The Straits Times, 22 May 2006

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    23 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 76 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 MONDAY, MAY 22 2006 JS*A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80CENTS
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    Lock icon Hundreds more cameras on streets to bolster security
    668 1  -  Goh Chin Lian Apart from a check against terrorism, new CCTV schemes are aimed at crime, traffic problems By HUNDREDS of new electronic eyes will be watching the streets of Singapore, under three new police and transport authority projects to be completed
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    Lock icon Anti-porn Bill backed by massive Jakarta march
    610 1  - Anti-porn Bill backed by massive Jakarta march Azhar Ghani By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta ABOUT 100,000 people jammed the streets m the capital yesterday as they marched towards Indonesia's Parliament building to show support for an anti-pornogra-phy Bill that critics fear will chip away at the country's secular traditions.
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Oil price rise fuels demand for hybrids
      1293 1  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent Streets ahead of its conventional rivals BUSINESSWOMAN Ng Bee Choo is looking forward to replacing her five-year-old Ford Mondeo, which she describes as "a guzzler". "I spend $300 to $400 a month on petrol and I don't even
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      254 1 My dad, England will win Fed-up home my hero World Cup j|^- owners Lawyer-writer Philip Jeyaretnam opens i^S^sP Sven-Goran Eriksson makes a bold prediction ■^P^ Rising home loan rates spur exasperated up about his father.^veteran opposition W no England manager has since Alf Ramsey's Vk| owners to dig into CPF
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      271 2 CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY CUft j PI Bachelor of Commerce University of Technology •40th intake: 31 July 2006 2f y.a«of •uccewft*/ Programme may be completed m 20 months partnership with MIS Supported by Curtin on-campus lecturers Exemptions will be granted to holders of recognised Diploma/Advanced Diploma/Degree/ACCA qualifications 7 Majors available
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      391 2 SECTION ONE »HOME Prime 3-4 Rogue cabbies Asia 6-13 Eight S'pore-Johor Taxi World 15-18 Service cabbies have lost R ev i ew 1 g_2 1 their permits for picking up passengers anywhere inland overcharging. SECTION TWO PAGE HI Home H1-H9 Forum H 10 Maids' welfare n "T-i u!a NTUC Migrant
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  • PRIME
    • Article
      Lock icon Canberra to formally recognise Jakarta rule in Papua
      376 3 Sydney AUSTRALIA will formally recognise Indonesia's sovereignty over the troubled province of Papua m a new security pact, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Sunday. The announcement came as Canberra tries to patch up relations with Jakarta. Ties between the neigh- bours have
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  376 words
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      Lock icon China's largest sea rescue saves 330
      559 3  - China 's largest sea rescue saves 330 Danang 37 sailors die, 230 missing as typhoon changes course, hitting fishing vessels (Vietnam) IN ITS largest international rescue operation at sea, Chinese ships saved 330 sailors from Vietnam after Typhoon Chanchu changed course and hit their vessels m the South China Sea.
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      Lock icon Protesters want Suharto to face trial
      197 3 Jakarta PROTESTERS wearing Suharto masks and black capes yesterday demanded that the ailing former dictator face trial, eight years after the man regarded as one of the most corrupt and brutal leaders in recent history was ousted amid massive pro-democracy protests. Mr Suharto remained
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      Lock icon US students outsource to Asia for private tutors
      542 4 US students outsource to Asia for private tutors Thousands hooked by cheaper online alternative, but it upsets US teachers Washington IT WAS almost 3am, Mr Alex Del Monte recalled, and he was cramming like crazy. He gulped can after can of Red Bull to stay awake, but the George Washington
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      Lock icon 'Sentimental' TNP Big Walk draws 55,000
      396 4  -  Elaine Young By FOR many of the 55,000 who^took part in The New Paper's Big Walk yesterday, it was a sentimental journey. The 16th annual fitness walk was the last that began and ended at the National Stadium, which is to be demolished next
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon MINING DISASTER COVER-UP
      806 6 MINING DISASTER COVER-UP CHINA Govt says officials lied about worst accident this year as 57 lie trapped m flooded mine Beijing China doses small unsafe mines IN THE first four months of this year, China's coal mines reported 763 deaths m 483 accidents, according to Xinhua news agency. To reduce
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AP  -  806 words
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      Lock icon Wives beg in despair for return of Viet fishermen
      522 6  -  Danang (Vietnam) DON'T LEAVE US "Please come back to me. This is your wife. Your children are here. Why are you leaving us alone?" MSHOTHINHAT NO HOPE "My brother told me that I should not have any hope." MS HUYNH THI
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      336 6 Deadly Kashmir gunfight Eight people are killed when militants open fire at a Congress Party rally, but PM Singh vows to keep up peace moves. PAGE 10 Ladies, Want To Vp tods 1 Have Beautiful Skin? SATENAL MnOMtMHCaimf I'M "s N f lls acne a teenage problem? Can adult women
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Desperate China fugitive pleads to stay in Canada
      283 8 Vancouver CHINESE fugitive Lai Changxing will make a last desperate appeal before a Canadian court tomorrow to avoid being deported to China three days later. One of China's most-wanted fugitives, Lai is alleged to have been the kingpin of a multi-bil-lion-doliar smuggling
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      Lock icon PICTURES PAINTED TO ORDER
      82 8 Take me to yourleaders? No problem. This vendor at Dafen village in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, can offer pictures of Chinese leaders from Mr Jiang Zemin (bottom left) to Deng Xiaoping (top left) and Mr Hu Jintao (top centre). He and his colleagues in Dafen, where a
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      Lock icon Rush to save Chinese cultural treasures
      625 8  -  Steven Ribet $95 billion water diversion project a bigger threat to history than Three Gorges Dam By For The Straits Times In Beijing ARCHAEOLOGISTS m China are racing to save cultural relics at hundreds of sites threatened by the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, a
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      Lock icon HK Disneyland raises actors' pay
      146 8 Hong Kong ACTORS who dress up as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and other characters to greet visitors at Hong Kong Disneyland are getting pay raises and longer breaks, the park said yesterday, following complaints of work-related injuries, low pay and quick turnarounds between shifts. Hong
