The Straits Times, 6 June 2005

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    21 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 70 PAC^Kg^mnTRPARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 MONDAY, JUNE 6 2OOS •STa SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Singapore to host mega-concert for 'child aid'
    492 1  - Singapore to host mega- concert for 'child aid' Ng Hui Hui Global campaign to helpdisadvantaged kids will culminate in event here on Oet 1 By A HOST of international celebrities and dignitaries will descend on the National Stadium in October for a global fund-raising event that will be beamed live
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    Lock icon Law Society takes over client files of errant practices
    324 1  -  K C VIJAYAN By THE Law Society has moved to take possession of client files and accounts of two firms that have not renewed their licences, after three lawyers have been found to be practising without certificates this year. Under the
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    Lock icon OFF TO DRY LAND
    107 1 RESIDENTS of Chongqing (left) evacuated their homes as flood waters rose in this south-western Chinese municipality yesterday. In Qijiang county in Chongqing, 500 houses were flattened and another 2,000 damaged by late Saturday following 12 hours of continuous rains and the ensuing floods. There were more
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    Lock icon Kids' myopia getting more acute
    448 1  -  Radha Basu By SINGAPOREAN children are not only getting shortsighted younger than children in other countries, but their vision is also deteriorating faster, a study has found. Between the ages of seven and nine, their myopia is increasing at the rate of about 80 degrees
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Smaller classes bring big benefits
      1119 1  -  Jane Ng By LAWYER Shirley Lo noticed the difference soon after her second child started school. When first-born Ruth started at South View Primary two years ago, she would come home and report sadly that she seldom got a chance to speak in class. "I
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  • IN A FLASH
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      Lock icon ASIA
      39 2 China on flood alert First week of monsoon season is marked by widespread destruction, including 200 deaths. PAGE 6 Vote-buying penalty Corrupt Umno members stand to lose government jobs, as one Malacca councillor has found out. PAGE 10
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      33 2 Tracking nature's ruin UN's satellite photos expose decades of damage to Mother Earth. PAGE 12 Road tolls via satellite Britain will use GPS to track distance travelled in pay-to-drive system. PAGE 13
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      45 2 Let's link COE to owner Reader proposes an alternative which could be more efficient and less volatile than linking COEs to vehicles. PAGE H8 Marbles mystery The sound of dropping marbles in HDB flats seems to be a widespread phenomenon, says reader. PAGE H8
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      27 2 Rooney yropes woman The tables are turned when the woman's boyfriend confronted the England striker and the woman was none other than a tabloid reporter. PAGEHIO
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      17 2 Get tough in CAO case Investors watchdog Sias says severe action will uphold Spores image. PAGEHIB
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      27 2 'Ping' is for 'peace' Ceramics capital Jingdezhen is the production house of China's exquisite gifts of vases ("ping" in Mandarin) to Taiwan's opposition leaders. PAGE 19
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      62 2 1 4 years, and counting Woman's legal row with mother-in-law over father-in-law's estate continues. PAGE HI $200 m claims on LTA Some contractors are seeking compensation for Circle Line delay after Nicoll Highway collapse. PAGE H3 Help to fight pirates XL welcomes concrete aid like training to boost Malacca
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      Lock icon WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
      51 2 In the May 14 story "Screen Play", we said Infineon Technologies' new building was designed by Architect 61 together with Infineon. Infineon Technologies has clarified that Architect 61 was the architect, and tec Architecture Los Angeles provided the conceptual design. We are sorry for the
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      95 2 SECTION ONE Prime 2-4 Asia 6-11 World 12-17 Review 18-19 FYI 20 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H7 Forum H8 Sports H9-Hl2 Obituaries Hl3 Money Hl4-HlB LIFE! People. L2-L6.LB, Ll2 Horoscopes TV L 9 Holsguide.... LlO-Lll mmmm m -m-m-M-—-^--i 9_f V _Hk^_-_-_i -H J M_k_-_-_i» H I *^^^«_Bi T!^?-^^^-_T™!?-^T?_^^^__^^^T!^___^_^^^^^^^^^^ i Yes, I
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Ex-CJ and Ist Asian judge in S'pore dies
      496 3  - Ex-CJ and Ist Asian judge in S' pore dies Peh Shing Huei Place in history books assured after he helped steer Republic through its formative years \u FORMER chief justice Wee Chung Jin, who headed the judiciary for 27 yean, died ifl lO.lSun yesterday irotn complications arising troin lung cancer.
