The Straits Times, 29 April 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 2009 S|sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Iswaran: Get facts right
      68 1 SENIOR Minister of State for Education S. Iswaran has called for "responsible commentary" on sex education in schools from the parties involved in the Aware dispute. His advice to those who have criticised the programme run in some schools by the women's group: Get your facts
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      Lock icon $4b road in the work
      51 1 SINGAPORE'S most ambitious road project began work near the Marina Barrage yesterday. Costing more than $4 billion, the skm Marina Coastal Expressway will deal with traffic expected at the new attractions, offices and residences going up in the burgeoning Marina Bay area. PRIME PAGE A
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      Lock icon S'porean terrorist jailed
      32 1 AN INDONESIAN court yesterday sentenced Singaporean Mohammad Hassan Saynudin to 18 years' jail for killing a Christian scnooiteacner and planning terrorist attacks against Westerners in Indonesia. WORLD PAGE Al2
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      Lock icon S'pore trumps Paris
      60 1 SINGAPORE has jumped six places in a global ranking of cities with the highest quality of living, overtaking places such as Paris in France and Honolulu and San Francisco in the United States, according to a survey. Singapore also topped human resource consultancy Mercer's list of cities
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      Lock icon Selling local brands
      57 1 DESPITE their stellar reputation for quality, Singapore brands have largely not gained widespread appeal among consumers, says marketing guru Kirn Faulkner. It is a baffling situation but it has given Ms Faulkner her latest mission designing a master plan to turn around that perception and get local
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    Lock icon Health Ministry raises pandemic alert level
    811 1  -  Bertha Henson Yellow alert in place as swine flu spreads to Europe and Middle East By ASSOCIATE EDITOR Pharmacies running out of flu drug PRIME PAGE A 6 WHO concerned about spread in US PRIME PAGE A 8 More reports: REVIEW PAGE A 24
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    Lock icon MM takes in city sights from the Flyer
    172 1 THE Singapore Flyer had a special guest yesterday Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (above right, with Flyer chairman Florian Bollen), who boarded the world's largest observatory wheel to experience both the sunset and night rides. MM Lee, on his first visit to
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      38 1 for Wolverine HIS FIRST 10 DAYS 1/§± the stylish is a complex Asia: Obama can be woman L J creature trusted to walk the talk IN DIGITAL LIFE LIFE! PAGES C 4&5 WORLD, PAGES A 16&17 JM m
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        100 2 WE SAY The $8 million 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) Fund launched by the National Environment Agency (NEA) reworks something old into something new as well as useful and sustainable. It is the karung guni way. Updating it by relying on technology as well as
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        Lock icon Don't scoff at Asean
        26 2 COLUMNS The regional grouping is no paper tiger and is important to all of us, says Tommy Koh. REVIEW PAGE A 23
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        29 2 The US needs to get back on the right track, or risks becoming a cautionary tale, says Chua Chin Hon. REVIEW PAGE A 23
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        24 2 OUR READER SAYS Aware's sexuality education programme helps students in making sensible decisions, say MOE and Aware. FORUM PAGE A 25
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        30 2 BLOGS www.straitstimes.com Yen Feng is frustrated and bemused by the International Film Festival's closing film. Joanne Lee reviews the film Taken and decides she's not that naive after all.
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      Lock icon Taiwan's ailing health care system
      834 2  -  Ho Ai Li Scheme noted for cheap and extensive coverage faces crippling costs By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT WHENEVER women's rights activist Chen Yi-jun meets her gynaecologist, she finds herself talking about her private ailments publicly in front of other patients. To save time, many hospitals will
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      361 2 mA SWII vA IT I I ikliV SKIlll» y General Management i-2June2oo9 Programme 19-30 October 2009 mf Kfl ye y° ur know-how ar| d capabilities a boost. This programme is designed to confer jt tm o*9 tne broader knowledge base required for effective decision-making across several mffunr ;*5 ,r functional
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      Lock icon Expect more layoffs but take heart
      870 3  -  Sue-Ann Chia MAY DAY MESSAGES Spore well positioned to tackle downturn, labour chief tells workers By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT NEXT WAVE OF LAYOFFS "It is not a question of whether we will see a second wave of retrenchment, but a question of when it
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      Lock icon Getting Ready for re-hiring
      360 3  -  SUE-ANN CHIA MR SATIVIL P. John has spent the last 39 years working for York Hotel and has no plans to retire. The technician hopes that his boss will re-hire him when he turns 62 in October. "It will be nice to retire and relax at
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      Lock icon A ROAD RUNS UNDER THE SEA
      188 4 Singapore's most expensive and complex road is being built. The Marina Coastal Expressway will link the ECP and KPE to the AYE and provide an alternative route for those heading to future developments in the Marina Bay area. This project includes a 420 m
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      Lock icon Work begins on Marina expressway
      669 4  -  Maria Almenoar The skm road will be the most expensive in Spore, costing $4 billion By WORK on Singapore's 10th expressway, and its most complex and expensive one to date, started yesterday. The Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) is meant to deal with traffic expected at
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      Lock icon Get facts right on sex education: Iswaran
      641 5  -  Amelia Tan AWARE SAGA Ministry hasn't received any complaints about Aware's programme By GET your facts right on what is happening in Singapore schools when it comes to sex education, and do not base comments on "innuendo or information received on the fly".
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      Lock icon EGM venue changed to Expo Hall 2
      570 5  -  Wong Kirn Hoh By Saturday showdown? AW ARE'S extraordinary general meeting will be held from 2pm to spm at Singapore Expo Hall 2 in Changi. Members will have to show their identity cards (or passports, for foreigners) in order to be admitted and
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      Lock icon Pharmacies running out of flu drug
      627 6  -  Leow Si Wan Radha Basu Jessica Jaganathan Tamiflu supplies being snapped up; MOH urges against stockpiling By AND 'HARMACIES here are running out of Tamiflu, the drug that is said to be effective against swine flu. Over the past two uays, drugstores islandwide have
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      Lock icon Sport organisers take action
      171 6 PLANS are under way to have temperature testing at all Asian Youth Games (AYG) venues and athletes may be required to declare their travel history for the six months prior to the games. The AYG will be held in Singapore from June 29 to July 7.
