The Straits Times, 29 June 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 126 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 FRIDAY, JUNE 29 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Land-use intensity: No sudden changes
    608 1  -  Lydia Lim Mah dismisses talk of increase in plot ratios; there's enough land for next 10-15 years By Senior Political Correspondent THE Government has no plans for a major exercise to raise plot ratios anytime soon. In the lead-up to next year's announcement of the
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    Lock icon In S'pore: 11,660 new millionaires
    608 1  -  Alvin Foo By SINGAPORE'S population of United States dollar millionaires surged by a staggering 21.2 per cent last year to 66,660 the fastest growth rate of any nation in the world. The dramatic boost in the membership of this once highly exclusive club came amid
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    Lock icon SPH absorbs two-point GST hike
    131 1 YOUR copy of The Straits Times and Sunday Times will cost the same after July 1. Media giant Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has been absorbing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) since it was implemented in 1994. And the company will continue to do so
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon The going's been good for HK – mostly
      1116 1  - The going's been good for HK mostly VINCF (JI()N(; By Hong Kong Correspond CHINA'S top leader Hu Jintao arrives in Hong Kong today to grancelebrations marking the city's 10th anniversary under Chinese rule on July 1. His final task in the city whju he leaves on Sunday will be to
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    • IN A FLASH
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        54 2 Hu's political victory Chinese President Hu Jintao has won the political consensus he needs to write his credo into the CCP's charter. PAGE 10 Viral fever grips India More than 17,000 cases of chikungunya have been reported and the WHO expects to see even more cases as the monsoon
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        26 2 No varsrV, reform The French government has given in to pressure from student unions and revised its plan to give universities more independence. PAGE 27
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        32 2 A jewel repolished Hong Kong a decade after the return to Chinese sovereignty is flourishing and at peace with itself It should be working towards an even better future. PAGE 28
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        24 2 Jusuf for president? Rumours are rife that Indonesian VicePresident Jusuf Kalla will challenge Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the 2009 elections. PAGE 28
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        76 2 No rise in graft Official figures show that despite having more foreigners here, the corruption level in Singapore has not risen. PAGE HI Businesses absorb GST A slew of businesses have announced that they will absorb the 2 per cent GST increase for up to six months PAGE H3
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        61 2 Duty of care Reader says the onus is on the banks to prove they were not negligent when paying the forged cheques presented by St John Home's employee. PAGE Hl6 Assault on bus drivers Reader queries why the police will investigate all cases of bus drivers being assaulted, but
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        20 2 Mexico stuns Brazil Mexico beat defending champion Brazil in the Copa America vith a stunning 2-0 victory. PAGE Hl7
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        24 2 Interest on late refund From July 1, Iras will have to pay taxpayers an intere: late refunds made after 30 days. PAGE H3O
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Farrer Court sold ior record $1.3b
      610 3  -  Joyce Teo Owners of 618 units will get $2.15 m each; buyer Capita Land plans 36-storey condo By Property Correspondent PROPERTY giant Capita Land is paying $1.3388 billion for the snrawling Farrer Court estate the biggest lump sum ever shelled out for a residential
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      Lock icon SAF defence chief promoted to rank of lieutenant-general
      520 3  -  Teh Joo Lin By THE Chief of Defence Force, Ma-jor-General Desmond Kuek Bak Chye, 43, was promoted to Lieu-tenant-General, a three-star rank, yesterday. He leads the list of officers to move up in this year's Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) promotion exercise. Two
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      Lock icon Dengue at worrying level, warns Malaysia
      390 4  -  Chow Kum Hor Cambodia appeals for urgent help; 138 children dead in first 6 months By Malaysia Correspondent IN KUALA LUMPUR DENGUE is becoming deadlier in the region with growing numbers of cases reported in at least two countries other than Singapore. Malaysia said
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      Lock icon Lover wants to kill me, her note says
      556 4 LETTER FROM MURDERED MONGOLIAN PRODUCED IN COURT By Carolyn Hong Malaysia Bureau Chief INSHAHALAM A MURDERED Mongolian interpreter wrote a note before she was murdered accusing her Malaysian lover Abdul Razak Baginda of planning to kill her, ncr cousin told a Malaysian
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      31 4 Changing Microsoft mm Steve Ballmer on his aim to make the software giant into an advertising and consumer electronics conglomerate. In the Raffles Conversation tomorrow SHOCKING DRAMA AT EAST COAST ROAD
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon KL to crack down on third-party fund-raisers
      741 6  -  Chow Kum Hor Tales abound of conmen making off with money raised for charities By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur LAST year, a man introduced himself as a "professional fund-raiser" to pastor Alvin Tan and offered to collect RMIOO,OOO (5544,300) for the latter's
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      Lock icon Proposed changes to rules
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      Lock icon DESERT INVASION
      1713 8  -  Tracy Quek By In Minqin (Gansu Province) population spike during the 1950s and 1960s as well as the cities and 22 reservoirs upstream that divert most of Minqin's water for the county's severe land degradation and water shortage. While the people who call this inhospitable place home acknowledge
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      Lock icon Desertification threatens two billion people: UN report
      109 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS DESERTIFICATION represents the "greatest environmental challenge of our times", and governments must tackle it or face mass migrations of people driven from their degraded homelands, a new UN report warned yesterday. About two billion people one-third of the earth's population are
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      Lock icon Native sons return to save their land
      613 9  -  Tracy Quek By l\ Minqin (GANSU Prov;..vJE) THEY may have left Minqin years ago. but the desert and the toll it is taking on the place of their birth are problems that stay on their minds. In Gansu province's Lanzhou city, 360kir ?uth
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      Lock icon TIME TO ACT NOW
      909 9  -  Nirmal Ghosh NEWS ANALYSIS Only concerted action and political will can save the world from drastic climate effects By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THE political climate has changed on the issue of global warming in recent times, but turning the growing public interest in the issue
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Hu close to getting pet doctrine into party charter
        601 10  -  Ciiua Chin Hon Formal acceptance would boost his push for 'scientific development 1 By China Bureau Chief In Beijing PRESIDENT Hu Jintao has a major political victory in his sights as he accelerates efforts to write his pet ideological credo into
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        Lock icon Latest food safety scare: Pigs force-fed wastewater
