The Straits Times, 7 February 2007, Afternoon Edition

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 120 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 585 1  -  Tan Hui Yee Plan to transform rivers, reservoirs, canals to recreation centres unveiled By SINGAPORE is on the way to becoming the Water City, with the unveiling of an ambitious plan to transform its reservoirs, rivers and canals into recreation centres
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  • 186 1 THE diesel-powered bumboats that ply the Singapore River will be phased out by the end of this year and replaced with quieter, less polluting electric boats. The two boat operators on the river Singapore Explorer and Singapore River Cruises Leisure are currently trying out new battery-powered
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  • 544 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok BANGKOK will have two international airports following the Thai government's decision yesterday to reopen Don Muang to ease the strain on its problem-plagued Suvarnabhumi air hub. "There have been many setbacks at Suvarnabhumi Airport
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  • UPFRONT
    • 957 1  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi UNTIL about a decade ago, talk of Tata Steel's appetite usually tended to be puns on the 16-egg omelettes put away at breakfast by its former chief executive, Mr Russi Mody. Mr Mody,
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    • 341 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 A longer wait Asia 6-19 A Singaporean woman, World 20-25 who has spent two weeks Review 26-28 in a Malaysian prison for p V i "on illegal entry, will have to rTI y wait a little longer to SECTION TWO come home. Home Hl-H7 PAGE
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  • PRIME
    • 1088 3  -  Erica Tay No rethink or change in policy, says research council chief in wake of NNI head's remarks By IF anyone thought the Goverment might be rethinking its strategy to develop the biomedical sector here, several big guns from A* Star
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    • 350 3 THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will have a new chief from March 23. Current Army chief Ma-jor-General Desmond Kuek, 43, will take over the post of Chief of Defence Force (CDF) from incumbent Lieuten-ant-General Ng Vat Chung, 45. Brigadier-General Neo Kian Hong, 42,
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    • 111 4 A medical team treats a Jakarta flood victim amid a deepening crisis brought on by the worst floods to hit the Indonesian capital in five years. At least 44 deaths have been blamed on the flooding, and officials fear that toll could rise because of the
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    • 597 4  -  Tanya Fong MOM acts against Greatearth for 'very poor safety, health management record' By WRITTEN warnings, fines and stop-work orders construction firm Greatearth has had all of these. But it has not bucked up on its "very poor safety and health
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    • 14 4 in Indonesia Then: S'porean faces rape charges here Latest: He's stabbed burnt in Yogyakarta
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  • ASIA
    • 923 6  -  AZHAR GHANI »JAKARTA FLOODS Skies have cleared but there's growing risk of illness from contaminated water By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta icine for his wife, son and parents who had moved upstairs. "I called my relatives for help, but their homes were flooded
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    • JAKARTA FLOODS
      • 749 7  -  Dcvi Asmarani They evacuate their homes and offices; Singapore Embassy says there are no reports of injuries By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta MR JASPAL Sidhu, 43, was having a drink with a friend at a central Jakarta hotel last Thursday night when his
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      • 210 8 Jakarta GOVERNMENT help has not always been forthcoming, so enterprising Jakarta residents are taking matters into their own hands. Roads in many areas are off-limits to cars, jeeps and buses enter the dinghy. Inflatable rubber boats colourful and, more important, manoeuvrable in the narrow, submerged roads are
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      • 661 8  -  AZHAR GHANI Little infrastructure damage, but industry and public service operators are hit hard By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta THE floods could cost Indonesia potential economic losses of around 4.1 trillion rupiah (***** million), State Minister for National Development Planning Paskah Suzetta said yesterday.
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      • 173 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA UN HUMANITARIAN bodies will send relief aid to flood victims in Jakarta and suburban areas in Indonesia, the Antara News Agency has reported. The United Nation Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that goods and emergency tools Jakarta needed
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 951 10  -  VINCE CHONG City must update brand by being more stylish and culturally aware, says entrepreneur By Hong Kong Correspondent MORE style, more taste, more culture. That is what Hong Kong needs so that more people will go there not just to do business,
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      • 298 10 REUTERS Beijing CHINA will keep rolling out the red carpet for foreign investors if they put their money into the right areas, senior officials said yesterday. Tighter curbs on foreign acquisitions introduced last year, along with plans to abolish income tax breaks for
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      • 535 11  -  Clarissa Oon Activist, who exposed HIV blood scandal linked to politician, can't collect US award By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA is said to have placed a high-profile Aids activist under house arrest to stop her from receiving an award in Washington
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      • 333 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing A FRESH round of six-nation talks starting tomorrow may make modest gains towards North Korea's nuclear disarmament amid signs that the US is showing more flexibility, experts say. But they are certain that a real breakthrough is still far
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      • 235 11 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo JAPAN'S beleaguered Health Minister, under pressure to quit for calling women "birth-giving machines", raised eyebrows again yesterday when he said it is "healthy" for couples to want two or more children. An opposition party leader criticised Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa's
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      • 685 12 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Old spat flares up over Chinese ship's research activities in disputed waters Beijing A LONG-STANDING territorial dispute heated up again yesterday as China warned Japan against "sensationalising" research activities by a Chinese vessel in resource-rich waters claimed by both countries.
