The Straits Times, 24 May 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 124 PAGES LN FLVE PARTS MLCA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, MAY 24 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon SHOCK EXIT BY UNSW
    669 1  -  Sandra Davie Aussie varsity to quit Spore 3 months after classes begin Move a blow to education hub ambitions By Education Correspondent AUSTRALIA'S University of New South Wales (UNSW) dropped a bombshell yesterday by announcing that it is making a quick exit from Singapore. Coming barely
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    Lock icon Give pay hikes but be prudent, says NWC
    602 1  -  Lynn Lee By WORKERS deserve to get a pay rise as the economy is doing well, but it must not cause companies to lose their competitive edge, the National Wages Council (NWC) said yesterday. This is the second year in a row
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon As it turns 30, Arts Fest faces a critical choice
      942 1  -  Ong Sor Fern By THE Padang comes alive tomorrow night as Spain's La Fura dels Baus theatre company sends acrobats flying and sets fireworks ablaze in an extravaganza of light and sound. This free outdoor event opening the 2007 Singapore
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      385 2 SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT Beyond any doubt "M-"'" Our University of Choice Law Cheuk To Ji^ 'n^ Practice Professor Steven Miller Hwa Chong Institution lfc Dean, School of Information Systems Silver Award, Gigahertz Competition w National infocomm scholar i Bright and talented students have been drawn to SMU in record ___*tn._ _\jz
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      362 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 All things Singaporean Asia 6-14 This year's National Day World 18-26 festival will focus on all Review 28-30 things Singaporean, with PY| 31 events such as music crrTmvi ™n festivals, retail sales and SECTION TWO water sports included in Home Hl-Hl5 the celebrations. Forum Hl6
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Three wives of rapist-dad jailed for aiding incest
      525 3  -  Elena Chong They persuaded daughters to have sex with their polygamous husband By THREE women who persuaded their own daughters to have sex with their 46-year-old polygamous husband were jailed yesterday, bringing to a close one of Singapore's most shocking sex abuse
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      Lock icon ST keeps winning streak going, bags 4 prizes
      470 3  -  Liaw Wy-Cin SOCIETY OF PUBLISHERS IN ASIA AWARDS By ble mention for local journalist and news photography, respectively. A total of 93 judges, comprising respected journalists, editors and academics from top national and regional media and top universities based in Asia made
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      Lock icon Suicide bomb blast in Turkish capital kills six
      134 4 REUTERS Ankara A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up outside a shopping mall (above) in the Turkish capital, killing six people and injuring more than 90 people yesterday. The rush-hour blast was the worst to strike Ankara in at least a decade and
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      Lock icon China, US agree on way forward in economic ties
      519 4  -  f Paul Zach »STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE Talks end on upbeat note, but China plans to stick to policy of gradually increasing flexibility of the yuan By Straits Times US Bureau In Washington TWO days of high-level economic talks between the United
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      262 3 •(introduction An(| opening address A A Freely Time Squeeze Theory Eh Fundamental, Technical and Gapping Analyses Portfolio Management for the modern investor M Case studi'eftaf 'successful investirg rVPWp^F^rl Witness graduates' testimonies W W^mWMWm Our graduates have done it, so can you! "The Best Options Trading workshop in town, I strongly
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Stop passing the buck, PM tells Samy Vellu
      749 6  -  Hazlin Hassan MAINTENANCE WOES AT MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS Abdullah blasts minister even as burst pipe floods new court complex By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur BARELY two weeks after Parliament House started leaking, a pipe has burst at the brand-new court complex.
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      Lock icon New team in Malaysia
      148 6 THE Straits Times Malaysia bureau has two new correspondents Ms Hazlin Hassan, 29, and Mr Chow Kum Hor, 31. Prior to joining The Straits Times, Ms Hazlin was a communication associate with the United Nations Development Programme office in Kuala Lumpur. She had also worked as
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon China moves faster to deal with food scares
        534 8  -  Sim Chi Yin Another scandal puts pressure on Beijing to improve production standards By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA is fast waking up to the need to tackle a widening scandal involving tainted Chinese food and drug exports after being put under
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        Lock icon China investors not market-savvy, says new survey
        358 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Shanghai AS CHINESE stocks soar to record highs and new buyers pile into the market, a survey confirms a troubling reality: Few investors say they understand how stock markets work. ChinaHß.com, a web-based job-placing company, said that of the 2,500 responses
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        Lock icon Thieving bankers blow $9m on lottery
        222 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing TWO bank workers have committed one of the most bizarre heists in China, spending most of the 51 million yuan (Sslo million) they stole on lottery tickets. Ren Xiaofeng, 34, and Ma Xiangjing, 37, said they were led on by the
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        Lock icon Queen's Pier not a monument, HK rules
        547 9  -  VINCE CHONG It will be torn down for highway and mall despite protests from conservationists By Hong Kong Correspondent A. DECADE after it last hosted British dignitaries, Hong Kong's Queen's Pier seems set to make way for a new highway. The government ruled
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japan dangles subsidies to towns to support US bases
        429 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE It also votes to fund moving some marines to Guam after uproar in Okinawa Tokyo JAPAN yesterday approved a plan to award subsidies to towns that drop their demands for a greater pullout of US troops based in the
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        Lock icon Myanmar's new capital leaves Chinese unimpressed
        232 10 REUTERS Beijing CHINA'S foreign ministry has published an unflattering account of Myanmar's new capital, expressing surprise that such a poor country would consider such an expensive move and not even tell Beijing. Myanmar's military rulers relocated its capital in 2005 from Yangon to remote
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        Lock icon 28 held over riots against population control policy
        454 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing POLICE have arrested 28 people for instigating thousands to riot over population control policies in south-western China, state press said yesterday as residents expressed anger over government abuse. Violence had erupted in seven towns in the Guangxi
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Change course or lose power, Musharraf warned
        553 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Ruling party warns him to seek compromise with ousted chief justice Islamabad PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf has been advised to make a dramatic change in course after a series of political blunders in the past two months. Otherwise, his political supporters
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        Lock icon Security stepped up in Mumbai
        221 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Mumbai POLICE stepped up security at the World Trade Centre in India's financial capital of Mumbai yesterday after the threat of a terrorist attack, officials said. A letter arrived at the complex on Tuesday warning that it would be destroyed today by the
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Voters' knowledge of draft charter patchy
        567 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh REFERENDUM ON THAI CONSTITUTION Group of academics latest to urge public to reject Constitution sponsored by junta By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok WHETHER Thailand's proposed new Constitution will be approved in a September referendum is still a matter for conjecture as public
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        Lock icon Fresh cases of bird flu hit several Asian nations
        334 12 REUTERS Jakarta A GIRL has died of bird flu in Indonesia, and Vietnam has reported its first suspected human infection since late 2005 in a string of cases across Asia at a time when the HSNI virus is usually less active.
