The Straits Times, 28 April 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 TUESDAY, APRIL 28 2009 S|sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Foreigners can hold 70% of finance firms: KL
      94 1 FOREIGNERS will be allowed to hold up to 70 per cent of Malaysia's financial institutions except for commercial banks, as part of Prime Minister Najib Razak's drive to overhaul the Malaysian economy. The foreign equity holding in commercial banks remains capped at
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      Lock icon Ceasefire in Sri Lanka
      49 1 SRI Lanka's government ordered a halt to the use of artillery and air strikes on the remnants of the Tamil Tigers amid mounting international pressure to prevent more civilian casualties and as a nod to New Delhi ahead of crucial parliamentary polls. WORLD PAGE All
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      Lock icon S-E Asia's climate crunch
      52 1 IF THE world continues with "business as usual", the average cost of climate change for Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam could be equivalent to losing 6.7 per cent of combined gross domestic product each year by 2100 more than twice the global average. WORLD PAGE
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      Lock icon Sentosa's new cable cars
      48 1 ANEWlook cable car system is in the works. A sev-en-month, $36 million upgrading plan will kick in later this year. When completed in seven months, the 35-year-old system will get bigger cars that will allow for better views, among other things. HOME PAGE Bl
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    Lock icon Govt outlines resource, environment goals in $lb blueprint
    838 1  -  Jessica Cheam By Key initiatives $680 million has been set aside for research and development (R&D) and manpower training in clean energy, environment and water technologies. The sector could create 18,000 jobs and boost gross domestic product by $3.4 billion by 2015.
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    Lock icon Singapore prepares for swine flu as outbreak spreads
    836 1  -  Radha Basu Judith Tan Temperature screening at hospitals; all SGH staff wearing N95 masks By NOT just the doctors and nurses, but even general workers at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) were wearing N95 masks yesterday. Temperature screening stations are up at
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      967 2  -  Lydia Lim Hard work must go on to help laid-off workers remain employable By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE push to retrain workers is a hard slog for all concerned. It's grunt work that contains far less drama, and thus draws less attention than tales of
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        Lock icon Laid low again by a microbe
        73 2 WE SAY The swine flu could develop into a catastrophic pandemic or it could go out with a whimper in a matter of weeks. Humans have little protection against a mutated flu virus and not enough is known about the usefulness of anti-viral preventive
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        Lock icon Bringing down fences
        33 2 COLUMNS Apec members need to do their best to avoid trade barriers, says Deborah Kay Elms, as no other region has more to lose from such restrictions. REVIEW PAGE AlB
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        Lock icon No second power base
        25 2 Beijing's plan to create a second governing centre in Hong Kong is cause for concern, says Ching Cheong. REVIEW PAGE Al9
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        Lock icon Aware and civil society
        36 2 OUR READERS SAY Ex-leader calls for civility in the clash over the women's group, while new chief says what Aware won't do. Letters by Constance Singam and Josie Lav. FORUM PAGE A2O
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        37 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow receives an e-mail on the rise and fall of an unnamed S-chip CEO. Elizabeth Looi is stunned that having a television set is considered a luxury for the disabled in Malaysia.
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  • prime swine flu
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      Lock icon Gearing up to weather the storm
      674 3  -  Kimberly Spykerman Carolyn Quek Alessa Pang Thermal scanners at airports part of precautionary measures By MORE REPORTS: PRIME PAGES A4-A5 INFECTIOUS diseases expert Asok Kurup thinks that those who have just returned from Mexico, the United States or South America should isolate themselves for
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      Lock icon Demand for face masks up
      493 3  -  Jalelah Abu Baker By 5 ways to stay safe Cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, and wash hands immediately after; use a tissue when possible and dispose of it promptly. Wash your hands frequently with soap and water to reduce the risk
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      Lock icon Deadly flu spreads further afield
      759 4 WHO may raise pandemic alert level, govts issue travel warnings GENEVA: A new deadly flu claimed more victims and spread further afield yesterday, prompting the World Health Organisation (WHO) to consider raising its pandemic alert level and governments worldwide to issue a flurry of travel
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; NEW YORK TIMES  -  759 words
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      Lock icon Mexico on edge as number of cases climbs
      616 4 MEXICO CITY: Mexico appears to have lost valuable days or weeks in detecting the new flu strain, a combination of pig, bird and human viruses that humans may have no natural immunity to. The health authorities started noticing a threefold spike in
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; WASHINGTON POST; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  616 words
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      Lock icon Asia can provide lessons on fighting the disease
      450 4 MANILA: Asia is better prepared than other regions to handle an outbreak of swine flu owing to its experience dealing with epidemics such as Sars, the World Health Organisation said yesterday. But prominent Chinese virologist Guan Vi warned that the most populous
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      Lock icon Asean has drug stockpile
      187 4 JAKARTA: Asean has a stockpile of around one million doses of antiviral drugs readily available to member states to tackle an outbreak of swine flu, said the regional group. Regional cooperation to deal with Sars and avian influenza has also left South-east Asia in a stronger
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      Lock icon Flu fears infect investors
      660 5  -  Fiona Chan Airline stocks, oil prices take a tumble while gold, pharma shares go the other way By AIRLINE stocks tumbled yesterday amid fears that the swine flu outbreak in Mexico may turn into a full global pandemic and halt tourists in their tracks. Already suffering
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    • FLUSHOTS
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        Lock icon Bans on live pigs and pork products
        64 5 BEIJING: China has banned imports of live pigs and pork products from Mexico and the US states of Texas, California and Kansas. Countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Russia and Ukraine followed suit, even though US officials have insisted it is virtually impossible to
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        Lock icon Asia starts fever checks at airports
        53 5 BANGKOK: Thailand and other Asian countries have dusted off thermal scanners used during the 2003 Sars crisis and are checking for signs of fever among passengers arriving at airports from North America. Countries screening the passengers include Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Indonesia and
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        Lock icon S. Korea to double flu drug stockpile
        62 5 SEOUL: South Korea yesterday designated swine flu as an infectious livestock disease, allowing the authorities to cull sick animals. Seoul also said it will double its stockpile of Tamiflu and other anti-influenza drugs. It now has enough Tamiflu to treat up to 2.5
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        Lock icon Filipinos told not to hug, kiss in public
