The Straits Times, 7 May 2007

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 76 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS > MICA (P) 198/12/2006 MONDAY, MAY 7 2007 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Huge tornadoes wreak havoc in US
    679 1  -  Derwin Pereira Massive twister hits Kansas killing nine, more storms hit seven states yesterday, Bush declares Kansas a disaster area By US Bureau Chief In Washington A WAVE of tornadoes tore across central United States yesterday, a day after a massive twister obliterated a
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    Lock icon Bangkok steps up security after blast
    269 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok BANGKOK was on heightened alert yesterday as security forces threw a cordon around the Thai King's residence and stepped up security throughout the capital after a bomb blast. The small explosive device went off on Saturday night in a
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      Lock icon Re-enacting history fora good cause
      1053 1  -  David Boey By Defence Correspondent UNIVERSITY student Alvin Lee is 26 and too young to know first-hand what the Japanese Occupation was like. But that has not stopped him from being obsessed by the details of the years that followed the conquest of Singapore by
      PHOTOS: LIM WUI LIANG, CAROLINE CHIA  -  1,053 words
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      387 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Perking up Punggol Asia 6-12 The Singapore Land World 13-18 Authority is once again Review 19-21 putting up sites for PY| 22 tender, hoping to attract «rxinii' xwn businesses to Punggol, 3CLIIUN iwu once touted as a premier Home Hl-H9 waterfront housing Forum HlO district.
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Big rise in metal thefts with robbers getting bolder too
      586 3  -  Khushwant Singh With rise in scrap metal prices, thieves are striking targets in broad daylight By NOT only are metal thieves getting busier, they are also becoming bolder. One gang recently overpowered a guard, stole metal parts in broad daylight,
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      Lock icon Thai beats stars to win S'pore Open
      287 3  -  Alvin Foo By THE stars came, and the tournament glittered. But in the end, it was an unseeded player from a country not considered a badminton powerhouse who lifted the Aviva Open Singapore men's singles title Boonsak Ponsana. The 25-year-old Thai stunned China's
      LAU FOOK KONG  -  287 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Hsieh-Ma set for 2008 presidential showdown
      440 4  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Ex-Premier Hsieh to represent DPP after rival drops out unexpectedly By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN'S presidential election next year looks likely to be a showdown between former premier Frank Hsieh and former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou. Mr Hsieh, 61, appears
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      Lock icon Centre makes tuition compulsory for kids
      624 4  -  Liaw Wy-Cin THIS 'CRAM SCHOOL' IS A HIT By MANY parents often complain about the stress their children face in schools here, prompting the education authorities to teach less in the hope that kids might enjoy learning more. Others seem to have a different
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      35 4 TALENT SEARCH HOTS UP The supply crunch for professionals is made worse by Singaporeans leaving for jobs overseas. Find out what companies are doing to plug the gap THINK: WHY IS THERE A PECUSS DIVIDE?
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Hero's welcome for Pakistan's rebel judge
      675 6 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Lahore Open show of support for suspended chief justice a big threat to President Musharraf s authority As the sun rose over the suburbs of Lahore, it revealed the scale of support for the judge whom General Musharraf has charged with
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      Lock icon A reputation for taking the government to task
      207 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHIEF Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, 58, who became Chief Justice in 2005, has a reputation for challenging government misdeeds and human rights abuses in the country. He had pressed the government earlier this year to provide information on the
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  207 words
    • CHINA/ EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon China's forgotten sporting heroes fall on hard times
        909 8  -  Chua Chin Hon Many retired athletes are now jobless and poor, media reports say By China Bureau Chief In Beijing [N A country fast discovering the money-making potential of top athletes, the hardluck stories of two ex-cham-pions emerged recently as a grim
        THE BEIJING NEWS  -  909 words
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        Lock icon AMUSING THE KIDS
        141 8 With leaping soldiers and sumo wrestlers providing entertainment, it was an amusing Children's Day on Saturday for youngsters in Seoul and Tokyo. Soldiers from the South Korean army's special forces put up a show at the Korean War Memorial Museum, leaping over cars and jumping through hoops
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        Lock icon China expects forex agency to begin operating this year
        447 8 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyoto THE deputy head of China's currency regulator, Mr Wei Benhua, said yesterday the country's new foreign exchange reserve investment agency could start operations by the end of the year. The agency may manage as much as
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        Lock icon American fugitive lived openly in China
        341 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Suzhou AN AMERICAN fugitive accused of raping his daughter and posting videos of the abuse online lived openly in China, even enjoying visits from his wife and registering at a local fitness club under his own name. US court documents show that
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        Lock icon North Korea 'sought US bank account for its funds'
        141 8 REUTERS Tokyo NORTH Korea has demanded that the United States allow it to open an account at a bank in New York and its funds at a Macau bank be transferred there, a Japanese daily reported yesterday. Quoting an unspecified source
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon India poised for boom in consumer spending
        590 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE It is on track to become fifth-largest consumer market by 2025, report says Bangalore INDIA'S consumer spending is set to quadruple by 2025, overtaking Germany, according to a new study. The increase in spending comes as a youthful population earns more
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        Lock icon Ex-Bangladesh premier Hasina due to return home today
        366 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Dhaka FORMER Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed will return home today, more than a week after the military-backed government backtracked on plans to exile her, a party official said. Sheikh Hasina, leader of the opposition Awami League party, was
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon BIRD FLU HITS VIET DUCK FARM
          120 9 REUTERS HANOI: Bird flu has been found on a duck farm in central Vietnam, the first outbreak of the disease in more than a month, the government said yesterday. Tests showed the HSNI virus had killed 160 ducklings at the farm in Nghe An
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          Lock icon BEIJING CUTS TIES WITH ST LUCIA
          114 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS CASTRIES (St Lucia): China officially severed a 10-year diplomatic relationship with St Lucia, a week after the tiny Caribbean nation restored ties with Taiwan. St Lucia indicated last week after resuming relations with Taiwan that it wanted to remain friends with China.
