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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • 145 1 —AGENCIES PHILADELPHIA The contest between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Pennsylvania's Democratic presidential primary was too close to call, according to network projections as polls closed. Voting ended at Bpm local time on Tuesday (Bam Singapore time, this morning). Pennsylvania is a
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    • 72 1 ADVANTAGE CHELSEA r .^MWt- BEE j m asrm WiL Wm3Ut tfl'^lnH iKt, JBl IP* B^Hlb^k jSi iV »f^*l^ HP^^*^Bi^3l lEt *-JE kIB' H L«lE^>* Em 'fri EtsdE) RHSE'S 95TH MINUTE OWN GOAL HANDS BLUES VITAL AWAY GOAL 44 LET'S FACE THE MUSIC, NOTALYNCHMOB WITCHHUNT WON'T HELP MATTERS: PM HOT NEWS
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  • hot news
    • 124 2 Should the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) have conducted regular audits to pick up systemic problems within the Internal Security Department (ISD) and the detention centre? And did the MHA adopt a "hands-off approach", leaving everything in the ISD's hands, asked Non-Constituency
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    • 126 2 The "periodic renovation and improvement works over time" had altered the security eco-system of the Whitley Road Detention Centre, so the Committee of Inquiry had found. Its weaknesses were exploited by Mas Selamat Kastari. So, who gave the go-ahead for the
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    • 583 2  -  LEONGWEEKEAT But PM Lee argues against such calls while urging MPs to see things in perspective weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg WITH Cabinet ministers' salaries pegged to that of the private sector, shouldn't they likewise be held to the same standards of accountability? This question was raised
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    • 1068 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG LOHCHEEKONG PM: Making ministers take the rap without establishing fault will not solve the problem cheekong@media corp.com.sg HAVING Ministers and high-ranking officials automatically take the rap whenever something goes wrong may appease public anger. But this "easy way out" not only does not
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    • news
      • 214 4  -  -ALICIA WONG 'MAJORITY' OF FALSE CPF CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GENUINE ERRORS The more Singaporeans a company employs, the more foreign workers it can hire as well. So, some employers make false CPF contributions to hire more foreign labour. Last year, the CPF Board received 121 complaints from members who received
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      • 670 4 THE Government has given its account of Mas Selamat Kastari's escape, and Parliament has debated the issues. Now, what do Singaporeans think? NAZRY BAHRAWI (nazry@mediacorp.com.sg) scoured Internet forums and spoke to academics, analysts and the man in the street. THE COPS FINDINGS One security
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      • 774 6  -  ALICIA WONG Seven preschools, childcare centres ordered to shut, as stricter enforcement kicks in alicia@mediacorp.com.sg THE Hand, Food and Mouth Disease epidemic has led to the 10-day closure of two preschools and five childcare centres. Another seven preschools and six childcare centres have been advised to
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      • 161 6  -  NGJINGYNG Singapore's household electricity consumption has surged over the past decade, according to the latest statistics. This is due to greater ownership of electrical appliances and gadgets a result of rising standards of living, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA). In 1998, for instance, 57.7 per
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      • 356 8  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@media corp.com.sg BANKRUPTS looking for a job will get more help, according to the Law and Manpower ministries as the Government's hiring and assistance policies for this group came under the spotlight yesterday in Parliament In reply to MPs' questions, Senior
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      • 490 8  -  TAN HUI LENG New onus on personal responsibility, power of containment for ministry huileng@media corp. com. sg HIV took the top spot in the minds of MPs yesterday when Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan read the amended Infectious Diseases Bill for the second time. Will an
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      • 254 10 PETROL prices here would have risen more if not for a stronger Singapore dollar, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr S Iswaran, said in Parliament. This was even as Caltex yesterday raised pump prices. Diesel rose by 5
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      • 326 10 -938LIVE Commuters can expect new buses, seats SMRT Buses will spend some $26 million to renew and upgrade its fleet over the next eight years. Over the next two years, it will take delivery of 130 new buses, with half of them entering service
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      • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
        • 88 10 -CHANNEL NEWSASIA Tekka Centre will close for upgrading on May 1 until the third quarter of next year. Built in 1980, the market cum hawker centre will be upgraded to include escalators, lifts and wider passageways for the elderly and handicapped. Seating
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        • 89 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA From next month. Singaporeans can make an appointment online before heading to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) Building on Kallang Road to collect their passports. This should cut down on waiting time. The move was announced at the
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  • world news
    • 382 12 -AP BN forced to consider how to deal with three-party opposition alliance KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling coalition may open "a new era" of cooperation with the opposition in administrative matters, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. His comment signals a policy shift
