The Straits Times, 8 April 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon 'Least corrupt' in region
      67 1 SINGAPORE is still regarded as the least corrupt country in Asia, a Hong Kong-based risk consultancy found in its annual review that covered 16 countries and territories, including the United States and Australia. The Political and Economic Risk Consultancy also flagged the possibility that pressures arising
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      Lock icon Two brothers to hang
      56 1 IS TWO brothers will hang after they were both convicted of murdering an elderly housewife they were robbing in her Boon Lay flat almost four years ago. Although the judge could not determine which brother was the assailant, both men were still liable for murder under
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      56 1 THE Education Ministry is seeking the parents of 152 children who have not been registered for primary school, which is legally compulsory. They are among 1,483 children of primary school age whose parents did not register them for classes this year. The others were mainly found to
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      62 1 NEW Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lvi Tuck Yew said in his first comments since taking over his post that it was unlikely there would be a total deregulation of blogs and other new media. He also said he would push for more
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      Lock icon CEO pay confuses public
      53 1 BUSINESS leaders are calling for companies to shed more light on the basis used when disclosing CEO pay. This call comes as companies issue annual reports that list remuneration but use different bases for disclosing the pay, making it difficult for investors to compare across firms.
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    Lock icon ABHISIT'S CAR ATTACKED IN THAI ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST
    72 1 PRIME PAGE A3 PHOTO: The car carrying Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had its rear windscreen smashed by red-shirted protesters yesterday in Pattaya, where he was holding a weekly Cabinet meeting. About 50 protesters surrounded his motorcade when it was caught in traffic.
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    Lock icon Kidney cost payment only for S'poreans
    702 1  -  Salma Khalik By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT ONLY Singaporeans will be reimbursed for donating a kidney, for a start. Payments will be extended to foreigners only when there is enough confidence in the scheme, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday. Allowing payment to foreigners for
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    Lock icon Barisan Nasional loses badly in key by-elections
    661 1  -  Hazin Hassan Elizabeth Looi Sarawak seat retained but Najib's leadership fails to sway most voters By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENTS TAIPING/ALOR STAR: The momentum that Malaysia's new Premier Najib Razak had hoped to create came to an abrupt halt last night, after the ruling Barisan
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        Lock icon Khmer Rouge trials: The need for catharsis
        70 2 WE SAY It is the ardent hope of the global community that the ongoing trial of Kaing Guek Eav, the Khmer Rouge's prison chief, will put Cambodia on the path of healing. The trial process is holding up well, despite allegations of corruption
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        24 2 COLUMNS Asians must play an active role in setting standards for global financial institutions, says Simon Tay. REVIEW PAGE A 22
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        Lock icon Rural Thais grumbling
        23 2 Thailand's rural masses are seething, and Nirmal Ghosh says the Bangkok elite best heed their frustrations. REVIEW PAGE A 23
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        61 2 OUR READER SAYS Paul Antony Fernandez describes how rojak and prata stall operators sell unsold food, and wonders if other establishments do the same. FORUM PAGE A 24 ONLINE LOGS www.straitstimes.com Lee Su Shyan pores over the latest annual reports coming in for CEO salaries. Lynn Lee
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      Lock icon Put the individual at heart of care decisions
      985 2  -  Chau Mui Hoong A financing framework that does not penalise home-based care needed I By I SENIOR WRITER EVEN as all eyes turn to the problem of jobs and the economy, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan is quietly but methodically reforming health
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      391 2 minimum Eltek Valere has been awarded the Frost Sullivan Market Leadership Award 2009 PRACTICES I an excellent testament to their innovative spirit and technological edge "Eltek Valere's quantum leap in research development and product W innovation has led to its dominance in the Southeast Asian ,V Telecommunication DC power systems
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      Lock icon Abhisit's motorcade attacked
      674 3  -  Nirmal Ghosh Anti-government Thai protests intensify; premier escapes injury By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Thailand's political crisis escalated further yesterday when anti-govern-ment protesters attacked Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's car in Pattaya. One window was broken but the Premier was rushed to safety, uninjured. The pro-democracy protesters, identified by
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      Lock icon Slide towards crisis
      174 3  -  NIRMAL GHOSH THE current crisis can be traced back to Sept 19, 2006, when a military coup ousted Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister on grounds of corruption and disrespect for the monarchy. In December 2007, the military-appointed government organised a national election to return the country to
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      Lock icon Changi Airport looking to fill 400 job vacancies
      446 4  -  Karamjit Kaur By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT NEVER mind the falling arrivals, fewer flights and early fears of retrenchment Changi Airport is hiring. Three months before the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is split into two on July 1 one part to regulate
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      Lock icon More ill from Geylang Serai food poisoning
      573 6  -  Sujin Thomas Nicholas Yong Tests show two victims had bacteria common in partially cooked seafood By THE outbreak of food poisoning among those who ate Indian rojak at a Geylang Serai temporary hawker centre has worsened, with the Ministry of Health (MOH) raising
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      Lock icon Italian quake toll rises to 207; 150 pulled out alive
      558 6 L'AQUILA (Italy): The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rose to 207 yesterday, as aftershocks hampered the race to dig possible survivors out of the debris. Rescuers had worked through the night as thousands of people who
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      Lock icon Brothers to hang for robbery killing of elderly woman
      850 6  -  Seline Lum Kimberley Spykerman By Twists and turns MAY 6, 2005: Madam Tham Weng Kuen, 69, is found dead in her flat with more than 110 stab and slash wounds. Ismil Kadar is arrested for an unrelated crime the same day.
