The Straits Times, 9 May 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAUS TIMES 120 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 FRIDAY, MAY 9 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • INSIDE
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      Lock icon Games flame atop Everest
      64 1 THE Olympic torch made it to the top of Mount Everest yesterday morning. A team of Han Chinese and ethnic Tibetan mountaineers braved strong winds and freezing temperatures to accomplish the feat, broadcast live across China. The ascent, 92 days before the Games open in Beijing,
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      Lock icon Police cripple loanshark gang
      54 1 A 48-YEAR-OLD logistics company director, believed to be the head of an illegal moneylending syndicate, was among 17 people arrested islandwide yesterday. Police said the syndicate had more than 500 clients and gave out monthly loans totalling about $500,000. Among those picked up were three married
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      Lock icon Mr Singapore says: I quit
      70 1 MR SINGAPORE Tong Chin Wee was one of two bodybuilders who skipped a drug test at last month's national championships. Now facing a ban, the police officer said yesterday he is quitting the sport. He also lashed out at his sports association for not backing
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      Lock icon New owners for Raffles Hotel
      66 1 THE historic Raffles Hotel is changing hands for the second time in three years. The buyers are said to be paying about $650 million more than triple the $200 million paid by its American and Middle Eastern owners in 2005. Former Credit Suisse banker Mark
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    Lock icon 100,000 dead BUT MYANMAR HOLDS UP AID EFFORT
    333 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM WIRES Frustrated aid teams say delay will cost more lives By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok MYANMAR'S government remained in no hurry to allow foreign aid teams into the country yesterday, even as estimates of the death toll
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM WIRES; AFP  -  333 words
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    Lock icon 'I lost my whole family'
    199 1 REUTERS THE SUFFERING BOGALAY (MYANMAR) WHEN the massive storm surge churned up by Cyclone Nargis struck his village, fisherman Zaw Win clung to a tree for three hours. The strength in his arms saved his life. He could only watch helplessly as his wife, 10-year-old
    REUTERS; AFP  -  199 words
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    Lock icon Want to help? Give cash
    188 1 IN SINGAPORE CASH is best if you want to help the victims of the tragedy in Myanmar, say aid agencies familiar with disaster relief. Money can be used to buy supplies and equipment that are needed most urgently, and to dispatch them to the right
    DESMOND LIM  -  188 words
  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Myanmar nationals in S'pore help raise funds
      1133 1  -  Kor Kian Beng By HOW life has changed in just one week for Myanmar technician Win Kyaw. This time last week, his main worry was whether he would get a chance to vote on Myanmar's new Constitution and, like many of his countrymen
      NG SOR LUAN  -  1,133 words
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      371 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Child-care centres staying open Asia 6-20 Most pre-schools that have been World 22-29 asked to shut down temporarily to Review 30-33 break the transmission of HFMD ns ight 34-35 are not doing so because they do PY| 35 not want to panic parents and CErTinu'™n"
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Bus-fare cheat says sorry... ...and sends $50 to SBS to pay for past misdeeds
      354 3  -  Maria Almenoar By ALL the recent news about commuters who cheat on fares seems to have left at least one person wracked by guilt. Last week, the commuter finally decided to do something about it, and
      ALBERT SIM  -  354 words
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      Lock icon Expect to pay higher electricity bills
      551 3  -  Yang Huiwen No relief soon as high oil prices push up costs for power companies By IF YOUR latest power bill gave you a jolt, you had better get used to it because there is more to come. Soaring crude oil prices drove the
      ST GRAPHICS  -  551 words
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      Lock icon Oil price holds near record highs
      154 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OIL prices held near record levels yesterday after surging on Wednesday to nearly US$l24 (Ssl7o) a barrel, as speculators dived into a market concerned about potential supply disruption, traders said. Oil prices have crashed through records every day this week, jumping by
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      Lock icon New heights for Olympics
      365 4  -  Tracy Quek Torch relay successfully reaches peak of Mount Everest China Correspondent In Beijing A TEAM of Han Chinese and ethnic Tibetan mountaineers took the Olympic torch to the summit of Mount Everest yesterday, their politically symbolic ascent triggering celebrations in China, but also criticism from
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      Lock icon Drunk, 66, jailed for Mas Selamat prank calls
      273 4  -  Elena Chong By Courts Correspondent ESCAPED terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari has landed two more men in trouble with the law. One was sent to jail yesterday, and the other has a date in court. Both were nabbed for making prank calls about
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      40 4 Art finds its mart I Singapore is fast growing to be a hot spot for big art galleries seeking to stretch their networks. BT looks at the trend. Indian worker loses all 10 toes from soil disease while working here
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Delivery of aid supplies 'critical for survival'
      794 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh Death toll may rise as groups struggle to get food, water to those outside Yangon By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok ESSENTIAL infrastructure is being restored steadily and aid delivered to the homeless in Yangon. But aid agencies continue to face enormous
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    • MYANMAR CYCLONE
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        Lock icon Junta still ignoring visa and flight requests