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      Lock icon Labs racing to produce test kits and vaccines
      549 6 HONG KONG: The race is on in the labs to find quick ways of fighting the new flu virus, from diagnosis to treatment and prevention. Hong Kong said on Monday it has assigned a team of scientists to develop a test that
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      Lock icon Pork sellers at wet markets complain of poor sales
      522 6  -  Sljin Thomas Leow Si Wan By WET MARKETS opened for business yesterday after a day off, and pork sellers immediately felt the effects of swine flu, as their customers shied away from buying pork in the mistaken belief they can catch
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      Lock icon US patients 'may be passing on virus'
      642 8 WHO says this could indicate new strain is spreading beyond those returning from Mexico GENEVA: American flu patients may have transi mitted the virus to othI ers in the United States, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday, indicating that the new strain
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        Lock icon 'Only slums' at risk
        68 8 LONDON: The outspoken head of Irish budget airline Ryanair said yesterday that the swine flu outbreak is a risk only to Asians and Mexicans "living in slums". Mr Michael O'Leary said travellers had little to fear from the deadly virus, and predicted that a couple now
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        Lock icon Virus 'man-made'?
        79 8 JAKARTA: Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said yesterday that the deadly swine flu virus could have been man-made. She did not elaborate, but in the past she has said Western governments could be making and spreading viruses in the developing world to boost pharmaceutical companies' profits. Dr
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      7 8 SOURCES: AFP AP REUTERS BLOOMBERG ST GRAPHICS
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      Lock icon 'Probable' case reported in S. Korea
      541 8 SEOUL: A South Korean woman yesterday tested positive for swine flu in additional tests after travelling to Mexico, making her the first "probable" case in Asia. Across the region, suspected cases were also reported in China, Hong Kong and Thailand, amid fears that the
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      Lock icon 4-year-old boy may be Patient Zero
      702 8 MEXICO CITY: A four-year-old boy has emerged as a possible Patient Zero as Mexico, at the centre of a global swine flu epidemic, struggled to piece together its lethal march. The boy, who survived, could be the earliest known victim in Mexico of the
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      1461 10  -  Michelle Tay THE ST INTERVIEW Local brands have the quality but lack emotive appeal. Marketing guru Kirn Faulkner's mission is to inject some By Making 'millions' from $20k set-up MS KIM Faulkner, 48, is chief executive of Activiste, a two-year-old branding and marketing company. Her
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    186 11 With Heartiest Congratulations to Our President Dr Lim Kee Ming, BBM on being awarded Doctor of the University, Honoris Causa of The University of Adelaide, Australia From: Members of the Committee of Management and Office-bearers NGEE ANN KONGSI Mr Teo Chiang Long Mr Tan Kien Lip Mr Lee Sew-lam Dr
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    81 11 With Heartiest Congratulations to Our Chairman Dr Lim Kee Ming, BBM on being awarded Doctor of the University, Honoris Causa of The University of Adelaide, Australia r From: Board of Directors m M NGEE ANN DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD Mr Teo Chiang Long Mr Hideshi Mizuno Mr Yutaka Yamaguchi Mr Toshio
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      Lock icon 18 years' jail for terrorist from S'pore
      823 12  -  Salim Osman The defiant Jemaah Palembang founder has no plans for an appeal By Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS Background of a terrorist 1990: Mohammad Hassan Saynudin, also known as Fajar Taslim, graduates from a secondary school in Woodlands. 1992-1994: Serves national service. 1994-1997:
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        591 13  -  VIEW FROM CHINA By Peh Shing Huei CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso arrives in China today for his first official bilateral visit the third consecutive Japanese leader to cross the East China Sea in the last three years. It
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        624 13  -  Kwan Weng Kin VIEW FROM JAPAN By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: China rolls out the red carpet for Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso today, as the two sides play down their differences over delicate issues, including Japan's controversial Yasukuni shrine, and step up
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        Lock icon Japan's emergency wards in critical state
        709 14 Hospital bed shortage has led to patients dying after being turned away The number of emergency patients has surged by 20 per cent over the past decade, due partly to the rapid ageing of the population, said emergency medicine expert Shuji Shimazaki. SANGO (Japan):
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        Lock icon S. Korea eases law to boost medical tourism
        330 14 SEOUL: Hospitals will be allowed to directly market themselves to foreign patients from next month as part of South Korea's efforts to become Asia's new medical tourism hub, officials said yesterday. Hospitals are currently barred from directly advertising for overseas patients or
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        Lock icon Pizzeria claims a slice of history in N. Korea
        267 14 LONDON: For North Korea's ruling elite, dining options in Pyongyang just got a little more impressive the country now has its first pizzeria. An obsession with pizza stretching back at least 10 years prompted North Korea's leader Kirn Jong II to
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        Lock icon Dramatic fast spices up Tamil Nadu polls
        789 15  -  Ravi Velloor Chief Minister's act in support of Tamil Tigers earns opponent's rebuke By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF CHENNAI: In Tamil Nadu a state known for its hugely melodramatic movie productions this surely must have been political theatre's finest hour. And it was
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        Lock icon Govt forces still using heavy weapons: Website
        136 15 COLOMBO: A pro-Tamil Tiger website yesterday accused Sri Lankan government forces of continuing to pound civilians trapped in rebel-held territory despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons. The military denied the allegation, but confirmed it was trying to capture more territory and
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        Lock icon Muslim convert urges wife to return with sons
        486 16 Case highlights tensions in Malaysia over disputed conversions of minors The case has become a symbol of mounting complaints of religious discrimination by non-Muslims. PUTRAJAYA: A Malaysian convert to Islam yesterday urged his estranged Hindu wife, who had fled abroad with their
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        Lock icon No Malaysian will be left behind, pledges Najib
        404 16 PUTRAJAYA: No Malaysian should consider himself a second-class citizen, feel sidelined or get left behind in the nation's progress, Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday. He said that under the IMalaysia concept that he is promoting, every member of the public who
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        18 16 "Citizenship is not only about one's rights but also about responsibility towards the nation." PM Najib
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        Lock icon Yudhoyono wins backing of 14 minor parties
        319 17 JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party has secured the support of 14 minor parties which won a combined 12.5 per cent of votes in the legislative elections, The Jakarta Globe said yesterday. This could strengthen the party's lead for the July presidential
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        Lock icon Thai govt seeks to rein in Thaksin
        441 17 Ex-premier said to have at least 3 passports as he moves from country to country BANGKOK: Thailand is taking every possible step to narrow the political space former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has on the globe by using the Interpol and other diplomatic moves,
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        1265 18  -  Chua Chin Hon Barack Obama reaches the crucial milestone of 100 days in office today. The Straits Times US Bureau takes a look at how he has fared in his job as President so far. OBAMA'S FIRST 100 DAYS By US BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: "Make no little plans."
