The Straits Times, 6 May 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • INSIDE
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      Lock icon Feeding inmates right
      44 1 FISH oil may be making its way into the diet of inmates here. The Singapore Prisons is exploring the feasibility of such a project, after a British study found that fish oil supplements slashed violent behaviour in youths. HOME PAGE B2
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      Lock icon US slump 'over by Q3'
      64 1 THE deep US recession will probably end no later than the third quarter of this year, spurring hopes of an imminent recovery for many export-driven economies in Asia. This prediction came from a United Overseas Bank economic report the latest in a slew of data
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      Lock icon EU leaders tighten belts
      50 1 Lavish dining and other generous perks are out for European politicians in these days of austerity. In France, cheaper champagne will be served on presidential flights. In Britain, a row has broken out over plans to hire private jets for its top officials. WORLD PAGE All
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      Lock icon Big rally for Thai King
      46 1 Tens of thousands of Thais yesterday turned out at a state-supported rally in Bangkok to mark the 59th anniversary of the coronation of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and to send a signal to political factions to "stop hurting Thailand". WORLD PAGE Al3
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      36 1 RESIDENTS in the Thomson area have banded together in an effort to get help after six crashes occur in four months at the junction of Jalan Angklong and Upper Thomson Road. HOME PAGE Bl
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    Lock icon Paddlers are team of the year...but no award for coach
    987 1  -  TERRENCEW VOON LIN XINYI By Discussion over nomination "Some of the members felt that the table tennis coach, Mr Liv Guodong, was deserving of a nomination. We had checked with the table tennis association whether they would nominate Mr Liv
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    Lock icon Five given quarantine orders
    710 1  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN They include 3 students, who will be put up at resort for seven days By Carolyn Quek THREE Singaporean students who returned yesterday from an exchange programme in Mexico will call the Aloha Loyang Resort home for seven days. Each has been put up
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      Lock icon Don't sniff at flu precautions
      964 2  -  SALMA KHALIK Scare highlights need for change in attitude towards flu patients By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT A RETIRED pharmacist sent me an e-mail recently asking why the hullabaloo over a flu strain that kills fewer people than the seasonal flu. "It's good that Mexico found the
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    • VIEWPOINTS
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        Lock icon Safe to show flu bug a healthy respect
        81 2 WE SAY With few deaths from the HINI flu, weaker strains outside Mexico and full recovery by most patients, signs of complacency are showing. This is when the world should worry. There is no telling what the bug's genetic progression will turn
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        Lock icon Vain pursuit
        38 2 COLUMNS Beauty may give us confidence, but it is transient it fades with age and we may be paying too high a price trying to hold on to it, says Lee Wei Ling. REVIEW PAGE AlB
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        Lock icon Lessons from Aware
        36 2 Civil society stalwarts and observers give their take. One of them, Willie Cheng, says the saga has created a new public square for tackling issues such as homosexuality and apathy. REVIEW PAGE Al9
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      • Article
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        24 2 OUR READER SAYS Singapore employers should change their opaque and unhelpful mindset towards job applicants, writes returning citizen Ruchika Tulshyan. FORUM PAGE A2O
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        34 2 www.straitstimes.com Carolyn Hong does not think by-elections are being manufactured but says that Malaysians are getting worn out. Nirmal Ghosh speaks to Sondhi Limthongkul after the Thai media baron's near-death assassination experience.
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      Lock icon Sportswoman of the Year
      135 3  -  IN XINYI THE competition could not have been stiffer, but bowler Jasmine Yeong-Nath-an beat them to take the title yesterday, this time, of Sportswoman of the Year. The 2008 AMF World Cup champion pipped national paddler Li Jiawei and swimmer Tao Li both past multi-ple-winners to
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      Lock icon Maid caught on CCTV abusing baby
      275 4  -  ELENA CHONG Indonesian maid gets nine months' jail for kicking and slapping her employer's 2y2-month-old son By COURTS CORRESPONDENT AN INDONESIAN maid, who was caught on closed-circuit television ill-treating her employer's infant son, was jailed for nine months yesterday. Etik, 25, had admitted to
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    • Article
      Lock icon 2 maids lied to ministry
      347 4  -  K.C. VIJAYAN TWO Indonesian maids who became the first to trick the Manpower Ministry (MOM) into conducting false investigations were jailed three months each yesterday. Ratih Puspita Sari, 32, lied to the MOM that she was moonlighting at a foodstall in a bid to place
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      Lock icon NEPAL IN TURMOIL
      80 4 PHOTO: Thousands of Maoist supporters taking to the streets of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, yesterday, a day after the leader of the ex-rebels quit as prime minister following a bitter row over the country's army chief. The collapse of the ultra-leftists' administration after just ei?ht months in elected
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      Lock icon TURKISH BLOODBATH
      792 5 Attack on engagement party by masked gunmen leaves 44 dead BILGE (Turkey): Masked gunmen stormed an engagement party in Turkey's Kurdish region firing machine guns in an attack which left 44 people dead, most of them women and children, the authorities said yesterday. Eight people have been arrested
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  • prime flu outbreak
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      Lock icon Arts venues to screen patrons and performers
      410 6  -  TAN YI HUI By FROM this week, concert and theatre audiences here will be subjected to anti-flu screening. The National Arts Council (NAC) said that thermal scanners have been put in place at Victoria Theatre and the Drama Centre, and patrons will be
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    • Article
      Lock icon Beware of drug claims
      272 6  -  LIAW WY-CIN JUST two drugs can treat Influenza A (H1N1) and they are available only through a doctor's prescription. Singapore's drug watchdog, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), wants the public to be wary of drugs being sold at retail outlets, through e-mail and on the Internet
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      Lock icon China, Mexico send planes to airlift nationals home
