The Straits Times, 26 January 2006

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 94 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 2006 •flf*A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Muslims here pledge to guard against terror threat
    664 1  -  Zakir Hussain Yaacob promises that community will keep its house in order to protect S'pore By MINISTER-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim pledged yesterday that the Muslim community here will do all it can and work with other communities to protect Singapore
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    Lock icon TOOK TO HANG Court rejects appeal in rare split decision
    708 1  - TOOK TO HANG Court rejects appeal in rare split decision Chong Chee Kin Bv No doubt Took knew what he was doing "The fact that he was able to relate to the police how he had chopped, squeezed and kicked the deceased shows that he was capable of appreciating the
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    1112 1  -  Richard Lim Write stuff from the scary Mr Midnight By SCARE ME, SCARE ME "I love his stories because they are scary, full of mystery and have different cases to be solved." MR MIDNIGHT FAN CLOEY TAN (above, shaking hands with the author Jim Aitchison). The Primary 3 pupil
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      470 2 SECTION ONE More babies born Prime 3-4 There were 419 more Asia 6-13 babies born last year, World 1 6-2 1 onlv a sli 8 ht increase d«w;«... o/i oc despite measures to ieW 24 propel the birth rate. FYI 27 PAGEH3 SECTION TWO Home H1-H6 Hike in poly fees
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Hubby was strangling me, says flat fire victim
      644 3  -  Lim Wei Chean K.C. VIJAYAN One of her three children still unconscious, the other two are awake By HER voice hoarse, Mrs Geraldine Prabhakaran, whose family was rescued from their blazing Tampines flat early on Tuesday morning, clung to her MP's hand
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      Lock icon Google China censors topics sensitive to Beijing
      394 3 Shanghai GOOGLE launched a search engine in China yesterday that censors material about human rights, Tibet and other topics sensitive to Beijing, defending the move as a tradeoff granting Chinese greater access to other information. Within minutes of the launch of the new
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      Lock icon Durai, ex-NKF chairman Yong turn up at CPIB
      306 4  - Durai, ex- NKF chairman Yong turn up at CPIB Khushwant Singh Theresa Tan By FORMER NKF chief executive T.T. Durai and former chairman Richard Yong were both seen entering the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) yesterday. Mr Durai's name was the first one entered in the CPIB visitors' log book.
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      Lock icon Massive Johor project, high-speed rail planned
      544 4  -  Leslie Lopez KL hopes to leverage on expected tourism boom in Singapore By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is expected to give a boost to its moribund construction sector with the award of several multi-bil-lion-dollar infrastructure contracts, including two big projects that Kuala
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      49 4 SINGAPORE PROPERTY MARKET VIEWS Ten years after the last property boom, is the Singapore market on the threshold of another? We ask 1 3 industry insiders. Bashed I up Gang whacks teen mercilessly Blacked out Wakes up with deep cut bruises in hospital I m m T Sm^MWmm\ I
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon 9.9% growth makes China the world's No. 4 economy
      623 6  - 9.9% growth makes China the world's No. 4 economy TSCHANG CHI-CHU Strong investment and domestic consumption are pillars of growth By China Correspondent In Beijing "By 2020, in terms ofthe size, it is likely that China will be the largest economy in the world." CITIGROUP ECONOMIST SHEN MINGGAQ CHINA posted
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      252 6 Gross domestic product Fuelled by booming investment and active consumer spending, China's GDP rose to 18.2 trillion yuan last year, making the Chinese economy the fourth-biggest in the world, behind the United States, Japan and Germany. Foreign direct investment Foreign direct investment, which contributed 48.8 per cent
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      Lock icon ...but income growth for Chinese peasants falls
      720 6  - ...but income growth for Chinese peasants falls Chua Chin Hon Low productivity in the countryside to blame, say economists By China Bureau Chief In Beijing 'This is a long-term issue. The government has taken many measures, but this is a historical process. The overall trend is to move towards common
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      Lock icon LRelax ban on space defence, says LDP
      399 7 L Relax ban on space defence, says LDP Tokyo Japan's govt urged to allow military use of space programme JAPAN'S ruling party is calling for the government to allow space research to be used for military purposes in a move that could lead to a major policy shift, a newspaper
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      Lock icon Sony pulls the plug on Walkman plant in Japan
      255 7 "The Walkman has long been a symbolic and strategic product for Sony, but it has now turned into just one item that should be produced overseas due to labour costs," ANALYST MASAYUKI HOSHINA Tokyo THE Walkman will no longer be made
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon INDIA SET TO OVERTAKE JAPAN
        137 7 HOUSTON: India will surpass Japan as the world's third-largest economy this year as measured in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), according to a US firm. PPP is an estimate of the exchange rate required to equalise the purchasing power of different currencies. India's economy will top
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        Lock icon SHANGHAI SMS SCAMS ON THE RISE
        94 7 SHANGHAI: Police have seen a surge in the number of scams in which victims are tricked via SMS messages into transferring their savings into bogus accounts, news reports said yesterday. Such crimes are usually committed by gangs using sophisticated call-transfer technology to win the
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        Lock icon HIGHER PARKING FEES IN BEUING
        90 7 BEIJING: Officials announced higher parking fees and other measures yesterday to cope with the surging car use that is clogging Beijing streets and drawing widespread criticism. About 1,000 new vehicles a day were added to the roads last year, leading to some 2.6 million vehicles
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        Lock icon THAKSIN WON'T TALK TO INSURGENTS
        80 7 YALA: Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday refused an offer for peace talks over the restive south, as two men became the latest fatalities in the provinces. "I don't know (about the offer) and my government has no policy" for such talks, he said. He
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        Lock icon INDONESIA ASKED TO HOST N-TALKS
        69 7 JAKARTA: Indonesia said yesterday it had been asked by South Korea to host three-nation talks with North Korea to defuse tensions over wider nuclear talks. Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono said his South Korean counterpart Yoon Kwang Ung raised the issue in Jakarta on Monday. The
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        Lock icon SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS TO RESUME
        94 7 KILINOCHCHI (SRI LANKA): The Tamil Tiger rebels and Sri Lankan government agreed yesterday to a Norwegian proposal to hold talks next month, raising hopes that the country may avoid sliding back into civil war. "Yes, I have accepted the proposal to go ahead and
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        Lock icon NO PATIENT-SPECIFIC STEM CELLS
        71 7 SEOUL: Prosecutors said yesterday that disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo Suk had created no patient-specific stem cells, confirming the findings of Seoul National University. They said they carried out DNA tests of stemcell samples seized from a fertility clinic conducting research for the South Korean scientist.
