The Straits Times, 9 June 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 76 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 MONDAY, JUNE 9 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Bumper harvests look likely to check food prices
    678 1  -  Jessica Lim But don't expect cheaper produce immediately or the lows of the past By SINGAPOREANS emptying their pockets to pay for skyrocketing food prices can expect some breathing space later this year. Bumper harvests in wheat, rice, sugar and dairy products
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    Lock icon SHIP BLAST IN TUAS INJURES 15
    73 1 A SHIP being painted and repaired at Tuas Crescent burst into flames yesterday, injuring 15 crew members and workers on board. One of the most seriously hurt on the Rainbow Star was a man in his 30s, who was warded at the burns unit
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  • INSIDE
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      Lock icon Tao Li sets new mark in Racer suit
      62 1 TAO Li set a new national record in Speedo's LZR Racer suit yesterday, the first Singapore swimmer to do so. The teenager clocked 2min 13.205 ec in the 200 m butterfly at the National Championships. The Speedo suit, introduced in February, has
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      Lock icon G8 seeks ways to defuse oil bomb
      62 1 ELEVEN nations that guzzle nearly two-thirds of the world's fuel supplies voiced "serious concerns" about soaring oil prices as Japan warned the world could plunge into recession. Energy ministers from the Group of Eight industrial powers met in the Japanese city of Aomori
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    Lock icon Mystery death of anti-pirate sniffer dog
    219 1 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE Kuala Lumpur A DOG trained to sniff out pirated discs, from a Malaysian unit which criminals have made threats against, has been found dead, according to a report yesterday. The New Straits Times said that Manny, a one-year-old golden Labrador which arrived
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Not mad, just Acres of love for wild animals
      1047 1  -  Shobana Kesava By WHEN Mr Louis Ng set up a welfare group here to improve the lot of wild animals, he was labelled a fanatic. Some thought he had a screw loose. Seven years later, he is no longer a voice
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      399 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Cyclists on footpaths trial ends Asia 6-14 The year-long trial in Tampines to World 15-19 allow cyclists on footpaths has Review 20-21 ended, with residents "moderately PY| "22 positive" about it. A decision on the next step will be known soon. SECTION TWO PAGEH2 Home
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon ST Telemedia sale of Indosat stake surprises market
      681 3  -  Salim Osman The USsl.Bb deal with Qatar Telecom, against the background of Temasek's legal battle, is seen as shrewd move By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta THE sale of Indosat shares by a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings caught many by surprise here. ST
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      Lock icon Seven die in knife attack in Tokyo shopping street
      393 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo A JAPANESE man went on a lunchtime stabbing rampage in Tokyo's top electronics district yesterday, killing at least seven people and wounding 10 others. The deadly assault occurred in the Akihabara district that is popular with
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN  -  393 words
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      Lock icon Expat schools make room for growing population
      971 4  -  Jane Ng Aussie school's $45m extension is latest; long waiting lists at popular ones By THE Australian International School's new campus extension in Lorong Chuan makes it the latest among international schools here to address the issue of the squeeze on places. The
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      19 4 In rough waters .-^321 Shipping lines are facing rising fuel costs. We look at how the industry is coping.
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Big oil consumers helpless as prices skyrocket
      1469 6 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK. REUTERS South Korea joins other Asian nations in giving handouts to the needy Seoul SOUTH Korea announced yesterday it would hand out US$lO.2 billion (Ssl4 billion)
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Taiwan hoping for hordes of Chinese tourists after talks
        569 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Cross-strait dialogue this week to focus on direct flights and visitor numbers Taipei TAIWANESE ophthalmologist Lin Pi-jung is expecting a flood of new patients to his busy clinics after this week's talks between the island and mainland China. The
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        Lock icon Pressure from 'quake lake' eased
        165 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Jiangyou (China) SOLDIERS blew up wooden houses and other debris yesterday in a lake formed by China's deadly earthquake to speed the flow of water into a diversion channel and ease the threat of flooding for more than one million people in the
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        Lock icon Flooding in Guangdong after worst storm in 50 years
        282 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing THE heaviest rainstorms in 50 years drenched parts of Guangdong province over the past two days, killing at least one student and causing widespread flooding. The Guangzhou Daily reported yesterday that one primary school student died after
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japanese youth's fave hangout turning sleazy
        723 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin Proliferation of 'maid cafes' in geek haven has led to rise in crime By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo TOKYO'S Akihabara district used to be known the world over as a paradise for computer buffs and people in search of the latest
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        Lock icon From bottom line to workers' waistlines
        488 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Japanese firms urge staff to stay fit, to avoid paying more for health insurance Tokyo PRODDED by his company, Mr Keiji Okuda walks 40 minutes from Tokyo train station to his office every day, works out three times a week at the
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        Lock icon Bush pledge fails to calm beef protests
        202 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Seoul PROTESTS against US beef imports showed no sign of abating yesterday, despite President George W. Bush's pledge on Saturday to help ease South Koreans' concerns over mad-cow disease. Thousands of protesters clashed with police in central Seoul, trying
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    • INDIA/ SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Musharraf refuses to quit as pressure mounts
        454 12 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS But Pakistani leader hints he will leave if Parliament makes him a lame duck Islamabad PAKISTAN'S President Pervez Musharraf held out against rising calls for his resignation, but indicated he would quit if a hostile Parliament slashed his powers and
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Bringing hope to Manila's street children
        557 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Ex-waif Butch Nerja tries to get abandoned kids off the streets and into safe shelters Manila IT IS another humid day and street educator Butch Nerja is pounding the garbage-littered streets of Divisoria, Manila's chaotic merchant market district, to check on his
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        Lock icon Thai army 'is neutral'
        169 13 XINHUA Bangkok THAILAND'S Air Force Chief Marshal Chalit Phukphasuk, a key military leader who staged the coup against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in September 2006, said yesterday that the military would not involve itself in the current political dispute between the government and protesters. Saying
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Biggest losses in Perak and Negeri Sembilan
        226 14 THE states of Perak and Negeri Sembilan experienced the biggest net loss in permanent forest reserves between 2001 and 2005. Perak lost about 11,900 ha, an area larger than the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, while Negeri Sembilan lost B,Booha, reported the New Sunday
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        Lock icon Malaysia's forests: Have they grown or shrunk?
