The Straits Times, 3 March 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    26 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 TUESDAY, MARCH 3 2009 *8* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS JT AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Relic bidder won't pay up
      53 1 AFTER two controversial Qing dynasty relics were auctioned off last week for a record 15.7 million euros (Ss3o million) each, Chinese art collector Cai Mingchao, 45, has claimed he was the mystery buyer but that he would not be paying up for patriotic reasons. PRIME
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      Lock icon Fees not paid, docs claim
      46 1 SOME Parkway doctors are complaining that the group has not paid them fees for treating some of their patients. The doctors say they are owed between $6,000 and $20,000 for treatment given to patients from the Middle East. HOME PAGE B2
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      Lock icon Beijing's booster shot
      47 1 EXPERTS are predicting a second major stimulus package from the Chinese government this week as the country's biggest political meetings kick off today. This is on top of the 4 trillion yuan (Ss9oB billion) package that was introduced last November. WORLD PAGE A 8
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      Lock icon Youth Games on Internet
      41 1 THE Internet will be the main broadcast medium for June's Asian Youth Games in Singapore. It is the first time that a multi-sport Games will be using new media as its main broadcast platform. SPORT PAGE 810
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      Lock icon Freddie, AIG get more aid
      44 1 INSURER American International Group got a fresh US$3O billion (5546.6 billion) lifeline after reporting a staggering US$6l.7 billion quarterly loss. Washington will also help mortgage giant Freddie Mac, which says it needs a further US$3O billion. MONEY PAGE 817
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      Lock icon Lower interest on deposits
      44 1 THE already meagre rate of interest paid on bank deposits is falling even lower. At least four banks Maybank, Standard Chartered Bank, United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank have trimmed rates or are set to do so. MONEY PAGE 818
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    Lock icon NTU professor slashed on campus; attacker dies in fall
    1078 1  -  Sujin Thomas By The morning quiet in the halls of academia was shattered yesterday as the office of an NTU lecturer became the scene of a violent struggle. In the aftermath, the cluttered room had documents strewn all over the floor,
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    Lock icon Bleak data jolts Asian bourses
    626 1  -  Yang Huiwen Banks and blue chips plunge as global outlook looks set to worsen By ASIAN bourses' steady drift into the red dramatically quickened its pace yesterday with plunges in value knocking investor confidence across the region. The trickle of depressing profit and output figures
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    • VIEWPOINTS
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        Lock icon It's trade that matters, stupid
        65 2 WE SAY Asean leaders at their Thailand summit made open trade their chief message. It is the only message worth making in these times of growth shrinkage, reduced demand and trade protection. Next stop: the really useful G-20 summit in London where Indonesian President Susilo
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        19 2 COLUMNS Nothing can quite replace the human element in war, says William Choong. REVIEW PAGE Al6
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        Lock icon Water and Singapore
        22 2 Other countries can learn from us and treat water as an expensive commodity, says Leong Ching. REVIEW PAGE Al7
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        Lock icon Lightning-struck Merlion
        28 2 OUR READER SAYS If we do not repair the Merlion, would it not generate curiosity and attract more tourists, asks Choo Kay Wee. FORUM PAGE AlB
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        16 2 www.straitstimes.com Sim Chi Yin is excited to see Singapore on the Chinese TV news.
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    • Article
      Lock icon What it should have been
      44 2 IN THE report "Splurge and save" published in LifeStyle on Sunday, we said that the Kenwood ST2I2 Steam Iron is selling at Courts for $13.10. This is incorrect. It is selling for $19.90. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Splitting Citi may be best course
      1044 2  -  Goh Eng Yeow Its profitable Asia-Pac units would be shielded from bad publicity in US By FOR a global lender which has long used the marketing line "the Citi that never sleeps", United States-based Citigroup sure gives plenty of sleepless nights to investors around
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      Lock icon Community hospitals raise fees
      810 3  -  Amresh Gunasingham More expensive food and medical supplies, and staff costs to blame By THREE of the largest community hospitals here have raised their prices sharply, and a fourth is set to follow suit. Soaring costs of food, medical supplies and qualified staff had forced them
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      Lock icon Some patients' families hit hard by fee hikes
      310 3  -  Jalelah Abu Baker Cheryl Ong and TAXI-DRIVER Yeo Seng Kirn, 48, is having sleepless nights worrying about how he is going to pay his wife's hospital bills. Singaporeans have been cutting back on cab rides, he said, and he earns only $30
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      Lock icon A trail of blood after attack
      35 4 PHOTOS: TEXT: SUJIN MATHEWS THOMAS GRAPHICS: LIM YONG M Minutes later, he falls four storeys onto a grass verge below. He is pronounced dead at 10.45 am. DESMOND LIM
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      Lock icon Maths 'genius' and a loner
      746 5  -  Amelia Tan unmiiiura By KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN Respected by staff, students THE stabbing of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk has stunned colleagues and students who hold him in high regard. The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering lecturer, who is 45, was
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      Lock icon China relics: Mystery buyer says he's not paying for them
      770 6  -  Sim Chi Yin Art collector surfaces to say he acted out of patriotism By CHINA CORRESPONDENT Susan Sachs FOR THE STRAITS TIMES BEIJING/PARIS: They were going, going but definitely not gone. Days after two controversial Qing dynasty relics were auctioned
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      Lock icon Voter rolls open for scrutiny
      564 7  -  Jeremy Au Yong Overseas S'poreans can also register from today POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT REGISTERS with the names of Singaporeans eligible to vote when the general election is next held will be open for inspection from today. The Elections Department, in announcing this yesterday, said eligible Singaporeans
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      Lock icon A-level results out on Friday
      63 7 THE results of last year's A-level examinations will be released on Friday. School candidates may collect result slips from their schools from 2.30pm onwards. Private candidates will be able to access their results through the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board website (http://www.seab.gov.sg) from the same
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon Second stimulus plan for China?