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      • 373 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul SOUTH Korea's ruling Uri Party was forced oui of the top spot in the country's legislature after a group of 23 lawmakers quit the party yesterday. With the latest wave of defections, the main opposition Grand National
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      • Article, Illustration
        605 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Ice melts and trees bloom as Beijing's winter temperature hits 167-year high Beijing CHINA is experiencing its warmest winter on record, as are its close neighbours. The temperature in Beijing hit 16 deg C on Monday, far above the historical average of just below
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      • 285 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS New York A BONE-CHILLING cold wave with temperatures as low as -41 deg C forced an extreme weather alert in Canada for a second day this week. Also, the freezing weather was linked to several deaths in the US mid-west. In Canada, officials maintaiened an alert
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 734 15  -  P. JAYARAM Households urged to take in foreign guests to ease room shortage By India Correspondent In New Delhi THE next time you land in New Delhi or Bangalore, you may well opt for that home-away-from-home experience, instead of the impersonal luxury
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      • 216 15 ,GENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangalore THE southern Indian state of Karnataka was on high security alert yesterday after a tribunal ruled against it in a century-old water dispute. After 17 years of often bitter deliberations, the Cauvery Waters Disputes Tribunal found in favour of neighbouring
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 489 16  -  Nirmal Ghosh Criminal charges filed over purchase of 'overpriced' baggage scanners By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok A POWERFUL investigative panel has filed criminal charges against four companies and their executives who, it says, were involved in procuring an "overpriced" baggage handling system for
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      • 323 16 BLOOMBERG, REUTERS Bangkok THE proposed expansion of Bangkok's mass transit rail system is back on track. Thailand's army-appointed government yesterday approved plans to add six lines to the capital's mass transit system at a cost of 165 billion baht (557.4 billion),
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      • 635 17  -  Roger Mitton But giant venture gets little publicity due to Hanoi's testy ties with Beijing By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi A TAIWANESE electronics company is set to become Vietnam's largest investor by setting up a massive US$5 billion (557.6 billion) plant north
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      • 305 17 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London INDONESIA has stopped sharing human genetic samples of the most deadly strain of bird flu with foreign laboratories. The idea behind the move is to protect its intellectual property rights ahead of a planned vaccine tie-up with a US
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
      • 330 18 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, REUTERS She ended up in centre for the homeless in northern Thailand Bangkok A WOMAN from southern Thailand who got on the wrong bus 25 years ago and ended up living in the north thousands of kilometres
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      • 330 18 NEW STRAITS TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA wants to hold talks with Thailand about the economic and social impact of Bangkok's plans to extend a security wall along the common border of the two countries. "We need to look into
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      • 234 18 NEW STRAITS TIMES George Town (Penang) A MALAYSIAN politician thinks that designating roads "X-rated" will draw the authorities' attention to make the streets more decent. Mr Lee Hack Teik, a Penang assemblyman, painted large Xs along a major street in the state's capital, George
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 509 19  -  Reme Ahmad Ex-premier's talk in JB on Saturday could be start of roadshows against his successor By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur TUN Dr Mahathir Mohamad will take the mike at a Johor Baru forum on Saturday in what might be the
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      • 309 19 BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA and Singapore will hold talks on Thursday on opening up the lucrative Kuala Lumpur-Sin-gapore air route. Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy said it would be discussed during a bilateral meeting with Singapore counterpart Raymond Lim on the sidelines
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  • WORLD
    • 651 20 NEW YORK TIMES Riyadh raises profile in Iraq and Lebanon and hosts talks between Palestinian factions Jeddah WITH three civil wars looming over the Middle East and Iran poised to gain from them all Saudi Arabia has taken on an aggressive
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    • 245 20 NEW YORK TIMES SAUDI Arabia's shift from genteel to aggressive diplomacy dates from last summer when Israel failed to crush Hizbollah during 34 days of bombing, many in Jeddah say. The strength of Hizbollah seen as Iran's regional proxy army shocked officials here and throughout the
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    • 600 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Iran blames Iraq and US for abduction by men dressed in local army uniforms Baghdad GUNMEN dressed in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped an Iranian diplomat here after a firefight with his guards, officials said yesterday, in an attack Iran called
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    • 350 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Mecca PALESTINIAN leaders arrived in the Islamic holy city of Mecca yesterday for what officials depicted as a last-ditch effort to end increasingly bloody factional fighting. The Fatah movement headed by President Mahmoud Abbas and Islamist group Hamas have been
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    • 610 23  -  Derwin Pereira Resolution's failure the first setback for Democrats, who vow to pursue issue By US Bureau Chief In Washington US PRESIDENT George W. Bush has won a brief political respite, with Republicans ganging up in the Senate to
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    • 383 23 REUTERS Washington CHARISMATIC former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani has taken a step closer to an official White House run. The 62-year-old Republican presidential contender acclaimed for his leadership after the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the city filed
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    • 544 24  -  Ravi Velloor Interest revenue drying up as debtor nations clear their loans By T India Bureau Chief BLAME it on Indonesia, which in October paid back its loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) four years before the last instalment was due. Or Thailand,
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    • 184 24 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE World Bank has blacklisted about 100 firms and individuals for fraud and corruption in its projects in the past two years, it said yesterday. In its latest Integrity Report, the global lender detailed an anti-graft campaign that has gained impetus under
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    • 250 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS Aranjuez (Spain) VICTOR Manuel Lozano spends his days like most two-year-olds. He goes to nursery school, draws and rides a tricycle. The difference is he does it in prison, where he lives with his mother, a convicted murderer, and his father, a drug
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 287 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS US ASTRONAUT Lisa Nowak has been arrested in Orlando, Florida, for trying to kidnap a woman she considered a rival for the attention of fellow astronaut William Oefelein. Nowak, who flew last July on a shuttle mission to the International Space
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      • 91 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, has been named a presidential distinguished professor at Emory University in Atlanta, university officials said on Monday. It is the first university appointment the 1989 Nobel Peace laureate has accepted and he is expected to
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      • 163 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS A FORMER beauty queen who disappeared five months ago has contacted Brazilian police from London to say she is fine and does not want to be bothered. Ms Taiza Thomsen, 24, who was crowned Miss Brazil in 2002, has not talked to
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    • 25 20 Giuliani for President Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who guided his city through 9/11 attacks, is entering the US 2008 presidential race. PAGE 23
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  • REVIEW
    • 420 26 THE city of Jakarta, facing its third disastrous flood in only 10 years, is paying for neglect familiar to conurbations in the lower half of Asia. There has for too long been un-der-investment in infrastructure. There is overcrowding. Lucrative building in elevated locales and the forested
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    • 1104 26  -  Richard Dearlove COUNTERING TERRORISM By Tom Quiggin For The Straits Times THE priority in the struggle against political extremism and terrorism is to escape from the tyranny of the day-to-day tactical fight and develop obtainable and defensible strategic-level objectives. To develop such an approach,
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    • 976 26  -  By Andy Ho »INSURANCE COVERAGE AND PAYOUTS Senior Writer RECENTLY, health insurer Aviva denied Ms Simone Vaz coverage for breast cancer treatment in spite of her claims that she had not known about her affliction when she bought a policy from it in January last year.
