The Straits Times, 3 April 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 FRIDAY, APRIL 3 2009. Sfll A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Errant bosses caught
      48 1 A TASK force set up to enable early detection of bosses who may be at risk of defaulting on salary payments to their foreign workers has identified 43 employers with salary arrears. Two have been prosecuted, said Manpower Minister Gan Kirn Yong. PRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon New record for ST.com
      53 1 STRAITSTIMES.COM broke new records last month, hitting an all-time high in both page views and unique visitors. The latest independent figures from Nielsen's Site Census confirm that Singapore Press Holdings' Asia One and Stomp online news portals are also seeing a record number of users. HOME
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      Lock icon Carriers change hands
      45 1 AUSTRALIAN airline Qantas has joined a Singaporean travel industry veteran to take control of low-cost carriers Jetstar Asia and Valuair. Qantas now owns 49 per cent while Mr Dennis Choo owns the rest. Temasek Holdings has exited the business. MONEY PAGE C2l
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    • Article
      Lock icon Fund freeze for silat body
      57 1 THE Singapore Silat Federation could suffer a freeze in government funding. This, after audit checks by the Singapore Sports Council uncovered weaknesses in Persisi's internal financial controls. Investigations are ongoing, and Persisi is expected to have its funds for financial year 2009, which started on
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      Lock icon Challenges from Day 1
      47 1 DATUK Seri Najib Razak confronts an array of challenges from the moment he is sworn in as Malaysia's sixth prime minister today. Among them, the impact of the global economic storm, fraying race relations and three by-elections next week. PRIME PAGE A 4
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    Lock icon Former Ren Ci chief Ming Yi's criminal trial starts
    86 1 PRIME PAGES AlO-11 ST PHOTO: Former Ren Ci Hospital chief Ming Vi arriving in court yesterday for the start of a criminal trial against him and his personal aide Raymond Yeung. At the heart of yesterday's trial was a $50,000 cheque
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    Lock icon Trillion-dollar cushion for economies
    579 1 G-20 leaders agree on tighter regulations to rein in excesses LONDON: World leaders agreed on a regulatory blueprint for reining in the excesses that fed the worst financial crisis in six decades and pledged more than US$l trillion (Ssl.s trillion) in emergency aid to cushion the
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    Lock icon Appeal Court blocks Horizon Towers sale
    182 1  -  Joyce Teo By SINGAPORE'S longest-running dispute over a collective property sale ended yesterday with a dramatic twist. After five years of legal wrangling, the Court of Appeal ruled that Horizon Towers in Leonie Hill will not be sold after all to a consortium led
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    Lock icon Regional markets surge, with STI up 5.94%
    187 1 REGIONAL stock markets charged to massive gains yesterday amid a rush of optimism based on fresh data suggesting that the battered United States economy might be over the worst. The region's best showing was in Hong Kong, where the Hang Seng Index rocketed
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        Lock icon US and Pakistan: Be firm, but not too firm
        72 2 WE SAY The latest terrorist attack in Lahore has underscored the dire political situation in Pakistan. Quite rightly, the Obama administration has linked further aid to Pakistan to its willingness to fight the Taleban in the country's lawless regions. In doing
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        Lock icon China's Tibet policy
        28 2 COLUMNS China needs to relook its policy on the Dalai Lama if it is serious about stability in Tibet, says Ching Cheong. PAGE REVIEW Al5
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        Lock icon Back to basics for Nato
        23 2 Nato should get back to what it does best constraining Russian power, says William Choong. PAGE REVIEW Al6
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        Lock icon Ease strain on hospitals
        65 2 OUR READER SAYS Reader Ong Lip Hua thinks neighbourhood clinics should be encouraged to team up to form local hospitals to reduce traffic at public hospitals. FORUM PAGE A2O Q ONLINE BLOGS www.straitstimes.com Terrence Voon bemoans the lack of badminton courts in Singapore considering the sport's
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      Lock icon Red shirts play with fire
      894 2  -  Nirmal Ghosh Thai politics takes a dangerous turn with attacks on Privy Council By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT WHEN red-shirted pro-de-mocracy protesters burned an effigy of the president of the King's Privy Council outside his house in Bangkok last week, they were playing with fire, literally. The
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      Lock icon Task force spots errant bosses early
      1021 3  -  Goh Chin Lian MELISSA SIM Govt determined to protect well-being of foreign workers, says minister By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Apartment-style living at largest dorm AVERY Lodge is the largest, and quite likely the most well-appointed, workers' dormitory here. Opened officially yesterday, the dorm brings
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      Lock icon Najib plunged into thick of things
      840 4  -  Carolyn Hong New Malaysian PM's attempts to make a fresh start won't be easy By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: When Datuk Seri Najib Razak is sworn in as Malaysia's sixth prime minister today, there will be precious little time for him to savour
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      Lock icon Abdullah resigns as Prime Minister
      310 4  -  HAZLIN HASSAN KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian King yesterday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, paving the way for the transfer of power to successor Najib Razak. The day started with Datuk Seri Abdullah arriving at the palace for an audience with Sultan Mizan
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      Lock icon It's final: Horizon Towers sale is off
      729 6  -  Joyce Teo Surprise ruling vindicates stand of minority owners By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT THE Court of Appeal halted the contentious Horizon Towers collective sale once and for all yesterday with a hard-hitting ruling that singled out the estate's sales committee for scathing criticism. The
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      Lock icon THE OBJECTORS
      531 6  -  JOANNA SEOW LINETTE LAI AND VERY HAPPY "We are very, very, very happy that we get to keep our home. All the minority homeowners are very passionate in working together towards keeping our home. We are also fortunate to have very professional and passionate legal counsels." Madam Ong
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      Lock icon The Appeal Court judgment
      470 6 The Court of Appeal yesterday reversed the sale of Horizon Towers, ending a l^/z-yeax battle over the estate's collective sale. Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong and Judges of Appeal Andrew Phang and V. K. Rajah found that the condo's sales committee had breached its duties to
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      Lock icon Russia to press case for super currency
      525 8 Leaders fail to get round to discussing relying less on dollar LONDON: Russia hopes to keep alive a proposal for a new su-pra-national currency, despite it being left off the agenda of yesterday's G-20 summit in London, a Kremlin aide said. It proposed
