The Straits Times, 15 June 2006

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    • 1269 1  -  Marcel Lee Pereira By WHEN he heard last year that two casinos would be built here in 2009, Changi Beach Club's chairman Sylvan Braberry wrote to the club's 4,000 members. He warned them that the casinos could shrink the club's over $1
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 45 2 Direct flight deal Taiwan and China have agreed to launch regular non-stop, cross-strait charter passenger flights for holidays and special needs. PAGE 6 Shanghai summit The LHS is concerned over the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit involving China, Russia and Central Asian states. PAGE 10
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    • 20 2 US' poor image America's image turns negative in Indonesia, reversing the gains from US tsunami aid efforts. PAGE 18
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    • 31 2 Bit of cheer The elimination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi brings some cheer after what seems like interminable bleakness in Iraq, but the long haul remains a long haul. PAGE 26
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    • 41 2 Stocks fallout MAS is concerned over the increasing number of margin calls and contra losses during the market downturn. PAGEH9 St Regis buy CDL chairman Kwek Leng Beng's wife and sister buy three units of super-luxurious St Regis Residences. PAGEHII
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    • 65 2 Fatal hi t-anchwrT A We, nightfbggeHfies afters hit-and-run incident within Pandan Valley estate. PAGE HI Racial Harmony Month A concert produced by Dick Lee will kick off a series of events for Racial Harmony Month in July. PAGEH3 No decision The jurors in the murder trial of Singaporean Ram
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    • 15 2 Singapore's identity Reader says Singapore should foster national identity through greater social interaction. PAGEHB
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    • 23 2 Four drivers plan Phil Mickelson plans to double his two-driver strategy, used to win the Masters, at this week's US Open. PAGEHI7
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    • 18 2 Patients' privacy Biomedical researchers should handle patients' personal data with great care to prevent abuse. PAGE 28
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  • PRIME
    • 727 3  -  Lydia Lim By In Canberra A FIRM LEADER "I have found in you a forthright interlocutor, somebody who speaks clearly for his country someone who recognises as I do that even in close relationships, there can be differences of opinion on separate
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    • 502 3  -  Chua Chin Hon By China Bureau Chief In Beijing AMID signs of lingering internal dissent on the pace of economic changes in China, President Hu Jintao weighed in on the debate once again with a personal call for the
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    • 370 4  -  Karamjit Kaur By] Aviation Correspondent BOEING scored a victory over bitter rival Airbus yesterday when Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced it was ordering 20 8787s for an estimated U554.52 billion (557.2 billion), rejecting the Airbus 350 in the process. The news comes almost
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    • 642 4  -  Devi Asmarani By] Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta Cleric's release raises concern that he could energise small radical fringe in Indonesia RADICAL cleric Abu Bakar Bashir received a hero's welcome yesterday as he stepped out of the Jakarta prison where he served 26 months
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    • 35 4 Travel agency blues u *>f Mass resignation has hit a tour operator in Singapore with staff claiming they have not been paid their salaries Footage of bashing of teenage girl making rounds on S'pore handphones
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  • CHINA
    • 591 8  -  Chua Chin Hon "The public looks forward to a reform of Xinwen Lianbo... If it's still the old system, and the new presenters continue to speak in the same tone and show the same demeanour, then the audience would continue to
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    • 343 8 Beijing ONE of China's top brass has been charged with accepting millions of dollars in bribes from contractors after one of his mistresses blew the whistle, according to independent sources with ties to the military yesterday. If found guilty, Vice-Admi-ral Wang Shouye, 63,
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    • 241 8 Beijing CHINA will work harder to ensure the 2008 Olympic Games are corruption-free, organisers said yesterday, following the sacking of a senior Beijing official who was heavily involved in event preparations. "We are paying a lot of attention to our
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  • CHINA/EAST ASIA
    • 691 10  -  Eugene Low ROBIN CHAN By US Correspondent In Washington ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY "US officials are extremely nervous about the SCO. Washington sees it as a device to limit, if not exclude, US interests in Central Asia." DR TED CARPENTER of the Cato
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    • 248 10 POLICE officers have fanned out across Shanghai as part of a massive security operation for today's annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Hundreds of officers stood guard near a guesthouse where Chinese President Hu Jintao was expected to hold meetings ahead of the one-day
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    • 331 10 Tokyo JAPAN'S Parliament yesterday enacted a package of Bills designed to place more of the financial burden of the country's surging medical costs on the elderly, a parliamentary spokesman said. Japan is home to the world's longest-living population. Nearly one in five Japanese was
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 539 12  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi "While other candidates threw their hat into the ring early, Shashi chose to stick with protocol. He thought it would be an insult to his current boss if he announced his interest
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    • 324 12 New Delhi INDIA plans to seek the backing of one-time rival China in its bid to enter an elite club of nations allowed to trade in nuclear supplies, its defence minister said. New Delhi needs the approval of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group
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    • 303 12 Guwahati (India) NEARLY half a million people have been marooned by flooding in Bangladesh this week, while in neighbouring north-east India at least 10 people have been killed by overflowing rivers, landslides and lightning. Officials on the Indian side said yesterday that thousands of
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 573 13  -  Nirmal Ghosh 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok The King's character is largely responsible for the power and aura of present monarchy THE grand celebrations to mark King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60 years on the throne, witnessed on television by tens of millions of people,
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    • 123 13 THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra filed criminal and civil defamation suits yesterday against the opposition Democrat Party and publishers of three local newspapers, the premier's lawyer said. In the criminal suit, Mr Thaksin sued the party and its spokesman Thepthai Senphong, accusing them of defaming him
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    • 170 13 Dili TIMOR Leste's President Xanana Gusmao yesterday cautioned that the government has become paralysed by the recent violence as a special UN team began investigating the country's worst unrest since it broke from Indonesian rule in 1999. "This crisis has shaken all of us," Mr
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
    • 490 14 Malaysian academic says KL may not have sole ownership as S'pore shared costs Johor Baru A MALAYSIAN historian has said the country might not have the legal right to dismantle the 82-year-old Causeway, citing several historical documents to back up his position. Mr
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    • 205 14 JOHOR stopped supplying sand to Singapore in 2000 and has since monitored sand dredging activities in areas where permits have been issued. Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman told MP Ayub Jamil in the state assembly on Tuesday that 97 such permits had been issued.
