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March 6, 2009 Friday

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Straits Times Headlines

China signals shift in focus, eyes 8% growth

4,500 jobs to be filled at Marina Bay Sands

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Golf - more than sport, an art form?

View Points

Soldiers get 'Facebook warning'

10 co-workers split $336m lottery prize

Job fair draws 120,000 visitors

Jakarta finally gains access to Hambali

JI mastermind was the 'Osama of South-east Asia'

Singaporean doctor found dead in Melbourne

Bangkok club fire probe finds public works officials negligent

Teenager admits to sex with 10 year old girl

Costly punch for man who turned on boy

Clear security lapses: Official

Punggol resale flats close the price gap

India will buy Gandhi items **

MM receives Rotary award

MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was honoured last night by one of the world's largest and oldest philanthropic organisations, Rotary International, which gave him a rare award.

He received the Rotary International Award Of Honour, in recognition of his 'long and visionary leadership in Singapore and in the international community'.

TTSH declares war on MRSA

FOR two months from last December, 5,000 employees of Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) were taught how to wash their hands.

A nation of pill-poppers

SINGAPORE is a nation of pill-poppers. One in two Singaporeans takes some form of Western dietary supplement, and of this group, two in three do so daily.

Neste oil's project on track