The Straits Times, 24 April 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 112 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 THURSDAY, APRIL 24 2008 MM A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon 527 cases in a day raise concerns over outbreak
    637 1  -  Judith Tan HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE Big worry: the re-emergence of a deadly strain By A SHARP rise in the number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases, coupled with the reappearance of a deadly strain, is heightening concerns
    MARKCHEONG; TANG WEE CHEOW  -  637 words
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    Lock icon BN turns to blogging in a belated turnaround
    969 1  -  Hazlin Hassan UPFRONT By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S political leaders are rushing to set up blogs and increase their postings on existing ones after recent polls showed how effective the Internet has been. Those joining the bandwagon include former Selangor
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Inflation hits 26-year record high for March
      658 3  -  Nicholas Fang Consumer price index rose 6.7 per cent, with transport and food costing more By ANOTHER month, another record. Last month's figure for inflation was a 26-year high, following on from record months in December and February. Weeks of reports of rising
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      Lock icon $1b Sentosa hotels deal goes to S'pore-Japan joint venture
      565 3  -  Lim Wei Chean By A SINGAPORE-JAPAN joint venture has been awarded a $1.05 billion contract to build three hotels on Sentosa Island, to date the juiciest plum dished out by the integrated resort. Kajima-Tiong Seng beat several other companies to build
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      Lock icon Hillary keeps battle alive with key win
      617 4  -  Derwin Pereira PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY Her victory puts Democratic Party on course for fight to the bitter end By US Bureau Chief In Washington SENATOR Hillary Clinton has survived yet another bruising primary election battle to light another day. But there is growing concern
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      Lock icon Metal thieves cause big blackout in Sabah
      312 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur MUCH ol Sabah was plunged into darkness after thieves removed iron beams from an electricity pylon, causing it to collapse. The 20 beams are likely to letch only about RM4O (Ssl7) on the black market, but Sabah Electricity
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, BERNAMA; THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  312 words
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Sinking Jakarta to halt extraction of groundwater
      738 6  -  Salim Osman Firms that extract water have to pump it back into the ground By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta JAKARTA'S government is about to throw the sinking city a life raft in hopes of keeping it afloat. City officials plan to introduce legislation
      SALIM OSMAN; : AP; REUTERS  -  738 words
    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Flame whisked off to secret location after arrival in Australia
        529 7 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Canberra THE Olympic flame arrived in Australia yesterday for the next leg of the troubled torch relay, and was whisked away to a secret location to avoid protesters. In an unprecedented show of security, the
        REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  529 words
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        Lock icon Activists turn their sights on Olympic sponsors
        624 7 They lobby companies to pressure China into acting on a host of human rights issues London COMPANIES sponsoring the Beijing Olympics now find themselves the targets of a new war on China's human rights record, its handling of the recent unrest in Tibet
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        Lock icon Macau stops handing out casino licences
        648 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG Bid to rein in rapid growth and spur non-gaming investments Hong Kong MACAU has announced a freeze on new gaming licences and land allocations for new casinos in a bid to rein in the industry's breakneck growth. Chief Executive Edmund
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG  -  648 words
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        Lock icon DIE, DIE, MUST BUY
        46 8 A paper model of a cellphone and a furnished paper house are among the items on display at this year's Asia Funeral Expo in Macau, at the Macau Tower Convention Centre. Offerings made of paper are burned at Chinese funerals. PHOTOS: REUTERS
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        Lock icon After Tianjin, S'pore-Nanjing 'mini eco-city' mooted
        547 8  -  Tracy Quek By China Correspondent In Beijing A MAJOR Singapore-China eco-city project is under way in the northern city of Tianjin, and soon a second one, albeit on a smaller scale, could spring up in the south. Minister of State for Trade and Industry
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon 90 killed in year's deadliest clash in Sri Lanka
        617 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Hundreds of soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels injured in latest battle in Jaffna Colombo AT LEAST 90 fighters were killed yesterday in what the Sri Lankan military described as the deadliest clash between the warring sides this
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon BLAIR TOOK TRAIN WITHOUT TICKET
