The Straits Times, 27 January 2006

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    22 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 70 PAGfiiwTOUR PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 2006 •JPa SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon New target: 30,000 more older workers in five years
    758 1  -  Leslie Koh Plans to keep them employed longer include $30m job redesign scheme By A boost for older workers What the tripartite committee proposes to keep older workers employed MORE JOBS $30m scheme to help companies redesign jobs for older workers,
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    Lock icon P&O accepts $10b PSA offer, setting stage for bidding war
    492 1  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Economics Correspondent THE battle has begun at last. Singapore's PSA International has formally thrown its hat in the ring to bid for British port and ferries operator P&O, competing with Dubai Ports World (DP World) for the
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon For the first time, votes will be cast from afar
      1070 1  -  Lynn Lee By HUMAN resource professional Ann Kau hopes she will get to vote in Singapore's next General Election from Shanghai, no less. The prospects look good for the 38-year-old, who moved to China three months ago. She meets the
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  • IN A FLASH
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      35 2 Korean wave in India More Indian households have been snapping up Korean products. PAGE 6 Report with care Malaysia tells the media to report carefully on sensitive issues such as race and religion. PAGEII
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      12 2 Prime 3-4 Asia 6-11 World 14-18 Review 19-21 FYI 24
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      12 2 Home Hl-H8 Forum H9 Sports HlO-Hl3 Obituaries Hl4 Money Hl5-H2O
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      4 2 Music L7-L9 Events&TV...Ll2-Ll3
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      36 2 Concern over Asia India's and China's new economic might dominate discussions at the World Economic Forum. PAGE 15 New planet found New planet-hunting method could find more Earth-like ones outside the solar system. PAGE 16
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      21 2 Iran impasse The West can't attack yet can't make peace so it has resorted to using delaying tactics. PAGE 20
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      71 2 Family trouble The couple saved from their blazing flat this week were headed for a divorce the second time in four years they had attempted to split. PAGE HI Double jeopardy Senior lawyer questions Court of Appeal's authority to sentence two men to death after a trial judge acquitted
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      28 2 Support local writing Reader defends the merits of teaching S'porean literature. PAGEH9 Nominations no secret CPF members are free to disclose their nominations, says CPF spokesman. PAGEH9
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      41 2 End ofthe drought? Shot-putters want to put an end to the 48-year wait for an athletics medal at the Commonwealth Games. PAGEHIO Golf event to go ahead The Singapore Masters will be played despite current wrangling over sanctioning. PAGE Hl3
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      Lock icon MONEY
      38 2 Robust performance A stronger than expected performance by the manufacturing sector may cause economic growth to come in higher than initial forecasts. PAGEH2O High-level resignation Right-hand man of entrepreneur Peter Kwee resigns from motor-and-leisure group Exklusiv. PAGEH2O
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon PARKED CAR UP IN FLAMES
      88 3 A parked car burst into flames and was totally destroyed yesterday near Block 56, Marine Terrace. A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman said that it received a call at 12.27pm and a Red Rhino put out the fire within five minutes. The spokesman said
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      Lock icon KL to go ahead with plans to build its half of bridge
      569 3  -  Reme Ahmad Singapore says it is puzzled by report and will seek clarification By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will go ahead with the replacement of its half of the Causeway without demolishing the bridge that
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      Lock icon Boy's bid for protection from his Dad fails
      318 3 A 12-YEAR-OLD boy who applied for a personal protection order (PPO) against his father has been turned down by the judge. A PPO protects an individual from abuse while allowing the abuser to live at home. In his application made through his
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      Lock icon HAMAS' SHOCK VICTORY
      709 4  - HAMAS' SHOCK VICTORY Betsy Pisik Militant group wins at least 70 seats in Palestinian polls; result may derail hopes for Mid-east peace By In Gaza City "Hamas did not win because people love Hamas, but because people were taking revenge against the past years of Fatah rule." GAZA SHOPKEEPER ADEL
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      Lock icon Creative reverses recent bad run by turning a profit
      522 4  -  Grace Ng By CREATIVE Technology has turned in a quarterly operating profit of US$l.3 million (Ss2.l million), reversing three quarters of operating losses, as revenue hit a fiveyear high. This has prompted some industry analysts to suggest that the struggling Singaporelisted
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  • ASIA
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      1003 6  - Made in KOREA, loved in INDIA Lee Tee Jong Products from cars to cellphones come across as being cool and affordable By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul FTA talks next month SOUTH Korea and India will start talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) when Indian President A.P.J. Abdul
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      Lock icon India gives nod for single-brand foreign retailers to set up shop
      351 6 Bangalore INDIA will allqw international companies to set up singlebrand retail chains, in a first step towards a much-awaited opening of its market to foreign retailers. The Cabinet decision, announced on Tuesday, is expected to open up the market
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon IN LINE WITH POLICING TRENDS
        76 7 Police officers in Chongqing demonstrating their in-line skating skills yesterday. The police in this Chinese city have begun patrolling the streets on in-line skates. Many countries, including France, have adopted this method of policing as it allows a fast and convenient way of getting around
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        Lock icon China cracks down on critical publication
        378 7 Beijing CHINA has shut down a newspaper supplement known for its in-depth reporting on sensitive issues, its employees said, in the latest move by the communist government to tighten control over the media. Production of Bing Dian, which means Freezing Point, a four-page weekly
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        Lock icon Law to regulate energy industry
        353 7  - Law to regulate energy industry TSCHANG CHI-CHU High-level taskforce will also secure raw resources for fast-growing Chinese economy By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA has set up a high-level government taskforce to draft a law to regulate the voracious appetite of the world's second-largest energy consumer and secure enough resources
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        Lock icon Beijing to clamp down on unrest
        158 7 Beijing CHINA is preparing to "strike hard" against rising public unrest, state media yesterday quoted a senior police official as saying, highlighting the government's concern over stability even as the economy booms. An unnamed official at the Ministry of Public Security told a meeting
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon New Year cheer across the region
        622 8 Festivities spell fun, family togetherness and tradition for millions within Asia Seoul AS CHINESE New Year approaches, festivities also unfold in countries across Asia which have absorbed Chinese traditions or boast a sizeable Chinese community. The Chinese diaspora in South-east Asia and elsewhere will
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        Lock icon Call for watchdog after Livedoor trading scam
        350 8 Tokyo DURING heated discussions in Parliament yesterday, Japanese legislators demanded stricter monitoring of the country's stock trading, as the backlash over alleged financial wrongdoing by Internet company Livedoor continues. Calls to set up a Japanese equivalent of the US Securities and Exchange Commission
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        Lock icon HK subway arsonist gets maximum life sentence
        274 8 Hong Kong AN ELDERLY Hong Kong man has been sentenced to life in prison for setting fire to a crowded subway train in 2004, news reports say. Yim Kam Chung, 68, was arrested after he ignited a bottle of solvent in the lead
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
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          Lock icon ABE SLAMS CHINA FOR KOIZUMI SNUB
          117 8 TOKYO: A top Japanese official criticised China yesterday for refusing to meet Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as a protest against his visits to a controversial war shrine. Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, who also visits the Yasukuni shrine and is likely to become the
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          Lock icon S.KOREANS WIN CASE ON AGENT ORANGE
          99 8 SEOUL: A South Korean court yesterday ordered two US manufacturers of Agent Orange to pay US$62 million (Sslol million) to South Korean veterans of the Vietnam War and their families. Dow Chemical and Monsanto were told to compensate some 6,800 South Korean veterans. The
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          Lock icon LAW ON ACEH RULE GOES TO PARLIAMENT