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Zoellick takes a panda break
      213 8 Zoellick takes a panda break Chengdu US DEPUTY Secretary of State Robert Zoellick got some anti-stress affection from a five-month-old panda yesterday, a welcome break from his hectic schedule in Beijing during the past few days. Clad in a blue smock and plastic gloves, he held Jing Jing at the
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      Lock icon Hu to get full state honours on US visit
      864 8  -  Roger Mitton In return, Bush will expect dialogue on major issues such as rights, trade By US Bureau Chief In Washington QUID PRO QUO "There'll be lots of back-channel bargaining now about, if Bush agrees to a state visit, will Hu
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      Lock icon China lowers estimate of HIV and Aids infections
      407 8  -  Clarissa Oon By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA yesterday lowered its estimate of HIV and Aids infections in the country, but health agencies warned against complacency as the figure is still rising and the Aids epidemic is spreading to the general population.
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      Lock icon Taiwan's new premier gets down to business
      428 8  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN'S new premier Su Tseng-chang pledged to focus on "getting the job done" and got down to business immediately after he and his Cabinet were sworn in yesterday. Following the swearing-in ceremony, Mr Su called
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      Lock icon Toxins from China spill 'could flow to Japan'
      230 8 Tokyo THE chemical spill in northeast China that caused an ecological crisis in two Chinese provinces and Russia last year could wash" ashore in Japan within months, Japanese researchers have warned. Some 100 tonnes of toxins were dumped into China's Songhua River
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Livedoor 'cooked its books in bid for baseball team'
      423 9 TOKYO Horie knew about the fraud, ex-chief financial officer tells prosecutors A KEY aide of disgraced IT entrepreneur Takafumi Horie has admitted that Livedoor cooked its books during its bid to buy a baseball team that propelled its young chief to
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      Lock icon FOR THE LOVE OF CHOCOLATE AND DIAMONDS
      55 9 An employee of Japanese jeweller Uchihara showing off an African continent-shaped chocolate with 2006 pieces of diamond. The Valentine Chocolate comes with a total of 504 carats of diamond and costs 500 million yen (Ss7 million). It was created to commemorate its new
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      Lock icon Roh warns of brewing conflict with US over North Korea
      464 9  -  Lee Tee Jong By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul SOUTH Korean President Roh Moo Hyun yesterday warned that there could be conflicts between Seoul and Washington should the United States adopt a hardline stance towards the communist North. "The South
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon India-US military drill signals closer ties
      641 10 Chaubatia (India) Washington keen tQ make India a counterweight to China, say analysts MORE than half a century after independence, foreign soldiers have returned to this one-time colonial garrison of tin-roofed bungalows, stone churches and panoramic Himalayan views. But this time, the soldiers are
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      Lock icon to visit 'close ally' Pakistan in March
      313 10 Washington US PRESIDENT George W. Bush praised Pakistan as a close ally in fighting terrorism and said on Tuesday that he would visit the country and its neighbour India in March. Mr Bush and Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who met at the
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      Lock icon Delhi police foil Republic Day bomb plot
      316 10 New Delhi FOILING an alleged terrorist plan to disrupt Republic Day celebrations, police in the Indian capital of New Delhi arrested two suspected Islamic militants and seized a large quantity of explosives. The two men Saidul and Shuabul, both Bangladeshi nationals who are
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      Lock icon Nepalese king under pressure as protests mount
      447 10 KATHMANbU WITH Nepal caught in a vortex of violence, the streets of this crowded capital city are resounding with a question: Does this Himalayan kingdom still need a king? One year after King Gyanendra dismissed the elected government and seized power, he appears
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      Lock icon India to seek lower oil prices during Saudi king's visit
      459 10 New Delhi INDIA is looking forward to a visit this week by the Saudi Arabian king as a chance to lobby for lower prices on the oil it needs to meet its growing economy and military power. For Saudi Arabia,
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon World must prepare for pandemic now: UN official
      268 11 Geneva THE world must brace itself for a human influenza pandemic, acting as if it will strike "tomorrow", the UN official preparing the battle said yesterday. Many people appear to be under the impression that they will have time to prepare for
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      Lock icon Jakarta's govt system hurts bird flu fight
      521 11 Jakarta's govt system hurts bird flu fight LACK OF CENTRAL CONTROL "Now you have 400-plus autonomous district and municipal health departments which are attempting to undertake autonomous authority over their health sector resources, but without sufficient capacity in terms of laboratory or field epidemiology." DR 808 BERNSTEIN Washington Analyst says
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      Lock icon S'pore-led team may get another shot at Jakarta rail
      669 12  -  Devi Asmarani Current developer has yet to submit financial closing for city project By Indonesia Correspondent In lakarta JAKARTA'S much-publi-cised monorail project, hobbled by financial woes, may be put on offer next month, giving a Singapore-led consortium another chance to return
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      Lock icon Congestion buster
      63 12 STRETCHING 29km in all, the two lines of the monorail system will zip through some of the city's busiest roads and have a capacity of up to 270,000 people a day. JM has been granted the concession to build, operate and transfer the monorail system for up to
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      Lock icon Shout if you're against corruption
      172 12 Jakarta MORE than 60 Indonesians screamed anti-graft slogans at the top of their lungs in a contest aimed at encouraging the public to speak out against rampant corruption. The loudest yell clocked in at 113.2 decibels roughly as loud as a chainsaw and the screamer