        985 8  -  Nirmal Ghosh "We're trying, we're trying to get in touch, we're trying to call in, we're trying to appeal. I think some messages are getting through." ASEAN SECRETARY-GENERAL SURIN PITSUWAN, on Asean's attempts in trying to persuade Myanmar to accept international aid Global
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        Lock icon Asean tested once again by the generals
        761 8  -  Goh Sui Noi NEWS ANALYSIS By Senior Writer SIX days after a killer cyclone hit Myanmar, Asean has just begun to pressure its member to allow in international aid and aid workers quickly. This is after the United Nations, the United States and
        REUTERS  -  761 words
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        Lock icon Rescue teams ready to move, say East Asia officials
        130 8 SENIOR officials of the East Asia Summit discussed the situation in Myanmar during informal consultations, the Singapore Chair of Asean confirmed yesterday. A statement released by the Singapore Foreign Affairs Ministry said that the officials had expressed their sadness and sympathy
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        Lock icon Cyclone may boost next rice harvest
        376 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo IN STREWING death and destruction across a rice-rich delta, the weekend cyclone that battered Myanmar has raised a new question for other poor Asian countries already scrambling to find affordable food: Will damage to its current crop force Myanmar to join
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  376 words
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        Lock icon Charity's homes swamped by pleas for aid
        618 9  -  Jermyn Chow Villagers want water from its wells and money to rebuild homes By MR JAMES Aaron is a worried man. Since Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar early Saturday morning, the Salvation Army officer has had a flood of children from nearby villages beating
        REUTERS  -  618 words
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        Lock icon Welfare groups get approval to raise funds for victims
        1030 9  -  Jermyn Chow Lim Heng Liang CYCLONE SURVIVORS ON THEIR ORDEAL "I was hanging from an 18-ft-tall coconut tree for a long time until the weather subsided. I don't know what happened to my wife and young children." PHAN MAUNG, 55 "The
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Key figure in missing Taiwan funds case to meet press
        411 10  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei THE missing piece of the puzzle over Taiwan's widening diplomatic scandal may soon fall into place. Mr Ching Chi-ju, a key figure in the case of the missing US$3O million (Ss4l million)
        REUTERS  -  411 words
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        Lock icon Chinese President game to woo Japanese
        669 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin Hu displays ping pong skills after urging closer bilateral ties in speech at top college By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo CHINESE leader Hu Jintao was kept busy yesterday posing with ballerinas, speaking to college students and showing off his ping pong
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        Lock icon China urged to free Tibetans during talks
        189 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Dharamsala (India) THE Dalai Lama's envoys told Beijing to release Tibetan prisoners and end re-ed-ucation" during weekend talks with Chinese officials over unrest in Tibet, one of the two envoys said yesterday. Despite the specific requests by the Dalai Lama
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS; REUTERS  -  189 words
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        Lock icon Cheers as Olympic flame reaches Everest
        649 12  -  Tracy Quek Climbers comprise 22 Tibetans, eight Han Chinese and a man from Tujia minority By China Correspondent In Beijing BRACING herself against the blistering sub-ze-ro winds, and without the aid of oxygen, female mountaineer Tsering Wangmo took slow but steady final steps towards
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        Lock icon Calls for calm as HFMD deaths rise to 30
        578 13  -  Tracy Quek WHO says no new or more virulent virus to worry about, but will probe Fuyang's cluster By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA yesterday reported more deaths from hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), but experts urged calm, saying that
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        Lock icon US turns down Ma's request for visit
        284 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Taipei THE United States has turned down a request from Taiwan's President-elect to visit before his inauguration on May 20, the top American official on the island said yesterday. The comments by Mr Stephen Young, director of the
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  284 words
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        Lock icon Chinese orchestra plays at Vatican for Pope
        597 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES Last-minute landmark concert raises hopes of closer ties as pontiff speaks of 'reaching out' Vatican City THE China Philharmonic Orchestra performed for Pope Benedict XVI in a landmark concert on Wednesday that could indicate warming relations between
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES; AP; REUTERS  -  597 words
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        Lock icon New leadership opens doors to China-Taiwan cooperation
        1251 16  -  [eremy Au Yong »MM'S INTERVIEW WITH TAIWAN'S CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY MM Lee's advice to new govt: Stick to bread and butter issues and steer clear of any talk of independence By 1949 at the end of a civil war. But Beijing considers the
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        Lock icon Games boycott 'would have economic cost'
        342 16  -  JEREMY AUYONG BOYCOTTING the Beijing Olympics later this year would come at a price, warned Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Unlike the United States' boycott of the 1980 Games in Moscow to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, similar action at the Beijing
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        Lock icon Reunification: China and US 'the decisive factors'
        304 16  -  JEREMY AUYONG WHAT the people of Taiwan want will not be the "decisive factor" when it comes to the issue of reunification. What mattered more, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, were the economic and military strength and determination of China and America.