          87 8 JAKARTA: The Indonesian government submitted a draft law on governing Aceh province to Parliament yesterday, to meet a deadline set by a landmark truce, a Home Ministry official said. Under the terms of a peace pact between Jakarta and the Free Aceh Movement,
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          Lock icon RALLY AGAINST FEMALE SUCCESSION
          56 8 TOKYO: A hundred Japanese lawmakers and their representatives rallied yesterday to oppose royal succession through the female line. No boys have been born to the imperial family since 1965. Conservative politicians argue that Crown Princess Masako and Princess Kiko, wife of Prince Akishino, could still bear
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          Lock icon HEAVY JAIL TERMS SOUGHT FOR BANKERS
          94 8 JAKARTA: Prosecutors yesterday asked for the former CEO and two other ex-direc-tors of Indonesia's biggest bank to be jailed for 20 years each over a high-profile corruption case. The prosecution demand is high by standards in Indonesia, where courts often hand down jail terms
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          Lock icon BIRD-FLU PATIENT IN INDONESIA DIES
          90 8 JAKARTA: An Indonesian chicken seller whom local tests showed was infected with the HSNI bird flu virus has died, a hospital official said yesterday. If confirmed by external laboratories, the case would take total known deaths in Indonesia from avian flu to 15. The Health
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka navy seizes shipment of detonators
        558 9 Incident casts pall over agreement by govt and Tamil Tigers to renew peace talks COLOMBO THE Sri Lankan navy yesterday seized more than 61,000 bomb detonators and arrested five Indians from a trawler in its'territorial waters a day after rebels and the government
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        Lock icon Rebels strike on Republic Day
        317 9 New Delhi MAOIST rebels bombed railway tracks and attacked a police station in the east as India snowed off its military might as part of its Republic Day celebrations. Train services were thrown out of gear in eastern Bihar and Jharkhand states as about 60
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        Lock icon Interpol issues 'red notice' for Bhutto
        362 9 Islamabad INTERPOL, the international police organisation, has issued international notices after Pakistan requested the arrest of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband on corruption charges. "Red notices" have been sent out for Bhutto, Pakistan's first female premier, and her husband Asif Ali
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Thailand invites bids for mega public works jobs
        459 10 But concerns over transparency in programme may hinder investors Bangkok THAILAND yesterday began inviting proposals for an ambitious public works programme amid concerns about a lack of transparency. The 1.7 trillion baht (Ss7o billion) programme aims to stimulate the country's economy by
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        Lock icon Shin sale raises spying fears
        223 10 THAILAND'S Defence Minister said yesterday that the country's intelligence community was concerned that Singapore's takeover of Shin Corp could allow it to eavesdrop on Thailand using the company's satellites. "Nothing has happened yet, but in terms of intelligence, we already have security safeguards in place.
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        Lock icon Indonesian media plays down S'pore trade data
        650 10  -  AZHAR GHANI DISCREPANCY IN BILATERAL TRADE FIGURES By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta "I think we should look at the data very positively and use it as a basis for better analysis and better understanding of what's going on in trade with Singapore,
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        Lock icon LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
        105 10 Sporting the latest teen fashion on her teeth, a teenager chats on her cellphone in Bangkok while wearing colourful hut fake dental braces. The pseudo-orthodontic gear, which are glued to the teeth, are said to cause sores on the gums and in the mouth. Some of the
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        Lock icon Daim seeks release of Cabinet papers to clear name
        403 10  -  Reme Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S former finance minister Daim Zainuddin'has called for Cabinet minutes relating to toll-road operator Metramac to be declassified, in the latest attempt to clear his name in a multimilliondollar scandal involving the
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Report on sensitive issues with care, Najib tells media
        466 11 Report on sensitive issues with care, Najib tells media Deputy PM stresses need for wisdom in handling matters of race and religion Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S deputy leader has told the media in this multiethnic nation to report carefully on sensitive issues such as race and religion after a recent controversy
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        Lock icon Johor takes first steps in 'Bigfoot' hunt
        232 11 Kuala Lumpur JOHOR yesterday launched its first official effort to track down the mysterious "Bigfoot" said to be roaming its jungles. Johor Chief Minister Abdul Ghani Othman said scientists and national park officials would try to find the hairy, man-like beast, which has
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      9 8 CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN SINGAPORE, HOME PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon PALESTINIAN POLLS: BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
      572 14 PALESTINIAN POLLS: BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER Families find themselves split by loyalties to opposing camps in democratic exercise GazaCity BROTHERS Abu Bakr and Mohammed Aziz consider themselves extremely close. But guarding polling centres during the Palestinian elections, they ended up on opposite sides one for the ruling Fatah Party, the other
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      Lock icon Hamas: Armed group
      114 14 THE violent militant group has won widespread popularity for its network of charities. It is responsible for almost 60 suicide attacks since the Palestinian intifada (uprising) began in 2000. But it has adhered to a truce for almost a year and there is an internal debate over
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      Lock icon Fatah: A party split
      110 14 LED by President Mahmoud Abbas, it enjoyed a monopoly on power for almost four decades. But its popularity has ebbed since it won 68 out of 88 seats in 1996, following accusations of corruption and mismanagement. It is formally committed to negotiations with Israel leading to
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      Lock icon No official word yet as shock seeps in
      372 14  -  Abraham Rabinovich ISRAELI VIEW By For The Straits Times In Jerusalem ISRAEL maintained a studied silence yesterday as it tried to determine what its reaction should be to the Palestinian elections that have apparently catapulted its mortal enemy, Hamas, to the seat
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      Lock icon No deal if Hamas sticks to Israel stance
      396 14 »U.S.VIEW Washington US PRESIDENT George W. Bush has said he will not deal with Hamas unless the militant group renounces its stance on Israel, The Wall Street Journal has reported. "A political party, in order to be viable, is one that professes
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      Lock icon Arab world watches for impact on push for democracy
      656 14 Cairo THE Palestinian election is an important turning point in a cause dear to the Arab world's heart the Palestinians' struggle with Israel. The Arabs are also eager to see what the vote will mean for the drive for greater democracy
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    • WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
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        Lock icon West wary of China and India
        637 15 Industrialised world confronts various challenges thrown up by booming Asia Davos (Switzerland) SAVING the world was on the agenda, but for many of those attending Wednesday's "Big Debate" at the World Economic Forum, the theme could have been: Saving the West from China and
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        Lock icon China's top goal is to double average income by 2010, says Vice-Premier
        411 15 China's top goal is to double average income by 201 0, says Vice-Premier and geographic imbalances blighted economic development. "In a vast country of over a billion people, it will take years or even decades of hard work to achieve even moderate prosperity and basic modernisation," Mr Zeng said. China's
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        Lock icon India offers itself as democratic alternative to China
        433 15 'There are a number of areas where people gloss over India's challenges. It is starting to be tricky to find skilled workers there. India is also a very closed economy." MR JIM O'NEILL, head of global economic research at Goldman Sachs NEW
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        Lock icon Musharraf tells Delhi to seize the moment for Kashmir solution
        397 15 Musharraf tells Delhi to seize the moment for Kashmir solution Davos PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf called on India yesterday to join Islamabad in working out a mouldbreaking solution to their Kashmir dispute that could lead to self-governance and make the Line of Control "irrelevant". In comments on the margins of
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        443 15 Davos THE top United States trade negotiator said yesterday that the European Union had to come up with a new offer on agriculture to* unblock world free trade talks, and that tweaking its existing proposals was not enough. Mr
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        378 15 Davos ROCK star Bono is joining forces with big business to target the "conscience consumer" to help fight Aids. American Express, Converse, Gap and Giorgio Armani are joining Bono to sell products under a new brand called Red. All
