The Straits Times, 20 June 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 102 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 FRIDAY, JUNE 20 2008 MP* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 > 80 CENTS
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    • Article
      Lock icon Give us the branded stuff, say some patients
      57 1 IF IT'S cheap, it cannot be good. So, even though there are cheaper generic alternatives to branded medication, some patients have decided not to switch. Concerned that generics are not as effective or safe, they turn up at pharmacies asking for the
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      Lock icon Bangkok on high alert for huge anti-govt rally
      47 1 BANGKOK is bracing itself for what could be its biggest anti-government rally in recent months as the People's Alliance for Democracy marches on Government House, where the office of the Prime Minister is located, today. SEE ASIA: PAGE 5
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    Lock icon Good news on the rice front: Prices take a dip
    586 1  -  Jessica Lim Fair Price customers now pay less for house brand varieties; importers secure better rates By SINGAPORE'S biggest supermarket chain will cut prices for some of its house brand rice by 5 to 12 per cent today, the first
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  • Article
    Lock icon Not so good news: Soya bean, corn and wheat up
    318 1  -  HEZONGYING SOYA BEANS: Prices climbed 84 per cent over the last year to almost US$l6 (Ss22) a bushel and are expected to rise further, following the severe floods in the agricultural belt of the United States. Home-grown soya sauce manufacturer
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    Lock icon Endurance races run into litany of complaints
    1063 1  -  Lin Xinyi »UPFRONT By FOR two months, Steven Chan, 39, trained six times a week for one of the bigger races on his calendar this year: The Saab City Duathlon, an endurance test that requires athletes to run 10km, hop on their bikes
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      314 2 Checked your tyres lately? An analysis of the vehicles on the roads today reveals a troubling phenomenon: drivers throughout the world often have under-inflated tyres. Many do not know that by simply inflating their tyres with correct pressure, they can ensure safety on the road and even save on fuel
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      371 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Work begins on interchange Asia 5-13 Work started yesterday on the World 14-19 Woodsville Interchange, which will Review 22-25 link Serangoon, Upper Serangoon, I nsisht 26-27 Bendemeer and MacPherson Roads fvi 9R by 2011. hYI Zb PAGEHB SECTION TWO Home Hl-Hl3 Cultivating clean energy Forum
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  • PRIME
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Capitol site and two new growth areas up for sale
      523 3  -  Joyce Teo They are among 40 sites across Singapore to be offered in second half of the year By Property Correspondent THE iconic Capitol Theatre, Singapore's first cinema, and nearby century-old Stamford House finally have a chance for a new
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    • Article
      Lock icon Barisan closes ranks; slams Sabah party's no-confidence vote
      532 3  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur THE ruling Barisan Nasional coalition yesterday slammed a small Sabah party for calling for a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, but held off taking action against it. BN secretary-general Tengku Adnan
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon F1 hotels still have lots of room
      630 4  -  Lim Wei Chean Trackside hotels: Only one out of 11 checked is fully booked Non-trackside hotels: Some are less than half-full for race period Rates lowered: Expect to pay about $200 to $500 less By SINGAPORE plays host to the first Formula One
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      Lock icon Tharman joins group of top global financiers
      370 4  -  Bryan Lee By FINANCE Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has become the first Singaporean to be inducted into a prestigious global body that tackles complex financial and economic issues. The Group of 30 (G3O) is a Wash-ington-based private body of top financial experts set up
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      27 4 KIDS' STUFF IS BIG Business that caters to children is a growing trend in Singapore. We look at the players, many of whom are young parents. k931
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  • ASIA
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Jitters in Bangkok ahead of big protest
      670 5  -  Nirmal Ghosh Well over 3,000 cops deployed; roads around protest site closed By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THAI police last night closed roads around Government House on the eve of a major anti-government protest by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) this afternoon.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Giant woks and ladles for mammoth feeding job
      142 5 ASSOCIATED PRESS VOLUNTEER cooks armed with giant woks are preparing to feed thousands of anti-government protesters who vowed yesterday to lay a peaceful siege around Government House, the country's seat of government. Organisers said it would be a sustained siege, requiring daily
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    • CHINA
      • Article
        Lock icon Tourists kicked out of HK hotel seized by bank
        433 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Govt apologises after dozens are forced to leave due to unpaid loan Hong Kong DOZENS of tourists found themselves without a place to stay after they were kicked out of a Hong Kong hotel that had been taken over
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        Lock icon After the quake come the rains
        165 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS Chengdu RESIDENTS OF earthquake-rav-aged parts of China's Sichuan province yesterday braced themselves for heavy rainstorms that may trigger new landslides. Rain began falling in the evening and thunderstorms were forecast for today to Sunday, said the provincial weather bureau. This month marks
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        Lock icon Rudd to attend Olympic Games opening
        321 8 REUTERS, XINHUA Canberra FIFTY days before its opening, the Beijing Olympics received a much-needed international boost when Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he would be attending the Games. Yesterday's decision came after some Western leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, had announced that
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        Lock icon PRIDE OF THE PATCH
        53 8 A boy posing for photos with a large pumpkin weighing 118 kg at a supermarket in Taizhou city, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. The display was part of a vegetable festival organised by farmers. Giant pumpkins weighing more than 650 kg have been recorded in the
        XINHUA  -  53 words
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        Lock icon Dawn of new era in China's regional relations?
