The Straits Times, 1 June 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 108 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 FRIDAY, JUNE 1 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Demand for C-class beds at hospitals up sharply
    632 1  -  Salma Khali k Cost of subsidised care may go up again if trend continues By Health Correspondent MORE and more patients are opting for highly-subsi-dised care at public hospitals, resulting in a huge jump in demand for C-class beds over the past
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    Lock icon THE GREATE GIZMO SALE
    89 1 DESMOND LIM The PC Show opened yesterday to throngs of bargain hunters. By 6pm, the 150,000 people who had passed through the doors at Suntec City Convention Centre had blown about $2 million on tech buys. Show organiser Lines Exposition and Management Services expects brisk business
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    Lock icon Security clampdown in Thailand stays amid unrest fears
    467 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent in Bangkok THAILAND'S army chief yesterday said the nationwide security clampdown would be maintained indefinitely as some demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the court decision that dissolved the Thai Rak Thai party. The demonstration
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Digital age takes heavy toll on music industry
      1104 1  -  Sujin Thomas By OUT in public, people are walking around with earphones, dangling wires and slim music players. In the privacy of their homes, these same individuals might well be ripping music off the Internet in order to fill those music players
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      348 2 fc?SMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT Beyond any doubt "M-"'" Our University of Choice Associate Professor Winston Koh BES" school of Economics Jk Bright and talented students have been drawn to SMU in record 3j jason Poh numbers for seven consecutive years.. .a strong vote of confidence yfAsA Xi Stnnis'cLpion in Singapore's trend-setting,
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      374 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Anime warning Asia 6-15 A local anime distributor World 16-23 is sending letters to those Review 24-27 who download Japanese I: ht o on animated cartoons FY g illegally, warning of legal hYI cSU action. SECTION TWO PAGE H2 Home Hl-Hl3 Forum Hl4 Record turnout
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Strong reactions in Malaysia to Lina Joy verdict
      623 3  -  Hazlin Hassan Postings online filled with expletives and offensive remarks By Malaysia Correspondent in Kota Baru (Keiantan) MALAYSIAN websites went into overdrive yesterday, with red-hot postings in reaction to a Federal court's verdict that a Christian convert could not delete the word
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      Lock icon Falling tree branch kills man on nature reserve hiking trail
      444 3  -  Teh Joo Lin By Tania Tan A MAN died after being hit on the head by a falling tree branch yesterday. His death follows those of three others killed by falling trees in as many weeks. Mr Nguyen Ngoc Quang,
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      Lock icon Millions in China face water crisis after algae outbreak
      647 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, XINHUA Putrid tap water in Wuxi leads to big rush for bottled supplies Beijing A MAJOR Chinese city issued emergency orders yesterday to stem panic waterbuying after heavy pollution led to an algae outbreak in a
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      373 4 Bumper catch in the Bay '''ill Hotels in Marina Bay are riding on National Day fervour, with solid bookings for rooms with a good view of the extravaganza on Aug 9 KILLED BY FALLING BRANCH NEAR TREE-TOP WALK Spore PR walks ahead of brother in heavy rain, then... i 1
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Australia says sorry to Jakarta governor
      744 6  -  Salim Osman Roger Maynard ALLEGED OFFENSIVE TREATMENT IN SYDNEY Apology defuses diplomatic row as Sutiyoso calls for calm among demonstrators By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta Australia Correspondent In Sydney JAKARTA'S Governor Sutiyoso yesterday said the Australian ambassador had apologised to him personally for the
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Taiwan Speaker rejects offer to be Ma's running mate
        432 8  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei ENDING months of speculation, Taiwan's Parliament Speaker Wang Jin-pyng yesterday formally rejected an offer from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) to be its vice-presidential candidate. The decision has raised concerns of a widening
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        Lock icon Beijing defends its record on drugs and food safety
        617 8  -  Tracy Quek It says Panama firms not Chinese companies mostly to blame for deadly cough syrup By China Correspondent In Beijing RILED by recent reports questioning the safety of its food and drug exports, China yesterday defended its track record and
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        Lock icon China to open up key domestic air routes
        505 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Three biggest airlines will lose monopoly by 2010 as reforms kick in amid rising competition Beijing THE monopoly enjoyed by China's three biggest airlines on the nation's most lucrative domestic routes will end by 2010 as part of reforms being
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        Lock icon No deal yet with SIA, says China Eastern
        244 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Shanghai CHINA Eastern Airlines (CEA) said yesterday that it was still in talks to bring in strategic investors, among them Singapore Airlines (SIA), but no agreement had been reached. "Details regarding the introduction of strategic investors and the terms of
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        Lock icon FLOWER GIRLS
        47 9 Children waiting to perform at Tiananmen Square in Beijing yesterday during the 2007 Harmonious China event. Thousands of children staged a mass sports and games demonstration as part of the capital city's effort to drum up enthusiasm ahead of next year's Olympic Games. PHOTO: AFP
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        Lock icon Private investors for nuke plants 'possible'
        225 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Shanghai CHINA is considering letting private domestic firms and foreign companies invest in the country's nuclear power plants, as it eyes massive nuclear power expansion, state media reported yesterday. The government will still hold a controlling stake in all the plants, the
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Abe seeks new Bills to defuse pension crisis
        367 10 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Japanese PM hopes to reverse plunging approval ratings ahead of July polls Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, under fire after a Cabinet minister killed himself, tried yesterday to quell another furore that has hurt his popularity
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        Lock icon Protest at denial of war compensation
        195 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Beijing DEMONSTRATORS gathered here yesterday to protest against a Japanese court ruling denying compensation to five Chinese forced to work as slave labourers in Hiroshima during World War 11. About 30 people gathered outside the Japanese Embassy to protest against the
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        Lock icon Japan 'risking ties with China over Lee's visit'
        326 10 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing CHINA warned Japan yesterday that it was putting relations at risk by allowing former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui to visit, as he courted more controversy by suggesting he might go to a Tokyo war shrine. Chinese Foreign Ministry
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Militants attack home of top cleric
        501 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS 13 die in pre-dawn strike by pro-Taleban forces against cleric in Pakistan, police say Peshawar (Pakistan) ABOUT 100 suspected pro-Taleban militants attacked the house of a top Pakistani cleric in north-western Pakistan before dawn yesterday, killing 13 people, police said.
