The Straits Times, 23 April 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 THURSDAY, APRIL 23 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon ComChest needs $52.6m
      73 1 THE Community Chest needs to raise a record $52.6 million this year, with more people needing help as a result of the economic downturn. The higher target comes at a time when companies hit by the global crisis are cutting back on donations, but Com Chest chairman
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      Lock icon 'I was very worried'
      77 1 Buddhist monk Ming Yi was a worried man when auditors checked the books of Ren Ci Hospital and asked him about two missing sums of money. Testifying at his trial, he described how he met Raymond Yeung, a young Cathay Pacific flight attendant, and hired him
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      Lock icon Home prices 'still sliding'
      49 1 BUYERS snapping up homes in recent weeks may be jumping into the market way before it has reached the bottom, according to new research. Real estate consultancy DTZ is tipping a gradual property market recovery only from the middle of next year. MONEY PAGE 820
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      Lock icon No team-up, says Golkar
      48 1 INDONESIA'S biggest party, Golkar, said yesterday it will not team up with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party, raising questions about the possible coalitions that will emerge. The Democrat Party however said last night that talks were still going on. WORLD PAGE A 9
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      Lock icon Liverpool stars in S'pore
      50 1 FOOTBALL fans can expect Liverpool to bring their stars for their upcoming Singapore stopover. Barring injury, Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and company will play the national team on July 26 at the National Stadium. Ticket prices for the friendly have not been announced. SPORT PAGE 81l
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    Lock icon Two-day torch relay for Youth Games
    609 1  -  Jeanette Wang By THE first Asian Youth Games to be held here will feature a torch relay with runners fanning out in an orchid-shaped route across Singapore. About 180 torch-bearers and 70,000 people are expected to participate in the relay and related celebrations islandwide,
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    Lock icon Grading system for hawker hygiene 'sound'
    592 1  -  Amresh Gunasingham Minister says it has prodded foodsellers to improve cleanliness By THE A-B-C-D cleanliness grading system for food stalls is sound, robust and has led to higher hygiene standards here, Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said yesterday. In his first comments
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        Lock icon Customer satisfaction as a growth indicator
        73 2 WE SAY Customer satisfaction indices give an indication of how a sputtering economy will fare in the near future, such as how rising consumption patterns can pace recovery. Singapore's relative decline in consumer satisfaction is therefore not just a matter for retailers and hospitality
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        Lock icon Close to perfection
        20 2 COLUMNS Andrei Arshavin's showing against Liverpool brings us near sporting perfection, says Rohit Brijnath. SPORTS PAGE 810
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        Lock icon Put the fun in funding
        29 2 Passion to create, and not financial support, should be the driving force for an artist, says Yong Shu Hoong. J LIFE! PAGE C 4
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        Lock icon Lawyer standards falling?
        31 2 OUR READER SAYS Santos Muyco questions if this is so, after reading a news report on lawyers who were "ignorant" about a certain law. FORUM PAGE A 27
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        31 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow speaks of the jitters over US banks' viability. Grace Chng is saddened by Oracle's purchase of Sun, which still inspires fierce loyalty among its customers.
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      Lock icon Stop worrying, Obama, learn to love the Bomb
      978 2  -  William Choong Disarmament is a noble goal but atomic arsenals are now key to stability By SENIOR WRITER DURING my postgraduate studies in Canberra, I had a friend who was so enamoured of nuclear weapons, he even had a coffee-table book with
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      Lock icon Sold Lehman products? Now pay Fidrec
      600 3  -  Lorna Tan Dispute-solving body facing extra work tells 10 firms to chip in $lm By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE body that handles financial disputes here has told the 10 institutions caught up in the structured products scandal to chip in more than $1 million to
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      Lock icon New plant a vote of confidence
      769 4  -  Salma Khalik Baxter Bioscience to hire more for its new biologies facility By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT A SIXTH biologies plant is being set up in Singapore a striking vote of confidence in an industry that suffered a $5 billion fall in output here last year.