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    • 107 14 MERAPI NOT LETTING UP Yogyakarta's Mount Merapi spewed out giant clouds of hot gas and ash yesterday, prompting the Indonesian authorities to again raise the volcano's alert level to its highest status. The decision came just one day after the alert level for the 2,965m high volcano was dropped a
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    • 206 14 Jakarta INDONESIAN Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda has made a fence-mending visit to China in the wake of a surprise stopover in the country by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian. Mr Chen's overnight stopover last month on Indonesia's Batam Island was de- scribed by Jakarta
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    • 503 14  -  Leslie Lau APPEAL AGAINST SODOMY CHARGE By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuaia Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Court of Appeal yesterday quashed the conviction for sodomy that had- been handed down to Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja, the man accused of homosexual acts with former deputy prime minister Anwar
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 365 15 Armed gang had regrouped after some members were killed by cops Kuala Lumpur POLICE have narrowed the suspects in a RM3 million (Ssl.3 million) robbery on Sunday down to a notorious band of criminals called the Deva Gang. Officers in Selangor and
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    • 323 15 Security chip in new ICs not tamper proof Kuala Lumpur THE authorities have found that the security chip in Malaysia's biometric identity cards can be tampered with, after two illegal immigrants were caught with stolen MyKads. The Indian nationals were detained after it was found that the information printed on
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    • 289 15 Kuala Lumpur AN INTERNATIONAL maritime watchdog has urged leading insurer Lloyd's to remove the Malacca Strait from a list of dangerous waterways, saying pirate attacks there had declined sharply. "Based on the figures, there is no justification for them to include Malacca
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 89 15 WASHINGTON: South Korea's foreign minister yesterday urged North Korea to stop any preparations for a long-range missile test and return to talks on ending its nuclear programme. Mr Ban Ki Moon said a missile launch will have a "negative impact on the international geopolitical
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      • 98 15 HONG KONG: A Chinese fighter jet has crashed in a village along China's south-east coast, a report said yesterday, in what would be the nation's second military aviation incident in two weeks. Police said there were no injuries in the crash, which occurred at around
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      • 110 15 HONG KONG: Hong Kong is sending a team of doctors and. veterinarians to neighbouring Shenzhen to probe a suspected human case of bird flu, a day after a 31-year-old resident of the border town was reported to have the virus. The local authorities have
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      • 114 15 KUALA LUMPUR: An American woman has filed a US$44 million (Ss7o million) suit against the Malaysian government after Customs officials seized relics belonging to her treasure-hunter husband. Ms Jane Ann Fisher is asking the High Court to order the government to turn over eight containers
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  • WORLD
    • 664 18 Approval ratings drop despite disaster aid in Muslim nations Washington AMERICA'S image in some Asian countries has taken a beating over the past year, especially in Indonesia. Poll results showed a reversal of an earlier turnaround of opinion in Indonesia which had been
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    • 312 18 Washington PEOPLE in European and Muslim-majority countries see US policy in Iraq as a bigger threat to world peace than Iran's nuclear programme, the latest survey from the Pew Global Attitudes Project showed. As Washington campaigns to highlight the
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    • 280 18 Eight out of 10 Chinese say they are satisfied with the way things are going in their country, in a sign that robust economic growth outweighs social tensions over the income gap between rich and poor. Aside from China, citizens of only
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    • 387 19 US troops will help Iraqi govt succeed, he says after visit to Baghdad Washington US PRESIDENT George W. Bush, freshly home from a visit to Iraq, acknowledged yesterday violence in Iraq would never be completely eliminated. "That's not going to happen," he
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    • 335 19 Madrid IRANIAN Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said yesterday a new international offer of incentives to encourage Teheran to stop uranium enrichment was "very positive" and would be examined seriously. The offer of technical and commercial cooperation from the five permanent members of the United
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    • 421 20  -  Lydia Lim By In Canberra PM Lee says it can be discussed under bilateral FTA talks VISITING Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday said he hoped the Australian government would reconsider its ban on Singapore Airlines flying the trans-Pa-cific route, but the Australian
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    • 243 20  -  LYDIALIM SINGAPORE will consider how it can play a part in helping to restore calm to Timor Leste, if there is a United Nations plan to send more troops there in response to a request for international help from the
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    • 464 21  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent Production problems to blame; 15 other airlines also affected NEW problems in the production of the Airbus A-380 will delay delivery of the super jumbos to Singapore Airlines (SIA) and other carriers. The first jet
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    • 221 21 THE parent company of Airbus saw billions of euros wiped off its value yesterday as its shares plummeted by nearly 29 per cent. The drop happened after new delays in the delivery of the Airbus A-380 raised questions about the company's management and strategy. The sell-off came after
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 84 21 KABUL: Coalition and Afghan forces have launched their biggest counterinsurgency operation since the fall of the Taleban and are preparing to move into new rebel strongholds, the coalition said. The campaign, named Operation Mountain Thrust, was launched in southern Afghanistan in mid-May. Involving 11,000
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      • 132 21 JERUSALEM: The military conceded yesterday that old Israeli ordnance could have been responsible for the death of eight Palestinians at a beach picnic in the Gaza Strip, hours after absolving itself of any blame. Initial declarations by the military chief of staff
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      • 115 21 GENEVA: The United Nations will kick off a new campaign today to reduce the impact on children of disasters such as the Asian tsunami, the earthquake in Kashmir or the mudslide in the Philippines. The goal of the two-year programme run jointly with the Red
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      • 117 21 MOSCOW POLICE 'BIASED AGAINST NON-SLAVS' MOSCOW: Moscow police are 20 times more likely to challenge nonSlavs than Slavs riding the Russian capital's subway, a US-based nongovernmental organisation said in a report released on Tuesday. In comparison, minorities in the United States and Britain are up to four to five times
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    • 411 23 Number of diabetes cases soars worldwide Growing trend in China and India especially worrying, say experts Washington THE number of people suffering from diabetes globally has soared in the part two decades. It has gone from 30 million to 230 million, claiming millions of lives and severely taxing the ability
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    • 330 23 Chicago DRINKING coffee may shield the liver from the ravages of alcohol, according to a long-term study released on Monday. A study of more than 125,000 people found that the risk of developing alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver dropped with each
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 248 23 BRITISH physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking said on Tuesday the human race should reach for the stars in order tc survive. Speaking during a six-day visit to Hong Kong, Professor Hawking said: "It is important for the human race to spread
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      • 157 23 London heat jogs Israeli PM' s routine ISRAELI Prime Minister Ehud Olmert enjoyed a warm reception on his first visit to London this week too warm, perhaps, for his famous fitness regimen. A heatwave, plus the defunct air-condi-tioner in the gym of his 19th century luxury hotel in the capital,
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      • 115 23 BIDDERS clamoured for jewellery owned by the late Princess Margaret, paying 100 times the advance estimate for some items at an auction on Tuesday. Christie's said the items had fetched £9.6 million (Ss2B million) in the first day of the two-day sale. A
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    • 1040 26  -  Ariel Cohen SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION By TODAY, members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hold their sixth gnniial meeting. Since its modest economic beginnings, the SCO has become a leading Eurasian economic and military bloc.