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      Lock icon Jakarta, S'pore discuss maritime borders
      234 12 Jakarta, S'pore discuss maritime borders SINGAPOREAN and Indonesian officials met for a second round of technical discussiolls on maritimeboundaries in Jakarta and agreed to hold further talks. At the two-day meeting, which concluded yesterday, both sides agreed to follow up on matters discussed at the first meeting held in Singapore
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      Lock icon I HURT, THEREFORE I LOVE
      93 12 While some men walk on coals as a show of religious faithm villagers from Biak in Indonesia demonstrate marital fidelity by taking a short walk on white-hot stones baked for hours in a kiln. It is believed that the power of true love will be
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      Lock icon 300,000 ethnic Chinese 'denied citizenship'
      339 12 Jakarta AN ESTIMATED 300,000 ethnic Chinese across Indonesia are prevented from obtaining citizenship documents despite having, lived here for decades, a rights group said yesterday. Many poor descendants of Chinese migrants have been denied birth or marriage certificates, or identity cards, which prevents them from
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      Lock icon Arroyo moves closer to abrogating US treaty
      127 12 Manila PHILIPPINES President Gloria Arroyo has abolished an office overseeing joint Avar games with the United States, a minister said yesterday, in an attempt to stem controversy over four American marines charged here with rape. Her move is seen as a step towards
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Bumiputera equity plan upsets retailers
      802 13  -  Carolyn Hong 30% ownership rule could apply to boutiques and bakeries alike By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur A CONTROVERSIAL plan to get foreign-linked retail companies, from swanky designer boutiques to neighbourhood bakeries, to restructure their businesses and take on Malay partners is causing disquiet
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      Lock icon South Johor to be transformed into mega-hub
      255 13  -  JOHOR BARU AN INTEGRATED growth corridor with new infrastructure and buildings costing billions of dollars is taking shape in south Johor. Giving a glimpse of what's in store, Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the initiative would see a 1,970 sq km
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      Lock icon Panel to be set up to monitor police conduct
      292 13 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is setting up an independent panel to monitor police conduct. It has also banned the police from forcing detainees to do squats in the nude, a common practice exposed by a secretly recorded video of a naked woman
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Davos spotlight on Asia's rising giants
      770 16  - Davos spotlight on Asia's rising giants Davos 'Future of global economy rests on a club of just four countries led by China' (Switzerland) POWER brokers from the worlds of business and politics opened the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum here yesterday with the rise of China and India
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      Lock icon China will drive world economy amid fears of US deficits: Analysts
      286 16 DEEPENING concern about US deficits and a possible oil supply shock are weighing on a world economy that will be driven largely by China this year, leading economists predicted at the World Economic Forum yesterday. "This is the year
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      Lock icon Business leaders focus on customers in globalisation drive
      550 16 Davos THE world's business leaders are more wedded to globalisation than ever as their attention switches from cutting costs to winning new customers, according to a survey of chief executive officers released yesterday. The emergence of economic powerhouses like China and India
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      Lock icon UAE seeks pointers Singapore
      666 17  - UAE seeks pointers Singapore Peh Shing Huei Officials keen to make emirate the education hub in the Gulf By In Abu Dhabi ON THE United Arab Emirates' government website is a line that reads: "The promotion of tourism and Various tourism-related projects will elevate Abu Dhabi to a Singaporean status
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      Lock icon Wi-Fi hot spots worldwide hit 100,000 mark
      471 17  -  San Francisco Where Wi-Fi has taken root >> Top 10 countries Top 10 cities 1. US with 37,073 hot 1. Seoul 2,056 spots 2. Tokyo 1,802 2. The United Kingdom 3. London 1,627 12,668 4. Paris 895 3. South Korea 9 415 5
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        108 18 LONDON: The whale that strayed into the River Thames last week died of severe dehydration, muscle damage and kidney failure, scientists said yesterday. The female northern bottlenose whale died during a rescue operation to transport it to sea on a salvage barge just seconds
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      1085 25  -  Amir Taheri By THOSE gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week may have to rethink the gloomy assessment of the situation in Iraq that dominated their last two annual sessions. The reason is not that the
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      762 25  -  Francis Lim Khek Gee By For The Straits Times ALMOST a year ago, Nepal was plunged into a political crisis after King Gyanendra sacked the government of the day and instituted autocratic rule. After putting his supporters in charge of running
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      1453 26  -  John McBeth By Senior Writer In Jakarta IT'S easy to like Mrs Patsy Spier. She's not shrill, she isn't judgmental, she's not even angry. But in her quietly persistent way and with the invaluable help of sympathetic Washington officials and the Federal Bureau of
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      223 24 Crusading widow With her persistence, Patsy Spier may have finally won justice for her husband who was killed in Papua. PAGE 26 THE STRAITS TIMES r SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http:/ straitstimes.asial .com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President
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      10 25 Iranian author Amir Taheri is a member of Benador Associates.
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      44 25 The writer was president of the Philippines and is currently chairman of the Ramos Peace and Development Foundation and the Boao Forum for Asia. Copyright: Project Syndicate The writer is a post-doctoral fellow of the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore.
