The Straits Times, 13 June 2008

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    26 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 152 PAGES IN SIX PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 FRIDAY, JUNE 13 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 1 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon SAF suspends physical training for three days
    540 1  -  Teh Joo Lin jtRMYN Chow Review of procedures to be conducted after a second death in two days By THE Singapore Armed Forces yesterday called an unprecedented three-day halt to all physical and endurance training within the military, following the death of a
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    Lock icon Defence Minister offers condolences
    113 1 "I would like to express my deep condolences to the families of the late Rec Andrew Cheah Wei Siong and the late OCT Clifton Lam Jia Hao. I am saddened by the loss of two young and precious sons of Singapore. I support the decision of
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    Lock icon Thailand faces fuel protests nationwide
    465 1 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok THAILAND, already reeling from anti-government protests in the capital, now faces nationwide demonstrations over the soaring price of fuel and other essentials. Fishermen are burning their boats in protest while the drivers of 100,000 heavy trucks vowed to bring Bangkok's busy
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Fighting the diabetes scourge in the heartland
      907 1  -  Jessica Jaganathan By HOUSEWIFE Kamilah Shiekh Abu Bakar, 46, a diabetic, used to take a taxi from her Bedok home to the Tampines polyclinic for her regular check-up every few months. Now, the check-up comes to her in a mobile clinic converted from
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      361 2 SECTION ONE HOME Pr' me Vri^on Lurking danger uncovered ™la 01 "on Screening programmes launched to World 31-39 detect breast and cervical cancer Review 40-43 uncover more than 800 cases. Insight 44-45 PAGE HI FYI 46 SECTION TWO Deathbed farewell Home Hl-H27 A mother gets to say goodbye to p
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Court security tightened after two try to flee
      704 3  -  Bertha Henson Police take action to fix weaknesses: More locks on exit gates; access lift now activated with a key By Associate Editor POLICE have moved quickly to secure Subordinate Courts detention facilities following Wednesday's attempt by two detainees to make a
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      Lock icon Orangutans fly the primate cause
      203 4 STEPHANIE SONG TWO orangutans from the Singapore Zoo had a free ride on the Singapore Flyer yesterday as part of a drive to raise awareness of the plight of these primates. Sumatran orangutan Chomel, the 12-year-old fifth granddaughter of former zoo icon Ah Meng which
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      Lock icon Telco war gets intense as free switching kicks in
      662 4  -  Alfred Siew Operators rush to lock in existing customers with discounted deals for bundled services By Technology Correspondent ELEVEN years after the cellphone market was liberalised, full competition in mobile services arrives today, allowing users to switch telecom operators and hang
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      297 3 IN THE LOCK-UP F^TI PTI ,^K MTTX M°N'^f^=^ One of the detainees in the cell asks Two detainees-one bare-chested-take the chance to for water. At 1.45pm, a police officer run out of the cell and violently punch and kick the The pair head to a gate at the lock-up's opens
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Surprise move to set up offices
      727 10  -  Sim Chi Yin Ong Hwee Hwee CHINA-TAIWAN TALKS Specifics yet to be worked out but they will be similar to HK's China Travel Service By In Beijing CHINA and Taiwan yesterday agreed to the setting up of their first-ever offices in each other's home
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      Lock icon Yuan can soon be exchanged at Taiwan banks
      112 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN YET another boost for cross-strait ties, Taiwan's legislature yesterday passed a Bill that allows, for the first time, the Chinese yuan to be exchanged at the island's banks. The move comes a day before negotiators from the two sides
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      Lock icon Every little detail tells a story, each nuance could signal a shift
      497 10  -  ONG HWEE HWEE IT WAS a picture of reconciliation when China and Taiwan sat down for talks yesterday. But behind the smiles and the handshakes, there were hints of guardedness between the longtime foes. Meticulous attention was paid
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon China plays it low-key a month after quake
        697 12  -  Chua Chin Hon But police on alert for fresh protests by parents at collapsed schools By China Bureau Chief In Beijing Tracy Quek China Correspondent In Juyuan and Wufu (Sichuan) AFTER a month of open grieving and relentless stress over the safety
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        Lock icon Don't block torch run in Tibet: Dalai Lama
        500 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Exiled spiritual leader repeats support for Olympics, urges Tibetans to show respect Sydney THE Dalai Lama yesterday appealed to Tibetans not to interfere with the Olympic torch relay as it passes through the capital Lhasa, saying he
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        Lock icon Anti-Japan rally in Taiwan over sinking of boat
        307 14 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Taipei DOZENS of protesters, including local officials, converged on the Japan Exchange Association in Taipei yesterday, burning flags and shoving police as Japan held the captain of a Taiwan fishing boat that sank in disputed waters. They shouted slogans
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        Lock icon A HOLE NEW VIEW
        81 14 AFP Curious tourists sneaking a look at the reconstruction of Beijing's historic Qianmen Street. The attraction, which is due to be opened soon, sits on one of ancient Beijing's oldest and most prosperous streets, which flourished during both the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties (1644-1911). Developers
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon HK searching for source of bird flu
        215 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Hong Kong HONG KONG officials scoured farms and wholesale markets yesterday as they struggled to find the source of the territory's worst bird flu threat in years. Samples taken from local chicken farms and wet markets have so far tested
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        Lock icon WHERE HAS THE SHOP GONE?