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Attack may boost S. Korean opposition vote
      605 9  -  Lee Tee Jong Slashing of party leader Park likely to .evoke outrage and I support: Analysts By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul SCtUTH Korean opposition leader Park Geun Hye, who was slashed m the face at an election rally on Saturday night, may
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      Lock icon Kimchi the focus of intense research
      449 9 Kimchi the focus of intense research Seoul ONCE little more than an old wives' tale, the claim that kimchi has mystical properties that can ward off disease has become the subject of serious research, as South Korean scientists put the national dish under the microscope. Last month, scientists at the
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon 8 die as Muslim militants open fire at Kashmir rally
      561 10 Attack at Congress Party gathering won't stop peace efforts, vows Singh Srinagar (India) "A man in police uniform suddenly stood up and started firing indiscriminately at us. Thank God I have escaped." MR MOHAMMAD ISMAI L BHAT, a Congress worker
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon TAMIL TIGERS WARN AGAINST BAN
        131 10 COLOMBO: An imminent European ban on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers could scuttle future peace negotiations, the rebels warned yesterday as two soldiers were killed m mine attacks. London-based Anton Balasingham said his Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would retreat from the peace process with
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        Lock icon U.S. MEDICAL AID FOR PHILIPPINES
        108 10 MANILA: A US Navy hospital ship will provide free medical services in impoverished parts of the southern Philippines that are plagued by militants as part of a five-month Asian humanitarian mission, US officials said yesterday. During its one-month stay, the USNS Mercy will work in
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        Lock icon OIL TANK EXPLODES IN JAPAN
        103 10 TOKYO: An oil tank exploded in the Japanese city of Kawasaki yesterday but no injuries were reported, police said. the fire at the Toa Oil plant, a member of the Showa Shell Group, was nearly put out after almost two hours, police said. There was
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        Lock icon PETITION FOR TRADITIONAL CHINESE
        121 10 HONG KONG: Campaigners in Hong Kong have launched an online petition to encourage the United Nations to publish official documents in traditional complex Chinese characters used in the city, according to a report yesterday. More than 150,000 people have signed the petition calling for the retura
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        Lock icon U.S. COAST GUARD CALLS ON CHINA
        123 10 SHANGHAI: The buoy tender Sequoia made the first visit to China by a US Coast Guard vessel yesterday amid American calls for increased military exchanges. The ship docked at a commercial wharf in Shanghai to take part in an international maritime navigation conference, one
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon RETURN OF STATUE
      97 12 Devotees carrying the revered four-faced statue of Brahma m a procession during the rein- stallation of the icon to its place of honour at a Bangkok shrine. Thousands of Thais braved the rain, lining the streets and snarling up traffic for hours, to watch and cheer the
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi meeting 'a move to pre-empt UN action'
      539 12 Suu Kyi meeting 'a move to pre-empt UN action' Junta allowing detained leader to meet envoy meant to diminish US push for Security Council to act say analysts Yangon IMYANMAR, tinder international pressure to reform, allowed a top United Nations envoy to meet detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi
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      Lock icon Thailand 'losing competitiveness'
      136 12 Thailand 'losing competitiveness Bangkok PLAGUED by political turmoil, Thailand is becoming less competitive internationally, analysts say, warning the kingdom is being overtaken by regional rivals. In the latest report of the Institute for Management Development, a Switzerland-based non-profit management school, Thailand slipped five places to 32nd among 60 countries ranked
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Opposition makes shock gains in state polls
      558 13  - Opposition makes shock gains in state polls Carolyn Hong Land issues likely cause of Barisan losing 9 seats m Sarawak election By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE Sarawak election was not expected to throw up any surprises the state has always been a Barisan Nasional (BN) stronghold. But Saturday's
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      Lock icon KL expects surge in Mid-East tourists
      149 13 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has said it expects tourist arrivals from the Middle East to surge in the next three months after an agreement to increase the number of scheduled flights. Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor expected tourist figures to double after negotiations with
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; THE STAR; ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  149 words
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Mubarak hits out at US 'double standards'
      718 14  -  Sharm El-Sheik Egyptian leader's speech at economic forum signals strains with US (Egypt) EGYPTIAN President Hosni Mubarak opened the World Economic Forum (WEF) m this booming Red Sea resort with a surprisingly tough speech that signalled deepening strains m the once ironclad links
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      Lock icon Israel to prepare for summit with Palestinians
      350 14 ISRAEL said yesterday it would prepare for a summit with the Palestinians after the first high-level meeting between the two sides since the militant Hamas organisation won elections earlier this year. Israeli Foreign MmisferTzipi Livni said Prime Minister Ehud Olmeri"seeslio reason nottbholdatutjirem«eSiiiiEwitho*destinian President)
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      Lock icon Bomb discovery drives up prospect of Palestinian civil war
      589 14  -  Abraham Rabinovich By For The Straits Times In Jerusalem THE Palestinian territories appeared closer than ever to civil war yesterday after a huge bomb was discovered near the home of internal security services director Rashid Abu Shbak a powerful figure m
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      Lock icon Hardline Iranian lawmakers set to lower veils and hemlines
      618 15 Critics see draft Bill as reactionary; others say it resists Western cultural onslaught Teheran A DRAFT law aimed at encouraging Islamic dress has raised fears that Iran's hardline government plans to reimpose veils and head-to-toe overcoats on women who have shirked
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      Lock icon Turkey's Premier chides top general
      125 15 Ankara TURKEY'S Premier, m a move likely to escalate tension, has accused the country's top general of being irresponsible for encouraging secular Turks to keep up mass protests after the killing of a high court judge. Tens of thousands of pro-secular Turks flooded the capital
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      Lock icon AND IN THE LEFTIST CORNER...
