The Straits Times, 28 March 2008, Afternoon Edition

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  • 24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 34 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 FRIDAY, MARCH 28 2008 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 183 1  -  SIN CHEW DAILY PHOTO: BABY girl Jolene Bong is all alone now, after a horrific crash along Malaysia's North-South Highway yesterday left her an orphan. The two-month-old survived virtually unscathed after she was flung out of the family car which was wrecked totally in the accident near
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  • 559 1  -  Carolyn Hong Umno leaders reject bid to delay polls; Malaysian PM accepts Terengganu ruler's choice of chief minister By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday declared that he is ready to face challenges to his leadership after Umno
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  • UPFRONT
    • 983 1  -  Jessica Lim ByJ PORK from South Africa. Fish from Namibia. Eggs from the United States. These are not the usual sources of produce sold in Singapore, but with prices from traditional suppliers heading ever upwards, importers are expanding their horizons. The reason:
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 199 1 »i Lv^Lra^Ll L^L^^iu L^L^^L^l L^Ll I I I WCJBfaaiß BBH a\\^**W**^**t**^*fa^a*\\ aw^m I I Hailstones in Singapore IT RAINED hard in parts of Singapore yesterday, with hailstones reported in Bishan and Toa Payoh. Mrs Evelyn Chan, 53, who lives off Braddell Road, felt that there was something different about the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 393 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 A*Star closes research body Asia 6-16 Scientists were caught off guard by World 17-24 A*Star's sudden decision to shut Review 26-29 down the Singapore Cancer I ncio-ht in Syndicate, saying the move could I I lolcl IL O \J~\J J. 1 J j J -if
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  • PRIME
    • 557 3  -  Li Xueying impenamg resnunie may see some junior ministers promoted, and possibly a woman as full minister B^ THE buzz in Singapore is that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is about to announce a Cabinet reshuffle any day now. But whatever the
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    • 450 3 THINGS you need to know about A new United Nations report has painted a grim picture of HIV infection and Aids across Asia, warning that the number of people infected could jump by more than 150 per cent in the next 12 years. NILANJANASENGUPTA crunches down
      THE NEW PAPER GRAPHICS: LIM YONG  -  450 words
    • 451 4 Big-bellied in your 40s Higher risk of Alzheimer's in your 70s WASHINGTON POST, LOS ANGELES TIMES Washington PEOPLE who have big bellies in their 40s are much more likely to get Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in their 70s, according to new research that links the middle-age spread
      WASHINGTON POST, LOS ANGELES TIMES; ST FILE PHOTO  -  451 words
    • 581 4  -  Judith Tan HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE OUTBREAK Health Ministry tells parents and family doctors to be alert; may close pre-schools if situation worsens By HEALTH officials are warning parents about a rise in the number of cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) caused
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    • 47 4 SINGAPORE STOCKS Dancing to another tune It seems that Singapore remisiers who don't have real-time access to the ST Index have resorted to using the Hang Seng index as a proxy. Market columnist R. Sivanithy looks at the strange state of affairs. si SO WE'RE CLOSING KINDERGARTEN
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  • ASIA
    • I'M NOT GOING TO RUN AWAY'
      • 347 6  -  Chow Kum Hor By ASSERTIVE SULTANS Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE palace stared down the Prime Minister and won. The Terengganu Sultan who is also the Malaysian King under the country's system of rotating its nine hereditary royal rulers has had
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      • 340 6  -  CHOWKUM HOR EMPOWERED OPPOSITION Kuala Lumpur THE opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) may table a motion of no confidence against the Prime Minister when Parliament is convened on April 29, according to a senior PAS leader. And it appears the
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      • 371 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday for the first time referred directly to the issue of rivals seeking to topple him, making it clear he will not quit to make way for anyone. "If they (party rivals)
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  371 words
      • 344 6  -  Carolyn Hong CABINET WOES By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur A THIRD deputy minister has resigned from the government, in yet another blow to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, who is increasingly struggling to keep a grip on power. Deputy Minister of Natural
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    • CHINA
      • 576 8  -  Chua Chin Hon Chinese leader's comments said to reflect growing anxiety in Beijing By China Bureau Chief In Beijing BREAKING his silence on :he Tibetan unrest that has soured China's Olympics Dreparations, top Chinese eader Hu Jintao said Beijing would hold talks
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      • 659 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Lhasa "The monks were very emotional, and some of them were crying. They said they had been held inside the temple against their will for 17 days. Others asked the journalists to highlight the Tibetans' plight. I'm saddened by what
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      • 394 8  -  Ong Hwee Hwee ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SIM CHI YIN IN BEIJING By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei CHINESE President Hu Jintao has signalled that he is ready to resume cross-strait dialogue, in China's first response to peace overtures from Taiwan's President-elect Ma Ying-jeou.