        49 5 MANILA: The Philippine health authorities yesterday urged people to avoid hugging and kissing in public over worries about a possible global pandemic of the deadly swine flu virus. Philippine hog farmers have also been ordered to vaccinate their herds. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      Lock icon What's known
      353 5 Why is it called swine flu? It is an acute respiratory disease, caused by influenza type A which infects pigs. But the underlying virus strain, HINI, has mutated and now contains genetic material from swine, avian and human strains. Some scientists say that it is wrong to label
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      Lock icon Green economy to add 18,000 jobs and $3.4b
      513 6  -  Grace Chua By MONEY does not grow on trees but the Government hopes a green economy will pay off by creating 18,000 more jobs and adding $3.4 billion to the Republic's gross domestic product (GDP) by 2015. Yesterday, the Government released its
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      Lock icon Bomb hoaxer jailed 5 years
      578 7  -  Elena Chong He e-mailed threats to airlines, White House By COURTS CORRESPONDENT The court heard that Ye sent the hoax e-mail messages from Internet cafes here, in Johor Baru and Batam, and signed off the messages with "Long Live Al-Qaeda". A TELE-SALES worker who e-mailed
      WONG KWAI CHOW; CAROLINE CHIA  -  578 words
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      1177 8  -  Cassandra RECESSION HEROES By Chew Do you know a recession hero? LAST week's recession hero was businessman Koh Tiam Teck, 52, who has pledged to donate nearly $500,000 over two years to help the Community Development Councils aid those suffering from the recession. The South West CDC
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      Lock icon South-east Asia faces climate change disaster
      869 9  -  LEE SEOK HWAI Wide-ranging impact on agriculture, growth and politics, among others: ADB BANGKOK: South-east Asia will be hit particularly hard by climate change, causing the region's agricul-ture-dependent economies to contract by as much as 6.7 per cent annually by the end of the
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      Lock icon Singapore's concerns
      202 9  -  LEE SEOK HWAI SINGAPORE, which imports most of its food supply, could be hit by significant damage to crops in neighbouring countries due to global warming, the Asian Development Bank said in its study on climate change in South-east Asia. With crop yield projected to fall by an
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        Lock icon Penang polls to be held on May 31
        491 10  -  Elizabeth Looi SIXTH BY-ELECTION IN A YEAR It is unclear if BN will contest seat, which it is unlikely to win By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT Located in mainland Penang, the Penanti state seat fell vacant after former Penang deputy chief minister Fairus Khairuddin
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        Lock icon The Penanti state seat fell vacant after
        134 10 former Penang deputy chief minister Fairus Khairuddin (left) relinquished his post on April 16 amid graft allegations. Although the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission later cleared him of any wrongdoing, Mr Fairus maintained that his resignation...would be in the interest of his Parti Keadilan Rakyat.
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        Lock icon Pakistan's peace deal worthless: Taleban
        495 10 ISLAMABAD: Taleban militants said yesterday their peace deal with the Pakistani government was "worthless" after the authorities dispatched helicopters and artillery to attack the hideouts of the Islamist guerillas. A collapse of the pact would likely please Obama administration officials who are pressing Islamabad hard
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        Lock icon Afghan President to run in election
        181 10 KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday ended months of uncertainty by announcing that he intended to run for re-election in the war-torn country's second presidential vote on Aug 20. Mr Karzai, who was elected head of state in 2004, had repeatedly dodged questions on
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        Lock icon Filipino rebels 'offer aid to Indonesian radicals'
        326 10 MANILA: Muslim Filipino rebels have helped Indonesian terror suspects evade capture by giving them refuge and access to weapons and funds in the southern Philippines, a government report said. The information was gleaned from a recently arrested rebel who told government interrogators that
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        Lock icon Man, 84, charged with killing room-mate, 87
        212 10 GEORGE TOWN: A resident of an old folks' home was charged in a magistrate's court with the murder of his room-mate last week, a week short of the latter's 88th birthday. Lim Swee Hua, 84, a resident of the Jubilee Old Folks' Home
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka stops shelling on Tigers
        725 11  -  Ravi Velloor Halt owing to pressure abroad and as a nod to Delhi ahead of its polls By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NO BREATHER FOR REBELS "Security forces are now reaching victory. The combat mission is reaching its conclusion and in no form will
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        Lock icon Colombo blocking aid access to war zone: UN
        257 11 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's government is refusing humanitarian access to its war zone, United Nations (UN) humanitarian chief John Holmes told reporters here yesterday, after talks with the country's president. Mr Holmes said he failed to secure agreement from President Mahinda Rajapakse to
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        Lock icon Looking for relief
        148 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A young girl enjoying a refreshing respite at a water fountain in India as a brutal heat wave sends summer temperatures in places across the subcontinent rising above 40 deg C. Temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh, reached 42.2 deg C on Sunday, the highest in 14
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        Lock icon Taiwan opposition blasts Taipei-Beijing talks
        416 12 TAIPEI: Taiwan's pro-independence opposition yesterday denounced the government's weekend agreement with mainland China on closer economic cooperation, accusing it of failing the island's interests. "This is a failed negotiation," said Ms Tsai Ing-wen, chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), when asked to comment on
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        Lock icon The great patriotic push is on in China
        512 12 Party seeks to ward off economic, social blues with propaganda drive BEIJING: China's Communist Party will launch a patriotic propaganda offensive celebrating 60 years of its rule, hoping the campaign will ward off economic pessimism and public discontent that could loosen its
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        Lock icon Japan's opposition to ban 'political aristocrats'
        350 12 TOKYO: Japan's main opposition party said yesterday that it would bar its members from passing on their political bases to close family members, taking a swipe at the country's powerful political dynasties. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was expected to make the
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        Lock icon Sands may sell its Macau casino
        692 13 Betting slump, heavy debts hurt industry THE casino industry is struggling with a dramatic decline in consumer spending and heavy debt loads taken to fund big expansion plans and buyouts. Station Casinos said recently that it delayed an expected bankruptcy filing to continue negotiating
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        Lock icon Lawyer, minister likely to vie for top Macau post
        239 13 HONG KONG: Macau chief prosecutor Ho Chio Meng and cultural minister Fernando Chui are emerging as the most likely contenders in Macau's chief executive election, which could be held as early as next month or in August, observers say. Incumbent Edmund
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        Lock icon A cut above the rest
        56 13 A Tiananmen Gate replica made of hair is being displayed at a barber shop in Beijing to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Hairstylist Huang Kin used 11kg of hair cut from customers and spent five months
