The Straits Times, 7 April 2007, Afternoon Edition

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 192 PAGES IN SEVEN PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 SATURDAY, APRIL 7 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 706 1  -  Neo Hui Mm Many could go thirsty as water supplies dry up More will die of floods, droughts and disease as early as 2050 By Straits Times Europe Bureau In Brussels TOP climate scientists issued their bleakest assessment yet on global
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  • 277 1 REUTERS Bangkok VIDEO-SHARING website YouTube will help Thailand block access to clips that are offensive to its revered monarch, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. The site had refused to remove a clip insulting King Bhumibol Adulyadej, which led the military-backed
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 131 1 Singapore Illicit I ~~1 By the people, I 5 ji dreamers J^^\ drug lab for the people r'^S Accounts of 24 friends and v Arrest of a Singaporean in I*2- An Indonesian journalist is *^^P NS mates on how they realised sJff. Johor adds to a growing jj 0 goes
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  • PRIME
    • 656 2  -  Tracy Sua PASIR RIS SEA TRAGEDY By A BODY believed to be that of one of the two boys who went missing while swimming on Thursday was found late last night off the coast of Pasir Ris Park. The police
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    • 848 3  -  Tan Hui Yee Timing of contract and relationship with contractor could decide price to pay By WITH prices of sand, granite and concrete now costing more than twice what they used to be, home buyers and home owners should expect
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    • 330 3  -  Dcvi Asmarani By Indonesia Correspondent In Karimun (Riau Islands) TUGBOAT owners fearful of having their vessels seized by the Indonesian Navy are having a knock-on impact on the granite industry here. Although there is no official ban on granite exports, the boat owners
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    • 150 4 Molten lava has been spewing out of one of the world's most active volcanoes on the French island of La Reunion, which lies in the Indian Ocean, about 220 km south-west of Mauritius. Reports said the red-hot lava cut roads in half, damaged homes
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    • 534 4 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE They say they were not in Iranian waters, and claim psychological pressure by captors Chivenor (England) THE 15 British naval personnel seized by Iran yesterday went back on their televised "confessions", saying that they had not strayed into
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    • 242 2 M CAROLYN HONG talk in kl Malaysian leaders have their work cut out in trying to convince the Malay ground in Johor that they will not lose out in the new Iskandar Development Region. W"' ASIA, PAGE 20 IV JONATHAN EYAL world this week Free trade negotiations are never exciting
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  • ASIA
    • 543 8  -  Dcvi Asmarani Attack was well-planned, say police; no suspects identified yet By Indonesia Correspondent In Batam THE motive for the blasts which rocked a Singa-pore-owned granite quarry last month was probably "business related", investigators said. They have also found traces of high explosives TNT and
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    • CHINA
      • 506 10  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Proposal is part of govt bid to develop central and southern areas By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei HOT on the heels of its proposal to build casinos, the Taiwan government is looking at plans to allow motor and horse
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      • 54 10 Washing their parents' —I 1 feet, pupils Carried OUt an exercise in filial t\ 1 piety at UOngnUayuan Primary School in Yanzhou City m eastern Jiangsu province on Thursday. The activity is part of [he class' gratitude education lesson, which teaches children to be grateful to
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      • 338 10 REUTERS Washington THE United States said yesterday that a way had been found to return frozen North Korean funds, an issue that has hindered progress on the nuclear disarmament talks. US nuclear envoy Chris Hill will head to Asia tomorrow to
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      • 270 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA has extended criminal penalties for music and movie piracy to people caughi with smaller amounts oi DVDs or CDs, after foreign complaints that enforcemeni was too lax. With effect from Thursday, anyone caught with
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      • 563 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE She will head trust fund set up to run late tycoon's Chinachem: Report Hong Kong THE sister of Asia's richest woman, Ms Nina Wang, who died this week, will take control of her real estate empire, a report said yesterday,
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      • 368 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA, CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Beijing CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao has called for talks with South Korea on a free trade area (FTA) to be fast-tracked ahead of his visit to Seoul next week. "China and South Korea should
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      • 248 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul PRESIDENT Roh Moo Hyun said yesterday that proficiency in English is crucial to South Korea's economic survival and vowed to build a nationwide infrastructure to teach the language. "English is a must in order to catch up with the globalisation
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 737 12  -  Steven Ribet Hundreds of fortified towers and mansions stand out in rural Kaiping in Guangdong By For The Straits Times In Kaiping (China) CHINA has nominated Kaiping, a rural backwater in Guangdong province dotted with mini-castles, for a place on Unesco's list of World
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      • 331 12 BLOOMBERG Tokyo JOHNS Hopkins Hospital, taking advantage of the dissatisfaction of wealthy Japanese with public health care, has started a clinic in Tokyo that will charge as much as 2 million yen (5525,000) for a three-day medical check-up. The 2 billion yen
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      • 679 13 REUTERS SUICIDE OR RAPE "We were told that if women were taken prisoner, we would be raped and that we should not allow ourselves to be captured." MS SUMIEOSHIRO, who tried to kill herself to avoid being caught by US soldiers at
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      • 386 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo JAPAN will keep looking for ways to make amends to wartime sex slaves after dissolving a compensation fund that was shunned by most victims, the man who headed the fund said yesterday. The Asian Women's
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
      • 621 15  -  Ravi Velloor But forced land buyout will end and each zone will have 5,000 ha cap By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi TWO months after it froze permission for new Special Economic Zones (SEZ) because of a political backlash, India has
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      • 340 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS Islamabad PAKISTAN'S President Pervez Musharraf appears to be working out a deal with exiled former premier Benazir Bhutto which may help him hang on to power. General Musharraf has softened his stance towards Ms Bhutto with the announcement that
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      • 267 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS Islamabad A PAKISTANI cleric leading a Taleban-style drive against vice in the capital yesterday threatened suicide attacks if the government raided his mosque, and demanded the closure of brothels and video shops within a month. Maulana Abdul Aziz, speaking to a
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      • 157 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sylhet (Bangladesh) POLICE in north-eastern Bangladesh have arrested a city mayor on corruption charges yesterday, as the mili-tary-backed government pressed its drive to wipe out graft among officials. Officials detained Badruddin Ahmed Kamran at his home in Sylhet city in front of scores
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 578 17  -  Roger Mitton Police stop wives of dissidents from meeting US ambassador for tea By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi THE US Ambassador to Vietnam has criticised the communist regime for cracking down on prodemocracy activists. There are now fears that American anger
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      • 272 17 Bangkok THE operators of the pro-Thaksin People's Television (PTV) station will press ahead with a rally against the government and the Council for National Security (CNS) tomorrow. Mr Aree Krainara, PTV's business development manager, has written to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to
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      • 162 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Phnom Penh TWO teenage girls in Cambodia and Indonesia have died of bird flu as the virus continues to stalk Asia, the region hardest-hit since the disease emerged in 2003. A 13-year-old girl died on Thursday in eastern Cambodia along the
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 790 18  -  Carolyn Hong Proper management can ensure win-win situation, says Sepang circuit boss By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA may soon have a Formula One grand prix rival in Singapore, but its sports officials refuse to be jittery. The Sepang
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      • 242 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN online political commentators have formed a group to protect bloggers' interests after two of them were sued by a newspaper with close government ties. The National Alliance of Bloggers' main goal is to "protect bloggers" and to try to get
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      • 415 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur THE Islamic authorities have taken away the baby of a Muslim woman who is living as a Hindu in defiance of the law, officials said yesterday, in the latest case of religious conflict straining ties in
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      • 168 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has threatened to control the price of cigarettes to stop multinational tobacco sellers from lowering them to encourage smoking and sales. Health Minister Chua Soi Lek said he had given JT International, British American Tobacco and Philip Morris two
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    • ASIA FOCUS
      • 1102 19  -  Carolyn Hong XL needs to win people over to merits of economic plan for Johor development By( Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur JOHOR Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman, known to be a reserved man, is rarely effusive about anything. And if
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  • WORLD
    • 751 21 REUTERS CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT Idyllic spots could soon be wiped out experts say Colombo ENJOY your exotic Asian beach or skiing holidays while you can. In coming decades, warmer weather, rising seas, more intense storms and even changes in ocean currents will literally wipe some idyllic
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    • 343 21 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Brussels REPRESENTATIVES of various nations on the United Nations climate panel argued all-night before reaching an agreement on the final text of the report. Some scientists accused government delegates of watering down their findings and others complained about the changes sought by
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    • 229 21 REUTERS THE United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released yesterday was the second in a series of four on climate change this year. The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the United Nations to help guide governments.