      722 6  -  GRACE NG Canada criticises Beijing for isolating 22 students and banning its pork By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: China and Mexico yesterday sent a plane to each other's country to airlift their nationals home even as Beijing faced criticism from Canada over its
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      Lock icon Medical group offers insurance policy
      435 6  -  JERMYN CHOW By A MEDICAL group is offering an insurance plan promising Influenza A (H1N1) victims here priority access to antiviral drugs and a payout of $300 a day during quarantine in hospitals. Also included in the policy: discounts on health and immunity supplements, doctor
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      Lock icon Asean invites US to join talks on fighting virus
      329 8  -  LEE HUI CHIEH ASEAN is roping in the United States for its meeting on Friday on how the region should collaborate to deal with the new flu strain. The meeting in Bangkok will gather health ministers from Asean's 10 member nations,
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      Lock icon CREATING A FLU VACCINE
      6 8 GRAPHICS: LIMYONG
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      Lock icon Thermometers sold out at many stores
      646 8  -  JESSICA LIM YEN FENG Supermarkets and pharmacies rush to restock to meet demand By THE Influenza A (H1N1) scare has made thermometers this season's hot ticket item: Importers say orders for both digit- al and infrared products have surged. Major player Smitech (Asia) sold
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    • Article
      Lock icon Coming winter spells danger
      381 8 GENEVA: The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the HINI flu epidemic. That could change when winter starts in the coming weeks with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out in the cold. Influenza is spread more easily in the winter, and experts
      ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  381 words
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      Lock icon Back-up plans ready to roll
      577 9  -  LINETTE LAI JOANNA SEOW Companies limit staff travel, split operations By COMPANIES in Singapore are stepping up efforts to avert any disruption to their operations in the event that Influenza A (H1N1) gets a foothold here. Many employers have placed restrictions on overseas travel and
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      Lock icon Mexico starts returning to normal
      436 9 MEXICO CITY: Traffic is picking up again, cafes are reopening and clean-up crews are getting universities ready to resume classes. Mexico City has some of its customary bustle back, and the President promises life is returning to normal after a five-day shutdown to contain the
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  436 words
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      Lock icon Asean is like family, says Chinese ambassador
      2095 10  -  SIM CHI YIN ST INTERVIEW Far from sensing anxiety among the grouping's members, the Asean envoy felt kinship during eight-nation tour By CHINA CORRESPONDENT ON ASEAN BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE EU "I told my colleagues in Hua Hin, the other ambassadors, when
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD
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      Lock icon British anger over planes
      90 11 Prime Minister Gordon Brown has provoked voters' ire by announcing plans to hire luxury private jets for Britain's top officials. French move to end profligacy To stave off criticism, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced strict limits to his personal expenses after revealing that the Elysee Palace
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      Lock icon EU leaders' lifestyle under attack
      757 11  -  JONATHAN EYAL Nations reeling from crisis put their salaries, perks under microscope By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU IN DEFENCE "From the revolution until 2008, under kings, emperors and presidents, there was never control of the palace's expenses." Mr Christian Fremont, the French President's chief administrator
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      Lock icon Europe facing 'social crisis' as jobless rate surges
      265 11 BRUSSELS: The euro zone's top economy official has warned that Europe is "heading towards a social crisis" as unemployment rates rocket to a post-World War II record. The European Commission predicted earlier that the jobless rate in the 16 nations that use
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG  -  265 words
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        Lock icon Upheaval as Nepal struggles to form govt
        671 12  -  RAVI VELLOOR Analysts blame India for hand in crisis with its backing for army chief By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEPAL'S mainstream parties struggled to find a consensus prime minister yesterday to replace Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, whose resignation has plunged the
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        Lock icon Manila sets up fund to pay for info on killings
        195 12 MANILA: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo yesterday announced the establishment of a fund of 25 million pesos (*****,800) to pay informants in an attempt to end the country's wave of political killings. The money would go to those who "provide information
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        Lock icon KL activist nabbed over call to wear black
        354 12 KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian activist was yesterday detained under the Sedition Act hours after he called on the public to wear black tomorrow in protest against the Perak state government takeover by the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Police arrested Wong Chin
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        Lock icon 'Silent majority' honours king
        615 13  -  NIRMAL GHOSH Thousands join state-sponsored rally to end divisive politics By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Tens of thousands of Thais yesterday turned out at a state-supported rally in Bangkok to mark the 59th anniversary of the coronation of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and to send a signal to
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  615 words
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        Lock icon Abdullah appointed as adviser to MAS
        165 13 KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian premier Abdullah Badawi has been appointed as an adviser to national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS), a month after stepping down from office, the airline said yesterday. "The board welcomes (Abdullah), with his wide experience and extensive contacts, to this non-ex-ecutive
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        Lock icon Father of 14 held over death of one, abuse of others
        358 13 GEORGETOWN: Malaysian police are investigating a man with 14 children in connection with the death of one daughter and the alleged sexual abuse of others, local media reported yesterday. The reports said the man was arrested last week after
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        Lock icon Jakarta may rent out uninhabited islands to 'climate refugees'
        465 14 JAKARTA: Indonesia is considering renting out some of its uninhabited islands to international communities which might be displaced by rising sea levels, reported the Jakarta Post yesterday. The idea was raised by Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Freddy Numberi, according to
