The Straits Times, 2 March 2009

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    18 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 MONDAY, MARCH 2 2009 «j^ AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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    Lock icon Merlion caged
    167 1 THE Merlion had to be "caged" yesterday for workers to examine the hole in its head. A lightning strike on Saturday had taken a chunk off its mane. The debris landed on the statue's base, cracking it. Testifying to its iconic status, the Singapore Tourism Board lost no
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      Lock icon Checking for cleaner cars
      70 1 SINGAPORE will have a $5.8-million laboratory, only the second in Asia, which can measure fuel consumption and emissions levels from cars. The lab is being set up on the back of the Fuel Economy Labelling Scheme, which starts next month, requiring all new cars to bear
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      Lock icon Sorting out airport taxis
      58 1 THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore is working with cab companies to come up with a better system to ease the long queues of taxis waiting for passengers. The idea is that taxi drivers will be given more information about the demand for taxis at the
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      Lock icon Clinton off to Mid-East
      38 1 UNITED States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to the Middle East and Europe yesterday in an attempt to improve relations with American allies strained under former president George W. Bush. WORLD PAGE Al7
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      Lock icon Two U-turns in two days
      37 1 A DAY after the Malaysian government backtracked on an unpopular toll hike increase, it made another U-turn, reversing a decision to allow church publications to use the word "Allah". WORLD PAGE AlO
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      Lock icon Mapletree 'no' to rent cut
      54 1 TENANTS of former JTC Corp factories are irked at the refusal of landlord Mapletree Investments to lower rents. A group of 123 bosses at the Toa Payoh North Industrial Estate had petitioned Mapletree last December to cut rents by 25 per cent to 30 per
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    Lock icon Speed up Asean goal of single market: PM
    623 1  -  Clarissa Oon United stand against protectionism will be key to economic revival By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT HUA HIN (Thailand): Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday joined Asean leaders in reaffirming the need to ensure a free flow of goods, services and investments
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    Lock icon HDB's lease buyback scheme launched
    970 1  -  Gabriel Chen By The scheme IT IS meant for Singaporeans owning three-room or smaller flats where the outstanding mortgage loan is $5,000 or less. They must also: be at least 62 years old; not have a household income of more than $3,000; not have previously
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      58 1 MONDAY INTERVIEW A SPECIAL REPORT lV TAIWAN MEDIA No guts, no glory WT I Can the i\ Shake-up expected MIS&SEB/ Actress Yeo Yann Yann Vj^f superbug be iX\ when Apple Daily BK^^Sj^ll speaks her mind scrubbed out? v goes on air 1 LIFE! PAGE C 4 ,^B|| PRIME PAGE A
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        Lock icon Soft credit welcome but watch it
        44 2 WE SAY The easier bank credit for low-income workers made possible by changes to the Monetary Authority of Singapore's rules fills a need in these tight times. But one should be on guard against profligacy. EDITORIAL PAGE AlB
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        Lock icon Tough love's not easy
        25 2 COLUMNS Errant youth may rail when parents turn them in, but it's for their best, says Kimberly Spykerman. HOME PAGE B7
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        Lock icon To invest or not?
        24 2 Investors have to exercise caution when putting more money into a rights issue, says Lee Su Shyan. MONEY PAGE 815
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        Lock icon Show some respect
        26 2 OUR READER SAYS Two readers relate two kinds of ageism and another suggests ways to help the elderly feel connected. FORUM PAGE A2O
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        11 2 www.straitstimes.com Nicholas Yong questions the morality of home surveillance.
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      81 2 IN SATURDAY'S report, "New NUH chief's focus: Lack of beds", we reported that new National University Hospital chief executive Joe Sim said the right proportion of elective patients to emergency ones should be at least 40 per cent of private elective patients to support medical
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      Lock icon China acts to defuse 'crisis year'
      892 2  -  Ching Cheong Govt aims to minimise fallout from key political anniversaries and slump I By I SENIOR WRITER The activities of all non-government organisations, whether domestic or foreign, as well as new social and economic organisations, are to be closely monitored. THE Chinese Communist
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      108 3  -  Chew Seng Kim What happens a minute before Bam? Straits Times photographers show their interpretation of that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 7.59. We aim to capture everyday scenes across the island with a different perspective, bringing readers a slice of life that would perhaps go
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      Lock icon PM: See silver lining amid gloom
      564 3  -  Clarissa Oon Singapore has resources and is doing what is needed to weather crisis By HUA HIN (Thailand): Amid the severity of the economic downturn, Singaporeans can take comfort in the decisive measures the Government has taken to help the economy, Prime Minister Lee
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      Lock icon Da Vinci decoded
      96 7 a drawing ooscured Dy handwriting for five centuries in one of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks may be a youthful self-portrait of the genius, according to Italian experts who "aged" the sketch to compare it with confirmed later self-portraits. A detail of the page of da Vinci's Codex
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      Lock icon S'pore plans lab to test cars' fuel efficiency
      625 7  -  Christopher Tan Scheduled for year-end, it will help sellers comply with new car label rule By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LTA on fuel economy labelling scheme Will the label display fuel efficiency for all three driving modes city, city-highway combined and highway driving? No.