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      Lock icon The NMP who wants you to speak up
      1990 8  -  Wong Kim Hoh THE ST INTERVIEW Siew Kum Hong believes there is nothing to fear from putting forward sincere, reasoned arguments SENIORWRITER By NOMINATED Member of Parliament Siew Kum Hong, 34, had a new insight into the Singaporean psyche when he helped
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      96 8 MR SIEW KUM HONG, 34, is Yahoo! Southeast Asia's corporate counsel and a Nominated Member of Parliament. Since being sworn into Parliament two years ago, he has initiated debate on a range of issues from ministerial pay and CPF reforms to the Jobs Credit
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      Lock icon Shoe hurled at Indian minister
      87 10 JOURNALIST Jarnail Singh threw a shoe at Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram at a press conference yesterday after a heated exchange over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The shoe missed, and Mr Chidambaram continued taking questions as officials escorted the veteran reporter from Hindi daily Dainik
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      685 10  -  P. Jayaram Disclosures by candidates ahead of Indian election show huge asset growth; analysts say it is a sign of 'money power' in politics By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Indians have always known that politics is a lucrative business, but even then, the mandatory
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      Lock icon The wealthiest eight candidates
      178 10 ASSETS of the richest candidates, with their states, parties and declared assets in rupees. In 2009: 1. L. Rajagopal, Andhra Pradesh, Congress, 3 billion (above) 2. Karan Singh Tanwar, Delhi, BSP, 1.5 billion 3. Abu Azmi, Mumbai, SP, 1.24 billion (top right) 4. Y.S.J. Reddy, Andhra
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      Lock icon Google site for Indian voters
      176 10 WASHINGTON: Internet giant Google has unveiled an online resource in English and Hindi for voters taking part in India's general elections later this month. The Google India Elections Centre allows Indian voters to go online to confirm their registration status, locate their polling place and
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        Lock icon N. Korean rocket launch 'not a win'
        596 11 US says move further isolates state; vows to push UN to act WASHINGTON: The US State Department said North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket on Sunday should not be seen as a victory for Pyongyang, but as an action that only further
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        Lock icon Pyongyang's next moves
        282 11 THE United Nations Security Council remains divided over how to respond to North Korea's rocket launch, two days after the missile flew over Japan. The following is what might happen next: How would North Korea react to punishment? North Korea is betting it will not suffer serious
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        Lock icon Israel tests anti-missile system
        126 11 JERUSALEM: Israel yesterday carried out a test launch of its Arrow II interceptor missile, a system designed to defend against possible ballistic missile attacks by Iran and Syria. "This morning, the Arrow system performed a successful test," the Israeli Defence Ministry said in a statement. The
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        Lock icon Mixed results show BN yet to turn tide
        878 12  -  Carolyn Hong MALAYSIAN BY-ELECTIONS Early data suggests Malays remain split, minorities swing strongly to PR By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF VERDICT STILL OUT People are waiting to see if Najib delivers. He has to sustain it to convince people." Electoral analyst Ong Kian
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        Lock icon Cabinet line-up seen as crucial test for Najib
        702 12  -  CAROLYN HONG KUALA LUMPUR: Over the last few days, Prime Minister Najib Razak has tirelessly sent out a message that his administration will not be shackled to narrow party interests, but the real test will be his Cabinet line-up. His aides say
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        Lock icon China clamps down on Qing Ming
        590 14  -  PEH SHING HUEI Fear of political protests leads govt to impose strict rules on festival By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: A traditional Chinese festival to honour the dead became a violently painful one for some this year as the authorities are believed to have
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        Lock icon US, Pakistan vow to defeat militants
        436 14 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is battling Islamist militants for its survival, President Asif Ali Zardari told two visiting US envoys on Monday, adding that his country needs "unconditional support" in a range of areas to defeat Al-Qaeda and the Taleban. In their meeting with Mr Zardari
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        Lock icon Politicians' children get into the act
        809 17  -  Lynn Lee They deny counting on the family name; say early exposure is a plus By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Several children of well-known politicians will be contesting for seats in the national Parliament tomorrow, when 171 million Indonesians go to the polls. They include
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        Lock icon Yudhoyono appeals for peaceful elections
        411 17  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday appealed to all parties to maintain peace amid growing concerns of possible election violence. "There are worries that there may be groups who will not be happy with the election results and will resort
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        Lock icon Obama initiatives ruffle some feathers
        819 18  -  Jonathan Eyal FIRST STOP: EUROPE Europeans differ on some issues like Russia, nuclear disarmament By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: US President Barack Obama left Turkey yesterday, the last stop of a week-long tour to Europe, fully satisfied with his efforts. Aware that Europeans like
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        304 18 BAGHDAD: Cheered wildly by US troops, President Barack Obama flew unannounced into Iraq yesterday and promptly declared it is time for Iraqis to "take responsibility for their country" after America's commitment of six years and thousands of lives. "You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand
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        915 18  -  Chua Chin Hon NEXT STOP: ASIA By US BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: After taking Europe by storm, Obama-mania is slated to sweep across Asia next. If things go according to plan, the popular US President will visit Tokyo, Singapore, Jakarta and Beijing around November and, in
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        425 19 Genetic variant may help show why some people are more affected: Study PARIS: Japanese scientists say they have uncovered a genetic variant that could help explain why Asians seem especially vulnerable to the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Prevalence of HBV varies greatly
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        Lock icon Call it the 'Tuesday drag'
        190 19 LONDON: Forget the Monday Morning Blues according to a British poll, 11.45 on a Tuesday morning is the most stressful point of the working week. The Telegraph newspaper cited a survey as saying that most workers take it easy on Mondays, catching up on gossip
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        Lock icon 2 wheels may be the way to go
        173 19 NEW YORK: A solution to the world's urban transportation problems could lie in two wheels, not four, according to General Motors and Segway. The companies announced yesterday that they were working together to develop a two-wheel, two-seat electric vehicle designed to be
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        Lock icon Shift in military budget
        140 20 WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has unveiled a bold budget plan to reshape the country's military spending with a shift from conventional wars to unconventional conflicts. The Pentagon chief proposed on Monday that the United States should stop pouring billions into futuristic weapons such as
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        Lock icon Anger at MPs' expenses
