The Straits Times, 2 June 2007, Afternoon Edition

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 236 PAGES IN EIGHT PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 SATURDAY, JUNE 2 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 453 1  -  Keith Lin By ABOUT 65,000 civil servants will receive a mid-year bonus of half a month's salary, plus another $220 in their pay packets next month. The $220 is a one-off payment that is in line with the National Wages Council's (NWC)
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  • 711 1  -  Zakir Hussain Goh Chin Lian SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE US-China ties and Middle East conflicts are two other scenarios that can affect outlook for region By than 200 participants of the Sixth Shangri-La Dialogue. Hailing from more than 25 countries, they are attending the annual
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  • 300 1  -  Aaron Low »INSIGHT By MENTION retirement to security guard supervisor Sheikh Faried Al Johary and he lets out a big sigh. "What retirement? Look at the 70-year-olds in fast-food restaurants cleaning tables," says the father of two university-educated daughters. He
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    • 35 1 /~i t-^v t—r T V T "Jr Sfe Tt^HRI Services for children with special needs have improved V \J I—t A \t ja&^ "X' Ml^ f vastly. But some parents still find the going tough.
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  • PRIME
    • 652 2 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE But country's long-term failure to protect water sources from pollution criticised Wuxi CHINESE officials yesterday promised swift steps to clean up China's third-largest lake after algae, floating like green oil paint, choked off water to this city of more than
      REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  652 words
    • 702 3  -  Salma Khali k Illness could be far more severe than in previous epidemics here By Health Correspondent SINGAPORE may need to brace itself for a dengue epidemic that could be more serious than the three it has seen since the *****. Coming so
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  702 words
    • 456 3 MORE money and heavily-subsidised hospital beds will be made available to meet the health care needs of Singaporeans, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said yesterday. The ministry was responding to a story on the front page of The Straits Times yesterday,
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    • 723 4  -  Nirmal Ghosh ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS 21 killed in total, including 11 soldiers hit by roadside bomb and five villagers shot outside mosque By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok TENSIONS are soaring in Thailand's troubled south after a powerful roadside bomb killed 11
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    • 307 2 > CHUA CHIN HON the talk in beijing Talk is rife that rivals of Chinese <<^£f^Z^ President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao are stoking the stock market frenzy in China in a bid to win political concessions. IL~- ASIA, PAGE 35 3 CHUA LEE HOONG thinking aloud This is
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  • ASIA
    • 888 6  -  Alastair Mclndoe Remittances back home are costing more as currency rises against US$ By Philippines Correspondent In Manila IN THE two years that Mrs Julia Gayaman, 39, has been out of the Philippines working as a domestic helper in Hong Kong, the
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    • CHINA
      • 642 7  -  Sim Chi Yin Tharman says Singapore companies should not miss out on boom in the region By China Correspondent In Shenyang (Liaoning) THREE Singapore companies are looking to clinch a 1 billion yuan (Ss2oo million) water management project the largest overseas
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      • 356 7  -  SIM CHI YIN Shenyang (Liaoning) THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is preparing to set up a representative office in Beijing to help attract more Chinese companies to list in Singapore, its listings head Lawrence Wong said yesterday. SGX will join other leading exchanges
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      • 270 8 REUTERS Beijing HUNDREDS of protesters wearing gas masks and holding banners marched through the port city of Xiamen in south-eastern China yesterday. They were demanding that the government scrap and not just put off plans to build a chemical plant, a witness said.
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      • 601 8 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG It claims foreign goods such as imported milk bottles have failed health and safety checks Beijing CHINA hit back yesterday at accusations that its products are unsafe, pointing out that a quarter of imported children's milk bottles and teats failed a
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      • 190 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing A THREE-year-old girl was beaten to death by her parents in central China because she could not remember the Chinese character for "banana", state press reported yesterday. The father of the girl began beating the child with his slippers
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      • 623 10 KMT presidential candidate praises Republic's openness and efficiency Taipei TAIWAN opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou says the island can learn from Singapore's policy of being open and pragmatic in its governance. These are the paths that Taiwan must eventually take so as to
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      • 311 10 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo FORMER Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui risked the anger of Beijing yesterday by calling for closer ties between Taiwan and Japan, saying the two "share a common destiny". "Should something happen to Taiwan, it would soon affect Japan," Mr
        REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG  -  311 words
      • CITIES ON THE RISE
        • 757 12 NEW YORK TIMES City's rise is aimed at easing poverty, but success comes at a cost to the environment Chongqing STAND in the right spot in this gigantic city, and the hills draped with apartment blocks will remind you of Hong Kong, the density of habitation of Tokyo
          NEW YORK TIMES; TRACY QUEK; AFP  -  757 words
        • 704 13 BBC NEWS Its dream of a global city is now bursting at the seams with people, cars and buildings Shanghai SHANGHAI has been transformed into a global city, but its rapid growth has produced pollution, traffic jams and overcrowding. In becoming one of the centres of the world
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 616 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS LDP also pushes through Bills to fix pension woes amid political scandal Tokyo THE Japanese government rushed to clean up a damaging political scandal yesterday, pushing Bills to fix pension system errors through Parliament's Lower House and replacing a Cabinet
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AFP  -  616 words
      • 58 16 Meet Transformers Speed-dial, Long-view and Spy-shot, new toys from Japanese toy-maker Tomy that can change from models of mobile phones, binoculars and cameras into robot action figures. Priced at 1,260 yen (Ssl6) each, these toys will go on sale this month, coinciding with the screening of the
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      • 523 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul refuses to send food aid until North Korea starts dismantling nuclear weapons Seoul SOUTH Korea insisted it would withhold food aid to the North until Pyongyang starts dismantling its nuclear weapons programme, forcing high-level reconciliation talks to end
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  523 words
      • 69 19 Employees work at Kamo Iris Garden, a well-known tourist spot in Kakegawa, a town in the Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, yesterday. Some 1,500 varieties of irises are grown there ahead of Japan's rainy season, which lasts about 40 days in June and July. The garden,
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      • 447 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Ageing population, more tall buildings and underground malls make it more vulnerable Tokyo JAPAN'S vulnerability to natural disasters is increasing as skyscrapers mushroom in cities, shopping malls go underground and the population ages, a government report said yesterday. While earthquakes are a primary disaster
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      • 333 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Hong Kong CHINA has the world's largest population and one of the world's largest economies. Soon, it will get a massive virtual universe to match. Swedish software company Mind Ark, which operates the online game Entropia Universe, has authorised a
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      • 506 21  -  LEE SEOK HWAI THE most important crop in the world is getting a booster shot to improve the lives of millions. An international group of researchers is developing a variety of rice enriched with zinc, iron and vitamin A to deliver the
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      • 811 21  -  Lee Seok Hwai REINVENTING RICE Scientists work overtime to create new rice varieties that can survive extreme weather By AS FAR as versatile foods go, rice takes the cake. Now, scientists are banking on the versatility of Asia's staple food to help it adapt
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
      • 709 22  -  Ravi Velloor By Gujjars want BJP to keep its vow and reclassify them as tribes to qualify for privileges India Bureau Chief In New Delhi A SPREADING revolt by a community of farmers in northern India who demand to be pushed
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      • 201 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS POLICE were ordered to shoot protesters on sight after days of violent demonstrations in Rajasthan state, as the death toll hit 19. The order was given on Thursday night after days of repeated attacks on government offices, railway stations and vehicles in
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      • 488 23 BBC NEWS Outsourcing boom and voice software have led to jobs for visually-impaired MUMBAI MS NIKITA Patil, 23, works in a call centre, just like thousands of other Indian youngsters who have found jobs thanks to a booming outsourcing industry. Every day,
        BBC NEWS  -  488 words
    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 716 25  -  Nirmal Ghosh Optimism returns after ruling to disband TRT pushes index up 2.2% By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok MARKET sentiment in Thailand has made a cautious return to optimism after weeks of gloom in the wake of Wednesday night's politically significant court judgment. The decision
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      • 347 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok THAILAND'S military government could propose an amnesty to allow politicians from former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party to return to public office, army commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin said yesterday. Gen Sonthi who led a coup against Mr Thaksin last
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  347 words
      • 733 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Hardcore TRT supporters in the north vow to show their displeasure by spoiling votes San Kamphaeng (Thailand) HEAVY security blankets this Thaksin stronghold, but the ousted prime minister's supporters say they will voice their anger over his ban from politics at
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS; AFP ton I; AFP  -  733 words
      • 272 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Jakarta A TEENAGE girl has died of bird flu in Indonesia, taking the death toll in the country worst hit by the virus to 79, a Health Ministry official said yesterday. The 15-year-old died on Tuesday, four days after she
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS; AFP  -  272 words
      • 505 27  -  Salim Osman Activists want probe into charges; Yudhoyono and accuser Rais reconcile By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta THE public spat between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and former assembly speaker Amien Rais appears to have ended, but the fallout has renewed the focus on campaign
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      • 470 29  -  Roger Mitton More young technocrats likely to feature in smaller Cabinet By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi VIETNAM'S Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is expected to embark on a major Cabinet reshuffle within the next few weeks. The Premier, who will celebrate one year in office
