The Straits Times, 9 March 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    18 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 MONDAY, MARCH 9 2009 *8* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Foreign wives abandoned
      42 1 THE hard times are hitting the wives of Singaporean men hard. More women, both local and foreign, are seeing lawyers or going to the courts to seek redress for being abused or abandoned by their husbands. PRIME PAGES A4-A5
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      Lock icon PRs as grassroots leaders
      44 1 NEW citizens and permanent residents are signing up to be grassroots leaders, with about 1,000 of them helping out in organising block parties or other activities. The volunteers come from countries such as Britain, India and Thailand. HOME PAGE Bl
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      Lock icon Quake prode: Result out
      56 1 A GOVERNMENT-led probe has concluded that the collapse of schools across Sichuan province last May was mainly due to the powerful earthquake, and not shoddy construction, an official said yesterday. His remarks were prompted by a huge outcry from bereaved parents who blamed poor materials and
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      Lock icon Barrier Reef warning
      59 1 THOUSANDS of tourists and residents were evacuated from island resorts on Australia's Great Barrier Reef yesterday as an intense tropical cyclone bore down on the region. Australia's weather bureau had warned that Tropical Cyclone Hamish could cause substantial damage and flooding, with the storm at its height
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      Lock icon Properties draw few bids
      49 1 FEW people are buying at property auctions with most holding back expecting further price falls, say Singapore auctioneers. At a recent auction, 23 properties were up for sale but most were withdrawn without any bids placed. Only one successful sale was made. MONEY PAGE 822
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    Lock icon Winning course
    41 1 South Korea's Shin Ji Yai hoisting the HSBC Women's Champions trophy after winning the golf tournament by two shots yesterday. The 20-year-old carded a six-under 66 to claim the $464,000 winner's cheque. SPORT PAGE 810-11 ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE
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    Lock icon Gloom and boom at international schools
    659 1  -  Jane NG CASSANDRA CHEW Expat schools in Spore losing students while local ones are growing By Mixed results Smaller enrolments: 10 of the 27 international schools have lost up to 20 per cent of their students. They include the Global Indian International School Singapore
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    Lock icon S'pore woman 'hired killers in Phuket attack'
    423 1 PATONG (Phuket): A Singapore woman has confessed to ordering the killing of a Canadian property developer in Phuket, the Thai tourist hot spot, according to police here. Diana Goh Li Fun, 32, claimed that Mr Francis Alex Degioanni, whom she had known for
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      49 1 FAMILY SECRET I GOVERNING MALAYSIA 4jPil LOOTED TREASURES TK Only 4 know Still politicking pjgpl^ "j§P Who do they how to make one year TtvSli belong to, YaKun'skaya n k after GE Q^^g^^g^ anyway? f T TFFI PAfiF CA i M RFVTFW PAfiF Al7 e^^--^"'^ -^fcfc^.^^V PPTMF PAfiF Afi «*«■*>■
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      921 2  -  JONATHAN EYAL Now loath to nationalise banks, West will end up adopting Asian model By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU IN ECONOMIC terms, the last half century was about the seemingly unstoppable march of private enterprise. But what took decades to accomplish may now be reversed
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        43 2 WE SAY Community hospitals are raising charges because running costs are rising and donations are falling. Better cost management is necessary. These hospitals are too important a part of the health-care system to become unaffordable. EDITORIAL PAGE Al7
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        Lock icon Time for uplifting rhetoric
        37 2 COLUMNS Using new media, the Government can rally the youth amid the economic crisis, but it needs to first find the right words those that truly inspire, says Robin Chan. YOUTHINK PAGE B9
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        Lock icon tightening the leash
        35 2 The cases of two Singapore-listed China firms underscore the need to change the Singapore Exchange's rule book to put major shareholders on a shorter leash, says Goh Eng Yeow. MONEY PAGE 818
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        Lock icon Dialects and business
        34 2 OUR READER SAYS Reader Ang Kian Chuan says having many dialects not only narrows the gap between generations and strengthens family ties. It also makes sound business sense. FORUM PAGE Al9
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        27 2 www.straitstimes.corn Nicholas Yong considers the treatment of women in Singapore on International Women's Day. Judith Tan identifies the female Achilles' heels on International Women's Day.
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      83 3  -  CHEW SENG KIM What happens a minute before Bam? Straits Times photographers show their interpretation of that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 7.59. We aim to capture everyday scenes across the island with a different perspective, bringing readers a slice of life that would perhaps go
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      Lock icon Obama to reverse curbs on stem-cell study
      588 3 Move to overturn Bush policy condemned by conservative groups WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will sign an executive order today reversing Bush administration restrictions on federal funding for stem-cell research, a senior administration official said. The official would not divulge the exact wording
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      Lock icon Help for single mums in downturn
      727 4  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN WOMEN IN NEED New NTUC project to give job, legal and emotional support By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT SINGLE mothers, who are likely to face a tough time in the current downturn, are the focus of a new project by the labour movement launched
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      Lock icon Retrenchments: More women may be hit
      273 4  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN WOMEN are not targeted when it comes to layoffs, but more of them may lose their jobs as they are over-represented in sectors most severely affected by the recession, such as manufacturing. That is the assessment of NTUC deputy secretary-general Halimah Yacob,
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      Lock icon Imported wives left in the lurch
      740 4  -  YEN FENG FOR the first time in seven months, Chinese national Chen Yanfei, 31, came face-to-face with her missing husband in front of a court judge last Monday. The Shenzhen resident asked him to cough up some money for their four-year-old son. Singaporean Tan
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      Lock icon Hard times make
      577 4  -  YEN FENG CRACKS in the economy are showing up fissures at home, as more couples head to court and women to helplines over marital problems. Figures from the Subordinate Courts and the Law Ministry's Legal Aid Bureau indicate a rise in divorces and personal protection orders filed
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      Lock icon Growing tug-of-war over lost treasures
      696 5  -  LEE SEOK HWAI Even experts disa^ee over country of origin's right to date items By NOWHERE has the-long shadow of war and greed loomed larger lately than in Paris and New York. Last month,, two animal bronze heads looted from China some 150 years ago
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      214 5 Laws loopholes STATES 1907 and 1954 Hague conventions: They prohibit the destruction or seizure of or trafficking in cultural property during armed conflict and periods of occupation. The 1954 convention also requires parties to prevent or stop such actions. 1970 Unesco Convention: It requires states to prohibit the import of
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      Lock icon Man and beast face off in Sumatra
      686 7  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Illegal logging could drive Sumatran tiger into extinction By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Recent attacks Jan 24: A tiger ambushes and kills a rubber tapper near a river in the Sungai Gelam district of Jambi province. Jan 28: A tiger pounces through the
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      Lock icon KL report on teaching in English nearly ready
      362 7 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Education Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said a review on whether to continue teaching mathematics and science in English is in the final stages and the report would be sent to relevant agencies for their input before the Cabinet takes a
