The Straits Times, 5 May 2008

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 76 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 MONDAY, MAY 5 2008 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article
    Lock icon Refuelling in Malaysia? You may have to show IC first
    499 1  -  iAZLiN Hassan ByF Malaysia Correspondent In Kuaia Lumpur MALAYSIA is mulling over steps to bar visitors from Singapore and Thailand from topping up their tanks with subsidised fuel at petrol stations nationwide. Subsidised fuel in the future will likely be
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    Lock icon Thrilled mainland China celebrates torch's return
    723 1  -  Chua Chin Hon No protests, only patriotic displays greet Olympic flame By China Bureau Chief In Sanya (Hainan) CHINA welcomed the Olympic torch back to the mainland yesterday with a massive display of patriotic fervour, but managed to keep a recent bout of anti-Western
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon When errant dads don't Day up, the kids suffer
      992 1  -  Lynn Lee By AFTER 20 years of marriage and four children, Madam Joanne Tan's husband filed for divorce. He would not admit it, but she says he wanted to bring his Indonesian mistress and their two young children to Singapore. "He
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      73 1 j\_^\ifj]_^.^^_j]xjri^^ '^Sm <""*" '^aPP^ 2008 The eyes of the world turn to China's National Stadium for KjTB wSM If ":A'-2sL '""%#'w... the Opening Ceremony of the XXIXth Olympic Games. The Kj2J| Z_Sssi Z_^\J^~^m stadium's bird's nest-inspired design represents a haven of goodwill IB_WiwffliflfflM and sportsmanship. China hosts for the first
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      301 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime -2-4 Drug firms told to halt ads f??' a, ie on Drug companies have been told World 10-^U t0 stop runn i n g "educational" Review 21-22 campaigns, which the Health FYI 23 Sciences Authority said were thinly SECTION TWO veiled advertisements. Home Hl-H9 PAGE HI
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Unable to set its price, Microsoft drops bid to buy Yahoo
      481 3 LOS ANGELES TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST San Francisco MICROSOFT Corp yanked a takeover offer for Yahoo Inc that would have reordered the landscape of the Web after the companies failed to agree how much the Internet pioneer
      LOS ANGELES TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST  -  481 words
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      Lock icon Aljunied trash index aims to wipe out litterbugs
      465 3  -  Alfred Siew Conservancy fees may be tied to index, with dirtiest precincts paying more By TIRED of hardcore litterbugs, Aljunied GRC plans to start measuring the cleanliness of its precincts under a new litter index to be introduced in October. Officials also
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      Lock icon GIVE AND TAKE AT FOOD HAVEN
      76 3 Religious and welfare groups offering free meals for the needy are seeing an increase in people turning up each day. But at the Singapore Buddhist Lodge, it's not just the numbers looking for a meal that are up. The temple's president said donations have
      NG SOR LUAN  -  76 words
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      Lock icon En bloc uproar at Bayshore Park, Mandarin Gardens
      671 4  -  Jessica Cheam Sales committees rein in estate councils, irking owners who want to upkeep homes By THE market for en bloc sales may have gone dead quiet, but the issue is still raising a ruckus at two of Singapore's most iconic condominium
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      Lock icon SM Goh visits Libya to strengthen economic ties
      306 4  -  Chua Lee Hoong By Political Editor In Tripoli (Libya) SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong arrives in the Libyan capital of Tripoli today for an official visit at the invitation of the Libyan government. The visit will further strengthen Singapore's political and economic
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      45 4 VIEWS FROM THE TOP Seeing green Have business executives become more aware of the threat to our environment? What can be done to raise their awareness and commitment further? CEOs share their views Battered maid tells reporter Tay Shi'an: I played dead to stay alive
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon 351 killed as cyclone lashes Myanmar
      635 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS 5 regions declared disaster zones as storm cuts power, destroys buildings Yangon MORE than 350 people have died in Myanmar from a powerful cyclone that knocked out power in the impoverished country's commercial capital and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Hu hopes for progress as Tibet talks start
        452 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, XINHUA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE But Dalai Lama must stop pressing for independence, Beijing reiterates Beijing CHINESE President Hu Jintao has voiced hope over progress in talks that began yesterday between the Dalai Lama's envoys and Beijing, after deadly unrest in
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        Lock icon Chen aide questioned over embezzled $40m
        421 8 Taipei ANOTHER scandal has hit President Chen Shui-bian's outgoing government, with a confidant said to have negligently helped cause a scam to embezzle US$3O million (Ss4o million) in diplomatic funds. Prosecutors questioned ViceDefence Minister Ko Chen-heng over the weekend in the latest twist in
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        Lock icon Man briefly takes girl hostage in Beijing store
        289 8 Beijing A MENTALLY ill man held a girl at knife-point at a megastore in Beijing, but let her off 40 minutes later, apparently at the pleading of a woman claiming to be the child's mother. During the man's stand-off with policemen and
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japan accused of blocking foreign funds
        628 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin Government to reject British group's bid to raise stake in power company By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo JAPAN'S rejection of a British fund's plan to boost its stake in a power company has led to accusations of a closed-door policy, even
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        Lock icon LITTLE PRINCE'S BIG FURRY FRIEND
        78 10 Japan's young Prince Hisahito playing with a dog during a family visit to the Karuizawa mountain resort in Nagano prefecture at the weekend. The one-year-old prince, son of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, is the first male heir to be born into the Japanese imperial
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        Lock icon Nine die as wall of waves hits South Korea's west coast
        211 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Seoul NINE people including two children were killed yesterday when waves as high as five metres slammed into a breakwater along South Korea's west coast. The waves slammed into a breakwater in Boryeong City, 200
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        Lock icon S. Korean president faces political crisis over US beef imports
        294 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS Seoul WITH public anger mounting over the decision to resume US beef imports, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak is facing a potential political crisis, reports said yesterday. Thousands of South Koreans held vigils in Seoul over the
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Turkish schools offer Pakistan moderate Islam
        592 12 NEW YORK TIMES PakTurk schools combine modern education with a good religious life Karachi MR MESUT KACMAZ of Turkey finds it is hard to pray in Pakistani mosques, where "kill, fight, shoot" seems to be a common message. "This is a misinterpretation of Islam,"
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        Lock icon BEATING THE HEAT
        64 12 With temperatures in northern India climbing to 43.7 deg C, two boys cool off at a roadside stall in Amritsar town with "Ice Gola" a handmade icicle of shaved ice flavoured with fruit syrup. With no let up in the heat and monsoon rains due only next
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        Lock icon Musharraf may accept judges' return if charter is changed
        290 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Islamabad PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf might consider accepting the reinstatement of some 60 judges dismissed by him if the government changes the Constitution rather than passing a resolution to permit the move. Restoring the judges has become a top
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        Lock icon Sri Lankan Malays strive to preserve language, customs
        225 12 BERNAMA Colombo SOME 50,000 Sri Lankan Malays are striving to preserve their age-old social and religious customs and, most importantly, the Malay language, which is the main aspect of their identity in the diverse Sri Lankan community. In the island nation of
