The Straits Times, 2 May 2009

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  • 19 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 SATURDAY, MAY 2 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 $I.oo** THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • INSIDE
    • 42 1 MORE children are finding it hard to talk due to an anxiety disorder. The Child Guidance Clinic at the Institute of Mental Health has diagnosed 115 cases of selective mutism in the last five years. HOME PAGE CI
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    • 56 1 TWO well-known figures from the arts community here were voted to be its possible voice in Parliament. The Substation's artistic co-director Audrey Wong and theatre director Loretta Chen will seek endorsement from the National Arts Council for the chance to be picked as a Nominated Member
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    • 57 1 HELLO big spenders. While the Chinese government has been urging its people to boost consumption, there is a group of Chinese who needs no encouragement the young urbanites who fly in the face of traditional Chinese values, with savings close to zero. And they are spending to
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    • 79 1 THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) is set to give countries in the region a boost by raising lending and giving them easier access to loans to combat a financial crisis that is fast becoming a social one. ADB managing director-general Rajat Nag (above) said he expects
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    • 37 1 SINGAPORE'S Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu have reached the last 16 of the World Table Tennis Championships women's singles. Both paddlers dismissed their respective opponents in five sets yesterday. SPORT PAGE C2O
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  • 741 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia PM AT MAY DAY RALLY Fresh grads will also get assistance as flu outbreak threatens global recovery By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT WORKERS celebrating May Day amid the economic downturn had reason to cheer yesterday as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced new help
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  • 75 1 Visitors to the Istana have their temperatures taken by St John Ambulance Brigade volunteers. All 12,000 visitors to the Istana, which was open for Labour Day yesterday, had to have their temperature tested before being allowed into the grounds, as a precaution against the HINI virus.
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  • 141 1  -  Teh Joo Lin By KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN IT HAS happened. The swine flu, now renamed the Influenza A (H1N1) infection, has surfaced in Asia. Hong Kong has become the first territory in this part of the world to record a confirmed case. The victim
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 41 1 M I i W AWARE SHOWDOWN GRAVE REMINDER l ->m^P, I m How it Has coup set Re-living Khmer >*&-?* J 9°tto this a precedent? Rouge horrors k^^^H£3fbgj I <*£ PRIME >PAGE Al° INSIGHT, PAGES A2B-29 SATURDAY SPECIAL, PAGES 81-7 I 'T^'^^f^ '"^"-M
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  • VIEWPOINTS
    • 113 2 The Prime Minister's May Day message sums up the most appropriate way workers can look to the future: with quiet confidence. Both economic realities and perceptions could have been worse if not for the timely Resilience Package to help workers cope. The tripartite compact is
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    • 23 2 COLUMNS Bruce Gale looks into how ill-prepared Indonesia is to deal with a possible pandemic arising. REVIEW PAGE A 26
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    • 25 2 Jeremy Au Yong pays tribute to size XL for having that something extra and bids her farewell. LIFE! PAGE E6
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    • 28 2 OUR READER SAYS Application procedures should be simple and clear if the scheme is to serve its purpose, says Phyllis Tan. FORUM PAGE A 33
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    • Article, Illustration
      608 2 www.straitstimes.com Kwan Weng Kin says wearing masks is a year-round thing in Japan. "I will raise the alert level from serious to emergency," Mr Tsang said. In Singapore, there are still no confirmed cases, although 25 people have now been tested here, three more than on Thursday. Among
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  • prime commentary
    • 1069 2  -  Bertha Henson We're better prepared but can't take it easy, flu is harder to contain By ASSOCIATE EDITOR ON Thursday evening, just an hour after the Health Minister announced that Singapore was in "orange" mode, I caught sight of something I never thought I'd
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  • prime flu outbreak
    • 659 3  -  Lee Hui Chieh NEA pushes for higher hygiene standards and revives 'Singapore's OK' By Amresh Gunasingham LIFT buttons, hand rails, door handles and other commonly touched surfaces are the next targets in the national bid to stave off Influenza A (H1N1) here. The virus
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    • 348 3  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By MEXICANS will now have to apply for a visa to travel to Singapore. The new regulations will restrict the number of Mexican travellers in the hope of reducing the risk of an Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak here. Mexico is the epicentre
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    • 331 4  -  GOH CHIN LIAN SINGAPOREANS must do their part in preventing the spread of the new flu strain, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday in his first comments on the outbreak. On the national level, Singapore's experience in fighting the Sars outbreak
