The Straits Times, 23 May 2007, Afternoon Edition

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  • 555 1  -  Tham Yuen-C They will study use of technology such as blogs, webcasts for teaching By FIVE schools have been selected to spearhead the use of technology such as blogs, video conferencing and podcasts in classrooms as part of a project that
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  • 702 1  -  Selina Lum SHOOTING OF NIGHTCLUB BOSS By THE High Court yesterday sent gunman Tan Chor Jin to the gallows for last year's fatal shooting of nightclub boss Lim Hock Soon, labelling his actions those of an "assured and accomplished assassin". Justice Tay Yong Kwang found the
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1016 1  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi ON most weekends, New Delhi tycoon Ashwani Khurana steers his Mercedes-Benz limousine to a 109ha property he owns in Manesar, some 35km out west on the highway to Jaipur. Around the
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    • 358 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Boy killed by lorry Asia 6-19 An eight-year-old boy World 20-29 died after he was struck Review 30-32 by a lorry which was PY| ...33 backing into a walkway k to unload goods. SECTION TWO PAGE HI Home Hl-Hl3 F°runi nVo'nio Savin 9 s 'P°re
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  • PRIME
    • 626 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Disbarred in 1994 after graft-related conviction It is first time in over 15 years that a lawyer struck off the rolls has been allowed back into legal folc By Law Correspondent FORMER top crime-buster and public prosecutor Glenn Knight will
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    • 396 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN HE SAT stonefaced throughout yesterday's court hearing. Only afterwards, as several lawyers came up to shake his hand, did Mr Glenn Knight finally smile. Asked what was going through his mind, the 61-year-old said: "I wasn't sure which way the
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    • 600 4 S'pore will proceed with it only if KL, Johor authorities want it to do so, says ministry SINGAPORE has responded to critics of a proposed Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) for the development of south Johor, saying it is happy to
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    • 458 4  -  Paul Zach By Straits Times US Bureau In Washington CHINA'S Vice-Premier Wu Yi told a table filled with many of the United States' top powerbrokers yesterday that letting US politics dictate the two countries' economic and trade policies was "absolutely unacceptable". In
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  • ASIA
    • 881 6  -  Roger Mitton Locals struggle to make ends meet as cost of food, fuel and property leaps By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi THE cost of everything from petrol to pork to property has surged alarmingly in Vietnam as the national economy continues to boom and investment
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    • CHINA
      • 617 9  -  Chua Chin Hon Communist officials also lay groundwork for possible leadership shake-up By China Bureau Chief In Beijing CHINA yesterday earmarked a rising political star from Shanghai as a potential new mayor for capital Beijing, and laid the groundwork for a further leadership
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      • 239 9 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Danyang (Jiangsu) [N A NEW blow to China's international image for food and drug safety, tainted toothpaste from China has been removed from stores in Latin America the past week. The Chinese authorities are now investigating whether
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      • 215 9 REUTERS Beijing CHINA yesterday announced plans to strength--3n domestic food safety, while a European Union official said Beijing faces a global challenge to maintain confidence in its products following i series of health scares. China's State Food and Drug Administration would take
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      • 500 10 REUTERS His move follows Chen government's relabelling of Chiang monument Taipei TAIWAN'S main opposition party is taking its message to the capital's streets, renaming a prominent plaza to take a jab at scandal-tainted President Chen Shui-bian. In the latest of a string of
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      • 141 10 A DIRECTIVE by a local Taiwan education bureau to stop calling school podiums used for the flag-raising ceremony "Commander's Podiums" has come under fire in Kaohsiung, the Taipei Times reported. "Why doesn't (the bureau) spend more time thinking about how many pupils cannot
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      • 201 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA'S environmental woes have worsened this year with increasingly polluted rivers and lakes causing a sharp drop in the quality of drinking water, said a government report published yesterday. China's leaders have called repeatedly on government and industry around the country to
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 463 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS This will be its third theme park in Asia; one is up and running in Osaka, another will open in Sentosa in 2010 Seoul COME 2012, Asia will have its third Universal Studios theme park in South Korea after Japan
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      • 166 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Seoul HYUNDAI Motor chairman Chung Mong Koo, appealing against an embezzlement conviction and prison sentence, yesterday reaffirmed his promise to donate 1 trillion won (551.65 billion) worth of personal assets to society. Chung, who made the pledge last year as part
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      • 44 11 Sunflowers are in full bloom in 7 1 J, the heart OJ 1 OkyO S Uinza shopping district, drawing children and adults alike to pose for pictures. The 4,000 blooms planted in the city mark the start of summer. PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • 213 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Shanghai TWO South Korean students were electrocuted in Shanghai after falling into a faulty fountain, media reported yesterday. The Shanghai Daily and other newspapers said the accident was apparently caused by electricity escaping from the fountain's electrical rig, which powers lights beneath
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      • 437 12 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Move designed to counter rising security threats in Asia-Pacific Tokyo THE United States and Japan plan to study a joint missile defence system with Australia to counter growing threats in the Asia-Pacific, a Tokyo government source said yesterday.
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      • 288 12 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo COMIC books are not just for laughs in Japan, whose government yesterday announced an international award to promote the art and with it, they hope, the country. Japan has set up a "Nobel prize" for foreign manga comic artists
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
      • 189 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi ONE of the most-feared gangsters in the Indian underworld, Abu Salem, was placed in police remand for a week by a Delhi court yesterday, in connection with a number of extortion cases. He was surrounded by at least 50 police
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      • 363 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSQUE BOMBING Police in Hyderabad warned against arresting innocent Muslims while probing attack Hyderabad ISLAMIC groups have warned police in southern India of a violent backlash if they arrested innocent Muslims while investigating the bombing of a mosque in Hyderabad that killed 11
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      • 177 13 Islamabad PAKISTAN'S Tourism Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar, who was in Singapore recently to promote her country, has resigned, after hardline Islamic clerics accused her of obscenity for hugging her para-jumping instructor in France. But Ms Bakhtiar, 45, dismissed speculation that she was asked to quit by Prime
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      • 661 14  -  Ravi Velloor Groups backed by state's ruling party demand closure of one seel By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA's northern state of Punjab shut down yesterday as Sikh groups demanded the closure of a rival sect, stoking fears that the sensitive
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      • 149 14 BLOOMBERG Islamabad CLERICS have released two police officers being held at a mosque in Islamabad, ending a standoff with security forces. "The Red Mosque clerics have released all the policemen they had taken hostage from outside their seminaries," said Mr Tariq Azeem, the
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      • 696 15  -  Devi Asmarani INDONESIAN GRAFT TRIAL Claims by ex-minister now on trial may implicate top politicians, including President By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta A GRAFT scandal involving the use of illegal funds by a former Cabinet minister has opened up a can of worms that
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      • 336 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta INDONESIA and China are set to start talks on an extradition treaty. "Indonesia and China will begin exchanging information on both countries' regulations...and will start initial discussions at the end of June," an Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry official
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      • 586 16  -  Alastair Mclndoe Voters no longer enamoured of screen, TV and sport stars eyeing seats in government By Philippines Correspondent In Manila CELEBRITY candidates who ran in last week's midterm elections in the Philippines are getting a drubbing a sign that the nation's
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      • 454 17 HE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Jakarta AN INDONESIAN consumer group is concerned that meat illegally imported from India is readily available in Batam and other areas in the Riau Islands province. Mr Asron Lubis, secretary of the Batam office of the Consumer Institution
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      • 548 17 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Minister backs idea for mega-yacht marina reportedly inspired by Bill Gates Bangkok THAILAND'S Tourism and Sports Minister has welcomed the idea of building a manmade island off the coast of Phuket to provide an exclusive mooring for billionaires' yachts.