      625 8  -  Peh Shing Huei Fighting the economic crisis tops agenda as country's biggest political meetings start By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF Economy on their mind WHAT Meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC), which is China's legislature, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top
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      292 8 "While there may be additional measures announced to boost consumption, we do not expect another major stimulus package." ÜBS Securities' China economist Wang Tao Health care, for example, will be a hot issue, with reforms planned to improve medical services. But while the government zooms in
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        Lock icon Food safety situation still grim, says China
        967 9  -  Tracy Quek New law expected to beef up oversight and prevent scandals By CHINA CORRESPONDENT Making food safer CHINA'S first Food Safety Law replaces its food hygiene legislation passed in 1995, which is outdated and limited in scope. The new law, which takes
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        Lock icon Beijing West stoking up trouble in Tibet
        362 9 BEIJING: China's troubles in Tibet have been stoked by crisis-stricken Western forces seeking to divide and weaken the emerging power and distract voters from their own economic woes, the government said yesterday in a policy paper on Tibet. The document came as activist
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        Lock icon Muslim nations urged to set up support fund
        648 10  -  Salim Osman It'll help less developed Muslim countries cope with financial crisis: Indonesian President By Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS ALTERNATIVE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS NEEDED "We have inherited a system where people can trade what they do not own, and the resulting inflationary pressure
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        Lock icon Shedding for a cause
        67 10 Students in the Philippines react to the sight of protesters parading naked on a university campus in Manila. Yesterday, two dozen members of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity shed their clothes and ran about to decry an impending increase in tuition fees. They also called on
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        Lock icon India sets dates for elections
        230 10 NEW DELHI: India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13, election officials said yesterday, kicking off a mammoth process in which 714 million people will be able to cast their votes. The chief of the Election Commission, which runs elections in
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        Lock icon N. Korea holds rare DMZ meet with UN forces
        451 10 SEOUL: North Korean generals met the US-led UN command in South Korea for the first time in about seven years yesterday, after Pyongyang's warning that "arrogant" acts by US troops could spark a war. The meeting at the Panmunjom village inside
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        Lock icon Non-interference principle restricts Asean, says Surin
        485 11  -  Nirmal Ghosh It limits group's options for preventive diplomacy and conflict resolution, says sec-gen By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan in a post-summit discussion yesterday lauded the group's emerging embrace of civil society, but said its policy of non-interference limits options for
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        Lock icon Thai PM vows to get Thaksin
        233 11 BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva vowed his government would use "every means we can" to extradite former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to serve a two-year jail term. "To request for an extradition is also not easy. We have to proceed by every means we
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        Lock icon Face-off looms over special Perak sitting
        553 12  -  Elizabeth Looi MALAYSIAN POLITICAL UPHEAVAL State Secretary plans lockout to stop 'illegal' meeting but is in turn suspended by Speaker By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: The political battle over Perak faces a new showdown today, with the Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers calling for an emergency
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        Lock icon Security in Parliament tightened
        276 12 KUALA LUMPUR: Security measures at Parliament building were beefed up after last Thursday's scuffle when Democratic Action Party chairman Karpal Singh was blocked by members of Umno Youth from entering the building. Police and security officers were seen outside the main gate of the road leading
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        Lock icon Najib will take over as PM this month, says Abdullah
        161 12 HUA HIN: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has reiterated his plan to hand power over to his deputy, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, this month. "That is the plan that I have made, so we will have to follow the plan,"
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        Lock icon Dhaka manhunt nets 650 mutineers
        269 12 DHAKA: Bangladesh arrested some 650 rebel soldiers and deployed the army to hunt for fugitives after last week's mutiny by members of a border security force. The government is also seeking the help of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and London's Metropolitan Police
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        Lock icon Europe's past may hinder recovery
        690 13  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS As the US taps aspects of socialism, Europe baulks at the thought I By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives in Washington today for the first formal meeting between a European leader and US President Barack Obama.
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        Lock icon After baby's sex, choose eye colour
        299 13 LOS ANGELES: A fertility clinic in the United States has sparked controversy by offering would-be parents a chance to select physical traits of their baby such as eye and hair colour. The LA Fertility Institutes run by Dr Jeff Steinberg, a pioneer of in-vitro
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      • EMPLOYMENT CRISIS IN U.S.
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          566 14 Unpaid leave among cost-cutting moves by US employers WASHINGTON: As workers in the United States nervously watch the ranks of the newly jobless swell, employers are doing what they can to cut costs without laying off more people. A recent survey by the Society for Human
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          729 14 Even baby boomers in their 50s and 60s are vying with newly laid-off NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS TEMPE (Arizona): Mr Mark Cooper started his work day on a recent morning cleaning the door handles of an office building with a rag, vigorously shaking out a
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          Lock icon Donors pledge $7b aid to Palestinians
          614 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE But world leaders say aid must not go to Hamas and Gaza blockade must end SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt): International donors yesterday pledged close to US$4.5 billion (Ss7 billion) to the Palestinians and demanded the immediate lifting of Israel's crippling blockade on the
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        • INBRIEF
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            Lock icon DPM Wong in Qatar
            176 15 DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng led a delegation yesterday on a three-day trip to Doha, where he will co-chair the third Qatar-Singapore High-Level Joint Committee Meeting with the Heir Apparent of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani. The joint committee
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            Lock icon China bares lunar plans
            131 15 BEIJING: China plans to land its third lunar probe Chang'e-3 on the moon latest in 2013, Mr Ye Peijian, chief designer of Chang'e-1 which crash-landed on Sunday on the orb with a controlled impact, said here yesterday. The mission of Chang'e-3 is to make soft landing
            XINHUA  -  131 words
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            Lock icon 6,000 pigs to be culled
            133 15 MANILA: Workers in protective suits have begun culling 6,000 pigs at a northern Philippine farm to prevent the spread of the Ebola Reston virus that has infected some of the animals. Health officials said six farm and slaughterhouse workers in Bulacan province had developed antibodies
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            Lock icon George Yeo in Indonesia
            87 15 FOREIGN Minister George Yeo is on a three-day visit to Indonesia from today. According to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement, Mr Yeo will visit Jakarta and Makassar in South Sulawesi during his trip. In Jakarta, Mr Yeo will call on Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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            Lock icon China-Taiwan museum pact
            153 15 TAIPEI: Taiwan and China yesterday forged a nine-point agreement calling for close cooperation between the two sides' most famous museums in a further sign of warming ties between the cross-strait rivals. Under the accord between Taipei's National Palace Museum and its Beijing counterpart, the Palace Museum, the
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon Asean's brief: Open trade all that matters
      450 16 ASEAN leaders made an important pitch for open trade at their meeting in Thailand at the weekend. It is the one sober message worth amplifying, to deny protectionists turf advantage when economies are contracting and job protection has become, by negative connotation, the
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      Lock icon Charting the course of misery
      840 16 GLOBAL RECESSION LAST week, United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke predicted that 2010 "will be a year of recovery". When will the misery end? Here are the guesses of three experts. Risk of L-shaped near-depression LAST year, some argued that the recession would be
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      Lock icon The human factor is supreme
      851 16  -  William Choong UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES By SENIOR WRITER ONE dark and stormy night last month, journalists from the local media aboard a stealth frigate belonging to the Singapore Navy witnessed a noisy little aircraft being put through an evaluation exercise. It was flung into the
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        Lock icon Currents, crises and internal tensions
        1004 17  -  Lim Chin Bernard Yeung ST-NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL SERIES ON GLOBALISATION By THE desire for security, riches and discovery led our ancestors to travel far beyond their homelands. The difference between then and now is that the cast of players has changed. Thanks largely to advances
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        Lock icon Taking the yuan international
        806 17  -  Yang Mu Chen Shaofeng ECONOMIC WATCH I By CHINA relies heavily on the US dollar. A sharp rise in the dollar also pulls up the yuan, hitting China's exports; and if the dollar plummets, China's huge foreign reserves suffer. Now that the global financial crisis has
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        Lock icon Guarding -and pricing-each drop
        717 17  - Guarding -and pricingeach drop Leong Ching WATER SPORE By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES NORTH and central China are seeing the worst drought in 50 years, leaving four million people without water. In the Australian state of Victoria, a bushfire that started in the middle of a hot, dry summer may
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        Lock icon Why same code for subscription TV?
