The Straits Times, 20 February 2008, Afternoon Edition

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 30 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 511 1  -  Karamjit Kaur Seletar park helping Singapore become a high-value player on world stage By Aviation Correspondent SINGAPORE'S aerospace industry is on a roll to the tune of a record output of $6.9 billion last year and new projects are set to propel it ever
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  • 426 1  -  Carolyn Quek By FOR two terrifying hours in the early hours of Monday, a Singaporean family of five was held up at knife-point in their factory in the Johor town of Pontian. They were forced to watch as robbers carted away factory
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1011 1  -  Alastair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Manila AFTER a year in Singapore studying best practices in public management with some of Asia's brightest civil servants, 38-year-old Anthonette Allones returned to the Philippines with a heavy heart. "You spend a year seeing how
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    • 344 2 SECTION ONE REVIEW Prime 2-4 BN risks alienating voters Asia 6-17 Public cynicism towards Malaysia's World 18-23 ruling Barisan Nasional will become R endemic if Prime Minister Abdullah Keview Zo-Zo Badawi's style of governance and FYI 27 strategy for nation-building remain SECTION TWO U l"^ Home Hl-Hll Forum Hl2 Sports
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  • PRIME
    • Article, Illustration
      503 3 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Ailing Cuban leader says he will not return to lead the country as president Havana FIRST, his trademark cigar disappeared, followed by his habitual military fatigues. Now, 49 years after seizing power in an armed revolution, ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is removing himself from
      REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AFP  -  503 words
    • 139 3 Five decades in power Lawyer-turned-revolution-ary Fidel Castro was 32 when he took power in January 1959 and remained Cuba's strongman until illness forced him to hand over power to his brother Raul in July 2006. He was the world's longest-serving president. Assassination plots Castro claims he
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    • 415 3  -  Goh Sui Noi By Senior Correspondent MYANMAR has ruled out leading democracy figure Aung San Suu Kyi (below) taking part in elections planned for 2010. Foreign Minister Nyan Win told his Asean counterparts meeting in Singapore yesterday that under the new
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    • 545 4  -  Ravi Velloor Parties of the late Bhutto and ex-PM Sharif appear to have triumphed at polls By In Islamabad PAKISTANIS celebrated in the bazaars and streets of Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar after dealing a punishing election defeat to the party that backs
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    • 471 4 ALLEGED CHILD KILLER FOUND HANGED IN JAIL CLINIC George Town THE man found hanged in a Malaysian prison clinic on Monday while awaiting trial for murdering his girlfriend's three-year-old daughter had attempted to hurt himself before, it has been revealed. Prisons Department public
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  • ASIA
    • 739 6  -  Ravi Velloor PAKISTAN ELECTIONS President will find it difficult to work with government led by his political adversaries By In Islamabad DAYS before he imposed a state of emergency in November, President Pervez Musharraf called a meeting of his corps commanders to rally support for
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    • 262 6 REUTERS PAKISTAN'S general election was credible and legitimate and the moderate majority of the people had expressed their will and desire for change, a team of US senators that observed the vote said yesterday. Senator John Kerry, referring to the violence on election
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    • 402 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Peshawar PAKISTAN'S main alliance of Islamist parties faced heavy losses yesterday, five years after winning control of a key province bordering Afghanistan, unofficial election results showed. The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal alliance was the third-largest grouping in the previous national parliament with 50 seats. But
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    • CHINA
      • 212 7 REUTERS Beijing CHINA'S southern Guangdong province will raise its minimum wage to help workers cope with rising inflation and attract more migrants to its factories, the provincial government said yesterday. The minimum wage in Guangzhou, the capital of the province that is China's manufacturing hub,
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      • 574 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Consumer prices up 7.1 per cent last month; worse to come as producer prices shoot up as well Beijing CHINA recorded its highest inflation rate in 11 years last month after devastating winter storms worsened food shortages, according
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS; QUEK HONG SHIN; REUTERS  -  574 words
      • 150 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AS CHINA struggles to control rising prices, there are also increasing concerns that it is exporting its inflation problem. With the costs of raw materials, food and energy rising in China, its vast array of exports could become far more expensive. "The increasing costs are
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      • 367 8 REUTERS Curb Communist Party's power and rein in censorship, think-tank urges Beijing CHINA risks dangerous instability unless it embraces democratic reforms to limit the power of the Communist Party, fosters competitive voting and reins in censors, the party's think-tank has warned. In a new
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      • 41 8 This glowing 1 OOm-long dragon lantern is made from tens of thousands of used compact discs and vehicle parts. The giant lantern is on display in Hami, in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, for tomorrow's Lantern Festival. PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • 346 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Beijing THE UN special envoy for Myanmar said yesterday that proposals by the rulers there calling for a May referendum on a Constitution written under military guidance and a 2010 general election were significant steps forward. Professor Ibrahim Gambari, who was
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 812 9  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Some are returning home while others are moving to lower-cost countries like Vietnam By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei CHEAP labour, readily available land and generous tax breaks made China the dream factory for Taiwanese businessmen who were among
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      • 249 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul A LARGE number of struggling South Korean businesses have absconded from China in recent months, reports say. There were 206 cases in 2003-2007, all in Shandong province, said Mr Hong Ji In of the Commerce Ministry's trade cooperation bureau here. During
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      • Article, Illustration
        60 9 This rare 101.27--carat diamond will go under the hammer at a Christie's auction in Hong Kong on May 28. The auction house said the stone, unveiled in London yesterday, is the largest colourless diamond to appear on the auction circuit in 20 years. It is expected
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      • 570 10 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Accident involving high-tech destroyer and fishing boat raises security concerns Tokyo A JAPANESE naval destroyer equipped with sophisticated radar key to the country's missile defence system collided with a fishing boat yesterday, the Coast Guard said, raising questions about the
        REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AP, AFP  -  570 words
      • 110 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul A JOBLESS South Korean who was flat broke and hungry has been detained for cooking his landlady's pet dog, police said yesterday. The man was held for questioning on Monday after his neighbours spotted smoke rising from his tiny one-room residence
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      • 579 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES Announcement comes amid tensions over US plan to shoot down satellite Beijing CHINA will launch a record number of spacecraft this year, space officials have revealed, amid rising tensions over Washington's plan to shoot down a
