The Straits Times, 2 May 2005

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    22 1 THE STRAITS TIMES S&SMtfSiNFOUR PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 MONDAY, MAY 2 2005 JSP A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Improving workers' lives remains top priority: PM
    726 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia By THE RISKY THREE Three groups of workers the older ones, the lower-skilled ones, and middle managers and executives will need help to adjust to changing economy HOME H2 CONSTRUCTIVE TRIPARTITE RELATIONS VITAL "We have to look at many policies and
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    Lock icon Biker burned to death as machine catches fire
    426 1  -  Teh Joo Lin By A MOTORCYCLIST was burned to death when his bike caught fire in Simei Avenue yesterday morning, engulfing him in flames. Several people jolted by the sight of the burning bike rushed from a coffeeshop nearby to help Mr
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Shipyard firm salutes its unsung heroes
      1208 1  -  Nicholas Fang By Transport Correspondent WHEN most people think of Singapore's air industry, an icon springs to mind: the country's flagship carrier, Singapore Airlines (SI A). Just the mention of those three letters, SIA, conjures up images of beautiful air stewardesses, modern planes, and
      CAROLINE CHIA  -  1,208 words
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  • IN A FLASH
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      35 2 China protecting its oil China's military build-up, especially of its navy, is to guard the ships bringing fuel in. PAGE 6 Reconstruction head Indonesia names ex-minister Kuntoro Mangkusubroto to lead tsunami rehabilitation. PAGE 11
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      37 2 Double jeopardy US President George Bush faces a nuclear stand-off on two fronts with Korea and Iran. PAGE 13 Howard still standing Australian PM John Howard will contest next elections, but annoys next-in-line deputy. PAGE 14
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      17 2 Whafs needed in Iraq Create vibrant economy and a democratic political process will follow. PAGE 18
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      65 2 Death cert reluctance Only one tsunami-hit family has applied for their missing loved one to be declared dead. PAGE HI Eyeing 35.000 jobs Ngee Ann Polytechnic's new resort management courses aim to help students land jobs created by the casinos. PAGE HI Shadow teachers Trainee teachers will now follow
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      45 2 More than a snapshot A blood-pressure reading isn't enough for a proper diagnosis. Instead, a 24-hour monitoring of its fluctuations is needed. PAGEH7 Discuss how to teach Teachers should be given time to reflect in small groups on ways of improving their lessons. PAGEH7
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      52 2 Will Blues reign long? Jack Walker's millions brought Blackburn just one league title. How long will Roman Abramovich sustain his interest in Chelsea? PAGEHB Who's the special one? Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho relinquishes his "special" tag to his group of players after they win the Premiership title at Bolton.
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      Lock icon MONEY
      42 2 Amex infiltrates China American Express trying to muscle its way into China's lucrative and fast-growing corporate credit card market. PAGE Hl5 Greatronic seeks help Troubled firm asks to be placed under judicial management while its shareholders refuse to re-elect director. PAGEHI6
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      178 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-12 World 13-17 Review 18-20 FYI 21 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H6 Forum H7 Sports HB-Hl2 Obituaries Hl3 Money Hl4-Hl6 LIFE! People. L 2, L4-L7.L10 Events L 8 Horoscopes TV L 9 ■■m B j I i B I ■■■^■i^Bssl i I I^HBLfl I 111 Infill
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon SMRT applies to raise fares
      467 3  - SMRT applies to raise fares Tan Hui Yee By It says operating costs have risen while average fare collected fell BUS and train operator SMRT Corp has applied to the Public Transport Council (PTC) to raise its fares, but has not specified the rate it has asked for. The Government,
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      Lock icon GARDENS CONCERT DRAWS THOUSANDS
      163 3 INTERMITTENT rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of about 6,000 people who turned up for an open-air concert in the Botanic Gardens yesterday evening. The Singapore Symphony Orchestra treated the crowd to more than an hour of music, including classical favourites like Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and
      CAROLINE CHIA  -  163 words
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      Lock icon Taiwan leader reaches out to China
      484 3  -  Lawrence Chung By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian said yesterday that he has asked an opposition leader to relay a message to Beijing, and that he hopes China can negotiate with his government. His comments came two days after a landmark
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      Lock icon New carpet, stools... in bid to stay in the game
      414 4  -  ARTI MULCHAND LUCKY DECOR? "I guess it's all very subjective. And who knows, having these inspiring motifs may help their luck." SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUB GENERAL MANAGER ABDUL RASHID GONE is the unimposing floral maroon carpet. The Singapore Recreation Club's (SRC)
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      Lock icon Clubs want slot machine rules eased
      662 4  -  Arti Mulchand By GEARING UP FOR COMPETITION FROM CASINOS "The casinos will have a larger variety of games, maybe a higher payout, and table games. We can't pretend it won't affect vs f and we can't wait until they are at our doorstep before
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      Lock icon S'porean ex-UN official vows to clear his name
      521 4  - S'porean ex- UN official vows to clear his name Shamala Kandiah By: For The Straits Times In New York ONE week after leaving his position as the United Nations under-secre-tary general for Internal Oversight Services, Singaporean Dileep Nair said he is ready to do battle to clear his name. He
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      499 4 V /A Today in The Business Times Thre? fold jump Sharp increase in complaints about motorcycles. Case comments. An Advertising Feature Many Glucosamine Products for Joints are not up to standard! In several countries Glucosamine is widely available as health nutrition supplement and is not subject to even simple checks
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Oil fuelling China's naval build-up
      548 6  - Oil fuelling China's naval build-up Arnold Gay I By I Trade and industry concerns precede claims on territory: US defence report Bj CHINA'S military build-up, esjß pecially at sea, is more about oil mm than it is about Taiwan and other IB territorial claims, according to a US defence contractor.
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      Lock icon Defence spending by Asian states
      324 6 CHINA: Overhauling its forces into a smaller group of highly trained troops armed with high-tech weapons. Its 2005 defence budget is said to be as much as US$65 billion (Sslos billion). TAIWAN: Has a 10-year US$2O billion arms purchase plan designed to dissuade a Chinese
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      Lock icon Terror fears spur sharp rise in global defence spending
      574 6  -  ARNOLD GAY ARMS PURCHASES TERRORISM on the scale of the Sept 11 attacks and the Madrid train bombings has sparked a change in the way military planners make arms purchases and has driven up defence spending. "Leading nations have decided that
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      Lock icon Tokyo threat to bail out of Russian pipeline loan
      652 10 $19 billion offer at stake if Russia delivers Siberian oil to China first TOKYO TOKYO will withdraw an offer to help finance a US$ll.5 billion (Ssl9 billion) oil pipeline from Siberia to Russia's Pacific coast if Moscow pursues a plan to
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      Lock icon New task force to tackle energy crisis
      313 10 CHINA has confirmed its intention to set up a special task force to deal with its two-year-old energy crisis, state media reported yesterday. The task force, or "leading group", will be in charge of creating a uniform plan for the country's energy policies.