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 72 10 A paper space shuttle being put to the test in a wind tunnel at a Tokyo University laboratory on Wednesday. Japanese scientists and origami masters want to launch a paper shuttle, which is 7cm long and scm wide, from space to see if it
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      • 588 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin Opposition refuses to restart stalled talks as it wants controversial petrol tax ditched By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo PRIME Minister Yasuo Fukuda yesterday made a last-minute attempt to get opposition and government lawmakers to discuss a
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      • 226 10 SINGAPORE has noted Taiwan President-elect Ma Ying-jeou's wish to resume talks regarding a free trade agreement (FTA) with the city-state, but says it has not been approached officially. "MTI has noted Dr Ma Ying-jeou's statement to the media," a spokesman for
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      • 59 12 C^nnriirintp^ nnri wn-nnrfprs frnm ajia SUppOnerS fmm rival parties bOWing at paSSing ,7 t->> COTS in SOUthern DaegU City yesterday, when campaigning started for South Ko*ea,s ftVentary elections on April 9. President Lee Myung Bak is seeking a parliamentary majority to enact sweeping economic reforms despite
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      • 548 12  -  Lee Tee Jong RETALIATION FOR HARDLINE STANCE Seoul's backing of UN vote on human rights record among triggers for eviction from industrial park By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul NORTH Korea expelled South Korean officials from a jointly run industrial complex in the pre-dawn
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 577 14  -  Ravi Velloor He pushes for speedy conclusion of Asean-lndia free trade pact By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi SENIOR Minister Goh Chok long said yesterday that one 3f the main goals of his current visit here was to help >peed up the pace
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      • 242 14 RAVI VELLOOR FOLLOWING the Malay and Chinese Heritage Centres, Singapore will soon have an Indian heritage centre, says Senior Minister of State Balaji Saiasivan. The Singapore Tourism Board is actively exploring several sites in the Serangoon Road area for the :entre, he told the
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      • 164 14 WHAT happens when one of Asia's tallest leaders checks out the world's smallest car? Several Singaporeans accompanying Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong on his trip to India clambered into the latest Indian manufacturing sensation the Nano from the Tata Group when it was
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      • 255 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, WASHINGTON POST Islamabad OUTRAGE mounted in Pakistan yesterday over the arrival this week of two senior American envoys on the same day that new Prime Minister Yuosuf Raza Gilani was sworn in. Supporters of the newly elected government said the visit
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      • 554 15  -  Salim Osman Court rules that late president was not directly involved in embezzling money By T 1 Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta AN INDONESIAN court yesterday acquitted the late president Suharto of corruption allegations in a civil suit but ordered one of his charitable
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      • 261 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Naypyidaw MYANMAR'S junta chief has said the military government did not "crave for power", insisting that its "ultimate aim" was to hand over power to the people. In a speech marking Armed Forces Day yesterday, Senior General Than Shwe said
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 510 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Defamation ruling a political move to stifle dissenting voices, they claim Kuala Lumpur A PROMINENT political writer and an opposition-run newspaper ordered to pay millions of ringgit in damages to a university in Malaysia's first successful libel suit involving
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  510 words
      • 234 16 RPK one of Malaysia's most prominent Netizens RAJA PETRA Kamarudin (above) is one of Malaysia's most prominent Netizens. The 57-year-old is regarded as "minor royalty" in Malaysia, as the late sultan of Selangor was his uncle. The current sultan is his cousin. His mother is Welsh, and he and his
        STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  234 words
      • 202 16 Kuala Lumpur NEWLY appointed Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Otnman Said wants to stop rude cabbies in their tracks by putting them through school. The New Straits Times reported that she has proposed a training centre to teach manners to taxi
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 26 6 Suharto cleared of graft Indonesia's late former president Suharto is acquitted in a civil corruption suit, but his charity is ordered to pay damages. PAGE 15
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  • WORLD
    • 543 17 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sadr loyalists fighting government forces defy PM Maliki's ultimatum to surrender Basra A FRESH wave of violence threatens to engulf Iraq after an ultimatum from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for militiamen fighting government forces in southern Iraq to surrender by today was
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    • 273 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE Mahdi Army militia led by firebrand Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (left) is the armed wing of the most formidable Iraqi Shi'ite group. The 60,000-strong militia is formed mainly of young men, with new recruits signing up regularly, many of them at
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    • 225 19 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE day after splashing pictures of her naked, Britain's tabloids have hailed French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni as a fashion queen who could be the new Princess Diana. The former Italian supermodel was pictured on the front page of
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    • 574 19 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE "What a difference a day makes...and this time she remembered to put some clothes on." THE DAILY MAIL, which devoted a six-page spread to France's First Lady Carla Bruni (left) on Thursday French President seeks to repair ties strained over
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    • 593 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Maglev train for Munich scrapped in blow to nation's image as technology leader Frankfurt SOARING costs yesterday led to Germany abandoning a showcase high-speed levitation train project in Bavaria in a move seen as a blow to the
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    • 375 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London FLIGHTS began operating yesterday at Heathrow airport's new terminal, clouded by a few teething problems and a protest at the London air hub. Terminal Five, which cost £4.3 billion (Ssl2 billion) and is the first addition to Heathrow in 20 years,
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 130 20 \GENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK The top adviser to Thailand's king las denied he was involved in the 2006 coup igainst former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, Amose allies are now back in power. General Prem Tinasulanond, head of the 3rivy Council, said he was not concerned that le
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      • 108 20 IVGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesia could mediate in Thailand's battle against a deadly insurgency in its Muslim southern provinces, Jakarta's Foreign Minister said during a visit here by the new Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundarayej. Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said the world's most populous Muslim nation
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      • 75 20 \GENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: China plans to shut down most of :he nearly 10,000 map websites in the country, daiming they threaten national security. The campaign will also target websites that wrongly draw national boundaries, or omit isands such as the South China Islands, Diaoyu Isands
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      • 94 20 OUTERS BEIJING: China has sacked a top power compaly executive and former aide to late vice-pre-nier Huang Ju on bribery allegations, state meiia reported yesterday. Wang Weigong, former deputy general maniger of state-owned gas firm Shenergy Group, was under investigation in the wake of an