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          Lock icon 9 KILLED IN SINAI PLANE CRASH
          125 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO: Nine members of a multinational peacekeeping force eight French nationals and a Canadian were killed yesterday when their plane crashed during an emergency landing in Sinai, an Egyptian official said. According to Egyptian security sources, the light aircraft suffered a technical
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    • ASIA FOCUS
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        Lock icon 'FATHER OF SUDOKU'
        1249 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin Number puzzle popularised by publisher with a love of fun By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo MAGAZINE publisher Maki Kaji gave Japan the wildly popular Sudoku number puzzle, which has also swept the world in the past two years. He calls himself the "father of
        KWAN WENG KIN  -  1,249 words
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        Lock icon How his winning numbers fell into place
        779 10 EXCERPTS from an interview with Mr Maki Kaji, publisher of the Nikoli puzzle magazine and the man who brought Sudoku into the world: How popular is Sudoku? There are now 90 or so countries where Sudoku has a huge following. The boom was
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Five new faces likely in Jakarta Cabinet
        459 11  -  Dcvi Asmarani Yudhoyono to announce reshuffle today: 5 ministers will go and 2 will be reassigned By Indonesia Correspondent In lakarta INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has finalised his new Cabinet line-up and is expected to bring five new faces into the administration,
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        Lock icon SEARCHING FOR MY POSTER BOY
        46 11 A supporter in Manila retrieving confiscated campaign posters from a truck yesterday. Campaigning for local and congressional polls is entering its final week in the Philippines and violence is escalating. Police said 75 people have been killed since January. PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Thai woman stages funeral for problem car
        293 11 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Pathum Thani A THAI civil servant was so frustrated with problems with her brand-new Toyota car that she staged a mock funeral for the vehicle with some 200 guests wearing black in front of a Toyota showroom. The protest
        THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  293 words
    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Pepper spray attack: Mahathir gives testimony
        558 12  -  Leslie Lav Malaysia's ex-premier tells of attack by supporter during rally in Kelantan last year By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S combative ex-pre-mier, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, made a rare appearance in court yesterday to testify against a supporter accused of attacking him
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        Lock icon 5 die amid flooding chaos in Yangon
        410 12 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yangon AT LEAST five people have died in the main commercial city of military-ruled Myanmar after the heaviest rainfall in at least four decades, state media and government officials said yesterday. Water rose to as high as 1.2
        REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AF  -  410 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Label some bloggers as amateurs, says minister
        213 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Information Minister has suggested that some bloggers be labelled as amateurs to prevent them from misleading readers with lies and rumours, the national news agency has reported. The proposal comes after Malaysia's National Union of Journalists urged
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, BERNAMA  -  213 words
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        Lock icon Bangkok to remove some phone booths after blast
        198 12 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Bangkok THE Bangkok authorities will remove public telephone booths in remote areas as well as those which are rarely used, in the wake of a bomb explosion in a booth on Saturday night. This was decided at a
        THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: AFP  -  198 words
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon KILLER TWISTER
      968 13 ST GRAPHICS LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Powerful tornado wipes out more than 90 per cent of town in Kansas, leaving residents struggling to absorb the devastation Greensburg (Kansas) LIKE most residents who got word of the approaching tornado, Mr Dennis McKinney quickly herded his 14--year-old daughter Lindy
      ST GRAPHICS; LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AP  -  968 words
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      Lock icon Huge turnout in French election
      680 14  -  Susan Sachs ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Latest survey shows Sarkozy ahead of Segolene Royal by 55% to 45% By For The Straits Times In Paris PRANCE will wake up to a new Dresident today after a bitterly "ought campaign over whether
      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: Al; PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI  -  680 words
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      Lock icon Charismatic Chirac to champion green causes
      603 14  -  SUSAN SACHS HE IS the consummate politician, ever ready to kiss babies, shake hands and bestow favours. Over a period of four decades, he has been a government minister, mayor of Paris, rightwing party leader, prime minister and, for the past 12 years, the
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      Lock icon Many climate change solutions available now
      890 15  -  Arti Mulchand The technology is also affordable, says UN panel, urging swift action By In Bangkok AFTER two grim warnings on climate change, the world's top body on the subject has urged nations and individuals to act, saying there is no time to waste.
      PHOTOS: REUTERS, AP  -  890 words
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      Lock icon Developing countries play the blame game
      573 15  -  ARTI MULCHAND AS THE world debated the solutions to help stem the effects of climate change last week, developing countries like China and India held their ground to ensure that they did not find themselves at the losing end of the blame game. Issues
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      Lock icon 'CRYSTAL BALL' INTO THE FUTURE
      67 15 Covered with a million light-emitting diodes, the Geo-Cosmos at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a 15-tonne simulation of Planet Earth that provides a warning about the disastrous effects of global warming. Twice a day, the blue planet turns red
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      Lock icon Take action now, green groups urge governments
      385 15  -  ARTI MULCHAND NOW that a road map for saving the planet is firmly in place, green groups want no time wasted by governments in starting down the path to greener development. Mr Hans Verolme, director of the World Wildlife Federation's Climate Change Programme,
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      Lock icon Foreign minister drops bid to be Turkish president
      567 16 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Gul's withdrawal after opposition boycott of vote may ease crisis Ankara TURKEY'S political crisis over its new president could ease after the ruling party's candidate Abdullah Gul withdrew his candidacy yesterday. Mr Gul, the Foreign Minister, announced his decision
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      Lock icon Search continues for missing Kenya Airways jet
      425 16 REUTERS Yaounde (Cameroon) TEAMS of rescuers and villagers combed thick tropical forest in southern Cameroon yesterday for the wreckage of a Kenya Airways passenger plane. The plane, which was bound for Nairobi, crashed after take-off in the west African country. The Boeing 737-800
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      Lock icon S'pore and UAE to boost education ties
      317 16 SINGAPORE and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to develop comprehensive collaboration in education. Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and UAE Education Minister Hanif Hassan Ali yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Abu Dhabi which is focused on helping the UAE reform
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      Lock icon Cheney seeks M-E support for Iraq
      218 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Washington US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney leaves tomorrow on a four-country visit of the Middle East, looking to shore up support for Iraq among its neighbours and increase pressure on Iran, US officials say. Mr Cheney's six-day trip to the United Arab
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      Lock icon UK teachers 'can ban Islamic dress'
      228 16 London BRITAIN'S Lord Chancellor will tell head teachers that common-sense decisions stopping Muslim pupils from wearing Islamic dress would not breach human rights. Lord Falconer is expected to tell the National Association of Head Teachers annual conference now under way that teachers who act
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Queen Elizabeth at the races
        265 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRITISH Queen Elizabeth II fulfilled her life-long dream of attending America's premier horse race during the weekend as she joined a star-filled crowd at the Kentucky Derby. The Queen watched the race on Saturday from a balcony in a private suite together with
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AFP  -  265 words
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        Lock icon Clean bill of health for Suu Kyi
        141 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MYANMAR'S detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health, a spokesman for her party said on Saturday. He said her doctor and an eye specialist visited her for a routine check-up last Thursday, and she is "in good
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        Lock icon Nepal king 'owes $700,000 in bills'
        167 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEPAL'S embattled King Gyanendra owes more than U*****,000 (S$700,000) in unpaid electricity bills, a report said. This would make him the Himalayan nation's biggest power defaulter. The king, who faces an uncertain future with former Maoist rebels calling for the monarchy's abolition,
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AFP  -  167 words
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      Lock icon Takeover panel rejects late offer for Qantas
      569 17  -  Roger Maynard Art collector had agreed to sell stake to consortium five hours after deadline passed By Australia Correspondent In Sydney A TAKEOVER bid for Qantas was effectively sunk last night after regulators rejected a late offer for the Australian airline by a
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        Lock icon Yudhoyono to announce Cabinet reshuffle today
        284 18  -  DEVI ASMARANI SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS AFTER weeks of media speculation and intense political jostling, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is due to announce his Cabinet shake-up today. The move, the second reshuffle in 2V2 years, comes amid growing criticism of the performance
        PHOTO: AFP  -  284 words
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        Lock icon Blair set to announce resignation
        153 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ►> WORLD WHAT IT IS BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce his resignation this week. He is expected to make an announcement about his future either on Wednesday or on Thursday. The news will come in the afterglow of the
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        Lock icon Koreas meet to discuss rail trial runs
        176 18  -  LEETEEJONG EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS GENERALS from the two Koreas will meet in the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone for three days starting tomorrow. They will discuss the trial runs of cross-border railways slated for May 17 and get
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        Lock icon Aussie govt looks to polls with Budget
        167 18 REUTERS WORLD WHAT IT IS THE Australian government will target working families with tax cuts and money to pay for childcare in a pre-election Budget tomorrow, designed to help Prime Minister John Howard win a fifth term in office. The Budget centrepiece will
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        Lock icon MONDAY
        40 18 BONN: Officials from 100 nations begin a two-week meeting to find ways to fight global warming. SEOUL: South Korea starts free trade talks with the European Union. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Supreme Judicial Council hears charges against the country's top judge.