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    • 621 4  -  GRACE CHUA TEH JOO LIN YEN FENG KIM SPYKERMAN REPORTS BY AND AT THE HOSPITALS QUEUES formed at hospitals yesterday with stricter controls in place for visitors. These included a one visitor per patient rule, temperature-taking and flu-screening. There was also some confusion because not everyone
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    • 455 6  -  Grace Chua Three teams here working on quick-detection kits for use at hospital or airport checkpoints By THE race is on to develop a speedy test for the new flu virus, and scientists here are rallying around the cause. At least three
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    • 246 6 TAKING THE LEAD The Government yesterday said it would begin strong measures to monitor the health of its officials and visitors to government offices and statutory boards.Among the new measures: Staff must check temperatures twice a day. Visitors will have
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    • 418 6  -  Victoria Vaughan By THE world is bracing itself for a flu pandemic with more 160 people dead from a new strain of virus so far. But each year, far more Singaporeans suffer a fatal dose of seasonal flu. A study by the Health Ministry and
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    • 316 9 BANGKOK: South-east Asian health ministers will meet next Friday to discuss a common regional approach to the Influenza A (H1N1) virus threat, Thailand's Public Health Ministry said. Thailand would host two days of talks in Bangkok beginning on May 7
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    • 602 9 Move comes after visitor tests positive HONG KONG: Hong Kong yesterday quarantined guests and staff at a Wanchai hotel after a Mexican guest tested positive for the HINI flu, making him the first confirmed case in Asia. Chief Executive Donald Tsang told reporters that the patient
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  • prime aware showdown
    • 592 10  -  Zakir Hussain Move to rally support for Aware camp has 'aroused some tension' By SENIOR Pastor Derek Hong of the Church of Our Saviour has said that he regrets using the pulpit to mobilise support for one camp in the ongoing dispute over leadership of
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    • 890 10 o "I welcome the statement by Dr John Chew, president of the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS). In our compact multi-ethnic and multi-religious society, racial and religious harmony underpins our Stability. One of the key rules of engagement, therefore, is the need for
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    • 569 10  -  Wong Kim Hoh By SENIOR WRITER IT HAS been billed the big showdown, but today's face-off between the opposing sides of Singapore's leading feminist group could well turn out to be the big letdown instead. Long-time members of the
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 943 12  -  Grace Ng CHINA'S POST-1979 CONSUMER CLASS Free-spending 'Phoenix' generation seen as both saviours and anti-heroes By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Ms Liv Zhimo is doing her part, however small, to help China's economy get through its worst slump in more than a decade. The stylish real estate management
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    • world regional
      • 471 14  -  Salim Osman By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Vice-President Jusuf Kalla will run for president in the July elections under the Golkar banner with former military chief Wiranto as his running mate. The duo sealed the deal last night, becoming the first candidates to
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      • 706 14  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja A-G shocks Indonesia by saying anti-graft chief masterminded murder By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Antasari Azhar's track record The former deputy attorneygeneral in charge of general crime took up his post in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in December 2007. Tempo news weekly labelled him as
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      • 287 14  -  Elizabeth Looi I By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Cabinet's decision to ban religious conversions of young children has been slammed by various Muslim groups and some leaders of opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS). The Cabinet had decided last week that minors should be
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    • world memo from kl
      • 942 18  -  Carolyn Hong 10 opposition members are facing charges and for some of them, that's a badge of honour By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF THE voluble opposition MP Tian Chua was at a loss for words for a moment when asked how many offences he has
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    • world international
      • 863 19  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS Timing of proposals suggests political jockeying at play in run-up to next general election I By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU JUST BECAUSE "If you have got two equally qualified candidates, you might actually want to have the woman because she
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      • 342 19 WASHINGTON: The US State Department has said the number of people killed in terrorist attacks in Pakistan last year rose by more than 70 per cent, despite an overall drop in such violence worldwide. The department's annual report, released
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      • 376 21 AMSTERDAM: The man who drove his car into a crowd of parade spectators and killed five of them in an attempt to attack the Dutch royal family died of his injuries yesterday, prosecutors said. The 38-year-old suspect, identified by Dutch media as
