The Straits Times, 2 May 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 90 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 FRIDAY, MAY 2 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon From selling fish to May Day model
    252 1  -  KEITH LIN FOR five years, Madam Koh Hwee Koon, 44, woke up at 4am daily to prepare for work as an assistant fishmonger at a Hougang wet market. Life seemed as bleak for her as her unearthly 12-hour workday. The mother of two
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    Lock icon Send away foreigners and jobs for locals go too: PM
    635 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia He says foreigners let businesses offer better service, add value to economy By THE simmering discontent on the part of some locals towards foreign workers got an airing from none other than Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday.
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      Lock icon Olympic problem #1
      71 1 SINGAPORE'S badminton stars have earned Olympic Games qualifying spots in the men's and women's singles, as well as the women's and mixed doubles events in Beijing. This is the first time Singapore is competing in so many badminton events at the Olympics. The only drawback: either Ronald
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      96 1 SOME expatriates in Beijing are finding the going tough these days, having to contend with tightened security and greedy landlords. With 98 days to go to the Beijing Olympics, random ID checks have become more frequent as the Chinese capital goes into security overdrive. Some foreign residents
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon More private patrons work to promote Chinese arts
      969 1  -  Leong Weng Kam By Senior Writer MR CHEW Sin Hwa's interest in Chinese orchestra music began when he started sending his eldest son, Junru, to Saturday afternoon music practices at Rosyth Primary School. The Primary 4 pupil played the erhu, a stringed
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      235 2 A i m. n (i°A AH 111 i'll The relieved smiles say it all. These are the winners of the Channel U "Hair Challenge f^K'h] In the past, they were plagued by loss of self-confidence pa and self-esteem because of various hair and scalp WUi concerns. Since experiencing the services
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      325 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Kidnap scams foiled Asia 6-14 Maybank staff members in Ang Mo World 15-21 Kio helped foil two kidnap scams Review 22-25 lastweek. Insight 26-27 PAGE HI FYI 28 SECTION TWO Notice of death Home H1-H7 For three years, the father of a Forum H8 woman
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon WANTED: ROGUE COP
      618 3  -  Teh Joo Lin »Interpol alert out for Mark Koh Deserted the police force and has since been sacked Being investigated by CPIB Three lawsuits by banks; made bankrupt By Chong Chee Kin A SACKED senior police officer is wanted by his former employers for fraud and appears
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      Lock icon Taiwan gets S'pore court to help freeze US$30m
      277 3 THE Taiwan government has obtained an order from Singapore's High Court preventing two men from disposing of assets worth about US$3O million (5540.8 million). Taiwan transferred the money, which sits in an OCBC Bank account, to the men to help establish diplomatic
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      Lock icon Conned by job agents; caned for overstaying
      994 4  -  Melissa Sim MELISSA SIM China worker who goes home broke recounts ordeal of coming to Spore hoping to land higher paying job By CHINA worker Han Kin Hui, 41, arrived in Singapore in October 2006 in a new suit, new leather shoes, and
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      203 4 I(« 11 Melbourne Takes Off! Hi IP^ P\ k Melbourne property ee*T~^ tt^ I r118^1*^! the strongest since f I^^^^^^^B The Australian Financial Review, 25 July 2007 fljj I^^R^^H I "Home Flinders is in a great "™P location of Melbourne city... Fk j close to everything" I ft I "Good
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      60 4 Inflation fuels food for thought Soaring food prices have become an urgent problem, compounded by price controls and export bans in some countries. In a special package, BT looks at the risks and opportunities for investors EUNOSFLAT TRAGEDY Church pastor on man who tried to kill wife: HE STOLE $20,000
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Beijing's expats feel the pain of Olympic security blitz
      1126 6  -  Tracy Quek TRACY QUEK Foreign residents come under 'intimidating' levels of increased scrutiny, with surprise police checks and visa hassles By China Correspondent In Beijing WHEN American expatriate Su Chan headed out for a fun run last Wednesday night, the last
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      Lock icon Farrow pledges not to disrupt torch relay
      276 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE US ACTRESS and activist Mia Farrow yesterday arrived in Hong Kong, promising not to disturb the Olympic torch relay as she campaigns over Darfur and China's links to the Sudan government. Amid fears here over freedom of speech ahead of today's
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      Lock icon Police put a damper on anti-Carrefour protests
      441 6  -  Tracy Quek By China Correspondent In Beijing SMALLER-than-expected protests against French supermarket chain Carrefour took place in five Chinese cities yesterday, a sign that a police campaign to rein in nationalistic fury has had some effect. The protests occurred in the capital Beijing,
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      25 6 Drink drivers, beware A parliamentary panel in India recommends stiff punishments to curb the rising number of road deaths caused by drink drivers. PAGE 12
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon 18 killed in HK as bus with elderly passengers overturns
      326 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Hong Kong AN OVERCROWDED tour bus flipped over on a slope early yesterday morning in Hong Kong, killing 18 members of a local religious group and injuring 44 other passengers. The driver was arrested on charges of dangerous
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      Lock icon 3,000 firms face child labour probe
      607 8 REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS No signs so far of large-scale use of underage workers, says Dongguan city's deputy mayor Dongguan OFFICIALS in southern China have investigated more than 3,000 businesses suspected of using child workers supplied by an underground labour ring. At
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon SHINING EXAMPLE
      38 11 Monks wiping the shaven head of one of eight children at a service yesterday to mark the upcoming birthday of Buddha. The children will live as monks for a month at Seoul's Chogye Temple. PHOTO: AP
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    • Article
      Lock icon Speak Japanese to clinch that work visa