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon India to review Nepal treaty with a soft touch
        567 18  -  Ravi Velloor Delhi accepts it should take new stance on ties with small neighbours By INDIA is readying to accept significant changes to a six-decade-old treaty with Nepal, part of a wider strategy towards its smallest neighbours that combines a lighter
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        Lock icon Blogger out on bail today, says wife
        433 19  -  Hazlin Hassan By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur PROMINENT blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, who has been charged with sedition for implying that the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister is involved in a high-profile murder, is expected to be released on bail today. "He will
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  433 words
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        Lock icon Yudhoyono won't delay fuel price hike to win votes
        583 19 THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, REUTERS Plan for rise of 30%; govt vows aid to help the poor cope Jakarta INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he is prepared to risk unpopularity ahead of the presidential election, as he moves ahead
        THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, REUTERS  -  583 words
    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Syariah Court allows Muslim convert to leave the faith
        583 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Landmark ruling in XL eases religious minorities' worries about legal rights Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN Islamic court allowed a Muslim convert to return to her original faith of Buddhism yesterday, setting a precedent that could ease religious minorities' worries
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      25 6 No longer a Muslim In a landmark decision, the Penang Syariah Court allows Muslim convert Siti Fatimah Tan Abdullah to leave the religion. PAGE 20
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Hillary's not done fighting
      936 22  -  Bhagyashree Democratic hopeful staying in race till there's a nominee and she wants to be that person By Garekar US Correspondent In Washington OVER a year ago, Senator Hillary Clinton announced her bid to become the first woman president of the United States with a simple
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      Lock icon Aussie varsities face fee shake-up
      612 23  -  Roger Maynard Abolishment of full-fee places for locals may see universities enrolling more foreign students By Australia Correspondent In Sydney A CONTROVERSIAL government decision to abolish full-fee-paying places for Australian undergraduates could open up more opportunities for foreign students. Already, there are around 200,000 overseas
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      Lock icon Gunbattles flare up in Beirut
      220 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beirut FIERCE gunbattles erupted in Beirut yesterday after Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah charged that a Lebanese government crackdown on his group's activities was tantamount to a "declaration of war". It was the second day of clashes which has turned some city
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      Lock icon I had good conversation with Gaddafi, says SM Goh
      466 27  -  Chua Lee Hoong Hour-long talks with Libya's leader focus on direction of its economy By Political Editor In Tripoli SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong "had a good conversation" with Libya's leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, here yesterday. The one-hour meeting took place
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      Lock icon HPL in tie-up to develop hotels in Libya
      425 27  -  CHUA LEE HOONG Tripoli SINGAPORE-LISTED Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) has entered into a joint venture with a Libyan state-owned company to develop hotels and tourist resorts in Libya. And the first project of its partnership with the Social Security Fund Investments Company
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      Lock icon British ITV network lands $15m fine for phone-in scam
      217 27 REUTERS LONDON MEDIA watchdog Ofcom yesterday fined Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster a record £5.68 million (Ssls million) for cheating viewers who entered phone-in competitions on some of its most popular shows. ITV viewers had been encouraged to call premium rate phonelines
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Lawyer in shoot-out left love note for wife
        236 28 BEFORE he was shot on Tuesday night, British barrister Mark Saunders threw a barely legible message scrawled on a shoebox lid from his bedroom window. Written in black marker pen were the words: "I love my wife dearly xxx." The note encapsulated
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        Lock icon I locked up daughter to 'protect' her, says monster dad
        376 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS THE Austrian who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered her seven children has said that he locked her up to protect her from the vices of the outside world. "She did not obey any rules,
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      Lock icon Putin is now No. 2 but no less powerful
      575 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Unprecedented move from President to Prime Minister will keep him in political limelight Moscow AFTER eight years overseeing an economic revival, clamping down on democratic change and strengthening the Kremlin's power as Russia's president, Mr Vladimir Putin
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      417 30 NO DISASTER relief execution in recent years has been remotely praiseworthy, not even in well-organised societies. The 1995 Hanshin earthquake in Kobe, which killed about 6,000 people, caught the local and national authorities flat-footed. The world had a very different opinion of Japan as a well-oiled machine
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      2306 34 I now shout from the rooftop' find our own salvation, so to speak." Just as Singapore sought its own salvation in economics, it must do the same politically. "And, so far, we've done quite well." He is distinctly non-controver-sial. But the garang moments flash again when he speaks his mind
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      667 39  -  Lee Pei Qi Zack He »HFMD OUTBREAK By MOST childcare centres and preschools that have been asked to shut down temporarily to break the transmission of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among their charges aren't doing so. The Straits Times checked 32 centres
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      235 40  -  SALMA KHALIK »CHIKUNGUNYA DISEASE THE Ministry of Health has confirmed Singapore's 17th case of the mosquito-borne disease, chikungunya, here. He is Mr E. C. Sng, who caught the bug overseas. He believes he caught the virus while playing golf at Jakarta's prestigious Jagorawi
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      749 40  -  Jessica Lim HE ZONGYING AND DARYL TAN Shop N Save, Giant and Fair Price ensure items are priced the same at all outlets By] THREE supermarket chains have uniform pricing across all their outlets, a Straits Times check has discovered. Shop N Save, with
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      437 41  -  Carolyn Quek 8 computers, 29 cellphones, over $2OOk seized in move against major syndicate By THE police have busted what they say is one of the biggest illegal moneylending syndicates here one estimated to be giving out $500,000 in loans every month.