        561 14 States and govt agency report different sets of figures on the acreage of forest reserves Kuala Lumpur HAS Malaysia recorded a net gain or net loss of permanent forest reserves over the past five years? The answer depends on how one, and who,
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      29 6 Working fit Mr Keiji Okuda has lost 19kg in an overall push by Japanese firms to make their staff stay fit in order to avoid financial penalties. PAGE 11
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon NZ's global warming culprits
      787 15 LOS ANGELES TIMES Farmers fear govt scheme to curb livestock's methane emissions could deflate profits Wellington NEW ZEALAND has a distressing gas problem. Its four million people share two islands with 40 million sheep, nine million cows and more than a million farmed deer, all producing
      LOS ANGELES TIMES; AP, REUTERS, ISTOCKPHOTO; NZ MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT  -  787 words
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      Lock icon One campaign ends, another begins
      666 16  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Hillary sets sights on vice-presidency as she bows out of White House race By US Correspondent In Washington IN HER unreserved support for the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee were stirrings of Senator Hillary Clinton's second life. As she brought down the curtain on
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      Lock icon Heavyweight posts that Hillary could fill
      286 16  -  BHAGYASHREEGAREKAR WHAT'S next for Senator Hillary Clinton? If she is not Mr Barack Obama's vice-presi-dential pick, she can still be offered a berth in his Cabinet should he win the Nov 4 election. Mr Obama often says that he would like to follow Abraham
      XINHUA  -  286 words
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      Lock icon Questions linger over Obama's Asia policy
      632 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE 'Real change' envisioned by US presidential hopeful could raise tensions in region Washington WILL he sit down with North Korean dictator Kirn Jong II? Order trade sanctions against China? Send American troops into Pakistan to flush out Islamic militants? Unending questions have
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      Lock icon CUT OUT TO CURB SPEEDING
      112 17 Police officer Ralph Pauw posing with a cardboard replica of a traffic cop pointing a radar gun at oncoming traffic, which police in Vancouver hope will reduce speeding and road fatalities. The mock-ups are so realistic that while one of them was being tested on
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon ANTI-TERROR TEAMS FOR OLYMPICS
        85 17 XINHUA BEIJING: China has set up 40 special anti-ter-rorism teams to ensure security at the Olympic Games, media reports said yesterday. The teams, comprising 188 experts, will be on duty around the clock from July 1, the Beijing Times reported. They will deal with any biological
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        Lock icon JUNTA DENIES EVICTING SURVIVORS
        128 17 REUTERS YANGON: Myanmar's military government denied yesterday it was evicting victims of Cyclone Nargis from relief camps, saying it was working on a voluntary resettlement programme more than a month after the disaster. The New Light of Myanmar quoted Prime Minister Them Sein as saying that
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        Lock icon JAKARTA AIRPORT'S LAPTOP CHECKS
        81 17 BERNAMA JAKARTA: Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport has tightened security checks on passengers' laptops to prevent terrorist activities and drug trafficking. X-rays and physical searches will be carried out at the airport's entrance, said airport administrator Herry Bakti yesterday. "We have taken such a measure for the
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        Lock icon STRONG QUAKE ROCKS GREECE
        116 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS: A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck south-western Greece yesterday, killing at least one person and injuring several others, the authorities said. The quake struck at 3.25pm near the port city of Patras, about 200 km west of Athens in
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Bhutto's 17-year-old daughter follows in her footsteps
        391 18 ASSASSINATED former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto's giggly 17-year-old daughter has pledged to continue her mother's work after taking her own first steps on the political ladder. The Sunday Times of London reported yesterday that in her first TV interview since being appointed
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        Lock icon Vegan diet leaves girl with spine defect
        190 18 A 12-YEAR-OLD Scottish girl brought up on a strict vegan diet has been admitted to hospital with a degenerative bone condition said to have left her with the spine of an 80-year-old woman. Doctors are under pressure to report her parents to police
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        Lock icon Politician appears in Bollywood film
        127 18 A PROMINENT politician in Indian-ad-ministered Kashmir is playing himself in a forthcoming Bollywood film about global terrorism. National Conference Party chief and former federal junior foreign minister Omar Abdullah told the BBC that he "couldn't say no" when the Mission Istanbul director, an old schoolmate,
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    • SINGAPORE AND THE WORLD THIS WEEK
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        69 19 GENEVA: Senior officials will meet to give a potentially decisive push to the World Trade Organisation's Doha Round of talks. LJUBLJANA (Slovenia): Two-day European UnionUnited States summit will begin, the last for US President George W. Bush, who will travel on to Germany, Italy, France and Britain after the
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        9 19 KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi visits Sarawak.
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        56 19 WASHINGTON: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on policy consequences of sovereign wealth funds. LONDON: A controversial security law that will extend pre-charge detention for terrorism suspects from 28 to 42 days will face a vote in the House of Commons. It could hand Prime Minister
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        12 19 PARIS: France will host a conference to raise funds for Afghanistan.
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        19 19 OSAKA: Finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of Seven major market economies will hold talks.