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      • 105 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida): The space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew are home after carrying Japan's maiden space laboratory and a Canadian repair robot to the International Space Station on a record-setting mission. Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Centre on Wednesday night after
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      • 108 20 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON President George W. Bush has announced that he had accepted an invitation by President Vladimir Putin to visit Russia next week, signalling an effort to avoid a public clash over Nato and missile defences. The meeting expected to take place
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    • 711 21  -  Jonathan Eyal Fears of violence as Dutch govt admits it is powerless to prevent release By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London DESPITE repeated appeals from local intellectuals and politicians, the Netherlands government has admitted that it is powerless to ban the imminent
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    • 101 21 REUTERS THE World Council of Churches (WCC), which groups the main non-Catholic Christian churches, has urged its members to open a dialogue with Muslim scholars seeking inter-faith cooperation to promote justice and peace. The Geneva-based WCC said on Wednesday that it wanted to organise discussions on
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    • 389 21  -  Roger Maynard By Australia Correspondent In Sydney AUSTRALIA has flagged a more activist role in international affairs, with special emphasis on China and the Asia-Pacific region. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd unveiled his new-look foreign policy as he left yesterday for a 17-day world
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 316 23 MISS Chelsea Clinton, campaigning for her mother Hillary at universities across the United States, was forced for the first time to respond publicly to a question about her father Bill's affair with Ms Monica Lewinsky. The awkward moment came this week at Butler University
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      • 187 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS A JURY in Texas sentenced a young father to 25 years in jail for severely burning his infant daughter in a microwave. Joshua Mauldin was teary-eyed after hearing the sentence on Wednesday. His mother sobbed loudly in the courtroom. He had claimed he
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      • 173 23 BLOOMBERG DR YIP Shing Yiu is a dermatologist who inspects joints to diagnose age in furniture. The 74-year-old Hong Kong resident owns one of the world's largest private collections of furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties. "To determine authenticity, you have to look
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      • 165 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS A BABY girl in India who fell into a 14m well has been rescued after spending 27 hours in the pit. Rescuers spent much of Wednesday trying to pull the girl, identified only as Vandana, from the narrow well in a
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    • 27 17 Europe on edge over film A storm is gathering in Europe over Dutch politician Geert Wilders' anti-Islamic film, which the government is powerless to ban. PAGE 22
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  • REVIEW
    • 426 25 THE HDB resale checklist to be implemented from May should bring transparency to transactions that often leave buyers and sellers dissatisfied. It aims to put them and property agents on the same page in regard to policy, procedures and pricing. Not every agent knows or cares
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    • 1133 25  -  Martin Wolf FINANCIAL TIMES END OF A FINANCIAL ERA By REMEMBER Friday March 14 2008: It was the day the dream of global free-market capitalism died. For three decades we have moved towards market-driv-en financial systems. By its decision to rescue Bear Steams, the Federal
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    • 1047 25  -  Robert Skidelsky By MORAL VULNERABILITY OF MARKETS TODAY, there seems to be no coherent alternative to capitalism, yet anti-market feelings are alive and well, seen for example in the moralistic backlash against globalisation. Because no social system can survive for long without a moral basis, the issues
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    • 1137 26  -  Bruce Gale ►>MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By Senior Writer THERE is an Indonesian proverb which says: "Gajah berperang, pelanduk mati di tengah tengah." It means: "When elephants fight, the mousedeer in the middle dies." Millions of Indonesians looking to sustain
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    • 1071 27  -  Shashi Tharoor INDIAN EXPATRIATES IN SINGAPORE By For The Straits Times I WAS in Singapore recently to give a few talks and do some book readings at the India Se-India Club Literary Salon, the first international literary platform in South-east Asia for South Asian
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    • 855 28  -  Michael Richardson SUSPECTS ON THE RUN By For The Straits Times THE New York Times mockingly described the escape of Mas Selamat Kastari as Singapore's "Tora Bora moment". This was a reference to the United States military's failure to capture Osama bin Laden in the
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    • 550 29  -  Kor Kian Beng By STRANGE things happen whenever Mr Yeo Guat Kwang has his meals at coffee shops these days. He finds strangers approaching his table, and whispering to him that this or that hawker stall nearby has raised its prices. Unfairly, they
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    • 1388 29 people POLITICS Case is continually prodded to do more to help consumers cope with inflation. What has it done since the goods and services tax (GST) hike last July? Case began its price surveys even before the GST increase. There were several rounds, covering essential household items (February and July);
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    • 1122 30  -  Chua Mvi Hoong FRIDAY MATTERS By Senior Writer I REMEMBER one General Paper class years ago, when the topic came round to the stressful education system in Singapore. Classmates talked about it. My mind wasn't on the subject. After the class, I confessed to my
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    • 981 30 Lessons in democracy from Taiwan and Malaysia »THE POST-65ERS By Clarissa Oon BARELY a week after a political tsunami shook Malaysia's once-formidable ruling party, a similar shake-up at Taiwan's presidential election saw blue skies return again to the island. Those were the colourful metaphors that dominated the headlines this past
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    • 549 34  -  Teh Joo Lin Melissa Sim HIGHWAY CRASH: MIRACLE BABY IS SOLE SURVIVOR MPV swerved off Malaysian expressway, slammed into two trees in morning crash By WHAT started out as a holiday for the Bong family ended in a terrible tragedy, wiping out four members
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    • 123 35  -  LEE PEI Ql Police are looking for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for over a week. Shaik Saiwa Shaik Hanif, a pupil of Jiemin Primary School in Yishun Street 71, went missing last Thursday. She was last seen near the school dressed in her uniform
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    • 639 35  -  Chang Ai-Lien Cancer Syndicate's shutdown catches scientists by surprise; A*Star says there are other funding avenues By Science Correspondent GOVERNMENT funds for a key body supporting cancer research were shut off last month, in a development that has sparked controversy among scientists
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    • 332 35  -  CHANG AI-LIEN THE Singapore Cancer Syndicate (SCS), the brainchild of Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner, was set up in 2002 to coordinate research in the field and help innovations reach patients. It had become a model for research consortiums in other fields, including stem cells, and had
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    • 104 37 Workers put the finishing touches to Alexandra Link, a bridge constructed to improve access to the Southern Ridges and enhance the area as a recreational destination. Alexandra Link is made up of a I.6km elevated walkway above Alexandra Road, in- eluding an 80m-long bridge.
