The Straits Times, 25 April 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 118 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 FRIDAY, APRIL 25 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Rice price hits new high on global markets
    602 1 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES TIMES Local traders to ease impact, but warn of increases ahead Bangkok THE prices of rice in Thailand, the world's top exporter, surged to a record high above US$l,OOO (551,360) a tonne yesterday as fears of a
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    Lock icon Condo unit to be auctioned off to recover money owed
    531 1  -  Joyce Teo »FEES UNPAID FOR 10 YEARS, OWNERS UNCONTACTABLE, 50... By owners have been absent from the freehold unit for so long even ignoring the recent property boom. The guide price for the 1,604 sq ft high-floor unit is about
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      Lock icon A win-win tie-up for polys and businesses
      980 1  -  Tania Tan By TEN years ago, a software application was developed at Ngee Ann Polytechnic specifically to help its teaching staff keep track of student assignments and tests. A young businessman with his own start-up, using the software as a platform, worked with
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon 33 caregivers had to call these two containers home
      614 3  -  Sujin Thomas Manpower Ministry investigates Econ Nursing Home, which housed its employees in cramped conditions By Melissa Kok BY DAY, they cared for 160 elderly people at the Econ Nursing Home services at Bukit Timah Avenue. When their shift ended, the
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      Lock icon Workers made by employer to cover $200 fine
      218 3 CRAMPED living quarters were not the only hardship staff at the Econ Nursing Home had to deal with. Workers said they were also forced to cover a $200 fine the Bukit Timah Avenue centre had received on April 8 for mosquito breeding.
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      Lock icon Tycoon's wife let off with warning
      520 4  -  Elena Chong SLAPPING INCIDENT By IT ALL started with a slap on the face from a tycoon's wife to a stewardess serving her husband on a flight and ended with another one, this time on the wrist. Yesterday, the criminal charge against Madam Tan
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      Lock icon Cabbies' earnings up despite initial fears
      483 4  -  Maria Almenoar »FOUR MONTHS AFTER FARE HIKE Ridership also up as commuters return to taking taxis By THE chorus of complaints that came from the taxi industry after fares were raised in December last year seems to have died down. Although some customers initially
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      56 4 CHINA AVIATION OIL Why she quit I The sudden resignation of Lee Suet Fern as an I independent director has fuelled market speculation about the circumstances. We take a closer look. Wife, 54, of man, 37, jailed for raping teen: 111 be 70, with white hair a wrinkles But I'll
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon End of the road for Gurkhas?
      636 6  -  Ravi Velloor Maoist government vows to stop them from serving in foreign armies By Si P. Jayaram THE fierce combat skills, loyalty and vaunted courage of Nepal's renowned Gurkha soldiers have made them a respected and feared sight in opposing armies. Now Kathmandu's new
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      Lock icon Victorious Maoists to form new govt in Nepal
      217 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kathmandu NEPAL'S former communist rebels have won the most seats in the country's new governing assembly, taking more than double the number of their nearest rival, an election official said yesterday. The former insurgents, known as the Maoists, are now
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon China supporters out in force at Aussie torch relay
        536 7 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Pro-Tibet protesters fail in bid to disrupt relay in Canberra Canberra MORE than 10,000 Chinese Australians staged the biggest pro-Beijing rally of the protest-marred Olympic torch relay yesterday, bringing a sea of red Chinese flags and drowning out
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        Lock icon Calls for efforts to mend fences
        347 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing CHINA called on France yesterday to cooperate to bring troubled relations back on track, while separately in Washington, the United States urged Beijing to talk to the Dalai Lama. President Hu Jintao, in a meeting with French Senate leader
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        Lock icon Everest climb: Concern about altitude sickness
        232 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing CHINA'S new plan for press coverage of the Olympic torch's ascent of Mount Everest has touched off a new controversy. Under the new plan, announced on Tuesday, reporters' time in Tibet would be halved to about 10 days and most of
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        Lock icon Number of online users in China: 221m and growing
        434 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Internet population surpasses that in the US to be the world's biggest Beijing CHINA, already the world leader in mobile phone users, has surpassed the United States in the number of Internet users, state media said yesterday.
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        Lock icon CNN sued for remarks that 'insulted all Chinese'
        372 9 REUTERS Hong Kong A CHINESE teacher and a beautician have filed a suit against CNN in New York for remarks that they say insulted the Chinese people. They are seeking US$l.3 billion (Ssl.B billion) in compensation US$l for each person in China.
