The Straits Times, 22 March 2009

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    21 1 4 Singapore Press Holdings —B*publication y\J cents thesundaytimes MARCH 22, 2009 186 PAGES IN THREE PARTS MICA (P) 192/11 /2008 straitstimes.com
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    Lock icon US set to unveil toxic assets plan
    516 1 Subsidies expected to coax investors to partner govt in buy-up scheme Washington The US Treasury Department is expected to unveil early this week its long-delayed plan to buy as much as US$l trillion (Ssl.s trillion) in troubled mortgages and related assets from financial
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    Lock icon Fence collapses onto house in heavy rain
    372 1  -  Huang Huifen Houseowner Pesi B. Chacha had an unlikely "visitor" drop in at his swimming pool yesterday. It was a section of a metal fence demarcating a construction site behind his bungalow. It toppled after heavy rain lashed the Kheam Hock Road area
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      Lock icon Causeway walk ban to be lifted
      423 2 XL will soon reopen old CIQ complex for travellers to cross into Malaysia on foot Johor Baru Malaysia is reopening its old Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex for pedestrians which means that people will soon be able to cross the Causeway into Malaysia
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      Lock icon Obama's budget 'will create $14 trillion deficit'
      469 2 Washington United States President Barack Obama's budget would produce US$9.3 trillion (Ssl4 trillion) in deficits over the next decade, an eye-popping figure that threatens his ambitious goals to overhaul health care and explore new energy sources, say congressional auditors. New Congressional Budget Office
      AP; Bloomberg; AFP  -  469 words
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      Lock icon F1 climbdown is a victory over autocracy
      427 3  -  Rob Hughes wifliflHZtftirTa The Formula One volte-face came in the night of Singapore. On Friday, it had seemed the September Grand Prix and others towards the year's end were in danger of being reduced to races that might no longer count towards the
      AP  -  427 words
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      Lock icon U-turn on F1 rule change
      566 3 FIA drops controversial plan to introduce winner-takes-all system after protests Formula One has ditched controversial plans to award the championship to the driver who wins the most races. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) performed a late U-turn on Friday. "If, for any reason, the
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      Lock icon Insurers hurting from inflated injury claims
      1047 4  -  Mavis Toh Motorists upset over rising premiums, saying insurers not doing enough to curb abuses Insurers are feeling the pain from a rising number of injury claims filed by motorists. A whiplash claim can come up to $30,000 and that of a fractured heel,
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      Lock icon Net cast wider for youth leaders
      737 6  -  Coh Chin Lian New foundation to go beyond top schools to nurture youth to lead voluntary sector In a country whose political leaders prepare painstakingly for succession, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong worries that the voluntary sector is not doing enough to groom new
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      Lock icon Working up a storm
      88 6 Lightning flashes over a block of HDB flats along Fajar Road in Bukit Panjang, heralding a thunderstorm yesterday. But workers who were repainting Block 408 at Fajar Road continued with their chores, oblivious to the bolts of lightning flashing around them. Singapore has one of the
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      Lock icon Beware crooked contractors: HDB
      571 7  -  Shuli Sudderuddin Advice comes after residents' complaints about non-HDB registered contractor Ignore contractors offering to do repair work on your Housing Board flat if you suspect they are not HDB-registered. This advice from the HDB comes after complaints from Marine Drive residents about a contractor who
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      Lock icon Unity Primary flies high
      206 7  -  Teo Wan Cek The pupils from Unity Primary are high-flyers. Yesterday, they landed a total of nine awards at the inaugural Singapore Amazing Flying Machines Competition finals held at the Science Ceni tre. Jointly organised by DSO Labo|ft and the jfta^. 200 teams from about 100
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      Lock icon Cause or gripe-more take it online
      1205 8  -  Gwendolyn Ng Netizens increasingly using the Web to seek redress, mobilise help Nothing new "Perhaps society always had such ugliness, but the Internet just made it more visible." DRCHERIAN GEORGE, assistant professor at NTU's Wee Kirn Wee School of Communication and Information, on the
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      Lock icon Save our driving range, say 200 golfers
      442 9  -  Estelle Low They sign petition urging NParks to let 32-year-old facility in East Coast stay in business Long-time customers of Parkland Golf Driving Range are swinging hard into action. Upset that the facility closed on Friday after a run of about 32 years,
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      Lock icon YES, WE TOUT
      2048 10  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Jamie Ec Wen Wei NEWTON FOOD CENTRE Stallholders say high rentals and stiff competition mean those who sit and wait for customers will lose out Thp^ IMCir m deCireeS iX JOf tOUting 2k\ \*\c*\m\C\Y\ 11 I'CVVIUII First degree: Stallholders will call out to customers
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      Lock icon Parable of Newton's tiger prawns
      728 10  -  Ignatius Low COMMENTARY Despite it being Singapore's most famous hawker centre, I hardly ever go to Newton. It's often crowded and you have to scramble for a table. Once you've found a seat, you have to contend with the aggressive touting that comes from putting
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      Lock icon EAT AT NEWTON? OH YES!
