The Straits Times, 16 May 2009

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  • 19 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 SATURDAY, MAY 16 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 1.00 THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • INSIDE
    • 84 1 HELPING companies, workers and families ride out the downturn, developing home-grown multinational firms, seamless care for the elderly, vigilance against terror these are among the issues the Government will continue to address in the remaining period of its term in office. With President S R Nathan set
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    • 55 1 NO WHALE shark is likely to be on display at Resorts World at Sentosa's upcoming Marine Life Park. Animal welfare groups are rejoicing at the integrated resort developer's decision to scrap the plan after three years of lobbying that the animal would not survive in
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    • 56 1 c UKJVLbK exco memoei National Kidney Foundation Matilda Chua was yesterday fined for cooking the books in a share- rigging scandal. Though unrelated k to the charity, the A scam came to light after the authorities took a closer look at Chua's company becau of the
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    • 50 1 A LAST-minute hitch stopped the already tortured $548 million Gillman Heights en-bloc sale in its tracks yesterday. The sale was supposed to have been signed off by last night but the buyers, led by property giant Capita Land, did not complete the deal. PRIME PAGE A 22
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    • 70 1 A A A PUBLISHER of Zhao Ziyang's secret memoirs, Mr Bao Pu, told The Straits Times that his family is prepared for any consequences that might result from the controversial book, which offers a rare account of crisis politics during the Tiananmen incident. Mr Bao is the
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  • 188 1 ST PHOTO: AN AFTERNOON downpour could not put out the fiery spectacle at the Marina Barrage last night that kicked off the month-long Singapore Arts Festival. Some 5,000 people turned up to watch the free show, Helios 11, by French group La Compagnie Malabar. Aerial
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  • 791 1  -  Alvin Foo Move in line with fund's new strategy, but it may have lost at least USs23b By SINGAPORE'S state-owned investment vehicle Temasek Holdings sold all its Bank of America (BoA) shares in the first three months of this year, resulting in estimated losses of between
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  • VIEWPOINTS
    • 55 2 Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng's take on social activism, religion and the state is a timely reminder that Singapore's multiracial and multi-religious construct is not to be trifled with. Public interest groups pushing their agendas should proceed with care and due respect for all
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    • Article, Illustration
      26 2 Studies show a single gene might be involved in how people bond with the opposite sex, says Andy Ho. REVIEW PAGE A 32
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    • 33 2 It will be a mix of glitz and old rivalries as Russia hosts the Eurovision pop carnival that brings Europe together, says Jonathan Eyal. WORLD PAGE C2l OUR READER SAYS
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    • 28 2 The Association of Women for Action and Research says it must be made clear that the group has never promoted homosexuality. FORUM PAGE A3B
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      34 2 www.straitstimes.com Luke Johnson asks if Obama has "flip-flopped" on releasing new pictures depicting detainee abuse. Sherwin Loh aims to be connected to the Internet, no matter where he is in the world.
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  • prime commentary
    • 1041 2  -  Ignatius Low It must not shrug off BoA losses as a blip if it is to emerge stronger By MONEY EDITOR What is one to make of Temasek's decision to sell its entire stake in Bank of America (BoA)? The move has resulted in one
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    • 679 3  -  Joyce Teo Demand for mid- to mass-market units sees more homes launched By SALES of new private homes continued to boom in April, almost matching the frenetic pace of activity set in both February and March this year. Some 1,207 units were sold during the month
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    • 434 3  -  Michelle Tay By BIG-TICKET items are still hard to sell, but new figures from the retail front line show that consumers are regaining confidence and hitting the malls again. Retail sales excluding motor vehicles rose 3.3 per cent in March over February. Not exactly a
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    • 153 8 Da Vinci The Genius is the most comprehensive travelling exhibition created about Leonardo Da Vinci. The exhibition, which took 10 years to complete, features close to 200 exhibits and more than 70 full-scale inventions showcasing his career as an inventor, artist, anatomist, engineer, musician and architect. Reproductions of
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    • 536 8  -  Grace Chua Resorts World exploring other 'conservation-focused' options By RESORTS World at Sentosa (RWS) is scrapping its plan to exhibit whale sharks at its upcoming Marine Life Park. The creatures had been touted as a star attraction for the Bha oceanarium, the world's largest,
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    • 178 8 BEIJING: Doctors in south-west China have successfully removed a bullet from a woman's head 42 years after she was shot, putting an end to decades of increasingly unbearable pain, state media reported yesterday. Staff at a hospital in Chongqing municipality extracted the 2.5
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    • 1016 10  -  Salim Osman Lynn Lee Analysts: This could force presidential race into second round By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS TEAM YUDHOYONO TOP PLAYER: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, 60, Democratic Party NUMBER 2: Bank of Indonesia governor Boediono, 66, no party THE CHEMISTRY: Dr Yudhoyono, a former general,
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    • 510 10 NEW DELHI: India's Congress party is confident it can retain power without needing to mend ties with the Communists, the party said, ahead of election results to be announced today. "We can form the government without the Left," Trade Minister Kamal Nath said in
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    • 818 16  -  Nirmal Ghosh NEWS ANALYSIS Pro-democracy icon and reclusive supremo at centre of Gordian knot By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT THE imprisonment of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has served to focus world attention once again on the critical role she plays in any genuine political progress
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    • 480 16 Arrest is a setback, says Spore SINGAPORE yesterday expressed its "dismay" at the arrest of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for allegedly breaching the terms of her house arrest. "This is a setback for the national reconciliation process," the Ministry of Foreign
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    • 392 16 CAMDENTON (Missouri): The new charges brought by the Myanmar junta against Aung San Suu Kyi came after a mysterious visit by an American who swam across a lake and sneaked into her home in Yangon. It was the second time
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    • 654 21  -  Jessica Cheam Buyers raised issues relating to condo's management fund By The sale first inked in early 2007 was thought to be a done deal in February after the Court of Appeal dismissed a last-ditch plea by minority owners to overturn the transaction.