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        Lock icon Golkar sets up task force to pull votes
        520 13 THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK INDONESIAN GENERAL ELECTION 30% vote target set for next year's elections despite regional poll setbacks Jakarta INDONESIA'S largest party Golkar has set up a special task force, headed by parliamentary speaker Agung Laksono, to help achieve its
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        Lock icon Former envoy to S'pore suspected of graft
        211 13 THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Jakarta A FORMER Indonesian ambassador to Singapore is allegedly implicated in embezzling the embassy's construction budget, a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) official has said. Mr Johan Budi, spokesman for the anti-graft body, said on Saturday that the KPK
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Penang rice stocks going fast
        214 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Penang AMID reports of global shortages and spiralling rice prices, Penang's hypermarkets are suffering from rapidly declining stocks. At Tesco, the shelves were 80 per cent empty, with only a few bags waiting to be snapped up. When contacted, Tesco Store
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        Lock icon Women going abroad alone may need approval
        277 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN women travelling abroad on their own may soon need letters from their parents or employers in a bid to stop them becoming "mules" for international drug syndicates. The proposal comes as 119 Malaysians, 90 per cent of whom
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        Lock icon MCA must become multiracial party to survive, says leader
        471 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS Conservatives might oppose move, but change won't be difficult, says V-P Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S largest Chi-nese-based party must become multiracial or risk extinction, a top official said, tacitly acknowledging that the opposition coalition is gaining ground with its message
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        Lock icon MAS offers a million 'free' tickets to local destinations
        179 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) yesterday launched a zero ringgit deal for travellers flying to domestic destinations. The tickets can only be obtained via the MAS website www.malaysiaairlines.com and bookings must be made within the next 14
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      25 6 Lessons in moderation The Turkish schools in Pakistan promote a moderate vision of Islam that could help reduce the influence of religious extremists. PAGE 12
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      602 8 Discover Australia's finest school Monday 12 May 2008, Shangri La Hotel, 22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore, 3.00 pm 4.30 pm Geelong Grammar School is Australia's leading coeducational boarding The Handbury Centre for Wellbeing with stunning indoor sporting school, with over 150 years of tradition. At Geelong Grammar, we facilities and
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Crucial contests for Democrats tomorrow
      781 16  -  Bhagyashree Garekar AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REALCLEARPOLITICS.COM Results could prove Hillary is party's best bet or dispel cloud over Obama's candidacy By US Correspondent In Washington THIS is underdog Hillary Clinton's big chance to prove that she is the Democratic Party's best bet in the November presidential
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      Lock icon Brown in trouble
      400 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Drubbing in local polls throws British PM's leadership into question LONDON BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leadership was thrown into question after his ruling Labour Party suffered a local-elections drubbing capped by the loss of the prize of London mayor. As Mr Boris
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG  -  400 words
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      Lock icon Sarkozy in trouble
      459 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE French upset over President's failure to deliver on election promises Paris THE French are angry that President Nicolas Sarkozy has not kept his promise to make them richer and are irked by his flamboyant private life, but, despite dismal ratings, he looks set to stick
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      Lock icon M-E peace deal by year's end still possible: Rice
      357 17 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Ramallah US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday said a year-end goal for an Israe-li-Palestinian peace deal is still achievable, even though both sides question whether the target is realistic. Dr Rice made the comments after a meeting
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      Lock icon Swedish firms go all out to keep employees at work
      514 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Workers being kept happy with gyms, free food to combat high sick leave rate Stockholm IN A bid to combat one of Europe's highest absenteeism rates, many Swedish companies are doing whatever they can to attract employees and
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      Lock icon ADB defends loans to 'cash-rich' China, India
      306 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS MAD RID THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) had to fend off criticism yesterday that it is neglecting the region's poorest countries by lending heavily to cash-rich emerging powerhouses like China and India. Mr Supachai Panitchpakdi, chairman of a blue-ribbon panel that
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      Lock icon HATS OFF TO JENNA BUSH
      52 18 One of a variety of j_Commemorative knick-knacks up j. i -.it for Sale in WaCO, Tf™> a T head °f ddin8 of Miss Jenna Bush. The daughter of US President GAA w--^ h wm be tying the knot with her fiance Henry Hager on Saturday.
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon BRIEFING ON PEDRA BRANCA CASE
        112 18 BERNAMA KUALA KLAWANG (Negeri Sembiian): Ma laysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim will meet the Sultan of Johor on May 15 to brief him ahead of a judgment by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the overlapping claims by Malaysia and Singapore over Pedra Branca,
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        Lock icon FIVE SACKED OVER TRAIN CRASH
        67 18 REUTERS BEIJING: China has sacked five rail officials following the country's worst train accident in more than a decade, bringing to eight the total number dismissed. An express train travelling from Beijing to Qingdao derailed and collided with another train in Shandong province, leaving 72
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        Lock icon 'NO' TO MINIMUM WAGE DEMANDS
        101 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Prime Minister is not yet prepared to introduce a minimum monthly wage despite mounting pressure from trade unions amid inflationary fears. Last Thursday, the country's top union chief called for pay of at least RM1.200 (Sssl6) a month to
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        Lock icon TWO ARRESTED OVER KARZAI PLOT
        86 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: Two Afghan government employees have been arrested for alleged involvement in a plot to kill President Hamid Karzai. A police nurse and Defence Ministry weapons expert supported gunmen who targeted Mr Karzai at an April 27 military parade in Kabul, Defence Minister
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Teen walks to hospital after birth in shower
        270 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS TALK about the baby not timing his arrival well. A pregnant teen found herself giving birth while taking a shower last week. And the authorities say that the cool and collected teen then walked, and ran, four blocks to the
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        241 19 NEW YORK TIMES MR PHILIPP Freiherr yon Boeselager, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of German army officers who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, has died. The death of the 90-year-old was announced by the German Defence
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        215 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS THAI Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has brushed aside criticism that he has been rude to the press corps, saying he has no time for the media and will not change his style. Speaking yesterday on his television show, Talk Samak
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        170 19 EX-BRITISH prime minister Tony Blair has added the sprawling £4 million (Ssll million) former home of the late actor Sir John Gielgud to his ever-expanding property portfolio. The mansion in Buckinghamshire has been sold without being offered on the open market, the Daily Mail reported yesterday.