      459 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG Tokyo plans 'easier' immigration rules to attract professionals Tokyo JAPAN'S Foreign Minister has approved new immigration rules which give preferential visa treatment to foreigners who speak Japanese. The government, which is trying to moderate Japan's reputation as a country closed
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      Lock icon Taiwan's new China policy chief toes line
      306 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS MA'S MEASURED MOMENTUM, REVIEW PAGE 23 Taipei TAIWAN'S incoming China policy coordinator Lai Shin-yuan yesterday backed away from her previous pro-independence stance and pledged to promote cross-strait harmony under the new government. Ms Lai's appointment has alarmed business leaders
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS MA'S MEASURED MOMENTUM, REVIEW PAGE 23  -  306 words
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      Lock icon HFMD outbreak at HK kindergarten
      173 11 Hong Kong A HONG KONG kindergarten has been shut down on Wednesday for two weeks following an outbreak of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among its children, reported the South China Morning Post yesterday. A four-year-old girl and her 31-year-old mother have been
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  • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Drink, drive, kill in India – and be jailed for life?
      580 12  - Drink, drive, kill in India and be jailed for life? P. JAYARAM Panel proposes hard-hitting measures to deter drink driving By India Correspondent In New Delhi DRINKING and driving in India could soon land you in jail for life. Following a sharp increase in the number of road accidents involving
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Rising prices drive May Day protests
      880 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Workers in Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines demand higher wages and checks on inflation Manila THE signs of concern were seen in many parts of South-east Asia yesterday. In the Philippines, demonstrators carried placards demanding "Jobs, justice and food". In Indonesia, 10,000 people poured
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon MCA chief wants multiracial judiciary
      462 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Ong says move would improve impartiality on sensitive issues Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Chinese Association (MCA) president Ong Ka Ting wants the judiciary to be more multiracial to reflect the ethnic composition of the country. "We cannot help but notice that the
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      Lock icon Metal thieves bring down second power tower
      202 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA KOTA KINABALU SCRAP metal thieves have caused a second high-tension transmission tower to collapse in less than two weeks. Sabah Electricity managing director Baharin Din said a 132kV pylon near the Universiti Teknologi Mara Sabah campus gave way
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      Lock icon Mahathir slams govt in his new blog
      342 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad started his own blog yesterday, joining a growing band of politicians who are using the Internet to spread their views. In keeping with his vehement criticism of his successor, Tun Dr Mahathir's first
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      Lock icon Najib denies links to Mongolian woman's murder
      241 14 Kuala Lumpur THE Deputy Prime Minister's Office has sent a statement to Internet publication Malaysia Today denying various accusations that link Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife, Datin Sri Rosman Mansor, with the murder of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu. Datuk Seri Najib's
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Election for London mayor a test for PM Brown
      878 15  -  Jonathan Eyal JONATHAN EYAL JONATHAN EYAL Win for Labour's man will boost flagging opinion ratings of Premier By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown will find out this evening whether his Labour Party has succeeded in
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      Lock icon Earth may get respite from global warming
      510 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Shift in ocean circulations will cool temperatures for a period: Study Paris GLOBAL warming could take a break in the next decade due to a natural shift in ocean circulations, although Earth's temperature will rise as expected over the longer term,
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      Lock icon Estrogen's a potent force, study shows
      236 17 REUTERS Washington ESTROGEN fuels feelings of power and competition in women in much the same way testosterone does in men, researchers say. A study published on Wednesday in the journal Hormones And Behavior says that the need to win is every bit as feminine
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      Lock icon FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR SOLAR PLANT
      61 18 More than 600 heliostats, which act like mirrors, redirecting the sun's rays to a tower that heats water to generate steam for powering turbines at the Abengoa solar plant near Seville, Spain. It is Europe's first commercial power station which uses the sun's energy
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      Lock icon Six die in Sydney Harbour collision
      488 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Fishing vessel slams into overcrowded cruiser out on illegal overnight joyride Sydney SIX young people were killed in a boat crash in Australia's famed Sydney Harbour yesterday when a fishing vessel slammed into an overcrowded cruiser apparently out on an illegal overnight
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      Lock icon US presidential candidates on Time's clout list
      496 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS New York THE three US presidential candidates vying for the White House and the incumbent President have been named among the world's most influential people by Time Magazine. The 2008 list, appearing on the magazine's website yesterday and on newsstands today,
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda 'still biggest terrorist threat to the US'
      464 19 REUTERS, LOS ANGELES TIMES Network used truce in Pakistan tribal areas to regroup, says State Dept Washington NEARLY seven years after the Sept 11 attacks, Al-Qaeda remains the biggest terrorist threat to the United States and its allies, the US State Department
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda's leader in Somalia dies in US air strike
      265 19 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Mogadishu US WARPLANES yesterday killed an Islamist rebel said to be Al-Qaeda's leader in Somalia. As many as 30 other people also died yesterday in Washington's biggest blow against an insurgency raging since last year. The rebels said
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon U.S. ENVOY TO ASEAN WELCOMED
        92 19 SINGAPORE, as chair of Asean, has welcomed the confirmation of Mr Scot Marciel as the US Ambassador for Asean affairs by the US Senate on Tuesday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement the US is the first dialogue partner of Asean to