        70 20 LONDON: A huge public backlash against British MPs over a string of disclosures about their expenses was laid bare by a poll for the Times of London. The survey, undertaken between Friday and Monday, showed the majority of those polled believe that most MPs are abusing
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        Lock icon Challenge to Medvedev
        144 20 MOSCOW: Jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky yesterday challenged President Dmitry Medvedev from the dock of a Moscow court to stand by his commitment to keep the judiciary independent of the Kremlin. The 45-year-old former boss of oil group Yukos, on trial for new charges that could keep
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        Lock icon Protests over poll win
        89 20 CHISINAU (Moldova): Nearly 10,000 demonstrators, protesting against a communist election victory, broke into Moldova's Parliament building yesterday, hurling chairs, tables and papers out into the street and setting them ablaze. The demonstrators, mostly students, marched through the streets and poured into the building through smashed windows,
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        Lock icon JI trio jailed for 12 years
        129 20 JAKARTA: An Indonesian court yesterday found three Islamist militants of the radical Jemaah Islamiah (TI) movement guilty on terrorism charges and sentenced them to 12 years in prison. The three men Agustyawarman, Heri Purwanto and Sugianto were found guilty of conspiring in and committing
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        155 20 COLOMBO: Unesco has awarded the World Press Freedom Prize to a murdered Sri Lankan journalist whose self-written obituary accused the government of silencing him. Mr Lasantha Wickrematunge, the editor of a newspaper harshly critical of the government and its conduct in the war against the separatist
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        321 20 LIMA: Former Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori, 70, was yesterday found guilty of human rights abuses, the first time a democratically elected Latin America president has been found guilty in his own country on rights abuses. A three-judge panel convicted him for ordering a military death
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      281 10 PIP NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Sdnic; of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Aimed at developing the next generation of complex project managers and system integrators Master of Science in Systems and Project Management The programme is designed to meet the needs of senior engineers and managers who are currently working in planning,
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      110 10 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm privilege of listening to his trite, MOST- READ ONLINE uninspiring words Best entertainer: Underwood. YOUR SAY Hundreds of protesters trapped Thai MOST COMMENTED Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva inside a Tony Blair's speaking fee: $14,800 hotel for several hours and then
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Khmer Rouge trials: The need for catharsis
      420 22 EVERY country which has suffered gross violations of human rights committed against its own people must go through a period of catharsis. In this painful process, old records are re-opened, new trials commissioned and the perpetrators of such heinous crimes are brought to
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      Lock icon Asia can't sit back after G-20 meet
      812 22  -  Simon Tay THINK-TANK I By G-20 LEADERS met in London, a trillion dollars was pumped into the International Monetary Fund, United States President Barack Obama emerged as a charismatic global leader, and stock markets rallied. Can we all now sit back and just
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      Lock icon The kind of smart that IQ tests miss
      868 22  -  Keith Stanovice By Intelligence tests measure important things, but they do not assess the extent of rational thought. This might not be such a grave omission if intelligence were a strong predictor of rational thinking. But my research group found just the
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        Lock icon Thailand's rural masses seeing red
        947 23  -  Nirmal Ghosh By I THAILAND CORRESPONDENT THE amounts were modest by Bangkok standards, but the wave of donations was not. Last weekend, 560 km north-east of Bangkok in the city of Udon Thani near the Lao border, a fund-raiser for the pro-democracy "red shirts" had
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        Lock icon Making capital of Marxism
        741 23  -  Ching Cheong CHINA'S REACTION TO THE GLOBAL CRISIS By SENIOR WRITER THE normally affable Premier Wen Jiabao did not mince his words earlier this year when he criticised the Western capitalist model for causing the worst recession the world has seen since the *****. While the
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        714 23  -  Ian Storey By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES CHINESE Defence Minister Liang Guanglie's statement last month that China will not remain the only Great Power without an aircraft carrier was the highest-lev-el confirmation yet that Beijing has made the decision to acquire a fleet of
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        407 24 Geylang Serai centre "Appallingly unhygienic." MS KHOO CHENG YIN: "When news reports started coming in about the mass food poisoning of customers who had eaten at a famous Indian rojak stall in Geylang Serai, it brought back memories of my visit to the same
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        189 24 I REFER to the letter by Mrs Ng Beng Choo, "Passport renewal cost" (March 30). As with most other public services, the passport fee is determined based on a cost-recovery model. The cost of producing a passport cannot simply be linked to frequency or duration
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        269 24 MICROLOAN SCHEMES I AM disillusioned after finding out the reality behind the risk-bearing burden for microloan programmes, which purportedly aim to help start-ups and small and medi-um-sized enterprises (SMEs). My inquiries into such loans with OCBC Bank, DBS Bank and Orix tell me
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        246 24 I AM stunned by the fact that working directors of companies are not eligible for the Jobs Credit scheme. Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are run by the shareholders themselves. They are also employees who receive a salary and pay
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        196 24 I AM surprised employers are shunning older workers. I can easily offer the proverbial 101 reasons why older workers are better, but here is a list of just 10: An employer needs to contribute 4 percentage points less to the Central Provident Fund
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        503 24 WE REFER to last Thursday's letter from the family of the late Captain (Dr) Allan Ooi, "Family of dead SAF doctor seeks answers". Mindef would have preferred to keep the exchanges private, out of respect for the late Capt (Dr) Ooi
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      122 24 e%^ More letters on www.stonline.com 1 MR NARAYANA NARAYANA: Pay issue over charity, religious heads not new 2 MR MURALI SHARMA: Praise bus operators instead of penalising them 3 MR COLIN LIM: Latest fines won't affect bus companies. 4 MRS SYLVIA LEE: SIA tickets Expensive or overcharged? 5 MADAM CHAI
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      924 25  -  Jane Ng MOE looking for 152 kids who should be in Primary 1 classes this year By Mum relents after counselling WHEN counselling parents who do not register their children for school, social workers emphasise the importance of education. Ms Sue Cheng, director of the research and
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      623 26  -  Jermyn Chow By THE Defence Ministry has addressed for a second time issues raised by the family of Captain (Dr) Allan Ooi, who had gone absent without official leave for five months before being found dead in Melbourne, Australia, last month. In a letter
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      631 26  -  Judith Tan MASS FOOD POISONING CASE Doctors will notify Health Ministry the moment they suspect link between patients with food poisoning symptoms By THE first eight patients suffering from food poisoning after eating Indian rojak from the Geylang Serai Temporary Market turned