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        76 11 High-rise buildings are changing the character of Dharavi, the world's largest shanty town, in Mumbai. Plans to transform the town got off the ground on Wednesday as a western Indian state government ran advertisements inviting national and foreign builders to develop a sprawling township in the suburbs.
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        Lock icon India's growth hits 18-year high
        278 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS New Delhi INDIA'S economy grew 9.4 per cent in the fiscal year through March, its strongest in 18 years, the government said yesterday. The economy has been boosted by robust expansion in manufacturing, exports and services. In the January to March quarter, gross
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Thai capital gloomy after ruling against TRT
        798 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEWS ANALYSIS Some hail Thai judiciary's decision while others remain pessimistic By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok SHARPLY mixed reactions yesterday greeted the Thai constitutional tribunal's decision to dissolve the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party and ban over 100 of
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        Lock icon Thai Rak Thai will regroup and return, says acting leader
        707 13  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok ELEMENTS of the dissolved Thai Rak Thai party intend to register a new political party of the same name, and also appeal against the five-year ban slapped on 111 members of its executive
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        Lock icon Thaksin apologises to supporters
        332 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS THAILAND'S ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday apologised to his supporters after his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party was dissolved and he was banned from politics over election law violations. In a hand-written letter dated from London, where he has been based since his
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        Lock icon Business leaders hail ban on Thaksin, TRT
        303 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok MR THAKSIN Shinawatra's ban from politics was hailed yesterday by business leaders who said the removal of the ousted prime minister and his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) political party could help reverse the country's slide towards its slowest economic growth
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        Lock icon Indonesia gives out anti-bird flu kits to educate village leaders
        467 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS The aim is to step up fight against the virus by getting people to cut risk of being infected Jakarta INDONESIAN officials yesterday began distributing kits containing masks, gloves and bars of soap to fight bird
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        Lock icon 5 die in cops-robbers shoot-out
        206 14 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Manila PHILIPPINE police chased six armed robbers, who had held up a bus, through the streets of the capital during rush hour yesterday. At least five people were killed in the exchange of gunfire that followed. The robbers boarded the bus in
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        Lock icon S'pore will never attack Indonesia: Juwono
        312 14 JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Jakarta INDONESIAN Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono has told the House of Representatives not to fear Singapore, after legislators objected strongly to two recently signed extradition and defence treaties. "We all have to be realistic in facing Singapore," Dr Juwono said
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Accounting scandal engulfs firm linked to Kuok Group
        499 15  -  Leslie Lopez Securities watchdog investigating cargo operator in case likened to Enron By South-east Asia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S richest man, sugar king Robert Kuok, is finding life not too sweet in his home country these days as his corporate holdings
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        Lock icon TRAGEDY HITS VILLAGE
        97 15 Wednesday was a day of mourning for villagers of Kampung Baharu in Penang. The village turned out to bury seven family members who were killed instantly on Tuesday when a container lorry slammed into their stationary car at a toll booth near Alor Setar in Kedah state.
