The Straits Times, 22 April 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Fined for mischief, but he's not sorry
      57 1 A FORMER chairman of the Laguna Park management committee has been fined $1,200 for acts of mischief against fellow residents. But Lee Kok Leong, 62, is not remorseful. He said yesterday that he could afford the fine, adding "I can spend $4,000 in
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      Lock icon S'pore-Italy research pact
      48 1 SINGAPORE research institute A*Star signed a cooperation agreement with Italy's talent-rich Lombardy region yesterday at the start of Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's four-day working trip to Italy. The pact highlights Singapore's need to focus on research and development, Mr Goh said. WORLD PAGE Al4
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      Lock icon SIA, pilots deadlocked
      46 1 SIA and its pilots' union have hit an impasse in negotiations over no-pay leave. The carrier, which is trying to cut costs amid a sharp decline in travel, has asked the Ministry of Manpower to step in and mediate. PRIME PAGE A 7
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      Lock icon Final push against Tigers
      58 1 SRI Lankan troops battled into the last redoubt of the Tamil Tigers yesterday after the deadline for the rebels to surrender passed without a response from the Tigers. Over 40,000 civilians have fled the no-fire zone but the rebels said more than 1,000 civilians had been
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    Lock icon Teary Ming Yi recalls early struggles to start Ren Ci
    1022 1  -  Selina Lum Carolyn Quek By Before monkhood he had only done a stint as a part-time tutor and worked a year for an uncle in an import-export shop selling reptile skins. BUDDHIST monk Ming Vi choked back tears several times
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    Lock icon Biometrics to make it tougher for illegals
    485 1  -  Jermyn Chow Teh Joo Lin Tapping a centralised database will allow officers to act quickly By J IT WILL become tougher to enter Singapore illegally as the Republic's immigration authority ramps up its use of biometrics to weed out identity fraud. To make
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    140 1 Biometrics Hub or Bio Hub: A database accessible to Home team agencies and the Manpower Ministry that stores physical or behavioural traits fingerprints, photos and eventually iris patterns and DNA profiles of all Singapore citizens and residents as well as blacklisted individuals. Mobile terminal: Enforcement officers can
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      35 1 SHARING CONTENT SINGAPORE BACKDROP fcflJi ST INTERVIEW One family, one Bollywood m Are we heading digital library comes to town fo r suicide peak? INDIGITALLIFE J"" I LIFE! PAGES C 2&3 PRIME, PAGE A 8
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        112 2 WE SAY Motor insurance is one service trade in which there is plenty of blame to go around but no one party will own up to its share of culpability. The new element of lawyers and doctors assisting in claims is
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        Lock icon Beyond Lee Kuan Yew
        35 2 COLUMNS It is a tribute to MM Lee that the Singapore he so passionately shaped will thrive beyond him and even his own party, says Ho Kwon Ping. REVIEW PAGE A2l
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        23 2 Smaller and nimbler teams are thriving under the new rules of Formula One, says Steve Slater. SPORTS PAGE 810
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        26 2 OUR READER SAYS Lawrence Loh says customers have to play their part too for good service to become entrenched. FORUM PAGE A 22
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        21 2 www.straitstimes.com Reme Ahmad says after sinking Tun Abdullah Badawi, Dr Mahathir Mohamad is now rocking PM Najib Razak's boat.
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      Lock icon What next, after a Colombo victory?
      874 2  -  Ravi Velloor Tigers may be defeated but Tamil grievances still need to be addressed By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF In Colombo, the man to fear is not so much the President as his brother, Gotabhaya, the defence secretary, who has an unbending attitude on
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      Lock icon Ex-condo chief scoffs at fine for mischief
      592 3  -  Elena Chong I can afford $1,200 fine, he says. He stuck glue in keyholes of two units By KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN FOR his acts of mischief in Laguna Park condominium, Lee Kok Leong, 62, former chairman of its management committee, was fined $1,200. Arms
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      Lock icon Press on with training, says PM
      532 3  -  Zakir Hussain By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THERE can be no let-up in the push to retrain workers as it will take "some time" for Singapore's battered economy to recover, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. "The problems will be with us for some time.
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      Lock icon New heart of city takes shape
      402 4  -  Joyce Teo By MORE than $22 billion of investments have been pumped into transforming Marina Bay and the vision of a prime waterfront location for living, working and playing is steadily taking shape. "In one or two years' time, this bay will be alive
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      Lock icon Fulfilling mentor's last wishes
      373 7  -  CAROLYN QUEK "The late Venerable Siong had wanted to do a medical centre or hospital for the people... With his last wishes in my mind, I wanted to do something for the less fortunate." Ming Vi on carrying out the Venerable Siong Khye's dying wish WHEN
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      182 7 THREE days have been set aside for Ming Vi to defend himself in his joint criminal trial with his ex-personal executive Raymond Yeung. The trial stems from an alleged unauthorised $50,000 loan that Ming Vi had issued to Yeung. The monk and Yeung each faces one charge
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      Lock icon SIA, pilots in no-pay leave deadlock
      565 7  -  Karamjit Kaur Airline asks MOM to mediate negotiations By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE Airlines and its pilots' union are still at loggerheads over the issue of no-pay leave to cut costs, weeks after negotiations began. Now, SIA has asked the Manpower Ministry (MOM) to step
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      395 6 Congratulations QUT Graduates! l 7 I >A m f QUT congratulates its newest graduates who attended a ceremony on Bα *> 21 April in Singapore. Over the past 17 years, more than 5,960 M s F wT" mi Singaporean students have completed degrees at QUT and their IM Mii -f
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      2054 8  -  Susan Long By I ENTERPRISE EDITOR A life spent studying death DR CHIA Boon Hock, 73, is Singapore's resident suicidologist and a walking repository of research on the motivations, methods and meanings of suicide. He has spent his life poring over coroner's reports, collecting data and
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      145 15 Congratulations I m LkSRi ■L f *>j to all T jPflj 4 A You are the reason why we are the World's Most Awarded Airport. Internationally acclaimed with more than 300 awards under our belt, Singapore Changi Airport is where we are today because of your unwavering support and loyalty.