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      • 342 11  -  P. JAYARAM INDIA has put off till June the scheduled April launch of its unmanned lunar mission, a precursor to putting a man on the moon by 2020. Mr M. Annadurai, director of the moon mission "Chandrayan 1" at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro),
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      • 449 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS 'Unbridled pressure' would worsen crisis, Foreign Ministry spokesman warns Beijing CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday outlined his country's efforts to bring peace to Sudan, after critics including Hollywood director Steven Spielberg accused Beijing of not doing enough to
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      • 300 12 REUTERS Tokyo LOVELORN staff at a Japanese marketing company can take paid time off to nurse a broken heart after a bad break-up with a partner thanks to "heartache leave". And the offer gets better as one gets older. Tokyo-based Hime
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      • 231 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo JAPANESE officials, in the midst of a scare over Chinese-made dumplings, said yesterday that they had also found pesticide in meat buns imported from the country. Methamidophos, the pesticide in the dumpling scare, was also found in meat buns in
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 463 13 NEW YORK TIMES Bureaus help second-timers as remarriage is no longer taboo New Delhi IN INDIA, marriage is, by and large, socially compulsory. But in a measure of the slow churning of Indian social mores, divorce and remarriage are slowly gaining acceptability. The matrimonial
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      • 313 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kathmandu NEPAL'S sidelined monarch issued a rare statement yesterday, calling for peace as the ethnically tense south of the country entered the seventh day of a violent general strike. King Gyanendra's call came less than two months before crucial elections
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
        • 99 13 REUTERS BEIJING: The Chinese authorities yesterday reported a fresh bird flu outbreak among poultry in Tibet, a day after confirming a man in central China had died of the deadly virus. The Agriculture Ministry said the outbreak, which began on Feb 6 in a village
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        • 98 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS STRASBOURG (France): The prime ministers of France and Sweden yesterday singled out the battle against climate change and a common EU immigration policy as key priorities of their countries' upcoming presidencies of the European Union. In addition, France, which takes over the rotating six-month
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        • 91 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: A speeding bus ploughed into the back of a tanker truck carrying a toxic chemical, killing 16 people, injuring 24 and spreading a wall of flames across a major Chinese highway. The accident occurred around 7pm on Monday in central Hunan province
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        • 76 13 REUTERS MANILA: Flash floods have killed at least 10 people in the central Philippines and forced tens of thousands to flee to higher ground after three days of heavy rain. Mr Richard Gordon, head of the local Red Cross, said nearly 30,000 families, or 140,000
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 563 14  -  Salim Osman Govt fears backlash over plan aimed at cutting subsidy costs, say analysts By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta THE Indonesian government has postponed a plan to limit the sale of subsidised fuel to reduce consumption and ease government coffers following criticism even
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      • 330 14 REUTERS Sidoarjo (Indonesia) THOUSANDS of victims of a mud volcano on Indonesia's Java island blocked roads and railway tracks yesterday to protest against a parliamentary report that described the mudflow as a natural disaster. Some scientists say the mudflow in Sidoarjo regency, near the
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      • 178 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yala A BUDDHIST died after he was shot and set ablaze by suspected Islamic separatists yesterday in Thailand's south. Mr Netr Noh-uma, 46, a highway department official, was shot as he was riding a motorcycle with a colleague in Pattani,
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      • 601 14  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THERE are signs that a remark Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej made in an interview two weeks ago is becoming a serious liability for him. The furore it sparked off may also force Thailand to
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      • 560 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS Body found has gunshot wounds and resembles top bomb-maker Manila AMERICAN and Philippine experts began DNA tests yesterday to determine if remains found in a jungle grave are of an elusive terror suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings. A
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      • 194 14 DULMATIN, who has several aliases and nicknames including Joko Pitono and Genius, is a senior figure in the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist organisation and is believed to have helped mastermind the 2002 bombing in Bali. According to BBC News, Dulmatin is an electronics specialist who
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      • 274 14 REUTERS Manila PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo defended her anti-cor-ruption credentials yesterday after a witness in a Senate probe into alleged kickbacks said she was at the centre of the country's graft problems. In a weekly Cabinet meeting, Mrs Arroyo said she had allocated 3
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      • 253 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta THE six children of late Indonesian president Suharto failed to appear in court yesterday after being summoned to defend a civil corruption case against the former leader. The Indonesian government was pursuing the case against Mr Suharto, seeking US$l.4 billion (Ss2
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 720 15  -  Jeremy Au Yong But reach of the Internet is confined mainly to the middle class By A PICTURE of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi with his eyes closed at a political event is currently making the rounds on the Internet. Written on top of
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      • ELECTION PEOPLE
        • 162 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK THE Tasek Gelugor constituency on the mainland in Penang state is like "a beautiful young virgin" drawing the attentions of many "lustful" admirers, says its incumbent MP Mohamad Shariff Omar. However, like any "protective father", he will defend her chastity and allow
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        • 179 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK DEMOCRATIC Action Party (DAP) deputy secretary-general Chong Eng, known as the party's Iron Lady, broke down in tears, saying it was tough for women to be in politics, especially in the opposition. Her reaction came after Batu Gajah
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        • 159 15 BERNAMA, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MALAYSIAN Indian Congress president S. Samy Vellu said this might be the last time he contests the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat. "Next term I won't go (to contest). This may be my last term," he said,
          BERNAMA, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  159 words
        • 166 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA KELANTAN Menteri Besar Nik Aziz Nik Mat yesterday refused to apologise for describing all Umno members as orangutans. He was unfazed that the remarks he made in Alor Star on Saturday had sparked a national outcry and
          THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA  -  166 words
        • 158 15 BERNAMA FORMER prime minister Mahathir Mohamad s son Mukhriz Mahathir appears to be stirring up a little storm on Langkawi island. Datuk Mukhriz, an Umno Youth executive council member, had earlier expressed his willingness to contest the Langkawi parliamentary seat, but said it would
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      • 168 15 Kuala Terengganu THERE appears to be a flag war in Terengganu. A scuffle broke out here yesterday after city council officials were called in to remove opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) flags, the New Straits Times reported. Kuala Terengganu City Council officers who turned
