The Straits Times, 27 February 2009

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1 76 The Straits Times
  • 17 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 2009 AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • 89 1 WELL before 9.30 am yesterday, these people were waiting in line in Sembawang. They were not there to buy lottery tickets. Nor were there any freebies being given away. But a steady stream of people kept arriving all day. Member of Parliament Lim
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  • INSIDE
    • 37 1 A YEAR since terrorist Mas Selamat escaped from custody here, the authorities are continuing their hunt for him. But his whereabouts appear to be less of a preoccupation for other Singaporeans. PRIME PAGES A 6-7
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    • 33 1 CARE centres for the elderly run by volunteer and community groups are already bursting at the seams, especially in housing estates with more old people. HOME PAGE CI
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    • 45 1 Tiger Woods returns to golf just as he left: a winner. In his first tournament since winning the US Open last June and repairing his knee, the world No 1 showed little rust and fewer nerves. SPORT PAGE Cl 4
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    • 43 1 LOCAL manufacturing output suffered its worst slump diving 29.1 per cent in January compared to the same month the previous year in the wake of the downturn and made worse by the Chinese New Year break. MONEY PAGE C 22
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  • 682 1  -  Robin Chan BRIGHT SPOTS AMID THE GLOOM Abbott Laboratories opens plant to make food products for export By SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector has had little reason to cheer in recent months but it received a gilt-edged one yesterday in the form of a vast new plant
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  • 769 1  -  Lim Wei Chean By Opening this year Opening in the first quarter, or already opened: Capella Singapore: 111 rooms Ibis Bencoolen: 538 rooms Best Western Jayleen 1918: 42 rooms Quincy Hotel: 108 rooms Opening in the second quarter: Santa Grand Hotel Bugis: 74 rooms
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  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS WE SAY
      • 66 2 WE SAY The support scheme to help the mid-level unemployed, commonly referred to as PMETs, fills a gap in the suite of state aid for people looking for work. But employers have to shed their prejudices against these people, and PMETs themselves have to be
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      • 27 2 COLUMNS Torture may be an odious practice, but it's too easy to be politically correct about it, says William Choong. REVIEW PAGE Al4
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      • 31 2 If Taiwan were to liberalise its economic ties with China, it could reap the full benefits of its WTO accession, says Goh Sui Noi. REVIEW PAGE Al7
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      • 22 2 OUR READER SAYS Constructive input must come from all, not just policymakers, says Tay Xiong Sheng. FORUM PAGE A2O
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      • Article, Illustration
        24 2 www.straitstimes.com Grace Chng gets an insight into global technology on a trip to Germany. Serene Luo feels lost without her Gmail account.
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    • 1004 2  -  Lydia Lim Recession is a time to find out if a sedate pace is what you really want By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT IT WAS not so long ago when some of us were bemoaning certain effects of an economy speeding along in fourth gear. Disturbing
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  • prime news
    • 519 3  -  Susan Sachs Christie's auction of bronzes looted in 19th century goes through By PARIS: Despite objections from China, Christie's has sold two bronze fountainheads stolen in the 19th century from Beijing's Summer Palace. The pieces were snapped up for €15.7 million (5530.7 million) each
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    • 400 3  -  Sim Chi Yin By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: China has slapped controls on Christie's, the auction house that sold two Qing dynasty bronze sculptures for a record sum in Paris on Wednesday. The sale had gone ahead despite Beijing's repeated strongly-worded official protests and a last-ditch
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    • 585 6 THE ESCAPE At around 4pm on Feb 27 last year, Jemaah Islamiah leader Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from the Whitley Road Detention Centre. According to a Committee of Inquiry report, it is believed he took advantage of a confluence of factors including physical
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    • 905 6  -  Goh Chin Lian Jeremy Au Yong Waning public interest in Mas Selamat By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT "It was an important lesson. Since the escape Singapore has invested significantly in improving security. Post-Mas Selamat, Singapore has become a very hostile environment for terrorists."
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    • 407 7  -  Shefali Rekhi By WHEN he was on the run, Mas Selamat Kastari could not resist getting in touch with his old networks. This weakness led to his arrest twice previously, a senior Indonesian police official told The Straits Times. The official, who
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    • 890 9 Budget highlights Deficit: 2009 deficit projected at US$l.75 trillion (552.7 trillion), or 12.3 per cent of the GDP, the largest since World War 11. Taxes: Some of the Bush-era tax cuts to expire on schedule for those making more than U*****,000 a year.
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    • 488 10  -  Carolyn Quek Three soldiers accused of getting kickbacks from foreign navy men to help bring in contrabrand cigarettes By THREE Singapore soldiers have been charged with accepting bribes to help Indonesian Navy personnel smuggle contraband cigarettes worth millions of dollars into the country. Their price? Packets,
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    • 546 11  -  Tessa Wong On offer: 3,000 places in the service industry By WHEN organisers of a job fair at Jelutong Community Centre in Sembawang opened the doors at 9.30 am yesterday, they were greeted by a long line of waiting people. Over 1,000 arrived
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  • 166 4 COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court yesterday placed businessman Deshamanya Lalith Kotelawala, the Honorary Con-sul-General for Singapore, in custody. His detention was part of an investigation into the island's largest financial scandal, court officials said. The Sri Lankan national was remanded for two weeks after his Golden
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  • prime people
    • 1135 12  -  Wong Kim Hoh She has cerebral palsy but has climbed Mt Kinabalu and written a book By SENIOR WRITER MISS OH Siew May, 38, walks with an awkward gait and speaks with great difficulty. She was born with cerebral palsy, a condition caused by brain
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    • 106 13 OH SIEW MAY, 38, was born with cerebral palsy. The youngest of five siblings, she completed her secondary school education at St Hilda's Secondary School. Currently unemployed, she has worked at a number of jobs and even once ran a pushcart business selling knick-knacks. Despite her disability,
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
    • 406 14 THE Professional Skills Programme (PSP) that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong unveiled offers a much-needed lift in a dismal job situation to mid-lev-el types commonly referred to as PMETs (professionals, managers, executives and technicians). Numbering nearly a million, they form 51 per cent of
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    • 822 14  -  Martin Feldstein By The common forecast that a sustained recovery will begin in the second half of this year will almost certainly prove to be overly optimistic. THE massive downturn in America's economy will last longer and be more damaging than previous recessions because
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    • 876 14  -  William Choong FOREIGN MATTERS By SENIOR WRITER IN NOVEMBER 2006, US Army Brig-adier-General Patrick Finnegan flew to Hollywood to meet the creative team behind 24 the Emmy Award-winning television series about Jack Bauer, a counter-terrorist agent who foils plots against the country by torturing
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    • review.