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        25 19 TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister will host a trilateral meeting with Chinese and South Korean counterparts to coordinate measures on the North Korean nuclear issue.
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        28 19 SINGAPORE: About 5,000 women will run a mile down Orchard Road for the Anlene Orchard Mile 2008 as part of efforts to raise awareness of healthy lifestyles.
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      Lock icon Taiwan-China talks to resume after nine years
      331 19  -  ONG HWEE HWEE WORLD WHAT IT IS IN A major milestone in cross-strait ties, China and Taiwan will reopen a formal dialogue which broke off close to a decade ago. For the first time, senior Taiwanese government officials from agencies that include the
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      Lock icon Aussie PM sets out to outline Asian agenda
      195 19 REUTERS WHAT IT IS AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visits Japan and Indonesia this week in what will be his first major opportunity to set out his Asian agenda, after announcing plans for an Asia-Pacific community by 2020. During his trip, Mr
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      Lock icon Fukuda to face censure motion
      169 19  -  KWAN WENG KIN WHAT IT IS JAPAN'S opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is likely to table a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda early this week in the Upper House. If introduced, the motion is expected to clear the opposition-controlled chamber. However it
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      Lock icon New aerospace site caters to job hunters
      118 19  -  CHONGCHEEKIN SINGAPORE WHAT IT IS THOSE looking for jobs in the aerospace industry will have a new website tomorrow to tell them all they need to know about the industry including which company is looking for new employees. The Internet portal will be
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon Make this a daily habit
      433 20 MORE people are taking their own bags to shops on the first Wednesday of the month to load their purchases. It would be useful for the Singapore Environment Council to find out how many of these customers do so primarily because they would otherwise have
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      988 20  -  Lee Kuan Yew »TWO IMAGES OF CHINA By THE Olympic torch's journey has set the Western media ablaze, giving it the opportunity to rake China over the coals for its policies on Tibet and human rights. The most vigorous protests, in London and Paris, were played
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      958 20  -  WILLIAM CHOONG CHINA'S MILITARY BUILD-UP By Senior Writer IT TOOK an American, and an even-tempered one too, to disrupt the bonhomie of this year's Shangri-La Dialogue. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates lambasted China's assertions that its military buildup was defensive in nature and a logical outcome
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      887 21  -  Neil DeGrasse Tyson I I U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE I By US SENATOR Hillary Clinton suspended her presidential campaign over the weekend, at the urging of Democratic Party leaders and superdelegates. Mrs Clinton and the superdelegates might want to know this: If the presidential election
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      734 21  -  ROBERT KARNIOL SOMALIA'S GEOPOLITICS By Defence Writer ON THE surface it seems to be about piracy. But there is actually more to this United Nations Security Council initiative than simply the suppression of criminal activity on the high seas. The council unanimously approved on June
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      38 20 Losing game? If the US presidential election were held today, Mr Barack Obama would lose to Mr John McCain, while the latter would lose to Mrs Hillary Clinton, a new analysis shows. PAGE 21 PUNCHUNfS rf^^S? V 1
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      574 23  -  Teh Joo Lin MELISSA SIM »SUPPLY BOAT FIRE Six of the 15 casualties are seriously injured By JUST before the lunch hour yesterday, the chief engineer of the 50m-long supply boat Rainbow Star was on board the ship, which was being repaired
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      288 23 A DISHWASHER was stabbed to death at the Causeway Point shopping centre yesterday morning. The 45-year-old, known to some colleagues as "Shirley", was working at the mall's foodcourt when she was attacked. The police, who have classified the case as murder, are looking for
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      600 24  -  Melissa Sim Study shows Tampines residents quite positive to idea of sharing paths By THE year-long trial in Tampines to allow cyclists on footpaths might well be extended. Residents will know the decision in two weeks be it to extend the trial, to allow cyclists
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      219 24  -  DIANA OTHMAN A MASSIVE, sparkling wall sits behind a towering statue of Buddha in the main hall of the Fo Guang Shan (Singapore) Buddhist centre in Punggol. The wall is made up of 6,648 pieces of translucent greenish semi-precious stones, called lapis lazuli, each
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      269 24  -  Teh Joo Lin By HOME-GROWN firm ST Aerospace has been reported to be in the running to supply 10 second-hand military helicopters to the Philippine Air Force (PAF). The chopper is the UH-1H Huey, famed for serving the United States' forces in battle
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      72 26 The Sultan Mosque saw four couples exchanging wedding vows together on its premises for the first time yesterday. It was quite a sight as the couples one of whom included a Chinese Muslim convert sat atop the elaborately decorated "pelamin" or dai, in their wedding finery.
