The Straits Times, 19 March 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 38 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Wen accuses Dalai Lama of stirring Tibet unrest
    454 1  -  Chua Chin Hon Exiled spiritual leader denies charges of fomenting violence to undermine Games By China Bureau Chief In Beijing CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday struck an uncompromising stance on the recent wave of Tibetan protests in and outside China, accusing the
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    Lock icon Slimmer? Younger? Fair-skinned?
    261 1 Is your doctor offering to help you look: The Health Ministry says: Be careful of unproven 'non-mainstream' treatments. IT IS called "aesthetic medicine" and aims to help people fix their real or imagined flaws sagging skin, wrinkles and more. A Health Ministry check found more than half
    DESMOND LIM GRAPHICS: QUEK HONG SHIN  -  261 words
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    Lock icon Manhunt uses database of hideouts, terrain
    315 1  -  Chong Chee Kin By A DATABASE containing information such as the location of abandoned buildings is being used in the manhunt for escaped terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari. The Home Team database, in place since 2005, takes information from officers on the ground to build
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  • »UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Singapore on radar of young scientists
      871 1  -  Chang Ai-Lien By Science Correspondent DOZENS of young scientists from the likes of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were among the 800 visitors milling around the Singapore exhibit at the world's largest general science conference. Armed with their resumes, their questions
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon KL Cabinet pared down; some fresh faces
      703 3  -  Carolyn Hong KEY POSTS Prime Minister and Finance Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Najib Razak Finance Minister II Nor Mohamed Yakcop Internal Security and Home Affairs Minister Syed Hamid Albar International Trade and Industry Minister Muhyiddin Yassin Foreign
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      Lock icon INSTITUTE TAKES A NEW PATH
      122 4 PHOTO: Students from the food preparation and service course at Assumption Vocational Institute showing off their culinary skills yesterday. The institute, the last of the technical schools created mainly in the 1970s and 1980s to equip those who have repeatedly failed their Primary School Leaving
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      Lock icon Rednano lets you zero in on local content
      573 4  -  Chua Hian Hou SPH search engine will deliver Singapore-centric results to users By LOOK for "pie" on the new Rednano search engine and you will not get deluged with recipes for apple meringue or steak and kidney pie. Instead, what comes up
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Dalai Lama threatens to step down
      815 6  -  Ravi Velloor He says he may be forced to quit if Tibet violence gets out of control By India Bureau Chief In Dharamsala THE Dalai Lama yesterday called on Tibetan protesters to end the violence in his homeland, saying that he might be forced
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      Lock icon 100 rioters surrender to police: Official
      394 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Beijing A TIBET official said 100 people had given themselves up to police for taking part in riots which rocked the regional capital, Lhasa, state television reported. Mr Baima Chilin, a vice-chair-man of Tibet's government, said the people who surrendered to
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS; AP; REUTERS  -  394 words
    • CHINA
      • TIBET UNREST
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          Lock icon THE TIBET TINDERBOX
          1650 8 Why are Tibetans up in arms? How might all this end? China Correspondent Sim Chi Yin spoke to scholars on Tibet and China for some answers Why are relations between the Chinese and Tibetans so tense? A combustible mix of historical grievances and deep-seat-ed resentment against Chinese
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          Lock icon No boycott, says US Olympic Committee
          607 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Geneva THE United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has joined many of its counterparts in opposing calls to boycott the Olympic Games in Beijing over the recent unrest in Tibet. It said American athletes would definitely compete in Beijing. However,
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      • NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
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          Lock icon China working to put on best show for Olympics: Wen
          570 9  -  Tracy Quek Respect Games' principles and don't politicise them, he says By China Correspondent In Beijing YES, China has run into problems "here and there" in its preparations for the Beijing Summer Olympics. But please do not doubt the sincerity
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          Lock icon Not quite the usual at press session with the Premier
          546 9  -  TRACY QUEK Beijing CHINA'S leaders like to advocate change, but when it comes to Premier Wen Jiabao's annual session with the press, predictability is usually preferred until now, it seems. The traditional news conference with Mr Wen who has held
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          Lock icon Candid comments
          167 10 HERE are some highlights of Premier Wen Jiabao's press conference: On Taiwan "We hope to resume peace talks across the Straits as soon as possible. Anyone who wants to separate Taiwan from the motherland will not succeed and is doomed to fail." On inflation "We have set a
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          Lock icon 2008 will be most difficult year for economy, says Wen
          625 10  -  Chua Chin Hon But despite domestic inflation and global uncertainties, China will hit growth targets, he says By China Bureau Chief In Beijing DOMESTIC inflation and global uncertainties have combined to make this year the "most difficult" one for China's
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    • EAST ASIA
      • TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS
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          Lock icon Ma may boycott Olympics over Tibet
          371 12  -  Ong Hwee Hwee KMT candidate also slams Chinese Premier Wen's remarks on Taiwan as unreasonable By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN'S presidential front runner Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday he would not rule out a boycott of the Beijing Olympics if the situation in Tibet
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          Lock icon Candidates and their men in white
          193 12 ONG HWEE HWEE REPORTERS NOTEBOOK CALL them the "men in white". Scores of National Security Bureau (NSB) agents, dressed in gleaming white sports jackets, were seen hovering protectively over Taiwan's presidential hopefuls on their campaign trail. The bureau assigned about 45 security agents to
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        • ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
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            Lock icon When a 13-hour day is just light work
            631 12  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei BRAWN is as important as brains in Taiwan's presidential election if Kuomintang (KMT) flagbearer Ma Ying-jeou's gruelling campaign schedule is anything to go by. With a typical day stretching up to 18 hours, it
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            Lock icon Hsieh plays on his successes as mayor
            540 12  -  Goh Sui Noi By Senior Correspondent IT WAS a gruelling day for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh as it was for his rival just a week before election day. But he did not spend the Saturday pressing flesh as front
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        Lock icon No end to leadership crisis at Bank of Japan
        504 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Opposition signals resistance to govt's new nominee for central bank chief Tokyo THE leadership crisis at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) looked set to continue with the nomination yesterday of a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat as the new
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        Lock icon 'Rat's head' found in bag of crackers
        246 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul A SOUTH Korean food company issued a public apology yesterday after a suspected rat's head was found in a bag of shrimp crackers. Nong Shim, South Korea's largest processed food maker, said it has stopped producing the snack pending an
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        Lock icon Yasukuni movie too hot for cinema
        148 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo A TOKYO cinema has decided not to screen a controversial documentary about the Yasukuni shrine, the movie's distributor said yesterday. Yasukuni, made by Chinese-born film-makei Li Ying and partially funded by an arts grani from the Japanese government, looks at the
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        Lock icon S. Koreans get to drive to the North
        243 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul SOUTH Korean tourists crossed the heavily fortified inter-Kore-an border in their own cars for the first time in more than five decades, tour organisers said. A convoy of 15 cars and sports utility vehicles (SUVs) reached the scenic Mount
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        Lock icon HK sex worker murders: Pakistani nabbed
        467 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Police say robbery seems to be the motive behind the killing of four prostitutes Hong Kong POLICE said they arrested a Pakistani man early yesterday in connection with the murders of four Hong Kong sex workers. Four women have been found murdered
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon 'Blood-sucking' gang busted by Indian police
        504 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Gang kept 17 people hostage and sold their blood to hospitals Lucknow (India) AFTER putting kidney thieves behind bars recently, Indian police have now busted a gang that allegedly "sucked" blood from poor people they held hostage. Five people have
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        Lock icon Bhutto's party names woman as House Speaker
        330 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS Islamabad THE party of slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has nominated a close associate of her husband to be Parliament's first female speaker, but divisions remain over who should be the next prime minister. Businesswoman and lawmaker Fahmida Mirza will
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        Lock icon India asks Pakistan to be lenient with alleged spy
        260 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi INDIA has called on Pakistan to show "leniency" towards an Indian man due to be hanged over a deadly 1990 bombing, as members of his family threatened to commit suicide. Sarabjit Singh, who says he is a
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Mas Selamat is in E. Java? Report not true
        530 19 »JI FUGITIVE'S WHEREABOUTS Spores Home Affairs Ministry dismisses report in Jakarta Post Jakarta INDONESIA'S most-wanted terrorist Noordin Mat Top and Singapore's fugitive lemaah Islamiah (JI) leader Mas Selamat Kastari are seeking refuge in Tuban, East Java, reported The Jakarta Post yesterday.