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      Lock icon A sweet start to ties with Obama's America
      461 8  -  Tracy Quek THE VIEW FROM CHINA By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Over the years, the complex relationship between China and the United States has gone by many names. Under President Bill Clinton, it was defined as a "constructive strategic partnership". Under President George
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      Lock icon High security at meeting site
      94 8 POLICE were out in force for the G-20 summit yesterday, swarming around the East London riverside site as small groups protested against world poverty and climate change. Outbreaks of violence in big protests a day earlier in the capital's financial district had led to 86
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      Lock icon Obama wants FTA progress
      94 8 US PRESIDENT Barack Obama told South Korean President Lee Myung Bak yesterday on the sidelines of the G-20 summit that problems remain on a stalled bilateral free trade deal, but he wants to make progress, a US official said. "President Obama said that he understood there
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      Lock icon Leaders missing from photos
      71 8 GETTING world leaders together for a G-20 summit photograph proved impossible yesterday despite two attempts. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper missed out on take one, British officials said. A second take was hastily scheduled. This time, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was conspicuous by his absence.
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      Lock icon Asean backs stimulus calls
      78 8 ASEAN supports calls by the United States and Britain for coordinated stimulus measures and hopes to see a strong stand taken against protectionism at the G-20 summit, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has said. Mr Abhisit, who is attending the summit as the current chairman of
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      Lock icon London goes gaga over Michelle Obama
      485 8 LONDON: America's First Lady Michelle Obama has already graced the covers of glossy magazines such as Vogue in her own country. Now she is making waves across the sea. Even protocol went by the boards as she and her husband Barack who just happens
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      Lock icon Lapses and weaknesses found by MOH raised concern, court told
      335 10 RED flags went up all over Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre when the Health Ministry (MOH) conducted a review of 12 charities in 2006. Explaining why MOH decided to dive deeper into Ren Cis books, Ms Lynda Soong, its
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      Lock icon $50,000 cheque not a loan, DPP contends
      791 10  -  Sujin Thomas Carolyn Quek It was an unauthorised payment by Ming Vi for renovations, court hears By &l About the case FORMER Ren Ci Hospital chief Ming Vi faces a total of 10 charges but only four are the subject of the current
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      Lock icon Wood, statues and a $50,000 cheque
      247 10 MING VI told Ernst Young auditors in a Dec 18, 2007 interview that the $50,000 cheque was to pay for wood to build Buddhist statues. The following is from the interview transcript tendered in court. INTERVIEWER (referring to the wood): "Was any statue made
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      Lock icon Khmers' agony draws lawyer to Cambodia
      653 10  -  Cassandra Chew By IT WAS the anguished testimony of a man forced to bury his dead children that moved lawyer Vinesh Winodan to give up his blossoming career here to help redress the wrongs committed by the Khmer Rouge regime in 1970s Cambodia. The
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon US and Pakistan: Be firm, but not too firm
      433 12 THE attack on a police academy in Lahore this week underscores the sheer audacity of the Taleban, which is on the comeback trail after being defeated in Afghanistan so convincingly in 2001. Overall, the political picture in Pakistan is not pretty.
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      Lock icon Walking a tightrope
      963 12  -  Yang Razali Kassim NAJIB'S ERA By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES ON MARCH 22, just before taking over as Umno president, Datuk Seri Najib Razak spoke to the Malaysian media. With tongue half in cheek, he said he had noticed a new fad within Umno in anticipation of
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      Lock icon Pitfalls of a too clever plan
      937 12  -  Joseph E. Stiglitz OBAMA'S ERSATZ CAPITALISM By What the Obama administration is doing is far worse than nationalisation: It is ersatz capitalism, the privatising of gains and the socialising of losses. It is a "partnership" in which one partner robs the other. THE Obama
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      Lock icon No Dalai Lama, no peace in Tibet
      905 13  -  Ching Cheong By SENIOR WRITER THE sensitive 50th anniversary of the failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet passed without much incident last month. The region will again be open to foreign tourists from Sunday after the Chinese authorities eased a security clampdown
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      Lock icon Nato at 60: Get back to basics
      947 14  -  William Choong FOREIGN MATTERS By SENIOR WRITER A compelling threat is essential for defence alliances. Ruminating about threats such as melting polar icecaps and ecological change are hardly substitutes. Nato must get back to basics and do what it does best: deterring and
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      Lock icon Fighting a losing battle against TB
      815 15  -  Bruce Gale MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By SENIOR WRITER TB is closely associated with malnutrition, poverty and cramped living conditions. These are exactly the sort of problems likely to be exacerbated in Indonesia's urban slums during the current economic slowdown a"^
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      Lock icon 'Can't please all but we can do the right thing'
      2132 16  -  Sue-Ann Chia After a year as Acting Minister, Mr Gan Kirn Yong was promoted to Manpower Minister on Wednesday. He tells Insight about his challenging year: coming up with schemes to minimise job losses. By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT PAINFUL BUT
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      Lock icon That foreign-local issue
      602 16 MANPOWER Minister Gan Kirn Yong assures Singaporean workers that the Government seeks to protect their interests in this recession. They take priority over foreigners working here. "Looking at the foreign-local issue, our priority has always been to preserve and advance the interest of our local workers," he
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        257 17 EASING HOSPITALS' STRAIN I APPLAUD Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan's moves in recent years to reduce the stress on our health-care system. The initiatives have included publishing the rates of procedures, reducing waiting time at polyclinics and, more recently, increasing hospital bed
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        Lock icon Unfair to subsidise overseas medical students
        351 17 I REFER to Mr Steven Chong's letter, "Reimburse medical students overseas", on Wednesday. As a third-year medical student at the National University of Singapore (NUS), I understand the financial burden borne by Mr Chong, whose eldest son is studying medicine overseas after not securing
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        Lock icon No duplication in CDAC help schemes