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        Lock icon All eyes on Kirn's youngest son as N. Koreans go to polls
        534 8 SEOUL: North Koreans voted yesterday to elect legislators to the country's rubberstamp Parliament a poll outside observers are watching closely for hints leader Kirn Jong II may be grooming a successor. The election is the first since Mr
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        Lock icon Probe: Quake was key cause of schools' collapse
        612 8  -  Tracy Quek NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS But parents of students who died refute report, still blame poor construction By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: A government-led probe has concluded that the collapse of schools across south-west Sichuan province last May was mainly due to the
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        Lock icon World Expo 'still likely to set visitor record'
        524 8  -  Grace Ng By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: The global financial crisis has forced some countries to "scale back" their participation at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, but the event is still "very likely" to set a record of 70 million visitors, said
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        Lock icon A bright spark amid economic gloom
        52 9 A waiter lighting candles at a Kuala Lumpur restaurant while waiting for customers. Malaysia will unveil a second stimulus plan worth about RM3S billion (Ssl4 billion) to stem job losses and spur growth, said an official, as exnerts warn of a looming recession. PHOTO:,
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        Lock icon Long-drawn battle over one word
        1029 9  -  Elizabeth Looi MEMO FROM KUALA LUMPUR Back to square one on the use of the word Allah By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT TALK about an almighty issue. To Malaysian Muslims, Allah means God in the Islamic faith. To Christians, however, it simply means God in any faith.
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        Lock icon Donation probe: LDP govt blasted
        500 10 Ex-police chief suggested scandal investigation would not cover ruling party TOKYO: The Japanese government came under fire yesterday after a former police chief suggested the ruling party would escape a probe over a donation scandal that has already shaken the opposition. The right-hand man of
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        Lock icon UN refugee chief in Myanmar for Rohingya and aid talks
        459 10  -  Nirmal Ghosh By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres is in Myanmar for talks with the ruling junta on humanitarian aid with the Rohingya problem on the agenda as well. Mr Guterres met Thai
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        Lock icon Obama erecting 'pillars for recovery'
        727 11 Measures ready by this year; he's also confident that no new bailout funds will be needed WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama expects to have "all the pillars in place" this year for an economic recovery in the United States, while avoiding the need to provide new
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        Lock icon US weighs outreach to moderate Talebans
        294 11 WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama declared in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and suggested the US might reach out to moderate Taleban elements. Mr Obama pointed to the success in peeling Iraqi Sunni insurgents away from more
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        730 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON: Until a few weeks ago, Mr Tim Edwards was just another one of the men begging for change at a busy Houston underpass, ignored by most drivers who sped on past without a glance. Now, thanks
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        541 12 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE \ir-to-surface weapon has 110 km range md is designed to hit naval targets TEHERAN: Iran has test-fired a new air-to-surface missile, Iranian media reported yesterday, in the Islamic Republic's latest display of its military capability. The missile test was carried out despite the
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        Lock icon Let some big banks fail: Republicans
        339 12 WASHINGTON: The United States should let some big troubled banks fail rather than commit more federal funds to prop them up, two key congressional Republicans said yesterday. Senator Richard Shelby, top Republican on the Banking Committee, said the US should not mimic Japan, which
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        223 12 Paintings found after 22 years THE HAGUE: The Dutch authorities have recovered eight 17th- and 19th-century paintings by such masters as Pissarro and Renoir that were stolen 22 years ago. Three people have been arrested. "Some of the artworks had been folded and were seriously damaged," said a statement from
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        Lock icon Israeli wants soldier son freed
        68 14 Israeli dad Noam Shalit, standing in front of a sign showing "987" the number of days his soldier son Gilad has been in captivity. The father was at a protest tent set up outside the residence of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem yesterday. Mr
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        Lock icon Palestinian PM quits to pave way for unity govt
        354 14 RAMALLAH (West Bank): Western-backed Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (right) said yesterday he was confident the Palestinians would form a "government of consensus" after he stepped down to pave the way for a unity Cabinet. "As I said after submitting my
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        Lock icon Australia braces itself for intense cyclone
        452 14 REUTERS BLOOMBERG Residents and tourists evacuated as storm looms SYDNEY: Thousands of tourists and residents were evacuated from island resorts on Australia's Great Barrier Reef yesterday as an intense tropical cyclone bore down on the region, state officials said. Australia's weather bureau had warned
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    • world in brief
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        Lock icon LTTE faction surrenders
        84 15 COLOMBO: A party formed by a breakaway faction of the rebel Tamil Tigers began handing over its weapons on Saturday and its members will be rehabilitated, the Sri Lankan government said. The Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal, a registered political party and ally of the ruling alliance of
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        60 15 CHICAGO: A gunman opened fire at an Illinois church yesterday, killing the pastor and wounding several parishioners, according to US media. The gunman opened fire at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Illinois, shooting senior pastor Fred Winters three times, Fox News reported. Six people were taken to
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        Lock icon 2 killed in UK army base
        92 15 BELFAST: Gunmen have killed two British soldiers and wounded four other people at an army base in Northern Ireland, but political leaders yesterday said the attack would not derail the peace process. Saturday's attack was one of the worst in the province since a
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        116 15 HARARE: Zimbabwe's Prime Minister has left the country for medical treatment after he was injured in a car crash that killed his wife, state media said yesterday. A party official said Mr Morgan Tsvangirai was in Botswana. State radio and the government-run Sunday Mail said Mr
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        90 15 HONG KONG: Hong Kong is in advanced talks with Thailand over an extradition treaty, reported South China Morning Post yesterday. The treaty under discussion "is broad in scope and does not relate to a specific case", but could be used to extradite ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin
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        Lock icon Detonators blew up flat
        96 15 BEIJING: An explosion that tore a hole in a central China apartment and killed two people was caused by small explosive charges being made illegally inside the building, the state-run Xinhua News Agency has reported. Xinhua said on Saturday that a couple had set up an
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        Lock icon Anwar: Push for change
        141 15 KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday urged party loyalists to continue the push for political change in Malaysia and said the opposition alliance will continue to fight corruption and help the poor. Datuk Seri Anwar was addressing some 1,000 supporters at a meeting marking the
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          Lock icon Free land for taking the stork option
          123 15 VIENNA: A village in northern Austria, worried by its dwindling population, is offering free land to all who will pledge to start a family there in a decade. Plots of 800 sq m and 900 sq m are up for grabs at Rappottenstein,