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    • 109 22 By 2100, the extent of Arctic sea ice could shrink by 22 per cent to 33 per cent, depending on emissions. Northern hemisphere permafrost is projected to decrease in extent by 20 per cent to 35 per cent by 2050, and seasonal thawing is likely
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    • 62 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef, the Kakadu wetlands, rainforests and alpine areas will be altered. Water problems that already plague southern and eastern Australia will "very likely" increase by 2030. There will also be increased danger from forest fires, damage to major infrastructure
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    • 302 22 REUTERS London CHILDREN will increasingly bear the brunt of global warming, a report said yesterday, while another said business was already feeling its effects. The Save the Children charity said up to 175 million children would be affected every year over the next
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    • 555 22  -  Arti Mulchand Vulnerability of Republic to be assessed in wake of latest UN report By DIRE measure for dire measure, the latest United Nations climate change report is being carefully scrutinised for the "inevitable" impact on Singapore. The second instalment of
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    • 697 23 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Diplomatic end to stand-off on British sailors may bear more fruit London THE use of high-level diplomacy to end the stand-off over 15 British sailors held by Iran offers hope that progress can eventually be made towards a compromise
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    • 444 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Santorini (Greece) HUNDREDS of holidaymakers were evacuated from a Greek cruise ship that struck rocks off the island of Santorini and began listing. Nearly 1,600 passengers and crew used rope ladders and narrow gangways to leave the
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    • 240 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington A SINGAPOREAN, one of six suspects arrested in two international weapons-smuggling cases in Guam, has pleaded guilty. The six are accused of trying to smuggle weapons from the US to Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka. Haniffa Osman, 55, became the
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 119 23 REUTERS WASHINGTON: The World Bank's employee association has questioned the promotion and pay rise of a female staff member who it says is involved with bank president Paul Wolfowitz. In a letter circulated internally to staff on Tuesday, the bank's Staff Association demanded an
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      • 125 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: The family of a Mongolian model brutally murdered in Malaysia is suing the government and three people accused in the case. Lawyer Karpal Singh said he would soon file a civil suit for damages for suffering, sorrow, and physical
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      • 106 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China is investigating US claims that a Chinese company exported contaminated wheat gluten implicated in a slew of pet deaths in the United States, a government official said yesterday. "We are investigating this," said Ms Zeng King, an official with the press
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      • 98 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD: A Iraqi suicide bomber driving a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas hit a police checkpoint yesterday in western Ramadi, killing at least 25 people two of them policemen and wounding as many as 30, police in the Anbar
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 260 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS US SERGEANT Dana Kline is so good at recruiting National Guard soldiers that he is set to make a small fortune U5594,000 (*****,000) in bonuses. Under the Guard Recruiting Assistance Programme, members of the auxiliary military are offered a
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      • 140 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE University of Massachusetts has never revoked an honorary degree, but it may soon consider taking one back from Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Some students at the Boston campus have circulated a petition seeking revocation of Mr Mugabe's honorary doctorate, which he received
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      • 141 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE French had a rare glimpse of their President's only grandchild, 11-year-old Martin Rey-Chirac, who was photographed next to his grandfather watching military exercises. The son of Mr Jacques Chirac's daughter Claude and Olympic judo champion Thierry Rey, Martin's photo appeared on the
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      • 167 24 AN ELDERLY grandmother in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to pulling off a bank heist with an unloaded pistol in order to help her financially struggling son. Marilyn Devine, 76, held a National City Bank branch in Pittsburgh at gunpoint in March last year,
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    • WORLD FOCUS
      • 598 25  -  Jonathan Eyal By FREE trade negotiations are never exciting. They involve dealing with tariffs or taxes on obscure goods and commodities, usually go on for years, and end with long, technical documents which few people apart from those who drafted them are able
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      • 251 25 THREE years ago, the world cheered as Ukraine's quasicommunist regime was toppled. The so-called "Orange Revolution" named after the electoral colours of the victors supposedly brought democracy to one of Europe's biggest states. Once again, crowds in the streets, people's power, triumphed. Yet this
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      • 147 25 A RESIDENT surveys the damage done to the town of Gizo after a tsunami struck the Solomon Islands early this week. Devastated islanders prayed for urgent relief at Good Friday services yesterday, as aid agencies stepped up warnings that diseases such as cholera and malaria could break
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      • 680 25 THE authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou are about to complete their investigation into allegations that McDonald's, Pizza Hut and KFC restaurant outlets paid their student employees less than the mandatory minimum wage. The inquiry was prompted by allegations published in a
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      • 488 25 EXACTLY five years ago this week, Saudi Arabia's then Crown Prince Abdullah flew to Beirut for a summit of Arab governments. He presented a peace plan: If Israel withdrew from occupied territories, acknowledged the right of return for Palestinian refugees and allowed for the creation of
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    • 26 21 Cruise ship sinks Hundreds of holidaymakers are evacuated from a Greek cruise ship after it hits rocks off Santorini island and begins to sink. PAGE 24
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  • HOME
    • 655 28  -  Teh Joo Lin Man believed to be syndicate mastermind produced 2,000 tablets a day using off-the-shelf tools By' moment he stepped out of his rented townhouse apartment at 2am for a late-night supper. He had been careful not to arouse his
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    • 601 29  -  Tracy Sua One jumped in to save friends in trouble during wading session By SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Senthil Prashanth was not a good swimmer, but he still swam out to try and save two friends when he saw them struggling in the waters
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    • 262 30  -  CHUA HIAN HOU Officer in his late 20s knocked unconscious A POLICE officer manning a roadblock was hit by a taxi in the early hours of yesterday morning. The accident happened at 2.30 am along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. According to police
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    • 611 31  -  Jane Ng SPECIAL-EDUCATION SCHOOLS All special-education school teachers handling mainstream subjects will get such training By THE Ministry of Education will ensure that all 67 teachers teaching the mainstream curriculum in special-education schools have the training to do so. Currently, more than half 37
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    • 201 32 ABOUT 4,000 worshippers observed Good Friday at St Joseph's Church in Victoria Street yesterday. A IV2 hour-long remembrance service conducted to mark the day that Jesus died on a cross moved some to tears. Towards the end of the service, altar boys took down
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    • 469 32  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Top US varsity's holiday camps for Singapore students are becoming more popular By ABOUT 500 students here aged 11 to 18 have already had a taste of Stanford University. Since 2004, the prestigious American university has been running holiday camps for talented children
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    • 445 34  -  Alfred Siew Telco wants to join Star Hub and Sing Tel in providing bundled service packages By lechnoLogy Correspondent FIVE months after joining the broadband fray, cellphone operator Mobile One (Ml) is looking to offer even faster fixed-line broadband services and possibly
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    • 234 34 A NEW team has been elected to steer the Singapore Press Club. Among the new faces are Mr Patrick Daniel, first vice-president; honorary treasurer Dicky Goh; honorary assistant treasurer Elsie Chua and member Edward Tang. Among the rest of the 15-member management
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    • 93 34 Malaysia's Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin (second from left) visited the National Museum yesterday morning, after calling on Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts. Datuk Seri Zainuddin visited the Under the Crescent Moon exhibition on Arab culture. He is in
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    • 554 35  -  Arlina Arshad Duped by agents, they arrive without home govt approval By CLUB manager Juliana Charles learnt a painful lesson when hiring a maid from Sri Lanka that there may be no redress if the agency there took a short cut and
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    • 68 35 More than 40 women ranging in age from their 20s to 40s were arrested in a series of raids that ended early yesterday morning. The police conducted the raids between 10.15pm on Thursday and 4am yesterday, in various parts of Geylang. Investigations are still going on
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    • 355 35  -  Tracy Sua By JUDICIAL reforms from the 1990s that have modernised and improved the court systems here have been captured in a book published by the World Bank. And Singapore's experience can be a guide to similar reforms in other countries, noted
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    • SAND & GRANITE CRUNCH
      • 597 37  -  Tan Hui Yee Hit by sand price hike, they want new clause in contracts to cover price fluctuations By Housing Correspondent BUILDING contractors, hard hit by recent hikes in prices of sand, granite and concrete, are taking steps to protect their bottom line. Many
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      • 579 37  -  Jessica Cheam By FOR the last few years, Madam L. Teo has been a real estate agent, matching properties to potential buyers. In the last few weeks, however, she has ventured into a rather different trade matching sand suppliers to potential buyers. Hooking
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      • 226 38 With the prices of sand, granite and concrete more than twice of what they used to be, what can home owners expect to pay? Properly type For a bungalow costing $2.5 million to build For a five-room HDB flat being renovated For a condominium unit
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      • 635 38  -  Joyce Teo What is more likely to drive the market higher is demand, not material costs By Property Correspondent THE cost of sand and concrete may be rising, but Singapore's property developers are not feeling the pinch yet. That is because they are
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    • 715 39  -  Radha Basu Big push by Central Spore CDC to help 22,000 financially vulnerable residents By THERE are around 22,000 vulnerable residents in the heart of Singapore who may need financial help, according to estimates by the Central Singapore Community Development Council.