      • 1840 16 WRITTEN ENGLISH Thirty years ago today, on Feb 27,1979, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew called a meeting of ministers, ministers of state and senior civil servants to discuss how government papers and minutes can be written in clear, clean prose. Singapore's GDP has
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      • 734 17  -  Goh Sui Noi TAIWAN-CHINA ECONOMIC PACT By SENIOR WRITER THE Taiwanese government's push for an economic pact with China has run into resistance from the independ-ence-leaning opposition. The leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Taiwan Solidarity Union threatened over the weekend to launch
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      • 578 17  -  Bruce Gale MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By SENIOR WRITER Title: Deepening Democracy In Indonesia: Direct Elections For Local Leaders (Pilkada) Editors: Maribeth Erb and Priyambudi Sulistiyanto Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies THIS book sets out to examine an aspect
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      • review insight
        • 1336 18 Varied portfolios Born April 9, 1954. Married; two sons. Educated at Raffles Institution. Awarded President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Scholarship to read Engineering at Cambridge University in 1973. Spent nine years in the SAF, including as head of Air Plans
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        • 2407 18  -  Lee Xueying By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Export-driven Singapore will have to find new markets, new ways to grow HE HAS never worked in the private sector, never run a business. Since the age of 19 when he accepted the President's Scholarship, Mr Lim Hng Kiang has
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    • forum
      • 323 20 ENGAGING THE NET CONSTRUCTIVELY Warming up to new media "There is no alternative. The Government must bite the bullet." MR HO KONG LOON: "It is encouraging, positive yet unsurprising that the Government intends to actively engage the IT-sawy public in cyberspace on issues impacting their lives. Sieving
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      • 286 20 THE worst nightmare for twin-income households now is the double whammy, where both breadwinners lose their jobs. There are other permutations to the anxiety. A key breadwinner may have lost his job and his wife may have suffered a pay cut, resulting in a
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      • 214 20 I REFER to the letter by Mr Mohd Rashed Badarudin, "Soccer fans' TV woes" (Febl9). Since mio TV entered the market, we have offered customers good value and new content that was previously not available in Singapore. We have also brought a host
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      • 442 20 Taxman's flexible "Taxpayers can approach Iras to discuss their income tax payment plan." MS YVONNE VIM, Principal Corporate Communications Officer, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras): "I refer to Wednesday's letter by Mr Nicholas Joshua Law, 'Taxman's deferment Stretch payment over 24 months'. Under the Defer Giro scheme, taxpayers
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      • 196 22 SINGAPOREANS have unnecessarily made a storm in a tea cup about Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan's remarks in Parliament that for elderly Singaporeans, living in a nursing home in neighbouring Johor Baru may be another option. Singaporeans should not conclude that the
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      • 221 22 SALARIES OF S-PASS HOLDERS NAVIGATING these troubled times is hard enough for a small business. But trying to be an equal opportunity employer is harder, especially if a business hires Singaporeans, and work-permit and S-Pass holders. We want to use innovative ways to avoid retrenching staff. So,
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      • 229 22 LAST Wednesday's ST Interview, "Know when your time is up", painted a skewed concept of enduring corporate leadership. As we appraise corporate leadership, we may unwittingly link effectiveness with a compressed performance timeline. That does not preclude the fact that lasting corporate leadership cannot
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      • 444 22 Generous cabby "Instead of reacting angrily because I could not pay for the fare, cabby Soh offered me $100 for my night out." MR DAVID CHRISTODOULOU: "Having arrived in Singapore 15 years ago, I have grown to love the place. The food is fantastic and the taxi
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    • 206 20 WHAT'S ONLINE MORE LETTERS www.straitstimes.com ONLINE FORUM 1. Focus on economy, not election 2. En bloc sales and vanishing Spore 3. When single mothers need help 4. Take the seat if it's given up, please 5. Improve new pedestrian crossings 6. More parking lots for residents 7. Parents, control children
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD
    • 619 25  -  Chua Chin Hon Scathing US report comes after Clinton's feel-good trip to Beijing By US BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: Days after its new boss Hillary Clinton made a feel-good trip to Beijing, the US State Department released a scathing report claiming China's human rights record
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    • 241 25  -  Peh Shing Huei CHINA REACTION By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: The Chinese government hit back at the United States yesterday, telling Washington to stop proclaiming itself as a human rights guardian. The US should instead pay attention to its own human rights record
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    • world regional
      • 1047 26  -  Leslie Lopez Akbar Tandjung's bid shows party's intention to challenge Yudhoyono By SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT Party veteran Mr Akbar Tandjung Born in Sibolga, North Sumatra, on Aug 14, 1945. Entered Parliament as a Golkar member in 1977, rising to become chairman of the party. Served
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      • 481 26  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: If Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla does decide to run for President under Golkar's banner in July, he may have the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) on his side. Last night, Mr Kalla, who is also chairman
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      • 313 26 JAKARTA: A Singaporean terror suspect told an Indonesian court he had met Osama bin Laden and had tried to recruit Indonesians to follow the Al-Qaeda leader's call to jihad or "holy war". Mohammad Hasan Saynudin, better known as Fajar Taslim, told the South Jakarta district court
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      • 583 27  -  Elizabeth Looi Businessman publishes letter in newspaper ad, asking politicians to put nation first By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian businessman took out a full page advertisement in The Star newspaper yesterday asking Malaysian politicians on both sides to stop trying to topple
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      • 325 27 KUALA LUMPUR: The government's approval of a toll hike on five highways, including the North-South Expressway (NSE) used by many Singaporeans driving up north, has drawn criticism from several lawmakers. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has stepped in to say that the hike
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      • 428 28  -  P. Jayaram By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Police have arrested the alleged kingpin of a racket in used disposable syringes which are said to have caused the spread of hepatitis B in western India that claimed 48 lives in the last two weeks. NDTV
