The Straits Times, 10 June 2008

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  • 463 1  -  Hazlin Hassan Ministers' holiday perks cut, along with freeze on recruitment, delays to mega-projects By Malaysia Correspondent In Putrajaya MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday signalled a round of government belt-tight-ening following last week's fuel price hikes. He announced cuts in Cabinet ministers'
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  • 571 1  -  Elena Chong By Courts Correspondent A CUSTOMER service executive siphoned almost $2 million from his company over two years, and then lost it all in casinos. A district court heard that while under probe for his sprees in Genting Highlands and on cruise
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  • UPFRONT
    • 880 1  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi FOR his business management course at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, Mr Thomas Jacob wrote a thesis identifying a niche in India for a tabloid newspaper targeting mid-mar-ket English readers.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    • 333 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 No new cases of chikungunya Asia 6-13 Blood samples taken from 311 World 14-20 people in Teachers' Estate all came Review 21-22 back negative for the dengue-like pvi do, chikungunya virus. rrl PAGEH2 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H5 Slower pace of hiring Forum H6 While employers
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  • PRIME
    • 224 3  -  CAROLYN QUEK They had been roommates for only two weeks in Ms Wong Nyet Fah's brother's Marsiling flat. Ms Wong (left), 43, took the bottom bunk of the double-decker bed, while her friend, Ms Khoo Quee Kee, 45, slept in the bunk
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    • 535 3  -  Leslie Lopez Mixed reaction puts Jakarta's commitment to attracting foreign investors in doubt By South-east Asia Correspondent INDONESIA issued mixed signals yesterday over a plan by ST Telemedia to sell its entire holdings in telecommunications giant Indosat to Qatar
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    • 505 4  -  Amelia Tan Cause of explosion still unknown; blaze was second in two months at Kreuz shipyard By Jermyn Chow AN INDIAN national who was severely burned in a shipyard explosion over the weekend died early yesterday morning in hospital.
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    • 409 4  -  Elena Chong By Courts Correspondent TEENAGER Samuel Ong Huixiang will not be taking pictures with his mobile phone anytime soon. Yesterday, Community Court judge Roy Neighbour banned him from owning a mobile phone with a camera function for a year.
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    • 242 4  -  JERMYN CHOW SUNDAY'S mishap at the Tuas Crescent shipyard should serve as a wake-up call to all employers here to to keep their workplaces safe, said one expert. Mr Andrew H. S. Tan, vice-president of the Singapore Institution of Safety Officers, said the
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  • ASIA
    • 521 6  -  Kwan Weng Kin Killer posted messages to a cellphone site before going on rampage By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo THE young man who killed seven people in a stabbing rampage here on Sunday had posted messages to a mobile phone site foretelling
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    • 294 6 5.21 am: I will crash my vehicle, if the vehicle becomes unusable, I will use a knife. Sayonara, everyone. 5.44 am: Getting caught on the way there is perhaps the most unsightly pattern. 6am: I am not being deceived. I am the one who is deceiving.
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    • CHINA
      • 451 8 REUTERS SICHUAN QUAKE AFTERMATH Officials try to cool tension as claims of shoddy buildings and graft grow louder Juyuan (Sichuan) CHINESE officials have sent condolences and money to parents of children killed in a school that crumpled in the Sichuan earthquake,
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      • 295 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Yorba Linda (California) IT WAS an unlikely diplomatic tool amid the Cold War: a few paddles, a few ping-pong balls and nine giddy US table tennis players in a country Americans hadn't seen for decades. Yet table tennis games in China in
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      • 277 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing BEIJING is banning fireworks in the Chinese capital for more than three months this summer as part of a raft of new regulations designed to ensure strict security during the upcoming Olympic Games. Dealers will be forced to suspend
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      • 276 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Taipei TAIWAN President Ma Ying-jeou voiced optimism about this week's historic talks with China, as the self-ruled island's negotiators headed to the mainland. "I'm very hopeful about the upcoming negotiations," he said yesterday, ahead of the scheduled start tomorrow of four days
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 631 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE South Korean President sends trade teams to US amid talk of Cabinet reshuffle at home Seoul PRESIDENT Lee Myung Bak yesterday sent two separate delegations to Washington to try to resolve a worsening political crisis
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      • 202 9 REUTERS Lucrative trade deal with the US at stake US lawmakers have threatened to block a sweeping free trade deal between both countries signed over a year ago but yet to be approved by either country's legislature unless American beef flows freely
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      • 323 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS: Kyoto AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the first Western leader to visit Hiroshima after it was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945, yesterday proposed to set up a new commission to advance the cause of non-prolifera-tion. Mr
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      • 487 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo aims to cut emissions by up to 80 per cent by 2050 TOKYO JAPAN will start a trial system for carbon trade in the autumn, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said yesterday, unveiling a new climate
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      • 211 10 CARBON trading, sometimes called emissions trading, is a market-based tool to limit greenhouse gases. For the scheme to work, a group of nations signatories to the Kyoto Protocol or a group of five US states in the Western Regional Climate Action
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    • INDIA/ SOUTH ASIA
      • 611 11 Harvests declining in India and quality of the fruit has also been affected by chemical use New Delhi THE news may well send a shiver through fruit aficionados the world over: India's mangoes, revered for millennia for their succulence, are under threat. They
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      • 298 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Karachi THOUSANDS of Pakistani activists and lawyers gathered in major cities yesterday to kick off a series of protests aimed at pressuring the new government to restore judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf. The so-called "Long March" is expected to culminate
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
      • 996 12 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Tough curbs on Muslim group's activities seen as not enough by some, too harsh by others Jakarta THE Indonesian government yesterday moved to defuse a growing controversy over a religious group branded "deviant" by clerics, but instead found itself under fire from
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      • 340 12 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Manila SEVEN more babies have died this month of a blood infection in a Manila hospital, adding to the 25 fatalities last month that prompted an investigation into sanitary conditions there. The country's Health
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      • 127 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta A YOUNG Indonesian mother gave birth to a baby girl with four arms and four legs, but the child died within hours, a hospital director said yesterday. "She was to be a twin, but because of an intrauterine
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      • 323 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S federal government will consult the Johor state government before engaging with Singapore on taking over the management and administration of the Pulau Pisang lighthouse, said Foreign Minister Rais Yatim. "The federal government will have to do
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    • FUEL PRICE FALLOUT
      • 655 13  -  Carolyn Hong Food and transport costs likely to increase in the wake of fuel price hike By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur AS MALAYSIA'S steepest fuel price hike sinks in, Malaysians are bracing themselves for a hard hit to their pockets
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      • 595 13  -  Reme Ahmad By PHOTO: Assistant Foreign Editor In Kuala Lumpur OPPOSITION leader Anwar Ibrahim has made a bold possibly foolish promise at a time when oil prices look set to rise further. Speaking in front of some 10,000 people late on Sunday
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      • 289 13 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH SAUDI Arabia says it will "soon" call for a meeting between oil producing and consuming nations to discuss "unjustified" hikes in oil prices, adding that the market has "sufficient" supplies. Oil jumped over US$lO
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      • 88 13 Airlines aren't the only ones charging a fuel surcharge nowadays. Taking a leaf out of the aviation industry, an Indian restaurant in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi has introduced an "inflation surcharge" of 10 per cent. The restaurant says the levy is meant to offset
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      • 247 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS New Delhi INDIAN government ministers have cancelled several official trips abroad after their Prime Minister admonished them to cut costs. After the Indian government raised fuel prices last week, a move that sparked protests across the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sent a
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      • 534 14 NEW YORK TIMES New York SURGING oil prices are beginning to cut into the profits of a wide range of American businesses, pushing many to raise prices and manoeuvre aggressively to offset the rising cost of merchandise made from petroleum.