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    • 796 27  -  KORNELIUS PURBA JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK DJAKARTA FLOODS BY FRIDAY morning and Buaran River in East Jakarta, which is located about 100 m from my house, was unusually overflowing after a night of heavy rain. It was still raining when a neighbour, a veteran of the
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    • 577 27  -  Tommy Koh GLOBAL WARMING By I WISH that the newly established Asia-Pacific Water Forum, whose governing council I chair, will succeed in its goal of providing water for all. At present, over one billion people in the world, including more than 500 million in Asia,
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    • 1099 28  -  William Saletan ►> SEXUAL ORIENTATION By JUST over the Montana border, closeted in their own private Idaho, the gay sheep are getting it on. Well, it is not exactly private. They are doing it in front of scientists at the US Sheep Experiment Station.
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    • 1055 29 Singapore today JL JL < THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 2007 TV^O ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL "UMBERS s^s^ 5£5 I PF,,. M roys. 1 m Emergency lines DO TODAY BEIJING °0 *rt^r^ V Police 999 J Clear Police Hotline 1800-255-0000 Ci Z 4*7 Civil Defence (Fire, Rescue and Emergency
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  • HOME
    • 463 31  -  Ben Nadarajan 2-week sentence served, woman still has to wait because of delay in deportation process By SINGAPOREAN beautician Cai Hui Si, having spent the past two weeks in a Malaysian prison for entering the country without a valid immigration
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    • 356 31 jlEKfeke of th^feja S^i)orsn wSman ft Malaysia for illegal entry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reminded travellers to ensure their passports get stamped by Malaysian immigration authorities. Here are the procedures for entering and exiting Malaysia, whether you are travelling by train, bus, ferry
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    • 596 32  -  Salma Khalik New health product law will impose fines of up to $100,000, three-year jail term By Health Correspondent WHEN the Ministry of Health suspected last year that contact lens solution ReNu had caused a significant number of eye infections, it did not have
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    • 367 32  -  Daryl Loo By NANYANG Polytechnic (NYP) researchers, working with the National Parks Board to catalogue the over 400 types of fungi native to Singapore, have stumbled on their medicinal potential. Very early findings have indicated that two specimens could kill
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    • 425 32  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent HYDROGEN-FUELLED cars are not likely to be commercially viable until at least 2015, despite a two-year test here in which a fleet of test cars performed better than expected. In the test, which began in 2004, six
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    • 458 33  -  Khushwant Singh Stabbing suspect uses coroner's finding of death from severe bashing to counter murder charge By IN AN effort to save a Malaysian gardener from the gallows, his lawyer yesterday tried to prove that although he did stab a man
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    • Article, Illustration
      80 33 A 20m tall crane was moving a white drum used for oil rigs yesterday when it toppled over. The crane driver, who is in his 40s, suffered a dislocated arm in the accident which occurred at about 4.20pm at a warehouse in Pandan Loop. He was rescued from
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    • 355 33  -  Teh Joo Lin By TWO new initiatives will be rolled out this year to improve the private security industry, creating a recognised career path for officers and issuing individual licences. The changes, announced yesterday by Senior Minister of State for Law and Home
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    • 344 33  -  LYNN LEE BANKRUPTCY TRAVEL OFFENCE CHEE Soon Juan had no interest in complying with regulations he needed to follow as a bankrupt, the prosecutor in his trial said yesterday. Despite being asked to do so, he did not give the Official Assignee's
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    • CASE FILE
      • 132 33 AN UNEMPLOYED woman was charged yesterday with receiving bribes totalling $1,200 from an illegal immigrant in return for letting him use her name to operate a food stall. Samala Dcvi Amah Narayanan, 45, is accused of receiving $150 eight times over a sev-en-month period last
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      • 135 33 A SINGAPOREAN studying at Salford University in Britain on a Singapore General Hospital scholarship has been found dead in a canal. Aaron Kok Jun Fa, 22, who was reading podiatry the mcdi- cal care and treatment of foot diseases is believed to have
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      • 92 33 A SPECIAL Operations Command police officer is being tried for molesting his 23-year-old Indonesian maid three times. Muhammad Idris Basirun, 46, a staff sergeant who has since been suspended from duty, allegedly kissed the maid in his Jurong flat in February last year at
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    • 566 34  -  Yap Su-Yin Build links with donors, volunteers, rather than just raise funds: survey By BUILD relationships with your donors and volunteers this was the "first things first" advice to charities yesterday. Doing this, and moving on from being caught up with simply raising
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    • 255 34 OTHER charities have felt the backlash from recent negative reports about the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and other groups in the sector. It has become tougher to get people to volunteer for management positions, much less as council members or on the board
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    • 342 34  -  Tracy Sua T. Rajan By RESIDENTS in estates like Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Batok, Hougang and Bukit Panjang can look forward to more premium bus routes being launched, possibly within the next three months. For a ride in air-conditioned comfort with a
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    • 143 34 Digital artworks by eight artists from the Society for the Physically Disabled were auctioned off yesterday for more than $62,000. The auction was organised by Wearnes, one of Singapore's oldest companies, and the South East Community Development Council (CDC), which matched the sum dollar-for-dollar, bringing the total
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    • 493 35  -  Sue-Ann Chia Khaw Boon Wan to visit ward in West Coast GRC, in first such walkabout since GE By SOON, ministers will pound the pavements beyond their own constituencies again. They will greet people in hawker centres and homes during a fresh round of constituency visits
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    • 182 35 NOW there is another reason to eat one's greens. A new study suggests that pre-menopausal women who eat a high-fibre diet are strongly protected against breast cancer. But they have to eat 30g of fibre a day to get that protection. How much
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    • 362 35  -  Zakir Hussain By FIFTEEN-year-old Akmal Hakim used to fail most of his subjects in school. That was more than a year ago. Today, passes are the norm for this Secondary 4 student, who is in the Normal (Academic) stream which prepares students to take their
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      40 35 Singapore and Gabon formally established diplomatic relations with a joint communique yesterday. It was signed here by Foreign Minister George Yeo (right) and Mr Jean Ping, Vice-Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister of the African nation. PHOTO: MFA
