The Straits Times, 25 March 2008

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 124 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 TUESDAY, MARCH 25 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 647 1  -  Joyce Teo Housing agents will soon have to walk buyers and sellers through the rules before a deal By THE process of buying a resale HDB flat will soon become more stringent before a deal can be struck. Buyers and sellers will have
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  • 180 1 Ancient Olympia (Greece) THE Olympic torch for the Beijing Games was lit in the ancient Greek city of Olympia yesterday, despite an attempt by three pro-Tibet activists to disrupt the ceremony yesterday. Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou, playing the role of the High Priestess, lit the torch
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  • 563 1  -  Elena Chong By A BUS driver who lied to the police about spotting escaped terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari was given the maximum one-year jail term yesterday. District Judge Hoo Sheau Peng had no hesitation in imposing the heaviest punishment possible for providing false
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  • UPFRONT
    • 981 1  -  Tessa Wong By THESE should be happier times at Boat Quay. Tourism is booming, eating and drinking under the stars is more popular than ever, and a multimil-lion-dollar revamp of the Singapore River was announced by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) last month. For
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    • 47 1 SJQ Consumers are paying «S ft A\ J-f Jl TW/f) TOP AAA/APDCtJH more for their coffee Ls ifC hm i f J7 7 U JUI r-\ 7 7 r-\ 1\ U Mm heartland shops .J^^^l Abdullah and Malay rulers K^" jj£s m k^i& heading for rocky times
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    • 334 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime "2;4 We needed to act, says MOH wf ,J Vc in The Health Ministry explains to all p on 91 doctors its stand on unproven ew 99 beauty treatments and the need to safeguard medical standards. SECTION TWO PAGES Hl-H2 Home Hl-H5 Forum H6 Sports HB-Hl2
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  • PRIME
    • 381 3  -  Theresa Tan Supermarket chain pledges sum over 10 years for the poor and workers' welfare By SUPERMARKET chain NTUC Fair Price has launched Singapore's newest charity foundation. Simply called the NTUC Fair Price Foundation, it aims to help the poor, boost workers' welfare, and fund
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    • 662 3  -  Adeline Chia By Arts Reporter A PLAY called Nothing was the star of the Life! Theatre Awards ceremony last night, snagging three awards. The production by three-year-old Cake Theatrical Productions won the top prizes of Production Of The Year and Best Director, given to the group's
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    • 599 4  -  Chia Van Mm Consumers paying more as prices of coffee beans, sugar, milk go up By ENJOYING a regular kopi at neighbourhood coffee shops has become a bit pricier in recent months, with the prices of some brews shooting up by as much as a third. Supermarket shoppers
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    • 382 4  -  Sujin Thomas Diana Othman By A MYSTERIOUS gas which wafted through Golden Landmark Shopping Complex yesterday landed 18 people in hospital with breathing difficulties. Police said the incident arose after a man was sprayed with an unknown substance by two assailants. The Singapore Civil
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    • 1112 5 TEIMG PEI YUIM LOH KOK SHEIMG HrMaSftwli If there was one thing Teng Pei Yun was sure of at the age of 19, it was B^ Lon Kok Sheng celebrated Christmas at an unusual that she did not want to spend her youth poring over textbooks. location last year. He
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  • ASIA
    • 690 6  -  Carolyn Hong Impasse over appointment of Terengganu MB is another blow for PM Abdullah By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi's showdown with the Terengganu royal house over the choice of a menteri besar in the state is leading his administration into
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    • 299 6 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PHOTO: THE crisis in Terengganu grew even more complicated yesterday with the palace's nominee for Menteri Besar vowing to go to work today even though he has not been sworn into office. Datuk Ahmad Said said he is the
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    • CHINA
      • 688 8  -  Goh Sui Noi Absence of post-polls protests and lower voter turnout are signs of maturing electorate By Senior Correspondent In Taipei TWO days after Taiwan's presidential election, things quickly went back to normal yesterday as a new work week began. The only interesting
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      • 145 8 REUTERS PRESIDENT Chen Shui-bian has instructed Taiwan's diplomats to tell their host governments that the Taiwanese still want UN membership despite the failure of a referendum on the topic. In Saturday's referendum, voters were asked whether Taiwan should apply to join the United Nations
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      • 471 10  -  Chua Chin Hon Chinese ministry briefs media on arrests but avoids taking questions By China Bureau Chief In Beijing CHINESE police yesterday said they had detained five Tibetan suspects for allegedly setting fire to two shops m Lhasa, but avoided answering a
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      • 135 10 SINGAPORE has said it is relieved that the situation in Tibet is calming down, adding that it supports China's declared policy to use minimum force to protect its citizens. In response to media queries on the situation in the Himalayan region,
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 379 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHINA'S ENERGY CRISIS Drivers urged to stay calm and not hoard fuel as long queues form at filling stations Shanghai CHINA'S leaders are facing renewed pressure over shortfalls in diesel and petrol, with lines growing at filling stations in major
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
        • 83 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Chinese dissident Yang Chunlin, who called for human rights to take precedence over the Olympic Games, has been sentenced to five years in jail on charges of inciting subversion, his family said yesterday. The 52-year-old unemployed factory worker from the north-eastern city