        421 10 Beijing CHINESE police raided a village where ni^s were force-fed wastewate.- to increase their weight before they are slaughtered, state media saia yesterday. Four trucks packed with 80 pigs were found by Beijing police on Wednesday in a vacant lot on the southern
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        Lock icon US to allow Annette Lu to transit twice
        236 10 REUTERS Taipei THE United States will let Taiwan': Vice-Presi-dent Annette Lv transit twice in California next month on her way to and from Latin America, a Taiwanese official said yesterday, a move likely to anger China. Washington's decision came as US lawmak
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Former Japanese premier Miyazawa dies at age 87
        683 12  -  Kwan Weng Kin Lawmakers pay the highest tribute to man who held many top government posts By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo FORMER prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa, who ruled as Japan's bubble economy entered a downturn in the early *****, died yesterday at
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        Lock icon Chen wants back graft case evidence
        340 12  -  Ong Hwee Hwfk By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWANESE President Chen Shui-bian yesterday demanded the return of evidence seized by prosecutors in connection with an on-going graft trial involving his wife Wu Shu-chen. The move is likely to affect the high-pi otile trial, which
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        Lock icon UN team off to N. Korean nuclear reactor
        216 12 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Seoul A TEAM of United Nations inspectors travelled yesterday to North Korea's key nuclear reactor to assess the size of the task they will face in monitoring its shutdown under a nuclear dis.n ma men t deal. It is
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon India hit by major viral fever outbreak
        459 13  -  P. Jayaram More than 17 f OOO cases of chikungunya reported, and the worst is yet to come 1 By hid'a Correspondent In Nhw Delhi A MAJOR outbreak of chikungunya, i debilitating mosquito-borne viral fever, has hit India following the onset of the
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        Lock icon Stranded Pakistanis rescued as rain eases
        259 13 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE QUETTA MILITARY helicopters plucked flood-hit Pakistanis From rooftops yesterday as bad weather began to clear after a cyclone that officials said had affected 800,000 people. Relief officials said Cyclone Yemyin, which made landfall on Pakistan's southern coast on Tuesday had killed
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    • SOUTHEAST ASIA
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        Lock icon S'pore, Brunei 'need to keep nurturing ties'
        532 14  -  Sui-Ann Chia aders must get to know each other, says PM Lee By in Bandak Seri Begawan SINGAPORE'S tits with Brunei go back a long way, but t must keep or nurturing the relationship, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. This can be
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        Lock icon EU bans all Indonesian airlines for being unsafe
        413 14 Brussels ALL Indonesian airlines including national carrier Garuda will be banned from flying to the European Union within a week, the European Commission said yesterday, updating a "blacklist" of carriers deemed unsafe. Indonesian carriers do not currently fly to Europe Garuda ceased
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        Lock icon London asks about Thaksin's assets in Britain
        163 14 Bangkok THE British authorities have asked Thailand's Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) what it plans to do about money held overseas by deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a senior AMLO officer told the Bangkok Post. Mr Apichart Thanomsap, director of the office of examination
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon CUBS A ROARING SUCCESS
        55 15 Barely more than a week old, these lion cubs are still small enough to be handled with ease by undergraduates at the Johor zoo on Wednesday as part of an attachment programme. The cubs are being fed milk fortified with minerals and vitamins to ensure healthy
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        Lock icon JI still poses real threat, says US commander
        484 15  -  Alastair Mclndoe He pledges quicker delivery of military equipment for Philippine forces By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THE United States Pacific commander said that terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) remains a "real" security threat to the region and has pledged to accelerate
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        Lock icon Najib orders Johor police to curb gangsters
        270 15 BERNAMA. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Pilah (Negeri Sembilan) DEPUTY Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak yesterday ordered the police to crack down on gangsterism in Johor, regardless of who was involved. He told reporters after a function near here: "We do not care
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        Lock icon Samy Vellu hits the roof over saggy ceilings
        333 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur WORKS Minister S. Samy Vellu has ordered the country*! Public Works Department to replace .ill acoustic ceilings in government buildings vuth >turdier plaster ones, the New Straits Times (NST) reported yesterday. Lamenting ar>out a saggy ceiling
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Mongolian woman sent threatening notes to Abdul Razak
        610 16  -  Carolyn Hong Notes handwritten in broken English were sent just days before her death By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Shah Alam MURDERED Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu sent five threatening notes to her former lover Abdul Razak Baginda just days before she was
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        Lock icon Altantuya's notes
        326 16 BELOW are murdered Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu's five handwritten notes to Abdul Razak B agin da. The sixth note, excerpts of which are also shown below, was addressed to the Malaysian government, the police, the Mongolian embassy and newspapers: NOTE #1: "Call me now. I'll wait it outside.
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        Lock icon Witness told to read her SMS threat aloud in court
        308 16 fHE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PROSECUTION witness Bur ma a Oyunchimeg sent I threatening SMS to Abdm K.i zak Baginda's private eye I* Balasubramaniam two days at ter her cousin Altantu\.i Shaariibuu went missing hist October. Mr Wong Kian Kheong, lawyer
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Movers and shakers: Key appointments in Britain's new Cabinet
      225 17 Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, 44 Married with two sons, the outgoing Chief Whip is Britain's first female Home Secretary and was one of the so-called "Blair babes" the unprecedented 101 female MPs elected when Mr Tony Biair became PM in 1997.
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      Lock icon Brown makes major Cabinet reshuffle
      634 17  -  Jonathan Eyal New faces in top jobs a sign that his priorities are largely domestic By Straits Tin.es Europe Bureau In London BARELY a day into the job, Britain's new Prime Minister Gordci Brown embarked yesterday on one of the biggest Cabinet reshuffles in the
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      Lock icon PM Lee's message to Brown
      163 17 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sent a congratulatory message to new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and a valedictory message to his predecessor Tony Blair. Here are the messages. "Congratulations on your appointment as Prime Minister. Singapore and Britain share deep historic ties and
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      Lock icon PM Lee's message to Blair
      284 17 "IT HAS been a pleasure working with you to strengthen ties between Singapore and Britain. For the past decade, we in Singapore have followed with mu^h admiration how you served not only your country and people, but also played a constructive role in world affairs.