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      Lock icon Taiwan test-fires local cruise missile
      373 3 Taipei TAIWAN has successfully testfired a locally developed cruise missile as part of its efforts to build up its missile defence capabilities, a Taiwanese newspaper reported yesterday. The Hsiung Feng cruise missile with its I,oookm range would put military bases in China's southeast within its
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      Lock icon PROTEST SHOOTS
      69 4 RICE fanners from central Taiwan mark World Environment Day yesterday by pulling trays of rice shoots through Taipei, in protest against polluted ground water. The United Nations established the day in 1972, to stimulate awareness of the environment and promote sustainable development. The UN's environmental agency yesterday published
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      Lock icon Less rubbish, but little recycling here
      681 4  -  Radha Basu Figures show Germans recycle at least 12 times as much rubbish By 1 in 3 use recycling facilities here ONE in three Singaporeans recycle their rubbish by either saving it for the fortnightly door-to-door collection or putting it in recycling bins, a
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Floods wreak havoc in Chinese provinces
      638 6 200 people killed so far »1 7 million people affected 6 1 4,000 ha of farmland destroyed 137,900 houses damaged Beijing A WEEK of torrential rains and heavy flooding has killed at least 200 people in China, with 79 others missing as the country's
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      259 6 New faces for FAS Parti Islam SeMalaysia is set to soften stern image, as party members vote in reformers and oust hardliners. PAGE 11 ■BV^BbJ Bb^BWB^B^L^HHBbVhI J^J/F I B^B^^^^^^T J^^^^^B»^^B^BwT3r^B^^W ;V Li^L^^^B^^LH^B^P^H IK^B^Bf^Bfl COITIG find OUt for yOUfSSIf 3t Universitas 21 Global is a world-class online Graduate OUT OD6n HOUSe
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Ex-envoy lying to stay in Australia, says China
      630 7 Ex- envoy lying to stay in Australia, says China It says he made up stories of Beijing-run spy network in Australia to boost asylum bid Sydney CHINA'S consulate in Sydney yesterday accused a former diplomat of fabricating stories about a massive Beijing-run spy network in Australia in a bid to
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      Lock icon LETTING OUT PRESSURE
      86 7 Nothing beats stress like exercise, as some 1,000 students preparing for Chinese college entrance exams discovered. They spent last Saturday playing games and stretching in a Beijing field. China's annual college exams start tomorrow and will end on Friday. A total of 8.67 million students are expected
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      Lock icon Factory workers clash with police
      138 7 Beijing THOUSANDS of workers clashed with several hundred policemen, who used tear gas to quell a violent demonstration for higher wages at a textile factory in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, a report said yesterday. The angry workers gathered at the factory on Friday
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon HK anti-subversion Bill may be revived: Tsang
      537 8 But controversial legislation unlikely to be taken up in next two years I Ion<; Kon<; HONG KONG'S likely new leader Donald Tsaag be- an Mitt-subversion Bill shelved alter a massive protest in 2003 can be revived and toughened, his spokesman said yesterday. But
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      Lock icon Dance partner with a built-in sense of rhythm
      302 8 Chino (Nagano) BALLROOM dancing is no longer just tor the romantic. Japanese researchers have developed a robot capable of taking to the floor by predicting how its human partner will move. The Partner Ballroom Dance Robot or PBDR in robot talk has
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon CYBER-DISSIDENT NOW UNDER HOUSE ARREST
        108 8 BEIJING: Chinese cyber-dissident Huang Qi, convicted of subversion for publishing political information on his website, has been released after completing his five-year sentence, a rights group said in a statement yesterday. But Huang, who was released from a prison in south-west China's Sichuan province on
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        Lock icon HK DISNEYLAND TO HAVE SMOKING AREAS
        126 8 HONG KONG: Hong Kong Disneyland will allow smoking in designated areas and all but one of the restaurants in its two hotels, a spokesman said yesterday, a move condemned by a local lawmaker who represents the medical sector. The park, due to open on
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        Lock icon CHINA BANNING TRADE IN HUMAN ORGANS
        123 8 BEIJING: China plans to issue regulations banning the trade in human organs, Xinhua news agency yesterday reported ViceMinister of Health Huang Jiefu as saying. The new rules will stress the "non-commercialisation" of organ transplants. They will highlight eight principles on organ transplants, including the
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        Lock icon TWO MILD QUAKES HIT THAILAND
        76 8 BANGKOK: Two mild earthquakes shook parts of northern Thailand early yesterday but caused no damage, state media said. The first had a magnitude of 3.3 and struck at 6.02 am in the Thong Saen Kan district of Uttaradit province, Thai News Agency reported, quoting officials
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        Lock icon BOAT FIRE KILLS 8 IN INDONESIA
        59 8 JAKARTA: A passenger boat in eastern Indonesia caught fire after its engine exploded, killing eight people, a local police officer said yesterday. The wooden boat was carrying some 50 people when the accident occurred on Saturday close to the island of Flores, 1,660 km
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      Lock icon US and North Korean officials make contact
      406 9 Phone conversation raises hopes of return to six-way nuclear talks TOKYO AMERICAN and North Korean officials spoke by telephone recently, in a possible prelude to further talks between Washington and Pyongyang over the North's nuclear ambitions, a Japanese newspaper reported yesterday. American officials
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      Lock icon Japanese Daperscall for new war memorial
      485 9 1()KV() JAPAN'S top two newspapers have called on the government to create a new war memorial to settle a controversy over the Yasukuni Shrine, which neighbouring nations consider a symbol of Japans militarism. The Asahi Shimbun. Japan's top liberal daily, said in an editorial
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      11 9 U.S. MAY SEEK UN HELP ON NORTH KOREA, HOME PAGE 4
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Malaysian terrorists 'set to strike in Jakarta'
      230 10 Malaysian terrorists 'set to strike in Jakarta' Jakarta INDONESIAN police say that Malaysian terrorists Azahan Hussein ami Noordin Mohd Top are in Jakarta and ready to blow up their targets after tailing to do so in May. Police chief General Da'i Bachtiar also urged people in Jakarta to he wary
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      Lock icon Umno offenders will lose govt posts
      542 10  -  Carolyn Hong CRACKDOWN ON MONEY POLITICS Law-breakers could even be charged in court as party takes hardline approach By SIGN OF RESPECT "It is good for him to resign. This means he respects the party's stand on the issue of corruption." DPM NAJIB RAZAK,
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      Lock icon Army chief warns of plot to oust Arroyo