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      • 600 28  -  Ravi Velloor Mutineers in Bangladesh have surrendered after a two-day revolt that left at least 50 dead By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF MUTINOUS Bangladesh border guards have laid down their weapons and surrendered, freeing all their hostages. "All the troops have surrendered their
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    • world-memo from beijing
      • 993 29  -  Grace Ng Business is good, but loan defaults are up and authorities are clamping down By CHINA CORRESPONDENT MORE ONLINE Read Grace Ng's blog on www.straitstimes.com IT IS the best and worst of times for underground banks in China. The economy may have slowed down,
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      • 398 30  -  Nirmal Ghosh UPCOMING ASEAN SUMMIT Thailand, Spore tell world that markets must remain open By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT HUA HIN (Thailand): The foreign ministers of Thailand and Singapore met yesterday ahead of the 14th Asean Summit and decided the regional group "must send a signal
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      • 261 30  -  Kor Kian Beng By ASEAN defence ministers meeting in Pattaya have taken a step closer to developing stronger links with their counterparts from outside the region. At the three-day Asean Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) which began on Wednesday, they adopted a
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    • world international
      • 384 31 CAIRO: Rival Palestinian factions met yesterday for Egyptian-brokered talks aimed at ending their long-running feud, and paving the way for a unity government that could work with the international community. The reconciliation talks opened a day after the main groups Fatah and Hamas agreed
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      • 758 31 Sectarian divide SHI'ITES account for only about 10 per cent of the Muslim population of Saudi Arabia, which is dominated by Wahhabiism, an ultra-conservative version of Sunni Islam. But the situation is very different elsewhere in the region, with Iran functioning largely as a
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      • 648 32 A MENACE TO SOCIETY "They are a national security threat...They are lucrative. They are violent." US Attorney-General Eric Holder, on the drug cartels in Mexico Operation nabs 755 and smashes gang's US distribution network WASHINGTON: The US authorities have capped a nearly two-year
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      • 618 34 3 Sierra Leone rebel leaders convicted of rape, sexual slavery and mutilation FREETOWN (Sierra Leone): The rebels were known for asking their victims if they preferred "long sleeves" or "short sleeves". They then cut off the hands of those who chose the first option, and
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      • 264 34 THE WAR It began in 1991 when ex-army corporal Foday Sankoh set up the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and took up arms against then President Joseph Momoh. Although the rebels found some popularity at first, they earned a reputation for murder, rape, mutilation and
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    • world in brief
      • 92 35 NEW DELHI: Indian investigators have formally charged Pakistani Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving gunman in last November's attack in Mumbai. Kasab, who was indicted on Wednesday, could face the death sentence if convicted of the most serious charges, which include murder and waging war against India. But
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      • 94 35 LAHORE: Pakistani police yesterday detained some 30 provincial lawmakers during an angry protest against a court decision barring main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from running for office. The Supreme Court on Wednesday banned the two-time former premier from contesting elections, and ejected his brother Shahbaz from
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      • 75 35 HANOI: Another Vietnamese province has been hit by bird flu, raising the number of provinces hit by the virus to 11, according to Vietnam's Department of Animal Health. The latest outbreak in Dien Bien province affected two communes, leading to the culling of 1,460 ducks and the
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      • 133 35 SEOUL: China has invited North Korean leader Kirn Jong II for a summit with President Hu Jintao as the allies celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties, the North's state media said yesterday. The invitation was extended on Wednesday by China's fourth-ranking leader Jia Qinglin
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      • 72 35 This little boy doesn't look like he is enjoying getting his hair trimmed. But he is too young to understand that this aunty fussing over his hair in eastern Qingdao city is actually giving him a cut for luck. Yesterday was the second day of
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      • 118 35 BEIJING: Chinese celebrities will share liability if the food products they endorse prove to be unsafe, under a law to be submitted to China's Parliament, state media reported yesterday. The report by the China Daily gave no details on how stars would be held accountable under the
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      • 99 35 MINEOLA (New York): A court has rejected a surgeon's claim that he should get US$l.5 million (552.3 million) in his divorce settlement because he donated a kidney to his wife. Dr Richard Batista held a news conference last month, claiming he was entitled to the compensation
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME
    • 928 37  -  Cheryl Ong More day-care and activity centres will be set up in six housing estates By Caring for the elderly DAY-CARE CENTRES Number: 22, with six more opening in the next five years. Elderly visitors: More than 4,000. Operating hours: Usually Bam to
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    • 463 39  -  Karamjit Kaur CTC Holidays' deluxe hotel in Shanghai first of 20 planned for region By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT THE economic doom and gloom is not halting one of Singapore's biggest travel companies from venturing into the hotel business. To diversify its portfolio and
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    • 286 39 FOR more than 40 years, Australian writer George Hicks travelled the world and amassed rare books for his own pleasure. Now he is hoping to share them with others by donating 4,480 items which include 80 rare books to the National Library. Mr Hicks,
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    • 213 39  -  MELISSA SIM AUTO top-up facilities for the new ez-link card will start from April instead of today, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced. The authority said the delay was due to the early announcement of public transport fare revisions last week, which will
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    • 394 39  -  Joyce Teo By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT THE Housing Board yesterday launched its first build-to-order flat sale this year, with 815 flats in Woodlands up for grabs. Called Champions Court, the batch of flats will include 224 studio apartments, which are being offered for the first
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    • 270 41 INSTEAD of dwelling on numbers, the Government would rather focus on action: ensuring that help programmes recently put in place work to minimise the downturn fallout. This was Acting Manpower Minister Gan Kirn Yong's response yesterday to the prospects of further retrenchment and unemployment.
