The Straits Times, 17 March 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 74 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 MONDAY, MARCH 17 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article
    Lock icon Case targets obesity and unhealthy fast food
    592 1  -  Judith Tan It wants fast food chains to help kids by putting healthy options on menus By SINGAPORE'S consumer watchdog has joined an international effort to stop kids from digging into junk food, a push that comes as people here get fatter. The
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    Lock icon Lhasa tense as deadline for rioters approaches
    303 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Lhasa TIME is running out for rioters in Tibet who have been given until midnight tonight to surrender to police or face harsh punishment. Yesterday, the Tibetan capital Lhasa remained tense under heavy security as Beijing threatened a "people's
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    Lock icon The youth vote is crucial in Taiwan polls
    1086 1  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei HE POSTS video clips on You Tube, chats online on MSN and wears his baseball cap backwards. Mr Frank Hsieh, 62, even does the occasional high-five. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) flagbearer is
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      373 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 HDB owners upset over charges Asia 6-11 Despite a freeze on S&C charges in World 12-16 some areas, some HDB residents Review 17-19 still feel the charges are too high. FYI 20 PAGEH1 SECTION TWO Home H1-H8 FORUM orum uVn'int Risin9 costs of preschools or1:s
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Some findings about escape won't be revealed
      706 3  -  Chong Chee Kin Panel will get to the bottom of how Mas Selamat got away: DPM By THE three-member panel investigating the escape of detainee Mas Selamat Kastari is doing its work behind closed doors and that is the best way, Deputy Prime
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      Lock icon SKY-HIGH PARKING
      471 3  -  Frankie Chee By PARKING the car is set to reach a whole new level with a high-rise condominium where every apartment comes with its own private garage in the sky. The Hamilton, coming up at 37 Scotts Road on the former site of Hotel Asia, will make this
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      Lock icon BOMB TERROR
      467 4  -  Nirmal Ghosh In Thailand: Senator escapes as hotel blasts leave 2 dead By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok car parked just outside the hotel's restaurant exploded. The bomb, estimated to have weighed 20kg, damaged the hotel structure and shattered every window in the 10-storey building. A security guard was
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      Lock icon In Pakistan: Attack targets foreigners
      237 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamabad PAKISTAN'S capital was on high alert yesterday after a restaurant crowded with expatriates was bombed apparently the first time militants behind a recent wave of violence have targeted foreigners. A Turkish aid worker was killed and at least 12 others,
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      34 4 Whither the IPO market? m i 'A The recent battering of the stock market has not spared the new issues. Some companies have delayed their listings but a few still intend to go ahead.
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon China declares 'people's war' in Tibet
      610 6  -  Chua Chin Hon Troops pour into Lhasa as unrest spreads to three nearby provinces By China Bureau Chief In Beijing CHINA yesterday vowed to wage a "people's war" against rioters in Tibet as similar unrest spread to three neighbouring provinces with large Tibetan populations.
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    • CHINA
      • TIBET UNREST
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          Lock icon Protests break out in major world cities
          418 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Tibetan exiles take to the streets, with some protests turning violent Beijing ANTI-CHINESE rallies have spread beyond Tibet to cities across the world, with some descending into violence when police tried to disperse crowds of Tibetan exiles. At
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon TAIWAN'S 'SUPER SUNDAY'
        675 8  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Goh Sui Noi TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS Campaign frenzy grips thousands on last weekend before elections By Taiwan Correspondent in Taipei Senior Correspondent in Tainan CAMPAIGN frenzy gripped Taiwan yesterday as hundreds of thousands of supporters took part in islandwide rallies on "Super Sunday" the
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        Lock icon Campaigning a family affair
        202 8  -  ONG HWEE HWEE REPORTERS NOTEBOOK THE election is a family affair not just for the living, but also for the dead for Taiwan's presidential hopefuls. Amid the campaign frenzy, the candidates have roped in their families to solicit votes. And the media has even dragged in
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    • MALAYSIA
      • ELECTIONS AFTERMATH
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          Lock icon Abdullah vows to go ahead with big-spending projects
          605 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE He says government will remain investor friendly even as calls for him to quit grow Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi pledged to push ahead with big-spending development projects amid concerns of possible economic fallout after his
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          Lock icon Razaleigh wants Umno to discuss polls debacle
          649 9  -  Jeremy Au Yong By In Kuala Lumpur UNITED Malays National Organisation (Umno) heavyweight Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has written to all the party's division chiefs calling for an emergency general meeting over the disastrous election results. The two-page letter started popping up on the
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          Lock icon Umno using NEP to raise racial tensions, says Anwar
          350 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has accused ruling party leaders of stoking racial tensions over plans to dismantle affirmative action policies favouring Malays. Datuk Seri Anwar's Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is a member of a three-par-ty
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Westerners too critical of Myanmar, says Samak
        530 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, XINHUA Thai PM also denies he would step aside during graft probe Bangkok THAILAND'S Prime Minister said yesterday that Westerners are overly critical of Myanmar. He has also denied that he would stop working as head of the government while an
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        Lock icon Plane slams into Jakarta houses
        214 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta A LIGHT plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood in the Indonesian capital yesterday, killing the pilot and injuring one person on the ground, police said. The aircraft apparently developed engine trouble during the flight before slamming into a water tower
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon PM LEE CONGRATULATES WEN
          174 10 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday sent a message of congratulations to his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao following his re-election at the weekend at the ongoing annual legislative session. Mr Wen was appointed to a second five-year term as China's premier yesterday. He is the
