The Straits Times, 31 May 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 174 PAGES IN SIX PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, MAY 31 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 530 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THAILAND'S constitutional court yesterday found two top members of the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra guilty of election law violations, a ruling that could lead to
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  • 109 1 Buddhist devotees bearing candles walk past a replica of the Mahabodhi Stupa, which was lighted up yesterday the eve of Vesak Day. The ceremony at the open field near Aljunied MRT station was organised by the Amitabha Buddhist Centre to mark Vesak Day, which commemorates Buddha's birth,
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  • 528 1  -  Lynn Lee Funds can be used to buy equipment, upgrade mature workers' skills By A KEY plank in the bid to get more Singaporeans working past the retirement age of 62 will be money up to $400,000 per company. They can
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1042 1  -  Lin Xinyi By SOME 13 years ago, Mr Gurusamy Permalo was hiding in the bushes as the first visitors to the brand-new Night Safari made their way down the trails. He was then an animal keeper, and he and his colleagues had been
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    • 32 1 IM mf/ YOUNG ONES k^ 3^l3r Smaller home-grown &2 mmUm fldl groups are in the [M spotlight at Arts Fest Q Ail IN LIFE! CHEERS AND RENEWED HOPE GREET ACQUITTAL, PAGE 6
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    • 345 2 tVSMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT Beyond any doubt Our University of Choice Vl^, Daniel Ng Raffles Junior College National Schools' Badminton Champion Lee Kong Chian Scholar _> Associate Professor xf Dean 5 Yang H°°"e Brigtt and talented students have been drawn to SMU in record m V school of Accountancy National junior
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    • 370 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Drink driver tailed Asia 6-25 Suspecting that the World 26-38 driver of a lorry that R cvi ew 40-42 almost crashed into his PY| 43 car was drunk, a motorist SECTION TWO Snate^^ Home Hl-H29 drink-driving. Forum H3O PAGE HI Sports H3l-H36 Obituaries H36-H37 Woman
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  • PRIME
    • 456 3  -  Chong Chee Kin By RICHARD Yong convicted of negligence in connection with the National Kidney Foundation scandal has left the country without permission, and now appears to be uncontactable. He was last seen in Kuala Lumpur on May 21, and the only response
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    • 576 3  -  Carolyn Hong APOSTASY HEARING IN MALAYSIA Chief Justice says people cannot join and leave a religion as they wish By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Putrajaya A MALAY woman who converted from Islam to Christianity nine years ago lost her legal battle yesterday
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    • Article, Illustration
      204 3 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Eight people, including seven members of a family, were killed after a trailer crashed into two cars near the Hutan Kampung toll plaza on the North-South Highway on Tuesday. The incident occurred at 3.53pm after a trailer (rear of photo) rammed into a Proton
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    • 534 4  -  Derwin Pereira Bush's choice should get job despite concerns over management style By US Bureau Chief In Washington UNITED States President George W. Bush has picked a seasoned Asia hand as his choice to be the next World Bank president. Mr
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    • 83 4 REUTERS MICROSOFT has unveiled a cof-fee-table-shaped "surface computer" (above), which does away with mouse and keyboard and uses voice, pen and touch instead. Microsoft Surface, which has a 75 cm display under a hard plastic table top, allows people to touch and move objects on screen for
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    • 417 4  -  Tracy Sua »TIGER BEER TO PROVIDE BREATHALYSERS AT 3 NIGHTSPOTS By A BEER company and three major nightspots have joined hands in the first industry-led battle against drink driving. Tiger Beer will make 20 breathalysers of the same brand as that used by Police, but a
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  • ASIA
    • 632 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Democrat Party leader pledges to restore democratic rule to Thailand Bangkok CHEERS and back-slapping erupted at the Democrat Party headquarters yesterday at the news that Thailand's oldest political party had escaped dissolution after being cleared of vote fraud. "Today
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    • CHINA
      • 500 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, XINHUA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Thousands of villagers demand refund of fines paid for violating the law Beijing THOUSANDS of villagers in China's Guangxi region have attacked government offices and fought police in renewed violence over a harsh population control crackdown, witnesses
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      • 64 8 A man unhappy with his Buick had two horses pull the car to a motor show in Puyang, in central China's Henan province, to highlight his case on Monday. He complains that there are many problems with the car but that the dealer refuses to give him a
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      • 352 8  -  VINCE CHONG By Hong Kong Correspondent OVER 90 holidaymakers aboard cruise ship Superstar Gemini were confirmed to have been infected with the highly contagious norovirus after the ship arrived in Hong Kong yesterday morning. The infections, which surfaced before the ship reached
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      • 219 8 REUTERS Beijing SOUTH China's booming province of Guangdong is drafting a law to ban the resurgent trend of keeping mistresses, local media reported yesterday. The move is a bid to preserve family integrity and, thus, social harmony. The law, attached to legislation
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      • 260 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA has announced a ban on exports of all antiques dating before 1911 in a bid to curb the outflow of priceless art treasures, state media reported yesterday. An existing ban targets relics made before 1795. The date would now
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      • 619 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Foreign investors lead surge of interest in traditional homes as Beijing property values soar Beijing A SURGE of interest among investors, especially foreigners, is breathing fresh life into Beijng's courtyard houses, the former homes of the ancient city's nobility and elite merchants. Prices
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      • 283 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Shanghai CHINA'S leaders are trying to calm public concern over sharp price increases for pork, the country's staple meat. They have ordered local governments to ensure adequate supplies and help low-income families. "Production and distribution of pork and its
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      • 369 13 REUTERS, XINHUA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Flood of text messages by Xiamen residents forces city to act Beijing CITIZENS alarmed over pollution won a rare victory yesterday when a city froze a chemical project after angry residents voiced their opposition through a flood of cellphone text
        REUTERS, XINHUA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  369 words
      • 206 13 REUTERS Beijing WORRIED that its iconic Great Wall will not be named one of the "new" seven wonders of the world, China has launched a campaign to get its people to vote for it, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. So
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      • 1011 14  -  Sim Chi Yin CHINA'S TAINTED MILK POWDER SCANDAL Hundreds of young children suffer effects as suits against companies are pending By China Correspondent In Laohekou (Hubei) IT WAS meant to help him grow, but the milk powder Zhou Yanhong drank as an infant blinded him.