      354 10 Manila THE head of the Philippine military yesterday joined those warning of a plot to oust President Gloria Arroyo. Mrs Arroyo's ratings have dived recently on allegations linked to a Senate inquiry that her family took illegal gambling payoffs. General Efren Abu,
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Reformers get the vote in PAS elections
      668 11  -  Reme- Ahmad Party's stern image set to change as hardliners are given the boot By Malaysia liuwnu chief In Kota Baku [Kblani w YOUNG Turks and reformers swept to the forefront yesterday in the internal elections of Malaysia's biggest opposition party as members
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      Lock icon PAS says 'no' to interfaith body
      223 11  -  REME AHMAD Kota Baku PARTI Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has rejected plans by non-Muslim organisations to set up an Interfaith Commission. The opposition party said the commission ffM proposed to defend apostates and not to promote a dialogue between religions. The resolution to reject the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon EARTH UNDER ATTACK
      520 12 EARTH UNDER ATTACK Satellite photos show harm done by deforestation, urban sprawl and pollution CiINFVA AN ATLAS of satellite photographs just published by the UN environmental agency UNEP has exposed the physical damage wrought by the planet's growing human population, including deforestation, sprawling cities and pollution. The result has been
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      Lock icon Asia-Pacific cities fast expanding
      155 12 IT MAY come as no surprise that Beijing, China's capital city, has undergone tremendous growth since the start of economic reforms in 1979. Its population now numbers some 13 million. Beijing's expansion has turned towns some distance away, such as Ginghe and Fengtai, into suburbs. The
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      Lock icon UN calls for 'green' cities to fight urban sprawl
      516 12 Oslo FROM Japan to Jamaica, millions marked World Environment Day yesterday by planting trees or staging rallies as the United Nations urged better "green" city planning to cope with runaway urban growth. By 2030, more than 60 per cent of the
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      Lock icon Pay- as -you- drive plan for Britain
      581 13 Satellite tracking of every vehicle on the road proposed to avoid gridlock London THE British government is considering a revolutionary pay-as-you-drive scheme. Drivers would be tracked and pay about £1.35 (Ss4) per I.skm of road travelled. The scheme, a response to increasing traffic
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      Lock icon WAITING WAR WIDOWS
      41 13 Covered from head to toe in the burqa, Afghan war widows sit on the ground as they wait to receive monthly rations from the CARE international aid agency at a food distribution centre in Kabul yesterday. PHOTO REUTERS
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      Lock icon White House blames press for Quran uproar
      138 13 Crawford (Texas) THE White House has sought to minimise damage from new revelations about US personnel mishandling the Quran at the Guantanamo Bay prison, accusing a few people of violating policy and the media of blowing "isolated incidents" out of proportion. It was
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Tsunami boy's dream outing
        152 14 INDONESIAN boy Martunis, a survivor of the Asian tsunami, realised a dream on Saturday when he shared the pitch with Portuguese national soccer players before their World Cup qualifier against Slovakia. The eight-year-old wore a Portuguese team jersey and walked onto the pitch holding the hand
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        Lock icon Explorer gives up Everest bid
        119 14 BRITISH explorer Ranulph Fiennes has failed in his bid to become the first person to cross both polar ice caps and climb Mount Everest after being forced to abandon his ascent of the world's highest mountain. Sir Ranulph, 61, was forced to turn back on
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        Lock icon 'Son of Sam' killer sues lawyer
        142 14 'Son of Sam' killer sues lawyer DAVID Berkowitz, the imprisoned "Son of Sam" killer who terrorised New York City for 13 months in the *****, has filed a lawsuit to stop his former lawyer selling his personal property. Berkowitz, serving six life sentences for six murders, said in court papers
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        Lock icon John Paul's papers saved
        128 14 John Paul's papers saved POPE John Paul IPs personal papers have been saved and not burned as he requested, according to the late pontiff's personal secretary and executor of his will. Monsignor Stanislaw Dziwisz, who was on Friday appointed Archbishop of Krakow by Pope Benedict XVI, said that such "a
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      Lock icon US spelling bees create buzz among Indian immigrants
      801 15 US spelling bees create buzz among Indian immigrants "When you see a kid spelling correctly, there is the excitement that he is representing ail of us." MRARUNVENUGOPAL. reporter for India Abroad Zeal to win national title has paid off: 5 of the previous 7 victors were Indians New York FOR
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon SADDAM TO BE TRIED ON 12 CHARGES
        127 15 BAGHDAD: Saddam Hussein could face up to 500 charges but he will be tried on only 12 because prosecuting all would be a "waste of time", the Prime Minister's spokesman said yesterday. Mr Laith Kuba also said there should be "no objection" to
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        Lock icon MINISTER DEFENDS IMMIGRATION POLICY
        135 15 SYDNEY: Australia's Immigration Minister lashed out yesterday at government rebels who want to ease the hardline policy of locking up asylum seekers, saying they threatened to undermine the country's borderprotection system. About a dozen government backbenchers postponed their plans to introduce private legislation on the issue
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        Lock icon HAITI MAY GET MORE TROOPS
        153 15 WASHINGTON: The United States has raised the possibility of dispatching more international troops to Haiti ahead of general elections seen as a crucial tool for bringing stability to the Caribbean country. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made the suggestions following a spate of armed
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      Lock icon Blair expected to freeze referendum on EU charter
      545 16 But move is likely to upset other EU members keen on ratification process London THE British government is expected to announce today that it will freeze a referendum on the draft European Union (EU) Constitution, a relief for Prime Minister Tony Blair
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      Lock icon British Premier 'may extend term'
      164 16 BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair could stay in power for three more years to help steer the European Union out of the crisis over the EU draft Constitution. EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, an Englishman, said yesterday Mr Blair now has a "fresh calling" to
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      Lock icon Laugh all you want — it helps you to lose weight
      265 16 Laugh all you want it helps you to lose weight Athens IF YOU want to burn a few extra calories, laugh. It is no match for running, cycling or pumping iron but scientists say laughing out loud for 10 to 15 minutes a day burns 10 to 40 calories, the
