The Straits Times, 18 February 2008

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  • 24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 72 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 2008 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 610 1  -  Lee Hui Chieh By Alvin Foo THE generous goodies given out last Friday are the result of a bumper Budget surplus that cannot be expected every year, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong warned yesterday. The surplus was driven by "exceptional" economic
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  • 617 1  -  Tessa Wong Police use new strategy in bid to curb rise in number of such cases By NO MATTER which way they went, party-goers in the heart of a downtown drinking district ran into roadblocks early yesterday morning. As part of a
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  • UPFRONT
    • 837 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok AS THE price of rice climbs across South Asia, farmers and millers in Thailand are sitting on stocks and waiting for it to rise even further, said a top rice exporter in Bangkok. The exporter, who
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    • 329 2 SECTION ONE HOME Pr' me 2-4 Home improvement ia V^"i^ Six blocks in Tampines Street 21 World 14"17 will be the first to be upgraded Review 18-19 under a new HDB scheme in which FYI 20 the Government foots most of the SECTION TWO bm Home Hl-H8 PAGE H3 Forum
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  • PRIME
    • 611 3  -  Ravi Velloor Widespread fears of vote-rigging prompt tight security at 'sensitive' stations By In Islamabad RATTLED Pakistanis will vote today at the end of an election campaign characterised by violence which has left scores dead, including around 45 in a suicide bombing on Saturday.
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    • 368 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Pristina KOSOVO declared itself a nation yesterday in a historic bid to move from being a province of Serbia to becoming an "independent and democratic state". The move by the breakaway province's two million ethnic Albanians ends a long chapter in the bloody unravelling
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS; REUTERS  -  368 words
    • 89 4 Getai left the heartlands for the city as almost 30 stars got the red-carpet treatment yesterday afternoon at the Central Library in Victoria Street for Stomps Getai Awards 2008. Babes in the City (above) kicked off the ceremony and were among the winners of
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    • 287 4 REUTERS Beijing ALMOST 180,000 people have been stranded in the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan after snow and freezing weather returned, state media reported yesterday. The bad weather blocked roads and caused blackouts. More than 14,000 km of roads have been affected,
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    • 630 4  -  Grace Ng Insurance group announces early redemption of popular CPF scheme By PLUMMETING interest rates have forced insurance group Aviva to announce an early redemption for its popular Big c savings plan. This means that all Central Provident Fund
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    • 35 4 GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY Does the National Lifelong Income scheme address the needs of our ageing population? CEOs give their take on the matter CASHCARD THIEVES STRIKE PRIVATE HOMES estates hit 52 cards stolen $2,000 lost
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  • ASIA
    • 833 6 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE No respite from poverty regardless of who wins election, they say Lahore PAKISTAN'S poorest doubt the super-rich political leaders vying for votes in today's election regard them as even human, and so see little chance of change whoever comes to
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    • 322 6  -  RAVI VELLOOR A JOKE texted around Pakistan captures the essence of one reason why President Pervez Musharraf is so unpopular. A man goes fishing and nets a big fish. He takes it home, but his wife declines to cook it, complaining that there is
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    • CHINA
      • 365 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hong Kong PROMINENT banker and lawmaker David Li resigned from Hong Kong's Cabinet on Saturday, two weeks after settling civil charges of insider trading in the US. In a scandal that has made headlines around the world, Mr Li,
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      • 581 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Activists warn of protests over Darfur during torch relay and at the Games Beijing CHINA'S public relations woes over the Olympics are just beginning, activists have warned, after a torrid stretch of headlines highlighting that film director Steven Spielberg
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      • 353 8 PHOTO Hong Kong AN AWARD-WINNING picture of the Qing-hai-Tibet railroad distributed by China's official Xinhua news agency is found to have been forged. One telling sign: Tibetan antelopes, which are known to be scared of noisy trains, moved in an orderly manner in the photo,
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 705 9  -  Lee Tee Jong Serviced apartments cater specifically to needs of elderly By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul IN FAST-AGEING South Korea, some entrepreneurs have come up with a novel way to tap the silver dollar offering serviced apartments for well-heeled senior citizens. Located
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      • 159 9  -  LEE TEE JONG THE "silver" industry is likely to expand by an annual average of 13 per cent between 2010 and 2020, said a 2006 report by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The agency expects it to grow from 6.4 trillion won (559.6
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      • 373 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul A SOUTH Korean firm is offering to clone pet dogs in cooperation with the scientists who created the world's first cloned canine, according to the company. Seoul-based RNL Bio said it was already working on its
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
      • 463 10  -  P. JAYARAM 15 killed when rebels overrun police stations and loot armouries By India Correspondent In New Delhi SECURITY forces and Maoist rebels battled in the dense jungles of eastern India yesterday, a day after the rebels overran three police stations and escaped
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
        • 82 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Chinese fireboats helped put out a fire on a ferry in Taiwanese waters, believed to be a first since the two sides split in 1949, a report said yesterday. Four Chinese fireboats came to the rescue on Saturday when fire broke out shortly after the
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        • 64 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea's two leading liberal parties officially merged yesterday in a bid to prevent a landslide victory by the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) in April's legislative election. The United New Democratic Party and the smaller Democratic Party had agreed on the merger