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        Lock icon Anti-graft agency wants to fight on
        583 14  -  SALIM OSMAN NEWS ANALYSIS But some fear Indonesian anti-corruption body will falter with its chiefs arrest By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Several anti-corruption watch bodies are rallying behind the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over fears that its efforts may lose steam following the arrest of
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        Lock icon City seeks Chinese PhD-holders abroad
        457 15 Kunming's move flayed as 'elitist' for overlooking locals KUNMING: A Chinese city is looking abroad for Chinese doctorate holders to fill senior positions in the local government an unprecedented move that has been slammed by some as "elitist" for overlooking locals who could otherwise work
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        Lock icon Chinese boats harassed US ship: Pentagon
        352 15 WASHINGTON: Two Chinese fishing vessels confronted a US Navy surveillance ship in the Yellow Sea, prompting the American ship to call for help to a nearby Chinese military vessel, the Pentagon said yesterday. The incident, the fifth of its kind in two months, occurred
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        232 15 XI'AN (Shaanxi): More than 70 per cent of ancient buildings in Xi'an home of the terracotta army are under attack from termites, posing a long-term risk to the city's heritage. Xi'an is one of China's most famous cities and served as the
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    • world international
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        Lock icon Iran's top cleric rebukes Ahmadinejad
        490 16 Ire over removal of top official could deal blow to President's poll chances TEHERAN: Iran's supreme leader has publicly rebuked the President over his removal of a top official, a rare show of discontent with the hardline Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by the country's most powerful
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        Lock icon Islamists in Jordan want apology from Pope
        391 16 AMMAN: Ties between the Vatican and Muslims are in the spotlight again ahead of Pope Benedict XVFs Holy Land tour, with Islamists demanding that the pontiff apologise for controversial remarks linking Islam to violence. Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its powerful political arm, the
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        Lock icon Thousands flee clashes in Pakistan's Swat Valley
        488 16 PESHAWAR: Panicked civilians fled Pakistan's Swat Valley yesterday as the government prepared to shelter 500,000 displaced people amid clashes with Taleban fighters that heightened fears a peace deal was about to collapse. The growing crisis comes on the eve of talks in Washington
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        Lock icon Georgia foils mutiny at army base
        556 17 It accuses Russia of coup plot and attempt to kill the President TBILISI: Georgia said it had put down a rebellion at a military base near the capital yesterday, as it accused Russia of backing an attempted coup and plot to kill the President.
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      • INBRIEF
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          Lock icon Chen faces new charges
          93 17 TAIPEI: Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian was indicted on new graft charges yesterday as his high-profile corruption trial continued into its second month. A prosecution spokesman said Chen and his wife Wu Shu-chen took NT$29O million (Ssl3 million) in bribes between 2002 and 2005 from local
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          Lock icon Purge of suicide e-guides
          120 17 SEOUL: South Korean police are taking aggressive measures against suicide information on the Internet after 12 people killed themselves in Gangwon province last month, apparently abetted by online suicide communities. The National Police Agency, together with the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs and the
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          Lock icon Rally at S'pore Embassy
          79 17 JAKARTA: About 15 protesters staged a rally in front of the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta yesterday, demanding more information on the death of Nanyang Technological University undergraduate David Hartanto Widjaja. The 21-year-old Indonesian student was said to have committed suicide in March, shortly after he allegedly
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          Lock icon Suu Kyi appeal rejected
          104 17 YANGON: Myanmar's junta has rejected a legal appeal for the release of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose latest house arrest is due to expire on May 27. Lawyers for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate were told of the decision last week, said the
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          Lock icon Spy-case appeal in Iran
          66 17 TEHERAN: An Iranian appeals court will hear the case of an American journalist convicted of spying for the United States next week, a judiciary spokesman told reporters yesterday without specifying the date. Ms Roxana Saberi was convicted last month of passing intelligence to the US. She
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      102 11 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm pharmacies and face masks are out of MOST-READ ONLINE stO ck too. I heard that some HINI will reach pandemic levels: government departments have bought WHO. millions of masks why haven't Obamas go on dinner date. enough been supplied to
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon Safer to show flu bug a healthy respect
      427 18 SWINE flu, re-named Influenza A (H1N1) by the World Health Organisation (WHO), could be losing its bite in global watchfulness. This is when the world should worry. Governments and social behaviour in some affected regions are beginning to exhibit symptoms of deliverance,
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      Lock icon When pursuing beauty can be in vain
      1071 18  -  LEE WEI LING THINK-TANK By The pursuit of beauty seems to have gone way beyond reason... Nature did not intend all of us to look like Princess Diana or the latest Bollywood screen goddess. Humans tamper with nature at their own risk. THROUGHOUT
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      Lock icon What's behind the waffling
      813 18  -  ANDY HO MIXED SIGNALS OVER FLU THREAT I By I SENIOR WRITER IT IS far better to overplay than underplay the risks in a crisis. This is what crisis experts advise the public authorities and corporations. If things turn out better than expected, credit will redound
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      • Standing up to be counted
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          801 19 What are the useful nuggets from the Aware saga? How will the episode shape Singapore's civil society? Cassandra Chew and Susan Long ask civil society stalwarts and observers. Mr Willie Cheng, 56, is the author of Doing Good Well, a book on the non-profit sector. He
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          Lock icon Affirmation of diversity
          285 19 Dr Terence Chong, 36, is a fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. GENERALLY speaking, civil society has been reaffirmed as a diverse and heterogeneous site. The overarching lesson of the Aware saga was not that religious values have no place in society, but that no