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    • 745 22 HELPLESS TO HELP "Our staff are witnessing an unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe. No humanitarian organisation can help them in the current circumstances. People are left to their own devices." Mr Pierre Krahenbuhl, operations director of the International Committee of the Red Cross, in a statement
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    • 1036 25  -  Selina Lum Player in NKF saga fails in appeal over falsifying accounts By WILFUL DECEIT Justice Choo Han Teck dismissed the appeals brought by Chua and the Seahs. He allowed the prosecution's appeal against acquitting Chua and the younger Seah for falsifying GNR's books, and fined
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    • 724 4  -  Teo Cheng Wee Global HIM cases hit 7,520, up by over 1,000 in 24 hours By REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT HINI OUTBREAK: LATEST FIGURES 65 Number of deaths globally 7,520 Number of confirmed cases in 34 countries Source: WHO KUALA LUMPUR: The new flu
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    • 430 4 GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against a false sense of security from waning and apparently mild outbreaks of Influenza A (H1N1), saying the worst may not be over. WHO director-general Margaret Chan, who raised the pandemic alert to the
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    • 219 4 TALES OF A FLU WARRIOR NURSE manager Chio Cheng Kay, 67, went through a baptism of fire when Sars hit Singapore in 2003. He was in charge of a ward of infected patients, and family members were so worried that they told
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    • 557 27 She arrives in Austria from Iran but keeps mum about spy case VIENNA: Ms Roxana Saberi the American journalist freed after four months in an Iranian prison on spying charges left the Islamic republic, flying to the Austrian capital with her parents and a friend
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    • 424 27 SEOUL: Two US journalists arrested near North Korea's border with China on accusations of illegal entry and "hostile acts" will be tried by Pyongyang early next month, state media said. "The Central Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 429 28 U^^ HE Government has to maintain order, and hold the ring impartially," Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said on Thursday, responding to questions this newspaper posed about the Aware saga. Judging from the responses his answers have elicited publicly and privately from the various groups
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    • 986 28  -  Robert J. Shiller By The stock markets 9 rebound since March seems not to be built around any inspirational story, but rather the mere absence of more really bad news and the knowledge that all previous recessions have come to an end SINCE hitting
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    • 849 28  -  Paul Krugman By In January, China announced that it plans to continue its reliance on coal as its main energy source ana that to feed its economic growth it will increase coal production 30 per cent by 2015. That's a decision that, all by itself,
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    • review.
      • 1002 29  -  Chua Mui Hoong RELIGION AND POLITICS IN SINGAPORE By SENIOR WRITER Rules matter in setting the tone for engagement. But the line between religion and civil society activism is one drawn in ink, not etched in stone and subject to revision. THAT religion and politics
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      • 934 30  -  Andy Ho DAEDALUS By SENIOR WRITER There is a brain chemical called vasopressin that modulates human cognition. Because it is responsible for feelings of pleasure, it impacts upon our social behaviour. In voles, vasopressin also matters to their mating and social behaviour.
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      • 1031 31  -  Janice Tay LETTER FROM KYOTO By CORRESPONDENT Most of the time, most of us aren't here. Without realising it, we slip off to the movies we have made from our past and into galleries hung with pictures of a hoped-for future. But an
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    • review insight
      • 667 32  -  Goh Chin Lian By HELPING companies ride out the current storm and get ready for the upturn will remain a key consideration for the economic ministries. But the former chairman of the GPC for Finance and Trade and Industry, Mr Inderjit Singh, wants the Government to
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      • 1466 32 STRAINS from the economic downturn are also showing up on the ground in the homes of Singaporeans. This will be a key concern for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, says former government parliamentary committee (GPC) member and family lawyer Ellen Lee. She notes that members
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      • 424 35 YOUR INSIGHTS "Most civil servants still adopt a rigid mindset and high-handedness in dealing with the public, though I must congratulate the top management for shifting the general mindset to a much more flexible one relative to the past few
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    • forum.
      • 336 36 RESPONSE TO DPM WONG KAN SENG WE WELCOME Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng's comments and his reiteration of the vital importance for all groups in Singapore, whether religious or secular, to live and let live, to exercise restraint and show mutual respect
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      • 87 36 LETTERS should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer's full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please e-mail
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      • 335 36 NMP UNDER ATTACK AFTER reading yesterday's report, "NMP candidates attacked online", I went online to check those comments. What I read sounded alarm bells in my head. I will not seek to authenticate the charges filed by these people online, which I read on the
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      • 392 36 WHEN the Nominated MP (NMP) scheme was introduced, the aim was to pluralise views and opinions in Parliament. Moreover, there was concern that People's Action Party MPs would not be put to the test of parliamentary debate. Today, the scheme is strongly rooted
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      • 338 37 FIGHTING INFLUENZA A IN HER letter on Wednesday, "Let it in while benign to develop herd immunity", Professor Lee Wei Ling has questioned the basis for temperature screening at border checkpoints as about one-third of people infected with the Influenza A (H1N1) virus are asymptomatic, and even
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      • 444 37 WE REFER to Ms Jessica Cheam's commentary, "Black marks on green blueprint" (May 7). We agree that climate change would seriously impact Singapore. Thus, we have always taken the environment seriously. We have taken many actions which have reduced Singapore's carbon emissions outside the present
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      • 164 37 I REFER to Thursday's letter by Mr Thomas Lim, "Bus drivers should brake more gently". We share his observation that some bus captains do not apply the correct techniques in braking while driving the new buses. On such occasions, we sincerely apologise to
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • 651 39  -  Melissa Sim Lessons such as wine appreciation at classy eateries go down a treat By Part of the spread THE following are some upcoming courses. The lower course fees in brackets apply to holders of the People's Association's Passion Card. Shochu Appreciation: Satsuma restaurant, The Gallery
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    • 796 40  -  Jermyn Chow Yeo Sam Jo SAF'S NEW RETIREMENT AGE, CAREER SCHEME They wonder if raised retirement age of 50 would lead to a bigger payout By THE Singapore Armed Forces' decision to raise the retirement age of its officers to 50 has left its
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    • 447 40  -  Nicholas Yong By A NEW military expert career scheme to be rolled out by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) next year has drawn mixed reactions from potential recruits. The Military Domain Experts Scheme (MDES) aims to produce a new breed of soldiers for
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    • 476 40  -  Amelia Tan By THE newest "local international" school here has seen enrolment boom since it first began accepting students two years ago. In fact, St Joseph's Institution (International) now has about 40 expatriate children on the waiting list for its primary
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    • 222 40 March 29,1852: A group of six brothers lands in Singapore after a long journey by ship from France. Three of them Brother Liefroy, Brother Gregory and Brother Swedbert remain in Singapore to set up a new school. March 19,1855: Cornerstone for St Joseph's Institution's
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    • 615 43  -  Selina Lum CHILD-SEX PREDATORS 29-year-old paedophile has been preying on young boys since Sec 2 By A 29-year-old paedophile who sexually abused a six-year -old boy in a library toilet was yesterday sentenced by the High Court to
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    • 408 43  -  Elena Chong By COURTS CORRESPONDENT POSING as a police officer, a paedophile sexually abused three young girls on the pretext of checking them for contraband cigarettes. Muhammad Sufian Hussain, 34, a cafe manager before his arrest, flashed his ez-link card at his
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    • 327 43  -  Sujin Thomas By MANOEUVRING bulky firefighting vehicles through traffic jams, narrow alleys or low-ceiling spaces is history for the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). From June 1, it will have the services of the Mini Rhino, a scaled-down version of the Red Rhino. About
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    • 133 43 THE public can now learn the theory of first aid and emergency procedures online. The Community Emergency Preparedness Programme run by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) now has a Web-based version of its theory component. It can be found on the SCDF website, www.scdf.gov.sg The