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  313 words
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      Lock icon N. Korea may have launched missile into sea
      321 10 Tokyo NORTH Korea apparently fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card told CNN yesterday, saying Washington was monitoring developments. "It appears that there was a test of a short-range missile by the North
      REUTERS  -  321 words
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      Lock icon CRAB GRAB
      90 10 KMU I U: Customers at a restaurant in Fuzhou, the capital city ofFujian province in China's southeast, gather to look at a giant flower crab. The crab, which was caught by a local fisherman, was to end up on the plate of the highest bidder. Fuzhou is famous
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      Lock icon Roh's ruling party suffers by-election setback
      285 10 Seoul SOUTH Korean President Roh Moo Hyun's ruling Uri Party suffered a minor setback by failing to reclaim its majority in parliament after losing all six seats up for grabs in weekend by-elections. The main opposition and conservative Grand National Party (GNP) claimed five
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      Lock icon How to become a freelance writer
      264 10 Freelance writing can be creative, fulfilling and a lot of fun, with excellent money to be made as well. What's more, anyone can become a writer. No special qualifications or experience are required. The market for writers is huge. In Britain alone there are
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      Lock icon Wheels on death train were 'airborne'
      314 10 Tokyo POLICE investigating Japan's deadliest railway crash in decades believe the commuter train was going so fast that half the wheels on its first car were airborne as it hit a curve before derailing and smashing into an apartment building, media reports said yesterday.
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  314 words
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Drop anti-China tone, KMT tells Taiwan President
      583 8  - Drop anti- China tone, KMT tells Taiwan President Jason Leow China Bureau Chief In Shanghai UNITED FRONT FEARS "Chen Shui-bian has said the US does not want the KMT to be building a united front with China... Perhaps, Mr Chen is expressing his own fears through the US? 11 KMT
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      Lock icon Lien pays visit to grave of grandma
      259 8  -  Clarissa Oon By China Correspondent In Xian TAIWAN opposition leader Lien Chan made a nostalgic visit to the grave of his grandmother yesterday morning. The chairman of the Kuomintang paid his respects at the grave in Xian, capital of northwestern Shaanxi Province, accompanied
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      Lock icon Chinese hope Lien's visit will boost bilateral ties
      643 8  -  Goh Sui Noi By China Correspondent In Beijing TAIWAN opposition Kuomintaiig (KMT) chairman Lien Chan's visit to China has raised the Chinese people's expectation that cross-strait ties will improve, although they do not think that reunification will happen anytime soon. "I believe
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      Lock icon Taiwanese laud visit despite govt disapproval
      323 8  -  Lawrence Chung By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN opposition leader Lien Chan's visit to China is being applauded by most Taiwanese, despite the government giving it a thumbs down and saying it makes the politician a propaganda tool of Beijing. A majority of Taiwanese,
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      Lock icon HK democrats hope to bag more seats
      521 9  - HK democrats hope to bag more seats Vince Chong By Hong Kong Correspondent They want to ensure the poll for chief executive in July is not a one-horse race HONG Kong's democratic camp is hoping to land enough seats in a largely pro-Beijing committee that picks the city's leader to
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      Lock icon FAD HAIR DAY
      93 9 Three girls and a young man (right) showing off peony hair patterns in Luoyang city, in central China's Henan province, on Saturday. Luoyang is known as the city of peonies garden plants with large, various-coloured flowers. With several varieties and marvelous hues, the Luoyang Peony enjoys the
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      Lock icon Beijing appoints top trade negotiator
      260 9 Beijing CHINA has named a senior official who is fluent in French to lead negotiations on a host of trade disputes that Beijing fears could crimp its dynamic export sector. Trade ties with the European Union and the United States nave been strained in recent
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      Lock icon China acts to prevent more anti-Japan rallies
      419 9 Beijing CHINA has launched a new effort to prevent anti-Japanese violence before a sensitive anniversary on May 4, warning against protests and calling on the public to express patriotism sensibly. "Express patriotism rationally. Don't take part in illegal protests. Don't make trouble," said
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon 'Clean' ex-minister to oversee tsunami funds
      543 11 WATCHING THE MONEY "This fund must be accountable and transparent so that the flow of the money can be followed and people can access activities reports. This is our hope." MR KUNTORO MANGKUSUBROTO. tsunami relief chief His brief is to maintain donors' trust by
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; THE JAKARTA POST; ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  543 words
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      Lock icon THAILAND WELCOMES ROYAL BABY
      132 11 Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn and his wife Mom Srirasmi Mahidol are celebrating the birth of their first child a 2.6 kg baby boy through caesarean section on Friday night. "This is the greatest joy of Thai citizens," Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in his weekly
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      Lock icon UN sets stage for trials of Khmer Rouge leaders
      384 11 Phnom Penh NEARLY three decades after Cambodia's genocides began, justice for millions of victims has inched closer. The United Nations has cleared the way for a tribunal to try the Khmer Rouge regime's top surviving leaders. The UN announced in New
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      Lock icon Thais to trade fruit for armoured carriers
      129 11 Bangkok THAILAND plans to sign a deal with China to barter 66,000 tonnes oi dried longan fruit for 133 Chinese-made armoured personnel carriers. Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and his Chinese counterpart Jin Renqing are expected to ink the pact in Bangkok this month,
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon US wants Jakarta, Hanoi as strategic allies
      652 12 Zoellick visiting region to build robust economic, security links Washington THE US is eyeing Indonesia and Vietnam as potential strategic allies in South-east Asia as it moves to expand a counter-terrorism drive and contain China's growing influence in the region. United States Deputy
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      Lock icon BIRTHDAYAS VICTORY DAY
      108 12 Waiters and waitresses getting ready to serve food at a birthday party held at an entertainment park in Ho Chi Minh city on Saturday for those who were born on April 30,1975. The birthday party was attended by several thousands, of whom only 500 were celebrating their
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      Lock icon Malaysian bankruptcies surge by 47% from 2001
      277 12 Kuala Lumpur THE number of Malaysians declaring personal bankruptcy surged 47 per cent between 2001 and 2004 to figures more than double those seen during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Deputy Finance Minister Ng Yen Yen said bankruptcy cases rose to 16,251 cases
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      Lock icon Coup talk, cash registers ring in May Day in Asia
