The Straits Times, 26 April 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 26 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, APRIL 26 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 554 1  -  Tracy Quek Project is part of efforts to raise bilateral cooperation to a higher, strategic level By China Correspondent In Beijing SINGAPORE and China will collaborate on a new joint project to develop an "eco-city", which will showcase how rapid economic growth can
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  • 551 1 NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Astronomers discover planet that is potentially habitable Washington ASTRONOMERS have discovered what they call a "super Earth" more than 20 light years away that is the most intriguing world found so far in the search for extraterrestrial life. About five times
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1235 1  -  Chua Hian Hou By AS AN undergraduate in the late *****, Mr Siew Kum Hong was a big fan of pirated MP3 music, software programs and video games. "I didn't have a lot of money then," he said, describing his family as
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 347 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Bar manager dies Asia 6-13 A bar manager dies from World 14-25 his injuries two days Review 26-28 after being brutally PY| ...29 beaten outside a Clarke SFrTinN TWO Quay discotheque. IVY 110 PAGE HI Home Hl-H8 °ru™ uVn'uio Grade controversy u!^ The A-Level Project
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  • PRIME
    • 795 3  -  Selina Lum By THEY were among the most brutal sexual assaults the country has seen in many years, carried out in the most brazen manner imaginable. Serial rapist Ser Eng Siong simply knocked on his victims' doors in broad daylight, gained entry into their homes using
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    • 212 3  -  AMELIA TAN THE second of five children, Ser Eng Siong lived in a seventh-storey Shunfu Road flat with his father, who is in his 60s, his 35-year-old brother and 18-year-old sister. A neighbour who lives on the same storey said Ser's mother had committed
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    • 1196 4  -  Karamjit Kaur PILOTS' PAY DISPUTE Alpa-S says offer does not meet expectations; Industrial Arbitration Court will now decide issue By Aviation Correspondent SINGAPORE Airlines made a lastminute bid to settle a pay dispute with its pilots yesterday, but the offer was flatly rejected by
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    • 429 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG NEWS Bangkok THAILAND'S army-backed government is boosting troop and police levels in the country's Muslim-majority south in a bid to rein in a long-run-ning insurgency. "I have heard from army chief Sonthi Boonyarataklin that we will send more troops
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  • ASIA
    • 871 6  -  Kwan Weng Kin Leaders expected to show solidarity despite lack of personal chemistry By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo Derwin Pereira US Bureau Chief In Washington JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, unlike his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi, has not managed to establish a close
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    • 205 6 NORTH KOREA Mr Abe maintains a tough stance towards Pyongyang, while Mr Bush's stance has softened. The Japanese Prime Minister has promised families of Japanese abductees that he would urge Mr Bush to help resolve the issue, but the US leader is unlikely to offer
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  • CHINA
    • 465 7  -  Tracy Quek China has to signal to Americans that it is working to resolve trade disputes, says SM By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA should find ways to signal to the United States, particularly the American public, that it is working to
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    • 246 7 REUTERS Beijing CHINESE who are worried that their spous-es-to-be may have already been married can put their minds at rest when the national marriage database goes online. The Civil Affairs Ministry plans to provide details on marital status in an online nationwide registry
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    • 201 7 Beijing SINO-JAPAN ties have turned a corner after Premier Wen Jiabao's recent visit to Tokyo, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. The upswing in ties, he said, was important not only for North-East Asia but also for South-east Asia. Mr Goh
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 453 8  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Critics question motive for move as President may face graft charges By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei FAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian said yesterday he is considering a sentence reiuction for prisoners to mark two major anniversaries in the island. The
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    • 212 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo JAPAN yesterday said China tias become its top trading parttier for the first time since World War 11, unseating the US in the past fiscal year. The new milestone came as Japan reported the first rise in its overall trade
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    • 47 8 PHOTOS: Japanese toymaker Tomy has teamed up with Nike to create a Transformer toy that changes from a pair of plastic half-scale Nike shoes into a robot called Convoy. It goes on sale in Japan from today for 2,625 yen (Ss33). REUTERS
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    • 379 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Hong Kong THE family of the late Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang has launched a legal challenge yesterday against a fengshui master who is claiming her entire multibillion-dollar fortune. Mrs Wang's family filed a writ in the High Court claiming
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 396 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sri Lankan officials say the rebels were using satellite to spread propaganda New York INTELSAT, the giant satellite services provider, has stopped what it called the unauthorised use of one of its satellites by Tamil rebels, the Sri Lankan Embassy
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    • 397 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: Islamabad HATE-FILLED jihadist propaganda is thriving in Pakistan despite government promises to crack down on it. Such propaganda is especially evident in print and on the Internet. A newspaper warns that Jews and Christians are engaged in "genocide" against Muslims. A
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    • 183 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Dhaka BANGLADESH'S interim government, which had been trying to exile two former prime ministers, has backtracked on its decision. It now says it would allow Sheikh Hasina Wajed to return home and there would be no restriction on the movements of Khaleda Zia. "The
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    • 585 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Muslim coup leader backs call to make Buddhism the national faith Bangkok HUNDREDS of saffronrobed monks led nine elephants in a march on Thailand's Parliament yesterday, demanding that Buddhism be declared the kingdom's official religion. The march
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    • 473 11  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIAN newspapers yesterday gave prominent coverage to the agreement on the extradition and defence treaties with Singapore that will be signed in Bali tomorrow. All newspapers carried the story on their front pages but focused mostly