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        Lock icon Taiwan riled by Greenpeace's shark's fin check
        237 9 REUTERS Taipei GREENPEACE activists boarded a Taiwanese fishing boat earlier this week to check for an illegal shark's fin harvest, a fisheries official said yesterday. The Fisheries Agency will send a protest letter to the multilateral Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission to
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Fukuda visits Russia to boost relations
        834 11  -  Jonathan Eyal JONATHAN EYAL Trade is booming, but Japanese leader's trip still overshadowed by heavy legacy of history By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda arrives in Russia today for a two-day visit which both sides regard as significant.
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        Lock icon Toxic gas used by girl leaves neighbours ill
        258 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Tokyo ABOUT 120 people were evacuated in southern Japan yesterday, some of whom were sickened by toxic fumes coming from a bathroom, police said yesterday. About 10 of them in Konan city were hospitalised after they noticed a strange
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        Lock icon Ma cleared of graft before inauguration
        440 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS President-elect not guilty of breach of trust, says Taiwan's Supreme Court Taipei TAIWAN'S Supreme Court yesterday cleared Presidentelect Ma Ying-jeou of corruption charges, delivering a final ruling in the high-profile case weeks before he takes office. Mr Ma had been
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        Lock icon DRILLING HOME THE LESSON
        49 12 Schoolchildren hiding under their desks during an earthquake drill at a primary school in Xingtai in China's northern Hebei province yesterday. China recently launched a monitoring network that can detect even minor tremors in the quake-prone country and report them within 10 minutes. PHOTO: XINHUA
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon KL TO END DIESEL SUBSIDY
          110 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government will move to remove the subsidy on diesel first as part of restructuring fuel subsidies. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Shahrir Samad said diesel would soon be sold at the market rate at the pumps
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          Lock icon MEDITATION FOR LAZY WORKERS
          84 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: Scores of underperforming Seoul city government employees will be ordered to meditate and work in farms or factories to improve their attitude, officials said yesterday. Six senior officials are included in this year's programme, said the JoongAng Daily. The city said 88 employees
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          Lock icon CHILD SPONSORSHIP DRIVE
          108 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: LONDON: Thousands of shoes, each representing a child in desperate need of sponsorship in the developing world, were placed in Trafalgar Square here yesterday to launch World Vision's Child Sponsorship campaign in Britain. The shoes were arranged to form giant feet. Through its campaign,
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          Lock icon THAI POLL CONVICTIONS UPHELD
          101 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Thailand's Appeals Court yesterday upheld the conviction of three ex-election commissioners for violating electoral laws and for abuse of power two years ago in favour of then Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his party. The court agreed with a 2006 Criminal Court ruling that
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          Lock icon CHINESE ARMS VESSEL RECALLED
          98 12 REUTERS HARARE: A shipment of Chinese arms bound for Zimbabwe will be recalled after South African port workers refused to unload the vessel and neighbouring countries barred it from their ports, China said yesterday. The recall of the An Yue Jiang, carrying 77 tonnes of assault
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Mumbai's grand plans face huge obstacles
        585 13 REUTERS Infrastructure woes must be tackled before it can join financial big league Mumbai MUMBAI is hoping to become a world-class financial centre in the next decade despite being saddled with one of Asia's largest slums, congested streets and sometimes startling whiffs of human
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        Lock icon Sri Lankan jets pound Tamil Tiger hideout
        255 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Colombo SRI LANKA carried out retaliatory air strikes against Tamil Tiger rebels yesterday, a day after intense artillery battles left hundreds killed or wounded, according to officials on both sides. Military jets pounded a suspected hideout of the Liberation Tigers of
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        Lock icon Pakistan pushes for deal with tribe
        167 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Islamabad THE Pakistani government is seeking a peace deal with a tribe that includes the country's top Taleban commander, an official said yesterday, days after it struck an accord with a militant group in the country's volatile north-west. Mr Zahid Khan, a
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon 8 killed in Manila cops and robbers shoot-out
        408 14 THE PHILIPPINE INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, ASSOCIATED PRESS Two passers-by among the dead in gunbattle at a busy bridge Manila POLICE officers, trying to stop alleged robbers, opened fire at a busy bridge in the Philippine capital in a shoot-out that left six
        THE PHILIPPINE INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  408 words
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        Lock icon KNIGHTS OF THE SKY