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        14 20 BEIJING: Third and final stage of pre-Olympic Games domestic ticket sales will begin.
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        29 20 INDIANA/NORTH CAROLINA: US presidential primaries. BRUSSELS: The European Commission will announce it is taking Italy to court over garbage left rotting in the streets of Naples for months.
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        14 20 N'DJAMENA (Chad): European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana to begin two-day visit.
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      223 20 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WORLD WHAT IT IS SINCE the fall of the tsars, Russians have known the Kremlin as the seat of ultimate power. But from Wednesday, they will not be so sure. Mr Vladimir Putin will hand control of the fabled fortress
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      208 20 REUTERS WHAT IT IS CHINESE President Hu Jintao expects his visit to Japan tomorrow to herald a "warm spring" in relations between Asia's two biggest powers, which have long been dogged by disputes and tensions over history. The Kyodo news agency
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      211 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS WHAT IT IS MYANMAR is set to hold polls on Saturday on a Constitution which the junta says will usher in democratic elections in 2010, but which critics say will only solidify the military's iron grip on power. But
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      130 20 LIAW WY-CIN SINGAPORE WHAT IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL conference on managing chronic diseases will be held from Thursday to Sunday to discuss ways to help patients cope with long-term illnesses. The conference is organised by the National Healthcare Group. WHY IT MATTERS Chronic diseases make up
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      391 21 THE Workplace Safety and Health Council, whose formation the Prime Minister announced last week, will help match will to means in Singapore's drive to reduce industrial accidents. Advances in technology and safety research have made much safer working environments possible. Computerisation and automation have
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      1018 21  -  Ching Cheong BEIJING'S TALKS WITH THE DALAI LAMA By Senior Writer In Hong Kong In the late *****, China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping told the Dalai Lama's representative that all issues could be discussed except independence. Thus it is incumbent on the Dalai Lama to
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      705 21  -  Pavin Chachavalpongpun »THAILAND-MYANMAR TIES By For The Straits Times MYANMAR'S Prime Minister, Lieu-tenant-General Them Sein, paid an ollicial visit to Thailand last week to strengthen bilateral ties. The visit came at a critical time for both Myanmar and Thailand. Myanmar will hold a referendum on its proposed
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      1168 22  -  Robert Karniol »U.S. NAVAL DEFENCE By Defence Writer FINDING mysell having coffee with the head ol Taiwan's military intelligence service a few years ago, I seized on the opportunity to pose a question. "How deep is the ocean off Kaohsiung?" I asked, referring to the island's
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      991 22  -  Karamjit Kaur AIRBORNE CELLPHONE CALLS By Aviation Correspondent SINGAPORE Airlines made aviation history when its lirst Airbus A-380 took to the skies last October. Another lirst, at least lor the airline: Passengers logged 600 minutes or 10 hours ol calls using the
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      32 21 Hello, let's discuss Is cellphone use on a plane an exciting new development for air travel or a intrusion into personal space? PAGE 22 PUNCHLINES Mj^prOmSoft V Hoof; 1Q A^ v'4 A
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      1211 23 Singapore today I^j Partly cloudy. Showers with M M M 85^ thunder mainly over northern, 5u9 MS ■p^'%,^ western and southern Singapore. THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, MAY 5 2008 •W^^^ USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN ASIA world weather Emergency lines DO TODAY BEUING > k O Police 999 oSEOUL
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      798 25  -  Salma Khalik HSA says the campaigns are really thinly veiled ads, which are banned here; some also use scare tactics By Health Correspondent DRUG companies have been told to stop running "educational" advertisements because they are anything but educational. The Health Sciences
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      582 26  -  Jermyn Chow One shows up at Buddhist Lodge with 900 bottles of cooking oil By EVEN as rising food prices drive more people to religious and welfare groups for free meals, not all organisations are feeling the anticipated crunch in food supplies.
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      422 26  - 'Grains of Love' 3,000 kg for 300 needy families April Chong By THE Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC yesterday began handing out 3,000 kg of rice to needy families in a bid to help offset rising food prices. Officials said about 300 families will each receive 10kg of the grain, whose prices
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      127 27 More than $3.7 million was raised by the Thye Hua Kwan Charity Show last night on MediaCorp Channel 8, which featured 1970s Taiwanese icon Chin Hsiang-Lin (left), who sang a song and performed a magic act. He was among 30 local and foreign artistes helping to raise funds
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        153 27 SINGAPORE law heavyweight Lee Suet Fern was elected vice-president of the In-ter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) in Los Angeles last week. The IPBA, with around 2,000 members from almost 70 jurisdictions worldwide, is the premier bar association of business and commercial lawyers with a focus on
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        121 27 EDUCATION Minister Ng Eng Hen will be in Europe from today till Thursday. He begins his trip in Berlin, Germany, where he will attend the inaugural Asia-Eu-rope Meeting (Asem) Conference of Ministers for Education today and tomorrow. The conference will discuss cooperation between European and
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      439 27  -  Lee Hui Chieh Primary Care Academy offers 35 courses tailored to needs of GPs, clinic assistants and others By A NEW academy designed to train general practitioners (GPs), their clinic assistants and other health-care professionals has schooled over 1,000 medical workers in the last
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      544 29  -  Tessa Wong National monument site in Mount Sophia will house creative and artistic ventures By THE winds of change have breathed new life into the old premises of the Trinity Theological College in Mount Sophia, which will reopen this month as a
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      641 30  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By Case involves strength of plaintiffs claim to 'dirty' money Law Correspondent THE fallout from the Citiraya bribery scandal three years ago has left a Malaysian businessman seeing red. Three of Mr Ung Yoke Hooi's bank accounts here holding a
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      98 30 Madam Embok Kalthum Ismail, 51, 7 ait i tt -it- -#/-> 1 her son Abdul Hannan Yeo, 12, and her husband Ibrahim Abdullah Yeo, r 7 ,7 7 o 52, taking part in the Geylang Serai G(>Kart FT ily Cari? ival yesterday.