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        Lock icon Indonesia's A-G sacks key officials in his team over graft
        476 19  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA'S Attorney-General Hendarman Supandji has removed two key officials linked to a state prosecutor caught taking a U*****,000 (*****,000) bribe recently. Deputy attorney-general for special crimes Kemas Abdul Rahman and director of investigations
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        Lock icon 'WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK'
        77 19 PHOTO: People clutching tickets waiting at Medan airport yesterday to get refunds from Adam Air. Yesterday, Indonesia's chief of air transport said the budget airline had been banned from flying on safety grounds. "The Transport Ministry has decided to revoke Adam Air's operational specification, effective
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        Lock icon Swedish mother offers reward for news of missing girl
        290 21 THE NATION/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK Bangkok A SWEDISH woman, who is in Thailand looking for her daughter, is offering a US$lO,OOO (S$13,800) reward for information leading to the return of the six-year-old. Ms Maria Elfversson, 35, hopes the reward will motivate
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        Lock icon Thai PM rules out peace talks with separatist rebels
        458 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE But Samak says finding solution to southern insurgency is a priority for him Bangkok THAI Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej yesterday said his government would not hold peace talks with separatist militants fighting a deadly insurgency in the country's mainly
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        Lock icon New Jakarta decree 'will not lead to massive deforestation'
        333 21 REUTERS Jakarta AN INDONESIAN decree allowing mining companies to operate in tropical forests is unlikely to lead to massive deforestation, a forestry expert and government officials said yesterday. Under a presidential decree issued on Feb 4, mining firms including open-pit miners,
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    • MALAYSIA
      • NEW CABINET
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          Lock icon MUHYIDDIN MOVES UP
          427 22 WINNER Trade minister's post gives Abdullah loyalist a stronger platform and more supporters Reme Ahmad In Kuala Lumpur SOON after Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi became Prime Minister in October 2003, there was widespread speculation that he would choose Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as his deputy. But former
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          Lock icon RAFIDAH MOVES OUT
          476 22 REMEAHMAD LOSER Despite losing ministerial post, she is still most powerful woman in local politics Kuala Lumpur AS MALAYSIA'S most powerful female minister for two decades, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz has been described as feisty, capable, and fiery. Indeed, she became known as the woman who wore
          REMEAHMAD; BT FILE  -  476 words
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          Lock icon Shahrizat named 'special adviser' to PM
          366 22  -  Hazlin Hassan CONSOLATION PRIZE By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur UMNO'S women's wing acted quickly when Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi dropped Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz from the Cabinet yesterday without replacing her with a full minister from the wing its leaders held an emergency
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          Lock icon Reformers get their chance in govt
          268 22  -  Reme Ahmad By In Kuala Lumpur A RESPECTED banker, a rich lawyer, a maverick politician and a controversial former menteri besar are among the new ministers that Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi hopes will rejuvenate his beleaguered administration. Mr Amirsham Abdul Aziz, 58, former group
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          Lock icon THEY'RE OUT
          125 22  -  HAZLIN HASSAN THE Cabinet ministers who lost their parliamentary seats are: S. Samy Vellu (Works) Zainuddin Maidin (Information) Aziz Shamsuddin (Rural and Regional Development) Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Women, Family and Community Development) The Cabinet ministers who retained their seats but were dropped from the line-up are: Rafidah Aziz
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          Lock icon Presidents of MCA, MIC, Gerakan lose out
          269 22  -  Chow Kum Hor By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE new Cabinet announced yesterday by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi was notable for its ins and outs. Out are the heads of all major parties in Barisan Nasional except Umno. In are coalition leaders
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        Lock icon Abdullah fights back, but expect more turmoil
        723 23  -  Leslie Lopez NEWS ANALYSIS Malaysian PM's Cabinet choices may lead to major upheaval in Umno By South-east Asia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE line-up of Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi's new Cabinet indicates that the embattled Premier appears determined to deal with dissatisfaction over
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        Lock icon Najib and I have best of relationships: Abdullah
        271 23 THE STAR /ASIA NEWS NETWORK PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has stressed that there is no rift between him and his deputy and that their relationship is good. "I have the best of relationships with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib
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        Lock icon Mahathir's son escapes Umno censure
        381 23  -  Hazlin Hassan By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE Umno Youth wing said yesterday that it will not take action against Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir for calling on Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi to resign, ending speculation that he would be punished for the move. The wing
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon DETERRING TERROR
      659 24 NEW YORK TIMES US using a combination of tactics, including a psy-war in cyberspace, quiet diplomacy and local vigilance Washington IN THE days immediately after the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, members of US President George W. Bush's war Cabinet declared that it would be impossible to deter
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      229 24 NEW YORK TIMES SENIOR US officials say there have been several successes using the new approaches, but many involve highly classified technical programmes, including cyber-operations, that they declined to detail. They did point to some older and now publicised examples that suggest that their efforts are moving
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      558 25  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Knowledge-based businesses attracted by Republic's copyright protection regime By US Correspondent In Washington 3XPORTS from the United States to Singapore have "exploded" since :he signing of a free trade agreement [FTA) which enhanced the island's ittractiveness to American
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      326 25 REUTERS Washington MAJOR airlines in the United States are beginning to shrink their operations as they battle unrelenting increases in fuel prices, a weakening economy and a plunge in their share prices. In an effort to staunch the financial bleeding, executives at carriers
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      468 26 Talks under way to build church allowing Catholics to worship publicly London TALKS are being held between Saudi Arabia and the Vatican with a view to opening the first church in the tightly controlled Islamic kingdom, where some 1.5 million Christians are
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      297 26  -  Sujin Thomas By A SINGAPOREAN man who landed in Brisbane International Airport in Australia in June last year had to do time in the toilet passing out heroin packets. Ng Teck Boon, 40, had swallowed 91 packets of heroin worth more than $700,000
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        142 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: The mastermind of a scheme to plunder corpses from funeral homes and sell them for millions of dollars pleaded guilty yesterday in a deal that could send him to prison for the next five decades. Michael Mastromarino, a 44-year-old former oral surgeon,