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      521 26  -  JUDITH TAN HYGIENE standards at Rojak Geylang Serai were deemed satisfactory in December last year. The stall at the Geylang Serai temporary market actually scored a "C" grading when National Environment Agency (NEA) officials conducted a check. Four months later, 137
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      631 27  -  Aaron Low Councils' job fairs and training a big help in downturn, says minister By AFTER graduating with a double master's degree in business and commerce from an Australian university, Mr R. Vijayan thought it would be a breeze to land a managerial job
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      414 27  -  Jeremy Au Yong By ASKING about job vacancies has become almost second nature for Ms Venus Tan. In the past six months, she has asked employers whether they have jobs available while attending functions, buying a meal at McDonald's or
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      531 28  -  Selina Lum MALAYSIA DAIRY FAMILY FEUD Dad not calling more witnesses to testify; defence makes 'no case to answer' submission By THE hearing into the lawsuit brought by Malaysia Dairy Industries founder Thio Keng Poon against his family for ousting him from the company
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      261 28 THE joint criminal trial of former Ren Ci Hospital chief Ming Vi and his former personal aide Raymond Yeung was adjourned yesterday because one party's lawyer was on medical leave. Mr Ng Lip Chih, who represents Yeung, will be on medical leave till tomorrow
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      495 28  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH THE Court of Appeal has slashed the amount that former Nominated Member of Parliament Robert Chua has to pay cinema magnate Goh Eng Wah. Last November, Mr Chua was ordered to pay Mr Goh $1.09 million to make up
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        180 28 A MALAYSIAN teenager who punched an SBS Transit bus driver and damaged the door of the vehicle was jailed for three weeks yesterday. Adezan Norman, 19, pleaded guilty to punching bus captain Tamilarasu Nyanasagran, 27, and smashing the glass panel door of the bus
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        68 28 A CYCLIST had serious head injuries when his bicycle collided with a car at 6.45 am on Monday. The incident happened at the Toa Payoh Lorong 6 slip road into Braddell Road. The cyclist, who is in his 40s, was taken in a conscious state to
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      179 28  -  DIANA OTHMAN MALAYSIAN police have confirmed that an online video of a maid abusing a young child is in fact an incident which occurred in Kuala Lumpur two years ago. The two-minute clip, which was posted on Stomp, The Straits Times' interactive
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      797 29  -  Zakir Hussain Perc says recession could lead to graft in private sector but unlikely to affect public sector By CLEAN IMAGE "Foreign investors view Singapore's 'clean' image as an attribute that gives it a competitive advantage over most other countries in the region." Perc,
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      503 30  -  Adeline Chia Donation is for Asian Civilisations Museum to expand China gallery By ARTS REPORTER THE Hong Leong Foundation has donated $5 million to the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) to expand its China gallery and to acquire artefacts for it. This is the
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      349 30  -  Jeremy Au Yong By THE process of updating voter rolls has been completed, and the registers have been put back up for public inspection. In a statement yesterday, the Elections Department said the updated electoral rolls had been certified. The revised list has 2.26 million
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      643 31  -  Serene Luo But total deregulation unlikely any time soon, says Acting Minister By NOW'S NOT THE TIME "There is a certain segment more vocal than others who would like us to completely deregulate. Looking at examples around the world, we are not so sure
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      171 31 THIS may be a recession year, but companies still need computers to run their businesses. In this week's issue of Digital Life, we serve up a server special and look at why blade systems are in and racks are out. Also triumphing over downturn blues:
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      756 32  -  Lee Hui Chieh NKF to give needy ones ez-link cards, top-ups for dialysis-centre trips By Donations down, patients up DONATIONS TO NKF From December 2007 to February 2008: $6.5 million From December 2008 to February 2009: $5.2 million SUBSIDIES TO PATIENTS From July 2007
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      351 32  -  Salma Khalik By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT TRIBUTES flowed yesterday for Professor Khoo Oon Teik, father of dialysis in Singapore and founder of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 40 years ago. "You are a great man and a role model for all of us," said Health Minister
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      219 32  -  LEE HUI CHIEH THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is working with NTUC Income on a critical illness insurance scheme for living kidney donors. This is meant to help them pay their medical bills if they develop kidney failure or other health problems later which
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      461 33  -  Amresh Gunasingham 3 community hospitals are setting aside more funds for the needy By SOME community hospitals are gearing up to help patients who have trouble paying their fees, which rose sharply earlier this year. Three community hospitals The Straits Times spoke to
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      255 33  -  AMRESH GUNASINGHAM FROM July, more income tiers will be used to determine the size of subsidies for patients staying in community hospitals. At present, patients with per capita family incomes at, or below, $1,300 per month are eligible for government subsidies to help pay
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      114 25 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.Straitstimes.COm to be developing well, which I believe MOST-READ ONLINE is a sign of a developing nation." Woman had sex with boy. www.stomp.com.sg BLOGGED ABOUT SINGAPORE TALKBACK Support local? Why not? Says A STOMPer asks if you will still eat Danaris:
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      549 34 "We've got a great record against Chelsea this season and if we play the way we have done, then we know we can go through." Jamie Carragher, Liverpool defender Liverpool set to unleash Gerrard-Torres against Chelsea LIVERPOOL: Liverpool will rely on their dynamic duo of Steven Gerrard and
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      257 34 LONDON: Chelsea can breathe a little easier now Didier Drogba is fit to play against Liverpool in their Champions League match today. There was doubt over the Ivory Coast striker, after he missed Chelsea's 2-0 victory over Newcastle last Saturday with an ankle injury. But he
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      505 34 BARCELONA: Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says his team's first Champions League date with Barcelona in over a decade has taken on the air of a "mission impossible". Barcelona have won five straight Spanish Primera Liga games going into today's first leg of their quarter-final
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      324 34 LONDON: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez took a swipe at Alex Ferguson yesterday, claiming his Manchester United counterpart is "scared" of the Reds as the Premier League title race reaches its conclusion. Ferguson did his best to up the ante ahead of Liverpool's Champions League quarter-final
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      492 35  -  Wang Meng Meng But Therdsak, who has heel fracture, shines against J-League champs Singapore Armed Forces 1 Kashima Antlers 4 By FOR 84 minutes, Therdsak Chaiman was the lone Warrior standing up against the mighty Kashima Antlers. As Singapore Armed Forces FC sank to a 1-4 defeat by
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      262 35 LONDON: Manchester United have been accused of "bribing" the parents of Federico Macheda and turning football into a "cattle market". Claudio Lotito, the Lazio president, is outraged at the manner in which he claims the English champions lured the Italian teenager to Old Trafford.