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      207 26  -  Hong Xinyi By THE Malay Heritage Centre in Kampong Glam is planning a slew of cultural and life-style-type workshops this year. Among the classes likely to be lined up are ones on the martial art silat, Malay cooking, handicrafts, Malay language appreciation and workshops
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      280 26 But the hike in fuel prices in Malaysia will cause discomfort here SINGAPORE is not heading for a recession, said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, although fuel price increases in Malaysia would lead to discomfort. "From all indications we have at this point, I
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      590 27  -  Jermyn Chow Food containers, tyres cost more now; prices may increase further By EVEN consumers who do not own cars are being hit by the record highs in oil prices. The humble plastic container used for that takeaway order at the hawker centre, for
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      469 28  -  Daryl Tan Many say they are skipping outings to top attractions this June holiday By THEY are the crown jewels of Singapore attractions, drawing thousands of visitors each day. Yet parents say that high admission fees and miscellaneous charges at spots like the Night Safari
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      471 28 I PQQ m«tl\/ nntinnQ I w Features: American holidays, Bam to spm LCii UUiLiy UpUUI li bullfrogs. Visitors can feed Admission: Free frogs, and learn about their life-cycle Features: Beautiful orchids Not every attraction here and landscaped gardens is priced sky-high. Here are Recreational 12 places you can visit for
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      521 29 AAAATI \i APrAin Many families here say that Singapore's major ft. Siy of four, two I I m. attractions are getting too expensive to visit. DAjii children aged 14 and n. A MrrH n DARYLTANfindsoutjusthowmuchaday D#nls^sr ee> \O\J\J hi Mil Mil 1 OUt at 10 Of them COStS. II II
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      633 30 Call them gimmicks but out-of-the-box advertisements can catch a lot of eyeballs, as Ahmad Osman discovers A VIDEO clip of a "ghost" in Raffles Place sparks interest on the Internet. Then, big red bras that are slung seductively over advertisement posters get stolen. The
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      269 30  -  Karon Ng THE PC Show to be held at Suntec Singapore's levels 1,3,4 and 6 from Thursday to Sunday, 12pm to 9pm will have double the floor space and more than 600 exhibitors. There are four sections comprising PC Show, digital imaging, game and
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        72 30 Owell Bodycare's latest product Home Spa O 2 provides portable oxygen therapy with air that is filtered of dust and impurities. Weighing 3.7 kg and about the size of an A 4 paper, the Home Spa O 2 can be used at home or in the office with
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        86 30 From now to June 30, buy Tiger Beer at participating food outlets islandwide and check the bottle caps for printed crown liners. You stand to win Samsung 40-inch full HD LCD TVs and Samsung home theatre systems or get 50 cents off your next purchase of a 633
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        47 30 Apply and peel off the Bio-essence Marvel Mask that is designed to clean the pores and firm up the skin. It contains pine pollen, bio mineral essence and herbal ingredients such as ginseng, lycium, chitosan, angelicae and ganoderma. Retails at $29.90 for a 60g pack.
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        71 30 Get rid of ugly and uncomfortable calluses and corns with Scrape It, touted as a professional callus removal tool. Made of surgical stainless steel, it is used to remove hard keratinised skin in a safe and gentle way. Once the rough skin is removed, the device loses its
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      301 30  -  Ahmad Osman AMERICAN Express (Amex) is among the latest to join a growing number of companies which use Zap Code to expand market reach and provide consumers with information on their mobile phones. Amex now uses Zap Code, an advanced barcode technology
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      273 30  -  Philip Lee YOUNG Singaporeans who join AlAs Start Young insurance scheme will get $20 discount cards. Insurance company AIA hit on this tieup with Manchester United, the English and European league champions, by sponsoring the Manchester United Movie Discount Card for people aged 30 and
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      540 31  -  Yen Feng SOAP BOX Study shows groups of friends kicking the habit en masse By FOR years, smokers here have huffed and puffed over hefty taxes, public bans and gruesome health warnings decrying the ills of cigarettes. This year, they will have one
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      518 31  -  Cassandra Chew By THERE are few things in life that transcend borders and barriers the way love and smiles do. But I am discovering a possible third universal thing: Cupcakes! Last month, I launched a fund-raising campaign for an educational trip to Thailand. Having
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      940 31 Elderly cleaners Is it a choice or a necessity? MY LIFE Are elderly cleaners an inevitable consequence of an ageing society? Youthlnk writers weigh in on the issue It reflects badly on us MANY elderly people choose to return to the workforce because they do not have the means to
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      464 32  -  Professor Walter Woon I REFER to last Friday's letter, "Human-rights fanatics is what Singapore needs" by Mrs Constance Singam. She misunderstands me completely. I surmise from her letter that she was not at my talk. Otherwise, she would have known that I did
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      264 32  -  Syu Ying Kwok WITH reference to the recent articles on gambling addicts, there is a sure-fire way to deter hardcore gamblers: Make it mandatory for every punter to show his accumulated gambling figure, before a bet is accepted. This figure is the
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      117 32  -  Quah Kai Sheng I REFER to Mr Chan Siew Leong's letter, "Banish Spore Pools outlets from heartland" (May 31). Moving such outlets from the heartland will not solve the gambling problem it may instead see illegal bookies moving in. We should adopt a more
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      80 32  -  Kang Choon Tian IN THE Home Affairs Minister's explanation after an inquiry into terrorist leader Mas Selamat Kastari's escape, the lapses and security weaknesses were mentioned but, strangely, the integrity of the fencing around Whitley Road Detention Centre was not. In an
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      234 32  -  Dudley Au I REFER to last Friday's letter, "That 3-7 drubbing: Shame on you kiasu Singaporeans" (ST Online Forum). Mr Richard Soh Chin Yong has said that Singaporeans love only a winner. He is not wrong but the reality