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    • 391 43  -  Khushwant Singh By THE deaths of two Police Coast Guard (PCG) officers who were trying to intercept a speedboat intruding into Singapore's waters two years ago was a tragic accident that need not have happened. State Coroner Victor Yeo made these comments yesterday while
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    • 357 44  -  YEO GHIM LAY RESIDENTS living near the new Lorong Chuan MRT station can now get to the station more safely, as the authorities have spruced up a footpath leading to it. The narrow, lm-wide footpath has been repaved and is now brightly
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    • 449 44  -  Oo Gin Lee By FROM next year, video-game shops and distributors here will have to pay an annual licence fee to sell MlB titles. The amount has yet to be fixed, but the Media Development Authority (MDA) has thrown up
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    • 302 44  -  Goh Chin Lian 8 first-term MPs, 2 veteran backbenchers to serve till Nov 2011 By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE new leaders and members of all 10 government parliamentary committees (GPCs) were announced yesterday by the People's Action Party (PAP). Its organising secretary, Mr
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    • 131 44 Community Development, Youth and Sports Chairman: Mr Seah Kian Peng Deputy chairman: Ms Denise Phua Defence and Foreign Affairs Chairman: Mr Michael Palmer Deputy chairman: Ms Ellen Lee Education Chairman: Mrs Josephine Teo Deputy chairman: Mr Lim Biow Chuan Finance and Trade Industry Chairman: Ms Jessica Tan
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      • 450 47  -  Theresa Tan Charity hands out toys and books and sets up play areas for young survivors By ON A list of rebuilding practicalities, children's play might not be a top priority. But after the Sichuan quake in May last year, which left about 88,000
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      • 559 47  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By FRIED, sugary and extra-fatty meals cost more than healthier choices at this food outlet. At Alexandra Hospital's in-house canteen, diners pay $1.50 for fried chicken wings, $1.20 for a curry puff and almost $5 for a deep-fried chicken
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      • 267 47  -  MELISSA SIM VETERAN counsellor Anthony Yeo, 60, has been hospitalised with lymphoma, a cancer of a type of white blood cell that fights off infections in the body. News of his illness was announced on Thursday on the website of the Counselling
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      • 545 47  -  Rachel Au-Yong By KEEPING house can be a problem for the elderly, infirm and mentally ill. So Habitat for Humanity is fixing it. The 33-year-old international charity, best known for building homes in pover-ty-stricken communities, has been running "Operation Home works"
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      • 248 47 Youth blood drive A BLOOD drive targeted at youth will be conducted at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station this weekend. Organised by 150 students from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) chapter of the Red Cross Humanitarian Network, Vibrant Blood Drive 2009 hopes to collect 500 units of blood. When:
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 792 48  -  Peh Shing Huei PUBLISHER OF ZHAO ZIYANG'S MEMOIRS: But publisher hopes party won't retaliate against his father, 76, an ex-Zhao aide By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: The publisher of Zhao Ziyang's secret memoirs said his family is prepared for any consequences that might
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    • world regional
      • 1070 49 Translated excerpts from the recordings ■On punishment for those who are pro-liberalisation: "Another issue was how to deal with people implicated in all of this. The Anti-Liberalisation Campaign was not just a theoretical issue. My biggest headaches came from the issues of whether to
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      • 894 50  -  Grace Ng Some laud box-office hit that portrays a Japanese soldier tormented by 1937 massacre; others slam it as a betrayal By CHINA CORRESPONDENT Death toll figures vary widely ON DEC 13, 1937, four days after the invading Japanese troops captured Nanjing, then China's
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      • 664 51  -  Elizabeth Looi Malaysian Bar calls for resignation of duo over arrest of five human rights lawyers By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT SEEKING REDRESS "We're not being hostile. I think it's a democratic move and we're stating our right." Malaysian Bar chairman Ragunath Kesavan (left) 'ABUSE'
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      • 202 51 BUKIT MERTAJAM (Penang): A 21-year-old illegal immigrant who was being held in a Penang detention camp has died of leptospirosis, a rare bacterial infection, officials said yesterday. Twenty-six other foreigners have been admitted to two hospitals in Penang with the same fever, the Penang
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      • 674 54 GDP projected to rise 0.5% for two quarters due to $4.4b expenditure NEW DELHI: India's month-long nationwide election is often called the world's largest exercise in democracy. It could also be regarded as a big economic stimulus engine. Candidates and parties spent US$3 billion (554.4
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      • 234 54 KUALA LUMPUR: An ethnic Indian Malaysian group has lost a legal bid to remove a word considered offensive from a government-published dictionary, a lawyer said yesterday. The court verdict is another setback for the minority community, which has grown increasingly outspoken
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      • 400 55 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHINA DAILY ASIA NEWS NETWORK BEIJING: A sex theme park in south-west China that exhibits sculptures of the human body and of giant genitals, as well as boasts a sex technique workshop, is stirring up howls of protest. "Love Land", billed
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      • 564 55 Financial crisis drains jobs in private sector, leading to rise in graduate unemployment BEIJING: Ms Sun Yizhen considered her university degree in international trade the ticket to a prestigious career with a state-owned enterprise like the Bank of China in Beijing. Instead, the
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      • 735 56  -  Ho Ai Li Protest seen as make-or-break for DPP chief, who faces internal challenges By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT NO QUICK FIX "We are doing things bit by bit and we're actually improving. But we would think that it would take us a longer time
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      • 414 56 TAIPEI: The time is not right yet for world-renowned economist Justin Lin Yifu, who defected from Taiwan to China some 30 years ago, to be pardoned and allowed to return, said Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou. The problem of whether to pardon
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      • 277 59  -  Janice Tay By CORRESPONDENT HIROSHIMA: The first state visit by a Singapore president to the island nation of Japan ended fittingly with a trip to a shrine built over the sea. President S R Nathan and Mrs Nathan yesterday toured Itsukushima Shrine on
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      • 551 59 Software giant to help turn city into anti-piracy and technology centre SHANGHAI: Microsoft has announced a partnership aimed at making the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou a model for innovation and protection of intellectual property, in the company's latest bid to combat rampant software
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      • 643 60  -  Alastair Mclndoe PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS Elections are a year away but contest is on to raise profiles among voters By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA: When Senator Manuel Roxas II recently announced his engagement to a glamorous television journalist on a TV game show, it was
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      • 594 57 South Korean firms unwilling to accept changes can leave, it says SEOUL: North Korea said yesterday it has scrapped all wage, rent and tax agreements with South Korea at a joint industrial estate, and told some 100 South Korean companies to leave
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      • 310 57 HONG KONG: Dozens of nations signed a new treaty yesterday to make ship recycling safer, but activists called it a step backwards for the environment and the labourers who carry out the dangerous work. The United Nations' International Maritime Organisation (IMO) convention is
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      • 707 58 Provincial minister sees no point in talks as Taleban has reneged on earlier peace deals PESHAWAR: Pakistan rejected an offer of peace talks to end fighting with Taleban militants in the north-western Swat Valley, as the conflict threatened to create a humanitarian crisis
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    • world international
      • 717 63 Junior minister steps down, ex-minister suspended and opposition MP forced to quit LONDON: Britain's parliamentary expenses row has claimed its first scalps, as a former minister was suspended by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a junior minister stepped down pending inquiry and an opposition MP
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      • 512 64 Social site won't reveal how many users tricked in phishing attack BOSTON: Hackers have launched an attack on Facebook's 200 million users, successfully gathering passwords from some of them in the latest assault on members of the popular social networking site. Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said
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      • 631 65 Food giants in the US trying to shift burden of safety to consumers NEW YORK: The frozen pot pies that made an estimated 15,000 people fall ill with salmonella in 2007 left federal inspectors mystified. At first they suspected the turkey; then