      108 16 State TV showing Czech Republic politicians exchanging blows at a meeting on Saturday. The fist fight started when former rightist deputy premier Miroslav Macek broke off from chairing a meeting of dentists to deliver a hard slap to the back of leftist Health Minister David
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      Lock icon Blair comes under fire from sleaze watchdog
      395 16 Blair comes under fire from sleaze watchdog British leader accused of treating standards m public life as minor issue LONDON BRITAIN'S sleaze watchdog has increased the pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair, attacking him for ignoring the importance of upholding standards m public life m an interview with The Sunday
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      Lock icon S'pore and Oman back FTA with Gulf nations
      144 16 SINGAPORE and Oman support early negotiations on a Gulf Cooperation Council-Singapore free trade agreement. This was underscored at separate meetings that Foreign Minister George Yeo had with two Omani ministers on Saturday, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement. Mr Yeo
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      Lock icon Montenegro votes on independence
      176 16 Podgorica (Serbia-Montenegro) MONTENEGRINS poured out m record numbers yesterday to vote on whether to stay m their troubled union with Serbia or become independent and write the final chapter m the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. The former Yugoslav republic currently forms part of the union
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    • Article
      Lock icon US conservative patriarch in open split with Bush
      446 17 He urges funding halt, saying the right is fed up with Republicans Washington "If conservatives accept the idea that we must support Republicans no matter what they do, we give up our bargaining position and any chance at getting things done. Sometimes,
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      Lock icon Mayor re-elected to lead post-Katrina New Orleans
      242 17 New Orleans NEW Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has narrowly won reelection over Louisiana Lieu-tenant-Governor Mitch Landrieu m the race to oversee one of the biggest rebuilding projects m American history. "We are ready to take off. We have citizens around the country who
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon WHO head undergoes emergency surgery
        132 17 DR LEE Jong Wook, head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has undergone emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain and is recovering in the Cantonal Hospital of Geneva. "Dr Lee suddenly fell ill this afternoon while he was attending an official function,"
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      • Article
        Lock icon Sherpa breaks own record for Mt Everest
        144 17 A SHERPA has broken his own record for the most successful climbs of Mt Everest by scaling the peak for the 16th time, according to the BBC. Nepalese Appa Sherpa, 45, reached the 8,850 m peak on Friday while he was guiding a
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        Lock icon Prince William a disaster at DIY
        147 17 BRITAIN'S Prince William admits he is disastrous at DIY and "hopeless" in the kitchen. "My DIY skills are appalling, hence why my father won't let me anywhere near the house to do anything," he told ITV television in a rare interview with his father,
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      Lock icon Elderly women suspected of insurance-murder scam
      388 17 Los Angeles TWO women m their 70s have been arrested after allegedly befriending two homeless men, taking out 19 life insurance policies on them and filing claims worth more than US$2.2 million (553.5 million) after the transients died mysteriously m hit-and-run accidents here. One
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      264 18  -  KWAN WENG KIN Japan seeks sideline talks with China, South Korea WHAT IT IS THE fifth official meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue will be held m Qatar on Tuesday and Wednesday, but more interesting happenings could be taking place on the sidelines. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso
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      194 18  -  NIRMAL GHOSH UN chief to visit Thailand WHAT IT IS UNITED Nations Secre-tary-General Kofi Annan visits Thailand this week and will present a newly created award for lifetime achievement to King Bhumibol Adulyadej. His visit, from Thursday to Saturday, will also turn the spotlight on Thai Deputy Prime
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      183 18  -  P.JAYARAM Talks with Kashmiris WHAT IT IS PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Kashmiri political parties and separatist groups for twodays of talks m Srinagar on Wednesday and Thursday, though moderate separatists have threatened to boycott the discussions. The talks start on the same day top civilian defence
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      196 18 Israeli PM to meet Bush WHAT IT IS ISRAELI Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will seek a pledge of support from President George W. Bush when he meets him m Washington tomorrow for his plan to allow Israel to redraw borders on its own if it cannot negotiate peace quickly
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      420 19 DISCUSSIONS on Asean's free trade agreement with India have run into difficulties over New Delhi's resistance to tariff cuts on a range of products important to the economies of South-east Asia, including commodities such as palm oil. Nearly a thousand items are still on a ''sensitive" or
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      969 19  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent AN EXTENDED Qantas family, all living under one roof, will offer consumers all kinds of possibilities not available today. With a single ticket, a traveller could fly the Bris-bane-Manila route on the Australian airline, Manila-Sin-gapore on Jetstar Asia, and back
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      964 19  -  John Mcbeth By Senior Writer WHEN Singapore-born Jessica Phuang was chosen to become the first Asian liaison officer appointed by New Zealand's police, it was widely assumed the position had been created because Greater Auckland, home to about a quarter of the country's
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      1261 20  -  Roland Chia THE BIOTECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION By For The Straits Times WE HAVE been witness to unprecedented advances m biotechnology that are likely to transform our way of life m fundamental ways. Biotechnology and medicine hold great promise. Take, for example, the enormous potential of human stem
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      939 21  - 'Flexicurity': How Danes stay nimble Bruce Stokes By MS SARAH Surratt is a serial casualty of the trade wars. For 21 years, she worked for Allied Signal m Kannapolis, North Carolina, until her job was moved to Mexico m 1992. She was lucky to snare an administrative assistant's post at
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      209 19 Denmark's 'flexicurity' plan Denmark has found the right balance between labour market flexibility and a welfare net with its "flexicurity" policy. r-'/AI I A L W II j i^ .i THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, lOOOTbaPayoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive
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      9 H1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY MAY 22, 2006 MONEY
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      Lock icon Cabbies on S'pore-JB route flout rules
      797 H1  -  Arlina Arshad They pick and drop off passengers at non-designated spots They charge higher fares By S'pore-Johor taxi service THE Singapore- Johor Taxi Service is a bilateral arrangement between the Singapore and Malaysian transport authorities, allowing 200 Singapore and 200 Malaysian taxi drivers to
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      Lock icon 8 public envoys to beef up social harmony
      535 H2  -  Goh Chin Lian Prominent S'poreans from different fields to be enlisted for national security ad campaign By A NEW national security advertising campaign is to enlist eight prominent Singaporeans from the main ethnic groups to promote, social harmony. These public ambassadors would
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      Lock icon Two shipyards fined for security breaches
      379 H2  -  David Boey By TWO shipyards have become the first to be charged under tighter port security rules introduced to combat terrorism following the Sept 11, 2001 attacks m the United States. Pandan Shipyard, m Pandan Road, ana Dundee Marine and Industrial Services, m Tuas,
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      Lock icon REMEMBERING AIDS VICTIMS
      211 H2 About 300 people gathered at the Singapore Management University's Campus Green m Bras Basah Road yesterday to honour the memory of those who have succumbed to HIV and Aids. They joined more than 4,500 communities m 93 countries m the International Aids Candlelight Memorial. Welfare group Action
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    • CASE FILE
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        131 H2 FOUR young men were beaten up near Block 721 Tampines Street 71 on Friday night m apparently random attacks by a man m his 30s. At 8.45pm, the man accosted two 20-year-olds playing basketball at a court near Block 721. He rushed
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        Lock icon TWO PEDESTRIANS KNOCKED DOWN
        99 H2 TWO pedestrians were seriously injured and are now m intensive care after they were knocked down m separate accidents on Friday. A 28-year-old motorcyclist, whose vehicle hit a German tourist at the junction of Scotts and Stevens roads at 11.35pm, was arrested for suspected drink riding.