        628 8  -  Chua Chin Hon NEWS ANALYSIS Beijing's new deals with Taipei and Tokyo point way towards resolving disputes with others By China Bureau Chief In Beijing IN THE space of about a week, China has reached two remarkable new agreements with neighbouring Japan
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        Lock icon Taiwanese can take ferry to China from outlying islands
        184 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIWANESE who cannot wait for direct weekend charter flights to take off can now cross over to China by ferry instead, after the Cabinet announced the easing of restrictions. All Taiwanese citizens can now go to Fujian province
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon S. Korean leader apologises again over US beef furore
        686 9  -  Lee Tee Jong President Lee prepared to scrap unpopular pet project to build grand waterway By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul PRESIDENT Lee Myung Bak yesterday apologised on national television for the second time in a month as he sought to
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        Lock icon Six-way talks: Envoys meet to plan next move
        218 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo AMERICAN, Japanese and South Korean envoys involved in North Korea's nuclear disarmament were in Tokyo yesterday to plan the next move, after Washington said Pyongyang would soon make its long-delayed nuclear declaration. Mr Christopher Hill, the US chief negotiator
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Early polls looming in India over US nuclear deal
        450 10  -  P. JAYARAM Congress' insistence on pact sets stage for showdown with its leftist allies By: India Correspondent In New Delhi INDIA looks set for an early election. The ruling coalition has fractured, with the Congress party insisting that it will go
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon KIDNAPPING: THE MAYOR DID IT
          118 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: A mayor and his son who helped negotiate the release of a kidnapped television crew have been arrested and will be charged with abduction, the authorities in the Philippines said yesterday. In a bizarre twist to the nine-day hostage crisis, mayor Alvarez
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          Lock icon ENGINEER JAILED FOR TECH THEFT
          99 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN JOSE: A Chinese-born engineer who admitted he tried to sell fighter-pilot training software to the Chinese navy has been sentenced to two years in federal prison and fined US$lO,OOO (5513,700). Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, 44, was sentenced on Wednesday on the
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          Lock icon CLONED: ENDANGERED DOG BREED
          66 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: A South Korean team led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo Suk said yesterday that it has created 17 clones of an endangered dog breed popular in China. The Sooam Biotech Research Foundation said in a statement that the cloned Tibetan mastiffs
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          Lock icon WANTED EX-SPY TURNS HIMSELF IN
          88 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: A former senior Indonesian spy reportedly wanted over the 2004 poisoning murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib has surrendered to the authorities, police said yesterday. A former senior officer in Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency, Muchdi Purwopranjono turned himself in at
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUU KYI
        41 11 A girl holding a gift meant for Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader who is under house arrest, at a rally in Manila yesterday. The protest was held on her 63rd birthday yesterday. PHOTO: AP
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      • Article
        Lock icon PAS calls off protest over 'sexy' singers
        281 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur THE youth wing of Malaysia's opposition Islamic party said yesterday it will not hold a protest against two women who were to sing at a football match in Selangor after the Sultan criticised its plan. The Parti Islam SeMalaysia
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        Lock icon Johor Sultan vows to get back island
        242 11 BERNAMA PEDRA BRANCA RULING JOHOR BARU THE Sultan of Johor says he will try to find ways to get sovereignty over Pedra Branca, which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled last month belongs to Singapore. When opening the Johor State Legislative Assembly
        BERNAMA  -  242 words
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        Lock icon Six telcos fingered for forming illegal SMS cartel
        413 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PRICE-FIXING ALLEGATIONS IN INDONESIA Telkomsel, which is partly owned by Sing Tel, among those facing fines Jakarta INDONESIAN business watchdog KPPU found six mobile communications operators, including PT Telkomsel which is owned partly by Sing
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  413 words
    • MALAYSIA
      • REBELLION IN BARISAN
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          Lock icon Odds stacked against motion
          240 12  -  REMEAHMAD A NO-CONFIDENCE vote against Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi is unlikely to be passed by Parliament, if it gets tabled at all. This is because Barisan Nasional (BN) has 138 Members of Parliament who will oppose it. This figure excludes the two Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp)
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        • Article
          Lock icon Abdullah grows weaker with latest BN shock
          674 12  -  Reme Ahmad NEWS ANALYSIS Sabah party's call for vote of no confidence unlikely to force him out, but it could snowball By Assistant Foreign Editor FORMER premier Mahathir Mohamad suggested a few weeks ago that Barisan Nasional leaders who are unhappy with Prime
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          Lock icon Split in Sabah party
          165 13 A SPLIT appears to be emerging within the Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp), with party chief Yong Teck Lee's deputy claiming there is no widespread support for a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. Sapp deputy president Raymond Tan Shu Kiah said: "It can be
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          Lock icon Sabah's partyhopping maverick politician
          609 13 Yong, who helped BN topple Sabah's govt in 1994, now turns against ruling coalition KOTA KINABALU MAVERICK politician Yong Teck Lee secretly met Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and, just weeks later, declared that he was leaving Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) as he had no confidence in
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      28 5 Lee says 'sorry' again South Korea's embattled leader apologises on national TV for the second time in a month over a deal to import US beef. PAGE 9
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US politicians full of talk but no real solutions
      849 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tackling oil price spike Republicans demand new drilling, Democrats want to tax oil giants, but motorists aren't better off Washington AMERICAN anger over US$4-a-gal-lon (551.45-a-litre) petrol is producing a lot of energy-related theatrics at the White House, in Congress
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    • IMPACT ELSEWHERE
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        Lock icon ITALY TAXES OIL FIRMS TO AID THE NEEDY
        121 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME: The Italian government has approved a so-called "Robin Hood" tax on oil companies to fund aid for low-income households hit hard by increased food and energy prices. Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government has included the measure in a three-year budget
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        Lock icon SARKOZY WANTS EU TO CUT OIL TAXES
        135 14 REUTERS PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy will ask other European Union leaders to back a reduction in val-ue-added tax on petrol across the 27-nation bloc to counter soaring oil prices, a senior French official said. The proposal does not, however, have the backing
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        Lock icon CHINA TO ANNOUNCE RISE IN PRICES'
        137 14 BEIJING: China will announce a surprise increase of REUTERS about 18 per cent in retail petrol and diesel prices effective from today, the first increase in eight months, said two industry sources yesterday. "Yes it's real...We were told to wait in the office to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Dying skin cancer patient saved by own cloned cells
      506 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Patient, who was given less than a year to live, is cancer-free for two years now Washington DOCTORS in the US have for the first time successfully treated a skin cancer patient with cells cloned from his
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    • Article
      Lock icon First a Botox jab, then off to job interview
      276 15 REUTERS New York COSMETIC surgeons have found that the weakening economy is not deterring customers seeking a quick fix. In fact, it has given rise to a new clientele people who have lost their jobs and want to look good for
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      Lock icon More avenues for investment and trade
      284 17 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG KEY agreements at the China-US strategic economic talks: The two countries will begin to negotiate a bilateral investment treaty that promises to open and provide for transparent investment flows into each other's country. A 10-year "framework" pact that builds on a pact
      REUTERS, BLOOMBERG; AP  -  284 words
    • Article
      Lock icon China-US dialogue: Making headway
      611 17  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Analysts say negotiations on investment pact are significant as they address protectionism By [7S Correspondent In Washington IN HIS debut appearance as China's chief economic negotiator, Vice-Premier Wang Qishan made a strategic touchdown in a mid-western US state before embarking on two days of
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      Lock icon Israel to ease Gaza blockade if ceasefire holds
      413 18 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS The Egyptian-mediated deal between Israel and Hamas took effect yesterday, with more talks in Cairo soon Jerusalem ISRAEL said it will ease its economic blockade of the Gaza Strip in three days if a ceasefire with Hamas
      BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS; AP  -  413 words
    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Grandma on home stretch of 32,000km run
        274 19 SHE has been followed by wolves, received 29 proposals of marriage and on several occasions almost died. But 61-year-old grandmother Rosie Swale-Pope (right), said that she was "full of beans" after arriving back on British soil on Wednesday for the final leg of
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        Lock icon 'Cutter' in body-parts theft jailed
        128 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG A MAN who was convicted of secretly cutting up corpses has received a sentence of up to 27 years in prison for his role in a ghoulish multimil-lion-dollar body-parts scheme. Christopher Aldorasi, 36, worked for the scheme's ringleader Michael Mastromarino, and is
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG  -  128 words
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      419 22 ONE hurdle has at last been removed. Hopefully, more will be cleared. The agreement between China and Japan to jointly develop disputed gas fields in the East China Sea, though a shaky one, was a clear political decision by both sides aimed at better ties.