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      • 691 21  -  Chua Chin Hon Singapore will provide the platform if US leader wishes to address youth: George Yeo By US BUREAU CHIEF TOO EARLY TO JUDGE "One hundred days? In Singapore, you have barely completed BMT." Mr Yeo, referring to the Basic Military Training
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      • 562 22 Young protesters in Turkey, Germany clash with police BERLIN: German and Turkish police clashed with demonstrators yesterday as huge crowds angered by the worst global recession in decades took to the streets worldwide for traditional Labour Day rallies. In Germany, which is on
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      • INBRIEF
        • 120 22 US Supreme Court judge retiring WASHINGTON: US Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire, giving President Barack Obama his first chance to shape the nation's highest court, a government official said. The White House was informed that Mr Souter, 69, a Republican appointee
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        • 133 22 LONDON: Ms Carol Ann Duffy was named Britain's Poet Laureate yesterday, the first woman to hold the title in the post's 341-year history. Ms Duffy, 53, was the firm favourite to take over the role from Mr Andrew Motion. She had been in the running
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        • 111 22 MOBILE (Alabama): A judge has ordered the death sentence for a Vietnamese refugee convicted of murdering his four young children by tossing them from an 24m-high bridge to "torture" his wife. Circuit Judge Charles Graddick handed down the death sentence to Lam Luong
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        • 144 22 BEIJING: Action star Jackie Chan and a host of Chinese pop stars performed at Beijing's massive 91,000-capacity "Bird's Nesf'stadium yesterday without a hint of the uproar caused by the veteran action star's recent comments about freedom and China. The 55-year-old star of Rush Hour told
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 113 12 mm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm cleanliness, and not to overreact." MOST-READ ONLINE BLOGGED ABOUT Gibson and girlfriend go public. More innovation from Asia. Says MncT rnMMCMTcn Alex Tan: "No amount of money to MUM OUMMtNItD bufld in f rastruc ture, import talent or Countries start
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    • 15 14 I TOMORROW IN I A th( sundaytimes Nothing we don't know already, say some students
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 423 23 AMID sobering economic realities, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's May Day Message sums up the most appropriate way workers can look to the future: With quiet confidence. The labour market will likely deteriorate further before it improves. According to a study the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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    • 1001 23  -  Andy Ho nacna i ii c By I SENIOR WRITER Conjoined twins seem to have a different sense of self from us without suffering identity problems. Their sense of agency can't be teased apart cleanly. Even with two heads, two streams of consciousness and
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    • 867 23  -  David Brooks By Public discussion is smitten by genetics and what we're "hard-wired" to do. And it's true SOME people live in romantic ages. They tend to believe that genius is the product of a divine spark. They believe that there have been, throughout the ages, certain
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    • review.
      • 912 25  -  Bruce Gale MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By SENIOR WRITER a w AM very concerned," Dr Firman Lubis, a professor in Community and Family Medicine from the University of Indonesia, told The Straits Times earlier this week. He was commenting on the extent
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      • 842 26  -  Janice Tay LETTER FROM KYOTO By CORRESPONDENT FLOWERS bloom even in the dark. And sometimes, that's the best time to see them. You see many things during cherry blossom season in Kyoto. Mostly you see tourists. But they don't yet seem to have discovered Kiya-machi-dori, a narrow
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      • 718 26  -  Joanne Lee Joanne Lee THE DIGERATI DIARIES By STRAITSTIMES.COM EDITOR WHEN I got onto the plane for home last Saturday evening in Lombok, the Silk Air stewardess offered me a complimentary copy of The Straits Times. I was so relieved. After six days in
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    • review insight
      • 2277 27  -  Jeremy Au Yong Zakir Hussain Aaron Low The showdown between the old and new guard at women's group Aware takes place today at Suntec City. Whatever the outcome, the saga is leaving an indelible mark on civil society as an instance in which
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      • 494 27 IT MAY disagree with Aware's old guard, but the Cornerstone Community Church in Katong is keeping its distance from the ongoing fracas. The head of the church, Senior Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong (left), told Insight he has no intention of mobilising his congregation to
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      • 585 28 RELIGIOUS leaders Insight spoke to largely oppose the takeover of Aware because they feel a group of individuals motivated by their religious beliefs should not seek control of secular civil society organisations. Their concern is that the episode may lead to conflicts between people who
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    • forum.