        290 17 I REFER to the Forum letter, "No point duplicating training help schemes" (March 25). The writer Gilbert Goh is mistaken. There is no duplication between the training help schemes of the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) and Workforce Development Agency (WDA). Through its outreach
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        Lock icon SBS explains delay in aiding crash victim
        389 17 I REFER to the letter, "SBS did not even bother to contact us", by Ms Cynthia Tan on Wednesday. Let me first extend our sincere apologies to Ms Tan, her father and her family for the accident and the perception that we have
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        350 18 KINDNESS CAMPAIGN READING Wednesday's report, "Kindness troopers bring it on", I am sad to say that we have been at it for 40 years with not much to show for all the time, effort and money spent. This is regrettable because Singaporeans have improved in
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        87 18 LETTERS should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer's full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please e-mail
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        Lock icon Minibonds: Bank ready to address client's concerns
        149 18 I REFER to Mr Victor's Khoo letter last Friday, "Minibonds: Bank adamant despite MAS advice". Unfortunately, we are unable to reply publicly to Mr Khoo's letter as ABN Amro has an obligation to observe strict client confidentiality. However, we will be happy to
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      550 20 Military says it will attack 'major targets' if Japan intercepts missile SEOUL: North Korea's military threatened yesterday to attack "major targets" in Japan if Tokyo tries to shoot down a satellite it intends to launch between tomorrow and April 8. North Korea has begun fuelling a
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      Lock icon Response of key players to launch plans
      380 20 China THE response of China, North Korea's main ally and key aid provider, appears to be low-key compared to the other countries in the region. Chinese diplomats have repeatedly urged all sides to show "calm and restraint" and said the rocket will carry
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      Lock icon Mumbai terrorist's lawyer gets flak
      939 21  -  P. Jayaram P. JAYARAM She stands her ground after initially pulling out of case when her house was stoned By INDIA CORRESPONDENT From obscurity to celebrity status She was hardly known even among Mumbai's legal fraternity, but her appointment to defend the lone surviving terrorist
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      Lock icon US general warns of key threat to Pakistan
      426 21 WASHINGTON: General David Petraeus, the top United States commander for Iraq and Afghanistan, has warned a Senate panel that militant extremists in Pakistan "could literally take down their state" if left unchallenged. He also said on Wednesday that the government was doing
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      Lock icon Tycoon's sex pact causes stir in HK
      676 23 Shoe mogul sues mistress for breaching pact that did not allow her to take another lover HONG KONG: A prominent Hong Kong shoe tycoon is suing his mistress because she broke an agreement not to have sex with anyone else, local newspapers said
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      Lock icon China, S'pore to boost military ties
      173 23  -  XINHUA BEIJING: China wants to deepen military ties and boost pragmatic cooperation with Singapore, said senior Chinese military official Guo Boxiong in Beijing yesterday. General Guo, a vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission, told Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean during a
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      607 25  -  Yeo Suan Futt The $100-million Avery Lodge sets new standards with its high-quality facilities to house foreign workers By WITH a capacity of 8,000 beds, the recently completed Avery Lodge is Singapore's largest purposebuilt worker dormitory. It is also the crown jewel for Avery Strategic Investments (ASI),
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      666 25 Avery Lodge snapshot Opens on April 2, 2009 90 per cent of residents working Costs approximately for 50 companies $100 million Rental at $180 per Construction completed person per month in 14 months 486 self-contained 2-hectare site housing units that come with bay 30-year lease windows 5
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      257 25 Avery Strategic Investments' dormitories are strategically located with apartment-style living for foreign workers IN A business where housing for workers is most commonly associated with temporary structures or old buildings, Avery Strategic Investments (ASI) stands out for offering a chain of high-quality, purpose-built worker dormitories. In addition to
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      640 25 Some of the dorms that we had to use before were terrible. One of them had zinc roofs which get very hot, and having the communal cooking space located on the floor directly below the sleeping quarters made it worse. Some of my workers have
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      648 27  -  Alastair Mclndoe Recent spike could be due to economic crisis, new tactics by gangs and upcoming polls By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT FOR the past 16 years, Tulay, a small, fortnightly Filipino-Chinese community newspaper in Manila, has published Kidnap Watch. The newspaper logs the names of the
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        326 28 TAIPEI: It will be an ice-breaking event literally. Taiwan and China will cooperate on research in Antarctica for the first time, scientists said yesterday, in a further sign of closer ties between the two sides. Taiwanese researchers are expected to join China's icebreaker and
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        49 28 Ms Tao Jiali is among China's first batch of 16 female fighter pilots who completed their 44-month-long training yesterday. Although the air force started to recruit women pilots in 2005, they were mostly assigned to cargo aircraft piloting, navigation or telecoms services, photo: PHOTO: XINHUA
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        546 28 It aims to become the world leader in production of hybrid and all-electric cars and buses TIANJIN: Chinese leaders have adopted a plan aimed at turning the country into one of the leading producers of hybrid and all-electric vehicles within three years, and
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        489 29 MANILA: Islamic militants in the southern Philippines released a Filipino Red Cross aid worker yesterday, leaving a Swiss and an Italian still in custody. Philippine Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said on nationwide television that Ms Mary Jean Lacaba, 37, was safe in the hands
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        579 29  -  Lynn Lee Political parties go all out to grab attention ahead of polls on Thursday By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Winning votes is a serious business for Indonesia's 38 political parties but erotic dangdut (traditional folk) dancers, freebies and strange candidates are all part of
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        627 30  -  Abraham Rabinovich Experts predict a new 'Cold War' if Iran starts making nuclear arms By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES For all the aggressiveness of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...the decision to go nuclear is not an easy one for an Iranian leadership which remains divided.
