The Straits Times, 10 April 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 116 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 TUESDAY, APRIL 10 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 961 1  -  Lydia Lim By Senior Political Correspondent SALARIES of civil servants and ministers are going up this month, with ministers at the starting grade getting the biggest pay rise of 33 per cent. The size of the increments will depend
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  • 1158 1  -  Tan Hui Yee H »UPFRONT By FRESH vegetables are laid out in the two-lane Buffalo Road, attracting shoppers who are undeterred by the traffic. The many other lanes off Serangoon Road are chock-a-block with everything from claypots to Indian music CDs and
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    • 354 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 First wind Asia 6-11 Entrepreneur Quek World 12-16 Yeow Hui has spent Review 17-19 $40,000 on a wind PY| 20 turbine atop a Marine Parade block in what is SECTION TWO believed to be the first Home Hl-H9 such private venture. Forum HlO PAGE HI
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  • PRIME
    • 573 3  -  Goh Eng Yeow Investors buoyed by US job data, China spending and Spores expected good quarterly growth By Markets Correspondent LETHARGY usually follows a long weekend, but not yesterday when the remarkable Easter bull run went up a gear and ignited
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    • 638 3  -  Leslie Lav SINGAPOREAN KILLED IN SEPANG ACCIDENT By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur T. Rajan In Singapore SINGAPOREAN Shirley Tan Sock Li (above right), who died in a freak go-kart accident, possibly from a broken neck, had been slowing to a stop when the machine
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    • 594 4  -  Tan Hui Yee IN PARLIAMENT Limited quarrying to be done to test feasibility of restarting operations By SINGAPORE is looking to reopen a former granite quarry in Pulau Übin to pave the way for a local source of the rock. This move is in
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    • 120 4 Foodies are in for a treat with the World Gourmet Summit firing up in Singapore yesterday. The annual food festival, which lasts till April 28, features dinner events, wine tastings and cooking classes hosted by some of the world's top culinary names. Some of the
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  • ASIA
    • 890 6  -  Salim Osman Unit has 100 trained fighters and is led by fugitive leader Abu Dujana, says magazine By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta REGIONAL terror network Jemaah Islamiah (JI) has set up a new military wing with about 100 trained warriors who are ready to
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    • CHINA
      • 628 7  -  Tracy Quek 75 counties take part in green belt project to shield Beijing and Tianjin By China Correspondent In Hebei TOILING away on a barren hillock, about 50 farmers armed with shovels attempt to coax life out of the parched, sandy soil. They dig deep
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      • 285 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRSSE Beijing MORE than 300 crane operators in southern China held a one-day strike over low salaries, state media said yesterday. Workers at the Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) near the boom town of Shenzhen stopped work from
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      • 270 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS Hangzhou THE newly elected leader of Taiwan's main opposition party will visit China by the end of this month, a senior party member said yesterday. Mr Wu Poh-hsiung, who was elected on Saturday as chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), is expected
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 584 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington THE Bush administration announced yesterday it is filing two new trade cases against China over copyright piracy and restrictions on the sale of American movies, music and books there. US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said the complaints,
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      • 498 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Ruling coalition won key races but lost out in local assembly polls Tokyo JAPAN'S ruling coalition felt great relief yesterday after some key victories in Sunday's local elections, but newspapers and analysts warned of wide voter disenchantment. Candidates supported
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      • Article, Illustration
        71 8 A woman polo player making her way onto the field in Kaifeng city in central China's Henan province. The game was a popular past-time in Kaifeng when it was the capital of the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Polo was reintroduced by the current party secretary of Kaifeng, Mr
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
        • 105 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD: A Taleban-style Islamic court in the Pakistani capital has issued a fatwa against a female minister for posing in an "obscene manner" with French paraglider pilots, a top cleric said yesterday. The religious decree against Tourism Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar was the first to be
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        • 85 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea's leading university said yesterday it had begun an investigation into factual research errors by a team which announced last month that it had created the world's first cloned wolves. The team led by veterinary professors Lee Byung Chun and Shin Nam Shik
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        • 59 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday said bloggers will not be forced to register themselves, but existing laws will be used to exert more control on irresponsible ging"Even if we asked them to register, there will be those who will go by other
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        • 71 8 REUTERS ATHENS: Experts struggled yesterday to disperse an oil spill along the coast of the Greek island of Santorini caused by the sinking of a cruise ship, as a search for two missing French passengers continued. A Greek prosecutor has charged the captain and five other
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        • 84 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: US Attorney-Gen-eral Alberto Gonzales faced dwindling support yesterday after an influential conservative said he should consider resigning amid the controversial dismissal of eight federal prosecutors. Until now, pressure for him to resign following evidence implicating him in the firings of the attorneys
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 561 9 Five-year-old truce no longer holds, Foreign Minister Bogollagama says By P. Jayaram India Correspondent In New Delhi THE ceasefire in Sri Lanka is virtually dead, said Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama, a week after the Tamil Tigers bombed a military base close to
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      • 149 9 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi TWO Air India planes made separate emergency landings at New Delhi's international airport yesterday. At around 7am, an Airbus A3lO flying from Shanghai and Bangkok made an emergency landing after problems with its landing gear, said
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 489 10  -  Dcvi Asmarani Yudhoyono also orders enrolment halt at school with record of violence By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday ordered the overhaul of a state school that trains civil servants after a student died there. He also
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      • 416 10 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Bangkok THAI Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has checked into a hospital for a thorough medical check-up and will remain there until Thursday. Amid rumours that General Surayud may resign, his personal physician, Dr Prinya Taweechaikarn, said the medical check-up had
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      • 211 10 REUTERS Dili THE people of Timor Leste voted yesterday for a new president. Just over half a million cast their ballots in the election which was reported to have been peaceful. Outgoing President Xanana Gusmao said the voting is a
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 464 11  -  Ling Chang Hong He says they should be allowed to turn to civil courts in religious disputes By NON-MUSLIMS in Malaysia should be allowed to turn to civil courts instead of being forced to go to the Syariah Court in disputes over religion,
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      • 299 11 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur AFTER 26 years as president of Parti Gerakan, Datuk Seri Lim Keng Yaik has stepped down. Datuk Seri Lim handed the baton to his chosen successor, Penang Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon, on Sunday. Datuk Seri Lim's
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      • 197 11 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has not mci the chairman of Volkswagen (VW) for talks on a possible tie-up with state-controlled carmaker Proton Holdings, the Premier said yesterday. Loss-making Proton, which faces a shrinking market share in an
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      • 294 11 BERNAMA, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur POLICE have busted Malaysia's largest syabu-producing syndicate over the weekend, seizing RMI4 million (Ss6 million) worth of drugs and another RMS.B million in cash. They arrested 32 people after raids in Johor, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Penang.