      515 10 Definitely, we like it here. And we will come back. That is what 143 of the 150 foreigners The Sunday Times interviewed last Thursday and Friday night at Newton Food Centre said. They loved the place, did not feel the prices were too high and
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      Lock icon OH NO!
      358 10 Newton Food Centre may be popular with foreigners, but Singapore's food critics think it is simply a tourist trap. "I don't bother going there," said critic Violet Oon. "Newton was popular up until the 1990s because it used to have every type of hawker food. Now, it's got
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      Lock icon Parents answer call to speak Mandarin
      766 11  -  Kor Kian Beng Coh Chin Lian Some even sign up for language lessons to converse properly with their children Finance manager Catherine Tan had to work frequently with her China-based colleagues in her previous company, but often found herself struggling to communicate with them
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      Lock icon It's Mandarin for them
      274 11  -  Kor Kian Beng Although more conversant in Mandarin, Madam Alicia Wee and her husband spoke only English at home to their first child Sheryl after she was born in 1997. They wanted her to be more familiar with English and to do well in the English-language
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      Lock icon From not recognising Chinese name to writing it
      396 11  -  Kor Kian Beng Just last year, young Meredith would not respond to her own Chinese name, Jiaxin. These days, the four-year-old has been practising how to write her name, which means peace and harmony. Meredith also enjoys singing Mandarin songs and watching
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      393 11 Sunset Way's 1.7 m facelift completed Residents celebrated the official completion of the Sunset Way Revitalisation Project yesterday with Mr Christopher de Souza, MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, and special guest Teo Ho Pin, mayor of the North West District. The $1.7 million project has given residents tiled
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      Lock icon Sights set on the roof of the world
      518 12  -  Teo Wan Cek Six-member women's team flies off to Nepal in bid to reach the summit of Mount Everest Singapore's first women's team to tackle Mount Everest have their sights set firmly on the challenge. So focused are they that three of
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      Lock icon S'pore on alert for next pandemic
      359 12  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei Singapore is in the midst of a region largely expected to be "ground zero" for the next disease pandemic. That is why the Government is making serious efforts to tackle infectious diseases, said the permanent secretary for health, Ms Yong
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      Lock icon US banks face taxing problems
      598 13 They want authorities to reconsider move to impose taxes on bonuses for employees Washington An alarmed banking industry is fighting to head off severe congressional restrictions on compensation, fearful that a wave of popular anger about vast pay cheques will result in permanent damage to
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      Lock icon WANTED: A BETTER WAY TO LET BIG FINANCIAL FIRMS FAIL
      257 13 Phoenix US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said small banks were understandably angry about Wall Street bailouts, and called for a better way of allowing huge financial firms to fail. Mr Bernanke said on Friday he saw no "realistic alternative"
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon US credit unions seized
        82 14 Washington Regulators seized the top clearing house for US credit unions, citing a critical deterioration in the finances of the provider. The National Credit Union Administration took control of United States Central Federal Credit Union, a wholesale credit union with about US$34 billion (Sss2 billion) in
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        Lock icon Bonus scheme under fire