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    • 767 26  -  Ralf Dahrendorf By THE HUMAN TOUCH One of the greatest comparative strengths of American universities lies in the nature of human relations. Teachers take their job seriously. They engage with students rather than eagerly awaiting breaks and holidays to pursue their own projects. "EUROPE'S universities,
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    • 1400 28  -  Andy Ho BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH By Senior Writer One way forward may be to focus on building trusting relationships with biomedical researchers who have an independent ethical obligation to preserve confidentiality, but also have Parliament enact a law that specifically reins in employers and insurers. THE Bioethics
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    • 871 29  -  Stefan Ingves By For The Straits Times Fund needs to stay relevant in an environment where there is less demand for its resources IN RECENT years, the twice-yearly IMF meetings in Washington have often been characterised as a rather dull "work in
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    • 8 H1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, JUNE 15 2006
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    • 534 H1  -  Leong Su-Lin NO WITNESSES LIKELY "It's very dark around that area and I don't think anyone can see anything." THE VICTIM'S FATHER, describing the spot where his son's body was found. He felt the chances of finding witnesses to his son's death were low
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      • 724 H2  -  Dawn Lim 'Star bloggers' will write on a weekly topic and be online to chat with readers By Fancy a new car? STOMP readers can get into the running for the Opel Astra 1.6 and other attractive prizes in seven
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      • 482 H3  -  Theresa Tan Dick Lee's concert to celebrate racial diversity is part of this year's Racial Harmony Month By PHOTO: A flag that won't flip over THE People's Association is introducing Singapore flags that will not flip over in the wind in time for this year's National
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      • 428 H3  -  T. Rajan By MALAY participation in grassroots activities is on the upswing, with some 774,000 people joining community club activities last year, an increase of 51 per cent over the previous year. This dramatic increase was a "healthy trend", said Minister-in-charge of
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      • 569 H5  -  Ben Nadarajan SYDNEY DOUBLE MURDER Families of victims and accused wait in anticipation By In Sydney AFTER 18 days, the murder trial of Singaporean Ram Tiwary entered its final stage yesterday when the jury was sent away to deliberate its verdict. After five hours
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      • 443 H5  -  K.C. Vijayan By A UNIVERSITY don has called for more legal safeguards to protect eco-systems here, arguing that the "Garden City's" success has more to do with manicuring the urban landscape than preserving its natural heritage. Writing in the latest issue oi
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      • 736 H5  -  Sue-Ann Chia By PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew intend to apply for a summary judgment in their defamation suits against the Chee siblings. They have to apply by July 6. If the High Court agrees to
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      • 331 H5  -  Elena Chong By SHORTLY after she had begun working in Singapore, Binti Salbiyah, 19, was forced to stay up from midnight to 6am regularly to help her employer's wife make about 1,000 curry puffs a night. Norreha Sulaiman, who made a
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      • CASE FILE
        • 139 H5 THE court hearing of alleged gunman Tan Chor Jin was adjourned from the morning to the afternoon yesterday when he refused to cooperate with policemen on court duty. The 40-year-old was told to remain standing in the dock in a district court but he sat
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        • 145 H5 TWO off-peak car owners were fined yesterday for using altered supplementary licences and driving their vehicles without valid licences. Service adviser Syn Yim Guat, 29, was fined $17,800 for helping a friend, Ms Chua Lay Eng, to alter the supplementary licence. She also admitted to
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      • 559 H6  -  Sim Chi Yin Household survey also shows S'poreans are older, better-educated and work longer hours By THE English language is making bigger inroads into Singapore homes, with a bigger proportion of famines speaking it at home compared to five years ago. Among Chinese families,
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      • 499 H6  -  Teh Joo Lin Daryl Loo By THE group representing life insurers here has accepted a recommendation that will bar insurers from getting hold of genetic information on their clients for the next five years. This is because this information especially the type that
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      • 467 H8 IN "STORE'S elusive identity quest" (ST, June 8), Professor Shirley Lim asserts that the "Singaporean identity is already much present". She argues that the "challenge of (national) identity lies instead in these questions: Who is to be entrusted with instruction? Who gets to
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      • 442 H8 'WASTEFUL' PRACTICES BY TOWN COUNCILS I AGREE fully with Mdm Cheryl Lai Oi Lee's comments in the letter, "Are town councils spending wisely?" (ST, June 3). I moved to Sengkang two years ago and noticed regular wastage of resources by the town council.
