The Straits Times, 28 May 2009

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  • 20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 THURSDAY, MAY 28 2009 S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • 703 1  -  Clarissa Oon Non-PAP members will have at least 18 seats in House By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Government's move to change the political system to provide for more diverse voices will give non-People's Action Party (PAP) members a larger share of Parliament. They will
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  • 723 1  -  Bertha Henson By ASSOCIATE EDITOR IT IS here. The HINI flu virus was brought into Singapore on Tuesday by a Singapore Management University (SMU) undergraduate back from New York, where she was on a 10-day study mission. The 22-year-old, a third-year business
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    • 894 2  -  Ching Cheong The salient features of its experience could well be replicated elsewhere By SENIOR WRITER TWENTY years after the June 4 Tiananmen Incident of 1989, today's China is stronger, richer and brimming with confidence. Following the military crackdown, which sparked international condemnation and US
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    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 67 2 Together against the Taleban WE SAY The Teheran trilateral summit that brought together Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan discussed the twin threats that bedevil Central Asia the Taleban's advance and the drug trade. Natos use of brute force in Afghanistan has not been pointless, but the Taleban has gained ground there.
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      • 22 2 COLUMNS Tan Shzr Ec has rejoined Facebook, but it's just the wallpaper of her life. LIFE! PAGE DlO
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      • 19 2 William Choong argues why nuclear deterrence can still work against North Korea. REVIEW PAGE A3l
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      • 23 2 OUR READER SAYS Felicia Tan rebuts NMP Thio Li-ann's speech in Parliament on religion and secularism. FORUM PAGE A 33
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        17 2 www.straitstimes.com Elizabeth Looi tracks the ongoing effort in Klang, Malaysia, to save abandoned stray dogs.
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    • 48 2 In the report headlined "Price cuts before sale" last Sunday, we reported that a 36cm Meyer multi-ply clad metal Chinese wok was on sale at Robinsons for $45. This is incorrect. The wok is selling for $99. We are sorry for the error.
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    • 500 3  -  Hazlin Hassan By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT PUTRAJAYA: Mas Selamat Kastari, one of the region's most wanted terrorists who was recaptured in Johor last month after more than a year on the run, has been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA)
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    • 663 3  -  Yeo Ghim Lay Five stations open, with work on rest of 33.3 km line nearing completion By TRAINS start rolling through the Circle Line's first five stations this morning, as work on the rest of the underground line nears completion. Marymount, Bishan, Lorong Chuan,
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    • 647 20 Pyongyang threatens military strikes against the South, says safety of ships at risk SEOUL: North Korea said yesterday it was abandoning the truce that ended the Korean War, and warned it could launch a military attack on the South, two days after testing
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    • 753 23  -  Peh Shing Huei MM LEE'S VISIT TO CHINA Despite unemployment now, skilled people will be needed once economy begins to recover, says Minister Mentor By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF SHANGHAI: Singapore will not let up on training more people and having more graduates, even
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    • 882 25  -  Tan Hui Yee Sliding flat prices may force some to refund with cash By Sale rule A PROPERTY owner who had used his CPF to pay for his property is required to refund the principal withdrawn and interest accrued into his CPF account
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    • 548 27  -  Lee Su Shyan US consumer figures boost optimism, while property stocks boom By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR STOCK markets in Singapore and Hong Kong soared yesterday on the back of strongly resurgent consumer confidence in the world's No. 1 economy, the United States.
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  • prime flu outbreak
    • 551 4  -  Teh Joo Lin SMU student, who did the right thing by seeing doctor quickly, is stable By THE 22-year-old female student packed an N95 mask for her 10-day New York trip that started in mid-May. But few in the Big Apple were wearing them.
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    • 492 6  -  Yen Feng By THE lecturer, the coursemate, the boyfriend and the maid: Four people who knew the Singapore Management University (SMU) undergraduate who was diagnosed with the Influenza A (H1N1) virus yesterday have been issued home quarantine orders (HQOs) by the Health Ministry. Another 20
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    • 333 6 GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) may alter its pandemic warning system after some countries said raising the alert over the current Influenza A (H1N1) threat could create confusion and cause a loss of confidence. The agency will ask a group of scientists and public
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  • prime parliament
    • 950 8  -  SUEANN CHIA It will explore new ways to attract investments and keep Spore ahead By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Government has set up an Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) to come up with new and creative ways to grow the economy for the long-term, Prime
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    • 711 8 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong outlined five strategies in his speech yesterday to give an idea of the issues that an Economic Strategies Committee will study. 1 SEIZING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES Singapore could make its mark by pursuing more niche business opportunities, such as making aerospace components, in
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    • 609 8  -  Lee Siew Hua By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MiliiiiitiM'lll CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SINGAPOREANS "In many of its investments, the Government does not ask for board representation...This is a pity, really. We could have used our significant share advantage to provide
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    • 844 9  -  Aaron Low PROPOSED CHANGES TO NCMP SCHEME Whatever the election outcome, there will be at least nine opposition voices in House one-tenth of 84 elected MPs By IF A change to the political system that was proposed yesterday, had taken place before the
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    • 779 9  -  Zakir Hussain VOTING-DISTRICT CHANGE By IN A concession to often-made calls for smaller GRCs, the average size of these multiple-member constituencies will shrink to no more than five MPs. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Parliament yesterday there should not be too many
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    • 574 9  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS... SENDING VOTERS WRONG SIGNAL "Voters may just think, why vote for them since we are sure to get at least nine in? This is wrong as NCMPs do not have full powers and cannot be said to
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    • 4383 14 In Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong unveiled changes to Singapore's electoral system aimed at giving it more long-term strength and political robustness. This is an edited transcript of his remarks. As the world changes and as Singapore society continues to
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    • 745 19  -  Jeremy Au Yong That poses the biggest threat to Spore, says Prof Koo in apparent reference to Aware saga By INTOLERANCE, not the economic crisis, poses the biggest threat to Singapore, Associate Professor Koo Tsai Kee (Tanjong Pagar GRC) warned in Parliament yesterday. While
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    • INBRIEF
      • 181 19 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak wanted non-oily food. So Italian food was prepared for lunch when he visited Sultan Mosque last Friday during his official trip here. But he smilingly asked for briyani. This being nimble Singapore, briyani and murtabak were on the table in minutes, Mr
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      • 151 19 CREATE a new account in the Central Provident Fund retirement savings system and let it be used by Singaporeans to tide them over a downturn, said Dr Maliki Osman (Sembawang GRC). He put forward the idea yesterday when he called for a CPF Economic Downturn
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      • 177 19 DR MALIKI Osman (Sembawang GRC) yesterday challenged the Malay community to play a part in straightening out divorced fathers who fail to pay maintenance to their kids. Speaking in Malay, he highlighted the problem and how such behaviour often carried on from one
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      • 138 19 THE Jobs Credit scheme can be a tool in keeping older workers on the payroll, suggested Nominated MP Eunice Olsen. "Can the Government enhance the Jobs Credit scheme for older workers by giving employers more credits for each worker above the age of 50 on
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 409 30 Together against the Taleban THE summit Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan had in Teheran on Sunday reflected a regional convergence that can serve as a start to wider international cooperation against further Taleban penetration. Not only did the three Islamic republics agree to work together to fight violent extremism and the
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    • 900 30  -  William Choong N.KOREA'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS By SENIOR WRITER NORTH Korea's nuclear antics hew to a predictable pattern. First, the hermetic state carries out a missile launch or nuclear test. This is followed by a slew of global news headlines and a fusillade of condemnation
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    • 892 30  -  Andy Ho MIGRATING MEDIA ONLINE By SENIOR WRITER MARKETS are threatening to put journalism's pay-for-dead-trees product in the ground. But online ad revenues remain a pittance. As a result, media executives tend to revisit the paid-content business model. Alas, there is more
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    • review
      • 886 31  -  NOURIEL ROUBINI GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY By RECENT data suggest that the rate of contraction in the world economy may be slowing. But hopes of "green shoots" springing up have been dashed by plenty of yellow weeds. Recent data on employment, retail sales, industrial
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      • 1025 31  -  Bill Durodie By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES NO SOONER had the economic crisis emerged before security agencies began worrying about its implications for social stability. This tells us more about their crisis of confidence than inherent tendencies. The recession will not necessarily
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      • 691 31  -  Gwynne Dyer By WHY are Koreans so much braver than Israelis when faced with the threat of nuclear weapons? North Korea's second underground nuclear test did not cause panic in South Korea. Even when North Korea conducted a short-range missile test only hours after
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    • forum
      • 122 32 I THANK Mr Jimmy Ho for his Forum Online letter last Saturday ("Treat degrees from all local institutions equally"). The public service welcomes graduate as well as non-graduate applicants who would like to contribute to the development of Singapore. Recruitment is based
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      • 291 32 DECIDING PUBLIC POLICY I DISAGREE with Nominated Member of Parliament Thio Li-Ann's assertion yesterday ("Secularism practised in Spore 'does not exclude religion'") that religion is appropriate in the public sphere. On the contrary, it is precisely because of Singapore's multi-religious nature that pure secularism in the public
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      • 164 32 I REFER to Tuesday's letter by Mr Wong Poh Weng, "Explain what led to army recruit's death". The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) acknowledges the concerns expressed by Mr Wong. However, as investigations are ongoing, it would be premature to comment on details of the incident.