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      795 2  -  Ben Nadarajan HUANG NA CASE: KILLER'S APPEAL REJECTED One hope for the two dissenting judge's views may lend weight to Took's plea for pardon By THE wife of convicted murderer Took Leng How paced up and down her
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      253 2 TOOK Leng How, 23, a Malaysian vegetable packer, was found guilty last August of murdering Huang Na, eight, in a storeroom at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre. He wrapped the girl in nine layers of plastic bags
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      435 2  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By A HOUSEWIFE tried to fix one problem but ended up with another bigger, more painful problem and several hundred dollars poorer. The 35-year-old Singaporean, who wanted to be known only as Madam Hassan, had travelled to Johor Bahru
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      416 2  -  Chong Chee Kin By SPLIT decisions in the Court of Appeal are rare, especially in criminal cases. The last time the appellate judges disagreed with one another over a criminal case in the court was more than 10 yeafs
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      432 3  -  T. Rajan 3-7,593 babies registered last year but 1.13% rise still below replacement needs By "The key point is, it takes nine months for a baby to be produced. Some people take some time to get ready before they decide to have a
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      520 3  - Total Defence Amazing Race-style Marcel Lee Pereira By A MASS car rally, modelled after the reality television show Amazing Race, is the highlight of this year's Total Defence campaign which starts on Feb 11. But it is not all fun and games for the 100 teams expected for this one-day
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      427 3  -  Alfred Siew By BROADBAND Internet users will soon be able to watch Korean drama serials and Hollywood blockbusters as and when they like with a new video-on-de-mand service to be launched in June. Riding on a recent wave of similar
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      160 3 MANPOWER Minister Ng Eng Hen is representing Singapore at the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The five-day summit started yesterday and will end on Sunday. He will be speaking today at the session, Making The Global Labour Market Work,
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        73 3 A MOTORCYCLIST charged with culpable homicide over the death of a 72-year-old man in the Hong Lim carpark has been sent for psychiatric assessment. Odd-job labourer Chee Tat Fatt, 47, was remanded in custody when he appeared in court yesterday for allegedly assaulting Mr
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        70 3 A WOMAN in her early 50s lost $500 worth of valuables to a snatch thief on Tuesday. She was walking along the void deck of Block 5 in Telok Blangah Crescent around spm when a man sneaked up on her and grabbed her purse,
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        62 3 NON -CONSTITUENCY Member of Parliament Steve Chia's dangerous driving case has been adjourned to March 1 to allow his recently hired lawyer to get instructions and the necessary documents. The 35-year-old is accused of running a red light at the junction of Braddell and Bishan
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      576 4  -  Karamjit Kaur The new venue for event replacing Asian Aerospace is purpose-built so visitors will get a clear view of landings and take-offs By Aviation Correspondent NINE companies have signed up and booked about a quarter of the exhibition
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      439 4  -  Chua Kong Ho By THE distinctive Changi Airport control tower may get a twin to better cope with the needs of the growing complex. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is inviting conceptual designs for an 80m tower to be built next
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      419 4  -  Hong Xinyi By Arts Reporter THE Arts School will open only in 2008, but it is already wooing students. At the school's ground-breaking ceremony yesterday at its Kirk Terrace site, newly appointed chairman Lee Tzu Yang announced that the school will start reaching
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      493 5  -  Maria Almenoar NUR DIANAH SUHAIMI Hike will help cover higher manpower and operating costs and enable students' exposure to latest technology By POLYTECHNIC students will have tc pay $50 more annually for their studies from the new academic year. About 55,000 students from
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      77 5 Springtime or "Chun Jie" has come to Singapore. Well, to Sentosa, to he more precise. It is the Sentosa Flowers 2006, an annual floral and botanical extravaganza which hopes to draw about 230,000 visitors over the Chinese New Year period, from this Saturday till Feb 5.
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      415 6  - S'pore scientist helps find tiniest fish Chang Ai-Lien Mature females of carp species can be as small as 7.9mm By Science Correspondent A SINGAPORE fish expert has uncovered the world's smallest fish, which is also the tiniest creature on earth to possess a backbone. Mature females can be as small
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      324 6 SPELT out, its name Paedocypris progenetica is longer than its puny size. In the world of science, the root "paedo" means children, a perfect fit for a fish which retains the appearance of a juvenile even when it is nwy mature, explained Dr
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      434 6  -  Serene Luo By TRYING to find misplaced books may be a thing of the past for readers and staff at the Sengkang Community Library after "smart bookshelves" are put in by the year end. Using radio frequencies, these smart bookshelves are equipped
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      427 6  -  Li Xueying By WHEN the King of Malaysia met a world-renowned cancer researcher yesterday, one question was uppermost on his mind. King Syed Sirajuddin asked Sir David Lane, an eminent British scientist: What made him pick Singapore when he could have gone to any research
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      388 6  -  Krist Boo By CUSTOMERS could be seeing better service in more stores soon. A second batch of 20 retailers are now being considered for training grants under the $3.7 million campaign launched last August to polish up retail service here. A $2.8 million
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      330 6 SINGAPORE is pumping in another $800,000 to develop smaller and better radio tag readers. These readers usually the size of 1.5-litre bottles are an integral part of a new technology sweeping the world called Radio Frequency Identification or RFID. These days, RFID
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        580 7 HONOURING A GREAT TRADITION WE WRITE out of concern and respect for a sacred, timehonoured tradition Chinese New Year. At both work and social events, a large majority of people under age 35 complain about how they find Chinese New Year "boring",
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        251 7 WITH Chinese New Year just round the corner, I am greatly disappointed that there has been pathetically few public activities marking the festive occasion. Having celebrated Chinese New Year in neighbouring countries, I find Singapore lacking the appropriate atmosphere.