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        • 61 10 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Cabinet has agreed to ratify the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), a Foreign Ministry statement said. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar has signed the instrument of ratification of the Asean Charter and the "instrument
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        • 143 10 REUTERS COPENHAGEN: Bands of youths set fire to cars, buses and schools in Denmark on Saturday, the seventh night of rioting and vandalism in the capital Copenhagen and other Danish cities, police said yesterday. Four youths were arrested in the capital for suspected arson and at
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 247 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Manila MORE than 50 former Philippine officials called on the administration of President Gloria Arroyo to resign, stoking further political turbulence amid corruption allegations that have battered her presidency. The former officials from previous administrations, including former Arroyo Cabinet members
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      • 463 11  -  Dcvi Asmarani System to ease traffic woes on flood-prone tollway ready next year By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta JAKARTA plans to build a 3.6 trillion rupiah (***** million) railway system linking Sukarno-Hatta Airport in Banten province with the capital to cope with growing
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 707 12  -  Chow Kum Hor Lingering racial and religious problems have raised their profile By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur IN THE next few weeks, Malaysian church-goers will be hearing an uncommon theme: vote wisely in the March 8 general election. The Christian Federation of Malaysia
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      • 261 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Indian Congress (MIC) president Datuk Seri Samy Vellu was prevented from leaving a function in Prai constituency in Penang at the weekend. This is the second time the MIC leader has faced a hostile crowd
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      • 86 12 Barisan Nasional banners being put up on Saturday in Muar, Johor, by members of the Puteri Umno Pagoh division, led by its chief Rohaizah Ahmad (third from left). Pagoh is one of about 30 key constituencies across the country where observers expect to see
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      • 367 12 BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur THE president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, said the party's decision to drop almost half of its incumbents for the general election is to ensure it is heading in the right direction
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      • 625 13  -  Hazlin Hassan 'PAS For All' slogan reflects effort to reach out to groups it once alienated By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur WHEN the Islamist opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) unveiled its new slogan for this year's elections "PAS For All" the fanfare
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      • 288 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Penang I AM a Malay but I am prime minister for all races that was Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's message to the people. At a dialogue session with the Chinese community at the Penang Chinese Town Hall yesterday, he
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      • 120 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim tossing yusheng or raw fish salad yesterday during the Chinese New Year open house at the office of the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat. Also yesterday, he criticised the authorities for using water cannon and tear gas on
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      • ELECTION SNIPPETS
        • 117 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PENANG: A menu to energise the body this is what a homemaker is prescribing for her politi-cian-cum-sinseh husband Lee Hack Teik. Madam Teoh Ah Hong will be cooking up a menu for Mr Lee and members of his team to keep them
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        • 142 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MALACCA: Umno Supreme Council member and former Malacca chief minister Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik is prepared to make a comeback and contest in the general election, should the party decide to field him. "During my term as Malacca chief minister for
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        • 91 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MIRI: No election posters, no party flags, no crowds and no election fever. Welcome to Sarawak. This slow warm-up appears to be peculiar to Sarawak in any election state, parliamentary or a by-election. This despite the fact that the state has
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        • 91 13 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Supreme Council member Badrul Hisham Shaharin will slug it out with Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin, no matter where the latter is fielded in the coming general election. PAS Vice-President Husam Musa said PAS had agreed to
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 24 6 Tapping the silver dollar Serviced apartments that cater to the needs of well-heeled senior citizens have sprung up in fast-ageing South Korea. PAGE 9
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  • WORLD
    • 922 14  -  Jonathan Eyal ASSOCIATED PRESS Despite European protection, it faces an uphill task to be economically viable By Straits Times Europe Bureau In Belgrade (Serbia) FHE future of Kosovo remains precarious as it faces an uphill task to be economically viable sven as it
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 252 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG WITHOUT batting an eyelid, a businessman from the United Arab Emirates has dished out a record USsl4 million (Ss2o million) for a car licence plate at a charity auction in the country. Mr Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Khouri, 25, who made
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      • 248 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS HE EARNED the billing "Netherlands most durable product', but 104-year-old opera singer Johannes Heesters had to face the heat when he took the stage in his native country for the first time in four decades. Dozens protested outside a theatre in the Netherlands where
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      • 366 16  -  Roger Maynard Canberra hopes 6,000 more places will help ease labour crunch and curb inflation By Australia Correspondent In Sydney AUSTRALIA yesterday flagged a new package of measures to draw in skilled migrants, aimed at solving the nation's labour crunch. With unemployment at a
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      • 177 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kandahar (Afghanistan) A SUICIDE bomber at a dog fighting competition killed 80 people and injured many others yesterday in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taleban in 2001. Officials said the bomber's apparent
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    • SINGAPORE AND THE WORLD THIS WEEK
      • 25 17 PAKISTAN: General election. BEIJING: Professor Ibrahim Gambari, special UN envoy on Myanmar, visits China. VATICAN CITY: The Vatican will tighten rules for canonising saints.
