The Straits Times, 10 April 2009

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  • 20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 FRIDAY, APRIL 10 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES
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  • INSIDE
    • 73 1 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has urged Singaporeans not to delude themselves that they are a part of the First World in South-east Asia. Singapore is situated in a region with "special features" and, to keep its competitive edge and be relevant to the world,
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    • 47 1 ASIAN stock markets resumed their strong recent rally yesterday, after a slew of upbeat news, most notably from Japan and Wall Street. In Singapore, investors shrugged off grim economic news to drive the local market up 2.5 per cent. MONEY PAGE Cl 6
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    • 50 1 THREE of the five workers from the Indian rojak stall which has left 154 people sick have tested negative for a virus believed to have caused the food poisoning. The authorities are also screening a worker from a neighbouring mcc siam stall. PRIME PAGE Al4
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    • 59 1 MR KENNETH Jeyaretnam, the elder son of the late opposition leader J.B. Jeyaretnam, has joined the opposition ranks and is not ruling out contesting the next general election. The 50-year-old hedge fund manager joined the Reform Party, which was set up by his father last
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    • 45 1 TICKET sales for this year's Formula One Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix got off to a smooth start yesterday. By 6pm, organisers said 20.7 per cent of the 39,000 tickets available yesterday had been taken up. SPORT PAGE D 6
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  • 697 1  -  Aaron Low Layoffs likely to have crossed 10,000 mark but not as bad as feared By SINGAPORE's economy is shrinking further. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday the Government would revise downwards its growth forecast, the third amendment in less than four
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  • 99 1 ACROSS Indonesia, millions of voters flocked to more than 500,000 voting centres in cities, towns and villages yesterday when they opened at 7am. Most polls closed at noon, although some were kept open for latecomers. Unofficial estimates of the results by pollsters had
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  • 140 1 EIGHT veterans were dropped from Malaysian Premier Najib Razak's new Cabinet and two new faces introduced as the new leader presented a much anticipated line-up yesterday. As had been speculated, Datuk Seri Najib's list revealed a leaner, trimmer Cabinet, though he appeared to
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  • 136 1 THE Malaysian High Court yesterday sentenced two policemen to death by hanging for the 2006 murder of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu. Chief inspector Azilah Hadri, 33, and corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 37, were found guilty of shooting Ms Altantuya and then
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  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 78 2 WE SAY Close to 200,000 "red shirts" have called on Thai Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve Parliament and call fresh elections. The use of mass displays of discontent to effect a change a government is wholly inappropriate. Essentially, what is needed is a spirit
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      • 28 2 COLUMNS If China acquires aircraft carriers, the region will see a shift in balance of power, says Richard A. Bitzinger. REVIEW PAGE A 27
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      • 26 2 One thing to learn: There is no such thing as a pure Western or Chinese civilisation, says Timothy Garton Ash. REVIEW PAGE A2B
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      • 33 2 OUR READER SAYS Alex Yip calls for firms to restore pay cuts when good times return, or workers will leave for better job prospects. FORUM PAGE A 32
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      • Article, Illustration
        36 2 BLOGS www.straitstimes.com Nirmal Ghosh gives all the colour from the ground on Day Two of the red-shirt protests in Bangkok. Leonard Lim says Liverpool have less than a week to prepare for the Champions League.
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    • 963 2  -  Joyce Teo Horizon Towers ruling restores care back to selling of homes By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT THE Horizon Towers ruling has taken the property market by surprise, with some experts saying that the days of the "en bloc jackpot" are well and truly over.
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  • prime news
    • 137 3 Catholic priest Brian D'Souza bearing a vessel of sacred oils at the archdiocese's annual Chrism Mass, marking the start of Good Friday and Easter observations. More than 100 priests gathered yesterday morning at the Church of St Vincent de Paul in Yio Chu Kang Road for
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    • 734 3  -  Tan Weizhen New touch-and-go debit card will be linked to your bank account By Nets v ez-link cards Where cards can be used Nets: 3,000 merchants and growing. ez-link: McDonald's and 7-Eleven outlets, and all 3,000 SMRT taxis. Both cards can also
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    • 1009 4  -  Zakir Hussain S. RAJARATNAM LECTURE Cohesive, multiracial and alert to vulnerabilities are crucial traits, says MM By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MM Lee on: The importance of a good Cabinet "Sound foreign policy requires a prime minister and a foreign minister who are able to discern future trends in
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    • 665 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh Protests spread to more parts of city; vow to block Pattaya summit By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Anti-government street protests spread to more areas of the Thai capital yesterday, spawning traffic gridlock and prompting Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to rush back
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    • 450 6  -  Clarissa Oon By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT PATTAYA (Thailand): Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives here today for crucial talks between Asean leaders and their Asia-Pacific counterparts on the economic crisis and regional cooperation. It is the first time since the global
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    • 691 10  -  Leslie Lopez The President's re-election chances in July look good; PDI and Golkar trail Democrats By SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's chances of re-election received a major boost yesterday when Indonesians gave his Democrat Party a comfortable lead in the
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    • 678 14  -  Kor Kian Beng Opposition party member open to contesting next GE By Jeremy Au Yong MR KENNETH Jeyaretnam, the elder son of late opposition leader J.B. Jeyaretnam, has joined the opposition ranks and is not ruling out contesting the next general election. Three weeks
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    • 531 14  -  April Chong MASS FOOD POISONING By Diana Othman INVESTIGATIONS into what may have led to Singapore's worst outbreak of food poisoning appears to have moved beyond the Indian rojak stall to a neighbouring stall selling mcc siam. It is now known that both stalls
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    • 304 16  -  Elena Chong Swede is an exchange student, the S'porean is biomedical student By COURT CORRESPONDENT THE couple accused of sauntering lei- surely through a bustling Holland Village in the nude were yesterday too bashful to show their faces. Swede Jan Philip, 21, and Singaporean Eng Kai
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  • prime mongolian murder
    • 668 20  -  Elizabeth Looi But opposition continues to link case to Najib, saying the two policemen had no motive By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT PHOTO: SHAH ALAM: Two policemen will hang for the murder of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu in a sensational case that Prime Minister Najib
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  • 1260 22  -  Elizabeth Looi Bloggers draw tenuous link between victim and Najib By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT Who's who in the case Altantuya Shaanbuu, 28: The Mongolian interpreter (left) was the lover of political analyst Razak Baginda, 48. She was shot dead and blown up with explosives in a
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
    • 400 24 AS AN Asean summit commences today in the Thai resort town of Pattaya, there would be a palpable sense of tension in the air. Only four months have ensued since the yellow -started army of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) installed Prime Minister Abhisit
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    • 1853 24 SPORES FOREIGN POLICY: THEN AND NOW Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew delivered MFA Diplomatic Academy's S. Rajaratnam Lecture yesterday. We carry today an extract of the lecture. eries Three," he deadpans. Ask him about plot details however, and the actor is extremely tight-lipped. He will only
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    • review.