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        34 18 ABU DHABI: US Vice-President Dick Cheney leaves for a trip to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. »PATTAYA:The opening ceremony of the Cobra Gold 2007 military exercises will be held.
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        9 18 EAST TIMOR: Presidential run-off polls will be held.
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        13 18 »ALMATY/ AST ANA: Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Kazakhstan.
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        12 18 »UTTAR PRADESH: Results of the legislative assembly elections will be announced.
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        33 18 SINTRA (Portugal): European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet leaders of Portugal and Slovenia, which will hold the next two rotating presidencies of the EU.
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        22 18 BEIJING: The UN World Food Programme organises the Fight Hunger: Walk The World global event to raise awareness of global hunger.
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      27 13 Qantas takeover bid fails A private equity group fails in its takeover bid for Qantas after regulators reject a late offer for the Australian airline. PAGE 17
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      419 19 IT IS not flattering of employers that guidelines against discriminatory job-hiring are having to be reinforced. The new set issued last week by a troika panel made up of government, union and employer representatives does not differ much in essence from guidelines that bosses were supposed
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      1160 19  -  Vivi Zainol By For The Straits Times WHY do needy Singaporeans continue to fall through the cracks despite the Government's array of public aid schemes? To tackle this question, 18 of my students at Ngee Ann Polytechnic interviewed more than 30
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      886 19  -  Yap Su-Yin CHARITY SECTOR BY EVEN as the Commissioner of Charities (COC) moved to de-register three charities last week because of dubious practices, and barred a fourth group from registering, at least one man was on the streets collecting donations purportedly for the
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      954 20  -  Goh Sui Noi By Senior Correspondent TAIWAN has rejected the 2008 Olympics torch relay route proposed by Beijing, on the grounds that the route from Vietnam to Taiwan to Hong Kong and into mainland China belittles the island. Taiwan had initially agreed to
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      758 21  -  A.M. Spiegel COUNTER-TERRORISM IN MOROCCO By IN THE 1942 film Road To Morocco, Bob Hope's character famously rendered the North African kingdom as the place "where they empty all the old hourglasses". But following a dramatic surge in terrorism last month in North Africa, Morocco
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      839 21  -  Mustafa Akyol By In Istanbul IT IS no secret that Islamic fundamentalism is a threat to democracy, freedom and security in today's world, especially in the Middle East. Yet the same values can be threatened by secular fundamentalists, too. Turkey's self-styled laicite, a much
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      39 19 Threat of secular radicals The example of Turkey shows that secular fundamentalism can be a threat to democracy, freedom and security. PAGE 21 1^ NOW EVERYWHERE you G0< y\\ I GOT USED TO IT t^-" A LONG TIME AGO...
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      944 22 Singapore today Partly cloudy, showers with thunder likely in the afternoon mainly over northern, eastern and central Singapore. ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS i v y- Emergency lines RFUINfL <^ <-?h,,, Police 999 0k J C|ear PoKceHotline 1800-255-0000 j^csnj I j^fa^ Civil Defence (Fire, Rescue and Emergency i^WTiX^ Ambulance) !.995
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      544 23  -  Tan Hui Yee Recreational facilities, F£tß outlets plus park trail along waterfront are among latest plans to liven up district By Housing Correspondent PUNGGOL by the sea sounds exotic and residents' hopes of seeing more facilities, and buzz, there may yet be revived. The Singapore Land Authority (SLA)
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      160 23 A four-vehicle collision along Jalan Eunos towards Hougang Avenue 3 left three men hospitalised yesterday morning. The incident, which happened at about 9.45 am, involved a car, lorry, van and taxi. Two of the injured were in their early 30s, with one of them suffering
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      730 24  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Airline counters that he failed to take adequate action to ensure own safety By Law Correspondent A SINGAPORE Airlines steward, who developed a rare painful disability following a tumble when the aircraft hit an air pocket, is suing SIA for unspecified damages.
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      343 24  -  Frankie Chee By NO STUNTS? No problem. The Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society (THKMS) stuck to its gimmick-free format and still managed to hit its target and raise more than $4.2 million in its second TV fund-raiser. Its three-hour charity show
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      316 24  -  Tham Yuen-C By THOSE who need to check movie times or telephone numbers of restaurants online can now do it free on SingTel's new payphones. Dubbed Play Fone, the souped-up payphone comes with additional multimedia offerings like free Web surfing and music video
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      88 24 An "explosion" yesterday sent "casualties" hurtling through the air, with broken limbs. An ambulance, a fire engine and a chemical decontamination truck rushed to the scene after the "blast" at a carpark in Marine Parade. They were responding to a simulated terrorist attack organised as part of
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      714 25  -  AJLEOW A SPECIAL FEATURE BROUGHT TO YOU BY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Only graduates worth their weight in gold get to join Goldman Sachs ONLY the best will do at Goldman Sachs, the world's leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm and NUS Business School.
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      609 26  -  Salma Khalik It works only when blood sugar levels are high, and does not cause weight gain By Health Correspondent THE first in a new class of diabetes drugs described by one doctor as "intelligent" because it adapts to sugar
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      168 26 DEPUTY Prime Minister S. Jayakumar will be making an official visit to Panama from today to Wednesday, and to Cuba from Wednesday to Saturday. While in Panama City, the DPM will call on President Martin Torrijos. Professor Jayakumar will also have meetings with
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      226 26 PHOTO: HE COVERS his entire forearm whenever he goes out, making sure the once "cool" tattoos are no longer visible. The 23-year-old full-time national serviceman, who wanted to be known only as Azhar, said: "They were cool when I got them five years ago,
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      544 27  -  Jessica Cheam Community project explores their world and 'trains the trainers' to help alter mindsets By RAMPS that take the disabled three times longer to get around, stainless steel flooring at MRT stations that gets slippery when it rains. These might
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      170 27 Showing off their slick moves are Samantha Jade C. Padilla, 13 (far right) and her dancemates at the DXO club. Their dance group, "groovyz", is from the Chaoyang School run by the Association for Persons with Special Needs. The group was taking part in
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        56 27 A STEEL cabinet worth $800 and a weighing machine worth $100 were found stolen from a stall at Block 453 A, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 on Friday. The owner had locked up the stall at noon last Thursday, but returned at 5.30 am the next
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        66 27 THE owner of a shop at Block 221, Geylang East Central discovered the padlock to the roller shutter missing last Saturday. She then found several items stolen, including $2,000 worth of cigarettes, international calling cards worth $600, two cellphones valued at $200, $200 in cash and
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      369 27  -  Aaron Low By THE opposition Singapore People's Party (SPP) will have a new headquarters near town, moving out of the Potong Pasir area for the first time since its formation in 1996. Party leader Chiam See Tong has leased a shop
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      496 28  -  Serene Luo Penang Road accident raises concerns, but bad habits come under scrutiny too By BUS stops in Singapore are safe but waiting commuters must still play their part. That means standing away from the kerb and behind concrete barriers or bollards.