      511 12 Manila TALK of a political coup and the ringing of cash registers almost drowned the traditional calls for better pay and work conditions during May Day parades in Asia yesterday. Filipinos were consumed by talk of another plot to overthrow
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  511 words
    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon TOKYO AIR CONTROLLERS IN RUNWAY SLIP-UP
        91 12 TOKYO: A Japan Airlines plane landed on a runway closed for repairs at Tokyo's domestic airport, because air traffic controllers forgot about the closure. JAL Flight 1158 from Obihiro, northern Japan, landed on the runway at Haneda Airport minutes after it was closed for
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        Lock icon FAKE VIAGRA AND CIALIS PILLS SEIZED IN HK
        96 12 HONG KONG: The Hong Kong authorities have seized 236 fake Viagra and Cialis sexual performance pills from local pharmacies and arrested eight people. The pills contain varying degrees of the real medication and other miscellaneous substances, and may lead to ill health
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        Lock icon NEPAL-CHINA BUS SERVICE LAUNCHED
        117 12 KATHMANDU: The first public bus service from Nepal to Tibet was launched yesterday, in a sign of the kingdom's efforts to boost ties with China. Nepal's Transport Minister Ram Narayan Singh and Chinese Ambassador Sun Heping flagged the bus off for its Himalayan journey with 15
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        Lock icon LOCUST SWARMS TRIGGER TRAFFIC JAM
        91 12 CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh): Swarms of locusts blinded drivers, halting traffic along a 40km stretch of a highway linking Dhaka to the southern port of Chittagong. Masses of insects started hitting windscreens around midnight on Saturday, forcing dozens of trucks and buses to stop on the highway
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        Lock icon PAKISTAN SEIZES TWO TONNES OF CANNABIS
        72 12 KARACHI: Police arrested three men and seized more than two tonnes of cannabis from an oil truck in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi. The 2,100 kg of hashish was hidden in specially built chambers in the truck, Karachi police official Sanaullah Abbasi said. The seizure
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        Lock icon MAN TO TOUR CHINA IN SELF-ASSEMBLED PLANE
        89 12 BEIJING: A young Chinese peasant plans to tour his home region in a plane he built himself trom scratch, becoming the country's first farmer to do so, state media said yesterday. Mr Liv Yibing intends to spend six days in late September visiting
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        Lock icon BUN TOWER CLIMBING RETURNS TO HK
        106 12 HONG KONG: Think of it as rock climbing except on a mountain of Chinese buns. Hong Kong is relaunching the annual bun snatching tradition on suburban Cheung Chau island after a 26--year break with help from modern mountaineers and engineers. Bun snatchers wearing gloves
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      Lock icon Robbers use two boys as human shields in shoot-out
      178 12 Robbers use two boys as human shields in shoot- out Kuala Lumpur A GANG of Malaysian robbers used two boys as human shields to escape after a shoot-out with police outside a hardware store. Both brothers, aged 10 and 14, were later freed unharmed. The four men, armed with pistols
      SUNDAY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  178 words
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Bush facing nuclear stand-off on two fronts
      600 13 Iran may resume producing N-fuel; North Korea slams door on diplomacy Washington IRAN and North Korea stepped up the rhetoric over the weekend ahead of a significant nuclear non-prolifera-tion meeting that begins today. Teheran said on Saturday that it will announce this week
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      Lock icon Failed negotiations in Iran
      95 13 This week, Teheran will announce if it will resume its uranium enrichment programme. Iran's negotiations with the EU over its nuclear programme have not yielded results. Highly enriched uranium can be used in the core of an atom bomb. The EU has said it will back
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      Lock icon Testing times in North Korea
      112 13 The US has warned allies that satellite imagery suggests an upcoming North Korean nuclear test, possibly next month. North Korea needs to conduct a test to see if the vast sums it has spent to develop atomic weapons have produced a working bomb, analysts say.
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      Lock icon New Cold War brewing between Moscow and Washington
      725 13  -  William Choong By For The Straits Times In Canberra THE Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union has been banished into the dustbin of history, but there is a new one brewing in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
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    • Key stakes in the US-Russia rivalry
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        103 13 The Caspian Sea Region, which includes states such as Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is estimated to have reserves of 200 billion barrels. This could make it the second-biggest oil supplier after the Persian Gulf. US: It needs to secure pipelines supplying oil via Western Europe. It has
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        88 13 Both the US and Russia have said that their deployments are to fight terror and enhance regional security. US: It needs military assets in the region to fight terror in Afghanistan and other countries in the "arc of instability" spanning from the Middle East to North-east Asia. Russia: It
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      Lock icon Aussie leader refuses to budge
      566 14  - Aussie leader refuses to budge Roger Maynard By For The Straits Times In Sydney SHOWDOWN LOOMS "The Liberal leadership challenge has begun. ..the balloon has gone up. Howard's remarks are direct, provocative and possibly destructive." THE AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER On track for a fifth term, John Howard denies the prime-minister-in-waiting f
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      Lock icon PROTESTERS PACK UP
      79 14 Lebanese youths dismantling their tent homes on Saturday, bringing to an end their protest against the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, the target of a car bombing in Beirut on Feb 14. The youths had vowed to continue camping out in downtown Beirut until Syria,
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      Lock icon Canada PM on spending spree to avert poll
      180 14 Toronto PRIME Minister Paul Martin and his Cabinet have begun criss-crossing the country dishing out generous helpings of social spending as part of an effort to avert a snap election, or win one if the government loses a confidence vote in Parliament
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        123 14 WASHINGTON: Reports of credible terrorist threats against the United States are at their lowest level since the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, according to US intelligence officials and federal and state law enforcement authorities. The intelligence community's daily threat assessment, developed after the
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        116 14 CAIRO: Egypt's vital tourist industry was dealt another blow after three young Islamist militants were killed in attacks in the heart or Cairo that left a number of foreign visitors injured. One man blew himself up as he jumped off a bridge near the world
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        115 14 SYDNEY: Red-faced Australian officials yesterday said they were searching for a woman accidentally deported as an illegal immigrant four years ago, even though she was a naturalised citizen. Acting Immigration Minister Peter McGauran said the case was "particularly disturbing" and departmental officers were trying to find
