The Straits Times, 14 April 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 TUESDAY, APRIL 14 2009 S|sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Sea rescue raises stakes
      50 1 THE killing of three Somali pirates in the dramatic United States Navy rescue of a cargo ship captain has sparked concern for other hostages. There are fears that the stakes have been raised for future hijackings in the lucrative Indian Ocean shipping lane. WORLD PAGE Al4
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      Lock icon Buzz over resort jobs
      53 1 INTERNET forums here are running hot over claims that more than half the jobs on offer at Sentosa's upcoming Integrated Resort will go to Filipino workers. Media in the Philippines have reported that President Gloria Arroyo was here last month securing the positions for Filipino nationals.
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      Lock icon Cheaper broadband deals
      42 1 HIGH-END broadband packages are likely to become cheaper soon, and consumers will have more to choose from as new players enter the market. The per-month price difference for a lOOMbps service could be $15 or more. HOME PAGE Bl
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      Lock icon Clean-up at markets
      60 1 SINCE a recent food poisoning at the Geylang Serai Temporary Market killed two people, hygiene at such temporary markets has come under scrutiny. The other such places are Tekka Temporary Market, operating in Race Course Road, and the 628 Temporary Market in Ang Mo Kio. These centres
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      Lock icon Bright lights at Citi Spore
      54 1 DESPITE the woes of its American parent, Citi Singapore is doing well. It is on course to open its 21st retail branch by early next month, after reporting yesterday record profits of $703.6 million last year, up by 3 per cent from $683.5 million in
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    Lock icon Parliament goes into recess
    495 1  -  Li Xueying President to outline Government's new priorities when it reconvenes in May By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT PARLIAMENT has gone into recess and will reconvene on May 18, the Government announced at the end of yesterday's sitting. President S R Nathan will open the new session with
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    Lock icon Bangkok roiled by pitched street battles
    623 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh Nearly 100 injured as military enforces state of emergency By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT 0 MORE ONLINE Read Nirmal Ghosh's blogs on the clashes and hear his phone intrerview with Razor TV on straitstimes.com BANGKOK: Thailand's military yesterday finally moved to enforce a state
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        Lock icon Thai king should show his hand
        75 2 WE SAY Thailand's recurrent cycle of lawlessness and constitutional challenge has reached such a dangerous pass that the king must intervene to save the kingdom. It should be made clear whether real but messy democracy is allowed to grow without manipulation by the powers
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        Lock icon US, time to hop on board
        35 2 COLUMNS Not bound by the Law of the Sea Convention, the United States Navy is best placed to act against Somali pirates, Gwynne Dyer says. REVIEW PAGE A 22
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        Lock icon Weathering uncertainties
        19 2 Alex Tham says public input can help governments and corporations improve risk management. REVIEW PAGE A 23
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        Lock icon NEA should explain too
        31 2 OUR READER SAYS Caroline Chee wonders why nothing was done to trap rats at the Geylang Serai food centre until last week's tragedy. FORUM PAGE A 24
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        31 2 ONLI NE BLOGS www.straitstimes.com Alastair Mclndoe looks at efforts to get Philippine cuisine better known around the world. Nirmal Ghosh reports live from the clashes between protesters and troops in Bangkok.
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      Lock icon Home care's big hurdle: Not enough doctors
      1042 2  -  Radha Basu And the worry about paid services is cost By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE first large-scale survey on attitudes to death unveiled recently showed that most people here want to die without pain and at home. Both wishes can morph to reality in
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      Lock icon Who says water polo is only for boys?
      65 3 Raffles Junior College goalkeeper Sophie Lim (in red cap) makes a crucial block during the National Inter-school girls' water polo final yesterday. It was the first national schools' competition for females, in a sport normally played only by boys. RJC beat St
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      Lock icon Fewer public events will need permits
      707 3  -  Zakir Hussain But police will get new powers over outdoor events promoting causes By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT "More important than what some in the international media may think is what our own people think, and also the opinions of investors who come here. They make
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      Lock icon Ion Orchard has 3,000 jobs on offer
      361 4  -  Serene Luo By ABOUT 3,000 jobs, from shop assistants, customer service officers to managers, are up for grabs at lon Orchard mall, which opens on July 21. The uniquely designed 56-storey shopping and residential tower located above Orchard MRT station is the latest
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      Lock icon Hundreds bid farewell to a well-loved boss
      67 10 Hundreds of DBS staff lined Shenton Way yesterday afternoon, as the cortege bearing the body of chief executive Richard Stanley made its way past DBS Tower One. Everyone bowed their heads in respect while a few wept silently. At 2.45pm, a minute of
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      Lock icon Ex-aide admits he used 'loan' to renovate flat
      1054 10  -  Carolyn Quek TRIAL OF REN CI FOUNDER Ming Vi was 'aware of cover-ups' and had agreed to help him, Yeung says in police statements By Ming Vi allowed to go tofiineral in Malaysia MING Vi was allowed to leave Singapore last night
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      Lock icon S'pore man dies in Johor parang attack
      453 10  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By A SINGAPOREAN on his way to visit his nephew in Johor on Sunday night was killed after being set upon by a gang of parang-wielding men. Mr Kalaiarasan Thorasamy (left), 42, was driving towards Taman Indahpura, in Kulai, when he
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      Lock icon THE KEY FIGURES
      411 6 KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ Thailand is a constitutional monarchy, in which the King is "held in a position of high reverence, inviolate, not to be exposed to any kind of accusation, and exempt from legal action". He does not arbitrate publicly in times of crisis. But during the
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      Lock icon Three scenarios: The good, the bad and the likely
      634 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh As the situation in Thailand continues to worsen by the day, Thailand Correspondent looks at the likely scenarios ahead BEST CASE THE violence remains under control, or at least does not escalate. The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship
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      Lock icon 'It seemed like a bad dream'
      1060 8 BY ROAD TO U-TAPAO WITH FULL DIGNITY "PM (Lee Hsien Loong) was told by the Thai government that he and the Singapore delegation should evacuate by sea, to be ferried by small boats to a nearby LST (Landing Ship Tank) which would take us
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      Lock icon Taunts, gunfire and Molotov cocktails
      785 8  -  Nirmal Ghosh By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: The Thai capital's lurch towards anarchy began a few minutes after 4am yesterday, when troops were deployed to the city's busy Din Daeng intersection to clear the red-shirted protesters. The troops first fired tear gas but, after facing stiff
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      Lock icon Travellers cancelling trips to Thailand
      496 8  -  Jessica Lim By SINGAPORE tourists, put off by the chaos in Thailand, are cancelling their trips to the country. Checks with 15 travel agencies here show that half of them have had cancellations or postponements, especially for Bangkok and Pattaya, the scenes of recent demonstrations.