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      Lock icon Scrubbing out the superbug
      1477 6  -  Salma Khalik Hospital staff must obey stricter hygiene rules to cut patient infections By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT Fighting MRSA SINCE October 2007, hospitals in the National Healthcare Group have identified patients with MRSA and isolated or grouped them together. NHG now has a database of such patients,
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      155 6 PARIS: Scientists have exposed key workings of another deadly superbug that has become one of the biggest nightmares for hospitals today, opening up paths for new drugs or vaccines to roll back the peril. Clostridium difficile, known as "C-diff", is a bacterium that naturally colonises the gut, but
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon Crisis makes integration 'more urgent'
      735 8  -  Nirmal Ghosh Asean needs to speed up move to single market By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT HUA HIN: Asean leaders yesterday vowed to push on with a dream to form a European Union-style community and create a single market by 2015, signing a road map that charts
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      Lock icon PM Lee: Asean must address Rohingya issue or risk losing credibility
      471 8  -  NIRMAL GHOSH KOR KIAN BENG AND HUA HIN: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for the first time addressed the issue of stateless Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar yesterday, warning that Asean must address it seriously or risk losing credibility.
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        Lock icon Difficult to set up human rights body
        890 9  -  Kor Kian Beng NEWS ANALYSIS Lack of consensus among Asean nations leads to doubt about body's effectiveness By Long road to rights body June 1993: Asean leaders agree, for the first time, to work on a common approach on human rights. July 1995:
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        Lock icon KL's two U-turns
        669 10  -  Carolyn Hong Fri: Backtracks on decision to raise highway tolls Sat: Reverses move to let church papers use word 'Allah' By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: A day after the Malaysian government backtracked on the unpopular toll hike increase, it made another U-turn. It reversed a decision
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        Lock icon Dhaka hunts for over 1,000 mutineers
        338 10 DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh were yesterday hunting for more than 1,000 border guards accused of murder during a bloody mutiny in which 77 people have so far been confirmed dead. As the cases were filed against members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), security forces
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        Lock icon Sanctions: Views of Myanmar's opposition criticised
        471 10  -  Nirmal Ghosh By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT HUA HIN: Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) has run into controversy over its Feb 12 statement, in which it referred to international sanctions and the parlous state of Myanmar's economy. Last week, it issued a clarification on
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        Lock icon EU 'ready to send monitors' to Aceh polls
        298 12 BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): A European Union (EU) delegation visiting Aceh said yesterday that the EU was ready to send electoral observers to the Indonesian province's polls next month. "I think observers are important to monitor elections in Aceh, to support a sustainable
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        Lock icon China goes on resource-buying spree
        498 12 With US$l.95 trillion in reserves, it is signing deals with energy and commodity firms globally SHANGHAI: Resource-hungry China has seized upon the financial crisis to sign billions of dollars in deals in a buying spree that is set to pick up pace and reshape the
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        Lock icon Japan urges N. Korea to restrain itself
        428 12  -  Sim Chi Yin By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Japan yesterday urged North Korea to "exercise self-restraint" and not escalate regional tensions, making it clear that the North could face more international sanctions regardless of whether it fires a missile or satellite. Japanese Foreign Minister
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        Lock icon Talk of bias dogs Jimmy Lai's TV plan
        1025 14  -  Ho Ai Li MEMO FROM TAIPEI By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT Slashing away at the dominance of the China Times and United Daily News, Mr Lai's Apple Daily newspaper is now No. 2 in terms of circulation. Now he has served notice of another
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        Lock icon Taiwan renames China trade pact after uproar
        472 14  -  Ho Ai Li By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: The four-letter acronym of a proposed trade pact has sparked such a storm in Taiwan that the government had to change its name. Over the week, the opposition lashed out at government plans to sign a
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        Lock icon For China, a costly lesson in engaging its netizens
        700 15  -  Tracy Quek An invitation to help probe death of detainee backfires By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Local Chinese officials have a reputation for many things, but being media-friendly is not their strongest point. So when a Yunnan provincial official invited bloggers to
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        Lock icon Japan's royals may visit Pearl Harbour
        223 15 TOKYO: Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit Pearl Harbour this summer, the site of Japan's surprise attack on the United States during World War 11, a news report said yesterday. If realised, it would be the first visit by the royal couple
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        Lock icon EU pledges to prevent new economic 'Iron Curtain'
        704 16 NO NEW DIVIDING LINES "Europe must not be divided into new and old, southern and northern, or eastern and western." Mr Mirek Topolanek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic FINANCIAL REUNIFICATION "At the beginning of the 1990s we reunified Europe, Now it
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        Lock icon Twins for woman with two wombs
        69 16 Parents Shane and Sarah Reinfelder holding their twin girls Valeric Marie and Kaylin Joy who were born from the mother's two separate uteri at the Marquette General Hospital in Michigan, the United States. The 21-year-old mum has a condition known as uterus didelphys, and
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        Lock icon Kansas governor to carry out Obama health-care reforms
        473 16 WASHINGTON: Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius will be the Health and Human Services Secretary in the Barack Obama administration to carry out his ambitious health-care reform programme. Gov Sebelius has accepted the post and her nomination will be formally announced today, White House
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        Lock icon Popular governor
        165 16 Born on May 15, 1948, Mrs Kathleen Sebelius (above) is serving her second term as governor of Kansas. She grew up in Ohio, where her father was governor. In 1994, she was elected state insurance commissioner, a position she held for eight years. She gained a reputation for
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        Lock icon Clinton bids to mend ties with allies
        499 17 VISIT TO MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE In Mid-East, US aid depends on Palestinians meeting 3 conditions WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the Middle East yesterday on the first stage of a fence-mending tour that will also take in Europe.