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          Lock icon IDR 'NEEDS TO TAP S'PORE LINKS'
          117 10 BERNAMA JOHOR BARU: Taking advantage of Singapore's international trade links, the federal and Johor governments should forge a smart partnership with the Republic to market the Iskandar Development Region (IDR). Pulai MP Nur Jazlan Mohamed, whose constituency is located in the IDR, said that
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          Lock icon MCCAIN VISITS IRAQ
          123 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD: US Republican presidential candidate John McCain arrived in Iraq yesterday for talks with senior American officials on the first leg of a tour taking him to the Middle East and Europe. His trip is aimed at burnishing his senior statesman credentials while Democratic rivals
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          Lock icon GUANGZHOU BIRD FLU CONFIRMED
          89 10 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG: China's Ministry of Agriculture confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza among chickens at a poultry retail market in Guangzhou, the capital of southern Guangdong province, the Hong Kong government said. Hong Kong will bar the import of live birds, poultry and related products
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        Lock icon Hardline cleric who 'recruited' Mas Selamat
        1014 11  -  Dcvi Asmarani Jakarta preacher and author Jibril still spreading his radical beliefs By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta TWO years after he was freed from an Indonesian prison, Abu Jibril is busier than ever. The 54-year-old Muslim cleric said to be a mentor of escaped
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        Lock icon Bashir gaining more followers with his lectures
        622 11  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta ALLEGED Jemaah Islamiah (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir's legions of followers are growing, even though he was released from prison on terrorism charges little more than a year ago. His close associates told The Straits
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        Lock icon Mas Selamat key in Al-Qaeda and JI link
        335 11 MAS SELAMAT Kastari played a crucial role connecting the Al-Qaeda to Jemaah Islamiah (JI), according to Jakar-ta-based security analyst Ken Conboy. In his book The Second Front, Mr Conboy said that in 1998, Mas Selamat, who had seen some of the training
        INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP, THE SECOND FRONT BY KEN CONBOY  -  335 words
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon CRANE CATASTROPHE
      582 12 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK Residents had long been worried about collapse and called the crane a menace New York A CRANE towering over a high-rise construction site in Manhattan rained death and destruction across a city block as it collapsed on Saturday, hitting
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Malaysia's Queen to the rescue
        242 13 SUNDAY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MALAYSIA'S Queen rushed to the aid of a heavily pregnant fashion designer who slipped at a fashion event in Kuala Lumpur. Eight months pregnant, Ms Melinda Looi slipped and fell on the catwalk as she was walking out with her models
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        Lock icon 'Kristen' hits high note with 2 singles
        202 13 BLOOMBERG HIGH-CLASS call girl "Kristen" has become an Internet singing sensation with two hit singles online. Kristen better known as Ashley Alexandra Dupre the 22-year-old prostitute whose reported dalliance with former New York governor Eliot Spitzer in a Washington hotel last month resulted
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        Lock icon Prince loses rare wedding ring
        159 13 CROWN Prince Frederik of Denmark is said to be offering a reward after losing his wedding ring during a diving trip. According to a report in yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald, the unique band is made from the first nugget of gold to be mined from
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      Lock icon CHICAGO'S GREEN ROOFS
      579 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Gardens planted atop the city's buildings help to lower temperatures as well as increase flora and fauna diversity Chicago NESTLED atop Chicago's neoclassical City Hall lies a secret garden hidden to all but those peering out of the windows of neighbouring office towers. Dozens more
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      Lock icon Blasts from obsolete munitions rock Albania
      413 15 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tirana A HUGE chain of explosions at an army base stocking obsolete munitions for destruction in Albania has killed at least six people and injured more than 240. The blasts occurred as Albanian workers, helped by Nato-appointed experts from
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    • SINGAPORE AND THE WORLD THIS WEEK
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        46 16 NEW YORK: Lieutenant-Governor David Paterson will replace New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned on March 12 amid a scandal over a USsl,ooo-an-hour (551,300) prostitute. ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has called for the National Assembly returned by a parliamentary election last month to convene.
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        25 16 JERUSALEM: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Israel. It culminates in a speech to the Knesset (Israel's Parliament), the first ever by a German chancellor.
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        33 16 KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi expected to hold first Cabinet meeting. RIYADH: US Vice-President Dick Cheney visits Saudi Arabia to raise concerns over record oil prices with the top oil exporter.
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        25 16 BAGHDAD: Fifth anniversary of the start of the US-led war on Iraq. UNITED NATIONS: UN Security Council votes on extending its mandate in Afghanistan.
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        10 16 PARIS: US Republican presidential candidate John McCain visits France.
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        6 16 GLOBAL: UN World Water Day.
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        11 16 VATICAN CITY: Pope celebrates Easter Mass in St Peter's Square.
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      Lock icon US interest rate cut expected as Fed meets
      288 16  -  ALVIN FOO WORLD WHAT IT IS THE United States central bank meets tomorrow amid growing concern about a US recession and the global credit crunch. The US Federal Reserve's main policy tool is setting the benchmark American interest rate. Since last September,
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      Lock icon Wen to chair NPC press conference
      129 16  -  CHUACHIN HON WHAT IT IS CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao (right) will chair a press conference tomorrow as the National People's Congress (NPC), China's legislature, wraps up its annual meetings in Beijing. Attended by hundreds of foreign and domestic reporters, the two-hour press conference at
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      Lock icon Rice and Gates in Moscow for talks on bilateral ties
      193 16 REUTERS WHAT IT IS US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice and Defence Secretary Robert Gates head to Russia next week to improve bilateral ties. They are due to arrive in Moscow today for two days of talks with their counterparts.