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      • 18 17 KIGALI/ACCRA: US President George W. Bush visits Rwanda and Ghana. GENEVA: World Trade Organisation-Dispute Settlement Body meeting.
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      • 20 17 VIENNA: lAEA director Mohamed Elßaradei to report on his visit to Iran and its nuclear activity, latest by Friday.
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      • 37 17 MOSCOW: Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko visits Russia. She is expected to negotiate an increase in tariffs for the transit of Russian gas across Ukraine territory. BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits the European Commission.
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      • 20 17 MILAN: Hearing resumes in the trial of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, charged with paying a US$6OO,OOO (*****,500) kickback.
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      • 46 17 GULF: Military forces from France, the UAE and Qatar begin their first joint war games in the Gulf. CANBERRA: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and possibly Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are expected to lead a delegation for the annual Australia-US defence and security talks.
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      • 36 17 HAVANA: The National Assembly will hold its first session to approve the executive Council of State and confirm whether Fidel Castro will continue as head of state or be succeeded by his brother, Raul Castro.
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    • 203 17  -  CAROLYN HONG ►> WORLD PHOTO: WHAT IT IS MALAYSIA'S political parties on Sunday will nominate candidates for the upcoming general election. All candidates must register their candidacy on Sunday in order to contest the polls on March 8. WHY IT MATTERS The names of
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    • 170 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WHAT IT IS THE Democratic presidential primary in Wisconsin and Democratic presidential caucuses in Hawaii will be held tomorrow. Republican primaries will be held in Wisconsin on the same day. WHY IT MATTERS White House hopeful Barack Obama, who usurped
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    • 152 17 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG WHAT IT IS THE Oscars, the world's top film honours, will be given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Sunday (9am Monday, Singapore time) at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. WHY IT MATTERS There were fears in
      REUTERS, BLOOMBERG; REUTERS  -  152 words
    • 217 17  -  JESSICA JAGANATHAN ST PHOTO: SINGAPORE WHAT IT IS MORE than 80,000 people, including trade visitors, are expected to flock this week to the Singapore Airshow, which will be held from tomorrow till Sunday at the Changi Exhibition Centre. The world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A3BO, will
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    • 168 17  -  GABRIEL CHEN WHAT IT IS OCBC Bank will announce its full-year 2007 results on Thursday. There will be a briefing at OCBC Centre hosted by chief executive David Conner and chief financial officer Soon Tit Koon. OCBC is the second local lender to report its earnings,
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    • 137 17  -  JESSICA JAGANATHAN WHAT IT IS SINGAPORE'S largest compressed natural gas (CNG) refuelling station at 1 Mandai Link will be opened today. The station, operated by Smart Energy, will be inaugurated by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim. WHY IT MATTERS The
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    • 80 17  -  JESSICA JAGANATHAN WHAT IT IS PUNTERS will get a chance to win $10 million in the once-a-year Toto Hongbao draw. It has been organised by Singapore Pools since 2000. The draw will be held on Thursday at 9.30pm. WHY IT MATTERS Many Singaporeans love buying
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 25 14 More migrants wanted Australia is adding 6,000 places to its skilled migration programme as part of new measures to ease the labour shortage. PAGE 16
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  • REVIEW
    • 428 18 THERE is a sucker born every minute, an American hoaxer was said to have remarked 160 years ago. Singaporeans may not fall for questionable deals that frequently, but there are too many who get taken in by sale pitches that are too good to be true or
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    • 1212 18  -  Anthony Paul PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS By PAKISTAN'S security forces, especially the 550,000-man army, are on high alert for today's elections. A sense of crisis prevails. Violence, seldom absent from Pakistani polls, has already caused unprecedented election-related mayhem, with terrorists, mostly suicide bombers, killing more than 500 people
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    • 848 18  -  Paul Krugman NEW YORK TIMES AUCTION-RATE SECURITIES By A DECADE ago, during the last global financial crisis, the word on everyone's lips was "contagion". Troubles that began in a far-away country of which most people in the US knew nothing (Thailand) eventually spread to much bigger
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    • 1237 19  -  Robert Karniol »JAPAN'S MISSILE DEFENCE By Defence Writer THERE are three main factors fuelling Japan's interest in forging a missile defence shield, combining land-based and seaborne systems. And despite the public rhetoric, the most obvious of these is very much hypothetical. Japan's planned ballistic
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 31 18 Missile mission What is behind Japan's aim in forging a missile defence shield combining land-based and seaborne systems? PAGE 19 PUNCHLINES Doctors questioned by Health Ministry over shoddy aesthetic procedures -news
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    • 1192 20 Singapore today I i(p£ IRI^C Mainly fair and JL JL •JL fifeis Tm^m^ JP^ THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 2008 (QpfP^^jl^ pp^l^^ ASIA 4 WORU> WEATHER »USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS.YOU CW I *s°— 1 pr rgency lines m DOTODAY Clear PoHce Hotline 1800-255-0000 Q jjfr^ Civfl Defence (Fire, Rescue