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      • 352 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Madrid TENS of thousands of truck drivers in Spain, France and Portugal yesterday stepped up protests against rising fuel prices, causing mayhem on highways and blocking border crossings. Huge tailbacks built up around major cities and
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      • 607 14 NEW YORK TIMES Tchula (Mississippi) PETROL prices reached an average of US$4 a gallon (555.40 for 3.8 litres) in the US for the first time over the weekend, adding to motorists' problems. But the pain is not being
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  • WORLD
    • 533 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington SENATOR Barack Obama heads off this week for a two-week tour of US battleground states, aiming to draw sharp contrasts with his Republican rival for the presidency, Mr John McCain especially over the struggling US economy. The United States
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    • 227 15 McCain needs to 'convert 1 evangelicals NEW YORK TIMES MS LORI Viars, an evangelical activist in Ohio, put her life on hold in 2004 to run a phone bank for US President George W. Bush. Her efforts helped the President's ambitious push to get evangelicals out to vote and win
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    • 796 16  -  Jonathan Eyal All eyes on US polls as continent's chiefs try to make progress before he steps down By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London EUROPE bids an official farewell today to President George W. Bush as he attends the last
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    • 162 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington THE US Defence Department is moving to engage a new generation of scientists and engineers to conduct research that may pay off in technological breakthroughs for the US military. Last week, the department announced the selection of six university professors who
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    • 592 17 NEW YORK TIMES, BLOOMBERG Other European nations also face trash problems as landfills fill up Hamburg (Germany) NAPLES' garbage the plastic water bottles, soggy magazine copies, the decomposing kitchen compost has ended up here, waiting to be dumped into an incinerator on the
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    • 345 17 WASHINGTON POST Moscow MS YELENA VALYAVINA, a senior judge, electrified a Moscow courtroom last month when she openly stated what had long been unspoken: The Kremlin has pressured and threatened the Russian judiciary to secure favourable rulings. The testimony by the Federal Arbitration Court
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    • 434 17 LOS ANGELES TIMES Los Angeles IF ALL goes to plan, an otherwise stately federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles will be converted into a makeshift cinema this week, screening a series of graphic many people would say vulgar sexual fetish
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 383 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A VIETNAMESE court yesterday handed suspended jail terms to four students for posting online a sex video clip of a popular TV soap star that caused a scandal and led to the axing of her show. The students, Nguyen Huu
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      • 259 18 A UNIVERSITY student who uses the letter "C" as his first name has won the right to keep his name after the court ruled in his favour last week, reported South China Morning Post. Zhao C, 22, could not get his identity card renewed
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 104 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS YANGON: United Nations helicopters reached some Myanmar storm survivors yesterday with aid for the first time since deadly Cyclone Nargis struck the country more than a month ago. Some survivors went for weeks without adequate assistance before four helicopters arrived at the weekend
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      • 87 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda suffered a new blow as his party lost control of Okinawa's assembly, results showed yesterday, emboldening the opposition, which is set to censure him. The southern island held local elections on Sunday, with the opposition hammering away
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      • 101 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: A Thai court yesterday delayed to July 28 a hearing to determine whether an alleged Russian arms smuggler could be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges that could imprison him for life. Viktor Bout, 41, also known as the
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      • 114 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS KIEV: Emergency teams yesterday rescued 23 miners after a powerful explosion at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine, but at least 13 others remained trapped, an official said. The teams went deep into the mine in the eastern Donetsk region to rescue 21 miners
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    • 216 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit LARGE areas of three Mid-western states in the United States have been declared disaster areas as days of vicious storms and flooding forced rescuers into boats and residents to flee flooded communities. The death toll stood at eight, and more
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    • 207 19 People who owe a lot of cash report suffering from depression, ulcers and even heart attacks Washington THE stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck and the back, the head and the stomach for millions of people. When
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    • 277 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS According to the research: 27 per cent had ulcers or digestive tract problems, compared with 8 per cent of those with low levels of debt stress. 44 per cent had migraines or other headaches, compared with 15 per cent. 29 per cent suffered severe
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  • REVIEW
    • 423 20 THE business promotion visit made to Russia last week by Mr Goh Chok Tong and Mr Lee Kuan Yew emphasised anew the fact that assumptions about investment and nations' growth prospects are not static. Even after communism was overturned in the Soviet bloc to give rise
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    • 918 20  -  Vikram J. Singh NIRAV PATEL »WHITHER U.S. FOREIGN POLICY? By For The Straits Times STRATEGIC preoccupation with Iraq and Afghanistan has undermined US influence and credibility in the Asia-Pacific region. Nowhere is this more apparent than in South-east Asia, where America's presence is woefully
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    • 865 20  -  Alastair Mclndoe LAND REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES By Philippines Correspondent In Manila TWENTY years ago, in the heady aftermath of the fall of the Marcos regime, the Philippines set out to alleviate its dire rural poverty by distributing millions of hectares of public and private land