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      • 487 66 Astronauts' difficult task done; now tune in for 'tweet-bits' from space CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida): Spacewalking astronauts have overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano -sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope, the first step to making the observatory
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      • 530 67 Two running for highest office this year in the deeply patriarchal nation KABUL: In a stuffy Kabul wedding hall, about 400 men and a dozen enthusiastic women listen to Afghan presidential candidate Frozan Fana outline her manifesto. Peace and security, national unity, media freedom and
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      • 826 61 OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY Policy flip-flops TWO of Mr Barack Obama's recent reversals: Earlier this week, the President decided to try to block the court-ordered release of more photographs of abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan at US facilities, having previously supported the photos' release. Critics
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      • 610 62 US Speaker admits she found out about torture tactic in 2003 WASHINGTON: United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has acknowledged for the first time that she knew by early 2003 that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had subjected terror detainees to waterboarding. She
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      • 817 68  -  Jonathan Eyal Mix of glitz and old rivalries as Russia hosts Eurovision pop carnival I By I STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU FOR a few hours this evening, European nations will set aside their historic differences and join hands in good humour. The
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      • 419 69 GENEVA: Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan lost his voice, looked vacant at meetings and even sought medical help after the 2003 United States-led invasion of Iraq, according to a new biography by his former spokesman. Mr Annan, 71, was deeply troubled by the divisions
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      • 280 69 GOIANIA (Brazil): A Brazilian man who killed and dismembered a 17-year-old girl from London before dumping her torso in a suitcase has been jailed for 21 years. Mohamed D'Ali Carvalho Santos, 20, admitted stabbing Cara Marie Burke to death last
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      • 159 70 LONDON: The leafy English village of Linkenholt with its 21 cottages and a manor house has found a buyer. Real estate agent Tim Sherston said on Thursday that the village, which had a £23 million (Sssl million) asking price and was for sale as a whole,
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      • 114 70 MANADO: Six Asia-Pacific countries agreed yesterday on a wide-ranging plan to protect one of the world's largest networks of coral reefs, promising to reduce pollution, eliminate overfishing and improve the livelihoods of impoverished coastal communities. The agreement creates a voluntary management plan for an area called the
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      • 89 70 LONDON: Between 10 and 20 countries are likely to soon develop the capacity to build nuclear weapons unless major powers take steps to disarm them, the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said yesterday. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, International Atomic Energy Agency
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      • 87 70 WASHINGTON: The United States has welcomed ratification by Japan's parliament of a multibillion-dollar plan to transfer 8,000 US Marines from Okinawa island to Guam by 2014. The agreement was signed by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone on Feb 17, and
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      • 148 70 MADRID: Air pollution has long been a fact of life in Spanish cities, but scientists now say it is not just smog that chokes people as they walk to work or stroll through the park. A new study has found the air in Madrid and Barcelona
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    • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
      • 681 71  -  Yang Huiwen FIRST-QUARTER REPORT CARD Banks turn out to be best-performing sector, property firms post worst results By COMPANIES listed on the Singapore Exchange saw their profits shrink by 36.4 per cent during the first quarter of the year. Total earnings for the 303
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      • 890 72  -  Karamjit Kaur NEWS ANALYSIS SIA and Sats can focus on areas of expertise, investors can do what they want with shares By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT Five more A3Bos SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is still taking delivery of five Airbus A3BO super jumbos despite the slump in global
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      • 396 73  -  Lee Su Shyan Swiss giant Lonza's 3rd facility here will boost cell therapy expertise By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR PHARMACEUTICAL giant Lonza is investing 30 million Swiss francs (5539.7 million) in a new cell therapy facility in Singapore, taking its total investment in the city
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      • 175 73 MR CHOO Chiau Beng, who was promoted to chief executive of Keppel Corporation in January, is stepping down as chairman of SMRT Corporation. Mr Choo, 61, will retire at the company's annual general meeting on July 23 after six years helming the board. Veteran
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      • 239 73 THE contract to publish BiZQ (Business Quotient), the official publication of the Singapore Business Federation, has once again been clinched by Singapore Press Holdings Magazines (SPH Magazines). SPH Magazines has been the sole publishing agent for BiZQ since the magazine's inception in July 2004,
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      • 477 74 First-quarter showing is the worst since 1990, but govt allays concerns HONG KONG: Hong Kong's economy shrank by 4.3 per cent in the first quarter from the previous three months, the worst performance since the government began compiling records in 1990. The contraction reflected Asia's
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      • 385 74 TOKYO: Japan's machinery orders and price data offered more evidence yesterday that while the global downturn may be easing, recovery is elusive, forcing firms to cut jobs and banks to raise more cash to cover their losses. Japanese orders fell less than expected
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      126 77 I am the resurrection and the life, said the Lord, he who believes in me will live, even though he dies, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. John 11:25-26 LEE MAH ENG Age: 89 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 May 2009,
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      168 77 I 'I FOO BOON ENG Age: 82 Passed away peacefully on 14 May 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Leo Ting Hee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Leow Chin Kok Loh Chek Mvi Leow Chin Wee Goh Poh Chin Daughters: Sons-in-law: Leo Yoke Chin Foo Yet Keong Leo Yoke
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      169 77 i* "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house U of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 a GOH WEE PENG Age: 73 Was called home to be with the Lord on 14 May 2009 Dearly missed and fondly
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      77 77 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Our Group Managing Director Mr Spencer Tuppani on the demise of his beloved Grandmother LEE MAH ENG Departed on 15 May 2009 From: The Management and Staff of TNS Group Holdings Pte Ltd TNS Ocean Lines (S) Pte Ltd TNS Shipping Services Pte
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      113 77 LOH TAI LUI Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 13 May 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered f by loved ones. (Husband: Kok Wing Cheong, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kok Weng Yew Toh Chew Cheng Kok Weng Kheong Lee Lily Daughters: Sons-in-law: Kok Poh Chun Tan Tai Cheng Kok Poh Chue
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      42 77 x x r 2nd Anniversary i In Loving Memory Of CHAN MUN KWONG Departed on 16 May 2007. Love's greatest gift Remembrance Always remembered by Wife: Geraldine Tan Chan Wah Daughter and Son-in-law: Marieta and Kelvin Grandchildren: Lynelle, Leithan Lynshea X X
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      155 77 "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 SIM LEE KIANG Age: 84 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 May 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Koh Bok
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      117 77 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.' 2 Tim. 4:7 ENGKAMHUApbs Age: 91 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 May 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Mona Lee Son: Daughter-in-law: Ronald Eng Veronica Fong Daughter: Son-in-law: Vivien
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      179 78 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life." Psalm 23 JOSEPH CHUA TIAN HOE Age: 97 Was called home to be with the Lord on 15th May 2009 Dearly missed by all loved ones
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      64 78 MUNIAMMAH D/O SANJEEVI Age: 54 passed away peacefully on 15.5.2009. Sadly missed by loved ones. (Husband: A. Dharmalingam, deceased) Son: D. Saravanan Daughter: D. Bhuvaneswary Brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives friends. Muniammah is resting atßlkll4, Lorongl ToaPayoh #01-426. Cortege leaves on 16.5.2009 at 3.30pm to Mandai Crematorium Hall
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      26 78 13th Anniversary In Loving Memory of MATTHEW ONG HAK SIONG Departed: 16 May 1996 Always remembered and cherished by Parents, Brothers, Godsons and all loved ones.
