The Straits Times, 9 February 2006

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  • 634 1  - Panel on ageing seeks 'barrier- free' Singapore Lee Hui Chieh Theresa Tan Ideas for elder-friendly buildings, transport, submitted to PM By A COMMITTEE looking into ageing issues is pushing for a "barrier-free" Singapore, given that one in five people here will be 65 and above by 2030. It wants neighbourhoods,
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  • 640 1  -  Tanya Fong By WHEN a masked man shot at him, security officer Rojion Shariff, 50, thought that the robber had fired a blank. He chased the man, who had just snatched close to $4,000 worth of takings from a betting outlet on
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  • 1224 1  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo Work-life imbalance Annual leave Workers in Japan take less annual leave than they are entitled to. Working hours More Japanese, especially men in their 30s, are said to put in up to 60 hours a week
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    • 291 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 5-10 World 11-20 Review 21-23 FYI 24 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H7 Forum H8 Sports H9-Hl2 Obituaries Hl3 Money Hl4-H2O LIFE! Arts L2-L5 Books L7 Events TV. ..L10-Lll »ASIA Seeking park ideas Singapore launches intensive search worldwide for help in planning downtown parks. PAGE 5 India's
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  • PRIME
    • Article, Illustration
      98 3 Lottery fever has started again, as punters waited in line yesterday for a shot at the jackpot in the annual Toto Hongbao Draw. At the popular lottery outlet in a 7-Eleven store at Yishun Avenue 5 (right), the queue spilled out from under Block 102 onto the pavement,
      SHAHRIYA YAHAYA  -  98 words
    • 480 3  -  Marcel Lee Pereira Disclosure follows bidders' calls for clarification of selection criteria By Weightings given to criteria 40% Ability to attract tourists and contribute to tourism industry 30% Architectural concept and design 20% Amount a bidder is willing to invest in developing
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    • 518 3 Low- fat diet doesn't cut health risks, study finds New York THE largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet reduces the risk of getting cancer or heart disease has found that it has no effect. The US$4l5 million (***** million) federal study involved nearly 49,000 women aged 50
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    • 733 4  - Policeman accused of punching man in cell Elena Chong Man alleges he was hit after cop found lighter, cigarettes on him By Alleged assault in court lock-up STAFF Sergeant Mohamed Hisham Abdul Rahman (above), 33, is accused of assaulting a man who was being held in a cell in a
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    • 403 4  - Morality squad arrested for molest during khalwat raid Leslie Lau By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur IMMORAL CONDUCT? "They allegedly groped and fondled her. One of them also slapped her." ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER MOHD DZURAIDI IBRAHIM, on what the self-appointed moral crusaders allegedly did to the woman MALAYSIAN police have arrested
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  • ASIA
    • 733 5  -  Kwan Weng Kin Famous Japanese designers show interest in revamp of waterfront By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo SINGAPORE has launched an intensive search for ideas and partners to help plan and design three new downtown parks on its waterfront, with three teams of
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    • 127 5 Police fight back Malaysian police's top brass are speaking up for their men in blue amid a spate of negative publicity. PAGE 10 a 9^^^^hh9p' BV Bk i V «A HT El -*-^l 111 KI V Is luck for real? Some appear to possess it while others don't. But luck
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  • CHINA
    • 435 6  -  Clarissa Oon Beijing responds to Taiwan leader's recent salvo on reunification By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA yesterday slammed Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian as a "troublemaker" out to sabotage crossstrait relations, in response to his recent proposal to scrap guidelines on reunifi- cation with the
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    • 346 6  -  Tracy Quek By China Correspondent In Beijing IN THE face of growing social unrest, China is redeploying more of its police officers to grassroots and Front-line positions to better handle problems on the ground. The Public Security Ministry said on Tuesday it will
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    • 102 6 Proud father Lu Zhifei has something to be happy about as he holds his newborn baby boy, while his 51 -year-old wife Yang Yulan looks on at them contentedly. Madam Yang gave birth to the healthy 3.Bkg baby on Friday by Caesarean section at a
      XINHUA  -  102 words
    • 150 6 Beijing GOLF courses and petrol stations, blamed for polluting the environment, will be scrutinised closely over the next two years in China's capital, state media reported yesterday. The authorities will conduct geological studies in the areas around golf courses and petrol stations
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  150 words
    • 328 6 Taipei TAIWAN'S government is requiring senior officials to place their assets into blind trusts after corruption scandals were blamed for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) loss in local elections last December. The Cabinet approved a measure that would prevent 132
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 388 7  -  Tschang Chi-Chu It risks violating Hii's ban on forcing people to buy state-owned papers By China Correspondent In Beijing THE Communist Youth League has promised its flagship daily that it could increase subscriptions by 10,000 copies this year. This move undermines
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    • 34 7 Customers browsing in a bookshop in Nanjing, capital of the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu. The store has an unusual attraction: a 50m-long bookcase suspended 10m above ground. PHOTO: REUTERS
      REUTERS  -  34 words
    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 118 7 SEOUL: International Olympic Committee member Park Yong Sung was convicted of embezzlement yesterday in a case stemming from a family feud over control of South Korea's oldest conglomerate. Park, the 65-year-old former chairman of the Doosan Group, was given a three-year suspended jail sentence and
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  118 words
      • 118 7 BEIJING: North Korea and Japan yesterday ended without any agreement five days of highlevel talks on establishing diplomatic relations. Tokyo says it will not agree to establish relations unless North Korea settles disputes over its nuclear and missile programmes and divulges information about its abduction of Japanese
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  118 words
      • 82 7 JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong II to visit Jakarta. "The North Koreans have in principle accepted," presidential spokesman Dino Pati Djalal said. No date, however, has been set or arrangements made. The proposed visit is reportedly
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  82 words
      • 109 7 BEIJING: Six top officials of China's drug regulator who are in charge of approving new drugs have been detained on suspicion of taking bribes, state media said yesterday. The officials from the State Food and Drug Administration were arrested on Jan 12, the China Daily
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  109 words
      • 94 7 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government is considering enacting a law that would require employers to deposit their maids' salaries into bank accounts, a report said yesterday. This followed complaints from maids about not being paid on time. The legislation would protect some 300,000
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  94 words
      • 115 7 JAKARTA: A court here has sentenced ex-minis-ter Said Agil Munawar to five years in jail over a funds scandal involving the haj pilgrimage. The Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday found Munawar, religious affairs minister from 1999 to 2004, guilty of involvement in the misuse
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    • 154 8 Samsung offers huge donation to make amends Seoul FACED with a growing public backlash after a string of scandals, the chairman of Samsung, South Korea's largest and most profitable company, has apologised and offered to make a sizeable donation to charity. Mr Lee Kun Hee, 64, said the country should
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  154 words
    • Article, Illustration
      44 8 REUTERS South Korean marines reacting to freezing conditions like any tough soldier would with bravado. The marines were taking part in an annual drill in Pyongchang, about 180km east of Seoul, yesterday in severe winter conditions to improve their combat abilities. PHOTO:
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    • 513 8 As hope for male royal baby is revived, he says public opinion on having female heir is split Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday back-pedalled on his plan to let a woman sit on the throne, one day after sudden news that a
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  513 words
    • 254 8 Houston THE head of China's top offshore oil producer said its failure to acquire Unocal last year would not prevent him from trying to buy other US oil companies. "For the big oil-consuming countries like the US, India and China, energy cooperation is
      BLOOMBERG; REUTERS  -  254 words
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 228 9 Kathmandu NEPAL went to the polls yesterday for the first time in seven years under the threat of violence and intense political turmoil. Ten people eight Maoist rebels, a soldier and a civilian were killed as voters turned out in small numbers to participate
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE; REUTERS; AFP  -  228 words
    • 168 9 Dhaka BEGGARS in Bangladesh are to receive interest-free loans from US banking giant Citigroup to help them become self-employed, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday. The bank has given U*****,000 (*****,000) to expand a four-year-old project run by micro-fi-nance pioneer Grameen
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    • 791 9  - India's on a roll but for how long? Ravi Velloor NEWS ANALYSIS Voices of caution warn that without more reforms, reality may not match hype By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA'S stock market has ignored another ruffle in the country's top business family and climbed to a new
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
    • 569 10  -  Reme Ahmad Morale of force affected, top officers tell PM Abdullah By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur HIT by a string of negative publicity recently, the Malaysian police and their supporters are fighting back. With Malaysians clamouring for the police
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    • 195 10 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen ended a three-day introductory visit to Brunei yesterday. The visit was hosted by Brunei's Deputy Minister of Defence, Pehin Datu Singamanteri Colonel (Retired) Dato Paduka Haji Mohammad Yasmin Haji Umar.