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    • 513 41  -  Teh Joo Lin Discounts on work-injury insurance premiums for firms with good bizSAFE records By A WIN-WIN SOLUTION "It is even more critical in a downturn for companies to maintain their focus on raising safety and health standards so as to minimise downtime and
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    • 502 42  -  Khushwant Singh By HE CLAIMED he was asleep in his dormitory the night his lover was murdered. But phone records showed that through the night, Bangladeshi worker Kamrul Hasan Abdul Quddus, 35, was calling and sending text messages to Ms Yulia Afriyanti. DNA
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    • 755 42  -  Selina Lum MANSLAUGHTER RE-TRIAL Judge sticks to decision that she is a danger to others By Timeline Sept 20, 2005: Indonesian maid Barokah (above) starts working for Madam Wee Keng Wah. Oct 19, 2005: Barokah gets into a scuffle with Madam Wee, who had
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    • 313 42  -  Elena Chong By COURTS CORRESPONDENT AN INDONESIAN maid told a court that while working with a family in Jurong West, she was getting about three hours of sleep a day after pulling 21-hour days. Added to this, Ms Nana Widayanti was getting barely
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    • 318 43  -  ELENA CHONG A RESTAURANT manager who bound the hands and ankles of a Thai woman who was in his flat, and who later fell to her death, was fined $500 yesterday. Edmund Peter Anthony, 36, pleaded guilty to wrongfully restraining Ms Jintana Sac
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    • 411 43  -  Chua Hian Hou By MEMBERS of a group accused of running a local syndicate that plied pirated movies at industrial estates were charged yesterday. In the biggest bust since 2006, 28 men and women have been taken to court following a
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    • 480 43  -  Elena Chong Girl, 6, confused when she fell to her death from condo: Coroner By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A FEW people saw six-year-old Vanessa Lin on Oct 1 last year, shortly before she died, but no one realised the little girl was probably lost. Alone,
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    • 527 44  -  Rachel Au-Yong Children's Society hopes to raise $1 million a year from new corporate donors By Tough going this year AT LEAST 75 per cent of the society's annual income is derived from individual and corporate donations. Last year, the organisation reached out to 15,500 children
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    • 530 46  -  Amelia Tan MOUs signed with Lincoln School of Management do not mean collaboration, they say By A PRIVATE school has been ordered by three British universities to stop claiming links with them and to remove their logos from its website. Lincoln School
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    • 447 47  -  APRIL CHONG STRESS AND DEADLINES "He's always telling me he had so much stress and so many deadlines...l feel very bad about not pressing him more to rest...We wanted to do so many things and we were always delaying them because of
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    • INBRIEF
      • 53 47 THE visiting Flag Officer in Command of the Philippine Navy, Vice-Admiral Ferdinand Golez, has called on Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean and his Singapore counterpart, Rear-Admiral Chew Men Leong. The Ministry of Defence said the visit underscored the warm and friendly defence ties between Singapore
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      • 68 47 MINISTER for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang was in China this week for the opening of the Wu Guanzhong Art Exhibition at the National Art Museum of China. While there, he presented the Distinguished Patron of Heritage Award to Wu, the 90-year-old artist
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      • 70 47 WATER consumption hit a peak of 1.4 million cubic m a day in the first two weeks of the month, 3 per cent above the normal level of 1.36 million cubic m and enough to fill 16 Olympic-size swimming pools. Water agency PUB attributed the spike
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      • 53 47 MR BERNARD Baker will be Singapore's High Commissioner to South Africa from March 16. From April 2006 until early this month, he was press secretary to the Foreign Minister and the director of public affairs at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. He joined the Singapore foreign
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
    • 1071 48 Tjl Famous win at Real marred by 1^ fresh doubt about Benitez's future The trouble at Liverpool American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are barely on speaking terms. Hicks is believed to back Benitez, but Gillett would gladly see the back of the Spaniard, even going so
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    • 268 48 Sporting Lisbon 0 Bayern Munich 5 LISBON: Bayern Munich may have set a new Champions League record with their 5-0 rout of Sporting Lisbon the highest away score for alast-16 tie but coach Turgen Klinsmann is still facing the sack at the end
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    • 603 49  -  Wang Meng Meng By Terrence Voon THE fall that left Wendy Jacobs confined to a hospital bed for the past month was so severe that she suffered temporary memory loss. It also affected the nerves on the right side of her body, her
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    • 341 49 Chelsea boss rips into players for starting strongly and then fading against ageing Juve Chelsea 1 Juventus 0 LONDON: Guvs Hiddink tore into his Chelsea players, openly questioning their fitness, after Wednesday's 1-0 win over Juventus in the Champions League. Didier Drogba's 12th-minute strike gave Chelsea
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    • 85 49 TAMPINES Rovers' Japanese midfielder Akihiro Nakamura (right felt the full force of Woodlands Wellington defender Syaiful Iskandar's challenge in a 2-2 S-League draw last night. Zakaria Yousif opened the scoring at the Woodlands Stadium for the Rams after 14 minutes, before Sutei Suksomkit's brace (28th and 43rd minutes)