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      • 343 15  -  SIM CHI YIN THE Zhous' greatest wish is for their son Yanhong to see again. But if medicine cannot yet give them peace of mind, they hope at least the law can. The farmers compiled evidence and filed a suit in late 2004 against
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 146 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Tokyo JAPANESE police are wondering how a gold bathtub worth 120 million yen (Ssl.s million) could have been stolen from a hotel near Tokyo. Staff found early yesterday that someone had cut the chain securing the tub and stolen
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS; AFP  -  146 words
      • 582 16  -  Kwan Weng Kin Contractors gave money to two agencies under Japanese minister who killed himself By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo TWO entities managing campaign funds for Japan's late farm minister reportedly received some 13 million yen (*****,000) in donations from contractors involved in
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      • 355 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Tokyo HUNDREDS of mourners turned out yesterday for the funeral of Japan's corruption-tainted farm minister as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sank deeper into political woes. Dressed in black, hundreds of local residents and Mr Toshikatsu Matsuoka's political associates
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
      • 637 17  -  Ravi Velloor Firms risk fines as analysts say Delhi and Mumbai projects may be late by up to a year By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi UPGRADES to the Delhi and Mumbai airports could face delays of up to a year, some analysts say,
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      • 193 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Amritsar SIKH priests have rejected an apology from a religious sect for advertisements showing its leader dressed as a revered guru which triggered violence in Punjab, a senior cleric said yesterday. The Akal Takht, the top Sikh governing body in
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      • 73 17 Bhutanese refugees from Nepal throwing stones at Indian security forces who stopped them from crossing the Mechi River Bridge, about 40km from Siliguri on Tuesday. One person died and dozens were injured in the clash when police opened fire. The refugees tried to cross the strip of Indian
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    • SOUTH EAST ASIA
      • 739 18  -  Salim Osman Sutiyoso claims police barged into his Sydney hotel room to issue subpoena By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta Roger Maynard Australia Correspondent In Sydney AN INFURIATED Jakarta governor Sutiyoso yesterday demanded an apology from the Australian government after Australian police allegedly barged into his
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      • 294 18 REUTERS Sydney AN AUSTRALIAN coroner was urged yesterday to refer two people for war crimes prosecution over the 1975 deaths of five journalists in then East Timor. In final submissions to the inquest, Mr Mark Tedeschi, the counsel assisting the coroner, said the
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      • 545 20  -  Alastair Mclndoe Canberra to supply gunboats, military training under key defence deal By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THE Philippines and Australia are set to sign a landmark security agreement today in which Canberra will provide high-speed gunboats and military training to boost this
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      • 411 20  -  Roger Mitton By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi THERE is widespread disappointment at the results of last week's election for Vietnam's national assembly. Of the 493 newly elected legislators, 92 per cent are members of the ruling communist party. Even the government
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      • 68 23 Thick smoke billows from the Philippine President Lines building in Manila as fire trucks train water jets on the burning floors. The fire, which started at around 4am yesterday, burned for several hours, causing traffic snarls as portions of United Nations Avenue were closed. The blaze
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      • 454 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Troops fire at residents blocking land development in Java, reports say Jakarta INDONESIAN marines shot and killed at least three people yesterday during a protest over a land dispute on the main island of Java. A local official said
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      • 326 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS Jakarta NINE men, including Chinese, French and Dutch nationals, have been sentenced to death by Indonesia's Supreme Court for producing millions of pills of the illegal recreational drug Ecstasy. The punishment handed down on Tuesday was harsher than that rendered last
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 1054 24  -  Carolyn Hong NEWS ANALYSIS Muslim groups hail ruling on Una Joy's appeal but non-Muslims call it a setback By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Putrajaya IT WAS a grim day yesterday for Ms Lina Joy, who lost her six-year legal battle to have her
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    • 21 6 Governor wants apology Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso demands that Canberra apologise after police allegedly barged into his Sydney hotel room. PAGE 18
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  • WORLD
    • 668 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES Man warded with extensively drug-resistant form of TB was advised not to fly Atlanta US FEDERAL and international officials are tracking down passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month who may have
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    • 217 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE highly dangerous form of tuberculosis that has infected a man now in quarantine resists almost all drugs used to treat TB, leaving only less effective options. Called extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis", or XDR-TB, it cannot be cured by the two best first-
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    • 752 26 NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS Kremlin seeks to secure Asia-export domination for state company Gazprom Moscow RUSSIA continues to press its strategy of securing an export monopoly to Asia for Gazprom, the state-owned natural gas company. By doing so, it is threatening an important investment by
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    • 335 26 WASHINGTON POST, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington IRAN has formally charged three Americans with espionage and endangering national security, and reportedly arrested another for being a "CIA agent". The moves signalled a widening clampdown against United States citizens in Iran. The three individuals charged are prominent
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    • 617 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HERO Mount Laurel (New Jersey) AN ELECTRONICS store clerk credited with providing the tip that broke up an alleged plot to kill soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey has gone public, saying he had spent a day pondering
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    • 521 28 REUTERS THE VILLAIN Dubai THE United States will face worse attacks than those of 9/11 if it does not heed Al-Qaeda demands, effectively allowing the group control over Muslim countries, an American Islamist militant has warned. Adam Gadahn, a Califor-nia-born convert to Islam and
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    • 677 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG He will be able to rebuild and repair frayed ties, say observers Washington MR ROBERT Zoellick, who is poised to head the World Bank, is a former top US diplomat and trade chief who made his mark championing free
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    • Article, Illustration
      53 29 A gian£ pirate ship's mast made of Lego blocks keeps a sharp eye on Legoland in California. Built by visitors to the park over the Memorial Day weekend, the 28.8m-tall structure uses more than 465,000 bricks. It breaks the previous record for a Lego structure set in Denmark last
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    • 289 30 REUTERS Gaza ISRAEL killed two Hamas militants in an air strike on the Gaza Strip yesterday and the Islamist group's leader said the conflict may be heading towards "an explosion". In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces detained the mayor of a small
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    • 654 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Dutch network says it wants to draw attention to crisis in organ donation Amsterdam THE stakes have just got higher for reality television. A 37-year-old woman suffering from an inoperable brain tumour wants to donate a kidney before
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    • 600 31 NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Ease of attack raises concerns about officials' links to militias Baghdad GUNMEN wearing police commando uniforms have abducted five British civilians from a Finance Ministry complex, in an attack that revived questions about links between official
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    • 673 32 NEW YORK TIMES But food prices have gone up as fewer people plant food crops Ardea (Italy) MOTIVATED by generous subsidies to develop alternative energy sources and a measure of concern about the planet's future Europe's farmers are now growing crops that
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    • 312 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Berlin GERMAN security forces have sealed off the Baltic seaside town of Heiligendamm as a safety measure ahead of next week's G-8 summit of world leaders. German television pictures yesterday showed shots of the 2.5m-tall metal fence,
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    • 224 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Johannesburg AFRICA is to enter the era of rolling news this week when CNBC launches the first 24-hour information network dedicated to coverage of news and business on the continent. CNBC Africa is to go on air from tomorrow from its
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    • 477 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Electricity to her home disconnected as she was late paying $188 bill Wellington A NEW Zealand mother who needed an electric oxygen pump to breathe died after a utility company cut the power to her home.
