The Straits Times, 5 March 2009

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    18 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 THURSDAY, MARCH 5 2009 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon $257,000 profit returned
      48 1 ERA Realty Network will not be appealing against a judgment ordering it to pay to a couple the funds agents wrongfully made in flipping their flat. The husband and wife have got back $257,000 plus interest. The two agents have resigned. PRIME PAGE A 4
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      Lock icon Cabby admits abduction
      55 1 A TAXI-DRIVER yesterday pleaded guilty to abducting a woman and then forcing her to withdraw $50,000 from her bank at Hougang Central last year. Au Gan Chye, 54, carried out the crime with a fellow cabby, Neo Soon Joo, 37, in April last year. Neo is still
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      Lock icon Hunt for Lahore gunmen
      52 1 PAKISTANI police yesterday rounded up dozens of people in connection with Tuesday's terrorist strike against the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. The authorities have also released photos of two of the gunmen and posted a multi-million rupee reward for information about them. PRIME PAGE
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    • Article
      Lock icon Blow to Japan opposition
      61 1 JAPANESE prosecutors raided an office yesterday of opposition leader and election favourite Ichiro Ozawa, who dismissed calls to quit over an illegal donations scandal. The arrest of an aide is a major setback to the Democratic Party of Japan, which was seen as able to oust
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      Lock icon Fair Price helps suppliers
      60 1 SUPERMARKET giant NTUC Fair Price will pay 500 of its suppliers sooner as part of a scheme to ease the cash flow of these small companies. Where it used to pay these small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) 60 days after the delivery of supplies, it will
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    Lock icon MM does not rule out GDP shrinking 10%
    606 1  -  Li Xueying The good news: When US economy improves, Spore will recover swiftly By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT in MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday raised the possibility of Singapore's economy shrinking by as much as 10 per cent this year. This would happen
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    Lock icon When Rohit met Christina
    66 1 ST PHOTOS: To read his on-course interview, go to SPORT, PAGE 81l Straits Times sports writer Rohit Brijnath yesterday played alongside the irrepressible, fast-talking, hard-hitting two-time tour champion Christina Kirn, here for the HSBC Women's Champions event which starts today. Along the way he asked the
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    Lock icon IR on target for year-end opening, says Sands
    599 1  -  Lim Wei Chean By O MORE ONLINE View photo gallery on what the new IR will look like on www. straitstimes.com THE Marina Bay Sands integrated resort (IR) will open by year-end, as scheduled, its top suits said yesterday. It may not
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      Lock icon The cost of an election
      1034 2  -  Li Xueying Economy deserves all our attention: Can we afford the distraction? By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT IT HAS been an especially painful two weeks with an unremitting stream of bad news. Manufacturing output down a record 29 per cent. Job losses to exceed 10,000 from January
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    • VIEWPOINTS
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        Lock icon Food safety: China acts but should do more
        47 2 WE SAY China has been stung by international condemnation of its lax food safety regime. It has brought in new laws to tighten controls, but they can be only as effective as their impartial enforcement. EDITORIAL PAGE A 27
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        Lock icon Crafting new technology
        33 2 COLUMNS Is Singapore more innovative than the US? For new technologies to bubble up here, a deep culture of science must develop over time, says nnay no. REVIEW PAGE A28
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        Lock icon Let citizens take charge
        33 2 Chua Mvi Hoong interviews Australian Peter Shergold who says giving individuals responsibility for deciding what will help them find jobs could make social spending more effective. REVIEW PAGE A2B
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        Lock icon Tenants treated unfairly
        33 2 OUR READER SAYS The Government must act to help business tenants at the mercy of yield-maximising private landlords, say Cheng Shoong Tat and Alan Lee. FORUM PAGE A 29 m
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        36 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow justifies the need to change the culture and ethics of selling financial products. Teo Cheng Wee looks at the suggestions Malaysia's Prime Minister designate Najib Razak got on his blog.
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      Lock icon Breathing problem, then student dies
      472 3  -  Teh Joo Lin American on exchange programme believed to have been drinking By klmberly spykerman, Sujin Thomas Cheryl Ong AN AMERICAN exchange programme student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) died after suffering breathing difficulties in his hostel room early yesterday morning. Mr Scott
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      Lock icon Stabbed NTU prof leaves hospital
      130 3 The university professor who was knifed in the back by his student on Monday was discharged from hospital yesterday morning. Just before 10am, Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk was wheeled out of his ward at the National University Hospital, escorted by hospital security officers. The
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      Lock icon Parliament sitting
      16 3 PARLIAMENT will sit on March 23 at 1.30pm, the Clerk of Parliament announced yesterday.