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      Lock icon If you need to change your plans...
      164 8 FOR enquiries on travel to specific areas of Thailand, contact the Tourism Authority of Thailand at 6235-7694. FOR FLIGHTS: Jetstar Asia: Call the 24-hour hotline on 800-6161-977 for changes to travel dates or destinations. The usual change fee of $40 will be waived,
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      Lock icon A pillar of strength for her children
      221 11 MADAM Elni Rumniah, 39, is a single mother of four school-going children aged from seven to 17. Life is hard for the divorcee, who was retrenched as a cargo assistant last October. However, she refuses to accept things as they are. She is
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      Lock icon Needy, single mum counts her blessings
      1307 11  -  Wong Kim Hoh RECESSION HEROES She has no job and four mouths to feed, yet she is a paragon of good cheer By SENIOR WRITER STUDIES COME FIRST "No matter what happens, I want them to go to school and be educated. Only then
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      Lock icon Do you know a recession hero?
      122 11 LAST week's recession heroine was Ms Helen Chia, a lawyer who offers free legal advice at least one night a week at the Community Legal Clinics. Open four nights a week from 7.30pm to 10pm, the clinics are organised by the pro-bono arm of
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Fear for other pirate captives after rescue of US captain
      1056 13 "We will intensify our attacks, even reaching very far away from Somalia waters, and next time we get American citizens...they (should) expect no mercy from us." Pirate chief Abdi Garad, by phone from his lair in Eyl, Somalia Hostages in
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      Lock icon THREE SHOTS, THREE DEAD
      225 13 A five-day hostage drama involving US ship captain Richard Phillips ended on Sunday when Navy Seals shot dead three of the four Somali pirates. Here is a look at how the drama unfolded. Dozens of Navy Seals parachute from aircraft into the water near USS Bainbridge.
      TIEN CHUNG PING and QUEK HONG SHIN SOURCES: WASHINGTON POST, NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS; QUEK HONG SHIN; WASHINGTON POST; NEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  225 words
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      Lock icon How it all started
      163 13 When warlords toppled former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, Somalia collapsed into anarchy. That led to a wave of illegal fishing and dumping of toxic waste in Somali waters by foreign fleets. Local fishermen and militia formed groups to drive away or apprehend the foreign
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      Lock icon Insurgents fire at US lawmaker
      144 13 MOGADISHU: Islamist insurgents fired mortars towards US congressman Donald Payne as he left Somalia after a rare visit by an American official to the country, police said. "The plane of the congressman was leaving, and the mortars started falling. There were no casualties, but the
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    • world-regional
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        Lock icon Divided over Najib's call to unity
        505 14  -  Carolyn Hong Debate over whether his One Malaysia slogan promotes equality regardless of race By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak's One Malaysia slogan is rapidly becoming yet another controversy to divide Malaysians, veering away from its intention as a call
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        Lock icon Muhyiddin rapped by BN's Chinese partners
        282 14 KUALA LUMPUR: The new Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, has come under fire from within his own Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition for saying that the Chinese did not appreciate the BN when they voted for the opposition in recent by-elections. Mr Muhyiddin
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        Lock icon MM: Vietnam and S'pore both can remake economy
        736 15  -  Sim Chi Yin He shares views on opportunities in crisis at start of 5-day visit By HO CHI MINH CITY: Both Singapore and Vietnam can turn the current economic crisis into opportunity by preparing their workforces for the new economy that will
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        Lock icon Democrats want Golkar to stay in coalition
        547 15  -  Salim Osman By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: The Democrat Party of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has invited the Golkar party to continue with their existing coalition as an alliance among their rivals shapes up to challenge it. The idea of a continuing coalition was
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        Lock icon False info: 18-month jail term sought for S. Korean blogger
        316 15 SEOUL: Prosecutors yesterday demanded an 18-month jail sentence for a popular South Korean blogger who is accused of spreading false financial information, in a case that has ignited a debate about freedom of speech in cyberspace. The 30-year-old blogger, a
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        Lock icon Separatist leader to run for Kashmir seat
        614 16  -  P. Jayaram Move signals split among separatists over call to boycott Indian elections By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: A senior Kashmiri separatist leader has broken ranks to contest in India's parliamentary elections, the first tc do so. "The old, tired and failed approaches
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        Lock icon Indian urban elite eye political role
        331 16 MUMBAI: Having written off politics as a crass and irrelevant ritual for at least a generation, India's urban elite are beginning to reconsider their role. Banker Meera Hiranandani Sanya said a colleague's death in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last November prompted her to
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        Lock icon China unveils plan for human rights reform
        580 17  -  Peh Shing Huei Plan sets clear goals to protect economic rights but is vague on civil rights, say analysts By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: China released its first "human rights action plan" yesterday, making clear that its priority lies with the protection of
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        Lock icon Terracotta army of 'servants, not warriors'
        256 17 XIAN (China): The terracotta figures found in the tomb of China's first emperor were not fashioned after his bat-tle-hardened soldiers but his servants and bodyguards, said a Chinese historian. Refuting the popular interpretation that the more than 1,000 life-size clay figures exhumed in 1974
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        Lock icon School, homes for Tianjin eco-city
        279 17  -  Grace Ng By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: The China-Singapore ecocity project in Tianjin marked the start of its second stage of development yesterday with plans to build an international school and eco-friendly homes. The eco-city's master developer, Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Company (SSTEC), inked
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        Lock icon KMT 'cashes in' on ex-leader's legacy
        743 18  -  Ho Ai Li Chiang Ching-kuo lauded as Ma's party goes all out to mark his 100 th anniversary By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: About a year after returning to power from the political wilderness, the Kuomintang (KMT) went all out yesterday to celebrate the 100
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        Lock icon Made-in-China weapons are of world class, says report