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      Lock icon Streetside drama
      56 4 PHOTO: A knife-wielding man holds a woman hostage on a street in Guangzhou, in China's Guangdong province, on Tuesday. The man and his brother grabbed the passer-by in a bid to raise money for theii mother's medical treatment, local media reported. The woman was eventually rescued unharmed by
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      Lock icon When Ming yi met Raymond Yeung
      955 4  -  Selina Lum Carolyn Quek SELINA LUM By 7 took pay cuts too 9 HIS monthly salary grew from more than $5,000 in 1996 to about $20,000 in 2001. But he took pay cuts several times too, Ming Vi told the court. From November 2002
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      Lock icon Tan Bin Seng struck off register of doctors
      405 4  -  Judith Tan By GENERAL practitioner and former first vice-chairman of the Workers' Party Tan Bin Seng, 58, has been struck off the Register of Medical Practitioners for the second time. The first was in 1993, when he was struck off for over-prescribing
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      Lock icon Top finance exec at Freddie Mac found dead
      611 6 Named acting CFO last year Mr David Kellermann government to prevent their (left), 41, had worked for collapse. Freddie Mac since 1992. a Mr Ke llermann had hired a He became acting chief private security firm after financial officer last year, reporters
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      Lock icon Malaysia relaxes rules for investors
      502 6  -  Hazlin Hassan 30% Malay ownership policy no longer applies to ventures in parts of services sector By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Investors in parts of Malaysia's services sector no longer have to find Malay partners who will own 30 per cent of the business. Prime
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD
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      Lock icon China to parade naval prowess today
      839 8  -  Peh Shing Huei Speculation on whether project to build aircraft carrier will be unveiled By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: China will show off its aquatic prowess today in a display which has been called a "naval Olympics" by the country's military. The unprecedented maritime
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      Lock icon Taiwan leader seeks new weapons from US
      327 8 TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday called on the United States to supply it with new weapon systems, citing China's military buildup. Mr Ma's comments, in a video conference with a Washington think-tank, come despite rapidly improving relations between the island and the
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        Lock icon Golkar won't support Yudhoyono's bid
        621 9  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja It says coalition talks with Democratic Party had reached deadlock By Lynn Lee INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS JAKARTA: Vice-president Jusuf Kalla's Golkar party yesterday withdrew its support for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's bid for a second term in the July 8 presidential election. The announcement
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        Lock icon Opposition threatens to boycott presidential polls
        490 9  -  Salim Osman By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: A group of political parties arrayed against Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made veiled threats of boycotting the presidential election if the government fails to resolve alleged irregularities over the voter list. But Dr Yudhoyono, riled by
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        Lock icon Najib makes first visit to Jakarta as PM
        277 9  -  SALIM OSMAN JAKARTA: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived in the Indonesian capital yesterday for a two-day official visit, his first since becoming Premier three weeks ago. The visit is part of a long-standing tradition in Asean where a newly appointed leader
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        Lock icon Maoists hijack train ahead of elections
        530 10  -  P. Jayaram Rebels continue attacks after their calls for a strike and boycott of the polls are unheeded By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: India is bracing itself for more violence as the second phase of polling in the general election gets under way today,
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        Lock icon Rahul Gandhi looks set to win
        251 10  -  P. JAYARAM MR RAHUL Gandhi, scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, is among the prominent personalities figuring in the second phase of polling in the general election today. Mr Gandhi, who has been campaigning for the ruling Congress party across the country, had visited his
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        Lock icon Top Tiger officials give up as troops push in
        542 10 COLOMBO: Two key Tamil Tiger officials surrendered yesterday as Sri Lankan soldiers pushed deep into the sole remaining Tamil rebel enclave, killing 43 guerillas. Among the senior rebels who turned themselves in was the Tigers' main mouthpiece to the outside world,
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        Lock icon Five KL ministers to tackle conversion case
        552 12  -  Elizabeth Looi A first for govt after Indian woman claims husband converted kids By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Five Malaysian ministers have been tasked to look into the case of three Indian children converted to Islam by their father without the mother's consent
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        Lock icon Police station mobbed after school fight
        403 12 PONTIAN (Johor): A mob of about 1,000 laid siege to a police station in Pejan Nanas, Johor, on Monday after a Malay teacher was allegedly assaulted by a Chinese man in a national school. The police station was locked up and a Federal Reserve
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        Lock icon China dangles loans to get key resources
        615 15  -  Grace Ng It is increasingly giving credit and loans for fuel and commodities By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Cash-rich China is going fishing for resources and it is dangling loans as bait. In recent weeks, the world's third largest economy has been offering generous
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        Lock icon Pig cloned for human organ transplant study
