The Straits Times, 29 March 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 26 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, MARCH 29 2007 •fIUB A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 455 1  -  Marc Lim By SINGAPORE'S race to host a leg of the Formula One series could come to a winning finish as soon as tomorrow. The Straits Times understands that an announcement that Singapore will stage a race is
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  • 112 1 Children held hostage by a day-care centre owner are carried away from a bus in Manila after they were released unharmed following a 10-hour stand-off. The grenade-wielding hostage taker (in background of photo), identified as Amando "Jun" Ducat, had demanded better treatment for the children at his
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  • 541 1  -  Jessica Cheam Punggol development will have 712 units and is expected to be ready in 2011 By CORRIDOR lights powered by solar panels, common areas washed by recycled rainwater and plants growing vertically covering the exterior of walls. Singapore's first truly "green" housing
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1050 1  -  Teh Joo Lin By IT IS lunch hour on a Friday. A 55-year-old taxi driver scurries into the premises of the Crime Library at 66, Kallang Pudding Road. His 21-year-old daughter has been missing for five days. He has made a police report,
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    • 336 2 HR_i_H_ m\____r WSr fc?SMU V SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT T Beyond love The gift of an SMU education What do parents want for their children? Perhaps that they blossom into their brightest possible future; secure, with a gg^. strong sense of self, and with the best prospects within reach. j/__ Thafs why
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 365 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Helping cash flow Asia 6-20 The government may World 22-29 expedite payments to Review.. ...30-32 contractors of public PY| 33 sector projects to improve their cash flow SECTION TWO following the recent Home Hl-HlO spike in the costs of raw Forum Hll materials Sports Hl2-HlB
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  • PRIME
    • 734 3  -  By Lydia Lim Ceremony to present him with honorary doctorate goes smoothly despite small protest Senior Political Correspondent In Canberra VIINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew •eceived an honorary doctorate yesterday and told his critics here ifterwards that he was prepared
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    • 537 3  -  Chong Chee Kin EX NKF CHIEF'S CRIMINAL TRIAL By A DISTRICT Court ruled yesterday that former NKF boss T.T. Durai has a case to answer, saying that the prosecution had produced sufficient evidence against him. Durai is expected to decide today
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    • 165 4 A deathly-ill "patient" in a wheelchair, tended by a "nurse", showed up at lunchtime in busy Raffles Place yesterday. As part of the Health Promotion Board's (HPB) Smoking Control Campaign, the tableau was intended to "jolt smokers", said Ms Choo Lin, deputy director of smoking control
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    • 517 4  -  Erica Tay Genentech's plant here will supply world market with its breakthrough product By BIOTECHNOLOGY giant Genentech, a leading maker of biologies, or drugs derived from live cells, is building a plant here to produce a breakthrough anti-blindness drug for the world
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  • ASIA
    • 743 6  -  Alastair Mclndoe "I love these kids; that's why I'm here," hostage-taker says before surrendering By Philippines Correspondent In Manila A TENSE 10-hour drama ended last night when dozens of children were freed after being taken hostage by their grenade-wielding day-care centre owner who
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    • 416 6 Manila ARMANDO "Jun" Ducat, the man at the centre of a hostage drama in the Philippine capital yesterday, is no amateur. He previously took two priests hostage in 1987 because of a dispute over payments for the repair of a church in Manila, the
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    • Article, Illustration
      76 10 Caged in this giant scaffolding is a 21km-long dragon under construction. The mythical beast crouches on the Shizu mountain ridge in Xinzheng, central China's Henan province. Investors hope it will breathe life into the tourism industry. But environmentalists say the 300 million yuan (Sss9 million) project, which requires
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    • 457 10  -  Clarissa Oon "Second republic" Constitution seen as a move towards independence status By China Correspondent In Beijing BEIJING yesterday slammed a controversial draft charter drawn up by some Taiwanese scholars as a move towards "de jure independence" for the island. The new draft proposes
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    • 515 10  -  Ong Hwee Hwee CLARISSA OON IN BEIJING By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN'S legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng said yesterday he is finalising plans for a mainland trip. The visit could boost his chances against former Kuomintang chairman Ma Ying-jeou at winning the main opposition's
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 167 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo A JAPANESE man was sentenced to death yesterday for murdering three people he lured through a suicide website by offering to die with them, officials said. Hiroshi Maeue, 38, agreed to a death pact with a 25-year-old office worker he met on
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      • 330 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul ACCORDING to the CIA, Washington does not recognise North Korea as a nuclear weapons state because its underground atomic test on Oct 9 failed, a newspaper reported yesterday. Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Hayden said this
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      • 504 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG Internet giant giving up to $65,000 a kid; Matsushita to let staff work from home Tokyo TWO major Japanese companies yesterday announced new plans to assist workers with families as the country tries to cope with a declining birth rate. Internet
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 415 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Govt's offer follows dramatic attacks by Tigers, including their first air strike Colombo THE Sri Lankan government says it is ready to hold peace talks with the Tamil Tigers after two days of dramatic attacks by the rebels.