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  • HOME
    • 776 21  -  Judith Tan Health Ministry is also looking at regulating aesthetic medicine By AT LEAST 20 doctors have been questioned by the Health Ministry in the last five months on their shoddy aesthetic practices. This is part of a ministry clamp down to ensure general
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    • 179 22 FRESH O-level graduates will know tomorrow at Bam which junior college (JC), polytechnic or institution course they are posted to. Students will receive Form D by mail tomorrow or after about their postings. They can also check by calling 6691-2131 or
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    • 302 22  -  Diana Othman By MR MOHAMAD Noor Abdullah came home after working the night shift yesterday to find his Ang Mo Kio flat ravaged by a fire. The blaze destroyed the 30-year-olds living room and left the rest of his four-room flat
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    • 451 22  -  Alvin Foo Some get up to $88k in subsidies, says Mah Bow Tan; also flats still cheap enough for families to use CPF for full mortgage payments By PROPERTY prices may be on the rise but HDB flats still remain very affordable
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    • 351 23  -  Jessica Jaganathan Govt to pay most of the bill; work under home improvement scheme to start before year-end By SEVERAL hundred Tampines residents are expected to be among the first to have their flats spruced up in a new Housing Board scheme
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    • 71 23 About 4,000 grassroots leaders attended a Chinese New Year Garden Party at the Istana yesterday. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong mingled with the guests, and among them were a group of women from Tampines North who posed for photographs with him. The party was hosted by
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    • SINGAPORE AIRSHOW
      • 662 24  -  Karamjit Kaur With China and India propelling it, Asia won't be 'unduly disadvantaged' by a recession in the US By Aviation Correspondent ASIA propelled by the twin engines of China and India will not be "unduly disadvantaged" if
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      • 307 24  -  LYNN LEE SINGAPORE'S aviation sector still has a long runway of growth and it will also be fuelled by the boom in air travel across Asia, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew last night. While the airline industry creates 8 per cent of
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      • 750 24  -  David Boey By A DOUBLE-DECKER Airbus A3BO airliner was among the warplanes, business jets and helicopters towed by road this weekend to the site of the upcoming Singapore Airshow at Changi North. As drivers and passers-by gawked at the world's
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      • 90 24 SOUTH-EAST Asian air force chiefs signed a Declaration of Support to continue cooperating to combat terrorism in the region. The agreement was signed yesterday during the sth Asean Air Chiefs Conference attended by all 10 Asean member countries and re-affirms each country's desire to
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      • 1026 25  -  David Boey NEWS ANALYSIS By THE world's newest aerospace event, the six-day Singapore Airshow 2008, opens tomorrow and with it, the curtains go up on an airshow dogfight with millions of dollars at stake. Will the new show do as well, if not better,
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    • 677 26  -  Maria Almenoar 12 services to start by month's end will bring the total to 54 By AUDITOR Joanne Goh's morning commute to work used to take over an hour a 10-minute ride in her parsnt's car to the Yio Chu Kang MRT station, followed
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    • 608 26  -  Yeo Ghim Lay MARIA ALMENOAR By FULL-TIME national serviceman Bryan Goh, 19, spends close to three hours on public transport every day, shuttling from his home in Serangoon to camp in Teck Whye. "It takes a long time, and the buses and
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    • 425 26 WHEN it comes to public transport, commuters in some areas have it worse than others. Here are areas where Singaporeans find it tougher to get to the city: SERANGOON The interchange has 11 services, including one that goes to the Raffles
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    • 254 21 lUfccj& TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY College of Science »i/s' I JM Third-year, Biological Sciences Ih B^ College of Science ft-T J '"V^L IV H. Singapore Representative, i J »jyJ 59b -r litiWfaM^ Love Singapore Timor Leste H —Tjff■* __4B I Friendship Exchange Programme[ j^^^> wi_I seek answers and solutions constantly, forging ahead
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    • 111 22 Q What polytechnic courses are currently popular among students? U Tourism and hospitality courses. r\ Why is this surge in interest in these courses happening? I The tourism and hospitality industry I is expecting a staffing shortage I when the two integrated resorts I (IRs) and new hotels open here
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    • 294 26 REHEARSE THE FUTURE, M I WALK THE BATTLEFIELD ttSKdySe I BEFORE THE BATTLE *F I H]in| /I Association cn/i/r I Strathclyde MBA: Transforming Careers, Realising Dreams Since 1966 /•l^ I This is made possible through the THE STRATHGLVDE ADVANTAGE I interventionalisl approach to .tatogjc MBA js ranked t 3rJ I
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  • NewMarket
    • 678 27  -  LYN CHAN Rising shop rent eats into bottom line of big electrical retailer Harvey Norman By\ THE sharp spike in shop rent is hurting the profit margins of Harvey Norman, one of the big three electrical retailers in Singapore. Its co-founder and executive chairman, Mr Gerry
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    • 301 27  -  Lyn Chan ANOTHER institution has joined in the fight against cancer. The West Medical Group, one of the world's leading cancer facilities, has organised monthly talks for 2008. "Because cancer is the number one cause of death in Singapore and incidence rates increase every year.