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      228 32  -  Linda Oh (Ms) WE REFER to the recent news reports on NTUC Income's bonus restructuring affecting its life policies. As Income's financial consultants, we have had to explain the bonus restructuring to our clients. While they were initially taken aback by this move, many
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      259 32  -  Daniel Wang IT IS my view that many, including the Singapore Environment Council, have misunderstood this whole issue of plastic bags. When environmentalists first objected to their use years ago, the issue with them was that they were non-biodegradable. Then, later, the issue
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      128 32  -  Eleanor Gayle Barnabas (Ms) I HAVE come across reports of supermarket customers being unaware of the Bring Your Own Bag campaign, which now runs every Wednesday. I feel strongly that the use of plastic bags should be minimised to save the environment, but not by confusing the
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      244 32  -  Kuek Chor Ling (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Causeway woes: Kudos to SBS, but not SMRT" (May 31), by Mr K. Rajamanikam. SMRT is mindful of the traffic situation around Woodlands Centre Road, in the direction of the Woodlands Checkpoint. We have
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      250 32  -  Chin Sau Ho IN LAST Tuesday's letter, "Be more realistic in allowing parent relief", Mr David Goh suggested that the Government increase the quantum of parent tax relief so as to keep pace with inflation, and relax the criteria under which it can
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      30 32 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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      41 32 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes. com. Access to letters online is free. FUND-RAISING: Learn from Hong Kong EDUCATION: Learn from Australia CIVIL SERVICE REPLIES: End the merry-go-round CHILD MYOPIA: Ease the burden in school STAR CRUISES: Feedback appreciated
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      362 33  -  Christopher Ong SWIMMING By TAO Li became the first Singapore swimmer to set a national record in the much-talked-about Speedo LZR Racer suit yesterday. She clocked 2min 13.205 ec in the 200 metres butterfly at the National Championships at the Singapore Sports
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      196 33 REUTERS KOSUKE Kitajima, wearing Speedo's controversial LZR Racer suit, shattered the men's 200 metres breaststroke world record yesterday. The Japanese double Olympic gold medallist clocked 2min 7.slsec at the Japan Open in Tokyo. The time sliced almost a second off American Brendan Hansen's two-year-old record
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      598 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS I'm sorry RAFAEL NADAL, after winning the one-sided" match TENNIS Nadal gives world No 1 Federer a 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 pasting in French Open final Paris BY THE fourth game, Rafael Nadal had Roger Federer kicking the clay in frustration. By the second set, the normally
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      313 33 REUTERS Paris MOVE over Maria, it is Ana's time at the top. She has the talent, she has the looks, she is only 20 and, now, has a Grand Slam title to back her poise. French Open champion Ana Ivanovic is the perfect foil
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      704 34  -  Richard Jolly By SIZE is not everything. In terms of population, Croatia is the smallest nation at the European Championship. But in beating probably the poorest team, Austria, 1-0 yesterday, Slaven Bilic's side suggested they have the technique and confidence to challenge the
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      668 34  -  Wang Meng Meng Ronaldo is the media's focus, but Portugal show they do not depend solely on him By In Stade de Geneve (Geneva) IN THE 90 minutes against Turkey on Saturday, Portugal justified their favourites tag at Euro 2008. But, while all the talk in
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      713 34  -  Rob Hughes By In St Jakob Park Stadium (Basel) SPORT is not doing its job unless it lifts us, surprises us and makes us feel privileged to be around it. The opening night of Euro 2008 emphasised that in ample measure. At the St Jakob Park
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      161 35 "The semi-finals of the Champions League left a bad taste in the mouth. Now, Euro 2008 is the last opportunity to finish the season with a title." FERNANDO TORRES (right), Liverpool and Spain striker who is still upset over the loss to Chelsea 'You
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      276 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS Vienna BRITISH men in lederhosen. Chanting Croatians. Austrians young and old draped in flags. Slowly, but surely, fan zone fever is taking hold in Vienna. Hours before the European Championship kicked off on Saturday, thousands of people began trickling into the Austrian capital's extensive
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      541 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS NETHERLANDS v ITALY/ ROMANIA v FRANCE Injured attackers and other worries make Netherlands jittery against Italy Berne (Switzerland) IT HAS been 30 years and counting for the Dutch. At the 1978 World Cup, they enjoyed their last win over Italy. As tournament hosts
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      302 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS bussigny (Switzerland) FRANCE have key players injured and lacking in fitness, ahead of their Euro 2008 match against Romania today. The two-time champions may be the favourites for the match in Zurich, but Romania are confident
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      140 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS NO PENALTIES?: It has not taken long for complaints against referees to emerge. Switzerland dominated the tournament's opening match against the Czech Republic, but lost 0-1. Coach Jakob Kuhn insisted they were denied two clear penalties when the ball struck the arm of Czech
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      680 36  -  Lin Xinyi Sun presses claim for Olympic team place after she and Li win Spore Open doubles By A HISTORIC win has resulted in a mighty headache for national table tennis coach Liv Guodong. Backed by a 1,000-strong crowd at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall yesterday,
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      214 36  -  LIN XINYI DESPITE the absence of their Olympic-bound players, world champions China stamped their authority on the U*****,000 (S$168,000) TMS Singapore Open yesterday. They claimed three titles the women's and men's singles and the men's doubles. Top seed and world No
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      60 36 AT THE 1960 Rome Games, Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to claim three athletics gold medals during a single Olympiad. She won the lOOmetres, 200 m and the 4xloom relay despite running on a sprained ankle. The Americans nicknamed her "The Tennessee Tornado" and to