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      1224 22  -  Cheong Suk-Wai SABAH CROSSOVER RUMOURS By Senior Writer In Kota Kinabalu THE hottest rumour in the East Malaysian state of Sabah earlier this week was that the Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp) one among 14 members of Malaysia's ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) had on Sunday decided
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      867 22  -  Karim Raslan POLITICS IN MALAYSIA By: For The Straits Times ON A recent trip to Penang to interview the new Keadilan Deputy Chief Minister Fairus Khairuddin and Umno state assemblyman Farid Saad, I sensed how similar the two parties were the farther away
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      866 23  -  Michael Richardson GLOBAL WARMING By For The Straits Times SCIENTISTS and other specialists who study global warming are eagerly awaiting the launch of a satellite today that will measure the rise of the world's sea level more accurately than ever before. If the
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      971 24  -  Bruce Gale »MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By Senior Writer SOON after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOD) in Jakarta on cooperation between the information ministries of Indonesia and Malaysia last week, senior leaders of the two countries were presented with a practical lesson
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      860 25  -  William Choong NUCLEAR SMUGGLING By Senior Writer IT WAS the kind of news that sent policymakers and journalists alike into a tizzy. Over the weekend, The Washington Post revealed that a clandestine nuclear smuggling ring led by Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father
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      31 22 Don't panic yet News that a smuggling ring led by Pakistani A. Q. Khan has blueprints for an advanced N-weapon is cause for concern, but not panic. PAGE 25 PUNCHLINES 0
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      1533 26  -  Lee Siew Hua Mooncakes, curry and... By Senior Political Correspondent SALTED eggs nearly disappeared from mooncakes in Singapore last year. A red alert on curry in Britain started it all. The authorities there found in 2005 that curry had been tinted tainted a rich
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      550 26  -  LEESIEWHUA WILL this be the next big idea in Singapore's pursuit of abundant food: Investing in farms overseas to better control the stability and safety of Singapore's food supply? Dr Chua Sin Bin, chief executive of the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA),
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      1106 27  -  Chua Mvi Hoong FRIDAY MATTERS By Senior Writer THESE are tough times to be a law-enforcement or security officer. One guy escapes from detention. About four months later, two more guys try to escape from police custody at the Subordinate Courts complex. Armchair
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      984 27  -  Kor Kian Beng »THE POST-65ERS By WHERE are the happy faces? Professor Tommy Koh, Singapore's Am-bassador-at-large, asked that last week as he prepared to address a workshop on Asean's proposed human-rights body. There were too few happy faces among the gathering, he
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      29 26 The wrong thing to do Relying on rule books to deal with unexpected behaviour is a handicap one that can set back the course of government-people relations. PAGE 27
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      816 31  -  Jessica Jaganathan Worried about their safety and efficacy, they stick with costlier branded medicine By SOME patients stand to shave their medical bills by as much as half by switching from branded to generic drugs, but choose not to. Concerned about the safety
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      148 32  -  LIM HENG LIANG A slice of Philippine history was unveiled on the green in front of the Asian Civilisations Museum yesterday.The heritage marker has a picture and a biography of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal, who came here five times between 1882 and 1896. President S
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      721 32  -  Li XUEYING DESERVING OF MORE "Singaporeans deserve more from Mr Low and the WP than silence at defining moments, or double-talk when pressed to state their stand." DR NG ENG HEN, who cited two examples the Parliament debate on Mas Selamat's escape,
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      388 33  -  Sujin Thomas Carolyn Quek Blood samples taken from 200 foreign workers at building site By POLICE cordoned off a construction site in Clementi yesterday and took blood samples from about 200 foreign workers hours after a woman was sexually assaulted in a nearby park.
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      137 33 A REPUBLIC of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) early-warning aircraft made an emergency landing in Australia yesterday after its hydraulic brake system failed during flight. Upon its touchdown at the Darwin Airport runway, a cable was used to stop the E-2C Hawkeye, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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      192 33 A MAN fractured his leg after falling 15 m into a pile of rubbish at the Tuas South Incinerator Plant yesterday. He was hauled to safety by Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedics who were lowered into what is called a rubbish reception hall, which
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        72 33 A GEYLANG Bahru flat owner who left her door key in a shoe rack inside her unit, and went out without locking the main door, had her flat broken into on Wednesday evening. When she returned 15 minutes later, she found the main gate open, the
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        60 33 A CAR was broken into on Wednesday evening at a Rochor Road carpark. The owner returned to his car to find the rear right window smashed and his bag, which he had left on the rear seat, gone. The bag contained a laptop valued
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        65 33 A TAXI crashed into two pedestrians along East Coast Road at 2am yesterday. One of the pedestrians, a man in his mid-40s, suffered head and leg injuries and was taken unconscious to Changi General Hospital, while the other, a woman in her early 30s, complained
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        64 33 A CABBY was charged in a magistrate's court yesterday with committing a rash act to endanger life. Chong Pak Fatt, 51, allegedly reversed his cab to hit the bonnet of Mr Chan Yong Hwa's car twice along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 on May 15.