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      • Article, Illustration
        75 14 Indian activists forming a human chain in New Delhi yesterday as part of a month-long protest against police firing on villagers agitating against land acquisition in Nandigram, West Bengal. The activists, who came from across the country, also held a one-day hunger strike. Two weeks ago, 14 villagers
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      • 326 14  -  Dera Ismail Khan ASSOCIATED PRESS (Pakistan) HUNDREDS of militants fired rockets, killed one security official and kidnapped a school principal yesterday in a north-western Pakistan town where police had slain two men accused of recruiting students for suicide attacks, police said. The raid
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      • 247 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kathmandu HUMAN guinea pigs, record-smashing "super Sherpas" and a man in shorts are among those gearing up to scale Mount Everest, set for a busy season thanks to Nepal's peace process. "We expect more expeditions as the political situation
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      • 486 16  -  Dcvi Asmarani Indonesia calls for equal treatment of all countries in fight against virus By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday called for equal treatment of rich and poor countries in preventing what could be a catastrophic human pandemic of
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      • 486 16  -  Roger Mitton By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi THE ruling communist regime in Vietnam has bowed to stiff pressure from the United States and agreed to consider joining a global an-ti-terrorism front. In the past, Vietnam had resisted joining any international groups, except those
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      • 230 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington THE United States has posted a US$5 million (557.6 million) reward for the capture of a Malaysian terror suspect wanted for several bombings in the Philippines. "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has authorised a new reward of up to US$5
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      • 799 17  -  Nirmal Ghosh Army chief says rally tomorrow for private TV channel will create chaos By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THAILAND'S Council for National Security (CNS) chairman and army chief General Sonthi Boonyarataglin has proposed declaring an emergency in Bangkok to help deal with
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      • 580 17  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent in Bangkok ACADEMICS studying the insurgency in southern Thailand believe the conflict could last another 20 years and that this year will be a crucial phase. At a panel discussion in Bangkok on Tuesday night, Professor
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 460 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Owners of large buildings must use water-collection systems, says Abdullah PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIA will draft a new law to nake it mandatory for owners of )uildings to collect rainwater. Prime Minister Abdullah Badavi said the move would reduce
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      • 206 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy has denied a report that Malaysia and Singapore have approved construction of a bullet train linking the two countries, saying the plan is still being considered. "The government has still not made
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      • 361 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur A MYANMAR family's joy at emigrating to the United States turned to horror when their seven-year-old daughter went missing hours before they were to board the flight. The girl's decomposing body was found a
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BERNAMA; CHINA PRESS  -  361 words
      • 278 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sepang MALAYSIA is not worried about Singapore's bid to host a Formula One (Fl) grand prix race, the supremo of the country's top international track said yesterday. Sepang International Circuit (SIC) chairman Mokhzani Mahathir said any such Singapore
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 23 6 Emergency for Bangkok? Thai army chief Sonthi Boonyarataglin may declare an emergency in the capital to deal with an anti-government rally. PAGE 17
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  • WORLD
    • 681 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, WASHINGTON POST IRAN'S SEIZURE OF BRITISH SAILORS Waterway where capture occurred at centre of old Iraq-Iran feud Basra SHIFTING river channels, national rivalries and dec-ades-old grudges all complicate what should be a simple question: Were the British sailors seized last week by Iranian forces
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    • 645 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG REUTERS London BRITAIN is freezing all ties with Iran until the crisis over the detention of 15 British sailors and marines in the Gulf is ended, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said yesterday. Prime Minister Tony Blair, who said their detention was
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    • 454 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE They will seek talks with Israel, which spurned offer in 2002 but appears more receptive now RIYADH ARAB leaders have gathered in Saudi Arabia for a summit which will formally relaunch a long-dor-mant Arab plan for Middle East peace and actively
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    • 432 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington DEMOCRATS have scored a victory in the Senate in the fight to withdraw US troops from Iraq, but the Congress majority still faces a long road ahead amid stiff opposition from President George W. Bush. The Senate is now
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    • 566 24  -  Lydia Lim lhis is the golden strand' in bilateral ties, he tells Canberra audience By Senior Political Correspondent In Ovnberra SINGAPORE and Australia share a common strategic view that the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region requires a US presence to
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    • 257 24 BLOOMBERG Washington WOMEN with a high risk of developing breast cancer should get annual magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in addition to mammograms to detect early tumours, according to new guidelines. The American Cancer Society says magnetic resonance imaging should be
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 131 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BUENOS AIRES: Argentina has scrapped a deal with Britain to share oil found off the Falkland Islands just days before the 25th anniversary of its invasion of the British territory that it claims as its own. Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said Argentina decided to
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      • 102 24 REUTERS HONG KONG: A 78-year-old Hong Kong broadcaster modelled in part on the BBC should be scrapped, a government-appointed panel said yesterday, sparking fears that the freedom of the press was under attack. The fate of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) had hinged on a public
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      • 96 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China has issued new rules intended to weed out employees at government departments who earn salaries but do no work, China Daily reported yesterday. The report said far too many employees in government departments are sitting around doing nothing. Some continue to
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      • 106 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: A private Malaysian cable operator has postponed the broadcast of a popular television talent show scheduled on the Prophet Muhammad's birthday after criticism from Islamic scholars. Operator Astro said it would move its regular Saturday broadcast of the Akademi Fantasia programme,
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      • 136 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS DILI: East Timor's outgoing President, Mr Xanana Gusmao, said yesterday he will contest elections later this year that could see him installed as prime minister, in an attempt to take power from the troubled nation's dominant political party. Mr Gusmao said he
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 245 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS AFTER searching high and low across the globe, the world's tallest man finally found love in his home town, a Chinese newspaper in Beijing has reported. Mr Bao Xishun, a 2.36m-tall herdsman named by Guinness World Records as the
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      • 208 27 REUTERS WHITE House spokesman Tony Snow, who survived colon cancer two years ago, has said a growth that was surgically removed from his abdomen was cancerous and the disease had spread to his liver. Mr Snow, 51, had surgery on Monday at an undisclosed hospital
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      • 210 27 US astronaut stuck in space for now ASSOCIATED PRESS AMERICAN astronaut Sunita Williams, who set the record for the longest space walk by a woman, is now stuck in space at least temporarily. Ms Williams flew up to the International Space Station last December and was planning to come home
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      • 162 27 FANS of real estate tycoon Donald Trump's flamboyant style can now get a taste of living like the billionaire at an affordable price. The tycoon, who made his fortune building homes, unveiled his line of home furnishings and upholstery to 350 furniture buyers on Tuesday.