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          Lock icon Man in the street takes a stand
          305 19 Dr Leong Chan Hoong, 37, is a research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies. THE Aware saga has changed the assumptions we hold about the average person in the street. Prior to the takeover, Aware saw its membership decline. But soon after
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          Lock icon Defining moment for liberalism
          234 19 Professor Chua Beng Huat, 63, is a sociologist at the National University of Singapore. SOCIOLOGICALLY, the Aware event is the disabusing of the commonplace loose talk that "Singaporeans are culturally and politically conservative". "Diversity", "inclusiveness" and "pluralism" may be necessary and, therefore, proper political values for
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          257 19 Mr Alex Tham, 30, is a research associate at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. THE Aware saga bodes well for democracy in Singapore. Singaporeans have been criticised as apathetic and uninterested. Some of these criticisms are justified. But a neutral observer of last Saturday's events
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          424 19 Mr Alvin Tan, 46, is artistic director and founder of arts group The Necessary Stage. BEFORE I go into learning points, I have fundamental issues regarding the leadership problems faced by Aware's old guard. I've often wondered where the more influential and/or wealthier women alumni have
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        205 20 NOW that Singapore is on orange alert for the H1N1 flu virus, we can improve the effectiveness of existing measures: B Design a comprehensive online database system that can capture critical information required by the Health Ministry. Replace paper forms with
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        323 20 PUB, the national water agency, and National Environment Agency (NEA) thank Mr Sng Chong Huat for his letter, "Are flash floods due to choked drains?" (April 28). The cleaning of roads, pedestrian walkways and roadside drains is carried
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      642 21  -  MARIA ALMENOAR They say conversion of traffic lane to bus lane has led to more crashes By RESIDENTS of Jalan Angklong have banded together in an effort to get help after several car crashes outside their homes. Jalan Angklong, which runs perpendicular to Upper Thomson
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      868 22  -  TEH JOO LIN Project being explored would test theory that it reduces violent conduct By What's on the cards Ward expansion The secured ward at Changi General Hospital for sick inmates will be expanded. Anti-gang measures The Prisons will strengthen its anti-gang measures with
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      146 22  -  SUJIN THOMAS A SINGAPORE Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officer was found dead by his colleagues at the Jurong Island Fire Station yesterday morning. A spokesman for the SCDF told The Straits Times that 2nd Warrant Officer Vasu Devan, 37, was alone
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      174 22 GAMING is a multibillion-dol-lar business. In 2007, the video games industry was worth some US$42 billion (Ss62 billion), and this number is set to grow to US$6B billion by 2012. Despite the money it generates and a loyal following of players, gaming is still
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      523 23  -  K. C. VIJAYAN CITIBANK DATA TRANSFER CASE She admits moving client details illegally to her e-mail account By LAW CORRESPONDENT THREE days after accepting a job offer from a rival bank, executive Lydia Koh illegally transferred sensitive client data from Citibank to her own
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      357 23  -  SERENE LUO By PEOPLE facing bankruptcy proceedings for debts under $100,000 will get a new lifeline from May 18. The Debt Repayment Scheme, approved by Parliament in January, kicks in then. The High Court, which hears bankruptcy petitions, can decide to put debtors
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      379 24  -  ELENA CHONG THE man accused of helping in a kidney-for-sale case yesterday strongly disagreed that he instigated a friend to enter into the illegal organ trade as he was not motivated by monetary gain. Businessman Whang Sung Lin, 45, had been on trial since
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      502 24  -  ELENA CHONG He is accused of molesting teens in HDB lifts in 2007 By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A NATIONAL University of Singapore undergraduate who allegedly molested three teenage boys in Housing Board lifts near their homes appeared in court yesterday to face
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        108 24 MORE than 10,000 pieces of counterfeit sports and luxury goods worth more than $360,000 were seized in an islandwide police operation on Monday. Three women and a man, between the ages of 27 and 51, were also arrested in the 16-hour operation for selling and distributing
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        101 24 JEWELLERY worth $8,000 and $1,000 in cash was stolen from a break-in at an apartment in the Braddell area last Friday. The resident, a 36-year-old man, told police he found out about the break-in only after returning from a
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        60 24 POLICE arrested two youths, suspected to be dealing in loan shark activities, on Monday thanks to a tip-off from members of the public. The young men, aged 19 and 22, were identified through photographs and descriptions published in the media last Friday. They were charged in
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      502 25  -  AMELIA TAN Both adapted well and topped their Ngee Ann diploma programmes By FEARS WERE UNFOUNDED "Before entering polytechnic, I mixed only with my schoolmates from the madrasah who were Malay and Muslim. I was nervous as I didn't know if I could connect with
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      574 25  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN By MS NURUL Atirah Mahmuddin became a youth volunteer at her local Nanyang Community Club (CC) five years ago, as a way to pay back her constituency, which had given her bursaries during her secondary school years. Later this month, the 22-year-old
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      383 26  -  JESSICA CHEAM BCA event to help realise 80% target for eco-friendly buildings By SEEING THE LIGHT "The buy-in from the industry has been very rapid, as building owners recognise the potential savings from building green." Mr Ashvinkumar Kantilal, president of the Singapore Institute of
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      347 26  -  LINETTE LAI By BUILDINGS and other structures which show exceptional design standards have been recognised in the latest Universal Design Awards, given out by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). The award is given to designs affording a high level of accessibility and connectivity
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      74 26 Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic of Montenegro inspecting the guard of honour with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana yesterday. During his visit, Mr Djukanovic will pay a courtesy call on President S R Nathan and attend an official dinner hosted by PM Lee.