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        205 30 SAO PAULO: A Brazilian man who went to a hospital with a 15cm-long spear stuck in his head after a freak accident has said that he is done with underwater fishing. Three days after doctors surgically removed the fishing spear from his brain, Mr
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        309 31 Chinese, Indian and South-east Asian cuisine popular, poll shows LONDON: Chinese meals are more popular than Indian ones in Britain, according to new research that challenges assertions that Britons' favourite food is curry. A report yesterday by consumer analyst company Mintel also said South-east
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          124 31 KUALA LUMPUR: The number of rape cases in Malaysia increased by threefold last year compared with the previous year, Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung told the Senate yesterday. He said there were 4,959 cases last year compared with 1,241 cases in 2007. "That is an
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          100 31 SYDNEY: The tough legislation that could land bikers in jail for associating with one another sailed through an Australian state Parliament yesterday, following a series of bloody clashes between warring gangs. The new laws will enable police to ask the state Supreme Court to declare a
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          102 31 DHAKA: Bangladesh has made begging illegal and intends to eliminate the practice from the streets of the impoverished country within five years, an official said yesterday. Hundreds of thousands of people depend on begging to survive in Bangladesh, where 40 per cent of the 144 million residents
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          90 31 KUALA LUMPUR: Umno's disciplinary council will take up to six months to carry out investigations into claims that some winners of last week's internal elections were involved in vote buying, its chairman Tengku Ahmad Rithaudeen said. He asked everyone to be patient as the council had
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          68 31 BEIJING: China issued new rules yesterday aimed at cracking down on "harmful" political or religious online videos, two weeks after footage of police allegedly beating Tibetan monks was circulated on the Web. The rules specifically ban online clips that harm national stability, "instigate hatred between ethnic
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          80 31 ROSTOV-ON-DON (Russia): Police yesterday said that vandals sprayed paint and drew a swastika across a large painting of Vladimir Lenin on a mountainside in southern Russia. The report came a day after a bomb blew a large hole in a famous statue of Lenin in St Petersburg.
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      537 33  -  Jessica Lim Air-con containers house about 80 foreigners; such use in breach of tenancy By AN ILLEGAL dormitory sitting on what was to be the site of a lifestyle attraction in Sembawang has been given the shut-down order. Home to about
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      588 34  -  Sandra Davie 3,508 applications for 1,600 places, with Govt offering 40% fee subsidy By SENIOR WRITER IN THESE trying economic times, everyone is looking for a bargain even in education. SIM University (UniSIM), which runs part-time degree courses in the evenings and weekends for working adults,
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      303 34  -  Goh Yi Han By STUDY and work for 15 months on a $45,000 scholarship grant, earning up to $30,000 over this period. And when you graduate with a master's degree, you stand a chance of landing a job in the hospitality sector too. The
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      219 34 WHEN Ms Lee Hui Mien was an electrical and electronic engineering undergraduate at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), having a career in research never crossed her mind. A career fair in 2003 planted the seed, after which she found herself combining
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      565 35  -  Ang Yiying Tonic and Flyer tickets among 'extra' aid handed out by community groups By GRASSROOTS organisations are going the extra mile to help needy residents, giving aid which tackles more than just bread-and-butter issues. Besides the usual supermarket and transport vouchers,
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      649 36  -  Lim Wei Chean Charges at 4 visitor draws raised by between $1 and $6, despite tourism slump By How much? PRICES for adult tickets SENTOSA Songs of the Sea: $10 (up $2) Sentosa Luge Skyride Single ride: $11 (up $1) Two rides: $16 (down $2) Family
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      525 39 Page views up 24.4% last month; other SPH sites also log record numbers THE Straits Times online website set new records last month, hitting an all-time high in both page views and unique visitors. Latest independent figures from Nielsen's Site Census confirm that Singapore Press Holding's
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        85 39 ENVIRONMENT and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim is on a three-day visit to Egypt from today. He will be meeting his Egyptian counterpart Maged George Elias Ghattas, the Grand Mufti of Egypt Sheikh Aii Gomaa and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University Sheikh Muhammad
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        82 39 AN EXHIBITION showcasing educational and training options is being held at the National Library in Victoria Street today and tomorrow. The Learning For Success education exhibition is aimed at students and professionals seeking a career change. There will also be a job fair, with
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        42 39 ALEXANDRA Health, which comprises Alexandra Hospital and Jurong Medical Centre, will train Indonesia's health-care professionals to increase their preparedness to fight infectious diseases. The medical group signed a partnership agreement with Indonesia's Ministry of Health in Batam yesterday.