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      Lock icon Australia getting more Asia migrants
      428 20  -  William Choong Census shows immigrants are increasingly white-collar professionals from India, China By For The S*ratts Times Canberra THE face of the Australian migrant is increasingly turning more Asian. Although Britain still holds the top position as the biggest source of migrants to Australia. latest
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      Lock icon Drought-hit Aussie state now flooded
      285 20 A6ENCE FRANCE PRESSE Sydney DRAMATIC flooding replaced relentless drought in parts of eastern Australia yesterday, as Prime Minister John Howard expressed hopes that the country's worst drought in a century may be coming to an end. In the Gippsland region of Victoria state, an area
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      Lock icon Anti-US feelings 'rising worldwide'
      738 22  -  Derwin Pereira Pew poll reveals similar drop in popularity for China and Russia By US Bureau Chief In Washington THE US image continues to take a beating in many parts of the world, according to an authoritative poll. The Pew Global Attitudes Project found that other
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      Lock icon Bush to appoint special envoy to OIC
      258 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS. A6ENCE FRANCE PRESSE Washington US PRESIDENT George W Bush has announced the creation of a post for a special envoy to a coalition of Muslim countries, with hopes of fanproving the image of the United States. The envoy, who has not
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon PLEA DEAL FOR ISRAELI PRESIDENT
        94 24 REUTERS JERUSALEM: President Moshe Katsav pleaded guilt) yesterday to committing sexual crimes against women employees, signing a plea bargain that will keep him out of jail. Israel's attorney-gen-eral said Indei the deal. Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz retreated from his stated intention to hargc Katsav with rape
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        Lock icon LIFE TERM FOR REPORTER'S DEATH
        91 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: The boss of a Chinese mine has been sentenced to life in jail over the death of a reporter, state media said yesterday. The case was the highest-profile case of violence against journalists in recent years. Hou Zhenrun, the head of a
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        Lock icon IMF CHIEF TO LEAVE HIS POST EARLY
        133 24 A6ENCE FRANCE PRESSE WASHINGTON: The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr Rodrigo Rato, announced yesterday that he would leave his job in October ahead of schedule for personal reasons Mr Rato informed the IMF executive board that he will not be
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        Lock icon BUSH WIRETAP SUBPOENAS BLOCKED
        115 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: The White House yesterday blocked subpoenas from the Senate Judiciary Committee to itself and Vice-President Dick Cheney's office for documents relating to President George W. Bush's wiretapping programme. Also named in subpoenas were the Justice Department and the National Security Council. The
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        Lock icon JAPAN'S EX-SPYMASTER NABBED
        97 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: The former head of Japan's intelligence agency has been arrested over a private land purchase from a group of pro-North Korean residents that he kept tabs on, officials said yesterday. Shigetake Ogata, 73, was arrested on suspicion of falsifying documents involving the 3.5 billion
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        111 24 BLOOMBERG BANGKOK: Airports of Thailand closed two taxiways at the new Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok for repairs yesterday, the latest setback for the airport in less than one year in operation. Flight movements at the airport were not expected to be affected as some flights
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        232 26 REUTERS AN INDIAN pop star and Bollywood music composer created a furore after he visited a Muslim shrine disguised in a black burqa to avoid being mobbed by fans, newspapers reported yesterday. Himesh Reshammiya visited the shrine of the 13th-century Sufi saint
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      540 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Wary ff provoking protesvs, it gives m to pressure om si:udent unions Paris THE conservative French government gave in to pressure from student unions on Wednesday and revised its plan to give universities more independence. Several points were tweaked to
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      161 27 FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy met Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Wednesday for a grand overview of the international situation a subject on which the Singapore leader's views were "particularly respected", the Elysee Palace said. It added that the meeting with Mr
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      434 28 one unvarnished remark thai best describes Hong Kong -L. 10 years after its return to Chiovereignty would come from Ms Rong "Father would be proud of Hong Kong," the daughter of feng Xiaoping told Chinese media this i Ihe homage paid says a lot about
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      1362 28  -  John Mcßeth »INDONESIAN POLITICS By Senior Writer In Jakarta FOR those speculating once again about Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDI-P) joining forces to undermine President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election chances in the 2009 elections, here's a word of advice: Don't hold your breath. We
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      957 28  -  SUNANDA K. iMtta-Ray > INDIA SOUTH EAST ASIA RELATIONS By INDIA'S External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Singapore recently: "India is not just a motor for regional growth, it can equally be the bulwark of regional security." I wonder how many people realised that many
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      1549 30  -  By Anthony Paul REMEMBERING THE HONG KONG HANDOVER Senior Writer JULY 1. 2007 marks 10 years since Hong Kong was returned to China after 155 years of British rule. For many Chinese residents, the last years of British rule were often moments of rising anxiety. The
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      27 28 Timely reflections An ex-Hong Kong resident recalls the mood that gripped the former British colony before its handover to China 10 years ago. PAGE 30 I r*«e*
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      1389 32 MAH BOW TAN ON RE-IMAGINING SPORE THE CITY /L SHE marks his eighth year .is National IXZ__m velopment Minister, Mr Mah Bow Tan Aknows to expect shock and horror each time he announces that planners are gearing up to house a bigger projected population. This
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      1231 33  -  By Chua Mvi Hoong FRIDAY MATTERS Senior Writer IT HAS become part of political folklore that any suggestion to raise the withdrawal age for Central Provident Fund savings will unleash a political backlash. After all, the 1984 report on ageing issues from the
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      956 33  -  By Lynn Lee POST6SERS WHEN his application to be a relief teacher was rejected recently by the Education Ministry, poet and playwright Alfian Sa'at turned to his blog to question the decision. He posted his e-mail correspondence with a ministry
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      631 37  - Graft on down trend thanks to tough stance By Jeremy Au Yong All cases, whether big or small, taken seriously: CPIB EVEN though it has opened its doors to more foreigners some of whom may be used to doing things in a different way the corruption level in Singapore has
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      326 37  -  CHONG CHEE KIN A PROBE launched late last year into a syndicate helping foreign women extend their stay here illegally led graft-busters to a police officer in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Yesterday, as the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau investigation drew to a
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      635 38  -  Shun a Lum ROGUE LAWYER CASE: SUIT TO RECOVER MONEY By THERE was nothing suspicious in the manner in which lawyer David Rasif bought S2 million in jewellery and gemstones, said the lawyer for the jeweller who sold him the items. Defence counsel Hri
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      459 38  -  Chong Chee Kin »VIET WOMAN'S 10-STOREY FALL Woman was intoxicated and could have lost footing and fell By YESTERDAY, State Coroner Ronald Gwee ruled that a Vietnamese prostitute, who fell 10 storeys to her death last year after an argument with her customer, died as
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      650 39  -  Kin Kwek Some give consumers chance to adjust, while others fear impact of pnee increase By FUST days before the hike in the goods and services tax (GST), a slew of businesses have announced they will absorb the increase for up to mx months.