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 106 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: US President George W. Bush has invited Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to his Texas ranch later this year, an Indian official said yesterday. The invitation to the Prairie Chapel Ranch in Mr Bush's home state came during a recent
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      • 88 33 REUTERS SHANGHAI: Shanghai has denied Chinese media reports that a planned magnetic levitation train line linking the city to neighbouring Hangzhou would be shelved, in part due to residents petitioning against it. The official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday that thousands of residents living
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      • 122 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG: Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers failed to pass a motion yesterday to vindicate those killed in the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. Legislators propose the symbolic measure every year to mark the event's June 4 anniversary. But each time
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      • 98 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JERUSALEM: Israel's senior statesman and Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres will run for the presidency next month, his second try at the largely ceremonial post. The 83-year-old deputy prime minister told lawmakers from his Kadima party of his decision yesterday. Mr Peres ran
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      • 103 33 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SHAH ALAM: Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda and two others accused in the murder of a Mongolian model have failed to get access to all the witnesses' statements ahead of the trial scheduled for next Monday. The three are, however, allowed to
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    • 480 34 REUTERS Latest weapons include GPS cameras and computer databases Los Angeles jLOßAL positioning systems, ligital photography and compu:er databases are joining the lumble paint can as US cities sattle to obliterate graffiti and ;atch its shadowy perpetrators. "In the past, the authorities lad
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    • 434 34 REUTERS Washington A NEW device can quickly detect 92 different viruses, including several strains of the feared HSNI avian flu virus and other emerging new infections, US researchers have reported. They said the mass spectrometer device can also be used in big
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    • 583 35 REUTERS He must tackle issues like short work week and long holidays to raise productivity Paris THEIR new president wants to get the French to work harder to compete in global markets, but some traditions are likely to endure including long
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    • 220 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS Athens THREE hundred marble sculptures that have survived on the Acropolis in Athens through 2,500 years of war, weather and looting will soon be moved to a new museum. The sculptures, weighing up to 2.5 tonnes each, were carved in
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 367 37 FORMER British health secretary Alan Milburn has been hired by PepsiCo to promote the brand. Joining the ranks of some of the biggest names in showbusiness, including Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and Madonna, Mr Milburn is now helping the American company fight the backlash
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      • 141 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS GOLF clubs, skis, cowboy hats and other personal items from the Colorado home of former US president Gerald Ford will be auctioned off to benefit three projects. The July 7 auction includes engraved crystal, American flags and books among the 511 lots
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      • 247 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A 71-YEAR-OLD retired Japanese school teacher who has become the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said he would not be climbing any more high peaks after reaching the roof of the world last week. "I am finished with the
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      • 146 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE Red Cross-issued passport used by high-ranking Nazi Adolf Eichmann as he escaped to Argentina after World War II has been turned over to the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires. A judge had stumbled upon it in a musty court file. Eichmann, a leader
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  • REVIEW
    • 417 39 BREAK-BONE fever often is a name given to dengue, because of the joint aches that accompany the illness. This is a symptom Singaporeans increasingly need to look out for, especially if it accompanies a fever, headache or rash. The signs are that the dengue situation again
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    • 902 39  -  Ron Haskins »WELFARISM IN THE UNITED STATES By In Washington IMAGINE a line composed of all households with children in the US, arranged from lowest to highest income. Now, divide the line into five equal parts. Which of the groups do you think enjoyed
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    • 933 39  -  ASSAR LINDBECK SWEDEN'S WELFARE MODELS By SWEDEN'S economic and social system, sometimes called the "Swedish model", is often depicted either as an ideal or an abnormality. But the system has varied considerably and there have been three different Swedish "models" since the late 19th century. The
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    • 1390 40  -  Andy Ho »THE UNSW DEBACLE University's CEO was one tough nut of a customer that EDB did not bargain for By Senior Writer UNSWAsia's sudden death after just one semester is a rotten egg in the face for both the Sydneybased university and Singapore's Economic Development Board
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    • 719 40  -  Tom Quiggin SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE By For The Straits Times THE International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) will bring together 26 government delegations for the lISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore from tomorrow to Sunday. The delegations will be led by defence ministers and other senior
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    • 1362 41  -  Lee Su Shyan NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR SOURCES By THE news was that one company had sued its rival for poaching staff. But what might have been a simple settlement between them spilt over unexpectedly to the media and the practice of relying on unnamed
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    • 26 39 The main factor Prof Fred Hilmer, the man behind UNSW's pullout from Singapore, is one tough customer the EDB did not bargain for. PAGE 41 PUNCHLINES
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    • 600 44  -  Tanya Fong Lorry driver was found slumped over steering wheel in carpark By SUSPICIOUS that the driver of a lorry that almost crashed into his car was drunk, sales executive Linus Lim Jenn Kian, 27, tailed the man and got him nabbed for
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    • 289 44  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent MEDIACORP actor Christopher Lee, now serving a four-week jail term for a hit-and-run accident, was back in court yesterday for a pre-trial conference. Reporters had to leave the Traffic Court once the pre-trial conference started as such matters
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    • 477 45  -  Carolyn Quek Over 5 cases this year of fraudsters using bag of apples to trick women By SEVERAL middle-aged and elderly women have lost thousands of dollars in cash and jewellery in a recent spate of "apple scam" cases. According to the police,
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    • 628 45  -  Teh Joo Lin »JET CRASH AT TAIWAN BASE By HUNDREDS of soldiers flanked the road inside Mandai Crematorium yesterday, the fatigues on many of them turning into a darker shade of green under the blazing afternoon sun. Then, to the strains of the funeral march
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    • 465 46  -  Tanya Fong Mechanical engineering student suffered serious head injuries when car crashed into lamp post By FOR the past two years, his constant complaint to his family was the inconvenience of not having a car in Edmonton, Canada, where he studied. Two months
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    • 275 46  -  Chong Chee Kin By ENRAGED by the discovery that his wife had cheated on him, a man waited till she got home. He then cut off her crowning glory her hair. On Tuesday, Antti Kristian Waroma, 36, was fined $2,000 for slapping and
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    • CASE FILE
      • 130 46 TWO motorcyclists were killed in separate road accidents late on Tuesday night. The first crash occurred on the Pan-Island Expressway at around 10.30pm. A 34-year-old Malaysian was travelling towards Tuas when his bike grazed against the central divider and skidded. He was pronounced dead at
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      • 140 46 A 5 6-YEAR-OLD man, suspected of being involved in a series of arson cases, was yesterday charged with setting fire to seven motorcycles early on Tuesday. Soo Wong Chai was arrested after police, suspecting him of arson, laid an ambush. Officers saw a man walking into
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      • 90 46 A PHYSIOTHERAPIST was yesterday charged with molesting a 31-year-old woman patient. Yap Soon Soon, 28, was working at the Singapore General Hospital Rehabilitation Centre in Outram Road on Sept 9, 2005 when he allegedly committed the offence. He left the hospital after the alleged incident. The
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      • 578 47  -  Lynn Lee »FLEXI-WORK LETS MUM BALANCE WORK AND FAMILY More must be done to get women to stay on or re-enter workforce, says labour MP By A MOTHER of four, Madam Norlela Abdullah almost quit her job two years ago
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      • 735 47 Q: Mr Karthikkeyan R.K., United Workers of Petroleum Industry general-secretary: The seniority-based wage system means employees earn more the longer they are in the company. But they see this as compensation from when they first started and were underpaid. So you can't move easily
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      • 513 48  -  Goh Chin Lian Nearly half of Pokka'sll2 employees are older than 40 By EIGHT years ago, Madam Chan Cheow May was chosen by her boss to open a new Japanese diner at Shaw House in Orchard Road. She was then aged 57 and had been
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      • 351 48  -  GOH CHIN LIAN SINGAPORE uses foreign workers as extra hands on deck when the economy is booming. In a downturn, some will go home as the Government tries to keep Singaporeans employed, said Minister of State (Manpower) Gan Kirn Yong. Foreign workers provide
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      • 515 48  -  Keith Lin By THE Workforce Development Agency (WDA) will step up efforts to publicise a fund that helps employers adopt age-friendly practices at the workplace. It plans to send direct mailers to more companies, including small and medium enterprises, and hold more
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    • 640 49  -  Jane Ng But all 3 varsities say rise in application numbers partly due to Dragon Year effect By TWENTY-THREE out of every 100 students who started in Primary 1 together will enter a local university this year, the Ministry of Education
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    • 491 49 TURNED down by all three local universities, Miss See Shiying, 19, is now looking elsewhere to pursue a degree. She has applied to four Australian universities, made inquiries at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), and is also considering dis-tance-learning degree courses.