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        550 18 Obama's checklist: President Obama campaigned on a platform for change when he ran for the White House. How much did he deliver in his first 100 days? TOP 10 PROMISES 1- CREATE JOBS J Candidate Obama: He initially vowed to create or save one million jobs. This figure
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        253 19 A look at three other presidents who took office during crises: FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (Ist 100 days: March 4 June 11,1933) Taking office amid the Great Depression, he set the "100 days" benchmark by pushing through a record number of "New Deal" Bills. The laws for reviving
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      • Major economic indicators in the first 100 days
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        Lock icon Asia's rating: A for style, B for content
        981 19  -  Bhagyashree Garekar By US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: The Europeans rave about President Barack Obama but roll their eyes at his proposals. The Latin Americans both rant and rave. Asia? Pragmatic and patient, its sizes up Mr Obama with cool eyes and offers him
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        Lock icon Mr President still works like Candidate Obama
        418 19 WASHINGTON: He left the campaign trail six months ago but US President Barack Obama is still running, against himself and a number of past presidents too. To follow his trajectory in his first 100 days is to watch him plug into lessons from
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        Lock icon US plots defence against cyber attacks
        626 21 It seeks to develop replica of Internet to simulate scenarios and build new online weapons WASHINGTON: When US forces in Iraq wanted to lure members of Al-Qaeda into a trap, they hacked into one of the group's computers and altered information that drove them
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        Lock icon US, China firms sign business deals worth $16b
        330 21 WASHINGTON: US and Chinese companies have signed 32 business deals worth US$lO.6 billion (Ssl6 billion), while top US and Chinese officials said the two countries must cooperate on trade to help restore global growth and avoid protectionism. "History tells us that openness
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        Lock icon Jet's photo call triggers terrorism fears in NY
        480 22 Air Force One's secret publicity flight prompts panic evacuation in city WASHINGTON: It was supposed to be a photo opportunity, a showcase of Air Force One alongside the sweep of the New York City skyline. But as the low-flying Boeing 747 shot
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          Lock icon 3rd blackout hits Sydney
          86 22 SYDNEY: A power blackout hit Sydney for the third time in a month yesterday, in another embarrassment for Australia's biggest city. A cable failure cut power to about 30,000 homes and businesses about a third of all customers in Sydney's central business district for about 30
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          106 22 TROMSOE (Norway): An area of an Antarctic ice shelf almost the size of New York City broke into icebergs this month after the collapse of an ice bridge, a scientist said yesterday. Glaciologist Angelika Humbert of Germany's University of Muenster said about 700 sq km of
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          Lock icon China to beef up security
          99 22 BEIJING: China announced plans yesterday to ramp up public security ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the communist nation. The security campaign, starting next month, is aimed at ensuring "a steady and harmonious social environment" for celebrations slated for Oct 1, said
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          Lock icon Terror suspect not a teen
          143 22 MUMBAI: Medical tests conducted on a Pakistani on trial in India for last year's Mumbai attacks show he is an adult, doctors said yesterday, disputing his claim that he was under 17 years old. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab underwent a bone-density test and a dental examination
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          Lock icon PKR names candidate
          85 22 KUALA LUMPUR: The political party of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has named its candidate for the May 31 by-election in a Penang constituency. Datuk Seri Anwar's former political secretary Mansor Osman will be the Parti Keadilan Rakyat candidate in the Penanti seat. But the ruling Barisan Nasional
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          Lock icon US Democrats get a lift
          155 22 WASHINGTON: Veteran Republican Senator Arlen Specter disclosed plans yesterday to switch parties, a move that will push Democrats closer to total control of the US Senate. The switch is a huge boost for President Barack Obama as he tries to advance his agenda on energy
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      243 21 Public Forum I Date: I 30 April 2009, Thursday Venue: ,parkwayeye«nt| IGleneagles Hospital Lecture Theatre, Level 3 6A Napier Road, Singapore *****0 TlTo h ***> $995/$1064.65 7to 9pm (admission at 6.30pm) Microke^tome Registration Hotline: $1148 1 228.36 *****692 > ..3* Intralase Blade-Free LASIK FREE ADMISSION taduilv«i>lPn>.LASll(Ei<itartoii»2POTt.<ipn»vlw<» j" "Z Gleneagles™ '•V
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      433 23 IN LAUNCHING an $8 million 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) Fund, the National Environment Agency (NEA) is aptly reworking something old into something new as well as useful and sustainable. The karung guni habit is diminishing among holdouts of the older generation,
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      870 23  -  Tommy Koh THINK-TANK By IN REVIEWING The Making Of The Asean Charter, this newspaper's senior writer William Choong wrote that Asean elicits a collective yawn from journalists. He quoted the well-known critic of Asean, Dr Razeen Sally, who said of the new Asean Charter:
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      890 23  -  Chua Chin Hon By I US BUREAU CHIEF I BELONG to a generation that is too young to remember when the United States was a shining beacon of hope for the world. Or so I was told by a kindly professor
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        950 24  -  Andy Ho SWINE FLU By SENIOR WRITER The current vaccine might protect partially against swine H3N2 virus but not the swine HINI virus...Mass immunisation would create lines and crowds just when people should be avoiding them Money and manpower would be expended on something
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        737 24  -  John M. Barry By AS THE swine flu threatens to become the next pandemic, the biggest questions are whether its transmission from human to human will be sustained and, if so, how virulent it might become. But even if this virus were to peter
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        872 24  -  Bruce Gale By SENIOR WRITER AN INCIDENT earlier this month involving an explosion on a wooden fishing boat carrying 47 mostly Afghan and Middle Eastern asylum seekers has re-ignited a political debate in Australia about the best way to tackle illegal immigration. The
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        405 25 I REFER to the letter, "Harassed resident seeks more police aid" (April 20), by Ms Stephanie Joan Yiu Chua. Police have always taken a strong stand against loan shark-related harassment and loan-sharking. A record high of 505 persons were arrested for
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        301 25 LAST Thursday, my front door was smeared with black paint and the message "osPays", with the borrower's name and the loan shark's number, was scrawled on the staircase walls. The borrower who sold this flat I am currently occupying was, presumably, the person being sought after
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        420 25 WE REFER to recent claims and comments about the sexuality education programme in schools by the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware). Sexuality education conducted in Ministry of Education (MOE) schools is premised on the importance of the family and respect
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        412 25 I REFER to reactions to Aware's Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) programme. The CSE was developed when data released in 2005 showed a sharp rise in sexually transmitted infections (STI) among teenage girls. Between 2000 and 2005, this figure grew 3.4 times. We were concerned
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        346 25 Swine flu 1 "A wake-up call." MR PETER LOON: "The spread of swine flu in Mexico and elsewhere is a wake-up call for Singapore. Six years ago, the Sars virus brought us to our knees. Stiff measures and sharp decisions kept us afloat. We also changed our mindset on
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      115 23 STRAITS TIMES. SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2,*****4 SPH Chief Executive Officer Alan Chan Heng Loon Senior Executive Vice-President (Marketing) Leslie Fong Editor-in-Chief (English Malay Newspapers Division) Senior Executive Vice-President (Newspaper Services Patrick Daniel Chinese Newspapers) Robin Hu Editor Han Fook Kwang Deputy Editor
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      302 25 \i More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR DELONG SIM: Sports fishing association shouldn't allow smoking as children are members 2 MR DANIEL GWEE: Home-grown entrepreneurs need encouragement 3 MR NG YA KEN: What ex-EDB chairman said made sense 4 MR WALLACE GOH: How will simplified price plans help Star Hub