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        • 105 9 IVGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGALORE: A KLM plane headed for Hyderabad in India's south skipped its destination and flew across India as the pilot was unaware the city had a brand-new airport, a report said yesterday. The confusion occurred barely hours after the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
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        • 86 9 REUTERS DENPASAR: Lawyers of three Indonesian Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings yesterday withdrew a final appeal after a court rejected their request to present the convicts. The three men Amrozi, Muklas and Imam Samudra face death by firing squad for their
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      • 66 9 A chihuahua named Conan joining its paws in "prayer" beside Buddhist priest Joei Yoshikuni The two-year-old temple pet imitates worshippers at the Jigenin Temple in Naha, capital of the southern island of Okinawa in Japan, and gets little treats in return. It has become such an
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 288 12  -  By Ravi Velloor India Bureau Chief In Chandigarh THERE is more to India than Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore, and states like Punjab and Haryana hold untapped opportunities for Singaporean investors, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said. Making his first visit to this
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      • 408 12 REUTERS Election winner is an ex-PM linked to Gross National Happiness index Thimpu THE people of Bhutan voted for stability and experience in their first-ever parliamentary elections yesterday, overwhelmingly rejecting a party led by the King's uncle. This was not a vote against
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      • 252 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamabad PAKISTAN'S Parliament yesterday elected an aide of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as the country's new Prime Minister, setting up a showdown with President Pervez Musharraf. Mr Yousuf Raza Gilani, 55, a former parliament speaker who spent five years in jail
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 483 13  -  Dcvi Asmarani Presidential adviser and former A-G held up at Spore immigration By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta THE Indonesian government said yesterday that the "case is closed" over the questioning of a presidential adviser and a former attorney-general at Changi Airport last week.
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      • 271 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Jakarta INDONESIA will ban the trade of live chickens in the capital in 2010 to sharpen the fight against bird flu in the world's hardest-hit nation, a livestock official said yesterday. Poultry will have to be killed at government-licensed
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 574 14 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Trade minister says free-market approach may solve supply woes Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is reviewing its system of price controls with a view to adopting a more efficient, free-market approach to prices, newly appointed Domestic Trade Minister Shahrir Samad said yesterday.
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      • 292 14 Penang SEVERAL non-governmen-tal organisations in Penang want the Attorney-General to charge in court four suspects who were allegedly arrested over the possession of smuggled indelible ink during the recent general election campaign. Malaysian Voters Union coordinator B.K. Ong said the
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      • 238 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Ipoh VILLAGERS in Kampung Manjoi are unhappy over a telecommunications tower which was built beside a mosque and "disguised" to look like one of its minarets. The project went ahead even though it did not get the approval of the Ipoh
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    • 27 6 Bhutan votes for stability In their first democratic polls, Bhutanese voters, used to a monarchy, choose a royalist but reject party led by King's uncle. PAGE 12
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  • WORLD
    • 795 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS It allows creation of human-animal hybrids and lets gay couples be legal parents London A ROW over the British government's flagship embryo research Bill is threatening to escalate into one of the most serious crises of Mr Gordon Brown's premiership. The
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    • 682 16 NEW YORK TIMES US companies relocating top jobs to foreign cities due to tough immigration policies New York NEW YORK officials have long taken pride in the city's status as a global gateway. But lately, senior executives of some of the country's
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    • 434 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WFP says rations will be cut unless donor nations give $700 m by end of April London THE UN agency charged with relieving world hunger has launched an "extraordinary emergency appeal" for at least US$5OO million (Ss7oo million), it was
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    • 346 17 REUTERS, LOS ANGELES TIMES Vatican City A HIGH-PROFILE commentator, who was born a Muslim and became a fierce critic of Islamic fundamentalism, was among those baptised by Pope Benedict on the eve of Easter Sunday. Egyptian-born Magdi Allam, 55, has attained celebrity status in
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    • 524 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: Death toll hits milestone after four soldiers are killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad Baghdad THE death toll of US soldiers in the five-year Iraq conflict has hit 4,000 in what the US military said
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 248 19 ASSOCIAT -ED PRESS, REUTERS PHOTO: FORMER Philippine president Corazon Aquino (right) has colon cancer, her family said yesterday. Mrs Aquino, 75, was diagnosed with the disease after a persistent cough and other symptoms surfaced between Christmas and New Year, her daughter Kris Aquino said on
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      • 295 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE IN WHAT the media has dubbed "the revenge wedding", the former wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy tied the knot on Sunday night with public relations executive Richard Attias at New York's Rockefeller Centre. Arriving in a black limousine with tinted
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      • 165 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE mother of murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling has gone into hiding, saying she fears for her safety after criticising the probe into her daughter's death in southern India. Ms Fiona MacKeown, 43, wants court protection after "stirring up a hornet's nest" in