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        Lock icon PAS Youth blasts govt for cooperating with S'pore on IDR
        603 15  -  Reme Ahmad Hazlin Hassan By Malaysia Correspondents In Kota Baru (Keiantan) LEADERS of the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia's Youth wing yesterday queued up to lambast the Malaysian government for wanting to cooperate with Singapore in south Johor's new economic zone,
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      26 6 Kuok group hit by scandal Malaysian billionaire Robert Kuok's group is hit by an accounting scandal with an air cargo operator overstating its revenues. PAGE 15
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon EU appetite for wildlife products driving illegal trade
      729 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS For food or leather goods Bloc also leads in governing trade but enforcement is patchy, says report Amsterdam FROM live lizards to rare orchids, the European Union is the world's biggest buyer of wildlife, tropical timber and animal
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      Lock icon UN votes to try Hariri murder suspects
      455 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Lebanese laud move to set up tribunal but Syria sees it as foreign meddling Beirut THE UN Security Council has voted to set up an international court to try suspects in the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, whose
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      Lock icon Kids' finger length points to maths and language ability
      256 17 REUTERS New York THE length of children's fingers may hint at their natural abilities in mathematics and language, a new study suggests. In a study of 75 children between the ages of six and seven, researchers found that finger length correlated
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      Lock icon British secret service killed Litvinenko, says suspect
      1083 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Mystery deepens as ex-KGB agent Lugovoy says dead spy worked for MI6 Moscow THE chief suspect in the murder of former Russian secret agent Alexander Litvinenko spun a tale of intrigue at a media conference yesterday when
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      Lock icon TB case shows how easily diseases can spread globally
      596 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS Infected man was able to get on two flights even though he was put on a no-fly list Atlanta SARS on a plane. Mumps on a plane. And now a rare and deadly form of tuberculosis, on at least
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    • DEADLY HEATWAVE
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        Lock icon 28 drown in Moscow while trying to cool off
        265 21 REUTERS Moscow TWENTY-eight people, many of them drunk, drowned in the Russian capital last month as Muscovites cooled off from a record heatwave in ponds, fountains and canals. "The main reason for the deaths is that people bathe in places were
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        Lock icon Six die as temperature soars in Bangladesh
        232 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Dhaka SIX people have died in Bangladesh from heat-related illnesses as summer temperatures soar and power cuts plague businesses and homes, newspaper reports said yesterday. Four people died in north-western Chuadanga district while two more died in eastern Comilla, the English-lan-guage
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      Lock icon Zoellick vows to restore confidence in World Bank
      533 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES Best days yet to come, says probable new chief, vowing also to heal wounds Washington MR ROBERT Zoellick has dealt with the Cold War, the killing in Darfur and China's rise as an economic colossus. His next
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon BRUNEI PRINCESS TO WED
        105 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The daughter of Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah will wed on June 10, a government website announced yesterday. The wedding banquet will be held a day after the wedding of Princess Hajah Majeedah Nuurul Bulqiah and Mr Khairul Khalil. In line with
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        Lock icon HOSTAGES FREED WITH REBEL HELP
        127 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: Gunmen freed four people, including a German and his Filipino wife, hours after they were seized in the southern Philippines yesterday, the military said. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a Muslim rebel group that has a ceasefire agreement with the government, negotiated
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        Lock icon SUICIDE STRIKE KILLS 20 IN IRAQ
        130 22 REUTERS FALLUJAH (Iraq): At least 20 people were killed and another 20 wounded by a suicide bomber in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah yesterday. Police spokesman Hamid Abid said the bomber, wearing an explosives vest, walked up to a queue of about 150
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        Lock icon TIWAN'S SPACE CHIEF HELD
        112 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI: Investigators detained the head of Taiwan's budding space programme yesterday, amid allegations that funds for acquiring a satellite from Canada had been spent illegally, prosecutor Lin Hui-yin said. Mr Lance Wu, head of the state-funded National Space Centre, was detained after officials questioned
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        Lock icon TALKS ON N. KOREA FRUITLESS
        104 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Talks between China and the United States here on how to resolve a financial dispute that is stalling North Korea's nuclear disarmament have ended without result. Nevertheless, US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill urged Pyongyang to start shutting down its nuclear
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        Lock icon POSSIBLE ISRAEL-SYRIA TALKS?
        119 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is exploring the possibility of renewing peace talks with Syria and has indicated he is willing to give up the Golan Heights, a senior Israeli official said yesterday. Israel seized the strategic plateau from Syria in the 1967 Middle
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon In this Sierra Leone village, Blair is chief – for life
        425 23 In this Sierra Leone village, Blair is chief for life AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MR TONY Blair may be about to leave office as British prime minister, but in the village of Mahera, near Sierra Leone's international airport, he will always be in charge. As the door of No. 10 Downing Street
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        Lock icon Doctor Death due to be released from prison
        230 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSISTED-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, whose controversial tactics earned him the nickname "Doctor Death", was due to be released from jail today after serving more than eight years for murder. Kevorkian, who served time in a Michigan prison for the case
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        Lock icon Hollywood actor to run for president
        195 23 REUTERS HOLLYWOOD actor Fred Thompson has said in an interview that he plans to run for US president next year, joining a crowded field of Republican candidates. "I can't remember exactly the point I said, 'I'm going to do this'," Thompson said in yesterday's
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        Lock icon Pope 'visited Brazil without passport'
        175 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS EVEN the Pope needs a passport. But did Pope Benedict XVI forget his when he flew to Brazil last month for his first papal visit to the world's largest Roman Catholic country? A respected Brazilian newspaper columnist insists the Pope did not have
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      25 16 Blair the village chief Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been elected honorary paramount chief by the Sierra Leone village of Mahera. PAGE 23
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      443 24 WHAT was feared most for Thailand did not happen. This is a mercy most of the nation would savour. That the Constitutional Tribunal ruling on election fraud complaints found no cause to dissolve the Democrat Party, along with Thai Rak Thai and two small parties, was
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      1164 24  -  ANADAS DEVAN SINGAPORE'S BILATERAL RELATIONS By J, Senior Writer SINGAPORE-Indonesia as well as Singapore-Malaysia relations took positive turns recently, thanks to the efforts of the top leaders of the three countries. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's summit meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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      942 24  -  Martin Wolf FINANCIAL TIMES CHINA'S EXPLODING SURPLUSES By WHAT is the most important highlevel dialogue in international economics? The answer is not the discussion among the finance ministers of the Group of Seven high-in-come countries. It is the "strategic dialogue" between China and the US.