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        371 15 FIRST Lady Laura Bush grabbed the stage from President George W. Bush at a White House correspondents annual dinner and confessed that all his early bedtimes had turned her into a "desperate housewife". President Bush had started to tell a joke at the annual
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        206 17  - British voters likely to keep Blair in office JONATHAN EYAL WORLD WHAT IT IS A GENERAL election is set to take place on Thursday. All indications are that Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labour party will be returned to office for an unprecedented third term. The possibility of some
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        92 17 CHINA WHAT IT IS TAIWAN'S opposition People First Party chairman James Soong is to lead a 60--stron- delegation to China for eight days. Cross-strait talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao are on the agenda. WHY IT MATTERS BEIJING has agreed to offer him high-level treatment
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        94 17 EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS MAY 4 marks the student protests of 1919 over China's failure to regain Shandong from Japan in the Treaty of Versailles. Nationalists may mount anti-Japanese protests .on that date. WHY IT MATTERS RELATIONS between China and Japan are at their
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        85 17 SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS INDONESIA'S Jusuf Kalla will be making his first trip to Malaysia since becoming the country's Vice-Presi-dent in October. He will be holding talks with Malaysian leaders. WHY IT MATTERS THIS is the first trip by a senior Indonesian leader to Malaysia
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      810 18  -  Ooi Kee Beng By For The Straits Times ONE fruitful way of understanding "globalisation" is to see it as a term necessitated by the fact that global influences are no longer unidirectional, that is, coming largely from the West. No doubt the
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      1114 19  -  Ken Kwek SINGAPORE SCHOOLS IN CHINA By For The Straits Times AN OPEN ENVIRONMENT "We cannot afford to abide by the stereotypical image of the international school as an exclusive and insular village for affluent upper middle-class families. We insist that students
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      801 19  -  Terence Chong For The Straits Times SINGAPORE is once again the world's most globalised nation. Foreign Policy magazine, together with consultancy firm A. T. Kearney, began measuring the economic, personal, technological and political dimensions of countries five years ago
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      1257 20  - Sihanouk well-tuned to finesse delicate job Verghese Mathews By For The Straits Times FORMER Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk, who has been on an extended stay in Beijing since January, partly for medical consultation and partly as an expression of his unhappiness over certain domestic political developments, is expected to return
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      918 20  -  Peter Berger B\ THE election of Pope Benedict XVI and the war on terror have brought unprecedented attention to the role of religion in our world. There has been particular interest, most specifically in the case of Islam, as to whether specific religious traditions
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      188 21 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY IView around 100 works ranging from landscapes to portraits by India's new generation of artists. Palais Renaissance, 390 Orchard Road, #02-03. 10am-Bpm. Free. Tel: 6840-4236. 2 If you are 23 years old or above, you can train to be a volunteer with the Samaritans
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      100 21 THIS DAY IN HISTORY GERMANS SURRENDER 1945. Around one million German troops lay down their arms as one of the terms of the German unconditional surrender during World War 11, which was signed on April 29, 1945 at Caserta in Italy. RUBBER MERCHANT KILLED 1961. Wealthy rubber merchant Tan Tien
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      705 1  -  Jane Ng Ho Ai Li GLENYS SIM INTEGRATED RESORTS By ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY It will begin courses on resort management in November, starting with 40 students THE integrated resorts are set to open only in 2009 but Ngee Ann Polytechnic will start new
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      256 1 ONE company thought to have thrown its hat into the ring for building Singapore's integrated resorts was missing from the list of bidders that the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) released last week. Las Vegas-based CPAmeri- ca, a deal-making organisation, had earlier announced it had
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      328 1 ALL but 14 of the 5,000 people that Hong Kong Disneyland will employ when it opens in September will be Hong Kongers. "Apart from very specific jobs, where we went out to hire, more than 99 per cent of
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      675 1  -  Tanya Fong Alexis Hooi Chang Ai-Lien By TIME TO MOVE ON "Something has to be done, there's no point waiting now... We have to move on." BROTHER of one of the six Khao Lak victims still missing after the Dec
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        658 2 IT IS tough to go through retrenchment, pick up new skills and find a new job. But it is unavoidable, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his May Day Rally speech last night. "We have no choice. If we want to grow
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        511 2 Singapore can't afford to stand still, and needs to restructure its economy and those who need help to cope will get special attention. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong singled out three groups of workers who will need assistance in adjusting to the changing economy > > Older workers
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        316 2  -  Lynn Lee By IT WAS a night of colour, song and dance as a crowd of thousands partied away at a May Day carnival and concert at the Esplanade's Waterfront Bay yesterday evening. Many braved the sudden but short downpour to catch Singapore Idol
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        313 2 THE labour movement wants to reach out to younger workers and groom the next generation of union leaders. Labour chief Lim Boon Heng said at the annual May Day Rally yesterday: "What we have built up will be great only if it lasts. Without
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      653 3  -  Christopher Tan CASH OR REPAIR CHOICE By Senior Correspondent Offer by largest car insurer NTUC Income squeezes business, they say MOTOR workshops are steamed up over insurer NTUC Income's persistent moves to cut back on repair bills, the latest of which has been described
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      402 3  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN MOTOR insurers are under fire for "questionable" cost-control methods and attempts to dissuade accident, victims from filing claims. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) wants insurers to show what savings they derive from restricting repair jobs to selected workshops. Case executive director Seah Seng
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      307 3 NTUC Income chief Tan Kin Lian is convinced he is on the right path. "We continue to have an increase in market share," he said, referring to the 1 percentage point rise in its share of premiums collected last year, giving it a 37
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      400 4  -  Jane Ng By COMMUNITY LINK "With the changing landscape, skills and knowledge are still crucial, but you also need a good value system." ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CHEAH HORN MUN. NlE's dean of foundation programmes They can now watch more experienced colleagues on the job for
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        81 4 A CANTEEN in Clementi Swimming Complex was found broken into on Saturday morning. The operator, a man in his 20s, said he locked the place and left at about 8.30pm on Friday. When he returned the next day at about 8.20 am, he found the metal gate and