      • 1042 27  -  Richard A Bitzinger CHINA'S NAVAL AMBITIONS By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES One aircraft carrier may be symbolic; but four or six carriers is a new maritime strategy...If China does acquire a fleet of aircraft carriers, it would greatly alter the balance of power in the
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      • 1097 28  -  Timothy Garton Ash REVIVAL IN CHINA By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WHEN I was a young child, China was for me a vaguely comical Chinese with a wispy moustache, dressed in an embroidered silk robe and conical hat, exclaiming in a funny accent, "Confucius
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      • 826 29  -  David Brooks By What shapes moral emotions in the first place?...We are all the descendants of successful cooperators. SOCRATES talked. The assumption behind his approach to philosophy, and the approaches of millions of people since, is that moral thinking is mostly a matter of reason and
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    • review insight
      • 1864 30  -  Lee Siew Hua An international trailblazer, he persuaded investors to sink money into little Singapore. Former EDB chairman Chan Chin Bock tells Insight about job creation in more desperate days. By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT INSIDE STORIES AN EDB SOCIETY-STRAITS TIMES EVENT ABOUT THE EVENT The EDB Society-Straits
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      • 581 30 He refused to sign a bond The Economic Development Board (EDB) asked Mr Chan Chin Bock to sign a three-year bond for sponsoring his short course at a United Nations Fellows Programme in 1968. The course, from January to April that year, trained economic officials from developing
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      • Article, Illustration
        212 30 ABOUT MR CHAN CHIN BOCK THE Economic Development Board (EDB) chairman from 1972 to 1974 is an international trailblazer and mentor of multitudes. In 1964, he joined the EDB in mid-career at age 30. He was previously a Latin and English teacher at the Anglo-Chinese School. He had
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      • 241 30 "I wouldn't say that today's situation is equivalent to the desperation years of 1966 to 1990. That was an empty glass. Desperation in today's terms is a glass half-filled. Yes, times are hard. But we've a half-filled glass and we need to actually fill the
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    • forum.
      • 235 31 more leiiers on www.stonline.com 1 MS CECILIA NATHEN: Cheating hearts worst obstacle to marriage, not absence of suitable partner 2 MR WONG KOK KEONG: Govt has done much to help hawkers but to no avail 3 MR PAVITHRAN VIDYADHRAN: Insurers shouldn't punish motorists with clean records 4 MR
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      • 250 31  -  Alex Yip MY COMPANY has undergone two rounds of pay cuts in three months, amounting to 15 per cent to 20 per cent of our pay. This is not the first time in my company's history. It happened during the Sars period in
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      • 312 31  -  Leong Wai Ching (Ms) I REFER to Wednesday's letter by Mr Paul Antony Fernandez, "Filthy hawker habits must be checked", and would like to add that environmental hygiene plays an important role too in ensuring that food is safe and suitable for human consumption.
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      • 242 31  -  Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim I REFER to Mr Paul Antony Fernandez's letter on Wednesday, "Filthy hawker habits must be checked". He commented on the practice of selling leftover food by "Indian rojak and prata stall operators", which he claimed he had observed
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      • 231 31  -  Ng Kwong Yee PRICES of HDB resale flats have been high for some time and there are no clear signs of them falling, despite the poor economy. One reason for these high prices is that HDB flats are rented out. Many people,
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      • 503 31 Make it simpler "Give the poor GST rebates the same way tourists receive GST refunds." MR OH THIAM YENG: "Singaporeans earning about $600 to $800 per month spend at least four-fifths of their pay on lodging, food and transport. Although they pay no income tax, they are effectively paying
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      • 214 31  -  Chong Kwek Van I REFER to Ms Angie Monksfield's letter on Tuesday, "Paying monks contradicts Buddhist code". When the Buddhist community was founded in India 2,500 years ago, the basis was that as monastics devote their lives to the pursuit of the spiritual
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      • 220 31  -  Dr Ling Hui Senior Medical Affairs Manager (Singapore Malaysia) GlaxoSrnithKline Biologicals, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei I REFER to Tuesday's letter, "Cancer vaccine", which asked about the safety of the human papilloma virus vaccine Cervarix, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), which has been approved in 93
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • 697 34  -  Judith Tan INDIAN ROJAK POISONING Pest controllers get rid of 61 rats; wet market may be source of infestation By RATS were writhing on pieces of cardboard laid out between stalls at the Geylang Serai Temporary Market when pest controllers got there yesterday morning. Rows of them were
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    • 681 35  -  Jeremy Au Yong S.RAJARATNAM LECTURE Beijing not ready to lead world even as it closes in on Washington: MM By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CHINA will close in on the United States, and even pull ahead of Europe, Japan, India and Russia, but it will
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    • 620 35  -  Zakir Hussain By NOT THE SAME There's a clear division between the public rhetoric and the quiet official national interest." MM Lee, comparing the views found in Malaysia's newspapers to the official policy expressed by its government THE heated rhetoric about Singapore that comes
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    • 581 36  -  Li Xueying S. RAJARATNAM LECTURE By doing this, it can stay ahead of the pack, says MM Lee By IN CRAFTING future foreign policies, Singapore will need to "anticipate the shape of things" to come so it can stay ahead of the pack.