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    • 207 11 Bangkok ARMY commander Sonthi Boonyarataglin said yesterday that explosions at one of the army's largest ammunition depots on Tuesday night were not terrorist attacks. According to the Bangkok Post, some 1,300 people including military personnel, their families and 300 people in nearby
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    • 152 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta INDONESIA'S neighbours would take over control of its air traffic if the country's aircraft tracking system fails. Under a plan released yesterday, Singapore, Malaysia and other neighbours would step in if Indonesia's air traffic control system failed
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    • 242 11 Bangkok A DECISION by Thai Airways International to move a large part of its domestic services to the old Don Muang Airport has resulted in a loss of thousands of passengers who required connecting flights. The Bangkok Post reported that the national
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 553 13  -  Leslie Lopez Failure to resolve row over rights to project is stunting growth of ports By South-east Asia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur A PROTRACTED ownership tussle to develop Malaysia's largest bunkering facility to rival Singapore is presenting Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's
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    • 219 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur A 14-YEAR campaign to clean up Malaysia's rivers has been branded a failure by Environment Minister Azmi Khalid who said about one in 10 rivers is so polluted that it is unsafe for humans. The water in 17
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    • 342 13 Kuala Lumpur SEVERAL Malaysian lawmakers have reacted to a remark by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew that Singaporeans were mistaken to believe that the Republic was an ordinary country and could behave like other nations. Mr Lee was speaking at a dialogue session
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  • WORLD
    • 1093 14 British airline hopes to be the first carrier to use biofuels in test flight next year Paris VIRGIN Atlantic is set to fly into the record books next year, by becoming the first airline to power an aircraft with biofuels. The British carrier has reached an agreement
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    • 402 17  -  Ong Soh Chin By In Almaty (Kazakhstan) SINGAPORE'S Speaker of Parliament Abdullah Tarmugi has received an Honorary Professorship from Kazakhstan for helping to boost ties between the two countries, especially in education. The award was from Al Farabi Kazakh State University, the country's
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    • 189 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS Paris THIRD-PLACED candidate Francois Bayrou has refused to endorse either of the two remaining contenders for the French presidency, abandoning his chance to be the kingmaker in the tense race. Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal are fighting over the 7 million voters
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    • 474 17  -  Lee Seok Hwai Reader's Digest finds consumers in region like local names for education and health By THERE is no place like home, at least as far as a university education is concerned, a regional survey of top brands has shown. Consumers in Singapore, Malaysia,
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    • 467 18  -  Goh Chin Lian ►> PRESIDENT NATHAN'S VISIT Singapore can be a big help by training Kwa Zulu-Natal's public servants, says premier By In Durban (South Africa) THOUGH a small country, Singapore can help Kwa Zulu-Natal in a big way by training its public servants,
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 76 18 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday suffered a legal setback in a battle to prove that his 1998 sacking as deputy prime minister was unconstitutional. Three appeals court judges held that Datuk Seri Anwar's dismissal by then prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was
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      • 63 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: More than 400 North Korean defectors being held in a Thai immigration facility have gone on a hunger strike, demanding to be sent to South Korea. They have been staying in the detention centre for about three months. A South Korean diplomat
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      • 77 18 REUTERS HONG KONG: A policeman dubbed a "devil cop" by the media killed two fellow officers and a security guard, a coroner's court ruled yesterday, laying to rest conspiracy theories. The verdict by a jury concluded that Tsui Po Ko had "unlawfully killed" a fellow
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      • 52 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTSMOUTH (New Hampshire): Republican John McCain officially entered the 2008 presidential race yesterday, stressing his experience honed in war and Washington. "We face formidable challenges, but I'm not afraid of them. I'm prepared for them," said the four-term Arizona senator, ex-Navy pilot and former
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    • 701 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES Rebels massacre 77 workers in the latest attack on Chinese interests in Africa Nairobi A REBEL attack on a Chineserun oilfield in Ethiopia that left more than 70 people dead is the latest example of the human
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    • 302 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Washington A US MILITARY chief has expressed concern at China's rapid expansion of its long-range air-force abilities, pointing out the risk behind the country's use of a mobile anti-missile system in recent months. US Air Force Chief of Staff
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    • 511 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Moscow RUSSIA bade a grandiose farewell yesterday to Mr Boris Yeltsin, along with former world leaders who supported the former president through the traumatic era of post-Soviet reform. Russian President Vladimir Putin, former US presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W.
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    • 404 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jerusalem ISRAEL was yesterday weighing its response a day after Hamas militants fired a barrage of rockets into the Jewish state for the first time in five months and declared an end to a November truce. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert convened
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    • 597 24 'Rambo girl' never fired weapon while NFL star was killed by friendly fire Washington A FEMALE soldier portrayed as a "little girl Rambo" and the brother of a soldier killed by friendly fire have accused the US military of spreading outright lies
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 160 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS A BEAUTY queen posed as a 14-year-old online, going undercover with the police in New York for a sting operation targeting sexual predators. Miss America Lauren Nelson, 20, had a profile created for her by officers with Suffolk County's computer crimes
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      • 99 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DISABLED scientist Stephen Hawking will today become the first person with a disability to fly on a zero-gravity flight. The 65-year-old astrophysicist has been pondering the nature of gravity. He expects weightlessness to feel like "bliss" when he goes on the flight
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      • 85 24 REUTERS NEW York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has played down growing speculation that he may run for president next year. "Let me make it clear. I am not a candidate for President of the United States. I plan to spend the next 984 days being