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    • 428 50 First hole: Woods 1-up Woods is finally ready to hit his first meaningful drive since last June's US Open win. A thousand fans watch him play and one of them sets the tone by screaming: "You're back, Tiger. You are so back." How
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    • 981 50 New swing to ease pressure on knee The swing Tiger Woods got his knee problems because his violent swing speed produced so much torque. The pressure on his front knee and hip on the downswing and follow-through was punishing to the joints. In his return, he did
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    • 723 50  -  Rohit Brijnath COMMENTARY By The return of Woods, coated with some rust, will be incomplete till he wins his next Major, till we see his knee can take the rigours of constant swinging and walking. But, one thing we do know the
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    • 406 50  -  Lin Xinyi By HIS charges found the perfect way to relay the message that Loh Chan Pew deserves recognition. Never mind that the Singapore Athletic Association was not prepared to grant him that after recently axing the man who coached the national
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    • 634 51  -  Daniel Wong Bedok Reservoir venue meets safety concerns and gets thumbs-up By MORE ONLINE Schools results on www.straitstimes .com.sg SPORT IN SCHOOLS This week's action THE Schools National Cross-Country Championships venue has moved to Bedok Reservoir for the first time, and those involved have welcomed the change.
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 82 51 LONDON: The Williams Formula One team suffered a blow on Wednesday when one of its major backers, the Royal Bank of Scotland, pulled the plug on a deal worth about £10 million (5522.2 million) a year. The ailing bank said the decision was sparked
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      • 75 51 LONDON: Turkish football star Tuncay Sanli lifted Middlesbrough from the gloom of their Premier League survival scrap by firing the Teesiders into the last eight of the FA Cup on Wednesday. His 20th-minute volley sealed a 2-0 win over West Ham after England midfielder Stewart
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      • 73 51 NEW DELHI: Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan has jumped six places to become the No. 1 Test batsman after his mammoth 313 in the drawn first Test against Sri Lanka. Younis, who became only the third Pakistan player to score a Test triple
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      • 64 51 CALGARY: Michael Phelps has been dropped as the keynote speaker at two events in Canada next week, with the promoter citing the Olympic champion swimmer's "widely publicised alleged use of marijuana". Power Within Inc. of Toronto, which organises motivational speaking events, cancelled the American's appearances
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    • 219 51 THE Changi Exhibition Centre (CEC) will be the logistics hub for the Youth Olympic Games. From souvenir pins to scoreboards, all the furniture, sports competition and au-dio-visual equipment will be housed at the site built on reclaimed land between April next year and March 2011.
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    • 339 51  -  Jeanette Wang By WITH every push, every jump, every twirl, Anja Chong continues to help Singapore carve a path in the ice skating world. The United World College student, 14, will compete in the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, today the first
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    • 448 52 I pick up another serious injury, says hurdler Liv Xiang "If I get injured again, I will say goodbye to the sport. At least I can live life as a normal person. Even if I had not suffered this injury, I planned on retiring around 30. It's
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      609 52 Basketball NBA Indiana 104 Memphis 99, Philadelphia 106 Washington 98, New Jersey 111 Chicago 99, Orlando 114 NY Knicks 109, Utah 120 Minnesota 103, New Orleans 90 Detroit 87, Dallas 116 Milwaukee 96, San Antonio 99 Portland 84, Denver 110 Atlanta 109, Charlotte 98 Sacramento 91, LA Clippers 93
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    • 25 52 DUBAI: Novak Djokovic reached the quarterfinals of tennis' Dubai Championships on Wednesday. He beat Jan Hernych 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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  • OBITUARIES
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      54 52 will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Psalm 91-2, NIV Elder Elder ANG 00N HUE, bbm CHEW CHIO TEAT Departed 4 Aug 1998 Departed 27 Feb 2004 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by children, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, grandchildren, great grandchildren
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      44 52 Bth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of NADARAJAH NEELAH (Wife of the late C.S. Nadarajan) Departed: 27 Feb 2001 at the age of 69 Amma, everyday we think of you but today is a special day for you From your 6 Children And Loved Ones
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      41 52 3rd Anniversary LAIKH RAJ S/O SHIBDIAL 1940 2006 Deeply missed, forever loved and remembered 3rd Anniversary Prayers will be held at Gurdwara Katong 17 Wilkinson Road on Sat 28 Feb from spm-7pm Pis treat this as a personal invitation Enquiries: 9129-4107
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      101 52 CHIA CHOR CHENG AGE: 93 I passed away peacefully on 25 February 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by (Husband: Tan Lip Boon, deceased) Sons: Daughters-In-Law: Freddie Tan (DenwellTpt) Judy Tan (Robert Tan, deceased) i Teddy Tan Patricia Goh Daughters: Sons-in-Law: Maggie Lim Richard Lim Jenny Tan Tan Song Siang
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      47 52 4th Anniversary In Memory Of A Loving Wife KAREN WONG LAI CHUN called home to be with the Lord on 27 Feb 2005 Four years have since passed And I still love you just as much Lovingly remembered and cherished by Husband Roger and all loved ones.