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 761 18  -  Cheong Suk-Wai Smart card for speedy immigration clearance among priorities: KL envoy By Assistant Foreign Editor HASSLE-FREE travel between Singapore and south-west Johor will be the core concern of the new joint ministerial committee which Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and
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      • 337 18 Kuala Lumpur THE lucrative air route between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore is unlikely to open up before the Asean deadline set for the end of next year, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister said yesterday. Datuk Sen Naiib Tun Razak said there
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      • 219 18 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat hopes and prays that one day, a ChineseMuslim will hold an important post in the party. He was reported by Malay-language daily Utusan Malaysia yesterday as saying that
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      • 623 19  -  Carolyn Hong Chinese press has social and cultural role in community, says Sarawak timber tycoon By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur SARAWAK timber tycoon Tiong Hiew King has said that the merger of his three Chinese-lan-guage publishing groups into one is
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      • 247 19 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur THE competition for eyeballs is hotting up, with two new financial newspapers hitting the streets this month but there are doubts that either daily will make much money or threaten profits in the English-language press. Nexnews,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 25 6 Stars lose their sparkle Philippine celebrities such as actor Cesar Montano are faring poorly in the vote count for May 14's midterm polls. PAGE 16
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  • WORLD
    • 678 20 NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Chinese to get insight into US lawmakers' minds regarding trade Washington THE visiting Chinese Cabinet members this week have the chance to look into the mouth of the tiger on Capitol Hill, a body that currently seems
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    • 466 21  -  Paul Zach ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Pacts to boost US exports to China show progress in trade relations By Straits Times US Bureau In Washington THE US and China have agreed to boost America's exports to the Asian giant, a move hailed
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    • 362 21  -  PAUL ZACH Washington FORMER US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, one of the architects of detente with China 35 years ago, yesterday urged both sides to show the world how superpowers can resolve their economic differences peacefully. "Our two countries
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    • 202 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington MANY US groups say the gross undervaluation of the yuan is driving America's US$233 billion (***** billion) trade deficit with China by damaging US exports. But the American business community remains divided on the issue. The US-China Business
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    • 757 22  -  Jonathan Eyal Attacks on Hamas are intended to help Abbas' moderate Fatah By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London ISRAELI jets are continuing to pound Palestinian targets inside the Gaza strip in response to rocket attacks on Israel's towns. But to all
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    • 433 23  -  Abraham Rabinovich ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS By In Jerusalem ISRAEL has pledged to issue a harsh response after one of its citizens died in a Palestinian rocket attack on Monday night, the first Israeli fatality in the
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    • 445 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Nahr al-Bared (Lebanon) ISLAMIST guerillas who have been locked in three days of ferocious gunbattles with Lebanese troops said yesterday they would observe a unilateral ceasefire amid mounting concern over civilians caught up in the conflict. "We have announced through the media
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    • 672 24  -  Jeremy Au Yong Opportunities for S'pore companies willing to work hard, says minister By In Tripoli FOR Singapore companies willing to go the distance, Libya presents a golden opportunity, Foreign Minister George Yeo has indicated. Wrapping up his four-day visit to
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    • 569 26 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE It seeks extradition of murder suspect, but faces rejection from Moscow London BRITISH prosecutors yesterday accused a former KGB agent of murdering dissident Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium, and sought his extradition, throwing London and Moscow onto a diplomatic
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    • 366 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS Teheran IRAN increased petrol prices by a whopping 25 per cent yesterday and said it will begin rationing in two weeks, in a move likely to increase public dissatisfaction with the government of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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    • 464 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS US officials will recommend names after consulting other countries Washington PRESIDENT George W. Bush wants an American to run the World Bank, the White House has said, dismissing speculation that he might drop the tradition of having a US citizen
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    • 337 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim says his political foes are trying to portray him as an "American agent" because of his friendly ties with scandal-plagued World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz. Ruling party politicians and govern-ment-linked media have demanded in
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 328 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS AN IRANIAN photographer who was anonymously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1980 because of concerns about his safety has been publicly honoured at a ceremony for this year's winners. The identity of Mr Jahangir Razmi, whose photo showed 11 blindfolded men before a
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      • 114 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROMANIAN President Traian Basescu (right) has apologised for calling a journalist a "stinky gypsy" during a conversation recorded on the reporter's cellphone and broadcast on local television. Mr Basescu was approached by the journalist, Ms Andreea Pana, in a Bucharest supermarket on Saturday
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      • 157 29 REUTERS A NINE-YEAR-OLD German girl was so upset about having to tidy her room that she put up a sign in her window urging passers-by to call police for help. Pedestrians in the central city of Braunschweig saw the girl crying in
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      • 146 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAKORN Yangkhiawsod, one of Thailand's last great puppeteers and a world-renowned guardian of the traditional art form, has died peacefully at age 85, doctors said yesterday. Mr Sakorn, the founder of the Joe Louis Puppet Theatre, the only troupe of theatrical puppeteers still
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  • REVIEW