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      • 55 29 Bare-bodied protesters making a point during a rally against the Philippine government's education system, The protest at Manila's "university belt" yesterday was over an 80 per cent rise in school tuition fees for the 2007-2008 year. The sign in Tagalog says: "Education is the right
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      • 382 29 REUTERS Manila PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo said yesterday that the Philippines' new security pact with Australia would make South-east Asia safer and more secure from Islamic militants. Mrs Arroyo said the defence arrangement with Canberra allowing elite Australian commandos to train local troops would
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      • 156 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS Manila UNDERCOVER police agents will soon protect bus passengers in the Philippines, under a new plan to curb violent crime, an official said. The need to bolster security on public transportation became evident after a brazen bus robbery in Manila on Thursday that
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 752 30  -  Carolyn Hong Accused political analyst has links to Malaysia's Deputy Premier Najib Razak By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur ONE of Malaysia's most sensational trials is set to begin on Monday when a political analyst closely linked to Malaysia's Deputy Prime
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      • 605 31  -  Reme Ahmad Hazlin Hassan Youth and Women wings pick leaders aligned to party's fundamentalists By] Malaysia Correspondents In Kota Baru THE results of yesterday's Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) internal elections showed that the biggest opposition party in Malaysia seems to have returned to
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      • 338 31 WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS PAS president Hadi Awang yesterday lashed out at Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, accusing him of, among other things, pretending to be a pious leader while ignoring alleged corruption in the country. In his speech yesterday to more than 1,000 party
        WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  338 words
      • 234 31 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur A MAGISTRATE'S Court here has deferred a murder charge against the chief executive officer of an outdoor advertising company and sent him for psychiatric observation for a month at the Hospital Bahagia in Perak. On Thursday, Eric De
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  234 words
      • Article, Illustration
        72 32 Mr Mohd Said Mohd Nagoor, 58, holding up his passport and the studio picture that was rejected by the Penang Immigration Department. He was told to take another picture at the studio behind the building. Immigration officers have the right to reject a photograph if an applicant looks
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  72 words
      • 476 32 BERNAMA THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Malaysian minister Dlasts reports on :ourt ruling against :onverted Christian Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin has accused some Western media of "Islamic bashing" following the Federal Court's decision on Wednesday not to allow a Malay woman to have the
        BERNAMA THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  476 words
      • 200 33 Ipoh FIVE people, including a 91-year-old vegetable farmer, were burnt to death in a double-storey house in Ipoh on Thursday. The New Straits Times reported yesterday that the dead were Mr Chai Kirn, 91; his son Chai Kar It, 67; his granddaughter Chai Mooi
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  200 words
      • 313 33 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Head of government investment body clarifies status after ministers' statements Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S investment arm Khazanah Nasional said yesterday that the country's pioneering carmaker, Proton, is still in talks with potential partners Volkswagen and General Motors. Khazanah's
        REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  313 words
    • ASIA FOCUS
      • 1106 34  -  Chua Chin Hon THE TALK IN BEIJING Many investors assume that the govt will guard against a stock market plunge By China Bureau Chief In Beijing IN THE secretive world of Chinese politics, fierce political battles are often waged behind the scenes via proxies
        AP  -  1,106 words
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    • 723 36 NEW YORK TIMES Solution to Naples 1 dump problem choked by protests and political failure Melito Di Napoli (Italy) FOR a dozen years, Naples and nearby towns have periodically choked on their refuse, but a real problem has piled up over the past two weeks a crisis
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      • 465 37 WASHINGTON POST, LOS ANGELES TIMES Plan marks shift in US policy on global warming but critics are unconvinced Washington US PRESIDENT George W. Bush has offered to launch negotiations aimed at having the world's most prolific polluters agree on long-term goals
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      • 114 37 The largest glacier on the northern slopes of Mount Everest is shrinking, as seen in these two photographs, taken 40 years apart. In 1968 (top photo), the Rongbuk glacier covered the slope of the mountain all the way down to the valley. But as of April this
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      • 401 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS Canberra AUSTRALIA may have to commit to a long-term target to cut greenhouse gas pollution, Prime Minister John Howard has said. The about-face was likely prompted by a report received on Thursday on carbon trading's impact on the economy. The government-commis-sioned report by
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      • 273 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe took Japan's latest eco-friendly cars out for a spin yesterday to show off his environmental awareness ahead of next week's G-8 summit meeting. Mr Abe and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari took turns trying
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      • 275 38 REUTERS Tokyo AN UNSEASONAL chill had some Cabinet ministers shivering in their short-sleeved shirts as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched Japan's annual "Cool Biz" fashion campaign to save energy and fight global warming. Japan began its "Cool Biz" push two years
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      • 443 38 FINANCIAL TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Energy saving plan seen as attempt to deflect criticism ahead of G-8 meet Beijing CHINA will release a long-awaited "action plan" on climate change ahead of next week's Group of Eight industrialised nations meeting in Germany, as it seeks
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    • 382 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Tampa (Florida) THE Spanish government has filed claims in a United States federal court over a shipwreck that a Florida company found laden with an estimated US$5OO million (***** million) worth of colonial-era treasure. If the vessel was Spanish or was removed
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    • 583 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS It has been gathering troops on the border to prepare for a strike on Kurdish separatists Ankara TURKEY'S top general said his army which has been massing troops on the border with Iraq was prepared to attack separatist Kurdish guerillas in
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    • 861 41  -  Christopher Allbritton ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Beirut says the jihadists are sponsored and coordinated by Damascus to topple the govt By For The Straits Times In The Nahr El-Bared Refugee Camp (Lebanon) SOLDIERS who have fought them, refugees who have fled
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    • 447 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Gaza City KIDNAPPED British reporter Alan Johnston appeared in a video tape posted on an Islamic militant website yesterday, saying he had been treated well, denouncing Israel and blasting Britain's Middle East policy. It was the first sign
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    • 651 42 NEW YORK TIMES Entry of Hamas into politics has opened door to jihadi freelancers with murky links Jerusalem WHILE a stand-off between the Lebanese army and Islamists at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon has focused attention on a jihadist element taking root there,
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    • 615 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS Democrats and Republicans talk openly about faith to win religious votes Washington LATELY, it seems all the leading presidential candidates are discussing their religious and moral beliefs even when they would rather not. Indeed, seven years after Mr George W. Bush
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    • 336 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington A GLOBE-trotting Atlanta man with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis was allowed back into the United States by a border inspector who disregarded a computer warning to stop him and don protective gear. The inspector has been removed from
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    • 474 46 Minister Yaacob urges them to capitalise on their religious knowledge SINGAPORE'S Minis-ter-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, has urged Singaporean students studying in the Middle East to seize opportunities sprung up by the new buzz in the region. "A confident Middle East
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      • 140 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VARNA (Bulgaria): Interpol has warned against a surge in the world's heroin production, 90 per cent of which came from opium poppy crops in Afghanistan. "There is a growth tendency and we cannot close our eyes, we have to say the truth," Interpol executive
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      • 135 46 REUTERS SRINAGAR: Kashmir's top Muslim clergy said yesterday that it would launch a massive campaign against the Indian army renovating mosques and shrines in the region if the Prime Minister and President did not stop it. Muslim leaders in the revolt-torn region have taken offence
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      • 133 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: India and the United States held talks for a second day yesterday to resolve differences over a nuclear energy agreement that will give India access to long-denied Western nuclear technology. Chief US negotiator Nicholas Burns met India's junior foreign minister, Mr
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      • 131 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan issued an official protest after its coast guard caught sight of a South Korean boat conducting a marine survey within disputed waters, officials said yesterday. Coast guard aircraft spotted the South Korean survey vessel Eardo in the East China Sea
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      • 134 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China launched a telecommunications satellite yesterday that aims to bring television signals to every home in the nation. The satellite was launched on the 100 th flight of the homegrown Long March rocket series, China News Service reported. It blasted off just after
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    • 969 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Putin criticises US 'imperialism' and blames Washington for starting fresh arms race Washington UNITED States President George W. Bush reached out to Russia yesterday to soothe concerns over a planned US missile defence programme that has cranked tension between
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      • 632 48 Jobs and Gates meet on stage after more than 20 years BBC NEWS MICROSOFT co-founder Bill Gates and Apple chief executive Steve Jobs have appeared on stage together for the first time in more than two decades. Billed as a public "conversation" between two giants of the computer industry, the
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      • 287 48 REUTERS MORE than 50 years after helping to uncover the double-helix structure of DNA, Dr James Watson has seen his own genome and said he would publish it for science to use. "I am thrilled," said Dr Watson, 79, who with the late Francis
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      • 167 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A FORMER Bosnian Serb general high on the list of fugitives wanted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal has been captured in Bosnia. Zdravko Tolimir, a close ally of the tribunal's most-wanted man, former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, was apprehended