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        Lock icon CASH STOLEN FROM SAFE IN BREAK-IN
        40 H2 AN OFFICE m Tuas Avenue was broken into and its safe emptied of more than $13,900 m foreign and Singapore currency on Friday. Police are reviewing the tapes from the closed-circuit television surveillance system.
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      Lock icon New transport idea rides on pluses of bus, taxi, train
      628 H3  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN IMAGINE a public transport system that combines the accessibility of buses, the speed of trains and the privacy and door-to-door service of taxis. And it is cheap. That is not a scene from sci-fi movie Minority Report, but
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      521 H3  - Cheaper green cars in pipeline Christoper Tan Toyota expects to halve production costs of such cars by 2010, while Honda will have a cheaper hybrid car by 2009 By Senior Correspondent MOTORISTS here may find going green less taxing on the wallet m the next few years, even if the
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      Lock icon pore Idol 2nd season premiered
      306 H4  -  Sujin Thomas By SEASON Two Of TV talent quest Singapore Idol premiered m a primetime slot on Channel 5 last night, with a mix of promising wannabes as well as wacky dreamers giving their all m audition rounds. The evening's stand-outs from a total pool
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      Lock icon Indian community here doing better in school
      582 H4  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Credit goes to Sinda's special programmes and outreach work By THE number of Indian pupils who went on to pursue tertiary U education almost doubled front? 1990 to 2004, due largely to the efforts of the self-help community group, Singapore Indian
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      Lock icon Timely help for struggling family
      380 H4 TWO years ?go, Mrs Jeyabal Rajeswarfs three children ate vege- g tables most of the time, had chick- en only once a month and had to squeeze into one robin to share one fan. It was also lights out as early af§| 8pm for the
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      167 H4 IN THE past five years, about 2,400 needy Indian students have received help to stay in school from The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. The fund, which provides spending money for schoolgoing children from needy families, has contributed about $840,000 to the Singapore
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      Lock icon New maids may get refresher course after 6 months
      464 H4  -  Lim Wei Chean By TO IMPROVE maids' welfare, the NTUC Migrant Workers Forum is exploring a new scheme to provide new maids with a refresher course after the first six months of employment. Forum chairman Yeo Guat Kwang told reporters about
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      54 H5 Boasting the largest retail space in Singapore of 1 million sqlt/VtoOty looks set to become the newest lifestyle destination when it opens in October. Together with Motmt Faber and the upcoming integrated resort at Sentosa, the area will be transformed with a bustling mix @f activities. GRAPHICS: SOURCE ARTIST'S
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      Lock icon Rare mangrove finds highlight rich biodiversity here
      423 H5  -  Chang Ai- Lien Meng Yew Choong By PLANT biochemist Jean Yong was on a field trip to Pulau Übin late last year when he stumbled on a rare find a swarm of iridescent sapfeeding bugs gathered for a mating ritual, seconds before they
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      151 H5 MORE than 700 people took a 5km walk around MacRitchie Reservoir Park yesterday and helped raise $40,000 as part of a global effort to fight world hunger. Some 700,000 people in 100 countries were doing the same thing in the Walk The World
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      Lock icon 800 pupils rely on talent to bypass cut-off entry score
      1180 H6  -  Sandra Davie Those who got m through direct admission scheme are doing as well as peers By Education Correspondent THEY BRING DIVERSITY "They liven up the school community with their multitude of talents and inspire other kids to follow their
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      329 H6 He swims his way to RI SINCE his primary school days at Mans Stella Primary, Zachary Tan, 14, had wanted to make it to Raffles Institution (RI). But the boy, who took up swimming since Primary 3, knew that his chances were slim as the top boys' school takes m
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      Lock icon Sport talent wins place
      359 H7 FOR former St Hilda's Primary pupil Andrew Ong, 13, the Pirect School Admission (DSA) system was like an insurance scheme. Since he was m Primary 5, the talented badminton player, who was captain of his primary school badminton team, had had his eye on Anglo-Chinese School
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      Lock icon Guzheng practice pays off
      326 H7 AT ONE time, Belverlin Shen, 13, considered cutting down on her guzheng practice so that she can spend more time studying for her examinations. But she is glad she did not, because m the end it was her talent m playing the instrument that got her
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        713 H8  -  Mazuin Khamis YOUNG AND RESTLESS More entrepreneurs here are starting younger, from their late 20s to early 30s By GETTING A DEGREE? "That's simply not the priority right now." NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC GRADUATE DARRAN NATHAN (above), whose company sources computer chips
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        Lock icon 2 S'ore Poly students rice to the challenge
        232 H8  -  LYNN KAN TWO Singapore Polytechnic food technology students have developed a new easy-to-cook flavoured rice product. Angeline Ang and Ng Xin Yi, both 18, came up with Yummy Rice after a six-week internship at local rice supplier Gan Hup Lee. Yummy Rice
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        Lock icon Give leeway for talent
        163 H9  -  Berton Lim By I AGREE that key principles of universality and equity should be applied to a cohort to ensure fairness m liability and duty. However, to deny Ike See the opportunity to attend the Curtis Institute of Music m the United States will be inappropriate.