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      Lock icon Big push to build Marina Sands
      11 4 ST GRAPHICS PHOTO:. JOYCE FANG
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      Lock icon ERA pays flipping profit to couple; agent and his boss quit
      742 4  -  Selina Lum By A COUPLE who successfully sued estate agency ERA Realty Network for flipping their apartment has got back the money that the agents made on it, with interest. ERA yesterday said that it would not be appealing
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      Lock icon Lahore attack: Dozens questioned
      714 5  -  Ravi Velloor Police release photos of two gunmen; Sri Lankan cricketers return home By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: Pakistan police have picked up dozens of people around Lahore for questioning about Tuesday's terror strike on Sri Lanka's cricket team, but remained tight-lipped about the
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      Lock icon GIC assets down 25% from peak
      503 6  -  Fiona Chan ÜBS, Citi stakes bought too early, says MM, but 'we can tough it out' By THE investment portfolio managed by the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has lost about 25 per cent of its value from its peak last year, Minister
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      Lock icon YOUNG LEE AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION
      201 6 "I was a young boy of about 7, 8, 9, 10 years...Both my grandfathers, maternal and paternal grandfathers had considerable assets...we lived rather well. I've got pictures of me wearing clothes all bought from John Little's or Robinsons, all out from Britain and...pictures of
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      Lock icon No purpose in holding polls before 2011, says MM
      345 6  -  Kor Kian Beng By MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has downplayed speculation of an early election, saying yesterday that he saw "no purpose" in holding polls before 2011. But he stressed that the final decision lay with Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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      Lock icon Economic policy tied to long-term trends
      177 6  -  FIONA CHAN THE financial services sector that has been a key contributor to the economy over the years is undergoing tectonic shifts, but this does not mean Singapore will change its economic policy. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew made this point at the Thomson
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      Lock icon Don't expect Asia to pick up the slack
      174 6  -  JEREMY AU YONG PUNDITS who expect Asia to pick up the slack in global consumption should not get their hopes up, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday. He said his experience with the Chinese has shown that they will not become
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      Lock icon Asian monetary fund? Not a bad idea, if...
      174 6  -  JEREMY AU YONG AN ASIAN monetary fund to protect regional economies is not a bad idea but it should not rival or displace the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said last night. The idea has been bandied about
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      Lock icon Cabinet paper tells why Ho Ching quit
      284 6  -  FIONA CHAN SINGAPORE'S Cabinet gave in-principle approval for Temasek Holdings chief executive officer Ho Ching to step down last month, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. This followed a Cabinet paper tabled by the Ministry of Finance, Temasek's parent. The paper laid
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon Ozawa defiant as scandal grows
      542 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin Caught in illegal funds scandal, Japan's opposition leader insists he won't quit By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: Investigators yesterday raided a second office of opposition leader and election favourite Ichiro Ozawa on suspicions that it accepted illegal donations, just hours after the politician
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      Lock icon When a shoo-in becomes a shut-out
      642 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin NEWS ANALYSIS By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: Until this week, the scenario for Japan's next general election had appeared so clear-cut. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) had been tipped to win the next elections, which must be held by
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      Lock icon Ups and downs of Ozawa
      214 8 First elected to Parliament at age 27 in 1969. Rose through the ranks and was once considered a candidate for the prime minister's post. Left the LDP in 1993 with about 40 others, starting a chain reaction that ended the party's iron grip on power
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        Lock icon China's military spending up 15%
        637 10  -  Peh Shing Huei NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS MEETINGS Eyebrows raised after official says budget will be used to maintain social stability By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: China's military spending made an expected double-digit jump again, but it raised eyebrows when a government official said yesterday it
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          Lock icon More stimulus measures
          66 10 BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will announce new stimulus measures today in his annual address to the nation's legislature, said former statistics bureau head Li Deshui. The measures are on top of a 4 trillion yuan (Ss9os billion) spending plan unveiled last November. Mr Li, who is
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          Lock icon Scaled-down banquets
          87 10 BEIJING: China will no longer wine and dine visiting heads of state at sumptuous banquets, cutting back the fare to just one soup, three dishes and no liquor, a senior official said yesterday. The scaled-down menu comes as China implements savings and encourages thriftiness in the face of
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          Lock icon Session cut to nine days
          38 10 BEIJING: The Parliament session that begins today will be shortened to nine days from last year's 14 days as there are fewer items on the agenda, a government spokesman said yesterday. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        Lock icon Rural, migrant folk hope for stronger social safety nets
        907 10  -  Tracy Quek By CHINA CORRESPONDENT Many problems in current coverage CHINA has established several social welfare policies since 1984, and has built up a network of nearly 700 million social insurance personal accounts. But existing legislation on social insurance is fragmented
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        Lock icon $190 handout just a 'stupid bribe'
        701 11  -  Ms Atsuko Yamaguchi Japanese slam govt stimulus as shameless vote-buying, wasteful but most will accept it anyway WE'RE NOT FOOLS "Japanese politicians are so immature in the way they think the economy should be run... It's so stupid. I'm so ashamed." TOKYO: Cash back
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        Lock icon Sarawak by-election is the third on April 7
        710 13  -  Teo Cheng Wee Malaysian opposition's resources will be tested across 3 far-flung states By REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT The three by-elections Batang Ai state seat (Sarawak): The Batang Ai seat fell vacant following the death of its four-term assemblyman Dublin Unting on Feb 24.