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  • REVIEW
    • 432 20 N EARING the end of his term as at its beginning, United States President George W. Bush still thinks he can get "a sense of his soul" looking into Russian President Vladimir Putin's eyes. But it is a soul that has become increasingly assertive as
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    • 1049 20  -  Patrick French NEW YORK TIMES By NEARLY a decade ago, while staying with a nomad family in the remote grasslands of north-eastern Tibet, I asked Namdrub, a man who fought in the anti-Communist resistance in the *****, what he thought about the exiled Tibetans who
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    • 863 20 »COMPETITION FOR UNIVERSITY PLACES Your Excellency, In June last year, the local universities' admission systems came under fire in The Straits Times' Forum Page. Many frustrated parents eagerly propagated the allegation that the influx of foreign students some of whom receive generous government subsidies had
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    • 1080 21  -  Michael D. Gumert By For The Straits Times PEOPLE come to Singapore for many reasons the glitz, the shopping malls, the food, the entertainment, the conveniences. When I moved to Singapore, it was for none of these reasons. I came to learn about
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 28 20 Monkey business A primatologist shares tips on how to handle angry monkeys and avoid triggering macaque revolts. PAGE 21 PUNCUiiMES r KOPI A bit r I PRICIER-NEWSJ g|g
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    • 1137 22 Singapore today Showers with thunder over _JL_ 9 M 0 JL- 0 many areas in the afternoon. //> ///> 1,-.,-. THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, MARCH 25 2008 ///'///'I// ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS TWNGS YOUS£S I 1 0 Emergency lines DO TODAY oSEOUL jl c j^ r PoHce 999 0
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  • HOME
    • 654 23  -  Salma Khalik AESTHETIC PROCEDURES Ministry writes to doctors to explain move; professional bodies back MOH stand By Health Correspondent THE Ministry of Health (MOH) wrote to all doctors yesterday, explaining its stand on aesthetic treatments and saying it needed to "safeguard medical standards". The letter
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    • 187 23 IS THERE a ban on certain aesthetic treatments? No, says the Ministry of Health. But doctors should not offer unproven procedures unless they do it as a clinical trial. In a letter to all doctors yesterday, Professor K. Satku, the ministry's director
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    • 882 24 AESTHETIC PROCEDURES It's a case of buyer beware, says head of College of Family Physicians By Salma Khalik Melissa Sim UNTIL guidelines on aesthetic procedures are drawn up for doctors, the public should consider these treatments as "at best unproven", for which "the
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    • 500 24  -  Fiona Chan By Property Reporter THOUSANDS of applications poured in for a condo-like Housing Board project in January but as of last week, less than two-thirds of the flats had been taken up. About a third of
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    • 314 24  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent PROM April 15, roadside electronic signboards will help motorists in the built-up Vlarina Centre area zero in on available parking lots. The Land Transport Authority's (LTA) parking guidance system will list the number of available lots in all
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    • 74 24 A 25-year-old man's body was found in the waters off East Coast Park yesterday. Divers from the Naval Diving Unit pulled Mr Yeo Geok Siong's body out of the water at about 9.30 am, about three hours after search operations began. An eyewitness had
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    • 229 25 A PART-TIME aerospace degree programme is now available for working adults who want to further their studies without quitting their jobs. In a tie-up with key industry and academic partners, SIM University (UniSIM) has announced it will offer 100 places in the aerospace course
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    • 422 25  -  Goh Chin Lian About 29,000 more low-wage workers qualify this time for payouts next week By MORE low-wage employees will receive a boost to their incomes next Tuesday when the second round of payouts from a new scheme is made. The Manpower Ministry said
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    • 274 25  -  JESSICA JAGANATHAN ST PHOTO: STUDIES have shown that children who spend time outdoors have better eyesight than their computer-obsessed counterparts. With that in mind, the govern-ment-run Health Promotion Board (HPB) has launched a new programme designed to detach children from
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    • 457 26  -  Shobana Kesava 10kg kit can test for more than 10 strains within two hours, and even pick out mutants By A PORTABLE kit that can test for more than 10 strains of flu including the bugs that killed four children in Hong
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    • 389 26  -  LIAW WY-CIN WHEN Ms Janet Lee's only son hit his teens in the late 1980s, she started building a career in sales. The job enabled her to "meet more people, feel happy and look young she said. Two decades on, she
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    • 414 27  -  Selina Lum MURDER OF CHINA LOVER By A HAWKER who claims his China lover was killed during a struggle that left him with nine stab wounds in the abdomen is "lucky" none of the blows hit a major organ, a forensic pathologist
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    • 226 27  -  Jeremy Au Yong Police: Home Team pooling resources, swopping info with foreign security agencies on Jl fugitive By BEYOND the high-profile forest searches by the police and the Singapore Armed Forces for escaped terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari, a slew of other actions is taking
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  • FORUM
    • 245 28  -  Marcus Tun ►>HUNT FOR MAS SELAMAT AS A Singaporean, I was disheartened by Mr Arthur Lim Teck Meng's contribution last Saturday, "Tell public when life will return to normal", in which he proposed that the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration and Checkpoints Authority "release