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    • 28 14 War hero myths A soldier portrayed as "Rambo girl" and the brother of a soldier killed by friendly fire accuse the US military of spreading lies. PAGE 25
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  • REVIEW
    • 434 25 IN THE six short weeks since Indonesia cut off sand and granite supplies, the building industry has shown how quickly it can adapt if its viability is threatened. With the tripling in the price of concrete, the use of "dry walls" for interiors instead of
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    • 2639 25  -  Tan Cheng Han By LEGAL education in Singapore and elsewhere for at least the last 100 years has been very jurisdiction-specif-ic. Law schools teach the law of the jurisdiction that they belong to. Comparative law may have a role in law
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    • 1016 26  -  Linda Hirshman By THE US Bureau of Labour Statistics recently published its long-awaited study, Trends In Labour Force Participation of Married Mothers Of Infants. "In recent years," the number crunchers reported, "the labour force participation of married mothers, especially those with young children, has
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    • 949 27 By Claudine Canetti FOR the first time anywhere in the world, two countries, France and Germany, have come together to write a history. This attempt offers their young people a joint view of their past, thus stressing the strength of their relationship and its
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    • 769 30  -  Sujin Thomas »Attacked outside Clarke Quay bar Placed on life support Nightspot operators call for stronger penalties for troublemakers By BAR manager Eugene Chua has died two days after being brutally beaten outside a Clarke Quay discotheque. His heart stopped beating at around 10am
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    • 448 31  -  Elena Chong Open verdict on NSF's death; he had fled after being suspected of filming girls in toilet By Court Correspondent A. SUSPECTED Peeping Tom bent on dodging the law was nearly hit by a bus in Bedok Central, but died minutes
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    • 329 31 SEX CRIME #1 INVITED to play computer games by a man in his flat, one of two teenage boys ended up being molested. On a separate occasion, bus driver Ivan Tay Seng Huat molested the other boy. After one
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    • 186 31 A MAN who used a video camera to film under a woman's skirt on an MRT train has been jailed for four weeks. Michel Tan Soon Kui, 28, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to intending to insult the modesty of the 20-year-old woman. On
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    • 327 31 IT LOOKED like a $100 bill, it even felt like one at least to the staff of a minimart. But when the shop's owner, who wanted to be known only as Mr Chen, took it to the bank on Tuesday to get it changed,
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    • CASE FILE
      • 128 31 AN ELDERLY man who molested a 12-year-old boy and went for a joyride in an unattended motorised rubbish cart in a separate incident was on Monday sentenced to eight months and two weeks in jail. The 65-year-old admitted outraging the modesty of the boy
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      • 62 31 SOME 2,483 cartons of contraband cigarettes valued at $204,000 have been seized at the Woodlands Checkpoint. They were hidden in three vehicles, including two buses. Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers also found some 859 uncensored and obscene discs hidden in a car at the checkpoint at
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      • 72 31 A PATIENT of the Institute of Mental Health has been missing since March 31. Mr Neo Heng Soon was last seen at his workplace at 135 Lim Chu Kang Lane 1 at about Bam. He does not have any identification on him, but is
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    • 575 32  -  Chong Chee Kin He gets 3-month term; first to be convicted under Workplace Safety and Health Act By LOW Lye Wah the first person to be convicted under a new law aiming to reduce workplace accidents yesterday failed in his attempt to
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    • 254 32 A BANKRUPT lawyer who failed to keep any accounts for his firm for an entire year and did not show up for disciplinary hearings was struck off the rolls yesterday. Mr Edwin Tay Eng Kwee, who was admitted to the Bar in 1995, did not
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    • 61 33 Members of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) performed for patients at the Bright Vision Hospital yesterday. Following the success of the first Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Gift of Music series, SPH and the orchestra decided to develop the SCO Caring Series, which comprises special performances
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    • 589 33  -  Salma Khalik, By Health Correspondent WITH kidney disease and failure reaching "pandemic proportions" here, the fight against them should no longer just be the business of doctors and patients, a leading renal specialist has said. Associate Professor S. Vathsala
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    • 565 33  -  Salma Khalik COMMENTARY By Health Correspondent RENAL failure has been affecting more and more people here every year and it is time we worked out how much this preventable disease is costing the country. As the population ages, the number of
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    • 668 33  -  Judith Tan 688 cases reported last week a 70% increase over the same period last year By THE number of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases rose to 688 last week, but the good news is that it is not the most
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    • 555 34  -  Christopher Tan It will launch two models this weekend; low-priced Chinese cars making inroads By Senior Correspondent LESS than a year after Chery became the first China carmaker to enter the Singapore market, a fifth has joined the fray. Hafei Automobile, from China's
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    • 143 35 These navy officers from the HMNZS Te Mana are paying tribute to the fallen at the Anzac Day Dawn Commemorative Service. They performed a Haka, a Maori dance accompanied by chanted vocals, after singing the Marching Song of the 28th Maori Battalion. Servicemen and
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    • 297 35 A DIGITAL time capsule is now awaiting contributions from Singapore's national servicemen. Launched to mark the 40th anniversary of national service here, it will hold soft-copy essays and digital pictures the collective memories of those who have been through the two years of military
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    • 911 35  -  Jane Ng While 85% bag As at Hwa Chong, only 7°/o did so at Temasek, they say By THE results of A-level students' Project Work released two weeks ago have caused a furore students are unhappy with the disparity in results across the
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      • 75 35 A RECORD 835,000 tourists came to Singapore last month the highest number for the month since 1989 and a 1.9 per cent year-on-year rise. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said that room revenues of gazetted hotels soared to $162.1 million a 12-year high for a single
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      • 109 35 AN ONLINE auction of three limited edition mobile phones by electronics company Samsung has raised $3,000 for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. Each Samsung Ultra Music F3OO phone comes with a Bluetooth stereo headset worth $148, and songs from American singer Beyonce's