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      354 42  -  Esther Tan He apparently fell in after lifting himself by holding onto pail By JUST three days shy of his first birthday, a baby boy drowned in a pail of water on Wednesday evening. The boy, known among his neighbours as
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      60 42 An excavator accidentally hit a water pipe in Bishan Street 12 yesterday, causing it to burst at 10.45 am. The water overflowed to the carpark at Block 105. The excavator was involved in construction work for the Lift Upgrading Programme. The Public Utilities Board was alerted and
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      414 42  - 2 jewellery stores take battle to court all for 'love' Selina Lum By TWO local jewellery stores are at war over love. In 1999, The Carat Club registered the word "love" in block letters as a trademark for its diamonds, precious stones and jewellery. Now, rival jeweller Love Co has
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      433 43  -  Teh Joo Lin Retail chain had beei taken to court over $250k debt; case settled out of court By POPULAR women's fashion retailer This Fashion will stay open after all. It has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former supplier which had gone
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      680 47  -  Alfred Siew Both bidders for next-gen broadband network propose this lightning-speed technology By Technology Correspondent BESIDES phone and cable points, Singapore homes will soon get one more jack in the wall for a thin fibre optic cable to hook up
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      68 48 Madam Kong Kwok Mvi, 61, receiving a kiss on the cheek from her son Douglas Chow, after being named a winning mum. He had nominated her for Singapore Press Holdings' Cats Classified Mum Rocks! Mother's Day contest. Madam Kong, dubbed "Porky mum" by her two children, gives
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      318 50  -  SUMATHI V. SELVARETNAM A GROUP of Singapore students recently became the first non-Ameri-can team to win an international robotics competition held in Atlanta in the United States. Comprising 10 students from Singapore Chinese Girls' School (SCGS), River Valley High and Juying Primary, the team
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      84 52 Mr Noel Hon Chia Chun, 61, the Singapore Scout Association president, was given the Gold Lion Award by President S R Nathan at the Good Service Awards investiture ceremony held at the Istana yesterday. Mr Hon has been president of the association since 2002 and initiated many fund-raising
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      418 54  -  Lim Swee Say I REFER to Tuesday's letter, "Address Workers' Party query" by Mr Nicholas Loh, which asked how Singaporean workers' societal position was not in question. Last year, the global economy grew by 4.9 per cent and the global unemployment
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      291 54  -  David Soh DO THE authorities take so long to complete simple projects because they opt for the "cheapest" and "best" quotes from contractors to do painting, repair and upgrading work? In the process, residents are the ones who suffer as the work is
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      321 54  -  Daniel Shields THE United States government is moving quickly to provide U553.25 million (554.55 million) in humanitarian assistance to people in Myanmar affected by the terrible destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis. We agree with Wednesday's editorial, "Quickly aid for Myanmar", that the priority
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      103 54  -  Koh Ching Ching (Ms) I REFER to yesterday's article, "Two more slow quarters for OCBC ahead, says CEO". Our CEO, Mr David Conner, was responding to a journalist's request for his views on how long the downturn in the US economy would last. Mr
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      120 54  -  Tan Kok Khoon PLEASE refer to Monday's article, "En-bloc uproar at Bayshore Park, Mandarin Gardens" by Ms Jessica Cheam, and the letter by Mr Augustine Cheah, "En-bloc system needs relook, as Bayshore shows". The Mandarin Gardens collective sale committee would like to clarify that it
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      260 54  -  Phyllis Christe (Ms) I WRITE in response to Ms Lynn Lee's article on Monday, "When errant dads don't pay up, the kids suffer". No doubt most of these men are simply devoid of a sense of responsibility. But one needs to ask if the
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      134 54  -  Alexander Wittberger WHILE I agree that many fathers try to evade their duty and vigorous enforcement is necessary in many cases, I have to highlight that there are other, more damaging actions to children of a marriage, besides denial of financial support. "Parent alienation" is one
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      Lock icon Project Work assessment rigorous and objective
      430 54  -  Tan Lay Choo (Ms) Ho Peng (Ms) MR S. Ganesamoorthy ("Project Work: Make grading less arbitrary", last Friday) inquired about the assessment process in Project Work (PW). To ensure objectivity and fairness, all coursework, including PW, is marked by teacher assessors at school level
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      370 54  -  Angle Ng (Ms) I REFER to Monday's letter, "Childcare closure ill-timed" by Mr David Soli. Like other centres in ageing estates, our six PCF centres in Tampines Changkat have experienced falling enrolment over the years. Meanwhile, costs have increased greatly to keep standards of
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      47 54 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes. com. Access to letters online is free. PREMIUM SERVICE: For those with young children DRINK WATER: Get it right to beat HFMD INDEPENDENT CENTRE: Needed to assess damage in traffic accidents HOSPITAL DANGER: Old Changi building a safety hazard
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      646 55  -  Leonard Lim BODYBUILDING Overall champ Tong tells why he could not urinate, why he wants to quit sport By REIGNING Mr Singapore Tong Chin Wee has been implicated in the biggest dope scandal to hit Singapore sport. He was one of two
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      893 56 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS »SOCCER Grant feels duo can strengthen two problem areas: leftwing and right-back London CHELSEA'S transfer plans are shaping up into a list that will terrify the rest of the Premier League. The gifted Argentina Lionel Messi is a target, but the
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      345 56 London DIMITAR Berbatov was conspicuous by his absence at Tottenham's launch of their new kit on Wednesday. It adds to the widely held belief that the striker's days at White Hart Lane are numbered. Said a coy Spurs manager Juande Ramos: "If he goes, we
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      125 56 STARHUB will air eight Premier League live matches simultaneously on Sunday at 9.55pm. In addition, delayed telecasts of two more matches will be aired at lam and 3am. Live telecasts (9.55pm) Title race Ch27/Ch3o3: Wigan v Manchester United ChOl: Chelsea v Bolton Relegation
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        98 56 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Sven-Goran Eriksson (right) has confirmed he is considering an offer to return to his old club Benfica. This was after being told he has no future at Manchester City under Thai owner Thaksin Shinawatra. Eriksson met Benfica president Luis Felipe Vieira and incoming director
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        103 56 MILAN: England coach Fabio Capello could be jailed for six years, after prosecutors in Italy placed him under investigation for alleged perjury. Six men are accused of putting pressure on players to sign agreements with Gea World. This agency is run by Alessandro Moggi, son of Luciano