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          Lock icon South Asia may get drier
          136 17 CHICAGO: Global warming could delay the start of the summer monsoon by five to 15 days within the next century and significantly reduce rainfall in much of South Asia, a recent study has found. Rising global temperatures could result in more rainfall over the Indian
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          Lock icon China plans space docking
          85 17 BEIJING: China will launch a space module next year and carry out the nation's first space docking in 2011 as a step towards its goal of building a space station, state media said yesterday. The Tiangong-1 is scheduled for launch late next year and will dock
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          Lock icon Shark mauls Sydney teen
          73 17 SYDNEY: A shark badly injured a teenage boy while he was surfing with his father at a popular Sydney beach yesterday, police said, the third shark attack in Australia's largest city in a month. The 15-year-old was seen thrashing about in the water. The shark swam
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          Lock icon 7 nabbed after bank heist
          99 17 DUBLIN: Police recovered millions in stolen cash and nabbed seven suspected robbers, a day after a gang took a bank employee's family hostage and forced him to rob his own branch. Close to €7 million (5513.7 million) was stolen in what is believed to be
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          Lock icon Fugitive director returns
          161 17 TAIPEI: Movie director and composer Liv Jia-chang, wanted since May 2007 for alleged embezzlement of funds from his company, returned to Taiwan last week, reported Taipei Times yesterday. Immigration records showed Liv and his actress wife Chang Chia-chen left in 2001 for Hong Kong. They returned on
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      99 8 P] WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm global financial crisis. An Asean MOST-READ ONLINE anthem and book have also made their Thaksin cancels Hong Kong speech. debut. How successful do you think the Australia braces itself for fresh fires. summit was? Fourteen-year-old fake cop released. ST ON
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Soft credit welcome, but watch it
      415 18 THE revised rules for unsecured lending that have just gone into effect are clearly meant to help lower income individuals in genuine need in these tight times. The minimum annual income requirement goes down from $30,000 to $20,000. But, while well-timed, it is to
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      Lock icon Opportunity for repositioning
      1029 18  -  David Dollar CHINESE ECONOMY By THIS is not the coming out party China had envisaged. Just as it emerges as the world's largest exporter, the global market collapses and the world turns to China for a reprieve. China's export machine has stalled. Beijing's stimulus package will help
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      Lock icon Keeping Sino-US economic ties in balance
      794 18  -  Nayan Chanda By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES While China might have to continue to be America's reluctant creditor, the other job it is being asked to perform slow down its export engine and ramp up domestic growth will not be easy. UNTIL the arrangement
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        Lock icon Mercury rising
        838 19  -  Michael Richardson GOLD BOOM By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Moving to a low-mercury world is a laudable goal. But it will take a high degree of international cooperation and government action to achieve. STRAINS on banks and volatile paper currencies have brought the glitter back to gold. Its
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        Lock icon The case for Clinton's Super Sub-Secretaries
        835 19  -  Thomas L. Friedman By IT IS way too soon to say what policy breakthroughs US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be known for at the State Department. But she has already left her mark bureaucratically. She has invented new diplomatic positions that say
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        Lock icon Myanmar: US gem sanctions bite
        838 19  -  Robert Karniol By DEFENCE WRITER WITH Washington rethinking its policy towards the military-run regime in Myanmar, there are signals that Yangon is being hard hit by tightened US sanctions on its lucrative gem trade. The policy review currently under way is aimed at addressing a
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        Lock icon Joint custody won't ease burden of mum
        405 20 I REFER to Mr Scow It Sze's letter, "Let divorced dads have joint custody of kids" (Feb 22). Both Asian and Western societies have evolved over the years in matters pertaining to divorced families and the role of each parent in the life
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        Lock icon Help elderly feel connected
        444 20 I REFER to Saturday's special report, "Don't call me old", and would like to offer some suggestions. To help the elderly to age gracefully and feel connected, we should offer part-time work and flexible work hours. Perhaps the Government should take the lead. Many jobs in
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        404 20 MY PARENTS were scheduled to fly to Macau from the Changi Airport Budget Terminal on Tiger Airways TR9O6 on Feb 22. At the Customs check, they were stopped for an inspection of their carry-on luggage and they cooperated fully. After the search, the
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        384 20 I REFER to last Monday's report, "Health experts fear Tamiflu may be useless in pandemic". There were several issues raised in the report which we feel need to be addressed. The HINI influenza virus resistant to Tamiflu mentioned in the report is a seasonal
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      785 21  -  K.C. Vijayan By LAW CORRESPONDENT About the case IN 2005, Mr Ng Soy Pee left the family home in Pontian, Johor, and moved to Singapore to live with a woman. In November 2006, he was ordered to pay $800 in monthly maintenance
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      477 22  -  Maria Almenoar Drop after SMRT launches new fare system; firm says it is fairer than flat fares By Monthly figures JAN 2008: 18,152 OCT 2008: 8,153 JAN 2009*: 7,230 *When SMRT took over the booking counter from ComfortDelGro FAR fewer bookings are now being
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      636 22  -  Nicholas Yong By MANAGING the long lines of taxis waiting for passengers at Changi Airport may soon become a better-oiled operation. Details have yet to be finalised, but the idea is to give cabbies more information about the demand for taxis there at any