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    • 848 40  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Sourcing company here under investigation in Jamaica but insists it is completely above board By A MAN who wanted to place a notice inviting scholarship applications for American universities raised alarm bells at The Straits Times last week when he was
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    • 470 41  -  Lim Wei Chean Planned $40m overhaul will see shops with 'modern Asians' theme for Japanese expats By THE beat is on at Clarke Quay, and the 24-year-old Liang Court Shopping Centre wants to get back in the groove with a $40 million revamp starting next month.
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    • 596 42  -  K.C. VIJAYAN 5 parties fight over payment of $850,000 bill for damage to fountain caused by crane By IT WAS a publicity event gone wrong, when a crane lowering a new Mitsubishi Colt car tipped over, damaging Suntec City's Fountain of Wealth as a result.
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    • 61 43 Some 40 students from Pay a Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary School added a splash of colour to the lives of students at the Pathlight School for the intellectually disabled. The student volunteers painted game designs devised by their peers on Pathlight's floor. The combined effort
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    • 498 43  -  T. Rajan It is the best way for employers to try out disabled people for a particular job By TRY now, hire later that sums up internship schemes, and for disabled folk like wheel-chair-bound Choo Toh Choon, it has led to a full-time
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    • 201 43  -  CHRISTL LI COME watch the UOB Ultimate Dragon Tug Showdown at the Singapore River on May 20. The United Overseas Bank-sponsored event will raise funds for charities that support children and the arts. Dragon Tug, created by sports-design company Fronterra, is an innovative adaptation of
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    • CHARITY AT HOME
      • 744 45  -  Michelle Neo Charity facts Name of Charity: Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Singapore What it does/who it helps: The needy elderly and children, and women and children with mild intellectual disabilities Money it needs each year: $1,385,000 How it raises funds: Through fund-raising events,
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      • QUICK NEWS
        • 134 45 TWENTY-SEVEN children with life-threatening illnesses, and their families, were treated to a party by Gulf Air last month, marking the start of a collaboration for this year between the airline and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Among the beneficiaries was four-year-old Venus, who is suffering from leukaemia. She
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        • 96 45 THE Singapore Police Force raised close to half a million dollars via a Charity Dinner Show held at the Padang last Tuesday. The dinner was held together with an international show, The Crystal Mirror, and also included a performance by the Singapore Police Force band percussion ensemble. The
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      • 226 45 FAIR WITH A DIFFERENCE A fair featuring designer clothes, artwork and jewellery, among other things, will be held at the Fort Canning Centre in Fort Canning Park. Non-profit organisation Aidha is holding the event as part of its fund-raising and outreach campaign. Aidha helps women migrant workers primarily
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    • 19 31 SCIENCE Safety-first during an outbreak Head to fc^FlT CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for education options! SS™S I
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    • 397 42 Easter Sunday CARPET AUCTION Renowned Iranian wholesale carpet merchant presents second auction in Singapore. 70 Handpicked, Quality Handknotted Carpets, Rugs Runners from Central Asia SUNDAY 8 APRIL 2007 THE REGENT SINGAPORE, 1 CUSCADEN ROAD ROYAL BALLROOM 1, LOBBY LEVEL Viewing 10am-12.30pm Auction Ipm PRPP PERSIAN HANDCRAFTED SHISHA klk k k
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  • FORUM
    • 233 46  -  Ruvin Nair HAVING lived in Singapore "or many years, I found that :he complex linguistic environment here is not propiious to the learning of any anguage in early childhood :o a level akin to that of a naive speaker. This is unfortulate as
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    • 288 46  -  Heng Cho Choon READ with apprehension :he report, "2 Malaysian universities among 20 whose iocs can work here" (ST, Vlarch 30). While there is no ioubt that Malaysian doctors who have qualified from presigious overseas universities ire of a reasonable standard, :he
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    • 274 46  -  Low Chee Wee Michelle Anne Ng (Ms) WE REFER to the letter, "Why we lose out to Hong Kong" (ST, April 4), by Mr Kelvin Ong Kwee Beng. Robinsons and Simmons would like to clarify that the Simmons promotion featured on Robinsons' March 30 advertisement included
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    • 258 46  -  Tng Kok Khim »OF MINISTERIAL PAY AND BAD GOVT I REFER to the recent statements to the press by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in which he described the scenario which would happen if Singapore were to lose the People's Action Party
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    • 359 47  -  Ho Kong Loon ►>PAY INCREASE FOR MINISTERS AND TOP CIVIL SERVANTS MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew spoke so plainly and pre:isely that dissenters to the Droposed salary increase for ninisters and top civil servants cannot but nod, albeit reuctantly, in assent at the sheer
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    • 310 47  -  Dr Quek Teo Hoe TO ME, our Cabinet ministers deserve to be paid more than they will ask. Singapore is the entrepreneur and the Cabinet members are the CEOs. Commercially, the return on investments (ROI) had been at sterling rates. Socially,
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    • 180 47  -  Ong Toon Hui (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "How is a multi-portfolio minister paid?" (ST, April 5), by Mr Png Eng Huat. Mr Png asked about the formula for computing the salary of a minister who holds two or more portfolios. A minister is
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    • 365 47  -  Mohamad Rosle Ahmad I AGREE with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew that top-earning professionals, like Drs Ng Eng Hen, Vivian Balakrishnan and Balaji Sadasivan, deserve a fair and equitable compensation when they join the public service ("Put ministers' pay in perspective"; ST, April
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  • Page 46 Miscellaneous
    • 51 46 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asia1. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Our leaders must not just have 'heart' but show 'heart' as well Address complaints about financial services industry before raising awareness Collective sales a nightmare for old folks Town councils, please educate irresponsible pet
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  • SATURDAY
    • 96 48 INSIGHT SPECIAL It's like turning on a tap. Singaporeans demand that their public sector works as reliably as their water supply. But delivering either is a painstaking process. Ask Tan Gee Paw, an engineer who has wrestled with the island's water insecurity for three decades. He is
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    • INSIGHT SPECIAL
      • 1420 49  -  Peh Shing Huei Goh Chin Lian The Singapore model means getting public policy masterplans and minutiae right. But can this last? By ONCE, in an exercise to combat corruption, the Singapore Government decided to scrutinise one of its citizens' favourite pastimes: queueing. People may willingly stand
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      • Article, Illustration
        1853 50  -  Peh Shing Huei From no water to Newater, Singapore's efforts at water independence have paid dividends in more ways than one By HIS eyes redden. Tears well up. Anyone who thinks that engineers are all hardhats and cold formulae hasn't witnessed Mr Harry Seah tell his story about
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      • 1701 51  -  Li Xueying A radical move to install Workfare as a permanent payout to low-wage Singaporeans took years of development and debate behind the scenes. The elusive goal: finding that sweet spot between competitiveness and compassion By TWO years ago to this month, four young civil