        83 15 This is no ordinary piglet. It was cloned and its organs genetically modified by a South Korean team doing research on making pigs more suitable for human transplants. The country's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology released a photograph yesterday of the "mini-pig"
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        Lock icon Jackie Chan faces boycott calls as anger escalates
        437 15  -  GRACE NG BEIJING: Gongfu star Jackie Chan's controversial comments that freedom may not be good for the Chinese people could start to hurt not just his reputation, but also his pocket. Mainland Chinese are calling for a boycott of his May 1
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        Lock icon North Korea accuses South of shifting border marker
        331 15 SEOUL: North Korea accused South Korea yesterday of "serious provocation" by moving a marker on their heavily guarded border, raising tensions a day after rare in-ter-Korea talks ended without agreement. "This serious military provocation is a wanton violation of the armistice agreement
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        Lock icon S. Korean lawmakers scuffle over trade Bill
        309 15 SEOUL: South Korean lawmakers scuffled yesterday as a major parliamentary committee approved a Bill to ratify a contentious free trade deal with the United States nearly two years after it was signed. The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) said the Bill had been
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        Lock icon Toddler dies after being flogged by dad
        243 15 KAOHSIUNG: A toddler died in Taiwan on Tuesday after being beaten violently by her father, the second fatal child abuse case in four days following the tragedy of a baby girl who was thrown into boiling water. The two-year-old was flogged with a
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        Lock icon Minister links Thaksin to PAD chiefs shooting
        538 17 Thai diplomat claims ex-premier played a role but offers no evidence NEW YORK: Thailand's top diplomat h linked exiled former premier Thaks Shinawatra to last week's violent attai on a prominent Thai protest leader. In a speech to the Asia Society on Tue;
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        Lock icon Thais seek new summit date
        160 17 BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said his government was consulting Asian leaders on a new date for the East Asia Summit, cancelled twice due to political unrest in Thailand. Mr Abhisit, who suffered a huge embarrassment when anti-government protesters invaded the venue for the
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    • world international
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        Lock icon ANC faces toughest elections since 1994
        732 19 CHANGING TIMES "In the first years of our freedom, most people would have tended to vote ANC. Now it is no longer quite so straightforward...People are asking questions, which is a good thing...That is what democracy is." Archbishop Desmond Tutu, on the shift in
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        Lock icon S'pore firms can add value to Europe tie-ups: SM Goh
        575 19  -  Aaron Low By MILAN: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong sees a bigger role for Singapore companies, one that goes beyond being just stepping stones for European companies keen on Asian markets. He wants local small- and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) to
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        Lock icon US sold on S'pore maths teaching techniques
        393 19 WASHINGTON: About a decade ago, a small number of made-in-Singapore maths textbooks began circulating among frustrated American parents looking for better ways to teach the subject. Now, these textbooks are used in about 1,200 United States elementary schools, with annual sales of about
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        Lock icon Home of Moulin Rouge to get more windmills
        257 19 PARIS: The Paris city authorities plan to build wind turbines into one of the world's most famous skylines, to take advantage of strong winds that sweep high points such as Montmartre. "We are not talking of big models like those we see
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        Lock icon Clinton warns of Iran sanctions
        396 20 Secretary of State urges Iran to curb nuclear bids, condemns Taleban acts WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the effort to reach out to Iran will be coupled with the threat of "crippling" sanctions if Teheran fails to curb its nuclear programme.
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        Lock icon Bush aides may face trial for torture tactics
        240 20 WASHINGTON: Widening an explosive debate on torture, US President Barack Obama has opened the possibility of prosecuting Bush-era lawyers who authorised brutal interrogation of terror suspects. Less than a week after declaring it was time to move on rather than "lay blame
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        Lock icon China fears hit image of Asian Americans
        333 21 45% of those surveyed think Asians are more loyal to their country of origin than the US WASHINGTON: Fears over China are hitting the US image of Asian Americans, as their loyalties come under suspicion despite steady improvements in perceptions of the community,
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        Lock icon French minister pregnant
        102 21 France's minister for the digital economyannounced yesterday that she is pregnant. And given her position, it is perhaps unsurprising that she chose to break the news via Facebook. Ms Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, 35, said she could not "hide it any longer". "My husband and I are very happy.
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      • INBRIEF
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          Lock icon Crackdown on crime
          124 21 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have stepped up their offensive against crime in the last week by increasing patrols and making their presence more keenly felt in public places. Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan has directed police chiefs in Selangor, Penang, Perak and Johor to follow the Kuala
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          Lock icon 12 terror suspects freed
          89 21 LONDON: British police yesterday denied making an embarrassing mistake after releasing all 12 men seized in raids to foil a suspected Al-Qaeda plot. The men, 11 Pakistanis and one Briton, were arrested around the north-west of England on April 8 as part of an operation against