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      • 147 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE man who resigned as the editor of Britain's largest-selling Sunday tabloid over a royal phone-tapping scandal has been appointed the media chief for the main opposition Conservatives, the party said. Tory leader David Cameron said Mr Andy Coulson would become
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    • 593 49 Delhi to lodge official complaints over hundreds of related trademarks New Delhi THE Indian government has worked itself into a furious twist over efforts by American entrepreneurs including an Indian-born celebrity "yogi" to patent the ancient practice of yoga. Indian officials announced
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    • 97 49 SINCE last year, yoga has become one of the most popular sports in Singapore, according to the National Sports Participation Survey conducted by the Singapore Sports Council. Yoga is taught at 30 yoga centres all over the island, as well as at selected sports and recreation
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      • 122 49 REUTERS COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan burglar who pretended to be a patient to steal cash from a hospital ended up in a ward himself after he jumped out of the window and broke his leg. "The robber came and pretended to be admitted as a
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      • 117 49 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KOTA KINABALU: Two thieves who tried to steal steel bars from a factory here were struck by lightning, leaving one of them dead. The other was seriously injured in Thursday's freak mishap at Kampung Minintod in Penampang near here. Penampang district police
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      • 217 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: A Russian governor has promised an SUV, a TV set or a fridge to every woman in his region who gives birth on Constitution Day, in a bid to help beat a demographic crisis, his office said. The governor of
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      • 203 49 LONDON: The world's richest people are facing a crisis of unprecedented proportions: a chronic shortage of butlers. The demand for a new generation of Jeeves and Hudsons from London to Dubai and, especially, from the Hamptons to Malibu is so high that it is being counted in
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      • 606 50  -  Jonathan Eyal WORLD THIS WEEK By TO JUDGE by the coverage in Europe's media outlets, this week's Asia-Europe (Asem) foreign ministers' meeting held in the northern German city of Hamburg was a failure. True, the timing of the gathering was a bit unfortunate. Germany is
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      • 529 50 IT IS a tradition which is too good to break. Each year, the US Department of Defence publishes its survey of trends in the Chinese military. China promptly responds by dismissing it as fabrications or exaggerations. A brief spat then ensues, the
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      • 400 50 THIS must rank as one of the world's most memorable judicial performances: Thailand's Constitutional Tribunal took no less than 10 hours to read its verdicts in the electoral fraud cases brought against the country's two main political parties. And the outcome
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      • 467 50 US PRESIDENT George Bush's decision to nominate Robert Zoellick as the World Bank's new president was warmly received. "Mr Zoellick is just about everything Mr Wolfowitz was not," wrote the Los Angeles Times, in a reference to the former World Bank head, who was recently
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    • 795 53  -  Lim Wei Chean Condensed, fresh and evaporated milk now cost between 10 cents and 55 cents more By MILK fresh, evaporated and condensed has cost more in recent weeks, registering increases of between 10 cents and 55 cents. The causes of
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    • 247 53 Amelia Tan FOOD prices at Ang Mo Kio Hub's NTUC Foodfare foodcourt will stay the same until the end of the year, despite the goods and services tax (GST) hike next month. Rent rebates to stall holders will help offset their costs, said
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    • 1435 54  -  Jeremy Au Yong Law Society president's column draws sharp rebuttal from MP and fellow Senior Counsel By TWO of Singapore's legal heavyweights have weighed in on opposing sides of the hot-button topic of ministerial pay. An article by Law Society president Philip Jeyaretnam
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    • 418 56  -  K.C. VIJAYAN They are an Indian, a Japanese, a South African and 3 Indonesians By Law Correspondent SIX young foreign men friends who have known each other since their student days here have turned up in court on cannabis-related charges. Earlier this
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    • 221 56  -  Carolyn Quek By AFTER a break of two years, Clementi's men in blue are back on top again. They have been named the winners of the Best Land Division award the fifth time they have bagged the honour since it was introduced in 1995. The
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    • 252 56  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent A BRITON who smoked in a Singapore Airlines aircraft toilet and uttered an expletive at a steward was brought firmly down to earth yesterday. Samuel Matthew James Lee, 29, pleaded guilty to both charges and was fined a
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    • 391 57  -  Elena Chong Man became agitated after doc asked about his drug history By Court Correspondent A MAN who punched a doctor several times after seeking treatment for insomnia pleaded guilty to theft ana causing grievous hurt yesterday. Odd-iob worker Liong Kian Peng, 29, saw
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    • 153 57 Close to lkg of heroin, with a street value of $244,000, was prevented from hitting the streets on Thursday night. Acting on a tip off, officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested three men in connection with the haul that night. The 25-year-old
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    • 162 57 A WOMAN who allegedly hurt her maid was yesterday charged with two counts of maid abuse. Human resource assistant Teo Chua Suan, 39, is accused of using a hot iron to inflict burns on the arms of Indonesian maid Dewi Raith, 24. The alleged
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    • 288 57  -  Chong Chee Kin By ALL that glitters is not gold a lesson which five Malaysian robbers learnt the hard way. They attacked a Bangladeshi man and grabbed a "gold" chain he was wearing but it turned out to be a $10
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    • 212 58  -  SUMATHI V. SELVARETNAM By FUND-RAISING in Singapore got an added spur when some 500 corporate leaders turned up yesterday at the Patrons' Bowl, a premier racing event at the Singapore Turf Club in support of the President's Challenge 2007. President S R
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    • 642 58  -  Tracy Sua Teh Joo Lin ADDITIONAL REPORTING TANIA TAN AND TESSA WONG VIETNAMESE KILLED BY FALLING TREE BRANCH Second recent fatality caused by falling trees; bad weather could be a factor, say experts By THE body of Vietnamese Nguyen Ngoc Quang was claimed by his
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    • 198 60 Some 3,000 party goers thronged a beach party at Cafe del Mar in Sentosa yesterday, to celebrate the first anniversary of Singapore's first free Chinese newspaper, My Paper. They were entertained with music from celebrities such as Malaysian crooner Gary Cao Ge, Taiwanese
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    • 444 60  -  Jane Ng More than 1,000 pupils have auditioned for places at the school since November By AN OVERWHELMING response for the School of the Arts, which will open its doors next year, has led to the school holding an additional audition next month. The
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      661 62 AGQGS »The female mosquito is attracted by body odours, carbon dioxide and heat emitted from animals or humans. IVI OSC| U 110! Aedes are day-biters; they are most active during dawn and dusk. The mosquito-borne disease seems to be back with a vengeance. So far one person has
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 64 62 PARTICIPANTS at a two-day conference, which ended here yesterday, made an effort to study the issues developing countries face when trying to strengthen intellectual property laws. The conference was attended by 57 government officials from 40 member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo). The Wipo
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      • 63 62 LATVIAN Foreign Minister Artis Pabriks called on Foreign Minister George Yeo yesterday. During the meeting and at a lunch hosted by Mr Yeo, the two leaders discussed how their nations could strengthen bilateral ties and support each other at international forums. Dr Pabriks, in Singapore
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      • 135 62 THERE'S a new talent contest in town one with lots of heart. Auditions will be open to all aged between 12 and 35, but performers be they singers, dancers, beat-boxers or martial artists must combine traditional Chinese art forms with their act. Shortlisted candidates will get
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    • 504 63  -  Tania Tan Strains of disease found here and victims differ from elsewhere in region By SCIENTISTS studying dengue fever here are stumped on two fronts that uniquely Singapore strains seem to have risen here and that young adults are most hit by the
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    • 232 63  -  Michelle Neo THIRTY-TWO inmates in three prisons in Sembawang have come down with dengue since April, and the authorities are investigating the cause. The bulk of these cases alone 29 inmates make up two of the top dengue hot spots in Singapore. The Admiralty
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    • 521 63  -  Tania Tan Michelle Neo By WITH dengue cases on the rise, the National Environment Agency (NEA) is changing tack and taking fogging indoors at hot spots such as the Jalan Songket and Balestier Road areas across the island. Used to kill adult
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    • SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE
      • 641 64  -  Goh Sui Noi Move shows a more confident and assertive China, say experts By Senior Correspondent CHINA has sent a senior official for the first time to a regional security summit here as concern grows in the region and beyond over
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      • 511 64  -  Shefali Rekhi By IRAN has built a nuclear procurement network that could be as large as that of Abdul Qadeer Khan's, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, according to a well-known London-based think-tank. "Iran remains the most active customer in the international
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      • 265 64 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS US DEFENCE Secretary Robert Gates (right) will seek to ease doubts over American leadership in the region when he addresses the international security meet of defence ministers here. Mr Gates, who arrived in Singapore yesterday, will use a speech at the
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      • 91 64 It was tight security all round. Traffic checkpoints were at all roads ringing Shangri-La Hotel, where the annual high-level security dialogue was taking place. It was only after a thorough vehicle check by police and Cisco guards that this car gained entry to the hotel
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      • 339 64 FOREIGN defence ministers and officials met with Singapore leaders on the sidelines of the sixth annual Shangri-La dialogue to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional issues. South Korea: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong held separate meetings at the Istana
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    • 67 65 Seven-year-old Lucinda Rizzo (left) shows her personalised recycling bag to Ivyn Yak, four, and her mum Patricia Ooi, 39. Employees at Motorola celebrated their family day yesterday with a difference by getting their children involved in eco-activities at the workplace. This year, families bonded over
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    • 353 65  -  Tania Tan Survey finds many firms use more paper now, but some are cutting back By DREAMS of a paperless society look like they are being tossed out with the trash: Paper use is still on the rise in workplaces here.