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      • 414 32 WRITE IN: Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg or
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      • 142 32 WE REFER to Mr Mark Davies' letter last Thursday, "Merged ATMs". Mr Davies will be happy to note that since the *****, OCBC Bank and UOB have provided customers with access to an integrated ATM network. These are located at convenient, high-traffic locations,
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      • 395 32 Keppel's SPC sale "We once sold Christmas Island to the Australians." MR LEE KHENG WEE: "I am puzzled and disturbed by Tuesday's report ('PetroChina offer: SPC, Keppel surge') that Keppel Corporation has decided to sell its 45.5 per cent stake in Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) to Chinese oil giant,
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    • 375 32 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR QUEK PIN HOU: Hello HDB, let us know what you think 2 MR JEREMY LEONG: Congested at all times, regardless of ERP 3 MR TAN SIEW TECK: Seniors should give personal businesses a try 4 MR R. JAICHANDA: Singapore needs a ministry for creativity
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 752 34  -  Alastair Mclndoe US targets extremists from group behind series of Philippine kidnappings By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT Terror trio on wanted list Radullan Sahiron (US$l million bounty) Lost an arm fighting government forces in the 1970s Now in his early 70s Believed to
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    • world regional
      • 1074 35 Suu Kyi's short and sharp testimony MYANMAR'S pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi looked pale and weak as she testified for the first time on Tuesday during a trial open to foreign diplomats and journalists. She answered the judges for less than half
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      • 337 35 PHNOM PENH: Asean ministers confronted Myanmar yesterday over its treatment of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, a senior regional official said. Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan yesterday said ministers from the 10-member regional bloc had confronted Myanmar on the
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      • 489 35 LAHORE: A suicide car bomb attack yesterday flattened a police building in Pakistan's city of Lahore, killing at least 35 people in what the government branded as revenge for an offensive against the Taleban. Pakistan's military has been locked in a one-month offensive against
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      • 608 36  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Relationship between Yudhoyono and Kalla souring By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesia's government has been fraying at the seams since its top two leaders announced that they would face off against each other in July's presidential elections. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is running for
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      • 367 36 BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is not ruling out early elections this year once support measures for the economy are in place. Mr Abhisit, whose coalition government is looking increasingly fragile because of infighting, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal
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      • 954 37  -  Lee Jun Bok But analysts say any fighting between the two Koreas will be limited By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES How the two Koreas match up militarily HERE is a comparison of the military power of South Korea and North Korea. SOUTH KOREA Active military personnel: 687,000
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      • 673 37 BEIJING'S WORRIES "While China fears a collapsed North that would flood its struggling north-east with refugees, it also fears a united, democratic, prosperous Korea allied with the United States." Mr Dan Blumenthal, an analyst with the neo-Conservative American Enterprise Institute, and Mr
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      • 387 37 MUMBAI: Once under fire for not doing enough, the makers of Slumdog Millionaire yesterday said they had bought a flat for one of their impoverished Indian child stars whose Mumbai shanty home had been demolished. Director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson flew to
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      • 530 38 Key figures say they are under tight watch ahead jf Tiananmen anniversary BEIJING: China is tightening curbs on key dissidents before next week's sensitive 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests, activists and their relatives said yesterday. The authorities from the
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      • 346 38 SHANGHAI: China has mapped out a plan to link Shenzhen with Hong Kong to build a global centre for transport, distribution, trade and innovation, as it seeks a greater role in the global economic arena over the next decade. Shenzhen will be
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      • 478 44 Supreme Court upholds ban but 18,000 same-sex unions still legal as ruling is not retroactive SAN FRANCISCO: California's Supreme Court has backed a ban on gay marriage, ruling that a voter-ap-proved measure defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the
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      • 85 44 FORTY-TWO US states have laws explicitly prohibiting same-sex marriage. Other states provide varying degrees of legal rights to gay couples. Legislators in New York and New Hampshire are currently debating their laws. States which allow same-sex marriage and when the laws took effect or will take
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      • 365 44 LONDON: The scandal over British lawmakers' expenses has taken a new twist, with the associate editor of the newspaper that broke the story saying he might challenge one of the exposed Members of Parliament at the next election. Mr Simon Heffer of
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      • 531 45 A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE "I would say that Australia definitely is different from the US. In many ways it was like stepping back in time." Ex-Telstra chief Sol Trujillo (right), an American of Mexican descent, on whether there was racism in Australia. ONE-WORD RESPONSE "Adios."