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      111 31 The winner of the My Lovely Mum Pageant, customer relations manager Jasmine Ong (centre), 26, with second runner-up Li Van (left), 31, a fashion boutique owner, and runner-up Jenny Tay, 36, a health and fitness instructor. Ms Ong beat 11 mums in the finals held at Bishan Junction
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      268 31  -  Maria Almenoar By AN ALERT has gone out to Singapore's 24,000 cabbies, warning them about a con man who has cheated at least 20 of their peers. The man, believed to be between 20 and 30 years old, has been fleecing taxi
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      27 25 Birth of a creative hub The old premises of Trinity Theological College, left vacant since 2001, will reopen this month as a creative arts complex. PAGE H5
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      61 30 Mapletree on the fast track fA\ In just one year, Mapletree Investments' ITft i \l_O r m_Q asset size as doubledto around $10-5 billion. And it could double again in a year's time. fc iping&shanig n an exclusive interview, CEO Hiew Yoon Khong reveals plans for the fully-owned unit of
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      248 30 Q Why are fewer maids choosing to work in Singapore? IJI Other places such as Hong Kong and Taiwan yu give maids a higher salary. In Hong Kong, for I example, maids are paid an average of $690 I a month, while in Taiwan, they are paid $750. I Maids
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      31 30 m 400 The number of new jobs created in the first three months of this year, up from 62,500 in the previous quarter. Note: For the week ended May 3, 2008.
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      346 32  -  LEONG PHEI PHEI BY\ A WALK from Orchard MRT to Tangs department store takes no more than two minutes, but it took Canadian Varlan Thomas Allan I more than half an hour last Wednesday. He was stopped in his tracks by the interactive
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      577 32  -  KARON NG Customers get more products, better services as banks innovate to stay ahead of competition BY\ WITH competition in retail banking getting more intense, consumers are being offered new products and innovative services as the banks step up their efforts to grab a larger
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      224 32  -  Leong Phei Phei EDINBURGH'S Queen Margaret University (QMU) has set up a new campus, its first in Asia and in Singapore. A joint venture between Singapore's East Asia Institute of Management (EASB) and QMU, the $38 million campus located at 9, Ah Hood
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      317 32  -  Leong Phei Phei THE works of four local artists went on display at Ikea's Tampines and Alexandra outlets last week as part of the giant Swedish retailer's 30-something birthday celebrations in Singapore. Signed prints ofthe limited edition artworks of Shubigi Rao, Luke Bartholomew Tan, Lim Bee
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      338 32  -  Karon Ng THE number of visitors from Singapore to Macau increased from more than 120,000 in 2006 to nearly 190,000 last year. In the first quarter of this year, there were more than 60,000 Singapore visitors to Macau, representing a quarter-on-quarter increase of around 70
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      427 33  -  Yen Feng By BOYS like to dream of riding rockets into space. Not so for 18-year-old Aditya Singh he wants to build them. Two weeks ago, the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) gave his ambition a boost by awarding him
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      758 33 »MY LIFE Youthlnk writers get to the root of the 'complain culture' in Spore Courtesy is the key OUR Asian culture may be the key reason Singaporeans refrain from giving feedback. Common cultural traits bandied about include "being polite", "passive" and "non-confrontational". Generally, I
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      479 33  -  Debbie Yong SOAPBOX It may not be enshrined in current laws but human relationships are not based on laws alone By THEY wouldn't let you out on Saturday to catch a movie with friends. You pleaded, but it fell on deaf ears. "But it's
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      374 34  -  Joseph Sagaram THE fatal accidents over the weekend of April 19 to 20 seem to be part of a worrying trend on our roads. Almost every day we hear of fatalities. The prime cause is speeding, as was the case in the three fatal
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      404 34  -  Augustine Cheah IF THE Government still thinks the current laws under the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act and the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Amendment) are sufficient to regulate the issues of collective property sales, this tale of two condos may provide food
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      195 34  -  David Soh I REFER to recent reports of the closure of two childcare centres in Catholic churches which, at this time of year, have left parents in the lurch. The latest victim is my nephew's childcare centre at PAP Sparkletots Child Care Centre in Tampines
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      611 34  -  Winston Lee I REFER to the article, "FAS' about-turn in Alam Shah's case a let-down" last Thursday, and letter, "FAS should not have gone soft on Alam Shah" last Friday, regarding Noh Alam Shah. The reduction of Alam Shah's period of suspension is not
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      297 34  -  Danny Quah MY YOUNGEST brother studies in a pre-university institution that offers a curriculum that is far more rounded than the A-level experience I went through some years ago. However, that advantage aside, the institution regularly pressures its students to pay
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        79 34  -  Angeline Tan (Ms) ON APRIL 9, a traffic accident at the T-junction in Jurong East Avenue 1 caused a temporary road closure. When I boarded service 333 (SBS 3847 E) near Block 347 Jurong East Avenue 1 at around 10.55 am, the young bus captain asked
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        94 34  -  Serena Goh (Ms) I WOULD like to thank the driver of taxi SHB 380 V who drove my boyfriend and me from Mandai exit from the Bukit Timah Expressway to the nearest petrol station at Yishun and Dack to Mandai for free. On
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        Lock icon HONEST CABBY TRIED TO RETURN PHONE