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      327 36 Aqua-pleas ure More than 20 improvement projects will be carried out by the Public Utilities Board over the next five years all over the island to jazz up our drains, canals and reservoirs. Here are some highlights to look out for: 5 PANDAN RESERVOIR Walk-in kayak rentals Floating mini-islands in
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    • 695 36  -  Goh Chin Lian People's Association to launch database to track S'poreans' changing tastes, says its new deputy chairman Lim Boon Heng By Keith Lin THE People's Association (PA) offers trendy and hip courses like street jazz dance and homeopathic therapy. That's important,
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    • 692 36  -  KEITH LIN GOH CHIN LIAN THE key thrusts as the People's Association (PA) looks to keep up with the times: Sports centre to woo working adults IN AIMING to grow its reach, the PA wants to draw more working adults and professionals in as members and to
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    • 606 37  -  Jessica Cheam National monument up for tender for recreation, spa or eatery businesses By FOR the first time, a national monument has been put up for public tender by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). The Old Admiralty House in Sembawang, built
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    • 154 37 HERE are some intriguing facts about the site and its many names. 1939: Built and used by the British armed forces during World War II and named Canberra House as the residence of the Flag Officer of the Malayan Area. 1945: After the Japanese surrendered,
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    • 250 37 THE Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has put up six state properties for lease via public tender solely for office use. They are: 195 Pearl's Hill Terrace, the former police headquarters. 18 Pearl's Hill Terrace, which used to house a Criminal Investigation Department
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 24 31 The people's choice People's Association wants to widen its activities to keep up with changing tastes, whether it's qigong or belly dancing. PAGE H6
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  • FORUM
    • 427 38  -  Maria Loh Mun Foong (Ms) I REFER to the report, "No. 1 killer of women? Most here don't know" (ST, Feb 2), on heart disease and stroke. The main risk factors for heart disease and stroke are obesity, high cholesterol, high blood
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    • 320 38  -  Yeo Seng Chong I MAINTAIN my CPF investment account with one of the local banks. Ten to 11 months ago, in a printed oneliner at the bottom of the monthly statement, the bank invited account holders to place their CPF funds
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    • 285 38  -  Goh Shih Yong I REFER to the letter by Mr Chen Bin, "Allow health product vendors to plug benefits" (ST, Jan 29). The use of claims for food, including food containing approved herbal ingredients, is regulated under the Sale of Food Act and the
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    • 139 38  -  Seah Su Chen (Ms) I REFER to the article, "PAP moves to counter criticism of party, Govt in cyberspace" (ST, Feb 3). I understand the need for the PAP to counter criticism of the party and Government on the Internet. However, doing so anonymously, using
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    • 115 38  -  Teng Heng Tin I AM sure many motorists have experienced a nasty jolt when they drove over some humps on the road an example being the one at the exit from the Ang Mo Kio town centre to Avenue 6, just beside the mosque
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    • 287 38  -  Ang Kin Leong I HAVE just started working and plan to get married and set up a home of my own. I check the HDB website regularly in case there is a release of flats or a new Walk-In Selection
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    • 332 38  -  Ow Yeong Wai Kit I REFER to the letters, "Covered walkways and air-con make for softies" (ST, Feb 3) by Mr Khoo Swee Chiow and "Do the people deserve a greener Singapore?" (ST, Feb 3), by Mr Ramchand Ramesh. Mr Khoo
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    • 305 38  -  Lim Chee Ming I AM writing in reply to the letter, "Covered walkways and air-con make for softies" (ST, Feb 3), by Mr Khoo Swee Chiow. I wish to point out that the covered walkways were not meant only for the comfort of school
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 106 38 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. En bloc rules have unintended effect of distorting the market Inconsiderate motorcyclists should be brought to book Motorcyclists getting away with parking/riding on public walkways Installing ERP gantries and raising ERP rates every quarter
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  • SPORTS
    • 390 39  -  Alvin Foo > ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Thai official reveals decision by AFF committee, which will release findings today By A WARNING will be given to Thailand for their 15-minute walkout during last Wednesday's Asean Football Championship first-leg final at the National Stadium. This was revealed
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    • 687 39  -  Chan Vi Shen By JUST three days ago, he was the toast of Singapore, scoring the ti-tle-clinching goal in the Asean Championship second-leg final against Thailand. But while most of his team mates are having a well-deserved break, Khairul Amri does not have that
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    • 381 39  -  Nicholas Fang By BRAZIL is set to mesmerise Singapore football fans with its samba magic. Yesterday, Brazil's Clube dos 13, a union of the country's top 20 clubs, signed an agreement with the Singapore Sports Council and Football Association of Singapore to help lift
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    • 634 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS »SOCCER Victory over Spanish stars will be timely morale booster for coach McClaren London LUIS Aragones has told his bosses at the Spanish football federation that they can sack him if his side lose to England in today's friendly at
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    • 526 40 London XABI Alonso should be a worried man ahead of tonight's meeting with Steven Gerrard. The Liverpool skipper is a man with a point to prove, when he leads England out against Spain at Old Trafford. Gerrard is still haunted by painful flashbacks of
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    • 450 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Paris FRANCE will be looking for more than just a high-profile exhibition match during today's international friendly against Argentina. Striker Djibril Cisse is looking to line up at the Stade de France. He is returning to Raymond Domenech's squad
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    • 502 40 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME MANY of the top soccer teams in Italy will play their games in empty stadiums, if a government proposal is approved at a special Cabinet meeting today. It is a response to the death of a police
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    • 232 40 LUIZ Felipe Scolari insists he has not encouraged Cristiano Ronaldo to quit Manchester United for Barcelona. The Portugal coach had been quoted in The Sun: "The basic education stage of his career is ending. I know Cristiano is ready for a change of atmosphere. "Barcelona would
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    • 481 41 BLOOMBERG SOCCER Tycoons Gillett and Hicks fork out $I.32bforthe Premiership club London SOLD! Liverpool yesterday agreed to a £440 million (551.32 billion) takeover by American tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks. Their offer values the club at £174.1 million and will pay off the club's £44.8