      • 361 30 ALLOW me to offer an anecdote from Choa Chu Kang with reference to the report, "Mango season hits the streets" (April 19). The signs installed by the National Parks Board (NParks) at the public park in Choa Chu Kang opposite my flat warn
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      • 436 30 AS COMMITTEE members of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw), we are disturbed by the sacking of not just the chair, Ms Braema Mathi, but also the entire sub-committee. On April 16, honorary treasurer Sally Ang of
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      • 143 30 IS THERE a date motorists and public transport users can look forward to for the completion of the MRT/LRT construction works in Farrer Road, Holland Road and Bukit Timah Road? I remember watching with horror the felling of those large shady trees which
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      • 115 30 AS SINGAPORE does not have a governmentcontrolled accreditation board to screen degrees awarded by overseas universities and colleges, parents here face a lot of difficulties in choosing the right foreign institutions for their children. Currently, they have to depend on hearsay and friends'
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      • 195 30 I REFER to Sunday's article, "Cars race in the streets at night, but it's not Fl". In the 1970s and 1980s, Traffic Police officers did an excellent job of eradicating hell-riding activities, which coincidentally also took place along Orchard Road and its surrounding areas.
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      • 254 30 I REFER to the letter by Mr Ng Kwong Yee, "Relook eligibility criteria for renting out HDB flats" (April 10). We would like to assure Mr Ng that HDB flats are primarily meant for owner occupation. The HDB allows flat owners who have
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      • 396 31 FLU PANDEMIC Timely advice "While issuing MCs, doctors should also request that patients wear masks for a certain period of time upon returning to work." MR TAY YONG HONG: "Singaporeans should be encouraged to wear masks when they are not feeling well. I was
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      • 390 31 I REFER to the letter, "Sales jobs hold many important lessons", by Madam Koh Chern Peng (April 21). I have been an agency manager for a major life insurer in Singapore since 2004, and one of my main duties is to recruit
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      • 289 31 Anti-smoking campaign "With the emphasis on the many benefits of abstaining from smoking, image-conscious youth may heed HPB's advice." MISS ANG WEI JIA: "I refer to Wednesday's article, 'New theme to keep youth from smoking. It is heartening to see positive changes to how anti-smoking campaigns are run. Fresh
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      • 280 32 Minimising injury "Motorcyclists should be required to dress safely on the road." MR lAN CORNELIUS LAI: "Motorcyclists and their pillion companions should be required to dress safely on the road. All too often, they are inadequately attired for safety, dressed in T-shirts, shorts and slippers. Start with a mandatory
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      • 351 32 .EASE BUYBACK SCHEME IN MID-MARCH, I accompanied my grandmother to the HDB Tampines branch office to apply for the Lease Buyback Scheme (LBS) for her three-room flat. We had earlier gone through the list of conditions to confirm her eligibility. She is the
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      • 286 32 IN RECENT months, finding a parking space in HDB carparks is an increasingly frustrating experience. Most spaces are reserved for season parking. But just look around and it is obvious that many of the reserved red spaces are underused during the day.