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      • 453 51 A sailor who suffers from cerebral palsy, a national hockey player who excels at both work and play, and a student leader who faced a family crisis at a tender age. They are among the 323 students who were commended at
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      • 273 52 THE family life that Mr Azmi A. Aziz cherished went awry when his father stabbed his mother in April 2001. But the lad was made of sterner stuff, even as he had to be placed in a children's home while his younger brother went
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      • 307 52 LIKE any typical 15-year-old, Jovin Tan felt cooped up at home. So he took up sailing. That was six years ago. He was so good at the sport he became a national sailor. But Mr Tan, now 20, is not just a typical young man. The
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      • 361 52  -  SUMATHI V. By Selvaretnam A GROUP of Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students has come up with a device the gastrobuzz nasogastric sensor which helps insert feeding tubes into patients safely. Attached to the mouth of a tube, the sensor sends out a distinctive
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    • 952 55 It is also part of Singapore's most recognised shopping hub, with a major contract for duty-free shopping space just awarded. DFS Group has promised minimum monthly sales of $10.17 m in Year 1, reports Aviation Correspondent Karamjit Kaur. T3 will have 100 shops and
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    • 284 58  -  Eunice Quek Security award for simple but effective system installed islandwideto reduce break-ins By FROM April to September last year there were six break-ins at family service centres (FSCs) and childcare centres in Jurong East. But there has been none since a new
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    • 157 58 Five cars were vandalised overnight in a multi-storey carpark at Block 131 in Edgedale Plains, in the second such incident in the Punggol area within a month. Two weeks ago, a car was defaced with black spray paint at Block
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    • 629 59  -  Alfred Siew ALFRED SIEW SingTel's IPTV service likely in July with recording and interactive features By Technology Correspondent COUCH potatoes may get a new pay-TV operator as early as July, which is when Sing Tel expects to launch its Internet
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    • 318 59  -  Sujin Thomas By THE body of a man was found floating in the Kallang River yesterday the third such incident in less than a week. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call at about 10.30 am informing it that a body
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    • 591 61  -  Arti Mulchand 110 workplaces join HPB effort. 256 retailers won't sell cigarettes today By THE Royal Plaza on Scotts had just 60 smoking employees out of a total of 349. But their 10-minute smoke breaks four to five times a day translated
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    • 368 61  -  ARTI MULCHAND CHANGES to Singapore's rainforests and their biodiversity over the past decade will be scrutinised in a study to be conducted by the National Parks Board (NParks) and may provide an insight into possible effects of climate change. Focusing on the Bukit Timah and
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      90 63 A village-theme event attracted 53 teams from 36 schools to embark on a learning journey about "Science and our Environment" on Tuesday. From B:3oam to 4:3opm, students had to construct a hut using recycled materials. Their creations were then judged for sturdiness, how waterproof they were, whether all
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    • 668 63  -  Christopher Tan LTA will not revise open market value due to court ruling, so scrap worth stays By Senior Correspondent MORE than 17,000 Hyundai owners who bought their cars between 1996 and 2001 were expecting some good news a letter from the Land
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    • 572 64  -  T. Rajan But some at forum say surcharges cause non-peak 'hiding'; operator blames shortage of cabbies By HIGHER cab fares and surcharges may hold the answer to the perennial problem of not getting a taxi when you need one. If
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    • 839 65  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Samples gained with donors' consent will be used to find cures for serious illnesses Reports by BLOOD donors at the National University Hospital (NUH) will soon be doing more than giving the gift of life. They will also be
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    • 349 65  -  MELISSA TAN FEWER than 10 per cent of those who tried for a place at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (GMS) were offered one this year, due to fierce competition. More than 300 students applied for 25 available spaces, but 26 students
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    • 495 66  -  Shobana Kesava And the test can be done in a clinic. New kit being validated by researchers here By TESTS being run here on a Japanese-designed kit to quickly test for lung cancer may be a world winner if it
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    • 174 66 Making it simple how the new kit works RATHER than laborious processing that could take days, the proposed Riken process will use a specially developed card. Scientists involved said the card will have two compartments one to hold the tissue sample, and the other to hold a specially developed solution.
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    • 660 66  -  Judith Tan By AT THE age of 72, avid mahjong player Madam Ng Kum Leong can still sit 36 hours at the table keeping track of her tiles. She says she easily stays alert through the first 20 hours, winning most
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    • BUDDHIST CELEBRATIONS
      • 704 67  -  Amelia Tan Eunice Quek Parade and carnival among events held; Buddha tooth temple officially opened By VESAK Day festivities kicked off yesterday with events held across Singapore. Chinatown, the host of the inaugural Chinatown Vesak Festival, was the venue for a colourful evening parade.
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      • 516 68  -  EUNICE QUEK IT IS an act of compassion for Buddhists to set captive animals free to mark Vesak Day today, but these seemingly charitable acts are not only harmful to the released animals, they could also have a devastating effect on
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    • 630 69  -  Yap Su-Yin THEY CLICKED "My circle of friends used to be very small. When I signed up for SDS activities, I met a whole lot of people I wouldn't have had a chance to interact with, because we are from different professions. But
      3ESMOND LIM  -  630 words
    • 184 69  -  SUMATHI V.SELVARETNAM TWO findings of two surveys carried out early last year by the Social Development Unit (SDU) suggest that while most singles want to get married eventually, their immediate priorities lie elsewhere. One survey of undergraduates conducted between March and May last
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    • 472 70  -  Amelia Tan They will ensure safety of both cyclists and pedestrians during one-year footpath trial By RETIREE Philip Chua, 73, enjoyed cycling on the roads but gave it up 10 years ago as heavy traffic made it too dangerous. However, he picked it up again
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    • 312 70  -  Melissa Tan By HE IS 13, polite and persuasive. Meet Primary 5 pupil Pyi Them Kyaw the latest weapon in the fight against littering here. Campaigns, fines and corrective work orders have not rid Singapore of the mess and now the authorities are hoping that
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    • 360 71  -  Melissa Tan Total $1m bill includes operation costs for centre till year end By THE Acres Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC) is in need of some rescuing of its own. Construction of the centre at Sungei Tengah in Choa Chu Kang started
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    • 393 72  -  Tania Tan Top entries show strong focus on IT, biomedical sciences, green technology By ORNAMENTAL flowers may not be the first thing on a teenage boy's mind, but for eight students from Hwa Chong Institution, keeping their heads on blossoms won them $5,000 yesterday.