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      Lock icon GLOBAL AGENDA
      24 17 GLOBAL AGENDA A look at the key world events this week by Shefali Rekhi of The Straits Times Foreign Desk June 6 June 12
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      Lock icon Roh meeting Bush on six-way talks
      138 17  - Roh meeting Bush on six- way talks LEE TEE JONG WORLD WHAT IT IS SOUTH Korea's President Roh Moo Hyun meets US President George Bush in Washington on Friday to discuss ways to get Pyongyang back to the sixnation talks to resolve the North Korea nuclear issue. Seoul is hoping
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      Lock icon Europe scrambles to save Constitution
      141 17  -  JONATHAN EYAL WORLD WHATITIS EUROPE begins a week of frantic diplomacy to try to save what is possible from the European Union constitutional project, which was rejected by France and the Netherlands. That process will likely receive another setback when British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
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      Lock icon Thailand holds forum on regional issues
      130 17 SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THE region's score on political, economic, security and other issues will be under the spotlight as senior government leaders, including Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, and businessmen gather for the Asia's Society's three-day meet which begins in Bangkok
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      Lock icon Abdullah in Johor to present report card
      297 17  -  CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA WHAT IT IS PRIME Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi visits Johor today as part of his nationwide tour to present his report card since becoming PM. His visit, which will focus on infrastructural development, is seen as a reflection of his
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      399 18 A PEG the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, has clou! within its 2l -party membership to give direction to the world trade liberalisation talks, the Doha round. The process begun in 2001 is meandering its way towards the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference in Hong Kong
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      2150 18 An excerpt from a speech by Premier Lee Hsien Loong at the 4th International Institute of Strategic Studies Asia Security Conference in Singapore last Friday. THE toppling of the Taleban in Afghanistan has destroyed Al-Qaeda's base and disrupted its command and control structure. Since 9/11, nearly
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      370 18 A STABLE Asia also depends on managing potential trouble spots in the region. Last year, the danger that Taiwan might make a move towards independence and so provoke a cross-strait conflict dragging in the US and Japan seemed very real. Today, the tension has eased.
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      1002 19  -  Tschang Chi-Chu FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT: CHINA H\ hi mi Correspondent l\ fINGDBZHEN (JiANGXI) EIGHT days before the historic meeting between China's President Hu Jintao and Taiwan's opposition leader Lien Chan in April, Chinese officials from Beijing visited this eastern city on an urgent mission. They
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      871 19  -  Leonid Radzikhovsky By A COMFORTING ABSENCE Today's hardcore Russian nationalists consider Mr Vladimir Putin's regime too soft, too pragmatic, too reasonable... Fortunately, there is no sign yet (not even on the horizon) of a charismatic leader capable of forging the scattered energies of national-socialist
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      205 18 A fine reputation Win Jingdezhen in China is known as one of the world's best porcelain centres. PAGE 19 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE. IOOOToa Payoh North, Podium Level 2.31 8994 ST INTERAC TIVE: http: /straitstimes.asia 1 .com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng
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      196 19 I LAW 9 ITC obviously 1 TOP student in the world for the Diploma in Law programme Ms Chua En Mm The ONLY 2 First Class Honours degree awarded worldwide Ms Julia S Fiorovantiova (Singapore campus) and Ms Sanjeetha Sidhu (XL campus) Only School in Singapore with 5 Second Class
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      176 20 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY 1 Learn about China's culture at an exhibition on artefacts from different regions of the country. NUS Centre lor the Arts, Museum, University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent. 9am-spm. Free. Tel: 6874-4616. 2 Volunteer to adopt a rabbit from the House Rabbit Society
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      89 20 THIS DAY IN HISTORY BIG SHARK CAUGHT 1964. Nine marine policemen catch a rare one-tonne whale shark in the waters south of Singapore, after a fisherman complained about a huge shark destroying his nets. The Bm-long shark is preserved in NUS as it holds zoological interest. SENATOR KENNEDY KILLED 1
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      34 20 Singapore today Showers with thunder are likely in the late morning and early afternoon mainly affecting northern and western Singapore. 1 fl l^kl I I m m m mm ff^^B^^X K^^W N< onal University
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY JUNE 6, 2005
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      840 1  -  K.C. VIJAYAN MRS JANE ONG 14-YEAR LEGAL TUSSLE IN SINGAPORE ENDS, BUT... By BRITON Jane Rebecca Ong had a proposal give her $14,000 a month in maintenance for her three children and £15,000 to pay off a debt. In exchange,
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      111 1 1980: Marries Ong Siauw Tjoan >> 1988: Files for divorce >> 1989: Files claim to property in London >> 1991: Begins proceedings in Singapore 1996: High Court rules she is entitled to share cf estate >> 2003: High Court values size of estate and rules she is
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      501 2  -  Joyce Teo UNITE AND UPGRADE "Small businesses like us need to join hands... to upgrade and meet the demands of modern shoppers... If we follow the old pattern of doing business, our business will disappear for sure." MR SOH PECK KIAT,
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      70 2 SPRUCE-UP tor heartland shops Hawkers and shop owners in the HDB heartland get serious about tackling competition from big suburban malls by getting professional help in revitalising their areas PHOTO PHOTO LIM WUI LIANG AID FOR SHOPS: The management firm will set up promotions and help shops raise standards, says
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      311 2  -  JOYCE TEO NEW RETAIL CONCEPTS NEEDED "There may be traffic but people are spending less. If you don't have new retail concepts and products, consumers will slowly go away." MR CHUA SER KENG, chairman of Marine Parade Merchants' Association IN A bid to
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      543 3  - Circle Line delay: Contractors seek $200 m Arthur Poon BOH CHIN LIAN Up to six firms in compensation talks with LTA after Nicoll Highway collapse By ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) is facing claims amounting to at least $200 million from some contractors over the delay of