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      500 35  -  Jonathan Wong By "Everyone starts with a clean slate." HARRY WOODS, Singapore coach THE rugby players who boycotted national training recently returned to the fold yesterday, but are now facing stiffer competition for places in the team. With five local players called up as cover for
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        95 35 LONDON: The English Football Association charged five players yesterday with breaching betting rules, following an investigation into unusual betting patterns on a league match between Accrington Stanley and Bury last season. The FA said in a statement that the majority of the charges related to
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        65 35 MALE (Maldives): Home United took a step closer to the knock-out stages of football's AFC Cup after beating the Maldives' Valencia 1-0. Brazilian attacking midfielder Peres de Oliveira struck the winner in the 68th minute to seal the three points. The Protectors are now second in
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        Lock icon Rape case against Robinho dropped
        41 35 LONDON: British prosecutors will not charge Brazil forward Robinho over an allegation that the Manchester City player sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman, police said on Monday. The incident allegedly took place in Leeds in January. REUTERS
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      947 36  -  Valerie Chia National swimmer must clear language test for further studies By lELTS Test Sample questions: Speaking component The interview: Section 1 (Personal-interest questions) "It says on your CV that you're interested in Could you tell me why you like it?" "Is this your hometown? If
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      311 36 LONDON: Formula One's governing body has summoned McLaren to appear before an extraordinary meeting of its World Motor Sport Council on April 29, to answer charges that they lied to stewards at the Australian Grand Prix. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said yesterday that the
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      504 36  -  Jonathan Wong By THEY have been best friends since Secondary 1. When Melvin Goh, then 13, wanted to join the volleyball team in Catholic High School (CHS), he naturally dragged his buddy Qing Shan, who sat next to him in class, along.
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      837 37 THE MASTERS This year's Masters will feature three teenagers: Lee, Ishikawa and Mcllroy Younger players taking their turn Anthony Kirn, 23 Won twice on the PGA Tour last year and was the inspirational leader on a US team that finally won the Ryder Cup. Dustin Johnson,
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      387 37 NEW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men were yesterday hailed as India's "best ever" cricket team, after winning the country's first Test series in New Zealand in 41 years. India clinched the three-match series 1-0 on the back of a 10-wicket triumph in the first Test
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      57 37 NEW YORK: San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili (above) will miss the remainder of the National Basketball Association season, including the play-offs, with a stress fracture in his right ankle. Examinations of the ankle showed the fracture in his right distal fibula, San Antonio
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      436 37 "I told my dad I wanted a dress like Venus' and he said, 'Only if you play tennis. So, I went to Walgreen's, got a racket and started playing." Madison Keys, 14, who made a winning debut on the WTA Tour with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Russian Alia
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      196 34 \v^ V VI iii W1 I I 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES United back on top. Rain ruins Sepang race. Big Gunners are back. MOST COMMENTED United back on top. Said kampongkid: "I can't understand why Lady Luck is always with Manchester
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      15 34 ENGLISH, Wi PLEASE Tao Li has to brush up her English before proficiency test. B12
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      1696 35 HORSE RACING RACE 1: CLASS 5 SOUTHORN HANDICAP 1200 M RACE 4; CLASS 5 TAI HANG TUNG HANDICAP 2200 M RACE 7: CLASS 3 THE 16TH COMMONWEALTH LAW TIME: 19:15 HK5485.000 TIME 20:45 HK5435,000 CONFERENCE CUP (HANDICAP) 1200 M TIME: 22:15 I No. Horse Name Jockey Trainer Wt (Lbs] Bar
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      146 37 Today Football *^W*v S-League: Super Reds v >sk Albirex (Yishun, 7.45pm). "\H Uefa Champions League q-finals, Ist leg: Liverpool v m g Chelsea (Live, Ch23, tomorrow,* jt 2am), Barcelona v Bayern S Munich (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.30 am). Tomorrow Football S-League: Tampines v Young Lions (Tampines, 7.45pm). Uefa Cup: Shakhtar
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  • OBITUARIES
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      133 38 "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die." ROBERT CHENG WEI TSIN Age: 73 Departed on Saturday 4 April 2009 Dearly missed and will always live on
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      86 38 CYKIL ANTHONY GOMES Age: 87 Was called home to be with the Lord on 7 April 2009 Leaving behind his beloved: Daughters: Ann Mag Sons-in-law: Jr Bagio Godchildren: Jennifer Jeff Grandchildren: Leandro Jasmine, Leanna, Romano Great Grandson: Cristiano all relatives and loved ones Wake is held at Blk 226 Pasir
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      33 38 In Loving Memory Of Our Father ■*> SUBRAMIAM EAGAMPARAM Departed 22 March 2008. Special prayers held on 10/04/2009 Good Friday 10.30 am and thereafter lunch Blk44lAngMoKioAvelO,#o6-*****(*****1). All relatives friends are cordially invited. Up: 9785-7316
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      73 38 BALACHANTER S/O MOHANAPURI Age: 57 (Formerly Jin Sembawang Kechil) passed away peacefully on 7 April 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Father: Mother: G. Mohanapuri (deceased) D. Ammusavalli (deceased) Wife: Somu Amaravathi Daughter: B. Suganyah (deceased) brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, grandnephews, grandnieces, relatives and friends. Cortege leaves Blk 348,
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      26 38 Irene Poh Neo Mayhew 8 April 2008 Gosport, U.K. Beloved mum, it's been a year. Still so missed, your inspiration sm And love to many. rj
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      205 38 7am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live." John 11:25 KOH HWEE KOON JULIANA Age: 46 Was called home to be with the Lord on 6 April 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Leong Wai Yin David
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      102 38 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Psalm 23 PAULINE CHUA POH LIN Age: 78 was called home to be with the Lord on 6 April 2009. Dearly missed and remembered by: Husband: Paul Lav
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      49 38 TEO JEFFREY Age: 45 passed away peacefully on 7/4/2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Body is resting at Blk 434, Clementi Aye 3 void deck. Tel: 6773 6131/ 9011 0542 Cortege will leave on 9/4/2009 (Thursday) at 2pm for Bright Hill Crematorium for cremation at 3pm.