    • 443 30 THE United States and China kicked off their latest Economic Strategic Dialogue in Washington yesterday. These dialogues are meant to focus on strategic issues. But more often than not, they are occasions for the US side, reacting to domestic political pressures, to badger the Chinese on their
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    • 1481 30  -  Engseng Ho ASIAN-ARABIAN RELATIONSHIP By For The Straits Times ACROSS the Indian Ocean in the Malay archipelago, the Persian Gulf, the Malabar coast of India ports have always competed for the custom of foreign merchants. Arabs, Persians, Armenians, Jews, Jains, Ismailis, Cutchis, Sidhis, Guiaratis,
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    • 625 30  -  Thomas I. Palley »JAPAN'S INTEREST RATE POLICY By OVER the past several years, much attention has focused on the role of China's trade surplus in creating today's global financial imbalances. But too little attention has been paid to the role of Japan's policy of
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    • 897 31  -  Michael Richardson CHINA-SUDAN TIES By For The Straits Times SUDAN, Africa's biggest country by land area, is a long way from China. Yet in the past decade, the two nations have developed a remarkably cosy relationship. It is founded on major Chinese commercial interests in the
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    • 826 32  -  Tom Blackburn ►> CERBERUS' BUYOUT OF CHRYSLER By WHEN Daimler-Benz merged with Chrysler in 1998,1 quipped that I had gone to bed a Dodge owner and awakened with a Mercedes. Dodge and I had a parting of the ways, so I am not looking
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    • 24 30 Chrysler's takeover If Daimler, which makes the Mercedes, could not make Chrysler work, how is Cerberus, an automotive virgin, going to? PAGE 32 PUNCHLINES
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  • HOME
    • 619 35  -  Tracy Sua Teh Joo Lin 8-year-old fatalh hit on walkway while heading home with aunt By A TRUCK reversing onto a pedestrian walkway ran over an eight-year-old boy yesterday, killing him as he walked home from school. Jadon Sim, described by his form teacher as
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    • 1121 36 WIDOW OF ONE-EYED DRAGON'S VICTIM MADAM KOK (right, at husband's funeral) recalling the moment she heard the fatal shots Widow of murder victim Lim Hock Soon, who was in court to see Tan Chor Jin sentenced to death, talks to Tanya Fong
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    • 413 37  -  Christopher Tan »CTE TUNNEL CEILING SLAB COLLAPSE More frequent checks, electrochemical treatment for tunnels under waterways By Senior Correspondent CENTRAL Expressway (CTE) tunnels will now be inspected more closely and frequently, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said yesterday two weeks after a concrete slab the
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    • 141 37 ANTI-SMOKING campaigns have come, gone and evolved since 1979. In the latest campaign to encourage smokers to quit, the Health Promotion Board (HPB) has moved from a hard-hitting to a "sharing" approach. The newest drive, which will run till World No Tobacco Day on May
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    • 360 37  -  SUMATHI V. Selvaretnam By THIS year's President's Challenge charity drive will have the biggest launch in its history next Tuesday it is expected to draw more than 10,000 people. The launch will be held together with the Singapore Turf Club's biannual public carnival, "Fun For
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    • 631 38  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Criminal lawyers' group says it had no business to be present at High Court hearing on disciplinary issue By Law Correspondent THE Law Society got itself involved in a High Court hearing over a disciplinary issue
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    • INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIODIVERSITY
      • 456 39  -  T. Rajan Top diplomat getting Zoo's help to save monkey and squirrel unique to Singapore By VETERAN diplomat Tommy Koh has a new mission to bring two species unique to Singapore wildlife back from the brink of extinction. With the help of the
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      • 393 39  -  Melissa Tan By STILL trying to find Nemo? Sentosa's Underwater World may not be able to help you there, but it can now tell visitors the name of that fish swimming by, and its species, too. About 20 fish in its Living
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    • 587 41  -  Li Xueying They have helped in understanding specific challenges and dealing with them candidly By SELF-HELP ethnic groups have enabled each community to tackle their specific challenges without raising racial and religious sensitivities, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. He noted that
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    • CASE FILE
      • 91 42 FIREMEN took about 15 minutes to put out a fire that broke out early yesterday morning in the bedroom of a 15th-storey flat at Block 660C, Jurong West Street 64. Firefighters from the Singapore Civil Defence Force, alerted at about 1.45am, arrived within four minutes.
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      • 115 42 VIETAL items worth about $35,000 were stolen over the past month. One theft took place at a vacant warehouse along Chin Bee Avenue. Fhe transformer and switch room was found ransacked on Monday. Electri:al cables, wires and components were missing. They were worth $20,000. Another theft
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      • 129 42 A PORK seller was jailed for 12 months yesterday after pleading guilty to slashing a rival butcher and his assistant with a knife at the Kovan Wet Market. NgKhai Thong, 51, attacked Mr Ang Eng Guan, 56, and Mr Tan Kha Siew, 64, at about 5.15am
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      • 128 42 A. PAKISTANI tourist was jailed for three weeks yesterday for using criminal force on a Singapore Airlines stewardess, and threatening her and two of tier colleagues. Iqbal Zafar, 23, was on an SIA flight on Sunday when he flicked his fingers at the nose of Ms
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    • TEEN TROUBLE
      • 450 42  -  Chong Chee Kin They are being probed for offences done pending court appearance By THEY had the chance to escape stiff punishment, but they blew it. Two of the three teenagers who broke into the Isetan Scotts department store in Shaw House earlier this
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      • 371 42  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent A 15-YEAR-OLD girl was charged in the Juvenile Court yesterday with kidnapping a four-month-old baby girl from a Woodlands flat last Saturday. The schoolgirl is alleged to have taken the infant from her 20-year-old mother at about 9.30pm that day.
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    • 298 42  -  Khushwant Singh MASSAGE PARLOUR MURDER By THERE were emotional scenes in court yesterday when a food stall owner was ordered to stand trial for the murder of a masseuse at an Ang Mo Kio massage parlour last year. When the charge was
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    • 276 42  -  Magdalen Ng By SECONDARY 4 student Siti Azura Mohamed Fun wanted to donate blood but her mother was hesitant. "However, when I asked her how she would feel if she was undergoing surgery and we couldn't find blood for the operation, she
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    • PARLIAMENT
      • 686 44  -  Serene Luo Some building owners would rather not have free wireless Net service on premises By LANDLORDS and building owners are the main stumbling blocks in the Government's effort to provide wireless Internet access in public areas such as libraries, shopping malls and sports centres.