        62 16 REUTERS An excavator demolishing a ..7 7 provision Shop along a Street in 7hpnP7hou ranital of rpntral ZsnfmgzriUU, Lapual OJ LeJlirai He*f Province, on Wednesday The shop was considered an illegal building by the local authorities and was slated for demolition but the owner insisted
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        Lock icon S. Korea minister visits US to resolve beef issue
        547 16  -  Lee Tee Jong He hopes US will agree not to ship meat from older cattle in effort to placate angry public By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul SOUTH Korea's Trade Minister will travel to Washington today for more negotiations on a
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        Lock icon No furore in rest of Asia
        308 16  -  WONG MEI LING WHILE the planned resumption of US beef imports to South Korea has sparked massive street protests there, other Asian countries have resumed US beef imports with much less commotion. Most of them had imposed import bans on US beef following an
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        Lock icon Embattled Fukuda wins vote of support
        446 18 Lower House boost for his govt a day after it was embarrassed by Upper House censure motion Tokyo JAPAN'S struggling prime minister yesterday won a vote of support in the ruling party-run Lower House of parliament, bolstering his government a day after it suffered
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        Lock icon CHINA'S PRIDE
        50 18 AP A model of a J-l 0 fighter jet is being prepared for display in front of China's biggest plane maker AVIC I in Beijng yesterday. The plane, unveiled in January, has been hailed by China as the first advanced jet developed and built by Chinese engineers. PHOTO:
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        Lock icon Rudd affirms Japan alliance despite whaling dispute
        259 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Tokyo AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday pledged to work for a strong alliance with Japan, but the two sides agreed to disagree in a bitter rift over whaling. On his first visit to Japan since taking office in December,
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        Lock icon Kerala cracks down on 'wayward' spiritual leaders
        522 20  -  P. JAYARAM Top swamy linked to cheating and porn nabbed; police move against other errant religious heads By India Correspondent In New Delhi THE communist-ruled south Indian state of Kerala has launched a crackdown on several high-profile spiritual leaders from all three main
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        Lock icon Ex-Bangladesh PM leaves for US
        146 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS Dhaka FORMER Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina left for the United States yesterday for medical treatment a day after she was released from jail pending trial on corruption charges. Sheikh Hasina is to be treated for hearing impairment, an eye problem and high blood
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        Lock icon Uproar in Pakistan over fatal US air strikes
        521 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS Islamabad summons US envoy to protest while Pentagon defends military move Washington WHOEVER was to blame, the US air strikes which may have killed friendly fighters in Pakistan have inflamed the already touchy relations between Washington and Islamabad and could
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon SCHOOL NOW, WORK LATER
        108 24 Some 500 Cambodian school children on the march during a ceremony to mark World Against Child Labour Day in Phnom Penh yesterday. They urged parents to send their children to school rather than forcing them to work. The World Bank said that last year, about 1.5
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        Lock icon Furore over cash sent to Thai judge
        508 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Supreme Court sets up a probe after $83,000 is found stuffed in a parcel for judge Bangkok THAILAND'S Supreme Court has set up a committee to investigate an alleged attempt by a politician's lawyer to bribe a
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        Lock icon Thai ex-minister turns himself in to face charges
        262 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok FORMER Thai Cabinet minister Jakrapob Penkair yesterday turned himself over to police to face charges of insulting Thailand's revered monarchy in a speech about a military coup, police said. Jakrapob, 41, who faces 15 years in prison if convicted,
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        Lock icon Weakened Abu Sayyaf still in kidnap business
        478 25  -  Alastair Mclndoe NEWS ANALYSIS Latest abduction of TV anchor and crew shows group views journalists as a source of ransom By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THE kidnapping of a popular Philippine television anchor and a camera crew by suspected members of the Abu
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        Lock icon Police looking at new study on mud spew
        222 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta INDONESIAN police are considering using a new study which blames a "mud volcano" on bungled gas drilling as evidence in a criminal investigation into the disaster, a spokesman said yesterday. A study by foreign scientists released this week found
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        Lock icon Full access to Irrawaddy delta for UN, Asean teams
        428 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASEAN and UN experts will have full access to cyclone-devastated parts of Myanmar, where more than a million people, including 35,000 pregnant women, have still not received any foreign help. "Now we have 250-plus of our, what
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  428 words
    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Calls for debate over judge's bombshell
        685 28  -  Hazlin Hassan Parliament 'should discuss charges of political meddling in judicial system' By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur OPPOSITION lawmakers are calling for an emergency Parliament session in the face of a muted reaction from the government to sensational claims by a senior high
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        Lock icon Najib 'not challenging PM' for Umno's top post
        336 28 London MALAYSIA'S Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said he would not challenge embattled Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi for Umno's top post because he is a "true party man". Datuk Seri Najib said: "I have some options, but I am a true party
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    • FUEL PRICE HIKE FALLOUT
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        Lock icon Protesters to march on Petronas Towers today
        601 29  -  Reme Ahmad Police warn they will stop first major fuel hike protest by opposition parties By Assistant Foreign Editor In Kuala Lumpur ANGER among Malaysians over the recent steep hike in fuel prices will spill into downtown Kuala Lumpur today with the first
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        Lock icon IN US: Push to ban speculation in commodities
        325 29 NEW YORK TIMES Washington A TOP Washington lawmaker plans to propose that large institutional investors, including index funds, be banned from the nation's booming commodity markets. The idea is one of several outlined by Senator Joseph Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, who chairs
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        Lock icon IN EUROPE: Spain cracks down on protesters
        294 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Madrid SPANISH police cracked down on striking truckers, clearing blocked highways and arresting dozens, as Portuguese hauliers returned to work yesterday, easing chaos caused by protests over fuel prices. In a joint operation on late Wednesday, Spanish and French police cleared
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        Lock icon Soaring fuel prices scuttle Indian govt's work
        417 29 NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi SINCE a low-key economic liberaliser named Dr Manmohan Singh became Prime Minister four years ago, India's economy has soared by nearly 9 per cent a year on average and per capita income is nearly double that
        NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  417 words
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      27 10 Tibet's torch passage The Dalai Lama has appealed to Tibetans not to interfere with the Olympic torch relay as it passes through the capital Lhasa. PAGE 14
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      76 31 PUSHING FOR A 'YES' VOTE "At a time of growing economic uncertainty, it is in Ireland's vital national interest to have a reformed European Union working for it." PRIME MINISTER BRIAN COWEN, who wants the Irish to vote for the Lisbon Treaty PHOTO: PEOPLE
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      223 31 NEW YORK TIMES FOR Irish voter Dermot Gilmartin, the last straw was seeing an official struggle on television to answer questions about the Lisbon Treaty. Challenged on a technical point, he sputtered, began frantically rifling through his papers, then fell silent. For two and
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      660 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES A 'no' vote could pitch the EU into a period of crisis and institutional limbo Dublin A RAGTAG alliance ranging from ul-tra-rightwing Catholics to the far left, in a country with fewer people than Singapore,
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      457 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Twister killed four people when it ripped up a Boy Scout camp in lowa Blencoe (Iowa) AMERICA's deadliest tornado season in a decade has claimed six more victims, with storms levelling a Boy Scout camp in lowa
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      361 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Harare MILITIA members said to be loyal to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe allegedly burned alive the wife of an opposition party chief, media reports said yesterday. According to The Times of London, the incident took place last Friday when several
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        72 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HANOI: Former premier Vo Van Kiet, 85, who died on Wednesday in Singapore, will be buried on Sunday in Ho Chi Minh City, state media said yesterday. Two days of national mourning have been announced and flags will be flown at half-mast across the nation
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        109 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU: The Marine Corps said it was expelling a Marine and disciplining another for their roles in a video showing one of them hurling a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq. The 17-second video shows them joking before one throws the puppy.
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        108 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: At least one person was killed yesterday as heavy seasonal rain pounded southern Japan and triggered powerful mudslides, police said, as residents braced for more foul weather. A 73-year-old was crushed to death as she slept in her wooden home, which was
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        76 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: The authorities launched a series of raids this month on companies suspected of making and shipping pumps used to enrich uranium for North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. The investigation is based on information from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which inspected North
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        79 32 BEIJING: China's third manned space flight, the Shenzhou VII, with a crew of three has been set for October, state media reported yesterday. A short-list of six "taikonauts" has already been selected and would be whittled down to a crew of three, Xinhua news
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        90 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: Defence Minister Ehud Barak said yesterday that his Labor Party would lead a motion to dissolve Parliament later this month, stepping up pressure on the ruling Kadima Party to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he battles a corruption scandal. Mr Barak, whose party
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      686 33  -  Mark Rice-Oxley But Bill to extend police power faces stiff opposition in House of Lords By For The Straits Times In London BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown has survived his toughest parliamentary challenge since taking office by scraping through a crucial
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      358 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS London SECRET government documents on Al-Qaeda and Iraq that were found on a commuter train have prompted a major police investigation into the latest in a series of embarrassing security breaches, British officials said. The documents belonged to a
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      484 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS City pips established havens NY, LA as most conducive place to create, study says New York SANTA Fe, New Mexico, prides itself on being "The City Different", a community "brimming with bright, creative and energetic residents". It is,
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      193 34 Computers have apparently led to a fall in the number of visual artists and a rise in those calling themselves "designers", including Web designers. The number of art directors, fine artists and animators fell from around 280,000 in 1990 to around 220,000 in 2005.