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    • 145 28  -  Chia Tok Whee HEAVY traffic congestion around Woodlands Centre Road is almost a daily occurrence. Some time ago, heavy motorcycle traffic prompted the authorities to re-direct motorcycles to access Woodlands checkpoint via the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) only. The move was lauded by residents
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    • 329 28  -  Bob Oh Thiam Yeng I AM heartened that medical doctors will treat aesthetic problems instead of beauty salons and slimming centres which make unbelievable claims. Would the authorities prefer that consumers go to questionable sources of aesthetic treatment? For the first time, people
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    • 417 28  -  Goh Shih Yong IN RESPONSE to the article, "Do you know how much of your food is genetically modified?" (March 14), we would like to clarify the issues of safety and labelling of genetically modified (GM) food. Safety of GM
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    • 240 28  -  Jean Tan (Ms) PLEASE refer to last Tuesday's letter by Mr Andrew Scow, "Latest crane mishaps: Two accidents too many". The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) would like to assure Mr Scow that legislative and educational measures are in place to ensure crane safety. The
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    • 255 28  -  Lee Kip Lee THE Government has taken swift action to halt accidents involving tower cranes. Employers can also contribute their effort, by not only playing a larger part in the strict enforcement of safety rules but also taking punitive action against those who do not
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    • 284 28  -  Leonard Chew Jia Xi I REFER to Saturday's article, "Fans must bite the bullet of costs" and other reports on SingTel's successful capture of official rights to screen Uefa soccer matches. Like many football fans in Singapore, I am disappointed. We have had
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    • 42 28 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. ALL BUSINESS CLASS: SIA explains IT'S HOME, BRO: Gillman Heights NOT ALL BAD: En-bloc sales UNSETTLING ABOLITION: Malaysia's pro-Malay policy CYCLIST'S STORY: Library stand-off THANKS: StarHub's reply
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  • SPORTS
    • 737 30  -  Richard Jolly SOCCER Their superior goal difference and rivals' tough run-ins give them the edge By IT WAS almost the perfect day for Alex Ferguson. Almost, but not quite. Sunday's victory over Liverpool in his own words "the game that excites me most" ruled the
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    • 574 30 Manchester United (Ist) The chance to knock first Arsenal and then Chelsea out of the title race will set Alex Ferguson's competitive juices flowing. The central trio of their seven remaining fixtures are pivotal. But while United have lost at both Middlesbrough and Blackburn in recent seasons,
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    • 252 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHELSEA coach Avram Grant reflected on a job well done, after seeing his side beat Arsenal 2-1 on Sunday to keep alive their hopes of catching Premier League leaders Manchester United. The Blues are five points behind the Old Trafford side, who also have
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    • 514 31 SOCCER London JAVIER Mascherano is facing a lengthy ban and the prospect of a hefty fine. This, after exploding in a rage and refusing to leave the pitch following his red card in Liverpool's Premier League defeat by Manchester United on Sunday. The
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    • 494 31  -  Wang Meng Meng Thaksin's club could play the Lions in a friendly during Asian jaunt By COME May, Singaporeans may get the chance to say Sawadee Kup to Manchester City. That, of course, is Thai for "welcome". It will be a fitting greeting for the
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    • 615 32  -  Marc Lim »YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES Dr Balakrishnan issues call as MCYS unveils organising committee line-up By Sports Correspondent SINGAPOREANS from all sectors will have a role to play in the organisation of the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics. Just as Singapore's bid for the Games
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    • 438 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPICS Ancient Olympia (Greece) PROTESTERS disrupted the Beijing Olympics flame-light-ing ceremony in Ancient Olympia yesterday, with a Tibetan woman covered in fake blood briefly blocking the path of a torch-bearer. Two protesters also ran onto the stadium field during the ceremony, evading massive
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    • 381 32  -  Jeanette Wang By TWO months from today, engineer Kamal Akhtar will run his leg of the Olympic torch relay, which started off in Greece yesterday. Kamal is no athlete but he is a veteran when it comes to Olympic relays. The 28-year-old
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    • 535 33  -  Leonard Lim MOTOR RACING By IN OVER three decades of involvement with Formula One, Bernie Ecclestone has travelled extensively and seen numerous race tracks around the world. But Singapore's street circuit could potentially host one of Fl's most iconic races, he told The Straits Times in
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    • 578 33  -  Steve Slater »IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT By KIMI Raikkonen's emphatic win at Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix has illustrated just how becoming world champion last year has made him an even stronger contender in 2008. His team-mate Felipe Massa is sensationally fast
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 86 33 REUTERS DORAL (FLORIDA): Tiger Woods' winning streak came to an end yesterday as Geoff Ogilvy kept his nerve to win golf's WGC-CA Championship. Woods, who had won his last seven tournaments worldwide, shot a 68 to finish fifth on 15-under 273, two shots behind Ogilvy. Ogilvy (71)
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      • 45 33 JAPANESE club Albirex Niigata defeated bottom club Balestier Khalsa 2-1 in an S-League soccer match at the Toa Payoh Stadium last night. Tetsuya Okayama (4th minute) and Akira Takase (33rd) put Albirex 2-0 up, before Anantha Raj an (49th) reduced the margin.
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      • 48 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Valencia blew the Spanish Primera Liga soccer title race wide open on Sunday with a sensational 3-2 win over champions Real Madrid. Real are now just four points ahead of Barcelona at the top. Barca crushed Valladolid 4-1 at Camp Nov.