          140 10 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE LONDON: Former British prime minister Tony Blair (below) was left red-faced when he was caught travelling on a train without a ticket and said he had no cash to pay the fare, a report said yesterday. Mr Blair, 54, who has earned
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          Lock icon INDONESIA JAILS SECT LEADER
          175 10 REUTERS JAKARTA: An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced an Islamic sect leader to four years in prison for "blasphemy". Abdul Salam, who founded the Islamic sect Al-Qiyadah Al-Islamiah in 2000, was arrested last year after the Indonesian Ulema Council, the country's authority on Islam, declared the group
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          Lock icon BRUNEI TO EXIT MINDANAO WITH KL
          123 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei is likely to follow Malaysia's lead in pulling peacekeepers out of the Philippines. Malaysia and Brunei contribute most of the nearly 60 troops, police and other officers responsible for safeguarding the 2003 ceasefire between Manila
          ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  123 words
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          Lock icon NO APPEAL FOR LONDON BOMBERS
          145 10 REUTERS LONDON: Four men jailed for life for their part in attempted suicide bombings in London in July 2005 had their appeal bids turned down yesterday after the judge branded their crimes "merciless". The men, who were each sentenced to spend at least 40 years
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          Lock icon DEAL REACHED ON IRAN N-PROBE
          89 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA: The United Nations' nuclear monitoring agency yesterday announced a "milestone" agreement with Iran that aims to provide answers about allegations that Teheran tried to develop nuclear weapons under cover of a peaceful atomic programme. International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) spokesman Melissa Fleming
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        Lock icon Thailand to set aside more land for farming
        464 11  -  Nirmal Ghosh It plans to increase rice production and stop conversion of agricultural land By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THAILAND is moving to devote more land to agricultural use in the face of rising grain prices. It plans to increase ricegrowing areas
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        Lock icon 10% of India's rice and wheat wasted
        160 11 BLOOMBERG New Delhi INDIA'S record rice and wheat harvests may not be enough to ensure food security in the nation because about 10 per cent of the grains is lost to pests or rots in inadequate warehouses. India's production of food grains may
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        Lock icon Ex-Khmer Rouge leader's lawyer storms out of tribunal
        347 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Phnom Penh A CONTROVERSIAL French lawyer representing the ex-Khmer Rouge head of state blew up at judges in a genocide tribunal yesterday, earning himself a stern warning. The United Nations-backed tribunal adjourned an appeal by Khieu Samphan against
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG  -  347 words
    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Top Penang BN leader quits Gerakan
        629 12  -  Chow Kum Hor He has been under fire for accepting posts in Penang's DAP government By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur A FORMER top Penang Barisan Nasional leader yesterday quit his party after coming under fire for taking up key posts in agencies in
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  629 words
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        Lock icon Anwar says he will be PM within three years
        437 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur OPPOSITION leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday predicted he would be prime minister within three years, sketching out the first rough timetable for his dramatic political comeback. "I do not think we have established a definite,
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BERNAMA  -  437 words
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        Lock icon Ex-minister accused of molesting woman
        142 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur A FORMER Cabinet minister is under investigation for allegedly outraging the modesty of a promoter at a five-star hotel in the city. He allegedly fondled the 32-year-old woman last week at one of the hotel's exclusive sections. The
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA  -  142 words
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      27 6 No new Macau casinos Macau will stop issuing new licences in order to curb the industry's rapid growth and free up resources for other sectors. PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Thumbs-down from airlines for fingerprints plan
      790 15 LOS ANGELES TIMESWASHINGTON POST US proposal for foreigners at exit points 'costly and would cause delays' Washington THE US government wants commercial airlines and cruise lines to prepare to collect digital fingerprints of all foreigners leaving the country, under a security plan the industry
      LOS ANGELES TIMESWASHINGTON POST; REUTERS  -  790 words
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      Lock icon European returns to coal as oil and gas prices soar
      684 16 NEW YORK TIMES Power station owners promise to produce 'clean coal' but critics say that is a pipe dream Civitavecchia (Italy) AT A time when climate experts agree that reducing carbon emissions will curb global warming, Italy's major electricity producer,
      NEW YORK TIMES; REUTERS  -  684 words
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      Lock icon Is 'clean coal' possible?
