The Straits Times, 30 March 2009

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      Lock icon 7.59
      75 3  -  MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN By PHOTOJOURNALIST 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
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      Lock icon DIY airport check-in will slop a step
      530 3  -  Karamjit Kaur No queuing at airline counters with Changi's new security screening By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT PRINT out your boarding pass, get to the airport, and if you are taking only car-ry-on luggage on board, go straight to the immigration counter. Changi Airport is
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      Lock icon More patients will qualify for higher subsidy
      607 4  -  Salma Khalik Health Minister reveals tweaks to means testing at community hospitals By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT IF YOUR neighbour's per-capita family income is $300 a month, the Government will pick up three-quarters of the bill for his stay at a community hospital. But if
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      Lock icon Scope for paid home palliative care
      641 4  -  Jessica Jaganathan By SLIM DOWN DURING SLUMP "If you are a little bit overweight, please think about slimming down. Honestly, if you are obese and you have a poor work attitude, and I'm an employer and I have so many people applying for jobs,
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      Lock icon Najib's trial by fire begins with by-elections
      532 5  -  Hazlin Hassan He'll be judged by results in Perak, Kedah, Sarawak By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT TAIPING (Perak): Campaigning for three by-elections in Malaysia kicked off simultaneously yesterday, with the battles widely seen as the first test of leadership for new Umno president Najib Razak.
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      Lock icon The three contests
      197 5  -  HAZLIN HASSAN BUKIT GANTANG, PERAK Former menteri besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, from the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) alliance, is in a three-corner fight. Both the Barisan Nasional candidate and the independent are unknown figures. Perak was taken over last month by Barisan Nasional after three assemblymen defected. A
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      Lock icon US vows to talk green urges China to join in
      512 5 BONN: The United States will be "powerfully and fervently engaged" in United Nations climate talks, the Obama administration's top US climate negotiator Todd Stern said yesterday at the opening session of UN talks here. But the US could not "wave
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      Lock icon Medical charities the best paymasters
      919 6  -  Theresa Tan Pay pegged to that in hospitals; others use other standards By THE best pay masters in the charity field are those that provide health-care services, a Straits Times check has found. The Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre's highest paid staff member's "gross
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      Lock icon Top-earning groups' annual reports
      299 6  -  THERESA TAN MELISSA SIM THE Straits Times checked the annual reports filed at the Commissioner of Charities' Office of the other four religious groups which declined to disclose their top staff's salaries. This is what the check revealed: The Faith Community Baptist Church, which holds services
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD
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      Lock icon More Japanese set to work after retirement
      827 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin Rising pensionable age and shrinking pensions may push many back to work By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT Ways to retain older workers Keeping the retirement age at 60 but re-employing workers after they retire, as this entails minimal changes to hiring policies.
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    • world regional
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        Lock icon What role will Mahathir play in Umno?