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      768 28 Cities around the world are vying to get ahead of one another. Neo Hui Mm was in Cannes last week for the world's largest annual real estate and city development fair, the Marche International dcs Professionals de L'lmmobilier. Today, as part of a series on cities, she tells
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 23 21 Dubai's lofty ambitions The wealthy emirate is rolling out grand projects on an unprecedented scale, including plans for world's tallest building. PAGE 29
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    • 454 29 CAN it be that Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam now have a potent new weapon? To answer that, the rebels' air strike against the country's main airbase needs to be put in perspective. According to the government, one light aircraft managed to sneak
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    • 1357 29  -  John R. Bradley SOUTH KOREA-GULF RELATIONS By Senior Writer WHEN South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun walked down the red carpet in Riyadh last Saturday, he became his country's first leader to visit Saudi Arabia in nearly three decades. That he was accompanied by
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    • 959 29  -  Patrick M. Cronin CAPTURE OF BRITISH SAILORS AND MARINES By For The Straits Times INTIMIDATION, manipulation and deceit: These appear to be the Iranian government's notion of statecraft. The recent seizure of 15 British sailors and marines in Iraqi territorial waters is a
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    • 1215 30  -  David Lazarus BLOGGERS VS NEWSPAPER JOURNALISTS By I WAS not surprised that my recent column on the need for newspapers to charge for online content drew heated reaction from cyber readers and bloggers. What did surprise me was the sense of entitlement many of
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    • 716 30  -  Thomas L. Friedman By SOMETIMES you read something about the United States administration that is just so shameful it takes your breath away. For me, it was the March 20 article in The New York Times detailing how a House committee had released documents showing "hundreds of instances
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    • 861 31  -  Tom Plate WORLD CURRENCY MARKETS By In Los Angeles THE sense that serious trouble may lie ahead for the Asian and global economies seemed anything but a singular view at a packed seminar at the University of Southern California (USC) earlier this week. Neurosis
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    • 737 31  -  Alex Beam THE BOSTON GLOBE By In Boston ALL THE fascinating news about sleep! It has been keeping Mr Fussy awake at night. First, the government of France announced that its citizens, doubtless fatigued by the rigours of the 35-hour workweek, needed more rest.
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 27 29 The next big one? What are the odds of another monetary crisis like that sparked by Thailand in 1997, which nearly bankrupted the baht? PAGE 32 PUNCHLINES
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    • 568 34  -  Tracy Sua Dead man believed to be a security guard; injured man arrested By A FIGHT between two elderly flatmates in Jalan Bukit Merah yesterday morning left one man dead and another injured in hospital. Police were alerted to the
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    • 496 35  -  Jessica Cheam ►>SAND, GRANITE SUPPLY BLUES Govt looking into speeding up compensation payments to contractors on public sector projects By THE Government might consider expediting compensation payments to contractors on public sector projects to help their cash-flow woes following the recent spike in
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    • 520 36  -  Keith Lin »COURSES FOR MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS Initial response encouraging, says WDA of govt programme for professionals, managers, executives and technicians By WITHIN 24 hours, the phones were ringing off the hook at education recruitment agency Educare School Services. The calls began flooding in as early
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    • 96 36 The Science Centre has installed 10 sundial sculptures in national parks islandwide. This is part of its Our Solar System project. As part of the project, submit photos of yourself taken next to the 10 sculptures and the first 50 participants will get a one-year free family-plus
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    • 506 37  -  Audrey Tan Ravi Menon didn't do well in A levels but later won a scholarship to Harvard By Assistant Money Editor MINISTRY of Finance deputy secretary Ravi Menon is a high-flier by any standards. But as a young man, he
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    • 482 37  -  Khushwant Singh By A MEMBER of the prestigious Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) yesterday failed to persuade the High Court to reverse the club's decision to suspend her for a year for lying on her application form. The SICC suspended Madam Kay Swee
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    • 252 37 SINGAPORE'S service standards have received a pat on the back from delegates who attended the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) meetings here last year. About 85.5 per cent of the 1,000 delegates who responded to a survey commissioned by the Singapore
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    • 982 39  -  Chong Chee Kin WONG KWAI CHOW ►>EX-NKF CHIEF'S CRIMINAL TRIAL But despite star witness' U-turn, there were 15 others to back prosecution case By FROM Day One of the criminal hearing, the prosecution hung its hopes on interior designer David Tan Kee Kan
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    • 333 39 THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has laid off 12 of 37 employees in its fund-raising division, the charity said yesterday. The lay-offs the second since the new NKF management took over in July 2005 come in the wake of a lowering
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    • 439 39  -  Arti Mulchand By THE temperature went up a notch during the final minutes yesterday of the criminal trial of former National Kidney Foundation directors Richard Yong and Loo Say San, who were charged with failing to exercise due diligence when the charity was
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    • CASE FILE
      • 94 39 THREE men have been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a woman at the void deck of Block 605, Bedok Reservoir Road, on March 13. The attack occurred when NParks manager Surinam Samsudin, 30, was walking home to her flat on the third floor
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      • 60 39 AN AMERICAN man was found dead in his room at Carlton Hotel in Bras Basah Road on Tuesday. A hotel manager called the police at about Bam to say that Mr Ronald Clayton was lying unconscious in his room. He was later declared dead by
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      • 98 39 TWO brothers who stole $40,000 worth of copper cables from a storage site in Pasir Ris were each jailed for four months yesterday. Abdul Latiff Abdul Aziz, 48, and Abdul Karim, 40, pleaded guilty to three counts of theft of copper cables from the storage
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    • 377 41  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Some ideas: Melding JC and poly curricula; more double degrees By EDUCATION Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday urged the education sector to make engineering more exciting for potential students. The minister was speaking to 180 engineers gathered to celebrate the admission of the Institution
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    • 276 41 SOME 100,000 children all over Asean will be encouraged to exchange postcards and information about themselves and their countries in a programme to help them make friends. Each country will get 10,000 prepaid postcards on which pupils are invited to describe themselves through
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    • 428 41  -  jt_aron Chew By ONCE an elegant hangout for the British military, Fairy Point Hill at Changi Point has been released for redevelopment as a recreational club, hotel or holiday chalet. But developers will have to retain the majestic old commando headquarters
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    • 601 43  -  Karamjit Kaur Big names to sign up for next year's show include Boeing, Airbus By Aviation Correspondent THE first-ever Singapore Airshow to be held in February next year at a new facility near Changi Airport is well on its way to making an
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    • 371 43  -  David Boey GLOBAL SECURITYCONFERENCE By Defence Correspondent THE flats, shops and MRT station at the Home Team Academy give new meaning to the term "troubled neighbourhood". Bomb blasts, fires, terrorist attacks using deadly biochemical agents they have seen it all. But these "attacks" have
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    • 27 34 Airshow set for take-off About a third of construction work has been completed for next year's debut Singapore Airshow and 95% of space snapped up. PAGE HlO
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  • FORUM
    • 397 44  -  Jacob Tan Teck Lee THERE is unhappiness with ministers and senior civil servants getting top pay because of the private-sector benchmarks used, which include the remuneration of top lawyers and accountants. Top lawyers and accountants are well-paid because they are often major equity partners.