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      502 22  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By EVEN before ground is broken on any of the more than five planned nuclear plants in South-east Asia, "safety first" is already on the mind of a think-tank in Singapore. The Energy Studies Institute under the National University of Singapore
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      401 23  -  Esther Tan Factory worker slashed while on her way home still in critical condition By POLICE have arrested a 63-year-old man suspected to have assaulted a woman at a Bukit Batok Central void deck last week. He was picked up by police in Tanjong
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      318 23  -  ESTHER TAN THE bodies of three workers who died after they were exposed to a nitric acid spill last Friday will be flown back to their hometowns in India. Two other Indian workers who were injured remain warded at the
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        800 24 A new crime-prevention scheme at Ang Mo Kio Hub focuses on 'Information', 'Involvement' and 'Institution. Kimberly Spykerman reports PETTY theft is the bane of shop assistants at Ang Mo Kio Hub, a heartland shopping haunt. Cheap stationery items, board games and bags costing $100
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        286 24  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN IN THE bustling games arcade Zone X, one man stood out for arcade supervisor Joan Chin. She did not recognise him as a regular at the arcade, which is on the fourth floor of Ang Mo Kio Hub. But she noticed that he
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      508 25  -  Ang Yiying By TEN-year-old Poomesha Neelameham has a new good friend in undergraduate Nurul Atirah Mahmuddin, 22. Ms Atirah is a mentor to Poomesha under a programme called Grace, or GRoom-A-Child-to-Excel, which pairs girls aged five to 12 from lowincome families with women who
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      169 25 APTITUDE, ability and aspiration have propelled women to achievements in many fields in a world where physical strength and gender now matter less, said Education Minister Ng Eng Hen yesterday. And the march women have made here is also likely to continue. Societies progress
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      774 25  -  Goh Chin Lian Revamped training system to tap experience of seasoned activists and teach new skills By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FRESH from a study trip to China last month, the youth wing of the People's Action Party is taking a leaf
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        288 26  -  PHILIP LEE BY WHEN Singapore furniture companies first began to think global in their export strategies, many confined themselves to the traditional markets in Asia and the West. But with help from government agencies such as Spring Singapore and IE Singapore, and their trade association,
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        279 26  -  Lai Yi Ming INDlATourism and several Indian carriers are working hand in hand to promote two-way tourist traffic between India and Singapore with new travel offers. The Visit India 2009 scheme provides tourists with various incentives one-for-one air passage, complimentary tours and a free
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        566 27  -  Kimberly SOAPBOX Errant youth may rail when parents turn them in, but it's for their best By Spykerman YOURSAY HAVE something to say about articles in Youthlnk? Thinking of contributing a story? E-mail styouth@sph.com.sg with your name, age and contact number. TOUGH love dishes out
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        819 27 MY LIFE A civil service job is a stable one, something which can never be understated in tough times. How has the recession changed attitudes towards jobs in the public sector? Youthlnkers speak up. Don't just seek jobs, but opportunities FOR someone who
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        180 27 MY TAKE IMAGES of everyday life, such as flowers, trees and playing children, have adorned a lOrn-long stretch of stone wall along Kallang Road for the last three weeks. In a process known as reverse graffiti, the designs were created by cleaning patches of dirt off
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      437 25 Be inspire r With us, it's not where but how far you want to go CALCULUS This course will equip participants with knowledge in intermediate calculus as well as application of the calculus knowledge in business and economics models. Topics include marginal analysis, optimization, rate of change, differentiation, partial differentiation,
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      331 28 Is there any hope that Liverpool and Chelsea can overhaul Manchester United's seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League this late in the season? Yes, but it would need United to suffer a meltdown. It has happened before. Here is a look at some
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      529 28 Liverpool manager Benitez admits it all depends on leaders LONDON: The past few days have been strange ones in the complex and muchscrutinised life of Rafael Benitez. From the splendour of Liverpool's exhibition against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, to a political victory last Friday with
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      609 28 English Premier League Hull City 1 Blackburn Rovers 2 West Ham United 1 Manchester City 0 Bolton Wanderers 1 Newcastle United 0 Aston Villa 2 Stoke City 2 LONDON: Ricardo Gardner scored with his first touch of the game to help Bolton boss Gary
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      787 29 Remaining fixtures MAN UNITED 62 points Wednesday: Newcastle (a) March 14: Liverpool (h) March 21: Fulham (a) April 5: Aston Villa (h) April 11: Sunderland (a) April 19: Wigan (a) April 22: Portsmouth (h) April 25: Tottenham (h) May 2: Middlesbrough (a) May 9: Man City (h)
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      307 29 NEWCASTLE (Northern Ireland): Fifa president Sepp Blatter has accused the English Premier League of hoarding the world's best foreign footballers. He has been urging a rule that would force teams to start games with at least six players eligible to play for the national
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      457 29 S-League Today Balestier Khalsa v Tampines Rovers (Toa Payoh, 7.45pm) Tomorrow Woodlands Wellington v Young Lions (Woodlands, 7.45pm) Wednesday SAFFC v Home United (Choa Chu Kang, 7.45pm) DPMM v Super Reds (Bandar Seri Begawan, 8.15pm) Thursday Sengkang Punggol v Geylang United (Hougang, 7.45pm) Friday Gombak
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      305 29 MILAN: Inter Milan veteran Luis Figo has urged his Portuguese compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo to quit Manchester United and join Real Madrid. United, however, want to end the speculation by offering the 23-year-old winger a £200,000 (*****,000)-a-week deal to stay at Old Trafford.