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    • 993 21  -  Alida Becker NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Title: The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story Of The Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked The Mysteries Of The Middle Kingdom Author: Simon Winchester Publisher: Harper/Harper Collins. Illustrated. 316 pages. U5527.95 By ON A winter evening in
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    • 799 21  -  Nayan Chanda HIGH OIL PRICES By For The Straits Times SPACE, as historian Fernand Braudel wrote, is "the enemy No. 1". Human ability to conquer physical space has shaped globalisation, a development that began with the domestication of camels and the harnessing of winds
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 27 20 An enigma A book on China scholar Joseph Needham presents a beguiling view of a man who hardly beguiled post-war America. PAGE 22 PUNCHLINES v I RAN\PANT-Ne^_J
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  • HOME
    • 604 24  -  Lim Heng Liang Vehicle break-ins are up by 15%, but S'poreans are still blase about security By THE police have reminded motorists time and again against leaving valuables in plain sight when they park and leave their cars. Posters in carparks remind motorists:
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 108 25 ACTING Minister for Manpower Gan Kirn Yong is leading a delegation to the 97th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Singapore has been elected a titular member to the International Labour Organisation governing body for the Asean region
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      • 65 25 SHOPPERS can look forward to a new walkway that will link Orchard Boulevard to Orchard MRT station today. The walkway will also be an entrance to upcoming mega-mall lon Orchard when it opens next year. Users can expect "changing moods and tones" as
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      • 88 25 A CHARITY show featuring local and international artists will be held at the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, off Sin Ming Avenue, on June 21 at 7pm. Tickets, priced at $30, $50 and $100, can be bought from today at
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      • 110 25 THE police are appealing for information on a Chinese man in his 60s who was found dead at the mouth of the Singapore River on April 22. His body was found floating face down in the river at around 4.30pm. He was
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    • 551 25  -  Jessica Jaganathan CHIKUNGUNYA DISEASE Blood samples from 311 people in Teachers' Estate come back negative By Daryl Tan HEALTH workers have scoured a private housing estate off Upper Thompson Road where two people recently fell ill with chikungunya, but found no
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    • 185 25 THE number of dengue cases appears to be rising slowly, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA). Last week, 158 people were infected, 13 more than in the previous seven days. In the first 22 weeks of this year, 2,264 people caught the illness, compared
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    • 205 25 TALK is cheap and, in the age of the Internet, international calls are also often free. But Skype isn't the only game in town. Check out other Web-based alternatives such as Google Talk, Jajah, SightSpeed and iChat. Cheap International Direct Dialling calls can also come
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      147 26 Laos President Choummaly Sayasone has a hybrid orchid named after him and First Lady Keosaychay Sayasone as Dr Chin See Chung, director of Singapore Botanic Gardens, looks on. Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang was present on the occasion. Accompanied by the deputy prime
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    • 330 26  -  Keith Lin They turn cautious as economic slowdown looms; fewer expect recruits in the next quarter By FEWER bosses here expect to hire new staff in the next three months compared to the previous three months, a survey shows. Some 42 per cent of
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    • 299 26  -  YEO GHIM LAY THE race is on to come up with an online search engine that will trawl and list not just text, but also multimedia files. Fifty-six teams from 17 countries are now competing to do just this, in a contest organised
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    • 639 27  -  Carolyn Quek »CAUSEWAY POINT MURDER She saw victim's ex-landlord, 60, plunge knife into dishwasher By IT HAD seemed like a regular day at work for a pair of dishwashers in the Causeway Point foodcourt on Sunday morning. The women, Ms Wong Nyet
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    • 347 27  -  Lim Wei Chean By SINGAPORE'S consumer watchdog has won a lawsuit against a local timeshare company that tricked and pressured customers into selling off their vacation digs. But the victory against firm Global Europ might not be great news for dozens of clients
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    • 86 27 Three people were injured early yesterday morning after a taxi collided with a van at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Avenue 6. The crash sandwiched the van between the taxi and a traffic light. The 64-year-old taxi driver was left bleeding from
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    • 327 27  -  Esther Tan By SINGAPORE could soon use private sector personnel, including bankers and security guards, to help out in the aftermath of crises such as a terrorist bombing. The plan, announced yesterday by the Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Civil Defence Force
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    • CASE FILE
      • 98 27 A MAN was charged yesterday with molesting a 15-year-old girl at a hotel in Upper Serangoon Road last year. David Chee Dah Wei, 28, is accused of hugging the victim at a hotel in Upper Serangoon Road at about lam on June 4.
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      • 157 27 A FULL-TIME national serviceman (NSF) who punched another man in the head at Boat Quay wasjailed for three weeks yesterday. Fong Chee Keong, 21, pleaded guilty to causing hurt to Mr Foo Chuan Chien, 24, at 4.40 am on May 1 last year. A
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      • 94 27 A WATCH and two gold rings worth $2,600, and $420 in cash, were stolen from a house in Commonwealth Avenue West over the weekend. The family living in the Block 411 unit were not in the flat from Friday midnight till 12.30 am
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      • 77 27 A THAI woman in her mid-20s lost her handbag, which had $700 in cash inside, while shopping at a supermarket in Jurong East Street 21 last Saturday. She had left her handbag, worth $200, unattended while shopping and discovered it was gone only when she
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    • 430 28  -  Tania Tan The device and its designers to compete in Stockholm next By THREE students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) High School have designed what they hope will be a cheap and simple way to deliver drinking water to poor communities.