        52 14 PHOTO: The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) aerobatics team, the Black Knights, performed at Bangkok's Don Muang Airport yesterday at the invitation of Air Chief Marshal Chalit Pukbhasuk, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). The show commemorated the 25th anniversary of RSAF-RTAF bilateral
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        Lock icon US and Indonesia at loggerheads over lab
        521 15 REUTERS Disputes over sharing of virus samples and diplomatic immunity delay agreement Jakarta AN AGREEMENT to secure the future of a US naval medical laboratory in Indonesia is being held up by disputes over diplomatic immunity for American staff as well as sharing
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        Lock icon Two in the dock for child sex offences
        356 15 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Phnom Penh/Jakarta TWO men were in the dock yesterday over sexual offences against children in separate South-east Asian countries. A Cambodian court sentenced a 61-year-old German man to two years' jail for sexually abusing street girls aged 14 and
        REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  356 words
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        Lock icon Thailand's rice barons in the spotlight as prices soar
        882 16 REUTERS Thai-Chinese group controls nearly a third of world's rice trade and sets global price Bangkok EVERY Wednesday for as far back as anybody can remember, a small group of Thai-Chinese businessmen have met for lunch down a leafy lane in
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Samak and Abdullah chew on food security at meeting
        623 17  -  Chow Kum Hor AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Thai PM pledges cooperation with neighbours as world rice prices soar By Malaysia Correspondent In Putrajaya FOOD security was high on the agenda when Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej met his Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Badawi
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      • Article
        Lock icon Woman now denies that ex-minister molested her
        344 17 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur THE woman who alleged that a former Cabinet minister outraged her modesty now wants to withdraw her report, claiming that she had "misunderstood" the incident. The 30-year-old promoter who works at a lounge in a five-star hotel
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        Lock icon KL lifts ban on critical Tamil-language daily
        533 18  -  Carolyn Hong Makkal Osai's permit is reinstated after outcry over blow to press freedom By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur THE government has renewed the publishing permit of the Tamil-language daily Makkal Osai, lifting a week-long ban that had triggered much criticism
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        Lock icon Iran booted from defence show for missile display
        276 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur IRAN has been kicked out of an international defence show in Malaysia for exhibiting missile equipment in violation of United Nations (UN) rules. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday said Iranian companies were ordered out of the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US to show video of N. Koreans at Syrian 'nuke reactor'
      787 19 NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, REUTERS Critics question timing of release; suspected facility was hit last year Washington THE White House was yesterday preparing to show a video of North Koreans working at a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor just
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      Lock icon YEMEN'S ISLAND BEAUTIES
      76 19 Exotic "desert roses" (top) with obese trunks adapted to storing water and Dragon's Blood trees, prized for their medicinal red sap, are among the unique plants found in the windy islands of Socotra, off the Horn of Africa. Yemen is asking Unesco to recognise its remote Arabian
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      Lock icon International crime groups under US radar
      485 20 LOS ANGELES TIMES, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Move to combat today's tech-sawy criminals, seen as economic saboteurs Washington THE US Attorney-General has launched a campaign against international crime groups that he says are infiltrating strategic industries, supporting terrorists and becoming capable of "creating havoc in
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      Lock icon Hillary raises USslom in a day after Pennsylvania win
      331 20 REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES Washington DEMOCRAT Hillary Clinton's victory in Pennsylvania did more than revive her White House hopes. It also helped replenish her coffers. The New York senator, who trails Illinois senator Barack Obama in the race for their party's
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      Lock icon British govt rocked by wave of strikes
      462 21 REUTERS Walkout by teachers over below-inflation pay rises forces 8,000 schools to close as other disgruntled civil servants stop work London BRITAIN was hit yesterday by what trades unions have called the biggest wave of work stoppages since the Labour government came to
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      Lock icon Airbus workers down tools over restructuring
      257 21 REUTERS Toulouse STRIKING workers disrupted production at Airbus factories in France for four hours yesterday in a dispute over restructuring, unions said. The strike was called after Airbus, owned by European aerospace group EADS, dropped plans to sell some of its factories in Germany
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      Lock icon By George, we're English!