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      • 459 52 THE job of formulating Workfare straddled so many different departments that meetings involved as many as 71 officials. The venue, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), ran out of parking lots and civil servants had to park at the public lot next door. Meetings dragged on for
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      • 253 52 WORKFARE may have been inspired by Wisconsin's programme, but its formulators say it is no off-the-shelf solution. "What is significant is our ability to adapt that idea into Singapore for our specific needs," says Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen. "The creativity is finding that very small
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      • 1193 53  -  Li Xueying From HospSave to Medisave, from flip charts to PowerPoint. How the world's first national health-care financing scheme based on savings was created By IT WAS 1982, and huddled in an office at the Ministry of Health (MOH) were four men and a baby. The
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      • 354 53 TOMORROW: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL IN EDUCATION PRIOR to the 1980s, Singaporeans had highly subsidised sometimes free hospital care and clinics, courtesy of a nationalised, taxation-based health-care system inherited from colonial British rule. No wonder even some of the People's Action Party's own MPs objected to
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    • 93 54 This mobile autopsy facility, which was designed and made in Singapore, can be set up anywhere within a day. It allows work to be done in ultra-safe conditions, and is believed to be the world's first such facility. Not a single microbe can escape its stainless-steel shell,
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    • 1220 54  -  Marcel Lee Pereira Pathologists also safe from infections while doing autopsies inside Spore-developed lab By IF A mystery killer disease hits home, a Singapore-developed autopsy laboratory is ready for use. The ultra-safe mobile unit is believed to be a world-first. No germs
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    • SCIENCE SNIPPETS
      • 126 54 A SINGAPOREAN with no training in mathematics had his ideas published in an international journal. Mr Bertrand Wong claims to have come up with proof for the Twin Prime Conjecture a famous problem on a number theory based on prime numbers. It was featured
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      • 157 54 COMPILED BY MELISSA TAN AMELIA TAN PENGUINS are being microchipped and put on treadmills to study overfishing in the Southern Oceans. Researchers in Glasgowimplanted microchips in 50 king penguins on the Crozet archipelago, which lies between Patagonia and Antarctica. These microchips monitor the penguins' locations, the
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    • 1298 55  -  Kevin Tan SCIENCE TALK More stringent rules needed to prevent abuse of information By GENETIC information is everywhere and it tells us much about our families and the likelihood of traits or diseases being transmitted through our genes. Genetic tests can
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  • REVIEW
    • 457 56 ONE of the silliest, if not perverse, restrictions to have come out of the music industry is digital rights management, or DRM. This software restricts how music, mostly sold online, can be copied. This means consumers aren't allowed to freely duplicate their tunes for personal use.
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    • 761 56  -  Salma Khalik ELDERSHIELD By Health Correspondent IN THE months before ElderShield was launched in 2002, there was heated public debate on the scheme. The premiums were too high and payouts too low, some people argued. The result: 38 per cent of those eligible opted
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    • 882 56  -  Andy Ho »HWA CHONG'S STATED AIMS By Senior Writer HWA Chong Institution recently set itself the very ambitious goals of producing a prime minister, a top entrepreneur and a Nobel laureate scientist, to boot. They are lofty aims but let me ask: Don't they end
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    • 1278 57  -  Abdul Rokhim SINGAPORE MPs' MEET-THE-PEOPLE SESSIONS By In Singapore WHEN I left Indonesia to visit Singapore on a short bilateral exchange programme last month, the Indonesian Parliament was debating whether or not MPs should be given laptops, estimated to
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    • 987 58  -  Julia Suryakusuma RECONFIGURING GENDER ROLES By For The Straits Times DINA and Eddy are an ordinary educated middle-class Indonesian couple in their mid-3 Os with two young children except that Dma is doing a PhD in ogyEddy, who has degrees in religious studies and
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    • 981 59  -  Janice Tay LETTER FROM KYOTO By For The Straits Times CYCLISTS in Kyoto travel on the pavements, not the roads. It is safer that way, explains a cyclist friend. Safer for those on bicycles maybe, but as a pedestrian, I have lost count
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  • SPORTS
    • 763 60 >UEFA CUP: SEVILLA 2 TOTTENHAM 1 Spurs fans fight with Spanish police after Sevilla are awarded a 19th-minute penalty Madrid TOTTENHAM fans clashed with Spanish police in Seville on Thursday in a second night of European football violence. Riot police kept Spurs fans apart from
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    • 439 60 London THE violence between Roma and Manchester United fans on Wednesday was pre-planned, according to Bob Graham, who is making a documentary on football hooliganism. In March, less than two hours after the Champions League draw had been made, hardcore fans of Roma, known as
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    • 235 60 London UEFA are expected to take a tough line against the two outbreaks of violence involving English fans in Europe this week. "We are in an emergency situation," spokesman William Gaillard told the BBC. "It's definitely very sad to see these scenes in European
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    • 197 60 UEFA'S investigations into the events at Roma's Olympic Stadium will include the scrutiny of manager Alex Ferguson's criticisms about the referee Herbert Fandel. "We will look into his comments," a spokesman said of Ferguson's verbal attack on the German. Ferguson had claimed his
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    • 138 60 /Ian United 3125 3 3 74 21 78 Ihelsea 3122 6 3 55 19 72 .iverpool 3117 6 8 48 21 57 Irsenal 3016 7 7 52 28 55 iolton 3115 ***** 38 50 ottenham 3114 ***** 44 48 iverton *****1 8 39 27 47 leading 3113 513 43
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    • 250 60 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London PORTSMOUTH manager Harry Redknapp does not expect a second-string Manchester United side in their Premiership match today. In fact, he believes that Alex Ferguson would rather win today's game than the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Roma on Tuesday.
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    • 752 61 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER Senior players unhappy that underperforming German midfielder is still untouchable London JOSE Mourinho has a mutiny on his hands. There is unrest in the dressing room, as Chelsea seek three Premiership points against Tottenham today to keep up the pressure
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    • 298 61 London SHEFFIELD United may be just one point away from the bottom three in the Premiership, but manager Neil Warnock claims that looking after his two children is more stressful. The Blades, who had a 10-point cushion over their rivals six weeks ago, are
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    • 305 62 CHRIS Coleman (left) has admitted his job as Fulham manager has put a strain on his personal life. He finally broke his silence about stories that his wife Belinda had bugged his car, as she suspected he was
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    • 616 62 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER After poor season, club reportedly keen to sell striker to European giants London IT IS just over six months since Arsene Wenger celebrated his 10th year in charge at Arsenal, but his special season is threatening to turn into a wake.