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    • 141 28 THE Singapore International Water Week will be held from June 23 to 27. At the same time, the World Health Organisation (WHO) will meet to discuss guidelines for the world's drinking-water quality. The Health Promotion Board will highlight the role governments and organisations can play in building sustainable
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    • 440 28  -  He Zongying By IN THE debate over installing seat belts in school buses, two concerns have surfaced costs and capacity. Yesterday, mechanical engineering undergraduates from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) offered a possible solution that they believe addresses both. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering second-year
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    • 32 24 Cheaper way to belt up NTU students come up with a belt system that is cheaper to install in minibuses and can safely seat three kids on a bench seat. HOME H5
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  • FORUM
    • 318 29  -  NgE-Jay I REFER to Saturday's letters, "Vegetarianism can help in food and climate crises" by Mr Sng See Ann and "70% of grain in US goes to meat industry" by Mr George Jacobs. Both Mr Sng and Mr Jacobs think vegetarianism can alleviate
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    • 338 29  -  Thara Rubini Gopalan (Miss) AS A 16-year-old, I have been through my fair share of examinations. It is no myth that national exams are becoming more difficult as the years go by. Schools, including mine, are setting more difficult internal exams to prepare their
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    • 119 29 "We were charged $2.50 extra per person, plus a $1 Internet booking fee, which made a total additional penalty of $21." MR GEORGE HITCHINS, who booked eight seats to see the movie Kung Fu Panda at Cathay Cinema. The individual charge was $10.50 per person plus a $1
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    • 313 29 "I would have perished." MS PRISCILLA POH: "Thank you, doctors and nurses of the burns unit, Ward 43, Singapore General Hospital. I especially thank the medical professionals, Dr Pang Shiu Ming, Dr Thirumoorthy and Dr Tay Liang Kiat, and the entire ward team including the nurses, particularly Senior Staff
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    • 260 29  -  M. Lukshumayeh WHEN Singapore played Uzbekistan at home, many criticised the Lions for losing 3-7 despite acknowledging that Uzbekistan was a much better team that had played together at this level for some time. On the other hand, Singapore is playing at this level of
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    • 404 29  -  Alan Chuang WITH reference to Saturday's letter, "How Motor Claims Framework benefits all" by Mr Mark Lim of the General Insurance Association (GIA), the insurance business involves not only the GIA and its members but also motorists, repairers, surveyors, lawyers, and the public and
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    • 417 29  -  Arachelvi Duraiswamy (Ms) ON MAY 27, my son, a Secondary 5 student, took SBS service 36 (SBS 2727 A) from after Parkway Parade to go to City Hall. As he had not yet topped up his ez-link card with the monthly pass
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    • 102 29  -  Toh Yong Chuan I REFER to Monday's letter, "Mas Selamat's escape: Why no word on fence? by Mr Kang Choon Tian. The Committee of Inquiry did observe there was a weakness at a point where the fence converged with a covered walkway structure
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    • 124 29  -  Fong Weng Kiong POLICE have contacted Mr Toh Lai Heng ("No action when Ah Long strikes", June 2) on his cases. Our records indicate that Mr Toh reported to police about harassment by unlicensed moneylenders in October 2006. Police had followed up on all
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    • 47 29 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes. com. Access to letters online is free. MIND THE GAP: Do more to help poor CITY DUATHLON: Poor start and finish ANIMAL RIGHTS: Lead the pack in voicing concerns NO SHAME IN LOSS: Lions fought bravely till the end
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  • SPORTS
    • 550 30  -  Richard Jolly ROMANIA 0 FRANCE 0 Lacking leadership, urgency and invention in 0-0 draw, France need to improve and fast By VIVE la France? Not if their opening Euro 2008 performance yesterday is anything to go by. The World Cup finalists opened in such uninspiring fashion
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    • 609 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS GERMANY 2 POLAND 0 Victory over Poles shows their mental strength to cope with favourites' tag Tenero (Switzerland) REMEMBER that old German swagger at the European Championship? The back-heels, the little triangles of passes and the strutting style that hinted they
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    • 333 31  -  Wang Meng Meng By In Berne (Switzerland) YOU can feel Euro 2008 in your toes just by looking at heads everywhere. Out goes winter, out comes the sun and here comes the silly-hair season. It is fashionable to wear your country's colours with ferocious pride. It
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    • 746 31  -  Rob Hughes By In Vienna DESPITE the near-Brazilian Samba that Portugal have already given us at Euro 2008, the real heart of this tournament is more solidly based around what used to be called Mittel Europe or middle Europe. It is the central
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    • 256 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS BE KIND TO YOUR HEART: The Swiss Heart Foundation has published a brochure, advising fans how to avoid cardiac arrest at particularly stressful moments during the games at Euro 2008. Called "One-nil for the heart" and available in German, French and Italian, the brochure warns
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    • 717 32  -  SPAIN v RUSSIA Absence of wingers in Aragones' squad spells limited chances for speedy striker Torres By Wang Meng Meng In Berne (Switzerland) ANOTHER tournament and it seems like Spain are headed for another disappointing campaign. As Luis Aragones' matadors ready themselves for Russia
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    • 205 32 REUTERS GREECE v SWEDEN Lugano (Switzerland) GREECE will be eager to prove their surprise 2004 triumph was no fluke, when they launch their European Championship title defence against Sweden today. The Greeks, who sailed through qualification, are targeting at least a place in
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    • 90 32 One of the most enduring images of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics is that of Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss, staggering into the stadium for the final lap of the marathon 20 minutes after the winner, Joan Benoit. Suffering from heat stroke, the Swiss athlete's right leg was stiff,
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    • 236 32  -  Terrence Voon By SINGAPORE'S Lynette Lim (right) just cannot stop breaking records. The Olympics-bound teenager was in top form at the Janet Evans Invitational swimming meet in Los Angeles last weekend, rewriting two of her own national marks. It was her last Fina qualifying
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    • 273 32 AQUATIC Performance Swim Club (APSC) believes its former swimmer, Tao Li, should be allowed to focus on her Olympic preparations without distraction. While it released a statement yesterday regarding the controversy over her decision to switch to Swimfast Aquatic Club (SAC), it declined
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    • GAMES SNIPS
      • 50 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS EUGENE (Oregon): China's Liv Xiang was disqualified for a false start in the 110 m hurdles at the Prefontaine Classic on Sunday, thus ending his Olympic warm-up in the United States. He will return to China to continue training for the Games.