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      • 457 44  -  Zakir Hussain By THOSE who forge and misuse Singapore passports may soon face stiffer penalties under a new law introduced in Parliament on Monday. When the Passports Bill is passed, the authorities will have more scope to combat identity fraud involving the
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      • 315 44  -  Lynn Lee By PARLIAMENT yesterday approved a new formula by which the monthly salary and annual bonuses of the Speaker will be set. With the change, the Speaker of Parliament, a post currently held by Mr Abdullah Tarmu- gi, will be paid $38,790
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      • 431 44  -  Lee Su Shyan By SOME concerns were raised in Parliament yesterday over a new system, starting July 1, designed to make life easier for businesses that pay goods and services tax (GST). The new system allows GST taxpayers to get an advance ruling
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      • 148 44  -  LIAW WY-CIN THE Ministry of National Development (MND) will work with the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) to review housing options for the elderly poor. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said in a written response to a question filed by Mr
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      • 637 45  -  Ken Kwek Fines increased, new offences added and inspectors' powers beefed up By STIFFER penalties will be slapped on employers who hire illegal foreign workers, under a new law passed yesterday. They will, among others, be fined up to $15,000 for each illegal
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      • 387 45  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN EYECARE professionals will soon have to be registered and regulated if a proposed law is approved. The Optometrists and Opticians Bill was one of seven Bills introduced in Parliament on Monday. Under the proposed law, optometrists and opticians will have to
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      • QUICK NEWS
        • 204 45 THE Minister for Finance will decide which type of investments public money will be directed into, a role that had been carried out by the President. The change was proposed in the second reading of the Financial Procedure (Amendment) Bill yesterday. The change
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        • 143 45 TRAINING courses to give teachers and counsellors the skills to help students with psychotic disorders were introduced this year in secondary schools, junior colleges and centralised institutes. Of the 7,155 cases of schizophrenia, the most common form of psychosis, only 31 were
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        • 118 45 BULLYING in school is uncommon in Singapore, according to Ministry of Education figures. In 2005, there was an average of 3.4 such incidents for every 1,000 pupils in primary and secondary schools. The following year, it crept up to 3.7 per 1,000 pupils. "I
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      • 277 45  -  KEITH LIN THE Building Control Act will be amended to raise safety standards laid down for construction sites. Many of the proposed changes will be based on recommendations by the Joint Review Committee on Construction Safety and the committee of inquiry set up in
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    • 364 46  -  Maria Almenoar Students put in extra hours to earn specialist diploma or certificate By SINGAPORE Polytechnic student Loh Jia Hui spent about 12 extra hours a week as part of the school's Diploma Plus programme a decision she believes will serve her well.
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    • 758 46  -  Ho Ai Li »PRE-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR By IN this information age, students joining the workforce are likely to have many careers, making it hard for them to be trained for specific jobs. Indeed, some future jobs are yet to exist. The question then is, how
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    • 460 47 Five schools have been designated the first FutureSchools@Singapore, to pioneer the use of technology in education. Here are some of the projects they plan to introduce Beacon Primary School Virtual-reality labs Labs will be set up where students can explore three-dimensional environments, using
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 76 47 MINISTER for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang is in Jakarta today for the ninth Conference of Asean Ministers Responsible for Information. The conference theme is Staying Connected to Advance a Caring and Sharing Community through the Media". While there, Dr Lee will
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      • 55 47 A SINGAPORE Civil Defence Force emergency exercise will be held at the Level 1 Atrium of Compass Point shopping centre in Sengkang tomorrow from 6am to Bam. Roads leading to the shopping centre will not be affected but there will be movement of emergency appliances
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      • 125 47 THIS weekend's Zaobao Culture Forum on "A Rising China, An Emerging Generation" has been postponed because Ms Hung Huang, one of the two speakers, is unable to make the trip here due to urgent family matters. Registration fees will be refunded. Two other seminars will be held
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      • 43 47 THE inaugural Singapore International Science Challenge opened on Monday. A total of 166 participants from more than 10 countries are taking part. The event, which ends on Friday, is co-organised by National Junior College (NJC) and the Ministry of Education.
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      • 50 47 SOME 24 scientists and meteorologists from Asean are in Singapore for a workshop on climate forecasting and its applications. It is organised by the US-based International Research Institute for Climate and Society and the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre. The workshop, which started on Monday, ends next Wednesday.
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    • 109 48 A GIVING PEOPLE, A CARING NATION So many are helped when you reach out! LAUNCH OF PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE 2007 v FUN FOR ALL UNDER THE STARS AT THE SINGAPORE RACECOURSE ON 29 MAY 2007 WITH PRESIDENT S R NATHAN <V OUT f^^ I CARNIVAL SINGAPORE STARTS AT SPM CONCERT BEGINS
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  • FORUM
    • 236 49  -  Goh Kian Huat WOMAN KILLED BY FALLING TREE I REFER to the report, "Help for family of woman felled by tree" (ST, May 18). Madam Ho Siew Lan, 43, was unexpectedly killed by a falling tree. As a dental assistant, she took home
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    • 172 49  -  Richard Goh Chee Kok I REFER to the accident at Bukit Batok Nature Park. According to a National Parks Board (NParks) official, the Albizia tree which fell on Madam Ho Siew Lan was checked subsequently and found to be in good health. The
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    • 234 49  -  Chan Zee Hong FOR the past few years since balloting on National Day Parade (NDP) tickets was implemented, I have tried the ballot on tickets without success. With the size of the colourful seating gallery at Marina Bay and the population to eventually
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    • 357 49  -  Chow Choon Kit I REFER to the article, "Solving hit-and-run cases: Eyewitnesses play crucial role" (The Sunday Times, May 20). I was the victim of a hit-and-run incident on March 17 while driving along the PanIsland Expressway (PIE) towards Tuas. Although there
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    • 389 49  -  Telma Gomez (Mdm) IT IS time SBS Transit and SMRT reviewed their system of retaining students' ez-link cards. Recently, my son faced such a situation again, but unlike previous cases when there was a warning beep and alert message, there was no beep at
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    • 321 49  -  Col Benedict Lim I REFER to the letter, "Memorial to NSmen who die while on duty" (ST, May 16), by Mr Lim Chong Leong. We thank Mr Lim for his concern for national servicemen who lose their lives while serving the nation
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    • 419 49  -  Edmond Lee I REFER to the letter, "Movements of STI put warrants suspicious"(ST, May 21), by Mr Tjioe Tjiong Lip regarding prices of put warrants not moving in tandem with the Straits Times Index (STI). Mr Tjioe cited by way of
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    • 79 49 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. The re-employed should not block career prospects of serving employees Nothing wrong in naming hospital after Khoo Teck Puat Why Spore should take bigger steps to sustain the environs Many investors go into warrants
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      • 741 51  -  ABDUL HAFIZ Today's final pits the two most-successful European Cup teams after nine-time champions Real Madrid. To match AC Milan's record of six titles, Liverpool must beat a better footballing side and also the Italians' thirst for revenge. The memory of Istanbul 2005, when Liverpool came
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      • 1168 51  -  Rob Hughes Maldini will play despite pain, as Milan seek revenge for loss in Istanbul By In Athens THE players of AC Milan and Liverpool are ready for Act II of their serial. Paolo Maldini, his family steeped in 44 years of
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      • 251 51 GORDON FARQUHAR, BBC Sports news correspondent "Milan are clearly the team with the better form. Kaka is arguably the best player, given his flair and talent. He's dangerous simply because it's so difficult to predict his play. "As for Liverpool, Steven Gerrard is
