The Straits Times

June 4, 2009 Thursday

Updated

Straits Times Headlines

NWC sticks with wage curb guidelines

Temasek's Barclays stake 'sold'

A family lost in tragic Atlantic crash

Inside

PAS struggles with old vs new image

View Points

What it should have been

Eco-city seeks incentives from Beijing

Seoul keen on cultural centre in Singapore

PM: Good govt aim of GRC changes

SAF radar for Afghan mission

Services sector working with govt panel to lift productivity

Paedophile who posed as cop gets 12-year sentence

Teacher molested pupil who sought his help

Brazil declares three days of mourning for crash victims

Probe may never uncover full story

MM Lee meets top British officials

Breaking News

10 army officers in coup plot

4 rare elephants poisoned

David Carradine found dead

Gay marriage is political in US

Frost leads Wales Open

World food supply steady

Attackers of rapist go free

Houston to release new album **

Build up companies in Asia

HANGZHOU - A KEY task of the new Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) is to think of fresh ways for Singapore's companies to build themselves overseas, especially in Asia, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday.

Sharing with Zhejiang province party boss Zhao Hongzhu on Singapore's strategies to tackle the global financial crisis, Mr Lee told him that for the long term, it is critical to come up with new ideas to grow the economy.

Carradine found dead

BANGKOK - ACTOR David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series 'Kung Fu' who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok.

A spokesman for the US Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He says Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family.

S'pore has 12th H1N1 case

SINGAPORE confirmed its 12th case of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) on Thursday.

The patient is an 18-year-old Singaporean male. He went to Melbourne on May 16 and returned to Singapore on Emirates EK405 on Monday at 11.50 pm, said a Ministry of Health statement on Thursday night.

2-day AYG torch relay

THE first Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009 Organising Committee (Saygoc) will take the Games to the community through the first-ever Asian Youth Games (AYG) Torch Relay. The event will be held over two days and the theme is: Igniting Sporting Passion in Asia's Youth.

The relay will be held over two days - the Community Leg on June 28 and the School Leg the following day.

Obama calls for new start

CAIRO - PRESIDENT Barack Obama called for a 'new beginning' in relations between the United States and the Muslim world on Thursday, addressing grievances over the Arab-Israeli conflict, two US-led wars and tensions over Iran.

Speaking to the world's more than one billion Muslims from Cairo, he pledged to pursue Palestinian statehood, said US troops did not want to stay in Iraq or Afghanistan forever and offered mutual respect in dealings with long-time foe, Tehran.