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      102 21 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm primarily for women's rights, it should MOST-READ ONLINE first an d foremost prioritise its primary SM Goh has chicken pox. cause caring for women. Women I didn't want to be involved: who are being harassed or Kidney-for-sale case. discriminated against
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      684 28  -  TERRENCE VOON SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS Yeong-Nathan trumps big names Li Jiawei and Tao Li to claim Sportswoman of the Year crown By ST PHOTO: Right up her alley Jasmine Yeong-Nathan's achievements November 2008 Becomes Singapore's first AMF World Cup winner (below). 2006 Seventh at World
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      613 29 Without Puyol and Marquez, Drogba looks set to dominate LONDON: Barcelona wailed about Chelsea's defensive tactics in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final. But they should be more concerned about their own rearguard before the return leg at Stamford Bridge today. With Carlos Puyol suspended and
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      403 29  -  WANG MENG MENG Singapore Armed Forces FC 1 Shanghai Shenhua 1 By FAR from suffering another heavy beating, Singapore Armed Forces FC sprung a Shanghai surprise in the AFC Champions League (ACL) yesterday. Out, but not down, after four straight losses in the tournament, SAFFC redeemed
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      523 30  -  VALERIE CHIA Pole vaulter Scan set for international debut at World Youth C'ships By OLYMPIC TARGET "If all goes according to plan, we're targeting for him to clear 5.55 m to qualify for the 2012 Olympics." COACH DAVID YEO on his protege, pole-vaulter Scan Lim of
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      285 30 YOKOHAMA: China completed a sweep of the five titles at the World Table Tennis Championships yesterday when world No.ls Wang Hao and Zhang Yining claimed the men's and women's singles. Wang Hao, who won the men's doubles title with Chen Qi on Monday,
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      362 30 Top transfers £45.6 m Zinedine Zidane, Juventus to Real Madrid, 2001 £37m Luis Figo, Barcelona to Real, 2000 £35.7 m Hernan Crespo, Parma to Lazio, 2000 £32.5 m Robinho, Real to Man City, 2008 £32m Gianluigi Button, Parma to Juventus, 2001) MANCHESTER: No
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      621 30 BIRMINGHAM: John Carew's first-half goal gave Aston Villa a 1-0 win over Premier League relegation candidates Hull City on Monday, as the Midlands side assured themselves of European football next season. Victory, Villa's first in 13 matches, saw them regain fifth place in the English
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        52 30 LONDON: English football club Newcastle United suspended midfielder Joey Barton (right) for two weeks yesterday after his red card against Liverpool. Barton, who has a history of misconduct both on and off the field, will now miss the rest of the team's relegation fight.
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        43 30 LOS ANGELES: American swimmer Jessica Hardy's two-year suspension for a failed drug test has been reduced to one year, allowing her to return to competition this year. The 22-year-olds suspension will end on July 31. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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        60 30 MEXICO CITY: A Mexican footballer has been banned for spitting at an opponent and then telling him that he had the Influenza A (H1N1). Guadalajara defender Hector Reynoso has provisionally been suspended from all matches in the Libertadores Cup after last week's game at
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        50 30 SINGAPORE: The inaugural China LPGA Tour will be launched next week with the Beijing Orient Pearl golf championship. It will be the first of seven tournaments this year in seven Chinese cities with prize money ranging from US$5O,OOO (5573,400) to U*****,000. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      403 31 "We all know who the real No. 1 is. Quite frankly, I'm the best in the world." Current world No. 2 Serena Williams dismissing what the computer tennis rankings say. Russian Dinara Safina, who has yet to win a Grand Slam title, is the world No. 1. Basketball NBA
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      383 31 AKRON (Ohio): Unstoppable at both ends of the floor this National Basketball Association season, Leßron James was named its Most Valuable Player (MVP) on Monday. He received the award in the high school gym where he first made his name. The Cleveland Cavaliers star
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      747 31 2008 NBA finalists Celtics and Lakers lose semi-final openers Squeezed out DEFENCE is king in the play-offs, and champions Boston third-best defensively in regular season got a taste of their own medicine on Monday. And the Rockets' Shane Battier and Co kept losing finalists LA Lakers well below
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      2075 28 IN POLE POSITION Sean Lim has qualified for July's World Youth Championships in Italy. BIO O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES B Fergie's Rome promise to O'Shea if United qualify. B O'Neill backs old Firm for EPL. B Four-pronged attack? MOST COMMENTED B
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      57 31 The Family of the late CHI PIN SHYANG, PAUL Departed 1 May 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and deep appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and pastors for their prayers, attendance, condolences, donations, wreaths and kind assistance during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Dr Koo Wen Hsin, National
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      75 31 The family of the late ANGIE NG MEI SZE Departed 30 April 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues, priests and church members for their kind assistance, attendance, prayers, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. 'Surely goodness and love will follow me all
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      93 31 "The Lord is my light and my salvation." I 1 Psalm 27:1 CYRIL SPENCER GALISTAN Age: 84 was called home to be with the Lord on 5 May 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Molly Angela Galistan (deceased) Daughter: Son-in-law: Martina Galistan (Tina) Geoffrey Sudron Sisters and All Relatives Wake
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      50 31 The Family Of The Late ABILIO ALFREDO LOPEZ Wish to thank their relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind support and prayers during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to the doctors and nurses at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (NICU) and Changi General Hospital (SICU) for their dedicated care and attention.