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        Lock icon Syed Hamid: Police made mistakes but didn't act improperly
        510 13 PERAK ASSEMBLY FIASCO KOTA BARU: Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar has admitted that the police made mistakes in handling the Perak State Assembly fiasco on Tuesday, but he denied that they acted improperly. "If we study the situation in toto, we
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        Lock icon Flash floods wreak havoc in KL
        81 13 Several main roads in downtown Kuala Lumpur, including Jalan Rahmat (picture) near Putra World Trade Centre, were inundated with floodwater, causing massive traffic jams, on Tuesday. Thousands were stranded in buildings and light rail transit stations after a storm caused flash floods. The unusually
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        Lock icon S'pore, South Sulawesi to boost links
        210 13 SINGAPORE and South Sulawesi are looking at ways to increase direct trade and transport links. Foreign Minister George Yeo, who began a working visit to Indonesia on Tuesday, held discussions on these issues when he called on South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo in
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        Lock icon Yudhoyono's fuel claim irks rivals
        636 14  -  Salim Osman INDONESIAN ELECTIONS Legislators from other parties accuse president of hijacking credit for drop in fuel price By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: With legislative elections just weeks away, lawmakers from rival parties are accusing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of unfairly taking credit for recent fuel
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        Lock icon Call for action against rogue KL police
        284 14 KUALA LUMPUR: Rights groups and political parties yesterday demanded action against rogue police in Malaysia after a new autopsy revealed that an Indian man died in police custody because of a beating. A second post-mortem examination on 22-year-old suspected car thief A. Kugan,
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        Lock icon Scholars seek changes to lese majeste law
        605 16  -  Nirmal Ghosh Duo launch worldwide petition to pressure Abhisit to reform law By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Two prominent academics yesterday launched a worldwide appeal for signatures on a letter to Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva seeking reforms to the country's harsh lese majeste
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        Lock icon Thai PM and Cabinet to visit provinces
        264 16 BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will be sending Cabinet members upcountry over the next two weeks to showcase the government's policies and job performance. It is an awareness campaign to divert attention from issues being stirred up by former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
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    • world.international
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        Lock icon Will going green work?
        783 17  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Economists sceptical about Obama's way to rejuvenate middle class By US CORRESPONDENT in WASHINGTON: In a choppy economy shedding jobs by the thousands, the Obama administration's push to create "green jobs" that pay better, cannot be outsourced and help save the environment all at
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        Lock icon Brown warns Congress against 'race to bottom'
        806 20 British PM urges US not to push for protectionism; signs from Obama meeting hint at waning interest in UK WASHINGTON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday warned the United States Congress against falling into the trap of protectionism, saying that it would be
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        Lock icon Clinton faces delicate balancing act in Europe
        579 20  -  Jonathan Eyal By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is embarking today on her first European tour since her appointment as America's top diplomat. While her talks in Brussels and Geneva will be cordial, she is likely to
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        Lock icon Iran told: Keep out of Palestinian affairs
        191 20 RAMALLAH (West Bank): Iran must stop interfering in Palestinian affairs, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday after talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "We are sending a message to the Iranians and others stop interfering in our affairs," he said. "They
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        Lock icon Accused begged cops to kill him
        597 22 BEHEADING ON CANADIAN BUS Court hears gory details of decapitation; mental illness cited as defence WINNIPEG (Canada): A man accused of beheading and disembowelling a passenger on a Canadian bus last year apologised to police when he was arrested and begged officers to kill
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        Lock icon Collapse puts Cologne's archives at risk
        401 24 Two residents in nearby building missing; cause of cave-in not yet known COLOGNE: The multi-storey archive building in the German city of Cologne groaned before collapsing on Tuesday as people inside fled in panic. All managed to escape safely as they were alerted by
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          Lock icon Warrant out for Sudan chief
          139 24 THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (right) yesterday, accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. The decision against Mr Bashir, the most senior figure pursued by the Hague-based court since it
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          Lock icon Two bombs rock Yangon
          84 24 YANGON: Two explosions shook parks near busy thoroughfares in Myanmar's largest city on Tuesday. No one has claimed responsibility. Witnesses said the first blast took place at about 9.40pm (yesterday, 12.10 am Singapore time) at a small park in western Yangon. The second blast occurred shortly
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          Lock icon Indian PM back at work
          72 24 NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned to work yesterday, nearly seven weeks after undergoing heart bypass surgery. Dr Singh waved to the media after receiving President Boni Yayi from the West African nation of Benin for talks. Dr Singh's recovery is a boost
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          Lock icon Bankrupt Sanlu sold
          84 24 BEIJING: The dairy company at the centre of China's melamine-tainted milk scandal was auctioned off yesterday for 616.5 million yuan (*****.5 million) after going bankrupt last month, a state news agency said. Sanlu Group Co was one of 22 Chinese dairies whose products were found to contain
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          Lock icon Ten assassins get pardon
          84 24 MANILA: Clemency has been granted to 10 former soldiers convicted in the assassination of Philippine opposition leader Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr, which triggered massive protests culminating in the 1986 ouster of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. The 10 men were released from the national penitentiary yesterday,
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          Lock icon Convict accused of killing
          82 24 WASHINGTON: An arrest warrant was issued on Tuesday for an imprisoned Salvadoran immigrant in the killing of US government intern Chandra Levy, nearly eight years after the case captivated the US capital. The warrant accuses Ingmar Guandique of killing Ms Levy on May 1, 2001, as