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        Lock icon S'pore pacts must be ratified as one: Jakarta
        541 13 Foreign Minister reiterates govt position on defence and extradition pacts By Salim Osman Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIAN Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda has reiterated that the extradition and defence treaties with Singapore must be ratified as one package. He said the government
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        Lock icon Thailand to go ahead with copycat drugs
        283 13 REUTERS Bangkok THAILAND will press ahead with overriding patents on three for-eign-made drugs, Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla said after failing to win a sympathetic ear from trade officials in Washington. "We achieved nothing. From now on, the commerce, foreign affairs and public
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Early GE rumours lead MCA to delay party polls
        613 14  -  Chow Kum Hor It wants to focus on winning back Chinese voters who deserted the party By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) is delaying its internal polls due next year as it gears up for a
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        88 14 This tanker carrying 40,000 litres of petrol almost caused an accident when it got stuck on a 3.2 m concrete beam under a railway underpass in Sungai Gadut, near Seremban, on Tuesday morning. The tanker sprang a small leak as a result, said Senawang Fire and Rescue
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        Lock icon Japanese PM says Johor's IDR is a 'brilliant idea'
        272 14 TOKYO JAPANESE Premier Shinzo Abe has called southern Johor's Iskandar Development Region (IDR) a "brilliant idea", and said he would ask Japanese companies to invest in the project. This was conveyed to report- ers by his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Seri Abdullah
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      141 9 Alumni Dinner 2007 Graduates of The University of Manchester (formerly Victoria University of Manchester UMIST) and Manchester Business School are cordially invited to attend the alumni dinner hosted by The British High Commissioner with Guest of Honour Professor Joseph Stiglitz Nobel Laureate in Economics 2001, Chair of the Brooks World
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Old spats give way to new deals
      668 17  -  Paul Zach FROM NEW YORK TIMES AND BLOOMBERG »U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC DIALOGUE China-US flights for both cargo and passengers to increase by 2012 By Straits Times US Bureau In Washington ALTHOUGH summer is still a month away, temperatures were already rising as old dis-
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      Lock icon China to open door wider to foreign investors
      511 18  -  Clarissa Oon Bar on new foreign securities firms will be lifted and licensing of securities firms will resume By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA has agreed to open the doors to its financial services markets wider to foreigners during high-powered economic talks
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      Lock icon Rapid rise in US-China ties amazes Kissinger
      365 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOTO: Washington WHEN Dr Henry Kissinger moved to establish diplomatic ties with China three decades ago, he faced a formidable task of identifying a good interlocutor. Today, he is amazed to see 15 Chinese ministers hunkered down to talk economic strategy
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      Lock icon Lugovoy case based on trail of polonium
      475 19 REUTERS THE case against Andrei Lugovoy is based on the trail of polonium-210 which stretches 2,510 km from Moscow to London and back again. The trail of radioactive contamination from aircraft to hotels, restaurants, offices and even a soccer stadium led investigators time
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      Lock icon West-Russia ties may sour over ex-spy case
      798 19  -  JONATHAN EYAL Crisis looms as London seeks to charge Russian with murder By Straits limes Europe Bureau In London TIES between Russia and the West are set to nosedive as a result of Britain's decision to charge a Russian citizen with a murder
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      Lock icon Australian teens 'planned school massacre'
      413 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sydney TWO Australian teenagers who reportedly planned a US-style school massacre have been placed in psychiatric care after police responded to an alert from their concerned headmaster, officials said. The 16-year-olds planned a Columbine-style massacre, drawing up a hit-list of students and staff
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      Lock icon 'Virgin' shark gives birth
      273 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Belfast A FEMALE hammerhead shark that gave birth without sex has put the bite into conventional wisdom about reproduction among large vertebrates, according to a new study. The shark's offspring has no paternal DNA, reported bemused experts from Northern Ireland and the United States.
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      Lock icon Singapore revives old ties in Yemen
      521 22  -  Jeremy Au Yong Republic's Arab Association aims to revitalise heritage with pacts to promote bilateral links By In Sanaa MEMBERS of a Singapore delegation travelling to Yemen with Foreign Minister George Yeo wasted no time in working to revive the deep historical links between
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon HK tycoon buys Boeing jet for $234m
        260 25 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG Kong billionaire and real estate tycoon Joseph Lav has placed an order for a Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" for his personal use. The order for Boeing's new carbon-composite 787-8 model, which would seat up to 250 people if configured as
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        Lock icon Prof to use part of prize to help Indian town
        159 25 REUTERS AN INDIAN-born professor who collected a leading maths award on Tuesday said he planned to use some of the prize money to help an Indian town. Professor Srinivasa Varadhan, a 67-year-old American citizen who works at the Courant Institute
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        Lock icon Everest climber defies cold
        181 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A DUTCHMAN who claims to have special abilities to withstand the cold set a new world record by climbing 7,400 m of Mount Everest clad only in his shorts. However, freezing toes forced "Iceman" Wim Hof to abandon his bid to conquer the peak.