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      320 34 LOS ANGELES TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Los Angeles A LONG-AWAITED obscenity trial opened and was promptly put on hold after revelations that the top federal judge hearing the case had posted sexually-explicit material on the Internet. Judge Alex Kozinski on Wednesday agreed to a
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      542 35 LOS ANGELES TIMES Washington THEY loved to hate Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton. They loved to hate Mrs Teresa Heinz Kerry. And now, it appears, conservative voices are energetically taking on Mrs Michelle Obama. "Mrs Grievance" bellowed the cover of a recent National Review
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      516 35 NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES/WASHINGTON POST, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Abrupt decision sparked by controversy over low-interest home loans that he received Chicago THE man leading Senator Barack Obama's search for a vice-presidential candidate resigned abruptly after questions about his business deals
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        511 36  -  SUSAN SACHS FORMER French President Jacques Chirac has launched a new career in humanitarian work after 40 years in local and national politics. Mr Chirac, 75, whose first year in retirement has been dogged by medical problems and corruption inquiries, formally opened his
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        117 36 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS GOOGLE co-founder Sergey Brin (right) wants to go to space and has made a US$5 million (556.85 million) down payment to book a seat on a private [light with Space Adventures. The full price lie will pay for the trip to the
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        162 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been accused of sexist double standards for insisting that a woman lawmaker seek anger management counselling when similar behaviour among male politicians was overlooked. He interrupted a business trip to Japan on Wednesday to telephone a warning
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        129 36 REUTERS MEXICO'S Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, celebrated his 43 rd birthday this week with a very short trip outside his house. In only his third outing in six years, Mr Uribe, sitting on his huge reinforced bed, was dragged
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      480 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES Assimilation policy saw kids taken forcibly from families Ottawa PRIME Minister Stephen Harper has made an official government apology to native Canadians for the country's past practice of taking aboriginal children from their families and putting them in
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      391 39 LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Washington HACKERS believed to be operating from China have broken into computers in the US Congress, apparently in search of information on Chinese dissidents, two Republican lawmakers have said. The hackers were not identified, but one of the lawmakers,
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      29 31 It's Santa Fe for the arts A report shows that the city has the highest concentration of artists in the US, surpassing New York and Los Angeles. PAGE 34
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      433 40 IN ITS often painfully slow pace of development, Japanese political drama resembles traditional Kabuki theatre. But a Kabuki audience is familiar with the plot and knows exactly what to expect next. In Japanese politics, it is often said that no one, including its actors, knows what
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      1814 40  -  fOHN THORNHILL, Kichard Milne Michael Steen THE FINANCIAL TIMES »CHIEF EXECUTIVE PAY IN EUROPE By WHEN Mr Wendelin Wiedeking, chief executive of the Porsche sports car company, became Europe's highest-paid businessman last year by earning an estimated 67 million euros (Ssl43 million), the head of
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      817 41  -  Michael Richardson SURGING OIL PRICE By For The Straits Times AS THE price of oil surged ever higher in recent weeks, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Taiwan have been forced to raise fuel prices by cutting energy subsidies, despite concerns about stoking inflation,
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      754 41  -  Dani Rodrik »THE SPENCE REPORT ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT By TWO-AND-A-HALF years ago, senior World Bank staff members approached Nobel laureate Michael Spence to ask him to lead a high-powered commission on economic growth. The question at hand could not have been more important. The "Washington
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      1065 42  -  Ong Weichong »BOMB ATTACK IN RURAL EXETER By For The Straits Times THE bomb attack on May 22 in Exeter sent Shockwaves through Britain. The first question that sprang to mind was why Exeter, which is a sleepy cathedral city of 111,000 in rural Devon. Exeter
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      1074 43  -  Lee Seng Giap »TEACHING CHINESE By For The Straits Times IMPROVING methods of teaching Chinese has become a subject of widespread concern because of the growing global interest in learning the language. Mr Victor Mair, an Australian teacher of the language, has this to say
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      31 40 Sound advice Some teachers believe that using Hanyu Pinyin is the best way to aid students in learning the Chinese language. PAGE 43 PUNCHLINES Ik i 'I.W/S/I —^r —-s tpt'v'C'D c
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      1630 44 IT HAS been said that clothes have got many a man a good job. Career counsellors at South East Community Development Council (CDC) will tell you shoes are equally important. Some time ago, a middle-aged woman who turned up at the CDC's job
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      386 44  -  KEITH LIN TWO years ago, Madam Aminah Awang was a pallid odd-job market stall assistant who fainted regularly while on the job. She earned $240 a month and would scrimp on meals to provide for the family. As a
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      1020 45  -  Clarissa Oon »CYBER MATTERS Online debate is easy the real challenge is in taking advocacy to the people By HUMAN rights have been the talk of Singapore's socio-politi-cal blogs this week after the Attorney-General criticised some "fanatics" for presuming that their view of individual
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      1039 45  -  Sue-Ann Chia »THE POST-65ERS By JUST before I boarded a plane at Changi Airport last week, I bought The Audacity Of Hope, the autobiography of United States Senator Barack Obama. Before I'd finished reading the book, he had clinched the Democratic Party's
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      884 49  -  Lee Hui Chieh New scheme hopes to reach more women by including pap smears and mammograms By MRS Esther Huang da Silva, 64, is alive today because she went for a mammogram under a national breast cancer screening programme. That check in March 2002
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      256 49  -  Sujin Thomas By AN EXPATRIATE housewife living in Farrer Road has become the latest victim of chikungunya fever here, the Ministry of Health said last night. The 37-year-old developed symptoms of the mosquito-borne disease last Friday, sought outpatient treatment two days later and is currently
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      652 50  -  Serene Luo Escapees were caugh but details point to complacency and breach of procedure By MEMBERS of Parliament, security experts and ordinary Singaporeans said they were shocked at Wednesday's double escape attempt at the Subordinate Courts, coming just four months after the break-out of Jemaah
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      523 50  -  Chong Chee Kin Carolyn Quek By EACH time a detainee at the Subordinate Courts leaves his cell in the lock-up area, he has to put his hands through a small opening at the side of the cell door so that he can be handcuffed first. Officers
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      341 50 Since 1989, there have been seven reported attempts by detainees to break out of the Subordinate Courts. All escapees were later apprehended. Sept 20, 2007 Names: Mohammad Noorhairy Khairuddin (right), 26, and Rizuwan Roslan, 23 What happened: They slipped away from their guard
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        66 50 A PEDESTRIAN in his mid-40s died in hospital on Wednesday, almost three weeks after being hit by a taxi along Yishun Ring Road. The man was knocked down near Yishun Avenue 2 while trying to cross the road from the centre divider on
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        100 50 TWO cars were broken into in the Rochor area on Wednesday. At about 2pm, a man in his mid-20s parked his car in Rochor Centre. He later found his right passenger window smashed and his laptop bag missing from the back seat. It contained clothes,
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      240 50 LUCK ran out a second time for an essential oils factory in Woodlands Terrace when two workers, carrying out salvage work after a fire struck last Friday, somehow set off a second blaze yesterday evening. The pair were believed to have been using a
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      375 51  -  Teh Joo Lin Officer cadet was on jungle trek with five others in Brunei By GROUPED with five others, Officer Cadet (OCT) Clifton Lam Jia Hao started his trek into the thick jungles of Brunei at about 8.45am on Wednesday, fortified after breakfast