      203 16 NEW YORK TIMES "CLEAN coal" is a term coined by the industry, referring to its efforts to reduce local pollution. The idea is that by using new technology, the coal plants will sharply reduce the amount of sooty particles spewed into the air, as well as
      NEW YORK TIMES  -  203 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Hillary bears brunt of blame for mud-slinging
      551 18 REUTERS, WASHINGTON POST But she says trading barbs with rival Obama is all part of campaigning Washington DEMOCRATIC presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton may have beaten rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, but the acrimonious campaign has left her defending herself against criticisms that her
      REUTERS, WASHINGTON POST  -  551 words
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      Lock icon Petraeus to head US' Mid-East forces
      204 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington ARMY General David Petraeus (below), the four-star general who has led troops in Iraq for the past year, will be nominated by President George W. Bush to head US forces in the Middle East. Defence Secretary Robert Gates yesterday
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  204 words
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      Lock icon Darfur death toll may top 300,000, says UN official
      433 19 LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS estim3tes Z5 effostZ to enci tlie cs!s!s in BuciZn fZltes United Nations THE UN humanitarian chief says 300,000 people may have been killed in the Darfur conflict 50 per cent more than previous estimates while efforts
      LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  433 words
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      Lock icon Conflict pits black farmers against Arab militia
      148 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE conflict began in early 2003 when black African rebels in Sudan's western Darfur province took up arms against the Arab-dominated central government, accusing it of discrimination. The government is accused of responding by arming and financing the ianjaweed
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  148 words
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      Lock icon Zimbabwe faces genocide if world does not act: Church leaders
      349 19 NEW YORK TIMES Harare VIOLENCE in Zimbabwe will result in lull-scale genocide il the international community does not intervene, the country's church leaders have warned. In a joint statement, the leaders ol the Catholic, Anglican and Evangelical churches said post-election
      NEW YORK TIMES  -  349 words
    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Priest missing after taking to the sky on party balloons
        403 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS RESCUERS are scouring the waters off Brazil's southern Atlantic coast looking for a Roman Catholic priest who disappeared after floating into the sky strapped to 1,000 giant party balloons. The Reverend Adelir Antonio Di Carli, 41, had lilted
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS  -  403 words
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        Lock icon That's a dead man on the chair by the sidewalk
        197 20 REUTERS A JUDGE has cleared two New York men accused of wheeling the corpse of their friend around Manhattan in an office chair in an attempt to cash his US$355 (Ss4Bo) Social Security cheque. Mr Virgilio Cintron, 66, had died
        REUTERS  -  197 words
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      27 15 300,000 killed in Darfur? UN official says 300,000 people may have been killed in the Darfur conflict while efforts to solve the crisis have stalled. PAGE 20
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon Were failings systemic?
      450 21 ONE unknowable consequence ofthe Mas Selamat Kastari escape is whether he and co-con-spirators will add insult to injury by staging a ruinous attack on Singapore some day. If this happened, the gravity ofthe Whitlev camv snafu the misstevs and omissions which verged on the amateurish will be
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      1000 21  -  Goh Sui Noi By Senior Writer CHINESE nationalist sentiments ran high over the weekend, with protesters taking to the streets in anti-West demonstrations in several cities, from Qingdao in the north-east to Kunming in the south-west. Overseas, in cities such as London, Paris and
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      981 22  -  MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS By For The Straits Times FOUR years ago, South-east Asia seemed on the brink of an era of creative regional diplomacy. In Malaysia, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi preached the message of civilisational Islam, or "Islam Hadhari". In Indonesia, newly elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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      915 22  -  Rahul Singh By For The Straits Times MR LAL Krishna Advani is India's "prime minister-in-wait-ing", the leader of the main opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Should the BJP win the forthcoming general election, or be the main party in
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      818 26  -  Eugene To cope, some vendors raise prices, while others dish out smaller portions By Neubronner RISING global food prices have hit school tuckshops, and vendors and students are feeling the pinch. The Straits Times confirmed that at least 12 schools, from primary
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      301 27  -  LEE HUICHIEH AND ESTHER TAN ALL plastic bottles sold here are safe and no stores have been asked to stop selling them, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said yesterday. The announcement came after Toys 'R' Us voluntarily pulled plastic baby
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      544 27  -  Mavis Toh Last year, 49 fell victim double the 24 in 2006. This year, 14 have fallen prey so far By MORE cabbies are falling victim to crime. Last year, 49 of them were robbed, double the 24 cases in 2006. In the first three months
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      764 29  -  Lee Pei Oi, »OUTBREAK OF HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE Temporary closure has parents scrambling to make alternative childcare plans By Jessica Jaganathan sumathi v. selvaretnam WITH some pre-schools and childcare centres shut for disinfection for 10 days, parents are scrambling to make alternative
