The Straits Times, 26 March 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 74 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 MONDAY, MARCH 26 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Tsang wins first contested HK polls
    543 1  -  VINCE CHONG Incumbent Chief Exec gets strong backing and vows to tackle public concerns By Hong Kong Correspondent HONG Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang yesterday received a strong endorsement and five more years in the territory's first-ever contested leadership election since the 1997 handover.
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    Lock icon New 'green' flats near Punggol MRT
    319 1  -  Jessica Cheam By THE first "green" flats will sprout soon in Punggol. At least seven blocks near Punggol MRT station will be designed and built with energy-saving features, said Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MP Charles Chong. Labelled Singapore's first "Eco-Precinct", this new public housing project
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    Lock icon Name your own plates soon for Singapore cars
    357 1  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent ILUVROCK, BONDOO7 or even LIMTUATOW these may be some of the special number plates on cars here, perhaps later this year. Also called personalised or vanity plates, they are a common sight in many countries, including the
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon China helps Net addicts kick habit at boot camp
      1142 1  -  Tracy Quek By China Correspondent In Beijing THE sharp, shrill note of a whistle pierces the morning quiet, and a motley crew of about 20 scrawny boys in oversized army fatigues scramble out of their dormitories. A stout, straight-backed officer waits
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      81 1 Heading Going batty I I The skinny h south over the game on models Ch Tension in south Thailand is ~~-%s" I Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar ponders Some Singapore worsening by the day, notes wm 3 1- *ne UK f°r '"d' Pakistan in > j^^ Fashion Fest models fail our
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      337 2 B^ fc?SMU V *M« SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT >ndlaw High flying legal eagles t Champion of educational reform, SMU is recognised for pioneering a new learning paradigm and producing bold, confident and sought-after graduates, thanks to its broad-based pedagogy and compelling participative learning style. The new SMU Law degree tis yet another
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      390 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Keeping track Asia 6-13 Singapore Civil Defence World 14-18 Force officers will soon Review.. ...19-21 be able to stop vehicles PY| 22 carrying hazardous cc^tiom Twri materials if they deviate 3tL 11UIN 1 WU from approved routes, as Home H1-H8 the vehicles are to be
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      Lock icon Granite supply hit after blasts rock quarry in Indonesia
      548 3  -  AZHAR GHANI Cause of explosions at Spore-owned firm on Karimun not known; sabotage not ruled out By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta FOUR explosions rocked a Singapo-rean-owned granite quarry in Indonesia late last week, temporarily halting production at the site which
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      Lock icon MONKEY BUSINESS AT HOLLAND V
      183 3  -  ALAN LIM Oh nuts! A tasty treat was just not enough to coax this monkey down from its unlikely perch in Holland Village. The animal, believed to be a Long-tailed Macaque, kept seven policemen at bay in a stand-off lasting around two hours on Saturday.
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      Lock icon S'poreans pick more exotic tours as travel fair nets $30m
      448 3  -  Lim Wei Chean By HOLIDAY-makers, in need of a break from the frenzied economic boom at home, spent $30 million at a weekend travel fair, with more heading off to exotic destinations such as Tibet and the Silk Route. Although
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      Lock icon Strong earthquake rocks central Japan
      490 4  -  Kwan Weng Kin Few casualties, but transportation and utility supplies hit by undersea tremor By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo A STRONG earthquake shook Japan's largely rural Hokuriku area at about 9.42 am (local time) yesterday, destroying buildings and tearing up roads, but producing remarkably few
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      Lock icon New Singapore Shares: Bonus payout for 700,000
      457 4  -  Arthur Poon By IF YOU are one of the 700,000 people still holding on to your New Singapore Shares (NSS), a big payout is coming your way. Those who have not cashed in their original allotment can expect a windfall of between $302
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      23 4 Spore banks in India India's Commerce Secretary gives likely time-table for approvals ijßk JB Take a nap at work Bosses and workers say-
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon TICKING BOMB IN SOUTHERN THAILAND
      1496 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh Violence escalating as Muslim militants' hold tightens and Buddhists start arming themselves By Thailand Correspondent In Pattani IN THE sprawling, tranquil grounds of the Chulabhorn Marine base in Narathiwat province, just 50m from the open sea of the Gulf of Thailand, Colonel Atthaporn
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      Lock icon Military made out to be the enemy
      652 6  -  NIRMAL GHOSH Pattani THE village of Bukit Toran in Songkhla's Saba Yoi district presents a microcosm of the conflict in the southern provinces. On the night of the infamous Krue Se mosque incident in April 2004,19 members of a youth football team were
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Tsang up to the job, say Hong Kongers
        836 8  -  Goh Sui Noi But some fear re-elected Chief Executive may just do China's bidding By Senior Correspondent THERE is little doubt among Hong Kongers that the newly re-elected Chief Executive Donald Tsang will "get the job done", as he has promised. Said
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        Lock icon Readers to star in new Taiwan paper
        200 8 Taipei ASSOCIATED PRESS A TAIWANESE daily will today launch a free commuter paper, which will offer readers a chance to be front page news. The Upaper, to be published by the United Daily News, will hand out an estimated 180,000 free copies every
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        Lock icon Dose of real life for cyber-addicts
        273 8 FOR these Chinese youth trying to break their Internet addiction, the day begins at 6.15 am with morning exercises and marches. These youth and young adults overwhelmingly male and aged 12 to 25 have checked into a military-style boot camp near Beijing. The Internet
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Chinese cities urged to pick up branding tips
        502 10  -  Clarissa Oon _0 __lt_ By China Correspondent In Beijing A LEADING Beijing university has urged Chinese cities to pick up tips on branding from some 12 international cities, including Singapore. China's cities have a long way to go in creating a successful
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        Lock icon Bid to quash support for couple defying developer
        577 10  -  Tracy Quek By China Correspondent In Chongqing THE Chinese government yesterday moved to silence growing online support for two defiant Chongqing homeowners who have become national celebrities for refusing to let developers demolish their house. The State Council Information Office, one of
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        Lock icon Abe aide denies army recruited WWII sex slaves
        171 10 REUTERS Tokyo A KEY aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday denied that Japan's army had directly recruited women and forced them to serve as sex slaves for its soldiers during World War 11. "There were military nurses and embedded journalists but
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Pakistan's new CJ in eye of political storm
        520 11 LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS He will head panel hearing case of his predecessor, who was removed by president Karachi HE IS the first Hindu ever to preside over this Muslim nation's highest court. And he is in the eye of a
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        Lock icon Young Vietnamese bitten hard by consumer bug
        645 12  -  Roger Mitton Booming economy spawns young adults more keen on spending than saving By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi HANOI cosmetician Nguyen Thi Thu Tra makes about US$lBO (Ss27o) a month, but that does not stop her from spending it all. The 26-year-old said:
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        Lock icon Mining firm's negligence caused mudflow disaster: Police