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    • CHARITY AT HOME
      • 867 66  -  Amelia Tan Children's Aid Society's Mcl rose home a refuge for disadvantaged kids By WHEN she was just five years old, "Jane" was sent away from home a traumatic experience for any child. "I felt very lonely and kept very
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      • 164 66 STAFF from Learning Vision (LV) International helped raise money for needy families by participating in the inaugural Learning Vision Walk of Love 2007 held at Bishan Park on Wednesday morning. LV is a company that runs preschool centres in Singapore, China and Malaysia. For all
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      • 156 66 GUESTS at the Make-A-Wish Foundation's fifth charity golf tournament yesterday were greeted by a pleasant surprise. All 66 of their buggies were decked with recycled materials, the result of a decorating competition in which 25 students from five polytechnics and junior colleges were invited to participate.
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      • 282 66 RUN TO HELP KIDS THE Citi-Milk Run 2007, which includes three races of varying distances, will be held on Sunday, July 1 to raise funds for youth and children at risk. The first two races B.4km and 5.3 km are competitive races, and prizes will be awarded to
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      • QUICK NEWS
        • 299 67 SIX special participants from the Philippines joined the annual Camp Rainbow this year. They, as well as 77 local participants, had a rollicking good time yesterday, at the start of the three-day event organised by volunteers for chronically ill children. There
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        • 232 67 WHILE waiting to enter university, two different groups of former Raffles Junior College students have not been idle. They have roped in friends to organise busking festivals the Buskers Festival 2007 and Somethingood for two charities. Both events fall during the week of June 9 to 17.
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        • 221 67 BUY a mattress and do a good deed at the same time. Nova Furnishing Centre, which started its Charity Mattress Fair 2007 yesterday, will donate a mattress to Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society for every mattress worth $699 and above bought at the fair, which ends
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        • 232 67 TO CELEBRATE the completion of its 1,500 th house in Meulaboh at the end of this month, a Christian housing charity will be inviting members of the public to help it set a new Guinness World Record for using the largest number of drink
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        • 154 67 A GROUP of students has teamed up with the Singapore Disability Sports Council to promote volunteerism and support disabled athletes in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and the Asean Para Games in January next year. On July 15, the Student Volunteer Corps (SVC) is holding the
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  • FORUM
    • 455 68  -  Julie Sim (Ms) HEALTH Correspondent Salma Khalik ("Demand for C-class beds at hospitals up sharply"; ST, June 1) observed that Class C patients now formed 40 per cent of public-hospital admissions when it was 27 per cent five years ago. Perhaps alarmed by this observation,
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    • 149 68  -  Yeun Yik Kwong (Mrs) I NEEDED emergency medical attention during a long public-holiday weekend and could not seek a referral from a polyclinic. I was charged as a private, non-sub-sidised patient not just for the initial visit but also for fol-low-ups. I wanted a downgrade
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    • 248 68  -  Jason Chiam Chiah Sern I REFER to the article, "New fee hikes at public hospitals and polyclinics" (ST, May 29). During the Budget debate in April, members of the House were divided over whether to give those on public assistance an increase
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    • 355 68  -  Chan ChingHwee ACCORDING to the report, "Oil firms winding up petrol stations at base of buildings" (ST, May 3), the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) has a new regulation that all new petrol stations have to be at least 100 m away
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    • 254 68  -  Mark Ho Boon Kin Hong Kong WITH increased security at airports worldwide, water/liquids are severely restricted and controlled. Unfortunately, Changi Airport's system handicaps passengers more than those at airports in other world cities. Let me compare Hong Kong and Changi. At Changi, a passenger with
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    • 388 69  -  Lee Chee Van ►►UNIVERSITY ADMISSION I READ with interest recent articles on the difficulty faced by students in getting a place in the three local universities. There is no doubt that our universities are gaining in prestige and academic status and are
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    • 304 69  -  Tan Tor Seng I WAS disappointed when my son, with As in all four subjects (three sciences and mathematics) and distinctions in two "S" papers (one of which was Chemistry) and a B4 in the General Paper, could not obtain a place in
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    • 337 69  -  Ong Cher San MY DAUGHTER scored As and Bs for her A levels but failed to get into the law faculty at NUS and SMU. Neither did she qualify for her second choice accountancy. She was offered her fifth choice. Unless one has excellent
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    • 326 69  -  Perry Lim THE report, "More making it to university over the years: MOE" (ST, May 31), gave the impression that there were contradictions between the Ministry of Education (MOE)'s position on the university places provided for the Academic Year 2007 cohort, and the explanations
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    • 126 69  -  Edwin Kwee I REFER to the letter, "Why nc promotional fares for singles?'' (ST, May 28), by Mr Chew Chee Meng. We offer special fares and promotions periodically, subject tc terms and conditions for each individual fare type. There is always a range of
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  • Page 68 Miscellaneous
    • 94 68 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Why make it tough for Singaporeans to pursue law course? Lawyer should have cleared misconception before publishing criticism Two minutes after closing time, vet refused to see sick dog Health and property deserve priority over
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    • 175 71 Star performance Cleveland Cavaliers' Leßron James scores 48 points in one of the greatest playoff performances in NBA history. PAGE S2O I Vff^^ L^l 11^1 CHRISTOPHER JM SPECIAL '*'s *OU9n bringing up a child with special needs. M npimnTl Services are improving, but parents wish the M VB REPCjRT delivery
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  • SATURDAY
    • SPECIAL KIDS, SPECIAL NEEDS
      • 1417 72 Special education got a push this year with a new masterplan on disability issues. But for parents with special-needs children, the going is still tough because of policy gaps. Chua Mvi Hoong and Radha Basu report THREE-year-olds are usually babblers and active communicators. So
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      • 313 73  -  CHUAMUIHOONG AUTISM WHEN Christopher Cheong was diagnosed with autism at age three, he was offered a course of four to six individual therapy sessions at a government unit. "That's not enough. My son needed treatments with more intensity," said his mother, Ms Eunice Tan, 41,
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      • 820 73 How many children have special needs? A check with nine groups suggests there are over 52,000 children aged 18 and below with one of the following disabilities: AUTISM 4,550 Autism or autism spectrum disorder is a development disorder. Autistic people often have problems with social interaction
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      • 324 74  -  RADHA BASU VISUALLY IMPAIRED DICKSON Tan, 12, loves to read, scored an A* and an A in his Primary School Leaving Examination and has even acted in a movie. The bubbly boy sees himself as no different from his peers
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      • 1119 74  -  Radha Basu From hiring special-needs officers to building wheelchair ramps, the Ministry of Education has launched a series of initiatives to help special-needs children cope in its schools By] WHEN lessons began earlier this year, a class of seven-year-olds at Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) would
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      • 231 74  -  RAD HA BASU MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TWENTY- four-year-old Cai Zhenquan cannot walk. But he has never let disability define his life. In 2000, he topped the O levels in Dunearn Secondary with five Als. A newly qualified computer engineer from the National University of Singapore, he
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      • 812 76  -  !rwin Yeo special schools There are 21 special schools in Singapore taking care of 4,500 students with special needs. They are state-funded but mostly run by voluntary welfare organisations which also tap on the expertise of volunteers and raise their own funds.