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        Lock icon UPROAR OVER BIRD-FEEDING BAN
        124 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS VENICE: A ban on feeding Venice's famed flocks of pigeons took effect on Wednesday as the city aims to cut the number of birds which are blamed for spreading filth and ruining the glorious facades and monuments. Venice officials have imposed fines for violators
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        Lock icon KL TO WITHDRAW TRUCE MONITORS
        117 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: Malaysia will proceed with a plan to withdraw ceasefire monitors from the southern Philippines but will not abandon its role as mediator in peace talks between the Manila government and Muslim guerillas, Malaysia's defence forces chief said yesterday. General Abdul Aziz Zainal
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      • Article
        Lock icon MORE BIRD FLU CASES IN S. KOREA
        76 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea yesterday reported a new suspected bird flu outbreak as officials confirmed two more cases of the disease despite a massive poultry cull. Experts have travelled to the southern port city of Busan following a report of chickens dying
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        Lock icon LONGEST CROSS-SEA BRIDGE OPENS
        102 19 REUTERS SHANGHAI: China opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge yesterday, linking the financial hub of Shanghai with the booming port city of Ningbo, the official Xinhua news agency said. A ceremony in the middle of the 36km ca-ble-stayed structure, which spans Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang province
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        Lock icon MOROCCO RECAPTURES ISLAMIST
        94 19 REUTERS RABAT: A radical Islamist who tunnelled out of jail in Morocco to avoid serving a 20-year sentence has been tracked down and re-arrested, but eight accomplices are still on the run. Police sources yesterday named the man as Mohamed Chetbi, one of nine Islamists who fled
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      Lock icon Monster dad 'planned to release daughter'
      663 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Police say letter he made her write suggests plan to end her captivity Vienna A LETTER that Josef Fritzl made his daughter write last year indicates he may have planned to release her from the cellar where she had
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Samak gets scolded for 'foul' speech
        233 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS THAILAND'S pugnacious prime minister said he will stop his twice-a-week news conferences after criticism about his blunt and sometimes crude language. Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej noted for hurling earthy epithets at his critics and the press said on Wednesday that a prominent
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      • Article
        Lock icon Prince flew body of soldier home
        144 20 PRINCE William helped bring home the body of a fellow soldier while on his secret flying visit to Afghanistan, dubbed by some critics as a public relations exercise, the British media has reported. The 25-year-old prince on Monday took a turn at the controls
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      1183 21 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke at the launch of the Workplace Safety and Health Council on Tuesday. Here is an excerpt of his address. WE INHERITED our safety framework and legislation from the British, and made piecemeal changes to it over the years. But as
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      730 21  -  Michael KEEPING IRAN IN CHECK By Richardson For The Straits Times EIGHT months after the Israeli Air Force bombed a mysterious target in a remote part of Syria, the United States released intelligence claiming it was a nuclear reactor for a clandestine military programme,
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      1031 22  -  Goh Sui Noi CROSS-STRAIT TIES By Senior Writer THE loudest protests against the surprise choice of a pro-independ-ence former lawmaker to run Taiwan's cross-strait policy have come from within President-elect Ma Ying-jeou's own camp. This is understandable. First, there is disappointment that Mr Ma did not give
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      681 22  -  Alec van Gelder PATENT-BUSTING By Franklin Cudjoe ACTIVISTS have been trying for years to bring down the pharmaceutical industry. Their "patients not patents" campaign has a simplistic appeal but will only make things worse for the poor, as well as distract attention from the real causes of
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      736 23  -  Arlina Arshad FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS By INDONESIANS, many believe, make the best maids. They are uncomplaining, mild-mannered and obedient. They are also cheaper to hire than Filipinas, who have a tendency to "talk back". Except that they are getting more difficult to find because of requirements that
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      969 24  -  Guy Sorman »THE WESTERNISATION CONCEPT By EVERYONE has by now heard about the "clash of civilisations". This Samuel Huntington concept has become universal. In the *****, French economist Alfred Savvy had a comparable success with the expression "Third World". One reason these phrases
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      26 21 Airing issues Singaporeans wanting to employ foreign domestic workers must realise they have to pay them better, and treat them better. PAGE 24 PUNCHLINES [ECONOMY I
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      1617 25 "Last year, even though the economy was doing well, it was an uphill task to convince employers and customers not to go for cheap sourcing but best sourcing." MR LIM SWEE SAY, referring to firms which go for the cheapest labour or resources regardless of
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      965 26  -  Jeremy Au Yong »THE POST-65ERS By IN THE living room of my little rental flat, I have a set-up that tends to set off my more environmentally conscious friends. It's two television sets placed side-by-side. And though I live alone, I
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      27 25 Standing up for a cause A proposal by a group of bloggers signals the beginnings of a blogging community engaged in serious public discourse here. PAGE 27
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      179 27 S THE STRAITS TIMES t stop go to ujumj.stomp.com.sg Olympic torch goes to KL, Jakarta, Bangkok. Why not Singapore? jflyJakartal The story in Singapore Seen Watch video of Jolin making muah chee W .^1 Catch her in action in Stompcast Hot dancers at Gotham Penthouse's Vodkalicious Party i- Pictures in
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      701 30  -  Khushwant Singh Two kidnap scams were foiled last week, thanks to alert staff members at Maybank By DESPERATELY pressing a cellphone to her ear and looking confused, Madam Koh Eng Pien, 73, attracted the attention of the staff at a Maybank branch in Ang Mo Kio last month.