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        67 15 A waitress in a flight attendant's uniform serving a meal to customers at Taipei's A3BO Air Kitchen yesterday. The restaurant is modelled after the flight cabin of the giant Airbus aircraft. Diners said they went to the restaurant because the atmosphere there and the service
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
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      416 16 THREE of the largest community hospitals could not have chosen a worse time to raise their charges. Falling ill at any time is trying enough. Needing lengthy hospital stay in recessionary or inflationary times is even more worrisome. Patients in C class wards in
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        539 16  -  Karim Raslan By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES YESTERDAY, March 8, marked the first anniversary of Malaysia's epoch-changing 2008 General Election. The past 12 months have been an "annus horibilis" for the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Still, 2009 looks to be an
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        499 16  -  Cheong Suk-Wai By< SENIOR WRITER ANGER, said the Roman poet Horace, is temporary madness. Nothing could be truer of the year that has just passed since Malaysians denied their half-century-old governing coalition decisive control of Parliament. What ensued was a wacky scrum for power
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        522 16  -  Farish A. Noor By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES ONE year after March 8, 2008, one gets the impression that Malaysians are tired of the politicking that has been going on incessantly since then. This sense of dissatisfaction was perhaps best captured by a one-page
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          612 17  -  Michael Richardson By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES RESEARCHERS from around the world will meet in Denmark tomorrow to discuss the latest scientific findings on climate change. The three-day international gathering at the University of Copenhagen is sponsored by a consortium of 11 research
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          332 17  -  Dennis Posadas By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES ASIANS need to adopt clean energy quickly if they wish to avert the adverse consequences of climate change. Climate change threatens Asian countries with a rise in sea levels that may destroy low-lying coastal areas.
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          504 17  -  Jeroen van der Veer By DESPITE the global recession, the world must continue to focus on the threat of climate change. Policy can serve the twin goals of stimulating growth and fighting global warming. The broad outlines of an effective response to global warming
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        379 18 WHEN Minister for Health Khaw Boon Wan mentioned rising health costs and floated the trial balloon of a cheaper alternative of rehabilitative care in Johor Baru, he was blasted. I propose we look at the issue from an IR point of view. First, let
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        417 18 Grey power "Exercise your power as a consumer change your bank, change your doctor, and do business with organisations that recognise the needs of the silver industry." MR GERARD EE, chairman, Council for Third Age: "I refer to last Monday's
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        142 18 I REFER to last Tuesday's report, "Give judges more leeway in criminal cases, say counsel". I agree that judges should be given more leeway in criminal cases. In some cases, when sentencing, they are constrained by specific, limited punishments set out in certain sections
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        313 18 ON NOV 1 last year, I had a fall. My children were concerned, knowing I have osteoporosis but am not on recommended treatment for it. My daughter, who is a trained doctor, explained that in a clinical scenario like mine, the least any responsible
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        271 18 WE REFER to last Monday's report, "Scrubbing out the superbug". Heightened awareness of the issues surrounding antibiotic resistance and health-care-associated infections is important in supporting efforts directed towards their control. However, we feel the report may inadvertently have created the
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      638 20  -  Melissa Sim About 1,000 are leaders who organise events and help residents By PART OF THE COMMUNITY "I've made so many friends, it's fantastic. Now people know this ang mon is here to stay." Mr Anthony Fulwood, a Londoner who moved to Singapore in 2004
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      606 21  -  Tessa Wong Works follow recently completed spruce-up of Orchard Road By KEEPING UP "It's time for The Heeren to refresh its facade. We attract a trendy, youth-oriented crowd, so we have to upgrade regularly to keep up with the times." Mr
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      251 21 NOW that the $40 million Orchard Road makeover is done, the Orchard Road Business Association has big plans for the strip. Chief among them is coming up with an "Orchard Road brand", and running more streetwide shopping promotions. The association is still in talks
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      394 22  -  Jessica Lim Jessica Jaganathan Muslims urged to extend aid to even those of a different race or religion THE head of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) has urged Muslims unaffected by the economic downturn to lend a hand to those hit
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      85 22 Mateen Shamyl checking the list Df things he has to search for luring the Cold Storage Kids Hunt on Saturday at the Novena Velocity outlet. The eight-year-old was among 20 participants who raced around the store, parents in tow, trying to pick the right
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      183 22 A MAN with a fractured arm was charged yesterday with the murder of a Malaysian woman who was found dead at the foot of a block of flats in Ang Mo Kio on Saturday. The charge was read by a magistrate to Tan Peck Soon, 19,
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      696 23  -  Jermyn Chow MILITARY DOCTOR WHO WENT AWOL He had sent them e-mail message a month after leaving to say he was well and not to look for him By By all accounts, Capt (Dr) Ooi was a sociable young man who was
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        1094 25  -  Diana Othman EMBASSY SHELTERS FOR MAIDS IN TROUBLE Besides having a place to stay, the women can learn new skills as their cases are being resolved By WITHIN the sprawling grounds of the Indonesian Embassy in Chatsworth Road is a single-storey structure that is
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      636 26  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN Reformed addict will take part in Ironman race to help raise $10,000 By MR HANNIEL Choong had a knack for running from the cops. With officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) hot on his heels, he once jumped from a
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        721 27  -  KAREN TENG The demand for aesthetic services and beauty products is on an upswing even though consumers are tightening their belts in the recession BY WHEN the going gets tough, people who get stressed turn to personal beauty and wellness sessions to lift their spirits
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        249 27  -  LIM YANN LING BY THE latest gadgets will be featured at Singapore's largest IT Show from Thursday to Sunday at the Suntec International Convention Exhibition Centre. The companies taking part will show off their new gizmos in five exhibition halls, which is an increase of
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        376 27  -  Karen Teng THERE is still time for you to enjoy discounts offered by travel agents and airlines during the recently concluded Natas travel fair as several have extended their promotional period due to the overwhelming response. ASA Holidays says it is still giving a discount
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        272 27  -  Karen Teng WHEN Singapore's first all-women mountaineering team attempts to conquer Mount Everest later this year, its six members will be fuelled by H-TWO-0, courtesy of food and beverage maker Yeo's. For the team's convenience, the drink has been specially formulated in powder form by the
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        636 28  -  Robin Chan SOAPBOX To fully engage youth via new media, inspirational messages are needed By IT'S the next frontier. Our Government is stepping up efforts to engage youth through new media platforms like Facebook, You Tube and Twitter. But to really captivate us, they'll also
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        916 28 MY LIFE How do academic concerns push youth to the edge? Youthlnk writers speak up. More is less THE modular system for local universities has led to us cramming for one semester's modules only to forget everything before the next semester even begins.