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      • 399 76 IRWIN YEO AUTISM WHEN Daniel Ong first went to Pathlight School for Primary 2 classes, he would lie down on the floor during morning assembly and run away from class for no reason. The former Lakeside Primary School pupil was diagnosed with autism
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      • 395 77  -  CHUAMUIHOONG AUTISM MRS Lisze Lee (below) is a name known among parents of autistic children and for good reason. In her 12 years raising son Alex, she has become a walking resource on a range of therapies and treatments
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      • 1287 78  -  Radha Basu > the gaps GAP 1: EARLY INTERVENTION The early years up to age seven are considered critical for the development of children with special needs. Unfortunately, services in this segment of special education are not ideal By There has been a steady
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      • 705 78  -  Chua Mvi Hoong GAP 2: POLICY TANGLE COMMENTARY BY GETTING information for this package was tough. For one thing, three different ministries were involved. I wanted global statistics on the number of children with special needs diagnosed each year, or better still,
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      • 686 79  -  Chua Mvi Hoong Irwin Yeo GAP 3: MONEY MATTERS Therapy costs are a big headache for many parents with special-needs children. Private services are expensive while state-provided services are cheaper, but the wait is long By SPEECH therapy: public sector, $33; private sector, $120. Housewife
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  • INSIGHT SATURDAY
    • 1782 80 By 2030, one in five Singaporeans will be aged 65 and above. According to surveys, many older Singaporeans do not have enough in their savings to retire on. The solution? Work longer. But what does that mean for employees and employers? Aaron Low finds out LIFELONG
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    • 529 80 IN SOME countries, the average life expectancy of people is less than 60 years. But 60 years is exactly how long Mr Low Kirn Bock, 78, has been working for. And he has no plans of stopping anytime soon.
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    • 494 80 MR WILLIAM Lim readily admits that employing older workers is not cheap. The 47-year-old chief executive of curry puff maker Old Chang Kee says medical insurance for older workers sets him back by at least $20,000 a
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    • 1062 81  -  Chua Lee Hoong THINKING ALOUD By Review Editor MALAYSIA'S plan to develop south Johor into a thriving metropolis called the Iskandar Development Region (IDR) is a most intriguing idea. Brilliant, in fact, as I said to an official from Khazanah, Malaysia's Temasek equivalent,
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    • 28 80 Good for Singapore, too The plan for south Johor and Danga Bay may seem like competition for Singapore, but it will eventually benefit both sides. PAGE SI 1
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  • SCIENCE
    • 459 82  -  Tania Tan A collaborative study of 40,000 women finds common genetic risk factors By IN THE game of poker, any three cards of a kind is a better hand than a single ace. And the same goes for breast cancer detection, said
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    • 205 82 No longer an ailment confined to passengers of long-hauls flights, deep vein thrombosis is becoming increasingly common in desk-bound office workers. Also known as economy class syndrome, the condition can be fatal with one confirmed death a 44-year-old woman in January this year. Tania Tan looks at
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    • 342 82  -  TAN IA TAN IMAGINE packing 8 metric tonnes of water and four tanks of oxygen for a holiday. Add to that about US$3O,OOO (5545,900) in shipping costs and two 3 cubic metre tanks, and you have a trip to Milan for two bullsharks that is.
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    • SCIENCE SNIPPETS
      • 135 82 DRINKING lots of coffee can help prevent gout in men, according to a study published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. Canadian researchers gathered data on the dietary habits of nearly 50,000 middle-aged and elderly men. They found that men who drank four to
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      • 167 82 THE standard kilogram is defined by a chunk of platinum-irid-ium alloy kept in a vault in France. But some researchers believe that atoms lost or gained by the metal have changed its weight by around O.lmg over the past century. This may cause instruments
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      • 101 82 AUSTRALIAN scientists have discovered that humpback whales actually slow down while singing to attract mates. All whales that sing are males, and they swim more slowly on average than their silent peers to the feeding grounds every migratory season. But a few singers were
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    • 1124 83  - Clinical trials not an open-and-shut case Mak Koon Hou SCIENCE TALK They raise issues and provide further insight into health matters By IN TODAY'S information age when we are constantly bombarded with a deluge of data the saying "knowledge is power" has never been more true. And given the high
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    • 448 84 IN 2001, soon after United States President George W. Bush had taken office, his then chief of staff Andrew Card said: "The emperor Kyoto was running around for a long time and he was naked. It took President Bush to say, 'The guy doesn't have any
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    • 2040 84 The following is excerpted from a speech made yesterday by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the 6th International Institute of Strategic Studies' Asia Security Conference in Singapore AS A huge wave of optimism sweeps over Asia from China to India, it is not
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    • 984 85  -  John Mcßeth INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS By Senior Writer In Jakarta JAKARTA'S Governor Sutiyoso awoke from a late afternoon nap in his Sydney hotel room earlier this week to find a police sergeant and a police officer standing over him, demanding that he appear at a coroner's
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    • 862 85  -  William Pesek Bloomberg News »CHINA'S ECONOMIC RISE By IT IS oddly fitting that 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik programme. Just as US lawmakers panicked over the Soviet Union's 1957 space launch, they are overstating the effects of China's
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    • 1165 86  -  Ban Xi Moon UN CHIEF BAN XI MOON LOOKS AHEAD By MY EXPERIENCE, each morning, may not be unlike yours. We pick up our newspapers or turn on the TV in New York, Lagos or Jakarta and peruse a daily digest of human suffering. Lebanon. Darfur.
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    • 975 87  -  Barry Hing Barry Hing is a Sydney-based writer. HISTORY AND SOCIETY By For The Straits Times IN AN episode of the Australian version of the reality TV show Big Brother, a participant asked her fellow contestants, all 20--somethings, with great earnestness: "Was there a World War II
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    • 1441 88  -  Andrew Lam CULTURE AND ASSIMILATION By MY SISTER and I were strolling down Larkin Street in San Francisco recently when a pungent, salty aroma wafted from an open window above. I was just about to name the dish when a couple ahead of
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    • 859 89  -  Janice Tay LETTER FROM KYOTO By FOR a slice of life in Japan, try the bakeries. I've been going into every one I see in my neighbourhood because the supermarkets don't stock brown bread. I read somewhere that it's because the Japanese like bread the same
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  • SPORTS
    • 724 90 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL He fulfils potential, scoring 29 of Cays' last 30 points to give them 3-2 lead Auburn Hills (Michigan) MINUTE after hypnotic minute, Leßron James lifted into the air. Every time his feet hit the ground a split second before his improbable jumpers
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    • 285 90 Michael Jordan 1998 NBA Finals, Game 6 Chicago Bulls 87 Utah Jazz 86 With Chicago trailing by three points in the final minute, Jordan first scored on a drive. Then he stripped the ball from Karl Malone before making the game-winning shot a 20-footer
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    • 250 90 LOS ANGELES TIMES Los Angeles BEFORE Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss left for a vacation in China on Thursday, he promised a frustrated Kobe Bryant that he would do everything to better the National Basketball Association's most glamorous team. The conversation took
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    • 633 91 SOCCER He will probably be the champions' last signing for new season after £50m spree London NO MORE big signings. That was the message from Manchester United chief executive David Gill after leaving Premiership rivals trailing with a transfer spree of more than £50
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    • 390 91 London JOSE Mourinho's future at Chelsea is again in doubt following claims by Luiz Felipe Scolari that he has been offered the Stamford Bridge post. Speculation about who will be in charge at Chelsea next season has not died down since the end of the
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    • 338 91 ASSOCIATED PRESS London CLAUDIO Ranieri is already planning for life with Manchester City. He quit as Parma boss on Thursday, after helping the Italian club avoid relegation from Serie A. He has set his sights high, boasting he wants to raise City to
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
      • 81 91 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Manchester United are trying to organise an alternative friendly match, after being forced to call off next month's pre-sea-son game in Malaysia. The Red Devils were due to play in Kuala Lumpur on July 27 to celebrate the country's 50th anniversary of
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      • 61 91 LONDON: Scott Parker will join West Ham in a £7 million (5521.1 million) deal after Tottenham failed in a late bid to hijack the move. The Hammers have agreed a fee with Newcastle for the 26-year-old midfielder, although the transfer will not be completed until
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      • 60 91 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: France midfielder Florent Malouda insists he is on the brink of leaving Lyon for Liverpool. He said: "I'm on my way out. I've spoken to the Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas. I was clear. I've told him the clubs that are interested me. For
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    • 602 92 TODAY Group A Kazakhstan v Armenia Azerbaijan v Poland Finland v Serbia Belgium v Portugal Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 2.40 am Group B Lithuania v Georgia France v Ukraine Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 2.55 am Faroe Islands v Italy Group C Bosnia v Turkey Norway v Malta Greece v Hungary
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    • 346 92 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS But stakes remain high as France host Ukraine in battle for the top spot Paris LEADING strikers Thierry Henry and Andriy Shevchenko may be missing from France's Euro 2008 qualifier at home to Ukraine. But the stakes are high today as the sides
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    • 100 92 ESTONIA are getting ready to ambush England on Wednesday in their Euro 2008 qualifier. Defender Raio Piiroja believes his side can get a draw, despite failing to pick up a point, or score a goal, in five Group E matches. "Our
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    • 382 92 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Milan AN UNDER-STRENGTH Italy visit the Faroe Islands today, knowing that getting less than three points would severely dent their hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008. The world champions would look extremely foolish if they failed to polish off a side
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    • 301 92 REUTERS Madrid UNCAPPED Roberto Soldado is determined to grasp his chance in Spain's Group F European Championship qualifier against Latvia today. With Fernando Torres out injured, Soldado is strongly tipped to get a run-out. Said the 22-year-old Osasuna striker: "We all know what Fernando means to this team.