        78 14 Washington Key US House of Representatives committee chairman Barney Frank has called for staff bonus schemes at Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac to be halted. Mr Frank's move on Friday was the latest in a growing controversy over large bonuses paid at firms receiving billions in
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        Lock icon CFO defends Goldman
        90 14 New York In a Friday conference call, Goldman Sachs Group's chief financial officer David Viniar said his firm did nothing wrong when it accepted payments to close out trades with American International Group (AIG). AIG was given US$lBO billion (***** billion) in taxpayer funds over the last
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      Lock icon Public fury has AIG execs living in fear
      574 14 Fairfield (Connecticut) Longtime pillars of the community are now pariahs fearing for their safety in a ritzy New York suburb that is home to many executives at American International Group, hit with a backlash over bonuses it paid to top brass even
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      Lock icon From cellar abuse to a life in hiding
      827 15 Tense relations with mother "Of course they talk to each other about general things. But neither of them can bring themselves to talk about that which is really at the centre of everything." MS CHRISTINE RENNER, on her sister Rosemaries relationship with
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      Lock icon Charles Manson's ageing face unveiled
      313 15 Los Angeles California corrections officials have released a photograph of ageing convicted mass murderer Charles Manson that shows him with a receding hairline, a fading forehead swastika carving and a thick, greying beard. The photo of the 74-year-old was taken on Wednesday as part of
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      Lock icon Starting classes later helps teens 'rewire'
      385 15 London Like many teenagers, Harrison Killick likes to stay up late to play video games. But unlike most of his peers, he can play late even on a school night because his classes do not start until 11am. The teenager attends the Hugh Christie
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      Lock icon N. Korea confirms detention of two US journalists
      363 15 Seoul North Korea yesterday confirmed for the first time that it was holding two American journalists and accused the women of "illegally intruding" on its territory. The confirmation came amid reports which claimed that Washington may propose a high-level meeting with Pyongyang
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      Lock icon Pakatan suffers new blow in Penang
      607 16  -  Carolyn Hong Under-fire deputy chief minister quits but is not giving up his state assembly seat Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur The opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition has run into yet another spot of trouble this time in Penang, where its deputy chief
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      Lock icon Proposed tiger park slammed
      189 16 Kuala Lumpur Conservationists have slammed plans to create a tiger park on Malaysia's resort island of Penang, warning yesterday that the project would be too expensive to maintain and could lead to illegal wildlife trade. The Penang government recently proposed setting up a 40ha tiger park
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      Lock icon Cherry blossoms bloom early again
      159 16 Tokyo Japan yesterday declared the cherry blossom season open here, with the blooming date getting earlier due to what experts say is the effect of global warming. The closely watched announcement made the headlines with Japanese television networks showing footage of white and pink blos-
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      Lock icon Thai PM survives censure vote
      352 16 Bangkok Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday easily survived his first no-confidence vote that analysts said may strengthen his shaky coalition government as it tackles an economy on the brink of recession. In the latest twist in Thailand's three-year-old political crisis, the pro-Thaksin opposition Puea
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      Lock icon IRANIAN LEADER TO OBAMA: Where's the change?