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      1142 25  -  Anthony Paul SOUTH AFRICA'S OUTLOOK By Senior Writer Aboard liner Queen Elizabeth II In Cape Town TO A first-time visitor to South Africa, this city on the southern edge of a troubled continent creates a very favourable first impression. Within walking distance of
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      1041 26  -  Thomas Goetz DIGITAL MEDICAL RECORDS By GO INTO almost any medical office, hospital or clinic in the United States and you will notice records are still being handled the old-fashioned way on paper. Americans can use a computer to pay their taxes, to programme their TiVo or
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      616 27  -  David Rothenberg MARINE BIOLOGY By IT WAS no surprise that the mother and calf humpback whales that had wandered up the Sacramento River earlier last month did not respond as hoped to attempts to lure them downstream by playing recordings of whale noises. When it comes
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      1708 28  -  [eremy Au Yong people a POLITICS Singapore has gained a new ally in its push into the Middle East: the local Arab community. But just where do they fit in and how do its leaders see this role playing out? ByJ: BY MR
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      978 29  -  Chua Mvi Hoong FRIDAY MATTERS By Senior Writer LATELY, I have found myself sucked into an old hobby: scanning property advertisements compulsively, circling those that sound promising and chasing down the leads. I'm not a property speculator or investor. But I've been observing
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      803 29  -  Lydia Lim »THE POST-65ERS SO THE University of New South Wales (UNSW) has decided to pull out of Singapore, abandoning an earlier, multi-million-dollar plan to set up a showcase Asian campus in Changi. But hang on a minute, did that headline-grabbing
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      655 33  -  Teh Joo Lin Ex-avid gamer had two attacks before, diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis THE final, ragged gasps for air by a dying 20-year-old were so loud on Wednesday morning that they woke his brother, who was sleeping in his room with the
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      316 34  -  Lee Sze Yong By Media Reporter FHE Media Development Authority of Singapore JMDA) has fined MediaCorp Radio $15,000 for raunchy segments on radio station 38.7FM's morning show. In three five-minute segments aired over three days in March, 10 women taking part in men's
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      86 34 A cyclist lost his life after his bicycle collided with a goods truck yesterday afternoon. The accident along Bedok South Road happened at about 3.45pm. The man suffered head and leg injuries as a result of the accident, police said. He died on the
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      437 34  -  Chua Hian Hou Japanese animated cartoons distributor sending letters to culprits warning of legal action By PRICES of anime DVDs here are the world's lowest, but fans of these Japanese animated cartoons prefer to get them online for free. Now they may land in the
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        78 34 A RETIREE in his early 70s died on Wednesday after he was hit by a lorry while crossing the road. The accident happened at the junction of Bedok North Avenue 1 and Bedok North Drive, police said. The man, who suffered head injuries, was taken
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        93 34 A VIETNAMESE woman in her 20s died early yesterday morning in an accident that involved two taxis. Details of the incident, which happened around 4am at the junction of Upper Cross Street and South Bridge Road, are still sketchy. The woman was pronounced dead
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        126 34 THE man whose body was found floating in the Kallang River on Wednesday has been identified as Mr Yong Theng Chan, a 55-year-old odd-job worker. His 51-year-old wife told Shin Mm Daily that her husband, who was able to swim, had not been home in the
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      473 36  -  Ho Ai Li Buddhists marked Vesak Day yesterday in various ways NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Renee Tan waited two hours at the monastery on Bright Hill to join Buddhist devotees to usher in Vesak Day yesterday with a penitential ritual. With her, long lines of Buddhists
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      550 38  -  Tanya Fong »CLEANER DUPED OF $124k IN LIFE SAVINGS Forced out of cleaning jobs by bad knee, she now lives in a shelter SHE was cheated out of her $124,000 retirement nest egg by her boss. As if life could not get
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      198 38 TANIA TAN MORE Singaporeans are living by the age-old adage, "Home is where the heart is". Some 91 per cent of Singaporeans polled last year in a survey by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) said they would turn to their families
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      630 39  -  Tham Yuen-C Over 150,000 visitors and $2m spent both opening-day highs By THE PC Show robbed the Suntec City Convention Centre of what would have been a Vesak Day calm yesterday, as record crowds descended upon it. Bargain hunters and window shoppers
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        61 39 THE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Dr Artis Pabriks, is visiting Singapore until Sunday in response to an invitation from Foreign Minister George Yeo. Dr Pabriks is accompanied by his spouse, Mrs Undine Pabriks-Bollow, and officials of the Latvian government. During his
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        119 39 RACE with an expected crowd of 1,000 to designated checkpoints on SBS Transit buses or trains plying the North-East Line on June 23, and you stand to win money and a year of free bus rides. The event is organised by Singapore Press
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      552 42  -  Zakir Hussain New global index of 121 countries lists it 6th in Asia-Pacific By A NEW global index measuring how peaceful countries are has ranked Singapore 29th on a list of 121 countries. But it ranked sixth among the 21 economies from Asia and
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      134 42 A giant hammer crushes a "pack of cigarettes" at the Quit Fix Roadshow at HDB Hub, with a digital display showing the number of smokers who have tried quitting during the smoking control campaign. At the roadshow yesterday, organised to coincide with World No Tobacco Day,
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      419 42 ZAKIR HUSSAIN FOR about 100 members of the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS), it was the thickest package they had received in months. But the 35-page newsletter was no party document: It was put out in February by a faction that felt enough was enough.
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      521 43  -  Ho Ai Li Petition group and those from second intake still dissatisfied WHILE students from the University of New South Wales JUNSW) Asia ponder their options following the school's shocking pullout on May 23, things appear all set for Myanmar student Phone Wai Myint.