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    • 325 6 Latest Logistics News: Singapore CPL now recognised in 28 countries Australia to adopt Singapore CPL for its logistics industry The internationally recognised CPL qualification is pioneered and exclusively administered by The Chartered Institute of Logistics &Transport (CILT) Singapore. Today, 118 senior executives and professionals in 58 leading logistics companies across
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 24 6 No joy despite poll wins Japan's ruling coalition has little to cheer about despite wins by candidates, including Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara. PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
    • 874 12  -  Susan Sachs Royal and Sarkozy are trying not to get sidetracked by other concerns By For The Straits Times In Paris THE French presidential race entered its final two-week stretch yesterday with the leading candidates still struggling to refocus on
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    • 496 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Nuclear programme can't be stopped by bullying powers, says Ahmadinejad Natanz PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced yesterday that Iran was producing enriched uranium on an industrial scale, and warned that it would defend its nuclear rights "to the end". In
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    • 454 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Baghdad TENS of thousands draped themselves in Iraqi flags and marched through the streets of two Shi'ite holy cities yesterday to mark the fourth anniversary of Baghdad's fall. Demonstrators were flanked by two cordons of police as they called for
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    • 400 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS Teheran IRAN has broadcast fresh video footage of the detained British navy crew playing chess and watching television, saying it disproves claims by the sailors and marines that they were mistreated. The video, broadcast on Sunday night, came two days after
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    • 730 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Turney tells Sun newspaper about how her Iranian captors treated her London THE female British sailor released from captivity in Iran last week feared she was going to be raped and thought she was being measured for her coffin. In
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    • 849 15 LOS ANGELES TIMES GLOBAL WARMING As the world gets hotter, some species will become extinct, a new UN report warned last week. In the last part of a report on climate change, The Straits Times' Paula McCoy looks at the changes taking place.
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    • 556 16 NEW YORK TIMES Bid to clean up blogosphere comes after an author gets death threats New York THE conversational free-for-all on the Internet known as the blogosphere can be a prickly and unpleasant place. Now, a few high-profile figures in the high-tech
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 213 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS GOVERNOR Arnold Schwarzenegger will address the annual conference of Britain's Conservative Party. The Californian leader's commitment to the environment was cited as the reason for the invitation. Mr David Cameron, the Conservative leader, has been attempting to reposition his party and
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      • 152 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHINA yesterday officially appointed Mr Donald Tsang as Hong Kong's Chief Executive for a second term, following last month's election that saw the territory's first leadership contest under Chinese rule. Mr Tsang received the formal "book of appointment" at a
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      • 156 16 REUTERS CONVALESCING Cuban leader Fidel Castro is back in the limelight with two newspaper columns attacking the United States. Eight months after stomach surgery forced him to hand over power to his brother Raul, Dr Castro, 80, is back in fighting form, albeit from
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  • REVIEW
    • 428 17 RELATIONS between China and Japan are fraught, shot through with conflicted history. But consider this: China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao starts a three-day visit to Japan tomorrow, during which he will speak before parliament, the Diet, and have talks with Emperor Akihito. In protocol terms,
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    • 897 17  -  Burton Ong »SMA'S WITHDRAWAL OF FEE GUIDELINES By For The Straits Times THE Singapore Medical Association's (SMA) decision to withdraw its fee guidelines for general practitioners (GPs) was explained as a necessary step to achieve compliance with the Competition Act 2004, which aims
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    • 1015 17  -  Edmund W. Sim AMERICAN TRADE DUTIES By For The Straits Times THIS week, the United States begins collecting "countervailing" (anti-subsidy) duties on imports of coated paper from China, which is a major shift in its trade policy. This change, which has angered China, is the
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    • 1393 18 This is an excerpt from a speech by Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng at the Internal Security Department's Intelligence Service promotion ceremony yesterday TERRORISM remains an immediate threat despite continued investigations, arrests and the foiling of plots
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    • 30 17 The cover story Who was the real culprit behind the "outing" of US spy Valeric Plame in the aftermath of the WMD fiasco? PAGE 19 PUNCHLINES BEFORE AFTER U¥lsr--J tip
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    • 1119 20 Singapore today I mm |p^^ Partly cloudy, showers with M JL- 9 M over many areas. THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, APRIL 10 2007 //r^ ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL "UMBERS SJSl N2S^Si o ywT 1 m Emergency lines DO TODAY BE|J|N Police 9" otmU oSEOUL Clear Police Hotline 1800-255-0000 tP^J Civil
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      609 21  -  Jessica Cheam Harnessing the wind Research into wind energy in Singapore has been almost non-existent. But with the recent $350 million boost by the Government for clean energy, more firms are blowing hot over exploring the use of wind in generating power. Jessica Cheam looks at its potential.
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    • 720 22  -  Jocelyn Lee Khatib Bongsu's last two residents both illegal occupants get eviction notice By THEY are among the last Singaporeans who still live in kampung houses, but not for much longer. Mr Tan Siong Ling and his nephew will soon have to leave
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    • 225 22 UNWANTED clothes, toys and large electronic items spilling out of a Salvation Army donation bin in Marine Parade have attracted scavengers who are helping themselves to the items. On Sunday evening, a man who was seen taking away a suitcase reluctantly returned it to the
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 105 22 THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs began its fifth meeting for Singapore's honorary con-suls-general and honorary consuls yesterday. This meeting, to last till Saturday, was last held here in November 2001. During the week, 25 honorary consuls-general and honorary consuls, who represent Singapore overseas and facilitate
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      • 47 22 THE Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Raymond Lim, begins a two-day visit to Brunei today. He will call on Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Crown Prince Muda Haji Al-Muhta-dee Billah. He will also meet Brunei's Cabinet ministers.
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    • 896 23  -  SELINA LUM NONOI MURDER TRIAL Denying sexual assault, he admits dunking toddler to stop her crying By Selina Lum A MORE detailed account of how the stepfather of a toddler supposedly killed her emerged in court yesterday. Mohammed Ali Johari, 30, is
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    • 305 23  -  Amelia Tan By MORE than two years after the Indian Ocean tsunami overturned the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the region, Singaporeans are still coming forward to help. In the latest effort, two books were launched by President S R Nathan
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    • 444 24  -  Selina Lum Action a prelude to bankruptcy steps over unpaid legal fees and other costs By .AWYERS for the National Cidney Foundation (NKF) lave issued statutory denands a prelude to bankuptcy proceedings on three of the four defendants it hauled to court in the
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    • 476 24  -  Chong Chee Kin ►>TRIAL OF DON IN CONDO SPAT By WHEN told by a security guard that a condominium resident had tried to endanger his life by steering his car towards him, an investigating police officer decided to use his patrol car
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    • 359 24  -  Teh Joo Lin By A FULL-TIME national serviceman has lodged a police report claiming he was verbally, physically and sexually abused by his colleagues. The 19-year-old firefighter alleged that he was repeatedly punched, his private parts shaved and he was molested on two occasions
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    • 140 24 MORE people have been illegally bringing in pellet guns and other prohibited toy guns here, said the police. There have been 21 such cases so far this year, compared to 38 cases of possession of "airsoft" guns that were investigated the whole of last year,
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    • 362 24  -  Khushwant Singh By IN WHAT is believed to be the highest amount set by the Syariah Court, a sum of $80,000 will have to be paid by a 36-year-old businessman to the woman who was his wife for 11 years. The court made the order
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    • 239 25 FIVE million people have ventured into the virtual world of Second Life to build businesses and make friends. In this parallel online universe, one can build another life, live in a virtual house md hold down a virtual job. Launched in 2003, it
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    • 524 25  -  Tan Hui Yee PARLIAMENT By SEVEN of the 22 Singapore-bound tugboats and barges detained by Indonesia in February and last month violated the country's sand export ban, the Indonesian authorities allege. The other vessels were detained for allegedly violating other shipping and customs
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    • 543 25  -  Alfred Siew More resources for intelligence service whenever needed, says DPM Wong By THE Internal Security Department (ISD) is getting more money and men to equip itself better in the fight against terrorism, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said yesterday.