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      23 17 Frosty relations ahead Western ties with Russia could worsen over Britain's decision to seek extradition of Andrei Lugovoy over ex-spy's murder. PAGE 20
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon Cooling the en-bloc frenzy
      416 27 THE Government is wading none too soon into the en-bloc property sale frenzy. The notification to Parliament by Mr Ho Peng Kee, Senior Minister of State for Law and of Home Affairs, that there is room for "some tightening' of en bloc sales procedure will be
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      1039 27  -  Martin Wolf THE FINANCIAL TIMES LESSONS FROM THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS By As surprising as the onset of the Asian crisis has been its aftermath. With the important but geographically limited exceptions of Argentina and Turkey in 2001, the crises of 1997-98 have so far been the
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      735 28  -  Thomas L. Friedman NEW YORK TIMES »U.S. POLICY By FIRST I had to laugh. Then I had to cry. I took part in the commencement ceremony this year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, one of America's great science and engineering schools, so I had a front-row seat as
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      1517 29  -  Barry Desker BOOK REVIEW Title: Seeing the Invisible: National Security Intelligence In An Uncertain Age Author: Thomas Quiggin Publisher: World Scientific, 2007 By For l'he Straits limes TODAY'S complex and uncertain international environment means that Singapore and other states need more international and regional
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      110 28 "A split-second break in concentration can spell the end of my Championship dreams. Timing my every movement is an absolute necessity. Which is why a dependable timepiece like a Ball Watch is so important in a sport that features truly adverse conditions." The watch that once ran America's railroads now
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      938 32  -  Ho Ai Ll UNSW ASIA PULLS OUT 148 students not told till yesterday; some say they're in a bind despite scholarship offer By Lee am hn IT WAS week 10 of the first semester and the 148 students at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Asia
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        581 33 »WHAT EDB SAYS May 23, 2007: It's a setback but we have to keep chasing our vision, says Spore official ONE table, two chairs. That was the spartan setting for the shock announcement yesterday. Unlike the occasion when its birth was announced, the demise of UNSW Asia was fronted
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        762 34  -  Sandra Davie Pullout reasons: Too few students, too huge an investment, simply not sustainable By Education Correspondent UNIVERSITY of New South Wales (UNSW) vice-chancellor Fred Hilmer was grim-faced yesterday as he told journalists that the Australian institution is quitting Singapore. Too few students. Too huge an investment.
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      331 36 Over 250,000 applications for NDP tickets in just five days ONLY 27,000 seats, but 251,971 applications and counting. Demand for tickets to the National Day Parade far outstripped supply yesterday barely a week since applications opened on May 19. Tickets to the event, which will be held at the new
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      374 36  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Music festivals, retail sales and water sports are among events during 6-week celebrations By THIS year's National Day festival will celebrate all things Singaporean be it shopping, sports or even music. Rather than just reminiscing about the past 42 years, the
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      306 37 CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) prices have risen again, fuelled by aggressive bidding by parallel importers. Prices yesterday ended higher for the sixth consecutive tender despite fewer bids having been received. COE prices for cars are now at their highest in 26 months, and
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      147 37 A car turned turtle after crashing into the garden of a house along Andrew Road yesterday afternoon. Mr Wilson Tan, who had arrived to work on a nearby house in the Thomson Road area at about 4pm, was shocked to see the car lying upside down
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      524 37  -  Michelle Neo The PAP councils' programme comes in wake of last week's record 210 cases for this year By IN A bid to prevent a repeat of the dengue epidemic in 2005 when 25 people died, 14 town councils have announced a new
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      859 39  -  Khushwant Singh She gave weapon to conman as 'test' for new job, then lied that gun was stolen By A POLICE staff sergeant who lent her service revolver to a friend and then lied that it had been stolen will have
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      337 39  -  Chong Chee Kin By FOR years, cleaner Yeo Choon Moey scrimped and saved to build up her nest egg. But in the space of six months, her supervisor allegedly conned her into parting with $124,000, virtually wiping out her savings. Thomas Peh Soon
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      399 39  -  Selina Lum By IF A High Court judge is right, drivers involved in hit-and-run accidents have routinely been slapped with two contradictory charges. One is failure to stop after an accident, and the other is removing a vehicle involved in an accident without police permission. Hit-and-run
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      571 42  -  Selina Lum Found guilty of attempted manslaughter, he may be released in a few days' time By A NAIL-BITING video clip of a young woman narrowly escaping death after her former boyfriend pushed her into the path of an oncoming MRT
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      246 42  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent THE prosecution wants to see 58 forgery charges 52 of which relate to cheating against a former Citibank manager stick, while the defence will try and get them reduced to simple forgeries. The total amount involved is about US$6 million
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      435 43  -  Gabriel Chen UN governance award shows Spore brand already well recognised: Tharman By SINGAPORE should not lose any sleep over being called a "nanny state", among other criticisms. Instead, it should think of the positives that enhance the country's image. That was the
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      355 43 JOB seekers can now turn to Stomp, The Straits Times' online interactive portal. A new feature called Jobs Unlimited was launched yesterday to give the online community more access to job seekers and employers. Seeking to connect with youth in new ways,
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      500 45  -  Zakir Hussain Being on CPF scheme will help them boost their incomes through Workfare By A NEW committee will lead the drive to get eligible low-wage and self-employed workers here to join the CPF scheme. Getting them under its umbrella
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      688 45  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN THE National Wages Council (NWC) is not satisfied with the pace at which companies are adopting flexible wage systems. Said its chairman Lim Pin: "We have had some good progress... there's still a long way to go before
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      576 45  -  Keith Lin By LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say cautioned companies against being "seduced" by the easy option of paying higher basic wages to attract workers. Such a measure will only erode their competitive edge in the long term or
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      726 46  -  Tracy Sua »BOY CRUSHED BY REVERSING TRUCK SMRT stops vehicle access pending investigations By ited the accident site at lunchtime yesterday, people were walking across the strip from the train station to the mall, or buying things at the shops along it. Replying to
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      451 46  -  T. Rajan By HOP on board a sleek Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) warship this weekend for a 20-minute cruise. Visitors to the RSN open house at Changi Naval Base this year can sign up for a cruise on a missile corvette,
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      33 32 Jailed for lending gun to pal Policewoman jailed 6 years for lending gun to friend and lying that it had been stolen. She handed over gun as 'test' for new job. PAGE H8
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      304 33 1 Practise Good Personal Hygiene If Remember to wash your hands thoroughly and often with soap and water. Q )W Use a serving spoon when taking food from a common plate. |fe^ T&pj^ *x 2 V|\n )r 11 Wash your hands before you touch your nose, mouth and eyes. I
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      19 33 Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for beauty haircare services! MATsS i BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT S
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      439 47  -  Constance Singam (Ms) CORPORATE culture and societal attitudes are stubbornly resistant to change. So legislation to make it easier for older citizens to continue to work makes sense and is necessary in an ageing population ("Older but active longer"; ST, May 21).