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      481 31  -  Jane Ng By ANOTHER international school has announced that it will guarantee places for students in return for up to $150,000, making it the third school to embrace hefty placement fees. The Canadian International School is hoping to tap into the
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      487 31  -  Lim Heng Liang Researchers from NUS and China find that female jumping spiders spend more time ogling males with ray reflectors By ULTRAVIOLET rays cause sunburn, cataracts and skin cancer. But the UV beams, which are invisible to the human eye, are also
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      680 32  -  Teh Joo Lin »2004 MURDER OF S'POREAN IN THE US Now, cleaner, 65, may be a beneficiary of late daughter's assets By FOR over three years, Mr Tan Eng Quee had no idea that one of his daughters had been
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      228 32 THE former honorary consul of Senegal has been charged for his part m an underground casino run out of the consulate's office. Sujono "Benny" Kusni, 38, was in court last week, 18 months after the illegal casino's cover was blown. He is accused of
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        173 33 Economic uncertainties and the rising cost of living are two immediate challenges facing workers here. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday spoke about these twin challenges, along with the progress made by low-wage workers and longer-term plans to improve the lives
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        596 33  -  Goh Chin Lian »ECONOMY By THE economy has done all right so far, growing 7.2 per cent in the first three months. But Singaporeans will have to stay prepared and be on guard for possible slowdowns for the rest of
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        228 33 RISING INFLATION FOCUSED and direct help to low-income and needy Singaporeans works. Not price controls. This is how the Government tackles the rising cost of living here. Noting that the prices of essentials such as rice had gone up and
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        435 33 »IMPROVING LIVES THEY come here from top universities in the United States, Europe and Japan, set up laboratories and bring an entourage of researchers with them. They are top scientists attracted by Singapore's investment in research and development one of the approaches taken
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        104 33 NO DIVISIONS, PLEASE "Many of our colleagues are foreign workers. We must be fair and respect their contributions. We should aim for Singaporeans and foreigners to be one community so that it is one harmonious Singapore." MR GARY HARIS, 33, union leader at Union of Security Employees FOREIGN WORKERS BRING
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        1033 34  -  Goh Chin Lian PM cites two instances to show that their plight is very much on the minds of the Govt and labour movement By SHE kept fainting at work and could not hold her job as a result. South East District Mayor
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        223 34  -  Sue-Ann Chia By THE labour movement went on the offensive yesterday against the Workers' Party (WP), challenging the latter to match its words with deeds. Mr Seng Han Thong, assistant secretary-gener-al of the National Trades Union Congress, threw down this
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        150 34 MEMBERS of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), including its leader Chee Soon Juan, were at the HDB Hub in Toa Payoh yesterday distributing fliers and getting signatures for two petitions. One petition was part of its Tak Boleh Tahan (Malay for unbearable) campaign,
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        459 35  -  Keith Lin Many nations look for easy solutions to difficult employment issues, but that's not Singapore's way, says labour chief By A MAN was walking down the street one night when he saw another man searching for something under a bright street lamp.