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      330 34 This year's Primary 1 registration exercise is from June 30 to Aug 28. It is compulsory for parents to register their Singaporean child born between Jan 2, 2002 and Jan 1, 2003 for admission to Primary 1 next year. All primary and full schools
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      441 34  -  Keith Lin NTUC makes good progress on target of convincing 1,000 unionised companies by 2011 By TWO years after the labour movement began coaxing employers to adopt re-employment practices for older workers, more than 540 unionised companies have said "yes" to rehiring them.
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      129 34 SEVERAL roads will be closed to traffic tomorrow from Bam to 11pm because of the National Day Parade rehearsal. They are: Republic Boulevard, in the direction of Raffles Avenue from the junction of Republic Avenue; Raffles Avenue, between Raffles Boulevard and Temasek Avenue; and Three
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      160 38  -  YEO GHIM LAY ROAD resurfacing works for September's Formula One race have been completed. Land Transport Authority chief executive Yam Ah Mcc yesterday told reporters at a road works project in Woodsville: "We've finished all the road resurfacing works for Fl and have handed
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      458 38  -  Yeo Ghim Lay The Project Community and Control Centre will also ensure that any congestion is cleared fast By CONSTRUCTION started yesterday on a massive road project, but the ground work preparing the community for it began much earlier. Land Transport Authority (LTA) officers
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        615 39  -  SUMATHI V. SELVARETNAM This year's NDP to celebrate inclusion; features S'poreans from all walks of life By MR RAYMOND Lim whirls his partner across the dance floor, shimmying to the infectious beat of the samba. He executes a graceful turn and then beams at his partner.
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        233 39 SUMATHI V. SELVARETNAM THE spirit of inclusion is not just limited to this year's National Day Parade. Of late, Singapore has strived to make those from all walks of life from foreigners to the disabled feel at home. New programmes and investments have
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        227 39 EISEN TEO WHILE Singaporeans living overseas might be missing out on this year's National Day Parade (NDP), they will still get a taste of home. Expatriates from Vietnam to Chicago are planning to come together to feast on traditional Singaporean delights and watch the
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      Lock icon Offences aplenty earn man jail, cane, fines, driving ban
      323 41  -  Elena Chong He collected illegal soccer bets, harassed debtors and drove while under ban By Court Correspondent TAN Yeow Boon, 26, was shuffled from court to court yesterday to be sentenced for a battery of unrelated offences. He had pleaded guilty
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      293 41  -  ELENA CHONG OVER a period of two months, Cheong Whye Yong cashed in 27 Cash Cards and got a total of $450 from them. When questioned by the police about these transactions, Cheong claimed the cards belonged to unknown friends he met on the
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        228 42  - PLAY ONLINE ON THE GO ALFRED SIEW Watch out, Sony Play Station Portable and Nintendo DS. A new portable game console that could rival the market heavyweights is set to hit the shelves here next year. This week, South Korean firm Posdata showed off what would be the first handheld
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        Lock icon Next big thing: Nifty programs for cellphones
        386 42  -  Serene Luo Falling data charges are spurring creation of everything from travel guides to online maps By CELLPHONE users could soon see a flood of new programs for the tiny screen as companies buoyed by plummeting charges for data downloads trot out everything
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        136 42  -  SERENE LUO SINGAPORE IT firms should look to Egypt for their next business venture, a minister from the Middle Eastern nation said yesterday. With the Egyptian economy growing at 7.5 per cent annually, a wealth of opportunities is opening up, said Minister
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      558 43  -  Shobana Kesava Each receives a $500k scholarship to study ways to tap sun's energy By! THE Government has handed out three postgraduate scholarships worth $500,000 each in an effort to cultivate the next generation of experts in clean energy. The awards, the
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      46 43 A consumer took her clothes to a laundry for dry cleaning. However, when she went to collect her items, a scarf that cost US$295 (Ss4oo) was missing. As she and the cleaners were unable to reach a settlement, the former approached Case for assistance.
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      23 43 After Case negotiated with the company, the consumer managed to get a refund of $100 and a $50 laundry voucher.
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      129 43 1. Take note of the small print in laundry receipts or agreements. It will usually include a clause on damaged items. If in doubt, check and have all promises put in writing. 2. When collecting laundered items, always check them immediately before making payment. 3. Pay attention to
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      181 44  -  Adrian Choo 1,700 CAUGHT IN 5 MONTHS MEANS... I REFER to the National Environment Agency's (NEA) response ("NEA smokes out 1,700 in five months", June 12) to Mr Tang Chai Hong's letter ("More manpower to enforce smoking ban", June 7). I
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      Lock icon "Doesn't it make more sense to avoid seeing them altogether? In Bangkok, cigarettes are kept behind shutters."
      157 44 OUT OF SIGHT MS NAJMUNNISA SHAIK ALAWOODEEN: "I refer to your article last Friday about the possible rebranding of cigarettes, and the plan to make the packaging look less attractive. Doesn't It make
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      334 44  -  Ong Seng Eng WE REFER to Madam Tang Sook Han's letter on Saturday, "Don't throw food into recycling bins". The recycling bins placed in HDB estates are designed to keep out rainwater so as to avoid mosquito breeding. These bins
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      Lock icon Passion, quitters, fighters and going abroad...
      239 44  -  Krishnamurthy T. IF THE only other option for a citizen to pursue his or her passion is to do so overseas, one simply cannot callously label him or her a "quitter". Quitters, realistically put, have less than stellar grades and seek greener pastures elsewhere.
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      Lock icon "Can the CPF Board help us 'lucky few?"
      184 44 RE-LOOK CONTRIBUTION CEILINGS MISS SHARON LIM: "The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board said In a report on Tuesday that raising the Minimum Sum of members' accounts Is aimed at helping us have enough savings for our retirement ('CPF Minimum Sum to go
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      Lock icon "How can a single mother of three afford a five-room flat?"
      148 44 SMALLER FLAT MADAM KOK SWEE MING: "I am 41 years old and recently divorced. My three children are living with me. My salary is just enough to put three meals on the table. Our previous flat, a four-room unit,
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      Lock icon "Excellent parks but more fine-tuning needed."