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      365 47  -  Jason Foo SO "SINGAPORE is known internationally to have the most effective and efficient transport system in the world" ("Hungry infant on train? Get off and feed him"; ST, May 16)? It has been six years since I bought my flat in Sengkang,
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      113 47  -  Tang Wanbao I REFER to the letter, "How about a 'Switch on your headlights' educational campaign?" by Mr Law Ngee Kee (ST, May 18). A campaign can work only when the authorities take the lead. Perhaps this can start with the police. It is
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      389 47  -  Maria Loh Mun Foong (Ms) I CHOSE to enrol my daughter in a convent school, thinking it would offer a more holistic and egalitarian environment that would inculcate the right values. It seems I was wrong. Even though the Ministry of Education (MOE)
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      293 47  -  Goh Kian Huat THE goods and services tax (GST) will go up from 5 to 7 per cent on July 1. Singaporeans are preparing for the hike by registering for GST credits ranging from $100 to $1,000, depending on their income level
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      147 47  -  N. Nageswaran WITH the influx of professionals from abroad, in tune with Singapore's mission to raise the population to 6.5 million, the housing problem has reached alarming proportions. Many of my friends who are engineers and IT professionals tell me that even after a search of
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      521 47  -  Patrick Han Kevin Shum WE REFER to the articles, "Help for the poor: So close, yet so far" by Ms Vivi Zainol (ST, May 7) and "Plugging the safety net gaps" by Ms Radha Basu (ST, May 11), and the letter, "Tips to
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      123 47  -  Audrey Ang (Ms) POLICE have contacted Mr Chow Choon Kit on his case ("Hit-and-run details given but no word from police"; ST. May 23). Mr Chow was unable to contact the Investigation Officer in charge of his case as the officer has been on hospitalisation
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      293 47  -  Toy Koon Quie I REFER to the letter, "Make HDB balloting exercise more fair to all" by Ms Wee E-Ying (ST, May 14). HDB currently accords first-time applicants twice the success rate over other applicants in its Build-to-Order and Balloting Exercises, as
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      60 47 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Means testing: Income, assets should not be the only factors Private condo management gives minority interests short shrift Aids: Stop the spread of misinformation Enforcement not strict enough to curb dengue Planners would do
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      735 48 > SOCCER Blues eye West Ham's Argentinian striker after telling Ukrainian misfit he can leave London CHELSEA, it seems, are set to swop one Premiership record signing for another. Andriy Shevchenko, who set a new Premiership transfer fee ceiling when he moved from AC Milan for
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      315 48 London LIVERPOOL can forget about signing striker Samuel Eto'o. He has insisted that he will "definitely be at Barcelona next season". During the last few months, the three-time African Footballer of the Year has looked increasing unhappy at the Nou Camp. He fell out
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      280 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur THE Asian Football Confederation held a cordial meeting with Manchester United yesterday, but failed to win a pledge from the Premiership champions to postpone their Asian tour in July. "We have presented our case to Manchester United and fully explained
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      135 48 London NEWCASTLE United are on the verge of a £133 million (Ss4o2 million) takeover. English billionaire sports retailer Mike Ashley yesterday bought John Hall's entire 41.6 per cent stake for £55 million. Ashley, ranked 25th on The Sunday Times rich list with a fortune
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      725 49  -  Nicholas Fang SCC YOU 3t Jdldn BCSdT SINGAPORE Armed Forces FC are offering free admission for their match against Gombak United tomorrow. Kick-off is 7.30 pm. SOCCER He used to score from dead-ball situations at youth-team levels By I WHEN Gombak United's Zaiful Nizam
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      243 49 ASSOCIATED PRESS CYCLING Malibu (California) FLOYD Landis' character became the focus of attack on Tuesday, in the arbitration hearing to decide whether he used drugs to win last year's Tour de France. It was a curious approach for the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada), which has maintained
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      402 49 REUTERS MOTOR RACING Monaco KIMI Raikkonen is the first to admit that his Saturday afternoon qualifying performances this season have not been his best. But the Ferrari driver, eclipsed by teammate Felipe Massa, is determined to set that record straight in
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      644 49  -  r Melody Zaccheus Jerome Scow By BEACH volleyball is spiking its way into the heartlands. Two new sand courts in Jurong West will be ready late next month, adding to one that has been operating in Clementi for over a year. And
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      538 49  -  Carissa Kang BEACH VOLLEYBALL By ALL four Singaporeans taking part in the Swatch-FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament at Sentosa this week had their roots in indoor volleyball. This does not bode well for the future of beach volleyball here, according to Dane Selznick, who coached
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      536 50  -  Terrence Voon ►>TABLE TENNIS Their head coach says S'porean is dangerous and can dent Chinese hopes of clean sweep By CHINA have singled out Singapore's Wang Yuegu as the biggest threat in their attempt to sweep all five titles at the World Championships in
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      337 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL San Antonio (Texas) ONLY two games into the Western Conference finals, Tony Parker and the San Antonio Spurs are already toying with the Utah Jazz. Their big tease on Tuesday night: Build a big lead, see it shrink a little,
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      143 50 NEW YORK TIMES THE league's worst regular-season teams Memphis, Boston and Milwaukee were bumped out of the NBA Draft lottery's top spots on Tuesday. The Portland Trail Blazers, who have the sixth-worst record, won the No 1 pick. They earned the right to select Ohio State
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      352 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing RICK Adelman will make Yao Ming better. That is the word in China, where fans intensely follow every pivot, every move the 2.29-metre centre makes for the National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets. Knocked out of the play-offs in
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        72 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS: A Liverpool fan was hospitalised with facial injuries yesterday, after being involved in a fight with other English supporters. They clashed in the hours before the Champions League final, the police said. Hospital staff said the man's injuries were not serious. The
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        62 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS ISTANBUL: Top-seeded Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams had easy wins over Bulgarian tennis opponents at the Istanbul Cup on Tuesday. Both are preparing for next week's French Open. Sharapova beat Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 7-6 in the second round to advance to the quarter-finals.