        1071 10  -  Carolyn Hong NEWS ANALYSIS Ex-PM likely to rejoin party and is already seen as mentor to Najib By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's youngest son, Mukhriz, was waiting for his father at home when suddenly, he was told that
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        Lock icon Scores still missing after Indonesian dam bursts
        438 10 CIRENDEU (Indonesia): Some attention has shifted to caring for homeless and hungry survivors in the aftermath of a dam bursting outside the Indonesian capital last Friday. A wall of water crashed into homes and killed at least 96 people. More than 100 others
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        Lock icon Thai govt fails to muzzle Thaksin
        385 10 BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva admitted yesterday that the authorities are trying unsuccessfully to muzzle fugitive ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksin has become the prime attraction at protests that started last week outside the Prime Minister's office, speaking via video link from abroad
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        Lock icon Cambodia's youth confront a brutal past
        750 12  -  Sim Chi Yin Many ignorant of the deaths and torture even as ex-Khmer Rouge leader goes to trial By PHNOM PENH: Up until just a few months ago, high school student Eng Rithy "only 50 per cent believed" the stories of suffering and hunger
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        Lock icon Layoffs in India as diamonds lose lustre
        434 12 NEW DELHI: India's diamond industry has shed 50 per cent of its labour force as export orders dry up with the global financial crisis crippling demand for precious stones, trade officials say. Eight out of 10 of the world's diamonds are processed in
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        Lock icon N. Korea may test-launch another rocket
        207 12 SEOUL: North Korea is preparing to launch a short- or medium-range missile, possibly right after it carries out its plan to fire a long-range rocket early next month, a Japanese newspaper reported yesterday. It will launch a communications satellite into orbit between April 4
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    • world memo from delhi
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        Lock icon Moving out of India? It's just not cricket
        1190 11  -  P. Jayaram Money and pride at stake in big-ticket event's move to South Africa By INDIA CORRESPONDENT CRICKET'S big-ticket Indian Premier League (IPL) is moving to South Africa for the second edition of its popular slam-bang Twenty2o tournament, in a switch that
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        Lock icon UK spy chiefs 'fear Chinese cyber-attack'
        868 13 Aussie opposition 'fanning anti-China mood' AUSTRALIA'S centre-left government yesterday accused the opposition of pandering to anti-China sentiment and dismissed concerns about Beijing's influence over senior ministers as "absurd". Amid intense debate in Australia over moves by Chinese state-owned entities to buy into the country's
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        Lock icon Toad Day Out – to a freezing death
        61 13 Toad Day Out to a freezing death Thousands of cane toads caught by residents of Cairns, Australia in the "Toad Day Out" programme awaiting euthanasia by freezing yesterday. Gleeful Australians gathered for a celebratory mass killing of the hated amphibians, with many of the carcasses being turned into fertiliser for
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        Lock icon 'Monster dad' case in Colombia
        339 13  -  REUTERS BOGOTA: A Colombian man accused of sexually abusing his daughter from a young age and fathering eight children with her was arrested over the weekend, causing an outcry over the lack of child protection in the Andean nation. Arcebio Alvarez, 58, told a judge
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        Lock icon Arabs united by identical challenges
        743 14  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS Fear of Iran's growing military might brings region's leaders closer By DOHA (Qatar): Leaders from the Middle East and North Africa gathered here at the weekend for the yearly summit of the Arab League, which begins today. The league's dream of
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        Lock icon Biden helped shape Obama's new focus in Afghanistan
        661 14 WASHINGTON: US Vice-President Joseph Biden was influential in President Barack Obama's development of a new approach to Afghanistan announced last Friday say officials involved in the deliberations. Mr Biden had argued for a relatively limited increase in terms of military, diplomatic and
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        Lock icon All-out effort to hold back the flood
        51 15 US National Guard troops and firefighters building a sandbag wall after a breach in a dyke sent river water flowing into Fargo's Oak Grove Lutheran School in North Dakota yesterday. An incoming snow storm threatens more chaos in the flood-affected area. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED
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          Lock icon Ipoh-S'pore flights get nod
          97 15 IPOH: The Malaysian Cabinet has approved the application of a domestic airline to ply the Ipoh-Singapore route, reported local newspapers yesterday. "The airline wrote to us and we considered and processed the application with due diligence," Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat was quoted as saying by
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          Lock icon Biker violence clampdown
          85 15 SYDNEY: Australia is targeting outlaw bikers with anti-terror style laws amid fears of a gang war after the brother of a Hells Angel was beaten to death in front of terrified passengers at Sydney Airport. The public nature of last Sunday's attack at the nation's busiest airport
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          Lock icon Nabbed for owning bombs