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    • 220 12 DPA PUTRAJAYA Training for Malaysia's second astronaut Major Dr Faiz Khaleed will go on despite the country's space programme coming to a virtual halt, reported The Star. The space programme will be temporarily shelved due to a lack of
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    • 186 12 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has put the brakes on the RMIO-billion ($4.2-billion) bullet train project to Singapore, reported The Malaysian Insider. The news website has learnt that Malaysia's Economic Planning Unit had decided that the project is not viable and not critical
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    • 140 12 -AP The Malaysian government said that rising costs that have stalled plans to build Southeast Asia's longest bridge have also forced it to review many other infrastructure projects. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said construction of the 24-km-long bridge from peninsular Malaysia to the industrial
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    • 395 14 -AFP Four other executives to step down byendJune SEOUL South Korea's most powerful businessman yesterday said he is quitting after 20 years at the helm of the Samsung group, following his indictment for tax evasion and breach of trust A sombre Mr Lee Kun-Hee (picture)
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    • 184 14 -AFP JAKARTA The Beijing Olympics torch was paraded behind closed doors yesterday at an invitation-only event in Jakarta held under tight security, where it sputtered out and had to be relit. Even before the relay began, police broke up a rally by pro-Tibet activists outside the
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    • 684 15  -  CHRISTIE LOH Politics of the Games may drive a wedge between China youth and the West: Analysts IN BEIJING christie@media corp.com.sg THEY'RE educated, well informed and fed up with what they feel are Western attacks aimed at marring China's biggest showcase, the Olympic Games in Beijing. Ms
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    • 770 17  -  MARIA SIOW Impetus to build a justice system with greater transparency and a consistent rule of law EAST ASIA BUREAU CHIEF mariasiow@media corp. com.sg DENG KANG is an elementary school student in Wuxi, in China's Jiangsu province. Last year, Deng, who was 10 years old
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    • Article, Illustration
      74 19 PENNSYLVANIA PUSH: Former United States President Bill Clinton looking on as his wife Hillary spoke at a campaign rally at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday night. While the New York Senator is tipped for victory in the primary in Pennsylvania, many observers think it will take a double-digit triumph
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    • 331 19 -THE GUARDIAN Parliament, public misled on cost of 2012 Games to gain support for bid LONDON The government misled the public and Parliament over the size of the budget for the London 2012 Olympics, the head of a parliamentary committee claimed on Monday as he delivered
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 91 19 -AGENCIES Al Qaeda still has plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq war, Osama bin Laden'stop lieutenant warned in an audiotape released yesterday. Al Qaeda no 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Muslims to join militant groups, mainly in Iraq, where he claimed that
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      • 82 19 -AP Taiwan's outgoing government began a military exercise yesterday designed to counter a mock Chinese invasion, with TVBS cable channel showing armoured vehicles driving through streets to a military command centre in Taipei. Outgoing President Chen Shui-bian last week said this was
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    • 393 20 THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK It was the first city in America to ban trans-fats from food outlets. Now, New York has set another first in the United States: Since Monday, larger food chains such as McDonald's, DunMn' Donuts and Starbucks
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    • 477 20 -THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Straight out of science fiction. Surgeons London hospital gives sight to totally-blind British patients LONDON Bionic eyes have been implanted in British patients for the first time, offering hope to hundreds of thousands of blind people. Two blind patients underwent the procedure
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      • 158 24  -  DANNYCHONGSEOWTIAN Letter from THE Committee of Inquiry (COI) has released its findings on how Mas Selamat Kastari escaped. They found a toilet window with no grille, non-func-tioning closed-circuit TV (CCTV) cameras and a covered walkway beside a fence. A toilet window in a highsecurity facility built
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      • 209 24  -  HARRY CHI A Letter from WE NOW know the details of Mas Selamat's escape. Many theories had come up: From the more believable ones that he had outside help and his escape was planned, to laughable ones that he did a David Copperfield act on the
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      • 159 24  -  LAI YEW CHAN Letter from I AM surprised more by the modus operandi of Mas Selamat's escape than the escape itself. He did not have to outwit any sophisticated technology. He needed only to exploit a physical loophole. His method of escape highlights the importance
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      • 187 24  -  M LUKSHUMAYEH Letter from THE escape of Mas Selamat is a black stain on the record of the Internal Security Department (ISD). However, the Prime Minister has said he gives his full support to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong
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    • 199 26  -  DR BILL MAIEK ....BY AN ATMOSPHERE OF RESPECT How can you develop a sense of honour and dignity in your home? In a word, you teach children to respect one another. There are a number of ways to create an atmosphere of respect in the home.