      70 44 PARK IDEAS MR TAN HO GIAN: "I travel widely. Most parks and gardens overseas have separate paths for vehicles, cyclists, in-line skaters and others. The reason is safety. It works well. The police patrol the parks only on bicycles and electric buggies. The Singapore
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      Lock icon "Good effort, but HDB missed out on motorcycle lots."
      67 44 MOTORBIKES TOO, PLEASE MR DARREN LEE: "Recently, the HDB engaged its contractor to convert half the parking lots on each deck, to season lots on the two lowest decks In the multi-storey carpark In Sembawang, for cars. It's a good effort
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      Lock icon Wheelchair-friendly bus stops by 2010
      109 44  -  Geoffrey Lim I REFER to Mr Peter Goh's letter, "Improve wheelchair access at bus stops" (June 12). We wish to assure Mr Goh that the Land Transport Authority takes proactive measures to meet the di- verse needs of our commuting public. One measure is an
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      Lock icon Responsible gaming a priority with S'pore Pools
      448 44  -  Juliana Lim (Ms) WE REFER to Mr Teo Eng Hock's letter, "Be socially responsible, don't promote betting", and Mr Ben Yeong's letter, "New soccer betting slip too tricky" (June 12). Singapore Pools was set up to provide a legal avenue for betting and
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      92 44 TEACH THE YOUNG MR BEN YEONG: "I refer to Mr Syu Ying Kwok's letter, 'Slap gamblers with hard figures on money spent' (June 9). It is ridiculous to make it mandatory for every punter to produce his identity card whenever he
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      Lock icon Agency tries to check every gutter
      149 44  -  S. Satish Appoo WE REFER to Monday's letter "Chikungunya: Higher main roof gutters not checked". Mr Sim Cheng Loo made a valid observation. We assure him that the National Environment Agency (NEA) makes every attempt to check all roof gutters. For houses with roof
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      Lock icon Better signage for Lido cineplex exits
      180 44  -  Steven Tan WE REFER to Ms Sharon Lee's letter, "Fire hazard at Lido cinema complex" (June 7). The Lido 1 Cineplex has five exits, including two emergency exits. Except for these emergency exits which lead to the street level only via stairways, the other
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      37 44 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. HUMBUG: That 300-inch screen MONKEY SHOW: Orangutans on Flyer PERFORMING CRUELTY: Animals in shows TALL ORDER: Elderly Utopia HOW IT WORKS: Euro2ooB telecasts
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      38 45 P W D L F A Pis Portugal 3 2 0 15 3 6 Turkey 3 2 0 15 5 6 Czech Republic 3 10 2 4 6 3 Switzerland 3 10 2 3 3 3
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      35 45 P W D L F A Pts Croatia 3 3 0 0 4 19 Germany 3 2 0 14 2 6 Austria 3 0 12 13 1 Poland 3 0 12 14 1
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      33 45 P W D L F A Pts Netherlands 3 3 0 0 9 19 Italy 3 1113 4 4 Romania 3 0 2 113 2 France 3 0 12 16 1
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      38 45 P W D L F A Pts Spain 3 3 0 0 8 3 9 Russia 3 2 0 14 4 6 Sweden 3 10 2 3 4 3 Greece 3 0 0 3 15 0
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      573 45  -  Wang Meng Meng Russians look more fluent with Arshavin's return from ban and approach q-final against the Dutch with greater confidence Byl In Vienna ONE man, one match. That is all it took to transform Russia from Euro 2008 stragglers to a side that will demand more than
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      Lock icon Russia advance into the q-finals by doing it Hiddink's way
      856 45  -  Rob Hughes By: In Vienna MAKE no mistake, Russian coach Guvs Hiddink is happy. In the midnight hour on Wednesday, the peripatetic Dutchman, who crosses boundaries and cultures where few would think to tread, was relaxed. His Russian players had
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      Lock icon Older, wiser Spain ready for Italy
      323 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Salzburg (Austria) SPAIN showed they know how to battle as well as cruise at the European Championship. They are going into the quarter-finals afraid of no one. Having cruised past Russia, the Spanish repeated their win over Sweden with another rally
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      144 46 Since June 7, 210 tons of rubbish have been collected in the Vienna area where fans gather. A total 74.2 tons have been found on the ground alone, the amount fluctuating with the size of the crowd and the day's results. "It was sad after
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      505 46  -  Bad Tatzmannsdorf ASSOCIATED PRESS CROATIA v TURKEY Turks can score, but their leaky defence gives Croatia confidence (Austria) CROATIA coach Slaven Bilic has seen how Turkey rallied to win their last two games at the European Championship. Ahead of his team's quar-ter-final match against the Turks,
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      171 46  -  Wang Meng Meng Vienna HERE in Europe, footballers are highly coveted by advertisers. Perhaps it all started with David Beckham, who touted everything from sunglasses to computer games to cola drinks. It is no different in German-speaking Austria. Andreas Ivanschitz, billed as the country's Beckham, tells
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      231 46  -  WANG MENG MENG Andrea Isaksson: Not at fault for the two Russian goals. If not for his reflexes, it would have been a rout. Gianluca Zambrotta: Dominated his flank, keeping Patrice Evra under control and pinning the Frenchman down with his surging
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      Lock icon Bilic, the manager who defies convention
      718 46  -  Richard Jolly By INTERNATIONAL management can appear an old man's game. The average age of the coaches at Euro 2008 is almost 60. Two will be 70 before the summer is over. Then there is Slaven Bilic. At 39, the Croat is the youngest
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        44 46 Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo has won an apology and undisclosed damages from The Sun. The English tabloid wrongly accused him of being fined for using his mobile phone during training with Manchester United. The Feb 13 story was billed as an exclusive.
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        48 46 Several fans have been left without Euro 2008 match tickets, after paying premium prices to one of Europe's biggest agencies. Norwegian agency Euroteam said it fell victim to a sting by a company in Germany. The company failed to supply the 1,200 tickets it promised.