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      358 39 MALAY Heritage Foundation chairman Zainul Abidin Rasheed yesterday paid tribute to the late Chinese media veteran Foong Choon Hon for his support of the Malay community's heritage centre. "He helped in giving ideas on how to attract the Chinese community to the centre,"
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      440 40  -  Elena Chong CORTINA WATCH CASE 12 fresh charges against Jerry Ec bring total sum involved to over $9m By COURTS CORRESPONDENT FORMER Cortina Watch supervisor Jerry Ec allegedly started stealing from his employer from as far back as November 2006. The 35-year-old man is said
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      171 40 Nov 29, 2006: A $40,000 Patek Philippe watch from the Cortina store in Paragon. Mid-2007: A $23,000 Audemars Piquet belonging to Jamie Wong Boon Yew; and a $36,000 Patek Philippe belonging to Chongviset Montree. September 2007: A $43,000 Patek Philippe belonging to Gina Neo
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      396 40  -  Selina Lum DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST SPH By THE two-day hearing in the defamation suit brought by Al-Amin Education Centre against Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) ended yesterday. The High Court case has been adjourned for three weeks for lawyers on both sides to submit closing arguments.
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      222 40  -  Judith Tan By MAXWELL Chambers, a dedicated hearing facility for international arbitration, will be in full operation by the middle of this year. The former Customs House in Maxwell Road, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, will make it easier for foreign lawyers to
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      354 41  -  Elena Chong Judge rejects his bid to have charges dropped in return for an apology to the victim By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A SENIOR anti-graft officer accused of hitting a suspect he was interviewing will not be allowed to get off with an
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      239 41  -  ESTHER TAN AN OFF-DUTY police officer who exchanged blows with a man for cutting into a queue at a Sengkang supermarket landed himself a $1,000 fine yesterday. Senior Staff Sergeant Koh Kian Boon, 35, was standing in line at the checkout counters in the
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      611 42  -  Liaw Wy-Cin JOO CHIAT SLEAZE Four-year clean-up sees drastic drop in number of pubs and massage parlours By Yeo Sam Jo JOO Chiat is still clearing out the sleaze, four years after residents clubbed together to protest against the proliferation of massage parlours and bars in
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      478 43 The long-term contract signed recently in Houston, USA, commits the repairs, refurbishment and upgrading of BG Group's fleet of LNG carriers trading in the Far East to Sembawang Shipyard. Through this contract, we will achieve sustainable benefits in the areas of Health,
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      538 44 "If a woman has had several sexual partners, chances are her cells are already infected, in such an instance, a vaccination will have no effect whatsoever." Prof Harald zur Hausen on why administering the vaccine later in life, after a woman has
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        619 45 Australian GP Revised results 1 Jenson Button (Gbr/Brawn) lhr 34min 15.7845 ec 2 Rubens Barrichello (Bra/Brawn) +o.Bo7sec 3 Jarno Trulli (Ita/Toyota) +1.604 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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        440 45  -  Lin Xinyi By "There was dialogue and when there's dialogue, there's understanding. With that comes improvement." RONG JINGXIANG, Singapore player, on the meeting's outcome ISSUES that surfaced within the Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) recently were tackled yesterday, after a meeting between the management committee and
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        389 45  -  Leonard Lim By FOR the second time in six months, the Singapore Silat Federation (Persisi) is facing a freeze in government funding. This time, audit checks by the Singapore Sports Council have brought to light weaknesses in Persisi's internal financial controls. Investigations
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      369 46  -  Jonathan Wong sPORTS IN SCHOOLS By THE Singapore Sports School will extend its current four-year academic programme to a six-year one from next year. At the school's fifth anniversary celebrations yesterday, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan, the guest of honour,
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      479 46 Golf National finals A Boys: 1 Prawira Oka (Anglo-Chinese JC) 2 Jesse Yap [Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)] 3 Van Myron Neo (Temasek JC). Team: 1 ACJC 2 Victoria \n o nnc/w iii i aoi x A Girls: 1 Justine Teo (ACJC) 2 Lee Zhen Vi (ACJC) 3 Cheryl Ang
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      859 46  -  May Chen Valeric Chia Do you have a photo of your teammates or schoolmates in action during a schools competition? Send your pictures to stsports@sph.com.sg. The best photos will be published in print and online. Price of coaching and course access hurdles to golfers' development By
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        65 47 BOSTON: Ray Allen drained a three-pointer with 2.1 seconds to play on Wednesday to lift the Boston Celtics to a 111-109 double-overtime victory over Charlotte in the National Basketball Association. The victory put the NBA champions Celtics in second place in the Eastern Conference behind
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        86 47 The Young Lions' woes in the S-League continued yesterday when they crashed 1-2 to Albirex Niigata at the Jurong East Stadium. Kenji Adachihara nodded the Japanese football side ahead after eight minutes and Tetsuya Kishida doubled the lead in the 31st minute. Defender Obadin
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        75 47 MIAMI: Tennis' world No. 2 Roger Federer defeated American Andy Roddick 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in front of a noisy night-time crowd at Key Biscayne on Wednesday to set up a semi-final with Serbia's Novak Djokovic at the Sony Ericsson Open. Third seed Djokovic
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      431 47 Rare show of emotion after his 'most anxious' game as England coach England 2 Ukraine 1 LONDON: The normally-deadpan Fabio Capello greeted England's 2-1 win over Ukraine on Wednesday with a double-fist-ed pump a rare show of emotion. The result extended their winning start to five games
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      120 47 Turkey 1 Spain 2 ISTANBUL: Spain's gritty comeback to beat Turkey 2-1 away in a World Cup qualifier earned them more respect than all the talk of beautiful football, insisted captain Iker Casillas. Semih Senturk gave the Turks the lead in the first half.