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    • PARLIAMENT
      • 800 26  -  Peh Shing Huei Competition for fresh grads more intensive now: Minister Teo. New pay from June By A FRESH graduate with a good honours degree can look forward to a starting monthly salary of more than $2,600 in the
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      • 419 26  -  Li Xueying By YOUNG, talented Administrative Officers who make it to the superscale grade will receive a per-formance-based payment of a half to three-quarter month. Together with a higher economy-linked bonus, called the GDP Bonus, it will boost their annual salaries
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      • 421 26  -  Lynn Lee Aaron Low By IF THE pay of the current civil servant lags behind that of the private sector, then more so the salary of the past civil servant who saw Singapore through some of its more turbulent times.
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      • 1516 26 Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean underlined the reasons behind Singapore's success and the need to stay on top by paying competitive salaries to draw and keep top talent in the civil service. Here are edited excerpts from his remarks in Parliament yesterday. MODERN
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      • 1144 27  -  Li XUEYING Variable part of their salary to go up from a third to nearly half By THEIR salaries may be going up, but a larger proportion of ministers' pay packages will be linked to performance. Almost half their salaries will
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      • 402 27  -  Lynn Lee Aaron Low By WITH civil servants, elected YIPs will get a salary hike :hrough a bigger monthly alowance, and a yearly bonus Degged to economic growth. Their monthly allowance, low $11,920, will go up to £13,200. Their allowance was
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      • 392 28  -  Krist 800 MPs air reservations, with formula linking ministerial pay to top earners of six professions under fiercest fire By THERE was broad agreement in the House yesterday that top leaders command top dollar, but that did not stop MPs from voicing a whole
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      • 401 28  -  Ong Soh Chin By FEW Singaporeans would question the need to pay Cabinet ministers and top civil servants well, but is pegging their pay to the private sector the best formula? That was the question posed by some MPs yesterday, who noted that the public
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      • 367 28 ARGUING about the need for higher pay is one thing, but staying compassionate to the needs of the population is just as important for politicians, said some Members of Parliament yesterday. This and other noble virtues fall outside the rational realm of dollars and cents, said
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      • 300 28  -  KRIST 800 BAD timing is how two MPs described the move yesterday to up the salaries of government ministers and civil servants. In particular, the impending 2 percentage point goods and services tax (GST) hike in July makes the proposed salary increases even
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      • 274 28 TWO MPs yesterday suggested setting up an independent panel to review the benchmark that pegs ministerial salaries to the pay of top private sector earners. Mr Alvin Yeo (Hong Kah GRC) and Madam Ho Geok Choo (West Coast GRC) both agreed that public servants, including ministers,
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      • 537 28  -  Sue-Ann Chia By HE WAS the first frontbencher to speak up for ministerial and civil service pay increases. And Mr Lee Vi Shyan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, did not mince his words when he asked Singaporeans to consider the price of
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      • 533 29  -  Sue-Ann Chia Chiam and NMP Siew wonder how needy will react, given 'no' to rise in public assistance By THE Cabinet's moral authority will be affected by the hikes in ministerial salaries, two MPs said after the increases were announced yesterday. Opposition
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      • 612 29  -  Goh Chin Lian By OTHER countries pay ministers lower salaries without seeming to suffer a drop in the quality of governance, so why not Singapore, asked two opposition MPs yesterday. Mr Low Thia Khiang (Hougang) noted that Singapore ranked
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      • 689 29 HE HAS not spoken in Parliament since 2005, but he felt compelled yesterday to weigh in on the nation's hottest debate. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew rose to pose a question to opposition MP Low Thia Khiang, who had just claimed that Singapore could
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      • 421 29  -  Lee Su Shyan Aaron Low By HIRING consultants have said that the pay increases for the public sector are timely and will stave off resignations. They were speaking in response to the civil service salary changes unveiled yesterday by Mr Teo Chee Hean, the
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      • 809 29  -  Chua Mvi Hoong »FROM THE GALLERY By Senior Writer MINISTERS are a calculating lot who would not have countenanced public service if their pay packet remained at a miserly $1.2 million a year. Or perhaps ministers are a pub-lic-spirited lot who
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  • FORUM
    • 414 30  -  Samantha Ng Bee San (Ms) »WHY SINGAPORE WOMEN WON'T HAVE TO BE MAIDS READING Mr Tng Kok Khim's letter, "Why Singapore women won't have to be maids" (ST, April 7), in response to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's comments on having a
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    • 367 30  -  Kay Ren Tse (Ms) WHILEI can understand that Mr Tng Kok Khim ("Why Singapore women won't have to be maids"; ST, April 7) took offence at being told that Singaporean women would have to become maids should there be an incompetent government, I am
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    • 393 30  -  Patrick Low Soh Chye IT SADDENED me to read of the drownings of two schoolboys off Pasir Ris Beach on Thursday. According to the report, "Missing teen boys: Second body found" (The Sunday Times, April 8), four of them were able
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    • 397 30  -  Maria Loh Mun Foong (Ms) I WAS among the 14 per cent of people who rejected an invitation to join the Eldershield scheme last year. After doing my sums, I realised that, in all probability, I was better off not being on the scheme.
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    • 227 30  -  Lim Wee Hing I AM heartened by the setting up of the Opportunity Fund as a means to help the less academically gifted students in neighbourhood schools ("Chance for all to make good"; The Sunday Times, April 8). Our education system should
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    • 213 30  -  Ethel ChongAi Leng (Ms) THE article, "Home study pays off for self-described maverick" (ST, April 6), says a lot about our local education system. I sympathise fully with Mr Jeremy Chua. He is a tremendously bright boy and he is indeed different from
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    • 126 30  -  Shanice Toh Pei Xuan (Ms) WHEN my family went to Choa Chu Kang Cemetery on Friday to visit my grandmother's grave, we found the grass on her tomb growing wild. We used a small pair of scissors to trim the grass. I observed
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    • 183 30  -  Audrey Ang (Ms) MR EDMUND Khoo ("Death on test drive: Why no action?"; ST, April 6) asked about the status of police investigation into the accident on Oct 29, 2005. Police would like to inform Mr Khoo that the time taken to
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 111 30 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Critical to have continuity in good government Hwa Chong well-positioned to be epitome of world-class education Medical-fee deregulation may benefit only the middle income and rich Parking woes: Some impractical rules need to be
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    • 160 31 r "'l3 Hk, >' j* V fci Hi A U I < W I But we don't rely on superstition to manage our water. By investing in technology and water dk fc^^ R&D, we have overcome our water challenges. Singapore's next step is to become a global hydrohub, offering a
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  • SPORTS
    • 510 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Wenger's team held 0-0 at Newcastle, two days after 0-1 home defeat by West Ham London AFTER suffering their third league defeat in a row on Saturday, Arsenal were desperate to get back to winning ways when they visited Newcastle yesterday.