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      207 51 THREE layers of medical checks had passed Officer Cadet (OCT) Clifton Lam Jia Hao as fitter than most. Pre-enlistee medical screening All servicemen have to answer a medical questionnaire that highlights any medical problems in their history. There is also a battery of checks which include
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      566 51  -  Jermyn Chow Amelia Tan He had told his instructor he felt fine before start of training walk By RECRUIT Andrew Cheah Wei Siong was at the half-way mark of his 2km training walk at the Basic Military Training Centre on Pulau Tekong
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      747 51  -  Judith Tan Teh Joo Lin By SHOULD young men going for their national service (NS) be screened more comprehensively for heart conditions? A cardiologist in private practice said this can perhaps prevent sudden cardiac death. Cardiologist Leslie Lam is one of several heart
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      556 52  -  Teh Joo Lin ST helps cousin of man in coma to locate his family; son dies 15 minutes after mum leaves hospital By MORE than 20 years ago, Mr William Rajasingam Kasinathan became estranged from his family. He lost touch with his mother, sister
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      402 52  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent MOHAMMED Ismail Ariffin had a strange fixation. Whenever he saw a woman, he would want to touch or even smell her. His particular fetish: smelling their armpits. Over 15 months, he molested 23 women from girls as young
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      117 52 It's the mid-year school holidays, and not everyone has set off for faraway places. Many children are finding their fun closer to home. Photojournalist WANG HUI FEN finds out what they have been up to over the next four pages PUTT IT RIGHT THERE Hitting
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      383 53  -  Eisen Teo Stephanie Song By IT WAS raining sheets of paper, shoes, cartons and plastic containers at Block 331, Clementi Avenue 2 yesterday morning. After receiving a call at 9.15 am, the police showed up and cordoned off the void deck of the
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      213 53  -  ELENA CHONG YET another illegal drug peddler was jailed yesterday for selling sexual-enhancement drugs in the backlane of Desker Road. Police arrested Tang Joo Hock, 60, for hawking medicinal products containing a potent drug, sildenafil, in the red-light area off Jalan Besar on March 14. Sildenafilis
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      504 53  -  Elena Chong Chinese national nabbed when targeted victim caught on to scam and called police By Courts Correspondent A RETIREE who realised he was being lied to on the phone about his son being kidnapped coolly played along with the caller. Mr Goh 800 Sing, 55,
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      69 53 ITS A FAMILY AFFAIR Six-year-old kindergarten pupil Faustina Yeo and her 16-year-old brother Jamie roll up their sleeves and help out at their parents' Redhill market drinks stall. Jamie, a Secondary 4 student at Gan Eng Seng Secondary School, said the mid-year break gave him
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      729 54  -  Chua Hian Hou But telcos are feeling the pinch with ad blitz and dangling of attractive freebies By TELCOS have never been shy about attracting new customers, but their marketing blitz in recent months has reached near-manic levels. Malls are
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      298 54  -  Alfred Siew By Technology Correspondent WHILE the competition between cellphone companies has not led to direct price drops, there are now packages that offer savings and extra goodies. As a sign of the intense competition, all three telecom operators offer their most popular plans at
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      367 54  -  CHUA HIAN HOU UNTIL details like price and subscription plans are revealed, it will be hard to gauge how potent a weapon the Apple iPhone 3G will be in SingTel's arsenal. Sing Tel announced on Tuesday that it had an exclusive deal to bring in
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      66 54 WHO NEEDS A SKI SLOPE? Armed with a discarded cardboard box and a healthy imagination, 10-year-old Syaridzwan Muhd and his friends hit the grassy hills near their Commonwealth Crescent home. The Primary 4 pupil at Westgrove Primary School said he loved the school
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      746 55  -  Lim Heng Liang LIM HENG LIANG uuii packs are touted as a way to dissuade youth from smoking but smokers think it won't worl By NO BRANDS in eye-catching hues. Just a graphic health warning on a black-and-white box, with the name printed in uniform
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      370 55  -  Melissa Sim By WHILE the life expectancy of Singaporeans is increasing, studies show that the average person is unhealthy for about a decade of their life. Yesterday, experts from around the world gathered in Singapore to discuss the problem and to examine
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      77 55 TIME TO READ FOR GRANDMA It's off to Bishan Community Library for Pearlyn Loh, eight, and her grandmother Madam Tan Sok Eng, 72, so the Primary 2 pupil at Mcc Toh School can play translator. Granny picks a topic she likes
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      440 56  -  Yeo Ghim Lay Big attractions like IRs and Grand Prix likely to spur growth in air traffic By DESPITE a grim outlook for the global aviation industry, Singapore can still look ahead to air-traffic growth in the years ahead, said Transport
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      141 56 SINGAPORE and Indonesia concluded a fifth round of talks on their maritime boundaries yesterday. The two governments reported "substantive progress" towards reaching an agreement on the boundary between Singapore and Indonesia in the western part of the Singapore Strait. In a joint statement
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        116 56 THE Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Practitioners Board has taken action against two individuals for offering TCM services at their shops even though they were not registered to do so. Kwok Khee Yit, a partner and manager of Thye Seng Tong Medical Hall at Tampines Street 23,
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        83 56 PENDER Road towards Mount Faber Road will be closed from 7.30 am to 10.30 am this Sunday for the Mizuno Mount Faber Run. During the road closure, only police and emergency vehicles can access Mount Faber Road via Pender Road. Parking restrictions along side roads will
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      604 60  -  Kor Kian Beng Difficult areas to be examined before Asean human rights body can be set up By ASEAN countries need consensus on several difficult questions if an Asean human rights commission is to be set up, said Ambassador at Large Tommy Koh
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      326 60 Mr Raymond Lim (below, right), Second Foreign Affairs Minister, listed three broad criteria for a new Asean human rights body when he delivered the keynote address at a workshop to discuss the human rights mechanism that is being set up under the Asean
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      295 60  -  Zakir Hussain By A LOOSE group of nine activists who came together in September last year to raise awareness of human rights here has disbanded. SG Human Rights Singaporeans for Human Rights announced on its website yesterday it "is no more". The group, which
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      638 61  -  Jeremy Au Yong ARREST OF FORMER SINGAPOREAN He allegedly insulted another judge in 2006 e-mail, the 2nd charge in 2 weeks By FORMER Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Pallichadath Nair, 58, faces a new charge of insulting a High Court judge while she was
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      102 61 IMPORTERS here have been told to stop bringing in three types of tomatoes from the United States. The varieties are raw red plum tomatoes, red Roma tomatoes and round red tomatoes, said the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA). The move
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      107 61 Residents of Block 45 in Stirling Road make their way out of a temporary elevator as the lift operator, Mr P.Palanivel, 23, (left) stands by. The temporary elevator (far left) is connected to the exterior of the block while lift-upgrading works are being carried out.
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      604 63  -  Sue-Ann Chia Yaw Shin Leong says change of heart partly prompted by criticism against him By WORKERS' Party (WP) leader Yaw Shin Leong, who won praise and criticism alike for disclosing that he had voted for the People's Action Party (PAP) in
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      538 65  -  Esther Tan SMRT reaches a compromise with condo over pruning of trees close to train tracks in Bedok By SMRT has backed down from a demand that a condominium in Bedok trim its trees, which the train operator earlier said were
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      580 68  -  Melissa Sim But the shelter outside which a baby girl was murdered seems to have allowed male visitors in its visitors' room By A STRICT "no male visitors" policy is adhered to at St George's Place, a crisis centre for women.