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    • 395 36  -  Melissa Sim Esther Tan By A RAID by police and Manpower Ministry Officers on various residential premises including a flat in Sin Ming Road and an office in Short Street, smashed an alleged illegal labour supply syndicate on Tuesday. Four men were arrested and
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    • 485 37  -  Jane Ng Half of hiring target for the year met so far, 70% with some experience By ABOUT 1,500 teachers have been hired since the start of the year, meeting half of the Ministry of Education's (MOE) teacher recruitment targets for the year. Among them,
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    • 344 37  -  Amelia Tan Jane Ng By Jane Ng ABOUT 95 per cent of Meridian Junior College (MJC) students scored As in Project Work, making the school this year's top performer in the subject. The six-year-old school trumped traditional powerhouses Hwa Chong Institution, which has
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    • 618 39  -  Aaron Low Workers must remain prepared and not assume retrenchments will ease, warns Lim Swee Say By LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say yesterday warned that Singapore could see a second wave of retrenchments. The first wave hit just after Chinese New Year in February, when
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    • 400 39  -  Goh Chin Lian By DETAILS about Singapore Armed Forces scholarship holders serving out their bond periods will be discussed in Parliament on Monday following a question tabled by MP Irene Ng. The Tampines GRC MP has asked Defence Minister Teo Chee
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    • 383 41  -  Goh Vi Han Nathan urges all S'poreans to help needy families in the downturn By PRESIDENT S R Nathan has set a fund-raising target of $8 million for this year's President's Challenge. Speaking at the official launch of the 2009 President's Challenge, held last
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    • 495 41 Favourites at home 1. Colgate 2. Google 3. Star Hub 4. NTUC Fair Price 5. Sony 6. Sing Tel 7. Yahoo 8. The Straits Times 9. 7-Eleven 10. Nippon Paint local brand ENJOYING MARKET DOMINANCE "Over time, items like The Straits Times
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    • 687 44  -  K C VIJAYAN Nine hearings were held last year and five lawyers were acquitted By LAW CORRESPONDENT FEWER lawyers are being hauled up for disciplinary hearings, continuing a downward trend. From 28 cases completed by the legal profession's Disciplinary Committee in 2006, the figures fell to
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    • 490 44  -  Khushwant Singh By AFTER failing to convince the High Court to allow him to refer issues raised in his case to the Court of Appeal, veteran lawyer Bachoo Mohan Singh now wants to try to apply directly. Warning him yesterday that the law was
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    • 182 44 April 2004 Bachoo Mohan Singh instructs a law firm to file a writ of summons with an inflated price, against a couple who had failed to buy a five-room Redhill flat from its owners after agreeing to do so. October 2005 Singh is charged with helping the
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    • 375 46  -  Esther Tan By THE coroner's court found that a teenager, who had joined friends at a birthday party, died from drowning at the Costa Sands Resort swimming pool in Pasir Ris last December. The court heard that 15-year-old Sufyan Sulaiman had gone for a
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    • 317 46  -  Elena Chong 100 hours of community service for youth who met girl through website By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A TEENAGER who had sex with a 10-year-old girl in late 2007 and early last year was placed on 18 months' probation yesterday. Xia Yun,
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    • 152 46 A CAR went out of control along Upper Thomson Road on Wednesday morning, crashing into another car before coming to a halt in a ditch. The first car, a red hatchback, was travelling in the centre lane when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
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      • 70 46 A 28-YEAR-OLD teacher was fined $1,500 yesterday for stealing more than $700 from her colleagues at Canberra Primary School last year. The court heard that Wee Li Eng had filched cash from a colleague's drawer in the staff room. The act was caught on the staff
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      • 85 46 A FORMER National Parks Board business development manager was charged yesterday with receiving a $3,000 bribe. Leong Pak Sing, 39, is said to have taken the bribe from Mr Andy Tay Choon Moh, a shareholder of JAAS Recreation, in January 2005 in return for help in getting
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      • 93 46 A MAN was charged yesterday with offering a bribe of almost $32,000 to a company's employee in return for getting the company to buy his firm's equipment. Tan Yen Kit, 40, allegedly offered a 5 per cent cut from a $638,860 purchase price to The Esplanade
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    • 337 46  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN TWENTY-TWO drivers were nabbed in a blitz on drink driving in Geylang on Tuesday night, bringing the haul of drink drivers netted this year to 772. The three-hour ring-fencing operation the third this year saw simultaneous roadblocks being set up
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    • 488 47  -  Christopher Tan Refuelling station is latest venture by Union Energy By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT BOTTLED gas supplier Union Energy, which entered the taxi business six years ago, has driven into another new business and in a sizeable way. In August, it will open the world's
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    • 403 47  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN BARELY a week after it released findings of a survey that showed drivers in Singapore have become more conscious about fuel economy, oil giant Shell removed the most economical grade of petrol from six more of its stations. Shell stations in Sembawang,
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    • 388 48  -  YEO GHIM LAY Users can soon change them at 23 community centres or clubs Where to go Exchanges for the new cards can be done at the following community centres: Fengshan Tomorrow, Sunday, April 18 and 19 (10am to 6pm) Marine Parade, Mountbatten,
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    • 244 48  -  Grace Chua By A LOCAL animal welfare group will speak out on the plight of sharks at the Speakers' Corner on the afternoon of April 18. Mr Louis Ng, executive director of the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres), will be
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    • 727 50  -  Salim Osman IN BOGOR President's Democratic Party draws most votes in his village; party also leading in other areas By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Voters turned out by the tens of millions yesterday across I Indonesia, heading for polling stations in urban and rural areas as they