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          Lock icon Piracy charges for teen
          112 21 NEW YORK: A Somali teen captured by US forces in a high-seas drama and taken to New York has been ordered to stand trial as an adult on piracy charges. Abdi Wali Abdi Khadir Muse, wearing a blue T-shirt and with head lowered as he entered
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          Lock icon S'pore mission on Batam
          94 21 SINGAPORE: A Singapore consulate has started operations on Batam island in Indonesia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The consulate will provide consular services for Singaporeans visiting, living or working in the Riau Islands Province, or Kepri. The consulate will also promote and facilitate more
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          Lock icon Serial killer gets death
          130 21 SEOUL: A South Korean court yesterday convicted and handed down a death sentence to a masseur charged with killing 10 people, including his wife and mother-in-law. Kang Ho Sun, 38, was indicted in February in the slaying of eight office workers, karaoke bar employees and university
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          Lock icon 'US base targeted'
          94 21 DUSSELDORF: Four men on trial in a German court planned a series of bomb attacks on US targets in Germany designed to be as destructive as the Sept 11 attacks, prosecutors said yesterday. The prosecutors told the court on the opening day of the trial that the
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      403 23 AS THE Ministry of Trade and Industry lowered its growth forecast further last week to a 6 to 9 per cent shrinkage, talking about raising customer satisfaction seems almost beside the point. How much can the Government, businesses and workers do to prop up weakening
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      880 23  -  Kantathi Suphamongkhon POLITICS IN THAILAND By THE hate campaign in Thailand, which began in 2005 and intensified last year, has polarised Thai society to an unprecedented degree. It is time to reset Thailand's domestic politics before it is too late. The success of
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        165 26 'IGNORANT' LAWYERS I AM baffled after reading Tuesday's article, "A-G lets off 'ignorant' lawyers". Lawyers in private practice, who earn their living by giving legal advice to the public, were said to be "ignorant" about a requirement under the Legal Profession Act. They were required to complete
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        297 26 I REFER to Monday's special report about escalating motor accident claims, in particular, the article, "A PA-year fight, five-figure claim and a fake witness", about the tenacity of Mr Henry Phua, and would like to share my experience. In February 2004, my car was involved
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        382 26 WE REFER to the editorial, "Doctors' beauty whirl" on Sunday, and "More doctors going for training" last Thursday. The Aesthetic Dermatology Educational Group (ADEG) was established and registered as an education group in 2006, way before the introduction of Singapore Medical Council (SMC) guidelines on aesthetic
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        274 26 CONGRATULATIONS to Tan Tock Seng Hospital on topping the list in The Straits Times and Kopitiam tray-return project ("Hospitals top tray-return movement's list", Tuesday). Indeed, when I returned my tray on my most recent visit to the Tan Tock Seng canteen, I found
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      571 28  -  Melissa Sim More in need of charity during downturn even as firms trim donations By THIS year, the Community Chest is setting its sights on the highest fund-raising target in its 26-year history: $52.6 million. That is $3 million more than what was
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      559 29  -  Zakir Hussain Theatre director Loretta Chen, 32, says she is willing to be a candidate By SINGAPORE'S arts community is gathering views on whom it should propose as a Nominated MP (NMP), and already a theatre director has stepped up to the plate. She is
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      410 29  -  Shefali Rekhi By ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR THAI Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn began the first day of her visit to Singapore yesterday with a visit to Fusionopolis. The royal visitor listened closely and sometimes took notes as she was briefed on an array of technologies at the
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      559 30  -  K. C. Vijayan Sum is interest on deposit; sales panel faces another lawsuit By LAW CORRESPONDENT REALISTIC OUTLOOK "They can either go ahead with the suit, amend the suit or drop it altogether. We are on the horizon, and there is sunrise and
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      457 30 A TEENAGER who injured himself after setting off a small bomb on board a public bus was placed on 18 months of probation by a Community Court yesterday. Christopher Ko Zi Jie was also ordered to remain indoors between 11pm and 6am, and
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      495 32  -  Elena Chong By COURTS CORRESPONDENT AN OPEN verdict was recorded yesterday in the tragic case of a two-month-old girl who died after suffering severe brain, eye and cervical spinal cord injuries. During the hearing, two experts had stated that Hallie Yong Yun Mm's injuries were more
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      558 33  -  April Chong Less invasive, it caters to those for whom open chest surgery is very risky By OPEN heart surgery is usually performed when the valve in the artery leading from the heart needs replacing, but this is not an option for some patients.
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      457 33  -  Chua Hian Hou By Serene Luo SURGICAL gauze with its own identity is just one of eight new wireless technology projects the Government is supporting. It is pumping about $1 million to co-fund eight new projects using wireless tags, including one at the
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      197 33 National University Hospital: Tagging surgical gauze in the operating theatre to ensure none is left inside a patient. SMRT Corp: Using RFID tags to create a self-service warehouse where staff can self-check out vehicle parts. Tan Chong Auto Clinic: The Nissan car distributor will