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        70 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Uefa will decide later this year whether to expand the 2016 European Championship by as many as eight countries. The tournament went from eight to 16 teams at Euro 1996 in England, and Uefa general secretary David Taylor said yesterday that a decision would
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      Lock icon Wenger falls for Arshavin's charms
      147 47 RUSSIAN playmaker Andrei Arshavin has caught the eye of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger with a starring role against Sweden in Tuesday's game. The Frenchman has contacted Zenit St Petersburg and is ready to make a £10 million (Ss27 million) bid. Chelsea have told Barcelona, who
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      475 47 ASSOCIATED PRESS Italy's La Liga alumni believe, as a team, they are better than Spain Moedling (Austria) "WITH the ball, the Spanish national team are better than Italy. We're going to win." With that, Spain midfielder Francesc Fabregas threw the gauntlet down to world champions Italy ahead of
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      Lock icon TRAGEDY IN DUTCH CAMP
      103 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz has told his coach Marco van Basten that he is available to play in tomorrow's quarter-final against Russia despite the death of his prematurely-born baby daughter Anissa on Wednesday. "It is really hard for Khalid, and we will have to
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      Lock icon Vieira and Evra clash after French exit
      312 47 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS' Chatel-Saint-Denis (Switzerland) THE fallout from France's embarrassing exit from Euro 2008 continued yesterday. Footage was published on the Internet of a tunnel fracas between Patrick Vieira and Patrice Evra. The pair had to be pulled apart after last week's 1-4
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        Lock icon An injury that was a year in the making
        966 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS San Diego TIGER Woods was sitting in a doctor's office last month when he was given the bad news. He had suffered two stress fractures in his left leg while trying too hard to recover from a third surgery
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        Lock icon The Tour will be hurt by the loss of its meal ticket
        553 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS San Diego THE PGA Tour cannot afford Tiger Wood being sidelined for too long. He is their meal ticket. Kenny Perry, a 10-time Tour winner, got the point when he said: "He is our tour." The
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      Lock icon Lam the top draw at TGT Challenge
      223 48  -  JEANETTE WANG SINGAPORE pro golfer Lam Chih Bing is set to play in next week's $30,000 TGT Challenge at Jurong Country Club, as part of his final tune-up for next month's British Open. The June 23-25 event is the third of five legs
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      Lock icon Susilo to face world No. 6 Kuncoro in q-finals
      431 49  -  Terrence Voon BADMINTON By RONALD Susilo's Olympic credentials will be put to a stiff test today at the Indonesia Open in Jakarta. The Singapore shuttler, who beat Indonesian qualifier Alamsyah Yunus yesterday, will face world No 6 Sony Dwi Kuncoro in
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      589 49 REUTERS MOTOR RACING Raikkonen wants victory in France after two races in a row without points London FERRARI'S Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen returns to France this weekend hungrier than ever for victory, after two races in a row without points. Magny-Cours marked the turning
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      Lock icon Jo Ee, 14, dreams of US golf scholarship
      325 49  -  Christopher Ong SPORTS IN SCHOOLS By SHE had a temperature of 38.9 deg C at last year's Jakarta World Junior Golf Championships when her parents urged her to abandon the game. But golfer Kok Jo Ec thought nothing of the high fever
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      198 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »RUGBY Christchurch (New Zealand) A GUEST at the New Zealand hotel where four England rugby players are accused of rape has claimed that one player ripped the duvet off her bed as she lay half-naked with one of his teammates. The 22-year-old woman
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      Lock icon Jade band in medals
      97 49 Olympic gold medals are not made of gold. The medals for the champion and the runner-up are actually made of pure silver. The difference is that the winner's medal must be plated with gold weighing not less than six grams. Medals at this year's Beijing Games
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      Lock icon Phelps enters nine events at US trials
      243 49 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Los Angeles MICHAEL Phelps' bid to surpass Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in one Olympics will begin with a nine-event programme at the US Olympic swimming trials. Phelps has entered nine of a possible 13 events at the
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      229 49 TERRENCE VOON THE Ministry of Education's drive to promote sports among youths in Singapore has not gone unnoticed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It has been given the lOC's "Sports and Youth" Trophy, in recognition of its efforts to make sports a key
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      104 49 ASSOCIATED PRESS SPORTS WORLD RIO DE JANEIRO: The honeymoon is over. A day after Brazil's 0-0 draw with Argentina in a World Cup soccer qualifier, Brazilian fans yesterday called for coach Dunga to be fired. The coach needed a convincing win to erase the painful memory
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      360 49 CRICKET One-day international in Birmingham: England 162 all out in 24 overs (L. Wright 52; Mills 2-24, Southee 2-35, Elliott 3-23). New Zealand 127-2 in 19 overs (B. McCullum 60 n.0.). No result due to bad weather. England lead five-match series 1-0. CYCLING Tour of Switzerland, sth stage 190
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      24 45 Bum knee The fallout of world No 1 Tiger Woods' knee injury will be huge, for himself and the sport of golf. PAGE HlB
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      29 45 TODAY Quarter-finals Croatia v Turkey (Live, Ch3o, tomorrow, 2.35 am) TOMORROW Quarter-finals Netherlands v Russia (Live, Ch3o, Sunday, 2.35 am) Result of yesterday's match not available at press time
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      87 49 TV times GOLF: EPGA BMW International Open: Day 2 (Live, Ch26, 9.30pm). USPGA Travelers Championship: Day 2 (Live, Ch26 Ch3o3, tomorrow, 3am). SOCCER: S-League: Sengkang Punggol v Dalian Shide (Live, Chs, 7.25pm). Euro 2008, q-final: Croatia v Turkey (Live, Ch3o Ch3o4, tomorrow, 2.35 am). TENNIS: WTA Tour, Eastbourne: S-finals (Live,
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  • OBITUARIES
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      191 50 if I J MARIA KOH KANG SIANG Age: 100 years old 100% a good mother, Praise the Lord Passed away peacefully on 18 June 2008. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Husband: Chua Oon Hong (deceased) Two younger sisters and their families Children: Spouses: Chua Boon Eng, June
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      131 50 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 LIM CHEOW TECK LIM CHIAU TECK Age: 76 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 June 2008 leaving behind loved ones.