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      307 25 in In executing the former State Food and Drug Administration chief in 2007 for bribery and sentencing two men to death in the melamine milk case in January, China showed readiness to "slaughter the chicken to frighten the monkey". Damage, however, had
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      990 25  -  Duan Jin-Chuan ST-NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL SERIES ON GLOBALISATION By IT IS perhaps inevitable during these trying times that blame be spread far and wide. Financial globalisation in the absence of adequate regulation and safeguards has been an easy target of blame. If financial
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      866 25  -  Goh Sui Noi By SENIOR WRITER THE diplomatic trips of three Chinese senior leaders last month have raised some eyebrows. Chinese leaders are travelling more frequently these days as their country's interests overseas grow. They are also travelling outside of the period they traditionally
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        879 26  -  Andy Ho CREATING NEW TECHNOLOGIES By SENIOR WRITER A RECENT report had Singapore topping the global innovation rankings, with the United States placed sixth. However, most academic studies have the US in pole position. The survey in question was carried out by a non-profit organisation
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        1425 26  -  Chua Mui Hoong REVIEW INTERVIEW By SENIOR WRITER The man and his ideas who he is Professor Peter Shergold, 62. Currently chief executive and Macquarie Group Foundation Chair of the newly established Centre for Social Impact in Australia's University of New South
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        529 27 More on the Cantonas "The real question is whether we have been able to bring out the best in foreign talent." MR SAMUEL OWEN: "Mr Alvin Tan's letter yesterday ('Singapore needs to welcome its Cantonas') does not directly address what makes foreign talent successful. From his own examples,
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        218 27  -  Cheng Shoong Tat MAPLETREE RENT SAGA The Government must rethink its plan to leave tenants at the mercy of yield-maximising private landlords. THE unenviable predicament of tenants of factories sold by JTC Corporation to Mapletree Investments, which was reported on Monday ("Mapletree rejects appeal for rent
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        308 27  -  Greg Seow LAST Saturday's article, "Respond strategically, not tactically" by Mr Ngiam Tong Dow, argued for a strategic Central Provident Fund (CPF) cut to deal with the economic downturn in Singapore, instead of a tactical Jobs Credit programme. Mr Ngiam is one of
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        308 27  -  Linus Tham I AM prompted to write this letter in defence of multilingualism in this age of "monolingualism", when many students in Singapore effectively speak only English. Many students choose to speak only English, relying on the fact that it is the global language
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        418 27  -  Alan Lee I READ with interest Monday's report, "Mapletree rejects appeal for rent cuts", and would like to mention my own problems with my landlord, Wheelock Properties. During this year's Budget speech, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced that, as part of the Government's efforts
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        543 27 Supermarket mishap "I would like to thank her for her kindness and the cleaners who worked with such efficiency and politeness." MS ALICIA TAN: "Last Saturday, at about 2.30pm, I was buying groceries at Cold Storage at Takashimaya. As I was manoeuvring my trolley to give way to other
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      251 27 W WHAT'S ONLINE MORE LETTERS www.straitstimes.com ONLINE FORUM 1. Blasted for helping hurt motorcyclist 2. Emergency? Find another doctor 3. Road safety standards on footpaths 4. Three ways to better subway culture 5. Ageing is irreversible, so live with it 6. Travel: Where's promise of quality? 7. What it takes
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      832 29  -  Theresa Tan THERESA TAN Charity uses life-size dolls to prepare unwed teens for motherhood By Q MORE ONLINE View video on www.straitstimes.com www.razortv.com.sg Just like a real baby WITHIN each of these life-size dolls is a tangle of electronics sophisticated enough for it to be programmed
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      503 31  -  Ang Yiying By Demand for their services on the rise amid downturn UP TO five more family service centres will come up soon, in response to rising demand for their services. Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, announcing this at a
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      308 31  -  CHERYL ONG LIBRARIAN Dennis Kweh may be wheelchair-bound and blind in one eye, but that is not stopping him from attempting a 200 km journey around Singapore for charity. Mr Kweh, 47, intends to traverse the Republic's city streets and forest trails over three days next
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      413 31  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By SCIENTISTS in Singapore have found a way to help doctors sieve out severe cases of a debilitating mosquitoborne disease from mild ones. If further studies confirm these early findings, doctors could more accurately pinpoint patients with severe cases of chikungunya fever,
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      91 31 DENGUE and chikungunya are caused by different mosquito-carrying viruses although they give rise to similar symptoms such as sudden high fever, headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain, rash and joint pain. While dengue is endemic in Singapore, with regular outbreaks for many years now, chikungunya
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      356 32 THE chief of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) was here this week for a party-to-party exchange with the People's Action Party (PAP). Kuomintang chairman Wu Pohhsiung, who arrived on Sunday for a four-day visit, met Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Minister Mentor Lee
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      759 32  -  Clarissa Oon Mainstream media is still the key source of news and views By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MORE ONLINE View video on seminar at www.straitstimes .com SINGAPORE'S socio-political blogs have grown in the quality of writing, but their reach remains limited compared to mainstream media, two
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      611 33  -  Yeo Ghim Lay CIRCLE LINE Upcoming line is underground and fully automated, just like the NEL By TRAIN fares for the upcoming Circle Line have yet to be decided, but they are unlikely to cost more than those for the existing North-East Line (NEL),
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      357 33 COE premiums ended mostly higher again in the latest tender yesterday, ahead of a sizeable supply cut in certificates next month. Certificates of entitlement for cars of up to 1,600 cc cost 9.6 per cent more at $4,890. The premium for cars above 1,600 cc was
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      405 34  -  Selina Lum CHILTERN DRIVE ABDUCTION AND ROBBERY Cabby admits abducting trio and forcing woman to hand over $50,000 By The accomplice, another cabby, Neo Soon Joo, 37, was in the back seat holding the woman's 23-year-old Filipino maid and two-year-old granddaughter at knifepoint. Yesterday, Au
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      732 34  -  Amelia Tan NTU DEATH FALL By HE SAID HE WAS OKAY "We tried to ask if he was all right, and if he was having any problems with his FYP. But he would only reply 'OK, OK. I felt that he was trying to avoid his