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    • 741 26  -  AUDREYPHOON Despite a bumpy start, life has worked out a treat for this restaurant entrepreneur liljlj ELDWIN CHUA 31, Owner, Paradise Group of Restaurants a udrey@media corp.com.sg JASON Ho, the photographer for this shoot, was mulling over the composition of a shot "Would you like
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    • 208 27  -  ANITA TAN Letter from I refer to "Good results: Is sleep the key"? (April 22). I am a parent of two teenagers. Unless and until the local education system changes in classroom size, starting time, style of teaching, expectations and so on, no child studying
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    • 294 27  -  TOH BOON NGEE ONG-KONGYONGSIN Letter from Assistant Director (Media Relations) (covering) Singapore Police Force Senior Public Internal Communications Executive for Commissioner Immigration Checkpoints Authority WE REFER to Christina P Ondevilla's letter, "My life with the 'social visit girls'" (April 7). Police have contacted Ms Ondevilla
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    • 221 27  -  LAI YEW CHAN Letter from I REFER to "Ask yourself: Where do I fit in?" (April 19-20). The bus, rail and taxi systems in different countries should not be compared in isolation. Such systems are intertwined with a slew of other
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  • Business
    • 392 28  -  BARRY PORTER Volatile capital markets cited as main reason BUSINESS EDITOR barryporter@media corp. com.sg JTC Corp has scrapped plans to divest a large chunk of its industrial property portfolio through a listed real estate investment trust (Reit). Instead, it will sell the 62 properties
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    • 246 28  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@media corp. com.sg WATER treatment firm Hyflux has beaten 12 rivals to win a bid to build the world's largest seawater desalination project in Algeria. This is a joint venture with an arm of the local government worth US$46B
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    • business news
      • 173 30 DOW JONES Group hopes to get more shareholders to sign up for it A TAKEOVER offer of $357 million for AsiaPharm Group has been extended by one week to April 29. This is in hope of getting more shareholders to sign up for
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      • 90 30 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Petroleum Company's (SPC) net profit fell 12 per cent in the first quarter of the year as higher tax expenses offset an increase in its revenue. Its net income for the three months ended March 31 was $98.5 million, down from $112.1 million in
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      • 187 30 THE Economic Development Board (EDB) will be given more flexibility to explore new businesses and industries, according to the second reading of the EDB (Amendment) Bill 2008 yesterday. Among the key amendments proposed, the term "business enterprise" in the EDB Act will be
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      • 150 31 -BLOOMBERG TEMASEK Holdings plans to build a "multi-billion dollar portfolio" of commodity assets to benefit from Asia's hunger for raw materials such as iron ore and coking coal. "We see value because of demand rather than price," Mr Nagi Hamiyeh, Temasek's Managing
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      • 131 31 -BLOOMBERG IT HAS been a dramatic roller-coast-er ride for China stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index has now fallen 50 per cent below its October record. That was after climbing almost six-fold in the previous two years. Speculation that government measures to stem inflation will dent corporate
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      • 428 31  -  CONRAD RAJ It seeks funds to start shipping from its Sumatran mine operations EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp. com.sg BELEAGURED Catalist-listed company Jade Technologies said it expects to start shipping coal from its West Sumatran mine operations from early in the third quarter of this year. But
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      • 677 32  -  CONRAD RAJ Is it a question of finding the right person or deciding on a new direction first? EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp.com.sg IT HAS been more than six months since local food and beverage giant, Fraser and Neave (F&N) has been without a full-time chief
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