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    • 563 37  -  Judith Tan Lack of anonymity cited as main deterrent, but hospital still hopeful By ADULT patients at Changi General Hospital (CGH) are saying "no, thanks" to its routine screening for the Aids-causing virus HIV, believing themselves to be too old or in a
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    • 502 37  -  JUDITH TAN CENTRES offering anonymous testing for the HIV virus have seen demand spike among those aged over 60 and those under 20. At the anonymous HIV-testing clinic in Kelantan Lane run by Action for Aids (AFA), for example, the number of
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    • 561 38  -  Joyce Teo $20,000 subsidy for singles who buy resale flat to live with parents By Property Correspondent SINGLE Singaporeans who opt to buy an HDB resale flat in order to live with their parents can now get a housing subsidy of $20,000. The subsidy
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      • 83 38 A NUMBER of roads near the Padang will be closed to traffic on Sunday for the launch of an anti-drink-driv-ing campaign by Scotch whisky maker Johnnie Walker. St Andrew's Road, Fullerton Road, Coleman Street and Parliament Place will be closed from 2pm to Bpm. Connaught Drive
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      • 124 38 FRENCH assemblyman Jean-Francois Cope called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday while on a visit here. Mr Cope is the leader of the Parliamentary Group of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), the right-wing party of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. During the meeting, the
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    • 416 41  -  KARAMJIT KAUR TECHNICAL glitches are par for the course when new aircraft models make their commercial Hpbut, say aviation industry consultants. And they have examples from recent history d back this up, in the wake of three glitches hitting Singaire Airlines' new Airbus 380
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    • 454 41  -  Karamjit Kaur Tie-up with Temasek Poly will be extended to aerospace park if talks with EDB yield results By Aviation Correspondent A COMPANY owned by German airline Lufthansa, which celebrated the launch of a new school at Temasek Polytechnic yesterday, said it already has
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    • 448 42 »ONE-STOP ACCIDENT REPORTING PLAN The General Insurance Association (GIA) will roll out a simplified accident reporting plan from May. It will require motorists to inform their insurers of an accident within 24 hours. On their part, insurers promise that they will take care of everything,
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    • 252 42 After nine months of travelling around the world in a solarpowered vehicle, Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer has made it to Singapore the half-way mark. Mr Palmer hopes to become the first person to circle the globe in a vehicle that uses solar power. So far,
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    • 443 43  -  Diana Othman Icy pellets get residents in Toa Payoh, Bishan and Braddell excited By SUMATHI V. SELVARETNAM PARTS of Singapore were pelted with hailstones during yesterday afternoon's heavy downpour. The weatherman confirmed that these pellets of ice were reported in central Singapore between 3.15pm
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    • 422 43  -  Clarissa Oon By HIGH pay for ministers cannot, by itself, guarantee a clean government unless law enforcement is tough on graft, an international expert on corruption said yesterday. Economist Robert Klitgaard made the point when he was asked, during a public
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    • 434 45  -  SUMATHI V. Scheme to meet ad hoc shortages, need for mentors for new nurses By Selvaretnam AFTER 40 years as a nurse, Madam Tang Siew Heng retired in 2005 to take care of her young granddaughter. When the little girl started nursery school
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    • 399 46 Weary from shopping? This spot's for you AFTER a busy day of mall-hopping along Orchard Road, shoppers will, from early next year, be able to kick back their tired heels in a new open public space to be developed above the Dhoby Ghaut
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    • 327 47  -  Selina Lum Former pet shop owner accused of having sex with 15-year-old girl By A 37-YEAR-OLD man, now serving a 16-year jail term for raping a 14-year-old student, was brought before the High Court yesterday to face four charges
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    • 237 47  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent A 20-YEAR-OLD man was charged yesterday with using a parang to slash the face of another man outside a nightclub earlier this month. Muhammad Farouq Mohamed Allaadin Ebrahim Elsayd faces one count of causing grievous hurt
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    • 225 48 HUNT FOR MAS SELAMAT POLICE combing a forested ar--3a in Yishun yesterday morning for fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari stumbled instead upon what appeared to be a vice ien run by Thai nationals. Eight men and 13 women between the ages of 21 and 39 were
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    • 304 48 THE four friends had played mahjong every week for more than seven years. But on Nov 22 last year, the game took a violent turn when 40-year-old Chua Kirn Poo was beaten up by his long-time pals after he was accused of cheating. Yesterday,
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    • 522 48  -  K.C. VIJAYAN CANING ERROR Ex-prison inmate claims damages for medical injuries; alleges that the authorities failed to exercise reasonable care By Law Correspondent A MAN who was caned three times more than what he was sentenced to by the courts has sued the Singapore
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    • 565 50  -  Hong Xinyi It joins a host of local developments bidding to tap the region's growing luxury market By THE global economy may be going through some jitters, but that has not dampened the Asian appetite for luxuries like private planes and
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    • 255 45 A weekly look at what to watch out for in the world of consumers. Figures, case study and tips come from the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case). The world of slimming A*} I No. of cases filed I (January to December 2007) Top complaint 1. Misrepresentation CASE STUDY A consumer