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      • 268 H8 WE THANK Mdm Cheryl Lai Oi Lee for her feedback in the letter, "Are town councils spending wisely?" (ST, June 3). The rain shield installed in some lift lobbies in Anchorvale (Sengkang) was a pilot project funded by HDB to prevent rainwater
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      • 104 H8 I DISAGREE strongly with Mdm Cheryl Lai Oi Lee's comment that the cycling track constructed by Pasir Ris Town Council is a white elephant and that the poor design made it safer and easier to ride on the pavement. The newly constructed cycling
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      • 123 H8 Seniors' corner, pond gone to waste SOME town councils are not spending money wisely. Here are two examples: A senior citizens' corner was constructed at the void deck of Block 134, Teck Whye Lane, at an estimated cost of $80,000. It was not used by senior citizens. Instead, groups of
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      • 199 H8 I DO agree with Mr Li Shengwu ("No affirmative action for local literature"; ST, June 10) that much of Singapore writing is not among tne Nobel greats. However, if one looks at what was taught in British and US literature classes in, say,
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      • 366 H8 I REFER to the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School's television commercial in which a student in the United States chose NUS over top US universities. While it is commendable of Professor Christopher Earley, the dean of NUS Business School, to
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      • 190 H8 I REFER to Mr Jonathan Gerard Clarke's letter, "How safe is it to hire accredited agencies?" (ST, June 10). Accreditation by one of the two accreditation bodies is a mandatory condition for an employment agency handling maids. An accredited agency has to comply with stringent
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      • 232 H8 Why phone blocking systems are not a must I REFER to the letter by Mr Chua Khee Seng, "A better way to stop thefts of mobile phones" (ST, June 9). We thank Mr Chua for his suggestion. However, phoneblocking systems, such as those based on lmei, can be commercially costly,
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      • 126 H8 Making thefts difficult I THANK Mr Chua Khee Seng for his suggestion of "A better way to stop thefts of mobile phones" (ST, June 9). While it is possible to use a SIM card of unknown source to replace the owner's, it does not reduce the effectiveness of the BAK2u
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    • MONEY
      • 718 H9  -  Gabriel Chen MARKET FALLOUT SINGAPORE Margins calls and contra losses are on the climb REGIONAL Asian and emerging market funds bear the brunt GLOBAL Trillions of dollars wiped off from investors' wealth THE FED FACTOR "It is essentially one consistent story worldwide, starting
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      • 517 H9  -  Kelvin Han By TAKING A BEATING INVESTORS who sank their cash into Asian and emerging market funds are nursing dou-ble-digit losses after the market meltdown. The dramatic selldowns that began a month ago have knocked as much as 18.5 per
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      • 241 H9  -  Goh Eng Yeow BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.1720 1.1850 Gainers: 267 Euro 1.9950 2.0180 lMen 247 Sterling pound 2.9170 2.9490 US dollar 1.5900 1.6080 Unchanged: 710 Yen (100 units) 1.3803 1.3951 »KEY CULPRIT By Markets Correspondent ANYONE looking for a culprit
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      • 43 H9 Tightening worry There is growing concern among investors that leading central banks, such as the United States Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan, may raise interest rates too high to combat a perceived threat from inflation, says Merrill Lynch
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      • 191 H9 The US investment bank also noted that the turmoil had swung investors' preferences towards developed markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. "Suddenly, quality matters and in that... emerging markets have not acquitted themselves well. Markets may bounce back, but the leadership could be very different going forward," it
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      • 422 H9 New York THE month-long slide in global stocks has wiped out at least US$2 trillion (553.2 trillion) in wealth, leaving investors with few alternatives to preserve their holdings aside from bonds and money markets. "It is essentially one consistent story worldwide, starting here
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      • 583 H10  -  Lee Su Shyan KPMG cites serious irregularities; Interim CEO named as senior executives step down By Companies Correspondent DAKA Designs, whose shares have been halted since January over concerns of financial irregularities, faces further turmoil after a highly critical audit
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      • 412 H10  -  LEE SU SHYAN LUXURY resort owner and operator Banyan Tree Holdings has earned the dubious distinction of posting the largest first-day fall for a new listing on the Singapore bourse this year with a 12.4 per cent slide to close at 85
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        • 254 H10  -  GOH ENG YEOW BANKER Wee Cho Yaw has been busily snapping up shares in property giant United Industrial Corp (UIC) recently. Information supplied by the Singapore Exchange (§GX) shows that on Monday alone, he bought 3.1 million UIC shares at $1.45 each. This capped a
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      • 568 H10  - Property trusts fall on worries over rate hikes Chua Kong Ho TAKING STOCK By SINGAPORE shares declined for a second day though much less precipitously than Tuesday's slump led by falls in property trusts as investors judged that rising interest rates would make these high-yield-ing stocks less attractive. The benchmark
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        • 83 H10 WASTE-RECYCLER ecoWise Holdings has reported a net profit of $754,000 for toe six months ended April 30, compared with a loss of $933,000 in the same period a year ago. Revenue was $6.3 million, up from $2.8 million previously. Earnings per snare were 1.94 cents,
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        • 157 H10 PAYROLL software company Integra2ooo said yesterday it has entered into an agreement to sell its United States subsidiary I2K Holdings to TL Associates for US$5.9 million (559.5 million). The amount will consist of US$4.2 million payable in cash after the sale is completed and a subordinated
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        • 101 H10 PACIFIC Internet (PacNet) yesterday said it is rejecting the takeover offer from Internet telephony provider Mediaßing, branding the terms financially inadequate. The rejection came a day after Mediaßing extended the offer period. Its conditional cash offer was supposed to have expired at midnight in New York
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        • 90 H10 CHINA Fishery Group has said it will acquire three Peruvian companies for US$lOO million (Ssl6o million) in a move that will give it a key operational position in Peru, the world's largest fish-meal producer. It will also be able to expand its fishing grounds in
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      • 399 H10  -  Joyce Teo By CREATIVE Technology said yesterday the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to launch an .investigation into whether rival Apple Computer's iPod MP3 music players have infringed one of the patents of its own MP3 players. This follows the
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      • 539 H11  - Keppel unit to enter China's health- care market Kelvin Wong It forms venture to provide hospital management staff training in Shandong By IN ITS first foray into China's health-care market, Keppel FMO has struck a joint venture (JV) deal to provide health-care management and personnel training to a hospital in
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      • 331 H11  -  FIONA CHAN THE wife and sister of City Developments (CDL) chairman Kwek Leng Beng have bought a total of three apartments in the super-luxurious CDL project St Regis Residences. Madam Cecilia Kok, Mr Kwek's wife, paid more than $20
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      • 341 H11 PSA INTERNATIONAL hired Morgan Stanley to arrange a bond sale, banker involved in the deal said. The company will meet investors from today in Singapore and tomorrow in Hong Kong, before holding discussions in the United States and Europe next week, said
