 am West Ham United v Chelsea Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2.55 am
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  • OBITUARIES
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      139 38 |P "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want...and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 JIMMY PETER CHUA SOO YONG Age: 73 was called home to the Lord on 16 April 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Agatha Mabel Lye Son:
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      50 38 SUom^QI] SioMUUfOm VSANMUGAM Age: 58 Passed away peacefully on, 16-4-07. Sadly missed by: Wife: Bharathi Sanmugam Son: Daughter-in-law: Chandran Mariana Daughter: Son-in-law: Thanaletchumi Mohan all Brothers, Sisters, Brothers-in-law, Sisters-in-law, Nephews, Nieces Relatives. Cortege left yesterday, (Tue) 17-4-07 from BLK 60, #06-456 TEBAN GARDENS, Hps *****071 for cremation at Mandai Crematorium.
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      41 38 The family of the late WONG SEE KEE Departed on 12 April 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      37 38 First Anniversary In Loving Memory of STELLA D'CRUZ (STALCY) who returned to our Lord on April 18, 2006 Gone from our lives but not from our hearts. Dearly missed and always remembered by family and loved ones.
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      68 38 "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." psaim23:i MRSLEESHINCHONG NEE LENA CHAN GEOKNEO Age: 96 was caSe<Cnmm to lie with the Lard an 17 tßjnil2oo/. Sadly missed by: Sons, Daughters, Daughters-in-law, Grandchildren Great-Grandchildren Wake is held at Church Of Our Lady OfLourdes(soOphirßd). Night servicewill be held on 18
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      129 39 WAN JOO YEN Age: 79 Passed away peacefully on 17 April 2007, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Cheng Mui Chin Sons: Daughters-in-law: Wan Teck Huat Siew Han Ek Wan Teck Guan Victor Phua Lye Khim Florence Wang Tek Lee Tan Seok Kiang Peggy Daughters: Son-in-law: Wan
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      102 39 CHAN CHYE GUEK Age: 56 Passed away peacefully on 16 April 2007, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Lawrence Chong Sister-in-law: Irene Chong Brother: Sister-in-law: Chan Chye Ho Na Chong Gek Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Chan Lek Huan Lim Liang Meng Chan Chyc Huan Lee Teck Siong Chang Meow
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      144 39 "In my Father's house are many mansions; F I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am there ye may be also." John 14:2, 3 CORINE LIM LAY
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      46 39 CHETAN GANGARAM ASSUMAL (CHATRU GANGARAM ASSOMULL) passed away peacefully on 15 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones, family friends fAKHAND PATH BHOG Ceremony will be held at 92 Wilkie Road Gurdwara (near Peace Centre) on Friday 20 April 2007 at 5.00pm tC
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      35 39 1 $1 Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Michael lan Kirn Mens Departed 18 Apr 2006 Aluuiys remembered by Colin Goh. Steven Ho. Eric Tan. Charles Fai. David Chan. Jeffrey Chua. Catherine Kuek& Phyllis Lim. m
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      36 39 1st Anniversary In 1 1>\ Ljni Vlcinor) ol Michael Tan Kirn Meng Departed 18 Apr 2006 Gone from our lives one so dear bill in our hearts your memory lingers Fondly remembered by Wlfe. Son Daughter
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      93 39 "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty." Psalm 91:1 QUEK LILY Age: 82 Called home to glory on 17 April 2007. Fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Chua Boon Eng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Wilson Deborah Jeffrey Priscilla Daughters: Grandchildren: Christine
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      133 39 Memories of.... Breaking new ground in ORI Sweat rod on HAD (letting lost at Ml. Ophir And musings that got nowhere will remain, always. Tan Eng Wye Departed on 7 Apr 07 in the UK l:ondly renwinbered by: Boon Lug. Bcng 1 ii. Chec Wai. Chung Hong. Chwer Seng. Kng
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      154 39 LUM KUAN HENG MICHAEL Age: 53 passed away peacefully on 16 April 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. I Father I im Yok Kow, deceased) Mother (ihang Noi Cheng Wife: Ng Choon Lye Joyce Son: Daughter: Lum Ilui Yao Melvin Lum Feng Ling Brothers: Sisters-in-law: lam Kliuan
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      73 39 S 8th Anniversary In Loving Memory of OUR BELOVED CYNTHIA TAY GEOK CHOON was called home lo the Lord on 18 April 1999 'Surely goodness and mercy shrill follow me alt the days of my life, and I will dwelt In the house of the Lord forever.' Psalm 23.-6 Your
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      30 38 See YOU at SINGAPORE Armed Forces FC will be providing free admission to their S-League match against Tampines on Jalail BeSar Friday. Kick-off is 7.30pm at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
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      61 38 TV times CRICKET: ICC World Cup 2nd stage, Super 8s: Ireland v Sri Lanka (Live, PPVChIIO, 9.30pm). SOCCER: English Premiership: West Ham v Chelsea (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2.55 am), Liverpool v Middlesbrough (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.55 am). TENNIS: ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo: 2nd rd (Live, Ch24, 4pm). Event SOCCER:
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        6100 40 TRANSACTION DATE: APR 17, 2007 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +OR■VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NEI P/E M CAP SMIL 3.E 11.5 34 101 38.E 2S 27 36 E IE 17.E 118 31. E 24.E 10 c 10 13 7 S 37