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      437 16 Scientists find the most Earth-like planet yet in major breakthrough using new technique Washington A NEW planet-hunting technique has detected the most Earth-like planet yet around a star other than our Sun, raising hopes of finding a space rock that might support life. "This is
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      302 16 Researchers devise tool to predict path of an epidemic by following money trail Los Angeles SCIENTISTS think they may have found a better way to predict how diseases like a flu epidemic could spread: Follow the money. Using the popular Where's George? website, which tracks
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        116 16 WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has disputed reports suggesting that the US military is stretched thin and close to snapping point because of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, asserting "the force is not broken". "This armed force is enormously capable. It's battle-hardened. It's not a
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        90 16 BAGHDAD: The US military said it would release five Iraai women detainees, a move demanded by tne kidnappers of an American reporter to spare her life. But an official said the decision had nothing to do with the demand. The women would be freed
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        103 16 LONDON: The world's first university degree on the regulation of financial markets will be offered by Britain's University of Reading this year to fill a demand for such professionals. The university and the US-based NASD (National Association of Securities Dealers), the world's biggest private-sector regulator for
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        110 16 LOS ANGELES: In a rare sweeping move against a widely used industrial compound, the Environmental. Protection Agency said yesterday that it is asking all US companies to eliminate public exposure to a toxic chemical used in making Teflon and thousands of other products. The
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        84 16 BRUSSELS: Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday that it will let competitors examine the blueprints to its flagship Windows operating system, in response to a European Union antitrust ruling calling for greater openness. Although Microsoft insists it had already complied last month, including the supply of up
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        69 16 CANBERRA: Firefighters battling bush fires threatening towns and communities in southern Australia now face a new risk severe thunderstorms with wind gusts of up to llOkmh. Hundreds of people have fled their homes as high temperatures and strong winds fanned four dangerous blazes, three less
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        217 17 FEISTY British lawmaker George Galloway found himself in the centre of a political storm yesterday following his high-profile eviction from a reality television show, Celebrity Big Brother. The flamboyant and leftwing Member of Parliament, a critic of the Iraq war, was initially unaware of the
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        171 17 Venture capitalist pens love story TOM Perkins secured a place in high-tech lore long ago as the co-founder of a venture capital firm that financed revolutionary companies such as Genentech and Google. For his next big breakthrough, he hopes to rival his ex-wife, best-selling author Danielle Steel, as a romance
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        182 17 JAILED terrorist Carlos the Jackal has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, saying the eight years he was held in solitary confinement in a French jail violated a European human rights treaty. The Venezuelan, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, on
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        137 17 THE US authorities have sent the eldest daughter of Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet to an immigration detention site after preventing her from entering the United States, where she is seeking political asylum, officials said. Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, 64, was charged in Chile on
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        502 18 China 'yes to enriching Iran uranium in Russia Beijing also voices uneasiness over planned sanctions against Teheran Beijing CHINA yesterday backed a plan to have Iran's uranium enriched in Russia and warned that placing sanctions on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme could complicate the dispute. Iran's chief negotiator
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        522 18 Paris NUCLEAR power, the long-time foe of the environmental movement, is returning to favour in many countries where issues of energy dependency and the rising cost of fossil fuels are driving policy changes. On Monday, Britain announced a public consultation on
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        394 18 New Delhi INDIA has rejected a US attempt to link a proposed civilian nuclear accord between the two countries with support for America's stance on Iran's atomic programme. The agreement may "die in Congress" should India fail to vote
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      423 19 BY ALL accounts, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong made quite an impression on his hosts in India last week. He met every top leader he wanted to see, delivered the keynote address at the annual meeting ofthe country's top industry association and throughout, was
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      973 19  -  Anthony Paul FORD VS TOYOTA BY Senior Writer THE God of Unintended Consequences has been busy with the auto industry for years but his work was never more visible than in Detroit earlier this week. There, the Ford Motor Company announced on Monday
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      881 19  -  Andy Mukherjee WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM By SPIRITUAL help is at hand for businessmen, bankers and political leaders who have congregated this week at the Woodstock of global capitalism: the World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland. Indian mystic Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has taken a
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      1068 20  -  Janadas Devan IRAN AND THE WEST By Senior Writer THERE was a Chinese governor of Canton during the Second Opium War (1856-1860), of whom the people said in exasperation: "He would not fight, he would not make peace and he would not
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      950 20  -  Lan Bremmer By A BLEAK FUTURE Iraq will probably be a much less stable place a year from now. WITH the votes in Iraq's election last December now counted, attempts to form a new government will move into high gear. All sides
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      1116 20  -  Chong Chi Tat R&D DRIVE By For The Straits Times THE Jan 23 issue of BusinessWeek ran a cover story entitled Math Will Rock Your World. It describes how mathematics has changed fundamentally the way business is done today in advertising, insurance, communications and
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      2527 21  -  Owen Harries By TWO COMMON TRAITS On political matters particularly, intellectuals tend to share these two characteristics: They are slaves to fashion, and, on the big questions, they tend to get things hopelessly wrong. ON POLITICAL matters particularly, intellectuals tend to share these two characteristics: They are
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      204 19 Power scramble The Iraqi government's limited powers will push it towards a sectarian scramble for power and revenue. PAGE 20 kTHE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http://stratstimes.a_.ial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng Loon (Marketing)
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      2022 22 people a POLITICS In the war of words this week between the People's Action Party and the Workers' Party, Ms Sylvia Lim has been accused of just "fronting" the WP. She tells Aaron Low and Lydia Lim where she stands Sylvia Lim on ties
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      1054 22 THE first line of the Workers' Party's 2006 manifesto states: "As a political party, the long-term goal of the Workers' Party (WP) is to be an alternative government." As befits an opposition party which has set its sights on being an alternative to the People's Action
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      1375 23  - How to keep workers engaged Peter Ong FRIDAY MATTERS By IMAGINE a company where the majority of its employees are like Mr Kenneth Tan, managing director'of Golden Village. In a recent interview with The Straits Times, he said: "At the risk of sounding perverse, I love my job. I can't
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      820 23  -  Lydia Lim »THEPOST-65ERS By POLITICS BRINGS ABOUT CHANGE, 50... Whatever you do, do not discourage those with an interest in political issues by telling them it is all a waste of time. NOW that election season appears to be around the
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      24 22 Pnze worth faghting for Turning disengaged employees into engaged ones benefits not just companies, but will also greatly raise Singapore's competitive edge. PAGE W23
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      16 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY JANUARY 27, 2006 MONEY THE STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY JANUARY 27, 2006
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      777 1  - Couple were headed for divorce a second time K.C.VIJAYAN Lim Wei Chean TAMPINES FLAT FIRE SAGA Two days before fire, man told dad he was moving out Four years ago* wife wanted out but patched up By THE couple saved from their blazing flat this week were headed for a
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      474 2  -  Chong Chee Kin He will be sentenced on Feb 1 6 for causing death of elderly pedestrian By AN AIR steward driving home after a few drinks with his friends at a club mowed down an elderly man and sped off without checking on