      689 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS St George's Day, England's national day, revived to celebrate 'Englishness' London LONDONERS have gathered in Trafalgar Square, beneath statues of Imperial lions and military heroes, to celebrate England's patron saint a third-century Turkish soldier with alleged dragon-slaying powers who probably never set foot in
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Lover sells Norman Mailer's papers
        399 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES AN ACTRESS and writer who said she was Norman Mailer's former long-time mistress has sold papers that include lengthy accounts of their sex life and hand-edited drafts of her writing to Harvard University, Mailer's alma mater. Carole Mallory, 66, saved
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        Lock icon Grim portrait of Blair graces Parliament gallery
        210 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS MR TONY Blair has returned to Britain's Parliament. But this time he is not riding to the rescue of his beleaguered Labour party. Instead, his portrait took its place on Wednesday alongside British political luminaries, including ex-leaders Margaret Thatcher and Winston
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        115 24 REUTERS A NEW JERSEY man who pleaded guilty to stealing a Lexus belonging to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was sentenced to 15 years behind bars, court officials said on Wednesday. Shawn Young, 36, attacked a 62-year-old Bloomberg assistant who was
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      440 26 QUESTIONABLE road accident injury claims are not new in motor insurance, but they could become a plague. It becomes a consum-er-protection issue when premiums are raised to make up for ballooning costs and underwriting losses. More than 44,000 people were "slightly injured" on the road between
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      1021 26  -  Tion Kwa RICE CRISIS By Senior Writer HIGH energy prices pose a monumental challenge to economic growth. Everyone knows this. But high food prices stir more visceral fears. The concern today is that the world faces a serious crisis as a result of accelerating prices of
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      1069 26  -  Bruce Gale »MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By Senior Writer ON MAY 17, Chief Economics Minister Budiono will become Indonesia's new central bank governor. His selection earlier this month involved none of the acrimony with which two previous candidates nominated by President Susilo
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      1127 27  -  Robert Paarlberg INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE »WHAT THE WORLD'S TRULY HUNGRY PEOPLE NEED By INTERNATIONAL prices of rice, wheat and corn have risen sharply, setting off violent urban protests in roughly a dozen countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. But is this a "world food
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      992 28  -  X C VIJAYAN »MAS SELAMAT'S ESCAPE By AT FIRST glance, the proposal to move the Whitley Road Detention Centre (WRDC) to the Changi Prison Complex seems like a shift in emphasis, from rehabilitation to security. But the fact is that Changi has been used for such
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      1059 29  -  Wang Gungwu BOOK REVIEW Title: Creating 'Greater Malaysia' Decolonisation And The Politics Of Merger Author: Tan Tai Yong Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore 2008 (223 pages) By For The Straits Times NOW that Singapore has been an independent state for more than 42 years,
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      28 26 Security poser Would Mas Selamat still be in detention today if he had been held at Changi Prison instead of the Whitley Road centre? PAGE 28 PUNCHLINES (TO
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      2084 30 An anecdote cited by former labour chief Lim Boon Heng last week brought to the surface a long-running contest playing out at coffee shops here: the resentment that some local workers have for counterparts from China. Keith Lin and Jeremy Au Yong spent a day talking
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      1177 31  -  Chua Mvi Hoong FRIDAY MATTERS By Senior Writer SINGAPOREANS this week are seized over the issue of ministerial responsibility when things go wrong on their watch. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday defended Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng from
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      787 31  -  Hong Xinyi »THE POST-65ERS By BANISH stress, praise hard work rather than good grades and make sure there is plenty of participation from students in the way they learn. That is what a classroom focused on the happiness of students might look like, suggested
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      758 35  -  Judith Tan, OUTBREAK OF HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE More preschools being asked to close their doors; MOH providing daily updates on cases By sumathi v. selvaretnam Lee Pei Qi AS PRESCHOOLS and childcare centres across Singapore close their doors amid an outbreak of hand,
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      336 36  -  Chong Chee Kin »NSF FOUND WITH RIFLE IN MALL 36 witnesses to testify against youth charged with unlawful possession of rifle, bullets, knife By THE full-time national serviceman who was arrested at a shopping mall with a rifle and ammunition last year, after a
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      221 36 BROADCASTER MediaCorp TV has been fined $15,000 by the Media Development Authority (MDA) for airing a show featuring a gay couple and their adopted baby. The MDA said yesterday that an episode of acquired home and decor series Find And Design "normalises and pro-
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      219 37 Visitors to the Food and Hotel Asia trade show can step into a mock-up of a hotel fitted with the latest in hotel technology. We take you through the experience. ARRIVAL Once your plane lands at the airport, a text message is sent to your
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        140 37 THE Singapore tourism industry continues to chug along at a steady pace. The latest figures for March released by the Singapore Tourism Board yesterday show that 908,000 tourists visited the country last month, up from February's 812,000 and last March's 859,000. Among the top visitors
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        102 37 PRESIDENT S R Nathan is making the first state visit by a Singapore head of state to New Zealand, from today to Thursday. He will visit Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington, where he will meet New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, Governor-General Anand Satyanand and Deputy
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        97 37 A DONATION drive by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry has raised $716,000 for snowstorm victims in China. Over January and February this year, China was struck by the worst snowstorms in half a century. The storms left more than 100 people
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      307 37  -  Tessa Wong More food exporters want a slice of growing global kosher market worth $815b annually By SIX years ago, Mr Raphael Meyer would have considered himself lucky if his company, which certifies food as kosher, got two calls a year from potential customers.