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        61 40 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0RVOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NEI P/E M CAP SMIL ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 ISDJUSTech 6097 ISMSCISpore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 3440 2382 6235 STI ETF100 3491.6 2360.9 6236 STIETFIOPV US119cd
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      480 41 BLOOMBERG NEWS With inflation also at a high, central bank may raise rate again this year London THE British pound leapt to US$2 for the first time in 15 years as a report showed that inflation had unexpectedly quickened to
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      291 41 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington A MEASURE of United States inflation eased last month and housing starts unexpectedly climbed, suggesting the economy will continue to expand without a surge in prices. The 0.1 per cent increase in core consumer prices, which exclude food and energy
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      31 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,527.45 (-100.85 points) »Japanese shares closed 0.57 per cent lower, despite Wall Street's strong performance overnight, as investors turned cautious ahead of upcoming company results.
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      37 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,788.61 (+31.08 points) Hong Kong stocks closed up 0.15 per cent after a see-saw trading session, as gains in HSBC and China Mobile offset profit-taking pressure after Monday's strong gains.
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      33 41 BLOOMBERG NEWS Yesterday's close: 3,611.87 (+15.43 points) China's stocks rose to a record high after a government agency said insurance companies would be allowed to invest more funds in equities.
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      34 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,186.5 (-11.2 points) Australian shares closed down 0.18 per cent as investors took profits in blue chip stocks after earlier gains sent the market into record high territory.
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      26 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,330.26 (+7.35 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.56 per cent higher, recording a new all-time high after a volatile trading session.
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      31 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,607.04 (-88.54 points) »Indian shares closed 0.65 per cent lower as investors locked in gains in software stocks after strong earnings from India's leading software exporters.
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      33 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,965.44 (+1.62 points) »Jakarta shares closed 0.08 per cent higher with the main index ending at yet another all-time high, supported by continuing interest in plantation companies.
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      31 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 695.03 (+2.57 points) Thai shares closed 0.37 per cent higher with significant trading volume and improved market sentiment after an overnight United States stock rally.
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      225 41 Apr 17 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 0,41 0.62 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.54 1.820 Ascendasreit 0.88 2.440 +0.010 CapitaComm 0.56 2.750 CapitaLand 5.50 8.550 CapitaMall 0.97 3.700 -0.120 Chart SemiCond 0.77 1.460 -0.020 CityDev 2.95 15.500 -0.100 ComlortDelGro 1.56 2.250 +0.100 Cosco Corp 0.93 2.870 Creative
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      47 41 Apr 17 FHTKHIdgs 333,412,000 Genlntl 192,570,000 Yongnam 114,813,000 Thai Beverage 92,340,000 CSC Hldgs 90,592,000 TuanSing 62,818,000 LottVis 58,465,000 Ban Joo 56,668,000 MediaRing 53,341,000 LantroVis 52,550,000 PDCCorp 50,273,000 Aztech 46,294,000 MBR 38,517,000 Sapphire 38,125,000 TaiSin 34,460,000 GKEInt 33,075,000 Oculus 33,022,000 CEnersave 31,230,000 Firstlink 31,151,000 Ahterra 29,782,000
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      140 41 Apr 17 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2520 1.2670 Can dollar 1.3290 1.3450 Euro 2.0370 2.0600 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4402 0.4405 NZ dollar 1.1110 1.1340 Sterling pound 2.9960 3.0300 US dollar 1.5050
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        838 42 Asia's second-fastest growing economy offers rich pickings in sectors like real estate, logistics, retail and health care, Ng SookZhen reports VIETNAM, once an economic backwater closed to outsiders, is now an exciting new frontier for many Singapore firms. The best business openings lie in building infrastructure such
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        825 42  -  Aaron Chew By TAKE an entrepreneurial spirit and ally it with a pioneering one, and you have a sound formula for success in Asia's hot new market, Vietnam. A case in point is Mr Paul Chain, the chairman of project management firm Asia Project Consultants
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      628 43 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Strong first-quarter data expected; official warns of emerging risks of overheating Beijing CHINA is set to report yet more blistering growth figures tomorrow amid an emerging consensus that government attempts to apply the brakes have been far too feeble to
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      Lock icon Warm winter lifts country's trade surplus