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      • 57 33 BLOOMBERG NAPIER (New Zealand): Andrew Strauss and lan Bell scored centuries to help England build a lead of 501 runs in the third and deciding cricket Test against New Zealand yesterday. Strauss made 173 not out, leading England to 416-5 in their second innings. He shared a
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    • Article, Illustration
      609 34 Indian Wells (California) »TENNIS Djokovic and Ivanovic sweep Pacific Life Open singles titles NOVAK Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic delivered a sparkling Serbian double on Sunday, their convincing victories at the Pacific Life Open reaffirming their nation's arrival on the world tennis map. Djokovic, the third-ranked player in the
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    • 213 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS SINCE the three sizzling Serbs Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic reached the 2007 French Open semi-finals together, the tiny European nation has been on a tennis upswing. Djokovic has won the Australian Open and the Pacific Life Open,
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    • 440 34  -  Jeanette Wang »GOLF By GOLFERS, fasten your seatbelts and get set to fly. For the first time in Singapore golf history, an airplane is being offered as a hole-in-one prize at The Flying Club Challenge Pro-Am next month. The Cirrus
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    • 211 34 SINGAPORE'S top professional Mardan Mamat is confident of securing a third appearance at the British Open, after a morale-boosting third-place finish at the Asian Tour International in Thailand on Sunday. The 40-year-old is among the 63 players who will line up for the two-day international
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    • 478 34 AUSTRALIAN RULES AFL: Essendon 19.8(122), North Melbourne 9.13 (67). BASKETBALL NBA: San Antonio 88 Dallas 81, Denver 109 Toronto 100, Washington 95 Detroit 83, Golden State 115 LA Lakers 111. CRICKET Third day of 3rd Test in Napier, New Zealand: England 253 and 416-5 (overnight 91-2: A.Strauss 173 n.0.,
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    • 130 31 WIN A CIRRUS SR2O WITH A HOLE-IN-ONE The 2nd edition of the OAAG Golf Tour 2008 tees off next week with The Flying Club Challenge. And the first amateur to score a hole-in-one on Day 4 of Singapore's premiere pro-am tournament will also score a brand new Cirrus SR2O. j^^^^^^^^^H
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 33 33 TV times CRICKET: ICL 20's Grand C'ship: Chandigarh v Mumbai (Live, Chill, 9.25pm). SOCCER: U-21 International friendly: England v Poland (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.55 am). Event SOCCER: S-League: Dalian v Sengkang (Queenstown, 7.45pm).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      160 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 RICHARD TEO TIANG SER Age: 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 March 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      111 34 I"-" By His will we come, and by His will we go. O Nanak, when it pleases Him, then He absorbs us into Himself SGGS S SANTOKH SINGH USMA Age: 62 passed away peacefully on 23 Mar 08. Sadly missed by all loved ones. Wife: Pritam Kaur (Daljit) Sons: Daughter:
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      70 34 Leelawathie Winslow (Betsy) 4-8-1922 24-3-2008 Beloved wife of Dr Edward Charles Winslow and mother of Rosemary, Edward, Leela and Muni, mother-in-law of Sharmini and grandmother of David and Shona. Passed away peacefully on 24 March 2008. Betsy is resting at 43 Kovan Road. The funeral service will be held at
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      69 34 The Family of the Late NG CHENG HWEE Departed on 18 March 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement. Wife: Lai MoiYin Sons: Daughters: Kenny Ng Inn Theng Alice
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      58 35 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of our late Senior Vice President, Finance Administration NIRMAL SINGH BAL Departed on 21 March 2008 Bon Voyage to a Wonderful Person Friend A colleague who was passionate, unassuming, very sincere And a True Friend and Confidante We will always Remember and
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      45 35 The family of the late HOWYEWKWAI Departed on 22.03.08 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, pastors, church members and colleagues, Doctors nurses TTSH SICU WD 3B andNUHCCUWD23, for their kind attendance, wreaths, donations and kind assistance, during their recent bereavement.
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      84 35 CHENG HING YONG Age: 75 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 March 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Sin Kirn Kee Sons: Daughter-in-law: Cheng Mun Hey Cheng Mun Tian Isaac Hing Yui Yuen Lydia Daughter: Son-in-law: Cheng Mun Yin Corinne Chong Yeh Ming Granddaughters Chong Yong
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      72 35 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of ANNE KOH GUAN ENG KOH BEE LEX Departed 25th March, 2006 In our hearts your memory lingers Sweet tender fond and true There is not a day dear Mother That we do not think of you. Deeply missed by son, Stephen, daughter-in-law, Rita, grandchildren
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      67 35 In Loving Memory Of Lawrence Loh I who was called to the Lord on 25 January 2008 1j Lawrence is survived by his beloved wife Laurie 3 children, Brennan, Evan Jaimee A Memorial service will be held on Saturday 29 March 2008 at 2:00 pm at Church of St Francis
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      39 35 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Our Director, Mr Lim Yian Poh on the demise of his beloved Father LIM CHIANG LIANG (LIM CHEK TONG) On 22 March 2008 From The Management Staff of TTJ HOLDINGS PTE LTD
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      51 35 The Family of the Late 3 TAN HEE TEO Departed on 19 March 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, relatives, friends, church members, colleagues and business i associates for their kind assistance, attendance, T P condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions L during their recent
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      41 35 Our Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to m Mr. Kwek Leng Keow Family on the sad loss of their beloved one. L SHARON LEE TENG SIEW Departed on 23 March 2008 From Colin Ng Simon Cheong Tham Hay Thin Gn Hiang Chiang
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      23 35 LAWRENCE LOH Departed on 25 January 2008 Dearly missed always remembered by Parents: Joseph Loh Cecilia Lye Brothers, Sisters, Sisters-in-law, Brothers-in-law, Nephews Nieces.