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      286 39  -  KEN KWEK COMPLAINTS of profiteering shot up this month, as the July 1 date for the GST hike draws nearer. A total of 25 complaints have been received by the Committee Against Profiteering, bringing the figure to 58 in all. Several of the new
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      124 39 ORGANISATIONS and businesses that have so far pledged to absorb the 2 percentage point GST increase taking effect on Sunday: PAP Community Foundation (PCF) kindergartens: school fees, six months H Sing Post: postage rates for anything above 40g, indefinitely More than 500 coffee shops islandwide: food and
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      444 40 NAVY Colonel John Wong Chee Meng is not your typical career military man he is also a doctor. True, he stands ramrod straight and looks lean and fit. But when you meet the 44-year-old, he sets you immediately at ease with the even,
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      318 40 COLONEL Chan Chun Sing was once described as appearing "a little timid and shy" to a reporter. That was when he was just 19. Two decades later, he is leader to about 15,000 men in the army. And the gregarious man hardly
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      562 42  -  Jessica Cheam Project, one of HDB's biggest under Sers scheme, will be completed by 2011 By CLOSE to 1,700 households in Clementi have been selected for relocation in one of the Housing Board's largest redevelopment exercises. Under the Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme
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        117 42 FORMER TV host Benedict Goh was yesterday given more time to prepare for the criminal charges brought against him in connection with a drink-driving incident three years ago. Goh, who is out on $10,000 bail, will return to court on July 25. The 37-year-old, who
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        53 42 ABOUT $32,500 worth of equipment was stolen from a construction site near the former Big Splash theme park in East Coast. Workers found that two holes had been cut in the perimeter fence, and three control panels and a hydraulic pump, attached to three excavators, were missing
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      273 42  -  JESSICA CHEAM AN ART gallery and recreational outlets including an indoor children's entertainment centre are adding to the buzz at Tanglin Village. The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) announced yesterday it has awarded two more sites with an area of 40,135 sq m,
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        177 44 HERE is .1 list of living things which have had their genomes or genetic hereditary information decoded in Singapore and oversea! Puffer fish (or fugu) Phis was the first vertebrate fHMNM to be sequenced after the human genome. The fugu has the smallest known genome among animals
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        425 44  -  Lim Wei Chean By A SINGAPORE lab has received US$5 million (557.7 million) from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a study into the genetics ol the rare elephant shark, which will in turn further
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      609 45  -  Tracy Sua Water safety council talking to MOE, MCYS in bid to cut number of water-related mishaps \i\ EVERY student here could soon he learning how to swim as part oi the effort to reduce the number of water-related accidents. The National Water Safety
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      687 46  -  By Chua Hian Hou »16TH AMIC CONFERENCE Delegates also discuss problems Net causes society THERE were plenty of media people in town this week representing all parts of the industry, from print to podcasting, but a single issue loomed over all others
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      81 46 A house next to an airport runway is rare, but having a boat as a pool, in a house next to a runway, is rarer. But Ms Cheng Ching Ling (seen here with son Josh, six) and family will soon have to move from their
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      455 47  - She scored 4 A-level As and chose poly route Maria Almenoar Occupational therapy ambitions drew her to NYP By WITH four As in the A levels. Miss Chen Zhen Zhen could have walked into most university courses. But. surprising all who knew her, she chose to study for a diploma
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        390 50  -  Akii Mulchand 5^ cases; number of areas with 10 or more cases risin j rapidly By IHh dengue situation for this \a eefc in already crossing into warning levels, w th 255 cases since Sunday, and 'he number of areas where 10 or
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        231 50 Kirn Keat <oad/Kim Keat Close/Kirn Keat Lane Cases: 31 West Coa t Drive (blocks 507. 509. 530. 511, 512)AVest Coast Walk West Coast Road/ Jalan Mas P.tteh Cases: 29 Pasir Ris Drive 6 (blocks 405 412.413.414.416,418,419 421.422.423,426, 427) Cases: 27 West Coast Road (blocks
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        418 50  -  Judith Tan Dengue still primary worry here, but mosquito which spreads that virus is responsible for another disease chikungunya fever By What is chikungunya:* A viral disease resembling dengue fever, it causes severe and persistent joint pain, nausf r *vei and rashes. It is rarely
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      431 51  -  Siiphamf Yap I '4 take part in low Ribbon writing competition By Arts Reporter s( )MK recited their stories uuickIv and nervously, others delivered lines of verse with the pan.iche ot veteran stage actors. Hut what the inmates-turned-wnters all had in common,
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      252 51 O )MPAMKS on the Business Software Alliance (BSA) new prognßime will not face immediate lelnil action if their computers are found with pirated software. Instead, members of the Software Asset Management (SAM) Advantage Programme get two weeks' grace to solve the problem. .is part ot
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        103 51 TWO n.ore names have been added to a list hen <>f 13 chemicals which can potentially be ist<l to nuke bombs. The two are perchloric acid, which is used in dectvopolishing. and tetranitromethane, which is used in petrochemicals and propellants. ANo. because terrorists around the
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        56 51 \l.\\ icrid <>t tour stamps will be released :k\l Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of national service The stamps picture the lives of Singaporeans i-\penencing NS past and present. I hose include images of new recruits taking an o.ith of allegiance as well as men
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        107 51 USHC Bank is going green in its annual sale of financial products such as home loans and credit cards. During its month-long Green Sale, which be.;.in yesterday, the bank will donate $2.80 for each such product sold to the public. The money \m|] go to
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        56 51 I )Kl\ Ks arc advised to avoid Nicoll Highway, Mmintbatten Road. Guillemard Road and Sims .i\ tomorrow, as the National Stadium closing u'lt-mony is expected to cause traffic jams. ChOK loinin^ the ceremony are advised to take public transport or carpool. lor more information, contact the
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      28 37 Making waves in genetics Singapore lab gets US$5 million funding from US National Institutes of Health for >tudy into genetics of rare elephant shark. 4 WI I I\
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      375 52  -  Tan Yip Meng I CANNOT accept the suggestion by Ms Tan Saw Bin < B.<nks can help minimise charity fraud"; ST. June 26) that banks offer an additional service, for a fee. to monitor unusually large payments to t!.ird parties" As an associate
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      338 52  -  Koh Chin Chin (Mdm) I REFEk to the commentary. Engineering 'boring'? Get the young excited" (ST, June 16). as well as the letter written by Mr Paul Chan Poh Hoi, "Offer better pay to draw more to engineering" (ST. June 25). 1 am
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      278 52  -  Chew Mun Kit "ASSAULT CASES IN THE face of increasing assaults on bus drivers, police have said that such attacks will not be tolerated. Those who assault bus drivers will be prosecuted under Section 323 of the Penal Code and police investigations
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      84 52 For more readers' views. log on to http://wvvw. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Deploy Automated External Defibrillators in all schools and at sports events Death of triathlete: Ambulance should have been called Cabbies, taxi operators and LTA should meet to thrash out problems Fine-tune City Surcharge,
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      197 52  -  Tan Hua Hin RECENTLY I received a direct mailer from UOB Bank telling me how I could optimise my credit card and "stretch (my) purchasing power" through a balance transfer and inter-est-free loan. I find the use of the term "in-terest-free" highly questionable.