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      • 111 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HO CHI MINH CITY: The form of North Korea and China at the Women's Asian Cup has given them a major boost heading into the Olympics, where they are aiming to upset the heavyweight nations. North Korea edged out defending champions China
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    • 365 32  -  Jeanette Wang By SINGAPORE'S women paddlers may be upbeat about bagging a historic Olympic medal in Beijing, but national coach Liv Guodong appears to want to keep their feet on the ground. Speaking at a press conference at the Singapore Table Tennis Association at Toa
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    • 242 32 Manchester City will make Ronaldinho the highest-paid footballer in the world, if reports in The Telegraph are accurate. The English Premier League side are prepared to offer the Brazilian a £200,000 (*****,000)-a-week deal to move from Barcelona. Chelsea have told AC Milan they can start contract talks with
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    • 391 33  -  Terrence Voon »SOCCER By SAUDI Arabia have suffered a blow ahead of their World Cup qualifying showdown with Singapore this weekend. The Asian football powerhouses sacked their coach Helios dos Anjos yesterday, just five days before their Group 4 tie against the
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    • 456 33  -  Terrence Voon BADMINTON The remaining players insist that the competition will be just as tough and a good practice for Olympics By NO LIN Dan. No Taufik Hidayat. The Aviva Open Singapore badminton tournament, which starts today, may have lost some of its lustre without
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    • 746 33  -  Steve Slater MOTOR RACING By LAST year, Lewis Hamilton celebrated his maiden victory in just his sixth grand prix. At the time, I described his victory in Canada as a Midsummer Night's Dream. This year, I hope William Shakespeare will forgive me for stealing
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    • 174 33 REUTERS At the 4.36 km Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal RESULTS 1 Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 1:36:24.447 2 Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber +00:16.495 3 David Coulthard (Britain) Red Bull 00:23.352 4 Timo Glock (Germany) Toyota 00:42.627 5 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 00:43.934 6 Jarno Trulli
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    • 321 33  -  Terrence Voon BOWLING By SINGAPORE bowling received a massive cash boost yesterday to develop keglers and kick-start a lucrative corporate league. The five-year sponsorship deal, between Canon Singapore and the Singapore Bowling Federation (SBF), is understood to be worth between $1 million and $2 million. It
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    • 585 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL His 21 points help Boston hang on to edge out LA. and lead 2-0 in Finals Boston THE Boston Celtics left the comforts of home exalted and exhausted, halfway to hoisting a 17th National Basketball Association championship banner. They lead 2-0
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    • 106 34 HOT Leon Powe, the reserve Boston forward who compensated for the average displays of Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett by getting 21 points in only 14V2 minutes. Pau Gasol and Vlad Radmanovic, whose superb displays inside the paint got them 30 points and 20 rebounds including
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    • 369 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »GOLF Havre de Grace (Maryland) THE day started with the golf world wondering if Lorena Ochoa could win her third consecutive Major. By dusk on Sunday, the LPGA Championship belonged to someone who was playing in only her third Major. Tseng Ya-ni,
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 83 34 REUTERS DHAKA: Salman Butt and Mohammad Yousuf hit half-centu-ries, as Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 70 runs on Sunday in the rain-delayed opening match of a triangular one-day cricket series. In a match reduced to 40 overs because of rain, Butt and Yousuf helped their side to
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      • 70 34 REUTERS LONDON: Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick was released on bail yesterday, after facing in court the mother of two boys who died in a highway crash. McCormick's Range Rover was involved in a collision with a Toyota Previa early Saturday morning in Staffordshire, central England. At
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    • 708 34 ATHLETICS Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon (winners only), Men's 100 m: Darrel Brown (Tri) 10.07 sec 200 m: Wallace Spearmon (USA) 20.14 800 m: Alfred Kirwa (Ken) 1:44.01 Mile: Shedrack Kibet Korir (Ken) 3:50.49 2 Miles: Bernard Lagat (USA) 8:12.45 110 m hurdles: Anwar Moore (USA) 13.09 High jump:
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    • 789 34  -  Rohit Brijnath GAME, SET MATCH By PLAYING sport has one benefit aside from enhancing fitness and hanging out with ugly, sweaty men who speak in grunts. It also, sort of, gives us a slightly different (not better, for that would be snobbish) appreciation
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    • 167 31 I There's room for comfort /*St > J H|t would De ye "I want to say to the \IMYS__W Hifflriilt tn arhievp Hi-ppl^c- 1+ ie THE Netherlands have spared no expenses in making SQSw aiTTicuii ro acnieve breeks. it is sure that their p ayers are comfortable. that SUCCeSS again.
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    • 168 32 <w I jl^7\# lts not about the'r s'ze /IfjJ "We don't have guys who are i\jCaJliM \_^_ftk_f__W two metres tall What we are "B WW Spain are the most expensive squad at Euro 2008- K\\« their players are worth 381 million euros T^ about is more technical JI csssi2 million).
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    • 59 33 Details Today: Qualifying rounds Tomorrow Thursday: Preliminary rounds Friday: Quarter-finals Saturday: Semi-finals Sunday: Finals Prize money: US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium TICKETS Season Adult: $38 Senior citizen/student: $18 Premium $80 Daily Adult: $10-$4O Senior citizen/student: $4-$3O Child: $2-$3 O. Entry for qualifying rounds is free. Children aged between two
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    • 60 34 TV times CYCLING: Dauphine Libere: Day 2 (Live, Chi 13, 9.15pm). RUGBY: World Junior Championship: Argentina v Tonga (tomorrow, 2am), New Zealand v Ireland (tomorrow, 4am) Live, Chi 13. SOCCER: Uefa Euro Finals: Spain v Russia (11.50pm), Greece v Sweden (tomorrow, 2.35 am) Live, Ch3o Ch3o4. Event GOLF: HSBC Youth
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  • OBITUARIES
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      110 35 6tfi/*y(iifU4>er&arys of* LIN YING SWEE Departed on 10-6-2003 It has been 5 years since you have left us. Yet the pain of your departure, although reduced, has not diminished completely. While you may no longer be with us physically, loving memories of you will always be in our minds. We
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      93 35 KOH IM CHOR Age: 79 Passed away peacefully on 8 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Leng Cheng Keng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Koh Kah Him Neo Chee Hong Connie Koh Kah Tiong Yee Choy Wan Charlotte Daughter: Son-in-law: Koh Bee Ling Goh Ten Huay Grandsons: Granddaughter:
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      168 35 J "Agiah aveh agia jae.V2J Nanak Ja phavae ta lyae smaeh. By His will we come, and by His will we go, Oh Nanak, when it pleases Him then He absorbs us into Himself." (SGGS) GURBACHAN SINGH (CHANNA) SHEENAH (Village: Shineh, Gurdaspur) DOB: 01/07/1944 passed away peacefully on 8 lune
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      79 35 Om Nama Shivayah VADUMALL VANGARASAMY Husband: (N. Periathamby, (Ex- PWD Driver), deceased) passed away peacefully on 9 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and loved ones. Brothers and Sisters-in-law Sisters and Brothers-in-law Sons and Daughters-in-law Daughters and Sons-in-law Grandsons, Granddaughters, Great-grandsons, relatives and friends. Body is resting
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      215 35 CHUNG SWEE ENG Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 8 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Yeo Ser, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Yeo Han Chew Marzuki K. C. (Yeo Hai Chew, deceased) Sim Li Khim, Violet Yeo Hwang Chew Kong Mci Bao Yeo Phong Chew Lum
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      113 35 r "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days ""^gfk. I of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 MRS VANESSA WONG Age: 64 Was called home to be with the Lord Jesus on 8 June 2008 Dearly missed and
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      43 35 AL-FATIHAH ALLAHYARHAMHA HAJJAH KASMIRAH BTEPAIMAN Departed 9.6.2008 The family of the late beloved Allahyarhamha Hajjah Kasmirah wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences and donations during their recent bereavement. Tel: 6581 2140
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      31 35 W sth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of OW ZHEN LIN 16.12.1990 10.06.2003 Time changes many things But not the memory this day brings. L Always remembered by Daddy, Mummy and Brother
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      59 35 GOH PUAY CHOO Age: 61 passed away peacefully on 9 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband Yee Ah Soh Son Yee Chee Kean, Damien Daughter Yee Hui Yeng, Jo Body is resting at Singapore Casket, Jade Room. Cortege will leave on 13 June (Fri) at
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      44 35 KANNOOSAMY S/O KANNOO SUTHEYVALL Age: 64 passed away peacefully on 7 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Children Spouses: Anandan Bernice Ranita Andrew Janakie Bai, Rose, Anya, Ashley, sisters, relatives and friends. Special thanks to nurses at NUH Dialysis Centre.