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    • 318 44  -  Lee Chiwi I REFER to the letter, "Allow assignment of mortgage policy freely" (ST, March 27), from Mr Francis How Chee Kuen. The writer may wish to note that the mere assignment of a mortgage policy to a bank will not
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    • 403 44  -  Tony Tan Song Huat IN THE thought-provoking article, "Finding the sweet spot" (ST, March 27), Ms Sandra Davie mentioned that "choosing a degree course and university are among the biggest decisions a young person will make". Yet, I wonder how much time and
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    • 80 44  -  David Chong Shaw Cheng I HAVE been receiving SMS messages about a Dell computer promotion since Tuesday. I could not turn on my mobile phone without receiving the messages, day and night. The "unsubscribe" number provided in the SMS does not work. Who owns
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    • 216 44  -  Ivy Heng Chai Hong (Ms) WITH the recent increase in medical fees, health-care costs are simply too high for the average family. As ordinary Singaporeans, we are hard put to pay the medical expenses of our elderly parents who are stricken with chronic
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    • 285 44  -  Lam Pin Woon REFER to the letter by Miss Chiim Pui Hoon, "Why put graphic inti-smoking ad on TV?" (ST, March 27). The TV advertisement is the first phase of our three-month-long smoking-control campaign md presents a fatal and debilitating consequence
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    • 224 44  -  John Yeo Kee Chiang I REFER to the comment by Mr Philip Yeo ("No value system, no future"; ST, March 27) that his generation has a value system. It seems to be that this value system has no place for civil
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    • 140 44  -  Hock Guan Lim I REFER to the comment by Mr Philip Yeo, "No value system, no future" (ST, March 27). From what I have read in the past about Mr Yeo, he is an extremely learned man with great drive,
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    • 155 44  -  Naleeza Ebrahim (Ms) IN THE letter, "Foreign vehicles have it better than off-peak cars" (ST, March 24), Mr Ng Kok Kheng asked why there is a discrepancy between operational timings for the Off-Peak Car (OPC) and the Foreign-Registered Vehicle (FRY). The Vehicle Entry Permit
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    • 106 44 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. More give and take at checkout counters, please Govt must move fast to retain young talent Maximise Koon Seng Road's heritage potential On streaming, motivating and educating students Neighbour's dog victim of hit-and-run accident
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  • SPORTS
    • 472 45 CRICKET Kingston (Jamaica) PAKISTAN'S cricketers not only had to listen to jeers when they arrived home from the World Cup yesterday. They were also reminded by the Jamaican police that they have not been ruled out as suspects in the murder of their
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    • 724 45  -  Pradeep Rajan His hurricane 158 places Australia in a strong position in the opening Super 8 match By HURRICANE Hayden, that devastated South Africa with brute force last weekend, has not weakened. It continued its course and hit the West Indies with brutal force at the Sir
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    • 450 45  -  Mahmood Gaznavi By WORLD Cup record wick-et-taker Wasim Akram said yesterday that Bangladesh's advance and the elimination of giants India and Pakistan do not alter the state of cricket in Asia. The 40-year-old former Pakistan captain, whose 55 wickets make him the highest wick-et-taker in the
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    • 587 45  -  Hoe Pei Shan By BAD umpiring decisions continue to plague international cricket. In Tuesday's clash between West Indies and Australia, a crucial decision went in favour of the side from Down Under. Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf did not give Matthew Hayden out when
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    • 507 46  -  Pradeep Rajan CRICKET Hosts will be in action for third straight day while Kiwis will be fresh ADVANTAGE New Zealand. When the Kiwis meet West Indies today, they could well be facing a jaded home team. The reason: the Windies will be playing for the third
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    • 893 46 It's not too late to start watching the World Cup. Here's help WHAT THE GAME IS ALL ABOUT Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport involving two sides of 11 players each. A match is played on a grass field (usually an oval) in the centre of
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      • 44 46  -  Sajeev Menon THERE is too much hype about players like Sachin Tendulkar. The Indian batting line-up are repeatedly called the world's best, but they lack consistency. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have outplayed India in all departments of the game.
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      • 70 46  -  Sudhir Raj I DON'T remember The Strait Times' sports section giving so much space to cricket in the 15 years of my stay in Singapore. I am pleasantly shocked to see the newsprint dedicated to cover this World Cup. The analysis by the sports desk and
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      • 49 46  -  Colin Heseltine THE Straits Times says Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Hussey and other Australian batsmen are "clinical" and "devoid of class and style" and that the West Indians are "more natural players". Really! I wonder where you learnt about cricket.