        320 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta A POLICE probe into the cause of the "mud volcano" that has made 15,000 people homeless in East Java points to negligence by a mining company. Mud began to flow out of a gas exploratory drilling well operated by PT
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        Lock icon Thai airport reopens for domestic flights
        138 12 REUTERS Bangkok BANGKOK'S Don Muang airport reopened for domestic flights without a hitch yesterday, six months after it was shut down. The move sought to ease congestion at the city's new US$4 billion (Ss6 billion) airport. Airport authorities are now considering plans to make
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        Lock icon Chiang Mai air quality worsens as haze returns
        165 12 Bangkok THE haze returned to parts of northern Thailand yesterday, with Chiang Mai reporting a severe worsening of air quality levels, the Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. Poor weather conditions were blamed for the haze's return, which followed a few days of
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Malaysia moves to curb students' craze for As
        675 13  -  Carolyn Hong Some taking up to 21 subjects amid intense rivalry for scholarships and varsity places By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur COLLECTING A grades has become the new craze among students in Malaysia, with many signing up for up to
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        Lock icon KL plans major expansion of police force
        244 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BERNAMA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA plans to recruit 37,000 people for the police force, expanding it by more than a third as it tries to improve its public image amid allegations of corruption. Police Inspector-General Musa Hassan said bolstering the
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        Lock icon 40,000 tax defaulters barred from travelling overseas
        217 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has barred nearly 40,000 people who have failed to settle their income tax from travelling outside the country, a news report said yesterday. The tax defaulters collectively owe the government RMI.4 billion (Ss6ls million), Ms Hasmah Abdullah, the
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      90 6 Will elections ■if be held this year t as planned? Will the military continue to hold sway? iil »Will ex-PM Shinawatra make ~a. a comeDac^ ~W I Straits Times Thailand Correspondent Nirmal Ghosh (left) and South-east Asia Correspondent Leslie Lopez (right) give their take on the political turmoil in Bangkok
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Property goes up, up, up in global cities
      1014 14  -  Neo Hui Mm Cross-border investors are adding to real estate boom By Straits Times Europe Bureau In Berne WEBSITE developer Mark Holmes makes £30,000 (S$90,000) a year, but finds a home in London beyond his reach. "It's just too expensive. It would
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      Lock icon Metropolitan green revolution gathers pace
      534 14  -  NEO HUI MIN STUTTGART will only issue building permits for developments that use 20 per cent less energy than a comparative structure. London mayor Ken Livingstone has cited environmental sustainability as the "key" to his vision for London, and Toronto has just unveiled a green
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      Lock icon Iran defiant as UN toughens sanctions
      606 15  -  Betsy Pisik REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Teheran slams action as 'unlawful, unnecessary and unjustifiable' By Straits Times US Bureau In New York THE United Nations Security Council has tightened sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear programme but says they could be lifted if Teheran
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      Lock icon Rich Iranians unfazed by nuclear crisis
      392 15 REUTERS Dizin (Iran) IRAN may be facing deepening isolation over its nuclear programme but, on the mountain slopes north of Teheran, skiers shrugged off suggestions of an escalating crisis. Escaping the capital's smog and urban sprawl, well-off Iranians flocked to the country's main winter
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      Lock icon EU PARTIES ON
      95 16 A girl in Brussels enjoying the "Stars of Europe" pop concert, one of many events held over the weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of the European Union. The biggest birthday party was being held in Berlin, where European leaders were gathered to celebrate the occasion at
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      Lock icon The EU at 50: Once-glorious family fraying at the seams
      841 16  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS It is aware of need to change but is too obsessed with own internal divisions By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London FIFTY years ago, on a rainy, drab afternoon, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy,
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon FOUR ARMED MEN ROB BELGIAN CASINO OF $1.6M
        90 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS: Armed robbers stole 820,000 euros (Ssl.6 million) from Belgium's largest casino here yesterday. The robbery took less than five minutes, prosecutor Eric Dehon said, adding that no one had been injured in the heist. Shortly after 4am,
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        Lock icon KL'S DISC SNIFFER DOGS GET EXTRA BODYGUARDS
        79 16 KUALA LUMPUR: Two sniffer dogs whose lives are wanted by pirated discs syndicates have been given extra protection and security, the New Sunday Times reported. Lucky and Flo, both trained to track down pirated discs, will have more enforcement officers as escorts, said
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        Lock icon LOSS IN NSW POLLS NOT PROTEST VOTE: HOWARD
        108 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday denied his party's loss in a weekend state election represented a protest vote against his policies ahead of this year's national poll. Voters in New South Wales on Saturday comfortably returned the incumbent
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        Lock icon TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS ST LUCIA'S PM
        94 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan confirmed yesterday that its Foreign Minister hac met leaders in St Lucia, a Chinese ally, on a trip likely to signal c new round of diplomatic jousting between Taipei and Beijing. Foreign Ministry spokesman David Wang confirmed that Foreigr
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        Lock icon INDIA SAYS MISSILE TEST A SUCCESS
        76 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS BHUBANESHWAR (India): India yesterday successfully tested ar indigenously developed air-to-air missile with a range of up tc 80km, said a Defence Ministry official. He said the missile, Astra (Weapon), is being developed for the Indian air force and can be fired from
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Dropout Gates to get Harvard degree
        204 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MR BILL Gates (left) is finally getting his Harvard degree, 32 years after he dropped out of the university on his path to becoming the world's wealthiest person. Mr Gates, the billionaire cofounder of Microsoft Corp, will receive an honorary degree in
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        87 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PRIME Minister Tony Blair (left) would have resigned if he had been queried as a suspect by police in the "cash for honours" probe. Detectives investigating the scandal wanted to interview Mr Blair under caution but backed off after being warned that it could
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        Lock icon Jailed for killing, chopping, frying husband
        108 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS A BRAZILIAN housewife has been convicted and sentenced to 19 years in prison for killing her husband, chopping his corpse into small pieces and frying it. Rosanita Nery dos Santos, 52, was sentenced in north- eastern Bahia state after a 15-member jury
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        Lock icon Qantas takeover may not get off the ground
        532 17  -  Roger Maynard Major shareholders reject consortium's offer, but deal not dead yet, say experts By Australia Correspondent In Sydney THE proposed private-equity takeover of Australian airline Qantas looked in danger of crash landing yesterday. Last Friday's announcement by major shareholder Balanced Equity
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        41 18 SEOUL: Final round of free trade talks between South Korea and the United States. BERLIN: Poland's National Security Council meets to discuss whether Nato should be involved in considering US plans for a missile defence system based in Eastern Europe.