        409 18 NATIONAL ICON I REFER to MediaCorp's Online Forum reply last Saturday, "Why Oscars repeat blanked out gay plea", explaining why it edited the encore telecast of the 81st Annual Academy Awards aired on Feb 24. While I accept that MediaCorp must adhere to the
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      • Letter
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        238 18 ALLOW me to rebut Mr Lee King Thai's letter last Saturday, "Lowering taxi fare won't help cabbies" as a frequent user of taxis. I have had to use taxis for work and school in the past two years because of my busy schedule. My
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        261 18 w S3OOM GOVT LOAN TO MICRON SUNDAY'S report, "s3oom loan for Micron plant", stated that Micron Technology, the largest United States producer of memory chips, received a $300 million loan from the Singapore Government to upgrade a plant here. Separately, Micron announced it has offered funds
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        402 18 MS TAN Siew Leng ("What about couple caring for aged aunt?", Feb 20) was concerned that her elderly aunt, who is currently taken care of by Ms Tan and her family, did not receive her fair share of benefits under government schemes such as
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        188 18 I REFER to the article, "Dons allege bias in NTU policy on tenure" (Feb 20). The Education Services Union (ESU) would like to clarify our position on this matter. It is untrue that ESU turned away the Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
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        459 18 Plain English, please "We are still plagued by opaque language by government and uniformed agencies." MR CHEN SEN LENN: "The commentary last Friday, 'Keep it clear, keep it simple' reminds me of an anecdote when Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was prime minister. He was addressing
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      851 19  -  Leow Si Wan Goh Yi Han GOOD NEWS FOR JOB SEEKERS All 10 restaurants the ST spoke to are hiring staff for new outlets By SINGAPORE is set for a fast-food explosion in the coming year. Ten fast-food chains The Straits Times spoke to from established
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      564 20  -  Jessica Jaganathan Outstanding amounts related to overcharging claims by the UAE By NOT FAIR TO OTHERS "Maybe certain doctors might have overcharged, but it is unfair to use the whole thing to not pay the rest of us." A specialist at Mount
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      123 20 Grandpa John Tan, 49, changes the diaper of his 17-month-old granddaughter Chloe Tay as she entertains herself with his mobile phone. They were competing in the first round diaper changing of the Happiest Grandparent and Baby category in Baby Singapore 2009, held at
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      344 20  -  Jane Ng By TEACHERS at Riverside Secondary have to get permission from the principal to stay in school past 7pm or return on Saturdays to work. Most times, approval is not given. Mrs Sng Siew Hong, who oversees the school in Woodlands, says she
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      133 20 Residents of The Moral Home for Aged Sick had reason to cheer yesterday as members of the Young Business Leaders group sang and performed for them. The group of young entrepreneurs and corporate leaders sang Mandarin classics such as "Xuan Ze" by singers George
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      474 20  -  Jane Ng By THE second batch of students from the dual-degree programme offered by the New York University and the National University of Singapore graduated last night at a ceremony at the Asian Civilisations Museum. A total of 55 students from 25
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      340 21  -  Grace Chua Lightning has been detected 186 days per year here, one of the world's highest rates By THE Merlion statue, which was slightly damaged in a lightning strike last Saturday afternoon, is only one of many structures hit by the frequent lightning storms that
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      154 21  -  THE building code, which governs lightning protection here, will get its first update in 13 years, detailing more information on how to safeguard electronic systems and taller buildings. The Singapore Lightning Protection Code CP33 was first compiled in 1985 and revised in 1996. It is used
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      866 22  -  K.C. Vijayan CHANGES TO CRIMINAL CODE Code should state explicitly accused's right, lawyers say in feedback on drafl By LAW CORRESPONDENT Proposed changes M COURT PROCESS No more Preliminary Inquiries (Pis) for cases that come before the High Court. At these hearings, the
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      600 22  -  Khushwant Singh By JUDGES should have more say when it comes to handling criminal cases and be allowed to vary sentences in appropriate cases, lawyers here have said in their feedback to the proposed changes to the Criminal Procedure Code. For
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      259 22  -  K.C. VIJAYAN A GROUP of criminal lawyers want proposed changes to the Criminal Procedure Code to be subject to closer and deeper public scrutiny as it is a matter which may concern a lot of people. The Association of Criminal Lawyers (ACLS) has
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      455 23  -  Selina Lum SOURED BUSINESS DEAL Countersuit brought by the practice against him also thrown out By A DOCTOR has won a suit to get back $236,500 over a soured business deal with several other doctors. He also won on another count when
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      225 23 Trial today for man in MP-threat case THE trial of a rag-and-bone man who allegedly threatened Jalan Besar GRC MP Denise Phua with hurt has been adjourned to today. A lawyer will be assigned to defend Ng Kirn Ngweng, 49, who applied for free legal aid. His three-day trial
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      631 23  -  Selina Lum By A FAMILY from Taiwan is suing HSBC Private Bank for forcing three of its members to close a foreign exchange trade on their US$24 million (Ss37 million) investment account, which resulted in them suffering losses and being deprived of potential profits.