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      • 594 51  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja IN SURABAYA They are upset over govt's weak stance over compensation By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT SIDOARJO (East Java): Mr Suparto Hasdi lost his house and job after a gas-drilling incident three years ago triggered a mudflow engulfing four nearby villages here. Angered by
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      • 605 52  -  Lynn Lee IN ACEH No reports of violence; voters could pick candidates from local parties for the first time By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT BANDA ACEH: After a bloody 30-year fight for self-government, the Acehnese yesterday exercised their right to vote for local leaders peacefully. There were
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      • 447 53  -  NORZULRIYAH HARON More than 100 voters queued at Indonesian embassy even before polling began at Bam By MISS Aryati Miharta lined up patiently together with more than 100 others outside Singapore's Indonesian Embassy even before it opened yesterday morning. The 28-year-old native of Semarang,
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      • 463 55  -  P. Jayaram Parties offer cheap rice, free TV sets but citizens are not so easily swayed By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: India has become the "promise" land in the midst of a general election. Political parties, vying for seats in the federal Parliament
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      • 134 55 NEW DELHI: Indian security officials have warned that the ruling party's leader and her family could be targeted by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers ahead of this month's polls. The federal home ministry issued an alert this week urging a tightening of security when the Congress party
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      • 552 57  -  Nirmal Ghosh They use taxis to block roads, creating huge jams; mood turns festive as others join in By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT PHOTO: PHOTO: BANGKOK: The tactic was devastatingly simple. Classic civil disobedience, replicating what the right wing, royalist People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) did late
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      • 548 59  -  Hazlin Hassan Some had lost in crucial party polls, others drew controversies or are investigated for graft By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Many of those dropped from Prime Minister Najib Razak's new Cabinet quite often have found themselves in the thick of controversy or mired in corruption
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      • 643 60  -  Carolyn Hong PM draws ministers from BN top ranks, with only 2 wholly new picks; Youth chief left out By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Premier Najib Razak yesterday presented a Cabinet line-up that stuck to the time-tested formula of drawing ministers from the
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      • 550 61 KHMER ROUGE TRIAL Frenchman recalls aura of fear and death in 'terror 5 prison, but says accused didn't mistreat him CELL OF TERROR "I can't recall M-13 without recalling the terrifying atmosphere of fear and death, or how much this atmosphere was embodied in Duch.
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      • 461 62 Sherpa trio plan to stay at summit for 24 hours to set new world mark KATHMANDU: Between the three of them, the sherpa brothers have climbed Mount Everest 16 times. The eldest raced up the world's highest mountain in eight hours and 10 minutes, the record
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      • 513 63 Necessary technical preparations all in place: Chief Executive HONG KONG: Hong Kong is ready to become the first city outside China's mainland to use the Chinese yuan for trade, Chief Executive Donald Tsang said yesterday, as Beijing expands the reach of its tightly
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      • 366 63 SEOUL: North Korea's Kirn Jong II ascended yesterday to his third term as leader of one of the world's most reclusive nations. The North's state TV showed Mr Kirn attending the opening session of the new Parliament his first major public appearance
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      • 484 64 With sales of the traditional garment falling, industry players hope to sell 10,000 exauisite patterns on website KYOTO: The designs on Japanese kimonos and obi sash, which were long closely guarded secrets, are about to go online and put on home appliances and decorative
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      • 793 65  -  Peh Shing Huei CROSS-STRAIT TIES Taiwanese enclave in China keeps its fingers crossed for an early recovery By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF KUNSHAN (China): In the early *****, the officials of Kunshan became notorious for "hijacking" at Shanghai Hongqiao airport. Desperate to develop their lit-tle-known town,
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      • 931 66  -  Caryn Yeo CROSS-STRAIT TIES As ties warm, traditional transit points for China-Taiwan travel are hit by drop in visitor figures By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES How they fare HONG KONG Nearly 1.6 million Taiwanese passengers transited in the city last year. That
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      • 917 67  -  Ho Ai Li NEWS ANALYSIS: TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT Even China, not just US and Taiwan, has benefited from Act, analysts argue By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: Thirty years ago, the United States switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, plunging the island into
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      • 752 68  -  Grace Ng Vacancy rate hits 5-year high as global slump and oversupply start to bite By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: The once bustling office hubs of the Chinese capital are starting to look like ghost towns. As the global economic slowdown bites into
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        998 69  -  Leslie Lopez SPECIAL REPORT ON Even as new Prime Minister Najib Razak announces the formation of his new Cabinet, he must also worry about the weakened state of the economy, which has been hit by the global crisis. The Straits Times looks at the issues, including its fallout
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      • 883 70  -  Carolyn Hong By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF Hazlin Hassan MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT SEPANG (Selangor): Even as the Malaysian government tries to woo voters back into its fold from the opposition parties, it faces another enemy low commodity prices. In rural areas, the livelihood