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      46 31 Sr. CATHERINE HENDRICKS IJ Age: 93 went home to the Lord on 5 May 2009. Cortege leaving St. Teresa's Home (49 Upper Thomson Rd) after the 7.30 am Funeral Mass on Thursday, 7 May 09 for cremation at Mandai Crematorium Hall 2 I at 9am. J
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      29 31 ANBE SIVAM N SREEDHARAN Departed on 05-5-09 Sadly missed by loved ones Cortege leaves today, 6-5-09, 6pm from BLK 303, #02-515 CLEMENTIAVE4 Contact: *****906/*****226 for cremation at Mandai CrematoriutiMHal^^tBpm
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      19 31 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of SONGYUEMOI Departed 6.5.2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and loved ones
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      41 32 The family of the late MARY FU Departed 3 May 2009 are deeply grateful to all doctors, nurses, St Ignatius church members, business associates, staff, friends and relatives for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement.
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      158 32 Jesus says "he who hears my word and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life." Johns:24A MARY MYRA PEREIRA NEE MARSH Age: 91 was called home to be with the Lord on 3rd May 2009 (Sunday), dearly missed by loved ones. Beloved wife of the late: Lawrence Michael Pereira
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      29 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the late ENG SOO KIANG Departed on 3 May 2009 From: Chief Executive Management Staff of Defence Science Technology Agency
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      109 32 YIP YOKE HENG Age 78 passed away peacefully on 4 May 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Tham Leng Choong Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tham Wai Kein Loo Lai Yoong Tham Wai Keun Tan Chuan Jee, Peggy Daughters: Son-in-law: Tham Meau Ling, Doreen Lim Soon Ann Tham Poh Leng Grandsons: Tham Yang
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      29 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MR PETER FU Jr. on the demise of his beloved mother MARYFU From: The Management Staff of Global Energy International Ltd !3 E5
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      49 33 WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO MR DAVID FU AND FAMILY ON THE DEMISE OF THEIR BELOVED MOTHER MARY FU Departed 3 May 2009 From: The management and staff of Intercontinental Hotels Group and Holiday Inn Atrium Singapore H L HOTELS RESORTS J Intercontinental Hotels Group ATRIUM SINGAPORE
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      28 33 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of The Late MARYFU Departed on 3 May 2009 From: The Board of Directors, Management Staff of TROPICAL RESORTS LIMITED
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      37 33 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late MARYFU Departed on 3 May 2009 From Dr. Budiono Widodo, Group Chairman The Management Staff of The SMI Group BW Group (Indonesia) Pacific Plywood Holdings Ltd
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      257 31 Today Basketball NBA play-offs 2nd rd, Game 2: Dallas v Denver (Live, Ch23, lfc 10.30am). Cricket jfefcl First Test, day 1: West Indies Bm Tour of England (Live, Chill, BK 5.58pm and 8.30pm). Mp* IPL: Delhi v Kolkata (Live, Chill, ft Football jf Singapore Cup, preliminary M rd: Samut Sakhon
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      225 33 Acceptance of Obituaries News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North Mondays Saturdays 8.30 am to 9.45pm Sundays a Public Holidays 12.30pm to 9.45pm Only death announcements can be accepted after office hours.* To help us process your announcement quickly, please bring along the following: Original Death Certificate Identity Card of person
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      972 40  -  ROBIN CHAN UOB economic report predicts end to US recession by third quarter By Bullish on recovery Housing: Pending home sales in the US were up 3.2 per cent last month, beating expectations of no growth. Construction spending in the US rose
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      615 40  -  GOH ENG YEOW NEWS ANALYSIS By INVESTORS are betting in a big way that China will execute a V-shaped economic recovery and in the process drag the rest of the world out of the doldrums. That exuberance has sparked a spectacular market rally from
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      683 40  -  YANG HUIWEN By OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS "It was the best time to increase Asian allocation in risky assets, such as property. Sentiment was very bearish; valuations of some stocks became very attractive." Mr David Lee, managing director of Ferrell Asset Management, a Singapore-based hedge
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        547 34  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Encouraging economic data worldwide adds to positive mood at home By THE bulls showed no signs of a let-up yesterday, rampaging through the stock market to chase the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) to a six-month high.