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      243 23  -  CAROLYN QUEK A QUANTITY surveyor was charged in court yesterday with molesting his maid, just two months after she started working for him. Ren Ji, 27, faces four charges: He is said to have insulted the maid's modesty once and molested her three
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      242 23  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN CUSTOMS officers have arrested and charged four more people suspected of evading taxes on imported cars. This is the second such bust in recent months. Between last November and January, seven importers were arrested and charged with the same offence.
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      685 24  -  Ang Yiying ANG YIYING RSVP Singapore's new name to help seniors identify with its aims By Members provide services to raise cash MADAM Aileen Tay is at the airport three times a week as a Changi Senior Ambassador, answering queries from tourists and helping to
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      554 24  -  Maria Almenoar By MORE than 650 cabbies will be out of a job in the next one to three years when they mark their 73rd birthday. That is the age at which their taxi vocational licences issued by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will
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      493 25  -  Karamjit Kaur Indonesia Air Asia flying 4 routes; Tiger to fly daily to Jakarta from March 29 By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT TRAVELLERS can look forward to better deals with new low-cost flights between Singapore and Indonesia ready for take-off. To celebrate its much-awaited entry
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      242 25 OUTSTANDING AWARD WINNER MORE ONLINE View video on awards presentation at straitstimes.com CUSTOMS officer Roswati Mustadi, 37, figured out early in her career that being a bit of a linguist would help her do her job well. And so it has. She has, in her
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      19 25 "Customers are always very happy whenever I address them in their own language." Customs officer Roswati Mustadi
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      305 25  -  NICHOLAS YONG SERVICE PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR She returns to help passenger on her day off Amid the tough economic climate, excellent customer service is key to retaining a competitive edge, said Transport Minister Raymond Lim as he handed out 20 awards for exemplary service to airport staff
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      282 25 OUTSTANDING AWARD WINNER II THE Willoughby family from Australia feels "forever in the debt" of Singapore Airport Terminal Services' (Sats) duty manager Cecilia Estrop, 44, for the care she showed their family last year. In January last year, Mr Timothy Willoughby, who was in
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      542 26  -  Liaw Wy-Cin SAFETY ROUNDTABLE Experts: Building safety culture just as crucial as proper infrastructure By HAVING several layers of concrete and metal to absorb nuclear leaks is essential. But training plant operators to know what is happening in nuclear reactors so they do
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      401 26 SINGAPOREANS wishing to try their hand at dealing cards at a casino can apply for jobs this week at the two upcoming integrated resorts (IRs). Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) and Marina Bay Sands will kick off their first recruitment drive
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      785 26  -  Yen Feng By SPH websites score high in Hitwise rankings PACKED into a small cafe exchanging ideas on religion, philosophy and identity, they looked just like a bunch of eager liberal arts students out on a school night. "I once dated someone who
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      105 19 fhj WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm are not quite right. Strangely enough, MOST-READ ONLINE the lift in my HDB block has become Merlion hit by lightning. much cleaner since a camera was "Flippers" at condo sale. installed." BLOGGED ABOUT WWW.Stomp.COm.Sg I spy with my little eye...Says
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      628 27  -  Terrence Voon Stalwarts gone, Spore will field new-look badminton team By Singapore squad King Aiying (women's singles) Fu Mingtian (women's singles) Chayut Triyachart (mixed doubles) Shinta Mulia Sari (mixed doubles, women's doubles) Yao Lei (women's doubles) Frances Liv (women's doubles) Vanessa Neo (women's doubles) WHEN the
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      341 28  -  Lin Xinyi By COME June, a touch of your fingertips is all you need to feel the excitement of the Asian Youth Games (AYG). Through the June 29-July 7 Games' official website, supporters from around the globe can catch the action live
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      36 28 PHOTO: Ben Foster saving Jamie O'Hara's attempt in the penalty shoot-out. He had studied O'Hara's previous penalty in an England U-21 game and knew where to dive to deny him. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      568 28 LONDON: Alex Ferguson's lowest priority in Manchester United's chase of five trophies this season was the League Cup, but winning the competition has strengthened the manager's confidence that he has the players to maintain the club's current
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      772 28  -  Rohit Brijnath SPORTINGLIFE By THREE things in football no one agrees on. Who the greatest is, Edson or Diego? How the 1970s Dutch teams, a gang of rubber-studded Rembrandts, never won a World Cup? And whether practising penalties is a waste of time? My answers,
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        88 28 JOHANNESBURG: Fiery fast bowling from Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle led Australia to a 162-run win over South Africa on the fifth and final day of the first cricket Test yesterday. The home team, chasing an improbable victory target of 454, were bowled
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        57 28 LONDON: Scotland and Wales have dropped plans to co-host the 2016 European football championship due to the financial demands of the expanded tournament. Euro 2012, jointly hosted by Ukraine and Poland, will be the last to feature 16 teams after Uefa voted last year
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        81 28 MADRID: Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola insisted yesterday that he will not press the panic button despite the Spanish football giants suffering back-to-back league defeats. Less than a month ago, Barcelona were coasting to the Primera Liga title with a healthy 12-point lead over bitter
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        48 28 MILAN: Carlo Ancelotti's job at Italian football giants AC Milan is looking increasingly precarious after his side lost 1-2 at Sampdoria on Sunday. AC Milan are clinging onto third spot on 48 points, 12 points behind Serie A leaders Inter Milan. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        72 28 BEIJING: Yelena Isinbayeva, the two-time Olympic pole vault champion and world record-holder, plans to compete for five more years before retiring in 2013. The Russian spelt out her intentions yesterday after signing a long-term, multi million dollar sponsorship deal with Chinese sportswear manufacturer Li
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        100 28 NEW YORK: Officials for Major League Baseball interviewed Alex Rodriguez on Sunday night for two hours about who provided him with performance-enhancing drugs and whether that person had access to Major League clubhouses. Rodriguez admitted last month that he had used banned substances from 2001