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      • 426 H12 Beijing CHINESE industrial output last month rose 17.9 per cent from a year earlier, the fastest rate in two years, beating expectations and strengthening the case for the government to again tighten credit. The output data coincided with media reports that broad money
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      • 280 H12 Washington EMPLOYERS expect to take on staff in the third quarter at a faster pace than last year, world employment surveys showed on Tuesday, but a big drop in hiring plans in China and a continued funk in Germany were gloomy exceptions. The quarterly
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      • 445 H12 TOKYO BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Toshihiko Fukui opened a policy meeting yesterday with a cloud hanging over him in a scandal seen as weakening his credibility as he moves to end five years of zero interest rates. Opposition lawmakers have called
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      • 504 H12 PORT APPEAL: The sale of Associated British Ports, which owns 21 docks stretching from the south coast of England to the north-west of Scotland, is the third takeover of a British harbour owner in the past six months. Investors are showing
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      • 487 H13 GROWING CONCERN Mr Hugo Chavez (right), President of Venezuela, the world's fifth largest oil exporting country, has threatened to "cut off 1 oil shipments to the United States if Washington continues, as he alleges, to "plot" his overthrow Washington A VENEZUELAN embargo
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      • 380 H13 New York INVESTMENT bank Goldman Sachs on Tuesday said quarterly profit more than doubled to near-record levels, yet its shares fell as investors fear the good times on Wall Street may be coming to an end. Goldman followed rival Lehman Brothers
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      • 44 H13 Yesterday's dose: 14,309.56 [+90.96 points) The Nikkei rose 3.64 per cent on jains in Softbank and others whose shares were seen as [laving fallen by too much, helping the index recover from its Norst fail in more lhan two years. REUTERS
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      • 30 H13 Yesterday's dos& 15,247.92 (+13.50 points) Hong Kong stocks closed flat as investors unwound positions in late trade after a significant rebound in the morning session. AFP
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      • 39 H13 Yesterday's close: 1,531.33 (-17.17 points) Chinese stocks fell 1.12 percent as investor concerns over liquidity were stoked afresh by news of Air China's initial public offer while metal stocks were hit by lower commodity prices. AFP
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      • 33 H13 Yesterday's close: 4,850.8 (+11.9 points) Australian stocks closed up 0.25 per cent after bargain-hunters moved in to reverse an early plunge which wiped 1.67 per cent from the market. AFP
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      • 25 H13 Yesterday's dOSO: ***** (-10.4 points) Malaysian stocks closed 1.15 per cent lower in cautious trade ahead of the releaseofUS inflation data. AFP
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      • 39 H13 Yesterday's close: 1,234.19 (-2.37 points) Indonesian stocks closed 0.19 per cent lower, hours ahead of the release of the US May consumer price index, which investors fear could spark a US Federal Reserve rate hike. AFP
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      • 35 H13 Yesterday's close: 646.69 (-23.72 points) Thai stocks closed at an 11-month low as investors dumped stocks amid concern over rising US. interest rates and a slump in the world's biggest economy. AFP
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      • 250 H13 June 14 StockName Wt Close Change Allgraen 50c 0.31 1.270 +0.020 Ascendasreit 1.03 1.890 -0.070 BIL Intl US2Oc 0.42 1.340 CaprtaLand 4.08 4.080 i CapitaMall 0.75 2.080 -0.090 Chart SemiCond 26c 1.11 1.330 -0.030 CityDev 50c 2.67 8.950+0.100 ComfortDßlSro 25c .1.57 1.450 -0.020 CoscoCorplOc 0.62 1.220
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      • 61 H13 BanyanTree 65,799,000 Thai Beverage 38,189,000 SingTel 15c 35,762,000 SGX 1c 26,444,000 CEnersave 10c 18,796,000 RafflesH 32c 17,978,000 UTAC USISC 15,263,000 SGX DBS BCWQ6OB2B 15,147,000 GlobalVoice 5c 11,746,000 China Sun HK25c 11,625,000 Ascendasreit 11,006,000 Celestial US6c 10,356,000 BBR Hldgs 1c 9,722,000 CapitaLand 9,722,000 Luzhou 9,378,000 ChinaMilkDßSeCW6l loB 9,160,000 China
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      • 134 H13 June 14 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT Indian rupee 3.300 3.600 OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Indonesian rupiah 0.*****. .0.***** Buying Sailing Japaneseyen 1.3803 1.3951 Aust dollar 1.1720 1.1850 Korean won 0.1630 0.1700 Can dollar 1.4290 1.4450 NTaiwan dollar 4.710 4.960 Euro ***** 2 0180 Norkroner
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      • 372 H13 Core US consumer prices rise 0.3% in May Latest CPI data raises speculation that Fed will increase interest rates later this month Washington RISING petrol costs and rents propelled United States consumer prices higher last month, increasing speculation that Federal Reserve policymakers will raise interest rates later this month. Prices
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      839 H15 LILY MARY WANG AGED 90 passed away peacefully on 14 June 2006. Dearly missed and forever remembered by loved ones. Husband: George Y. K. Wang (deceased) Daughters: Sons-in-law: Wong Pui Pui Mai Chak Tin Wong Paige Hsieh Show Y Wong Yung Y. Catherine Tan Swan Jeng James Sons: Daughters-in-law:
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      • 644 H16 »GOLF World's top two players square off, as Tiger returns after a long lay-off Mamaroneck (New York) TIGER Woods versus Phil Mickelson figures to be the main event at the US Open when it starts today at Winged Foot. They are ranked first and second
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        422 H16 WINGED Foot in New York is holding the US Open for the fifth time. The last Major held there was the 1997 PGA Championship. Length: 7,264 yards Par: 70 Purse: US$6.5 million (5510.4 million) Field: 156 players, including seven amateurs LIVE ON TV: First round, 10.30pm, Ch23
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      • 661 H17 BASKETBALL He scores 1 5 points in the final quarter to prevent Dallas from going 3-0 up in Finals Miami DWYANE Wade was not going to let the Heat go down in flames. Not here. Not now. Not this quickly. "I said, 'I ain't
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      • 289 H17 SOCCER Madrid BARCELONA have signed Eidur Gudjohnsen from Chelsea in an £8-million (5523.5-million) deal that will see the Iceland captain fill the gap created by Henrik Larsson's return to Sweden. Gudjohnsen, 27, signed a four-year deal with the Champions League winners after passing a
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      • 209 H17 FOOTBALL is all about goals, goals and more goals. This World Cup may not have had an avalanche of them so far, but has been blessed with some classic beauties. Which of the five listed below is your favourite? A) Torsten Frings (Germany, against Costa Rica) Frings lets
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      • 272 H17  -  Jeanette Wang sailing By A LAPSE in concentration by Singapore's Colin Cheng cost teammate Lo Man Yi the gold medal at the Asia Pacific Laser Championships off the East Coast yesterday. Rounding the final buoy, Conn was leading Malaysia's Mohamed Romzi Mohamad and was on
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        229 H17 I I s a LAURIE LAXON'S Magnum Force will be back on the fibresand, his favourite track, when he contests the feature race of the night on Friday, the $125,000 Open 1000m. Last week, ridden by Saimee, Magnum Force won over a mile on the turf when comfortably beating
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      • 359 H17 BASEBALL MLB: Detroit 7 Tampa Bay 1, NY Yankees 1 Cleveland 0, Colorado 9 Washington 2, NY Mets 9 Philadelphia 7, St Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1, Florida 4 Atlanta 1 Toronto 7 Baltimore 1. Milwaukee 6 Cincinnati 4, Chicago White Sox 5 Texas 2, Houston 9 Chicago Cubs 2,
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        • 123 H17 THE Orchid Country Club is fast gaining a reputation as one of the luckiest golf clubs in Singapore. For the second successive day, a golfer competing in the club's inaugural Junior Golf Invitational scored an ace. Thailand's Natchanon Booncruepan fired his first hole-in-one
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        • 44 H17 S-LEAGUE club Woodlands Wellington have dispensed with the services of their head coach Karim Bencherifa. The club said yesterday that the parting of ways with the Moroccan was mutual. Assistant coach and team manager Jorg Peter Steinnebrunner will take over.