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      259 52  -  Dr him Boon Hee I REFER to the replies by the Land Transport Authority ("Market forces determine taxi fares") and the Ministry of Education ("MOE committed to five-day work week"; ST, June 28). The replies do not address the writers' concerns at all. The taxi
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      173 52  -  Michael Gleissner THE taxi situation in Singapore has reached another low point. Admittedly, I am spoilt by Hone Kong, where all you need to do is raise your arm and a taxi would stop and the door open, rarely beyond a two-minute wait. And this
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        108 52  -  Harry Lim Cheng Chwee WITH the current bull market and the positive outlook for the construction sector, small and lon°-suf-.'ering shareholders of L&!v! deserve to be kept informed of the status of their shares in the company. Are there plans to resume trading soon? Have
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        59 52  -  Lee Chee Meng I TOOK up a mortgage (float-ing-rate package) on mv private property with United Overseas Bamc last year. Last week, I received notice of a rate increase, bringing mv mort gage rate to 4.5 per cent, despite the falling Sibor rate. I hope
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      453 53 REUTERS SOCCER Madrid FABK) Capellos reward after leading Real Mr.drid to their first Spanish title in four years was to get the boot yesterday. The reasor Real's football was too boring. The Italian, who also won the league with Real in 1996-97
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      601 53 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Coach Dunga's head is >n the chopping block fter Brazil fail to fire in attack and defence Puerto Ordaz (Venezuela) A SLICE of samba football decided the Copa America clash between a new-look Brazil team and a tired Mexico side troubled by
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      217 53 REUTERS WEST Ham's Carlos Tevez has been dropped by Argentina for their Copa America opener against the United States Today. Instead. Juan Roman Riquelme will play in his place, behind strikers Lionel Messi and Hernan Crespo. Said Tevez: "Of course, it hurts. I don't want
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      323 53 London HELSEA, so vociferous in transfer dealings for the past three seasons, could now fall prey to Barcelona Fresh from their £16.2 million s>o<> million) capture of Arsenal's Thierry Henry, the Spanish giants are determined to take the Blues' England midfielder Frank Lampard to the Horn
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      471 54  -  Leonard Lim NATIONAL STADIUM CLOSING CEREMONY Aussie frontman admits family and teammates helped him regain fitness By THOUGHTS of hanging up his boots crept into Harry Kewell's mind in the past year. Stricken by foot and groin injuries since last June's World Cup, the
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      418 54  -  Jerome Seovv By THEY might have been quiet on the transfer front so far, but that does not deter Blackburn Rovers from predicting a top-six finish in the coming Premiership season. Brett Emerton, Rovers' Australian international midfielder, says that is his club's target a feat
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      198 54  -  ROYSTON SIM AUSTRALIAN coach Graham Arnold's future may be uncertain, but defender Lucas Neill has come out in full support of his coach. According to sports opinion website The Roar, Football Federation Australia president Frank Lowy is keen on hiring a big-name foreign coach after the
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      144 54 SINGAPORE Pools has introduced a year-long "GOAL! Account" for 21-year-olds and above. The new account offers convenient phone betting on all matches offered by Singapore Pools from Sunday to Aug 31 next year. Players can track their accounts on the members' website. This will enable them to
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      Lock icon FAS steps in to defuse country versus club row
      443 54  -  Leonard Lim SOCCER By ALL players come under the national team's purview for the duration that they are called up for duty. And any additional training they have at club level may affect their competitiveness for both club and country. These
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      Lock icon Mixed reaction to higher altitude ban
      315 54 ASSOCIATED PRESS San Cristobal (Venezuela) A FIFA decision to raise the ceiling on its high-altitude soccer ban has split the Andes. Colombia celebrated the change, while Bolivia accused its lowland neighbour of not supporting a campaign to remove all restrictions on high-altitude football. Fifa,
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      633 55  -  IHKRKNCE VOON NATIONAL STADIUM CLOSING CEREMONY -Malaysian striker h€ did well every he played at -itional Stadium By THE famous Kallang Roar intimidated many an opposing player at the National Stadium. But not Dollah Salleh. The visitors-unfriendly cheers from the stands were music to the
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      523 55  -  Jeanette Wang By SINCE 1985, Akbar Hashim has been organising groups of fans to catch Singapore's national football team in action. Tomorrow, the 46-year-old tour operator will lead about 90 fans for their final journey to the National Stadium to bid farewell to
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      261 55 Field of Dreams: A Tribute to the National Stadium (tomorrow) Guest of honour: President S R Nathan Programme highlights 5.30pm: Singapore ex-internationals v Malaysia ex-internntiunr.ls 7.10pm: Cauldron light-up ceremony 7.30pm: Singapore v Australia 930pm: Closing ceremony, which includes performance by Kit Chan, parade of Singapore athletes dousing
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      472 55 SOCCER London ARSENAL have identified Newcastle United'l Obafemi Martins as the player to replace Thierry Henry They are planning to "make a £13 million (Ss4() million) move in the next few days It is an offer Newcastle cannot refuse, because the striker, 22,
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      Lock icon No move back to Man City
      139 55 MANCHESTER City's hopes of re-signing Shaun Wricht-Phißips were ended/after lan Wright insisted his son does not want to work with City's new manager Sven-Goran Eriksson again. The Swede has been promised £50 million (Ssls4 million) for new signings, after agreeing to take charge when
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        60 55 HAMMERS WANT TEVEZ ON LOAN LONDON: West Ham are reportedly willing to spend £9 million (Ss2B million) to bring Inter M-ilan-bound Carlos Tevez back on loan. The London club are hoping to strike a deal with Kia Joorabchian who owns the agency which represents Tevez £3 million in loan fees
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        49 55 ASSOCIATED PRESS MILAN: France striker David Trezeguet claimed that he rejected offers from Manchester United and Liverpool, before extending his contract with Juventus to 2011 yesterday. The 29-year-old, who has played for Juventus since 2000, will reportedly earn 4.5 million euros (559.3 million) next season.
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        58 55 REUTERS LONDON: Richard Caborn has stepped down as Britain's Sports Minister to become a World Cup ambassador, aiming to bring soccer's biggest event to England in 2018. The change comes a day after Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister from Tony Blair. He is
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        39 55 BLOOMBERG NEWS MADRID: Real Sociedad have appointed Chris Coleman as coach after their relegation from Spanish soccer's top division. The 37 year-old Welshman, fired by Fulham in April, will join on a three-year contract.