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      Lock icon Update on CBD taxi rule
      166 16  -  SUMATHI V. SELVARETNAM SINGAPORE WHAT IT IS THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) will hold a media briefing to give an update on the new rule forbidding taxis from picking up passengers in the CBD. WHY IT MATTERS Commuters in Singapore are not happy with this
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      Lock icon Release of trade performance figures for Feb
      134 16 WHAT IT IS THE government's trade promotion arm, International Enterprise Singapore, will release the country's trade performance figures for February today. The figures will show how much Singapore's non-oil exports and imports have changed from the previous month and from the same month
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      82 16 WHAT IT IS THE third Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum will be held from today to Wednesday. WHY IT MATTERS Started in 2005, it is a joint initiative by Japan's Ministry of Environment and the UN Centre for Regional Development. It aims to provide nations with the
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      Lock icon Conference on China, India
      92 16  -  SUMATHI V. SELVARETNAM WHAT IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL conference on "China and India: Economic and Social Development" will be held today and tomorrow at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel here. WHY IT MATTERS The conference focuses on China and India whose economic rise will shape the
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon Small loans, big impact
      409 17 SMALL loans for small businesses are a social enterprise notion worth considering for the disadvantaged. The idea could benefit from more attention than it got in a plan for which the Community Development Ministry will set aside $4.5 million this year to implement. The Social Enterprise
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      Lock icon A state of flux in Malaysia's racial politics
      1000 17  -  Yang Razali Kassim GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS By For The Straits Times HAVING successfully denied the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) its two-thirds majority in the new Parliament, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is now in a position to snatch away the right to form
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      Lock icon KL vote swing: Dangers and opportunities
      935 17  -  Philip Bowring By THE elections of March 8 have not quite broken the mould of Malaysian politics as it has existed since independence 50 years ago. But the scale of the setback for the governing coalition of racebased parties raises opportunities for the country
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      Lock icon Power plays in the slicing of Indonesian Papua
      1166 18  -  John Mcßeth By Senior Writer EVERYONE seems to agree that when it comes to Papua, the issue is not about a lack of money. This fiscal year, 28 trillion rupiah (554.2 billion) in central government funds will pour into Indonesia's easternmost province.
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      Lock icon Next US president needs 'smart power' strategy
      891 19  -  Joseph S. Nye Jr COPYRIGHT: PROJECT SYNDICATE By THE American presidential race commands attention around the world. The fact that the final three contenders include a woman, an African American and an older man who often challenged his own party suggests that the
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      Lock icon US Fed's magic may not work this time
      859 19  -  Paul Krugman NEW YORK TIMES By FOUR years ago, an academic economist named Ben Bernanke co-authored a technical paper that could have been titled Things the Federal Reserve Might Try If It Is Desperate although that may not have been obvious from
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      32 17 Desperate times Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke still has not managed to get a grip on the economy despite recent measures. PAGE 19 PUNCHLINES ~f I MAY NEED WB&^^^k Aifl^V. ,<U\\\\\\\\w\\ 3^Sl
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      696 21  -  Judith Tan Despite police green light, they're still not re-adopting game that can help elderly stay sharp By IT COULD be some time before the click-clacking of mahjong tiles is once again heard at community clubs (CCs) across the island. While CCs got
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      568 22  -  r Teh Joo Lin ►>HUNT FOR MAS SELAMAT System includes people on lookout, surveillance tools, observation posts B^ DETECTION measures are in place in the forested areas of Singapore, just in case escaped fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari ventures back to
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      606 23  -  Tan Weizhen Strong Spore dollar and boom in secure shopping websites are some reasons for uptrend By SINGAPOREANS are flocking to overseas websites to shop, with those from the United States topping the virtual shopping lists of netizens. Almost eight in 10 people here
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      152 23  -  CHUA HIAN HOU EIGHT in 10 Singaporeans have shopped online, with travel-related products such as plane tickets and hotel rooms the most popular buy. And according to the Nielsen Global Online Survey on Internet shopping habits released last week, 39 per cent of those Singaporeans bought
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      435 24  -  Jessica Lim S'poreansjoin Irish to markSt Patrick's Day with a loud procession of bagpipes and 'leprechauns' on bikes By A SEA of green swept over Boat Quay yesterday during a parade on the eve of the Irish national holiday, St Patrick's Day. About 5,000 people, many dressed in
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      1020 25  -  Mavis Toh They feel rates are too high compared with charges for condo residents By THE 14 town councils under the People's Action Party are all freezing their service and conservancy (S&C) rates, but some HDB residents still feel the charges
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        98 25 FORMER senior civil servant Eddie Teo has been appointed deputy chairman of the Public Service Commission. Mr Teo, 60, started his civil service career in 1970 at the Security and Intelligence Division. He worked there for 24 years, serving 15 years as its director.
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        91 25 A 10TH suspect has been charged with murdering a man in Geylang last month. Adrian Toh Huang Shee, 17, was arrested on Saturday morning at his home in Block 123, Yishun Street 11. Part-time car salesman Seah Boon Lye, 26, was stabbed in the back
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      608 26  -  Li XUEYING This is essential to foster religious accord: George Yeo By TO KEEP the peace, it is essential for the Government to act fairly in religious matters, said Foreign Minister George Yeo yesterday. Underscoring the role of Government in fostering religious
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      154 26 "There were some guys who called me Bengali or Bhai Singh. "I can do two things. "I can say to them, 'Le gong si mil' ('What did you say?' in Hokkien) and show them my finger. "Or I can say, 'Lai lai lai,
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      123 26 Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Dawn, a five-year-old Westie Highlander Cross, showed off her skills yesterday by holding on to a frisbee as her owner, Mr Kelvin Kwok Chii Kwang, 28, spun her around. The trick impressed the judges at
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      28 21 'Trip wires' for a fugitive Police have set up a network of eyes, ears and equipment in areas they have already searched for Mas Selamat Kastari. PAGE H2
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      379 27  -  LYN CHAN Fashion design student Afton Chen is selected to represent Singapore at the Triumph International's contest in Beijing By LINGERIE fashion leader Triumph International is scouting for fresh talent with its inaugural Triumph Inspiration Award and its Singapore contest has found a winner in Ms Aston
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      352 27  -  Lim Yann Ling SOPHISTICATED urbanites looking for bold statement accessories can look forward to Voi, a new jewellery outfit from Italy distinguished by big, bold diamonds and precious metals caught between intersecting planes and winged curves. Voi ("you" in Italian) aims to reflect and magnify a facet
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      283 27 THE Ministry of Sound (MOS) on April 8 will be filled with the hip-hop and R&B sounds of Scan Kingston, who shot to fame with Beautiful Girls. Besides Beautiful Girls, the 17-year-old Teen Choice Awards winner will be performing other chart-toppers like Me Love and Take
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        76 27 Nexcare Acne Patch, developed by 3M, targets men's oily skin. It is a skin-coloured, transparent dressing that is waterproof yet breathable. Used most effectively while sleeping, 3M's patented Tegasorb absorbs maximum oil secretion and pus while ensuring minimal or no hand contact that may cause infection. This also
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        49 27 Clinique's Blended Face Powder And Brush in Invisible Blend is a blotting powder that helps to eliminate surface oil. It contains Spherical silica, which traps oil and fight shine. Silica also provides light diffusing properties to make skin appear soft. Available at all Clinique counters at $53.