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        182 28 LAST WEEK HOME n When will Singapore's new anti-spam law kick in? U By the end of next month. q What is the new law about? I The Spam Control Act covers messages that pass through Singapore. Senders can deliver e-mail or text messages even though the recipient has not
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        120 28 »HOME WHAT IT IS THE Bail Court, which operates from today, will review every case where an accused person is charged but bail offered in relation to the offence is not taken up. The hearings will be held in the after- noons at Court
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        56 28 POLITICAL WHAT IT IS: THE annual NTUC Social Report Card is released today. WHY IT MATTERS: Singaporeans will find out about the National Trades Union Congress' (NTUC) efforts to help workers stretch their dollar in the past year, as well as the various assistance
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        68 28 MONEY WHAT IT IS: SINGTEL, the biggest listed company in Singapore by market value, will release its financial results ended March 31 this year on Wednesday. WHY IT MATTERS: After a great run last year, Sing Tel shares have underperformed the Straits Times Index so
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      30 23 No more marked for life Twenty young men and women will get to remove their tattoos at half the usual price, in a project initiated by a mosque. PAGE H4
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      575 29  -  LEONGPHEIPHEI By\ TWO health food companies are going the extra mile to sell their products. Nestle recently tied up with Alexandra Hospital (AH) to provide free cholesterol checks to those who buy their new Nestle Omega Plus ActiCol adult milk powder. Vitagen International, which is
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      295 29 IN a move that addresses consumers' demands for food that is healthy, convenient and tasty, F&N Foods recently launched a new range of products under the aLIVE branding. The inspiration for developing these new lifestyle foods, says F&N Foods, came from the identification of emerging megatrends
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      155 29 IF you do not already know what Zap Code is, head for the Zap Code digital carnival from May 11 to 13 at Vivo City East Court. For three days, enjoy exclusive discounts and exciting deals when you zap. Introduced by SPH New Media, Zap Code
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      550 29 Fly direct TO better serve customers travelling to and from the Middle East, Singapore Airlines (SIA) now flies non-stop to Cairo, Egypt's capital, as well as the bustling emirate hubs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. SIA is confident the new direct flights will allow the airline to grow the
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      Lock icon Identity more than a sum of one's schools
      576 30  -  Tessa Wong »SOAPBOX Who cares where you studied if it says nothing about who you are as a person? By SO YOU have met a group of peers for the first time, and everyone is getting into the obligatory line of how-are-you,
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      Lock icon Can S'poreans get in and stay in the Ivy League?
      863 30 MY LIFE WHEN it comes to higher learning, the Ivy League's big names remain aspirational brands among students worldwide. In the United States and worldwide their names are synonymous with outstanding academic achievement: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth
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      Lock icon If it's Wednesday, it's Mambo Jambo
      440 31  -  Soon Wei Lun LETTERS HOME By THERE'S something very alluring about Singapore's clubbing scene that clubs overseas just can't substitute. I'm not talking about the opening of mega clubs like St James or Ministry Of Sound, or the adorable way Singaporean girls dress there,
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      668 31 »MY FIRST Running has become the nation's top sporting activity, according to the National Sports Participation Survey conducted last year. And the biggest challenge starts in the head. Ms Adeline Koh, 18, who competed in a 5.3 km run last year, said: "The hardest thing is starting. Once
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      442 30 1 I 1 fl Advertisement freelance writer jJgg^^lliiffiEljlSß] $S3ml^^2e3l Written by NICK DAWS To be a premier logistics association promoting professionalism excellence to position Singapore as a world-class hub Freelance writing can be creative, every aspect of fiction and non-fiction fulfilling and a lot of fun, with excellent writing. The
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      456 31 flurry! Last chance to apply for SEPT 2007 INTAKE! Limited spaces available at Columbia College, Coquitlam College, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Francis Xavier University and St James-Assiniboia School Division Some of the programs offered at these school are: J Secondary Program Grades 11 &12 (Equivalent to GCE '0' 'A'
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      413 32  -  Sew Kah Bin I REFER to the letters by Mrs Ng Kirn Yong ("Linguistic background to blame for poor speakers"; ST, April 30) and Mr Matthias Chew Yong Peng ("Bilingual policy spawns many fluent in neither"; ST, April 30). Our leaders have stated
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      373 32  -  Jocelyn Lim Chieh Ying (Mdm) MR MATTHIAS Chew's suggestion to "consider sacrificing the sacred cow of bilingualism" ("Bilingual policy spawns many fluent in neither"; ST, April 30) is one the Ministry of Education (MOE) should consider seriously. The mother tongue is not
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      186 32  -  Lim Boon Tong THE Ministry of Education and the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board will allow the use of calculators in 2009 PSLE Maths Paper 2 ("Calculators okay from 2009 PSLE"; ST, April 28). The decision is confusing as it appears "half-hearted"
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      371 32  -  Tan Kuan Thiam SINGAPORE is known to have one of the highest rates of myopia in the world, and the Singapore Government should be applauded for taking measures to reduce myopia, especially among young children. Recently, when I visited more than 10
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      256 32  -  Quck Zhong Vi THE objectives of the mul-ti-billion-dollar investment on the new Downtown MRT line are clear to encourage higher use of public transport, and cope with a future population increase. To make the investment worthwhile, I hope the following issues on
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        66 32  -  Robert Lee Keng Poh I SAW something unusual one recent morning at the bus stop opposite Toho Garden, along Yio Chu Kang Road: A kind SBS bus (No. 806T) captain leading a blind man across the zebra-crossing to the opposite side of the
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        80 32  -  Cheong Seng Wah I WOULD like to thank Dr Yap Wee See of Tan Tock Seng Hospital Clinic 28, who attended to me last Wednesday. He tried to contact me later to inform me of my blood test result, so as to ease my
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        82 32  -  Chan Wei Kien (Mdm) I WAS admitted to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) on April 18 for surgery. I would like to thank Dr Tan Nam Guan and staff of the Ear, Nose Throat Department of SGH, who took great care of me during
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        Lock icon POLICE HELPED LOCATE DOG OWNER
        83 32  -  Soh Kok Ann ON APRIL 19,1 met a man in Clementi Avenue 2 who was looking for his lost dog. Shortly after we parted, I caught sight of his dog but could not contact the owner, so I called the police for help. They responded
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      540 32 V*^^ University of Singapore as a first requirement to be called to the #%V if your uream 7 p b- Sg«~ IGGi Alternative Entry WWI wl The alternative entry is to pursue a Diploma in Law from the I L Stf'^H REAL LIFE; I I University of London at Stansfield.