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        191 H9  -  Adeline Koh By EVER since the national service deferment rules were tightened, many Singaporeans may be satisfied that everyone has to toe the line. Now, pre-university students who have won places m universities abroad have to do national service first, just like everyone else. Although such a
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        168 H9  -  Thomas Danny Jeyaseelan By FT WILL be unfair if Ike See receives preferential treatment just because he has secured a place at an elite institution overseas. There are many who have had to go through national service despite difficult personal situations. I know a serviceman who asked
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        248 H9 hip a Hue Restobar Crowd: Professionals working m the CBD area Where it's at: 165, Tanjong Pagar Road Word on the street: Pronounced as "Hway" Restobar, this is a Vietnamese restaurant and bar located at the Amara Singapore Hotel. Popular dishes include prawn and lemongrass soup as well as
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        54 H9 Let's talk about NS DEFERMENT GROWING PAINS Should talented musician Ike See (left), 1 7, be allowed to defer national service to take up a rare scholarship offer overseas? Or will this set a precedent that would devalue the institution which keeps the country safe? Youth Ink writers have their
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        204 H9  -  Harwant Singh Gill By THE line that national service marks one's transition "from boy to man" may have become a cliche. But for me, it holds true. I was an N-level graduate who dropped out of school m 1998. For three years I took on
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        172 H9  -  Khoo Lih-Han By IT IS very important that we nurture and appreciate youngsters who are musically talented. After they graduate from foreign music schools and return here, they will be an asset to the local arts scene. That is why it would be a
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        225 H10 ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE I REFER to recent letters on the advance medical directive (AMD). In "Doc won't witness medical directive" (ST) May 15), Mr Reginald Trevor asked about the process of making an AMD. In "Pocs, back Advance Medical Directive" (ST, May 17), Mr
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        590 H10 I REFER to the recent letters on the Advance Medical Directive (AMD), calling for the Ministry of Health to ensure that all medical practitioners are obliged to witness the signing of an AMD of any patient who wishes to
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        Lock icon Unhygienic ice-cream sellers
        143 H10 Unhygienic ice-cream sellers UNKNOWN to us, beneath the seemingly normal exterior of the ice-cream sellers located just outside our school, Bedok Green Secondary, lie monsters of filth. These two ice-cream sellers are unhygienic. They make no effort to hide their flaws, nor do they show themselves willing to mend their
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        328 H10 ON MARCH 22, I went to the Kent Ridge Wing of National University Hospital (NUH) for a check-up. Later, I was prescribed some medicine. I went to the pharmacy to collect it. While waiting for my turn, I looked for some corn cap
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        85 H10 Why pay enrolment fees? IT SEEMS whenever you sign up for a course or class, the school charges an "enrolment" or "registration fee", or whatever they call it. Some of these fees come with a folder, starter kit, bag or some materials. When I asked one of the music schools
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        284 H10 THE "letter of prudence" by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Hoong to all the MPs-elect reads like an edict. It contains a list of behavioural rules an MP is expected to follow. However, explicit m its attempt to uphold MPs-elect to an impeccable
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        401 H10 I AM perturbed that Citibank has joined the unsecured loans market by offering loans at lightning speed. There is already another institution that offers easy loans. Citibank has now upped the ante by lowering the credit limit and giving quick approval. A
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        203 H10 THANKS to Bukit Panjang MP-elect Teo Ho Pin for his effort m launching new bus service 922. My family and other residents m the isolated neighbourhood of Segar Road are excited and grateful for its new benefits. However, we tried to take the bus
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          62 H10 MY PHONE line was down and I called SingTel immediately. The customer service officer was very friendly and dispatched a technician the same afternoon. Within eight hours, my phone line was up again. On top of that, SingTel called me the next day to
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          97 H10 MY FAMILY and I would like to thank Ms Sabrina Tay Chun Van, Mr Anthony Chan Sin Chan and Ms Jaslyn Tan of West Coast- Ayer Rajah Town Council for understanding our need for a handrail at Block 402 dementi Avenue 1. As
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          78 H10 SEVEN weeks pregnant, I experienced some pains on April 26 at midnight. The next morning, I called my gynaecologist and was told the doctor was not m the clinic that day. I called another clinic but it was not open that day. However,
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          74 H10 SINCE I hurt my right knee some months ago, I have occasionally used a walking stick to get around. I really appreciate the care shown by the driver of SBS service 56 (licence number 570) on the afternoon of May 15. He took care to
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          Lock icon We'll win the World Cup: Sven
          485 H11 Eriksson looks to invoke the magic of Ramsey, who said the same thing m 1966 Vale do Lobo (Portugal) ALF Ramsey was a man of very few words. So, when he announced two months before the 1966 World Cup that "we will win the
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          Lock icon Ferdinand has to beat himself to be top choice again
          447 H11 RIO Ferdinand has plenty of bad memories to banish, including what happened after England lost to Brazil m their quarter-final at the last World Cup m 1002. "I had to sit there with Cafu and Ronaldmho, waiting to pee," the
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          Lock icon 'Push Gerrard forward'
          716 H11 London LIVERPOOL midfielder Steven Gerrard would be playing further forward m England's attack at the World Cup this summer, if former England defender Stuart Pearce had his way. Gerrard, who has played m a midfield holding role under Sven-Goran Eriksson, has expressed his wish to fill m
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          Lock icon PENANG RACING RESULTS SUNDAY 21 MAY
          444 H11 Track: Soft (Race 1), Yielding (Race 2-6) Race 1 Class 4 (6) 1200 m 9 TABLE TALK, S Sani 1. 6 No Way, V F Leong 2. 10 Just A Rash, App L L Tai 3. Margins: 4-1/2 len x 1-1/2 len. Time: 1:13.0.