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        264 7 SINGAPORE thrives and prospers because it places great emphasis on racial harmony, a delicately balanced act that is often subjected to minor disturbances. Grassroots organisations (GROs) play a role by helping to locate problems, identify the needs of the various racial groups
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        278 7 I AGREE with the article, "Racial ties strong enough to withstand crisis? Not so" (ST, Jan 24). Singapore has done well in promoting racial and religious harmony for many decades. However, should there be a terrorist attack involving a certain race,
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        194 7 I REFER to the report, "Snowstorm leaves S'poreans stranded at Narita airport" (ST, Jan 24), and would like to alert travellers to differences in travel insurance. Recently, I was similarly stranded at Sham El Sheik Airport for more than eight hours while on holiday. When
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        288 7 'MASSIVE JAM' AND 'JAM' EXPLAINED You can also mail your letters to Forum Editor, The Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, Singapore *****4. Fax: 6319-8289. When you write to The Straits Times Forum page, we take
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        377 7 I REFER to the letter, "Grassroots leader takes issue with Workers' Party" (ST, Jan 24), from Mr Paul Wee, chairman of the Cantonment Towers Residents' Committee. I wish to clarify that WP has no intention to belittle the contribution and serving spirit of
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        123 7 GROUP representation constituencies (GRCs) were created to ensure minority representation in Parliament. However, the proportion of GRCs in relation to singleseat wards has been increasing since 1988, when GRCs were introduced. The number of members in each GRC has also increased, from three to
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        825 8 My leaving will not cost the FA one penny SOCCER London "I will not listen to other clubs and countries when there a is football going on in England," I SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON (LEFT) England can avoid compensating Eriksson if he starts new job right after World Cup ENGLAND coach Sven-Goran
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        443 8 London PAUL Scholes' career could be over because of an eye problem that has already ruled him out for the rest of the season. The Manchester United midfielder has had blurred vision that was at first thought to have been caused by a concussion.
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        412 8  -  Alvin Foo BASKETBALL By BASKETBALL fans here could be watching NBA stars live in the off-season at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Players such as Predrag Stojakovic and Pau Gasol may be in action at the stadium in August when the Basketball Association of
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        583 9 SOCCER London Reyes' miss in League Cup semis costs Arsenal dear as Wigan advance A FURIOUS Arsene Wenger has demanded answers to Arsenal's shock penalty miss after Wigan beat the Gunners to reach the League Cup final. He was puzzled why captain Thierry Henry did
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        Lock icon Many unaware Roberts' goal a winner
        413 9 London WHILE Wigan striker Jason Roberts was celebrating his winner against Arsenal in the League Cup semi-final, a number of his teammates and many of the travelling fans were preparing for a penalty shoot-out, unaware that the away-goals rule applied. "A few of the
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        117 9 THE away-goals rule is different in the Champions League knockout phase and the League Cup semi-finals. In the Uef a contest, the rule applies at the end of 90 minutes. If there is still no result, extra time is played. If at the end the aggregate is still
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        508 9 Cairo IVORY Coast became the first team to reach the African Nations Cup quarter-finals after beating outsiders Libya 2-1 on Tuesday. The result was not as good for Event hosts Egypt, who missed the chance to join Ivory Coast when they were held 0-0 by
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        Lock icon Le Roy on alert for 'slave traders'
        109 9 FRENCHMAN Claude Le Roy, who coached Cameroon to the 1988 African Nations Cup title and is now with Congo, is protecting his players from European football agents whom he prefers to call "slave traders". He has even assigned guards. "I have already had
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        462 9  -  Nicholas Fang CYCLING By THE retirement last year of Lance Armstrong, the most successful Tour de France cyclist of all time, was a painful occasion for Discovery Channel. The cable channel had reaped the benefits of sponsoring the team he raced with
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        286 9 ONE AND ONLY GEORGE HINCAPIE. Discovery Channel rider who accompanied Lance Armstrong (above) to seven Tour de France wins the post-Armstrong era, team director Johan Bruyneel said there were four potential candidates on the team. One is American George Hincapie, the only rider to
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        1275 10  -  Peter Siow SPORTS CHAT Ambitious plans but Lee's confident he and stakeholders can grow S-League together By Facttile Name: Winston Lee Age: 41 Marital status: Single Height: I.Bm Weight: 70kg Family: Father retired businessman, mother housewife and three brothers Football background: Played
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        450 10  -  Nicholas Fang SOCCER By THE absence of at least three foreign imports from Singapore's lineup for today's friendly against Denmark will give other players a chance to shine ahead of next month's Asian Cup qualifiers. That was the way national coach Raddy Avramovic said he perceived
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          55 10 ALL Singapore Sports Council public sports facilities will be closed at spm on the eve of Chinese New Year on Saturday. On Sunday and Monday, all facilities except swimming complexes will open from 3pm to 10pm. Swimming complexes will open from 2.30pm to 9.30pm. Normal operating
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          58 10 BALESTIER Khalsa FC will be conducting trials for their Centre of Excellence Under-18 and U-16 teams at 9am on Saturday at the Singapore Khalsa Association. Boys born in 1988 and 1989 are eligible for the U--18 team while those born in 1990 and 1991 can join the
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        Lock icon Clijsters ends Hingis' Australian Open run
        532 11 TENNIS Melbourne But stretching 2nd seed in quarter-finals shows former No. 1 can still compete with best MARTINA Hingis' run to the quar-ter-finals of the Australian Open after a three-year break impressed everyone, including herself. "I can be proud," she said after losing 3-6,
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        Lock icon CHINA BREAKS NEW GROUND IN TENNIS
        314 11 China's Yan Zi (right) and Zheng Jie (below right) became the first Chinese players to reach a Grand Slam final when they advanced to the Australian Open women's doubles final yesterday. The 12th seeds came out on top in a second-set tie-breaker against Japan's
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        Lock icon Schumi ready to leave young racers behind
        329 11 MOTOR RACING Mugello (Italy) FERRARI'S Michael Schumacher says he can still show world champion Fernando Alonso and the new generation of Formula One drivers a trick or two this season. "I don't really need to feel anything different," said the seven-time world champion
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        Lock icon British Open's worth $209 million
        401 11 »GOLF London WHILE lifting the Claret Jug may be a priceless feeling, the benefit of hosting the British Open has been assessed at £1 million (552.9 million) for each hole of the world's most revered golf tournament. That works out to £72 million (Ss2o9 million).