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    • 381 36  -  Maria Almenoar Education ministries pen MOU to work together in 3 areas By MORE Singapore schools will be collaborating with their counterparts in Vietnam after the two countries' governments agreed to forge stronger education links yesterday. Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Vietnam's Minister
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    • 395 36  -  MARIA ALMENOAR SCHOOLS will do their best to make swimming a basic skill for students, to help reduce the number of drownings here. Speaking at the opening of the Sky Garden outdoor classroom at Nan Hua High School yesterday, Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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    • 157 36 PHOTOS: NAN HUA High students will get a change of scenery from the concrete walls of their classroom. A breezy learning space called a "sky garden" has been built on the fifth storey of their school, under the Education Ministry's Flexible School Infrastructure scheme. Under
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    • 554 37  -  Lee Hui Chieh Shortage in supply of salted and century eggs; AVA suspends 20 suppliers for using cancer-causing dye By SALTED eggs and century eggs have each been costing between 10 and 25 cents more double their usual price in
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    • 329 37 PRINCESS Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand wrapped up a three-day visit to Singapore yesterday. She made four stops on her last day here, which started at 9.30 am and included a visit to the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) in Buona Vista. Touring
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    • 244 37 FUTURE enhancements to a database that pools intelligence on wanted criminals will be discussed when police chiefs from the Asean region meet here in June. About 400 delegates, comprising representatives from the 10 Asean countries and other observers, will take part in
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    • 28 30 More China cars coming Less than a year after Chery entered Spore market, a fifth China carmaker will launch two new models here, including the Lobo. PAGE H5
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  • FORUM
    • 383 38  -  NurulAziah Hussin (Ms) »MM LEE'S DIALOGUE WITH YOUNG PAP MEMBERS HAVE much to thank this :ountry, and our Government, for. I have been bless--3d with years of an exceptional education, which has taught me the value of our meritocratic system and the increasing need to
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    • 343 38  -  Samantha Ng Bee San (Ms) I REFER to the article, "MM: My job to look after those who built nation" (ST, April 23), in which Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was quoted as saying that he could not leave Singapore with a clear
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    • 149 38  -  Loh Kah Kheong THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) should look into the annual ritual of companies sending thick reports to investors ("Annual reports a heavy burden for postmen"; ST, April 23). Would a simple five- to 10-page report with basic information
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    • 203 38  -  N. Nageswaran I REFER to the problem of non-Mandarin speaking people facing difficulty in getting jobs. There is one factor compounding this problem which should be addressed. Currently, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) allows wives of Employment Pass (EP) holders to take on jobs
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    • 171 38  -  Chua Lee Khim (Ms) MY SON has his regular track-and-field training at the Clementi Stadium. However, these training sessions are getting to be more difficult in recent months. Runners are literally being squeezed out by footballers. During a game, the reserves and coaches occupy the running
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    • 378 38  -  Toy Koon Quie I REFER to the letters, "HDB balloting: Priority for first-timers, poor" (ST, April 21) by Mr Mohd Samsudin and "New flat balloting system could be better" (ST, April 24) by Ms Teo Hwee Sian. HDB replaced the Walk-in Selection (WIS)
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    • 312 38  -  Mark Lim I REFER to the letters from Mr Victor Ow ("Motor insurer settled false claim to pre-empt litigation"; ST, April 21) and Mr Adrian Lee ("Insurer didn't hold probe before rejecting claim"; ST, April 24). We wish to clarify the market
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    • 167 38  -  Anuar Ahmad LIKE Mr Victor Ow ("Motor insurer settled false claim to pre-empt litigation"; ST, April 21), I am a victim of false reporting of a motor accident. My case is still pending and I hope that my insurer, AXA Insurance,
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    • 89 38  -  Simon Gibbons IT IS comforting to know that human kindness and integrity are not a thing of the past. Recently I made a withdrawal at DBS Bank's Raffles Place ATM but absentmindedly left the money in the machine. To the young couple who turned in
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 115 38 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Let's practise "Bring your own bag day" every day San Francisco leads in plastic-bag ban and other Californian cities are following No plastic bags? Some will just throw rubbish down the chute Canal tragedy:
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  • SPORTS
    • 1291 39  -  Rob Hughes CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Man Utd heed fans and Fergie's call, take 3-2 lead to Milan for second leg semi-final By AFTER all these years, Alex Ferguson still has not got the hang of sending out a team to hold onto a lead, and see out a
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    • 417 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AC MILAN hardman Gennaro Gattuso has warned Manchester United to steel themselves for an almighty battle on Wednesday when they visit the San Siro for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final. The tie is delicately poised after United's
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    • 62 39 Dida came back after a shoulder injury to AC Milan's regret. Six minutes in, he misread Ryan Giggs' cross. Cristiano Ronaldo's header hit him and, as the ball looped upwards, he flapped at it only to push it into goal. He also failed to cover
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    • 65 39 In Ronaldo's backyard, Kaka scored his eighth of the season in the Champions League. A through-ball from Clarence Seedorf on 22 minutes sent the Brazilian gliding into the penalty area. His speed killed off any possibility of a meaningful tackle. Gabriel Heinze tried a woefully
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    • 55 39 Keystone Kops defending from United. Kaka chased a long ball against three defenders. He shrugged off Darren Fletcher, and then watched as Patrice Evra flattened his own teammate Heinze with a flying charge. Kaka slipped the ball home easily. Evra also got himself booked and
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    • 49 39 Cool and composed against Roma, he was careless with a chance that arrived soon after half time. The Italians were caught ball watching at the near post as Ryan Giggs' cross arrived at Carrick's feet. Unmarked, he shot wide. He had a poor game.
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    • 41 39 With Gennaro Gattuso off injured, Paul Scholes moved into the vacated space, and lifted a pass over the top that eluded the entire Italian defence. That put Rooney in to make it 2-2 after 59 minutes.
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    • 47 39 For an hour, the match was a straight fight between the Portuguese terror Ronaldo and Brazilian playmaker Kaka. But the English striker refused to stay in the shadows. He scored twice, including the winner in injury time, to turn the tie around.