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      64 52 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA LATCHUMI D/O NADESAN Wish to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives and friends during their recent bereavement. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held at Sri Sivan Temple, Geylang East on 27 February 2009 (Friday) at 7.30pm. Please treat this as a personal invitation. V. Singaravellan
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      98 52 8181 NASIB KAUR W/O KARTAR SINGH KHAIRA Age: 85 Village: Khaira Majja passed away peacefully on 25.2.09 (Wed). Sadly missed and fondly remembered by: Sons Tarlochan Singh (UK) Dhanwant Singh Daughters Ajit Kaur (UK) Jaspal Kaur Son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, relatives friends. Funeral will be on 27 Feb (today). Buses
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      53 52 4th ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF iquekkengsiang! DEPARTED: 12 MAR 2005 (2nd month, 3rd day of the Lunar calendar) ■Dearly missed fondly remembered 1 I by wife, sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, grandsons-in-law, j I brothers, sisters, nephews nieces. I •It was a loss for us but we rejoice that! you are
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      139 53 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Psalm 23:6 QUEK SAI NGOH 1922 2009 Called home to be with the LORD on 25 February 2009 She was much loved by all loved ones.
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      151 53 YEO HIAN NEO, NANCY Age: 75 Passed away peacefully on 25 February 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Ke Puay Cheong (deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Ke Chwee Seng, Philip Quek Siok Hong, Jenny Daughters: Sons-in-law: Ke Siew Kirn, Verena Edward Sluiter Kee Pauline Chan Kok Keong, Kerry
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      123 53 BRAHMASRI N. RAJAM IYER (Retired Senior Interpreter, High Court, Singapore) Age: 91 passed away peacefully on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 at the National University Hospital, Singapore Deeply mourned by loved ones. Wife: Mrs Meenakshi Rajam Daughters/ Sons: Spouse: Saradha (deceased) Shankar Rajan Varalakshmi Manogaran A. Chitra Moorthy Sadasivam S. N.
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      139 53 Ss%! "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days '"^?jS f|f of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." t|| Psalm 23:6 CHOO SUI HEE DORIS Age: 59 was called home to be with the Lord on 25 February 2009 I Dearly
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      92 53 ROSALIND TAN GEOK CHENG Age: 81 beloved wife, wonderful mother doting grandmother passed away peacefully on 25 February 2009. Sadly missed by: Husband: Dr Chong Tong Mun Children Spouses: Dr Hoili Lim, Chan Hoi San, Dr Chong Hoi Weng, Chong Hoi Peng, Dr Chong Hoi Wah, Michael Lim, Chan Kai
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      33 53 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of LAI KEW CHAI Departed 27/2/2006 Upright and just in all his ways. Loyal and true through all his days. Forever loved and missed by Dorothy and family
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      54 53 ISTBARSI In Loving Memory of NINDER KAUR W/O LATE MUKHTAR SINGH THAROO Departed 2/4/08 Dearly missed and always remembered by family and loved ones. Seha] Path Da Bhog prayers will be held on 1 Mar 2009 (Sun) from 9am to 1 lam at Sri Guru Singh Sabha. Please treat this
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      80 53 KTbe Lord uf my light and my datnatwn." P^alm2T:l KATHERINEVAN ROSSUMNeeNEO Age 83 was called home to be with the Lord on 25 February 2009, leaving behind Sons, Daughter-in-law, Grandchildren, Great-Grandchildren and all loved ones. Wake U held at Blk 119 Tampines Street 11 (void deck) HP: 9762 9210,9685 8850
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      48 53 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of ROBERT lAU Departed 26 February 2005 Time may heal the broken heart, Time may make the wound less sore, But time can never stop the longing For the loved one gone before. Deeply missed and fondly remembered by family and loved ones.
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      70 53 ONE YEAR HAS GONE... In Loving Memory Of SYLVIA JEAN NAIR (nee PERERA) CALLED HOME: 27 February 2008 We thank God upon every remembrance of you (Philip 1:3) and will always treasure memories of your unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit (1 Peter 3:4) Husband: ViJiNair Daughters: Spouse:
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      53 53 We, the family of the late JOHN CHNG Departed on 23 February 2009 Wish to express our heartfelt thanks I and appreciation to all priests, relatives, friends, colleagues, business I associates, church members and prayer groups for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions J lfc~ during our
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    • 519 52 Today M <\L" Basketball Rugby NBA: Phoenix v LA Lakers (Live, Ch24, 11.30 am). Six Nations: Scotland v Italy (Live, Ch24, M 10.55pm), Ireland v England (Live, Ch23, Sunday, Football a x 1.30 am). S-League: Young Lions v DPMM FC (Bru) (Jalan m Mrt^L Besar, 7.30pm. Live, Ch5,7.25pm). §J%a JT
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      • 615 55  -  Joyce Teo Fall in home sales, lower contribution from hotel operations hit developer By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT Key figures Full-year net profit: $580.9 m (down 20 per cent) Revenue: $2.95 billion (down 5.2 per cent) Final dividend: 7.5 cents per share Earnings per share: 62.5 cents
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      • 349 55  -  Joanna Scow By A STRONG increase in commodity shipments has allowed Noble Group to announce the sort of bumper bottom line numbers only too rare these days. The firm racked up a record annual net profit of US$577 million (SsBBl million) for the
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      • 413 55  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By MARINE fuel supplier Chemoil Energy has posted robust results for last year, with net profits increasing 55 per cent to US$47.l million (5572.4 million) despite a weaker fourth quarter. Revenue surged by 62 per cent to US$B.7 billion, thanks to
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      • 369 55  -  Yang Huiwen By SEMBCORP Industries said full-year net profit slipped 3.6 per cent to $507.06 million for last year. However, the firm pointed out that net profit for the previous year was boosted by $48 million, when it wrote back the earlier provision after
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      • 525 54  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Trading volume muted; confidence in global economy on the wane By THE local market ended flat in a lacklustre session yesterday, as already badly battered confidence in the global economy continued to wane. Overnight on Wall Street, the Dow
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      • 429 54  -  Gabriel Chen By CONVENTIONAL wisdom has it that health care is recession proof but safe-harbour bets like Parkway Holdings may be making investors feel a bit queasy, given its latest results. The company suffered an 88 per cent slump in full-year net profit to
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          105 54 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 936.73 million shares worth $738.9 million UP DOWN Gainers: 152 Losers: 198 Unchanged: 904 Mid Cap 324.42 T -1.05 Basic materials 188.77 A 0.94 Utilities 254.82 T -2.37 Small Cap 260.53 T -0.13 Industrials 329.84 T -0.32 Financials 378.72 A 0.74 All Share 386.18 T -0.08
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        • 217 54 Yesterday's close: 7,457.93 (-3.29) »Japanese share prices ended slightly lower after giving up early gains, as worries about the rapidly worsening economy weighed on sentiment. Yesterday's close: 893.42 (-3.09) Malaysian share prices fell 0.3 per cent, as poor corporate results and a weak performance on Wall Street undermined confidence.