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        87 27 Fairmont Singapore is geared up for an Easter epicurean feast, besides the chocolate bunnies and colourful eggs. Prego offers a Good Friday seafood lunch of traditional Borlotti bean soup with braised tuna and squid ink lasagna layered with seafood ragout. Szechuan Court will be presenting diners two menus
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        89 27 Chan Brothers Travel will be holding its one-day Travel Monster Fair this Sunday at Suntec City Exhibition Hall 402, Level 4, from 10am to Bpm. Packages at the travel fair include 7D Perth and Coral Coast Spectacular, 11D Houston, New Orleans and Orlando, and cherry blossom tours in
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        24 27 V.Hive at Sim Lim Square, IMM, Jurong and Funan offers Europeandesigned office furniture. Choose from a range of materials, including recycled wood.
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        37 27 Konica Minolta's latest series of multifunctional peripherals combine the reliability required of black and white machines, and the cutting-edge features of colour machines. The bizhub C353/C253/C203 offer industry-lead-ing high-speed scanning capabilities and numerous security features.
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  • YOUTHINK
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      616 28  -  Tessa Wong SOAPBOX With major events counting on the need for good service, all eyes are on youth to live up to the challenge YOU have to admire the Singapore Tourism Board's optimism. Earlier this month, it trotted out the Service Star Award, a
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      283 28  -  MALI NI NATHAN WATCH out for stray yo-yos on your next Orchard Road spree. Youth, primed to showcase their talents, will be demonstrating their favourite stunts and games at popular shopping centres from May 24 to June 8 as part of the Singapore Street
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      662 28 MY LIFE Let schools choose own paths IN AN increasingly competitive system, differentiation is key. I empathise with the budgetary constraints that schools face in attempting to manage the breadth and depth of their investments in co-curricular activities (CCAs). Therefore, it is not
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      456 28  -  Goh Wen Zhong LETTERS HOME By WOULD you pay $1.50 for a single roll of toilet paper? My guess is probably not. That was what I told myself when I first arrived in London five years ago. But bringing toilet paper in bulk from Singapore was
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      313 29  -  George Lee WHILE the headlinegrabbing news last week focused on the much-awaited raising of standards of preschool teachers, I wonder if parents are ready to embrace the fact that this change will lead to preschool fees of over $1,000 a month,
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      283 29  -  Nancy Chia (Ms) IT WAS reported recently that passengers can board and alight from a taxi only at designated taxi stands in the Central Business District (CBD). The Handicaps Welfare Association applauds the implementation of this taxi-stand rule, in the interest of
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      279 29  -  Susan Prior (Ms) PLEASE refer to last Friday's article, "Some Gillman Heights owners fight on for their homes". Gillman Heights is an excellent example of what is happening on the collective property sale scene today: Minority owners fight desperately to keep their homes;
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      262 29  -  CyriZ Pereira I REFER to the National Kidney Foundation's reply, "Patient health, welfare are all-im-portant to NKF" (March 8), to Ms Suveida Mydin's concerns in her letter, "Seek NKF patients' feedback on new rules" (March 6). Dialysis is done in three shifts, from 7am
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      Lock icon Retirement city: Develop low-cost retreat abroad
      316 29  -  Charlie Ang Hwa Leong AS SINGAPORE seeks to maximise itself as an economic entity, the question before many of us is whether it will be a land to retire in or, by natural progression, a place where people are optimised to create maximum economic
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      175 29  -  Tongjee Cheng (Ms) ACCORDING to the CPF Board, an elderly individual who wants to transfer funds from his Ordinary Account to his Retirement or Medisave account must first withdraw the amount from his Ordinary Account, deposit it with his bank and then issue a cheque to
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      Lock icon Problem of tarnished items solved: S'pore Mint
      137 29  -  Jason Chen I THANK Ms Liow Gwee Cheng for her letter on Friday, "Items from Singapore Mint tarnished". While the Singapore Mint prides itself on exercising stringent checks to ensure the good of our retail products, there are instances where the quality of
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      35 29 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. 'BROKEN' PROMISE: Covered walkway NO DECLINE: America will bounce back PREVENTION BEST: Meat consumption POOR HYGIENE: Burrito at KFC outlet
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      1056 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOTOR RACING In an incident-filled race, Lewis Hamilton crushes his rivals to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix Melbourne LEWIS Hamilton avoided the absolute mayhem of the Australian Grand Prix yesterday to emerge with an emo-tion-charged win for McLaren, further enhancing the 23-year-olds
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      793 31 REUTERS MOTOR RACING Champions score only one point after being hit by human, technical glitches Melbourne FERRARI team boss Stefano Domenicali called for calm yesterday, after the Formula One champions made their worst start to a season since 1992. Both Felipe Massa and world
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      148 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS SCORCHING SPEED: The scorching weather for this year's Australian GP sent fans reaching for shorts and T-shirts but the drivers, dressed in protective clothing, found little escape from the heat on the track. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton said: "Just imagine that you put on four jumpers and
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      375 31  -  Christopher Ong By THE living room of his Sembawang flat was packed. Saifuddin Haji Said and 19 family members and friends had gathered there to welcome the launch of the 2008 Formula One season yesterday. All staunch Ferrari fans, they had one wish: To have either
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      291 31 At the 5.303-km Albert Park circuit in Melbourne RESULTS 1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr), McLarenMercedes, lhr 34min 50.6165 ec 2 Nick Heidfeld (Ger), BMWSauber, +5.4785 ec 3 Nico Rosberg (Ger), Williams, +8.1635 ec 4 Fernando Alonso (Esp), Renault, 17.181 sec 5 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin), McLaren-Mercedes, +18.014 sec 6
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      737 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER Draw with Boro, their fourth in a row, sees Arsenal surrender top spot to Man United London THE interview room at the Emirates Stadium was accidentally plunged into darkness when Arsene Wenger delivered his post-mortem on the 1-1 Premier League draw with