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      79 32 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. How to motivate local Chinese to speak Mandarin Highlight the benefits and usefulness of the language Good if non-native speakers make an effort to pronounce words the proper way Money isn't everything let's save
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      596 33  -  Leonard Lim ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal hold Chelsea 1-1, which means Blues can't catch the Red Devils anymore By MANCHESTER United are the new Premiership champions. Arsenal destroyed Chelsea's chances of hanging on to their crown after holding them to a 1-1 draw at the Emirates
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      Lock icon United face probe over goalie
      284 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London THERE could yet be a shock twist to the English Premier League title race. Manchester United face a probe, which could lead to a points deduction, into Tim Howard's £3 million (Ss9 million) transfer to Everton. The goalkeeper joined Everton on a
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      138 33 P W D L F A Pts Man United 36 28 4 4 83 26 88 Chelsea 36 24 9 3 63 23 81 Liverpool 37 20 710 55 25 67 Arsenal 3719 10 8 63 35 67 Everton *****210 5135 57 Bolton 3716 714 45 50 55 Reading
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      Lock icon Only wins will do for Charlton
      664 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London CHARLTON must win their last two games, against Tottenham today and Liverpool on Sunday, to have any chance of staying in the Premiership. After failing to win any of their last five matches, there is no margin for error left. Manager
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      46 33 Yesterday AC Milan 0 Fiorentina 0 Atalanta 3 Siena 1 Cagliari 2 Udinese 1 Chievo 1 Parma 0 Empoli 2 Catania 1 Lazio 1 Livorno 0 Messina 0 Inter Milan 1 Palermo 1 AS Roma 2 Sampdoria 0 Reggina 0 Torino 1 Ascoli 0
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      135 33 P W D L F A Pts Inter Milan 35 28 6 172 30 90 AS Roma 35 21 9 5 68 27 72 Lazio *****0 7 55 27 61 AC Milan *****1 5 54 30 60 Empoli *****110 38 35 53 Palermo ********** 46 52 Fiorentina 3519 9
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      Lock icon Benitez sees red over headbutt
      935 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER Liverpool manager raps officials for missing attack that left Alonso bloodied London LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez has blasted officials for missing Michael Brown's headbutt on Xabi Alonso in Saturday's 0-1 Premiership defeat by Fulham. A 68th-minute winner from American Clint Dempsey put
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      Lock icon Legal action could hurt English clubs
      419 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London BECAUSE of West Ham, England could be suspended from Euro 2008. Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal could all be thrown out of the Champions League. No Uefa Cup for Premiership teams either. All because of the relegation battle happening at
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      Lock icon Wigan cry foul over Boro goal
      142 34 WIGAN manager Paul Jewell believes the goal scored by Middlesbrough striker Mark Viduka on Saturday should not have been allowed. It was enough to hand Wigan a 0-1 defeat. Their manager told Sky Sports: "Downing hit the ball twice. "He was going to shoot
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      Lock icon Warnock ready for survival decider
      136 34 SHEFFIELD United manager Neil Warnock has urged his players to relish their relegation showdown with Wigan on Sunday. The Blades, beaten 0-3 by Aston Villa on Saturday, face a nail-biting end to the season against their rivals at Bramall Lane. A win for Warnock's side
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      Lock icon Everton head for Uefa Cup after win over Portsmouth
      407 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London EVERTON manager David Moyes refused to celebrate as Everton all but secured their place in the Uefa Cup next season. A comprehensive 3-0 victory over Portsmouth at Goodison Park on Saturday means that the Merseyside club will play
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      Lock icon Barcelona keep hold of top spot in La Liga
      487 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Madrid BARCELONA threw down the gauntlet to their main rivals for the Spanish Primera Liga title, and pushed Real Sociedad closer to relegation, with a 2-0 win on Saturday. Midfielder Andres Iniesta and Samuel Eto'o, last season's top scorer
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      169 34 P W D L F A Pts Barcelona 33 19 8 6 63 29 65 Sevilla 32 18 7 7 55 28 61 Real Madrid 32 18 6 8 48 29 60 Valencia 33 18 5 10 47 32 59 Zaragoza 32 15 9 8 47 32 54
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      541 35  -  Alvin Foo BADMINTON New Spore Open champion aims for Olympic medal and world top-five spot By NOW that Boonsak Ponsana has captured his first major title the US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) Aviva Open Singapore he has set his sights on bigger things. Minutes after upsetting China's
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      322 35  -  ALVIN FOO ZHANG Ning just loves playing at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. It was no different yesterday at the Aviva Open Singapore women's singles final. The Chinese world No 2 saw off compatriot and world No 1 Xie Xingfang 21-18, 19-21, 21-3.
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      282 35 BOWLING SINGAPOREAN bowler Remy Ong missed the cut for the World Ranking Masters men's quarter-finals by 20 pinfalls. After three blocks of eight games each, he finished ninth with a three-day total of 5,360 in Lake Wales, Florida, on Saturday. Austrian Thomas Gross, on
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      750 35  -  Nicholas Fang PROJECT 0812 By WHEN the list of 22 athletes who have been earmarked for the Project 0812 programme was released in January, swimmer Tao Li and shuttler Kendrick Lee were conspicuous by their absence. Tao Li had just won a
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      596 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Houston star has 29 points, but says he should've had more rebounds in decider Houston YAO Ming blamed himself, as the Houston Rockets crashed out of the National Basketball Association play-offs at the first hurdle for the 11th time in a
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      267 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE Detroit Pistons turned determination into a dominant performance, reminiscent of some of their wins enroute to the 2004 National Basketball Association title. Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton each scored 20 points, leading Detroit to a 95-69 rout of the Chicago Bulls
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      419 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS »GOLF Charlotte (North Carolina) THE roars were relentless, a salute to a record-tying score, three eagles from the fairway, an ever-changing leaderboard and trouble for those who dared to take on too much at the Wachovia Championship. Quail Hollow is not Augusta National.
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      189 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TENNIS Brussels FORMER world No 1 Kirn Clijsters has quit tennis. She had already announced that this would be her final year on the circuit. But, yesterday, the 23-year-old Belgian admitted that injuries, and the constant effort to stay at the top of
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      350 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS BOXING Las Vegas FLOYD Mayweather Jr could not win over the crowd, or even his own father. All he could win was the only thing that really counted on Saturday night, his fight against Oscar De La Hoya. Boxing's bad boy beat the
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      55 36 Wednesday Liaoning Guangyuan v Sengkang Punggol (Queenstown, 7.45pm) Thursday Balestier Khalsa v Home United (Toa Payoh, 7.45pm), Korean Super Reds v Albirex Niigata (Yishun, 7.45pm) Friday Geylang United v Woodlands Wellington (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm) Live, Chs, 7.25pm Saturday SAFFC v Young Lions (Choa Chu Kang, 7.45pm) Sunday Tampines Rovers
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      94 36 P W D L F A Pts SAFFC 8 6 1 126 7 19 Home United 8 6 1 118 6 19 Tampines 8 6 0 ***** 18 Gombak 8 4 2 ***** 14 Young Lions 8 3 2 3 1010 11 BalestierK 8 3 2 3 1213 11
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        74 36 BLOOMBERG NEWS LOUISVILLE (Kentucky): Street Sense surged from 19th in a 20-horse field to capture the 133 rd Kentucky Derby on Saturday. The 9-2 favourite, in claiming the first part of the Triple Crown, won the US$l.45 million (552.2 million) first prize. The three-year-old dark bay colt
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        55 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Former England football coach Bobby Robson, 74, has been diagnosed with cancer for the fifth time. After small cancerous nodules were discovered in his lungs, he started chemotherapy last week. He had four cancer surgeries, the last of which came last August, when he
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        42 36 HOME United yesterday beat the Korean Super Reds 2-0 in round one of the RHB Singapore Cup at Bishan Stadium. Shi Jiayi (11th minute) and Shahril Ishak (39th) scored for Home, who will meet Woodlands in the last eight.