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        284 28  -  Chen Wei Li MY TAKE By TWO days after the death of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) undergraduate David Hartanto Widjaja, 21, a bouquet of flowers and a rose were spotted on the exact site of his fall. Last Monday, he had stabbed
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        360 28  -  NURUL LIYANA YEO MY SURF By SOCIAL networking's status updates have invaded our thought processes, for better or for worse. But whether at Facebook or Twitter, they can be tough to get right, and annoying to read when they're wrong. There are some status
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      874 29  -  Jeanette Wang HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS By Korean Shin wins after eight-shot swing on the final day, as Hull falls apart Shin Ji Yai Katherine Hull Started the day at 5 under, Leader at the start of the tied for sixth day by two shots at 11 under
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      944 30  -  Rohit Brijnath HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS By Ochoa's charge splutters but such is the beauty of golf LATER, during an evening autopsy of her round, comes the discovery that two things felled her this week. A dodgy tuna roll and a disobedient putter. One works too well
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      601 30 "Instead of hitting it back out and accepting a bogey, I tried to be too clever with the shot and ended up pulling it out of bounds, and ended up with a triple-bogey." KAREN STUPPLES (above) In the last part of The Straits Times'
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        73 31 NEWCOMERS DPMM climbed to third place in the S-League football table with a 2-1 win against Woodlands Wellington at Brunei's Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium yesterday. Ismadi Mukhtar put Woodlands ahead in the fourth minute, only for DPMM to equalise through Sairol Sahari
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        94 31 FLORIDA: Y.E. Yang's slow and steady approach with an even-par 70 kept him in front by one shot after a 203 total for three rounds at golf's Honda Classic on Saturday. On the South Korean's tail were Jeff Klauk (67) and Jeff Overton (70,
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        60 31 AUBURN HILLS: Former Detroit Pistons basketball coach Chuck Daly has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Daly coached the Pistons to NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. He was also the coach of the 1992 gold medal-winning US Olympic squad dubbed the "Dream Team". He was inducted
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        81 31 BENIDORM (Spain): Rafael Nadal beat Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 yesterday to give defending champions Spain an insurmountable 3-1 lead in their Davis Cup tennis first-round series. The third-ranked Djokovic struggled with his serve and unforced errors on the outdoor clay at
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      412 31 Vela, Eduardo put Arsenal in FA Cup quarter-finals Arsenal 3 Burnley 0 LONDON: Arsenal eased into the FA Cup quarter-finals as sublime goals from Carlos Vela and Eduardo set up a 3-0 win over Burnley in the fifth round yesterday. There was more good news for Arsene
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      248 31  -  Leonard Lim WENDY Jacobs has been discharged from a Singapore hospital and is believed to be back in Jakarta recuperating. The 35-year-old wife of former Singapore football captain Fandi Ahmad had been bedridden for the past month after a fall in their home in
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      567 31  -  Terrence Voon By S-League Today Tampines Rovers v Sengkang Punggol (Tampines, 7.45pm) Wednesday Super Reds v Balestier Khalsa (Yishun, 7.45pm) Thursday Geylang v DPMM (Bedok, 7.45pm) Albirex Niigata v Woodlands Wellington (Jurong East, 7.45pm) Friday Home United v Gombak United (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm. Live, Chs,
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      542 32 "It will be life or death at Anfield. We will go there to fight to our last drop of blood." JUANDE RAMOS, Real Madrid coach, whose team trail Liverpool 0-1 from the first leg MADRID: Preparing his team for Merseyside, Juande Ramos
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      155 32 LONDON: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez will gamble on the fitness of Fernando Torres, who only two weeks ago had his ankle in a cast, for tomorrow's Champions League last-16 clash with Real Madrid. Benitez, whose side have a 1-0 lead from the first leg,
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      307 32 MILAN: David Beckham yesterday finally confirmed the deal that had generated worldwide interest he will stay with AC Milan until the end of the season. "I'm grateful to both clubs for making this dream come true," said the England midfielder, who, according to
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      327 32 TURIN: Dope-tainted Dwain Chambers, who claims in a new book that he was once a "walking junkie", set a new European 60m record at the European indoor championships on Saturday, when he won his semi-final in a time of 6.425ec. The British sprinter, who improved the
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      485 32 Man United through to FA Cup semi-finals with 4-0 thrashing Fulham 0 Manchester United 4 LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo, already the most elusive of players, is going to have sprint lessons from Usain Bolt, the fastest human on the planet. As if Manchester United needed to strike more fear
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      277 32 TURIN: Jose Mourinho has sensationally put himself in the frame to become the next manager of Manchester United. And he also launched a shock attack on his old club Chelsea by insisting it is embarrassing that United are running away with the Premier League
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      74 32 TEAM Singapore paddlers Zena Sim (third from left) and Isabelle Li (fourth from left) having breakfast as they share their experience as elite athletes with students from Hwa Chong Institution, Nanyang Primary and Singapore Chinese Girls' School on Saturday. Some 200 students were at
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      520 33 Chinese star beats world No. 1 Lee to win All-England title BIRMINGHAM: Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan repeated his Beijing victory over world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei when he won back the men's singles title at the All-England championships yesterday. The Chinese star beat the hard-work-ing Malaysian
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      461 33  -  May Chen By SINGAPORE'S first beach netball tournament yesterday proved to be a hot draw in more ways than one. Despite the scorching conditions at the Contiki Beach Netball Festival, some 360 enthusiasts and more than a hundred spectators turned up at Sentosa's Palawan Beach
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      96 33 CHRISTCHURCH: An unbeaten 163 by Sachin Tendulkar led India to a comprehensive 58-run win over New Zealand in the third one-day cricket international yesterday. He was the stand-out figure as India scored 392 for four after being sent into bat first. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE "We don't regard ourselves