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      20 35 16th Anniversary In Loving Memory of YETTA WONG YIN WAH Departed: 25 March 92 Fondly remembered by family loved ones.
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      46 35 3rd Anniversary I In Loving Memory Of I Mrs Loh-Lim Beng Choo Departed 25.03.2005 Theses a sad, but sweet remembrance, Theses a memory fond and true And a token of love my Dearest Nan, And a heartache still for you. Lovingly missed by Mummy loved ones.
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      77 35 RAMJEETELI (Former resident of Lorong Ratna, RAF) Age: 82 passed away peacefully on 24/3/2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Late wife: Munia Dcvi) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Jeswan Gupta Sulochana Kumari Dipchand Gupta Anjeet Kaur Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chandrawati Dcvi Satnaryanan Gupta Indra Dcvi Sockalingam (Whisky) Grandchildren Body is resting
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      53 35 In Loving Memory DAVID CHEONG TUCK MENG Departed on 24 March 2008 Dearly missed and forever remembered by Peter, Remy, Ah Ma and Family. David is resting at Blk 44, Telok Blangah Drive. Cortege leaves on Wednesday, 26 March 2008, at 8.30 am, for cremation at Mandai Crematorium Hall 3
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      67 35 LIM MENG KIT Age:77 passed away peacefully on 23 March 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Chew Kirn Kwang Sons: Lim Tow Chong Lim Tow Ec Wake Is held at Blk 760 A Bedok Reservoir View (Multi-Purpose Hall). Tel: 9781 1718. Cortege will leave on 27
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      38 36 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Our Director MR KWEK LENG KEOW On The Demise Of His Beloved Wife I m I SHARON LEE TENG SIEW From CHAIRMAN, DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT STAFF OF HONG LEONG INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PTE LTD
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      34 36 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Our Managing Director MR KWEK LENG KEOW On The Demise Of His Beloved Wife SHARON LEE TENG SIEW From CHAIRMAN, DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT STAFF OF HONG REALTY (PRIVATE) LIMITED
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      41 37 I With Deepest Sympathy :< 1 Heartfelt Condolences To 1 MR KWEK LENG KEOW P On The Demise Of His Beloved Wife 1 SHARON LEE TENG SIEW I From CHAIRMAN, DIRECTORS, 1 MANAGEMENT STAFF OF I y HONG LEONG GROUP (SINGAPORE) j
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  • MONEY
    • SGX SECURITIES
      • 7554 38 TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 24, 2008 CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0R'VOL DAY NET M CAP '000 HIGH LOW P/E $MIL 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY 28 5 11C 3C 42 141 195 32 15 24 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 19
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      • 57 38 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 620C 100C 1120C 1250C 398.3 3977.9 116 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 288 6009 STI ETF 3013.7 6010 STIETFIOPV US200xd US6200cd US1000 US*****cd
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    • 497 39 REUTERS Such 'payday loans' come with high interest rates, piling on the debts Cleveland (Ohio) \S HUNDREDS of thousands 3f American home owners fall sehind on their mortgage paynents, more are turning to ihort-term loans with skyligh interest rates to
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    • 34 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 12,480.09 (-2.48 points) »Japanese shares ended mixed as the market awaited fresh leads on the fragile global economy amid a holiday weekend in the United States and Europe.
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    • 25 39 AFP Thursday's close: 21,108.22 (-758.72 points) »Financial markets in Hong Kong were closed for the Easter holiday. Trading will resume today.
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    • 30 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,626.19 (-170.39 points) Chinese stocks closed 4.49 per cent lower on massive sales by fund managers of shares in PetroChina and other large-cap issues.
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    • 23 39 AFP Thursday's close: 5,127.5 (-161.6 points) »Financial markets in Australia were closed for the Easter holiday. Trading will resume today.
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    • 31 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,201.02 (+11.96 points) Malaysian stocks closed 1 per cent higher due to bargain hunting in selected blue chips such as financial, construction and mining-related stocks.
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      24 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,289.4 (+294.57 points) »Indian share prices rose 1.96 per cent after global oil prices fell from recent record highs.
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    • 28 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,339.29 (+15.73 points) »Indonesian shares ended 0.7 per cent higher, lifted by a technical rebound in late trade in select big caps.
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    • 31 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 807.28 (+3.96 points) Thai shares closed 0.49 per cent higher as small investors chased gains after losses last week, tracking other markets in the region.