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      55 38 Ellam M I'Sivamayam VAIRAKANNU MALAI PERUMAL Age: 77 Passed away peacefully on 7 April 2009. Sadly missed by (Wife: D Sarasvathi, deceased) all Son, Daughters, Sons-in-law, Daughter-in-law, Grandchildren, Relatives Friends. Cortege will leave on Wed, 8-4-09, spm from BLK 861, #12-610 JURONG WEST.STBI for cremation at Mandai Crematorium Hall 2,
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      29 38 In Memoriam 36th Anniversary M KRISHNA (KECHIK) Departed: 8/4/73 Gone from our lives one so dear. But in our hearts forever near. Fondly missed by Wife, children loved ones.
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      85 38 Jenny Ang Sow Chan Age: 64 was called to be with the Lord on 6 April 2009 Husband: TanEngHuat (deceased] Daughter: Azelia Tan-Doddridge Son-in-law: Wayne Doddridge Granddaughter: Axielle Doddridge Elder brother: Ang Peng Quee Sister-in-law: Peh Km Cheng Younger brother: Ang Peng Hwa Sister-in-law: Doris Lim Younger sister: Janet Ang
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      28 38 14th Anniversary I In Loving Memory of 1 Justin Tan Han Siah I Departed on 8 April 1995 Dearly missed always Remembered by I family loved ones. I
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      88 38 HEIRDA SINGH S/ODEVI SERANG SINGH Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 7/04/09. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ratanjadi Debi Sons: Laksman Prasad Singh Bharath Singh Daughter-in-law: Mira Dcvi Daughters: Urimila Singh (India) Radheka Debi Sheetal Kumari Sons-in-law: Jitender Singh (India) Mahipal Singh Randhir Singh Grandsons: Bhishma
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      50 38 "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 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of KELVIN O JIN WEE Departed 8 April 2008 Dearly missed always remembered by Mum, Dad, Friends Loved ones.
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      74 38 Oliveiro Allan Christopher Age: 60 was called home to be with the Lord on 6 April 2009, dearly missed by loved ones. Sister: Carmen Oliveiro Nieces Nephews: Allison Nigel Germaine Bastiaan Grandnephews and grandnieces Body resting at Blk 219 A Bedok Central, #16-02 Spore *****9 Cortege leaves on Thu 9
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY
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      Lock icon CEO pay structures baffle public
      715 48  -  Yang Huiwen Different bonus systems make it hard to compare performance, say critics By BUSINESS leaders want companies to be far more transparent about how they disclose executive pay especially bonuses so shareholders can be sure about where the money is going. The call comes
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        Lock icon Caution prevails as investors lock in gains
        673 39  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS STI ends its five-day rally with a 2.5 per cent drop on profit-taking By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT INVESTORS swept up in the startling feel-good rally of recent weeks got another sobering dose of the underlying reality of these recessionary
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        116 39 April 7,2009 1,802.39 -45.59 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.22 billion shares worth $1.08 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 141 Losers: 297 Unchanged:74s STRAITS TIMES INDEX Mid Cap 357.05 T -11.14 Basic materials 160.39 T -5.22 Utilities 277.15 T -5.63 Small Cap 273.19 T -7.58 Industrials 387.61 T -12.09 Financials 424.99 T
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        192 39 Yesterday's close: 8,832.85 (-25.08) »Japanese shares ended narrowly mixed as investors, turning cautious following overnight losses on Wall Street, took profits from recent gains. Yesterday's close: 919.84 (-3.93) Malaysian shares fell on profit-taking and ahead of results from three by-elections seen as a referendum on the new prime minister.
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          389 39 DBXT S&P Short 10USS UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 Lyxor India Nifty 10 SingTel SIA200 SingTel 10 Straits Trdg IS MSCI India 100 Lyxor Asia 10USS SATSvcs SPAusnet STXP0 100 HengLong CerebosPac Lion TeckC Mencast MultiChem Petra Manhattan Res TPV 7752 271.5 9320 70.0 986 11.0 253 7.0 1106
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          412 39 1CBC Bk.ES.0904 512 tepCorp RB ePW*****6 103 ;apitalanBNPePW***** 17.5 !TI 1950BNPePW*****9 33 SingTel. ES.0904 250 )BS BNP ePW*****9 30 JOB BNP ePW*****1 26 :apitalanBNPePW***** 12 ;oscoCorpHBLeCW***** 21 )BS BNP ePW*****6 18.5 :apitalanMBLePW***** 10.5 )BS DB ePW*****7A 23 )BSHBLePW*****2 18 SingTel BNPeCW*****3 12 >GX BNP ePW*****7 10.5 !TI
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        181 39 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume CENTS Vol Golden Agri Cosco Corp StraitsAsia China Hongxing CapitaLand SingTel AEI Corp UniFiber Ban Joo Noble Grp Memstar Centillion Synear Chart SemiCond IndoAgri 30 -1.0 -3.2 91.5 -8.5 -8.5 87.5 -4.0 -4.4 12 -0.5 -4.0 257 -24.0 -8.5
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        105 39 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Apr 7 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.0580 1.0900 Can dollar 1.2040 1.2180 Euro 2.0020 0.0250 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4203 0.4212 NZ dollar 0.8690 0.8880 Sterling pound 2.2000 2.2250 US dollar 1.5020 1.5190 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        389 39 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +OR■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 594.8 306.1 189 374 1792.9 503 67.5 105.8 ■■■■I 3580 1834 1250 416 270 319 1634 962 438 201 464 355 501 473 398
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        608 39 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 134 132 272 157 80.5 243 165 65 75 198 199 314 129 138 381 765 334 372 287 170 624 565 87 210 90 108.3 128 36.5 327.1 147 138 252 825
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        530 40  -  Christopher Tan Row over parting of ways sees distributor seeking 8-figure compensation By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Mr Kwee said the German car manufacturer dragged its feet, and that "the spirit of the settlement is not there". Volkswagen Group Singapore managing director Olaf Duebel had said
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        Lock icon Social impact low priority for Asian firms: Poll
        525 40  -  Jessica Cheam By CORPORATE social responsibility (CSR) appears to be taking hold among Asian businesses but the awareness level is still low, according to a recent survey. The online poll conducted across the region by Hong Kong-based firm CSR Asia assessed how
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        199 40 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has expanded its regional presence in online classifieds, search and directories businesses through a new venture in the Philippines. Launched yesterday, the free website www.AyosDito.ph allows buyers and sellers to trade various things, including vehicles, properties, electronics, home and personal items.