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      • 510 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Guns, cellphones and cars seized from trio on most-wanted list JOHOR BARU POLICE in Johor have busted a gang of three responsible for a string of armed robberies in the state, including an incident last month in which a
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      • 228 16 BERNAMA, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PUTRAJAYA FOREIGNERS living, working and studying illegally in Malaysia will now be detected more easily with the introduction of the Mobile Immigration Enforcement System (MIES) yesterday. The special computer doubles as a card and thumbprint reader to
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      • 290 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Shah Alam SELANGOR is aiming to compete with Singapore "apple to apple" in five years, the state's Menteri Besar Mohd Khir Toyo has said. Selangor is not much different from Singapore except that it lags behind in
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      • 137 16 Kuala Lumpur THREE opposition members who took part in an illegal assembly on Friday were released unconditionally yesterday after being remanded for three days. They were Parti Keadilan Rakyat information head Tian Chua, 45, its information bureau media coordinator Ginie Lim Siew Lin, 27, and PAS
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    • 25 6 Bali bomber dead? Experts are testing human remains found in a Philippines jungle to determine if they are of Bali bombing suspect Dulmatin. PAGE 15
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    • 111 9 An official groundbreaking ceremony held yesterday at Seletar Aerospace Parkin Singapore,signalled The new facility will assemble and test engines including the Trent variants for the new Boeing 787 the start of work on a brand new facility to assemble Rolls-Royce aero engines in Asia.With the support Dreamliner and the new
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  • WORLD
    • 917 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS Europe's newest state will need handouts for some time, but it has a young workforce VUCITRN (KOSOVO) IT IS noon on a weekday, and Kosovo fashion designer Krenare Rugova's sewing machines are strangely silent. Ms Rugova, young and
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    • 517 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Checks based on investor's govt links and impact on local business and security Sydney AUSTRALIA has made clear it is stepping up its scrutiny of foreign investors and has disclosed a list of guidelines by which it intends to screen the
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    • 304 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Zurich SWISS police said yesterday that they had found two of the four paintings stolen last week from a museum in Zurich. The two paintings a Monet and a Van Gogh estimated to be worth 70 million Swiss francs (Ss9o million) in
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AFP  -  304 words
    • 484 19 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES TIMES I »U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE Ex-president sings senator's praises, urges conservatives to rally around him Houston FORMER US president George H. Bush has thrown his weight behind Republican presidential contender John McCain, calling conservative party members' criticism of
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    • 248 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Madison (Wisconsin) WHITE House hopeful Hillary Clinton strove to stem rival Barack Obama's momentum with a strong showing in Wisconsin's primary yesterday even as she appeared to be losing ground in the next key Democratic nomination contest: Texas. Mr
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    • 451 20 Owners willing to fork out big bucks for medical care for their dogs and cats London FORGET worming pills and a flea collar. A trip to the vet in Britain these days could be about heart surgery, joint replacement, chemotherapy or a host
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    • 607 21 NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS For almost 50 years, the US tried to topple Castro but failed Havana OUTGOING Cuban President Fidel Castro defied America for nearly half a century, resisting US attempts to topple him while wielding almost absolute control over the
      NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS; AFP; ST GRAPHICS  -  607 words
    • 596 21 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Havana CUBA'S interim president Raul Castro appeared well-placed to ascend permanently to the country's top post, after his ailing brother Fidel Castro announced yesterday that he would formally relinquish power. However, it remains far from certain that Mr Raul Castro
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    • 392 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE UNITED States President George W. Bush echoed many Western leaders when he said yesterday that Mr Fidel Castro's decision to step down should spur democratic change in Cuba. Mr Bush, the latest in a long line of
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    • 255 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, WASHINGTON POST Washington US HEALTH officials checked the wrong factory when assessing the safety of a Chinese-made drug ingredient that may be a source of problems with a blood thinner, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. Baxter International's heparin has
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      • 505 22 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES A LONG-HIDDEN treasure trove of material related to the Kennedy assassination including an alleged conversation between two central figures in the case has been unveiled in Dallas. And in a gift to the legions of conspiracy theorists, the
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    • 441 24 THE birth of Kosovo on Sunday as a sovereign nation was an emotional occasion for its majority Albanians, who make up 90 per cent of the two-million population and are nominally Muslims. They had endured a genocidal campaign begun a decade ago by the Serbian leader
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    • 671 24  -  Karim Raslan MALAYSIA'S ELECTIONS By For The Straits Times MALAYSIA'S 12th general election will not be a cliffhanger. This is not an epochal contest. Still, the ruling Barisan Nasional's extraordinary 2004 majority will be reduced. And, as befits an electoral contest led by mild-mannered
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    • 865 24  -  Ooi Kee Beng By For The Straits Times MALAYSIANS go to the polls on March 8. The billion-ring-git question is not what issues will be the rallying points, or which opposition party will win or lose this or that. It will be how much less than
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    • 672 24  -  Nayan Chanda BOEING-TATA DEAL By For The Straits Times INDIA, once a crucial link in the ancient global supply chain, has a new opportunity to join the most advanced global manufacturing network. The recent deal between Boeing and Tata's wholly owned unit, TAL Manufacturing Solutions,
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    • 1211 25  -  Bruce Gale »THAILAND'S SOUTHERN QUAGMIRE By Senior Writer EARLIER this month, when Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej backed a call for the progressive disarming of civilians, junior military officers and policemen as a means of dealing with the festering insurgency in the southern provinces, the
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    • 23 24 Festering violence The insurgency in Thailand's southern provinces has no easy solution one reason being the anonymity of the rebels. PAGE 26 >UNCHUNES
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    • 177 27 Singapore Airshow 2008 IP A promise delivered The promise to make Singapore Airshow a world-class event has been delivered at the f\ sprawling new 30-hectare Changi Exhibition Centre. y Here, over 800 market-leading companies from 42 countries will showcase everything from Sj cutting-edge aircraft to state-of-the-art aerospace technology. Coupled with
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    • 695 28  -  Arlina Arshad EMPLOYER WHO DIDN'T PAY MAID FOR OVER 6 YEARS Woman says she needed a caregiver for her 3 young kids, cites financial plight By FROM Day One, clerk Zubaidah Sanluan, 46, knew she might not be able to pay her maid