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        • 71 45 CALCUTTA The death toll from Cyclone Aila in eastern India and Bangladesh rose to at least 168 yesterday as heavy rain after the storm caused mudslides and slowed rescue efforts. The toll was expected to rise as rescue workers reached cut-off areas. The cyclone destroyed thousands
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        • 69 45 YALA (Thailand): A series of bomb and arson attacks, believed to have been carried out by Muslim insurgents, rocked a provincial capital in southern Thailand early yesterday. Police said the attacks were staged at eight locations across the capital of Yala, one of three provinces in
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        • 164 45 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim filed a RMIOO million (Ss4l million) libel suit against the foreign minister yesterday for saying that Datuk Seri Anwar had offered him a top job to switch sides. Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said at a joint press conference with US
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        • 71 45 MEXICO CITY: Federal forces have detained 10 mayors and 18 officials for allegedly protecting one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels. Tuesday's unprecedented anti-corruption sweep in the Pacific coast state of Michoacan was described as a blow to politicians tied to traffickers in the state. The
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        • 106 45 BEIJING: China will send buying missions to Taiwan with orders worth billions of dollars to boost its struggling economy, in a fresh sign of warming cross-strait ties. Seven to nine Chinese business delegations are expected to visit Taiwan in the period until September, according to
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        • 109 45 BEIJING: China's government tried yesterday to ease public fears that money from its huge stimulus package might be stolen or wasted, saying it has found misspending and sloppy accounting but the overall effort is going well. The 4 trillion yuan (SsB46 billion) plan launched in November
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • 655 47  -  April Chong Cancer patient stopped at United States Customs as drug had caused his fingerprints to disappear By About the cancer drug capecitabine WHAT IS IT? Capecitabine is a cytotoxic drug that kills cancer cells. It is commonly used for cancers of the head and
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    • 656 48  -  Carolyn Quek KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN No plan for mission to go to affected Queens area, precautions taken By NOT everyone wanted to go on the 10-day study trip to New York. Four people pulled out after the HINI virus broke out in
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    • 364 48  -  LEE HUI CHIEH SINGAPORE has yet to place an order for vaccines for the new flu strain. But it has a standing contract with a large Australian vaccine company, CSL, signed a few years ago after the Sars outbreak, which it just needs to activate
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    • 498 48  -  Judith Tan Jessica Jaganathan By, DUTY TO THE COMMUNITY "I did what I needed t0...y0u don't want the person to be undetected and walking around, causing a small community outbreak." Dr Koh Chong Cheng GENERAL practitioner Koh Chong Cheng, 47, was alerted as
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    • 361 48  -  Lee Hui Chieh By HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan hopes to limit the spread of the new flu strain here to a "slow burn", to prevent it from becoming a "wildfire", by using various control measures that have been put in place.
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    • 357 50  -  Lim Wei Chean Smaller fall in arrivals, but hotels continue to take a battering: STB By APRIL brought slight respite to the flagging tourism industry even though year-on-year, it still registered a decline. Some 780,000 foreigners visited Singapore last month a drop of 6.1
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    • 429 50  -  LIM WEI CHEAN MORE companies are jumping at the chance to send their staff for service training, with the Government picking up the tab. There are some 27,000 employees from 65 companies and malls who will be sharpening their service skills through the
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    • 78 50 Underwater robots, like this prototype above, were put to the test at the first Underwater Robotic Olympiad in Singapore yesterday. Organised by Republic Polytechnic, the competition attracted 121 teams, but 60 secondary school teams took part eventually. They made robots out of materials like
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    • 416 50  -  Christopher Tan By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT TRAIN operator SMRT Corporation is likely to incur losses on the new Circle Line in the first couple of years despite being allowed to charge higher fares. SMRT, which starts operating Stage 3
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    • 627 52  -  Cheryl Ong Inquiry panel finds that it is due to failure to detect corroded railing By Tanjong Pagar Town Council's plans All property officers will have to do a compulsory six-monthly check on all railings. Qualified professionals will be engaged in all future
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    • CASEFILE
      • 81 52 A WORKER died early yesterday morning at the Singapore Technologies Marine shipyard in Tuas. Mr Manikam Tamilselvam, 27, an Indian national employed by sub-contractor Hypex Engineering Services, was operating the blasting pot on land while his colleagues were carrying out internal blasting work on a vessel. ST
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      • 126 52 A 26-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist who allegedly used a 1.5m-long metal chain to strike a cab was charged yesterday with committing a rash act. The court heard that construction worker Ngo Boon Pin was travelling along Braddell Road on Jan 10 when cabby Ng Aik Koon, 50, sounded
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      • 55 52 AN 82-YEAR-OLD woman died of serious head and face injuries after she was run over by a trailer travelling along East Coast Road on Monday morning. The 31-year-old driver, a Chinese national, has been arrested and is out on bail. Anyone with information can call the
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      • 80 52 A FORMER Eng Wah Organisation employee who forged 20 movie tickets was jailed for six months on Tuesday. Goh Kah Wee, 31, then an assistant cinema manager, pleaded guilty to dishonestly making the 20 movie tickets at Eng Wah-Sun Plaza in Sembawang Drive in February 2006.
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      • 86 52 AN UNEMPLOYED woman who forged insurance forms and other documents to cheat banks and insurers of $152,000 was sentenced to 12 months' jail on Tuesday. Candace Reis Ang Hui Choon, 28, admitted to forging her husband's signature on a DBS fixed deposit withdrawal form to transfer $50,144
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    • 804 52  -  KC VIJAYAN By LAW CORRESPONDENT Timeline of case April 2004: Bachoo Mohan Singh instructs a law firm to file a writ of summons with an inflated price, against a couple who had failed to buy a five-room Redhill flat from
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    • 89 52 Traffic was held up in MacPherson Road for about an hour yesterday afternoon, when the road was closed due to a chemical spill. Buckets of the chemical called polyurethane varnish commonly used on hardwood floors had fallen from a small lorry and spread over close
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    • 256 52  -  ELENA CHONG A PART-TIME pizza delivery man who died after his motorcycle collided with a bus last December had apparently made a right turn without noticing the oncoming vehicle. A coroner's inquiry into his death heard that Mr Lee Jit Loong, 25, a sec-ond-year
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    • 416 53  -  Serene Luo Focus on contemporary art, and a meeting point of the East and West By THE Lasalle College of the Arts is revamping its curriculum to move with the times as it turns 25 and marks the official opening of its new city campus near
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    • 174 53 WHAT a nerve! Your funny bone isn't a bone after all. It just masquerades as what has become its well-known name. It is in fact the ulnar nerve, which lies in the bony groove of your elbow joint. The sharp tingly
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    • 406 53  -  Serene Luo By THE founder of Lasalle College of the Arts, Brother Joseph McNally, was quite the artist and it seems it's in the genes. Sixteen McNallys, including the Brother's younger brother and sister, were in Singapore to celebrate the official opening
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      • 77 53 SINGAPORE'S first expo for traditional remedies will be held at the Suntec Convention Centre in December. Jointly organised by the Singapore TCM Organisations Committee and the Singapore TCM college, the expo at Hall 404 from Dec 4-6 will showcase patented medicines, raw herbs, herbal extracts, health
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      • 74 53 THE first networking seminar for charities and professional associations was held yesterday, attracting about 250 participants. Jointly organised by the Charity Council and the Social Service Training Institute at the STI auditorium at Capital Tower, it aims to help charities weather the downturn and to link them
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      • 65 53 NEW Zealand yesterday signed its first defence agreement with Singapore, strengthening bilateral ties between the two nations. The ministerial document serves as a framework to build on existing interaction and to foster new areas of cooperation, such as policy dialogues, military operations and training. The deal
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      • 99 53 SINGAPORE Post has launched four stamps to commemorate the opening of the new Circle Line from today. The circular stamps are a mini exhibition of the new line, showing pictures of the new three-car trains, its full route on the Singapore map, as well as the line's
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    • 292 54  -  Jalelah Abu Baker By A WHIRLING pattern of colour is drawing curious minds to a park in Bishan. The exhibit was launched at the Bishan Active Park at Street 22 yesterday. It is an effort to introduce science to
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    • 619 54  -  Chua Hian Hou Fewer homes with fixed lines as tech-sawy users opt for 24/7 connection By SHOWING their preference for a mobile number that goes everywhere with them, more home owners are cutting their fixed phone lines. According to Singapore's telecommunications sector regulator Infocomm Development
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    • 598 55  -  Jermyn Chow Singaporeans urged to express themselves on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, You Tube By Isabelle Sings Majiilah Siiigapm a at Changi Airport Online platforms NDPeeps microsite: www.ndpeeps.com A one-stop portal with text and video posts and photos on all NDP-related events.