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      279 32 EVERTON'S bid to pip Liverpool to fourth place in the English Premier League suffered a blow yesterday, when they were beaten 0-1 by relegation-haunted Fulham. The result left the Toffees on 56 points. They remain three points behind their Merseyside rivals in the race for a Champions
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      Lock icon Ferguson predicts thriller in title race
      329 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson is anticipating a thrilling end to the Premier League football season after his side overtook Arsenal at the top. United beat Derby 1-0 on Saturday, thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's 31st goal of the season, before the
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      250 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London AVRAM Grant believes his side's battling 1-0 win at Sunderland is proof that Chelsea are in good shape for a week that could make or break their bid to overhaul Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League title race. John
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      124 32 LIVERPOOL'S American co-owner George Gillett has received death threats from fans warning him not to sell any of his club stake to partner Tom Hicks. Gillett and his family have been targeted by a series of e-mail messages from across the Atlantic, fuelled by
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      527 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Madrid AN OWN goal by defender Pepe consigned Real Madrid to a 0-1 defeat by Deportivo La Coruna to extend the Spanish champions' wretched record at the Riazor Stadium on Saturday. And another bottle-throw-ing incident at Real Betis forced the suspension
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      146 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Substitutes help Roma beat Milan AN INSPIRED double substitution by AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti propelled his side to a vital 2-1 win over AC Milan at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday. Spalletti sent on Mirko Vucmic and Ludovic Giuly just past the hour mark with
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      158 32 Yesterday Atalanta 4 Empoli 1 Cagliari 3 Torino 0 Fiorentina 3 Genoa 1 Inter Milan 2 Palermo 1 Livorno 1 Parma 1 Reggina 4 Siena 0 Sampdoria 3 Catania 1 Juventus v Napoli Late kick-off Inter Milan ....28 20 7 ***** 67 iSRoma 2818 7 3 50 25 61
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      260 32  -  CHRISTOPHER ONG »TABLE TENNIS LIU Zhong Ze became Singapore's latest table tennis sensation after he clinched the Under-21 men's singles crown at the Salwa Cup Kuwait Open. But, last night, compatriots Li Jiawei and Sun Beibei went down to top seeds Wang Nan and Zhang
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      449 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS »RUGBY Wales win all matches in Six Nations, five months after their World Cup humiliation Cardiff BEFORE a hysterical crowd of 75,000, World Cup flops Wales accomplished a Grand Slam they did not dare dream of at the start of the Six Nations competition. Even new
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      483 33  -  Wang Meng Meng ATHLETICS By JUST 0.01 of a second. That was the fine line that prevented another record-equalling feat by national 100 metres sprinter Amanda Choo yesterday. Still, the 12.135 ec sprint meant that Choo had started the athletics
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      430 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS »GOLF Orlando (Florida) ARNOLD Palmer was walking into the locker room at Bay Hill on Saturday morning when he bumped into Tiger Woods, who recently surpassed him on the PGA Tour's career victory list by
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      805 33 BADMINTON Swiss Open, s-finals Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Przemyslaw Wacha (Pol) 21-14 21-14, Lin Dan (Chn) bt Bao Chunlai (Chn) 21-18 21-19. Women's singles: Zhang Ning (Chn) bt Pi Hongyan (Fra) 21-12 15-21 21-9, Xie Xingfang (Chn) bt Xv Huaiwen (Ger) 22-20, 21-10. BASKETBALL NBA: Philadelphia
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      232 33 DRAGON BOAT RACING THE panel of inquiry for last year's dragon boat tragedy will release its report soon. Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Teo Ser Luck, who did not give the date for the report's release, said yesterday: "The committee has done its
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      91 33 SAFFC 5 5 0 017 4 15 Super Reds 5 5 0 0 9 4 15 Home 5 4 1 0 18 7 13 Woodlands 5 2 2 16 5 8 Young Lions 5 2 2 16 5 8 Tampines 5 2 12 9 6 7 Gombak 5 113
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      124 33 S-League Yesterday Young Lions 3 (Hariss Harun 19, 71, Yan Minghao 79) Albirex Niigata 2 (Ryota Doi 41, 54) Today Tampines Rovers v Dalian Shide (Tampines, 7.45pm) Wednesday Geylang United v Young Lions (Bedok, 7.45pm) Thursday Super Reds v Albirex Niigata (Yishun, 7.45pm) Friday Sengkang Punggolv Balestier Khalsa (Jalan Besar,
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      101 34 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever Psalm 23:6 KOH CHOON SENG Age: 53 was called home to be with the Lord on 16 March 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      122 34 The Family of the Late YAP BAE Departed on 12 March 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and clan associations for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement. Husband: Tan Kwan Boh Sons: Daughters-in-law:
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      21 34 P4thAnniversary t In loving memory O. J. Pinto Departed: 17/3/2004 Always remembered cherished by loving wife, daughter all loved ones £j
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      106 34 TAN LAI KHENG Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 15 March 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ng Siew Hiang Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan BoonTiong, Johnson Lee ChorYong Tan Boon How, Janson Tan Boon Poh, Wilson Lim Sock Hoon, Adeline Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Boon See, Geraldine Tan
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      82 34 P. KOLAMDAIVELU (Husband of the late Pavalayee) Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 15 March 2008. Sadly missed by: Sons: Daughters-in-law: Balasubramaniam Vasantha Sathasivam Saraswathy Siva Anantham Thilagavathi Gunasekar Vijayarani Daughter: Son-in-law: Thanaletchumi Michael Roysmith Grandchildren: Ravindnath, Rahulnath, Nahvinah, Shameenah, Khavinesh, Ashwhinie, Gugan, Viknesh, Dhivya, Sathya Rahul all Relatives, Friends
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      58 34 ESTHER LINGHAM nee SARJIT KAUR Departed 17 March 2007 Called home to be in our hearts. Always remembered by Husband: Charles Lingham Children: Grace, Sunny, Danny, Tony Susie Grandchildren: Glenda Ruth Kwek Joshua Charles Lingham Stronger than any mountain cathedral Truer than any tree ever grew Deeper than any forest