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      144 37 DURING the past three days, more than 33,000 visitors attended the Food and Hotel Asia trade show, which ends today. Besides the main exhibition, several issues were discussed in trade forums on the side: Food safety forum President of the World Food Safety Organisation Guy Kurkjian
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      441 39  -  Melissa Sim Free tours, ticket discounts usher in inaugural Family Day Out By THE labour movement has a public holiday. So do each of Singapore's major religions. So why not one for families? The chairman of the National Family Council floated that idea yesterday
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      624 42  -  Jane Ng Parents, students upset over grade disparities in results of A-level subject By THE Ministry of Education (MOE) is sticking to its guns over the way marks are awarded for Project Work, an A-level subject mired in controversy. To parents and students
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      854 43  -  Jane Ng NEWS ANALYSIS Project Work has attracted controversy since it was introduced. Is something amiss? By ONE student from Yishun Junior College was not at all surprised at the consternation that followed the release of grades on Project Work, an A-level subject.
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      113 43 In what was probably a signal for smooth sailing, the skies cleared in time for Boat Asia 2008's opening at the Marina at Keppel Bay yesterday afternoon. Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim rang the captain's bell three times to set the
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      406 44  -  Ho Ai Li 10 primary schools to try out iFlashbook, which can toggle between Chinese and English texts at a touch By AN ELECTRONIC textbook that flashes phrases in English will soon be the newest helper for students learning Chinese. Ten primary schools will
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      76 44 A boy playing Join The Dots on a whiteboard along the Orchard underpass leading to Orchard MRT station on Wednesday. The posters lining the underpass had been replaced with whiteboards featuring games such as Tic-Tac-Toe and Follow the Lines. Many picked up the markers attached to the boards
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      734 45  -  Alfred Siew 'Mas Selamat', 'Wong Kan Seng' become top search terms as they hit headlines in real life By Technology Correspondent WHAT goes on in the real world is mirrored online and more or less in real time, according to a new hour-by-hour tracking
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      335 47  -  Elena Chong FATAL CRASH AT CROSSING Senior Iras official named as potential defendant in inquiry into Victoria schoolboy's death By Court Correspondent ONE moment, he was standing on the centre divider of a pedestrian crossing. The next, 16-year-old Wrixon Chew Teck Cheng was flying through
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      182 47 A TOP white-collar crime-buster will head the statutory board set up to regulate casinos here. Mr T. Raja Kumar, 46, has been appointed the chief executive of the Casino Regulatory Authority, which started work earlier this month with a 12-member board chaired by
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        120 47 AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy died yesterday when the minibus he was in, which was on the way to school, was involved in an accident. The vehicle collided at around 11.30 am with two cars at the junction of Yio Chu Kang Road and Gerald Drive.
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        47 47 A MOTORCYCLIST died on Wednesday when he crashed into a guard rail near the Woodlands Avenue 2 slip road on the Seletar Expressway. The man, in his early 20s, was flung off his bike during the 9.15 am accident. He suffered multiple injuries.
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        59 47 A 90-YEAR-OLD woman fell victim to a lift robber on Tuesday. She was in a lift at Block 808, Toa Payoh Lorong 4 at spm, when a man entered on the fourth floor. He grabbed her $1,000 gold necklace before running away. Anyone with information
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      436 48  -  Jane Ng Chua Chu Kang Primary pupils to design, study robots as part of curriculum By ROBOTS will soon be marching onto the curriculum at Chua Chu Kang Primary School. A new programme at the school will see pupils design robots during art lessons
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      352 48  -  Zakir Hussain By A MALAY musical that includes wushu and Chinese opera will be staged next month to show how the Malay community and its performing arts have transformed and modernised. Called Gentarasa 2008 Metamorphosis, it will depict how Malays of different backgrounds Boyanese,
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      781 49  -  Teh Joo Lin Chong Chee Kin REPORT ON MAS SELAMAT'S ESCAPE Trace evidence at the scene was unclear and timing of forensic checks was not stated By INVESTIGATIONS were unable to pin down exactly how Mas Selamat Kastari left the Whitley Road Detention Centre
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      29 35 First-ever family day Mr Yeo Chuan Hong and son Noah went on a Ducktour, one of the free activities that this year's Family Day Out will feature. PAGE H5
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      216 48 A weekly look at what to watch out for in the world of consumers. Figures, feedback and tips come from the Consumers Association of Singapore. The world of fuel 7 1 Cases/feedback received I (January to March 2008) CONSUMER FEEDBACK Fuel prices increased when crude oil prices went up. However,
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      309 50  -  Toh Yong Chuan REPORT ON JI DETAINEE'S ESCAPE YOUR editorial yesterday, "Were failings systemic?" questioned whether the breach of security at Whitley Road Detention Centre (WRDC) is a "systemic contagion or the personal failing of only certain staff", and "the appropriate level of culpability