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        61 50 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES: A 65-year-old man died on Tuesday when the golf cart he was driving veered off a path before plunging 23 metres down a sheer rock face at a golf course in California. Edwin Payne, a retired real estate agent, died instantly
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        70 50 ASPIRING triathletes in Singapore will kick off their training this Saturday as part of the Osim International Triathlon 2007 First Tri Club (FTC). About 30 first-timers will train in the open waters off the East Coast. They will be joined by members of the Young Muslim
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      107 51 CHIN (CHENG) AH LAN Age: 68 passed away peacefully on 23 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Wong Liang Kiang Children: Spouses: Wong Ming Ching Chiang Jin Chye Wong Hong Yeow Kong Pei Fun, Adelyn Wong Hong Kuan Lim Chou Kien Grandchildren: Grandchildren: Chiang Shun
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      155 51 ||p "Surely goodness and mercy shall €p follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 SOH SIEW PEK Age: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 23 May 2007, dearly missed and fondly remembered
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      124 51 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 In loving memory of PRISCILLA LOH CHEW LAY HOON Departed on 24 May 2006 You are someone close and dear Your absence
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      241 51 3?^^^B£ "7 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race. I have kept the faith." 2 Tim 4:7 Ever the gentleman that he is, Mr Ong Kang Hai will always remain in the memory of all those he has left behind for his encouragement, cheerful disposition and constant
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      94 51 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD foreverT Psalm 23:6 M. ALEXANDER CYRIL Age: 83 was called home to be with the Lord on 22 May 2007 leaving behind Brothers, sisters and All Loved
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      45 51 The family of the late ALICE LIEW KIT CHI Departed on 18 May 2007 wish to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, neighbours and business associates for their kind condolences, attendance, assistance, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. BIk429AMKAve3
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      99 51 In loving memory of FRISCILLA CHEW LAY HOON Departed: 24 May 2006 The Lord's majesty Can any praise be worthy of the Lord's majesty? How magnificent His strength! Man is one of Your creatures, Lord, and his instinct is to praise You... Such is our dear friend Priscilla. The thought
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      126 51 RONNIE LIM TLAT GEE Age: 64 passed away peacefully on 23 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. "Dear/Pa, we will neverfinda better husband Ifather than you." Wife: Susan Chew Gek Luang Daughters: Cheryl Lim Sze Hui Bernice Lim Sze Cheng Brothers: Sister-in-law: (Lim Pheck Guan, deceased)
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      78 51 3RD ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of PUN YOKE PHUI VINCENT Departed on 24 May 2004 His helpinghand was always first to render any aid he could; His voice was always raised in praise, His words were wise and good. Dear Father, since you went away, the ones you loved so
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      21 51 In loving memory of our Dearest Mother ANNA YIP THOYKEW called home on 24 May 1999 always remembered by loved ones
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      192 52 r"Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your Shepherd's rod *pl and staff protect me." Psalm 23:4 FRANCIS CHNG SIEW ANN Age: 83 Was called home to be with the Lord on 23 May 2007. Dearly missed and
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      43 52 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Assoc Professor Benjamin Ong (Chairman, Medical Board, NUH) Family On the demise of his beloved father ONG KIM SIONG on 22 May 2007 From: Head and Staff of Dept of Radiology, NUS Dept of Diagnostic Imaging, NUH
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      39 52 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Assoc Prof Benjamin Ong his family on the demise of his beloved father ONG KIM SIONG From: Assoc Prof Ho Khek Yu Staff Department of Medicine National University of Singapore/ National University Hospital
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      38 52 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Assoc Professor Benjamin Ong (Chairman, Medical Board, NUH) Family on the passing of his beloved father ONG KIM SIONG on 22 May 2007 From: Head Staff Dept of Obstetrics Gynaecology NUS/ NUH
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      43 52 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Assoc Professor Benjamin Ong (Chairman, Medical Board, NUH) Family on the demise of his beloved father ONG KIM SIONG on 22 May 2007 From The Cancer Institute Dept of Haematology Oncology, NUH Dept of Radiation Oncology I
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      133 52 THAM SAP MUI MARK Age: 53 Passed away peacefully on 22 May 2007, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Teo Kueh Lye Susan Sons: Daughter-in-law: Tham Wai Mun Ivan Tan Li May Tham Wai Loong Adrian Grandsons: Tham Jun Van Jayden Tham Jun Yin Jyan Sisters: Brothers-in-law:
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      99 52 In Memory of Jennifer Lee Your life was a legacy You walked in obedience and was always ready To serve the Lord whole-heartedly Till He took you Home to live in Eternity. You lived your life with purpose and elegance Your life was a God-given fragrance Impacting people, turning heads
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      47 52 g- 16t6> /4tt#Uven&aruf <§ BETTY LAI YIN HAR Called home on 24/05/91 Time moves swiftly And years have passed It seems like yesterday When we saw you last. i, We Miss You Dearly f J i," Mother, Sons, Brothers, Sisters 44 |jkl« g and all at home _,*M
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      137 52 '■'p%j Jt' Ji Jesus said: "Let the little children come to me.... <L'*G»f ll for the kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these." I Matthew 19:14 i JADON SIM Age: 8+ Was called home to be with the Lord on 22 May 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by:
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      50 52 In Loving Memory of Jennifer Lee-Chua Mvi Joo Departed: 24 May 2006 It's been a year, but... the light you left in our lives Still shines so brightly For us, to follow the Christ you love so deeply. The Board of Elders and the Members of LIVING SANCTUARY BRETHREN CHURCH
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        5982 53 TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 23, 2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRAD ED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 3.5 16.5 34 102 40.5 25 27 36.5 14 17 134 31.5 17.5 11.5 15.5 37.5 13.5 30 13 144 192 16 SO 7.5 110 40 13.5 184 53.5 277
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        1580 53 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0RVOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 21.5 54.3 81 8.5 28.5 17.5 46.5 13.5 IOC 11 12 11.5 55 42.5 187 48 19.5 12 30.5 21 !e 24.5 79.5 18 28.5 9 5 53.5
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        61 53 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R■VOL '000 DAY NET P/E M CAP SMIL HIGH LOW ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 ISDJUSTech 6097 ISMSCISpore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 3640 2382 6235 STI ETF100 3632.3 2360.9 6236 STIETFIOPV US119
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      508 54 NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Reports of talks come after it rejects Alcoa's bid to create biggest aluminium company Ottawa CANADA'S Alcan is in talks with global mining giant BHP Billiton after rejecting US rival Alcoa's bid to create the
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      363 54 FINANCIAL TIMES, REUTERS New York THE Bancroft family was scheduled to meet yesterday to discuss News Corp's US$5 billion (557.7 billion) takeover bid for Dow Jones, the media group they control, say people familiar with the matter. The meeting suggests that
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      340 54 REUTERS New York ON WALL Street, the rich may get even richer. Investment bankers may see bonuses and other incentive pay rise by 10 per cent to 15 per cent from already elevated 2006 levels, while gains may be 15 per
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      34 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,705.12 (+25.07 points) »Japanese shares eked out a third straight daily gain thanks to a weak yen, which lifted exporters, and upbeat earnings forecasts from the major banks.