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      116 16 T A M X Fctti/tJ £/l& ji/utt &Lee& I WEDNESDAY, 22 April 2009 Thanks to our supporters' determination to meet the delivery dateline, North Star will be opening its doors soon. And our heartfelt appreciation goes to the new owners for making this project a 100% success. With the final
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      457 20 MOTOR insurance premiums rose on average by half in the 10 years from 1998, from $672 to $1,013. Car owners are on notice that rates could rise healthily again this year, as the habit of filing ever bolder claims has not abated
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      811 20  -  Dani Rodrik rT^9i7VfM37BMi7Yt^Hfl*¥^H|7Y3 By WHAT a difference the financial crisis has made for the International Monetary Fund. It was just a few months ago that this important but unloved institution seemed destined to fall into irrelevance. The IMF has long been a whipping boy
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      785 20  -  Balan Moses SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA TIES By AS MAYHEM ruled outside the plush Cliff Beach Resort in Pattaya during the recent abortive Asean summit, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was working quietly inside towards a sea change in his country's relations with Singapore. The Malaysian Prime
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        Lock icon Singapore beyond Lee Kuan Yew
        1407 21  -  Ho Kwon Ping THINK-TANK By Mr Lee 7 s greatest legacy is that the Singapore which he so passionately shaped will outlive not only him, but even his own party should that ever come to pass. HISTORY judges great leaders by two criteria: first, whether
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        Lock icon The opium trade: A hazy state of affairs
        938 21  -  Bruce Gale BOOK REVIEW By SENIOR WRITER Title: The Golden Triangle: Inside South-east Asia's Drug Trade Author: Ko-Lin Chin Publisher: Cornell University Press (280 pages) THIS book deals with Myanmar's contribution to the illicit drug trade within the Golden Triangle, an area
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      389 23 singaporeair.com FOR MAKING US THE WORLD'S MOST AWARDED AIRLINE We're honoured to have received DestinAsian Readers Choice Business Traveller China Awards 2008 these most recent awards: Awards 2009 Best Airline in the World 1 Best Airline (Overall) Best Asian Airline Serving China Wk Skytrax World Airline Awards 2009 Best Airline
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      110 23 JK* WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, BLOGGED ABOUT AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm the real dimwits are those who don't MOST-READ ONLINE know how to use Facebook, or any other New club in town. applications, properly." Man gets jail, 15-year driving ban. WWW.Stomp.COm.Sg BLOGGED ABOUT TALKBACK Dimwits on Facebook? Says June: "I stom
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      Lock icon Electric cars to cruise on S'pore roads.
      653 23  - Electric cars to cruise on S'pore roads Christopher Tan Govt to test the green vehicles which are set to arrive by early next year By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT MOTORISTS could start breaking free of the tyranny of the pump as soon as early next year, when the first all-electric cars are
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      210 23  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN SALES of the first commercially available electric vehicle here have not been exactly electrifying. The E-Max scooter was approved by the Land Transport Authority last month. But so far, only one has been registered although distributor Zeco says it has received 10
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      Lock icon Permanent building will open in mid-July
      498 24  -  Nicholas Yong GEYLANG SERAI MARKET Stallholders hope nev premises will restore customer confidence By THE Geylang Serai permanent market is set to open in July about three months ahead of schedule. Stallholders were informed on Monday that they can start moving into the new
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      Lock icon Stall's appeal against suspension rejected
      452 24 OVERCHARGING AT NEWTON THE Newton hawker stall which fleeced a group of American tourists last month has had its appeal against its suspension turned down. Tanglin Best BBQ Seafood will be closed for three months until July 14. Its suspension began last Wednesday. The stall
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      444 25  -  Melissa Sim Lines at free clinics, even smaller outfits, growing longer in leaner times By QUEUES at free clinics are getting longer. People who find even polyclinics a strain on their wallets are going to these clinics for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) or Western medicine
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      Lock icon Dengue vaccine to be tested at 4 hospitals
      433 25  -  Jessica Jaganathan By SINGAPORE is starting a clinical trial to test a promising dengue vaccine, which could be the first such if it is successful. Over the next six months, 1,200 people will be recruited for the trial in four local public
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      Lock icon Road warrior tells tales of resilience
      923 26  -  Lee Siew Hua INSIDE STORIES AN EDB SOCIETY-STRAITS TIMES EVENT A wondrous journey as seen through the eyes of stalwart ex-EDB chief By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A SCARY bus ride in Detroit pulled Singapore's not-yet-developed economy onto a new road in the 1980s. Mr
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      Lock icon Defence harnesses Singapore's 'man-made competitive advantage'
      682 26  -  Kor Kian Beng By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT LUCRATIVE POTENTIAL "Suppose we had another 20 Sheng Lis in Singapore. How good that will be for the economy!" Former EDB chairman Chan Chin Bock, on the viability of the defence industry DEFENCE could be the way forward
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      251 26  -  JEREMY AU YONG IT DOES not matter if Singapore does not produce its own entrepreneurs. That was the stark point made by former Economic Development Board chairman Chan Chin Bock yesterday when asked about the country's apparent inability to produce its own successful companies.