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        84 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: British movie director Anthony Minghella has died, his agent said yesterday. His agent, Ms Judy Daish, confirmed the director's death, but said she was unable to provide any immediate details. Minghella, 54, won an Academy Award as best director for his 1996 wartime
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        130 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHENS: The Greek Supreme Court yesterday approved the extradition to Australia of convicted drug trafficker and top fugitive Tony Mokbel. In a decision released two weeks after a March 4 hearing, the court ruled that Mokbel be extradited to face 15 charges in
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        96 26 REUTERS TOKYO: Tokyo businesses are to start offering benefits to elderly people who give up their drivers' licences. The move is to back a police effort to cut back on the ballooning number of traffic accidents caused by drivers over 65. Among more than 30 special offers,
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        105 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japanese baseball is going green. As part of the fight against global warming, Japanese professional baseball has come up with a plan to shorten its games and reduce carbon dioxide emissions at stadiums. Teams will aim to cut playing time by 12 minutes,
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      496 27 LOS ANGELES TIMES Some disputes can be resolved soon but differences over other issues remain, he says Moscow DEPARTING from his recent practice of caustically lecturing senior US officials, Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly greeted America's top two foreign policy chiefs and told
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        363 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS GOVERNOR David Paterson, who took over New York state's top job after Mr Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution scandal, admitted just hours later that he and his wife Michelle had affairs during a rough patch in their marriage several years
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        252 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS HEATHER Mills was a less than candid court witness whose £125 million (Ss3so million) divorce claim was exorbitant, a judge said in his ruling on her divorce from Paul McCartney. Previously unknown details of the judgment were made public yesterday, despite
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        164 28 REUTERS A MAN in Australia is auctioning his life his house, his job, his clothes and his friends on eßay, after his marriage broke up, saying he wants to start a new life. "It's time to move. A completely fresh
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        169 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGLADESHI writer Taslima Nasreen, hounded into hiding in India by death threats from Islamic militants, said yesterday that she had heart problems and is losing her eyesight because of stress. In a telephone interview from an undisclosed location, she said she hoped
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      624 29  -  Roger Maynard New national curriculum focusing on science, history and English to roll out in 2011 By Australia Correspondent In Sydney A REVAMP of education in Australia will see the launch of a new national curriculum in schools, with the government drawing on the
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        226 30 FINANCIAL TIMES A TIMELINE of key events since the Iraq war was launched five years ago: 2003 March 19: War begins. April 9: Coalition forces enter Baghdad. May 1: US President George W. Bush announces "mission accomplished" in the war on
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        606 30 WASHINGTON POST, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS US V-P upbeat during his surprise trip to Baghdad, but not all observers share his sentiments Baghdad AS THE fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq neared, US Vice-President Dick Cheney flew unannounced into Baghdad and declared
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        133 31 FINANCIAL TIMES, BLOOMBERG HERE are some numbers associated with the Iraq crisis: .3,990 US soldiers have died since the war began. 29,395 US soldiers have been wounded. .309 troops from other nations have been killed. Up tO 89,000 Iraqis have been killed. Estimates of the
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        458 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Amman FIVE years after the US-led invasion, Iraq's hundreds of thousands of refugees remain unconvinced that security has improved sufficiently for them to return home, even though life has grown more difficult in their countries of asylum. "It would be
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        507 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE True cost of the war far exceeds US govt's estimates, prominent academics say Washington SHORTLY before the start of the US-led invasion, the Bush administration was told that the war in Iraq would cost as much as US$2OO
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      457 32 ALL the regulatory action flowing from the Wall Street tremors has been about holding investors' confidence. It was reasonable of America's central bank, the Federal Reserve Board, to assume the stunning end of the brokerage house Bear Steams sold to a rival bank for US$2 (552.70) a
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      2162 32  -  Linda Lim By For The Straits Times WHAT is happening in global financial markets? How could US financial markets the world's largest, richest, deepest, most sophisticated and supposedly best-regulated get into such bad shape? Why has this affected global markets? What is the likely
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      1149 33  -  Bruce Gale ECONOMIC BOOM IN PHILIPPINES By Senior Writer "GLORIA Arroyo's economic boom", lamented Kilusang Mayo chairman Elmer Labog last month, "is damaging people's jobs and livelihoods". Bizarre as it seems, the leader of one of the country's more militant unions has a point. The embattled
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      669 33  -  Karim Raslan By For The Straits Times IN THE aftermath of last week's general election, Umno and its leaders are in the midst of tearing themselves apart. At the same time Umno is also revealing its infernal arrogance the same arrogance and lust
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      868 34  -  Robert J. Samuelson By In Washington IT IS now said that we're in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, but that judgment seems premature. In the 1980s, most of the savings and loan industry, then the largest source of home
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      723 34  -  Nayan Chanda By For The Straits Times WITH rising unemployment, record home foreclosures and a growing trade deficit, the OS economy is heading south and trade is increasingly seen as the main culprit. Eight out of 10 voters in troubled Ohio believe that international trade is
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      65 34 w (ajUMa/MA/j 2008 The National Volunteerism Philanthropy Awards are pinnacle awards that honour those who have set excellence benchmarks in encouraging the spirit of giving in Singapore. f^ Preliminary nomination forms may be downloaded at www.nvpc.org.sg/awardsoB Y\\ll f* and must reach NVPC by 30 April 2008. 11V |Jl» National Volunteer
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      710 37  -  Salma Khali k It says treatments lack scientific proof and are unsafe, but some GPs disagree By Health Correspondent THE Ministry of Health (MOH) is warning patients against a host of unproven beauty treatments offered by doctors, from drug cocktails designed to
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      478 38  -  Elena Chong PENANG ROAD CRASH But he is still accused of drink driving as he failed to control car By Court Correspondent THE motorist accused of ploughing his car into a bus stop at Penang Road last year failed one breath alcohol test at the
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      203 38 STIRLING ROAD DEATH THE husband of a woman found dead at the foot of a block of flats in Stirling Road last July has been ordered to be tried for her murder. At a preliminary inquiry yesterday, Tharema Vejayan Govindasamy, 39, was committed to stand