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        93 4 TWO bicycles parked near a taxi stand outside Bukit Panjang Plaza disappeared on Friday afternoon. A 17-year-old boy parked his $240 bicycle at the stand outside the shopping mall at about 7.30 am. When he returned six hours later, it was no longer there. Another cyclist, a woman
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      256 4  -  Tan Hui Yee By OWNERS of ships defending against pirate attacks should not break local and international laws, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday. He was referring to the private armed guards escorting ships along the pirate-infested Malacca Strait. Malaysia has warned
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        513 5  -  Soh Wee Ling YOUNG AND RESTLESS By It is time to move from passive tolerance to active engagement A FEW months ago, I had an argument with my mother. She thought I was dating a boy from another race. She said: "I
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        85 5  -  TRIS PRUETTHIPUNTHU who is working in the US before studying law at NUS "I find the responses more disturbing than the supposed ill will meant by the perpetrator of the comments. I know Chua Cheng Zhan. He never treated me or his Indian and Malay classmates badly. Yet
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        87 5  -  TEE YOCK SIAN a second-year student at NTU "A study by a PhD candidate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed that 12 per cent of bloggers have been in legal or professional trouble because of their blogs. Clearly, blogging cannot be for one's
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        79 5  -  DESMOND CHAN a second-year student at NTU "The actions of the two youths came from misconceptions that they have not taken the effort to correct. We should condemn their actions and make clear our stand, but we should not judge their capacity to learn from
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        412 5  -  Goh Wen Zhong YOUNG AND RESTLESS By RECENTLY, two blogs authored by young Singaporeans have been the subject of immense scrutiny. One was reported but the other may be known only in blogging circles. They were contentious because of what they said
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        581 6  -  Edward Choy YOUNG AND RESTLESS By] Tech dinosaurs, but the concepts were entertaining and demanded imagination I GET this feeling that there's something wrong when some of the games I used to play in primary school seem like more fun than those I play
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        273 6  -  Estelle Chan GOING THE DISTANCE By IF DIAMONDS are a girl's best friend, then lone females will find companionship in the jewellery degree course at Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts. It's one of the school's more fascinating courses. Jewellery students go through a highly specialised curriculum
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        291 6 FORTNIGHTLY AGENDA Fusion 2005: Fresbpick When: Friday noon to 9pm, and Saturday 10am to 2pm Where: Nanyang Polytechnic, Block A, Auditorium What: The School of Design showcases its graduating students' freshest projects. View some of the best works in animation, graphics and interactive media, and meet the school's animators, filmmakers
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        196 6 Golden oldie games So what if they are old? They're among the best Darklands by Microprose BY FAR my favourite game of all time. This 1992 game required more 5 -inch floppy disks to play than any other game I know. It takes players on a historical, sociological, theological, mythological,
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        445 7 AFTER reading the article, "Stroke more prevalent among Singaporeans" (ST, April 28), it is evident we need to drive home the message of prevention and better management and control of stroke so its incidence can be curtailed. According to the article, the highest
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        440 7 TEACHERS need and deserve sufficient time to plan, prepare, review and reflect meaningfully on their lessons. Over the past decade, teachers have faced many well.-intentioned initiatives. Their duties have also increased. Seme feel they have less time to focus on their core duties of
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        489 7 I REFER to the letter by Ms Anna Quek, "KKH set debt collectors on them" (ST, April 30). We recognise that having to care of a member of the family who is unwell is stressful. We apologise if we have, in the process of
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          55 7 THREE years ago, my family bought a condominium apartment. We made our selection based on the brochures provided. Recently, we got our keys, but found out the bedrooms are much smaller than what was shown in the brochures. Does this constitute misrepresentation by the developer?
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          68 7 IT WAS reported that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is increasing Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at three gantries ("ERP rates up at 3 gantries"; ST, April 28). Presumably LTA is doing this to redistribute traffic flow to other areas. Instead of raising the
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          86 7 MY WIFE, baby daughter and myself were living on Pulau Brani in 1969 before moving to Chip Bee in Holland Village. We had a girl working for us named Tan Heoh Eng. She was 17 then and is probably 52 or 53 now. We are
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        1009 8  -  Rob Hughes CHELSEA CELEBRATE By In London 1 955: The last time Chelsea won 1 Newcastle won their last FA Cup, beating Manchester City. 2 Juan Manuel Fangio won the third of his five Formula One titles. 3 Rocky Marciano finished his boxing career undefeated, at 49-0. 4
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          1344 9 JOSE MOURINHO The Mourinho mouth TO EACH HIS OWN If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training, we would be bottom of the league. And if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt/ THIS IS FOOTBALL, NOT HOCKEY Tottenham 4,
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          826 9 THE ENGLISH SPIRIT FRANK LAMP ARD AND JOHN TERRY The foreign touch Arjen Robben: Although his season was interrupted by two serious injuries to his ankle, Robben's electrifying pace and goal-scoring skills still played a major part in helping Chelsea to the Premiership title. Unstoppable once in the groove, he
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          809 10 Chelsea The Roman revolution Key fit o merits i Auq 15: Tone is set in the very first match, as Chelsea defend resolutely and beat Manchester United 1-0. Oct 16: First setback 0-1 away to Man City. Critics say the collapse starts now. But they've not lost in the league
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          523 11 THE WARNING "REACTION FROM ENGLAND London ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has warned Jose Mourinho that the hardest task of all still lies ahead defending the title next season. Chelsea were on Saturday confirmed Premiership champions following their 2-0 win at Bolton, breaking the duopoly of Manchester United and Arsenal. However,
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          579 11  -  Chan Yi Shen REACTION FROM SINGAPORE By Chelsea fans recall their cock-a-hoop days of the Seventies and talk about the start of a dynasty AFTER 50 years of merciless ribbing from fellow-Londoners mainly from supporters of Arsenal Chelsea's long-suffering followers are emerging from the closet. And
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          419 11 Track: Good To Firm Race 1 Class Griffins 1400 m Nos. 6, 10. 9. Win: $33. Place: $9. $6. $8. FCT: $14. PFT: (6-9) $10, (6-101 55. (9-101 $6. TCE: $152. Scratching*: Nil. Race 2 Class 4 1000 m Nos. 1, 3, 7.