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      464 34  -  Jessica Jaganathan Study using fruit flies could spell new treatments, vaccine By SCIENTISTS have made new findings about how dengue is spread, putting them closer to developing treatments for this mosqui-to-borne disease. The team at the Duke University Medical Centre in Durham, North
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      491 35  -  Amresh Gunasingham NEA launches fund on Earth Day, marked by tree-planting, clean-ups By THE National Environment Agency (NEA) yesterday launched an $8 million 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) Fund for Earth Day, to encourage waste minimisation and recycling projects here. It can be used to
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      393 35 ONE man, one bicycle, 124 countries and 78 tyre changes. After 11 years of pedalling, Mr Daisuke Nakanishi has travelled 144,000 km across the globe on the same trusty bicycle with which he started his journey. The 39-year-old cyclist from Osaka, Japan,
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      429 36  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN QUICK DELIVERY "Sales are difficult to come by during this period. So whatever order you have on hand, you will get the car delivered quickly." Mr Ron Lim, general manager of Nissan agent Tan Chong Traders expect rising trend to go
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      450 36  -  Jermyn Chow By THE world's armed forces must do more to combat pirates off Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden, experts said yesterday at a conference here to discuss issues affecting maritime security. There are now 20 ships from various navies including
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      299 28 International Enterprise (IE) Singapore would like to invite you to attend our Executive Programmes on the Middle East and Vietnam under our International Business Fellowship (iBF) Programme. To be conducted at top universities in the Middle East and Vietnam, the executive programmes are designed to provide senior representatives from the
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      116 28 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin not infallible. Remember, he has done a MOST-READ ONLINE lot for the old, senile and sickly." Ming Vi takes the stand. Decomposed body identified. MOST BLOGGED ABOUT Expect a small pay rise. Pay for parking, not waiting. Said Hirza: "Malls
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      440 31 C j Baxter SINGAPORE QUALITY AWARD Pop /uiMnea excellence 2008 WINNER Baxter has been in Singapore for more than three decades, and our groundbreaking event support, as well as to all our partners for being part of this journey of growth. marks another significant milestone in our journey here. A
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      139 37 PHOTO: LAST 8 GAMES: 27 GOALS April 21 Liverpool 4 Arsenal 4 April 14 Chelsea 4 Liverpool 4 April 11 Liverpool 4 Blackburn 0 April 8 Liverpool 1 Chelsea 3 April 4 Fulham 0 Liverpool 1 March 22 Liverpool 5 Aston Villa 0 March 14
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      789 37  -  Rohit Brijnath COMMENTARY By 4-goal hauls in the last 5 years Thierry Henry (Arsenal) (Dec 29, 2007) Arsenal 5 Leeds 0 (April 16, 2004) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) Chelsea 6 Derby 1 Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Portsmouth) (March 12, 2008) Portsmouth 5 Middlesbrough 1 (March 15,
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      618 38  -  Neil Humphreys LIGHTERSIDE By RAFAEL Benitez talks to himself on the touchline at the best of times. Many an entertaining match has been spent watching the Liverpool manager chat with, presumably, his invisible friend. That's because, presumably, his invisible friend makes more sense than
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      441 38  -  Lin Xinyi By LIVERPOOL fans, mark this date: July 26. That is when Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Co. will play at the National Stadium. Singapore-based promoter Strategic Sports Investment, a subsidiary of the Profitable Group, confirmed yesterday that the Reds will take
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      378 38 Chelsea greenhorn may have to mark Barca star in Champions League tie LONDON: A player who made his senior Chelsea debut only early this year may have the team's most important job next week: Mark Barcelona's danger man Lionel Messi. The teams meet in a tantalising Champions
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      304 38 DURBAN (South Africa): Chris Gayle led the Kolkata Knight Riders to an 11-run win over the Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match before rain washed out the day's second match at Kingsmead on Tuesday. Gayle blasted his way to
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      239 38 Warriors lose by big margin in Japan SINGAPORE Armed Forces FC were handed their heaviest defeat in the AFC Champions League yesterday. They crashed 0-5 to the Kashima Antlers in Japan. The Warriors remain bottom of Group G. They next face Shanghai Shenhua at home on May 5. In
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      626 39  -  Jonathan Wong SPORT IN SCHOOLS SAS wrest Police Cup from arch-rivals with win in Under-17 rugby final St Andrew's School 17 Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 10 By "That try wasn't for myself, it was for the team. Everyone played above himself, especially our forwards." AHMAD IBRAHIM,
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      405 39  -  VALERIE CHIA CHRISTEL Fung of Raffles Institution (Junior College) made it two wins on the trot yesterday, winning the A Girls' 400 m freestyle final at the Schools National swimming championships. But the 17-year-old national swimmer was unable to reproduce her record-breaking form from Tuesday's
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      139 39 "It is almost an insult to say the defenders are not doing enough tough marking on Ronaldo. This shows a lack of respect to opposing defenders." Corinthians coach Mano Menezes, who is not buying suggestions that defenders are treating Ronaldo with kid gloves, fearful of
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      253 39 Basketball NBA Play-offs (best-of-seven series), 1st rd: Eastern: Cleveland 94 Detroit 82 (Cleveland lead series 2-0). Western: Los Angeles 119 Utah 109 (Los Angeles lead series 2-0), Portland 107 Houston 103 (series tied 1-1). Cricket Indian Premier League In Durban: Punjab 158-6 in 20 overs (Y. Singh 38, I.