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      704 29  -  Oliver Kay By THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Life at Anfield was quiet. A few people might mill around during the week, trying to spot a star or snatch an autograph, but it was only on match days that any real crowd gathered. Go to Old Trafford
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      684 29 Liverpool v Sunderland Live, Ch2l Ch3o4, tomorrow, 4am English Premier League Today Liverpool v Sunderland Live, Ch2l Ch3o4, tomorrow, 4am Portsmouth v Chelsea Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 3.45 am West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3.45 am Tomorrow Blackburn Rovers v Everton Fulham v Hull City
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      401 29  -  Leonard Lim By STEPS are being taken to reinforce Singapore's status as one of the most attractive Formula One venues a move that has taken on increased significance because of the economic slump. The Singapore Tourism Board and race promoters Singapore
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      465 29 "We're going through a period right now where everybody's just kind of tired. It happens." KOBE BRYANT Phoenix Suns 118 Los Angeles Lakers 111 PHOENIX: Funny how the National Basketball Association works, though the Los Angeles Lakers probably did not see much humour in
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      71 30 LAHORE: Thilan Samaraweera (above) notched his second successive Test double century yesterday, as Sri Lanka built an imposing first-innings total in the second cricket Test against Pakistan. Samaraweera, who scored 231 in the drawn first Test at Karachi, made 214 off 338 balls before being run out
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      394 30 "I've been trying to do that for a long time and have not been able to. Now, I think I have a very good chance." Thai golfer Thongchai Jaidee, on being the first man to earn US$3 million (554.6 million) on the Asian Tour. Sunday's win at the Indonesian
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      486 30 Good friend Casey, bad shots fail to derail his second Accenture title MARANA (Arizona): As he negotiated golf's peaks and valleys, Geoff Ogilvy's self-belief used to fade in and out like a cellphone signal. One bad shot could lead to a few dropped strokes.
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      740 30 GOING to the HSBC Women's Champions tournament this week? To help you enjoy your time at the Tanah Merah Country Club, The Straits Times gathered four of the world's top caddies in cyberspace to give you the view from inside the ropes. Yorkshireman David
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      824 27 iiiiii O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Blatter joy over 6+5 backing. United lift Cup. Benitez's future still in the balance. YOUR SAY United lift Cup. Said Eagle2oo4: "The Red Devils' winning team was essentially made up of fringe players. How many other
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      145 30 Wee Siow Heng, Peverell Age: 53 Passed away peacefully on 1 March 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Daphne Teng Giok Bee Daughter: Karis Wee Jin Na Son: Brion Wee Wei Zi Father: Moses Wee (deceased) Mother: Lee Fong Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Gui Siew Hui Gui Siew
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      125 30 NG LIANG HUA Age: 69 passed away peacefully on 1 March 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Lim Scow Ghee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Lee Keng, Melvin Ang Kirn Kee, Angeline Lim Lee Seng, Bernard Oh Siew Choo, Annie Lim Lee Hong, Vincent Lim Sieow Ying, Catherine
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      64 30 GURDEV SINGH POONI Age: 80 passed away on 2 March 2009 leaving behind: Wife: Charan Kaur Sister: Pritam Kaur Hayer Sons: Daughters-in-law: Jasbir Singh Pooni Gayatri Harbinder Singh Pooni Harmesh Grandchildren: Dinesh Pooni, Gurvir Pooni Alice Pooni relatives and all loved ones. Buses to leave for the Mandai Crematorium from
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      183 31 CHIA GEK KWANG Age: 89 passed away peacefully on 1 March 2009, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Cheng Ngan Kian, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Cheng Song Kirn Lim Eng Choo Cheng Song Chia Chow Leng Suan Cheng Song Mow Tan Siew Lee Benny Cheng Song Chang Wong Poh Kum Daughters: Sons-in-law:
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      84 31 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 MRS CHEN LI KANG (nee LEONG MENON) Departed: 3rd March 2008 In our home she is fondly remembered,
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      66 31 r Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of GOVINDAN S/O CHANDU KUNDAN Departed 14 Feb 2008 Dearly missed and always remembered by Wife: Veloo Sarala, Daughter: Sumita, Son-in-law: Subhash Granddaughter: Shreya and all loved ones. Evening prayers will be held on 4th March 2009 (Wednesday), 7.30pm at Holy Tree Sri Balasubramaniam
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      80 31 AL-FATIHAH Allahyarham HJ MANSOR BIN HJ KIDAM Age: 75 passed away peacefully on 2 March 2009 The family wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives and friends for their kind attendance, condolences and prayers during their recent bereavement. May Allah bless his soul. Amin. Wife: Hjh Kalsom
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      100 31 The family of the late WONG MEI TOH Departed on 24 February 2009 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives and friends, colleagues and business associates for their attendance, condolences, prayers, donations, wreaths and kind assistance during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: All doctors and nurses
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      40 31 The Family Of The Late CHIA CHOR CHENG Departed on 25 February 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates for their condolences, assistance, attendance, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      72 31 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Ms Tan Puah Cheng Jenny, Chairman Finance Director Mr Lim Kah Siong, Managing Director Mr Lim Sze Tian Raymond, Project Director Mr Tan Kee Tia Steven, Manager Mr Lim Shijie Alan, Manager on the demise of their Mother, Mother-in-law Grandmother. Mdm PHUA MENG YIN
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      42 31 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mr. TAN WAH SENG On the Demise of his Beloved Mother-in-law MDM CHOW FONG ENG From Management and staff of: Omega Pro Tech (1996) Pte Ltd Omega Construction Engineering Pte Ltd BSM Engineering Pte Ltd
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      101 31 CECILIA YEO LAY CHOO Age: 64 was called home to be with the Lord on 2 March 2009. Leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Robert Koh Eng Chong, deceased) Children: Lena Koh Kelvin Koh Sylvia Koh Brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, relatives friends Body is resting at Notredame Hall of Repose, Church
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      27 31 With deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Assistant Superintendent of Police CHENG KOK PENG From: the Director and staff of Police Intelligence Department
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      30 31 With deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Assistant Superintendent of Police CHENG KOK PENG From: the Commissioner of Police and all ranks of Singapore Police Force
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      41 31 2ND ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of DENIS MEYER Departed 3 March 2007 We remember and cherish the happy times together. Remembering them today and forever. Dearly missed fondly remembered by Lorraine, Glenn, Shane your mates from Misfits and Spirits cricket clubs.