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      • 761 52 Mascherano's task in the final is simple but crucial: Stop the charismatic Kaka Athens ON THE day he turned 21, Javier Vlascherano came of age. "Jefecito" Little Chief- was giv--3n the job of marking Brazil's Ronaldmho in a World Cup qualifier. Stop the world's
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      • 352 52 Athens AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti has accused Steven Gerrard of talking rubbish ahead of today's showdown. The Liverpool captain claimed that the Italians were celebrating victory at half-time in the 2005 final, as they led the Reds 3-0. But Ancelotti hit back, telling The
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      • 401 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Athens AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti has decided who will partner Kaka in attack for today's Champions League final with Liverpool. But he refused to say whether he prefers the experience of Fillipo Inzaghi to the youth of Alberto
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      • 583 52 Athens LIVERPOOL striker Peter Crouch has urged his manager to pick him from the start against AC Milan today. He is the Reds' top scorer in the Champions League this season with six goals. The two-metre tall player also believes
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      • 472 53  -  Alvin Foo Liverpool fans, from all over the world, are set to outnumber their Milan rivals by 3 to 1 By In Athens YOU'LL never walk alone, especially if you're a Liverpool fan in Athens this week. For your fellow Koppites have gathered in
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      • 955 53  -  Irene Hoe By In Athens INSANITY must run in my veins. How else can I explain how I decided to try getting on an overbooked flight to Athens for the Champions League final, with no match ticket in hand, and no reservations in
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      • 380 53  -  Terrence Voon By THEY arrived in Athens without tickets, but with plenty of hope. Sadly, it may not be enough for a group of Liverpool fans from Singapore. About 20 members of the East of Anfield Liverpool Supporters Club made the 9,000km
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      • 581 53  -  Dennis Chan Deputy Money Editor In Athens IT WAS 3am, and I was wide awake. My body clock was telling me it is still 9am Singapore time. So here I was, banging away on the laptop, trying to compose my equivalent of
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    • 581 54  -  Leonard Lim AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOTOR RACING Room rates will be private-sector driven, as hotels start taking advance bookings By THE Singapore Tourism Board said yesterday that hotel room rates during the Formula One race period would be private-sector driven. In doing so, it
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    • 772 54  -  Chia Han Keong »IN THE HOOP By HE IS the star everyone wants to see in the National Basketball Association Finals. The fans want him for his entertainment value, the league wants him to hype up viewership ratings, and the city of Cleveland wants
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    • 421 54  -  Auburn Hills (Michigan) ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL LEBRON James tried to be unselfish, but it backfired on him on Monday. Down three points with s.9sec left in Game One of the National Basketball Association Eastern Conference final, the Cleveland Cavaliers star drove towards the basket. Despite facing two
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    • 226 54 SOCCER London CHELSEA flop Andriy Shevchenko has accused Chelsea of not supporting him enough this season. The £31 million (Ss94 million) striker has vowed to rediscover his form next season, despite speculation that he will be sold to AC Milan for a cut-price deal. However,
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
      • 57 54 LONDON: Arsene Wenger may take England striker Michael Owen to Arsenal, as he is not certain captain Thierry Henry will remain at the club. The Newcastle Evening Chronicle claimed that Wenger asked Newcastle whether they were intending to partner Owen with Obafemi Martins next season. Wenger
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      • 55 54 LONDON: Sheffield United appointed ex-England captain Bryan Robson as manager as they seek promotion back to the English Premier League at the first attempt. The 50-year-old, who has not coached since leaving West Bromwich Albion by mutual consent in September, signed a three- year contract
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      • 78 54 RIO DE JANEIRO: Romario has scored his I,OOOth career goal according to his personal count. He converted a 48th-minute penalty in Vasco da Gama's 3-1 victory last Sunday over Sport of Recife in the second round of the Brazilian national championship. But his feat is not
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    • 486 55 BEACH VOLLEYBALL It is as much about athleticism, as the World Tour's S'pore stop aims to show By Hoe Pei Shan Carissa Kang WOMEN in bikinis and men ogling that is all beach volleyball spells to some people. This week's Singapore
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 53 55 TAMPINES Rovers lost 0-3 to Thai side Osotspa M-150 FC in an AFC Cup group soccer match in Bangkok yesterday. A second half hat-trick by Apipoo Suntornpanavej handed the Thais their three points. Despite the loss, the Singapore side still qualified for the quarter-finals as
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      • 66 55 SINGAPORE table tennis player Cai Xiaoli advanced into the men's singles first round of the World Championships yesterday. In the qualifiers, he beat Kosovo's Milot Makolli 11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-1 in his first match, before defeating Toni Soine of Finland 11-8, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5.
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      • 54 55 REUTERS CHICAGO: Tiger Woods may not defend his Buick Open title next month, owing to the impending arrival of his first child. The world No l's Swedish wife Elin is expected to give birth in early July, while the Buick Open takes place from June
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      • 83 55 CALIFORNIA: Two scien tists have dismissed allegations that Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, who is challenging his doping accusations, may have used testosterone to boost his endurance. John K. Amory, an expert in testosterone therapy at the University of Washington, said he found a French
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      • 54 55 BEIJING: The World Taekwondo Federation's advisory board will discuss punishment for a South Korean coach who lost his temper at the World Championships. Angered by a judge's decision, coach Wang Kwang Yim rushed into the arena, yelled at the judges and made an obscene gesture
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    • 180 55 BOXING New York FORMER heavyweight champion George Foreman claims in his new book that he was secretly drugged, before being knocked out by Muhammad Ali in 1974. In his book "God in My Corner", he wrote that he was given a cup of strange-tasting water
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    • 275 55 BASEBALL MLB: Cleveland 5 Seattle 2, NY Yankees 6 Boston 2, Cincinnati 8 Washington 7, Texas 14 Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 8 Oakland 5, Arizona 6 Colorado 5, Milwaukee 9 LA Dodgers 5, San Francisco 4 Houston 0. BASKETBALL NBA play-offs, Eastern Conference finals: Detroit 79 Cleveland 76
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  • Page 51 Miscellaneous
    • 22 51 Leßron struggles Cleveland star held to 10 points by the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association's Eastern Conference finals. PAGE H2l
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  • OBITUARIES
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      134 55 BENITO MARIAN Age: 71 years Passed away peacefully on Monday 21 May 2007, leaving behind loved ones. In Australia: Justus (brother) Charmaine (niece), Gavin van Rooyen (nephew), Ashley (grandniece), Jesse (grandnephew) In UK: Clement (brother), Josephine (sister-in-law) Michelle (niece) At this time of loss and mourning, Benito's deceased family members
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      50 55 W The Family of the Late IB FOO GEE KIONG Departed on 18 May 2007 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind I assistance, attendance, condolences, I L wreaths and donations during j mk. their recent bereavement. .^8
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      58 55 AL-FATIHAH Allahyarhamha HJH DAIEYAH BINTIABDAN passed away peacefully on 18.5.2007 The family of the late beloved Hjh Daieyah Binti Abdan wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends for their kind attendance prayers during their recent bereavement. Haji Mohd Salleh Bin Haji Noor Family Blk 151 Bedok
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      24 55 In Loving Memory of CLEMENT NGWIN Departed: 23/5/85 Death is a phase towards life everlasting. Always cherished by cousins, aunts, uncles i grandma m
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      65 55 li*, ever-uvln-g Mew-tory of our beloved son, mm CLEMENT NG WIN 26 August 1974 23 May 1985 nearest soia,, We wat<vt you to tei<w>w we tluxUe of you. &o often* eveiA- i\n, the busiest of tiwie. we wnn-t you. to lecww No o*^e could tatee your i>Laoe Because you. kvieaKi
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      16 55 9th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of NG YAM PENG Departed 23/5/98 Always remembered by loved ones
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      25 55 9th Anniversary In Ever Loving Memory Of ifcjMf TAN WEI ZHU 21.12.90-23.5.98 Pri 2.2,1998 ACS (Junior) Dearly missed by Papa, Mummy and all loved ones.