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      563 56  -  Hoe Pei Shan SPORTS IN SCHOOLS Despite breaking out in rashes and suffering from asthma, Kristle dreams of US circuit By HER legs are covered in patchy rashH trom an allergy to grass, and she is never without he inhaler. Kristle Koh, who suffers
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      251 56  -  Valeric Tan MY TOP MARKS A weekly series on student-athletes, written by their fellow schoolmates By Nanyang Girls' High School Secondary 3 SHEER hard work has paid off for Samantha Wong (right), a national junior archer studying in Nanyang Girls' High School. In her first
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      118 56 SIMPLY write in to The Straits Times about an outstanding athlete in your school, how he or she has excelled in a particular sport. Articles must be no longer than 300 words. Please also send us a photograph of the athlete. The student with this
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      740 56  -  Steve Slater MOTOR RACING: COMMENT By SUNDAY'S French Grand Prix is likely to be the last at the Magny-Cours circuit, situated near Nevers in the heart of France. Although the drivers love its demanding corners and low-grip track, its isolated rural location means
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      161 56 REUTERS FERNANDO Alonso has had the French Grand Prix on his mind, ever since he failed to overtake Lewis Hamilton at the United States Grand Prix two weeks ago. Rookie Hamilton arrives at Ma^ny-Cours with a 10-point lead over his McLaren teammate Alonso, after two straight race wins.
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      561 56 ASSOCIATED PRESS -GOLF New York TIGER Woods has talked about tailoring practice sessions around being a father. That also means finding time for workouts that can last up to three hours for as many as six days a week. He describes these in the August issue
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      622 57 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS TENNIS i cases into roundthree meeting with fin, while Briton Hmman disappoints London ROGER Federer took just 10 minutes yesterday to claim his 50th consecutive win on crass to set up an intriguing clash against former US and Australian Open
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      Lock icon Safin slams outrageous meal prices
      176 57 REUTERS MARAT Sofia h;is won more than US$l3 million (Ss2o million) in prize money in his career. However, he claimed he could hardly afford meal at this year's Wimbledon. ukZ£s R. USSKm- wh() has never liked playing on grass and rates Wimbledon as his least
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      602 57 NEW YORK TIMES London FORMER Wimbledon finalist Mark Philippoussis has dived into the bubbling hot tub of TV reality dating. French Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic posed topless for European magazines. Wimbledon's 2004 champion, Maria Sharapova, got slinky in a swimsuit For
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      145 57 A6ENCE FRANCE PRESSE JUST 24 hours after stretching Wimbledon's strict all-white clothing code by emerging on court wearing red underwear, Tatiana Golovin discovered that it was not really her best colour. "I'll keep wearing them as long as I keep winning they are lucky," the
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      251 57 ASSOCIATED PRESS >v AMERICA'S CUP Valencia AFTER tour races, the America's Cup has rarely been this close. Simple tactics saw Swiss boat Alinghi beat Emirates Team New Zealand by 30 seconds >n ednesday to take the fourth race and level the best-of-nine series at
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        59 57 ONG Yew Huat has replaced Dr Benedict Tan as vice-presi-dent (Dinghies) of SingaporeSailing. Ong, elected at yesterday's Annual General Meeting, is a managing partner and country head at Ernst and Young, and was a former 470 national sailor. Dr Tan will still be involved as a
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        96 57 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: Two Barisan Nasional backbenchers took the Youth and Sports Ministry to task on Wednesday, over what they said were the presence of scantily-clad models in the Super GT Grand Prix held at Sepang last Sunday. Datuk Hasni Mohamad and Datuk Mohamed Aziz asked why
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        326 57 lAAF Grand Prix in Ostrava Crah R»n..h hT- Men' OOm^ C%?f P?c!e^ (Gbr) 10 16sec2 Churfndv Mar nS Aho) 10 313 Tyrone Edaa^Phri 10 33 800 m 1 Bela Man^J Ah Bm lmm. 4474^c 2 Yunv B^rzakoS?* (Rus) 14 1?3 AbrahaJ^Cheok^ok Uca 145 12 5 MoL Ir™ E£ tram
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        71 57 MLB: M.lwaukee 6 Houston 3(11 innmgs). Chicago Cubs 6 Colorado 4, Kansas City ILA Angels 0. San Diego 4 San Francisco 2, Seattle 2 Boston 1 (11 mnings). Baltimore 4NY Yankees 0. Oak land 13 Cleveland 7, Pittsburgh 7 Flonda 5(10 innings). Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 6. Chicago White Sox
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        66 57 Fourtnoayof Ist Test in Colombo: Bangla desh 89(M. Murahtharan 5 15. D Fern 3) and 2nd mnmgs 254 (over night 233 5: Javed Orr|ar 62. Rajm h 51; MalmBa 4-80. Murahtharan 4 87> Dllshan 1U) Sri Lanka 577-6 d^ cl (M Vandort 117. M. Jayawardene P Jayawardene 120 no..
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        16 57 Copa America in Venezuela, Gp B: Ecua dor 2 Chile 3. Brazil 0 Mexico 2
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        248 57 Wimblcdo" Champ.onsh.ps. 2nd rd Men Jo-WHfr.ed Tsonga (Fra) bt NiCOtaS I entt. (Ecu) 6-4 626 3. Marat Safin ««*> bt A.sam-UI Hag Quresh, (Pak, 64 6"2 76 (7 4)- Ro *er Federer (SuO bt Juan Mart.n del Potro (Arg) 6-2 7-5 61 Edouafd Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt Juan Ignacio Chela
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      419 58  -  CARISSA KANG SQUASH Malaysian star, 24, will be in town for next month's f:.^t Masters tournament MALAYSIA'S Nicol David, the women's world No 1, is the top draw for the inaugural CIMB Singapore Women's Squash Masters tournan cut. The July 30 to Aug 4
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      841 58  -  Sally Jenkins NEW YORK TIMES COMMENTARY By THE National Basketball Association can stop its hunt for the next great player. His name is Kevin Durant, and if the Portland Trail Blazers pass on the 19-year-old with their first pick in the
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      278 58 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Washington A FEDERAL jury began hearing j US$2O million (Ss3l million) lawsuit on Wednesday against National Basketball Association star Allen Iverson, who is accused of assaulting two men in a bar fight. Marlin Godfrey and David Anthony Kittrell
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      265 58 ASSOCIATED PRESS »RUGBY JOIIANM SMIIM, IRATE South Africa coach Ja ke White challenged A i tr.ih.i on Wednesday for maligning his weakened Springboks squad. Since he named a 28 nun squad without 24 top players for the Springboks' Tests m: Australia and New
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      196 58 AGENCE FKANCE PRESSE CYCLING Bhrun GERMAN rider Matthias Kes sler, a stage winner in last year's Tour de France, has tested positive for testosterone. "Until the results of the B-test come in, he has been suspended from the team," Team Astana said on Wednex day.