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        • 405 54 DUE UOB Venture Corp DBS Grp SingTel 100 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 DBS 500 CityDev Noble Grp Great Eastern CapltaMall SembCorp Ind Fastube AnwellTech NOL Spore Land Fechcomp Yongmao Biosensors ChinaAOil 1200 202.0 1036 20.0 498 16.0 804 13.0 259 11.0 9850 10.0 800 9 0
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        • 406 54 :eb 26 CENTS SingTel DBeCW*****0 16 :apitalanBNPePW***** 36.5 :apitalanRBePW*****3 46 1CBC Bk BNPePW*****8.. 28.5 !TI 1800BNPePW*****0 28 >TI 1800SGAePW*****9 35.5 SingTel BNPeCW*****3 20 SingTel BNPeCW*****1 20 JOB BNP eCW*****7 20 ;anitalanMBLePW***** 27.5 )BS HBL eCW*****2 24.5 tepCorp BNPeCW*****9 13 !GX BNP ePW*****6 50.5 !TI 1700SGAePW*****9 36 >TI
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        • 184 54 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol iDlden Agri 28.5 ;hina Hongxing 12 ;apitaland R 72 ;apitaLand 202 iynear 16.5 1oble Grp 109 iiosensors 42 SingTel 258 iafflesEdu 36 ;osco Corp 75 itraitsAsia 83 Celestial 19.5 ICBCBk 462 >IA BNP eCW*****3 20.5 IBS MBL
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        • 105 54 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Feb 26 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9860 1.0440 Can dollar 1.2130 1.2290 Euro 1.9380 1.9630 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4177 0.4187 NZ dollar 0.7730 0.7920 Sterling pound 2.1660 2.1930 US dollar 1.5240 1.5410 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        • 363 54 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 594.8 375 1280 432 1792.9 504 67.5 123 501 3580 2158 1250 628 I. 270 319 962 438 464 517 473 i,,-. 314 2170 571 188.9 5606 CapitaLand 126 5417 CapitaMall 481 5611 CityDev
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        • 622 54 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 134 272 157 234 243 I,, 98 75 146 198 199 190 365 314 177 79.5 423 398 765 334 372 317 170 565 87 222 229 95 108.3 36.5 327.1 124 138
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    • 555 56  -  Fiona Chan Manufacturing, services hard hit; construction sector only bright spot By THE verdict is finally in. Singapore's economy grew a dismal 1.1 per cent last year, as the worldwide recession dealt severe blows to its key manufacturing and services sectors. Both shrank
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    • 538 56  -  Francis Chan By DBS Bank has set up a US$lOO million (*****.7 million) private equity fund that will invest in China. The fund to be run by DBS Private Equity will put its money in promising unlisted firms that could eventually
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    • 374 56 DETROIT: General Motors (GM) posted a US$9.6 billion (5514.7 billion) fourthquarter loss, saying it burned through US$6.2 billion of cash in the last three months of last year, as it fought the worst sales climate in the United States since 1982. The
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    • 509 56  -  Christopher Tan By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT ITALIAN sports car maker Ferrari is close to appointing a new dealer in Singapore a move that could hurt incumbent Hong Seh Motors, a private enterprise that has held the franchise for 25 years. The Straits Times
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    • 314 56  -  ANANYA ROY HOME-GROWN transport company SMRT walked away with a top human resource (HR) team award yesterday, a testament to its leadership approach. The firm believes that the key challenge to any HR manager is to determine the type of leadership style
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    • 65 56 Corporate winners and number of awards: Singapore General Hospital three SMRT three Shell Eastern Petroleum two Ritz-Carlton Millenia two TNT Express Worldwide two McDonald's Restaurants two Invensys Process Systems one Schering Plough one Citi Regional Learning Development one A*Star one Alexandra Hospital one
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    • 375 57 Move comes as RBS reports biggest loss in UK history; bank to hive off many foreign units LONDON: Britain launched a huge scheme yesterday to insure "toxic assets" that have brought many banks to their knees, as the Royal Bank of Scotland
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    • 294 57 ZURICH: Stricken Swiss bank ÜBS appointed Mr Oswald Gruebel (right), who masterminded a turnaround at arch rival Credit Suisse, as its new chief executive, replacing Mr Marcel Rohner immediately. Mr Gruebel is already signalling more cost-cut-ting for ÜBS. ÜBS shares rose as much as 15
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    • 149 57 LONDON: Part-nationalised British bank Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said its former chief executive, Mr Fred Goodwin (above), was set to receive a pension of £650,000 (551.45 million) a year for life, but it was taking legal advice on the terms of
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    • 466 57  -  Bhagyashree Garekar By US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has moved to restore confidence in the United States financial sector by subjecting 19 of its largest banks to "stress tests" that will gauge whether they are sufficiently robust to survive a
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    • 547 58  -  Alvin Foo Fall worse than forecast; global downturn, festive break cited as reasons By SINGAPORE'S industrial production took its worst tumble last month as it was battered by the global economic downturn and the festive break. Total manufacturing sank 29.1 per cent last month