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    • 166 41 NEWCASTLE midfielder Emre has again denied he is a racist, ahead of his personal hearing at the Football Association. The 26-year-old will answer a charge of using racially-aggravated language at Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard, and defenders Joseph Yobo and Joleon Lescott. The incidents allegedly took place
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    • 209 41 London KEITH Gillespie has launched a scathing attack on Reading midfielder Stephen Hunt. He accused his oppoent of provoking the flashpoint during last month's stormy clash at the Madejski Stadium, which could cost him a six-match ban. The Sheffield United winger is serving a three-game
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    • 186 41 REUTERS Madrid REAL Madrid outcast David Beckham should be playing for the club, midfielder Guti said yesterday. Beckham has not played for Real since Jan 7 in the 0-2 loss away to Deportivo Coruna. Soon after, the midfielder said he would join Los Angeles Galaxy
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    • 354 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London MICHAEL Ballack has hit back at criticism of his form for Chelsea. Manager Jose Mourinho, the midfielder insisted, was happy with his performances. "As far as I am concerned, I have integrated well into the team," Ballack said. "I feel
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    • 376 42  -  Alvin Foo »GOLF Next month's $1.5 m event at Laguna will see two new sponsors By NEXT month's Singapore Masters golf tournament is likely to see a new title sponsor. Last year's title sponsor OSIM International seems set not to continue. Yesterday,
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    • 427 42 REUTERS TIGER Woods gave up one of the secrets of his golfing brilliance to a select group of fans at the Dubai Desert Classic. "I've won probably more than half of my tournaments because of one club my five-wood," said the world No 1
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    • 407 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Miami SHAQUILLE O'Neal's improved play is leading the Miami Heat to one of their better stretches of the NBA season. He had his best scoring performance since returning from knee surgery a fortnight ago. Dwyane Wade scored 27 points as the
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    • 85 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI Heat guard Gary Payton was suspended by the NBA for one game without pay. He verbally abused officials in Saturday's win over the Milwaukee Bucks. The 38-year-old was found guilty of "directing obscenities and other verbal abuse at game officials upon ejection", the NBA said
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 77 42 BLOOMBERG WARSAW: POLAND is widening its two-year probe into soccer match-fixing. The scandal has led to almost 70 people being charged and angered the sport's ruling body Fifa. The government last month suspended the board of the national soccer federation and appointed its own commissioner to run
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      • 64 42 LONDON: SCOTTISH Football Association president John McBeth will become the next British vice-president of Fifa. Mcßeth beat favourites FA chairman Geoff Thompson and Irish FA president Jim Boyce for the post in yesterday's elections. The English are privately furious that they have been thwarted again. It
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    • 243 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS AMERICAN FOOTBALL Miami TONY Dungy made no promises. But the Indianapolis coach indicated that he plans to be around when the Colts set out to defend their Super Bowl title. There had been speculation that he might step down, perhaps to pursue a Christian
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    • 184 42 BASKETBALL NBA: Phoenix 113 Denver 108, Philadelphia 100 New Jersey 98 (OT), Washington 118 Seattle 108, LA Lakers 90 Atlanta 83, Golden State 113 Indiana 98, Miami 113 Charlotte 93, Houston 105 Minnesota 77, Utah 100 Chicago 95, Sacramento 105 Oklahoma City 99. CRICKET Triangular one-day series in Brisbane:
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    • 96 40 Friendlies Today Albania v Macedonia Andorra v Armenia Belgium v Czech Republic China v Kazakhstan Croatia v Norway Egypt v Sweden England v Spain Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.55 am France v Argentina Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3.55 am Georgia v Turkey Germany v Switzerland Delayed, Ch22, tomorrow, 5.55 am Greece v
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  • OBITUARIES
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      117 42 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want....andlwill dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 LIM SEE SENG Age: 76 Was called home to be with the Lord on 6 February 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved wife: Jennifer Tiah
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      88 42 ADRIAN CHAN HOI THOONG Age: 46 passed away peacefully on 5 Feb 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Mother: Tham Choi Ying Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Jasmine Chan Foong Meng Hong Aik Sai June Chan Foong Keng Loi Kok Kheong Janet Chan Foong Yin Ng Kwai Seng Nephews: Niece: Daniel Ng Alicia Ng
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      89 42 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4: 7 Raymond Patrick Mariadass Age: 22 Was called home to be with the Lord on 6 February 2007, dearly missed by: Brother: Stanley Gabriel Mariadass all relatives and friends. Wake at Blk
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      54 42 Ist Anniversary iwfiF In Loving Memory of CAPT LIEW PENG HONG Departed on 7 Feb 2006 I Dear, I No words we write can ever say How much we miss you every day. I Always loved and cherished by Wife Lesa >m Son Joseph Jill .Daughters Jasmine, Julia, Jamie JglsSl^
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      139 43 am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die 'John 11:25-26 LO FONG YEE VINCENT Age: 66 was called home 10 be with the Lord on 4 Feb 2007 Dearly missed lovingly remembered
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      71 43 A loving husband, a doting father So passionate a sailor was he, Satl that he left us so suddenly, Doing what he loved most; Sailing. >AUL RICHARD LOW 4 February 2007 Dearly missed by his fatkis on Yacht Sumatra May God grant him good wiruls and calm seas Bert Tan
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      167 43 Thp Itittt ix my tJicfilwrd... l.ivn ilianglt 1 utili, thnutgU ihe t*tllry uf'iftf \t\mfon> af iteuih. I wilt fetti no et'tl, for you are wi\h me- r your rod and votn staff, lliey comfort me. Psalm 23 •■HH^a_^a^Mi mi ESTHER NG YOON CHENG Age: 58 was called home to Im-
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      41 43 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Magdalen Low and family on the demise af her beloved husband father I I^l I Paul Low Khoon Hock Council Member (1992 2002) From: President, Council* Secretariat Members of the Singapore Institute of Architects
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      66 43 2nd Anniversary Jn Lining Mcmorj1 of JESSIE GOH PENG HUAY Departed on 7 February 2005 Wifiwi/T a tifortt you said tffxxlhve, lj*jt us alone arid tutmdermg why. Tile tBBFA itt our eyes uv can wipe mvtiy, Bui the pain in our hearts will alivtiys sftiy. l^iirly missed iincl fondly rcincinbcrod
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      118 43 7 i T ri have fought the good fight. I have finished the race, have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 I i— 1 i IRENE TAN Age: 73 Called home to be with the Lord on 6 February 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Chua Seok Kiang (deceased) Children:
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      21 43 7f/i Anniversary In Loving Memory Of ALBERTHOSEOWIMM Departed on 7 M 2000 Always Remembered Cherished By Mr Mrs Joseph Sim (Joe)
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      77 43 TAN CHEE KIAN, BENNY Age: 50 passed away peacefully on 6 Feb 2007 leaving behind: Father: (Mother: Tan Teo Chuan Hny Mooi Ngim, deceased] Brother: Sister-in-law: Tan Chce Uiang, Chita Tvy Koh Sisicr: Brother in law: Tan Siew Choo Kelvin Tan Nephews: Niece: Tan Hong Ming Carissa Tan Yin [ui
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      71 43 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late MR lAN MCGUNNIGLE who passed away peacefully on 3 Feb 2007. From The Management Stall of Faithful+Gould Pte, Limited Atkins Singapore Pte Ltd lan has been repatriated to his home in New Zealand for the funeral. A memorial
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      24 43 |1 Our deepest sympathies condolences to ttw famOy of the late lan McGunnigle i From The Committee, Management and Staff of tfie&ritisb Club l
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      26 43 WfiS U)\m MfMQR Y oT*^ SYLVWOM-OWITZNEE TAN HO SAN, SYLVIA Departed 7 Feb 2000 Dearest Mom, tore you pave us spoke beautifully J k_ -/y^ _^j
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      91 43 |\thm_ Miami Pooja I We, The Family Of The Late I IIkMIM-D/OSANDAISAM Departed 29 January 200" wish to express our le_*f'e<( thanKs and appreciate tc all relatives, friends colleagues for their condolences, assistance, attendance and wreaths during our recent bereavement. kanmathi Prayer* will be hew on 8 February 2007 fThur)
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      42 43 JT In lifting M™i<wy Of HANG SHU CHIN Departed 7 Febuaryl99s Stidlf MLivti /aid AhtVPft Rftm-mfmf/11$\ Loving I !u*i band, fII i' ill 1. IK lM -I ■i IL ]*1 V., L i. _1 ill I. I. Grandchildren &c [Jl^Al] Lovvd Qnta
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      • 5806 44 TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 6, 2007 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0RVOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 3 c 1L5 34.5 101 35. E 25 19.E 20 c 10E 31 4.E 24 E 10.E 10 18 10 7.E 44
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    • 493 45 FINANCIAL TIMES Storage in portable devices set to move from hard disks to flash memory Tokyo PRICES of flash memory chips have plunged to a critical tipping point that could see them replacing hard disks as the storage technology of choice on laptop
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    • 250 45 I BLOOMBERG NEWS Seattle EQUITY Office Properties Trust said it approved an increased offer from Blackstone Group of US$39 billion (5559.9 billion), a day before shareholders are scheduled to vote on what would be the largest-ever leveraged buyout. New York-based Blackstone increased its bid
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    • 347 45 REUTERS Bangkok FOREIGN investors with no experience of Thailand may be worried by capital controls and political uncertainty, but firms already in the country will keep expanding, said a senior investment official. The controls introduced in December and a tightening of rules
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    • 29 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,406.86 (+62.06 points) »Japanese share prices closed modestly higher, rebounding from the previous day's sharp losses, helped by generally solid recent company results.
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    • 40 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,655.2 (+199.58 points) Hong Kong stocks gained 0.98 per cent, led by China Mobile and other blue chips. This followed gains on the mainland bourses and expectations of good results by local firms.
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    • 33 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,675.7 (+63.16 points) Chinese share prices closed 2.42 per cent higher, recovering from early losses on a round of bargain-hunting, with banks and metal companies in demand.
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    • 40 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,870.5 (+48.4 points) Australian stocks closed up 0.83 per cent at a record high, as investors bought blue chips including miners and banks. Volume was 1.74 billion shares, worth A 55.5 billion (556.5 billion).
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    • 32 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,236.63 (+10.9 points) Malaysian share prices closed up 0.89 per cent in mixed trade on profit-taking. Volume was 2.09 billion shares worth RM3.42 billion (Ssl.s billion).
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      34 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,478.19 (-37.71 points) »Indian share prices closed 0.26 per cent lower to snap four straight days of gains, as investors sold shares in leading companies to lock in profits.
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    • 39 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,761.29 (-7.24 points) »Indonesian share prices closed 0.41 per cent lower, amid concerns that flooding in and around Jakarta over the past few days will push up the inflation rate for this month.
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    • 29 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 673.63 (-0.79 point) Thai share prices closed 0.12 per cent lower on profit taking in blue chip shares, after a week of gains.
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    • 230 45 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,223.25 Feb 6 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.55 1.740 +0.070 Ascendasreit 0.92 2.490 -0.040 CapitaComm 0.62 2.870 +0.030 CapitaLand 4.75 7.000 CapitaMall 0.95 3.420 -0.020 Chart SemiCond 0.83 1.470 -0.010 CityDev 2.95 14.600 +0.400 ComfortDelGro 1.37 1.870 Cosco Corp 1.01 2.930 +0.100
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    • 50 45 BanJoo 111,008,000 Sapphire 67,027,000 PDCCorp 66,251,000 China Energy 47,274,000 LottVis 46,932,000 Auston 43,319,000 SunVic 37,212,000 Star Cruises 30,420,000 PineAgritech 29,868,000 HsuFuChi 29,176,000 Feb 6 Sunpower 27,393,000 Noble Grp 25,734,000 Ferrochina 25,359,000 Mediaßing 24,549,000 Gen Intl 20,999,000 Unionmet 20,545,000 Cosco Corp 20,523,000 Lifeßrandz 19,254,000 Capita Land 17,277,000 TuanSing 16,604,000
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    • 143 45 Feb 6 I UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS I FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1830 1.1970 Can dollar 1.2900 1.3050 Euro 1.9720 1.9940 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4386 0.4390 NZ dollar 1.0400 1.0630 Sterling pound 2.9900 3.0230 US
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    • 474 46 BLOOMBERG NEWS Third-quarter profit of $5.4b beats analyst estimates, on strong vehicle sales overseas Tokyo TOYOTA Motor, the world's sec-ond-largest carmaker, beat analyst expectations by posting record profit in the third quarter, helped by a weaker yen and increased sales of Camry and
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    • 413 46 FINANCIAL TIMES Beijing CHINA and the United Nations (UN) are working to set up a carbon trading exchange in Beijing a move that could establish the Chinese capital as an important centre for multi-bil-lion-dollar global trade in carbon credits. If successful, the exchange which
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    • 192 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo JAPAN Airlines (JAL) said yesterday that it will cut 4,300 employees, or about 8 per cent of its entire work force, by the end of fiscal 2009 after it reported a net loss for the most recent quarter.