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    • 120 62 AMERICAN billionaire Stan Kroenke is expected to attend Arsenal's match with West Ham today, after purchasing ITV's 9.9 per cent stake in the Gunners for £65 million (Ssl93 million). It could eventually see him buying the club for £500 million, putting three of the
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    • 403 62 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London READING manager Steve Coppell is delighted his mother will not celebrate her 80th birthday by attending today's match against Liverpool. Why? Because his team never win when she turns up. He said: "She's not coming down for
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    • 140 62 Barcelona 2816 8 4 59 26 56 Sevilla 2816 6 6 48 24 54 Real Madrid ...2815 6 7 39 25 51 Valencia 2815 5 8 40 28 50 Zaragoza 2813 8 7 42 29 47 A. Madrid 2812 8 8 33 24 44 R. Santander ..*****0 7 35
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    • 511 62 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Madrid BRAZIL defender Roberto Carlos, who is leaving Real Madrid after 11 years, was almost "destroyed" by trauma in his personal life over the past two years. "I have had many personal problems these last two years. My agent betrayed
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    • 445 62 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Rome RUNAWAY leaders Inter Milan visit struggling Reggina today, knowing eight points from their remaining nine matches will guarantee them the Serie A title. They have a 20-point lead over Roma, and are poised to retain
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    • 147 62 Inter Milan 29 25 4 0 63 23 79 iSRoma 2917 8 4 56 23 59 Lazio 2916 7 6 5124 52 Palermo 3013 9 8 43 34 48 Empoli 2912 9 8 32 28 45 K Milan *****0 5 39 25 44 Fiorentina 2915 8 6 47 26
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    • 308 63 REUTERS MOTOR RACING Sepang FERRARI team boss Jean Todt has dismissed criticism that a Singapore Grand Prix would continue the trend of taking races away from Formula One's traditional stronghold Europe. "Formula One is a world-wide event," he said yesterday. "On one side
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    • 525 63  -  Alvin Foo SATURDAY FEATURE Their pit crew put up a first-rate show to woo the crowds for the Malaysian GP By In Kuala Lumpur AT 8.45 am yesterday, the silence of the Sepang International Circuit morphed into a loud roar. And the 35-degree C
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    • 416 63 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Sepang FERRARI team boss Jean Todt said yesterday he would readily dump a sponsor who was unhappy with his driver Kimi Raikkonen's new tattoo. The Finn got the tattoo on his right arm after he won his debut race for the Italian
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    • Article, Illustration
      100 63 ASSOCIATED PRESS Japanese baseball star Daisuke Matsuzaka's debut in the United States' Major League on Thursday proved a smashing success. The pitcher, for whom the Boston Red Sox spent US$lO3.l million (Ssls6 million) to acquire, allowed just one run and six hits over seven innings. He also struck
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    • 730 64 ASSOCIATED PRESS ►>US MASTERS GOLF Only nine players end under par as rivals struggle with strong winds and fast course Augusta AMY Mickelson did not wait for her husband Phil to finish his US Masters round on Thursday. As the defending champion was walking off the
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    • 142 64 ASSOCIATE PRESS Arnold Palmer (above) returned to the first tee at Augusta National on Thursday for the first time as the honorary starter for the Masters. The four-time tournament champion, 77, hit a lovely draw about 200 yards down the left and said: "I didn't want to
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    • AUGUSTA SHORTS
      • 64 64 THERE were seven 8s logged at the Masters on Thursday, none more untimely than Padraig Harrington's on the par-five 15th. The Irishman, who finished with 77, found one of the two small ponds surrounding the narrow green, ruining what had been a decent round. Another ugly 8
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      • 74 64 ASSOCIATED PRESS CRAIG Stadler, the 1982 champion, spent most of the day on the leaderboard. A double-bogey on 16 knocked him off, but he still shot a 74 only one stroke behind Tiger Woods. Said the 53-year-old: "The golf course gets harder and longer, but I
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    • 133 64 Masters 1st round (USA unless noted) 69 Justin Rose (Eng), Brett Wetterich 70 David Howell (Eng), David Toms 71 Tim Clark (Rsa), Vaughn Taylor, Zach Johnson, Rich Beem, J.J. Henry 72 Davis Love, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Bart Bryant, Tim Herron, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 73 Scott Verplank, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa),
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    • 350 64 ASSOCIATED PRESS Augusta IN THE lead at the Masters again, Justin Rose is hoping his course management the rest of the week will be as good as it was on Thursday. He was one of only two players to break 70 over a windy,
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    • 911 65  -  V.K. Santosh Kumar CRICKET WORLD CUP Proteas should win, but they need to raise net run rate to avoid Australia in semi-finals By BEATING Bangladesh in their Super Eight match today in Georgetown, Guyana, should not be a problem for South Africa. But winning
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    • 495 65 ASSOCIATED PRESS St John's (Antigua) IT SHOULD have put the calypso back into Caribbean cricket, as the game's biggest one-day tournament has come to countries that know how to throw a party. But they are depressed from Jamaica to Guyana and from Antigua to
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    • 340 65 London THE wife of the murdered Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, will not allow his planned book to be published. "I was aware Bob was planning to write an account of his time with Pakistan," Gill Woolmer (left) told The Times. "But that was intended to
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    • 1123 65  -  Rob Hughes »IN GOOD CONSCIENCE By WHAT do we tell our children, our water babies, if it is proved that lan Thorpe, the "human fish", was stuffed to the gills with performance-en-hancing drugs? Alternatively, what do we say as responsible adults immersed in sports if
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    • 506 66  -  Chan Vi Shen See you at Woodlands WOODLANDS Wellington are offering free admission to students with valid student passes for their S-League match against the Singapore Armed Forces FC at Woodlands Stadium today (7.45pm kick-off). Should Woodlands win, the Rams will also offer those
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    • 224 66 HOME United kept pace with leaders Singapore Armed Forces FC at the top of the S-League table with a 1-0 win over Sengkang Punggol at the Hougang Stadium yesterday. Midfielder Shahril Ishak scored the winner in the 70th minute, after a mix-up in the
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    • 342 66 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Cleveland (Ohio) THE Miami Heat, after a season of bumps and bruises, will defend their National Basketball Association title after all. Antoine Walker and Shaquille O'Neal scored 20 points each in a 94-90 overtime win over Cleveland on Thursday night, clinching a
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    • 219 66 BASEBALL MLB: Cincinnati 5 Chicago Cubs 2, Chicago White Sox 4 Cleveland 3, Boston 4 Kansas City 1, Atlanta 8 Philadelphia 4, Tampa Bay 7 NY Yankees 6, Arizona 4 Washington 3, Oakland 4 LA Angels 3, San Francisco 5 San Diego 3. BASKETBALL NBA: Miami 94 Cleveland 90
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  • Page 60 Miscellaneous
    • 23 60 Tough outing Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson struggle on the US Masters' opening day, when only nine golfers finish under par. PAGE Sl7
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    • 89 60 Premiership Today Arsenal v West Ham United Live, Ch23, 9.55pm Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur Live, Ch23, 7.40pm Middlesbrough v Watford Reading v Liverpool Live, Ch24, 9.55pm Sheffield United v Newcastle United Wigan Athletic v Bolton Wanderers Portsmouth v Manchester United Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 12.10 am