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      466 33 Badminton All-England C'ships Men's singles s-finals: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Taufik Hidayat (Ina) 21-8 21-13, Lin Dan (Chn) bt Chen Jin (Chn) 21-12 11-6 (ret). Final: Lin bt Lee 21-19 21-12. Women's singles s-finals: Tine Rasmussen (Den) bt Jiang Yanjiao (Chn) 22-24 25-23 21-15, Wang Yihan (Chn) bt
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      363 33 Cleveland Cavaliers 99 Miami Heat 89 CLEVELAND: With the game building to a crescendo and the crowd expecting the Most Valuable Player candidates to soar, Leßron James and Dwayne Wade simply stepped aside. Mo Williams took over. He scored 12 of his 29
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      71 33 CATHERINE TERESA DE SILVA Age: 84 (Wife of late Cyril John Ferroa) passed away peacefully in Perth on 7 March 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Children: Spouses: Mark Mary Tan Vincent Eunice Tan Bridget Roy May Peter Lily Bin Jeffrey MaryAlabons Geraldine Bernard Forest Ignatius Helen Wong Grandchildren: Brandon; Wayne,
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      107 33 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 LAM FOO KIONG @LAMYATSUT Age: 75 was called home to be with the Lord on 7 March 2009, leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: See
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      82 33 In Deep Loving Memory Charlie Wong Leng Hung 06/05/46 to 09/03/98 "May you be free, May you be happy. May you be at peace, May you be at rest." quote fr. Alice Walker Pullitzer Price, Winning Novelist, Poet Activist. This is not just for Charlie but also for all who
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      24 33 In Loving Memory Of Our Parents GAN KEE TIAN CHEW KOH NEO Departed 9.3.90 Departed 21.6.91 Always remembered and cherished by children and grandchildren.
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      47 33 COLLIN JACOBS Age: 84 passed away peacefully on the 7 Mar 09 leaving behind children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Cortege leaves Blk 416PasirRisDrive6 #09-237 on 11 Mar 09 at 3pm for mass at The Holy Trinity Church thence to Mandai Crematorium Hall 1 for cremation at spm.
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      56 34 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Liong Kiam Teck MrLiong Thiam Keong, Peter Mr Neo Tiam Poon Mr Neo Thiam An Mr Neo Tiam Boon and Family on the demise of their beloved Father LION TIONG KIU Departed on 6 March 2009 From: The Board of Directors, Management Staff
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      52 34 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Liong Kiam Teck Mr Neo Tiam Poon Mr Neo Thiam An Mr Neo Tiam Boon and Family on the demise of their beloved Father LION TIONG KIU Departed on 6 March 2009 From: The Board of Directors, Management Staff of Aston Air Control
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      91 34 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Liong Kiam Teck Mr Neo Tiam Poon Mr Neo Thiam An Mr Neo Tiam Boon and Family on the demise of their beloved Father LION TIONG KIU Departed on 6 March 2009 From: The Board of Directors, Management Staff of Chew Boon Chuan
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      69 35 FLORENCE LAM SIEW CHOO Age: 68 Passed away peacefully on 7 March 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Children In-laws, Grandchildren, Brothers In-laws, Sisters In-laws, Nephews, Nieces, Relatives and Friends Wake at Chapel of Repose, Church of St Teresa (Fides Room) 510 Kampong Bahru Road Hp: 9090 1019, 9820
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      43 35 The family of the late BOH LAX BOH SIEW ENG Departed on 4 March 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      45 35 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MOLLY LIM CHWEE KIM Dep: 09/03/2001 The depths of sorrow we cannot tell, Of the loss of one we love so well, And while she sleeps a peaceful sleep, Her memory we shall always keep. Always remembered by love 4 ones
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      22 35 22nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of MUNISAMY SUPRAMANI RETHINAM Departed on 9/3/87 Dearly Missed Fondly Remembered By Children loved ones eh rat
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      20 35 7th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of LIM CHENG CHYE Departed: 9.3.2002 Sadly missed always remembered by family and loved ones
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      38 35 NARI MELWANI Departed: 9.3.1986 Times take away the edge of grief But memory turns back every leaf Always remembered by: Management Staff of M B Melwani Pte Ltd A B Melwani Pte Ltd Watches of Switzerland Pte Ltd
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      198 35 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 MDMLOWJIAKGIM Age: 82 Was called home to be with the Lord on 08 March 2009, dearly loved and always remembered by loved ones. Husband: Ng Kok Chiang Son: Daughter-in-law: Ng Lee
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      115 35 TAN KENG HOCK Age: 66 passed away peacefully on 7 Mar 09. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Doris Yeo Chua Tee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Khoon Seng Ng Lay Tin, Edna Tan Khoon Beng, Alex Tan Pei See, Pauline God-son: WeYiChuan Daughter: Tan Zili, Kerry Grandsons: Granddaughters:
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      86 35 The Family of The Late FONG CHUN KAI Departed on 28 February 2009 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind attendance, assistance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Staff of NUH Dialysis Centre
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      34 35 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late CPT (DR) ALLAN 001 SOONTEIK Departed on 3 March 2009 From Chief Air Force Medical Officer and Staff of Air Force Medical Service
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      31 35 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late DR ALLAN 001 SENG TEIK Departed on 3 March 2009 From: The Fraternity of Aviation Medicine Doctors and Psychologists
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      81 35 DR SHIV NATH KAPUR passed away peacefully on 7 March 2009 at the age of 90. The cremation took place on 8 March at Mandai Crematorium. He will be dearly missed by the Kapur family and all relatives and friends. Prayers will be held on Tuesday, 10 March from spm
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      30 35 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late CPT(DR) ALLAN 001 SOON TEIK Departed on 3 March 2009 From Chief of Air Force and Staff of HQRSAF
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      50 35 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Alex, Lucy, Adrian Lynette ALLAN 001 SOON TEIK when you are sorrowful look into your heart and you will see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight We share your grief and sorrow MBBSClassof76 X E Hall Pals
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      99 35 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 TEO KENG HUAT Age: 67 went home to be with the Lord on 8 March 09 leaving behind loved ones. Wake is held at