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      265 25 The University of Ma nchester Manchester Business School I The Manchester MBA H| It never leaves you. Wf} The only top UK Business School with direct presence in Singapore since 1999: Ranked No. 7 for Career Progression in the world (Financial Times 2009) Ranked No. 6 for International experience in
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      610 27  -  Jermyn Chow Campaign to focus on benefits of not puffing instead of health risks By IN THE battle to drive down the number of smokers here, a new health campaign is showing them the advantages of kicking the habit in the butt. Data
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      414 28  -  Khushwant Singh Helicopter responds to emergency call from merchant ship By TWO days after commencing operations in the Gulf of Aden, the Singapore Armed Forces task group had its first taste of action. In a press release yesterday, the SAF said the
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      580 28  -  Elena Chong KIDNEY-FOR-SALE CASE By About this case TWO Indonesians and two Singaporeans have already been convicted in Singapore's first illegal organ transplant case. Mr Toni, 27, sold his kidney for 186 million rupiah (5526,000) to an Indonesian woman and was jailed 3V2 months
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      Lock icon Accountant gets 6 months' jail for tax evasion
      411 28  -  ELENA CHONG A MAN became the first practising certified public accountant to be jailed for tax evasion yesterday. Chng Chor Tong, 51, received a six-month sentence. Chng, who practised under the business name CT Chng Co, was ordered to pay a penalty
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      418 29  -  Amelia Tan It will be 28th such school; status brings more funding, freedom By YISHUN Town Secondary School is the latest to join a band of schools which enjoy more funding and freedom. The school will go autonomous next January, the Ministry of Education
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      Lock icon 3 weeks to toast 'new' Orchard Road
      411 29 AFTER its $40 million makeover, iconic Orchard Road is going all-out to sell its charms to Singaporeans and tourists alike. From May 1, a three-week bonanza called Orchard Reloaded will be staged. It will feature makeover sessions, body art painting demonstrations, fashion events
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      483 30  -  Amresh Gunasingham Higher energy efficiency standards to apply to fridges, air-conditioners in 2 years By Rating energy efficiency Energy labelling was made mandatory for air-conditioners and refrigerators in January last year. It was extended to clothes dryers earlier this month. An appliance with a
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      Lock icon Call for new laws to meet 70% recycling target
      551 30 PHOTOS: and GRAPHICS: SINGAPORE'S target of recycling 70 per cent of all its waste by 2030 is an achievable one, the chairman of the Sustainable Energy Association here has said. But new laws will have to be enacted for that extra
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      Lock icon CDCs take green message to heartland
      248 30  -  GRACE CHUA SAVING the Earth starts at home for environmentally conscious Cindy Chng, a 20-year-old undergraduate. She coaxed her mother to stop overloading the fridge and to switch off unused lights and appliances. With the cooperation of everyone else at home, she shrank the
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      Lock icon US sees 'green shoots' of recovery but MM doubtful
      701 31  -  Kor Kian Beng Reason for US optimism may be due to change in data reckoning, he says By MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday expressed doubts about the "green shoots" pointing to a possible recovery in the United States economy by
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      Lock icon New scheme to help turn print to film
      327 31  -  Tay Suan Chiang By TO BOOST the export of local creative work, home-grown publishing companies will receive generous help to adapt their printed works into other forms of media. Under a new initiative called Spearheading Publishing Innovation for New Enterprise (Spine), the
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      Lock icon Huge demand for flats at The Peak
      139 31  -  GABRIEL CHEN DEMAND for flats at The Peak Toa Payoh, a con-do-like public housing, has been overwhelming. When the developer closed its office at 6pm yesterday, there were already 2,900 applications for the 1,203-unit project. This means there were roughly five applications for
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      Lock icon Making building, marine sectors safer
      683 32  -  Teh Joo Lin Yeo Sam Jo Targets set to halve the death rate in these two industries in five years By Ideas for building safety culture implemented. WSH Institute: This institute to be set up will conduct research and provide advanced training, solutions and consultancy
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      Lock icon Water vouchers for needy families
      337 32  -  ANG WING UP TO 200 needy families living in the South West District will be given monthly vouchers worth up to $30, which they can use to cover part of their water bills. A sum of $25,000 has been set aside to pay for these
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      102 27 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, BLOGGED ABOUT AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm Singapore willingly." MOST-READ ONLINE Jackie Chan slams Singaporeans. WWW.Stomp.COm.Sg Former Citi staff fined $160,000. TALKBACK A young man is asking Stompers for BLOGGED ABOUT advice about whether or not he should Taken (down from my ivory tower). leave a good job
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      621 30 Advertisement Exam Is A Game! Is your child winning in PSLE/'O'Level? Written By Ernest Wong, Educator, Psychologist In my 24 years (since 1985) of working started the Super-Teen Holiday camp Is it enough? Will it work? Well, 22 with children from primary/secondary back in 1985 to teach children all the
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      564 33 United could start with Tevez, Ronaldo, Rooney and Berbatov today LONDON: Alex Ferguson has hinted that Carlos Tevez could be in the Manchester United starting XI for today's Champions League semi-final, first leg against Arsenal at Old Trafford. The Argentina forward changed the game when he came on
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      595 33 MANCHESTER: Kolo Toure believes the youthful current crop of Arsenal stars can emulate the battle-hardened class of 2006 and book their ticket to this season's Champions League final. The Gunners face Manchester United in the first leg of their semi-final at Old Trafford today,
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      Lock icon Red Devils to play China club side
      107 33 MANCHESTER United will close their four-match tour of Asia in July with a match against Chinese Super League outfit Hangzhou Greentown. United's friendly against the team from Zhejiang province will take place on July 26 and will be the last in their pre-season
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      Lock icon CITY AND BARCA IN TALKS OVER ETO'O
      473 34 Spanish club also said to have offered striker to Chelsea and Spurs LONDON: Barcelona held talks with Manchester City on Monday about the transfer of Samuel Eto'o. On the eve of his team's Champions League semi-final, first leg with Chelsea, Barcelona president Joan
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      Lock icon Plucky Joseph betters own mark
      681 34  -  Jeanette Wang By HE SLIPPED in the toilet and hurt his hip on Monday, but schoolboy Joseph Schooling made sure he kept a firm grasp of his National Under-14 swimming record yesterday. At the Schools National Championships, the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) student rewrote his own
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      109 34 THE Chinese Swimming Club's president, Edwin Lee, marked the club's centennial year by unveiling an 8.5m-tall hanging sculpture in the lobby of the new Arrival Pavilion yesterday. Named "Soaring to Greater Heights", the sculpture depicts an upward spiral showing the metamorphosis from a fish to a bird,
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      Lock icon Golf' HSBC Champions given elite WGC status
      454 34 SHANGHAI: The HSBC Champions tournament will become part of the elite World Golf Championships series from November, presenting Tiger Woods with a new challenge in Asia. The International Federation of PGA Tours announced yesterday that the Shanghai event, first staged four years ago,
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      Lock icon JIAWEI IS PREGNANT
      630 35  -  Lin Xinyi Paddler expected to deliver her first child by the end of the year By SHE is used to delivering medals for Singapore. Now, national paddler Li Jiawei is preparing to deliver her first child by the end of this year. The world No. 7 expressed
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        64 35 MOSCOW: Russian swimmer Yulia Yefimova set a new world 50m women's breaststroke record yesterday, clocking 30.05 seconds. Her record, set in the final of the Russian national championships, topped the 30.23 also a world record she had set earlier in the semi-finals. Both times surpassed the
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        Lock icon Serapong is top course
        64 35 SENTOSA Golf Club clinched top honours for the Best Golf Course in Singapore, in the first-ever rankings released by Golf Digest Singapore magazine. Its Serapong course, which has hosted the annual Barclays Singapore Open since 2005, pipped Tanah Merah Country Club's Garden Course to top spot.