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    • 63 62 La Liga Today Real Zaragoza v Barcelona Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 1.55 am Athletic Bilbao v Valencia Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3.55 am Tomorrow Deportivo Coruna v Gimnastic Levante v Real Betis Espanyol v Real Sociedad Real Mallorca v Getafe Recreativo Huelva v Celta Vigo Sevilla v Racing Santander Live, Ch22, 10.55pm
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    • 264 63 TV times BASEBALL MLB: Baltimore v NY Yankees (Live, Ch23, 7am). BASKETBALL: NBA: Dallas v Denver (Live, Ch23, 10.30 am). CRICKET: ICC World Cup 2nd stage, Super Eights: Bangladesh v South Africa (Live, PPV Chi 10, 9.30pm). GOLF: The Masters: Day 3 (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.30 am). MOTOR RACING: F1
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  • OBITUARY
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      204 67 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 TEO TONG WAH Age: 62 was called home to be with the Lord on 6 April 2007 leaving behind loved ones* Wife: Ng Siew
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      66 68 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of our late Chairman /Director TEO TONG WAH Departed on 6 April 2007 From The Management and Staff of Trend Developments Pte Ltd Prominent Site Pte Ltd Prominent Plaza Investments Pte Ltd Lisa Investment Pte Ltd Poshgrove Pte Ltd Top Parking Pte
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      77 69 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of our late Chairman /Director TEO TONG WAH Departed on 6 April 2007 From The Management and Staff of Tong Eng Brothers Pte Ltd Thye San Development Pte Ltd Feature Development Pte Ltd Fairview Developments Pte Ltd Feature Investment Pte Ltd Chelsford
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      38 70 With Deepest Sympathy to the family of the late MR TliO TO JVC WAll Past President 1985-87 REDAS (The Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore,) From: Patrons, Past Presidents President Members of the Management Committee. jn REDAS n*
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      99 70 WONGSOONYEOW Are 70 parsed away pv aeefiilly on 05/04/07 Dt'yrl) misMH] mid i -1 i i i I i i I by loved ones. Wife: Tail Kbiir Kuan Sons: Daughter-in-law: \Vnn% iJaiitf Kenf* ChcwHul Kiwri Wang Liang Nrco. lack ■-<-'■ Brother-] n- law: Wee Noon Kitir Poo Sea In Nephew*:
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      57 70 1ST ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF PRITAM SINGH MEHTA CHOWK Departed: 15 May 2006 Dearly missed and always remembered by family and loved ones. Path Da Bhog will be held on 8 Apr 2007 from 9am to 11am at Sri Guru Singh Sabha, 52 Wilkie Rd Please treat this as
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      134 70 MAK YORK SENG Age: 59 passed away peacefully cm ti April 2UO7, dearly missed and funtlly remembered by loved mirs. Far her: Mother: (Mak Hoe Ving F deceased} Oh Soon Hoe WlfeiGiuwSounKwan Son: Daughter: Mai I i|iar: M n I ..I i i Sisters: Broihers-Jn-law: (MafcHteck Chi ng, deceased) Mak
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      100 70 BADHRINARAYANA S/O S. MOHAN Age: 4 Bdmi'i i of S. Mohan A. Jayachitra passed away peacefully on 6 April 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Grandfather? I! Arumugam .1 .iinl mi.iin i R. innani Maternal Uncle: Vi^hnubdlii A. Sisier: Asttialakshmi (Eeswari) Uncles: Gunaaellan, Rame^h. Lee Kok Kah,
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      41 70 The family of the late LAM GOAT CHIN Departed on 2 April 2007 wish to express (heir heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their Kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement
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      215 70 HO MEE HEEVG (SI \N HENG) Age: 83 illu^baiid: Wuiiy Kit Hum. JitljiJ; p.i -m-iI awn) pir4«-rul]y on ti April UIMr? \\y- i1. remembered and clieri^lied by loved ones. .i i M< *>. k K .i Inpifc V.nnjj Mnnll OnughlFT-in-law: I. MiL ''M i Dimilhv I un lin i'ny, LJaup^Urri:
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      34 70 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of WILLIAM CHAN WUI HEAN Departed 7 April 2005 Sadly missed and always remembered by Dad, Alex BJ, Mci, Ai, Kheng, Siene, TK, nieces, nephews and all loved ones.
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      164 70 MOgnn.yottrdearti teaws a heartactw no one can /jert four smite ttnd depth of itn>e rto one aiti forget. ATHMASHANTEPOOIA ihefamUyoflhelaie -l SANDRA MOGAN ARUMUGAM Age: 46 Departed on 24 [March 2007. Wish to exntess their heartfelt thanks and appreciation lo all relatives, friends fii cnJleagues for iheir kind altuniluiice. whfWFWi
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      100 70 ...and I shall dwell in the house of the Lordforeivr. Psalm 23:6 In Memoriam Second Anniversary Mr. Yeoh Teik Swee Departed 7 April 2005 With the passing of two years, the pain is attenuated, hut the memories remain alire. memories of touching moments of caring, of sound advice mingled with
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      58 70 ;S E£ Hi \l Ml I I Ml In Ijtving Memory ni GILLIAN L1M 1JLH UNG Dejiarled 7 April \YA in tiur hearts your memory lingers, Sttwity tender. fimti nnii lute, 1'iwre is not n ituy, itear Gillian. Tluti we do not think of you. Dearly missed by Husband Philip
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      28 70 fn Loving Memory Of SOH PIT SOON Time my heal thtbrtArtthritrt, Twvmitfmai.tihtiivuiidkissov, Air t\t\em wjtt itop the topf Fflr ihf li«fd ovffMf befm. Fondly rfmrmbeml b/Wifff. t Scnandallfamilyfne'Tibcrs
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  • MONEY
    • 483 71 BLOOMBERG NEWS Robust performance beats forecasts, takes some pressure off Fed to cut rates New York HIRING in the United States rose more than forecast last month and the jobless rate unexpectedly fell, giving the economy a spark as it struggles
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    • 233 71 BLOOMBERG NEWS Tokyo CITIGROUP, the world's largest financial services firm, said it will borrow money from a group of Japanese banks to help fund its US$l3.4 billion (5520.3 billion) takeover bid for Nikko Cordial. Mizuho Financial, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Citigroup's
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    • 389 72 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Base salaries up 4% to median of $1.67 m last year on jump in value of stock grants Washington COMPENSATION for chief executives (CEOs) in the United States rose strongly last year, amid a surge in the value of stock grants,
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    • MONEY WORLD
      • 170 72 BLOOMBERG NEWS BEIJING: China will raise the flexibility of the yuan exchange rate this year and let market forces play a greater role in deciding the yuan's value, central bank assistant governor Vi Gang said. "Small-scale" fluctuations in the yuan since
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      • 95 72 REUTERS NEW YORK: New Century Financial, the largest United States sub-prime lender under bankruptcy protection, was on Thursday authorised to obtain up to US$l5O million (***** million) in financing to keep it operating while in Chapter 11. US bankruptcy judge Kevin Carey issued a
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      • 84 72 BLOOMBERG NEWS TOKYO: KDDI, Japan's secondlargest mobile-phone company, added a record 530,000 users last month, beating market leader NTT DoCoMo for a fifth month after a new rule made it easier for customers to switch carriers. KDDI had 28.2 million subscribers at the
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      • 87 72 BLOOMBERG NEWS NEW YORK: Shareholders of Harrah's Entertainment, the world's largest casino firm, approved the US$l7.l billion (5525.9 billion) sale of the firm to private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific. Shareholders, who will receive US$9O a share, approved the sale on Thursday at
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    • 303 72 REUTERS Detroit FORD Motor said on Thursday that chief executive (CEO) Alan Mulally received US$2B.lB million (5542.7 million) in compensation last year, including an US$lB.5 million bonus. The carmaker posted a loss of US$l2.7 billion last year. Mr Mulally, a former Boeing
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    • 625 73  -  Lorna Tan Fund will invest in Spore freehold condos; annual yield set to be around 120/o-17% By Finance Correspondent THE boom in Singapore's luxury property market is so hot that a French private bank has set up a first-of-its-kind fund specially