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      175 36 TEAM Singapore athletes were given a morale booster for the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games yesterday. Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan launched the first Olympic well-wishing campaign at the IMM Mall. The event is the first of a series of activities organised by
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      366 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS Boston SHAWN Johnson was still in the corner, chalking up and waiting for the go-ahead when her floor-exercise music began. It was the closest thing to trouble she had all day. The reigning world champion shrugged off the glitch to win her
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      309 36 REUTERS CRICKET London A TWENTY2O Champions League, with eight teams playing 15 matches, will be staged over 10 days in late September and October in India or the United Arab Emirates, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Saturday. The competition, which follows
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      115 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS ENGLAND'S cricketers clinched a 2-0 series victory over New Zealand yesterday. They won the third Test by an innings and nine runs, with Ryan Sidebottom taking 6-67 to help dismiss the tourists a second time. New Zealand had resumed on 177-5 under
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        71 36 SINGAPORE'S top sailors were triumphant at the National 420 Championships and Singapore Laser Trophy yesterday. After five days of competition in the waters off the National Sailing Centre at East Coast, Justin Liv and Sherman Cheng retained their 420 title in the Open division. Asian Games
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      415 36 AUSTRALIAN RULES AFL, 1 1th rd: Carlton 10.15(75) Port Adelaide 8.15 (63), Western Bulldogs 15.16 (106) St Kilda 11.13 (79), Brisbane 14.12 (96) Fremantle 10.14 (74), Hawthorn 19.16 (130) Essendon 12.7 (79), Sydney 12.11 (83) West Coast 11.12 (78), Adelaide 22.14 (146) Richmond 14.12 (96), Geelong 19.13 (127) North
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      427 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS MOTOR RACING F1 boss and team chiefs see it as only way to be rid of Mosley Montreal THE Canadian Grand Prix found itself under a pall over the weekend, not just because of the weather, but also because of the shadow
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      93 37 Here's how: 1) Install Color Cam software SMS "Zap" to ***** (9741-9401 for pre-paid customers) to download the Color Cam software on your mobile phone. You will receive an SMS with instructions to download and install the Colorcam software. You will need
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      409 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS »GOLF Havre de Grace (Maryland) LORENA Ochoa chopped into the mangled grass and saw her ball hop only a few inches, sending her to a dou-ble-bogey as her hopes for a third straight Major took a knock. By the time she
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      472 38 »SOCCER Avramovic admits it is virtually impossible to overhaul Saudis By Terrence Voon AFI hR a brave eight-month campaign that defied both the odds and history, Singapore have conceded that their World Cup dream is dead. Saturday's 0-1 defeat by Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia's 2-1 win
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      105 38 Barcelona midfielder Deco is poised to sign for Chelsea in a £15 million (Ss4o million) transfer, clearing the way for Frank Lampard to join former Blues manager Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan. Newcastle are planning to sack jailed £55,000-a-week midfielder Joey Barton unless he agrees to a 50-per-cent
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      34 34 TODAY Group C Romania v France (Live, Ch3o, midnight) Netherlands v Italy (Live, Ch3o, tomorrow, 2.45 am) TOMORROW Group D Spain v Russia (Live, Ch3o, midnight) Greece v Sweden (Live, Ch3o, Wednesday, 2.45 am)
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      40 36 TV times BASKETBALL: NBA Finals, Game 2: Los Angeles Lakers v Boston Celtics (Live, Ch23, 9am). CYCLING: Dauphine Libere: Day 1 (Live, Chll3, 9.15pm). SOCCER: Euro 2008: Romania v France (11.50pm), Netherlands v Italy (tomorrow, 2.35 am) Live, Ch3o Ch3o4.
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      81 37 Congratulations to last week's winners! Chin Cher Nam Kenny Patrick Lee Chee Kheong See Scow Chow S XXX 5293 E S XXX 8144 Z S XXX 2515 J Shell Upper Changi Shell Bukit Timah Hill Shell Telok Blangah Amy Chua Ai Mvi Lim Boon Chai Eddie Tham S XXX 1084
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      153 38 "Surely Goodness and Mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House Of The Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 JIMMY NEWTON LIM Age: 39 was called home to be with the LORD on 7 June 2008. Dearly loved and fondly missed by loved
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      56 38 SOH LIAN CHYE Age: 36 passed away peacefully on 7/6/2008, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Goh Siew Khim Wendy Sons: Soh Zhi Hui Aloysius Soh Zhi Xian Jefferson Soh Zhi Yuan Kennedy and all relatives. Wake is held at Blk 329 Sembawang Close. Tel: *****780 Cortege will leave on 11/6/2008
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      87 38 SbiiZ SIVAKUMAR S/O KURUNDAIAH Age: 37 Departed on 8 June 2008 Deeply missed and always remembered by loved ones. Wife: Sivakumar Jayalakshmi (Father: Kurundaiah Ramawalar, deceased) Mum: X Meyyammai Son: Daughter: Madhesh s/o Sivakumar Janani d/o Sivakumar Brothers: Sisters-in-law: K. Kurunthiah Indarani K. Sathappah Tamilarasi (X Gunasegaran, deceased) K. Gunaseelan
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      43 38 The Family of the Late NG GEK INN Departed on 4 June 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement. M
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      39 38 2nd Anniversary PEGGY CHIN LEE CHOO CHOO Departed: 9 June 2006 We miss your smile, voice, laughter, divine culinary skills and comforting shoulders to lean on. There'll never be another you, our sweet beloved PeggyRobert, Charlotte, Nicholas, Melissa Granny
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      64 38 STEVEN CHIA CHOO LEONG Age: 75 passed away peacefully on 8 June 2008, leaving behind all loved ones. Daughter: Audrey Son-in-law: Wilson Body lying in repose at St Mary of the Angels, Assisi Room. Cortege leaves on 10 June 2008 (Tue) at 10.30 am for Funeral service at Church of
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      61 38 S. SAGADEVA Passed away peacefully on 7 June 2008. Father: Mother: G. Sivapragasam (deceased) V. Arulammah (deceased) Wife: Kirn Sons: Daughter: Vickram (deceased) Dalini Lahiri Brothers Sisters: S. Gunabalasingam (deceased) S. Kavashambikai S. Poobalasingam S. Parimala Dcvi (deceased) S. Dhanasingam (deceased) S. Kulasingam Wake at Gillman Heights, near Block IA.