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      • 522 70  -  Teo Cheng Wee By REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Electronics technician R. Saravanan had his pay cut by half last month. Like hundreds of other workers in his factory in Kajang, Selangor, he was told to take two weeks' leave because his
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      • 735 71 SPECIAL REPORT ON MALAYSIA'S ECONOMY Doing whatever it takes to survive MR K. KUMARAYAH, 40, ran his IT business for three years before poor business forced him to shut it down last December. "My computer repair business used to do quite well. I charged between RMSO
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      • 642 72 Gang-rape victim won't move to hubby's village; will keep running help centres for abused women MEERWALA (Pakistan): Gang-rape victim Mukhtar Mai, who won tragic fame in the West as the cause celebre of oppressed women, is all smiles since marrying a police constable and defying yet
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      • 661 73 They flee in lifeboat after his unarmed crew retakes ship NAIROBI: In a riveting high-seas drama, an unarmed American crew wrested control of their ship from Somali pirates, sending them fleeing to a lifeboat, albeit with the captain as hostage, on Wednesday. A United States
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      • 342 74  -  Jermyn Chow By A SINGAPORE Navy warship left yesterday for the Gulf of Aden the Republic's contribution to an international anti-piracy patrol coalition to curb the escalating violence off the waters of Somalia. The Landing Ship Tank (LST) RSS Persistence, with two Super Puma
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      • 837 75  -  Jonathan Eyal Protests in ex-Soviet state a sign of growing frustration in Eastern Europe as recession bites By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: An eerie calm has returned to the streets of Chisinau, the capital of Moldova a small former Soviet state on Europe's
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      • 430 77 Six global powers make 'constructive' offer for nuke talks; Teheran insists its plans are peaceful ISFAHAN (Iran): President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday inaugurated Iran's first nuclear fuel plant, a major milestone in its controversial atomic programme, even as his top adviser said Teheran would study
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      • 620 78 Secret Al-Qaeda paper inadvertently revealed AN ERROR HE CAN'T AFFORD "It's the kind of error that Britain's most senior anti-terrorist officer simply can't afford to make, and it will lead to serious questions about his judgment and about his ability to do his
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      • 79 79 tor centuries visitors to trie AlnamDra tortress-palace in Granada, built by Spain's mediaeval Moorish rulers, have wondered what the Arabic inscriptions carved into its walls and ceilings mean. Armed with modern technology such as 3D laser scanners, researchers have found that verses from the Quran and poetry
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      • 557 79 It launches 'road map' for affordable broadband coverage nationwide WASHINGTON: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has kicked off an ambitious project to come up with a national broadband plan to provide high-speed Internet access to every corner of the United States. Funding for the broadband
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      • 566 80 Some yearn for a more meaningful exchange; others, an offline break TALK BEATS EMOTICONS "A good conversation with a good friend is much more life-affirming than a few tortuously abbreviated or emoticon-filled lines." Professor of neuroscience Craig Kinsley, of the University of Richmond CHICAGO:
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      • 305 80 WASHINGTON: Hot social networking website Facebook has officially welcomed its 200 millionth user, doubling its user base in eight months. Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who created Facebook with two Harvard University roommates five years ago, announced the milestone in a post on Wednesday on the official
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      • 267 81 DHAKA: The Bangladeshi Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, announced yesterday that former premier Begum Khaleda Zia would be evicted from the home she has lived in for 28 years, an official said. The two women, who have
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      • 243 81 MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin earns 11 per cent more than his boss, President Dmitry Medvedev, according to asset declarations released this week under a Kremlin anti-graft drive. Mr Medvedev, who ordered the disclosures, is technically the most powerful man in
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      • 257 82 LONDON: Mrs Sarah Brown has resorted to renting expensive designer clothes for official functions, it has been disclosed. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife was applauded by the British media for wearing a £9,000 (S$20,000) Graeme Black jacket at one of the Group of
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      • 143 82 NEW YORK: Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has signed a deal to publish his memoir a close-up look at his encounters with major world figures and events. The Nobel Prize-winning statesman says "a lot has been said and written" about his 10
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      • 466 83 But Berlusconi also wins praise for visiting, cheering up quake victims L'AQUILA (Italy): Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has dismissed criticism of his comments to quake survivors that living in a tent was like going camping and that they should go to the beach.
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    • 388 85 LONDON: Wayne Rooney is a major injury doubt for Sir Alex Ferguson as the Manchester United manager bids to stop the Red Devils' football season from going down the tubes. According to The Sun, the burly striker was hit hard on the ribs by the
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    • 405 85 LONDON: It is miracle time again for Liverpool. Trailing Chelsea 1-3 in their Champions League quarter-final, they will need to score three goals at Stamford Bridge next Tuesday a venue where the Reds have scored just five times in the last 10 seasons. "Liverpool won a
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    • 146 85 LONDON: AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has told Chelsea he is ready to take over from interim manager Guvs Hiddink at the end of the season, according to The Sun. Sources claim the 52-year-old Italian will sign a three-year contract worth £5.8 million (5512.9 million), but
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      • 89 87  -  REUTERS PRAGUE: The Czech Football Association not only sacked national coach Petr Rada (above) on Wednesday after a string of poor results, but it also expelled six players for a breach of discipline after the World Cup qualifying loss at home to Slovakia last week.