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      254 35 lam the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and v w believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 CHAN GUAT KIM fc Age: 82 Was called home to be with the Lord on 8 June 2008. Dearly missed
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      157 35 "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust' Psalm 91:1,2 JENNIFER LIM MENG FONG Age: 71 was called home to be
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      158 35 "I thank GOD everytime I remember you." Phillppians 1:3 SHAUN 4th Anniversary Arrived Home on 10 June 2004 New Message from Heaven (1) Hi Daddy, Mummy, Cheh!) I finally saw JESUS! Wow! Here's so beautiful, so bright so happy!!;) Ifsapy I know I've never had before. Lot Remember nor, GOD
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      178 36 Love And Condolences to Ken Tan See Pian Family On the Bereavement of his Beloved Wife JENNIFER LIM MENG FONG "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Phil 1:21 We remember your sweet smile We remember your love to all We remember your gentle kindness
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      180 36 ■ft *t "He «;iZZ caZJ upon Me, and 7 tt>iZZ answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and honor him. With a long life I will satisfy him, And let him behold My salvation." Psalm 91:15-16 KOH BEE NEO Age: 93 Went to be
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      175 36 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.... '•i and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 SIM CHWEE GEOK Age: 83 Was called home to be with the Lord on 8 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones.
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      34 36 p In Loving Memory Of HO WOON YIP HENG LIN Departed 10 June 1984 Departed 3 May 1998 "There is not a day, Dear Father kg That we do not think of you ps?
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      44 36 The Family of the Late CHEO QUECK NEO Departed on 3 June 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, relatives, friends, colleagues and church members for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement.
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      51 36 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our m Executive Chairman Mr Ken Tan See Pian on the demise of his beloved wife JENNIFER LIM MENG FONG Departed on 8 June 2008 From The Management Staff of UNITED PROJECT CONSULTANTS PTE LTD UNITED PROJECT SERVICES PTE LTD fe UNITED PROJECT
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      122 36 will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 Moses Phua Kheng Hoe Age: 58 Was called home to be with the Lord on 8 June 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Father: Patrick Phua Wife: Betty Phua Daughters: Son-in-law: Valeric Phua Thiti Tantiukos Delphanie Phua Marie
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      21 36 9th Anniversary, In Loving Memory Of Lee Miew Leng Departed 10 June 1999 From King Show, Grace, Wilson, grandchildren loved ones
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      138 36 MOK PUAY GEK MOK QUAY GEK Age: 78 Passed away peacefully on 7 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Foo Hock Meng (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Foo Boon Chew Fong Lay Moey, Florence Foo Boon Kiat Low Lai Har Foo Boon Hai Yang Pei Ling Daughters:
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      36 36 IF Bth Annivetsaty 7m F In Loving Memory Of Jll BIN CHEN FOO Departed 10 June 2000 You ate always in out thoughts Dearly missed fotevet cherished by Mum, Sistets, Btothet, Brothers-in-law, Sistet-in-kw, Nephews Nieces i
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      46 36 P 1 6TH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of NG SONG KHIM (PAPPY) Departed 10 June 2002 Six years have passed and we will always miss and remember YOU, our beloved Papa (and Pappy)!!! With love always from Enn Him, Hiang Callum and all your R grandchildren.
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      85 36 In Loving Memory of KRISHNAN PUBALAN Departed 4 lune 2008 I can see you now by the light of the dawn, as the sun is rising slowly. We have talked all nights, and I can't talk anymore. But I must stay and you must go. You have always been such
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      25 36 Bth ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of THANGARAJ S/O REGUPATHY (Former SATS) Departed on 10.6.2000 Deeply missed and always remembered by family, relatives i™ friends. w&
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      • 7449 37 TRANSACTION DATE: JUNE 9, 2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R28 5 11C 3C 24 5 41 141 23 5 195 15 24 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 26 126 34
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      • 55 37 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 20C 620C 100C 398.3 3977.9 116 6065 Diamonds 5200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 \j 6170 SPDRS 288 6009 STI ETF 3013.7 6010 STIETFIOPV US20C US620C US1000 US***** US*****cd
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    • 493 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS PREVENTING FUTURE CRISES He adds that loan schemes to banks will remain till markets improve Washington FEDERAL Reserve Bank of New York president Timothy Geithner has called for greater central bank authority over banks, so that the financial system
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    • 64 38 FEDERAL Reserve Bank of New York president Timothy Geithner laid out four main ways to strengthen the financial system: Institute "exacting expectations on capital, liquidity and risk management". Improve the system's capacity to withstand a default by a large company. Ensure that players outside the regulatory framework do
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    • 298 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York THE worst two months for the United States Treasury market since 2004 have failed to turn two of Wall Street's biggest bulls into bears and history suggests they may be right. While Barclays Bank says faster inflation means more
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    • 286 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington THE number of Americans signing contracts to buy existing homes jumped unexpectedly in April, signalling that lower prices are making real estate more affordable, a private report showed. The index of pending home resales rose 6.3 per cent to 88.2,
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    • 41 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,181.38 (-308.06 points) »Japanese share prices ended down 2.13 per cent in the wake of Wall Street's heavy losses sparked by a record surge in crude oil costs and a rise in United States unemployment.