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      806 31  -  Zakir Hussain Netizens still abuzz over Govt's response, but S'poreans split over whether it has shown accountability By TWO days after details of Mas Selamat Kastari's escape emerged, Singaporeans remain divided on whether the Government has demonstrated accountability over the
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      643 31  -  Ll XUEYING BY THE question of whether Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng should offer to resign cropped up among Singaporeans interviewed yesterday, on the disclosures in Parliament about terrorist leader Mas Selamat Kastari's escape. It emerged when some, such
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      486 32  -  Sue-Ann Chia New logo for labour movement aspiring to represent all ages, jobs and nationalities By FOR 37 years, the visual of eight cogs of a wheel enclosed in a spanner has stood as the symbol of the NTUC's role
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      401 32  -  Goh Chin Lian By SINODA Shipping Agency has 19 workers. Of these, about one-quar-ter are aged 55 or above. Like many small companies here, it has yet to figure out how to re-employ them when they reach the retirement age of 62. But managing
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      61 32 Students performing a scene from J.B. Priestley's "An Inspector Calls" at the Jubilee Hall last night to launch Singapore Polytechnic's new School of Communication, Arts and Social Sciences. President S R Nathan attended the show and received a cheque for $170,000 raised by over
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      284 32  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN CERTIFICATES of Entitlement premiums for cars and commercial vehicles ended considerably lower yesterday after a breathless three-month climb. Observers said bookings were lean in the past two weeks as buyers were put off by the higher premiums as
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      499 33  -  Melissa Sim Wide range of programmes, including early intervention for special-needs kids, to benefit By CHILDREN will be the Community Chest's largest group of beneficiaries this year, receiving $25.4 million in funding through a wide range of programmes. This is
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      207 33  -  year SHOBANA KESAVA THE Lien Foundation, a charity focused on education, seniors and the environment, has announced that it will pour $3 million into projects to help solve China's water woes. The money, to be doled out over three years, is expected to
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      31 26 Com Chest: $25m for kids Children will be the Com Chest's largest group of beneficiaries receiving $25.4 million, almost half of the $52 million to be raised this year. PAGE H8
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      485 34  -  Chan Wing Cheong THE recent case of Aniza Essa who manipulated her young 17-year-old lover, Muhammad Nasir Abdul Aziz, to kill her husband illustrates three areas of law in need of reform. The first regards the age at which a young person is deemed
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      268 34  -  Yong Han Beng I THANK readers who have written in about TV Mobile's sound levels on public buses. Since 2001, TV Mobile has provided commuters with infotainment and entertainment programmes and re-al-time news, keeping them informed while on the move. Over the years, we
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      111 34  -  Colin Ong Tau Shien I WOULD like to take a different angle on the Mas Selamat Kastari episode and focus on the potential negative impression of the future of Singapore yes, our youth. After the escape, many young Singaporeans must have been exposed to
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      374 34  -  Ng Ya Ken MR SONG Yee Soon proposed that the household income ceiling be raised to more than $8,000 for high-end Housing Board flat buyers ("Raise income ceiling on HDB flats over $500k", April 16). Over the years, the HDB has responded well to
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      280 34  -  Patrick Sio AS I was driving to work on Monday morning, one topic caught my attention on the radio. It was a discussion of whether the Government should allow Medisave to pay for overseas medical treatment. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that, subject
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      383 34  -  Tina Hung (Ms) I REFER to the report, "Looking beyond disAbility" (April 12). Since 1967, sheltered workshops have been set up by voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) to help people with differing levels of intellectual, physical, sensory and multiple disabilities who do not have competencies
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      137 34  -  Tan Teik Seng I REFER to the report, "Looking beyond disAbility" (April 12), which highlighted several sheltered workshops. Clients working in Bizlink's workshop generally have less severe disabilities and higher functioning abilities. This enables them to take on work assignments and enjoy the status
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      252 34  -  Ong Seng Eng I REFER to the letter, "Have separate bin to recycle batteries" by Mr Andrew Wee last Thursday. Our main concern with the disposal of household batteries is the mercury content in some types of batteries as they pose a pollution
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      836 35  -  Richard Jolly »SOCCER: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Liverpool fail to turn dominance into victory as Chelsea escape Anfield with 1-1 draw By at Anfield EXPLAINING the inexplicable is no easy feat and Rafael Benitez did not attempt it. "It is difficult to understand," the Liverpool manager said, after his team
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      788 35 Liverpool LIVERPOOL co-owner Tom Hicks, increasingly loathed by frustrated fans and ignoring police advice, attended his first match at Anfield since December on Tuesday. Escorted by Liverpool's security staff, he took a front-row seat in the directors' box, and saw his team held to
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      819 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »SOCCER Chelsea star in better mental state for clash with United as mum's condition has improved Liverpool A TROUBLED Frank Lampard has given Chelsea a boost, saying he is ready for Saturday's Premier League showdown with Manchester United. "I am sure I will be
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      639 36  -  Neil Humphreys By THERE was a time when Manchester United were about as popular as a kiss-o-gram at a children's party. The arrogance, the vein-bulging haranguing of referees and the occasional flying kick made the Red Devils the team everyone loved to hate. It