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        40 18 CAIRO: Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs holds its 19th annual conference. LONDON: Bicentenary of the Act abolishing the slave trade within the former British Empire. MOSCOW: Auction starts of assets of former oil giant Yukos, which is in liquidation.
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        6 18 BRUSSELS: EU parliamentary plenary session.
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        27 18 BANGKOK: Verdict expected in the trial of Swiss national Oliver Jufer, accused of defacing images of the King during a drunken spree on the monarch's birthday.
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        20 18 BEIRUT: UN Secretary-General Ban Xi Moon visits Lebanon for talks with its leaders and to visit UN peacekeeping forces.
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        39 18 SYDNEY: Hundreds of businesses, officials and thousands of residents will switch off the lights for an hour to register their concern over global warming. KUALA LUMPUR: Deadline for the government to announce a partner for ailing carmaker Proton.
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        19 18 DOHA: Qatar holds election for the only municipal council in the gas-rich Gulf state, the third since 1999.
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      330 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WORLD WHAT IT IS ARAB leaders meet in Riyadh on Wednesday with attention focused on reviving a contentious initiative offering Israel peace in return for its withdrawal from captured Arab lands. The initiative was first made by Saudi Arabia in 2002, but it
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      Lock icon Hu Jintao visits Russia
      144 18  -  CLARISSA OON CHINA WHAT IT IS CHINESE President Hu Jintao leaves for Russia today for a three-day trip. It will be watched closely by the US, which has been growing wary of increasing strategic links between Beijing and Moscow. Both sides are expected to sign a
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      Lock icon Thaksin's wife in court
      138 18  -  NIRMAL GHOSH SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS KHUNYING Pojaman Shinawatra, wife of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is due to appear in a court in Bangkok today to ask for bail in a tax case against her, her stepbrother Bhanapot Damapong and her secretary. The charges
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      161 18  -  AZHAR GHANI SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THE World Health Organisation will hold a high-level meeting on two bird flu issues in Jakarta this week. They are the sharing of bird flu virus samples and measures to ensure that developing countries get access to vaccines.
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      29 14 Still controversial at 50 The future of the European Union, which is now 50 years old, remains as controversial today as it was half a century ago. PAGE 16
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon High cost to early marriage
      430 19 MARRIAGE reinforces the relationship between a man and a woman; families are the bedrock of society. These are self-evident truths. But when marriage is entered into when one is too young and families are started too soon, relationships can falter and too many young families
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      1193 19  -  By Hoo Tiang Boon Tom Quiggin BETWEEN COLLECTIVE WISDOM AND INDIVIDUAL GENIUS For The Straits Times SINGAPOREANS recently had the privilege of listening to two "thought leaders" at the International Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning Symposium, held at the Shangri-La Hotel on March 19-20.
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      666 19  -  Ruth Kelly BRITAIN'S HOME-GROWN TERRORISM By I RECENTLY met academics and scholars from the Muslim communities of the UK. They came from different schools of thought and represented a diverse range of opinions. But all agreed that we urgently need a new approach to
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      601 23  -  Tracy Sua IMMOBILISER SYSTEM FOR HAZARDOUS GOODS VEHICLES Device part of pre-emptive move bySCDF tofoil terrorist attacks By HIS prime mover, a heavy vehicle, laden with "toxic material", strayed from the approved route. Almost immediately, Mr Salleh Mugtaffa found the
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      534 26  -  Jessica Cheam Energy-saving light bulbs, other devices lead to savings for estate By AS SINGAPORE'S first "green homes" in Punggol come up in the next few years, decision-makers could take a leaf from another town which has already earned a reputation as
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      444 26  -  Jocelyn Lee By A RESTAURANT kitchen is like a war zone during peak hours. Tempers flare when orders get mixed up or things do not move fast enough. Hence a helpline set up recently by a local culinary institution for stressed-out
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      270 26  -  Arti Mulchand By WORKERS in Singapore have benefited from having strong leaders in government and the civil service, NTUC chief Lim Swee Say said yesterday. He said this in acknowledg- ing the need to review administrative service salaries. "If you look at
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        91 26 SENIOR executives will learn more about doing business in the Middle East under a programme that was launched yesterday. The Executive Management Programme on the Middle East was designed by International Enterprise Singapore in partnership with the University of Dubai. It provides an overview of
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        96 26 MORE than 600 soldiers from the Singapore Armed Forces' armour units will return home from Central India after a month-long exercise, which ends on Thursday, with their Indian counterparts. This is the third such exercise, codenamed Bold Kurukshetra. Among other things, the exercise
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      87 26 Bikini-clad babes sashaying down the catwalk with pooches in sporty gear were one of the highlights at Stadium Green yesterday. More than 15,000 pet lovers turned up with their beloved cats, dogs, hamsters, rabbits and other pets at Singapore Press Holdings' Pets
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      202 26 FOR Ms Kamaljit Kaur's family, the past three months have been a countdown to finally getting wired. And thanks to Project GAPc@South West, an IT assistance scheme, they will finally have a computer in their Jurong West home. She and one of her daughters,
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      410 27  -  Melissa Tan Centre aims to help Spore produce the water in just one step in two years By MAYBE one day, membrane technology can squeeze water from stone, but for now, Singapore is keen to tap it to produce Newater more efficiently. Indeed, Dr Tony
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      403 27  -  Ho Ai Li By AT HOME, Apple Chan, 18, speaks Cantonese fluently. Outside, she chatters easily in English and Mandarin with her friends. Her father, Mr Randy Chan, 45, a shipping company director, said the decision to move his family here
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      25 23 Boost for Newater Centre here aims to help Singapore produce Newater in one step, instead of the current two, by tapping membrane technology. PAGE H5
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      575 28  -  GERALDINE TAN By ATTRACTED by the high educational standards, a thriving economy, safe environment and good location, many reputable foreign universities have in recent years set up their overseas campuses in Singapore. This trend has helped to reinforce Singapore's growing status as a highquality
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      391 28 Even as more foreign universities open their offshore campuses here, Singapore's growth as an education hub is not without competition. Many students still choose to study overseas to enrich their education. The United Kingdom, for example, has long been a popular choice for Singapore students.