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      287 38  -  Khushwant Singh By A DRIVER who was so incensed at being cut off that he rammed another car three times was jailed for five weeks yesterday. Chan Swee Leng, 42, was also banned from driving for two years after he
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      155 38 FOUR Malaysian men were charged on Monday with killing a 23-year-old cleaner in Tuas last week. No plea was taken from Kuwee Ngu Lee Sing, 20; Achai Anak Barat, 24; Jusni Anak Othman, 27; and Bajing Anak Giri, 31. The men were ordered to
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      524 39  -  Tania Tan Winner of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize helped make Newater a reality By HE SET out to mimic the workings of the human cell, where the walls act as filters, separating nutrients from waste. Applying that idea to water treatment, Dr
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      202 39 PICKED as the first winner of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, Dr Andrew Benedek will receive $300,000, a gold medallion and an award certificate at a ceremony to be held during the Singapore International Water Week in June. This is
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      421 39  -  Goh Chin Lian By LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say yesterday dangled a carrot before employers, seeking their support for the NTUC's goal to get more housewives, low-wage and older workers employed. He told about 240 employers at a dialogue that
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      644 40  -  Ho Ai Li It will get a new name and curriculum, $28m campus revamp, and aim to prepare students for post-sec studies By ONE of the last vestiges of Singapore's early educational system will soon be gone. Assumption Vocational Institute (AVI), the last of
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      781 42  -  Carolyn Quek Diana Othman Drivers face two hurdles: jams in Woodlands, 11 pm closure of cargo customs in JB By EVERY few minutes, the blare of horns breaks the silence of the night. An impatient truck driver wants those farther up Woodlands
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      389 43  -  Teh Joo Lin Agencies, including CNB and SCDF, are contributing tools and know-how By FROM officers who collar drug abusers to those who put out fires, personnel from every Home Team branch have been roped in to hunt down escaped terrorist Mas Selamat
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      194 43  -  Jane Ng By NANYANG Technological University (NTU) has launched a new scholarship to encourage its graduates to do a doctoral degree at the university. Called the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship, it is targeted at outstanding graduates or final-year students. Officials hope to get them
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      609 44  -  Liaw Wy-Cin NUH doctors grow new cartilage in lab, implant it into worn-down joints By FOR six years, housewife Sin Gek Joo, 54, was held hostage by her failing knees. The cartilage was so worn down that the bones in
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      347 44  -  Jessica Jaganathan By A NEW multi-million-dollar research centre has been set up to look into palliative care in an attempt to improve the lives of patients on their deathbeds. The centre, which opened this month, also plans to conduct courses for doctors
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      424 45  -  Maria Almenoar LTA has put up 73 more junction cameras to keep traffic smooth By MORE "eyes" are watching motorists on the roads not to catch speedsters, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) swears, but to keep traffic flowing smoothly. Last month,
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      311 45 THE Land Transport Authority yesterday paid tribute to two men who helped shape land transport in Singapore. DR MICHAEL FAM, chairman of the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) from 1983 to 1991, was presented an award for his "Special Contribution". The citation credited him with
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      337 45  -  Jessica Cheam By THE Housing Board yesterday launched 576 build-to-order (BTO) flats in Yishun for sale and also named the sites of upcoming sales projects a first for the board. Five more BTO launches two each in Punggol and Sengkang and one in Woodlands will
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      177 45 SINGAPOREANS usually wake up to an unhealthy breakfast. Think about the things we love to eat: roti prata, fried carrot cake, nasi lemak... All these dishes are cholester-ol-laden, loaded with calories and pretty bad for your health. How can you enjoy
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      92 46 "Scrap the three-quarter fuel tank rule." MR CHONG KOK-KEAN, reacting to Monday's fuel price hike. Mr Chong, who is in logistics, says transportrelated businesses like his will not be able to cope because such hikes come on top of increases in COE, ERP and CBD charges. According
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      48 46 "Paint a bold red line along the roadside with words and signs stating, 'No taxi. No stopping. No waiting." A SUGGESTION BY MR KWEK LEE HUAT to improve the taxi-stand rule in the Central Business District which the Transport Ministry said on Monday it will tweak
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      452 46  -  Perry Lim VARSITY PLACES THE headlines and articles last Saturday, "Polytechnic grads put squeeze on university places" and "Varsity squeeze", grabbed attention, but were inaccurate and raised unnecessary alarm. The cohort of students who are eligible to apply to the universities this year
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      186 46  -  Heng Kai Le AS A teacher, I find it timely that the Saturday Special, "Varsity Squeeze", was published soon after the release of the A-level results. Indeed, pressure to be an all-rounder will likely intensify. Young pragmatic Singaporeans will push themselves to take on leadership roles in
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      120 46  -  Tan Thiam Huat I AGREE with Monday's report, "Some HDB residents unhappy despite freeze on S&C charges", that Housing Board fees are too high when booking facilities, compared with private apartments. Last Saturday, I asked at the Jurong Town Council office in Bukit Batok about booking an
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      220 46  -  Felix Ang Kok Hou WHAT is happening in Tibet now reminds us of what happened in Myanmar last year. Then, the Singapore Government engaged Myanmar in a firm yet conciliatory manner without preaching from a moral high ground. It probably gave us more credibility with
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      305 46  -  Dr Mooppil Nandakumar Penny Sect (Ms) WE REFER to Mr Cyril Pereira's letter on Monday, "NKF means well, but consider practicalities". We did a careful study before implementing our policy of not allowing outside food to be consumed in the dialysis treatment
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      1099 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE soccer Ferguson wants more goals from Man United, in case the race boils down to goal difference Manchester jOALS, goals, goals. Manchester United manager Wex Ferguson wants them the more the merrier. His side will move three points clear of
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      687 47  -  AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Birmingham NINE games on and Kevin Keegan is still waiting for his first win as Newcastle manager. But the 1-1 draw in their English Premier League match with Birmingham on Monday night allayed his relegation fears. England coach Fabio Capello watched Michael
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      201 47 JOE Lewis, the secretive Bahamas-based billionaire who controls Tottenham Hotspur's parent company ENIC, has insisted that he will not sell the English Premier League club. Lewis reassured Spurs chairman Daniel Levy on Monday that the £500 million (Ssl.4 billion) loss on his investment in the
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      245 48  -  Leonard Lim SOCCER By BACK from a one-month trial in America, national footballer Indra Sahdan Daud is looking forward to completing some unfinished business. The striker, who is in the 22-man squad for Saturday's friendly against Australia at the National Stadium, is intent on scoring against