        459 18 BEIJING: A government-backed science group says many of China's homemade weapons systems are world class, reflecting the defence industry's new confidence and underscoring its ambitions of becoming a major arms exporter. The People's Liberation Army's (PLA) armoured vehicles, missile systems and electronic
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    • world international
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        Lock icon Netanyahu vows to hold peace talks with Abbas
        598 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Both shared a 'friendly and warm' exchange on the phone, said his office JERUSALEM: Israel's hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to hold talks with the Palestinians in his first remarks on the troubled Middle East peace
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        Lock icon Puppy love at the White House
        43 19 US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle and daughters Malia (centre) and Sasha giving 80, six-month-old Portuguese water dog, a warm welcome to the White House yesterday. Bo is a gift from Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy. PHOTO:
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        Lock icon Body parts of man found scattered in UK – over 140 km apart
        384 19 Body parts of man found scattered in UK over 140 km apart LONDON: One by one, body parts from the same man have been turning up across the English countryside. Police say they're investigating a murder, but have yet to identify the victim. The mystery came to light on March
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        Lock icon UK schools hire bouncers to keep order
        480 20 JOB REQUIREMENTS "The idea is that it's about crowd control and child-minding. If they are stern and loud, that's what is necessary to do the job." Mr Andrew Baisley, a mathematics teacher at a secondary school in Camden Discipline is a growing worry;
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        Lock icon 21 killed in Polish shelter fire
        148 20 WARSAW: Polish emergency services battling to extinguish a fire which swept through a shelter for homeless and poor families in north-west Poland yesterday. The fire killed 21 and forced parents to toss children from windows into the arms of rescuers, officials said. Another 21
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon 21 held over 'coup plot'
          173 20 ANKARA (Turkey): Police yesterday detained at least 21 people, including a university president, over an alleged secularist conspiracy to topple the Islamic-rooted government, Turkish media reported. The detentions followed a series of earlier arrests ordered by prosecutors investigating an organisation called the Ergenekon gang which
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          Lock icon Rawang bus crash kills 6
          119 20 RAWANG (Selangor): Five passengers and the driver of a double-decker express bus were killed after the bus skidded, hit a divider and toppled over along the North-South Expressway near Rawang, Selangor, yesterday morning. Five others were hurt. Police said the bus, carrying 34 passengers from
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          Lock icon DPJ loses local election
          122 20 TOKYO: A Japanese opposition-backed candidate, Mr Hiroshi Kawaguchi, lost a closely watched local election at the weekend, results showed yesterday. The outcome may add pressure on Mr Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), to quit before a nationwide vote that must
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          Lock icon Iran welcomes nuke talks
          133 20 TEHERAN: Iran's chief nuclear negotiator told European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana that Teheran would welcome constructive dialogue with the six world powers, state television said yesterday. Iran's Mr Saeed Jalili talked with Mr Solana over the telephone, state television said. Last week, the United
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    • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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        Lock icon King can help Thailand avoid anarchy
        425 21 THAILAND is in need of clarity over the governance direction it wishes to take. It can have a real democracy anchored in the people's will, free of extra-legal manipulation by the powers that be, or it could return to a prolonged period of a
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        Lock icon Global crisis needs global response
        928 21  -  Joseph E. Stiglitz By J. Unfortunately, responsibility for responding to the crisis remains at the national level Each country will try to design its stimulus package to maximise the impact on its own citizens not the global impact. The writer, a Nobel laureate in economics,
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        Lock icon US, get on board or be sunk
        892 21  -  Gwynne Dyer TACKLING SOMALI PIRACY By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE United States Navy has more than half the major warships in the world, and there is a pirate threat off the Somali coast. Now that the Navy has killed three of those
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      • review.
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          Lock icon Sound principles, evolving framework
          1450 22 PUBLIC ORDER BILL Law Minister and Second Minister of Home Affairs K. Shanmugam spoke in Parliament yesterday to move the second reading of the Public Order Bill. We carry here an edited section of the speech describing the philosophy of the Public Order Act. THE key
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          1027 22  -  Alex Tham ECONOMIC WATCH By If we accept that individual and organisational decision-making is based on bounded rationality, then uncertainty can be overcome by expanding access to information. ALMOST 90 years ago, the economist Frank Knight distinguished between risk and uncertainty. Risk, according to
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          394 23  -  I REFER to Ms Monica Wong's letter last Saturday, "Nothing wrong with scholarship bonds". While I agree that scholarship holders have a moral obligation to serve their bonds, I disagree with her view that the young today, unlike the previous
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          254 23  -  THE 14th Asean summit originally planned for December last year in Bangkok was moved to Chiang Mai later because of political protests against Thailand's previous government. Keeping in mind concerns over the domestic political situation, organisers of the summit again changed the venue and
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          229 23 YfW\ More letters on ta www.straitstimes.com 1 MISS YEO GEK NOI: Don't wait for pay cuts to be restored 2 MR MICHAEL YEO: HDB should hasten development of flats during recession 3 MS CARENE POH: Govt praised for allowing euthanasia workshop 4 DR ROSEMARY CHAI: Turned off by
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          205 23  -  FATAL ROJAK AFTERMATH I REFER to the fatal tragedy involving the deaths of two customers and some 150 others falling ill after consuming food bought at an Indian rojak stall at the Geylang Serai hawker centre recently. The stallholders should not be the only ones who must
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          127 23 MR RAVI GOVINDAN: "This tragedy should not have happened in Singapore, which has an advanced public health safety system. We should ask ourselves what went wrong with this particular rojak stall. For instance, does the grading scheme of the National Environment Agency (NEA)
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          85 23 MR LOW ZI PING: "I am appalled by the laxity of the relevant government agencies in checking hawker centres. Singapore plugs itself as a food paradise, but this incident, and that of overcharging tourists, tarnish the reputation of hawker centres." "Outsource?"