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      66 3 Some 1,300 students from 1 9 secondary school bands yesterday took part in the Sentosa Balloon Hat Festival at Siloso Beach. They were trying to break the Guinness world record set at the same event last year, when 1,039 people wore balloon hats. A portion of the proceeds
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      245 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN POLICE caught one of three suspects in a Yishun coffee shop murder on Saturday, as he was trying to get back into Singapore after four months on the run. The unemployed Singaporean, 34, who was picked up at the
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      337 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By RESCUERS are still searching for the Filipino crewman reported missing from the Malaysian-registered bulk carrier Everise Glory, which sank following Saturday's collision with a container vessel about 14km north-east of the Horsburgh Lighthouse. A Republic of Singapore Navy vessel, a Police
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      560 4  -  David Boey SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE It rules out foreign patrols but invites Thailand to join coordinated ones By Defence (Correspondent MALAYSIA has called on countries that use the Malacca Strait to offer "concrete contributions" to boost security in the busy sea lane, but firmly
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      72 4 United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (left) called on Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong PHOTO: at the Istana yesterday afternoon. Mr Goh's office said the two leaders "exchanged views on developments in the Middle East, including the situation in Iraq and the Middle East peace process". Mr
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      122 4 N. Korea: US may turn to UN THE United States will decide its next move on North Korea in the next several weeks, which may include referring the matter of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme to the United Nations, a senior defence official said yesterday. North Korea has not responded to
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      98 4 JAPAN is set to enter into joint development of a next-generation missile defence system with the United States next year, its defence chief Yoshinori Ono said yesterday. "We have completed the joint technology research stage," he told reporters at the Shangri-La Dialogue. "We are
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      381 4  -  Shefali Rekhi By AUSTRALIAN Defence Minister Robert Hill said yesterday he will ask Beijing to join regional count-er-terrorism efforts when he visits China this week. "China has significant resources it can bring to bear. "We need to convince them we recognise those resources
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        87 4 INTERNATIONAL students studying here can now get discounts and offers at more than 200 merchants with the International Student Privilege Card. The card, which can be used at outlets such as City Chain, Popular Bookstore and Star Hub, is distributed free by Nexus Affinity. Available
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        152 4 THE PC Show 2005, a four-day event showcasing the best and the latest in IT software and hardware, generated record sales of more than $18 million, up by 20 per cent from last year. It also attracted 700,000 bargain hunters, up from 524,000 last
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        111 5 "Chief Justice Wee was a very sharp and knowledgeable man who was full of compassion, yet knew when to be tough. He really had the respect of the Bar and I was privileged to have been called to the Bar by him in 1971. About a month
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        115 5 "He was a great man to work with, very focused on what he wanted to do. He had been the president of SGA almost since its inception, and contributed quite a lot to golf. He was very passionate about golt and SGA, and always felt that SGA is
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        176 5 "We all lived with my father in his house even after we had our own apartments. It was becoming a bit of a joke, because we were already in our 30s and 40s. People tell us 'you guys should be moving out', but we loved to live
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      768 5 He was first Asian, and youngest, G AS THE old adage goes, common sense is not so common, but it was one quality that former chief justice Wee Chong Jin had in abundance. When he was appointed the CJ in 1963, his predecessor Sir
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      138 5 >> Born on Sept 28, 1917, in Penang > > Studied law at St John's College, Cambridge, 1935-1938. Moved to Singapore after WWII >> Married Cecilia Mary Henderson in 1955. They have three sons and one daughter First Asian here to be made judge in 1957
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      307 5  - A kind man but stern at the Bench PEH SHING HUEI MR WEE Chong Jin suffered torture for seven days at the hands of the Japanese during World War 11. Many times, he thought they would kill him. Mercifully, he was released. Many people who have gone through such an
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        502 6  -  Christopher Choo GROWING PAINS Internet chat rooms are passe, friendships are being formed through online gaming 'elans' By THE World Wide Web did a lot to widen my horizons. In the *****, when Internet chat rooms were the rage, I spent quite a
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        510 6  - Gaming can be addictive dangerously so Edward Choy By LAST year, a 20-year-old Singaporean had to be administered tranquilisers and physically dragged away from his video games. He had spent 16 hours a day for five years playing video games. Slouched on a dirty red sofa in his family's oneroom
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        226 7  -  Rachel Chang By "LANGUAGES are the pedigrees of nations," said 18th-century writer Samuel Johnson. My kick-boxing instructor told an exhausted class: "I was in Bangkok recently and I saw a woman with her two sons. I knew immediately from four words she said to her son
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        249 7  -  Rachel Chan By PROPONENTS of Singlish find it quirky, colourful, even fashionable. But the mishmash of English, Malay, Indian and Chinese dialects doesn't do it for me. It's intelligible only to locals and makes us look uneducated. Singapore wants to become a hip world-class city, but can this
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        250 7  -  Benjamin Ho By 1 HAVE a confession to make: I can't understand an English movie without reading its subtitles. For me, watching a movie is an intense experience and one that is closely tied to my ability to comprehend what is being said. Language is relevant only
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        142 7 HIP AND HAPPENING Place: Little Bali Crowd: People looking for a place to chill Where: 9A Lock Road, Gillman Village Word on the street: A towering Majapahit gate welcomes you to Little Bali's serene sanctuary. Decorated with traditional Balinese furniture, it houses a beautiful outdoor garden and bar, serving everything
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        40 7 Let's talk about SINGLISH GROWING PAINS It makes Singaporeans appear crass and uneducated, say some, while others laud it for helping to define the nation's identity. LINGO LESSONS: For anyone confused by Singlish, there are guides to help them understand.