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    • 219 10 Muar THE opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) has urged the Malaysian government not to let disputes between Malaysia and Singapore affect the people, a newspaper has reported. "Johor has a very close relationship with Singapore where economic and people-to-people exchanges are concerned," Nanyang
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    • 132 10 It's a spectacular sight, 400 sky divers from 31 countries in formation in the sky over Udon Thani province in north-eastern Thailand on Wednesday. And they have set a new record too. The record for the largest number of people holding hands in a mid-air free-fall
      AP  -  132 words
    • 483 10  -  Nirmal Ghosh NIRMAL GHOSH By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok Thaksin's address PRIME Minister Thaksin, under fire from segments of the political elite in Bangkok, is due to address the nation today on his achievements since taking office in 2001. He
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    • 561 10  - Indonesia to increase its presence on outer islands Devi Asmarani By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA is set on beefing up its presence on its outermost islands to prevent territorial disputes with neighbouring countries. A team of 17 ministries and government bodies is working on a detailed work plan to
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  • WORLD
    • 666 11 300,000 MARCH IN FRANCE French students and union workers protest against govt's jobs plan "This is not a cure for unemployment but a poison that is gradually going to work its way into relations between employers and staff." FORMER SOCIALIST LABOUR MINISTER Marti ne Aubry Paris
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE; AP  -  666 words
    • 407 11 Cairo IT TOOK six hours for the company that owned a ferry which sank in the Red Sea with more than 1,400 passengers on Friday to inform the Egyptian government. Presidential spokesman Suleiman Awad said it was not until 7am
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES  -  407 words
    • 1427 14 Cartoons of the Prophet started with a man named Rose Editor's insistence, cleric's persistence crack open ethnic faultline IN SHORT... "Asking me that is like asking a rape victim if she regrets wearing a short skirt at the discotheque on Friday night." JYLLANDS-POSTEN CULTURE EDITOR FLEMMING ROSE, when asked whether
      WASHINGTON POST; AFP; AP  -  1,427 words
    • 461 14  -  T. Rajan By MEDIA organisations that continue to publish offensive caricatures of Prophet Muhammad are insensitive to Muslim feelings, five Singapore Muslim organisations said yesterday. But they also said that it is wrong for Muslims to react violently. They said in a
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    • 314 14 DUBAI AS THE Danish cartoon row rumbles on, the consumer boycott across the Middle East shows little sign of flagging but the European Union has warned that it could have consequences for all. In local supermarkets in suburban Dubai, you can
      NEW YORK TIMES  -  314 words
    • 418 15 Indonesia urges end to rallies while Malaysia will host meeting on Islam Jakarta INDONESIA and Malaysia have moved to restore calm among Muslims following the publication of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper. Top Indonesian government and Muslim leaders have urged the faithful
      REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AFP  -  418 words
    • 39 15 WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush yesterday urged governments around the world to quell the violent response to caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, but warned that the media had "the responsibility to be thoughtful". AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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    • 37 15 PARIS: French President Jacques Chirac yesterday accused newspapers of "provocation" for printing cartoons of the Prophet, after yet another French publication the Charlie-Hebdo satirical weekly put the contentious images on its pages. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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    • 55 15 PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Cabinet was unanimous in wanting to suspend the Sarawak Tribune's publication permit for printing the cartoons, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. The matter is now in the hands of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, who is expected to make a decision by
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    • 50 15 COPENHAGEN: Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that first printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in September, has seen a fourfold jump in visitors to its website in a week, it said yesterday. It has increased from 340,000 to 1,335,000 individual hits in a week. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    • 56 15 BRUSSELS: European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will work to ease tensions in the row over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a trip to the Middle East next week, he said yesterday. He plans to take the whole of next week to travel
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  56 words
    • 36 15 COPENHAGEN: Denmark's government, angry at local imams accused of whipping up anti-Dan-ish anger in the Middle East, said yesterday it would exclude them from talks on ethnic minority integration. REUTERS
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    • 36 15 DUBAI: An American professor at Dubai's Zayed University was fired after she distributed cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad out of "respect" for freedom of expression, the local press reported yesterday. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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    • 67 15 BERLIN: The Interior Minister of Germany's southern state of Bavaria has called for tighter security for Iranian fans during this year's World Cup, Bild newspaper reported yesterday. It quoted Mr Guenther Beckstein as saying: "If the Iranians come to Germany to support their national side, we
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  67 words
    • 39 15 TURIN: Despite being the focus of Muslim fury, Danish capital Copenhagen yesterday defeated six other candidates to win the right to host a series of major International Olympic Committee meetings in 2009. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    • 609 16 Poultry in Nigeria down with bird flu First reported case of the deadly HSNI virus on the African continent Paris A "HIGHLY pathogenic" strain of the HSNI bird nu virus has been found in poultry stocks in Nigeria the first reported case of the disease in Africa, the Par-is-based World
      REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG  -  609 words
    • 506 16  -  Vince Chong By Hong Kong Correspondent FLUSH with some HK$2.B million (*****,000) in funds, a newly launched group on avian flu hopes to add to the Hong Kong government's efforts to prevent a resurgence of the virus in the city. The
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    • 547 16  -  Abraham Rabinovich By For The Straits Times In Jerusalem ACTING Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in his first television interview since assuming office, has declared that he intends to withdraw from most of the West Bank. "Israel will separate from most of the Palestinian
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 104 16 MOSCOW: At least 12 people were killed and more than 20 injured when a blast ripped through elite troops' barracks in eastern Chechnya. The explosion on Tuesday caused the collapse of the two-storey barracks of the VostoK Battalion in the town of Kurchaloi. "Two theories
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      • 134 16 KABUL: Afghan police have arrested 46 Chinese prostitutes in the capital city of Kabul, an official said yesterday. The vice crackdown was the biggest such operation since the fall of the hardline Taleban regime four years ago. The girls were rounded up on Tuesday from several
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  134 words
      • 124 16 DARMSTADT (Germany): Employers and unions in the German engineering and metalworking sectors sat down to what were likely to be tough wage talks yesterday. The unions are calling for an end to recent wage moderation while employers are threatening to slash jobs and move abroad. The
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      • 111 16 GENEVA: Europe's longest glacier shrank by 66m last year because of global warming, Swiss scientists said yesterday. The 23km Aletsch glacier in Switzerland's southern Alps was cited as a case study in a paper by experts from the Swiss Academy of Sciences. Overall, 84 of the 91
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      • 105 16 WELLINGTON: A New Zealand diver given up for dead was rescued yesterday after three days at sea. Police said he was suffering from dehydration and hypothermia. But that did not stop him from talking non-stop to his rescuers after he was plucked from sea.