        60 34  -  Muhammad Najib Abdul Rahim IN LATE March, my colleagues and I boarded taxi SHA 3068 X at about 4am after work. Unknown to me, I had left my cellphone in the cab. The next day, I had a call from my girlfriend to say
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        92 34  -  Nerissa de Rozario (Ms) ON APRIL 18 at around 8.05 am, my father dropped me along Changi Road, after Perpetual Succour Church, so I could catch the bus. Unfortunately, SMRT service 854 whizzed by. However, the driver of an SBS service 25 bus (SBS
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      37 34 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. CANALS THE WAY: To meet transport needs ALL FOREIGN?: Impose cap on Team Singapore FAULTY ATM: POSB unreachable HP LAPTOP: Zero after-sale service
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      324 35 »SOCCER London CHELSEA'S billionaire-own-er Roman Abramovich has given the go-ahead to a blockbuster £80 million (Ss2ls million) move for Lionel Messi. That will go a long way in making up for the impending loss of striker Didier Drogba to AC Milan. Even though
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      750 35  -  Richard Jolly With the way Kevin Keegan has set up Newcastle, the stage is set for Joe Cole to flourish for Chelsea, in a match the Blues must win to keep the Premier League race alive. But even victory today may ultimately prove a futile exercise,
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      320 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS London STOKE City were promoted to the English Premier League yesterday, after a drab 0-0 draw at home to Leicester City. They clinched the run-ners-up spot in the League Championship on the last day of the season. Third-placed Hull City, the
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      135 35 WestBrom 46 *****188 55 81 Stoke 46 2116 9 69 55 79 Hull 46 *****3 65 47 75 Bristol City 46 2014 12 54 53 74 Crystal Palace ********** 42 71 Watford *****612 62 56 70 Wolves *****612 53 48 70 Ipswich *****513 65 56 69 Sheff Utd
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      132 35 dan United 37 26 6 5 78 22 84 Ihelsea 36 24 9 3 62 25 81 Irsenal 37 2311 3 73 31 80 .iverpool 37 2013 4 65 28 73 Lverton 3718 ***** 32 62 Iston Villa *****110 69 49 59 ilackburn *****3 9 49 44 58 'ortsmouth
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      703 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »SOCCER Fulham, Reading and Birmingham face agonising week two of them will be relegated from the EPL on Sunday London THE latest estimate of the cost of relegation is £35 million (5593.8 million), mainly through the loss of TV revenue. Come Survival Sunday, two teams from the
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      326 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Milan AC MILAN have more than one reason to celebrate their 2-1 win over bitter neighbours Inter yesterday, with Filippo Inzaghi and Kaka the scorers. Because of AS Roma's impressive 3-0 win at Sampdoria, Inter will now need three more
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      119 36 Inter Milan 36 24 9 3 65 24 81 iSRoma 36 23 9 4 69 35 78 luventus 36 2010 6 68 33 70 \C Milan *****0 9 6134 61 Fiorentina 3617 910 5138 60 Jdinese 3616 ***** 47 57 Sampdoria 3616 812 5143 56 Genoa 3613 914 44
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      585 36 NEW YORK TIMES Rio de Janeiro IN A city famed for sexual tolerance, the men who shine on the soccer field are held to a different, more macho standard. Fans cringed last week when Brazilian soccer icon Ronaldo, 31, was questioned by police after he
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      275 36 REUTERS Madrid ATLETICO Madrid tightened their grip on fourth spot in the Primera Liga, and a berth in the Champions League qualifiers, with a 3-0 home win over Recreativo Huelva on Saturday. Two-goal midfielder Ignacio Camacho, who turned 18 yesterday, got on the scoresheet
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      120 36 leal Madrid ....34 24 3 7 7130 75 'illarreal 34 20 5 9 55 40 65 larcelona *****0 7 62 33 61 l. Madrid 3517 ***** 44 58 I. Santander ..3415 ***** 36 53 ievilla 3416 414 64 48 52 leportivo 3514 714 45 44 49 llmeria 3413
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      790 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL San Antonio fall in Game 1, after New Orleans get fired up by coach's display of championship rings New Orleans HORNETS coach Byron Scott showed off the three championship rings he won as a player during his pre-game speech. The message? This is what
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      620 37 NEW YORK TIMES Los Angeles HER eyes are his eyes. On the bad days, when little Tatum Fisher cannot stop crying, Derek Fisher's clear eyes cloud. "Sometimes in the morning, I want to call coach Phil Jackson and tell him
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      169 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »TENNIS Barcelona RAFAEL Nadal crushed a minor annoyance in the form of Denis Gremelmayr as the king of clay hammered out a 6-1, 6-0 victory on Saturday to reach a fourth straight final at the Barcelona Open. Nadal gave his outclassed 26-year-old
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      262 37 NEW YORK TIMES »GOLF Charlotte (North Carolina) PLAYING with the calm assurance of a veteran and the fiery passion of a rookie, 22-year-old Anthony Kirn served notice at the Wachovia Championship on Saturday that his game had matured and so had he. Two strokes
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      486 38  -  Terrence Voon VOLLEYBALL Volleyball body to form national squads with youngsters who will be eligible for 2010 event By IT DOES not even have a national team yet. But the Volleyball Association of Singapore (VAS) has set its sights on an ambitious target: fielding
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      272 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS HORSE RACING Louisville (Kentucky) AS THE only filly in Saturday's 20-horse Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles showed great heart and gallant fight to finish second. However, America's greatest horse race ended in the worst of all possible ways. As she was slowing
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      385 38 THE 10 finalists for the McDonald's Champion Kid programme have emerged. The number will be further reduced to three cub reporters with the best presentation and who best capture the spirit of the Olympic Games with an "Olympic moment" picture that is compelling enough
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      221 38  -  Lin Xinyi SAILING By NEAR-PERFECT. That is how Low Wen Chun described the four days of sailing at the Dutch Youth Regatta, which ended yesterday. Wen Chun and partner Jonathan Chew finished first in nine of 11 races, beating nine other pairs to clinch
