The Straits Times, 14 May 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 126 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon SCHOOLS OF DEATH
    1030 1  -  Chua Chin Hon Field is turned into makeshift morgue with bodies of students carried into tent every few minutes By China Bureau Chief In Juyuan (Sichuan) NUMB with grief, parents and family members waited in silence as rescue workers pulled one teenage corpse after another from the
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  • PRIME
    • SICHUAN QUAKE
      • SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS
        • Article
          Lock icon Troops finally trek into Ground Zero
          670 4  -  XINHUA XINHUA XINHUA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS »WENCHUAN COUNTY Mountainous area isolated by blocked roads, mudslides for nearly 24 hours AFTER nearly 24 hours, the eerie silence from Ground Zero was finally broken. Wenchuan county, the epicentre of the 7.9-magnitude quake which hammered
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          Lock icon Jittery residents staying outdoors
          497 4  -  Chua Chin Hon »CHENGDU By China Bureau Chief In Chengdu RELATIVE calm has returned to Chengdu, the nearest major city affected by Monday's powerful magnitude 7.9 earthquake. But many residents remained on edge a day after buildings shook and supplies of power and water were cut
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          Lock icon 18,600 trapped
          207 6  -  XINHUA > MIANYANG MORE than 3,600 people were killed and over 18,600 people buried under debris in Mianyang city, following Monday's quake centred in Wenchuan 30km away, state media reported yesterday. The quake also caused serious damage to buildings, roads and telecommunications facilities in Mianyang, and water and
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          Lock icon 6,000 trapped
          222 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA »MIANZHU RESCUERS scrambling over the twisted metal and concrete of the devastated city of Mianzhu yesterday said they could hear voices from the rubble more than 24 hours after a quake. With time running out for about 6,000 people buried here, one soldier said that
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          Lock icon 5,000 dead
          249 6  -  XINHUA »BEICHUAN COUNTY THE county seat of Beichuan, about 160 km north-east of the epicentre, was almost levelled, making it the area with the highest death toll as compared to all other quake-af-fected areas in China so far. As of early yesterday, up to 5,000 people were said
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          Lock icon 900 trapped
          185 6  -  XINHUA »DUJIANGYAN IN THIS city midway between Chengdu and the epicentre, the authorities feared the death toll would rise into thousands as about 900 teachers and students remained buried under a collapsed school building yesterday. At least 60 bodies were retrieved yesterday from under the debris of Juyuan
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      • NO EFFORTS SPARED
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          Lock icon 50,000 soldiers mobilised for disaster relief
          809 8  -  VINCE CHONG PM Wen also visits quake-hit cities to comfort victims and their relatives By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA mobilised more than 50,000 soldiers to help with disaster relief work, as Premier Wen Jiabao visited the worst quake-hit cities to comfort victims and
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          Lock icon Singapore companies close for building checks
          375 8  -  Chia Van Mm By Yang Huiwen SOME Singapore businesses were jolted severely by Monday's earthquake but damage has been minimal with no employees injured. But safety concerns have led some high-profile firms in Sichuan to close operations until they get an all-clear. Property giant
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          Lock icon This time, China responds swiftly
          700 8  -  Goh Sui Noi COMMENTARY By Senior Writer THE swiftness of the Chinese government's response to the earthquake in Sichuan province on Monday is a far cry from its actions during the devastating snowstorms earlier this year. Premier Wen Jiabao was on the ground in Dujiangyan
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      • IMPACT ON MARKETS
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          Lock icon Bourses only mildly shaken
          427 9  -  Yang Huiwen Swift action taken to suspend stocks of firms operating in Sichuan area By THE earthquake's aftershocks were felt in China s stock markets yesterday but the fallout was relatively mild, thanks in part to swift action by regulators. The Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges suspended
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          Lock icon Sichuanese club starts relief fund
          492 9 APRIL CHONG, JUDITH TAN AND MELISSA SIM THE Tian Fu Club, an association in Singapore for Sichuanese immigrants, swung into action after Monday's quake. It started a disaster relief fund and has already collected more than $100,000. Within 24 hours, club president Tony Dv had
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          Lock icon Offers of help from abroad
          176 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG Beijing OFFERS of help flowed in from foreign countries and businesses but China said yesterday that conditions were "not yet ripe" to allow foreign rescue teams into the country, citing damage to transport links caused by the earthquake. Japan offered 500 million
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Tourist city Jaipur hit by 7 bombs in 12 mins
      569 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE "I heard a deafening noise and I thought it was a gas cylinder blast. There was smoke and I could not find my son. Then I found him." WITNESS HEMANTH MODI 60 killed in terror blasts that
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon 2-Korea divide 'will disappear one day'
      458 12  -  Sim Chi Yin This is Singapore s wish for Koreans, says George Yeo at visit to DMZ By China Correspondent In Pyongyang A LINE dividing one people. Foreign Minister George Yeo left these words in the guestbook after a visit to the Demilitarised Zone
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • MYANMAR CYCLONE
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        706 14  -  Nirmal Ghosh Food and supplies on sale as international criticism mounts By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok AS MORE foreign aid for cyclone victims trickles into Myanmar, reports are emerging of leaks, with plastic sheets, food and other supplies from foreign donors
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        Lock icon More relief supplies from S'pore
        481 14  -  Jermyn Chow By SINGAPORE-BASED aid agency Mercy Relief flew its first batch of emergency supplies to Myanmar yesterday, more than a week after Cyclone Nargis slammed into the country. The supplies, worth $42,000, include tents, mosquito nets and utensils. They were bound for the country's
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        Lock icon Fuel-price protests a test for Jakarta govt
        563 15  -  Salim Osman Cutting fuel subsidies is a risky move but govt says country is feeling the strain By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta A PROPOSAL to increase fuel prices next month sparked protests across the country yesterday, testing the government of President Susilo Bambang
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Sabah MPs threaten revolt against ruling coalition
      655 17  -  Leslie Lopez They step up calls for more ministerial posts, development funds and petroleum royalties By South-east Asia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi is facing a revolt in his ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government. In recent days, elected representatives
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      1018 17 ■w. |ssj .^k RT£^77/7 2^^Zu22 The University of St Andrews (founded in 1413) is the Ist j, University in Scotland the 3rd oldest in the United Kingdom, of after Oxford Cambridge. The University is ranked sth out of St Andrews 113 Universities in the UK by Times Good Universities Guide
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Tweaking embryo's genes leads to outcry
      737 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES Genetically-altered human embryo is a step towards designer babies, say critics New York SCIENTISTS have created what is believed to be the first genetically-altered human embryo, a development watchdog groups have slammed as a step towards "designer babies".