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        301 7  -  Cai Haoxiang By O SINGLISH, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. You are so pervasive, so crass, so uncouth, so annoyingly loud, you send shudders of revulsion down my spine whenever you appear in a hawker centre or a
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        222 7  -  Jamie Ee By I LOVE Singlish so much, I speak it at every opportunity. I have even created several pet Singlish phrases over the years, prompting my title, Queen of Singlish, in my junior college days. It is fun for people of my
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        239 8  - I can hear marbles... or am I losing mine? Joseph Wong Yong Lye IN THE 15 years I lived in my throe-room HDB flat in Lorong Ah Soo, my family had to endure what sounded like marbles being dropped on the floor of the unit above mine. Strangely, this seemed
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        1021 8  -  Rajpal Singh TRUE REFLECTION OF MARKET PRICE The price of COEs will truly reflect the market price new entrants into the vehicle population are willing to pay to join this group and not be clouded by those who replace their vehicles. IN REPLY
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        405 8  -  I WAS one of the undergraduates who participated in the survey on Aids awareness in April ("Undergrads think they're less prone to getting Aids"; ST, June 3). It was revealed in the article that almost 90 per cent of the National University of Singapore undergraduates
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        267 8  -  Philip Lee Seek Kay FOR me, travelling in MRT trains is generally a pleasant experience except at rush hour when there is only standing room. However, the occasional discomfort does not detract from the pleasure as much as the sight of young
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        404 8  -  Albert Lai Hon Nyien Dr Lee Siew Peng I WAS told as one of the first batch of students at Nanyang Junior College that "Nanyang" encapsulates the pioneering spirit of our immigrant forefathers. How true. We did not even have our
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        264 8  -  WE REFER to the letter, "Hike reasonable but tackle overcharging" by Mr Lim Soo Heng (ST, June 1). We would like to clarify that the Vehicle Location System (VLS) is developed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), and SBS Transit is a
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        523 9 TENNIS Setbacks spur Henin-Hardenne's success Paris Illnesses, injuries, family problems only inspire her to win more titles JUSTINE Henin-Hardenne believes her catalogue of personal and professional setbacks will spur her onto more Grand Slam success, after she secured a second French Open title on Saturday. The 23-year-old Belgian brushed aside
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        350 9  - SAILING Tan could miss SEA Games CHAN YI SHEN SINGAPORE'S top Laser sailer Stanley Tan is in danger of missing the boat for November's South-east Asia Games in Manila. Ranked 40th in the world, Tan, who competed at the Sydney and Athens Olympics, could only finish fifth at the Singapore
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        311 9  - FLOORBALL Switzerland claim world women's title Lin Xinyi By SWITZERLAND are the new world women's floorball champions after defeating Finland 4-3 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium yesterday. The thrilling match, with 43 shots on goal, was watched by a crowd of 4,000, including Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports
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        87 9 U-16 P W D L F A Pts Hong Kong 3 2 10 5 3 7 Malaysia 2 110 4 1 4 Singapore B 3 1115 3 4 Singapore A 2 0 113 4 1 Brunei 2 0 0 2 17 0 »U-18 P W D L
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        496 9  - SOCCER Coach Sundram seethes red again Chan Yi Shen By HE HAD just escaped with only a stern warning for last Friday's outburst at the referee, but Singapore A coach V. Sundramoorthy was his usual fiery self last night. This time, though, his frustrations were directed at his own team,
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        464 10 GOLF Close fight for the Memorial with four sharing lead Toronto (Ohio) THE folks at the Muirfield Village Golf Club could have the darndest run on the final stretch in the history of the Memorial Tournament. Four players Bart Bryant, Fred Couples, Jeff Sluman and David Toms share the lead
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        292 10 S.America Rio de Janeiro ARGENTINA'S plans of booking an early place at next year's World Cup were upset as they crashed 0-2 away to Ecuador on Saturday, while Chile and Colombia both enjoyed emphatic home wins to stay in the hunt. Second-half goals
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        771 10 SOCCER CAUGHT Beckham having intimate kiss with Loos lookalike Photographer shoots England skipper's liaison with brunette outside training ground London DAVID Beckham has been photographed kissing a brunette, a dead ringer for his former personal assistant Rebecca Loos, who claimed to have had an affair with him. The Real Madrid
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        389 10 CAUGHT Rooney groping woman's bum in nightclub London ON THE pitch, Wayne Rooney is the gifted man-boy. Off the soccer field however, the England striker has been revealed as an immature, foul-mouthed and sexhungry teenager. The Sunday Mirror yesterday reported that the 19-year-old was at the centre of a nightclub
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        395 10 GROUP ONE Holland's 2-0 victory over Romania in Rotterdam kept them at the top of the group. The Czech Republic are second on 18 after thrashing Andorra 8-1 but Romania have now dropped off the pace on 13. Arjen Robben and Dirk Kuijt scored for Holland but
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        333 10 Paris UKRAINE took a firm step towards their first World Cup finals with a 2-0 home victory over Kazakhstan, helped by a 0-0 draw in the clash between Turkey and Greece. AC Milan sharpshooter Andriy Shevchenko scored Ukraine's opening goal, while