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      55 33 ANDREW SYMON 25.06.1956 25.02.2009 Journalist, researcher, analyst and academic. Based in Spore since 1997 and in Jakarta from 1992 to 1997. Memorial service will be held at 11am on 10.03.09 (Tuesday) at St George's Church, Tanglin. Funeral service will be held in Adelaide at a later date. C i In
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      106 33 Today Jit Football vi?X S-League: Tampines v Jffl9 Sengkang Punggol (Tampines, 7.45pm). <j I Tomorrow Cricket ICC Women's World Cup: India v England (Live, Chill, 6.50 am and 10.45 am). Football AFC Cup: Home United v Becamex Bin Duong (Vie) (Live, Ch27, 7.25pm). Uefa Champions League, 2nd leg: Liverpool v
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      99 35 ■■Mm HP' Memory wanders as shadows fell back to the days of happiness, Days beyond recall. UU<L wloJGl cl UaUmjcl thj, (jJLat Cujl cud.. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, A L 0 I) Of her lips now silent And whose lids V 0 I
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      40 36 ISI The advertisement is issued by Macquarie Capital Securities (Singapore) Re. Limited (Reg No. *****2912 C), holder of a capital markets services licence under the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore. jf CATS Recruit <n C\(\C\ RECRUIT I <
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        551 36  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Earning downgrades far from over; US economic reports due this week may weigh on sentiment By THE gloom over equity markets has effectively thickened after the United States unveiled an unemployment figure which was worse than what many economists had
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        313 36  -  YANG HUIWEN WARRANT WATCH THE stock market turbulence in the past week has cast the spotlight on index warrants, in particular contracts issued on the volatile Hang Seng Index. The Hong Kong benchmark suffered its biggest weekly decline in seven weeks. Last week, it tumbled 6.95
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          8 36 For the week 1,513.12 -81.75
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          97 36 ....Mar 6 CHNG YR 2008/200S CLOSE FR Mar 5 S$ LOW S$ HIGh US$ 1.5486 +0.23 1.5579 1.3457 Euro 1.9624 -0.57 2.2064 1.8640 E 2.2007 -0.04 2.8431 2.0356 A$ 0.9885 +0.82 1.3251 0.9068 Yen* 1.5965 -2.25 1.7278 1.2619 Rupiah* 0.***** +0.15 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands Vlar 6 CHNG
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          184 36 DBXTS8P Short 10US$ DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ Isetan lardine C8C Ossia Intl Sing Inv Fin Great Eastern SingTel 9613 896 293 900 23 99.5 803 254 1315.9 23.2 18.0 16.0 10.0 9.5 8.0 8.0 9. 1 6. 1 76. 10. 1 3 Week's Top Rises (0) E3 Hlds
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          207 36 DBS RB ePW*****3 DOB RB ePW*****3 DBS BNP ePW*****7 STI 1850 DBePW*****1 DOB DB ePW*****0 DBS BNPePW*****9 DOB BNP ePW*****8 STI 1950BNPePW*****9 DBSHERePW*****1 167 123 101 70.5 63 63 92 92 49 29.0 22.0 19.5 17.5 17.0 14.5 13.5 12.5 12.0 21.0 21.8 23.9 33.0 37.0 29.9
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          2826 36 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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      356 37 NEW YORK: Where, oh where, did AlG's bailout billions go? That question may reverberate even louder this week now that a partial list of beneficiaries has been published. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that about US$5O billion (Ss77 billion) of more
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      1018 37  -  Goh Eng Yeow CAI JIN S-chip cases highlight need for a tighter leash on major shareholders By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT IT WAS a ghastly week for S-chips, China plays which are listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Financial problems plaguing the major shareholders of two S-chips
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      488 39  -  Jessica Cheam Largely untapped energy source will boost supply to power-hungry Asia By A LITTLE-KNOWN energy source called coal seam gas is hotting up in Asia, as the region's thirst for power has led to more unconventional sources being unearthed. Australian firm Arrow
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      670 39 FINANCIAL CRISIS ASIAN governments need to roll out fresh stimulus measures to stop their economies from sinking further as the region reels from collapsing exports, according to regional analysts. A calculation by Agence France-Presse (AFP) showed that Asia has unveiled spending measures worth
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        727 40  -  Yang huiwen in By OF ALL the professions in demand at the moment, you would think that stockbrokers would be pretty far down the list but not so at local brokerages. Several firms are in hiring mode for remisiers, keen to sign on fresh talent so they can
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        29 40  -  ANANYA ROY SINGAPORE has decided to endorse an OECD standard aimed at prevent^ Singapore is looking to implement the standard via avoidance of double
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      654 41  -  Linette Lai PROPERTY AUCTIONS Two recent auctions see only one sale as buyers await further price falls By DTZ, JONES LANG LASALLE FEW people are buying at property auctions with most holding back in anticipation of further price falls, according to Singapore auctioneers. Interest
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      1020 38 WORKING is a regular newsletter by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). MANAGING EXCESS MANPOWER RESOURCES IN A BUSINESS DOWNTURN To help employers and employees cope with the current economic downturn, MOM together with the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) recently issued a revised
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      95 40 i""" A'1," """'I TaO i'" '!E ifllPP' I m\\\\ laa>^-^| BT PROPERTY SPECIAL I Investors with weak holding power are exiting the market, boosting the subsales of private apartments and condominiums that are nearing completion. With over 10,000 private homes expected to be completed this year, the trend is likely
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      107 41 Jk WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, BLOGGED ABOUT AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm their money despite government MOST-READ ONLINE assurances?" AIG counterparties named. YOUR SAY BLOGGED ABOUT Commentators in the United States Citigroup broke a buck. and Europe are arguing that the only Says Nancy: "I dread to think of the way to
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      25 42 Jon Niermann Brian McKnight Show Luo Talkshowhoston Singer says he loves Singer wins big at his life asTigger Singapore Airlines Singapore Mfc,, litl| Entertainment JBjfc|
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      729 43 Hong Kong Singer-actress Gillian Chung said it was love at first sight when she met actor Edison Chen, who eventually landed her in a sex photo scandal last year. They met through a friend before her pop career began in 2000 and were together