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        90 19 NEW YORK TIMES DHARAMSALA: The Dalai Lama said formal talks between his envoys and China were expected to resume next month, even as Beijing kept up its public denunciations of the spiritual leader. The Dalai Lama expressed no particular optimism for what these next talks with
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        93 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: South Korea's President said yesterday that Washington has accepted his government's plan to stop imports of US beef if any new case of mad cow disease breaks out in the United States. Fears of mad cow disease have intensified among South
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        78 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS KATHMANDU: Nepal's Prime Minister has set May 28 as the first day for the Constituent Assembly meeting, which would also see the abolition of the centuries-old monarchy. It was decided before the elections by the major political parties that the first meeting of
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        62 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS SENECA (Missouri): Another round of storms was headed towards the tor-nado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other US states yesterday, as residents were still picking up from the weekend's killer twisters that left at least 27 dead. The National Weather Service said
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      352 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Government to spend $52b on infrastructure to capitalise on growth of China and India Canberra AUSTRALIA plans to spend As4o billion (Sss2 billion) on modernising its infrastructure to enable Canberra to capitalise on a mining boom and the economic growth of China
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      Lock icon US airline sued for seating man in toilet
      520 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Passenger flying on a complimentary pass says it made him give up seat to a steward New York A MANHATTAN man who is suing Jetßlue Airways Corp for more than US$2 million (552.7 million) says a pilot made him
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      Lock icon Beer all buckled up in car, but not the child
      231 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Darwin AN AUSTRALIAN driver who secured a carton of beer in his car with a seat belt but left a five-year-old child unrestrained was fined As7so (Ss97o), police said yesterday. Constable Wayne Burnett said he was
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      Lock icon Blood clots in legs linked to air pollution: Study
      439 22 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG Particulate matter in polluted air raises rate at which the blood coagulates Chicago AIR pollution raises the risk of potentially fatal blood clots in the legs, the condition air travellers call "economy class syndrome", a Harvard study says. The
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      Lock icon Swiss bank sued over ties with Iran
      160 22 REUTERS New York AMERICAN victims of bombings and rocket attacks in Israel have sued Swiss bank ÜBS AG for more than US$5OO million (Ss6Bs million), accusing it of helping to fund the militants behind the attacks through dealings with Iran. The lawsuit seeks
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      Lock icon Russian President in Putin's pincer grip
      1054 24  -  Jonathan Eyal POWER PLAY IN MOSCOW Medvedev divested of control over oil revenues and hemmed in by Putin's spy network allies By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev approved yesterday the new Cabinet put forward by his political mentor and
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon First South Asian woman to be city mayor in Britain
        286 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANJULA Sood will make history this week when she slips gilded robes and a chain of office over her sari to become Lord Mayor of the British city of Leicester. A South Asian woman has never held the
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        169 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRITAIN'S top judge Lord Phillips has been chosen to model the latest in judicial fashion, showcasing efforts to simplify the judiciary's elaborate gowns and remove antiquated horsehair wigs from some courts. A long, flowing continen-tal-style black robe has been designed by fashion veteran
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      34 18 Man sues over seat in 100 A man is suing Jetßlue Airways because he says the pilot made him sit on the aircraft's toilet for more than three hours on a flight. PAGE 21
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon Quake: China well prepared
      453 26 HOW competently a nation responds to an improbable disaster of massive impact is revealing of its systems and how well-drilled the people who execute textbook plans are. Differing political motivations count too. This is acutely so in societies where control is asserted more by fiat than
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      693 26  -  Vincent Lingga THE JAKARTA POST »JAKARTA COURT'S TEMASEK RULING By LEGAL matters, however complex and technical, should also follow common-sense logic. To the layman, the Central Jakarta District Court's ruling last Friday that the Singapore Government-owned Temasek Holdings and its subsidiaries breached anti-competition laws through minority
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      751 26  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Bangkok Correspondent In Thailand ANY hopes of a "disaster diplomacy" breakthrough in the antagonistic US-Myan-mar relationship may have been banished in a few short minutes on May 5, when US First Lady Laura Bush lashed out at Myanmar's "inept" generals
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      675 26  -  David Brooks NEW YORK TIMES By IN 1996, Tom Wolfe wrote a brilliant essay titled Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died, in which he captured the militant materialism of some modern scientists. To them, the idea that the spirit might exist apart from the body is just
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      998 27  -  Bruce Gale By Senior Writer "WHENEVER Japan and Russia have summit meetings, we are very excited," 69-year-old Sakiko Suzuki told Reuters last month. Mr Suzuki, a former resident of one of the islands to the north of Japan occupied by Russia since the
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      971 28  -  Susan Sachs By For The Straits Times In Paris ONE year into his five-year presidency, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy is a much-diminished figure whose promises to shake France out of its lethargy have turned sour. Elected with 53 per cent of the vote last
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      241 26 From glitz to gaffes One year into his presidency, Mr Sarkozy is a much-diminished figure whose promises of reform in France have turned sour. PAGE 28 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Editor-in-Chief
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      797 31  -  Lim Heng Liang Foreigners made up 650 of the 800 unlicensed sellers nabbed so far this year By FOREIGNERS are hawking food in ever increasing numbers at places where crowds throng, such as outside MRT stations and temples. The National Environment Agency
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      327 31  -  LIM HENG LIANG DRESSED in a blue shirt, khaki trousers and slippers, and wearing a black waist pouch, Mr Muhamad Musa, 36, plies his trade seated on a red plastic stool on the overhead bridge outside Lakeside MRT station. On a cardboard
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      667 32  -  Chang Ai -Lien 2 projects aim to pool expertise and resources, develop treatments fast By Science Correspondent A WHOPPING $25 million each has been awarded to two ambitious research projects here to tackle blindness and schizophrenia. The projects Singapore's largest will involve about 50
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      89 32 Two police national servicemen were among 99 army, police and civil defence officers appointed as Honorary Aides-de-Camp (ADCs) to the President at the Istana yesterday. The NSmen are Superintendent (NS) Wan Chee Tong (right) and Superintendent (NS) Chai Yee Yuen. The duo will join two
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      722 35  -  Sandra Davie Numbers up by nearly 5,000; surge linked to increased places, more aspiring to a degree By Senior Writer UNIVERSITY applications surged this year to 58,606, up from 53,853 last year. Of the total, 36,858 applications were from A-level students and 21,748
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      558 37  -  Keith Lin Bus operator introduces new retirement age in face of severe driver shortage By BUS drivers with SBS Transit can continue working beyond the official retirement age of 62 without suffering any loss in pay or benefits. They can
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      124 37 THE price of rice is going north and there does not seem to be a ceiling in sight. While other food prices are rising too, expensive rice affects us most since it is the staple food choice here and in much of Asia. What can we
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      637 38  -  Teh Joo Lin Letters sent to offenders using symbol of humanitarian aid; MOH also directs ambulances, clinics to remove the emblem By TWO red cross signs were pasted on the glass shopfront. A third cross emblazoned on a standing signboard further captured
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      434 39  -  Theresa Tan 30 to 40 bond-free awards for those from poor families will be given out yearly in honour of late minister By MR HOWE Yoon Chong, a former minister and corporate titan who died last year, did not fuss over the
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      300 39  -  SUMATHI V. SELVARETNAM By TEN more schools will participate in the direct admission exercise this year, bringing the total to 66. This will create 200 more places for the 2009 cohort of Secondary 1 students applying for direct admission. About 1,959 students were admitted
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      218 39  -  JANE NG FIVE "future schools" are getting the support of some of the biggest technology companies to harness information technology and other applications in their lessons. The companies are Sing Tel, Hewlett-Pack-ard, ST Electronics and Civica, a software and consulting firm.