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      97 48 Goalkeepers Lionel Lewis (Home United), Hassan Sunny (Tampines Rovers), Jasper Chan (Young Lions) Defenders Baihakki Khaizan (Geylang United), Precious Emuejeraye (Gombak United), Juma'at Jantan (Home United), Daniel Bennett (Singapore Armed Forces FC), Shariff Abdul Samat (Tampines Rovers), Ismail Yunos (Young Lions), Noh Rahman (Geylang United) Midfielders Shahril
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      456 48 Van Persic warns his teammates that their flair will count for nothing without a title London ARSENAL'S Beautiful Game will mean nothing if they do not win anything this season. A frustrated Robin van Persic has warned his teammates that their eye-catching football
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      139 48 AT THE start of March 2003, Arsenal had an eight-point lead but played one more game than Manchester United in second. But, after a series of poor results a loss at Blackburn, and draws with Villa (home) and Bolton they eventually surrendered the title, after losing 2-3
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      674 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London LIVERPOOL could still have a say in the Premier League title race after rediscovering their form, manager Rafael Benitez said yesterday. Five consecutive league victories have strengthened Liverpool's grip on fourth place. And home and away wins over
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      454 49 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL San Antonio COACH Doc Rivers had some strong advice for the Boston Celtics before their first stop on a tough three-game swing through Texas: Play hard, or else. "Doc told us if we don't pick up the energy, then we're going
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      582 49  -  Marc Lim YOUTH OLYMPICS Through Singaporeans' passion and enthusiasm Success of the lOC session in 2005 By Sports Correspondent In Lausanne (Switzerland) THE enthusiasm Singaporeans showed in wanting to host the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics and the success of the 2005 International Olympic Committee session in
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      376 50  -  Christopher Ong By SPORTS IN SCHOOLS HE WAITED a whole year to avenge his school's humiliation at last year's National B Division boys' tennis final. When the day finally arrived, Dominic Boey did not disappoint. Yesterday, he earned the winning point to help Raffles Institution beat Anglo-Chi-nese
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      166 50 SINGAPORE is part of the world's most valuable annual sporting event. According to research from the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, Formula One boasts the world's highest revenue generating annual sporting event. The 18 Grands Prix last year had an average revenue of US$2l7 million (Ss3o2
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      538 50 MOTOR RACING Ex-F1 champ feels British driver has the profile to rank alongside Woods London LEWIS Hamilton will be the next world sports icon comparable to golfer Tiger Woods. Former Formula One champion Jackie Stewart believes the young Briton is poised
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      473 50  -  Leonard Lim By IT MAY have been an inci-dent-filled season-opener in Melbourne on Sunday, but do not expect as many crashes in this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix. That was the view of Williams driver Nico Rosberg. "I think drivers start to get used
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      85 50 ST PHOTO: Justin Kwan, 18, with his mum Cho Wai Kheng, 50, in the winning seat of a Williams simulator Formula One car at the National Museum yesterday. Kwan beat three other finalists and Williams Fl driver Nico Rosberg in the RBS Grand Prix Challenge finale, to
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        83 50 SINGAPORE sailors Elizabeth Yin and Lo Manyi qualified for the 58-strong Gold Fleet at the Laser Radial World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday. They were 32nd and 49th respectively after five races. Victoria Chan was 65th and will sail in the Silver Fleet
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        48 50 S-LEAGUE sides SAFFC and Home United emerged triumphant in their AFC Cup group-stage soccer encounters last night. SAFFC beat Group E rivals Perak 6-1 in Ipoh, while Home defeated Kedah 5-1 at the Jalan Besar Stadium in their Group D match.
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        31 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS DUESSELDORF: Germany's first case of doping in billiards was revealed on Monday. National champion Axel Buescher tested positive for an EPO masking agent last November.
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        233 50 BASKETBALL NBA: Atlanta 105 Washington 96, Orlando 104 Cleveland 90, Indiana 110 NY Knicks 98, Memphis 98 Charlotte 80, New Orleans 108 Chicago 97, Minnesota 99 LA Clippers 90, Boston 93 San Antonio 91, Utah 96 Toronto 79. ICE HOCKEY NHL: Minnesota 3 Colorado 1, Vancouver 3 Phoenix 1.
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      296 51 London FOR most people, having US$l million (551.39 million) in their bank account is but a dream. For Tiger Woods, it seems all he has to do is put in four days of sometimes not even the best golf, and he pockets
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      285 51 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Kumpur FHE Asian Tour has accused the PGA of Australia of attempting to "invade Asia" and is appealing to golf s international tour body to stop i proposed rival tour. The PGA of Australia announced last week that
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      103 50 TV times CRICKET: ICL 20's Grand Championship: Hyderabad v Kolkata (Live, Chill, 9.25pm). SOCCER: AFC Champions League: Chunnam Dragons v Gamba Osaka (Live, Ch24, 5.25pm). Dutch League: PSV vAjax(Live, Chi 16, tomorrow, 3.45 am). English Premier League: Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers (Live, Ch22&Ch3o3, tomorrow, 3.55 am), Tottenham Hotspur v
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      156 51 "Give thanks to the Lord for He is Good; His love endures forever" (Psalm 118:29) CATHERINE CHIN KWEE SIEW Age: 83 years was called home to be with the Lord on 18 March 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Charles Teo Booi Fook Sons: Joseph Teo
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      166 51 LOW SONG TIEN Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 17 March 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wives: (Kuo Peck Hwa, deceased) Lim Poi Ko Sons: Daughters-in-law: Low Lee Keang Neo Siew Khim Cindy Low Lee Hean Edmund, BBM Sim Leng Choo Sherlina Daughters: Sons-in-law: Low Lee
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      71 51 SANTA MARIA JESSIE CAROLINE called home to be with the Lord on 17 March 2008 Leaving behind parents Eric May Santa Maria, brothers, sisters and their spouses, loving companion Philomena Lopez, all loved ones friends. Jessie is resting at St Teresa's Church, Chapel of Repose. Funeral service will be held
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      113 51 SIM LIAN TECK Age: 71 passed away peacefully on 17 March 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Bay Sem Huang Sons: Daughter-in-law: Ronnie Sim Tham Yoke Fun Juslyn Jeffery Sim Sian Wee Daughters: Sons-in-law: Susan Sim Lee Cheng Mike Yip Wall Cheng Doris Sim Lee Sian
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      81 51 The family of the late DEREK CHONG HOCK KHIONG Departed on 13/03/08 wish to express their heartfelt appreciation to relatives and friends for their prayers, condolences, wreaths, donations and kind assistance during their recent bereavement. The family wish to also thank all doctors, nurses and staff at SGH and National
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      144 51 SNG KOON ENG Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 17 March 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Yang Chung Ching (deceased) Brother: Sng Boon Quek Sons: Daughter-in-law: Yang Ning Fuh Yang Gin Huat (deceased) Yang Ning Wan Lim Soo Heok Daughter: Son-in-law: Mary Yang Rick Ho
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      43 51 MDM MALKEET KAUR (1929 2007) W/0 Late Bishan Singh Vaid (Riverwalk Tandoor Kohinoor Palace- SKA) First year Barsi (prayers) will be held on Wednesday, 19 March 2008, spm-Bpm at Silat Road Temple. (Langgar Preparations from 11am). Please treat this as a personal invitation.