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    • 663 29  -  Salma Khalik PROBE INTO REN CIS FINANCES Venerable Ming Vi goes on leave; move welcomed by Health Minister By Health Correspondent THE long-time chief of Ren Ci has stepped aside as a probe deepened this week into an accounting scandal that has dogged
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    • 294 29 ALL eyes are on Mr Chua Thian Poh, who took over as chairman of Buddhist charity Ren Ci in September last year. The charity, now under probe by the Commercial Affairs Department, needs to clean up its books if it wants
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    • 403 29  -  Judith Tan By PECOMA is a cancer so rare that doctors around the world have recorded just 20 cases of its potentially deadly malignant form. Yet just this month, the disease has killed one woman here and appears to be ravaging the body
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    • 504 31  -  Lim Wei Chean By THE education arm of the Singapore Hotel Association is about to be overhauled in a bid to fend off new competition from a slew of post-secondary schools. Traditionally a feeder for some of the island's top
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    • 366 31  -  Lim Wei Chean Natalie Soh URA in talks with stakeholders about plans for tourism, retail and entertainment centre By A WAVE of changes has been planned for Jurong Lake. Government officials and industry captains have met and discussed the area's potential as a commercial,
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    • 154 31 ONE 25-year-old professional overcome by stress on the job took tc over-eating and steadily put on weight till she was a hefty 122 kg. She knew she had to lose those kilos, so she turned to the Singapore Genera] Hospital Lifestyle Improvement and
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    • 644 32  -  Hong Xinyi Tessa Wong $7m fleet of 20 electric boats is part of major revamp of Spore River and surrounding areas to boost businesses there By A SLEEK fleet of electric water taxis will start plying the Singapore River from April. Operated
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    • 613 33  -  Judith Tan Illegal pill produced side effects such as trembling, sleepiness 'even when walking' By CLERK lan Lee, 47, first heard of the illegal sexual enhancement pill Power 1 Walnut from his friends. He tried it out of sheer curiosity and it worked for
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    • 626 33  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent DETAILS of what a National Serviceman did after running away from camp with a rifle and live rounds surfaced in court yesterday when his friend was convicted of being found with him. Several hours after
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    • 558 34  -  Keith Lin Events and ads will showcase range of grassroots work in bid to recruit 4,000 By THE People's Association (PA) is on a drive to re-brand grassroots work and debunk unfortunate stereotypes of these neighbourhood leaders as
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    • 91 34 Visiting Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Thongloun Sisoulith called on President S R Nathan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. The leaders discussed how the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Singapore could work together to enhance bilateral relations. DPM Thongloun, who is also
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    • 372 34  -  Lynn Lee By THE threat of higher Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges tops the worry list of netizens here. Was this the only way to solve the problem of jam-packed roads in Singapore? Many pondered this during an Internet chat on the Budget with
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    • 521 35  -  Maria Almenoar Regional business trips on 40 small planes to begin in next few months By Karamjit Kaur A NEW private jet operator announced plans yesterday to buy 40 small planes to shuttle passengers on luxury business trips around the region. BJETS,
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    • 368 35  -  Nicholas Fang By ROLLS-ROYCE'S new $320 million factory in Seletar, the first in Asia to make engines for large commercial aircraft, will generate impressive spin-offs for a range of industries here in Singapore. Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday
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    • 531 35  -  r Liaw Wy-Cin By THE current queen of the skies, the double-decker Airbus A3BO, is one quarter plastic. And almost half of Boeing's super-sleek Dreamliner, scheduled to start commercial flights next year, is made from similar lightweight composites. But Airbus and Boeing
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    • 436 36  -  Karamjit Kaur Flights to key cities may be allowed if Spore reciprocates, says minister By Aviation Correspondent INDONESIA is considering lifting a ban on budget flights to key destinations such as Jakarta, possibly paving the way for Tiger Airways to grab a
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    • 230 36  -  Tania Tan By SINGAPORE Airlines' A3BO superjumbo was grounded on Monday night after problems with its fuel pump were detected. It was the first major glitch to hit the four-month-old plane the world's largest passenger jet. The A3BO was scheduled to take off
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    • 557 36 SEVERAL local aerospace and defence companies have set up shop at the Singapore Airshow to woo clients. And the opening day of the maiden event saw some players in Singapore's aviation industry ink deals. Here's a look at a few of the homegrown products and
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    • 487 36 ONE of the stars of the Singapore Airshow is a replica. Sitting pretty outside the chalet of its maker, American defence giant Lockheed Martin, is a life-size replica of the F-35 Lightning 11, the fruit of the Joint Strike Fighter programme headed by
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    • 457 37  -  r Jane Ng Cohort of 19,800 is largest ever and reflects popularity of poly education By THIS year's polytechnic cohort will be the largest ever, with a total of 19,800 students given places, compared to about 17,600 last year. The results of this
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    • 439 37  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim By BRUNEI Darussalam is eager to diversify its economy after decades of dependence on its oil and gas industries. It hopes to attract investments in four areas: petrochemical, infrastructure, nature-based industries and Is-lamic-related businesses. Speaking at the first session of the Brunei
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    • 282 37 FINNISH companies have a presence in Singapore, with 85 located here that use the island as a gateway to Asia. Finnish President Tarja Halonen's (left) visit comes at a time when Nokia and other leading firms from the northern European state are looking to
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    • 473 37  -  Shefali Rekhi Lee Siew Hua B^ in Helsinki in Singapore FINLAND is well loved for the Nokia brand of cellphones and Santa Claus. Like Singapore, it is a small, competitive nation with a global presence. Finland's President Tarja Halonen, who arrived here
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    • 643 38  -  Tay Vi Wen Sales of chinchillas, hamsters, guinea pigs are up by a third, say pet shops By RATS, traditionally seen as filthy pests, rarely finish at the top of "favourite pet" lists. But the Year of the Rat is turning
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    • 368 38  -  Chua Hian Hou By SCHOOLS keen to teach their students how to use the Internet safely can now tap an online primer on what to include in these classes. Sample lesson plans, quizzes and ready-to-use presentations on topics such as Singapore's cyber laws are
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    • 31 28 Rats are all the rage People are buying rodent-like pets such as guinea pigs in record numbers in hopes of good luck for the Year of the Rat. PAGE HI 1
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    • 345 39  -  Zhou Zhiqiang RECENTLY, I befriended a group of scholars from China studying at my alma mater, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). They were in their late teens and were attending foundation courses in English and maths before starting their undergraduate studies. In
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    • 29 39  -  Tan Jia Lin WHY can't students of private education centres offering university degrees buy MRT or bus concession passes, like their peers in public tertiary institutions?