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      • 60 46  -  Anand Swaminathan THE recent articles about the World Cup by Pradeep Rajan and Sunil Gavaskar are refreshing. The controversies that have cropped up in the past few days have caught the attention of the public. Bangladesh's entry into the last eight is similar to South Korea
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    • 639 48  -  Alvin Foo »GOLF By LAM Chih Bing has never been to Scotland and has never played at the British Open. He has never even played competitively at a links course. But all that will change come July. Yesterday, Lam qualified for
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    • 617 48 Phelps off to a flyer and record ASSOCIATED PRESS SWIMMING Fast-start strategy in 200 m fly earns him second gold and world mark in as many nights Melbourne MICHAEL Phelps' plan of zooming into the lead and leaving everyone in his wake is working perfectly. The American won his third
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    • 316 48  -  Chan Vi Shen By SHE qualified for the Olympics by finishing ninth in the women's 100 m butterfly at the World Championships in Melbourne on Sunday. But Singapore swimmer Tao Li failed to create a similar splash yesterday. The 17-year-old was 26th
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    • 168 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Melbourne A UKRAINIAN swimming coach has been banned from making contact with his daughter, after they were filmed fighting in another example of "that ugly parent syndrome". Mikhail Zubkov, 38, was thrown out of the world championships, and the police issued a domestic violence
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    • 414 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »TENNIS Miami GUILLERMO Canas stunned world No 1 Roger Federer for the second time in three weeks on Tuesday. He earned a 7-6 (7/2), 2-6, 7-6 (7/5) win in the fourth round of the ATP/WTA Miami Masters Series event. "I am really surprised because
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    • 561 49 SOCCER Humiliated by Arsenal this season, Reds can smile if they move to third on Saturday LONDON LIVERPOOL can claim third place by beating Arsenal at Anfield on Saturday. But there is more at stake than just three points, because being humiliated is not
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    • 230 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE STRIKER Michael Owen, who is recovering from injury, believes England are not as good a team as they have been hyped to be. He wrote in a comment piece, published yesterday, that England had rarely played excellent football for an entire match in the
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    • 121 49 REUTERS REAL Madrid want to pair Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo with AC Milan midfielder Kaka at the Bernabeu Stadium next season. "We really like Ronaldo. But he belongs to United and they have to decide to sell him first," club president Ramon Calderon
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    • 292 49 Manchester ALEX Ferguson may rest Wayne Rooney for Manchester United's home game with Blackburn on Saturday. Rooney's punishing schedule has seen him play seven games in 25 days, reported The Sun. The United manager wants to have the 21-year-old in peak condition for next
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    • 425 49 London MANCHESTER United's Wayne Rooney did not crack Frank Lampard's wrist on purpose. But Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is sure to complain vociferously, after watching his side's Premiership title defence derailed by injuries this season. Lampard is the latest Blues victim, after getting in the way
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    • 594 50  -  Alvin Foo SOCCER They want S-League fans to enjoy their derby with Geylang at Jalan Besar By COME and fill the Jalan Besar Stadium. That is Tampines Rovers' call to the S-League fans for their eastern derby against Bedok-based Geylang United tomorrow. They are waiving the
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    • 337 50  -  Chan Vi Shen SPORTS HUB By THE new Sports Hub in Kallang will be a Singapore icon like the Esplanade. That is the belief of Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan after viewing all three proposals for the project. He
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 95 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Kobe Bryant's string of outstanding games came to an ugly end. And Los Angeles suffered an embarrassing 86-88 loss to Memphis, the NBA's worst team who had three regulars out through injury. The Lakers took 96 shots but made only
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      • 60 50 GOALS by Lim Shiya (47th minute) and Huraizah Ismail (57th) gave Singapore a 2-0 victory over Malaysia in a women's football friendly at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Singapore (99th) are below Malaysia (85th) in the Fifa world rankings. In the S-League, both the
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    • 551 50 BASKETBALL NBA: Cleveland 105 Indiana 94, Dal\yyP, 5 oklaho™ c'ty 84 S^t 5> -114 Minnesota 106, Memphis 88 LA Lakers 86- rRIrKFT «_kh_iVei_ ICC World Cup 2nd rd, Super 8s in St John's, Antigua: Australia 322-6 in 50 overs. A. Gilchrist c Ramdin b Powell 7, M. Hayden c
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  • Page 45 Miscellaneous
    • 29 45 Record No. 2 for Phelps In as many nights, Michael Phelps swims to his second world record, as two other marks also fall at the World Championships. PAGE Hl6
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      221 50 TAN SENG BOON Age: 71 Passed away peacefully on 26 March 2007. Sadly missed and fondly remembered by his loved ones. Wives: Tang Oi Foon (Tang Oi Mvi, deceased) Brother: Sister-In-Law: (Tan Seng Hock, deceased) (Lim Sai Gin, deceased) Sister: Brother-In-Law: Tan Thiam Teng Nah Chuan Hee Sons: Daughter-In-Law: Tan
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      173 50 T* ~'-:*————————————————————————————————m—*~~ *f"' have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, N I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown a of righteousness, which the LORD, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day." 2 Timothy 4:7-8 GOH TEIK BIAN
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      52 50 The family of the late ELIZABETH TEH CHOON HIANG (Wife of late Lawrence Yeo Kian Hoe) Departed on 26 March 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, Fr. Adrian Yeo and the Church of the Risen Christ prayer group for their kind assistance during their
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      61 50 AL-FATIHAH Allahyarhamah HJH NIK BTE HJ TAIB (ANI) passed away peacefully on 25 Mar 2007. We, the family wish to express our heartfelt thanks appreciation to relatives friends for their condolences prayers during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to all the doctors nurses at NUH (Wards 78, 56 and CCU)
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      205 97 tS®^*"^ Director of JeF Sun-Gee Travel Pte Ltd Sing Long Seafood Restaurant Pte Ltd JL; Mr Neo Chin Keong's beloved mother \S ANG SOQH KWEE Age: 85 Passed away peacefully on 28 March 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Neo Hong Lian (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Granddaughters: Grandsons4n-taw: Neo Chuo Eng