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      • 62 87 KINGSTON: Former 100 m world record-holder Asafa Powell is in no hurry to take part in a sprint clash between Jamaica and the United States. He said: "I don't really see the relevance of it because we compete in so many meets on the circuit every
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      • 55 87 NEW YORK: The drug-tainted Alex Rodriguez remained Major League Baseball's highest-paid player as payroll details were released with the start of the new season. He will earn US$33 million (5550.11 million) this year with the New York Yankees. Next on the list is Dodgers' Manny
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      • 61 90 TIM Clark of South Africa already faced 80-to-l odds of winning the Masters. Those odds surely grew a little longer on Wednesday when he made an ace on the last hole to win the Masters' Par 3 Contest. No winner of the
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    • 226 91 Cleveland Cavaliers 98 Washington Wizards 86 CLEVELAND (Ohio): Leßron James dropped to one knee and swung his right arm overhead several times, windmilling like a guitar hero in sneakers. Rock on, Cavaliers. James scored 21 points before spending part of the fourth quarter on
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    • 412 91 Today Golf Basketball Live from The Masters (Live, Ch26, lpm). NBA: Denver v LA The Masters: Day 3 (Live, Ch24, Sunday, Lakers (Live, 3.30am). 10.30am). Motor racing Al GP, Portugal: Qualifying (Live, Ch23, 9pm). Football S-League: Sailing DPMM v ST Marine SAFYC (Changi) Regatta: Dinghy Gombak (Jalan W~ BYte classes
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  • OBITUARIES
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      154 92 TAN CHIN KIM Age: 81 Passed away peacefully on 8 April 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: See Beng Kirn Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Chee Lin Ricky Tay Sok Lan Nancy Tan Chee Yong Jeffrey Loo Choon Hong Christy Tan Chee Wee Eugene Lim Tze Hua Daughters:
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      86 92 "Safe in the arms of Jesus" LIAN BEE YEN Age: 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 7 April 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Goh Chin Son: Victor Tan Wee Cheng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lita Chan Bernard Chan Lay Hian Tan-Marin Boris Marin Grandsons: Nicklaus Chan Jonathan
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      68 92 W :< With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Directors Mr Jeffrey Tan, Mr Ricky Tan Mdm Christy Loo On the demise of their Beloved Father Father-in-law TAN CHIN KIM Departed on 8 April 2009 From: The Management and Staff of JttSffZ GROUP OF COMPANIES ABC Group of Com
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      141 92 mercy will follow me MARY LEE HWEE ENG Age: 57 Was called home to be with the Lord on Bth April 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. r You will always be in our hearts. OCEANS OF LOVE Husband Paul Wee Children: Fiance: Caroline Wee Su Yin
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      129 92 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Psalm 91:1 -2 MONICA CHEONG KIM HUA Age: 90 Called home to be
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      152 92 Dearest Mummy, It seemed like it was only yesterday when you left our side But it has been 2 long years... We still feel your closeness Appearing in our dreams... and seemingly in our daily lives As your jovial and loving self A dedicated wife (Darling), loving mother (Mummy), understanding
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      120 92 MRN.KRISHNAN (ex-Lakshmi Toothpowder manufacturer Kranji) (Kerala, Varkala State) Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 9 April 2009. "We always love you Acha." Wife: Mdm Pakiam Sons: Daughters-in-law: K. Aravindakshan (Kerala) Vidyavadhi (Kerala) K. Vishalakshan (Kerala) Ambili (Kerala) K. Raveendran K. Surendran Rita Samuel K. Sudhakaran K. Sukumaran Shamini Nambiar Daughters:
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      40 92 The family of the late WONG KENG SIN Departed 6 April 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      78 92 r <3t i ATHMA SHANTI POOJA Govindamal D/OAyerum (exEU.B,CCK) Departed 27 March 2009 Husband: Ramasamy (deceased) Father: KuppusamyAyerum (deceased) Mother: Letchumei Ayerum Son: Sivakumar Daughter-in-law: Cecilia Han Daughter: Saraswathy Son-in-law: Panerselvum Dearly missed by brothers, sisters, in laws, nephews, nieces, grandchildren and all loved ones. Karumati prayers on 10 April
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      42 92 4th Anniversary IN LOVING MEMORY OF MATTHEW ALEXANDER SHEPHERDSON Departed: 10 April 2005 "Papa not for just an hour, not for just a day, not for just a year, but always lovingly we remember." Dearly missed cherished by Family all loved ones.
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      27 92 Today recalls sad .memories of a respected kind compassionate man with sincerity gone i I to rest 15 years ago LIM KHENG WAN Departed 10th April 1994
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      90 92 TAN CHEONG MOH Age: 71 passed away peacefully on 7 April 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family, relatives and friends. Wife:LimAhßor Children: Spouses: Tan Hock Siew Wee Kwee Sin Tan Hock Ann Ng Siew Eng Tan Choon Neo Tan Bee Gek Tan Say Hiong Tan Bee Lian Tan
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
    • 684 99  -  Alvin Foo ffffiffijffßSßiff^ffiUffiffreßlJi^^ffml By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT JUST when it seemed as though the bear market rally of recent weeks had begun to falter, bright news from Wall Street and Japan combined to give regional markets a fresh prod yesterday. As a
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      • 633 93  -  Alvin Foo BULLS AND BEARS STI up 2.5% but volume indicates underlying caution among investors By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT IT WAS Easter eggs all round yesterday when key regional bourses shot up in response to Wall Street's overnight gains. Investors snapped out of the negative mood
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          98 93 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.64 billion shares worth $1.17 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 364 Losers: 125 Unchanged: 709 Mid Cap 365.32 11.31 Basic materials 168.12 5.88 Utilities 280.89 7.11 Small Cap 280.28 9.41 Industrials 390.38 5.23 Financials 432.39 14.34 All Share 434.69 11.16 Consumer goods 407.76 11.68 Technology 358.21 4.22
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        • 223 93 Yesterday's close: 8,916.06 (+321.05) »Japanese snares leapt 3.74 per cent as investors cheered some rare good news on the economy and a massive stimulus spending package. Yesterday's close: 917.89 (+10.02) Malaysian shares rose 1.1 per cent on the new Premier's Cabinet announcement as well as positive economic news from
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 400 93 SIA 200 1150 70.0 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1142 54.5 OCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .8900 50.0 SIA 1146 48.0 DBS Grp 891 41.0 STXP0 100 1230 40.0 UOB 1050 38.0 Lyxor India Nifty 10 1026 24.0 Lyxor Korea 10USS 269 22.7 Keppel Corp 550 20.0 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS