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          204 23 AWARE POLLS I REFER to last Friday's report, "Unknowns knock out veterans at Aware polls". The affairs of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) are an interesting study in leadership and change management. In the report, the old guard lamented
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          199 23 I WRITE with reference to last Friday's report, "Unknowns knock out veterans at Aware polls". The Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) is respected for its significant contributions to women's issues, as well as its broader commitment to social equality for
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          281 23 I WISH to highlight two incidents of attempted scams. In the first, my brother, who does not have any children, received an anonymous call from his "son" pleading for money as he was being beaten up. In the second, my aunt received a call
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      591 24  -  Chua Hian Hou Price competition likely as more ISPs start offering 100 Mbps plans By "I will wait this time around because there could be even better offers if a new player wants to come in and grab market share from Sing Tel and
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      129 24  -  Chua Hian Hou CORPORATE broadband prices are poised for an even bigger fall. Internet service provider (ISP) LGA Telecom now pays Sing Tel "several hundred dollars" to get a line to its customers. These charges alone constitute up to 80 per cent of its
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      618 25  -  Lim Wei Chean Resorts World reassures S'poreans that bulk of the jobs will go to them By TWO reports circulating on the Internet that half of the 10,000 jobs at Sentosa's upcoming integrated resort (IR) have been set aside for foreigners
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      391 25  -  Melissa Sim By ANOTHER big corporate name in Singapore has come forward to help foreign workers. Shell, together with 24 contractors, yesterday donated $287,000 to two non-profit organisations that assist foreign workers here. This comes on the back of NTUC Fair Price Foundation's $300,000
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      581 26  -  Judith Tan Ang Yiying Goh Yi Han Hawkers spring-clean premises in wake of food poisoning outbreak By FRUITSELLER Quek Boon Heng's stall in the Albert Centre Temporary Market stands out for all the right reasons. The floor is clean and dry, unlike at other stalls
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      167 26  -  JUDITH TAN THE hawker hygiene grading system, which was started in 1997, assesses food hawkers based on cleanliness, housekeeping, and food and personal hygiene. Grades from "A" for superior hygiene practices to "D" for below average cleanliness should be displayed prominently at each stall. These
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      372 26  -  LEOW SI WAN FOOD POISONING ANOTHER three patrons who ate at Ba Shu Ren Jia steamboat restaurant last week have come down with food poisoning. This brings the total number of those affected after eating at the Sichuan restaurant located at 233, Geylang Lorong
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      498 27  -  Khushwant Singh Capital charge amended for duo who brought in heroin from Johor Baru By FOR about $300 each, two women risked their lives to help smuggle in 2.5 kg of her-oin-laced powder. Jamaliah Yacab, 24, and Maryati Sipon, 27, initially faced a capital
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      560 27  -  Teh Joo Lin klmberly spykerman By TWO lift rescue-and-repair technicians died yesterday morning after their van struck a pillar of the MRT line along Commonwealth Avenue West. The workers 33-year-old Ismadi Abdul Wahab, the driver, and Malaysian Sivananthan Kandiah, in his late 20s were
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      184 27 President S R Nathan yesterday re-appointed Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong as head of the judicial system here for a second term. CJ Chan (centre) was also re-appointed as the Presidential Council for Minority Rights chairman at the ceremony in the Istana. Also present was Judge of
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      253 27 Illegal moneylender jailed A MAN who lent money to several debtors without a licence was jailed for 14 months yesterday. Driver Yap Tia Suah, 45, pleaded guilty to three of six counts of operating an illegal moneylending business by extending loans of $2,000 to $4,000 to three men last
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      402 28  -  Joyce Teo 2,652 applications seen yesterday for 438 units in various estates By Sengkang, Yishun and Jurong West. Most of the flats offered 313 units are four-room units. There are 80 five-room units, 35 executive flats and just 10 units of three-room premium
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      338 28  -  Jermyn Chow By STUDENTS in uniformed groups will be taught how to respond to national crises in a new programme to be rolled out mid-year. First up to learn about the security challenges facing Singapore will be 4,000 scouts in secondary schools, said
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      94 28 "There are people in Singapore who are very brilliant -but don't want to do any kind of public service. They just want the fastest route to success in the private sector." Mr Chan, a former EDB chairman, is an international road warrior gifted in making foreign
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        1484 29 The POA moves away from proscribing based on the number of persons involved in an activity. It focuses instead on whether the activity may have a disruptive effect on the public. Parliament yesterday passed the Public Order Act (POA). Its key
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        439 29  -  Jeremy Au Yong By THE space for political expression in Singapore has expanded substantially since 2000, and it is in this context that the new public order rules should be viewed. Second Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said this when responding to Nominated
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        709 30  -  Jeremy Au Yong Move-on order and restrictions on filming are most contentious By THREE Members of the House yesterday opposed the new public order rules, arguing that these gave overarching powers to the police without sufficient checks and balances. The trio were Mr Low
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        502 30  -  Zakir Hussain By MR SIN Boon Ann (Tampines GRC) asked if the Government had gone for the "overkill" when it crafted the Public Order Bill such that even a one-man assembly would need a permit. Nominated MP Thio Li-ann wondered if an assembly of
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        439 30 Mr Sin Boon Ann (Tampines GRC) and Nominated MP Thio Li-ann asked if the decision to deny a permit could be challenged with a judicial review. Law Minister K. Shanmugam: "Permit applications must be assessed in context, based on the facts of each
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        313 30  -  Lee Siew Hua By THE law protecting national monuments is to be remodelled. Parliament yesterday passed the Preservation of Monuments Bill to stiffen penalties for defacing national treasures, or doing illegal renovations. The move will safeguard 55 heritage buildings that anchor citizens to the island.