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        425 11 BASKETBALL Cavs pummel jaded Pacers LEBRON James and the Cleveland Cavaliers showed no mercy to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday. He scored 12 of his 23 points in a decisive third quarter as the Cavaliers posted a 96-66 triumph that handed the Pacers their
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        317 11 BASKETBALL NBA: Cleveland 96 Indiana 66, Orlando 111 Phoenix 102. Philadelphia 109 Sacramento 103, Miami 94 Memphis 82, Detroit 107 Minnesota 83, San Antonio 104 Charlotte 76. CRICKET Final day of 2nd Test in Faisalabad: Pakistan 588 (Youms Khan 83, Mohammad Yousuf 65, Inzamamul Haq 119. Shahid Afndi 156,
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          49 11 BELGRADE: Japanese forward Takayuki Suzuki will sign a two-year contract with former European soccer champions Red Star Belgrade today. The 29-year-old has made a name for himself for his no-nonsense play in the J-League. He has also spent time in Brazil and Belgium. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          Lock icon PAKISTAN-INDIA TEST A DRAW
          75 11 FAISAJLABAD: Pakistan's second cricket Test against India ended in a draw yesterday. They crashed from 488-3 to 490-8 when the innings ended with captain Inzamam-ul Haq unable to bat be- cause of a back injury and Shoaib Malik mourning the death of his father. India were
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          Lock icon SPONSORS MUST PAY $145M
          55 11 LONDON: London 2012 organisers on Tuesday started the search for four toplevel sponsors who will be asked to commit £50 million (Ssl4s million) each to the cost of running the Games. It is hoped that at least two will be in place by the end of
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        321 12 JACOB CHNG KENG KING Age 83 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 January 2006 leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: Yeo Chor Koon, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chng Teow Hua, Andrew Chai Mee Jun, Jun Chng Teow Siang, Simon Ong May Lee, Mary Chong Teow Swee Tang Bee
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        182 12 7n Cod is my Salvation and my glory: the rock of my' strength, and my refuge is in God. Psalm 62:7 VINCENT TAN KIM HUAT Age: 53 Called home to be with the Lord on 24 January 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Mother: Low Poh Lin
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        356 12 r" Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. <yf( I wil fearno evil, for you are with me Psalm 23 4 t Ji i MDM.FOOFOKJI Age: 85 was called home lo de "■ith the £ort/ on 25 January 2006. uearlu missed and fond I u
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        202 12 HAN BOON JUAN (B.J. HAN) Age: 52 Passed away peacefully on 24 |an 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved wife: Wan Soo Ngo Josephine Son: Han Zheguang Daughters: Han Jin Sister: Brother-in-law: Han Mui Jong Loh Ngiap Kung Nephew: Loh Chia Shee Niece: Nephew-in-law: Loh Hsian
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        Lock icon Dram prices rebound but risks remain
        265 14 Seoul PRICES of dynamic random access memory (Dram) chips used in personal computers (PCs) are rebounding, but it is too early to signal a fundamental recovery in the market, United States research firm iSuppli said in a report yesterday. Dram prices were rebounding from
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        35 14 Yesterday's close--15.651 (+2.11 points) >» Japanese stocks closed flat, giving up early gains, as positive sentiment on further gains on Wall Street was offset by a continuing scandal at Internet firm Livedoor. AFP
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        37 14 Yesterday's close: 15,520.39 (-10.18 points) Hong Kong stocks ended almost flat, with investors staying on the sidelines ahead of the holiday weekend, and a key rate-setting US Federal Reserve meeting next week. REUTERS
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        31 14 Yesterday's close: 1,258.05 (+5.98 points) Chinese share prices shrugged off early weakness and closed 0.47 percent higher on inflows of fresh funds, with blue chips gaining ground. AFP
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        114 14 Sydney S&P /ASX 200 Yesterday's close: 4.861.4 (+36.6 points) Australian stocks closed 0.76 percent higher, as Wall Street extended its gains overnight and latest inflation data eased concerns over the outlook for interest rates. AFP PHOTO: KEEPING THE CULTURE "I'm sensitive to what can happen when a company is bought.