      463 17 AM Khamenei dismisses US President's overtures but leaves room for review of ties Teheran Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed overtures from US President Barack Obama yesterday, saying Teheran does not see any change in US policy under its new administration. Mr
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      100 17 Call to pardon political prisoners Hong Kong A Hong Kong-based journalist who served three years in jail on espionage charges in China has urged Beijing to pardon political prisoners. Mr Ching Cheong, The Straits Times' senior writer, said yesterday at the Human Rights Press Awards here that special
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      Lock icon Jet makes emergency landing
      68 17 Sydney An Emirates jet with 225 passengers on board made an emergency landing in the Australian city of Melbourne after the Airbus A34o's tail struck the tarmac during take-off, officials said yesterday. Flight EK4O7 was headed for Dubai. The plane circled the airport for more than
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      Lock icon Hanson loses election bid
      70 17 Sydney Far-right Australian politician Pauline Hanson, who once sparked outrage with a campaign against Asian immigration, lost her latest election bid yesterday. Ms Hanson blamed her loss in the Queensland state election partly on the publication in newspapers last Sunday of photos supposedly showing her partially
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      Lock icon 'SORRY'
      442 18 "It was like the Special Olympics or something/ US President Barack Obama, while chatting with host Jay Leno, said he had been practising at the White House bowling alley and rolled a 129 out of a possible 300 Obama apologises for remark on athletes with disabilities Washington US President
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      Lock icon White House will grow vegetables: Michelle Obama
      228 18 Washington As US President Barack Obama hopes for green shoots of economic recovery, his wife Michelle is seeking a different return to growth from the first White House kitchen garden in 60 years. The First Lady grabbed a shovel and joined local elementary
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      625 18 Bali Bangkok Shanghai Kolkata Rome Kuala Lumpur New York Manila Guangzhou Barcelona Los Angeles Dallas Rio de Janeiro Karachi Melbourne Mecca Singapore Today: Showers with thunder over many areas in the afternoon. Outlook: Monday: Afternoon showers with thunder. Tuesday: Afternoon showers with thunder. §Air Quality Sunrise Sunset PSI:44(Cood) 7.09 am
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  • jobs
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      Lock icon So who's training the trainers?
      820 19  -  tan dawn wei mmgmg Trainers help get you up to speed in a new job, or help you perform better in your current one. But how well do they do this? "They tend to stick to the book and do not encourage questioning and spontaneity
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      Lock icon No perks but freelancer enjoys second wind
      403 19 Call it job satisfaction, in every sense of its meaning. Former airline inflight supervisor Ronnie Eng does not get Central Provident Fund contributions and has no medical benefits. But he loves his new job as a freelance trainer. Chatty and articulate, Mr Eng,
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      Lock icon NEED A JOB?
      57 19 Each week, The Sunday Times' Jobs section will feature two readers who are looking for jobs. A recruitment expert will look through their resumes and suggest what they should do or aim for to increase their chances of getting employed. E-mail your resume (with photo) to suntimes@sph.com.sg
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      Lock icon She is seeking a customer service role
      242 19  -  Jennifer Sia 35 The senior customer service representative was laid off last month. She has 13 years of experience providing customer support in the commodity, aviation, opto-electronics, information technology and semiconductor industries based in Singapore. She is looking for a customer service role
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      Lock icon He's keen on business development
      228 19  -  Mr Kelvin Lye 39 The senior manager of division applications at a US-based semiconductor inspection and metrology equipment manufacturing company was retrenched last November. He has 15 years of experience in the semiconductor and test equipment industry. He has done product marketing, operations management and
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      Lock icon ASK THE EXPERT
      348 19 I have people who report to me in my role in middle management. Given that my company is feeling the impact of the downturn, there are always rumours over who would get the sack or how much pay would be cut. I'm not privy to what senior
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      Lock icon TWO HAVE LANDED JOBS
      396 19 The job hunt has ended for two Singaporeans who were featured in The Sunday Times Jobs' page over the past few weeks. Ms Ophelia Lim, 38, who was interviewed in the inaugural issue on Feb 8, was offered a position at Clubmarc, as a fashion retailer,
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  • invest
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      Lock icon Got the pink slip? Tips to stay afloat
      1313 20  -  Lorna Tan Lorna Tan Take steps to put yourself in a better position financially should you lose your job Finance Correspondent YOU ARE EMPLOYED BUT WANT TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST Just a year back, jobs still seemed aplenty. Now, workers fear