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      176 28  -  DAPHNE LEE By MAKE Maxim Singapore cover girl Jaymee Ong your mobile phone's Screensaver. As part of its revamp, men's magazine Maxim Singapore is using mobile phone technology Zap Code to inject a little fun, interactivity and incentive for its readers. Use your mobile phone camera to
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        120 28 IT is not very often that you get 10 business veterans to gather on one occasion to share their experience and expertise but this is what participants of the upcoming "Pulse of Success" business seminar can expect. Organised by Lianhe Zaobao and OCBC Bank, the seminar will
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        157 28 IF you think you have what it takes to pull a car in the shortest time over 10m, you could well be the one to walk away with $5,000 in cash. This is the top prize in the Baron's Strongman Challenge to be held on March 31
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        107 28 WHO can resist the silly old bear Winnie the Pooh? Now, when you shop at Guardian, you get to participate in the Winnie the Pooh Friends exclusive collectors edition plush toy loyalty programme. For every minimum nett purchase of $20 at any of Guardian's 125 outlets, you earn
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        111 28 ZISHA or Purple Clay as it is commonly known, is a non-coloured ceramic. It is hard and solid with a fine texture. When rubbed and polished frequently, a metallic glare emerges and it becomes more sparkling, glossy and elegant over time. Now, at the Zisha exhibition organised by
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      466 29  -  Tessa Wong »SOAPBOX Just because youth follow the fad doesn't mean they will slash themselves By GUYS, let's not panic. According to recent news reports on emo kids, counsellors may have the impression that anyone listening to My Chemical Romance, wears a
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      432 29  -  Tessa Wong By YOU shoot, you score, your opponent chugs down a cup of lager. Beer pong, a popular American drinking game, has finally landed on our shores and is fast gaining fans. The game is an adapted version of ping pong,
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      1043 30 »MY LIFE When it comes to foreigners, it's a case of 'can't live with them, can't live without them' A new, different wave WHILE I have no qualms about foreign talent coming to Singapore, I think there is something fundamentally different about the current immigration
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      483 30  -  Karen Tee LETTERS HOME By AS I write, I am all wrapped up in a quilt with a cup of steaming green tea within arm's reach. After an unusually warm winter thus far, it has finally snowed in New York City. But there are no
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      273 31  -  Chong Huai Seng IT IS good news that the Government plans to spend up to $400 million to jazz up the visual arts scene with the conversion of the former Supreme Court and City Hall. And invite international architects and designers to make
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      186 31  -  Lancome Lim Cheng Lang (Ms) MY MOTHER, Madam Low Siam Chan, has suffered from back pain since Jan 27. On Feb 15, we took her to see Dr Chan Kiin Meng of Chan KM Geriatric Medical Clinic. He advised us to send her
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      445 31  -  Jim Simon IN THE United States media there is a lot of talk about the potential of plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs), which are slated to hit the market in 2009. President George W. Bush inspected some prototypes at the White House last
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      178 31  -  Michael Verney Kline MANY car owners who live in Housing Board estates often have trouble finding an empty parking lot close to their blocks. Very often, I have had to park my car a few blocks away from my flat, as I
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      152 31  -  Zhou Zhiqiang WITH more couples starting their own homes and living away from their parents and siblings, it can get costly to visit their relatives, especially when they drive. A trip to one's parents' home can last two to three hours and longer
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      200 31  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to Mr Perry Tone Chee Wah's letter, "IPO shares snapped up too quickly" (ST, March 22). Why is it that some IPOs are on a first-come-first-served basis, while others are on a period of subscription with a closing
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      93 31  -  Ananda Perera I REFER to the letter, "Reader was late in applying for popular IPO via ATM" (ST, March 23). DBS Bank has missed the point. Is first-come-first-served the best way to apply for IPOs? Why not use balloting? Otherwise, people
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      68 31 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asia1. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Shouldn't companies be deciding allocation of excess rights shares to individual shareholders? Suggestions on how to reduce heavy traffic along Koon Seng Road More polite guards at tourist locations needed Gelare staff so helpful
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      690 32  -  V. K. Santo sh Kumar THE 808 WOOLMER MURDER But questioning and DNA samples are merely a process of elimination, they say By In Lahore PAKISTAN'S World Cup cricket team finally left Jamaica, arriving in London yesterday en route to Lahore. Television pictures showed the
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      667 32 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AN INDIAN cricket fan committed suicide while another died of heart attack after watching their national team's crushing defeat by Sri Lanka in the World Cup match in the Caribbean. Upset over India's
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      775 32  -  Sunil Gavaskar By THE unthinkable has happened. For fans of the two cricket giants in the sub-continent, what was a dream has turned into a nightmare. Pakistan are out of the World Cup and, unless a miracle happens and Bermuda somehow manage to
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      338 32  -  Jeanette Wang SWIMMING By JUST a quarter of a second separated national swimmer Tao Li and her top-eight target at the 12th Fina World Championships in Melbourne yesterday. The 17-year-old, competing in the women's 100-metre butterfly semi-finals at the Rod Layer Arena, finished in
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      251 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOUTH Korean swimmer Park Tae Hwan shocked champion Grant Hackett to win the men's 400 m freestyle at the World Championships yesterday. French superstar Laure Manaudou, who is competing in eight events in Melbourne, stormed to the women's crown.