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    • 226 92 ASSOCIATED PRESS Frankfurt GERMANY will not be out to break any records today when they play San Marino in a European Championship qualifying game. "It's not about a record, it's about a fast, good game," coach Joachim Loew said ahead of the match in Nuremberg. Germany won 13-0
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    • 247 92 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sydney AUSTRALIA coach Graham Arnold wants his World Cup players, including new captain Lucas Neill, to lead by example when they take on Uruguay in a friendly today. Neill was confirmed as captain yesterday for the match at the Olympic
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    • 297 92 ASSOCIATED PRESS Brussels PORTUGAL will need to start playing like World Cup semi-finalists today, if they want to make Euro 2008. They are second in Group A, but a loss to Belgium at the King Baudouin Stadium would leave them with a real struggle
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    • 920 93  -  Steve Slater »IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT By LAST weekend, McLaren should have been celebrating one of the high points in the team's illustrious history. They had dominated the one race every team want so much to win scoring a one-two victory
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    • 353 93 MOTOR RACING Montezemolo, the Ferrari boss, insists the Scuderia will win Canada GP London FERRARI'S Felipe Massa has warned McLaren they are not going to get anymore easy races. The Scuderia were simply blown away by McLaren's pace at last weekend's Monaco Grand
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    • 616 94  -  Terrence Voon BADMINTON But he fails to repeat his q-final form over ex-world No 1 and bows out in s-finals By FOR Singapore teenager Ashton Chen, the Cheers Asian Satellite tournament has never been a happy hunting ground. After all, he had failed to make
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    • 301 94  -  Jeanette Wang SWIMMING By SINGAPORE'S swimmers made a splash at the 31st South-east Asia Age-Group Championships at the Singapore Sports School yesterday. On the opening day of the three-day event, the Republic picked up 11 golds, 12 silvers and five bronzes to lead
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    • 235 94  -  JEANETTE WANG BOWLING SPURRED on by past failure, bowler Gregory Gan bagged not one but two titles at the National Age Group Championships at Orchid Bowl yesterday. The Raffles Institution Secondary 3 student clinched the boys' Un-der-17 Masters title and the Un-der-22 crown a couple
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    • 507 94  -  Carissa Kang By HOIRUL Haffiz is thankful for the school holidays. And it is not just because the 13-year-old Kentridge Secondary School student will be free from his study workload. He is among 1,500 football enthusiasts competing in the four-day adidas +Challenge at the Ngee
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    • 587 95 NEW YORK TIMES »GOLF Eyebrows are raised over Wie's 86 score, dad's behaviour and sudden withdrawal Mount Pleasant (South Carolina) IN HER first tournament since January, Michelle Wie had already sprayed shots into the woods, fished others out of the grass and annoyed partners
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    • 477 95 ASSOCIATED PRESS Dublin (Ohio) TIGER Woods was waiting on the edge of the 10th green when an approach shot from Charley Hoffman whizzed past, missing his head by about a metre. Woods was about the only player who dodged illness or injury at The
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    • 604 96  -  Jeanette Wang BODYBUILDING One-year suspension for ex-trainer of two Malaysian athletes for false allegations in Doha By MALAYSIA'S former Asian Games coach Milos Sarcev has been suspended for a year by the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Pro League for false accusations
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    • 374 96  -  Terrence Voon ATHLETICS By: FOR the first time, Singapore's relay sprinters will be on the starting blocks at one of Asia's biggest athletics meets. The men's 4xloo metres relay team will make their debut at the Asian Grand Prix series, which starts
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    • 313 96  -  TERRENCEVOON SINGAPORE'S former top sprinter U.K. Shyam has every chance of making a comeback at December's South-east Asia Games, according to national coach Hamkah Afik. Even though the 30-year-old did not make the Singapore squad for the Asian Grand Prix series, Hamkah is optimistic of his
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    • 876 96  -  Rob Hughes »IN GOOD CONSCIENCE By FRANKIE Dettori has won everything a man on a horse can win, except for THE byToday, on the unpredictable, undulating Epsom Downs, he makes his 15th attempt to win it. If he does, he will complete the journey that
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 75 96 ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH: Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Larry Zierlein apologised on Thursday for accidentally e-mafling an explicit sex video to numerous National Football League employees. The 61-year-old grandfather said the incident has been difficult for him and his family. He sent a note of
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      • 85 96 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALAMEDA (California): When Oakland Raiders receiver Jerry Porter switched his number this off-season, he said he was ready for a new start and a new attitude after feuding last season with former coach Art Shell. But Porter is not willing to pay for
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    • 590 96 BASEBALL MLB: Cleveland 11 Detroit 5, Washington 11 LA Dodgers 4, San Diego 4 Pittsburgh 2(11 innings), Toronto 2 Chicago White Sox 0, NY Mets 4 San Francisco 2, Houston 10 Cincinnati 2, Milwaukee 4 Florida 3, St Louis 7 Colorado 3, Baltimore 6 LA Angels 2, Seattle 9
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    • 445 97 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ►>TENNIS Serb underlines her credentials for the women's title with high-quality win Paris JELENA Jankovic underlined her credentials for the French Open crown by overpowering Venus Williams 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in a high-quality third-round tie yesterday. Men's top seed Roger Federer, meanwhile, had
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    • 868 97 ASSOCIATED PRESS SATURDAY FEATURE Paris THE American men are gone from the French Open, all nine of them disappearing in the unfriendly red dust after the first round. It is the first time at any Grand Slam tournament since the 1973 Australian Open that no
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    • 179 97 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CYCLING Copenhagen FORMER Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis has been thrown out of Danish sports' Hall of Fame. Riis, the manager of the CSC team, recently ended years of speculation over his involvement in doping. He admitted he had used
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    • 182 96 International Football Australia Uruguay Sat, 02/06/07 6.00pm Euro Champ 2008 Wales Czech Republic Sat, 02/06/07 10.00pm Euro Champ 2008 Finland Serbia Sun,o3/06/07 12.15 am Euro Champ 2008 Bosnia Turkey Sun,o3/06/07 2.00 am Euro Champ 2008 Denmark Sweden Sun,o3/06/07 2.00 am Euro Champ 2008 Belarus Bulgaria Sun,o3/06/07 2.00 am Euro Champ
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    • 90 96 TV times BASEBALL MLB: Dodgers v Pirates (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 7am). GOLF: The Memorial: Day 3 (Delayed, Ch2l, tomorrow, sam). SOCCER: International friendly: Australia v Uruguay (Live, Ch2l, 6pm). Euro 2008 qualifiers: Wales v Czech Republic (Live, Ch2l, 9.55pm), Germany v San Marino (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 12.55 am), Belgium v
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      142 97 jfipT Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life. ff Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies." ~W i 1 John 11:25 PETER CHUA KEE YOKE Age: 83 Was called home to be with the Lord on 1 June 2007. Leaving behind all loved ones: Wife:
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      76 97 ARTHUR LIM HOCK PAR I Age: 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 31 May 2007 Sadly missed by: Catherine Lee, Lim Hock Keng, Lim Say Kiow, I nephews, nieces and loved ones, j Wake is held at St. Joseph's Church, Victoria Street. Tel: *****188 Mass will
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      62 97 SARASWATHI DIO KUMARASAMY Age: 53 Passed away peacefully on 31-5-07 Sadly missed by loved ones. Husband: Roch Doss Daughters: Sons-in-law: Anitha Usha Sree Murugan Vinod Stella Prema Stephen Grandsons: Thiyeshdaran, Giridaran and brothers, sisters and ajl relatives Dearest mother is resting at BLK 722, #02-299 YISHUN ST 71 HP: *****3761
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      56 97 anbe sivam X G SUNDHARAVEL (ex PSA Staff) Age:67 Departed on 1-6-07 Sadly missed by: Wife: PRSaraswathy Sons: S Ganesan, S Murugesan Daughters: S Valli &13 Devanay Son-in-law: P Katna Daughters-in-law: Selvarani, A D Saraswathy all Grandchildren, Relatives Friends. Cortege leaves today, 2-6-07,4pm, from BLK 1098 ,#l4-95 DEPOTRD TEL: *****4131
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      89 97 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA The family of the late SARATHAMBALD/O V.KANDASAMY Departed on 18 May 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Karumathi Prayers will be held on 2
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      200 97 LIM KWAI Age 85 passed away peacefully on 31 May 2007, leaving behind loved ones Husband: (Koh Guan Liew, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Koh Lim Seng, Jimmy Goh Jeannie (Koh Beng Choo, deceased) Koh Beng Lai, David Lim Choon Kiow, Maria Koh Hai Seng Tan Beng Mong Daughters: Sons-in-law: Koh Che
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      147 97 j§# "Surely goodness and mercy shall m follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever." Psalm 23:6 TENG BOON CHAI, DAVID Age: 68 was called Home to be with the Lord on 31 May 2007 at 9.42 pm.