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      876 44  -  Chang Ai -Lien 2-year NParks project unearths another 7 thought extinct By Science Correspondent THE most ambitious wildlife survey here to date has unearthed 35 plant and animal species never before seen in Singapore, and another seven thought to have
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        109 45 NParks assistant director (Pulau Übin) Robert Teo was with a group walking along a stream in the Western Catchment area on mainland Singapore when he saw this terrapin. Thinking it was the common black marsh terrapin, he took some shots of it anyway and continued on his
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        64 45 This small bean tree with thick woody pods was rediscovered on Pulau Pawai with help from experts from the Singapore Herbarium at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. It was last collected in the wild here more than 50 years ago. A species is considered extinct
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        34 45 This 15 cm-long marine creature found in the waters off a northern offshore island looks like a large centipede. Researchers are still ascertaining whether it is new to science. PHOTO: WILSON CHAN
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        69 45 These two spiders have never been spotted here before. The Mauge's crab spider (above), with its beautifully patterned body, is a slow-moving creature found among leaves of trees. The Kuhl's orb-web spider (left), with its black body and orange legs, differs from another orb-web spider commonly
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        96 45 The project put the little-studied intertidal landscape under the microscope. Among the team's discoveries was this brilliant pink marine worm, which is found in the mangroves and mudflats on the northern Singapore coast. Sexually mature females of this species turn emerald green, while males develop a yellow
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      82 33 New species discovered An ambitious wildlife survey has unearthed 35 plant and animal species never before seen in Singapore. PAGES Hl2 13 ANIME FANS, BE WARNED Japanese animated cartoon distributor launches major crackdown on illegal downloads. PAGE H2 DUPED, NOW HOMELESS Cheated of $124,000 in life savings, cleaner loses job
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      21 45 i :5i38 ttiV Singapore Press Holdings Personal trainer, anyone? Weigh up your fitness instruction options in Class 29 right now! MATS
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      351 46  -  Gerald Chen Zexin I REFER to the article, "Means test the solution to ease hospital bed crunch" (ST, May 25). I agree with the Health Minister that public hospitals are designed for the acute care of patients, and that patients who are fit for
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      330 46  -  Kathryn Lav (Ms) Tammy Tan (Ms) WE REFER to the letter, "Review practice of retaining ez-link cards" (ST, May 23), by Mdm Telma Gomez. When a concession ez-link card is tapped against the bus card reader, commuters will hear two beeps and see
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      324 46  -  Bridget Lew (Ms) I REFER to the article, "Local civic group wants cap on maid transfer fee" (ST, May 25). Agencies argue that such fees are needed so that maids do not change employers "willy nilly". However, who decides if the maid's request
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      119 46  -  Tricia Lee Lai Yung (Ms) IN THE recent exercise to give rebates to adult Singaporeans to offset the impending increase in the Goods and Services Tax from 5 to 7 per cent in July one group of people have been left out. They are
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      299 46  -  Dcv Nair (Mrs) I REFER to the article, "Small band of dissenters fights en bloc sale frenzy" (ST, May 30). I am proud of retiree Mary Chan, who, in spite of being in her 70s and computer-illiterate, put up a valiant
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      193 46  -  Ong Kirn Soon ON MAY 25,1 noticed that the drain along Jalan Loyang Besar (near Aloha Loyang) was again choked with overgrown weed and fallen leaves. I called the National Environment Agency (NEA) hotline to alert the staff to the problem.
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      216 46  -  Goh Choon Poh I REFER to the reply by HDB's Dr Chong Fook Loong, "HDB remains committed to the Punggol 21 vision" (ST, May 22). One reason cited for the lack of facilities in Punggol is the "lack of a critical mass" of flats. However, as
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      98 46 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Some tips for the buyer looking for a HDB apartment now Be cash smart after disposing of your flat in en bloc sale S'porean speedsters creating havoc on Malaysian roads Dangerous to be on pedestrian
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      680 47 ASSOCIATED PRESS PREMIERSHIP English champs' speed in capturing Anderson, Nani and Hargreaves leaves rivals flummoxed London NEWLY-crowned champions Manchester United scored a £52 million (Ssls6 million) hat-trick against the rest of the Premiership yesterday. They splurged £35 million to sign two of the
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      344 47 London ALEX Ferguson's next signing will likely be Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar. He would rather have Dimitar Berbatov, but Tottenham are determined to keep the Bulgarian, who scored 16 League goals and seven in the Uefa Cup in his debut season. Huntelaar is available
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      334 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANCHESTER United winger Ryan Giggs retired from international football because he wanted one last shot at Champions League glory. The Wales skipper will end a 16-year career with his country by playing his 64th international tomorrow against the Czech Republic m
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      311 47 London RETIRING referee Graham Poll claims officials in the Premiership are "losing the war" against bad-ly-behaved managers. And he had special mention for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, accusing him of sinking "lower than his dog's belly". Poll, who on Wednesday slammed the Football Association
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      Lock icon McClaren's fate hinges on Estonia game
      729 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER Euro qualifier is more important to England than friendly against Brazil at Wembley London MOST neutrals would rather watch England take on Brazil in a friendly than against lowly Estonia in a Euro 2008 qualifier. But it is the latter on