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      592 35  -  K.C. Vijayan Sentences set aside after doubts surface over key witness' honesty By LAW CORRESPONDENT Compare Our Size &-r Ireland $p THREE men convicted and sentenced to 30 months' jail and six strokes of the cane each were set free on Monday after doubts
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      191 35  -  ELENA CHONG A FOUR-YEAR sentence was dealt to a former clerk yesterday for embezzling almost $500,000 in company funds. Kerk Hong Choo, 41, admitted to three of five charges of misappropriating about $416,000 from SAHE Thomson Road Farm Products Supermarket, a chilled pork distribution
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        104 35  -  Puneet Alagh stole four bottles of perfume. AN AIR India pilot who stole four bottles of perfume worth $271 from Mustafa Centre on Tuesday was fined $800 yesterday. Puneet Alagh, 36, was seen removing and throwing the packaging from a box of perfume before putting
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        118 35 A 32-YEAR-OLD man who took a video of a woman's underwear with his cellphone at a supermarket was jailed for four weeks yesterday. Yu Chi Kong, who works in the construction industry, admitted to insulting the modesty of a 21-year-old woman at the Isetan Scotts
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      535 36  -  Lee Hui Chieh CANCER IN CHILDREN New therapy using parents' immune cells to be tested on 20 children By A TRIAL to treat children who have leukaemia with immune cells taken from their parents will soon begin. These "natural killer cells" will be purified before
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      520 36  -  LEE HUI CHIEH THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has honoured XX Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) for its excellent care of both women during childbirth as well as their newborns. The public hospital's perinatal team has bagged the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize, given annually
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      630 37  -  April Chong COLORECTAL CANCER Spore Cancer Society to give away test kits this month to those aged 50 and above By What you need to do IN THE test kit, you will receive two tubes, each the size of your index finger. Follow the instructions on
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      657 35 EJISIM ■LI UNIVERSITY <^£eLlmmm\ mmmWjfc*' i ■'-:-Am\\ Hfe§|^&. \£mm\ mmmgMW3m?l!*&2-' A different path IP!? How I discovered a world out of my comfort zone Christina Lav Kirn Ngoh, 48 Am\ Although I had never really thought about it, I had always V regretted not taking my studies more seriously. ii
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      793 38  -  Jeanette Wang TSENG YA-NI World No. 2 Tseng leads the charge of 32 of the continent's best golfers By HSBC Women's Champions: Day 1 Live, Chs and Ch26, noon "The Asians are very impressive. It's their work ethic, how much they practise and how many tournaments they play
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      376 38  -  Terrence Voon By LIVERPOOL fans, keep your fingers crossed. Negotiations are under way to bring the English Premier League giants to Singapore for an exhibition football match at the National Stadium in July, in what would be their third visit here. Liverpool's commercial director,
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      850 39  -  Rohit Brijnath HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS Christina Kirn owns a mean swing and a friendly manner By HSBC Women's Champions When: Today to Sunday, 9am tee-off Where: Tanah Merah Country Club (TMCC), Garden Course. Par-72, 6,457 yards Who: 78 top women golfers, including all of the world's
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      914 40  -  Jeanette Wang Jonathan Wong HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS By Lorena Ochoa (Mexico) Tseng Ya-ni (Taiwan) Paula Creamer (USA) Suzann Pettersen (Norway) Shin JiYai (South Korea) Angela Stanford (USA) Momoko Ueda (Japan) Cristie Kerr (USA) What's one improvement you made in the off-season? I am proud and
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      302 40  -  Lin Xinyi By SINGAPORE suffered a double heartbreak at the All-England badminton championships in Birmingham yesterday. The women's doubles pairing of Vanessa Neo and Frances Liv, and the mixed doubles pairing of Chayut Triyachart and Shinta Mulia Sari lost in the first round.
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      152 40 LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles Lakers centre Pau Gasol's 13 points and eight rebounds were outdone by his younger brother Marc's 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday. But the Lakers still won 99-89, behind Kobe Bryant's 31 points, ending their mini-slump of
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      366 40 Badminton All England Open in Birmingham, Ist rd Men's singles: Marc Zwiebler (Ger) bt Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) 14-21 21-15 22-20, Taufik Hidayat (Ina) bt Hsien Yu-hsin (Twn) 21-19 15-21 21-14, Lee Tsuen Seng (Mas) bt Brice Leverdez (Fra) 10-21 21-12 21-16, Sho Sasaki (Jpn) bt Przemyslaw Wacha (Pol) 21-15
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      713 41  -  Neil Humphreys JGHTERSIDE By MY FATHER issued me with two family dictums when I was a kid: Never wear white socks with black trousers and never back Manchester United in any circumstances. After 34 years, I caved, but then so did my father. I cheered
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      612 41 One last throw of the dice for Rafa Liverpool 2 Sunderland 0 LONDON: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has warned his side to forget even their faint title hopes if they fail to win their next Premier League game. And that comes
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      443 41 Portsmouth 0 Chelsea 1 LONDON: Guvs Hiddink claimed Manchester United could buckle in the race for the Premier League title after Chelsea's 1-0 win at Portsmouth, thanks to a 79th-minute Didier Drogba strike. "We have put United under more pressure. They're an experienced team, of
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      90 41 DPMM midfielder Haji Subhi Abdilah (left) evading the attention of Super Reds' Park Chul Hyung (jersey No. 3) and Jeon Byung Euk (No. 17) during their historic S-League clash at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Brunei last night. The match which DPMM won 2-1
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      617 42 "Our families will never feel the same about us leaving to play in Pakistan. That is sad for Pakistan and world cricket." KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Sri Lanka batsman Sri Lanka team return home to relatives' relief after attack in Pakistan COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's wounded and shaken cricketers returned
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      114 42 NEW DELHI: The message was defiant. "The IPL will go on," the Indian Premier League said yesterday. But within hours, there were calls from the Indian government for the Twenty2o cricket event, due to start on April 10, to be postponed, while players'
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      152 42 PARIS: Renault may leave Formula One if they do not get a bigger share of the sport's commercial revenue. Chief operating officer Patrick Pelata said that to stay in the sport, the carmaker must reduce its overall Fl bill beyond cost cuts agreed
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        56 42 SEVERAL new rules have been introduced for Sunday's inaugural Contiki Beach Netball Festival. Standard netball contact rules apply in the 4-on-4 tournament, but rules have been modified to allow diving to catch and play a ball from the sand. Players can also shoot three-point goals.