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    • 128 32 /Ian United 32 25 3 4 75 23 78 Ihelsea 32 23 6 3 56 19 75 .iverpool 3218 6 8 50 22 60 Irsenal 3216 8 8 52 29 56 iolton 3316 ***** 40 54 iverton *****2 8 44 29 51 ottenham 3214 612 44 45 48 'ortsmouth
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    • 351 32 London BOLTON failed to gain ground on Arsenal in their bid for the final Champions League spot. They drew 1-1 with Everton yesterday. With Arsenal also held to a goalless draw at Newcastle, the Trotters remain two points behind the fourthplaced
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    • 105 32 London ROCK-BOTTOM Watford posted only their fourth win m the Premiership with a 4-2 victory over Portsmouth yesterday. A Hameur Bouazza double, and goals from Gavin Mahon and Tamas Priskin sealed their triumph. Matthew Taylor gave Portsmouth an early lead at Vicarage Road. Bouazza equalised from
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    • 272 32 Liverpool LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez insists there will be no hint of complacency heading into tomorrow's Champions League clash with PSV Eindhoven. The Reds took a giant step towards securing a semi-final meeting against either Chelsea or Valencia with last week's emphatic first-leg win in Eindhoven.
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    • 916 33  -  Rob Hughes SOCCER Despite shocking loss to Portsmouth, United boss optimistic as Roma are poor travellers By THE crux of Manchester United's quest to repeat 1999, when they won the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League in one season, is
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    • 569 33 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Valencia CHELSEA travel to Valencia for a Champions League quarter-final second leg that is likely to have a major impact on Jose Mourinho's future. Valencia held the English champions to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge last week. Midfielder
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    • 946 33  -  Victor Ng WILD WEEKEND By SIT back and wonder where Jose Mourinho would be today, were it not for Manchester United goalkeeper Tim Howard's error towards the end of that fateful match three years ago. Had Porto been eliminated from the Champions League that night, would
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    • 425 33 REUTERS Madrid REAL Madrid forward Robinho said his side have the form and the belief to prevent leaders Barcelona from claiming their third consecutive Primera Liga title. Third-placed Real beat Osasuna 2-0 at home on Sunday to close to within two points
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 55 33 REUTERS AMELIA ISLAND (Florida): Tatiana Golovin captured her first Women's Tennis Association Tour title, when she stunned top-seeded Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-2 in the Amelia Island championships final on Sunday. The 19-year-old had risen to No 20 in the Tour rankings, but was winless in
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      • 54 33 GOMBAK United beat Sengkang Punggol 3-0 in an S-League soccer match at the Jurong West Stadium yesterday. Kingsley Njoku (sth minute), Obadin Aikhena (16th) and Gabriel Obatola (85th) scored for the hosts. Sengkang finished the match with 10 men, after substitute Norazmi Kasmani was sent off
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    • 1113 34 NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »GOLF Zach Johnson holds off Woods' late challenge to win US Masters on 289 Augusta (Georgia) THE wind had finally eased at the Augusta National Golf Club. And Zach Johnson, a son of a chiropractor from Cedar Rapids, lowa,
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    • 580 34 Woods is no Superman after all he fails to hold on to Masters lead following inaccurate shots LOS ANGELES TIMES WELL, we do know he still can bend steel with his bare hands. Everyone saw Tiger Woods do it, breaking the shaft of his 4-iron after he bent it against
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    • 472 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Miami AS DWYANE Wade walked onto Miami Heat's home court for the first time in 6V2 weeks, Charlotte coach Bernie Bickerstaff called for time-out. The move deflated what was a raucous greeting from the Heat crowd for Wade's return from a dislocated left
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    • 534 34 BASEBALL MLB: Boston 3 Texas 2, Baltimore 6 NY Yankees 4, Atlanta 3 NY Mets 2, Florida 6 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 3, Arizona 3 Washington 1, Toronto 6 Tampa Bay 3, St. Louis 10 Houston 1, Milwaukee 9 Chicago Cubs 4, Minnesota 3 Chicago White Sox 1,
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    • 1023 35  -  V.K. Santosh Kumar CRICKET WORLD CUP Top batsman seems keener to achieve own goal than help his team to big total By KEVIN Pietersen produced a one-day century after two years. But he seemed keener to achieve it rather than take England to a big total
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    • 542 35  -  Sunil Gavaskar By AUSTRALIA showed why they are the team to beat by cruising to an easy win over England in their Super Eight match. That defeat means England will have to win all their remaining matches to give themselves an opportunity to get into the
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    • 574 35  -  Pradeep Rajan By THE West Indies cricketers are desperate. Make no bones about it. Beaten in their first three matches of the Super Eights stage, the hosts cannot afford another defeat if they want to progress to the semi-finals. Starting today against South Africa at St George's,
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    • 44 33 Champions League q-finals Today Manchester United v Roma Live, tomorrow TV3, 2am and Ch23, 2.30 am Valencia v Chelsea Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.30 am Tomorrow Bayern Munich v AC Milan Live, Ch23, Thursday, 2.30 am Liverpool v PSV Eindhoven Live, Ch24, Thursday, 2.30 am
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    • 58 33 TV times CRICKET: ICC World Cup 2nd stage, Super Eights: West Indies v South Africa (Live, PPVChIIO, 9.30pm). SOCCER: Champions League q-finals, 2nd leg: Manchester United v Roma (Live, tomorrow TV3, 2am and Ch23, 2.30 am), Valencia v Chelsea (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.30 am). Event SOCCER: AFC Cup, prelim rd:
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      165 35 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 KWAN HOCK MENG Age: 89 Was called home to be with the Lord on 9 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife:
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      39 35 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Eugene Lee on the sad loss of your beloved wife SHIRLEY TAN SOCK LI passed away suddenly on 7 April 2007 From Friends and colleagues at Cargill Asia Pacific Holdings Pte Ltd
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      83 35 3* Mrs LAKSHMI IYER Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 8 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: B. K. Iyer Sayitri Iyer B. Hanharan Nalini Hariharan Daughter: Son-in-law: Lalita Muralidharan S. Muralidharan Grandsons: Granddaughters: Ashwath Mallika Dhruv Aruna Mridula Aditi Body is resting at
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      52 35 I ij Til ANNIVERSARY in Litvtng Memory Of LIM KHENG WAN Departed 10th April 1994 A nobleman of qualities no 1 one can deny. Your winsome ■smile never fails to bring us j cheer. With your kind thoughts and caring ways, it is our l honour to have been loved
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      255 36 LIM LIANG Age:92 passed away peacefully on 8 April 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband Neo Kirn Teck, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Neo Poh Huat, Ben Chngl\van Chei, Maureen Neo Poh Chuan, Robert Lee Choo Neo, Rosalind (Neo Poh Soon, deceased) Neo Poh Seng, Freddy Dr Mok
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      56 36 TAN MEI VAN (Nanyang Polytechnic) AGE: 19 called home lo be with the l on I on 8 April 2007 Sadly missed by Father, Mother, Brother, Relatives and Friends Cortege leaves 148A (Multipurpose Hall) Kivcrvalc Crescent Today (10 April) at 2pm for Mandai Crematori v nt Hall 1 for cremation
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      91 36 Age: 72 passed away peacefully on 09.04.207 Dearly missed cherished by loved ones. Wife: Loo Gan Yoke Daughters; Koh Slew Yin Irene Koh Siew Fonng Koh Slew Linn Koh Siew Mvi loann Sons-ln -law: Ban Bin Seng Vincent Yeo Hock Heng Peter Soli Tian Chong lonathan Grandchildren: Ban Jin Uang
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      43 36 II IN LOVING MEMORY OP [I MATTHEW ALEXANDER SHEPHERDSON Departed: 10 .April 2005 'Papa, not for just an hour, not for just a day. not for just a year, but uhmys... lovingly Wt remember.' Dearly missed cherished by Kamily I idl loved ones.