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      107 30 Today Football S-League: Woodlands v Young Lions (Woodlands, 7.45pm). English Premier League: Portsmouth v Chelsea (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 3.45 am), West Brom v Arsenal (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3.45 am), Liverpool v Sunderland (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 4am). Tomorrow Football S-League: SAFFC v Home (Choa Chu Kang, 7.45pm), DPMM v Super Reds
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      158 31 DEAN RODNEY KELLETT I 18.10.1966 26.02.2009 Died in Singapore and cremated on 27.02.2009, with a memorial service on 03.03.2009 at the Singapore Cricket Club. A memorial service will be conducted in Melbourne at a later date. My darling, my sweet, sweet Dean. My love, my life, my strength, my guide.
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      11 31 "In memoriam" is for trie loved ones whom uou remember... V
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      7 32 I Today in the Business Times I
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        542 32  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS Bourse down almost 13% for the year, half what it was a year ago By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT FRESH investor worries over the health of financial institutions worldwide combined with growing regional gloom yesterday to drive Singapore stocks down
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        419 32 LONDON: British publishing group Pearson posted a better-than-expected 2008 adjusted earnings per share of 57.7 pence due to a strong performance at its educational unit, and said it hoped to either match or better that this year. The owner of the world's largest
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          180 32 Yesterday's close: 7,280.15 (-288.27) »Japanese stocks slid 3.8 per cent as concerns about the US financial sector and economy hit banks and exporters. Yesterday's close: 876.56 (-14.11) Malaysian shares closed down 1.6 per cent in line with declines on Wall Street. Yesterday's close: 12,317.46 (-494.11) Hong Kong shares slumped
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          407 32 DBXT S&P Short 10USS GLD 10USS ISH Sing Inv Fin Great Eastern Isetan FrumpDragon MOIL Ossialntl Eastern Hldgs Wilmar Dynamic FPV CheungWoh Hwa Hong IDT Hldgs lasper Leeden Chemoil Energy Amara Hldgs 9142 589.6 9436 212.6 930 31.0 99.5 9.5 801 6.0 280 5.0 20 5 0
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          425 32 )BS RB ePW*****3 155 JOB BNP ePW*****8 93 JOB BNP ePW*****7 87 1CBC Bk BNPePW*****2 51 JOB RBePW*****3 Ill :apitalandDBePW***** 43.5 !TI 1700BNPePW*****9 ...48.5 1CBC Bk BNPePW*****8....36.5 :apitalanBNPePW***** 43.5 )BSMERePW*****1 43 !TI 1750 DBePW*****4 55.5 >TI 2000BNPePW*****0 58 !TI 1800BNPePW*****0 35 :apitalanMBLeC*****5 28.5 >TI 1700BNPePW*****0 25 !TI
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          180 32 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS 3UIUGII Hgl I L3 U.J 1.0 ;apitaland R 44 -17.0 -27.9 ;apitaLand 180 -18.0 -9.1 ;hina Hongxing 10 -0.5 -4.8 ieyoung 9 -2.0 -18.2 Jynear 16.5 0.5 3.1 SingTel 248 2.0 0.8 Celestial 14.5 -4.5 -23.7 1CBC Bk 416 -32.0 -7.1
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          104 32 Mar 2 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9730 1.0290 Can dollar 1.2050 1.2200 Euro 1.9400 1.9620 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4163 0.4172 NZ dollar 0.7570 0.7730 Sterling pound 2.1930 2.2180 US dollar 1.5430 1.5600 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Chi renminbi 22.30 22.90 HK dollar 19.90 20.20 Indian rupee
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          375 32 594.8 375 1280 392 792.9 503 67.5 117 501 3580 628 416 909 319 962 438 355 ■■■■I 473 I"-. 314 2170 571 l/b 5b0b LapuaLand 126 5417 CapitaMall 455 5611 CityDev 60.5 5142 CoscoCorp "I DBSGrp 215 2524 F&N 32 6005 Gent Intl 15.5 5852
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          634 32 134 272 157 229 243 403 98 75 136 198 199 190 365 314 166 79.5 423 398 765 334 372 287 170 565 87 222 229 95 108.3 36.5 327.1 124 138 252 201 825 135 118 738 127 420 168 323 74 409
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        518 33  -  Karamjit Kaur Industry hit hard by hedging losses and fall in demand for flights By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT THE global economic crisis has hit the aviation industry harder than expected, especially in the final quarter of last year. Airlines around the world lost up
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          87 33 MR LIM Chee Onn has ceased to be a non-executive director at kl Ventures, effective yesterday. Mr Lim, 64, had on Jan 1 quit as chief executive of Keppel Corp, a controlling shareholder of kl Ventures. He was a non-executive director and a member of the
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          90 33 CHINA Auto Electronics has been hit hard by the slowdown in China's economy and losses at its American operations. On Sunday, the company announced a net loss of 226.5 million yuan (Sssl million) for the year ended Dec 31, reversing net profits of 117.2 million
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          103 33 OFFSHORE oil and gas firm Swiber Holdings has posted a net loss of US$ll.3 million (Ssl7 million) in the fourth quarter, reversing a net profit of US$2O.2 million in the previous corresponding period. It also posted a full-year net profit of U5539.5 million, down 20.6
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        324 33  -  KARAMJIT KAUR THE majority of Singapore Food Industries' (SFI) shareholders have sold their stakes to Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats), setting the scene for integration of the two businesses. SFI informed the Singapore Exchange yesterday that Sats had succeeded in acquiring
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      518 34 LONDON: HSBC Holdings plans to raise £12.5 billion (Ss27 billion) in United Kingdom's biggest rights offering as it eliminates 6,100 jobs and closes consumer lending units in the United States after sub-prime losses whacked profits. Shareholders will be offered new shares
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      493 34  -  Elizabeth Wilmot It is confident innovation and efficient technologies will spur regional growth By SINGAPORE'S largest health-care product distributor, Zuellig Pharma, has opened a new $40 million facility, in spite of the economic downturn. The company is upbeat about business prospects and is housing
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      353 34 WASHINGTON: US factory activity contracted again last month, but at a less severe rate, according to an industry report released yesterday. The Institute for Supply Management said its index of national factory activity rose to 35.8 last month from 35.6 in
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      258 34  -  Fiona Chan By LOCAL small and medium-sized businesses should make the most of Singapore's hosting of this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum meetings, business leaders said at a seminar yesterday. The Apec meetings which are to be held throughout November will
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        760 35 Embattled insurer's quarterly loss is biggest in US corporate history WASHINGTON The United States government threw a new US$3O billion (5546.6 billion) lifeline to American International Group (AIG) as the embattled insurer reported a US$6l.7 billion quarterly loss yesterday, the biggest in
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        292 35 WASHINGTON: The embattled US mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac, put under government control last September to avoid collapse, says it will be seeking an additional US$3O billion to US$35 billion (Ss47 billion to Sss4 billion) from the Treasury. It announced this yesterday, together