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      186 51 Athma Shanti Pooja The Family of The Lat JANSIRANI D/ 0 KALIMUTHU Sivan Thiruvadiyil on 05 Mar 2008 Leaving behind loved ones: Mother: Kuppamal Father: Kalimuthu, deceased) Husband: Naga Rathnam Son: Raygini Daughters: Saraswathy, Malathy, Keja Lekshimi Sons-in-law: Winston Reuben Rajaratnam, Ryan Lew Granddaughters: Davina, Darshanaa Brothers: Krishnan (deceased), Murugayan,
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      58 51 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Juliet Goh and family on the demise of her beloved father GOHCHEWCHUAN Departed on 17 March 2008 From Chris Vickery, Margie Hall and former colleagues at Elton-Roade Cortege will leave from 86A Telok Blangah Heights on Friday, 21 March 2008 at 12 noon to
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      56 52 MDM HENG TOCK YU Departed on 13 March 2008 Mr and Mrs PANG TOH PIN of ACW Group of Companies wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Management and staff of "X" Line Group of Companies, Partners, Business associates, friends and relatives for their kind assistance, condolences, donations
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      179 52 "You will finally be free to run, jump, sing and be in the arms of our Lord Jesus" CHUA JOO LEE Age: 44 was called home to be with the Lord on 18 March 2008. Father: Mother: Chua Kien How Quek Soo Hia Sister: Brother-in-law: Wendy Chua Brian Theseira Brothers:
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      42 52 The family of the late MDM HENG TOCK YU Departed on 13 March 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      39 52 The family of the late YONGAH CHIT Departed 14 March 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      61 52 JOHNSON NG SAX SEN Age: 55 Called home to be with the Lord on 17 March 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wakeisheldatßlk297D Compassvale Street (Multi Purpose Hall) Hp: 9686 6921 Funeral service on Friday 21 March 2008 at the wake at 9.15 am and thereafter cortege
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      46 52 The family of the late ANG TECK LEONG Departed on 14 March 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues, Pastors and members of Barker Road Methodist Church for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      37 52 Memory wanders as shadows fell sack to the days of happiness, Daus oeuond recall. 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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        1453 53 52-WEEK IEL HIGH LOW CODE SMIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 0RDAY ■000 HIGH NET LOW MCAP P/E 3C 41.; 31 16.; 38 70.; 46.; ii.; 44.; 83 i;.; i; 16.; 17.1 2; 9C 43 i; 19.; 88 24.; 2.3 1 41.2 19.3 21 ii.; 21.; 4;.;
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        57 53 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 20C 620C 100C 1120C 1250C 398.3 3977.9 116 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 288 6009 STI ETF 3013.7 6010 STIETFIOPV US200cd US6200cd US1000
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      784 54 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS New York SHOUTS, hoarse and high-pitched, rang out in the cavernous boardroom late on Sunday at Bear Steams' headquarters on Madison Avenue. Chief executive Alan Schwartz was briefing top executives on the deal he had just struck under duress with JPMorgan Chase
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      349 54 REUTERS New York JUST how big a bargain did Mr Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase's chief executive officer (CEO), get when he snagged Bear Steams for just US$2 a share? The answer probably the best in years. At US$2, Bear Steams' price was one-tenth
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      33 54 Yesterday's close: 11,964.16 (+176.65 points) »Japanese share prices closed up 1.5 per cent as bargain hunters emerged after the previous day's sharp fall, encouraged by a steadier US dollar. AFP
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      38 54 Yesterday's close: 21,384.61 (+3OO points) Hong Kong share prices closed higher as property counters rebounded on hopes that the Federal Reserve will aggressively cut interest rates to help the ailing United States economy. AFP
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      31 54 Yesterday's close: 3,668.9 (-151.15 points) Chinese share prices closed 3.96 per cent lower as sentiment was dampened by inflation concerns and the surging prices of raw materials. AFP
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      34 54 Yesterday's close: 5,086.1 (-0.9 point) Australian share prices closed little changed as losses in resources and gains in the finance sector saw the market swing between positive and negative territory. AFP
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      34 54 Yesterday's close: 1,180.02 (+2.49 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.2 per cent higher as investors remained cautious ahead of the United States Federal Reserve's rate-setting meeting later in the day. AFP
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      28 54 Yesterday's close: 14,833.46 (+23.97 points) »Indian share prices ended marginally higher ahead of an expected cut in interest rates by the United States Federal Reserve. AFP
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      36 54 Yesterday's close: 2,339.8 (+27.47 points) »Indonesian share prices closed 1.2 per cent higher after volatile trade ahead of an anticipated United States Federal Reserve decision on interest rates later in the day. AFP
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      38 54 Yesterday's close: 812.32 (+5.58 points) Thai share prices closed up 0.69 per cent amid hopes for a United States rate cut with the Federal Reserve to hold a rate-setting meeting later in the day. AFP
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      119 54 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 2,833.58 QjjA|J Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand 5.860 +0.310 CapitaMall 3.060 +0.040 CityDev 9.950 -0.040 Cosco Corp 2.890 +0.010 DBS Grp 17.140 +0.440 F&N 4.510 -0.070 Gentlntl 0.590 -0.005 HKLand 4.000 -0.040 JSH 16.220 +0.240 Jardine C&C 16.560 +0.040 Keppel Corp 9.400 +0.020 Keppel
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      142 54 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2640 1.2780 Can dollar 1.3790 1.3960 Euro 2.1660 2.1910 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4343 0.4351 NZ dollar 1.0960 1.1200 Sterling pound 2.7480 2.7780 US dollar 1.3740 1.3900 SINGAPORE
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      1720 54 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 18,2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST VOLUME TRADED SALE '000 140 35 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 42 5 +15 15 43 5 2 2036 AdvSCT W*****9 2 -15 1 56 13 9092 Asia Env W*****4 15 +0 5 20C 49 12
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      676 55 BLOOMBERG NEWS, WASHINGTON POST, INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Still, analysts see fresh signs that problems may affect other sectors New York THE United States Federal Reserve's extraordinary actions to rescue a tanking investment giant and expand its emergency lending appeared to be paying off. But while
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      269 55 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York UNITED States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke may be running out of room to pump money into the financial markets and cut interest rates to rescue the economy. The US central bank has committed up to 60 per cent