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      167 40  -  SUJIN THOMAS The Republic of Singapore Navy's old reliables were decommissioned in a ceremony held yesterday at Changi Naval Base. Six missile gunboats, which have been on active duty with the Navy's 185 Squadron for the past 33 years, were decommissioned in the sunset
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      413 40  -  Khushwant Singh Based at Lucky Plaza on her days off, Filipino loaned up to $300 to other maids By A MAID who moonlighted as a loan shark was jailed for a year and eight months by a district court yesterday. Rebecca Andicoy Alcalde, 28, a
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      804 41  -  Elena Chong ELENA CHONG Repeat offender who targeted children gets 2 years'jail, 8 strokes By Court Correspondent A SERIAL child molester who caught on as a parish volunteer was yesterday given two years' jail for abusing a young girl in a central-area church. Emil Kuah Kuan Boon, a
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      316 41  -  SELINA LUM A MAN who founded a public relations firm 25 years ago and helped develop it into a regional business ended up being sued for poaching staff and clients by the very company that bears his name. Now, Michael De Kretser the
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      403 42  -  Salma Khali k HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE Of 12,000 children affected this year, EV7I strain caused 29% of infections By Health Correspondent THE number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases fell 15 per cent last week there
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      297 42  -  SALMA KHALIK SHARMAINE Lee, seven, was back at school on Monday five weeks after the start of the young girl's battle with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) that could have left her with brain damage. It was touch and go at one
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      26 31 Red Cross sees red Singapore Red Cross is sending letters to errant firms urging them to stop using the international sign of humanitarian work. PAGE H8
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      224 43  -  Dr Norman Vasu MS S. RADHA, head of corporate communications at the Ministry of Law, in her reply last Saturday ("Why voting age in Singapore is 21") to Dr Andy Ho's column last Thursday ("If old enough for NS, why not the vote?")
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      366 43  -  Sin Wei Xiang HOT on the heels of accusations of Singaporeans being complacent, we are now chided for being kiam-siap skinflints), following Ms Chua Mvi Hoong's column last Friday ("A cheapskate's take on current issues"). This phenomenon is more pervasive than it appears. It not
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      69 43  -  Jenny Choo (Mrs) WITH the increasing number of permanent residents (PRs) in Singapore, can the Ministry of Education (MOE) consider different categories for Singapore citizens and PRs for Primary 1 registration? As a citizen, I feel we should be given priority to register our children. I
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      212 43  -  Ciler Gazi (Ms) I WAS amazed at last Sunday's article, "Seat-belt rule for school buses will take time". If a study on seat belts on school buses by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has been ongoing since 2006, why then
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      344 43  -  Julina Khusaini (Ms) I REFER to Mr Farhan Ali's letter, "Malay middle class, not the poor, must buck up" (April 30) and thank the writer for his feedback and timely reminder on the importance of skills upgrading to make us relevant and
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      341 43  -  Tan Tatt Si RECENTLY, I was taught the realities of official graciousness by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). On April 23, in response to a request by Singapore General Hospital (SGH) for blood platelets, I went to the hospital about 11am. To my chagrin,
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      417 43  -  Cheng Howe Ming THE article, "When acquittal is bit-ter-sweet", last Thursday cites the remarks of the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) spokesman, giving the unfortunate impression that he was commenting specifically on Mr William Ding's case. This was emphatically not so. AGC was given an excerpt
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      39 43 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes.com. Access to letters online is free. CALL US RESPONSIBLE: Netizens and Internet freedom FIVE-STAR FAILURE: Travel refund YOU CAN: Mail delivery opt-outs GET TOUGHER: Tourist-tricking cabbies RUINED: Mother's Day at Sentosa
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      425 44  -  Lin Xinyi By THE job of getting Singapore's first Olympic medal in 48 years has become potentially harder for the national women table tennis team. The late qualification of two highly-rated Hong Kong paddlers means that Singapore can now expect a stiff challenge from the Hong Kong team,
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      739 44  -  Terrence Voon By THREE months to go before the Beijing Games, but Singapore already has a winner at the Olympics. Singaporean Ho Nai Yue will be the overall chief steward for the Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong the first Asian to receive this honour. The 60-year-old
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      286 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS Hamburg ROGER Federer's birthday is on the opening day of the Beijing Olympics, and the top-ranked tennis player hopes to be bearing the Swiss flag when the athletes march in at the opening ceremony. "I would be very proud
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        56 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BARCELONA: Good news for Argentina's soccer team: Barcelona have agreed to release Lionel Messi for the Beijing Olympic Games if he is selected to play for the national team. Argentina are the defending Olympic champions and the 20-year-old striker will be an
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        76 44 LONDON: Britain's top women's distance runner, Paula Radcliffe, may wear a face mask at the Beijing Olympics but not while competing. The athlete, 34, has so far played down the fears over pollution in the Chinese capital, saying previously that she thought heat and
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        88 44 REUTERS RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro's bid to host the 2016 Olympics has been boosted by last week's upgrade of Brazil's credit rating to investment grade, organisers said. "It gives the Olympic movement the certainty that Brazil has the financial security to deliver the
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        41 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI: The Cuban judo team have returned home from the Pan American Championships in Miami without Yurisel Laborde, a two-time world champion and 2004 bronze medallist. The 78kg winner is believed to have defected.