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    • 234 58  -  FIONA CHAN SINGAPORE has bagged the top spot in a ranking of countries with the most competitive manufactured goods. The Competitive Industrial Performance index, put together by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido), aims to rank countries according to their ability to produce and
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        900 78  -  tay yek keak Joss Whedon makes dream girls come alive in his new series, but the plot is too contrived couch grouch DOLLHOUSE mio TV Season Pass (Channel 550) AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8 Star World (Star Hub Channel 18) Wednesday Thursday, 6 Bpm, 12.30 am Friday, Bam, 1
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    • 572 79  -  jasmine teo British host Anjum Anand's cooking series shows how to keep Indian cooking healthy INDIAN FOOD MADE EASY Where: BBC Lifestyle (mioTV Channel 31) When: Wednesdays, Bpm British author and cookshow host Anjum Anand is living proof that it is possible to feast on Indian food
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    • 548 79  -  tara tan dfd PAST CARING The Necessary Stage The Necessary Stage Black Box Wednesday I'M'llH PAST CARING Where: The Necessary Stage Black Box When: Tonight till Sunday and March 4 to 8, Bpm. Matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm Admission: $22 and $27 from Sistic
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      • 1186 80  -  eddino abdul hadi Young musicians are forming groups not only to jam but also to write songs and record CDs music reporter Last year, local fusion rock quartet The Zozi recorded their debut album at the home of their lead singer. The CD, Hilamony, is now sold at
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        391 80 West Grand Boulevard (right) The alternative rock quintet have been gigging since 2005, including two tours in the Philippines. They will play their first solo show at the Esplanade tonight. The band, which are recording their debut album, have posted songs on networking sites Purevolume and MySpace
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      • 634 82  -  yeow kai chai Folk crooner M. Ward dusts off old curios and re-envisions covers in his best studio outing yet sound bites 'You can have a big dog when you're married to a rich man A fHITt. 21 with a plane' Actress Jane Fonda (right) on
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        • 138 82 GOOD MORNING Old Man River Sony BMG Gooooood morning, Singapore! Old Man River is the namesake adopted by a young Aussie nomad called Ohad Rein who will soon bring his songs of love and world peace to this part of the world at the Mosaic Music Fest
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          136 82 IT'S NOT ME, IT'S YOU Lily Allen Regal/EMI She looks as comely as candy floss, but girl, watch that tart mouth. British songstress and blogger Lily Allen has panned fellow musicians, the paparazzi and gossip bloggers such as Perez Hilton with absolute fearlessness. I find that terribly refreshing.
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        • 136 82 TO LOSE MY LIFE... White Lies Polydor Bandied about as the Great White Hope of Britain this year, White Lies are the latest 21st-century version of Joy Division by way of the Killers, Editors and Interpol. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. The London trio, comprising Harry McVeigh,
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        928 83  -  Chang Tou Liang BWBWasian pop MOST SATISFYING GREATEST HITS Ma Nien-hsien Rock BEST ALBUM Kiroro Victor Entertainment/Universal THE YEAR OF JACKY CHEUNG WORLD TOUR 07 ENCORE TAIPEI Jacky Cheung ioi/Universal PHOTO ffffflffl classical BRITTEN PIANO CONCERTO/ DIVERSIONS/YOUNG APOLLO Steven Osborne, piano/ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Han Volkov, conductor
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      • 872 88  -  frankie chee David 'Tinker' Juarez No one calls the bike racer, who got his nickname tinkering with bikes as a kid, by his name 'Yeah, I have no idea why she's with me' Mr Juarez, on his microbiologist wife One would consider cycling to be a
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      • 346 90 Hong Kong First there was his collection of antique wooden houses. Now Jackie Chan says he will also donate his movie costumes and props to Singapore. At a press conference for his film Shinjuku Incident on Wednesday, the action hero spoke of his years of frustration
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      • 247 90 Vancouver Edison Chen (right) said on Tuesday he would not return to Hong Kong until the court case over his leaked sex photos was closed. The Hong Kong chief magistrate, prosecutor, defence lawyer and four others had flown to Vancouver for a special
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      • 156 90 NOT MORGAN FREEMAN'S MISTRESS A woman who was Morgan Freeman's passenger in a car crash last year sued the Oscar winner for negligence on Wednesday and said she wants to clear her name from claims that she was his mistress. Demaris Meyer, 48, said that despite media reports to
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        150 90 How does a 40-year-old, hitting the club scene for the first time in years, dress trendy without looking like mutton dressed as lamb? How to wear a short dress without looking like a Sarong Party Girl and get rid of that wine stain on your blouse. In the
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