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      37 55 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Assoc Professor Benjamin Ong (Chairman, Medical Board, NUH) Family on the passing of his beloved father ONG KIM SIONG on 22 May 2007 From: Board, Management Staff of National Healthcare Group
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      48 55 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Assoc Professor Benjamin Ong (Chairman, Medical Board, NUH) Family on the passing of his beloved father ONG KIM SIONG on 22 May 2007 From: CEO, Management Staff of NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL and Dean Staff of YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NUS
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      37 55 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Assoc Professor Benjamin Ong (Chairman, Medical Board, NUH) Family on the demise of his beloved father ONG KIM SIONG on 22 May 2007 From: Staff of Cardiac Department National University Hospital
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      43 55 In Everloving Memory Of ONG SING PANG Departed 23/05/1998 Every day, in some small way Memories of you come our way. Though absent, you are ever near, Still missed, still loved, and ever dear. Dearly missed and always remembered by The Ong Family
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      58 56 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of SINNIAH SOUNDRAVALLI Departed: 26.5.2004 Just a token of love's devotion That our hearts still long for you. Sadly always remembered by Mother: Mdm Muniammal Husband: Ramachandran Daughter: Tamilarasi Grandson: Vinod Raj loved ones. Prayers will be held on 23.5.2007 at 7.30pm at Sri Slvan
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      47 56 2ND ANNIVERSARY PATRICK WILLIAM LIM Departed on 23.5.2005 Time takes away the edge of grief but memory turns back every leaf Sadly missed always remembered by Wife: Shirley Sylvia Jambu Mother: Joyce Pereira Son: Daniel James Lim Daughter: Alison Ann Dawson Son-in-law: John Dawson and loved ones.
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      23 56 PICHAI S/O RAMAVANDAYAR AGE: 83 passed away peacefully on 22.05.2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by: Wife, Sons, Daughters-in-law, Daughters, Sons-in-law, Grandsons Granddaughters.
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      296 56 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:1 6 ONG KIM SIONG Age: 78 years Was called home to be with the Lord on 22 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      68 56 We would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the late WAYNE (THUNDER) SEAH A true friend and rock star, who will be remembered for his big smile, gentle ways and rock n roll spirit. Wayne, you will be missed and we all hope
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      70 56 D. LAKSHMANAN (RAJU) Age: 55 years With God: 22/05/07 Leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Suppamal Ramiah Daughters: L. Dharshini and L. Gayathrie Father: Mother: (S. Danapal, deceased) (S. Danaletchmi, deceased) Sister: Brothers: D. Jayalakshumi D. Krishnamoorthi (Joe) D. Radhakrishnan Mother-in-law: Marimuthamal brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, all relatives friends here and
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      117 56 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.' Psalm 23 WAYNE SEAH YU MING Age: 29 passed away peacefully on 21 May '07. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father: Barney Seah Ban Hee
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      59 56 Bp® sth Anniversary I If J« loving memory of fjtl JEOWHOONENG Born 1930 Departed 23 May 2002 We grieve that you are gone, But smile at the memories. You meant more to us Than we have shown. In our hearts, You will always remain. k WE MISS YOU. |l Js
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      260 56 f AL-FATEHAH ISZ SAZLI BIN SAPARI 23 MAY 1987 11 MAY 2007 WE SAPARI, ZALINAH, NUR ANISZAH NUR AINA HUMBLY LIKE TO CONVEY OUR APPRECIATION TO: Mr Teo Chee Hean Minister for Defence Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mayor of North East
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      157 56 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Tim 4:7 "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." Psalm
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      135 56 'Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of The Lord forever.' Psalm 23:6 WmMM LILY ONG SIEW WAH Age: 72 passed away peacefully on 21 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sister-in-law Mrs
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      52 56 Dr Cheng Li Choon MBBCh(lrel), BAO, FRCSEd, FRCSI 16 June 1965 23 May 1997 The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms' Deut. 33:27 Choon, missing you very much Simone, Cameron, Mum Siew Chin, Dad Wei Chen, Mama Rosalind, Li Chang, Angeline, Eugene, Madeline and all
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  • Page 55 Miscellaneous
    • 84 55 TV times BASKETBALL: NBA Western Conference Finals, Game 2: Utah v San Antonio (Live, Ch23, 9am). SOCCER: AFC Champions League: Urawa Red Diamonds v Sydney FC (Live, Ch24, 6.30pm). Uefa Champions League Final: AC Milan v Liverpool (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2am). Events HOCKEY: SHF League, Men's Premier: Police v SHF
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  • MONEY
    • SGX SECURITIES
      • 5822 57 TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 22, 2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 3.5 16 102 40.5 25 36.5 14 17 134 31.5 17.5 11.5 15.5 18 13^5 30 13 144 192 16 SO 7.5 107 40 13.5 184 53.5 35 277 18.5 48
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      • 1600 57 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY IRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MIL 21.5 26 54.2 81 71. 5 8.5 28.5 13.5 16.5 IOC 11 12 11.5 55 42.5 18C 48 19.5 12 30.5 88.5 52 18.5 21.5 24.5 79.5 18 28.5 9.5 13 88 4.5 43 5 16.5 46
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      • 59 57 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0R■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW NEI P/E M CAP SMIL ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 ISDJUSTech 6097 ISMSCISpore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 3640 2382 6235 STIETF1OO 3627.1 2360.9 6236 STIETFIOPV US119xd US*****
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    • 448 58 BLOOMBERG NEWS The deadline for final offers from three potential bidders is July 2 Milan THE Italian government may sell its entire stake in Alitalia, the state-controlled airline, and set a July 2 deadline for final offers from three potential bidders.