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    • 869 17  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS Washington is determined to stop Teheran from making nuclear arms By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London DECLAWING IRAN Just as people cut their fingernails in the full knowledge that these will grow back, so the US
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    • 307 17 THE nuclear stand-off with Teheran is a dangerous situation that has been aggravated by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "outrageous statements", US Vice-President Dick Cheney has said. He on Tuesday welcomed the action of the United Nations nuclear watchdog to report Iran to the Security Council
      REUTERS; WASHINGTON POST  -  307 words
    • 453 17 Baghdad IRAQ'S higher education minister escaped unharmed from a car bomb attack on his convoy in Baghdad early yesterday, the second attempt on his life in the past two years. The first attack on independent Shi'ite lawmaker Sami Al-Mudafar happened when
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AP; AFP  -  453 words
    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 159 17 KUWAIT'S new emir has appointed his brother as successor, breaking with the tradition of alternating power between rival branches of the Sabah dynasty, the BBC reported. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed's office named Interior Minister Sheikh Nawaf al- Ahmed, 67, as the new crown prince. The
        REUTERS  -  159 words
      • 110 17 A JUDGE has ordered celebrity heiress Paris Hilton to stay away from a party planner who accused her of bombarding him with angry phone calls, shoving him and threatening his life. Mr Brian Quintana won a restraining order in Los Angeles Superior Court against the 24-year-old
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      • 109 17 NURSE Stephan Letter, 27, nicknamed the "Angel of Death", has gone on trial for murder over the deaths of 29 mostly elderly patients at a clinic in southern Germany. "I want to confess my guilt," Letter told a court in the southern city of Kempten
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  109 words
    • 777 20 Mourners blast his policies while lauding Martin Luther King's wife Lithonia (Georgia) A DAY of eulogising Mrs Coretta Scott King, the wife of famed civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, turned into a series of rebukes of US President George W. Bush.
      LOS ANGELES TIMES; AP; REUTERS  -  777 words
    • 244 20 Chicago MANY very premature infants appear to catch up by early adulthood, reaching levels of education and employment that are similar to those of normalweight children, a study has found. The mostly reassuring results are the latest instalment from Canadian researchers Studying the
      ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  244 words
    • 64 20 A firefighter dousing vegetation near Orange, Calif ornia y with water after a fire was started on purpose to deprive a AP nearby wildfire of fuel. The wildfire, which covered 1,400 hectares, forced Orange County residents to evacuate more than 2,000 homes. They were allowed to
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    • 149 20 Ottawa SEVEN years of talks between loggers and environmentalists, amid threats of a boycott of Canadian lumber, have culminated in a plan to protect a vast natural reserve on Canada's Pacific coast, officials announced. The accord sets aside 1.8 million ha of temperate
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    • 352 20 Geneva THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled that the European Union (EU) broke international trade rules by stopping imports of genetically modified (GM) foods, officials said. The preliminary judgment by a WTO panel concluded that the EU had an effective ban
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  352 words
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    • 388 21 FOR a week now Muslim protesters in the Islamic world and the Christian West have shown they took crude depictions of Prophet Muhammad as an insult to the faith, an intended provocation. They needed to defend its sanctity. Most have been peaceable about it and in
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    • 1191 21  -  Mafoot Simon COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME By Senior Writer LATE last month the Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, declared that the Malay-Muslim community remained committed to the principles of multiculturalism and meritocracy, adding, "we will defend and protect our nation alongside fellow Singaporeans".
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    • 1029 21  -  Muhammad Haniff Hassan By For The Straits Times ONE of the suggestions in the White Paper on the arrest of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) members published by the Singapore Government was for the Muslim community to develop a comprehensive self-regulato-ry system to detect
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    • 2246 22  -  Andy Ho Some commentators have urged that Singapore adopt something like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to fight corporate crime. But the US law is quite flawed By Senior Writer HIGH COMPUANCE COSTS At the end of 1 999, the 370 listed companies
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    • 1067 23  -  Martin Wolf UPROAR OVER CARTOONS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD By TOLERANCE of the aggressively intolerant must have its limits. Fanatics who threaten those who disagree with them with massacres and beheadings have crossed that line. Yet the British police have failed to act against demonstrators who
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    • 844 23  -  Pritam Singh By For The Straits Times THE action of the Dutch newspaper Jyllands-Posten in publishing cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad is sure to go a long way in proving Samuel Huntington's Clash Of Civilisations thesis right. His assessment of civilisational conflict
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    • 817 23  -  Amrin Amin By For The Straits Times AT A community event recently, someone told me that she felt that the satirical cartoons reflected the views of Islam held by some non-Mus-lims. She. is not alone in thinking this way. Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Grand
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    • 8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2006
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    • 635 1  -  Tanya Fong Lim Wei Chean B^n By THE walk from the Singapore Pools betting booth inside the NTUC FairPrice supermarket to the store's administrative office is a familiar one for lottery cashier Poh Gin Choo. It was after all only 10m
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    • 612 2  -  Ben Nadarajan Packets seized at checkpoints last year nearly thrice the number in 2004 By THE steep prices of cigarettes here have sparked a record amount of smuggling through Singapore's borders. The number of cigarette packets seized by immigration officers shot up by almost three
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    • 615 2  -  Alfred Siew More here turning to pirated DVDs online, which are delivered by runners By A SHARP drop in the number of pirated DVDs seized by Customs last year may not mean that fewer people are patronising pirates across the Causeway. The last
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    • 348 2  -  Stephanie Yap Khushwant Singh STUDENT BEATEN TO DEATH By LESS than a week after Madam S.F. Lee offered a $10,000 reward for information to track down the killers of her 18-year-old son, who was beaten to death three years ago, a suspect has been
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    • 364 2  -  Khushwant Singh By A FAMILY claimed that it was not able to live in peace, talk to each other, watch television or listen to music because of excessive noise from the construction site of the Lorong Chuan station on the MRT Circle
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    • 284 2  -  Sim Chi Yin By MALAY-MUSLIM jobseekers are being promised more training and a stronger likelihood of landing a job, by self-help group Mendaki, Its Employability Network, made up of a pool of 10 Malay-Muslim groups, is also introducing a programme this year that will
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    • 482 3  -  Elena Chong Father of two, who molested teen in the guise of doing health cheeks, gets 7 years' corrective training By A SERIAL molester posed as a psychology student and outraged the modesty of a 17--year-old girl on the pretext of checking her
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    • 120 3 A TEENAGER was walking with his two friends at the Bedok bus interchange on Monday when they were approached by a stout, tanned man in his 30s. The man accused the teen of staring at him, and demanded that the boys follpw him, threatening to beat
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    • 429 3 SMOKING BAG IN BUS THE mysterious substance which produced choking white smoke in a bus on Tuesday morning has been sent for forensic tests. However, police said the results would not be out for a while. Police spokesman Mohamed Razif would not give
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    • 342 4  -  Christopher Tan By( Senior Correspondent THE certificate of entitlement (COE) premium for cars up to 1,600cc shot up nearly $2,300 to hit $10,284 on strong buying whipped up by the previous low premium. The 28 per cent increase at the close of
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    • 259 4 SIX visiting members of the India Advisory Panel (InAP) discussed ideas for Singapore and India to jointly develop a Special Economic Zone in India when they called on Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. They also talked about ways to speed up implementation of the Comprehensive Economic
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    • 511 4  - Tighter laws to protect buyers being lobbied Lim Wei Chean Group wants Fair Trading Act amended, seeks public feedback By CONSUMER advocates are pushing for tighter laws to protect buyers against shady operators peddling dodgy holiday timeshare deals, club memberships and overseas tyThey are lobbying to amend the Consumer Protection
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    • 158 4 Total number of breaches of Fair Trading Act (from its enactment on March 1, 2004, until Dec 31, last year): 977 Time share: The biggest culprits are time share companies, representing the bulk of breaches, with 335 transgressions since the law was enacted. Clubs: Although
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    • 407 4 AS TOURISM appeal would be a key criterion during judging, a second casino operator is lining up celebrity chefs to beef up its entry for the Marina Bay integrated resort (IR). And included in its plans is a Singaporean chef. MGM Mirage
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    • 248 4  -  Selina Lum By THE management council of Tannery House has reached an out-of-court settlement with the property's developer over a sinking driveway at the industrial building. The council of the 10-year-old building at MacPherson Road had sued Tannery Holdings, a subsidiary of Far East
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    • 600 5  -  Radha Basu NTU scientists find way to convert food waste into energy By SCIENTISTS at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have found a way to convert food waste such as vegetable peels, leftover rice and chicken bones into biogas and hydrogen.