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        82 38 SINGAPORE Armed Forces FC closed the gap at the top of the S-League soccer table after a 3-2 win over Geylang United at the Bedok Stadium last night. Goals from Norikazu Murakami (35th minute) and Aleksandar Duric (53rd, 55th) put the Warriors in the
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        57 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PRAGUE: Russia's Vera Zvonareva lived up to her top seeding by winning the WTA title on clay here yesterday. The 23-year-old from Moscow came away a 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 winner against third seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. It is the sixth tennis title for
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      453 38 BASEBALL MLB: NY Yankees 6 Seattle 1, Washington 9 Pittsburgh 8 Toron Washington 9 Pittsburgh loronto 5 Chicago White Sox 2, LA Anppk -3 Raitimnrp i Ariynna in ny gels 3 Baltimore 1, Arizona 10 NY Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 9St Louis Atlanta q rLinnati i Rnctnn t!! Lv
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      25 35 Hornets sting Tony Parker and the San Antonio Spurs are mugged by the New Orleans Hornets in Game 1 of the NBA play-offs. PAGE Hl3
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      230 35 Arsenal 1 Everton 0 Everton missed the chance to secure a place in next season's Uefa Cup when they were beaten 0-1 by Arsenal in the Premier League yesterday. Nicklas Bendtner headed the only goal after 77 minutes against a stubborn Everton side who needed just a draw to guarantee
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      178 36 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER X League Incheon BusanFC Mon, 05/05/08 2.00pm S.League Albirex Sengkang Mon, 05/05/08 7.45pm (League CSapporo TokyoVerdy Tue, 06/05/08 12.00pm (League Jubilolwata KsaklFrontale Tue, 06/05/08 12.00pm (League Kashiwaßeysol VisselKobe Tue, 06/05/08 I.oopm (League AlbraNgata ShimizuSPulse Tue, 06/05/08 1.30pm (League YokohamaFM OmiyaArdija Tue, 06/05/08 2.00pm
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      45 36 Serie A Yesterday AC Milan 2 Inter Milan 1 Atalanta 3 Livorno 2 Cagliari 2 Fiorentina 1 Catania 1 Reggina 2 Empoli 0 Udinese 1 Lazio 1 Palermo 2 Parma 1 Genoa 0 Sampdoria 0 Roma 3 Siena 1 Juventus 0 Torino 2 Napoli 1
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      1038 37 HORSE RACING Track: Good Race 7 Class 5 1600 m 5 RECYCLE TRIUMPH. A Fiezan 1. Race 1 Maiden 1400 m 4 Gold Pool, RWoodworth 2 5 MIGHTY RAJAH, J Powell I. 6 Kismet, M Kallady 3. 1 Ace Admire, NCallow 2. BTexter,AppKKNg 4. 2 Urn's Adventure, D Beasley 3.
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      79 38 RHB CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND Tomorrow Young Lions v Phnom Penh Empire (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm). Wednesday Dalian Shide v Home United (Queenstown, 7.45pm). Thursday SAFFC v Balestier Khalsa (Choa Chu Kang, 7.45pm). Friday Woodlands Wellington v DPMM (Woodlands, 7.30pm). Live, Chs, 7.25pm Saturday Gombak United v Tobacco Monopoly (Jurong West, 7.45pm).
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      80 38 TV times CRICKET: Friend Provident Trophy: Surrey v Kent (Live, Chi 10, 6.58pm). IPL: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mohali Kings (Live, Chill, 10.20pm). HOCKEY: Women's World Olympic qualifiers: sth placing (7pm), 3rd placing (10pm). Final (11.30pm) Delayed, Ch22. SOCCER: English Premier League: Newcastle v Chelsea (Live, Ch27 Ch3o3, 10.55pm). TENNIS:
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      169 39 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) ANNA NG CHENG NGOH (wife of late Michael Lim foo Guan) Age: 86 was called home to be with the Lord on 4
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      192 39 WONG HEE MOEY ALIAS LEE HAR Age: 82 passed away peacefully on 4 May 2008 leaving behind loved ones. (Beloved Husband: Koh Ping alias Koh See Ying, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kow Yew San Liem Liang Kiaw Anne Koh Yeo Liong Peter Choo Eng Bee Ade Daughters: Sons-in-law: (Chen Denny, deceased)
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      166 39 "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31 In loving memory of Bob Tan Boon Poh 22 August 1919-1 May 2008 Dearly missed and
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      60 39 In Loving Memory of Julie Veloo nee Rozels Departed 5 May 1991 Tis been 17 empty years for us today. That its been peaceful for you meekly did we pray. Your tenderness, care and love we failed to repay. We thank God you loved u*s all equally all the way.
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      28 39 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory OJ Our Late Comradi LTA KOWI CHIA EE Departed 5 May 2006 •LEST WE FORGET' From HQ Commando The Family Of Someone Special
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      56 39 LAU SEOK SIANG, PATRICE ACE: 80 Was called home to be with the Lord on 4 May. Leaving behind loved ones. Wake at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hall of Repose, 50 Ophir Road. Nightly prayers at Bpm. Funeral/cremation on Wednesday, 7 May. For funeral details please call: *****233/*****246 Please
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      104 39 "I will praiseyou, O Lord my God, with all my heart, I will glorify your name forever" Psalms 86:14 JOHN LOW CHAI OON 'as called home to be with the Lord on 3 May 2008, Dearly missed by Soulmate/Bestfriend/Wife: Agnes Yeo Children: Matthew Rachel Michael Parents: Parents-in-law: Low Kang San
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      33 39 fB" jl* With Deepest Sympathy <J* Heartfelt Condolences to Louisa Zhang On the demise of her beloved mother CHAN SWEE HENG Departed on 3 May 2008 From Asthma Association The Osteoporosis Society (S)
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      90 39 "The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not be in want." Psalm 23:1 JORDAN TAYYONG MING Age: 25 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 May 2008. Deeply missed and lovingly remembered by: Father: Mother: Charlie Tay Irene Yeo Brother: Sister-in-law: Jones Tay Priscilla Chen Sister: Johanna
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      38 39 In Loving Memory of ASP S. CHANDRAMOHAN (Singapore Prisons) Departed: 5 May 2005 New bonds have formed, families have grown, people have changed, but your memory, remains in our hearts... ...CONSTANT. Deeply missed always remembered by loved ones.