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          733 11 SOCCER ScrkA Inter Milan 2 Siena 0 Juventus 2 Bologna 1 Lecce 5 Lazio 3 Messina 2 Sampdoria 2 Parma 6 Livorno 4 Roma 2 Brescia 2 Udinese 2 Atalanta 1 Palermo v Chievo H Late kick-off London FANS of Manchester United have enlisted investment
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          612 11 Track: Good Race 1 Maiden (2) 1200 m 5 MILITARY FORCE, S Sam 1. 3 Flying Rabbit. App Jacky Lim 2. 6 Princess Stephanie, I Azhar 3. Margins. 1-1/4 len x S-Head. Time. 1:11.1. Nos. 5. 3.6. Win: $8. Place: $7, $22. FCT: $41.
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        85 12 US Masters runner-up Chris DiMarco made four birdies in 10 holes on Saturday to grab the lead before darkness halted the third round of the US$5.5 million (559.07 million) New Orleans Classic. A storm delayed the start of the second round until late in the morning, allowing only
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        468 12  -  Marc Lim »GOLF By In Shanghai World No. 3 has eight-stroke lead when play is halted in final round due to darkness THE rain can only delay it, but showers and thunderstorms are unlikely to prevent the inevitable at the US$l.5 million (552.5
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        550 12 tennis Berlin MARIA Sharapova turned 18 last week and, although she probably came of age competitively while winning Wimbledon last year, she has a chance of creating a timely celebration during the next few days. She will become the world No 1 if
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        367 12 BASKETBALL Houston TRACY McGrady and the Houston Rockets did not have to wonder how they let a second straight game slip through their hands. McGrady knew, as soon as Josh Howard of the Dallas Mavericks poked the ball that McGrady held under
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          85 12 SINGAPORE'S top table tennis player Li Jiawei breezed through the first round of the women's singles at the World Championships in Shanghai yesterday. She beat Slovenia's Helena Halas 4-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5). Zhang Xueling is also through to the second round after defeating Canadian
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          59 12 MALAYSIAN side Northside Arowanas continued their winning run in the Netball Super League at Kuala Lumpur's Bukit Kiara Stadium over the weekend. They beat Southern Stingrays 58-41 on Saturday and Northern Marlins 63-31 yesterday. The Southside Sharks were the other big winners, overcoming the Northern Marlins
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          52 12 A SINGAPORE rugby selection side will take on the New Zealand Universities rugby team at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium at 7.30pm tomorrow. The match is also part of the Super Series in aid of the national team's preparation for the IRB World Cup qualifiers
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          84 12 SHANGHAI: World motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi produced a masterful performance yesterday to win the inaugural Chinese Moto GP in treacherous, wet conditions at the demanding Shanghai International Circuit. The Italian pushed his Yamaha around the 22 laps of the 5.4-km track in 50min 02.4635
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          68 12 FORT-DE-FRANCE (Martinique): American Marion Jones, running her first 100 metres in nine months, won the event with a modest time of 11.28 seconds at a track and field meet here on Saturday. Jones, who has struggled in her comeback this season, beat unheralded
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          94 12 FRANKFURT: Bayern Munich celebrated on Saturday after a Roy Makaay hat-trick and Schalke 04's draw sealed their 19th German soccer championship. Bayern needed to beat Kaiserslautern and hope for Schalke to drop points at home to Bayer Leverkusen to be certain of their fifth
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        26 12 SOCCER: English Premier League: West Bromwich v Arsenal (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2.55 am) TENNIS: ATP Masters Series Telecom Italia: Ist rd (Live, Ch24. 10pm)
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        720 12 BASEBALL MLB: Baltimore 7 Tampa Bay 5, Kansas City 8 Cleveland 1, NY Yankees 4 Toronto 3, Milwaukee 6 Cincinnati 5, Oakland 6 Seattle 5 (1O innings), White Sox 4 Detroit 3, Atlanta 3 St Louis 2, Houston 7 Chicago Cubs 5, Washington 5 NY Mets 3, Florida 2
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        1662 13 The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not urtW^m Psalm 23:1 LOW SIEW MOY yy si %w) Age: 62 was called home to be with the Lord on 30 April 2005 leaving behind loved ones. Children: Children-in-law: Theresa Chia Tang Kirn Weng Doris Chia Vincent Chia Jasmine Lee Grandchildren, relatives
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        87 14 Where S$ stands Apr 29 %CHNG VR 2004 CLOSE FR Apr 28 SJ LOW SJ HIGH US) 1.6375 +0.64 1.6683 1.6156 Euro 2.1230 +0.32 2.1820 2.0904 3.1332 +0.12 3.1670 3.0316 k% 1.2836 -0.11 1.2970 1.2279 Yen* 1.5580 -0.10 1.6084 1.5229 Rupiah '0.***** +0.48 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1456 +0 46
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        586 14  -  Goh Eng Yeow ►TAKING STOCK By KEEPING WATCH "This week will be critical in terms of news flow. It will shape the market sentiment for the rest of the month." A STOCK BROKING DIRECTOR, on the significance of key market-moving events this
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          110 14 ALTHOUGH SembCorp Marine's (SembMarine) operational earnings grew only 3 per cent in the first quarter, UOB Kay Hian is upbeat. "The first quarter's operational profit margin has been skewed by P-54, a mega $1.1 billion turnkey contract from Petrobas," it notes. While
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          93 14 MERRILL Lynch expects Singapore Petroleum Company's (SPC) results for the rest of this year to get a boost from its acquisition of BP's refining and retail assets last year. One positive factor is the improvement in SPC's profit margin, as it achieved a
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          80 14 CREDIT Suisse First Boston (CSFB) expects United Test and Assembly Center (Utac) to perform better due to an "up tick in demand". This was despite the chip-tester registering a weak first quarter. "In line with the expected industry recovery, management expects subsequent quarters
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        482 15  -  Lorna Tan By Finance Correspondent Issuer to launch yuan corporate product with domestic partner bank ICBC AMERICAN Express International (Amex) is muscling into the lucrative China corporate credit card market with the upcoming launch of a local-curren-cy card with a Chinese partner. Speaking at
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        594 15  -  Audrey Tan NEWS ANALYSIS By Assistant Money Editor IF THERE were ever any doubts that the eyes of the world are fixed firmly on Asia, they were blown away by speakers at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Asia Roundtable in Singapore last week.