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      86 97 •TheiatDlsmshephentlskillnotmnr Psalm 23:1 KATHERINE LAURA LOW Age: 42 was called home to be wffli the Lord on 1 June 2007 kmmgbehM fared ones. Mother Beatrice Roberts Low Sons: David Stephen Rodrigues Daniel Vincent Rodrigues Brother: Benjamin Stephen Roberts And All Beloved Relatives Wake is held at Blk 341 Übi Aye
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      117 98 will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in Him I will trust" Psalm 91:2 YVONNE ZUNG Age: 65 was called Home to be with the Lord on 30 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved Husband Ronald Zung Daughter
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      118 98 AL FATIHAH ALLAHYARHAM I HAJISONNI KHADER SYED (S.K. SYED) Age: 83 I passed away peacefully on 27 May 2007 (Sunday). I ■Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones J Beloved Wife: Salmah Bivi Brother: Mydeen Pillay Family I Sons: Daughters-in-law: Sahul Hamed Ramiza Bee Mohamed Hussain RashidaYasmin i Mydeen
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      158 98 > LIM MEE LEE LIM BEE LAY Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 1 June 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Tan Yew Sum Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Beng Hock Luan Somngon Roy Tan Beng Seng Lily Peh Joe Tan Beng Hoe Serene Wong Godson: Loh Chor
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      41 98 The Family Of The Late LIM GEOK CHUR Departed on 25 May 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      30 98 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to OUR DIRECTOR MR RONALD ZUNG on the demise of his beloved wife YVONNE ZUNG FROM: MANAGEMENT STAFF OF V AND Z INVESTMENT PTE LTD
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      89 98 VELOO GOVINDAMMAL Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 31.05.2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: (Nadasan, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Jeyabal Saraswathy Veerappan (Mayandi) Thanapakiam Loganathan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Parvathy Yitteraji Suseela Niece: Arunaa Grandchildren: Grandchildren-in-law: Vickneskumar Agnes Sivagami Kumaran S.P Mageswari Kumaran R.N Meenachi Puvana Great-grandchildren: Durgai Dashini
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      120 98 ANBE !i SIVAM VLETCHEMEE Age: 75 Passed away peacefully on 1 June 2007. Dearly missed by loved ones. Husband: Sundrum Sanasee Sons: Daughters-in-law: S Arunasalam Pillay Mohd Zaini Zahara Bte Mohd Daud Philips Roy Sanasee Sushila Dcvi Krishnan Stephen Vijay Sanasee Catherine Joseph Sundrum Sanasee Kailasabathy Rukmuni Ramasamy Ganesan Karuppiah
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    • 344 100 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington JOBS growth in the United States accelerated, consumers spent more and a measure of prices was little changed, showing the economy is recovering from its slowdown without a surge in inflation. Payrolls increased last month by 157,000, more
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    • 219 100 NEW YORK TIMES Austin (Texas) DELL will eliminate about 8,800 jobs over the next year, paring its global workforce by 10 per cent and taking another dramatic step in its months-long campaign to reignite revenues and profits. The largest
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    • 34 100 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,958.88 (+83.13 points) »Japanese stocks gained 0.47 per cent to hit a fresh threemonth high, as the weak yen boosted export-oriented issues and the tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced overnight.
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    • 33 100 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,360.07 (+13.18 points) Malaysian stocks gained 0.98 per cent on follow-through buying in line with regional gains. Volume was 848.42 million shares worth RM1.95 billion (*****.3 million).
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      40 100 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,570.75 (+26.29 points) »Indian share prices rose 0.18 per cent in choppy trade, a day after the government announced that the economy grew a f aster-tha n-expected 9.4 per cent in the year to March.
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    • 37 100 AFP Yesterday's close: 753.93 (+16.53 points) Tha i stocks gained 2.24 per cent to a 12-month high, as investors welcomed a court ruling disbanding ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's party and barring him from politics.
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    • 493 101  -  David Pauly BLOOMBERG NEWS COMMENTARY By In New York INVESTMENT banking is a wonderful business. First, persuasive bankers in New York and London promote takeovers, earning millions of dollars for their advice. To complete the deals, investment firms load the companies with
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    • 569 101 REUTERS Nervous retail investors sell off shares on talk of a possible capital gains tax Shanghai CHINA'S jittery stock market tumbled yesterday in response to rumours that Beijing planned to impose a stock capital gains tax or take
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    • 445 102  -  Karamjit Kaur Air India and Indian Airlines will own 51% of new entity while SIA unit will hold the rest By Aviation Correspondent AIR India and Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) are planning a third joint-venture firm to provide ground-handling services at Hyderabad's new
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    • 402 102 BLOOMBERG NEWS Canberra MR JAMES Packer, Australia's richest man, has sold a further 25 per cent stake in his Nine television network and magazine publisher to buyout firm CVC Asia Pacific, relinquishing control of the media empire that his grandfather founded in 1933. CVC
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    • 321 102 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS Bangkok SHIN Satellite (Shin Sat), Thailand's only commercial satellite operator, plans to sell part of its telecommunications investments in Laos and Cambodia to Singapore's Asia Mobile Holdings for US$2OO million (Ss3o6 million). The proceeds from the stake sale
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    • 730 104  -  Fiona Chan HSR says it has used the tagline for its ads but PropNex claims it should be the biggest agency here By Property Reporter WHICH is the biggest of them all? Property agencies, that is. The honour of being able to claim
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    • 483 104  -  Nicholas Fang By YELLOW Pages has confirmed that no reason had been given for a call to remove all of its independent directors two weeks ago. The directory publisher told the Singapore Exchange in response to a query that directors Stanley
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    • 285 104  -  Erica Tay By FORMER newspaper editor Mano Sabnani has been appointed executive director of Novena Holdings, a listed company which recently sold its furniture business. Mr Sabnani, 57, who was editor-in-chief of freesheet Today from 2003 until late last year, had been on
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    • 567 105  -  Gabriel Chen TAKING STOCK STI shrugs off regional concerns over Chinese market to set new intra-day record high By INVESTORS came back with a vengeance after the Vesak Day holiday, shrugging off more losses in Shanghai to snap up anything from
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    • 291 105  -  Ng Sook Zhen By FIRST Reit announced yesterday that it will add a $12.8 million nursing home to its portfolio. The Lentor Residence a 148-bed home with a gross floor area of almost 3,000 sq m is the third nursing home
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    • 382 105  -  Lee Su Shyan »PLAYOFTHE WEEK By SHARES of commodities firm 01am International dropped yesterday, after its rival bidder for Queensland Cotton fired in a higher offer. It all looks like a protracted takeover battle is looming, something that always spooks
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    • 721 106  -  Lee Su Shyan New battleground drawn up amid shrinking numbers of IPOs from China By Companies Correspondent OLD rivals Singapore and Hong Kong stock exchanges are back in combat mode, aiming to secure the latest glittering prize Vietnam listings. Both exchanges want
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    • 245 106  -  FIONA CHAN $306 M REFINERY PLAN ABORTED CONCORD Refinery has pulled out of plans to build a new plant, known as a condensate splitter, on Jurong Island more than a year after announcing the first new refinery investment here in a long time. The
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    • 83 107 LIVING HER ROYAL HIGHNESS MOTORING HARRY'S CASTLE Julie Andrews is true Funkycolours A new Harry Potter Hollywood royalty for Mini One theme park in Florida I Bu fj A lira Tl A A m., I I y/ Giorgio Armani fans can now live it up like the Italian JJ maestro.