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    • 547 56  -  Amresh Gunasingham Trio win Iceland trip to learn about climate change By MR LIM Jun Ying, 21, has been a nature lover as long as he can remember. When he was 15, he organised more than 30 "expeditions" for friends and peers to
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    • 101 47 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin hand' due to their excessive spending is MOST-READ ONLINE not the way because it will not help Man fined $80,000 for bribery. them kick the habit. And why should Live within one's means: MP taxpayers shoulder their burdens?" MOST COMMENTED
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
    • 942 57 Roman's tapups July 8, 2003: At his London home Meets England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson along with his agent Pini Zahavi just 48 hours after the Russian completes his purchase of Chelsea. Eriksson is forced to reaffirm his long-term commitment to England after it emerges that Abramovich wants
      THE TIMES; LONDON; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  942 words
    • 540 57  -  Terrence Voon By Ups and downs How promoted teams have done 16 consecutive seasons in EPL Newcastle 1993-09 12 Middlesbrough 1997-09 10 West Ham 1993-03 9 Blackburn 2001-10, Bolton 2001-10, Fulham 2001-10 8 Man City 2002-10 7 Blackburn 1992-99, Charlton 2000-07, Portsmouth 2003-10
      AZIZ HUSSIN  -  540 words
    • 231 57 LONDON: Manchester United have indicated that they are ready to pay what it takes to keep Carlos Tevez and end the uncertainty surrounding the Argentinian forward's Old Trafford future. The club's chief executive, David Gill, admitted on Tuesday that the Red Devils
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      573 58 French Open Men's Ist rd (selected): Leonardo Mayer (Arg) bt James Blake (USA) 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 6-2, Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Andrei Pavel (Rom) 6-1 6-4 6-4, Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 2-6 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra)
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    • 707 58  -  Richard Jolly PREMIER LEAGUE REVIEW By BACK when Mikhail Gorbachev was leader of the Soviet Union and West and East Germany were debating unification, Liverpool won the old Division One title. Nothing unusual in that: They usually did. Manchester United finished well off the pace,
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS  -  707 words
    • 475 58 LONDON: Williams were suspended by the Formula One Teams Association (Fota) yesterday for entering the 2010 championship and breaking what had been a united front in a stand-off with the sport's governing body. The former champions are the only current team to have formally submitted
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      149 59 "If I win the French Open, I will wear whatever you want, but not a G-string." Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who wore a tie to his post-match press conference in celebration after beating fellow-Frenchman Julien Benneteau for his maiden win at the French Open on Tuesday Basketball NBA Conference Finals (best-of-seven
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    • 396 59  -  MAY CHEN A SIMPLE goalkeeping error saw Bowen Secondary School crowned the first winners of the Schools National B Division girls' football title yesterday. Bowen, who had gone into the match as the underdogs after losing 1-5 to Siglap in a preliminary-round game, scored through
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    • 85 59 SUPERB batting by Prasheen Param and Rezza Gaznavi carried Raffles Institution (Junior College) to the Schools National A Division cricket title yesterday. The pair scored 100 runs between them to post 151-5 in the 20-overs contest against Anglo-Chinese School (Independent). RI(JC) won by 18 runs
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    • 537 59  -  May Chen SAA bars local athletes because invitation was not routed through it By "I made a courtesy call to the SAA but was told that the association would not give its permission." R. ANNAMALAI, honorary secretary of the Pahang Amateur Athletic Association SEVERAL top
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    • 233 59  -  Jeanette Wang By IF YOU are expecting a playground meet at next month's inaugural Asian Youth Games (AYG) here, think again. While the June 29 to July 7 event will, no doubt, be a stepping stone to greater things for many young athletes, some
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 68 59 ROME: Two men, including an American mistaken for an English fan, were stabbed and eight others arrested before yesterday's Champions League football final between Barcelona and Manchester United in Rome, police said. Up to 50,000 United and Barcelona supporters were in the Italian
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      • 52 59 SUNDERLAND (England): Sunderland became the fourth English Premier League football club to come under American ownership yesterday, when Texas businessman Ellis Short, co-founder of Dallas-based private equity group Lone Star Funds, completed his takeover. Manchester United, Liverpool and Aston Villa are also owned by Americans.
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      • 64 59 DUBAI: Abu Dhabi billionaire Sulaiman Al-Fahim has signed a deal to buy English Premier League football club Portsmouth, the Arabian Business reported yesterday. The magazine said Fahim, a board member of the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development that bought Manchester City last year,
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      • 38 59 ROME: Russian pole vaulter and Olympic gold medallist Yelena Isinbayeva (above) won her second Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award yesterday. She received the award at a ceremony in Rome. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      • 61 59 FOUR lucky winners have been chosen to have breakfast with former Liverpool football striker Robbie Fowler on Saturday. The player is in town with his team, the North Queensland Fury, for a friendly match with Tampines Rovers on Sunday. The winners are: Irza
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    • 373 60 They trail 1-3 in best-of-seven series, no thanks to Howard Orlando Magic 116 Cleveland Cavaliers 114 ORLANDO (Florida): Dwight Howard scored 10 points in overtime as Orlando defeated Cleveland 116-114 on Tuesday to push the mighty Cavaliers to the brink of elimination in the National Basketball
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    • 217 60 LEBRON James (below) has set a National Basketball Association Conference Finals record for points through the first four games with 169, averaging 42.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists. He also saved the Cays with a buzzer-beating, game-winning basket in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Finals
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    • 336 57 Longines, official timekeeper for the French Open, is giving this sporty timepiece away in a readers' contest with The Straits Times. To win this $4,690 watch, answer the daily question. The Straits Times began publishing one question a day from May 24 and will do so till June 7. Answers
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    • 239 59 Today Basketball NBA Western Conference Finals, Game 5: Denver v LA Lakers (Live, Ch23, 9am). Bowling Singapore International Open (SuperBowl Safra, Mount Faber, 9.30am). Cycling Mfa Tour of Italy: Stage 18 (Live, Chll3,10pm). S'3t% Football T^ S-League: Geylang v Sengkang (Bedok), Albirex v f jffeJl Gombak (Jurong East) 'jf'mW Golf
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  • OBITUARIES
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      112 60 CHIN KON KEOW A Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 26 May 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved one. Husband: Lee Kwai Tong (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Keen Fun Tan Siew Eng Lee Keen Mun Lucy Chua Lee Keen Pheng Yee Sau Yin Lee Keen Chung Grandsons: Lee
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      125 60 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 LUCY TAN CHOON KEOW Age: 67 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 May 2009. Deeply missed by loved ones. Husband: Peter Ng Daughter: Son-in-law: Sharon Ng Adrian
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      32 60 X X 14th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of KANNIAMAH D/O SERALINGAM Departed 28 May 1995 In our hearts and thoughts you live. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. X X
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      13 60 In Loving Memory Of Matthew Long Deeply Missed By Amelia, Alex, Alexis Alyssa
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      168 60 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Tim 4:7 YVONNE HO JUAT NGO Age: 58 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 May 2009, leaving behind loved ones. She lives on-in the hearts of everyone she has
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      75 60 OM SHANTI SUPPIAH JAGANATHAN S/O KUMRAYELLU Age: 75 passed away peacefully on 27 May 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ramayee Sons: Daughter-n-law: Subramaniam s/o Suppiah (Kumar) G. Oolaganayagi Ganesan s/o Suppiah Daughters: Son-in-law: Rengamah (Selvarajah, deceased) (Suppammah, deceased) And all grandchildren relatives Body is resting
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      21 60 33rdANNIVERSARY WILGIE HENG IRENE THEIN Departed 28 May 1976 Departed 19 July 2006 Always remembered by son Dato John Heng family
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      117 60 WON YEUN CHEONG WAN YEUN CHEONG Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 26 May 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Daughter: Son-in-law: Wan Lye Chun, Stephanie Tang Kwok Yuen, Richard Sons: Daughters-in-law: Wan Kum Yen Ang Poh Choo, Julia Wan Kum Wai, Allan Low Wee Lee, Winnie Wan Kum Luen, Daryll
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      137 60 Osr*" "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days 1 of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." FRANK POH KANG HOE Age: 79 Was called home to be with the Lord on 26 May 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      43 60 We, the family of the late LAU LAI HOE Departed on 23 May 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during our recent bereavement.