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          91 15 JONATHAN LARSEN: Appointed country business manager for Citigroup's consumer banking business in Singapore. He replaces Mr Lee Ah Boon, whose new assignment within the bank will be announced shortly. In his new position, Mr Larsen also becomes the chief executive of Citibank Singapore, which was incorporated
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          129 15 SERENE ALI TAN: Departed from post as chief operating officer of Global Active last Thursday after giving notice of her intention to resign in January. Global Active said she left the company by mutual agreement. She also joined Mr David Lim and Mr Tan Seng Leong
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          59 15 YEO SEE KIAT: Appointed chief operating officer at Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), effective last Monday. Mr Yeo, 53, was general manager of Riverwalk Promenade, a company jointly owned by Hwa Hong Corp and Capita Land, from 1999 until earlier this year. Prior
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          74 15 YEO WEE KIONG: Appointed independent director at Keppel Corp, effective yesterday. Mr Yeo, 49, will also serve as a member of Keppel's board risk committee. He is the managing director of Yeo Wee Kiong Law Corporation, which practises in the areas of corporate law, corporate finance, mergers
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        450 15 NO GAIN "I know the American investor will not be better off if the volume doubles on the NYSE." MR BUFFETT Omaha (Nebraska) THE New York Stock Exchange's (NYSE's) plan to go public would hurt investors by creating an incentive for Big Board
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        626 16  - Greatronic opts for judicial management Audrey Tan By Assistant Money Editor Insolvent firm also seeks suspension of shares as it works on restructuring TROUBLED materials handling firm Greatronic is seeking court protection by placing itself under judicial management, less than two weeks after its auditors warned that it might not
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        120 16 INTERNAL SPAT Independent directors led by Mr Cheong (above) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter fight with ex-CEO MrLim(left). AT THE Sesdaq-listed firm's AGM last Saturday, frustrated shareholders showed their unhappiness by: Refusing to re-elect independent director Cheong Quee Wah; Not approving the directors' fees of $151,000
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        293 16  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL TRADE BODY'S NEW HEAD STANDARD Chartered Bank's (Stanchart) Singapore chief executive, Ms Euleen Goh, is the new chairman of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the Government's trade promotion arm. Mr Sunny Verghese, the group managing director and chief executive of Olam International,
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        675 16  -  JOYCE HOOI By Up for grabs The Ministry of Finance has five Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in various stages 01 the bidding process. Already awarded are: A desalination plant; and The Ulu Pandan Newater plant. Those under study for PPP include: An incinerator plant;
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      362 7 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com. sg I carry the confidence of someone brimming with potential for success it could be your good looks, qualifications achievements
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      301 11 r*^J C League Home Team Away Team I m. J L J __3 C J y C|" Draw No. 2010/2005 E Premier Wtet Bromwich Arsenal Tue. 03/05/05 300am| pv»J >"O C i S.Leagte Home United Young Uons Tue, 03/OS/O5 730pm t XL 1 Q A Qf\ i UE Champions Liverpool
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      123 16 r Negative impact Berkshire chairman Warren Buffett is against the NYSE going public, as it may encourage investors to trade more to boost its income. PAGE Hl5 pMtEDIENTS FOR jMMiHiH| I yi^ ;^-i^am ;^^|^k! J vai uJ^iiMP r aoeShowi. Com iSMßfeii^i TahmiEltMmalTra* sHtin-y.l<d, S« s,Ta**MloU,T<»wan t.OC t «>»m Fh< Pkarmacy
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      8 1 Life! THE STRAITS TIMES Monday May 2 2005
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        212 2 NEW YORK Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman (inset) won the best actress award at the Tribeca Film Festival last Saturday for Transamerica, in which she plays a preoperative transsexual woman on a cross-country road trip. The Chinese fea- ture film Stolen Life won the top feature film
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        103 2 LOS ANGELES Coldplay became the first British band since the Beatles to score a single debut in the top 10 songs on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, the music magazine said last Friday. The single, Speed Of Sound, opened at No. 8 on the American chart, which
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        56 2 Los Angeles William Joseph Bell, an Emmy award-winning daytime TV soap writer, producer and co-creator of The Young And The Restless and The Bold And The Beautiful, has died. He was 78. Bell died last Friday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the University of C.»M.
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        173 2 Sujin Thomas Life'.'s pick of the week's go-ings-on: Winner Clay Aiken Pay in style The American Idol 2 runner-up now boasts his own line of debit cards, thanks to Mastercard's move to lure teens to the power of plastic. The card is called MYplash, which is an acronym for
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        320 2  -  Teo Cheng Wee PHOTO: I David Tao's concert overran by 30 minutes but it was not enough for his fans DAVID Tao teased but his fans wanted more. An exclusive one-hour showcase at the Singapore Expo last Saturday ran over by 30 minutes the crowd clearly could
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        723 4  -  Tay Yek Keak starsngripes PHOTO: If Simon Cowell was the only one allowed to vote on American Idol, Constantine Maroulis will still be in IN CASE you haven't noticed that this column is called Stars N Gripes, let me tell you about the stars first before I
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        486 4  -  Dylan Boey FASHION REPORTER IN THE end, it was all about The Hair. At the Mister Singapore 2005 male beauty pageant last Saturday, floppy-haired contestant Raphael Yang, 22, an accountancy student at Nanyang Technological University, beat 16 others for the sash. Even before the event, he was
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        223 4  - annoyingindex: The Together Forever Edition Yvonne Kwok 1. Matt Damon recently popped The Question to his squeeze, exbartender Luciana Barroso. The couple have been dating for more than a year. Yet he says he sees himself growing old with best bud Ben Affleck. Our advice to Barroso start running. 2.
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        1048 5  - For love or money? Foong Woei Wan MEET Hollywood's latest unlikely couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Before last week, Holmes was just another up-and-coming actress, known in the United States as the star of the teen TV drama Dawson's Creek. Then, Cruise, 42, and Holmes, 26, were photographed in
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        463 5 WHO cares whether celebrity couples are really in love. There is no denying that all parties stand to profit from the publicity on their relationships. > DEMI MOORE, 42, AND ASHTON KUTCHER, 2 7 (below) Moore made the comeback of the year in
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        89 6 'Every now and then, you have to get out in Guy Land. But I love being in Barbie Land too' Singer Tim McGraw (above) on living with wife Faith Hill and three daughters The authorities have neither a quarrel with me nor my films. They have a quarrel with
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        787 6  - The men don't get it too sometimes Pradeep Paul straighttalk It's not true that women are always the victims WANT to know what gets my goat? Discrimination. I hate it when people discriminate because of colour, caste, gender or money. Want to know what I hate even more than discrimination?