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        Lock icon Yang rewrites own record
        57 35 SINGAPORE pole vaulter Rachel Yang set a national record in the Negri Sembilan Open on Saturday. The 25-year-old cleared 3.75 m, bettering her own mark set last year by 15cm. She finished third. Yang's record was one of three national records and three national junior marks
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        76 35 LONDON: Newcastle manager Alan Shearer said missed chances by his "big-hitters" proved costly in a 0-0 home draw against Portsmouth that left the team struggling for survival in English football's Premier League. Michael Owen, Mark Viduka and Obafemi Martins wasted opportunities to score at St James'
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        32 35 THAILAND'S Bangkok Glass beat Woodlands Wellington 1-0 in a first-round Singapore Cup football match yesterday. Tanat Wongsupphalak scored the only goal in the 25th minute at the Woodlands Stadium.
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        73 35 ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico): Lance Armstrong will compete in the Tour of the Gila after all, the seven-time Tour de France champion's first cycling race since breaking his collarbone last month. Armstrong and Astana teammates Levi Leipheimer and Chris Homer will be allowed to compete at this week's
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      157 35  -  LIN XINYI SINGAPORE'S local-born youth Pang Xuejie, Isabelle Li and Zena Sim all recorded wins on their World Table Tennis Championships debuts in Yokohama yesterday. Xuejie, 16, defeated Osvaldo Herrera of Honduras 11-9, 11-5, 11-7, 11-3 in the men's singles round-robin qualification stage. A win
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      585 36 Denver destroy them to equal most lopsided win in NBA play-off history Denver Nuggets 121 New Orleans Hornets 63 NEW ORLEANS: Carmelo Anthony scored all 26 of his points in the third quarter, as Denver humiliated New Orleans 121-63 on Monday in a game that equalled
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      467 36 LONDON: Lewis Hamilton could still retain his Formula One world title, according to McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh. The Briton posted his best result of the year so far in Bahrain on Sunday, a fourth-place finish, to give the team confidence as they head
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      Lock icon Australian hats off to Clarke
      528 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ABU DHABI: Michael Clarke's all-round performance helped his team give Pakistan a dose of their own medicine, as Australia won the third day-night international by 27 runs at the Abu Dhabi Stadium on Monday. He hit a fighting 66 to anchor an otherwise-struggling
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      375 36 Bsketball NBA Play-offs Ist rd (best-of-seven series) Eastern: Atlanta 81 Miami 71 (series tied 2-2). Western: Denver 121 New Orleans 63 (Denver lead 3-1), LA Lakers 107 Utah Jazz 96 (LA Lakers win 4-1). Cricket Indian Premier League In Port Elizabeth: Mumbai 187-6 in 20 overs (S. Tendulkar 68,
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      158 33 SCHOOLS ONLINE Breaking news daily from the Schools National Swimming C'ships on www.straitstimes.com I r ETO'O FOR CITY? Manchester City and Barcelona in talks over star striker. B8 O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Racism time-outs proposed. Liverpool coming in July. Ipswich sack
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      878 33 HORSE RACING RACE 1: MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE 1400 M RACE 5: FM 72 HANDICAP (F M) 1800 M TIME: 18:40 ZARSBOOO I TIME: 21:00 ZAR6OOOO No.Horse Name Trainer Jockey Wt(Kgs)Ber No.Honra Name Trainer Jockey Wt(Kgs)Bar 1 ANNIVERSARYKNIGHT DeanKannemeyer GBehr 57 1I 1 STREAMSOFSONG GlenKolzen KNeisius 62 10 2 BIACKBANDANA GaryCollins
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      185 36 UE CHAMPIONS SEMIFINALS LIVE AT SPORTSBUZZ@PARADIZ 30 Apr 2.45 am Manchester Utd vs Arsenal iu_^( Doors open Sam. %£'»*> Singapore Cup Brunei DPMM Pelita Jaya Wed, 29/04/09 7.45pm UE Champions Manchester Utd Arsenal Thu, 30/04/09 2.45 am Singapore Cup Bal Khalsa Home United Thu, 30/04/09 7.45pm UECup Dynamo Kiev Shakhtar
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      195 36 Today Basketball NBA Play-offs Ist rd, Game 5: Houston v Portland (Live, Ch23, 10am). Cricket IPL: Bangalore v Kolkata (6.30pm), Punjab v Mumbai (10.30pm) Live, Chill. Football Singapore Cup, preliminary rd: DPMM v Pelita Jaya (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm). Uefa Champions League s-final, Ist leg: Manchester United v Arsenal (Live, Ch23,
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      392 37 a¥*^aW f j "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 LENA LIM WAN CHIN Age: 65 Was called home to be with the Lord on 28 April 2009, dearly missed and
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      136 37 QUEK JIAK KHOON Age: 80 Our dearest mom rested in peace on 27 April 2009. Her legacy of integrity, persistency, frugality and loving virtue prevails with us forever. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Yoon Seek Theam (deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Yoon Eng Tong Bang Hui Heng, Gillian
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      47 37 INTERNATIONAL SEA LAND ENGINEERING PTE LTD The family of the late AW (ANG) GUEK ENG Departed 23 April 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      28 37 15th Anniversary in Loving Memory of Angle Poh Departed 29 Apr 1994. Those who love you in heart, remember forever. Always remembered by family members, relatives and friends.