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      238 55 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington THE accelerating crisis in United States financial markets may pressure the Bush administration to abandon its reluctance to act more aggressively to avoid a meltdown, including insuring "distressed" mortgages. "There's a greater receptivity to this idea than there was
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      535 56 REUTERS Fallout from financial market crisis spreads, but oil rebounds after a dive, in anticipation of Fed rate cut Sydney GLOBAL wheat prices slid yesterday after soya bean futures fell by their maximum limit as speculative funds ditched commodities on deepening worries over
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      313 56 ASSOCIATED PRESS London A PRINTING plant being billed as the world's largest is now in operation, cranking out newspapers for tycoon Rupert Murdoch's News International a vote of confidence in Britain's troubled newspaper industry. The plant m Broxbourne, 32km north of London, will
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      193 56 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Paris A PARIS court yesterday ordered the release of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel while investigators probe a multibillion-dollar scandal at Societe Generale (SG) bank, a legal source said. The 31-year-old junior trader has been in detention since Feb 8. SG
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        1422 57  -  Lee Su Shyan Vegetarian dabbles in restaurant and retail businesses before finding a lucrative niche in wholesale health food operation, which is on track for revenues of almost $2m By Assistant Money Editor BACK in the early *****, Mr Simon Fenley, a long-term vegetarian,
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        578 58  -  Lee Su Shyan Factors to watch out for include forex fluctuations and credit risks: HSBC By Assistant Money Editor AS FINANCIAL markets show signs of seizing up, small and me-dium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should pay attention to the various risks their businesses may
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        557 58 I AM the precedent partner of a partnership. I have reported the partnership income as well as the share of income of all partners in the partnership Income Tax Return (Form P). Do my partners and I have to report our
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        1233 59 A DANCING BEAN flashing a wide smile and licking its lips in satisfaction this delightful figure. representing the local soya bean brand Mr Bean, has been greeting Singaporeans in many corners on the island. From standalone mascot at retail outlets to wall paintings on
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      568 60  -  Nicholas Fang Bank still confident in region, however, and does not plan to reduce Spore staff By SWISS banking giant ÜBS has slashed its chairman's pay by 90 per cent, after it turned in its big-gest-ever full-year loss earlier this year.
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      272 60  -  Jessica Cheam By SINGAPORE is an ideal centre to produce the kind of radical innovation needed to ensure that greenhouse gases can be cut to combat climate change, without undermining economic growth. That is the view of a visiting United States environmental
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      355 60  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent IN A keenly watched move, the Government has decided not to award a landed housing site in Jurong West after only two bids came in both way below expectations. The top bid for the site, from
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      491 61  -  Alvin Foo TAKING STOCK China's vow to fight inflation renews fears of higher rates though By Markets Correspondent MOST Asian bourses posted cautious gains yesterday in a nonetheless turbulent session as they recovered some of Monday's losses caused by the
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      503 61  -  Goh Eng Yeow By Markets Correspondent CHINA'S war on soaring inflation is taking its toll on plantation counters with heavy exposure to palm oil, a key ingredient in making cooking oil that is also used as an alternative fuel source. China is
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      262 61  -  LEE SU SHYAN DIRECTORS' TRADES YANLORD Land Group chairman and chief executive Zhong Sheng Jian has been taking advantage of his firm's slipping share price to snap up stock. Last Thursday and Friday, Mr Zhong bought 960,000 Yanlord shares at an average price of $1,906
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      351 61  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent AUSTRALIAN company Macquarie Global Property Advisers (MGPA) is investing $5 billion in an integrated commercial development in Marina Bay and looking for more investments in Singapore and the region. MGPA's chief executive for Asia developments, Mr Michael Wilkinson,
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        80 61 COMMUNICATIONS design and production group Kingsmen Creatives has been awarded a $14.5 million contract by Resorts World at Sentosa. The deal involves fabricating and constructing show sets and props for the Waterworld Attraction at RWS Universal Studios Singapore. It is expected to be completed by
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        94 61 LYXOR International Asset Management, a Societe Generale subsidiary, and Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday introduced the first India exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Asia to be based on the Nifty Index. Lyxor ETF India will be listed on the SGX next Friday and offer
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        92 61 THE manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust (MapletreeLog) said it has agreed to buy two Singapore warehouses for a total of $56 million from Cougar Holdings. Cougar is a subsidiary of Menlo Worldwide, itself a unit of New York-listed Con-way. A building in Boon Lay Way cost
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      680 62  -  Fiona Chan Selina Lum It had an injunction to stop Moody's revision, but this was lifted yesterday By IN AN unprecedented move, a Singapore-listed property trust has taken legal steps to avoid being downgraded by a credit rating agency for the second
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      20 62 STOCK 1.58 billion TRADING shares worth VOLUME $1.71 billion UP Gainers: 331 Losers: 349 DOWN Unchanged: 988
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      86 62 Mid Cap 716.01 A 10.95 Small Cap 610.73 T -1.23 All Share 724.01 A 9.10 Fledgling 673.20 A 4.26 China 401.58 A 2.84 Oil and gas 678.80 A 13.92 Basic materials 521.78 A 3.86 Industrials 667.65 A 7.00 Consumer goods 653.94 T -7.00 Health care 787.57 A 13.05
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      202 62 REUTERS REBOUND IN FINANCIAL STOCKS New York UNITED States stocks jumped yesterday ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy-setting committee meeting that is expected to lead to the biggest interest rate cut since 1982. Investor sentiments were also boosted by stronger-than-expected earnings from Goldman
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      24 62 Calming markets While the Fed's recent actions have helped bourses settle, analysts say prime brokerages and asset underwriters could be affected next. PAGE Hl9