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    • 24 38 AFP Friday's close: 24,402.18 (+146.89 points) The Hong Kong financial markets were closed for a national holiday. They reopen today.
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    • 22 38 AFP Friday's close: 3,329.67 (-21.98 points) »The Chinese financial markets were closed for a national holiday. They reopen today.
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    • 22 38 AFP Friday's close: 5,592.1 (+62 points) The Australian financial markets were closed for a national holiday. They reopen today.
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    • 27 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,230.98 (-17.59 points) Malaysian stocks fell 1.4 per cent as poor sentiment fuelled by rising oil prices led the market down.
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      37 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,066.1 (-506.08 points) »Indian shares tumbled to close down 3.25 per cent, hit by Wall Street's plunge, which was triggered by surging oil prices and a sharp jump in United States unemployment.
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    • 29 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,410.77 (+8.53 points) »Indonesian shares closed 0.3 per cent higher on foreign fund buying into blue-chip miners amid expectations of strong first-half earnings.
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    • 35 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 805.58 (-11.75 points) Tha i share prices closed 1.44 per cent lower, falling in line with other regional markets amid concerns over record global oil prices and high inflation.
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    • 7 38 mweamm YESTERDAYS CLOSE: 3,084.02
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    • 106 38 June 9 Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand 6.120 -0.190 CapitaMall 3.270 -0.080 CityDev 10.820 -0.360 Cosco Corp 3.290 -0.080 DBS Grp 19.500 -0.360 F&N 4.770 -0.130 Gentlntl 0.605 -0.020 HKLand 4.720 -0.060 JSH 18.620 +0.080 Jardine C&C 16.800 -0.360 KeppelCorp 11.780 -0.260 Keppel Land 5.250 -0.120
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    • 54 38 Gentlntl 29,550,000 Oceanus 28,596,000 Golden Agri 25,529,000 China Hongxing 24,294,000 Sing Tel 23,910,000 Unisteel 23,461,000 LiHeng 23,322,000 Jade Tech 22,252,000 SingTelMBLePWOBlOlO 20,386,000 ChinaTaisan 16,891,000 June 9 CoscoCorpMßLeCWoBoBol 16,666,000 China Energy 14,619,000 Yangzijiang 13,680,000 SGX 13,166,000 Thai Beverage 12,950,000 Dayen 12,918,000 Mercator 12,865,000 DBS DB eCWOBIOI3 12,620,000 DBS MBL
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    • 142 38 June 9 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.3030 1.3180 Can dollar 1.3310 1.3470 Euro 2.1390 2.1640 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4169 0.4175 NZ dollar 1.0390 1.0610 Sterling pound 2.6680 2.7000 US dollar 1.3550
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    • 1507 38 Bonds, Loans Warrants HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE '000 16 4 3816 Asiasons W*****7 5 +0 5 315 3 2878 Aztech W*****6 3 -0 5 23 14 5 4015 CapitalanBNPeC*****2 19 -15 1( 10 3 5 3802 CapitalanBNPeCW*****4 5 -1 33( 29 9 3763 CapitalanBNPePW080G20 16 +0 5 20(
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    • 616 39 BLOOMBERG NEWS Sale of 42% stake in Bank Thai follows its biggest annual loss in 8 years after write-offs Hong Kong HSBC Holdings, Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) and CIMB Group are among the potential bidders for a 42 per cent
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    • 494 39 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS OIL prices could fall sharply as early as the end of this year, as evidence of eroding demand in Asian economies slowly materialises, investment bank Lehman Brothers has said in a report. But oil company heads say
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    • 409 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS New York LEHMAN Brothers yesterday said it will raise US$6 billion (SsB.2 billion) in new capital to shore up its balance sheet after saying it expects to post an unexpectedly large sec-ond-quarter loss of nearly US$3 billion. Shares of
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    • 612 40  -  Lee Su Shyan Surge in number of candidates reflects Singapore's growing status as a key financial centre By Assistant Money Editor A GLOBALLY recognised exam regarded as the gold standard for financial market literacy attracted a record number of candidates in Singapore over
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    • 110 40 THE chartered financial analyst exam was created in 1953 in the United States to teach core investment principles to securities industry professionals, including fund managers and investment analysts. It is a self-study programme. Even though the passing rate is about 50 per cent and there are three
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    • 53 40 Country No. of new candidates* growth United States 23,685 27 China 7,778 68 Canada 6,223 35 United Kingdom 5,299 42 Hong Kong 5,028 25 South Korea 3,276 55 Australia 2,215 71 Taiwan 1,378 16 South Africa 1,199 26 New candidates at the Dec 2007 and June 2008
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      70 41 ST FILE PHOTO SINGAPORE'S sterling ranking is the result of its strong position in the Asia-Pacific. Here's how the Republic fared in the region based on the seven criteria used: Legal/political framework: No. 1 Economic stability: No. 1 Ease of doing business: No. 1 Volume and connectivity of
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    • 705 41  -  MICHELLE TAY It is also top in region for economic stability and legal/political framework: Survey By SINGAPORE has leapfrogged rival Hong Kong in a ranking of the most influential commercial centres around the world. The Republic is now the second
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    • 339 41  -  Yang Huiwen By THE credit crisis could take up to four years to work its way through the global financial system, according to a United States investment guru. Mr Bob Doll, vice-chairman of Blackßock, one of the world's largest publicly-traded
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    • 574 42  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK Regional indexes close well off their lows as bargain hunters snap up cheaper blue chips By Markets Correspondent IT WAS not the bloodbath widely tipped after Wall Street's Friday horror, but Asian markets still took some body blows
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    • 647 42  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent THE property auction market has hit a brick wall with buyers and sellers in a stand-off over prices that could jam up the works for the rest of the year. Sales are likely to