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        335 30  -  Nicholas Yong By AIRPORT charges will not be changed for a period of two years after the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is formally corporatised in July. Second Minister for Transport Lim Hwee Hua said during the debate on the CAAS Bill that this
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        262 30  -  Maria Almenoar By TWO recent deaths at above-ground MRT stations prompted a concerned Dr Lim Wee Kiak (Sembawang GRC) to ask if the construction of platform screen doors could be accelerated. A 59-year-old man fell forward and hit his head on the side
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        223 31 THE Oasis building, a popular eating destination in Kallang, will not be reopened even though there is a delay in the development of the Sports Hub in the area, Parliament heard yesterday. The building, which housed popular seafood and other eateries, was taken over
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        425 31 WORRIED about the prevalence of ear piercings being done in places like jewellery shops, Ms Ellen Lee (Sembawang GRC) wants the Health Ministry to introduce laws to regulate such places. In particular, she wants to make it compulsory for parents to accompany their
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        167 31 THE Government will make a last attempt to gauge the private sector's interest in taking over and managing four public swimming pools that are currently closed. But if this public tender exercise fails, the four sites in Bukit Merah, Van Kit, Pandan
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        108 31 PLANS for a new building for youth activities in Somerset have not been affected because of the credit crunch, Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said. Work on the *scape building began in March last year and is expected to
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        854 31  -  Goh Chin Lian Military personnel aware of moral obligation to serve out bond: DPM By THREE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) officers have been granted early release from their scholarship bond since 2000 after the merits of their applications were assessed. While
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        379 31  -  Jessica Cheam By MARKET rents for HDB's commercial and industrial tenants have fallen 5 per cent since January, Senior Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu said yesterday. The drop is in line with market conditions and is part of HDB's regular review
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        294 31 THE Government will not step in to guarantee loan extensions for property developers, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday. He told Parliament that banks are still lending to developers and better placed to assess risks than the Government. "Besides bank loans, a
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        410 31  -  Salma Khalik By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT THE introduction of means testing to decide the level of government help for subsidised patients at public hospitals has been "uneventful" and "hassle-free". Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan also told Parliament yesterday that there has been no noticeable change
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        963 32 Fortune smiles on Cabrera 17th hole: Kenny Perry has a two-stroke lead. But he hits a seven-iron over the green from 176 yards out and then skulls a chip across the green for a bogey. 18th hole: Perry now has a one-stroke lead. But he sends his
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        349 32 Final rd (USA unless stated) Cabrera bt Perry at 2nd play-off hole, Campbell eliminated at Ist 276 Angel Cabrera 68 68 69 71, Chad Campbell 65 70 72 69, Kenny Perry 68 67 70 71. 278 Shingo Katayama (Jpn) 67 73 70 68. 279 Phil Mickelson 73 68
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        632 33 Mickelson, Woods raise hopes of comeback but falter on closing holes AUGUSTA: Paired in the final round of the Masters but beginning seven shots behind the leaders, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson brought a sampling of their A-plus games to what initially felt like the tournament's B flight
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        354 33  -  Terrence Voon By NATIONAL Schools water polo competitions used to be the exclusive domain of boys. Not anymore. Yesterday, the girls also took the plunge, with Raffles Junior College clinching the A Division title with a 4-2 win over St
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        Lock icon Perry learns Major lesson in defeat
        598 33  -  Rohit Brijnath SPORTINGLIFE I By SPORT doesn't care that you're 48, Major-less, almost all out of chances. It doesn't care if you're from a small town and that your mama's trying to lick cancer. It doesn't care that you made only four bogeys in
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        201 33 even had a putt to win the Masters, but it finished an inch short, and this will always be what separates his tragedy from being a triumph. somewhat compensate for the lost elasticity of youth. The flip side is that those who view golf as a
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      Lock icon Youth sports development gets $15m boost
      615 34  -  Wang Meng Meng By Jonathan Wong DARREN Choy is hoping to win a medal when Singapore hosts the inaugural Youth Olympic Games next year. But, with the multi-sport event just 16 months away, the 15-year-old national Byte sailor is racing against time to get
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      50 34 NSAs who have already submitted their plans for YOG: Badminton, Basketball, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming and Table Tennis. NSAs who have not yet submitted: Archery, Athletics, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting and Wrestling.