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        Lock icon Disney to take over Pixar for $12b in stock
        518 14 Disney to take over Pixar for 12b in stock Los Angeles Move raises hopes of reviving the animated storytelling tradition at Disney THE Walt Disney Co has said that it would acquire Pixar Animation Studios for US$7.4 billion (5512.1 billion) in a stock deal. The move not only gives Pixar's
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        36 14 Yesterday's close: 909.77 (+2.79 points) w> Malaysian stocks closed 0.31 percent higher on interest in blue chips, with sentiment supported by gains in the US markets and a dip in crude prices. AFP
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        31 14 Yesterday's close: 9.685.74 (+135.82 points) Indian stocks rose 1.42 per cent to close at a record high, on sustained fund-based buying in automobile, consumer goods and infrastructure stocks. AFP
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        31 14 Yesterday's close. 1,230.11 (+22.89 points) Indonesian stocks closed 1.9 per cent higher, after oil prices eased further and banks attracted support on hopes for lower interest rates. AFP
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        35 14 Yesterday's close: 762.7 (+16.75 points) Thai stocks closed 2.25 per cent higher in line with gains in the US and regional markets, with support coming through for energy and telecoms stocks. AFP
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        264 14 January 25 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 50c „:._o.3t 1.270 +0.010 Ascendasriit -....Httt &|OO +0.070 BIL Intl US2Oc .0 55 ..400 -0 010 CapitaLand 378 3.940 +0.060 CapitaMall 0.81 2.310 +0.020 Chart SemiCond 26c 0.85 1.330 +0.040 CityOevste ........2.42 8.600 -0.050 ComfortOelGro 2sc .1.74 1.660+0020
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        72 14 January 25 GlobalVoice 5c 95,095,000 Sunray HK15c 47,995.000 GlobalTest 10c 45,618.000 UTAC US15C 40,884,000 STATSChP 25c 33,524.000 MemoryD US3c 31.985,000 China Sun HK25c 29.145,000 SingTel 15c 27,829.000 ShangTurlio US2.5c 20.895,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 20.375.000 MM! Hldgs 10c 19,282,000 Landwind 1c 18,555.000 Sky Petrol 5c 18,182,000 TechOillGas 4c 17,616.000
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        155 14 January 25 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY I Source. HSBC Bank USA. Spore Branch (*M'sian ringgit: Interbank rate by OCBC) I UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS I Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2140 1 2290 Can dollar 1.4010 1.4170 Euro 1.9810
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        Lock icon Business council looking at Apec free trade zone
        316 14  -  Kelvin Wong By WITH global talks on trade liberalisation making little headway, the Apec Business Advisory Council (Abac) is moving towards forming a free trade zone for the group's 21 member economies. The council, comprising business leaders who advise the Asia-Pacific Economic
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        562 15 Shanghai State Reserves Bureau to ban its units from trading overseas and in some instruments THE Chinese government agency at the centre of an apparent copper trading scandal last year, said on Tuesday that its various departments would be banned from trading in
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        267 15 Khazanah to look abroad for acquisitions Hong Kong KHAZANAH, Malaysia's state investment agency, plans to sell part of its stakes in some of the country's largest companies in an effort to follow its Singaporean counterpart Temasek on the international acquisition trail. People close to the situation said Khazanah, whose holdings
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        200 15 Port Klang FORMER Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says the recent fall in the shares of Proton Holdings to around RMS reflected the sentiment of investors over the uncertainty of the national carmaker in forging partnerships with foreign parties. He said the uncertainty was not
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        586 16  -  Lee Su Shyan If petition to taxman fails, possible extra dividend may be slashed to 14<t apiece By Companies Correspondent ASIA Pacific Breweries (APB) is appealing to the taxman over a technical ruling that could mean a keenly anticipated extra dividend payout
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        Lock icon Last year's growth revised up to 6% after base year change
        465 16  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Economics Correspondent Overall improved numbers GDP used to be calculated using prices from 1995 as a base but the year 2000 will now be used. The rebasing takes place every five years and is in line
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        355 16  -  Fiona Chan By IN A bid to expand its business in Asia, fund management group Fidelity International is aggressively beefing up its existing Singapore operations, and will also soon offer local investors its first Singapore-dol-lar denominated investment funds. The United States-based
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        Lock icon Shin Corp deal not likely to affect AirAsia operations
        351 16  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent TEMASEK Holdings' newly acquired stake in Thai AirAsia will not affect the operations of the airline, which is 49 per cent owned by Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia. Mr S. Iswaran, Temasek's managing director for investments, told
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        51 16 Ms Ho (above) will spearhead Fidelity's expansion here as its new Singapore country head. She will oversee the appointment of two analysts and up to five other staff all to be hired locally. ►> Three fund managers will also be transferred here from other Fidelity offices in
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        Lock icon Infocomm and media industry tops services sector
        396 16  -  By Kelvin Wong THE infocommunications and media industry is proving to be a blockbuster success for Singapore, emerging as the top performer among services industries promoted by the Economic Development Board (EDB). Investment commitments in the segment last year are expected to contribute
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          Lock icon UTAC EARNINGS MORE THAN TREBLE TO $68M
          99 16 PROFITS of chip tester United Test and Assembly Center (Utac) more than tripled last year to US$4l.B million (5568.3 million), from US$l2.l million the year before. The surge was due to a 91.9 per cent jump in sales to U*****.5 million in the
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          Lock icon SUNTEC REIT TO GIVE OUT $22M
          82 16 SUNTEC Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) yesterday reported first-quarter distributable income of $22.2 million, 7 per cent higher than the previous quarter and 13.5 per cent above forecasts. Net property income for the three months ended Dec 31 was $28.5 million, up 15.1 per
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          Lock icon KEPFELS TO BUILD $229M RIG FOR SINVEST
          100 16 KEPPEL Fels (KepFels) will build a US$l4O million (***** million) jackup rig for Sinvest, bringing to five the number of Super B Class jackup rigs it is building for the Oslo-listed company. The new rig is expected to be completed in the first