          96 15 HONG KONG: Three Hong Kong teenagers have been arrested for possessing explosives of the type used in the 2005 suicide attacks in London, police said yesterday. The classmates, aged between 13 and 14, were nabbed after one of them almost had his hand blown off when
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          Lock icon April Fool's virus is serious
          114 15 SAN FRANCISCO: A tenacious computer worm is set to evolve on April Fool's Day, making it harder to stop. A task force assembled by Microsoft has been working to stamp out the worm, referred to as Conficker or DownAdUP. The US software colossus has placed
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          Lock icon KMT wins by-election
          97 15 TAIPEI: Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) won a by-election in the capital Taipei, but suffered a sharp decline in support in a traditional stronghold, officials said yesterday. The party won just under half the votes cast in the Daan district, defeating the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which took
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        Lock icon The stem cell way to a bigger bust
        474 15 Method uses stem cells from fat on patient's tummy or thighs; first tested in cancer patients LONDON: Stem cell therapy may give a "more natural" option to British women seeking larger breasts, the Sunday Times reported. The procedure, being offered for the
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      108 8 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm we all want a stable married life, but MOST-READ ONLINE that doesn't mean we go selecting men Sydney plunges into darkness. based on their nationalities. This is like Push for Michelle Obama pays off. an indirect way of stereotyping!" MOST
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon How China can get beyond blocking You Tube
      421 16 CHINESE Web surfers will get no closer to watching a video purportedly showing troops beating bound Tibetan captives even though Western civil rights advocates protested against China blocking You Tube last week. Similar criticisms of previous information disruptions made little difference. Despite
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      Lock icon The great repridng
      1871 16 POST-CRISIS GLOBAL SYSTEM Foreign Minister George Yeo delivered the Distinguished Lecture at Cambridge University last Friday, in conjunction with the university's BOOth anniversary. We carry here an edited excerpt of his lecture. Whatever trajectory history will take in the coming years, there will be a great repricing
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        Lock icon Pandemic prevention should have priority
        938 17  -  Michael Richardson RECESSION POLICIES By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Experts have warned that bird flu could be the basis of the next pandemic. Were it to happen during this recession, the costs for public health and economies might be very high, even tipping the world
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        Lock icon The ironclad shield of officialdom
        790 17  -  Robert Karniol SOUTH KOREAN DEFENCE By DEFENCE WRITER IN CONSIDERING a trip to South Korea, or the Republic of Korea (ROK), I contacted the Ministry of National Defence (MND) to request several interviews aimed at providing some insight into current developments. After more than 20
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        Lock icon G-20 take free trade seriously
        665 17  -  Nayan Chanda By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES BY THE time the leaders of the G-20 nations gather in London on Thursday, they will surely have seen at least on television thousands of protesters denouncing them for the misery being visited upon the world. They could
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        Lock icon Doc shortage: Why didn't we see it early?
        299 19 I REFER to yesterday's article, "1,000 foreign-trained docs still not enough". Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan commented on the need to think about increasing the number of locally trained doctors due to the growing population. Within a short period of three years,
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        Lock icon Wake-up call for young
        126 19 LEARNING MANDARIN I FIND a timely reminder in last Saturday's Insight article, "Don't mock them help them love the language", which brings up the hot topic of Mandarin proficiency again. This time, the focus is not on cultural connection how Chinese Singaporeans should speak Mandarin as
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        Lock icon Straddling two languages and loving it
        204 19 I READ with interest the reports on bilingualism and admire Promote Mandarin Council chairman Lim Sau Hoong's tenacity, which shone through in last Saturday's article, "Don't mock them help them love the language". I am a Secondary 1 boy who scored an A* in
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        Lock icon Mum's bad experience at KKH
        322 19 I WOULD like to share a bad experience I had at XX Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH). On Feb 27, around Bpm, my 14-month-old son was taken there by ambulance as he had high fever and had fainted after bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea. In
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        Lock icon Hospital explains what happened
        318 19 I REFER to Ms Hemalatha Subramaniam's letter on her 14-month-old child who was brought to XX Children's Emergency by ambulance on Feb 27. We assure Ms Hemalatha that her child received appropriate treatment in the emergency department. On arrival at the hospital at 8.41pm, SCDF ambulance
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        Lock icon Real estate agencies fully back govt review
        355 19 I REFER to last Wednesday's report, "Regulation of property agents under review". The Singapore Accredited Estate Agencies (SAEA) is fully supportive of the Government's move towards a more effective way of regulating housing agents. The housing agent industry is largely fragmented and unregulated.