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    • 398 51  -  Hwang Liang Keng I HAVE been undergoing treatment and consultation at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) since last August. The waiting time has been unbearably long and here's how SGH can improve. At my last visit on Monday, I arrived at 10.25 am for
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    • 269 51  -  Ongßeen Tee I ALWAYS look forward to listening to the yearly National Day Parade (NDP) songs. But in recent years, it feels as if there are only a few local singers given the honour of singing these songs. Last year, Kit Chan
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    • 205 51  -  Dudley Au I REFER to yesterday's report "$5O notes with KF mark: Defaced bills command no value". There is an anomaly where Mr G.S. Lee was told by OCBC that there was no problem with notes defaced with the letters KF. The
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    • 191 51  -  Lily Lim (Mdm) DESPITE the law requiring Malaysian confinement nannies working in Singapore to have a temporary work permit, there are still many Malaysian confinement nannies working here on social visit passes. Some employers feign ignorance while others ignore the law. The latter include
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    • 343 51  -  Susan Veronica Yeo (Mrs) I REFER to the letter "Tug of danger in secondary school" (March 15). I have noticed many instances when our children are left in the hands of supposedly experienced staff only to discover unnecessary and avoidable accidents happening. The
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    • 96 51  -  Wong Wye Leng (Ms) I REFER to the letter by Ms Low Gek Neo "Beat this: $16 for 3-hour parking at St Regis" (March 13). The carpark in The St Regis Singapore is operated by CBM Parking, which is solely responsible for parking charges. These
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    • 192 51  -  Lint Boon Hee REGULATING AESTHETIC WORK I FIND it curious that the term "snake oil" when used once by "a person of authority" and repeated a few times by The Straits Times should cause so much heat. If I recall, even Transport
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    • 70 51 "Perhaps the Housing Board should consider installing CCTVs in carparks." MR CHARLES, who made the suggestion after noting three acts of vandalism within two months at Jalan Tenaga, Bedok Reservoir, where he lives. First, someone siphoned off the petrol from his friend's motorcycle in a daytime theft.
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    • 361 51  -  Maria Loh Mun Foong (Ms) I AGREE with Madam Lynda Kiong Chiew Mm in her letter "Right diet: Schools, parents must play their part" (March 20). When I ask my daughter about her meals in the school canteen, she invariably names the usual
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    • 42 51 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. OH, MOTHER: Child's moral indifference NO REPEAT PLEASE: Curtin University BUDGET HATCHET: Budget Terminal MORALLY OBLIGED: Scholarships HORROR TOUR: China bear farm OVERPOWERING BILL: SP Services replies
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    • 127 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CYCLING DESPITE a valiant effort by the Dutch men's team pursuit quartet (left), they managed to finish only eighth during qualifying on the second day of competition at the Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester yesterday. Reigning champions Britain were scheduled to defend their
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    • 1004 52 ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER England lose 0-1 to France after mustering just a single shot on goal Saint-Denis (France) FRANCE had three strikers missing and still had no trouble beating England 1-0 on Wednesday. England coach Fabio Capello tried all his forwards, and they all they
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    • 371 52 ASSOCIATED PRESS Saint-Denis (France) NICOLAS Anelka seems to enjoy playing against England. Nine years after tormenting the English defence with both goals in France's 2-0 win at Wembley, the Chelsea striker shone again on Wednesday. He won the penalty that helped Les Bleus beat
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    • 311 52 London REFEREE Mike Riley has paid the price for his failure to send off Chelsea's Ashley Cole in the 4-4 Premier League draw with Tottenham on March 19. The experienced official has been axed from this weekend's top-flight fixtures. Riley has also
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    • 720 53  -  Marc Lim soccer The national coach wants four points from matches against Uzbeks and Saudis By Sports Correspondent THE goal: A spot in the final round of the Asian World Cup qualifiers. The target: A minimum of four points from Singapore's next
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    • 157 53 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Manama (Bahrain) JAPAN'S World Cup qualifying campaign received a wake-up call after they were shocked 0-1 at Bahrain their first defeat under coach Takeshi Okada. "It's the nightmare scenario," fumed Okada. "It's an extremely disappointing result. We were sloppy and took
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    • 524 53 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Barcelona RELATIONS between Barcelona and Ronaldinho have reached a point of no return and the club will part with the Brazilian star at the end of the season. The club's management is fed up with the midfielder's late-night revelry and
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    • 212 53 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRAZIL coach Dunga believes Alexandre Pato can emulate Ronaldo, after the teenage prodigy marked his international debut with a sublime winner against Sweden. The 18-year-old from AC Milan had only been on for 12 minutes as a second-half substitute when
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      564 54  -  Leonard Lim »SOCCER 'The root of Spore football's problem' Outgoing gen sec Yeo says supporters should put money where mouth is By A PEA shooter versus howitzers. That was how outgoing Football Association of Singapore general secretary Steven Yeo described the financial resources at the national team's disposal, compared
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    • 208 54 S-LEAGUE chief executive officer Winston Lee (right) has emerged as the front-runner to succeed outgoing Football Association of Singapore general secretary Steven Yeo. The Straits Times understands that an announcement will be made soon, confirming Lee's appointment. He is also the FAS' chief