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      1029 33 The India-Pakistan marquee tie will not happen in the Super 8s round. Yet, there remain other mouth-watering prospects in the battle for four semi-final spots. AUSTRALIA World ranking 2 Past World Cups: 2003 winners, 1999 winners, 1996 final. Australia gave everybody else false hope by losing five games in
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      807 33  -  Pradeep Rajan CRICKET Nice to see Australia tame South Africa without resorting to the 'art' of sledging By AFTER a week of verbal sparring, it was heartening to see a "gentlemanly encounter" surface between the super-charged Australians and South Africans on Saturday. For me, the
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      259 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AUSTRALIA captain Ricky Ponting believes his team's impressive 83-run victory over bitter rivals South Africa could be the key to securing a third successive World Cup crown. "It's a big win for us," he said, after the win gave the Australians
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      129 33 EAM M W D NelR/R Pis Australia 3 3 South Africa 3 2 Netherlands 3 1 Scotland 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.43 6 2.40 4 -2.53 2 -3.79 0 Group B [EAM M W D Net R/R Pts Sri Lanka 3 3 India 3 1
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      1064 34  -  Rob Hughes SOCCER: ISRAEL 0 ENGLAND 0 Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney do well only beside foreign players with flair By IN ENGLAND, thank heavens, all they are mourning is another dreadful performance. In Portugal, they are celebrating the wonder of Cristiano Ronaldo. In Togo, they were
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      263 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS ENGLAND coach Steve McClaren accidentally referred to Saturday's draw in Israel as a defeat. It might as well have been. "We've lost a game we should have won," he said after the 0-0 draw. The team's Euro 2008 qualification
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      534 35 Saturday Group A Kazakhstan 2 Serbia Montenegro 1 Poland 5 Azerbaijan 0 Portugal 4 Belgium 0 Group B Scotland 2 Georgia 1 Faroe Islands 0 Ukraine 2 Lithuania 0 France 1 Group C Moldova 1 Malta 1 Norway 1 Bosnia 2 Greece 1 Turkey 4 Group D
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      588 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER Villa and Morientes score, but Spain struggle to beat 10-man Denmark Madrid SPAIN were happy with the 2-1 win over 10-man Denmark in their Euro 2008 qualifier on Saturday even if it did little to inspire confidence for the rest of
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      332 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS Prague KEVIN Kuranyi is back in Germany's national team, and has already started to prove that he belongs. The Schalke striker scored a goal in each half on Saturday to lead Germany to a 2-1 victory over the Czech
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      344 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »GOLF Miami TIGER Woods opened with an eagle, on his way to a four-under par 68 on Saturday to seize a four-stroke lead after the third round of the US$B million (Ssl2 million) CA Championship at Doral Golf Resort and Spa. Woods stood
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      159 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ANDO LEADS JAPANESE ONE-TWO IN WORLD MEET TOKYO: Woman figure-skater Miki Ando upstaged two favoured teenagers to lead a Japanese one-two and an unprecedented all-Asian podium at the World Championships on Saturday. Ando, after seeing teammate Mao Asada come from behind to pip South Korean Kirn
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      358 36  -  Jeanette Wang SOCCER He overcomes pain in injured ankle to score twice for Tampines in win over Liaoning By HE MIGHT have been popping pain-killers to numb himself against an injured right ankle. But, as much as enduring pain, Tampines Rovers striker Noli Alam Shah also inflicted
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      85 36 tome Utd FC ...3 3 0 Oil 2 9 fampines 3 2 0 1 b 2 6 ieylang 3 2 0 14 3 6 foung Lions 3 2 0 14 3 6 Sengkang P 3 1116b 4 SAFFC 2 110 4 3 4 Woodlands 3 1113 3 4 iombak
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      106 36 Singapore Sports School's Prakash Arasu passes the baton to Keith Tan as their team with Ivan Tan and Daniel Koh running the last two legs posted a new C Boys 4xloom championship record of 45.475ec. In yesterday's Singapore Athletics Association Schools Relay Championships, the Sports School emerged champions
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      814 36 BASKETBALL NBA: Philadelphia 93 Miami 85, New Jersey 113 Charlotte 107 (OT), Utah 118 Memphis 108, Washington 105 LA Clippers 111. CRICKET ICC World Cup Group A in St Kitts: Australia 377-6 (A. Gilchrist 42, M. Hayden 101, R. Ponting 91, M. Clarke run out 92, A. Symonds 18,
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      155 36 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 TAN KOON MENG Age: 74 Called home to be with the Lord on 24 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones.
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      52 36 Ist Anniversary In Everloving Memory Of SIMON KOH SEE MENG Called home to be with the Lord on 26 Mar 200( You Decorated Our Lives By Painting Your Love All Over Our Hearts You Decorated Our Lives Dearly missed, always remembered and love by: Wife, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandsons
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      16 36 In Loving Memory Of rEOSOOCHONG YEOAHHIANG Departed 27.3.82 Departed: 26.3.03 Always Remembered By Family Loved Ones
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      67 36 MARIMUTHU THANGAVELU VELU (SEAGATE) Age: 53 passed away peacefully on 25 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife Indhrani d/o Vellasamy Daughter: T. Divyadharsana Father-in-law: S. Vellasamy Brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. Body is resting at Blk 606, Hougang Aye 4, #04-167. Tel: *****229
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      29 36 15th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of FREDDY CHEOK TUNG IM Departed: 26/3/1992 Always remembered by Parents, Tina Tan, Brothers, Sisters, Sisters-in-law, Brothers-in-law, Belinda Lim, Nephews, Nieces and loved ones
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      40 36 In Loving Memory Of FREDDIE MORAES Departed 26 March 1986 Thou art gone, dear father, Gone beyond the world of tears, But the memory of you will ever linger Thru' the passing years. Always remembered by family and loved ones.
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      99 36 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4: 7 MARGARET JOSEPHINE CLARKE neeCOCKBURN Age: 84 Passed away peacefully at home on 24 March 2007 Fondly remembered by beloved husband, Gerard Clarke, son, Gerard John, daughter, Louise, caregivers Thelma and Lyna,
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      92 36 PATRICK WONG WAI LUM Age: 49 passed away peacefully on 24 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father: Mother: ;Wong Tai Kwee, deceased) Chair Kam Ho Brother: Sister-in-law: i/Vong Wei Kirn Jasmine Teo Sisters: Brothers-in-law: i/Vong Wee Yong Samugam i/Vong Wai Leng Chan Kirn Heng i/Vong
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      43 36 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Albert Chan Boon Lock Departed 26/03/2005 'Your presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You were the kind of father, Your loved ones will never forget.' Dearly missed by, Wife, Son and Daughters
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      35 36 IN LOVING MEMORY of our Parents/ Grand Parents Great Grand Parents Rev. Canon Guok Koh Muo Mdm Tan Loke Moi Departed 23 March 1963 Departed 29 Oct 1982 Deeply cherished by Children, Grandchildren and Greatgrandchildren
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      149 37 The family of Mrs. Ishwari Bai Khanchand (Wife of late Mr. Khanchand Tolaram Vaswani) offer gratitude to the Almighty Lord for having blessed us with a soul so full of Love. (She returned to her Heavenly Abode to be one with the Lord on the morning of 25 March 2007)
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      135 37 In Loving Memory of "Ifyou forger everything, just remember this. We shall descend as eagles, move as swift as gazelles, we will fight as lions. For at the end of the day, all that you see is the settling of the dust... and all that you hear... is the howling
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      39 37 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of COL BERNARD TAN CHEOW HAN Departed 2fi March 2()<H» A Leader, A Mentor and A Friend From: Officers. Warrant Officers, Specialists of 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES m-m zm. I m
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      26 37 Ist Anniversary COL Bernard Tan Cheow Han Departed on 26 Mar 06 Always remembered and cherished by Chief Guards Officer and Members of the Guards Family
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      76 37 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2Tim4:7(NIV) I COL BERNARD TAN CHEOW HAN Reunited with HIM on 26 March 2006 In loving memory of a great leader, mentor and coach, who had taught us to LI.V.E our best in the
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      45 37 BERNARD TAN Our friend Departed 2(» March 20<Mi Always in our thoughts Forever in our hearts Boon Khai *r Gina Lye Hing Paul in Ec^earn Gienda ShccWai Hong Keat ScLi Yee Wey Lon Jason SiewPeng Yew Hock Hi Sock Hui Wk i h i^Jk > A.-
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      98 37 'Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I u •ill dwell in die house of ihe Lord forever.' Psalm 23:6 1st Anniversary In Loving Memory of BERNARD We miss the laughter. We miss the moments we had. We will always think of you.