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  • FORUM
    • 393 73  -  Perry Lim UNIVERSITY ADMISSION I REFER to the report, "Average grades? Getting into uni is a squeeze" (ST, May 30), and Mr See Chee Wee's letter, "A, B, E but no place in local universities" (ST, May 29). The report stated that the effect
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    • 313 73  -  Tan Boon Han I REFER to the letter by Mr See Chee Wee, "A, B, E but no place in the local universities" (ST, May 29). I understand the anxiety and concern of Mr See for the well-being of his daughter. However,
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    • 80 73  -  N. Chandrasekhar RECENTLY, I travelled with my five-year-old son md was asked to empty his water bottle during the se;urity check at Changi Airsort. We had to wait 45 ninutes before the flight ieparted. Unlike some European drports, Changi has no wa:er fountain in the
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    • 165 73  -  Lav Chee Nien IN AIMING to make Singapore a wireless nation, has the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore commissioned any independent study into the health implications that such technology will bring? Reports such as the following have me concerned: Sir William Stewart, chairman
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    • 196 73  -  Subhas Anandan I REFER to the letter, "Law Society acted fairly and properly" (ST, May 29). As members of the Law Society, we believe we are entitled to comment on Law Society business, including its conduct of disciplinary proceedings, especially when it
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    • 285 73  -  Mathias Korber I WOULD like to comment on the trial to allow cyclists on footways. I am all in favour of allowing cyclists who feel they are not able or confident enough to ride on the road to do so, though priority should
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    • 149 73  -  Fok Kah Hon I LEARNT recently that many schools have been teaching their Secondary 1 and 2 General Science students upper-secondary Science, to enable them to score better in their GCE 0-level examinations. Many schools teach their lower-secondary students Secondary 3 and 4 Combined
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    • 152 73  -  Goh Shih Yong I REFER to the letter, "Are disposable chopsticks safe?" (ST, May 27), by Mr Teng Nee Peng. The Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA) conducts regular checks and monitors the standard of food appliances to ensure that they are safe for their intended
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    • THIS & THAT
      • 82 73  -  Patricia Cheong-Leong (Mrs) DURING my travels, I have seen the energy-saving efforts of other countries which include light sensors along corridors of hotel rooms. I have stayed in some local hotels and have not seen these installed. Then there are the escalators which are activated only when
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      • 94 73  -  Hong Xiuyun (Ms) I DO NOT own a car and take the taxi frequently whenever I travel with my two young daughters. It is common to find the middle seat belt either missing or faulty. Thus I worry about the safety of my daughters
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      • 67 73  -  N. Nageswaran I WELCOME the changes introduced by The Straits Times in its online version. Firstly, the name "straitstimes.com" is easy to remember, compared to "The Straits Times Interactive". Free access to the latest news is another welcome feature which will enable non-subscribers to keep abreast
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      • 91 73  -  Yeo Kirn Seng MANY lives have been lost in accidents resulting from drink driving. We can make bus stops safe, but pedestrians and road users are everywhere. To one who owns a $500,000 car, a few thousand dollars' fine is nothing. Therefore, mandatory
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  • Page 73 Miscellaneous
    • 30 73 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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    • 70 73 For more readers' views, log on to www.straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. University places simply supply and demand Monash shows how partnerships with foreign universities can work well Nets fee hike means more will use cash, credit cards Special Athletes need more support Why no payment due date
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  • SPORTS
    • 886 74 SOCCER: ENGLAND v BRAZIL Becks' return means coach has to play both Gerrard and Lampard in central midfield London STEVE McClaren's recall of David Beckham has left him in a quandary how to play Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard together in midfield. In training on
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    • 513 74 London PETER Crouch will again have to be satisfied with a place on the bench when England play Brazil tomorrow. Bad enough that he was left on the sidelines for too long to make an impact in the Champions
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    • 500 75 ASSOCIATED PRESS »SOCCER Arsenal striker refuses to deny speculation that he could be heading for Barcelona or Inter Milan Beijing THIERRY Henry has done little to dampen speculation that he is about to quit Arsenal. Earlier this month, Barcelona president Joan Laporta said he was "finalising
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    • 296 75 London RAFAEL Benitez has wasted no time in testing Liverpool's new owners' promise to spend big by making a £10 million (Ss3o million) bid for winger Florent Malouda. The deal for the Lyon star could be wrapped up as early as this weekend, if
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    • 292 75 London THERE has been a double helping of good news for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. Club owner Roman Abramovich has denied reports in the English press that he is about to cut back spending on new players. And, Andriy Shevchenko's return to AC Milan
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
      • 50 75 REUTERS LONDON: Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs will retire from international football after Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier against the Czech Republic. The 33-year-old Wales captain will sign off from Cardiff's Millennium Stadium with 64 caps 16 years after winning his first as a 17-year-old.
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      • 65 75 LONDON: Michel Platini, the president of Uefa, is facing legal action from a Liverpool supporter, who was denied entry to last week's Champions League final in Athens. With two friends, architect Paul Gregory spent £2,370 (557,180) on transport, accommodation and tickets, reported The Telegraph. "I
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      • 55 75 LONDON: Portsmouth have completed the signing of midfielder Sulley Muntari from Udinese for £7 million (5521.2 million). Muntari has 26 caps for Ghana, and starred in their 2006 World Cup campaign. He was particularly impressive during their 2-0 victory over the Czech Republic, scoring their
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    • 493 76 soccer London GRAHAM Poll, England's No 1 referee, has hit out at the Football Association as being "inherently weak" after blaming the way it ignored his bust-up with Chelsea. He also slammed FA chief Brian Barwick as having betrayed "the 27,000 men, women and
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    • 608 76 ASSOCIATED PRESS MOTOR RACING Ecclestone had warned that they could be kicked out for 'team orders' Paris BERNIE Ecclestone had threatened that McLaren could have been banned from Formula One. Instead, they got off scot free. The sport's governing body yesterday
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    • 516 77  -  Leonard Lim »SOCCER Striker ends month-long goal drought to make it 2-2 in friendly between Under-23s and Malaysia By KHAIRUL Amri had not scored for exactly a month. The pressure on the striker was mounting, and he knew he had to deliver as the national
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    • 415 77 IN 1973, she stormed into existence, borne on wings of national pride and sporting aspirations. And now the National Stadium at Kallang will depart in a blaze of colour. Come June 30, a closing ceremony titled "Field of Dreams A Tribute to
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    • 356 78  -  Leonard Lim »TENNIS By THE likes of Daniela Hantuchova and Svetlana Kuznetsova could be thrilling crowds here in 2009. The Straits Times understands that efforts are under way to bring a leg of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour here. WTA is
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    • 439 78 REUTERS But all nine USA men knocked out at the first hurdle of the French Open Paris ON A day that saw the American men complete their humiliation, Maria Sharapova led a trio of Russian women's seeds into the second round of the French
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    • 191 78 BASEBALL MLB: LA Dodgers 10 Washington 0, Arizona 11 Philadelphia 5, Cleveland 2 Boston 4, San Diego 1 Pittsburgh 4, NY Yankees 2 Toronto 3, Detroit 14 Tampa Bay 2, San Francisco 4 NY Mets 5 (12 innings), Florida 9 Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati 2 Houston 1, Atlanta 4
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    • 489 79  -  Nicholas Fang BOWLING New programme has a consistent curriculum to be used all the way up to the national team By E. SURESH wants to be the next Remy Ong. The 15-year-old Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) student often pictures himself rolling high scores in international
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    • 448 79 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Cleveland THE kid came up big. Leßron James did, too. And the Cleveland Cavaliers levelled the best-of-seven series 2-2 to be as close as they have ever been to an NBA title. James scored 25 points 13 in the fourth
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    • 28 74 McLaren in the clear Bernie Ecclestone calls for McLaren to be punished severely after the Monaco GP, but the FIA clears the team of any wrongdoing. PAGE H33
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      140 79 rs -^S&tt "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in §2 me will live, even though he dies and whoever lives and f| believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 SOONG LEE YING Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 30 May 2007 dearly missed and fondly
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      63 79 First Anniversary In Loving Memory Of PAUL TAN KIM HUAT Called home to be with the Lord on 31 May 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. But still the empty chair Reminds us of the face, the smile, Of one who once sat there. Wife: Amelia Ho
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      68 79 N KRISHNAN (formerly NAGA Security Services) Age: 60 Passed away peacefully on 30 May 2007 Sadly missed by all loved ones. (Wife: Chandralela, deceased) Mother: Letchimi Sons: Suresh.Thiagaraja Selvarajan Daughter-in-law: Josephine all brothers, sisters, in-laws all relatives. Dearest father is resting at BLK 791, #10-254 CHOA CHU KANG NORTH 6.