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    • 248 27  -  Lyn Chan TIGER BEER has a new look and it's colourful, cheery and contemporary. Splashed in print, on buses, billboards and on television, its Credentials campaign which began in December captures Tiger's passion for brewing the finest beer. Its visuals celebrate a world-acclaimed beer, says Mr
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        111 27 SAMSUNG has launched five mobile phones for the first quarter of 2008: the Ultra Imaging GBOO, the world's first five megapixel camera phone with 3x inner optical zoom; the SGH-F250, a sleek, lightweight phone fitted with hotkeys on the front to provide easy access to your mobile music
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        95 27 MARK Feb 24 in your diary if you are planning a holiday. SA Tours will be holding its travel fair at Suntec Convention Hall 402. Go to Bali at $99 per person. Couples pay $2,008 to relax in springtime Korea or Taiwan. Those considering Australia, Japan or China
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        78 27 YOU can now zap the latest technology news, the must-have gadgets and games into your mobile phone with Zap Code in the weekly tabloid DigitaLife. DigitaLife of The Straits Times features reviews of the latest tech toys, gadgets and games, and at the end of every article,
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        95 27 WHO in Singapore provides the Best Nightspot Experience, the Best Spa Experience, or the Best Shopping Experience? The answers will be unveiled on March 4 at the Tourism Awards 2008 when the spotlight is turned on the stars of the tourism industry in Singapore. While nominations for the
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      • 99 27 OSIM'S uYoyo, touted as the world's first massage and exercise chair, is inspired by the stretching and twisting motions of yoga and Pilates. It combines low-impact stretching exercise movements and the therapeutic effects of soothing massage to enhance overall well-being. Created to be a dual-user massage chair,
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  • YOUTHINK
    • 437 28  -  Yen Feng SOAPBOX No need to spend big to impress your Valentine or others. It's the small things that count By IT'S easy to splurge when you're in love. And with the slew of bonuses paid out this year, it's no wonder
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    • 1066 28 The drive for that status symbol but at what cost? Are cars still a relevant part of the 5Cs, despite rising costs? Youthlnk writers weigh in Brand-conscious youth gear up for that dream car EVEN with higher car ownership costs, the convenience of your own car is not something that
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    • 392 28  -  Tabitha Mok MY THOUGHTS By I LOOK forward to the Chinese New Year as the most "lucrative" time of the year. But beyond material matters, there are many other reasons why it's such a special occasion. With Chinese and Eurasian parentage, I have
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  • FORUM
    • 278 29  -  Heng Cho Choon I READ with interest your report, "Reality's a hard taskmaster" (ST, Feb 15), in which Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said our brain drain problem is "pretty serious". Brain drain is a worldwide phenomenon found in both developing and developed
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    • 253 29  -  Ong Boon Khim I REFER to the letter, "SIA should have shown more understanding" (ST, Feb 9), by Mr Law Cher Khiam. We have apologised to Mr Law for the unpleasant incident. Our ground staff in Jakarta should have just accepted Mr Law's redemption ticket
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    • 448 29  -  Karen Tan (Ms) WE AGREE with Ms Salma Khalik that "Insurance alone cannot pay the big bills" (ST, Feb 13). Health-care financing requires all stakeholders patients, employers, insurers and the Government to play their part. Hence, we have heavy subsidies at 82/
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    • 178 29  -  Isabel Cheng (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Ah Meng burial site a health hazard?" (ST, Feb 13), by Mr Wong Fook Seng. We would like to assure all readers that the site at Garden With A View will not affect the
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    • 247 29  -  Rita Aspen (Mrs) I REFER to the report, "FI ticketing fiasco" (ST, Feb 15). I wish to relate another fiasco that happened on Feb 14 here the Singapore Flyer fiasco. That day, together with many other people, we were waiting in line to
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    • 320 29  -  Joe Sim I REFER to the letter, "Public toilets at NUH in shocking state" (ST, Feb 15), by Mr Wee Kek Koon. We appreciate Mr Wee's feedback and apologise for the unpleasant experience. Maintaining the cleanliness of public toilets is a constant
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    • 135 29  -  Anthony Leong Chee-Hong I REFER to the report, "12 sites set aside for new hotels to ease room crunch" (ST, Feb 15). I don't know why hotels have to be in the city or at the fringes. Why can't they be
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    • 137 29  -  Ho Kong Loon I WAS eating my breakfast at a food centre in Jurong East on Feb 9 when there was a sudden commotion. A young Indian cleaning worker had collapsed due to epileptic fits. In the twinkle of an eye, more than 10 people
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    • 68 29 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Review employerbiased labour rules to stem talent drain Fair legislation needed in collective sales to protect all F1 race in Sept: Has everything been thought out? Spielberg should not have mixed politics with sports Ban