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        343 34 I By Joyce Teo LOSSES at home-grown Creative Technology are mounting, with the sound card maker yesterday reporting its biggest quarterly loss in three years. Net loss for the third quarter ended March 31 hit US$4l.B million (5561.8 million), compared with a net
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          105 34 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 3.08 billion shares worth $2.38 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 383 Losers: 147 Unchanged: 666 MP*lWWjP*P|Pl§j|WllllM STOCK TRADING VOLU U Mid Cap 417.76 A 12.38 Basic materials 204.35 A 13.72 Utilities 301.71 A 4.56 Small Cap 338.88 11.34 Industrials 445.45 12.69 Financials 510.05 A 10.91 All Share
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          181 34 Friday's close: 8,977.37 (+149.11) »Japan's financial markets will be closed until today for the Golden Week holiday, with trading to resume tomorrow. Monday's close: 1,008.87 (-0.49) Malaysian shares closed down 0.05 per cent due to profit taking. Yesterday's close: 16,430.08 (+49.03) Hong Kong shares were 0.3 per cent firmer
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          389 34 DBXT FTVietnam 100S$ 3678 512.5 LyxorHS India 100S$ 958 131.1 GLD 10US$ 8891 126.7 IMH 2278 114.9 OCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .9000 80.0 STXP0 100 1440 60.0 Lyxor Thailand 100S$ 321 54.5 ISH 1220 53.0 SI A 1170 50.0 DairyFarm 528 39.8 CIMBAsean40 1000S$ 572 36.8 DBS Grp
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          180 34 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol Golden Agri 47 Global Voice 2.5 Chart SemiCond 18 China Hongxing 15.5 AusGroup 53.5 UniFiber 4 IndoAgri 103 KencanaAgri 30 Oceanus 18.5 Genting SP 65.5 RafflesEdu 51 Bio-Treat 4.5 Cosco Corp 112 StraitsAsia 131 SingTel 257 6.0
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          104 34 runLiun LiunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY May 5 2009 Buying Selling Hust dollar 1.0830 1.1160 Can dollar 1.2480 1.2630 Euro 1.9630 1.9860 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4189 0.4199 NZ dollar 0.8430 0.8620 Sterling pound 2.2000 2.2260 US dollar 1.4640 1.4810 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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      809 35  -  LEE SU SHYAN Republic may be less attractive investment location if US firms here lose tax advantages By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR What it means UNDER the current system, a US unit in Singapore pays Singapore income tax and generally avoids having to
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      605 35 WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress yesterday that the United States economy should pull out of a recession and start growing again later this year. But in his testimony to Congress' Joint Economic Committee, Mr Bernanke warned that even after
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      613 35 What to expect The US government plans to release tomorrow detailed loss projections and capital needs for each of the 19 banks it tested. It will divide banks into three categories, based on the adequacy of their capital reserves to absorb
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      236 35 LONDON: Standard Chartered reaped the benefits of a focus on Asia and a resilient loan book as it weathered the financial crisis to report record first-quarter profits, sending its shares to 2009 highs. The UK-listed bank, which gets two-thirds of its revenue from Asia, said yesterday
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        506 36  -  ALVIN FOO But defence manufacturer has record order book and robust balance sheet By WEAKER returns in its aerospace and land systems segments sent first-quarter net profits at ST Engineering tumbling 30.4 per cent from the same period last year. However, Singapore's leading defence manufacturer
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        428 36  -  JOYCE TEO By A ONE-OFF profit gave insurance group Great Eastern Holdings a huge boost for the first quarter, with net profit up from $45 million a year ago to $237 million. The $213.1 million non-recurring gain stemmed largely from the introduction of the risk
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        339 36 COMMODITIES supply chain manager Noble Group yesterday reported a near halving of net profit for the first quarter to US$9O.2 million (*****.3 million) from U*****.1 million a year ago. Revenue for the three months ended March 31 fell by 36 per cent to US$6.OB
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        320 36  -  FRANCIS CHAN By TWO entities belonging to now bankrupt United States investment bank Lehman Brothers are still incorporated and hold licences in Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday. Between them, Lehman Brothers (LBPL) and Lehman Brothers Singapore (LBSPL) hold hundreds
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        1036 37  -  FRANCIS CHAN X-mini speakers zeroed in on a void in market segment By MORE ONLINE For more on overcoming the storm, go to www.straitstimes.com THE master plan was to become an investment banker, but events in the form of the dot.com bust and the Sars
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        432 37  -  FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES like XMI are good examples of how smaller and locally based firms with a sound business model can succeed despite the downturn, says International Enterprise (IE) Singapore. "Although it is not a huge company, XMI has leveraged on its
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      520 38  -  FIONA CHAN IE to help companies get a slice of World Bank package for the continent By WHEN the going gets tough, the tough go to Africa. The continent, sheltered from the ongoing global recession because of its relatively small exposure to world
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      365 38  -  FIONA CHAN HE WAS attacked with a sledgehammer while driving from the Lagos airport to Victoria Island in Nigeria, and his colleague was detained in the Ivory Coast immigration office for 36 hours and made to give up his money. But Mr Vikash Dhanuka, 35,
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      314 38  -  JOAMMA SEOW By SINGAPOREANS are more clued-up than most when it comes to investing, given the prevailing zero interest rate environment, according to an Aviva survey. About 28 per cent of the 500 people polled here said they would be
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      247 38  -  JOYCE TEO THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has set up an investor education fund to help educate stock market investors to make better informed decisions. The fund is from money collected from fines imposed for SGX rule breaches by market players. The SGX's newly
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      635 39  -  FIONA CHAN Overall manufacturing index dips by smallest amount since last Sept By SINGAPORE'S beleaguered manufacturing sector may finally be heading north, if a leading indicator of production activity is anything to go by. Electronics output expanded last month for the first time