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      64 36 I £lUm mr* Suxuku I A SUPULATCHEMY (former resident of Marsling Lane. Blk 15) Age:49 Departed on 8-4-07 Sadly missed by: (Father: Ayyavoo. deceased) Mother: Pavayee Puspharani all Brothers. Sisters. Brothers-in-law. Sisters-in-law, Nephews. Nieces. Grand-nephew. Grand-niece all Relatives A Friends. Cortege leaves today, 10-4-07, 3pm, from Family Car*. Blk 89,
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      67 36 We, The Family Of The Late I VALERIE LOWSIEWGUEK (wio Trevor Hong Teng Hwa} Departedon 4 April2007 wish lo express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to brothers, sister, in-laws, nephews. nieces, fnends, colleagues neighbours for your condolences, assistance, attendance. kind donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Our appreciation and
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      34 36 With deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to the family of the late SANWAN BIN HASHIM Departed on 8 April 2007 From The Management Staff of Trident Offshore Engineering Pte Ltd Trident Offshore Engineering Sdn Bhd
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      42 36 The family of the late 1 I»l.. I I ONG HOK SING Departed 5 April 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      202 36 Sr I will lie down sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, i^i make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8 JJ F AGNES KWEK GIN NEO (NONYA) Age: 87 was called home to be with the Lord on 9 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones.
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      36 36 We express our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to Ms Susan Loh family on the demise of their beloved Mr Warren Lai Siew Chung Departed on 9 April 2007 From: The Management Staff of IBM Singapore
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      39 36 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of G. THUMBOO Departed 10.04.03 Since you went envoy, Tlie ones you loved so true, Try hard to cany on the way We know you'd want us to. Sadly missed by your loved ones
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      118 36 LIM ENG CHONG OuroiiK Coffee House Owner) passed away peacefully on 8 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Pal her: (Lim Sim I long, deceased! Mother: Tan Kwce I Iwa Wife: Violet Chua Kwee Huay Stin: Um Pang Hai Melvyn Daughter Son-in-law: Lena Lim Choon Mei
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      82 36 Yea. though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I wilt fear no evil for thou art with me and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.' Psalm 23:4,6 The Family of the late BERNARDINE JACKSON KONG WAI CHEW Departed on 4 April 2007
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      115 36 LAI SIEW CHUNG, WARREN Age: 50 passed away peacefully on 9 April 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Loh Mooi Kean, Susan Sons: Daughters: Lai Chung Ying Lai Yuan Ting Lai Chung Rui Lai Shu Ting Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Lai Siew Chin, Peter Fung Nyuk Tai Lai
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      44 36 With Fond Memories Of ONG SIEW LIAN Departed: 10th April 1992 Just a token of love's devotion. Tliat our hearts still long for you. Always remembered by Lim Teck Chong, Choo Peng, Adeline, Michael Choo San, Susan, Soh Guat, Yak Tai, Soh Siang grandchildren
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    • 604 38 REUTERS REUTERS It makes third Asian purchase in recent months as it eyes more foreign gains Taipei CITIGROUP said it will pay NT$l4.l billion (*****.4 million) for Taiwan's Bank of Overseas Chinese (BOOC), its third Asian purchase in recent months as it
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    • 452 38 FINANCIAL TIMES New York FHE United States governnent is to crack down on a :ontroversial tax avoidance scheme believed to be worth lundreds of millions of dolars a year to American and "oreign financial groups. The move by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the
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    • 37 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,743.76 (+258.98 points) »Japanese shares closed up 1.48 per cent after strong US jobs data calmed jitters over the American economy and pushed down the yen in a boost for exporters.
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    • 21 38 AFP Wednesday's close: 20,209.71 (+207.01 points) Hong Kong markets remained closed for the long Easter weekend holiday.
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    • 31 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,398.95 (+75.37 points) Chinese shares closed up 2.27 per cent at a fresh record high on sustained cash inflow and upbeat expectations for first-quarter results.
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    • 18 38 AFP Thursday's close: 6,077.1 (-20.1 points) Australian stocks were closed for the long Easter weekend
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    • 33 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,298.36 (+19.44 points) Malaysian stocks closed 1.52 per cent higher in line with regional gains as institutional buyers focused on oil and gas and palm oil firms.
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      29 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,177.74 (+321.66 points) »Indian shares surged 2.5 per cent, a fourth straight day of gains on sustained fund buying in index and mid-cap stocks.
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    • 32 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,913.74 (+18.12 points) »Indonesian shares rose 0.96 per cent, with gains in Asian markets helping to boost sentiment and pushed the benchmark back near record territory.