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      Lock icon MM Lee's role in promoting investments
      528 26  -  Jeremy Au Yong By THAT'S OUR JOB "Investment promotion is an EDB function, not a PMO (Prime Minister's Office) function." Former EDB chairman Chan Chin Bock WHILE officers from the Economic Development Board (EDB) would lay the groundwork for attracting foreign investments, it sometimes
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      Lock icon PM Lee meets Shaanxi party boss
      50 26 PHOTO: Mr Zhao Leji (left), party secretary for Shaanxi province in China, called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana yesterday. Mr Zhao arrived in Singapore on Monday for a working visit. He will be returning home to China today. LIANHE ZAOBAO
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      525 28  -  Zakir Hussain New venues aimed at helping to cope with rising demand By SINGAPORE'S two main providers of training for jobless workers are expanding to cope with the surge in demand fuelled by the downturn. The Employment and Employability Institute (e2i), a one-stop training and job
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      551 29  -  Leow Si Wan 1,000 will be picked for tasks in each of the next four years that race is held here and paic By STUDENTS from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) were such a big hit at last year's Singapore Grand Prix
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      239 29 THE latest attraction on Sentosa was officially unveiled yesterday. Called Desperados, it is Singapore's first interactive shoot-out game with an Old West tavern theme. It allows up to 20 players to ride on motion-based saddles, gallop through an animated movie and gun down
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      Lock icon Woman gets probation for child neglect
      403 30  -  Elena Chong She had left her toddler on his own at a taxi stand and MRT station By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A WOMAN who twice left her toddler unattended last September was yesterday put on 18 months of supervised probation. Under this probation order from
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      303 30  -  Maria Almenoar By TWO prison inmates have been awarded the National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) at the Gold level. Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng presented Saiful, 25, and Qing Xiong, 24, (not their real names), with their awards at the
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      245 30  -  TEH JOOLIN THE case of a highly decomposed body found in some woods near Sembawang last Friday has taken a sinister twist it is now suspected to be foul play. In a statement yesterday, the police said they have arrested a 30-year-old man, a Chinese
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      395 31  -  Goh Yi Han By A NEW online learning portal promises to make learning Chinese fun for Primary 1 to 3 pupils. Developed by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and local company Creative Knowledge, it offers various word games to test the child's
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      Lock icon Coaxing small firms to 'go legit' with software
      485 31  -  Chua Hian Hou Ipos and trade groups dangle discounts to wean firms off bootleg copies By SMALL home-grown companies have been offered a less painful way to purge pirated software from their computers. If they run voluntary audits on their computers and
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      411 30 t Asthma CELEBRATE V WORLD ASTHMA DAY! 2 May 2009, Saturday Novena Velocity Mall LEAD AN ACTIVE SPORTING LIFESTYLE YES YOU CAN Asthma is a chronic disease that sometimes causes us to miss out on certain activities. But, people with asthma can still lead an active lifestyle and participate in
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      204 32 Deficit >lsec Going into Shanghai, McLaren's world champion Lewis Hamilton was 1.2435 ec and I.l2lsec behind pole-sitter Button in Australia and Malaysia respectively. The MP4-24 struggled to match the downforce of the front-running cars. The more downforce, the more grip and speed. McLaren's response After
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      Lock icon 'BIG 2 WILL BE BACK'
      759 32  -  Leonard Lim Coulthard confident Ferrari, McLaren will recover from poor starts By THE GOOD "It's important in the short term that fresh teams, fresh energy comes in because it stimulates interest and investment for the sport." THE BAD "Like in football, you get comfortable thinking
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      Lock icon The early birds are catching the worms
      707 32  -  Steve Slater DRIVER'SSEAT By Red Bull are smaller, but sharper, edgier, than McLaren. It sometimes means that they are fast but fragile, but when it all comes together, as it did last Sunday in Shanghai, they are hard to beat. THE Formula One
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      Lock icon BERBATOV UNDER FIRE FROM FANS
      649 33 But Ferguson defends Bulgarian, adding that United will move on LONDON: Lazy, unprofessional, infuriating. Not fit to clean Eric Cantona's boots. Juan Veron Mk 11. They were some of the more polite barbs aimed at Dimitar Berbatov on fans' forums on Monday, as Manchester United
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      Lock icon Berbatov – from hot to cold
      103 33 Berbatov from hot to cold AS THE campaign has heated up, Dimitar Berbatov has cooled down. Since Before Since Manchester United's win over Everton on Feb 1 Feb 1 Jan 31, the striker has been less accurate in front of goal and has not provided a single 20 Appearances 7
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      Lock icon Wembley pitch to be returfed in summer
      362 33 LONDON: The Wembley pitch, which has drawn scorn as a national embarrassment from Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson, is to be ripped up after the Football Association admitted that it was being forced to start again on the centrepiece of the £757 million
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      452 33 "There are big games all the time and when you play at Chelsea, you have to perform in them if you want to win trophies." DIDIER DROGBA, on whether Chelsea can last the pace LONDON: Didier Drogba believes Chelsea will prove they can last the
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      Lock icon ALLEN RESCUES CELTICS
      483 35 He makes tie-breaking three-pointer to help them level series at 1-1 Boston Celtics 118 Chicago Bulls 115 BOSTON: Ray Allen landed the final blow in a memorable duel with Ben Gordon on Monday night, shooting the Boston Celtics back into their first-round series. Allen made a tie-breaking
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      Lock icon Snooker star in probe for match-fixing
      237 35 LONDON: Snooker's world No. 2 Stephen Maguire has been interviewed by British police as part of an inquiry into alleged match-fixing. The probe centres on his match against fellow-Scot Jamie Burnett at the UK Championship in Telford on Dec 15. The sport's governing body,
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      127 35 MIKE Brown was honoured as the National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year on Monday after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to their greatest regular season. He guided the club to a franchise-record 66 wins, a second Central Division title and the No. 1 overall seeding in the
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      Lock icon Veteran pair inspire Bangalore to 92-run win
      277 35 PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa): Cricket's "golden oldies" Matthew Hayden and Muttiah Muralitharan powered the Chennai Super Kings to a 92-run win over the Bangalore Royal Challengers on Monday in the Indian Premier League. Australian Hayden, who departed the international scene recently at the
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        93 35 ROME: Juventus have appealed against a ruling ordering the Italian football giants to play their next Serie A home match in an empty stadium, because of the racist insults hurled by fans at Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli during a league match
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        83 35 BOSTON: Kenya's Salina Kosgei (above) outkicked Kara Goucher and defending champion Dire Tune in the last mile to win the Boston Marathon on Monday in the closest finish of the women's event. Kosgei was just a second faster than Tune, winning in 2hr 32min