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      Lock icon Senior lawyer raises issue of double jeopardy
      840 2  -  Ben Nadarajan By Other views How other countries view double jeopardy (Based on Senior Counsel K.S. Rajah's article "Appeal Or Tried Again?" in the January 2006 issue of the Law Gazette) >» India: (1956) In a case involving a man acquitted of carrying
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        125 2 A DEFENCE Ministry executive who allegedly demanded a bribe to help a company snare an interior design contract was charged with corruption yesterday. A district court heard that Yap Kok Man, 45, an executive in Mindef's infrastructure, facility and service department, had asked design company Simon Chrisandra Associates
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        76 2 A MALAYSIAN, who had been drinking beer with his buddies in Johor on Wednesday evening, was stopped at Tuas checkpoint without a passport. He claimed he had no intention of coming into Singapore and as a bankrupt, was not entitled to travel documents. He could not recall how
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      Lock icon Victim's sister comes face-to-face with alleged killer
      537 2  -  Elena Chong KALLANG BODY-PARTS MURDER By TEARS rolled down the cheeks of the heavily pregnant woman as she left the courtroom after confronting her sister's alleged killer. The older sister of Chinese national Liu Hong Mei made her first appearance in court yesterday
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      369 2  -  Chong Chee Kin By ROUND Two of an ongoing spat between feuding neighbours in Simei ended yesterday with an 81-year-old woman acquitted of all three charges brought against her by her neighbours. Round One ended in June last year when her son
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      245 2 POLICE are advising residents in Bukit Batok and Chua Chu Kang to be on the lookout for a man they believe has molested two schoolgirls. The suspect was described as fair, about 30 to 40 years old, between 1.5m and
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        420 4  -  Ken Kwek Scheme offers employers financial help in return for hiring mature workers By THE committee looking at how to increase the employability of older workers has already persuaded 25 companies to join the Workforce Development Agen- cy's Advantage scheme. As of Jan 15 this
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        446 4 CASE STUDY 1 Nippon Paint (Singapore) Barcoding system makes it easy for older worker THE difference between the figure "6" and the figure "8" can result in the wrong colour paint being delivered. So discovered Mr Lim Huay Seng, 52, a logistics assistant at paint company Nippon (Singapore). His long-sightedness
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        431 4 CASE STUDY 2 Raffles The Plaza Innovation takes the load off hotel housekeeper MADAM LIM Min Kee has worked as a housekeeper in Raffles The Plaza hotel for more than 17 years. With a Primary 3 education, she is content making $1,400 a month. But to retain her job in
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        970 5  - MOM studying proposal to re-employ those aged beyond 62 Leslie Koh It will give firms the flexibility to redeploy the older workers By PROPOSALS ACCEPTED "It is important that employers change their employment practices towards older workers. It is equally important for older workers to improve their value to employers
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        544 5  -  Lynn Lee By OLDER white-collar workers will get help to re-join the workforce under a new scheme that pairs them up with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The SfylE Manpower Scheme is for retired or retrenched professionals, managers and executives, with
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        470 5  -  LESLIE KOH OLDER workers' medical costs can be 1.3 to 1.7 times that of younger workers and this discourages many firms from keeping older staff on <their payroll or from hiring new ones, a committee on older workers acknowledged yesterday. It sees one solution in
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      673 6  -  T. Rajan By THE Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) has come out on the side of the Workers' Party (WP) and said it was for voters to decide at the polls if they accept the WP's proposals. SDA chairman Chiam See Tong said
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      322 6  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi By MORE than 20,000 students at the three Institute of Technical Education (ITE) colleges ITE College Central, ITE College East and ITE College West will have to pay $10 more in school fees from May, when the new
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      919 6  - Frank dialogue on understanding Islam Zakir Hussain T. Rajan More sessions planned, involving other religions too By GOOD PLATFORM "The dialogue will build a good platform for nonMuslims to understand such concepts as jihad... When the speakers pointed out verses from the Quran and explained what they meant, it helped
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      513 7  - Giant helium balloon rides planned here what a gas Chua Kong Ho By THE tour operator running the wacky Duck vehicles, which can travel on land and water, and open-top sightseeing buses plans to launch a helium balloon ride in April. Ducktours is roping in a French company to bring
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      382 7  -  Maria Almenoar By THERE will be teachers for teachers, too, starting with this year's graduating class of teachers. About 200 fresh graduates, who have been posted to 116 secondary schools, will have mentors to help them under the new Structured Mentoring Programme. These new
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      345 7  - Records $1b spent at Changi Airport shops Krist Boo Bonanza last year shows $240m upgrade of Terminal 2 has paid off By THE record number of travellers who passed through Changi Airport last year also spent a record amount in the airport's duty-free shops. Changi's 160 shops and 50 eateries,
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      231 7 WITH the ink barely dry on the records set last year, tourism officials were yesterday given new targets to meet. Singapore will aim for 9.4 million visitors over the next 12 months, and try to entice these visitors to spend $12 billion here.
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      384 8 Coach operators and travel firms cashing in on festive season rush LIKE clockwork, the annual festive season migration has begun. Singaporeans and Malaysians alike have been flocking to take the trip north by road, rail and air. KTM Berhad has more than
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      240 8 The Chinese New Year starts in two days' time, but long before that, events and performances are on in shopping centres to lure the crowd. And it being the Year ofthe Dog that is being ushered in, the loyal pets are not forgotten either as they
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      303 8 Road closures and diversions THE following roads will be closed to traffic from 3pm tomorrow till 4am on Sunday for the Chinese New Year countdown celebrations and bazaar activities in Chinatown: New Bridge Road (between Upper Cross Street and Kreta Ayer
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      363 8  -  Lynn Kan By Dos and don'ts Do not leave your belongings unattended in shopping baskets or trolleys. Do not carry, or openly display, large amounts of cash, jewellery or valuables. Be conscious of the fact that pickpockets often rely on distractions to steal people's belongings, like
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        612 9 I WAS unsettled as I read Mr Li Shengwu's reply to Mr Paul Tan's article, "Give local writing its place" (ST, Jan 18). Underlying Mr Li's reply ("Classroom still belongs to Yeats and the Bard"; ST, Jan 21) are assumptions and beliefs about learning
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        189 9 THE celebration of the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin recently occurred on Jan 17. Surprisingly, what brought this notable event to my attention was a delightful book titled Benjamin Franklin, A Bright Spark, written by a Singaporean author, George Tan. Tan's approach
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        555 9 TAXPAYERS* MONEY A*Star scholarships are paid for with our limited public funds and so our scholars have to be accountable to the public. I REFER to the letters, "Crux of the issue is not about scoring GPA of 3.8", "Top scores not
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        168 9 Members free to reveal nominees CPF NOMINATION I REFER to Mr Leong Sze Hian's letter, "Why are nominations on CPF kept a secret?" (ST, Jan 19). The CPF nomination form serves the same purpose as a will for the distribution of CPF monies after a member's death. Members who wish
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        87 9 IT IS shocking to see Third World standards of worker safety here in Singapore. Recently, my wife and I were appalled to see two painters standing totally unprotected on a ledge on a high-rise in Meyer Road, stretching out with rollers-on long poles to
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        176 9 Traditions need to evolve or risk dying out CHINESE NEW YEAR I WANT to raise two points arising out of Algena Lee and Eric Brooks' letter, "Give Chinese New Year the respect it deserves" (ST, Jan 26). First of all, to a lot of Chinese people by ethnicity or by
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        317 9 RIGHT MOVE Integration policies should remain and, if possible, promoted more actively. I HAVE been following the debate over the Workers' Party (WP) manifesto. The Government is absolutely right regarding its policies on ethnic integration. Singapore is perhaps unique in that religious and ethnic
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        149 9 I FEEL so very sad to read about the plight of Mr Ng Kian Ping ("Family wiped out"; The Sunday Times, Jan 22). For 14 years from the age of 10, he shouldered the burden of his ailing mother and dysfunctional siblings.