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      • 357 32 Major facelift needed "Bedok showing its age." MR TIMOTHY SOH: "I refer to Monday's article about Bedok getting a facelift, 'Bedok unveils new look for next year*. Bedok is showing its age it is high time that it gets a facelift. But a major and radical renewal plan is
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    • 236 34 ABC OF FLU CRISIS Experts Edison T. Liv and jS^i L^-jSftl Martin Hibberd explain how M B} H Mr the crisis came about and say what can be done. B9 Jm J^. I I "JiilW%iil BMW Efficient Dynamics 7 performance y<^]£fck Less emissions. More driving pleasure. Motors Limited mf\^^. Sheer
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      • 96 40 GREEN |A Isolated cases of animal-to-human infection. ©YELLOW Some human-to-human transmission, and the risk of importing the virus into Singapore rises. ORANGE (CURRENT LEVEL) bn The virus can be passed from human Jm to human, and larger clusters of infection have appeared in one or two places
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      • 344 40 March 18 Health authorities detect a surge in cases of a flu-like illness in Mexico City, but presume it is late-season flu. April 2 A four-year old boy (right) falls ill with Influenza A in Mexico and is the country's first confirmed case. April 13 A woman
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      • 184 40  -  CHANG AI-LIEN AN INFLUENZA vaccine that protects against death and serious complications from different flu strains is a little closer to reality, according to researchers from Saint Louis University (SLU) in the United States. "This is a significant first step in developing a universal
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      • 159 40  -  CHANG AI-LIEN RESEARCHERS have developed a new statistical model simulating human mobility patterns, mimicking the way people move over the course of days or months. The model, developed by scientists at North Carolina State University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
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      • 117 40 L PHASE 1 No viruses circulating among animals have infected humans. L PHASE 2 An animal influenza virus has been transmitted to humans. g-| PHASE 3 Small clusters of animal-to-human transmission. Limited human-to-human transmission may occur. b PHASE 4 There is human-to-human transmission of an animal
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      • 441 40 What is this latest flu? It is a respiratory disease that occurs regularly in pigs. Until now, it has not normally infected people. It is caused by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus; another strain causes flu in humans. What is new about
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        1282 41  -  Martin Hibberd The world has been hit by a new strain of Influenza A (H1N1) that has experts worrying about a pandemic. There is often a bewildering flood of technical information presented to the public. Here are some flu facts made simple. By Edison T. Liv How did
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    • 691 43  -  Sandra Davie More children found suffering from selective mutism, an anxiety disorder By SENIOR WRITER AT HOME, Corrine behaves like a normal seven-year-old. She is chatty with her parents and her sister and loves telling stories to her grandfather. At school, though, she is
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      • 947 44  -  Goh Chin Lian PM Lee points to foreign talent, income gaps and race as critical issues By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT salaries cut by 20 per cent automatically when the economy worsened. This is because of the formula linking their bonuses to economic
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      • 750 44  -  GOH CHIN LIAN THE decision to focus this year's Budget on saving jobs was the right move as its key planks have helped temper job losses and cut the cost burden on employers. And while the Government's emphasis going ahead will remain focused on
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      • 479 44  -  Sue-Ann Chia By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE celebration of Singapore's 50th year of self-government next month should not pass unnoticed, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. He believes that the most meaningful way to celebrate the milestone event
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      • 865 46  -  Kor Kian Beng Labour chief vows to save and create jobs for S'poreans By "In football, we need to win by doing three things right. The midfield has to keep possession of the ball, the defence prevents the opposition from scoring, and
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      • 381 46  -  KOR KIAN BENG DEFENCE (Preventing unemployment): For 22 years, Madam Lav Siew Chyi (left), 41, did not have to put on make-up as a sewing operator. Things, however, changed in February this year, when she found herself among the 300 retrenched by her company, a garment
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      • 365 46 WHILE some countries have got stuck in what labour chief Lim Swee Say called the hot and humid tunnel of global recession, Singapore has managed to stay cool, calm and constructive. He cited four factors that set Singapore apart from others:
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    • 530 47  -  Amelia Tan Two names to be submitted to National Arts Council for nomination to Parliament By THE arts community here got together yesterday to pick two people they could see speaking up for them as Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs). The 150-odd people who turned up
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    • 596 48  -  Amelia Tan Vegetarian society enlists RI students to promote healthy lifestyle among youth, raise environmental awareness By THE Vegetarian Society of Singapore (VSS) wants to spread its creed among youth and has roped in a dozen Raffles Institution (RI) students for the job. The boys,
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    • 190 48 THE police are looking for three men in connection with two cases of loan shark harassment in March. The two suspects in the first case, in Jalan Tenteram near Balestier in March, are believed to be in their late 20s. One of them
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    • 540 49  -  Theresa Tan A village will be built in Johor to introduce youth here to a more rustic way of life By WORRIED about children who are growing up hooked on television and computer games and have no contact with Mother Nature, two men are aiming
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    • 349 49  -  Kor Kian Beng By A MAN in a hurry for power that was how Reform Party's ousted chairman Ng Teck Siong described Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, who took over as the party's secretary-general on Monday. "He's in a hurry for power, so I'll just leave