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      77 34 Founder and President of Samadhi Buddhist Society, Singapore MDM LEE LAN CHENG Passed away peacefully on 15 March 2008 May she attained bliss of Nibbana From: Yen. R. Gnanaseeha, Resident Monk and Members of Samadhi Buddhist Society, Singapore Members of Samadhi Cultural Centre, Kandy, Sri Lanka Body is resting at
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      73 34 "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever." Psalms 118: 29 LOWENGHOW TANGEOKKHENG ANGSOONENG Born 19.6.1912 Born 19.11.1891 Born 14.10.1914 Departed 21.8.1982 Departed 17.3.1985 Departed 3.3.2001 26 th Anniversary 23 ri Anniversary 7 th Anniversary Thank you God for blessing us with Great Great Grand
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      45 34 The Family of the Late JESSIE TAN SIOH KIOW Departed on 12 March 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and clan associations for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement.
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      91 34 GURBACHAN SINGH s/o the late Sarwan Singh (Rauke) Kartar Kaur Age: 63 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 March 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Brother: Sister-in-law: Bhagat Singh Dalvindar Kaur Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Jaswant Kaur (Puchri) (Balwant S Sidhu, deceased) Jagjit Kaur (Jiti)
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      39 34 &> SHRI KRISHNALAL C. DESAI Passed away peacfully on 16/3/08. Sadly missed by children, grandchildren, great grandsons, relatives friends. Prayers will be held at: Tampines Court, Blk 135, Tampines St.ll, #01-268 on Monday 17/3/08 between spm to 7pm. Tel: *****894
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      25 34 2nd ANNIVERSARY RONALD GAN CHOON CHENG Departed on 17 March 2006 A Devoted Father, Caring Husband, Loving Brother Uncle, Trusted Friend andFaithjul Disciple of Christ.
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      58 34 RAJINDER SINGH GUJJARWAL Age: 68 passed away peacefully on 16 March 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Wife: Charanjit Kaur, children and grandchildren Cortege will leave on Tuesday 18/03/08 for Mandai Crematorium for cremation at spm. Bus will leave Khalsa Dharmak Sabha at 4pm. Sehaj Paath Da Bhog on
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      46 34 1 In Loving Memory Of M Ist Anniversary I I M H LIM LEE PIN SYLVIA Called home to be with the Lord on 17 Mar 2007. Not just today but everyday, We remembered the times we shared. Always remembered by family loved ones. L A
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      201 34 <tt "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me AH the K2 days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever". Psalm 23:6 LtiUNbAHMUI Age: 91 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 March 2008 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Ho Cham,
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      84 34 NG CHAM KEE Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 16 March 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Toh Yah Hwa Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ng Chew Chye Ng Mvi Hiong Ng Chew Eng Nicolas Lim Lucy Ng Chew Lai Jimmy Ng Su Ing Daughter: Ng Chew Poh Amanda Grandsons: Granddaughters: Ng Han
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      34 34 Memory wanders as shadows fell Saclctothedatjs of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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      83 35 Where S$ stands ..Mar 14 CHNG YR 2008/07 :LOSE FR Mar 13 S$ LOW S$ HIGH JS$ 1.3820 -0.07 1.5479 1.3775® iuro 2.1534 -0.05 2.1639 1.9913 2.8045 +0.21 3.1194 2.7390 1$ 1.3054 -0.69 1.3555 1.1741 ren* 1.3750 +0.24 1.3821 1.2285 lupiah* 0.***** -0.18 0.***** 0.***** iaht* 4.4013 -0.29 4.5700
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      511 35  -  Alvin Foo TAKING STOCK Market to trade warily as investors wait to see how big rate cut will be By Markets Correspondent INVESTORS in Singapore are bracing themselves for another volatile trading session today, following Wall Street's weak showing last Friday. The Dow Jones
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      7976 35 Unit Trusts Funds UNIT TRUSTS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 0 898/ Star Europe Bond 1233/ 1,1 [U-I-. (",l Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1 281/ Star Asia Bond 1 189/ Star Asia Balanced 0 95/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0185/ Multl St Fd 0 864/ Star Asia
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        66 36 DBS Vickers has kept its "buy" call on SembCorp Marine (SembMarine), while maintaining its price target of $4.88. It notes that SembMarine's management is very confident that order flows will be robust, given the strong level of enquiries for both drilling and production equipment, and
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        57 36 CIMB has kept its "outperform" rating on Cosco Corp, while lowering its target price from $7.33 to $5.55. CIMB described the stock as "unfairly beaten down" in the light of its recent sell-off, and notes that the company's margins are sustainable due to a
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        55 36 DEUTSCHE Bank has reiterated its "buy" call on Star Hub, with a target price of $3.60. The bank has revised up Star Hub's revenue growth estimates, noting its strong product positions, while also recommending it for its relative defensiveness in a turbulent market. DEUTSCHE
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      569 36 REUTERS Bear Steams crisis causes bank's shares to slide but some hedge funds say they are still trading with firm New York JITTERS that United States investment bank Lehman Brothers could suffer the same fate as its Wall Street rival Bear
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      441 37 Struggling bank is looking for state investment funds willing to help keep it running: Report BEAR Steams is actively seeking long-term funding from a number of sovereign wealth funds in a bid to stay afloat, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper
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      305 37 BANKING giant Bear Steams had to be rescued from collapse by the United States central bank last Friday. What happened and how dangerous is the situation? ITS BUSINESS Bear Steams is the fifth-largest investment bank in the US. It is not a consumer bank and deals
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      503 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Experts say it has no choice so far, other moves have had little impact Washington WITH a global credit crisis mushrooming and financial market turmoil unabated, the United States Federal Reserve is expected to announce another hefty rate cut
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      257 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York FOR the first time, a member of the group that dates business cycles in the United States has come out to say that the country is in recession. Harvard University economist Martin Feldstein, who is president of the National
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        43 38 STANLEY IP: Appointed chief financial officer (CFO) of IT company Datacraft Asia, effective April 1. Mr Ip (right), 51, had been with Sun Microsystems for 19 years and was senior finance director for the company's Asia-Pacific operations from 2003.