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      474 48 London AFONSO Alves admits he looks lazy on the pitch. But that could be his greatest strength. Until this season, Brazil's latest striking sensation had barely been heard of. And then he scored 34 goals in the Dutch league for
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      339 48 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE London DAVID Beckham has ignited another debate in England whether he should be made a knight. Civil servants have been asked to consider whether he is suitable for a knighthood either in Prime Minister Tony Blair's resignation honours list or the
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      701 48 London ENGLISH Premier League wages are set to break the £1 billion (Ss3 billion) barrier for the first time since the competition started in 1992-93. And the first £200,000-a-week player can be expected in the English top division before 2010, reported The
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      328 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Accra (Ghana) JOSE Mourinho is no longer the Special One in his eyes after Chelsea's failure to retain their Premiership title. But he insisted he is still one of the best four bosses in the business. He told
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      105 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bolivian President Evo Morales (far left) plays soccer in front of the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, on Wednesday as sports fans across the Bolivian Andes rallied against a Fifa ban on international matches at high altitude. He has vowed to fight the ban
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      527 49 11CI LJVJLL\UCIL V^lllVVJ. AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE, REUTERS »TENNIS Hustling Aussie rallies from two sets down to beat former French Open champ Gaudio Paris HIS back creaks these days and his shots lack bite. But Lleyton Hewitt proved again yesterday the value of grit when he
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      333 49 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE, REUTERS Paris VENUS Williams warmed up a chilly French Open by sending down the fastest serve ever recorded in a women's main draw match here on Wednesday. She clocked 206 kmh during her second-round 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) win over
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      262 49  -  Terrence Voon BADMINTON CHINA'S former world women's No 1 Zhou Ni has pulled out of the ongoing Cheers Asian Satellite badminton tournament. Zhou, who now plays for Hong Kong, withdrew at the 11th hour because of an injury at last week's Vietnam
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      667 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL NBA star is fed up with empty pledges that title-winning team would be built Los Angeles WEDNESDAY morning began with a startling declaration from Los Angeles' most recognisable athlete. Kobe Bryant wanted to quit the Lakers, the only team he has
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      631 50  -  Chia Han Keong »IN THE HOOP LAKERS fans face their worst nightmare following Kobe Bryant's "trade me" request on ESPN radio on Wednesday. The National Basketball Association's biggest superstar wants to leave the league's biggest club. It is a soap opera that can only
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      566 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS San Antonio (Texas) TIM Duncan headed to the bench for a well-deserved break on Wednesday night. Only nine minutes into Game Five of the Western Conference Finals, he already had the San Antonio Spurs well on their way to
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        95 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTE CARLO: The International Association of Athletics Federations proposed a rule yesterday that would make it impossible for a South African amputee sprinter to compete at next year's Olympics. Oscar Pistorius wants to run in Beijing despite having both legs amputated below
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        61 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS ZURICH: Sepp Blatter, 71, was re-elected as Fifa president yesterday for another four-year term. He was unopposed. The Swiss told the hundreds of football delegates at the Fifa Congress that he felt "great joy". He said: "Thank you for your trust and for putting
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      66 50 THE Straits Times will be carrying a Saturday Special tribute to the National Stadium on June 23. Does the National Stadium hold memories for you? Were you there for a Malaysia Cup match, National Day Parade or to see the Pope or Michael Jackson? Or had
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      723 51  -  []han Vi Shen Hoe Pei Shan »SPORTS IN SCHOOLS Brand awareness aside, there is also a lucrative market for the popular sports By J NESTLE plans to spend about $1 million annually on sponsorship of school sports in the future. The company says it
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      156 51 A weekly series on student-athletes, written by their schoolmates Football goodlines for winning writer FOOTBALL apparel worth a total of $300 awaits a lucky reader this month. To take home these prizes, simply write in to The Straits Times about an outstanding athlete m your school, how
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      294 51  -  Fan Fan By Raffles JC 1 WHEN Sylvester Wee (right) started his first game of mini-tennis in Primary 5, he had no idea that this would be the start of an illustrious tennis career. The 17-year-old chose his own path into the tennis courts
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      491 52  -  Hoe Pei Shan Ready by next year, it will have rehabilitation facility and clinic By EQUESTRIAN enthusiasts, rejoice. Singapore will finally have its own National Equestrian Centre (NEC) next year. The Singapore Sports Council has allocated 5.6 hectares of undeveloped state land in Jalan Masshor in
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      483 52 BASEBALL MLB: Atlanta 9 Milwaukee 3, Minnesota 7 Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland 6 Texas 1, Cleveland 8 Boston 4, LA Dodgers 5 Washington 0, Arizona 4 Philadelphia 3, San Diego 9 Pittsburgh 0, NY Yankees 10 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 5 Detroit 3, San Francisco 3 NY Mets
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      1813 47 i 9 Friday 1 June 2007 Meeting Turf Short Course C I RACE 4: HEWLETT-PACKARD STAKES KRANJI STAKES B MICHAEL ANDREW CRAIG 1200 M TIME: 20:00 *****00 MAXWORTHY FROST EVANS INo H orse Name Jockey Trainer Bar Rtg Wt I li 7 LIGHTNING ONE 3 LIM'S ADVENTURE 12 ROOK I
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      63 50 TV times BASEBALL: MLB: Giants v Mets (Live, Ch23, 7am). GOLF: Wales Open: Day 2 (Live, Ch2l, 10pm). The Memorial: Day 2 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3am). SOCCER: International friendly: England v Brazil (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.55 am). TENNIS: French Open: Day 6 (Live, Ch22, spm). Event BADMINTON: Asian Satellite C'ships:
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  • OBITUARIES
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      125 52 CHO ENG SAY Age: 89 passed away peacefully on 30 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Song Piah, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Song Kheng Sin Helena Song Song Khing Shong Nancy Song Jimmy Song Gwee Kirn Choo Song Kheng Kong Lynn Yeo Derek Song Dennis Soong
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      79 52 MARY IYIANKAIRKARASEE Age: 82 was called home to be with the Lord on 31 May 2007 leaving behind loved ones. (Wife of the late Mr G.T. Selvaretnam) (Pattu) Sons: SJ.M. Rajah [Westminster Security) (S.A. Albert, deceased) Daniel Manoharan Daughters in-law: Joan Urmila Christina Daughter: Arul Ranjini Son-in-law: Jayaseelan Grandchildren, relatives
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      68 52 f 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory of MARY YEO Departed: 1 June 1997 I We couldn't have made I it through these ten years I without God's wonderful I blessings and your prayers I Thank you for everything you've done for us. We miss you Till we meet again. Husband:
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      26 52 jfe 111LovingMemaryOf tfj ARDMUGAM S/O VEERAPPAN Departed: ljune 1990 Sadly missed and always I remembered by loving wife, I L children, daughter-in-law A and grandchildren M
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      147 52 TAY CHENG SIAH Age: 72 called to rest with the Lord on 30 May 2007. Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Tay Chin How Lim Swee Hong Tay Chin Soo Yeo Siang Luan Tay Chin Seng Christina Ng Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Tay Sam Choon (Wong Liang Teck, deceased] Tay Seok Choon Tay Gek Cheng Sng
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      85 52 KRUPPIAH MARIYAEE (Wife of the late Mr. Sinnathamby) Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 31 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: S. Mumgasu S. Selvakumar Daughters-in-law: S. Saraswathy K. Pakiam Daughters: S. Mageswary S. Santhakumari Sons-in-law: V Suppiah R. Narayanasamy Beloving grandchildren, relatives, friends and
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      130 52 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7 KAREN HONG WAI HAN Age: 34 passed away peacefully on 30 May 2007, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Hanson Chua Hong Thye Daughter: Gracia Chua Wei Parents:
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      133 52 LIM JOO GUAN Age: 88 Passed away peacefully on 31 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lav Lee Yeia Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Poh Chye Lim Poh Leng Tay Eng Hwa, Judy Lim Poh San Chiam Choon Kee Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lim Poh Hong Ong Hock Tee
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      45 52 Jayne Jayne Stewart passed away on 26th May after a long illness. Dearly missed by family, friends colleagues. Cremation on Saturday 2nd June, 9^45 am at Mandai Crematorium, Hall 3. All are welcome later at 43 Jalan Kelabu Asap Chip Bee Gardens from 1 pm.
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      97 52 The Family Of The Late LCP CHOW HAN MIN, CALVIN would like to express their deep appreciation to the following for their support and assistance rendered during the funeral Members of Parliament and Staff of Marine Parade GRC Commanders, Staff and Men ofthe Singapore Armed Forces All doctors and nurses
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      42 52 m Memory wanders as shadows fall Baclc to the daus of happiness, Daus beuond recall, p rr j 3 A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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  • MONEY
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      778 54 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS First-quarter growth revised to 0.6%, which analysts say signals year's low point Washington THE United States economy slowed to a growth pace of 0.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year, the weakest
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      Lock icon $10b merger to form No.2 brokerage in US
      143 54 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS New York WACHOVIA, the fourth-largest bank in the United States, said yesterday that it will buy A.G. Edwards for US$6.B billion (5510.4 billion) in cash and stock, creating the second-larg-est retail brokerage in the country. The combined brokerage would
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      Lock icon Proton posts $266m loss; talks with VW collapse
      132 55 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS Kuala Lumpur PROTON Holdings incurred its first annual loss in at least 17 years, underlining the Malaysian carmaker's need to reach an agreement with potential alliance partners. Compounding the bad news, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said yesterday that
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      470 55  -  Erica Tay Loans jump 10% for second straight month as real estate and building sector sizzles By SINGAPORE'S builders and property buyers are giving local lenders a reason to celebrate by giving them a slice of the sizzling bricks and
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      Lock icon HK's appetite for property nowhere near 1997 peak
      462 55 REUTERS Hong Kong CHASTENED by a slump, Hong Kong's craze for property investment has abated over the past decade, leaving a *****-style speculative boom unlikely, despite efforts by powerful developers to engineer one. Ten years after Britain returned the colony to Chinese
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      525 55 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Shanghai CHINA'S main stock index partially recovered from a plunge on Wednesday, ending 1.4 per cent higher yesterday, as investors snapped up blue chips. Other Asian markets took heart from an overnight rally on Wall Street,
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      314 55 REUTERS Shanghai HUNDREDS of thousands of Chinese continued to open stock investment accounts even as the market plunged this week in response to a trading tax hike, official data showed yesterday. The entry of millions of new individual investors has been a key factor
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      Lock icon More sign on as property agents to cash in on boom
      708 56  -  Fiona Chan Number of new hires has doubled at some agencies from a year earlier By Property Reporter THE continuing boom in home prices is proving profitable not only for property sellers and speculators, but also for property agents.