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    • 233 5  -  Lim Siao Jing By THE Institute of Technical Education (ITE) is launching a new course to train technicians for Singapore's growing aviation industry. The two-year national ITE certificate in aerospace technology is expected to meet the demand for trained aircraft technicians
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    • 514 6  -  Theresa Tan Committee on Ageing Issues seeks more money to keep elderly active and healthy and calls for Medisave top-ups for less well-off By THE committee tasked to look into the problems faced by senior citizens wants more money to keep
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    • 639 6  -  Daryl Loo By VETERAN property developer Daniel Teo, 62, was delighted to hear that the Committee on Ageing Issues was pushing for the Government to sell land on shorter, and hence cheaper, leases for developers to build retirement villages for wealthier retirees. Nine years
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 149 6 THE summary of preliminary recommendations of the Inter-Ministry Committee (IMC) on the Regulation of Charities and Institutions of a Public Character (IPCs) can be read online in four languages from spm today. The recommendations for better regulation of charities can be found at www.feedback.gov.sg, where
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      • 122 6 THE Singapore Tourism Board's Unique2Me national photo competition, which closed on Jan 15, drew more than 4,000 entries. The entries came from more than 24 countries, though more than 90 per cent of these were from people residing in Singapore. Photos were submitted in
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      • 84 6 THE founder of the White Ribbon Campaign, a global campaign by men working to end violence against women, will speak at a public forum today at RELC International Hotel at 7pm. Dr Michael Kaufman will address themes relating to manhood, sexism and violence against women. The
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    • 410 6  - Swee Say hopes to see more older workers in jobs Sue-Ann Chia By AT age 70, Mr Kumaran Kunjoo is still working. The grandfather of four, who still has a head full of black hair, is convinced that sitting idle at home will age him faster. The former sailor was
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    • 302 6 POLITICAL observers say five younger ministers could lead group representation constituencies (GRCs) at the next general election, taking over from veterans who may step down. They are Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan; Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen; Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim; Education
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    • 177 6 THE chief of staff of the Indonesian air force, Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto, received the Meritorious Service Medal (Military), Singapore's prestigious military award, yesterday. Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean presented the air chief marshal with the medal at the investiture, held at the Ministry
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    • FORUM
      • 692 8 SEX EDUCATION LOGIC DOES NOT FOLLOW THROUGH To argue that the condom is not 1 00 per cent safe and abstinence is the best method is to me a non-statement. Following the similar logic, since seat-belts are not 100 per cent safe in preventing
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      • 456 8 FORCE-FED MESSAGES WONT WORK With the accessibility and attractiveness of the lifestyles depicted and promoted in the mass media and the rising levels of education in Singapore today, a changing perspective on morality, marriage and sexuality has also evolved. No longer will the average youth be happy
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      • 107 8 ON FEB 4 at about 9.30pm on the train from Pasir Ris to City Hall station, I noticed a bag of empty plastic bottles left under the seat by some irresponsible commuter. Nowadays, it is not uncommon to see people boldly consuming
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      • 481 8 MY GIRLFRIEND and I booked a Tiger Airways flight from Singapore to Krabi, departing yesterday and returning on Feb 15. Our plans included a oneweek stay on Ko Lanta, an island which is about 2 -> hours from Krabi by boat and land transfer.
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      • 251 8 I REFER to the report, "Housewife who ordered maid to hang laundry from ledge jailed" (ST, Feb 8). This is a sad case. Sad, because an innocent young girl lost her life; sad also, because the children of the jailed housewife will most certainly be
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      • 158 8 Overlapping subtitles ruined movie on TV A FEW days ago, my family and I were watching Anna And The King on Channel 5. Our enjoyment was ruined because of the way the English and Chinese subtitles overlapped. Most of the time we could not read either. MediaCorp should ensure that
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      • 138 8 I APPLAUD the many bold changes in the educational landscape of Singapore. One of them is polytechnics having two intakes of students, in April and October, each year. This allows school leavers to start their courses earlier. What about the
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      • 173 8 RECENTLY, I sp<ske to a primary school principal about the heavy workload of students. One of the arguments she offered was that students in Singapore have no source of stress other than school work. So, schools load them with work to increase their stress
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    • SPORTS
      • 858 9  -  Marc Lim OLYMPICS Singapore's bid among six turned down as surprise selection made amid cartoon furore By Sports Correspondent Hurry up and adopt drugs accord: Rogge INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has urged governments to speed up approval of global anti-doping rules before
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      • 766 9 Koreas to march together ATHLETES of South and North Korea will march together in a show of unity at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Italy tomorrow, the organisers said yesterday. Sports officials from the two Koreas agreed on
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      • 420 9 Turin THE Olympic athletes' villages were given a big thumbs down by many leading competitors at the Winter Games on Tuesday. World Cup champion Bode Miller, a favourite in the Alpine ski racing, has opted out of the village in the resort of Sestriere, preferring
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      • 500 10 SOCCER Young striker is warned that he could end up finished like Fowler London FORMER Manchester United star Eric Cantona hopes United and England striker Wayne Rooney would not throw his talent away and end up "finished" like Robbie Fowler. "I love Rooney as a player.
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      • 1053 10  - Small clubs with big plans Reading's next Victor Ng By\ Gray sends Birmingham into FA Clip fifth round GOALS from Mikael Forssell and Julian Gray led Birmingham City to a 2-1 win over second division leaders Reading in their FA Cup fourth-round replay on Tuesday. Forssell put Premier League strugglers
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      • 266 10 London ARSENE Wenger is convinced Thierry Henry will stay with Arsenal after being offered a four-year contract extension that would make him the highest-paid player at the club. Long courted by Spanish giants Barcelona, the question of his commitment to the Gunners lingers, Soccernet
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      • HOME SPORTS
        • 38 10 SINGAPORE ended the Asian Youth Bowling Championships in Perth with a haul of two silvers and four bronzes. Jazreel Tan (girls' all-events) and the girls' team (All-events) clinched the final two bronzes yesterday.