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        51 36 SINGAPORE golfer Mardan Mamat carded a three-under 69 to finish in a three-way tie for 22nd place at the Maekyung Open in Seoul yesterday. He had a total of 287, 17 strokes behind winner Kirn Kyung Tae (67) of South Korea. China's Liang Wenchong (73) was second on
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      782 36 BADMINTON Aviva Open Singapore, finals Men's singles: Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) bt Chen Yu (Chn) 21-17 21-14. Doubles: Fu Haifeng/Ca Yun (Chn) bt Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (Mas) 16-21 24-22 21-18. Women's singles: Zhang Ning (Chn) bt Xie Xingfang (Chn) 21-18 19-21 21-3. Doubles: Zhang Yawen/Wei Yili (Chn) bt
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      126 37 Jesus said, "Assuredly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise." Luke 23:43 CHANOIWAH Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 5 May 2007 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Yeo Kirn Kee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: James Yeo Yeo Boon Chuan Vivien Goh
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      196 37 SOON CHEW HOON Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 5/5/2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wives: Ong Siew Hong Wong Siew Kiam Brother: Soon Kirn Seng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Soon Eng Huat Ang Geok Hua Soon Eng Seng Cheong Ngan Foon Soon Eng Ann Tan Back Lang (Soon
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      62 37 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of KRISHNASAMY S/O GOVENDASAMY Departed on 07.05.2004 Home has not been the same since you left us. 'You are Gone, but still living in the heart of those who stay.' There is not a day that goes by without us thinking of you. Only memories
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      153 37 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 CHANG SI HU, MARY Age: 70 was called home to be with the Lord on May 6 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Goh Kong
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      191 37 am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever believes in Me, shall never die" John 11:25-26 HOKHAILAI Age: 73 years Was called home to be with the Lord on 5 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      72 37 KALIPEREMA S/O CHINAPAN Age: 63 passed away peacefully on 6.5.2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: R. Saroja Sons: Daughters-in-law: K. Lingem V. Vignaswari K. Sivakumar R. Banu Daughter: Granddaughter: K. Uma Dcvi S. Thhivya Brothers: R. T. Veerappan C. Ramalingam Body is resting at Blk 359,
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      56 37 ;ar m SUPPIAHVALLI Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 6/5/07. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Daughters: V Pakkiam V Suppuletchimi (Ex-SGH Staff) V Sinammal M. Rukumani Grandchildren, Great Great Grandchildren, relatives friends. Body is resting at Blk62l,Bukitßatok Central #07-512 Tel: *****216/*****408 Cortege will leave on 7 May'o7
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      79 37 I We, The Family Of The Late I G. NAGAMMAH Departed on 23 April 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives friends during our recent bereavement. KARUMATffI PRAYERS will be held on 7 May 2007 (Mon) night at Blk 523 Jurons West St 52 #08-235
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      94 37 Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies." John 11:25 PUGALATHREN S/O PONNUSAMY Age: 43 years was called to the Lord on 5/5/2007. Sadly missed by Wire: Esther (Yogeswari) Son: Daughters: Daniel (Navin) Beulah (Suseela) Angel (Janaki) Father-in-law: Mother-in-law:
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      45 37 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late PUGALATHREN S/O PONNUSAMY Departed on 5/5/2007 From DE'ZONE TAXIBRO'S DEVA, PRAKASH JAFFA, SELVAM RAJA, VIMAL, VEERA AHMAD, KONAR SHARMINI, RINA G. DEVA, SILLA J MARY, JESSE MAGEN MARAN, THAMIL LINGAM ANNA, LETCHU RAJU, MURUGESH
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      134 37 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want... Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the House of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 SAMUEL KHOO CHUN MING Age: 12 was called home to be with the Lord on
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      83 37 SONGYUEMOI Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 6 May 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Goh Hock Soon Dorothy Foo Swee Lian (Goh Kwee Soon, deceased) Chiew Lee Noe Goh Kirn Soon Goh Teck Soon Daughters: Sons-in-law: Goh Swee Choo Benjamin Teo Goh Swee Eng
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      85 38 Where S$ stands Vlay 4 7.CHNG YR 2007 CLOSE FR May 3 S$ LOW S$ HIGL US$ 1.5190 +0.30 1.5479 1.5086 Euro 2.0596 +0.66 2.0773* 1.9913 3.0167 +0.65 3.0540 2.9323 A$ 1.2430 +1.12 1.2686 1.1741 Yen* 1.2626 +0.43 1.3277 1.2555 Rupiah *0.***** -0.52 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3712 +0.30 4.3830
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      498 38  -  Arthur Poon TAKING STOCK Economic figures from the two nations could set tone for markets By WHILE another record finish on Wall Street last Friday suggests that Singapore's rally can be sustained on the back of strong United States corporate activity, investors
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      7024 38 UNIT TRUSTS ABN Amro Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1 137/ Star Europe Bond 'All Star Europe Bai 782/ Star Asian Tiger Fqtv 1 07/ Star Asia Bond .02/ Star Asia Balanced 6/ Star Blobal Technology Fund!** 0772/ MultiStFd 0:07/ Star Asia BondlOSD) OS/3/ Gib
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      363 39 BLOOMBERG NEWS It aims to challenge Bloomberg's share of financial data pie London THOMSON Corp made a bid for Reuters Group to gain a global news service and challenge Bloomberg, the largest provider of financial news and information, according to a person with
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        78 39 SEMBCORP Industries' (SCI) core earnings are set to improve in the quarters ahead, says DBS Vickers. Contribution from SCl's co-gener-ation power plant was affected by an unplanned shutdown and repair of its gas turbines. The turbines are now operational and earnings from Singapore utilities should
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        52 39 earnings visibility, increasing order book and consistent execution. The stock shed one US cent to US$l.l7 last Friday. Citigroup has a target price of US$l.65 for Datacraft. CITIGROUP, May 2 Rating: BUY DATACRAFT'S share weakness is an opportunity to buy the stock, says Citigroup, considering
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        87 39 OCBC Investment Research said Singapore Technologies Engineering's (ST Engg's) first-quarter net profit of $108.8 million, up 23.3 per cent, has fulfilled 21 per cent of its 2007 fiscal year net profit forecast. It added that historically, the first half makes up about 45
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      479 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington DESPITE a sputtering economy, the United States Federal Reserve is likely to hold fire on interest rates as it waits for either an easing of inflation or a pickup in growth, analysts say. No change in rates is
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      603 40 BLOOMBERG NEWS Warren Buffett seeks outright purchase so huge he must sell stocks to free funds Omaha (Nebraska) BERKSHIRE Hathaway's Mr Warren Buffett usually laments that his company has more cash than investment opportunities. On Saturday, he envisioned an acquisition so big
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      323 40 REUTERS London ROYAL Bank of Scotland (RBS) and its partners have made an indicative offer worth U5524.5 billion (5537.3 billion) for ABN Amro's US arm LaSalle conditional on them also buying the rest of ABN, sources familiar with the matter said
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        96 40 LES BUCKLEY (above): Named regional director of Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) for South-east Asia and Oceania. He is currently group commercial director. EDMOND NEO: Named group commercial general manager. He is currently general manager of APB Lanka. JAMES WONG: Appointed to oversee APB (Singapore). He will
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        42 40 LEW SYN PAU: Named non-executive and independent director of Asia Food Properties (AFP). He was also named a member of the audit committee, and chairman of the nominating and remuneration committees. The appointments took effect last Wednesday.