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      102 97 The Family Of The Late CHEONG THIAM SIEW Departed on 24 March 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to aii relatives, friends and business associates for their love, prayers, support, attendance, condolences and donations during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Dr Patrick Tan and staff of
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      20 97 1st Anniversary In Loving Memory Of A. NEYSADURAI Departed on 29 March 2006 Always remembered by family and loved ones
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      71 97 Come to iinr. say* the LOUD, nit nni u ha lalfuir anil are Ofprtmidemxir and I will giiv you rett. Matthew 11:23 IAMBS DM ARMAS ING 11 AM FOfiBFB Age 56 was LiLlk-d hoim« io he with ihe Ijirdon 27/03/07, leaving behind \cy\pi\ onn. hndy niling al Sln^Jipiiri' (Ji.hkL*! Pparl
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      89 97 CHEONG AH YENG Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 27 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband (Chin Thran, Lok, deceased) Sons Daughter-In-Law: ChinTengLum Siim, Chin Teng Sam Lim Gaik Eng Daughter Son-In-Law: Celia Chin Po Yoke Bruce Kalow Grandsons Granddaughters t Benjamin Chin Ming Emma
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      169 97 "The Lord is my rock and my fortress" LEE KAY KIM, THOMAS Age: 95 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 March 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Tan Siew Loon, Juditri Sons: Daughters-in-law: Daniel Lee Charlie Lee Chee Hwa Phaik Danny Lee Chay Hock Rena Lim
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      88 97 DAVID LOH BOON TEE Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 27 March 2007. Dearly missed and forever cherished by loved ones. (Wife: Nuium Ah Ngee, deceased) Sun: Daughter-in-law: Eric loh Jacqueline Tan Daughter: Sun-in-I aw: Unda 1 J>h lames Ian (iranuMins: (I run d(ki lighters: Mckinley Icih Sheralyn l,uh Kaiser
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      120 97 j "The Lord uiU keep you from alt harm he nil!) r.w. over your life; the Lord will HVUfh Ofer your coming and going both now andforevermore.'' Psalm 121:7 B JIMMY Clinm TECKSENG Age: 68 railed home (o be with ihe Lord on 2ft March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly
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      126 97 "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." Psalm 116:15 DEBORAH WEE KAI LIN Age: 21 Called home to be with the Lord on 26 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Parents: David Wee Boon Hock Teh Tin Nee Brothers: Samuel
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      105 97 "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8 RICHARD CHEW ENG KEONG Age: 52 Was called homo to be with the Lord on 27 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved wife: Catherine Low
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      74 97 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Ms Cathy Low on the demise of her beloved husband i i RICHARD CHEW ENG KEONG passed away peacefully on 27 March 2007 Sadly missed and fondly remembered by The Management Staff of Sliir Shipping Agencies [S) Ptt 1 Ltd Zim Logistics i Pte
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  • Page 50 Miscellaneous
    • 87 50 TV times BASKETBALL McDonald's High School Ail-American Game (Live, Ch23, Bam). CRICKET: ICC World Cup, 2nd stage: West Indies v New Zealand (Live, PPVChIIO, 9.30pm). GOLF: Open de Portugal: Day 1 (Live, Ch2l, 10pm). Shell Houston Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3am). Kraft Nabisco Open: Day 1 (Delayed, Ch22,
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  • MONEY
    • SGX SECURITIES
      • 6034 52 TRANSACTION DATE: MAR 28, 2007 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE OR'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NEI P/E MCAP SMIL 3.5 11.5 34.5 101 36 2E 27 29.E IE 18.E 10E 3C S.E 24.E 10.E 10 18 11.E 7.E 37 39. E 13
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    • 550 53 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Impact on the broader economy is not spreading though the need for close monitoring exists Washington UNITED States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress yesterday that growing troubles in the market for risky mortgages thus far do not appear
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    • 367 53 REUTERS Washington ORDERS for big-ticket items made in the United States were weaker than expected last month, a government report yesterday showed. This comes as the United States economy hit hard by troubles in the housing sector set off the year at a
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    • 400 53 REUTERS New York GOLDMAN Sachs is seeking to raise the largest corporate buyout fund ever, even as the Wall Street bank deflects reports that its growing clout as an investor has private equity firms on edge. Goldman chief executive Lloyd Blankfein
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    • 34 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,254.73 (-110.32 points) The Nikkei average lost 0.64 per cent as exporters such as Honda Motor slid on a higher yen and caution about the United States economy.
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    • 33 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 19,553.87 (-152.92 points) Hong Kong share closed 0.78 per cent lower, tracking falls on overseas markets after weak data renewed worries over the United States economy.
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    • 36 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,173.02 (+34.19 points) Chinese shares closed 1.09 per cent up as early morning profit-taking was offset by strong capital inflows in afternoon trade, with banking stocks and steelmakers gaining ground.
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    • 35 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,923.2 (-41 points) Australian shares closed 0.69 per cent lower, with investors cautious amid concerns over Iran and the United States economy after another set of weak US figures.
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    • 32 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,235.24 (-11.93 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.96 per cent lower, ending nine straight days of gains with profit-taking sparked by the downturn on Wall Street overnight.
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      32 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 12,884.34 (-239.98 points) »Indian stocks closed 1.83 per cent lower, tracking weak Asian and United States markets, as oil prices rose due to escalating tensions in Iran.
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    • 28 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,800.39 (-19.27 points) »Indonesian shares closed 1.06 per cent lower amid profit-taking, with sentiment hurt by a fall on Wall Street overnight.
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    • 33 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 669.04 (-9.53 points) Thai shares closed 1.4 per cent lower, faring worse than the regional average, as the junta leader called for imposing emergency rule in Bangkok.