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        371 19 Pulau Übin dismay "We felt it was such a shame as the rest of Singapore is so litter-free." MRS VICTORIA BETTS, Britain: "Last Friday, a friend and I, who are visiting Singapore, took a trip to Pulau Übin as we had been told it was a very beautiful island.
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME
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      Lock icon Sorry guys these lots are not for you
      757 21  -  Alessa Pang Spotted: Lots reserved for families, women with children and women only By WHY CATER TO LADIES ONLY? "I can see the reason behind the family lots at Ikea but I can't say the same for these ladies-only lots." Part-time lecturer
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      Lock icon TCM takes root at local hospitals
      642 22  -  Judith Tan Patients often referred by doctors for services to complement conventional treatment By TRADITIONAL Chinese Medicine (TCM) has dug in at seven hospitals in Singapore, with demand for treatment having grown by as many as seven times at one centre. The number of
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      Lock icon Medical cover for foreign workers may be raised
      430 22  -  JEREMY AU YONG HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan is considering raising the amount of insurance that employers must buy for foreign workers who are on work permits. He said the $5,000 minimum, set at the beginning of last year, might no longer
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      Lock icon MOH to speed up hiring: 4500 in next 2 years
      285 22  -  Jessica Jaganathan By THE Ministry of Health (MOH) has hired 1,100 people since the start of the year and there are still 2,600 vacancies available now. In all, MOH will take in 4,500 workers for the public health-care sector in
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      Lock icon Racial and religious tension test in June
      188 22  -  TESSA WONG A NATIONAL exercise will be carried out in June to test how well prepared community leaders are in defusing potential racial or religious tensions, provoked by incidents such as bomb scares or terrorist attacks. Chairmen of Inter-Racial and Religious Confidence Circles
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      Lock icon Yam sengs are just as special on weekdays
      560 23  -  Yeo Sam Jo Cheaper wedding dinners on weekdays a strong pull factor for couples By BANK officer Alex Lee and his wife Kirn Gan had their wedding dinner at the Hilton Hotel two weeks ago on a Wednesday. If it had been
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      Lock icon 5% off meals if you bring own container
      579 23  -  Goh Yi Han By IN THE past, many Singaporeans would carry along their own tiffin carriers when they bought food from street hawkers. Now, foodcourts in Singapore are helping to revive the practice of using one's own containers for takeaway food. Most
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      Lock icon Big jump in legal bills? Survey disputed
      690 24  -  K. C. VIJAYAN Despite World Bank figures, courts and lawyers say no sharp fee hikes here By LAW CORRESPONDENT LEGAL costs in Singapore are reportedly much higher than even those in the United States and Hong Kong but the legal community here has
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      73 24 Philna Low (right), 10, waited for nearly three hours to get a hug from the "Hugging Saint" yesterday morning. Over 24,000 people turned up at the Suntec City Convention Centre on the weekend for Indian spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi, who is renowned for blessing people with
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      424 24  -  Khushwant Singh By FIRMS that provide security services are pulling up their socks, going by the lower number of complaints made against them. In 2005 and 2006, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) had to deal with 383 complaints from condominium residents, shop tenants
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      285 24  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH SECURITY firms flourish in good times as well as bad guaranteeing a steady job even during a recession. There are 5,000 more security officers now, compared to the figure in January last year. Their ranks have been on an astounding climb in
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      146 24 A NEW generation of Malay-Muslim Singaporeans committed to the country while also plugged into the wider world this is the goal that the new 14-member executive committee of the Mendaki Club will work towards. The panel began a two-year term on Saturday with a new