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        125 29 DUBAI: Novak Djokovic won his first title of the season on Saturday, beating Spain's David Ferrer 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The third-ranked Djokovic finished off Ferrer with an ace that was originally called out but challenged by the
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        64 29 LAHORE: Centuries by Thilan Samaraweera and Kumar Sangakkara gave Sri Lanka an early advantage against a sloppy Pakistan in yesterday's opening day of the second cricket Test. Samaraweera was unbeaten on 133 off 205 balls while Sangakkara was dismissed for 104 as Sri Lanka closed
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      300 30  -  May Chen By The team Men <55kg: Teo Chen Bin <60kg: Bernard Ging <66kg: Aloysius Chua <74kg: Mohammad Sulaiman <84kg: Gary Chow <96kg: Gabriel Yang <120 kg: Lim Wei Siong Women <48kg: Melvynna Tambunan <51kg: Vanessa Paige Chelvan <55kg: Vanesa Woon <59kg: Puteri Erna Natasha AN INTERIM
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      337 30 LONDON: Martin Whitmarsh took over the reins at McLaren yesterday and vowed: "If Lewis Hamilton doesn't retain his world championship this year, I will be a failure." The Formula One team's new principal and Ron Dennis' successor is still haunted by the
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      184 30 Local table tennis talents likely to feature at this year's SEA Games Zena Sim, 18, right-handed chopper World No. 100 (girls' U-21) 2005 Under-15 singles champion, Asian Junior Championships 2007 U-18 doubles champion, 13th South-east Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships 2008 U-18 singles champion and
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      449 30  -  Lin Xinyi Medals will take a back seat as STTA uses SEA Games to groom talent By "Hopefully, I can call upon this experience during the SEA Games." ZENA SIM, on playing at the May Commonwealth championships RESULTS are often all that matter in sport. But for
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      255 30 DUBLIN: England coach Martin Johnson was furious after his side's 13-14 Six Nations defeat by Ireland on Saturday as they slumped to fourth place in the table. He was incensed that England had paid a big price for indiscipline once again. Ireland scored eight points when
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      181 30 MIAMI: The Knicks made Dwyane Wade bleed. So he made them pay. Telling a packed American Airlines arena more than once that "this is my house," he scored 46 points, 15 of them coming in a 19-0 spurt that erased a huge deficit
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      116 30 "I'm so happy to just be able to play basketball again. I don't care what my role is." Stephon Marbury, exiled by New York for being disruptive, signed with NBA champions Boston on Friday and scored eight points on his debut, a 104-99 win over Indiana HOUSTON: Mexico's
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      458 30 Basketball NBA Orlando 106 Philadelphia 100, Miami 120 NY Knicks 115, Oklahoma 99 Memphis 92, Chicago 105 Houston 102, Milwaukee 109 Washington 93, Utah 102 Sacramento 89, Charlotte 100 LA Clippers 95. Cricket Fourth Test 3rd day in Bridgetown, Barbados: England 600-6 dec. West Indies 398-5 in 109 overs
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      646 31 'STRATEGY' "I just try to win the first hole, and if I don't, I try to win the second hole. I enjoy that kind of every hole is like an end point." GEOFF OGILVY, whose winning percentage in this WGC event (88.9) is higher
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      456 31  -  Jonathan Wong By GOLF fashion. For so long, that sounded like an oxymoron. Chic was not a word used then, it was the sound those polyester pants made as one walked on a course. And gender equality in golf just meant that the women
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      195 31 PATTAYA: World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa of Mexico warmed up for this week's HSBC Women's Champions tournament in Singapore by winning the Honda LPGA Thailand event yesterday. She overcame an early deficit and pulled away for a three-stroke victory in her first event of
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      102 30 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League BalKhalsa Tampines Mon, 02/03/09 7.45pm S.League Woodlands Young Lions Tue, 03/03/09 7.45pm German Cup Mainz Schlko4 Wed, 04/03/09 3.30 am Italian Cup Lazio |tvs Wed, 04/03/09 3.45 am E Premier and E League Champ matches are also on sale. For more details,
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      92 30 Today Football S-League: Balestier v Tampines (Toa Payoh, 7.45pm). Tomorrow Football S-League: Woodlands v Young Lions (Woodlands, 7.45pm). English Premier League: Portsmouth v Chelsea (Live, Ch27, Wednesday, 3.45 am), West Brom v Arsenal (Live, Ch22, Wednesday, 3.45 am), Liverpool v Sunderland (Live, Ch2l, Wednesday, 4am). Wednesday Football S-League: SAFFC v
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      37 31 Our Sincere Condolences Heartfelt Sympathy to Our Executive Director Mr Krez Peok Chong Eng on the demise of his beloved mother MDM ONG SIM YAP From The Management Staff of KINGSMEN CREATIVES LTD KINGSMEN (NORTH ASIA) LTD