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    • 412 54  -  Jeanette Wang DISABILITY SPORTS By FOCUS, relax and stay cool. Following that golden advice from their coach, Jovin Tan and Desiree Lim yesterday posted a strong finish at the IFDS Two-Person Keelboat World Championship to claim Singapore's first disabled sailing world crown. At Changi's SAF
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    • 392 54 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Boston THE Phoenix Suns saw the best of the Eastern Conference in back-to-back games. The verdict? "It's a toss-up," Phoenix guard Steve Nash said yesterday after the Boston Celtics beat the Suns 117-97, two days after the Suns lost to the
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    • 600 55 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS, ASSOCIATED PRESS SWIMMING 15 world records, but... Schipper blames LZR for her failure to set world mark in the 200 m butterfly Sydney WORLD record-holder Jessicah Schipper will meet Speedo's officials, after the controversial LZR racer suit sank her bid to lower
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    • 271 55 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CRICKET Chennai INDIA made a confident reply to South Africa's record 540 in the first Test, reaching 82 without loss by stumps on the second day yesterday. Virender Sehwag smashed a typically aggressive 52 and Wasim Jaffer chipped in with 25 as the Indian
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    • 949 56  -  Christopher Ong SPORTS IN SCHOOLS Course safer, but late notice for April's race leaves some still unhappy By WITH less than a month to go before the Schools National Cross-Country Championships on April 23, a huge question mark hangs over the route for the event.
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    • 341 56 REUTERS »GOLF Florida TIGER Woods, a winner of seven straight tournaments until last week, is far from happy with photographers. The world's No 1 golfer said a shutter snap during his backswing contributed to halting his momentum in a comeback attempt at last week's CA
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    • 958 57 REUTERS SPORTS BUSINESS How television money is making the sports world go round and round London AN UNPRECEDENTED auction at the Hilton Towers hotel in Mumbai last month illustrated just how dramatically sport is spreading beyond traditional boundaries, and merging into the global entertainment industry. At
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    • 267 57 ASSOCIATED PRESS YACHTING Madrid DEFENDING champions Alinghi and Oracle are heading back to court. This is to settle a dispute over a date for their showdown in the America's Cup the oldest trophy in international sailing. The two sides failed to reach an
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      • 68 57 MIAMI: Former tennis world No 1 Gustavo Kuerten lost 1-6, 5-7 to Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean yesterday in his last appearance at the Sony Ericsson Open. The Brazilian, plagued by a long-time hip injury but granted a wild card entry into the draw,
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      • 91 57 SAN FRANCISCO: A key witness in the doping trial of US Olympic cyclist Tammy Thomas testified yesterday that an illicit steroid lab made little money because the potent performance-enhancers, when bought and taken in small quantities, are enough to boost output. Kelcey
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      • 63 57 LONDON: Chelsea are set to visit Malaysia in July as part of their preseason Asian tour. The club will take on a team composed of the best players from the Malaysian Super League in Kuala Lumpur on July 29. They will
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    • 689 57 BASKETBALL NBA: Philadelphia 121 Chicago 99, Atlanta 115 Milwaukee 96, New Orleans 100 Cleveland 99, Boston 117 Phoenix 97, Toronto 89 Detroit 82, New York 103 Miami 96 (OT), New Jersey 124 Indiana 117, Houston 97 Minnesota 86, San Antonio 97 Clippers 88, Sacramento 107 Memphis 106 (OT), Washington
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    • 106 57 TV times BASKETBALL NBA: Dallas v Denver (Live, Ch24, 10.30am). CRICKET: South Africa Tour of India: 1st Test, day 3 (Live, ChlO9, 11.30am). ICL 20's Grand Championship: Chennai v Ahmedabad (Live, Chill, 9.25pm). GOLF: EPGA Open de Andalucia: Day 2 (Live, Ch26, 10.30pm). USPGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Day
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  • OBITUARIES
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      42 58 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mrs Jenny Cheng family on the demise of her beloved husband CHENG HWA CHUANG (General Manager of Kahar Trading Singapore Pte Ltd) From: Mr A. K. Dhar Mr Ajay Dhar Wood Craft International Pte Ltd (Singapore)
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      139 58 MR CHONG LOW YEONG Age: 94 passed away peacefully on Thursday, 27 March 2008. Dearly missed cherished by loved ones. Wife: Late Wong Lai Kin Sons: Daughters-in-law: f Chong Kum Fatt, Michael Phan Sun Beam, Betty Chong Kum Hoong, Norman Toh Kong Ai, Janet Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chong Cheng Kit Dr
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      259 58 "I van the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me 'will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and «T believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 1m Jt TAY SIEW HUA Age: 82 Was called home to be with the Lord on 26 March 2008. Dearly
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      47 58 Ip With Deepest Sympathy and 41 Heartfelt Condolences to our K^ Managing Director Mr Jackson Lee Huong Nam On the demise of his beloved mother TAY SIEW HUA Departed on 26 March 2008 From: The Management Staff of Jia Leong Trading Enterprise I I Pte Ltd fi
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      70 58 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Norman Chong Kum Hoong his family on the demise of his beloved father MR CHONG LOW YEONG Age: 94 passed away peacefully on Thursday, 27 March 2008. From: The Management Staff of KIMSON TRADING FAR EAST PTE LTD ROPES TECHNOLOGY CORP FAR EAST
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      188 58 f Jesus says, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die." John 11:25 PAUL HAN TING FONG Age: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 March 2008.