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        37 40 ROBERT MAHONEY: Appointed chief executive of mainboard-listed contract manufacturer Hi-P International, effective Nov 1. He is currently an executive vice-president at Molex, a supplier of interconnect solutions and a substantial shareholder of Hi-P.
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        Lock icon STATS LOSES FINANCE CHIEF
        32 40 MICHAEL POTTER: Re signed as senior vice-presi-dent and chief financial officer (CFO) of Stats ChipPac, effective last Friday. Corporate finance vice-president Tham Kah Locke was named acting CFO.
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        24 40 OON PENG HENG: Resigned as executive officer and director of Food Empire Holdings. His last day will be July 18.
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        33 40 WANG PEIGANG: Named executive director of Asia Water Technology, with effect from last Tuesday. He was previously a director at Xuancheng National Electric and Tianjin Jinnen National Electric.
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        33 40 CHOW TAT MING: Named executive director of Ses-daq-listed ArianeCorp, a provider of high-quality data networks in China, effective April 27. He is the chief executive of Carrier Net.
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      461 41 REUTERS REUTERS Brussels will focus on car sector while Seoul pledges tariff, regulatory changes Seoul SOUTH Korea and the European Union announced the start of free-trade talks yesterday, hoping to further prise open each other's markets and expand trade volumes already worth
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      Lock icon Warrants a bigger draw as blue chips soar
      467 41  -  Lee Su Shyan By INVESTORS who fear they may have missed the boat as the stock market surges to repeated record highs are turning in growing numbers to warrants. The warrants market offers a much cheaper way of gaining exposure to pricey
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      360 41  -  Arthur Poon WARRANT WATCH By INVESTORS had a fine day punting on warrants issued on the three local banks last week after their parent shares made strong gains. More than $76.5 million in call warrants and $11.8 million in put warrants in
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      675 42  -  Arthur Poon Only four of the firms turning in first-quarter results suffer losses By SINGAPORE'S listed companies have turned in a scorching set of first-quarter results, with total profits surging 25.2 per cent to $2.7 billion. As rampaging bulls take the local stock
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      277 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SUSPICIOUS SURGE New York THE United States authorities have launched investigations into suspicious trading in Dow Jones options before a bid for the company by Mr Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Dow
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      304 41 Advertisement What investors should know about Penny Warrants Concluding Chapter Penny warrants are warrants trading within the range between 550.005 and Sso.lo. Investors should be aware that when a warrant drops below 0.5 cent, it will become worthless. Hence no issuer or investor will be willing to buy the warrant
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      31 42 Ready to go 'big' Warren Buffett says Berkshire is prepared to snap up a business so large that it would have to sell some stocks to free up funds. PAGE HlB
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      51 43 PEOPLE f^ 8 QUESTIONS WITH... THE SIMPLE LIFE STRAIGHT TALK Hung Huang, What awaits Women are to blame the Oprah Winfrey of China M |k Paris Hilton behind bars for men's growing vanity page 3 I *page 6 pageB THF MONDAY INTFRVIFW Design: LEE CHEE CHEW Photos: DESMOND WEE and
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        553 44  -  Yong Shu Hoong Kevin McKidd likes the complex character he plays in the HBO series, a soldier with so much that lies beneath OVER the past decade, actor Kevin McKidd has appeared in numerous films such as Hannibal Rising (2007), Kingdom Of Heaven (2005) and Dog Soldiers
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        202 44  -  Boon Chan JUST six months after their sold-out concert at the Esplanade Theatre, Bollywood trio Shankar Ehsaan Loy are back by popular demand. There is no need to worry about deja vu though, as they are presenting a brand new show. They will deliver hits
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        240 44 AN ARDENT male fan in Singapore has spent about $50,000 to show his support for Taiwanese pop star Angela Chang. Shin Mm Daily News said the 30-year-old man, known only as Win, ordered 1,000 copies of Chang's latest album, Flower In The Wonderland, when she was in
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        1011 45 China's straight-talking answer to Oprah Winfrey, whose blog attracts more than 150,000 hits a day, says she's actually wishy-washy SHE is not called China's Oprah Winfrey for nothing. Sharp, witty and intelligent, there seems to be nothing that the Shanghai-based Hung Huang has not done before.
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        332 45  -  Brenda Goh INTERNATIONAL stars like Angelina Jolie and U2 frontman Bono aren't the only ones doing humanitarian work. Asian artistes are lending a helping hand to a good cause too. Malaysian singer Victor Wong, more popularly known as Pin Guan, and Singapore-based actress Jaymee
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        160 45 y\ ay AFP LONDON Tickets for American songstress Barbra Streisand's (left) first British concert in 13 years sold out in 20 minutes last Friday, despite their whopping price tags. The cheapest seats for the July 18 gig at The O2 landmark venue, formerly
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        2163 46  -  Mak Mun San the monday interview MMM... TELL ME MORE: Ong stands at an imposing 1.82 m height. Ask him if he has a frivolous side and he cheerfully admits that he loves to have a good gossip. PHOTO: IN THE spacious home of Theatre Works
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        458 78  -  RAMEZA KHAN [THE STRAITS TIMES Media Club ON WHAT IT IS LIKE LEARNING HER MOTHER TONGUE My friends think lam lucky to have free study periods when they have their mother tongue lessons. I partially agree with them. I can catch up on my schoolwork in the library
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        235 78  -  SERENE GOH gfgff Shakespeare taught me to listen. If you, like me, are the kind of person who loses concentration when a lesson does not entertain you, the Bard can be very tough to understand. Try reading "To be or not to be, that is the question" on
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        210 78 THE BEST OF STink SPILL "Ever seen a Gothic Lolita walking around Singapore? I've seen one. She looked more like a gawtheek lawleetard than anything else." jingwen92 on IN Thing discussion thread "Dress warm to look cool in Singapore?" (April 8, Senior STOMPer) "You have to be able to voice
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        315 79 STEER YOUR CAREER AS ANEWBIEATTHEOFFICE. TESSA WONG GIVES YOU A FEW POINTERS Your first month on the job has been smooth sailing so far, but how are you going to navigate the uncharted waters of handling your future career md the boss? In the last
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        244 79 1. You check the monthly roster and realise that several important duties are up for grabs. You: a) Take them on, but later try shirking responsibilities. Who knew work could be so hard? b) Ignore them. The less work you do, the less you would
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        207 79 Having conflict with your boss is possible in any job, so what should you do to manage the situation and resolve the disagreement? Mr Fred Lin, lecturer in organisational behaviour and human resource management at education provider Kaplan Singapore, suggests turning to your workmates first. "We often
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        486 82 A MARTIAL ART THAT COMBINES SELF-DEFENCE, MUSIC AND RITUAL IS DRAWING YOUNGSTERS HERE. JESSICA LIM REPORTS Shuffling his feet across the darkwood floor, Russell Ng makes the Dance On Us studio creak to the beat of drums. At the Claymore Hill practice studio for capoeira, an African-Brazilian
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        310 82 MY FAMILY, MY HEART THE MOVIE My Family, My Heart, produced by Star Chinese Movies, is a heart-warming story of a young girl, Zhen Zhen (played by Megan Zheng), who is raised by her con-artist parents (played by Mark Lee and Chen Liping). After