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      141 79 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, > I have kept the faith.- 2Tlmjthy4:7 MDM CHEE AH LIN Age: 70 ■was caCCed dome to Be v/ith tke Lord on SO lAay 2007 Ceaving behindCovedones. Husband: (Cheng Wee Joon, Deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Cheong Han Long, Paul Cecilia
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      126 79 Managing Director of Omni Metal Pte Ltd Mr Goh Beng Tong Sole Proprietor of Supreme Soup House Mr Peter Tan Siow Heng their beloved father-in-law CHI A KIM THYE Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 29 May 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Yeo Moi Kia Sons: Daughter-in-law: God-Granddaughers: Chia
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      118 79 We, the Family of the Late MAVIS TRESCILE DEANS Departed on 20 May 2007 2 Would like to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives and friends and to everyone who helped and assisted us through our recent bereavement Our deepest gratitude goes out to the following: Mrs
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      230 80 yf "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, W and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever Psalm 23:6 THOMAS ANG YONG MUI Age: 84 was called home to be with the Lord on 30 May 2007 leaving behind loved ones
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      112 80 I "Surely goodness and love will follow me ail the days of I my life, and I will dwell in the house of the lord forever. I Psalm 23:6 ONG LOONG TEE Age: 47 was called home to be with Lord on 29 May 2007. He is dearly missed by
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      36 80 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to DR TIONG IK KING on the demise of his beloved mother-in-law ANG SIOK TOAN on 28 May 2007 From: iTje Management Staff of KOMATSU ASIA** M i BXCIFICPTB'tjD _1 Jr
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      204 80 ■n^ "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes n *TJ **fr. me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and iJM W believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 %A THERESA TAN BOON LIANG Age: 89 Was called home to be with the Lord on
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      117 80 LIM HUA LYE Age: 93 Passed away peacefuUy on 29 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wives: Tan Mung Lan (deceased) Tan Siew Kee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Hee Kheng, Steven Wong Siew Mcc, Doreen Lim Kok Kheng, Michael Teo Lian Huay, Daphne Lim Chye Kheng, Jimmy
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      56 80 GURDEV KAUR D/O ISHER SIN(;H Age: 59 passed away peacefully- on 28 May 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: I hi- l.ltr H.tn Smghi Son: ldsp.il Singh Daughter: HMMM k.iuf < orti-yc will l'-.tw Bik 749 Yishun Si 72 today I hurs at 5..10pm for Mandai
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      72 80 Me has mtan bountifully w*t> n»' I 1 JOHN SENA Age: «9 wmcamaxcrwiDimmnrmLofrs en SSw 200? mwry tWwW r»w) arm (¥tim-. Ijdm \Vi«cu.'lnr wi|) Sar Oiwjtlw ii hii JOKphJ.Scfw CtowMMdU* Dmoj&t Son am JoMphraMmar DawdMmar Sebastian. Shawn. Ton Angel Afto AH B#4ovwf Rtiajttv+t MB h«M St John VSt MagmrtCtwch (30
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      62 80 let Anniversary In Loving Memory Of PATRINA SARAH CHEW VAN TING Departed 31 /5/2008 Our hearts are fill with With pride we tpemk rd your name life ha* go on without you But never be the iimr Behind our tmlle*. there's many tear* You remain in our hearts arway« Dearly
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      18 80 11th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Chmniah Anbansan Dap4Wtod3lstltoyi996 Alwiyv fencnuMiM By MBBafllßlllltSttßTof WB^ftUfrfrHfcafrU* BBMBt#B%B%MNa, llßa*rr^SmteS/B(ftMarJ l_ I
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      104 80 BASANT KAUR VV/O PALL SINGH CHAJKAR Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 2? May 2007 Miami Path starts at 4pm on i lun Hhom and Kirtan will be from 3 m spm on 5 lun at Khalsa Hharnuttc \ahim Sons: Daughters in law: Darshan Singh lagw Kant MohiiKk r Singh
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    • 424 82 REUTERS Despite revision, they still expect solid 2008 growth, says industry body Tokyo FHE world's top chipmakers have cut their sales growth forecast for the global chip market this year following a weaker-than-expected first quarter, but still expect solid growth next year,
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    • 273 82 BLOOMBERG NEWS MUMBAI INDIA became the third emerging stock market after China and Russia to surpass US$l trillion (Ssl.s trillion) in value, helped by the fastest economic growth in 60 years, a strengthening currency and overseas investment. The 30-member benchmark Sensex rose 0.8 per
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    • 333 82 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington HOME prices in the United States dropped last quarter for the first time in almost 16 years, signalling a prolonged housing recession. The average value of a house dropped 1.4 per cent in the first three months of
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    • 30 82 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,588.26 (-84.3 points) »Japanese share prices retreated as an unexpected dip in domestic industrial output and a tumble in Chinese stocks weighed on sentiment.
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    • 34 82 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,293.76 (-175.83 points) Hong Kong share prices closed 0.86 per cent lower following a big slide in mainland bourses after China tripled stamp duty on securities transactions.
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    • 34 82 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,053.09 (-281.84 points) Chinese stocks slumped 6.5 per cent after taxes on share transactions were raised in the government's latest effort to curb the nation's booming stock markets.