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  • SPORTS
    • 352 30  -  Marc Lim YOUTH OLYMPICS By Sports Correspondent SINGAPORE will enter the final week of the 2010 Youth Olympics race cautiously optimistic about its chances. Only Moscow stands in the way of the Republic winning the right to host the inaugural Youth Olympic Games
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    • 547 30 SOCCER Fergie says league leaders vulnerable after his men beat them 4-0 in FA Cup LONDON MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson had a strong message for Arsenal after trouncing the Gunners on Saturday: We beat you in the FA Cup, now we will beat you
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    • 97 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MIDDLESBROUGH and Sheffield United will meet again on Tuesday week after their fifth round FA Cup tie ended 0-0 yesterday. The closest either side came to a goal at Bramall Lane was when Sheffield striker James Beattie hit the outside of the post
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    • 220 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London BARCELONA and Juventus have been linked to Frank Lampard. But Chelsea coach Avram Grant is convinced the midfielder will renew his contract with the London club at the end of the season. "I want him at the club and I think he
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    • 67 30 TOTTENHAM want Portsmouth's David James as their new goalkeeper, reported the Daily Mail. The 37-year-old, who has ousted Spurs' out-of-form Paul Robinson from the England team, is enjoying a renaissance after being snapped up for £1.2 million (553.3 million) from Manchester City in August 2006. His current
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    • 263 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London ARSENE Wenger has condemned Manchester United winger Nani for "showboating" towards the end of Saturday's FA Cup tie. With the game over as a contest United were leading 4-0 the Portuguese kept possession with a spot of solo head-tennis in
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    • 395 30 London FAR from apologising for losing 1-2 to Barnsley in the FA Cup a debacle that has plunged Liverpool into crisis manager Rafael Benitez hit back at his increasing number of critics. Already 19 points adrift of leaders Arsenal in the English Premier League table, Saturday's
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    • 509 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS ►>GOLF Kahuku (Hawaii) ANNIKA Sorenstam's winning start to the season has just made the HSBC Women's Champions tournament in Singapore next week a lot more interesting. The former world No 1 ended a 17-month wait to celebrate her
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    • 152 31 NEW YORK TIMES PHIL Mickelson holed a critical seven-foot putt for par on the final hole on Saturday to cling to a one-stroke lead over Jeff Quinney at the Northern Trust Open. The four-stroke lead Mickelson had when the round began quickly evaporated after a Quinney
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    • 497 31  -  Wang Meng Meng SOCCER They look the team to beat, but Home and Tampines will make life difficult By THE 13th edition of the S-League kicks off tonight and Singapore Armed Forces FC remain the team to beat. Champions for the last two seasons and with
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    • 210 31 Home United's Shahril Ishak (red jersey) being tackled by Hafiz Osman, as arch-rivals Singapore Armed Forces FC and Home squared off in the inaugural Singapore Charity Shield at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. SAFFC, last season's Double PHOTO: winners, defeated the league runners-up 5-4 in a
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    • 179 31 Serie A Yesterday Fiorentina 2 Catania 1 Genoa 0 Sampdoria 1 Lazio 3 Atalanta 0 Napoli 1 Empoli 3 Palermo 2 Cagliari 1 Reggina 1 Udinese 3 Siena 0 Torino 0 P W D L F A Pts Inter Milan 2318 5 0 4813 59 AS Roma 2314 6
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    • 152 31 P W D L F A Pts Real Madrid ...2418 2 4 54 20 56 Barcelona 2415 6 3 4416 51 Villarreal 2313 3 7 4134 42 A. Madrid 2312 5 6 38 23 41 Espanyol 2411 6 7 35 30 39 Sevilla 2411 310 46 33 36
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    • 173 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Rome INTER Milan took a huge step closer to the Italian title after extending their lead at the top of the Serie A to 11 points on Saturday. The defending champions saw off Livorno 2-0 at the San Siro while closest challengers
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    • 194 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Madrid RONALDINHO'S late penalty gave Barcelona a 2-1 victory at Real Zaragoza on Saturday. The win pulled them to within five points of Spanish league leaders Real Madrid, who stayed on 56 points after a shock 1-2 loss at Real Betis. The
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    • 591 32  -  Wang Meng Meng MOTOR RACING Minister of State welcomes high level of demand for tickets to Singapore race By THERE is a silver lining to the dark clouds that gathered last week at the height of the Formula One ticketing foul-up. That is the
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    • 177 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Orleans THE National Basketball Association could expand into Europe in the next decade, according to commissioner David Stern. While England's Premier League has met opposition with its plans to export its football matches around the world, the NBA's