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      73 38 The family of the late DR TAN-CHOW MAY LING Called Home to Glory on 4 June 2008 wish to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to Pastor Rev Wilson Teo
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      53 38 WONG KENG SENG Age: 58 passed away peacefully on 7 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by mom, dad, family members and loved ones. Body is resting at Blk 2 Holland Aye. Tel: *****044 Cortege will leave on 11 June 2008 (Wednesday) at 2pm for Tze Tho Aum Temple
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      63 38 Ist Year Anniversary In Loving Memory Of YEO HUI CHENG Departed: 9 June 2007 She's gone from earth's toil to Her heavenly rest, To be home for all time in our Dear Saviour's breast; And there when our sun sinks low In the sky, God grant that we meet in
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      42 38 ThalaiThavasam lstAnniversary RAM lAH S/O ADEKCHELON Departed on 21/5/2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and friends. Prayers will be held on 9/6/08, Monday at Manmatha Karuneshvarar Temple, 226 Kallang Rd, 5(*****6) at 7pm. Please treat this as a personal Invitation.
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      39 38 ANNA HUI FANG TING 24/01/98 to 03/06/08 Dearly missed and always loved by Uncles Aunties Choon Hui Lay Teng Grace Seng Siong Lynn Jan Arthur Kit Ying Second Cousins Chrystal Radiance Clara Ruth Ernest Elliot t Jonathan Joyce Nathaniel
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      153 38 TAN PECKWAN Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 08 June 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Foo See Wan, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: <Ulan Foo Kuo Kuang Susan Low Yew Sum Michael Foo Kuo Yao Nancy Tay Chew Kiang George Foo Kuo Ming Margaret Tan Siew Huang
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      43 38 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of YAP YANG HUANG Departed 9th June 2007 Dearest mother, We miss you so much. The love you gave us Spoke beautifully of you. Deeply Loved Fondly Remembered By Husband, Brother, Sons, Daughters, Daughters-in-law, Son-in-law, Grandchildren Loved Ones
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      83 39 Where S$ stands Jun b 7° UHNU TK ZUUB ULU^ :R Jun 5 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.3667 +0.15 1.4542 1.3457 Euro 2.1290 -0.90 2.2064 2.0474 E 2.6727 -0.22 2.8431 2.6568 1.3088 -0.15 1.3235 1.2349 (en* 1.2876 +0.23 1.4484 1.2832 Ffupiah*.0.***** +0.21 0.***** 0.***** Bant* 4.1253 +0.95 4.4299
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      9286 39 Unit Trusts Funds 11M IT TDM CTC UIII I I I\UO IO sin nnh^i inwoctmont rnrnnrstinn it\ itri ail, uionai investment i,orporauon w lip AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced FundlS. 2 243/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/ A 1 33/ SPS fliiPt Mot PtP ltd X APS Alpha Fund!** 104/ APS
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      618 40 REUTERS »NEWS ANALYSIS Another quarter of falling profits expected for Morgan Stanley, Goldman and Lehman as markets continue to slide New York THE chief executives of Wall Street's largest investment banks in April all assured investors that the worst of the credit crisis
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      53 41 PHOTO: PHOTO: AFP OIL PRICES UP: Oil resumed its rise amid renewed fears of a Middle East conflict with prices gushing above US$l39 a barrel. AP RISING UNEMPLOYMENT: Last month's shock half-point jump in the US jobless rate to 5.5 per cent hit the
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      309 41 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York THE sharpest rise in the United States' unemployment rate since 1986 is an "aberration", and investors who sell equities now are "completely misreading" the outlook for economic growth, according to JPMorgan Chase. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell
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      527 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Market to face fresh data on retail sales, reports on US trade balance and inflation this week New York WALL Street's mood has swung back to morose amid resurgent crude oil prices and fresh worries that the woes
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      920 42  -  Goh Eng Yeow ►►COMMENTARY They can boost their valuations by offering more personalised approach to clients By Markets Correspondent LARGE companies such as banks and airlines spend millions of dollars to make sure consumers know about their cutting-edge services and how
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        75 42 ONG CHONG JIN: Named senior vice-president of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and head of its Catalist board, effective from July 8. Mr Ong (above) will join the SGX from CLSA Merchant Bankers, where he was managing director and head of investment banking for Singapore and
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        37 42 LUKE MOFFAT: Appointed executive director for commercial leasing at the Singapore office of property consultancy Colliers International, with effect from last Thursday. Mr Moffat (above) spent six years at the Shanghai office.
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        39 42 SANDRA CHU AYE AYE HAN: Resigned as non-executive director of Pacific Healthcare Hold- ings, which operates specialist health-care centres. Dr Chu, whose resignation took effect last Tuesday, said she was leaving for personal reasons.
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        64 42 CAROL FONG: Promoted to position of chief executive officer (CEO) at CIMB-GK Securities, effective from May 31. Ms Fong (above), who has 27 years' experience in the financial services industry, has been the brokerage's executive director and group head of institutional sales since
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        32 42 VIGNY WILEY CHEUNG WING YIN: Resigned as executive director of mobile-phone distributor Global Tech (Holdings) with effect from last Wednesday. Mr Cheung left to pursue alternative career development.