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        415 40  -  Linette Lai By IN CONJUNCTION with World Health Day yesterday, several stockbrokers here collaborating with Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) donated an entire day's fees to a good cause. This was part of Seeing Is Believing, a global project initiated by StanChart to help raise
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      637 41  -  JOYCE TEO $3m asking price for each Gallop Gables unit comes with rental guarantee By INVESTORS are being offered 10 units in the 12-year-old Farrer Road district residential development Gallop Gables at the knock-down price of around $3 million each complete with a rental guarantee.
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      Lock icon US Treasury eases rule for bad-assets programme
      517 41 WASHINGTON: The Treasury Department is making it easier for hedge funds and other private investors to participate in its plan for buying up banks' bad assets, an acknowledgment that the interest level so far has been lacklustre. Analysts said the move shows the
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      459 44 Public-private entity and sale of bonds will help support $46b project CANBERRA: Australia announced plans yesterday to build a As 43 billion (5546.2 billion) high-speed broadband network, its biggest infrastructure project ever, opting to retain government control rather than contract out the deal. In a
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      509 44 PONZI PLAYERS WASHINGTON: Disgraced financier Allen Stanford cried, threatened and denied any wrongdoing in his first interview since being accused of masterminding a US$9.2 billion (5513.9 billion) fraud. "I would die and go to hell if it's a Ponzi scheme," the wealthy cricket mogul said
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      194 44 DALLAS: A Canadian man who dubbed himself the "Chinese Warren Buffett" faces federal charges of running a Ponzi, or pyramid, scheme that targeted primarily Chinese-Americans and left millions of dollars unaccounted for. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Monday that a
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      160 44 NEW YORK: New York's Attorney-Gener-al Andrew Cuomo filed civil fraud charges on Monday against a hedge fund manager who funnelled US$2.4 billion (553.6 billion) to swindler Bernard Madoff. The complaint accuses former GMAC Financial Services chairman J. Ezra Merkin of telling lies to suggest
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      524 45 He says US banks' recovery could draw profits away from real economy NEW YORK: The US economy is in for a "lasting slowdown" and could face a Jap-anese-style period of relatively low growth with the added problem of high inflation, billionaire investor George Soros said
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      Lock icon Taipei to cut rollover credit card interest rate
      368 45  -  HO AI LI By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT CONSUMERS in Taiwan will pay less for their rollover credit card bills under a government plan to lower the cap for interest rates on credit or cash card payments from 20 per cent to 12.5 per
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      Lock icon Chinese economy 'to rebound this year'
      346 45 WASHINGTON: Economic growth in developing East Asia this year will slow to less than half its rate in 2007 amid sinking export demand from rich nations, but China is likely to start recovering later this year, the World Bank said yesterday. Collectively, the once
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      576 47 Half the number will be in Britain; plan will save bank $5.6 billion LONDON: Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said yesterday it would cut 9,000 jobs over the next two years, half of them in Britain, on the same day the government raised its stake
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      Lock icon Global IPO activity stumbles in first quarter
      352 47  -  MICHELLE TAY THE worst financial crisis since the Great Depression has resulted in a dramatic postponing by companies worldwide of initial public offerings (IPOs). According to Ernst Young, the value of deals in the global market for IPOs in the first quarter plunged
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        Lock icon Toxic debts set to rise
        113 47 TOKYO: Toxic debts racked up by banks and insurers could spiral to US$4 trillion (Ss6 trillion), new forecasts from the International Monetary Fund are set to suggest, reported British daily The Times. The IMF had said in January it expected the deterioration in US-originated assets
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        84 47 MUMBAI: Indian police investigating the accounting scam at IT giant Satyam Computer yesterday charged its founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju with fraud. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been conducting a joint probe with India's market regulator into the billion-dollar scandal, which rocked the company in January.
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        69 47 WASHINGTON: The US and Switzerland will begin negotiations to amend their bilateral income tax treaty to provide for improved transparency, the US Treasury Department said Monday. The announcement follows G-20 pledges last week to clean up tax havens and fight tax fraud. The negotiations to amend
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        677 42  -  ELIZABETH WILMOT Many not proactive enough in collecting debts; they also have less bargaining power By SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are having to wait longer to get paid and it's not just due to the downturn, said business information bureau DP Information Group.