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        1673 25  -  Teh Joo Lin KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By Ways and means TREATMENT by psychologists aside, some countries have turned to other methods to try to cut down on sex crimes: Chemical castration A few European countries and some states in the United States have experimented with giving sex offenders
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        221 26  -  Karen Teng THE recession may have caused some consumers to scale back on their spending but skin care brand SK-II is confident that beauty products that deliver results will continue to be in demand. In this light, it has launched a mask and lotion with
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        696 26  -  LYNN SEAH More adult students are enrolling in private schools to upgrade their skills for the economic upturn Some are doing it with government subsidies BY EVEN as the Singapore economy languishes in a global recession, some private educational institutes here are seeing more working adults
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        260 26  -  KAREN TENG BY THREE hundred avid shutterbugs attended a photography seminar organised recently by Canon Singapore as part of its Supersize campaign. The company held the threehour event as part of its ongoing knowledge-sharing initiatives to educate consumers and provide opportunities for photo
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        280 26  -  ZACKARIA ABDUL RAHIM BY TO MARK its 40th anniversary, Korean Air has opened an international showcase on board selected flights to feature the past and current uniforms of its flight attendants. Seventeen of its cabin crew members are now togged in
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        540 27  -  Jessica Lim SOAPBOX By THURSDAY, for me, brings relief: It is the day I start looking forward to the weekend and to splurging my pay on pampering myself. Yet, the prospect of days off and spending money took on a different
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        503 27  -  Robin Chan SOAPBOX By I ENTERED my first job with great vigour, only to find out just 210 days later I would be getting my first pay cut. It was nowhere near as exciting as my first kiss, my first day in college,
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        720 27 MY LIFE How true is it that Singaporeans generally cede job openings in service industries to foreigners? Youthlnk writers say why they are picky even during bad times. 8PY';HO; Percentage increase in media consumption habits compared to 12 months ago, against the habits of youth
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        111 27 WANT to have your say? Here's your chance to weigh in on everyday issues which affect youth in Singapore. All you have to do is vote. Log on to styouthink.blogspot.com, and give us your opinion on the latest in and around Singapore. This week's polls: Is
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        399 27  -  Yeo Sam Jo MY THOUGHTS By THIRTY years ago, the Speak Mandarin Campaign was launched to promote Mandarin as the lingua franca of Singapore's Chinese community. Thirty years on, I think we have a success story me. In the 80s, I was born into
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      731 28 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX Stunning team debut as Button and Barrichello finish 1-2 in Fl's season-opener MELBOURNE: A new season, a new set of rules and a new team to beat. Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, the Brawn GP drivers, finished first and second at yesterday's Australian Grand
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      458 28 "It was one of the better races that I've driven simply because of the way the car is to drive. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to drive in my life." LEWIS HAMILTON MELBOURNE: Lewis Hamilton described his race from
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      335 28 MELBOURNE: A remorseful Sebastian Vettel admitted he had made a stupid mistake that cost him and Polish rival Robert Kubica certain podium finishes at yesterday's Australian Grand Prix. It was a devastating result for Vettel, who had doggedly pursued the tear-away Jenson Button and
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      246 28 MELBOURNE: Another Australian Grand Prix, another miserable start to a Formula One season for Ferrari and another reason to point fingers at each other. Last season, they scored a point after Kimi Raikkonen came in eighth, but yesterday, they had nothing their worst
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      223 29 Results 1 Jenson Button (Gbr), Brawn, lhr 34min 15.7845 ec 2 Rubens Barrichello (Bra), Brawn, +0.807 3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr), McLaren, +2.914 4 Timo Glock (Ger), Toyota, +4.435 5 Fernando Alonso (Esp), Renault, +4.879 6 Nico Rosberg (Ger), Williams, +5.722 7 Sebastien Buemi (Sui), Toro Rosso, +6.004