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        450 11 BASKETBALL Detroit beat Miami to force decider Pistons' win makes it 3-3, with Game 7 to determine who go into NBA Finals Auburn I In i s (Michigan) THE bus carrying the losing team pulled away 48 minutes after the fi nal buzzer, with the mood of the Miami Heat
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        160 11  -  TERENCE LIM JASON Liv (above) took part for fun but found himself a champion in the end. The 18-year-old won the shot put (Open category) with a throw of 4.2 metres in the Special Olympics at NUS Sports and Recreation Centre yesterday. He beat three others. "I
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        417 11 OLYMPICS IOC's long-awaited evaluation report out today Paris WHEN the much-heralded fOC evaluation report is released today, the five bidding to host the 2012 Olympics will discover whether their hopes are deal or alive. Paris, Madrid, Moscow, New York and London know a good report, made public exactly one month
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          181 11 Special Olympics, Men's 100 m Junior 1 (Selected; Singaporeans unless stated): 1 Soh Wan Yuan 23.005 ec 2 Chua Keng Chin 24. 18 3 Muhammad Nazrib Nairn 36.93. Senior 3: 1 Ang Yeow Thiam 15.1 1 2 Ang Chin Long 16.04 3 Nur Khairi Samsuddin 17.52. Senior 4: 1
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          78 11 MLB: NY Mets 5 San Francisco 1, LA Angels 13 Boston 6, Texas 14 Kansas City 9, Chicago White Sox 6 Cleveland 5, St. Louis 1 1 Houston 9, Baltimore 14 Detroit 7, Washington 7 Florida 3, Philadelphia 10 Arizona 6, Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 0, NY Yankees 4 Minnesota
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          62 11 Second day of 2nd Test in Chester Le-Street, England: Bangladesh Ist innings 104 (S Harmison 5-38, M Hoggard 3-24). England Ist innings 447-3 in 78 overs (M. Trescothick 151, I. Bell n.o. 162, G. Thorpe n.o. 66; Mortaza 2 91) Bangladesh 2nd innings 297-8 in 69 overs (Javed Omar
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          74 11 USPGA The Memorial in Dublin, Ohio, 3rd rd (USA unless stated): 204 Bart Bryant 69 69 66, Fred Couples 71 67 66, Jeff Sluman 65 71 68, David Toms 70 70 64 205 Woody Austin 67 73 65. Jonathan Kaye 67 70 68 206 Peter Lonard (Aus) 71 68
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          42 11 European championship in Debrecen, Hungary, Men's individual ail-around: 1 Rafael Martinez (Esp) 55.350 2 Razvan Selariu (Rom) 55.237 3 Dems Savenkov (Ble) 54.948. Women's individual all-around: 1 Marine Debauve (Fra) 37.098 2 Anna Pavlova (Rus) 37.074 3 Yulia Lozhechko (Rus) 36.749.
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          125 11 World Cup Qualifiers South America: Chile 3 Bolivia 1 Venezuela 1 Uruguay 1, Colombia 5 Peru 0, Ecuador 2 Argentina 0. Uefa.Gp 1: Holland 2 Romania 0, Armenia 1 Macedonia 2, Czech Republic 8 Andorra 1. Gp 2: Albania 3 Georgia 2, Turkey 0 Greece 0, Ukraine 2 Kazakhstan
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          48 11 COMMONWEALTH women's 10-metre air rifle champion Zhang Jingna is among 10 Singapore shooters taking part in the Munich leg of the International Shooting Federation World Cup today. The 17-year-old will be shooting in two events 10m air rifle and 50m rifle three positions.
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          83 11 SALES manager Tee Joo Eng leads the Tiger FC Million Dollar Signing Challenge after LAT Saturday's second week of trials. He has scored 99 goals from 200 kicks, while sec-ond-placed Liau Song Chiang has netted 66 from 140 attempts. The top seven scorers after this
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      199 12 WEE CHONG JIN Age 87 (Retired Chief Justice of Singapore) was called by God on 5 June 2005 to join him in God's Kingdom. He left peacefully surrounded by his loving family. Wife: Cecilia Daughter: Son-in-law: Sons: Daughter-in-law: Dr Veronica Mary Anderson Dr John James Anderson Laurence John Wee
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      928 12 jSQI "1 am the Resurrection and the Life. Wiioerer believes in Me willfSSjM Hi •c, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die". John 1 1 :25-26 f MAURICE GAN ENG CHUAN Age: 86 was called home to be with the Lord on 4
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      187 13 "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice" Phil 4:4 TANGEOKTIAN Age: 71 was called home to be with our Lord on 4 June 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Joan Kao Chung Sau Son: Daughter-in-law: Dr. Eugene Tan Wie Loon Wong Tun Jeng
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      194 13 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of Our Late Chairman TANGEOKTIAN Departed 4 June 2005 From: Council Members Staff of THE SINGAPORE CANCER SOCIETY KRISHNA DEVI Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 5.6.05. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Manhor I .il Pawa Sons:
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      453 13 WEE CHENG NEO (Wife of the late Chan Kok Choo) Ace: 87 passed away peacefully on 4 June 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Jimmy Jefferies Penny Song Jansen Canny Loh Jamieson May Kwek (Joseph, deceased) Carolyn Chua James Phim (Herbert, adopted deceased) (Maureen Wargadjaj
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        934 14  - TAKING STOCK Weak US job data could drag down local stocks Go h Eng Yeow Technology counters likely to bear the brunt of expected sell-off this week By SILVER LINING "The Fed may just stay its hand on interest rate hikes because of the slow pace of job growth, and
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          86 14 KIM Eng Research has picked First Engineering as its top choice for investors buying into the reviving plastics sector. "We like it for its clear order visibility as it begins to ramp up production of new-generation printer components for its major
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          72 14 OCBC Securities advises investors to adopt a "wait-and-see" attitude towards People's Food even though the firm's management has publicly dismissed rumours of viral outbreaks at its factories in China. "Till the rumours are quashed on clearer evidence, the perceived investment risk in People's