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    • 395 39  -  Tey Chee Meng WHEN our Member of Parliament visited my neighbourhood recently, my wife and I asked her to lobby for a covered walkway from our Housing Board block to the MRT station, which is within walking distance. Our entire neighbourhood, consisting
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    • 147 39  -  Maria Loh Mun Foong (Ms) I REFER to the article, "GPs quizzed on shoddy cosmetic treatments" (Feb 18). Regular patients suffer too. I visited a clinic where the GP practises aesthetic medicine as well. In between treating sick patients like myself, he
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    • 188 39  -  Chua Lee Peng (Ms) I'M WRITING in response to the comment by Ms Ngo Mm Ying of Standard Chartered Bank (Feb 11). Ms Ngo stated that Standard Chartered Bank will usually resolve complaints within three working days. But this was not so in our case,
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    • 99 39  -  David Soh Poh Huat WHO has the right of way on the pedestrian pathway: the cyclist or the pedestrian? Recently, I was almost knocked down by a cyclist who whizzed past me as if I didn't exist. The trouble with cyclists is that
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    • 79 39  -  Kong Yit San WE THANK Mr Tan Thiam Chye for his letter, "Can cyclists use internal paths of parks?" (Feb 11). Our parks serve the recreational needs of various park users. We have marked certain paths for cyclists and joggers. Unmarked paths and tracks are to
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    • 453 39  -  Karen Tan (Ms) WE AGREE with Ms Chua Mvi Hoong on the need to "Regulate private health insurers to minimise cherry-picking" (Feb 15). That was why MediShield was reformed in 2005. All policyholders of private rider plans to MediShield are now automatically policyholders of
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    • 260 39  -  Chua Kwan Ping MR TAN Poh Cheng asked about the use of Edusave funds by schools in his letter, "How does MOE ensure Edusave is used wisely?" (Feb 6). Schools organise enrichment programmes to widen their students' learning opportunities. Schools
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    • 76 39  -  Suhana Kharudin (Ms) WE THANK Ms Eng Ting Ting for her letter, "Retain metal signboards while going electronic" (Feb 11). Ms Eng is right. The signboards are new. We agree with her that while it is good to have electronic signboards, there is no
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    • 174 39  -  Eng Soh Seng I REFER to the letter, "Conservancy charges: Is HDB giving value for money collected?" by Mr Richard Lim Poh Chuan. (Feb 12). Unlike private properties, the carparks in HDB estates are not sold with the flat and, hence, are not included in
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    • 741 40 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER England manager warns AC Milan that Arsenal are a top side with great quality and speed London ARSENAL'S Champions League credentials will be tested today. In order to win the trophy missing from their silverware cupboard, they will have to beat European
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    • 645 40 REUTERS, AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE London MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson has told his players that progression in the Champions League should be the club's priority. United thrashed arch-ri-vals Arsenal 4-0 in the FA Cup fifth round at Old Trafford on Saturday, ahead of their trip
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    • 548 40  -  Wang Meng Meng By In Barcelona PROBLEM. What problem? Lionel Messi was in defiant mood when The Straits Times asked the Barcelona attacker about his club's fortunes in a wobbly season. The Catalan giants are five points adrift of Spanish League
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    • 147 40 Singapore were represented when 12 players launched adidas' new F5O TUNiT boot in Barcelona last Monday. Lions midfielder Isa Halim, 21, (right) unveiled the boot with Lionel Messi (Barcelona, left), David Villa (Valencia), Javier Saviola, Arjen Robben, Roberto Soldado and Gonzalo Higuain (all Real Madrid), Diego Milito
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    • 335 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BARCELONA will win the Champions League if they beat Celtic. Celtic manager Gordon Strachan believes his side are the underdogs in the first leg of their Champions League knockout tie today. However, he is confident that if his players believe in themselves,
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    • 673 41  -  Wang Meng Meng SOCCER Former Liverpool 'keeper wants Benitez to stop it, pick the best team and let them get on with it By IF FOOTBALL were a roller-coaster ride, you would hear Bruce Grobbelaar yelling to get off Rafael Benitez's rotation machine. While the
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    • 380 41 Rotation for and against FOR Liverpool's Spain international Fernando Torres "It is very opportunistic to blame rotation for everything that goes wrong. It is not a problem for us. Liverpool have won a Champions League, FA Cup and so on with rotation. It is normal to rest. We players never
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    • 291 41 WANG MENG MENG HE was the clown prince of English football during the 1980s. As much as he is remembered for being part of Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish's all-conquering Liverpool teams, Bruce Grobbelaar is also known to have
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    • 116 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS Edmonton (Alberta) THE world record for the longest continuous ice hockey game now belongs to a group of amateur Edmonton athletes Ihe 40 players who averaged 12 hours each day broke the record on Monday: 240 hourS) or 10 straight days of
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    • 646 42  -  Jeanette Wang YOUTH OLYMPICS Padang to cater to over 5,000 when lOC announces 2010 hostcitv By SINGAPORE or Moscow? This will be the only thought on the minds of many Singaporeans tomorrow, when the winner of the bid to host the inaugural 2010 Youth
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    • 471 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS »SPORTSPEOPLE St Petersburg (Russia) ROGER Federer has scoffed at suggestions that he is destined not to win the French Open, despite having fallen at the last hurdle in the past two years. The 26-year-old Swiss star lost to Spanish
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      • 62 42 REUTERS ADELAIDE: India beat Sri Lanka by two wickets with just five balls to spare in a thrilling Tri-series cricket clash at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. India's captain Mahendra Dhoni hit the winning runs in the last over to reach his half-century and help
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      • 55 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Athletics luminary Sebastian Coe doubts the sport would survive another doping scandal like the one which last month landed Marion Jones a prison sentence. Coe, now head of the London 2012 Olympics organising committee, said spectators and fans deserved not to
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      • 59 42 BLOOMBERG NEWS NEW YORK: Giorgio Galimberti has been suspended for 100 days and fined U5535,000 (5549,500) by the Association of Tennis Professionals for betting on tennis matches. He is the fourth Italian player to be banned for breaching the sport's gambling rules. He bet on matches
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      • 51 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS MODENA: Former Ferrari mechanic Nigel Stepney was questioned for three hours on Monday by an Italian prosecutor investigating the Formula One spy scandal. Modena prosecutor Giuseppe Tibis said Stepney was "cooperative and thorough". Tibis is investigating Stepney for providing confidential material to rival team
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    • 490 42 REUTERS CRICKET Mumbai WITH over US$l.7 billion (551.65 billion) being spent on franchise sales, television and promotion rights, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is poised to become one of the most lucrative sporting events launched in Asia. A further US$4O million will be splurged
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    • 250 42 Format The Twenty2o league is scheduled to start in April and will last 44 days, involving 59 matches. Eight teams will fight for around US$3 million in prize money. Each team will have a pool of 16 players, of whom eight can be international and
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    • 433 43 CAMERAS AND TICKETS UP FOR GRABS! Stand to win one of six Nikon D4O camera kits worth $998 each for every day that this photo spread runs! All you have to do is log on to Stomp, The Straits Times interactive portal, each day and vote for
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    • 512 44  -  Lin Xinyi BOWLING Spore bowler to leave for Barcelon for first of six European events By WINNING in Asia is nothing new to Remy Ong. For the bowler, it is a case of been there, done that. Three Asian Games gold medals, two Asian
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    • 803 44  -  Rohit Brijnath ►>GOLF By THE executive chairman of golf's Asian Tour has an evangelist's wide smile and a retired weightlifter's physique, and right now cannot be disturbed because he is juggling outside his office. Kyi Hla Han, once a fine player from Myanmar, now