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      115 47 Wales 0 Germany 2 CARDIFF: Captain Michael Ballack and Lukas Podolski almost came to blows during Germany's 2-0 win over Wales on Wednesday, with Podolski apparently objecting to being told what to do. He pushed Ballack away, before Germany defenders Per Mertesacker and Philipp Lahm
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      310 48 "It is true that at times I may have thought about my future." Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, admitting that he nearly quit Anfield during the stand-off with the Premier League football club's American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, over his^~ new contract Basketball NBA Toronto 99 Orlando 95,
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      459 48 Maradona's Argentina crushed by Bolivia in worst defeat since 1958 Bolivia 6 Argentina 1 "I suffered with the Argentinian public. Every Bolivia goal was a stab in my heart." DIEGO MARADONA, Argentina coach, who appeared short of breath at the post-match press conference LA PAZ: A 10-man Argentina
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      317 48 LONDON: Newcastle's record scorer Alan Shearer has vowed to do all he can to keep the club in the English Premier League after being confirmed as manager until the end of the season. "It's a club I love and I, just like many
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      284 48 SEOUL: Political tension between the two Koreas almost took a toll on Wednesday's World Cup football qualifier in Seoul, with the North coach demanding the match be delayed and moved to a neutral venue after claiming three of his players contracted food poisoning. The
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      207 45 J m )k. 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Bent gets SOS call from Capello. Save our skins, Shearer. Untouchables no longer invincible. MOST COMMENTED Becks wants to play beyond 2010. Said david_chua: "I respect the fact that Beckham still has the ambition
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      13 46 This week's action MORE ONLINE More schools photos and results on www.straitstimes .com
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      91 48 PHUATIANMUI Age: 66 Passed away peacefully on 2 April 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by: Beloved Wife: Annie Wang Siew Juat Sons: Daughter-in-law: Kelvin Phua Cheng Pau Sim Fong Meng Nicky Phua Cheng Liang Sisters: Brother-in-law: Phua Sin Boey Lilian Phua Lim Hong Chuan Brother: Sister-in-law: Phua Sing Guat
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      50 48 m =h] With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late RETIRED JUSTICE CHOOR SINGH Departed on 31 March 2009 We will always cherish memories of your support, commitment and dedication. Your wisdom will inspire future generations. From: Sikh Welfare Council and Singapore Sikh Education Foundation m m
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      44 48 The Family of the Late Allahyarham AHAMED MALVI BIN OTHMAN MERICAN Age: 91 Departed on 29 March 2009 Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences donations during their recent bereavement. Tel: 6442 4013
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      34 48 In Loving Memory of G. K. SAMY GNAPPU SAMIDAS Departed: 3.4.1998 Departed: 3.4.2006 Time changes many things, We treasure the memories which you both left behind. Sadly missed by daughters, son, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law grandchildren
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      53 49 The family of the late *IJ ALVIN S.O IRTHEYRAJU Called home to lie with the Lord Jesus on 31-3-09. Sadly missed by Father: Irtheyraju Mother: Sivanesan Mary Fatimah The family of the late wish to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all Relatives Friends Colleagues for their prayers, visits, 8
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      94 49 HENG SWEE CHAY Age:sB passed away peacefully on 1 April 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. I Wife: Ng Lee Chin Daughters: WangYining HengYiyu HengYiwei Hren g hMreui T ee wTgo^i Lin g g^eeHKLmn vi Ctor LimPohGiok sisters: Spouses: HengjeeMuay Sow Kit Leng (deceased) HengSarMoey Tan Hong
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      222 49 IM^J^ v-"^ f'The grace of our Lordwas pouredout on me abundantty M' along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus." Vu Ji 1 Timothy 1:14 ®ur dearly beloved mother, daughter, sister and aunt, Dr Shirley Ong Chan Yong, departed 31 March 2009,10pm. Dearly BdamsA and fondly reme
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      95 49 The Family Of The Late EE Allan D#_l_l EE CHAR BOH Departed on 29 March 2009 S^ffir^J^iSS? and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, the Venerable Shi Fazhao, Staff of the Golden Pagoda Buddhist Temple and the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, and prayer groups for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences,
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      218 49 I 111 Kll 1 fl 11 1 JI IVI Age: 101 passe(J away peacefuUy on lst April 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Ng Si Wei (deceased) g Qn Daughters-in-law-M Ulli pu__nP«__,i,_: nn Ng Pak Hui CheoGeokEng Teo Tan Ngim (deceased) Seah ian chiana a. Grandsons: Granddaughters-in-law: Ng Scow Hua
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      22 49 In Loving Memory of KUPPUSAMIVELAUTHAM nnn Departed 3 April 2007 Deeply missed and always remembered by Beloved Wife, Children and Loved Ones* •■•-•*'.>,
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      47 49 IftMJrifeWMdJ MOLLY CHEW FRANCIS PHUAN YOKEYENG YUNONN Departed: April 3,2006 April 16,1977 Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am thy God; I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness (Isaiah 41:10) Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. v J
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      136 49 VIXTVAT ffOV im iai nui 93 Passed away peacefully on 2 April 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones I v o WriTl ±ius_ana. Yee seng won Sons: Daughter-in-law: YeeCheeEu YeeCheeKee LimSiewEng Daughters: Sons-in-law: YeeJiokYing Tarn Hung Van YeePekYing Ho Mun-Tuke, Don YeeLiYing Tan Cheng Huat, Philip Grandsons:
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      308 48 Today Am**. Basketball %_&J NBA: Cleveland v f ;'«W Washington (Live, Ch24, Bam)- iW Bowling Am jl National Masters "h Challenge (Orchid Bowl, 3pm). >* Football S-League: Tampines v DPMM (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm. Live, Chs, 7.25pm). German Bundesliga: Bielefeld v Schalke (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 2.25 am). Tennis Sony Ericsson Open:
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        553 50  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Bourse up 5.9%; Asian markets surge as traders bet big on US recovery By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT ASIAN bourses posted their biggest one-day gains in five or six months yesterday, soaring on hopes that the devastated US
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        367 50  -  Gabriel Chen By AUDITORS have been urged to be more vigilant during the current financial crisis since cash-strapped companies might be tempted to try elaborate scams. "If you look at recent corporate scandals, they have reinforced the greater emphasis on the need for
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          98 50 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.82 billion shares worth $1.66 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 417 Losers: 107 Unchanged: 673 Mid Cap 351.74 16.41 Basic materials 154.03 6.63 Utilities 278.93 14.03 Small Cap 267.24 13.53 Industrials 390.58 29.05 Financials 423.26 25.12 All Share 426.71 23.27 Consumer goods 392.12 25.72 Technology 356.98 9.43
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          215 50 RfflffflSPM Yesterday's close: 8,719-78 (+367.87) »Japanese shares surged 4.4 per cent on glimmers of hope for a US economic recovery after better-than-expected factory and auto sales data. f-4| Yesterday's close: 905.07 (+20.89) Malaysian shares closed 2.4 per cent higher as the nation ooked ahead to the swearing in of
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            394 50 ISH 1180 304.1 IMH 1920 178.5 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1118 118.0 lardine CSC 1280 116.0 UOB 1048 68.0 Keppel Corp 577 59.0 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9320 58.0 CityDev 570 56.0 DBS Grp 900 55.0 Lyxor MS India 10USS 803 48.4 Lyxor India Nifty 10 961 48.0
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            430 50 Apr z utnib 7o J0B.ES.0904 1052 60.0 6.0 ;ityDev.ES.O9O4 568 54.0 10.5 (ep Corp.ES.0904 571 54.0 10.4 JBS.ES.0904 885 45.0 5.4 5GX.ES.0904 552 42.0 8.2 >emb Corp.ES.0904 265 35.0 15.2 ;apitaland.ES.O9O4 259 26.0 11.2 1CBC Bk.ES.0904 492 25.0 5.4 5embHar.ES.0904 190 16.0 9.2 )lam.ES.O9O4 158 14.0 9.7
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            180 50 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume CENTS Vol ;hina Hongxing Solden Agri ;hart SemiCond iapitaLand iafflesEdu Sent Intl ;osco Corp iingTel ShinaAniH itraitsAsia <oble Grp Ham <0L SinoTechfib ShinaEnergy 11 29 13.5 260 41 55.5 91 255 6.5 83 130 167 123 10.5 14 1.5
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            104 50 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY ftpr 2 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.0510 1.0830 Can dollar 1.1990 1.2140 Euro 2.0020 2.0250 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4180 0.4189 NZ dollar 0.8510 0.8700 Sterling pound 2.1860 2.2110 US dollar 1.5110 1.5280 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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            376 50 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 594.8 306.1 I-., 381 1792.9 503 67.5 105.8 ■■■■I 3580 1958 1250 416 270 319 962 438 201 464 355 501 473 402 314 2170 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 405 5611 CityDev
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            626 50 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 134 132 272 157 82 212 243 165 65 75 198 199 314 129 138 381 765 334 372 287 628 565 235 87 222 90 108.3 128 36.5 327.1 147 138 252
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        542 51  -  Elizabeth Wilmot New barometer uses 'bonus penalty' to fine-tune results of old index By Top five firms in the GTI 1. Sing Tel 2. SMRT Corp 3. Keppel Telecommunications Transportation (Equal third) Singapore Exchange 5. Keppel Corp ENSURING good corporate governance is not simply
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        348 51  -  Yang Huiwen By SEMBAWANG Shipyard, a Sembcorp Marine unit, has secured a long-term contract with liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping firm BG LNG Services. It is the latest coup as Sembawang Shipyard continues to make inroads in the highly specialised LNG field. Under the
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        192 51 SINGAPORE Press Holdings' chief executive Alan Chan has been reappointed chairman of the board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). The URA said in a statement yesterday that Mr Chan, 56, and six other members of the board have been appointed for another three-year
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        601 52 But more bad news is likely before slump hits bottom, analysts caution WASHINGTON: The United States economy may be showing the first signs in months that it could be getting ready to crawl out of a long downturn. New economic reports on vehicle
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        355 52 LONDON: British home prices rose unexpectedly for the first time since October 2007 last month, adding to tentative signs that the housing market may be stabilising. The Nationwide Building Society said yesterday that house prices rose 0.9 per cent on the month
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        466 52 WASHINGTON: United States banks were poised to get some relief yesterday on how they price the toxic debt that is strangling their balance sheets. But market professionals said the long-sought accounting changes could add more confusion and will not make banks more attractive to
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        346 52 FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) shocked financial markets by cutting its main interest rate by a smaller-than-ex-pected 25 basis points yesterday, but left the door open for further reductions. ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said its Governing Council will decide on whether
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        246 52  -  Yang Huiwen By BOURSE regulator and operator, the Singapore Exchange (SGX), has strongly reprimanded Dayen Environmental for breaching four listing rules mainly over a failure to make disclosures about key moves. It has ordered the company to appoint an independent auditor to investigate. The SGX wants