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      403 69  -  Yeo Ghim Lay George Yeo highlights growing ties with Yemen and Middle East By SINGAPORE is stepping up ties with the Middle East and is set to be a major hub in the region for Arabs, said Foreign Minister George
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      73 71 The humble paper food container won a top environmental award on Wednesday. Microwave Packaging, the company that developed the eco-friendly replacement for plastic and styrofoam takeaway containers, was one of four firms honoured at the Singapore Green Summit. Here are the three others. ST
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      79 72 Singapore Environmental Achievement Award What award is for: Excellence in environmental management practices Merit winner: Grand Hyatt Hotel Singapore What it did: Overhauled its air-conditioning and ventilation systems to make them more efficient Installed automated taps in common restrooms to save water Recycled materials like used print
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      132 72 Singapore Environmental Achievement Award What award is for: Excellence in environmental management practices Top achiever: Property developer Capita Land What it did: Used a tracking system to assess the environmental performance of 150 properties worldwide. The system examined aspects such as energy and water
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      95 72 Inaugural Efficiently Developing Growing Enterprise (Edge) Award What award is for: It recognises small- and medium-size businesses that invest in energy efficiency and environmentally friendly technology Winner: Ship interior-design and refurbishment company Marc-Plan What it did: Incoming faxes are stored on
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      343 72  -  He Zongying By SHE may be a greenie, but 23-year-old Regina Oon's passion for the environment is not shared by her family, which has meant having to work doubly hard to suss out sponsorships for overseas research and volunteering trips. But she does not let
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      633 73  -  Shobana Kesava While environmentalists want a ban, some feel minimising use would do By THE humble plastic bag has found itself back in the limelight once more, with environment enthusiasts pushing for a complete ban on the bags while others say otherwise. Those rubbishing a ban argue that
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      349 74 Mr N. Sivasothi, coordinator of the annual International Coastal Cleanup Singapore, can attest to this. Last year, its volunteers collected 2,600 kg of trash along East Coast Park alone. Current campaigns pitched by NEA and the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) do not aim for an
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      232 74  -  SHOBANA KESAVA SINGAPORE'S move to minimise the use of plastic bags is far from radical. In 2002, Bangladesh was the first country to ban them as the millions of plastic bags contributed to blocked drains, worsening floods. Indian states, starting with Maharashtra, followed suit in 2005,
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      81 49 When it comes to choosing a mobile service provider... We've got all the reasons covered. X Sing Tel K£AHfX\Co) [i7(o)r°) Showrooms: 370 Übißd 3- Tel *****888 and 255 Alexandra Rd.Tel 6339 9880, ■fc s sfc^^ Be invited to watch the Honda F1 team 'U-tf^fcTtTTt 3%. ■»^«""Z-/bUy^^L/ in action at the
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      64 53 Cases on the rise THE number of kidnapping hoaxes has risen sharply. There were 385 reported cases in the first five months of this year, as compared to 81 last year. Last year, four scams 4.9 per cent were pulled off. This success rate has stayed fairly stable so far
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      186 59 S?#x S.T i J I IH I L i ji Bb B^B 1(1 s^^tf 9V A I; I Lfi I *1 I ■■E WH m^l Bh^ A I -^^^^^^^■181 Br 4V W Br X^F Almost everyone in Singapore is with Sing Tel either through a mobile or fixed line. And
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      199 65 A weekly look at what to watch out for in the world of consumers. Figures, case study and tips come from the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case). The world of cars IQQ I No. of cases filed v?^ I (January to December 2007) Top complaint Failure to honour contract. CASE
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      182 75  -  M. Lukshumayeh I REFER to the article, "Bumper harvests look likely to check food prices" (ST, June 9). It quotes various sources as saying that because of the bumper harvests, consumers can expect lower food prices. However, the sources also state that
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      300 75  -  Chan Wei Kien (Mdm) 'CLEAN' VEHICLES I AM a car owner who is interested in purchasing a new car and installing a compressed natural gas (CNG) kit. The reason for this is that CNG is more environmentally friendly and I can
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      140 75  -  David Han I REFER to the article, "s2m cheat blows it all on gambling" (ST, June 10). I wonder if there was a security lapse that allowed offender Ng Ting Hwa to leave the country. The police had kept his passport, so how did
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      236 75  -  Dr Lim Boon Hee I REFER to the article, "Army recruit collapses and dies during training walk" (ST, June 11). It is not enough to say that the boy was not carrying any physical loads and water parades were duly complied with. Additional questions
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      224 75  -  Chia Chek Ngee MY FATHER, who has been a taxi driver for about 20 years, has encountered customers who failed to pay their fares on a number of occasions. I am writing to suggest three possible solutions for cabbies with similar encounters: Let the
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      119 75  -  James Tan IT USED to be that the prices of alcoholic beverages sold at Changi Airport's duty-free shops were said to be the lowest, compared with other airports in the region. If I recollect correctly, it was even stated that one would be paid
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        109 75  -  Lim Siang Choo (Mdm) ON JUNE 6, I took a taxi to my nephew's home in Serangoon on learning that he needed to be admitted to hospital for a high fever. Later, my sister called to say he had been taken to the XX Women's and
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        42 75  -  Gwendolyn Tan (Ms) I AM writing to thank Chun, who lives in Bishan, who found my Samsung cellphone at the Orchard MRT station on June 5. He contacted my parents and best friend to return my phone.
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        66 75  -  Jayesh Doshi ON June 6, my father, who is in his 70s, fainted at a bus stop in Sims Avenue, and injured his knee and arm. Eric and his friend, Gary, went to help him. They contacted me on their cellphone so that I could
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        46 75  -  Vincent Gabriel I WISH to thank the staff of Kembangan MRT station, who helped me on Monday when I fainted at the station. They took me to the staff room and gave me refreshments. Later, they helped me into a taxi.