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      • 904 50 Aflfort^H 7 Anpc in TnHnn^ClP nilt AllCClCd ZOneS 111 inaOneSld pUL on fast track to modernisation I By Ng Sor Luan THE impoverished Nias island in Indonesia looks very different four years after it was devastated by an earthquake better, in fact. In the remote island
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      • DEEDSLIST
        • 90 51 THE Boat Asia 2009 Charity Gala Dinner raised $70,000 for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. This will help an estimated 11,000 students from low-income families currently supported by the fund. At the event at the Shangri-La Hotel on April 24, $65,000 was raised
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        • 105 51  -  LIM JUN Yl NON-PROFIT organisation Singapore International Foundation (SIF) launched a partnership with Indonesia's first paediatric hospice, Rachel House, on April 21. The partnership is targeted at the transfer of skills and knowledge of palliative care for children with end-stage diseases. Through six one-week visits
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      • 156 51  -  CHERYL ONG ON THIS day last year, Cyclone Nargis swept into Myanmar, killing more than 80,000 people and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Since then, relief organisation World Vision has raised as much as US$29 million (Ss43 million) to help more than 300,000 survivors
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        • 69 51 A FLEA market is being organised to raise funds to support Jamiyah Children's Home, which provides residential care for orphans and less fortunate children. The event is organised by the interact clubs of Hwa Chong Institution and Raffles Institution (Junior College). There will be live
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        • 57 51 ASSISI Hospice is holding a carnival with 190 stalls to raise money for in-patient and day-care services. Coupons can be bought for $10 each at the event. The hospice is also hoping for monthly donation pledges. For more information, visit www.assisihospice.org.sg When: Today, from 10am to
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        • 90 51 NAM Hong Welfare Service Society, which helps the aged and the poor, is organising a run to raise funds for its Free Medical Centre. The public can sign up for the skm competitive, youth or fun runs until May 15. To register, visit www.republicrun.sg When:
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    • 485 52  -  Nicholas Yong But it's hard to wipe out as trade is global and sales go online By A SINGAPOREAN who tried to smuggle live birds through the Woodlands Checkpoint in his car in mid-Febru-ary was given away by squawks coming from the glove compartment.
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    • 424 52  -  ANG YIYING WHEN the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) raided three locations on March 25, it netted 48 illegally kept animals. The haul comprised 31 reptiles such as snakes and tortoises, and 17 arachnids such as spiders. Ms Lye Fong Keng, who heads the
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    • 595 53  -  Tan Weizhen Schools, firms are taking the lead to recycle used devices like phones and IT products By SCHOOLS and companies are leading the drive to give used gadgets such as phones and computer equipment renewed life, reducing the electronic waste that is piling
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    • 105 43 rh WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm their meat intake. Do you think this is a MOST-READ ONLINE good way of encouraging Singapore on orange alert. vegetarianism? Join the discussion at www.straitstimes.com your say www.stomp.com.sg The Vegetarian Society of Singapore SINGAPORE TALKBACK wants to spread the message
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY
    • 773 54  -  Goh Eng Yeow Bad timing and risks taken on S-chips behind huge losses at CMIA and Abax By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Around the same time when FerroChina collapsed, CMIA had joined a buyout to delist mainland fibreglass products maker Midsouth Holdings from the Singapore Exchange.
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    • 612 55  -  Robin Chan Lender expects Bali meet to lead to an aggressive response to credit crisis By THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) is set to give countries in the region a boost by raising lending and giving them easier access to loans to combat
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    • 357 55  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By THE great Aussie "golden handshake" termination payment could soon become another victim of the economic slump. Australia's Superannuation and Corporate Law Minister, Senator Nick Sherry, told a gathering here on Thursday: "Golden handshakes have caused concern in Australia for some time.
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    • 621 56 BoJ forecasts two years of pain amid rise in jobless rate TOKYO: Japan has edged back into deflation, less than two years after it last escaped it. Joblessness is also rising at a record rate, adding to the strains for the Japanese economy even as hard-hit
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    • 312 56 WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve will postpone the release of results of the stress tests on the biggest American banks while executives debate preliminary findings with examiners, say government and industry officials. The results, originally scheduled for publication on Monday, now might not be
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      • 91 56 TOKYO: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan's third largest bank, will buy Citigroup's Japanese brokerage and investment banking units in a deal set to reshape Tokyo finance. Citigroup said the sale would bring it a total cash value of US$7.9 billion (5511.7 billion) as it seeks
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      • 101 56 MIAMI: Swiss banking giant ÜBS said turning over to the United States taxman the names of about 52,000 wealthy Americans who might be evading US taxes would violate Swiss laws and undermine international relations, according to a court brief. The US Internal Revenue Service
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      • 42 56 BEIJING: China's manufacturing expanded for a second month as government stimulus spending stoked a fledgling recovery in the world's third biggest economy. The Purchasing Managers' Index rose to a seasonally adjusted 53.5 last month, from 52.4 in March. BLOOMBERG
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    • 715 57 Hedge funds blamed for derailing deal that could have saved automaker DETROIT: The deal that could have saved Chrysler fell apart over the objections of a handful of fund managers and touched off an immediate debate over the responsibility of investors and the role of government.