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      168 37 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:1,6 PAUL SNG CHWEE BOCK Age: 82 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 April 2009. Loved and cherished always by: Wife: Mabel Tan Son: Peter
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      12 37 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory of VICTOR Dearly Missed by Loved Ones
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      152 38 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 PETER TAN YUEN SHEN Age: 70 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 April 2009 Dearly and fondly missed by loved ones. Wife: Rosie Chan Sock Cheng Daughters:
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      116 38 I I I I "My grace is sufficient for you" 2 Cor 12:9 I I William Siow Meow Chiong Age: 81 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 April 2009. Fondly loved and remembered by loved ones Wife: Nancy Tan Kirn Wah Daughter: Susan Siow Soo Chin
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      167 38 V}-~^ "The Lord is my shepherd...Surely goodness' I) and love will follow me all the days of my life; U I And I will dwell in the house of the .Lordforever." a f Psalm 23 1 SHIRLEY TAN LENG GEOK (MRS VINCENT NG HONG YIANG) Age: 63 was called home
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      14 38 In Loving Memory Of TENGKOILEONG Departed 29.4.94 WE MISS YOU DEARLY Always rememberedby Daddy,MummyandSisters
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      132 38 have fought a good fight, I finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 TIM 4:7 ■ERMINE TSE MM 18. MARY Age: 84 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 April 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Quek Wan Woo, Peter (deceased) 1 Son: Daughter-in-law: James
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      258 38 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful" I 1 2 Timothy 4:7 CHAY YUN KOW, JOSEPH Age 81 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 April 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wives: Aw Yong Siew Fong Yip Mvi
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      63 38 KRISHNASAMYS/O KAUMUTHU, KRIS Age: 37 passed away peacefully on 27 April 2009. Dearly missed by loved ones. Father: Kalimuthu (deceased) Mother: Anjammal Sister: Kasturibal Brother-in-law: Joseph Devasagayam Niece Nephew: Jessica Alma, Gerard Alvin All relatives and friends Body Is resting at Blk 40 Beo Crescent #08-02. Tel: *****184. Cortege will
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      124 38 Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith. -Heb. 12:2 JESUS ONLY 20 YEARS: GOD'S LOVE, SUSTAINING POWER AND FAITHFULNESS! LEAN THEAN CHOR Entered Glory on 29.4.89 Lovingly remembered by Wife Ooi Kirn Kooi, children grandchildren. We sing praises to Thy Name, O Lord! Praises to Thy Name,
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      119 38 |$r "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, *m have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 M DOMINIC CHUA CHENG HAI Age: 78 Was called home to be with the Lord on 28 April 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Nellie Ng
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        563 39  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Fears over swine flu, health of US banks lead to Asian bourses falling By IT WAS another bleak day on Asian bourses yesterday, as tentative early gains evaporated giving way to heavy losses by the end of the
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        369 39  -  YANG HUIWEN OIL and gas field services provider KS Energy Services has restructured its board to include two executives from its significant shareholder, Dubai Transport Co (Dutco). Dutco, a privately owned Dubai-based conglomerate, has been gradually raising its shareholding in the company since
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          113 39 April 28,2009 1,808.41 -10.2 W STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.38 billion shares worth $999.2 million UP DOWN Gainers: 169 Losers: 308 Unchanged:77s STRAITS TIMES INDEX FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap 366.87 T -6.79 Basic materials 174.17 T -5.05 Utilities 284.18 T -4.66 Small Cap 294.57 T -6.65 Industrials 391.24 T
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          228 39 Yesterday's close: 8,493.77 (-232.57) Japanese stocks fell 2.7 per cent as a report on Bank of America and Citigroup's need to raise more capital revived fears about the financial system. Yesterday's close: 965.70 (-14.42) Malaysian shares closed down 1.47 per cent as concerns over swine flu continued to rock
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            397 39 Apr 28 DBXTS8P Short 100S$... DOB 5.05%NCPS 100 IMH ISH lardine C8C DairyFarm lyxor India Nifty 10 Venture Corp HsuFuChi SIA 200 OCBC Bk SPH Fuji Offset GP Bat DAFltd MOIL Intl Press Softcm ComfortDelGro Evergro Hour Glass CENTS 7592 117.1 1.0 9420 50.0 0.5 2050 45.0
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            400 39 Apr 28 CENTS U0B.ES.0904 1114 Wilmar.ES.0904 352 U0B.ES.0905 1072 Dlam.ES.0904 168 CityDev.ES.0904 571 DBS BNP eCW*****0 54 SGX BNP ePW*****B 22 CapitalandDBePW***** 32.5 CapitalandD BePW***** 6 SGXDBePW*****3A 55 CapitalanBNPePVMGI 21 KepCorp RB ePW0900ie 79 SIA.ES.0905 1016 STI1700BNPePW*****8 14 DOB BNP ePW*****7 46 CapitalanBNPePW***** 13 CapitalanBNPePW***** 7 CityDev.ES.0905
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            182 39 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Chart SemiCond 15 0.5 3.4 150,963,000 Golden Agri 34.5 -3.0 -8.0 117,221,000 Global Voice 1.5 0.0 0.0 71,281,000 China Hongxing 13 0.5 4.0 47,751,000 Medtecs 10.5 2.5 31.3 42,591,000 CapitaLand 243 -4.0 -1.6 39,128,000 Gent Intl 58 -2.0 -3.3 32,023,000 Healthway
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            105 39 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Apr 28 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.0510 1.0820 Can dollar 1.2250 1.2390 Euro 1.9430 1.9640 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4146 0.4155 NZ dollar 0.8360 0.8550 Sterling pound 2.1810 2.2050 US dollar 1.4940 1.5110 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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            393 39 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 592.3 306.1 1268 183 370 1792.9 503 67.5 105.8 501 3580 1920 1834 1250 416 270 909 319 1634 962 438 201 450 342 501 473 394 309 2170 571 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5
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            633 39 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 133 132 272 157 78.5 208 243 158 65 74.5 186 199 314 129 138 303 765 334 372 287 170 619 565 223 87 206 90 107.3 115 36.5 327.1 147 138
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        711 40  -  Elizabeth Wilmot Vast benefits to be reaped from integrated economic community By LOCAL small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to focus on other Asean member nations when looking to expand their operations regionally. These businesses will find plenty of assistance in
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        503 40  -  Francis Chan By SCORING a Top 10 place at the Enterprise 50 (E5O) Awards last year has helped local packaging firm Greenpac to differentiate itself from its competitors, said its founder Susan Chong. She said that as a result of the exposure,
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        1242 41  -  Francis Chan Offshore oil and gas firm Kirn Heng remains buoyant in choppy seas By Emerging stronger with each crisis SMALL- and medium-sized enterprises can take a leaf from the book of the Tan brothers at Kirn Heng Group on how to cope
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        734 42  -  Francis Chan Find another bank or work with your banker, say lenders By REASONS FOR REJECTION "Either his business model or product life cycle needs to be renewed, or his financial standing may not be there and maybe he may need to reduce leveraging
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        322 42  -  FRANCIS CHAN ALL the company needed was a hire-purchase loan to procure more cranes to fulfil client orders but financial institutions spooked by the liquidity crisis were not keen to lend. "We are the resident contractor for the Shell Refinery...but when we went to apply
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        314 42  -  FRANCIS CHAN A LACK of access to working capital would have prevented NKH Construction Equipment from taking on the new jobs available in the building and construction sector here. "We are involved in HDB jobs, such as lift-upgrading and other engineering work," said NKH director
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        356 42  -  FRANCIS CHAN IT WAS the onset of the financial crisis and the global credit crunch was just starting to kick in here. Banks began to exercise more caution, owing to the threat of fast-evaporating liquidity, and started to clam up on lending especially for smaller companies.