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      331 58 ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHLETICS Ostrava (Czbch Republic) HAILE CJebrselassie set two world records in the rarely contested one-hour run at the Golden Spike meet on Wednesday Me eclipsed the mark for the time-limited race and added another in the 20.000 metres event In
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      190 62 REUTERS Washington PHh United States economy grew ai a 0.7 per cent annual pace in the first ihree months of this year, the weakest in more than four years, a report showed yesterday. It was the weakest quarterly expansion in gross domestic product,
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      481 62 FINANCIAL TIMES Cancellation of bond and loan offerings by firms recently reflects growing credit risks London COMPANIES are withdrawing financing deals across the globe. This is one of the clearest signs yet that investors' worries about rising interest rates and US subprime mortgages
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      451 62 FINANCIAL TIMES Washington UNITED States officials are speeding up efforts to tackle the competitiveness of the US capital markets Two federal authorities unveiled plans to study an overhaul of financial oversight and said that they would cut "unnecessary complexity" in financial reporting. The rules-based regulatory
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      123 62 SINGAPORE-LISTED gaming group Genting International said yesterday thai it plans to raise as much as US$l.5 billion (552.3 billion) in a rights offer The fund-raising issue is to help pay for the building of its Singapore casino at Sen tosa, reported Reuters. The new
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      32 62 j Yesterday's close: 17.932J7 82 99 points) Japanese share pnces raided after several days of losses as an ovenwjht rebound on *al! Street provided somp much-neeoed cheer tor investors
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      42 62 ;lkju resterdays close: 21.938.22 U-232 66 points) Hong Kong stocks closed 107 per cent higher as fund managers spruced up portWns ahead of book closings for the first half of the year boosting blue chips and China firms
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      36 62 lkjhig Yesterday s close 3.914.2 (-164.4 points) Chinese stocte ten 403 per cent on tosh liquidity fears after Beijing approved the issue of special bonds to fund a new foreign achange investment ager
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      35 62 AFP Yesterday s close: 5.265 fi (+11.4 points) Australian share pnees rose 1 32 per cent breaking a five day losing streak emerged on the bacn o*a positive lead frorr, Mall Street
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      33 62 m Yesterdays 1.350.72 (-6.71 points) Malaysian share pnces closed 049 per cent tower as investors continued to tnm holdings ahead of the Uniteo States Federal Reserve announcement on interest rates
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      34 62 AFP Yesterday's close* 14.504.57 (+73.51 points) Indian share pnces roseosl per cent on select buying as global martrets improved ahead of the latest United States Federal Reserve Bank statement on monetary pokcv
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      40 62 l,m;j Yesterdays close: 2.112.85 12 M ports) Indonesian share pnces dosed 0 59 per cent lower lor a second straight day of losses as investor continued to take profit in tag caps that had seen recent gams
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      38 62 AFP Yesterday s ClOSt: 777.68 (+6 68 points) Thai share pnces c»s«l 08/ per cent higher in line with regional mart«ts amid cautious trading ahead of the United States Federal Reserve announcement on interest rates
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      10 62 JUNE ;s gg mrtwurs close 3,538.23 jSt^l
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      319 62 Stock Name Wt Close Change ANfretfl Ascendavtrt CapitaComm Capitaland CapitaMall Chart SemiCona CrtyOtv ComfortOeltro CoscoCorp Creative Tech DBS 6rp DTAC Datacraft FtH Genlntl MKLand HyfHu WW ISM far dine CtC JuronfTtch Kt»t<Corp LafcrtyMarnt Ml 0 60 ?0b0 +0 0b0 0 97 ?76O 0 58 940 -0
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      175 62 toil 21 I UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Indian rupee 3 500 3 900 Indonesian rupiah 0 ***** 0 ***** Japanese ysti 1 2422 1 2554 Korean won ***** ***** H Tarwst) Mtsr 4 520 4 740 Hot kroner 25 70 26 30 Pakistan rupee 2 400 2
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      493 63 FINANCIAL TIMES They are among 29 vmks that helped channel hot money 1 into stocks, properties Beijing EN international banks, including HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart). have been punished by China's foreign exchange regulator for breaching strict capital controls. They are said
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      367 63 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sydney CITIGROUP was cleared yesterday of insider trading and conflict of interest charges in Australia, in a case that challenged the measures investment banks use to separate their share trading and adviser roles Federal Court judge Peter .lacobson rejected allegations by
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      130 63 ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing AI Dl TORS have found misconduct affecting I 5 billion yuan (Ss3.l billion) at three of China's biggest banks, the country's auditor-gener-al Li Jinhua reported. The National Audit Office report, issued on Wednesday, added to an embarrassing string of 'evelatiom of
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      170 63 SINGAPORE PKM Holdings' (SPH's) high-end shopping mall. The Paragon, has shot up in value- by 20 per cent to 51.82 billion. Hie valuation by property consultancy Knight Frank is up from a $1.52 billion valuation conducted last June. i taervai say the jump in value is
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      494 64  -  Fiona Chan Its $31m total price is also likely to be the highest ever paid for a single unit in Spore By Property Reporter THE price of a condominium unit in Singapore has crossed the $5,000 per sq ft (psf)
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      288 64  -  FIONA CHAN RENTS of malls along Orchard Road are almost back to their pre-Asian financial crisis levels, according to a new study by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). It showed that retail rents in Singapore's prime shopping district hit an average of $34.40 per sq
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      173 64 BIOTECH firm Genentodi will more than treble .ts investment in Singapore js it ramps up production of its big-selling drugs. The strategy took a step forward yesterday at the giound -breaking ceremony for the firm's $215 million plant in Tuas. The 65,000 sq m
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      456 64  -  Clarissa Oon By China Correspondent In Tianjin FOUR Singapore companies this week unveiled logistics and wastewater treatment projects in the rising north-eastern Chinese manufacturing hub of Tianjin, with total investment of about $127 million. The companies include Singa-pore-based logistics firm YCH Group, which
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      300 64  -  Erica Tay By AFTER the mushrooming of "fancier" securities such as real estate investment trusts (Reits) in Singapore, shipping trusts are shaping up to be another hot area worth watching. Maritime-related trusts are a "promising emerging area of interest and focus", said Mrs
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      539 65  -  Grace N(; It invests in No. 3 /er Wand after iled bid last year for Pakistan Telecom IK IT WAS second time lucky for Sing Tel, which yesterday clinched a 10 per cent stake in Pakistan's Wand Telecom for about US$75B
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      590 65  -  Bryan La By IT WAS meant to be a five-minute formality but Yellow Pages (Singapore)'s shareholder meeting yesterday became a 40-minute spectacle because of one angry investor. Minority shareholder Kenneth Chew won applause and chuckles at the Marnot Hotel ballroom as he took
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      272 65  -  ALVIN FOO PROGEN DIRECTOR BUILDS UP HOLDINGS PROGEN Holdings d. recto. Johnlin Yuwono has made I m ries of purchases totalling 1 165 million shares in the air-condi tioning supplier and installer. The open-market trades, which took place from June 7 to 20, were announced yesterday On June
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      346 65  -  Ln Su Shyan TAKING STOCK By W\ ESTORS got their groove back yesterday well, sort of and lifted the s'>gg«nK market back into positive territory after four days on the slide. The spark was Wall Street's good performance and
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      725 66  -  Robin Chan fhe 30-day deadline wil! ake effect on Sunday md apply to all taxes By THE Singapore taxman is putting his money where his mouth is, over a pledge to p;iy any refund due to taxpayers within 30 days. If
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      122 66 HOW DOES IT WORK? 1. After your assessment or claim is processed and there is an overpayment of tax, you will be due a refund. 2. Iras will inform you that you are due a refund. 3. You can also log in to the myTax Portal website with
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      23 66 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2850 1.3000 Euro 2.0580 2.0810 Sterling pound 3.0580 3.0920 US dollar 1.5300 1.5470 Yen (100 units) 1.2422 1.2554
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      247 66  -  BRYAN LEE EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION SINGTEL'S former chief executive officer (CEO), Mr Lee Hsien Yang, took a pay cut last year as the telco posted a 9.2 per cent profit slide in the year ended March 31. Mr Lee, who left the company at the
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      28 66 Record-setter The Marq holds the distinction of being the first oondo with at least one unit selling past the $5,000 psf mark for the first time in Singapore.