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    • 545 39 REUTERS Surprise surge in the first two months not indicative of trend for the year, says official Beijing A TOP Chinese trade official yesterday predicted a "notable change" in the country's trade data for March after an unexpected surge in the trade
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    • 179 39 REUTERS Shanghai CHINA Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) and Reuters Group said yesterday that they have launched a new trading system that would help to develop the interbank currency market. Trading of the yuan against foreign currencies on the new system began yesterday, while
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    • 336 39 REUTERS, FINANCIAL TIMES New York A PROBE by the US Justice Department into past money transfers at ABN Amro looms as a hurdle to signing a deal to sell the bank to Barclays, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Dutch bank is working towards
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      • 547 40  - Saatchi Saatchi leads ad pack in first quarter Lance Ang It is the top creative agency with $3.5 m in revenues; OMD placed first for media agencies By ADVERTISING heavyweight Saatchi Saatchi has snagged the top spot in the ST-R3 Advertising League for the first three months of this year,
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    • 443 41  -  Fiona Chan By Property Reporter HIOME buyers picked up about 400 lomes at two eagerly anticipated ;ondominiums over the Easter weekend. More than 280 units at Reflecions at Keppel Bay and 120 apartnents at The Seafront Meyer were sold in the
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    • 880 41  -  Erica Tay Philip Yeo outlines plans to tap expertise of sister agencies and open govt R£tD labs to companies By THE small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) scene is set for a shot of steroids as Spring Singapore's new chairman Philip Yeo
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    • 539 43 STAKING STOCK Investors bet rally will carry into reporting season; construction counters hog action By Arthur Poon BOOSTED by upbeat data on the United States economy, the Singapore stock market turned on another glittering performance yesterday. The Straits Times Index
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    • 336 43  -  Aaron Chew By A CHINESE shipbuilder launched its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday to raise almost $1 billion the biggest offering in Singapore since the $1.6 billion Thai Beverage flotation last May. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings is offering 993,197,000 shares at 95 cents each
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    • 307 43  -  Bryan Lee By OFFSHORE ship specialist Ezra Holdings has suffered a 35 per cent fall in profit to $23.1 million because of fewer vessel sales. However, excluding such one-off gains, the company's bottom line more than doubled from $8.3 million to $20.8
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      • 207 43 MAINBOARD-LISTED Rotol Singapore yesterday sacked executive director Tan Khee Bak for allegedly pursuing personal business interests that hurt the firm. The company, which specialises in metal claddings for buildings, said workers at a China unit, Rotol Jiaxing, were seen removing its logo from aluminium plates. They
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      • 130 43 BOOK retailer Popular Holdings has bought 10 apartments at 18 Shelford Road for $27.2 million for a proposed redevelopment. The price is slightly below the development's $27.3 million open market valuation as assessed by Colliers International Consultancy and Valuation. The purchase price and the proposed
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      • 151 43 PROPERTY developer Hiap Hoe has acquired a freehold residential site in Cavenagh Road for $72 million. The 38,131 sq ft plot will be merged with a neighbouring 43,149 sq ft plot bought by Hiap Hoe last August. The company is building a new development
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    • 254 43 ARTHUR POON WARRANT WATCH WITH the corporate reporting season fast approaching, investors are turning their attention to stockbased contracts such as warrants. Mr Barnaby Matthews, the head of warrant sales at Macquarie Bank, reports a clear, gradual pickup in the trading activity of
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      • 1465 46  -  June Cheong Older Singaporeans are increasingly more willing to spend on travelling and they have all the time to do so. This growing 'silver-dollar' market is a goldmine which has barely been tapped Madam Jenny Chua is no longer content with just heading across the Causeway to
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      • 526 46 TOUR officers Grace Xv and Heah Seok Kiang have garnered a fan following in their five years of leading tours. But their fans are no screaming teenagers begging for autographs. Instead, they are aged between 50 and 80 and reward the duo with souvenirs and
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      • 2004 48  -  Kevin Bell The Indonesian island of Bali isn't all about the sun, surf and shops. With a thriving restaurant scene, it's also an epicurean paradise Bali is bigger than many tourists imagine, taking three to four hours by car to traverse north to south or east
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        677 50 AP Well-heeled Asians are helping to revive Japan's skiing industry NISEKO (Japan) American skiers have the Rockies, Europeans the Alps. But for increasingly affluent Asians, Japan's powdery slopes are emerging as the top international draw from Shanghai to Sydney. Even as skiing wanes in popularity at home, Japanese
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        436 50 What countries would you recommend for a 10-day honeymoon trip? We are on a budget of $2,000 per person. Yew Laiyee Scenic Travel suggests visiting neighbouring countries to maximise the return on your budget and enjoy a romantic getaway. One option is Thailand, which offers destinations such as
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      • 162 50 ROUND up a party of four to go to Hong Kong Disneyland by Cathay Pacific and the fourth person travels for free. The package includes a night's stay for four at a Hong Kong Disneyland hotel, four tickets to the park for entry on two consecutive days and
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    • 627 51  -  Yong Shu Hoong Singer Gary Valenciano raises funds for the underprivileged children in the Philippines AS A pop icon and an actor with an unshakeable foothold in the Philippines for over 20 years, Gary Valenciano has much to celebrate in life. But
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    • 198 51 AFP LONDON Oasis, The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs are to record their own versions of tracks from The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to mark the legendary album's 40th anniversary. The rock bands, alongside The Fratellis, Travis, Razorlight and James Morrison,
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    • 341 52 > vocal recital JEONG AE-REE, Soprano Esplanade Recital Studio Last Saturday Chang Tou Liang VOCAL recitals are intimate affairs and success is often dependent on factors other than the singing itself. Korean-Singaporean soprano Jeong Ae-Ree (right) may not have the kind of voice that can fill a
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      • 313 53  -  Stephanie Yap > concert QIN LI-WEI WITH THE CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Saturday IT WAS a bittersweet evening at the Esplanade last Saturday, as the first graduating class of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory made their final appearance as members of the Conservatory Orchestra. That did
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        • 1273 54 Eighty-six companies and individuals received accolades at the Patron Of Heritage awards ceremony. Narendra Aggarwal tells three stories about the passion to help preserve a part of Singapore's history Mr and Mrs Koh Scow Chuan ONE of the "stars" of Singapore's inaugural national accolade for
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      • 175 58 AFP SYDNEY Actress Nicole Kidman (right) has denied reports that she is pregnant after arriving home in Australia with country crooner husband Keith Urban to start work on a new film. The claim that she was expecting Urban's child, published in Britain's News Of The World tabloid,
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      • 890 86 Created in 2003, this virtual world has now become a home to some 5.3 million residents. THAM YUEN-C reports WHEN Mr Alexis Wong (not his real name) is interacting in the virtual world, he leaves his real life at the door. He sheds his fair skin,
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      • 625 86 In six months Youna has gone from nobody to an artist with a gallery She takes more than an hour to create each of the paintings that hangs in her gallery in Second Life. But Youna only makes about 1000 Linden dollars, or US$4 (Ss6)
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      • 541 89 An NYP lecturer loves it that her students interact more in class she teaches them in Second Life, says THAM YUEN-C Lecturer Dioselin Gonzalez does not bat an eyelid when her students get boisterous in class. Because more interaction was what she was hoping for when
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      • 484 91  -  Tham Yuen-C Software developer makes real-estate deals after being inspired by virtual property tycoon Location, location, location. These words are unimportant to software developer Jeremiah Seah in real life. But in the virtual world, the words are his mantra as he plays at being an online Donald