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    • 700 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »OBITUARY: ALAN BALL Former midfielder, 61, suffers heart attack while trying to douse out-of-control bonfire London ALAN Ball, who measured 1.67 m and never weighed more than 70kg, was rejected by football clubs as a teenager because he was too
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    • 474 40  -  Jeffrey Low By UNTIL today, the Lions of 1972 will still consider themselves lucky to have trained in England, the one and only Singapore national team to do so in football's motherland. Luckier still, they can count themselves among the very few Singaporeans
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    • 412 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER London FAMILIARITY breeds contempt, but Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho took his dislike for Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez to a new low with a personal attack. Mourinho believes he would have been sacked by now as Chelsea
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    • 896 41  -  V.K. Santo sh Kumar AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CRICKET WORLD CUP Sri Lanka skipper sparks triumph with masterly batting that squeezes Kiwis out By THE admirable thing about Mahela Jayawardene is he has no airs, despite being the captain of a team playing wonderful cricket at
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    • 222 41 Question: Who was Sri Lanka's Man of the Match Mahela Jayawardene or Muttiah Muralitharan? Imran Hamid, Singapore Cricket Association president Definitely, captain Jayawardene. He started cautiously in his batting and, when it was required, went ballistic in attack. First, he was Sri Lanka's
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    • 317 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL: FORMER TEAMMATES, SAME NBA PLAY-OFF WOES Chicago THIS time, Shaquille O'Neal had nothing but praise for the opponent and the officiating. The only finger he pointed was at himself. He realises he needs to do more if the Miami
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    • 374 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS Phoenix WITH 4:32 remaining in the second period on Tuesday, Kobe Bryant drove through three Phoenix Suns players before being fouled in front of the basket. It was the sort of effort the Lakers had been missing. Yet, as Bryant
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    • 257 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS »TENNIS Wimbledon WIMBLEDON will be the richest Grand Slam in history, with both the woman and man champions earning US$l.4 million (Ss2.l million) each. The only Grand Slam tournament on grass will offer total prize money of U5522,572,011, an increase of 8.7
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    • 439 42  -  Alvin Foo SAILING They will join three other sailors, all medal winners, to compete in Canada By SIX Singapore teenagers will be making their ISAF Youth World Championships debut in Kingston, Canada, in July. They are Quek Zhenhao, 18, (boys' Laser), sisters Priscilla
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    • 348 42 REUTERS Valencia SHOSHOLOZA, the America's Cup team everybody loves to love, proved they were not here to make up the numbers. On Tuesday, they beat one of the favourites, Italy's Luna Rossa, by a hefty 36 seconds. The first African boat to challenge for
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    • 324 42  -  Alvin Foo MOTOR RACING By FORMER army general Leong Yue Kheong is no stranger to organising and overseeing large scale events. That makes him an ideal choice for handling the massive logistics of a Formula One street race, should Singapore be successful
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    • 177 42 REUTERS FORMULA One's governing body would need to carry out a full safety assessment before agreeing to any night-time race. "We wouldn't sanction night racing for Formula One without a very careful investigation," said Max Mosley, the International Automobile Federation head, on Monday. Formula One
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    • 325 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CYCLING Paris FLOYD Landis' chances of keeping his crown from the 2006 Tour de France took a nosedive on Tuesday. L'Equipe reported that varying levels of synthetic testosterone have been found in his urine samples tested recently by French scientists. Landis won the
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    • 501 42 AUSTRALIAN RULES AFL, sth rd: Collingwood 12.23 (95), Essendon 11.13 (79). BASEBALL MLB: Texas v Seattle (postponed), Oakland 4 Baltimore 2, LA Angels 9 Detroit 8 (10 innings), Atlanta 11 Florida 6, Philadelphia 6 Washington 3, Toronto 10 Boston 3, Pittsburgh 3 Houston 0, Tampa Bay 6 NY Yankees
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    • 253 42 »CUE SPORTS THE Guinness 9-ball Tour returns to Singapore from July 13-15, after a year's absence. Top players, such as Taiwan's former world champion Wu Chia-ching and the Philippines' national champion Lee Van Corteza, are likely to take part. But two of the sport's most
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      • 41 42 FORMER NUS International Relations Office country manager Kelvin Ng, 41, was appointed chief executive of the Singapore Badminton Association yesterday. Acting CEO Jacqueline Lim will revert to her previous role as chief of performance and development.
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      • 39 42 THE S-League match between Sengkang Punggol and the Korean Super Reds at the Hougang Stadium last night was called off, owing to lightning. The match will be played tonight at the same venue at 7.45pm.
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      • 32 42 BERNAMA KUANTAN: Malaysia's football association has confirmed that Manchester United will play a friendly match with a Malaysian selection on July 27 in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • Page 42 Miscellaneous
    • 82 42 TV times BASEBALL: MLB: Toronto v NY Yankees (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 7am). GOLF: Beijing Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch24, 2pm). Open De Espana: Day 1 (Live, Ch2l, 10pm). Byron Nelson C'ship: Day 1 (Delayed, Ch22, tomorrow, 4.45 am). SOCCER: Uefa Cup s-finals, Ist leg: Werder Bermen v Espanyol (Live, Ch2l,
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  • OBITUARIES
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      141 43 'For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.' Philippians 1:21 RUBY UNG GOAY IN Age: 71 years f was called home to be with the Lord on 19 April 2007. Her funeral and cremation took place in Ipoh, Malaysia on 21 April 2007. She is dearly
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      123 43 KHOO GUAT NGOR Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 25 April 2007 leaving behind loved ones Husband: Fan Yew Haa, deceased Sons: Daughters-in-law: Fun Swi Tong Koh Kirn Chew Fun Swee Yuen, Patrick Tng Geok Lee Grandsons: Granddaughters-in-law: Fun Wei Ming, Alex Chok Nyuk Ling, Yvonne Fun Wei Khin, Alvin
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      28 43 rWith Deepest Sympathy and «l Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of The Late DR RICHARD HIN YUNG From The Management of Singapore Health Services kV Sing Health Vjpll
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      66 43 In Loving Memory Of 28th Anniversary 2nd Anniversary RICHARD SEE GIM SIEW JANET TAN BENG NEO Departed 18 May 1979 Departed 26 April 2005 Peaceful be your rest dear parents. It is sweet to breathe your name; As in life we loved you dearly, So in death we do the