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        708 83 A TEEN 1N... ...BRITAIN IS SOMETIMES ENCOURAGED TO DROP MATHEMATICS SO HIS SCHOOL CAN DO BETTER IN THE RANKINGS, REPORTS BBC NEWS. Schools are worried that students who fail the subject will drag down their scores in national "league tables", according to a paper by the
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        355 84 FROM TEXTBOOKS TO THEATRE, A WAVE OF INTEREST IN THE TIMELESS WORKS OF THE BARD OF AVON IS RESONATING THROUGH SCHOOLS. TESSA WONG GETS IN ON THE ACT They have read him, studied him, and now they want to watch him. This year will see a gamut of
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        444 84 You probably do not know it, but William Shakespeare is probably the No. I self-help guru in literature, dispensing advice on everything from dealing with parental infidelity to winning a girl's heart. It has all got to do with the immortality of his themes, said Singapore
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        446 84 So what is the best way to understand Shakespeare? We asked irtistic director Gaurav Kripalani and Mr Geoffrey Purvis, a literature teacher at Raffles Junior College. I) Do a quick read-through once, then read it carefully again (or several times). You will get a rough dea of the
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        261 85 THE SUNSET OF TOMORROW POEM BYJARRATT ONG VAN XIONG, 15, SECONDARY 3, YISHUN TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL Warmth in heaven, and deep upon the clouds. Rays of sunlight shining through the sky. End of day, here comes a sunset. With a camera in hand, a picture I would
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        968 86  -  TAN DAWN WEI JOCELYN LEE, TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, APRIL 29 They can also protect the innocent. Three years ago a woman was accused of trying to kidnap a two-year-old boy at furniture mall Ikea. The woman went to the police. After
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        566 87 THISWEEKWEZOOMINON... LAYOUT: RISHAD PATEL TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY After Indonesia banned exports of sand earlier this year, it now looks as if it was not just about sand. It was also about corruption, criminals and millions of dollars that may have fled Indonesia and found a haven in Singapore. Some
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        406 88 AS HOME PRICES GO UP IN SINGAPORE'S CURRENT PROPERTY BOOM, TESSA WONG CHECKS OUT SOME COMMON PHRASES AND IDIOMS ASSOCIATED WITH HOMES. KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING This phrase has to do with hearths or fireplaces and fires. It is important to never let the fire in
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        510 89 BY IMELDA SAAD, THE STRAITS TIMES INTERACTIVE, MAY 4 Singapore's five-year-old Code of Responsible Employment Practices finally got a much needed facelift with the launch of the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices. The much awaited guidelines cover areas previously not addressed in the old code
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        523 90  -  MARDIANA ABU BAKAR gfg This week, we look at a set of new labour guidelines just put into place. The main purpose of this week's column is similar to last week's work to give you the confidence to read a news story on an issue that seems
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        490 90 Answer notes A) FIRST, THE BIG PICTURE In answering these cluster of questions, students should use their own words and they should work on paraphrasing and summarising the main news points. The objective of this section is for students to grapple with and grasp the core issues
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      153 78 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh CONTRIBUTORS Andrew Duffy, Alison de Souza, Mardiana Abu Bakar, Cassandra Chew JOURNALISTS Tessa Wong, Jessica Lim COVER Design: Rishad Patel, Photo: Bryan Van Der Beck ART AND DESIGN Alexis Hooi, Rishad Patel, Adam Lee INTERN Emily Lek EDITORIAL PROJECTS UNIT Peter Khoo, Shahrena
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      71 79 THE NEXT BIG THING IS YOU k r\ MORE FOR CIVIL SERVICE Workers with no formal academic qualifications can now join the civil service at a higher level if they have been certified under a national skills programme. The civil service joins a growing group of employers, 45 at the
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      234 80 jiTj i rri" How positive are you and how healthy is your self-esteemP Take this quiz to find out True False 1. How I feel about myself depends on what others O O thinkofme. W 2. I feel I have a lot of responsibilities. (_J) 3. I feel there's no
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      71 82 DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF FIT FOR ENTRY? Good grades alone may not be enough to earn a place in Chinese universities students will also have to prove their physical fitness under an Education Ministry proposal, state media reported. The proposal comes after a ministry survey showed there was an
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      275 83 THE INFACE note: American phrases and spelling may appear in this article P^^VT^P^^B^M Hi^HIHW CREATED ANDPRCDJCEOSY ITS STAR BOW*! IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK, ON JULY 2-7, 1969, HV^I bI»m»TWJr«E/Wwati]iml Hfti^2l k^L. KeeNeN wory wmms, thetvsketch j£/wffW£^£zwASAME/aeeROFTHE«yG«« /^■|s§c3MPHSfsH7!\2 li^i I ■IVI /•JrSI 1P1 1 —J EfM^fl /9K^ A COMEDY SHCxriN
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      46 83 TALES FROM NEAR AND FAR FAST FINGERS American teenager Morgan Pozgar was crowned text message champion after typing out the word expialidocious", from the musical Mary Poppins in IS seconds. The word is used to describe the most fantastic of feelings or experiences. (ST, April 24)
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      68 84 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK NEW WATERFRONT VENUE The Esplanade's Outdoor Theatre, located at the promenade along Marina Bay, is being replaced by a new $6 million theatre that is about twice its size. The waterfront venue, which has seen homegrown acts like singer Corrinne May and rapper Sheikh Haikel
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      84 84 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK 7 k ONG KENG SEN LECTURES IN LA Theatreworks artistic director Ong Keng Sen has joined the ranks of American dancer and choreographer William Forsythe and American multidisciplinary artist Meredith Monk. Like them, he has been appointed a Regents' Lecturer by the University of California,
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      70 86 RACK YOUR BRAINS CAMERAS 'SHOUT' TO SHAME VANDALS A system of "talking" CCTV cameras that allow their operators to shout at anyone they see misbehaving are going to be installed across England, the government said recently. Home Secretary John Reid hopes the £500,000 (SSI.S million) shouting cameras scheme helps cut
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      59 88 READ AND WRITE BETTER PRICES GO THROUGH THE ROOF Official figures confirmed recently what many tenants and buyers have known for months rents and real estate prices are going through the roof. Soaring demand for residential and commercial space and a boom in high-end home sales have given the property
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      68 89 READ AND WRITE BETTER READYING WORKERS FOR IRS Some 60,000 jobs will be created when the two integrated resorts (IRs) open, and Singapore is making a special effort to train its workers to take them upPrime Minister Lee Hsien Loong noted recently that the right training programmes were being put
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      70 90 READ I AND I WRITE I BETTER o MORE SPURRED TO SEEK WORK The strong economy has prompted more Singapore residents to join the queue of workers I looking for I jobs. The pool of these new I job-seekers, I who include Singaporeans and permanent residents, has swelled |to 16,300
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      696 91 INTHEEND faces WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF TEEN M| W^l: P|n Athe ABORTIONS HERE YEARLY FROM 2001 TO 2005? GET K^W I^BBSSSBSSm news THE ANSWER TO THAT AND OTHER PUZZLERS HERE. \x 1 T EB fBSwl NUMBERS IN THE NEWS i^^HhT Match these digits to the reasons they made
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