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      39 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,798.97 (+44.95 points) Hong Kong shares closed 0.22 per cent lower, on caution ahead of the two-day economic talks between the United States and China due to start later in the day.
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      31 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,173.71 (+63.33 points) Chinese shares chalked up a third consecutive record finish, adding 1.54 per cent on follow-through buying and continued strength in the yuan.
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      23 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,355.1 (+16.3 points) Australian shares rose 0.26 per cent, as bargain-hunters moved in following losses on Tuesday.
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      31 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,354.98 (-12.53 points) Malaysian shares closed down 0.92 per cent, due to profit-taking on selected blue chips after hitting a new high the previous day.
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      27 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,363.26 (-90.46 points) »Indian share prices fell 0.63 per cent, snapping five days of gains, as investors locked in profits, dealers said
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      30 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,104.25 (+25.5 points) »Indonesian stocks closed 1.23 per cent higher, on followthrough buying that helped the main index finish at a new all-time high.
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      26 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 731.22 (-1.55 points) Thai shares ended 0.21 per cent lower, as investors locked in profits in banking and construction stocks.
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      215 54 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,559.01 May 23 Allgreen 0.54 1.870 +0.040 Ascendasreit 0.94 2.710 +0.060 CapitaComm 0.58 2.980 +0.020 CapitaLand 4.97 8.050 -0.150 CapitaMall 1.08 4.320 +0.060 Chart SemiCond 0.68 1.340 +0.010 CityDev 3.17 17.400 +0.500 ComiortDelGro 1.49 2.230 +0.010 CoscoCorp 0.84 2.690 -0.050 Creative Tech 0.19 8.050
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      53 54 May 23 LottVis 125,208,000 Biosensors 103,091,000 Yangzijiang 77,664,000 Thai Beverage 68,153,000 CSC Hldgs 64,449,000 UTAC 60,685,000 HLS 59,688,000 GuangzhaolFß 43,599,000 Amtek Engg 40,678,000 Valuetronics 39,397,000 Gen Intl 38,191,000 Beyonics 37,972,000 HiapSeng Engg 37,310,000 Baker Tech 36,232,000 Seksun Corp 32,634,000 Noble Grp 31,521,000 Federal Int 30,311,000 Armstrong 28,695,000 UltroTech
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      137 54 May 23 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS I -OREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT ]F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2490 1.2630 Ian dollar 1.3990 1.4160 Euro 2.0480 2.0710 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4520 0.4527 4Z dollar 1.1030 1.1280 Sterling pound 3.0050 3.0390 JS dollar
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      2184 54 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 23, 2007 high low cont auma TBMED SALE 'ono 78.5 8 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 78 +1 112 43 24 9337 Allgreen RBeCW*****9 38.5 +6 50 29.5 235 1674 AllgreenRBeCW07l010 26.5 +3 60 9 3 ArianeCorpW*****9 4 -0.5 700 22 4 AscendasSEAeCW*****5 10.5 +1.5
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      400 55 FINANCIAL TIMES Asians outnumber Americans in Chartered Financial Analyst exam, in dramatic reversal London THE number of Asians sitting for the West's benchmark qualification for financial market literacy has outstripped the number of candidates from the United States marking another
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      277 55 NEW YORK TIMES San Francisco IN SILICON Valley's version of "The Bachelor", Ms Anne Wojcicki not only landed one of America's richest men, Mr Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, but also got her husband's company to finance her start-up. Google said
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      336 55 FINANCIAL TIMES Tokyo CERBERUS, Blackstone Group and Longreach appear on a shortlist to buy Sanyo's semiconductor operations a deal that may fetch between 150 billion yen and 200 billion yen, people familiar with the matter say. The amount is equivalent to
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      179 55 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA'S second-largest telco Indosat yesterday reported a 26 per cent rise in first-quar-ter net profit, thanks to a robust mobile phone business. Indosat, which is 42 per cent owned by Singapore Technologies Telemedia, said in a statement that its net
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      881 56  -  Fiona Chan COMMENTARY Requiring all caveats to be lodged will give better picture of price and size of units sold By Property Reporter THEY say the devil's in the details, and nowhere is this clearer than in Singapore's frenzied property market.
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      557 56  -  FIONA CHAN THE ageing Orchard Plaza once dubbed the most dismal building on Orchard Road may become the next mall to head down the collective sale route. Sources said owners of the stra-ta-titled mall next to the Le Meridien Singapore hotel gave the
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      652 57  -  Lee Su Shyan Cinema business will be taken private and sold off under deal with biomed company By Companies Correspondent ENTERTAINMENT firm Eng Wah Organization is changing its name as part of a $675 million reverse takeover, but the picture for
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      284 57  -  Arthur Poon By LIFE sciences pioneer Affymetrix, which makes chips for the analysis of DNA, has officially opened a cutting-edge manufacturing plant in Singapore its first outside its United States base. The facility at Jurong Industrial Park will produce 30 per cent, or US$BO
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      213 57  -  Erica Tay By SHARES of home-grown stent maker Biosensors International surged nearly 20 per cent yesterday after news that the company has been granted a key United States patent. The stock leapt 18 cents yesterday to close at a one-year high of $1.10 as investors
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      693 58  -  Bryan Lee Statement alleges that Stanley Tan is trying to take control without general offer By YELLOW Pages' independent directors have hit back at a major shareholder seeking their removal, saying the investor who is also a director is trying to
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      502 58  -  jAbriel Chen TAKING STOCK By( THE records keep coming, it's just the driving causes that change from day to day. Yesterday it was lower-than-expected inflation figures that did the trick. Consumer prices here rose by 0.6 per cent last month
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        87 58 MICROCHIP company Stats ChipPac will be dropped from the list of counters making up the stock market barometer, the Straits Times Index (STI), after a takeover offer lowered its free float. "Following the close of the offer by Temasek Holdings for Stats ChipPac on
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        67 58 OLAM International is seeking a "break fee" of A 51.34 million (551.69 million) from Australia's Queensland Cotton, after the latter walked away from Olam's takeover bid in favour of a rival offer by Louis Dreyfus. As the Queensland Cotton directors have changed their recommendation for
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        123 58 SINGAPORE Shipping Corp's net profit for the year ended March 31 fell to $13.1 million, a plunge of 84.8 per cent from the previous year, when its bottom line was boosted by the sale of its container and multi-pur-pose vessels. After the demerger of