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        72 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS MILAN: World 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell resumed training on Monday after suffering a recent chest injury. He should be in good health in time for the Olympics, his manager said. The sprinter pulled a pectoral muscle last month and halted training for
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        69 44 LONDON: Zara Phillips, 26, is set to follow in the Olympic footprints of her parents, Britain's Princess Anne and Mark Phillips. The world eventing champion was named in a team of five that will contest the three-day equestrian competition in Beijing, reported The Times. Princess
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      396 45  -  Leonard Lim BADMINTON But world No 1s Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang have opted to skip event By OLYMPIC champion Taufik Hidayat, of Indonesia, leads a stellar list of shuttlers who have confirmed their participation at next month's Aviva Singapore Open. Others ranked in
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      226 45 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta BADMINTON'S powerbrokers yesterday admitted that they need to re-examine the rules, after South Korea threw a match at the Thomas Cup here. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) acknowledged the controversy could mar the reputation of the sport's premier team event and
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      318 45  -  Leonard Lim BODYBUILDING By BODYBUILDER Sasi Zura Raush is a step closer to losing the lightweight (70kg) title he won at last month's National Championships and serving a two-year worldwide ban. This, after he waived his right to have his 'B'
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      520 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS »GOLF Jacksonville (Florida) ANNIKA Sorenstam will retire at the end of this season. That will end an LPGA Tour career in which she has won 72 tournaments to date, and produced a defining moment when she
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      648 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS »SOCCER Twenty-six fit men, but only 11 starting places and seven on the bench. That means eight Man United players will be disappointed not to feature in the Champions League final London ALEX Ferguson has a problem most of his peers wished
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      163 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALEX Ferguson's great season just got better. The Manchester United manager was selected as England's Manager of the Year on Monday by his coaching colleagues 24 hours after claiming his 10th Premier League title with the Red Devils. The 66-year-old Scot
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      423 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS Manchester STANDING in the way of Zenit St Petersburg's first European title is a Glasgow Rangers defence that has been breached just twice en route to today's Uefa Cup final. A relaxed Zenit are not fazed by the barrier awaiting
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        88 46 REUTERS TOKYO: J-League club JEF United Chiba are making ambitious moves to sign England striker Michael Owen, a newspaper said yesterday. The Nikkan Sports daily, quoting unnamed J-League sources, said the Japanese club, who are last in the league, have contacted agents for
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        76 46 REUTERS MANCHESTER: Sven-Goran Eriksson will take Manchester City on a post-season tour of Thailand today, not knowing if he will come back with his job. The former England coach had already been in trouble with Thai owner Thaksin Shinawatra before Sunday's crushing
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        40 46 LONDON: English fourth division striker Lee Thorpe broke his arm in three places while arm-wrestling with a Rochdale teammate on the team bus. He now faces surgery on the arm injury, the club said.
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        61 46 LEEDS: Leeds United, once a glamorous Premier League club, are in danger of missing promotion to the Championship essentially the second tier of English soccer. They lost the first leg of their promotion play-off tie against Carlisle United 1-2, reported The Guardian. The
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        44 46 LONDON: Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cecil has reportedly threatened to leave the club if he is not given a pay rise, reported The Sun. The report claims that he wants an increase to his £50,000-a-week (*****,000) salary.
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      575 47 Celtics Kings of road now roadkill ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL James has2lptsto deal them a fifth straight play-off loss and even series Cleveland (Ohio) BACK to even, and back to Boston with authority. Leßron James scored 21 points, jamming in a powerhouse dunk over a defenceless Kevin Garnett in the final
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        69 47 ASSOCIATED PRESS ST LOUIS (Missouri): World No 1 golfer Tiger Woods is chipping and putting again, but it will be a while before he can compete. The American is still recovering from knee surgery on April 15. However, he hopes to be able
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        59 47 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: Indian weightlifter Kavita Dcvi has been banned for two years, after failing a test conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency. She was sent back from the recent Asian Championships in Japan, after the Weightlifting Federation of India was informed of the
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        89 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LIVERPOOL: Nicol David has won back the British Open squash title she lost after an upset defeat last year. The Malaysian beat England's Jenny Duncalf 9-1, 10-8, 9-0 yesterday. She had to save a game point, but that was the only crisis moment
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      540 47 BADMINTON Thomas Cup Finals in Jakarta, prelim rd Gp B: Malaysia 4 South Korea 1. Gp C: Denmark 3 Japan 2. 2nd rd (knock-out stage): Thailand 3 New Zealand 0, Japan 3 Germany 2. Über Cup, Gp X: South Korea 5 Hong Kong 0. Gp Z: Indonesia 5 Netherlands
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      183 47 TRIATHLON THERE is no time to waste before the Youth Olympic Games. Identifying Singaporean athletes who are good enough to represent the Republic in two years' time should thus start as soon as possible. And an occasion like the Osim Singapore International Triathlon
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      91 47 A Hall of Fame pillar featuring four of Singapore's best bowlers (from second left) Remy Ong, Grace Young, Jack Wong and Jesmine Ho (absent) was unveiled at the Singapore Bowling Federation's new premises at the Jalan Besar Swimming Complex yesterday. Singapore Bowling Federation president Jessie Phua
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      288 47 BLOOMBERG NEWS, ASSOCIATED PRESS CRICKET Miami WEST Indies batsman Marlon Samuels (right) has been banned for two years for breaching cricket's code of conduct after a probe into alleged links with a bookmaker. A disciplinary committee ruled that he broke rules prohibiting players
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      137 47 TV times BADMINTON: Thomas/Über Cup: Q-finals (Live, Ch22, 3pm). BASKETBALL: NBA play-offs Conference s-final, game 5: Orlando Magic v Detroit Pistons (Live, Ch23, 7am). CRICKET: IPL: Mumbai v Chennai (Live, Chill, 10.20pm). CYCLING: Tour of Italy: Stage 5 (Live, Chi 13, 9pm). HOCKEY: Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: New Zealand v
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      115 48 LEE YANG HANG Age: 82 Passed away peacefully on 13 May 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Kwek Yee Tian Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Chor Kiat, Jefffrey Yak Bee Lay Lee Chor Ling, Calvin Lim Poh Chio, Rissa Lee Chor Chiang Lim Shui Mci Daughter: Son-in-law: Lee
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      97 48 NG GHEE HUAT Age: 91 passed away peacefully on 12 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Ah Lee Sons: Daughters-in-law: James Ng Chin Tong Fong Oi Kiew Ng Chin Tin Mike Ng Chin Leong Susan Chow Max Ng Chin Khoon Karen Fong Moe Ching