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        88 56 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Kevin Keegan admitted yesterday that he would have showdown talks with Mike Ashley. The Newcastle owner is furious over comments Keegan made after Monday's 0-2 Premier League loss to Chelsea. The manager, who is four months into his second stint at the team,
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        123 56 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: Levante players began their La Liga match at Deportivo by standing motionless on the field in a protest over unpaid wages. All 11 starters of the relegated team, who are owed a reported 18 million euros (Ss3B million), had their arms linked and lined
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        195 56 London ARSENAL'S Arsene Wenger has admitted that he needs to make two top-class signings this summer, with a powerful central defender and a creative player his priorities. But the more sensational speculation making the rounds is that Barcelona want Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor in
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      190 56  -  TERRENCEVOON »GOLF SINGAPORE pro M. Murugiah received his perfect birthday present yesterday when he strolled to a five-stroke victory at the RM 100,000 (5543,100) Malaysian PGA Championship. Murugiah, who led by four strokes overnight, fired a three-un-der 69 to finish the three-day tournament at eight-under
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      Lock icon Double blow for Barcelona
      520 57 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER They form honour guard for arch-rivals Real, the league champions, then suffer crushing 1-4 defeat Madrid WHAT is more humiliating than having to give your fiercest rivals the guard-of-hon-our the first time in 20 years as they walk onto the
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      117 57 IF MANCHESTER United needed an omen to see if they would again be crowned Premier League champions on Sunday, they needed to look only to Spain. Since the turn of the century, United have lifted the title with every Real Madrid success. Chelsea win when Barcelona win, while
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      206 57 Madrid THE "Special One" has failed to become Barcelona's chosen one. Jose Mourinho will not become the Spanish giants' next coach even if he is the overwhelming choice of the club's supporters, reported The Independent. Barca have instead decided to give Frank Rijkaard's
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      234 57 ASSOCIATED PRESS RASHARD Lewis was due for a break-out game. It could not have come at a better time for the Orlando Magic, as they beat Detroit 111-86 at home on Wednesday. Lewis, Orlando's big off-season acquisition, scored a career play-off high
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      Lock icon It's party time for Bryant, Lakers
      491 57 LOS ANGELES TIMES BASKETBALL Los Angeles KOBE Bryant shouted into the arena as if he were shouting into a huddle. "I love you," he screamed. "Now, let's get this party started." And so they did, the Lakers and the fans taking their cue from
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      590 58 ASSOCIATED PRESS »TENNIS Nadal suffers a blister and second loss on clay in 105 games in his run-up to French Open Rome RAFAEL Nadal's preparations for a run at a fourth straight French Open title were thrown into disarray on Wednesday. The second-ranked Spaniard lost on clay for
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      515 58  -  Jeanette Wang CRICKET By SOME of the world's well-known cricketers are set to descend on Singapore in July, when the Republic hosts the opener for the inaugural iSixes World Series. An All-Star side, skippered by former Australian international Shane Warne, will compete in
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      229 58 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOTOR RACING Istanbul DEFENDING drivers' world champion Kimi Raikkonen is confident that he and Ferrari will be competitive again in this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix, despite not having tested at the circuit. Both he and his teammate, Brazilian Felipe Massa, have good feelings about the Istanbul
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      Lock icon ZAP here for the latest on Turkish Grand Prix
      94 58 Here's how: 1) Install Color Cam software SMS "Zap" to ***** (9741-9401 for pre-paid customers) to download the Color Cam software on your mobile phone. You will receive an SMS with instructions to download and install the Colorcam software. You will
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      176 58 THE 10 finalists for the McDonald's Champion Kid programme will be reduced to three cub reporters. They must have the best presentation and best capture the spirit of the Olympics with a picture that is compelling enough to win your vote and a trip
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      Lock icon F9 Rizdhzuan Taqfiq Abdullah, 12
      107 58 "Since I was six years old, my mother who is a single parent, has been introducing me to swimming, tennis, badminton and basketball. "Last December, my mother took me to Nagano, Japan, the city which hosted the Winter Olympics in 1998. "It was indeed a
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      Lock icon FlO Isabella Tan Yi Lin, 10
      104 58 "I am a good speaker and listener. I won first place in my school's bilingual story-telling competition. "I understand that the Champion Kids must be good writers and journalists. I can write marvellous stories. "Many teachers in my school urgently ask me to act
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        60 58 ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN: World No 1 Justine Henin lost to Russia's 17th-ranked Dinara Safina 7-5, 3-6, 1-6 yesterday in the third round of tennis' German Open. The Belgian had taken a month off with a knee injury, hoping to restore her confidence at the German Open in
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        55 58 DUBAI: Former India captain Sunil Gayaskar has quit his International Cricket Council post to concentrate on media commitments, after the sport's governing body told him to choose between the roles. Gavaskar, 58, chairman of the ICC's Cricket Committee for eight years, has recently been working as a commentator
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      491 59  -  Lin Xinyi »TABLE TENNIS Singapore Open next month will feature world's top 10 men and women By THE world's top 10 men and women paddlers will be in town next month for the TMS Singapore Open. It will be the final International Table Tennis Federation Pro Tour
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      273 59  -  Christopher Ong SPORTS IN SCHOOLS By MENTION the secondary schools of Fuhua, Teck Whye and Bukit Merah and sporting success does not spring to mind. But these neighbourhood schools are slowly establishing themselves in their chosen sports like St Hilda's and Ahmad Ibrahim, which
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      80 59 PHOTO: PHOTO: ST PHOTO: PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM BATTLE: Saint Andrew's JC(in blue) finding the going tough against Meridian JC. But they won 2-0 in the end. ALBERT SIM HARD HITS: Anglo-Chinese JC's shuttlers (above) overwhelmed YishunJC2l-3, 21-2, while in rugby, ACS(I) (right, in yellow and
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      753 59 BASEBALL MLB: Cincinnati 9 Chicago Cubs 0, NY Mets 12 LA Dodgers 1, Oakland 6 Baltimore 5 (10 innings), Atlanta 5 San Diego 2, Cleveland 3 NY Yankees 0, Detroit 10 Boston 9, Pittsburgh 3 San Francisco 1, Toronto 6 Tampa Bay 2, Florida 6 Milwaukee 2, Houston 4
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      27 55 World's best for Spore The June 4 Singapore Open will feature the world's top 10 men's and women's table tennis players, like China's Zhang Yining. PAGE H2l
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      38 58 fls^ COME SWIM AND RAISE FUNDS Fancy swimming against Ang Peng Siong and Joscelin Yeo and raising money for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund? You can do so at the Manulife Charity Swim on May 17.