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      309 39 Sg^ 9th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of <Qsk Tomorrow came to find you gone. MXOSIG tlGYlg J\o Mr Oil KjIZOO Z7A So much you had to live for; so many more years to go forth; y December 1953 5 May 1999 y± So many words yet to say; With so
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      224 39 TANAH ENG Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 3 May 2008 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Lee Keng Leong, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Chong Hun Tan Bee Wah (Lee Chong Hui, deceased) Lee Chong Peng Lawrence Seah Sok Keow Lee Chong 800 Frankie Tan Luan Eng Doris Lee Chong Hua
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      112 39 The Founder of Wanta companies LEE HAN FOO Age: 92 passed away peacefully on 3 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Yiin Su Mey Children: Spouses: Lee Chin Kong Owyong Lai Yong Lee Chin Chee Ng Chwee Hoon Lee Chin Nian Lam Kwee Choo Lee
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      72 39 JUDITH WEE SIEW KHENG Age: 47 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 May 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Parents: Brother: Jimmy Wee Kip Koon Jerome Wee Mary Tan Soh Sian Daughter: Sister-in-law: Jessica Jane Zvaleuskas Dora Yeo Wake is held at St Teresa's Church on 5
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      70 39 IST Anniversary In Loving Memory of Departed on 5 May 2007 Our Mum Ma, ANNIE NEO A sweet good soul, Left us all in glory gold, joined the world of blessed souls, Deeply missed she will be, Wondering how she has been, Forever living in our midst An enduring inspiration,
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      40 39 The Family of the Late YEO YEW HO Departed 29 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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      61 40 (0) CENTS /o IHH Lyxor China H 10USS Great Eastern UOB Venture Corp UOB MBUCW*****0 ISH lardine CSC HKLand Lyxor India Nifty 10 DBS Grp 3296 136.3 1895 94.1 1738 88.0 2130 70.0 1170 64.0 802 53.0 1768 38.2 1712 36.0 480 35.4 1761 35.0 2024 34.0
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      56 40 CENTS acific HC W*****B harteredDBeCW*****9 hasen asa Hldgs outhernPkg epCorp DB eCW*****9 astgateW*****1 4 300.0 3.0 2 100.0 1.0 1 100 0 0 5 11 83.3 5.0 20 60 0 7 5 38.5 57.1 14.0 1.5 50.0 0.5 IGX BNP eCWD8D53D IGX DB eCWD8D825 IGX RB eCWD8D528A
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      57 40 (0) CENTS /o iLD10US$ lovo Grp IBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 :HT eppel Corp :IMBAsean40 100US$ usGroup sia Pac Brew wiber IATSTEEL Ltd 8460 346.2 20 280.0 ***** 222.0 1880 120.0 1052 38.0 953 28.6 75.5 27.5 1314 24.0 259 19 0 142 16.0 2.9 93.3 2.0
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      56 40 CENTS lovo Grp PH BNP eCW*****2 Tl 2700BNPePW*****9 PC DB eCW*****9 20 05 05 1 93.3 280.0 80.0 2.0 80 0 2 0 75 0 3 0 :oscoCorpRBeCW*****7 )BS DB eCW*****3 iGX DB eCW*****0A iTI 3DDDSGAePWD8D529 SingTel DBeCWD8D714 1.5 1 0.5 9.5 7 57.1 50.0 50.0 42.4
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      82 40 Where S$ stands ...May 2 CHNG YR 2008 LOSE FR Apr 30 S$ LOW S$ HIGH IS$ 1.3630 -0.15 1.4542 1.3457 uro 2.1102 +0.23 2.2064 2.0474 2.7087 -1.14 2.8431 2.6568 1.2714 -0.06 1.3235 1.2349 en* 1.3018 +0.40 1.4484 1.2832 upiah* .0.***** -0.15 0.***** 0.***** :aht* 4.2983 -0.15 4.4299 4.2620
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      242 40 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York CITIGROUP said virtually all the investors in its Old Lane hedge fund will withdraw their money, five months after its co-founder, Mr Vikram Pandit, was named chief executive officer of the bank. Investors will be allowed to exit the US$4.5
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      7746 40 Unit Trusts Funds UNIT TRIKT^ UU! I I I\UO I O Ij) ABN AMRD Asset Mrt (Snore) E H Star Europe Eqty!** 0 921/ Star Europe Bond 1184/ Star Europe Bal 1152/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1384/ Star Asia Bond 1175/ Star Asia Balanced 0 961/ Star Global Technology Fund!**
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      659 41 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Credit crunch has eased for bankers but Berkshire chief sees more pain for people with individual mortgages Omaha MR WARREN Buffett, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway, said the global credit crunch has eased for
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        57 42 TIMOTHY BULLOCK: Appointed last Wednesday, in place of Mr Paul Reed, as a BP nominee director on the China Aviation Oil (CAO) board. Mr Bullock (right), 47, has more than 20 years of experience in the global energy industry with the BP group in London,
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        Lock icon JARDINE C&C DIRECTOR LEAVES AFTER 31 YEARS
        78 42 ALAN YEO CHEE YEOW: Retired last Tuesday as a director on the board of Jardine Cycle Carriage after having been with the group since 1977. Mr Yeo, 77, felt "it was timely for him to step down and expressed his desire not to
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        Lock icon WHEELOCK PROPERTIES LOSES DIRECTOR
        47 42 TAN KEONG CHOON: Stepped down last Monday as a non-executive independent director of Wheelock Properties, after having been on the board for more than 23 years. Mr Tan, 89, expressed his desire not to seek re-appointment because of "his heavy overseas travelling schedule".