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      29 37 F ta 1st Anniversary In Memory of COL Bernard Tan Departed 26 March 2006 Dearly missed by officers staff of: Gl-Army Army HR Hub Army Information Centre B I
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      36 37 1st Anniversary In Loving Memory of Jane Quak Wang Peng (Mrs. Jane Chang) called home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on 26 March 2006 Forever cherished and loved by family members and loved ones.
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      84 38 Where S$ stands Vlar 23 _CHNG YR 2006/07 CLOSE FR Mar 22 S$ LOW S$ HIGL JS$ 1.5165 +0.11 1.6630 1.5157® iuro 2.0207 +0.41 2.0589 1.9182 2.9819 +0.40 3.0566 2.7897 1$ 1.2225 +0.32 1.2369 1.1366 ren* 1.2879 +0.24 1.4419 1.2555 lupiah *0.***** +0.17 0.***** 0.***** iaht ....4.3378 +0.98 4.3830
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      513 38  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK Orchard Turn buzz to lend support to STI; funds on the prowl for bargains By Markets Correspondent IN THE space of one week, the gloom pervading global stock markets after three distinct market plunges has been largely dispelled. Initial reservations
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      7333 38 Unit Trusts Funds UNIT TRUSTS ABN Amro Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!" 1.054/ Star Europe Bond 1.193/ Star Europe Bal 1.23/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.311/ Star Asia Bond 1.318/ Star Asia Balanced 1.105/ Star Global Tecbnoloßy Fund!** 0.211/ Multi St Fd 0 988/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.864/ Gib
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      603 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Investors still getting into stock market as they are betting Bangkok will soon rescind rules Bangkok THAILAND'S tough capital controls have failed to keep the baht from rising to nine-year highs against the US dollar as investors
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        69 39 CITIGROUP Investment Research describes Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) as an "undervalued gem for investors seeking quality names". Sats offers good value with 11 per cent growth in earnings per share and potential for higher dividends. The firm is also broaden- ing its footprint
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        93 39 DBS Vickers says the record prices of $4,000 per sq ft achieved by Orchard Residences may pave the way for Wheelock Properties to achieve higher selling prices for its projects. "We reiterate that Wheelock is a prime beneficiary of the highend residential segment, with
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        82 39 KIM ENG Research notes that Cosco Corp's marine unit, CSG, now has an order book of US$l.l billion (551.67 billion), after securing a rig contract worth as much as US$l7O million. "We believe that Cosco will continue to announce a significant number of new
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      728 40  -  Lance Ang They study firms and draw up business plans under scheme launched by Boston Consulting By Ng Sook Zhen A PROGRAMME to get schoolchildren more interested in the business world chalked up a ringing success last week. Students aged 14 to
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        64 40 DENNIS QUEK HONG KAl:Appointed Singapore Post's (Sing Post) chief operating officer for its logistics and eßusiness divisions. Mr Quek (above), 44, will join Sing Post on April 1 and report to group chief executive Lav Boon Tuan. He has held key management positions in
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        51 40 GERHARD ZEBE: Will step down as managing director of Hi-P International's consumer electronics and electrical strategic business unit at the end of the month, due to health reasons. His role will come under chief executive Yao Hsiao Tung, until a new managing director is
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        36 40 YEO MENG HIN: Appointed SMRT's deputy president and chief operating officer with effect from April 1. Mr Yeo, 42, joined SMRT in August 2003, and currently holds the position of executive vice-president.
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        22 40 NOBUHIRO CHIBA: Resigned as executive director o: Isetan from today. He will return to Japan for another assignment.
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        22 40 LIM WEE CHAI: Appointee chairman of cleanroom anc medical disposable glove; maker Medi-Flex with effec from last Friday.
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      984 41  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY Merchant banks should consider offering more shares to retail investors By Markets Correspondent INVESTORS might recall those glorious days when initial public offers (IPOs) attracted a frenzy that looked more like pop star pandemonium than sober financial behaviour.