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        • 432 93 5IA.ES.0904 1150 68.0 JBS.ES.0904 876 42.0 (ep Corp.ES.0904 557 40.0 J0B.ES.0904 1048 36.0 ;apitaland.ES.O9O4 264 21.0 ;ityDev.ES.O9O4 564 20.0 1CBC Bk.ES.0904 530 18.0 ;GX.ES.O9O4 587 17.0 >emb Corp.ES.0904 271 12.0 !TI 1600BNPeCW*****8 ...52.5 10.0 ;apitalanBNPeCW***** 53 9.5 )BS BNP eCW*****6 48.5 9.0 !GX BNP eCW*****7 71 8.5
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        • 181 93 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol Golden Agri 32.5 China Hongxing 13 Gent Intl 58 NutianC 6.5 CapitaLand 266 Ezra 89 IndoAgri 74.5 Chart SemiCond 13.5 StraitsAsia 91 Sino-Env 18 Cosco Corp 95.5 RafflesEdu 42 Sapphire 1 SusGroup 27.5 ChinaSports 10 2.0 1.5
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        • 105 93 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Apr 9 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.0660 1.0980 Can dollar 1.2190 1.2330 Euro 1.9990 2.0220 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4189 0.4200 NZ dollar 0.8710 0.8900 Sterling pound 2.2160 2.2420 US dollar 1.5090 1.5270 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        • 402 93 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +OR■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 594.8 306.1 1280 185 370 1792.9 503 67.5 105.8 ■■"I 3580 1834 1250 416 909 319 1634 962 438 201 459 355 ■■"I 473
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        • 636 93 52-WEEK TEL IGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 133 132 272 157 78.5 208 243 165 65 75 198 199 314 129 138 381 765 334 372 287 170 624 565
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    • money companies
      • 580 94  -  Gabriel Chen Bank will improve its technological operations to lower operating costs By As a director and chairman of UOB, he earned between $2.75 million and $3 million last year. Included in his package is $2.5 million for the "invaluable guidance" he provided
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      • 308 94  -  Michelle Tay By AS THE financial crisis deepens, more audit reports are flagging potential problems in companies and their cash flows. The latest are Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS), with fair value losses on its investments, and JEL Corp, with questions over
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      • 243 94 Chartered's rights issue oversubscribed CHARTERED Semiconductor yesterday said its 27-for-10 rights offering was oversubscribed by nearly 50 per cent. The subscription period, which ended on Monday, saw applications for a total of 9.8 million rights shares, or about 144 per cent of the 6.9 million rights shares offered
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      • 598 95 but despite huge bailouts, many may still need more capital NEW YORK: For the last eight weeks, nearly 200 US government examiners have laboured inside some of the biggest banks in the United States to determine how they would hold up if the
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      • 590 95 TOKYO/FRANKFURT: Banks from Europe to Asia are eyeing asset sales, capital raising and a government takeover in the latest moves to fight the global crisis. In Germany, the government offered 1.39 euros (552.80) per share yesterday for stricken lender Hypo Real
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      • 529 95 WASHINGTON: US securities regulators have floated five new proposals to curb short selling, drawing fire from short sellers who feel they are being made scapegoats of the financial crisis and stock market plunge. The five-member Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted
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      • 561 96 Outlook downgraded as 'green shoots' of growth fail to appear WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve sharply downgraded its outlook for the country's economy at its latest meeting three weeks ago, challenging the view that green shoots of recovery had begun to appear. "The
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      • 381 96  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By LOCAL firms looking to internationalise successfully should differentiate themselves, said Mr Sunny Verghese, chairman of IE Singapore. They should also develop plans for when the economy recovers and make use of government schemes to help them do
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      • 587 97  -  Kwan Weng Kin $253b package includes subsidies for buying eco-friendly cars By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: Japanese consumers are to receive generous subsidies to help boost the sale of eco-friendly cars and home appliances under Japan's latest stimulus package. The package is due to
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      • 392 97  -  Elizabeth Wilmot By SINGAPORE exporters including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) here will be the winners if a major regional grouping can stem the rise of trade protectionism, industry leaders say. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) grouping is holding a series of meetings
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      • 531 97  -  SHANGHAI: Mr Larry Yung's resignation as Citic Pacific's chairman may prompt "drastic" changes, as Mr Chang Zhenming yesterday took the reins of a company mired in a police probe and US$l.9 billion (552.9 billion) of currency losses. Citic Pacific shares yesterday surged
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      • 547 98  -  Joyce Teo Keppel chief Lim Chee Onn one of Singapore's highest-earning execs By KEPPEL Corporation chairman Lim Chee Onn earned just over $10 million last year, making him one of Singapore's high-est-earning corporate chiefs. His pay of between $10 million and $10.25 million was up
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      • 323 98  -  Ananya Roy By A UNIT of Keppel Corp has won a $518 million contract to build an energy-from-waste power plant in Britain. The facility to serve the Greater Manchester area will be built by Keppel Seghers, the environmental technology division of Keppel Integrated
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      • 255 98  -  LINETTE LAI CITIBANK customers can now use AXS stations equipped with the new Direct-Pay (D-Pay) capabilities to do everything from settling bills to buying movie tickets. The machines accept ATM or debit cards from Citibank, the first foreign bank here to offer access
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    • 1252 101  -  tara tan arts reporter EIGHT GREATS From a pas de deux with a mechanical digger to giant children board games, there is something free for everyone at this arts festival. Here are eight highlights to look out for: VISUAL ARTS ISienta La Cabeza show by Sienta
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    • 327 102 MUSIC 6Four-4 Percussion by Four-4 Percussion (Singapore) What: Dressed as chefs, the four drummers will bang out beats using kitchen pots and pans, slicing fruits and blending juices. And in the process, they will churn out a three-dish meal. When: Various times and places If you
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    • 646 103 Director Justin Lin speeds on to the big time as Fast Furious revs up the US box office John lvi film correspondent Former indie darling and Asian-American director Justin Lin has come a long way. Just seven years ago, he was financing films with his credit cards.