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        286 35  -  KEITH LIN »JOBS FOR SINGAPOREANS: SOME WAYS TO TACKLE THE ISSUE AFTER returning to Singapore in 2006, former human resource director Andree Lim thought she would have few problems finding work. But despite sending out more than 30 job applications, Ms Lim, who had moved
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        188 35  -  KEITH LIN AS A factory production operator hired on a contract basis, Madam Siti Naishah, 51, had sleepless nights worrying about losing her job. "My husband doesn't earn much as a landscape gardener, so every dollar I contribute to the household helps,"
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        187 35  -  KEITH LIN IN 2005, Mr Olivero Albert Winston was retrenched from his job as a courier at the age of 64. For three years, he could not find another job as employers had reservations about his age and lack of paper qualifications. "I pored
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        217 35  -  KEITH LIN EVERY day, Mr Ong Ah Hwee literally ploughs into a job that he loves. As a landscaping technician, the 59-year-old spends eight hours a day keeping the East Coast Park in pictureperfect condition, trimming and fertilising plants and trees and
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        165 35  -  THERESA TAN The temporary home of Little India's Tekka Market was abuzz yesterday with contractors applying the finishing touches to the cooked-food stalls. The popular centre has relocated to Race Course Road as its old venue, at the corner of Serangoon and Bukit Timah roads, is being
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      140 32 ]^VT> Nanyang I\l IT Polytechnic Specialist Diploma in Games Development Are you keen in becoming part of the hottest and emerging Interactive and Digital Media Industry in Singapore? If you are, look no further. Nanyang Polytechnic is launching the Specialist Diploma in Games Development. This program is for Games artist,
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      429 32 OPPORTUNITY IN ADVERSITY I Professional Forex Trader Clarence Chee, the developer of the Dynamite Forex System and the Profit in Pivot System (PIPS), started T3B Forex Club has been coaching a growing group of successful retail investors privately on how to profit consistently from the forex market. _Tt*f Come hear
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      259 35 A weekly look at what to watch out for in the world of consumers. Figures, case study and tips come from the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case). The world of real estate QO I No. of cases filed O^ I (January to December 2007) Top complaint 1. Unsatisfactory services CASE
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      279 37  -  Patrick Liew I REFER to the Saturday Special report, "Rodeo realtors" (April 19). While the number of complaints is of much concern, it should be noted that they are committed by errant agents from a few companies. As realtors deal with high value-added
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      241 37  -  Doreen Chan (Ms) I ENJOYED the Saturday Special package of features on the real estate sales industry (April 19). But I was disappointed and dismayed by the statement by Dr Yu Shi Ming, head of the real estate department of the National University of
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      268 37  - Cellphone number portability at a price Jolene Ong (Ms) I REFER to the article, "New round of competition as mobile numbers go portable" (April 17). While I applaud the move by the Infocomm Development Authority to enforce full number portability service on our telcos to ensure competitive pricing, I was
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      211 37  -  S. Ganesamoorthy I CONGRATULATE The Straits Times on last Friday's articles, "Project Work grading method is fair: MOE" and "Five years on, grading still draws debate". Could the Ministry of Education (MOE) clarify the following: While there is merit in students' own junior college
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      339 37  -  Dr Rashid Tahir I WISH to correct some inaccurate information in the article, "When should junior have his first dental visit?" (April 23). The American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry recommends the child's first dental visit be as soon as the first tooth erupts
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      219 37  -  Chris Chan THIS is in reply to Mr Khoo Lih-Han's comment last Saturday, and Mr Chiang Ging Seng's yesterday, on the Olympic Games torch not stopping over in Singapore. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay is a prelude to the Beijing Olympic Games
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      461 37  -  Law Sin Ling THE recent reduction in sentence on talented footballer Noh Alam Shah to a sev-en-month ban from playing in Singapore deserves deeper reflection. The initial sentence of a one-year ban and a $2,000 fine was meted out for the
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      441 37  -  Ec Teck Siew I WAS in China recently and read with amusement about the recent ruling by the China Securities Regulatory Commission that shareholders of moratorium shares can sell their shares only via the block trading system should these shares to be
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      19 37 %3t Zaobao JTC's tenants fear that the group's divestment may bring about 15% increase I VII 111 I fflPfi»fcffl&i*«£ißJ3tis%
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      44 37 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. BETTER JUDGMENT: Service awards DUH?: New TV tagline for kids NO, IT'S NOT SETTLED: Gay issue in US THANKS FOR TELLING US: Fast-food delivery riders WHAT'S A NAME CHANGE?: $120...
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      708 38  -  Richard Jolly Grant and Lampard remember lost loved ones on a victorious night By JACKET off, Avram Grant sunk to his knees on the Stamford Bridge turf. As his players danced, jumped and shouted some 30 metres away, Grant thought about the Holocaust remembered on
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      343 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LAMPARD REMEMBERS MUM WHO DIED LAST WEEK John Terry: "Frank was fantastic, what a character he is to come in and train on Sunday and to block out what has been a terrible week for him and his family. I am
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      339 38 GRANT REMEMBERS HOLOCAUST DAY "I owe a lot to my parents. My father... he buried his mother, father and sister with his own hands. But he never looked to the past. It has not been an easy day for me but, now, it is a
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      336 38 First leg: Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1 Petr Cech's key saves Half an hour in, Liverpool striker Fernando Torres is one on one with the Chelsea goalkeeper. The Spaniard looks like scoring until Cech spreads himself well to block the shot. Cech goes on to tip over a Steven
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      775 39 REUTERS »SOCCER Fans also ponder whether Benitez has paid dearly for shooting mouth off London THE mood among Liverpool fans was one of acceptance that the Reds had lost to a stronger, deeper team in Chelsea in the Champions League
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      361 39 LONDON WAYNE Rooney is out of Manchester United's final two English Premier League games. The hip injury that forced him to miss Tuesday's win against Barcelona will definitely keep him out of tomorrow's home match against West Ham. It will also almost certainly