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      132 58 TV times BASKETBALL NBA play-offs Conference s-final, Game 3: New Orleans v San Antonio (Live, Ch24, Bam). CRICKET: Friend Provident Trophy: Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (Live, Chi 10, 9.28pm). IPL Jaipur Rajasthan Royals v Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (Live, Chill, 10.20pm). GOLF: Pine Valley Beijing Open: Day 2 (Live, Ch24, 2.30pm). Italian
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      133 59 "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8 NG MOI KIA Age: 88 Was called home to be with the Lord on 8 May 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Lim Hong Guan (deceased) Son: Lim Chian Lee
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      105 59 FRANKIE MOK SWEE PENG (Partner of Chop Yong Moh) Age: 60 passed away peacefully on 8 May 2008 Dearly missed and will always be fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Mvi Mvi Son: Daughter-in-law: Kenny Mok Cheng Chong Huang Lizhen Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lisa Mok Mvi Khiaw 800 Chin Tuan
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      87 59 OUR BELOVED MOTHER GANAKIAMAH SABAPATHI PILLAY passed away peacefully on 8 May 2008. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. (Husband: M.V. Kandiah, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Indran Kandiah Yogeswary Muthuthamby Poovanandran Kandiah Rajes Paramananthan Kandiah Punitha Daughters: Sons-in-law: Sahathevi (Somasundram, deceased) Lalithathevi Ganesh Grandsons: Granddaughters: Devaindran Indran Hemalatha Indran
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      79 59 fjf* The family of the late Vincent Goh Yew Mang Departed on 4 May 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all priests, relatives, friends, colleagues, church members and prayer groups for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. Special thanks
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      133 59 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 JEREMIAH CHEONG SING KWONG Age: 41 was called home to be with the Lord on 8 May 08, leaving behind loved ones. Father: Thomas Cheong Guit
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      51 59 PAVADAISAMY S/O DURAISAMY PILLAI Age 75 passed away peacefully on 8-5-2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Wife: Ariamala Sons, Daughters, Son-in-law, Daughters-in-law, grandchildren relatives Body is resting at Blk 92Zion Road #07-179 Cortege will leave on 9/5/08 (Fri) at 4.00pm for Mandai Crematorium for cremation at 5.00pm. Tel: *****099
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      62 59 We, the family of the late LILIAN AGNES MONTEIKO Departed 30 April 2008 Wish to thank Fr Johnson Fernandez and all relatives and friends who had helped in some way or another during our recent bereavement. Our parents remains will be interned in the Columbarium after the 6 pm mass
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      36 59 I Thalai Thevasam jl Ist Anniversary CHINNATA D/O GOVINDASAMY (SUZIE) Prayers will be held on 9 May 1 08, 7.30pm at Sri Arasakesari Sivan Temple 25 Sungei Kadut Aye Please treat this as a personal invitation.)
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      30 60 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of the Late LTA SHAFIE BIN BUJANG Departed on 7 May 2008 From: The Commissioner and Staff of Singapore Civil Defence Force
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      116 60 The Family of the late CHAN SWEE HENG (Departed on 3 May 2008) wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, neighbours (for their kampong spirit), AA OSS Members and Business Associates for their attendance, condolences, prayers, donations, wreaths, scrolls and kind assistance and for their words
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      177 60 NOTICE OF MEMORIAL SERVICE for MR PETER FONG SOO YEE Age: 88 Departed on Friday, April 25th, 2008 to be with the Lord Dearly missed and always remembered by all those whom he has touched so deeply. His spirit will always be with us. In accordance with his written instructions
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      74 60 SNG CHIT NEO Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 8 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Late Husband: Oh Kwee Hin Son: Oh Boon Leng Daughter: Son-in-law: Oh Boon Neo Chui Shoong Chee Grandson: Granddaughter: Chui Yongjian Chui Yongrou Caregiver: Wati all relatives and friends Wake
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      19 60 IN LOVING MEMORY OF LEONG SUM HOI Departed on 9 May 2007 Always remembered by wife, children grandchildren. k.
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      65 60 Second Anniversary In Loving Memory of SHIRLEY LIM HUAT NEO Departed on 9 May 2006 Dearest Wife, Mother Grandmother, in our hearts, your memory lingers, your sweet, tender and loving smile is dearly and fondly remembered and missed, We have you deep in our hearts and remember you with each
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      72 60 Ist1 st Anniversary In loving and living memory of our beloved husband and father KAY TUCK WAI 28-3-1950 to 9-5-2007 "Only one life, 'twill soon be past; Only what's done for Christ will last. We 'have been reminded of your sincere faith' (2 Tim 1:5) which now lives in those
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      95 60 We, the family of the late Charlie Chan Cheng Tee (called to eternal rest on 2 May 2008) would like to thank Rev. Dr Jonathan Sect, Rev. Lai Kai Ming, I Rev. Jimmy Wong and friends at Pentecost Methodist Church; Pastor Dennis Tan Hock Chye; doctors, nurses and staff of
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      34 60 In Loving Memory of LAI PENG YEE SEOWLEENGIOE Departed on 11 May 1971 Departed on 9 May 1998 Our Dearest I PA, MA, GRANDPA, GRANDMA I You are always in our hearts -Loved ones.