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      124 43 KWOK SIEW YAP Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 25 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Choc Chu, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Kwok Him Kai, David Lim Hui Lin, Hope Daughters: Sons-in-law: Kwok Wai Yee, Rita Larry Tay Kwok Wai Har, Florence Simon See Kwok Wai
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      44 43 F" With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mrs May Yung Family on the demise of her beloved husband DR RICHARD HIN YUNG Departed on 24 April 2007 From: The Adelaide University Alumni Association of Singapore The Adelaide Uni Alumni (West Malaysia) I A
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      53 43 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of WONG POI LING Departed 26 April 2006 Upright and just in all her ways, Loyal and true through all her daks, Silently suffered, patiently bore, God took her home to suffer no more. Dearly missed by loved ones. (Beloved husband, deceased), children, family, relatives
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      56 43 VAIRAVAN MOHANDAS Age: 83 Passed away peacefully on 24.4.07. Sadly missed by loved ones. (Beloved Wife: Damayandi, deceased) Children in Singapore Daughter: Son-in-law: Shereen Prakash all children, grandchildren, great grandchildren relatives. Dearest Father/ Father-in-law is resting at 55 JALAN GREJA, TEL: *****138 Cortege leaves today 26-4-07 at 4.30pm for cremation
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      108 43 Wake is held at Blk 253 Hougang Ave3(voiddeck).Tel:62B73ls3. Nightly services will be held at Bpm.Cortege leaves on Saturday 28 April 07 at 11.45 am for Mandai Crematorium, Hall 3 for cremation at 12.45 am CHIA LIANG HUAT Age: 71 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 April
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      55 43 lAM HOME IN HEAVEN CHRISTINE GERALDINE SMITH called home to be j with the Lord on 26th April 2002 Just as a thought of sweet remembrance, Just a memory sad and true, Just the love and sweetdevotion Of one who thinks of you. Sadly missed by Rlckl, Mum, Thelma, k
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      • 5914 44 TRANSACTION DATE: APR 25, 2007 52-WEEK HIGH LOW TEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0R'VOL 'OOO DAY NET M CAP HIGH LOW P/E $MIL 13.5 34 101 27 36.5 14.5 17.5 13C 31.5 6.5 20.5 11.5 12 13.5 35.5 13 135 192 16 SO 7.5 93.5
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    • 386 45 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Pickup follows revised 2.4% gain in February; new home sales rebound slightly Washington NEW orders for costly and long-lasting US-made goods rose a surprisingly strong 3.4 per cent last month, according to a report yesterday. The pickup in orders followed
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    • 320 45 AFP Washington THE United States Senate defeated a Republican attempt to weaken 2002's post-Enron Sarbanes-Oxley laws by making it optional for many corporations to comply with a controversial section on internal controls. By a vote of 62 to 35, the Senate on Tuesday
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    • 565 45 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, LOS ANGELES TIMES San Francisco APPLE'S iconic chief executive, Mr Steve Jobs, is being dragged towards the heart of a stock-options backdating scandal with potentially indus-try-changing implications, according to analysts. Apple's former chief financial officer (CFO), Mr Fred
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    • 36 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,236.16 (-215.61 points) »Japanese stocks closed down 1.24 per cent as investors fretted over the health of the United States economy and the start of the domestic corporate results season.
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    • 35 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,536.78 (-36.02 points) Hong Kong stocks fell 0.18 per cent on worries that the mainland could see a huge correction if the Chinese government announces further macroeconomic controls.
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    • 31 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,743.96 (+23.43 points) Chinese share prices closed mixed as the Shanghai bourse chalked up yet another record finish while stocks in Shenzhen fell on profit-taking.
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    • 24 45 AFP Tuesday's close: 6,188.2 (-21 points) »The markets were closed yesterday for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Day holiday.
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    • 30 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,315.97 (-1.53 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.12 per cent lower as investors trimmed their positions and took profit ahead of the upcoming holidays.
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      33 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,217.77 (+81.05 points) »Indian stocks rose 0.57 per cent, extending gains for four straight days, after India's central bank left key short-term borrowing rates unchanged the previous day.
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    • 31 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 690.3 (+4.82 points) Thai share prices closed 0.7 per cent higher, against the trend of mixed regional markets, as investors bought banking and property stocks.
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    • 222 45 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,362.68 Allgreen 0.53 1.760 +0.040 Ascendasreit 0.98 2.700 +0.070 CapitaComm 0.56 2.710 +0.020 CapitaLand 5.52 8.450 -0.050 CapitaMall 1.03 3.900 -0.040 Chart SemiCond 0.77 1.430 -0.010 CityDev 3.13 16.200 +0.400 ComiortDelGro 1.64 2.330 -0.070 CoscoCorp 0.94 2.840 +0.050 Creative Tech 0.23 9.250 -0.150 DBSGrp
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    • 53 45 Rowsley 130,372,000 SinoTechfib 80,858,000 AusGroup 71,772,000 Startech 71,661,000 Ascendasreit 55,405,000 Jade Tech 52,168,000 Lian Beng 52,041,000 Ultro Tech 51,103,000 Rowsley WOBlll7 49,537,000 BBRHIdgs 43,624,000 Apr 25 Gen Intl 42,393,000 GKEInt 41,568,000 Freight Links 37,993,000 Digiland 32,590,000 Yangzijiang 31,684,000 Contel 31,428,000 Penguin 29,410,000 Delong 28,688,000 See Hup Seng 28,556,000
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    • 138 45 Apr 25 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2480 1.2630 Ian dollar 1.3420 1.3580 Euro 2.0510 2.0750 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4422 0.4426 4Z dollar 1.1170 1.1410 Sterling pound 3.0130 3.0470 JS dollar 1.5050 1.5220 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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    • 1853 45 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: APR 25. 2007 wwim j t l Hiiai ij.ih cont auma UWiKtNU Ulbl VUlllfofc T8MED SALE </• (jno 72 8 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 68.5 -3.5 204 43 24 9337 Allgrean RBeCWO7O719 32.5 -2 10 24 24 1674 Allgreen RBeCWOJlOlO 24 50 9 3 ArianeCorpW09l229
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    • 604 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Offer is 13% higher than Barclays' and is welcomed by key ABN shareholder London A TRIO of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) proposed a counterbid for ABN Amro yesterday, valuing the Dutch group at 72.1 billion