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      108 58 SIM ENG CHOON Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 26 March 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Soh Woh Son: Daughter-in-law: Sim Boon Kiat Ang Kin Lian Daughters: Sons-in-law: Sim Heck Cher, Rina Chia Teck Guan Sim Peck San Ng Hang How, Jason Grandsons: Granddaughters:
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      48 58 4th Anniversary of Our Beloved Mother MDM SINNAMMAL W/O LAKSHMANAN Departed 28 March 04 In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true, There is not a day, dear mother, That we do not think of you. Sadly missed by sons, daughters, in-laws, grandchildren loved ones.
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      53 58 10th Anniversary i In Loving Memory Of 7 Major (Ret) John Ong Eng Yong ILteparted 28 March 1998 Sadly missed along life's way Quietly remembered everyday. No longer in our lives to share; But in our hearts You are always there. I Dearly cherished remembered by wife Helen, family I
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      29 58 In Loving Memory Of CHANHENGJOO, ANDREW Departed: 28 Mar 2000 His memory is as dear today As in the hour he passed away. Fondly remembered by I loved ones.
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      19 58 12th Anniversary In Fondest Memory Of CHAN KWAI CHUN Born: 26.04.1919 Departed: 28.03.1996 Forever remembered by Daughters: Judy Patricia
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  • MONEY
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      • 7465 59 TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 27, 2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL +0R11C 3C 42 141 195 32 IS 24 18 61 17 5 IS 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 228 19 4
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      • 57 59 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 620C 100C 1120C 1250C 398.3 3977.£ 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 US6200xd US1000 usmooid
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    • 633 60 REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES It says auditor aided accounting fraud at New Century, leading to current credit crisis New York A SWEEPING five-month investigation into the collapse of one of the United States' largest sub-prime lenders points a finger at
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    • 426 60 LOS ANGELES TIMES Washington SIGNALLING a willingness by the United States government to expand its oversight of Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said investment banks should submit to greater supervision if they want regular access to Federal Reserve loans. Mr
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    • 258 60 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington UNITED States corporate profits fell 3.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, the Commerce Department said yesterday in a report that also confirmed the US economy slowed to a meagre annual pace
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    • 37 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 12,604.58 (-102.05 points) »Japanese share prices closed down 0.8 per cent, losing ground for a second straight session after weak data added to worries about the health of the US economy.
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    • 33 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 22,664.22 (+47.21 points) Hong Kong share prices closed slightly higher, up 0.21 per cent, as tycoon Li Ka-shing's flagship companies were boosted by strong annual results.
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    • 31 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,411.49 (-195.36 points) Chinese share prices plunged 5.42 per cent amid fears about the impact of massive amounts of shares being released into the market.
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    • 33 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,371.6 (-9.80 points) Australian stocks closed down 0.2 per cent on weaker financial stocks, although gains in miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto limited the market's losses.
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    • 27 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,254.03 (+8.61 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.7 per cent higher as bargain hunting on selected blue chips lifted the market.
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      31 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 16,015.56 (-71.27 points) »Indian share prices fell 0.44 per cent in line with Asian markets, which mostly dropped on continued turmoil in the US housing market.
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    • 33 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,451.35 (+10.71 points) »Indonesian share prices closed 0.4 per cent higher as late buying of blue chips and oil-related stocks triggered a rebound in the main index.
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    • 28 60 AFP Yesterday's close: 822.96 (+5.39 points) Tha i stocks closed 0.66 per cent higher as investors chased gains in blue chips, banking and energy stocks.
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    • 115 60 3noc O -^M ,UZu.Z March 27 Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand 6.400 +0.140 CapitaMall 3.440 +0.040 CityDev 11.200 +0.220 Cosco Corp 3.470 +0.110 DBS Grp 18.600 +0.220 F&N 4.780 -0.060 Gentlntl 0.595 HKLand 4.160 +0.080 JSH 16.560 -0.120 Jardine C&C 19.240 +0.280 KeppelCorp 9.790 -0.010 Keppel
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    • 51 60 March 27 Golden Agri 44,042,000 Yangzijiang 40,454,000 LiHeng 40,218,000 Synear 38,044,000 CoscoCorpMBLeCW*****1 36,373,000 ChinaEnergy 36,264,000 China Hongxing 34,646,000 UniFiber 34,275,000 SingTel 27,403,000 CoscoCorpMEReCW*****8 23,495,000 SingTelMBLeCW*****3 21,694,000 FirstRes 21,314,000 E3 Hlds 19,403,000 BBS MBL eCW*****6 18,076,000 Auston 17,727,000 01am 17,727,000 Thai Beverage 16,373,000 JES 16,203,000 Cosco Corp 16,019,000 SinoTechfib
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    • 141 60 March 27 I UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2580 1.2740 Can dollar 1.3470 1.3630 Euro 2.1680 2.1930 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4298 0.4306 NZ dollar 1.0980 1.1220 Sterling pound 2.7510 2.7800 US dollar