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          80 9 I WRITE to thank a public-spir-ited individual. On New Year's Eve, I parked my car at the carpark behind Block 442 in Clementi Avenue 3. On returning to my car, I noticed that it had been damaged. I then saw a handwritten note
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          77 9 I THANK Dr Lian Tsui Yee, a doctor at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, for her special care of my mother, who died last Dec 19. Dr Lian had cared for my mother for years. She would make it a point to see my mother first,
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          45 9 I LOST my card-holder containing my IC, various cards and a room key at Woodlands MRT station last Dec 15. Five days later, I got it back in the post, thanks to some kind soul. Zuhaidah Mohd Kassim (Mdm)
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        Lock icon Throwers in fine fettle for C'wealth medal
        581 10  -  Lin Xinyi ATHLETICS Zhang and Du are confident of delivering Singapore's first athletics reward By TWELVE Commonwealth Games have come and gone, and Singapore is still awaiting its first athletics medal from the quadrennial event. Shot-putter Zhang Guirong wants to put an end
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        834 10 TENNIS Melbourne Factfile Name: Marcos Baghdatis Height: 1.82m Weight: 80 kg Birthdate: June 17, 1985 in limassol, Cyprus Turned professional: 2003 Plays: Right-handed Favourite player: Pat Rafter Career highlights 2004: Captures two Challenger titles Bolton and Bratislava. 2005: Reaches first ATP final in Basel, but loses
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        398 10 Melbourne EIGHTH seed Justine HeninHardenne fought back from a set down to overpower Russia's Maria Sharapova yesterday and reach the Australian Open final. The Belgian, who was unable to defend her 2004 Melbourne title last year through injury, ground fourth seed Sharapova down
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        817 11  -  John Dykes FOOTBALL FOCUS By TEXT messages flew thick and fast between Singapore and England early this week as former Spurs. Newcastle and England striker Les Ferdinand struggled to come to terms with the concept of two new goal-scoring Ferdinands on the Premiership block. First,
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        Lock icon Ferguson considers loan move to bolster Man Utd
        889 11 SOCCER Run-up to Champions League spot hit by Giggs injury, Smith's booking in League Cup victory Manchester Hughes blames Ferdinand for tunnel fracas MARK Hughes has accused Rio Ferdinand of sparking the Old Trafford tunnel fracas that marred Manchester United's League Cup
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        540 11 London ARSENAL have made a "fantastic" offer to star striker Thierry Henry in their bid to hold on to the Frenchman. The Gunners are determined to keep their 28-year-old record goalscorer, amid reports that Barcelona are preparing to steal him from under
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        380 11 London TEDDY Sheringham could make a shock return to Tottenham Hotspur, who got rid of him almost three years ago for free for being too old. On Wednesday, the London* club confirmed they have made an enquiry about luring back the striker, whose 40th birthday is
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        618 12  -  Marc Lim SOCCER They fall 1-2 to Denmark, despite creating a number of clear chances By Sports Correspondent NO AGU Casmir or Itimi Dickson, yet the same problem plagues Singapore poor finishing. The Lions lost 1-2 to Denmark in a friendly at the National
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        444 12 Cairo CAMEROON striker Samuel Eto'o, who will be watching the World Cup on television in June, struck his fourth African Nations Cup goal in two games on Wednesday to eliminate Germany-bound Togo. Eto'o followed up Saturday's hat-trick against Democratic Republic of Congo by
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        251 12  -  MARC LIM PERES de Oliveira (above) will not be able to play for his new club Tampines Rovers, twice S-League champions, unless they pay an $18,000 compensation fee to his former team, Home United. According to S-League rules, clubs are entitled to a compensation
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        460 12 Melbourne Sven slammed MILAN Mandaric has hit back at England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson's unsubstantiated claims of corruption in the English Premiership. The Portsmouth chairman said he is fed up of having his club's name dragged through the mud by rumour
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        475 12 BASKETBALL New York RON Artest got the trade he publicly demanded to a team who might not have been his first choice. In the first trade of the NBA season, the Indiana Pacers sent the forward with a history of suspensions -to
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          28 12 SINGAPORE paddler Li Jiawei cruised into the second round of the Croatian Open in Zagreb yesterday. She beat Germany's Kristin Silbereisen 12-10, 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4.
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          35 12 THOSE born in the Year of the Dog will enjoy free admission to the Singapore Turf Club's Upper Grandstand on Tuesday. The first 8,888 people will each get a $2 betting voucher.
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        481 13  -  Alvin Foo »GOLF Title sponsor said to be on board, but event still not co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour By THE Singapore Masters will be played at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club, despite earlier doubts about its future and the current wrangling over
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        587 13 San Diego TIGER Woods has mixed feelings but Phil Mickelson has no objection to the lengthening of Augusta National for this year's US Masters. The famous par-72 layout has been stretched an extra 155 yards to 7,445 yards for the April
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        138 13 DOHA Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Argentina's Ricardo Gonzalez both carded six-under-par 66 to share a one-shot lead after the first round of the US$2 million (553.2 million) Qatar Masters golf tournament here yesterday. Thailand's Chawalit Plaphol, former winner Darren Fichardt of South Africa and England
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        376 13 ATHLETICS Boston THE world's five leading marathons have formed a new circuit to find the most consistent runner, with a US$5OO,OOO (*****,825) incentive each for the men's and women's winner. The USA Track and Field announced on Wednesday that Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New
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          44 13 TOKYO: Injury-prone Shinji Ono, 26, signed a three-year contract with J-League soccer club Urawa Red Diamonds yesterday on his return from Dutch club Fey enoord. Urawa will pay an estimated 2.5 million euros (Sss million) for the transfer. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          59 13 ATHENS: Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou may hear the Court' of Arbitration for Sport's final ruling on their alleged doping violations next month. The two had failed to show up for a drugs test hours before the start of the Athens Games. The CAS
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        403 16 STRATEGIC DEAL The deal takes Boston Scientific away from being a one-trick pony, says analyst John Farrall. It offers the group, which derives 45 per cent of its revenue from its drug-eluting stent system, a way into the lucrative cardiac device market. It beats
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        215 16 Washington NEW orders for US-made durable goods rose a larger-than-expected 1.3 per cent last month and the previous month's data was revised higher, while non-trans-portation orders gained 0.9 per cent, government data showed yesterday. Economists had forecast new orders for expensive items
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        196 16 Washington THE United States Treasury yield curve "conundrum" is unusual, but a study released on Wednesday by the Kansas City Federal Reserve warns against using its behaviour as a clear indicator of a looming recession. Long-term US interest rates have declined since
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        285 16 New York INVESTOR appetite for private equity funds has grown in the last six months, while enthusiasm for hedge funds has waned, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Of 109 institutional investors polled by an investment firm, 44 per cent plan to
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        72 16 January 26 SingTel 15c 55,153.000 Sunray HK15c 41,254,000 GlobalVoice 5c 35.360.000 CIO Pharm HK25c 34,589,000 UTAC US15c 28,311,000 STATSChP 25c 26,944.000 AusGroup 5c 21,879,000 Federal Int 20c 19,1 15,000 Sing Tel DBeCW***** 7 1 7,560,000 ShangTurbo US2.5c 17,369,000 China Potro 4c 15,327,000 China Sun HK25c 15,049,000 GlobalTost 10c
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        168 16 January 26 Source HSBC Bank USA, S'pore Branch ('M'sian nnggit Interbank rale by OCBC) UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2130 ***** Can dollar ***** ***** Euro 1.9750 ***** Malaysian ringgit* 0
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        428 17 Won scales eight-year peak against US dollar; Sings approaches similar landmark level FOREIGN investors' enthusiasm for Asian assets pushed the South Korean won to an eight-year high against the US dollar yesterday and boosted Tokyo stocks for a third straight day. Japan's
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        365 17 Tokyo SONY reported a surprise 47 per cent jump in quarterly profit yesterday, helped by a weaker yen, strong sales of a portable game console and a bullish performance by its financial division, prompting it to raise its full-year outlook to an
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        240 17 Beijing THE number of major Chinese banks that meet the 8 per cent capital adequacy ratio the standard set by the Bank of International Settlements rose to 53 at the end of last year, compared with eight banks two years earlier, the country's banking
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        661 18  - Keppel profit up 21% on solid demand for oil rigs Lee Su Shyan BRANCHING OUT IN VARIOUS AREAS: Keppel will grow its presence in more Chinese cities, India, the Middle East and the Asean countries. Mr Lim (far right), with Mr Teo at the conference yesterday, says the offshore and
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        503 18  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Economics Correspondent SINGAPORE is increasingly becoming a magnet for foreign high-tech companies and businesses to set up shop here, with the number of new entrants almost doubling over the past five years. New data shows that the amount
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        486 18  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent THE price of aviation fuel has fallen, but the surcharges that hit passengers in 2004 are likely to remain on airline tickets for the time being. Research house Merrill Lynch noted in a
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          77 18 THE booming marine and offshore industry helped ASL Marine post a 109.9 per cent surge in net profits to $12.3 million for the six months ended Dec 31. Half-year revenues rose by 52.2 per cent to $105.2 million over the corresponding period
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          50 18 ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) agreed yesterday to buy a six-storey building in Übi Avenue from Sunlight Electrical for $13.2 million. Sunlight will lease back 4,400 sq m of space under two leases one or four years, one of 10 years.