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      370 58  -  Goh Eng Yeow WARRANT WATCH By TRADING of covered warrants that track OCBC Bank has jumped as investors sink cash into instruments that offer exposure to the booming Singapore economy. OCBC warrants make an ideal choice for some traders as the
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      280 58  -  ARTHUR POON DIRECTORS 1 TRADES A NON-EXECUTIVE director of Magnus Energy Group has pared down his stake in the oil-related company. Mr Harry Lee Vui Khiun sold 3.37 million shares at an average price of 18.2 cents a share, according to a Singapore Exchange filing
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      923 59  -  Goh Eng Yeow Aim is to promote listings of small, fast-growing foreign firms By Markets Correspondent THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is proposing a radical overhaul of its junior board, Sesdaq, in a bid to attract small, fast-growing firms from overseas to list here. It
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      209 59 ASSOCIATED PRESS INSIDER TRADING PROBE Paris FRANCE'S financial markets regulator is questioning leading figures at Airbus parent EADS, including co-chairman Arnaud Lagardere, as part of a probe into alleged insider trading, Le Monde reported yesterday. Officials with Autorite dcs Marches Financiers (AMF) and EADS would
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      99 60 ARTS PLASTIQUE NO MORE CULTURE VULTURE ALPHA MALE Art space Plastique What does world-class Rizman Putra Kinetic Worms to close really mean? H.A.M.s it up J pages page 6 page 7 Acts that meld more than one art form are making waves in this year's A^ Singapore Arts Festival. Just
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        1233 61  -  June Cheong A quarter of the works in the Singapore Arts Festival mix different art forms or traditions. Are audiences ready for these exotic hybrids? ARTS REPORTER MEMBERS of the Tang Quartet have been working on their abdominal muscles as much as they have been working on their
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        833 62 Optical Identity (above) By Theatre Cryptic and Tang Quartet May 31 to June 2, Drama Centre Theatre, tickets cost $20 to $60 Seems like: Classical music film projections physical theatre What it is: While the Tang Quartet take the audience on an aural journey of contemporary Western music,
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        517 63  -  June Cheong It's all up in the air at the Padang for the Arts Fest opener as 40 people will dance while in a giant 'net' ARTS REPORTER HEIGHTS do not scare financial services consultant Raymond Ling. The 24-year-old thrill seeker is one of 40
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        318 63  -  Dawn Lim MOST people have read about Sang Nila Utama and Sir Stamford Raffles in history books. But few have had the chance to watch them come alive on stage. They will get to do so during the Singapore Arts Festival, a five-week-long arts extravaganza that opens
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        533 64  -  June Cheong Artist Jason Lim's chandelier is to stay shrouded for safety reasons before being smashed at the Venice Biennale on June 7 ARTS REPORTER ARTIST Jason Lim will be keeping the 250 kg artwork he is showing at the Venice Biennale under wraps literally. For
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        415 64  -  June Cheong THE contemporary art gallery with the quirky name of Plastique Kinetic Worms is closing. Located in a restored shophouse at 61 Kerbau Road in Little India, the arts collective will vacate its premises by the end of March next year. Better known as
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        741 65  -  Tan Shzr Ec What is this 'international standard' that everyone is aiming for? Why can't we just be? culturevulture THE term "world-class" has become an irritating tag bandied about by too many politicians, administrators and businessmen not just in Singapore, of course. They are worn and shown
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        407 65  -  Stephanie Yap ARTS REPORTER LITERATURE students who struggle with the "unseen poem", take heart: American performance poet Ray McNiece feels your pain. "I find the whole concept deadly it terrorises kids and puts them off poetry," says the 42-year-old bachelor. He is referring to the section in
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      1574 67  -  Boon Chan Local film-makers are making in-roads into the world market with the help of the Media Development Authority MEDIA CORRESPONDENT In Cannes OUTSIDE, the French Riviera lay gleaming in the afternoon sun, but attention inside the I-Club at Hotel Hilton Palais Stephanie
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      397 69 AP TOKYO Three journeys as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean may not be enough to quench the thirst of actor Johnny Depp. Before yesterday's Tokyo premiere of the freakishly successful series' third instalment, he said he would consider taking the oddball character
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      381 71  -  May Yip THANKS to a buoyant economy, shoppers here are expected to spend more at this year's Great Singapore Sale (GSS). An annual GSS shoppers' survey by American media service firm Universal McCann, which polled 250 Singaporeans aged 15 years and above, found
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        140 73 AP CANNES, France Angelina Jolie (left) said on Tuesday that she plans to take a year off from film-making to spend more time with partner Brad Pitt and their children. "We're getting work out of the way at the moment," said the actress who is
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        113 73 ZHANG FOR VENICE: Director Zhang Yimou will head the jury at the Venice Film Festival, which runs from Aug 29 to Sept 8. He was chosen as his films have won more major awards at Venice than those of any other director, organisers said... COSTLY TICKETS: Italian consumer groups
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        143 73 HONG KONG Actress Cecilia Cheung (right) has sued her former manager Tiffany Chen for HK$l6 million (Ss3.l million) allegedly owing to her. Ms Chen is credited with helping Cheung out of personal difficulties early in her career and turning her into a star. But last week,
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        247 73  -  Huang Xueling MUSIC producer Sam Yap (inset), better known as Akien, will be flying the Singapore flag high in Las Vegas from tomorrow to Sunday. The 29-year-old is representing the country at the Thirst Studio Global Sessions to be held at the world-famous
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    777 99  -  LEONG PHEIPHEI Careers in the maritime industry: Part 3 of 3 Money may be shipbroker Wong Hong Lee's chief motivation, but he says buying and selling ships also requires a passion for the job By HERE is one man who is not shy to admit that
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      354 101 Is it just me, or is the word "sale" losing its Pavlov effect on us true-blue Singaporeans? Gone are the days when I get an adrenaline rush, much less drool, at the sight of ads and signs bearing these four letters. It's very hard to
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      262 103 From perfecting my rouge pout to strapping on my Louboutins, getting ready for a tres chic soiree takes me time lots of time. Besides, any fashionista worth her nappa tote knows that being punctual for a party is a terrible faux pas. After all, the term "fashionably late" isn't
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      77 103 SUPER SKIN SALE: Enjoy discounts of up to 70 per cent on premium denim brands such as Ed Hardy, Rock Republic, True Religion and Antik Batik at Skin outlets like 02-332E Marina Square. KAREN MILLEN REOPENS: British retailer Karen Millen unveiled a revamped 1,100 sq ft store at 02-16