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      275 41  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent MORE listed firms here may go private as buyout funds start to move in, says accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). There has already been three prominent cases recently: First Engineering, Landwind Medical and Nera Electronics. First Engineering is being
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      344 41  -  Arthur Poon WARRANT WATCH By TRADING of covered warrants issued on property stocks sizzled last week ahead of trades in their counterparts in other sectors and Singapore index-based contracts. The buying interest was boosted by news that several apartments in Capita Land's
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      809 42  -  Ng Sook Zhen Retailers say rising costs like rent, transport negate any currency gains or losses By SADLY for Singapore consumers, shops here have not been flooded with much cheaper American and Japanese goods recently despite some hefty currency changes. Over
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      336 42 MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR IPO Beijing CHINA Citic Bank, the country's seventh-largest commercial bank, plans to go public in both China and Hong Kong at the end or next month, raising US$2.B billion to US$3 billion (554.2 billion to 554.6 billion), the Economic
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      30 42 Market fever It may be time for merchant banks to consider offering more listing shares to retail investors to re-ignite the vibrant retail IPO culture of the past. PAGE Hl9
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      461 43 Debuting in Singapore for the first time, here's L'^fc^Hffi Ifll i\ C» Bernice like you've never seen before! Wnfc tIIPIW a k vB 9H Bernice Liu's a familiar face to many, but do you know she is no stranger to the M -jt k\\ Wk W IflUI dreaded yo-yo weight
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      58 43 PEOPLE 8 QUESTIONS WITH... I SINGAPORE FASHION FEST GIRL TALK Jessica Hsuan ~.^r Are models here Dreading Miss Hot Bods on why family comes first x too skinny? at the gym page 3 pages page 6 vfa' JB iJI tB. I a Be k tT' t -^^^k. Design: LEE CHEE
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        537 44  -  Lee Sze Yong Swiss-Chinese heart-throb Max Loong is back on the small screen in After Hours, which debuts tonight MEDIA REPORTER YOU might have caught Max Loong's fleeting VJ stint on cable channel MTV Asia last year. The 28-year-old Swiss-Chinese heart-throb had teenage girls swooning over
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        157 44 TAIPEI Carina Lav will sue Taiwan's China Times Weekly for claiming that she lured Taiwanese tech billionaire Terry Gou into giving her NT$lOO million (554.6 million), says United Daily News. The article was published last week, and the Jet Tone agency, which represents the
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        221 44 NEW DELHI Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has denied reports that his family performed Hindu religious ceremonies to lift a curse from his son's fiancee, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai. "Nothing like this ever took place," Bachchan, 64, told Indian magazine The Week last week, calling the widespread
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        900 45  -  Sarah Ong Hong Kong actress Jessica Hsuan, who has acted in more than 30 TV serials and eight movies, feels it's time to slow down AFTER 14 busy years in showbusiness as one of TVB's A-listers, Jessica Hsuan is taking things a tad slower
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        1759 46  -  Mak Mun San the monday interview Mr NTUC Income, Mr Forum letter-writer, Mr Blogger, Mr Singapore Dance Theatre Tan Kin Lian may have retired but he still wears many hats as he continues his dance of life FOR someone newly retired, Mr Tan Kin Lian does
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        567 47  -  May Yip Life! went backstage with a weighing scale for two Singapore Fashion Festival shows one featuring models and the other, ordinary folk to determine if some models here are as shockingly skinny as their international counterparts RAIL-THIN models are out, healthy clotheshorses are in. So you might
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        92 47 Antoinette Ataro, 27 (above) Occupation: Model Nationality: Kenyan Height weight: I.Bm, 50kg BMI: 15.4 (below the healthy range) "I think if you're skinny in a healthy way, it's okay. Everyone talks about skinny models in the industry, but some of us are naturally skinny and
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        136 47 Sheila Sim, 23 (left) Occupation: Model Nationality: Singaporean Height weight: 1.75 m, 49kg BMI: 16 (below the healthy BMI range, which starts from 18.5) "There is added pressure for me to be thin. There are so few spots for Asians in a show, so I have
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        90 47 Name: Esen Diaz, 23 (left) Occupation: Theatre studies student Nationality: Singaporean Height weight: 1.77 m 90kg BMI: 28 (slightly above thf healthy range of 27.5) "Modelling should be easy because I'm used to being on stage as an actor But now I find myself thinking that
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        92 47 Name: Sarah Ma, 22 (right) Occupation: Public relations executive Nationality: Singaporean Height and weight: 1.67 m, 62kg BMI: 22 (healthy) "I've never been the skinny type. However, you can be rail thin, but it doesn't matter if you have the self-confidence of an ant.
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        98 48 It was laborious to sing. Why not let everybody hear it clearly?' Singer Jacky Cheung (above) on why he doesn't do mumbly rap The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor... you don't say, 'Well, I read a science fiction novel
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        791 48  -  Sandra Leong Go to a gym and be mercilessly scrutinised by lots of female eyes? I can do without such ego-bruising girltalk WHEN men step into the gym, they see the machines. And while they may pause between weights to check out the babe in
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        225 48 SINGAPORE singer Ho Yeow Sun (right) revealed a dark secret to the media in Taiwan last week she said she had been sexually abused at the age of six. Then she and her husband, City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee, scrambled
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        137 48 TAIPEI Taiwanese TV host Hu Gua and his fiancee Ting Jou-an admitted they had used marijuana but said they had quit since Chinese New Year, after prosecutors found the drug in a secret compartment in his home last Friday. Hu was acquitted in January
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        579 49  -  Yong Shu Hoong When record company EMI compiled a golden oldies collection, they tapped into Vernon Cheong's music library to retrieve some long-lost tracks MUSIC fan Vernon Cheong has fond memories of the now-defunct Capitol Theatre just steps away from the cafe in Capitol Building, where this
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        277 49 NEW YORK Millionaire fashion model Naomi Campbell emerged last Friday from a grimy Department of Sanitation garage in a floor-length evening gown, marking the end of her court-or-dered community service. She waved, smiled for the cameras and then ducked into her silver Rolls-Royce limousine. In January,
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        989 50  -  Tay Yek Keak Laughing at Mr Bean? He's laughing at you too starsngripes I NEVER thought I would say this in the same sentence but today's movies are about a Bean, four turtles and many Vikings. The Bean is, of course, Mr Bean who must be familiar
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        193 50 AFP LONDON Former Beatle Paul McCartney insists his friendship with an ex-girlfriend of Prince Charles is purely platonic, as the star battles through a messy divorce. "There is no relationship beyond friendship," said McCartney's spokesman, after newspaper reports linked the star with Ms
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        218 52  -  May Yip BEST known as Jude Law's ex despite having starred in flicks like Casanova and Alfie, British actress Sienna Miller is coming into her own with a lead role in Factory Girl a film about 1960s pop artist Andy Warhol's muse, Edie Sedgwick. Off screen, Miller, 25,
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        401 76 WHAT'S WITH R5S AND B4S AND LIS? WHY THE CONFUSION? ALFRED CHUA ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE THE ANSWERS Clasped firmly in your hands is your result slip. Scanning it, your eyes rest on one thing your LI R5. You got six points! You burst through the doors at
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        174 76 THE BEST OF STink SPILL "Must change people's mindset then they will change for the better." Jumpinjelly on STink discussion thread "Developing your talents and staying drug-free" (March 8, Junior STOMPer) "I think developing our talents should NOT be just to curb drug abuse. It is what we should do
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        231 76  -  SERENE GOH Science is a sexy topic. In the newsroom, science explains how neon fish can be created. Science is the eye on the very scary effects of global warming. Scientific experts are also usually the first people journalists consult and interview for explanations on
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        446 77 Comics and *W£ are A 40-time blood donor "A Singapore hero is Mr Tommy Seow,a man who has donated blood more than 40 times. Many don't give blood because they can't be bothered to help people they don't even know. But some day a stranger's blood
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        602 78 He would sit in a corner or sneak off to the nearby arcade when his family went bowling at Marina Square on Sundays. But after Goh Fu Kuan's father urged him then just seven years old to try his hand at it, he got hooked.