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      79 48 We, the family of the late FRANKIE MOK SWEE PENG Departed on 8 May 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all priests, relatives, friends, business partners of Chop Yong Moh for their prayers, kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Special Thanks
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      84 48 I ONG CHONG YAW, JAMES Age: 55 passed away peacefully on 13 May 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Mother Ng Pack Lan Father-in-law Chow Cheong Kang Wife Chow Siew Mci, Mary Son Ong Ming Jen, Jason Daughter Ong Ying Qing, Mariss brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces. Wake is
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      54 48 JACINTA LESLEY NUNIS Age: 23 Departed on 8 May 2008 Dearly missed and always remembered by Leslie, June, Christabel Carlos Special thanks to relatives in Spore, XL, Australia, close friends and friends, St Bernadette Church Wake Group, City Harvest Church, Management Staff of ALB STL (Naval Base) for their prayers,
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      94 48 7th Anniversary CHENG MOOI KIOW We are sending a dove to heaven, dear sister. With a parcel on its wing. Be careful how you open it. It comes with wonderful things. It's filled with a million kisses, Wrapped up with a million hugs. From Mum and Dad, and everyone at
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      168 48 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 PAUL LIM LIP SENG Age: 57 Was called home to be with the Lord on 12 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      29 48 §w £miMs 'M&mmy of Angela Seng Sock Tin Departed 14/5/2007 Miimmy^wejmiss.edfyquiU Husband: Andrew Lim Sons: Ding Hong Zi Jie Daughter: Yu Jing Dearly missed by family friends, email: angela.seng@gmail.com
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      81 48 Anbe Sivam Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the late A.RAMASAMY Departed: 30 April 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, condolences and donations during their recent bereavement. Karumathi prayers, tonight at Blk 129 #07-366, Bukit Batok West
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      65 48 In Loving Memory of Elaine Lim Departed: 14 May 1988 20 years have passed With your love always with us Memories of happy times never fade They just get stronger, with age Grandkids you now nave aplenty All girls as well your dream come true And under your watchful eyes
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      22 48 Ist Anniversary I In Loving Memory of ANGELA SENG Departed 14 May 2007 Sadly missed and forever cherished by Kenny Joanna Yau
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      28 48 In tEverlovina 'Memory Of Lee Chuan Siak Departed: 14/5/88 sadly missed and always remembered by: Families, Management Staff Kong Siang Group Holdings Pte Ltd Interlocal Exim Pte Ltd
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      76 48 In everloving memory of Ong Sing Pang Francis Ong Scow Ming 23 May 1998 14 May 2006 He had a smile, a pleasant way, A helping hand to all he knew, He was kind, generous and true, On earth he nobly did his best: Grant him, Jesus heavenly rest. Dearly
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      30 48 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of GEORGE GOVENDRAM 14 May 2007 No longer in our lives, Forever in our hearts. Dearly missed and always remembered by family and loved ones
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      21 48 12th Anniversary In Loving Memory of LIAW WEI KIAT Departed on 14.5.1996 Missed by: Father, Mother, brothers and all loved ones
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      77 48 ONG KIM JOO Age: 85 Passed away peacefully on 12 May 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife Seah Siew Hong Son (Bernard Ong Choon Heng, deceased) Daughters Ong Sok Khoon Ong Sok Luan Care-giver Sihtiar Body is resting at Singapore Casket, 131 Lavender Street, Crystal Room
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      42 48 AL-FATIHAH HJH MAZNAH BINTE IBRAHIM passed away peacefully on 11.05.2008 Loving wife, Extraordinary mother, A true example of real strength. While we mourn her death, we also celebrate her life. Prayers will be held every night for 7 days. Tel: 9674 8932
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      27 48 THAMBIAH PONNAMPALAM Age: 94 Departed: 13 May 2008 passed away peacefully on 13 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by wife, children, grandchildren J loved ones.
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        7506 49 TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 13,2008 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 28 5 11C 3C 24 5 42 141 195 15 24 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 19 4 1C 52 5 2C 65 48 5 184
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        1405 49 52-WEEK IEL HIGH LOW CODE SMIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL ORDAV 'OOO HIGH NET LOW MCAP P/E 30 41.; 31 16.; 38 70.; 22.; 44.; li.; 44.; 78.; i;.; i; 16.; 17.1 9C 43 19.; 88 21 2.3 1 41.2 19.3 21 li.; 21.; 4;.; 14.;
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        53 49 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 620C 100C 1120C 1250C 398.3 116 6065 Diamonds 5200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 288 6009 STI ETF US200cd US620C US100C .US1120C US1250C 328 +1 21
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      475 50 REUTERS But situation still far from normal as some markets remain moribund Sea Island (Georgia) UNITED States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday the central bank's emergency liquidity measures have helped relieve strain in financial markets, but the recovery process remains
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      319 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington AMERICANS, battling soaring petrol prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending last month. The United States Commerce Department reported yesterday that retail sales dipped 0.2 per cent last month, right in line with
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      34 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,953.73 (+210.37 points) Japanese shares rose 1.53 per cent, lifted by gains on Wall Street, a drop in crude oil prices and solid earning results from high-tech companies.
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      27 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 25,552.77 (+489.6 points) Hong Kong shares closed up 1.95 per cent following gains by HSBC, China Mobile and mainland banks.
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      32 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,560.24 (-66.74 points) Chinese shares closed down 1.84 per cent, as investors worried about the impact of a deadly earthquake in south-west China and high inflation.
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      32 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,812.7 (-15.8 points) Australian shares closed down 0.3 per cent, as investors turned cautious ahead of the centre-left government's first budget due later in the day.
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      30 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,286.54 (-6.55 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.5 per cent lower on profit-taking in plantation and energy stocks, following a dip in crude oil prices.
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      23 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 16,752.86 (-108.04 points) Indian stocks slipped 0.64 per cent, as investors sold equities on uncertain global market trends.
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      34 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,418.9 (+40.9 points) Indonesian shares closed 1.7 per cent higher with Wall Street's overnight rally and the easing oil price lifting buying interest, particularly in the resources sector.
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      33 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 839.01 (-3.21 points) Thai stocks closed 0.38 per cent lower due mainly on profit-taking in energy stocks, as investors remained worried about fluctuations in global oil prices.