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      67 78 M/ With Deepest Sympathy and m Heartfelt Condolences to Our Managing Director, MR STEVE QUEK Our Director, MDM GEORGINA CHAN On the demise of his /her Beloved mother/mother-in-law, the late LIM AH KIEW Departed on 14 May 2009 From: The Management and Staff of RELEX ILLUMINATION PTE LTD RELEX LAMPS
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      78 78 10th Anniversary "The Lord is my light and my salvation..." Psalm 27:1 DING YEW MOONG 6.11.59 16.5.99 Sadly missed, fondly remembered, loved cherished in our hearts. Chris, April, Jamie. Parents: Ding Siew Ngie Lay Lee Yew Yoong Tee Im Yew Hoong Terri George Lily John Emily Stephen Sally Rosalind Shao
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      42 78 Third Anniversary In Loving Memory of ANDREW TAY TIANG SONG (Founder of T. S. Tay Associates) Departed on 16 May 2006 His memory is as dear today As in the hour he passed away Always cherished and remembered by all loved ones
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      131 78 "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want" Psalm 23 CHOA KIM GUAN ROBERT Age: 73 went home to the Lord on Thursday, 14 May 2009. His memory will be cherished by all of us. He leaves behind his beloved Mother: Mdm Lim Liang Choo Wife: Diana Children: Spouse:
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      166 78 IST ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHEO CHIN YEW 11 Jan 1947- 16 May 2008 Dearest Papa, we miss you every single day You can shed tears that he is gone Or you can smile because he has lived You can close your eyes and pray that he will come
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      39 78 2ND ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of T. LOGANATHAN Departed on 16 May 2007 "We've been lonely since you left us; Home has not been the same." Deeply missed and always remembered by Beloved wife, children, all relatives and friends.
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      53 78 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of BigPa R. RAJENDRAN Departed 16 May 2008 Never knew one kinder or humbler A man like no other Seems like only yesterday You were here In our hearts you will be always near Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Matthew, Cynthia Marie, Clare Marie,
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      30 78 WitY/z Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family Of The Late LIM KHIAN TONG Departed on 14 May 2009 From: The Management and Staff of SINGAPORE REFINING COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED
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      137 78 PETER CHING AH LIM Age: 82 Was called home to be with the Lord on 15 May 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Teresa Lee Kirn Mvi Children: Spouses: Peter Ching (deceased) Maria Ching Roland Quah Rosa Ching Foo Hee Foo (deceased) Joseph Ching Ken Ching
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      45 78 The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want... Psalm 23 sth Anniversary Robin Chan Pitt Thong Departed 16th May 2004 Gone from our lives one so dear J But in our hearts forever near Dearly missed and always remembered by family and loved ones
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      71 79 KHOOKOKKIANG Age: 71 passed away peacefully on 13 May 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Goh Chin Son: Daughter-in-law: Khoo Gun Cheong Ng Hui Ming Daughters: Son-in-law: Khoo Kie Hoon Khoo Kie Wai Shimizu Nobuki Granddaughter: Khoo Soo Yin, Cherie Body is resting at Teochew Funeral
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      73 79 LIM KHIAN TONG, EDWIN Age: 57 was called home to be with the Lord on 14 May 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Lulu Sons: Lim Chengwei, Dennis Lim Chengxing, Douglas Brothers, Sisters-in-law, Sisters, Brother-in-law, Uncles, Aunties, Nephews, Nieces, Relatives Friends. Wake is held at Blk 568 Choa Chu Kang
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      73 79 Athma Shanti Pooja We, the family of the Late GNANOO KUMAR Departed on 3 May 2009 wish to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance, prayers and condolences during our recent bereavement. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on Monday, 18
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      50 79 Ist Anniversary In Loving memory of (CHANNA) SHEENAH Departed 8 June 2008 Dearly missed and always remembered by all loved ones. Path Da Bhog will be held on 17 May 2009 (Sun) from 9am -1 lam at Sri Guru Singh Sabha. Please treat this as a personal invitation. Tel: *****094
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    • 224 79 SFL Div 1: Men/women (Tampines Sports Hall, 10am). Football English Premier League: West Brom v Liverpool (Live, Ch27 Ch3o4, 8.25pm), Chelsea v Blackburn (Live, Ch27 Ch3o4, 10.55pm). Italian Serie A: Bologna v Lecce, Fiorentina v Sampdoria, Genoa v Chievo, Napoli v Torino, Palermo v Lazio, Reggina v Cagiiari, Juventus v
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    • 34 79 A year after her shock retirement, former world No. 1 Justine Henin still feels the pain caused by years of competitive tennis
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    • 673 80 'PERSECUTION' "It's got to be a similar feeling to anyone who goes to jail but feels they shouldn't be behind bars... although I know what happened in Australia was wrong." LEWIS HAMILTON, on misleading stewards after the Australian Grand Prix in March McLaren driver
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    • 208 80 Singapore's run in Sudirman Cup ends GUANGZHOU: Singapore's Sudirman Cup badminton campaign ended yesterday after they lost 1-3 to Taiwan in the Division Two third-place play-off. Ashton Chen had levelled the tie at 1-1 after the mixed doubles pair of Terry Yeo and Vanessa Neo lost. The tie, however,
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    • 853 80  -  Edward Gorman THE TIMES, LONDON IS THAT SO? "Formula One is not a jail. We can step out when we like." PIERO FERRARI, the son of company founder Enzo Ferrari and a member of the Italian team's board of directors YOU