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      141 31 "Blessed is the man his delight is in the law of the Lord." Psalm 1:1-2 LIM CHOO KIAN Age: 92 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 February 2009 dearly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Mary Tan Children: Spouses: Grandchildren: Nancy (T. Y. Lee, deceased) Colin Victor
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      146 31 "I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 NAPOLEON GABRIEL S/0 M S EM BALING AM Age: 71 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 Feb 2009 leaving behind family and loved ones. (Wife: Teresa Pakiam
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      189 32 FONG CHUN KAI Age: 92 passed away peacefully on 28 February 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Law Wai Kiao (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Fong Fook Wah (deceased) Mdm Yong (deceased) Fong Yue Kwong Kuo Shu Lan, Adeline Daughters: Fong Tai Tai Fong Tai Thai, Doris Grandson:
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      245 32 MAH SEOWYING Age: 81 was ushered into the glorious presence ofthe Lord on 1 March 2009. Sadly missed by all loved ones. (Husband: Yee Swee Pew, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Sandy Yee Siak Wah Mary Teo James Yee Siak Kee Angeline Loh Li Joo Simon Yee Siak Choon Marilyn Lee Ai
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      111 32 IRENE POH CHIK NEK (MAMA) Age: 92 was called home to be with the Lord on 1 Mar 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Son: Daughter-in-law: Robert Quah Lucy Quah Daughters: Sons-in-law: Rose Quah William Low Catherine Quah (DavidWaterhouse, deceased) Ivy Quah John Grandsons: Granddaughters-in-law: (Teddy Quah, deceased) Francis Low Emily
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      18 32 14th Anniversary In Everloving Memory of SNG AI TEE Departed 2.3.1995 Dearly missed always remembered by loved ones.
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      33 32 In Loving Memory of NG KUAN YONG Departed 2 March 1991 Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. Always remembered by Dad, Sister and all loved ones.
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      40 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Fong Yue Kwong President of Jurong Port Pte Ltd on the demise of his beloved father FONG CHUN KAI Departed on 28 February 2009 From: The Management Staff of Jurong Port Pte Ltd
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      160 32 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house ofthe Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 NELLIE TAN HAN KEOW Age: 77 Was called home to be with the Lord on 28 Feb 09. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      97 32 will not be afraid Lord, for you are with me." Dt2o:l WATSON WONG YEE Age: 19 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 February 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Father: Walter Wong Mother: Alice Seah Brother: Wilson Wong Grandparents, uncles, aunties, cousins and all relatives. Wake Is
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      145 32 MICHAEL CHAN KH AY GHEE vas called home by Jesus on 1 Mar 2009 at age 86. Loved and Remembered By Wife: Alice Teh Suan Kee Children Spouse: Chan Eng Huat Teoh Siew Guat Magnus Chan Eng Chye Cindy Tan Wee Teng Lili Chan Siew Kooi Alan Lye Boon Swee
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      79 32 CHENG KOK PENG Age: 46 Passed away peacefully on 28 Feb 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Toh Li Hwa, Jesslyn Sons: Daughter: Cleon Cheng Rui Feng Charmaine Cheng Yun Lin Chiron Cheng Kai Feng Parents, Parents-in-law, Siblings, Siblings-in-law, all Relatives and Friends. Wake is held
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      51 32 In Loving Memory of KO AI LENG nee Eio called home on 2 March 1990 The trees had grown tall, And reached for above, Still the sun shines through, Covering us with His love. Always loved and remembered by Hubby Samuel, Son Joshua, Daughter Tabitha Till we meet again m
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      18 32 In Loving Memory of POH WEE KIM Departed: 2.3.1992 "With Warm Remembrance and Love" From Family Loved Ones
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        551 33  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Wary investors are waiting for US Europe banks to stabilise By UNTIL there is evidence that government measures worldwide are beginning to take effect, stock markets are likely to remain in the doldrums. "It's difficult to predict, because people are
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        158 34 MR LIM Chee Onn (right) yesterday stepped down as chairman of Ml. He is succeeded by Mr Teo Soon Hoe, a director of Ml since 1996. The change is part of the group's succession planning. Mr Lim, who turns 65 this year,
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      754 36 ERRORS OF COMMISSION AND OMISSION "I made at least one major mistake of commission and several lesser ones that also hurt... Furthermore, I made some errors of omission, sucking my thumb when new facts came in that should have caused me to re-examine my thinking
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      509 36 NEW YORK: American International Group (AIG) is close to a deal with the United States government that would ease the terms of its bailout, provide a further equity commitment and help it pay down debt. The revision, a person familiar with
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      286 36 LONDON: Royal Bank of Scotland Group's former chief executive officer, Sir Fred Goodwin, will not be allowed to keep his £650,000 (551.45 million) pension, British Deputy Prime Minister Harriet Harman has said. "Sir Fred should not be counting on being £650,000 a