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        674 53  -  Karamjit Kaur Local businessman joins Qantas to take control as Temasek sells stake By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT AUSTRALIAN airline Qantas has joined a local businessman in taking control of low-cost carriers Jetstar Asia and Valuair, after a shake-up in their ownership structure. Qantas will now
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        485 53  -  Robin Chan By THERE are no ships laying idle in Singapore waters despite a global trade collapse that has left a record 485 "unemployed" vessels around the world. The assurance came from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) yesterday, in response
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        439 53  -  Fiona Chan By SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector, in the doldrums for over a year now, is finally showing firmer signs of reaching a bottom. A forward-looking index of production released yesterday indicates that while the sector is still in a slump, the pace of decline
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        318 53 SINGTEL'S Australian subsidiary Optus has accused Telstra of fanning xenophobia by raising the threat posed by Chinese espionage in the country's new broadband network, according to The Australian newspaper. Optus corporate affairs director Maha Krishnapillai has accused Telstra of making hysterical and
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      749 54  -  Lee Su Shyan Stellar gains all around but some analysts doubt whether rally can last By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR THE Singapore bourse roared to its best one-day gain since October on the back of hints that the United States economy might have turned the corner
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      444 54 *m WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com BLOGGED ABOUT MOST-READ ONLINE Geithner's gamble. Says Eric: "If it's Record 13.8 per cent fall in private 'three strikes and you're out', Geithner home prices. is certainly inching towards the door. First strike: his vagueness on the bank MOST COMMENTED
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      1809 56  -  eddino abdul hadi The brothers Gallagher, Liam (left) and Noel, are the heart of British band Oasis but there is no love lost between the feuding pair music reporter Band wars They may make music together but being chummy is not a pre-requisite for bands which are
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      497 57 The long and bitter litigation over the hit reality series Project Runway came to an end on Wednesday when the Weinstein Co., which owns the show, agreed to pay NBC Universal a settlement fee. Weinstein Co. acknowledged it had improperly sold the show to the
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      558 58  -  eddino abdul hadi The Danish group are getting a little tired of rehearsing their popular tunes for their tour music reporter Over the years, Danish soft-rock balladeers Michael Learns To Rock have built up a string of evergreen, karaokefriendly hits that many bands would envy. But Kare
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      373 58 In a case of piracy that some analysts called unprecedented, untold thousands of people watched a version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine online on Wednesday, one month before its scheduled theatre release. The film's distributor, 20th Century Fox, said it did not know how the unfinished
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        604 59  -  nur shakylla saifudin Celeste Chua is one of the youngest students in Singapore to pass the piano exam When Celeste Chua was only five years old, she would pay close attention to her older sister Celine playing the piano, even pointing out her mistakes. Her
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        139 59 Easy, breezy pieces at pocket-friendly prices that is the promise of Uniqlo, which opens its first store here at the new Tampines 1 mall next Thursday. Count on quality togs in a range of cheery J hues from the Japanese casual fashion giant, which has more than
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        1013 60  -  yeow kai chai Psych rockers Animal Collective's inventive sounds will help you re-discover aural beauty sound bites M 77/75 tfutsto tits, 'I was stimulating the economy' R&B musician Usher (right) on his motivation for quaffing expensive Cristal champagne It has been peddled as their most pop album but
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        203 61 'WEWasian pop LOVE SIGN Princess Ai Sony YELLING Kay Tse Cinepoly/Universal SOFIA: A GIRL MEETS BOSSA NOVA Sofia S2S/Sense Hot, funky and commonplace that seems to be order for this week's Asian pop roundup, which features singers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Princess Ai, whose real
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        388 61 disco and swingy jazz. Add to all that her delightful trademark featherweight vocals and you have I a winner which does not need to yell in order to be heardIf Yelling is creatively atypical, Sofia A Girl Meets Bossa Nova is disappointingly cookie-cutter. Formulaic to a fault, it
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        649 66  -  foong woei wan Channel 8's new youth drama can do with more fizz but two Hong Kong shows have plenty telemad TABLE OF GLORY Channel 8, weekdays, 9pm THE FOUR StarHub Demand TV SO GOOD TVBJ (StarHub Channel 48), Fridays, 8pm The Channel 8
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        447 68 Mumbai Bollywood film producers are going on strike from this weekend for an indefinite period, after failing to resolve differences with multiplex owners over their share of box-office takings. The move is likely to hurt India's US$2.l billion (553.17 billion) a year Hindi movie industry, which is
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        89 68 Los Angeles Natalie Cole's fans want to give her a kidney. The 59-year-old singer (right) told Larry King on Tuesday that she was diagnosed with kidney failure, and while she was still on his CNN show, dozens of viewers wrote in to be tested
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        199 68 SANTANA GOES VEGAS Guitarist Carlos Santana will begin a Las Vegas residency at the Hard Rock Hotel Casino on May 27. He and his band will play about three shows a week through 2010 at the hotel's expanded and refurbished concert theatre, the Joint, which another classic rocker, Paul
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