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    • [me & my money]
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        Lock icon Family's my best investment
        662 21  -  Lorna Tan Investors' guru is hot on commodities but he wants to spend more time with his kids Finance Correspondent Renowned American investment guru and author Jim Rogers is famous for his bullish views on commodities. Mr Rogers, 66, has for some time been advising investors
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        Lock icon BEST AND WORST BETS
        302 21 Q: What's your worst investment to date? My first wife. This was back in the 1960s and we divorced after three years. It didn't work out mainly because I was extremely hard-working and she was a different kind of person. We didn't know much about each
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        Lock icon Sanctuary to rest and relax
        256 23 MY SPACE Regional trainer Jeffrey Chng tells Debbie Yong why his Tiong Bahru flat is the best place to recharge. Mr Jeffrey Chng, 35 Regional trainer for a bank Home is a 131 sq m five-room HDB flat in Tiong Bahru Lives with his semi-retired
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        937 23  -  Coh Eng Yeow Stay with cash in these volatile times till clearer picture emerges as other options entail much risk Markets Correspondent The biggest storm whipped up on the financial blogosphere recently was the online thrashing of Mr Jim Cramer,
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        30 22 PHOTOS ALAN LIM BT Luxury condos like St Regis (left) and Grange Residences (above) now have units available for rent from as low as $5 psf a month. ST GRAPHICS
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        828 22  -  Joyce Teo Rentals of apartments falling by 15% as new units become available and expats move out Property Correspondent Tenants looking for apartments in prime districts are having it good as rents there head south. Right now, rentals of these units are falling faster
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        1053 25  - S 'pore scheme helps de-radicalise detainees in Iraq Shefali Rekhi Assistant Foreign Editor Generals strive to win. And battlefields present the challenge they seek. So when Marine Major-General Douglas Stone (below) headed for Iraq some three years ago when the insurgency was at its peak he knew it was the
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        1292 25  -  Tan Dawn Wei Poor reputation has dogged Sim Lim Square and Newton Food Centre due to cases of questionable business ethics Treat or trick? Two Singapore spots have been getting away with bad business ethics for far too long. For more than 10
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        353 25 Jerry Ec Charged over missing luxury watches I Former Cortina employee Jerry Ec, who I went missing on Christmas Day last i year with 386 luxury watches, was j charged in court yesterday with i criminal breach of trust. i Ec, 35, who was on the run for three
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        1048 26  -  Ravi Velloor Ex-premier's surge in popularity and power is gaining attention of Pakistan's army, the US South Asia Bureau Chief Last week in Gujranwala, a tired Mr Nawaz Sharif sat in the front seat of his sports utility vehicle, beaming as he savoured what
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        1522 26  -  Grace Ng Fruit juice has never been this controversial. Juicy theories about nationalism, protectionism and conspiracy have spilled forth as China for the first time used its antitrust law to quash Coca-Cola's bid to swallow Chinese fruit juice maker Huiyuan. Beijing's ruling
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        356 27 mmvmb,mv The case of the Americans who choked on the size of the bill for alleged monster prawns offers infinite variations on a cautionary tale. Our favourite one would be that patrons of hawker centres run like Usain Bolt when pictorial menus of prawns, crabs and shellfish
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        116 27 Motor premiums set to go up after underwriting loss of $214 million Motor insurance is a compulsory requirement by law. Should the authority be concerned and be interested to see that there is fair play in this business? http://mysingaporenews. insurance-premiums-up-and-up.html Foresight, anyone? The General Insurance Association and the authorities
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        190 27 "The first thing that wouk make me feel a little bit better towards them is if they'd follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I'm sorry, and then either do one of two things: resign or
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        284 27 We share with Ms Tay Hwee Peng her joy at discovering the gracious people in Japan, in her column last Sunday, "Living with grace in Japan". Ms Tay asked if Singaporeans can achieve the same spirit of graciousness as the Japanese. In a recent
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        229 27 As a nurse, I was pleasantly surprised by the Government's plans to turn Singapore into a health-care hub. We have the technology and resources, but are we comparing ourselves with Asian standards or global ones? Singapore has a large number of foreign workers in
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        270 27  -  Goh Kian Huat I read with concern last Sunday's editorial, "Pay up now". The National Library Board (NLB) has spent $250,000 twice in the past two years on reminder mailers to errant library users who failed to settle their outstanding fines for overdue books. The