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    • 479 81  -  Jonathan Wong Rocket Man hoping to dethrone Takeover Target for perfect eight By LOCAL favourite Rocket Man is gunning for a perfect eight wins in eight races when it lines up in tomorrow's $1 million KrisFlyer International Sprint. At three years old, the young upstart with
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    • 379 81  -  Jonathan Wong By Asian Five Nations Hong Kong v Singapore Where: Hong Kong Football Club When: Today, 4pm Singapore starting XV: Alex Muir, Gasper Tan, Nick Dance, Chris Gilbert, Steve Horsfall, John Lee, James Valintine, Ben Wheeler (captain), Andrew Lee, John Forrester, Desmond
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    • 58 81 SPORT IN SCHOOLS Jonathan Soh (left) of Raffles Institution (Junior College) watching his Anglo-Chinese JC opponent Benjamin Soh return a shot in the Schools National A Boys' squash final at the Kallang Squash Centre. National player Jonathan romped to a 9-0, 9-5, 9-0 victory, as his team
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    • 687 82  -  Terrence Voon Ex-coach Liv, officials have 'cordial' meeting although Ms Lee absent By "During the chat, I conveyed my request (for clarification) to them. But we haven't finished discussing yet, and we will arrange another meeting tomorrow." LIU GUODONG, on his meeting with the
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    • 545 82  -  May Chen By Factfile Name: Jeffrey Adam Lightfoot Birthdate: July 12, 1995 Height: 1.76m School: Victoria School Position: Centre-back Playing foot: Right Footballing history: Was with the Tampines Rovers Soccer Academy between the ages of six and 12. Has been with the National
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    • 109 82 THE Singapore Asian Youth Games Organising Committee (Saygoc) launched its official website yesterday. Developed by the World Sport Group, together with Perform Group and Content Craft, the website is a one-stop portal for the June 29-July 7 Games. The inaugural Games will be
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    • 778 82  -  Rohit Brijnath COMMENTARY By The OPP is an experiment, a chance to edge closer to understanding the mystery of champion-making. THE ball leaves Messi's cultured boot, and Kobe's stylish hand, both on precise journeys towards a net, and instinctively we
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    • 809 83  -  Rob Hughes INGOOD CONSCIENCE I By America's global brand corporations threw US$23.B million at Mr Liu, and over twice that at Mr Yao. NO PAIN, No Gain works out differently in translation from west to east. China's two richest
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      578 83 "We got active again against Kobe. He's going to make some shots. We toughed it out in the fourth quarter." AARON BROOKS, Houston Rockets Rockets stun lethargic Lakers to tie Western Conference semis at 3-3 Houston Rockets 95 Los Angeles Lakers 80 HOUSTON: Denver fans might
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    • 514 83 Orlando Magic 83 Boston Celtics 75 ORLANDO: Dwight Howard demanded the ball, and delivered when the Orlando Magic gave it to him. Now he needs to back it up, one more time. He had 23 points and 22
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    • 639 84 Newcastle v Fulham Live, Ch2l,lopm Striker wants to finish Magpies' task of beating Fulham and relegation LONDON: The scene is Newcastle United's training ground. The date is early April. The protagonists are Alan Shearer, the new manager, and Mark Viduka, the striker. The exchange goes
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    • 339 84 LONDON: George Boateng has urged Hull City to put their demons behind them and secure the win that could see them avoid relegation when they visit Bolton's Reebok Stadium today. And what demons they have. When they last played Bolton in November,
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  339 words
    • 406 84 CHARLOTTE (North Carolina): Michael Phelps finished second in a 200 m freestyle heat yesterday at the Charlotte Ultra Swim his first race since capturing eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics last year. The 23-year-old American, who set the world 200
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    • 1420 85 Macheda's stoppage-time goal in his April debut turned the tide for United THE TIMES LONDON English Premier League Today Manchester United v Arsenal Live, Ch27 Ch3o4, 7.40pm Bolton Wanderers v Hull City Everton v West Ham United Live, Ch22, 10pm Middlesbrough v Aston Villa Newcastle United
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    • 440 85 LONDON: Liverpool's footballers have started looking at the future. If Manchester United draw against Arsenal today, then the Premier League title race will be all over before the Reds travel to bottom team West Brom tomorrow. Captain Steven Gerrard has already set his sights on a
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    • 294 85 LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti's "will he-wont he sign for Chelsea" saga took several twists yesterday. While The Sun claimed the AC Milan coach would confirm the move today, the Italian himself insisted it was all make-be-lieve. "Myself and Chelsea transfers? They are voices which go beyond fantasy.
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    • 111 88 in SPECIALRFPORT GRAN'S GONE SHOPPING >ggj Older consumers are flashing their cash, even as younger |k ones are hurting from the downturn. What's blinding /f ft i Singapore firms to this fact? Tan Hui Yee finds out. LOCATION: GRAMOPHONE PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN fiv^^St.^'J^SS ■■i^^yj: Twff rf|HP*KßfcB^t^^^ HBsPP»ft t^l^ fftt tS*
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY.
    • GRAN'S GONE SHOPPING
      • 161 89 Retail experts stress that buying behaviour is shaped more by lifestyle than age, but some try to put a finger on it. THEY HAVE MONEY "They are likely to be financially stable...and they are more discerning, so you need to be equipped to serve them."