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      • WORLD CUP 2006 June 9- July 9
        • 518 H18  - Ref' s performance puzzling Christopher Ong By Ivanov's inconsistent show in France v Switzerland game leaves many baffled THE biggest talking point in the boring, goalless draw between France and Switzerland on Tuesday, was perhaps the referee, Valentin Ivanov, of Russia. The match was filled with con- tentious decisions that
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        • 214 H18 TO SETTLE the Guus Hiddink debate once and for all, get "tbfe Golden Guus" to coach Singapore after the 2010 WorWCup! And let us see whether we are like Australia transformed overnight after 32 years in the wilderness and playing in only their second World
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        • 134 H18 LETTERS THE sending-off of Jean-Paul Abalo turned the game in South Korea's favour. The foul on Park Ji Sung not only resulted in a goal from die subsequent free kick, but most important of all the loss of Togo's captain. Moreover, Togo's goalkeeper, Kossi Agassa, did
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        • 419 H18  -  LIN XINYI The Readers' World Cup SINGAPOREANS AT GERMANY 2006 »POLL A CAPTAIN is supposed to lead by example. Instead, Trinidad and Tobago skipper Jean-Paul Abalo was the reason his side failed to record their first points at the World Cup. That
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        • 165 H18 INDEED, the sending-off was a costly one. To make matters worse, the player sent off was the Togolese skipper Jean-Paul Abalo, a key defender. After the Koreans equalised, any team would have self-destructed, let alone an inexperienced Togo team making their debut in the World Cup.
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        • 745 H19  -  Rob Hughes By In Germany Latest: Wayne may play today IN A twist to the will-he, won' t-he saga, it appears that Wayne Rooney could play somepart in England s World Cup match against Trinidad and Toßago today. In a surprise announcement late yesterday,
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        • 170 H19 For Michael Blake and three of his friends, a trip to Germany to watch the World Cup wasqffi&fong dream. But he died in a car crash near IJverpoQil last year. So his friends Scott MacMillan, Mick Killeen and Lee Maker -decided to take a
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        • 276 H19  -  Baden-Baden DAVID Beckham has hit out at a German tabloid's portrayal of his family, but is resigned to more of the same abuse if England reach the later stages of the World Cup. The Bild targeted several. members of the England captain's family on Monday,
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        • 220 H19 England were far from their best in their first match against Paraguay. Today, against Trinidad and Tobago, they have vowed to turn on the style and secure passage into the next round with a win. WHERE: Franktratadkin dfaranfeifi) REFEREE: TOHJ HjdAjW PROBABLE TEAMS TRINIDAD and Tobago
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        • 341 H19 Berlin THE World Cup is less than a week old, but Sweden and Paraguay, who play each other today, are already talking about packing their bags if they lose. The first games in Group B have left England in pole position. A defeat for
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        • 102 H19 STRIKER Paulo Wanchope has called on Costa Rica to show the same spirit that gave mighty Germany a World Cup scare when they face Ecuador in a do-or-die Group A clash today. The 29-year-old former Premiership player scored both his side's goals in their
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          • 132 H20 BERLIN: Japan should have been awarded a penalty in the second half of Monday's 1-3 loss to Australia, a top Fifa official said yesterday. Asked why there had been no penalties in the tournament's first 14 matches, Fifa Communications director Markus Siegler said that the
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          • 92 H20 BERLIN: Sex workers in Berlin have gone into extra time at the World Cup and are doing double shifts to cash in. "Berlin's hookers are groaning all brothels are creaking at the seams," mass daily Bild reported. "In some establishments, the girls already have
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          • 96 H20 DUISBURG: Mauro Camoranesi's loyalty to Italy has been called into question after the Argentina-bora midfielder explained why he does not sing the national anthem before matches. When asked why he stands silently during 'L'lnno di Mameli', Camoranesi, who has dual nationality, replied: "I don't even
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          • 39 H20 SYDNEY: Australian police smashed an Asia-based illegal World Cup-betting operation yesterday after arresting eight people in raids in Sydney. Police said six Hong Kong men and two Malaysian women were arrested. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        • 836 H20  - Kaka turns on the magic Rob Hughes By In Germany Favourites Brazil have other talents to depend on if their stars get shackled SO, IN the dead of the Singapore night, the Brazil victory ground out against Croatia was enough to make insomniacs drop off? Sorry for you. From where
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        • 149 H20 BRAZIL striker Ronaldo was given dismal reviews by yesterday, after his lumbering display in the 1-0 win over Croatia. Top scorer four years ago with eight goals, the "Phenomenon" was jeered when he was substituted in the 69th minute. His only real dribble came after the
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        • 153 H21 CZECH striker Milan Baros has been ruled out of their match against Ghana on Saturday. Doctors will decide his World Cup fate later. Euro 2004's top scorer strained a tendon in his left foot in his team's warm-up match against Trinidad and Tobago on June
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        • 328 H21  -  Leonard Lim By IT WAS a match of late drama when Tunisia played Saudi Arabia in a Group H game last night. They drew 2-2, after an in-jury-time goal from Tunisian defender Radhi Jaidi. The Saudis looked to be cruising to a 2-1 win
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        • 604 H21 OLD WORRIES SURFACE "France could not win a slow and tight game which has reignited the fires of doubt and inadequacy." SPORTS DAILY L'EQUIPE Blasted by country's media, the players come up with a lame excuse dry grass Hamelin WHICH team have failed to score