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    • 549 44  -  Lin Xinyi By PAULA Creamer is coming to Singapore next week with one singular idea: To win. It does not matter that she will be facing the world's top players in the inaugural HSBC Women's Champions tournament, golf's "Pink Panther" will be looking to
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    • 403 44 NEW YORK TIMES Tucson (Arizona) THERE is a chance of a showdown between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson at the Accenture Matchplay Championship, but the odds are that it will not happen. Why? Because it has never happened before. Woods, who took last week
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    • 251 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS Round-one pairings today (USA unless noted) Jones Bracket Tiger Woods (seeding: 1) v J.B. Holmes (64) Mike Weir (32/ Can) v Arron Oberholser (33) Zach Johnson (16) v David Toms (49) Aaron Baddeley (17/Aus) v Mark Calcavecchia (48) Rory Sabbatini (8/Rsa) v Bradley Dredge (57/Wal)
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    • 192 44 CRICKET Tri-series one-day international in Adelaide: Sri Lanka 238-6 in 50 overs (K. Sangakkara 128, M. Jayawardene 71; Patel 1-38). India 239-8 in 49.1 overs (Y. Singh 76, M.S. Dhoni 50 n.0. Vaas 1-27, Malinga 2-37, Amerasinghe 3-49). India won by 2 wkts. ICE HOCKEY NHL: New Jersey 5
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    • 21 40 Ong goes West Remy Ong, thrice an Asian Games gold medallist, will be competing on the European Bowling Tour. PAGE HlB
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    • 33 40 Champions League First knock-out round, first leg Today Arsenal v AC Milan Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3am Celtic v Barcelona Fenerbahce v Se villa Olympique Lyon v Manchester United Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3.30 am
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    • 83 42 TV times BASKETBALL: Big Ten Conference: Purdue v Indiana (Live, Ch23, Bam). CRICKET: Ford Ranger Cup: New South Wales v Victoria (Live, Chi 10, 11.13 am). Duleep Trophy final: Day 2 (Live, ChlO9, 11.30 am). GOLF: WGC Accenture Match Play Championship: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 3am). SOCCER: Uefa Champions
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  • OBITUARIES
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      182 45 ft OM VIJAYARAHAVAN (RAGU) Age: 69 (Chairman of SST Group Managing Director of Sea-Shore Transportation Pte Ltd Sea-Shore Marine Pte Ltd) Son of the late: V.S. KUPPASAMY THANAPAKIAM passed away peacefully on 19 February 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Wife: Sushela Vijayarahavan Son: Daughter-in-law: Brothers: Sisters: Balan Vijayarahavan
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      55 46 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Managing Director, Mr Teo Kee Meng on the demise of his beloved father TEO SIEW CHER Departed on 19 February 2008 From: The Management Staff of TRANSMEDIC PTE LTD, SINGAPORE T-MEDIC SDN BHD, MALAYSIA PT TRANSMEDIC, INDONESIA TRANSMEDIC (THAILAND) CO LTD, THAILAND TRANS
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      189 46 iSk f "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of J£ my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." flj I Psalm 23:6 J TEO SIEW CHER Age: 79 Was called home to be with the Lord on 19 February 2008. Dearly
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      168 46 have trusted in thy mercy, my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation." Psalm 13:5 CHAN KUAN KEOW Age: 91 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 February 2008 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Chai Yik Seng alias Chai Chuan Chip, deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law: Chai Nam Kok Chai
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      56 46 14th Anniversary In Cherished Memory Of BETTY CHRISTINE CHOO SEOW ENG Called home to be with the Lord on 20.2.94 The thought of you brings Many a silent tear In the sweet bye and bye We shall meet on that beautiful shore Always remembered by Husband, children, sons-in-law, daughter- in-law,
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      28 46 28th Anniversary RAVENDRAN S/0 KRISHNAN&JOTHI Departed 20/2/1980 Gone but not forgotten, memories of the heart will never be forsaken Deeply missed by Mum, Dad, Sister, Brother loved ones
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      55 46 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA VEERAPPAN Age: 55 Departed 6 Feb 2008 Sadly missed by wife, children, mother, father, brothers, sisters, railway brothers and all loved ones. Karumathi Prayers will be held on 20/2/08 night at Blk 135 #06-483 Bt. Batok West Aye 6 and prayers on 21/2/08 at Sri Sivan Temple
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      74 46 IfI'WAHEGURU' MOHANDAS ARJAN GOKLANI Age: 73 Passed away on 18 Feb 2008. Wife: Pushpa Arjan Goklani Sons: Daughter-in-law: Hergobind Bharti Nick Grandchildren: Vimal, Shereen, Preesha, Trishna, Nikita Brothers Spouses: Mr Mrs Murli; Mr Mrs Nanik: Mr Mrs Ram Sister :Rita Vaswani all Relatives and Friends. Dearest Husband /Father is resting
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      108 46 YAP HOCK LIAN Age: 75 passed away peacefully on 18 Feb 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Lee Kiok Lim (Deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Chong Mvi Grade Lim Lee Chong Hua Dolly Lee Hwee San Godson: Marcus Lee Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Kirn Huay Wong Loke Teck Lee Puey Chwee Wu
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      166 47 D G Gunawathy Age: 92 Departed: 18 February 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: The late G W De Silva Brother: The late D G Mahindapala Sisters: D G Somawathie D G Kusumawathie Sons: Daughters-in-law: The late G. Neil Weerasiri De Silva Susila De Silva G.
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      46 47 20 February 2000 Daddy Through each passing year The sadness that you are not here to share our lives, remains; Memories of you we treasure always Till we meet again in God's house, we, especially Mum, miss you Remembered with love, Moon, Valeric, Jasmine, Caroline Family
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      223 47 TEO SOH CHENG Age: 95 passed away peacefully on 19 February 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Yeo Hiok Chin, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Yeo Pao Chong Ming Feong Sin, Alice Yeo Po Heng Loh Gee Kirn Yeo Po Sam, Victor Ho Meow Cheng Yeo Po Chye,
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      18 47 In Memoriam CHARLES SIMON Departed on 20th February 2003 Respected and remembered by his many relatives and friends
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      99 47 T "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High y\ shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty" P5.91:l II j Esther Sathidevi D/O T Sivagnanam (Ahchi) Age: 42 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 Feb 2008 Dearly missed and always remembered by
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      85 47 TAN KIM HUAT Age: 71 Passed away peacefully on 18 February 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Nai Mvi Soon Daughter: Son-in-law: Cheryl Tan Collin Fong Sons: Daughters-in-law: I I Terence Tan Katherine Wong Dennis Tan Karen Teo Grandsons: I Columbus Fong Melvin Tan Constantine Fong
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      45 47 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to jji Mr Steven Ho Hoi Kit Director of Double Investment Pte Ltd On the demise of his beloved father HO PAX HUNG Departed 7 February 2008 (In Hong Kong) From: MEAT TRADERS ASSOCIATION 1 (SINGAPORE) A U- *A
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    • SGX SECURITIES
      • 7425 48 TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 19,2008 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 28 5 107 3C 42 141 195 32 IS 24 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 19 4 89 1C 52 5 2C 267 65 48 5
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      • 58 48 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 20C 620C 100C 1120C 1250C 398.3 3977.9 116 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 297.5 6009 STI ETF 2962.9 6010 STI ETF IOPV US200xd
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    • 401 49 Their borrowing of one-month funds from central bank sparks concern New York BANKS in the United States have been quietly borrowing "massive amounts" from the US Federal Reserve in recent weeks, using a new measure the central bank introduced two
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    • 342 49 BLOOMBERG NEWS London NORTHERN Rock, which suffered the first run by British bank depositors in more than a century, may remain nationalised for years, according to the chairman appointed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government. "We are clearly talking about a
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    • 679 49 REUTERS ZURICH WHATEVER their political hue, no European government has dared let a bank go bust since the outbreak of the United States sub-prime crisis. That appears to be one of the lessons after Britain decided at the weekend to nationalise ailing
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    • 34 49 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,757.91 (+122.51 points) »Japanese shares closed up 0.9 per cent, lifted by a strong performance on European markets and by a weaker yen, which is positive for exporters.