      221 43 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing A WARM winter, rather than an undervalued currency, played a key role in boosting China's foreign trade surplus in the first two months of the year, state media reported yesterday. The warm winter in regions such as Europe particularly affected China's
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      Lock icon KL think-tank raises forecast
      129 43 BLOOMBERG NEWS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S economy may grow 5.6 per cent this year, faster than previously expected, buoyed by rising public spending and investment and more business-friendly policies, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier) said. The partially government-funded institute, which does research and analysis on
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    • SME SPOTLIGHT
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        382 45 SMEclinic What Spring's programme is about WHAT is the Management Development Programme (MDP)? The MDP is an initiative of Spring Singapore to upgrade the business management expertise of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to meet the challenges of today's globalised economy. Through a partnership with
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        1054 46  -  Gabriel Chen Jeverss Choo's entrepreneurial instinct has always been strong and his soon-to-be launched product, Plug King, could be his big break By HE WAS only 13 years old but Jeverss Choo was already creaming a profit from the "celebrity cards" he
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      501 47  -  Erica Tay March overseas sales rebound but decline continues for all electronic products By Economics Correspondent GROWTH in shipments of made-in-Singapore goods swung back into positive territory last month, propelled by a massive surge in the volatile segment of drug exports.
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      Lock icon Interbank rate slides further to 2.75%
      292 47 ERICA TAY HOME owners can now breathe a bit easier: The pressure has come right off interest rates with the trend heading sharply downward going by figures out yesterday. The rate that determines how much interest banks pay for borrowing funds the three-month Singapore
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      Lock icon Court raises amount payable by ex-ACCS trio
      395 47  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By Law Correspondent THREE former top officers of Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) now called mDR will have to pay more over a botched $4.5-million shares deal. This follows a decision by the Court of Appeal which overruled a nominal $300
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      Lock icon Lucky Plaza medical suites to be put up for sale
      594 48  -  Joyce Teo Hong Property may dispose of 56 units as early as next month amid strong demand By Property Correspondent HIGH returns for medical premises has prompted a firm run by the Hong Leong Group to sell the 56 doctors'
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      Lock icon China cloth firm's IPO to raise $16.6m
      325 48  -  Arthur Poon By CHINA-BASED fabric maker Foreland Fabrictech launched an initial public offering (IPO) yesterday to raise net proceeds of $16.6 million to expand operations. The firm, based in Jinjiang city in Fujian province, is offering 115.3 million shares at 21 cents apiece,
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      Lock icon BLVD penthouse may be auctioned for $5,000 psf
      219 48  -  FIONA CHAN HOW high can home prices go? The answer may be $35 million for the last "super-penthouse" at SC Global's Boulevard Residence (BLVD), which will be sold at an in-vitation-only auction next month. That is what auctioneer Colliers International thinks the
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        239 48  -  GABRIEL CHEN OCBC Bank chief executive David Conner and chairman Cheong Choqng Kong have both raised their direct stakes in the bank after being given performance shares. Mr Conner will now have a direct interest of 0.019 per cent, or 659,077 shares, up from 0.016
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      Lock icon STI inches up on volatile trading as profit-taking sets in
      436 48  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By Markets Correspondent SINGAPORE'S sizzling stock market hit a fresh record high during trading yesterday as penny stocks in the property and construction sectors attracted heavy buying. But banks and property giants such as City
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      228 48  -  GABRIEL CHEN WARRANT WATCH GENTING International warrants were in the spotlight this week, as the market reacted positively to comments by Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Sentosa integrated resort. Some wire reports suggested that issues over
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      776 49  -  Bryan Lee Its unit signs 3 new deals at global industry fair, eyes 14 other projects By In Cannes IT STARTED out as an effort to make the firm's military simulators look as good as the latest computer games. But that makeover is
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      27 49 Gainers: 379 Losers: 414 Unchanged: 591 Australian dollar 1.2520 1.2670 iuro 2.0370 2.0600 Sterling pound JS dollar 2.9960 3.0300 1.5050 1.5220 'en (100 units) 1.2585 1.2721
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      219 49  -  BRYAN LEE $6.8 M FUNDING POOL SINGAPORE documentary makers will soon be able tap into a new apprenticeship scheme that will provide funding from a pool of US$4.5 million (Ss6.B million) over the next three years. The programme, which aims to nurture local directors,