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        40 38 KERRY SERIES: Appointed head of Asia-Pacif-ic equities for AMP Capital Investors, which has US$111 billion (S$153.6 billion) assets under management. Mr Series was previously investment director for Asian equities at HSBC Asset Management in Hong Kong.
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        44 38 LIM TIEN CHUN: Appointed managing director of Isetan (Singapore), replacing Mr Kazumasa Mori, who returns to Japan for a new posting. Isetan has also appointed Mr Gerard Cheng as executive director. The appointments for both men are effective today.
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        36 38 ANDREW CHENG: Appointed group general manager (corporate matters business development) of Kingsmen Creatives. Mr Cheng, 45, was formerly the general manager of Citigate Dewe Rogerson i.Mage and head of its finance practice.
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        54 38 GRACE NG: Appointed head of residential sales and leasing of Colliers International's Singapore operations. She will continue to serve as deputy managing director for Colliers' Singapore agency and business services division and head of the auction and sales division, as well as a member of
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      139 39 WHAT'S BEEN DONE Potential investors carry Dut their own research on :ompanies with publicly available documents. Listed firms have been more open with disclosure in recent years. IPO hopefuls' listing prospectuses even have i section to discuss risk [actors which could hurt the company's share price after it is
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      1041 39  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY SGX should ensure that problems specific to firms are tackled before they get listed HERE is a cautionary tale about retail investors in Singapore who failed to heed vital warnings about two newly listed firms whose operations
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      368 39  -  Alvin Foo WARRANT WATCH By Markets Correspondent THE recent tumble in Singapore bank stocks and the prospect of another interest rate cut after tomorrow's United States Federal Reserve meeting are drawing investors' attention to these contracts, including those of United
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      590 39  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi DBS Group is poised to receive approval to open as many as half a dozen new branches in India, possibly more, in a major boost to its plans
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      697 40  -  Grace Ng ÜBS-SMU course lets them update knowledge and strategies before re-entering workforce By Finance Correspondent WHEN Ms Regina Tan, 36, a mother of two, decided to return to full-time work at Swiss bank ÜBS after a threeyear hiatus, she was overwhelmed by
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      314 40 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG NEWS »STATUS REPORT Washington UNITED States President George W. Bush plans to meet his top financial policymakers today, while US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said yesterday that the US government was "prepared to do what it takes" to ensure the stability
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      28 40 Who's next? As crisis engulfs No. 5 US investment bank Bear Steams, talk abounds that fourth-ranked Lehman could be hit despite being in a stronger position. PAGE Hl6
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        651 42  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi BBC DJ Gilles Peterson had to move house when his four-room flat ran out of space to keep his records MUSIC REPORTER RENOWNED BBC DJ and tastemaker Gilles Peterson says it is natural for him to choose Singapore as the next stop for
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        308 42 HONG KONG Hong Kong Heavenly King Leon Lai and his model girlfriend Gaile Lai married last Thursday in a secret wedding ceremony in the Maldives, a report said. Hong Kong newspaper The Sun said yesterday that the couple invited fewer than 10 friends, including Leon's
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        900 43 Project SuperStar 2 champion Daren Tan says that if he has the body, he should flaunt it but just the top PROJECT SuperStar 2 champion Daren Tan is facing a hard slog career-wise. The 25-year-olds debut album Regardless has sold about 4,000 copies since its release
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        318 43 AFP LONDON A previously unknown portrait of Mozart (left) has been found, and could be the most important portrait of the renowned composer ever to come to light, a British academic said last Friday. The discovery which could be worth several million dollars was owned
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        553 44  -  Samuel Lee Sondre Lerche and his band segue from one genre to another without warning > concert SONDRE LERCHE &THE FACES DOWN Sondre Lerche Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Friday IT MUST be pretty painful being Sondre Lerche's guitar pick and guitar strings. The floppy-fringed Norwegian poster boy of power
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        265 44 > concert FUJIYA MIYAGI Esplanade Theatre Studio/Last Friday Ignatius Low NOTE to the Mosaic Music Festival organisers: It's probably not a good idea to ask a performer to do two concerts on the same night. And the second 10pm Fujiya Miyagi (above) gig, which started barely 90
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        336 45  -  Yong Shu Hoong > concert YANOKAMI The Esplanade Recital Studio/Saturday WHEN confronted by an Asian chanteuse with a child-pitched voice accented by a distinctive Japanese lilt, it's only too convenient to make immediate associations with Yoko Ono. That would be unfair in the case of Akiko Yano, one
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        625 45  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi It's no sample-laden, two turntables set-up for hip-hop group The Roots. They prefer to play real instruments > concert THE ROOTS Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Friday MUSIC REPORTER FROM the moment the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop band The Roots bounded onstage, 1,600 fans got on their
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        179 45 XU LI, 18, student Watched: Mum "It was really exciting, especially at the encore. The instruments were fantastic I've never even seen some of them before. This festival is great in that it gives us a chance to get in touch with different music we don't get