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    • 276 47 FINANCIAL TIMES Tokyo JAPAN is planning a radical overhaul of cumbersome customs and trade regulations to help boost the competitiveness of the world's second-biggest economy. Despite the strength of its ex-port-driven economic recovery, part of the reason Japan lags behind
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    • 461 48  -  Grace Ng Results get boost from forex gain and maiden GES contribution By A HELPING hand from a newly purchased unit propelled first-quarter net profits at technology firm Venture Corp up 43.3 per cent to $70.7 million. The bumper result for Singapore's biggest
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    • 357 48 GRACE NG CITIBANK has set ambitious targets for its affluent banking unit, with growth targeted at more than 30 per cent over the next three to five years. It wants expansion in both revenues and assets under management, and will also beef up
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 155 48 CAPITACOMMERCIAL Trust (CCT) yesterday reported a 22.7 per cent jump in its distribution per unit (DPD) for the first quarter ended March 31 to 2.11 cents, up from 1.72 cents a year earlier. This result outperformed the 1.92 cents that CCT had forecast last year. At
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      • 78 48 FORELAND Fabritech Holdings, a maker of fabrics for sports, leisure and business apparel, yesterday announced that its initial public offering (IPO), which closed on Tuesday, was 21.6 times subscribed. Key investors who each subscribed to more than 5 per cent of the IPO included 2G
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      • 79 48 LIAN Beng Group yesterday announced that its subsidiary has won two new design-and-build contracts worth a total of $96.3 million. One contract was awarded by UIC Supplies for a proposed 199-unit condominium in Bukit Batok East Avenue 6. The second was awarded by Avenue
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    • 234 49 BLOOMBERG NEWS UNITED Test and Assembly Center (Utac), a provider of computer chip-testing services, reported that first-quarter profit fell 13 per cent because of lower prices for its products. Net income declined to US$lB million (5527.3 million) from US$2O.7 million a year earlier, the
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    • 221 49 Continuing high oil prices helped the local marine and offshore industry make a big splash in the Singapore economy last year. 1 highlights some key points from the Economic I Development Board's I latest review I STRONG DEMAND "A 40 per cent growth in output is
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    • 446 49  -  Lee Su Shyan Survey shows that they want to help firms grow but lack qualified staff By Companies Correspondent A NEW survey has found that chief financial officers (CFOs) now aspire to much more active roles than bean-counting. These CFOs now want
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    • 585 50  -  Joyce Teo Developer benefits from roaring home sales and uptrend in Spore office market By Property Correspondent BOOMING home sales in Singapore have largely sent first-quar-ter net profits at Keppel Land (KepLand) rocketing up 72 per cent to $62.5 million, the company reported
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    • 450 50  -  Aaron Chew By OSIM International's woes have deepened with the lifestyle group reporting a first-quarter loss of $17.3 million. The result is a sharp reverse from the profit of $430,000 recorded in the same period last year, and is far worse than the $9.8
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      • 231 50  -  GOHENGYEOW A DIRECTOR of waste recycler Equation Corp sold 6.6 million shares of the company recently, the second time that he has pared his stake. Shareinvestor.com data shows that Mr Soh Kirn Yong sold 6.6 million shares at 19.5 cents apiece on the open market
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    • 301 50  -  Gabriel Chen TAKING STOCK By INVESTORS turned cautious yesterday as the first results of the earnings season garnered a mixed reaction and sent Singapore shares a tad lower. First on investors' radar screens were SMRT Corp and Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC), which
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    • 348 50  -  Goh Eng Yeow WARRANT WATCH By Markets Correspondent FOREIGN banks are going all out to enable Singapore investors to get a slice of the action when China Citic Bank lists in Hong Kong tomorrow. The public offer by the Chinese bank priced
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    • 501 51 Singapore Terminals unit also clinches 'best container terminal in Asia' accolade PORTS operator PSA International has once again been voted the world's best container terminal operator. This is the third consecutive year it has pipped rivals such as Hong Kong's Hutchison Port
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    • 195 51 ASSOCIATED PRESS »ROSY EARNINGS REPORTS New York THE Dow Jones Industrial Average shot past the 13,000-point level for the first time yesterday as stronger-than-expected earnings reports streamed in. The reports suggest to investors that corporate America is successfully weathering the cooling economy. The
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    • 580 51 By Lee Su Shyan Companies Correspondent DIVIDENDS, or the lack of them, were the main grouse among Genting International shareholders yesterday. About 180 investors and proxies attended yesterday's annual general meeting (AGM), and some also wanted to know why directors' fees had
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      • 590 53  -  June Cheong Two dancers team up to showcase contemporary Indian dance in a festival that is a first of its kind here ARTS REPORTER FLYING the flag for Indian contemporary dance in Singapore can be a lonely business, as dancer Jayanthi Siva found out. She says: "I
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      • 400 53  -  June Cheong WITH a name like Collective Mayhem you'd expect a little chaos when members of this arts collective get together to work. Their mission is to work "towards a new method of collaboration without defined artist roles". Membership in the group is fluid, and different
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      • 385 53  -  Adeline Chia ARTS REPORTER A STRANGE painting is hanging at Trading Craft, a mixed-media exhibition at the Substation Gallery in Armenian Street. The 4m-tall work is a blank slate of white paint with a barely visible painting peeking through under the coat. But the journey to this
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        95 55 1 pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey there then just pick it, man' Singer Justin Timberlake (above) The man for me is now the cherry on the pie, but I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself, even
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      • 988 55  -  Ong Sor Fern Japan's culture of politeness is to blame for the omissions of Yasukuni culturevulture IN HIS essay on aesthetics, In Praise Of Shadows (1933), Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki waxes lyrical about the 100. He writes that "the Japanese toilet truly is a place of
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      • 266 55  -  Adeline Chia ARTS REPORTER WITTY Chinese xiang sheng or cross-talk performances will liven up this year's World Book Fair next month. That's because the fair, now in its 22nd year, will be hosting the finals of three national schools competitions for the