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      135 50 r "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the "^S days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the >|| Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 GRACIE LEE SIOK CHOO Age: 80 Wife of the late Robert Chia Sian Choo Was called home to be with the
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      165 50 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 ONG OON NEO Age: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 June 2008 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Lee Cheng
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      54 50 K.GOPAL Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 19 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Kasthuri Son: Parthiban Body is resting at Blk 6, St George's Lane, #02-217. Tel: 6294 7264 Cortege will leave on 20 June 2008 (Fri) at 4.30pm for Mandai Crematorium Hall 3
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      50 50 S&WI&T Slmmuu^m PUCHI BALAKRISHNAN Age: 53 Departed on 18-6-08 Dearly missed by: Wife: Kala Mother: Veeramal Brothers: Durai Murthi Daughter: Kavitha Sons: Jayan, Sharvavindran Anand Daughter-in-law: Vicky all Relatives Friends. Cortege leaves today, 20-6-08, 4.30pm from BLK 560, #12-1766 AngMoKioAvelO, Tel: *****927(Kavitha) *****604(Jayan) for cremation at Mandai Crematorium, Hall 1,5.30pm
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      124 50 t "The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need." ajjS Psalm 23:1 Ist Anniversary in Loving Memory of Mrs Irene Glass nee Tan Huat Choo Returned home to the Lord on 20th June 2007 God saw you getting tired And He would not let you be So He
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      24 50 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory of MABEL KOH SIEW NEO Departed on 20 June 2003 Dearly missed f always remembered by Family Loved Ones.
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      47 50 The Family of the Late LEONG MAY LENG Departed: 11 June 2008 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to Rev Christopher Tan members of St Hilda's Church, all relatives, friends colleagues for their prayers, kind messages of condolences, attendance, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      23 50 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Khoo Nelly Departed 20/6/2004 We miss you so much Husband, daughters, son-in-law, grand-daughter and all loved ones
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      43 50 2nd Anniversary LTA Lionel Lin Shiguan 25 Aug 1981 20 Jun 2006 There is a link death cannot sever Love remembrance last forever Deeply missed and always remembered by Daddy, Mummy, Ah Kong, Ah Ma, Luther, Miaozhen, Uncles, Aunts and all loved ones.
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      46 50 In Loving Memory Of LAU WAI LAN VINCENT SIOW MUNCHAN Departed: 16 June 1996 Departed 19 June 1963 12 years 45 years have passed away. have passed away. Your gentle faces and patient smiles we recall; you had friendly words for each; died beloved by all.
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      34 50 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory of LEOW SHIN PENG Departed 11 June 1998 Time has marched past us, But our thoughts are always with you. Deeply missed by parents, sisters, brothers-in-law, relatives and friends.
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      51 50 Athma Shanti Pooja VADIVELOO MARITHAMMUTHU (SELVAM) Age: 45 Departed on 6 June 2008 Sadly missed by brothers, sisters, relatives and friends. Athma Shanti Pooja Prayer will be held on 21 June (Sat] at 7pm at Sri Siva Krishna Temple, 31 Marsiling Rise. Please treat this as a personal invitation. Hp:
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      22 50 2nd Anniversary In Memory Of Our Late Comrade LTA LIONEL LIN SHIGUAN Departed 20 June 2006 'LEST WE FORGET From HQ Commando
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      51 50 TENTH ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF JEFFERYLIAW MUNCHONG Departed: 20 June 1998 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Dearly missed by loving mum Cecilia, wife Maudrene, son Adrian, daughter Audrey and loved
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      17 50 [N LOVING MEMOR\ khoo geok neo ;khoo siang loh) Departed 20 June 1976 Dearly missed by Family
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        6880 51 TRANSACTION DATE: JUNE 19, 2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +OR'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 22 28.5 11C 3C ?4.£ 41 141 22 22 195 32 IE 24 29 18 61 17 .e IE 43 .e 26 126
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      638 52 BLOOMBERG NEWS He says write-downs could hit $1.8 trillion, surpassing IMF's $1.3 trillion forecast London MR JOHN Paulson, the founder of the world's top hedge fund company Paulson Co, said global write-downs and losses from the credit crisis may reach US$l.3 trillion
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      215 53 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York FORMER Citigroup chief executive Charles Prince lost his job because of the housing slump. Now he is having a hard time selling his home. His five-bedroom, Tu-dor-style house in Greenwich, Connecticut, has been on the market for six
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      286 53 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington INTERNET advertising was the fastest growing category of media spending last year, and will probably remain so through 2012, driven mainly by search-based sales, according to a study. Global online advertising spending grew 33 per cent to U5549.5 billion
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      540 54  -  Chua Hian Hou By 2010, it will provide over 800 jobs and make 300,000 wafers a month By SINGAPORE is not the cheapest place for a semiconductor plant, but the industry is so vital that the country will do its best
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      302 54  -  Grace Ng By SINGAPORE banks are likely to have peaked in their financial performance and will face weaker and more volatile earnings for the next year or so, said Moody's Investors Service yesterday. Singapore, along with Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, face a negative
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      618 55  -  Lee Su Shyan TAKING STOCK Investors worry Beijing would focus more on curbing inflation than supporting equities By Assistant Money Editor THE dizzying gyrations of the Shanghai bourse have left Singapore investors perplexed. Just as the local bourse was gingerly taking steps
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      408 55  -  LEE SU SHYAN THE chief executive (CEO) and an executive director of Sinwa are being investigated over share dealings in the company. Mr Sim Yong Teng, also known as Mike Sim, and Ms Tan Lay Ling "are assisting the Commercial Affairs
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      214 55  -  Nicholas Fang By THE construction sector may be booming in Singapore, but that did not stop local building consultancies from securing more projects abroad up 12 per cent last year over the previous year. A survey by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) showed
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      229 56 SALE OF 134 M SHARES FABRIC processing company China Fibretech yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) at 21 cents a share. The Fujian-based group will raise about $16.3 million from the sale of 89.1 million shares. Vendor sales account for another 44.5 million
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      127 57 WEEKEND BUMPER LISTINGS FRACAS NO. 1 FRACAS NO. 2 fc^ 93 things to do Substation's neighbours David Gan sparks in the coming week unhappy with concertgoers verbal spat Jk pageslo,ll&l4 pa ge 4 pagel6 THE STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY, JUNE 20 2008 Air Supply 1 W. m 1/r| Mk Singapore has
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      1209 58  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi Baby boomers are paying premium dollar to watch veteran acts and relive a slice of their golden youth MUSIC REPORTER WOULD you pay $600 to relive your past? Baby boomer music fans with deep pockets have been answering that question with a resounding yes.