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      754 43  -  Gabriel Chen CHALLENGES FACING CHINESE BUSINESS FAMILIES Younger generation needs to find ways to discuss sensitive but pertinent issues with head of family By KNOWING ONE'S PLACE "It's not so much that Chinese fathers are autocratic, although of course, some can be. It's more
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      675 44 Fed's feedback follows stress tests; more banks could be in same boat NEW YORK: US regulators have told Bank of America and Citigroup that following recent stress testing of the two banks, they may need to raise more capital, the Wall Street Journal
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      311 44 NEW YORK: Can Ken Lewis hold on at Bank of America? The answer to that question, much anticipated on Wall Street, is expected to arrive today, when shareholders at the bank's annual meeting vote on whether Mr Lewis, the bank's embattled
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      461 44 WASHINGTON: The US government has no desire to run a domestic automaker, even though under restructuring it could wind up with a controlling interest in General Motors, the White House said. Once a symbol of capitalist might and United States industrial prowess,
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      391 44 WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department will tap a US$5O billion (5574.7 billion) housing rescue fund to pay off mortgage investors and reduce monthly payments for millions of borrowers, said a senior administration official. Mortgage servicers that own a small stake in costly loans will receive a
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      532 45  -  Alvin Foo Integrity, reliability and competence key to winning over investors By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT BANKS and other financial institutions have been advised that they may need to change their behaviour fundamentally as a post-crisis industry landscape emerges. Monetary Authority of Singapore executive director
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      409 45  -  Christopher Tan By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT TRANSPORT giant ComfortDelGro Corp is raring to go head-on with rail rival SMRT Corp on its turf. "We will definitely tender for any new rail line that we're allowed to tender for," chairman Lim Jit Poh told The
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      370 45  -  Gabriel Chen By MR MICHAEL Lien will not be standing for re-election to United Overseas Bank's (UOB) board at its annual general meeting today, which will bring to an end the presence of the Lien family there. Mr Lien, 45, is the
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      344 45  -  Joyce Teo By STOCKS here are cheap now but there is nothing to support any aggressive buying of Singapore property firms, says asset manager Henderson Global Investors. Hong Kong and mainland China are the region's best bets for now, it said. At the
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      570 46  -  Fiona Chan It also boasts best infrastructure in the world: Survey By SINGAPORE has risen six places in a global ranking of cities with the highest quality of living, overtaking cities such as Paris in France and Honolulu and San Francisco in the United
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      163 41 A must-read series on SME leaders who share their strategies in weathering the economic storm. Brought to you by HSBC<X^ The world's local bank I Can y° u manage financial risks I in today's climate? 4NS* ••••£►••s" I s* ***<*** m today's volatile market, you'll need an international bank you
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      323 42 REACH Series 2009 Europe's REACH and the Global Supply Chain Workshop 2: REACH and the Supply Chain Date: 12 May 2009, Tuesday Time: 9.00 am 5.30pm Venue: Intercontinental Singapore Fee: $60 per participant (nett) Lunch and tea breaks provided While REACH is a European Union (EU) Regulation enforceable only within
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      481 43 technology to life \^j When the BPro blood pressure monitor HWfWffIHSIW was launched by Singapore company WtTftffffinTnfffi HeaIthSTATS International, it was lauded m as a revolutionary device to monitor x heart attack and stroke. One that could KHEfIiJ potentially replace the existing method J of sticking a catheter into your
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      108 46 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin anyone's guess. Yes, you have to do MOST-READ ONLINE your homework. Don't buy just because Money for nothing. you like the flat or house, buy only if you feel comfortable with yourself and MOST COMMENTED your financial situation." HDB resale
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      421 48  -  chin hui wen This year's festival, which has more than 500 participants, aims to draw 10,000 people Get a dose of culture this Labour Day weekend at the Malay Arts Festival at the Malay Heritage Centre from Friday to Sunday. The three-day festival, featuring more
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      130 48 FRIDAY What: Vintage scooter and motorcycle pageant which will show off bikes in more than six categories, including Vespas and Lambrettas. Where: Fountain Stage When: 4.30 to 6.30pm What: Screening of the P. Ramlee film Pendekar Bujang Lapok (The Three Bachelors As Warriors) Where: Fountain Stage
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      211 48  -  Bloomberg London Roger Hiorns, who turned a derelict London apartment into a cave of blue crystal last year, is among the four artists nominated for the 2009 Turner Prize, Britain's top contemporary art honour. Hiorns, 34, will compete with Enrico David, 43, who exhibited
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      429 49  -  eddino abdul hadi DJ Kentaro is looking forward to sunny skies and chicken rice when he plays here next month music reporter Japanese turntablist DJ Kentaro was only 12 when he first saw on television DJs working magic on their turntables. From then on, he was hooked.