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      947 34 Chelsea v Liverpool Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.40 am (Spore time) cerned about the form of goalkeeper Petr Cech, who looked especially vulnerable in the game. After the ruthless way Hiddink exploited Liverpool's zonal marking system in the first leg, Benitez will be desperate to
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      41 34 Quarter-finals, 2nd leg: Today Chelsea v Liverpool Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 2.40 am Bayern Munich v Barcelona Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.40 am Tomorrow Arsenal v Villarreal Live, Ch24, Thursday, 2.30 am Porto v Manchester United Live, Ch23, Thursday, 2.30 am
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      348 34 BERLIN: Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has warned his side not to think they are already in the Champions League semi-fi-nals, calling for a professional performance in today's quarter-final second leg against Bayern Munich. Barca lead 4-0 after a whirlwind first-leg display at the Nou Camp, and
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        236 34 HOUSTON: Former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt ended a two-year title drought on Sunday with a victory over Wayne Odesknik in the final of the US Clay Court tennis tournament. The Australian won 6-2, 7-5 to claim his 28th ATP title just his
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        64 34 The Young Lions clinched their second win of the season when they defeated Balestier Khalsa 2-0 in an S-League football match at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Goals from defender Irwan Shah (34th minute) and Chinese striker Yang Mv (64th) sent the Young Lions to
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        86 34 PARIS: Maria Sharapova slid out of the top 50 in the new Women's Tennis Association rankings published yesterday. The Russian, who is currently injured, dropped 23 places and now stands 53rd on the list. The 21-year-old underwent shoulder surgery in October and only recently
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      422 35 "It was really fun. I looked up at the scoreboard and they were shooting 15 per cent. It was unbelievable." LEBRON JAMES (above), after Cleveland raced to a 31-9 advantage in the first quarter They rout Celtics to be within one victory of NBA's home record
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      56 35 "When you're a child in Jamaica, you learn how to roll a joint. Everyone tried marijuana, including me, but I was really young." Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt reminiscing about his childhood days. But the Olympic star insists he does not smoke the recreational drug any more and is clean
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      456 35 Athletics Schools National C'ships Boys' A Div, javelin: 1 Koh Thong En (VJC) 57.23 m 2 Adriel Goh (HCI) 54.71 3 Justin Lee (HCI) 54.29. Long jump: 1 Joel Scow (HCI) 6.71 2 Yvan Tseng (Rl) 6.65 3 Lok Xinda (VJC) 6.63. B Div, long jump: 1 Syafiq Poh
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      214 32 i ONE LAST PUSH Liverpool may gamble on Steven Gerrard's fitness in Champions League. 81l I \J FINANCIAL BOOST $15 million funding to help young athletes pursue their dreams. 81l E WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Wigan lose to Arsenal. Wenger admits to
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      56 35 Our Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late MR RICHARD STANLEY From: Management Staff ititWi THOMSON REUTERS™ Obituaries For booking enquiries, call 1800-289-9988 (office hours) 6319-5192 (after office hours) Bookings made after office hours for next day's publication are subject to space availability. MR RICHARD STANLEY
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      37 36 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the Family ofthe Late RICHARD STANLEY CEO, DBS Bank Departed on 11 April 2009 From the Board of Directors, Management and Staff of a-ilrusl" ascendas areih ascendas india trust ascendasrat
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      32 36 With deepest sympathies to the family of Mr Richard Stanley Chief Executive Officer DBS Group Holdings DBS Bank Ltd From the Management Staff, Euro RSCG Singapore I MPG EURO RSCG JIIVGAPORfc MEDIAFLANNINGGROUF
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      143 36 r"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... iffssl and I will dwell in the house ofthe Lord forever." <. Psalm 23 AARON CHEUNG CHUN SAN Age: 82 Was called home to be with the Lord on 12 April 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      52 37 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Our Managing Director MR VICTOR PINTO and his family on the demise of his beloved mother PATSY PINTO Departed on 12 April 2009 From: The Management and Staff of CAPSTONE CAPITAL PTE LTD ASPIRE! EDUSERVICES PTE LTD ASPIRE! GROUP OF COMPANIES STUDIO 8
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      39 37 In Loving Memory of Our 2 Founders Ivan Ho Sing Liang Joel Tan KhangHoch Departed on 14 April 2008 Departed on 14 October 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by The Management Staff of Agencies Products Services Private Limited
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      81 37 ONG LOCK YIN Age 76 passed away peacefully on 12 April 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Wife: Cheong Peng Yin Sons: Ong Ann Ming Ong Ann Shian, Thomas Daughter: Son-in-law: Ong Swee Lian Chan Tat Yoong Grandsons: Chan Zhiming, Terence Chan Zhiwen, Bryan Body is resting at Blk
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      31 37 14th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of TAN TECK HOE MICHAEL Departed: 14 Apr 1995 Time changes many things but not the memory this day brings Always remembered by your loved ones
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      59 37 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of IVAN HO SING LIANG Departed 14 April 2008 Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us everyday, Unseen, unheard, but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear. Always remembered by Wife: Loll Chor Kheng, Winnie Daughter: Angeline Ho Son-in-law: Aaron
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      142 37 ,-J^fc U "He who dwells in the shelter ofthe most high shall abide W r under the shadow ofthe Almighty, He is my refuge and my m fortress, my God in whom I trust." Psalm 91:1 2 VICTOR CHUNG WAI HOONG Age: 37 Was called home to be with the
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      150 37 "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, I and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 PATSY PINTO Age: 85 was called home to be with the Lord on 12 April 2009, leaving behind
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      50 37 We, the family of the late IRENE FERROA Departed on 7 April 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Father John Sim, relatives, friends, doctors nurses of TTSH Ward 138 prayer groups for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, loving support, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement.
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      32 37 Jesus said, "Because I live, you will live also." John 14:19 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory TAN SOON ANN Called home on 14 April 2007. Deeply missed by wife Elizabeth and family.
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      143 37 "Jesus answered, the work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent". I 1 John 6:29 JACOBUS ALI SUBAGIO Born: 17 November 1938 passed away peacefully on 12 April 2009, deeply missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Christiana Siannewaty Son: Daniel Subagio Daughter: Shirley
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      193 37 SAI KAI LAN Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 12 April 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Tan How Pong (Deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law: Tan Hua Leng, Sunny Tan Hua Kirn, Ivan Tan Hua Meng, Anthony Lim Chai Hong, Lily Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Hoon Eng Chua Keng Chye Tan Lee Siang
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      76 37 ESTHER CHELAM BAI D/ORAMASAMY (Jalan Kayu) Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 12 April 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Son: Mumgiah Daughter-in-law: Evelyn Grandchildren: Prancer Astley Nephews: (Paramasivan, deceased) Balasubramaniam Niece: Saraswathy Daughter-in-law: Rajeswari and family Body is resting at Hougang Street 51 Blk 569 Multi-purpose
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      49 37 First Anniversary In Loving Memory of Maisie Regina Chander nee Zuzarte Departed 14 April 2008 In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true; There is not a day dear mum and mama That we do not think of you. learly missed, always loved and never forgotten.