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      489 36 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Berlin BAYERN Munich, with one trophy in the bag and a second almost sewn up, turn their attention to a possible Treble without main striker Luca Toni. They won the German Cup on Saturday and hold a
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      294 36 CRICKET Delhi VIRENDER Sehwag on Tuesday became the lirst Indian to take Man-01-the-Match honours in the Indian Premier League. He blasted 94 runs including 10 fours and six sixes from just 41 balls to lead the Delhi Daredevils to a nine-wicket win over
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      245 36 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS OLYMPICS Beijing PROTESTS which have dogged the global leg ol the Beijing Olympic torch relay have had no effect on international ticket sales for the Games. II anything, the problem is the rising overseas demand for tickets, Zhu Van, director
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      792 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Parker posts 32 points to help defending champions overcome Suns' big early lead San Antonio IT WAS another big comeback by the San Antonio Spurs. Now, the Phoenix Suns will need one. Tony Parker scored 32 points to lead the Spurs
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      290 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE EAST Game Two: Orlando 104 Toronto 103 (Orlando lead best-01-seven series 2-0) Game Three: Today at Toronto DWIGHT Howard registered his second consecutive 20-20 showing, as the Orlando Magic posted a 104-103 win over Toronto on Tuesday. Hedo Turkoglu hit the game-winning lay-up with 30 seconds
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      668 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles KOBE Bryant made clear what has been, at the very least, a bit ambiguous for nearly a year: He wants to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers and is open to finishing his National Basketball
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      544 37 MOTOR RACING Barcelona LEWIS Hamilton has ruled out any suggestion that his McLaren MP4-23 is to blame lor his tattering start to the Formula One season. The Briton won the first race, but managed only fifth place in Malaysia after being demoted
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      271 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHLETICS LONDON AMERICAN sprinter LaTasha Jenkins is free to compete again after the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) dropped its appeal against a US arbitration ruling that cleared her of a positive drug test. The decision upholds the ruling, which broke the United States
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      467 38 NEW YORK TIMES SWIMMING Dunkirk (France) AN OLYMPIC gold medallist is among the latest caught in the cross-currents of the global swimsuit war. Laure Manaudou, an Olympic champion from France, is under contract with Arena. But, after suffering her first loss in nearly four years
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      395 38  -  Christopher Ong SCHOOL SPORTS Haarishankar, who is built like a Kenyan runner, wins C Div crown By Valeric Chia SHE had been a sprinter since secondary school, but made the switch to cross-country two months ago. The move paid off for
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      165 38 Boys' A Div: 1 Soh Rui Yong (Raffles JC) 2 Allan Teng (Anglo-Chinese JC) 3 Lee Ming Hui (Victoria JC). Team: 1 RJC 2 VJC 3 Hwa Chong Institution 4 ACJC. B Div: 1 S. Surya (Boon Lay Sec) 2 Lim Zhi Ming (RI) 3 Kevin Goh (Victoria School).
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      325 38 By Lin Xinyi THE last time the Hwa Chong table tennis team won both the boys' and girls' Schools National A Division titles, they were known as Hwa Chong Junior College. That was eight years ago. In front of a
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      421 38 BASEBALL MLB: Milwaukee 9 St Louis 8 (12 innings), Chicago Cubs 8 NY Mets 1, Washington 6 Atlanta 0, Boston 7 LA Angels 6, Detroit 10 Texas 2, Pittsburgh 3 Florida 2, Tampa Bay 6 Toronto 4, Cincinnati 8 LA Dodgers 1, Houston 11 San Diego 7, Cleveland 15
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        116 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS NYON (Switzerland): Uefa, European soccer's governing body, wants all professional players to have a heart test before the start of each season. It has ordered every international player taking part in the European Championship in June to undergo cardiac screening and now
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        118 38 REUTERS MADRID: The Spanish government and the country's soccer federation have reached an agreement to hold elections for the sports body after the European Championship in June. The move is aimed at appeasing world body Fifa, which had threatened to bar Spain from the European event in
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        122 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI: Vietnamese soccer's governing body has lifted its ban on four former members of the national team following their involvement in a match-fixing scandal during the 2005 South-east Asia Games. The players were suspended for three years, but the Vietnam Football Federation
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        59 38 THE Young Lions drew 0-0 with Dalian Shide in an S-League football match at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The Chinese side clung on despite having Zhao Honglue sent off in the 38th minute. With the draw, the Young Lions are seventh (12
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      124 39 "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8 FRANCIS TAN KIA WHATT Age: 75 Was called home to be with the Lord on 23 April 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Maria Chng Siew
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      32 39 a Bth Anniversary [n Loving Memory 01 VIARKKOHAHSAH @>KOHYONGCHYE Departed 24.04.2000 Deeply missed and always remembered by Wife, son, daughters, sons-in-law, daughter- in law, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews all loved ones.
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      20 39 17th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of SEAH GUAT ENG Departed: 24.4.91 Love's greatest gift Remembrance. Always missed by children grandchildren.