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    • 164 39 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 2,927.79 DLj||j| March 24 Top Actives March 24 Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand 6.100 +0.420 CapitaMall 3.290 +0.180 CityDev 10.440 +0.690 Cosco Corp 3.270 +0.300 DBS Grp 18.000 +0.900 F&N 4.770 +0.280 Gentlntl 0.580 +0.015 HKLand 3.920 +0.060 JSH 16.100 Jardine C&C 17.040 +0.640
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    • 138 39 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE A PPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2430 1.2580 Ian dollar 1.3440 1.3600 iuro 2.1250 2.1500 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4334 0.4342 IZ dollar 1.0880 1.1120 Sterling pound 2.7350 2.7660 JS dollar 1.3830 1.3990 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 UNITS
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    • 1878 39 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 24,2008 52-WLLK ILL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY TRADED T LASI V( SALE /OLUML '000 140 35 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 315 4 2878 Aztech W*****6 49 12 5 3657 BiosensorDBeCW080G23 24 5 4 3704 CapitaMalSGAeCW080G30 29 5 18 5 4014 CapitalanBNPeC*****8 215 14
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    • 348 40 BLOOMBERG NEWS PRICES of crude oil and gold extended declines as the US dollar rebounded on speculation that the United States Federal Reserve's efforts to combat a housing slump and a shortage of funds in credit markets may restore investor confidence. But wheat, corn
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    • 453 40 PHOTO Contract in danger of being struck down JPMORGAN chief executive officer (CEO) Jamie Dimon became convinced the bid for Bear Steams was in jeopardy after spending much of the last week taking calls from indignant shareholders. Among them was British entrepreneur Joseph Lewis, who spent
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    • 653 40 NEW YORK TIMES Plan to raise offer by five times is to win over investors who oppose deal New York JPMORGAN Chase was in talks to quintuple its offer to buy Bear Steams to US$lO per share in an effort to pacify angry shareholders at
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    • MEDIA & MARKETING
      • 576 41  -  Ong Bi Hui Simplicity and universal values reasons for the ads being a hit By THEY have become pop culture hits that have transcended nationalities and turned into a marketing tool that is, well, priceless for Master Card. The Priceless advertisements for the global credit
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      • 266 41  -  ONGBI HUI MASTERCARD has run its Priceless campaign for 10 years with the ads carving out a place in marketing history, as much lampooned as admired. MasterCard chief marketing officer Larry Flanagan said the aims were modest when it was launched in 1997. The
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    • 536 42  -  Bryan Lee Prices jump 6.5%, driven by higher food, transport and housing costs By Economics Correspondent CONSUMER prices surged 6.5 per cent last month from a year ago, continuing a rate of increase not seen in 26 years. Food, transport and housing costs were
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    • 400 42  -  Chua Hian Hou By PROMINENT Singapore businessman Steve Ting's Frontline Technologies has been renamed BT Frontline and delisted from the Singapore Exchange, following its acquisition by a British conglomerate. Last December, British-based telecoms giant BT Group, formerly known as British Telecommunications, made an offer to
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    • 406 43  -  Goh Eng Yeow STAKING STOCK Index rises 103 points on positive signs from global central banks, forex market By Markets Correspondent SINGAPORE share prices enoyed their biggest one-day surge rince January, as investors dared :o believe that the worst
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    • 424 43  -  Khushwant Singh By TRAINING firm Zone Financial was set up to teach people how to trade futures contracts and indexes. But it acted as a fund manager between May 2004 and August 2006, collecting nearly $4 million as personal loans from 32
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    • 240 43  -  Chua Hian Hou By DISCOVER the best way to get your marketing message across to an increasingly cynical and fragmented audience at the inaugural Singapore ad:tech digital marketing conference this week. Participants will hear from more than 120 industry experts, including WPP Digital chief
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    • 371 43  -  Lee Su Shyan WARRANT WATCH By Assistant Money Editor THE sharp market rebound yesterday gave many warrants a welcome lift after a grim few weeks. The Straits Times Index rose 102.88 points to 2,927.79 on the back of Wall Street's 3.4 per cent
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    • 426 59  -  Deepika Shetty The SDT takes the ballet outdoors in its latest staging WHEN ballet companies stage Giselle in a theatre, they have to recreate the great outdoors on stage. But the upcoming production of :he ballet by French dramatist Theophile Gautier 3y the Singapore Dance
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      • 240 62 HONG KONG Actress Maggie Q (above) has finally faced speculation that she is in actor Edison Chen's sex photos and denied she is involved in the incident. The 28-year-old was once linked to Chen in the tabloids. When his private photo collection was leaked
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      • 193 62 TAIPEI Lin Ching-hsia (right) had flown in from Hong Kong just to vote in the Taiwanese presidential election. She was so nervous before polling day that she had the runs and could not sleep. But after all the trouble she went through, the former actress
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        • 74 100 SUN Microsystems' Intel-based servers have shown a revenue increase for eight straight quarters, said research firm IDC. Business expanded 10.4 per cent for Sun in the third quarter last year, compared to the same period in 2006. This accounted for US$l62 million (***** million). Ahead of