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    • 543 73 BLOOMBERG NEWS Michigan BILLIONAIRE investor Kirk Kerkorian, rebuffed in a 1995 hostile bid for Chrysler Corp, offered US$4.5 billion (Ss6.B billion) in cash to buy the mon-ey-losing carmaker from Germany's DaimlerChrysler. The proposal, made through Mr Kerkorian's Tracinda, would be subject to a
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    • 686 74  -  Goh Eng Yeow CEO believes rights of small investors are adequately protected by existing rules By Markets Correspondent THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) believes a lighter touch is better than a heavy hand when it comes to running the rule over the
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    • 375 74  -  GOH ENG YEOW »PLAYOFTHE WEEK WHILE some investors in Singapore have been chasing banks and property counters to record highs, others have been picking up companies with strong business niches. One such firm InterRoller Engineering attracted heavy buying after investment bank Mer- rill
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    • 29 75 Confident view SG expects its Singapore prime properties fund to achieve an annual yield of up to 17% despite the recent record prices of luxury homes here. PAGE 526
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    • 129 78 Engelin Teh Then: She grew up in a two-room flat with parents who were gamblers. She and her siblings had to "borrow" food from neighbours and bathe in their flat because power and water supplies were frequently cut off due to unpaid utilities bills. Now: She is
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      • 139 79 Edmund Lim THE article by June Cheong ("Buckle Up, Kids", LifeStyle, April 1) about parents failing to buckle their kids into safety seats was informative. As the Traffic Police mentioned, an unsecured 7kg child travelling at 50kmh could be violently flung through the windscreen if
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      • 109 79 Susan Wang I ABSOLUTELY agree that it is ironic that the Government does not require school buses to provide seat belts for children. I understand that there is often a woman onboard the bus to watch over 20-or-so kids. However, in the event of a collision,
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      • 125 79  -  Cecilia Stanlake I RECENTLY wrote to the Land Transport Authority and Traffic Police to inquire if there is a law for children to be buckled up in cars. And there is children under eight have to be buckled up. Offenders could be fined up to $1,000 or
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      • 224 79  -  Emily Lim I FOUND Tracy Quek's story ("China Abuzz Over Fan's Obsession With Andy Lav", Sunday Times, April 1) disturbing. I can understand teenage infatuations -1 had my fair share of being starry-eyed as a teenager. But that was before the age of the Internet and
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      • 177 79  -  Andy Tan I WAS flabbergasted by the comments given by hairstylist David Gan ("Fans Cry Foul Over Farm's Hair", Life!, April 4), in response to Farm Wong's fans criticising him for the hairstyle he gave her in the TV series, Making Miracles.
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      • 284 80  -  Dorminic Ong I REFER to Lee Sze Yong's story ("Star Speakers", Life!, March 28) about United World College's win in the recently concluded televised debating programme, The Arena. In an attempt to spice up the programme, the show follows a modified style of debating that
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      • 150 80 THINK pyjamas are just for bed time? Not for the 300 or so who gamely turned up in their sleepwear at the Palm Valley in the Botanic Gardens on Thursday night. Families and groups of friends came for the inaugural ST Life!/Ikea Gala Pyjama Night
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      • 1097 81  - How I got a cheap COE four car owners share their success stories Christopher Tan MR CHANG KOK YEW, watch importer Mr Chang (below), 43, never rushes when it is time to shop for a car. Or, more correctly, when he shops for a COE. "I watch the trend, and
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      • 549 82 NOWHERE else in the world does it work like this. Before you buy a car in Singapore, you have to get yourself a certificate that entitles you to make the purchase. It is all about controlling the number of cars on the road, so
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        561 83  -  Christopher Tan Don't be misled by the C 1 's cute looks and tiny size. It has plenty of zip too SENIOR CORRESPONDENT DAIMLERCHRYSLER'S Smart car was a clever idea that bombed. Exotic materials, complex engineering and an uncompetitive manufacturing location all conspired to make the Smart too
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      • 635 83  -  Edric Pan Seven seats, all-wheel-drive, chilled box for drinks. What's not to like? IT SEEMS lots of people are going off-road-ing with their wife, kids, in-laws and maid in tow, because carmakers can't seem to stop churning out seven-seater SUVs. We have seen the Volvo XC9O, BMW X
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        145 86 TELEVISION sets have never looked this fun. Taiwanese company Hannspree has a range that is housed in quirky cases, such as a basketball for sports fanatics or a shell which will appeal to women. And you don't have to be a kid to like their kids range, such as
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      • 205 87 Temasek Polytechnic design students have come up with 101 ideas for elderly-friendly products GRANDPA and grandma will love these three Temasek Polytechnic design students who have come up with gadget ideas to make life easier for those over 60. Their brainwaves, such as key holders that
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      • 299 88  -  Tay Suan Chiang YOU could say members of the public are not exactly flushed with happiness. That's why public toilets top the list of items in their daily lives they would like to see improved, with bus stops and recycling bins at No. 2 and 3. Called
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        490 89  -  Calvin Low The No. 150 Cecil Street building, clad in bent metal 'fins', is a lesson in modern architecture urbanscrawl WHEN Aaron Betsky was walking in the Central Business District one afternoon in 2005, he stopped before a modest office block and said: "What building is that? I
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    • 356 90  -  Hong Xinyi Play attempts to encompass the personal story and symbolic power of one woman > theatre 251 Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble Esplanade Theatre Studio Thursday HOW do you solve a problem like Annabel Chong? Her claim to fame is legion and can be summed up by
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    • 261 90 THE play inspired by the life of erstwhile Singapore porn star Annabel Chong contains one topless scene (featuring Cynthia Lee Macquarrie) and other scenes of intimacy. These elements will remain in the play 251, which opened on Thursday night. Tickets for its 11-day run at
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      • 378 93  -  Melissa Lee TAIWANESE pop star Jolin Tsai coolly brushed aside recent media reports that she is dating actor-singer Eddie Peng, calling it just a rumour". "But the guys I'm romantically linked with are always quite handsome, so I'm actually quite happy with that," said the
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      • 191 93 MEDIACORP artiste Zoe Tay is pregnant, and hopes to have a daughter this time. The actress, 39, has been married for six years to pilot Philip Chionh, also 39. They have a two-year-old son, Brayden. The Queen of Caldecott Hill found out that she was pregnant during
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      • 62 93 MAGGIE QUITS: Actress Maggie Cheung has ended 19 years of collaboration with director Wong Kar Wai by leaving his company Jet Tone Films and signing with a Hollywood management company... JOLIE'S FOURTH? The paperwork for actress Angelina Jolie's next adopted child is in the works, says News Of The
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    • 1250 160 Executive Appointments ■III [lL.ll'i.|lr Borneo Motors is part of the world's largest automotive distribution corporation, Inchcap© pic. Today, we are one of Singapore's leading vehfcle distributors representing the Toyota Si Lexus cars and Hmo trucks. We are committed to bring alive our corporate philosophv of putting customers firs! by providing