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      292 56 REUTERS »TAKING ON TIGER AIRWAYS Sydney AUSTRALIAN airline Virgin Blue Holdings said yesterday it was considering the launch of a low-cost domestic carrier to compete with a new service by Singapore's Tiger Airways due later this year. "It is something Virgin Blue is
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      876 54 Pinnacle Notes Secured Credit-linked Notes Series 6 2 i i Tranche A (USD) Tranche B (SGD) Years 1-5.5 Interest Rate: Interest Rate: Mh«hA Mm 70/ C 00/ I /0 per annum Ui^/O per annum E£t w Series 7 2 with a potential NFaW\\ V^ Equity Bonus Coupon! Jj^lv^ Tranche A
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      216 54 match ocean's 13 with us Join us at the Ocean's 13 movie on Tuesday, June 12, at Golden Village, Vivocity Details in WWW.STOMP.COM.SG FengShui BaZi Centre School of Chinese Metaphysics 14th Intake of FengShui Practitioner Course By Master Andrew Tan bbba, msim, aifsa Begin on 19th June 2007, Every Tuesday
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      187 55 f Dynamite. Safety matches. Saab. Who says a cold dark country can't spark some bright ideas. '< Some of the world's most clever ideas have come from Sweden. Though it's well below zero most of the year, "arf ffeJK 1-" v t^ie eng'neers at Saab have created some sizzling hot
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      258 56 Open Tender to Build, Own and Operate Foreign Workers' Dormitory. JTC is offering an opportunity for a private sector developer to build, own and operate a dormitory for foreign workers from the marine, process and manufacturing industries. The task is to provide 8,000 foreign workers with all the comforts, amenities
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      36 56 nJjP^^EE.v _-.rl L L. 1 i IT Hr _L i t v_l T_ Orientalist Midyear SALE Now ON! The Orientalist Midyear SALE Now ON! The Orientalist Midyear SALE Now ON! The Orientalist Midyear SALE Now ON!
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      26 56 Lending power Local bank loans soar by double digits for the second month running, riding on robust growth in the construction and property business. PAGE H23
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      961 57 DESMOND F00, FESTIVE FILMS and REUTERS get me to the sale Survival tips on facing page Want to shop but terrified of the crowds? ANGELINE NEO has 15 tips to survive the Great Singapore Sale L§2J If shoppers like 30-something Susan Melawati are any guide, this year's Great
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      Lock icon 15 ways to survive the sale
      715 59 IMap your route Get organised. Hit the stores that close earlier, first. Department stores close at a fixed time but some smaller boutiques are more flexible. At multi-level complexes, the most efficient approach is to go from the top level down. Think of it
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      220 60 DON'T sweat the mall stuff. From store layouts to toilets, fashion stylists Steven Kong, Martin Wong and Joshua C help rank the shopping havens: Most conveniently located lifts: Ngee Ann City Clean and spacious restrooms: Ngee Ann City and Paragon Best department store layout: Tangs Vivo
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      325 60 Late-night shopping till midnight Today: Hit Wisma Atria and Raffles City Shopping Centre; tomorrow: Wisma Atria Shopping Centre, Suntec City Mall, City Link Mall, Compass Point, Marina Square Shopping Mall; June 9: Northpoint; June 16: Causeway Point Heartland tours Town isn't the only place
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      624 61  -  Stephanie Yap Writer Robert Graysmith is still convinced of the identity of the San Francisco serial killer depicted in the movie Zodiac WRITER Robert Graysmith's jovial voice over the phone from San Francisco turns serious when you ask him about the anonymous phone calls he
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      343 62  -  Dawn Lim Meet the new celebrity couple, who try to make their relationship seem perfect CELEBRITY couples like TomKat (Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes) and Brangelina (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) reign supreme in gossip rags and on television, leading glossy, perfect-seeming lives. Now
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      292 62 Who: Elaine Khong, 31, an assistant manager at Nanyang Technological University's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. THIS busy mother of a 16-month-old boy holds a full-time job and is also a violinist in a string quartet, Grace Notes. But she is making time to volunteer at
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      204 62 WHILE we all put on our best frocks for the Arts Festival Gala Performance tomorrow, spare a thought please for the poor musicians who have to hit, crumple, tear, pop, pluck and slap various paper instruments in composer Tan Dun's Paper Concerto. Lead percussionist Haruka Fujii,
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      533 65  -  Lee Sze Yong When Chris Anderson first wrote about the explosion of the niche market, his own magazine didn't think much of it. Look who's laughing now IT IS one of the most cited articles from one of the world's leading science and technology publications, Wired magazine.
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        785 66  -  Huang Xueling With a new album that has just gone platinum, My Chemical Romance seems to have hit on a winning formula LOOK at what teenagers are wearing on Singapore streets and you'll get a good idea of what band hits the right note with them. The conclusion:
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        478 68 AFP More Asian pop fans are giving their own music artistes the thumbs up HONG KONG Asian pop fans are taking Western music off their MP3 and CD players and are listening to local artistes instead, a survey that was revealed on Wednesday showed, underlining
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      644 69  -  Boon Chan 1 Boon Chan Boon Chan Chang Tou Liang > asian pop PLAY S.H.E (right) (HIM International Music) THE lead single Chinese Language has been generating controversy (read: publicity) for allegedly pandering to China. In oth;r words, it's a marketing executive's dream. Elsewhere, the album takes a
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        323 73 AP LOS ANGELES Lindsay Lohan's estranged father says she suffers from multiple addictions including to alcohol and the painkiller OxyContin, the website E! Online reported. The 20-year-old actress (above) checked into rehab on Monday following a weekend that included crashing her Mercedes, being arrested for
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        346 73 HONG KONG Edison Chen (right) has had to pay for his bad-boy behaviour again. The actor-singer was forced by Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG) chairman Albert Yeung to apologise publicly on Wednesday after shooting his mouth off about the Hong Kong music company. Chen, who was
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