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    • 32 49 AFP Yesterday's close: 24,123.17 (+363.92 points) Hong Kong stocks closed 1.53 per cent higher, led by China financials after major Chinese banks reassured investors about their 2007 performance.
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    • 29 49 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,664.3 (+96.14 points) Chinese shares closed 2.1 percent higher on follow-through interest and strength in regional markets, as investors shrugged-off record-high inflation figures.
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    • 23 49 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,619.1 (+60.7 points) Australian stocks rose 1.09 per cent as bargain hunters moved in following recent losses.
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    • 30 49 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,425.49 (+12.66 points) Malaysian share closed up 0.9 per cent led by palm oil stocks after crude palm oil prices hit a fresh record.
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      30 49 AFP Yesterday's close: 18,075.66 (+27.61 points) »Indian shares rose a marginal 0.15 per cent in volatile trade linked to concern about slowing economic growth in the United States.
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    • 36 49 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,711.87 (+27.17 points) »Jakarta shares closed 1 per cent higher, supported by gains in some regional markets as well as optimism that key companies will be reporting strong 2007 earnings.
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    • 25 49 AFP Yesterday's close: 835.62 (+10.63 points) Tha i stocks closed 1.29 per cent higher in line with broader gains across the region.
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    • 114 49 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,098.06 Q|2|l CapitaLand 6.300 -0.010 CapitaMall 3.150 +0.020 CityDev 11.920 -0.200 Cosco Corp 4.630 DBS Grp 18.360 +0.120 F&N 4.900 -0.040 Gent Intl 0.630 HK Land 4.320 ISH 16.380 +0.320 lardine C&C 20.900 -0.100 Keppel Corp 10.800 +0.140 Keppel Land 6.150 -0.050 NOL 3.780
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    • 51 49 Feb 19 JdUG ICON O1,O£O,UUU Gems TV 57,572,000 E3 Hlds 42,262,000 JES 40,579,000 Ferrochina 40,547,000 GMG Global 37,613,000 Memstar 35,485,000 JiutianC 35,048,000 Sapphire 31,558,000 China Hongxing 31,102,000 Synear 30,414,000 Lian Beng 29,449,000 Celestial 28,252,000 Yangzijiang 28,158,000 Digiland 27,819,000 Auston 25,664,000 Sunmoon 24,182,000 China XLX 22,100,000 Teledata 21,730,000 LottVis
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    • 135 49 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2880 1.3040 Ian dollar 1.3920 1.4080 iuro 2.0560 2.0800 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4375 0.4382 <Z dollar 1.1150 1.1400 Sterling pound 2.7350 2.7660 JS dollar 1.4030 1.4190 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 UNITS )F
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    • 1923 49 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 19,2008 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE '000 43 5 10 5 2036 AdvSCT W*****9 16 2 3816 Asiasons W*****7 58 5 12 4105 Asiatravel W*****7 49 22 3657 BiosensorDBeCW*****3 24 5 4 3704 CapitaMalSGAeCW*****0 29 18 5 4014 CapitalanBNPeC*****8 16 5 4 3664
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    • 645 50 REUTERS They will enjoy better audio, picture quality but may have to upgrade their TV sets CONSUMERS will be the winners, through better quality home movies and lower prices, following Toshiba's announcement yesterday that it has quit the HD DVD
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    • 276 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Zurich CREDIT Suisse says it has suspended some of its traders in connection with the write-down of its assets by US$2.B5 billion (554.03 billion). A spokesman for Switzerland's No. 2 bank said yesterday a small number of traders was being
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    • 431 51  -  Nicholas Fang It will allow small firms to tap expertise of larger peers and create seamless operations By r SMALL players in the logistics industry around the world may soon be offered a way to take on the big boys, thanks
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    • 163 51 MAGAZINE group Blu Inc Media (HK) has launched a corporate website. The site (www.bluincmedia.com.hk) offers "a complete buffet sampling of all its luxury titles, advertising information and all other services", the company said yesterday. Its online initiative, said Blu Inc managing director
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    • 214 51 MACQUARIE Meag Prime real estate investment trust (MMP Reit) will undertake a strategic review that may result in it selling all its units and going private. If MMP Reit, which owns stakes in Wisma Atria and Ngee Ann City, eventually decides to go
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    • SME SPOTLIGHT
      • 1481 52  -  Tan Hui Yee CEO of assessment book firm sells 2m books a year with sales totalling $7m By CHILDREN run a mile at the sight 3f Mr Kelvin Yoo and they would :ertainly bar him from crossing the threshold if they could.
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      • Article, Illustration
        84 53 PAYMENT PERIOD: Accounting for the goods and services tax on gold jewellery, whose prices are dependent on fluctuations in the value of gold, usually involves a period of 90 days. A retailer has to issue a tax invoice and account for the GST 90 days after delivering his product
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      • 471 53 I AM a new retailer of gold jewellery. When do I need to account for the goods and services tax (GST) on my sales? If you have not received any payment since the gold jewellery was delivered, you
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    • 403 54  -  Grace Ng Top MAS official targets advice at those that are highly leveraged By Finance Correspondent FUND managers in Singapore saddled with high levels of debt should be careful to maintain adequate cash on hand, said a top central banker yesterday. If asset prices
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 75 54 PARKWAY Life Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), which invests in health-care-related assets, announced gross revenue of $16.9 million for the period Aug 23 to Dec 31, exceeding forecast figures by 5.04 per cent. A large portion of the revenue comes from rental contributions from the
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      • 64 54 JPMORGAN yesterday announced a major US$75O million (551.06 billion) expansion into mid-market private equity investment opportunities in the Asia-Pacific. This will be headed by Mr Varun Bery and Mr John Troy, co-founders of TVG Capital Partners, who will now join JPMorgan as managing directors.