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    • 1677 161 Executive Appointments r.\ r\ f^ I Z1 f^ Z' mJr itt* W' BASF isthaworfd'sleadingchermcalcompany, maintains 1 j \l__^^_/\\ J~ business relationships wrTh customers in more than 170 l^^ll /^^n! "■-f countries and operates production facilities in more than I [E,-|. 41 countries around the world. In Asia Pacific, BASF As
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    • 2220 162 Executive Appointments j^^^gUJrcflSffll^^^^^^^B wincor BW&SSSiilli^^^^^^H NIXDORF I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H Wincor Nixdorf is one of the world's leading suppliers of IT solutions to banks and retailers The company's extensive portfolio, consisting of l^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^f hardware products, software solutions, consulting, maintenance and other services, is aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of business I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H
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    • 2117 163 Executive Appointments |RRj You'll feel the power of creations. kVJ W^aI A A f^^P FaTm| aH A| I Touch lives every day At Philips, we believe technology should be advanced but simple at the same time. It should make I fc Y M |4P I II |IL VI I (k
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    • 2838 164 Executive Appointments PNFTNFTWnRK^" Emirates College for Advanced Education (ECAE) ASIA PACIFIC vm CNET Networks Asia Pacific is a subsidiary of CNET Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ; CNET), a global Top 10 I '^S^St' ""AA,^ interactive content company. Backed by our worldwide media network and presence in 12 countries across I —*-^2H the
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    • 2169 166 Executive Appointments LandTransportJwAuthority EPSON rLnffjifhnnn nf^fTDn^lif^ exceed your vision ft.^^wi ■N^F'^^P^V Where creativity innovation I together drive powerful For the over 4 million people travelling by rail on wheels or or foot each day; LTA continues To plan new projects, design new schemes and innovate to make the travel experience
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    • 3146 167 Executive Appointments AW*T^^^^»Sm^BBi^ *M I Singapore Cables Manufacturers Pie Lid and Draka Comleq Singapore Pie Ltd are member »1 k% I fcyA* M yJ L^ J Tkl 1 I /f^\\ companies of Draka Holding N.V. a Dutch MNO. listed on the Euroneyi, Amsterdam. We ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■^^H I fl 1 A distribute
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    • 1859 168 Executive Appointments PHVVyiyV^I WlMlllBH^ world-class tableting facility. |^E"**"U^"^^BwWlii^^ A suite of top-ranking blockbuster products. I^MCltTtTIl^^MpWffff^^ A facility with the finest engineering capabilities. IH^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I^^^^^HHHIIH^^^^^^^^^^^^^H Think what's possible. iiAM flprn \/IPI I A I l\/irnPUA MniCIIMP kn y°ulookmst0 work in a d***1 s™*^ company Utilities Engineer ivinivnuLM viuunL iyii-i iui miKuiuiivu Wilh
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    • 2396 169 Executive Appointments I V 1 I i "s y .S*^ 1 JW"| EXPERIENCE. RESULTS. Founded in 1959 T Computer Sciences CoiporaTion is a leading global information technology (IT) services company. CSCs mission is to provide customers *n the industry and government with solutons crafted to meet their specific challenges and
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    • 2245 171 Executive Appointments BE PART OF A DYNAMIC }ji F&N /W&-MULTI-MEDIA COMPANY V^~~""" KS53S5SHM ■KS^SQBl Ad |La» j?£ j asswf Genera' Manage' in assessing and You will be responses tor actyi&wng sates and profit 1 faJLd ET^^I -Ml A dynSmiC. .irTip/emtffl^gopporruflrfj'es to mprm'iyig operating obiecftves for the frozen business m general
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    • 2146 172 Executive Appointments "■^v*"* A multi national group of companies with manufacturing B^^^^ m/f^^ IHmiHTIf^i and trading businesses invites dynamic and extraordinary P^Pi^^^ llUlliailll Individuals who fit the descriptions listed below to apply We are a world leader in the manufaclure of fluid conirol producls for with detailed resume and recent
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    • 2158 173 Executive Appointments If*] W^jfl^gl I Wing Wah Industrial Sarvtees Ptc itn SINGAPORE DESIGN ENGINEERING CENTER provides engineering services to the Olinlltv/ A^^limnrP M$$, Marine Survey and Services are an offshore survey contractor for the offshore oil Petrochernicaf, Oil Gas Industries invites Jtrinui/ Liiyiiiccri, wuuiny Masuiunuc gas industry woridwide. We are
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    • 3299 174 Executive Appointments TLJ y\ I WpW H^l^tfr% JURONG International Group i; ai international multi-disciplinary organisation with a wealth of professional l^L -pJ I L«f Wr^l «l 1 arid specialist skills and experience m The fields of Design Build, Consultancy and Facilities Management, Ttofes, an European electronics artf systems group Jweragrng
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    • 2507 175 Executive Appointments /I J cii/rc fy^S^T' l'V'l Bf Op<?/" t ifm<j n Sngapore sjnce J973, we are one of tfra /eaders in the field of 7^B I electrical, electronics, automation mechanical equipment and system services, a i W I including the provision of solutions for power distribution and drive systems.
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    • 2542 176 Executive Appointments CTS -m I ScmbCorp Environmental www.ctscorp.com E= Management CTS Corporation designs, manufactures and sells a broad line of electronic year, we have opportunities for dedicated individuals ready to further tfieir career, If li^B^TfSil d around us is your opportunity. you're got wUn\ il lakes, we welcome you to
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    • 2671 178 Executive Appointments l^^^^H |hj| WorleyParsons mtrm\ reuuruiibtnHgy Pjj|T^|V^^ (iff/ //igefSO// R^^rf WORLEYPARSONS is .1 leading i'i.lji 1 ational engineering company. We? nre seekmp kf-v resources for our Infmscructureand PowerGrouDS HB^^^^^^^^^BBI Wriri a 136-year old heritage of technological innovation, we help companies worldwide to be more w. are seewngKeyresourcestoi oui mrmscruccureanamwer
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    • 2340 181 Executive Appointments ATUVlJUl/ UOBKayHian Rfc^lHWT*lM I Your Trusted Broking Partner I^^^^^^^^^^^^^J^^^^S I j II 'Mrmhcr Sm^jport Lit hiwp: srLuniir> lulling i.tdi ■^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^■B TARGET SUCCESS WITH ARROW K *Hi«i*Ud.th.l^- O d<I^I^*S.K ITO REGIONAL SALES MANAGER u ill invites suitably qualified applicants to apply lor the posts oi; (ASIA-BASED), ELT Headquartered in
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    • 2385 182 Executive Appointments Global Presence in I Sfr^^^CTtH^^l I V Aviation and Marine. jjS* TtfffnTlT^B SouthAsia The Choice for Complete Fuel Management I 1 J#S -JMBW^PWiyE||W I rf y OU are highly driven, innovative and enjoy teamwork, we invite vcu to I g^. *i I join us and contribute to the
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    • 2973 183 Executive Appointments TOTAL AUTOMATION PTE. LTD. Is a muld-nailonal marine contacting and services company Since 2006 I h% Ihe company operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Wartsila Oy and offer a a comprehensive portfolio of I I ll I I D^^^l IP F1111F BIT F'VF^ I ITI\/F^ automation services
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    • 2845 184 Executive Appointments Advanced Systems \rcyy 1 11 f* 11 Aasa Lli;:" W£ftl UT Allen &Gledhill Stone Forest Accountserve Pte Ltd ttzsgzi LLLLIJ advocates so the growing semiconductor **M«r oi AffTl induatiyworkKwdeWemvite We invite suitable candidates to apply for the positions of: FdaWkhsi-i in ion? aii«i riArihiii»th* lamina™; fiim in *inj™iv.r»
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    • 2803 185 Executive Appointments i 1 Gennex Solutions (S) Pte Ltd mm* O Ministry nf Infnrmatinn W- (Subsidiary oflistedcompany, SNFCorporatiwi Ltd] —H m I M 1 IMIUIMIdUUM, We have immediate vacancy <arlr>e position of A± V Comrnunications Qnd the Arts Eiasr\A shipping pte ltd (A) Customer Services Established in 1930 r Eidslva
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    • 2941 189 Executive Appointments 1 II ceience: FpnniHIHHBVRBHVI f 1 GlCSCCKC DSVriCnt ■^■U^UI FactoryAutomationSefKOFsandContrnlPrndLim j£ljj£*j£jj^?^^^^^^^^^^jj|^^] I Due 10 our expansion program, we ire inviting dynamic md^ldualiwioln our team k, UD ADMIN EXECUTIVE Gicscckc DevrienI s Smart Card Solutions empower swift and secure Our core business Is ttu* sales and marketing < i
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