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      2226 46  -  Mak Mun San the monday interview Broke, down and out and disillusioned Sebastian Tan has experienced them all. But the comedic entertainer has bounced back, and now takes on life with a new perspective ACTOR-COMEDIAN-SINGER Sebastian Tan serves up a slice of his humour within seconds
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      660 47  -  Suzanne Sng Actor Chow Yun Fat loves the camera. But this time, he's on the other side, holding a photo show IN HONG KONG AS AN actor, Chow Yun Fat (right) is used to being in front of the camera. Now, he shows that he is equally at
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      328 47 THE dress code may have stated gold, but black still dominated at the party celebrating Louis Vuitton's largest store opening outside of Paris in Hong Kong. Held last Friday in a specially constructed mega tent made to look like a LV trunk, the glam event saw rapper Kanye
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      94 48 1 had to face some very difficult spending decisions and I've had to conduct sensitive diplomacy. That's called planning for a wedding' US President George W. Bush joking about his daughter Jenna's (above) upcoming nuptials 1 want to go on writing. You can't write books when you are dead,
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      837 48  -  Teo Cheng Wee Pregnant women expect their men to share the burden but they should also be appreciative straighttalk NEVER argue with a woman about pregnancy. I learnt that lesson the hard way during a recent conversation well, it started as a conversation with a female friend.
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      339 48 AFP LONDON The estranged wife of pop legend Paul McCartney is to receive £25 million (5569.8 million) in a hard-fought and long-awaited divorce deal, a newspaper reported last Friday. The judge who presided over a final round of talks last month between
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      559 49  -  Adeline Chia Repressed violence and urges erupt with intensity in House Of Sins, which impresses with its clever script and bold choices > theatre HOUSE OF SINS Drama Box Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel/Last Friday ARTS REPORTER FARCE and pathos were blended to great effect in
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      405 49 > concert TURKISH DELIGHT Singapore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Poppen, vllde Frang, violin Victoria Concert Hall/Last Saturday Stephanie Yap ARTS REPORTER THE familiar can be fresh too, as the SSO demonstrated last weekend in Turkish Delight, an allMozart programme at Victoria Concert Hall. The SSO was pushed
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      413 49  -  Tara Tan > dance AKABI Aydin Teker (Turkey) National Museum of Singapore/Last Friday WHO would have thought platform shoes would stage a comeback as the reinvention of pointe ballet shoes. Elevated to a dangerous height with the chunky shoes, the dancers had to discover a certain
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      1003 50  -  Tay Yek Keak In Rule #1, Singapore film-maker Kelvin Tong showed a side of Hong Kong even Hong Kongers didn't know starsngripes BEFORE I kid about the entertaining kiddie show, The Spiderwick Chronicles, in the Freddie Highmore Film Festival, let me talk about the foreign talent
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      471 50  -  Boon Chan >pop JEFF CHANG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2008 Singapore Expo's Max Pavilion/Last Saturday IT BEGAN like any other classical music concert. The members of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Orchestra tuned their instruments and then the conductor strode onto the stage. But this was Taiwanese
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      531 52 The Africa-themed Kidz Horizon Appeal ball raises $1.2 million for charity ITALIAN fashion designer Roberto Cavalli would have been proud of the guests who turned up at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel last Saturday night for the annual Kidz Horizon Appeal charity ball. The theme for this year's party was
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        468 76  -  SERENE GOH, Editor THE pursuit of a dream is never a free ride but ithas got much easier in the arts. That wasn't the case a generation ago. Mr T. Sasitharan, the 50-year-old co-founder and director of the seven-year-old Theatre Training Research Programme, pointed
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        303 78  -  Bryan Toh When it comes to gaming, real-life board games trump online games, says IT'S a Saturday night. You'd expect a 17-year-old teen like me to be doing either of the following: gallivanting with my friends or playing online games. Well, I'm doing neither. Instead, I can be
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        209 80  -  Tania Tan, Anchorvale Community Club draws on solar power to save $12,000 on energy bills a year By The Straits Times, March 8, 2008 Singapore's first green community club has been launched. The Anchorvale Community Club is fitted with light pipes a series of mirrored tubes to
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        66 80  -  Alfred Chua REUSE... your old plastic bags by using them to contain your wet umbrella. Instead of grabbing new plastic bags to throw your wet brolly into, use the old ones for this purpose. Instead of throwing away your old textbooks, collect and donate them to charity.
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        1245 82  -  YEN F£NG torsa^ |t I r Fezz Hoo (right), a third-year 1% Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts I (Nafa) student, is no whizz at P V w P maths. He failed the subject no less than four times during an unhappy stint studying engineering at Temasek Polytechnic. But
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        679 83  -  Li Xueying The Straits Times Feb 29, 2008 By THE Government is considering relaxing the use of the Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park to allow for more political activities, including demonstrations. Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said this in Parliament yesterday,
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        578 86 One of Singapore's most dangerous men, Mas Selamat Kastari, escaped from a detention centre and is still thought to be hiding somewhere on the island despite the biggest manhunt ever seen here. Indonesian-born Mas Selamat was the leader of the radical terror network Jemaah Islamiah (Jl) in Singapore, and
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        2085 87 The Straits Times, March 8, 2008 They left homelands of violence and religious conflict in sub-Saharan Africa to seek a better life in the Republic. But for some, the quest remains elusive. Photojournalist Lim Wui Liang spent five weeks with a little-known community. IT'S not often
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