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        • 74 10 SINGAPORE Armed Forces FC will start Kidz Warriors, a six-month long community football clinic, for children aged between eight and 11, on March 5. The sessions will be held every Sunday from Bam to 10am at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium. To register, contact the club
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      • 505 11 SOCCER Egyptian star banned six months for lashing out at coach Shehata after substitution Cairo BEFORE the African Nations Cup, Egypt's golden boy, Ahmed Hossam Mido, proclaimed: "I am going to be the big man." Tuesday's semi-final with Senegal saw his boast reduced to
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      • 341 11 Zurich TURKEY'S national soccer team must play their next six home games at an empty stadium in another country after violence at a World Cup playoff with Switzerland. The Turkish soccer federation was also fined 200,000 Swiss francs (*****,000). Six players
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      • 248 11 Brussels A NUMBER of Belgian clubs risk expulsion, after the country's soccer association announced an investigation into match-fixing allegations on Tuesday. The move follows a television programme, aired by national broadcaster VRT on Sunday, that alleged matchfixing in seven first-division matches this season. "Any club
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      • 671 11 BASKETBALL BIG PLAY "Those are the moments I grew up dreaming about when I was playing in my front yard." JOE JOHNSON, on sinking Atlanta's winning basket against Detroit Red-hot Ma vs wallop Lakers JOSH Howard had 22 points, and was one of the
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        419 11 VOLKSRAAO gelding Thunder Heart shapes up as the best banker option for tomorrow's Triple Trio (TTR) at Kranji, where $340,987 has been carried forward into the jackpot pool. For this new exotic bet racegoers are required to pick first, second and third in any order in the three designated "legs"
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      • 918 11 SINGAPORE 10 FEBRUARY 2006 MEETING... FIBRESAND TURF...LONG COURSE C 1 Twi Club Avenuo, Singapore Racecourse, Singapore *****8 www.turfclub.com.sg 11 k 1 ci lb RACE 1: OPEN BENCHMARK 40 1100M (SAND) TIME: 18:30 SS***** No Horse Nam* Jocfcay Trainer Bar Rtg Wl 1 MIGHTYGOLD KBSoo 0 Koh 7 38 59 2
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      • 273 12  -  Chan Yi Shen RUGBY By THE International Rugby Board Singapore Sevens will go ahead in April, despite 10 of the Singapore Rugby Union's 11 full-time staff losing their jobs in a precautionary cost-cutting move. The Sevens the sport's marquee event here
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      • 515 12 »GOLF Hall is hoping he will get to taste weekend action at Pebble Beach Pebble Beach (California) WHEN two-year-old Kevin Hall became ill on the Friday before the 1985 Super Bowl, his doctor said it was nothing serious. He joked to Kevin's parents that
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      • 331 12 DRUGS IN SPORT San Francisco SPRINTER Marion Jones and the alleged head of a sports steroid ring have struck a private deal to settle her defamation lawsuit against him, court records indicated on Tuesday. Jones had filed a US$25 million (Ss4l million) suit against
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      • SPORTS WORLD
        • 100 12 SEOUL: South Korean soccer skipper Lee Woon Jae has warned their World Cup opponents that his team are in excellent form and should not be underestimated. "We are now in much better shape, with many experienced players who are currently playing
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      • 196 12 Woods not thinking of Ryder Cup Dubai TIGER Woods has admitted he is more interested in his list of things to do than his Ryder Cup chances. The world No 1 has won both the events he has participated in this year the Buick Invitational and last Sunday's Dubai Desert
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      • 377 12 BASKETBALL NBA: Atlanta 99 Detroit 98, LA Clippers 85 New York 82, Dallas 102 LA Lakers 87, Sacramento 104 Memphis 96. HOCKEY SHF U-21, Girls: UWCSEA 5 CSSTWSS 0. ICE HOCKEY NHL: Florida 5 Washington 0, New Jersey 7 Tampa Bay 4, Buffalo 3 Montreal 2 (OT), Toronto 4
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    • OBITUARIES
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        523 12 Lek Yam Chong Age: 58 passed away peacefully on 7 February 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved anas. Wife: Tan Seow Ngoh Daughter: Lek YanYu, Veronica God-Daagfater: Godson-in-law: Phua Hwee Choo Wong Loke Peng God-Grandson: God-Granddaughter: Wong Swee Kiat Wong Zhi Yi Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Lek Yuen Thong Chew
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        1066 13 Lovingly Remembered By Murugan Veerapillai N. Jayaram N. R. Krishnan V Sivanantham R. Dorairaju Naidu Veerapillai Saraswati Ammal Dr T.K.. Santhanam (deceased) Veerapillai Vasanda Kumari Murugasu Maniam Veerapillai Vijaya Kumari Sirianggam Ayaro Veerapillai Indra Vathi Dr M. Govindarajan Veerapillai Kalavathi Veerapillai Sathiabalan N. Shanti Veerapillai Chandramohan Madhavi Chandramohan Veerapillai Kumuthavalli
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      • 245 15 Apple's lower Nano, Shuffle prices New York APPLE Computer, a rival to homegrown Creative Technology, released on Tuesday a cheaper 1-gigabyte version of the iPod Nano and cut prices on its iPod Shuffle models in a move many analysts say will bolster its command of the portable audio market. "This
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      • 36 15 Yesterdays close. 16.272.68 (-448.31 points) The Nikkei fell by 2.68 per cent as Toyota Motor slid after reporting earnings in line with market expectations while investors took profits onAdvantestand other recent gainers. REUTERS
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      • 35 15 Yesterday's close: 15,373.44 (-143.57 points) Hong Kong stocks fell by 0.93 per cent to their lowest in 4 weeks amid declining oil and metals issues and profit-taking in China H-shares. REUTERS
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      • 35 15 Yesterdays close: 1,290.06 (+7.96 points) Chinas stocks rose 0.6 per cent as investors favoured large-caps such as Asia's top refiner Smopec, on news that it will buy out four listed units REUTERS
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      • 31 15 Yesterday's close: 4,831.4 (-74 points) Australian shares tumbled 1.51 percent as investors dumped index-dominating resource, energy and materials stocks after an overnight plunge in commodity prices. AFP
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      • 27 15 Yesterday's close: 918.92 (-4.92 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.53 percent lower as investors continued to lock in profits, following Wall Street's overnight fall. AFP
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      • 34 15 Yesterday's close: 1.238.17 (-21.19 points) Indonesian shares closed 1.68 percent lower on profit-taking after rising for the past seven trading days, with blue chips Astra International and Antam leading the AFP
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      • 26 15 Yesterday's close: 734.63 (-8.74 points) >♦ Thai stocks closed with sentiments hit by increasing political uncertainty ahead of another anti-government rally this weekend. AFP
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      • 533 15 Trial of pre-installed Google software on Dell PCs could hurt Windows' dominance Getting personal GOOGLE appears to be making inroads with PC makers including Dell, which confirmed it is running a test with Google that could include a Google-powered Dell home
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      • 134 15 New York PFIZER said on Tuesday that it would explore spinning off or selling its consumer health-care division, a unit that had US$3.9 billion (556.4 billion) in sales last year and could be worth US$B billion or more as an independent company. Pfizer,
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      • 328 15 Houston SPARE crude-oil production will reach three million to five million barrels a day by 2010 as new projects come online, offsetting rising demand from the United States and China, said the head of the US Energy Department's research and data