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          261 H11  -  By Alfred Siew A FEW hundred lucky Star Hub subscribers will be the first m Singapore to watch a World Cup soccer match m crystal-clear detail, as the country rolls out its most significant high-definition (HDTV) broadcast to date. In a Star Hub trial of
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          Lock icon HONG KONG RACING RESULTS SUNDAY 21 MAY
          415 H11 Track: Yielding Race 1 Griffins 1400 m Nos. 5, 3, 7. Win: $28. Place: $10, $5, $16. FCT: $9. TCE: $65. Scratchings: Ni. Winner trained by X L Man. Race 2 Class 4 1650 m Nos. 1, 12, 5. Win: $19. Place: $10,
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          Lock icon Pressure's on lippi to quit
          594 H12 Touched by scandals Marcello Lippi (Italy coach, far left) Is alleged to have picked players who signed with sports agency GEA for the national team. His son and the son of Juventus director Luciano Moggi both work for GEA. May also have rested Juventus players
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        • WORLD CUP SHORTS
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            Lock icon BECKHAMS BLASTED FOR POSH BASH
            104 H12 LONDON: England captain David Beckham and his E op-star wife Victoria have een blasted for wasting money on a lavish World Cup bash. The Full Length and Fabulous Ball at their countryside mansion yesterday evening was billed as a send-off for the England team. But
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            Lock icon REUGIOUS SEND-OFF FOR MEXICO
            91 H12 MEXICO CITY: Mexico's religions leaders blessed the national football team on Saturday before they left for Europe to prepare for the World Cup. Catholic Cardinal Norberto Rivera addressed 21 squad members, who were dressed in suits and green ties to match the Mexican strip, at a
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          Lock icon Going home early: AUSTRALIA
          345 H12 I THE BOTTOM 1 6l The continuing series featuring the 16 countries who are likely to miss out on the knock-out stages of the World Cup. Today: Australia and Japan from Group F. AUSTRALIANS are used to sporting success. But a win at soccer's World Cup
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          Lock icon Going home early: JAPAN
          315 H12 JAPAN coach Zico believes his players have nothing to fear at the World Cup. Drawn in a tough Group F that includes Brazil, Australia and Croatia, the Asian champions will need all the courage they can muster to advance to the second < round. He said
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        514 H13 SOCCER English champions are looking to pair him m attack with Shevchenko London New deal for Lampard? CHELSEA are ready to reward Frank Lampard with a new deal worth a world-record £140,000 (S$420,000) a week. His agent Steve Kutner told the News of the World: "I
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        415 H13 London Henry is finished, says Belletti BARCELONA'S Juliano Belletti, who scored the winning goal in the Champions League final, believes that Thierry Henry made a mistake in not signing with the Spanish giants. He told the News of the World: "Thierry is finished. He needed to leave
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        125 H13 London BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to support radical plans to keep European football competitive. He will endorse the findings of the Independent European Sport Review, which calls for fewer foreign players, a fairer distribution of money, tighter controls on agents and even
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        584 H14  - Comeback kid Nor Perwira wins again Nicholas Fang BODYBUILDING He stakes claim for Asian Games slot after winning SEA competition By WHEN Nor Perwira Java Rahmat won the lightweight category at last month's Singapore National Championships, he was over the moon. After all, the victory marked his first taste of
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        303 H14 BASEBALL Oakland THE agonising wait is over for Barry Bonds. He and Babe Ruth are even at 714. Bonds tied Ruth for second place on the career home-run list on Saturday, ending a nine-game homerless stretch with a shot into right-centre during San Francisco's 4-2,
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        228 H14 TENNIS Rome FORMER world No 1 Martina Hingis swept aside Russia's Dinara Safina 6-2, 7-5 to win the Italian Open yesterday. It was her first title since ending a three-year, self-im-posed exile from the professional game. The Swiss, who returned m December, had last
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        419 H14 BASEBALL MLB: Chicago White Sox 7 Chicago Cubs 0, San Francisco 4 Oakland 2 (10 innings), LA Dodgers 8 LA Angels 4, Pittsburgh 9 Cleveland 6, Detroit 7 Cincinnati 6 (10 innings), Minnesota 16 Milwaukee 10, Texas 6 Houston 0, Washington 8 Baltimore 3, Boston 8 Philadelphia 4, St
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        125 H14 WATFORD will play their football m the English Premiership next season. They beat Leeds United 3-0 m the League Championship play-off final at Cardiff yesterday, and will join Reading and Sheffield United, who were promoted automatically. Jay DeMerit put Watford m front midway through the first
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        450 H14  -  Christopher Ong SOCCER By S-League Today Young Lions v Albirex (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm) Tomorrow Home v SAFFC (Bishan, 7.30pm) Wednesday Woodlands v Balestier (Woodlands, 7.30pm) Thursday Sengkang v Geylang (Hougang, 7.30pm) Friday Gombak v Tampines (Jalan Besar, 7pm) Uve, CNA, 6.55pm BEWARE the wounded tiger.
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          61 H14 NATIONAL bowler Justin Teng led teammate Jason Yeong Nathan with 978 pinfalls over four games at the Singapore Open qualifiers at Victor's Superbowl yesterday. Nathan is m second spot with 952 pinfalls while Asian Games champion Remy Ong is third with 937. In the Women's Open
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          Lock icon PAMPLING, HERRON LEAD THE COLONIAL
          65 H14 FORT WORTH (Texas): Australian Rod Pampling rallied from an opening bogey for a par-70 on Saturday to match American Tim Herron for the lead after the third round of the US$6-mil-lion (559.48-million) Colonial tournament. Both stood on 10-under par 200 after 54 holes, one stroke
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          56 H14 MADRID: Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o finished the Spanish Primera Liga season as the league's top scorer with 26 goals. The Cameroon international scored the opener m his side's 1-3 away defeat by Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, m their delayed final game, to finish one
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          41 H14 LONDON: Terry Venables could replace Steve McClaren as manager of English Premier League soccer club Middlesbrough. He is understood to have held talks with Boro chief executive Keith Lamb on Saturday, reported The News of the World.