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        Lock icon Chinese war movie opens with a bang
        283 13 HONG KONG: A new movie, backed by the Chinese government, about Japanese atrocities during the World War 11-era Nanjing Massacre earned a strong 70 million yuan (5515.3 million) in its opening week, its director said yesterday. City Of Life And Death deals with
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        Lock icon Britain set to pass landmark Equality Bill
        588 14 Move to narrow social, gender gaps likely to cost businesses millions LONDON: In a move which could cost businesses millions of pounds in extra payments, Britain was set to announce the Equality Bill yesterday. The British media has presented the announcement as a
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        Lock icon Young Europeans caught in economic limbo
        374 14 PHOTO: PARIS: Parisian Malcolm Hammer leads a life that many students would recognise: He shares a flat with friends, has a string of jobs, but his plans for the future are less certain. The 34-year-old left university more than six years ago but, like
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        Lock icon Growing despair of US graduates fresh and old
        287 14 CHICAGO: A college diploma has long been the ticket to a good job, but the deepest economic slump in decades has dampened the dreams of many college seniors in the United States. They face a hard reality upon graduation this year: stiff
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        Lock icon BATTLE FOR JOBS
        293 14 FRUSTRATION "We are the people who did everything right: good degrees, internships, accepting any working conditions, and we still can't find a proper job. It's just so much easier for companies to take interns instead of creating jobs." Parisian Malcolm Hammer, on the rigid labour market Pressured
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        Lock icon Rapist escapes from island prison
        329 14 SAINT DENIS (Reunion): A cult leader jailed for sex attacks on children has escaped in a helicopter from a prison on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion. Juliano Verbard, who was serving a 15-year term for rape and sex assaults on children, and two
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        Lock icon George Yeo kicks off US trip with Clinton meeting
        169 15 Foreign Minister George Yeo, kicking off a five-day visit to Washington DC, yesterday met his United States counterpart, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Mrs Clinton warmly welcomed him to the US and the State Department, where they met, and thanked Singapore
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        Lock icon US raid a breach of pact, says Iraqi PM
        448 15 BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said a US raid in which a policeman and a woman were shot dead was a "breach" of a landmark security pact with Washington. It was the first time either Washington or Baghdad has accused
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        Lock icon Any Israel, Palestinian peace deal is fine with Iran
        560 15 But Ahmadinejad does not say if reheran will recognise Jewish state WASHINGTON: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said it would be "fine with us" if the Palestinians were to reach a "two state" peace deal with Israel, despite his full-throated opposition
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        Lock icon Yemeni special forces retake oil tanker from pirates
        364 15 ADEN (Yemen): Yemeni forces yesterday regained control of an oil tanker seized by pirates off the country's coast, killing three hijackers and capturing 11. Special forces took back the Qana from the pirates in the first seaborne and airborne operation of its
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        Lock icon Third World no money-spinner for Web firms
        585 17 Limited bandwidth, low ad revenues make operations a losing concern NEW YORK: Facebook is booming in Turkey and Indonesia. You Tube's audience has nearly doubled in India and Brazil. That may seem like good news. But it is also a major reason why
        NEW YORK TIMES; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  585 words
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          Lock icon US alert on camphor
          85 17 CHICAGO: Doctors are warning parents to avoid using imported camphor products after poisonings in several New York City children. The alert is in a report in next month's issue of the journal Pediatrics about three toddlers who suffered seizures in January last year. They had either
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          Lock icon New airport for Myanmar
          107 17 YANGON: Myanmar's military government is building a new international airport in the administrative capital Naypyidaw that will be able to handle 10.5 million passengers a year, state media reported. Work on the Nay Pyi Taw International Airport project began in January by the privately owned Asia
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          Lock icon Group suicide bid foiled
          105 17 SEOUL: South Korean police said yesterday that they have foiled an Internet-based group suicide attempt, as media reports warned that the practice is spreading in the country. Five people who had agreed online to kill themselves were stopped by police at a Seoul hotel on Sunday,
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          Lock icon Stabbed over 200 times
          111 17 LONDON: Two French students murdered in London were together stabbed more than 200 times in an attack of "brutal and sustained ferocity", a court heard yesterday. Biochemistry students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, both 23, were tortured and killed when a burglary at their home went
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        Lock icon The revered and the rare
        130 17 THERE are chips and there are chips. And this particular one (inset) is somewhat special. Inscribed on this silicon particle the size of a grain of sand is the entire 300,000-word Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible. It will be presented to Pope Benedict XVI
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      286 13 UNIVERSITY^ 7 BIRMINGHAM 16 th YEAR :69 th INTAKE fully delivered in Singapore by professors from the University of Birmingham, UK INFORMATION EVENING Dale 7 May 2009 (Thursday) Time :7.15 p.m. Venue: 167 Jalan Bukit Merah Connection 1 Tower 4, #02-13 Singapore *****7 Taw me iw'fiafii/e. Crnleim wMself. ML Tel:
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      20 14 BERITA HARIAN After 10 years working in optometry industry, she sets up her own optical shop I r Jβ. siHl
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Laid low again by a microbe
      411 18 THE bad news about the sudden emergence of swine influenza in the Americas is its unpredictable course. The latest scientific evidence suggests the virus, a subtype of the flu family given the HINI designation, could already be mutating. This would be consistent with the
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      939 18  -  Deborah Kay Elms By ECONOMIC WATCH Apec economies are tightly bound together in supply chains. When a consumer in Europe decides AMID all the talk of "green shoots" of economic growth, the need for action on protectionism may seem unnecessary. After all, the
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      804 18  -  Martin Feldstein By THE rate of inflation is now close to zero in the United States and several other major countries. The Economist recently reported that economists it surveyed predict that consumer prices in the US and Japan will actually fall for 2009 as a whole,
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        950 19  -  William Choong SOMALI PIRACY By SENIOR WRITER The problem is rooted in a vicious circle: Piracy is lucrative because of a lack of economic opportunities in the country; this lack of opportunities stems from Somalia being a failed state; Somalia remains a failed
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        822 19  -  Ching Cheong SECOND GOVERNING TEAM FOR HONG KONG By SENIOR WRITER BEIJING'S intention to create a second governing team in Hong Kong that operates "openly and legally" alongside the existing government has caused considerable concern in the Special Administrative Region (SAR). The plan