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      618 43  -  tay suan chiang The first art auction of the year here attracted fewer bidders and lower prices compared to last year For art collectors, the auction by Masterpiece Auction House yesterday proved to be a happy hunting ground. There were fewer bidders for artworks and prices
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        1098 44  -  jasmine teo Jon Niermann is head of a gaming software firm by day but turns into a TV host at night Jon L^„ Niermann From president of a company to zany talkshow host it is a big leap that Jon Niermann is taking. The
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        405 44 Los Angeles For a brief moment, sing-er-actress Jessica Simpson captured the sympathy of women everywhere when less-than-flattering photos landed her on the cover of Us Weekly, People and OK!, and even caught the United States President's attention. Granted, some people did not feel bad that she
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        1870 45  -  tan yi hui Electronics salesman turned kaya toast king, Mr Adrin Loi says it was all because of a promise Impnday interview In a factory in Bedok, there is a secret room which only four people can enter. They are the ones who know what goes
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        282 45 'Adrian was too common a name, so I took out one of the "a"s to make it unique. I also bought the number 107 for my car licence plate because it is actually "Loi", our family name, inverted' On some quirky indulgences despite his straight-laced character
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        852 46  -  eddino abdul hadi The velvet-voiced Grammy-nominated artist has also dabbled in radio, TV and theatre music reporter 4} days to Mosaic > w/ MUSIC FESTIVAL eT?!T!^li^el MOSAIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009 BRIAN MCKNIGHT Where: Esplanade Concert Hall When: Next Tuesday, 7.30pm Admission: $58, $88, $118 and $148 from
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        537 46  -  boon chan media correspondent There is no love lost between Cantopop queen Joey Yung and disgraced actor Edison Chen. Speaking at a teleconference from Hong Kong, she says: "It's beneath me to have anything to do with him. I have never been a fan
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        993 47  -  Adeline chia Simon Russell Beale now clubbed greatest Shakespeare actor of his generation arts reporter There are actresses who don't know about things like doing their J[K|ij^j own laundry and getting a bus. quote me I'm not going to be like that' Harry Potter star
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      335 48  -  Adeline chia This show's limp script did not provide many insights into the life of Imelda Marcos IMELDA'S BOYS Action Theatre, The Room Upstairs Last Friday Former first lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos she of the big hair, big sleeves and big shoe collection
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      397 48  -  chang tou liang ffWßWconcert MAD ABOUT TCHAIKOVSKY Singapore Symphony Orchestra Darreil Ang, conductor Esplanade Concert Hall Last Saturday The music of Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky can often be tainted with a familiarity that breeds contempt. No fear about Singapore Symphony Orchestra's latest Tchaikovsky bash, which presented almost
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      377 48  -  chang tou liang TANG QUARTET AND THOMAS HECHT Conservatory Concert Hall Last Friday Chamber music in Singapore has not been the same since the Tang Quartet gave its first concert in 1992 and when the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory came into being in 2003. Concerts at the 600-seat
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      217 49 Beatles: Rock Band out on 09/09/09 Los Angeles The creators of Rock Band have chosen Sept 9 or 09/09/09 as the North American release date for The Beatles: Rock Band, the first edition of the popular video game to be engineered around the music of a single act. It
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        483 51  -  tay suan chiang The Taiwanese singer is the biggest winner with three awards at the first Singapore Entertainment Awards Perhaps it was fitting that Taiwanese pop star Show Luo stole the show at the inaugural Singapore Entertainment Awards ceremony held last Saturday at the Marina Floating
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        335 51 Mumbai Pop star Kylie Minogue (right, with Akshay Kumar) said she was thrilled to work with India's Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, after recording one of his songs for a star-studded Bollywood movie. "It was an incredible experience," the 40-year-old singer told a packed press conference
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        142 51 Hong Kong A shipping businessman was charged with attacking former actress and Miss Singapore Universe Paulyn Sun (right), reports said. Liv Guiqiao, 42, allegedly hit Sun, 34, in a mansion in Shouson Hill Road in the Deep Water Bay luxury residential area in the wee hours
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        189 51 DYING TV STAR CHRISTENED WITH SONS Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody was christened with her two young sons last Saturday at the London hospital where she is being treated, her publicist said. The service was the last time she would be seen in public, he added. "She
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    768 69 Employees are happier and more productive when companies support their career ambitions IF IT is one thing that employees are weary of, it is change. One quarter of top performers think about leaving their job as soon as they hear about changes to their working environment,
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      265 69 RECRUIT l»B»M^g^irera*T*T.™riiT:m Topic ACareerinEngineeringTechnology J I I I\B I Date Saturday, 14 March 2009 I Jt~\V\.J^J J J^ J s. Time 3.00 pm 5.00pm > jl Venue Royal Institution Centre, 1 ig J^ f -^^^^^^^^B 68, Duxton Road, Singapore *****7. pi 1 Jj T [NearTanjongPagarMßT] y I l% For reservation
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        275 71  -  SERENE GOH cc fpYou are anything but misanthropic, disrespectful and apathetic, words so~ often levelled at youF predenessons, Generation X: my generation." if the stories which make the news about youth are to be believed, you are a scary lot. It seems Net-geners are
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        385 71 Lynn Yang learnt more about the Youth Olympic Games and the Olympic spirit in history lessons conducted in preparation for next year's games I have plans to become a facilitator for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 2010. I do not mind if it is only to guard washrooms
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        223 72  -  Amanda Tan Young, yet anything but green, says Fifteen-year-old Joey Poh may be one of the youngest players on the green, but she is no amateur. Her latest feat, winning the HSBC Women's Champions Local Qualifying Tournament, gave her a chance to get up close and
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        168 72 Q: What is the most difficult part of the training session? A: The most difficult part would be trying to concentrate for long periods of time. Q: How did you come to know about the HSBC Youth Golfers Excellence Programme and why did you take it up?