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        53 42 CLEARWATER (Florida): The US Coast Guard's search for National Football League (NFL) players Marquis Cooper of the Oakland Raiders, Corey Smith, a free agent, and their friend William Bleakley has ended. The trio had been missing since Saturday, when their boat capsized during a fishing
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        41 42 LONDON: Brazilian Rubens Barrichello looks to have beaten compatriot Bruno Senna for the second race seat alongside Jenson Button at the new Formula One team likely to rise from the ashes of Honda, reported The Telegraph.
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      216 40 Today Football S-League: Sengkang v Geylang (Hougang, 7.45pm). Golf HSBC Women's Champions: Day 1 (Tanah Merah Country Club, 9am. Live, Ch5 and Ch26, noon). Honda Classic: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 4am). Rugby World Cup Sevens, Dubai: Day 1 (Live, Chll3, 11.30pm). Tomorrow Badminton All England q-finals (Live, Ch22, Saturday,
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      89 40 Thailand Open: Day 3 (Live, Ch24, lpm). Honda Classic: Day 3 (Live, Ch26, Sunday, 4am). Lawn bowls National Singles Championships: Men's q-finals (Kallang Lawn Bowls Green, 2.30pm). Rugby SRL finals, Conference Bowl: SCC III v SCC Growlers (3pm). Championship Plate: SCC Tankards v Bedok Kings II (4.40pm). Premiership Cup: Bedok
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      151 42 BOH LAX BOH SIEW ENG Age: 68 passed away peacefully on 4 March 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Koh Poh Lai Sons: Daughters-in-law: Andrew Koh Chee Meng Lisa Liv Siow Fong Henry Koh Chee Tack Koh Chee Chong Sally Lok May Yoke Eric Koh Chee Thiam Melissa Lvi Jia
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      56 42 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Koh Poh Lai on the demise of his beloved wife Mr Andrew Koh Mr Eric Koh Mr Henry Koh and Mdm Genevieve Koh on the demise of their beloved mother BOH LAX BOH SIEW ENG on 4 March 2009 From: The Management Staff
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      57 42 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Koh Poh Lai on the demise of his beloved wife Mr Andrew Koh Mr Eric Koh Mr Henry Koh and Mdm Genevieve Koh on the demise of their beloved mother BOH LAX BOH SIEW ENG on 4 March 2009 From: The Management Staff
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      132 42 gr "Even if Igo through the deepest ~^M darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your Shepherd's rod, and 1 staff protect me." Psalm 23:4 TAN AH CHYE Age: 76 Was called home to be with the Lord on 3 March 2009, dearly missed and
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      132 42 "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8 KONG NG MUAY Age: 78 Was called home to be with the Lord on 3 March 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Yang Tin Fook Sons:
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      70 42 THALAI THEVASAM Ist Anniversary SAMINATHAN S/O SAVERIRAJOO Passed away peacefully on 15 Feb 2008. Sadly missed by: Wife: Nazemah Dcvi Son, Daughters, Son-in-law, Daughter-in-law, 3 Grandchildren, Relatives all loved ones. THALAI THEVASAM PRAYERS will be held on Fri, 6 March 2009 9am at BLK 345, 02-173, YISHUN AYE 11 TEL:
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      18 42 In Loving Memory Of I LUM KWEI CHING Departed: 5 Mar 1992 Always remembered by family loved ones.