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          94 18 GES International posted a 23 per cent rise in net profit to $14.6 million for the second quarter ended Dec 31. Revenue grew 5 per cent to $178.6 million, thanks to robust sales of point-of-sales systems and original equipment manufacturer sales. Earnings per
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          82 18 BUDGET hotel chain and property developer Fragrance Group enjoyed a 133.8 per cent surge in net profit for the full year ended Dec 31 to $13.8 million. Group turnover went up by 100.1 per cent to $86.7 million. Earnings per share jumped from 4.7
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          59 18 NET profits at Asian Micro Holdings slumped 33 per cent to $1.1 million for the six months to Dec 31, while revenue dropped 2 per cent to $14.7 million. Earnings per share fell from 0.58 cent a year ago to 0.36 cent,
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          81 18 DESPITE a 1 per cent fall in full-year net profit to $6.8 million, BH Global Marine posted a 23.4 per cent rise in revenues to $30.3 million thanks to robust activity in global oil production and exploration. Earnings per share fell from
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        430 19  -  Joyce Teo Hy HIGHER FIGURES The number of shoppers at CMT malls has risen, supporting rental growth. Tampines Mall, for example, has gone through asset enhancements and is seeing the highest traffic in its history with over two million shoppers a month, says Mr Pua
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        505 19  -  Grace Ng It will boost staff count and production here to meet demand from chip companies By STATS ChipPac, which posted its first net profit in six quarters of US$l6.9 million (5527.5 million), will expand its production capacity here
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        229 19  - DIRECTORS' TRADES GOH ENG YEO W TECHNICS DIRECTOR SELLS ENTIRE STAKE IN THE space of a month, the price of engineering specialist Technics Oil Gas has nearly doubled. The run-up has benefited many shareholders, including its executive director, Mr Ting Yew Sue, who sold 300,000 shares at 44 cents apiece
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        345 19 A PRIVATE equity group led by Newbridge Capital is making an offer to buy the 25 per cent stake in Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD) held by minority shareholders, at a 28 per cent premium over the stock's average price
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        333 19  -  Azrin Asmani TAKING STOCK By POSITIVE earnings from local companies drove the broader market to its third consecutive gain yesterday, debunking views that it would be a quiet week ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations this weekend. The continued slide in crude oil
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        615 20  - Economy gets boost from ye ctr- end manuf acturing output Kelvin Wong Data prompts some economists to lift full-year forecasts to 6.10/0 -6.3% By SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector turned in such a robust performance in the last three months of 2005 that some economists have raised their full-year growth estimates above
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        29 20 Gainers: 263 Losers: 283 Unchanged: 637 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2130 1.2280 Euro 1.9750 1.9970 Sterling pound 2.8770 2.9090 US dollar 1.6120 1.6300 Yen (100 units) 1.3946 1.4096
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        192 20 LEADERSHIP ACCOLADE Tokyo FORTUNE magazine yesterday named Canon president and chief executive (CEO) Fujio Mitarai as its Asian business leader of 2005, hailing him for turning around a Japanese company where others have sought foreign bosses. Mr Mitarai, who takes over in
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        332 20  -  Azrin Asmani By GEARING UP "Lawrence will focus his efforts on further developing SGX as an Asian gateway for companies seeking to tap international capital markets." SGX'S MR GAN, referring to Mr Wong (above) MARKET regulator the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has
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        460 20  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent ONE of the driving forces behind the success of entrepreneur Peter Kwee's motor and leisure-based Group Exklusiv, Mr S.K. Ho, is bidding farewell to life in the fast lane. The veteran vehicle trader said he is leaving
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        615 20  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent THE costly "lost" tax credits issue that has left Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) over a barrel is unlikely to affect other firms. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) told The Straits Times that APB's
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      356 7 A weekly look at what to watch out for in the world of retail. Figures, case studies and tips come from the Consumers Association of Singapore. The world of travel QC I No. of cases filed VU I (January to December 2005) Top complaints 1 Failure to honour r_leal 2.
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      342 10 Lions lose to Denmark Despite holding the visitors to 0-0 in the first half, the Singapore soccer team succumb 1-2 in their first match this year. PAGEHI2 _MM 01 02 08 24 36 42 Add. No. 1 03 1 Group 1 Prize $689,872 Group 2 Prize $271,767 Winning shares for
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      38 10 I NO LONGER COVERED I I Woman failed to disclose I I her mental and diabetic conditions I I when applying for insurance I I under the Housing Protection Scheme. I 1 1 ii i_r_r_____ in nn i
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      56 13 TV times BASKETBALL NBA: Miami v Phoenix (Live, Ch24, 9am) GOLF: Qatar Masters, day 2 (Live, Ch2l, 6.30pm) SOCCER: Euro 2008 qualifying draw (Live, Ch22, 7pm) TENNIS: Australian Open: Live, Ch24, noon and 4.30pm Events HOCKEY: SHF U-21 Boys: Tornados Beta v Police (Delta Stadium, Bpm) SNOOKER: National Championships: Open,
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      147 14 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Richard Ng Kian Soon on the demise of his beloved father NG SONG HUN NG LONG CHUAN Departed: 25 Jan 2006 From: The Management Staff of S-PRO Singapore Precision Repair and Overhaul Pte Ltd SINGAPORE 1 CASKET^******? i Complete services for Christian, Imported
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      37 14 Memory wanders as shadows fall Baclctothedays of happiness, V Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. ■Jl :^3^H
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      8 1 Life! THE STRAITS TIMES Friday January 27 2006
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      1939 2  -  Lee Sze Yong Actress Sandra OIVs win at the recent Golden Globes marks a growing influence of Asian talents on American TV MEDIA REPORTER THESE Asian faces have made a name for themselves on American TV: SANDRA OH, 34 Roots: Her Korean parents migrated to Ottawa. Canada, where
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      358 2 HERE are some Hollywood characters who have helped perpetuate Asian stereotypes since the *****: 1950s THE DIABOLICAL VILLAIN Notable character: Dr Fu Manchu, played by New York-born Glenn Gordon (right), in Adventures Of Fu Manchu (1955-1956) The evil doctor was created by British author Arthur Sarsfield Ward in
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      497 3  - Beauty queens Leong Su-Lin This year's Singapore's 'Oscars' for beauty products focus on new trends which have an impact Some ofthe winning products HELD at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia, ballroom, the awards, often considered Singapore's "Oscars" for beauty products, honour the best new products of last year. Out of 284 nominations,
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        202 4 I REFER to Ong Sor Fern's film review of Memoirs Of A Geisha (Pretty Woman In Kimono, Life!, Jan 18). I beg to differ. Rob Marshall's movie is about the triumph of the human spirit. In short, it is about the human condition
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        267 4 WHILE I agree with Ong Sor Fern's criticisms of film-mak-er Jack Neo's occasional "patchy and preachy" style (What's Neo, Jack? Life!, Jan 25), I feel that it has not seriously limited the quality and scope of his work. Even as their interests in
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        670 4 Have a view on a story In Life! E-mail us at stHfe@sph.com.sg We reserve the right to edit ai letters. I REFER to the recent article on eating human placenta (Placenta Of Attraction, Urban, Jan 12). After vivid discussions with fellow scientists and friends from the law