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        712 19  -  Nayan Chanda By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WHEN the Berlin Wall came down on a cold crisp morning in November 1989, one of the longest running political and philosophical struggles was seen to have ended. With the Soviet Union in ruins and communist China
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        539 20 Gantry standstill "The ERP is meant to enhance traffic flow, not cause jams." MR ADRIAN LEE: "There are jams along the Central Expressway after 10pm due to traffic slowing down before the Jalan Bahagia (northbound) Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry, which operates until 10.30pm. Cars slow down from as
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        824 20 AWARE SAGA IN A climate of debate that has seen fear mongering, character assassination, heads of sub-committees sacked, employees fired, police called, votes of no confidence, churches weighing in and threats of violence, it is necessary to remind ourselves what being
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        238 20 WITH regard to Mr Ooi Teck Chau's letter last Friday, "Singapore needs homegrown entrepreneurs", I would like to make the following points for clarification of my seminar remarks: In today's globalised world, economic and social benefits to a host country are (unfortunately) not captive. For
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        193 20 IN LAST Thursday's article, "Grading system for hawker hygiene 'sound'", it was reported that a suggestion to take away the licences of stallholders rated "C" or "D" was turned down, as these people depend on hawking as their livelihood. Should hawkers' livelihood matter more
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        388 20 I AM deeply concerned about the recent flooding incidents in a number of places. A typical answer from the authorities blames them on high rainfall and Mother Nature. Is this the real reason? I believe the Government has spent millions of dollars to
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      118 20 BS^^^P^U More letters on \Vft"\ i^^www.straitstimes.com \r 1 DR ROLAND CHEO: Why local entrepreneurs matter 2 MR CHRISDALE ALLEN LAU CANDELARIO: Get tougher with underage smokers 3 MR SEOW YEONG ZANN: Rejected by Eu Van Sang outlet but helped by another shop 4 MR WAYNE LIM: Rude security guard spoilt
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
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      Lock icon $36m facelift for cable car system
      784 21  -  Jessica Lim Riders can expect bigger cars, a sound system and flip-up seats when rides reopen next year By New features Metallic black cars with chrome trimming 68 cabins, down from the existing 81 Seating capacity of eight passengers each, up from six Flip-up
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      581 22  -  Sue-Ann Chia Manpower Minister and employers' chief stress strong tripartite bonds amid current downturn By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT EVEN as the Government tackles the ongoing economic crisis, Manpower Minister Gan Kirn Yong has urged Singaporeans to stay united and focus on the
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      290 22  -  Kor Kian Beng By Jeremy Au Yong A MONTH after joining the fledgling Reform Party founded by his father, hedge fund manager Kenneth Jeyaretnam is now its secretary-general. At the same time, a long-time ally of the late Mr J. B. Jeyaretnam and a
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      181 22 WHEN 38 students belonging to the Raffles Girls' School (RGS) string ensemble took to the stage yesterday, they had with them home-grown violinist and old girl Siow Lee Chin as guest performer. The classical music event at the Esplanade Concert Hall was dubbed "Lee
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      628 22  -  Kor Kian Beng By THE TIME IS NOW "In the downturn, it's all the more reason for companies to pay close scrutiny to issues concerning work-life balance because people are a lot more stressed. The stress which they bring back home will
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      529 23  -  Karamjit Kaur Gripes include inability to contact airline, poor communication of flight changes, overcharging By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT AS THE popularity of budget flights soars during these tough economic times, customer service is taking a nosedive. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) said complaints against budget
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      Lock icon Study on link between race and eye diseases
      321 23  -  TAN WEIZHEN A LOCAL study on eye diseases among Malay Singaporeans has been extended to include Chinese and Indians. The study began in 2004 with 3,280 Malays as subjects. Eventually, 10,000 subjects from all three major races will be involved. The aim
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      365 23  -  Jermyn Chow By SINGAPORE'S navy launched a defence centre yesterday that will safeguard the Republic from potential threats lurking in its waters. The Information Fusion Centre (IFC) is a high-tech set-up that collects and analyses information on vessels at sea around the world, before
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      Lock icon Green blueprint 80% of buildings to be eco-friendly by 2030
      885 24  -  Jessica Cheam More than a year in the making, the new blueprint for a sustainable Singapore sets out three key areas for a cleaner, greener environment By Making the Mark What makes a green building? Through the use of cutting-edge
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      Lock icon Look forward to much fresher air by 2020
      679 24  -  Yeo Ghim Lay By Clearing the air A BLUEPRINT for cutting the amount of particles and sulphur dioxide in the air includes the following moves: Boosting the use of public transport. Trials of diesel hybrid buses. Testing electric vehicles. Studying the use
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      659 24  -  April Chong By Going green Additional 900 ha of parkland by 2020. 360 km of park connectors by 2020. Additional 50ha of skyrise greenery by 2030, including 9ha of green roofs on HDB multi-storey carparks. Introduce initiatives such as co-funding for green
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      Lock icon Jail time cut to 3 years for wife slasher
      598 25  -  Selina Lum He is also spared the cane; CJ says attack was due to provocation By FORMER investment analyst Russell Tan Rui Leen got his jail term for repeatedly slashing and stabbing his wife reduced from four years to three yesterday
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      375 25  -  Elena Chong By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A FORMER employee of Citibank Singapore who mined the bank's computer database for customer information in 2006 was yesterday fined $160,000. She is the third Citibank employee to be found guilty this way. Esther Lim Siew May, 32, who was then
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      296 25  -  Melissa Sim By WHEN construction worker Feng Jinfu, 48, picked up his "renewed" work permit on April 13, the China national had no idea that it was also the day the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) cancelled it. Word has since got around among
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      310 25  -  ESTHER TAN THREE men aged between 21 and 24 who each had sex with the same underage girl on separate occasions now have something else in common a fine of $3,000 each. The court heard that the girl's many liaisons came to light
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      108 21 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm turn of events. I wish them well and, MOST- READ ONLINE when the dust has settled, I hope they re Jackie Chan slams Singaporeans. turn to the roots of Aware to champion Minister's advice for Aware. women's causes." MOST COMMENTED
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      9 22 SCHOOL VIOLENCE: [Mm MHffifff^ "filiW I*l*l ANOTHER CASE luil
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      552 25 f n icCAyER I' n today's economic gloom, rising costs, inflation and unemployment are just some ICOME AND 2, ji^^l lof the obstacles we are facing. You can either hope for the situation to improve or \jy M^^^S PI Ido something about it. A time of crisis is also the
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORTS.