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        55 35 WIMBLEDON: Prize money is going up by 6.2 per cent at Wimbledon this year. Organisers say the total prize fund will be £12.55 million (5527.6 million) for the June 22-July 5 tennis tournament. That compares to £11.8 million last year. The men and women's champions will
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        47 35 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia have appointed K. Rajagopal as coach of their struggling national football team. Rajagopal, the current Under-23 coach, will be in charge for the rest of Malaysia's 2011 Asian Cup qualifying campaign, for which they are bottom of their group. REUTERS
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      117 35 LONDON: British boxer David Haye wearing a T-shirt with a drawing of him holding the dismembered heads of both Wladimir Klitschko (left) and his brother, World Boxing Council champion Vitaly. World heavyweight champion Wladimir will fight Haye for the International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Organisation and International
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      260 35 Athletics Boston Marathon Men: 1 Deriba Merga (Eth) 2hr Bmin 42sec. 2 Daniel Rono (Ken) 2:09:32. 3 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:09:40. 4 Tekeste Kebede (Eth) 2:09:49. 5 Robert Kipkoech Chemiyot (Ken) 2:10:06. Women: 1 Salina Kosgei (Ken) 2:32:16. 2 Dire Tune (Eth) 2:32:17. 3 Kara Goucher (USA) 2:32:25. 4
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      303 9  -  GERARD WONG CHRISELLE Koh and Christel Fung shared the honour of being the first record-breakers at this year's Schools National Swimming Championships, which began at the Singapore Sports School yesterday. But the two teenagers could not have done so in more contrasting fashion. Raffles Girls' School
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      620 9  -  Valerie Chia SPORT IN SCHOOLS Chin Hwee wins 400 m hurdles despite taking it up only in February By IT WAS a stirring moment, a sight to behold. As Tanglin Secondary School's Ong Chin Hwee crossed the finish line of the Schools National Track and Field Championships'
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      Lock icon Montfort's eighth crown
      353 9  -  Jonathan Wong By SCHOOLS badminton powerhouses Montfort Secondary stretched their winning streak in the Pilot Pen Cup National In-ter-School Championships to eight years yesterday. But they were made to slog for almost three hours for the 3-2 win in the B Boys' final by a tenacious Raffles
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      Lock icon Home trounce Valencia
      309 9 IT HAS been a welcome return to form for Home United. The prolific Protectors followed last week's 3-0 win against Sengkang United in the S-League with a comfortable 5-1 Asian Football Confederation Cup victory over Club Valencia last night. P.N. Sivaji's side got off to the perfect
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      594 9 KUWAIT CITY: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has angrily denied "baseless" accusations that it was involved in "vote-buying" to influence the outcome of elections for a Fifa executive committee seat. The OCA, headed by Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah, has
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      652 34  -  Ravi Velloor Thousands continue to flee rebel-held area as claims, videos of brutality and bloodshed surface By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF LAS I UASPY Trapped Tamil Tigers may ha on the verge of total defeat after 25 years of rebellion. i About 40,000 civilians
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        495 10  -  Salim Osman Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Jakarta court finds them guilty of killing Christian and plotting other hits By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS JAKARTA: A court yesterday sentenced the leader of a new terrorist cell founded by Singaporean Mohammad Hassan Say- nudin to 12 years in prison for
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        Lock icon KL committed to Iskandar Malaysia's success, says Najib
        333 10 JOHOR BARU: The federal government is committed to the continued development of Iskandar Malaysia to turn the economic corridor in southern Malaysia into a new growth centre. In giving the assurance, Prime Minister Najib Razak said his administration's development policy on Iskandar
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        Lock icon Inter-Korea talks fail to see South's worker freed
        223 10 SEOUL: North Korea refused yesterday to release a seized South Korean worker during talks that were the first inter-govern-ment dialogue in over a year. The office of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak said late yesterday that Pyongyang has rejected Seoul's demand
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        Lock icon Scalded baby girl dies
        645 11  -  Ho Ai Li Death highlights rising child abuse in Taiwan; father faces attempted murder charge By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: A 10-month-old baby girl who was thrown into boiling water by her father has died after a three-day fight for survival, in a case which has put
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        Lock icon Jackie Chan in damage control mode as views spark backlash
        323 11 HONG KONG: Action star Jackie Chan's comments that freedom may not be good for China were taken out of context, his spokesman said yesterday, while Chinese scholars and Facebook users condemned him in a spreading backlash. The 55-year-old star of
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        Lock icon Ex-Thaksin aide now key player
        545 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh NEWS ANALYSIS Aborted Asean summit and attack on PAD lead© puts focus on politician By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: The appearance in Pattaya on April 10 of the armed "blue shirts" and last week's attempt to kill Mr Sondhi Limthongkul may signal a shift
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        Lock icon 2 senior Thai cops transferred over 'red shirt' riots
        217 12 BANGKOK: Two of Thailand's senior police officers have been transferred to inactive posts for failing to prevent "red shirt" protesters from storming the Asean summit in Pattaya more than a week ago. On Monday, national police chief Patcharawat Wongsuwon signed an
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        Lock icon Govts 'spend too little' to avert climate disasters
        288 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Governments are committing only a tiny fraction of what has been spent on bailing out bankrupt corporations to preparing for years of increasingly destructive disasters spawned by climate change, experts with the international aid organisation Oxfam
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        Lock icon World's tallest?
        74 12 Mr Zhao Liang, who may be the world's tallest person at 2.46 m, stands with his mother before foot surgery at a hospital in Tianjin, China, last week. The 27-year-old was recently measured by doctors treating him for a foot injury. He was found to be I some
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        Lock icon Osama welcome in Swat Valley, says Taleban
        281 12 MINGORA (Pakistan): An agreement by Pakistan to allow the Swat Valley to implement Islamic laws has prompted militants there to welcome the visit of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. A local spokesman for the Taleban, which controls the Swat Valley, said he would
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        Lock icon China's nuclear subs to go on show for first time
        464 13 Display at naval gathering is a sign of growing confidence in navy's advanced weaponry QINGDAO: China plans to show off its nuclear submarines at a major international naval gathering this week, state media reported yesterday, the first known public appearance
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        Lock icon Japan PM makes offering to Tokyo war shrine
        281 13 TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has sent an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, seen by many as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, said a spokesman for the shrine yesterday. News of the offering a 50,000 yen (Ss76o) evergreen sakaki plant
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        759 14  -  Aaron Low A*Star agreement with Lombardy aimed at increasing cooperation in biotechnology, health By KEEPING AHEAD "Singapore cannot just manufacture low-end products or even high-end products that other countries can do. We are trying to create wealth by having new ideas." Senior Minister Goh Chok