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    • 418 42  -  Yang Huiwen WARRANT WATCH By TRADING on the warrants market yesterday was dominated by call warrants issued on blue chips such as Sing Tel, Cosco Corp and DBS Group Holdings, with the Hong Kong market shut for a holiday. The most active
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    • 276 42  -  Bryan Lee By JADE Technologies Holdings has pulled out of two Russian oil contracts, in line with a strategy to focus on its fledgling Indonesian coal-mining business. The move comes three weeks after the company said it had terminated deals to buy an oil
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    • 764 43  -  Grace Ng Hike of up to 1 percentage point for some fixed rate packages to 3.98% By Finance Correspondent THE days when you could lock in cheap mortgage rates for the first year or two seem to be over, now that banks
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    • 20 43 STOCK 1.03 billion UP Gainers: 113 TRADING shares worth Losers: 504 VOLUME $1.4 billion DOWN Unchanged: 916
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    • 80 43 Mid Cap 781.15 T -20.27 Health care 784.11 T-10.26 Small Cap 656.71 T -11.22 Consumer services 800.42 T-17.89 All Share 787.20 T -16.57 Telecoms 911.39 T-11.37 Fledgling 705.69 T -7.93 Utilities 643.87 A 19.92 China 452.47 T -13.78 Financials 791.02 T-17.12 Oil and gas 727.57 T -18.17
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    • 212 43  -  BRYAN LEE ANOTHER SEADRILL ORDER KEPPEL Corp, the world's largest builder of oil rigs, yesterday said it has won a US$l6O million (*****.6 million) deal to build a semi-submersible rig for Seadrill Asia. The order is the seventh for Keppel from Nor-way-listed Seadrill and is
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    • 78 44 TRAVEL EXOTIC KASHGAR ARTS FEST BOLLYWOOD BUZZ Indulge in Get ready to Chak De! India is [j Silk Road nostalgia burst the lotus top Indian movie '-"lB; -pages4&5 page 7 pagelO J^ /y W r If you catch the right deals, budget airlines aren't always the cheaper option. I PAGE
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      • 143 45 Note: All prices are in Singapore dollars All ticket prices are for 2 adult travellers Departure date: July 1, 2008, return date: July 7, 2008 Prices may vary depending on availability and timing ILLUSTRATION: TAIPEI SIA EVA Air Jetstar Asia Normal price Flexi $2,218 $2,080 (Airfare: $1,550
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        1190 45  -  Tan Vi Hui With regular airlines dangling promotions and increasing fuel surcharges, budget travellers are eyeing full-service carriers and Zaidah Rahmat WITH ballooning fuel surcharges and cut-throat competition, it might be more worthwhile at times to fly a premium, full-service carrier than a budget one. That's the
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        700 46  -  Deepika Shetty Lush vineyards, breathtaking landscapes and wholesome produce make a visit to Tasmania unforgettable ONCE a far-flung colonial outpost, the Australian island of Tasmania is famous for its stunning natural settings. Mr Cameron Hindrum, 37, director of the Tasmanian Poetry Festival, is a native of the
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      • 1322 47  -  Alison de Souza China's Kashgar is a perfect starting point to explore other hot spots such as Lake Karakul THERE we were on holiday in China, starving and trying to order dinner except that no one in that spot spoke Mandarin. Instead there was the tourist pantomime
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      • 213 47 IDo visit the 17th-century tomb of Abakh Khoja outside Kashgar. It is an architectural gem with gorgeous blue-and-green tiled domes surrounded by graceful courtyards. Sufi Muslims regard it as the holiest place in Xinjiang. 2 Do take at least one side trip to Tashkurgan or Lake
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      • 88 47 1 Don't forget that although Xinjiang is officially on Beijing time, it is so far west that the locals set their clocks two hours earlier. Get the two mixed up and you could be too early for dinner or too late for your bus. 2 Don't pack any liquids
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        88 49 'Will they buy McCain or Obama? What sounds right? A critical mass of Americans don't think beyond that. They do, indeed, choose presidents like they do laundry soap' Actor Alec Baldwin on the US elections 'She's actually pregnant with twin panda bears, so Brad's going to be bummed out
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      • 723 49  -  Andrew Duffy Despite the stuffed polar bear in the hallway, the 'dead giant' in the garden and an egg on the roof, Dali's house is still more sane than surreal SALVADOR DALI, the surrealist Spanish artist, painted melting watches, broken bodies propped upon
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      • 436 50  -  Ng Yi-Sheng > music/theatre AUTO AUTO: A CAR SMASHING SYMPHONY By Christian yon Richthofen Esplanade Theatre, Sunday I CANNOT help but feel a teensy bit disappointed with this show. German musician Christian yon Richthofen promised "A Car Smashing Symphony", where he'd reduce a car to a heap of
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      • 67 50 LIFE! asks members of the audience for their views on Auto Auto: Mary Loh, 42, lecturer: "It was exciting and lots of fun. It combines something that's highly accessible with good musicianship. Very satisfying." Raven Foo, 28, customer service officer: "Fantastic. It's the first time I've watched a
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      • 417 50  -  Adeline Chia The Wuchuan Cantonese Opera Troupe features more stunts than singing ARTS REPORTER CANTONESE opera performers from China will "burst the lotus" this weekend. This is a stunt where an actor jumps 2m high and lands in a seated position on a chair perched on top
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      • 532 51  -  Stephanie Yap Quartet New Generation members started playing the recorder in school ARTS REPORTER THINK recorder, and it's likely to bring back memories of the plastic flutes most Singaporean children learn in primary school music class. But the instrument is far from child's play, says recorder
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      • 274 51  -  Jocelyn Lee MEDIACORP'S annual Star Awards will be postponed from its usual December slot to March next year. Instead of the star-studded event, the big bang show at the end of the year will be a celebration of Channel 8 in November. This three-hour mega-show will cover
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      • 428 53 AP, AFP BANGKOK Bollywood's brightest stars and about 2,000 of their enthusiastic fans stayed up into the early hours of Monday to see the film Chak De! India carry off top honours at one of the Indian film industry's glitziest awards ceremonies. Chak De!
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