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      593 26 Chelsea striker poses biggest threat to Barca in Champions League tie LONDON: Didier Drogba is the man who could bring European glory to Chelsea. The Blues meet Spanish giants Barcelona in their Champions League semi-final first leg at Camp Nou today. And former Barcelona manager Terry Venables has
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      570 26 PHOTO: LONDON: If matches were played and won in the mind, then Chelsea will advance to the Champions League final. The English Premier League side visit Spanish giants Barcelona today in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final. Chelsea manager Guvs Hiddink says he
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      500 27 Wenger says his Arsenal at their best are capable of beating everybody LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his side could beat "everybody" when they were at their best, as he urged them to be fearless against Manchester United in tomorrow's Champions League semi-final first-leg clash
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      262 27 LONDON: Ryan Giggs has dedicated his Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Ye; award to his boss, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. It was Ferguson who persuaded Giggs to leave the J Man- I Chester City School of Excellence when he was
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      503 27  -  Marc Lim By SPORTS CORRESPONDENT BOSTON: When the world's fastest man meets the world's best footballer, expect Usain Bolt and Cristiano Ronaldo to be trading more than just firm handshakes. Bolt, the world record-holder in the 100 and 200 metres, wants to learn how
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      809 27  -  Rohit Brijnath SPORTINGLIFE By We find something compelling in dominance, in a team's almost boastful dismissal of rivals every week. Yet we love the idea of comeuppance, of a dominant team swollen with arrogance being brought to their knees. THAT sturdy reference
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      322 28 Injured German pulls out, ending threat to China's domination YOKOHAMA: Timo Boll's last-minute withdrawal has taken the gloss off the World Table Tennis Championships, China coach Liv Guoliang said yesterday. The world No. 4 pulled out due to a worsening lower back injury and a
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      116 28  -  MARC LIM THE crew of Ericsson 4 celebrate as they arrive first in Boston on Sunday sealing victory in the sixth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR). The overall leaders had taken 15 days, 3 hours and 5 minutes to complete the 4,900-nautical mile route
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      262 28 Sengkang edge out Young Lions SENGKANG Punggol defeated the Young Lions 3-2 in an S-League football match at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The Young Lions went ahead in the first minute through Afiq Yunos, before Indra Sahdan Daud equalised from the penalty spot in the 10th minute.
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      696 28  -  Steve Slater DRIVER'SSEAT By However as howlers go, you can't look further than BMW. Their sad story should also be a cautionary tale for Button. IN YEARS to come, I suspect that Jenson Button will look back to his victory in Bahrain as one of
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      344 28 BAHRAIN: There are signs that McLaren Mercedes will be given a mild punishment by the FIA for the attempt by Lewis Hamilton and a senior team manager to deceive the stewards on two separate occasions after the Australian Grand Prix. In Bahrain last weekend,
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      470 28 PHOTO: "I have not finished my mission in tennis." Russian Dinara Safina, the women's world No. 1 tennis player, who has yet to win a Grand Slam tournament Australian Rules AFL Geelong 18.18 (126) Brisbane 5.3 (33), Carlton 21.7 (133) Western Bulldogs 13.12 (90), Adelaide 7.9 (51) Melbourne 4.10
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      332 29 Bulls win dramatic see-saw battle to tie series with Celtics Chicago Bulls 121 Boston Celtics 118 (20T) CHICAGO: Another play-off thriller between Chicago and Boston, and this one went to the Bulls. Ben Gordon scored 22 points, hitting the tying three-pointer in the first overtime, and the Bulls
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      353 29  -  May Chen By ST PHOTO: IT MAY be one of the youngest national sports associations here, but the Wrestling Federation of Singapore (WFS) is already making an impact. On top of engaging multi-Olympic champion Sergei Beloglazov as national coach, Singapore wrestlers' first outing will be to
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      198 26 SCHOOLS ONLINE Breaking news daily from the Schools National Swimming C'ships on www.straitstimes.com 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Berbatov under fire from fans. Liverpool team coming in July. Ipswich sack manager. MOST COMMENTED Webb to referee FA Cup final. Said Eagle2oo4: "Oh
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      181 28 Today Cricket IPL: Delhi v Rajasthan (Live, Chill, 10.30pm). Football Singapore Cup, preliminary rd: Woodlands v Bangkok Glass (Woodlands, 7.45pm). Uefa Champions League s-final, Ist leg: Barcelona v Chelsea (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2.30 am). Tennis ATP Rome Masters: Ist rd (Live, Ch22, 7pm). Tomorrow Basketball NBA play-offs Ist rd, Game
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  • OBITUARIES
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      265 29 JP^ "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes Hjk in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and T«j believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 TAY CHOON KIAN Age: 95 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 April 2009 Dearly
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      38 29 Our Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to JADASON ENTERPRISES LTD and the Family of the Late SUNG POON CHUNG Chairman Departed on 9 April 2009 From Board of Directors, Management and staff of HITACHI VIA ASIA PTE LTD
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      29 29 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late OMAR BIN HUSSAIN Departed on 25 April 2009 From: The Management Staff of ST AVIATION SERVICES CO PTELTD
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      74 29 VEERASAMY LAXSHINIMI (Ex-KKH staff) passed away peacefully on 27 April 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Kathamuthu (ex-PSA staff) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kunasakaran (MOE) Guna Tamil Selvi Pannerchilvam (PSA) M. Kumutha (PSA) Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tamilchilvi (DBS) V. Suriamurthi Malar (SSC) Theinmozhi M. Ravindran Body is resting at
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      230 29 KOO HIANG KIM Age: 93 passed away peacefully on 26 April 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Cheah Siam Cheng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Khoo Bah Tee Cheng Hui Yang Koo Kirn Teck (deceased) Chia Geok Hoon Khoo Kirn Teo Roland Koh Geok Tarn Khoo Peng Tat Sin Gek Joo Daughters Sons-in-law:
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      36 29 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of the Late PATRICK SNG TONG HAI Departed on 26 April 2009 From Management Staff of Great Eastern Life Great Eastern Managers' Council Great Eastern Life Planners' Association
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      121 29 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 TANTECKMENG Age: 60 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 Apr 2009.