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      306 29 THEY had already downed the second and seventh seeds en route to the yesterday's final in which they would meet the top-seeded Malaysian pair whom they had beaten twice before. So Singapore's best men's badminton doubles pair were expected to be worthy adversaries for
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      488 30  -  Lin Xinyi SPH SCHOOLS RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS ACS(l)'s disqualification in 4xBoom overturned, school win B Boys' title By SATISFACTION, shock, disappointment, frustration and ecstasy. Those were the range of emotions experienced by members of the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 4xB 00m relay team during the drama-packed final day of
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      355 30 ORLANDO (Florida): Warning to weekend warriors: Swim-bike-run triathlons pose at least twice the risk of sudden death as marathons do, the first study of these competitions has found. The risk is mostly from heart problems during the swimming leg. And while that risk is
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        57 30 LONDON: Cesc Fabregas has been branded arrogant and out of control by his own Arsenal Football Club teammates, said the News of the World. "Fabregas has changed since he came back from the European Championship. It's as if he thinks he's made it because Spain won,"
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        61 30 HONG KONG: Emosi Vucago scored twice yesterday as Fiji held on for a 26-24 win over South Africa and a record 12th Hong Kong Sevens rugby crown. Fiji enhanced their reputation as the champion exponents of the condensed rugby format. Their 11 previous
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        92 30 DUBAI: Well Armed ran away with the US$6 million (Ss9 million) Dubai World Cup to claim the richest prize in horse racing at Nad al Sheba on Saturday, in what was the race's last running at the track. The 14-length victory nearly double
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        45 30 PRUSZKOW (Poland): China's Guo Shuang claimed her maiden world title at senior level when she won the women's keirin gold at the World Track Cycling Championships yesterday. Frenchwoman Clara Sanchez was second, with Holland's Willy Kanis third. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        61 30 MIAMI: Serbian third seed Jelena Jankovic suffered a shock second-round exit from tennis' Sony Ericsson Open after losing 4-6, 6-7 (5-7) to Argentinian Gisela Dulko, the world No. 35. "I haven't been playing well at all. I've been losing to players because I'm just not
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      342 30 LOS ANGELES: Perfection may be the only thing left for Kirn Yu Na to shoot for. She made history and made an Olympic gold medal next year seem a foregone conclusion by utterly dominating the World Figure Skating Championships. Before a
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      1123 31 England 4 Slovakia 0 World Cup qualifiers Japan 1 Bahrain 0 Japan toasted Shunsuke Nakamura yesterday after his strike in Saitama gave the "Blue Samurai" a 1-0 win over Bahrain and all but booked their place at the 2010 World Cup.
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      293 31 Argentina 4 Venezuela 0 BUENOS AIRES: Argentina, inspired by Lionel Messi, gave Diego Maradona what he described as a perfect home and competitive debut as coach by beating Venezuela 4-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday. Messi scored the first goal and then set
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      347 31 ORLANDO (Florida): Tiger Woods lost his ball at the final hole during Saturday's third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but the US$6 million (Ss9 million) PGA tournament itself is far from lost. Defending champion Woods subsequently got up-and-down from 145 yards, sinking a 25-foot putt
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      175 31 PHOTO: PHOENIX: Shin Ji Yai moved into position for her second LPGA Tour victory of the year by shooting a six-under 66 for a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Phoenix International on Saturday. The 20-year-old Shin hailed as "The Final-Round Queen" in
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      654 31 "Got on the spin bike for half an hour today." Lance Armstrong, reporting on Twitter that he is back in training, three days after surgery to fix his broken right collarbone Badminton Indian Open In Hyderabad: Finals Men's singles: Taufik Hidayat (Ina) bt Hafiz Hashim 21-18 21-19. Doubles: Choong