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          118 14 numbers and growth in loans, this correlation appears to have broken down. Merrill says there has been no boost to loan demand despite last year's good numbers. Still, it is hopeful that loan demand will start building up again when the construction of major
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        524 15 Reliance shares rise on hopes of end to Ambani feud HEADED FOR HANDSHAKE: Many investors still wonder if Anil (left) and Mukesh will finally bury the hatchet bloodlessly after seven months of vicious warfare, both in and out of the boardroom. Settlement between two brothers likely to result in empire
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        461 15 Shanghai CHINA'S deeply troubled stock markets went from bad to worse this week, slumping to fresh eight-year lows, as regulators' plans to solve the overhang of non-iradable governmentowned shares heightened fears that more losses lie ahead. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed at
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        82 15 BANK of Communications, China's fifth-largest lender, plans to raise as much as HK$l4.9 billion (553.2 billion) in the industry's first overseas share sale. The Shanghai-based lender will offer 5.856 billion shares for HK$l.95 to HK52.55 each in an initial public offer (IPO) in Hong Kong,
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        402 15 London TRADERS and dealers in London's financial markets are all abuzz over whether the European Union's euro zone is going to collapse now that France and the Netherlands have voted "no" to the European constitution. The City has always been sceptical about
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        67 16 >> Haw Par unit Haw Pat Pharmaceutical is buying about L 33.2 million Hua Han shares at 10 Hong Kong cents each. >> The subsidiary has also inked three agreements to buy 50.3 million existing ordinary shares from institutional investors, and certain executive directors and employees of
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        339 16  -  Narendra Aggarwal By HAW Par Corp, a listed health-care ami leisure company controlled by United Overseas Bank chief Wee Cho Yaw, is investing HK5161.9 million (Ss3s million) in Hong Kong-based Hua Han BioPharmaceutical Holdings. Haw Par said in a statement yesterday that its
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        544 16  -  Lorn a Tan BULLISH ON GROWTH They could hit $2.6b or 7 per cent of fund market by 2009, says research firm By Finance Correspondent "The financial advisory industry is. ..more active in investment products, which will pave the way for big
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        455 16  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL A COMPANY'S credit rating can play an important role in supplementing corporate governance mechanisms as it helps provide a more rounded picture of the enterprise. This endorsement for ratings and their effectiveness was delivered by Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, the Minister of
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        192 16  -  LORNA TAN DBS Bank wants to be just the biz for small businesses in Indonesia. In a bid to grow this segment, Singapore's biggest local bank last week said its Indonesian unit has partnered another bank to give small business clients a bigger and better
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        1538 17  - STI FAMILY Star Hub maps out battle plan in mobile data arena Bryan Lee Rather than lure new clients, it will entice existing ones to use more 3G services By Ringing out Company: Star Hub Core business: Providing mobile, broadband and fixed-line services as well as being Singapore's only cable
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          30 17 GOH THENG KWEE: Appointed as general manager of projects for OKP Holdings. Mr Goh, 61, was previously general project manager of Hock Lian Seng Infrastructure.
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          61 17 MICHAEL CHIA: Elected as the new president of the Association of Singapore Marine Industries on May 31. Mr Chia was part of the new council elected for the term starting from this month and ending in May, 2007, at its annual general meeting. A Colombo
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          158 17 TSANG JAT MENG: Appointed chairman of CDL Hotels New Zealand and CDL Investments New Zealand. Mr Tsang, 72, was the managing director (MD) of the two companies before his new appointment. A new MD will be announced soon. Mr Tsang who was deputy chairman
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          33 17 NIK TAN KOK LEONG: Appointed group financial controller of Technics Group Holdings with effect from June 1. Mr Tan, 37, was previously the group financial controller of Xiptech Holdings.
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          51 18 PwC's report finds that while suspended chief executive Chen Jiulin should bear the primary responsibility for CAO's trading losses, the debacle was the result of a failure at every level of the jet fuel supplier from the traders and the finance department to the audit committee and the
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          48 18 SIAS CALL Sias says: "We call on the relevant authorities to ensure that all those responsible for this fiasco are dealt with severely in accordance with the laws of Singapore. "Singapore's reputation for good corporate governance practices will be tarnished if the offenders are not dealt with seriously."
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        518 18  -  Lee Su Shyan Legal action needed to protect corporate governance in Singapore, it adds By Companies Correspondent THE investors watchdog body has urged the authorities to deal severely with those responsible for the China Aviation Oil (CAO) fiasco. The Securities Investors
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        346 18 ENERGY NEEDS India and Pakistan start talks on $6. 7b gas pipeline MUMBAI INDIA and Pakistan began talks yesterday in Islamabad about building a US$4 billion (556.7 billion) natural gas pipeline originating in Iran, a project that will help meet gas shortages of the two South Asian neighbours. The 2,775
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