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      102 37 Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the late SIVADAS S/0 SANKARAN Age: 94 Departed on 2 April 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives and friends for their I kind assistance, attendance, condolences and t k wreaths during their recent bereavement. I Special thanks to Doctor
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      35 37 Memory wanders as shadows rail saclctothedaus or happiness, Daus beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Or ncr lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. 5
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        529 38  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS Market up 2.64% but volume muted on lingering fears of retreat By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE stocks surged to a threemonth high yesterday as they resumed the climb brought to a brief halt by the Easter break. Local
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        361 38  -  Fiona Chan By HIT badly by the economic downturn in China, cosmetics group Beauty China is grappling with non-paying customers, slowing sales and a cut in new orders. In a frank update to the Singapore Exchange yesterday, the Singapore-listed company said that repayments
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          102 38 April 13,2009 1,876.77 +48.26 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.38 billion shares worth $940.71 million UP DOWN Gainers: 350 Losers: 139 Unchanged: 703 I STRAITS TIMES INDEX I FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap 373.76 8.44 Basic materials 170.71 2.59 Utilities 284.75 3.86 Small Cap 286.01 5.73 Industrials 399.21 8.83 Financials 448.18
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          169 38 Yesterday's close: 8,924.43 (-39.68) »Japanese shares edged lower as investors refrained from active trading in the absence of a lead from Wall Street, where markets were closed last Friday. Yesterday's close: 941.41 (+0.03) Malaysian shares closed flat due to profit-taking in selected blue chips. Thursday's close: 14,901.41 (+426.55) Hong
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            392 38 Apr 13 CENTS IMH 2080 142.3 lyxorMS India 10USS 866 90.8 lardine C8C 1408 86.0 Asia Pac Brew 970 52.0 Great Eastern 860 40.0 CIMBAsean49 1999S$ 525 39.4 G19 10USS 8750 36.3 DBS Grp 925 34.0 lyxor China H 1D9S$ 1164 33.3 OCBC Bk5.1%NCPS 199 ...9350 30.0
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            437 38 Apr 13 CENTS DBS.ES.D994 921 45.0 5.1 SembMar.ES.9994 221 38.0 20.8 U9B.ES.B994 1078 30.0 2.9 SGX.ES.9994 610 23.0 3.9 City9ev.ES.9994 586 22.0 3.9 OCBC Bk.ES.0904 548 18.0 3.4 STI1450BNPeCW*****9 81.5 16.5 25.4 Capitaland.ES.9994 276 12.0 4.5 OCBC Bk BNPeCWD***** 37 12.0 48.0 N81.ES.9994 135 10.0 8.0 SGX
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            179 38 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol (lagnus 2.5 ligiland 0.5 ;hina Hongxing 13 Solden Agri 33.5 ;osco Corp 99 >ee Hup Seng 18 fangzijiang 48 Sent Intl 59 itraitsAsia 93 ;hart SemiCond 13.5 UisGroup 28 iwiber 50 ShinaSports 10.5 <0L 141 fanlord 142
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            104 38 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Apr 13 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.0840 1.1170 Can dollar 1.2280 1.2430 Euro 1.9820 2.0050 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4172 0.4180 NZ dollar 0.8790 0.8980 Sterling pound 2.2050 2.2300 US dollar 1.5080 1.5250 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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            383 38 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 594.8 306.1 185 370 1792.9 503 67.5 105.8 ■■■■I 3580 1834 1250 416 270 319 1634 962 438 201 459 355 501 473 394 314 2170 571 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 405
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            632 38 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 133 132 272 157 78.5 208 243 165 65 75 198 199 314 129 138 381 765 334 372 287 170 624 565 228 87 206 90 108.3 117 36.5 327.1 147 138
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      609 40  -  Chua Hian Hou Ad sales dip; property revenue rises; interim dividend of 7 cents By MULTIMEDIA group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has reported 12.6 per cent lower net profits of $87 million for its second quarter ended Feb 28, compared with the same period
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      506 40  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By Last night, Iras was investigating the cause of the problems and said it would provide website updates on the availability of e-filing. So far, about 300,000 taxpayers or 30 per cent of those who need to file tax returns have
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      521 41 Move comes amid signs of pick-up in economy, but outlook is still grim SHANGHAI: China is drawing up a fresh economic stimulus aimed at boosting consumption, state media reported yesterday, on top of a previous multi-billion-dollar plan targeting investment. The move comes as
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      511 41 NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS DETROIT: The United States Treasury department is directing General Motors to lay the groundwork for a bankruptcy filing by a June 1 deadline, despite GM's public contention that it could still reorganise outside court, people with knowledge of the
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        109 41 MUMBAI: Indian telecommunications firm Tech Mahindra has bought a controlling stake in Satyam Computer Services, the outsourcing giant nearly brought down in a US$l billion (Ssl.s billion) fraud. Tech Mahindra purchased 31 per cent of Satyam for US$35l million, the highest bid submitted before the Monday
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        99 41 NEW YORK: US banks that received money under the Troubled Asset Relief Programme are facing a probe over increases in rates and fees, the Wall Street Journal said yesterday. The Congressional Oversight Panel, which oversees the federal bailout, is examining instances of potentially inappropriate
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      567 42  -  Joyce Teo Value buys in prime areas available even though property market still weak By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT SOME high-end condominiums recorded sparkling weekend sales even though the overall property market was generally quiet in terms of new launches. Of the two new previews, Illuminaire on
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      616 42  -  Robin Chan Beh Swan Gin By EDB managing director REALITY CHECK "If anyone is expecting us to go back to the sort of numbers we had in 2007 and 2008, that is not going to happen. That was really a consequence
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      376 42  -  MAINTAINING the level of foreign inward investment here next year in the face of the current global crisis will be Singapore's real challenge, according to Economic Development Board managing director Beh Swan Gin. In a keynote address to members of the