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      34 67 What a girl wants, what a girl needs. Christina Aguilera, who performs here tomorrow, has astutely wooed success by projecting a sexy and now sensual persona. DOUGLAS TSENG tracks her career moves.
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      1866 68  -  Douglas Tseng POP princesses are a dime a dozen, but cuteness has an expiry date. Trouble is. finding a new image has its problems: Think Britney Spears' descent into trailer trash. Not so for superstar American singer Christina Aguilera. Like Spears, she morphed from Mickey Mouse Club sweetie
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      722 70 NYT.AP The couple fought over the care of their retarded cnild ATLANTA Just days before professional wrestling star Chris Benoit killed his wife, his son and himself, the couple argued over caring for their mentally retarded child, who suffered from a rare medical condition, a lawyer
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      631 70 NYT, LAT-WP NEW YORK Liz Claibornc. the designer of career dollies for professional women entering the workforce en MMX be ginning in the *****, died on Tuesday in Manhattan She \\..s 78. Often called the working woman s best friend she died at New York
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      548 71  -  June Cheong A mellower Martin Loh returns to Good Times and goes back to his Peranakan roots ARTS REPORTER ARTIST Martin Loh leads a double life. The 55-year-old Singaporean is well known for his naive art depicting Peranakan matriarchs outlined in bright, bold colours. But he has
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      290 71 AP PHILADELPHIA The FBI has recovered the long-lost manuscript of Pearl S. Buck's famous novel The Good Earth, which had been missing for more-than 40 years. The 400-page manuscript turned up earlier this month at the Samuel T. Freeman Co. auction house in Philadelphia when the
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      488 72  -  June Cheong Venice Biennale The Singapore team has been reaping benefits from the Biennale showcase both creative and otherwise ARTS REPORTER Jk RTIST Vincent Leow is bringing a bit of Venice back to Asia. Fresh from his debut at the Singapore X Jl Pavilion in this year's
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      487 72 Reuters, AP NEW YORK Hotel heiress Pans Hilton vowed to shed her party-girl image and prove she is I changed person after serving three weeks behind bars for violating probation in a drink driving case. "I'm a good person, lm a compassionate per>on
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        382 73  -  Joyce Hoo Jazz sincjer Nathan Hartono is a little nervous about his debut solo concert SINGER Nathan Hartono has recn ducking out of schot.l an ho-jr earl\ the past lew days. The 15-year-old student at Anglo-Chinese Softool (Barker Road) hasn't gone all rebellious though he has been heading
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        978 74  -  Tay Yek Keak Sure, Family Forensics rips your home apart. But could that reveal more than Larry King's chat with Paris Hilton? couchgrouch WHEN an institution meets an institution, that surely has to make my Kicka** TV Moment of the Week. Larry King, CNN's master interviewer, lined
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        247 77 Teo Cheng Wee SiMqM.Samtioi Chfxxj Minutes) MTinq DVD- f ♦♦♦♦6 IF ANOTHER critic praises Farm Wong's acting in this movie, I'm going to hurl. The latest Jack Neo vehicle supposedly gives her a chance to display her thespian range when her character high-ranking civil servant Tanya
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        259 77 A/oce of Pierce &osnan/112rmnutes) Movie rating ♦♦♦t>v^ HVD rating ****t> IT'S funny hearing James Bond talk football but there you go. Pierce Brosnan, strangely enough, is the voice of the official DVD showcasing last year's Fifa World Cup in Germany. Yes. the former
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        524 79 LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD Paula Abdul is tired of people not treating me like the gift that I am"". So. she is letting reality TV cameras folio* rur life for a Bravo series that premiered yesterday. He\ Paula is her attempt to show that there
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            237 80  -  Samuel Lee REIfiTROOUCE MYSELF Edison Chen Oot/A&aMuse/Rock HAS the bratty Edison Chen really cleaned up his act? Well, on his latest Mandarin album, titled Allow Me To Reintro duce Myself, the Canada-born, Hong Kong-based actor-singer seems to be on extended confessional mode. Stopping short of
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          487 81  -  Yeow Kai Chai soundbites ALBUM OF fHE WEEK NEW MOON Elliott Smith Domino HIS gaucheness as he crooned Miss Misery at the 1998 Academy Awards was so palpable (just check it out on You Tube), it practically radiated out of the telly. Didn't you feel pins in your
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        1240 84 Hungry for something to eat at the Singapore Food Festival? Karon Ng whets your appetite with the culinary delights Singapore Tiger Chilli Crab Festival The Singapore Food Festival gets off to a fiery start with this crab-a-thon in Orchard Road. It will be a feast of
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      124 92 HONG KONG Singer Cally Kwong has denied she is the new woman in billionaire Terry Gou's life. Reports claimed that Taiwanese singer Stella Chang introduced them and that Kwong played golf with the Taiwanese high-tech tycoon. Kwong was also said to have used Gou's private
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