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    • 29 82 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,243.4 (-74.2 points) Australian stocks closed 1.17 per cent lower as investors reacted nervously to a sharp downturn on the Chinese stock markets.
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    • 37 82 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,339.18 (-3.82 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.28 per cent lower following sharp falls in China where the government has attempted to cool the market by raising taxes on share sales.
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      34 82 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,111.38 (-96.83 points) »Indian stocks fell 0.68 per cent, snapping three days of gains, as leading software stocks fell. Markets could remain choppy in the coming days, say dealers.
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    • 33 82 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,055.39 (-3.34 points) »Indonesian share prices closed down 0.16 per cent after a sell-off in Chinese equities triggered by a rise in stamp duty on stock transactions.
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    • 39 82 AFP Yesterday's close: 737.4 (+9.61 points) Thai stocks closed 1.32 per cent higher as investors awaited the outcome of a court ruling on the fate of the kingdom's two main political parties later in the day.
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    • 220 82 YESTERDAYS CLOSE: 0,51 1.1 O '^MM^' May 30 Allgreen 0.52 1.800 -0.050 Ascendasreit 0.98 2.810 +0.080 CapitaComm 0.58 2.940 +0.010 CapitaLand 5.07 8.100 +0.050 CapitaMall 1.03 4.060 -0.080 Chart SemiCond 0.65 1.270 -0.010 CityDev 3.12 16.900 -0.600 ComiortDelGro 1.49 2.200 CoscoCorp 0.84 2.640 -0.040 Creative Tech
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    • 135 82 May 30 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2450 1.2600 Ian dollar 1.4150 1.4310 Luro 2.0430 2.0660 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4494 0.4499 IZ dollar 1.1050 1.1280 iterling pound 3.0110 3.0450 JS dollar 1.5200 1.5370 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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    • 601 83 BLOOMBERG NEWS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bursting of stock bubble may not have big impact on Chinese and global economies: Economists Shanghai EVEN if former United States Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is right, the "dramatic contraction" he predicts for Chinese stocks is unlikely to
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    • 205 83 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILLIONS of Chinese could be thrown out of work, if Beijing buckles to foreign pressure to allow its currency to rise sharply, state media yesterday quoted a new study as saying. The report by China's Institute of Labour Science
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    • 160 83 ASSOCIATED PRESS Amsterdam ABN Amro said yesterday it has formed a special supervisory board committee to weigh rival takeover bids from Barclays and a consortium of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The RBS-led group's offer of 71.1 billion euros (*****.3
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    • 356 84  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent CENTILLION Environment and Recycling is likely to be back in business within a few weeks but in the form of a joint venture. Its imminent return follows a deal struck last November to team up with France's
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    • 258 84 BLOOMBERG NEWS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S economy grew at the slowest pace in five quarters as exports and manufacturing eased after demand for electronics from markets such as the United States faltered. The US$l47 billion (*****.7 billion) economy expanded 5.3 per cent in the
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    • 453 84 REUTERS One large entity and a few smaller firms will be set up for key sectors Jakarta INDONESIA aims to set up a large holding firm, along the lines of Singapore's Temasek Holdings, and several smaller ones in key sectors such as plantations and mining,
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    • 651 85  -  Grace Ng Some positive steps would include staff mentoring and overseas attachments By Finance Reporter BANKS can retain talent by training and mentoring staff and giving them fresh challenges such as overseas job rotations, a panel of top bank executives
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    • 425 85  -  Ng Sook Zhen By INSURER Great Eastern relaunched its income protection plan yesterday, with new features aimed at attracting more customers for what are little-used policies. Renamed Paysecure, the enhanced plan waives loading fees for foreigners, has lower premiums and higher maximum
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 119 86 COURTS (Singapore) yesterday reported a net loss of $17.4 million for the full year ended March 31, reversing a net profit of $7.1 million a year earlier. Revenue rose 8.1 per cent to $333.4 million as a 12 per cent rise
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      • 80 86 FISH supplier Pacific Andes (Holdings) has posted a 50 per cent jump in net profits to HK5385.4 million (5575.38 million). Revenue for the year ended March 31 rose 49 per cent to HK55.29 billion on higher frozen fish sales and more fishing. Earnings
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      • 76 86 GP BATTERIES International has posted an 11 per cent slide in net profits to $12.1 million as prices of nickel and zinc rose. Revenue for the year ended March 31 slid 8 per cent to $819.7 million. Earnings per share were
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      • 59 86 HOSPITAL operator China Healthcare has quadrupled its profits to $1.2 million, aided by a one-off accounting gain of $950,000. Revenue for the year ended March 31 rose 20 per cent to $16.3 million. Earnings per share were 0.75 cent, up from 0.18 cent. Net asset value
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      • 93 86 RSH, the retailer behind Royal Sporting House and Stadium, yesterday reported a 18 per cent drop in net profit for the full year ended March 31 to $12.3 million, down from $15 million a year earlier. Revenue rose 18 per cent to
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    • 625 86  -  Fiona Chan Prime 1.02 ha site likely to draw major developers, say consultants By Property Reporter BLUE-CHIP property players from across the region are expected to do battle for a prime piece of Marina Bay land released for tender yesterday. Bids
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    • 239 86  -  LEE SU SHYAN DIRECTORS' TRADES CHEMOIL Energy founder and chief executive Robert Chandran upped his stake in the marine fuel products supplier last week by picking up 200,000 shares. He paid 89.5 US cents apiece, which brings the cost to U*****,000 (*****,700). His total stake,
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    • 449 86  -  Gabriel Chen TAKING STOCK By SINGAPORE shares ended lower yesterday for the first time in three days, as regional markets also slid after China trebled a share-trading tax in a bid to curb speculation in its red-hot equity
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    • 376 86  -  Goh Eng Yeow WARRANT WATCH By Markets Correspondent INVESTORS are betting that the Hong Kong bourse may suffer a collateral fallout, as mainland China takes steps to deflate its stock market bubble. One way for investors to pocket some cash in
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    • 626 87  -  Goh Eng Yeow Chinese shares plunge as stamp duty is trebled but region stays calm By Markets Correspondent SINGAPORE and other regional markets shrugged off a dizzying plunge in China's bourses yesterday, triggered by moves to dampen the country's manic share buying. It
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    • 27 87 Gainers: 206 Losers: 609 Unchanged: 671 Australian dollar 1.2450 1.2600 Euro 2.0430 2.0660 Sterling pound JS dollar 3.0110 3.0450 1.5200 1.5370 fen (100 units) 1.2510 1.2645
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    • 248 87  -  GRACE NG CRAZY HORSE FLOP WHATEVER your view of the Crazy Horse Paris show, it certainly stripped the profits off entertainment group Eng Wah Organisation. The firm dived into the red with a net loss of $10.6 million for the year ended March 31
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    • 28 87 Managing talent Banks should offer proper support and perks to draw and keep talented staff, instead of resorting to poaching, says a panel of banking executives. PAGE H42
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      • 784 89  - Journey to the West and back Stephanie Yap Tan Dun's desire to preserve and celebrate tradition is seen in two concertos notable for their use of unusual materials ARTS REPORTER EVEN though he has lived in New York City for over 20 years, composer-con-ductor Tan Dun is still proud of
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      • 691 90  -  June Cheong Leading choreographer Akram Khan (left) is performing with prima ballerina Sylvie Guillem in a work that fuses ballet with classical north Indian dance ARTS REPORTER LEADING British-Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan does not see himself or his recent collaborators as superstars. The 32-year-old dance wunderkind has
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        1151 91  -  Adeline Chia Smaller and younger arts companies are waving the Singapore flag high at this year's Arts Festival ARTS REPORTER MOVE aside, big boys. Smaller Singapore arts companies such as Checkpoint Theatre, The Finger Players and young arts practitioners are taking the stage in the Singapore Arts
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          202 92 COGITO By Checkpoint Theatre What: Penned by Huzir Sulaiman, the futuristic play is set in a tech-saturated Singapore 20 years from now. Two women, both called Katherine Lee, find out that they have been married to the same man for the past 20 years. When: June 7 to 9,
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          146 92 DREAMING OF KUANYIN, MEETING MADONNA (left) By Mark Chan and The Arts Fission Company What: A fusion of music, dance and video, where seven dancers and three live musicians perform to pre-recorded new music by Chan and video images by multimedia artist Brian Gothong Tan. The Goddess of Mercy
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          323 92 PLAY! A VIDEO GAME SYMPHONY (above) By the Singapore Festival Orchestra, conducted by Grammy Award-winning maestro Arnie Roth from the United States What: World Of Warcraft and Final Fantasy go high culture in this symphonic extravaganza with video game music written for a full orchestra, choir and pipe organ.