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      • 221 89 Websites using very small fonts are both difficult and unpleasant to use, for both older and younger consumers. If you are designing a website, here are some other things you can try to make your website friendly to those with deteriorating eyesight. lUse sans serif fonts
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        2470 89  -  Tan Hui Yee in r^r^Mr^r^r^r^r^r^r^r^hr^r^r^r^r^r^r^r^r^r^rV^3 r?r By CORRESPONDENT Older consumers have money and time to spend despite recession SHE might not know it, but Ms Rina Ong is one of the unsung heroes of Singapore's consumer economy, cashed up and willing to keep spending while those around her
        STEPHANIE YEOW; DESMOND FOO; TERENCE TAN  -  2,470 words
      • 562 90 Universal design allows a product to be used by the greatest number of people possible, whether they are disabled, injured, elderly or very young. The Housing Board highlighted the concept a few years ago by introducing flats that people could live in throughout their lifetime. They have features
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        163 90 MR WEE FUI TWEE, 71 Retired principal-turned-construction businessman, lives in a terrace house in Simei Passion: Golf Cash flash: To get started, the retired Gongshang Primary principal bought a basic set of clubs for about $400 and paid $700 for 10 lessons. He also shelled out $40,000 for a
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        134 90 MADAM SHAHEDA BEGUM RAFIQ, 57 Housewife, lives in a penthouse in the Tanglin area Passion: Pottery Cash flash: Discovered she could create beautiful ceramic pieces after her daughter signed her up for pottery classes six years ago. She pays $250 for four three-hour lessons every month at Boon's Pottery
        LIM SIN THAI  -  134 words
      • 154 90 MR FRANCIS RAJARATNAN MANGALAM, 53 Freelance accountant, lives in an executive HDB maisonette in Pasir Ris Passion: Ballroom dancing Cash flash: Since he picked up dancing three years back on the advice of his doctor to trim down and control his diabetes, he has not looked back. He
        COURTESY OF FRANCIS MANGALAM  -  154 words
      • 1014 90  -  Elizabeth Soh GWENDOLYN NG Brands that have long served an older clientele now reap the rewards By THERE are plenty of Johnny-come-lately firms trying to get hold of those silver dollars, but the savvy ones are those that have nurtured their customers
        COURTESY OF EVELYN ANG  -  1,014 words
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        95 92 MR Y.K. MAX, 72 A semi-retired clothing businessman, lives in a condominium in Ulu Pandan Passion: Fishing Cash flash: Takes weekly trips to Malaysia and Indonesia for deep sea fishing during every monsoon season. Owns more than 200 fishing rods, each costing between $300 and $500. His most recent
        COURTESY OF SARA MAK  -  95 words
      • 938 92  -  Gwendolyn Ng Elizabeth Soh By SOME firms here have found a silver lining to the dark clouds of the recession in the form of older consumers with plenty of leisure time and cash to spend. Most of these free-wheeling spenders are baby
        ALBERT SIM; GWENDOLYN NG  -  938 words
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        138 94 MR AMIR GHANY, 59 Retired secondary school head of department. MADAM NORELLA HASHIM, 54 Retired Singapore Airport Terminal Services ground hostess. They live in a terrace house in Tanah Merah. Passion: Travelling. Cash flash: The couple have visited a total of 53 cities in Asia, Europe, America and the
        GWENDOLYN NG  -  138 words
      • 359 94 Exercise learning MS AMY LOH, 62 Single, former headhunter and pharmaceutical executive, runs her own management consultancy from her condominium home in Geylang Passion: Exercise and education Cash flash: The cycling enthusiast started exercising in earnest 24 years ago when her doctor complained that her cholesterol levels were too high.
        ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  359 words
      • 148 94 MRS LORNA ONG, 53 Housewife, lives in a bungalow in Tanah Merah Passion: Folk art painting and jewellery making Cash flash: From painting simple roses on wooden panels, Mrs Ong has progressed to intricate daisies on wine glasses and wildflower table centrepieces. About thrice a year, she
        AZIZ HUSSIN  -  148 words
      • 499 94  -  GWENDOLYN NG Shangri-La's age-based birthday discounts a big hit with silver crowd By AN UNUSUAL silver promotion has reaped a hotel here handsome dividends. The booking phone at the five-star Shangri-La Hotel has been ringing off the hook since it unveiled
        SHAHRIYA YAHAYA  -  499 words
      • 282 94 How do you market a generic product to older consumers? Elizabeth Soh and Gwendolyn Ng threw this challenge to three advertising agencies. All three had to design a mobile phone subscription plan for consumers aged 50 and above, and market it through
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    • science.
      • 739 96  -  Liaw Wy-Cin As fears of Influenza A (H1N1) hit home, Liaw Wy-Cin, Grace Chua and Amresh Gunasingham look at what the past three weeks have been like for key players battling to keep the disease at bay. Medical team takes pressure to detect HIM
        CHEW SENG KIM  -  739 words
      • 480 96  -  GRACE CHUA MR CHIO Cheng Kay is very confident that the Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) at Tan Tock Seng Hospital is equipped to handle any cases of Influenza A (H1N1) that may come its way. He should know. As a nurse manager
        ALBERT SIM  -  480 words
      • 228 96  -  GRACE CHUA ROME was not built in a day, but the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology can set up a laboratory in two. In that time, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research institute set aside yet more lab space its third for
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      • 526 96  -  Grace Chua By Tips for travellers WITH more than 800 million people Be aware of the situation in the travelling by air every year, the risk country you visit, of respiratory diseases spreading Get a pre-travel kit with gloves, rapidly is immense, said Associate hand
        JOSEPH NAIR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES  -  526 words
      • 718 97  -  AMRESH GUNASINGHAM ASSOCIATE Professor Raymond Lin, the head of the Health Ministry's National Public Health Laboratory, explains the Influenza A (H1N1) virus What is this new virus? Like other viruses, the influenza virus can grow only inside living cells. It can infect several different "hosts",
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      • 236 97  -  CHANG AI-LIEN ANIMAL viruses could be moving to human hosts via veterinarians, new research has found. According to a report by University of lowa College of Public Health researchers, vets have a markedly increased risk of infection with zoonotic pathogens viruses and
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      • 245 97 SCIENTISTS have developed a mathematical model to predict immune responses to influenza A infections, including novel viruses such as the recent Influenza A (H1N1). The model, developed by researchers at the University of Rochester in the United States, looks at the contributions made by
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    • 199 99 More space to shop Jay Talking Topless beauty Two huge enclaves to I helped re-arrest Easy on the eye, open in Orchard Road ofMasSelamat less so in the drive I mWmW UI E6 I ElO g»«J i Mk MM. '^^n ft I \^mm^ m 'M DESIGN: LEE CHEE CHEW PHOTOS:
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  • Life!