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      523 49 Los Angeles Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman, who is widely admired for his virtuosic performances and who famously tours with his own customaltered Steinway piano, created a furore at Disney Hall on Sunday when he stopped his recital to announce that it would be his
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        931 50  -  valeric khoo Despite the online leak, Hugh Jackman hopes his new movie will impress with its 'emotional heart' 'Now, most of the time when I fight hand-to-hand close-up, I do not have the claws on because I do not trust myself. Or the other actor might make the
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        338 50 Although X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a star vehicle for Hugh Jackman, the cast of mutants and villains provides a colourful backdrop. A turning point for Wolverine comes when he meets William Stryker, played by Danny Huston, 47, who hails from the acting dynasty that includes
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        610 51  -  ong sor fern Look out for the parts where Logan and Victor go at each other BWBWaction X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE 107 minutes/Opens today/****-* The story: Logan (Hugh Jackman) and his brother Victor (Liev Schreiber) are mutants who have found a niche as soldiers. The brothers go their
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        192 52  -  Boon Chan ESSJthriller HORSEMEN (NCI6) 90 minutes/Opens today/***** The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports could consider promoting this movie. After all, the message here is: spend more time with your children. But this message is hammered into the viewer in a sensationalistic manner with a series
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        673 52  -  boon chan Balanced handling of terrorism and the fight against it makes this thriller worth watching EBBthriller TRAITOR (M 18) 110 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Devout Sudanese-American Muslim Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) has attracted the suspicions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for being in the vicinity
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        620 53  -  deepika shetty This work of fiction based on true stories looks at sectarian violence without taking sides EEBdrama FIRAAQ (M 18) 145 minutes/Now showing/***** The story: Nandita Das' powerful directorial debut is set after the violent Hindu Muslim riots in the western Indian state
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        85 53 SINGAPORE 1. (1) 17 Again 2. The International 3. Friday The 13th 4. (3) Taken 5. (2) Fast And Furious 6. (4) Knowing 7. (8) Revolutionary Road 8. 252 Signal Of Life 9. (5) Shinjuku Incident 10. (7) Handsome Suit UNITED STATES 1. Obsessed 2. (1) 17
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        254 53 New York The director of an upcoming Liam Neeson (above) movie said on Monday that Neeson showed remarkable professionalism in returning to work so soon after the death of wife Natasha Richardson. Atom Egoyan praised the actor for returning to the Toronto set of Chloe the week
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      404 54  -  chang tou liang Violinist Siow Lee Chin's concert with friends and students may be uneven but it was full of heart EEfflconcert LEE CHIN FRIENDS A STRINGS EXTRAVAGANZA Esplanade Concert Hall Monday 0 0 Singaporean violinist Siow Lee Chin, whose homecoming concert last November sparked frenzied
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        264 56 London It's true. Slumdog Millionaire stars Dcv Pat el and Freida Pinto are dating. That is according to London's Daily Mirror, which on Monday quoted Patel's mum Anita as saying: "First, it was the film and now everything else seems to have slotted into place." The 45-year-old
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        203 56 Los Angeles Jay Leno (right) was back on the Tonight Show after calling in sick for the first time in his 17-year run as host. "You know, I had this 103 degree fever," he said at the taping of Monday's show. NBC posted security outside his
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        114 56 LINDY HOP PIONEER DIES Frankie "Musclehead" Manning, 94, the Tony Award-winning choreographer widely celebrated as a pioneer of the Lindy Hop, died on Monday at a New York hospital of complications from pneumonia. He was a star attraction of Harlem's Savoy Ballroom as a young man and brought to
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      1040 57 CLASSIFIED BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT M m 9 Short trips over the i7Tr rfjm'% li E HTB LabourDa weekend: One-day Malacca tour 'VHWRfeW W WOrldCelebrates .Bud et acka esto HH I fun-packed holiday. ACC t- 7 e P/ n|a?al PSI Vi \/A fT PAGECIB CLASS 576 Regular non-stick pots and
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        520 86 IF THERE is an award for everyday tech ingenuity, the honour, or rather dishonour, must go to the men I meet during my daily commute. Gizmos that we use to stay connected and to stave off boredom smartphones, portable music players and gaming consoles have found new uses
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      811 87 Pirate Bay lawyers seeking retrial LAWYERS for Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundstroem, the co-founders of the file-sharing website, The Pirate Bay, are calling for a retrial. The four were each sentenced to a year's jail and ordered to pay $5.3 million in damages
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      515 90 speakers Nano radio Creative Travel Sound iB5 $149, available next month from Creative Stores at Marina Square and International Business Park as well as authorised dealers ADD radio playback to your iPod Nano with the Travel Sound iB5, a pocket-sized speaker with a rechargeable battery. The FM radio
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      237 90  -  Grace Chng Tetris game for the iPhone U554.99 (557.50) the popular game now on a I game The arrange them a the bottom the to score seven years ago on I my Palm Treo was fun was soon every free the to the blocks caused soreness the base
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          1310 92 Women are going fo smart devices that combine function with sex appeal. EVE YAP and IRENE THAM report WHEN style coach Nora lien wanted to buy a camera last month, the first thing she thought about was colour. So, when the 45-year-old, who had never had her
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          268 92  -  RENE THAM uncovers 10 gadgets for the girls Philips GoGear Luxe MP3 player with Bluetooth headset (left) $139 Launched last year Small and stylish, this clip-and-click digital audio player makes a cool accessory. It switches from playing music to receiving calls on your Bluetooth mobile phone and even
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          655 93 Gadgets for the girls Casio Exilim EX-FS 10 (right) $699 Launched in February High-speed image capture just got more compact. By reducing the size of the circuitry and the image sensor units, this card-sized 9.1-megapixel shooter is only 16.3 mm thin. Yet, it offers a 30 shot-per-second burst
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          699 95 Women consider the gadget's looks and then m the function and logic. If the logic bit doesn't fit the gadget is outside their budget but they like the product, the logic goes out the window... That's why women overspend. Design consultant Su Yeang Singapore s consumer imaging and
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          570 96 Virtual heroes and prizes worth over $15,000 await gamers at the Licence2Play fair. 00 GIN LEE reports GAMERS are in for a real treat at the Licence2Play gaming and electronics fair next month. The big buzz includes 3vs3 ranked World Of Warcraft (WOW) Arena matches and the
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          431 96 A GLOBE-SPANNING United Nations digital library seeking to display and explain the wealth of all human cultures has gone into operation on the Internet, serving up mankind's accumulated knowledge in seven languages for students around the world. The librarian of the United States Congress James Billington,
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          237 97  -  Sherwin Loh By Video Games Live June 19 (Friday) 6pm: Pre-show festival 8.30pm: Concert Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium Tickets from Sistic at $55, $70, $85 and $115. Event in June will feature music and visuals from popular video games MARIO, Sonic, Lara Croft,
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        728 98 FACEBOOK BUSINESS Raise the profile of your business by tapping into Facebook, which has 200 million members, with 800,000 in Singapore alone WITH some 200 million members, Facebook has an audience that marketers want desperately to reach. Locally, the numbers are just as impressive.
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        808 99 ON NOV 11 last year, the volume of spam being sent dropped by as much as two-thirds following the closure of McColo, a hosting provider based in San Jose, California. According to those in the security industry, McColo had become a major "command and control centre" for spammers,
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        446 101 Write an application in 24 hours for Android and it may be used commercially. SHERWIN LOH reports IT HAS only been six months since the Android operating system made its debut, but local IT aficionados are expected to create new software for it in under 24 hours. It
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          242 102 Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic RAG Doll Kung bu is a poke at the rag doll video game physics, where after a character dies, his motions are awkward and jerky and the end result is a figure cast aside like a puppet whose strings
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