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      197 61 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it
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      48 61 Athma Jothi Pooja Nithiananthan s/o Raghavan (Raja) (Diving Instructor) Age: 42 passed away peacefully on 14 May 2009 in France. Dearly missed by family loved ones. Athma Jothi Pooja will be held on 29.05.09 (Fri), 7.30pm at Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Sivan Temple, 226 Kallang Road. S_ Tel: *****427
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      47 61 Loving Memory MRS KWOK SIEW FONG Departed 28 May 2000 The world changes year to year, And friend from day to day, But never will one we love From memory pass away. Fondly remembered by Husband: Eddy Children: Isaak, Imm Mvi, Albert, Wendy Grandchildren: ni Matthew Esther
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      137 61 "The Lord is my shepherd. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." Psalm 23 ROSALINE LOH Age: 62 Was called home to be with the Lord on
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      55 61 The Family Of The Late i HOH AH TOON Departed on 22 May 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: The staff of Ward 57,
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      61 61 We, the family of the late LIAM KAI ZHENG Departed 22 May 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives friends for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement Special thanks to: all of his principals, teachers, schoolmates, especially his best friends
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      137 61 MR. CHAN SAU POH Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 26 May 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Mdm Leong Mvi, deceased) Daughters: Sons-in-law: Dr. Chan Heng Chun Loong Kwan Woo Michael Dr. Chan Heng Meng Dr. Chi Teck Bong Alex Chan Heng Sun Wee Eng
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      185 61 iy "/n GoJ is my salvation and my glory, '^p \v ,y^ I v The rock of my strength, y J^/ 1 iv« I And my refuge, is in God. "Psalm 62:7^ SIM WAN CHOO Age: 84 Was called home to be with the Lord on 27 May 2009 Dearly
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      52 61 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late SIMON HEBERT Departed Monday, 25 May 2009 Deeply missed and always remembered by all those who he taught so passionately and all those he worked with so professionally From, the Governors, Staff, Parents, Students and Friends of Tanglin
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      122 61 MARIA NG SIOK BUAY Age: 98 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 May 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Peng Song (Seah Lay Kheng, deceased; Tan Peng Hong Peggy Hong Yeng Yeng (Tan Peng Siang, deceased) Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Siang Eng Steven Hoh Ah
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      126 61 YOKO TAN POH ENG wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives and friends during their recent bereavement. Their deepest gratitude goes out to the following: Local: Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Defence, Chief of Defence Force, Chief of Army, Chief Commando Officer and Staff from Commando
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      123 61 —l "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 CAROLINE NG PUAY KIM Age: 34 Was called home to be with the Lord on 27 May 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered
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      78 61 TOH SIEW TSENG ANNE Age: 56 passed away peacefully on 27 May 2009. Sadly missed and forever remembered by loved ones. Husband: Dr. Lee Bon Fa Sons: Daughter: Lee Wei Kai Lee Weimin Lee Wei Sheng mother, mother-in-law, brother, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews nieces, grand-nephews nieces and relatives. Body is
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
    • 727 66  -  Alvin Foo International standards to enhance Republic's role as a financial centre By Too early to say economy is recovering IT IS still "too early" to conclude that the world economy is in "recovery mode", said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. While
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    • 629 66  -  Yang Huiwen By THE family which owns the Malaysian gaming firm Genting has stunned the market by selling its entire stake in the Singapore unit for $615 million. Investors got wind of the surprise sale early yesterday morning and swiftly dumped Genting
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    • money markets
      • 511 62 BULLS AND BEARS Analysts expect sustained rally, with cash-rich investors hard to rein in SINGAPORE shares closed 3 per cent higher yesterday, lifted by strong performances in other regional markets, dealers said. The Straits Times Index (STI) climbed 67.29 points to 2,306.08 on volume of
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      • 329 62  -  Kate Lim By CIMB-GK Securities is taking advantage of a government job subsidy scheme to hire about 40 fresh graduates amid a gloomy period for financial services. The graduates will be employed in equity sales and research and compliance, and all
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
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          17 62 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 4.24 billion shares worth $3.23 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 423 Losers: 156 Unchanged:722
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        • 89 62 Mid Cap 506.69 A 14.65 Basic materials 252.48 A 7.47 Utilities 324.68 A 3.94 Small Cap 432.12 A 11.85 Industrials 500.71 A 9.38 Financials 578.77 A 20.84 All Share 560.71 A 16.29 Consumer goods 557.29 T -0.29 Technology 525.41 A 18.35 Fledgling 511.96 8.68 Health care 498.76
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        • 214 62 Yesterday's close: 9,438.77 (+127.96) Tokyo shares rose 1.37 per cent, taking their cue from a Wall Street rally as US consumer confidence surged unexpectedly. [▼'I Yesterday's close: 1,047.68 (-3.95) Malaysian shares slipped 0.38 per cent as players stayed on the sidelines, ahead of the release of first-quarter economic growth
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 394 62 lardine CSC 1630 140.0 DBXT HSTaiwan 10US$ 1388 104.3 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1340 104.3 CityDev 903 93.0 DBXT FTVietnam 10USS 4464 72.4 OCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .9120 70.0 IMH 2440 57.9 SIA200 1256 56.0 SI A 1250 50.0 WBL Corp 363 40.0 DBS Grp 1180 36.0 CapitaLand
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        • 406 62 :ityDev.ES.O9O6 902 78.0 IityDev.ES.0905 890 69.0 J0B.ES.0906 1456 32.0 :apitaland.ES.O9O6 376 31.0 ;GX.ES.O9O5 731 27.0 J0B.ES.0g05 1454 22.0 iukitSemW*****8 117 21.0 1BS.ES.0906 1176 20.0 ;GX.ES.O9O6 725 18.0 :apitaland.ES.O9O5 361 16.0 1CBC Bk.ES.0905 720 15.0 JIA.ES.0905 1218 14.0 :apitalanMBLeCW***** 63.5 13.5 JC Global W*****0 34 13.0 ;GXBNPeCW*****3 75
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        • 182 62 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS rjeiiung ar /j Golden Agri 42.5 Sbterra 6.5 Synear 29.5 China Hongxing 19 Sing Hldgs 23 CapitaLand 379 SusGroup 61.5 Celestial 17 taignam 22.5 CapitaComm 109 UniFiber 6 lade Tech 3.5 laya Hldgs 63.5 Cosco Corp 120 -15.5 -1/.3 1,/34,W>5,00U -10.0
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        • 104 62 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY May 27 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1280 1.1620 Can dollar 1.2910 1.3060 Euro 2.0140 2.0370 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4132 0.4141 NZ dollar 0.8920 0.9130 Sterling pound 2.2990 2.3260 US dollar 1.4390 1.4550 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        • 364 62 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 544.2 279.1 1208 165 347 1737.8 503 91 105.8 483 3390 1906 1834 1250 I". 251 874 319 1622 820 424 201 328 501 473 381 294 2050 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall
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        • 602 62 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 108 114 255 157 73.5 202 232 154 600.2 62 167 174.6 314 125 136 283 719 310 372 287 170 392.7 77 206 88.5 I.. 100 36.5 294 143 138 246 732
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    • money companies
      • 547 63  -  Gabriel Chen More firms seen turning to shareholders to raise capital as markets rally By The firm, which owns plantation assets in Indonesia,...is offering shareholders 17 rights shares for every 100 existing shares to help fund its long-term growth. The new shares are
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      • 408 63  -  Elena Chong By COURT CORRESPONDENT THREE former senior executives of main-board-listed JEL Corp (Holdings) and an accountant were hauled to court yesterday on multiple criminal charges, following a probe into JEL's finances. Former chief executive and executive chairman, Eric Tan Boon Yong, 51, is