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      102 39 TEE AIK SIAN Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 23 Apr 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Ho Mai Soon (Deceased) Brother: Tay Kal Joo Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tee Siew Gin Jason Lim Bee Fang Janel Tee Siew Koon William Loke Poh Ching Joyce Daughter: Son-in-law: Tee Gek Noi Linda Tong
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      83 39 QUAH 001 JIN Age: 92 Passed away peacefully on 23 April 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: TzeLyeTee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Khalid Quah Siew Boon Sapiah Abu Bakar Quah Siew Thye, Chris Nadear Daughters: Quah Cheng Choo, Cindy Quah Cheng Bee, Geraldine Granddaughter: Nur Diana Quah Sister-in-law,
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      109 39 "He who dwells in the shelter ofthe Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty..." Psalms 91: 1&2 JAMES ADIKARAN was called home to be with the Lord on 23 April 2008. Dearly missed by loved ones. Father: (Titus Adikaran, deceased) Mother: Matilda Adikaran nee Perera Wife: Haslina
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      68 39 We, the family of the late JENNY YONG SOW CHUN Departed on 18 April 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Father Colin Tan, relatives, friends, colleagues, past pupils, prayer group of Church of The Holy Trinity, Dr. TL Ang and doctors and staff of Ward 28
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      66 39 OM SRI SAI RAM A. MANOHARAN (Sports Club SAAA, Singapore Veteran Siglap Running Club) Age: 69 passed away peacefully on 23/04/08. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Mrs Mala Manoharan Son, daughters, granddaughters, brother, sisters, relatives and friends. Body is resting at Blk 152, Yung Ho Rd,
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        6388 40 TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 23, 2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R22 28.5 11C 3C 25.5 42 141 22 27 195 32 15 24 29 18 31 17.5 15 43.5 26 126 34.5 16
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        54 40 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MII 20C 520C 100C 1120C 1250C 398.3 116 6065 Diamonds 5200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 288 6009 STI ETF US20C US620C US100C US1120C US1250C ....324 +3
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      282 41 REUTERS San Francisco YAHOO posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit but failed to deliver the standout results its shareholders hoped might force Microsoft to raise its takeover bid. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer signalled before the report's release that nothing Yahoo said about the quarter
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      560 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Supply worries and Opec's reluctance to raise output contribute to surge INTERNATIONAL concern mounted as world oil prices edged closer to US$l2O a barrel yesterday and the world's top producer called for calm. Analysts said a weakening United States dollar,
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      425 41  -  Vince Chong By China Correspondent in Beijing INVESTORS in mainland China yesterday got yet another confidence boost after Beijing slashed the stamp duty payable on share trades. The move is seen as a commitment by officials to shore up a badly-battered market. It
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      27 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,579.16 (+31.34 points) »Japanese stocks closed up 0.23 per cent, as market sentiment remained firm despite overnight falls on Wall Street.
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      37 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 25,289.24 (+350.09 points) Hong Kong shares closed up 1.4 per cent, led by China stocks, as strong gains in Shanghai gave rise to hopes that mainland bourses might be stabilising.
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      36 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,278.33 (+130.54 points) Chinese shares surged to close 4.15 per cent higher, with investors buying oversold stocks as belief grew that a slump in earlier sessions had gone too far.
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      36 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,652.9 (+88.3 points) Australian shares closed up 1.6 per cent, as gains in resource and financial stocks sent the benchmark index to its highest level since the end of February.
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      33 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,288.16 (+8.86 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.7 per cent higher due to buying interest in commodity stocks after world oil prices edged closer to US$l2O a barrel.
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      30 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 16,698.04 (-85.83 points) »Indian shares closed down 0.51 per cent, as banking and finance stocks slipped ahead of next week's central bank monetary policy review.
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      32 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,314.3 (+25.21 points) »Indonesian shares closed 1.1 percent higher, with gains in mining and energy stocks driven by hopes the companies would report strong first-quarter earnings.
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      29 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 837.66 (-12.36 points) Thai stocks closed 1.45 per cent lower in a technical fall, with major stocks finishing down despite record oil prices.
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      113 41 VSB7SNDKV 8 01.085 3,193.84 April 23 Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand 6.930 +0.020 CapitaMall 3.470 -0.060 CityDev 12.400 +0.100 Cosco Corp 3.500 +0.100 DBS Grp 19.900 +0.200 F&N 4.850 -0.070 Gent Intl 0.605 HK Land 4.330 +0.010 ISH 17.280 +0.340 lardineC&C 17.240 -0.180 Keppel Corp 11.980 -0.020
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      51 41 April 23 lade Tech 80,705,000 China Energy 56,726,000 ChinaEratat 56,060,000 ChinaNTown 54,998,000 China Hongxing 50,505,000 Yangzijiang 46,402,000 liutianC 37,779,000 Li Heng 37,672,000 Synear 36,095,000 China Sun 33,877,000 SinoTechfib 31,500,000 CoscoCorpDßeCWoBo929 29,850,000 Ferrochina 29,443,000 MDR 29,124,000 ChinaZaino 29,081,000 Cosco Corp 28,331,000 CoscoCorpMßLeCWoBoBol 28,079,000 China XLX 26,778,000 UniFiber 26,672,000 lES
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      132 41 April 23 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2680 1.2830 Ian dollar 1.3300 1.3460 iuro 2.1420 2.1660 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4302 0.4310 il dollar 1.0660 1.0900 Sterling pound 2.6760 2.7070 JS dollar 1.3400 1.3560 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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      568 42 REUTERS Investors approve $20b capital hike, endorse Peter Kurer for chairman's post Zurich BOWING to investor pressure, ÜBS has said it will cut its investment bank to a rump after a US$37 billion (Ssso billion) bill from the United States sub-prime crisis,
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      328 42 REUTERS Hong Kong HOPES among Wall Street's big banks that a booming Asian market would help them through hard times are growing dim, as much of the deal flow in China and beyond has ground to a halt. Huge fees from Asian
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      385 43  -  Bryan Lee It is 'in talks' with Evergrande on $541m-$676m private stake sale By TEMASEK Holdings has said it is "comfortable" with its investment in a China property developer that is seeking funds after scrapping plans for an initial public offering (IPO).