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        Lock icon SPC earns $404m for full year on record revenues
        468 17  -  Fiona Chan Investors will enjoy total final dividend of 32<t a share, thanks to soaring oil prices By SOARING oil prices helped Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) turn in a stellar set of financial results and a record final dividend yesterday. The
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        482 17  - KepLand' s full-year gains rise to $156m Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent ROBUST overseas residential sales, particularly in China, helped push earnings at Keppel Land (KepLand) 17 per cent higher to $155.7 million for the year ended Dec 31. Turnover was also buoyant, growing 23 per cent to hit $586.4
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        Lock icon Tech plays surge as STI keeps up winning streak
        767 17  -  Azrin Asmani TAKING STOCK By MONDAY'S mini-meltdown was long forgotten yesterday as a taste for semiconductor stocks sent the market up for the second day in a row. The continuing slide in oil prices, which had hit a four-month high of
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        231 17 DIRECTORS' TRADES KEPPEL LAND MD EXERCISES OPTIONS THE managing director (MD) of property developer Keppel Land, Mr Kevin Wong, has converted a total of 633,000 stock options into shares at various prices last week. In a flurry of announcements to the Singapore Exchange, Keppel Land said that last Thursday, Mr
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        Lock icon Pacific Century widens loss for first 9 months
        299 17  -  Goh Eng Yeow By PACIFIC Century Regional Developments (PCRD) slipped deeper into the' red for the first nine months of last year, after factoring in an accounting error made by its Hong Kong insurance arm. The company said yesterday that Pacific Century
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        761 18  -  Lee Su Shyan IPO hopefuls may have to justify for those with more than 5 or 6 seats By Companies Correspondent THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is cracking down on the problem of directors sitting on more boards of listed companies than they can
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        75 18 MS YEO Lian Sim, executive vice-president and head, risk management and regulation group, says: "As part of our consideration of IPO applications, we review the proposed list of independent directors and may question the company. "Boards and nominating committees of listed companies need to satisfy themselves that their
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        23 18 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2140 1.2290 Euro 1.9810 2.0040 Sterling pound 2.8800 2.9120 US dollar 1.6150 1.6330 Yen (100 units) 1.4035 1.4190
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        Lock icon China Essence to raise $19m from IPO
        193 18  -  GABRIEL CHEN MAINBOARD LISTING CHINA Essence Group, which manufactures potato starch and potato starch-based products, launched its initial public offer (IPO) on Tuesday ahead of a planned mainboard listing. The issue comprises 96 million invitation shares three million offer shares and 93 million
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        8 18 UP DOWN Gainers: 350 Losers: 227 Unchanged: 605
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      1420 8 Comeback stopped Martina Hingis gives second seed Kim Clijsters a good fight before bowing out in three sets at the Australian Open. PAGE HI 1 Join u s in the festive celebrations at the Singapore Racecourse on Tuesday, 33 January 2006 and make an auspicjous and prosperous start Into the
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        803 7 OLDIES BUT HOTTIES A h en s^e was 19, Rynna Goovaerts dated a 43-year-old Singaporean Vf \i she met at a nightclub. The T T relationship lasted seven years. While her friends drooled over the clean-cut good looks of boy bands like the Backstreet Boys and Take That, she preferred
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        586 9 His two teenage children began leaving Dr Li Man Kay in their wake on the family's weekly 10km runs three years ago. But the Hong Kong-born consultant urologist at Gleneagles Medical Gentre, who came to Singapore in 1988, does not mind. While he admits he is not as fast as
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        605 11  - Leong Su-Lin Ii sk Tham Khai Wor where he shops, and he will tell you he a\^__\ puts his faith in only one brand A mmam Italian men's designer label Ermenegildo Zegna. The former senior executive vice-president of Singapore Press Holdings' marketing division is known as much for his salesmanship
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        309 11  - THE KEY TO BETTER CLOTHES Andrea Ong Snotttd nt n*cdy on the shouictefS, even if you have 3 fiduttrh To take ferns pmotj fmrh the tew tefiv nirk sFurK that Bj^^flfl^ I iFLajC UVw Jv fltOUfVl M3Cn. MIOC9 UKIL Olltn vOltllOn. fl and ftjnction first, advises Siak. He recommends I
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        595 13 Singing teacher Ling Xiao pities artistes who have to lie about their age. "I guess when they are older and look it, they feel they have to pretend to be younger or it would be tough to get work," he says. Luckily, looking youthful has never been aivissue for the
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      259 17 opened last month, features a white-and-charcoal colour scheme with back-lit pillars for a more upscale image. Wingtai Asia, which manages brands like Topshop, Warehouse, Fox and G2OOO, declined to comment. Jay Gee Melwani Group, which brings in American denim brand Levi's, casual businesswear Dockers and German luxury apparel Aigner, does
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      361 18 SCARLET FEVER Even though red is a colour suitable for all skin tones, \L_S) it is important to choose the right shade to complement \^_S yours, ONG SU BIN finds out Chinese New Year is just around the corner and red is the auspicious colour many would choose to wear.
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      70 19 (Above) Marjay wears a cotton knit tie-front cardigan with contrasting trim, $34.65, and empire-cut pintucked dress, $61 .95. Both outfits by MJphosis. Necklace by Jenny Sheriff from Inhabit, $199. (Right) Marjay wears one-of-a-kind cotton spandex denim jacket with printed sleeves, $459, matching pants with contrast stitching, $259, and Chinese lion
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        357 22  -  Jenny Tan Nine Pones 2002. 574 When dining in restaurants in wine-producing countries, one of my favourite questions to sommeliers is: "What does a wine-maker order when he visits this restaurant?" (Sometimes the answer is beer). When I was in Langton's restaurant in Melbourne two years ago,
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        494 23 I never thought I would ever get tired of stuffing my face with Chinese New Year goodies but it happened about two weeks ago. Well; somebody had to taste all those cookies to recommend the good ones, right? Things got so bad I developed a raging sore throat.
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