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      151 50  -  Chin Sau Ho I REFER to Mr Ng Cher Hwa's letter last Friday, "Allow tax relief for medical expenses". Contributions to the Medisave account from personal income up to an annual cap are not subject to tax. Therefore, payments of medical expenses
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      81 50  -  Teo Meng Toon HAS the National Environment Agency overlooked an important area in the fight against dengue haemorraghic fever? Last Saturday, my fami- ly and I visited the Chinese Cemetery at Choa Chu Kang during Qing Ming. When we arrived, we were greeted by swarms of mosquitoes
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      272 50  -  Gilbert Goh I COULD not help but feel the patriotism of Chinese citizens here in China as many marched in protest against recent foreign intervention in events leading up to the Beijing Olympics. News reports showed many Chinese taking up flags and protesting against foreign
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      266 50  -  Tan Keng Leek DESPITE spending billions of yuan, the Chinese Government has not won over the Tibetans. What went wrong? To start with, their claim over the sovereignty of Tibet based upon a 13th-cen-tury Mongol conquest stretches goodwill too far. No one denies that Chinese
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      199 50  -  Toh Boon Ngee THE police wish to thank Mr Tang Mun Keong for his feedback "Make it easier to park during Qing Ming" (April 8). The road mentioned is Sin Ming Avenue and not Sin Ming Road. The police are aware of the
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      267 50  -  Andrew Ing WE REFER to Monday's letter, "Nightspots posters send wrong signals" by Mr Adrian Yap, which relates to posters found in Dragonfly at St James Power Station with the tagline "Please drink and drive... away an Opel Astra Twintop". The posters are
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      109 50  -  Kuek Chor Ling (Ms) I THANK Mr Peter Goh Kui Hoe for his feedback last Saturday on the roles and responsibilities of MRT security officers in "MRT security too tough a job for some". The primary role of security personnel at MRT stations
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      44 50 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. TWO THUMBS UP: Changi Airport, SIA R a R a R: Green mantra for Spore PAPER WASTE: Annual reports 20-20 HINDSIGHT: Law school interviews BUNDSIDED: Contender Asia in Singapore
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      834 51  -  Rob Hughes »SOCCER Ferguson adopts near-catenaccio system to stifle Barcelona's flair By SO WHAT went wrong? The Liverpool-Chelsea semi-final was expected to be a grind, and did not disappoint but Barcelona nil, Manchester United nil, whoever would have thought it? Well, clearly, Sir Alex Ferguson did. In
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      297 51 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANCHESTER United would have beaten Barcelona if Cristiano Ronaldo had been given more support by teammates, said Alex Ferguson. The manager said: "In Ronaldo, I thought we had a player who could win the match. He was a constant threat and, with better
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      732 51  -  Rohit Brijnath ►►COMMENTARY By AS WEDNESDAY'S Champions League semi-final first-leg yawned towards conclusion, Cristiano Ronaldo found himself in a familiar position, posterior attached to the ground, arms furiously semaphoring his frustration. His body language was both expectedly theatrical, and easily interpreted,
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      727 52  -  Richard Jolly »SOCCER By WEDNESDAY marked the fifth anniversary of a match that had a hidden significance. Among the capacity crowd at Old Trafford was a then unknown Russian. As Manchester United defeated Real Madrid 4-3 but exited the Champions League 5-6 on aggregate a
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      249 52 MANCHESTER United defender Nemanja Vidic is a major doubt for tomorrow's crucial Premier League game against Chelsea, as he continues his recovery from a stomach problem. The Serbia international, who has been in excellent form this season, missed Wednesday's Champions League semi-final against Barcelona
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      373 52 Oslo LIVERPOOL defender John Arne Riise believes he will come back stronger after scoring a shock own-goal in Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the first leg of their Champions League semi-fi-nal. "I've learned that it's the way you hit back that matters," Riise told the
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      743 53 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Lakers star 'feeds off trash talk to post 49 points for team's second win Los Angeles IT DOES not pay to make Kobe Bryant angry. Kenyon Martin and the Denver Nuggets learnt that lesson in Game Two of their National Basketball
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      290 53 CRICKET Sydney CRICKET Australia boss James Sutherland has cast doubt over the sustainability of the Indian Premier League, saying it is already facing financial pressure. Large crowds and worldwide television audiences have ushered in the first week of the inaugural Twenty2o competition, but he
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      268 53 ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST Game Two: Celtics 96 Hawks 77 (Boston lead 2-0) Game Three: Tomorrow in Atlanta. KEVIN Garnett had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Rajon Rondo added 12 points, eight assists and six rebounds to lead the Celtics
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      389 53  -  Lin Xinyi By AT THE third time of asking, Singapore Slingers' managing director Bob Turner finally got his man. Former Adelaide 36ers guard Darren Ng, 24, was unveiled as a Slinger at the Australian National Basketball League franchise's annual Captains' Rally yesterday. Ng, who