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    • 374 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS It's a bird It's a plane I It's Dwight Howard The Orlando Magic forward making a dunk wearing a Superman costume during the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, which he won. BASKETBALL New Orleans LOOK, up in the sky! It is a bird. It
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    • 223 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »SPORTSPEOPLE Isinbayeva smashes own world indoor pole vault mark with 4.95 m effort Donetsk (Ukraine) OLYMPIC champion Yelena Isinbayeva set a new world indoor record in the women's pole vault on Saturday as she cleared the mark of 4.95 metres. Her vault at the invitational Pole
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    • 369 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS Columbia AFTER 16 years, the world has a new 200 metres backstroke queen. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe broke the long-standing mark and the second-oldest record in the books at the Missouri Grand Prix on Saturday. She finished in 2min 6.395 ec, which
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    • 225 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS ►>TENNIS Delray Beach (Florida) TEENAGE qualifier Kei Nishikori has become the first Japanese player to reach an Association of Tennis Professionals final since 1992. He beat third-seeded Sam Querrey 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) on Saturday at the International Tennis Championship. Down 3-6 in
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    • 212 33 REUTERS CRICKET Adelaide MITCHELL Johnson took three wickets as Australia defeated India by 50 runs in a low-scoring tri-series one-day international at Adelaide Oval yesterday. The visitors looked to have a great chance of winning when they restricted the Australians to 203 for nine
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 65 33 LONDON: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed the recent racism row surrounding McLaren's black driver Lewis Hamilton as "a one-off". The International Automobile Federation will launch its "Racing Against Racism" campaign at the Spanish Grand Prix from April 25-27, but Ecclestone said: "I don't
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      • 64 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHONGQING: South Korea beat hosts China 3-2 to preserve a 30-year unbeaten record on the opening day of soccer's East Asian championship yesterday. China have not beaten South Korea in 27 matches and it was their 16th loss, adding to a so-called
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    • 482 33 CRICKET Tri-series one-day international in Adelaide: Austrialia 203-9 in 50 overs (M.Clarke 79; I.Sharma 2-32, I.Pathan 4-41). India 153 all out in 41.2 overs (M.S.Dhoni 37; N.Bracken 2-21, M.Johnson 3-42, B.Hogg 2-30). Australia won by 50 runs. GOLF Indonesian Open in Jakarta, final round: 262 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 65
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    • 63 31 S-League Today Super Reds v Woodlands Wellington (Yishun, 7.45pm) Tomorrow Young Lions v Sengkang Punggol (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm) Wednesday Gombak United v Tampines Rovers (Jurong West, 7.45pm) Thursday Geylang United v Balestier Khalsa (Bedok, 7.45pm) Home United v Dalian Shide (Bishan, 7.45pm) Friday Albirex Niigata v Singapore Armed Forces (Jalan
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    • 157 32 ****?&>£—+■ B:: diQitdi lire-1 B^^^^BHHj^H Contribute to the" The Straits Times and The Sunday Times are backing |i| _^m^ fonim pages Of the Singapore's bid to host the inaugural 2010 Youth V. AMWM new, bilingual my paper Olympics. We invite readers to join us in our efforts. jj "JP You
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    • 28 33 TV times CRICKET: ICC U-19 World Cup, Group stage: Windies v South Africa (Live, Chi 10, 9.50 am). Event SOCCER: S-League: Super Reds v Woodlands Wellington (Yishun, 7.45pm).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      89 34 y v PERUMAL VALLIAMMAL Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 17 February 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: (Pakiry Sinnathamby, deceased) Sons: Marimuthu Balakrishnan Ali Abdullah Mohd Hakeem Viswanathan Ramamoorthi Daughters-in-law: Vijaya Sarah Daughters: Rukumony Govindammal Kamalah Susheela Kanagasundri Kalavathy Sons-in-law: (Muniyan, deceased) Krishna Francis Periasamy
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      158 34 "The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want." Psalms 23 SALLY MARY LEAN LEONG CHOO (Mrs Sally Loh) Age: 60 Called home to be with the Lord on 17 February 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Loh Kok On Father: Mother: Lean Chye Huat (Ong Gaik Joo,
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      146 34 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son so that whoever believes in Him |..hii :;:!<' IRENE WOON GUAN NEO Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 February 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: James Tan
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      129 34 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Chiok Jim Kwee Departed on 18 February 2007 Deeply missed dearly remembered by wife, family and all loved ones. Wife: Tay Kirn Lin Son: Daughter-in-law: Chiok Itt Seng Tan Gek Tin Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chiok Koon Yean Ong Siong Kee Chiok Eng Neo, Jenny Ho
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      42 34 r 1 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to our Director Mr Freddie Chua on the demise of his beloved father CHUA SOO KHOON Departed on 16 Feb 2008 From: The Management and Staff of Twinvac Industries Pte Ltd Twinvac Industries Sdn. Bhd.