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      62 59 LIFEI'S wishlist of veteran acts we want to see live: Lionel Ritchie and the Commodores Donna Summer Burt Bacharach Aretha Franklin 8.8. King Lena Home Paul McCartney The Who Led Zeppelin Faye Wong Paula Tsui George Lam Tracy Huang HELLO, LOOKING FOR ME?: (Clockwise from top left) Lionel
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        105 60 Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle and a half Singer Lionel Richie on raising his tabloid star daughter Nicole (above) 1 wanted it to be a fantastic, fun B-movie. The No. 1 thing is I
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        555 60 Substation's guidelines on crowd control outside its premises have drawn flak online Zakir Hussain ARTS venue The Substation has set out a list of dos and don'ts for event organisers: Control your crowds and tell them not to litter or loiter outside the premises. The move came
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        368 60 AP, Reuters LOS ANGELES Film-maker Steven Spielberg's Dream Works SKG is in talks with investors to split from Viacom Inc and become an independent studio again. A major entertainment company in India is among the potential investors in Dream Works, the movie studio founded
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      512 61  -  Tara Tan The People's Association's annual showcase gets the Dick Lee touch with a new musical ARTS REPORTER ENTERTAINER Dick Lee has upped the ante on this year's Soundwaves the People's Association annual showcase with a brand new musical called 12 To 12. The Cultural
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      263 61  -  Janice Tai SOLSKJAER Alesi Thio (right) might be only five years old but he is so pitch perfect that he detected an ill-tuned piano at Stomps MMSing Talent Awards held at the News Centre on Wednesday. The competition, hosted by Jamie Yeo, Stomp star blogger and
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        581 62  -  Adeline Chia A smashing play about classroom violence, Class Enemy certainly doesn't pull any punches > theatre CLASS ENEMY East West Theater Company Esplanade Theatre Studio/Wednesday ARTS REPORTER THIS production was one classroom on fire. Actors yelled, flung chairs across the stage, simulated sex and,
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        128 62 LIFE! asks two audience members at Class Enemy for their views: Ms Ng Siew Eng, 53, general manager of The Singapore Lyric Opera: "This was not my cup of tea but it was interesting to see what theatre groups from other parts of the world are doing. Class
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        448 63  -  Tiffany Fumiko Tay Hydro Sapiens will bring the curtain down on the festival on a floating stage at Bedok Reservoir IT BEGAN with a splash members of the French street theatre company Ilotopie walking on the Singapore River and now, the Singapore Arts Festival will
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        527 63  -  June Cheong > dance AHQ Dance Theatre ON Victoria Theatre/Wednesday AH Q was a bore. Fat on cliches. Didactic in its images. Gestures repeated ad infinitum. Much like the pompous relative everyone suffers at family reunions. Inspired by The True Story Of Ah Q, a satirical novella
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          339 64  -  Samuel Lee Samuel Lee THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERY IN THIS LIFETIME JS I nspire/AsiaM use/Rock THE NEXT DAWN Claire Kuo Unfair/Universal WHIMSICALITY is the flavour of the week. Leading the charge are siblings Justin and Sophia Chen (collectively "JS", pictured above) and ingenue Claire Kuo. Centred on wanderlust,
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          148 64  -  Chang Tou Liang BACH KEYBOARD MUSIC Jeno Jando, Piano Naxos 8.*****1 ONE of the most recorded musicians of our time, Hungarian pianist Jeno Jando has already committed to disc Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and Goldberg Variations. This anthology of odds and ends further enhances his reputation as a sympathetic interpreter
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          169 64  -  S.Y. Whang DIANE REEVES When You Know Blue Note DIANE Reeves has it all: a silky voice with great range, keen knowledge of music and an effortless command of any material she takes on. She had commissioned new works as the first creative chair for jazz at the Los
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        534 65  -  Yeow Kai Chai Coldplay's latest album, titled Viva La Vida or Long Live Life in Spanish, is an apt allusion to the band's artistic longevity soundbites > pop rock ALBUM OF THE WEEK VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS Coldplay Parlophone SO MUCH is
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        143 65 FLAVORS OF ENTANGLEMENT Alanis Morissette Maverick ••■friMr A FINE line lies between music eclecticism and a helluva mess. Sadly, Flavors Of Entanglement falls in the latter category, getting wrapped up in a ridiculous mix of beats and gobbledygook. This is Jagged Little Pill gone We Are The World organic
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        164 65 ROMANTIQUE ELECTRIQUE Leonard T EQ Music IT'S a synth: Leonard T is a 1980s music junkie who thrives on his love for anything new wave, New Romantic or electro. That obsession reaches its apotheosis in the Singaporean's third and most accomplished solo album yet. Here is a love letter
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        160 65 WEEZER Weezer Interscope •kirkirtt DEAD serious or merely taking the mickey out of everything? Nerd-rockers Weezer are back with their sixth and self-ti-tled studio album. Already labelled by fans as The Red Album, it boasts a cover that has pundits calling them the new Village People, with the
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        330 70  -  Dave Chu Ong Sor Fern OSF PENELOPE (PG) Christina Ricci/James McAvoy/ Catherine O'Hara/ 90 minutes/ Penelope Wilhern (Ricci, right) is the victim of a familial curse she has the nose of a pig which will be lifted only if she finds true love with one of her own
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        385 72  -  Jocelyn Lee A MINOR spat has erupted between two famous hairstylists. Passion Salon owner David Gan sparked the fracas last week in an interview with local entertainment magazine iyHe had dismissed constant comparisons between him and fellow hairstylist Addy Lee by saying that they cater
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        166 72 HONG KONG Hong Kong singer-actress Kelly Chen on Wednesday surprised fans at her concert (above) at the Hong Kong Coliseum by announcing her marriage. Chen is to marry her boyfriend of 15 years, Alex Lav. Stepping out for an encore, the 35-year-old said to cheers from
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        205 72 LAT-WP, AP LOS ANGELES Like a superhero arriving in the nick of time, rapper Lil Wayne (below) has swooped in to stem the tide, however briefly, of the record business' general slump and the steeper slide that rap music has suffered in recent years. The
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        73 72 CHURCH PREGNANT: Singer Charlotte Church and rugby player Gavin Henson, who have an eight-month-old daughter, have announced that they are expecting their second child... GODFATHER SUIT: Anthony Puzo, son of The Godfather creator Mario Puzo, has sued Paramount Pictures, claiming the studio failed to pay royalties from a 2006
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