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    • 395 103 The Ministry of Education (MOE) has received confirmation from Mr Simon Kwan, Jackie Chan's property manager here, that the Hong Kong superstar will donate five antique structures from the Ming and Qing dynasties to Singapore. An MOE statement released yesterday said that Mr Kwan told
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    • 428 104 A new play by Panggung Arts looks at shady goings-on in a karaoke lounge and its people adeline chia arts reporter Karaoke hostesses take centrestage in Panggung Arts' new production Hero. The production is directed by Helmi Fita, in his second directorial project after last year's
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    • 595 105 Some which will not be shown have proposed cuts for sexual scenes while four more will get a one-off screening boon chan media correspondent 22ND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL When: Next Tuesday to April 25 Admission: $30 for opening film, $20 for closing film
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      526 106 Craig David charms with his looks as much as with his music at his Clarke Quay gig CRAIG DAVID Zirca at Clarke Quay, Wednesday serene goh There is a reason why soul-man Craig David is as well known for his serial romances with beautiful women as he is
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    • 584 106 John lvi Writing teacher Charlie Rubin (right) thinks that home-grown actor Adrian Pang is "exceptional" and says: "I would love to write for him." The 50something writer, who was in town recently to teach a masterclass in television writing at the New York University
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    • 620 107 Channel Us Superband winners' first gig will be a small affair for about 245 people valeric wang Singaporean pop band MiLußing are holding their first ticketed concert, but they are starting small. The trio are playing on April 24 in the Esplanade's recital studio which
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    • 989 109  -  frankie chee Brian Van Flandern Master mixologist Brian Van Flandern shows he is up for any challenge A f77/75" There's no need to answer back. If Steven Spielberg scold me, I may want to though' Comedian Stephen Chow (right) on criticism 'I'm fully aware
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    • 452 110  -  jasmine teo Misha Collins (right) Misha Collins now thinks angels exist after playing one in Supernatural For actor Misha Collins, his first scene on the hit television series Supernatural is "literally seared into his memory". The latest cast addition to the show was scheduled on his first day
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    • 407 110 PHOTO: Hong Kong Sotheby's sold HK$69l million (Ssl3s million) of antiques, paintings and gems in its five-day Hong Kong sale, less than half of last year's figure of HK$l.77 billion, as collectors delayed purchases because of financial uncertainty. But wine, ceramics and paintings by
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      • 617 108  -  rachael boon Torchwood star John Barrowman is nothing like his character Captain Jack and loves it when fans recognise him John Barrowman does not mind it when fans approach him for autographs. Even when he is on holiday. The hunky Glasgow-born, Illinois-raised actor says with a
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      • 864 111  -  yeow kai chai sound bites Under normal circumstances, one should be doubly wary of epithets such as "chameleon" thrown around by freewheeling music critics to describe the latest female artiste. But "chameleon" pops into mind when you think of Polly Jean Harvey. In interviews, she is
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        757 112  -  Samuel Lee H 3M Eason Chan H 3M Band Cinepoly/Universal BUTTERFLY John Tsai Warner YOU ARE MY ANGEL Bevlyn Khoo S2S Ever wonder what's behind an album ti- tie, like H^M or But- terfly? The former, an abbreviation of "hak hau hak mm" which means "blackmouthed and "black-faced"
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      • 598 113  -  cara van miriah True Blood takes a bite out of the dark vampire genre In los angeles Blood. Violence. Sex. That was what drew award-winning American screenwriter Alan Ball to The Southern Vampire Mysteries. He stumbled upon the bestselling series by American Charlaine Harris in a
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        138 113 What do Elle MacPherson, Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks have in common? Glorious catwalk careers aside, the three supermodels are also former cover girls of Sports Illustrated magazine's swimsuit edition. This week, Urban meets the latest bikini babe of the popular annual glossy Bar Refaeli. Also known as
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    • 348 121 Hong Kong Actor Edison Chen's (right) celebrity sex photos were said to be circulating among techies six months before they were released on the Internet last year and triggered a scandal. Testifying on Wednesday in the trial of computer technician Sze Ho Chun
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      100 121 MADONNA HELPS QUAKE VICTIMS Madonna has promised to donate US$5OO,OOO (*****,000) to help victims of Italy's earthquake, said the mayor of Pacentro, the mountainside village where the singer's grandparents were born. The village, 100 km from hard-hit L'Aquila, felt Monday's earthquake but did not suffer serious damage. POTTER CO-STAR
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    • 160 121  -  Associated Press New York In a radio appearance reminiscent of David Letterman's recent interview with Joaquin Phoenix, the actor turned rapper, Billy Bob Thornton gave a puzzling and difficult interview on Wednesday. On Canada's CBC radio, he evaded simple questions and criticised host Jian Ghomeshi for mentioning
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    • 98 101 eries Three," he deadpans. Ask him about plot details however, and the actor is extremely tight-lipped. He will only promise "a lot of surprises and a lot of shocks" and adds: "Be prepared for a rollercoaster ride." The entertainer has also landed a new BBC variety show called Tonight's The
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