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        604 6  -  Sherwin Loh carelesswhisper MEDIA REPORTER SAMANTHA Tan is not looking for fame. The sultry 21 -year-old star of filmmaker Eric Khoo's new film, Be With Me, is the first to eschew any talk of making any impact in Cannes, where the film premieres
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        789 7  -  Tan Bee Thiam 'Eleven hours is a struggle for people to watch. I understand, they are used to watching two-hour films. If s okay. But this is the vision of the film' Diaz, who has pledged his film (above) to the Asian Film Archive
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        56 10 PHOTOS: Sweet dress. Push-up bra. Denim jacket. Pearl-like accessories. Taiwanese TV host Dee Hsu is dressed to kill or is it overkill? Singer Sheryl Crow, in a baffling sartorial decision, hides her killer abs in a midriff -widening gown. AP REUTERS Kelly Osboume is al of these things: spoilt
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        609 4 \jjj FURNISHING YOUR ONE STOP HEADACHE FREE USED OFFICE FURNITURE SHPG 50,000 sqft (the largest) of almost new furnhurc to instantly choose from to match colour, design style workstation, office chairs, tables, metal, MDF cabinets, conference meeting tables, lockers, reception counters, Miliken carpet tiles Hi-end furniture like Herman Miller, Vitra,
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        1695 4 EB>^^ ©"oTsa^ &Ss?g£ fSfSn Results of April 2005 P^ L™tJ™ 2nd Open Bidding Exercise For COE kat.?.l HI Buy It. Sell It. Find It. COt price, Quota Bids Cars (1600 CC and below) Taxi $16,101 2,264 2,563 Ciif (1601 cc and above) $17,701 1,107 1,357 Oood» vehicles and buses $6,841
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        558 5 PK OTHER MAKES HbV FOR SALE CITICAR INTERNATIONAL CONTINENTAL CARS •10/02 lIMW 3201 A Silver 04/03 Ford Galaxy 2.3.. Maroon 12/01 Jag X-typt 2.55E.... Black 09/02 Jag X-type 2.05E.. Silver 08/02 Btflz C180ML...... Maroon 4/02 F«iqtot2o6cc..Llmtgr**n 09/03 VW Bora 1.6 Blue JAPANESE CARS 09/01 H. Odyssey 2.3 silver 01/02 H.
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        762 5 Highest Offer Private b Commercial Vehicle CASHPAYMEHT IMDtATETRAHSFER Insurance Financing Available A PTE BUYER requires '83 '2003 cars, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Lancer, Suzuki, etc. Owners/ dealers welcome. *****866 Ali (25-HRS) *****110 DEFINITELY Highest Possible offer for ali Japanese/ Continental cars. Proi fessional dr-step service MY MOTIVATION TO buy your car
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        864 5 ■k Dll ft 21 NEWTON/ E3 BTTIMAH CLEMENT PTE APTS -RENT THE SPRING 2+l/ 3+l Novena Mi Grand Chateau 3+l Canadian sc Few units!! Facilities. *****81 C jEj MACPHERSON/GEYLANt PTE APTS -RENT 2 BDRMS MAIS. Area approx 110 1 sqft. F/ furn. Move in cond. Ne< Kallang MRT/ eateries. Suits
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        853 5 flft HOUSES FOR RE BEST l~ 3 I LOCATION B^E D.lO OFF STEVENS Rd/ Robi '0 storey semi-d. Nice renovatK 3r rms with attached bath. Neai J" chard/ city. View *****775 22 UNIVERSITY WALK 2 -st< k. semi-d basement. 2800/ 3 i- sqft. s+l. Renovated. Quiet. 1 A Orchard. Immed.
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        365 7 ■k Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ DQ THOMSON HOUSES -SALE BINCHANG RISE. 1900/ 2100 sqft. Ellington Sq. 2160/ 2700 sqft Mayflower 5350/ 4000 sq.ft Jalan Lanjut 2000/ 1800 sqft. Sembawang Hills 2012/ 1800 sqft More details, view: casstio.com TO Qt—T I I \J OCLL ALL F'HOLD 2-STOREY *****138 Gardenia Rd. 1600 sqft,
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        725 7 SPRINGLEAF NEW STRATA semi-d. 3500 sq.ft. Luxury/ Seletar Inter terr 2200 sqft Scheap *****995 ilh D22-24WEST iJlr PTE APTS -SALE CHOICE UNIT PARC VISTA TWR 7/ 4. 2*l/ 2+l+ roof terr. 1055/ 1249 sqft. Pool view. High fir. $460K/ SSSOK. Also for rental. 9178-7445 Irene I f J m-VS2~m I
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        785 7 JESSY WONG t JH 9106 0088 M I 3 "NG" BLK 108. Ask $175K neg!: 4 'NG' Blk 105. Ask S2IOK neg.!!! 5 T Pt Blk 725. Mid fir. valued S3BOK. All races. Unblocked. Best Buy In AMK Ells Chal 9021-2191 DTZ 3■ 474, lift level, Al decor.... neq 3
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        820 7 ASDJFLAKSJDLF m av> 5-RM BT MERAH Central Pt Blk 115 High fir. Unblock. Upgraded. Amenities. Valued 5332K Motivated seller 9487-8837 Poh Poh 5-RM BLK 35 Jalan Rumah Tinggi $390k #15 up 100% move in MRT 3-rm blk 28/ 4-rm 23. HDB $135K Jin Bt Merah. Opp SGH *****099 3 'S'
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        887 8 S2OOK 4 T Corner blk 221/ 222 T.Payoh Lor 8 804/816. Vacant. Near amenities. *****788 HSR 3 f BLK 12. Upgraded T Payoh. F/renovated. Ground fir. Near mkt. All races. Call Yin 9101-5768 3-RM CORNER 85C upgraded. High fir, unblocked. Designer decor. MRT/ Central. *****269 57 T PAYOH 3 'S'
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        557 8 If JJ^J MINS SENGKANG MRT/ Compass Pt. 5T Corner Blk 259 C High/ lift level. 5 yrs. Full glass window. Totally unblocked. Nice layout balcony. Below HDB value $296K net. All races. Near top school 5 "I* Blk 141 Rivervale St. High fir. Renovated. 100% move-in cond Spacious. Good facing.
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