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        178 27  -  Ang Ah Ho In last Sunday's article, 'Tell more' rules in the works", Ms Lorna Tan showed how the Product Highlights Sheet of an investment product might look in practice. We are referred to the prospectus on three out of eight highlights (excluding one
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        374 27  -  Jorg Alois Reding I refer to the article last Sunday, "Swiss' tax haven reputation at stake". While the report correctly informs readers about the decision by the Swiss government to adopt the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) standards
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        68 28 bv v Each week, we publish an excerpt from a book that is topical or of general interest. Do Good Design: How Designers Can Change The World David B. Berman Aiga: New Riders (2009) David Berman uses examples of graphic design, advertising and branding to show the
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        1021 28  -  Lee Wei Ling Even in the US, some believe that giving up a bit of freedom can serve the greater good Someone e-mailed me an article from the San Francisco Chronicle titled "Singapore blooms as lush as Eden itself", by Linda Watanabe
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        277 28 STREET VIEW kgflhl; prawns WILLY GOH, 60 Semi-retired "Most of us don't have $300 in our pockets when we go to a hawker centre. The hawkers ought to justify the high prices by explaining where the prawns came from." MRIDUL MISHRA, 33 Software architect 'Z "The price of the tiger
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        782 28  -  Nilanjana Sengupta A few days ago, I finally joined Singapore's flip-flop generation. Coming from a culture where flip-flops are given the sacred status of "slippers that can be worn only at home or indoors", I have always wondered how people here can
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      29 29 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Alex Siow and family of the late CHEW SOK CHUANG Departed on 21 March 2009 From: The Management Staff of RENAISSANCE PROGRAM
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      60 29 RETNAM PAKIAM Age: 99 years passed away peacefully on 20 March 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Son: Balakrishnan Daughter: Letchumi (wife of late G Sinnasamy) Grandchildren: Sankar, Janet, Gobinathan Great Grandchildren: Thanisha, Satish relatives friends Cortege leaves Blk 68 #20-516 Bedok South Aye 3 on Sunday
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      92 29 kgfkhk JOHN CHONG Age 71 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 March 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife:PhanGorNui Children: Spouses: Revd Dr Timothy Chong Magdalena Soegiarto Merina Chong Gregory Bong Julia Chong Danny Loh Grandchildren: Isaac Chong, Jessica Chong, Matthias Chong, Gabrielle
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      112 29 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Psalm 23:6 VINCENT CEDRIC FERDINAND (DICK) HOGAN Age: 82 was called home to be with the Lord on 21 March 09 leaving behind loved ones. Wife:
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      119 29 "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain". Phillipians 1:21 CHEW SOK CHUANG Age: 54 was called home to be with the Lord on 21 March 2009 leaving behind loved ones. (Father: Chew Seng Hai, deceased) Mother: Lim Kirn Siang Husband: SiowYuen Khong, Alex Son: Daughter:
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      95 29 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 LIM SALLY Age 45 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 March 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Daughters: Genevieve Anne Kieseker Kimberley Anne Kieseker Mother:
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      30 29 In Loving Memory of JENNY GOH HONG NGOH (MrsJennyNeo) Departed: 22.3.1997 Gone from our lives one so dear But in our hearts forever near. Always remembered by all loved ones
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      55 29 In Loving Memory Of Our Marine Police Hero HEAH KHIM HAN Departed on 13 April 2007 To us his name will ever be the key that unlocks memory of a deur one gone but cherished yet, a beloved one face we'll never forget. Always remembered by Wife, Daughter, Parents, Grandma,
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      42 29 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of NG LAI YING called home to be with the Lord on 22 March 2006. Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. Dearly missed and forever cherished by family loved ones.
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      21 29 In Loving Memory Of KANNUSAMY PILLAI Departed 22 March 1990 Deeply missed and always remembered by your children and loved ones.
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      135 29 I have fought a good fight, I finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Tim 4:7 MRS KOENITZ NEE LOW EVELYN Age: 83 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 March 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Raymond Koenitz (deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Michael Gary Hayati
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      98 29 ANNATHURAI A. MANICKAM Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 10/03/09. He did his duty to the best of his abilities and took care of us lovin^y. We are very fortunate to have had him in our lives. Thank you Appa! God bless your soul Dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      33 29 mmhg,ghj. CAPTAIN BRIAN SCOTT (Technical Director Principal Surveyor) Age: 74 was called home to be with the Lord on 11 March 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Sally, friends and loved ones.