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        189 5 I REFER to Lifestyle's stories (Jan 22) on the first batch of Singapore Idol contestants. On behalf of SylvestAr Fan Club, we feel that Sylvester Sim is the most successful among them. Without much promotion on television and the print media, his debut album
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        173 5 I REFER to Lee Sze Yong's story (Almost Famous, LifeStyle, Jan 22) where he writes: "Singapore Idol Taufik Batisah was mobbed not long ago. Now, he goes about almost unnoticed." Has Lee been to any of his outdoor performances to see the fans' reactions? One website
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        208 5 I REFER to Sandra Leong's story on Apple resellers here (Crunch Time, LifeStyle, Jan 22). When my nano iPod turned faulty after only three weeks of use, I took it to the Apple Centre@Orchard at Bpm. At the customer service counter, I was greeted with silence
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        63 5 I HAVE been a Mac user since March 2003. I bought most of my Mac stuff at Apple@Orcr.ard as it is conveniently located. The customer service is all right and it has been a good experience shopping there. The store also has a privilege card which entitles the
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        265 5 I READ Sujin Thomas' story about Kenny G (The G Force, Life!, Jan 23). Although I have been to a few of his shows and have a couple of his CDs, I do not consider myself a fan. However, I will say that he knows how to play
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      800 6 South Korean thriller impresses viewers but critics have panned it for its loose, incoherent plot SEOUL The South Korean movie Typhoon has a little something to make a lot of people nervous. The story touches on one of the worst fears of
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        472 7  -  Sujin Thomas One of the most successful progressive rock bands Dream Theater will play here as part of their 1 0th anniversary world tour MUSIC REPORTER YOU could call it a one-for-one offer. American progressive rock band Dream Theater sometimes split their three-hour concerts
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        385 7  - Mozart on a string Chang Tou Liang classics WOLFGANG Amadeus Mozart was born today exactly 250 years ago. In his all too short but eventful life, he composed over 600 music works. Although he was a keyboard virtuoso, violin works also occupied an important place in his output. His five
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        447 8  -  Sujin Thomas Home-grown band Dreams Of Day Architecture is not keen on their music being labelled as pop bandalert Who: Dreams of Day Architecture is made up of singer-guitarist Aaron Tan, 28, a TV direc-tor-writer; guitarist Andrew Lim, 28, a full-time musician; bassist Joel Tan, 21, an
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        209 8 NEW YORK Kanye West, with a crown of thorns atop his head, poses as Jesus Christ on the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone (left), out today. The outspoken rapper defends his brash attitude inside the magazine's pages. He is also pictured posing
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        601 9  -  Tan Shzr Ee asianpop IF THERE is only one compilation of Chinese ethnic music to buy, this two-disc set, which has a 3,000 limited-edi-tion run, is the one to get. Cliched as the album title may sound, Voice Of The Dragon is as a good an aural
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        468 9  -  Yeow Kai Chai soundbites REMIXES are a double-edged sword: At best, they are quixotic, off-kilter cousins of the originals; at worst, they can be cheesy pariahs to be exorcised. They can better the earlier versions an exemplar is Everything But The Girl's Missing which was tweaked
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        488 9 CANT get enough of the heady, thrilling orchestral rock of The Arcade Fire? Worn out that copy of the Montreal band's debut album Funeral? This seven-tracker should suffice for the interim before their second album hits stores in due time. Recorded and orig- inally released in
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        252 14 TAIPEI A friend of Lin Ching-hsia has denied tabloid talk that the former Taiwanese actress' 12-year marriage is on the rocks. Since Lin left showbusiness to marry Esprit Holdings chairman Michael Ying in 1994, they have been living in Hong Kong in apparent domestic bliss. But Hong
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        106 14 BEIJING Taiwan-born heart-throb Takeshi Kaneshiro will play the great red-faced general, Guan Yu, in a new period epic, says a report on the Xinhua website. Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, who starred with him in Chinese director Zhang Yimou's House Of Flying Daggers, has been cast as his
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        75 14 SINGER Jay Chou posed with his hero, gongfu actor Jet Li, at the premiere of Li's film, Fearless, in Taipei on Tuesday. In a tribute to Li, Chou had a drawing of Li's movie character, folk hero Huo Yuanjia, pencilled on his jeans. The singer has written a
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        112 14 NEW YORK Josh Holloway (inset), who plays con man Sawyer on the hit ABC series Lost, has been named the "hottest hunk" on television by In Touch Weekly. The magazine says Holloway, 36, is the best of today's small-screen studs, surpassing castmate Matthew Fox, who plays
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        250 14 MANAMA (Bahrain) Michael Jackson has gone native. The 47-year-old pop star went shopping in Bahrain on Wednesday disguised as a traditional Arab woman, but if it was an attempt to avoid attention, it failed. He has been spending time in the Gulf state as a guest of the
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        232 14 PROVIDENCE (Rhode Island) Richard Hatch, who won US$l million (551.62 million) in the debut season of the reality show Survivor, was found guilty on Wednesday of failing to pay taxes on his winnings and taken straight to jail after District Judge Ernest Torres said he was a
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        104 14 LONDON British supermodel Kate Moss, at the centre of a drugs scandal last year after being filmed apparently snorting cocaine, has agreed to publish her autobiography. Will Whitehorn, a right-hand man of Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, said Moss had agreed on the terms of a
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      25 7 > Dream Theater will perform tomorrow at the Singapore Indoor Stadium at Bpm. Tickets at $60, $90, $120 and $150 from Sistic (tei: 6348-5555). > sujint@sph. com.sg
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        2655 2 TH E STRAITS TIMES Friday, January 27, 2006 BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT CaUUs! Meet Us! Our Rates Advertising Terms _TV _r^ _-v _-a, _~e_ W M nda y t0 Fr da y 8 30am t0 6 3 °P m SPH ADVERTISEMENT SALES RUN-ON I .While care ,s taken
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        263 4 WK MITSUBISHI If*? FOR SALE •92 LANCER U GLXi COE 8/'2Oll. Deposit $500. $261 X 57. $12,900. Call Rahim *****249 fWi NISSAN Ht/ FOR SALE All New LATIO/ SUNNY/ CEFIRO High dlract trade-In far all uaa. cart 94 2003 Low deposit Loan up to 10 years LATIO NISSAN HF.97BWMO MRTAN
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        189 5 Vehicles pSCRAPVEHICLES [CHENG YONS CREDIT Before you sell your car All Model from year 96 to 05 ***** 2328 ALL '1970- '2004 SCRAP Cars for export. Good price for BMW, Mercedes, Continental Japanese. Cash deal! 9727-0300 Andrew HIGHEST CASH! Scrap cars: Japanese or Continental any cond. Body export. 2/ 4-dr.
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        632 6 TH E STRAITS TIMES Friday, January 27, 2006 ■k DOI -08 23 CITY ft SOUTH-WEST W PTEAPTS-RENT HOLLAND AREA HERITAGE View. 3rl. Beautiful decor/ furn. Near Bouna Vista MRT/ NUS/ Science Pk. 1274 sqft. $3K. *****937 TAN. OUEE LAN Suites. Unique conservation architecture. Bugis MRT/ amenities. 2-bdrm. (S3K)/ mais. (S4K).
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        555 6 JMk DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Lii! TANGLIN/ HOLLAND MW PTEAPTS-RENT Only 5 mins wa* to Orchard MRT/ shopping belt •2*3 barms 800/ 1200 sqf. Pool, jacuzzi, gym, secunty Call ownor at THE EDGE ON Cairnhill, 4+l rooms, spacious, 3 mins to Orchard, fully air-conditioned. Call 6736 3135 HOLT RESIDENCES. 4*l rooms.