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        803 15  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS Financial crisis brings to surface inherent tensions between PM and President By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: When Mr Vladimir Putin stepped down as president of Russia last May, he left nothing to chance. Mr Putin retained all the levers
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        Lock icon Somalian in US to face piracy charges
        71 15 ADQum waii-i-ivmsi un nanacuiisj nas arnvea in Mew YorK to race what are believed to be the first piracy charges in the United States in more than a century. The teenager was one of four people who allegedly hijacked the Maersk Alabama, a
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        Lock icon Somali pirates account for half of global attacks
        252 15  -  K. C. Vijayan By THERE were 102 pirate attacks worldwide in the first three months of this year, almost twice the number in the same period last year. Blame the jump on the gun-toting buccaneers in the Aden Gulf and off Somalia,
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        Lock icon Marrying form and functionality
        1128 17 Global Orion decided to give its projects an additional 'oomph' by offering unique and stylish designs A BRAND-NEW player is looking to shake up the property scene here with its distinctive offerings in the industrial sector. Global Orion Properties, a real estate firm set up in
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        Lock icon Downturn: Even vice feels pinch
        475 18 Now on special offer at Germany's brothels: Unlimited sex for $137 HARD TIMES "You can't charge for the extras anymore...Everyone wants a deal. Special promotions are essential these days." Ms Karin Ahrens, who manages the Yes, Sir brothel in Hanover BERLIN: It did not take
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        Lock icon Japan's yakuza laying off gangsters as crisis hits mob investments
        503 18 TOKYO: They made their money with sex, drugs and gambling but then invested much of it in high finance now Japan's yakuza have their backs to the wall as the economic crisis takes aim. Just like the legitimate businesses they
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        Lock icon Obama orders $150m cut in federal budget
        315 18 WASHINGTON: In his debut Cabinet meeting this week, President Barack Obama ordered his government to cut US$lOO million (Sslso million) from the US federal budget within 90 days, with an eye on the ballooning deficit. But Mr Obama's Republican critics mocked his initiative
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        531 19 Consensus reached a day after Iran's anti-Israel speech sparked outrage GENEVA: A United Nations meeting on racism yesterday adopted a final declaration against racism, xenophobia and intolerance, a day after an anti-Israel speech by Iran's President triggered a mass walkout. "Ladies and gentlemen,
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          87 19 LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he plans a major crackdown on MPs' expenses, amid public worries that legislators are abusing their allowances. He said yesterday he is putting forward plans to scrap a number of allowances and lower the total amount that lawmakers can
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          Lock icon Rapist cabby jailed
          101 19 LONDON: London taxi driver John Worboys, 51, has been sentenced to a minimum of eight years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a dozen female passengers. Prosecutors said that over a period of 18 months before his arrest in February, the driver of one of London's
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          136 19 BOGOTA: Colombian officials have confirmed that a man accused of raping his daughter for more than 20 years and fathering eight children with her is her biological father, in a case recalling Austria's Josef Fritzl, dubbed the "monster dad". According to a report late Monday by the
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          Lock icon US targets terror suspect
          84 19 WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed financial sanctions on an alleged terrorist leader accused of trying to carry out attacks at last year's Olympic Games in China. The Treasury Department's target is Abdul Hag, head of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party which the US says supports
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          Lock icon China, Russia ink deal
          118 19 BEIJING: China and Russia yesterday finalised an agreement under which Moscow will supply Beijing with oil for 23 years in exchange for US$25 billion (Ss3B billion) in loans to Russian state firms. "China and Russia have agreed to a package of deals on oil pipeline construction,
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          106 19 MANILA: A top rebel commander and 20 of his men have surrendered to troops in the southern Philippines. Mabaning Andamun Lucsadato is the highest ranking member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to have surrendered since fighting broke out last August over a failed peace settlement,
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      101 34 [M WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm condemned the veteran actor as the MOST-READ ONLINE backlash to his comments spreads. Miss USA 2009 crowned. Should people take the comments of ac- Hijacker surrenders. tors and musicians seriously? Join the discussion on www.straitstimes.com YOUR SAY Jackie Chan's comments
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      268 35 Today Ch26, Friday, 3am). Basketball NBA Play-offs Ist rd, Game 2: Utah Jazz v LA Football Lakers (Live, Ch23, 10.30 am). S-League: Sengkang v Woodlands (Hougang, 7.45pm). Cricket Spanish Primera Liga: Villarreal v Huelva (Live, IPL: Bangalore v 'tmMFL Cn2l Frida V' 2am Gi i on v Espanyol, Mallorca v
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  • OBITUARIES
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      175 36 "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8 KOH JESSIE nee SONG Age: 81 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 April 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Koh Khek Wee
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      67 36 The Directors of Qi Ji Pte Ltd and the Lim family of the late MDM TAN KAH BOEY Departed on 16 April 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during our recent
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      162 36 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 FOO YONG PAT Age: 52 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 April 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife:
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      73 36 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Hoon Koh Chin Departed: 22-04-06 Time may heal the broken heart Time may make the wound less sore But can never stop the longing For the loved one gone before Gone from our lives but in our hearts forever near Always remembered by loved
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      40 36 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of Tan Chian Ying Departed: 22 April 2006 Take her in Thy arms, dear Lord, And ever let her be A messenger of love Between our hearts and Thee. Fondly remembered by family loved ones
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      44 36 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Benjamin Tham Wai hum on the demise of his beloved wife DR LIM JEN PEI Departed on 18 April 2009 From Chairman, Heads Of Depts All Staff of the Division of Obstetrics Gynaecology XX Women's Children's Hospital
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      31 36 10th Annivesary In Loving Memory Of WEE PENG CHUAN Departed 22.04.99 Dearly missed and remembered by Beow, Tze Lin, Tze Wee, Pei Fong, Oi Yee, Jean, Scan, Lynn, Rae loved one;
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      28 36 [N LOVING MEMORY OF YONG SOON SON Departed: 22 April 2005 Today recalls sad memories, Of a dear mother gone to rest. Sadly missed by all loved ones.
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      111 36 Sri Akhand Path Sahib Ist Anniversary Meeting with the humble devotees, sing the Praises of the Lord. The pains of millions of incarnations shall be eradicated. (SGGS page 720) SARDAR SHER SINGH DHALIWAL Village Dhuankhe Nishan 1922 to 5 May 2008 It has been 1 year since you left us.