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      559 36  -  Francis Chan By A MASSIVE boost from private banking business in the Asia-Pa-cific region has helped give embattled Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse a badly needed lift. The bank may be staring at a long and winding road to recovery after posting
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        838 37 With the economic downturn, MBA graduates may be wondering: Where do we go from here? Two British dons who were in Singapore share their views on this with Robin Chan FIRST, a quick recap: The financial crisis is giving business schools the short end of
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      846 38  -  Francis Chan Former JTC tenants vexed by refusal despite new landlord's offer to help them in other ways By POOR MAINTENANCE "All you need to do is go to the toilets...They have not maintained the amenities." Mr Alan Hoong, managing director of Apex Technologies
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        587 40  -  eddino abdul hadi music reporter You might remember singer Brian McFadden from boyband Westlife. The immensely successful Irish group sold 40 million albums and trails just behind Elvis Presley and The Beatles in having the most No. 1 singles in Britain. In 2004, McFadden left
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        845 41  -  jocelyn lee What he saw as a travelogue host made Bryan Wong rethink his values 'I have learnt not to be so materialistic because not everything is based on money. Now, I am trying to decide between wants and needs' Bryan Wong (left) in Nepal L Bryan Wong
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        206 44 Los Angeles Drew Barrymore, director? That could happen if the Charlie's Angels star is picked to direct the third instalment of the teen vampire series, Twilight. Entertainment Weekly has reported that Barrymore is among a small group of directors producer Summit Entertainment is talking to
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      408 45  -  chang tou liang BREW concert FANTASIES AND CONFESSIONS Singapore Symphony Orchestra Lim Yau, Conductor Esplanade Concert Hall, Last Saturday Drawing up concert programmes is a fine art. Just ask SSO resident conductor Lim Yau, who is a master at juxtaposing the familiar and the arcane, with often unexpected
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        252 48 Los Angeles Fans of singers Chris Brown and Rihanna (both right) expressed dismay last Saturday at reports the couple had reunited just three weeks after Brown was alleged to have assaulted her. Celebrity magazines People and Us Weekly said the R&B stars were spending time
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      3608 61 Education Notices m 3 *^fr ri r/^TtT rr nTTr LANGUAGE LANGUAGE HK TUITION HK TUITION I SPECIAL FOCUS WJ courses UP courses Ijfp IP W^ef EXPERIENCED S RESPONSIBLE kJATTPt C LEMMTO T?Q£ i>U££M§ I Speak A New Language ._jr<-_ (1^1) WATS in just 2 mths! :s,~:r«":r" buyit.seu.it.fTndit _^_^^^M JC, Sec,
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      2367 62 BUY IT-SELL IT- FIND IT IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE cwuofNoß^ o APORE THE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) lL»IIL1^ in the Matter ofthe companies Act STRATA TITLE PLAN NO. 2197 NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO FILE CLAIMS ■n^JSU--. (SUNTEC CITY) C(R™' C«^onZi"2B Pi T36G™ PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR *****8/2001 *****516H
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      2902 63 A MATS RECRUIT H|K PROFESSIONALS/ H|K PROFESSIONALS/ H|K PROFESSIONALS/ H|K PROFESSIONALS/ fth ART/CREATIVE HK SALES HK SALES A T\ a .O 1 EXECUTIVES llr EXECUTIVES yjkf EXECUTIVES yjkf EXECUTIVES |§pf If)? 111/ >_-/-. 11U Ivvvl L4.JLL- \J L_—Lvl. \s Established in 1986, NTUC Club provides value-for-money Established Printing Co. Wati
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    493 66 Part lof 2: Facility management Maintaining facilities well gives an organisation competitive advantage FACILITY management in the past was formerly regarded as an overhead or maintenance function. Facilities were regarded as cost centres rather than assets to be managed carefully. As such, facility management was seldom considered a
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      126 66 A WATS £&1 £L_mtfliil) w 1 __i IJ i.'.l I #\yi-I »1 3 IJ_l* 1 I I Degree courses that prepare candidates to work in those industries. Find out what paths to success these institutions offer. Front Page! Stansfield College Inside! k m m m Alliance Francaise _fl Arium Education
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      136 66 JJI g R/ftnts Diary MARCH 5&6 DELIVERING WOW! SERVICE -BETHEA.C.E. Trainer Scow Bee Leng shares practical skills that will make the customer experience an excellent one. For details, contact Sam at 6376-2018, e-mail sam@ lciseminars.com or visit www. lciseminars.com MARCH 10 TRAINING SHOWCASE Specially for HR/training managers, this showcase features
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      36 67 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 I I /DCAnCDC'X ■f ntnUCnd an exclusive I Media Club j backpack I M More teens are dressing up their eyes with eyelash f extensions and perms iS_ X^ Pages 8&9 c^jLsfitno out