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      • 261 15 February 8 Stock Name Wt Close Change AllgreenSOc 030 1.310 Ascendasreit 1.02 2.150 BIL Intl US2Oc 058 1.510 -0.050 CapitaLand 3.85 4 100 -0.020 CapitaMall 0.80 2.350 Chart SemiCond 26c 084 1350 -0.030 CityOevMc 2.39 8.650 -0.050 ComfortDelGro 25c 1 74 1.690 -0 030 Cosco Corp
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      • 71 15 February 8 Goldtron o.lc 72,053.000 MFSTech 10c 46,232,000 Reyoung US7.SC 44,775,000 Frt Links 1c 40,162,000 Meiban 5c 32,186,000 BeautyChina HKIO 31,816,000 Celestial US6c 29,412,000 GlobalVoice 5c 27,803,000 Informatics 5c 27,527,000 GlobalTest 10c 26,376,000 CIO Pharm HK25c 24,472,000 Mediaßing 10c 23,996,000 Japan Land 5c 23,936,000 IPC Corp 20c 23,435.000
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      • 393 16 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts may be willing to pay premium for 40% of firm in India Hong Kong KOHLBERG Kravis Roberts (KKR) is nearing its first deal in Asia after entering exclusive talks to buy a stake of about 40 per cent in
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      • 301 16 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S second-small-est lender, Southern Bank, said yesterday it had decided to end merger talks with rival CIMB Group, which had made no formal offer after nearly three months of negotiations. CIMB, the flagship of Malaysia's second-largest lender, Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings, had
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      • 332 16 Shanghai CITIGROUP and Societe Generate (SG) have enlisted Chinese partners in their rival bids to buy Guangdong Development Bank, sources said, as each aims to be the first foreign-led group to control a Chinese bank. The big foreign banks hope the local
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      • 238 16 Brussels STEEL magnate Lakshmi Mittal hopes to close Mittal Steel's purchase of Arcelor "well before the end of the second quarter", local newspapers cited him as saying. "Everything will depend on the authorities and Arcelor's strategy to block it," Mr Mittal
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      • 264 16 Beijing BANK of China, the country's leading foreign exchange bank, plans to list in Hong Kong by the end of May and will later sell "A" shares in Shanghai, the China Securities Journal reported yesterday. The report contradicts sources
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      • 332 16 Tokyo JAPANESE bank lending showed signs of emerging from a five-year slump last month as the balance of loans outstanding showed a marginal rise, suggesting that companies and individuals were becoming more confident about spending. While separate data yesterday showed money supply growth
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      • 567 17  -  Chua Kong Ho It says company may be last large port asset available for sale with a good mix of assets By A NEW report by ratings agency Fitch has set out in mouth-water-ing detail just what a major coup British
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      • 324 18  -  Erica Tay By A GROWING appetite for its products overseas nelped Singapore Food Industries (SFI) post a 1.3 per cent increase in net earnings last year to $36.1 million. The healthy foreign sales helped offset falling revenues at home. SFI, which also supplies
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      • 502 18  -  Gabriel Chen By FOR the second year in a row, OCBC Bank has trumped bigger local rivals DBS Bank and United Overseas Bank (UOB) in a ranking of top Asian banks that delivered the highest returns for shareholders over the past five
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      • 221 18  -  Lorna Tan By Finance Correspondent OCBC Bank broke new ground among local lenders Jresterday by offering IVlusim organisations a term deposit which complies fully with Islamic law. The product will be sold wholesale to Muslim corporates, financial institutions, mosques and non-profit groups here and
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        • 57 19 DEVELOPER MCL Land announced that it will pay $131.8 million for a 10-year-old property called Waterfall Gardens from Farfor Investments in a sale en bloc. The freehold Farrer Road property stands on a land area of about 15,000 sq m, and is near Holland
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        • 76 19 CHINA-BASED SP Chemicals reported a 44 per cent jump in net profits to 186 million yuan (Ss3B million) for the year ended Dec 31. Revenue last year rose 16 per cent to 1.2 billion yuan, due to better sales of its caustic soda and aniline
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        • 77 19 INTER-ROLLER Engineering's net profit for the year ended Dec 31 soared 69 per cent to a record $17 million. The supplier of airport logistics systems enjoyed higher revenues of $101.2 million, up 45 per cent, due to demand from new airports as well as upgrading projects.
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        • 64 19 PRINTING group SNP Corp reported a 50 per cent rise in full-year net profit to $15.2 million for the period ended Dec 31, as revenue climbed 15 per cent to $432.9 million. Earnings per share rose from 8.7 cents in 2004 to 13.1 cents
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      • 439 19  -  AZRIN ASMANI Husband-and-wife team created false market in trading of three counters By The court yesterday proceeded on one charge each to do with the trading of DMX shares with the other charges taken into consideration during sentencing IN THE first case of
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      • 358 19  -  Chua Kong Ho By HEALTHY SPENDING "From our conversations with companies in the region, IT budgets for 2006 seem to be holding up, if not slightly better than last year's." MR PADFIELD, who says Datacraft expects companies to maintain their spending on
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        • 220 19  -  GABRIEL CHEN FRASER Neave (F&N) director Patrick Goh is sitting on a paper gain of about $382,491 after converting stock options into company shares yesterday. Mr Goh also an alternate director to managing director Han Cheng Fong raised his stake in the beverage
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      • 316 19  -  Grace Ng By SHARES in MFS Technology rocketed to their highest level in at least IS months yesterday after the company revealed that it is in preliminary merger talks. The stock rose 15.5 cents to close at $1.04 after the
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      • 674 19  - Regional sell- down drags ST Index lower AZRIN ASMANI TAKING STOCK A BIG sell-down of shares across the region yesterday caused the local bourse to post its first decline in three days, although penny stocks escaped relatively unscathed. Small capitalised stocks, such as Goldtron, continued to be the focus of
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      • 108 20 >>MrYangChuan,4l Non-executive director (GM of South-west China branch of CAOCL) Mr Meng Fanqiu, 37 Non-executive director (Deputy division director of CAOCL's enterprise management division) Mr lan Springett, 48 Non-executive director (BP's commercial director for gas power renewables and integrated supply trading) Mr Zhao Shousen, 42
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      • 554 20  -  Lee Su Shyan It also unveils new internal controls in efforts to win back market confidence By Companies Correspondent IT WAS a bold new day for China Aviation Oil (CAO) yesterday: new board, new risk management measures and a new resolve to tighten
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      • 220 20  -  GRACE NG TEST OF BANKING SYSTEM THE Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) will stage a major exercise in May that aims to simulate a catastrophic event such as a terrorist attack, to test the robustness of Singapore's banking system. With the support of the
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    • 45 12 TV times GOLF: Johnnit Walker Classic: Day 1 (Live, Ch22, 2pm) SOCCER: African Nations Cup, 3rd placing: Nigeria v Senegal (Live, Ch22, 11.55pm) Events HOCKEY: SHF U-21, loys: ORA Jr v Tornados Alpha (Delta, Bpm) SNOOKER: National C'ships: Open, prelim rd (The Pool Haven, 7.30pm)
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    • 8 1 life! THE STRAITS TIMES Thursday February 9 2006
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    • 1480 2  - A BATTLE BETWEEN GOLIATHS AND DAVIDS Cheong Suk-Wai This year's Life! Theatre Awards nominees comprise a mix of big and small productions UtKU I Y tUI l UM A SMASHING showdown between Davids and Goliaths is how The Straits Times' 6th Life! Theatre Awards this year has come to be.