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        1003 43  -  LEE SU SHYAN Icon manages capital prudently, stays nimble and keeps costs down By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR New web information source for SMEs THE Straits Times and HSBC Singapore today launched a new website where small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can get
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        189 43 ICON Resources says that it focuses on getting the fundamentals correct: making sure cashflow is strong and managing capital prudently. Ms Tan Siew Meng, HSBC Singapore's head of commercial banking, says: "Icon Resources have their priorities right. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should
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      197 48 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm marry; if I want a place for myself, I MOST-READ ONLINE have to stay single until I'm over 35." Sing Tel tops new transparency index. OVERCOMING THE STORM WITH CONFIDENCE most rnmiMPMTPn Lo^ on str aitstimes.com for an MOST COMMENTED
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      40 49 "Why are the seats saggy and the floors sticky?" J "Which cinema in town is the most rundown? BCB to C 2 to find out." DESIGN: MARLONE RUBIO PHOTOS: JOSEPH NAIR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES and CHEW SENG KIM i
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        1245 50  -  John lui The 16-year-old cineplex needs sprucing up amid competition from new cinemas located in malls and near transport hubs Top five cinemas This ranking is based on the opening weekend box-office returns of a typical PG-rated family film and compiled from industry sources. Results
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        411 50 Life! went to two halls in each of the three main cineplexes in Orchard Road. We measured seat size (from backrest to edge of seat) and legroom (from edge of seat to back of seat in front). We also noted the cleanliness of the halls
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        Lock icon Target: Edison Chen
        801 52  -  boon chan The Sniper's release was delayed because of the Edison Chen scandal but director Dante Lam stands by the actor media correspondent Even in interviews with others, the questions inevitably targeted Canadian-born actor Edison Chen. The 28-year-old was at the Grand Hyatt Singapore hotel on Sunday
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        Lock icon Sniper misses bull's eye
        483 52  -  ong sor fern THE SNIPER (NCI6) 90 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: OJ (Edison Chen) is the latest recruit to the elite police sniper squad led by Hartman (Richie Jen). As OJ seeks to become the squad's best sharpshooter, he discovers the complicated squad dynamics when ex-member
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        635 53  -  John lui But the souped-up cars and frantic pace in latest Fast And Furious movie just leave you hanging on FAST FURIOUS 4 (PG) 106 minutes/Opens tomorrow The story: Outlaws Dom (Yin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) are living in the Dominican Republic, hijacking fuel tankers
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        443 54  -  jasmine teo School Days With A Pig trots along longer than it should but it still pleases SCHOOL DAYS WITH A PIG (PG) 109 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: A graduating primary school class has to care for a piglet and rear it to maturity before slaughtering it for
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        Lock icon Trailer Park All the buzz in the movie would
        297 54  -  John Lui I Time for change r Teen heart-throb Zac Efron's first feature film-starring role outside Disney's High School Musical franchise has a suspiciously familiar storyline. In the movie 17 Again, opening next week, frustrated 30something Mike O'Donnell (Matthew Perry) regrets
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        314 54 'WBW comedy HANDSOME SUIT (PG) 115 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** Muga Tsukaji plays Tonkaru Oki, a plump restaurant owner with a heart of gold who has no luck with women. After getting rejected by a waitress he hires, he tries on a suit shaped like a Michelin man and turns
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      Lock icon Using death to sell marriage
      768 51  -  John lui Director Yasmin Ahmad's new commercial to get Singaporeans married is set at a funeral Malaysian director Yasmin Ahmad can always be relied on to get people talking. Her first award-win-ning commercial for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports last year, Family,
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      Lock icon Farah Fawcett not dying, says producer
      350 51 New York Farrah Fawcett is being treated for anal cancer that has spread to her liver and has been hospitalised for a complication from a routine treatment, a producer who worked with the actress and her doctor said on Monday. They told The Associated
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      Lock icon Fan fare puzzles Idol runner-up
      556 55  -  jocelyn lee David Archuleta, who was in town to promote his self-titled debut album, found it scary when a fan tried to kiss him The odd gifts American Idol 7 runner-up David Archuleta has received from fans include an avocado slicer and an egg slicer.
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      Lock icon Chinese work sets $3.1m record
      524 55 Hong Kong A work by deceased Chinese painter Lin Fengmian of fisherwomen was the star lot at a Hong Kong sale which raised HK$l59 million (Ss3l million) on Monday as buyers chose works by masters and rarely auctioned artists. Lin's oil-on-canvas Fishing Harvest, painted between
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      Lock icon Second Michelin guide for Japan
      207 56 Tokyo The publisher of France's renowned Michelin Guide said on Monday that a new Red Book on restaurants in the Japanese cities of Kyoto and Osaka is planned for release in October. "We aim to continue our international development with the launch of Japan's second
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      Lock icon Realtor wins Monopoly title
      544 56  -  natasha ann zachariah Mr Patrick Wee sees parallels between the game and his job in property dealing For 34 years, Mr Patrick Wee honed his skills playing Monopoly. Last weekend, his knowledge of the game paid off when he won real money, $3,888 to be exact,
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        209 58 New York The Wrestler star Mickey Rourke (right) settled his brewing "feud" with Chris Jericho on Sunday with a mighty punch that felled the wrestler. But it was all in the ring, at the 25th anniversary of World Wrestling Entertainment's event Wrestlemania in Houston, Texas.
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        158 58 Taipei A-sun, a Taiwanese singer known for such melancholic, crystalline songs as Leaves, died of breast cancer in hospital on Monday. She was 34. She was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer last year after she felt ill at a performance in China in October, said China
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        Lock icon Chris Brown pleads not guilty
        194 58 Los Angeles R&B star Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Monday to threatening and assaulting singer Rihanna. Nearly two months after police found her bloodied and bruised on a Los Angeles street, Brown, 19, entered his plea in a barely audible voice and standing with
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        451 89  -  Tan Chong Yaw SCIENTISTS have created the dream colleague a robot that performs thousands of repetitive experiments, delivers results and does not gossip at the water cooler. Called Adam, the robot is the breakthrough of a team at the Aberystwyth University in Britain, reported the BBC
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        358 96 VIRTUALISATION and blade servers often go hand in hand. Little wonder why: both address the same issues space constraints, IT management woes and low capacity usage rates (of up to 50 per cent) that most IT shops have. Virtualisation is a software technique
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