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      588 43  -  BRYAN LEE HIGHER interest rates, free insurance and discounts on pre-school fees are some of the new benefits parents can look forward to when OCBC Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) take over the management of the baby bonus scheme this August. The
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      452 44  -  Grace Ng By A MOVE into complex financial products has soured for Venture Corporation, as the deepening United States credit crisis has forced it to slash the fair value of some investments in the first quarter. The contract manufacturer said yesterday
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      599 44  -  Lee Su Shyan Firm told to appoint compliance adviser for 2 years to ensure it follows listing rules By Assistant Money Editor THE antics of Swissco International has so annoyed the Singapore Exchange (SGX) that it has scolded the firm and
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      296 44  -  Yang Huiwen By HEALTHY lifestyle products firm Osim International narrowed its first-quarter net loss to $13.2 million from $17.3 million previously, after moves to manage costs and boost sales per outlet. Revenue also dipped to $115.6 million for the three months ended March
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      435 44  -  Alvin Foo TAKING STOCK By Markets Correspondent MODEST gains in Hong Kong and hints of an upswing on Wall Street last night allowed Singapore shares to shrug off the early jitters yesterday. Yet it was hardly a result to write home about, with the
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      277 44 UNITED Industrial Corporation (UIC) director and chairman Wee Cho Yaw has boosted his deemed stake in the property and development company. Filings with the Singapore Exchange showed that he bought 2.2 million shares on the open market on March 24 at an average price of
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      628 45  -  Chia Van Mm Economists say overseas demand may fall; S$ at new high against US$ By ANALYSTS say electronics manufacturers in Singapore will be among the hardest hit by the fast-rising Singdollar, which has soared to a new record high against the weakening
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      241 45  -  LEE SU SHYAN »INJECTION OF ASSETS CHINA Aviation Oil (CAO) is buying a 49 per cent stake in a pipeline company that supplies most of the jet fuel for Beijing Airport. The seller is CAO's parent China National Aviation Fuel Group Corp
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      27 45 Child benefits OCBC Bank and Stanchart have unveiled their upcoming baby bonus offerings to compete for the attention of families with more than one child. PAGE HlB
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        608 47  -  Douglas Tseng The film-maker will be the first Singaporean to compete for the top prize at the film festival next month MEDIA CORRESPONDENT ERIC Khoo's new feature film, My Magic, will be competing for the top prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival next
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        348 47 AFP PARIS Veteran directors Clint Eastwood, Steven Soderbergh and Wim Wenders will compete against upcoming film-makers from across the world for the top prize at this year's Cannes film festival, organisers said yesterday. Cannes' mix of old and new, of Hollywood glitz and auteur fare, has
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        1366 48  -  Tara Tan Twenty-seven artists work out of Telok Kurau Studios. But many more are clamouring to get in because of the low rents NESTLED in a quiet residential area, the cluster of classrooms in the former Telok Kurau West Primary School have become studios for 27
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        400 49  -  Deepika Shetty TOWNS such as Ang Mo Kio used to be called HDB new towns, but they are not new at all. An exhibition features a map from 1898 that shows places such as Ang Mo Kio, Toa Payoh, Jurong, Sembawang, Seletar, Ulu Pandan,
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        550 49  -  Stephanie Yap As a child, American Chelsea Chen disliked 'smelly' Taiwan. As an organist, she is inspired by it ARTS REPORTER THE last time organist Chelsea Chen, 24, was in Singapore, she was four years old and duly impressed with the city's cleanliness. The American musician
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        745 50  -  Adeline Chia Hamlet will take to the stage today, followed by Shakespeare On Love next week ARTS REPORTER THE Bard is returning to the Singapore stage in two upcoming productions. The first is Hamlet, by British touring theatre company TNT Theatre Britain. It plays at the
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        330 50 AFP PARIS Photos of carefree Parisians lazing in cafes, flocking to cinemas or enjoying a day at the races during the Nazi Occupation have sparked outrage in Paris and calls for the exhibit to be shut down. The 270 unpublished photographs by Andre Zucca, a French
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        819 51  -  Clarissa Oon Is it time for Singapore to appoint people with arts background in policymaking positions in government? culturevulture LAST month, I watched a film here directed by South Korea's former Minister of Culture and came out feeling rather brutalised. No, it was not some propagandistic