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    • 297 57 WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted on Thursday in favour of legislation to protect credit card users from hidden fees, sudden interest rate hikes and questionable billing practices. The chamber voted 357 to 70 in support of the Credit Cardholders' Bill
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      264 58 "The Lord is my Shepherd.... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 Mrs Lim Chin Hin (Mdm Tan Peng IVgoh) Age: 92 Called home to be with the Lord and reunited with her beloved husband on 1 May 2009 Precious Mother to Hannah, Poh
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      173 58 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 ANGIE NG MEI SZE Age: 38 was called to be with the Lord on 30 Apr 2009, leaving behind: Husband: Remigius Tan Wai Chin Children: Ysabel Tricia Tan Re-An, Lucas Remigius
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      34 58 3r(fi7lnnioerscuy S7n /3ooing JlCemory Of KO JIE CAII Departed 2/5/2006 I Gone from our lives, 'But not from our hearts.' Dearly missed always remembered by Dad,Mum,Bro and all loved ones. la M m j
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      73 58 I. CHALLAPPAN Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 01.05.2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Kamalatchi, deceased) Brother: Sister-in-law: Sivalingam Pakiam Sons: Daughters-in-law: Subramaniam Suseela Dcvi Jayamohan (Rohana, deceased) Letchmi Krishnamoorthy Jayanthy Daughter: Son-in-law: Sarojini Rajindran nephews, grandchildren and all relatives Body is resting at Blk 359
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      105 58 Our beloved Mia, we miss you dearly and will always cherish you MDM KOH SIM HIONG Age: 93 was called to be with the Lord on April 30,2009. (Husband: Ang Idlo, Teck Hian, deceased) Children: Spouse: Suznne Ang Koh Kheng Lye Eric Ang Nancy Kok Peter Ang Mimi Ang (Robert
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      26 58 In Loving Memory Datin Chiew Swee Peow iieeAuYongYan 10th Anniversary Departed: 2nd. May 1999 You are always in our hearts Quentin, Poh Cheng Julian, Penny, Graeme
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      122 58 CHI PIN SHYANG, PAUL Age: 51 was called home to be with the Lord on 1 May 09, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Mabel Yar Son: Samuel Chi Jia Han Father: Mother: Chi You Sing Gan Mina Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Chi Ping Woon Chi Pin Han Janice Tan Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Chi
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      136 58 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He res tores my so ul" Psalm 23:1 -2 TEO AH MOY Age: 71 passed away peacefully on 30 April 2009. Sadly missed by family
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      143 58 Beloved wife of Mr. Travis Tan Director of HKE Electronics Pte Ltd CHUA GEK CHO, JENNIE Age: 46 passed away peacefully on 30/4/2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Travis Tan Thuam Teck Son: Daughter: Tan Shu Shi, Alvan Tan Shu Ning, Sandra Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Tan Thuan Ngi Koh Tai Keo
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      39 59 3 In Loving Memory of former President Wee Kirn Wee (Departed on 2 May 2005) From: Team A- Doris T X Heng; See Foong Tai Teng; Iris Seah; Mong Kiew; Siew Lian Sylvia Toh Mary Cheong Fook Amy Pang
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      132 59 "The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever". Psalm 23 STEVEN LEE SWEE Age: 72 was called home to be with the Lord on 1 May
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      105 59 AGNES LIM CHIA KIANG Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 30 April 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Francis Chan Mun Fook, deceased) Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chan Oi Yoke Magdalene Toh Chun Choong Michael Chan Oi Lin Mary Koh Chong Khye Chan Oi Mci Angelina Khoo Teng
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      71 59 First Anniversary In Loving Memory of Charlie Chan Cheng Tee Departed 2 May 2008 Although a year has passed since God called you home, you remain in our hearts and we will always love you. Dearly missed by wife Lucy, children and grandchildren with their respective spouses and great-grandchildren. J
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      • 80 59 GEYLANG United upset defending champions Singapore Armed Forces FC 2-1 in a Singapore Cup first-round football match at the Bedok Stadium yesterday. Yasar Hanapi opened the scoring in the 29th minute, and Syed Thaha doubled Geylang's lead just after the hour mark. Noor Ali's
