The New Paper, 31 March 2009

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1 48 The New Paper

  • News
    • 49 2 / 3 ‘Nothing istaboo’ (TNP, 26 Mar): We said Wong Li-lin took on the role of a customs officer in an episode of Unexpected Access. It should have been an ICAor checkpoint officer. ‘KillerPrince’s Rampage’ (TNP, 30 Mar): In our infographics, the wrong picture of Nepal’sformer Queen Aishwarya was used.
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    • 862 2 / 3  -  AVAnets 48 exotic animals in island-wide raid REPORT: TEH JEN LEE jenlee@sph.com.sg THE list reads like one from the Little Shop of Horrors. A total of 48 wild or endangered animals, including snakes, giant spiders, exotic lizards and other reptiles were seized during raids by
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    • 387 2 / 3  -  STREETTALK COMMENT: REGGIE J tnp@sph.com.sg COMINGtoastreet near you– Google’sStreet View. It is already in the US, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. And a car with a mounted camera has been seen in Bishan and other places in Singapore. You may soon be able
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    • Article, Illustration
      984 4 / 5  -  S’poreanoneoftwoarrestedforallegedlycheatingman ofmillionsofdollarswith‘cheap’goodsthatdon’texist REPORTS:ARUL ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg THEY claimed to have cheap electronic goods to sell. They even took the prospective buyer to a warehouse in Indonesia filled with boxes of electronic items like MP3 players and Nintendo game consoles. But once they were paid, the goods failed to
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    • 11 4 / 5 HARESH SHARMA’S ‘THREE IN A ROW’ WIN STREETOpinionTALKOpinionated commentary on trends
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  • News Exclusive Interview With Nepal Prince
    • 1132 6 / 7  -  In the final part of our seriesonNepal’sformer crown prince, we learn abouthislifeinS’pore and meet the woman who helped him settle in S’poreanhelpedthisprince,but... REPORT: CLEMENT MESENAS tnp@sph.com.sg Veteran journalist Clement Mesenas is now a public relations adviser with Bang PR. A SINGLE call made by this
      TNP PICTURE: CHOO CHWEE HUA; PICTURE: ANGELLA CHENG  -  1,132 words
    • 769 6 / 7  -  PRINCE PARAS: REPORT: CLEMENT MESENAS,S MURALI tnp@sph.com.sg Veteran journalist Clement Mesenas is now a public relations adviser with Bang PR. S Murali is the associate editor of The New Paper. HE IS all charm and grace when he meets us, hands
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    • 391 8  -  STREET TALK COMMENT: S MURALI muralis@sph.com.sg AS THOUGH they had copied each other, nearly every article on former crown prince Paras in news archives describeshim as“boorish”and “unpopular”. But face to face with the man, veteran journalist Clement Mesenas and I got a different
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    • 198 8 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON j External System ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SINCE 1858 Stay where you are and graduate with a world-class qualification. From accounting to business, computing, economics, law, and management and social sciences, find out about our range of courses at www.londonexternal.ac.uk/sg Chow Kin Keong chose to study for a BSc
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  • Local News watch
    • 40 9 EQUIPPEDFORSUCCESS:SingaporePressHoldings(SPH)unveiled its new corporate logo yesterday to mark its 25th anniversary celebrations. Said SPH chairman Tony Tan (below, right) on the need foralogochange:“WithSPHmovingbeyondprint,wethinkitistime to rebrand ourselves to better represent our current portfolio and futuredirection.”PresidentSRNathan(left)wastheguestofhonour. PICTURE: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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    • 300 9 RESHUFFLINGOFS’PORECABINET ANOTHER step in the long process of self-re-newal that’s how Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has described his recent Cabinet reshuffle. Mr Lee met the Singapore media for an hour-long news conference at the Istana yesterday to explain his rationale
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    • 92 9 SIXTY-SEVEN workers died in work accidents last year, compared with 63in 2007 putting a dent in Singapore’s push to keep its worksites safer. Still, the workplace fatality rate inched lower to 2.8 deaths per 100,000 workers, compared with 2.9 in 2007. A total of 11,072 workers were
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    • 102 9 TWENTY tea products from Myanmar have been recalled by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), and will be destroyed. Auramine O, a yellow dye used as an industrial colouring agent for colouring silk, cotton, paper and leather, is not permitted to be used in food.