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      695 40 WIMBLEDON CHAIRMAN < TIM PHILLIPS: "We could finish after 10 o'clock in the evening, but there is no absolute cut-off time." On flexibility with playing time "The players will have to come off the court when the roof closes. Ideally, that would be at the
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      513 40 Cleveland Cavaliers 94 Detroit Pistons 82 CLEVELAND: For three quarters on Tuesday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers were at their basketball best. "It was beautiful," Mo Williams said. It did not end that way. They blew most of a 29-point lead in the final period
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      174 40 BOSTON: Champions the Boston Celtics, already without key forward Kevin Garnett, have lost back-up Leon Powe for the rest of the National Basketball Association season through injury, the team said on their website on Tuesday. He suffered a cruciate ligament injury in Monday's victory over the
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      171 37 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Everton in FA Cup final. Goals galore, Blues through. Cech okay despite blunders. MOST COMMENTED Berbatov under fire from fans. Said Eagle2oo4: "Even though the FA conceded that the Wembley Stadium pitch needs improvement, all four semi-finalists
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      356 39 Today Centre, 10am). Cricket IPL: Chennai v Delhi (6.30pm), Kolkata v Tennis Rajasthan (10.30pm) Live, Chill. ATP Barcelona Open: Q-finals (Live, Ch22, 5.45pm). Golf Ballantine's C'ship: Day 1 (Live, Ch24, lpm). Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, Saturday tomorrow, 3am). Basketball NBA Play-offs 1st rd, Game 3:
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      170 40 "lam the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me mil live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. "John 11:25-26 WATS CLASSIFIED Margaret Chan Seok Cheng Age: 91 Was called home to be with the Lord on 21 April 2009, dearly missed
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      39 40 i £j EsS In Loving Memory Of LEONG AIAN QUY Departed 23 April 2001 We miss your voice your laughter for you're always a gem in our hearts Lovingly remembered but sadly missed by Family Loved Ones 5? ES
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      32 40 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of WICKRAMASINGHE (IRENEWICKS) Departed on 23 April 2007 Ar No lonSer in our hves forever in our hearts. Dearly missed by TT Husband: Vernon and loved ones.
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      111 41 ANG BENG LAY (1915 2009) The Lord is my strength and song. And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God and I will exalt Him. Exodus 15:2 Dear friends and relatives Dad went home on 22 April 2009 to join
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      139 41 r"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." I 1 Psalm 23:1 <$| TAN PUAY KER Age: 83 was called home to be with the Lord on 21 April 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Chia Meow Cheng (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Kiat Boon David Leong Fun Fong Elsie
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      64 41 The family of the late MRS H. H. LEE (nee WONG SUI HA, EDNA) Departed 19 April 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Dr. Doshi Dr. Chee
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      172 41 "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 KHOO SWEE POH BBM (L), Justice of Peace Age: 90 was called home to be with the LORD on 21 April 2009 leaving behind
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      79 41 HIAP TECK METAL (1968 PTE) LTD Director KUAH HOCK SENG Age: 57 passed away peacefully on 21 April 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Goh Sok Kiang, Christina Son: Daughter-in-law: Kuah Peng Boon, Derrick Nezia Marina Daughters: Kuah Li Lin, Daphne Ke Van Lin, Desiree All Relatives and Friends Wake
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      47 41 f Our Dearest Hero, KUAH HOCK SENG No words can describe the loss of our beloved hero. Na na, Daddy, we love you so very much and miss you terribly. Loving You Always, Your Dearest Darlings Na na Bing Wen I Li Lin P^fe Yan Lin jgj
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        526 42  -  Alvin Foo BULLS BEARS Market could see more slides after its recent charge, warn analysts By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT THE Singapore market took a big step backwards yesterday, dragged down by regional jitters and downbeat US stock futures. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) sank
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        356 42  -  Joanna Seow By THE Government yesterday launched an initiative that links up Singapore's business incubators and their start-ups with their overseas counterparts. New Zealand will provide the first partners under this project, known as the International Incubation Initiative (Icube). The partners signed a
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          116 42 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.72 billion shares worth $1.36 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 172 Losers: 303 Unchanged: 753 STRAITS TIMES INDEX Mid Cap 379.65 T -5.22 Basic materials 187.08 T -3.91 Utilities 292.01 T -4.64 Small Cap 311.43 T -3.02 Industrials 402.77 T -17.21 Financials 440.03 T -7.35 All Share
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          215 42 Yesterday's close: 8,727.3 (+15.97) »Japanese shares ended narrowly mixed on continued caution over the outlook for corporate earnings and despite overnight gains in Wall Street. Yesterday's close: 968.58 (+1.98) Malaysian shares rose 0.2 per cent, led by gains in finance, plantation and utility stocks. Gainers outnumbered decliners by 360
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            404 42 Top Rises (0) Top Rises Top Falls (0) Top Falls DCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 ...9450 120.0 0CBCCap3.93%Pref10 6962 42.0 ISH 1076 39.2 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9360 30.0 STXP0 100 1370 16.0 Lyxor Thailand 10US$ 284 10.6 Asia Pac Brew 960 10.0 Singapura Fin 113 8.0 Lyxor Asia
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          182 42 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume CENTS Vol Chart SemiCond Golden Agri Sino-Env IndoAgri China Hongxing SingTel CapitaLand Cosco Corp Noble Grp Yongnam StraitsAsia Gent Intl Synear Lian Beng Wilmar 16.5 36.5 11 86 13.5 247 270 105 123 16.5 112 60.5 22 20.5 343