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      151 43 NGSERYEOW Age: 57 Passed away peacefully on 3 March 2009, leaving behind loved ones. As a father a husband As a son a brother As a friend You played each role in your unique joyful way. Dearly loved always remembered by loved ones. Wife: Toh Scow Leng Daughter: Ng Xiao
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      59 43 SECOND ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of LEE CHIN POH Called home to be with the Lord on 5 March 2007 We often think of the yesterdays When we were together; Fond memories of you linger, Making your absence the more painful for us. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by: Beloved
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      176 43 TAN POH BEE Age 79 passed away peacefully on 3 March 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Husband Han Pen Yen (deceased) Son Daughter-in-law Melvin Han Yong Kwong Pauline Lim Li Hiang Daughters: Sons-in-law Han May Ling Ida Han May Ching Han May Kee Koh Cher Chow Han Ting Ting Herbert
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      146 43 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 1 2 Timothy 4:7 PETER CHAN MUN HENG Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 3 March 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Easlie Pauline Yeo Peck Hoon Son: David
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      74 43 PATH DA BHOG MADAM GURBACHAN KAUR Age: 89 (Wife of the late Sardar Hazara Singh Rekhraj) Passed away peacefully on 24 February 2009. Dearly missed by Ranbir Singh, Jagdeesh Kaur, Baldev Singh and loved ones. Path Da Bhog Memorial Prayers in memory of our beloved Mother will be held on
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      496 46  -  Alvin Foo Political consensus has to emerge so policymakers can take decisive action By Compare Our Size &-r Ireland $p POLICYMAKERS must act decisively to arrest the negative spiral of the financial crisis, according to Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) managing director Heng
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      577 46  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By The winners The three winning clean energy project proposals: Full Advantage (Thailand) To develop an integrated facility to harness energy from biogas, a by-product of organic matter breakdown, and biocompost, waste from a bioethanol plant and sugar mill. Aequero (Singapore and Hong
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      351 46  -  Joanna Seow By THE fast-growing nanotechnology market is ripe for development by Singaporean companies, Russian industry players said at the Russia-Singa-pore Nanotechnology Conference yesterday. The inaugural event brings together local and Russian companies to share technology and establish partnerships in the U*****.6 billion (*****.8
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      603 47 Programme aims to stem tide of foreclosures by helping distressed home owners get modified loans WASHINGTON: The US government yesterday launched a financial aid programme to help distressed home owners keep their homes and to stem a flood of foreclosures at the centre of the
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      61 47 Loans starting on or before Jan 1 this year Owner-occupied properties with unpaid principal balance of up to U*****,750 (Ssl.l million) Borrowers must document income Property owner's occupancy status must be verified Incentives to lenders to refinance loans of at-risk borrowers before they
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      363 47 BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) could penalise any nation that refuses to share information on tax evasion and money laundering as part of a wider push to tighten financial supervision, the EU Commission chief said yesterday. This includes the possibility of new fines
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      326 47 SYDNEY: Australia's economy shrank 0.5 per cent in the last quarter of 2008, the government said yesterday in an unexpected announcement that suggested the country may be entering a recession. The news of the economy's first contraction in eight years surprised economists, who had
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      335 47 NEW YORK: United States insurer AlG's sale of its prized Asian business stumbled as a big Chinese suitor withdrew, while an offer from rival British bidder Prudential was deemed too low. Chinese insurer China Life Insurance, which was seen as a large
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        597 44  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Bourses rebound on news of second economic stimulus plan By CHINA'S growth may be slowing but the economic giant still has the power to give regional markets a boost. News that Beijing is preparing to unveil another economic stimulus package
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        442 44  -  Jessica Cheam By A NEW local player has joined the race for alternative ways to produce energy. Mainboard-listed ISDN Holdings has won rights to technology that can convert Singapore's waste into diesel fuel. The engineering firm marked its first foray into the environmental business
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          103 44 1.09 billion shares worth $944.9 million P DOWN Gainers: 209 Losers: 163 Unchanged: 833 Compare Our Size &-r Ireland $p Mid Cap 312.69 1.29 Basic materials 179.66 4.76 Utilities 243.66 7.41 Small Cap 251.78 2.22 Industrials 317.94 T -0.30 Financials 349.55 2.24 All Share 369.56 3.40 Consumer goods 348.50
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          207 44 Yesterday's close: 7,290.96 (+61.24) »Japanese shares closed higher for the first time in three days as bargain-hunters emerged after the Nikkei landed within striking distance of 26-year lows. Yesterday's close: 866.93 (-1.81) Malaysian shares declined by 0.2 per cent due to a lack of fresh leads and profit-taking on
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            402 44 DCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ...8140 130.0 Lyxor China H 10US$ 905 77.6 lardine CSC 886 53.0 STXPO 100 Ill 46.0 SI A 1014 19.0 DBX1S8P Short 10USS 9272 17.1 Lyxor Korea 10US$ 191 15.5 OCBC Bk 425 13.0 fanlord 82 12.0 SIA200 1006 11.0 CapitaLand 195 10.0
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            177 44 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume CENTS Vol iynear R ;hina Hongxing iingTel ieautyChina Celestial Solden Agri (anlord <oble Grp itraitsAsia :apitalanMBLeCW*****9 !TI 1550 DBePW*****4 Ham 16.5 64 195 9.5 260 13 12.5 29 82 106 106 80.5 19.5 32 117 0.5 6.5 10.0 0.5
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            104 44 runLiun LiunnLiiLii iiuil hhilo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Mar 4 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9850 1.0420 Can dollar 1.1940 1.2080 Euro 1.9370 1.9590 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4177 0.4187 NZ dollar 0.7620 0.7790 Sterling pound 2.1680 2.1930 US dollar 1.5450 1.5620 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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            381 44 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 594.8 306.1 1280 392 1792.9 503 67.5 111 501 3580 1920 2030 1250 628 416 270 909 319 1640 962 438 464 355 501 473 405 314 2170 571 170 5606 CapitaLand 101 5417
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            638 44 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 134 272 157 219 243 403 98 75 124 198 199 190 365 314 158 79.5 423 398 765 334 372 287 170 565 87 222 229 95 108.3 36.5 327.1 124 138
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        768 45  -  Lee Su Shyan By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR NEWS ANALYSIS Compare Our Size &-r Ireland $p SOME victories prove to be hollow. But for veteran banker Wee Cho Yaw, 81, an apparent loss in the takeover battle for United Industrial Corp (UIC) probably means he
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        409 45  -  Gabriel Chen By 1. KfW (Germany) 2. Caisse dcs Depots et Consignations (France) 3. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (The Netherlands) 4. Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank (Germany) 5. Rabobank (The Netherlands) 6. Landeskreditbank Baden-Wuerttemberg-Foerderbank (Germany) 7. NRW. Bank (Germany) 8. BNP Paribas (France) 9.