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      117 30 WONG FOO YUAN Age: 93 passed away peacefully on 26 April 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Joanna Wong Daughters: Sons-in-law: Betty Wong Michael Tung Bewla Wong Bonnie Wong Albert See Grandsons: Granddaughter-in-law: Eric Tung Alexander See Amanda Yap Granddaughters: Grandsons-in-law: Patricia Tung Kenneth Gaw Vickie See Audrey Chen Norman
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      68 30 With Heartfelt Condolences to Our Chairman and Founding Senior Pastor Dr. David Jeremiah Seah on the passing of his beloved father SEAH KHONG TEE @SEAHAHTEE Departed on 26 April 2009 From The Board of Directors, Pastors and Staff of The Tabernacle Church Missions Ltd and her churches: Charis Tabernacle Crystal
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      46 30 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late WONG FOO YUAN Departed on 26 April 2009 From: The Management and Staff of F.Y. Singapore Garments Pte Ltd F.Y. Garments (Dongguan) Ltd F.Y. Cambodia Fashions Ltd Vicmark Fashions Sdn Bhd Vicmark International Corporation
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      37 30 With Heartfelt Condolences to Our President Dr. David Jeremiah Seah on the passing of his beloved father SEAH KHONG TEE @SEAHAHTEE Departed on 26 April 2009 From The Management Committee, Faculty and Staff of Asian Pastoral Institute
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      113 30 Celebrating a Life TAN KIM YEW, JOYCE 25 April 1914 25 April 2009 A devoted mother, beloved grandma and great grandma, a blessing to us all, passed away peacefully on her 95th birthday. Daughters: Sons-in-law: ■\lice Swan Koh Kirn Seng Mabel Quek John Fernandez Grandchildren: Spouses: Gillian Koh Euan Murugasu
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      285 31 God's unseen presence comforts me, I know He's always near; And when life's storms besiege my soul, He says, "My child, I'm here"- D. De Haan Daughter of Edward Field and Momiko Kawahara, wife of John Chin, mother to Vivienne (husband Yvon), David and Philip, sister of Bill Field (wife
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      43 31 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late General Manager MR RONALD CHUA passed away peacefully on 26 April 2009 From: The Directors, Management Staff of KH Kian Chue Hwa (Industries) Pte Ltd (A subsidiary of Kian Ann Engineering Ltd)
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      36 31 6th Anniversary T. Maruthan (Ex-Supervisor Maim-POB Departed 28/04/2003 You may luive left us but tour presence is always felt am mrlove always remains with i WlfeMdmMarryammal Sons, Darters, Sons-in-law, laiigntfirn-ln-iflWj flrannrnflnripi Grandchildren-in-law, Great .Grandchildren and Rdatira.,
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      29 31 With Deepest Sympathy Hearfelt Condolences to the Family of the late I ASP I TAN KEAT SENG Departed 26.04.2009 From I Director CID All Staff of Criminal Investigation Dept
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      36 31 In Loving Memory of BERNARD LIM KUAN YEN Departed 28/4/2002 We cannot forget you Our loved one so dear. Fond memories of you Live with us forever. Deeply missed and always remembered by family loved ones
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      163 31 "You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever. "Psalm 45:2 Ronald Chua Hwee Chye Age: 49 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 April 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Beloved
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      33 31 r 58th ANNIVERSARY 1 HENGMUIKENG TANKHINNEO Departed 28 April 1951 Departed 28 June 1965 (1960) Dendrobium Heng Mvi Keng Heng Mvi Keng Terrace Always remembered by grandson t Dato John Heng family -i
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      154 31 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me..." (Psalm 23) ABILIO ALFREDO LOPEZ Remembered in Life as in Death as a Loving husband... Loving
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      72 31 PALANIVELU S/0 RETNAM PILLAI (Ex. SPH Staff) Age: 64 passed away peacefully on 27 April 2009. Deeply missed by: Wife: P. Vijayalakshmi Sons: P. Ratnavelu P. Rajaveloo Daughter: Son-in-law: G. Kumari S. Gundsegaran Grandsons: G. Shanger G. Hariharan Brothers, sisters, brother-in-law, all relatives friends. Wake is held at Blk 804,
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      133 31 'Thalai Thevasam' Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of K. THIAGARAJAN Departed 10 May 2008 Gone so suddenly 12 months ago You left a painful void in our lives Fond memories of our moments together Relentlessly bring tears to our eyes Today, tomorrow, our whole life through, Our loving memories of
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      35 31 Bth Anniversary In Loving Memory of I I KOH HUI LIN MELISSA Departed 28 Apr 2001 Just a token of love's devotion. That our hearts still long for you. Always loved by Dad, Mum Brother
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      55 31 Ist Anniversary IRIS DANIEL Departed: 28 April 2008 What is home without a mother? All things this world may send, But when i lost my darling mother, I lost the most dearest friend. Not a day goes by without missing you MUMMY. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Kenneth, Gwendoline,
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      37 29 Memory wanders as shadows rail Baclc to the daus or happiness, Daus beuond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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      850 36  -  Carolyn Hong CAROLYN HONG The exception will be for commercial banks, where the limit will stay at 30% By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Foreigners will be allowed to hold up to 70 per cent of Malaysia's financial institutions except for commercial
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      739 36  -  Yang Huiwen By DUTIES FULLY DISCHARGED "The end game is not whether I'll be in or out. The end game is whether I've fully discharged my fiduciary duties as an independent director, and I'm happy I have done so." Independent director Tan Lye
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        551 32  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Airline firms hard hit with jitters of possible epidemic hurting travel By THE swine flu outbreak battered stock markets in Asia yesterday, as jittery investors sold shares on fears the world economy, already mired in the financial
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        114 32 SINGAPORE STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.77 billion shares worth $1.16 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 125 Losers: 427 Unchanged: 700 STRAITS TIMES INDEX Mid Cap 373.66 T -11.19 Basic materials 179.22 T -10.65 Utilities 288.84 -7.81 Small Cap 301.22 T -14.29 Industrials 396.31 T -10.40 Financials 431.40 -8.10 All Share
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        218 32 Yesterday's close: 8,726.34 (+18.35) »Japanese snares edged higher, boosted by gains on Wall Street, but buying was muted, given worries about corporate earnings and the swine flu outbreak. Yesterday's close: 980.12 (-12.56) Malaysian shares closed down 1.27 per cent, spurred by concerns that the Americas' swine flu outbreak may