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      154 30 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Lee Chew Ling Departed 22 March 2005 Dearest Lee Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, 4 Years has gone by since your sudden departure You may be out of sight but you are always on my mind For you left many happy and beautiful
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      62 30 p 7th Anniversary 3 In Loving Memory Of DRLIMBOONTIONG Departed on 22 March 2002 It's been seven years since the Lord called you forth I But it's never easy letting go of someone you love Your memories linger in our hearts And thoughts of you we keep forever near Your
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      43 30 19th Anniversary m Loving Memory Of IRENE MAH HWEE KIM Departed: 22.3.1990 Our thoughts are always with you. Our hearts are sore with pain; this world would be like heaven if you were here again. Dearly missed always remembered by Husband, 2 Sons
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      253 29 Memory wanders as shadows fell Back to the days of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. "In memoriam" is fcrtrie loved ones whom uou remember... One-stop funeral services within
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      345 30 Hamilton (New Zealand) Harbhajan Singh took six wickets for 63 runs as India beat New Zealand by 10 wickets in the first cricket Test yesterday. It was their first Test win in New Zealand in 33 years. India led by 241 runs after
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        75 30 Cape Town A.B. de Villiers (163) led South Africa to a commanding 651 at tea on the third day of the third cricket Test against Australia yesterday. South Africa began the third day on 404 for three in reply to Australia's first innings of
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        73 30 Home United's S-League title hopes took a blow yesterday when they were beaten 0-1 by lowly Albirex Niigata. Defender Ryota Kobayashi clinically finished a low cross in the fifth minute for the winner. The Japanese club's second consecutive win propelled them to fifth place
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        54 30 Key Biscayne (Florida) Maria Sharapova withdrew from the upcoming Sony Ericsson Open on Friday, saying she is not ready to play a full tournament of singles as she recovers from a shoulder injury. Defending men's champion Nikolay Davydenko (foot) also withdrew. The tennis tournament will
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        44 30 San Antonio Kevin Garnett (right) returned from knee injury to help the Boston Celtics defeat the San Antonio Spurs 80-77 in the National Basketball Association on Friday. He scored 10 points in limited action after missing 13 games. Reuters Reuters
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      446 30  -  jeanette wang Govt pledges support for more than 3-5 international triathlon events, says Mr Teo The Government has pledged its continued support for the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore, along with a push for more triathlon races here. "I just want to assure the organisers that the
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        157 31 Andy Bridgman was a community support officer in the English town of Horley, in Surrey, until last week. Now he is set to coach the likes of David Beckham and Landon Donovan. A qualified Football Association coach, he has decided to join the staff of American
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        246 31 Thai Chapchai Nirat shot a 32-under-par cc 72 holes, in what is thought to be the world's lowest winnin margin in relation to par, to claim golf's SAI Open in Gurgaon, India, yesterday. Chapchai, 25, birdied his fir] hole for a 67 and a total of 256
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        464 31 Standing at 1.85 metres, Jeff Jordan is 13cm shorter than his father, wears No. 13 in honour of his mother's birthday instead of his father's famous No. 23, has a full head of hair and leaves the tongue-wagging to his father. "Jeff's very quiet
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      721 32  -  Jonathan Wong Spate of women's records bode well for SEA Games, but target is to excel in Asia A sense of excitement surrounds Singapore's current crop of women swimmers, after they rewrote a clutch of national marks last week. Quah Ting Wen and her peers' performances at the
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      429 32 TAO LI, 19 1.60 m, 56kg Singapore Sports School Potential: The long-term target remains a podium finish at the 2012 London Olympics. As the Asian record-holder in the 100 m butterfly and the winner of the 50m butterfly at the last