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      177 75  -  Karen Tan (Ms) MR PAUL Chan asked: "Why are doctors dragging their feet over itemising their bills?" (ST, June 6). The Ministry of Health (MOH) expects our doctors to be open and transparent with their patients on their medical bills, since we issued
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      248 75  -  Sim Soo Kheng (Ms) WE REFER to Madam Tan Poh Geok's letter, "Help professional women retrain to rejoin workforce" (ST, June 2). We would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused to Madam Tan. We will ensure that it does not recur. A career
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      331 75  -  Lim Hock San I REFER to the letters, "Moving Singapore Pools outlets won't do" (ST, June 9) by Mr Quah Kai Sheng, and "Slap gamblers with hard figures on money spent" by Ms Syu Ying Kwok (ST, June 9). The National Council on
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      43 75 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes.com. Access to letters online is free. 'SURE FAIL1 EXAMS: Set them more equitably NOT TRUE: Most animal feed unfit for humans WEDDING MONEY: Dilemma of how much to give RSI RADIO: Saddened by swan song
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      695 78  -  Wang Meng Meng Big Phil is Chelsea's new manager with a $270 m war chest to buy players By In Geneva IT WAS past 10pm, the crowd had deserted the Stade de Geneve and the victorious Portuguese fans had gone off to celebrate their team's 3-1 win
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      142 79 "It's at the end of the battle that you count the dead." RAYMOND DOMENECH (right), France coach, warning that it was too early to write his team off "I think they have a lot of problems in defence." COSMIN CONTRA, Romania defender, hoping the Italians will
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      280 79 Franck Ribery (left) v Giovanni van Bronckhorst (right) Ribery was France's most inventive player in the stalemate against Romania. The Bayern Munich winger has the trickery and penetrative passing to provide openings for their underperforming attack. Dutch left-back van Bronckhorst spent much of the game against Italy overlapping
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      775 79 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NETHERLANDS v FRANCE No more turmoil in Oranje dressing room, while Gallas disagrees with French coach Lausanne (Switzerland) IT WAS supposed to be the other way round. The Netherlands should be the ones in trouble, instead of being on the verge of
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      784 79  -  Rob Hughes COMMENTARY By In Basel FELIPE Scolari is a born winner, and Roman Abramovich has one of the world's richest purses. On Wednesday night, as Big Phil's Portuguese team became the first team to qualify for the knock-out phase of Euro 2008, so his
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      486 79 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS ITALY v ROMANIA Zurich (Switzerland) WITH his job on the line in today's clash with Romania, Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has found solace in history. He was part of a team who were shocked by Ireland in
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      143 80 "This is June and this is Switzerland and Austria, and there are going to be storms." WILLIAM GAILLARD, Uefa spokesman, after Turkey v Switzerland was played In pouring rain "It is still in our hands to qualify from the group. As long as we play against Turkey
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      105 80 PHOTOS GOAL SCORER: Getting a shot on target (above) to put Portugal back in front against the Czech Republic, and turning away to celebrate with Nuno Gomes (below). CREATOR: Leaving Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech stranded with a square pass, which left Ricardo Quaresma an empty net to
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      657 80  -  Wang Meng Meng They respond to call by coach not to play like angels and come off 3-1 winners By In Stade Geneve (Geneva) BATTERED, bruised but refusing to bow down, Portugal showed emphatically that they will not be easily kicked out of Euro 2008.
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      387 80 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Feusisberg (Switzerland) SWITZERLAND grappled yesterday with how their Euro 2008 went all wrong: two losses, elimination, injuries to their three best strikers and the coach's wife in an induced coma. The referees also took a hit: the refusal to give a
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      207 80 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROONEY WEDS: Wayne Rooney is making good use of his spare time, given that England failed to qualify for Euro 2008. He married his childhood sweetheart, Coleen McLoughlin, in a ceremony on the Italian Riviera yesterday. The couple braved rainy weather to exchange vows at the
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      103 81 Italy's do-or-die match against Romania takes place on Friday the 13th and is the 13th match of the 13th European Championship. Luckily for the world champions, the unlucky number in Italy is 17. Unfortunately, for them, Italy's final Group of death game against France
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      293 81 The next time a controversial goal is scored, players on the receiving end may have lost a bargaining chip for their protests. You see (and now you cannot), when Ruud van Nistelrooy put the Netherlands ahead against Italy on Monday, Luca Toni protested vehemently against
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      348 81 Russia need to be streetwise and fast, says Hiddink ASSOCIATED PRESS Leogang (Austria) RUSSIA need to get smart at the European Championship, and they need to do it fast. Spain exposed the inexperience of Guvs Hiddink's young team in their 4-1 demolition in Innsbruck, repeatedly punishing Russian mistakes with swift
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      699 81 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Fabregas, a driving force in Arsenal, is a little tired of not starting for Spain Neustift (Austria) FRANCESC Fabregas is not used to this type of treatment. The Spain midfielder, the engine in Arsenal's renowned attack, has failed to cement a place
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      361 81 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Neustift (Austria) SPAIN meet Sweden in a European Championship match tomorrow with an unwanted distraction: star striker Fernando Torres' unhappiness. Spain's defenders know they must keep Swedish strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrik Larsson on a tight leash to help maintain momentum following their
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      207 81 SPAIN striker David Villa, the first player to score a hat-trick at Euro 2008, has a hairline fracture to his finger. He injured it while celebrating his first goal against Russia by hugging teammate Fernando Torres on Tuesday. He is not the first player to injure
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      654 82  -  Leonard Lim »SOCCER They face Spore in last game at Kallang, needing just one point By A CHANGE of coach five days before a World Cup qualifier. Possibly having to do without star striker and last year's Asian Player of the Year, Yasser Al-Qahtani. Such
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      99 82 What: Singapore v Saudi Arabia When: Tomorrow, 7.30pm Where: National Stadium Tickets Early bird special Grandstand: $15. Gallery (Adult): $6. Gallery (Student): $2. For secondary/junior college/ITE students only. Available today at all S-League clubs (office hours) and the Football Association of Singapore office at Jalan Besar Stadium (llam-7pm).
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      543 82 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul THE Group of Death in Asian World Cup qualifying has belatedly sprung to life. Australia, China, Qatar and Iraq enter tomorrow's games knowing that anyone of them can reach the final round or see their 2010 dreams dashed. The top
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      306 82 London ENGLISH Premier League chairman Dave Richards called himself an idiot for blaming the huge influx of foreign players for England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008. His comments, made at a sports conference in Dubai last month and reported by The Guardian
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      118 82 ASTON Villa have rejected Liverpool's latest £15 million (Ss4o million) offer for captain and midfielder Gareth Barry, despite the player indicating his desire to move to Anfield. Martin O'Neill, the Villa manager, is resigned to Barry's departure but is insisting on the princely
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      366 82 Federer's sharp on favourite surface grass ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »TENNIS London IT WAS just what the doctor ordered. In his first game since being humiliated in the French Open final by Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer breezed past Germany's Michael Berrer 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the Halle
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      260 83  -  TERRENCEVOON BADMINTON THERE was heartbreak for Boonsak Ponsana and Pi Hongyan on the second day of competition at the US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) Aviva Open Singapore yesterday. Boonsak, the men's defending champion, fell to unheralded Malaysian Kuan Beng Hong after an epic one-hour battle
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      639 83  -  Terrence Voon "Everybody in Malaysia says badminton is their biggest hope for an Olympic gold." LEE CHONG WEI. The in-form Malaysian (below) is likely to be the biggest threat to China's world No 1 Lin Dan in Beijing Shuttler admits pressure is on him
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      372 83 MEN (selected) 2nd rd, singles: Andrew Smith (Eng) bt Petr Koukal (Cze) 21-13 21-19, Joachim Persson (Den) bt Arvind Bhat (Ind) 21-11 25-27 21-15, Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Wong Choong Hann (Mas) 17-21 21-5 21-9, Simon Santoso (Ina) bt Shoji Sato (Jpn) 21-19 21-14, Sairul Amar
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      688 84 ASSOCIATED PRESS England-Windies first step in Stanford's plan to make Twenty2o bigger than soccer London ALLEN Stanford arrived by helicopter at the home of cricket, bringing with him millions in cash and plans to revolutionise the sport. Sharply dressed, the Tex-as-born billionaire sat behind a crateload of
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      345 84 ASSOCIATED PRESS »RUGBY Auckland AN ENGLAND rugby team with an eye on the future will meet an All Blacks team, haunted by their past, in the first of two Tests at Eden Park tomorrow. England's caretaker coach, Rob Andrew, said the match, at the
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      496 84  -  Christopher Ong SAILING By ON LAND, they are your average teenagers who enjoy playing games on the Sony Play Station Portable (PSP). At sea, Optimist sailors Russell Kan, Luke Tan, and Rachel Lee, all 15 years old, and Darren Choy, 14, are
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      357 84  -  Soh Kai Wee By FORGET your iPods, MP3 players and earphones at the Nike+ Human Race 10K. Live music will be blaring along parts of the race route and it will climax with popular American rock band, Boys Like Girls, performing
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      Lock icon Champion Granger aims for top-3 finish
      316 84 TRIATHLON By Lin Xinyi BELINDA Granger will be back in September to defend her Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore women's title. The 37-year-old Australian is expecting nothing less than a podium finish. Her confidence is not unfounded, having won Ironman Malaysia in February and Ironman
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      61 85 The 1956 Games in Melbourne saw some weighty decisions. American weightlifter Charles Vinci was 200gm too heavy for the bantamweight division. A "severe haircut" solved matters, and he went on to win the gold. In the super-heavyweight class, his compatriot Paul Anderson was tied with Argentinian
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      637 85 REUTERS Under pressure, the ex-Olympic champ considered suicide before 1992 Games Jinchang (China) CHINA may be expecting a huge medal haul from their athletes at the Beijing Olympics. But Gao Mm, the country's one-time Diving Queen, believes the pressure on them to deliver gold
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      809 85 NEW YORK TIMES Qiandao Lake (China) WHEN Igor Grinko, a former Soviet coach with an impressive resume, agreed to take over the Chinese rowing team four years ago, Olympic officials outlined their expectations with a simple equation: one gold equals 1,000 silvers. "Silver?