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          401 32 Apr 27 CENTS DBXT S8P Short 10USS 7514 50.7 GLD 10USS 8980 26.9 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 9992 20.0 OCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .8868 18.0 DCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 .9360 10.0 01am 168 5.0 HiTech 9 4.0 S Coffeemix 45.5 3.5 Eu Van Sang 30 3.0 Hedtecs
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          413 32 Apr 27 CENTS STI 1950 DBePW*****3 56.5 CapitalanMBLePW***** 14 SGX.ES.0904 600 CapitalanBNPePW***** 15 SGX DB ePW*****3A 52.5 CapitalanBNPePW***** 19 STI 1850BNPePW*****9 37 DBS BNP ePW*****9 24 OCBC Bk BNPePW*****2 18 UOB BNP ePW*****7 44.5 CapitalanBNPePW***** 12 CapitalanMBLePW***** 9 OCBC BkMBLePW*****2 21 SGX BNP ePW*****6 18 STI 1400SGAePW*****0
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        182 32 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents voi Golden Agri 37.5 -0.5 -1.3 152,464,000 Chart SemiCond 14.5 -1.5 -9.4 122,620,000 China Hongxing 12.5 -1.0 -7.4 90,439,000 lantroVis 2.5 0.0 0.0 82,080,000 HusGroup 34 -1.0 -2.9 57,840,000 Gent Intl 60 -3.5 -5.5 55,586,000 Huston 3 0.0
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        105 32 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Apr 27 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.0590 1.0930 Can dollar 1.2210 1.2370 Euro 1.9570 1.9820 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4145 0.4154 NZ dollar 0.8370 0.8580 Sterling pound 2.1690 2.1960 US dollar 1.4830 1.5020 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        372 32 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 594.8 306.1 183 370 1792.9 503 67.5 105.8 ■■■■I 3580 1834 1250 416 270 319 1634 962 438 201 450 342 501 473 394 2170 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 405 5611 CityDev
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        636 32 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 133 132 272 157 78.5 208 243 158 65 75 186 199 314 129 138 765 334 372 287 619 565 223 87 206 90 108.3 115 36.5 327.1 147 138 252 745
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        503 33  -  Christopher Tan German marque believed to be appointing new party to sell its 'M' cars By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT PERFORMANCE Motors, the vehicle dealership owned by Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby, could lose its exclusivity as a BMW franchisee just six months after
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        461 33  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN BUS and train operator SBS Transit (SBST) will stick to distributing at least half of its profits as dividends despite the credit crunch. Chairman Lim Jit Poh, in a statement at the company's annual general meeting yesterday, said dividends
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        419 33  -  Gabriel Chen By A DISPUTE over shares in a major Indonesian coal mine worth US$95O million (551.43 billion) has ended at the Court of Appeal with a ruling that may please both sides. In 2006, Deutsche Bank was taken to court by
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        462 33  -  Joanna Seow By MANUFACTURING company China XLX Fertiliser yesterday announced a sharp drop in first-quarter net profit, but the firm remains optimistic about prospects for the year ahead. Net profits fell 47.6 per cent year-on-year to 59.1 million yuan (5512.9 million),
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        355 33  -  GABRIEL CHEN BNP Paribas Asset Management Asia wants to grow through joint ventures and acquisitions and is looking for boutique firms with good track records. The French bank unit's Hong Kong-based chief executive for Asia ex-Ja-pan, Mr Vincent Trouillard-Perrot, is visiting Singapore for a
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      664 34  -  Paul Krugman COMMENTARY By NEW YORK: On July 15, 2007, The New York Times published an article titled "The Richest of the Rich, Proud of a New Gilded Age". The most prominently featured of the "new titans" was Mr Sanford Weill, the former chairman of Citigroup, who
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      510 34 Deal with US workers follows agreement with Canadian staff DETROIT: Chrysler has cleared a major hurdle in its bid to stave off bankruptcy by reaching key labour deals with its unions in the United States and Canada. A tentative pact with the United Auto
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      399 34 DETROIT: General Motors (GM) yesterday said it would cut debt, close plants, slash jobs and drop the Pontiac brand as part of a sweeping restructuring that would see the automaker emerge under the ownership of the United States government and
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        123 34 TOKYO: Japan's NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology said they were in talks to merge next April to create the world's third-biggest chipmaker after Intel Corp and Samsung Electronics. It would be the latest shake-up in the semiconductor industry, in which makers are increasingly joining hands to ride
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        113 34 HONG KONG: Almost 20 per cent of AsiaPacific hedge funds closed in the 15 months to March, with the rate set to accelerate as rising operating costs hit smaller managers, according to Asia Hedge magazine. Last year, 129 funds were shuttered in the region, the
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        88 34 TOKYO: Citigroup and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), in talks on the purchase of Citigroup's retail brokerage and investment banking operations in Japan, are considering a tie-up in global corporate operations, the Asahi Shimbun said yesterday. The two are aiming for an agreement next month,
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      1037 35  -  Robin Chan Singapore stands to benefit from Tolani family's endowments to alma maters abroad MAINTAINING TIES WITH ALMA MATERS "When we attend a university, we want to give something back. Partly it is because US education is widely viewed as the best in
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      337 35  -  ROBIN CHAN GIFTS of money are always welcomed by universities and, like their American counterparts, universities here are constantly on the lookout for alumni keen to give something back to their alma mater. The Straits Times spoke to representatives of the three local universities
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      333 35 TOKYO: The Japanese government yesterday slashed its economic forecasts, saying the economy would shrink 3.3 per cent over the next year, and a senior ruling party official said further stimulus would be needed. The Cabinet formally approved a record 15.4 trillion yen (Ss23B
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      112 36 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm global economic meltdown. What I fear MOST-READ ONLINE most is that the full brunt of this melt- HDB resale flat buyers pay less cash down has yet to hit Singapore. The upfront. worst is definitely not over for our ex-port-driven
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      256 37 Icy treats await visitors to Iceland and Finland, two of —Je»fe!— the European countries closest to the North Pole. my YONG SHU HOONG takes in Reykjavik's vibrant nightlife -Ifeif l4w 'I and sub_zero countryside (left), while DEBBIE YONG jTzd DESIGN: SALLY LAM PHOTOS: YONG SHU HOONG. MICHEL SLOMKA. JOYCE FANG.