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      844 36  -  Gabriel Chen Move follows Sibor's plunge and reflects flush conditions in money markets, analysts say By BANK depositors are again feeling the pinch as a key interest rate continues to plunge, further squeezing the meagre returns on their savings. At least four banks Maybank,
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      149 33 PAif ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund The Unaudited Net Asset Value per Unit of ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund (PAIF) on the last Dealing Day of February 2009 as of 27 February 2009 was: U*****.93 State Street c c a Global Advisors 33g^» I '1 "L^ ri 'J
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      103 36 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm needs to focus on building its MOST-READ ONLINE education, tourism, service, finance, GIC raises Citigroup stake to 11.1 per law and biomedical industries to attract cent. regional and global investment." US economy to "pick up" in 2nd half. YOUR SAY
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      298 37 Lvb #tJH more W FOR THE! W Singaporeans are taking flight towards Britain and Australia on the back of the falling pound and -^^r Aussie dollar. As TAN Yl HUI reports, Singapore students in those countries are smiling, too. C 2&3 i T J *ntww.._ 111 ILLUSTRATION: ADAM LEE DESIGN:
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES Life!
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        824 38  -  tan yi hui With currencies in some countries falling, tourists from Spore are getting more bang for their buck On her trip to Australia in January, Ms Jessie Heng spent about $1,200 on shopping, more than three times what she normally budgets for her vacations. "I
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        527 38 Higher education, lower costs the falling Australian dollar and British pound are benefiting more than just shoppers and travellers. Singaporean students cannot be happier about the unexpected upside to the downturn. London College of Fashion undergraduate Marie Lee, 22, says: "As a student, the few expensive
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        351 39 AUSTRALIA Come Walkabout in Australia What: This campaign was launched last week by Tourism Australia in collaboration with local travel agents and is on till September. Packages with romantic and adventure themes start from $308 (excluding airfare). Call 1800-468-6287 to speak to an Aussie specialist travel
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        802 39  -  cheryl tan 'Usually there is not enough walking space. But this year, you can push a pram around comfortably' SA Tours spokesman Ruth Lim, on the fewer visitors The discounts were large, but unfortunately the sales figures were not. The Natas travel fair held
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        338 40  -  rachael boon Post-Natas, reverse auctions and discounts on airfares and hotels continue to make overseas trips attractive The holiday-maker's bargain destination, the Natas travel fair, has just ended, but there are still plenty of good deals flying around. Airlines and travel websites are going all out
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        791 40 MILES REDEMPTION Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer 50 per cent discount on basic award economy flights to selected destinations each month. For example, an economy return ticket from Singapore to London normally costs 70,000 miles. Now, it will cost 35,000 miles in May. 25 per cent discount on all award
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        501 42  -  Goh Yee Teng I want to go on a short snorkelling trip in the middle of the year. Where would you recommend? Grace Goh CTC Holidays recommends Redang, Malaysia, where the warm waters are excellent for snorkelling from April to October. There are five dive sites to choose
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        89 42 Researcher Chua Puay Hoe wins a pair of tickets to any Silk Air destination plus $500 cash for the photo of an elderly couple in Tibet (above) published on Feb 3. The prizes are sponsored by Silk Air. Want to win a guidebook from Lonely Planet? E-mail your
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        677 41  -  David Bowden Miri in Sarawak makes music in a festival that draws many visitors to the land of the Dayaks reports MIRI in northern Sarawak is home to over ig ethnic groups and it has a complex cultural heritage that is evident in the place. To raise
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        149 41 Asia Global Vacation's 4D Kuching Express includes a visit to the Annah Rais Longhouse to experience traditional Bidayuh culture. Package starts from 5459+586 (tax). Visit the Sarawak Cultural Village, the Land Dayak Longhouse and weekend market in Five Stars' 4D3N Kuching Escapade, from $588+5140 (tax). Travel to Kuching
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      592 43  -  jasmine teo Anthony Head, who played Buffy The Vampire Slayer's mentor, is back this time, as King Arthur's father in Merlin For years, he was known to television viewers as Giles, mentor to Buffy The Vampire Slayer in the hit TV series of the same name.
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      764 43 Los Angeles Entering his second hour on the witness stand, Britney Spears' father was the picture of resigned misery. His shoulders sagged like he was carrying buckets of cement. His suit jacket flapped open, and his tie lay crookedly across his barrel chest. His eyes
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      822 44  -  deepika shetty Artist Ketna Patel's bold creations are bursting with the colours and flavours of Asia Singapore -based artist Ketna Patel is sitting pretty, literally, on one of her artworks which doubles as a sofa. Unlike, say, an Ikea sofa, this piece of furniture costs
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      342 44 Paris The Michelin restaurant guide marked its 100 th edition on Monday with honours for one of President Nicolas Sarkozy's favourite hotels and for British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's first French restaurant. In recent months, Mr Sarkozy has entertained Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and
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      431 46  -  boon chan media correspondent The results for the inaugural Singapore Entertainment Awards organised by the Singapore Press Holdings' Chinese media are out. Big winners include Taiwanese singers Jay Chou and Aska Yang as well as home-grown songbird Stefanie Sun. The winners of the 12 Most Popular
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      285 46 Hong Kong Will Andy Lav end his bachelorhood on April 6? Hong Kong's East Week magazine last week said the actor-singer will marry his Malaysian girlfriend Carol Chu on her 43rd birthday that day in a hotel in Kuala Lumpur's Berjaya Times Square. The two are said
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      209 46 Teheran (Iran) An adviser to Iran's President on Sunday demanded an apology from a team of visiting Hollywood actors and movie industry officials, including actress Annette Bening, saying films such as 300 and The Wrestler were "insulting" to Iranians. Without an apology, members of Iran's
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      85 46 YAMAGATA GIG AT ESPLANADE American singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata will perform at the Esplanade on April 15. Tickets are from $68 to $118. Details will be available at www.sistic.com soon. MURPHY TO PLAY PRYOR Actor Eddie Murphy will play Richard Pryor in a new movie about the late comic, Moviehole.net
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          44 83 The Singapore Art Museum at Bras Basah Road was actually St Joseph's Institution up till 1987. LIM DUN Yl tells you more. Find out if your school used to be located elsewhere, and what has become of the original building!