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      157 2 IT'S time to invest in some funky cowboy boots and weathered jeans for this year's sartorial showdown at the Life! Theatre Awards. In keeping with the awards' tradition of adopting a fun dress code for the ceremony each year, this year's theme isSpaghetti Western. Last year, guests came
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    • 450 3 And the nominees are PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR > Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (The Finger Players) > Everything But The Brain (Action Theatre) > Quills (luna-id Theatre) > What Big Bombs You Have!!! (The Necessary Stage) BEST DIRECTOR > Chong Tze Chien for Between The Devil
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      • 889 4  -  Cheong Suk-Wai rhe NUS' first arts fest sromises a bounty of 1 00 shows, mostly featuring ts campus talents MORE dash than cash is what the National University of Singapore (NUS) calls its inaugural arts festival, which will tee off tomorrow on its Kent Ridge
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      • 422 4 THE inaugural NUS arts festival, which kicks off tomorrow, will run over seven weekends till March 26. Here are must-sees for each of the weekends, from a whopping line-up of more than 100 gigs: Weekend One: Strings Serenades: Corrinne May In Concert Feb
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      • 489 5  -  Clara Chow rhe Singapore sroduction company is going places again VRTS CORRESPONDENT NORDIC lands are the latest stops for Theatre Works' artistic director Ong Keng Sen. Tomorrow and Saturday, the theatre company's production. The Continuum: Beyond The Killing Fields, will be staged at Dansens Hus' 700-seat theatre
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      • 470 5  -  Clara Chow SINGAPORE-BORN photographer Simon Wheatley must be feeling on top of the world. Recently, he made it to the elite ranks of Magnum Photos, a photography cooperative founded by such eminent shutterbugs as Robert Capa. Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David "Chim" Seymour. It also
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    • 611 6  - All he wants... is to sing Ong Su Bin SuperStar Kelvin Tan can kiss street-busking goodbye as sales of his debut album hit 30,000 HIS debut album may be selling like hotcakes, but Project SuperStar winner Kelvin Tan says he will give up fame and fortune at the drop of
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    • 427 6 SEOUL The latest hit movie in South Korea centres on an unlikely theme for the deeply conservative country: An effeminate male clown caught between the affections of a despotic king and the love of a fellow performer. King And The Clown has become an unexpected runaway
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      • 841 7  -  Corrie Tan Political cartooning isn't all funny business. Joe Szabo draws out the risks he and his cartoonist compatriots face on the job ONE day in 1987, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) knocked on the door of political cartoonist Joseph Szabo's (inset) home in Philadelphia. The
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      • 211 7 HERE are Joe Szabo's top tips for aspiring and seasoned cartoonists alike: Good press Read the newspapers every day to stay informed, because you can't have an opinion if you don't know what's happening out there Simple is best Use symbols or visual clues
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      • 174 7 Fiction 1. Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden 2. The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella 3. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 4. The Complete Chronicles Of Narnia by C.S. Lewis 5. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 6. Angels And Demons by Dan Brown 7.
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    • 689 10 iff\ ROOMS FOR RENT lit? (PRIVATE) MASTER COMMON Rms d> Chan gi Ct/ Bayshore Pk, prefer male. Common rms Avila, Whitewater, Laguna Pk, suits lady. *****892 CRYSTAL MANSION LORONG 6. Kallang MRT. 2 bdrm with bath kitchen. Just renovated. Unfurn. 1-rm. $450. Haleem *****158 CITY! BUGIS/ ORCHARD/ Clemen ti/ Master
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    • 687 10 fffk ROOMS FOR \tjf RENT(HDB) F/FURN AIRCON COMMON rm with queen size bed Pasir Ris. Single lady or couple only. *****313 i MRT. AMK. BISHAN. Chinatown. Sims Dr, T.Payoh, Bendemeer, Paya Lebar, Oueen St *****707 S2OO-S5OO. ROOMS IN all areas. Aircon. Furnished. Near MRT. Price neg. Immediate. 9618-7694 NO COMMISSION!
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    • 765 10 HH DO l-08 [ID CITY ft SOUTH-WEST ■F PTEAPTS-SALE ■Joacwlim 9t57 9t*T ICON SPECIALIST. BRAND New Condo in financial district. MRT/ Future IR. Choice units above 831. Sea view. Good investment!! [bestT^Tj F'HOLD RESORT-LIKE CONDO 1958 sqft. spacious 3+ family. Split level. Mins to city/ WTC/ good sch. Motivated seller.
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    • 737 10 Properties ■k DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Ca TANGUN/ HOLLAND W HOUSES -SALE REALSTAR William 6100 0090 Nassim ***** *****sqft land/ colonial charming bunglws Andrew Rd *****sqft lovely Barker 7500sqft elevated bunglw 4+l attached spacious rms. S4.xm Chee Hoon *****sqft hilltop view Fernhill 6200sqft pool resort unique design, elevated $4.xm Namly Huge
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    • 712 10 PJh DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Ilia) TANGUN/ HOLLAND C^ C) H j SUTTON PL 2606 sqft Mais Beau- I I tiful cond. Pool view. Breezy. I I Levelz 760 sqft Studio. Brand I < new! Direct pool view. Good rent- I al income. Chipson 9238-1388 BRAND NEW THE Cornwall. 1. 2
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    • 695 10 BDO9- 10 ORCHARD/ TANGUN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE AUCTION 28/2 PEACE Mansion #27 Seaview. Unblock. 2346 sq.ft. 99 yr wef 1970 Renovated. Move in. Spacious. *****892 KF THE PIER Robertson, TOP soon. 2 bdrms. 1410/ 1044 sqft. Pool/ river view. F'hold. Other areas avail. Best price! *****883 [BES^DEAU SMART INVESTOR CHOICE. F'hold
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    • 750 11 BDII ft 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI HOUSES SALE LORNIE RD 3/STOREY detached, *****/ 9000 sqft. Modern, ele gance huge. Beautiful. *****824 TENERIFFE. 3100 sqft. 6% re- j turn on investment. 4+l+l Choice unit. View by appt. *****011 UNIVERSITY WALK. 2-STOREY semid. 2900/ 3900 sqft. 99 yrs. s+l. Tenanted. EM 9762 3738
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    • 734 11 Properties If^k 015-16 EAST COAST \tff PTE APTS SALE SNEG! SPRINGFIELD 2 Storey Townhse 4+l 2345 Pte carpark facilities breezy MRT 9850 7506 FULL RESERVOIR VIEW The Clear water #16-03. Total privacy. 3+l. Best unit! Call *****093 NO.ll AMBER RD Showflat daily New 3+l rms 1500sqft. Freehold S$l.O3M up *****168
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    • 749 11 ■fc Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ QD THOMSON W HOUSES -SALE MAGDALENE UM A- I 9188 1928 Wy M FABULOUS. 019. D/STOREY terr 2238/ 2185 sqft. 5 banks. NTUC. eateries. Don't miss this chance living in 2nd Holland Village View 2-STOREY SEMI-D. MEI Hwan Drive. F'hold. 3+l. 3600/ 2700 sqft. Good locality
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    • 699 11 ■k Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ LXD THOMSON CASA ROSA. 2174 sqft. 3+l. Roof terr MRT/ amenitise. Pool. 99 yrs Bank sale $6xxK. Rolf *****811 GARDEN AT BISHAN. Nicely reno vated/ decorated. 2-rm. Quiet facing. $495K. Agt: *****398 D.20 FAR HORIZON. Huge 2+l 1300 sq.ft. F/facilities. Walk to I MRT. $388,000 neg.