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    • 97 9 AFTER an eight-day trial, rag-and-bone man Ng Kim Ngweng, 49, was sentenced to six months’ jail yesterday after he was found guilty of threatening to cause hurt to MP for Jalan Besar GRC Denise Phua on 12 Jan. Ng called
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    • 736 10  -  Teacher guilty in PSLE forgery case REPORT: TAN MAY PING mayping@sph.com.sg THE primary school teacher felt she was under so much pressure to achieve high grades that she did the unthinkable. Shanti Krishnasamy, 40, tampered with the answer scripts of three of her Tamil language
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    • 495 11  -  These RGS old girls harvested crops for their reunion meal REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THEY didn’t want the usual sit-down dinner at a restaurant for their reunion of the Class of 1964. So eight former Raffles Girls’ Secondary School students, comprising mostly retired
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    • 1325 12/13  - Fake ID lax border patrols attract crooks Foreign law-breakers hiding in Thailand REPORT: ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg COFFIN, death certificate, and funeral service. Surely, the woman must be dead and the family was entitled to the US$5 million ($7.5 million) from her insurance policies. But in Thailand, sometimes all is not
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    • 404 12/13  -  REPORT: CELINE LIM cellsf@sph.com.sg WHEN the economic downturn started last year, Ms Aditi Mehra was just about to graduate from NUS Business School. TheIndiannational,30,recalled:“People in my programme had started to panic. There was uncertainty... Will I get a good job? “IwonderedifIshouldextendmyMBA, takeanextramodule,tobuytime.” It was
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  • Global News watch
    • 211 14 ATTACK IN PAKISTAN AFP Pakistan security forces yesterday overpowered gunmen who stormed a police academy in a spectacular com-mando-style raid that left eight recruits dead. The siege lasted nearly eight hours and left dozens wounded. Interior ministry chief Rehman Malik said four “terrorists”
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    • 109 14 AFP MORE than 100,000 people turned out in Jakarta yesterday at an election rally by the Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) ahead of Indonesia’s9 Apr legislativepolls. Party supporters filled the na- tional stadium waving yellow, black and white party flags and the police said there
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    • 103 14 AFP MALAYSIA’S top investment bank, CIMB, yesterday urged its staff to go on unpaid leave for up to six months in a move to cut costs because of the global economic downturn. CIMB Group chief executive Nazir Razak said the
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    • 86 14 AP MALAYSIAN police seized DVDs used by the opposition to campaign for upcoming by-elections on 7 Apr, officials said yesterday, heightening fears of a crackdown on political dissent. Police seized 30 DVDs at an opposition campaign rally and briefly detained an opposition official late Sunday
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    • 95 14 PRESIDENT Barack Obama has given US carmakers General Motors and Chrysler strict deadlines for restructuring before they can receive more state aid. General Motors will be given 60 days and Chrysler just 30 days to submit new plans for recovery, reported the
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    • Article, Illustration
      30 14 PRETTY:Amodelpresentsa wedding dress decorated with 2009 pieces of peacock feathers at a wedding expo in Nanjing, China, on Saturday. It took eight handicraftsmen two months to finish. PICTURE: XINHUA
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    • 461 15 AP WITH her long hair and model’s poise, 17-year-old Samantha Revelus exuded confidence when she recited an original poem on Saturday afternoon about a strong woman who stood upto“ignorantsouls.” An hour after she finished rehearsal for an upcoming poetry reading, Samantha was dead on
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    • 379 15 AP AFP NURSING home resident Ellery Chisholm thought her time was finally up. On Sunday morning at the Pinelake Health and Rehab centre in Carthage, North Carolina, she found herself staring at the barrel of a rifle wielded by Robert Stewart, 45. She hid
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    • 619 16 Banks return foreclosed homes, saddling US homeowners with mortgage and building repairs HERE,haveyourhouseback.That’swhatmorebanksaretellingowners of homes in the US that havebeenforeclosedon. Butthisisfarfromanactofkindness. They are doing this because some of these foreclosed homes have been looted and vandalised so badly since the owners were evicted that