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      108 60 LIM BOCK KHOON Age: 73 was called home to be with the Lord on 7 May 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Ng Meow Kiang Sons: Daughters-in-law: Shaun Lim Seng Gok Belinda Lee Chong Ching Damien Lim Seng Hock Chai Chee Mei Gary Lim Seng Huat Peggy Sim Hui Kheng
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        7511 61 TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 8, 2008 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRAD ED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 28 5 11C 3C 24 5 42 141 195 15 24 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 19 4 89 1C 52 5 2C 65 48
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        66 61 52-WEEK IEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY NEI P/E M CAP $MIL +0RHIGH LOW 20C 620C 100C 1120C 1250C 398.3 3977.£ 116 6065 Diamonds 5200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore. ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 288
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      451 62 Policymakers fear abrupt currency movements may lead to instability THE United States and Europe now have a common desire to see the US dollar strengthen against the euro, senior officials told the Financial Times (FT). Policymakers told the paper they welcomed the recent rebound in
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      335 62 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York THE United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require investment banks to disclose their capital and liquidity levels, after the agency was criticised for regulatory failings in the wake of Bear Steams' near-collapse. Shares of Wall Street firms
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      543 62 REUTERS New York THE United States economy may have avoided recession for now, but signals emanating from the bond market suggest it might need the rest of the year and possibly more Fed rate cuts to recover from what ails it. In terms of
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      29 62 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,943.26 (-159.22 points) Japanese shares closed down 1.13 per cent following overnight losses on Wall Street, where surging oil prices weighed on sentiment.
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      31 62 AFP Yesterday's close: 25,449.79 (-160.42 points) Hong Kong shares closed down 0.63 per cent, as a Wall Street slump and record oil prices led to continued profit-taking.
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      35 62 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,656.84 (+77.69 points) Chinese stocks closed up 2.17 per cent, led by telecom stocks, amid expectations that the country would speed up the restructuring of the industry this month.
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      36 62 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,723.2 (+54.8 points) Australian shares shrugged off United States losses to close up 1 per cent, after the Commonwealth Bank said it was well-placed to deal with financial market turmoil.
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      34 62 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,280.35 (-6.8 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.5 per cent lower, as record oil prices and a sharp fall on Wall Street overnight prompted cautious investors to take profits.
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      28 62 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,080.65 (-258.66 points) Indian shares closed 1.49 per cent lower, as oil prices rose to a new record high, renewing fears of inflation.
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      33 62 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,376.93 (-5.77 points) Indonesian shares closed 0.2 per cent lower, after energy-related stocks and coal miners bounced back late afternoon on hopes of continued high commodity prices.
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      27 62 AFP Yesterday's close: 850.17 (+1.46 points) Thai shares closed 0.17 per cent higher due to gains in major shares especially in the energy sector.
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      117 62 tTrTTnjTiTn^TrTßT^^KffryTim 3171 QQ ■^fitt'laV' I 1.00 May 8 Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand 6.580 -0.120 CapitaMall 3.500 -0.060 CityDev 11.820 -0.140 Cosco Corp 3.390 DBS Grp 19.980 -0.300 F&N 4.890 -0.050 Gent Intl 0.585 -0.010 HK Land 4.700 -0.120 ISH 18.240 +0.080 lardineC&C 16.940 -0.100 Keppel
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      54 62 Hisaka 85,801,000 Sing Tel 59,898,000 Golden Agri 54,503,000 Sunmoon 37,374,000 JES 35,446,000 Firstßes 35,079,000 SingTelMBLeCWOBO9O3 32,227,000 China Energy 31,343,000 CapitalanMßLeCWoBo9o3 30,420,000 Yangzijiang 30,224,000 May 8 China Hongxing 26,356,000 Mercator 26,127,000 KXD Digital 22,251,000 Gentlntl 20,018,000 Ferrochina 19,515,000 LiHeng 19,000,000 SinoTechfib 17,903,000 China XLX 17,631,000 DBS DB eCWOBIOI3 16,205,000
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      133 62 May 8 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2750 1.2900 Ian dollar 1.3440 1.3600 iuro 2.0880 2.1110 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4276 0.4281 <Z dollar 1.0490 1.0720 Sterling pound 2.6560 2.6850 JS dollar 1.3610 1.3760 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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      1768 62 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 8,2008 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE '000 43 5 0 5 2036 AdvSCT W*****9 4 5 +0 5 12C 3 5 0 5 ArianeCorp W*****9 24 5 215 4267 BiosensorDBeCW*****5 302 17 33 18 5 4014 CapitalanBNPeC*****8 29 -3 5 3C 3 5
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      483 63  -  Michelle Tay Swiss bank names two co-heads of investment banking for Spore, Malaysia to replace Patrick Lee By A KEY deal-maker in the investment banking arm of embattled Swiss bank ÜBS has left for an American competitor. Mr Patrick Lee, 37, the head
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      215 63 REUTERS Hong Kong GLOBAL banking group HSBC has admitted losing a computer server holding the transaction data of 159,000 account holders in a Hong Kong branch office. The bank said in a statement issued late on Wednesday that it had lost track
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      361 64  -  Grace Ng By Finance Correspondent THE United States sub-prime crisis rocking world financial markets is not over by a long shot, warns investment guru Jim Rogers. "I doubt that we're halfway through," he said yesterday, adding that he expects more write-downs
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      603 64  -  Joyce Teo Consortium led by banker may buy hotel and adjoining arcade for $650 m By Property Correspondent MYSTERY buyers are set to acquire the historic Raffles Hotel for more than treble the $200 million it sold for just