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      487 39  -  GABRIEL CHEN By ISLAMIC banks and financial institutions managed to avoid the fallout from the sub-prime crisis, largely because they refrained from investing in toxic assets that were deemed "un-Islamic". And this prudence has put Islamic finance in good stead with investors
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      198 39  -  GABRIEL CHEN SINGAPORE has scored a coup in hosting the annual meeting of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB). This is the first time the event is being held in East Asia. Previous summits were held in London, Doha, Beirut and Dubai. The four-day summit,
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      685 42  -  adeline chia With young leads and a shorter script, the classic opera aims to reach out to a younger audience arts reporter THE PEONY PAVILION, THE YOUNG LOVERS' EDITION Where: Esplanade Theatre When: Friday to Sunday, Bpm Admission: $50, $80, $100 and $120 from Sistic (www.sistic.com.sg or
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      417 42 New York Dan Barber (left), a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the top United States chef on Monday by the James Beard Foundation. He was lauded for using his New York restaurants, Blue Hill New York and Blue Hill at
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        876 43  -  foong woei wan Award-winning screenwriter Ivy Ho prefers to suggest rather than tell Ivy Ho is a poet of the ambiguous, elusive moments in an individual's emotional history. The 51-year-old Hong Konger is a rare screenwriting brand name in Chinese cinema and her best-known story, Comrades:
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        463 43  -  boon chan CLAUSTROPHOBIA (PG) 100 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Tom (Ekin Cheng, above left) suggests to his employee Pearl (Karena Lam, above right) that she quit her job and take up another one. Something seems to have happened between them but it is not clear what
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        969 44  -  alison de souza Star Trek fans may cry foul with the new cast but they will relish the new film in pans Somewhere out there, a diehard Star Trek fan is sticking pins into a doll that looks like J.J. Abrams. When he agreed to direct the
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        568 44  -  ong sor fern IStar Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was a policeman-turned-writer who was inspired by science fiction stories such as Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon to pitch a "Wagon Train to the stars" TV concept to Desilu Studios. Desilu, by the way, was
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        521 45 Despite the changes to the Star Trek univeibe, the film received the thumbs up from most fans and critics. Fans tell FIONA, LOW what they think Mr Ariffin Md Mazlan, 25, police officer (right) On the casting: "I actually prefer the new cast
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        571 45  -  ong sor fern STAR TREK (PG) 126 minutes/Opens Friday/***** The story: James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) is a rebel without a cause who joins Starfleet Academy and immediately clashes with Spock (Zachary Quinto), a half-hu-man, half-Vulcan alien. When Spock's planet comes under attack, Kirk and Spock
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        424 45  -  dave chua ffWßffl drama KABEI OUR MOTHER (PG) 132 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Just before World War 11, the writer-husband of Kayo (Sayuri Yoshinaga), affectionately called 'Kabei' by her two daughters, is arrested for thought crimes and held in prison without trial. Kabei endures his internment with the
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        608 51  -  boon chan Tampopo goes West in a loose remake that comes with plenty of smarts and a few surprises THE RAMEN GIRL (PG) 100 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Abby (Brittany Murphy), a young American, moves to Tokyo because of her boyfriend and is at a loss when
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        286 51  -  Dave Chua top 10 movies SINGAPORE 1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2. Horsemen 3. (1) 17 Again 4. (3) Friday The 13th 5. (4) Taken 6. (2) The International 7. (5) Fast Furious 4 8. (8) 252 Signal Of Life 9. Traitor 10. (7) Revolutionary Road Information from the
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        887 48  -  geraldine tan The inaugural Audi Fashion Festival 2009 wants to inspire and innovate to make haute couture more exciting in Singapore and the region by For Audi Fashion Festival, we are able to indulge in inspiration and innovation -to bring in designers and collections that are pure
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        1134 49  -  lim yann ling daphne lee LimYannLing Hair stylist Vinn Wong and designer Ashley Isham have high hopes about their creations in the Audi Fashion Festival by Hair for the catwalk OFFICIAL hairstylist and a main sponsor of the Audi Fashion Festival (AFF) 2009, Action Hair
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      580 52  -  huang lijie Chef Osvaldo Forlino has left his namesake Italian restaurant and plans to open a casual eatery Chef Osvaldo Forlino has left his namesake restaurant, Forlino, at One Fullerton, but the establishment will keep its name. The restaurant's managing director, Mr Beppe De Vito,
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      339 52 LIVING WITH... LEE SHI MEI, VIOLIN, ALBERT LIN, PIANO The Living Room The Arts House/Monday chang tou liang The Living With... series every first Monday of the month at The Arts House provides up-and-coming musicians and amateurs a platform to showcase their wares in front of
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        292 54 New York Singer Rihanna (right) returned to the red carpet for the first time since her alleged assault last February by then boyfriend, singer Chris Brown. She appeared in a black Dolce Gabbana suit on Monday night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, arriving last
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        217 54 Hong Kong Flu outbreak or not, newlyweds Liza Wang and Law Kar Ying are honeymooning in the United States. Apple Daily said the 61-year-old actress and the 62-year-old actor, who married in Las Vegas last Saturday, are taking a holiday there. They are due
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          474 92  -  Sherwin Loh By Kyle Tan, 27 cadet pilot, Singapore Airlines VIDEO gaming has always been a "group thing" for pilot Kyle Tan, who began hosting game parties when he was just nine years old. "At that time, there was no LAN gaming so I had weekly
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        639 96 J We know ii that's where they are and we need to go to them. Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Arata, division director of the US Army's online and social media division, on finding new avenues online to reach soldiers, their families and the
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