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        493 H15 Sons: uaugnierS'in-iaA™* Tan Jin Thong GohPongKiow Tan Jin Liang Roland ChoLucy Tan Jin Kiat Tan Jin Woo, James Leong Ngan Jin, Jinny j Ta^jSch^ Tio C plckNoi°Lucy Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Pet Joo Heng Tee Phuan Tan Pet Chuan, Anna Png Kirn Chua Tan Pet Liang, Jennifer TanPhetKeow j Tan Peck
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        303 H15 CHAN YET SUN passed away peacefully on 20 May 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lav Kwai Sim Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Chan KwokFoo, deceased) Ng Sow Cheng, Nancy (Chan Kock Keong, deceased) Guok Hon Wei, Helen Chan Siew Peng, Georgina Chan Kock Weng, Jay Ho Ming Xuan,
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        336 H15 "The Lord is my Shepherd." LEE BOON KENG was called home, to be with die Lord on 20 May 2006. Dearly missed and always remembered 1 by loved ones. Wife: Lim Siok Peng Children Spouses: Eng Suan &Ai Kiong, Chee Kian Angela, Eng Thim Hee Bok, Chee Keong Wee Teng
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        41 H16 Week's Top Falls cons JMHUS2SC4M 1800 190.0 6.3 FBM 1990 140.0 6.6 JSHUSSCSM 1080 126.7 6.9 WM Corp 515 85.0 14.2 HI 1530 80.0 5.0 Spore land 680 75.0 9.9 MS Grp 1790 70.0. 3.8 STI 2401 DBeCWO6OS3O 48.5 64.5 57.1
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        84 H16 per 100 units of foreign currency new 2006 low new 2006 high Source-. Reuters Mat 19 %CNNG YR 2006 CLOSE FR May 13 SSLOW SJ HIGH US$ 1.5843 -0.57 1.6630 1.5591 Em 2.0241 -044 2.0373 1.9182 2.9733 +0.05 2.9926 2.78S7 1.2061 -0.10 1.2369 1.1366 Tm* *****
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        493 H16  -  Gabriel Chen TAKING STOCK Major Asian indexes end lower; blue chips, China plays are top losers on local bourse By EQUITIES SELL-DOWN While most fund managers agree the recent fall is a healthy correction, they are more sceptical about China stocks IT WAS a
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          85 H16 OCBC Investment Research is initiating coverage on offshore support and marine services specialist Ezra with a "buy" rating, saying at the current price level, it is a bargain. OCBC estimates Ezra's net profit will grow to $56.3 million m financial year 2006 .and
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          82 H16 MORGAN Stanley has reiterated its overweight rating on Sing Tel, raising: its target price from $2.95 to $3*lo. It said higher valuations for ii Telkomsel, Globe and Bharti have more than offset marginally lower values for SingTel's Singapore and Australian operations. Morgan Stanley
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          57 H16 WESTCOMB Financial Group has upgraded Memory Devices from a "hold" to a "buy", with a target price of 46.5 cents. It said that prospects for the company are good as earnings per share should see double-digit growth m the 2006 and 2007 financial years.
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        369 H18 It hopes to trump rival offer by Deutsche Boerse m bid to create first key transatlantic stock exchange, says report New York THE NYSE Group is finalising a proposal for a merger with European stock exchange operator Euronext and was expected to make an
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        359 H18  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Economics Correspondent DIPLOMATS and commercial representatives from Pakistan are gathering m Singapore this week to brainstorm on ideas for promoting their country's economic and business ties with East Asia. Its envoys from the region will be staging a
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        260 H18 Frankfurt DAIMLERCHRYSLER could face a US$64O million (Ssl billion) fine as a result of a bribery probe by the United States justice department and the US stock-market regulator, German weekly Der Spiegel said on Saturday. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and
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        552 H20  - No blanket nod for exclusive pay-TV deals: MDA Bryan Lee It remains keen for competition and may merge licences By NOT CORNERING THE MARKET The regulator has ruled that StarHub's existing deals with popular channels like ESPN do not restrict competition PAY-TV incumbent Star Hub may have the all-clear for
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        931 H20  -  Bryan Lee COMMENTARY By ASK a Liverpool Football Club supporter to wear a T-shirt from rival team Manchester United and you would be lucky to get away with just a tongue-lashing. Yet regulators of Singapore's media industry seem to believe that a
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          83 H20 ALAN DALGLEISH: Appointed as executive director of property consultancy CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Consulting, Asia, with effect on May 15. Mr Dalgleish (right), who is based m Singapore, will be responsible for die strategic direction, coordination and development of the CBRE Consulting business line throughout
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          70 H20 ONG HAN SIM: Appointed as executive director of Guangzhao Industrial Forest Biotechnology Group, effective last Monday. Mr Ong, 54, will be responsible for all aspects of the business of the holding company and will serve as group chief financial officer He was appointed as Guangzhao Industrial's
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          46 H20 CHIN YOKE CHOONG: Appointed as independent non-executive director of Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS), effective last Monday. Mr Chin, 54, is currently chairman of the Singapore Totalisator Board and was chairman of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore till the end of March.
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          124 H20 LEE YING CHEUN: Appointed as chairman of the board of Jurong Technologies Industrial, effective last Monday. He replaces Mr Lua Cheng Eng, who has retired as independent director and chairman of the board. Mr Lee has stepped down as chairman of the remuneration committee and Mr
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          62 H20 LIM KONG CHONG: Resigned as executive chairman and director 01 LKN-Primefield, with effect from last Monday. The members of the board will nominate a member from among themselves to chair any meeting of the boaraof directors and any general meeting of the company. Meanwhile, Mr Oo Soon
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          75 H20 TAN NGEE TECK: Appointed as chairman and executive director of Alantac Technology, with effect from last Friday. Mr Tan, 42, will provide leadership to the management and chart the company's corporate directions and strategies. Prior to this, he was president and chief executive of AMS Capital.