    • 756 100  -  cara van miriah Two trendy shopping enclaves will open at Ngee Ann City and Orchard Central The hipster shopping scene is getting hotter. At least 50 retail stores at two locations are set to open this year to cater to the young adult crowd. Relatively
      ASYLUM  -  756 words
    • 259 100  -  natasha ann zachariah As the Singapore Botanic Gardens celebrates its 150 th anniversary this year, it will host a mass wedding for 150 couples on its grounds. Called "I Do" Garden Weddings 2009, it will be held on Sept 20 an auspicious date that reads
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    • 570 101  -  Rebecca lynne tan Two iconic Singapore schools, St. Joseph's Institution (SJI) and the National Junior College (NJC), have launched commemorative books on the schools' history. Apart from tracing the schools' stories from its early days, both books are also chockful of sepia-toned old photographs and vivid accounts and
      NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE  -  570 words
    • 546 101 Like most mischievous characters, ex-Josephian KF Seetoh (Class of 1978) has had his fair share of schoolyard scuffles. In St. Joseph Institution's book Men For Others, the self-styled food guru and founder of street food guide Makansutra recounts an episode when he exchanged several punches with his
      STRAITS TIMES PRESS  -  546 words
    • 722 102  -  nur shakylla saifudin Musicians get to showcase their work at a series of performances by the Esplanade for local talent 'It can help my music career as I have the opportunity to promote and sell my CDs when I perform there' The musicians who perform there
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    • 393 103 A film on censorship co-written by freed journalist Roxana Saberi premieres at festival Cannes A film co-scripted by just-freed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi premiered at the Cannes Film festival, and her partner, the film's Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi, flew in from Teheran for the red-carpet premiere.
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    • 931 104  -  jeremy au yong -S jay talking Going by the chaos theory, my rock climbing led to the capture of Mas Selamat With the authorities keeping details about terrorist leader Mas Selamat Kastari close to their chest, the public have had to satisfy their curiosity
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    • life! mailbag
      • 686 105 Thank you for the story suggesting that arts companies offer half-price tickets to shows (Winning New Audiences For The Arts, The Straits Times, May 11). There is nothing more disheartening to a performer than to go on stage and see empty seats. There is absolutely no
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      • 285 105 I have no problems with the Media Development Authority's decision to slap an advisory on Top Girls but I find the disqualification of student subsidy for the ticket prices puzzling (Review Advisories?, Life!, May 8). I am studying the play for my A levels and I
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      • 143 105 I refer to Boon Chan's cover story on the disappearance of Chinese films from Singapore theatres. (Is Chinese Cinema Dead? Life!, May 8). One very crucial point to consider is that the mandatory Mandarin dubbing of Hong Kong films in Singapore theatres has
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        169 105 Thank you for the story on American Idol (Last Men Standing, May 10, B lam what they call a Glambert. B Why am I an Adam Lambert fan? B I admire the courage and fearless B ness that he has displayed on the show. He joined a reality
        REUTERS  -  169 words
    • 438 106  -  tara tan Bumiputra Cina has no easy answers to questions on belonging in Singapore BUMIPUTRA CINA Verena Tay and Noor Effendy Ibrahim The Substation Theatre Thursday The title itself is arresting. Bumiputra, literally meaning "prince of the soil", is a politicised term usually applied to ethnic indigenous Malays.
      THE SUBSTATION  -  438 words
    • 261 106 PROOF Wessex Theatre DBS Arts Centre Thursday adeline chia David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-win-ning play ostensibly revolves around mathematics but is really all about people and human relationships. Unlike the clean and elegant world of mathematics, humans collide and bond messily, but sometimes to moving and profound effect.
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    • life! motoring
      • 855 108  -  Christopher tan Get over the steering judder and unsatisfying power delivery, among other flaws, and get set to enjoy this good-looker senior correspondent AUDI A3 CABRIOLET I.BT Price: $157,300 with COE Engine: 1,798 cc 16-valve inline-4 turbocharged Transmission: Seven-speed dual-clutch with paddle shift Power: 160bhp at
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      • 552 108  -  Christopher Tan PEUGEOT 308SW Price: $87,900 with COE Engine: 1,598 cc 16-valve inline-4 turbocharged Transmission: Four-speed automatic with quick shift Power: 140bhp at s,Boorpm Torque: 240Nm at l,4oorpm Top speed: 198 km h 0-100kmh: 11.1 seconds Fuel consumption: 11.8 litres/lOOkm (city) Agent: Auto France There is nothing
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        514 110  - Christopher tan fast lane LEXUS HYBRID SUV ROLLS INTO TOWN The Lexus RX45Oh (above) is the latest petrol-elec-tric hybrid to arrive. Starting at $188,000, the new luxury SUV is more powerful and yet more fuel-effi-cient than the previous model. One of the main differences is a bigger V 6 (3.5
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        1390 111  -  deepika shetty Design genius Verner Panton had a passion for colour experimentation and the courage to dream Panton's life and times Welcome to the "womb" room, a designer's idea of a living room that was years ahead of its time when it was invented 40 years ago and
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      • 430 112 'I made furniture that could be raised and lowered in space so that one could have a different view of the surroundings' The National Museum has organised a series of special events running together with the Verner Panton exhibition. These include: 1 COLOURS AND SHAPES What:
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      • 478 113 wot awakening Got a gardening query? E-mail stlife@sph.com.sg design item These Solig outdoor hanging lamps not only brighten up a balcony, but they also help keep electricity costs down. Each lamp runs on solar cells that transform sunlight into electricity, helping you save energy. The lamp
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      687 115 'I wasn't out to teach a history lesson' Quentin Tarantino's war movie is more like a spaghetti-Western set in Nazi-occupied France Paris Quentin Tarantino is standing on a street corner that had been scrubbed of 21st-century signposts to become the set of Inglourious Basterds, his new film about
      Associated Press; ASSOCIATED PRESS; WWW.GEMZIES.COM  -  687 words
    • 266 116 Artist Richard Prince plasters the Museum of Art with book covers Hong Kong's Museum of Art has been turned into one of the territory's first-ever public art installations. American artist Richard Prince (left) has wrapped almost the entire building overlooking Victoria Harbour with enlarged replicas of
      MUSEUM OF ART; HONG KONG  -  266 words
    • 197 116 Chicago The presidential popularity of the Obamas' new puppy Bo is complete. The company that makes Beanie Babies has released a shaggy black-and-white version of the dog named Bo (right) and it is selling fast. The company has previously run into trouble taking inspiration from the
      Associated Press  -  197 words
    • life! buzz
      • 247 118 Los Angeles Jay Leno's last guest on The Tonight show will be the TV host who will take over from him on June 1 Conan O'Brien. James Taylor will perform on the May 29 finale. "I have something really unusual and different planned, something really
        Associated Press; REUTERS  -  247 words
      • 177 118 Hong Kong Dutch photographer Hugh Van Es, who took the most famous image of the fall of Saigon a group of people scaling a ladder to a CIA helicopter on a rooftop died last Friday, aged 67. He suffered a brain haemorrhage last week in
        Agence France-Presse; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  177 words
      • 213 118 Ql YUWU LANDS ROLE IN HK FILM Donnie Yen, Wu Chun, Vicki Zhao and Singapore's Qi Yuwu will star in 14 Blades, an action film that was announced in Beijing on Thursday. MediaCorp Raintree Pictures is one of the companies producing the film, an epic story of a secret
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