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    • 677 12 ®D22-24WEST PTEAPTS-SALE NORTHVALE OPP CCK MRT. 1270 sgft, 3+l. High fir. F/facilities. Lot I Shpg Mall. $420K. HB 8115-1561 j S43OK! 128 HILLVIEW 2*l rms. 970 sqft. F'hold. Pool view. Ren- ovated. Priced to sell! 9001 9990 SUMMERDALE 1216 SO.FT. 3+l. High fir. Unblocked. Cosy. Movein. Sch/ mkt/ MRT. *****748
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    • 889 12 HDB APTS FOR SALE (ANG MO KIO) BELOW VALUE 3 'NG' Blk 107. Next to corner, sch, shops. NS facing. Call 9002-4128 sole agt EXEC APT AMK. High fir. Renovat- i ed. Lift. Near mkt/ hawker. Rare! I View to offer. 9633-9075 C2l 170 ANG MO Kio Ave 4. 3T
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    • 634 12 Properties Mask fffk HDB APTS FOR SALE |fP (JURONG) Jurong 8-1111-222 Robin Goh 4'A 1 758 #03 Cash $15K 4'A 1 275 #10 Below S7K 4'A 1 276 #08 Corner Cash $10K 4'A' 636 #06 Below $7K 4' A" 515 #14, 720 #12, 920 #6 SOU 4'A' 939 #5. 909
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    • 866 12 PPji HDB APTS FOR SALE |y/ (JURONG) Ml M «mjk OK^fl c I «a Z L ft&^MB^BH E INEW LISTING! 3'A 1 BLK 11 Teban Gardens. 77 j sqm. High fir, 100% move-in, i I Face NS. Unblocked. Market/ i I hawker/ NUTC. Eileen 9199 1099 j 4 'A' BLK
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    • 962 12 Wfi HDB APTS FOR SALE j|j? (PASIRRIS/CHANGI) iXEC APT 157. t»O3. Unblocked. Ninay. Renovated. Nice layout. J2OK below. 9068-0456 Agt [XEC APT BLK 651 Pasir Ris 811. .ift level. Near mall. Unblocked, telow value! *****793 SEA VIEW. MRT 500, 532. 575, 580. 418, 460. 602, 700. 778, 112 biO, 737,
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    • 753 13 Wftk HDB APTS FOR SALE §0/ (TAMPINES/ SIMEIj 4'A 1 BLK 396 Tampines. No cash. HDB valued S2SOK. Move-in cond. Privacy. Aircon. *****045 5T CORNER BLK 493D Tampines. High fir. Renovated. 127 sqm. Sell value. Immed regn. *****292 5T CORNER BLK 361 Beautiful. Huge balcony, greenery view. Ist owner. Below
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    • 826 13 ffji HDB APTS FOR SALE HIT (WOODLANDS) goodl^l DEAL g||| EXEC APT 670. Tip top. Al decor. Modern design. Valued 5345K. Selling below value. MRT/ 888 Plaza. *****362/ *****547 5T DESIGNER DECOR like Hotel 81k. 363 *04. Civic.Ctr/ 2 mins MRT/ Causeway Pt. HDB 5295K Almost sold! Dont regret hurry!
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    • 818 13 Plfv HDB APTS FOR SALE IH/ (YISHUN) All Wtlcome 9100-5288 Angtlint 3S 718. 200% nice hse, unblock 3NG 139 «4 cheap! Only $132K 3NG 710 SOK. 3A 622 MRT mins 3A 273 lift fir, all races amenities 3A 274, 354 high fir. sell value 4S 714 Corner. 720 all races
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    • 725 13 Hh PRIVATE APTS \itf WANTED (RENT/ BUY) IMMED TENANTS URGENTLY re quireS to rent apt/ condo in all areas. Owners pis call: *****812 CORPORATE CLIENTS/ SMU students wanted apt/ condo others in all areas. 9850-1139 PN READY PROFESSIONAL TENANTS. YCK, Yishun, Tampines, Bishan, Bedok etc, Roza *****697 PN WANTED TO
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    • 636 13 Properties Bfh OFFICE SPACE Wff\ OFFICE SPACE Uj/ for rent Up for rent PREMIUM OFFICE SPACE Available Tan Chong Tower •In the heart of CBD •Next to Alison Hotel Minutes away from City Hall and Bugis MRT Basement parking 24-hr security From 500 square feet onwards Attractive rental FULLY FITTED
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    • 659 13 ©OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT NEAR KALLANG MRT. Security, lift to all floor, aircon, lighting, car pet, long rent free period. 673 1 sqft 1305 sqft. $1.80 psf. up. Immediate. Tel: *****246 -Virtual Office at $6/mth" Ma Mine, address Answtrin| Mnrkts Conference room and serviced office available can 63 90 581
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    • 977 14 fth OFFICE SPACE I U#T FOR RENT I UNIT IN UIC Bldq, Shenton Way. Approx 1000 sqft. Carpeted. Move-in cond. Only 1 unit 9 S3K per mth. Contact Nick 9022-0721 0.06 PENINSULA PLAZA. 1485/ 1150 sqft (2 units). High fir. F/fitted with 3 rms/ work tables pantry Near MRT *****785
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    • 511 14 Ih OFFICE SPACE |{f FOR SALE Suntac City: 11,000/ 20,000/ 30,000/ 40,000 sqft. Robinson Rd: F'hold. 10,000/ 20,000/ 30,000/ 40,000/ 50,000 sqft. Orchard: 45,000 sqft. Tenated. 24,000 sqft. Tenanted. 10.000 sqft. Orient 9617-0316 -STOREY COMMERCIAL BLDG lear MRT Approx ***** sqft. ully leased. Attractive returns, elvin 9387-3309 RICED TO SELL)
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    • 528 14 ©SHOP SPACE FOR RENT SHOPHSE SUITABLE FOR shop/ food court with ducting and grease trap. Ground floor, corner unit <8> Jin Besar main Rd for rent. Call: 9001 5577 owner Suitable for Cafe/Snacks B.ir Area 291 sf (Indoor), 112 st (Outdoor) Minutes walk from Little India MRT Ample carparking lots
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    • 716 14 ©SHOP SPACE FOR RENT INVESTMENT 2-STOREY HDB SHOPHSE 9 Yis hun Chong Pang. Rent/ Sale. Suit all trades. Heavy traffic flow. Good frontage. 9388-8328 HptHHBB WS\ Pvrflilflrit I f I 1 tAcciicni ORCHARD TOWERS 258 sqft shop space. Suitable for most business. Good crowd. Mins to MRT. Low rental! Call
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    • 915 14 PEARLS CENTRE, 2ND fir. 320 sqft. Carpeted. Beside Outram MRT. For rent. Convenient. $1.7K. Mr Chew *****228/ *****608 •"CONSERVATION SHOPHSES IN Geylang. Just rebuilt. Ground fir, 1355/ 1290 sqft. Immed. Suits office/ residential. 9061-7048 DTZ HONG LIM COMPLEX »02. 1,110 sqft. With water supply. Aircon. Glass frontage. Near mkt/ Hawk-
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    • 736 14 Properties Travel a^F '^S^*v HtS SHOP SPACE ÜbV for sale RUBYNEO v 9850 6556V J OLD AIRPORT RD HDB shophse. 218 sqm. All trades. Convenient. People's Pk Complex 36 sqm. Good location. Heavy traffic. 3-STOREY COMMERCIAL BUILDING JOO CHIAT ROAD 17,000 sqft Tenanted (Hostel, retail coffeeshop) Prominent location, Well served
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    • 641 14 RESTAURANT/ I LOUNGE I SPACE FOR RENT PROFITABLE PUB FOR takeover. N Good location. Regular crowd. L Pis call after spm. *****810 a NEW AMK EATING Hse for rent T with grease trap/ exhaust. Good 2 location. Face road. 9853-2000 G UPP S'GOON RD, facing main rd. i Karaoke pub
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    • 622 14 ■LV WAREHOUSES/ Jj STORAGE V SPACE FOR SALE OBLE WAREHSE Tannery ane. 2960 sqft. F'hold. Reason- I ble Hurry! 9489-1573 I ANNERY HOUSE F'HOLD. 1981 583 sqft for office/ warehse. j >ood unit. Tel: 9630-6210 Wfk PROPERTIES IN jri^/ SOUTH EAST ASIA TY/ WAREHOUSE/ LAND. Lease a Batam. $0.35 sqft.
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      155 5  -  Andrea Ong This couple was spotted last Friday at Dream Factory's showcase on the opening night of Huayi 2006 at the Esplanade Who: Tay Guang Hong, 19, banking and finance student at the Singapore Polytechnic Wearing: My Giordano striped polo shirt cost $36 and my jeans ($3B) were from
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        182 21 If money is no object, then take your date to Jaan at the top of Swissotel The Stamford. For $888 plus taxes, you and your date enjoy a six-course meal with a view of Marina Bay. You begin with an oyster shooter nothing like an aphrodisiac to
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