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      • 402 91  -  Daryl Lim EVE Online This popular space-based online game sees its denizens in a constant struggle for power across the galaxy. At any one time, the average number of players logged in to EVE is about 20,000. Players fly a variety of spacecraft, ranging from tiny frigates
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      • 379 93  -  him Yee Hung Web-based order capture system has scanner and electronic signature pad; service is activated within minutes after payment is received Applying for a Star Hub telephone line is now fast and hassle-free. One big plus is that you don't have to deal
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      • 1134 95 Did you know that 90 per cent of a mobile phone can be recycled and precious metals such as gold and platinum can be extracted from it? LIM YEE HUNG tells how to discard e-waste properly Be kind to gadgets that have passed their prime
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      • 363 95  -  him Yee Hung Electronic components are toxic and not biodegradeable. If buried in landfills, the toxins will leach into the environment. Exposure to the toxins is hazardous to health. The desktop computer CRT Monitor: The cathode ray tube (CRT) in monitors can contain as
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        762 96 New products and services for the consumer Multimedia devices Take a bite out of this It may have been overshadowed by the iPhone at MacWorld, but Apple TV is here and it is no slouch. Connect this magic box to your television set and it will stream music and
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        485 96 THE NINTENDO DS has two screens, one of which is a touch screen. The Sony Play Station Portable (PSP), on the other hand, lets you surf the Internet and view video clips on the go. Which gaming device tickles your fancy? STOMPers face off in the Gamerz Rock forum
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    • INTERNET
      • 393 97 The latest anti-smoking ad features a woman stricken with oral cancer. Digital Life looks at what local bloggers are saying about the use of scare tactics Children should watch it http://singaporepatriot.blogspot.com/2007/03/ show-that-disgusting-anti-smoking-ad-on.html "In my opinion, it is children and young teens who should be the target of
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      • 470 98 Who said geeks lack a sense of humour? DARYL LIM checks out pranks on tech and gaming sites pulled on unsuspecting readers on April Fool's Day Think Geek THE ONLINE STORE for all things geek gave its customers false hope with a slew of fake products
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      • 690 100  -  GRACE CHNG Virtual worlds may be a low-res version of reality but the same laws for wrong doings should apply Reuters, the wire news agency, ran the same story on two consecutive days earlier this month -just under different headlines. One read: FBI probes Second Life
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      • 703 100  -  SUDANSHU SARRONWALA BY Music lovers in Singapore clapped their hands in glee this week when EMI decided for the first time that consumers will own the music they purchase from digital music stores to do with as they wish. Breaking ranks with
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      • 593 101 ►►DIGITAL LIFE AND CANON DVTRIATHLON BILLY TEO shows you how to inject that Hollywood glam without breaking your bank, in this fourth of a six-part series to help you make better home movies When gunning for cinematic honours at the DVTriathlon, think
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        • 490 102 S.T.A.LK.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl You come to, disoriented and groggy, with no memory at all. It is 2012 at the Chernobyl Zone where the latest nuclear fallout has again tainted the area with radiation. Armed with nothing but a PDA, you begin the
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        • 186 102 CHECK FOR THE presence of anomalies by tossing bolts on the ground in front of you before you start walking. If the bolts bounce off an invisible barrier or appear to be sucked into a vortex, find another path, obviously. Anomalies take on many forms such as vortex, burners,
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        • 293 102 Chili Con Carnage A game with a title like Chili Con Carnage (CCC) makes you immediately link it to a cheesy B-grade movie (Snakes on a Plane anyone?) something that you just have to watch, Oscar be damned. Happily, its publisher Eidos Interactive has put
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      • 424 103 Fuzion Frenzy 2 Traditionally, the "party" genre of video games referred to computerised versions of your childhood compendium games like Snakes and Ladders, suitable for when friends and family visit. Today, while the purpose remains unchanged, the genre is more associated with multiplayer mini-game collections.
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      • 404 103 M.A.C.H Modified Air Combat Heroes With a name like M.A.C.H Modified Air Combat Heroes, I expected a game full of dogfights and rescue missions with comic book characters that at least come across as heroes. What M.A.C.H delivers, however, is a racing and fighting game with
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        • 627 104 Samsung SGH-i6OO $898 (without contract); $798 (with two-year contract) Get it from at all authorised Samsung dealers Dubbed "the Ultra Messaging" phone by Samsung, it is pretty clear that the SGH-i6OO is targeted at SMS and e-mail addicts. I do not usually send SMS messages
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        • 547 104 Star Hub Pfingo Price to be confirmed Sign up for free a threemonth trial at www. pfingo.com Star Hub's new Pfingo mobile Internet services, short for "phone, finger, Internet, on the go", may not sound as catchy as Yahoo or Google, but what the
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      • 536 105 Lemon X 2 Limited Edition .$179 (1GB), $229 (2GB) From selected outlets in Sim Lim Square Product manufacturers should never call their gizmos lemon. This is because, as in the case of the Lemon X 2 MP4 player, I nearly cast it off as
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      • 346 105  -  Billy Teo, a freelance writer. Samsung YP-K3 $248 (2GB), $348 (4GB), $428 (8GB) Get it from authorised Samsung retailers I am just as sick as the next reviewer of the term "iPod killer". But Samsung seems determined to come up with MP3 players that revive
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      • 445 106 Blackßerry 8800 $448 to $548 (with 2-year mobile voice subscription and 1-year Blackßerry data plan) with Star Hub Get it from all Star Hub Shops Even before users could get enough of the beautiful Pearl, yet another Blackßerry has hit town. The 8800 retains many of
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      • 400 106 Canon MDI4O MiniDV $749 Get it from authorised dealers Capturing images for posterity comes in two ways either by taking photos or making a video of significant events of life. Canon makes video taking very much easier with their MiniDV Camcorder MDI4O. jg The
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      • 893 107 E-mail your tech queries to stdled@sph.com.sg Include your full name and contact numbers Illegal instruction in Windows QMr PC runs on Intel Celeron, a Ga-6vxE7 +F2 mother board, GA-622 graphics card and 256MB RAM. I am using Windows XP and a 56k dial-up connection. I have
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      • geeknotes
        • 127 108 Reuters To cut down on street violence, Mexico City police are offering a free computer worth about $1,200 to anyone that brings in high-calibre weapons like machine guns. Those that bring in smaller calibre weapons will get a Xbox game console. People bringing
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        • 125 108 Researchers from the University of Central Florida and the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) are developing intelligent virtual avatars based on real people, which users can interact with as if they were the real person. These representations, according to a UIC press release, will
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        • 96 108 -BBC Chinese computer-manufacturer Lenovo, which did badly in previous quarterly eco-friendly reports compiled by environment lobby group Greenpeace, has since turned around to grab the top spot in Greenpeace's latest report for the first quarter for 2007. Key to its victory: its takeback services, where it
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        • 109 108 Seven or by the time you read this, even less more episodes, and that's it. Popular machinima series "Red Vs Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles" will end its four-year run on its 100 th episode. This was announced by Rooster Teeth, the Xbox Halo
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        • 137 108 Yahoo News Second Life developer Linden Labs invited Federal Bureau of Investigation officers to visit its virtual casinos, to see if the government had any concerns about them. Linden vice-president for business affairs Ginsu Yoon said that it had "invited the FBI several times to
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        • 83 108 Australian researchers have found that the use of PowerPoint presentations made it harder for students to process information. This, according to research from the University of New South Wales, is because the human brain retains more infor- mation if digested in verbal or written form, but
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        • 105 108 ArsTechnica A man who pleaded guilty to unauthorised access to a computer system was fined US$25O (about $$380). In January, David Kauchak was seen using a laptop computer in his parked car by a policeman on patrol duty in the middle of the night.