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        86 93 'Only Linda Evans' Joan Collins turning on her former Dynasty co-star when asked if she has worked with animals 1 like the achievement of conquering the audience... so my showbiz debut bored me. F4 was about being good-looking, we didn't have to sing or dance, we just had to
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      • 811 93  -  Ong Sor Fern Shows like The Tudors may be more pulp than fact, but at least they open windows of curiosity about the real thing culturevulture TRUTH is stranger than fiction. Which explains the draw of fact-based stories. A recent clutch of movies and books I
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      • 394 93 AFP NEW YORK Forty years after a generation of young Americans turned on, tuned in and dropped out during the Summer Of Love, a New York museum is hoping to re-create the psychedelic intensity of the period. The exhibition at the Whitney Museum features
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        667 94  -  Adeline Chia Veteran actresses Claire Wong (left) and Neo Swee Lin (right) find themselves sharing the same name and husband in the play Cogito ARTS REPORTER WILL the real Katherine Lee please stand up? In Cogito, a futuristic play by Checkpoint Theatre at the Singapore Arts Festival this
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      • 584 95 Reuters A new book elevates the works of Los Angeles' graffiti artists from vandalism to modern art LOS ANGELES They have names like Wisk, Revok, Panic and Oiler. They work mostly in the dark, often above six lanes of hurtling freeway traffic, and their spray-can creations sometimes last
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      • 386 96  -  Hong Xinyi Celebrity couple Beatrice Chia-Richmond and Mark Richmond have named their newborn son after the Spanish word for 'sun' THEATRE director-actress Beatrice Chia-Richmond, 33, and radio executive Mark Richmond, 36, welcomed their first child last Saturday. Baby boy Sol, who weighs 2.96 kg, has a touch
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      • 304 96 AFP MEXICO CITY The 100 th birthday of artist md feminist icon Frida Kahlo will be honoured with the largest ever exhibit of her paintings, the Vhiseum of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico said 3n Tuesday. On show will be 354 pieces of the painter's work.
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      • 681 97  -  Hong Xinyi New format in biennial event will give Asian artists a more important role and they will be heard more ARTS REPORTER IT'S out with the old and in with the new for this year's Asian Arts Mart. The biennial showcase
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      • 592 98  -  June Cheong Venice Biennale Yuen Chee Wai, a sound artist, dabbles in the visual arts to create a crest for Singapore at the Venice Biennale ARTS REPORTER TO HELP brand Singapore in next month's Venice Biennale, artist Yuen Chee Wai has designed a coat-of-arms a crest
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      • 622 98  -  June Cheong PERFORMANCE artist S. Chandrasekaran believes in suffering for his art. In the name of art, the 48-year-old has immersed half his body in a metal vessel holding wine and live bacteria. He has also collaborated with Australian scientist Gary Cass on
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      • 532 99  -  June Cheong That's what two artists are doing by using objects of nostalgia in their exhibition ARTS REPORTER PAINTING helped artist Dyn re-connect with his past. And the 29-year-old, whose given name is Safaruddin Abdul Hamid, hopes that his artworks will reverse the "culture of forgetting"
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    • 373 100 AP The new Miss Universe almost dropped her crown while Miss USA took a tumble during the pageant A SLIPPED tiara nearly ruined the crowning of a beauty queen on Monday night. Miss Japan Riyo Mori the new Miss Universe 2007 nervously grabbed the hands of first runner-up,
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    • 492 101  -  Shaan Seth A revamped John Littje, dubbed XLJL for its size, opens a new flagship store in Marina Square today IOHN Little's new flagship in Marina Square, which opens today, will be the chain's biggest store after its Specialists' Centre outlet closes in
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    • 713 102  -  Lee Sze Yong Globe Trekker host Megan McCormick will front a new TV campaign by the Singapore Tourism Board MEDIA REPORTER AMERICAN TV presenter Megan McCormick just can't stop talking. You have just introduced yourself to her when she launches off: "You don't mind me eating
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    • 455 102 AP LOS ANGELES In a recent message posted on her website, Britney Spears says she "hit rock bottom" after her marriage ended and she spent time in rehab. "Recently, I was sent to a very humbling place called rehab. I truly hit rock bottom. Till this
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    • 988 105  -  Loh Keng Fatt A Zen Buddhist monk teaches inner peace with a story of a river which is riven by anxiety booksforthesoul MANY people are always in a hurry to seek the perfect partner, the most satisfying job or that enduring friendship. Thich Nhat Hanh, 81,
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    • 385 105 AP LOS ANGELES Actress Lindsay Lohan has checked into rehab. Again. The move followed a weekend during which the wild-child actress, who is a month shy of her 21st birthday, crashed her Mercedes, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and was
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      • 178 107 Hollywood beckons #1 HONG KONG Hollywood is remaking Hong Kong action comedy Enter The Phoenix with Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Jennifer Aniston (right) in leading roles. Directed by Stephen Fung and produced by Jackie Chan, the 2004 original stars Eason Chan as a straight guy
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      • 179 107  -  Lee Sze Yong Hollywood beckons #2 WHEN the next Batman movie The Dark Knight opens next year, watch out for a familiar face. Singaporean actor-director Ng Chin Han (above), 37, perhaps best remembered by TV audiences as one of the cast members in the 1994 soap
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        164 107 ACTRESSES Joanne Peh (above, left) and Michelle Chia can now add "bag designers" to their resumes after designing two totes each for home-grown brand Bonia. They are not the only local celebri-ties-turned-bag hags. Former models Celia Teh and Jessie Leong, our cover girls this week, own 8.A.G., which
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