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        387 103 You can soon get a whiff of music mogul Scan "Diddy" Combs (inset) and pop star Kylie Minogue. The maiden scents of both his Unforgivable (right) and her Darling will hit shelves here next month. Unforgivable was launched in February while Australian fans got first whiff
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        263 103 Wanted: fashion prodigies for this year's Singapore Fashion Designers Contest (SFDC). The nine-year-old competition, which unearths home-grown designers, has uncovered talents such as Jonathan Scow (1997) who designs under the label Woods Woods; X.Mi Huang (2001) who designs under the label Womb, and Madeleine Wong (2003),
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        212 103 Hong Kong retail giant Lane Crawford Joyce Group has snagged an exclusive deal with Stella McCartney (right) to distribute the brand in Asia. McCartney, daughter of music legend Paul McCartney, was creative director of Paris fashion house Chloe before inking a deal in 2001 with
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      666 103 Do you have a problem with the way you look? E-mail your aueries to May Yip at sturban@sph.com.sg QI have unsightly scars all over my legs and body from rashes and mosquito bites. How do I get rid of them and would over-the-counter whitening products help? A
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      251 103 /Belle Charlene Kwan These two fashionistas were spotted at the launch of Calvin Klein's IN2U fragrance held atZouk last Friday Elaine Teo, 33, retail manager Where did you get your clothes from? My top's from Loewe and cost $450. This pair of Levi's jeans was a gift from a
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        829 104  -  MAY YIP The Great Singapore Sale is back, and it's set to be greater than ever with thousands of retaHers offering bargains for the first time Get set to give your credit card a workout, not to mention your body, what with all that pushing and shoving. Yep,
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        596 106 The annual Great Singapore Sale starts tomorrow and a plan may come in handy as you battle the crowds in search of the best buys. SHAAN SETH speaks to 10 retailers and shopaholics to bring you the hottest tips Tap delivery services Some stores offer delivery services, so
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        32 107 Metro turns 50 this year. And, for the Great Singapore Sale, it is offering discounts of up to 70 per cent on womenswear. ANGEUNE NEO sniffs out some great buys
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        326 108  -  ANGEUNE NEO Which woman doesn't love a bargain? Here are 10 good buys which will have you reaching for your credit card Mod dressing for modern day. Wear this as is, or with leggings under. Vintage style satin tunic with patent belt, $62.90 (usual price $89.90),
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        399 109  -  MAY YIP If you are the sort of man who shops only once a year, now is the time to spend some money on wardrobe essentials Outdoor adventurers will dig this watch series, which boasts lightweight materials and large displays. Nike Oregon Analog watch, $91 (usual
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        376 110  -  TAY SUAN CHIANG Spruce up your home for less with Urban's top 10 picks for furniture and more w We love how this foldable chair is a space saver without compromising on comfort. Pack it away when you don't need it. Butterfly chair, $69 (usual price $139), from
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        319 110  -  SHAAN SETH Ever/ member of the family can be a part of the Great Singapore Sale including the Tittle ones. Urban susses out the best deals Give your kids a helping hand with their heavy loads with this ergonomic school bag. School bag, $114 for small and $124
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        1116 111 Patricia Mok, 35, MediaCorp artiste What do you plan to buy this year? Bedsheets are definitely worth it during the GSS. So are pillow cases, bras and panties, thermos flasks and clothes for daily wear. I'll buy "safe" clothes in neutral colours. It's embarrassing if you buy those
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        557 113  -  BRENDA GOH As crowds flock to Orchard Road, check out these suburban steals he big boys in town are in for a fight as heartland shops gear up for the Great Singapore Sale (GSS). Heartland shopping tours will make their debut this year. These trips venture into areas
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      497 114 AP Mexico City becomes the centre of the Universe as pageant contestants parade their elaborate costumes Mexico City Dresses adorned with butterfly wings, dolphins, electric guitars and corn on the cob were onstage in downtown Mexico City on Sunday as the 2007 Miss Universe pageant contestants put on
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      906 115 AFP Once a staple of formal menswear, the tie is making a comeback as an edgy accessor/ aris The tie, that one-time 1 symbol of manhood and social supremacy, is in trouble. Step into a trendy Paris restaurant or classy dinner party, and is any man in tune
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      463 116  -  MAY YIP British brand Fred Perry opens its first South-east Asian store here c has collected 100 Fred Perry T-shirts over 30 years and goes on eßay to bid for "really old ones". John Flynn, managing director of preppy streetwear brand Fred Perry, is a bona fide fan
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        233 117  -  TAN HSUEH YUN POSH NOSH If you are a snackaholic like me, you probably like checking out munchies when you travel. What can be more thrilling than finding a new flavour of Glico Pretz in Thailand, or an exotic new flavour of potato chips in Spain? Sometimes, you
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        201 117 I thought a recent assignment where I had to try out 25 kinds of instant noodles in two days would put me off the stuff for good. But one thing I'll say about Korean noodles they have a wonderful springy texture I like a lot. Nong Shim's Potato
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        187 117 If you believe the claims by vinegar enthusiasts, the tart stuff can be used to treat a slew of health conditions, cure acne and even get rid of dandruff. I'm not a true believer, but I do like to sip on some vinegar after dinner to aid digestion.
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        94 117 A This is something right out of a Harry Potter book. H If you're a fan, you'll know that pumpkin juice is a B favourite drink among the students at Hogwarts. Well, imagine my delight when I found cans oi H Korean pumpkin juice here. It's probably nothing
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        148 117 Now I know the words Soft Frozen Bread don't seem terribly exciting. But I saw them in the freezer section of a Korean supermarket and had to check them out. Defrost one for about 10 minutes and pop it into the toaster oven for two to three minutes.
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      569 118  -  PRADEEP PAUL Get fighting fit with this military-inspired regimen Atten-shun! There's a new sarge in town and he's barking out orders to the swelling crowds in his Bootcamp Workout class at Planet Fitness. Fitness trainer Mohamed Rhomeiny, who has been with the fitness chain since April last year,
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      855 119  -  JANNIE TAY THEBAGPAGE/ShcanSeth Jannie Tay, director of luxury watch retailer The Hour Glass and president of the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA), is not one to dither over her purchases. "I know what I like and I'm a very fast shopper," she says. The grandmother of
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