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        424 6 MMK DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Lii) TANGUN/ HOLLAND MM PTEAPTS-RENT SOMMERVILLE PK. Lower mais. 2400 sq.ft. 3+l+ gdn. $4.5K/ 1940 sq.ft. $3.2K. *****282 NEAR SMU, ORCHARD, Bugis MRT. 4+l spacious 2500 sqft. Aircon. Convenient $3K. NR *****240 SPANISH VILLAGE 1602 sqft 3rm/ Village Twr 1800sqft 3+l+balcony, nice, f/furn. *****307 agt •CASA
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        424 6 Bt Dll 821 NEWTON/ j BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI f PTEAPTS-RENT 19 SHELFORD Exclusive Penthse 3+l+terr. 1550 sqft. $3.2K p/furn Facilities. Also sale. 9626-3770 2-RM ADAM PLACE. Amenities/ easy access. Pool view. Small devt. $1.5K neg. *****218 Cheryl GOODLUCK GROUND. 2+2. Furn. Beautiful. F/ Facilities. $1200 Other areas etc. *****014 D.21
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        331 6 WK DOl-08 ED cmr a south-west W PTEAPTS-SALE RIVER PUCE 3-BDRMS. Big balcony. Immed. Sale/ rent (55.6K) Owner: 6835 9592/ 9680 3507 NEW PHOLD APT. Low mainte nance fee. Beside Farrer Park MRT. Good price *****705 LIH TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE Nassim ***** sqft 'The Utimate Address To Own' Create
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        995 7 THESTRAITSTIMES Friday, January 27, 2oo6 B^ DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Wf\ DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ A TANGUN/ HOLLAND HM TANGLIN/ HOLLAND f PTEAPTS-SALE W PTEAPTS-SALE fr g v I ;T_w.v_T-l TH ...[.■■■hi »1 ji I l Sal* Belmond Green 2bdrrr_ Penthse SS 956 psf A\ River gate Landmark Status SS 1 1 78
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        588 7 Blk Dll ft 21 NEWTON/ J BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI f HOUSES-SALE NEW TOWNHSE D.ll Like landei property but with condo facili ties. Mins to ACS/ Orchard. TOP Immed move in. From $I.3XM 3000-3500 sqft. Call *****088 CHANCERY LANE BUNGALOW F'hold. Near Cold Storage/ ACS 2v_storey. 6+l. All attached Contact M.Riar
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        466 7 ES Dl 5-1 6 EAST COAST if HOUSES -SALE mmmmmWmm^LWWMM WM 1 GOOD INVESTMENT NEW F'HOLD PRESTIGE Terr/ Cor ner. Roof gdn 5 rms upto 3864 sqft. Lifestyle living. Fr SI.XXM. Preview prices by appt. *****815 a tJ\^ WILKINSON BUNGLW 7000/ 8000 sqft. Brand New!! 2Vi storey. 7+l. Good size
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        1281 7 Properties C IfrS HDB APTS FOR SALE MW- HDB APTS FOR SALE fRK HDB APTS FOR SALE lf*V HDB APTS FOR SALE WK HDB APTS FOR SALE Pfti HDB APTS FOR SALE U^ (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) MMW (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) |f£r (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) \jjjf (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) MW (BEDOK/
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        249 7 J? m\w m^AT*^w*m\ WK HDB APTS FOR SALE Mf (BISHAN) URGENT SALE 4'S' Bishan Blk. 109 selling at value! MRT/ shopping, Chinese not eligible. *****152 3T *t SIN Ming. *****122. Sole I Upgraded! Blk 22. High/ lift flr. 68 sqm. Unblock. Windy. All race BS HOB APTS FOR SALE /(BUKIT
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        878 8 TH E STRAITS TIMES Friday, January 27, 2006 I Wat PROPERTY BULLETIN I [•.ATS. SPECIAL EDITION FOR swv rr- stu. rr- FiNO rr PROPERTY PROFESSIONALS 1 M WW g for a better way to do things 1/%f L| -f^^P _K\ II and im P rove tneir approach, If If W*M
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        815 8 i WK HDB APTS FOR SAI Ipf (BUKIT PANJANG) i 3'A' 8LK.126 802. no blocki S'l' 81k.272 802, Exec M, 81k.138 Ground floor, own g sch. Pending LRT. 9369 2057 4'A' 166. HIGH flr. Renovat 4'A2' 508 Below value!!! 4'S' 275 High flr. 9060-6446 PffS HDB APTS FOR SAL MW
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        846 8 I Hf\ HDB APTS FOR SAU MLW (MARINE PARADE) ng. ais I ~m *M^jjr~ H.SULAIMI I 9186 1441 PQfl j BLK 30 |*r Corner Marine P rade. Windy. Unblocked. Parkw. Parade, sch, amenities, beac /lid Changi Airport. Valued 5245K. ind JJV- 3 'I' UPGRADED. Blk 33 Marir 164 Cres. High
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        835 8 Properties E RK HDB APTS FOR SAI MW (WOOOLANDS) Ihi _E___l_U__i^!ilMa!i_____L__lJ 'V 4 'A' 731 808 brigh bree h. Move in. Near MRT. Priced to i Exec Apt corner 788D. High 100% move in. Near MRT. $3E ie 8* S'l' 831 810 vacant marble, i Causeway Pt sell _> value
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        707 8 LE WK HUDC/HDBAPTS MLW WANTED (RENT/ BUY] SIOK IMMED* HIGH Ready bu\ ers for HDB flats. Advance loan: I Finance institute. 9850-0669 $15K IMMED DEPOSIT cast Above value. Ready buyers ca i wait. Advance loan. *****485 I LEGAL LOANS advance (HD I flats only). Sell/ buy/ rent whol mm house.
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        635 8 to mm vi__M_ •mwiV RH OFFICE SPACE I HP FORSALE r ft. Sneak Preview Good Investment Excellent location. Column free. High ceiling. Attache-: toiet 1. 880-1500 sqft Above Clarke n Quay MRT/ exciting retail mall (also for rent). Strictly by appt SoHo, new edge office. 650-1200 sqft. Only few units
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        1041 9 WK WAREHOUSES/ Wk WAREHOUSES/ t2J STORAGE ED STORAGE JW SPACE K>R RENT JW SPACE FOR RENT /^={^v RUBY INDUSTRIAL <!§&> complex Tel: *****661 1 (Ruby Group) tUAQCUfIIIQI Renovate, office with aircon I URnUlUUfl* l .Automatic car parkin? K -fc-^Mgfc— system/CCTV ll fllrlßi s^ RexiNe rental scheme I VIINIA (Hewty in-house
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        3314 10 ESB^^^EEI HtflßflKflfl HJ^^Bl^lßl^HlH^H^l B -4k HOLLAND- Mfc %m SEMBAWANG I I JRJ^ BUKIT PANJANG MfrmJ TOWN COUNCIL I VJ TOWN COUNCIL I |sT| TANJONG PAGAR PgRfSHM-TSIBIJ I WAmX TOWN COUNCIL I Tenders are invited from BCA Registered Contractors for the following: Hj Q DOCUMENT COST (INCLUSIVE PST./ PROJECTS CLOSING DATE
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        679 10 BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) BANKRUPTCY RULES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINQAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO. ***** Of 2005/M RE: TAN BOON SENG (NRICNo *****765A i EX PARTE CHEW GHIM BOK (NR1CN0.:*****6078) ..PetitioninQ Creditor IN THE MATTER OF A CREDITOR'S BANKRUPTCY PETITION FILED ON THE STH DAY OF
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        880 11 ■-K CAI EC CAICC I pSALES gjSAUS We are the pioneer in Medical Tourism and meeting our expansion plan, we are looking for: Sales Account Executives (3 gflgfl The Job: To market our services to the medical and dental profession (medical guide directory subscriptions) To collaborate with different channels in
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        1102 11 Wartsila Power For Land and Sea Wartsila Corporation is a major Finnish Mechanical group offering complete power solutions for power plants and marine propulsion, having technological leader-hip in high-medium i and low-speed multi-fuel engines and a comprehensive range of marine propulsions Responsibilities: j Preparation of offers to customers Placing of
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        382 11 ffh DRIVERS/ MW CHAUFFEURS A Shipping Company reguires: Company Driver cum Despatch Possess own motorbike need to do despatch work Able to work irregular hours especially in the early morning Only applicants residing in Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Hougang Serangoon areas can apply Able to start work immediately Interested, please
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        367 11 An Expanding Co involved in construction activities is looking for highly motivated individuals for the following positions: 1. PROJECT MANAGER/ PROJECT ENGINEER a Degree In Civil/ Structural Engineering (NUS or NTU preferred) a At least 3-5 yrs experience a Experience in LTA projects preferred 2. SAFETY OFFICER a SOTC Certificate
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