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        Lock icon Not all 'accountants' are well qualified, ACCA warns
        397 H20  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent POORLY qualified number-crunchers should not take charge of a company's finance department, the head of one of Singapore's main accountancy bodies said yesterday. The president of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Mr Kaka Singh,
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        Lock icon China stocks here should not be valued like BOC
        1032 H21  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY Investors should question if such debutants will pay <§Ff m the long run By Markets Correspondent MUCH hand-wringing and doomsaying accompanied last week's plunge m the local stock market, along with other regional bourses, as a series
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        Lock icon SMEs to pay lower fees for project tenders
        303 H21  -  Grace Ng By HUGE PICKINGS The government procurement market is valued at $7.5 billion each year, which represents "enormous opportunity for local businesses", says DP Bureau's MsOng WINNING government business worth an eye-popping $7.5 billion a year m total is now easier
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        Lock icon Market sell-down no cause for panic: Investment guru
        344 H21  -  Gabriel Chen By DONT panic. The sell-down m the Singapore market does not spell doom or gloom. That was the reassuring message last week from Mr Mark Mobius, managing director of Templeton Asset Management and a renowned fund manager who has seen
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      • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
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          82 H21 FERROCHINA, a maker of steel coils, said its non-ex-ecutive chairman, Mr Zhang Ye Dong, has sold 54.6 million shares at 82 cents apiece to a number of institutional investors. He now has a 13.23 per cent stake m FerroChina, down from 29.6 per cent previously. He
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          Lock icon PORTEK UNIT TO SELL STAKE FOR $5M
          69 H21 PORTEK International said its subsidiary has agreed to sell its entire 51 per cent stake m a Philippine terminal, Makassar Terminal Services, to ICTSI Far East for around US$3 million (Ss4.B million). Portek sold 510,000 shares m Makassar Terminal at 8,400 rupiah apiece.
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          Lock icon JIUTIAN CHEMICAL'S EARNINGS DOUBLE
          98 H21 JIUTIAN Chemical Group said last Friday that its net profit had doubled to 41.35 million yuan (SsB.3 million) for the year ended Dec 31, up from 20.57 million yuan the previous year. This was thanks to higher sales as well as higher gross profit margins, as
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          Lock icon NERA MAY BE A TAKEOVER TARGET
          64 H21 NERA Electronics announced that it has been notified of "an expression of interest by a third party m the acquisition of the company" but has not yet received any formal offer. The company made this statement to the Singapore Exchange last Friday with reference
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          Lock icon MAPLETREE TRUST BUYS WAREHOUSE
          59 H21 MAPLETREE Logistics Trust has signed an agreement to buy a warehouse m Singapore for $38 million. Located m Paya Lebar Industrial Park, the property will be leased back to the vendor for five years, with an option to extend the lease for another five. Trie deal
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        Lock icon More home owners paying down mortgage with CPF
        844 H22  -  Kelvin Wong In view of rising interest rates, some are even repaying with cash By Property Correspondent SOUND FINANCIAL SENSE 'Ifyouarenot investing your money and it's just there in the Ordinary Account, you might as well pay off your loan and make
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        253 H22 FIRST IN JAPAN Tokyo NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile phone operator, plans to make all its models compatible with global standards so that they can be used in more than 130 countries, a leading Japanese newspaper said yesterday. The move will have
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        463 2 1 So your eyes glaze over at event is that even if you do not dressing. You do not need to even Dan Brown), talk of how well Japan might understand (and think you never will) know who David Beckham is to enjoy M do at the Fife World Cup.
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        104 4 DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF S'POREAN KIDS GOING TO WORLD CUP Singapore will be represented at this year's World Cup Finals, but no, they will not be fighting for football's biggest prize. Instead, three Singaporean youngsters Danyon Christian Tay, Luke David Levy and Colin Oon-will walkout onto the pitch at
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        85 4 "It's like being on a real football field/* says Sebastien Sim, 1 7, a Sec 5 student from Montfort Secondary who spends about two hours a day playing it. You can buy it at game portals, Amazon.com from about US$30 to US$40 (S$47 to S$63), or at all good game
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        92 6 THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS OPUS DEI'S REQUEST REJECTED The conservative Catholic organisation Opus Dei, which is Latin for the work of God, is depicted in the film The Da Vinci Code as a secret cult of ruthless, selfmutilating monks who turn to murder to defend the biblical image of
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        767 7 HERE ARE THE THREE WINNING ENTRIES TO THE BIG QUESTION: "WHAT DOES A MILO DINOSAUR HAVE IN Ind NDS COMMON WITH A T-REX?" THESE THREE LUCKY STUDENTS WILL GET A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW PROFESSORS Quirks AND DINOSAUR EXPERTS AT THE SINGAPORE SCIENCE CENTRE'S DINOSAUR EXHIBITION. BY PAMELINE KANG were grinding
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        85 8 SMOKING BAN KICKS IN On July I, just as the World Cup reaches the crucial quarterfinals, Singapore's extended smoking ban kicks in. This phase of the ban affects 5,500 outlets, such as hawker centres, coffee shops, and outlets classified as "foodshops", including bars with restaurant licences. But some smokers are
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        109 9 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK SOCCER BETTING REELS IN THE YOUNG Andy (not his real name) is an obsessive soccer betting maniac who has chalked up $8,000 in debts. He may be an extreme case, but illegal soccer betting is becoming popular among young people, some of whom are so
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        84 11 RACK YOUR BRAINS i MASS 'LOVE TOUR' FOR SINGLES Lonely hearts who need a bit of help finding their perfect match now have a new option— a multinational "LoveSeeking Tour" to China. The tour, organised by Hong Thai Travel Services, aims to bring together some 400 singles from five regional
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        90 12 LAST AMERICAN SURVIVOR OF TITANIC SINKING DIES Ms Lillian Asplund (above, in an undated photo), the last remaining American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic 94 years ago, died on May 6 at her home in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was 99 years old. She was one of 7 1
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        106 13 NOW TRY THIS! 6 i I y I i I Test how good you are with antonyms with this crossword puzzle. (If you need help, you can always look for the words m the story.) ACROSS 1) The opposite of "calm" 2) The opposite of "bottom" 3) The opposite of
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        77 13 STORY THIS WEEK EXTREME SPORTS PULLING IN THE YOUNG More youngsters here are being drawn to extreme sports like aggressive inline skating and skateboarding. There is a shift away from "traditional sports*' around the world, said ESPN's senior director of events management, Mr Harvey Davis. "Today's younger generation don't necessarily
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        106 14 f TELEVISED ELECTION DEBATE PERHAPS? One of the shortcomings of the recently concluded election is the lack of a thorough and lively debate between contending parties on important issues. The week-long campaign was not enough for issues such as cost of living, flat upgrading, health-care cost and ministerial pay to
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