The Straits Times

July 18, 2009 Saturday

Updated

Straits Times Headlines

9 killed, 52 hurt

No details about 'Singapore victim'

Inside

Decisive action needed

View Points

What it should have been

No tears, just shock

Shattered glass, bloody scene

'I was a target'

Signs point to suicide bombers

Stepped out of lift to a scene of devastation

JI splinter factions the main suspects

Two victims flown to S'pore

Breakfast pow-wow that ended in tragedy

PM Lee sends heartfelt condolences to Jakarta

Man U cancel trip to Jakarta

Obama condemns attacks

Union worker layoffs fall, but outlook uncertain

HDB estates cleaner now

Girl abused by family friend for 7 years

Changi passenger traffic falls

Singapore trade still in the red as June exports fall

Push to certify real estate agents

Eye candy at the Food Fest

Ming Yi bought and sold assets worth millions

Breaking News

New portal to stir interest

SECONDARY 3 student Rachel Peh struggled with Chinese when she first went to Nan Hua High.

She was used to an English-speaking environment in Raffles Girls' Primary. To improve her Chinese, she listened to Mandarin pop songs.

On Saturday, Rachel, 15, put her knowledge of Mandarin pop to use when she and two other youths helped Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a quiz on the Chinese language and modern China.

S'porean saw bomber?

A SINGAPOREAN project manager who stayed at Jakarta's Ritz-Carlton hotel may have seen the suicide bomber behind the Friday blast there.

Mr Thomas Thong recalled seeing a man in a dark jacket entering the hotel's buffet breakfast area that day, just minutes before a bomb exploded in the restaurant.

Owen scores winner

KUALA LUMPUR - MICHAEL Owen got his Manchester United career off to a flyer on Saturday when he scored the winner on his debut as the Premier League champions struggled past a Malaysian XI 3-2.

The former Newcastle and England striker, who moved to Old Trafford on a free transfer this month, came on as a substitute for Wayne Rooney after 60 minutes with the score at 2-2 and made the most of his chance.

Getting rid of the birds

WHICH comes first, the swooping bird or the swishing cleaner's cloth?

Eateries tired of being 'bird-bombed' are looking to bird control firms to help deal with the winged nuisance and its potential health risk.

These firms get at least two requests each month from open-air eateries - from restaurants to foodcourts - to install 'anti-bird devices' in their premises.

S'pore's 1st H1N1 death

SINGAPORE has its first H1N1-related death, said the Health Ministry in a statement.

A 49-year-old man with multiple health problems passed away on Saturday afternoon from a heart attack, caused by severe pneumonia with underlying H1N1 infection.

A patient of diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol, he was admitted to Changi General Hospital on July 16, after 4 days of flu-like symptoms.