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      138 34 YAP CHAY EN Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 17 February 2008 Someone who truly enjoyed life pursuing his hobbies as a Chelsea Football Club supporter, dog lover and keeper of his singing birds. He was always surrounded by his immediate and extended family, good friends and loved zipping around
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      124 34 TAN CHEK HOON, FRANCIS mmm Age: 57 passed away peacefully on 17 February 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father (Tan Kwang Fook, deceased) Mother Long Juat Lan Wife Lee Siew Lan, Marie Son Tan Dihao, Marcus Daughter Tan Qiuyuan, Sue-Ann Brother: Sister-in-law: Tan Chek Tho Heng
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      161 34 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... I will dwell in the house of the Lordforever." Psalm 23 JOHN GWA CHOOM MONG Age: 85 was called home to be with the Lord on 16 February 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Agnes Ng Seok Kee Sons:
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      64 34 1st Anniversary In Loving Memory of I M^ MM I DANIEL TAN KIA DEN Departed on 18 February 2007. His life was simple, his actions kind, A generous hand and a concern mind, Anxious to please, loath to offend, A loving brother and faithful friend. Dearly missed and forever cherished
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      78 34 IRIS ANG AH NEO Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 16 February 2008. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Husband: Patrick Cha Kay Sin Cha Ah Son Son: Danny Cha Boon Hon Daughter: Son-in-law: Sylvia Cha Sze Wei Ng Chee Wee Grandson: Ng Yeung Kang Wake is held
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      77 34 f OM NAMASHIVAYA "^1 MADAM BABEE Age: 70 passed away peacefully on 17.2.2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Krishnan s/o Ramasamy Munusamy Sons: Daughters-in-law: Gunasegaran Irene Koh Hangovan Ratnakumari Chanthrasegaran Vanitha Daughters: Sons-in-law: (Susheela, deceased) Nadrasah Sumathi Kalimuthu Krishnaveni Moorthy Bathma Visualingam Grandchildren, relatives and friends.
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      50 34 Ist ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of Nagalingam Kanagasabay Departed 18 Feb 2007 You live on in our hearts minds Deeply missed fondly remembered by wife, sons, daughters-in-law, f grandson, brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and dear friends. We are comforted that Jou are in the ;nce of the Lord- j
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      53 34 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA The family of the late GURUSAMY PILLAI GOVINDARAJU Departed on 04.02.2008 wish to thank relatives and friends for their kind condolences during their recent bereavement. Athnia Shanti Pooja will be held on 19.02.08 (Tues), 7pm at Potong Pasir Temple. Please treat this as a personal invitation. I
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      • 254 74  -  SERENE GOH YOU may have heard people say that life imitates art, when reality feels like a scene from a movie, or a line in a song, or a phrase from a play. The statement is ironic, because it is art which tries to capture real
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      • 278 74 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh JOURNALISTS Yen Feng, Malini Nathan CONTRIBUTORS Cassandra Chew, Alison de Souza, Andrew Duffy, Mardiana Abu Bakar INTERNS Neubronner Eugene, Pamela Chow, Ong Wei Zhong, Bryan Toh, Nurul Liyana Yeo ART DESIGN Jaster Ngui, Wendy Wells, Zulaiha Jumari, Samir
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        • 632 75 Make a call on your computer Making a telephone call over the Internet is not only easy, it's also cheap and offers extra features such as video and conferencing. Here's the scoop on Internet telephony "Internet telephony" (say "tuh-LEFF-unny") is just a fancy name for making
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      • 507 76 Ah Meng, Singapore's most famous orangutan is dead. A superstar in her lifetime, she had many admirers. NEUBRONNER EUGENE pays tribute WE will never get to see her winning smile, beautiful large eyes, or feel her gentle touch any more. Ah Meng, the
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      • 776 78 FOR BETTER... Six blind Tibetan teens who made history when they tried to climb a 7,045m peak next to Mount Everest are now about to have another adventure as movie stars and globetrotters. Their story is being told in Blindsight, a documentary hitting screens later this
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        511 79 The world is a stage, And I'm their rockstar. Life is a highway, Canvases painted with colourful tears Take a walk on the ocean With our shoes on. We'll make butterflies, And blue skies, As a fashion scene. It's a journey Our soul embarks, No blinding lights Or
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      • 736 81 Read this report by LIM WEI CHEAN in The Straits Times on Jan 24 and then test your reading skills by doing the quiz on the facing page. Lesson by SONIA SNG. SECTION 1 Last year was the best in the history of Singapore tourism.
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      • 1261 81 Comprehending a passage requires language skills. Let's hone our abilities on some of these skills by reading a Straits Times article, Tourist Arrivals Hit A Record Of 10.3 m, from Jan 24. LEVEL 1 Inferring truth value (5 points) Look at the two tables (How Singapore Fared
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      • 1263 84  -  Yap Koon Hong, By THE STRAITS TIMES, FEB 2,2008 !PHOTO Senior Writer, THE STRAITS TIMES, FEB 2,2008 WITHIN the next 12 months, Singapore will see the opening of a permanent Peranakan museum, a heritage house and, possibly, a new Peranakan play. The events point towards
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      • 346 84 Last week, we continued our vocabulary work by familiarising students with nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. In the first exercise, students were asked to firstly identify whether each of the following words was a noun, a verb, an adjective or an adverb before looking up
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        521 82  -  ANDREW DUFFY .j This is an issue because there are plans to grow Singapore's population sL^by two million people in the next 50 years. We need the population to be big enough to stay competitive. There is debate over how many people we will need, and how soon
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        653 83 When house prices and petrol prices rise, we're not that worried. But when food prices go up, inflation really hits home Across Singapore, everyone has noticed that prices are rising, thanks to higher food, fuel and labour costs. Costlier food, But while prices may be held steady, hawkers can
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