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        437 51  -  Deepika Shetty THE latest paintings by contemporary Indonesian artist Mangu Putra all feature the image of a fragile man. That man, a Balinese farmer and odd job labourer named Pak Pedet, inspired the artist to create the works in his second solo exhibition in Singapore, Silent Words. Now
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        537 52 AP NEW YORK Broadway has its Billy Elliot all three of them. The three young men who will alternate as the stars of Billy Elliot The Musical were introduced on Tuesday by the show's composer, Elton John. "It's one of the greatest joys of
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        584 52  -  Adeline Chia The Theatre Works director will head a new week-long arts festival in Holland next year ARTS REPORTER THE artistic director of one of Singapore's top drama groups, TheatreWorks, Ong Keng Sen, will head a new arts festival in Europe next year. The
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      768 53  -  Adeline Chia To balance commercialisation with artistic integrity is no easy feat, say home-grown theatre directors ARTS REPORTER BALANCING artistic integrity and commercialisation in theatre may sound like a tall order, but the artistic directors of three established theatre companies here say they have found their own
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      626 54  - Sex And The City clone with kids Cara Van Miriah High fliers. One-night stands. Bitchy dialogue. Cashmere Mafia is unabashedly a copy of Sex And The City, but actress Miranda Otto begs to differ TROUBLED relationships, unreliable men, one-night stands, beautiful clothes and four women living in, where else, New
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      914 55  -  Cara Van Miriah Nightspot operator acquires the two bars for $1.2 million and will relaunch Bar None with new bands and dancers JUST 18 months after its opening, mega nightspot St James Power Station has added two nightspots in Orchard Road to its
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        430 57 WEDDING bells will soon ring for MediaCorp star Farm Wong. The actress says she has finally accepted her actor boyfriend Christopher Lee's proposal and that the wedding would be held "soon". She has always dodged media queries about the nuptials, talk of which started surfacing
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        258 57 NEW YORK Taiwanese film director Lee Ang is taking on Woodstock in his next movie. Lee will direct and his writ-ing-producing partner James Schamus will write a Focus Features' movie on the legendary 1969 music festival. The comedy, Taking Woodstock, is based on Elliot
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        201 57 CRUISE JK ACTS: Connor Cruise (right), 13, the adopted son of Tom Cruise and ex-wife Nicole Kidman, has a minor, non-speaking part in the upcoming Will Smith drama Seven Pounds, a spokesman for Columbia Pictures said. He plays Smith as a young man... BOOK DEAL: Disney Book Group has
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        199 91  -  Karen Tee Get in the mood for spring with SK Jewellery's latest collection of brightly coloured baubles. The home-grown jeweller unveiled its spring collection at a recent bash at the National Museum. Called Colourado, the collection features lavish pieces with precious gems in multi-coloured hues of the rainbow.
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        274 91 The Prada boutique was transformed into a screening room for 200 invited guests last Thursday. More than half the stock in the store at Paragon was cleared out to make space for two huge floor-to-ceiling screens. The highlight of the night was Prada's animated short film, Trembled
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      157 92  -  Yeo Qianhua These two head-turners were spotted at the Singapore International Film Festival's Silver Screen Awards at the National Museum on April 1 3 Lim Ting Li, 23, audio engineer What are you wearing? My top is from GG<5 and cost less than $100. The pants are from
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        157 93 What shows off a great short crop and an elegant neck? Shoulder dusters like these crystal tassel earrings, $125, from Marciano, 02-04 Paragon We love bold statement jewellery this Swarovski crystal brooch is all you need to dress up an austere work jacket. $1,850, from Louis Vuitton,
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        209 93 Sleek and compact, this tape measure befits a yuppie, not tight-permed contractor Phua Chu Kang. Silhouette Of Joy tape measure, $30, from Risis, Basement 1, Tangs Orchard You know that sexy feeling when you wear velvet on skin? This is the scent equivalent: a mix of fresh
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      333 98  -  KAREN TEE Singapore saw him first. And one day, fashionistas here may recount the day they saw the guy who went on to become China's first male supermodel. Jerry Fu (right) was here last month in his first overseas posting when he took part in the Singapore Fashion
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      206 104 I don't know if French toast with pork floss is authentic Hong Kong food or more of a Kowloon creation. Either way, this unusual dish (s3.Bo++) is one of the hits at Streets, a home-grown chain of cha chan teng or Hong Kong tea cafes that set
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