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    • 609 64  -  Karamjit Kaur But industry will likely experience rough skies as global slump prevails By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT And now, for Jamaican skies JAMAICA is keen to cement its ties with Singapore with an open skies deal that will give carriers full rights to operate as
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    • 440 64  -  Jessica Cheam By SINGAPORE'S construction sector, the only bright spot in the economy, is not just growing amid the recession but is also improving its quality and standards. The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) last night handed out a record 151 awards at its annual
      GUOCOLAND  -  440 words
    • 412 64  -  Joyce Teo By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT GIC Real Estate president Seek Ngee Huat believes the global property sector still faces much uncertainty and that more distressed assets in the developed world are likely to emerge in the next two years. Real estate values in developed markets
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    • 578 65 Govt stimulus spending and Fed efforts paying off, key survey shows WASHINGTON: The US recession will probably end in the third quarter of this year, a key survey of business economists showed, even as rising joblessness indicates the recovery will be weaker than
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    • 408 65 TOKYO: Japan's exports showed modest signs of recovery last month with shipments to China declining at a slower pace than a year earlier, suggesting that while global trade may have bottomed out, there was no indication yet of a rebound in Western
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    • 357 65 DETROIT: A General Motors (GM) bankruptcy filing seems inevitable after a rebellion by its bondholders forced it to withdraw yesterday a plan to swop bond debt for company stock. GM has until Monday to complete a US government-ordered restructuring that includes debt reduction, labour-cost cuts
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    • 108 66 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin an emergency arise, the person can MOST-READ ONLINE help to open the emergency exit door HMV heads out of Heeren. and evacuate passengers. Now that this EDB chairman to step down, deputy seat is being charged on the basis of
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    • 490 67 Tickets for this year's Singapore Arts Festival are flying out of the box office, with 11 out of the 26 ticketed productions sold out and the other shows selling fast. DEEPIKA SHETTY reports. r\nß Q c .A, WtOtO South African group Bt S ,v B^ sZ >N Mambazo's jT Ik
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES Life!
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      • 1221 68  -  deepika shetty Rachael Boon Valerie Wang Tickets to arts festival events have been selling so fast that 11 productions, including two from South Africa, are sold out Additional reporting by and I he programme is strong not just in terms of the gravitas of the artists involved,
        NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL; GINTS MALDERIS; HERMAN SORGELOOS  -  1,221 words
      • 475 69 When asked about the enduring appeal of their music, Albert Mazibuko from Afro-pop group Ladysmith Black Mambazo breaks into song. There is no musical accompaniment, the words are in Zulu but the exuberant a cappella singing completely drowns out the traffic sounds of Cape Town. In
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      • 816 70  -  tara tan Edinburgh Festival director Jonathan Mills looks to Asia for the future of the event arts reporter When Australian composer Jonathan Mills was appointed to head the Edinburgh International Festival in 2006, it created ripples of disbelief. Prominient arts critic Norman Lebrecht famously wrote off
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        546 74  -  Adeline chia arts reporter French director Aurelien Bory has been interested in mathematics and physics since he was a child. This interest in the hard disciplines has carried over to Seven Boards Of Tricks, a production based on the Chinese game of tangram. The tangram (qi qiao ban
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      • 477 74  -  Adeline chia 'Wffßtheatre SIN SANGRE Compania Teatrocinema (Chile) Drama Centre Theatre Tuesday Anybody who has ever worried about film encroaching on the popularity of theatre should attend this stunning production by Compania Teatrocinema. Film and theatre have gone through the blender under director Juan
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      • 118 74 Life! asks audiences at Sin Sangre for their views: "It was a new theatrical and cinematic language, something I had never seen before. I was awed. The poetry was not just in the image but the controlled acting as well. In the post-show dialogue, the actors said there
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      • 427 75  -  tara tan The Crab Flower Club promises abstract themes with spectacular stagings arts reporter THE CRAB FLOWER CLUB Where: Drama Centre Theatre When: June 3 to 5, Bpm Admission: $20 to $50 from Sistic (www.sistic.com.sg or call 6348-5555) You can say that The Crab Flower Club is
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      • 383 75  -  Tara Tan INVISIBLE ROOM Where: Flexible Space (block F, room 102) at Lasalle College of the Arts When: June 5 and 6 at 5, 8 and 10pm. June 7 at 3, 5 and Bpm Admission: $30 from Sistic (www.sistic.com.sg or call 6348-5555) This is a
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      • 1440 76  -  tan shzr ee I rejoined the social networking site after a hiatus because it's the wallpaper of my life culture vulture W m\ WfflEE Wm I 'I am not a fan of books. I would II never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of
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      • 633 82  -  Adeline chia Malay play on how five siblings deal with crisis is written in rhyme and has hints of absurdist theatre arts reporter After flirting with the absurd in her previous plays, directorplaywright Zizi Azah now tackles it full-on in her fourth work, In Search Of
        TEATER EKAMATRA  -  633 words
      • 316 82 London Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has won the £60,000 (*****,600) Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. The 77-year-old became the third author to win the biennial prize, the international version of Britain's top literary award, the Man Booker Prize. "I am totally amazed
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    • Special ASEAN – REPUBLIC OF KOREA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT
      • 595 71  - Korea Asean: A green partnership for the future Lee Myung bak President of the Republic of Korea Climate change is a daunting challenge that requires concerted global effort. It can also be an historic opportunity for promoting cooperation between Korea and Asean.H President Lee Myung-bak TWENTY years ago, Korea and
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      • 447 72  -  zackaria abdul rahim by Regional cooperation to deal with global issues tops agenda when the leaders meet at commemorative summit in Jeju SOUTH Korea's President Lee Myungbak will play host for Asean leaders at the resort island of Jeju on June 1 in a special summit as
        JESU TOURISM ORAGANIZATIO  -  447 words
      • 306 72  -  Mm yann ling by JEJU Island, the largest isle south-west of the Korean Peninsula, dates back to as far as 1,200 years ago when the hot lava which spewed from a subterranean sea volcano rose above the water. A volcanic eruption later
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      • 774 73  -  zackaria abdul rahim More consumers are buying Korean products as confidence in the popular brands grow by Special PROJECT EDITOR Zackaria Abdul Rahim WRITER LimYann Ling ART AND DESIGN Kimmie Tan, LynnetteChia EDITOR Lee Kirn Chew CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jacqueline Wußoey CHIEF SUB-EDITOR Uma Venkatraman
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    • Special NATIONAL FAMILY CELEBRATIONS
      • 693 77  -  lynn seah The National Family Celebrations aim to create the right ambience to strengthen bonds by In a poll of 300 people conducted by the National Family Council earlier this year, six in ten respondents said the family is their top priority. However, many felt that
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      • 617 78  -  ahmad osman PHOTO: by ■The passion for Manchester United among members of my family is good for us. It is something we share that enhances our rapport. -Mr Mohamad AH THREE generations of the Hussein family are fervent supporters of Manchester United, the reigning English
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      • 713 80 Three generations of this Chan family build their bonds over food, fun and laughter every time they gather to dine at home, as Philip Lee finds out I love the laughter around the house and the vibrancy that my nephews and niece generate during our
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      • 602 80 Looking for something that the family can do together? This is what the month-long National Family Celebrations have to offer: Eat With Your Family Day Organised by the Centre For Fathering, this is an annual event that promotes eating together as a ritual to help families bond.