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      406 63 The dvd market js awash with J >Cr r ll FA M A multiple versions of the same movie. A W Jf' M I 1 WAWfm Jf J Studios market them as director's cuts A W j^f A jl^^nl m^^^rm-m W JKm m I or extended versions. But are they
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      45 63 MOVIES RULE NOT #1 JfcV*! COMIC TIMING f NO SLAM DUNK Kelvin Tong's horror mz?\ Jack Black Will Ferrell loses to PG flicks 1^ *wi in top form slips up page 7 t&zL Pa9 e4 J^o^ pages THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY MARCH 19 2008 jjj^|- <^^^
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      1242 64  -  Douglas Tseng Movie DVDs now also come in director's cut and extended cut versions. Is this a marketing gimmick or a fan's dream? MEDIA CORRESPONDENT ASK anyone if he has seen George Lucas' intergalactic soap opera Star Wars: A New Hope and the answer is likely to
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      407 65 BLADE RUNNER (1982) During its original release, studio edicts forced director Ridley Scott to include a voice-over and a happy-ev-er-after ending to his sci-fi noir. These were dropped a decade later in The Director's Cut which guess what? wasn't really the Director's Cut. Last year, Scott finally
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      149 65 PHOTO EVERYONE tends to remember things differently. But that phrase takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to the Star Wars movies because its creator George Lucas keeps changing them. In the first Star Wars (before it became A New Hope), released in 1977, mercenary Han
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        601 66  -  Douglas Tseng Computer graphics may be all the rage in the film industry, but director Michel Gondry prefers the low-fi stuff N BERLIN MICHEL Gondry is a French film-maker who prefers to call himself an inventor who also happens to be an artist. He takes an
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        426 66 > comedy BE KIND REWIND (PG) 100 minutes/Opens tomorrow/**-*** Ong Sor Fern FRENCH-BORN, New York-based director Michel Gondry's films tend to be technically flashy, aesthetically ambitious and, in the final analysis, intellectually remote. So, Be Kind Rewind is a pleasantly sweet surprise: It actually has heart. Think
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        397 67  -  Ong Sor Fern Even the heavyweight cast cannot lift this film with a gimmicky premise > thriller VANTAGE POINT (PG) 90 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** VANTAGE Point takes a well-worn thriller cliche the assassination plot and gives it a gimmicky twist. The tale unfolds from the point of view of
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        472 67  -  Tay Yek Keak > comedy SEMI-PRO (NCI6) 91 minutes/Opens tomorrow/**'*'fc'& THE typical Will Ferrell comic clown is composed of two vital parts a mistakenly vain nutjob who is mean and desperate, and a boob who thinks he knows it all. Whether he is skating absurdly with
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        404 68  -  Douglas Tseng > horror THE ORPHANAGE (PG) 105 minutes/Opens tomorrow)/ THERE is a terrific scene here where the riveting lead actress Belen Rueda (The Sea Inside, 2004) knocks on the wall of an old haunted orphanage to exhort its child ghosts to appear. One, two, three, she knocks,
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        200 68  -  Douglas Tseng ■Ml the buzz in the movie world by What do Edward Norton and Mike Myers have in common? Think green. The Incredible Hulk Opens June 12 Directed by Louis Leterrier In a nutshell: Forget Lee Ang's 2003 cerebral take on the Marvel Comic character, this version
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        406 69  -  Boon Chan But movie-makers hope that strong word-of-mouth will give the film legs MEDIA CORRESPONDENT RULE #1, director-writer Kelvin Tong's new film, came in at No. 5 on the weekend box-office chart. His latest foray into the horror genre is built upon the premise of cops investigating
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        299 69 Ap HONG KONG Jackie Chan and Jet Li say they had so much fun making their first movie together they are planning a second one. They expressed admiration for each other at a Hong Kong news conference yesterday to promote
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        85 70 'Someone said they hated my dog. How horrible is that? They haven't even met him' Sugababes band member Heidi Range (right) on unkind online comments 'I'm quite content with myself as I am. I don't wish anyone to carry on my name or my genes. No, not at all'
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        344 70  -  Chang Tou Liang The NUS Wind Symphony marks its 40th year with flag-waving fervour and blaring sound effects > concert IN TEMPO 2008 National University of Singapore Wind Symphony Leonard Tan, Conductor University Cultural Centre/Last Saturday FOR its 40th anniversary celebration, the National University of
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        378 70  -  Chang Tou Liang > concert RALPH KIRSHBAUM, Cello Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra Wang Ya-Hui, Conductor Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Auditorium Last Saturday EVERY year, the Conservatory invites a musical luminary as its Ong Teng Cheong Distinguished Visiting Professor. American cellist Ralph Kirshbaum (right), this semester's
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          685 71  -  AHMAD OSMAN More opportunities will open up as the Land Transport Authority builds a world-class transportation system By INDUSTRY players will have a bigger role in the Government's new masterplan to build a people-centred land transport system in the next 10 to 15 years. There are many
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          504 72  -  WONG SHER MAINE The inaugural Land Transport Excellence Awards create a Singapore brand for industry players By WHEN it comes to building a world-class transport system, it takes many hands to clap. Paying tribute to the numerous industry partners and individuals who have helped elevate
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          562 73 The Land Transport Authority has gone a long way to make travelling safer, more efficient and comfortable for all Buses 1 974 Bus lanes introduced to improve travel time. 7 Double-decker buses start plying our roads. 1 984 Introduction of air-conditioned buses. 2002 Opening of
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          1804 74  -  -Wong Sher Maine LTA Two individuals and 12 companies are recognised for their significant contributions and efforts to improve land transportation in Singapore Distinguished Contribution Winner Mr Fock SiewWah As chairman of the newly formed Land Transport Authority (LTA) in September 1995, Mr Fock assumed
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        509 78 AP, Reuters HONG KONG Secret Sunshine, the South Korean story of a widow's mental breakdown, won big at Hong Kong's 2nd Asian Film Awards, bagging Best Film, Best Director for Lee Chang Dong and Best Actress for Jeon Do Yeon. The Best Actor honour at Monday
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      678 130 fact or fiction FHE CLAIM: Identical twins have identical DNA. FHE FACTS: It is a basic tenet of human biology: Identical twins come from the same fertilised egg and, thus, share identical genetic profiles. But new research has found that, though identical twins share very
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