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      114 50 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,203.42 |j2j|fl May 13 Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand.... 6.680 -0.010 CapitaMall 3.470 -0.010 CityDev ...11.700 +0.100 Cosco Corp... 3.380 -0.030 DBS Grp ...20.160 +0.060 F&N 4.980 +0.040 Gent Intl 0.580 HK Land 4.960 +0.120 JSH ...18.300 +0.380 Jardine C&C ...17.060 -0.020 Keppel Corp
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      48 50 May 13 Oceanus 54,381,000 Golden Agri 52,271,000 Chart SemiCond 27,954,000 China Hongxing 25,682,000 Synear 25,072,000 ChlnaEnergy 24,560,000 SingTel 23,763,000 FirstRes 21,855,000 CoscoCorpMEReCW*****8 21,775,000 CoscoCorpDBeCW*****9 21,128,000 Celestial 20,152,000 CoscoCorpMBLeCW*****2 19,668,000 Yangzijiang 18,649,000 LiHeng 16,803,000 Cosco Corp 16,248,000 Abterra 15,780,000 Bio-Treat 14,942,000 ChinaNTown 14,783,000 Sapphire 14,700,000 CapitalanMBLeCW*****3 13,325,000
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      135 50 May 13 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2840 1.2990 Ian dollar 1.3490 1.3650 iuro 2.1060 2.1310 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4252 0.4263 IZ dollar 1.0400 1.0640 Sterling pound 2.6510 2.6820 JS dollar 1.3570 1.3730 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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      1561 50 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 13,2008 PHOTO: HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE '000 43 5 0 5 2036 AdvSCT W*****9 4 -0 5 53 24 5 215 4267 BiosensorDBeCW*****5 215 -0 5 5 33 18 5 4014 CapitalanBNPeC*****8 30 5 +0 5 75 37 36 4083 CapitalanBNPeCW*****8 65
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      Lock icon IEA trims oil demand forecast for fourth month
      542 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG NEWS Consumption hike could ease to 1.2% as high prices cause concern worldwide LONDON RECORD oil prices are driving down demand for black gold in the world's most developed economies, despite growth in China and the Middle East, the
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        1292 52  -  Chia Van Mm Ex-accountant set up Eton House in 1995 to help children learn while having fun. Last year, the venture had revenues of over $30m ST PHOTO: By IT WAS a Saturday and a day off for little Ng E-Ching, but the four-year-old
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          182 53 I'm planning to join the tourism attractions industry. Are there courses I can take? The Tourism Management Institute of Singapore (TMIS) has been appointed by the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) as the Continuing Education and Training Centre to run courses for the attractions sector. Individuals
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      Lock icon Former MHA complex up for office lease
      616 54  -  Joyce Teo Tanglin site can be leased for an initial 3 years, with option for renewal till 2017 By Property Correspondent THE sprawling Phoenix Park site in Tanglin Road, which housed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for more than two decades, can
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      Lock icon Higher fuel costs cause drop in ComfortDelGro's profits
      412 54  -  Fiona Chan By SOARING oil prices ate into the profits of transport giant ComfortDelGro in the first three months of the year, as it had to fork out more for fuel. The bus and taxi operator said first-quarter revenue rose 5.8 per
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      Lock icon HSBC economist tips inflation at 6% this year
      321 54  -  Alvin Foo By INFLATION is set to peak in the coming months before falling to 4 per cent by the end of the year, said HSBC Bank economist Robert Prior-Wandes-forde yesterday. However, he expects overall inflation for the year to average 6
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      Lock icon SMEs can thrive in tough times, says venture capitalist
      538 54  -  Michelle Tay By SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) not only can survive the current economic slowdown, they can even thrive as long as they stay realistic. Mr Eugene Wong, the managing director of venture capital and finance advisory firm Sirius Venture
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      545 55  -  Goh Eng Yeow Company continues to benefit from merger and higher commodity prices By THE boss of agricultural giant Wilmar International says the firm will try to hold off price rises on the products it sells in China, such as cooking oil, for
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        282 55  -  ALVIN FOO SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) chief executive (CEO) Hsieh Fu Hua raised his direct interest in the bourse operator by exercising share options recently. Last Thursday, he exercised 500,000 options at a price of $1.70 apiece. Based on SGX's closing price of $9.02 yesterday, he
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      Lock icon Modest share gains as oil prices retreat slightly
      544 55  -  GOH ENG YEOW TAKING STOCK WALL Street's overnight gains and a retreat in oil prices provided the backdrop for regional bourses to stage a mild rally yesterday. But S-chips the China plays listed in Singapore came under some selling pressure as share
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      75 55 (0) May 13 Lyxor China H 10USS JSH Venture Corp SIA200 EngWah HKLand CerebosPac JMH SGX NOL Lyxor HangSeng 10US$ CityDev DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 KepCorp MBUCW*****0 CENTS 1803 1830 1116 1576 114 496 391 3284 902 359 334 1170 ***** 350 68.3 51.9 44.0 26.0 16.5
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      78 55 May 13 CapitalanSGAeCW***** DBS RB eCW*****6 JiutianC W*****5 SGX RB eCW*****3 KepCorp DB eCW*****3 Fastech Wilmar MBLeCW*****4 KepCorp SGAeCW*****9 Joinn KXD Digital Plato CapitalandRBeCWD8D72 Centillion DBS RB eCW*****7 CENTS 4.5 3 1.5 45 3.5 4 45 27 2.5 2.5 8 3 3 6 /o 50.0 50 0 50.0
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      77 55 (0) May 13 GLD 10USS Haw Par Corp SPC Tat Hong HCLLand SIA DB eCW*****2 YangzijiaBNPeCW***** Ascendasreit Chart SemiCond HLAsia HL Fin OCBC Bk MBLeCW*****1 Sinomem Tech STI 3100 DBePW*****2 CENTS 8660 712 721 211 185 39 21.5 245 91 237 379 31.5 73.5 17 38.3 19 0
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      74 55 May 13 SIAMBL eCW*****5 OCBC Bk RBePW*****8 STI 3000SGAePW*****9 CoscoCorpRBeCW*****7 SingTelMBLeCW*****3 CapitalanMBLePW***** STI 3000BNPePW080G27 AdvHodules Teledata Vita W*****7 Yangzi|iaBNPeCW***** Yangzi|iaBNPeCW***** STI 3100 DBePW*****2 CapitalandDBePW***** CENTS 0.5 05 5 1 1 3.5 4 4.5 1.5 3 3 21.5 17 95 /o 75.0 50 0 44.4 33.3 33.3 30 0
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      Lock icon Hang Seng rises as traders shrug off earthquake jitters
      340 55  -  GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH INVESTORS of heavily traded Hang Seng Index contracts were hardly perturbed by financial aftershocks that rocked mainland markets after the worst earthquake in China in 30 years. Even as the death toll on the mainland climbed,
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      Lock icon SIA profits down only 4% despite costly fuel
      561 56  -  Karamjit Kaur $2.05b earnings beat forecasts as passenger numbers and yields improve By Aviation Correspondent SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) seems to be weathering the storm of high fuel prices and a global air traffic slowdown, with full-year profits down just 3.7 per cent.