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      769 43  -  Michelle Tay Mourners pack the funeral of DBS chief Richard Stanley By 0 MORE ONLINE Watch video on the funeral service and procession on www.razor.tv BIG-HEARTED PERSON "To me, the quality that characterises Rich as a person is his bigness of heart Rich never
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      706 43  -  Francis Chan By US BANKING giant Citi has been hit hard by the financial crisis but you would hardly know this judging by the success of its Singapore franchise. Citi Singapore is shrugging off the grim times and going full steam ahead on
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      1160 39 Singapore Press Holdings Limited Incorporated in Singapore. Co. Reg. No. *****2868E Unaudited Results for the Period ended 28 February 2009 (Extract) ifsabout diversity gateways f^ GROUP FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS SPH REPORTS SECOND QUARTER NET PROFIT OF 2Q 2Q 1M 1M SsB7 MILLION 2009 2008 CHANGE 2009 2008 CHANGE ss'ooo ss-000 ss'ooo
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      104 43 Ask CHAN CHIN BOCK "Yes, times are hard. But we've a half-filled glass and we need to fmt* actually fill the glass, w'. But it was an empty glass in our desperate #5 years and we had no water." aY Mr Chan has been an international trailblazer who drew investors
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      114 43 Jk WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitStimes.com mean it has been an easy job. I believe MOST-READ ONLINE that Lim Chee Onn deserves to be paid "Resistance level" for condo-style we ll for doing a good job." HDB flats: $500,000. Keppel CEO earned $10m last year. OVERCOMING
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      421 44 Travails Train Tiny teen ,4fc of a geisha drama Pre puberty Jβ^ S Tourists 50 two-minute boy |J *r harass geishas episodes cost singing Ar! in Kyoto seven figures contest 1 LjAm^^ The Indonesian island of Gili Trawangan is just a short boat ride from Bali, but it cannot be
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        918 45  -  debbie yong You can count on one thing at Gili Trawangan everybody there wants to get to know you Introduce yourself once and Gili Trawangan does not forget. "How are you today, Miss Singapore? How is your tan?" coos the shop proprietor from whom I bought
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        205 45 ITake a boat ride to the other two islands, Gili Air and Gili Meno, which are even more rustic and less populated than Trawangan. Meno, the smallest and quietest of the three, is home to an incredibly interactive bird park with many native and Australian species.
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        200 45 Singapore Airlines flies to Bali thrice daily. From there, a two-hour boat ride to Gili Trawangan costs about 600,000 rupiah (S$80) per person. Alternatively, Silk Air flies to Lombok's Mataram airport thrice a week. A private car and chartered boat transfer from the airport to Gili Trawangan takes
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        440 46 Continued from facing page Be warned, though, that a mosque nearby broadcasts its morning prayers, so opt for rooms nearer to the coast if you are a light sleeper. Except for the fresh seafood that the fishermen haul in, almost all other produce is brought in
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        497 46  -  Tan Vi Hui Cheryl Tan CHAN BROTHERS TRAVEL SALE Chan Brothers Travel is holding its Ultimate Mid-year Travel Sale at Suntec City Mall Galleria Foyer this weekend. There will be discounts of up to $1,200 per couple and selected packages to Asian hot spots are going for half-price
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        775 47  -  deepika shetty You can find great food and wine in this French city rich in history BUl^^H Dijon Located halfway between Switzerland and Paris, the French city of Dijon has an attractive mix of history and good quality of life, says Ms Anne-Marie Oleksy (below).
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        493 48 Sydney Sydney's Museum of Human Disease has opened its doors to the public, allowing visitors to view a Pandora's box of plague, pestilence and disease in graphic detail. Previously used as a resource for medical students at the University of New South Wales, the museum has
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        934 48 'We are not like Mickey Mouse in Disneyland' Mameharu, a maiko The growing interest of tourists in apprentice geishas is almost amounting to harassment Kyoto His blond ponytail waving and zoom-lensed camera at the ready, Mr Pasi Ponkka eagerly waited outside a teahouse in
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        113 83 Hand, foot and mouth disease in China China is now going through an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). Last month, the disease killed at least nine children in Shandong province in less than two weeks. WHY IT MATTERS Hundreds of villages in eastern China
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        94 83 The Philippines The number of kidnappings has increased sharply in the Philippines this year. WHY IT MATTERS At least 49 people, including eight foreigners, were kidnapped in the first three months of this year. This is more than double the number in the same time last year.
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        104 83 I*6 million yen (5524,000) That is how much the Japanese government plans to pay smaller companies to keep them hiring workers until the age of 70. WHY IT MATTERS The cost of living is becoming higher in Japan, which has made it necessary for Japanese workers to
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        34 83 Look through The Straits Times World section and find a good •Vife»e** example that someone set. Headline: Who did you pick: What was the example: How can you do the same:
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        289 86  -  ELLEN WHYTE Lead trees were supposed to benefit people and forests but today, they do a lot of damage. By LEAD trees come from the tropical parts of Mexico. They grow about 15m tall and are easy to recognise because of their feather-like leaves. Lead trees
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        539 88 r HISTORY IN THE HEADLINES* liiiliiiBßl^B VIENNA, AUSTRIA, OCT 19,1991 The frozen body discovered by two hikers high up in the mountains last month has turned out to be more than 5,000 years old. German tourists Helmut and Erika Simon were holidaying in the Alps
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      287 89  -  MALINI NATHAN This week, Honest Dot and Caring Dot discuss how some school bus operators have taken the right measures to be safe. By Hey Caring Pot, do you take the Yes, I do, school bus? Honest Pot, 7> every day. Why? HOIICSt Dot* Well,
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