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    • 229 48 BLOOMBERG NEWS Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian ringgit rose to its strongest in nine years after the central bank said it was not targeting any specific exchange rate levels. "We don't have any predetermined rate for the currency, but we would like to see
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    • 484 48 Reuters REUTERS Average 3.6% raise due to firm economies and tamer inflation, says HR firm's survey ASIAN workers are expected to enjoy the highest pay hikes in the world this year, thanks to robust economic growth, talent shortage and lower
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    • 274 48  -  Grace Ng By OCBC Bank has won regulatory approval that is set to pave the way for it to enjoy the same access to China's booming retail market as Chinese banks. This comes about a month after rival DBS Bank received the green
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    • 208 48  -  GRACE NG A LOCAL distributor of online games, which has just received a fresh injection of US$l4.2 million (5521.8 million) from two global investors, is eyeing a listing in Singapore soon. Infocomm Asia Holdings (lAH) will make Singapore its "first consideration" for its initial
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    • 410 49 JOYCE TEO THE huge Gillman Heights estate, which failed to find a buyer at its tender last August, was picked up by property giant Capita Land yesterday for a whopping $548 million. The amount is $19 million above the estate's reserve price, which is
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    • 416 49  -  Joyce Teo By exercising option now to buy remaining 194,000 sq m, it could avoid paying likely higher development charges By Property Correspondent THE consortium behind the Marina Bay Financial Centre will exercise its option to buy the remaining 194,000 sq m
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    • 1273 50  -  Leong Chan Teik Riding on the success of their V-Kool window film business, these two partners bought over Pastamania and took brand into Asia and Middle East By BY THE age of 35, Colonel (NS) Wee Hian Woon had
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    • 758 51 Enterprise Today a special feature Opportunities abound in the local and global marketplace. Yet many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are not realising their potential for growth. SMEs often need links to local and overseas business opportunities and fewer barriers to
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    • 928 51 Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are ever on the lookout for new markets and business opportunities. When Ms Pauline Goh, sole proprietor of Orchard Stationery Suppliers, was offered the chance to list her products online at GeBIZ Mall, she
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    • 227 51 GeBIZ Mall You can market your small value products and services to government agencies on an online catalogue browsed by more than 10,000 government buyers daily. Log on to www.gebiz.gov.sg now. Singapore Business Federation Global Sourcing Hub Visit this e-marketplace where requests for quotations, tenders
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    • 520 52  -  Bryan Lee Firms like Royale Asia, AJ Couriers keen, likely to focus on business mail By A NUMBER of postal companies have expressed interest in taking up soon-to-be-available licences that will allow them to collect and deliver letters and postcards here. However, they
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    • 430 52  -  BRYAN LEE POTENTIAL sabotage of deliveries by rival postmen appears to be the main reason that Singapore Post (Sing Post) will retain exclusive access to the nation's many locked letterboxes. The decision is part of the Government's latest efforts to liberalise the postal
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 48 52 SPH Multimedia, a wholly owned unit of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), said yesterday that it has bought 70,000 shares in SPH MediaßoxOffice from Ibiz Asia Distribution for $70,000. Last Friday's deal will make SPH MediaßoxOffice a wholly owned unit of SPH Multimedia.
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      • 81 52 WHEELOCK Properties yesterday suffered a 3 per cent fall in net profit for the third quarter ended Dec 31 to $34.4 million, from $35.4 million the previous year. Revenues rose 4.2 per cent to $131.6 million, thanks to turnover recognised for the sale
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      • 62 52 CHINA Milk Products yesterday posted a 34.4 per cent jump in third-quarter net profit to 103 million yuan (5520.4 million). Revenue rose 44 per cent to 113.9 million yuan. Earnings per share rose 0.02 yuan to 0.14 yuan as at Dec
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    • 430 53  -  Lorn a Tan Diversified US group gives financial data on its operations here for the first time By FOR the first time since global giant General Electric (GE) set up in Singapore in 1969, outsiders have got a peek at the financial
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    • 521 53  -  Gabriel Chen By THE latest "Superbrands" list designed to be a showcase of Singapore's most-trusted brands is to be the last. The controversy-hit concept, which includes a coffee-table book, is to be repackaged from next month using the name Consumer Choice, the
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    • 263 53  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent THE head of the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) will meet Isetan directors today, in a bid to break the stand-off between the retailer and its disgruntled minority shareholders. Mr David Gerald's initiative follows outspoken
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    • 212 53 COST-SAVINGS from its expanded operations proved a winning formula for SP Chemicals, which turned in a sterling set of full-year results yesterday. Net profit for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31 surged 133 per cent to 79.4 million yuan (5515.7 million), up from 34.1
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    • 254 53  -  GABRIEL CHEN WARRANT WATCH WARRANTS on the three local banks have been active this week, with all eyes on the booming financial sector's full-year results starting next week. Shares of DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and United Overseas Bank (UOB) have been
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      • 220 53  -  ARTHUR POON THE placement of 192 million shares 122 million new and 70 million vendor by brand development firm Lifebrandz has been fully subscribed at 11.5 cents apiece, the company said in a statement on Monday. The placement raised about $7.4 million for the vendors outgoing
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    • 455 53  -  LEE SU SHYAN TAKING STOCK LOOKS sometimes deceive. The market benchmark barely moved yesterday but there was plenty of action with several counters reaching record levels. The Straits Times Index (STI) edged down by 0.07 of a point to end at 3,223.25 points, after