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      Lock icon Delivery of A3Bos delayed again by two to three months
      211 56  -  KARAMJIT KAUR ANOTHER round of delivery delays for the Airbus A3 80 superjumbo this time by two to three months has hit Singapore Airlines (SIA) and other carriers. Airbus Industrie, the European aircraft manufacturer, said yesterday that the latest hiccup
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      20 56 STOCK 1.3 billion TRADING shares worth VOLUME $1.52 billion UP Gainers: 297 Losers: 329 DOWN Unchanged: 928
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      87 56 Mid Cap 816.92 T -0.14 Small Cap 682.87 T -2.11 All Share 818.88 A 3.74 Fledgling 729.26 T -0.83 China 496.40 T -4.95 Oil and gas 784.98 T -8.54 Basic materials 663.96 T -8.44 Industrials 760.08 A 7.43 Consumer goods 816.46 A 2.16 Health care 839.26 T
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      202 56  -  BRYAN LEE FORAY INTO LUCRATIVE SECTOR THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has bought an 11 per cent stake in United States-based energy infrastructure firm AEI for US$4OO million (*****.2 million). The investment followed a recent foray into the lucrative sector by
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      70 57 MOVIES *mm WEDDING BLUES ARTS BARGAIN CHOCOLATE KICKS d Patrick Dempsey's Avenue Q tickets Sassy girl m aisle don'ts for $15 action 'mF pages pageB page 6 J The cinema blockbuster season I 1 is here. TAYYEKKEAK picks the a best and the buzziest films J llf^ /C^^ I to
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        2306 58  -  Tay Yek Keak It's that time of the year when Hollywood presents its annual roll call of big-budget, CGI-heavy, high-concept blockbusters. As the silly season gets under way, Life! cherry-picks the ones to wach out for THE DARK KNIGHT Opening: July 17 Nutshell: Second movie in the revised
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        441 61 Grey's Anatomy star gets lion's share of screen time in typical romance fluff > romantic comedy MADE OF HONOUR (PG) 101 minutes/Opens tomorrow/irkictrit Ong Sor Fern FILM CORRESPONDENT BEFORE the review proper, a caveat in the interests of full disclosure: I am completely immune to the
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          185 61  -  Tay Yek Keak ACCURACY OF DEATH (PG) 113 minutes/Opens tomorrow/-k-k-kiFte IF DEATH really comes calling in the form of Takeshi Kaneshiro, every swooning woman must surely welcome the end with open arms. Like Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black (1998), he is a hunky, innocently direct, puppy-dog Grim Reaper
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          165 61  -  Tay Yek Keak CONGKAK (PG) 80 minutes/ Opens tomorrow/ •kirtrfrtt MALAYSIAN director Ahmad Idham said he had increased the sound effects for this movie after getting feedback about last year's flying ghost chiller, Jangan Pandang Belakang (Don't Look Back). The result: Congkak (above) is loud, really loud, with its
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          180 61  -  Yong Shu Hoong DRILLBIT TAYLOR (PG) 102 minutes/Opens tomorrow/^HHWr& THE David versus Goliath theme has recurred in a number of films including Revenge Of The Nerds (1984), where bullied outcasts fight back. It gets another airing in Drillbit Taylor by director Steven Brill. His resume has hitherto included forgettable
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        84 62 That s why the book is called Audition. I always felt I needed to prove myself, over and over' Journalist Barbara Walters (right) on her new memoirs 'Poor doesn't necessarily mean empty pockets. Those with empty heads are also poor' Author Chang Hsiao-feng appealing to Taiwan's new administration to
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        630 62  -  Tay Yek Keak Thai action flick Chocolate packs a punch with insane and hilarious fight scenes > action CHOCOLATE (NCI6) 93 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** THE final fight scene of this entertaining action flick alone is worth the price of the ticket. It is a prolonged, deranged bout
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        324 62  -  Bernard Koh GOOD news for those who missed the home-grown films at the recent 21st Singapore International Film Festival (Siff) Singapore Panorama showcase. Three of the 17 films are being screened in an encore series at Sinema Old School beginning on Saturday. The series, on till
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        447 63  -  Ong Sor Fern Heaving bosoms aside, this colourful tale of the rise of a torrid-romance writer has no happy ending > romantic drama ANGEL (M 18) 124 minutes/Opens tomorrow/+++-ft-& IT IS easy to see why French director Francois Ozon was drawn to English novelist Elizabeth Taylor's 1957
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        408 63 Reuters LOS ANGELES If there is one thing director M. Night Shyamalan (below) enjoys, it is spooking audiences with his supernatural movies, and he promises that next month's release, The Happening, will be the scariest ride yet. "I found it unnervingly easy (to write)," he said
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        256 64  -  Adeline Chia r, I— \—r-r—\ I—ll I— \t—^ I—*—l— I I—* ARTS REPORTER GET $100 seats for $15. That's the deal the Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) is dangling for its blockbuster production, the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q. The production, which is loosely based on
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        488 64  -  Deepika Shetty Eight Indian artists spent a week in the Maldjves and captured their idyll on canvas FROM the studio to the sun, sand and the sea. That's what Artmosaic's unique creative experiment is all about. The Singapore art gallery picked eight Indian artists, all Kolkata-based,
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        60 64 STORIES TO GROW Argentinian puppeteer Omar Alvarez tells funny and heartwarming stories without words. For those aged four and above. Presented by Act 3 International. Act 3 Theatre, 126 Cairnhill Road, Nearest MRT station: Newton/Somerset, Today Fri: 10am, Mon: 11am 4pm, Sat, Sun, May 24 25:11 am
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        82 64 COLLECTIVE INDIVIDUALS (CHARITY EXHIBITION) Buy any of 20 colour prints and portraits of dogs by Chinese Canadian artist Man Wing, and part of the proceeds will go the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which finds homes for abandoned pets and educates the public about animal welfare.
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        61 64 SPH RED APPLE DAY 2008 This blood donation drive by Singapore Press Holdings aims to help the Singapore Red Cross save thousands of lives here. This is the eighth year that SPH has mounted the drive for staff and the public. Singapore Press Holdings News Centre Auditorium, 1000 Toa
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        90 64 THE 18TH EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL Fata Morgana is an exciting emotional psychodrama from Germany about a young couple who get lost while travelling in the Sahara desert. They meet a mysterious Frenchman who appears to give them directions. Directed by Simon Grob. The Picturehouse, 2 Handy Road, Nearest
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        207 64 PIKKARDIYSKA TERTSIA Enjoy folk songs, classical works, original compositions and world standards performed by Ukraine's a cappella sensation, Pikkardiyska Tertsia. Part of Celebrate Ukraine!, a season of Ukraine art and lifestyle in Singapore. Victoria Concert Hall, Empress Place, Nearest MRT station: Raffles Place, Today: Bpm, Tickets: $21 $53, Tel:
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        222 64 BROADWAY BENG! 3 Singapore's beloved Broadway Beng, Sebastian Tan, returns to regale you with brand new tales of East and West culture clashes. Drama Centre, National Library Building, Victoria Street, Nearest MRT station: Bugis/City Hall, Till Sat: Bpm, Also 3pm on Fri Sat, Tickets: $40 $70, Tel: 6348-5555 A
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        98 64 BLOGGERS GO LIVE TONIGHT Interact and chat with your favourite Star Bloggers on the Wednesday Chat at 9pm. Visit www.stomp.com.sg Compiled by Magdalene Lum Listings on this page are free. Write to Life! Events, Life!, The Straits Times, Podium Level 2, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4 or fax
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        332 66 HONG KONG Takeshi Kaneshiro will sit out the Cannes publicity round for the film Red Cliff, amid talk that he is dissatisfied with the screenplay of the Chinese history blockbuster. According to Apple Daily, the star signed up for the John Woo movie last year without seeing
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        140 66 FILM CRASHES: Korean star Rain's first Hollywood movie Speed Racer debuted at No. 3 in the North American weekend box office with US$lB.6 million (5525.4 million) in ticket sales. It cost US$l5O million to make. Rain plays a rookie racer in the film directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski...