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      201 39 ARSENAL managing director Keith Edelman has surprisingly quit the club "to seek pastures new and embark upon fresh challenges". He departs after eight years at Arsenal, where he played a key role in their move to the Emirates Stadium. He has been a vocal sceptic
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      591 40  -  Terrence Voon BADMINTON Both have met the qualification criteria, but Singapore can field only one of them By SINGAPORE shuttlers Ronald Susilo and Kendrick Lee have met the qualification criteria for this year's Olympics. The bad news: Only one of them will get
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      546 40 NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES BASKETBALL Cleveland FROM the visitors' locker room came a chant, impromptu, growing louder with each refrain. "Tough juice! Tough juice! Tough juice!" Caron Butler's teammates kept bounding up and down without him, chanting the nickname bestowed upon
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      233 40 ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST Game 5: Boston 110 Atlanta 85 (Boston lead best-of-seven series 3-2) Game 6: Today at Altanta Paul Pierce went for 22 points, Kevin Garnett had 20 and Ray Allen added 19 as Boston regained their own sense of momentum. They shot a combined 24-for-46
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      535 40 REUTERS »GOLF Los Angeles COACH Butch Harmon spoke with John Daly last week, but said he did not apologise for cutting ties with the golfer, according to an ESPN report on Wednesday. Earlier in the day Daly, at the Spanish Open in Seville,
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      194 40 ASSOCIATED PRESS SWIMMING Rome THE truth about the controversial space-age swimsuits is set to be revealed before the Beijing Olympics. Scientists from the Italian Olympic Committee will study the relationship between the new suits and the recent onslaught of world records. Nineteen long-course
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      581 41  -  Christopher Ong SPORTS IN SCHOOLS The two giants have already won five and four titles respectively By IT IS only halfway through the 2008 secondary school sports calendar but, already, the two schools which dominated last year appear on the same road
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      29 41 ST PHOTO: LIM CHIN PING SO EASY: Catholic JC players celebrating after scoring against Jurong JC in an A Division hockey match. CJC won 2-0.
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        153 41 Boys'A Singles: 1 Adam Lim (Anglo-Chinese JC) 1,281 pintails 2 Tan Chng Kiat (ACJC) 1,265 3 Benjamin Lim ACS (Independent) 1,263. Doubles: 1 Elvin Lin/Tan Chng Kiat (ACJC) 2,559 2 Adam Lim/Javier Yeo (ACJC) 2,408 3 Kenneth Yeo/Benjamin Lim ACS(I) 2,353. Quartets: 1 ACJC 4,612 2 ACJC 4,351 3
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        85 41 Boys' B: Northland Secondary 3 Bukit Merah Secondary 2. Girls' B: Bukit Merah Secondary 7 Northland Secondary 6. ST PHOTO: ST PHOTO LIM WUI LIANG NO WAY: A Singapore Sports School player (right) tackling his Victoria School opponent in the Manchester United Premier Cup. The Sports School won 1-0.
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      339 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS CRICKET New Delhi THE foreign cheerleaders were brought in to show India's cricket fans how to shake their pompoms but not everyone was impressed. The Indian Premier League's (IPL) Delhi Daredevils team said on Wednesday that they were replacing their cheerleaders with drummers.
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        55 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: Banned Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar cannot play in the Indian Premier League, despite being cleared to play by his board. He had signed a U*****,000 (*****,360) contract to play in the IPL. But the Indian board said it would
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      275 41 BASEBALL MLB: Pittsburgh 13 NY Mets 1, Minnesota 4 Chicago White Sox 3, St Louis 5 Cincinnati 2, Arizona 8 Houston 7, San Francisco 3 Colorado 2, Washington 3 Atlanta 2 (12 innings), Tampa Bay 8 Baltimore 1, Boston 2 Toronto 1, Detroit 6 NY Yankees 2, Cleveland 8
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      28 38 Susilo or Lee for Beijing? Singapore, owing to low rankings and a quota system, can send only one men's singles shuttler to the Olympic Games. PAGE HI 1
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      86 41 TV times BASEBALL: MLB: Detroit Tigers v New York Yankees (Live, Ch23, 7am). CRICKET: IPL: Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils (Live, Chill, 10.20pm). GOLF: EPGA Open de Espana: Day 2 (Live, Ch26, 9.30pm). USPGA Wachovia C'ship: Day 2 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 3am). SOCCER: S-League: Young Lions v Woodlands Wellington
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      140 42 "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me." St. John 14:6-7 Louis Tan Siew Ngee Age: 85 was called home to be with the Lord on Ist May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wives: Lai
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      156 42 "My help will come from the LORD, who made heaven earth. He will not let you fall; your Protector is always awake." Psalm 121:2-3 JENNY LEE WAI FONG Age: 44 was called home to be with the Lord on April 30,2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Mother:
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      84 42 ■3^E^??!T^l|*ie^ist»-9>r:-- Zoe Lim Departed 2 May 2002 J the ray of sunshine on a mountain top, the gentle fire when the rains don't stop, a lingering hug on a lonely dayj we are just a thought away ff deeply missed by Annie, Bok Liong, Brandon, Choon, Cvi Er, David, Edvan,
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      29 42 In Loving Memory of ENG YEOK MENG Departed on 4 March 2005 TEO POOI IM Departed on 13 May 2007 Always remembered by family, relatives friends. tori- f c
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      83 42 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 CARROLLTYRONE FRANCIS Age: 59 was called home to be with the Lord on 30/4/08. Always remembered by beloved family relatives and friends. Wake is held at Blk 52, Marine Terrace. Night service
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      34 42 3rd Anniversary In Ever Loving Memory of NG CHENG BOX Departed 2 May 2005 Gone from our lives one so dear. But in our hearts forever near. Fondly remembered by family and loved ones
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      98 42 "I have fought a good fight, t have finished the race. I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 THANKS ...AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL PAUL SOH CHEE TIONG was called Home to be with the Lord on 28 April 2008 Ike famiey of tike Sate, PattC SoA CAee
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      120 42 ATHMA SHANTHI POOJA KUPPAN MUNUSAMY (former Bukit Timah 7th Mile Resident- ex PWD RC Driver Passed away peacefully on 18 April 2008. Sadly missed by all Sons, Daughters,Sons-in-law. Daughter-in-law, Grandchildren all loved ones. The family of the late wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives friends for
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      40 42 In Loving Memory of former President Wee Kirn Wee (Departed on 2 May 2005) From: Team A T X Heng Doris; Tai Teng See Foon; Iris Seah; Mong Kiew; Siew Lian Sylvia Toh Mary Cheong Fook v Amy Pang i
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      31 42 2ndiyinmoerscuy Sin ooujn<j jfCemory Of KO JIE CAI Departed 2/5/2006 Gone from our lives, But not from our hearts. Dearly missed always remembered by Dad, Mum, Bro and all loved ones.