        SENTOSA; SAFRA; NATIONAL FAMILY COUNCIL  -  602 words
    • 824 84 This mirrors the fierce contest between race and gender represented by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton' The Independent's Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the perceived war between Oxford University's Padel (left) and Walcott (above) Poet Ruth Padel resigns after sending damning e-mail about rival, Nobel laureate Derek
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    • 348 84 Los Angeles AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of American Idol, might have influenced the outcome of this year's competition. It provided phones for free textmessaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at two parties in Arkansas organised by fans of
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    • life! buzz
      • 264 86 Beijing Director Feng Xiaogang will go to the scene of the Sichuan earthquake to shoot his new film about another natural disaster to have hit China 1976's Tangshan earthquake, said reports. According to Sina news website, the director and his crew will film in Wenchuan, the epicentre
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      • 186 86 Sao Paulo Jesus Luz, the 22-year-old Brazilian model photographed with Madonna (both above) last year, has doused speculation of a romantic link-up with the pop star. "She is a person I admire a lot, a friend in my life who I worked with and
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      • 320 86 Columbia, South Carolina More than two years into a protracted battle over how to parcel out soul singer James Brown's wealth, a judge on Tuesday approved a settlement that gives nearly half of his assets to a charitable trust. About a quarter goes to his wife
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      • 152 86 COLE GETS KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Natalie Cole is recovering at home after a successful kidney transplant. The 59-year-old singer underwent the operation on May 18 immediately after learning that a donor organ had become available. She was released on Sunday from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and is "doing
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    • 488 70 Singapore —-<— Festival 15 May-14 June 2009 V Buy tickets to 4 or more shows and enjoy vW discounts of up to 15X1 one *ne Des* exponents J322 Piano." Swing Magazine of Switzerland on Jeremy Monteiro Ip-I (pas U-l'" r^l Jeremy Monteiro Trio H |n F Tang Quartet (Singapore) With
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    • 43 71 We welcome the ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit and Official Visit of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to Republic of Korea. Vanda Miss Joaquim, National Flower of Singapore Mugunghwa, National Flower of Korea Where there is perfect harmony, great things bloom. www.lge.com I
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    • 384 121 i |j]H pl^^h^c^^^^B u^j i 1 V^bES^^Si^m"—^~~J I I i? ii^ftwjHßff^Sstf i -1 f*"> 3 I mt Congratulations to Applied Materials on attaining BC ~r RK "Green Mark Platinum Award" j-^^^^^^Mm^^^m^J Applied Materials, Inc., the global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology™ solutions for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel M
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    • 879 122 Industry Captaincy of I^B="~~~Mw fc*^BßH Singapore's Built Environment "i§^"% HAVING built over 22,000 and Construction Authority (BCA) at the ~-<^ J** O j**j3JßHP^ luxurious and quality homes in the past BCA Awards ceremony last evening. dSr four decades, City Developments Limited Introduced for the first time this *^^^f*jfj Vi-j&tjk.-(CDL) is
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    • 170 124 Seagate \\|j^ Momentous Milestone BCA Green Mark Platinum Award We are pleased to announce that Seagate's recording media plant at Woodlands was granted the green mark platinum award for its environmentally friendly building design. With its various proven energy savings Jflr ff features and installations, the building supports Seagate's commitment
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    • 289 126 Merriii Lynch Mapletree Anson Harbour Front J^ [B GOLD %^tJjjiL IB platinum^^ j This new 6-storey office adds a touch of modern sustainability to the Harbour Front Precinct with its energy and water efficient features as well as a high proportion of greenery to total leasable area. silver Jftvißm aH
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    • 408 128 VI Gammon Building in an f^yC Environmentally 12J G--i nahlo MannPK bcagreen mark SfiSrlSn^- 0 oubidiridme ividnner WinnerofGreenMarkPlatinum 1 builder^w^w m ITE GREEN MARK PLATINUM AWARD Gammon Construction is proud to achieve both the Green Mark Platinum Award for the new ITE College West and be the recipient of the
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    • 179 129 jy^ftj ■HJ ■MBBBBIIiSiIM jff building with integrity We are honoured to be awarded 2 Construction Excellence Awards R Built Environment Leadership Gold Award Green and Gracious Builder (Excellence) Award BF'*''S -wt if J jK Ev^nUii ill '(111 MlH'lll 111 HIIH III! t■ n [LLl^ 9 '0 IF" sf' r^B t&j*-
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    • 128 130 TWENTY k ARSON mvMjffi-: Mfffft IK Achieves Platinum ~—f*~ .^H **Si N fcw-^N 11 /s^s v* ■<■■■■ ftjL^*l^ LaSalle Investment Management is proud to i A j announce the award of a BCA Green Mark Platinum rating, the highest award of a sustainable building in p5 Singapore, for it's A-grade
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    • 682 131 AECOM Singapore Pte. Ltd. AECOM 0E)F) H fl (Formerly known as Maunsell Consultants (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.) "is proud to achieve Design Engineering Safety Llfff W® Excellence Merit Award" AECOM (NYSE: ACM) is a global provider of professional technical and management WJS| support services to a broad range of markets, including
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    • 586 132 ADVERTISING FEATURE SS^ Kovan Residences 0 Kovan Residences, a new Buildings are awarded the used in some building landmark in an old hometown, BCA Green Mark based on five elements. Kovan Residences which receives the Green Mark key criteria: also provides ample greenery Gold Award from the Building B Energy
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    • 144 134 zg~x Lan BenB Construction (1988) Pte Ltd I 111 L.S. Construction Pte Ltd Irr-r IT reen and Deenn Engineering Pte Ltd V^J "gg^ c 25 Playfair Road, Lian Beng Building, Singapore *****0 (A Member of Lian Beng Croup Ltd) 7 r Tel: (65) 6283 1468 Fax: (65) 6280 9360 Green
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    • 276 135 Jl energy-efficient buildings, H_ Platinum Winner Platinum Winner Platinum Winner Gold Winner |M^^_ ij National Library Building Applied Materials Singapore Operations Centre Credit Suisse Regional Data Centre Straits National Library Board, Applied Materials S.E.A. Pte Ltd Credit Suisse Trading Building Singapore Straits Developments Creating energy-efficient buildings in which we could
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    • 86 136 o I KNOCK, KNOCK/ 1 w X V^ Your Life. Live it well. Body\^v<v\ Quirks pr Why do you get a tingle I L" when you hit your elbow? I y^ And what's with goosebumps I 111 and cold sweat? II 1 pages 12-14 I 111 La Roche-Posay f\ I
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    • 369 137  -  Gloria Chandy Editor gloria@sph. com. sg Last week, psychologists, counsellors and other experts pointed to two weak links in sexuality information here: parents and teachers. Isn't that strange? The very people who should be providing children with this vital information the first people they