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        457 68  -  Malini Nathan Amanda Tan and find out why a young writer with bad grammar is a success Students are holding this author to higher standards of English, e-mailing him to point out his mistakes. Mr Low Kay Hwa, 24, a national serviceman who self-publishes his fiction through his
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        472 69 TALK BACK: What would you do if you knew your friend took ketamine? ft Ketamine has another name called Vitamin K. In my opinion, it is not a vitamin, but a killer. If my friend succumbed to dn igs, I'd get my friend to find
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        446 70  -  Malini Nathan IN meets the stars of the movie gives you the lowdown on this highly anticipated manga adaptation Cool martial arts moves, a scary villain and saving the world from mass destruction these are the usual elements of an action flick, and Dragonball Evolution has
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        291 70 Character: Goku (right) Played by: Justin Chatwin Fame: War of the Worlds, The Invisible and Taking Lives. In this movie: Chatwin has the daunting task of protecting the Earth from being destroyed by the evil Lord Piccolo and he has to do that by gathering seven
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        836 71 FOR BETTER... A teenage girl in Melbourne, Australia, was so bored during her school holidays one year that she decided to start writing a book, just to keep herself occupied. Three years and three books later, Alexandra Adornetto, 16, is now a published author with a
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        580 72  -  Lim Jun Yi Create your own Web TV show at sg.sevenload.com By Another social and media networking site has risen to join the ranks of You Tube and Flickr. It was launched last month as a video platform and social community for Singapore users to host photos and
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        450 73  -  Amanda Tan Lim Jun Yi By and Lim Jun Yi Q: Does it hurt to get extensions or perms? '"^mammmmmaa^ 9W A: Neither treatment hurts. Getting eyelash extensions involves glueing individual fibre lashes onto real lashes or on the eye lids. The glue used is safe so there will
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        343 73  -  Amanda Tan Eye make-up is no longer just for getai singers and stage performers teens want a piece of it. By If the eyes are the windows to the soul, then more teenage girls are going in for window dressing. Of the 10 shops that IN visited at malls
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        478 73  -  AMANDA TAN BY EYELASH EXTENSIONS WHAT: Extensions are made of natural fibre that comes in various lengths ranging from 6mm to 13mm. They are attached to the natural eyelashes strand by strand using glue. WHO: Popular among those between 15 and 30 years old. COST: $30 to $180,
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        97 74 CALLING ALL HUNKS AND HONEYS! Think your friend could be Singapore's next top model? Or that your classmate is too cute for school? Then snap his or her picture with your digital camera or phone and send it to stin@sph.com.sg with the subject head "IN HUNK" or "IN HONEY".
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        356 74  -  AMANDA TAN Beauty doesn't come for free, but it doesn't have to burn a hole in your pocket either. uncovers some steals that really stretch your dollar. STYLING COMB I know that guys don't like spending a lot of time on beauty regimens. This comb can supposedly create
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        303 75  -  YASMIN ALLY BY POEM sjg/ By Liv Zhuoran, 15, Tanjong Katong Girls' School, Secondary 3 SING TO THE TREE Greeny tree, green is tree, melody of leaves, perfect songs; Strong tree, strength is tree, dance of birds, how wonderful is this; Tall tree, tallness is
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        835 76  -  Danielle Ang, By The Straits Times, Feb 17, 2009 PAST The word graffiti comes from the Greek word "graphein" meaning to write, and came to us by way of the Italian word "graffiato" which means scratched on a wall. So before spray
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      48 69 A PARALYSING EXPERIENCE Taking ketamine can result in some terrible experiences, including one that users call a "k-hole". When this happens, a person is unable to move or speak, and he is terrified and cut off from the world. Sources: Central Narcotics Bureau, The Straits Times, Project GHB
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      135 70 She may look AmWl I t strong now. iiA Am *Vw*V JmW^^^mr AT But even a seemingly strong, fit Jr person like her may very well suffer V from osteoporosis later on in life. li ifiN mfm V\i 4. M m M*M i You see, bone mass is deposited till
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      341 77 ■PE] WEEK ZOOM ON A A iffill When the economy takes a nosedive like it has recently, couples fight about 1 Bjtefa, $M '<' nk money and that can put a strain on a marriage. Last year, more than 16,000 IP Jj|| I^^^Vl f| A people lost their jobs, and
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      584 79 INTHEEND m i Loo^oLj K^« Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 o^^^^^J m mm b°x contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively Wlflfclil^fll^Vlcl I I g I I I I o I I I Match these digits to the reasons they made the news O
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