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    • 612 54  -  Erica Tay Biomedical sector now makes up V* of GDP generated by manufacturing By Economics Correspondent OUTPUT by Singapore's drug factories jumped by over a third last year, pushing overall biomedical production up by 30.2 per cent. This robust growth puts
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    • 27 54 Gainers: 402 Losers: 345 Unchanged: 627 Australian dollar 1.1830 1.1970 iuro 1.9720 1.9940 Sterling pound JS dollar 2.9900 1.5250 3.0230 1.5410 fen (100 units) 1.2700 1.2835
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    • 197 54  -  GRACE NG 40-YEAR CONTRACT SINGAPORE-BASED ports operator PSA International has won a 40-year contract to operate Pakistan's third deep-water port. PSA yesterday announced that it had signed a concession agreement to operate the multi-purpose and container terminal of Gwadar. This confirmed reports last December
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    • 30 54 Putting their stamp Postal firms like AJ Couriers and Royale Asia have expressed interest in the new postal services licences, but are likely to focus on business mail. PAGE H22
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    • 39 55 MOVIES LITTLE CHILDREN LOVE 8t SECRETS TRAILER PARK f"sj*^*^~?*^n Cautionary tale Leon Lai dodges questions Fantastic Four |jjk MptJL for grown-ups about his love life returns page 2 page 6 pages -1 I^^^. y^ Design and montage: SALLY LAM
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      • 241 56  -  Frankie Chee AS DEPICTED in its name, Korean tear-jerker A Moment To Remember was indeed worthy of remembrance. It was picked by 29 voters, out of 100, as their favourite Korean romance movie. Just one vote behind was My Boyfriend Is Type B. There's also a three-way
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      • 405 56 With issues like adultery and paedophilja, Little Children is really a cautionary tale for grown-ups > drama LITTLE CHILDREN (M 18) 135 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** Ong Sor Fern FILM CORRESPONDENT SUBURBAN malcontents have been a notable mainstay of Western literature since French novelist Gustave Flaubert created
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      • 232 57  -  Stephanie Yap IN RUNNING With Scissors, based on the best-selling memoir by Augusten Burroughs, a young boy goes to live with his mother's psychiatrist and his dysfunctional family, the Finches. Can you name these other eccentric clans that add new meaning to the phrase, "the ties
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      • 443 57  -  Ong Sor Fern This dysfunctional family tale is in need of therapy > dramedy RUNNING WITH SCISSORS (M 18) 116 minutes/Opens tomorrow RUSSIAN author Leo Tolstoy once wrote that happy families are all alike, whereas unhappy families are unhappy in their own way. To that, one might add
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      • 1890 58  -  Tan Dawn Wei A stickler for detail, the famed director not only made the cast of his new movie Lust, Caution lose weight, but fussed over the authenticity of the Shanghai sets, too IN SHANGHAI WITHIN the gated compound of the Shanghai Film Park, Lee
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      • 208 58 WHEN you get Lee Ang as a director, you know you have a perfectionist on your hands. He is famous for putting his actors through gruelling training. For example, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal went through cowboy bootcamp for Brokeback Mountain, and Zhang Ziyi learnt
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      • 215 59 STORIES abound in the city of romance. In the two-hour film Paris Je T'Aime, or Paris I Love You, 22 film-makers including Olivier Assayas, Wes Craven and the Coen brothers weave 18 tales of laughter, tragedy, love and separation inspired by the French capital. The
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        81 60 If I had been better educated, maybe I might have seen other ways to address the suffering in the world, but this is all I knew' Actress Mia Farrow on adopting 10 children 'A sparrow is still a sparrow. However complete it is, it won't be a phoenix' Singer
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      • 371 60  -  Lav Shi-Mei Hong Kong-based actor Leon Lai says he wants to handle his own life HEAVENLY King Leon Lai is quite genial to the press as long as issues regarding his private life, especially who he is romancing, are kept at bay. Nursing a cold
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        516 60 > drama LOVE FOR SHARE (M18) 120 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** THREE loosely-linked stories about polygamy form the backbone of Indonesian director Nia Dinata's drama, which won her the Best Feature Film award at last year's Hawaii International Film Festival. It was also Indonesia's official entry to this year's Oscars
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      • 581 61  -  Yong Shu Hoong Mosaic Music Festival 2007 American indie band Yo La Tengo has never performed in Singapore before, and singer Ira Kaplan feels excited about its show here IRA Kaplan believes some things are better left unsaid. So there are certain questions that the singer
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      • 468 61 AP LOS ANGELES A frantic pregnant woman told an emergency telephone operator she had been hit and was in pain shortly before actor Ryan O'Neal was arrested for alleged assault and firing a weapon in an altercation with his son. In recordings released
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    • 377 62 AP/Reuters BEVERLY HILLS Talk about a power lunch. Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Will Smith and Penelope Cruz were just some of the 140 nominees dining on Monday at the 26th annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon. There were luminaries all around the International
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    • 601 62  -  Lee Sze Yong On The Lot, starting in May, is open to contestants from all over the world, including in Asia MEDIA REPORTER THE next Steven Spielberg may well come from Asia. And he or she could make a breakthrough on an upcoming reality TV
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      • 232 105 The parents of a disabled nine-year-old girl (right) in the United States have stirred a controversy with their efforts to stunt their daughter's growth for life. Ashley X has static encephalopathy, a severe form of brain impairment. Profoundly retarded, she is unable to sit up or talk,
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        381 108 THE WHOLE EARTH GOOD FORTUNE This yusheng uses fresh watermelon strips and a Chinese mushroom called bai ling gu to replace the fish. It has 25 ingredients. Instead of standard vegetable oil, the chef uses a mixture of cold pressed virgin olive oil and high-quality sesame seed oil.
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      • 771 113  -  Kenny Toh lifelessons for Mind Your Body Kenny Toh is a life coach and founder of The Coaching Academy and Infernafional Network for Parents as Coaches. For details, visit www.coachingacademy.com.sg and www.parentsascoaches.net My wife believes that I am too strict with our 1 nine-year-old
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