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      91 29 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League Home United Woodlands Mon, 30/03/09 7.45pm S.League Combak SAFFC Tue, 31/03/09 7.45pm International Football Portugal South Africa Wed, 01/04/09 2.45 am World Cup Venezuela Colombia Wed, 01/04/09 8.30 am This match is played on neutral ground. 1/7/1 Draw No. 2418/2009 #/V/y Draw
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      892 30 I HORSE RACING Track: Good (Rl-6). Yielding thereafter Race 7 Novice 1200 m 3ACEAVIVA,RFradd 1 Race Initiation 1600 m z Dan Duchess Add MRazali 2 2 SALVAGENTE.J Powell I. 4 Waipapa J Saimee 3 1 Happy Win, RFradd 2. Margins: i/2 len x Head. 11me:i:09.9. Nos. 3, 2, 1 Win:
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      124 31 S-League: Home v Bk Woodlands (Clementi, 7.45pm). 1 Golf W*jk LPGA Phoenix International: I m Day 4 (Live, Ch26, 7am). w Tennis Sony Ericsson Open: 3rd rd (Live, Ch22, 11pm). Tomorrow Football S-League: Gombak v SAFFC (Jurong West, 7.45pm). Under-21 friendly: England v France (Live, Ch24, Wednesday, 2.55 am). Tennis
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      109 32 KOH TIONG JIN Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 28 March 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: So Sor Guat Daughter: Son-in-law: Koh Cheng Chee Brad Alan Pierce Sons: Daughter-in-law: Koh Kew Kho Koh Kew Sek Wilassana Dejharn Grandsons: Koh Chong Shi, Jorn Koh ChongYi, Gene
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      122 32 s. "Surely goodness and loving kindness will follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever" 'Psalm 23:6 CHARLIE SEAH KHENGWAH Age: 65 Was called home to be with the Lord on 28 March 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered
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      94 32 Ist Anniversary I In Loving Memory of MDM LOH SEOK NEO Wife of the late Mr Cyril Tan Teck Bee (Departed 30.03.08) Dearest Mum, You left us ayear ago, but we are comforted I I to know that you are with the Lord which is I I far better. I
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      94 32 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 ALBERT CHAI CHENG YONG Age: 55 was called home to be with the Lord on 29/03/2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Mary Mok Sons: Benjamin Chai Nicholas Chai Ernest Chai Brothers, sisters,
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      49 32 9th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Jenny Yeo Im Neo Called home to God on 30 March 2000 thank my God Everytime I remember you Philippians 1:3 We love and cherish you always Husband: Tommy Sister: Roseline Daughters: Sons-in-law: Juniper Benny Serene Raymond Grandsons: Matthew, Adam, Michael and Evan
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      139 32 EE CHAR BOH Age: 80 years Beloved wife of the late Koh Cheng Teow Passed away peacefully on 29 March 2009 Deeply missed and fondly remembered by: Sons: Daughter-in-law: Koh Koon Seng Lee Nyuk Chin Koh Koon Huat Daughters: Sons-in-law: KohßeeHoon Wong Peng Kin Koh Bee Ling Koh Bee Teen
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      123 32 NG CHONG FOO DENNIS Age: 59 passed away peacefully on 29 March 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Woo Lee Choo Son: Daughter: Wu Wei Yang Wu Cuifen Godsons: Zhang Jun Xiang Ooi Ngan Kai Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Ng Soon Teck Francis Patricia Ng Woo Cheong Hong
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      78 32 "The Lord Is My Shepherd!" GEORGE RAYAR Age: 50 was called home by the Lord on 28 March 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Laura Quismorio Son: Ronald Allan Quismorio All relatives friends. Wake is held at Blk 237, #02-38,T0a Payoh Lor 1. Cortege leaves on
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      41 32 Athma Shanti Pooja G RAJ KUMAR (Subramaniam) Departed: 16 Mar 2009 Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on 31 Mar (Tue), 7pm at Sri Arasakesari Sivan Temple, 25 Sungei Kadut Aye. Tel: 9171 1687 P& treat this as a personal invitation
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      146 32 J&? "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 ONNY WIDJAJA KASENDA nee LAUW SIOE TIOK Age: 83 Was called home to be with the Lord on 26 March 2009. Dearly missed
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      104 32 IP "Come to me, says theLORD, allyou who came weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" Matthew 11:28 DAISY DEVAN Age: 81 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 Mar 2009 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Albert, deceased) Sister: Brother-in-law: Ivy Douglas Nephews Nieces their
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      104 32 "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 DASS PUSPABATHI Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 29 March 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones.