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    • 280 58 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS London BRITISH Airways (BA) said yesterday it had teamed up with a consortium led by United States investment fund Texas Pacific Group (TPG), with a view to bidding for Spanish carrier Iberia. BA, which already owns 10 per cent
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    • 292 58 BLOOMBERG NEWS Milan STMICROELECTRONICS, Intel and Francisco Partners plan to form a new company for their flash-memory businesses with US$3.6 billion (555.5 billion) in combined annual revenue. STMicro will hold a 48.6 per cent stake in the new company and receive a US$46B million
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    • 34 58 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,680.05 (+123.18 points) »Japanese shares gained 0.7 per cent for a second straight day, on the back of a soft yen which benefits exporters and positive corporate news.
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    • 38 58 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,843.92 (-83.83 points) Hong Kong shares closed 0.4 per cent lower, as caution set in ahead of USChina economic talks in Washington, driving investors to the sidelines to consolidate recent gains.
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    • 37 58 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,110.38 (+38.15 points) Chinese shares extended record gains, adding 0.94 per cent on continued fund inflows, as investors bet on further rises despite the state's latest efforts to slow the economy.
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    • 30 58 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,338.8 (-30.2 points) Australian stocks closed 0.47 per cent lower, coming off record highs, as investors locked in profits following the market's recent run.
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    • 31 58 BLOOMBERG Yesterday's close: 1,367.51 (+20.34 points) Malaysia's stocks rose 1.5 per cent to a record close, on expectations that a civil service pay increase will spur consumer spending.
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      29 58 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,453.72 (+35.12 points) »Indian shares finished 0.24 per cent higher for a fifth straight daily gain. But profit-taking capped broader gains in the market.
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    • 32 58 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,078.75 (+7.48 points) »Indonesian shares closed 0.36 per cent higher with a stronger rupiah boosting sentiment, helping lift the main index to a fresh record high.
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    • 38 58 AFP Yesterday's close: 732.77 (+4.55 points) Tha i shares ended 0.62 per cent higher, led by gains in the construction sector after the Cabinet approved three new rail line projects worth US$2 billion (553.05 billion).
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    • 227 58 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: d,Ud9.02 May 22 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.53 1.830 +0.040 Ascendasreit 0.92 2.650 -0.050 CapitaComm 0.58 2.960 -0.030 CapitaLand 5.09 8.200 -0.100 CapitaMall 1.07 4.260 +0.100 Chart SemiCond 0.68 1.330 -0.010 CityDev 3.10 16.900 -0.200 ComlortDelGro 1.49 2.220 +0.020 CoscoCorp 0.86 2.740
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    • 50 58 CSCHIdgs 212,723,000 Genlntl 106,605,000 BBRHIdgs 57,856,000 Digiland 55,512,000 Penguin 49,170,000 Gems TV 48,958,000 Yongnam 40,807,000 Sunningdale 37,470,000 Chasen 35,641,000 Yangzijiang 30,996,000 May 22 HLG 27,821,000 China Hongxing 26,851,000 Federal Int 26,258,000 Armstrong 25,229,000 China Sun 25,167,000 CapitalanMßLeCW7o9o3 24,632,000 Beyonics 22,753,000 Lian Beng 20,714,000 AusGroup 20,025,000 Global Test 19,506,000
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    • 140 58 May 22 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS :OREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT JF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2490 1.2630 Ian dollar 1.4010 1.4170 Euro 2.0470 2.0700 flalaysian ringgit* 0.4522 0.4529 gz dollar 1.1060 1.1290 Sterling pound 2.9990 3.0330 JS dollar 1.5210
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    • 2107 58 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 22. 2007 52 Wttll ILL HIGH LOW CODE COMPAHY TRADED SALE 000. 22 14 1631 AceDyn W09Q417 19 +1 43 9 3 ArianeCorpW09l229 4.5 +0.5 270 22 4 AscendasSGAeCW*****5 9 -2.5 170 43 19.5 1473 AscendasSGAeCW*****0 34 -2 5 70 23 23 AscendasSGAeCW*****6 />
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    • 655 59 LOS ANGELES TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES Transaction marks major shift in capital flows; Beijing set to become key player New York FOR years, China has been the world's factory floor, churning out plastic toys, appliances and socks. Now it is entering the world
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    • 216 59 REUTERS Shanghai CHINA Merchants Bank said yesterday ii is buying a 33.4 per cent stake in Dutch financial group ING's China fund arm, as ii moves to tap the country's booming assei management industry. The Chinese bank would buy the stake from several
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    • 486 59 NEW YORK TIMES, BLOOMBERG NEWS Hong Kong A DAY after buying a US$3 billion (554.6 billion) stake in Blackstone Group, China sought to offer assurances that it was looking only to improve its returns on overseas investments not to take control of foreign firms,
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    • 453 60 FINANCIAL TIMES Move to draw overseas firms and counter loss of business to rival centres such as S'pore Tokyo PART of central Tokyo is set to become a select enclave for investment bankers, full of spacious apartments, language schools and restaurants
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    • 480 60  -  VINCE CHONG By Hong Kong Correspondent POLLUTION concerns can make or break corporate deals. Executives from the world's largest insurance broker Marsh said yesterday that more and more Asian businesses are taking heed of environmental issues in striking deals. And awareness
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    • 370 60  -  Arthur Poon By THE Chinese city of Qinzhou is dangling around 86 billion yuan (5517.1 billion) worth of petrochemical projects in front of Singapore businesses. The city's mayor, Mr Tang Shibao, told investors here that the projects will be within the city's two new industrial
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      • 321 61 SMEclinic m I wish to start a business in Singapore, but I'm currently not a Singapore citizen. Do I need to apply for an employment pass? YOU can apply for the EntrePass, which is an employment pass for foreign entrepreneurs
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      • 1081 62  -  Gabriel Chen Despite his love of fashion, Daniel Tay didn't cut it in the rag trade. He returned to the family's bakery and later set up Bakerzin at Millenia Walk, which led to the dessert chain's success By HE MIGHT have been born
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    • 547 63  -  Erica Tay Though sometimes tough, the journey is satisfying, say five of them at seminar By STARTING your own business is a tough and often hair-raising journey. But a group of towkays with businesses as disparate as selling iPods and kaya toast
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    • 443 63 By Grace Ng Finance Reporter CITIBANK Singapore's consumer banking unit has been booming but poor returns from hedging activities have sent its full- year net profits down a touch. The United States-based bank recorded earnings of $505.2 million for the 12 months ended
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    • 245 63 By Ng Sook Zhen A GLOBAL drugs firm is spending $45 million to expand its biologies facilities here in a move that will create about 100 jobs. West Pharmaceutical Services, which already employs 400 people in Singapore, will be able
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 75 64 METRO Holdings' full-year net profits plunged 55.5 per cent to $68.7 million for the year ended March 31, down from $154.4 million a year earlier, when the group's results were boosted by one-off gains. Revenues expanded 5.7 per cent to $214.2 million. Earnings per share
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      • 56 64 BIOSENSORS International Group yesterday announced its entry to the MSCI Small Cap Index Series, which will take effect after the market closes on May 31. It also received a $5 million payment from licensee Terumo Corp after both reached the final stage in a
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      • 29 64 AUSGROUP, a Sesdaq-listed snergy and resources company, yesterday announced that it had received approval from the Singapore Exchange JSGX) to upgrade to the mainboard.