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      181 85 THE surge in rowing, a sport that is completely foreign to most of China, is part of what government officials call the 119 Project. Launched in 2000 as China was bidding to host its first Olympics, the 119 Project is the official plan to strike gold in
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      152 85 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London WORLD eventing champion Zara Phillips, the granddaughter of Britain's Queen Elizabeth 11, has withdrawn from the Beijing Olympics due to an injury to her horse, Toytown. An injury to the same horse also led to Phillips, 27, missing the 2004 Athens
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      287 85 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Berlin PARALYMPIAN Oscar Pistorius does not believe he has a chance of qualifying to run with able-bodied athletes in the 400 metres at the Beijing Olympics. "The competitions in which I'm now participating are only good for keeping me fit," said the
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        95 85 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea's weightlifters are using ginseng to improve their prospects of Olympic glory thanks to a timely donation. The Korea Weightlifting Federation said the state-run Korea Ginseng Corporation last month agreed to provide 30 sets of red ginseng extract each month for two
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        132 85 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: More than 4,000 Chinese have been named "Aoyun" (Chinese for "Olympic Games") in an apparent nod to the Beijing Olympics, state media reported on Wednesday. According to the police-run centre for information on identity, 92 per cent of the 4,104 Chinese who
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      676 86 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BASKETBALL After woeful Game 3, Celtics stars confident they will put in better shooting performance Los Angeles PAUL Pierce and Kevin Garnett must bounce back from horrible shooting performances if the Boston Celtics are to keep the Los Angeles Lakers from
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      230 86 ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHN Lauro, the lawyer for former National Basketball Association referee Tim Donaghy, claimed that a 2002 play-off series was manipulated to go to seven games. He also alleged that a 2005 series was also manipulated. Although the 2002 game was not named specifically, Donaghy's
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      566 86 ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles ARE National Basketball Association games fixed? That is the debate that is overshadowing the current Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. On Tuesday, John Lauro, the lawyer for former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, claimed
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      595 86 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS »GOLF San Diego YEARS of heartbreak have not dimmed Phil Mickelson's affection for the US Open. The gruelling tournament has left him baffled and beaten four times by the narrowest of margins but still the world No 2
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      370 86 CYCLING Dauphine Libere race, 3rd stage (31km time trial starting and finishing at Saint-Paul-en-Jarez): 1 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne 44min 59sec 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana +19sec 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto +20 4 Mikel Astarloza (Esp) Euska-tel-Euskadi +lmin 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis +1:01. Overall standings: 1
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        62 86 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Manchester United defender Patrice Evra signed a four-year extension to his contract yesterday, keeping him at the club until at least June 2012. Evra signed for United from AS Monaco in January 2006 and has made 98 appearances, scoring two
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        86 86 ASSOCIATED PRESS STOCKHOLM: Ove Andersson, a former rally driver and Toyota Formula One team principal, died Wednesday in a car crash in South Africa. He was 70. The Swede was participating in the Milligan Vintage Trial rally and crashed head-on with another car
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        64 86 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAINT-PAUL-EN-JAREZ: Tour de France green jersey champion Tom Boonen has been barred from next month's race in the wake of a positive test for cocaine. Race director Christian Prudhomme said on Wednesday that Boonen would not be at the Brest start line on July
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      90 78 Hopes of a nation Malaysia's golden hopes in badminton at the Olympics rest on the shoulders of Lee Chong Wei, and he knows it. PAGE H36 f^ W ITODAY /i&A Grou Pc \\&y4J Italy v Romania (Live, Ch3o, midnight) _W Netherlands v France (Live, Ch3o, tomorrow, 2.45am) EURO2OOB ™?d ROW
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      64 78 Scolari factfile Born: 1948 in Rio Grande 1995: Won Copa do Su, Brazil. Libertadores with Gremio Played: Defender with 1996: Won Brazilian Aymore, Caxias, Novo League title Hamburgo, Juventude and 1999: Led Palmeiras to CSA Copa Libertadores 1991: Coached Criciuma 2002: Guided Brazil to to the Brazilian Cup World Cup
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      77 82 It ain't much without the Dutch Join the Orange Army and watch the Euro 2008 matches LIVE Feel the Av^ EUF.D_2@©B fever at the Hollandse Club ALL ARE WELCOME f\&t cX Giant screens sV> ot "*e he o Special Dutch SnaCkS (like CheesesouHees, ffß^ if. Bamischijven, Bitterballen, Funkidellen) drinks J
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      97 86 TV times BASKETBALL: NBA Finals, Game 4: Boston v Lakers (Live, Ch23, 9am). CRICKET: Natwest International Twenty2o: England v New Zealand (Live, Chi 10, tomorrow, 12.28 am). CYCLING: Dauphine Libere: Day 5 (Live, Chi 13, 9.15pm). GOLF: US Open: Day 2 (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, lam). SOCCER: Euro 2008, Gp B:
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      185 87 JULIA HURAY (THEN YUN TJEN) Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 12 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by all loved ones. Husband: Safar Huray Son: Daughter-in-law: Anthony Huray Susanti H. Huray Grandsons: Granddaughter-in-law: Robert Huray Cheryl Ong Felix Huray Hanson Huray Granddaughters: Dwisanti Huray Jadey Huray Greatgrandson: Christian
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      141 87 First Anniversary In Loving Memory of r Simon Gwee Boon Seng Departed on 13th June 2007 One year has passed but the memory of you still lingers. Just a brief moment of thoughts our tears still flow. You will be with us past, present and future., wherever and whatever we
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      47 87 AL-FATIHAH Allahyarham HAJI ARSHAD BIN NOR passed away peacefully on 9.6.2008 The family of the late beloved Haji Arshad Bin Nor wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives friends for their kind attendance prayers during the recent bereavement. 81k407 #11-68 ClementiAve 1 Tel: 6778 5425
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      74 87 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever" Psalm 23:6 First Anniversary In Loving Memory of Tan Joo Lang Maria 22 May 1954 -13 June 2007 The pain, emptiness and longing... Just one more
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      21 87 IN LOVING MEMORY OF LOI GEOK ENG Departed 13.6.87 Always remembered by Husband HAN ENG MIN, children and all loved ones.