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      239 137 SATURDAY, MAY 30 Hearing Care: Talk on how to maintain your hearing. Free hearing test available. Loving Hearing Multi-Service Centre, 01-389 Block 210 Jurong East Street 21. 2 to spm. Free. To register, call 6338-9626. Joint And Bone Health: Learn how to spot the signs and symptoms of
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      • 776 139 It was not my usual Monday morning: two separate cases of panic attacks. One was a man, the other a woman and both were executives. The middle-aged man sat in front of me, embarrassed, as I read the referral letter on his panic attacks. Earlier that morning,
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    • 244 140 Banish bad breath with parsley? The claim: Eating parsley can eliminate bad breath. The facts: People have long tried to freshen their breath with parsley. Its fresh, strong flavour would seem to make it a natural deodoriser. And its deep green colour is a sign of ample
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      • 150 141 Women not on the pill added more than 00/o more muscle mass after pumping iron If you are a woman who pumps iron but is not seeing much muscle gain, your birth control pills might be partly the cause of it. A recent study included 73 women
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      • 159 141 The peppery flavoured leafy green arugula, or Eruca sativa, has become a popular way to spice up a salad. Now researchers in Saudi Arabia think that this herb, also known as rocket salad, may help prevent stomach ulcers. That is if a new animal study pans out
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    • 153 142 You can be overweight and still be otherwise healthy, found a new study in the United States. It also found that people who look great in a swimsuit can still be a heart attack waiting to happen. The study discovered that about half of
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      • 1053 143 mga A study showed that about 20, of Singaporean children aged between seven and 17 had eczema Never tell Ms Tan Boon Soo "to itch is human, to scratch is divine". The architect and interior designer, 39, learnt about four years ago that she has eczema although
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      410 144 a destructive emotion It's one I step more complex than anger. They're angry plus helpless. Dr Michael Linden, on post-traumatic embitterment disorder Bitter behaviour can be so deeply destructive that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness You know them. I know them. And, increasingly,
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    • 139 145 Scientists in Canada and China have developed a hardy material using human bile acids which they hope can be used to fill dental cavities. Dental cavities are presently plugged with either mercury or plastic, which raises worries they could be potentially toxic. In an
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        • 1862 146 A British study found that of rock music :oncert-goers reportei tinnitus or ringing in the ears IPins and needles The feeling of prickly numbness in our limbs, usually called "pins and needles", is a spontaneous sensation that is usually caused by temporary nerve compression, said Dr Josiah
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    • 337 148 Women smokers develop lung disease earlier than their male counterparts, says a recent study Women may be especially susceptible to the toxic effects of cigarette smoking, researchers in the United States said last week. They said women who smoke develop lung damage earlier in life
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        786 149 Snacks can be an important source of energy for Jf active kids. However, snacking becomes bad if it discourages the child from eating his main meals. Dr Irene Chan, a paediatrician at iKids Paediatric Practice (ids who ate nore vegetables and fruits and less fat were more likely to
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      • 700 150 ESENTIAL VACCINATIONS At birth: BCG against tuberculosis; first dose against hepatitis B 1 month: Second dose against hepatitis B 3 months: First dose against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT/DT); first dose against poliomyelitis (Oral Sabin) 4 months: Second dose of DPT/DT; second dose of
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      • 756 153  -  POON CHIAN HUI From treating heart attack patients to assault victims, Dr Mohan Tiru, 43, chief of the accident and emergency department at Changi General Hospital, never has a dull moment on the job. reports I decided to specialise in emergency medicine because... The pace of
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      • 543 154  -  POON CHIAN HUI Celebrity chef Bob Blumer has a few tricks up his sleeves, including how to get kids to eat and love cauliflower. POON CHIAN HUI reports He is surprisingly soft-spoken for someone who does wacky stuff like boat-racing in a raft made entirely out of
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        124 154 CAULIFLOWER POPCORN Ingredients 1 head cauliflower 1A cup olive oil 1 tbsp salt Method Preheat oven to 220 deg C. Cut out and discard I cauliflower core and thick stems. Trim remaining cauliflower into florets the size of golf balls. In a large bowl, add cauliflower, olive oil and
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        735 155  -  JUNE CHEONG Personal trainer Darren Stephen Lim tells how sports plays a large part in his life and keeps him fit and relaxed Darren Stephen Lim, 30 The personal trainer, who is also a part-time public relations executive at Zouk, weighs 66kg and is 1.73 m tall.
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    • 292 137 contents i 4 DOC TALK 15 SMOKING MORE Supervising Editor HARMFUL SumikoTan i— t-zi i<-mi «i-ki mm 5 FACT OR FICTION TO WOMEN Editor Gloria Chandy f- mm Cover page: 6 CAPSULES 1 6 RAISING f^ L jiiustrZ HEALTHY KIDS f > 8 SURVIVOR 22 THE PRO A Cheow 10
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    • 1641 138 kf GrOWinq "Ifc V***** ParkwayHealth™ I Years, B soft and flexible; they bend and crack rather sometimes associated with injury to any of WA W --jL 1^ II than shatter. In addition, the growth plates are the three major nerves about the elbow as I l| all II l^lr^l If
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    • 93 140 Ktt^*» v--^(r f Fi M Brown Rice'fe^r i^oSZ^ilS eed your baby with the 100% wholesome ™""J^?' si rgjj»™^^_ goodness of brown rice with natural ingredients. |LD] ll»»"»^/C«psill^ Si Sen Brown Rice Powder is filled with ftTb-^Sr ft»fc'^^ essential vitamins and minerals. Its smooth jiCHrm texture is specially formulated for your
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    • 606 142 Addressing concerns on infections in children JPfck All parents want the best for their children and constantly feL worry about their well being. Children who fall sick often W miss out on learning opportunities and playtime which affects their overall growth and development. I In this week's column, AlProf Daniel
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    • 403 144 PUBLIC hORUM DIABETES AND KIDNEY DISEASE 20 June 2009, Saturday 2pm to 3.30pm Novcna Medical Center 10 Sinaran Drive #08-23, Singapore *****6 (Located above Novena MRT) PROGRAMME 1.30pm Registration 2.00pm How to prevent Diabetic Kidney Disease Dr Ho Chee Khun, Renal Physician Advance Renal Therapy 2.30pm How do new medicines
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    • 338 148 Gut Bacteria and Food Related Diseases In view of recent rise in food related diseases, VITAGEN and the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Support Group have organised a public forum to address these concerns. We have invited speakers from the major hospitals in the public and private sectors to deliver lectures in
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