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        360 73 revenge plot A teenage girl persuaded a man to try to rape a 13-year-old girl. By Lim Pow Hoi A teenager who tried to make a man rape a 13-year-old girl for badmouthing her has been sentenced to reformative training. Reformative training is a tough regimen of foot drills,
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        262 73  -  LIM POW HONG POWER BY FACING THE MUSIC A New York judge has ruled that Lil Wayne, will be tried on April 20 on gun possession charges. The rapper is accused of keeping a loaded .40-calibre pistol on board his tour bus in 2007. The bus was
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        481 74  -  Lim Jun Yi Forty school teams, including 17 overseas ones, showed their eco-friendly school designs at the Bth Life Sciences Symposium. By Leave the planet in the hands of the young, and it might have a future. Teens at a recent science competition found that regardless of their
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        552 75 They may be self-professed rejects, but this Ail-American quartet have irresistible pop-punk sensibilities. The foursome, made up of frontman Tyson Ritter, 24, guitarists Nick Wheeler, 26, and Mike Kennerty, 28, and drummer Chris Gaylor, 29, made a four-day stop in Singapore two weeks
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        398 75 Jalelah Abu Baker catches up with a student who gets his wish fulfilled It could have been a Play Station 3 (PS3). Given a choice between that and a five-day cruise to Phuket, Thailand, Andre Tang, 14, chose the latter. The trip, over the Chinese New Year
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        286 75  -  MALINI NATHAN BY Think you have a flair for writing? This is your chance to showcase your creativity. All you need to do is submit an essay for the INKPressions! 2009 Creative Writing Essay Competition through your school and attractive prizes await you. Shortlisted essays
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        942 76  -  Lim Pow Hong Students at Canberra Secondary are enthusiastically embracing Olympic values in the lead-un to the Youth Olympic Games next year. By 'Olympism' IB activities? Darren: Weiming, Darryl and I are Young Team Singapore Ambassadors. We find out from Team Singapore officials what is happening in
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        336 77  -  Lim Pow Hong Before you see the movie Hotel For Dogs, get to know and play with the stars of the show. By Trailer: Hotel For Dogs Date of release: March 12, 2009 Stars: Emma Roberts, Jake Austin, Kyla Pratt, and Lisa Kudrow To watch the trailer, go
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        216 78 SOARING HIGH v^ By Mohamed Azmee Mohamed Zaid, 16, Secondary 4, Unity Secondary School WRITE IN! Send us songs, poems, drawings or essays by you or your friends, and both of you will each win an exclusive STRAITS TIMES MEDIA CLUB BACKPACK. E-mail entries to stin@sph.com.sg with
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        721 79  -  Huang Huifen, ANDREW DUFFY won't fight over their 'boy' The Sunday Times, Feb 22, 2009 Celebrity couple Glenn Ong and Jamie Yeo, who have filed for separation, will not fight over the custody of their "boy". They have agreed that whoever lives in their matrimonial home in
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      534 80 LAYOUT: LIM KAILI TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY TTalk about ups and downs. It has certainly been a lively few weeks for transport around Singapore and even off the island. First, the downs: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has grounded no fewer than 17 of its 102 aircraft. The reason? There are not
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        654 81  -  Teh Joo Lin, By The Straits Times, Feb 23, 2009 Buried under several floors of concrete in an undisclosed location is a cold room accessible only after many layers of security checks. Wired up with screens, computers and telephones, this is where all
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        906 81 Last week, our lesson was based on an article on what makes a good teacher. Exercise A asked you to work in pairs to find the meaning of a list of phrases and to explain what each means in two to three substantive sentences.
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        400 82 Match these digits to the reasons they made the news 1) Number of years in jail that a Singapore judge has sentenced trader Noriyuki Yamazaki to for falsifying accounts and losing his company about US$Bl million (Ssl23 million). 2) According to a report by DBS, unemployment in Singapore
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      61 71 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh JOURNALISTS Lim Pow Hong, Malini Nathan CONTRIBUTORS Alison de Souza, Andrew Duffy, Mardiana Abu Bakar INTERNS Lim Jun Vi, Amanda Tan, Jalelah Abu Baker, Alessa Pang ART DESIGN Samir Shridhar, Lee Xiuhui, Jaster Ngui, Zulaiha Jumari EDITORIAL PROJECTS UNIT Peter Khoo, Gerard Wong,
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      150 82 SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively II I I |2| I I _JLJL_J 'L _2_ 7_ 4_l_ 5_ 7_± _2_ A i__ B_6_ 7_ J_6_ _2_ 8_ 2__JL_3_J I 3|| HOW IO play Previous Puzzle Answer
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