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        71 42 SHANE MICHAEL GANNON: Stepped down as director of Fabchem China, which makes commercial explosive devices. The move arose from Mr Gannon's departure from Dyno Nobel, an explosives firm with a stake in Fabchem. He was Dyno Nobel's representative on Fabchem's board. Mr Timothy James Fry,
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      511 43 REUTERS It had just been fined $35m for breaking Korean fair trade rules Washington SEMICONDUCTOR giant Intel faces a formal investigation by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after fighting similar antitrust probes in Europe and Asia. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has long
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        83 43 CIMB-GK says it can sense that DBS is becoming increasingly cautious about lending, during a recent visit to the bank. "Although management expects loan growth to ease later this year, we estimate that system loan growth will slip below 20 per cent by
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        54 43 UOB Kay Hian advises investors to stick to real estate investment trusts (Reits) that can achieve economies of scale, such as Capita Commercial Trust, Capita Mall Trust and Ascendas Reit. Reits provide a "fairly attractive yield" of 5.5 per cent, it added. UOB KAY HIAN,
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        88 43 OCBC Investment Research says that Gallant Ventures is trading at a 21 per cent discount to the value of its land bank. It noted that the industrial park developer recently gave an update that showed rapid growth in its order book for land sales. "We view
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      379 43  -  Yang Huiwen WARRANT WATCH By SINGTEL'S recent price fluctuations as well as a flurry of analyst reports on the company have stirred interest in trading of its contracts. Sing Tel shares fell one cent, or 0.3 per cent, to close at $3.68
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      345 43  -  Ong Bi Hui By PRINTING company Xpress Holdings has posted a 162 per cent surge in third-quarter net profits to $2.4 million following its highly successful push into China. Revenue in the three months ended April 30 shot up 71 per
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      Lock icon US private equity firm to buy Unisteel for $785m
      272 43 REUTERS DISK drive component maker Unisteel said last Saturday that it has agreed to be bought by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co (KKR) for $785 million. Unisteel said that KKR has offered to pay $1.95 a share for the company, and that
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      734 44  -  Goh Eng Yeow »TAKING STOCK Dismal economic data from US and oil's new peak may spark big sell-down By Markets Correspondent WALL Street's plunge last Friday is likely to shatter the tranquillity that Asian bourses have been enjoying iyOne immediate concern among
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      310 44 REUTERS ACTORS' PICKET LOOMING Los Angeles THE recent Hollywood writers' strike tipped California into a recession, resulting in a loss of US$2.l billion (Ss2.B billion) for the state economy and costing 37,700 jobs, the Milken Institute said in a research report. The report, issued
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      29 44 Intel under probe The US opens a formal investigation into the chip giant, which is already under fire in South Korea for alleged anti-competitive pricing and practices. PAGE H2l
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        217 46  -  Adeline Chia THERE were headstands, spins and breaks on show at the Battle Of The Year, a national breakdancing competition which was held last Saturday night. Watched by almost 1,000 people, five groups of breakdancers battled it out for top honours on the stage
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        647 46  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi US rock band Oneßepublic shot to fame with just one album but lead singer Ryan Tedder says their chart success is no fluke MUSIC REPORTER AMERICAN rock band Oneßepublic's chart success is no fluke, as lead singer and songwriter Ryan Tedder would
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        870 47  -  Adeline Chia Top opera actress Wei Chun Rong confesses to not understanding kunqu opera initially but slowly grew to love its beauty AN AUNT'S whim got Wei Chun Rong into kunqu opera at the age of 10. She registered Wei as a student at the Northern Kunqu
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        2315 48  -  Mak Mun San the monday interview Achieving stardom in the hit movie 881 has not gone to getai host Liv Lingling's head LIU Lingling is running late 45 minutes late, to be precise. Over the telephone, she apologises profusely, explaining that she had to return to her
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        128 48 1 would be shooed away by the adults whenever I tried to steal some food in the opera troupe. I remember telling myself: "One day when I have money, I want to eat until I'm full all the time"' On her tough childhood BUDDING TALENT: Liv when she was
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        471 49  -  Deepika Shetty Artist May Chandavong captures the real life of villages on his canvases LAOTIAN artist May Chandavong's paintings make a significant departure from the Western-style oil and water-col-our canvases which arrived in Laos during the French colonial period. Born in Vientiane, Chandavong, 65, studied in Paris
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        409 49  -  Boon Chan >pop LI MAO-SHAN AND LIN SHU-JUNG SINGAPORE CONCERT 2008 Singapore Expo's Max Pavilion/Last Saturday TIME travel does exist. And last Saturday night, 6,500 people were transported back to the 1980s. Taiwanese crooners Li Mao-shan, 48, and Lin Shu-jung, 47, turned back the clock with songs from
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        99 50 This feels like my first real marriage. The first one was a show, the second one was a con and this one is the real deal' Actor Charlie Sheen (above left) on his third marriage, to real-estate investor Brooke Mueller (right) I've always been a libertarian. Let everybody else
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        926 50  -  Teo Cheng Wee My accidental new tan has got me compliments but fm not going to maintain it because suntanning is a big waste of time straight talk BOY, have I got good news for all you urban males out there. My fellow men, if you
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        406 50  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi > concert I'LL BE SEEING YOU A DATE WITH STEVE TYRELL Suntec City Convention Hall 601/ Last Saturday MUSIC REPORTER STEVE Tyrell is one old-school crooner who has made a performing career out of channelling classics from what he calls The Great American Songbook. And
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        695 51  -  Adeline Chia The King Lear Project won glowing reviews when it was staged in Brussels last month ARTS REPORTER LEAR came, he performed and he conquered Brussels. We're talking about the successful run of The King Lear Project by Singaporean Ho Tzu Nyen in the Belgian capital
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        399 51  -  Ng Yi-Sheng > theatre BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA 1927 Esplanade Recital Studio/Last Friday BETWEEN The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea is cabaret like you've never seen it before. Instead of sleaze, it has high-class decadence; instead of sequinned costumes, it seduces
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        444 51  -  Tara Tan > dance FORWARD MOVES Esplanade Theatre Studios/Last Saturday THREE 25-minute experimental pieces premiered as part of the third instalment of Forward Moves, a platform for emerging choreographers at the Singapore Arts Festival. Drawing from modern dance icon Martha Graham, Joavien Ng started the
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