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      410 64  -  JOYCE TEO THE Royal Peacock Hotel in Chinatown's Keong Saik Road is likely to be sold soon with a potential price tag of about $38 million. The owners of the boutique hotel called for expressions of interest, which closed on Wednesday,
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        89 64 A DROP in home sales led to a 62 per cent plunge in developer Ho Bee Investment's first-quarter profits to $26.1 million, down from $69 million in the same period last year. Group turnover was also down, falling 62 per cent to $94.2 million, given
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        86 64 ROBUST demand for steel products drove Hupsteel's third-quarter net profit up 84 per cent to $10.8 million. Revenue in the third quarter ended March 31 was up 56 per cent at $120 million, said the company yesterday. For the nine months ended March 31, it
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        76 64 THE Ascott Group, which operates 21,000 serviced apartment units around the world, acquired a 192-unit serviced residence in London's High Holborn district for $116.4 million, the company said yesterday. Ascott currently leases the property called Citadines London Holborn-Covent Garden from Land Securities, a British real
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      538 65  -  Goh Eng Yeow Revenue of $13b was also at all-time high, despite wild swings in commodity prices By COMMODITIES supply chain manager Noble Group has come through a turbulent and treacherous first quarter with flying colours. Wild price swings in commodity markets
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      465 65  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By Markets Correspondent BLUE chips may have spearheaded the month-long rally in Singapore, but traders yesterday had only one aim in mind dump them quickly. Prime targets were the three local banks, which were at the receiving end
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      246 65  -  YANG HUIWEN DIRECTORS' TRADES FOUR Sembcorp directors have exercised their share options in recent weeks. On April 4, Sembcorp Marine (SembMarine) chairman Goh Geok Ling exercised 6,250 options at 78 cents apiece and another 6,250 at 93 cents apiece. The same day, the firm's newly appointed
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      642 66  -  Alvin Foo »TOP MAS OFFICIAL TELLS COMPANIES: There may be conflicts of interest when they take on too many roles By DO NOT overload your chief financial officer (CFO) with too many responsibilities, to the point where he can no longer focus on his
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      24 66 May 8,2008 3,171.88 -57.07 STOCK 1.59 billion UP Gainers: 262 TRADING shares worth Losers: 397 VOLUME $2.06 billion DOWN Unchanged: 883
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      83 66 Mid Cap 822.46 T -3.59 Health care 841.35 A 5.60 Small Cap 690.16 A 0.53 Consumer services 826.80 T -8.33 All Share 815.49 T-10.61 Telecoms 933.89 T-21.67 Fledgling 729.96 T -0.39 Utilities 616.88 T-19.48 China 510.05 A 3.35 Financials 837.84 T-15.53 Oil and gas 788.86 T -1.03
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      209 66  -  JESSICA CHEAM NOT ENOUGH TIME OCBC Bank yesterday scrapped a plan to offer securities to shareholders as dividends. This came after the Singapore Exchange ruled that the bank would first have to seek its shareholders' approval during an extraordinary general meeting instead
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      28 66 Changing hands Raffles Hotel may be sold for as much as $650 million, just three years after US group Colony Capital bought it for $200 million. PAGE H26
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      1512 68  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi A musical featuring the songs of the legendary P. Ramlee and his illustrious career will be staged at the Esplanade MUSIC REPORTER P. Ramlee HE HAS been gone for decades, but P. Ramlee is still a box office sensation. For proof,
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      252 68 BORN Teuku Zakaria Teuku Nyak Puteh in Penang, Malaysia, on the morning of Hari Raya in 1929, P. Ramlee developed an interest in music even as a child and learnt a variety of musical instruments. His film career was launched when B.S. Rahjans, a director from
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        534 71  -  Loh Keng Fatt No feather boas, no dancing, but Elton John played his heart out as a true music professional > concert ROCKET MAN TOUR Elton John Singapore Indoor Stadium Wednesday CALL him Captain Fantastic. Or Pinball Wizard. Or (Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only) The Piano
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      441 73  -  Bernard Koh Mix art, fashion, food and beer together, and you get the Tiger Translate mobile museum in Ann Siang Hill BEER and art may sound like an unexpected match, but the two are coming together in a new event at the hip Ann
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          352 76  -  Chang Tou Liang Samuel Lee S.Y. Whang IN 2002, her debut album, appropriately titled Magic, made critics sit up. Sadly though, nothing more was heard from Dai Ai-ling, even though her powerful pipes and distinctive vocals could easily silence A-listers like John Tsai and Ramie Yang, and give A*mei
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          78 76 THIS unusual anthology of British 20th-cen-tury music, performed by an American orchestra and conducted by a Scotsman, is an ear-shat-tering riposte to the pastoral tradition of Vaughan Williams and Delius. Beginning with the flag-wav-ing jingoism of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance Marches, the procession heads for the Scottish isles of
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          161 77 RIGHT from the start, that lovely, riotous voice of Jemina Pearl stands out. The vocalist of the Nashville skate-punk quartet is among a handful of new fabulous femme rock queens in my book, the others being Alison Mosshart of Anglo-American duo The Kills and Adele Bethel from Scottish
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          134 77 IF CALIFORNIAN psych-folk darling Devendra Banhart decides to venture into space rock, he'll sound just like these two dudes: Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden, together known as MGMT (short for the Management). The Brooklyn duo, already touted as one of the acts of 2008, dress up like hippies
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        71 84 SNAKE QUEEN: Singer Anita Sarawak wears a snake-skin costume and holds a live snake in the video for her Malay single, Ular (Snake). "It felt ticklish as the snake was slippery. But after a while, I began to feel comfortable," she told Utusan Malaysia... SOUL MATES: Singer Mariah Carey
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        231 84 NEW YORK Actress Lindsay Lohan is being asked to pay US$lO,OOO (5513,767) after she was photographed wearing a blond mink coat allegedly belonging to a student. The coat had gone missing in a New York bar. Masha Markova, 22, told the New York Post that she
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