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          124 83 The Singapore Art Museum (Sam) in Bras Basah Road was originally the school building for St Joseph's Institution (SJI), which was founded in 1852. During the battle for Singapore between the Japanese and British, the school was used by the Red Cross Hospital to treat military
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          187 83 When St Joseph's Institution relocated in 1987 to a bigger campus, the building was protected as a national monument. Restoration work on the old school began in 1992 and the Singapore Art Museum officially opened in 1996. Many of the original features of the school
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          415 72 The five Ws and an H of romance in a recession. By ANDREW DUFFY WHAT IS HAPPENING? The world's economy is in trouble, so many people are out of work. The outlook is bleak, and that has forced most couples to change their lifestyles As a
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            462 74  -  ANDREW DUFFY 'Slang, style and swagger in a spray can' By Danielle Ang (ST, Feb 17, 2009) Activities by DURING the week, Mr Ahmad Shukri Samsuri is a fireman with the Singapore Civil Defence Force. But on the weekend, the 28-year-old becomes Ash-D. Armed with three cans of
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          315 75 PHOTO: I THE BIG PLACE Indonesia Indonesian civil servants will soon be ordered by the government to buy locally made products. WHY IT MATTERS The move is aimed at supporting local companies at a time when sales of their products overseas have fallen
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          513 80 ,NVCLKM YAOUNDE, CAMEROON, AUG 25, 1986 More than 1,000 people are dead after a cloud of poisonous gas escaped from Lake Nyos. The incident took place without warning three nights ago, killing many in their sleep. Eyewitnesses say that the
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          348 77  -  KIMIKO CHAN Some people are born with white hair, pale skin and reddish eyes. explains why SOME people are born with a condition called albinism: their bodies cannot make enough melanin, the substance that gives your skin, hair and eyes their colour. If you are born with
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          186 78 A boy in India has been married to his neighbour's dog in order to ward off bad luck. The boy, who is of the Munda tribe in eastern India and is not yet two years old, has grown a tooth on his upper gum early.
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          74 78 Two prisoners escaped from a high-security prison in Athens by helicopter and are still on the run. The helicopter picked them up at about 3.30pm last week at Korydallos prison. Officers at the prison tried to shoot at the aircraft but were met with gunshots from a woman inside
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          95 78 Illegal drug cocaine may cost less on the streets now because it is making its way to Europe by cheaper routes. It is being brought in via west African states, through the Balkans, to the rest of Europe. It used to come by Caribbean and north Atlantic trails.
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          91 78 A man who allegedly beheaded his wife in an "honour killing" has been arrested in New York. Honour killing still exists in some countries. Fathers and husbands kill their wives or daughters if they break rules set for them. The suspected murderer is said to have killed his
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          53 78 Australia may soon limit the number of immigrants coming into the country, because of high unemployment. The global financial crisis has left many jobless and having more foreigners means that more people will be competing with the locals for jobs. About 200,000 people migrate to the country every year.
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          73 78 Russia is under pressure to nab the murderers who killed a journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, who was found dead in 2006 with a gun by her side. She reported the torture, mass executions and other terrible crimes committed during the country's war in Chechnya. She is believed to have been
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          68 78 Journalists all over the world risk their lives to bring the news to you, the readers. Why do you think they do that? Record your discussion points here. Can you think of two other professions which are potentially dangerous? What are they and what are the dangers?
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          301 84  -  MALINI NATHAN Read the following texts and answer the questions below. By When most football players retire, they look for a job in the media, writing columns for newspapers or analysing games for television. That is not Derby County goalkeeper Stephen Bywater's idea, though. The
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          164 84 PHOTOS: Disney presents "Princess Wishes Where Dreams Come True" on ice, beautifully staging the story of its seven Disney princesses Cinderella, Belle, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Ariel and Mulan. Its spectacular props, including a magical waterfall, and graceful choreography promises to blend enchantment
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        385 79  -  LIM JUNYI A teacher makes science lessons come alive with the help of two jolly puppets. finds out more. CASUARINA Primary School has two additions to their science classes: Amy and Toby. They come from Britain and are very friendly with the pupils. However, the pair
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          234 81 9 I" Poem j Seasons Of The Flowers j J By Trina Liew Yun He, nine, Primary 3, Kong Hwa School tin Spring, The shoots begin to grow, Higher and higher to the sky, Let us watch them go! J In Summer, Flowers bloom, I Red, blue, purple
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          120 81 Check out these interesting reads! 1. A Crooked Kind of Perfect By Linda Urban Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, C 2007. Call no.: URB PHOTO: 2. The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood By Barb Bentler Ullman New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2006 Call no.: ULL 3. The Mysterious Benedict Society and
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          349 82 Miley Cyrus, or Hannah Montana as many of you know her, shows you how to make baked pasta Here's a pasta recipe from Miley and her mum (right) that you can try! WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION! ALWAYS ASK
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          83 85  -  MALINI NATHAN it s possible to describe an object, emotion or action in more than one way. gets you thinking. T(A WORD which has the same or nearly the same meaning as another is known as a 51 synonym. Using the letters in the alphabet, we have listed
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          23 86  -  MALINI NATHAN uot-navourea lessons trom a collection ot classroom recipes. This week, pupils learn about settling disputes amicably. BY
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