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          104 42 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY ftpr 22 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.0550 1.0880 Can dollar 1.2090 1.2240 Euro 1.9350 1.9600 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4135 0.4145 NZ dollar 0.8360 0.8540 Sterling pound 2.1940 2.2230 US dollar 1.4970 1.5150 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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          370 42 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 594.8 306.1 185 370 1792.9 503 67.5 105.8 ■■■■I 3580 1834 1250 416 270 319 1634 962 438 201 456 355 501 473 394 312 2170 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 405 5611
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          633 42 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 133 132 272 157 78.5 208 243 165 65 75 198 199 314 129 138 316 765 334 372 287 170 624 565 87 206 90 108.3 117 36.5 327.1 147 138 252
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        487 43  -  Goh Eng Yeow Market players welcome move as concern over bids to rig STI grows By THE sudden spike in Jardine Matheson shares that caused the Straits Times Index (STI) to close artificially higher on Tuesday is beng investigated by the Singapore Exchange
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        381 43 WEAKER home sales have hit Keppel Land's earnings hard, sending its first-quarter net profit tumbling 38.8 per cent to $36.9 million. Revenue suffered even more, plunging 46.6 per cent to $145.7 million. Contributions from overseas accounted for 25.5 per cent of its net profit
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        384 43  -  Alvin Foo By THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will launch an extended settlement (ES) contract on the streetTRACKS Straits Times Index exchange-traded fund (ETF) tomorrow. ES contracts allow investors to bet on price movements in underlying stock prices for up to 38 days. Contracts on
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        364 43  -  Fiona Chan By A PLAN by a minority shareholder of Kian Ho Bearings to oust an independent director has drawn flak from the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias). Sias, which safeguards the interests of small investors, yesterday expressed its displeasure at
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      791 44  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Recovery from deepest recession since World War II seen next year By US CORRESPONDENT 2009 forecasts Advanced economies will be back to normal by end-next year. Poverty will rise and affect 85 million people. US output will fall by 2.8 per cent,
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      503 44 WASHINGTON: Most United States banks have enough capital to keep lending, but a pile of bad debts is fostering doubts about their health and slowing a recovery, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said. Testifying on Tuesday before the Congressional Oversight Panel, which monitors the
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      369 44 TOKYO: Japan's export slump slowed in March, ending a four-month streak of record drops and adding to signs the recession may have started to ease. Overseas shipments slumped 45.6 per cent from a year earlier, compared with February's unprecedented 49.4 per cent plunge,
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      203 44 SINGAPORE: Citigroup has named Ms Jane Fraser as the new chief executive of its private bank and Mr Deepak Sharma (right) as its chairman, the latest move by the United States bank to reorganise its business that caters to rich clients. The
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      644 45 Ruling marks victory for small investors over one of HK's richest families HONG KONG: The Court of Appeal in Hong Kong yesterday blocked a US$2.l billion (Ss3.l billion) buyout bid by telecom giant PCCW, in a stunning victory for small shareholders over one
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      467 45  -  Robin Chan By THE offshore marine industry is likely to see consolidation as bigger players gobble up smaller firms hit by falling oil prices, lower rig rates and tighter credit. Industry experts told the offshore market session of the Sea Asia conference
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      429 45 New highs for last year Vessel arrivals: 1.6 billion gross tons last year, up by 11.1 per cent from year before Container throughput: 29.9 million 20-foot equivalent units or 7.1 per cent more containers the most in the world Bunkering volume: Sold a record
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      1163 46  -  Ananya Roy CUTTING COSTS, SAVING JOBS Measures such as cross-training and job-sharing help hotel staff stay nimble By KEEPING STAFF INFORMED 'Making information, such as the dip in occupancy levels, available to our associates helps them to engage in the business. It results in
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      271 46  -  Linette Lai By A RECORD number of taxpayers used the e-filing option to lodge their returns this year. About 962,000 people e-filed by the April 18 deadline a record 91 per cent of all those who have filed and up 4 percentage points on last
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      848 47  -  Joyce Teo PROPERTY MARKET: STAY OUT? Experts say housing market will rebound after stock market does By I PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT NOT OVER YET "Crises in the past have lasted for six to eight consecutive quarters and we are only half way through." Mr Brandon Lee,
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        464 47  -  Gabriel Chen I By INVESTORS with little or no exposure to Asian stocks should now put their money to work, according to the head of global investment strategy at Barclays Wealth. New York-based Aaron Gurwitz said yesterday that there is an 80
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        406 47  -  Fiona Chan I By A SUSTAINABLE recovery in the global economy is unlikely until at least 2012, but investors looking for long-term returns should consider buying stocks now. That is the advice of Societe Generale Asset Management's head of strategy and economic
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      987 48 First-year bash Video games music live Fast Peranakan Museum Hear an W^K H Furious Actresses Janice Koh (right) and m Patricia Toh have to totter around /%u> in tiny platform shoes for :H Ip5 The Crab Flower Club, 1/**^* w W^^f&k commission. TARATAN finds out m£ V3* how this scheme