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        Lock icon CAZENOVE EXPANDS LOCAL CORPORATE FINANCE TEAM
        90 42 SYLVIA WONG: Appointed as a vice-president for the South-east Asian market last Wednesday. She joins Cazenove from DBS Bank Corporate Investment Banking in Singapore, where she was vice-president of the resource and development team. GOH JOON HWA: Appointed as an associate for the South-east
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      562 42  -  Joyce Teo Some may be forced to call off deals because of financing woes, says BNP report By Property Correspondent A REPORT by a major bank has flagged potential financing concerns for small property developers that swooped in on the collective
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      Lock icon Middle East investors 'looking to S-E Asia'
      433 42  -  Nicholas Fang By MIDDLE Eastern investors are increasingly looking to Singapore and other South-east Asian nations for deals as financial ties grow between the two regions. So says Standard Chartered (Stanchart) Bank's group head for origination and client coverage, Mr V. Shankar. Stanchart
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      797 43  -  Lee Su Shyan NEWS ANALYSIS If it is rewarding Lim Jit Poh for standing in as CEO, it could make this point clear By Assistant Money Editor SINGAPORE now has a plethora of rules on the information that companies should disclose publicly
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      106 43 The remuneration for China Aviation Oil's directors came to US$Bl4,OOO (Ssl.l million) last year. Assuming executive director Zhang Zhenqi and former executive director Yang Chuan were paid $500,000 and $200,000, respectively, that leaves another $400,000 unaccounted for. While it is now clear that CAO
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        87 43 OCBC Investment Research has kept its "buy" call on Suntec Reit with a target price of $1.71 in view of the trust's recent results. OCBC noted that Suntec had exercised significant control over expenses during the quarter. It believes Suntec is nearing
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        Lock icon COSCO MAY BE HIT BY FALLING DEMAND, SOARING COSTS
        96 43 MORGAN Stanley has retained its "overweight" rating on Cosco Corp with a price target of $4.20. It noted that management had allayed concerns about potential order cancellations by confirming the receipt of at least 20 per cent of deposits for all
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        78 43 UOB Kay Hian has downgraded health-care group Parkway Holdings from a "buy" to a "hold" because of limited upside. However, it has raised Parkway's target price from $3.36 to $3.53, factoring in a valuation of $3.10 a share on an ex-rights basis. It
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      412 43  -  Alvin Foo »TAKING STOCK By Markets Correspondent SINGAPORE stocks look set for further gains early this week as a result of continued cheer from Wall Street. There could also be more joy in the later half of the week if
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      358 43  -  ALVIN FOO WARRANT WATCH THE recent rise in the price of DBS Group Holdings shares and the bank's quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday are drawing investors into new positions for its warrants. DBS shares have rallied by nearly 25 per cent since
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      621 44  -  Chua Hian Hou Ban on firm from using govt-owned material also applies to its customers By COMPANIES still using Virtual Map's online maps on their websites are starting to look for alternative providers. This is because a court order banning Virtual Map
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      279 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS ENDING UNFAIR PRACTICES Washington THE United States Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps last Friday to end "unfair and deceptive" practices in the credit card industry, with the aim of helping consumers struggling to cope in a bad economy.
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        234 78  - editor's note the sound of silence CLAUDETTE PERALTA Singapore is getting noisier; it's inevitable, really, given our rapid pace of development: more cars, more offices and homes mnm high-tech ads shouting fnr nur attention and so on. External sounds aside, there is the noise that rings in our heads from
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        501 78  -  Nigel Hong Local pop star Mci Kin gives everyone a treat at The Straits Times Media Club Workshop. By During an interview at a Straits Times Media Club Workshop last month, local Mandarin pop star Macy Chen Mci Kin revealed that being an artist is hard
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        392 79  -  Lim Pow Hong And it is not just a martial art, says Wl hen Siraaj Ramadhan,l6, decided to take up capoeira, a Brazilian martial arts form, he did not expect to learn how to dance, drum and speak Portuguese, too. It was a surprise, he
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        147 79 Association of Capoeira Argola de Ouro www.adoclife.com Set up in 2002 by Master Ousado, this is the first official association of capoeira set up in Singapore and it holds classes at the Substation. Classes start at $90 a month for two classes every week. There
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        513 81 Teen pleads guilty to murder of lover's husband "What wrong have I done to you?" shouted 29-year-old Manap Sarlip in Malay, minutes before he was stabbed outside his Whampoa Drive flat last July. His assailant, Muhammad Nasir Abdul Aziz, 17, fled the scene of
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        525 82  -  Soma Sng Read this report by Radha Basu in The Straits Times on April 12, and test your reading skills by doing the quiz. Lesson by IT WAS the worst of times. Her father's small shop was struggling. Her mother, a snacks
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        391 82 INFERENTIAL QUESTIONS: 10 points These questions focus on inferring underlying beliefs and thought patterns in people's opinions. What exactly do their words or actions mean? 6. Why did relatives advise her parents not to waste money educating a disabled child? Is that fair? (2 points) 7. Why
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        433 83  -  Neubronner Eugene Some games age like fine wine, such as these finds by There are always a variety of reasons given for passing on A-grade games. Homework. High prices. Credit cards required to buy the game online. But you don't have to miss the boat, as shops
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        1416 84 Students voice out worries about the din caused by construction sites near schools. Malini Nathan gives them a listening ear If crying babies and ringing phones irritate you when you are studying, imagine what it is like going to school next to a construction site. That
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        275 85 I used to see fields of green and the wild lush forest I used to see clear gushing rivers which flow into the mighty ocean And now I wonder will this scene last forever? I used to feel the soft windy breeze and smell the scent of flowers
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        507 86 The Straits Times, PHOTO: Australia, New Zealand and the 10 countries of Asean are on the verge of signing a free trade agreement, i i explains what that means What is a free trade agreement (FTA)? An FTA is an agreement or pact signed by two
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        1098 87  -  Sandra Davie, By The Straits Times, April 20, 2008 Bespectacled Marie Cheng (below), a final-year undergraduate, bought a teal-coloured bikini a few years ago. But the 23-year-old has never worn it. "I'm too self-conscious. I don't have the figure to carry it off," she
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        633 88 LAYOUT: TEXT: Singapore may be facing its most serious hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak since an epidemic killed seven children in the year 2000. HFMD is always present in Singapore, and children catch the virus almost daily. It is spread through bodily fluids, which is why it
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        1360 89 By Alastair Mclndoe, Philippines Correspondent, The Straits Times, April 29, 2008 MANILA- MOSQUITOES that spread malaria have started bugging people more and more in places such as Papua New Guinea's cooler highlands, where they were once rare. Now scientists are wondering if
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        336 89 Last week, the first vocabulary exercise, A, asked students to look up both the antonyms and synonyms of the words, besides looking up their meanings. Students should know by now that there will be some words for which there aren't either antonyms or synonyms or
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