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      147 32 MAGDALENE SOH BENG KIOW Age: 91 passed away peacefully on 27 March 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Henry Koh Song Chuan, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: John Koh Jessie Teo Anthony Koh VeraLee Jimmy Koh Wong Mvi Choo Daughters: Sons-in-law: Rosalind Koh Steven Ang Catherine Koh Thomas
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      125 32 RATTAN SINGH S/O GULZAR SINGH Age: 53 Village: Rattlan passed away peacefully on 28/03/2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by: Mother: Bur Jangir Kaur Wife: Paramjit Kaur Sidhu Sons: Surinderpal Singh Sandhu Prithpal Singh Sandhu Daughter: Ravinder Kaur Sandhu Brothers, sisters, relatives and friends. Cremation will be on 31 March
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      50 32 In Loving Memory of TAN HOOD KIM 30.3.1907 30.3.1975 Though time fades memories, It cannot break love's ties. The amber of your love glows on, Your voice still echoes in our hearts. In silent moments you are near, and we feel you in our lives. Dearly missed by children grandchildren
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      131 32 In memory or a loved one For the loved ones whom you remember.. "In Memoriam" Jt% Because love never dies. *w* H^ ■R .^^Wf^'Sßta^l?''' "een that love knows not its own depth until the hour 01 1 Mj3 separation. But there are ways to hold on to the precious memory
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      54 35 TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? Is the US$l.2 trillion injection by the Fed the right move at this time? Have the US government and financial institutions now done enough to pull the economy out of recession? CEOs share their views fl^L Vf-l"' '<■■ ffc *i^S if ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS IN SINGAPORE:
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      688 36  -  Yang Huiwen Auditors are focusing more attention on risky areas, such as cash flow By AUDITORS have raised red flags over nearly half a dozen S-chips in just the past week alone, as they step up checks on companies. And with the financial crisis still raging,
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      383 36 COLOMBIA: Chinese central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said it was uncertain whether China's economic slowdown had ended, while urging more financial reforms in the face of the worldwide slump. "You know, it still very much depends if this global financial crisis has reached
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      513 36 VINA DEL MAR (Chile): Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have appealed for stricter oversight of global financial systems at a warm-up to the G-20 meeting later this week. Mr Lula da Silva
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      289 36 WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said that for the country's economy to recover, banks need to show more willingness to take risks and restore lending to businesses. "To get out of this, we need banks to take a chance on businesses,
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        627 33  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Upcoming developments will determine whether recent rally is sustainable By STOCK markets enjoyed another bumper week, with most Asian markets chalking up their strongest weekly gains in recent months. Key developments this week in the United States auto industry,
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        300 33 NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein's compensation fell by 98.4 per cent last year, as banks faced huge write-downs and losses due to investments in toxic assets. Under accounting rules required by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the fifth-largest US
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        864 34  -  Goh Eng Yeow CAI JIN Done excessively, hyper-inflation can ensue; US bond buyers nervous By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT IT TOOK China three decades to gather US$2 trillion (Ss3 trillion) in foreign reserves, as it transformed itself into the world's manufacturing hub through the hard work and
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        341 73  -  LIYANA YEO BRYAN TOH and jump on the boho bandwagon FEDORAS love over, trucker caps, there's a iew hat in town. Stylish and oozing with charisma, fedoras are the hottest head wear with teen guys these days. Paired with the correct I ensemble, say, a vest and jeans,
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