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      • 1982 56  -  Adeline Chia June Cheong For Singaporean artists, participating in the Venice Biennale can boost the value of their works. Life! checks out the four going there in June ARTS REPORTER SCULPTOR Jason Lim is sitting under a massive clay chandelier, a work he is
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      • 873 57  -  Ong Sor Fern The Arts House has succeeded in making money. What it needs is to work on artistic vision viewpoint BY BEAN-COUNTING measures, The Arts House is a success. As the arts venue turns three this year, it can boast a cool $2
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      • 502 57 Reuters, NYT NEW YORK In a Broadway dramatisation, David Frost is grilling Richard Nixon about whether he obstructed justice in the Watergate scandal when Nixon unleashes his greatest laugh line of the night. "Well, when the president does it that means that it is not illegal," says
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    • 636 67 With his brooding good jooks, Bryant Chang is in poje position for box-office blockbusters Brenda Goh MOST men would kill to have Bryant Chang's lean and taut body, but the up-and-coming star is modest about it. In a phone interview from Taipei, the 22-year-old actor said nonchalantly
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    • 333 67 AFP LOS ANGELES Fifty years after her voice charmed America, Edith Piaf (below) is out to woo the United States once more. A critically acclaimed film biography about the tragic French singer's life, La Vie En Rose (The Life In Pink), opens in the US later
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      504 67 Reuters LOS ANGELES Early reviews are good, advance ticket sales are strong and two weeks before its debut, Spider-Man 3 is grabbing headlines around the world, but director Sam Raimi says he can't think of more Spidey movies. "I'm just exhausted, and I need to get away
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    • 673 69  -  Cheong Suk-Wai Diane Ackerman's essays highlight the importance of play, creativity and mind over matter in our lives booksforthesoul AMERICAN essayist and poet Diane Ackerman, 58, has written a total of 16 books to date, and is known best for her studies of nature and the
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    • 501 69 AP SEOUL A new TV soap opera is drawing eyeballs in South Korea with the tear-jerking tale of an eight-year-old girl infected by the virus that causes Aids a disease that still invites more ostracism than sympathy here. The MBC network show, Thank You, has been
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      • 150 71 FRUIT juice, face creams and fat zappers. These are just some of the products that actress Fiona Xie (right) endorses. But while eye candy like Xie and Denise Keller are making big bucks we're talking five-fig-ure sums minimum for each deal for fronting various ad blitzes, companies today
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      • 250 71 Reuters NEW YORK Heather Mills, the estranged wife of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, was voted off the hit American TV show Dancing With The Stars on Tuesday after winning widespread praise for performing with an artificial leg. Mills, 39, and partner Jonathan Roberts made it
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        118 71 AP NEW YORK Melanie Brown (below) has given her baby daughter the surname of ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy. The former Spice Girl gave birth to Angel Iris Murphy Brown on April 3 in Santa Monica, California. She listed Murphy's name on the birth certificate. Brown, 31, said the name
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      • 126 71 AP LOS ANGELES Actress Angelina Jolie has filed court papers to add boyfriend Brad Pitt's last name to that of her newly adopted son, Pax. Jolie, who adopted Pax Thien Jolie from a Vietnamese orphanage in March, filed a petition in a Los Angeles court
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      • 224 71 Reuters LOS ANGELES Film critic Roger Ebert is telling the paparazzi to take all the pictures they want when he appears in public after surgery that has left him temporarily disfigured (below). "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," he said in
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      • 85 71 BALDWIN QUITS: Days after his voice-mail rant at his daughter surfaced, actor Alec Baldwin has severed ties with his long-time talent agency Creative Artists Agency. His publicist said the decision was a "personal matter" and had no link to the media storm sparked by the phone message... COURT DATE:
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    • 403 111 Urban's panel of fairy godmothers and godfathers teach you how to be the belle of the masquerade ball Buy separates While a full-length gown sounds like a good idea for a society gala, you can't quite wear that same dramatic get-up to every other soiree. Boutique owner Natasha
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      645 112 Three frequent party-going celebs tell BRENDA GOH and MELISSA LEE about their favourite themes Actress Yeo Yann Yann (left), 30, at the Life! Theatre Awards on March 19. She won Best Actress for her role as Fanyi, the wife in Thunderstorm Theme: Curse Of The Golden Flower (And
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    • 286 112 D'SIRE 97 Amoy Street, tel: 6323-3350, www.dsire.com.sg Bridal gown designer Dennes Yang has a collection of ready-to-wear gowns and can also customise designs. Price: Off-the-rack gowns range from $588 to $788 and exclusive couture pieces start from $1,600. A customised gown starts from $1,200 FREDERICK LEE BRIDAL 2jalan
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      301 112 Knee-high black boots One of the most versatile costume staples, a pair of boots can be worn with a Catwoman patent jump-suit, a Moulin Rouge ball gown or a biker-chick outfit. Noir patent boots, $99.90, from Mondo, 01-63 Far East Plaza False lashes Luscious lashes dress up any
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      475 115 Skincare never looked and felt this good. With Kenzoki, the extraordinary skincare range by Kenzo, you can expect a heartening attitude to skincare that stays clear of the hype and hoopla of conventional brands. The focus is on the essence of well-being, giving the adage 'beauty from the
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    • 631 116 Reuters Wedding gowns inspired by princesses from its films mark Disney's latest effort to grow its bridal business Walt Disney Co. is looking to grab a bigger piece of the wedding cake and feed its burgeoning Princess business, with a new line of character-inspired bridal gowns aimed at
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      114 117 This column, which runs on the last Thursday of every month, rounds up the best parties and lets you in on who was seen at what do FRUITY FUN: (From left) Comedians Selena Tan and Hossan Leong ham it up at Starbucks' Going Bananas party at Starbucks One
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    • 276 118  -  PRADEEP PAUL Feast your eyes on lush greener/ as you work out Pilates has been a workout option for Singaporeans for some years now. But instead of doing it in the usual Zen-like studios, how about trying it in a park? It is very relaxing to
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    • 236 119 Ah, it's durian season again, and what new dessert concoctions are on offer this year? The Goodwood Park Hotel, which introduced durian madness to the dessert trolley in 1983, has made the pungent fruit go all retro this year. It is offering Durian Wafers ($6.50 per piece
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