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      765 54 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS MOTOR RACING With all F1 teams upgrading upon return to Europe, there's all to play for Barcelona WORLD champion Kimi Raikkonen believes Ferrari are set to cement their recent resurgence by winning Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. The leading teams have all upgraded
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      405 54 Barcelona HAVING a solid engine may be the last obstacle to having a woman competitor in Formula One, said veteran McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa. American woman Danica Patrick, 26, made history last Sunday by winning the IndyCar race in
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      426 54 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BMW SAUBER IBMW Sauber lead the constructors' championship for the first time since Swiss-based Sauber came into Formula One in 1993. This season, they have notched their first fastest lap (Nick Heidfeld (right), Malaysia), first pole position (Robert Kubica, Bahrain) and are the
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        92 54 ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTE CARLO: Roger Federer beat Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-4 yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of tennis' Monte Carlo Masters. The 12-time Grand Slam champion overcame an early break and looked to have recovered a day after rallying from 1-5 down in
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        81 54 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said yesterday that he supported the Australian Olympic Committee's expulsion of Nick D'Arcy from this year's Beijing Games. Swimmer D'Arcy, 20, has appealed the AOC's decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He was
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        96 54 THE Super Reds thrashed Tampines Rovers 5-0 last night to go top of the S-League soccer table on 28 points. Sco Su Jong (21st minute, 64th), Kirn Jae Hong (66th, 90th) and Choi Young Mm (82nd) scored at the Yishun Stadium. But the
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        106 54 BASEBALL MLB: Florida 7 Atlanta 2, LA Angels 6 Boston 4, Pittsburgh 7 St Louis 4, Tampa Bay 5 Toronto 3, NY Mets 7 Washington 2, Houston 9 Cincinnati 3, Milwaukee 5 Philadelphia 4, NY Yankees 6 Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit 19 Texas 6, Chicago Cubs 7 Colorado 6
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        92 54 GOLF BMW Asian Open in Shanghai, Ist rd: 67 Peter O'Malley (Aus) 68 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Oliver Wilson (Eng), Mikko llonen (Fin) 69 Scott Hend (Aus). Singaporean: 73 Martian Mamat. HOCKEY Four-nation tournament in Perth: South Korea 4 India 1, Australia 2 China 1, South Korea
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        115 54 SOCCER Uefa Champions League s-final, Ist leg: Barcelona (Esp) 0 Manchester United (Eng) 0. TENNIS ATP Monte Carlo Masters clay-court tournament, 2nd rd: David Nalbandian (Arg) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-4 6-3, Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Kristof Vliegen (Bel) 6-1 6-2, Tommy Robredo (Esp) bt Robin Soderling (Swe) 6-4 7-6
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      494 55  -  Christopher Ong SPORTS IN SCHOOLS They follow coach's instructions to beat East View 2-1 and retain B Div crown By IN 2006, they reached their first Schools National B Division sepak takraw final, but failed to get their hands on the trophy. Last year, they
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      138 55 PHOTO: ST PHOTO: ST PHOTO: ST PHOTO: ST PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES EASY AS A LAY-UP: Catholic High (in black) breezing past Jurong Secondary 99-65 in their B Boys' basketball final. MARKCHEONG LIM WUI LIANG FLY-PAST: Bukit Merah Secondary (in red) rolling over
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      225 55 TABLE TENNIS Boys' A: Raffles Junior College 3 Hwa Chong Institution 2 (RJC names first: Bob Teo bt Chua Yunting 11-6 11-7 11-9, Pang Xue Hao/Ho Jun Vi lost to Leonard Leong/Bryan Loh 11-8 6-11 9-11 11-8 8-11, Daniel Wong bt Han Songyuan 11-8 11-6 11-4, Tan Van Jie/Nige
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      72 54 TV times BASEBALL MLB: NY Yankees v White Sox (Live, Ch23, Bam). BASKETBALL: NBA play-offs: Cleveland v Washington (Live, Ch24, Bam). CRICKET: IPL: Mohali V Mumbai (Live, Chill, 10.20pm). GOLF: BMW Asian Open: Day 2 (Live, Ch23, 1.30pm). Byron Nelson C'ship: Day 2 (Live, Ch26, 3am). SOCCER: S-League: Gombak v
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      128 55 LIM HENG SOON Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 23 April 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lew Boh Eng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Chee Hua, Andrew Khor Chiew Ling Lim Chee Seng, Simon Chen Ai Yin Lim Chee Wee, Henry Fong Pui San Godson: Liew Boon
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      37 55 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Andrew Lim and Family on the demise of his beloved father LIM HENG SOON Departed on 23 April 2008 From The Management Staff of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd
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      72 55 OM SAI RAM Thalai Thevasam In Loving Memory of RUGUMANI WIRISINGH Departed 8 May 2007 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA will be held on 26/4/2008 at 7pm, Sri Sivan Temple, 24 Geylang East Aye 2. The depths of sorrow we cannot tell Of the loss of one we love so well And
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      44 55 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late BRANDON BOH ZHUANGMIN From The Management Staff of Les Amis Group Wake is held at Blk 622, Ang Mo Kio Aye 9. Cortege will leave on 27 April 2008 (Sun) at 8.30 am.