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    • 231 53 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 0,201 .70 Mar 28 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.54 1.680 -0.050 Ascendasreit 0.91 2.380 +0.040 CapitaComm 0.60 2.770 -0.080 CapitaLand 5.38 7.850 +0.050 CapitaMall 1.05 3.780 +0.020 Chart SemiCond 0.84 1.480 -0.030 CityDev 2.92 14.400 -0.400 ComtortDelGro 1.42 1.920 +0.020 Cosco Corp
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    • 56 53 Mar 28 Ban Joo 141,215,000 Valuetronics 76,172,000 BBR Hldgs 68,990,000 Jasper 62,538,000 Thai Beverage 57,299,000 Yongnam 56,039,000 China Energy 50,975,000 TiongWoon 40,519,000 CSC Hldgs 38,210,000 ArianeCorp 30,675,000 Gen Intl 28,627,000 SM Summit 26,455,000 El-Nets 26,440,000 Zhongguo Power 22,885,000 STATSChP 21,668,000 Sing Tel 21,390,000 Baker Tech 18,682,000 *Star Cruises
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    • 142 53 Mar 28 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2180 1.2320 Can dollar 1.3040 1.3190 Euro 2.0140 2.0370 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4381 0.4388 NZ dollar 1.0790 1.1030 Sterling pound 2.9660 2.9980 US dollar 1.5080
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    • 2309 53 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MAR 28. 2007 WtbK ILL IGH LOW CODE COMPANY UUKKtNaJ* UtSI VULUFalt TRMED SALE +7- 0O0 51 8 3779 ASL Marine W08B401 43.5 -0.5 48 5 22 5 9588 AllgreenMBLeCW7081C 30 5 -3 5 9 3 ArianeCorpW*****9 5.5 unch 22 4 AscendasSGAeCWB***** 6 5 -15
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    • 411 54 BLOOMBERG NEWS From next month, Chinese firms will no longer need import licences for 338 product categories Beijing CHINA will ease rules for companies to buy a wider range of products including steel, plastics and machines from abroad, in
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    • 262 54 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S central bank yesterday launched the first-ever Islamic monetary product based on crude palm oil contracts. This was part of its efforts to develop the nation as a global Islamic financial hub. Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said the new
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    • 373 54 REUTERS Amsterdam ABN Amro said yesterday it would let shareholders vote on proposals by hedge fund TCI for a shake-up of the bank, but recommended against the measures as it looks at a potential merger with Barclays. ABN also said it was
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    • 703 55  -  Grace Ng It seeks partners for purchase of US buyout fund Lone Star's 64.6% stake By Finance Reporter DBS Group Holdings is having another go at buying Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), a year after its first attempt was scuppered. It
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    • 391 55  -  Fiona Chan By Property Reporter THE clear price tiers that have recently emerged in the private home market are here to stay, says Wing Tai Holdings' deputy chairman Edmund Cheng. As luxury homes in Orchard Road and other prime areas keep hitting new
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    • 956 56  -  Erica Tay Outgoing chairman says building up biomedical research capability is key By AT HIS final press conference in a key top job yesterday, the man who led Singapore's push into biomedical sciences left his successors in no
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    • 331 56  -  Bryan Lee By A REJUVENATED precision engineering industry was a key driver of Singapore manufacturing last year growing 9.5 per cent and adding 2,000 jobs. The growth came as it expanded its scope from the traditional electronics sphere. The industry now includes
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    • 88 57 (0) Mar 28 I GLD 10US$ KepLandMBLeCW*****9... Wing Tai SPC liutian Ho Bee B Sembawang F8N DCBC Bk MBLeCW*****5. CapitalanBNPeCW***** NH Ceramics DBS SGAePW*****6 RaftlesEdu ChinaAOil Khong Guan Pac Andes SPC SGA eCW*****8 CENTS 6600 92 318 484 215 214 1040 520 i 96 34 21.5 19.5 234
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    • 537 57  -  Gabriel Chen TAKING STOCK Oil price fluctuations hit market sentiment also, giving investors more reason to sell By WHEN Wall Street catches the flu, Singapore sneezes, as any investor with an interest in the health of the local market knows.
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    • 333 57  -  Lance Ang By MORE than $200 million worth of goods and services will be bought from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the integrated resort (IR) to be built at Sentosa. That commitment came from Mr Tan Hee Teck, the
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    • 412 57  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent ALLGREEN Properties has put in the highest bid of $72.3 million for a thin strip of residential land on Handy Road, next to Plaza Singapura. A new residential development on the site a short
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    • 377 57  -  Goh Eng Yeow WARRANT WATCH By Markets Correspondent RENEWED weakness in global markets is prompting local traders to take a close look once again at warrants tracking regional indexes. What initially spooked investor confidence was a 0.6 per cent fall on Wall
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    • DIRECTORS' TRADES
      • 267 57  -  LEE SU SHYAN THE chief executive of Singapore Exchange (SGX) exercised 250,000 options on Tuesday, reducing his total tally of options to 3.55 million. At an exercise price of $1.70 per share, Mr Hsien Fu Hua is sitting pretty on a considerable paper gain. Based
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    • 653 58  -  Grace Ng Grouses are mainly over misleading information and pushy sales tactics By Finance Reporter CONSUMERS in Singapore have locked horns with life insurers over financial disputes more often than with any other type of financial institution. Complaints leading to
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    • 29 58 Gainers: 230 Losers: 513 Unchanged: 672 Australian dollar BUYING SELLING 1.2180 1.2320 Euro 2.0140 2.0370 Sterling pound US dollar 2.9660 2.9980 1.5080 1.5250 Yen (100 units) 1.2795 1.2933
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    • 231 58  -  DENNIS CHAN FORECAST REVERSAL CX TANG yesterday warned shareholders to expect a loss from the retailer for the second half of its financial year. It had earlier said that it expected to perform better for the six months ending March 31. The main reasons
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    • 915 99 B'THESFFCALENDAR SINGAPORE FASHION FESTIVAL 2007 Missed the runway action over the past week? Don't fret. There are still four more days and 1 0 shows to go before the Singapore Fashion Festival at Levi's new line of Copper Jeans are crafted with bold Label lovers will get a sneak peek
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      • 256 101 Didn't make it to the Singapore Fashion Festival? MICHELLE TAY, SHAAN SETH, MAY YIP, MELISSA LEE and ANGELINE NEO bring you the runway action of the past week MOST INNOVATIVE USE OF SOCKS: Chinese haute couture designer Lv Kun, whose models all wore high heels encased
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      • 370 101 :ashion types, tsk. They always lave something to gripe about, Jon't they? Several participants at the SFF lave complained to moi that the estival organiser IMG-Pico just :an't get its act together. They say this year's event is, imong other things, highly disorganised and running on a
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      • 340 101 Complain about work pressure all you want, but we'll bet you two pairs of Manolos that you can't beat the stress levels SFF producers Jack Bedwani and Jeff Yeo have experienced in the last eight weeks. That's the time the duo had to produce a whopping 20
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      • 207 101 Never mind the heat. Or that the show was on a Sunday. Seven fashion insiders stylists Furqan Saini, Dolphin Yeo and Steven Kong and make-up artist Wilson Eng among them braved their Saturday night hangovers, kicked up their heels and made the Bam rehearsal call time. All so