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      • 92 59 BREMEN: Hamburg defeated German rivals Werder Bremen 1-0 in the first leg of their Uefa Cup football semi-final on Thursday, while Shakhtar Donetsk drew 1-1 with Dynamo Kiev in an all-Ukrainian clash. Hamburg's Piotr Trochowski headed in a cross in the 28th minute
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      • 65 59 NOVAK Djokovic stayed on course to retain his Rome Masters tennis title, reaching the semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro yesterday. On Thursday, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer advanced to the quarter-finals with routine straight-set wins. Nadal beat
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    • 853 61 Six games, and still not done Game One: Chicago 105 Boston 103 (OT) Game Two: Chicago 115 Boston 118 Game Three: Boston 107 Chicago 86 Game Four: Boston 118 Chicago 121 (20T) Game Five: Chicago 104 Boston 106 (OT) Game Six: Boston 127 Chicago
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    • 511 62  -  Lin Xinyi The 19-year-old reaches last-16 at the World Table Tennis C'ships By IN THE world of table tennis, she might not be as big a name as teammates Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei or Wang Yuegu. But, like the Olympic silver medal-win-ning trio, Yu Mengyu
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    • 282 66 Madonna's chair sold for $2 .4m The Lockheed Lounge breaks auction record for contemporary design art London An aluminium Lockheed Lounge chair by Marc Newson, once used in a Madonna video, sold today in London for £1.1 million (552.4 million), an auction record for a piece of contemporary design art.
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      • 679 71  -  Christopher tan Volkswagen's latest variant of Golf-based sedan should worry the Japanese a little senior correspondent Once upon a time, Volkswagen saw itself competing head-on with Mercedes-Benz. It had "premium" pricing for its products, it introduced the ill-fated Phaeton to rival Merc's S- class and
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        527 72 Why does brake fluid need to be replaced periodically? Besides being depleted with use, brake fluid absorbs moisture over time. Moisture contamination causes the fluid's boiling point to fall and that could lead to reduced effectiveness. Moisture contamination also contributes to corrosion of brake components. Replacing the fluid
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      • 183 74 Oslo Oslo's USSBOO-million (Ssl.3--billion) opera house, designed by the Snohetta practice, picked up this year's European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award. The biggest cultural centre built in Norway in 700 years, the waterfront opera house has a sloping stone roof
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      • 267 77 Berlin The New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind will take over a Berlin flower market to extend the Jewish Museum, his first major building, creating new space for a library, archives and education projects. The Jewish Museum, the German government and the state of Berlin today
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      • 255 82 Beijing It is almost official. Retired Taiwanese actress Lin Ching-hsia will make her acting comeback in Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai's upcoming film on Ip Man, Bruce Lee's celebrated martial arts master. Wong's production company Jet Tone Films would not confirm it, with its Shanghai
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      • 223 82 Berlin Berliners on the city's main shopping drag, the Ku'damm, were greeted on Thursday with an unusual sight: a giant mocked-up image of Chancellor Angela Merkel in a matching purple bra and knicker set (above). The 100-sq-m image of the half-na-ked Merkel is part of
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      • 263 82 New York What do Barack Obama, Bernard Madoff, Zac Efron and the founders of Twitter have in common? A lot of influence, Time magazine says. The annual list of the top 100 influential figures has the expected names such as the United States president, his wife
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      • 179 82 London British painter David Hockney revealed last Thursday how he uses his iPhone to paint pictures at the opening of a London exhibition of works he produced on his computer. "I like to draw flowers by hand on the iPhone and send them out to friends so
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      • 225 82 TERRY GOU NOW A DAD Taiwanese tech billionaire Terry Gou, 58, who once courted actress Carina Lav, and his wife Delia Tseng, 34, welcomed their baby daughter on Thursday. They married last July. CJ7 TO GET ANIMATED Stephen Chow confirmed that he and China Films will turn his 2008
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