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      247 32 Text and pictures by Lim Sin Thai James Quek, 21 Student Height: 1.6 m. Weight: 52kg. Exercise regimen: I run the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. Athletics training, six times a week, starts with stretching to warm up the muscles. During training, I do endurance runs
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      335 32  -  Jonathan Wong It is not quite the battle of the sexes but the boys of Singapore swim- M ming are determined to make a game of it. They are young and talented and not about to let the girls mm steal all the
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      1156 33 FACTFILE He has the looks of an angel, but the predatory instinct of a beast going for the kill such was the merciless manner in which he ripped apart the reputations of Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic and Real Madrid's Fabio Cannavaro in recent weeks. Fernando Jose
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      281 34 Results Portsmouth 2 Everton 1 Blackburn 1 West Ham 1 Crouch 22,75 Baines 4 Andrews 51 Noble 35 Fulham 2 Man United 0 Stoke City 1 Middlesbrough 0 D. Murphy 18pen, Shawcross 84 Gera 87 Tottenham 1 Chelsea 0 West Brom 1 Bolton 1 Modric 50 Shittu
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      380 34 Red Devils fall 0-2 at Fulham; United's first consecutive League defeat in 147 matches London Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Just a week ago, Manchester United's commanding seven-point lead not to mention having a game in hand meant that they were cruising to
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      918 34  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL The spring sun was shining on Melwood, the Liverpool FC training ground on Friday. A group of Liverpool players were talking about the Champions League draw and the meeting for the fifth consecutive year with Chelsea. Rafa Benitez
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      113 36 Inflated claim Big better m Don't quit your day job fjjm Docs shoot down Big prawns r Reporter John Lvi yl Joanne Peh's V% are tougher earned $1.20 after bust size claim and older fjrVsT* three hours of busking PAGEIO X t PAGE 29 PACE 4 1 ILLUSTRATION: LEE CHEE
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        961 37  - 2 4-hour marts Tan Vi Hui Cheryl Tan Late-night shoppers welcome the opening of Fair Price Xtra and want more round-the-clock shops and It is past midnight early one Wednesday. Most of Singapore is fast asleep. But Mr Robin Mak and his wife are taking their youngest child out for
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        154 37 ST PHOTOS: Here are how prices at Fair Price Xtra Jurong Point stack up against the three other hypermarts Carrefour Suntec Ci Mustafa and Giant Tampines: KLEENEX ULTRASOFT, THREE-PL 1 JUMBO ROLL Fair Price Xtra: $6.80 Carrefour: $6 Mustafa: $6.80 Giant: $6 DETTOL ORIGINAL SHOWER GEL, 250 ML
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        166 37 LifeStyle picks out other 24-hour chains for your nightly binges: WHERE TO SHOP Cold Storage Katong Mall: 112 East Coast Road, 01-31 Katong Mall Holland Village: 223 Holland Avenue, 01-05 Holland Shopping Centre Cold Storage Specialty Serangoon: 57 Serangoon Garden Way Shop N Save Ang Mo Kio:
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        283 37 Among the few after-2am stragglers at FairPrice's hypermart in Jurong was Mr James Tan, who was there at 3.20 am. The self-employed 32-year-old says: "I can't sleep, so I came here with my friends. We need a few more places like this. "Before this place opened, we used
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        792 45  -  Philip Lee Sylvia Ang was hit by brain tumour twice but she is determined to look at the bright side of things My only regret is that I had not bought a bigger policy. I advise people to put more money into health protection
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        378 66  -  Eva Ong Chew Mei QI usually add long cabbage to seafood/meat soup to make it a complete meal. However, I normally stick to Australian or Chinese "wongbok". I'm puzzled by the difference, if any, between the various types. What are the ways to use long cabbage? A The
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        331 68  -  foong woei wan PHOTOS: With its warm lighting and white furnishings, Loving Hut may look like just another snug, zen eatery. Actually, it is an alternate vegan universe. Dishes such as laksa and lemongrass curry seem familiar, except they are made without animal products. Even the television
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        256 68  -  Frankie Chee Those looking to add a tangy twist to their steaks or Bloody Mary cocktails will be disappointed to find that bottles of the popular Lea Perrins Worcestershire sauce are hard to come by now. The UK-made sauce has been out of stock at Cold Storage
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