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          93 H22 Spain 4 (Alonso 13, Villa 17, 48pen, Torres 81) Ukraine 0 Spain: Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pablo Ibanez, Carles Puyol, Mariano Pernia, Xavi Hernandez, Xabi Alonso (David Albelda 55), Marcos Senna, Luis Garcia (Francesc Fabregas 77), Fernando Torres, David Villa (Raul Gonzalez 55). Ukraine: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, Volodymyr Yezersky,
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        • 877 H22  -  Marc Lim By Sports Correspondent In Leipzig MARC LIM is the only Singaporean journalist allowed on the pitchside at the 2006 Fifa World Cup. In Raul's absence, the striker leads Spain's destruction of the Ukraine with a brace HIS team may have strolled to
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        • 244 H22 Leipzig IT HAS taken 15 games in this World Cup for the first penalty to be awarded and the referee may have made the wrong decision. Francesco Buragina of Switzerland pointed to the spot after Vladyslav Vashchuk challenged Spain forward Fernando Torres. The Ukraine defender
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        • 432 H22 AFTER lacklustre performances by pre-tournament favourites such as England and the Netherlands, it was nice to see Spain living up to expectations. But, even with the four goals against an insipid Ukraine, the question is, did
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    • 83 H22 WHAT'S GONE TUESDAY South Korea 2 Togo 1 France 0 Switzerland 0 Brazil 1 Croatia 0 YESTERDAY Spain 4 Ukraine 0 Tunisia 2 Saudi Arabia 2 Germany v Poland Result not available at press time WHATS ON TODAY Ecuador v Costa Rica live, Ch27, 9pm England v Trinidad and Tobago
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      • 329 2 Refunds for tickets start tomorrow June Cheong ARTS REPORTER NEXT Wednesday, Miss Sing Moh Li will have to go without the aural accompaniment she had been looking forward to since April. The 24-year-old executive of orchestra affairs of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra had bought a
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      • 477 2 British singer Robbie Williams is just one of the many acts lined up for music lovers here Sujin Thomas MUSIC REPORTER IT'S confirmed: British pop singer Robbie Williams (above) will perform at the National Stadium on Nov 18 as part of his Close Encoun-tei-s world tour. His stopover,
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      • 212 12 A SELF-PROFESSED fashion victim, outre American shoe designer Beverly Feldman has a colourful personality that matches her sequinned and an-imal-print footwear. She empties the contents of her zebra-print bag to show Urban what a diva totes around shoes from her own line, of course. Elsewhere in this
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      • 93 12 SINGAPORE-BORN actress Gwendoline Yeo (left) knows how to make an entrance. Looking sultry in a sexy gown, she was photographed at the premiere of the TV mini-series Broken Trail in New York on Tuesday. Yeo, the 26-year-old niece of Foreign Minister George Yeo, moved to the United States
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      • 1505 4 TWO weeks ago, American director Anne Bogart gave a talk at the Drama Centre about the functions of theatre. As this year's Singapore Arts Festival unfolds, I have found myself repeatedly pondering her insights on how theatre interacts with its cultural context. In Singapore, where
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      • 689 5  -  Clara Chow ARTS CORRESPONDENT In the name of art, the daughter of a Jewish rabbi puts a twist on songs inspired by Hebrew texts JERUSALEM-BORN Victoria Hanna, the daughter of an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, sings songs inspired by sacred Hebrew texts. But in a
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      • 479 5 THEATRE THE WALL Al-Kasaba Theatre Cinematheque Drama Centre Tuesday Clara Chow IF THEATRE is a tribunal, Palestinian director George Ibrahim and his troupe of powerful actors have presented their case eloquently. Born of the theatre group's need to tell stories about their divided, occupied homeland,
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        393 8 Only the beginning and they already look bored. Verena Kerth (right), 25, girlfriend of German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, and Tina Krueger (far right), girlfriend of midfielder Sebastian Kehl, check out the weather during the Germany vs Costa Rica match at Munich Stadium last Friday. Life! trains the
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    • 106 3 VJ/C I I .vilCLv^V/lx^Hpp^Ong and Siau Xindi MINI ME ***** VMBuliSC^ 9CA.V UlC^d UJLOl AL/u|ClUftV^rJBH~lUKlC -y---'vj-P'-f tm3m^m.*T^^i^mm^m)M&&^ .■l*.^/- _j--T. -i^:;-TT -I—' f^"-- '"fil TV&JF' XlCiC CtxC MJIUC UL/5 vlll ItvYf (v yUll J^ vh« Legs will make or break your mini dress. weBbeJpie^ Play with different styles smcI* as the
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    • N E W S
      • 251 4 A pearl and diamond brooch made by a Singaporean jewellery designer has been sold for $12,000 at Sotheby's in Hong Kong. It joins the ranks of other Singapore-made jewels auctioned off by Sotheby's, like Lazare-cut diamonds by Larry Jewellery. The brooch, named Tree Of life
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      • 282 4  -  Michelle Tay FASHFLASH You know what they say: Charity begins at homei V#SH^--"a" <SfcK "of .Hie.inouse. -firom tlie comfort of your room, you can now bid i at celebrity jewellery to raise money for less fortunate children. From June 23 to July 2, log on
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    • 235 5 American designer Calvin Klein should be so proud: The creative director of his clothing label has just been named Womenswear Designer of the Year by the Coundl of Fashion Designers of America. Brazil-born Francisco Costa (below) was a senior designer at Gucci for four years
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      56 5 r^™ K^y vw. event was joinuy orga oy e missoni scrappy neets were gifts Trorn rny MtJßii^^ j cost USS I OO My style: It depends on my mood but It is usually quite tAystyl&M) ciescr bed as casual chic and Do you think you wb jooo looking* Everyone
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      • 448 6 Le Male Eau De Toilette, a Bp npy VVondCup--/ ,j| 4i^^M L K perfume designed by Jean m^^ comfoitOf H mM' B Paul Gaultier, is the best-selling gt/fjk r;^Ru-i^mas^g# ;;^:M^: J^^fe m ■^^^^^.^^^tf n men's fragrance in the fc- .nhisfsfr^Ks v^j^^fc flfv European Union. One whiff of i?HH r -^n€ed-M^feT.