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        323 79 IN PRESENTS P00N YEE SUAN'S WINNING STRAITS TIMES MEDIA CLUB PIECE ON THE NATIONAL SKIPPER He has been captain of the Singapore football team for five years and is the only one to have lifted the Asean Football Championship title twice. Aide Iskandar was
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        134 79 »ON PLAYING FOR SINGAPORE "It was the proudest moment of my life when I first donned the national jersey to represent Singapore in an international match." »ON LOSING A GAME "I am a passionate person who always wants to win, especially in terms of football. Most of the
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        391 80 Read what your friends say about lighting up "I think people who smoke aren't too smart.They've been told about the harmful effects but don't seem to care. Some do it because of peer pressure they're scared they'll lose their friends. Others are influenced by actors they see
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        431 81 These are some of the misconception! teens have about smoking, according to the Singapore Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTSJ2OOO fc IT MAKES YOU LOSE WEIGHT Reality: Food tastes better once smokers quit. This may cause them to eat more. However, any weight gain is
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        178 82 ne government lab. Three crazy science experiments. And six intrepid IN Crowd reporters. When the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) launched three science kits for use in school laboratories earlier this month, IN decided they should be tested out. After all, the funky-looking kits
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        299 82  -  Nur Safiah Alias Poon Yee Suan THE AGENTS and I THE MENTOR Dr Edwin Chow, 36, has been a research scientist with IBN for four years. He has come up with many inventions focusing on the eye, such as a contact lens designed to correct myopia and
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        359 82  -  Mervyn Lav Rameza Khan THE AGENTS and THE MENTOR Dr Motoichi Kurisawa, 37, a senior research scientist with nine years of experience. He has spent the last three years in Singapore with IBN researching bio-materials. THE MISSION The thermo-responsive hydrogel is a gel-like substance that changes
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        295 82  -  Phyllis Wan Nurul Liyana THE AGENTS and THE MENTOR 1 Professor Xv Guolin, a researcher in medical devices. The 41-year-old has worked on a low-cost metallic micro-pump for drug delivery and disposable self-priming and bubble tolerance pneumatic actuation micro-pump. THE MISSION Dielectrophoresis cell separation or
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        694 83 THISWEEKWEZOOMINON... DESIGN: JEFFREY LIM TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY Maybe it was the baby boom in 1990. Maybe it is the more exciting courses at polytechnics. Maybe the old fail-safe route of junior college and university is not the best path to success it once was. Whatever the reason, students with
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        844 84  -  AUDREY TAN, BY THE STRAITS TIMES, MARCH 14 Singapore is still the least corrupt country in Asia, but it is increasingly vulnerable to graft problems in the region, a Hong Kong-based risk consultancy said yesterday. The Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc)
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        201 86 NOVEL APPROACH HELPS THE YOUTH TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE CHOICES An unusual take on road signs drove home healthy messages to more than I 1,000 students at an event by the Health Promotion Board held on March 17 and 18. Ignite!, which took place
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        168 86 Lewis is an orphan with a genius' IQ. His latest and most ambitious invention is the Memory Scanner, a machine that will help him find his birth mother. But before he can do that, his invention is stolen by the evil Bowler Hat Guy. As Lewis is
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        302 86 In this monthly column, the director of schools, Mr Wong Siew Hoong, of the Ministry of Education (MOE), answers your burning questions. Send questions to stin@sph.com.sg with "MOE" as the subject. Q: Is affiliation fair? It is an advantage for students who are affiliated to move from, for
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        1142 87  -  FRANKIE CHEE, THE STRAITS TIMES, MARCH 15 Ms Erykca Liv, 23, works from 6pm to sam and helps customers drown their sorrows and forget their work stress, but does not get much recognition for what she does. She is a bartender, you
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        411 88  -  mardianaabubakar by This is a news article on a career serving drinks in bars and the problems in getting good professionals to work and stay in this industry. It contains a number of metaphors and one pun. These figures of speech are what we will
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        388 88 Answer notes VOCABULARY WORK I AND 2 The purpose of these exercises (which have been ongoing since the start of this year) is twofold: Firstly, to introduce students to image-laden words that can be either literary or popular slang words, and secondly, to have students use these
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      70 79 wnat are you waiting pop? fef^apw JU Trim ft lit Programme </r I%^^^ L^LflLflProl scrapped! If I M I How do you feel? Discuss in Talkback r How to make How do you escape an addiction? Singapore happening? A iJJi n .1 k I I rl^U I U I Discuss
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      63 79 YOUR BOURHOD m WOMEN RULE IN FLOORBALL The national floorball women's team has reached the top 10 of world floorball. And their reward is a date with the world's second-best team in their first game at the World Floorball Championship. Come May, the team, dubbed the Orchids, will play world
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      91 82 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK UNSWAYED BY HIGHER UNI FEES Almost seven in 10 places at the University of New South Wales Asia campus here have been snapped up by Singaporeans. Of the pioneer batch of 152 students, 104 are locals. They will be spending between $26,000 and $29,000 a
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      93 82 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK f ANGUS ROSS PRIZE WINNER Mr Liew Shang Zhao, 19, a former Raffles Junior College student, beat about 10,000 candidates from countries in Europe, southern Africa, South Asia and East Asia to claim the Angus Ross Prize. The award is handed out by the University
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      80 84 RACK YOUR BRAINS STORE TRAILS IN TECH USE It was a case of first and last for Singapore in a global survey. The country was named the best place to do business but came in last in tech innovation, because of fewer patents registered and a lower number of broadband
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      78 86 TRENDS AND QUIRKS FILM DEALS WITH YOUTH GAMBLING Global research shows people who start betting young are up to four times more likely to become problem gamblers than those who begin as adults. To nip the problem in the bud, the National Council on Problem Gambling recently released a IS-minute
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      65 87 READ AND WRITE BETTER J. ATEC ON PROWL FOR NEW BOSS For the second time in a little over six months, the Shatec hotel and hospitality training college is on the lookout for a new boss. Mr Stanley Lee quit as chief executive officer last month, citing personal reasons for
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      95 88 I READ AND WRITE BETTER f CAMPUS SERVES UP COCKTAILS I Campus shops at polytechnics and universities are proving to be a hothouse for young operators, with some turning in I modest I profits with their startups. Some I 18 stores affiliated with entrepreneurial programmes or business and hospitality I
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      159 89 FACES AND PLACES IN THE NEWS Sudoku Pacific <& STER! I Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box I contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Sudoku is a puzzle craze that SCJ originated in Japan.
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