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    • 1702 60 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 27,2008 52-WLLK ILL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY TRADED T LASI V( SALE i/OLUME '000 43 5 2 2036 AdvSCT W*****9 5 +1 12C 56 13 9092 Asia Env W*****4 17 -1 19C 38 5 4278 Auston W*****5 6 +1 IOC 49 12 5
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    • 477 61  -  Goh Eng Yeow Energy services firm secures 180 m contract, sells half of non-core assets By KS ENERGY is positioning itself to take advantage of buying opportunities arising from the global financial meltdown. The energy services firm announced yesterday that it had secured
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    • 375 61 REUTERS Boston ORACLE has posted disappointing quarterly software sales, saying its customers had become more cautious, quashing the idea that the software sector would be immune to the economic turmoil roiling the rest of the tech sector. Oracle shares in New York fell 8
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    • 521 62  -  Alvin Foo It should come in at 5.5% if America suffers a slowdown only, say NTU experts By SINGAPORE'S economic growth could slow to 3 per cent this year if a recession hits the United States in these few months,
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    • 354 62  -  YANG HUIWEN IT WILL be a slow and painful road to recovery for the United States economy, as its sub-prime write-downs and credit crisis deepen, according to the British Chamber of Commerce's resident economic spokesman in Singapore. Mr Roman Scott told
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    • 364 62 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Geneva ASIA-PACIFIC economies like Singapore are entering a phase of "heightened uncertainty" with ex-port-led countries expected to be hardest hit by the ongoing financial turmoil in the United States, a United Nations report said yesterday. "In the worst-case scenario
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    • 644 63  - Property trust to acquire office building for 1.17b Joyce Teo ITS OFFER Capita Land will ensure a minimum property income of $49.5 m a year, making the acquisition compelling, says CCT chief executive Lynette Leong. ITS GAIN Capita Land expects a gain of about $47m from the sale. Sale of
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    • 437 63  -  Yang Huiwen TAKING STOCK By DEFIANCE was the order of the day in the local market, which maintained some composure while almost everything around it headed south. Bourses across the region were in the red, including Tokyo, Taiwan and Korea, but nothing could
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    • 47 63 (0) March 27 GLD10US$ SGX UOB DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 Jardine CSC KS Energy Lyxor China H 10USS CityDev CENTS 9420 776 1960 ***** 1924 189 1545 1120 237.3 36.0 36.0 30.0 28.0 26.0 24.8 22.0 1.9 4.9 1.9 0.3 1.5 16.0 1.2 2.0
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    • 42 63 (0) March 27 CENTS /o IMH Venture Corp ISH KepCorp MBUCW*****3 SIA200 AVJennings B Sembawang Isetan 3032 1120 1656 308 1522 71 887 384 96.6 22.0 16.6 14.0 14.0 12.7 12.0 10.0 2.3 1.9 07 4.3 0.9 12.3 1.3 2.5
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      • 237 63  -  ALVIN FOO COSCO Corporation director Wang Kai Yuen has raised his stake in the Chinese shipbuilder via open market purchases and the exercise of share options. Singapore Exchange filings showed that Dr Wang bought 500,000 shares at an average price of $3.42 each on
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    • 630 64  -  Goh Eng Yeow Different valuations accorded to China plays lead to mixed results in markets By Markets Correspondent THE message about China shares could not have been more mixed yesterday, with stocks in Shanghai suffering another mauling while those in Singapore cruised higher. Shanghai stole
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    • 21 64 STOCK 1.49 billion TRADING shares worth VOLUME $1.63 billion UP Gainers: 398 Losers: 248 DOWN Unchanged: 1,034
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    • 87 64 Mid Cap 760.91 A 10.95 Health care 821.44 A 2.48 Small Cap 635.40 A 12.70 Consumer services 813.69 A 8.91 All Share 769.86 A 9.24 Telecoms 979.73 T -9.13 Fledgling 676.92 A 0.55 Utilities 746.75 China 452.67 A 21.09 Financials 781.80 A 11.23 Oil and gas
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    • 219 64  -  ONGBIHUI ASIA-PACIFIC EXPANSION PLAN LEADING lens maker Carl Zeiss has opened a $30 million facility in Singapore as part of its strategy to expand in the Asia-Pacific region. Its Advanced Imaging Centre, which started operations yesterday, will serve a number of functions for the
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    • 1192 66  -  Cara Van Miriah Mohamed Sultan Road may have fallen out of favour with clubbers, but the Robertson Quay area has come alive as a hip dining enclave ONCE, Mohamed Sultan Road reigned supreme as a clubbing hotspot. It was the Sultan of Swing as in the swinging fists
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      • 466 76  -  ANNETTETAN Designer Tan Yoong steps into the spotlight with Dazzling Rhapsody to showcase his latest creations By LOCAL fashion designer Tan Yoong (right) is making a comeback at this year's Singapore Fashion Festival after 17 years away from the limelight. He didn't retire from the fashion scene. Rather,
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      • 677 78 ingapore brand names get their share of the limelight at this year's fashion festival Francis Cheong Brand partnerships are the rage at this year's Singapore Fashion Festival and even coffee company CappaRoma is in the act by teaming with fashion designer Francis Cheong. There is definitely
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      • 807 79 From trendy New York to stylish Milan, fashion's big names come with fresh colours and new cuts for the discerning By LIMYANN LING WORLD-class designers for celebrities and royalty will show off their latest creations at the Singapore Fashion Festival. London's Matthew Williamson promises to delight with his
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      • 145 83 DISTRICT LINE Bob Mould Anti FORMERLY of influential 1980s American punk-rocker band Husku Dv, Bob Mould, now in his late 40s, remains a torchbearer. District Line, his seventh solo album and his first for the Anti label, takes his back-to-basics template further into the 21st century. It's rock
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