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        1460 38  -  yong shu hoong Iceland has become more affordable and its capital Reykjavik turns into a funky town at night Getting there There are no direct flights to Iceland from Singapore. Keflavik International Airport, the gateway to Iceland, is easily reachable via a three-hour flight on Icelandair or Iceland
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        1156 39  -  debbie yong Santa does exist in Lapland. You can also skinny-dip in lakes, skygaze and sleep in igloos Someone from my travel group exclaims: "It's minus 20 degrees outside and they still want me to get naked." It is a chilly late February night in
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        316 39 Lufthansa, KLM and British Airways fly to Helsinki from Singapore via Frankfurt or Munich. Fares start from $1,500. From Helsinki, a 90--minute domestic flight on Finnair to Kittila airport in Lapland costs about $480. Levi and Yllas are about a 30-minute drive from the airport. Visit www.visitfinland. com
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        500 40  -  Tan Yi Hui UNDER $300 HOLIDAYS Asia Global Vacation, the budget travel division of Chan Brothers Travel, is celebrating its second anniversary with a travel sale from Friday to Sunday. It offers travel to destinations for under $300, such as Malacca, Ho Chi Minh City, Kota Kinabalu and
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        240 40 Athens The ultra-modern Acropolis museum, located below the ancient landmark that defines the Greek capital Athens, will belatedly open in June, Greek Culture Minister Antonis Samaras said on Sunday. "We are preparing a jewel of a museum whose opening on June 20 will
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        375 41  -  deepika shetty Go for the wine but do not miss the city's great art and architecture Bordeaux is synonymous with wine but offers a lot more than that, says Mr Jean-Daniel Terrassin (below), general manager of the Bordeaux Tourist Office in the city. Listed as a Unesco
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        410 41 the works of masters such as Pablo Picasso, while at CAPC Modern Art Museum, Andy Warhol features. The architecture of these museum buildings adds a distinctive touch to the art on display. FESTIVAL TOWN There are several festivals throughout the year. The next few ones this year
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        350 41  -  huang huifen Despite the downturn, many Singaporeans are being lured out of town this Labour Day, which falls on Friday, because of falling prices. The cost of travel has fallen by up to 30 per cent, said industry sources. Airlines have slashed prices by
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      574 42  -  cara van miriah After lOV2 years with the club, Tracy Phillips is taking time off to pursue her interests TrnM I quote me 'You have a billion-dollar box-office year and you start wondering if there isn't more to you. Maybe I'm more than I thought.
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      377 42 'WBW concert ELAINE CHANG AND THE KAOHSIUNG CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Hsiao Pang-hsing, conductor Esplanade Concert Hall Sunday chang tou liang This reviewer has had the fortune of hearing the Kaohsiung City Symphony Orchestra twice. The first was almost 11 years ago in Taiwan's southern port
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      642 43  -  eddino abdul hadi All-female US band Hell's Belles pay tribute to Aussie rockers AC/DC by playing only their songs BEERFEST ASIA 2009 Where: Singapore Flyer When: Tomorrow to Sunday Admission: Tickets from $10 to $128 available from Bytes Ticketing (call 6332-6919 or visit www.bytes.sg) Info:
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      393 43  -  eddino abdul hadi You would expect a national arm wrestling championship to attract the usual alpha male suspects bouncers, bodybuilders and beefcakes. The Victoria Bitter National Arm Wresting Championship that will be held on Saturday and Sunday casts its net a bit wider among the
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      351 44 The Bollywood actor, clubbed Clint Eastwood of the East, had cancer Mumbai Bollywood actor Feroz Khan, once dubbed "the Clint Eastwood of the East" because of his maverick roles and manly swagger, died yesterday after a long fight with cancer. "Feroz Khan died post-midnight at the
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      262 44 Seoul Popular South Korean actor Joo Ji Hoon (right), along with another actor and an actress, was booked on drug charges on Sunday, The Korea Times reported. Police said Joo, 27, who shot to fame for playing Crown Prince Lee Shin in the 2006
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      708 46  -  Joanne Peh's meatier role gave her the edge over Jeanette Aw jocelyn lee The actress with the juicier role took home the coveted Best Actress trophy at the Star Awards on Sunday night. That is the conclusion of fans and judges after Joanne Peh, 26, scored
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      395 46 Who dazzled and who frizzled at the Star Awards? Tara Tan and Foong Woei Wan round up the sartorial winners, losers and shockers ST PHOTOS Pretty woman, walking down the street. Felicia Chin (right) traipses down the wrong lane with this translucent body stocking complete
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      53 43 In Celebration of the 15th Anniversary of China-Singapore Cooperation Suzhou Industrial Park Special Performance of ChineseKunqu The Peony Pavilion (Young Lovers' Edition) 8 May (Part I), 9 May (Part II), 10 May (Part III) 2009, Bpm Esplanade Theatre SISTIC Website www.sisiic.com.sg SISTIC Hotline *****555 With English Chinese subtitles 1n il
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          389 82  -  LIM DUN YI The Botanic Gardens has come a long way from its beginnings 150 years ago. By I THEN (1822 to 1900s) The seed which became the Botanic Gardens germinated as an experiment by the founding father of modern Singapore. Sir Stamford Raffles, an Englishman,
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          351 83  -  MALINI NATHAN This week, shares a hot favourite, lamb shank stew Four steps in the recipe below are placed in the wrong order. Can you spot the errors? (Hint: Read the start and the end of the steps carefully.) WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT
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          422 84  -  MALINI NATHAN Responsible Dot learns that some children do not get the education they deserve. By It's great, Honest Hi, Responsible p ot# m learning Pot! How's school? something new I every day. HOIICSt Dot* You're lucky. Did you know that there are some children in Singapore who
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          429 71 The five Ws and an H of what is happening at Aware. unwares By ANDREW DUFFY I WHAT IS (HTI AWARE? it is the Association of Women for Action and Research. Set up 24 years ago, its aim is to push the idea that men and women should
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          240 81  -  MALINI NATHAN Read the following texts then answer the questions below. By A MAN perches precariously on a small boat (right), scavenging in a river covered I with rubbish near Jakarta's Pluit dam for plastic cups which can be recycled. The 13 rivers criss-crossing Jakarta
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        329 74  -  Thaksin Shinawatra THE BIG FACE IE BIG NUMBER 3,000 That is the daily number of Chinese tourists allowed to visit Taiwan. WHY IT MATTERS Since becoming President last year, Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou has sought to improve relations with China, which views the island as a breakaway province. Last Duly,
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          309 76 They may be small, but these tiny sharks come with their own cloaking device. By ELLEN WHYTE THE cookiecutter shark family live in warm oceans all over the world. One species called the South China cookiecutter shark lives in the South China Sea. The cookiecutter shark
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