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      129 42 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith' 2 Timothy 4:7 MAGGIE TAN Age: 66 was called home to be with the Lord on 01/05/2008 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: John Silcox, deceased) Brothers: Sisters-in-law: (Eric Tan, deceased) Peggy Tan Matthew Tan
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      107 42 LILIAN AGNES MONTEIRO nee DE ROZARIO Age: 86 wife of the late Joseph Monteiro (Gregory) was called home to be with the Lord on 30 April 2008 leaving behind: Sons: Daughters-in-law: Joe Su Chris Pat Bert Grandchildren: Spouse: Geraldine Sebastian Tracy Shaun Michelle Great-Grandchildren: Jarrett Stephanie Sister: Diana and all
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      29 42 In Loving Memory Datin Chiew Swee Peow nee Au Yong Yan 9th Anniversary Departed: 2nd. May 1999 You are always in our hearts Quentin, Poh Cheng Julian, Penny, Graeme
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      37 42 Memory wanders as shadows fell Back, to the daus of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us. So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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      371 43  -  Chia Van Mm Investors will face less competition in these places than in Shanghai, Beijing By SINGAPORE businesses looking to break into China's booming market should train their sights on second-tier inland cities in provinces such as Henan and Jiangsu, said
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      383 43  -  ONGBIHUI LEADING automated teller machine (ATM) maker NCR Corporation has unveiled its latest range of SelfServ ATMs, which may soon be coming to a bank near you. The new ATMs signal a growing trend in self-service technology, which Time magazine ranks No. 2 on its list
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      298 43 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington TREASURY Secretary Henry Paulson has said the credit crisis, now in its ninth month, is probably more than half over, retaining his forecast for the United States economy to keep growing. "We are closer to the end
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      754 44  -  Lee Su Shyan It will provide more innovative financial products, services for these firms By Assistant Money Editor OCBC Bank has invested more than $10 million in developing its business in the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) segment over the last three
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      335 44  -  Yang Huiwen By SINGAPORE Post (Sing Post) reported a 6.8 per cent gain in fullyear net profit to $149.3 million, even as it struggles to tackle rising margin pressures. Revenue for the year ended March 31 rose 8.4 per cent to
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      366 44  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent A TENDER for a second temporary office site on Scotts Road and Anthony Road has attracted less interest than the first site adjacent to it. Temporary sites are being offered for development as offices as part of
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        207 44 JARDINE Cycle Carriage has reported that net profits of U*****.2 million (*****.4 million) for the three months ended March 31 surged by 65 per cent. This was because of the strong performance from its key subsidiary automotive and financial business Astra. Revenue rose 42 per
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        79 44 KEPPEL Land (KepLand) has inked a joint venture with Sunsea Yacht Club (HK) to develop waterfront homes in Zhongshan in China's Guangdong province. It will hold an 80 per cent stake in the project. Targeted at the upper middle to upper income segments, the projects
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        24 44 THE offer for Robinson Co by Dubai-based Al-Futtaim closed on Wednesday. Al-Futtaim now controls 95.59 per cent of the company.