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      448 51 Reuters, AP SfEW DELHI Angry crowds in several Indian cites burned effigies of Richard Gere on Monday after le swept Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty into his arms and kissed her several imes at an Aids-awareness ;vent. Footage of the Hollywood star sweeping Shetty backwards
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        505 53 Crossing The Dust (PG, above) 2006/73 minutes/Screens April 26 In this French/Iraqi Kurdistan collaboration directed by Shawkat Amin Korki, two Kurdish soldiers embark on a journey to deliver food supplies in post-Saddam Iraq and come across a lost five-year-old Iraqi boy called Saddam. Watch it if you like:
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        354 54  -  Tay Yek Keak > horror THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2 (R2l) 90 minutes/Opens tomorrow/*"*-*-^* ONE simple question: Is this sequel better than last year's first movie? To me, while this one has some kick, that one was better. Why? Because even in the unreal realm
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          128 55  -  preads you just Tay Yek Keak WILD HOGS (PG) (above) 100 minutes/Opens tomorrow/*-*-**^ INSTEAD of Easy Rider, try Aching Riders, as four middle-aged guys John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy head out from suburban Cincinnati to hit the open road on their Harleys as "Born
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          142 55  -  Tay Yek Keak THE KALLANG WAVE (PG) (below) 75 minutes/Opens tomorrow/****-^ THIS ambitious but simplistic local documentary poses the question: Are our economic priorities stifling our innate passions? Moved by the impending demise of our National Stadium, it asks why the good old days in football have been replaced
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          76 55  -  Tay Yek Keak FRACTURE (PG) 113 minutes/Opens tomorrow/Preview IT IS old Oscar winner vs young Oscar nominee as Anthony Hopkins faces off with Ryan Gosling in this legal thriller. A hotshot assistant district attorney (Gosling) is caught up in a cat-and-mouse game against a crafty opponent (Hopkins), who shot
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          73 55  -  Tay Yek Keak CADAVER (NCI6) 90 minutes/Opens tomorrow/Preview THAI horror flicks are coming thick and fast. A female medical student in Bangkok finds herself being grabbed by a dead body in the morgue. Then a girl spook keeps following her everywhere. Something from her past is stirring all this
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      567 56 AP Chow Yun Fat may not star in John Woo's Red Cliff if the actor's demands are not met HONG KONG Actor Chow Yun Fat said on Monday that he wants to pull out of John Woo's new epic, dealing the director's first major Chinese movie in
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        252 59 AP LILONGWE Madonna visited an impoverished Malawian village on Monday after arriving in the southern African nation with a boy she is adopting. The singer, who sparked controversy ast year when she decided to adopt 3ne-year-old David Banda, chatted to 'armers and toured
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        236 59 AFP LONDON British singer Bryan Ferry apologised "unreservedly" on Monday for comments in which he described elements of the Nazi regime in Germany as "just amazing". Ferry, frontman of 1970s band Roxy Music, reportedly praised the style of Adolf Hitler's regime in an
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        162 59 AP MUMB AI Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai will wear a traditional hand-embroidered sari with intricate gold work when she weds actor Abhishek Bachchan, said her favourite designer. Neeta Lulla said she designed the sari and a red-and-gold embroidered flowing skirt and cropped blouse for
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        495 97  -  Mathew Pereira Every time I ask a doctor for a CT scan of my heart, his response has almost always been the same: "Any particular reason you are asking for one?" "Any chest pains? Any shortness of breath?" My answer to these
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        573 100  -  JUDITH TAN There are now 16 cardiac computed tomography (CT) scanners in public and private hospitals and clinics in Singapore. But though they promise a clear picture of the heart through non-invasive technology, cardiac CT scans are not for everyone, say heart
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        533 101 women'shealth Any woman aged 40 and up, or with a family history of breast cancer knows the drill you get a mammogram once a year and it's not a lot of fun. But one in every 20 women in Singapore will develop breast cancer
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        1041 103 There can be many reasons for the delayed onset of puberty. When should parents start to worry? Gloria Chan finds out. In lower secondary school, Ivan was so small that his classmates called him "shrimp". He shrugged off their name-calling but deep down, it
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        668 105 eatt olive No such thing as a truly healthy dessert? Sylvia Tan shows you how it can be done. Call it a crisp or a crumble, but these fruit desserts baked with a crisp topping are perfect for healthy eating, with a few strategic substitutions.
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        136 113 gonatural This toothpaste may come in a tube, but is still natural. WalaVita of Germany makes toothpastes with certified organic herbs and pure essential oils. Two flavours now available in Singapore are the Lemon Salt toothpaste as well as Mint Neem. The first uses natural brine water
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