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        222 101 Who says underwear should always be worn, well, underneath? Triumph's dazzling Swarovski Crystal Celebrity Bra, priced at a whopping $60,000, is just crying out to be flaunted. The creation is actually a bra (right) and thong set which comes with a matching necklace from Swarovski. Flown in from
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        204 101 Perhaps someone forgot to pay his air-conditioning bill last month. And that gave festival-goers much to gripe about when they had to weather the 33 deg C heat last weekend. The air-conditioning in The Tent at Ngee Ann City broke down last Saturday morning, leaving the crowd
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        354 102 You could call it a mini United Nations of sorts. Of the 200 models who went for casting at this year's SFF, 160 from at least 15 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Japan and Uzbekistan, were chosen. So with each of the 25 shows having anywhere from 14 to 56
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      • 209 102 Ever wonder what celebrities look like without make-up? Well, Toni Tan (above, left), 32, has a pretty good idea. The chief make-up artist of French beauty brand Lancome has worked on supermodels such as Lily Cole. For this year's SFF, she was tasked with ensuring that Chinese-American designer
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        274 102 As a MasterCard Fashion Ambassador and the roving reporter for all 25 shows at The Tent (her reports are broadcast live on large-screen TVs along Orchard Road), Denise Keller is the babe to cosy up to for an inside scoop on the festival. So who gets your nod
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      • 322 102 A really fat woman and men in high heels came down the catwalk at Paragon last Thursday. Before you harangue moi about healthy BMIs and anorexic models, let moi state that I'm not being mean. She was really fat like, US size 20 fat. It was a
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        743 104  -  MAY YIP Big in Japan and ever/ other fashion capital, Ai Tominaga talks about juggling the roles of supermodel, wife and mother Models are generally a species that mere mortals love to hate. But Ai Tominaga, who worked the runways for New York label Vivienne Tarn
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        745 105  -  MICHELLE TAY Anne Watanabe may have a famous father, actor Ken Watanabe, but the model is ranked one of the most respected Japanese around the world in her own right Her face may not ring a bell just yet, but her last name probably will. Yes, Anne
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      • 675 106  -  MAY YIP It's a big year for Matthew Williamson. His brand turns 10 and he has rolled out his first collection for the house of Pucci AlO-minute chat was all we had hoped to snatch from Matthew Williamson, whose fall/winter 2007 show will close this year's Singapore
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      • 859 108 CONFESSIONS OF 2 Young or old, Botoxed or detoxed, there was plenty of eye candy for greenhorns TEO CHENG WEE (right) andJEREMYAUYONG When I heard that I'd be writing a first-hand account of the Singapore Fashion Festival's opening show my very first fashion show ever -1 froze.
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        385 108  -  JEREMY AU YONG n a way, my first fashion show was a profoundly spiritual experience. There was enlightenment, but for the most part, it was how I imagine a Hindu might feel at a Catholic mass, or a Buddhist at a synagogue. That was me, the
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      • BEHIND THE GLITZ
        • 946 110 Three Triumph models talk to SHAAN SETH about showing off their underwear Lingerie, high heels, jewellery and, of course, gorgeous models the fashion show yesterday by women's underwear supremo Triumph certainly lived up to its name of Sense And Sensuality. Twenty models in wispy bits of lace
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        • 444 112 The British label's first fashion show in Asia rocked the runway, MELISSA LEE reports It may have started (a fashionable) 40 minutes late, but when the lights dimmed and music by The White Stripes started pulsating, all 660 pairs of eyes at River Island's first
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        • 616 112 Hard work and lots of patience go into a casting and fitting, as BRENDA GOH finds out Jeans specialist Levi's fashion slot today showcases its new Copper range and, undoubtedly, its models will step out confidently on their endlessly long, denim-clad legs. But beneath the cool exterior
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        595 114  -  MICHELLE TAY Buy an outfit, save the Earth? Proponents of eco-fashion aim to do just that Green is this season's It colour as designers push for eco-fashion: nature-inspired styles which are "environmentally friendly" and "socially responsible". Think clothes made from pesticide-free cotton and the wool of free-ranging merino
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    • 388 116 THE GOOD, THE BAD THE UGLY You'd think the crowd at the Singapore Fashion Festival would have picked up some sartorial tips after seven years. Well, in some cases, once a victim, always a victim, I say. I must give kudos to the men this year, however, who turned out
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    • 334 117 Where are all the best-dressed insiders and socialites hiding? Our cameras have been gathering cobwebs just waiting for stylish scene-makers to show up at the SFF. Here are the few worth a second look. Isn't it great to have a husband who can
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      841 118  -  ANGELINE NEO Barbie, the first beauty icon for many little girls and future make-up artists, now has her own beaut/ line from M.A.C t's not the usual sort of destination a fashionista would make a beeline for: a life-size Barbie doll house. But that's where some were
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    • 490 119  -  ONG SOR FERN As any aspiring domestic diva will tell you, a laptop and a video iPod can save you from culinary chaos The ultimate accessory for the modern domestic goddess is not a whisk and an apron but a laptop and a video iPod. As every
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      345 121  -  TAN HSUEH YUN POSH NOSH f you love those Japanese rice balls called onigiri, you have to try these rice balls. QQ Rice started in Taiwan and has more than 300 franchises there, in New Zealand and Hong Kong. The rice balls have landed here and I've
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      164 121 Breakfast need not be boring, even if you're just having a bowl of cereal. I've been crunching down on these wholegrain cereals from Nature's Path and enjoying the crisp, nutty flavours of the whole grains used to make them. Both are made with oats, spelt, quinoa, kamut and
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      176 121 If you Google "Tart Cherry Juice", you'll come across all sorts of websites touting its health benefits. It can relieve arthritis and gout symptoms, say some. It's packed with antioxidants, say others. I take these claims with a pinch of salt, but down the juice because it tastes
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      181 121 It wasn't until I was in my 30s that I realised coffee made me nuts. It gets me all hyped up and bouncing off the walls not a pretty sight. So while I love the stuff, I drink it very, very occasionally. Tea is my hot beverage of
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      697 122 Daniel Boey may be one of the most sought-after fashion show producers in the region, but he tells you readily that he was a nerd when he was studying at the National University of Singapore. "I took geek chic to a different level," he says with a laugh.
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