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          129 45 SEMICONDUCTOR supplier Atmel is demanding payment for outstanding invoices totalling US$ll.B million (5518.3 million) from TLG Electronics and Nucleus Electronics Hong Kong (NEHK), wholly owned subsidiaries of the NEL Group. The two Hong Kong-based companies have received a statutory demand of payment from San Jose-based
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          116 45 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH), Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the FTSE Group are set to announce the results of their half-yearly review of the component stocks of the Straits Times Index (STI) and the 19 other indices in the FTSE ST Index Series after the market
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        Lock icon Changi bags 2nd contract in India
        316 45  -  Karamjit Kaur By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT CHANGI Airport's investment and consultancy arm, which is helping to build India's first airport city in West Bengal, has done it again. It has scored a similar contract in the country's northern state of Punjab. Changi Airports International (CAI)
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      Lock icon CASH BOOST for FairPrice's small suppliers
      704 48  -  Jessica Lim Supermarket chain to shorten time it takes to pay SMEs By FUNDS FOR RAINY DAY "This is important now. Who knows what will happen in the future? If sales drop drastically, then we can dip into these funds to keep production going."
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      122 48 The SME Assistance Programme was launched in January and will end in December. However, Fair Price is monitoring the economic situation and will extend the scheme if necessary. Who is eligible: Local SMEs that are regular suppliers to the Fair Price chain. How to apply: By invitation:
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      571 48  -  Gabriel Chen By BANKS have been among the hardest hit by the global crisis, but you would hardly know that from the sterling results just posted by the Singapore operations of Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart). The British-based bank yesterday posted a 67 per cent
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      475 48 ZURICH: Former Swiss finance minister Kaspar Villiger will replace Mr Peter Kurer as chairman of ÜBS, completing a top management clearout designed to set the beleaguered bank back on its feet. Investors yesterday welcomed the news, which follows last week's appointment of former
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      376 52 1 Writer Alan Moore pitched a mystery about a murdered superhero as a miniseries to DC Comics in 1985. Artist Dave Gibbons volunteered to draw the project. The result was the 12-issue Watchmen, an immediate commercial and critical success. The series, along with Frank Miller's The Dark
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      1132 52  -  John Ivi It took more than 10 years for the graphic novel to hit the big screen and fans cannot wait in los angeles The hot topic of the day is full frontal male nudity. Specifically that of actor Billy Crudup, who plays a glowing blue
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      594 53 ffWTfflaction drama WATCHMEN (M 18) 163 minutes/Opens today/***** The story: A former masked vigilante named the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is murdered. The killing piques the interest of Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), the last member of a group of retired anonymous crime-fighters. His investigation puts him back in
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        1447 54  -  culture vulture tan shzr ee I've turned my back on the addictive website and its too real, too close for comfort world 'I'm going to call it I Slept With Everyone On Television. I was in the airport and I thought, "S**t. What you have to do is
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        546 56  -  deepika shetty Pass him the powder. Artist Nipan Oranniwesna creates intricate maps with the white substance I'ifAVJiJJ CITY OF GHOSTS Who: Nipan Oranniwesna Where: Osage Singapore, 01-12,118 Mount Sophia When: Till March 29 (Tuesdays to Sundays), 10am to 7pm Admission: Free. For details, call 6337-9909 or go to
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        232 56  -  Deepika Shetty An exhibition of artworks by Lim Hak Tai (below), the founding principal of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa), goes on show at a new gallery named after him in the school. Titled Quintessential Nanyang, it showcases 48 of his artworks. Nafa also unveiled
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        346 57 Little Big Shots, Short Films for Children from Various Countries What: Watch the best in children's animation, documentaries and films produced by children When: Saturday to March 17 Where: Screening Room, The Arts House Best for children: Aged two to 12 Tickets: $12 for adults and
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        584 57  -  deepika shetty Shows with cutting-edge sound and multimedia effects are featured in this year's festival 'Now, with the constant exposure they have to the arts, they are quick on their feet, they applaud, they sing and dance along. Sometime you even see them finishing the lines
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        887 55  -  Adeline chia That's the toughest part, says Hollywood star Ethan Hawke on acting in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale arts reporter American actor Ethan Hawke has taken on the role of the troubled Danish prince in Shakespeare's Hamlet, played a rookie cop in the movie Training Day (2001) and
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        490 58 Los Angeles After nearly two decades of rocking the music world with a mix of brash stunts and splashy CD releases, the remaining six Virgin Megastores in the United States will shut their doors this year in another blow to recorded music. The hip
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        335 58 Tokyo Singers Alan Tarn and Leon Lai have been left red-faced after two Cantopop singers linked to them were busted for drugs in Tokyo. Kelvin Kwan (right), 25, who is Tarn's godson, and Jill Vidal (far right), 26, who belongs to Lai's Amusic record label,
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        252 58 New Orleans Dressed as a sexy ringmaster and directing a colourful cast that included jugglers, acrobats and martial arts dancers, Britney Spears delivered a tightly choreographed, if perfunctory, performance on Tuesday night as she launched her first concert tour in five years. The pop star's
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        326 58 ARENA MAGAZINE TO FOLD IN UK Pioneering British men's monthly magazine Arena is set to close after 22 years, putting up to 12 jobs at risk. It was the only magazine in publisher Bauer Media's portfolio that lost money, company insiders said. Arena's final April issue goes on sale
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