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      44 87 In Ever Loving Memory Of SENIVASAN S/O MANNARSAMY Departed 13/6/1996 Your presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You were the kind of father, Your loved ones will never forget. Always remembered by Wife, children, grandchildren and all loved ones
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      152 87 "My Soul Finds Rest in God Alone, My Salvation Comes From Him" Psalm 62:1 WILLIAM (Willie) LEE GUAN LOCK Age: 73 Passed away peacefully on 11 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Ex-Wife: Wife: Phang Alice Kerh GeokWhee Sons: Daughters-in-law: God-children: Paul Joey Lee Kheng Ann
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      55 87 In Loving Memory Of Mr Yap Chwee Hock Departed on 13.06.2007 It has been a year since you departed from us but our deep love and respect for you remains in our hearts. Always remembered for your wit, love, generosity and kindness. Dearly missed and forever cherished by wife, sons,
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      38 87 "Be thou faithful until death and I shall give thee a crown of life". Revelations 2:10. In Loving Memory of I MdmKuekPhuayChoo (MrsTanSooChye) Departed on 13 June 2007 Deeply Loved and Fondly Remembered by Family and Loved Ones.
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      77 87 'Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.' John 14:27 PETER S/O MARIMUTHU Age: 46 was called home to be with the Lord on 11 June 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Selvam Sigamani Gnianam Mr Mrs Thomas Mr Mrs John Mr Mrs Robert Mr Mrs Sagivaraj nephews, nieces
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      22 87 In Loving Memory of DANIEL FRANCIS LEE Departed 13 June 2004 Sadly missed and forever cherished b) Dad, Damien, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins.
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      515 89 REUTERS Stella Artois and Beck's owner Inßev seeks to buy Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch New York BREWING giant Inßev has launched a U5546.3 billion (5563.54 billion) bid to buy An-heuser-Busch, as it seeks to create the world's largest brewer with the biggest-ever takeover
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      425 89 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York AMERICAN International Group (AIG) investors holding more than 100 million shares demanded that chief executive officer (CEO) Martin Sullivan be replaced after the world's largest insurer lost 43 per cent of its value this year. Mr Shelby Davis of
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      31 89 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,888.6 (-294.88 points) »Japanese shares closed down 2.08 per cent after Wall Street tumbled overnight as a fresh spike in crude oil prices hit sentiment.
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      26 89 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 5329.2 (-138.1 points) Australian shares closed 2.5 per cent lower on concerns over high fuel costs and interest rates.
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      142 89 June 12 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2920 1.3070 Can dollar 1.3360 1.3520 Euro 2.1200 2.1430 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4207 0.4213 NZ dollar 1.0270 1.0500 Sterling pound 2.6770 2.7070 US dollar 1.3640
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      478 90 ASSOCIATED PRESS It seeks to make industry more transparent and draw new players Washington FEDERAL regulators on Wednesday proposed new rules designed to stem conflicts of interest, expand disclosure for Wall Street's credit rating industry and flag the ratings of more complex securities.
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      410 90 REUTERS Washington THE United States Federal Reserve's new credit facility for Wall Street firms substantially reduces the chances that investment bank Lehman Brothers, or any similar institution, would face the same crisis of confidence that brought down Bear Steams in March. On Monday,
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      527 90 NEW YORK TIMES Massachusetts THE United States economy sputtered along last month and in the last weeks of April, as Americans spent less and overall growth stayed soft, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday. In a report, the Fed sent a reminder
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      534 91 Deal could give Sony full control of world's No. 2 music company Tokyo BERTELSMANN, the German media group, is seeking US$l.2 billion to US$l.5 billion (551.65 billion to 552.06 billion) to pull out of its music joint venture with Sony, the Financial Times
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      498 92  -  Yang Huiwen By AN OIL industry expert yesterday warned that crude oil prices are likely to stay above US$lOO a barrel for the next few years. But this was hardly bad news for the Singapore audience listening to the
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      139 92 REUTERS SKYROCKETING fuel prices over the past few weeks have led to protests and significant policy changes in countries in Asia, which boasts two of the world's fastest-emerging economies China and India. The surge in oil prices worldwide and a consequent hike in petrol prices in
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      617 92 BLOOMBERG NEWS High demand during US summer driving season and weaker dollar add fuel to fire New York CRUDE oil rose by more than US$5 a barrel in New York on Wednesday after a United States government report showed inventories unexpectedly fell
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      538 93  -  Michelle Tay Republic's share of bustling industry up by 50% in just three years, survey shows By SINGAPORE is making waves in the lucrative global environment and water industry covering water recycling and pollution control. Although the Republic's global market share is still
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      504 93 REUTERS INVESTORS should have no exposure to emerging Asian stocks as rising inflation is threatening to hurt regional currencies, HSBC said in a report. This drastic recommendation by the global bank contrasts with its previous stance that such stocks should make up
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      564 94  -  Nicholas Fang Higher proportions of these groups also don't pay the sum owed in full: Study By HIGHER percentages of young adults and divorcees are either missing credit card payments or paying only part of the sum owing and carrying over the
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      342 94  -  Lee Su Shyan By PARKWAY Holdings has defied the volatile market conditions to successfully raise $785.7 million in one of the largest rights issues staged here. The response to the health-care group's issue was so strong that it was 1.5 times
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      483 94  -  Yang Huiwen By MOST of the new listings on the Singapore Exchange this year have not escaped the harsh winds that have buffeted the stock market. Of the 15 initial public offerings (IPOs) launched to date, 10 or two-thirds are
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      279 94  -  Nicholas Fang By UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has clarified that its proposed plan to set up a fund management joint venture in China is still pending regulatory approval. Earlier media reports said the bank had secured approval to set up the venture with Ping
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      254 94  -  YANG HUIWEN DIRECTORS' TRADES AN INDEPENDENT director of Sembcorp Industries has increased her direct stake in the company. Ms Yong Ying-I bought 50,000 shares for $4,588 apiece in the open market on Monday, with an announcement made to the Singapore Exchange a day later. The
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      663 95  -  Goh Eng Yeow »TAKING STOCK STI, Hang Seng Index end trading day barely above support levels Tokyo, Shanghai markets not as lucky, sink below key support By Markets Correspondent IT MAY have looked like just another day of bloodletting, but traders who study
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      105 95 STOCK 1.27 billion TRADING shares worth VOLUME $1.56 billion UP Gainers: 168 Losers: 436 DOWN Unchanged: 898 June 12,2008 3,020.15 -26.62 Mid Cap 758.99 T -9.69 Small Cap 644.96 T -5.31 All Share 770.00 T -7.32 Fledgling 692.48 T -5.71 China 439.19 T -7.24 Oil and gas
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      217 95 REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES »BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED DATA New York UNITED States stocks rose in early trading after government data pointed to strength in consumer spending, calming worries about the profit outlook, while news of a multibillion-dollar takeover bid in the brewing sector
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      27 95 Payment lapses Higher proportions of young adults and divorcees are missing credit card payments and paying only part of the sums owed, a study finds. PAGE H47
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