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      37 36 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Benjamin Tham Wai hum on the demise of his beloved wife DR LIM JEN PEI Departed on 18 April 2009 From CEO, CMB All Staff of XX Women's Children's Hospital
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      46 36 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of THERESA TEO HWEE SIANG Departed: 22 Apr 2005 Peaceful beyour rest, dear mother, i It is sweet to breathe' your name; As in life we loved you dearly, So in death we do the same. Always remembered by loved ones
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      16 36 r ith Fond Memories GohKokMeng Anthony Departed: 22 April 96 Dearly missed by Loved Ones. r?j
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      78 36 Ist Anniversary Thalia Thevasam RAJOO RAMAKRISHNAN (BELL, MEESAI) Departed 4 May 2008 Our heart is sore As time goes by We miss you more. Your loving smile, your gentle face, No one can fill your vacant place. Missed Always Remembered by Wife: Sivapakiam Sons: Haridass, Yuvaraja Ramesh All Family members
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      57 36 The family of the late DESMOND LIM KIM HOE Departed 17 April 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 FCBC and members, Jeremy Chia and
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      54 36 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of ARUMUGAM PUSPHANATHAN (Sunny/ Puspha) Departed: 22 April 2006 Dearest Appa, You toiled all those years for us, You suffered alone and long. We are glad you could go, To eternal peaceful rest. We love you Always remembered by: Wife: Naleeny Daughters: Sangeetha Lavanya Mother:
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      17 36 3rd Anniversary In loving Memory DEREK CHER KENG WEE Dearly missed always remembered by family loved ones
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        744 37  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Sudden rise at day's end runs against sombre trend in regional markets By ing off their positions for the day," noted remisier James Chen. The STI started the day on a dour note when it fell by as much
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          96 37 STRAITS TIMES INDEX FTSE STOCKS Mid Cap 384.87 T -6.23 Basic materials 190.99 0.46 Utilities 296.65 2.37 Small Cap 314.45 T -4.05 Industrials 419.98 12.51 Financials 447.38 T -2.52 All Share 451.48 1.12 Consumer goods 429.40 T -4.43 Technology 433.54 y -3.84 Fledgling 421.18 -11.41 Health care 405.25 T
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          202 37 Yesterday's close: 8,711-33 (-213.42) »Japanese shares slid 2.4 per cent as bad loans at Bank of America revived fears about the US financial system, while a stronger yen hit exporters. 11 Yesterday's close: 966.60 (-1.77) Malaysian shares closed 0.18 per cent down, with investors selling off selected blue chips
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            411 37 Apr 21 JHH DBXT S&P Short 10USS.. GLD 10USS CerebosPac MOIL SI A F8N IndoAgri DBS Grp Tri-H MeghmaniSDS Jardine C8C HI SPH ComfortDelGro GenMag Lyxor India Nifty 10 ST Engg Swissco CapitaMall CENTS 2400 626.9 21.0 7604 277.3 2.5 8734 250.2 1.9 295 25 0 9
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            440 37 Apr 21 CENTS DCBC Bk BNPePW*****2 20 KepCorp RB ePW*****6 ...84.5 STI 1950BNPePW*****9 ...21.5 STI 1950 DBePW*****3 54.5 UOB BNP ePW*****7 59 CoscoCorpBAReCW***** ...15.5 Aztech W*****6 4 SGX BNP ePW*****6 19.5 STI 1650 DBePW*****1 8 STI 1750 DBePW*****4 6 STI1600BNPePW*****9 16 DBS BNP ePW*****9 22.5 DBS DB
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            184 37 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Chart SemiCond 17.5 Golden Agri 36 Sunmoon 0.5 SingTel 251 UniFiber 4 IndoAgri 86 •StarCruises 13.5 China Hongxing 14.5 CapitaLand 279 Cosco Corp 108 Centillion 1 lade Tech 2.5 Noble Grp 131 Gent Intl 61.5 StraitsAsia 114 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -1.4
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            104 37 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Apr *****9 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.0480 1.0800 Can dollar 1.2110 1.2260 Euro 1.9410 1.9640 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4132 0.4141 NZ dollar 0.8290 0.8470 Sterling pound 2.1800 2.2060 US dollar 1.5040 1.5200 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN
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            378 37 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 594.8 306.1 185 370 1792.9 503 67.5 105.8 ■■■■I 3580 1834 1250 416 270 319 1634 962 438 201 459 355 501 473 394 312 2170 571 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 405
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            641 37 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +OR■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 133 132 272 157 78.5 208 243 165 65 75 198 199 314 129 138 322 765 334 372 287 170 624 565
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      597 38 Countries already in recession Brazil Ireland Britain Japan Denmark New Zealand France Russia Germany Singapore Iceland Spain Italy United States Estimate for US almost twice six months ago; Australia in recession WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday that worldwide financial institutions
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      608 38 44,000 jobs lost IN TODAY'S tough hiring market, more than 44,000 jobs have been lost to mergers and acquisitions so far this year, up from 8,000 last year, said Mr John Challenger, chief executive of job search firm Challenger, Gray Christmas Inc. "The
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      468 38 NEW YORK: A blog on an obscure website claiming access to leaked results of United States banks' stress test has ricocheted around the Internet. Mr Hal Turner a former controversial right-wing radio host wrote on his Turner Radio Network Blog on Sunday
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        350 39  -  Francis Chan Omega Capital did not renew licence, which it has held since 2003 By AN ADVISORY firm criticised last year for failing to meet industry standards has been struck off as an accredited issue manager after failing to renew its operating licence.
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        347 39  -  Fiona Chan By AFTER more than two months as acting chief executive officer of Mobile One (Ml), Ms Karen Kooi Lee Wah has been officially appointed to the post at the telco. Ms Kooi, 53, will step into the job today, Ml
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          78 39 SINGAPORE Press Holdings announced yesterday that its wholly-owned unit, SPH Magazines, and Chinese company Rainbow China Media Holdings, have established Shanghai Goal Media Management Consultancy Co (SH-Goal Media). SPH Magazines will hold 33.3 per cent of the firm, with the remaining 66.7 per
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          52 39 FRAGRANCE Land, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fragrance Group, is buying an 86.3 sq m plot of freehold land in Balestier Road for $115,000. Fragrance will amalgamate the plot with another it acquired in April, and will start building an 18-storey block of residential apartments later
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          88 39 BEAUTY China Holdings has received a proposal from Dunross Asia, on behalf of other investors, including the Dunross Group and Zesiger Capital Group, to undertake a rights issue of ordinary shares to raise $32.1 million. It wants two new shares issued for each existing
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      705 40  -  Francis Chan Six companies bound for Milan trade fair tc showcase local flair By SIX furniture companies are shrugging off falling consumer demand to venture overseas to showcase the group's products. The firms Air Division, Getz Bros Co, Koda, Office Planner, Star Furniture Industries and
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      266 40  -  Linette Lai By THREE not-for-profit organisations have joined forces to help support home-grown enterprises during the economic slowdown. The Business Angel Network (South East Asia) (Bansea), Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA), and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Singapore signed
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        1165 41  -  Lee Su Shyan It finds smarter ways of doing things amid crises and helps clients do so too By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR IF YOU are one of the people left bamboozled by new-fangled marketing terms such as brand architecture, grab a packet of