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        1795 49  -  tara tan This year's Singapore Arts Festival features six edgy commissioned works, three of which are collaborations with international shows arts reporter 'I knew what the stakes were. For a young company, that was our big chance to reach out to new audiences and
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        1071 51  -  yong shu hoong A passion to create, and not just financial support should be the driving force for an artist culture vulture 'She gets very annoyed. She says "A husband's job is to be fat and flabby and make me look fabulou Actor Hugh Jackman on
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        419 51 GOB SQUAD DOES WARHOL Pop artist Andy Warhol's conceptual art films are given a live twist by Gob Squad, a theatre group based in Germany and Britain. Kitchen (You've Never Had It So Good) will be staged this weekend at the Esplanade Theatre Studio as part of the
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        554 52  -  rachael boon At the Video Games Live concert, gamers will get to play on a giant screen to the accompaniment of a full orchestra VIDEO GAMES LIVE (VGL) Where: Singapore Indoor Stadium When: June 19, 6pm (pre-show festival), 8.30 to 11pm (concert) Admission: $55 to
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        450 52 LIFE MOMENTS BLISS Where: fill-your-walls, 21 Tanjong Pagar Road, 04-02 When: Till Sunday, 10am to 10pm Admission: Free Info: 6222-1667 adeline chia arts reporter When former accountant Angie Chan (above) retired last year, she poured her energies into a new project: an art gallery dedicated to emerging
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        474 53  -  deepika shetty Jean-Pierre Blanchard paints as though he is conducting an orchestra view it EXPRESSION: WHEN PASSION BECOMES ART BY JEAN-PIERRE BLANCHARD Where: the coffee connoisseur, 51 Circular Road When: May 4 to July 31 Info: Call 6479-2445 for details French artist Jean-Pierre Blanchard does not
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        539 53 London Monarch. Tyrant. Reformer, Husband from hell. King Henry VIII, who took the throne 500 years ago on Tuesday, married six times and sent two of his queens to the executioner. His battle to divorce his first bride led him to break from the Roman Catholic church
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      1057 55 An LA Times column about a homeless man that captured hearts is now made into a movie Los Angeles Two new movies try to say newspapers are vital not only to movie plots but to the community. One is State Of Play, a Washington thriller
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      357 55 Bloomberg London American authors Marilynne Robinson, Ellen Feldman and Samantha Hunt were tapped as three of the six finalists in the Orange Prize for Fiction, whose winner takes home £30,000 (5565,850) and a bronze statuette known as "the Bessie". In narrowing the field from a
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      475 55 Paris An exhibition of human bodies (right), which has travelled the world and been seen by millions, is indecent and must shut down, a French judge ordered on Tuesday. The landmark decision is based on a new law that regulates how corpses can be disposed of
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        379 57 Los Angeles Director Ron Howard on Tuesday defended his film adaptation of author Dan Brown's Angels Demons from criticism that it smears the Roman Catholic Church, heightening an ongoing battle over fictional depictions of the Vatican. Howard, who directed the 2006 movie adaptation of Brown's The Da
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        285 57 PHOTO: New York American Idol judge Paula Abdul (left) said her contract is up this season on the Fox talent show, and that no one can ever replace her. In an interview on ABC News' Nightline airing today, she said: "I love the show, I do. Hove what
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        199 57 London CSI, the movie, is coming. William Petersen, who played forensic expert Gil Grissom in the hit TV series, has confirmed that a film will be made. The CSI executive producer told Britain's Radio Times: "I can understand people are a little trepidatious because of
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        167 57 United Nations Actress Mia Farrow (right), a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, said on Tuesday she will begin a hunger strike to show solidarity with the people of Sudan's Darfur region. "On April 27, I will begin a fast of water only, in solidarity
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        131 57 Kuala Lumpur Malaysian actor Ako Mustapha (right) was sentenced to three months' jail and fined RM3,000 (551,240) by a court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to "khalwat" (close proximity) with his partner two years ago. Malaysia's Berita Harian said Ako, whose real name is Muhaizad
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      170 84 In a study presented recently at the American College of Cardiology's annual scientific session in Orlando, Florida, sudden deaths in triathlons were found to be about twice as high as those which occur in marathons 1.5 per 100,000 versus 0.8 per 100,000. Previous research
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      70 81 Supervising Editor Sumiko Tan Editor Gloria Chandy Cover page: Photo Ashleigh Sim Design Tang Wee Cheow Writers June Cheong Poon Chian Hui Sub-editors Lee Yee Hwa June Green Julie Kee Photographers Ashleigh Sim Desmond Wee Nuria Ling Contributors Dr Ang Peng Tiam Sales Team Maureen Wee (6319-2046) Martin Boey (6319-1920)
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      207 81 Health diary SATURDAY, APRIL 25 Patient Safety: Learn how to protect yourself in hospitals against things like infections. National Volunteer Et Philanthropy Centre, 6 Eu Jong Sen Street 04-88 The Central. 1.45 to 5pm. Fee: $5. To register, call 9833-8579. Vision Problems: Talk on blurred and double vision and eyelid
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      273 93 People are still suffering from dengue despite available preventive measures. You probably know someone who knows them. No dengue vaccine is commercially available yet. Now there is a clinical trial In Singapore investigating a potential vaccine that may help to protect against dengue. To volunteer and take part In this
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