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        • 102 108 -The Guardian, Wired Supporters visiting the MySpace page of presidential candidate Senator John McCain, were blindsided by a sudden position reversal. Located prominently on his blog was a graphic saying: "Dear Supporters, Today I announce that I have reversed my position and come out in full
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      • techthat
        • 95 109 Hosting services Looking for a shared Web hosting service with support for multiple domains? You may want to look up USONYX. The Singapore-based company has introduced shared hosting services with support for multiple domain names, giving you maximum online presence for your business. The Solo,
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        • 75 109 Software Compuware's new Vantage 10 promises to help organisations manage their application services from a business perspective. Vantage 10 features the ability to analyse Java and .NET applications, making it suitable for businesses that run Web-based applications. The software also has the ability to monitor
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        • 89 109 Hardware Konica Minolta's new bizhub PRO C 6500 has a colour and black-and-white output of 65 pages per minute. With a warm-up time of less than seven minutes, the C 6500 is well-suit- Ed for high-intensity printing environments. It takes a wide variety of media, too
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        • 88 109 Hardware The new 1.95 GHz and 2.1 GHz UItraSPARC IV+ processors from Sun look set to give your business a speed boost. New Sun Fire servers running these two processors will be powered by the Solaris operating system, allowing for backward compatibility with existing
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        • 80 109 Hardware Intel will extend its vPro processor technology to its Centrino line of mobile chips under the new Intel Centrino Pro brand. The new Centrino Pro processor technology promises wireless-N technology for faster Internet access, and outstanding energy efficiency to prolong the battery
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        • 485 109 As AMD prepares to launch its new quad-core processors called Barcelona this summer, Intel will be rolling out the world's first 45-nanome-tre CPUs (central processing units). Codenamed the Penryn, this family of chips will be used in mobile, desktop and server computers. The new
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      • 596 110  -  LESLIE GOH Secure network saves printing and invigilation costs as it stops students from checking notes or information on their notebook or the Internet. By Installing a secure network for undergraduates to access resources and the Internet at the National University of Singapore (NUS)
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      • 584 110 The Minitel, a French govern-ment-sponsored minicomputer that was wired into 14 million homes at its peak in the mid-*****, had a limited service offering, a black-and-white screen and slow connection speeds that doomed it to near-extinction in the face of the
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      • 853 111 Report a setback for $3b sector; industry attributes most of the problems to poor training and execution of the programs in classrooms Educational software, a US$2 billion (Ss3 billion)-a-year industry that has become the darling of school systems across the
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    • PEOPLE
      • 831 112  -  ALFRED SIEW RICKY WONG sdfdsf Get over the narrow view of broadband. Mr Wong tells ALFRED SIEW how new broadband technologies can bring better services and prices to users An excitable buzz seems to come from Mr Ricky Wong whenever he speaks about the
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  • Page 86 Miscellaneous
    • 222 86 Contents DIGITAL LIVING 12 IT goes green Companies and charity groups are refurbishing old computers and sending them to poor nations INTERNET 17« Geek humour Some of the best pranks tech and gaming sites pulled on their visitors on April 1 VIEWS+REVIEWS 19«TheSoundbuzzCEO gives his take on the latest agreement
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      • 803 115 STOP, WRITE NOW! I Every time I you see the Little Red Dot pencil, it is time to get creative! Grade the news, write your own headlines, try to guess meanings... whatever you do, have fun! I What would YOU do? If a friend of yours had
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        715 116 The five Ws and an H of student competition, by Andrew duffy WHAT KIND OF COMPETITION HAS THERE BEEN? Just recently, two kinds have made the news. First, some of the top Singapore schools lost out to an international school, United World College (UWC), in a debating match
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      545 117  -  LIN ZHAOWEI The faces, places, events and numbers in the region. By THE BIG FACE Write the name of this man in the space above. Who he is He won a second term as Hong Kong's Chief Executive in March after securing more than 80 per cent of votes
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        406 118 Macßitchie Reservoir has evolved from a quiet water catchment area to a prime 12-hectare recreational spot. Jessica lim traces its history. RESEARCH BY SPH INFORMATION CENTRE FOR YOUR GRANDPARENTS If not for merchant Tan Kirn Seng who donated 13,000 to the government in 1857 to bring better
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      • 509 119 Children are never too small to make a big difference, by emily lek ML Mho says little M^L M people cannot do big things? T T Two weeks ago, 40 kids from three schools did just that. They came together to host a press conference. Not only
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        644 120  -  EMILY LEX BY There are a couple of interesting things about Wentworth Miller other than his brooding good looks and irresistible charm, of course. For starters, the Prison Break star has highly complicated birth origins. His father is of African-American, Jamaican, English, German-Jewish and Cherokee descent, while his
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        106 121 After years of deadlock, leaders of Northern Ireland's Catholic and Protestant parties have agreed to start sharing power from May 8. This is the first time the leaders have conducted face-to-face negotiations after years of negotiating only via third parties. Protestants and Catholics have been in conflict for decades
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        108 121 Fifteen British sailors and marines detained by the Iranian government was freed on April 4. The event marked an end to a stand-off between the two countries which had begun on March 23 and which graduated into very heated negotiations between the governments on the release of the detainees.
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        73 121 A Japanese man murdered three people whom he lured through a suicide website by offering to die with them. Hiroshi Maeue, 38, had initially agreed to die with a 25-year-old office worker but instead strangled her in a parked car in western Japan in 2005. Maeue went on to
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        89 121 All hell broke loose in the town of Tank in the North-West Frontier province on March 28 when militants fired hundreds o1 rockets. A police officer was killed and a school principal kidnapped. The attacks came two days after police shot two militants suspected of recruiting students for suicide
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        102 121 The Democrat Party has won a vote in the Senate to withdraw US troops from Iraq, by a narrow margin of 50 to 48. This was a vote against a Republican bid to remove the pull-out timetable of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. On the Democrat victory, Senate
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        77 121 Bangkok's Don Muang airport was reopened for domestic flights on March 25, in a move to ease congestion at the new Suvarnabhumi airport. Thai authorities decided to reuse Don Muang airport after repair works at Suvarnabhumi's runways disrupted flights. Plans to make the airport an international airport again are
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      228 122 YOU'RE INVITED! The talent page featuring special reviews, original art and contributions from Y-O-U. Send your contributions to stdot@sph.com.sg ARTWORK Parrot BY SITI NURAISYAH NORDIN, 10, PRIMARY 4, JURONG WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL POEM Holidays BY WESLEY TAN, 12, PRIMARY 6, YU NENG PRIMARY SCHOOL With the long awaited holidays
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      • 218 123 Get your parents or teacher to help you find magnetic and true north. WHAT YOU NEED A needle A magnet Small piece of styrofoam A bowl filled with water Nail polish or paint (optional) I. Magnetise the needle by rubbing it briskly against the magnet (a
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      • 676 124 They are the reason we wash our hands, and why we do not eat food that has dropped on the floor and why we do not share our toothbrushes. But what are they really, and are they always harmful? alison de souza digs up the dirt on
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      • 714 125 HISTORY IN THE HEADLINES Paris, France, July 17, 1885 The scientist Louis Pasteur has saved the life of a little boy bitten by a dog with rabies. It is thought to be the first time anyone has been able to treat this terrible disease.
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      • 434 127 Try it the Dot way! Every week, we brew up dot-flavoured lessons from a vast collection of classroom recipes. This week, pupils learn how to be a movie critic. DOT TREAT Group work, 3 periods DOT MISSION Be a movie critic DOT TOOLS The Straits Times
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        369 128 The clouded leopard is also known as "tree tiger" in Malaysia because of its agility in climbing trees. It is able to climb down trees head first, helped by flexible ankle joints and an extremely long tail for balance. The clouded leopard earned its name from its cloud-like
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      • 80 128  -  Anoa Bubalus depressicornis A miniature water buffalo, the anoa's horns are triangular and wrinkled. Young anoas are born with woolly baby hair, while adults have thick black skin visible through the sparse, black hair. They are very aggressive towards humans, especially adults with offspring. Anoas are
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