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    • 633 108 LAT-WP In 2009, Potter fans will be able to ride through Hogwarts castle and Hogsmeade village and buy Butterbeer in Hogshead Tavern HARRY Potter will soon be working his wizardry in Florida with a Bha attraction that could spawn Hogwarts castles at theme parks
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    • 483 109 Berita Harian, Bernama, NST Kasma Booty, 75, star of the 1950s and *****, was also known as the Elizabeth Taylor of Malaysia K1 UALA LUMPUR Veteran Malay actress Kasma Booty, 75, died at around 2am yesterday at the Ampang Hospital here, Malaysia's Berita Harian Online reported.
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    • 409 109 Reuters LOS ANGELES The singer in The Police jumps like a "petulant pansy", the drummer is making a "complete hash", and who knows what the guitarist is doing? Notes from a bitter critic? Actually, it's a disarmingly frank concert review from the aforementioned drummer
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    • 595 110  -  June Cheong Young dance choreographers here get to experiment with the cutting edge at a showcase titled Forward Moves ARTS REPORTER CHOREOGRAPHER Ricky Sim buried himself in biology and medicine textbooks over the last few months and even discussed X-ray technology with doctor friends. The 37-year-old artistic
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    • 510 110  -  Stephanie Yap > concert OPTICAL IDENTITY Theatre Cryptic and Tang Quartet Drama Centre Theatre Last Thursday ARTS REPORTER WHEN director Cathie Boyd said she hoped audiences would come away from Optical Identity "saying they have never experienced something like that before", she meant business. In this revolutionary concert
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    • 208 110 HELLO cheries, I have to say that I'm thoroughly enjoying myself at the Singapore Arts Festival, meeting all sorts of kooks, oops, I mean idiosyncratic people from all over the world. Take a certain Japanese art group, which is well-known for inventing elaborate musical instruments
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      543 111  -  Dawn Lim Composer Zechariah Goh Toh Chai mines a rich vein of ideas from the East and West for a new concerto COMPOSER Zechariah Goh Toh Chai is an accomplished musician who can play the piano, saxophone, trumpet and recorder. He can't, however, play the marimba, which is
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    • 506 111 Reuters LONDON Going under the knife is not compulsory but being sculpted as the perfect lookalike sure helps in Britain's burgeoning tribute-band business. Get an Elvis nose job, have a Michael Jackson facelift or fit Freddie Mercury false teeth and Psycho Management will lap
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      • 1065 112  -  Tay Suan Chiang Luxury Italian label Armani is opening its first standalone home furnishings store in South-east Asia here DESIGN CORRESPONDENT IT HAD to happen: From lounging around in fashion designers' designer clothes, you can now lounge around on fashion designers' designer lounges. The latest
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      • 276 114 Home Collection by Bottega Veneta Takashimaya Level 2 Designed by the label's creative director Tomas Maier, the pieces in this year's collection include mirrors, a tray table and a library table (right). Some pieces also come in the label's signature weave. The items are not sold at
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      • 550 115 Reuters With a tribute album and the original to be available soon for download, the Beatles' Lonely Hearts Club will never be short of members after four decades LONDON When asked for permission to use her likeness on a Beatles album cover, Mac West
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        83 116 'A stable or zoo is better. At least you have a donkey that carries a load and a cow that provides milk' Afghan Membei of Parliament Malalai Joya (right) describing the parliament. She was suspended last week for her remarks 'On the outside I might look like King Kong,
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      • 939 116 AP She may have lost her singing voice, but Julie Andrews is happy writing children's books and doing voice roles LOS ANGELES Julie Andrews has been Hollywood royalty for decades. Lately, she's had the parts to prove it, with queenly roles in The Princess Diaries and Shrek
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        622 117  -  Lee Nian Tjoe The One may be the least powerful car in the Mini range, but it still lets the driver have some fun ORANGE, peach, pink, purple or blue? No, we are not choosing the colour for the baby's room but the ambient colour for the Mini's
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        683 118  -  Raymond Lai Honda raises the bar in the hot hatch genre with the fiesty new Civic Type R NINE years is a long time. And that's how long it has been since Honda's official representative here had a Type R model in its line-up. During this period,
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      • 59 118  -  Lee Nian Tjoe How often should I rotate my car's tyres? The front and rear tyres of a car are subjected to different amounts of load. To even out the wear and prolong their service life, it is advisable to have their positions rotated at 10,000 km intervals. Any
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        274 119  -  LeeNianTjoe Refreshed Picanto KIA will be unveiling the updated version of its popular 1.1-litre hatchback at the Barcelona motor show on June 7. Strictly a cosmetic makeover, the updated Picanto (above) receives a new nose, lights and bumpers. The interior has also been freshened up slightly. The facelifted model
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        582 120  -  Tay Suan Chiang This nostalgia-seeking couple found their perfect match in a groovy HDB flat that is a blast from the past Home owners Benson Lim and Fiona Foo gatecrashed a house party last year, and ended up buying the place. "We were looking for a home and
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        122 122 Got a place you'd like featured? E-mail your pictures to stlife@sph.com.sg designitem THESE lead-free crystal candle holders from Zwiesel 1872 are so pretty it is hard to stop at just buying one. Produced by German company Zwiesel Kristallglas, each Zwiesel 1872 item is handmade, by a team of
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      • 853 124  -  Calvin Low With its modern-looking extension, the Central Fire Station at Hill Street shows how a national monument can be updated without losing its historical identity urbanscrawl DESIGNING an extension to a gazetted national monument is a ponderous proposition. How does an architect assert the identity
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      • 329 125  -  Tay Suan Chiang Osim, Creative Technology and Meiban Group are lauded for excellence in product design THREE local firms Osim, Creative Technology and Meiban Group have won the prestigious red dot design award this year. The award is one of the most coveted design
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      • 582 126 If you are a beginner gardener looking to develop some green fingers, start with plants like the calathea (right) that are fuss-free and hardy I want to cultivate a green thumb but do not know where to start. Where can I get some gardening help? Beginners can
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      • 158 130 HONG KONG Chinese actor Li Yapeng has reportedly sent lawyers' letters to websites which reported rumours that he and his singer wife Faye Wong were splitting up. Ming Pao Daily News said he was unhappy with the reports, which sprang from gossip in the blogosphere and
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      • 143 130 HERE he comes, the beautiful one. Brett Anderson, former frontman of British band Suede, will perform his old hits and new songs in Singapore on Aug 16. Following Suede's disbandment, he and another ex-member, Bernard Butler, released a record in 2004 titled Here Come The Tears.
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      • 99 130 CABLE viewers will be able to catch Tony Leung Ka Fai's gangster character in Election firing away at his underlings in Cantonese tomorrow. The Johnnie To crime drama will be the first film shown on Star Chinese Movies (Star Hub Channel 62) in the dual-language
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      • 188 130 LOS ANGELES A young Michael Jackson's 1960s card identifying him as a Motown Records artiste sold for US$9,OOO (S$13,800) yesterday, the final day of a big auction of his musical family's memorabilia. The auction in a Las Vegas hotel-casino also sold off a 1984
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      • 59 130 FRENCH ACTOR DIES: French actor Jean-Claude Brialy, an emblematic figure of the New Wave film movement, died in his Paris home following a long battle with cancer. He was 74... PARIS ADS SUSPENDED: South Korean sportswear brand Fila Korea will suspend its Paris Hilton advertisements while the American celebrity
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