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      130 55 SINDAMANI NAIDU Age: 103 passed away peacefully on 24 April 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Avadai Sithambaram, deceased Daughters: S. Saradamani S. Sushila Sons: Daughters-in-law: S. Jayanandan Gowrie Ramakrishna S. Dayanandan Au Kirn Neo Grandchildren: Grandchildren-in-law: Sharmila McCauley Jeff McCauley Premila Govinden Arron Govinden Rhubesh
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      90 55 TOH LYE HUAT Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 24 Apr 2008 Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Wife: Han Wee Fun Son: Bernard Toh Kuo Hsiung Daughters: Toh Xiv Ling Adeline Toh Xiv Li Apple Brother: Sister-in-law: Charlie Toh Loh Siew Lian Sisters: Brother-in-law: Toh Yeow Leng
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      41 55 The family of the late CHEONG AH LEONG (EDDIE) Departed 20 April 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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      60 55 The family of the late LOO TECK KEE RICKY Departed on 19 April 2008 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, Ricky's friends from Temasek Polytechnic, church friends (esp pastors, brothers and sisters of Bedok Methodist Church), all friends, colleagues and business associates for their attendance,
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      314 56 m on "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die; those who live and believe in me will never die. John 11:25-26 1 LENA LIM SOON SIM J Age: 90 Was called home to be with the Lord on 23
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      99 56 The family of the late JOSEPH KOONG WAH YIN Departed on 18th April 2008 wishes to express their deepest gratitude to all relatives, friends, business associates and colleagues for their love, prayers, assistance, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Prof. Philip Choo Wee Jin of Geriatric
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      104 56 MDM NG CHEE YOKE Age: 94 passed away peacefully on 24 April 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Wong Shee Fong (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Bernard Law Leonard Law Anita Law Wong Mun Yong Tham Lai Hong (deceased) Grandsons: Granddaughter-in-law John Augustine Law Li Zhang James Bernard
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      36 56 W//J2 7)eepes/ Sumpat£u Jfearifeli Concfo/ences to Our Director Mr Ng Hua Kiong on the demise of his beloved father NG AH LECK Departed on 23 April 2008 From: Directors, Management Staff of HUASON CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD
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      52 56 AL-FATIHAH We, the family of the late Allahyarhamah HJH PATIMAH BTE HJ SAID Departed 22 April 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind attendance, condolences prayers during our recent bereavement. Amin Blk 401 Bedok North Aye 3 #05-291 Singapore *****1
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      35 56 In Everloving Memory of Our Dear Mrs Visalatchi Shanmugam nee Visalatchi Raghavan Departed 25/4/1978 Though 30 years have passed, happy memories of you always remain deep in our hearts Sadly missed by daughters loved ones
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        7967 57 TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 24, 2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL +0R22 28 5 110 30 25 5 42 141 22 27 195 32 15 24 29 18 61 17 5 15 43 5
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      714 62  -  Bryan Lee Risk of worst-case scenario is much higher now though: Tony Tan By Economics Correspondent THE world could face its worst recession in 30 years, but that is, for now, just one of three possible scenarios that the
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      255 62  -  JOYCE TEO RULING OVERTURNED THE $202 million collective sale of Airview Towers may now be back on after the Court of Appeal yesterday overturned a High Court decision to axe the sale. The case now goes back to the Strata Titles
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      1239 64  -  Boon Chan Upcoming concerts and CD box sets mark the resurgence of xinyao, the simple folk music of Singapore spawned on campuses which is winning a new generation of fans MEDIA CORRESPONDENT WHEN xinyao pioneer Liang Wern Fook's Xi Shui Chang Liv (Running Waters) was released in
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      362 65 XINYAO was a Chinese music movement that took root here in the 1980s in schools. Key singer-songwriters such as Liang Wern Fook wrote his first song at the age of 16, while Eric Moo started his music career at 17. Popular trio The Straws, comprising Billy Koh,
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        162 80 A 20-MINUTE documentary is being planned on the five national dragon boat paddlers who died when their boat capsized in Cambodia last year. Water Dragons:sive is to celebrate the lives and commemorate the passion of Singaporeans Chee Wei Cheng, Reuben Kee, Jeremy Goh, Poh Boon
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