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    • 296 16 IN IRAQ: FORGET Mercedes-Benzes, Ferraris and Porsches. In Iraq, the most desired thing on four wheels is ironically being driven by the very soldiers who invaded the countryyears ago– the Hummer. The reason– the civilianversion oftheUS Army’sHumvee isseen as an symbol of machismo by the
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    • 313 17 The 2008 You Bring Charm to the World Awards honours outstanding Chinese for work in various fields THE stars of Chinese entertainment were among the glitterati at the 2008 You Bring Charm to the World Awards last Saturday. Held at Beijing University’s Centenary Hall, the awards ceremony
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    • 501 18 Relatives claim they are pressured into letting pop star Madonna adopt Malawi kid THEY have been told that Madonna has the means to give Mercy James, 4, a better future. But her relatives say they are reluctant to let her go, and are
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    • 334 18 EX-GIRLFRIEND ON ENGLAND FOOTBALLER: THEY may look like they lead dream lives with their famous footballer partners. But UK reality TV star Chantelle Houghton has this warning for Wag wannabes– be readytogive up your dignity and independence in exchange, especially if your footballer
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 13 14 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Rainy High32˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High36˚,Low26˚ Manila:Cloudy High34˚,Low24˚
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      37 19 FROM READER MOHD SUFRIE A VIEW FROM ABOVE: Our reader caught this trio of foreign workers enjoying a lunch break under a tree along Lim Chu Kang Road. Look out below! E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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    • 136 19 1 SINGAPOREANS can now useMedisave to cover non-urgent hospitalisation in approved hospitals overseas, as well as for palliative care at home. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan also said more income tiers will be used to determine the size of subsidy for patients in
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    • 244 19 FROMREADER JONATHANEDWARD D’CRUZ Why should Victoria School have Integrated Programme? IREFERtothearticle“VJCmulls6-yearpro-gramme”(TheNewPaper,27Mar).As an old boy of both Victoria School and Victoria Junior College (VJC), I would like toairmyviews. Firstly, I am dead against Victoria School going co-ed as it would result in the 133-year culture and
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    • 249 19 FROM READER BERNARD ONG I WAS trying to close a living room window two weeks ago, with a storm raging outside, when I slipped on the wet floor and knocked my head. I was unconscious for about 10 minutes. My wife called for an
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    • Article, Illustration
      42 19 Are you looking forward to having the F1 race here again? “Yesof course,I get an adrenaline rush watching it. Besides, in this downturn, it would be a boost not just for the economy but also forour morale.” LeongYing Huei,30, financial consultant
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    • 664 20/21  -  Top music stars form band to celebrate recordlabel’sbirthday recordlabel’sbirthday REPORT: cchar@sph.com.sg CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM HONG KONG FOUR stars are better than one. Especially if they are big names in the first place: Jonathan Lee, Luo Da-you, Wakin Chau and Zhang Zhen-yue. But did
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    • Article, Illustration
      203 20/21 THERE were four stars on stage but one shone brighter than the others at the Coliseum in Hong Kong. It was Zhang Zhen-yue (below) with his energy and stylish drumming. In the fast number Money, he got the audience on their feet, jumping and waving in his
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        224 22 Who’ssizzling? Who’s scorching?We single outthe up-and-coming hunks and hotties who should be on your radar FOR Ukrainian actress Milla Jovovich,showing offascantily clad body has sort of been a must on her resume. In her debut role Return To The Blue Lagoon– thesequel to theBrookeShields classic she ran around
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      • Article, Illustration
        220 22 HE’Splayed anin-demandgigolo, an ancient warrior and a terrorist leader. Whetherit’s slapstick comedy (Deuce Bigalow), all-out action (The Mummy) or tense TV drama (Sleeper Cell), Oded Fehr seems to be able to pour himself into the role. The 38-year-old Israeli is probably best remembered for playing Ardeth Bay, a
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      • 277 23  -  Michelle Tay –MichelleTay,newsroomintern I AM the daughter of two excellent cooks– chilli crabbeing the family signature. So when I visited Red House at The Quayside– famous for its chilli crabs($4per 100g)– the poordish was in for a hard time. It looked dazzling with thick, orange-red
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