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        441 66 IT TOOK singer Marie Digby only 20 minutes to change her life. That was the length of time it took her to learn the chords of Rihanna's song Umbrella and record an acoustic version which she then posted on You Tube last year. At
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      319 104  -  Gloria Chandy Acting Editor gloria@sph com. sg Prices going through the roof, emergency stockpiles, panic buying. Rice is something that you hardly cast a second glance at on a dinner table groaning with goodies. It's of secondary importance, a convenient base for
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      271 104 SATURDAY, MAY 17 "Move It Or Lose It" Health Talk: St Luke's Wellness Centre and the Tsao Foundation are holding a talk-cum-demo plus exercise-along regime for gym-buffs and gym-shy adults of 40 and above. It's never too late to begin. St Luke's Wellness Centre, Block 101 Tarn pines
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      605 105 Build healthy bone mass before the age of 30 to prevent fractures in old age. JUNE CHEONG reports As we age, we slowly but surely lose bone mass. Bones are rigid organs which help you to move, support and protect the various organs in your body
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        266 106 Reuters Women who stop smoking can enjoy major health benefits within five years but it can take decades to correct respiratory damage and shed the added risk of lung cancer, researchers reported last week. Those who stopped had a 13 per cent reduction in the
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        151 106 If you've always wanted to donate blood but have hesitated because you think that a) It will hurt b) You might faint or c) You will get Aids, read these facts: Donating blood does not hurt. A painkiller is applied beforehand. The blood you donated
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        247 106 Garlic has long been touted as a food with curative properties. Now a preliminary study of a pill containing aged garlic extract, vitamins and other nutrients suggests that it may slow the progression of atherosclerosis, a disease of the arteries. WebMD reported that the study,
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        745 107  -  Dr Peter Chew Many months ago, a women's magazine article on the non-consummation of marriage examined the sexual experiences of Singapore's brides and grooms. A small proportion of married couples were still fumbling lovers, it said. Annulment statistics indicate some truth in this observation. In
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      408 108 The New York Times Study suggests food intake at conception can determine sex of baby How much a mother eats at the time of conception may influence whether she gives birth to a boy or a girl, a new report suggests. The report, from
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      716 109 There is no single known cause of stomach cancer and no symptoms specific to it, but diet can help reduce its risk. J )NG reports Family, friends and fans of popular radio DJ Deborah de Souza were shocked by her sudden death last Tuesday. The 37-year-old 938
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        515 112 How do other carbohydrates compare with rice? LISABEL TING checks them out RICE A staple for most Singaporeans, is commercially cultivated in many parts of Asia, including Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia Price: Fair Price Thai 100% White Rice (skg), $5.60 Nutritional value: One cup (I58g) of cooked
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        126 113 INGREDIENTS 1 yellow bell pepper, cut 1 red bell pepper, cut 1 medium-size zucchini, sliced lengthwise 1 purple eggplant, sliced into pieces less than Icm thick 1 tsp olive oil Salt to taste Bread Cheese (optional) Bottled pesto (optional) METHOD 1. Soak all the cut vegetables in
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      571 114 Dementia, depression and delirium are the most common psychological problems faced by the elderly here. L 3 reports When it comes to psychological issues of the elderly, early detection is important, said Dr Ng Li-Ling, senior consultant of psychological medicine at Changi General Hospital. One of
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        832 115 Associate Professor Tan Huay Cheem, 44, is the chief of the cardiac department at National University Hospital. He tells SAMANTHA ENG he chose to specialise in this field because his Mum died of a heart attack I decided to specialise in interventional cardiology... For two reasons.
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        550 117  -  Shefali Srinivas A father's involvement in his baby's day-to-day care is vital for the child's emotional development. This is the last in a series on childbirth and parenting Research increasingly supports the notion that active and involved fathering exerts profound influence on a child's social and intellectual
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        349 118  -  Dr Anita Lim Q Lately, I've had difficulty closing the fingers on both hands every morning and they feel stiff and painful. I rub my hands together when this happens, just to get some relief. Why is this happening? A Your symptoms of
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        160 118  -  Dr Watt Wing Fong Ql am newly married and my wife and I are planning to have a child in about three years. Can she become pregnant if semen is deposited near her vagina? Her tummy seems bigger, but there are no other symptoms
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        324 118  -  Sinthu Samikkannu Ql was recently diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia but my doctor said medication or surgery was not necessary. What lifestyle changes should I make? ABPH refers to non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate, a small gland that encircles the urethra in males. As
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        346 120 Adding yogurt to a cake recipe makes it creamy and dense. Just make sure the yogurt is low-fat, says CYNTHIA LOW I've got into the habit of reading the ingredients list on many of the food items I buy. By reading the small print, I can
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        234 120 RECIPES I 250g low salt butter 2OOg castor sugar grated zest of 1 lemon 3 tbsp lemon juice IOOg ground almonds 30g shredded coconut 3 large eggs 350g self-raising flour, sifted 200g plain low-fat yogurt 150 ml buttermilk or plain milk Topping Juice of two lemons 100
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        115 120 Makes 4 yogurt pots Plain yogurt is not everyone's favourite flavour but these delicious yogurt pots are quick and easy to make. 600g plain yogurt (about 3/4 cup for each person) V 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tbsp honey 100g dried pitted prunes, roughly chopped 150
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      593 121 Pick the right colours and extras to go with your greens for a healthy meal Are you one of those spoilsports who goes out to lunch with your friends, waves away the menu and says that you are going to have only salad? Then you stride
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        565 122 Volleyball keeps actress Pamelyn Chee physically fit for long hours of filming. JUNE CHEONG finds out more Actress Pamelyn Chee believes that acting requires as much mental grit as physical strength because actors have to deal with the stress of constant rejection and criticism as well
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      279 104 contents Supervising Editor Sumiko Tan Giori&y 3 BANK ON 14 GRAIN OF TRUTH M^\ Cover page: YOUR BONES Ar fl Ba of S° Lim 16 LIVING IN THE DARK a time S Lee 4 CAPSULES 1nr Pa9 e24 Art direction TUP PRO Mi AngelineNeo 17 "t TKU I ,fc Mode|
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      176 110 Children's Eye Conditions (Talk for Parents) REGISTRATION FORM B Si °ate :24 May 20°8 'Saturday Name (Dr/Ms/Mrs/Mr): i B^^s Time 10.00 am I.oopm (English) I Address: Sl^jg 2.00pm 5.00pm (Mandarin) I/C No: Contact No: P^ Venue Singapore National Eye Centre, Auditorium No. of adult(s) attending: W The "Good" the "Bad"
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