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      • 76 64 SINCERE Watch's full-year net profit dropped 32.3 per :ent for the year ended March 31 to $23.1 million, while revsnues rose 12.9 per cent to £359.2 million. Earnings per share fell to 11.17 cents, compared with 16.48 cents a year ago. Sincere announced a
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    • 570 64  -  Karamjit Kaur Share trading halted but widely expected deal with China Eastern not finalised By Aviation Correspondent A WIDELY-EXPECTED deal between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines did not happen yesterday. Both carriers suspended trading in their shares SIA
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    • 280 64  -  Bryan Lee By A GROUP of private equity firms has made a takeover bid for Singaporelisted electronic parts maker Amtek Engineering, with an offer to pay $1.10 a share. Standard Chartered Private Equity, CVC Capital Partners and Timespace Trading said yesterday that they
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    • 241 64  -  GOHENGYEOW THE founder and biggest shareholder of Chuan Hup Holdings is not sitting around and waiting for investors to take up his improved offer for the rest of the firm. Mr Peh Kwee Chim has been tightening his control of the ma-rine-based firm by
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    • 426 64  -  Gabriel Chen TAKING STOCK By THE power of the blue-chip banks showed through again yesterday when a buoyant DBS Group Holdings drove the market to yet another record close. The ignition was the bank's announcement yesterday that it has received final
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      • 244 70 Reuters LOS ANGELES Four years after going public with a diagnosis of prostate cancer, actor Robert De Niro (left) is waging a courtroom battle against the insurance carrier for a Hollywood film that was delayed by his illness. He filed a motion
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      • 806 71 New movie and book suggest that the author's tales of love and loss were inspired by her own ill-fated courtship SYDNEY, Australia Jane Austen wrote some of English literature's most enduring romances, but she never enjoyed a passionate love affair of her own. Or
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    • 713 72 LAT-WP Hindu conservatives are pushing to preserve India's traditional values in the face of rapid globalisation NEW DELHI On a scorching afternoon, Mr Javed Khan, 24, and his 21-year-old fiancee were cuddling under a leafy tree at one of the city's many ancient tombs,
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    • 666 73  -  Ignatius Low Mark Chan fuses music, dance and video in his jatest work, which juxtaposes revered deities with a pop diva FUSING disparate concepts and ideas is not new to local composer Mark Chan, but he takes it to a whole new level with his latest
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    • 408 74  -  Huang Xueling A FIREBRAND is a person with a penchant for militancy in speech and/or action. The members of local rock band Firebrands, however, are at peace with each other. Vocalist eXe, aka Mohandas, 34, says: "There's a chemistry with this band that feels different with others. I've
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      • 78 77 CHOW'S NEXT: Actor Chow Yun Fat is interested in a China-funded film based on a book, The Concubine's Children, about a concubine in Vancouver's Chinatown, director Ann Hui said... GUILTY: Lane Garrison, who plays Tweener in Prison Break, has admitted to manslaughter and drink driving over a car crash
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      • 336 77  -  Boon Chan MEDIA CORRESPONDENT IN CANNES TIES between Singapore and Australia will take a little hop forward when both countries sign a film co-production agreement by the end of this year. This was announced at the Marche du Film (Cannes Film Market) on
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      • 615 115 Seven-year-old Cedric Gan (above) was inattentive in class and backward in his work. His Primary 1 teacher couldn't understand why he smiled even when she scolded him. She told his mother and it dawned on Mrs Gan that her son was the same way at
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      • 310 115 Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is often confused with other learning disabilities like dyslexia and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It is not uncommon for a child with APD to also have ADHD or other learning disabilities. Some of the signs of APD »Trouble listening when
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      • 513 116 healthscope Sometimes, the usual ache or pain is more than just that. Elaine Young finds out more about restless legs syndrome. Two years ago, a 45-year-old housewife, Mrs Kuzhaly C.V., started getting muscle cramps in her calf muscles, or at least that is what
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      • 602 118 May 31 is World No Tobacco Day. If quitting is on your mind, maybe these two 'I did it' accounts will help urge you on. Judith Tan reports. I STUBBED IT OUT BECAUSE... Subash Chandran (right) is banking on it being fourth time lucky.
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      • 476 118 I STUBBED IT OUT BECAUSE... ]r ess Razea (above) was only 16 when she puffed her first cigarette. "It was in school and all my friends were doing it. It looked cool so I joined in. You can say I caved to
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      • 970 119 Getting smokers to quit the hard way? With the slew of gruesome images, Jessica Jaganathan finds out if a hard- or soft-sell approach works better. The black and white image of a woman with tongue cancer, which made many squirm when it was splashed on bus-stop billboards and television sets,
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      • 803 121 mindmatters Affected by the world's suffering, Paul Muenzen began a quest. Suki Lor traces his spiritual journey to becoming Zen teacher Hyon Gak Sunim. Deep into an intense search for an understanding of life, Paul Muenzen realised he did not know the answer to
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      • 653 122 foodfinds Hawkers who hone their craft over decades are a dying breed. In fact, I think too many prized recipes die with them, as the next generation shuns the trade. So it is heartening to know that at least one of the three sons
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      • 133 122 retailtherapy No longer do you need to go to Bali for a Balinese scrub, because Bali has come to Singapore. Bali Secret Body Scrubs come in Milk, Fruit, Spice and Lightening. All have rice as the ingredient in common to polish the skin and leave
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        • 839 123  -  Kenny Toh for Mind Your Body Kenny Toh is a life coach and founder of The Coaching Academy and Infernafional Network for Parents as Coaches. For details, visit www.coachingacademy.com.sg and www. parentsascoaches. net OMy daughter is 13. She has loved reading
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        • 118 124 DON'T DIE YOUNG By Dr Alice Roberts Published by Bloomsbury Price $45.95 before GST This is actually a comprehensive guide to the human body and how organs work like your biology textbook, but not as dull, thanks to the plethora of colourful pictures and diagrams. Splitting the
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      • 515 127 Age is most visible in our skin. Judith Tan finds out how you can keep your skin looking radiant and youthful. What do Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, Charlize Theron and closer to home Fann Wong have in common? Apart from being well-known
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      • 895 129 Dane Selznick, beach volleyball guru, is in Singapore for next weekend's Olympic qualifying tournament. He tells Elaine Young what it's like to work, play and relax on a beach How did you first get into playing beach volleyball? My family has been in the sport for
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