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      • 65 54 SINGAPORE and Turkey signed an investment guarantee agreement yesterday. It set out an investment framework which aims to increase investor confidence. Bilateral trade last year rose 32 per cent to $1.04 billion. Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang welcomed more Turkish firms
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    • 429 54 GRACE NG INVESTMENT guru Jim Rogers read I the last rites over the bull run yesterday, declaring in Singapore that the good times have ended at least in the West. He said that with the greenback set for a major decline
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    • 305 54  -  fANG HUIWEN BY^ REAL estate has been the hottest investment topic in Singapore over the last year or so, and now retail investors have a new avenue for investing in Asia's property market. An arm of Deutsche Bank RREEF on Monday
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    • 501 55  -  Gabriel Chen Firm's core insurance operations lift gains, as gross premiums climb 110/o to $6b By INSURER Great Eastern Holdings has celebrated its centenary by filing a record profit of $546.9 million last year, up 15 per cent from a year earlier.
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    • 720 55  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY By Markets Correspondent MOST of the attention so far in the escalating battle for The Straits Trading Company has centred on the two prominent business families slugging it out for one of Singapore's oldest companies. But there is
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    • DIRECTORS' TRADES
      • 253 55  -  GOHENG YEOW THE former chief executive officer (CEO) of DBS Group Holdings, Mr Jackson Tai, is sitting pretty on a paper gain of more than $650,000, after he exercised stock options on property giant Capita Land last Thursday. Capita Land told the Singapore Exchange that
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    • 447 55  -  Yang Huiwen TAKING STOCK By THE Singapore bourse shrugged off Monday's weakness with a rebound yesterday although sharp early gains were pared back later in the session. The Straits Times Index (STI) opened a firm 20 points higher and gained 43.1 points by
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    • 68 55 (0) Feb 19 DelongH Venture Corp ISH UOB MBL iCW*****0 H Royal StraitsAsia Lyxor China H 10US$ UOB Great Eastern S I A SIA 200 DairyFarm Ferrochina 350 1082 1638 604 390 430 1800 1828 1616 1608 1596 450 158 48.0 46.0 45.2 43.0 40.0 38.0 35.3 32.0
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    • 67 55 Feb 19 C CENTS Memstar 10k KepCorp BNPeCW*****7 CapitalandDBeCW***** Ferroc MBL eCW*****5 Chasen Goldtron Inchem W*****8 STI3800BNPeCW*****8... ST Engg DBeCW*****0 China XLXRBeCW*****8 NobleGrpMBLeCW*****7 STEnggSGAeCW*****4... Sinotel Tech 10.5 950.0 3.5 75.0 22 69.2 7 55.6 1.5 50.0 1.5 50.0 4.5 50.0 1.5 50.0 13 44.4 4 33.3 2 33.3
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    • 63 55 (0) Feb 19 C GLD 10US$ CityDev NOL MOIL Hyflux CoscoCorpBNPePW***** STI3600BNPePW*****9... CerebosPac lardine C8C lunma DBS BNP ePW*****0 CapitalanBNPePW***** CityDev NCCPS ....9020 ...1192 378 202 315 43 44.5 405 ....2090 21.5 36.5 32.5 177 84.7 20.0 17.0 14.1 13.0 11.5 11.5 10.0 10.0 10.0 8.5 8.0 8.0
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    • 79 55 Feb 19 C 3ENTS STI 3000BNPePW*****8 DBS DB eCW*****0 LexiconGrpWI ***** SGX SGA eCW*****7 SIA SGA eCW*****7 STI 3400DBeCW*****3 Semb CorpSGAeCW*****... SembMar SGAeCW*****7 SingTelMBLeCW*****6 CapitalanBNPeCW***** Digiland UOB BNP eCW*****1 lunma nRS rnp epwnnn^in 2 55.6 0.5 50.0 1 50.0 2 50.0 0.5 50.0 1.5 50.0 0.5 50.0 0.5
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    • 475 55  -  GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH DESPITE a jittery start on Monday last week after the Chinese New Year holiday, regional bourses are now in fine form. Markets across Asia have rallied for five of the seven trading sessions since the start
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      19 56 GRAPHICS PHOTO: ST BLOOMBERG NEWS LESS CHEER: The steep decline in trading has affected broking houses' income.
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    • 608 56  -  Goh Eng Yeow Many investors stay on sidelines despite STl's rebound from last month's drop By Markets Correspondent THE stock market's recovery after the nasty pre-Chinese New Year selldown was nothing short of spectacular, but the headline numbers tell only half the story. While
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    • 88 56 Mid Cap 810.47 A 9.23 Small Cap 721.82 A 9.93 All Share 804.96 A 5.85 Fledgling 762.45 A 8.52 China 596.39 A 8.35 Oil and gas 745.19 A 7.51 Basic materials 756.21 A 38.00 Industrials 764.13 A 7.59 Consumer goods 833.31 A 21.26 Health care 829.47 T
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    • 191 56 BILATERAL AGREEMENT SINGAPORE Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Bahrain's Ministry of Finance to enhance bilateral relations and facilitate access to the Republic's public sector. The signing, carried out during a visit by an 11-mem-ber delegation from Bahrain, formalises
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    • 984 110 The pressure to be thin from the media and your peers can be overwhelming, especially if you're a teenage girl. Lisa be I Ting (left), 18, I shares her experience In the glitzy world of show business, you're only successful if you're beautiful, and
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    • 795 115  -  Gary Hayden Relationships, Part Two We do not have children in order to own them or keep them. We have them so that they will leave us and love elsewhere... French philosopher Andre ComteSponville Why do people have children? One answer, of course, is
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    • 448 116 -THE NEW YORK TIMES A dangerous activity, involving trying to choke oneself to cause a brief high, is spreading among young boys in the United States At least 82 children have died in the United States in recent years as a result of playing the
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    • 176 117  -  -ELLYSIM I thought the article, "Loving and letting go" (MYB, Feb 13), by Dr Ang Peng Tiam, was a great piece. I enjoyed it very much and it brought back bittersweet memories of how my dad had dealt with his illness. It has been more than
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    • 726 119 FEATUREWELL Behold the West's favourite appliance: the microwave, an effective, no-fuss way to get dinner on the table fast. Microwave ovens emit radio waves that cause water molecules to quickly flip back and forth. "That flipping causes friction which generates a lot of heat,"
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