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        219 41 BONSEY Design Partnership's founder and managing director, Mr Jonathan Bonsey, said the firm did not lay anyone off during the Asian financial crisis. In fact, "we decided to spend our way out of the crisis...We employed quality sales people so we could grow our way
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      487 42  -  Alvin Foo Attachment plan to lend experience while firms benefit from fresh blood By ST PHOTO: The programme will give fresh graduates opportunities to be attached to maritime companies and earn a monthly allowance, and provide participating maritime companies with "an extra hand" at
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      59 42 Bunker Award: Global Energy Trading Excellence in Training Development Award: Nanyang Technological University Singapore Registry of Ships Ship Owner of the Year Award: Ocean Tankers Maritime Service Provider Award: Standard Asia Offshore and Marine Engineering Award: Keppel Offshore Marine International Maritime Centre (Corporate) Award: BW Group
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      714 42  -  Robin Chan By A RESPECTED voice in the shipping sector has cautioned that the industry could face at least three more hard years. Dr Helmut Sohmen, chairman of the BW Group, a leading shipping company, told The Straits Times yesterday that shipowners need to
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      341 43  -  Joanna Seow By INDIAN edible oil company X S Oils aims to take its domestic success worldwide by setting up its international headquarters (IHQ) in Singapore to tap regional supply and markets. Its fully-owned subsidiary, X S Natural Resources (KSNR), was awarded IHQ
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      441 43  -  Gabriel Chen He admits aiding scam by reporting inaccuracies that cost firm $122 m By THE supervisor of a trader convicted of making false entries that eventually cost his firm US$Bl million (Ssl22 million) pleaded guilty yesterday to helping facilitate the scam. Takayoshi Wada, 46,
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      596 44  -  Alvin Foo Nations can help find effective solutions to common concerns: Java By ASIAN nations need to adopt active roles in coming up with effective solutions to address common shipping concerns such as security and environmental challenges. Such challenges could limit
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      277 45 «\?m ad c i n jj™ Singapore Director Priyadarshan is shooting his latest action comedy, I starring Bollywood A-lister Katrina Kaif I shop in town. C 2&3 I V 1 DESIGN: SALLY LAM ST PHOTOS: LIM Will LIANG, DESMOND FOO JiSH$ £v v' »?U 9ffi "T*- k My worsening greying
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        321 46 India's comedy circus has hit town. And when all the funny men Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Paresh Rawal, Sharad Saxena and Tinu Anand are gathered in one place, you can expect the jokes to fly fast and furious as Life! discovered after IV2 days on the
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        846 46  -  deepika shetty Indian director Priyadarshan is not only shooting his latest film in Singapore, but has also set ur. a firm and moved his kids here 'I am committed to growing this business. My entire focus is movies' Director Priyadarshan (above) India's most sought after film director
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        269 46 Priyadarshan says he chose to shoot his latest blockbuster in Singapore even though he failed in his application for funds from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). The director of 77 films said he had applied for the board's Film-In-Singapore scheme, which was set up
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        802 47 What Priyadarshan says "It is mediocre. I'm not saying we don't have our problems, but it is not like everything is wrong in India. I've read the book and enjoyed it very much. I think the film-makers completely mutilated the book. Any Indian film director would
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        259 47 Indian film-maker Priyadarshan grew up in Trivandrum, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. His father, Poojappura Soman Nair, was a college librarian and a dramatist who introduced him to reading. Priyadarshan wanted to be a cricketer but when a cricket ball injured his left
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        476 47  -  huang lijie food reporter Fine dining in Singapore is enjoying its moment in the international gastronomic spotlight after modern restaurant Iggy's snagged a spot on the S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants list. The four-year-old establishment by restaurateur Ignatius Chan made it to No. 45,
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      364 48  -  cara van miriah The case filed by London-based group against ex-licensee Lifeßrandz settled London-based entertainment company MSHK Group has dropped the lawsuits it filed against its former Singapore licensee, Lifeßrandz, which used to operate the Ministry Of Sound (MOS) Singapore dance club and Kandi Bar by Hed
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      418 48  -  tay suan chiang When Resorts World at Sentosa opens next year, young visitors can crash out in their own loft beds after a day at the Universal Studios theme park. The family-friendly Festive Hotel has designed most of its 390 rooms with loft beds. Parents
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        444 49  -  MAGIQUE! (PG) "WEWfamilv drama/musical 88 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Ten-year-old Tommy (Louis Dussol) lives with his mother Betty (Marie Gillain) on a honey farm in rural Canada. He has never known his father and imagines him to be an astronaut. When a kindly doctor tells him that
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        625 49  -  boon chan Director Philippe Muyl brings the big top to a child in his latest film media correspondent French film-maker Philippe Muyl declares that he detests the circus. This might sound strange given that his latest film Magique! is about a 10-year-old boy who invites a travelling big
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        119 50 'If you come to our concerts, it's not just a bunch of old people' Depeche Mode's Andy Fletcher (right) on how the group is still cool 'She is ridiculously beautiful. I said to her one time that I was just so happy not to be in
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        645 50  -  ong sor fern Competent actors save this movie with flawed script and workmanlike action sequences |review[nßlS THE INTERNATIONAL (PG) 118 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) works with American prosecutor Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) to investigate the shady dealings of the International
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        529 51 Remake of slasher movie Friday The 13th cuts to the quick with fast pace, more gore and twists Ireviewfffff I FRIDAY THE 13TH (M 18) 97 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Clay (Jared Padalecki of TV's Supernatural) has come to Camp Crystal Lake to search for sister
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          152 51  -  JANGAN TEGUR (BE SILENT) (PG) 85 minutes/Opens tomorrow/*-**** City girl Natasya (Julia Ziegler) wakes up from a coma after a car accident and starts seeing a long-haired, white-robed spirit. So she susses out the village nearest to her accident site through Google Earth, no less to find out
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          154 51  -  GU GU THE CAT (PG) Jocelyn Lee 116 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** Single comic book artist Asako is so depressed when her pet cat of 15 years, Sava, dies of old age that she stops drawing. Then she buys an adorable kitten which she names Gu Gu, and its antics
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        444 51 New York Two newspapers hit hard by a historic downturn won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for exposing sex scandals that brought down a governor and a big-city mayor in what was hailed as a victory for old-fashioned watchdog journalism. The New York Times took five Pulitzers,
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      499 52  -  fiona low Nature photographer James Balog gives cold facts on melting glaciers Nature photographer James Balog has been attacked by grizzly bears, African lions and elephants in his line of work. But none of this has deterred the American photojournalist from pursuing and appreciating his craft. "All these