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      742 45  -  Grace Ng Individuals with over USs3om in investible assets are moving more wealth to Singapore By Finance Correspondent MORE private banks in Singapore are rolling out new special units to cater to Asia's super wealthy a lucrative but largely under-served segment. Banks
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      324 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES »WEAK ECONOMIC DATA Washington SOARING prices for food, gas and other everyday needs pushed United States consumer spending to a faster pace than expected in March. The Commerce Department reported yesterday that consumer spending was up 0.4
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      27 45 Coming to a bank near you? NCR Corporation unveils its latest range of automated teller machines that take self-service technology to a whole new level. PAGE Hl4
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      1506 47  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi From sweet to sultry to saucy, the Material Girl has set trends and tongues wagging. But can she score yet another coup with commercial collaborations in her new album? MUSIC REPORTER MADONNA unveiled her latest album, Hard Candy, this week. And the question on the
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      93 49 I would have thought you'd actually nave to be able to remember your life to write about it' Rolling Stone Mick Jagger (right) on bandmate Keith Richards' autobiography 1 like the closeness that is like family members depending on each other. It isn't turbulent but it's complicated. This is
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      300 49  -  Frankie Chee Bars here are getting ahead of the curve and serving up Formula 1 -inspired drinks COME the last weekend in September and there will be some super-fast cars lining up on the grid for the inaugural Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix.
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      770 49 IT'S never good to mix alcohol and vehicles, but these drinks are inspired by the sexy growling machines of Formula 1. Vroom Vroom Constructor: b:one, basement of Singapore Marriott Hotel On the track: From now till Fl weekend Fuel bill: $16 Technical specifications: A potion that contains vodka,
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      550 50  -  Deepika Shetty The works of Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti draw inspiration from the ordinary SWISS artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966, below) is considered to be in the same league as Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and French artist Henri Matisse. But his work is neither surreal nor
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      434 51  -  Tara Tan Festival will feature porcelain dolls, paintings and an a cappella group THERE are only about 200 Ukrainians in Singapore but the close-knit community has come together to organise the first Ukrainian Arts Festival here. Titled Celebrate Ukraine!, the festival, which runs till the
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      449 51  -  Bernard Koh IT MAY be called the New Zealand Film Festival, but the event that starts here next Friday crosses many cultural boundaries and includes Asian voices. There is a Pacific parody of gongfu movies. Another film, directed by a first-generation Chinese-New Zealander,
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        900 52  -  Tay Yek Keak Waltz your way to great entertainment with C-listers on Dancing With The Stars couchgrouch I'VE been aching from too much action. I'm talking about dancing action. One of the judges, a flamboyant one named Bruno Tonioli, told a hip-thrust-ing contestant, male model Albert
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        816 53  -  Yeow Kai Chai Madonna's 11 th release is a sweet assortment of PG-rated thrills and spiel soundbites >pop ALBUM OF THE WEEK HARD CANDY Madonna Warner Bros ••••sMr INDIE cineastes will know the 2005 psycho-thriller of the same name, which starred a then unknown called Ellen Page as
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          310 54  -  Samuel Lee Samuel Lee Yang Pei-an Skyhigh/Warner EXCLUSIVE MEMORIES Jordan Chan Go East/Universal MAKE a good guess as to which of these two blokes is known as the Iron-lunged Prince. Well, it certainly isn't Hong Kong actor-singer Jordan Chan, whose Mandarin is still atrocious on his latest, mostly
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          206 54  -  Ong Sor Fern MODAL JAZZ LOVES DISNEY Various artists Walt Disney Records A A"A"rfr& THE Japanese love Disney. And they don't think it's just for the kids. Hence there is an astonishing array of Disney music, remixed and mashed up available on Walt Disney Records, targeted at affluent adults
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          119 54  -  Chang Tou Liang SZYMANOWSKI VIOLIN SONATA Miriam Kramer, Violin Nicholas Durcan, Piano Naxos 8.*****8 THE Polish nationalist composer Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) wrote some of the most intoxicatingly beautiful music since his compatriot Chopin. The impressionistic Mythes, based on three Greek legends, is his best-known work of this genre. The
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      345 59  -  Cara van Miriah Home-grown band Flybar had to perform cover versions instead of original compositions to raise money for their debut album IT'S a familiar refrain. Band forms, writes original songs. Trouble is, original songs from new bands are a dime a dozen. The bills pile
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      267 59 Ong Sor Fern recommends NIM'S ISLAND (PG) Abigail Breslin/Jodie Foster/ Gerard Butler/96 minutes/***** Families looking for a fun adventure romp need go no further than this entertaining offering which jazzes up Disney's old-school Swiss Family Robinson-style formulas with a bit of 21st-century CGI. The very appealing Breslin (right)
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        404 61 NYT, AP NEW YORK American Idol judge Paula Abdul is not about to get the sack despite committing a major gaffe on the talent show. On Tuesday, she critiqued a contestant's second song when he had sung only one. That flub led to online chatter
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        209 61 AP CHICAGO Cher says she dated Tom Cruise when he was just a "shy boy". The 61-year-old singer-actress discussed the relationship on an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show taped last Saturday and to air next Thursday. Winfrey plans to feature Cruise, 45, during episodes
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        211 61 Reuters DHAKA Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his family members have tentatively agreed to star in a film based on the life of Bangladesh's founding leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Amitabh will play Sheikh Mujibur in the film, The Poet Of Politics, while his son
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        131 61 BRANGELINA IN FRANCE: Star couple Angelina Jolie (left) and Brad Pitt and their four children arrived in the south of France on Monday, reportedly for a long stay. They are staying at Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's villa on the Cote d'Azur. The pregnant Jolie reportedly plans to give birth
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