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      • 883 8 OL/WLO V^y Wfl I I L/\D l_ L>^LmP of dollars on branded stuff, j or^^^^^f^ egal consultant Jo Chieng carries a Prada jBHBSBIWBBSI^te^- jjm m Jw£ namecard holder, owns Rolex, Cartier and J^^^^M^^Mf" mm I 1 Tag Heuer watches and boasts a wardrobe S HH 3^P I W f\\ bursting
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      • 265 9 Nf A nything with a big label or hefty 1 price tag turns Jean Tan off. V,^/ AA The 26-year-old freelance lighting technician says her AV f aversion was fuelled by a four-month stint f y at a multi-label clothing store last year. V*.> There, she observed how many shoppers
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    • FEATURES
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        715 10 Anyone with some beads and a pair of tweezers can be a jewellery designer. AAAY YIP umps on the homegrown DIY bandwagon Women, like magpies, have always had an affinity for all things shiny. But unlike the pesky birds that snatch what is not theirs, more Singapore
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      • 185 11 *!^^^<^^^^^^ ''■"'■'•---^SS BP^^ v""'^^| BP^^ .^Kfrf^^^ J^S J iw'*?^iSil HP? -S' j- %i^Hi XJtS&P^ JH w^r^ _^^H HP '-lidrPrrMß B^^ •..■•-vSferfSßl ■■E';- "^'jsFjmH :t -^^^i^y^Bfl HP^^-'-"* ->^'"-X '~S*&&UA '-'*'*<&^^E~^ i^^^*" ~*d IP^' HBJ^^" «?v v '> J -i ■Tt^s^ *.-v. j^,M j^^^^^^^k B^^ I^l K -^m wS Celebrate 23 beautiful
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      393 12 Singaporeans have fewer reasons to dress up. "So when you have fabulous artistic pieces, where do you weai them to?" May Yip Making jewellery seems to be far from Galen Hogan's mind when Urban meets him at his Telok Blangah flat, which doubles up as his gallery and
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      560 12 PX azzling stones and fancy baubles are what fuel the imagination of most \—S jewellery designers. But Simone Ng draws her inspiration from stories of slain tsarinas and suicidal consorts. For her, creating a piece of jewellery is as much about sourcing for quality gems and skilled artisans
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    • 435 12 have always wanted to be a designer: It's empowering to be able to influence others as an authority on aesthetic and function. Unfortunately, art was a subject I perpetually failed in school. I couldn't paint apples, nor could I realise on paper the design motifs dancing
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      334 13 ult (if you don't count wasting reams of as "struggling"). elebrated the feat by returning to the store y more jewels and raw materials, ien I realised something more important: my stamp- and coin-collecting days far id me, this could be my first real hobby as ult. ilso meant
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      428 13 ""S ead roses, a butcher's hook and j industrialised rubber Argentum L^ jewellery is not quite the bling for those who prefer sugar and spice and everythfeig nice. But trinket lovers who appreciate quality craftsmanship and cutting-edge design would strike gold with this home-grown label, which means silver
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      • 37 13 Simone Jewels range from $700 for ready-made pieces to more than $10,000 for customised designs. If you would like to make an appointment or attend any of the events by Simone Jewels, visit its website at www.simonejewels.com
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      • 15 13 Argentum, priced from $83 to $617, is available at Blackjack, 01-10/11-14 Forum, or visit www.argentum.com.sg
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      • 199 13 GET CRAFTY Want to make your own one-of-a-Wnd pieces? Here are some <rf the places you can go to for lessons and supplies. Affordable beads and costume 7BLorbng LJput (beNnd tek6465-2578 Beads Etc* Courses (classes suspended at the moment due to r^rtrishment of store) and materials for jewellery-making. 05-14 The
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    • 461 14 Brandon Lee, 19, soccer fan and plays football for his school, Victoria Junior College My team b... Germany for their discipline and determination. I would buy... the Germany jersey (main picture) because I support them, and because their colours are very similar to my school's colours. My
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    • 563 14 More than just an emblem of loyalty, a soccer jersey today is also a fashion statement. The main jersey-makers this World Cup adidas, Nike and Puma decline to give figures. But all say sales this year are set to outstrip those in previous years. A spokesman for Nike puts
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    • BEAUTY
      • 416 16 SNIFF TEST #1: Debra Teng, 29, actress "The fragrance you wear should be dictated by your mood, which is why I use four different perfumes. It is an expression of who you are, in the same way fashion is. SNIFF TEST #2: Julian Hee, 27, MediaCorp artiste (managed
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      972 17 Orignal: Stella (right), $123, from Tangs, Takashimaya and Robinsons Raffles City Summer Stella Sheer (far right), $78 Verdict: They both have a floral scent. But I prefer the summer version because it's nice and inoffensive. The original Stella is more tangy and overpoweringly sweet. You could say it is more
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    • 474 18 Camouflage, derived from the French word "camoufler" meaning "to disguise", is an optical trick the military uses to avoid the enemy's detection. In the fashion world, however, the mosaic of green, beige
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      231 19 1 Camouflage-print tank, $59, Aztec Rose at Tannlines, 03-03 Wisma Airia; Pinstripe shorts with satin sash, $69, Loopylou at Tannlines; Handmade cotton "seagull" pendant necklace, $69, to order, call Wendy, mobile: 9474-6654 O Cropped jacket, $129.90; Cante&mSO; S Camouflagp-print tank top, $39.90; Pleated jL- georgette skirt, $99.90* Crushed linen scarf,
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    • DRINKS
      • 546 20 LIQUIDDIET /May Yip Pimm's Cup is a pick-meup Dreferred by pub-goers for Its ower alcohol level and secret mixture of herbs Asians have their herbal health tonic Yomeishu and the Brits have their Pimm's Cup a gin-based tonic containing quinine and a secret mixture of herbs.
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      • 137 20 In conversations with winemakers, Tl W\ thetermth^n^sttikdyafopsupis II There is no direct translation for It is run by the Wakatu Incorporation, &bm this French term buty loosely defined jsjo m it is the combination of factors that Pere Trust 5 who share W% playapartinexpresangthev^ne— I^Hhl raditions an from the soil
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    • FOOD
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        225 21 POSH NOSH /Foong Woei Wan unch at Kuriya Japanese Restaurant has never been just a meal to me. It is more a noon-time getaway from the tedium of life. i My colleague Lionel and I try to make a date with the restaurant at least once a month
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      • 105 21 DRINK YOUR CEREAL imagine soya milk that gives Korean drink made from rice, barley, bean, millet and Indian millet It may look like soya ■?!^^T-^'^Wf^^!^^Bmm^mm milk but you only have to unscrew the top of the bottle to smell the cfifference. Its strong nutty flavour hits the nose first, then
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      • 134 21 Sometimes I get strange cravings for basil. Well, maybe not so strange. I was in Taiwan for a week recently and got too used to eating just about everything stir-fried snails, stir-fried boar, barbecued Taiwanese sausages, you name it with minty basil leaves. The Taiwanese truly love their
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      526 22 WHEEL THR I LLS PERSONALTRAINER /Pradeep Paul We find out what the wheel deal is if you want to up the mileage factor in your workout regime Hate to exercise yet yearn for lean, toned muscles? No problem, all you have to do is cheat the "hate exercise" part of
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