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        386 54 Mumbai Police are investigating claims and counter-claims by the parents of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali, after allegations emerged that her father tried to sell her to an undercover reporter. Rubina's mother Khurshid Begum filed a complaint with Mumbai police on Sunday after News Of
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        233 54 London Susan Boyle has a rival. Days after the Scotswoman won global fame with her audition performance on TV show Britain's Got Talent, a 12-year-old Welsh schoolboy looks set to topple her as a favourite to win. Appearing on the show, aired on Saturday, Shaheen Jafargholi (below)
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        254 54 Hong Kong And the award for Worst Editing goes t0... TVB. The broadcaster has raised the ire of viewers and film-makers with its handling of the Hong Kong Film Awards show on Sunday. Viewers complained about its decision to cut short a speech by Best
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        109 54 DAN BROWN'S NEW THRILLER Six years after the release of his mega-selling The Dα Vinci Code, author Dan Brown will release The Lost Symbol. The thriller, set during a 12-hour period and featuring Dα Vinci Code symbolist Robert Langdon, will be out in stores in September. The first printing
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      320 97  -  Tham Yuen-C Quek Hong Shin Have you ever wondered what happens when you type in a query in Google's search field? and go behind the scenes of the search engine Google sends out Web crawlers, known as Googlebots, that go through all the Web pages on
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      625 98  -  IRENE tHAM Mobile technology allows Subway to conduct surprise hygiene checks at its 66 outlets. reports FREQUENT and thorough spot checks with on-the-spot feedback via mobile broadband smarts is Subway's proud formula to fresh and hygienic food. These principles have kept its tills ringing and Subway
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      561 100  -  RAVI SHEKHAR PANDEY Playing facilitator rather than dictator when rolling out mobile systems is the way to go. reports MOBILITY drives business. More companies are realising that a mobile workforce is more productive, can respond better to customer needs and yields a more seamless workflow because
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    733 101  -  THAM YUEN-C Architect Gruffud ab Owain is inspired by Singapore's HDB flats. He speaks to HE HAD come to Singapore looking for a challenge in 1997. After four years working as an architect first in Dublin then in Cardiff, Gruffud ab Owain, 38, decided it was time to
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    102 101 Be the first to create art with light submit your ideas for the HP Lightropolis. Your entry may be among the first in Singapore to be showcased on various media facades on the iconic new mall, lon Orchard. Winners will walk away with customised
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    83 101 HP'S workstations come with HP Performance Tuning Framework software that automatically tunes the workstation, finding and installing the proper drivers. This type of tuning can result in significantly improved performance and system and software stability. To further ensure stability for its customers, HP certifies drivers for commonly
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      825 102  -  Sherwin Loh Resident Evil 5 By IN THE world of movies and entertainment, even zombies evolve. They have gone from being slow and lumbering to agile, quick-thinking beasts of horror lore. In Resident Evil (RE) 5, game publisher and developer Capcom have adapted to this by crafting
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      161 102 Unlimited items Although this can affect your ranking at the end of the level, simply restart the level when you run out of health or ammo. You will regain all the items you had before you quit but the new level will have fresh units of all items
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      387 102  -  Uno Rush Oo Gin Lee By Oo Gin Lee UNO sounds terribly boring for an oldie like me who, when it comes to board games and video games, has been there and done that. But as its name suggests, this version will put you in a
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      423 104 Network Media Hub NMH-305 from Linksys by Cisco $499, from Sim Lim Square and Funan Digital Life Mall THE Network Media Hub (NMH) from Linksys by Cisco looks like yet another network attached storage (NAS) device. It has all the usual components hard disk drive, space for
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      289 104 Audio Technica ATH-ES7 $248, from authorised dealers DECKED out in pretty white or black jackets and with reflective mirrors on its cans, these headphones look cool enough to please finicky teenagers. Not just a good-looker, these headphones are also well-muscled in the music playback department. Its sound technology
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      363 104 Toshiba NBIOO Notebook $639, from authorised Toshiba dealers DESPITE having more than enough time to scope out the competition, Toshiba's first mini notebook offering, the NBIOO does not stand out. From its ordinary look and feel, I get the feeling that the NBIOO, which comes
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      333 106  -  Irene Tham By Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T9O $569, from Sony authorised retailers THIS ultra-compact point-and-shoot camera has given this amateur photographer every reason to be lazy. Packed into the T9o's slim body, which is 15mm thin, are smarts like Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) and Optical Steady Shot
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      347 106  -  PLANTRONICS Mike Lee PHOTO: By Mike Lee, a freelance writer Plantronics Voyager 835 $179 (with GST), from authorised resellers THE Plantronics Voyager 835 is a Bluetooth headset that is comfortable to wear and easy to use. I find that it reduces distracting background noise effectively, too. Unlike
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      382 106  -  Sherwin Loh By Sherwin Loh Motosurf A3lOO $639 (without operator plan), from mobile phone shops I DO not like the clunky Windows Mobile interface and while the A3lOO aims for easier navigation, the effort falls short. Weighing 119g, the candy-bar device features a 2.8-inch touchscreen and
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      375 107  -  Sherwin Loh By Asus NBlVg $2,198, from major retailers THE plain black glossy exterior and light brown interior design does not do this notebook any justice. Nestled alongside the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and under the 14-inch high-definition LCD screen is the high-end Nvidia
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      438 107  -  Alfred Siew By Logitech Z-5 speakers $169, from retailers at Funan DigitaLife Mall WHEN I popped this pair of speakers out of the box, I did not have high hopes for them. After all, they plug directly to a PC via USB, meaning that they not only
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      333 107  -  Irene Tham By Sony Ericsson HBH-ISBOO Bluetooth headphones $218, from authorised resellers IF YOU like your songs discreet, then this neat set of wireless stereo Bluetooth earphones will be music to your ears. The two earbuds do not just allow you to answer phone calls hands
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      567 108 Not sure whether a candy bar or a slider suits you more? TAN CHONG YAW tells you what to look for in a cellphone KEANU Reeves used my cellphone in The Matrix. Okay, it was not my phone that he used in the 1999 sci-fi flick but it
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      190 108 How do I put my grandson's photo into my phone so that I can see his smiling face each time I use the phone? The easiest way is snap a photo of your grandson using the phone's built-in camera. For the best results, shoot the photo
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      855 109  -  SHERWIN LOH Sony's Tetsuhiko Yasuda tells I IUW the Play Station 3 and Play Station Portable became top-sellers here I hope the price of the PS3 will drop as soon as possible as this will increase the sales in Asia... but it has not been decided. Tetsuhiko Yasucla,
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