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        • 117 108 ►business solutions FalconStor Continuous Data Protection Virtual Appliance FalconStor CDP Virtual Appliance for VMware is now available. Visit http://www.falconstor.com /en/solutions/?pg= Application&sb=VMware for details. FALCONSTOR Software, a leader in disk-based data protection packages, has partnered Jardine One Solution to distribute the new FalconStor Continuous Data Protection
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      • 403 112 HP Photo Smart 8180 $599 (6-ink system Black: $32.77; Light Cyan, Yellow, Cyan, Magenta, Light Magenta: $17.47 each) Available at all authorised HP dealers FOR starters, the HP Photo Smart 8180 made excellent prints. In test prints of a model wearing a blue crystal necklace, the
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      • 549 113 Palm Centro Smartphone $598 Buy from all major IT retailers CHANCES are you might experience deja vu when you first see the Palm Centro. That's because, apart from its colour, it looks very similar to the Palm Treo 500 v. But that's where the similarities
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      • 665 115 Defining your customers is IBM's goal in a science called service science, management and engineering. 00 GIN LEE delves in AIRLINE companies don't buy aeroplane engines from Rolls Royce any more. And it's not because the world's third largest maker of jet engines in the world has
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      • 772 119 STOP, WRITE NOW! Every time you see the Little Red Dot pencil, get creative. Write headlines, learn new words... whatever you do, have fun! SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh JOURNALISTS Yen Feng, Malini Nathan INTERNS Neubronner Eugene, Alfred Chua, Sujith Kumar CONTRIBUTORS Alison de
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        492 121  -  ANDREW DUFFY LIM WUI LIANG WHO ARE THEY? There may be around 3,000 Africans living in Singapore. The most visible ones are soccer players such as Agu Casmir and Itimi Dickson who both became citizens and there are plenty of professionals and a few pastors too. But
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      • 271 125 I I L I About 800 small dogs and 82 caged parrots were seized by the authorities on March 12 from an elderly couple's mobile home. Although the animals appeared to have had enough food, a few were missing paws some from having been
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        99 125 An empty military recruiting centre was damaged by an explosive device on March 6. Although only the building's glass entrance was shattered, witnesses say the impact of the explosion was felt up to four blocks away.Three hours after the explosion, traffic resumed on the roads and subways. The
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        117 125 A passenger train collided with a doubler-decker bus, killing a woman and injuring 47 others. The accident happened at a rail crossing, when the train travelling from the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires to the South Atlantic beach resort of Mar del Playa, slammed into a bus packed with
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        71 125 Fearing contamination, Germany has ordered a countrywide recall of a blood-thinner, herapin, made by Rotexmedica. The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices suspects the drug may be using active ingredients from China, which have resulted in three severe cases of allergic reactions reported so far. Herapin is derived
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        98 125 A huge donation has opened the doors of a private library to the public. Mrjulian Blackwell,of the academic bookshop chain of the same name, donated £5 million (Ssl4 million) to The Bodleian Library in Oxford. The money will go towards the building of a new hall for the public,
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        108 125 Listening to music can improve your cognitive and verbal skills. A six-month study of 60 recent victims of stroke aged 35 to 75 revealed that listening to music for at least an hour a day led to a 17 per cent boost in performance on concentration tasks, such as
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        86 125 An Austrian couple were convicted on March 13 of making terror threats. The 22-year-old man, identified only as Mohamed M., was found guilty of involvement in a March 2007 video threatening Austria and Germany with attacks if they did not withdraw military personnel from Afghanistan. He was sentenced to
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        121 125 Anger is raging on the streets of Egypt over the appointment of its first woman to conduct Muslim marriages. Ms Amal Soliman, 32, a graduate in civil and criminal law, is the first woman in the Middle East and possibly the Muslim world to be authorised to perform wedding
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        85 125 An Australian couple, aged 63 and 58, were shocked to return from a spontaneous weekend holiday to find a full-scale investigation underway into their disappearance. Mr and Mrs Ostell's daughter, Angela, had called the police when she found her parents' home unlocked and the dog left to fend for
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      • 447 126  -  ELLEN WHYTE Find out more amazing facts and trivia about flowers, vegetables, trees and other plants at Botanical Record breakers at http://waynesword. palomar.edu/wwo6ol .htm Plant colonies that live thousands of years are the world's oldest living organisms, by The very earliest forms of life on earth were
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      • 550 129 HISTORY IN THE HEADLINES* San Francisco, Dec I, 1885 -A new clothing item has taken the city by storm. Called "jeans", it was first invented by tailor Jacob Davis a few years ago. One of his most troublesome customers was a man who kept tearing the
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        385 131  -  KIM MAX BY ARE YOU A DAREDEVIL? 1. Bungee-jumping is: a. On my list of things to do. b. Guaranteed to wreck your back. c. Fun, if you like that sort of thing. 2. You are racing bumper cars with friends and you: a. Er, who said I'd
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      • 451 132 The wolf and the fox are among the most misunderstood of animals. Far from being bloodthirsty and evil, they help to maintain healthy prey populations, playing an important ecological role. The Three Little Pigs and Red Riding Hood are victims of the
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